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This version of "Honky Tonk" (Part 2 - again) is most easily accessible on a CD that reissues all of Bryant's Dot singles and looks like one of those "reissue compilations for collectors" (I know, some would say "bootleg" ... ) with sometimes fancy label names and numbers (no guesses where the "Carolyn 101" release name came from ) that proliferated in the 90s. If you really want to have that version of "Honkly tonk", the CD is here: https://www.discogs.com/release/17677285-Rusty-Bryant-And-The-Carolyn-Club-Band-Americas-Greatest-Rock-N-Roll As you can see it reproduces the cover of Rusty Bryant's very first LP but its contents go well beyond the LP. The Bryant version of "Honky Tonk Part 2" does not stray far from the Doggett arrangement but overall sounds slightly "cleaned up". Probably it was the influence of the Dot A&R men at work. In fact, by their overall sound, most of the Bryant honking sax recordings from the Dot era (all very foot-tapping and danceable - musts for any honking sax collection ) might just as much have been the recordings of a competent white tenor saxist of those times (Sam Butera, Nino Tempo, et al.). Copies of the 45 are available via Discogs too: https://www.discogs.com/master/1356175-Rusty-Bryant-And-The-Carolyn-Club-Band-Honky-Tonk-Part-II-Lonely-Cryin-Heart

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Some of the earlier recordings on the Lou Donaldson Mosaic still sound pretty boppish.  Lou Takes Off, for ex.    

He had eyes for Varese. He knew he was trapped, by life. But he remained open and curious up until the end.Because he only heard music. "Avant-garde" is a lazy, bullshit term anyway. So is "free". So are all these labels. Witness the discussion about "what is Honky Tonk?" I'll tell you what it it - it's goddamn Honk Tonk, that's what it is