HECK YEA! 🎵 Steve Earle - Copperhead Road REACTION
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Papaw was a moonshiner(buying yeast and copper line for the still)
Revenue man(IRS) came looking on Copperhead road(moonshine is still illegal and most moonshiners avoid taxes) so they killed the Revenue man.
His dad delivered the moonshine but crashed one night so you could smell the whiskey he was delivering burning from the crash.
He went to Nam, where pot was prevalent, came home planted weed instead of making moonshine. DEA after him instead of IRS.
But he has some surprises after being in Nam(traps)
100% This...well done.
I will say that NASCAR came from moonshiners who modified their cars to be able to escape police cars (either by speed, distance, or both). "Smell the whiskey burnin down Copperhead Road" could also have been a reference to the hot rod car speeding down the road and might not be a crash. Everything leading up to that part/in that line was referencing building/souping up an old car.
I wholly concur with Watjalukinat 😁
@@Gekokujo76 I always assumed the line “smell the whiskey burnin…” meant they ran the car on whiskey instead of gasoline. Lol! I will add to the NASCAR reference for those that don’t know, the men who built their engines to run from the law would brag about how fast their cars were. They began having races to see who’s car was the fastest. Then NASCAR was born.
@@chrisjovingo2205 You are correct. Technically, it wasnt "whiskey", but it was VERY close to Ethanol! I think that moonshine was the fuel in part.
Lemme explain it to y'all. A young Appalachian mountain man came from a line of moonshiners. Both his dad and grand dad made and ran moonshine. A federal agent went missing while investigating his granddaddy. In his father's time, his dad died in a crash, (while in a chase with the cops), while running a weekly load of moonshine to Knoxville. The young man joins the Army as soon as he turns of age, because during the Vietnam war, they drafted the white trash first where he was from anyway. He wound up serving 2 tours of duty during the Vietnam war, where he learned a lot of 'tricks' (boobytraps), from the enemy, and decided to grow weed instead of running moonshine, since his family was already infamously known for making and running 'shine' by the cops/feds. The story ends with the DEA spotting his weed growing in the hollow down Copperhead Road, from a chopper, and the young man 'puts to use' what he learned from the enemy, (boobytraps), and what he he learned about combat while serving in Vietnam. He took off screaming due to post traumatic stress disorder and engaged himself in a war with the DEA. The end of the story is left to the imagination as to how it all ends. Great song and story. Glad you liked it too!
Absolutely a great way to tell this story you are spot on I believe I can't believe they didn't get it, good job
His grand daddy was a moonshiner, copper is used to make the moonshine stills, then he was growing weed after returning from Nam and selling it
His daddy was a bootlegger too
Yup most stills are copper, easy to braze and relatively inexpensive. My dad told me years ago about him and his brothers making a still out galvanized pipe and a old barrel, about killed themselves.
And setting up deadly traps for interlopers to impale themselves on.
He said copper line. They use it for the condenser. To cool the alcohol down from steam.
@@larky368 He was essentially a Pot Growing Rambo...
Steve Earle is a great writer. Troubadour skills. Bad Boy Country. He's a true storyteller. One of my favorite musicians.
About time someone payed attention to Steve Earle. A brilliant songwriter.
Yes. Outstanding songwriter Devils Right Hand would be another gem.
@@edwardcoit9748 And not forgetting some of his bluegrass stuff - Tom Ames' Prayer, Dixieland, Ben McCulloch, Mystery Train Pt2...
Then there's Justice In Ontario, The Unrepentant, CCKMP, and a great cover of Time Has Come Today with Sheryl Crow. Hours of good stuff to enjoy, great storytelling in song! I used to do a lot of long distance hiking and was always singing Steve Earle tunes at the top of my lungs as I walked lol.
Absolutely.
....as was his son. RIP Justin Townes Earle.
How about who he ran with who taught him the wsys?
I'm from Kentucky and for me, this feels like a true story that has been playing out for generations. Can't coal mine any more. There are no tech companies moving in to offer jobs. People still have to eat though. This song is about the switch from moonshine to pot but now.....it's drugs they don't make that are decimating families. "But by the grace of God".
It's a great Appalachian mountain sound, with Scottish highland bagpipes...my favorite story song.
Lot of Irish and Scottish immigrants ended up in the Appalachians, so it's kinda natural.
The 1989 Steve Earle hit, “Copperhead Road” was inspired by true events on an actual road near Mountain City in Johnson County. The song deals with moonshine running in Johnson County, and the danger and heritage that come with it.
@@thomassparks8294 awesome story...thank you for the info!
I live in Mountain City. Years ago I built a house for a customer on Copperhead road. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, that area was famous for the high quality pot grown there, known as “Butler Gold”.
@@thomassparks8294 finally someone that knows. Thank you.
Bro, this is southern rock at it's finest, nuf said.
This is and will always be a masterpiece from Mr. Earle.
Copperhead Road is just a deep country road named after a snake. The family moved from outlaw moonshiners to outlaw cultavaters. One of the songs that reminds me of home. Great song, great reaction.
Growing up in AR this cassette was always within reach!
Mississippi tapping-in......save them seeds.......
Also using snakes to protect what is theirs from intruders.
I knew quite a few moonshiners who went to growing weed in the 70s.
Alot of other drugs have been run in that region. Local police are cheap to pay off down there.
You can see in Brad's face how caught-up he is in the story. He's paying attention to every word. When a song captures you like that, it's priceless.
LOOLOLOLOL nah, that is a look of confusion LOLOOLOLOLOLO didnt you hear how confused and baffled he was after hearing the simple lyrics? LOLOLOLOL
Did you even watch the video?? " You can see in Brad's face how caught-up he is in the story."???
as usual, he has NO CLUE what is going on.....zero, Dude is dense AF
@@scenevision356 lol. Ok, sure... why so angry? And yes I watched the video. 🤣🤣😂😂🤡🤡
Steve Earle blends country with rock and with the Celtic roots of country.
That's a whole part of American music highly overlooked. Black slaves and Irish/Scot sharecroppers had a lot of interaction. American Country and Blues is basically a blending of the two cultures. Frank Stokes (Father of Blues)and Jimmy Rogers (Father of Country)toured together in Southern minstral shows.
@@sue08401 💯
Steve Earl is one of those 'musician's musician'. People who play and make music generally love the guy but he never had mainstream success. This song is fantastic.
THIS IS A CLASSIC. Absolute banger, really glad someone's doing this!
Thank you for sharing this with me again
Heavy metal bluegrass. That's what Steve called that song. Steve Earle is a phenomenal songwriter. He's got so many great tunes that folks have never heard. He's so hard to categorize musically, that he rarely got airplay or recognition.
Brad would enjoy his lyrics, and Lex would enjoy the musical feel of some of his tunes.
Listen his song America vs 6.0. if you wanna hear anything else by him. Or some of his bluegrass tunes, the Graveyard Shift.
Wow, I love that! Copperhead road is a masterpiece imo
Cant stop listening to him. Great stuff
Scottish and Irish settled in Appalachian mountains. The only way they could get their corn to market was to distill it and pack it out in jugs on mules. When Prohibition was passed, shine became illegal and they had no way to make a living unless they hid in the mountains and snuck it out. Running shine required a hot car and good drivers. Flathead Ford Vickies then the big Chrysler hemi 300s. There were a lot of people that pioneered what is now known as Nascar who cut their teeth on the Appalachian back roads running shine down the mountain being chased by Roscoe P. Coltrane. Junior Johnson is one that stands out. You should read his story.
Steve Earle is a national treasure. We are so lucky to be on this Earth at the same time as him. Thank you so much for reacting to him! But be warned... you're going down a very deep and wonderful rabbit hole with him. Enjoy!
....that's for sure!
When he says, "i learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know, you better stay away from copperhead road". During the vietnam war the viet soliders (charlie) were well known for covering damn near every square inch of the jungle with every type of booby trap imaginable. He's saying that he has his land booby trapped so stay away.
Grandaddy was a moonshiner, his daddy was a moonshiner. Copper head road is just a road name or a symbolism of moonshine making. whiskey/moonshine =ethanol = fuel for cars to run liquor, built a fast powerful car from a government auction and fueled it with ethanol/whiskey to bootleg liquor to the city. volunteered for the army to get out of poverty, came back from Vietnam and planted marijuana on his family land. just like the revenuer controlling whiskey, the dea controls drugs. learned to set traps for trespasser and law enforcement from the vietcong techniques in war. The family outlaw tradition continues
Guitar Town is another great Steve Earle song. This is some serious Outlaw Country stuff. Doesn’t surprise me that most blacks have not heard of Steve Earle. He has some great music.
His family made moonshine and stills use copper line. Shine whiskey is ethanol and it will burn. Today it is mixed with 15% gasoline to make E85. He started growing weed from seeds after Nam and said he learned a thing or two from Charlie. Charlie is what they called the Viet Cong and they used booby traps. I guess you have to be old enough to relate to what he is singing about. The music and song is great and your reaction was good too.
VC - Viet Cong, aka Charlie
Aka Victor Charlie, phonetic or (military) alphabet. Shortened to Charlie….👌🏼👍🏼😜
@@robpayne8138 I hit the wrong key. I hit K instead of C. Thanks. I wasn't there, my dad was in the 101st as a medic. He served for 22 years and retired SFC E8.
E85 has 15% alcohol, not 15% gasoline
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 You are not correct. I am an alternative fuels technician. It is 85% ethanol and 15% gas and called E85 for that reason.
I was born and spent the first 13 years in SE Ohio the other side of a river from West Virginia. My parents where both bornin WV. My dad worked in a coal mine from the age of 12 with my GPA and GGRPA in the 30's. This song brings back many memories of growing up there in the sixties, it was still the same. I am proud of being a HILLBILLY!!!
It's about time somebody reacted to this kick-ass song!!!! Another great song from Steve is "Guitar Town" 👍
I second this recommendation. Such a good song.
I can’t hear “Guitar Town” without turning up the volume and smiling.
Mister State Trooper
That's the only song I ever heard from him on the country radio stations when he debuted. The stations back then locally decided that he wasn't country enough, and dropped him really quickly.
@@rustyreese4006 same here. I don’t remember hearing any of his songs on country radio except for “Guitar Town” and “Copperhead Road”.
Steve Earle is an exceptional songwriter. The epitome of Americana. Thanks for playing this.
Steve Earle is someone that is widely listed by critics and music nerds as one of the best of his generation, but tragically few today even know who he is. His take on country blues is phenomenal and his instrumentals are compelling. I'd recommend checking out more of his stuff... You'll love it.
Thats exactly what I did. Awesome stuff
Never cared much about country music until Steve Earle earthy voice shot out of my radio. Became a loyal fan. Several great albums.
Another surprising country album is from Elvis Costello, ‘ Almost Blue” has the best country classics, done authenticity, but with Elvis phenomenal vocals. His backing group Attractions recorded it in Nashville with the original producers. A rare and precious gem.
I like it because I can hear the Irish/Scottish influence in the music, you know with the mandolin and fiddle. Good tune!
And bagpipes! Maybe not actual bagpipes but some instrument that produced bagpipe sounds.
That part of Appalachia had a strong Scots-Irish influence ( many Presbyterians). It was mainly on the North Carolina side and not as much on the East TN side of the mountains. However, the history is still there. One of the small colleges around Knoxville, TN has the nickname of Scots and that campus hosts a Scottish festival/games every year.
I was surprised when I went to Ireland in the 90s and heard lots of Randy Travis and other popular country singers playing in pubs and clubs. Makes sense- the Celtic origins or Appalachian/country music comes full circle and speaks to them.
Irish lost almost everything coming to America, their language for example. However, their music is VERY evident in parts of the South like TN.
I'm pretty sure Steve enlisted the help of The Pogues in making the album, so it's a genuine Irish rock/folk sound.
Grandaddy was a moonshiner. You need copper for the condensing coils of the still. Grandson got seeds from Mexico & Colombia, so he was growing weed instead of distilling booze, that's why the DEA had choppers in the air. No doubt they had IR sensors to tell the cash crop from the native vegetation. The chord progressions and initial instrumentation are reminiscent of Irish music. He hinted that he was from Appalachia, which was initially pioneered by Scotch-Irish. That's why bluegrass sounds a lot like Irish music. I could go on. It ain't too big of a puzzle.
The sheriff came around in the middle of the night then he heard his momma crying. His father crashed heading to Knoxville with a weekly moonshine delivery that's why you could smell the whisky burning.
You sure? I always took it that he had the moonshine rigged so he could flip a switch and dump all evidence if he was chased.
The bagpipes are a tribute to the cultural roots of many Appalachian people. Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina and actually throughout most of the Appalachian mountains the majority of the settlers were what we call "Scots-Irish" people. Mainly from Northern Ireland (over there they are known as Ulster Scots) along with populations from the north of England and the Scotish border area and some Welsh as well. The old time Appalachian fiddle music, Bluegrass etc. is descended from the music they brought with them.
I've always loved how the intensity just keeps building throughout the song.
We played that one and I was looking forward to the build up the whole set. literally exploded in the second part singing and playing it.
So much fun.
One of the best build-ups in all of music.
This song is the southern outlaw anthem. His dad and granddad made and ran shine . He came back from Nam and started growing and selling pot
One of the most underrated artists of all time. Lots of deep stuff.
Great old song, excellent lyrics that put you right in the story and a bag pipe on top of it all.
Steve Earle is an amazing artist. Great reaction.
This song has so much depth and it takes a lot of different directions. One of the greatest songs ever 👍👍❤️.
Steve Earle is a song writer legend 🤘
Great reaction again! The video for this song is great too!
All small communities in the deep rural areas have their own type of Copperhead road. Places everyone that knows, knows not to go mess with them ppl at the end of the road. JS. Love the reaction guys 🥰🥰👍🏼👍🏼
Phenomenal song … so glad you both listened to this!
Great tune. Seen Steve & co. perform it live many times. Worth noting is the celtic instrumentation and overtones on this song, which are in reference to the cultural background of a lot of the initial European settlers of Appalachia. Many tended to be of Scot-Irish descent, and brought with them the traditional fiddle reels and murder ballads of the old world, which eventually morphed with additional musical styles/ethnicities (think the syncopation, rhythms and vocal styles associated with traditional African music, etc.) to give us what we now consider the folk, country, blues and bluegrass genres.
When Steve Earle came out he was loved by country fans.. country fans love runs deep.... and when he turned rock and roll they never forgave him...pure raw talent.
This is one of those cross-over hits that brings people in from multiple musical genres. Great storytelling, great guitar, great beat. I feel this song is in a similar vein to THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA, appealing to a wide range of listeners.
Great bagpipes too ;)
Shut up Mike
You are 100% right. I'm a headbanger but love this guy
I saw Garth Brooks in concert three times in 1996-98. When various music plays just before the band comes on stage, “Copperhead Road” was always the last song to play.
Garth was hiding under the stage ready to come up through the piano. My hunch is that Garth wanted “Copperhead Road” played to pump himself up for the show. Earle would have been one of his musical heroes, and this seems like a song Garth would dig.
It’s the story of how a mountain family survived. Granddad ran moon shine and died in a wreck while delivering a load of shine. Then the grandson grew weed after returning from Vietnam.
His dad died in the wreck. "Now Daddy ran whiskey in a big block Dodge" "He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load".
His Granddad made moonshine, but it was his Dad that died in the wreck.
Neither one of them died in a wreck. The sheriff came around in the middle of the night to destroy the still. That's why you could smell the whisky burning. It happened while the father was making a run to Knoxville.
The song doesn't say how grandaddy died, only that the revenuer man never came back from Copperhead Rd, so it's implied grandaddy "got rid of" him.
Y'all should go to a country bar when they play this song and everyone is line dancing to it. It is lit!!!! Love you guys. Keep it real.
LOVE Steve Earle. One of the best storytellers out there! His Grandpa and Daddy were moonshiners (selling home made whiskey or gin was illegal back then). They killed the IRS guy for poking around where he ought not. Little Stevie goes off to Vietnam, comes home with plans to grow weed instead. He's gonna shake up the family business a bit!
really love watching Lex vibe, she is such a free spirit. Lex has so much energy, and I love to see her smile and react to older rock genre. I could watch her energy ALL DAY. Keep up the great work you two. ❤
Just go back and read the lyrics. It’s pretty self-explanatory. Granddad was a moonshiner. That’s why twice a year he’d come down and buy 100 lbs. of yeast and some copper line (part of the still) Revenuer man was after him for tax evasion on his illegal whiskey. (Revenues = IRS) Revenuer made a big mistake going up after Grandad. He never came back.
Daddy was a bootlegger running shine. Remember that big black Dodge? Him and my uncle tore that engine down. Still remember that rumbling sound (of the engine after they got ‘er rebuilt hotter than a $2 pistol.) Sherif came around in the middle of the night, mamma’s cryin, something ain’t right. You can smell the whiskey burnin because Daddy and that Dodge done rolled tryin to outrun the cops.
So dude does Vietnam, brand new plan, seed from Columbia and Mexico, planted up a holler by Copperhead Road. He’s growing weed instead of shining and bootlegging. So the DEA got the chopper up and running. Remember those two tours of duty? I learned a thing or two from Charlie (Viet Cong… VC… Victor Charlie in mil-speak… Charlie) He learned how to make booby traps. So you better stay away from Copperhead road.
Got it in one right there!
"self explanatory" lol, no such thing to the Bradolescent one... (That would be cruel, but he wouldn't get it .....so.....).
@@jokes881 😂
It's a big BLOCK dodge. Those old 50's dodges either had a flat head 6, or the big block Red Ram V8.
I've been watching you two for awhile now. Lex you could raise my spirits on the worst of my days! Your smile is so beautiful! Brad be thankful you got such a great gal!
Love this song! Another good one is Galway Girl, which is a guaranteed rush to the dance floor at any Irish wedding. 😀 ☘️
+1 for Galway Girl
@Mark H The Ed Sheeran song is a completely different song. It’s not a cover.
Damn them there Bagpipes at the beginning want to go back home to Scotland magic stuff
Steve Earle's "Ellis Unit One" is one of the most haunting, powerful gut-punches of a song I've ever heard.
The background band here is The Pogues. They did this just after firing their founder Shane MacGowan.
Check out his song "Feel Alright" it was used during the season 2 finale of "The Wire"....great track
Love Steve Earle. Not a country fan, but he mixes it with, blues and rock and occasionally some celtic sound. Favorites of mine are: the rain came down, I ain't ever satisfied, Devil's right hand and Billy Austin. Hellava songwriter!
One more I'll add to that is Someday.
Fantastic choice for a reaction. I love this song and your channel. Keep up the good work. Sending love from Georgia
Also copperhead road is an actual place in Tennessee. The family they're taking about in the beginning were moonshine then after the son came back from Vietnam he started growing and selling weed.
You two are great to watch listening to the songs and music of my youth! Never stop !!
Proper outlaw country music. 🎶. Rebel country music. Yall should do an outlaw country music stream someday! 🤠
as always...i just love seeing Lex just letting go and feeling it while brad is busy analyzing it. This is an awesome song. A great bar song, party song....i love you guys
Copperhead is a real road in Knoxville,TN
Grandaddy was a moonshiner, and the revenue man went up the holler to try to catch him and never was seen again. Daddy ran whiskey. Daddy had a crash in his car and died. You could smell the whiskey burning. That's why Mama was crying. The son came back from Viet Nam and decided to plant weed up in the holler there. He was using things he learned in Nam to fight off the DEA agents. There really is a Copperhead Rd. in rural Tenn. They had to change the name a few years back though, because people kept stealing the street signs. lots of great music from Steve. The instrument at the beginning and end is bag pipes, and Steve taught himself to play mandolin so he could play it for this song. For a little bit different sound from Steve, try Guitar Town.
Hope you all get to check out the official video. It's really great. Like a mini-movie.
To this day, still a major line dance banger.
This reminds me of a movie I saw as a kid - "Thunder Road", starring Robert Mitchum. He also sang the title/theme song of the movie. Listening to the song basically tells the story.
We must be around the same age. I thought it was a great movie and a great song.
@@armadillotoe Grew up a car nut. Mitchum's character rolling that '50 Ford and releasing the rear bumper, so the Feds radio that they'll bring the license plate # in on their front bumper, was maybe where it started. : )
Yea! Now we’re talking my type of music 😃
There is actually an official video, made by the artist, to help explain the song.
“Tore the engine down” refers to suping up the engine adding substantial horsepower. “You could smell whiskey burning” refers to using moonshine in the gas tank. It was a common practice to add high proof whiskey/moonshine to gasoline when prices were high to make the gas stretch or in this case to increase combustion and give even more power. Some of the fastest drag race cars run on pure alcohol. Side note. Modern NASCAR/Stock Car Racing was born out of groups of moonshiners that would supe up their “stock” cars by increasing the engine power as well as adding stiffer suspension so that when it was loaded up with moonshine it looked empty instead of sagging down in the rear end because of all the weight. Basically moonshiners need to have a vehicle that even though it was completely loaded down with weight would still look empty and be able to out run the law if they were being chased. Basically the song tells the story of a moonshiners grandson who decides to grow weed instead of making moonshine.
Always loved this song
Grew up in the Jersey pine barrens. There were backroads that had names like copperhead road. Reason for the name - there were a lot more copperhead snakes in that area. Also when asking a State Troopers why they didn't go up those roads - they said hell the folk up there shoot at anyone they don't know or like. And he was right about there being a lot of folk there that are combat veterans and don't play. Now I live on the Tennessee /Kentucky border and it's like the pine barrens again. Far cry from Nashville.
As far as I know they'll still be making any illegal drink/drug you could want to take.
Bought the album just to loop this song. A group 'Amy N me ' did a version of this song from the sister perspective and was pretty good.
Copperhead Road is a real road in Johnson County Tennessee. And I love this song because it tells you an awesome story in every lyric that he sings. This is one of the best songs ever made IMO.
Galway Girl is a pretty fantastic song of his. Almost everyone on the planet has covered it. Oh, and like a lot of people will say in this thread--he is one hell of a songwriter.
I love how Ireland has basically adopted Galway Girl as one of their own, many people think it's a traditional Irish tune, it's that good, and that true to the genre.
@@arlaabrell8658 I had to look it up myself because it felt so authentic.
Whiskey burning was the crashed moonshine running car. The moonshine caught on fire.
The seeds from Columbia & Mexico was marijuana seeds. He changed his skills from making moonshine to growing marijuana.
Ok, you guys made me start drinking!
I used to call our local radio station after harvest time and dedicate this song to everybody who got through the year.
The revenue man wanted grand daddy bad.
Translation: You had to pay tax on home made whisky
Headed up the holler with everything he had
Translation: Govt officials wen looking for grandpa's illegal whisky still
Before my time but I've been told, he never came back from copper head road.
Translation: Grandpa killed the tax man.
Later when you could smell the whisky burning down copper head road, the narrator's father died trying to run illegal whisky. Either from an accident or an altercation with law enforcement. Whisky was used as high octane fuel in some cars that ran the product through the hills.
Not to mention chances are the truck exploded during an obvious crash.
Years ago in a country bar ...this song started and that dance floor was a sight to see . cheers from BC Canada
Great song, great story. If you like this, try Drive-by Truckers - Daddy's Cup
I hope these two discover jason isbell at some point
Some great explanations of the lyrics. But the music itself - you can hear the scots-irish folk sound. It's a fun song. Thanks for reviewing it.
That last couplet is so sinister. For you youngsters, "Charlie" was Army slang for the Viet Cong, the notorious and lethal Vietnamese guerillas. If the narrator "learned a thing or two from Charlie," that does not bode well for the DEA agents. What a song. Great choice!
"Charles definitely has his shit together."
HIS GRANDDADDY MADE MOONSHINE (ILLEGAL HOME MADE WHISKEY), THE VATS THE WHISKEY WAS BREWED IN ARE CALLED "STILLS" AND THEY WERE MADE OF COPPER AND COPPER TUBING ON THE TOP, HENCE "COPPER HEAD" AND THE PLACE THEY MADE THE MOONSHINE WAS IN THE WOODS AND IN THE SONG HE CALLS IT COPPER HEAD ROAD, WHEN HE WAS 18 HE VOLUNTEERED IN THE ARMY AND WAS SENT TO VIETNAM TWICE, 2 TOURSOF VIETNAM, WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM VIETNAM HE STARTED PLANTING MARIJUANA SEEDS FROM COLUMBIA AND MEXICO, AND LIKE HIS GRANDDADDY SOLD ILLEGAL MOONSHINE WHISKEY, HE IS NOW GROWING AND SELLING POT
This song will go down in history as one of the greatest. It’s all about going from a family of Outlaw moonshiners, to outlaw cannabis cultivation after he came back from Vietnam.
Steve Earl is one of the best story tellers.
Loved the reaction.
Fun fact, I live quite near Copperhead Rd. When this song came out, I asked my best friend (now my husband) why it sounded familiar, and his response was "that's where my Paw and my uncles ran shine." So yeah, the song's about his extended family.
Back in the day everyone would be stomping on the floor and clapping knocking pictures off the walls..always a fun song!!
I grew up in some hillbilly boonies during the 80s and early 90s. Asked my dad "why all the choppers?" He told me they were looking for growers. No comment on how he knew that, or why. They always flew around near dark. Told it was easier to find large fields of the crop whenever the landscape was cooling down in early evening and the plants stood out more on infrared sensors.
Steve Earle is pretty good with a mandolin. You can tell that he wrote the music for this playing his mandolin, rather than his guitar. When I started playing mando, I discovered this song almost LITERALLY falls out of the instrument. It's not a hard song to play on a guitar, but it's a mandolin song all the way. It's why I named my mandolin Steve.
The best Good Ol' Boy song ever, moonshine running in an ex police car, with bagpipes and banjo giving the song that extra edge. Love it to death.
Girl love watching you rock out to this 🙂
I love just watching you guys! Great job as usual!
He started growing weed, instead of making moonshine
Everything that makes us realize how close we are connected as opposed to how they try to make us hate each other is so money to me, One love
The top of a still (whiskey still) is called the head. When it is made of copper it is unofficially referred to as the Copperhead. With that said, I believe that a road or region with many moonshiners got the name literally or otherwise, Copperhead Road.
He was introduced to maryane in the war. Made a plan to grow pot on Copperhead Road. (Got the seed from Mexico.)
I love this song. I remember this whole album with fond memories as I grew up in New Zealand and Steve Earle was one of my first ever concerts in the Auckland Town Hall. My Mum and Dad took me and my two younger brothers to see it and we had seats in the balcony. It was EPIC! Thanks for reminding me of this amazing musician. Xx
Charlie is a nickname that the military used for any North Vietnamese enemy. "I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know" is important because "Charlie" was successful in taking out helicopters, or ambushing troops, in the war. He was basically saying that the D.E.A will have a hard time taking him out because he learned how to fight against incursion like Charlie did.
I just loved watching Brad & Lex trying to grasp the meaning to the lyrics.....lol...but they did know it is a feel good song !!!! Just always love your reactions/ Lex is always into the vibe...and Brad is always studying them lyrics.....Gotta love em' !!!!
This couple had me rollin !!!!
So funny y’all
A copper head is a snake. Copper head road is a road named after the snake because the abundance of that snake. His dad, and grandpa transported moonshine during prohibition illegally. There was a wreak that's where the burning and smell came from from. Btw moonshine is like gas, its VERY flammable. Dad died in the fire. The son went to Vietnam came back grew pot, and probably a few other narcotics, and now the DEA is after him just like the sheriff was after his dad. THE END!!!
They made shine and grew weed on (Copperhead road) which "Cooperhead" road is a metaphor for roads and hollers in the South that go way back in the hills which isn't a good area for a stranger to wonder upon. When he talks about about the Sheriff came around in the middle of the night, his daddy died either in a police chase or shootout. When he talks about DEA choppers in the air after he starts growing weed he says he wakes up over there which means PTSD from "Charlie" which is the Vietcong in Vietnam. The last verse he basically means talks if the Law comes to mess with him he learned how to dance from Charlie which means he learned how to fight from fighting the Vietcong. I hope that made sense. This song sold millions of records for him.
Copperhead Road is a real road in Tennessee, named after the snake and - in the song at least - just as deadly. Great song with an intense story. I love the way each era/verse has a new musical instrument setting the theme, with the bagpipes (uillean pipes, maybe? Or just synthesiser?) underpinning the whole song. FWIW I've played this song a few times live at gigs - it's a lot of fun to sing!
its keyboards, steve doesnt know how to play the bagpipes