"Old Habits"
Artist: Hank Williams, Jr.
Released: 1980
"Producer Notes": Undoubtedly, one of LSG and my "favorite" of Hank Jr. songs.
The original steel guitar work by "Cowboy" Eddie Long & Weldon Myrick on those "early" Hank Jr. albums defines some of the last definitive "Honky Tonk" sounds found in Classic Country music that also started to "blend" with a "modern approach" of electric guitar fills as performed by guitar great, Reggie Young.
This version pays "tribute" to "that style & sound" with this "extended version"...by adding a "Solo" that does not appear on the original.
Instrumentation:
Rhythm: 1991 Taylor 812 Acoustic Guitar
(performed by LSG)
Bass: 1984 Hohner "Madcat" 4-string
Drums: "Nashville" Brush Kit
Electric Rhythm & Fills: 1950 Fender Broadcaster
Electric Rhythm & Fills: Fender "Glaser Double" Bender Telecaster
Steel: Derby "Don Helms" Hall of Fame Series
Vocals: LSG
Background Vocals: Dan "The Coconut Cowboy"
"OLD HABITS"...by LSG
One of my dads favorites when we would pick and grin, this is the first song that I discovered that I had a country singing voice that people liked. Also it appeals to my "bluesy" nature.
For some reason I'm one of those people who enjoy a good heartache song. Being young and discovering love and relationships can be more traumatic for some people I reckon. Puberty is tough, all these new feelings and desires and the head games it plays- that's why teenagers are bat shit crazy.
If you've ever raised a baby squirrel or raccoon you've experienced that change from cute little fur baby to WILD beast...often funny but not fun for anyone.
I had many "crushes" but was always too shy to pursue them and thus every time a girl I had the hots for got a boyfriend it was time to break out the heartache songs. LSG