Wayfaring Stranger - filmed in Red Dead Redemption 2 | The Longest Johns

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2023
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 is a superb and beautiful game, and we wanted to get closer to the action… so we put ourselves in it!! All footage (other than us) is captured in-game in our first foray into virtual production.
    We had an idea of how we wanted to film a video for Wayfaring Stranger a while back, and this seemed like a perfect way to capture it.
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  • @ColmRMcGuinness
    @ColmRMcGuinness Год назад +861

    This had NO RIGHT to go this hard!!!

  • @helmsplitter0233
    @helmsplitter0233 4 месяца назад +66

    When he says "i'm going home to meet my savior" hit so hard.

  • @allisonshaw9341
    @allisonshaw9341 6 месяцев назад +101

    Growing up in Tennessee, with family up in the Appalachians, I've heard this song all my life. Still haunting no matter how long a time.

  • @vincentholle9747
    @vincentholle9747 Месяц назад +16

    When my children are born I prepare by picking out a song and learning it to sing to them as a lullaby. My son Benjamin was born in January. His mama had some problems with bleeding so he spent the first two hours with me. This was the first song I sang to him that day. It was the song I sang to him as he took his last breath in May. I don’t know what led me to pick this song for him, other than it was beautiful and sad and bittersweet, just like my memories of him now.
    But you led me to this song, and now it’s his song. From the bottom of my heart: thank you.

    • @warriorgirl8507
      @warriorgirl8507 Месяц назад

      So sorry for your loss, hope you and your family are doing well. ❤ 🕊

    • @thanelewis8893
      @thanelewis8893 Месяц назад

      Can’t like the ending, but LOVE your commitment and love expressed. 😢

    • @strongfaith_underGodswill
      @strongfaith_underGodswill Месяц назад

      I'm sorry for your loss my condolences to you and your family and may the heavenly Father be with you and his mighty angel 🙏💖🙏

    • @daunaltromondo
      @daunaltromondo 27 дней назад

      You had me in tears. So sorry for your loss. YOur son is an angel in Paradise, as we say in Italy when a little kid passes away. 💔

  • @lostonessoul5154
    @lostonessoul5154 Год назад +305

    calling it now. Someone's gonna make a RDR and/or RDR2 video using this cover...and it's gonna be fantastic.

    • @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt
      @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt Год назад +5

      Very very possible lol. I just hope they do use The Longest Johns cover

    • @thatonetrashcan1681
      @thatonetrashcan1681 11 месяцев назад +2

      You have given me an idea

    • @lostonessoul5154
      @lostonessoul5154 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@thatonetrashcan1681 if I have then I say you strike the iron while it's hot.

    • @SiodogRehane
      @SiodogRehane 10 месяцев назад +2

      Pls, if anyone finds it put it here also :

    • @angelserenade
      @angelserenade 9 месяцев назад +3

      I will be bawling my eyes out when they cover "See the fire in your eyes"

  • @Brawnkers
    @Brawnkers Год назад +173

    This is my favourite cover of this song. Blasted it on repeat after buying the album. Love you guys!

    • @Handle35667
      @Handle35667 Год назад +2

      I guess you’ve never heard Johnny Cash.

    • @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt
      @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt Год назад +5

      @@Handle35667I have listened to both and can now confidently say I personally prefer The Longest Johns cover. Johnny Cash’s cover is good in its own ways though

    • @deijavoodoo366
      @deijavoodoo366 Год назад +5

      Damn! Wayfaring stranger is such an amazing song regardless who sings it. The best thing is, no matter who sings it, you can take away a different feeling from each version. Well done lads! Can't wait to see you live again

    • @chimmichungas
      @chimmichungas Год назад +1

      It's my 2nd favorite after Poor Man's Poison version

    • @RedMcCarl
      @RedMcCarl 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Handle35667 both are powerful and can bring me to tears but even I a huge Johnny Cash fan can honestly admit the longest johns is a bit better and more powerful

  • @tmkreh8635
    @tmkreh8635 10 месяцев назад +36

    This really isn't an easy song to totally nail, but this performance is off the chain. Haunting and soulful. Love it.

  • @thetwilightgamer
    @thetwilightgamer Год назад +87

    *LYRICS - Wayfaring Stranger - The Longest Johns (Jack White)*
    I am a poor wayfaring stranger,
    traveling through this world of woe.
    There is no sickness, toil or danger
    in that fair land to which I go…
    I'm goin' home to see my mother,
    I'm goin' home, no more to roam.
    I'm just goin' over Jordan,
    I'm just goin' over home.
    I know dark clouds will hover on me,
    I know my path is rough and steep…
    But golden fields lie out before me,
    where weary eyes no more shall weep…
    I'm goin' home to see my father,
    I'm goin' home, no more to roam.
    I'm just goin' over Jordan,
    I'm just goin' over home.
    I'll soon be free from every trial…
    This form shall rest beneath the sun.
    I'll drop the cross of self-denial,
    and enter in that home with God…
    I'm goin' home to meet my savior,
    I'm goin' home, no more to roam.
    I'm just goin' over Jordan,
    I'm just goin' over home.
    I'm goin' home to meet my savior,
    I'm goin' home, no more to roam.
    I'm just goin' over Jordan,
    I'm just goin' over home.

    • @duxdawg
      @duxdawg 6 месяцев назад +1

      THANK YOU!!!!

    • @rhondadowns3516
      @rhondadowns3516 6 месяцев назад +1

      Beautiful version of a wonderful song. Love it.

  • @KamikaziRainDrop
    @KamikaziRainDrop Год назад +57

    As someone trained as a southern gospel vocalist, and an avid gamer (RDR2 being one of my most played games), I love everything about this song and this video. Good job, dudes.

  • @ladybuglore
    @ladybuglore Год назад +22

    loooove the way JD and Robbie's voices sound together during that section with the two of them!! Robbie's voice on the high harmony is just... chef's kiss. a lovely blend

  • @alvpyrola
    @alvpyrola Год назад +368

    I'm a little bit sad that it's not Ashes, but I love Wayfaring Stranger too, so I'm still hyped.
    (but I'd be very, very happy if an Ashes video were to happen too at some point ;) )

    • @thelongestjohns
      @thelongestjohns  Год назад +214

      We have a great idea for it, but will be a challenging one to make. Will happen eventually though 🤞

    • @alvpyrola
      @alvpyrola Год назад +23

      @@thelongestjohns Knowing it's probably going to happen is very nice :) So thanks for that! Such a lovely song

    • @LongboatAline
      @LongboatAline Год назад +6

      @@thelongestjohns Really looking forward to it!

    • @murawski21
      @murawski21 Год назад +3

      Can’t wait
      I love ashes

    • @niqlast200
      @niqlast200 Год назад +4

      Ashes is my all time favorite song so I couldn't agree more, I love this song a lot. it is my current favorite that I havnt quite played to death yet. I will be sooper excited when the vid for ashes comes out cheers

  • @GeneralDelta072
    @GeneralDelta072 Год назад +45

    Imagine this song playing as Arthur Morgan is going through the last chapter of the game.

    • @ryantomson4093
      @ryantomson4093 Год назад +3

      That would have been just as good!

    • @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt
      @Captain_Jar_of_Dirt Год назад +6

      That would be so powerful, the song fits him pretty well.

    • @dual_aez7893
      @dual_aez7893 Год назад +7

      *Or with John returning to his ranch after killing Dutch, this song would fit in a very good context.*

  • @MEGQuilts
    @MEGQuilts Год назад +87

    That is gorgeously done! Odd how the lyrics are different in different versions. I did a 4-part version in choir in high school with lyrics from 1923, I think- published by a women's religious gathering. I admit, I missed the part at the end that always gave me chills: I'm going home to meet my Savior. He said He'd meet me when I come...

    • @voland6846
      @voland6846 Год назад +17

      Folk songs get spread wide, and reinterpreted constantly. It'd be _more_ surprising if different versions had the same lyrics

    • @baljacques7507
      @baljacques7507 11 месяцев назад +6

      As folk music always used to be spread orally, it gets chopped and changed over time. Even the sea shanties they made their name doing have several different versions per song.

    • @philgroves7694
      @philgroves7694 8 месяцев назад +2

      The version I play and sing: "I'm going home to see my family ... I'm going home to sing with them ..."

  • @craigdouglasmartens7037
    @craigdouglasmartens7037 10 месяцев назад +13

    Stunning! My mom is transitioning through and I am performing this for her tomorrow she is still with us... thank you.

  • @lyall8173
    @lyall8173 Год назад +33

    I don't know if you guys know the story that's told in Red Dead 2 but genuinely, this song could be the anthem to that story. You have no idea how well it fit's Arthur's journey throughout that game!

  • @WandrikaVonRosenberg
    @WandrikaVonRosenberg Год назад +25

    Wow... I was so mesmerized by the song that it took me about a minute to notice that the background was not real :D
    Beautifully done.

  • @LycanB64
    @LycanB64 Год назад +12

    My favourite character is the intimidatingly large shrub behind Andy. You just know it's not a fan of campfires 😂.
    A+ Virtual production!!

  • @georgekelly-qn8hx
    @georgekelly-qn8hx Месяц назад +2

    I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS RENDITION FOR 2 YEARS AND IT IS BY FAR THE BEST ONE OUT THERE. CAN'T WAIT TO SEEE THE LONGEST JONS IN PERSON-THE SONG AND THE VIDEO AE A PERFECT COMBINATION TO BRING THIS SONG HOME TO THE WORLD!

  • @BuccaneerBoots
    @BuccaneerBoots Год назад +7

    Man really just got up and walked all of the way home from the trail and left his comrades with the cows.

  • @theredone7980
    @theredone7980 Год назад +65

    Oh wow now thats gonna be good as an RDR2 Player i say just by the thumbnail its gonna be fire🔥🔥

  • @aniquinstark4347
    @aniquinstark4347 Год назад +8

    The vibes in rdr2 are immaculate. I love just camping and hunting and not even playing the story for weeks at a time

  • @jimjimjam6078
    @jimjimjam6078 Год назад +7

    I grad recently and my quote was “we can’t change what’s done we can only move on”

  • @ericlackford6718
    @ericlackford6718 6 месяцев назад +2

    What a wonderful version. Having sung this myself in several different variations, I am so impressed with the gravity of this performance.

  • @amishfish2986
    @amishfish2986 Год назад +7

    Imagine encountering the longest johns in the Northern forest or in the swamps around blackwater

  • @alvpyrola
    @alvpyrola Год назад +14

    That was so good! And it looked great, both the cowboy lads and the world they visited. Nice work with the light and everything. Very
    Now I'm gonna go send it to a friend who loves RDR2!
    Forgot to mention that I love Andy's shirt. That must be mentioned every time he uses it..

  • @loriejo67
    @loriejo67 10 месяцев назад +146

    For anyone who is interested in knowing: Jordan often refers to the Ohio River. Who were "God's Redeemed keeping vigil" on the other side of the Ohio? Scottish Presbyterians who were often shot at and the victims of arson, for being conductors on the Underground Railroad: Rev. John Rankin, John Parker, Alexander Gilliland, Francis Huggins Pettijohn... There is real, passionate and riveting history behind this song.

    • @hantorfolezproductions4402
      @hantorfolezproductions4402 8 месяцев назад +18

      If you want to go another layer deeper, the melody is the old German hymn "Ich bin ja nur ein Gast auf Erden", in english "I am only a guest on earth."

    • @loriejo67
      @loriejo67 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@hantorfolezproductions4402 - I'm interested! I may have been born in Underground Railroad territory, but my ancestors are German... Is there anything more you can tell me about this hymn by any chance?

    • @GnomaPhobic
      @GnomaPhobic 8 месяцев назад +1

      I can't find any references to such an origin for this song anywhere. Do you have a source?

    • @OrbitalPulsar
      @OrbitalPulsar 8 месяцев назад +1

      Too late, buddy. I already moved to Amman, Jordan.

    • @HerbCross
      @HerbCross 7 месяцев назад +2

      This is false as all hell.

  • @another-human_exe
    @another-human_exe Год назад +23

    This is perfect song for a lone time and a sip of tea. Thank you as always for outdoing yourselves. You guys are one of the best thing that ever happened in music.
    P.S. I can even still hear Dave singing with you for some reason :) maybe it's just me who isn't used to see you without him.

  • @Honor_and_Steel
    @Honor_and_Steel Год назад +2

    This is one of my favorite songs ever written. I have chills running so hard up and down my back that I can feel it in my freaking bones. Tears rolling down my face.

  • @andrewmacneil8626
    @andrewmacneil8626 Год назад +3

    Awesome cover. The only other version of this song I have heard was Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson singing this as promotion for The Last of Us Part 2

  • @ruudversteege2868
    @ruudversteege2868 8 месяцев назад +9

    I am from the Netherlands and I am 63 years old. This brilliant song has been covered so many times and I like almost all of them. I think this version is extremely good. Folks, this is much better than the "music" read "garbage" that you generally hear in the charts. This one goes straight to my playlist. Greetings from The Netherlands.

  • @crazycanuck6422
    @crazycanuck6422 Год назад +3

    Absolutely killed it. The poeticism, the vigor, and life put into your vocals just... man. Good work!

  • @simplysquoddle
    @simplysquoddle Год назад +4

    This was as unexpected as it gets but oh my was it incredible. The lighting was immaculate, it looks and sounds so good!!

  • @mildly_miffed_man1414
    @mildly_miffed_man1414 Год назад +8

    This is so cool! I wish I had even an inkling of the knowledge it must’ve taken to make this.

  • @moragmckay3779
    @moragmckay3779 Год назад +2

    I didn't dare hope it was this one. Oh my goodness, this might be my favourite thing ever on You Tube!

  • @Cry_Havoc
    @Cry_Havoc Год назад +2

    This is so adequate! You've totally changed how I see and hear WS, and it's long been one of my favorites. 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

  • @johnapppel64
    @johnapppel64 Год назад +2

    Fabulous rendition of a great song, made even better with the in-game atmospherics.

  • @Denley1526
    @Denley1526 Год назад +8

    Incredibly brilliant again. Well done Abbie & JD for putting this together. Your skills know no bounds.😁😍

  • @yasumedia9528
    @yasumedia9528 Год назад +2

    Had the privilege of hearing this live. Shook me. Best version of this song period.

  • @judiphillips286
    @judiphillips286 8 месяцев назад +3

    Love this version, close your eyes and listen, it paints a brilliant picture, fantastic voices❤❤❤❤

  • @KweektheGeek
    @KweektheGeek Год назад +2

    Thanks for taking the time to try new things. This is just beautiful, and I very much look forward to what you will offer us in the future.

  • @robbieh440
    @robbieh440 Год назад +1

    Moment of silence for this great game, and for the equally brilliant film Cold mountain.

  • @brianmunn8026
    @brianmunn8026 Год назад +3

    This is truly awesome. Great song, and proves how great rdr2 is.

  • @viaetveritasetvita4227
    @viaetveritasetvita4227 Год назад +1

    This song has been getting me through some things ever since I came across this cover. Bless you lads

  • @braidenr4
    @braidenr4 8 месяцев назад +4

    This is like the equivalent if singing danny boy with an american southern accent... and im totally here for it! Great work yall

    • @paulwhite6642
      @paulwhite6642 6 месяцев назад

      Only much better than danny boy. The ending is outstanding.

  • @kieran89uk
    @kieran89uk Год назад +2

    This is such a good version of the song.

  • @solarflare6036
    @solarflare6036 Год назад +2

    Most adequate! Now we shall wait for a longest Johns RDR2 DLC

  • @Geek-x
    @Geek-x Год назад +5

    aboslutely stunning production quality, would love to see more like these but they seem like they must be a pain in the ass to make.

  • @marniedaniel9765
    @marniedaniel9765 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow! Absolutely awesome!

  • @gin6601
    @gin6601 3 месяца назад +1

    I just love your harmony. I subscribed ♥️
    Thank you for sharing this. One of my favorite songs.

  • @waylonpark7494
    @waylonpark7494 Год назад +2

    This was amazing. One of my favorite covers of this song just wow.
    Makes me think how amazing it would sound if you guys sang Dawson's Christian, the space ballad. It has shanty vibes and is a hauntingly beautiful song.

  • @danielmadsen100
    @danielmadsen100 Год назад +9

    Haha! Amazingly well done! Got really worried when JD walked on the train tracks... Dunno what I expected to happen :'D

  • @cody-en7nt
    @cody-en7nt 4 месяца назад +3

    I tip my hat to you sir, ye who have the longest johns....I doubted.. .you proved your johns are longer ....good journey brother...

  • @Lana-rs2oi
    @Lana-rs2oi Год назад +5

    You guys really make amazing songs and videos. Keep it up !

  • @lilianade
    @lilianade Год назад +2

    I love every bit of it!

  • @j-bny4342
    @j-bny4342 Год назад +1

    Red Dead 2 let me escape from my addiction when the game came out. It was the last game I played on PC and I'm so glad I got to enjoy that game

  • @GrumblesTheDwarf
    @GrumblesTheDwarf 2 месяца назад +1

    Absolutely fantastic rendition, coupled with the in-game atmosphere you've achieved with this production - really inspirational, GG folks, GG. Here's to hoping you get into RDR3, if...when. *tips hat*🤠

  • @pattyannbeaven9287
    @pattyannbeaven9287 Год назад +2

    Very classy all around, singing, production most adequate ❤

  • @AustinB1024
    @AustinB1024 Год назад +4

    Beautiful. The song alone would have been worth it but this video is so well done! You guys are killing it, keep up the awesome work!!

  • @gracehulbert7867
    @gracehulbert7867 Год назад +5

    Hype!!

  • @oddlife123
    @oddlife123 Год назад +1

    Love this I just keep replaying it over and over again

  • @MisSorryforthespam
    @MisSorryforthespam Год назад +1

    aww man wish ya'll could make it out to Tombstone AZ the last weekend in July. there having a live RDR event at he old ghost town. very excited.

  • @jimenezesterstine1031
    @jimenezesterstine1031 Год назад +2

    Now all we need is rare mountain dew with the boys in a moonshine shack.

  • @just_goose
    @just_goose Год назад +1

    I woke up to this song playing yesterday and I've been Listening ever since

  • @bradleylong1727
    @bradleylong1727 Год назад +1

    Love this song so much! You guys knocked it out of the park!

  • @kathleenmilligan2944
    @kathleenmilligan2944 Год назад +3

    I love the song and particularly your rendition.

  • @williammckinstry470
    @williammckinstry470 Год назад +1

    This is absolutely beautiful, great work guys!

  • @Callsign_Axel
    @Callsign_Axel Год назад +1

    Absolutely worth the wait! Loving the video!

  • @jayphillips4167
    @jayphillips4167 Год назад +2

    Absolutely love this, great job lads!

  • @merlink8644
    @merlink8644 6 месяцев назад +1

    Without a doubt, the best version I have heard of this song!

  • @jemdragons3120
    @jemdragons3120 Год назад +3

    The vibes are SUBLIME

  • @johnapppel64
    @johnapppel64 Год назад +4

    Now let's see you do this for Hills of Mexico!

  • @ritaspeers1259
    @ritaspeers1259 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love this song, and this is the BEST performance I've heard.

  • @sagedarkstars5511
    @sagedarkstars5511 Год назад +1

    Love this song thanks guys

  • @krumple8560
    @krumple8560 Год назад +1

    Woo0Hoo... Excellen..... Errr... I mean very quite totally adequate. Thanks guys. Yet another big winner...

  • @silverseth7
    @silverseth7 8 месяцев назад +2

    My first exposure to this song was when No Evil used it for a ritual, and they made it sound quite a lot like this.

  • @Becken7
    @Becken7 Год назад +1

    This has to be my favourite song. I wasnt fussy on the original but love this version!

  • @DuaneJohnYoung
    @DuaneJohnYoung 4 месяца назад +1

    I love red dead redemption. And in the movie 1917 a soilder sings this song. It’s so great to see them mix together. I am a fan and to see this for the first time today is mind blowing lol.

  • @canyonduck2022
    @canyonduck2022 Год назад +1

    You guys are incredible, as always.

  • @Hughisme00
    @Hughisme00 11 месяцев назад +1

    "I'm just going over home" man that hits hard

  • @22burnsie
    @22burnsie Год назад +2

    Man I wish I had more fun playing RDR2. Quite Adequate music as always, Gentlemen

  • @Hoppa_Joel
    @Hoppa_Joel Год назад +1

    This is great. It was one of my dad's favourite songs. He would have liked this.

  • @ThePastaSawce
    @ThePastaSawce 11 месяцев назад +1

    Dang, this has to be my favorite version of this song. Wonderful job!❤

  • @DavidWilliams-tr1yx
    @DavidWilliams-tr1yx 6 месяцев назад +1

    I live in the Appalachian mountains and this song has been played an sang all my life

  • @dmolina_damo
    @dmolina_damo Год назад +1

    wooow, incredible, thanks

  • @johannailes
    @johannailes Год назад +1

    Really love this Absolutely stunning video, so clever with the cgi, better than most films!

  • @ZeldaRose579
    @ZeldaRose579 Год назад +1

    Love everything about this!

  • @coalguy1316
    @coalguy1316 Год назад +1

    Beautiful done gentlemen, a great game for an amazing song

  • @BubblesSong
    @BubblesSong 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is just incredible, on so many levels.

  • @susq44
    @susq44 Год назад +1

    Love it! Thank you

  • @kerryjgeorge
    @kerryjgeorge Год назад +3

    Well done, lads. Well done.

  • @peterlange4473
    @peterlange4473 Год назад

    Love your version! THX guys!

  • @DimNussens
    @DimNussens Год назад +1

    A most adequate stomp indeed!

  • @YoderMemeIndustries
    @YoderMemeIndustries 8 месяцев назад +6

    This song could work in Fallout New Vegas too

  • @Tvngsten
    @Tvngsten Год назад +1

    Gorgeous rendition!

  • @spencermccormick299
    @spencermccormick299 Год назад +3

    I love the western stuff y’all do. Your Hills of Mexico cover might be my favorite song ever! Keep it up boys.
    Add on: You should do some southern folk songs! Johnny Boys Bones comes to mind.

  • @duxdawg
    @duxdawg 6 месяцев назад

    Best version of this song I've ever heard! !! (I've heard at least twenty bands cover this.) Thank you for sharing with us!!!

  • @iciclecold2991
    @iciclecold2991 Год назад +2

    Color me impressed boys! Please keep making great music! I'm happy with just the audio but this... this is amazing!

  • @Ricca609
    @Ricca609 Год назад +1

    Great cover and awesome game! Love me some rootin tootin cowboy shootin

  • @HistorytheShortStory
    @HistorytheShortStory 3 месяца назад +2

    "Wayfaring Stranger" is a hauntingly beautiful folk and gospel song with a rich and somewhat mysterious history. Its origins are believed to lie in the early 19th century American South, with the melody possibly influenced by European folk traditions. The lyrics speak of a weary soul journeying through life's trials towards a heavenly home, making it a popular choice for funerals. The song gained significant attention during the American Civil War, when a dying Union soldier supposedly etched the words into the walls of Libby Prison. Its enduring themes of longing, sorrow, and hope have led to countless recordings by artists like Burl Ives, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris, cementing "Wayfaring Stranger" as an iconic piece of Americana.
    Secondary Source:
    Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.

  • @sneezy3233
    @sneezy3233 Год назад +13

    So I have a question. We go camping a lot with my friends and we always had one guitar and sang songs together. But I got a banjo myself recently and we quickly found out that I can't hear the guitar and my mate playing the guitar can't hear the banjo. Any tips so we can both enjoy the full sound of everything other than just sitting really close to each other? Though I assume that is indeed the only realistic solution

    • @sonan333
      @sonan333 Год назад +6

      One of you just needs to play while standing on your head. This will put the instruments on the same plane as the other person's head, leading to less instrumental auditory cancellation.
      Though I am sorry that I don't have an actual piece of advice for you.