Honky Tonk Heroes was one of the first of the Outlaw Country Albums. All that really meant was that the artists, instead of being told what to record and with whom started to record what they wanted usually with their own bands.
On this album took a great set of songs by the then (and to many still) unknown songwriter Billy Joe Shaver and recorded them with his own band in an non industry studio. The result was a much rawer sound. The songs are uniformly excellent and became standards in Waylon's and later Billy Joe's sets. Check out the title track and Old Five and Dimers
My record now has a few scratches but it seems to make it sound more Honky Tonk.
To cap it all they added at the last moment, apparently in some sort of trade off with the label, the tremendous Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts song We had it all. A song that later had great versions by Dobie Gray and The Rolling Stones - supposedly one of Keith's favourite songs.
On this album took a great set of songs by the then (and to many still) unknown songwriter Billy Joe Shaver and recorded them with his own band in an non industry studio. The result was a much rawer sound. The songs are uniformly excellent and became standards in Waylon's and later Billy Joe's sets. Check out the title track and Old Five and Dimers
My record now has a few scratches but it seems to make it sound more Honky Tonk.
To cap it all they added at the last moment, apparently in some sort of trade off with the label, the tremendous Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts song We had it all. A song that later had great versions by Dobie Gray and The Rolling Stones - supposedly one of Keith's favourite songs.
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