Here’s my pop Hoyt Axton playing “Cowboys On Horses With Wings” live from The Swap Shop in Fort Lauderdale, FL on TNN in the early 90’s. This song appeared on his album ‘Spin the Wheel’ from 1990. This was my pop’s final full album and although no songs from it charted, it is classic Hoyt through and through! My dad was an amazing storyteller & lyricist, as evidenced by the beautiful lyrics in this song. “My father was my only hero, he taught me to love & to sing/the stories he told were like si

Happy Tuesday Tribute! Today’s video is of my dad Hoyt Axton & his band covering Chuck Berry’s classic tune “Maybelline” on Austin City Limits in 1978. “Maybellene” is a rock & roll song by Chuck Berry from 1955, which was adapted in part from a traditional fiddle tune called “Ida Red.” The song is about a hot rod race between a man in a V8 Ford chasing his unfaithful girl in a Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Numerous artists have covered this song over the years including Elvis, Simon & Garfunkel, & Jo

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