Honky Cat - Elton John

Another one of my favorites to play, as it is a fun song to do some improvisation on. The song is Honky Cat and comes from the Honky Chateau album from 1972. The song did well in the charts in America, but not quite as good in the UK.
The song has been played live on many occasions, although not quite as frequently as one could expect. Last time it was played with the band was in 2013. The song has been a bigger part of Elton's solo sets, which is what I'm trying to cover here.
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[@FrostbiteP1ano]

A channel that does only Elton john songs. Ight I'm hooked

[@NCHuntersville]

I wish I were multilingual because there are no words in the English language to describe exactly how amazing this is. What a fantastic job.

[@hillaryt7405]

Holy cow! Very impressive. How can you do that?

[@wrx2k4blue]

Sigh….makes me just want to throw out my piano because i will never achieve this level of expertise. This is truly incredible on so many levels.

[@lionsrawr4125]

Honky Cat!!! How??? how did you figure out how to play this??? I want to make it my life musical ambition to be able to play this one day!! Will you please teach me how? I have tried so many times but I cannot figure it out. You play it exactly the way EJ does when he does it solo. Ive seen a lot of tutorials on YT on how to play more simple versions of it, but nobody ever gets it right and this is spot on.

[@bobbyjohnson8385]

Somebody help this man

[@Ummmmmmmmmmmm]

There’s a channel called tutorials by Hugo witch does a great job

[@mortenkul]

There is a tutorial on youtube for this. Search: Honky Cat Ephesus Piano Tutorial 😊

[@DongWork4Yuda]

Thanks for posting been learning some Elton on the Piano and this piece has been inspirational. I do well with 8th in my left hand but my watching this video I am now going to have to master 8ths with my right hands. Its time to make that move. I also need to learn to bounce up and down the keyboard with much better precision. Songs like this will be challenging but should open up another skill for me

[@lloydreedjr6910]

Im late but i been longin to find someone tht could master this song❤️❤️🔥🔥

[@donpetruzzi1010]

Exactly like his version in the Ephesus concert. That's awesome!

[@dosenwurst101]

Amazing. I've waited for this song. It's a hidden Gem and one of my favourites in Eltons solo shows in the 90's and 00's. When I close my eyes and just listen, I see Elton at his epic solo show at Ephesus 2001 playing. Great Job

[@d.p.5928]

That was so funky, it hurt. God bleess you and your chops.

[@alyncole58]

Absolutely brilliant

[@irishman4671]

Unbelievable! You continue to amaze me

[@Hannes667]

Gosh, brilliantly done

[@AlexGonzalez-vy2dx]

Your work is amazing, all your videos are awesome. Congrats 🍾🎈

[@diethardmichaelmeyer3664]

Puh, fantasic. Real good. I love it!

[@andrewdownes9730]

You are a very talented person. Incredible.

[@Charliebdrummer]

I finally found a version on KZbin worth listening to. Thank you

[@carorame4612]

I LOVE ELTON JOHN

[@yourultimamax]

Amazing...

[@donaquilone6737]

I’m truly blown away…..I loved every single second of that. Bravo maestro

[@hillaryt7405]

Who is.....? Mehmeh, I know it' s you. Don't hide , please.

[@seangraham247]

Wow! Incredible performance. Loved it. :-)

[@hillaryt7405]

Above and beyond of my expectation. 😊😊😊

[@MatthewWilkinson]

Nailed it, please do a tutorial of some of the riffs over the improvs at the end!

[@aimeeh5898]

Thanks for this

[@aimeeh5898]

Please do all his songs can’t wait .

[@christianjacobsen5209]

Felicitaciones. Sencillamente genial.

[@yesnt9995]

Hablo español alv

[@vincenzomaddalena7851]

Great!!!!

[@MrJamesAdlay]

jeez what a golden channel

[@oldmategio]

Full ephesus mode! Cheers man!!!!

[@BryanKidder]

Thank you for your covers! Could you do one of my all time favorites, Indian Sunset?

[@isaachernandez6292]

When I look back, boy, I must have been green Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign Until I saw your city lights, honey, I was blind They said, get back, honky cat Better get back to the woods Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways And, oh, the change is gonna do me good You better get back, honky cat Living in the city ain't where it's at It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine It's like trying to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine Well, I read some books, and I read some magazines About those high-class ladies down in New Orleans And all the folks back home, well, said I was a fool They said, oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule They said, get back, honky cat Better get back to the woods Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways And, ooh ooh ooh ooh, oh, change is gonna do me good They said, get back, honky cat Better get back to the woods Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways And, oh oh oh oh, oh, change is gonna do me good They said, stay at home, boy, you gotta tend the farm Living in the city, boy, is going to break your heart But how can you stay when your heart says no? How can you stop when your feet say go? You better get back, honky cat Better get back to the woods Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways And, ooh ooh ooh ooh, oh, the change is gonna do me good You better get back, honky cat Living in the city ain't where it's at It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine It's like trying to drink whiskey, oh, from a bottle of wine Oh, yeah Get back, honky cat Get back, honky cat Get back, whoo Get back, honky cat Get back, honky cat Get back, whoo Get back, honky cat Get back, get back, honky cat, whoo (oh yeah)

[@akalainez1924]

Very Good :)

[@andyfieldmagic]

😯

[@improvisedbasscovers5735]

I think you would really like improvising some honkey tonk piano on The Black Crowe's "Hard To Handle". I came up with something for just one verse of the song, but I'm just a little notch above beginner on the piano.

[@danielhkhk7283]

Wow, great, that's really difficult!

[@hillaryt7405]

It is. I can't never do that. Fast fingers are needed.

[@wikantyaskristiai3614]

Amazing performance!! Can you play "Don't let the sun go down on me"?

[@user-yt4ko6es7p]

💜💙

[@darrellperkins6711]

all I can say is wowwwww

[@hillaryt7405]

Or awwww...

[@michaelmatthews1537]

this is unbelievable, incredible you can play just like his live solo work. Any chance you can record it on a midi file to learn from?

[@LimeCovers]

Thanks, I tried it, but it doesn't really work out. Maybe if I get better equipment in the future.

[@iKumala]

holy hell dude.

[@phyllishannah7203]

Very good now if Elton John would sing

[@theembr7479]

Do tonight from the blue moves album

[@jarovdz1065]

Pls do Hercules!!! So a great song from Elton John

[@jet07son]

amazing , can you do an over head recording so we can see your fingers better or sell your sheet music thanks

[@Garyrag]

Left hand king

[@AzlanValentine]

You my fav

[@liamboase2219]

Does anyone know what Roland FP model this is?

[@jackfahey7459]

FP-4

[@noaheverard7921]

Amazing! Do you learn the songs by ear or by sheet music?

[@LimeCovers]

I play by ear. :)

[@noaheverard7921]

LimeCovers holy shit your amazing

[@ArtiomRomanov]

LimeCovers, unbelievable. Great job!

[@SybilAnn18]

Hi, it seems that you've deleted or privated some of your videos, for instance, the cover of Ego. Why? Could you please put it back up? I love this song.

[@LimeCovers]

I've deleted them since I wasn't happy with them. I'll be uploading new stuff in the future, so stay tuned!

[@SybilAnn18]

@@LimeCovers oh, I loved it though! Do you plan to cover it once again? Staying tuned 100%

[@Barosha66]

what is your synthesizer called?

[@LimeCovers]

It's a Roland FP-4

[@jet07son]

can you send the sheets to this music or make it available ?

[@madelstowe7989]

Do you have the sheets for this? Im terrible at learning by ear and none if the sheets ive seen are good as this

[@LimeCovers]

Sorry, I don't have any sheets for any performance.

[@madelstowe7989]

@@LimeCovers well if u were to ever get on that, im sure you'd make money off it. Ik id pay for it

[@connorwilliford8417]

Do Saturday nights alright!

[@Whetuu]

Please can you do song for a guy I love watching your covers

[@nachocappiello8161]

Te salió igual, no tenés la partitura?

[@Rafaelferreiraplantas]

Play songs all that i'm allowed and weight of the world

[@TheRealTime_Podcast]

Can you do tutorials please?

[@catherinel5495]

Could you possibly make a recording where the view is above the piano so we can see what notes you’re playing

[@nathanbell3120]

Do you have someone help you learn all these songs? Or are you just a GOD and listened to the songs a bunch and just taught yourself?

[@LimeCovers]

I've been watching and listening to a lot of live versions and then I've basically been practicing until it sounded right.

[@nathanbell3120]

LimeCovers well bless your talented ear and fingers