Marty Robbins was a singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist & NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular & successful country & western singers for nearly five decades 40's-80's. He had so many hits such as "Singing The Blues", "Devil Woman", "A White Sport Coat", "The Story of My Life", "Don't Worry", "Big Iron", "Knee Deep In The Blues", "Honkytonk Man", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" etc.
@@SaeedReacts. Also, "Don't Worry ('Bout Me)" contains the very first recorded use of a distorted guitar sound (they ran the guitar through a mixer channel that had developed a malfunction).
Love this song and Marty Robbins. I remember riding around in the car as a little kid singing every word. Thanks for bringing that memory up in my head.
This is actually part of a song TRILOGY: 1) “Faleena” (a prequel) 2) “El Paso” 3) “El Paso City” (…Apparently, he was working on a fourth song/part, but passed away before he finished it.)
@@SaeedReacts. El Paso was the first song, Feleena was the second, giving the story of the title character, and the third was El Paso City which has a reincarnation feel to it.
@@SaeedReacts. 1959 “El Paso” 1966 “Feleena” (prequel) 1976 “El Paso City” 1982 The song not completed was “The Mystery of Old El Paso” (I looked the dates up!😄)
As a Native Texan, I have to tell you. yes, El Paso is a border town at the edge of Texas, and a fun fact. The reason the Main character got shot isn't because he killed the Young Cowboy, that would have been self-defense, the Young cowboy reached for his gun first, he was killed because he stole the horse, here in Texas to this day a Horse thief can be shot on sight.
@@s.rry-guld2961 My father tells me stories about a sheriff from our county. Once he got a call around 3 am that some ranchers caught a cattle rustler. He went out, but he lectured the ranchers. He told them if they'd just shot the rustler they could have waited to daylight to call him. Though the protagonist may not have been in legal trouble for shooting the cowboy, likely his cowboy buddies would have been out for blood.
Kid you're one of the few reactors that I consider top notch and genuine and I look forward to your reactions. I saw your video about time and family so do what you need to do. We'll be waiting for ya! 👍P.S. I say kid because I'm 63 years-old...😄
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1959 (I was 9) and just amazed as I didn't know western music besides Tom Ritter from movies and I love this song as much as ever!! Great tune!!
Western storytelling at its best! This one goes back to when I was very young (and I'm an old lady 😃 ). Marty Robbins was also a race car driver when he wasn't singing.
The American West was a lawless place, romanticized in movie and song. Marty Robbins makes the lyrics come to life. I think the storyteller was in trouble, not for the gunfight, but for stealing a horse
Marty Robbins was a staple of country-western music back in the day. I was 5 when this came out, but I remember it well, as I heard it played so many times. Love this song, and the storytelling was so good. He was to country-western as Hank Williams was to rock-a-billy, and Loretta Lynne, among many other early singers, was to country. Another group, although came from the early 60's, was Jay And The Americans..the song " come a little bit closer" had a similar feel as this one, and "Cara Mia" will knock your socks off. Thank you so much for sharing Marty with us. Great reaction, my dear friend. Much love to you and your family ❤️ 🫂.
Marty Robbins is one of the best Country music story tellers. And I could listen to him sing all day! Thanks for the memories, he was my dads favorite singer, my dad passed away on this day Oct. 20th many years ago. But he used to play Marty Robbins records all the time.
Seven Spanish Angels by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson is a very good western story song. Also, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard song Poncho and Lefty is another good western story song. Plus, young Hank Williams, Jr did a western ballads album that is full of western story songs.
As good as the Nelson/Haggard version of "Pancho and Lefty" is, I'd go with the Townes Van Zandt version, either the studio version or the live one from Heartworn Highways.
You will like his story telling in Mr. Shorty, Ballard of the Alamo, Ballad of a Small Man, and Twentieth Century Drifter (about the life of a NASCAR driver, Marty Robbins was also a NASCAR driver.).
Painting a picture in your head, sending shivers down your spine, takes you to a peaceful place, a warm place. Visions you can see without opening your eyes, that is what real songs are meant to be !, Not Just Noise To Fill An Empty Void.
"A White Sport Coat" is earlier Marty Robbins, a song I liked to imitate. And "Don't Worry About Me" has an "unplanned" guitar solo that was left in at the last minute! Marty Robbins is definitely an excellent vocalist! He was sometimes characterized as a "crooner" of good songs.
I was a wee child in 1959, but my mother was a record collector, and she owned this album. She loved the county western music of that era, and Marty Robbins was a staple in our home, along with Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell.
Marty Robbins wrote "You Gave Me a Mountain" which Elvis covered so wonderfully and intensely during his "Aloha From Hawaii" concert. The greatest Elvis performance of all time in my opinion.
I grew up listening to Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs because it was one if my dad's favorite albums. You'll no doubt want to round out the El Paso trilogy, but I can tell you the whole Gunfighter Ballads album is worth a listen. Big Iron, The Master's Call, and El Paso - all fantastic - are invariably the most requested tracks, but I'd encourage you to experience the whole album from start to finish at least once, whether or not you react to it on the channel. It's an experience! For me, Utah Carol, which closed out side 2 on the original pressing, has always been a sentimental favorite. While admittedly not as strong as the big three, as a child listening along with my dad, that song nearly devastated me the first time I heard it. Didn't stop me from wanting to hear it again and again, though. More masterful storytelling, even if Marty didn't pen that one himself!
Marty Robbins was great, and he really found his niche with western ballads. I was a year old when this came out in 1959, and pretty well grew up with it. Another great one of his you may want to check out is "Mr. Shorty".
There is a part to this story that most don’t catch. In fact, I heard this song a thousand times growing up & never thought about it until one day it hit me… not only did he kill a man, he’s also a horse thief. When he ran, he “caught a good one, it looked like it could run”. In those days, a horse thief was the lowest criminal- that alone could have gotten him hung or killed. Just something to think about.
The more you listen to this, the more you pick up. Never knew that connection with Felina. Listen how his voice imitates the wind of the desert Texas and how the drum beats sound out a galloping horse's hoof beats. This is typical of a Marty Robbins song, using music to paint a picture. "Devil Woman" uses it. I had a friend whose mother played in his band when he was in town. Marty Robbins was a very nice man and humble and what other people have said an accomplished race car driver. "El Paso City" delves into the paranormal so he took risks as a writer as well.
Marty Robbins was a great Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Actor and Race Car Driver "back in the day", at least he 80's. "El Paso" was probably his signature song and one of his biggest hits. Starting in 1970 another band began covering the song in concert, and continued until they stopped touring in 1995, and that was the Grateful Dead. Rhythm Guitarist Bob Weir took Lead Vocal duties for this song, almost 400 times in 25 years. The Dead did not record a studio version of "El Paso", but there are many great live recordings if you want to check it out.
Upon receiving his induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2024, Bernie Taupin remarked that he was in awe and disbelief when he saw his lyrics displayed on a a wall next to those of the great Marty Robbins who Taupin loved listening to as a child.
I'm thinking, as a story lover, you will enjoy this. Ha. You just said the same as I was typing! : ) Edit: I'm sure folks will mention - Marty was a music star, actor, and NASCAR race car driver.
Yes, El Paso is a town on the border of Texas and Mexico. His song Big Iron was recently covered by Geoff Castellucci. It's worth listening to both the original and the cover. If you love these western ballads you will love them. Marty Robbins was one of kings of western ballads.
I was a little kid living in Las Cruces, NM when this song came out. We would drive to El Paso to go shopping. This song was popular and was all over the radio.
Fairly familiar with El Paso, I picture El Paso in the late 1800s, and imagine the whole story in my head as he's telling it. Now it's all city northwest to the New Mexico border. Excellent song and great reaction.
Damn!! Nice to know! Felina....I'll never forget that lol...My mother had this on VINLY it was a "13" instead of the standard "22". We had a console stereo system with built in 8 track, radio, and record player with 2 Curtis speakers A HEADPHONE JACK!! and we rocked our working class neighborhood with everything from classic country music to Johhny Cash to The Jackson 5 to Sugarhill Gang to Al Green to Rod Stewart to Pink Floyd to led Zepplin to The Doors to Deep Purple (Ozzy) OMFG!!!!
El Paso Texas USA To the west - New Mexico Territory (Didn't become a state until 1912) To the south across rhe Rio Grande River is Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico (Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt). El Paso was a small town of less than 300 people, many of which made their living serving people of the "rougher" sort, when this song was set. 1880 Pop. 300 1881 Railroad Arrives 1884 Pop. 3,000 1894 Pop. 10,000 people. 1896 Pop. 15,000 people
@Kevin-i6t5i Congrats. I decided I better drop some weight after football. Way to many 50 yo dropping dead (although how heavy those guys juiced who knows).
On the single, the flip side was Running Gun (also on the Gunfighter Ballads album) and in some ways I prefer it. Also really like the third in this trilogy called El Paso City but not crazy about the Feleena entry, although getting her perspective is interesting, just not as good musically.
They did play this song in the opening of the final episode of breaking bad. And they even had walter singing it to himself while he was assembling tbe gun.
During Covid our family started what we call "COVID KAREOKE" (I am a huge kareoke fan and obviously couldn't go during the pandemic and my family is huge into different types of music)... So, EL PASO is one of the songs I love making my dad sing because I love the story because it's like a movie and paints such a vivid picture. 😎
You should see the video of Marty Robins as he reacts to Merle Haggard's imitation of Marty Robins Devil women. It makes me chuckle the double take Marty displays in disbelief at how exactly Merle's voice.😂🤣👏👏👏
Marty Robbins-King of the Ballads. Entire CD consists basically of ballads. Love Marty Robbins even tho I am not a country music fan. Try his version of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' . I like westerns too and Deadwood is also my favorite TV show of all time. Great show.
How about that guitar picking? Considered the TEX-MEX sound. Grady Martin played guitar on Marty Robbins' "El Paso": Martin was a session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. He played on many hits, including "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Sammi Smith. Martin's Spanish guitar accompaniment on "El Paso" gives the song a distinctive Tex-Mex feel. Martin was a member of The Nashville A-Team and backed many artists, including Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Bing Crosby. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
Now you can listen to the prequel -- just as lovely voice and so descriptive, you are there if you close your eyes. It is Feleena. Others are Mr. Shorty and Big Iron. Marty had so many great songs. Devil Woman, My Woman, My Woman, My Wife, White Sport Coat are a few.
Hey Saeed, He wasn't killed for the gunfight, the other guy drew first, he was killed for stealing the horse! "Big Iron" is my favorite Marty Robbins' song/story and you will love it, I think even more than this one! I don't think Faleena is a prequel I think it's a sequel and then El Paso City is a ghost story, or reincarnation. Marty Robbins has been my favorite since I was about three years old! I absolutely loved your reaction to this song!
My parents had the Gunfighter Ballads on 8 track tape. My brothers and I loved to listen to it in the car on family trips. Big Iron is my other favourite from that album.
Thanks for getting to this favorite of mine. I remember listening to this song among others from Marty on Dad's 8 track player. A classic story. Great reaction. Interesting note on the anagram. Breaking Bad took place in New Mexico.
The late Marty Robbins is legendary. There's a follow-up to this song "El Paso City" that you really must hear soon! Thanks for playing this & your comments. BTW, have you ever heard "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Gene Pitney? I think it would be right up your alley.
it's a good one, they are all good ones. Addendum: A lady named Juni Fisher writes and sings "cowboy genre" music; her voice is similar to Joan Baez's voice (great). Juni wrote a song in response to Marty's El Paso, called Red Velvet Slippers. You would enjoy it as a follow-up tune. Juni released the album Tumbleweed Letters in 1999 on Red Geetar Records. I think I have most of her cds. She has branched out to writing novels now. Also, she also has a cd that my dear daddy loved called Secret Chord that is older jazz songs, and as usual, she does a great job.
Definitely listen to the other two parts of this trilogy, you’ll love it! I do have another suggestion though, for a western story song, there is a song called “Sonora’s death row” that you will certainly enjoy. It has been done by a few different people, I’d recommend Robert Earl Keen.
Yes you are correct on the sequence. This is the original. The pre-quel is just titled "Feleena". It should be next. You will get more background on her and her perspective. The final (sequel) came MANY years later and is called "El Paso City"
Thank you for reacting to this great song. Back in the '60s, this was considered part of the western genre of music. Marty Robbins may have been the best known western artist at the time, although he also did some regular country music. Of course, we referred to the radio stations that played such songs as "country and western", not simply "country" like we do today. I can't think of a single western music hit in the last 30 years.
Horse theft was a worse crime than mvrder. I love the variety of techniques the lead guitar used: some bends, some slides, some hammerons and pulloffs, and even at one point some harmonics.
Great story telling song that I’ve heard all my life but as of about 10 years ago can only see in my mind’s eye… Breaking Bad.😂 Love it! Thanks for this one Saeed.
@@SaeedReacts.I don’t know if things work differently in your country, but over here in the U.S. it’s only streaming on Netflix, and Netflix is saying they’re taking it down in February 2025. Don’t wait! I’m watching it all the way through for the 3rd time- so much in this show you get that you miss on a first watch.
At 4:31 the next four lines were not included in the hit version that was played on the radio. In other words, he doesn't reflect on what he did but just skedaddles. 😂
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Marty Robbins was a singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist & NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular & successful country & western singers for nearly five decades 40's-80's. He had so many hits such as "Singing The Blues", "Devil Woman", "A White Sport Coat", "The Story of My Life", "Don't Worry", "Big Iron", "Knee Deep In The Blues", "Honkytonk Man", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" etc.
Thanks so much for sharing this! Looking forward to more of his music.
Also, "Hanging Tree", "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" & "Faleena".
@@SaeedReacts. Also, "Don't Worry ('Bout Me)" contains the very first recorded use of a distorted guitar sound (they ran the guitar through a mixer channel that had developed a malfunction).
You are showing your age. 😆❤️❤️❤️✌️
Love this song and Marty Robbins. I remember riding around in the car as a little kid singing every word. Thanks for bringing that memory up in my head.
I have that exact same memory!
This is actually part of a song TRILOGY:
1) “Faleena” (a prequel)
2) “El Paso”
3) “El Paso City”
(…Apparently, he was working on a fourth song/part, but passed away before he finished it.)
Thank you ! I knew it was part of a trilogy, but thanks for the correct order. I do believe this one came out first?
@@SaeedReacts. El Paso was the first song, Feleena was the second, giving the story of the title character, and the third was El Paso City which has a reincarnation feel to it.
@@SaeedReacts.
1959 “El Paso”
1966 “Feleena” (prequel)
1976 “El Paso City”
1982 The song not completed was “The Mystery of Old El Paso”
(I looked the dates up!😄)
@@SaeedReacts. All the songs are good...
As a Native Texan, I have to tell you. yes, El Paso is a border town at the edge of Texas, and a fun fact. The reason the Main character got shot isn't because he killed the Young Cowboy, that would have been self-defense, the Young cowboy reached for his gun first, he was killed because he stole the horse, here in Texas to this day a Horse thief can be shot on sight.
Thanks for sharing some info on this.
@@SaeedReacts.
True. Stealing a man's horse in the desert was practically the same as killing him. Good way to get your neck stretched.
@@s.rry-guld2961 My father tells me stories about a sheriff from our county. Once he got a call around 3 am that some ranchers caught a cattle rustler. He went out, but he lectured the ranchers. He told them if they'd just shot the rustler they could have waited to daylight to call him.
Though the protagonist may not have been in legal trouble for shooting the cowboy, likely his cowboy buddies would have been out for blood.
I was going to say he was shot because he stole the horse!
Kid you're one of the few reactors that I consider top notch and genuine and I look forward to your reactions. I saw your video about time and family so do what you need to do. We'll be waiting for ya! 👍P.S. I say kid because I'm 63 years-old...😄
He REALLY pissed em off when he stole that horse!🤯
Oddly enough, he wasn't shot for killing his rival, stealing that horse was the real problem!
@@nickface55We don't cotton to horse thievin in these here parts...
Probably someone said 🤠
Anyone who has played any of the Red Dead Redemption games knows what happens instantly when you steal a horse (or shoot someone), lol.
Grand theft equine. Capital crime.
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1959 (I was 9) and just amazed as I didn't know western music besides Tom Ritter from movies and I love this song as much as ever!! Great tune!!
likely Tex Ritter ? I think his wife, John Ritter's mom went to my high school in Prescott AZ
The Mexican guitar ..... fantastic
Played by Legendary Session player Grady Martin.
Western storytelling at its best! This one goes back to when I was very young (and I'm an old lady 😃 ). Marty Robbins was also a race car driver when he wasn't singing.
The American West was a lawless place, romanticized in movie and song. Marty Robbins makes the lyrics come to life. I think the storyteller was in trouble, not for the gunfight, but for stealing a horse
Have loved this song since i was a kid. This was a big crossover hit at the time as well. Marty was my dad's favorite artist,
I'm an old rock chick, but have loved this song for over 50 years.
Thanks for reacting & bringing back memories Saeed!
Great song! Thanks for watching.
❤Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins was a staple of country-western music back in the day. I was 5 when this came out, but I remember it well, as I heard it played so many times. Love this song, and the storytelling was so good. He was to country-western as Hank Williams was to rock-a-billy, and Loretta Lynne, among many other early singers, was to country. Another group, although came from the early 60's, was Jay And The Americans..the song " come a little bit closer" had a similar feel as this one, and "Cara Mia" will knock your socks off. Thank you so much for sharing Marty with us. Great reaction, my dear friend. Much love to you and your family ❤️ 🫂.
Marty Robbins is one of the best Country music story tellers. And I could listen to him sing all day! Thanks for the memories, he was my dads favorite singer, my dad passed away on this day Oct. 20th many years ago. But he used to play Marty Robbins records all the time.
Western, not Country. There's a difference.
Back in the day, everyone who was into music had this album, regardless of what genre they were into.
This album was definitely in my home. 🙂
Such a great old tune! I’m so glad you got to experience it.
Westerns… have you seen
TOMBSTONE? Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Kurt Russell?
Greatest lyrics in western music ever.
Seven Spanish Angels by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson is a very good western story song. Also, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard song Poncho and Lefty is another good western story song. Plus, young Hank Williams, Jr did a western ballads album that is full of western story songs.
Pancho and Lefty certainly is a classic.
As good as the Nelson/Haggard version of "Pancho and Lefty" is, I'd go with the Townes Van Zandt version, either the studio version or the live one from Heartworn Highways.
You will like his story telling in Mr. Shorty, Ballard of the Alamo, Ballad of a Small Man, and Twentieth Century Drifter (about the life of a NASCAR driver, Marty Robbins was also a NASCAR driver.).
Painting a picture in your head, sending shivers down your spine, takes you to a peaceful place, a warm place. Visions you can see without opening your eyes, that is what real songs are meant to be !, Not Just Noise To Fill An Empty Void.
"A White Sport Coat" is earlier Marty Robbins, a song I liked to imitate.
And "Don't Worry About Me" has an "unplanned" guitar solo that was left in at the last minute!
Marty Robbins is definitely an excellent vocalist! He was sometimes characterized as a
"crooner" of good songs.
The guitar playing is amazing.
Grady Martin
Man I knew you would like his one. This song is a great example of story telling. Thank you for doing this. 👍
I was a wee child in 1959, but my mother was a record collector, and she owned this album. She loved the county western music of that era, and Marty Robbins was a staple in our home, along with Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell.
Marty Robbins wrote "You Gave Me a Mountain" which Elvis covered so wonderfully and intensely during his "Aloha From Hawaii" concert. The greatest Elvis performance of all time in my opinion.
Definitely need to check that performance out at some point.
Great review, I couldn't wait for you to hear this. It's been a favorite since I was a kid.
Incredible song! Thanks for watching.
I grew up listening to Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs because it was one if my dad's favorite albums. You'll no doubt want to round out the El Paso trilogy, but I can tell you the whole Gunfighter Ballads album is worth a listen. Big Iron, The Master's Call, and El Paso - all fantastic - are invariably the most requested tracks, but I'd encourage you to experience the whole album from start to finish at least once, whether or not you react to it on the channel. It's an experience!
For me, Utah Carol, which closed out side 2 on the original pressing, has always been a sentimental favorite. While admittedly not as strong as the big three, as a child listening along with my dad, that song nearly devastated me the first time I heard it. Didn't stop me from wanting to hear it again and again, though. More masterful storytelling, even if Marty didn't pen that one himself!
Thanks for the time to share this. Definitely want to check out more of his music.
I played this album all the time when I was little. Loved it all. Running Gun, Cool Water, Strawberry Roan...I cried when he died.
I adore thus whole album! I grew up on Marty!
He has another Western ballad called Big Iron that I recommend as well.
Grew up listening to this, you need to see Marty live, great reaction!
Great song. Thanks for watching.
Marty Robbins was great, and he really found his niche with western ballads. I was a year old when this came out in 1959, and pretty well grew up with it.
Another great one of his you may want to check out is "Mr. Shorty".
There is a part to this story that most don’t catch. In fact, I heard this song a thousand times growing up & never thought about it until one day it hit me… not only did he kill a man, he’s also a horse thief. When he ran, he “caught a good one, it looked like it could run”. In those days, a horse thief was the lowest criminal- that alone could have gotten him hung or killed. Just something to think about.
He was killed because he stole a horse, the Young Cowboy reached for his gun first so His killing the young Cowboy was self-defense
This was the very first record I bought when I was 15, I still have and love it...
Whoa! You have LIVED! Salute my guy. Glad to see you're still kickin it
As I recall this was the FIRST country/western song to reach Number 1 on the POP Top 40 list of the day.
My parents had that album and listened to it a lot! The whole album was great! Thanks
One of the best story tellers in country music if not the best amazing voice, racecar driver
More western songs from Marty, Big Iron, Mr. Shorty, Ole Red
The more you listen to this, the more you pick up. Never knew that connection with Felina.
Listen how his voice imitates the wind of the desert Texas and how the drum beats
sound out a galloping horse's hoof beats. This is typical of a Marty Robbins song,
using music to paint a picture. "Devil Woman" uses it. I had a friend whose mother
played in his band when he was in town. Marty Robbins was a very nice man and humble
and what other people have said an accomplished race car driver.
"El Paso City" delves into the paranormal so he took risks as a writer as well.
Thank you for adding your thoughts. Very interesting! Looking forward to more.
My father used to listen to this quite often 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Al Swearengen would be proud of you 🤠🤠
Bring out the canned peaches! :D
@@SaeedReacts. 🤣🤣 A true fan
@@SaeedReacts.But no unauthorized cinnamon!
It's so cool, music like this is still amazing!!! 😃❤️
Huge hit in 59 on the country and pop charts
Marty Robbins was a great Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Actor and Race Car Driver "back in the day", at least he 80's. "El Paso" was probably his signature song and one of his biggest hits. Starting in 1970 another band began covering the song in concert, and continued until they stopped touring in 1995, and that was the Grateful Dead. Rhythm Guitarist Bob Weir took Lead Vocal duties for this song, almost 400 times in 25 years. The Dead did not record a studio version of "El Paso", but there are many great live recordings if you want to check it out.
Upon receiving his induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2024, Bernie Taupin remarked that he was in awe and disbelief when he saw his lyrics displayed on a a wall next to those of the great Marty Robbins who Taupin loved listening to as a child.
I'm thinking, as a story lover, you will enjoy this. Ha. You just said the same as I was typing! : )
Edit: I'm sure folks will mention - Marty was a music star, actor, and NASCAR race car driver.
This was like a mini Western movie.
@@SaeedReacts. I know, right? Here's one that comes to mind by Kris Kristofferson: "To Beat The Devil".
This was one of my dads favorite songs. I remember hearing this song as a child. I love it.
Yes, El Paso is a town on the border of Texas and Mexico. His song Big Iron was recently covered by Geoff Castellucci. It's worth listening to both the original and the cover. If you love these western ballads you will love them. Marty Robbins was one of kings of western ballads.
I was a little kid living in Las Cruces, NM when this song came out. We would drive to El Paso to go shopping. This song was popular and was all over the radio.
I can remember three songs on my stereo phonograph, low spark of high heeled boys, sunshine of your love , and gunfighter ballads. 🤠
Great song. I remember it from back in the day. You watch a lot of the same tv programs that I have watched.
Brilliant singer, musician, and songwriter
Marty always delivered a great song, my favorite song is Singing The Blues
This is a trilogy
I know. Definitely will check out the other parts
Great song. Loved your reaction.
Amazing storytelling. Thanks for watching.
Fairly familiar with El Paso, I picture El Paso in the late 1800s, and imagine the whole story in my head as he's telling it. Now it's all city northwest to the New Mexico border. Excellent song and great reaction.
Damn!! Nice to know! Felina....I'll never forget that lol...My mother had this on VINLY it was a "13" instead of the standard "22". We had a console stereo system with built in 8 track, radio, and record player with 2 Curtis speakers A HEADPHONE JACK!! and we rocked our working class neighborhood with everything from classic country music to Johhny Cash to The Jackson 5 to Sugarhill Gang to Al Green to Rod Stewart to Pink Floyd to led Zepplin to The Doors to Deep Purple (Ozzy) OMFG!!!!
"Big Iron" is his second greatest song. Somebody needs to comment on the fantastic guitar parts!
El Paso Texas USA
To the west - New Mexico Territory (Didn't become a state until 1912)
To the south across rhe Rio Grande River is Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico (Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt).
El Paso was a small town of less than 300 people, many of which made their living serving people of the "rougher" sort, when this song was set.
1880 Pop. 300
1881 Railroad Arrives
1884 Pop. 3,000
1894 Pop. 10,000 people.
1896 Pop. 15,000 people
But have you sold that t-shirt in a yard sale yet? 😂
@Kevin-i6t5i
I was a 322 lb OL at the time. I don't wear XXXL anymore.
@@gk5891 I gotcha, about 12 yrs ago I was 297, I'm wearing 2X now 👍
@Kevin-i6t5i Congrats. I decided I better drop some weight after football. Way to many 50 yo dropping dead (although how heavy those guys juiced who knows).
@@gk5891 for sure, had a 40 yr HS reunion last year we've lost 4 in the last 5 years
Absolutely a mini movie! I thoroughly enjoyed this. TX Saeed. Love the ride we are on with you. Greetings from South Africa
Love this! Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium.
On the single, the flip side was Running Gun (also on the Gunfighter Ballads album) and in some ways I prefer it. Also really like the third in this trilogy called El Paso City but not crazy about the Feleena entry, although getting her perspective is interesting, just not as good musically.
This was one of my Grandpa favorite songs he was a huge country music fans
This is one of my top karaoke songs. What a great story!
This album was played a lot in our house when I was a kid. I still have it. Other good songs on this album: Big Iron, Running Gun.
They did play this song in the opening of the final episode of breaking bad. And they even had walter singing it to himself while he was assembling tbe gun.
And if i ever rewatch it, i will now recognize it.
I knew Vince Gilligan must have been a fan of this song. Thanks for letting me know about that.
During Covid our family started what we call "COVID KAREOKE" (I am a huge kareoke fan and obviously couldn't go during the pandemic and my family is huge into different types of music)...
So, EL PASO is one of the songs I love making my dad sing because I love the story because it's like a movie and paints such a vivid picture. 😎
🐴🐴🐴🐴💃🐴🐴🐴 ..... you found a good one here Saeed. Marty Stewart can really tell a story. Love it. Very very cool. 🎼🎼🎼🍁🎼🎼🎼
The Ballad of Utah Carol and Little Joe the Wrangler, The Master’s Call, Five Brothers, these are all storytelling and mini movies in your head.
You should see the video of Marty Robins as he reacts to Merle Haggard's imitation of Marty Robins Devil women. It makes me chuckle the double take Marty displays in disbelief at how exactly Merle's voice.😂🤣👏👏👏
I agree!! ❤
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Marty Robbins-King of the Ballads. Entire CD consists basically of ballads. Love Marty Robbins even tho I am not a country music fan. Try his version of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' . I like westerns too and Deadwood is also my favorite TV show of all time. Great show.
Incredible storytelling indeed
I also like his song, El Paso City. Where he references this story from his modern perspective as he's in a plane over the city.
A must Listen To....The Masters Call !!!
Marty Robbins has some good ones. Big Iron, The Masters Call
Thanks for the recommendations. Definitely will explore more.
How about that guitar picking? Considered the TEX-MEX sound. Grady Martin played guitar on Marty Robbins' "El Paso":
Martin was a session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. He played on many hits, including "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Sammi Smith. Martin's Spanish guitar accompaniment on "El Paso" gives the song a distinctive Tex-Mex feel.
Martin was a member of The Nashville A-Team and backed many artists, including Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Bing Crosby. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
Thanks for sharing! Next on the trilogy: Faleena and then El Paso City! Big Iron, Laredo and My Woman, My Woman, My wife are fantastic also.
Thank you for sharing this!
@@SaeedReacts. you are most welcome!☺️
Now you can listen to the prequel -- just as lovely voice and so descriptive, you are there if you close your eyes. It is Feleena.
Others are Mr. Shorty and Big Iron.
Marty had so many great songs. Devil Woman, My Woman, My Woman, My Wife, White Sport Coat are a few.
Hi Saeed! My Dad loved Marty Robbins as much as he loved Western movies and novels... God bless Marty Robbins!
Hey Saeed, He wasn't killed for the gunfight, the other guy drew first, he was killed for stealing the horse! "Big Iron" is my favorite Marty Robbins' song/story and you will love it, I think even more than this one! I don't think Faleena is a prequel I think it's a sequel and then El Paso City is a ghost story, or reincarnation. Marty Robbins has been my favorite since I was about three years old! I absolutely loved your reaction to this song!
Thanks for the info! Looking forward to the other songs.
Thank you for the heart, as always I appreciate it!
@@SaeedReacts. You are so welcome! Thank you for replying! You will never regret any Marty Robbins song!
My parents had the Gunfighter Ballads on 8 track tape. My brothers and I loved to listen to it in the car on family trips. Big Iron is my other favourite from that album.
Good reaction!
Thanks for getting to this favorite of mine. I remember listening to this song among others from Marty on Dad's 8 track player. A classic story. Great reaction. Interesting note on the anagram. Breaking Bad took place in New Mexico.
The late Marty Robbins is legendary. There's a follow-up to this song "El Paso City" that you really must hear soon! Thanks for playing this & your comments.
BTW, have you ever heard "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Gene Pitney? I think it would be right up your alley.
I have one reaction to Gene Pitney, but havent checked out that song yet. Thanks for the recommendation!
That album was FIRE!
Try “Big Iron” and “Devil Woman” both great story songs by Marty Robbins.
Loved this one growing up !!
"Tom Dooley" by the Kingston Trio is another great song you could react to
I loved Marty❤
Alot of more songs try, 5 Brothers, Hanging me tonight,.Hanging Tree, Starwberry Roan.........
it's a good one, they are all good ones. Addendum: A lady named Juni Fisher writes and sings "cowboy genre" music; her voice is similar to Joan Baez's voice (great). Juni wrote a song in response to Marty's El Paso, called Red Velvet Slippers. You would enjoy it as a follow-up tune. Juni released the album Tumbleweed Letters in 1999 on Red Geetar Records. I think I have most of her cds. She has branched out to writing novels now. Also, she also has a cd that my dear daddy loved called Secret Chord that is older jazz songs, and as usual, she does a great job.
Definitely listen to the other two parts of this trilogy, you’ll love it! I do have another suggestion though, for a western story song, there is a song called “Sonora’s death row” that you will certainly enjoy. It has been done by a few different people, I’d recommend Robert Earl Keen.
The song "Big Iron" is another great story...
It would be a great movie but we all have our own vision of it already. I would go see it.
Yes you are correct on the sequence. This is the original. The pre-quel is just titled "Feleena". It should be next. You will get more background on her and her perspective. The final (sequel) came MANY years later and is called "El Paso City"
Hi Saeed, have a great day. you are The Best!
Another similar song from the same era is Jimmy Dean's "Big John". One of the biggest of it's time.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Thank you for reacting to this great song. Back in the '60s, this was considered part of the western genre of music. Marty Robbins may have been the best known western artist at the time, although he also did some regular country music. Of course, we referred to the radio stations that played such songs as "country and western", not simply "country" like we do today. I can't think of a single western music hit in the last 30 years.
Horse theft was a worse crime than mvrder.
I love the variety of techniques the lead guitar used: some bends, some slides, some hammerons and pulloffs, and even at one point some harmonics.
he taught himself to play guitar in ww2 as a soldier. he was also a race car driver
He was actually in the U.S. Navy serving in the Solomon Islands.
Great story telling song that I’ve heard all my life but as of about 10 years ago can only see in my mind’s eye… Breaking Bad.😂 Love it! Thanks for this one Saeed.
Amazing song.
And unknowingly i connected it with Breaking Bad 😅. Need to rewatch that show 😄
@@SaeedReacts.I don’t know if things work differently in your country, but over here in the U.S. it’s only streaming on Netflix, and Netflix is saying they’re taking it down in February 2025. Don’t wait! I’m watching it all the way through for the 3rd time- so much in this show you get that you miss on a first watch.
At 4:31 the next four lines were not included in the hit version that was played on the radio. In other words, he doesn't reflect on what he did but just skedaddles. 😂
Another acclaimed western story teller is Ian Tyson. Try "Yellowhead to Yellowstone".