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🕯️ On This Day — October 26th Remembering Hoyt Axton (1938 – 1999) On this day in 1999, we lost Hoyt Axton — an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose deep, soulful voice and storytelling shaped the sound of an era. Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, Hoyt grew up surrounded by music — his mother, Mae Boren Axton, co-wrote Elvis Presley’s timeless hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” Axton went on to write and record songs that became classics, performed by legends like Elvis Presley, John Denver, Ringo Starr,

Happy Tuesday Tribute! Here’s a rare video of my dad Hoyt Axton playing “The Devil” live during a concert in 1981 that was aired on the German TV show “Musikladen.” “The Devil” first appeared as a track on my dad’s album ‘Country Anthem’ in 1971. This was one of his earlier albums & no songs from it charted. However, he also released the ‘Joy to the World’ album in 1971 & that one contained his versions of “Joy to the World” & “Never Been to Spain” which became big hits for Three Dog Night that

Here’s my dad Hoyt Axton playing “Sweet Misery” in the early 70s. This song appeared as the first track on & single from his 1973 album ‘Less Than A Song’ and then later, on his 1977 compilation album ‘Road Songs.’ It didn’t chart, but it is still one of his better known songs. “Sweet Misery” was covered by John Denver in 1973 and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas in 1974, both very different but great versions of this ‘lil Hoyt tune. I released my own version of “Sweet Misery” on my last album ‘Blu

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