Jimmy Smith - Honky Tonk

[@williamrussell3613]

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

[@josephacquah9979]

These were Guys who spent their lives entertaining others.

[@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?

[@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!

[@richardpotter712]

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

[@barbararichmond2167]

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

[@alkahall3599]

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

[@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!!

[@jalebjaba1487]

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

[@ritaporter9055]

I still love it 2023❤

[@TheBilldozer49]

2024 checking in.....

[@mikeyamato9864]

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

[@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.

[@golperuano]

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

[@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!

[@georgebuendia3491]

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

[@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

[@MegaCarli12]

This music makes you smile. Great stuff

[@abirdthatflew]

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

[@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.

[@randallcrow1992]

I watch this over and over and over!

[@kennethjmaseko8502]

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

[@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.

[@barbararichmond2167]

That Sax sends chills throughout my body.

[@davidmoore2325]

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

[@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.

[@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.....

[@erdwest]

I remember when this came out. Great memories.

[@JohnJohnson-wy3su]

6

[@53Trees-od9hw]

I was honored to meet Terry Evans today

[@abirdthatflew]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@vladvlendon4777]

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

[@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.

[@TheDickeroo]

What a fantastic group of musicians who actually play real music. These guys were all very special and we should be grateful that their talent was captured on KZbin for all to enjoy. They should live forever.

[@winmichaels3288]

This song has surely stood the test of time.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

Why on earth am I taking all my clothes off, one piece at a time, slowly?

[@sallylee7396]

Cause you're remembering!! Have a great time remembering , stay safe and happy with the memories!

[@mbeenz]

Yeah baby yeah terret up but do not get arrested

[@PeterossettiNet]

Cause the music is so hot?

[@MrLeoDad]

That's alright

[@friedchickenridebarton1567]

And having a mighty fine dang good time doing it too ! Heres to great great music that makes you get up and dance 😊

[@arturogonzales9166]

Still a very hot number after all these decades !

[@bluenote824jones7]

One of the greatest songs ever written

[@barryrice2135]

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

[@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?

[@aliounefal8326]

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

[@08Blacksky]

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

[@davidmoore2325]

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

[@08Blacksky]

Me too

[@clifford5572]

This is porn for your ears! Not sure who the drummer is, but he gets top marks in my book. The entire band is incredible.

[@jimbosan710]

Porn for your ears? You imbecilic, un-Godly pervert.

[@joblo9773]

@@jimbosan710 could be worse lol could be corn for your rows ... plus the "H" word.

[@rhythmfield]

Frank Wilson on drums.

[@romeredubost6971]

jimmy smith would not have it any other way

[@noreenjackson4377]

Frank Wilson is drummer.

[@Ronda-gl8ix]

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

[@thandomzobe2826]

Great music by great musicians. I love it

[@arteyhviahbadar6929]

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

[@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😎

[@VincentTPackhorse]

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

[@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.

[@grega1972]

This is the way this song is suppose to be played DAMMIT !!!!!

[@WCM1945]

YAAAAZUH!!!

[@johnnyloungejazz5477]

grega1972 damn strait.

[@SirGeorge53]

grega1972 damn tootin

[@mr.wizard2974]

Ace Cannon did it better

[@thomasharrison6701]

The Only Way To Do A Thing, Is The Right Way !!!!!!!!!

[@lesd1106]

Just plain laid back ...not the crap we have today

[@bobdownes162]

Couldn't agree more. But wonder if you you feel the same about this 83 year old, white, Englishman ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4q2k4F3ea-Egrs

[@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

[@JWCbabe]

Herman Riley - Saxophone Terry Evans - Guitar

[@815nc55]

Jane Claymor

[@FrancescoAlcozer]

Sax and guitar: a beautiful combination of sure success. Greetings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/poHMi5umid2Dg80 *DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS* Guitar & Sax *Duane Eddy Version*

[@barryhunt8527]

Ain’t they good 👏😁👍🕺🎶🇬🇧

[@johnbianculli8467]

Oh I thought it was Carl Lockett on guitar.

[@pcpablo2]

That groove should be on Mount Rushmore!

[@barbararichmond2167]

Pcpablo2. I will be there with it.

[@filotrejo5220]

@@barbararichmond2167 aaàaaaà1aqqaq1aqqaqqaqqaqq

[@bobdillaber1195]

Excellent response!

[@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.…..

[@JeffersonMartinSynfluent]

Jimmy Smith doing Doggett is priceless.

[@onelove154]

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

[@johncrofford1390]

Damn right babe, they maybe gone but not forgotten !

[@tedpres173]

They're obviously having a ball with this Bill Doggett classic.

[@WCM1945]

This one is probably the most fun to jam on. You can do anything with it.

[@oilliequarles2037]

You can do what every

[@Grandtrunk]

Bill Dogett was THE man!!

[@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?

[@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

[@frankbento4740]

Simply awesome 😎

[@jamesdodd8946]

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

[@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.

[@barbararichmond2167]

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

[@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.

[@2dasimmons]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@charlesjerred1857]

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

[@booieandpianobob]

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

[@JamesSpeiser]

Snare sounds great to me, I been playing blues & jazz over 25 years for a living

[@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.

[@dambust56]

cool blues great playing could listing to all night

[@l.angellove4621]

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

[@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.

[@robertfonner5886]

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

[@jacobcraig6848]

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

[@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.

[@PBrinklow1]

Fantastic Hammond Organ from the Master. could be Herman Riley - Saxophones Terry Evans - Guitar as on the Jimmy Smith Quartet [ZDF Jazz Club - Leonberg, Germany - 1988]

[@bernieskenandore8419]

damned strait bro..

[@Guitarslinger72001]

As far as the guitarist goes, I don't know who it is but it is definitely not Terry Evans nor is it Phil Upchurch as mentioned by L. Wedderburn (and J. Claymore) below...

[@ckl509]

Paul Brinklow

[@simonmbele3018]

Yes its me I still enjoy it even in 2023

[@VincentTPackhorse]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@Avril644]

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

[@reginaldgraham1057]

Jazz at its finest, the great Jimmy Smith !

[@excop820]

Can't keep your feet still listening to this jam

[@coldcuts113]

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

[@johnnyacevedojr8743]

Cold cut you mean cooking with grass

[@coldcuts113]

@@johnnyacevedojr8743 That too!!!! 😉

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@tomcrosby6332]

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

[@sean-fw7zi]

this needs to come back onto main stream radio

[@loufpatterson4642]

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

[@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

[@PaulBJazz]

The Sax player is the wonderful Mr. Herman Riley, and the guitarist is Terry Evans....He's got a gig at Disneyland last I heard....

[@TeeTommyBest]

Your help with the names of the other performers is very appreciated! Man Jimmy had his group cookin' that night!

[@deewei1240]

Terry Evans!!!

[@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!