John Hughey recommendations

Dylan Schorer · Post by **Dylan Schorer** » 27 Oct 2012 12:49 pm

I'm looking for recommendations for albums to dig into John Hughey's playing. Let me know which Conway Twitty or other albums I should check out.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 27 Oct 2012 1:21 pm

Of course, you are aware that John released several truly great CD's still available thro his website.
Not a bad tune among any of them.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 27 Oct 2012 1:31 pm

"She Needs Someone To Hold Her When She Cries" and "How Much More Can She Stand, and Still Stand By Me" are my 2 favorite Twitty Albums. All the early Twitty Albums are great, even though Lew Houston played on some real early cuts.

Several Vince Gill CD's. They have John all over them.

Ronnie Milsap "20-20 Vision" has some great Hughey stuff on it.

Dickey Betts "Highway Call" (there's a thread going now about that album.

Can't leave out the first Time Jumpers CD and DVD.

Check out this list of credits for John from Allmusic.com.

CLICK HERE

Just to veer a little off topic, in that list is a Connie Smith album ("Just For What I Am" -- a 5 disc set) that has Hughey, Jimmy Crawford, Stu Basore, Hal Rugg, Dickey Overbey, Weldon Myrick all playing on it. Says it was released this year. I am going to have see about getting that one.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 27 Oct 2012 2:43 pm

just about every conway album except the last one or two are worth their weight in hughey!

....oh yeah...definitely willie nelson , 'phases and stages' and even 'forever young' kitty wells.

Tim Fleming · Post by **Tim Fleming** » 27 Oct 2012 4:29 pm

I'm partial to Vince Gill's "The Key".
Can't go wrong here - very solid album.

Al Miller · Post by **Al Miller** » 27 Oct 2012 8:41 pm

ALL OF THEM !!!! THEN WHEN YOUR FINISHED WHITH THEM START OVER I PROMISE YOULL HEAR AND FIND THINGS YOUI NEVER HEARD PAPA JOHN IS A LEGEND..

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 27 Oct 2012 9:27 pm

And absolutely get any or all of John's Solo steel instrumental albums, great production, amazing playing and tone, steel right up front.

Dylan Schorer · Post by **Dylan Schorer** » 27 Oct 2012 9:28 pm

Thanks for for all of the great recommendations, guys.

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 28 Oct 2012 3:29 am

John Hughey's "On and off stage" from 1976 is perhaps the best instrumental steel album ever recorded. Listen to "I'll come runnin'", "Hello Darlin'" and "You've never been this far before" and let your jaw drop to the floor in awe. Not one mediocre track on the whole album.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 28 Oct 2012 4:27 am

http://danny.hullihen.tripod.com/id24.htm

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 28 Oct 2012 7:09 am

Too bad that list from AllMusic.com isn't all inclusive of every song John played on. Here are a few I really like.

Marty Stuart / Travis Tritt - "This One's Gonna Hurt You" CLICK HERE

Shania Twain - "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" - Some neat stuff from John. Not much, but real cool. CLICK HERE

Barbara Mandrell - "Standing Room Only" - One of my faves. CLICK HERE

Some may argue this fact, but I believe I am the biggest John Hughey fan alive (and not just in physical size).

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 28 Oct 2012 7:28 am

Complete list of Conway Twitty songs:

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_46682/c ... itty/songs

Just repeating what others have said:

Time Jumpers: "Jumpin' Time" (2009)

http://www.amazon.com/Jumpin-Time-The-J ... 83-5748169

Willie Nelson’s “Phases & Stages” (1974)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_and_Stages

“I’m Falling in Love Again” (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22uSMU2vrzs

“I Can’t Believe You’re Gone” (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgAmmYx0Kao

Here's a very short list of Conway songs to look for:

“I Love You More in Memory” (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjdb84ByYHI

“I See the Want to in Your Eyes” (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWGq5G6EZ_o

“There’s a Honky Tonk Angel” (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU_UP0e9OaI

“Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring” (1978)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGwrzPyO7KI

“I Just Destroyed the World I’m Living In” (1973)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkOHRZnY7xo

“Lost in the Feeling” (1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MndqEGDA1Og

“(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date” (1972)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYT3cr8lYOc

“Feeling’s” (1976)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzwMl-YMIG8

A few sides from Kitty, Ray & Cal Smith:

Kitty Wells: “Forever Young” (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JuFydaNYAY

Ray Price “Like Old Times Again” (1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPn1JJLObCE

Cal Smith "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" (1973)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6voAw66B ... ure=fvwrel

Looking over this short list makes me I wonder if anybody ever had a year like John Hughey had in 1974?

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 28 Oct 2012 8:20 am

If you have been playing a while and know your way around the steel, the thing that will strike you about John Hughey's playing is not so much what he plays but how well he plays it. I bought The Key just to pick up some new Hughey licks, but as I began to play it, time and again, I thought "Well, I know that one, but it just sounds like a different lick when he plays it". Breaking the lick down, I find I'm playing it in the same place, but he just has that "attitude". This is true with a lot of the greats.

Jani Peter Sandvik · Post by **Jani Peter Sandvik** » 28 Oct 2012 9:08 am

John Hugheys "Neck to Neck" is a must album!!

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 28 Oct 2012 11:22 am

High impact Hughey..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG3qrxY ... F3269FA5D3

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 28 Oct 2012 1:56 pm

+1 for "On and Off Stage!" I abdo-lutely hated that song "I'm Not Lisa." but when I heard John play it, his version became a favorite of mine. Just had to learn it!

George Crowder · Post by **George Crowder** » 28 Oct 2012 3:05 pm

Dylan,
I like gospel music so I recommend John's gospel CD
"He Touched Me."
Also, John played on several of the songs in George Jones' two CD set "The Gospel Collection."

John Cadeau · Post by **John Cadeau** » 28 Oct 2012 4:23 pm

Jeanne Hughey has set up a web site. "John Hughey Music". A lot of his music is available there.
JC

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