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Sunday, October 17. 2010

Hoyt Axton

Any Hoyt Axton fans at Maggie's? (He died in 1999.)


He wrote Joy to the World, Greenback Dollar, etc. His Mom wrote Heartbreak Hotel. Bio here.

Posted by Bird Dog in Music, Our Essays at 10:02 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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Don't forget his long TV and movie career. Gremlins may be the best known example.
#1 Uncle Kenny on 2010-10-17 10:30 (Reply)
One of my nephews negotiated the contract for Heartbreak Hotel to be used in a pharmaceutical commercial with the lyrics changed to Heartburn Hotel. The seven-figure price was unusually high because my nephew declared it was "prostituting the music".
#2 twolaneflash on 2010-10-17 11:59 (Reply)
Best version of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" ever.

If you pull it from the internet, many idiots attribute it to Tex Ritter, but it ain't, it's Axton.
#3 Fred Z on 2010-10-17 12:05 (Reply)
Um, aren't Joy to the World, and Jerimiah Bullfrog the same song?
#4 SCOTTtheBADGER on 2010-10-17 15:13 (Reply)
Um, I guess they are.
That's our second error at Maggie's this year!
#4.1 Bird Dog on 2010-10-17 15:45 (Reply)
Who can forget his appearance on WKRP in Cincinatti, as Jennifer Marlowe's betrothed, where he declared Oklahoma the Cultural Capitol of the World.
#5 Robert Hawk on 2010-10-17 17:51 (Reply)
Hoyt was a class act. He did music for people, not by "genre", and he had a presence and a sense of humor about it all.

I was privileged to meet the man once, and to get to spend about five minutes talking to him. It only took me that long to conclude that he was a real person, and had little artifice or pretension about himself.

He was better than he is recognized as being, and less respected than he deserves to be.

Lord Rest him!
#6 jefferson101 on 2010-10-17 20:36 (Reply)
Big time!
#7 Garry on 2010-10-17 22:03 (Reply)
SSG Young, who was always the intellectual cutting edge in our little outfit, brought Hoyt to my attention. I'm sorry we didn't get more time with him than we did, but will always be appreciative of what he did contribute. In all honesty, it is my fervent hope that he enjoyed the ride.
#8 Guaman on 2010-10-18 05:19 (Reply)
I know we've all heard the Steppenwolf cover of 'The Pusher', but Hoyt Axton performing his own song himself is a 'must have' on my iPod.
#9 alex g on 2010-10-18 08:51 (Reply)
I've always loved "Della and the Dealer"
#10 JC Loophole on 2010-10-18 10:24 (Reply)
Thanks for the reminder - I know little about his music, but this clip is so good, I'm going to check out more of his music. Always thought of him as an actor who happened to sing. I first saw him in "The Black Stallion," and his story of Bucephalus is done so well, the movie wouldn't be half as good without it. "Well, that's the way I heard it." Perfect.

Also, he plays a flute in the movie, and for the small amount of screen time he has, he really does a fine job of acting. His two main scenes are the card game, and the interaction with his son on their last night on the boat. He does some fine physical stuff during the fire and sinking, too.
#11 BJ Deming on 2010-10-18 19:43 (Reply)
that looks like a Gibson J-50 circa 1960-ish slung up there over his shoulder with its original clunky bridge...that's a Bob Dylan guitar too, standard folk-singer issue.
#12 someguyinOhio on 2010-10-29 17:16 (Reply)

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