Monday, May 20, 2013

Midnight, and I Got Two More Bottles of Wine

What an amazing convergence this song is...a masterfully simple Delbert McClinton tune, about headin' West with big dreams and ending up "sweepin' out a warehouse in West L.A."...but it's always alright when you've got two MORE bottles of wine, right?!

This version has admittedly bad sound quality.  But it's my favorite by far.  That's a chipper young Ricky Skaggs on rhythm guitar and harmony vocals, and apparently, if the comments on YouTube are to be trusted, the succinct but amazing lead guitar is Frank Reckard, a then member of the Hot Band.

Just a brilliant moment in true country music history...




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