Gary Stewart’s Out of Hand, released in 1975, is a honky-tonk burner wrapped in heartbreak and bravado. Written by Jeff Barry, the song finds Stewart’s high-lonesome vibrato spilling through a tale of a man spiraling after love gone wrong. With a chugging rhythm, steel guitar crying in the background, and Stewart teetering between swagger and sorrow, it became a signature cut, peaking at number 4 on the country charts. A pure shot of jukebox country from a barroom poet. #country | HonkyTonkin'TV