Single Release

Keith releases his single, As Good As I Once Was, from his album, Honkytonk University.

Probably my favorite song on the album. If I hadn’t come out of the box with Honkytonk U, I’d have come with this one. It didn’t matter what order, they were going to be singles one and two. I can always tell when I’ve got a special one as soon as I get done. My dad used to say this line some. The first verse is about being with a woman, two is about fighting, and three is saying don’t sell me short because I’ll surprise you.

Keith releases his single, Honkytonk U, from his album, Honkytonk University.

I want my kids to go to OU, and I’m tight with some of the people there. Over the holidays somebody asked me if I went there and I said no. They asked what school I went to and I said I graduated from the school of hard knocks. I went to Honkytonk U. It just sounded like a title. I went and wrote a mini bio. It just fell out. I’d written it in my head, so when I picked the guitar up and started playing it sounded like old school Waylon. I thought, man I haven’t heard anything close to this in 25 years. I played it for my producer James Stroud and he said let’s go get some of the guys that used to record on Waylon’s albums and bring them in. So we did.