Watch the documentary on RUclips and tell 'em Otis sent ya! ruclips.net/video/IhkO5wC2djg/видео.html Other ways to watch documentary: petercasedoc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0lXH-Y3iJOYm-FSEWehBZelTYJKl_PjNIrBl5mPezW3qstzpqdorkSQPU
Having my coffee. It's also a perfect spring day in the NW Arkansas Ozarks where I live. Wishing beautiful spring days to all of y'all out there. Hope everybody gets to pick some tunes on the porch this weekend. Thanks for sharing this doc.
Sorry, Otis - but thanks. Didn’t get to finish your weekly Saturday Morning Coffee With Otis podcast. When you mentioned the Peter Case documentary I immediately hit “pause” & went & rented it on RUclips. I’ve been a huge fan of his since … the 70s or was it the 80s. Paid full price for The Nerves 45rpm with picture sleeve. Then when available I bought The Plimsouls. When he went solo and I bought those 1st two Geffen albums when they were released. Love your interviews with Peter Case; love the documentary. Thank you, Otis.
Thanks Otis. I've recently been confined to a chair due to damage to my back from my misspent youth. Paying the price for always being the strongest guy in the room. Fortunately/unfortunately I've spent countless hours watching RUclips vids while awaiting surgery and now recovery. Your "inside baseball" videos are by far the best out there. I never miss 1 and I've watched many several times. Looking forward to the day I can sit in a chair without arm rests so I can hold a guitar properly. Your work has made this long strange trip a little easier. Thank you very much.
I am a 15 year veteran of three bad lumbar discs and one cervical that squeaks in the chorus. My MRI pictures showed so much scar tissue that surgery would only help if bladder control would fail and so far it has not. I have learned to swim in these troubled waters and still be grateful for what has remained true and still available. 👍
I had the insane great fortune to have him play through my PA at a coffee shop in Knoxville. I spent most of the day with him being amazed by tales and his command of the instrument and talking about tunings. As I was preoccupied with the “technical artifice” of getting the gig going I never paid much attention to what he was doing. The coffee shop was the home for the local vintage motorcycle club. That place was filled with old bikes and lots of old posters. At one point he spied a poster and played an amazing arrangement of “the ballad of easy rider”. I later asked him where did that come from and how did he come up with it? His response was: “I just made it up“ Mind. Blown. I also discovered he had played the entire gig in open C. They walk among us. I’ll be spending that 3.99 soon. Thanks for all you do Otis. The Willy compilation, and the Petty thing are incredibly important additions to the canon.
Otis, This is from the Wikipedia page (so it must be true😉, right) for The Battle of Armageddon. Might just be a Hank Williams thing. “Co-writer Roy Acuff had been a primary influence on Williams' music. Williams pronounces "Armageddon" as "Am-be-gotten" and usually ignored his producer Fred Rose's demands that he enunciate his words with more sophistication.”
Hey Otis! Your spring morning looks very much like ours outside Bloomington in the woods near Lake Monroe. My daughter graduated from BHSNorth today and we are receiving guests in celebration this afternoon so, I will miss the chance to see you at Arthur’s tonight. Trying to remember how long it’s been since I saw you last at Deer Park in Bloomington, 2014 maybe? Anyway, thanks for your work and posts on the channel; until next time!🎼🪕🎸
Hey Otis great video as always. I haven’t heard Hank Williams’ pronunciation of Armageddon from anyone else, BUT I must say another great pronunciation is Bob Marley’s in One Love. Like ArmaGideon. Just fantastic. Language, culture and music (or any artistic expression) is beautiful. Much love to ya
I credit watching Valley Girl for the first time when I was 17 for getting me into the Plimsouls and Peter Case. Going to be watching the documentary this weekend for sure.
❤I’m at my WesternOregon Columbia River Empire until I must return to my gritty city this week. Beautiful here as well. I’ll be watching this doc and please know, I’m always appreciating you and your channel Otis. Always
Imagine learning English in classroom setting, and then coming to America and hearing all the different accents. Has to be bewildering. Years ago, i spent the night in Texarkana. Went to a KFC. The young lady said something completely unintelligible, which i assumed to something like "may i help you"? I gave my order, she turned and yelled something thru the window into the kitchen. Then i heard "d**# girl, i cain't understand a word you say!" Didn't feel quite so bad then.
The battle of "am I got in/gotten(?)" could be inferred, and by doing so, reframing the scope of the lyrical subject--making the macro-apocalyptical scenario suddenly micro-personal--one's own personal salvation and assessing an individual's worth amid the chaotic strife of existence... Where'd I set my coffee?~
Love this video. I am a new subscriber but I have seen your videos before. GP and Clarence and those greats. I am turning 74 in July so you know my music. I was wondering if you could do any Blaze Foley type of people that you might know that I might not know. I listen to outdoor country at home. I do not drive but I have a bicycle. I love your laid back style. Makes me happy. Homestyle. Thanks for all that you do.
Watched Mr. Case's documentary, "A Million Miles Away". So thankful he shared his life's history with us. My heart goes out to him in his childhood and I am so glad he made it to where he is now. Has just been bursting with writing, singing and playing talent all his life...wow!
It is a gloriously beautiful day in E Iowa. Coolish. But I'll get a sunburn working outside, later. Otis. Im feeling really grateful to you today. Thank you. The stories you and your people tell are soul nourishing. If you know, you know. Going to the docu right now.
the first hero I met was Harry Chapin. I walked away disappointed because all he wanted to do was kiss my girlfriend. totally ignored me. I met someone from the business who knew Harry and she told me; "sounds like Harry". There are classes of people- shouldn't be - but people who have made it or something of themselves do act like they are better than the rest of us. at 62, I'm not a fan of anyone because no one is a fan of me. I know how childish that sounds but why support someone when you have not ever been supported. not my parents, teachers not anyone. I am who I am because I am. I will tell ya Otis - I think you are cool and alright. Peace
I learn so much from you, Otis. I love it. My father spent his lifetime as a protestant minister. Never heard armageddon pronounced the way Hank does in the song, but I would guess it was regional or a mispronunciation. I could find no pronunciation alternatives in an Internet search. I will watch the Peter Case documentary. Thanks for the heads up. Hope you feel better soon and safe travels. I enjoyed my coffee with you this morning.!
Another good one as usual. I'll be sure to catch the documentary later. Thanks. "I picked up the phone and called somebody" - laughed my donkey off. I sure can relate. Had another listen to Hoosier National the other day. Enjoyed the music and cover art as much as I did the first time. You done good on both, for sure. I've been away for awhile for some weird reason but I'm glad to see you're still bringing joy to RUclips. Stay safe and keep on keepin' on, brother. Love to you and Amy.
Re: Armageddon, I have a friend who is 95 years old. His family were sharecroppers in Georgia when he was a kid in the 1930s . He once told me that his mother used the word, and I'll have to spell it phonetically), "kyorn" for the smell of a dead animal; as in "It stinks out here. Do ya'll smell that kyorn?" I surmise that it may be a bastardization of the word "carrion," but that's just a guess. They also referred to fertilizer as "gyoo-anner" (again spelled phonetically as he pronounced it), and I know that that word is actually "guano" because he saw a bag on TV with the word printed on it and said, "Hey that's gyooanner! Me and daddy used to use that on the farm!" If it weren't for TV, radio, and easy mobility in this big country, we'd probably be speaking about 8 mutually unintelligible dialects of English here by now.
That's a Hank song I'm not familiar with. I just looked it up on youtube and I've never heard that pronunciation either. I'm 64 yrs old and I grew up in the southern baptist church, (still recovering from that!), and my grandparents are from eastern KY, so I've heard about the coming of Armageddon my whole life. So, if that was a common way for country folk to pronounce it, I've certainly never came across it. I'm like you, Ottis. I never call anyone either. My friends and family know this about me, so if I ever do actually call one of them, I get the same reaction. I've come to enjoy texting because it is much less invasive. People can respond at their own convenience rather than feel obligated to have a conversation that may not be at a convenient time for them.
Unbelievable, holy cow, fill in a dozen more superlatives. I just got done watching A Million Miles Away, and it blew me away! I had no idea that the Peter Case who is in a number of your videos was the guy I just watched in the movie. A national treasure for certain. Thanks so much for telling me to go watch this doc, I may not have done it without your insistence. I'll need to go find some of his albums and get to listening.
The hardest thing is that you can have ideas and people you want to interview for a doc, but you can’t anticipate what they’re going to say and how you’ll weave that into a story that will make a documentary. I think the end result of a doc rarely ends up being what the creators think it will be. For better or worse, the process produces something unlike anything you thought it would be.
Another awesome Saturday morning- perfect here on Hogpen Creek. Hope you and Amy have a Happy Memorial Day weekend! Thanks for the heads up about Peter’s documentary. Might be a little rain later this weekend, perfect option. Coffee cheers… ☕️
Thank you so much for the heads up Otis, you are right if not us then, who? I bought the rental, can’t wait to see it. Thank you so much for turning me on to so many of the musical outliers… like the guys I’ve played with, and bands for years. Always a pleasure to watch your channel!
Just yesterday, I was tooling down the road, listening to Hank's reflective original, "The Angel of Death". I had to take my first red-light opportunity to check the track's title from the CD case in order to verify for myself as to what angel he was referencing. For so long my ears have heard him sing, "The Angel of Del". Could he have felt that words like 'Armageddon' or [final] 'Death' needed softening for radio play at that time? ~ Lovin' your show!
Thanks Otis for the heads up. I’ve liked Peter Case since his Plimsouls days. Love his solo work. Looking forward to seeing this documentary. Also looking forward to seeing Peter first week of June here in Portland. The Old Yellers made a documentary. It’s short. Just 30 minutes but it took a lot of work and money to do just this simple one. I’m proud of the documentary and it’s free on RUclips. Thanks again Otis
Otis, "Amagoten" sounds Appalachian to me. You've probably heard folk singers in the area tell stories about "Vi-en-ia Sausages" which are, in fact, Vienna Sausages. it's hillbilly talk intended to draw a distinction between home folks and others. I'd think Dylan did this too.
Your videos are really good quality. The sound is good, the video quality, and I really love the subject matter. Real country music means a lot to me. Thanks bud.
Otis, you're the epitome of Hoosier Hospitality. A true emissary for the kind people of Indiana. Thank you for the work you do and all the wonderful insights and interviews.
Hi Otis. As both a Christian (of the more conservative flavor) and native of Alabama (having also lived in rural GA and TN): No. It must be a Hank thing and if there's a story behind that I know you'll find it.
Mine and my Dad's friend done a documentary of are town it was a lot off work it won an award also it was aired on PBS I guess there are different PBS chanel 5 on New Mexico...RocknRollFlat5
Hank said he sat beside his mother as she played piano in their church so they did have music with their songs. I was born and still live in Alabama and Hank sang in his authentic Southern accent (Example:" The lights shine bright from your winder") and I believe that its just how he pronounced the word.
Hello Otis, David Grier was playing at Natalie’s last night in Columbus Ohio with Adam Schlenker, (another fine flat picker) and my wife and I attended the gig. Great gig and got to speak with David after the show. He played what looked like an old Martin, but it was a very well made imitation that had me fooled. Fine instrument in the hands of a master picker.
Really looking forward to watching the documentary tomorrow night, thanks so much!! This is yet another one of those good things I probably would have missed if you hadn't posted about it!! 👍
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thanks for the heads up..I love how you support your friends. I only met him thru this podcast. then did a deep dive into a few of his songs. He seemed like a nice feller. I know I will enjoy the documentary.
"I clung to my guitar like a piece of wreckage on a burning ship." !!!!!! fantastic !!!!!! I can't wait to watch Peter's doc. Thanks for telling us about it.
Thanks Otis, will definitely check it out. Actually I do know someone who made a documentary and yes it is really really hard. He and his team made a documentary of Howling Wolf over 10 years and I still haven't seen it around. The working title back then was "Smokestack Lightning" so if it has been released please let me know as I was always anxious to see it.
Great show is always Otis I know exactly what you're talking about with the old time churches. The church that came up in as a young man we had no musically accompanied singing we used shape note singing. Each of the notes having a unique shape Corresponding to notes on the scale.
Hey Otis, that's an interesting question Har-magedon har-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King James Version Armageddon. Sure seems to me that most of including me use the word pronouncing it Armagedon . Sorry for the long post . I tried to make a documentary, put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into got to several pitches but never entered full production. Still care about the subject matter.
I always imagined the way Hank pronounced “Armageddon” was something he grew up hearing either in a primitive church setting or maybe he heard Rufus Payne/Tee Tot say it that way.
Hey Otis, Love your channel and following you. I know what you mean about not feeling great today brother!! Us older guys go through that grief!! Ha Ha Ha! I've seen a lot of the people you talk to and interview lived through the stuff and shows and I know we are missing and loosing a lot of those people and not to be a bummer but we're in line with em!! Sometimes it's not good to be next in line!! I'm hip to the amagotten line and I always wondered too! And I figured it was like in the past tense? The way he's singing it!! And the way your talking here about your bud saying is everything ok!! I know what you are going through brother!!!! I'd really love to meet you sometime!! Hang Tough brother!!!!
Getting ready to watch the documentary on Peter Case. I've always hoped Otis was making a documentary. I don't know who it would be about but Otis use to hint around about a super secret project he and Todd were working on and I thought it might be a documentary.
Moving and relocation is a big deal. When I get settled, the Membership will return. I'm sorry, Otis. Opportunities sometimes require difference. But it will come back and stay a long while.✌️🤟🌀I mean this and appreciate your work very much. Sorry I have to make changes on my end.
Beautiful morning here in KC, too. Sunny, low humidity, light breeze. Im guessing Hank's pronunciation is just a personal quirk. My dad, a Kansas City slicker from birth, had a faint Missouri drawl, exacerbated by years of Air Traffic Control radio chatter. He is the only person I have ever heard call crayons, 'crins.' He pronounced everything else properly... but KRAY-on came out 'crin.' Go figger. In my punk rock days, I had a friend who shortened, 'cigarette' to just one syllable: 'grit.' To each his own.
I just watched the Peter Case documentary. I loved it. Great story and music. I just spent oodles of dollars on all the Peter Case music I could find. My wife is gonna be pissed. I'll tell her Otis made me do it.
Can't wait to see this. Been a fan of his since his first solo album. Can't remember how I heard about him but I never did know anything about him except his music. From the trailer it looks like he made a much bigger initial splash than I realized. Always assumed there was some variety of self-destructiveness that accounted for him not being better known....presumably the doc will answer that.
I Paid The $3.99 + tax on RUclips Today and Acknowledged You when I Shared This on My Facebook Page with 860 Friends to watch “Peter Case, A Million Miles Away” Loved The Background Info on His Career! Thanks ❤Ottis
Great Jog Otis. See where Son Volt is putting out Doug Sahm tribute album. Already have Bottle Rockets' Sahm album. Any Sahm or Bottle Rockets or Son Volt stories?
indeed all video film media making is a chalenge esp editing and tech stuff but as a programmer and maker myself as such you are correct...docs are extra challenign esp ur point about financials....motivation......etc....great recomendation
Watch the documentary on RUclips and tell 'em Otis sent ya!
ruclips.net/video/IhkO5wC2djg/видео.html
Other ways to watch documentary:
petercasedoc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0lXH-Y3iJOYm-FSEWehBZelTYJKl_PjNIrBl5mPezW3qstzpqdorkSQPU
I told em
Gonna watch tonight!
Thanks Otis!
Again, blocked in Europe/Germany. Super annoying. Is there a legal way to watch this outside of the US?
@@JensKupillas Most VPN's will let you assume a different contry as your location
My buddy Jordan Krause helped make this documentary.
I’ve never heard it pronounced that way. Two phone calls in a short period of time I’m proud of you. Growth.
Hank was from Alabama where all pronunciations are theoretical . I know this because I was raised in South Carolina where the same is true .
Having my coffee. It's also a perfect spring day in the NW Arkansas Ozarks where I live. Wishing beautiful spring days to all of y'all out there. Hope everybody gets to pick some tunes on the porch this weekend. Thanks for sharing this doc.
Sorry, Otis - but thanks. Didn’t get to finish your weekly Saturday Morning Coffee With Otis podcast. When you mentioned the Peter Case documentary I immediately hit “pause” & went & rented it on RUclips. I’ve been a huge fan of his since … the 70s or was it the 80s. Paid full price for The Nerves 45rpm with picture sleeve. Then when available I bought The Plimsouls. When he went solo and I bought those 1st two Geffen albums when they were released. Love your interviews with Peter Case; love the documentary. Thank you, Otis.
Thanks Otis. I've recently been confined to a chair due to damage to my back from my misspent youth. Paying the price for always being the strongest guy in the room. Fortunately/unfortunately I've spent countless hours watching RUclips vids while awaiting surgery and now recovery. Your "inside baseball" videos are by far the best out there. I never miss 1 and I've watched many several times. Looking forward to the day I can sit in a chair without arm rests so I can hold a guitar properly. Your work has made this long strange trip a little easier. Thank you very much.
❤
Good luck on your surgery.
I am a 15 year veteran of three bad lumbar discs and one cervical that squeaks in the chorus.
My MRI pictures showed so much scar tissue that surgery would only help if bladder control would fail and so far it has not.
I have learned to swim in these troubled waters and still be grateful for what has remained true and still available. 👍
Thank you so much for turning me on to Peter Case. Peter pulls no punches and tells it like it is, I love his honest down to earth approach.
I had the insane great fortune to have him play through my PA at a coffee shop in Knoxville. I spent most of the day with him being amazed by tales and his command of the instrument and talking about tunings. As I was preoccupied with the “technical artifice” of getting the gig going I never paid much attention to what he was doing.
The coffee shop was the home for the local vintage motorcycle club. That place was filled with old bikes and lots of old posters. At one point he spied a poster and played an amazing arrangement of “the ballad of easy rider”. I later asked him where did that come from and how did he come up with it? His response was: “I just made it up“
Mind. Blown. I also discovered he had played the entire gig in open C.
They walk among us. I’ll be spending that 3.99 soon.
Thanks for all you do Otis. The Willy compilation, and the Petty thing are incredibly important additions to the canon.
Beautiful day in Illinois too. Just got in from L.A. last-week & this little town never looked so good.
Otis you’re the best! I grew up in LA and saw The Plimsouls so many times. Looking forward to watching Peter’s Doc!
Otis, This is from the Wikipedia page (so it must be true😉, right) for The Battle of Armageddon. Might just be a Hank Williams thing.
“Co-writer Roy Acuff had been a primary influence on Williams' music. Williams pronounces "Armageddon" as "Am-be-gotten" and usually ignored his producer Fred Rose's demands that he enunciate his words with more sophistication.”
Just watched it. Incredible!!!
Hey Otis! Your spring morning looks very much like ours outside Bloomington in the woods near Lake Monroe. My daughter graduated from BHSNorth today and we are receiving guests in celebration this afternoon so, I will miss the chance to see you at Arthur’s tonight. Trying to remember how long it’s been since I saw you last at Deer Park in Bloomington, 2014 maybe? Anyway, thanks for your work and posts on the channel; until next time!🎼🪕🎸
Hey Otis great video as always. I haven’t heard Hank Williams’ pronunciation of Armageddon from anyone else, BUT I must say another great pronunciation is Bob Marley’s in One Love. Like ArmaGideon. Just fantastic. Language, culture and music (or any artistic expression) is beautiful. Much love to ya
I credit watching Valley Girl for the first time when I was 17 for getting me into the Plimsouls and Peter Case. Going to be watching the documentary this weekend for sure.
Indeed! So much good music in that movie! 👍👍👍
"we are the people" ...truest words I've heard, Otis
I’m on board sir!!! And I can’t wait to see it!! ✌️😎
Thank you Mr. Gibbs. I enjoy your stories, you are a good storyteller.
Oh you know I'm watching Peter Case's documentary. Have loved his work for a long, long time. He is for real.
❤I’m at my WesternOregon Columbia River Empire until I must return to my gritty city this week. Beautiful here as well. I’ll be watching this doc and please know, I’m always appreciating you and your channel Otis. Always
PS I am the no call person to
Imagine learning English in classroom setting, and then coming to America and hearing all the different accents. Has to be bewildering. Years ago, i spent the night in Texarkana. Went to a KFC. The young lady said something completely unintelligible, which i assumed to something like "may i help you"? I gave my order, she turned and yelled something thru the window into the kitchen. Then i heard "d**# girl, i cain't understand a word you say!" Didn't feel quite so bad then.
Thanks Otis! Will check it out. Hope you feel better soon
Absolutely beautiful day here on Long Island too. And no better way to start it...
The battle of "am I got in/gotten(?)" could be inferred, and by doing so, reframing the scope of the lyrical subject--making the macro-apocalyptical scenario suddenly micro-personal--one's own personal salvation and assessing an individual's worth amid the chaotic strife of existence...
Where'd I set my coffee?~
Love this video. I am a new subscriber but I have seen your videos before. GP and Clarence and those greats. I am turning 74 in July so you know my music. I was wondering if you could do any Blaze Foley type of people that you might know that I might not know. I listen to outdoor country at home. I do not drive but I have a bicycle. I love your laid back style. Makes me happy. Homestyle. Thanks for all that you do.
Watched Mr. Case's documentary, "A Million Miles Away". So thankful he shared his life's history with us. My heart goes out to him in his childhood and I am so glad he made it to where he is now. Has just been bursting with writing, singing and playing talent all his life...wow!
Great singer songwriter. Always loved Poor Old Tom and wish I could play it. Looking forward to seeing this.
It is a gloriously beautiful day in E Iowa. Coolish. But I'll get a sunburn working outside, later.
Otis. Im feeling really grateful to you today. Thank you. The stories you and your people tell are soul nourishing. If you know, you know. Going to the docu right now.
the first hero I met was Harry Chapin. I walked away disappointed because all he wanted to do was kiss my girlfriend. totally ignored me. I met someone from the business who knew Harry and she told me; "sounds like Harry".
There are classes of people- shouldn't be - but people who have made it or something of themselves do act like they are better than the rest of us. at 62, I'm not a fan of anyone because no one is a fan of me. I know how childish that sounds but why support someone when you have not ever been supported. not my parents, teachers not anyone. I am who I am because I am.
I will tell ya Otis - I think you are cool and alright. Peace
There are no heroes, but only people who remain undefaeated 👍
Thanks for the heads up on Peter! Love your channel buddy, keep up the good work!!!
Allergies are tough this season. Take care - rest a little. And I DEFINITELY will watch. Right up my/our alley. ❤
I will definitely be watching it this weekend. Many thanks for the heads up, Otis - I'd no idea that it existed.
Will watch the doc. Got my coffee. Have a great weekend Otis.
These last couple days in Iowa have also been absolutely sublime. The best of the best.
I learn so much from you, Otis. I love it. My father spent his lifetime as a protestant minister. Never heard armageddon pronounced the way Hank does in the song, but I would guess it was regional or a mispronunciation. I could find no pronunciation alternatives in an Internet search.
I will watch the Peter Case documentary. Thanks for the heads up.
Hope you feel better soon and safe travels. I enjoyed my coffee with you this morning.!
Another good one as usual. I'll be sure to catch the documentary later. Thanks. "I picked up the phone and called somebody" - laughed my donkey off. I sure can relate. Had another listen to Hoosier National the other day. Enjoyed the music and cover art as much as I did the first time. You done good on both, for sure. I've been away for awhile for some weird reason but I'm glad to see you're still bringing joy to RUclips. Stay safe and keep on keepin' on, brother. Love to you and Amy.
Thank you for letting us know. Much respect for Peter. And love for his music.👍✌️
Re: Armageddon, I have a friend who is 95 years old. His family were sharecroppers in Georgia when he was a kid in the 1930s . He once told me that his mother used the word, and I'll have to spell it phonetically), "kyorn" for the smell of a dead animal; as in "It stinks out here. Do ya'll smell that kyorn?" I surmise that it may be a bastardization of the word "carrion," but that's just a guess. They also referred to fertilizer as "gyoo-anner" (again spelled phonetically as he pronounced it), and I know that that word is actually "guano" because he saw a bag on TV with the word printed on it and said, "Hey that's gyooanner! Me and daddy used to use that on the farm!" If it weren't for TV, radio, and easy mobility in this big country, we'd probably be speaking about 8 mutually unintelligible dialects of English here by now.
Thank you for posting this! I love love love stories about words and language. Dialects especially. Very cool.
That's a Hank song I'm not familiar with. I just looked it up on youtube and I've never heard that pronunciation either. I'm 64 yrs old and I grew up in the southern baptist church, (still recovering from that!), and my grandparents are from eastern KY, so I've heard about the coming of Armageddon my whole life. So, if that was a common way for country folk to pronounce it, I've certainly never came across it.
I'm like you, Ottis. I never call anyone either. My friends and family know this about me, so if I ever do actually call one of them, I get the same reaction. I've come to enjoy texting because it is much less invasive. People can respond at their own convenience rather than feel obligated to have a conversation that may not be at a convenient time for them.
Unbelievable, holy cow, fill in a dozen more superlatives. I just got done watching A Million Miles Away, and it blew me away! I had no idea that the Peter Case who is in a number of your videos was the guy I just watched in the movie. A national treasure for certain. Thanks so much for telling me to go watch this doc, I may not have done it without your insistence. I'll need to go find some of his albums and get to listening.
The hardest thing is that you can have ideas and people you want to interview for a doc, but you can’t anticipate what they’re going to say and how you’ll weave that into a story that will make a documentary. I think the end result of a doc rarely ends up being what the creators think it will be. For better or worse, the process produces something unlike anything you thought it would be.
Otis,great episode! I wish I could make it to the David Grier tonight. Have a great weekend.
Another awesome Saturday morning- perfect here on Hogpen Creek. Hope you and Amy have a Happy Memorial Day weekend! Thanks for the heads up about Peter’s documentary. Might be a little rain later this weekend, perfect option. Coffee cheers… ☕️
Will watch the documentary this weekend. Just a quick fyi, Tim Easton will be performing in Nashville, Indiana and Ft. Wayne over the weekend as well.
Love Peter Case and your work Otis. Love from Toronto, Canada.
Thank you so much for the heads up Otis, you are right if not us then, who?
I bought the rental, can’t wait to see it. Thank you so much for turning me on to so many of the musical outliers… like the guys I’ve played with, and bands for years. Always a pleasure to watch your channel!
Just watched it yesterday! Been a Case fan for years. Thanks for drawing attention to the documentary.
Just yesterday, I was tooling down the road, listening to Hank's reflective original, "The Angel of Death". I had to take my first red-light opportunity to check the track's title from the CD case in order to verify for myself as to what angel he was referencing. For so long my ears have heard him sing, "The Angel of Del". Could he have felt that words like 'Armageddon' or [final] 'Death' needed softening for radio play at that time? ~ Lovin' your show!
Thanks Otis for the heads up. I’ve liked Peter Case since his Plimsouls days. Love his solo work. Looking forward to seeing this documentary. Also looking forward to seeing Peter first week of June here in Portland. The Old Yellers made a documentary. It’s short. Just 30 minutes but it took a lot of work and money to do just this simple one. I’m proud of the documentary and it’s free on RUclips. Thanks again Otis
Yes Otis it was me waking up after a nightmare dreaming about Your recent visit to that Field of Corn "Armgeddon outa here"
Otis, "Amagoten" sounds Appalachian to me. You've probably heard folk singers in the area tell stories about "Vi-en-ia Sausages" which are, in fact, Vienna Sausages. it's hillbilly talk intended to draw a distinction between home folks and others. I'd think Dylan did this too.
Thank you
Your videos are really good quality. The sound is good, the video quality, and I really love the subject matter. Real country music means a lot to me. Thanks bud.
Saw it that week, Great doc! What a funny yet meaningfully serious cat. Glad You put it out there.
Otis, you're the epitome of Hoosier Hospitality. A true emissary for the kind people of Indiana. Thank you for the work you do and all the wonderful insights and interviews.
Hi Otis. As both a Christian (of the more conservative flavor) and native of Alabama (having also lived in rural GA and TN): No.
It must be a Hank thing and if there's a story behind that I know you'll find it.
Mine and my Dad's friend done a documentary of are town it was a lot off work it won an award also it was aired on PBS I guess there are different PBS chanel 5 on New Mexico...RocknRollFlat5
Thanks Otis, you always brighten my day. Will do on Peter's documentary. Appreciated brother.
I never heard this said this way.
Thank you for the recommendation. Just watched it and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. As I did watching him here on your channel.
Thanks for the reminder, Otis. Will watch on my day off
Thanks for mentioning my baby brother, Todd, and great description of the church we grew up in. All acapella all the time. 😊
Already have the Case doc in my movie queue. May have time to watch during this long weekend. Looking forward to it.
Amy Goddin was a Hank Williams groupie and he promised to write her into one of his songs. You're welcome.😁
Interesting
Hank said he sat beside his mother as she played piano in their church so they did have music with their songs. I was born and still live in Alabama and Hank sang in his authentic Southern accent (Example:" The lights shine bright from your winder") and I believe that its just how he pronounced the word.
Hello Otis, David Grier was playing at Natalie’s last night in Columbus Ohio with Adam Schlenker, (another fine flat picker) and my wife and I attended the gig. Great gig and got to speak with David after the show. He played what looked like an old Martin, but it was a very well made imitation that had me fooled. Fine instrument in the hands of a master picker.
Really looking forward to watching the documentary tomorrow night, thanks so much!! This is yet another one of those good things I probably would have missed if you hadn't posted about it!! 👍
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thanks for the heads up..I love how you support your friends. I only met him thru this podcast. then did a deep dive into a few of his songs. He seemed like a nice feller. I know I will enjoy the documentary.
Thanks for sharing, Otis! Have loved Case forever.
"I clung to my guitar like a piece of wreckage on a burning ship."
!!!!!! fantastic !!!!!!
I can't wait to watch Peter's doc. Thanks for telling us about it.
Thanks Otis. I am not too familiar with him but I rented the movie. Gonna watch it now.
Thanks Otis, will definitely check it out.
Actually I do know someone who made a documentary and yes it is really really hard. He and his team made a documentary of Howling Wolf over 10 years and I still haven't seen it around. The working title back then was "Smokestack Lightning" so if it has been released please let me know as I was always anxious to see it.
Have watched the Peter Case documentary twice already …love it!
Great show is always Otis I know exactly what you're talking about with the old time churches. The church that came up in as a young man we had no musically accompanied singing we used shape note singing. Each of the notes having a unique shape Corresponding to notes on the scale.
Hey Otis, that's an interesting question Har-magedon
har-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King James Version Armageddon. Sure seems to me that most of including me use the word pronouncing it Armagedon . Sorry for the long post . I tried to make a documentary, put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into got to several pitches but never entered full production. Still care about the subject matter.
I always imagined the way Hank pronounced “Armageddon” was something he grew up hearing either in a primitive church setting or maybe he heard Rufus Payne/Tee Tot say it that way.
Thank you Otis for your work love these chats this is like a master class on Who’s Who and why it matters just curious how do you take your coffee?
Watching it now... get back to you after. 🙂
Thanks for letting us know. Can’t wait to see it
Hey Otis, Love your channel and following you. I know what you mean about not feeling great today brother!! Us older guys go through that grief!! Ha Ha Ha! I've seen a lot of the people you talk to and interview lived through the stuff and shows and I know we are missing and loosing a lot of those people and not to be a bummer but we're in line with em!! Sometimes it's not good to be next in line!! I'm hip to the amagotten line and I always wondered too! And I figured it was like in the past tense? The way he's singing it!! And the way your talking here about your bud saying is everything ok!! I know what you are going through brother!!!! I'd really love to meet you sometime!! Hang Tough brother!!!!
Hope you get better, quickly. Be well.
Peace.
Getting ready to watch the documentary on Peter Case.
I've always hoped Otis was making a documentary. I don't know who it would be about but Otis use to hint around about a super secret project he and Todd were working on and I thought it might be a documentary.
Thanks for recommendation! Absolutely wonderful!
Peter Case seems good. I've been listening to Luke the Drifter. Hank was deep for a man of his age.
Moving and relocation is a big deal. When I get settled, the Membership will return. I'm sorry, Otis. Opportunities sometimes require difference. But it will come back and stay a long while.✌️🤟🌀I mean this and appreciate your work very much. Sorry I have to make changes on my end.
Beautiful morning here in KC, too. Sunny, low humidity, light breeze. Im guessing Hank's pronunciation is just a personal quirk. My dad, a Kansas City slicker from birth, had a faint Missouri drawl, exacerbated by years of Air Traffic Control radio chatter. He is the only person I have ever heard call crayons, 'crins.'
He pronounced everything else properly... but KRAY-on came out 'crin.'
Go figger.
In my punk rock days, I had a friend who shortened, 'cigarette' to just one syllable: 'grit.'
To each his own.
I just watched the Peter Case documentary. I loved it. Great story and music. I just spent oodles of dollars on all the Peter Case music I could find. My wife is gonna be pissed. I'll tell her Otis made me do it.
Can't wait to see this. Been a fan of his since his first solo album. Can't remember how I heard about him but I never did know anything about him except his music. From the trailer it looks like he made a much bigger initial splash than I realized. Always assumed there was some variety of self-destructiveness that accounted for him not being better known....presumably the doc will answer that.
I Paid The $3.99 + tax on RUclips Today and Acknowledged You when I Shared This on My Facebook Page with 860 Friends to watch “Peter Case, A Million Miles Away” Loved The Background Info on His Career! Thanks ❤Ottis
Just watched the preview... Looks great!
Thank you, Otis, for your recommendation!!!
Excellent documentary!!! Loved it!!!
lucky enough to have seen david grier at merlefest way back,,,and he showed up at my lunch table one time.. i was too star struck to say anything..
That doc is a great tribute to Case's talent and career.
Great Jog Otis. See where Son Volt is putting out Doug Sahm tribute album. Already have Bottle Rockets' Sahm album. Any Sahm or Bottle Rockets or Son Volt stories?
Great recommendation, Otis! I'll watch it!
Otis, do me a favor, dont call me, haha!
indeed all video film media making is a chalenge esp editing and tech stuff but as a programmer and maker myself as such you are correct...docs are extra challenign esp ur point about financials....motivation......etc....great recomendation
David Grier 👍👍👍