Ridin' down highway 46 on my Harley with this song goin' thru my head.... NOTHING BETTER! But also Okie from Muskogee as I lived in Oklahoma for 20 yrs. I love this song!!!
I've been to Bakersfield many times... I love it there! If I could get out of OKC and get there, I would. And I get the best of Mearle from both sides... lol. Wish I was in Bakersfield tonight!
Wow, Kenneth, what an eagle eye! Since the footage wasn't of Ralph, we purposely didn’t show Tom’s face because of that and tried to focus on the pedal steel being played.
Cooley suspected his second wife, Ella Mae Cooley (née Evans), 38, who had been a singer in his band before they married 15 years earlier, of repeatedly being unfaithful. In March 1961, she told a friend she had had an affair with Roy Rogers in 1952 or 1953.[1][19] She soon asked Cooley, who had had many of his own affairs, for a divorce. On March 23, Spade Cooley filed for divorce, citing "incompatibility" and seeking custody of their three children, Melody, Donnell Jr. and John.[20] On April 26, 1961, Cooley was indicted by a Kern County grand jury for the murder of his wife on April 3 at the couple's Willow Springs ranch home. Cooley's then 14-year-old daughter, Melody, recounted to the jury how she was forced by her father to watch in terror as her father beat her mother's head against the floor, stomped on her stomach, then crushed a lit cigarette against her skin to see whether she was dead.[21] Cooley claimed his wife had been injured by falling in the shower. He was defended by attorney P. Basil Lambros[22] in what was the longest case in county history at the time, and was convicted of first-degree murder by a Kern County jury on August 21, 1961 after unexpectedly withdrawing an insanity plea. He was spared death in the gas chamber and sentenced to life in prison.[23]
![Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae [Audio]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dBh3sl3vAa8/mqdefault.jpg)
Transported from a rain soaked Ireland to Highway 46 by this wonderful song and video. Tom Russel just keeps getting better and better.
Tom can sing and play, but by jesus he sure can write too! Big fan Tom, from goose bay Labrador.
Thank you Tom. Great song.
What a beautiful song. Makes me cry almost every time just because it is so good.
Ridin' down highway 46 on my Harley with this song goin' thru my head.... NOTHING BETTER! But also Okie from Muskogee as I lived in Oklahoma for 20 yrs. I love this song!!!
A great video to another wonderful Tom Russell song.
Beautiful song.
An ode to some of
Tom Russell's inspiration.
Tom -- Killer song, killer video. Plus footage of the only harp in western swing and Joaquin Murphy on steel!
This promotional video is AMAZING. 💜♥️ We love it!!! And we love this song so very very much. What a cool video!!! What a cool song!!!
nice work Tom, it just gets better n' better.
Great great song.
I wish I was in Bakersfield
Have you ever actually BEEN to Bakersfield? lol
@@chuckbump5386 what do you care if I actually been to Bakersfield or not? I was just singin' a line of the song
I've been to Bakersfield many times... I love it there! If I could get out of OKC and get there, I would. And I get the best of Mearle from both sides... lol. Wish I was in Bakersfield tonight!
Love it ...............
Phenomenal song and video. I do think that the video shows Tom Brumley playing steel when Ralph Mooney was mentioned. My only nitpick.
Wow, Kenneth, what an eagle eye! Since the footage wasn't of Ralph, we purposely didn’t show Tom’s face because of that and tried to focus on the pedal steel being played.
Tom does it yet again. Anyone know who ______Cooley is?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_Cooley
Thanks
who is the female voice accompanying Tom on this?
Eliza Gilkyson
Frontera Records thanks wonderful voices harmonizing as always another great song from Tom. When will you be back in St. Louis area?
Don’t like this song ? You have no heart , and no ears!!
Cooley suspected his second wife, Ella Mae Cooley (née Evans), 38, who had been a singer in his band before they married 15 years earlier, of repeatedly being unfaithful. In March 1961, she told a friend she had had an affair with Roy Rogers in 1952 or 1953.[1][19] She soon asked Cooley, who had had many of his own affairs, for a divorce. On March 23, Spade Cooley filed for divorce, citing "incompatibility" and seeking custody of their three children, Melody, Donnell Jr. and John.[20]
On April 26, 1961, Cooley was indicted by a Kern County grand jury for the murder of his wife on April 3 at the couple's Willow Springs ranch home. Cooley's then 14-year-old daughter, Melody, recounted to the jury how she was forced by her father to watch in terror as her father beat her mother's head against the floor, stomped on her stomach, then crushed a lit cigarette against her skin to see whether she was dead.[21] Cooley claimed his wife had been injured by falling in the shower.
He was defended by attorney P. Basil Lambros[22] in what was the longest case in county history at the time, and was convicted of first-degree murder by a Kern County jury on August 21, 1961 after unexpectedly withdrawing an insanity plea. He was spared death in the gas chamber and sentenced to life in prison.[23]