My lullaby... No joke, my dad would sing this all the time. Miss that man, but my baby girl is in London and she shared this song with her group. Proud moment.
I wish Texans weren't such egomaniacs. ;) Bill, I've been all over the country and seen a whole mess of the world. Texas is great. But it's not as if the rest of the country is crap and we don't love the US. I'm tired of this attitude. Texas, it's just another state. The other 49 are pretty cool too.
What a blast from the past! This was unofficially our anthem of US drilling crews working on oil & gas rigs in the North Sea in the 80's. We usually drove the British crews crazy by us singing it pretty much non stop the last few days till crew change! And we could start a roughneck ruckus in the pubs singing it !
The greatest Texas cosmic cowboy song ever!!!!!!!! Gary P Nunn, Jerry Jeff , Lost gonzos, thats like Waylon, Willie , Asleep at the Wheel , Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb!!! now thats Texas style country..when country was ugly, not all GQ..lol
I gotta move to L.A. so you know I'm going to miss Texas. Then, God willing, we are retiring in London. I already miss Texas. I will always visit Texas as long as I can walk to get on a plane.
I love Texas, born in upstate new York but spent a lot of time in west Texas in the military , I want to go home with the armadillo, friendliest people and the prettiest woman I've ever seen.....
Yes, sir - Agreed. Just saw Gary P perform at Gruene hall this past weekend and he gave many nods to his old buddy Jackie Jack. It was a soul cleansing show.
I just saw Gary P. Nunn last Saturday night in Hamilton, Texas(pop2800). Small venue but big music. Open air on the town square. He's now age 77 and kicking it harder than ever!
Gary P. Nunn and of course, JJ Walker,' Time has neither diminished nor tarnished this song. Pure Freaking Genius. Both of ya. Thank you for posting this song.
Your great and i love your song but gee i really miss Mr JJW. Saw you guys in Melbourne roughly about 40 years ago., Really sad that Australia missed that concert in Melbourne . Only about 200 people there. Fuck me you guys were the most electric band i ever ever had the privilege to see. We may have been present BUT you guys were in your own world just played for your selves.. So into your zones . What a privalige it was to the 200 or so people present. In love wth JJW before we left the concert. Would have left my husband that night for him. Miss him and you guys so much.
Texas expat here. I do not miss the endless sprawl of Houston and Dallas Ft. Worth, but I often go back to the Hill Country and the endless South Texas Beaches. When I miss Texas, I sing this song and Patsy Cline.
Grew up in same town as Gary. Got in a fight with his brother once. Saw Gary and Jerry play at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix long ago. Gary is 3-4 yr older than me. RIP Jerry Jeff. RIP Steve Nunn.
We ain't that bad in London, now, honest, heard this first in the 70s with Jerry Jeff Walker. And I would like to add the best holiday I ever had was New York then driving round the Deep South, greetings from London!
Came here because the wonderful Jerry Jeff Walker just passed away and I'm going through some of my favorites of his (including like here, where he didn't write the song). No, you're not that bad, in fact you live in a lovely country, and this is the most good-natured counter-needling they could've done. In the mid-70s the UK was more different from the US than it is now, and Texas was more different from much of the rest of the US than it is now. I lived in Oklahoma and had been in London and people were fascinated at someone from so "exotic" a location and the tone was "how can someone from such a primitive place even make it to here?" If you had thin skin it would have been annoying but we thought it was hysterical and occasionally put on an act (we'd learned to do that with New Yorkers). This song captured all of that and still pulls me back 45 years to my teenage years. Take care and stay safe!
Saw JJ and the Lost Gonzo Band in a little bar in N. Hollywood. Not sure of the date, late '70's, early "80's. After closing time with power off, they went acoustic 'til the cops came. Invited remaining fans to their hotel bar. 'Bout 20 of us went and they played adlib for another couple hours. Blew me away. I lived in Hawaii, and there's the best of performances there, but nothing before or since, could compare to that night in Hollywood (that's where the hotel was)!
Thank you for lifting my spirits, both Mr. Nunn and Mr. Walker. Wife in hospital, not well. You made me feel better, but that's the power of music, n'est pas?
I wanna go home with the armadillo to. I remember my dad used to play this song when i was little and now god rest his soul i play it today. i love you dad.
Jerry Jeff Walker's music takes me back to Texas when my sister lived there. The dive bars were something to remember. I never did get the hang of the two-step, though.
I now play only in a jam band; yet a group with an agenda and set lists. I stumbled upon this masterpiece maybe a year ago. Is there really a better sing-along tune to close out a night than Gary P.’s? And this live version is a national treasure. So glad JJW invited Gary P. to do it.
OMG... and so many times at the Armadillo in Austin and Luckenback too! And dance halls in Gruene and elsewhere in Central Texas in the early 70s! Them were the days...
I miss Texas SO much . People can say what they want , put us down and trash us - but I will always be proud that I grew up in Texas. Great memories that will never die..................
snottyxraygirl Fear not! You can always come home,every things the same(some transplants are weird)but mostly the same! We still don't take shi-! PS.From just about anyone!!
Have too many people lost the ability to have real fun and love of what their doing like musicians and music lovers getting off on the pleasure and fun of enjoying and doing what they love? Can’t hear this song without smiling , cheering, and wanting to join in ,
Pure Gonzo! Love ya Jerry Jeff and Gary P. We Texans really are unique. That's why people hate us. You don't like what you don't understand or you fear. God Bless from Baytown Texas
This is so true. I feel the same way. I was born here, am living & God willin' I'll die here. Did some travelin over the years,but there is no place on earth like ",Texas".
That's okay, it just shows there are much fewer of us that have taste and recognize talent. I've seen Jerry Jeff, Gary, Billy Joe Shaver, Delbert McClinton, etc etc....many many times in small personal venues with every seat filled by good people. If they were a huge arena type acts, I would have never have the memories I enjoy now. Some of life's greatest pleasures and treasures should be shared and enjoyed by a select few that understand and truly deserve it. You're blessed you are one of them
Greatest Texas country song ever wrote!!! Remember in Tenn. the cry about women leaving, and in Texas they tell them dont come back !!! Give me miles and miles of Texas!!!!
All I know we used to listen to Jerry up here in MN in the 70's. He gives us good memories. TX I am still pissed that you have our North Stars. Love the cowboys!
Gary P is a C&W genius. I saw him live in Austin at the Broken Spoke a couple of years ago and it was awesome. If you've ever spent a week or two in London in the winter time and are from Texas you can totally relate to this song. I spent a couple of weeks there around Christmas in 2004 and came to realize the true genius of this song! Why is Kid Rock making hit C&W songs while Gary P is relatively unknown? It's a sin.
We just got to Austin last night and this came up on my feed. lol. A few months ago when in Austin I ran into Jerry Jeff's son. Jerry Jeff had passed and both of us had some memories to share..... Thanks for the post.
amen! to all! I'm here in Tennessee, wishing I was back in Texas! For the 10th year we went to Willie's July 4 picnic, and back to Luckenbach, say what you will, Luckenbach is magical! It restores my soul every time! Go to the true home of the Armadillo, visit the Texas Hill Country, you'll leave 10 years younger and your faith in humanity will be restored!
Born and raised in the midwest, right out of school I moved to Oklahoma and then Texas. The friendliest people and the prettiest women? 100% true! I came back north almost 30 years ago and not a day goes by that I don't regret that move. And this damn song doesn't help matters either. I wanna go home too!
Another piece of my musical youth has gone to Terlingua in the sky....I wore huge grooves in Viva Terlinga..............what a record ...what an icon Jerry Jeff was to the so called "outlaw country" music scene....and to all us younguns who got to get drunk and screw :) Via Con Dios Maestre
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Growing up in the 70's, I always considered this song as a Texas national anthem...still do.
It's the theme song to Austin City Limts
My kind of country music!
My lullaby... No joke, my dad would sing this all the time. Miss that man, but my baby girl is in London and she shared this song with her group. Proud moment.
I wish people loved America, like texans love Texas💛
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I wish Texans weren't such egomaniacs. ;)
Bill, I've been all over the country and seen a whole mess of the world. Texas is great. But it's not as if the rest of the country is crap and we don't love the US. I'm tired of this attitude. Texas, it's just another state. The other 49 are pretty cool too.
Nice comment!
I don't live in Texas anymore. 😪
I am homesick for it everyday.
One of the happiest days of my life was the first time I saw Texas - in the rear view mirror.
Jerry has officially gone home with the armadillo.
Thanks for all the memories, Jerry.
Rest in peace, Mate.
He had a big waterfront home in Belize. They sold his CDs in kiosks,
RIP Jerry Jeff .......you made Texas proud. Godspeed my friend.
He's from New York...
@@BobPapadopoulos but lived most of his life in Texas so he's pretty much a texan
@@davidd9510 Hell, you don't have to be born in Texas or live there to love it.
@@philpearlman7088 amen!
@@BobPapadopoulos We adopted him.
How could anyone live anywhere but TEXAS? World's greatest musicians live in Texas, and so do I, for 31 years now. This song should be Texas' anthem.
What a blast from the past! This was unofficially our anthem of US drilling crews working on oil & gas rigs in the North Sea in the 80's. We usually drove the British crews crazy by us singing it pretty much non stop the last few days till crew change!
And we could start a roughneck ruckus in the pubs singing it !
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Tejas isTejas🎉
You cannot know how much joy this brought me tonight ❤
The greatest Texas cosmic cowboy song ever!!!!!!!! Gary P Nunn, Jerry Jeff , Lost gonzos, thats like Waylon, Willie , Asleep at the Wheel , Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb!!! now thats Texas style country..when country was ugly, not all GQ..lol
Rest in peace Jerry Jeff Walker. He finally went home with the armadillos. He left behind a lot of great music for us to enjoy. There you go.
You don't have to be from Texas to love this song!
I spent 4 years in Texas. No place like it. Still America there. Greatest musicians, prettiest women and finest people
Yes you make a good point in your comment, Hello how are you doing 💕👋👋👋
I have had great experiences in Texas. But I cannot understand why they vote in people like Ted Cruz and Abbott.
I don't care where you are or where you're from this song will make you homesick for Texas.
yup yup
I gotta move to L.A. so you know I'm going to miss Texas. Then, God willing, we are retiring in London. I already miss Texas. I will always visit Texas as long as I can walk to get on a plane.
Not if you DO NOT leave Texas
I love Texas, born in upstate new York but spent a lot of time in west Texas in the military , I want to go home with the armadillo, friendliest people and the prettiest woman I've ever seen.....
You are right about that!
I miss Jerry...but am thankful that Gary P is still with us.
Yes, sir - Agreed. Just saw Gary P perform at Gruene hall this past weekend and he gave many nods to his old buddy Jackie Jack. It was a soul cleansing show.
Yes!
Going to see him tonight in Plano 🤠
I just saw Gary P. Nunn last Saturday night in Hamilton, Texas(pop2800). Small venue but big music. Open air on the town square. He's now age 77 and kicking it harder than ever!
How can you not grin for this song? Gotta love a venue with a pool table in the middle.
This gives me chills down my back!!! I doesn't get much better than this.
JJ, Gary P, Cowboy Bob, and John Inmon captured magic in a bottle for a few years.
It hits ya where ya live, even if it's not in Texas
RIP Jerry Jeff.
Massachusetts ain’t gotta song like this. Texas Forever.
But JJW use to perform at the Harvard Square Theater quite frequently in the 70's and sing this song...he was from Upstate NY
I met Jerry Jeff Walker yesterday and told him that I was raised on his music. Will always remind me of my parents.
I'm sitting in my house in Pflugerville, Texas right now... and this song STILL made me home sick...
Rest in Peace Jerry Jeff Walker. You will be missed.
First time I saw Gary P was in 1974 or 75 in Hico TX. My freshman year at Tarleton State. Been a fan ever since.
Gary P. Nunn and of course, JJ Walker,' Time has neither diminished nor tarnished this song. Pure Freaking Genius. Both of ya.
Thank you for posting this song.
This should be the national anthem of Texas,long over due............
Wouldn’t it be kick ass to go back in time and be at that jam
The best performance of this song EVER!
this song is great, and so easy to relate to. Anyone any where can enjoy this.
And I'm a westcoast Canadian. JJW rules
Your great and i love your song but gee i really miss Mr JJW. Saw you guys in Melbourne roughly about 40 years ago., Really sad that Australia missed that concert in Melbourne . Only about 200 people there. Fuck me you guys were the most electric band i ever ever had the privilege to see. We may have been present BUT you guys were in your own world just played for your selves.. So into your zones . What a privalige it was to the 200 or so people present. In love wth JJW before we left the concert. Would have left my husband that night for him. Miss him and you guys so much.
Texas expat here. I do not miss the endless sprawl of Houston and Dallas Ft. Worth, but I often go back to the Hill Country and the endless South Texas Beaches. When I miss Texas, I sing this song and Patsy Cline.
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing JJ & band in Melbourne Australia in 1983. RIP Jerry Jeff you were the real deal..
This brings back so many GREAT memories. Texas Outlaw Music. Alas, nothing lasts forever.
Yes you make a good point in your comment, Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋👋
Our 70's hero of song!! RIP our Texas Troubadour
Nobody ever had as much fun as Jerry Jeff Walker!
I am Brazilian and I love the North American country .... Brazil also has country music quality! Hug ......
A BIG LONE STAR SALUTE TO YOU JERRY A TRUE GIFT TO TEXAS YOU WERE .RIP COWBOY..
Grew up in same town as Gary. Got in a fight with his brother once. Saw Gary and Jerry play at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix long ago. Gary is 3-4 yr older than me. RIP Jerry Jeff. RIP Steve Nunn.
Where have all cowboy singers songwriters gone? Thank God for RUclips for the memories of days gone by.
Home on the range I guess.
Great to see Gary again. His gift for self-deprecating humor lives.
Truly a wonderful classic. Did not get any better.
My god I love this song and every person on that stage!!
One of the best Country songs of the, 20th Century. A special thank you to Jerry Jeff Walker, for making it all possible.
2022. and it STILL doesn't get any better than this.
We ain't that bad in London, now, honest, heard this first in the 70s with Jerry Jeff Walker. And I would like to add the best holiday I ever had was New York then driving round the Deep South, greetings from London!
Came here because the wonderful Jerry Jeff Walker just passed away and I'm going through some of my favorites of his (including like here, where he didn't write the song).
No, you're not that bad, in fact you live in a lovely country, and this is the most good-natured counter-needling they could've done.
In the mid-70s the UK was more different from the US than it is now, and Texas was more different from much of the rest of the US than it is now. I lived in Oklahoma and had been in London and people were fascinated at someone from so "exotic" a location and the tone was "how can someone from such a primitive place even make it to here?" If you had thin skin it would have been annoying but we thought it was hysterical and occasionally put on an act (we'd learned to do that with New Yorkers). This song captured all of that and still pulls me back 45 years to my teenage years.
Take care and stay safe!
Ever heard England Swings?
An American classic.
Saw JJ and the Lost Gonzo Band in a little bar in N. Hollywood. Not sure of the date, late '70's, early "80's. After closing time with power off, they went acoustic 'til the cops came. Invited remaining fans to their hotel bar. 'Bout 20 of us went and they played adlib for another couple hours. Blew me away. I lived in Hawaii, and there's the best of performances there, but nothing before or since, could compare to that night in Hollywood (that's where the hotel was)!
I was at TCU and grew to love this song. Great tune. Jerry Jeff is such a good guy, too.
Thank you for lifting my spirits, both Mr. Nunn and Mr. Walker. Wife in hospital, not well. You made me feel better, but that's the power of music, n'est pas?
I wanna go home with the armadillo to. I remember my dad used to play this song when i was little and now god rest his soul i play it today. i love you dad.
RIP Jerry Jeff
Brilliant song !
Yes that truth,Hello how are you doing👋👋👋👋
it just don't get much better than this....thanks for posting
Gives me goosebumps. Takes me back.
God I love this song!
Yes you can say that for sure and I agree with you,Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋👋
"Happy" Energy combined with excellent musicianship. THEY FILL MY LIVING ROOM
My favorite tune. RIP JJW
Will always love Jerry Jeff Walker’s music! R.I.P.
Jerry Jeff Walker's music takes me back to Texas when my sister lived there. The dive bars were something to remember. I never did get the hang of the two-step, though.
One of my favorite songs from back in the day. Still a sing along song!!!
RIP Jerry Jeff! :(
This Song Really Makes Me Lonesome For That Ole Lone Star State
Gary P Nunn is the man.. just watched him do this live in Texas about 15 minutes ago
bob Awesome!!!!
I now play only in a jam band; yet a group with an agenda and set lists. I stumbled upon this masterpiece maybe a year ago. Is there really a better sing-along tune to close out a night than Gary P.’s? And this live version is a national treasure. So glad JJW invited Gary P. to do it.
OMG... and so many times at the Armadillo in Austin and Luckenback too! And dance halls in Gruene and elsewhere in Central Texas in the early 70s! Them were the days...
RIP, Jerry Jeff!! #Legend 😢
This could easily be the best song in the world
My favorite song to listen to when I'm away from home. I must have played it every day on my Iraq deployments.
I miss Texas SO much . People can say what they want , put us down and trash us - but I will always be proud that I grew up in Texas. Great memories that will never die..................
snottyxraygirl Fear not!
You can always come home,every things the same(some transplants are weird)but mostly the same!
We still don't take shi-!
PS.From just about anyone!!
I live in Ohio and spent a week in Kileen a couple of years ago. It was just terrific. The Texas people are polite, friendly and fun.
Gary Tucker Delta Moon
Unfortunately, Texas is changing, too...
Me: I blame it on the Republicans.
A State of Hate and that's coming from an Abilene boy.
I danced at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin and think about those by gone days when I hear this wonderful song.
Sam Hopkins Wasn’t the Armadillo World Headquarters the best!!!!
Rest In Peace jerry jeff.
God Bless Gary P Nunn and RIP Jerry Jeff Walker
Bout that I seen him in Nocadoches Texas, never experienced such wild respect for our fellow man. Thank you Sir.
What a great TEXAS classic !!!! My grandparents lived in Gladewater, Texas!
14 miles down the road,been here all my 64 years
64 years old, Texas PROUD!!!
One of my favourite songs..lived in Austin when it came out! Just about lived @ the Dillo
Have too many people lost the ability to have real fun and love of what their doing like musicians and music lovers getting off on the pleasure and fun of enjoying and doing what they love? Can’t hear this song without smiling , cheering, and wanting to join in
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Pure Gonzo! Love ya Jerry Jeff and Gary P. We Texans really are unique. That's why people hate us. You don't like what you don't understand or you fear. God Bless from Baytown Texas
This is so true. I feel the same way. I was born here, am living & God willin' I'll die here. Did some travelin over the years,but there is no place on earth like ",Texas".
My man JJW is from new York.....
THAT was worth the price of admission! Any Time!!!
Love Gary P.
I love this song. Period. Love it.
Yes I agree with you, Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋
My late husband grew up with Gary P. In Brownfield TX and his dad was one Floyd’s teachers!!!
That is a musical masterpiece. Thank you for sharing, sir.
I thank you kindly, Claude.
Did not know he had passed. One of my favorites. Rip.with resprect.
Rip Jerry Jeff!! 😭
That's okay, it just shows there are much fewer of us that have taste and recognize talent. I've seen Jerry Jeff, Gary, Billy Joe Shaver, Delbert McClinton, etc etc....many many times in small personal venues with every seat filled by good people. If they were a huge arena type acts, I would have never have the memories I enjoy now. Some of life's greatest pleasures and treasures should be shared and enjoyed by a select few that understand and truly deserve it. You're blessed you are one of them
Greatest Texas country song ever wrote!!! Remember in Tenn. the cry about women leaving, and in Texas they tell them dont come back !!! Give me miles and miles of Texas!!!!
Got baptized to this song in 74 in Tempe, AZ. at the Cave Bar. Good times.
This is one of my all time favorites... makes me think of my family in Texas but it also makes me sad that I am not in texas!!!
Hello Doreen how are you doing 💕👋👋👋
All I know we used to listen to Jerry up here in MN in the 70's. He gives us good memories. TX I am still pissed that you have our North Stars. Love the cowboys!
Yes you make a good point in your comment,Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋👋
Gary P is a C&W genius. I saw him live in Austin at the Broken Spoke a couple of years ago and it was awesome. If you've ever spent a week or two in London in the winter time and are from Texas you can totally relate to this song. I spent a couple of weeks there around Christmas in 2004 and came to realize the true genius of this song! Why is Kid Rock making hit C&W songs while Gary P is relatively unknown? It's a sin.
I’m not a fan of Kid Rock, I know what you mean.
Well said brother
one of my all time favourite tunes....Jackie Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!
There should be more of this. This is fun.
We just got to Austin last night and this came up on my feed. lol. A few months ago when in Austin I ran into Jerry Jeff's son. Jerry Jeff had passed and both of us had some memories to share..... Thanks for the post.
This reminds me of the jam sessions we played at the Golden Tee in the seventies for some reason. Love it
Late nightz out at the beach with my family n friends always end with this 😆🙌🏻 + up against the wall no one can leave without knowing every word 😂😂
amen! to all! I'm here in Tennessee, wishing I was back in Texas! For the 10th year we went to Willie's July 4 picnic, and back to Luckenbach, say what you will, Luckenbach is magical! It restores my soul every time! Go to the true home of the Armadillo, visit the Texas Hill Country, you'll leave 10 years younger and your faith in humanity will be restored!
Yes you make a good point in your comment,Hello Vivian how are you doing 👋👋👋👋
Born and raised in the midwest, right out of school I moved to Oklahoma and then Texas. The friendliest people and the prettiest women? 100% true! I came back north almost 30 years ago and not a day goes by that I don't regret that move. And this damn song doesn't help matters either. I wanna go home too!
Why does this song make me want to tear up? Beautiful song tho that's for sure... to be home in a texas bar!
RIP Jerry Jeff...God bless.
Another piece of my musical youth has gone to Terlingua in the sky....I wore huge grooves in Viva Terlinga..............what a record ...what an icon Jerry Jeff was to the so called "outlaw country" music scene....and to all us younguns who got to get drunk and screw :) Via Con Dios Maestre