Beneath Neon Star in Honky Tonk

Tommy Duncan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B4P
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #61 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Western Swing

Track Listings

1. Gossip Song

2. California Waltz

3. Got a Letter from My Kid Today

4. Jesus Is Mine

5. Take Your Burden to the Lord

6. Nancy Jane

7. Relax and Take It Easy

8. Move a Little Closer

9. I Was Just Walking Out the Door

10. I've Turned a Gadabout

11. I Hit the Jackpot (When I Won You)

12. I Don't Want to Hurt You

13. Excuse Me, I Gotta Go

14. Tomato Can

15. Who Drank My Beer (While I Was in the Rear)

16. Where Oh Where Has My Little Love Gone

17. It May Take a Long, Long Time

18. Grits and Gravy Blues

19. Beneath a Neon Star in Honky Tonk

20. Stars Over San Antone

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A western swing legend hits the lean years, March 12, 2003

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Roger Jönsson (Lund, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beneath Neon Star in Honky Tonk (Audio CD)

Tommy Duncan is one of my all-time favourite singers. His cool and laid-back crooning perfectly balanced the wild and crazy music created by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys in the 30s and 40s. But by the times when these solo-recordings were made, in the early fifties, the former star vocalist hit some very lean years indeed. The honky tonk-wave and then the rock-n-roll-craze brought the great western swing age to a sad end. On this record it is painfully clear that Duncan makes some feeble attempts to catch up with the times. Bear Family should be given credit for not trying to hide the fact that many of these recordings are mediocre, and sometimes downright awful (like "Tomato Can" or the flat novelty number "Who Drank My Beer"), instead they make this quite clear in the text of the booklet. But for die-hard Duncan-fans this collection can still be worth the money since there are some real gems like the beautiful "Stars Over San Antone" or the bluesy version of "Hound Dog". I would however strongly recommend that you start with the far more consistent "Texas Moon"-cd, which is volume one in this collection of Duncan's post Playboy-recordings.