Dwight Yoakum was a good friend of WZ. He played on "The Wind". Warren Zevon's last album. Warren joked with Dwight about the Southern version of "Carmelita". But he loved it just the same. And Dwight was there with Billy Bob Thornton, and Bruce Springsteen, a week before he died.

@billgatesfauciouchie1696

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that

@KatJ3st

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to know they were with him then

@nathanr4349

2 жыл бұрын

He sings Heartache Spoken Here off wz album mr bad example and its even better than my dirty life and times from the wind! Either way both are great!

@rolandodeleon5156

2 жыл бұрын

I just love his music

@louisevad6091

Жыл бұрын

Did not know that.

Back when Country Music made you feel things.

As a Warren Zevon fanatic, I have to say I love this version of his song. Well done, Dwight.

@jeremypepper4312

11 ай бұрын

Yeah he wrote it.

@lindanorris2455

3 ай бұрын

RIGHT ON!!!! WARRREN ZEVON FANATIC HERE TOO!! AND DWIGHT IS MY MAN.

@eugenebeck6593

26 күн бұрын

Your post prompted me to review Warren's version. I noticed it changed from I pawned my Smith Corona to Smith & Wesson. So a typewriter morphed into a gun over time. Rightly so I guess. Either way excellent cover to an excellent song.

Some people do not understand this song But some of us have lived this song and understand it very well , If that makes any sense God Bless you…

@kirkmattoon2594

7 күн бұрын

Makes sense to me. Too much sense.

Damn thats well done. Think it really captures the sadness and desperation that Zevon intended to portray. "Enjoy every sandwich."

Dwight knows a thing or two because he's seen a thing or two. Before he hit it big, he would open up for hard punk bands back in the day. Dwight, imo is THE best underrated country singer we have.

@shainshartershwate7421

Жыл бұрын

I heard he opened for gg allin

The overall sadness of this song really touches people, respect to Dwight as he sang a perfectly sad song

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing….?

I have seen Dwight about 4 times but I don’t remember him ever singing this. What a powerful song.

Warren used to joke about Dwight's version of "Carmelita". But he actually liked it. Warren wanted to be a "Folk Singer" originally. He dabbled in some country tunes later in his career, like Neil Young did. "Country music" has always grabbed the heart, and sometimes makes one sad. Dwight Yoakam has a great voice, and his rendition of "Carmelita" is on par with Warren's. That's why he and Zevon became friends. In fact Dwight gave Zevon a hug before he died, and played on Warren's last CD.

@Nearly225

Ай бұрын

never

@SquareOne75

17 күн бұрын

You get it

I get dope sick just listening this song

@michaelv.8623

4 жыл бұрын

Aahahah this is the funniest comment I’ve seen all year 🤣 When I hear this song it definitely doesn’t entice cravings

@kathybradshaw7284

4 жыл бұрын

On the way to the clinic now

@dormiebasne3578

3 жыл бұрын

I like Dwight's flat affect in his face. Absolutely suits the theme of the song's lyrics, here.

@irenemax3574

3 жыл бұрын

It makes me crave also (this is my relationship with heroin since I was a youngster: people telling me, “you love drugs, so you will adore heroin. Here, try it.” And me saying, “no way! I’ll stick to the non addictive drugs, thank you. I grew up in a hovel, I have no desire to return to such a place!” But always craving, y’know, knowing I was missing out on the best highs, if only they didn’t come at such a cost. And then years later finding out that there’s no such thing as non addictive drugs, and having to give them all up, glad I didn’t have to break up with heroin, but still wistful, like, me and you, H, we coulda had some good times...)

@irenemax3574

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnwilliams7600 Hey Anomynous 😀 Was it hard to quit? How are you doing now? No pressure to respond to those questions, ok? Since I wrote that, I have tried to reconnect with my first love, alcohol, thinking that I’m not doing well, things couldn’t get any worse. But now I see that although I still love alcohol, it doesn’t love me. Makes my skin hurt, yuk.

I love this song so much it doesn't matter if its GG Allin or Dwight Yoakam I can never get tired of it

@jamesgrant8300

9 жыл бұрын

Chestin Greenwood then you should try listening to the guy who wrote it...warren zevon ..the best

@chestingreenwood3191

9 жыл бұрын

I will definitely check that out

@DjangoThunders

7 жыл бұрын

I agree, also like Willy Deville's and Jackson Browne.

@Jeanniebelle420

6 жыл бұрын

Linda Ronstadt's version didn't suck, either.

@kathybradshaw7284

6 жыл бұрын

Chestin Greenwood me to but I do like Dwight better .

Dwight does this Zevon song justice..beautiful. Took some balls as well, the country music fathers are never happy with drug related subject matter.

@benyoung552

2 жыл бұрын

He had guys like Hank jr, Waylon and David Allen coe already paving the way though… Hank senior was on high amounts of morphine administered by his doctor when he died. I mean, idk

@huhguy5

Жыл бұрын

Some of those country music “fathers” were, well, you know. Or like most people, you don’t know.

@joshb8976

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t hank Williams die from a morphine and alcohol overdose though? Or was he just on those when he died? I know he had a opiate addiction cause he had scoliosis

@joshb8976

Жыл бұрын

The fathers didn’t care. It was the owners of the Grand Ol’ Oprey that wouldn’t let them sing about booze and fighting and fucking. They were all degenerates lmao.

Scott Joss and Dwight Yoakum. Perfect and Soulful performance of a Warren Zevon song. Amazing.

always went his own way... cost him large... still one the original country cowboys...

Dwight should have gotten a grammy for this one!!! Beautiful, what a voice he has! Or should I say what a gift he has! I Miss Buck and him together they were superb, the best!!! Love them both!!!!

@annalewis3356

3 ай бұрын

Me too l miss Buck Owens l would watch HeeHaw on Sat evenings back in the day.

Almost every version of this song by almost every artist is great. My favorite is also by Dwight. But it is the version from the album "Partners" by six time Grammy Award winner, Grammy Hall of Fame Member, Flaco Jimenez.

Thank you Dwight, Thank you Warren Zevon RIP. Aussie Jim Down Under.

amazing.....anything he sings turns to GOLD......greatest country music singer since George Jones......thank you Dwight.

Wow. I love Warren Zevon's song and this version is just so beautiful.

@billgatesfauciouchie1696

8 жыл бұрын

check out ggalins version . I think he could really relate best to the song being a heroin addict himself.

@happygayconservative4737

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@juliestamper6829

4 жыл бұрын

@@billgatesfauciouchie1696 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6hyhhhhyhhhhhhhhhhhhh6hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhppk

@TheSaltyDawg

17 күн бұрын

@@billgatesfauciouchie1696 Jesus brought me here...RIP GG

I love this Version! They broke the mold when they made Dwight. A true original..

Scott Joss on fiddle and high harmony--well done.

@stevenmortensen1257

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, he shows up a lot.

@charlesrecchia5279

4 жыл бұрын

Scott is amazing

The harmonies and fiddle on this ..... you can just feel the despair.

Stunning ,voice ,face,songwriting,smile,eyes,lips,legs,moves,laugh,just divine Dwight almighty..love him

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today…?

@louiserawle8999

Жыл бұрын

@@honestj820 ????

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

@@louiserawle8999 Nice meeting you here where are you originally from?

The harmony on this one is so beautiful . . . Love Scott Joss on the fiddle...

my favorite...thanks, Dwight!

This is an old Zevon song, but love Dwights version! I occasionally play here where I live, where this songs rings true for so many. Its usually a compliment for a musician to provoke emotion, but it bothered me to see how many were crying when I played this.

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing..?

This song always makes me cry....

Who cares who you think did it better? Just enjoy the song. Every version of this song is enjoyable because it's well written and beautifully composed whether coming from a junkie or a grandma. People want to say something negative about everything just don't even waste your time.

@Zurisa0Land

7 жыл бұрын

haleygwynneable ... I Love You.

@websnuff

6 жыл бұрын

I found this song through GG...I found it was from Warren now I'm listening to Dwight yokam sing it...this song hits me frfr no matter who sings it

@patricias5122

6 жыл бұрын

True, true.

@juanpatterson5690

6 жыл бұрын

I still prefer GG' s version

@F11ch

6 жыл бұрын

fuck off, people are entitled to their opinions, and they're allowed to wind 'em. It's actually a rather interesting debate, as so many good covers were made. If you can't deal with a debate or confrontation, piss off the internet ya hag and take your kindergarten moral preaching with you.

Love Zevon, and especially love this song....plus Yokem's voice....total win

Nothing short of a masterpiece. The only zevon cover I truly enjoy!!

Dwight's merging it with Good Time Charlie's got the blues - another stunningly beautiful song. He knows.

GOD!!! I love you, Dwight.

He does a beautiful job singing this. Love his voice.

I hear mariachi static on my radio The tubes they glow in the dark There with you in Ensenada And I'm here in Echo Park. Carmelita, hold me tighter Yeah, I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town. Well I pawned my Smith & Wesson And I went down to meet my man He hangs out down on Alvarado Street At the Pioneer Chicken Stand. Carmelita, hold me tighter Yeah, I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town. Carmelita, hold me tighter Yeah, I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town. Well I'm sittin' here playing solitaire With my pearl handled deck The county won't give me no more methadone And they cut off your welfare check. Carmelita, hold me tighter Yeah, I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town. Carmelita, hold me tighter Yeah, I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Oh Yeah...

Dwight was a friend of Warren and did his song justice. Beautiful job.

Dwight is a great singer he can sing any song and it sounds awesome

Ya, I just viewed Willy Deville's version, then Linda Ronstadt, now Dwight, Warren Zevon the genius who wrote the song...

I love this song! It's one of the the best songs Warren ever penned to a sheet of paper and Dwight version is just as good as Warren's!

@patricias5122

Жыл бұрын

I love the way Linda Rosntadt sang it, but Dwight does have a beautiful twang that brings something unbearably sad to this song.

Dwight is hands down the BEST COVER ARTIST IN MUSIC TODAY 2017

As a major fan of Mr Z, so glad you were there to make his last album such a masterpiece.

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today?

Beautiful version of one of my favorite songs! Just beautiful!

thanks for posting, everything he does is great

Warren could unexpectedly crack you up laughing. I remember the first time I heard the "Pioneer Chicken Stand" line. It's so sad, hilarious, and specific at the same time.

@patricias5122

6 жыл бұрын

Also love the Zevon verse this version doesn't have, about her big Samoan boyfriend's going to break my back.... great stuff.

Those background vocals and fiddle help make this song as great as it is!! Why I love Scott Joss!!

Mr. Scott Joss. You are absolutely amazing in this video with Dwight. Your harmony is heavenly. I have never heard you do that in with the Strangers but i guess you never got the chance, with all the female harmony in Merle's band. Boy, between your fiddle, guitar, and harmony, you are a one man band.. Just love your singing playing and personality. Keep it up. There are ones that love and follow you. Thank you Scott and Blessings to you.

I love GG ALLIN version but also this version is beautiful. GG ALLIN was into a country music so much he did covers and his own songs.

Every bit of that is beautiful i hit repeat,guitar,violin and vocals just wonderful.

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hey how are you doing…?

I love this version

@77trashman

4 жыл бұрын

The GG allin version is good too

@EASM90

2 жыл бұрын

I love the GG ALLIN version 💜

Love Dwights version, the guy can sing anything.

Seen a lot of people cover this, but Linda Ronstadt is THE BEST

@Jeanniebelle420

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, except for the man himself,,,Warren Zevon.

@1982tater

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Beautiful lady with a beautiful voice!

@aaronbradley3232

4 жыл бұрын

This is the motherfucking goddamn worst comment in the history...mmmm well on over 18 months, can we take it down

@tcsmith9924

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was a Murray McLauchlan song (Canadian singer) Linda did it awesome and once in Lubbock Tx saw Kris and Rita do an awsome cover.

@marymcghee7988

4 жыл бұрын

Please...it's a Warren Zevon song, performed by many, done well by a few (Dwight Yoakam, for one), but none better than the man who wrote it. Give the man his due.

would LOVE to hear DWIGHT and LINDA RONSTADT sing this to

@petefrench4198

4 жыл бұрын

Phuque off. Please bury Ronstadt!!!!!

I LOVE THIS EMOTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL VOICE !!! THANK YOU FOR THE BIG PLEASURE FROM BULGARIA - SOFIA !!!

Dwight sure can sing a country song that was awesome, and Scott joss is a wonderful fiddle player

@micsayre

7 жыл бұрын

A "country" song written by Warren Zevon?

@marymcghee7988

4 жыл бұрын

@@micsayre Warren might not have had the twang, but he wrote plenty of songs that were just waiting to be done country. He had the gift of writing lyrics that create a character or capture a story in a few words, just like a lot of great country songs do.

Fantastic version of this classic. Damn!

I am all strung out on Dwight 💕💕💕💕💕

I love this song so much.

awesome version of this great song! thanks for uploading.

I am happy to hear this cover. Dang.

I was scheduled to play the cow bell at this gig but my pre employment interview lasted 10 days and 16 states I had the job until I got to sound check. Way to be DY we love you brother

Love the version of this with Dwight and Flaco Jiménez.

@M4R1N4

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh I'd like to hear that!

@geed

4 жыл бұрын

@@M4R1N4 kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2V_s7N8gqTOmMY.html

@M4R1N4

4 жыл бұрын

@@geed thanks so much! I was introduced to Flaco from the song about me ("Marina"). Thanks again! :)

I love the song and the man. Dwight is the best ever

So sad. But somehow it makes me feel better. Great voice!

Ben Casey I listened to Warren Zevon it was great thanks for the advice

Underated AF. I love Dwight ❤️

Really? I think he does an amazing job.Best cover I have heard of it. To each their own.

Thank you!! This is a gem!!

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing…?

Love this song, espcially when he does this acoustic live.

Damn, those fine fine lyrics: Well, I pawned my Smith and Wesson/And I went to meet my man/He hangs out down on Alvarado Street/at the Pioneer Chicken stand. Great poetry from Warren Zevon, a slice of L.A., a struggling addict. What a masterpiece.

@yo-Rowe

10 ай бұрын

except Warren wrote "I pawned my Smith Corona" not "my Smith and Wesson". A Smith Corona is a typewriter. His original lyric was inferring the pen is mightier than the sword. Changing that particular line butchered one of the most brilliant lines Zevon ever wrote. It sucked every ounce of clever out of it.

Scott Joss did a great job as well this is my favorite cover of the song. Scott and Dwight just mesh perfectly. Sometimes less is more.

What a great cover

Love, love, ❤️!!

This is awesome!

OMG I LOVE DWIGHT'S VERSION OF THIS SONG!! I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE ALL THESE OTHER VERSIONS OUT & ABOUT, TIL JUST NOW. GOLDMINE! BINGO! I'M HAPPY-ASSED NOW! :-)

That sounds so awesome, a fricking duet man, sounds fuller than many a bands.

Beautiful

Love Dwight he's the best💕💕💕💕

I honestly have never heard a bad version of this song. That’s the thing about great songs they almost play themselves. This spin with Dwight and his accomplice is soothing and uplifting. Considering the story of the song that’s saying a lot.

I love Dwight!

I heard this when linda Ronstad sang it first, when I was younger~~~ love both versions.

It’s interesting how he and Linda Ronstadt switch the second and third verses. The simple switch really changes the song. In their version they sell their gun and go score more drugs. Then they’re contemplating suicide in the last verse. It ends hopeless. In Warren’s, he contemplates suicide. Then he sells his typewriter and goes downtown to score more drugs. He’s living another day. It ends with hope.

@peterjohnson617

2 жыл бұрын

I think they just got it wrong.......I do love each version.....peace, & stay away from that chicken stand.....

@yo-Rowe

10 ай бұрын

Not sure who did it first, but changing the Smith Corona to Smith and Wesson butchered one of the most brilliant lines WZ ever wrote.

@sappytheclown4849

10 ай бұрын

@@yo-Rowe yep!

Damn he was young. What a voice.

GG & Dwight do it great!

Such a talent. Pure voice and

@tracyparrish39

6 жыл бұрын

Such a great song

Such a beautiful cover.

@honestj820

Жыл бұрын

Hey how are you doing…?

One of my favourite versions.

I've been looking for this song for a long time. They played it once on 95.3 The Range. I knew it was Dwight but couldn't find it.

Jesus, what a cover of a great song.

Sad yet romantic song, well sang Dwight..

Outlaw country at its finest.

Masterful

TIGHT JEANS!!!

I'm a huge fan of Dwight and Warren Zevon so this is cool

o dwight , a true shinning prodigy of the late and much loved Buck Owens.

the first time I heard this song was by Linda and she takes every song and makes it her own, as does Dwight!

I honestly like GG's version the best.

@degentrified

7 жыл бұрын

The only good thing GG Allin ever did was fucking over dose..

@maxbeach8652

7 жыл бұрын

gg is the shit

@degentrified

7 жыл бұрын

@max beach Oh now that's not very nice .. If your mom knew you were talking like that on the internet she would ground you or maybe even kick you out of her basement.

@kevinmcdonald6106

7 жыл бұрын

GET HELP

@Jglivermr2

7 жыл бұрын

Overdosing was certainly the best thing he did. He would be the first to agree. But his version of Carmelita, the acoustic one recorded on a boom box, is the best version of the song. Hands down.

NICE COVER.

Written by Warren Zevon, I first heard it by Murray McLauchlan a Canadian singer. Damn great song!!! Saw Kris and Rita do it once in concert.

Well then...such a happy song! Great name though!

Sounds like a number 1 hit to me

Such a hopeful uplifting song...