“I was doing overdubs, and by that point we had Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and players standing around, all drinking beer with Hank”: From Hank Williams Jr. to B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt, Hutch Hutchinson has led a diverse career in the low-end

Bonnie Raitt and James "Hutch" Hutchinson.

You have to stay focused as a bass player. Just ask longtime Bonnie Raitt sideman Hutch Hutchinson, whose concentration got severely tested while he was laying down tracks for Hank Williams Jr.'s Almeria Club Recordings.

The session took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the home of the legendary country-music radio show Louisiana Hayride. For the occasion Hutch had borrowed an upright belonging to former Hayride bassist Tillman Franks, a revered figure in Western swing and country.