First Time Hearing George Jones - Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes Reaction

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @violagreene4643
    @violagreene4643 Год назад +11

    That part about giving their "heart and soul to get to me and you" is the true core of country.

  • @donnaneville192
    @donnaneville192 Год назад +54

    Hello Darling is Conway Twitty, The Outlaw in Jesse's dream is Waylon Jennings, The Red Headed Stranger is Willie Nelson. The Man in Black and Folsom Prison Blues are both referring to Johnny Cash.

  • @brookerickettson4950
    @brookerickettson4950 Год назад +9

    This song hits harder once you are familiar with the repertoire of each reference. Legends all, and RIP King George . Who’s gonna fill yours? Impossible.

  • @Gutslinger
    @Gutslinger Год назад +43

    List of legends referenced in this song:
    The Outlaw that walks through Jessi's dreams - Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter
    Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
    Man in Black/Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
    Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
    Wabash Cannon Ball - Roy Acuff
    Blue Suede Shoes and Elvis - Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley
    Jerry Lee and Charlie - Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Rich
    Go Cat Go - Carl Perkins
    Luke the Drifter/I Saw the Light - Hank Williams Sr.
    Marty, Hank, and Lefty - Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell
    This song was released in 1985, and the only ones mentioned who weren't living at the time were Hank Williams Sr, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. Everybody else were still alive.
    Unfortunately only two people referenced in this song remain today. Jessi Colter and Willie Nelson.. Jerry Lee Lewis recently passed away back on Oct 28th of last year. Thankfully Willie is still with us. Hope he's with us for as long as he can be. Kinda surprised that he outlived many other legends. He's been around for forever, and has looked old for like the past 40-50 years, it seems.

    • @lumina1104
      @lumina1104 Год назад +2

      Elvis wasn't living in 1985.

    • @Gutslinger
      @Gutslinger Год назад

      @@lumina1104 Right.

    • @jamesdemarco7161
      @jamesdemarco7161 Год назад

      Not to argue with you, or show disrespect to the great Hank Snow, but I would think the Marty, Hank, and Lefty line refers to Hank Thompson. Just my thought...

    • @nusgnomeslayer4720
      @nusgnomeslayer4720 Год назад +2

      Hello Darlin' was Conway Twitty

    • @michaelvoorhees5978
      @michaelvoorhees5978 Год назад +1

      Glad you recognized Luke the drifter!!!! So many don't know that sadly

  • @naythonmeadows
    @naythonmeadows Год назад +22

    This is one of my favorite George Jones songs and I'm glad you reacted to it

  • @lb3848
    @lb3848 Год назад +3

    I enjoy your reactions. Your intelligence shows through.
    I remember hearing this song when it came out in the 80's. My reaction was that their shoes will be filled by Clint Black, Alan Jackson and George Strait, among many others. They are now the older generation of country music. Tex Ritter had a recording in the early '60's called "Hillbilly Heaven". It was very similar to this, but a generation earlier. I remember hearing it when I was a child, and the only names I knew were Hank Williams and Will Rogers.

  • @terryduncan31
    @terryduncan31 Год назад +4

    Mr. Boyd, your ability to pick apart a song and give the correct perspective is spot on! Awesome!

  • @davidhampson302
    @davidhampson302 Год назад +22

    George would be on that list and at his memorial service, Vince Gill said "I believe they don't make shoes like that anymore."

    • @itsallgood4093
      @itsallgood4093 Год назад +2

      They certainly don't... well Stapleton is close. 😁

  • @johnscheckelhoff3196
    @johnscheckelhoff3196 Год назад +15

    Outlaw in Jessis dream-Waylon Jennings
    Red Headed Stranger-Willie Nelson
    Man In Black-Johnny Cash
    Hello Darlin- Conway Twitty
    Walbash Cannonball- Roy Accuff
    Memphis Boys-Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis,Carl Perkins
    Ol Charlie-Charlie Rich
    Luke The Drifter-Hank Williams
    Old Marty, Hank and Lefty- Marty Robbins, Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzel

    • @marshallvermillion6640
      @marshallvermillion6640 Год назад +2

      I think he means hank snow because he already referred to hank sr as Luke the drifter

    • @eugenehechler8608
      @eugenehechler8608 7 месяцев назад

      @@marshallvermillion6640 there is only one ''hank'' that is an immortal in hillbilly music. we both know who that is. hank snow is great . but we're talking about mr. williams here.

  • @gravytrain416
    @gravytrain416 Год назад +2

    I love your country music reaction videos. Maybe George Jones didn't realize it at the time he put the song out, but he was one of those very people he was singing about. Nobody will ever fill his shoes, either. I'd love to see what you think of Marty Robbins "El Paso". Great song. George mentioned Marty Robbins in this song. Thank you for your videos. Look forward to them. You're pretty awesome.

  • @lisacaringello2138
    @lisacaringello2138 Год назад +6

    The actual video shows some of the photos as he is singing. The videos really help tell the story.

  • @pjenn1
    @pjenn1 Год назад +2

    You should go back and watch the video that was done for this song. As he sings it their pictures pop up and with autographs. It made me cry the first time i heard it sung because the old country of the 40s-90s. What they call country now is mostly pop country or bubblegum country. I wonder what most of the new country stars actually sound like without auto tune. Can they carry a tune in a water bucket stand up on the stage and with just the guitar, banjo, fiddle, steel guitar, piano and sing without auto tune to make them sound good. You notice the women are thin, pretty the men 6’ good looking but can they truly sing? Id say at least 75% cant not without auto tune to make them sound good.

  • @navymike55
    @navymike55 7 месяцев назад +1

    i love your reactions, your very articulate in your words, and yes this music today is garbage. i always say no matter what type of music it is, if it doesnt make you feel something, then its not music, no matter the genre, its just noise. keep em coming brother!!! awesome another group you should check out is the canadian tenors. just beautiful!!

  • @justinadamson1588
    @justinadamson1588 Год назад +3

    This song is giving roses to the GOAT’s.
    Red headed stranger is Willie Nelson, Man in black is Johnny Cash, Oakie from Muskogee is of course Merle Haggard, and Hello darling is Conway Twitty. And I think when he says “like the outlaw who walks through Jessi’s dreams” he is referring to Jessi Colter who was married to Waylon Jennings.

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia Год назад +5

    The official video is a beautiful Tribute, and shows most of the Legends.

  • @lisaammoms261
    @lisaammoms261 Год назад +2

    Hello Darling, THE MAN ,THE MYTH, THE LEGEND!!! Conway Twitty!!!

  • @donnaneville192
    @donnaneville192 Год назад +6

    Luke the Drifter is Hank Williams Sr, also mentioned is Marty (Robbins) Lefty (Frizzell) Walbash Cannon ball refers to both Boxcar Willie and Roy Acuff. I also remember a references to Carl Perkins and Elvis. I am sure there are some I missed. I grew up during the 60s and 70s and both of my parents loved country music while my sister and I were listening to The Rolling Stones, Doobie Bros, and Kiss!

  • @wendydavidson4814
    @wendydavidson4814 Год назад +2

    A song about legends by a legend himself

  • @totalityofscripture1001
    @totalityofscripture1001 7 месяцев назад +1

    Vince Gill said it best at George’s funeral. He said “they don’t make those shoes anymore”.

  • @donnaewe3692
    @donnaewe3692 Год назад +5

    Great reaction as always :-) Johnny Cash is The Man in Black, he even wrote a song about it (same title) ;-) You should check it out ❤️‍🔥 Johnny Cash was the first concert i ever went to. :-) Along the same lines as this Jones song, check out GOAT Alan Jackson's title track off his latest album, "Where Have You Gone" (official video) ❤️ Beautiful tribute. Alan's a class act-love him! 26 number one hits under his belt, most he wrote. Living legend

  • @dollymarinello2573
    @dollymarinello2573 Год назад +1

    Bro, No One Can Fill Their Shoes. These Boys were Legends. Just like their Never be a BB King, Elvis. Chubby Checker, Hank Williams Sr. And so on. Legends in their Own Time.

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 4 месяца назад

    Willie is the redheaded stranger, johnny cash, Conway Twitty , Merle Haggard.. This is what gets me.. My Pop-Pop raised me on old country.. my husband is older than me and he grew up on this stuff with his parents.. This is true country music.. So many ppl think today that country music started with Garth Brooks.. I love Garth but country music has so much history.. And George Jones.. the Possum.. amazing

  • @lockaby1
    @lockaby1 Год назад

    This is a great song and one of my favorite's by george jones you need to look up the video made with this song it shows you a lot of pictures of the people he is singing about

  • @arnoldcox9128
    @arnoldcox9128 Год назад +3

    George sounds great in that performance

  • @lumina1104
    @lumina1104 Год назад +3

    I agree that it's a generational thing or at least it was more so at the time this song was released. Up until the 80s and early 90s, listeners grew up on the music their parents played and their parents primarily heard what was on the radio and what that music influenced them to buy. Listeners heard what record companies fed them.
    At the same time, even the legendary artists mentioned in this song became legendary for being groundbreaking. They were doing new things that set them above and beyond others of their own time. This part still holds true now, even though artists are going further out on a limb to distinguish themselves.
    The advent of media sharing and streaming is the biggest change. Now anyone who wants to call themselves an artist can throw something at the wall and see what sticks. In some ways this a great, since it opens creative doors. In other ways, the amount of competition is so much higher, that amazingly talented artists can get lost in the wash.
    Just my take.

  • @jewls9697
    @jewls9697 Год назад

    Johnny Cash is The Man in Black. He used to sing for prisoners sometimes. Once when Johnny sang to them, Merle said that's what I want to do!! And he done just that for many years!! Merle was the Okie from Muskogee. Red Headed Stranger is Willie Nelson. It ain't so red anymore. It was a dirty red, but you could definitely see it. Age has turned it a redish, brownish & grayish!! lol Waylon Jennings is the one who walks through Jessi's dreams. Jessi Coulter was Waylon's wife. I'm not sure if I got them all, but probably most. Some one will catch it if I did! But I'm nodding off. So hagn!!🙂

  • @itsallgood4093
    @itsallgood4093 Год назад +1

    The man "outlaw that walks through Jesse's dreams" is referring to Waylon Jennings, he was married to Jessi Colter for about 33 yrs. She also sang on the Outlaws album.

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks Год назад

    I feel like this song is more relevant than ever!

  • @libertyann439
    @libertyann439 2 месяца назад

    You should watch the official video. The tour bus rolls into a roadside gas station. George meets a very interesting fan with quite a collection of autographs. It's cosmic. It's from 1984.

  • @mikeplott4817
    @mikeplott4817 Год назад

    Great Reaction 👍🙏👣

  • @lutherl2350
    @lutherl2350 Год назад +7

    Jessie Colter... the man who walks through her dreams is Waylon Jenning... as far as who is going to fill their shoes... it became George Strait, Allan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, etc. Today it's a little harder. Nashville has done it's damndest to turn country into bubblegum pop/rock/country. I think the pendulum is starting to swing a bit. Midland, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson etc Re coming forward. They don't necessarily sound the same but definitely are preserving the country sound and feel

    • @sidneyvandykeii3169
      @sidneyvandykeii3169 Год назад +1

      Nashville didn't do shit to change country music. Record sales changed it.

    • @Fumthingelse
      @Fumthingelse Год назад

      you're etc to reflect others should have been ETC to reflect Earl Thomas Conley!

  • @beedeegee9374
    @beedeegee9374 Год назад +9

    No one will ever fill their shoes.

  • @jamesdryden3251
    @jamesdryden3251 Год назад +1

    I personally felt he was asking who was going to step up next to grow the art. Everyone he referenced added to what came before, so who can build on what they did?

  • @vickybrackin7483
    @vickybrackin7483 Год назад +2

    You need to react to George's song...I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair!!

  • @ronstopfer2315
    @ronstopfer2315 Год назад +1

    Who’s gonna fill George Jones’ shoes? No one, ever. Please have a look at the Hank Williams video singing Cold, Cold Heart.

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks Год назад

    2:21 hello darling was Conway Twitty Man in black also Johnny Cash, Red headed stranger Willie Nelson, the outlaw who walks through Jessie’s dreams Jessie Coulter was married to Waylon Jennings he is who walks through her dreams.

  • @spencersteva3786
    @spencersteva3786 Год назад +4

    You gotta do "Kicked Outta Country" by George Strait

  • @jewls9697
    @jewls9697 Год назад

    Oh this was a great video!!

  • @darryl.19spencer31
    @darryl.19spencer31 Год назад

    When he said Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie. I always thought he was talking about Charlie Pride. Not a country guy... but I always heard these kinda songs from my mom. Specially Elvis, Conway, Hank, Buck and Charlie Pride.

  • @GaOutlawVinyl
    @GaOutlawVinyl Год назад +1

    In the late 70’s/Early 80’s Pop Country was taking over. In the mid 80’s this song helped to usher in a more traditional sound. Unfortunately today this song makes even more sense as what mainstream country is today has very little to do with what country music was even 15-20 years ago.
    I’m not saying there isn’t traditional style country being made today because there is by may Artists. But those artists don’t get played on country radio stations or win awards in country music because according to those who run things they are “too country”.
    I’m going to list a few artists who are still making traditional country music today for those having a hard time finding them.
    Charley Crockett
    Jason Boland & The Stragglers
    Corb Lund
    Tyler Childers
    Whitey Morgan & The 78’s
    Turnpike Troubadours
    Pokey LaFarge
    Hellbound Glory
    There are more but this is a good start.

    • @Sweetfarmers
      @Sweetfarmers Год назад

      Thanks for this. I grew up saturated in country music in the 80’s and 90’s. By early 2000’s I gradually stopped listening to country radio because I didn’t feel connected to it anymore. I’ve missed hearing new music since then. I’ll check these out.

  • @sharonpate5481
    @sharonpate5481 Год назад

    Luke the Drifter is Hank Williams Sr.

  • @jewls9697
    @jewls9697 Год назад

    Hello Darlin' was Conway Twitty!!

  • @jasonbyassee7541
    @jasonbyassee7541 Год назад

    He Stopped Loving Her Today was probably his biggest hit.

  • @katrinaprescott5911
    @katrinaprescott5911 Год назад

    FYI, "silver eagle rolling through the night" refers to a popular and iconic brand of tour bus. It is also referenced in Alan Jackson's "Midnight in Montgomery". If you haven't watched it, you should and although you appear to prefer live versions, the official video of this one is best.

  • @robscroggins4685
    @robscroggins4685 Год назад +1

    Johnny Cash, The Man in Black. You should listen to his song of the same name.
    Luke the Drifter- Alter Ego of Hank Sr.

  • @gloriakeener3883
    @gloriakeener3883 Год назад

    The the Washball Cannon Ball was referring to Roy Acuff.

  • @TheKawkawlin8
    @TheKawkawlin8 Год назад

    Murder on Music Row has a similar, albeit more f-u kinda vibe. Firat played at the CMAs by 2 living legends. Quite salacious at the time

  • @bella-xp7qd
    @bella-xp7qd Год назад +1

    He's referring to old country music, as today's country has gone more pop/rock.

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 Год назад

      Yeah take maybe the homeboy They Eric church he got that song homeboy I don't like a homeboy yeah I'd like it

  • @randybryson8161
    @randybryson8161 Год назад +1

    Watch the official video !

  • @BelleDede01
    @BelleDede01 8 месяцев назад +1

    I know that you like live performances, but for quite a few, the official videos are the best. In this one, George enters a gas station where the owner has a room dedicated to the best country stars that used to pass in front of his general store/gas station. Please watch this one as you'll understand what I mean. Gets to your heart, at least for us country lovers. ruclips.net/video/vxHjRqnY7zA/видео.html

  • @jamesdemarco7161
    @jamesdemarco7161 Год назад

    With the passing of Jerry Lee Lewis a few months back, Willie is the only one alive that is mentioned in this song (with the exception of Jessi Colter who is mentioned in relation to Waylon Jennings).

  • @jewls9697
    @jewls9697 Год назад

    I think he's talking about they're all getting old & the new way of Country music! A lot of people don't like Country Music anymore because it's more pop! Vince Gill said at George Jones's funeral that it's his belief they don't make those shoes anymore! 😔🤠

  • @seanjohnson6186
    @seanjohnson6186 Год назад +2

    George Jones’ nicknames were “No Show Jones” or “The Possum”

    • @donnaewe3692
      @donnaewe3692 Год назад

      I love Alan Jackson's song, "Just Playin' Possum" (1991) 😊 It's a clever little diddy

  • @michaelvoorhees5978
    @michaelvoorhees5978 Год назад +1

    Luke the drifter is Hank sr that I mentioned in my comment on your Hank Williams cold cold heart reaction and you really have to do I've just told mama goodbye!!!!!!

  • @1lthrnk
    @1lthrnk 9 месяцев назад

    You really need to see the music video

  • @nicholaspadgett1833
    @nicholaspadgett1833 27 дней назад

    The man in Black is actually Johnny Cash

  • @artfisk3
    @artfisk3 Год назад +1

    specifically "choices " by jones please

  • @halcundiff6886
    @halcundiff6886 Год назад

    I recommend watching Country Music a Film by Ken Burns.

  • @sandralorenz1796
    @sandralorenz1796 Год назад

    Man in Black - Johnny Cash, Hello Darlin - Conway Twitty, Red-Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson, Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff. "The Boys from Memphis" were not country. Marty - Marty Robbins, Hank - Hank Williams, Lefty - Lefty Frizzel. This song came out in 1985.

  • @stacymoore9836
    @stacymoore9836 Год назад

    Hello darling refers to Conway Twitty redheaded stranger referring to
    Jerry Lee Lewis

  • @jameshollan1160
    @jameshollan1160 Год назад

    When he says "Marty, Hank, & Lefty", I'm not sure who "Marty" is, but "Hank" is obviously Hank Williams and "Lefty" is a reference to Lefty Frizzell.

  • @williamguthrie8577
    @williamguthrie8577 Год назад

    There’s no way you can react to this song unless you’ve lived and enjoyed the singers in this song

  • @wandachamberlin5168
    @wandachamberlin5168 Год назад

    The man in black was Jonny Cash.

  • @1lthrnk
    @1lthrnk 8 месяцев назад

    Find Hank Williams Sr “Lord Build Me A Cabin”

  • @kimking6036
    @kimking6036 Год назад

    He stopped loving her today and White lighting are both great and very different from each other

  • @chefteach53
    @chefteach53 Год назад

    Wabash Cannonball = Roy Acuff, Blur Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

  • @stonecoldcowboy1817
    @stonecoldcowboy1817 6 месяцев назад

    @mrlboydmusic at 440 in the video you were talking about maybe he was listening to the radio and said this ain't the same kind of music! Well in that sense do a reaction to this song, ruclips.net/video/cllDgvPnHGo/видео.html , it is Travis Tritt - Country Ain't Country any more

  • @stevenguzman4058
    @stevenguzman4058 Год назад

    Gotta watch the original for context.

  • @katkat-fm3wj
    @katkat-fm3wj Год назад

    Who's gonna fill George Jones's shoes?

  • @johnellis3550
    @johnellis3550 10 месяцев назад

    Yep you nailed it country music is dead and gone . It's pop country autotune because they have no voices or just plain old can't sing . I'll be 67 and lived through all of the greats except for a few .

    • @christyshultz6443
      @christyshultz6443 9 месяцев назад

      Well getting closer cuz Tom t Hall just killed himself. Rest in peace Tom and rest in peace George❤

  • @taleasmith6938
    @taleasmith6938 Год назад

    PLZ REACT TO "BULLET" - BY HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD

  • @racheltaylor3416
    @racheltaylor3416 Год назад

    George Jones was an amazing country vocalist, but he did not write his songs. This one was written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnet

  • @allexramsey9015
    @allexramsey9015 Год назад

    The man in Black IS Johnny Cash. Come on!!! You've got to hear the affiliated video. This isn't a very good recording. Doesn't do the song justice. The Silver Fox is an ICON. RIP

  • @silent398
    @silent398 Год назад

    Please React To These Songs By 2Pac
    - Bomb First
    - Against all Odds
    - Made Niggaz ( Music Video)
    - Watch Ya Mouth
    - All Out ( OG VERSION)
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    - Old School
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  • @valerieblack6445
    @valerieblack6445 Год назад

    Oh you should have watched the video

  • @pennyyoung3166
    @pennyyoung3166 Год назад

    That’s right newer music mostly is trash mortally lacks faith and respect

  • @serenaeiler7585
    @serenaeiler7585 Год назад

    Sadly the only female listed is Jessi Coulter. None of the amazing female artists are referenced at all!

  • @celiagorleski2716
    @celiagorleski2716 Год назад

    You need a knowledge of country singers for this to make since.

  • @melissaevans4396
    @melissaevans4396 Год назад

    The original version is way better.

  • @ShaunComnerley-zi3xr
    @ShaunComnerley-zi3xr 6 месяцев назад

    There's no song that you can listen to by Mr George Jones that isn't good

  • @katkat-fm3wj
    @katkat-fm3wj Год назад

    New country not as good as the older.