Ron Sexsmith - Right Down the Line
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Ron Sexsmith performing Gerry Rafferty's 'Right Down the Line', from the tribute concert at Celtic Connections, January 2012.
'Family Tree' from the same concert: www.bbc.co.uk/p...
What a beautiful, faithful, and moving reinterpretation of Right Down the Line. Ron, you are a master of emotions.
He didnt pen it. so it osnt his emotions Gerry Rafferty
@@lindaruff-s2msuch a vapid way of looking at it
I just adore Gerry Rafferty, and Ron Sexsmith does Gerry great justice. Brilliant.!
You know, I got chills listening to the chorus harmonies, just like I do when I hear the original version.
Great guy - but I find this version a bit timid and tame.
Ron, your interpretation of this song is truly superb. So enjoyed your performance.
@@tomrogerlilleby2890 I think he was nervous to be performing a song he adores looks like he wanted to tear up that song can do that to a man
That's a big song to do live with elegance - he pulls it off, and the vocal harmonies are beautiful. It's utterly Ron, that song. And from a great album. Ron's composed and performed many amazing songs of his own - from beautiful little vignettes to bolshie rock crunchers. Generally though Ron is just quietly cool.
After listening to Rock and Roll for 50+ years Ron is my favorite songwriter of all time. I think he also does great covers, usually better than the original. After meeting him a few times I think he is an even better human being than musician-which is saying a lot!
Once when we saw him live someone yelled to him onstage to "Smile!" His response was "I'm beaming on the inside". I think he truly is.
Richard Crowl so beautiful man. Ron is one of the all time greats. History has its way
Good stuff
I agree. It seems mad to say because he is still fairly low profile but I think Ron is one of the all time great songwriters.
Richard Crowl good version of Ron
The sort of statement you expect from a 15 year old girl while shes watching her teenage heart throb murdering the classics. Jesus man. You should know better lol
Couldn't think of a better tribute to Gerry, and a tip of the hat by one great songwriter to another. well done Ron.
Had forgotten how much I love Ron Sexsmith. Of course he's the natural fit to do this one justice. Unique voice that sets him apart as a chill and authentic crooner
Wow.... Ron is truly a great musician, I love listening to his own material but this really shines. Nice touch to this song. Its my favorite Gerry Rafferty song also and he really does it justice. Thank you Ron
AWESOME! Simply awesome. I am a huge Gerry Rafferty and Ron Sexsmith fan so to hear Ron’s Sexsmith’s perfect cover is a real treat.
There's an emotional liquidity to the original lead guitar work that can never be matched/replicated no matter how perfectly the notes are played.
I agree - though he did a wonderful job at recreating this perfect song live close to perfection.
Is that not Hugh Burns on stage: the guitarist on the original recording?
@@southsidejohnny5624 yes it is Hugh Burns
The song I loves most from "Baker Street", I always thought that I was the only one to wanna cover it, thank you Ron Sexsmith!
Love this rendition by Ron Sexsmith. Makes me shiver.
Wonderfully done, put a nostalgic tear in my eye! Love Gerry Rafferty.
Ron is a gem.
Thank you Ron and band. A beautiful, faithful rendition of one of rock's greatest love songs. A good human you are.....it shows.
This guy is a amazing vocalist and musician!!
My best, Gerry's 'Right Down the Line'....... Good cover by Ron, Thanks alot...!!!!
Farewel, R.I.P. Gerry..... G always BU!!!
A wonderful version of a wonderful song.....
What a great song to sing Ron give us more of this...
Perfect , respectful, Cover here... Guitarist totally nails it also.. Thank you for the upload!
You're very welcome :)
Hauntingly beautiful!!
I liked this way that Ron Sings
Ron, as always, you hit it out of the park. You are a gem and I’m so proud to know you and yours.
❤️❤️
Ron Sexsmith, ideal interpreter for this love song with harmonious band. Thank you.❤❤❤
Gerry...you are missed. Nice cover.
Gerry Rafferty did not get the credit for what he was... an amazing talent. And Ron does a magnificent job with this song. Nice!
Not sure what planet you're living on, GR got plenty of credit.
I think what he’s trying to say is this song is a touchstone song for a couple generations of fans and yet so few today know of the song let alone the songs laser tight lyricist, Gerry Rafferty. The man is a Scottish John Lennon and Fats Domino in one!
@@LaGrandeBayou not trying to be negative but the "laser tight lyricist" made me laugh.
Don't get me wrong, right down the line is an absolute favourite of mine but I always find the like "you've been as constant as the Northern star" to be such a jarring/glaring road bump in an otherwise smooth song. Could have so easily been smoothed out too.
@@LaGrandeBayou hey, forst off, i'm glad someone's enjoying it, seriously.
That said, it's not the meaning i was picking on, just the mouthful and extra syllables that makes it sound really garbled and rushed in most versions of the song. Even if you stick with the exact words there are more smooth was of spacing them out that I've heard cover artists use in order to match the smoothness of the rest of the song
I got you now. Yes your are correct it’s an odd fit So odd that Probably only Rafferty himself could pull off thou sexton did it justice
This song manages to be both romantic and haunting at the same time. Beautiful cover of a beautiful song.
I absolutely love Ron's version . Just smooth and creamy
I'd never even heard Gerry Rafferty's version until I saw this concert on TV. Loved the song an performance, never forgot it.
Listen to the Mike Masse cover of this - it's exceptionally good,
Really
@@normamcneill151 Yeah I was born a bit late for Gerry, love the original now though obviously.
beautiful rendition by Ron, reckon he got this right down the line. amazing video, thanks for posting
Always thought Ron Sexsmith looked like a sort of sobby mad kid who didn,t get his way.Man I don,t know how they,re getting through those harmonies it,s like every one is on the edge flat and sharp.Other wise Ron is one of the great ones to have come along in decades.
Love this song so much.
Wow great job 🎵🎶 🎸
Blimey, great rendition. Quite a few good covers at this wonderful celebration of gerrys work.
There is a unique, almost "jagged edge" or "off note" harmony with these singers. I'm not sure if I like the way he almost sounds a note or two off key, but it does work in a way. The back up band is outstanding! The accompanying girls are also awesome. They all did Gerry proud. He's smilin' down on them for sure.
Okay, I'm sorry that I don't know who this guy is. But he did an amazing job on one of my favorite songs of all time. His pronunciations are spot on. Even "wooman" is done right. Hats off to this young man. Well done sir.
He's a tremendous songwriter, been at if for 30 years now, doesn't get a lot of attention, but Ron Sexsmith is a songwriters songwriter.
You need to do yourself a favor and download all of Ron's albums, he's the closest thing we've had in the 2000's to the classic singer/songwriters of the 70's. Many of his songs have been covered by other artists. Rod Steward does a great version of Ron's 'Secret Heart'. Start with that one.
the first time i see this gentleman , and he is very good !
Hey the backing singers are fantastic 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
A plaintive version of this plaintive song - worthy of the original. Thank you very much for the chance to hear this. Love is what matters most. May peace be with us all.
That is Hugh Burns on guitar, who played for Gerry on City to City and Night Owl albums.
Bit belated but thanks as I was just looking for that comment…👍
The guitarist is Hugh Burns who played with Gerry Rafferty over a number of years and who played guitar on the original of this song. He also played guitar for Wham for quite a while, but I can't help thinking that his talents were wasted there - instead check out his guitar work on Rafferty's albums 'Night Owl' and 'City to City'.
If I am not mistaken, he also played that incredible guitar solo on the long version of "Fame" by Irene Cara. The solo heats up at 3:04 /watch?v=nTJHjuhCYos
His solo on Baker street is clearliy memorable as well.
MrVeesworld Good catch MrVeesworld. There are lots of unsung studio guitarists who did great work for years and never got noticed.
I'd say his talents weren't wasted in Wham, four #1 songs on Make it Big, just a different era of music
Half the band in this video played with Gerry Rafferty. This is more or less a reunion/tribute.
Amen. Gerry is such an underrated musician. He wove American music.
I like it. Nice singer, nice band. I love this song.
Not only is this done beautifully and that guitar and Ron Sexsmith’s voice is beautiful. I’ve seen him on Jools Holland and wasn’t paying music much attention. What an incredibly genuine guy he obviously is. No affectation at all and the whole concert is sweet. Like many I just played Baker Street and never went to the next track. I had the thrill of meeting Jerry as we both had a similar problem and I didn’t bother,him as he clearly wanted privacy. Poor Jerry dying in a horrible hotel room. Artists are special and many have addiction problems. Artists aren’t perfect people but they are special because if they are a true artist and alchemical mysterious and magical means produce phenomenal beauty.. There is and always will be a chasm of misunderstanding between the addict and the non addict. Drug addiction is a real thing. The people who self satisfiedly congratulate judge addicts or any addiction with disdain is a person who is at the end of the day an expression of pain. If you do not something they like
Wow this is really well sung. I would sell off a couple of siblings for a voice like that.
Amazing!
I have a feeling there is a miniscule delay in Ron's vocal execution compared to the original but it works and it sounds absolutely superb ❤
Lovely ❤
My god these folks are passionate! Look how many people it takes to recreate this song. I bet even Mr.Rafferty never sounded this good live.
Gerry never hit a dud note in any of his live performances
Oh he did
Pretty good image of Gerry's talent
Puts tears in my eyes…
Thanks Ron for this treasure ! I love this song and your voice and the band and the ladys as well . Wonderful !!
WOW! Great job!
Didn't realize Betsy Cook was in this video until I saw it a second time and saw her name on the heading. Betsy can be seen about 35 years younger playing keyboard on the "Days Gone Down" video. Pretty woman for sure.
Never heard of th this guy but obviously a great singer.
10:28 pm (FLORIDA TIME) (LISTN"N) 2/15/2021
The most Beautiful love song...
Thank you, for saving my daughter Chloe and your assistance.
I couldn't imagine this song without the bongo playing.
Well done Ron & company. 😀
He did a great job
Where did he get this BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH voice. It somehow reminds me of a thick creamy delicious warm bowl of porridge
beautiful harmonies
Beautiful just Beautiful…
Very Nice
Awesome everything
Great cover song. Good job!
Excellent cover! Great guitarplayer too.
WOOOWWWW, VERY GOOOOD
Excellent
great upload
RIP Gerry.
This sounds like a "professional" voice coach convention who obviously have never hear of Mr Ron Sexsmith. A genius songwriter who Means what he sings and like most geniuses wont receive the recognition he deserves until he's no longer with us. I'm sure that's when most of you laptop nerds will be yapping about how brilliant he was! You really need to lighten up people and try to get a better understanding of music and songwriting. RIP the late, great, Mr Gerry Rafferty.
Don't know of him .......but good cover ..........loved Jerry
Mmmmm
Well, Elvis Costello, Feist, Michael Buble, KD Lang, Emmylou Harris and Rod Stewart all covered Ron's songs at different points. Other huge fans of his include Paul McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon & Daniel Lanois. I'd say that's a small CLUE as to how great a songwriter the guy is.
Erin Walter. Eva Cassidy, Nick Drake, Jackson C Frank, John Keats, Paul Gauguin, there are many. Writers, Painters, Musicians, Singer songwriters all criticised and or ignored during they're lifetime only to be vindicated and acclaimed as Genius in death. As Sexsmith stated, I don't want to end up like Nick Drake or Tim Harding. Thankfully there are those who do acknowledge genius in life. Genius/creative power or natural ability, Ron Sexsmith has both in spades, the mans a poet and story teller in song. a writer, poet musician and painter and I believe as his music proves a very kind, caring, sensitive human being and maybe that's been the problem for him and the aforementioned, just too God dam nice for this critical and hypocritical world.
Unfortunately in this cover his singing was not as good as the original song, the instrumental was fine but his voice is a 4 compared to the original which is a 10. If you disagree then you haven't heard the original song, so before you reply listen to the original first. Below is the youtube link with this same video only that the voice is of Gerry Rafferty's with the original instrumental track that was dubbed into the this video. ruclips.net/video/rQp3DYn1aOA/видео.html
supercool..over the top
hermosa version "sublime"
Rons great. He himself joked about how he thinks his voice sounds like Kermit the Frog. lol
I'm an Emma Pollock fan now because of this video.
Essa música é muito linda ❤️
I love his version of my Paisley guy's origional....
Brilliant, perfect combo
Un buen cover
Great cover, great vocal. I know it 2016 but there a lot of stuff out there. Just I found your cover of Gerry Raffery - Right Down the Line. RIP Gerry Raffery
DREADFUL COVER OF A GREAT SONG! SEE BONNIE RAIT!
If you have any doubts of this man's true abilities as both a singer & songwriter.
Just go to the search box above & type in Ron Sexsmith Snow Angel
Then listen to the nice quality version uploaded by secretagentmel67
I adored this tune, very beautiful.
Nice
this guy sounds and looks like a Roy Orbison/Elvis Presley the later years hybrid
South you need to go back and listen and watch a few Roy Orbison and Elvis clips.
Is that Chigurh From No Country for Old Men on lead?
😍😍😍😍😍
Precious version.
who done the original guitar for this song?
If you mean the guitarist on Gerry Rafferty's original version, I think it was Hugh Burns. Check out the Wikipedia page for the album, City to City :-)
No offense to Ronny but there are some songs that can never be duplicated by another singer (this happens to be one)
Gerry would need another drink to wash away his sorrows after listening to this complete shit cover.
In music, COUNTERPOINT is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour. The term originates from the Latin punctus contra punctum meaning "point against point"
His voice is all over the place!
Man I do it justice a little more than this guy
I have watched a few of Ron's videos because I kinda like his smooth style, but his voice sounds like he is half asleep. At times, he is a half note behind. I still like him ok; but I am hoping that the more I hear of him, the better it gets.
he has a Roy Orbison delivery
You're welcome :-)
Bacan
Louie Anderson!
Job well done ❤
I hadn't heard much of Ron Sexsmith's music at the time of this concert, but I'd been a fan of Gerry Rafferty's music for many years. This performance inspired me to purchase the recently released "Long Player Late Bloomer" album... and what an album! Needless to say, I have purchased many of his albums since then!
He should be much better known than he is. World-class singer and songwriter.
Nice
A Stunning performance by Sexsmith and band mates..Thank You for an absolutely stellar version of a timeless classic rock anthem of the 70s.
Gerry Rafferty could not have done Scotland any prouder.