James McMurtry "Choctaw Bingo" - Live in Europe

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @tcprodriver
    @tcprodriver 4 месяца назад +26

    The greatest run on sentence in the history of the English language!

    • @goofycarp
      @goofycarp Месяц назад

      Well, you know his dad is a novelist...and a damn good one, too !!

  • @CliffDHall69
    @CliffDHall69 4 года назад +7

    He co wrote the song with Ray Wylie Hubbard in the back of a mini van between shows. Ray Wylie told me this.

    • @kelliesalome1115
      @kelliesalome1115 3 года назад

      Ray lied to you.

    • @CliffDHall69
      @CliffDHall69 3 года назад

      @@kelliesalome1115 anything is possible. But I believe him.

    • @actualturtle2421
      @actualturtle2421 3 года назад +2

      I didn't realize Ray had a hand in this. His cover of it is pretty rad tho

  • @kbx4kim
    @kbx4kim 8 лет назад +2

    sounds like fun people.

  • @joshuadowling8778
    @joshuadowling8778 Год назад

    Gotdamn. That's Good shit. Roy Buchanan and JJ Cale.

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 8 месяцев назад

    Is there a copy of the lyrics around, besides the transcripts. This song reminds me of mid-60's Dylan.

  • @mark427ci
    @mark427ci 14 лет назад

    Hey Tiff ........how about this one

  • @jasonduncan6398
    @jasonduncan6398 4 года назад +2

    Club 69 burnt to the ground last night

  • @Kag870
    @Kag870 6 месяцев назад

    Teva Pharmaceutical Industries annual revenue for 2023 was $15.846B, a 6.17% increase from 2022. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries annual revenue for 2022 was $14.925B, a 6% decline from 2021. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries annual revenue for 2021 was $15.878B, a 4.69% decline from 2020.

  • @ernburn3738
    @ernburn3738 3 месяца назад +13

    Here is another guy that gets overlooked by all the critics... he's a great songwriter and gets down on that guitar of his. The guys in the band are very talented as well. If you get a chance to go see these guys, do so! 😊

  • @jwg0278
    @jwg0278 7 лет назад +69

    you know you are a Okie when this song makes perfect sense

    • @jtshutzhund6754
      @jtshutzhund6754 4 года назад +3

      And here I thought if you knew every place he mentions you were an Okie..and here I'm gonna break my rule and travel more than 50 miles east or west of Mudcreek..

    • @lurk7967
      @lurk7967 4 года назад +1

      @@jtshutzhund6754 I guess I'm just a weird Canadian then. Probably belong down there anyways

    • @timcornell8975
      @timcornell8975 3 года назад +2

      Folks from WV are laughing....

    • @mechcavandy986
      @mechcavandy986 3 года назад +2

      I’m a West Arkie. We tried but didn’t make it that far west. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @CliffDHall69
      @CliffDHall69 3 года назад +4

      Or if your from western AR. Or Arklahoma as some of us call it.

  • @hermanmunster714
    @hermanmunster714 4 месяца назад +4

    The state song for all the Red States in the Union.

  • @1111mjon
    @1111mjon 14 лет назад +31

    James isn't country, this is (Texas) AmericanA in it's purist form.
    He is unique and thats the biggest complement an artist can get.
    I can't get enough... well never tire of, McMurtry.

  • @stevethrendyle8406
    @stevethrendyle8406 11 лет назад +148

    Hands down, the greatest story song of all time. I'd have been thrilled to write a single stanza of this song.

    • @slimeylimey
      @slimeylimey 3 года назад +3

      Amen brother

    • @larryitsbloat995
      @larryitsbloat995 3 года назад +6

      I'm a poet and I play a mean harmonica. I'm also a writer of thriller novels. I humbly bow down to my superior storytellers. James McMurtry and his daddy are two of them.

    • @douglhill
      @douglhill 2 года назад +10

      Not sure where you are in the world but I'm right here in central Oklahoma and this song is Okie As Fuck.

    • @dougbratton9228
      @dougbratton9228 2 года назад +3

      Concur 100.

    • @mattzaske
      @mattzaske 2 года назад +8

      Arlo Guthrie wept when he heard this after thinking he'd told a purty good story about Alice and her restaurant...

  • @PFB1994
    @PFB1994 Год назад +24

    This has to be a true story, no way anyone could make up a story like this.

    • @joefrizell5868
      @joefrizell5868 Год назад +7

      Reminds me of my family except the names were changed to protect the guilty.

    • @thecathancegroup
      @thecathancegroup Год назад +3

      No one could make it up, but it makes you think of family relations. that's the genius of his song.

    • @c.j.swonger1650
      @c.j.swonger1650 2 месяца назад +2

      You have to be an Okie to understand, LOL

    • @markriley24
      @markriley24 Месяц назад +1

      A movie or mini series!

    • @whatever_it_takes6691
      @whatever_it_takes6691 18 дней назад

      It's basically a story he put together by looking out the bus window on his trips from Dallas to Missouri. Definitely brilliant but if you've ever traveled up and down Highway 69 through Oklahoma in the late 90s/early 2000s it all makes sense.

  • @stephengrout8201
    @stephengrout8201 4 года назад +40

    The incomparable James McMurtry, an American treasure.

    • @Mrbeahz1
      @Mrbeahz1 7 месяцев назад

      I was going to post that, an American Treasure!

    • @chefbrett2269
      @chefbrett2269 7 месяцев назад

      YEE YEE! Amen brother!

  • @jollyjoe9281
    @jollyjoe9281 6 лет назад +91

    I always tell tele-marketers that I don't own the house my Uncle Slayton does and he's waiting for me to default on his owner financing cause he knows I'm a slacker....I also tell them Uncle Slayton can't come to the phone because he's out in the backyard cooking meth...likes the money doesn't mind the smell...end of call...

    • @45422
      @45422 4 года назад +1

      Brilliant!

    • @CliffDHall69
      @CliffDHall69 4 года назад +2

      I'm guilty of similar actions.

    • @CliffDHall69
      @CliffDHall69 3 года назад

      I like the way you think

    • @larryitsbloat995
      @larryitsbloat995 3 года назад +2

      Uncle Slayton also loves his Asian bride.

    • @jeffriddle7227
      @jeffriddle7227 2 года назад +1

      That's absolutely fucking genius...

  • @michaelh5967
    @michaelh5967 4 года назад +56

    The first time I heard this song all I could think was "this should be an Emmy award winning HBO series"

    • @ericpeabody1555
      @ericpeabody1555 2 года назад +3

      Seriously. But maybe on FX or Hulu these days. Too bad his dad didn't do a treatment. he had the connections! Could have been "Lonesome Druggie" :)

  • @sylviequinn2117
    @sylviequinn2117 6 лет назад +70

    Just saw him open for Jason Isbell a few weeks ago, Can't believe he's been under my radar all these years. I've been binge listening since then and bought all his cds. Not a bad song among them.

    • @gscherer1969
      @gscherer1969 5 лет назад +5

      No he don't write bad ones

    • @iculus3333
      @iculus3333 5 лет назад +3

      Where’s you hide the body is one of the best albums cover to cover ever

    • @craigtrexler8156
      @craigtrexler8156 5 лет назад +2

      under your radar, you need to get out more!

    • @adriaticseaeyes
      @adriaticseaeyes 4 года назад +5

      He should NOT be opening for Isbell..damn that's a fucking crime

    • @ELCinDC
      @ELCinDC 3 года назад +2

      I wish I was with you, two years ago, before we were all wearing masks to prevent the plague, and binge listening Choctaw Bingo.

  • @paulharvey6423
    @paulharvey6423 8 лет назад +43

    Recorded at The Paradiso, Amsterdam in 2009, originally intended for a radio broadcast for Nps radio 6, I was the radio producer along with sound engineer Ronald Trijber on this particular session. FAB Channel tapped our audio feed and the record company issued this as a bonus DVD

    • @chuckrrose
      @chuckrrose 3 года назад +3

      Guitar n keys sound is great

    • @ericpeabody1555
      @ericpeabody1555 2 года назад +2

      Thank you for capturing this performance!!!

    • @paulharvey6423
      @paulharvey6423 2 года назад +1

      @@ericpeabody1555 thx Eric was a great session...the guy is such an innovative and image-laden songwriter

    • @jorm2528
      @jorm2528 Год назад +1

      And we all thank you.

  • @maryannbroadus880
    @maryannbroadus880 2 года назад +12

    First heard this on WEVL, an Indie FM station in Memphis; Damn !! Had to pull over into a convenience store pkg. lot to fully dig the lyrics, I was totally knocked out, now a fan for life...the keyboard dude on this is F'in Tight Tight Tight !! McMurtry for life...

    • @bobm916
      @bobm916 8 месяцев назад +1

      in the '70s yes 1970s, the best music being played was on the college stations. 5 years into FM radio (1972), the FM stations were forming playlists, the only way to hear up and coming bands was on the college stations. I was lucky to live in NJ outside NYC so, besides the vibrant live music scene, WSOU and WFMU and WFUV were free to play whatever they wanted, which led me to seeing Springsteen right after he released The Wild The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle where there were maybe 2000 people there.

  • @hemulik.8117
    @hemulik.8117 2 года назад +10

    Such incredible live performance.. and wow... what a story and what a fun jam this is.. I have no idea how many times I have watched this but it is more than 20... or 30... no counting.. this is just so brilliant and entertaining musicks :)

  • @jaimalfortner1746
    @jaimalfortner1746 6 лет назад +15

    This is America at this very moment. A big land with a lot of room for freedom of music and thought. Were Americans but not always the same. God bless this country.

  • @nathanhenfling3473
    @nathanhenfling3473 4 года назад +30

    This dude is hitting it on the head with his knowledge on the regions of this great country!

  • @mike67006700
    @mike67006700 9 лет назад +23

    James McMurtry and J.J Cale..........Two of the Greatest.

    • @thebourbonscene845
      @thebourbonscene845 4 месяца назад

      Agreed! Cale is such an underrated artist. He was a musicians musician

  • @paulelliott3220
    @paulelliott3220 10 лет назад +35

    He is a genius writer
    This song is awesome

    • @christopherliston2371
      @christopherliston2371 2 года назад +2

      Totally agree, runs in the Family his Old Man wrote Lonesome Dove.

    • @paulelliott3220
      @paulelliott3220 2 года назад +1

      @@christopherliston2371
      His Dad was an awesome writer - Lonesome Dove a stone cold classic and plenty of other great ones too
      James is releasing wonderful album after album too … that talent for writing falls very short from the tree sometimes

  • @timcornell8975
    @timcornell8975 3 года назад +25

    Only song EVER....to include a lyric about Badass Hebrews...✡🕶✊

    • @actualturtle2421
      @actualturtle2421 3 года назад +2

      Bc he's the only songwriterr brave enough to mention them by name lol

  • @hughdunnit3188
    @hughdunnit3188 10 лет назад +34

    James is the best thing performing presently....and this is his signature song....refreshing listening to somebody this good that;s smart...writes and performs his own stuff and plays a pretty damn good guitar....all that plus a social conscience What the hell else is there? I SAY!

    • @tekosinski
      @tekosinski 8 лет назад +1

      Live? You should hear the Subdudes live. Different groove, but just as straight forward.

    • @clinttaylor1596
      @clinttaylor1596 5 лет назад +1

      Ray Wylie Hubbard’s song

    • @clinttaylor1596
      @clinttaylor1596 5 лет назад +2

      Hugh Dunnit: He writes tons of songs. Hell, he even wrote a song for Robert Earl Keen, one of the best song writers ever, but did not write this one.
      If you like singer/song writers with a social conscious, check out: Hayes Carll, Robert Earl Keen, Cody Canada, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Steve Earl. James is great. I’m a huge fan of “Lights of Cheyenne” “We Can’t Make it Here Anymore” (talk about social conscious about the state of manufacturing in America...speaking of...we can’t even make Meth here anymore. Hah!)

    • @kelliesalome1115
      @kelliesalome1115 3 года назад +5

      @@clinttaylor1596 James absolutely did write Choctaw Bingo. RWH covered it, just like REK covered Levelland and Out Here in the Middle.

    • @kimandrew3095
      @kimandrew3095 3 года назад +1

      Listen to this tune live on a loop while I ride my bike.The guy is unique and talented.Come to LA someday

  • @homerenovationandrepairthe7954
    @homerenovationandrepairthe7954 Год назад +6

    Found this a year ago and am hooked. The guy is a genius in an Americana music world lacking this kind of wrtiting and performing!

  • @crs619
    @crs619 Год назад +2

    I’ve seen the Dead 100 times. Fuck, I saw Warren Zevon. I fucking love this song and it’s top ten in Texas shine don’t sell…. Bang those keys! ROSCO. But he didn’t quite… seriously the best song out of Texas since Stevie Ray Vaughan, and that’s one big ole pistol… made by badass Hebrews. We gonna have us a time. This should be the national anthem. Do some sister twisters till the cows come home. Have us a time.

  • @MrBuffalo1950
    @MrBuffalo1950 13 лет назад +15

    James is always a featured artist on KPIG here in Calif. Great stuff!!

    • @Jon-xl6hh
      @Jon-xl6hh Год назад +2

      first heard it on kpig, fecepost to fencepost

  • @MArnoldTN1
    @MArnoldTN1 3 года назад +5

    IAN! Miss my friend so much.

  • @PaulGumerman
    @PaulGumerman 14 лет назад +8

    Funniest song I've heard in a long time. Heard it on XM one day and couldn't quite believe my ears. ;)

  • @brianbenicase4993
    @brianbenicase4993 10 лет назад +29

    Bob Dylan meets Bo Diddley

    • @HipsterEatinShark
      @HipsterEatinShark 6 лет назад +5

      Will Rogers meets J.J. Cale

    • @sup393
      @sup393 5 лет назад +1

      @@HipsterEatinShark brilliant!

    • @denniscbrock
      @denniscbrock 4 года назад +1

      Burl Ives meets Tony Joe White

    • @maryannbroadus880
      @maryannbroadus880 2 года назад

      YES !!! great comment, man,....I love the Marxes too!!

  • @sheilaiam2
    @sheilaiam2 14 лет назад +11

    How do they remember all those words??? Fantastic!

    • @jcorkable
      @jcorkable 2 года назад +3

      I remember all the words, but to be fair I’ve probably listened to it more times than he’s played it live…

  • @downhill240
    @downhill240 12 лет назад +44

    I've been to most of the places he mentions in this song. He's highly under-rated. He'a one of my top-ten for sure.

    • @timcornell8975
      @timcornell8975 3 года назад +2

      Nah, brah. Highly respected among his peers. Underrated is over used. Just cause he isn't a household name doesn't mean he's underappreciated.

    • @kevinriser9266
      @kevinriser9266 2 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @poorthing
      @poorthing Год назад

      Stephen King has this on his top 10 sing list

  • @Michael9-23-15
    @Michael9-23-15 3 месяца назад +2

    These guys kick A$$. I just heard about them all from a friend today, and I can't wait to hear more of their work.

  • @Feedurehed
    @Feedurehed 11 лет назад +8

    Thank you James....he likes that money he dont mind the smell

  • @SteveRyan1965
    @SteveRyan1965 2 года назад +2

    What in tarnation did I just listen to? Had me dancin' with my dog all around the front room. We're second cousins, but I don't mind.

  • @shotgunone1
    @shotgunone1 4 года назад +10

    I've had the privilege of seeing him twice now in Charlotte Nc!! He's an amazing guitarist especially on the 12 string!!

    • @mariai9549
      @mariai9549 4 года назад

      Much better lyricist/songwriter than guitar player.

    • @Mrbeahz1
      @Mrbeahz1 7 месяцев назад

      @@mariai9549 As good a guitarist as he is a singer/songwriter.

  • @SH-dp5vz
    @SH-dp5vz 2 года назад +6

    Appreciate everything James puts out there...real talent comes easy for him...what a great song...

  • @nekkidslade
    @nekkidslade 11 лет назад +7

    for family dysfunction check out Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas from the Family" !!

  • @stewartmcdowall2285
    @stewartmcdowall2285 2 года назад +3

    Please note the man on the keys.......a fucking 60's legend!!!

  • @larryitsbloat995
    @larryitsbloat995 3 года назад +4

    An A-plus backup band. The backup singer is fun to watch, using both bass guitar and vocals. He nails them. Excellent lyrics and storytelling. Is James McMurtry a storyteller? Just like his daddy? Both are perfection on parade.

  • @aabb3340
    @aabb3340 5 лет назад +17

    This song is an anthem to a great culture. The drugs and incest parts are a little much but hell the whole scene is just reckless abandon. And this live version is awesome, so danceable. I love the lead guitar work. More extensive than in the studio version.

  • @jeffhummell8524
    @jeffhummell8524 10 лет назад +4

    "he cooks the meth cause the shine don't sell...he likes the $$$ & he shines foily well!!!" should've let it ferment a bit longer, then it would sell, not quites as good the $$$$ but what the hell...

  • @frickpoo6644
    @frickpoo6644 8 лет назад +8

    this just gets better the 3rd time listening to it'

  • @c.e.anderson558
    @c.e.anderson558 8 месяцев назад +2

    Someone once asked how he got so good at guitar and he said he never had money to pay a guitar player and he wasn't making much money so he had to learn himself
    He is GREAT on electric and acoustic, 12 string as well.

  • @MrUnclesean
    @MrUnclesean 3 месяца назад +2

    dudes all business

  • @merkmuir
    @merkmuir 4 года назад +5

    This song should in a museum -- an open air one.

  • @jerryw6699
    @jerryw6699 6 лет назад +6

    all the lines in this one kill me, today it's the part about the stop at the gunshop.

    • @overundersidewaysdown
      @overundersidewaysdown 2 года назад +2

      The one they stopped at, to buy a gun made by "badass Hebrews?"

  • @onionhat745
    @onionhat745 3 месяца назад +1

    It's a fun area if you like lakes and gambling.

  • @davenaslund643
    @davenaslund643 10 лет назад +9

    until you been to oklahoma, much less baxter springs you can, although somewhat, understand what JM is talkin' about
    As one of my better friends who grew up and went to college in Stillwater said-"The best thing about OK is seein' it in your rear view mirror goin' north or to Arkansas
    Going SW to Midland, Lubbock, or Odessa ain't no big bargain either
    Old Mexico beats em all
    What ever God, bless JM
    We gonna have us a time
    Na ahoo ee(chicken in Navajo)

    • @gordongreninger6109
      @gordongreninger6109 8 лет назад +1

      lol now thats no way to talk about baxter springs. ive met the sisters and hes right. to bad the "stones" sign is gone.

    • @epistte
      @epistte 6 лет назад

      Going from Oklahoma to Arkansas isn't a cure. I felt like I lost 15 years when I crossed the river from Nashville into Arkansas on I-40. Hot Springs and Little Rock aren't too bad but outside of those cities is a bit too rural for my taste.

    • @HipsterEatinShark
      @HipsterEatinShark 6 лет назад +1

      Born and raised there, and I get every reference. Haha.
      As for the rearview, I prefer to see it as I head West. Looking pretty rough last time I was there. (And being from Western OK, that's saying a lot: never did look "great").

    • @sethmahnken6278
      @sethmahnken6278 3 года назад

      Born and raised in Pittsburg KS

  • @tomnoonan3413
    @tomnoonan3413 5 часов назад

    Saw this live in OKC and powerful performance

  • @EugeneToth
    @EugeneToth 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing! Great musicians! Great story! James' guitar playing and voice are so unique.

  • @codynova
    @codynova 6 лет назад +21

    I'm from Baxter Springs and just learned of this song recently when reading the Baxter Springs wikipedia page. This makes me insanely nostalgic, totally reminds me of my family and home - what a great song. I lost it when he mentioned the Vinita McDonalds. I love Cherokee country.

    • @ryandatkinson
      @ryandatkinson 6 лет назад +6

      Northern Cherokee County childhood here. Just south of Pittsburg, but went to school in Columbus.
      I remember the first time I heard this song and catching the Vinita reference and then going crazy when he gave a shout-out to the old Romantic Delights sign.

    • @josephsmith7970
      @josephsmith7970 11 месяцев назад

      Is there a pair of Rolling Stones lips that burn all night really there, that everyone can see them?

  • @andrewreynolds3133
    @andrewreynolds3133 8 лет назад +8

    still pretty spry

  • @MichaelSeanHarrell
    @MichaelSeanHarrell 9 лет назад +7

    RIP Ian

  • @larryitsbloat995
    @larryitsbloat995 2 года назад +2

    The coolest makeup of a band, the damndest lyrics ever, and the heaviest backup singer you could ask for and get.

  • @whiskey6string
    @whiskey6string Год назад +1

    When I listen to this song, sondo my neighbors.

  • @BIGTXX77
    @BIGTXX77 6 лет назад +3

    "Great big ol hard on
    Like a Bois D'Arc fence post"

    • @stevethrendyle8406
      @stevethrendyle8406 3 месяца назад

      I thought he said "Bogart fence post, hahaha" -- he straddles a very fine line in this version (the song is half this length in the studio version). Incest? Hmmm... oh, right, SECOND cousins.

  • @lpadron13
    @lpadron13 3 года назад +1

    After Johnny beat the Devil with the fiddle the Devil went back home to hell, wrote this song and played it for Johnny. Johnny died.

  • @allenkennedy6748
    @allenkennedy6748 4 года назад +2

    Check out that guitar. He’s playing the discontinued(even at the time of this video) PRS Swamp Ash. Great tone. Go see him if you are able.

  • @JS-ti8ny
    @JS-ti8ny 4 месяца назад

    …and They’ll be coming down from Kansas
    ..And from West Arkansas…
    It’ll be one great big ol party..
    Like you never saw

  • @gotnomilk1
    @gotnomilk1 11 лет назад +3

    "We got justification for wealth, & greed, amber waves of grain, & bathtub speed"

  • @Polschinski
    @Polschinski 6 лет назад +3

    The most american song ever

  • @johneverett5788
    @johneverett5788 5 лет назад +3

    We're goin to Oklahoma

  • @thebourbonscene845
    @thebourbonscene845 4 месяца назад

    "Gonna sing this next song about the north texas southern Oklahoma crystal methamphetamine industry! "

  • @dillonyng207
    @dillonyng207 10 лет назад +3

    I saw James perform @ the downtown waterfront in Bangor, Maine. I wish McLagan was there, he was killin' it on the keyboard in this performance.

  • @kurtfoulke5130
    @kurtfoulke5130 3 года назад +2

    Gonna have us a time !
    Great song - killer band

  • @billheuglin9895
    @billheuglin9895 11 лет назад +2

    Cinema/editor/director/sound man, this is an awesome record of a perfromance. Great job. Oh yeah McMurtrey Band, good job. F-ing great tune!

  • @xhippy4682
    @xhippy4682 3 года назад +1

    I've been kicked out of club 69. True story.

  • @JC-ip4qp
    @JC-ip4qp 3 года назад +2

    That keyboard though!!!

  • @greenplanet3002
    @greenplanet3002 2 года назад

    I met his cousin Ruthann, and the other chic, then his other cousin came out with the meth....and I'm still there, but I'll go home soon

  • @calebkulfan2190
    @calebkulfan2190 3 года назад +2

    that audience is so well behaved lmao

  • @lookin4space
    @lookin4space 14 лет назад +3

    I'm not a big country fan, but I definitely like this band. This is one of my favorite songs. You should check out his other songs.

  • @dapete
    @dapete 6 лет назад +27

    This song needs to replace the national anthem

    • @dapete
      @dapete 6 лет назад +1

      ...in order to remove the anthem being played at every goddamned event.

    • @daveinindy
      @daveinindy 5 лет назад +6

      I'd settle for "we can't make it here anymore".

    • @ricmayhem968
      @ricmayhem968 4 года назад

      Damn straight.

    • @michaelh5967
      @michaelh5967 4 года назад

      Sounds like someone has been reading a certain Slate article...:)

    • @dapete
      @dapete 4 года назад

      @@michaelh5967 Pointer? My comment is 2 years old so if it's recent, I'd like to see it.

  • @jimmccullough5496
    @jimmccullough5496 2 месяца назад

    Great cover of the Ray Wylie Hubbard tune.

  • @poppatoot
    @poppatoot 7 лет назад +3

    He and his daddy - true artists...must be in their genes

    • @dire8straits
      @dire8straits 4 месяца назад

      The writing came from both his dad and mom. His mom started him on the guitar.

  • @jasonmassey9495
    @jasonmassey9495 6 лет назад +1

    well mr. armstrong this is what country music is supposed to sound like

  • @Bobbynich
    @Bobbynich 3 года назад +1

    Where was this recorded? My wife is French so I’d like to be able to tell her that her ppl show up for things like this, if possible lol. Thanks

  • @m.douglaswray2994
    @m.douglaswray2994 10 лет назад +9

    Wonderful performance! McLagan just KILLS IT on the keyboard. So sweet it's easy to listen but gets your blood bubbling. McMurtry's voice is superb.
    -
    In 2009, Live in Europe was released, capturing The McMurtry Band’s first European tour and extraordinary live set. Along with seasoned band members Ronnie Johnson, Daren Hess, and Tim Holt, the disc features special guests Ian McLagan and Jon Dee Graham. Also, for the first time ever, video of the James McMurtry Band’s live performance is available on the included DVD.

    • @Pactolus240
      @Pactolus240 10 лет назад +2

      Damn man. Gonna have us a time.
      Jay
      ******@****

  • @sherrysilva3193
    @sherrysilva3193 4 года назад +2

    This guy is GREAT. Reminds me of JJ Cale

    • @rizdog2
      @rizdog2 4 года назад

      Better chops, but yes.

  • @waltertalbert1408
    @waltertalbert1408 8 лет назад +2

    Badass....what more can be said.

  • @harveymccluskey3270
    @harveymccluskey3270 4 месяца назад

    Great song... For guitarists.... What tuning is he using?

  • @jeffhummell8524
    @jeffhummell8524 10 лет назад +2

    this song couldn't be more foreign to these Europeans... most have probably never been to southwest USA... the "guns" verse they don't have a clue... STILL KICKS ASS & well they Know the "splitting the twins" verse hehehe!!!

    • @habakuktibatong6756
      @habakuktibatong6756 10 лет назад +1

      guess, we're underestimated ....

    • @Bigwolfpappa
      @Bigwolfpappa 10 лет назад +5

      Don't mean to be hard on you man but he is singing about the Midwest and the Europeans know a lot more about America than you know about them

    • @habakuktibatong6756
      @habakuktibatong6756 10 лет назад

      Bigwolfpappa
      no prob .... actually i guess you're right with what you wrote :-)

    • @jerryw6699
      @jerryw6699 6 лет назад

      50 caliber made by badass hebrews

  • @timbushway5024
    @timbushway5024 9 лет назад +3

    James is the shit

  • @dickdewater80
    @dickdewater80 4 года назад +1

    I think James and Ray Wylie Hubbard are somehow related

  • @markriley24
    @markriley24 Месяц назад

    Why hasn’t this song been made into a movie?

  • @TheFlite29
    @TheFlite29 9 лет назад +1

    Musically this version is sooooo killer, but it bothers me how far back in the mix the band is behind the vocals. It's like they are doing all this great stuff and it's all in the background

  • @jeffriddle7227
    @jeffriddle7227 2 года назад +1

    That's sheer fucking genius...

  • @damamae950
    @damamae950 23 дня назад

    Love me some Choctaw James

  • @harper7509
    @harper7509 6 месяцев назад

    You're gonna give it back too

  • @boataxe4605
    @boataxe4605 5 лет назад +16

    Great song! Anyone else notice that the cadence of the lyrics is similar to The Beatles Come Together?

    • @denniscbrock
      @denniscbrock 4 года назад +1

      Somebody make a mash-up!

    • @KY.0009
      @KY.0009 4 года назад +6

      I FUCKING KNEW IT AND IM SO GLAD ITS NOT JUST ME

    • @hklinker
      @hklinker 3 года назад +1

      I did exactly notice this about half an hour ago on another version.

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 3 года назад +3

      @@BB-ltfc Yep! Like so much else it goes back to Chuck Berry.

    • @JamesThomas-zl9er
      @JamesThomas-zl9er 2 года назад +1

      First thing I said to my son when he played it to me 😂😂

  • @laurensutrecht
    @laurensutrecht 16 дней назад

    Genius. Really.

  • @daveinindy
    @daveinindy 5 лет назад +6

    Almost always my favorite show of the year. Loved seeing him in Texas when we lived there ... may have been my imagination - but he may have cracked a smile once or twice during the Texas shows (the Granada in Dallas was my favorite venue to seem 'em). He, Steve Earle, and Neil Young write great music, create great lyrics, and play great guitar. And you can see McMurtry and Earle twenty times for what it costs to catch one of ol' Neil's shows. I've seen them both about that many times. Have yet to catch Neil Young as my brain stops my fingers as I get close to clicking on "purchase now" on his ticketing website. Just can't fathom paying $300 per seat to see ANYONE - unless Lennon and Harrison came back to Earth and reunited with Paul and Ringo.

  • @terryb3388
    @terryb3388 Год назад

    Mark Twain would faint!

  • @richardjordan6718
    @richardjordan6718 Год назад

    Made by those badass Hebrews!

  • @justinnihiser8680
    @justinnihiser8680 3 года назад +1

    It's a great driving song.

  • @bryanschuler9097
    @bryanschuler9097 8 месяцев назад

    Here come ol' Flattop,,,

  • @skydog757
    @skydog757 5 месяцев назад

    Just discovered this guy this month and went to see him play in Ferndale, MI. Fantastic! I really love this song; there's something about his vocal delivery in this tune that reminds me of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me".