Honky Tonk Part 2

[will vine]

I thought this was never going to appear.

I was so convinced that it wasn't going to appear in fact that I compiled my own Volume 2....and 3 and 4.

We had some fun on this site trying to second guess what Charlie would put on these compilations. Some songs came through very strongly but it's interesting how we all remembered Honky Tonk slightly differently. Of the 25 tracks listed in this compilation only 5 have featured in my own 3 compilations. Great to see Travis Wammack in the list and Doug Sahm's Nitty Gritty. Also good to have Jona Lewie's The Swan available on cd though I'd have liked Piggyback Sue as well.

Charlie's thing was always about the running order, one track lending it's 'feel' to the next. This'll probably sound alright but surely there'd be a bit more fun in digging out some less successful, less readily available (already owned) tracks.

Thanks to Ace for putting it out. Was it a labour of love...a not-for-profit item?

[NormanD]

A lovely selection, for sure. The unexpected one is "Lover Please" by Dennis Turner (which I never knew of) rather than the better-known Clyde McPhatter take. The last couple of years of Honky Tonking took us strongly into pub rock territory, and early Stiffs, which are in the minority here. So, a third volume is eagerly awited.

Anyway, a real treat's in store very soon.

And Will, would you care to post your nominations please?

[uiwangmike]

I've just been surprised to discover that Lover Please was composed by Billy Swan (but maybe everyone else knew). I saw him once in London (maybe around 1980), but I don't recall him singing it, but maybe he did - there again, I don't remember hearing all the songs in John's list on Honky Tonk. I rather liked the scouse version of Lover Please by the Vernons Girls.

[will vine]

And Will, would you care to post your nominations please?

Well I will Norman but first I have to sort out the Middle East and Scottish independence.

Back Soon.

[Rob Hall]

Could you take a look at the Man Utd defence while you're at it Will?

Ta muchly

[Alan]

Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks - Honky Tonk Vol 2 Various Artists (Charlie Gillett) £11.50
Available to pre-order from Ace here http://acerecords.co.uk/charlie-gillett ... l-2?update





PS for Rob, I'm hoping Diego Costa will have a good look for you on 26 October

[Gordon Neill]

Thanks for highlighting this new CD. It looks very interesting. A few tracks that I know, a lot that I don't. And it's available on 27 October - my pay day!

PS Will, you can concentrate on the Middle East and I'll sort out Scottish independence. The polls up here indicate that it's neck and neck. So close in fact that it turns out I have the casting vote. I'm voting No, so that's that. But I am willing to change my principled stand for £5 (in English money, please).

[NormanD]

Neck and neck? Can we hang them both off the same gallows, please. Such a parcel of rogues I never did see.

Ooops, politics. Let's discuss more important matters such as whether Dennis Turner was better than Clyde McPhatter.

[Rob Hall]

Dennis Turner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTnBh-CZIxM

Clyde McPhatter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOT2dEqg2Ss

Clyde wins, no contest.

[will vine]

And Will, would you care to post your nominations please?

Will's Vol 2.........1) Love Being Your Fool - Travis Wammack 2)All Aboard - Roogalator 3)If Walls Could Talk - Ry Cooder 4) State Street Special - Jimmy Yancey 5) Jam Up - Tommy Ridgley 6) Watch Out For Lucy - Dobie Gray 7)Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor- Johnny Horton 8) I've Been Born Again - Johnny Taylor 9) In the Right place - Dr. John 10) Matilda - Cookie/Cupcakes 11)I Can Tell - John hammond 12) Street Gang - Ronnie Lane 13) Mardi Gras Mambo - Hawketts 14) El Watusi - Ray Baretto 15) Dreaming My Dreams - Waylon Jennings 16) Eighteen With a Bullet - Pete Wingfield 17) Gonna Buy Me a Jukebox - Willis Bros. 18) The Great Filling Station Holdup - Jimmy Buffett 19) Down the Road Apiece - Merrill E. moore 20) The Chicken and the Hawk - Big Joe Turner.

(vols. 3 & 4 to follow)

[will vine]

And Will, would you care to post your nominations please?

(vols. 3 & 4 to follow)

Vol. 3. Cincinatti Fatback..Roogalator, Tuff..Ace cannon, Lost John Boogie..Wayne Raney, Right string Wrong YoYo..Speckled Red, Let the good Times Roll..Alvin Robinson, Drinking Wine Spo Dee O..Sticks McGhee..Ravishing Ruby..Tom T Hall, Blue eyes crying in the Rain..Willie Nelson, Today I Started Lovin' You Again..Merle haggard, My Town..Kate Anna McGarrigle, Old cape Cod..Patti page, Silly Heart..Jessie Winchester, Street people..Bobby Charles, Fickle Chicken..The Atmospheres, Hit Records ..Kursaal Flyers, Grow Too Old.. Bobby Charles, That did It..Bobby Bland, Let's straighten It Out..Lattimore, Sneaking sally Through The Alley..Lee dorsey, You're Humbuggin' Me..Rocket Morgan, Coast to Coast..Ducks Deluxe, I Just want To Drink Your Wine..Billy Swan

Vol. 4. Honky Tonk Music..Commander Cody, Frog legs..Clifton Chenier, Saturday Night Special..Sundown Playboys, Brown's Ferry Blues..Delmore Bros., One Fing 'N Annuver..Chas & Dave, I Ain't Never..Blue Ridge Rangers, Don't You Feel My Leg..Maria Muldaur, Doing The Dirt..The Meters, Ten cats Down..Miller Sisters, Rita Put Your Black Shoes On..Doug Kershaw, Star Cab Company..K&A McGarrigle, That's How heartaches are Made..Baby Washington, I Can't Be Myself..Merle Haggard, I Love How You Love Me..The Paris Sisters, What Will Lucy Do?.. Frankie Lee Sims, Chicken Hearted..Roy Orbison, World in a Tangle..Jimmy Rogers, Spring..Birdlegs and Pauline, All Through The City..Dr.Feelgood, Nitty Gritty..Sir Douglas Band, Lightning Bar Blues .. Commander Cody

I feel vol.5 coming on.........Lights Out..Jerry Byrne, Freaker's Ball..Dr. Hook, Getting So Exciting..Lee Kosmin, ............gotta find a digital version of Chip Taylor's Early Sunday Morning and also address the lamentable lack of female artists, something Charlie himself discovered looking back over his Honky Tonk playlists.....

[MartinOwen]

Charlie's single of 1979 was "The one that I want" by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. Have I skimmed over "Looking for an Echo" by Kenny Vance?

[NormanD]

Lovely selection there, Will. Good musical memories.

[Alan]

Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks - Honky Tonk Vol 2 Various Artists (Charlie Gillett)



got mine today!

available from Ace here:
http://acerecords.co.uk/charlie-gilletts-radio-picks-honky-tonk-vol-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWDpXOh7GNA


Charlie Gillett was a great DJ and music man who brought his massive knowledge and broad taste to his seminal 70s radio show Honky Tonk. He is remembered here in a second selection of very Charlie Gillett music.

While Honky Tonk was broadcast on a local radio station (it ran on Radio London from 1972 to 1978) its influence was profound. Charlie introduced the world to Dire Straits and Elvis Costello, amongst others, along with the other fun, grown-up music you see listed here.

Following the Dire Straits demo of ‘Sultans Of Swing’ on the first volume, we include the very first Elvis Costello track to be played on the radio – the demo of ‘Wave A White Flag’.

Charlie made a selection of tracks for this second volume before his death in 2010 and we have narrowed it down to the 25 you see here. The whole project has been done in conjunction with the Gillett family.

01 Tulsa Telephone Book - Tom T Hall
02 Saturday Night - Roy Brown
03 (Shu-Do-Pa-Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool - Travis Wammack
04 Hernando's Hideaway - Archie Bleyer
05 I Can Help - Billy Swan
06 Love My Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames
07 Sweet Dreams - Roy Buchanan
08 El Paso - Marty Robbins
09 Foolish You - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
10 Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
11 Wave A White Flag - DP "Elvis" Costello
12 Ruler Of My Heart - Irma Thomas
13 Such A Night - Dr John
14 Milk Cow Blues - Ricky Nelson
15 The Swan - Jona Lewie
16 Lover Please - Dennis Turner
17 The Promised Land - Johnnie Allan
18 So Long - Ike & Tina Turner
19 Stealing In The Name Of The Lord - Paul Kelly
20 Think - The "5" Royales
21 Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
22 Red Hot - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
23 Nitty Gritty - Sir Douglas Quintet
24 Tipitina - Professor Longhair & The Blue Scholars
25 Ramble - Rico

See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/charlie-gillett ... ct0fq.dpuf

[Rob Hall]

Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks - Honky Tonk Vol 2 Various Artists (Charlie Gillett)



got mine today!

Me too. Just playing it now.