Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (song) explained

Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
Type:single
Artist:Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
Album:Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
B-Side:Me & Hank & Jumpin' Jack Flash
Released:April 1996
Studio:Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:3:03
Label:MCA
Producer:Tony Brown, Justin Niebank
Chronology:Marty Stuart
Prev Title:If I Ain't Got You
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Thanks to You
Next Year:1996

"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" is a song written by Marty Stuart, and recorded by American country music artists Stuart and Travis Tritt. It was released in April 1996 as the first single and title track from the album Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best. The song reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[1] It was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals,[2] but lost to High Lonesome Sound by Vince Gill.[3] It was also nominated for a CMA Vocal Event Of The Year Award in 1996.[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in May 1996.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 339.
  2. Web site: The Complete List of Nominees . . 8 January 1997 . 5 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Vince Gill Awards . . 5 July 2017.
  4. Web site: CMA Vocal Event Of The Year Nominees: Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt: "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" . . 1 October 1996 . 5 July 2017.
  5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996. RPM. December 16, 1996. July 20, 2013.