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Nashville had no session men during this period, so producer Fred Rose hired Red Foley's backing band, one of the sharpest around, to back Williams. As biographer Colin Escott observes, Rose probably felt the instrumental break needed a touch of class to smooth out Williams' hillbilly edges, and the band, especially guitarist Zeke Turner, was likely too fancy for the singer's taste.

And of course there's George Thorogood's version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQ4tRlYgM0

Nashville had no session men during this period, so producer Fred Rose hired Red Foley's backing band, one of the sharpest around, to back Williams. As biographer Colin Escott observes, Rose probably felt the instrumental break needed a touch of class to smooth out Williams' hillbilly edges, and the band, especially guitarist Zeke Turner, was likely too fancy for the singer's taste. And of course there's George Thorogood's version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQ4tRlYgM0

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What a great memory. I bet they got to listen to some great music along the way.

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Yeah I grew up with all that music and was named after one of them. Thanks for posting.