Smoky the Bar explained

Smoky the Bar
Type:studio
Artist:Hank Thompson
Cover:Smoky the Bar.png
Released:1969
Genre:Country
Label:Dot
Producer:Joe Allison
Prev Title:On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma
Next Year:1970

Smoky the Bar is an album by country music artist Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1969 by Dot Records (catalog no. DLP-25932). Joe Allison was the producer. It is an album of songs related to drinking, partying, and bars.[1]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars.[2] Reviewer Thom Jurek concluded: "This is one of Thompson's finest works from top to bottom and should be sought out by every fan of great 1960s country music."[2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on May 17, 1969, peaked at No. 16, and remained on the chart for a total of 15 weeks.[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Smoky the Bar" (Joe Penix, Hank Thompson) [2:25]
  2. "Ace in the Hole" (Hank Thompson, Merle Travis) [2:35]
  3. "Let's Get Drunk and Be Somebody" (Hank Thompson) [2:26]
  4. "New Records on the Jukebox" (Jet Penix, Hank Thompson) [2:40]
  5. "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) [2:20]
  6. "Cocaine Blues"

Side B

  1. "I See Them Everywhere" (Hank Thompson) [2:04]
  2. "Drunkard's Blues" (Hank Thompson) [3:46]
  3. "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (Glenn Sutton) [2:09]
  4. "Girl in the Night" (Hank Thompson) [3:05]
  5. "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" (Eddie Kirk) [2:37]
  6. "Pop a Top" (Nat Stuckey) [2:20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys - On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle. Discogs. December 19, 2020.
  2. Web site: Smoky the Bar. AllMusic. December 18, 2020.
  3. Book: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc.. 1997. 174. 0898201241.