Close Up The Honky Tonks

“Close Up The Honky Tonks,” written (and originally recorded by) Red Simpson, interpreted by Buck Owens, 1964. Don Rich plays fiddle and electric guitar and sings harmony, and the pedal steel player is Jay McDonald. There are good versions of this tune by Charlie Walker, Buck Owens, Radney Foster, and Gram Parsons & the Flying Burrito Brothers.

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