Could anyone please help me to identify a source for the backing music from Dukes of Hazzard. I've been searching for The Waylors, Waylon Jennings etc but I haven't found any real instrumental backing music from The Dukes of Hazzard.

 

I think some or most of it might be made inhouse.

So sadly unless Warner Brothers release any of it, we'll only be able to listen to it whilst we watch the Dukes. I love watching the Dukes but I'd like to be able to listen in my motor too.

 

Someone asked a question about the banjo music back in 2010. I replied that Larry McNeely was named as the banjo player on the background music. Here's also credited as playing the steel guitar on the 1982 Dukes of Hazzard album, although I don't known which tracks he played on. Back in 2010, I could only find one Larry McNeely video on YouTube, but now there's more. It's not the exact music from the show, but some of the tracks have a similar feel. Here's the title track from his 1976 album 'Rhapsody for Banjo':

 

The track below is also on 'Rhapsody for Banjo', and should be spelled 'Honeysuckle Rose. Although it has vocals, I can imagine the Duke Boys driving to the instrumental parts.

 

 

Many thanks for this. Can't wait to listen to some. I'd love to have some of the steel guitar tracks too.

 

17 minutes ago, Timmy Hogg said:

I'd love to have some of the steel guitar tracks too.

The whole album is available on YouTube if you want to listen out for the steel guitar:

 

If you click the YouTube logo at the bottom of the video after you press Play, it will open the video in YouTube, where you'll find the tracklist in the description.

Thanks. I've got this album on CD. Play it loads. It's instrumentals in particlar that I'm looking for. I'm sifting through Larry McNeely right now.

Found three of brilliant tracks on Music from Mackintosh and T.J. LP. "Back in the saddle again", "Shopping" and "Crazy Arms" all by The Waylors.