Damn you time. As a 70 year old I can relate. Whoever recommended this is a like mind.

You might enjoy a duet of this song by Glen Campbell and Roy Clark. Glen played an electric 12 string. Absolutely unbelievable.

@L33Reacts

3 ай бұрын

That sounds awesome. I love Glen Campbell's stuff that I've heard so I bet I would dig that

@kevinmcconnell3641

3 ай бұрын

The Glen Campbell story I heard from Alice Cooper; Alice and hlen were golfing buddies, one day Eddie Van Halen came to Alice one day and asked him if he could hook Eddie up with Glen for a guitar lesson.

@kevinhayden4605

3 ай бұрын

Vaughn Monroe’s version is the best IMO.

Easily one of the most covered songs in the Country/Western/Southern Rock genre. Outlaws is one of the best. Saw these guys twice and they really jammed it out both times.

@JB-Deadskins

3 ай бұрын

Johnny Cash did a great one too

@rockinronist

3 ай бұрын

An obscure US band named Lightning did a heavy rock version in 1970.

That was Hughie singing, he also sang 'Green Grass...'. He was a beast on guitar as well. Other songs; Knoxville Girl, Hurry Sundown and There Goes Another Love Song are hitters

The late great Hughie Thomasson on vocals and guitar! Hughie later in his career joined Lynyrd Skynyrd for several years before returning to The Outlaws.There Goes Another Love Song is another good one!

Ghosts Rider in the sky has been covered by many artists thru the years, this version was great.

Outlaws. The f***n Outlaws.

Heard this first with Gene Autry in the late 50's with "Son's of the Pioneers!"

@Jude_196

3 ай бұрын

LOVE Sons Of The Pioneers!! :) Made me SMILE: seeing your comment!! THANKS!

This is my favorite modern cover of this song. My favorite version out of the first generation covers was done by Vaughn Monroe, whose deep baritone vocal gave the traditional rendition some weight.

Best version of this song I've ever heard. Powerful is the best adjective I can find to describe it.

"Hurry Sundown" is a great one too. The Outlaws are talented.

According to Ray Manzerek the original release of this song by The Sons Of The Pioneers back in the 40s was the inspiration for Riders on the Storm. They were playing around in the studio late one night with the original and out flowed ROTS. They laid down the instrumental tracks and Jim Morrison returned much later by himself and did the vocal track. He left for Paris a day or two later, never to return. Which would make it his last recording. One could say he joined the ghost riders in the sky. Here’s a link to the original: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4KZtc-rhMmYZrg.htmlsi=DvnkUmCL6K0bGLRh

RIP Hughie. Thank You.

When the four horsemen of the apocalypse come riding down😢

Really great version. This is masterful songwriting no matter who does it.

This is epic. Vast. Smell the mesquite. So many great versions of this reverberating song out there. This was rip roaring. Galloping all go rhythm. Always loved Sleepy LaBeef's version.

This song inspired The Doors' "Riders on the Storm".

Of all the covers of this song I know of, the Outlaws did the best one. I wondered why it was not on their BRING IT BACK ALIVE album only to find out later that they did "Ghost Riders" years after that 2-LP live album was released.

Thanks Lee. 😊 Great song and reaction. I have heard the song before, but not by the Outlaws. Awesome!

Love "Ghostriders in the Sky"...it's one of those songs that work in so many different styles...it's all about respecting the melody whatever way you choose to interpret it...

Burl Ives actually did a version of this (maybe the first?) --back in the late 40's! It's quite good!

At the ending - they were chasing the herd across the sky and that was them going over the horizon. Next give Waterhole a try - highlights all members.

I saw them live in 76. They opened for Skynryd . Had 2 row center tickets thanks to someone I was dating at the time. Amazing show

GREAT COVER, SAW THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES !! 😍😁♥️🎸🔥🐐

Saw them live, can't say anything enough.

Outlass are TopTIER! First concert in '76. Montrose, The Outlaws & Lynyrd Skynyrd. Outstanding.

This is an excellent version. Now you must hear Johnny Cash doing Ghost Riders- is also awesome.

Hughie was the lead vocals on this one. First time I heard this was by Frankie Laine, from a transistor radio sitting on the table in the kitchen of a cabin by a lake in the woods. I was about 12, and was fascinated with the song. Fast-forward to my being a 20-something fan of the Outlaws working in a stereo equipment/music store, eagerly awaiting this album's appearance on the record racks. They killed it, and my remembered 12 year old self nodded with approval.

Dick Dale did a version.

@matthewburkart7718

3 ай бұрын

And it's awesome

this is one from my childhood.. such a classic!

Yeah that guitar riff, like buckle up and hold on !!!

@L33Reacts

3 ай бұрын

We are now leaving the atmosphere and you may move about that cabin.

Sounds like it should be in Fistful of Dollars or a Few Dollars More. Superb track especially when that screaming solo kicks in. What a talented band. I had never heard of them until top man Joel brought them to your attention

Sons of the Pioneers

You're all mistaken.... Frankie Laine...I get chills just thinking about it. First time I heard it I was 7 years old. (63 years ago). Lol.

The gents are the balls of the beast, and they are on fire once the scat gear kicks in.

Wow my favorite song in first grade! What a great version.

Did anyone mention John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett - Riders in the sky/Running from the Law. A great cover full of English madness

The earliest recordings of this tune, by Stan Jones and Burl Ives (late 1940's), are available on KZread and well worth a listen. The Vaughn Monroe version is overproduced, imo.

FREEBORN MAN!!!

Johnny and Edgar winter tabacco road

Congratulations on branching out! This old song still gives me chills.

My personal favorite was the cover by Johnny Cash. There’s something about his voice that lends itself to make his version special. Check it out. Cheers

I was there for the GRITS tour once you learn to separate the guitars as in Strat Hughie lespaul Billy it hope that helps

"Song for you" or "Song in the Breeze" or "Keep Prayin" Much better choices

For me, the Marty Robbins version is still my favorite. It has more of that old western feel to it. This version is a little too overkill for me.

They called this the grits tour

The Highwaymen with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Kris Kristofferson do a great version of this song.

I believe this band was out of Tampa.

Do some live outlaws and really get down

Awesome version. Being from the UK, the version I'm most familiar with is by a band called "The Shadows", who have been around since the late 50's and contains Britain's first guitar hero, a guy by the name of Hank Marvin. Any British guitarist from the 60's or 70's will tell you they were influenced by Hank Marvin, including Tony Iommi and Brian May!

Yep, scorching.

@L33Reacts

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely scorching. That second half is NUTS lol

My b-i-l served on the USS Constitution aircraft carrier during the Vietnam war. His flight squadron called themselves the Ghost Riders and this was their theme song. I much prefer the version sung by Johnny Cash as the story gets a bit lost in this cover for me.

Makes you want to learn to play the guitar.

Hey Joel...tell Lee to listen to I Never Dreamed...lynryd skynryd.

@yankeeboyno7

3 ай бұрын

I don't really 'tell' @L33reacts what to play, but I submit a lot of PayPal requests. He reads the comments so I am sure he will notate this one and get to it when he can.

@AnonymousServant513

3 ай бұрын

@@yankeeboyno7 great suggestions btw

……Outlaws did it the best 🎸🔥❤️

@L33Reacts

3 ай бұрын

They killed this. Shot into the stratosphere literally and figuratively

@JB-Deadskins

3 ай бұрын

​​@@L33ReactsJohnny Cash did a great version too. Probably my favorite..

Much better performed live. The studio version sounds overproduced to me. I’ll likely see it performed by them this Summer, albeit with a very different lineup.

Outlaw's covers are good but their original songs are better

This is their worst song and they didn't even write it!!!