Along with a few others - Gary Stewart, Red Stegall, and Mel Street immediately spring from the canyons of this mind - Moe Bandy was a 'Keeper Of The Flame" for the spirit of hard core honky-tonk, cheatin' and drinkin' music at a time (early 70's to mid-80's) before any of the current revivalists began currently reviving the genre. Originally he recorded for GRC where he had his most memorable hits, "Bandy the Rodeo Clown" (which he indeed once was) and "I Just Started Hating Cheatin' Songs Today." Later at Columbia he waxed "It's A Cheatin' Situation" with Janie Fricke (recently covered by both Dale Watson/Kelly Willis and John Prine/Dolores Keane) and some very popular novelty numbers with Joe Stampley (Moe & Joe) Razor & Tie has licensed the big hits from both labels to make a 20-track CD called Honky Tonk Amnesia: The Hard Country Sound of Moe Bandy. Classic stuff!!! (Charlie Burton)