COMEBACK!

REDISCOVERY! RESPECT! Back in the hat, back in the uniform, hands on the piano. I've heard a few cuts, and finally, you get it: stripped of the gimmicks and the bad production and over-orchestration and voices, it's a delight. The guy just kicks, and he's in his mid-sixties at this point. Excerpt:

 
 
 

Heck yeah, Big.

More? Okay. From the "Movin' On" album, one of his tunes, "Tiny Little Train." Check out the left hand towards the end of the excerpt.

 

 
 
 

Mr. Honky Tonk passed in 2010.