"Hip Hop in a honky tonk"

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 23 Jul 2012 7:46 am

I just did a couple dates with Kevin Fowler subbing for the mighty Arty Passes. It was a ball ! This song sorta sums things up as far as certain parts of the night go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymy3bfC0i_U

After you experience a couple hundred astonishingly beautiful women on the bar and tables in hot pants and cowboy boots dancing along to this stuff it just doesn't seem so bad anymore.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 23 Jul 2012 9:02 am

Well, most of that clip just sounds like some rock and roll to me, with a little hip-hop in one bridge section. Rock on.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Jul 2012 9:09 am

whatever. dumb phony voice growly cartoon music. i've grown tired of this.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 23 Jul 2012 9:31 am

Chris, Then that song is about you !

That Colt Ford guy is a hoot. After all his stage name is a gun and a truck. I don't think he is taking himself to seriously.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Jul 2012 10:14 am

whatever

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Jul 2012 11:04 am

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 23 Jul 2012 11:33 am

Like it or not Kevin writes some great songs. He knows how to pull the strings of his fans, which show up night after night by the thousands.
We opened for KF a couple weeks ago. He was super gracious and invited us to party with him.
Oh my...... I still have not recovered

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 23 Jul 2012 8:40 pm

Meh. Sorry Bob, I'm not out of turds yet …..

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 23 Jul 2012 10:30 pm

It's just a party song about a guy who hates hip hop and loves real country but found himself having fun anyway. It is pretty clever and self aware.
I have been bumping into some amazing live music scenes playing regional gigs around TX, LA OK and on up into Colorado. Big country music clubs packed with young people dancing and doing whatever it is they do. The music is not traditional country but that music pretty much peaked over 40 years ago. That is a solid 2 generations. It would be weird to have kids be into the same music there grandmother is into when they want to go out drinking and getting into trouble.

If I just heard that tune on youtube I would have passed it right over. But being in the environment that the song is about made the song resonate. I'm not going to listen to any Colt Ford on purpose but I'm glad I got to enjoy that world from the stage with an awesome band.

David Yannuzzi · Post by **David Yannuzzi** » 24 Jul 2012 8:24 am

Nice Bob. . Hope all is well

I just got hired this summer to play dobro in a Hip hop Blugrass band .

www.gangstagrass.com

It the music works better than you would think

I didn't play on the record but i playing dobro for them live since June

They have a track that is the theme song for a show on FX called Justified

Forum member Gerald Menke played the dobro on that track

Dave

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 24 Jul 2012 10:28 pm

Hip Hop in the title is enough for me to pass it by. One second of that **it is way tooooo much for me.

YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 25 Jul 2012 4:41 am

David,
Sounds like a fun gig ! There is this other guy named Rench I used to record for that does some great hybrid country music also. I seem to run into the steel in all sorts of genres. I like it best when it is used as an actual musical instrument rather than just a gimmick to make something sound "country".

David Yannuzzi · Post by **David Yannuzzi** » 25 Jul 2012 8:45 am

Hey Bob,

yeah its is Rench who produced and fronts this Band also

One thing that is cool is i am getting some great right hand picking pattern ideas from the banjo player

Its a fun gig and the money helps

Dave

Bobby Snell · Post by **Bobby Snell** » 26 Jul 2012 4:03 am

Good on you, Bob. Kevin's a super guy.

Now, make sure to stay off Mr. Ivey's lawn.

Arty Passes · Post by **Arty Passes** » 26 Jul 2012 2:19 pm

Thanks for filling in, Bob - hope they remember me this weekend!
I have to admit the first time we heard that song we groaned, but you nailed it pretty well. It is kind of clever and does grow on you, and that solo is fun to play.

If you don't think anything but old timey country (whatever that means to you) is the only real music, then I could see where you might have a problem. We play country with a rock and roll attitude and make no apologies.

We've played some shows with Colt - believe me, he knows what he's doing, and they're all first class guys and great players. BTW, he's a former professional golfer!

Great to finally meet you Chris - sorry I couldn't stay up late enough for the party!
I can't keep up with you kids!

Arty Passes · Post by **Arty Passes** » 26 Jul 2012 2:32 pm

Cool stuff David! Country's been kept alive throughout the generations by evolving and blending, ever since Bob Wills blended it with Swing, Ray Price blended it with Easy Listening, the Byrds did it with Rock and Roll and Willie with just about everything. And each speaks to its own generation, so this makes perfect sense. Country ain't dead, and this is why.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 26 Jul 2012 7:03 pm

There are hundreds of steel players out there playing the new stuff, having a ball and making a living. Those regional and country music for young people gigs really can be fun. The little bit that I have experienced over the last few years with a pile of different bands
(Fowler, Bart Crow, Derailiers and a bunch of other that I can't remember the names of at the moment) has been a real eye opener.

Arty, Thanks again for the work. You have a great thing going.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 1 Aug 2012 3:04 pm

Bob......I always enjoyed (and miss those days) of showing up at all different kinds of venues (NY/Brooklyn) to see you playing with a variety of groups in a variety of genres.....from The Deadstring Brothers to Mood Illusion w Samoa to that fusion band at The Norwegan Seaman's Church, Barbes, Lillie's, The PSGA, etc......I didn't always "get" the music, but I sure enjoyed experiencing it live......and I'll say one thing.......whatever any group/musicians/madmen threw at you.....you always caught it & threw it back.....

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 7 Aug 2012 3:06 am

Bob, you got a special edition brim in Premod's shop
i love New Yawk too man

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 7 Aug 2012 10:23 pm

Howard,
I miss the scene in NYC and seeing you there. I'm busy here in Texas and oddly enough playing some of the strangest stuff ever here. Along with finding some true joy digging into the classic country scene in the bars and dance places around town.

Jason Schofield · Post by **Jason Schofield** » 8 Aug 2012 12:48 am

new genre... hip honk!!!!!! rappin' cowboys..pedal steel and turntables!!!! fiddles and beat boxes... o.k..I'm done..

George Crickmore · Post by **George Crickmore** » 8 Aug 2012 7:26 am

Jason Schofield wrote:new genre... hip honk!!!!!! rappin' cowboys..pedal steel and turntables!!!! fiddles and beat boxes... o.k..I'm done..

The new music scene is a total farce.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 11 Aug 2012 1:07 pm

"Hip Honk" !!!!!!!!.......I love it!

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 23 Aug 2012 1:57 pm

Just don't touch my Willie

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 24 Aug 2012 8:55 am

"Hip honk" . LOL.

Good one.

When I lived in the east village I was always dropping into clubs that had a variety of music playing. One night I walked into a bar and heard two hip hop guys playing to prerecorded beats.

I'll say this: it was great fun and I have NEVER seen two guys take over an audience like these guys did. Incredible audience interaction.