I just love Chris Scruggs. He could teach at Berklee. Or anywhere. Can you imagine what conversations on Marty Stuart's tour bus are like when they talk shop? Thanks for this grest interview. Such an education!
Jesus Christ, how can this dude be so young and not only have mastered several instruments but be on a PhD level as a country music historian. I mean how has he found enough hours in the day to amass the knowledge and skills that he displays? Truly a phenomenon.
For years every producer thought country had to have a stand up bass. Waylon finally said no and used an electric bass and turned it up. He wanted a beat.
A dear friend who whom I met in the mid-70's when I moved to Nashville played rhythm and sang back-up with Waylon over a decade. He played live on the road and on many his most successful records including Good Hearted Woman recorded from 1969-1971 then released in 1972. He wrote "I Knew You'd Be Leavin'" (Billy Ray Reynolds) on the Good Hearted Woman album amothers Waylon cut. Everone loved Bill Ray and he seemingly knew everybody in the music business in and around Nashville. BRR is greatly missed...
OMG that unmistakable Waylon THUMP (Drums & Bass) with Mooneys WORLD CLASS, Legendary Steel Guitar licks sprinkled on top and all around. Then the whole dynamic is completed with Waylons signature Telecaster sound, powerful emotional voice. THIS IS the absolute core of “Outlaw Country”.
Get as many interviews as possible with Chris Scruggs. His knowledge and insight of , not just country music, but all music genres needs to be preserved for future generations. This stuff should be in the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Great interview. Chris is the "premier Hillbilly Historian". --- Loved his Mom's, Gail Davies', music, and "Fabulous Superlatives" is the hottest Country Act goin'. --- I love how Fabulous Superlatives take an ol' Hillbilly Bluegrass song, and electrify it with double Telecasters. Both versions - fantastic, and different. Shows what you can do, without writing anything new.
I think among other things, it might have been the influence of The Band's record "The Weight" that brought the half-time beat to country music. That was a crossover record that had a lot of impact at the time.
Can we please kidnap Chris Scruggs, take him to an undisclosed location, and make him talk about country music for about a month before we release him? Although he wouldn't be down with the kidnap part, I don't think we'd have to make Chris talk country music. This dude lives and breathes it. What I like most about Chris is that he doesn't rely on platitudes and nostalgia when talking about great country players and their music. He explains WHY it sounds the way it does. What an education he's laying down, and it's a privilege to hear him talk. Along with the facts, Chris also communicates the joy and passion he has for the music. As far as I know, Chris has never written a book on his experiences and his thoughts on country music. But no joke, he really should do that. And not just one book, a whole series of books would be nice. What a treasure that would be. Chris, are you listening? 🤠
Beat Intro 101 - thank you Chris! He explained the influences & outcomes so clearly. I'll have my ears tuned to the beat next time I have a Waylon listening sit down- cheers Otis,
Thanks Otis. Again! Chris is great. Such a musical intellectual. In his playing and his interviews. And the stories he has in his memories of all of the greats. It’s in his genes and you know what I mean. Fantastic!
Marty and Chris play Waylon beats all the time. Marty wrote and recorded a song called "Little Heartbreaker" a couple albums ago and it's basically a re-write of Rainy Day Woman. Every time Marty get's to the end of "California Blues" he says "Anybody want to hear me yodel!?!?" and then everybody says yes and then he plays the yodel on his guitar. He got that from Waylon too.
Great interview- I like the way Chris explains the Waylon beat Rainy Day Woman is a great song. The steel guitar in the intro and in the solo puts a real chill up my spine.
Dude, the moment at the end where he starts talking about Moon's contribution to the Waylon sound; my brain immediately went to that deep ass groove on Rainy Day Woman
One reason I never advanced on the guitar like I could have is, I didn't (or wouldn't, basically) seek out those players better than me, where I could have really made a lot of headway; Chris is that guy - someone to inspire us to improve, and to break down in its simplest form HOW.
If you enjoyed this, check out Chris Scruggs episode on the Fender Play channel. Thanks to Mike Lord in a Reply to a Comment below for alerting me to that. It is jaw-droppingly good.
The Texas sound , just like the Bakersfield sound is so different and bring different emotions on the AMERICANA format and all those in between, all bring a different feel . Love them all. Now days the generic junk has zero emotions and have nothing but the same flat pop sound. Love ya Otis
Wow ! That was awesome. I felt the same way listening to Waylon. It must be a west Texas Thing. Listen to a guy like Sonny Curtis, it's that same sound. Cheers Chris & Otis !
Now I just got done saying that Merle was my favorite and he is. But on any given day I am just as likely to say the same thing about Waylon. I really love them both equally. Chris nails it right on the head. Truly great stuff. Thanks Chris and Otis
Awesome video, Otis. I was support for Chris back in 2005ish in St Louis when he was touring with is own quartet. The gig was at Off-Broadway. He was so intense back then. You can tell he's still the music nerd, but so much more chill. Such a cool dude. It's so great to hear that stuff about Buddy Holly. I never noticed his music going to the 7 like that. I always thought it was Steve Young who really brought that outlaw sound to life. Such great music. Keep em coming!
Music nerd analysis! Yeah! I saw Marty & Connie in 2015 and Chris was in the band, but not on the record. New guy. I know he's also got a thing for 60s pop rock. He was rocking a Rickenbacker bass at that gig if I remember. And a non-pedal steel. I love his country bands outside of Marty world. Seems he digs the pre-Hank era, 30s-early 40s stuff. The Acuff and Hank Snow era. I can only imagine him and Marty talking on the bus. THAT should be the music history podcast. I can see Chris at Berklee if he ever gives up the road.
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Merry Christmas dude. I'm saving this and a few of your other casts for a boxset type binge. BTW! Someone using your comments section to try scam me the other day, saying that I had won a something or other, so disappointed....keep'm comin. Slainte.
I lived in Lubbock. It is understandable that a stripped down sound came out of there. Not just a product of its time…. regional as well. Boring as shit in West Texas. I was a traveling salesman in the 80’s in West Texas. Really strange and yet awesome (in its own way). I wish I could study music with Chris as my teacher. Understanding how the drums played a huge part in developing (the sound). My favorite sound. I would love him to touch on the shift in the Mid to late 80s when country road gigs started to dry up in many parts of the country. Rock drumming took over and influenced the country sound as those drummers returned to country. I started listening to country on Texas radio in the 80s coming from a big City (New York) I didn’t dig the sound, really sounded like rock music with a country twangy singer. However Vince Gil, Brad Paisley, and the like were such great guitar players I found a way to enjoy it. However, then came the onset of the dreaded : name brand beer, pick-up trucks, girls in short era. Damn near ruined it for me, but apparently that is what the general public wanted…or was fed…. almost every song felt like you at the stock car races. I bowed out. Can you speak to that era and if my take is correct…the country drummers come back after playing rock and how it influenced the sound?
This guy know more about why i like the music than I do. Love hearing him break down the styles of country music
I just love Chris Scruggs. He could teach at Berklee. Or anywhere. Can you imagine what conversations on Marty Stuart's tour bus are like when they talk shop? Thanks for this grest interview. Such an education!
This guy needs his own show!
Chris Scruggs needs his own channel! Fascinating wealth of information! 👍😎👍
I don't know what you call Waylon's sound but I loved it, thank god I grew up listening to ole Way more!
Jesus Christ, how can this dude be so young and not only have mastered several instruments but be on a PhD level as a country music historian. I mean how has he found enough hours in the day to amass the knowledge and skills that he displays? Truly a phenomenon.
Chris is top shelf! 🥃
Man, this guy is so smart. Great communicator!
Just To Satisfy You puts me in mind what Chris is talking about.
For years every producer thought country had to have a stand up bass. Waylon finally said no and used an electric bass and turned it up. He wanted a beat.
A dear friend who whom I met in the mid-70's when I moved to Nashville played rhythm and sang back-up with Waylon over a decade. He played live on the road and on many his most successful records including Good Hearted Woman recorded from 1969-1971 then released in 1972. He wrote "I Knew You'd Be Leavin'" (Billy Ray Reynolds) on the Good Hearted Woman album amothers Waylon cut. Everone loved Bill Ray and he seemingly knew everybody in the music business in and around Nashville. BRR is greatly missed...
Just gonna state for the record that I love Connie Francis' music and her version of My Happiness is the only one I need.
Amen to that I think I'm gonna go fishing for about two months an live of the river it's ice an oiecefull
Chris broke that driving beat of Waylon's down perfectly.
Ol Waylons music gets many a truck driver on down the road 👍
OMG that unmistakable Waylon THUMP (Drums & Bass) with Mooneys WORLD CLASS, Legendary Steel Guitar licks sprinkled on top and all around.
Then the whole dynamic is completed with Waylons signature Telecaster sound, powerful emotional voice. THIS IS the absolute core of “Outlaw Country”.
Get as many interviews as possible with Chris Scruggs. His knowledge and insight of , not just country music, but all music genres needs to be preserved for future generations. This stuff should be in the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
There's a reason Marty calls him "The Professor". Another great bunch of stories.
Chris is a phenomenally talented musician. I'd love to hear more of him on the channel .
I definitely hear Buddys influence in Waylons music.
Great interview. Chris is the "premier Hillbilly Historian".
--- Loved his Mom's, Gail Davies', music, and "Fabulous Superlatives" is the hottest Country Act goin'.
--- I love how Fabulous Superlatives take an ol' Hillbilly Bluegrass song, and electrify it with double Telecasters. Both versions - fantastic, and different. Shows what you can do, without writing anything new.
Really wish Marty Stuart would let him do an occasional console steel solo he is a good player .
I think among other things, it might have been the influence of The Band's record "The Weight" that brought the half-time beat to country music. That was a crossover record that had a lot of impact at the time.
Can we please kidnap Chris Scruggs, take him to an undisclosed location, and make him talk about country music for about a month before we release him? Although he wouldn't be down with the kidnap part, I don't think we'd have to make Chris talk country music. This dude lives and breathes it. What I like most about Chris is that he doesn't rely on platitudes and nostalgia when talking about great country players and their music. He explains WHY it sounds the way it does. What an education he's laying down, and it's a privilege to hear him talk. Along with the facts, Chris also communicates the joy and passion he has for the music.
As far as I know, Chris has never written a book on his experiences and his thoughts on country music. But no joke, he really should do that. And not just one book, a whole series of books would be nice. What a treasure that would be. Chris, are you listening? 🤠
More Chris Scruggs please 💥
Beat Intro 101 - thank you Chris! He explained the influences & outcomes so clearly. I'll have my ears tuned to the beat next time I have a Waylon listening sit down- cheers Otis,
Chris Scruggs- musical eloquence- both on and off the stage!
Johnny Cash and Waylon were so similar, both had the excellent bass lines and and powerful vocals.
I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed Chris's interviews he is a wealth of country music knowledge. So refreshing.
Chris Scruggs is as Good as They Get!!! Extremely Talented!
Thanks Otis. Again! Chris is great. Such a musical intellectual. In his playing and his interviews. And the stories he has in his memories of all of the greats. It’s in his genes and you know what I mean. Fantastic!
Marty and Chris play Waylon beats all the time. Marty wrote and recorded a song called "Little Heartbreaker" a couple albums ago and it's basically a re-write of Rainy Day Woman. Every time Marty get's to the end of "California Blues" he says "Anybody want to hear me yodel!?!?" and then everybody says yes and then he plays the yodel on his guitar. He got that from Waylon too.
I loved Waylon with his style of his own!
Sooo good!
Chris should teach classes on this stuff. He verbalizes what a layman like me can hear in the music, but has no language for.
I couldn’t have said it better!
I'm here for ANY Chris Scruggs interviews! Great stuff!
Great interview- I like the way Chris explains the Waylon beat
Rainy Day Woman is a great song. The steel guitar in the intro and in the solo puts a real chill up my spine.
I could listen to your Waylon stories all day, every day
Dude, the moment at the end where he starts talking about Moon's contribution to the Waylon sound; my brain immediately went to that deep ass groove on Rainy Day Woman
Yall are crushing it! More Chris Scruggs interviews please.
One reason I never advanced on the guitar like I could have is, I didn't (or wouldn't, basically) seek out those players better than me, where I could have really made a lot of headway; Chris is that guy - someone to inspire us to improve, and to break down in its simplest form HOW.
Wow! Chris is such a fount of history and how to interpret it. I'm really enjoying these episodes, Otis, thankee kindly!
If you enjoyed this, check out Chris Scruggs episode on the Fender Play channel. Thanks to Mike Lord in a Reply to a Comment below for alerting me to that. It is jaw-droppingly good.
The Texas sound , just like the Bakersfield sound is so different and bring different emotions on the AMERICANA format and all those in between, all bring a different feel . Love them all. Now days the generic junk has zero emotions and have nothing but the same flat pop sound. Love ya Otis
Best description of what makes that Waylon sound that I've heard. I've always loved the Waylon beat, thats the outlaw sound to me.
I'd love to hear some Mooney stories. Chris is awesome to interview.
Wow ! That was awesome. I felt the same way listening to Waylon. It must be a west Texas Thing. Listen to a guy like Sonny Curtis, it's that same sound.
Cheers Chris & Otis !
What an interesting listen. Thanks Otis and Chris.
I could listen to Chris talk about music for days!
Now I just got done saying that Merle was my favorite and he is. But on any given day I am just as likely to say the same thing about Waylon. I really love them both equally. Chris nails it right on the head. Truly great stuff. Thanks Chris and Otis
Hell yes, Waylon's rhythm guitar bouncing off of Ralph's steel licks still makes me smile every time I hear it..... one more time Moon!
That put a smile on my face. Yes!
Chris is absolutely one of my favorite musicians.
Wow.. Chris is “The Professor!”
Thanks Otis I love Waylons music. I think Chris does a great job explaining!
You can thank Richie Albright for that beat. One of the greatest drummers in country music.
Absolutely.
Ritchie Albrright perfected the 'half beat'. It was the Waylon sound.
Awesome video, Otis. I was support for Chris back in 2005ish in St Louis when he was touring with is own quartet. The gig was at Off-Broadway. He was so intense back then. You can tell he's still the music nerd, but so much more chill. Such a cool dude.
It's so great to hear that stuff about Buddy Holly. I never noticed his music going to the 7 like that. I always thought it was Steve Young who really brought that outlaw sound to life. Such great music.
Keep em coming!
Between Vaughn and Scruggs you’ve really hit a couple home runs. Great stuff!
Superlative !
Chris is as good a story teller as he is a musician!!
This guy could talk about Milly Vanilli and make it interesting I am going to go hear him play I bet hes amazing thanks more of him OTIS PLEASE
Music nerd analysis! Yeah!
I saw Marty & Connie in 2015 and Chris was in the band, but not on the record. New guy. I know he's also got a thing for 60s pop rock. He was rocking a Rickenbacker bass at that gig if I remember. And a non-pedal steel.
I love his country bands outside of Marty world. Seems he digs the pre-Hank era, 30s-early 40s stuff. The Acuff and Hank Snow era.
I can only imagine him and Marty talking on the bus. THAT should be the music history podcast. I can see Chris at Berklee if he ever gives up the road.
Fantastic
More Chris Scruggs please!!
Chris Scruggs is such a great interview.
Amazing knowledge from Chris. Thank you both.
Thanks for this. So much good information and history. I can't get enough of this!!! Fantastic!!!
BREELIANT! The moment he went to half time I heard “Well it’s the same ol’ tune, fiddle and guitar…”
R. I. P
WAYLON 🎸🇨🇱 JENNINGS
Ralph Mooney
Chris is great at breaking down his nerdiness into something everyone can understand. Which is amazing from someone wearing a cravat
I love this. Thank you for another lesson.
Thank you Otis, Chris talking music was enlightening and inspirational for me-love it. I went right to my Strat and applied it. THANK YOU!
Gotta hear more of these. Thanks Otis!
I like this guy's energy.
Mr. Gibbs, You did it again brother. Thanks! Happy Days.
I was 8 years old when that song was recorded. I thought Connie Francis was the greatest! Still love her today.
Dude! This is great.
Kenny Vaughan says Scruggs is the best guitar player in the band. THAT is saying something.
Stellar episode, Mate...
I love that sound ...Its a good observation that country is influenced by pop and is pop, but influences run both ways I'd say
Great interview. Him and Kenny Vaughan have been great.
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Terrific!
That was great!
Chris is a national treasure.
Don't forget Chris was in the last version BR5-49 too did two records with them!
Waylon Jennings very much liked Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
Ralph Mooney played steel guitar for Buck Owen's before he went with Waylon .
He's right that "Well All Right" with that I-bVII change is very proto-Outlaw country.
Lets not forget that Hank also had some heavy blues influence as well.
Chris please write a book
Merry Christmas dude. I'm saving this and a few of your other casts for a boxset type binge.
BTW! Someone using your comments section to try scam me the other day, saying that I had won a something or other, so disappointed....keep'm comin. Slainte.
I lived in Lubbock. It is understandable that a stripped down sound came out of there. Not just a product of its time…. regional as well. Boring as shit in West Texas. I was a traveling salesman in the 80’s in West Texas. Really strange and yet awesome (in its own way). I wish I could study music with Chris as my teacher. Understanding how the drums played a huge part in developing (the sound). My favorite sound. I would love him to touch on the shift in the Mid to late 80s when country road gigs started to dry up in many parts of the country. Rock drumming took over and influenced the country sound as those drummers returned to country. I started listening to country on Texas radio in the 80s coming from a big City (New York) I didn’t dig the sound, really sounded like rock music with a country twangy singer. However Vince Gil, Brad Paisley, and the like were such great guitar players I found a way to enjoy it. However, then came the onset of the dreaded : name brand beer, pick-up trucks, girls in short era. Damn near ruined it for me, but apparently that is what the general public wanted…or was fed…. almost every song felt like you at the stock car races. I bowed out. Can you speak to that era and if my take is correct…the country drummers come back after playing rock and how it influenced the sound?
Waylon had some of the best covers of Buddy Holly!
I listened to Waylons audio book which he narrates himself. He talks a lot about Buddy Holly. Its an amazing book. Check it out if yoy haven't
'Pick it Moon!'...
Good grief Otis this guy is fantastic!
Four on the floor baby
Call me Oliver Twist cause I want some more!
Wow
This be me when I take a Vyvanse and someone asks me about waylon lmao
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Is he kin to the scruggs as in earl and randy
Chris is just the cat