Honky Tonk Happy Hour

Class co-facilitators: Dr. Kristina Jacobsen and Alex McMahon

UNM Honky Tonk Fall 2021 class: Sue Cahn von Seelen, Jackie Jones, Eva Stricker, Grace Weaver

Recorded by KUNM

Interviewed, Engineered, and Recorded by KUNM Music Director Matthew Finch for the 12/11/21 episode of "Ear to the Ground."

"Your Cheating Heart" by Patsy Cline
Vocals & Guitar - Alex McMahon
Guitar - Jackie Jones
Guitar - Sasha Arteaga
Fiddle - Eva Stricker
Fiddle - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Backup vocal & Piano - Grace Weaver


"Hello Darlin'" by Conway Twitty
Vocals - Eva Stricker
Guitar - Alex McMahon
Guitar - Sasha Arteaga
Fiddle - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Back up vocal & Piano - Grace Weaver


"Two Glasses Joe" by Ernest Tubb
Guitar and Vocals - Alex McMahon
Guitar and Vocals - Sasha Atreaga
Guitar and Vocals - Jackie Jones
Fiddle and Vocals - Eva Stricker
FIddle and Vocals - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Piano and Vocals - Grace Weaver


"She's all I got" by Johnny Paycheck
Vocals - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Guitar and Backup vocals - Alex McMahon
Guitar and Backup vocals - Sasha Arteaga
Guitar and Backup vocals - Jackie Jones
Fiddle and Backup vocals - Eva Stricker
Piano and Backup vocals - Grace Weaver

"Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" by Jean Shepherd
Guitar and Vocals - Sasha Arteaga
Guitar - Alex McMahon
Guitar - Jackie Jones
Fiddle - Eva Stricker
Fiddle - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Piano - Grace Weaver


"Dead of Night" by Orville Peck
Vocals and Guitar - Jackie Jones
Guitar and Backup vocals - Alex McMahon
Guitar and Backup vocals - Sasha Arteaga
Fiddle and Backup vocals - Eva Stricker
Fiddle and Backup vocals - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Piano and Backup vocals - Grace Weaver

"The Way it Goes" By Gillian Welch
Vocals and Guitar - Alex McMahon
Vocals and Guitar - Jackie Jones
Guitar - Sasha Arteaga
Fiddle - Eva Stricker
Fiddle - Sue Cahn von Seelen
Piano - Grace Weaver

Class co-facilitators: Dr. Kristina Jacobsen and Alex McMahon

UNM Honky Tonk Spring 2021 class: Sasha Arteaga, Christine V. Chaves, Frank, Kevin, McClees, and Eva Stricker

Creative Consultant: Aubrie Powell

Podcast production: Sasha Arteaga

Special thanks to Winter Laite and Phyllis for their contributions

“Streets of Bakersfield”

Written by Homer Joy

McClees - Vocals, ukulele

Kevin - Electric guitar

Christine V. Chaves - Vocals

Sasha Arteaga - Background vocals

Frank -  Background  vocals

Eva Stricker - Background vocals

Alex - Many things

“Gone, Gone, Gone”

Written by Nikki Lane

Phyllis - Lead vocals

Christine V. Chaves - Vocals

Kevin - Electric and acoustic guitars, piano, drums, production

Frank - Acoustic guitar

Eva Stricker - Fiddle

Alex McMahon - Lap Steel, Bass 6

“Dark Turn of Mind”

Written by Gillian Welch

Frank -  lead vocal, acoustic  guitar

Eva Stricker - Fiddle

Christine V. Chaves - Vocals

Sasha Arteaga - Background Vocals

Alex McMahon - Pedal Steel, Bass, Drums, Production

“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”

Written by Hank Williams, Sr.

Christine V. Chaves - Vocals

Winter Laite - Acoustic Guitar, electric bass, drums

“Pueblo Bonito”

Eva Stricker - Songwriter, vocals, autoharp

Alex McMahon: Banjo, Slide Guitar, Nylon Guitar, Drums, Bass, Production

Frank - Guitar

Sasha Arteaga - Vocals

Christine V. Chaves - Vocals

Kevin - Electric Guitar

McClees - Vocals

Join us for the first podcast of Spring 2021, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this podcast, Eva will talk about recording remotely this semester and share our work so far. Here are the tunes:

“Settin’ the Woods on Fire”

Frank - lead vocal

Eva Stricker - lead vocal and fiddle

Kevin - Acoustic guitars

Sasha Arteaga - Harmonica

Christine Chaves - background vocals

Alex- Lap Steel Guitar, Bass, Drums and Production

“You’re Looking at Country”

Sasha Arteaga - Lead vocals

Kevin - Guitar intro, backing vocal

Eva Stricker - fiddle

Frank - electric guitar

Christine Chaves - background vocals

Alex - Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Pedal Steel Guitar, Production

“Walk Through This World with Me”

Alex - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drum Machine, Production

Kevin - Acoustic guitar

McClees - background vocals

Christine Chaves - background vocals

Kristina Jacobsen- background vocals

Sasha Arteaga - soprano recorder

Eva Stricker - fiddle, autoharp

Frank - acoustic guitar

A chronological look back at all of the tunes the ensemble has played this semester. What a trip!

Join us for the fourth podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this episode, we are featuring local New Mexican artist Michael Moxey and the Easy Sinners, who will present three songs off their 2019 album Heartbreakers Rodeo The ensemble is also featuring two new and original tunes: "Teardrops on my Shoulder" by Frank and a collaboration between the ensemble and the UNM fall 2020 songwriting course "The Other View" by Amber Carrillo and Jackie Jones. 

Join us for the third podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this episode, we are featuring songer-songwriter Meredith Wilder who presents two of her songs, a Patsy Cline cover and an original. The ensemble is also featuring two tunes a salty tune by Margo Price and a lament about divorce in Tammy Wynette's "I Don't Want to Play House.".

Join us for the second podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond.

Join us for the first podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this podcast, Frank will talk about the first song we recorded remotely this semester "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," and our co-facilitator Alex McMahon will discuss his process and influence when it comes to recording.

Welcome to the Honky Tonk Happy Hour hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble where we, as a new group every semester, arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond focusing on the amplified and stylistically distinct genre of Honky Tonk. This fall we are trying out some new things...