Shakey Graves - Late July

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  • Опубликовано: 23 июл 2012
  • One of the most talented Austin songwriters and musicians, Shakey Graves, plays a badass tune in the bottom of a storm ditch on a crisp February afternoon in East Austin.
    Surrounded by tunnels, trains and grassy knolls make for a stirring rendition of his song "Late July"
    Check out more Shakey Graves here: shakeygraves.bandcamp.com/
    Filmed on a Canon 60D, graded in Final Cut Pro, on location in a storm ditch on the east side of Austin Texas.
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  • @theoldboyscout3662
    @theoldboyscout3662 3 года назад +2204

    Imagine the headstone 60 years from now,.. Here lies Droopy Weiners, body now flaccid in his grave, but memory still erect in our hearts.

    • @jacobcj408
      @jacobcj408 3 года назад +53

      Underrated comment 👏

    • @gazd6402
      @gazd6402 3 года назад +14

      @@jacobcj408 your reply was better than the old Boy Scout’s comment😂 this is why I love RUclips

    • @jacobcj408
      @jacobcj408 3 года назад +7

      @@gazd6402 thank you man, i gotta say your comment upped mine and this is beginning to look like a real promising thread

    • @masons3389
      @masons3389 3 года назад +47

      Drew P. Weiners

    • @poopiepantsmcgee456
      @poopiepantsmcgee456 3 года назад +3

      😂👏👏

  • @CarryMeHomeTonight
    @CarryMeHomeTonight 5 лет назад +2706

    This will always be the best version of this song.

    • @freespeechordeath7826
      @freespeechordeath7826 5 лет назад +31

      Damn straight

    • @nate4304
      @nate4304 3 года назад +82

      I can’t bring myself to listen to any other version

    • @Hochodo
      @Hochodo 3 года назад +65

      @@nate4304 same lol any other version isnt the same song if you heard this version first

    • @centralscrutinizer9591
      @centralscrutinizer9591 3 года назад +24

      There are no there versions.........this video is biblical!

    • @ChucklateChip
      @ChucklateChip 3 года назад +43

      Seriously this is the version of the song I heard first and when I heard his Audiotree session, I was like “why tf did he RUIN Late July like that?! What tf is this slow ass timing?!”

  • @traviscopeland4694
    @traviscopeland4694 Год назад +430

    Drives me crazy that this version isn't on Spotify, it's easily the best one.

    • @hiwhatsup109
      @hiwhatsup109 Год назад +13

      RIGHT!! It is an absolute shame.

    • @MilkTestingMan
      @MilkTestingMan Год назад +6

      It upsets me so much this version isn’t on Spotify

    • @grantmoffat2794
      @grantmoffat2794 Год назад +15

      That's why I'll always just stick with RUclips lol. I have to explain this to all my friends

    • @grantmoffat2794
      @grantmoffat2794 Год назад +9

      The best tunes are always on the streets

    • @vincentmoran-gp7cl
      @vincentmoran-gp7cl 11 месяцев назад +7

      I know I'm late to the party but yeah man! They have the audiotree one and it's just not as raw as this version. Absolutely tears it up on the most subtle way

  • @ciara3473
    @ciara3473 2 года назад +823

    Leaving this comment here so that every time someone comments on it I can listen to this masterpiece again ❤️

  • @genev193
    @genev193 4 года назад +1727

    Droopy Weiners is the perfect example of why you don't want to be the first one to fall asleep at a party.

  • @denofa.i
    @denofa.i 3 года назад +518

    He told the story of how he got his name in less time than it takes most youtubers to finish their intros

    • @justjerd1
      @justjerd1 2 года назад +3

      There is a Silversun pickups explanation that's just as satisfying ,if not more. Just sayn.
      Love music.

    • @stigler137
      @stigler137 2 года назад +2

      @@justjerd1 okay now you need to spill the beans on where to find it tho

    • @MementoVita
      @MementoVita Год назад

      🤣👏

    • @THEHORSELOVER235
      @THEHORSELOVER235 Год назад

      😂😂

    • @kelseakanallakan4505
      @kelseakanallakan4505 11 месяцев назад

      @@justjerd1what song!?!?

  • @bananasmootieboy3335
    @bananasmootieboy3335 Год назад +377

    Glad to see people are still listening to this absolute masterpiece

    • @aaronh5567
      @aaronh5567 Год назад +9

      I more than agree. We need it on Spotify tho

    • @AmWay31
      @AmWay31 Год назад +5

      I never stop...I've repeated it like 30 times today. I don't think I'd have gotten through 8 hours in this office without it.

    • @Hydemaintenanceman
      @Hydemaintenanceman Год назад +1

      I was going to like but, 69.

    • @GreasyBeasty
      @GreasyBeasty Год назад +2

      One of my favorite songs.

    • @BradleyCooper2698
      @BradleyCooper2698 Год назад +1

      I think this made me laugh more than it should have😂😂😂

  • @ryankeyte2684
    @ryankeyte2684 4 года назад +538

    “It’s impossible I play Lead, rhythm, sing, and harmonize”....
    Shaky- “Hold my Moonshine....”

    • @theresabelvin8754
      @theresabelvin8754 4 года назад +1

      where.s mine.......or i may have to get some hostages.......^*^.........>>>>>>

    • @jose42724210
      @jose42724210 3 года назад +4

      And percussion...

    • @henryasselin123
      @henryasselin123 3 года назад +17

      *hold my warm miller highlife

    • @sinbrujo
      @sinbrujo 3 года назад +5

      @@henryasselin123 whiskey, bro!

    • @kyles312
      @kyles312 3 года назад +1

      this is a bad comment

  • @stevitosgay
    @stevitosgay 7 лет назад +549

    prefer this version x1000000 to the one on spotify

  • @tangerineman27
    @tangerineman27 4 года назад +752

    Shaky Graves looks like the dude from the Lorax

    • @TheBladeOfTerror
      @TheBladeOfTerror 4 года назад +3

      That's amazing 😂

    • @tangerineman27
      @tangerineman27 4 года назад +5

      Sneaki Burrito he’s the Onceler

    • @goblin2246
      @goblin2246 4 года назад +15

      Oh hell now that you mention it

    • @gabeakagoat
      @gabeakagoat 4 года назад +3

      shakey graves looks like not a mexican oscar de la hoya

    • @kaitlynhalcomb3313
      @kaitlynhalcomb3313 4 года назад +2

      Truth and I have no issue with it

  • @kane00000
    @kane00000 4 года назад +329

    For the record I think his name is spelled Drew P Weiner.

    • @lugaeoa7922
      @lugaeoa7922 3 года назад +9

      Just thought you deserved a comment too cheers

    • @jacobcj408
      @jacobcj408 3 года назад +1

      100% agree

    • @max_mittler
      @max_mittler 3 года назад +5

      Shake E. Graves

    • @easyskanker4650
      @easyskanker4650 3 года назад +2

      I once worked with a man named Drew Peacock

    • @jaredhayes977
      @jaredhayes977 3 года назад +1

      @@easyskanker4650 was he cool?

  • @oppaloopa3698
    @oppaloopa3698 Год назад +85

    It’s 6 am.
    I’m cookin my lover bacon and eggs while he showers. The sound of the pourin rain surrounds the house. The sizzlin grease blends in when it’s not too busy burnin me. This music ties it all together in a “shaky” bow.
    I’m happy.

    • @dongvermine
      @dongvermine 2 месяца назад +1

      Hope u are a woman…

    • @nikistevenson1550
      @nikistevenson1550 Месяц назад +1

      Best comment.

    • @melissalepage5913
      @melissalepage5913 Месяц назад +1

      I hope the phrase 'sizzling grease' inspires someone to write a song.

    • @dongvermine
      @dongvermine Месяц назад +1

      @@melissalepage5913 sizzlin grease
      Got this bitch on her knees
      She look like disease
      But she suckin me please
      I put that on god
      Bitch I put that on my bible
      Bitxh im calling the shots
      Bitch im swangin im vital

    • @dongvermine
      @dongvermine Месяц назад

      @@melissalepage5913 sizzlin grease
      Got this trick on her knees
      She suckin the team
      She do it for free
      Goin off like yee yee yee
      We hit that shxt like UFC
      Leave that trick with CTE
      From the force of my seed

  • @ljl6174
    @ljl6174 7 лет назад +624

    How are we forgetting the fact that he's playing 3 instruments at once AND singing? Simply amazing

    • @MrScateboy
      @MrScateboy 4 года назад +2

      LJ L I didn’t forget

    • @turnerhalsey2114
      @turnerhalsey2114 4 года назад +2

      LJ L guitar and percussion. What’s the third instrument?

    • @jillianjones257
      @jillianjones257 4 года назад +1

      His voice..

    • @jillianjones257
      @jillianjones257 4 года назад +12

      Multiple percussion sounds at once

    • @westernunderground363
      @westernunderground363 4 года назад +3

      @@turnerhalsey2114 he has that little tamberine, i think it is, behind that bandana, his percussion, his guitar, and his singing.

  • @brennanedwards1298
    @brennanedwards1298 4 года назад +885

    Ben Shapiro just never ceases to amaze me with his never ending list of talents.

    • @nocturnalgamer6174
      @nocturnalgamer6174 4 года назад +10

      Brennan Edwards 😂 Dick

    • @bigwig8711
      @bigwig8711 4 года назад +9

      bruh you just made me believe in telepathy

    • @poopooinmypocket
      @poopooinmypocket 4 года назад +18

      I’m fucking crying 😂

    • @josephrichichi3116
      @josephrichichi3116 4 года назад +7

      Omfg 😂 he does remind me of Ben Shapiro that’s gold

    • @chairmoistener
      @chairmoistener 4 года назад +4

      Shut your damn mouth! He looks like Aiden Turner.

  • @bennbanes6359
    @bennbanes6359 8 месяцев назад +49

    2023 and still hearing loving this song....

    • @dustyntonks7388
      @dustyntonks7388 4 месяца назад

      Its not from 1670 but your algorithm is

    • @bennbanes6359
      @bennbanes6359 4 месяца назад +3

      @@dustyntonks7388 2024 now

    • @gobuyone
      @gobuyone 2 месяца назад +2

      April 15 2024 11:44pm Houston TX

    • @bob9136
      @bob9136 Месяц назад

      May 7th 2024

  • @alasdairsmith7116
    @alasdairsmith7116 4 года назад +1576

    Anyone else returning to this during Corona self-isolation? :P

    • @NeoN-PeoN
      @NeoN-PeoN 4 года назад +2

      Hey.

    • @end.olives
      @end.olives 4 года назад

      @@NeoN-PeoN hello

    • @whosyermama
      @whosyermama 4 года назад +3

      with you

    • @dustinroy4586
      @dustinroy4586 4 года назад +13

      I listen to this song a few times a month, dude! Been that way since this first time I listened* to it, around 8 years ago! I practically only listen to this cat and some original country legends, and that’s about it for my music library.

    • @DustyNonya
      @DustyNonya 4 года назад +8

      Yep. Only issue for me is that, being a hermit by nature, it's pretty much any other Monday for me LOL.

  • @mattressmoney281
    @mattressmoney281 4 года назад +539

    This guy plays 3 instruments and sings on beat. I can’t even chew bubblegum and walk down the street at the same time

    • @somedude3601
      @somedude3601 4 года назад +1

      lol

    • @MomRespecter
      @MomRespecter 3 года назад +6

      Chew faster

    • @aforerunner1773
      @aforerunner1773 3 года назад +1

      Walter wants it on Spotify this instant

    • @claycarter2359
      @claycarter2359 3 года назад +3

      and finger picking is literally like the hardest way to play the guitar

    • @bellamyc7895
      @bellamyc7895 2 года назад +2

      @@claycarter2359 I don't know about that, once you teach each finger what its supposed to be doing it's kinda easy. Metal shreadding with a pick I think is quite a bit more of a gift then I skill you can learn like finger picking

  • @elijahray1360
    @elijahray1360 7 лет назад +613

    I absolutely love this song but specifically this version of it. I've listened to the album version and the audiotree live version but for some reason this one right here is my absolute favorite. So good.

    • @madmarine4083
      @madmarine4083 5 лет назад +9

      Pure gold. Couldn't agree more.

    • @icueverywhere6870
      @icueverywhere6870 4 года назад +3

      One that I started w a couple hrs back a.d only I e I are to listen 🎶to......I was an.instant fn.of him.and his amazing abilities....I Try to tell.people but Wat do.I know? Im.just a girl....

    • @icueverywhere6870
      @icueverywhere6870 4 года назад

      Years* not.hours

    • @coreypaynter4011
      @coreypaynter4011 4 года назад

      The album verson is ok, this is amazing!

    • @billyking7372
      @billyking7372 4 года назад +2

      This version is the best to me also

  • @pineapplefungus2006
    @pineapplefungus2006 3 года назад +36

    I was listening to rap and now I'm here the RUclips algorithm is a true enigma

    • @stevenmcc2119
      @stevenmcc2119 3 года назад

      🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣 right wth

    • @pulkitmathur4652
      @pulkitmathur4652 3 года назад +1

      All hail the algorithm lol

    • @eniss1182
      @eniss1182 3 года назад +1

      RUclips does dafuq it wants. Maybe it’ll broaden horizons, most likely it’ll just be obnoxious though. I am the algorithm; my mom said I’m obnoxious.

    • @Ozzierob
      @Ozzierob 3 месяца назад

      Guilty !.

    • @moroseloki1912
      @moroseloki1912 2 месяца назад

      Spark that sh**

  • @Laconic-_-
    @Laconic-_- 4 года назад +195

    I love this version of the song so much but I force myself to only listen to it once every few months because I swear if I ever get tired of it, itll be the end of me

    • @TheCowpoke406
      @TheCowpoke406 2 года назад

      The early version is good enough for those in betweens when you can't help it

    • @bryanlischefski1965
      @bryanlischefski1965 Год назад +1

      Seems like that time again

    • @Laconic-_-
      @Laconic-_- Год назад

      @@bryanlischefski1965 you're goddamn right

    • @boredinmission420
      @boredinmission420 Год назад +1

      Hey you listen to it again.

    • @owenneedham9078
      @owenneedham9078 8 месяцев назад

      That's why I listen to talk radio while driving. I don't want to the same stuff all the time

  • @TheImmortalWalnut
    @TheImmortalWalnut 10 лет назад +422

    This guy's been to the crossroads

    • @kilocharlie2182
      @kilocharlie2182 6 лет назад +4

      orangehandgrenade really good comment

    • @njgl2010
      @njgl2010 5 лет назад +4

      Best comment!
      Yes he has!

    • @AA-km4wn
      @AA-km4wn 5 лет назад +1

      Was thinking the same

    • @purplevladgirl6888
      @purplevladgirl6888 4 года назад +9

      I really hope not, but he is really really good.

    • @BocephusEnki
      @BocephusEnki 4 года назад +9

      Everything comes with a price.

  • @alyssazeno2757
    @alyssazeno2757 9 лет назад +253

    spotify needs more of you

    • @wladimirespinozaduran5684
      @wladimirespinozaduran5684 9 лет назад +3

      totally!!

    • @hollywarholic9825
      @hollywarholic9825 9 лет назад +5

      Alyssa Zeno agree! they dont even have roll the bones! ):

    • @sk83below
      @sk83below 8 лет назад +10

      Nah if anything he shouldn't be on Spotify at all, that would force people to actually buy his album. Spotify doesn't give much of anything to their artists. It's one of the reasons why musicians are having a hard time making a living today!

    • @Mr.Feckless
      @Mr.Feckless 8 лет назад +3

      +Alyssa Zeno Spotify needs to die-off

    • @bradwoj1
      @bradwoj1 8 лет назад +13

      +dale wesolowski Spotify is great for finding new music. Artists never got rich off album sales anyways. Go to the shows, buy merch.

  • @josephjanssens6404
    @josephjanssens6404 3 года назад +52

    Producer: so what do you want to focus on? Vocal harmonics? Lead guitar? Or rhythm? Or perhaps rhythm and percussion?
    Shakey: yes

  • @eleanoraturner5978
    @eleanoraturner5978 Год назад +51

    I love remembering 14-year-old me who was unabashedly obsessed with this song and this man in 2014. haven't listened to this in so long, brings me so much joy ❤

  • @lolttyl143
    @lolttyl143 9 лет назад +187

    Wow, that acoustic tone mixed with some blues crunch is glorious.

    • @scoooter17
      @scoooter17 8 лет назад +20

      +Maxwell Hogan its his amp. it's a danelectro honeytone. has a built in distortion, but its pretty low quality so it gives it a nice lo-fi feel.

    • @michaelangelo5040
      @michaelangelo5040 7 лет назад +9

      ya that distortion is moneyyyyyy brother

  • @cafenightster4548
    @cafenightster4548 7 лет назад +232

    Geezus that coordination, i can barely pat my head and rub my belly.

    • @jonathanstovall394
      @jonathanstovall394 5 лет назад +1

      No shit bro he's gotaa anouther song ware he plays kickdrum and kick taberien I guess ud call it he's very talented

    • @johndeneau7667
      @johndeneau7667 5 лет назад

      Look up the suitcase junket, shakey is awesome, but this guy takes this whole thing to another level. Also he did the suitcase kick drum furst. Lll

    • @icueverywhere6870
      @icueverywhere6870 4 года назад

      Lol... No.doubt...the instruments, the rhythm of his body feelin the music, AND his singing...he is AMAZING;) LUV HIM

    • @syntheseyez3577
      @syntheseyez3577 4 года назад

      I tried to pat my head and rub my belly but poked my eye

  • @l0mad642
    @l0mad642 3 года назад +276

    Oh, yeah, well, Gold Digger took my money
    Dipped my heart and hands in honey
    Ol' Snake Lady stole my savings
    Told Gold Digger she was having my babies
    Well, Gold Digger swung, snake lady fell
    Yeah, I took Gold Digger up to Chapel Hill
    Oh, I married her fast, murdered her young
    Took my money back and made my run
    Well, bus driver, all in red yeah go
    Pull this bus over and end up dead
    Yeah, go drive this bus down to Mexico
    Park it on a cliff where that good grass grows
    Until a chopper came along one sunny day
    To burn my crops, lock me away
    Girl I'm eager, young and qualified
    Got a date with that chair, oh, in late July
    Oh, yeah, well, my mama, old and grey
    Sittin' at-a home just a-weepin' away
    Her only boy washed down the drain
    Gonna take her son and lock him away
    Well, mama should be oh proud of me
    I lived like a man, oh, I'll die like a king
    'Cause I'm eager, young and qualified
    Got a date with that chair, oh, in late July
    But my pappy, old and fat
    Chewin his cigar with his hair slicked back
    Yeah, roll him over, beat him black
    Say it's from that boy he never had
    Well, papa should be in my place
    To fry like bacon, hang like lace
    Cause I'm eager, young and qualified
    I got a date with that chair, oh, in late July
    oh Big Betty, yeah my old squeeze
    Oh, kiss you so good, you go weak in the knees
    Yeah, gon' to see her old man pop
    I wanna have you there when my big heart stops
    But don't you worry, oh don't you fret
    No, I won't die with no regrets
    'Cause I'm eager, young and qualified
    'Cause I'm eager, young and starry-eyed
    Oh, the big leagues call and I reply
    I got a date with that chair, oh, in late July

    • @poopsmagoo
      @poopsmagoo 3 года назад +11

      Doin the lord's work 🙌

    • @Mad_Lad666
      @Mad_Lad666 3 года назад

      Cheryl not chair

    • @evanhunt1374
      @evanhunt1374 3 года назад +22

      @@Mad_Lad666 I belive it is chair because he talks about how he killed the gold digger. So hes getting the electric chair. He also later on says how hes gonna fry like bacon.

    • @PoisonAngelGirl
      @PoisonAngelGirl 3 года назад +9

      @@Mad_Lad666 it’s chair hun

    • @mr.laplaguea
      @mr.laplaguea 3 года назад

      Thank you

  • @brodieknight772
    @brodieknight772 4 года назад +85

    Holy shit! If Shakey Graves is this good I wonder how mindblowing Droopy Wieners is

    • @joejones9863
      @joejones9863 2 года назад

      if u blow droopy wieners I doubt his mind will be even mentioned

    • @RubberDJ
      @RubberDJ Год назад

      Droopy wieners not HARD LIKE THIS

    • @zspar123
      @zspar123 11 месяцев назад +1

      droopy went on to become the legend we know as OG Mudbone

  • @justinkramer3660
    @justinkramer3660 7 лет назад +1325

    100% true story, I'm just getting into Shakey and started watching his vids. Then I saw the 3 story house at 1:45 and realized that's MY HOUSE THAT I F'NG LIVE IN

    • @zoeyschmoey
      @zoeyschmoey 7 лет назад +14

      Justin Kramer where is thissssss

    • @justinkramer3660
      @justinkramer3660 7 лет назад +94

      E 13th st, austin. Take 13th st off of I-35 and drive east till the road stops. The pond is right in front of you.

    • @mshilko
      @mshilko 5 лет назад +20

      goo.gl/maps/Co5SiEcfvzm

    • @sIacker
      @sIacker 5 лет назад +133

      well now millions of people have seen your house :D I love it, looks cozy

    • @icedteacatfish
      @icedteacatfish 5 лет назад +251

      id be more careful with my address personally but thats still awesome dude

  • @kykrazy6050
    @kykrazy6050 4 года назад +129

    Take my word....this is the BEST version of this song.

    • @oceannewf
      @oceannewf 4 года назад +1

      Its true, he tries a different style for songs every time like always xD

    • @sherryjohnson3804
      @sherryjohnson3804 3 года назад

      I agree!

    • @donniev8181
      @donniev8181 2 года назад

      By far!

  • @name-ni3jc
    @name-ni3jc 4 года назад +610

    This isn't the first time you've watched this.

    • @uaintrecognizemehoe8128
      @uaintrecognizemehoe8128 4 года назад +4

      Your right but i thought it was 😂

    • @babybot6870
      @babybot6870 4 года назад +25

      No this is the first time I've watched it bud

    • @name-ni3jc
      @name-ni3jc 4 года назад +8

      @@babybot6870 liar

    • @babybot6870
      @babybot6870 4 года назад +5

      @@name-ni3jc swear to god. Friend of mine told me to

    • @Lysdexis
      @Lysdexis 4 года назад +7

      Wont be the last

  • @shoeby9273
    @shoeby9273 3 года назад +37

    Eight years since I heard this song, on a late night in July.
    I miss the times that I hated when they were happening.

    • @jamin5424
      @jamin5424 2 года назад

      wow ive had the same thought recently. My birthday was a few days ago and i ran into this performance years ago. I just listened to it and transported me to the good memories i over looked at the time with friends im no longer in touch with. im happy i forgot the hate and held on to the good because the past usually aint a good place to live. Nameste

    • @jesuslovesyou2616
      @jesuslovesyou2616 Год назад +1

      Jesus loves you u

  • @joebraun9742
    @joebraun9742 6 лет назад +320

    Shakey's picking style is so hard for me to figure out. The bass notes are always going, fills out the sound so nicely. What a legend.

    • @tylerrice7145
      @tylerrice7145 4 года назад +29

      Joe Braun plenty of videos on RUclips to help you learn. Looks like a pretty straight forward 3 finger Travis style. You can always learn just the thumb and index first and later add the 3rd finger

    • @CitizenSnips69
      @CitizenSnips69 4 года назад +59

      Yeah thats how I learned it when I got my first girlfriend. She seemed to agree that it’s best to wait to add the third finger as well

    • @djs7310
      @djs7310 4 года назад +1

      @@CitizenSnips69 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robpattison6606
      @robpattison6606 3 года назад +5

      try watching Tommy Emmanuel lol

    • @fartlord3233
      @fartlord3233 3 года назад +7

      The breakup on the low end through that little amp is unreal.

  • @lesgoodrich1446
    @lesgoodrich1446 4 года назад +318

    As a writer, the line, "Well, papa should be in my place / to fry like bacon, hang like lace,"... is one of this phrases you hear and think, 'damn, i wish I'd written that!' '"

    • @lenamonroe2961
      @lenamonroe2961 4 года назад +4

      My favorite line in the song

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад +7

      Les Goodrich,
      If I had been good enough to write that I would be worried for my future. People who are that creative too often end up having very troubled lives. Maybe it's better to admire his genius than to have it ourselves.

    • @cherade99
      @cherade99 4 года назад +4

      As someone in the middle of writing my first album I can only hope to wring a few gems out like that!

    • @angelsoto4670
      @angelsoto4670 4 года назад +2

      Can someone explain? I'm somewhat troubled by not knowing

    • @cherylmiller6214
      @cherylmiller6214 4 года назад +7

      @@angelsoto4670 He is being executed, "Fry like bacon" the electric chair, "hang like lace" to be hanged.

  • @deanmcmahon2826
    @deanmcmahon2826 3 года назад +36

    It's a bit crazy but this bloke saved my life I was at a crossroads , this one tune, changed my mind. I am still here , and I love this song still. Peace love and happiness

    • @markrem6573
      @markrem6573 2 года назад +1

      Glad you are still with us. I was there, sometimes still am. Stay strong.

    • @fugginshuddup6204
      @fugginshuddup6204 2 года назад

      The juice is always worth the squeeze mate

  • @njam22
    @njam22 3 года назад +17

    This lives in my head rent free

  • @Ktktron
    @Ktktron 9 лет назад +151

    i can't stop watching this, oh my goodness. i'm just mesmerized

    • @tannerbananer5774
      @tannerbananer5774 7 лет назад +6

      Katie Kim that reaction is a major motivating factor for all musicians lol

    • @marksmod
      @marksmod 7 лет назад +3

      Satan

  • @fiendeng
    @fiendeng 8 лет назад +253

    Fuck me i love this jam !
    He should be so famous by now

  • @devinsmith5926
    @devinsmith5926 Год назад +19

    10 YEARS and still one of my favorite jams to throw on, still as surprised as i am excited to show someone this song for the first time.🔥

  • @Delta9Philosopher
    @Delta9Philosopher Год назад +13

    This song never needed anything more than this. Raw talent.

  • @placeholdername5559
    @placeholdername5559 7 лет назад +144

    Funny how upbeat this song sounds considering what it is about. A man about to face the electric chair isn't the first thing I'd think of upon hearing this song. Love it.

    • @dirtysheets3442
      @dirtysheets3442 5 лет назад +5

      PlaceholderName that’s what the blues is about

    • @Gongasoso
      @Gongasoso 4 года назад +3

      It had to be. The intrinsic moral in the enunciation subject is (ironically) shaky, so if the musicality was in any way dramatic it would jar the audience, because we wouldn't empathize easily with a man who murders children, whatever the reason behind it.
      Or at least, we shouldn't.

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад

      Gongasoso,
      Yeah, it always kinda' bothered me to listen to Jethro Tull sing "Aqualung".

    • @Gongasoso
      @Gongasoso 4 года назад

      @@ArcoZakus Yeah, but he juxtaposes it nicely. Some parts jar, but other parts show empathy. I quite like Aqualung

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад

      Gongasoso,
      Me, too -- except for the mental image created by the first eleven words.
      At least in that piece the mood of the music more closely resembles the lyrics, where this one has me tapping my toes to "... murdered her young ..." I'm often amazed by what songwriters do.

  • @emilywest6869
    @emilywest6869 8 лет назад +192

    This man and his music have carried me a long, long way farther than I would have ever gotten alone.

    • @mannya.h.967
      @mannya.h.967 8 лет назад +1

      You took the words right outta my mouth.

    • @JordynPepper
      @JordynPepper 7 лет назад +2

      she's he is awesome!

    • @kevinhoalcraft
      @kevinhoalcraft 7 лет назад +1

      Should be a good show tm

    • @stephenearly3972
      @stephenearly3972 7 лет назад +1

      Emily West god damn I love when people let music take this effect on them. Good for you

    • @louiedebono6122
      @louiedebono6122 6 лет назад +1

      Emily West you said it sister.. Not a day goes by that I ain't got Shakey blasting out my speakers

  • @dillon2469
    @dillon2469 3 года назад +121

    God I love happy sounding songs about murder.

    • @rabbimossberg
      @rabbimossberg 3 года назад +3

      'baby's home' by the lemonheads

    • @dillon2469
      @dillon2469 3 года назад +1

      @@rabbimossberg nice!
      Knoxville Girl - The Louvin Brothers

    • @WendyNeptune
      @WendyNeptune 2 года назад

      Yessss! My Bloody Valentine...it's emo, but great in it's spot on the time line of music.

    • @RecluseBootsy
      @RecluseBootsy 2 года назад

      Check out Colin Meloy's version of 'Please Stop Me'. 😉

    • @RecluseBootsy
      @RecluseBootsy 2 года назад +1

      Also Amigo The Devil's "Dahmer Does Hollywood"

  • @thecookofhappiness
    @thecookofhappiness 3 месяца назад +6

    Still one of my favorite songs/videos of all time 11 years later, I’ll see yall again at 21

  • @VaanBeast226
    @VaanBeast226 10 лет назад +62

    I don't even like this genre of music but this guy is great.

    • @paisleygirl6642
      @paisleygirl6642 10 лет назад +8

      I use to not either Travis but it seriously can grow on you. I came from Indiana and was raised around this and spent most of my life rejecting it. Now I am 58 years old, far away from Indiana and find myself searching for Real music with Soul and this definitely has some Soul to it :).

    • @VaanBeast226
      @VaanBeast226 10 лет назад +1

      Kathy Miller Since that comment I have come back numerous times to enjoy his songs over and over, I can appreciate all music genres and wish everyone else could too, he's got a lot of talent and a lot of emotion.

    • @paisleygirl6642
      @paisleygirl6642 10 лет назад +3

      I agree Travis, I think I'm kind of hooked also. I also love how he came up with his trade name. I bet him and his friends were a rowdy bunch to hang with.. :)

    • @Dude2012iffy
      @Dude2012iffy 10 лет назад

      What genre of music is this *****?

    • @kermitdafrog1189
      @kermitdafrog1189 10 лет назад

      MWFleming folk, towards country

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt 7 лет назад +1029

    Wish I just happened upon this guy rockin' out while I was out roaming around good ole Austin.

    • @malik_alharb
      @malik_alharb 7 лет назад +60

      you're the guy who taught me math a few years ago lol

    • @jacobhiller6731
      @jacobhiller6731 7 лет назад +21

      patrickJMT Crazy to see you on this side of RUclips, but man I graduate in December with a BSME and I can comfortably attribute some of that to your videos. Thank you.

    • @larqprod
      @larqprod 7 лет назад +4

      Funny that I should find you here

    • @patrickjmt
      @patrickjmt 7 лет назад +9

      whys that?:)

    • @patrickjmt
      @patrickjmt 7 лет назад +11

      my pleasure :) congrats!

  • @thatdude1044
    @thatdude1044 3 года назад +12

    whoooo weee that was a mighty fine a pickin and a singin.

    • @Elvenlord4
      @Elvenlord4 2 года назад

      Id pay 10 dollars for him to sing into a can.

  • @keemandikotravels
    @keemandikotravels 8 месяцев назад +5

    My friend PISTER DIED. but turned me on to you. Thanks. I took him and my Little Brother to their first Grateful Dead shows. He never got sober like we did. He's always with us and I treasure everything about that crazy kid❤

  • @FaZeZombieslayer
    @FaZeZombieslayer 7 лет назад +375

    Idk how this got in my reccomended but i love it!

    • @altfeltm
      @altfeltm 7 лет назад +4

      that's because they know everything about you:)

    • @randomdeathbringer
      @randomdeathbringer 7 лет назад +1

      FaZeZombieslayer for real though

    • @dirtroadd2390
      @dirtroadd2390 7 лет назад +5

      FaZeZombieslayer I think the elite few that know what true good music is ends up here at this nice lil rest stop of good music somehow, to enjoy this lil tune

    • @robertalderfer4474
      @robertalderfer4474 7 лет назад +1

      FaZeZombieslayer for real me too. don't know how but I can't get enough. earworm!

    • @pckrfan93
      @pckrfan93 7 лет назад +1

      Fucking Skynet . . .

  • @OfficialChrissums
    @OfficialChrissums 10 лет назад +239

    I feel like this is going to show up in a Tarantino film at some point.

  • @betsylawson5016
    @betsylawson5016 2 года назад +18

    OMG THANK YOU to the camera person/cinematography genius who made this music so intimate and public- for once, I wasn't wanting to see another angle or shot- or feel that I was missing out by not being there in person or seeing the wide shot. You were my eye- and where I would have hovered and focused for this song.

  • @johnmcho
    @johnmcho Год назад +3

    All these years and this is still one of the best ever algorithm recommendations.

  • @Jaffl3
    @Jaffl3 10 лет назад +18

    I hate myself for coming back here so often because eventually I'll be sick of listening to this. But it's so fucking good...

  • @bennett3449
    @bennett3449 9 лет назад +198

    I remember way back when this only had about 10,000 views. Glad he finally got some recognition

    • @brandonboy64
      @brandonboy64 8 лет назад +7

      same.

    • @andusgarza497
      @andusgarza497 8 лет назад +4

      When he made this video he was already famous. So you're really late on it

    • @Mmunchies
      @Mmunchies 8 лет назад +1

      +andus garza late july?

    • @mediumrick7667
      @mediumrick7667 8 лет назад +10

      +andus garza
      Wow! I thought Bennett was cool, but you're definitely cooler.

    • @aerenae
      @aerenae 8 лет назад +7

      +Bennett Ferguson And then you learn that it's just a group of about 100 people with multiple accounts that clicked the thumbs up button and watched the video thousands of times :P

  • @austinmark139
    @austinmark139 Год назад +7

    Saw him in a theater in Lawrence KS several years back. Capacity was a little over 1000 I think, like 40-50 people showed up. Lucky for us!!!!! He called everyone to the floor and hopped off the stage and played right there inside of a semicircle for everyone in the venue ❤

  • @JaJA-jw3on
    @JaJA-jw3on 2 года назад +16

    Thank you Shakey Graves. This was 9 years ago??? Adding this to the soundtrack of my life.

  • @ChaunceC84
    @ChaunceC84 4 года назад +46

    Sometimes, RUclips suggestions algorithms pull an absolute blinder

  • @kidboyman11
    @kidboyman11 4 года назад +214

    Part of me feels that I'm the drunk guy on acid at the campsite

    • @nugsymalone1247
      @nugsymalone1247 4 года назад +28

      Hey man its ok, at one point we were all that drunk guy on acid lol

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад +5

      Nugsy Malone,
      But, sadly, so few of us had anyone like Shakey around to capture the moment and take anything of value from it.

    • @nugsymalone1247
      @nugsymalone1247 4 года назад +2

      @@ArcoZakus Right? I can only imagine the book of stories of all the experiences

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад +2

      Nugsy Malone,
      If you can imagine it clearly enough and write it down cleverly, there might be a book or a movie to be made there.
      Oh, and for the record, after seeing and hearing of the effects of LSD on friends and relatives, I went nowhere near that stuff. Unfortunately, alcohol was another story. At least I saw the light there while relatively young and have kept a clear mind for more than the most recent half of my life.

    • @travisjohnston1167
      @travisjohnston1167 4 года назад +2

      I am that guy

  • @my_little_sanctuary3258
    @my_little_sanctuary3258 Год назад +13

    I've never heard of this very talented gentleman, Shakey Graves or his song before but I love his song and his sound. Much respect to you.

  • @christophercrowley6120
    @christophercrowley6120 4 года назад +18

    Shakey's level of talent has been overlooked so many times. What a true Texas talent. Really, really, really love this guy and everything he has put out...truly amazing!!

  • @sb7271
    @sb7271 4 года назад +47

    This is the most up beat song about an execution probably ever

  • @mikecreed22
    @mikecreed22 6 лет назад +43

    I just love how he lets the song breathe at times, letting you catch your breath and then straight back into it. Brilliant and hella foot tappy and catchy.

  • @centralscrutinizer9591
    @centralscrutinizer9591 3 года назад +14

    11 out of 10......... I can't get enough of this song.

  • @Joshee365
    @Joshee365 Год назад +9

    Listening 10 years after listening to it, this is gold, I hope you're still writing good tunes bud! You have a talent

  • @ghostryder18
    @ghostryder18 7 лет назад +105

    saw him with city and colour and I was blown away. hooked ever since.

    • @chynnhowe
      @chynnhowe 7 лет назад +2

      Me too just saw him yesterday in Franklin TN

    • @ghostryder18
      @ghostryder18 7 лет назад

      Cheyanne Howe right on!

    • @liambrydon2432
      @liambrydon2432 7 лет назад +9

      I'm so sorry you had to see city and colour. Nobody should have to experience that.

    • @ghostryder18
      @ghostryder18 7 лет назад +1

      Liam Brydon lol

    • @boborris1317
      @boborris1317 5 лет назад +1

      Liam Brydon lol wtf is wrong with city and colour?!

  • @AmericanMadeAdventures
    @AmericanMadeAdventures 4 года назад +12

    When life really hurts this young man, his music is going to be legendary. What a brilliant star.

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад

      Kaw Rider,
      It surely must have by now. This video is from seven years ago.

  • @murderotica724
    @murderotica724 3 года назад +8

    Ok,I guess im gonna watch this everyday from here on out

  • @dpaton2010
    @dpaton2010 3 года назад +8

    Shakey puts on one of the best live shows I've ever seen in my LIFE!

  • @PW.1993
    @PW.1993 10 лет назад +150

    Wow. There is a 75 year old black man from the mississippi delta in that mans body. Absolutely perfect live performance. A new favorite

  • @kristiannicholson5893
    @kristiannicholson5893 4 года назад +109

    This is the best version, he changes the tempo in later performances and it loses the magic of this one IMO

    • @brandie1937
      @brandie1937 4 года назад +11

      I love the way he alternately slows the tempo down, then speeds it back up in other versions

  • @wyregrasser7540
    @wyregrasser7540 2 месяца назад +2

    Shakey is the "Bomb Diggity"...this dude and Tyler Childers got my ears right now. Kool dudes! 👴

  • @ryleyellis808
    @ryleyellis808 Год назад +3

    Jesus I've been listening to this for ten years?! Can't complain

  • @indiequas
    @indiequas 8 лет назад +192

    only song I will ever tune my guitar out of standard to play.

    • @henriknilsson4222
      @henriknilsson4222 8 лет назад

      +Landon Wolf Hahaha That was a good one.

    • @alexwells3660
      @alexwells3660 8 лет назад

      what tune is his guitar in

    • @indiequas
      @indiequas 8 лет назад +14

      +Alex Wells DADF#AD same tuning tallest man on earth plays in. basically everything sounds good with the tuning. you can't really mess up. I let it slide with this because he has the bass and tambourine to play

    • @indiequas
      @indiequas 8 лет назад

      +Alex Wells Google that. someone got pretty damn close.

    • @laxlax25
      @laxlax25 8 лет назад +6

      Sounds like you need more Neil Young in your life...

  • @cartersmith6051
    @cartersmith6051 9 лет назад +28

    I love Art and Lutherie guitars they're cheap, they sound amazing, and they're beautiful

    • @toddgayeff7410
      @toddgayeff7410 5 лет назад

      had me an art and lutherie, and seagulls, both are amazing guitars!!!!!

  • @ryanpayne6215
    @ryanpayne6215 2 года назад +5

    Listen to this song about twice a year! Love it! This young man deserves to be wealthy and happy! Talented to no end!

  • @iammfkn5338
    @iammfkn5338 2 года назад +2

    This man’s music is my spirit animal, i think. It’s like he has written my life. I married her that same gold digger in Chapel Hill.

  • @jmantonya
    @jmantonya 9 лет назад +37

    I have basically given up all other music since finding Shakey Graves. CANNOT. STOP. LISTENING!!!!!! This man could rules the world through his music if he wanted to. He is on fire (fans self).

  • @lazyjazzman3218
    @lazyjazzman3218 5 лет назад +24

    Shakey please release this version of the song it's so much better than the other version

  • @VivaRevolucionDGS
    @VivaRevolucionDGS 3 года назад +7

    I would take 25% of this man's musical talent and still be a damn good musician. That's the level he's at.

    • @julianwolf9770
      @julianwolf9770 3 года назад

      What if you only received 24% of his musical talent?

  • @maddy_7607
    @maddy_7607 3 месяца назад +2

    This song is so amazing ❤

  • @tommynordquist3587
    @tommynordquist3587 9 лет назад +6

    Shakey graves is taking over my life!

  • @Herman013093
    @Herman013093 5 лет назад +39

    This song just has that something that makes you fall in love with it....the story....the beat....pure raw talent

  • @FrankBayer-nh4ce
    @FrankBayer-nh4ce 3 месяца назад +2

    You got me by your first song. Thanks man

  • @jonathanbatzios6252
    @jonathanbatzios6252 8 лет назад +47

    Hah. Back when he used to sit on the kick drum. *wipes away single tear*

  • @dylannmarie
    @dylannmarie 10 лет назад +15

    I can't explain how much I feel when listening to him play.

  • @liverpoolname7035
    @liverpoolname7035 4 года назад +7

    His guitar playing at the beginning is so captivating he doesnt even need to sing...

  • @jakezingerman461
    @jakezingerman461 3 года назад +17

    They need to take this recording and put it on Spotify.

  • @user-ni7ui7hs8c
    @user-ni7ui7hs8c 7 лет назад +1276

    Oh yeah, Gold digger took my money,
    Dipped my heart and hands in honey.
    Oh, snake lady stole my savings,
    Told gold digger she was having my babies.
    Well, gold digger swung,
    Snake lady fell.
    Yeah, took gold digger up to Chapel Hill.
    I married her fast;
    Murdered her young.
    Took my money back and made my run.
    Well, Bus driver,
    All in red,
    Go pull this bus over and end up dead.
    Go drive this bus down to Mexico,
    Park it on the cliff where that good grass grows
    Until a chopper came along
    One sunny day,
    To burn my crops,
    Lock me away.
    Girl, I'm eager,
    Young,
    And qualified.
    Got a date with that chair, oh,
    In late July.
    My momma,
    Old and grey,
    Sittin' at her home,
    Just a-weepin' away.
    Her only boy,
    Washed down the drain.
    Gonna take her son and lock him away.
    Well, momma should be
    Proud of me.
    I lived like a man,
    Oh, I'll die like a king.
    Cause I'm eager, young, and qualified.
    Got a date with that chair, oh in late July.
    My pappy
    Be old and fat,
    Chewin' his cigars with his hair slicked back.
    Roll him over,
    Beat him black,
    Say it's from that boy he never had.
    Well, Papa should be in my place
    To fry like bacon,
    Hang like lace.
    Cause I'm eager, young, and qualified.
    Got a date with that chair, oh in late July.
    Big Betty,
    Oh, my old squeeze.
    Kissed you so good you go weak in the knees.
    Come to see your old man pop,
    I wanna have you there when my big heart stops.
    Don't you worry,
    Don't you fret.
    I won't die with no regrets.
    Because I'm eager,
    Young,
    And qualified.
    Yeah, I'm eager,
    Young,
    And starry-eyed.
    Oh, the big leagues call
    And I reply,
    "I got a date with that chair, oh,
    In late July.

    • @bradkinder2872
      @bradkinder2872 7 лет назад +4

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    • @l.muller2569
      @l.muller2569 7 лет назад +3

      000 001 00012000 000 001 0 Thanks :)

    • @ajeje1996
      @ajeje1996 7 лет назад +35

      God's work friendo

    • @avesgreen
      @avesgreen 7 лет назад +14

      000 001 00012000 000 001 0 thank you sir

    • @user-ye8nx8jv1q
      @user-ye8nx8jv1q 7 лет назад +4

      000 001 00012000 000 001 0 thank you, friend
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  • @superstacker3357
    @superstacker3357 5 лет назад +1125

    Too talented to ever make it in the music industry.

    • @TrevorJrHotkiss11
      @TrevorJrHotkiss11 4 года назад +165

      But he's eager, young, and qualified...

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад +27

      Trevor Hotchkiss,
      At least he was in late July of 2012 when this video was posted. Not sure if all three of three traits have persisted through the last seven+ years. Hope so.

    • @oddjob4212
      @oddjob4212 4 года назад +6

      @@TrevorJrHotkiss11 nice.

    • @spencermunson7413
      @spencermunson7413 4 года назад +9

      ... has he not made it?

    • @bryanthussung7681
      @bryanthussung7681 4 года назад +42

      He’s already made it.

  • @MrXboxerray
    @MrXboxerray Год назад +2

    Watched this 1st time....10 years ago. Will continue until i die. Thank you

    • @MrXboxerray
      @MrXboxerray Год назад +1

      I've decided to comment on my comment every time i come. It's been 3 months since my last visit. Too long.

    • @MrXboxerray
      @MrXboxerray Год назад +1

      Back again

  • @ElectusAnimus
    @ElectusAnimus Год назад +2

    I randomly came across this song in 2018. Best accident ever

    • @garymcfee447
      @garymcfee447 Год назад

      Came here for the first time since. Cheers to the memories of an excellent song

  • @jacindabezaldo5714
    @jacindabezaldo5714 9 лет назад +12

    I've got a huge crush on this guy, I swear.

    • @Bunnybunbun82
      @Bunnybunbun82 6 лет назад +1

      Jacinda Bezaldo he's super hot. It can't be helped! I like him best with like a two day beard

  • @ingridrodriguez6796
    @ingridrodriguez6796 9 лет назад +8

    When he started singing that first line I immediately knew I was going to like him.

  • @morganguffey7534
    @morganguffey7534 Месяц назад +11

    11 years later im still drunk

  • @GBayQueen93
    @GBayQueen93 Год назад +2

    Simply put- where’s this voice been my whole life until now?!

  • @cartershilts1738
    @cartershilts1738 9 лет назад +8

    I just met him 2 days ago at Summerfest. I had never really listened to him so I had no idea how big of a name he was in the music industry.. But he was so friendly and nice I thought "well geez this guy is too friendly to be famous!" Such a nice guy, friendlier than you could imagine, and witty too, he blew an amp and played it off so well, said "alright nows the men in black moment *makes neuralyzer (thingy that makes people forget) with fingers* .. Hi I'm Shakey Graves!*. And he's also very very smart

  • @DARKROASTS
    @DARKROASTS 4 года назад +163

    the 3.8k people who disliked this song have a date with that same chair in late July

    • @mrfrickboy6704
      @mrfrickboy6704 4 года назад +7

      # 9 they are the true droopy wieners

    • @ArcoZakus
      @ArcoZakus 4 года назад +4

      Dallas Albers,
      I'm normally bored by outrage over how many people have disliked a video, or discussions of who they might be or what is wrong with them or should happen to them just because their taste differs, but your comment made me chuckle under my breath. ("LOL" is SO overused.) Then I thought about it a while and LOL. That was good.

    • @easelove
      @easelove 3 года назад +1

      #rip from august

  • @leepeters4957
    @leepeters4957 2 года назад +2

    This was a moment in this mans life that will be cemented in the experience of thousands... Jams baby.... Jams....

  • @JamesSmith-uz8el
    @JamesSmith-uz8el 3 месяца назад +2

    Been there done seen it in a good old Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 forest 🌳 best night ever 🤩🍄🍄🍻

  • @andrewh7345
    @andrewh7345 10 лет назад +8

    This is exactly the type of music I've been looking for. So damn good.

    • @MrSimba51
      @MrSimba51 10 лет назад

      Snap bro, he's most certainly something different

    • @kslat6998
      @kslat6998 Год назад

      what are y’all up to 8 years later