Jimmy Smith - Honky Tonk

[@williamrussell3613]

Jimmy Smith - Organ Frank Wilson - Drums Herman Riley - Saxophones Terry Evans - Guitar

[@GreggBennett-j3p]

Guitar player looked like cornel Dupree? Maybe I’m wrong. Not an expert.

[@marthaperdew]

I was listening to Honky Tonk when I was a kid ,I'm 71 and I'm still listening to this good music , not the crap that people call music now

[@fremlinarant4092]

Hello Martha, How are you doing?

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather today?

[@barbararichmond2167]

When I get down and depressed, I let music like this change my entire mindset.

[@rubymcnair4206]

I always did love this song Honky Tonk it still sounds good in 2020 is there anybody out there enjoying this song on their spare time

[@violet2048]

Oh Yeah!

[@jimmiebarnhill9753]

good push and pull song damn

[@larryjacobsen4079]

Johnny Winter covered it with his brother Edgar on sax.

[@renaatilmon4778]

I definitely am. My childhood days & still love it. With my Mom, my Aunts, and Uncles that are all deceased this is imbedded along with a lot of other songs that I listen to. I know you’ve heard the original song by Bill Doggett!

[@bobdillaber1195]

@@renaatilmon4778 Me too!!! I was 16 when Bill Dogget hit the radio waves with this SONG! I still play my vinyls of it! Always loved this song!

[@johnnyc.holmes4251]

I was playing for the Great James Brown, (34 years) we Opened with Honkey Tonk . In fact, back in the day, Bill Doggett was our label mate at King . and we toured together on the Chitlin circuit

[@glovesoffofficial1382]

Absolutly mindblowing your a massive part of the whole deal!! What an achievement!!

[@ArchibaldBagge]

you played in James Brown's band? I bow to you sir.

[@josephacquah9979]

These were Guys who spent their lives entertaining others.

[@Ronda-gl8ix]

I remember the Bill Doggett version from 1956. This a great rendition by Jimmy Smith, love it! Thank you for posting.

[@tomcrosby6332]

Awesome. Second time watching this. Thanks for the post. Tom

[@alkahall3599]

Superb jazz musicians playing Bill Doggett's R&B tune. You are dead if this can't make you dance .... classic stuff !

[@kennethjmaseko8502]

This sound will still rock for the next fifty years 👏👏👏♥️🖐️

[@georgebuendia3491]

One of my favorite all time any time hits. Came out summer of 56. Never get tired of it!

[@randallcrow1992]

I watch this over and over and over!

[@richardpotter712]

With Jimmy Smith, Herman Riley on sax, Terry Evans on guitar, Frank Wilson on drums.

[@mikeyamato9864]

The sound of Jimmy Smith, a groupy funky jazz, still bounces today. It feels great!

[@TheCurtmusic1]

This music reminds me of my days gigging in Shreveport, Louisiana in my teens. There were some of the best musicians that I learned from. Guys like this, who knew how to jam a song. THEY ARE THE BEST! CAN"T GET ANY BETTER. I had to play this video over again. Great music!!!!!!!!!!

[@bubblesmageefrompoughkipse7104]

Greetings from a fellow Shreveporter who's still in the Port City!! Finally!! Someone who gets it!!🤓

[@ilikemike97]

i think the saxophonist is Herman Riley and he grew up and cut his teeth playing sax in Louisiana.

[@golperuano]

Fantastic musicianship, especially the gents on sax and guitar.... superb!

[@jalebjaba1487]

No bass player needed .Jimmy’s got it.❤️

[@jwbuchanan2101]

This I remember,when I was in the navy,I love this song. Boy this was the music,in the 50’s I am so happy to be living in this era. Bless all the people that made it what it was. Ride On”🙏

[@jerlenejohnson1201]

My high school days

[@MegaCarli12]

This music makes you smile. Great stuff

[@dwaynebreeden4560]

can't believe I found this song. This was my father's favorite song. I remember him and my uncle listening to this in our basement on a record player when I was 6 years old. They would play it over and over again. I'm now 51. This brings back great memories. Thank you. my dad Leon Breeden Sr. is smiling down proudly

[@barbararichmond2167]

Dwayne, Had I known, I would have sent it to you years ago. I listened to it the most in the 90's.. ..

[@asakeith533]

i know Im asking the wrong place but does someone know a method to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

[@romanduncan6230]

@Asa Keith instablaster :)

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Your Dad had good taste man. Soul. Good story, cheers, and happy new year.

[@richsackett3423]

The version he had is probably the Bill Doggett recording. As good as this is, the original is better.

[@aliounefal8326]

Awesome! This is how music should be .Thanks for making it happen.

[@bzb500]

There's nothing like soul music to soothe your soul.....love it....♥️👏🥳in 2022 and eternity......I get on my treadmill and get lost in the sax, drums and guitar total top shelf music.

[@avagd6293]

Still one of the greatest jazz R n B instrumentals of all times. I never get tired of listening to it.

[@kosterichrobinson]

I'm in a mood. I've been listening to "Honky Tonk" over and over all morning.

[@toddstokes9909]

Why, this is the original "baby booming music!" Her ankle swings back and forth, his fingers keep time spot on. A new generation is born nine months later.... need I say more?

[@johncrofford1390]

Damn right babe, they maybe gone but not forgotten !

[@barryrice2135]

One of my favorite songs, and I like their version. Stellar. I saw Jimmy in Seattle 'bout 1965.

[@othatoliver4887]

Heard this song as a youngster and still loving it at 64 years old

[@garys8990]

Me too! I play it on my Tenor sax and B-3 Hammond Organ even though I am 66.

[@patrickspino5941]

Still loving it at 75! See my post above.

[@barbararichmond2167]

That Sax player is blowing me away! My favorite instrument in the world. Loved since I was a kid.

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather today?

[@johnnyloungejazz5477]

I met jimmy smith at the Black stone hotel in 83 , he was sitting in on Piano. He was a prince of a Man . Rare to see him on piano

[@jasonlevin5378]

Saw this group in LA around this time - they had as much fun playing as we did listening and grooving....smiles all around for hours

[@vladvlendon4777]

So good and up there with the original, Terry Evans was perfection, and Herman Riley just blew me away!

[@drbhekischili4719]

This song reminds me of Jonny Horton's earlier version of Honky Tonky. I first heard this song in vnyl record in 1970 when i was 10 years old. It was my father's Sunday gosbel.But, I give it to Jimmy Smith with his crew. I subsequently heard Jimmy Smith version late in 70's or early in the 80's I was attached. If I listened to it I just go back in time in my youthful days. And, I say "akukho sigxhobo saguga namaxholo also." Great music is shall will always be timeless.

[@birdeljackson9263]

Jimmy Smith was playing Honk Tonk performed first by Bill Doggett not Johnny Horton.

[@jeromehenen8256]

This is one of the greatest pieces of music i've ever heard!

[@busterclark8081]

I remember this song we used to get us a girl and slow dance across the floor nice and smooth

[@johnnyacevedo153]

Jerome have you heard the original by Bill Doggett part one and part two, you will hear it over at over you will never get tired of it😎

[@hankb390]

I've searching for this song for @ least 20 years, wondering if I would ever hear it again, so glad that I found it by humming the tune into Google 😂❤❤❤, I can truly thank technology for this one🎉🎉🎉😊😊1💯👏👏👏

[@grundid44]

What can I say about this. The instruments are beautifully crafted in every way, and the groove is simply brutal. Talk about push-pull rhythm, this is just wonderful and totally enhances the music.

[@AldrinGarcia-ow5jh]

wherever Terry is now he's sure to be happy. he is a great musician and a kind person. thank you for the opportunity to be your caregiver

[@frankbento4740]

Simply awesome 😎

[@violet2048]

This and Time is Tight, Green Onions, The Happy Organ, Peter Gunn, Take Five, Grazing in the Grass, there are more and they are timeless.

[@arturogonzales9166]

Still a very hot number after all these decades !

[@ritaporter9055]

I still love it 2023❤

[@TheBilldozer49]

2024 checking in.....

[@barbararichmond2167]

That Sax sends chills throughout my body.

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather today?

[@patrickspino5941]

This number was released in 1956 by Bill Doggett. My Father bought it for me as soon as it came out; it was one of my first 45's. As a 7 year old, I distinctly remember the song totally blowing my mind and I've been a jazz aficionado ever since! Thank you for posting this rendition!

[@abirdthatflew]

Such a gentleman, Jimmy Smith let his bandmates play without interfering.

[@arteyhviahbadar6929]

Always Will LOVE The JIMMY SMITH SOUNDS AND EXPERTISE! THE BEST WITH THE BEST. . .!

[@davidmeyer7698]

i don't like covers usually, and is a Bill Doggett song of the top order, but this has to rank as one of the best covers ever. Y'all talk about Frank, Herman and Terry - all fabulous to be sure - but surely Jimmy himself should get some big atta-boys for not getting in the way of his stellar back-up band, while providing metered and consistent back up to their genius. says so much about him as a person, not trying to grab the glory just because it is his band. love it!!!

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

I agree with you but there is a certain purity and richness to Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk" part 1 & 2 that can't be matched.

[@tomcrosby6332]

My favorite version I've seen yet. Smoooothe.....

[@geoffgreen8023]

This song really comes alive when the sax rips in- it’s as though another groove drops into gear- thanks for posting this🤘👍🙂😎

[@FrancescoAlcozer]

The Sax certainly has its great importance, but this song can also be performed for guitar only, without losing anything. Greetings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIO0qKtupZd9fdk *ROCKABILLY* Gibson Guitar in the style of *Paul Pigat*

[@barbararichmond2167]

Geoff Green, Any time a Sax comes into play, everything heats up.. for me anyway!!

[@barbararichmond2167]

Geoff, You and I. .... Sax lovers

[@geoffgreen8023]

Barbara Richmond - nice replies Barbara, put a smile on my face and made my mind wander

[@upyourz69]

7 min and 22 sec. of some of the baddest ass sax playin' I've heard for a while. From a sax player.

[@barbararichmond2167]

Day Tripper, You and I must be kindred spirits/ souls. Love me some 🎷! He has heighten that love

[@valinash]

The Jimmy Smith Quartet featured in a 1988 concert at ZDF Jazz Club in Leonberg, Germany. Jimmy Smith on organ , Frank Wilson on drums, Herman Riley on sax, Terry Evans on guitar.

[@barbararichmond2167]

A man with a saxophone has the ability to catch me off guard. I LOVE THAT SAX THAT MUCH!!!

[@erdwest]

I remember when this came out. Great memories.

[@JohnJohnson-wy3su]

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[@janetschleusner1863]

Thank you, Mick Martin, for your synopsis of the sax "man," Herman Riley. Interesting about Terry Evans, too. I love Jimmy Smith's music. So "with it," so fine tuned to instill this very moving and wonderful music down into my Soul! I just discovered Jimmy in the last couple of years. I just love him and his music!

[@fremlinarant4092]

Hello Janet, How are you doing?

[@MIMI88998899]

This was one of my mom's favorite songs and now it has become one of my favorite songs. I can hear my mom singing at 5:42 to 5:47, We Like To Boogie Real Slow, We Like To Boogie Real Slow, now I find myself singing it too. RIP Mom!

[@2dasimmons]

That's the fabulous Herman Riley on tenor sax. Beautiful!! RIP Herman and wonderful Jimmy Smith.

[@charlesjerred1857]

Had the 78, and loved it when I was a kid…early 50’s.

[@EdwardBett]

This is so funky,who will ever play like this cats again ?

[@antechinus100]

Nobody. Stick with this.

[@martinphilip8998]

Taj Mahal

[@sallylee7396]

No one in this life time anyway, andto think and be thankful we lived when music was just that pleasing to the ears, of course let the younger generation have theirs, we certainly had ours! 😉🍷

[@martinphilip8998]

@@sallylee7396 I remember listening to a new Chambers Brothers album a friend had. His racist mother said, “it sounds like they are throwing another one into the alligator pit.’’ We laughed our heads off.

[@susandavidson3344]

@@martinphilip8998 There was some Taj shows at Filmore I think around early Jan or Feb 1969 where it's near as -- well -- groovy ... makes me think of Bitches Brew does Taj I believe with the flute player and song(s) go on 10 11, maybe 12 minutes or longer -- kinda sorta think Van Morrison ["Brother" Jack Schroer on sax] Astral Weeks was similar low-down-dirty groove -- "first recorded live Astral" [maybe even at Filmore as well?] here on ScrewTube conveys someting similar -- just some very livey dudes -- right in the sweet spot - timeless boogie--- ah- makes me think King Curtis too!

[@execelsior999]

Just discovered this version, after all these years! I can not believe how good it is.

[@2dasimmons]

WHY not? THE MASTERS ARE PERFORMING IT. RIP Hammond B3 ICON Jimmy Smith and tenor/soprano sax Herman Riley. You all are missed:/

[@barbararichmond2167]

Charles, Believe it..... Because it's REAL and OH SO B-A-D! Love everything about it..... That Sax is my favorite, always has been since I was a kid.

[@barbararichmond2167]

Charles, Glad you a believer now and always. Jimm Smithhas always been badass.. so is his band

[@thandomzobe2826]

Great music by great musicians. I love it

[@MrDoneboy]

Awesome Track, Gentlemen!

[@onelove154]

What a great tune! A thing of beauty. I love it.

[@PierreMercier-w7n]

Man! Love this dude! Never too late to discover good musicians.

[@53Trees-od9hw]

I was honored to meet Terry Evans today

[@winmichaels3288]

This song has surely stood the test of time.

[@bluenote824jones7]

One of the greatest songs ever written

[@jacobcraig6848]

Yes this record still sounds good and always have. Its 1 of my old favorite glad to know still appreciate good music

[@jamesdodd8946]

Danced to that at the College Inn in San Diego in 1957. What a great sound!!

[@alfredfoster147]

I could march all night and day to this beat, or maybe just walking to New Orleans, super post Thanks

[@VincentTPackhorse]

Wow! A smooth groove you just can't lose.

[@barbararichmond2167]

Take me back to the Continental Bowling Alley in Big H where I first learned about jazz and fell in love with music that had not been on my reader. 12 midnight to 8 AM every day.

[@VincentTPackhorse]

Oh yeah, definitely in the groove, so don't you all move. A great take on an absolute classic.

[@booieandpianobob]

A superb performance of a great number- tempo just right - Blues playing at its best.

[@08Blacksky]

Wish we had good music like this today.....

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather today?

[@08Blacksky]

Me too

[@mickmartin3170]

This is definitely the great Herman Riley on sax. He was Jimmy's horn player of choice for the last two decades of his life. They were like brothers, and Herman passed not long after Jimmy did. Herman was one of the humblest, kindest men I've ever known. Terry Evans, also featured here, was the only guitarist Jimmy trusted with the iconic Billy Butler guitar phrasing. This band recorded the song as a tribute to Bill Doggett on the CD "Prime Time" not long after the R&B organist's death.

[@wholewurld]

+Mick Martin I wish I could find more Herman Riley recordings. He's the man!

[@wholewurld]

+Mick Martin And so is Terry Evans!

[@dushtuchhele]

Thanks Mick for all this rich info. The sax player Herman Riley sent to the seventh heaven. What a great musician!

[@dushtuchhele]

Yes so is Terry Evans. No doubt about that.

[@johnmartinez4129]

thanks for the info Mick, my band Ruben and the Jets covered this song on our 2nd album for Mercury back in '74. Playing in garage bands in East L.A. back in the 60's and 70's every band did this tune, it is a classic.

[@philpryor7524]

That old groove, the groove of life and living now and maybe tomorrow, but it's a groove for all of us, for all time, not to be forgotten easily. Mesmerising...

[@Jerry-oo8hd]

That, Ducky, is called the “Shuffle”. Ask the drummer man to run you by a “shuffle”. That’s yer funK!

[@jbones61]

One of the Best Versions I have ever heard. Bill Doggett and this version are the Ultimate Versions. Been dancing to these versions since 1960. Top that if you will! ! !

[@barbararichmond2167]

Jimmy, maybe I can.... You never know.…..

[@robertfonner5886]

Man the way these guys did this song it was great dude totally awesome

[@rayscott4780]

Walk down Chippewa st in Buffalo ny in the late 50s and this is what you heard. I was 9 in 59 and would shine shoes at all the bars around there. Those were damn good times. The Russians were scared of us and we were glad of it.

[@simonmbele3018]

Yes its me I still enjoy it even in 2023

[@dambust56]

cool blues great playing could listing to all night

[@l.angellove4621]

THIS GENUINE GOLDEN CLASSIC STILL SOUNDS GREAT YES VERY GOOD ALWAYS & FOREVER

[@jimmystewart7954]

Outstanding Performance by all. Love it, thanks for sharing. ❤

[@reginaldgraham1057]

Jazz at its finest, the great Jimmy Smith !

[@loufpatterson4642]

I am still enjoying the heck put of it!!!

[@randallcrow1992]

I listened to this song a lot back in day when Bill Doggett had his hit with it, and of course I owe a debt of gratitude to that original but I must say that I absolutely love this performance of it.

[@dandevins2689]

67 people didn't like this? How is that even possible?

[@815nc55]

Tasty shuffle and a credit to Jimmy and the guys.....Doggett's still rocks and it's 60+ yrs young......what music was all about then unlike the amplified noise kids are buying now.

[@alejandroarielquintero4237]

excelente respuesta,

[@farshimelt]

"Amplified noise," that's what the generation before Doggett's said about Doggett and on and on to back where it all began.

[@barbararichmond2167]

Oh, baby, you don't have to go. Baby, I don't why I love you, don't know why I feel this way! Are these words someone sings to this song? Damn! That Saxophone blows me away!

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

This version is the best. This is intense. Great music!

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather today?

[@GREG62944]

I got a sax boogie song called Flying on my Pegasus.

[@SlowRider72]

I love this! Such a great song performed by amazing musicians!

[@DocB3Fuzz]

I was there for the original performance. This was truly a tribute!

[@Avril644]

Found this music again after many years ago. Love the sax and guitar.

[@jbones61]

This beat started a Dance Craze in Houston and Dallas in 1958. Every body started dancing to the half-beat to this song turning jitterbug into a new dance called the Whip in Houston, and the Push in Dallas, There was an annual Dance Contest between the Cities as to who had the best Dancers. It happens still to this day. Not from those cities but from all over the South. I went to a Contest in Bossier City at the Horseshoe Casino in 2004. The Next was in Houston in 2005. Lost Contact Since Then.

[@MrPARKBRAU]

Can't sit still with this guy...............Dance on........ gets my blood flowing...looking for more...

[@damovanb]

the groove is what this tune is made of. if it's not played with this feel, it only becomes a jive-ass filler, but when it's played right, the whole room is rockin' and they don't want it to quit. i know, i've witnessed it live....with my own band

[@bernardsoroko9570]

You've got it. Like Roger Hawkins said; "Lay back and burn".

[@irvinem8120]

Damon van Buren .

[@barbararichmond2167]

Damon, you said it Best.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

@ Damon Van Buren: "Honky Tonk" is just one of those classic tunes you simply have to know if you play blues, jazz or roots music. Great blues acts have been using it as a kick-off for shows for years. Almost forty years ago, I remember seeing the late great Albert Collins and his band, The Icebreakers, near Chicago at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, IL. The band would come out first and play a lengthy version of the tune, usually with Albert's tenor man, A.C. Reed, on the sax, and whoever his rhythm guitarist was, playing the Billy Butler part. Everyone got good and warm and ready for Albert to make his entrance, and that was how the "Iceman" used to start off.

[@jerrymammoser9857]

You can thank drummer Frank Wilson for holding it back, spreading it around and laying it down.

[@lastrada52]

Beautifully well-recorded and performed classic. The instrumental "Hony Tonk," Part 1 & 2 on an old 45 rpm record by Bill Doggett on I think, the King record label, was one of the first records I ever bought. So, I am very protective of my childhood classics. This band is absolutely marvelous paying tribute to Doggett. I really enjoyed this live performance in Germany of all places. All the musicians were exceptional. They captured the soul & feel of the groove Bill had captured originally with his combo. This unit really cooked on this. Bill would've been very pleased.

[@2dasimmons]

Totally! Iconic Jimmy Smith was the best Hammond B 3 organist ever and Herman Riley was super Tenor sax!! May both icons RIP😍

[@susandavidson3344]

@@2dasimmons right on brother

[@FRANKENTWO]

That's the late Herman Riley on tenor sax. An old friend of mine who was a great player. And Frank Wilson on Drums. What a great group. I also know the guitarist, but I can't remember his name. Frank Collett.

[@abirdthatflew]

How fantastic that Jimmy didn't upstage his musicians. What a great guy.

[@LivingstonGina]

Makes me feel good awesome legends ❤

[@coldcuts113]

Awesome version!!! These guys are "cooking with gas!!!"

[@johnnyacevedojr8743]

Cold cut you mean cooking with grass

[@coldcuts113]

@@johnnyacevedojr8743 That too!!!! 😉

[@billysteadman399]

Love this song! Remember listening to this on the early 60s. My mon loved it to. She said ( don't that just send you). lol good vibes

[@andretaylor8133]

Now you know it is time to jam....Oh! my goodness...I remember when it was non stop dance and party time. I am 71 yrs young and still can and do dance until I cant.....dance no mo!