Even as the Radio Dial spotlights obscurities, it also prides itself on providing the “best variety” (to use a cliched industry tagline). So tonight, please enjoy, along with a cold draught, “Haunted Honky Tonk” from the Gibson/Miller Band. Taken from their 1994 “Red, White, and Blue Collar” LP, the guys spin an interesting country yarn about a fellow that stops in for a bite at the titular establishment, and ends up meeting Buddy Holly, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and others. Listen to the lyrics carefully, it’s essentially a Twilight Zone episode set to music.
“As I walked up to the swinging doors… I shivered when I saw the old marquee… ‘cuz the names I read… had all been dead… since 1963.”
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