Why has this never been made into a movie? It's like literally one of the only songs ever written that would make a perfect movie storyline in and of itself without any other songs or input needed.
I am forty years old, and just heard this song for the first time this morning on my way to work. I have never been a fan of very much outlaw country, or Steve Earle but I thought this was a kickass song, and had to come here to get all of the lyrics.
DERP COLEMAN yep. My BF WAS A moon shiner w/ his old man, and the old man' daddy taught him the craft. My BF also ran it from WV from Lincoln county to East Cincinnati . Copper head road is a poetic remembrance for my man. He also enlisted during the LATE Nam years, never was deployed but did earn one-fifty for every jump he made. Many years, many memories of those. Times.
My rh negative blood gives me a copper head. I love copper too. What did I tell you about copper blood it's a transmitter electrical conductor. Why people with rh negative blood can pick of on energies like storms or people's energy. Tend to have more psychic abilities etc. copper pubs. Lol
My grandfather was in Vietnam. I used to live on Copperhead Road. My in laws still do. The county can't keep the sign up. Everytime they put a new one up, someone steals it. LOL!
JOHN PETTIEMORE FUNNY how music mimics life Bag Pipes this song love it g with a life of hanging with the bros growing up a little both worlds fishing the lake accross the street camping in the wilds no bathrooms and prissy showers leared to sqaut early age bathe in the mountain lakes fun nothing like a fresh caught trout or steelhead for dinner pick the wild huckleberry make muffins and campfires coffee for breakfast with Mount Rainer as your sunset and morning veiw hard pressed to find a woman to vaca. this way what I grew up with I don't know much about fancy hotels and restaurants my parents were simple humble people taught to appreciate what we had and experience nature in the raw my son Zeb brought up the same hunts and fishes every chance he gets just got himself a small boat to get the crab and Salmon PNW is so plentiful with good for you wild salmon orange with benfitial oils not the pail pink farm raised ones of the East coast just like cattle who knows what they have done with the genetics right here at home my dad raised two steer free of the shots they give them nowdays one for us and one for resale to pay for the raising in Europe the butchers do not waste anyparts so my mom cooked the tongue at first us kids wouldnt eat it But it smelled good so I tried was so surprised it's actually very good leftovers make good sandwiches sweet meats are out not eating any animals liver gizzard p word or brains lol I don't care what country I'm visting they're out I watched on a traveling TV show they cooked these parts to see if the dumb americans would eat it laughing the whole time Great nation however so young sometimes we not to swift have experienced this my self my trips abroad they say ignorance is bliss sometimes our arrogance proceeds us better to realize we don't know everything goes further in friendships of Foreign lands just like that younger brother or sister not knowing the ways of life yet Is how they see US if you want respect give it change comes with understanding and Knowledge put yourself in others shoes experience their life sometimes I feel I am channeling Masters that have come before and still have much more to say Grand speeches I Have A Dream.. Your Father Has Designed Many Mansions for You To Abide In could this be whole planets? GANDI Mother Teresa Muhammad Buda all have said profound teaching so we may learn who we are HU-MANS-BEING NO ONE BETTER THEN THE OTHER SAME worlds are waiting for us to see and remember who we are ...My nephew can not hurt even a bug finds one in the house caputures it and releases it back to nature if we all had this spirt can you imagine the world this would be I have seen first hand what war oppression greed can do to people why we have to turn that around before its the end of everything knowledge and becoming heart centered is a start just takes ONE monkey to ignite the rest anyone seen 2001 space odyssey back in the day was metafor in the movie one ape teahing another to use a tool to open food once eyes open just forward movement fire needs catalyst a start k said a mouthful here talk for around the water cooler lol went to my local 7/11 shop recently was a group of men there debating they were from nation of India this is what inspiration does peaceful good discussions nasmastay
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
if ya can,t defy the gov, this tells ya if ya do ,its what every person wants ,thats why we have nascar,, what a gloriouse win,defy those who want to contain you,it,s more than likely right
My husband ran moonshine for his dad many many years ago in the hills of southwest Virginia and was in a bad accident that took his hearing in one ear and put him in a coma for 12 days…bc of this they wouldn’t take him in the draft but everything else about this song fit him to a tee. He’s gone now but he loved this song. RIP Roger 💖💙
@@nudgeunit you are correct sir, I think we are all more alike then we realize.....wish we all as people could figure that out....hope things are well in Nova Scotia
@@salimsemlali4832 that's interesting. I guess it makes sense because the seed from columbia could very well be coca seeds. But this is highly unlikely because I think it's hard to grow coca, and not only that, it's somewhat difficult to extract the cocaine. I have never heard of a case of someone successfully growing coca in the US
The song feels so real I feel I'm living it. "I can still remember that rumblin' sound" The Revenue man never came back from C-R... Didn't songs like this used to be called ballads? Edmund Fitzgerald etc...
I still remember the first time I heard this at a school dance. Everyone got up to dance like they'd replayed the Cha Cha Slide. Long story short, sitting entirely too close to the speakers, I fell in love. I get the shivers every time its a surprise on the radio. I will scream along pretty much the entire thing, my volume at full blast, smacking the wheel with my free hand during the "duh duh duh:" bits. Just a few weeks ago, I was sniffing in my car, exhausted and angry after a bad shift, radio on in the background. I recognized it instantly, rolled the dial as high as it would go, and let it wash away the tension.
Brandon Hess this song is about the south and the "Charlie" he is talking about is not a person he is talking about the Vietnamese, over in the Vietnam War they called the Vietnamese "Charlies". Now listen to this song again and it will have a whole new meaning.
@Lil' Wayne's guitar teacher You're getting closer. I'm from Johnson COUNTY, TN, we're about an hour or so northeast of Johnson City. The road is in our county. It's been renamed "Copperhead Hollow Rd" due to the sign being stolen, repeatedly.
I live in northwest Arkansas and know they are singing about Tennessee. There’s literally multiple references alluding to that throughout the song. Also, as previously stated, Charlie is not a person. He is talking about the NVA in Vietnam. Great song nonetheless!
The Johnson County that he mentioned is the place I live, Johnson County Tennessee and the city is Mountain City. The Mason's lodge was a car auction that sold cars a long time ago and is just a few miles from my house.
My family came from the area... Roan mountain. I lived on Buck Mountain for some time.. Still kept my land. This is soul music to me. Every male in my family has made whiskey at one time or another, including me. I'll be teaching my 3 girls, Nephew, and anyone else how to make it. This is a dying art and should be passed on.
@therockkkkher There is. Unfortunately, it had to be renamed Copperhead Hollow Road due to theft of the road sign (but it didn't stop the issue). If you look up Copperhead Hollow Road, Mtn City, TN, it will pull it up on Google Maps. My father has also posted a video on RUclips of a drive down the road. Due to copyright issues, he couldn't put the video with the actual song though.
My friend's grandfather actually made moonshine in Georgia way back when.... and we heard this song one day driving down A1A in Daytona Beach Florida during bike week and the crowded streets went wild singing the words to this song. Now we play it every time we go out to the bars here, everyone loves it!!
You better stay away from Copperhead Rd, because he "Learned a thing or 2 from Charlie.." "Charlie" being North Vietnamese & the thing or 2 he learned was setting jungle trip-wires. Jus' sayin : )
They also had a bunch of tricks for shooting down 'nam era military helicopters (not so much destroying them, but forcing them to head back to a clearing to land thus rendering it useless for a few days while it was being repaired) with nothing but hunting rifles and other weapons that are easily obtained in the states. So back when this song was written he could easily get that 1980's DEA chopper off his back if he knew how.
@Phil And StuffFuck off. Your precious "law" isn't always right. I was stuck in a horrifically abusive situation as a child. I still have the meat cleaver scar on my back. The "law" said I had to stay there & if I ran away I was sent straight back. So don't defend shitty laws & the shitty people who enforce them.
@@rachaelhardin hears the choppers in the air wake up screaming like I'm backl over there. Yep, though they didn't call it that then. I once saw a Vietnam vet in a parking lot with a gun hiding from Charlie. He didn't hurt anybody bur was completely in Nam in his mind.
not really about PTSD.. The last verse you're referencing is him waking up to the DEA agents choppers flying over his grow operation in the hollers of the same land in Johnson County Tenn. his daddy and granddaddy used to make moonshine. During that moment the sounds & sights reminded him of Vietnam. After serving two tours of Duty in Vietnam, his new plan was using the seed from Colombia and Mexico to grow marijuana disguised by the crops grown up the hollers of Copperhead Road. The same spot he was always warned NOT to go because he would never come back! Also the last "better stay away from copperhead rd" is a warning to the DEA agents to watch their steps because the new defensive skills to guard his grow he learned from "Charlie." It's about his fear & realizing that all the warnings had come true and his family history was repeating itself.
@@BuffaloNickel9 I've personally seen a helicopter and or gunshot bring about PTSD. Waking up screaming has been reported as episodes of PTSD. The song may mean both but it's definitely an element of PTSD.
@@irisheyes2379 the DEA chopper sounds remind him of Vietnam, but the verse is not necessarily all about ptsd, just a reaction to the moment. Hence the nature of folk's reply comments to you. Find his 1998 or 1999 interview. Could there be an element to it that he didn't mention? Yes, Maybe. I see where you're going. I would suggest just enjoying this badass song! Its All good. This is great taste in music. And That we can agree on.
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Matthew was jacked at 200K views and gave his thanks. Huh. How bout that. Be grateful for what you have and more will be given,.so now, over 1.7 million. Helps to pay bills AND enjoy a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.
Hahaha I legit love this song so much I had it on repeat day n night :D , I'm sure my neighbours are glad I moved .. Love n light stay bright n beautiful XXX :D
I grew up with a grandfather that once made shine he had a railroad job and fed 5 families ( our close relatives)through the depression he would set up a down and out relative with a cabin and they would grow corn....he only made wine in the 60s when I came along ,later my aunt and uncle talked about helping him bury folks that discovered his still ...mean times ...20s and 30s... had an uncle that survived Vietnam shot down 3 times in 01 bird dog observation planes...he grew up trapping in the swamps and didn't get lost because of his sense of direction saved him after an eleven day escape from the vietcong....my family at one time lived this song...as for the new plan...our seeds didn't do that well but for years I knew folks who made their living on weed...all them old hippies and good biker friends long gone nowadays..just dangerous punks on meth out in the country now.. aint the same..
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
Great song, Matthew, thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of some good ol' days. There was a Copperhead road in my family. You ever had peach shine? Yuuum good,
say Shayne Buddy if you have bad troubles on war flash backs go see a GOOD NLP programmer (they are not "councillors" ) The Phobia cure" exercise is amazing ! My brother in law, uncle (WW2 bad stuff aweful fighting) & couple of Vietnam buddies did this exercise --- the bad memories just LEFT I kid you not! Thank you for your service sir
Eastern Kentucky here, its all about the Revenue taxing the whiskey [moonshine] and weed. Government Control!! Now in a lot of states both are legal, but they get their more than share.
... Hi, I´m from Europe and I just don´t know what Steve Earle is talking about when the county sheriff SHOT A COAT OF PRIMER AND THEN LOOKED INSIDE ... WHAT´S THAT BUSINESS with a COAT of PRIMER all about ?? American Slang ? Southern Meaning I just cannot suss out ?? thanks for your assistance. Best wishes Martin .....
@@martinderry6728 I see the question was 3 years ago but if anyone still wonders -- think it means the WORDS "Johnson County Sheriff" were painted on the side because it was an old police car being auctioned off to the public and now his daddy, the buyer, sprayed paint primer ("shot a coat of primer") to cover the words since it would now just be a regular person's car. Then he "looked inside" to check out what the condition was or what was left inside or something. Or actually, maybe looked inside the engine since that rumbling noise is referred to in the next line.
I love this song my deceased Uncle Dan sold alcohol and shot somebody for breaking into his house and trying to hurt his kids and spent time in federal prison for it. He just passed away a few months ago 😭😭
I've listened to this ever since my dad taught me how to make moonshine Bad ass song. If I ran a moonshine operation, I would play this song on a loop. I wake up screaming like I’m back over there Bad ass song.
r.i.p mr. rhoten! thanks for being a part of our family! you have made a huge impact on many kids who grew up with you kicking our butts when we needed it most!
Daddy played this on road trips, and we would play it at home just for a good time sometimes, after stacking wood in the shed. Some childhood memories just stick in one's soul... This song is one of them. ❤🎉🥰
Why has this never been made into a movie? It's like literally one of the only songs ever written that would make a perfect movie storyline in and of itself without any other songs or input needed.
I feel like all the pieces of the story have been in movies alot, maybe just not the same one lol
The movie Lawless dude
@@MarkDownes-bo2ox 💯
It’s called Lawless
Where is Copperhead Road located?
I am forty years old, and just heard this song for the first time this morning on my way to work. I have never been a fan of very much outlaw country, or Steve Earle but I thought this was a kickass song, and had to come here to get all of the lyrics.
DERP COLEMAN yep. My BF WAS A moon shiner w/ his old man, and the old man' daddy taught him the craft. My BF also ran it from WV from Lincoln county to East Cincinnati . Copper head road is a poetic remembrance for my man.
He also enlisted during the LATE
Nam years, never was deployed but did earn one-fifty for every jump he made. Many years, many memories of those. Times.
sad n u vote for trump n call yourself american ..... LMFAO
+Rohin Anand ......piss off , Trump kicks ass. Gets shit done
whhhaaaaaattttt people call this country but it really falls with classic rock
Welcome to Southern Rock
this song tells a great story
I Still remember that rumblin sound.
Makes me miss the good ol days
"Charlie" used to be a term used by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War as roughly a catch-all for enemy forces
In case you's was unaware
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
BEST SONG EVER!!!!!!
So powerful!
WE NEED LESS DISLIKES ON THIS AMAZING SONG
My rh negative blood gives me a copper head. I love copper too. What did I tell you about copper blood it's a transmitter electrical conductor. Why people with rh negative blood can pick of on energies like storms or people's energy. Tend to have more psychic abilities etc. copper pubs. Lol
It's a song you hear as a kid. Then you become an adult, and realise the effort that went into this piece of art.
thats this song n blue on black to me from Johnny Lang
There was a song, about revenue man confiscated these ol boys crops. At the end they're waving goodbye. " Sitting there on there sack of seeds.!"
I totally 💯 agree grant
So fricken true
I get what you're saying, I think I was around 24 when I first heard this song.
My grandfather was in Vietnam. I used to live on Copperhead Road. My in laws still do. The county can't keep the sign up. Everytime they put a new one up, someone steals it. LOL!
Meto
My Dad served two tours of duty in Vietnan
One in Korea before that. I completely Support the Heroes!
I am trying to add a Reply
Yeah they couldn't keep people from stealing the signs so they changed the name to Copperhead Hollow Road.
JOHN PETTIEMORE FUNNY how music mimics life Bag Pipes this song love it g with a life of hanging with the bros growing up a little both worlds fishing the lake accross the street camping in the wilds no bathrooms and prissy showers leared to sqaut early age bathe in the mountain lakes fun nothing like a fresh caught trout or steelhead for dinner pick the wild huckleberry make muffins and campfires coffee for breakfast with Mount Rainer as your sunset and morning veiw hard pressed to find a woman to vaca. this way what I grew up with I don't know much about fancy hotels and restaurants my parents were simple humble people taught to appreciate what we had and experience nature in the raw my son Zeb brought up the same hunts and fishes every chance he gets just got himself a small boat to get the crab and Salmon PNW is so plentiful with good for you wild salmon orange with benfitial oils not the pail pink farm raised ones of the East coast just like cattle who knows what they have done with the genetics right here at home my dad raised two steer free of the shots they give them nowdays one for us and one for resale to pay for the raising in Europe the butchers do not waste anyparts so my mom cooked the tongue at first us kids wouldnt eat it But it smelled good so I tried was so surprised it's actually very good leftovers make good sandwiches sweet meats are out not eating any animals liver gizzard p word or brains lol I don't care what country I'm visting they're out I watched on a traveling TV show they cooked these parts to see if the dumb americans would eat it laughing the whole time Great nation however so young sometimes we not to swift have experienced this my self my trips abroad they say ignorance is bliss sometimes our arrogance proceeds us better to realize we don't know everything goes further in friendships of Foreign lands just like that younger brother or sister not knowing the ways of life yet Is how they see US if you want respect give it change comes with understanding and Knowledge put yourself in others shoes experience their life sometimes I feel I am channeling Masters that have come before and still have much more to say Grand speeches I Have A Dream.. Your Father Has Designed Many Mansions for You To Abide In could this be whole planets? GANDI Mother Teresa Muhammad Buda all have said profound teaching so we may learn who we are HU-MANS-BEING NO ONE BETTER THEN THE OTHER SAME worlds are waiting for us to see and remember who we are ...My nephew can not hurt even a bug finds one in the house caputures it and releases it back to nature if we all had this spirt can you imagine the world this would be I have seen first hand what war oppression greed can do to people why we have to turn that around before its the end of everything knowledge and becoming heart centered is a start just takes ONE monkey to ignite the rest anyone seen 2001 space odyssey back in the day was metafor in the movie one ape teahing another to use a tool to open food once eyes open just forward movement fire needs catalyst a start k said a mouthful here talk for around the water cooler lol went to my local 7/11 shop recently was a group of men there debating they were from nation of India this is what inspiration does peaceful good discussions nasmastay
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
Wow! What an awesome story!!! ❤️ Thank you for sharing that!!
Fuck the government that ain't why we had a revolution
@@markgremillion6452GOLD
epic
Brilliant, thank you :)
The sound is so unique, can't get enough of it!
It's like Irish heavy metal. Like Eluviete
if ya can,t defy the gov, this tells ya if ya do ,its what every person wants ,thats why we have nascar,, what a gloriouse win,defy those who want to contain you,it,s more than likely right
I agree
Bagpipes always get me... always have. Have you seen the Scottish Highlanders in a parade? Wow.
@@billtimmos1087 NASCAR Went from Bootleggers to Bootlickers. RIP #3
My husband ran moonshine for his dad many many years ago in the hills of southwest Virginia and was in a bad accident that took his hearing in one ear and put him in a coma for 12 days…bc of this they wouldn’t take him in the draft but everything else about this song fit him to a tee. He’s gone now but he loved this song. RIP Roger 💖💙
The more I listen to this song... The more I love it... Raw honesty.
Raw as slaw
Same I absolutely love this song
Never really appreciated this song until my adult years. Now, it resonates deep with me.
I don't always listen to country...
but when I do, there's always Steve Earle...
This is actually a southern rock
It wasn't intended to be a country song
WOW! I never thought of this song as red neck noise.
This is my home, and I've known several people to run a little shine, or grow a little smoke....Love the Appalachian Mountains.
Amen. Brewing shine is what brought me here
Howdy from a Texan from Dallas....to an Appalachian friend.
Moonshiner.
@@carlvieira9649 Howdy.....How bout them Cowboys!
Hello from Nova Scotia, more similarities between the land and people here and you guys than alot of folks realize I think...some of us see it tho.
@@nudgeunit you are correct sir, I think we are all more alike then we realize.....wish we all as people could figure that out....hope things are well in Nova Scotia
My boy went from Whiskey to Weed...Diversification ,
Ain't putting all his eggs in one basket..Smart businessman..😎😎
I always thought of it as coke not weed
True that good business sense
@@salimsemlali4832 that's interesting. I guess it makes sense because the seed from columbia could very well be coca seeds. But this is highly unlikely because I think it's hard to grow coca, and not only that, it's somewhat difficult to extract the cocaine. I have never heard of a case of someone successfully growing coca in the US
The song feels so real I feel I'm living it. "I can still remember that rumblin' sound" The Revenue man never came back from
C-R... Didn't songs like this used to be called ballads? Edmund Fitzgerald etc...
Bad ass song.
I still remember the first time I heard this at a school dance. Everyone got up to dance like they'd replayed the Cha Cha Slide. Long story short, sitting entirely too close to the speakers, I fell in love. I get the shivers every time its a surprise on the radio. I will scream along pretty much the entire thing, my volume at full blast, smacking the wheel with my free hand during the "duh duh duh:" bits. Just a few weeks ago, I was sniffing in my car, exhausted and angry after a bad shift, radio on in the background. I recognized it instantly, rolled the dial as high as it would go, and let it wash away the tension.
Love the strings and the bagpipe chords, the lyrics and the feel. Reminds me the hills were settled by the Scotch-Irish. This is GREAT!
Scots Irish, please!
We are not a bottle of Whiskey.
Top 5 underated song of the last 40 years.
2020 anyone✋🏼😇
My uncle use to listen to this song when it first came out. It brings back so many good memories. R.I.P Jim...
Welcome HOME, Vietnam Veterans- Thank you for serving OUR Country
My daddy served 1968-70
Krypto Knyght
God bless your Daddy, I am a Veteran of the Cold War so I don't put myself in his category. Your Daddy is a Hero to me.
Top Secret ijj
17 year war for what?
God bless all veterans but it was a pointless war and young Americans got dragged into it. War Pigs should be ashamed of themselves
this song tells a great story
a great story!!!!
Fucken aye and captures a whole buitifull culture of mountain men and women
No it tells the best story
You should listen to don’t take the girl then
@@adambamf9365 mountain dew was another name for it.
I Still remember that rumblin sound.
+087mail That uncle knew a thing or two about engines!
Funny thing about this song is I live in Johnson county Illinois and our sheriffs name is Charlie harner. Lol
Brandon Hess this song is about the south and the "Charlie" he is talking about is not a person he is talking about the Vietnamese, over in the Vietnam War they called the Vietnamese "Charlies". Now listen to this song again and it will have a whole new meaning.
@@RedneckHillbilly-ho9md bro.. I literally live 5 miles from copperhead road. Johnson county Arkansas. Bless the ozarks
@Lil' Wayne's guitar teacher You're getting closer. I'm from Johnson COUNTY, TN, we're about an hour or so northeast of Johnson City. The road is in our county. It's been renamed "Copperhead Hollow Rd" due to the sign being stolen, repeatedly.
I live in northwest Arkansas and know they are singing about Tennessee. There’s literally multiple references alluding to that throughout the song. Also, as previously stated, Charlie is not a person. He is talking about the NVA in Vietnam. Great song nonetheless!
Wayne was a shine runner in the day 55 f ord
The Johnson County that he mentioned is the place I live, Johnson County Tennessee and the city is Mountain City. The Mason's lodge was a car auction that sold cars a long time ago and is just a few miles from my house.
Johnson County is a beautiful place, Macon County here.
My family came from the area... Roan mountain. I lived on Buck Mountain for some time.. Still kept my land. This is soul music to me. Every male in my family has made whiskey at one time or another, including me. I'll be teaching my 3 girls, Nephew, and anyone else how to make it. This is a dying art and should be passed on.
Amy Swiney Man I'm hearing that Melbourne Australia Respect that
Sweet I love playing this song on my guitar it's fun to play
@therockkkkher There is. Unfortunately, it had to be renamed Copperhead Hollow Road due to theft of the road sign (but it didn't stop the issue). If you look up Copperhead Hollow Road, Mtn City, TN, it will pull it up on Google Maps. My father has also posted a video on RUclips of a drive down the road. Due to copyright issues, he couldn't put the video with the actual song though.
Don't listen or sing (karaoke) to country music but I love this song. That irish/bagpipe element draws me to it
Still to this day one of The Best Story Telling Songs ever written.
My friend's grandfather actually made moonshine in Georgia way back when.... and we heard this song one day driving down A1A in Daytona Beach Florida during bike week and the crowded streets went wild singing the words to this song. Now we play it every time we go out to the bars here, everyone loves it!!
I forgot how intense this song was.
Grand-daddy killed the revenue man :D You better stay away from Copperhead road.
You better stay away from Copperhead Rd, because he "Learned a thing or 2 from Charlie.." "Charlie" being North Vietnamese & the thing or 2 he learned was setting jungle trip-wires. Jus' sayin : )
They also had a bunch of tricks for shooting down 'nam era military helicopters (not so much destroying them, but forcing them to head back to a clearing to land thus rendering it useless for a few days while it was being repaired) with nothing but hunting rifles and other weapons that are easily obtained in the states.
So back when this song was written he could easily get that 1980's DEA chopper off his back if he knew how.
Bwahahaha... excellent point, Luv it.
He sure did!
"Charlie" was the VC, the Viet Cong, indigenous guerillas, not NVA. VC= Victor Charlie in the international phonetic alphabet.
a good song never dies
Great song and now I caught all the lyrics it's even more better-er!
My granddaddy and his brother-in-law made moonshine back in the early 30's. My great uncle did time in Atlanta federal prison back then for it.
😂
William Cason the real criminals are the government
@Phil And StuffFuck off. Your precious "law" isn't always right. I was stuck in a horrifically abusive situation as a child. I still have the meat cleaver scar on my back. The "law" said I had to stay there & if I ran away I was sent straight back. So don't defend shitty laws & the shitty people who enforce them.
WHERE THEY SCOTTISH ROOTS??
my grandad went to the federal pen in Texarkana twice for making moonshine. He and his two brothers did it in the 40s-early 50s.
Hey Guys, Thanks For All The Comments And Reviews, I Really Appreciate It.
I can line dance to this its easy to do....
Hennesey Kryston Bout that River Game tho?
+Matthew Lake really good song and even better timing
+Matthew Lake really good song and even better timing
What a song what a story, this is brilliant music .THANKYOU.
This song is well written tells a story of life for so many men in the 1960s and 1970s at Vietnam. THE BRAVE AND THANK YOU TO OUR VETS!
Yes, thank you for killing Vietnamese farmers. Really saved us from that one. 🙄
This song is so profound. Never understood till I got older. The last part is about PTSD. Wow, a masterpiece!
.. a little bit
@@rachaelhardin hears the choppers in the air wake up screaming like I'm backl over there. Yep, though they didn't call it that then. I once saw a Vietnam vet in a parking lot with a gun hiding from Charlie. He didn't hurt anybody bur was completely in Nam in his mind.
not really about PTSD.. The last verse you're referencing is him waking up to the DEA agents choppers flying over his grow operation in the hollers of the same land in Johnson County Tenn. his daddy and granddaddy used to make moonshine. During that moment the sounds & sights reminded him of Vietnam.
After serving two tours of Duty in Vietnam, his new plan was using the seed from Colombia and Mexico to grow marijuana disguised by the crops grown up the hollers of Copperhead Road. The same spot he was always warned NOT to go because he would never come back!
Also the last "better stay away from copperhead rd" is a warning to the DEA agents to watch their steps because the new defensive skills to guard his grow he learned from "Charlie."
It's about his fear & realizing that all the warnings had come true and his family history was repeating itself.
@@BuffaloNickel9 I've personally seen a helicopter and or gunshot bring about PTSD. Waking up screaming has been reported as episodes of PTSD. The song may mean both but it's definitely an element of PTSD.
@@irisheyes2379 the DEA chopper sounds remind him of Vietnam, but the verse is not necessarily all about ptsd, just a reaction to the moment. Hence the nature of folk's reply comments to you. Find his 1998 or 1999 interview.
Could there be an element to it that he didn't mention? Yes, Maybe. I see where you're going.
I would suggest just enjoying this badass song! Its All good. This is great taste in music. And That we can agree on.
This song is an inspiration to me to write... always liked Steve Earle
Southern Rock .............wat more can I say......
Genius!
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I had moonshine
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I've listened to this ever since my dad taught me how to make moonshine
Aint firewater without some southern rock
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I haven't heard this in ages, something made me think of it again, and now I must listen at least three times! Love it.
Matthew was jacked at 200K views and gave his thanks. Huh. How bout that. Be grateful for what you have and more will be given,.so now, over 1.7 million.
Helps to pay bills AND enjoy a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.
LOVE THIS SONG!!! Its used in the recent 2017 film "Only The Brave"
Hahaha I legit love this song so much I had it on repeat day n night :D , I'm sure my neighbours are glad I moved .. Love n light stay bright n beautiful XXX :D
only here because we're doing line dancing for a PE assignment
@@lyrajin8815 haha you’ll appreciate this jam one day in the near future; I hope 🤟
I grew up with a grandfather that once made shine he had a railroad job and fed 5 families ( our close relatives)through the depression he would set up a down and out relative with a cabin and they would grow corn....he only made wine in the 60s when I came along ,later my aunt and uncle talked about helping him bury folks that discovered his still ...mean times ...20s and 30s... had an uncle that survived Vietnam shot down 3 times in 01 bird dog observation planes...he grew up trapping in the swamps and didn't get lost because of his sense of direction saved him after an eleven day escape from the vietcong....my family at one time lived this song...as for the new plan...our seeds didn't do that well but for years I knew folks who made their living on weed...all them old hippies and good biker friends long gone nowadays..just dangerous punks on meth out in the country now.. aint the same..
I love the pipes!!
Thank for playing Steve Earl, what an awesome fucking song.
If I ran a moonshine operation, I would play this song on a loop.
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
My dad was a moonshiner. Used to run with a black Challenger. 440 big block, that's why I like this song so much.
SOUTHERN KINGSTON TN 🔥
So would I seriously
This was my great uncle Barry’s favourite song, just played it to remember the good memories. ❤️✨
Johnson County, TN. A beautiful county for such an amazing history that was a mix of folklore and real family history. Gotta love East Tennessee
East Tennessee.. Johnson county? Something's twisted.
GOD BLESS THE US.
This song is anti U.S idk if you listened to the lyrics
I live in Tennessee so in the Rocky's we have moonshine I also like the sound of the bagpipes
Every time I hear this song I bob my head!!
I don't know why but when I read your comment I read boob my head😕
Same here. Head bobbing good
Great song, Matthew, thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of some good ol' days. There was a Copperhead road in my family. You ever had peach shine? Yuuum good,
Got plum shine up here in Canada
I wake up screaming like I’m back over there
YOU ARE A PATRIOT. MANY OF US CAN'T SLEEP THESE DAYS. GOD BLESS YOU SIR. SEMPER FI
say Shayne Buddy if you have bad troubles on war flash backs go see a GOOD NLP programmer (they are not "councillors" ) The Phobia cure" exercise is amazing ! My brother in law, uncle (WW2 bad stuff aweful fighting) & couple of Vietnam buddies did this exercise --- the bad memories just LEFT I kid you not! Thank you for your service sir
Me too.
Saying a prayer for all you guys.
When I listen to this song, so do my neighbors. In fact, they like it so much they've put bricks through my window so they can hear it better.
🤣🤣🤣
That's my family song no matter what my brother says
I love the lyrics version, but I bet this would be a hard song to karaoke to for a beginner anyway!
It's songs like these that make me wish I wasn't Canadian and was born in the Appalachian mountains 😞
Joe and Betty in VT, both 80, heard Copperhead Road, great singing and music, play it every morning with our coffee!
Eastern Kentucky here, its all about the Revenue taxing the whiskey [moonshine] and weed.
Government Control!!
Now in a lot of states both are legal, but they get their more than share.
i love this song i dance to this song when i was still high school
I don't always listen to Copperhead Road, but when I do, so does my whole friggin' zip code.
Stand up for the new Australian national anthem😂
I love Steve’s music , there’s always a story and a strong feeling of the ordinary person, love that cool drawl too .
... Hi, I´m from Europe and I just don´t know what Steve Earle is talking about when the county sheriff
SHOT A COAT OF PRIMER AND THEN LOOKED INSIDE ... WHAT´S THAT BUSINESS with a COAT of PRIMER all about ?? American Slang ? Southern Meaning I just cannot suss out ??
thanks for your assistance. Best wishes Martin .....
@@martinderry6728 I see the question was 3 years ago but if anyone still wonders -- think it means the WORDS "Johnson County Sheriff" were painted on the side because it was an old police car being auctioned off to the public and now his daddy, the buyer, sprayed paint primer ("shot a coat of primer") to cover the words since it would now just be a regular person's car. Then he "looked inside" to check out what the condition was or what was left inside or something. Or actually, maybe looked inside the engine since that rumbling noise is referred to in the next line.
Funny story, my great grandfather sold booze to Al Capone's gang during prohibition.
Jordan Ede That Lemon Scented Toilet Wine will show you THE HAND OF GOD!
My grandaddy made gin in a bathtub during prohibition when he was 14. I don't have the same name as him, nor did my daddy before.
My great dad was one of Al Capone's men that was at the st. Valentine's day killings
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What you mean to say is he made bath tub gin.
I like the generational difference displayed in this song. Grand daddy made moonshine and the grandson (John) grew that good good
Have you believed the gospel? The gospel is that Jesus died on the cross for your sins was buried and rose again the third day
Thank you for your service men and women God bless
Came back from Afghanistan with a brand new plan. We are the new generation down copperhead road.
I love this song my deceased Uncle Dan sold alcohol and shot somebody for breaking into his house and trying to hurt his kids and spent time in federal prison for it. He just passed away a few months ago 😭😭
I always thought he said, "Tropicana Sheriff painted on the side". TY :)
I mean bagpipes and a banjo - genius. Who produced this ❓👏👏
really love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've listened to this ever since my dad taught me how to make moonshine
Bad ass song.
If I ran a moonshine operation, I would play this song on a loop.
I wake up screaming like I’m back over there
Bad ass song.
Always liked this song but never listened to the lyric in detail. Like it even more now!
Been listening to this awesome song from the beginning, top notch production!!!
I'm 63 now, from South Africa. I just heard this song, now I play it over n over. Love this song. Gonna play this song on my next disco I'll be doin
BRILLIANT!
they played this song at my dads wedding and i was sleeping on the floor in the back
love this song getting drunk to it right now
Aaron Wittekoek same, already did it though.
My new BFF.
best and only country song on my repeat button.!! love you Steve Earle xxiiiiiiii never gets old ..
We did it lane!! I will ride this ride as long as it takes for you brother!!
This my ole mans shit right here
My Grand Father was a iron miner from Tower Minnesota and he made whisky too, he also got busted a few times
and went to jail for a few days,,..
r.i.p mr. rhoten! thanks for being a part of our family! you have made a huge impact on many kids who grew up with you kicking our butts when we needed it most!
Mesmerizing !❤
why did i ever leave country music like im from texas for vrist sake
no need to thank us, thank Steve for making killer music
I volunteered for the army on my birthday! Happy birthday happy birthday!!! Love doing this line dance at the bar!!!! 🤪🤪🤪🥰
@Steve Earle so welcome!!!! Love this song! Lol
I'm an x Phoenix cop and I live this song. 28 yrs. Retired..
Wallace Geller fuckkin dog
Pig
Gr8 job Mat The Few would be proud
Daddy played this on road trips, and we would play it at home just for a good time sometimes, after stacking wood in the shed.
Some childhood memories just stick in one's soul... This song is one of them. ❤🎉🥰