Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels, by Whitey Morgan and the 78's

Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels

by Whitey Morgan and the 78's

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dethkids ⚰️ Because it;s in honor of REVL COVNTRY in a world of fake ass pop just singing about old time good country. Whitey Morgan cuts out the middle man and presents new tracks that are forever classics! Great drinking driving partying or chilling music! Rarely can you do all to one band,CHEERS! Favorite track: Crazy.

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1.	Hold Her When She Cries 03:55	buy track
2.	Crazy 04:12	buy track
3.	If It Ain't Broke 04:39	buy track
4.	Back to Back 03:30	buy track
5.	Cheating Again 02:55	buy track
6.	Honky Tonk Angel 03:14	buy track
7.	I'm on Fire 03:18	buy track
8.	Another Round 03:34	buy track
9.	Goodbye Dixie 04:00	buy track
10.	Love and Honor 03:13	buy track
11.	Prove It All To You 02:59	buy track
12.	Sinner 04:00	buy track

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With their tellingly titled debut album, Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels, Whitey Morgan & the 78s try to transform the Motor City into Music City (that's Nashville, TN, for you Yankees out there). Surely no simple task, most would agree, but it seems that the Flint, MI-based quintet shares a singular obsession with the outlaw country movement, and, in the case of Morgan himself, an outright fixation on ol' Waylon Jennings. Accordingly, this 2008 debut, though recorded entirely in the Michigan chill, never wanders north of the Mason-Dixon Line, musically speaking. On the one hand, it boasts numerous laconic acoustic guitar numbers spiked with wonderfully weepy pedal steel, including the wistful lament, "Hold Her When She Cries," the soppy "Love and Honor," and the Waylon, Hank, Earl Scruggs, and Cash-citing country establishment screed, "If It Ain't Broke" -- not to mention a beautifully stylized cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire" that fits right in. On the other hand, it finds the boys perking up to tackle several whiskey-drenched honky tonkers like "Crazy (By Any Other Name)," "Honky Tonk Angel," "Another Round," and the candid and amusingly self-critical "Cheating Again." So aside from a selection of less-inspired iterations of these templates rounding out the album, the only major knock one can level at the group is that they may come off rather like an outlaw country tribute band to seasoned fans of the genre. Then again, who could begrudge Whitey Morgan and his crew's earnest desire to perpetuate the outlaw aesthetic in its purest form, least of all by opening quite a few eyes to its wonders among Small Stone's predominantly hard rock fan contingent? Like the song above says: "If It Ain't Broke"...

- Eduardo Rivadavia

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released September 30, 2008

Whitey Morgan and the 78's are:
Eric Allen: Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals
Ben Vermeylen: Guitar and Backing Vocals
Jeremy Biltz: Guitar
Mike Popovich: Drums
Jeremy Mackinder: Bass

Additional Musicians: Fred Newell: Steel Guitar
Eric Hoegemeyer: Drums on "Prove it All to You" and "Sinner", Organ on "Sinner", Tambourine on "Sinner." Liz Mackinder: Backing Vocals on "Back to Back" and "Love and Honor."

Engineers: Eric Hoegemeyer @ Rustbelt Studios and Jerry Bridges @ Nighthawk Studios.
Mixing: Al Sutton @ Rustbelt Studios.
Mastering: Chris Gooseman @ Solid Sound.

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