Gary Stewart: Out Of Hand/Your Place Or Mine, CD

•    Arguably, the greatest honky-tonk singer’s best two albums on one CD.

The album ‘Out Of Hand’ was released in 1975 and has since been critically acclaimed as one of the greatest country rock albums of all time. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard country album charts. Singles taken from the album were ‘Drinkin’ Thing’ which reached No. 10, ‘Out Of Hand’ No. 4 and chart-topper ‘She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)’.

‘Your Place Or Mine’ from 1977 includes guest artists Nicolette Larson, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. The title track reached No. 11 while the No. 16 follow-up ‘Ten Years Of This’ was a personal favourite of Bob Dylan. The album itself reached No. 17.

Gary Stewart was born on 28th May 1945 and died on 16th December 2003 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.With his distinctive vibrato voice no-one sang drinking and cheating songs better than Gary Stewart.

TRACK LISTING

1  DRINKIN’ THING

2  HONKY-TONKIN’

3  I SEE THE WANT TO IN YOUR EYES

4  THIS OLD HEART WON’T LET GO

5  DRAGGIN’ SHACKLES

6  SHE’S ACTIN’ SINGLE (I’M DRINKIN’ DOUBLES)

7  BACK SLIDERS WINE

8  SWEET COUNTRY RED

9  OUT OF HAND

10  WILLIAMSON COUNTY

11  YOUR PLACE OR MINE

12  RACHEL

13  LEAH

14  DRINKING AGAIN

15  THE BLUE RIBBON BLUES

16  PRETEND I NEVER HAPPENED

17  I HAD TO GET DRUNK LAST NIGHT

18  I AIN’T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS

19  BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE (TAKE ME TO A BARROOM)

20  TEN YEARS OF THIS

21  DANCING EYES