Beautiful music and words. I have always loved this song and especially the line, "You know my heart keeps tellin' me, you're not a kid at 33; you play around you lose your wife, you play too long you lose your life." Loved your reactions and am glad that you both enjoyed it, too!
Absolutely Classic Country, Danny O’Keefe was more of a songwriter, but hit it big with this Juke Box hit, back when Juke Boxes had a real influence ✌️
“Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” might have been his ‘one’ AM-radio hit, but RUclips this: “Along For the Ride” and “Sidewalk Symphony.” I never heard them on the radio but I heard him do them live, at a cafe in Gig Harbor, Washington. You’ll love them; I guarantee it!!! Enjoy.
@@Ou81gi812That’s why I would always buy the album. If I really liked a singer, I’d buy the album because I always found at least one song that I liked just as much or more than the hits. One example is Charlie Rich, Behind closed doors LP. I liked every song, but especially, We love each other. Another one is Donna Fargo, The happiest girl in the whole U.S.A. One of my favorites was, It would have been just perfect. I haven’t heard a Elvis Presley, or Beatles song that I didn’t like. But I still like country music the best, and some singers you probably haven’t heard of, the Cordillera Songbirds.
@@Amen.22 Back in the 60’s & 70’s, we had no choice but to buy the albums…unless you wanted the 45’s. Buying the albums not only turned you on to more music but your favorite song was LONGER!!! In ‘81, I bought my first country album by Juice Newton because I had heard “Ride ‘em Cowboy” and I was pleasantly surprised by the rest of the songs on it. Those were the days for music. Kids now days don’t know what they’re missing…they also don’t know what “talent” is, can’t play an instrument, (much less read or write music) yet they call themselves “musicians!!!” Go figure.
@@Ou81gi812Many artists labeled as one-hit wonders had other excellent songs, they just weren't played on the radio. Will definitely check out the songs you suggested!
@@Ou81gi812If you are talking about writing music in the sense of putting the notes on paper in musical notation, there's been many great musicians who couldn't do that for hundreds of years. John Lennon said in a 1980 interview "None of us could read music… None of us can write it.”. Some other musicians of that era who couldn't read music include Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Elvis (who played guitar and bass in his earlier years and piano all his life), Eddie Van Halen, MIchael Jackson, Prince, and Eric Clapton. Older songwriter/ performers included Dave Brubeck and Irving Berlin. And today we have Taylor Swift. The ability to read and write music notation has no relationship to the talents of creating and performing it.
I wouldn't call this swampy -- to me it's just 1970s country/soft rock crossover. His laid-back, almost "lazy" vocal delivery so perfectly fits the feel of the lyrics.
Oh my gosh, what a beautifully haunting song from 1972. Country melancholy at its finest. O'Keefe was primarily known as a songwriter, but really hit the bullseye as a performer with this song. Many people have identified with it over the years. Thanks for choosing this one.
That's one for sippin' whiskey listening on a hammock Jay!😁 This song was climbing the charts in '72 around this time. I also remember a couple of other tunes around this time for you to react and I think you would like, "Garden Party" by Rick Nelson & "City Of New Orleans " By Arlo Guthrie. Thanks. 😎
Good choices. " The City of New Orleans " was the name of a passenger line that ran from New Orleans to Chicago. I believe when it ran the other way it was called The Panama Limited because it took laborers who were shipping out from New Orleans to work on the Panama Canal. Steve Goodman wrote the song and does a good version of it, but Arlo's version was the hit.
I ca't explain it, I have never felt hopeless or torn down a day in my life, but for some reason I can totally relate to how this guy is feeling. To the point of sitting here crying, this song touches my soul.
It's a fabulous song. I love to go back and listen to songs that were from my youth and this is one of those songs that really takes you back. Thank you. Glad you liked it a lot too.
Anyone else appreciate this song in a whole other light from finally realizing you're actually now "Good Time Charlie"?💔😭 If ya know, then you know!!! BEAUTIFUL & TRAGIC! AMAZING SONG & LYRICS AS IS YALLS REACTION!
This song was popular with Vietnam vets back in the day. My mom and dad loved this song, and I absolutely find it amazing that the both of you feel this music so deeply. Made me smile today..
Haven't heard this one in a long time. Loved it as a kid. Never really appreciated the beautifully subtle arrangement of this simple country song until tonight.
I don’t remember the last time that I ever heard this song. Maybe forty years or longer. 4:51 What a great song. 4:51 ! Thank you so very very much for playing this song.
Man, there was a time when this was my favorite song in the world. And somehow, someway, I forgot all about until you guys brought it back into my life. And you know what, it still gives me the chills. Amber definitely has a way of pinning down exactly what these country artists are trying to say and how they're trying to say it. Thanks again guys for rekindling a shipload of memories.
Listen to his voice when he says he's "got his pills to ease te pain". He was resigned to his fate. Like a one legged man at a square dance, he couldn't go back, and he couldn't go forward. It's enough to give anybody the blues.😎
Oh my! The music started, I dropped 40 years and I knew all the words again. What a slice of Life this song. You are miss what "Good Time Charlie" means, Good Time Charlie was there only for the good times, not someone you can depend on. The 3rd verse really lays it out there: "You're not a kid at 33, play around you lose you wife, play some more you lose your life."
You two get me every so often with songs that I know well but have forgotten about. You did it again to me today. I know and love this song from my youth but you just don't hear it anymore so you tend to forget about those songs. Thanks for reminding me of this one. 😃
OH - I used to LOVE THIS SONG!!! :) Thanks for listening to this one!! Wanna talk about Whisky-In-Hand-Music, Jay!! This one kind of reminds me of Charlie Rich's Rollin' With The Flow!! Another good one!! HUGS, YA'LL!!! ❤❤❤
Love this song. Danny O'Keefe is an American folk singer & songwriter. "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" was his biggest solo hit in 1972. But he wrote numerous songs that have been covered by many famous artists that became hits.
This is one of my favorite songs. I still remember all the words even though I haven’t heard it in years. This is a bike ride song, like riding a bike, you never forget your absolute favorite songs.
Its a little more than just being stuck alone in a small town, altho that is cause enough for The BLUES ! 💙 Love this Channel & watching You Guys, always love the inspiring posiivity, beautiful ppl with beautiful hearts!🥰
Not sure when I first heard this one, but I know it! I was 4 in 72! But I remember it and I really like it! So, I obviously heard it more than once!👏👏 Thanks guys!👍👏👏
Growing up in Tucson, this song used to really hit. Seemed like every year another few friends headed to California. I even wound up doing that when I was 21, but I had to keep coming back. My small town has turned into a hell of a good-sized city, but I'm glad I got to be here to watch. Plenty of new friends who never did leave town.
Hey guys, Elvis did a wonderful cover of this. I’ve only ever heard Elvis’s version. This is very good as well. Definitely check out the Elvis version.
Love the way you guys love music. You find the good in every song, songs that i didnt much care for coming up, i listen to you guys listen and i find myself liking old songs. Good on ya both!
Wow kids im old and I remember my mom playing this sing when I was a kid LMAO ! It was sure nice to feel that memory again ! Thanks 😭 almost made my cry cuz I miss my mom 😂
@@timcarr6401 I've loved Elvis like forever, but he definitely didn't "nail" every song he ever did and this is one of them. O'Keefe's version is much better.
Thank you for playing these songs, i'd forgotten all about this song, i was 15 in 72 when it was released and loved it but i thought it was Charlie Rich that did it.🙏
Such a great song! I was in high school and partying around most of the time. Every time I’d slow down, my mom would sing good time Charlie’s got the blues! Great memories! Chiguy
"Morso" is a small wine bar at the head of the harbor in our town. The owner is a friend of Danny's, so Danny comes into town a couple of times a year to visit. When he does, he will do a set at the wine bar. Since Morso is limited to 25 seats, it is an incredibly intimate show. I have loved this song since he firsr released it, so being able to finally hear Danny play it live the first time was incredible. But to also be able to sit, drink wine, and chat with him afterwards ... !!! Danny is this song, and this song is him - laid back, mellow, and someone with whom the hours melt away in great conversation. Thank you for reacting to it!
Would you react to J.J. Jackson's song, "But It's Alright." I know you will love it. It was popular in 1966 and the St. Louis radio stations played it a lot. Great song!! Thank you!
Another great lonesome song from Danny is "The Road". This whole album is memorable. In the mid seventies I used to listen to it every day/night. His version of this is the best, no one else can put that lonely emotion into it as he does.
Back in the 80s I was starting a music magazine with some friends. Since Danny was a local celebrity here in the Seattle area, I interviewed him for an article in our magazine. Being a songwriter myself, there was one thing he said that I remember more than anything else. He said (I'm paraphrasing), "One of the biggest lessons I took away from the experience of having a hit song was that having a hit song is no guarantee that you'll ever have another one." What I've learned over the years, about how the music business works, is that it's brutal. Of course things have changed a lot since the 80s, especially with the advent of the internet and much more opportunity now to go independent rather than jump through the hoops in hope of landing a record deal with an established label. But the odds of getting a hit song as an indie are still about the same as winning the power ball lottery. Oliver Anthony recently beat the crap out of those odds with his "Rich Men North of Richmond" but he was one in a million with just the right song at just the right time. I've completely lost track of Danny O'Keefe. Have no idea what he's doing now in 2023.
I remember hearing this a lot when I was a kid. Now listening to the lyrics it seems like he was singing about all the artists that left wherever they were to go to L.A. to either make it or not in the music business.
Like the 'baseball hat' Look, Amber! :) Man! I haven't heard This One in FAR Too Long! Love It! '...Not A Kid at 33'??? YES, You Are! :) Ha! Great Choice & Reaction, You Guys!! :)
Love this song. Gotta admit as a kid…1st time I heard this song was Elvis’ version (I realized later after hearing O’Keefe’s version)…that Elvis left out the line about “pills”. Even Charlie Rich covered this tune! Thanks!
Goodtime Charlie was a speed dealer. He starts to review his life as he sees the people he knows all step out of his world. He has nothing to fill the emptiness. I've been a fan of Danny since this song hit in the 70s. He is one of the best songwriters living. Danny only had this one hit, but when you look at all the artists that have covered his songs you realize how talented he is with his writing. I suggested he put together a show based on just his song characters.
I was born and raised in a small town north of Dallas and I wanted to leave so bad. I did thirty years ago and now I would give anything to go back and die there. But it's too late now. I remember this song so well from my childhood. Another good one, y'all.
I love this song, but I haven't thought about it in years even though it was in my setlist for many years. Now I have to pull out my guitar and see if I remember how I played it, just for old time's sake! Thanks, and I really enjoyed your reaction!❤
This is one of those songs that I may not hear it for years, decades even and I remember every word.
Love it, thanks for playing.
Same, fellow fan, same. I'd all but completely forgotten in over the decades and the moment I saw the title I was singing the chorus.
I immediately began singing along. Haven't heard it for years.
*Thanks for making me smile.*
totally agree with the comment and all 3 replies. The words JUST come back.
Me too!
Beautiful music and words. I have always loved this song and especially the line, "You know my heart keeps tellin' me, you're not a kid at 33; you play around you lose your wife, you play
too long you lose your life." Loved your reactions and am glad that you both enjoyed it, too!
Absolutely Classic Country, Danny O’Keefe was more of a songwriter, but hit it big with this Juke Box hit, back when Juke Boxes had a real influence ✌️
🤘
Miss the REAL jukeboxes and the days that they were actually loved and appreciated 🎵🎶😢
@@farrahlynne7121back when you went to a bar BECAUSE of the Juke Box ✌️
Calling him a one-hit wonder really ignores this fact.
Such an underappreciated classic......certainly sets the mood for a couple of minutes of quiet reflection. Thanks for posting.
Always loved this. A great song to listen to on a lonely summer's night. The 70's had the greatest one-hit wonders ever, hands down.
“Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” might have been his ‘one’ AM-radio hit, but RUclips this: “Along For the Ride” and “Sidewalk Symphony.” I never heard them on the radio but I heard him do them live, at a cafe in Gig Harbor, Washington. You’ll love them; I guarantee it!!! Enjoy.
@@Ou81gi812That’s why I would always buy the album. If I really liked a singer, I’d buy the album because I always found at least one song that I liked just as much or more than the hits. One example is Charlie Rich, Behind closed doors LP. I liked every song, but especially, We love each other. Another one is Donna Fargo, The happiest girl in the whole U.S.A. One of my favorites was, It would have been just perfect. I haven’t heard a Elvis Presley, or Beatles song that I didn’t like. But I still like country music the best, and some singers you probably haven’t heard of, the Cordillera Songbirds.
@@Amen.22 Back in the 60’s & 70’s, we had no choice but to buy the albums…unless you wanted the 45’s. Buying the albums not only turned you on to more music but your favorite song was LONGER!!! In ‘81, I bought my first country album by Juice Newton because I had heard “Ride ‘em Cowboy” and I was pleasantly surprised by the rest of the songs on it. Those were the days for music. Kids now days don’t know what they’re missing…they also don’t know what “talent” is, can’t play an instrument, (much less read or write music) yet they call themselves “musicians!!!” Go figure.
@@Ou81gi812Many artists labeled as one-hit wonders had other excellent songs, they just weren't played on the radio. Will definitely check out the songs you suggested!
@@Ou81gi812If you are talking about writing music in the sense of putting the notes on paper in musical notation, there's been many great musicians who couldn't do that for hundreds of years.
John Lennon said in a 1980 interview "None of us could read music… None of us can write it.”.
Some other musicians of that era who couldn't read music include Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Elvis (who played guitar and bass in his earlier years and piano all his life), Eddie Van Halen, MIchael Jackson, Prince, and Eric Clapton. Older songwriter/ performers included Dave Brubeck and Irving Berlin. And today we have Taylor Swift.
The ability to read and write music notation has no relationship to the talents of creating and performing it.
Amber, I absolutely love the way you analyze a song. You have an incredible gift. Keep it coming! Oh by the way, that fellow of yours is a lucky man.
I wouldn't call this swampy -- to me it's just 1970s country/soft rock crossover. His laid-back, almost "lazy" vocal delivery so perfectly fits the feel of the lyrics.
Perfectly stated!
Oh my gosh, what a beautifully haunting song from 1972. Country melancholy at its finest. O'Keefe was primarily known as a songwriter, but really hit the bullseye as a performer with this song. Many people have identified with it over the years. Thanks for choosing this one.
It's a haunting arrangement and song.
A decades long favorite of mine.
Great song loved hearing it again! Thank you
0h wow ! this song really gets to me. This is such a forgotten beauty... thank you !
Totally agree with you 🙋🏻♀️
This one ranks right up there with Please Come To Boston as two of my favorites from that time. Both haunting and lonesome feeling.
That's one for sippin' whiskey listening on a hammock Jay!😁 This song was climbing the charts in '72 around this time. I also remember a couple of other tunes around this time for you to react and I think you would like, "Garden Party" by Rick Nelson & "City Of New Orleans " By Arlo Guthrie. Thanks. 😎
"City Of New Orleans " is a great tune telling the story of the growing irrelevance of the railroads.
ALL GOOD ONES!!! 👍
Good choices. " The City of New Orleans " was the name of a passenger line that ran from New Orleans to Chicago. I believe when it ran the other way it was called The Panama Limited because it took laborers who were shipping out from New Orleans to work on the Panama Canal. Steve Goodman wrote the song and does a good version of it, but Arlo's version was the hit.
Danny O'Keefe wrote and performed the song "The Road" which Jackson Browne covered.
I ca't explain it, I have never felt hopeless or torn down a day in my life, but for some reason I can totally relate to how this guy is feeling. To the point of sitting here crying, this song touches my soul.
It has that “Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brooke Benton feeling. That should be your next song.
Oh, most certainly!
They both have a very unappreciated quality in music, psychological tension.
How can you not love this song.....
It's a fabulous song. I love to go back and listen to songs that were from my youth and this is one of those songs that really takes you back. Thank you. Glad you liked it a lot too.
Anyone else appreciate this song in a whole other light from finally realizing you're actually now "Good Time Charlie"?💔😭
If ya know, then you know!!!
BEAUTIFUL & TRAGIC!
AMAZING SONG & LYRICS AS IS YALLS REACTION!
Yep. When I got my hip replaced.
This song was popular with Vietnam vets back in the day. My mom and dad loved this song, and I absolutely find it amazing that the both of you feel this music so deeply.
Made me smile today..
Beautiful song :)
One of my favorites
This is such a classic from Pop Radio back in the day. It was covered by dozens of famous artists including Elvis.
Love good time charlie got the blue's
Haven't heard this one in a long time. Loved it as a kid. Never really appreciated the beautifully subtle arrangement of this simple country song until tonight.
this was such a classic...bravo--and perfect review
TO WATCH SOMEONE ENJOY MUSIC AS MUCH AS I DO, IS SUCH A JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of my all-time favorites.
Only one of the all-time best songs ever.
thank you for bringing back old tunes i loved and forgot about.
Jay is always saying a song is a good song for different things too this one is a great floating down the river song
Great song... Good time memories ❤
I don’t remember the last time that I ever heard this song. Maybe forty years or longer. 4:51 What a great song. 4:51 ! Thank you so very very much for playing this song.
Man, there was a time when this was my favorite song in the world. And somehow, someway, I forgot all about until you guys brought it back into my life. And you know what, it still gives me the chills. Amber definitely has a way of pinning down exactly what these country artists are trying to say and how they're trying to say it. Thanks again guys for rekindling a shipload of memories.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!!
Great song and a great record. I love that lonely whistle at the end. 🕊❤️🎼
My all-time favorite country song.
Love it. Wish it was longer.
Listen to his voice when he says he's "got his pills to ease te pain". He was resigned to his fate. Like a one legged man at a square dance, he couldn't go back, and he couldn't go forward. It's enough to give anybody the blues.😎
O - M - G! I haven't heard this song in YEARS. This takes me back to my childhood.
My favorite Danny O'Keefe song is "Magdalena". Love his distinctive voice.
Love this song.
Oh my! The music started, I dropped 40 years and I knew all the words again. What a slice of Life this song. You are miss what "Good Time Charlie" means, Good Time Charlie was there only for the good times, not someone you can depend on. The 3rd verse really lays it out there: "You're not a kid at 33, play around you lose you wife, play some more you lose your life."
Love love love this song!❤❤❤
Musical instruments can definitely make you feel things too, beautiful song♥️
I remember this when I was a kid.
You two get me every so often with songs that I know well but have forgotten about. You did it again to me today. I know and love this song from my youth but you just don't hear it anymore so you tend to forget about those songs. Thanks for reminding me of this one. 😃
His song "The Road" on Jackson Browne's Running on Empty album is a great tune as well.
Browne does O' Keefe justice
OH - I used to LOVE THIS SONG!!! :) Thanks for listening to this one!! Wanna talk about Whisky-In-Hand-Music, Jay!! This one kind of reminds me of Charlie Rich's Rollin' With The Flow!! Another good one!! HUGS, YA'LL!!! ❤❤❤
Dwight Yoakam did a great cover of this. I seem to remember Leon Russell doing this as well.
Love this song. Danny O'Keefe is an American folk singer & songwriter. "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" was his biggest solo hit in 1972. But he wrote numerous songs that have been covered by many famous artists that became hits.
Gotta listen to listed to Mark Bruessard “Home” for the best swampy blues sound you ever heard!
This is one of my favorite songs. I still remember all the words even though I haven’t heard it in years. This is a bike ride song, like riding a bike, you never forget your absolute favorite songs.
This song went on to be covered by many great artists: Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty, Leon Russel, ...
Elvis
I'm pretty sure I remember hearing Jerry Lee Lewis do a version of this also.
Its a little more than just being stuck alone in a small town, altho that is cause enough for The BLUES ! 💙 Love this Channel & watching You Guys, always love the inspiring posiivity, beautiful ppl with beautiful hearts!🥰
Not sure when I first heard this one, but I know it! I was 4 in 72! But I remember it and I really like it! So, I obviously heard it more than once!👏👏
Thanks guys!👍👏👏
It's got a great melody. Country / soft rock and a good combo of lyrics and voice. Great choice
Great song.
Growing up in Tucson, this song used to really hit. Seemed like every year another few friends headed to California. I even wound up doing that when I was 21, but I had to keep coming back.
My small town has turned into a hell of a good-sized city, but I'm glad I got to be here to watch. Plenty of new friends who never did leave town.
Hey guys, Elvis did a wonderful cover of this. I’ve only ever heard Elvis’s version. This is very good as well. Definitely check out the Elvis version.
Just Smooth
Hadn't heard this in years!! So glad y'all reacted to it!!! Love y'all and look forward to listening to you every night!❤
Love the way you guys love music. You find the good in every song, songs that i didnt much care for coming up, i listen to you guys listen and i find myself liking old songs. Good on ya both!
Here is an absolute little known gem from the 70s. Country went mainstream on the charts in the 70's and this song was part of that.
Love the 70's tunes!! How about some 70's Bonnie Raitt for Female Friday, or any 70's female?
Wow kids im old and I remember my mom playing this sing when I was a kid LMAO ! It was sure nice to feel that memory again ! Thanks 😭 almost made my cry cuz I miss my mom 😂
Geez; haven’t heard this song in 50 years!! Totally forgot about it! Good pick!👍👍
This one’s been covered by tons of people. Charlie Rich and Elvis had great versions of it.
I have the utmost respect for Charlie, however, Elvis nailed it with his exquisite vocals.
@@timcarr6401 I've loved Elvis like forever, but he definitely didn't "nail" every song he ever did and this is one of them. O'Keefe's version is much better.
@@terryr55 I did not make the claim that he nailed every song he sang. But on this particular one he did indeed. Your protestations notwithstanding.
@@terryr55 No way, lol.
Thank you for playing these songs, i'd forgotten all about this song, i was 15 in 72 when it was released and loved it but i thought it was Charlie Rich that did it.🙏
I completely forgot about this one; great choice!
Such a great song! I was in high school and partying around most of the time. Every time I’d slow down, my mom would sing good time Charlie’s got the blues! Great memories! Chiguy
"Morso" is a small wine bar at the head of the harbor in our town. The owner is a friend of Danny's, so Danny comes into town a couple of times a year to visit. When he does, he will do a set at the wine bar. Since Morso is limited to 25 seats, it is an incredibly intimate show.
I have loved this song since he firsr released it, so being able to finally hear Danny play it live the first time was incredible. But to also be able to sit, drink wine, and chat with him afterwards ... !!!
Danny is this song, and this song is him - laid back, mellow, and someone with whom the hours melt away in great conversation. Thank you for reacting to it!
I had issues with depression in my teens and 20s, and this song sang to my mood. I could play it over and over again.
Great tune and words !
That is the best rendition of that song. You got the best.
Always loved this song. A very melancholy, reflective song. Sit on your back porch on a warm summer evening, and listen to this song.
She REALLY gets the words and music. Of all the music they review.
Would you react to J.J. Jackson's song, "But It's Alright." I know you will love it. It was popular in 1966 and the St. Louis radio stations played it a lot. Great song!! Thank you!
One of the great songs. Great selection.
the sheer variety of musical styles and artists you two check out is amazing and really appreciated by me. thanks and keep up the great work.
Great song, a classic. Keep going with the classics, this newer stuff just doesn’t cut it
Was just finishing up 10cc 😂... this fits right in the Derek and the Domino's groove and some Nilsson vibes.
I’ve had this song on my playlist for a couple of years now. I find the instrumentation somewhat haunting in a beautiful way.
Another great lonesome song from Danny is "The Road". This whole album is memorable. In the mid seventies I used to listen to it every day/night. His version of this is the best, no one else can put that lonely emotion into it as he does.
Back in the 80s I was starting a music magazine with some friends. Since Danny was a local celebrity here in the Seattle area, I interviewed him for an article in our magazine. Being a songwriter myself, there was one thing he said that I remember more than anything else. He said (I'm paraphrasing), "One of the biggest lessons I took away from the experience of having a hit song was that having a hit song is no guarantee that you'll ever have another one." What I've learned over the years, about how the music business works, is that it's brutal. Of course things have changed a lot since the 80s, especially with the advent of the internet and much more opportunity now to go independent rather than jump through the hoops in hope of landing a record deal with an established label. But the odds of getting a hit song as an indie are still about the same as winning the power ball lottery. Oliver Anthony recently beat the crap out of those odds with his "Rich Men North of Richmond" but he was one in a million with just the right song at just the right time. I've completely lost track of Danny O'Keefe. Have no idea what he's doing now in 2023.
I remember hearing this a lot when I was a kid. Now listening to the lyrics it seems like he was singing about all the artists that left wherever they were to go to L.A. to either make it or not in the music business.
I love this song. 20 yrs old when I first heard this
I discovered this song when Dwight Yoakam covered it, love that version… but then listened to the original… FIRE!!!
Like the 'baseball hat' Look, Amber! :) Man! I haven't heard This One in FAR Too Long! Love It! '...Not A Kid at 33'??? YES, You Are! :) Ha! Great Choice & Reaction, You Guys!! :)
My goodness, I totally forgot about this song. My DJ used to play it all the time in my country western bar in Germany. Thank you ❣❣
Love this song. Gotta admit as a kid…1st time I heard this song was Elvis’ version (I realized later after hearing O’Keefe’s version)…that Elvis left out the line about “pills”.
Even Charlie Rich covered this tune! Thanks!
Goodtime Charlie was a speed dealer. He starts to review his life as he sees the people he knows all step out of his world. He has nothing to fill the emptiness. I've been a fan of Danny since this song hit in the 70s. He is one of the best songwriters living. Danny only had this one hit, but when you look at all the artists that have covered his songs you realize how talented he is with his writing. I suggested he put together a show based on just his song characters.
The Road by danny is one of my all time favourites.
Taken way too young,, Bobby Bloom "Montego Bay"...R.I.P. Bobby 🙏❤️
I was born and raised in a small town north of Dallas and I wanted to leave so bad. I did thirty years ago and now I would give anything to go back and die there.
But it's too late now.
I remember this song so well from my childhood.
Another good one, y'all.
Swampy song "The Witch Queen from New Orleans"
You've got to follow this with "The Road", an ode to every traveling musician!
This was originally on his Breezy Stories which is FILLED with amazing songwriting and laser lyrics.
I love this song, but I haven't thought about it in years even though it was in my setlist for many years. Now I have to pull out my guitar and see if I remember how I played it, just for old time's sake! Thanks, and I really enjoyed your reaction!❤
Elvis does a fab cover of this song, Danny`s version is amazing, great track and lovely to hear it again.