Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln (2015)

Ashland Coffee & Tea, Ashland VA, 5/22/15. "She instead decided to recite all of the words to Hot Rod Lincoln."

[@Guitaroverkill]

No matter how many times I hear this tune it puts a smile on my face. 😃

[@robertdrake4013]

Same and just sit and 😃 away.

[@billiebobthemechanic]

Look up the twangbangers and he has a really good live recording of this song

[@Blindeyedog]

I saw Bill probably 6 times, nicest guy I ever met in the business.

[@jimnagle1339]

I had the good fortune to see Bill a couple times in the last 4 months or so. As a guitar player, I come away thinking there ain't nothing he can't do. What's the best though is speaking to him after a show. Super nice guy. Thanks BIll.

[@PaulGoodeK]

We’re seeing the Honky Tonk Holiday Review tomorrow!

[@mohammedcohen]

...my dad loved this song - he brought a cassette tape with him when he, mom and my two brothers visited me in Germany in the summer of 1972...he didn't know that he could get AFN on the radio - but this brings back great memories...sittin i our rooms at the Gasthaus Zum Storchen in Bad Windsheim listening to this 49 years ago...

[@deanhedin1615]

Love it all. You hit all of the check boxes. I no longer feel concerned about getting older. Bless you sir.

[@PaulGoodeK]

Not much we can do about it except to rock on!

[@robertnightingale2000]

Amazing!

[@PaulGoodeK]

Bill’s wonderful!

[@jimhazel1544]

I first heard this song in the 4th grade during Show And Tell when the menacingly bigger kid with long hair brought his 45 of it and stoically played it for the class. I was amazed and it's one of the few things I remember distinctly from the early 70's and at the end of the song he sarcastically asked if there were any questions ....The class was stunned but I said can you play it again and without hesitation or approval from the teacher, he did. I learned to play guitar, joined or started many bands and met lots of girls (married the best one of em) and so that seemingly dangerous kid set the whole thing up when he dropped that needle. Thanks dude and to Bill and all the other Airmen, Amen.

[@daddyrockoable]

Bill is a national treasure. I could listen to this all day.

[@rockribbedrushy7705]

I agree and on some days I have. Many versions out there. Especially when he throw s the Edmund Fitzgerald in there.

[@OurBackwoodsHomestead]

Great player, songwriter, & intertainer priceless! The drummer is awesome as well.

[@williammaston8089]

That was pure fun.

[@TrumpetMAB]

Oh, if only my dear friend and brother Jimmy Rodriguez could enjoy this with me. RIP Jimmy.

[@davestratton460]

Now that's what you call talent. PERFECT .

[@stevemontgomery6317]

That is amazing. So glad I came across it.

[@PaulGoodeK]

Me too! Thanks for commenting.

[@spiderpromos]

This man is surely the king of the Telecaster! He did a gig for me YEARS ago, and when I met him New Orleans two years ago, he not only remembered the gig but also remembered my name.... What a guy!!!!

[@movinginstereo40]

I wouldn't go as far as saying King of the Tele. Love his playing but Roy Buchanan is at the top of my list. Don Rich, James Burton and Danny Gatton are all amazing. But it's just an opinion.

[@johndubchak]

What a wonderful tune. I can't listen to this tune often enough.

[@TheFreeman4955]

Fantastic!

[@alexafarber4017]

Fantastic! Bill and fellow band mates are the best!!

[@robzillopez]

True entertainment and awesome talent!!!!!! Thank God for the ability to play music

[@mattjohnston7686]

I love these old car songs. Hot Rod Lincoln is my favorite.

[@skipmoore4035]

I saw Bill with Chuck Prophet solo about a month ago. What a performer!

[@5871248]

lines look like dots chhoook choook choook.. great version..I kinda lived this one.

[@stevesampier527]

Think I first heard this from Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. This version is just all smiles from me though.

[@donsmith3857]

its no wonder they call him titan of the telecaster--the guy is a beast

[@williamunsworth933]

Amazing guitar playing,legend.❤😅

[@jrgwld12]

What a virtuoso! Lotta bonus material in here; a very fun version of Hot Rod Lincoln!

[@williamzander4732]

He designed a idea and it worked with his skills.

[@markrudis4419]

Awesome! I gotta see this man!

[@SS-gn1wj]

AWESOME

[@casesoutherland4175]

I thought I recognized that drummer! He used to play for Ray Wylie Hubbard!

[@sfgiantpoet]

the grapevine is a very long and steep road up to the pass and sharp drop down regardless of what side you take north to sout and it will bake your car , blow it up or fry your brakes. ask any semi driver who knows where the up ramps with gravel are on the sides of the down side north bound sides.and burn up gas.. really dangerours then there is the snow and rain and fog that can hit it. this for new cars too.

[@wpw4508]

Builds character.

[@specialkschannel]

Awesome song and band, shame you zoomed in cutting out the drummer for a bit, his reactions and playing were also part of the performance.

[@roddymoore]

An American Musicalicologist along the lines of Rye Cooder.

[@Jrc-sb2lo]

3 thumbs down? More like 3 dumbs down!

[@tomschaffner9704]

Wow

[@PaulGoodeK]

Oh yeah!

[@MrPhotodoc]

That is a deceptively difficult song to do well. Some say you need a little Scotch to get it just right.

[@duffysullivan2794]

Hey! he can play it all, lol.

[@PaulGoodeK]

It's a great act, isn't it!

[@jamespollock11]

Tele MASTER!

[@gymshoe8862]

Were we not entertained???

[@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614]

former "lost planet airmen"

[@DidivsIvlianvs]

Billie Jean King SQUEEK! LOL

[@bobconnor1210]

You don’t just pick drummers like that up off the street. What? You did a couple of times? Good save.

[@attilafitzpatrick6881]

S.O,B

[@johnn.2017]

Why squeeze the drummer out of frame?!!!

[@PaulGoodeK]

I wanted to get in closer to Bill, plus I didn’t like the look with the drummer squeezed into the lower left corner-it was claustrophobic.