The Night Porter Wagoner Came To Town - Tabby Crabb

Tabby Crabb's classic 1985 tribute to the late great Porter Wagoner, featuring Tabby, Cindy Sinclair, Porter, Dolly, Richie Albright, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Nick Blaxton, Ken Posey, Lee Dresser (as Porter), Rick Schulman, Bob Jaros, Ruckles and many others even including John Hartford's tour bus and the 60s era Wagon Master band uniforms loaned to us by Porter. Originally shot on 16mm movie film. Lead and vocal by Tabby Crabb. Mavis is played by Cindy Sinclair. Music produced and engineered by Richie Albright and Greg Kane, song by Bobby Braddock and video directed by Rick Sanjek and produced by Tabby, Rick, and Bob Jaros. Tabby was a member of the Urban Cowboy Band. That great electric guitar player is Jody Maphis, Red Lane on acoustic guitar, Richie on drums, Tabby on piano and acoustic guitar, with Hank Hunsinger on fiddle and Becky Hobbs and Melba Montgomery doing BGV. The filming was done in Nashville, edited at Jerry Reed's Video Suite and digitizing and a re-edit at Flatwood Studio in 2006. The sound track was originally recorded at John Loudermilk Jr.'s studio in 1985. Those were the days. Thanks everyone for everything. http://tabbycrabb.com

This video is also a featured video at http://americanmusicchannel.com - American Music Channel.

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• Tabby
• Crabb
• Buck
• Trent
• Porter
• Wagoner
• Grand
• Ole
• Opry
• Wagon
• Master
• Band
• Speck
• Rhodes
• Richie
• Albright
• Flatwood
• Rick
• Sanjek
• Mavis
• Cindy
• Sinclair

[molldyer]

Actually the Cash song is a take off on this one.

[molldyer]

Wow. Thanks for the parody. That started the week off just right. Very cool!!!

[TronconesAmigo]

Great Video Loved Porter when Buck Trent was His Lead Picker , He hasn't had a hit since the split. Does anyone know the reason that They parted ways?

[molldyer]

Thanks. I agree. Buck is the greatest and a super nice person on top of all that. Thanks for viewing.

[molldyer]

The memory is starting to go, it was Steve Popovich; not Joe.

[molldyer]

No, it was originally this version. After we pitched it to Joe Popovich at Mercury he decided to change the lyric and cut it on Johnny Cash but Tabby's version came out first, definately.

[2011truecountry]

well I like this one too

[rickercss]

RIP Tabby

[bagruen]

Thanks for the posting. Great job by Tabby on a great song. I Think I'll just have a cold one and sing along!!

[bulbheadmyass]

Not so, CashPresley32, as was explained in "The Night That Tabby Crabby Hit The Tube", Johnny Cash revised it so he sang about ole Hank. But everybody knew they he had Tabby Crabb to thank.

[mightywarrior1954]

Didn't Johnny Cash had a Sequal to this song.Anyway I also like this version.Thanks.Regards, Eddie

[koosmal]

This really hits home. I saw Porter, Dolly, Spec Rhodes and the Wagonmasters at the Buckeye Lake Skating Rink, Buckeye Lake Ohio in '69 or '70. I was in the 8th grade. It was a great show that I'ver never forgotten and I looked forward to it for weeks.

[MHOFM2008]

Hi all -

Mavis here. Just found this vid on YT. Fantastic!

Good memories of a shoot that was a ton 'o fun. Thanks,

Rick...

CS

[tuktukskagal]

This song is terrific;love this beat;and the words are cool.

Thanx for this.

[bagruen]

Great job!!!!