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Title: Honky Tonk doesn't get any better than this!
Review: This CD is absolutely essential for any Honky Tonk fan! There are many top notch Honky Tonk songs reissued here which have been undeservedly obscure up until now. These songs have a swingy hard-driving honky tonk sound that is truly addictive, and a weird edge that only Johnny can deliver. Johnny's performance is brilliant and the instrumentals are perfect, it is hard to believe many of them were done in one take! There is some excellent songwriting here by Johnny, Joe Poovey and others, where else can you find lyrics like "bring another drink bartender, troubles boy I got 'em and if I'm gonna sink, I might as well go to the bottom"?The liner notes are very well done with lots of cool pictures, insights into Johnny's life at the time and background for some of the songs. I can only hope that The Country Music Foundation will release more of these '60s tracks on the Hilltop and Little Darlin' labels. This fabulous Honky Tonk deserves to be better known.
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