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Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Gary Stewart
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Genres: Country, Pop
 
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Personnel includes: Gary Stewart (vocals, guitar). — Recorded at Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth, Texas. — DJ: John Gonzales. — Recording information: Billy Bob's Texas. — Creator: Rick Smith. — Photographer: Nancy Lee Andrews. — ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Gary Stewart
Title: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Smith Music Group
Release Date: 3/11/2003
Genres: Country, Pop
Styles: Roadhouse Country, Outlaw Country
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 662582501520

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Personnel includes: Gary Stewart (vocals, guitar).
Recorded at Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth, Texas.
DJ: John Gonzales.
Recording information: Billy Bob's Texas.
Creator: Rick Smith.
Photographer: Nancy Lee Andrews.
Other than reissues and best-of releases, Live at Billy Bob's Texas is Gary Stewart's first new album in a decade, and his first-ever live recording -- which seems odd for a performer whose songs seem to be tailor-made for live performance. In the 1970s, Stewart defined what was left of the true honky tonk tradition, and into the '80s and '90s continued to write and record quality material, but his style of country music had long fallen out of fashion and he fell into nearly complete obscurity. This is the album Stewart should have cut in the late '70s -- it's full of 16 stunning examples of what he does best: write and perform hardcore honky tonk country flawlessly with all the piss, vinegar, and passion that much younger men only wish they could muster. There are many Stewart-penned classics in this bunch, including "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," "Flat Born Good Timin' Man," "Single Again," and "An Empty Glass (That's the Way the Day Ends)." Of the covers, Stewart's choices are impeccable: Wayne Carson's "Drinkin' Thing," Sterling Whipple's "In Some Room Above the Street," and one of the most moving versions of Danny O'Keefe's "Quits" ever captured on tape. Stewart's voice has actually gotten better with age, slightly lower and full of pathos, brokenness, and sheer hell-raising abandon. His band, though unforgivably not credited anywhere in the liner notes, is obviously rooted deep in Stewart's style of honky tonk country; pianos and pedal steel guitar dominate the proceedings and the rhythm section lays just behind the beat to let the guitars and voices fill the entirety of the space in the middle.

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CD Reviews

King of the Honky-Tonks
Jason Lopez | Gun Barrel, TX | 05/19/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"King of the Honky-Tonks, Gary Stewart has proved once again why he has "staying power". In a day and age of "pop" country music, Stewart still packs the house and fills the dance floor. I was there the night this album was recorded, and found I still love the songs I grew up listening to. The band on this album proves musical talent beyond belief, proving once again how Texas Honky
Tonk just can't be beat. I tip my hat to Glenn, Curtis, Dick, Steve, Tim and of course Gary for releasing such a great live recording."
THE KING OF HONKY TONK
ASHLEY MORGAN | JACKSON, SC United States | 04/02/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"TURN OFF YOUR COUNTRY RADIO , GIVE THIS LEGEND A LISTEN.THIS IS FOR DIEHARD STEWART FANS.IT'S NOT FOR SHEDAISY OR FAITH'S "CRY " FANS. THIS IS REAL LIFE HURTIN',CHEATIN',AND DRINKIN'SONGS. BEEN DIVORCED? LISTEN TO GARY AND HE'LL GET YOU THROUGH IT.YOU CAN FEEL THE MUSIC .ANY GARY STEWART BEATS 75% OF WHATS BEING PLAYED NOW ON RADIO.I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD RELEASE HIS ENTIRE MUSIC CATALOG ON CD.GARY, GEORGE JONES, AND MEAN GENE WATSON ARE WHAT COUNTRY HONKY TONK IS ABOUT.GIVE IT A GO !"
GARY'S THE MAN!
mary ann broadus | memphis, tn. United States | 04/24/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a stone Gary Stewart fan for life; the man is Soulful
like no other, and he sadly shows up what passes for today's air-brushed country music. It's great to have a LIVE recording of him
but somehow it falls just a little short: somehow I still prefer the studio cuts for maximum power and intensity, but it's still worth having for sure. Let me add my voice to the chorus: PLEASE
let the powers that be re-release his first couple of albums!
Meanwhile,we are all damn lucky that the Man is still playing those dates in Texas and recording for us."