Moe Bandy - Honky Tonk Amnesia: The Hard Country Sound Of Moe Bandy

Artist:

Bandy, Moe

Description:

Personnel includes: Moe Bandy, Janie Fricke, Judy Bailey, Becky Hobbs.
Compilation producer: Nick Shaffran.
Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
As country music began to drift toward the pop mainstream in the early `70s, a few traditionalists continued to find success with the old honky-tonk sound popularized by Hank Williams Sr. and Ernest Tubb. These new traditionalists, among whom Moe Bandy was one of the most successful, rejected the lush background strings and choruses that were increasingly coming to dominate country singles. Instead, musicians such as Bandy, Vern Gosdin, Willie Nelson, and others favored arrangements featuring pedal steel, piano, harmonica, guitar, and, of course, a heart-breakin` lead vocal.
The approach served Bandy well, generating a steady stream of Top-20 hits between 1974 and 1983. 20 of those hits are collected on Razor and Tie`s HONKY TONK AMNESIA, including his biggest solo hits "I Cheated Me Right Out of You" and "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life." Bandy scored several singles with duets, three of which appear on this set. Unfortunately, Bandy`s duets with Joe Stampley (among them the #1 hit "Just Good Ol` Boys") do not appear here. Nonetheless, AMNESIA remains the definitive collection of Bandy`s music and should find a favored spot on the CD shelves of country music fans.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. I Just Started Hatin` Cheatin` Songs Today
2. Honky Tonk Amnesia
3. It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)
4. Don`t Anyone Make Love at Home Anymore
5. Bandy the Rodeo Clown
6. Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life
7. She Took More Than Her Share
8. I`m Sorry For You, My Friend
9. Soft Lights and Hard Country Music
10. That`s What Makes the Jukebox Play
11. It`s a Cheating Situation - (with Janie Fricke)
12. Two Lonely People
13. Barstool Mountain
14. I Cheated Me Right Out of You
15. One of a Kind
16. Yesterday Once More
17. Following the Feeling - (with Judy Bailey)
18. Rodeo Romeo
19. She`s Not Really Cheatin` (She`s Gettin` Even)
20. Let`s Get Over Them Together - (with Becky Hobbs)

Album Information

Release Date:

02/20/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Honkytonk

Label:

Razor & Tie Music

Catalog Number:

82096

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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