There is absolutely nothing that makes me prouder to be an American than Jim Nabors singing this song. God bless America!

I'm not from Indiana but I get goosebumps every time I listen to this.

The man who sings now is good, but no one EVER can replace the late GREAT Jim Nabors. He is missed by many.

@jerrysouthside8597

2 жыл бұрын

1000% totally agree

@jessallen7756

2 жыл бұрын

Mike Rowe would be a better choice than we have now.....And he would bring alot of eyes to the sport

@nevango0690

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the name of the guy, but the one who did it at the most recent Indy 500 was crap imo

@c1985paul

Жыл бұрын

People not from Indiana think this song sucks.

@bobke114

Жыл бұрын

@@c1985paul I never been to Indiana and I think its a great song . I suspect a lot of folks agree but I am only able to speak for myself.

No one but Hoosiers know how much this song means to us and hearing it touches the soul

@CoachJCYOBB

Ай бұрын

🥹🥲 me at 29

Happy 40th anniversary to my wife Debbie Placher ,we met at INDIANAPOLIS 500 in 1979 and married October 26 1979 true love and we miss jim nabors a lot ❤️

God I miss Jim Nabors so much

I was at that race! Every time I hear it at race day, I get chills, and it makes me proud to be a Hoosier❤

@acgillespie

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely it does

Was still belting beautifully at 84. RIP Mr. Nabors

@jonchaney

6 жыл бұрын

He didn’t look 84. Damn. I hope I love to be that age and be able to anything half as good as singing like that.

@jonchaney

6 жыл бұрын

Spell check butchered my comment.

@kendallevans4079

4 жыл бұрын

Sounded great! Goober must be jealous!

@ArsPraestigium

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to make the same observation. He was very impressive.

@ajayeroyal100

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking LEGEND

Nothing says AMERICA more than the Indy 500 and when Jim sang back home in Indiana, that was the icing on the cake. At 74 it still brings a tear to my eye. It's called TRADITION. Something the US has lost in a lot of ways.

@Itsisawnotiseen

3 ай бұрын

Well said. I was there. This is America! Go away Biden snowflakes!!!

@kathyrice7931

2 ай бұрын

I would have to add the Kentucky Derby and "My Old Kentucky Home" to that list!

@Itsisawnotiseen

2 ай бұрын

@@kathyrice7931 wrong. Indy honors America’s military and those who paid the ultimate price. The Derby doesn’t even come close.

RIP him singing this always brings a tear.

His voice never turned him down. Rest in Paradise Jim.

He’s not resting he’s busy giving concerts in heaven one day I’ll be able to see him and hear him

@myrahutchins5234

3 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself.

@trainsgoingby3564

2 ай бұрын

One a night. Free admission

Very sad news to hear that Jim Nabors passed today. The Month of May will never be the same without Mr. Nabors.

@acgillespie

4 жыл бұрын

Jim is more alive today then he ever was on this godforsaken planet

@AdamsOlympia

4 ай бұрын

@@acgillespie Living on in peoples hearts and minds. That's the only eternity we get. So leave something worth remembering.

Had to watch this again this year. It's not the Indy 500 without Jim Nabors. ♥️

@davidgoldin2577

2 ай бұрын

Very true. This race is all about tradition and Jim gone is part of it.

@stephaniestarkey3538

2 ай бұрын

@@davidgoldin2577 I'm originally from Indiana. This touches my ♥️

@GrantMerle

2 ай бұрын

same, I watch these after I get back from Indy lol I will admit Jim Cornelison does a great job too 2024 was a tremendous race, even the fly over by the thunderbirds

@stephaniestarkey3538

2 ай бұрын

@@GrantMerle have you heard the guy from Terre Haute sing? He was on AGT.! He would be great. I just don't think Cornelison sings with ♥️

born and raised in those fields he used to roam. we love you jim we miss you jim we will never forget you, jim!

What a great singer! He was 84 when he sang this.

I tear up every Indy 500 when I hear this sung. ...Its not the same without Jim but the legacy lives . Lets have a safe race tomorrow.

"How I long for my Indiana home" always sends chills down my spine.

@philb4786

6 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@waynesilva3129

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@genejackson4261

2 жыл бұрын

Indiana sucks

@travisstepro563

2 жыл бұрын

@@genejackson4261 ~ You suck, Gene. Geez

@user-xb4pu5kc5n

2 жыл бұрын

So do I !

I was there right across the track to sing along with Jim. Never be another. Only Jim can sing this. RIP

Jim Nabors took this tune and made it his very own. Hoosier at Heart and forever missed. RIP Mr. Nabors

How could you not like a legend singing this beautiful song?

@southsideman4891

6 жыл бұрын

:)

Always so sad to see traditions end.

Wow and His notes Incredibles and Beautiful.

I remember as a child, the first time I heard him sing this, I was shocked. I couldn't believe that Gomer Pyle could sing like that!

@acgillespie

Жыл бұрын

1972 he picked me up hitchhiking on pacific coast highway in newport bch i was 12. i said hey your gomer and he looked at me and said *Shazzaam I am?* drove me all the way home to san juan capistrano. boy was my parents surprised and yes I got a little scolded for that

@GeographRick

Жыл бұрын

@@acgillespie Cool. That’s funny.

@acgillespie

Жыл бұрын

@@GeographRick .I also carried a couple Newspapers and Bob Crane was one of my customers. Star of Hogan's Hero's. They Treated me really nice. Used to see Sonny n Cher quite often as they had 3 condo's 5 houses down from our's.. Small world sometimes

The 500 won't be the same without Jim Nabors!

As a Hoosier born and raised I love it

This song and "My Old Kentucky Home" are 2 of the greatest musical traditions in sports.

@zlinedavid

2 жыл бұрын

Both have a lot of intertwined personal meaning for me. Both are associated with sporting events held in May, which is also the month of my birth. It’s also the two states I’ve called home in my lifetime.

RIP Mr. Nabors, you were a great asset and tradition to the Indy 500. You will be sorely missed.

I'll never forget this, Jim's beautiful Baritone voice. After all, I heard him sing this 36 times. My Great Uncle, 'Wild' Bill Cummings WON the 1934 Indy Race! Long Live The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.

@johnvandeventer8668

7 жыл бұрын

Chuck Dean unbelievable

@charlesstratton6270

7 жыл бұрын

John Vandeventer It's true.

@johnvandeventer8668

7 жыл бұрын

Chuck Dean you are right. I looked up 1934 Indy 500 and he was the winner

I sang along and then got teary eyed at the end

@nocolorsjim

9 жыл бұрын

As Did I

@KillyJoe

6 жыл бұрын

Always do. Miss being in the stands with my mom and dad. What wonderful memories

I'm crying my bloomin' eyes out.

Looked forward to him singing every year. Definitely need a statue of him on the grounds!

RIP a true legend. Nobody sings it like him

Thank’s for singing for the last time back home again in Indiana Jim

Thanks for the memories to the late Jim Nabors (June 12, 1930 - November 30, 2017)

I'm from Florida and heard him sing in 1995 when J. Villanueva won it. I thought it was beautiful and I always watched him sing it. Still had a lovely voice.......and it WAS GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA.....

I nearly cry when I hear him sing this……I miss Indiana

@acgillespie

Жыл бұрын

Only Hoosiers Understand

Sylacauga, Alabama is lucky enough to have a legend born and raised here. RIP Jim!

Beautiful voice! Thank you, Jim Nabors 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Wherever I was, since '72, I always made it a point to stop and listen to Jim Nabors sing the invocation to this iconic race. I saw/heard Mr. Nabors perform this live, twice, and the hush which came upon the crowd served to amplify the distinctive timbre of this artist's voice. So long, Jim, we hardly knew ye.

@philb4786

6 жыл бұрын

In 1980 I was on guard duty in Basic training at Fort Dix NJ. I was up on a water tower and I snuck a radio up with me and I got to listen to Jim sing this beautiful song and listen to the whole race up on this water tower. I have NOT missed a race since my 1st 1 in 1965 where ever I may be.

@waynesilva3129

3 жыл бұрын

I would stop everything I was doing just to listen to Jim sing. If Washington only had descent people like Gomer. Even five percent of the integrity Would help.

Thanks for the memories Jim. You will greatly be missed. 😭

I was born in Indianapolis in 1949, but I spent most of my life in Southern California. Just the same, I cannot hear this song without crying 😢 my eyes out.

Just heard about Jim's death. Wanted to come watch, miss, cry, appreciate our friend Jim. RIP

I love Motorsports, live 1.5 hours from IMS and have never been in my 26 years of living. I got emotional watching this learning that this has been going so long and is so iconic here in my state. What an event. What a life!

This song always makes me cry, but especially this performance!

And i miss Florence Henderson singing God Bless America....but nobody can live forever.

People often wept when Jim Nabors sang what a wonderful talent not surpassed never equaled always outstanding we love Jim Nabors

I have never been to the race. My brother attends yearly. I do enjoy watching and enjoy and remember watching this live and was shocked that it was to be his last singing. I cried due to that. Maybe someday I could meet him... great talent but we all know that... thank you.

When Indy 500 race day comes, I always imagine ol' Jim singing it.

Goosebumps! Sat in those stands and in the backyard at my aunt's house many a time listening to him sing this song.

Don't RIP Jim Nabors, Play the Heaven Stage ! You OFTEN sang 'Back home again' on MY birthday May 28 !! ( And ALWAYS on my birthday weekend , of course Memorial Day weekend) It was MY BIRTHDAY SONG AND I LOVED IT !! You will be missed !

god bless him i went to 4 indy 500 and when it was time for him to sing the place would go mad you have to be there to see it

As a Hoosier now at the age of 60 remember that here that he last sang back home again in Indiana I am in poor health I cannot help but cry everytime I hear that song my family has been in Indiana for the better part of 250 years early early pioneers I was born in Lafayette Indiana in Tippecanoe County I long to be back again in Indiana the bones of my ancestors in history is a story of the American Experience as we are all spread out Across the Nation so many branches come from the same area as we moved Westford Carolina's alleghenies down the Mississippi to Galveston wave after wave our family and immigrants from overseas again to New York City Eastern Seaboard communities up and down coming from New Orleans going up River stories of Civil War Pony Express Riders the Oregon Trail California Oregon Washington the stories that grandfather left I'm devastated to know that I may not ever get back to Indiana now living in South Texas it's been big home for us to there are families that arrived for us before 1963 in the early part of the 20th century Fry's Pharmacy grandfather's relation God bless Indiana God Bless Texas God bless the United States remember us we were here that's beginning early Han and we persist we have prospered and we have arrived and succeeded and made the American dream part of our own remember Cass County Carroll County Indiana Tippecanoe star White County Carroll County and the way west maybe we'll have someone on the moon or Mars who knows where we'll end up but what I hear back home again in Indiana or Texas my Texas and here Jim Nabors Jim Nabors sing that song how can you not cry and remember may he rest in peace

I just arrived home from today's 500 and I must say that it just wasn't the same today without him at the Brickyard. The guys were good, but it just felt like something was missing. And it was.

RIP Mr Jim Nabors.

As another Indianapolis 500 closes in, in just a few days, I always come back here to hear this song. I am a native Hoosier and I love that feeling when this time of year rolls around. 🏎️🏎️

don't know who my mother heard singing this so many many years ago, but we both love Jim Neighbors so this is great! she sang this around our home.

My favorite Memorial day weekend tradition.

I come back here for this version every year when it’s race day.

In His Memory They should play a recording of this at the track tomorrow just before the Indy 500 begins. It just would fit the occasion. RIP JIM NABORS You were one ☝️ of The Great Lasting Traditions Of The Indianapolis 500

What a legend who will be greatly missed. RIP Jim Nabors!

Jim is a legend who will be even more appreciated as the years go by.

R.I.P. Jim! Thanks for your contributions and the great memories.

Since this year is the 100th running of The 500, I would love to see Jim come back and sing this one more time.

@nascarfan88ta

8 жыл бұрын

Nabors said that he would if he can.

@senorsoupe

8 жыл бұрын

+tommythetreat000 Jim was offered the job but his health meant he couldn't make the trip. I will miss the baritone voice from my SW vista seats this year.

@Itsisawnotiseen

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, that won't happen now. RIP Jim

@southsideman4891

6 жыл бұрын

:)

@ellomynameisjohnny

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's busy

God loves you Jim Nabors,and in the end,that's all that matters.

@alexandraasbury9974

8 жыл бұрын

True, and so do an awful lot of people!!!

Back Home Again In Indiana will never be sang the same!

We miss you Jim!

This song will forever live in my heart

He passed away today. I loved hearing him sing this every year. Rest in peace, Jim (I loved the Gomer Pyle show, too!)

Jim Nabor was such a wonderful singer &, such an authentic, big hearted, comedic actor on Gomer Pyle USMC & those guest appearances on Carol Burnett. He is missed by everybody including race fans.

R.I.P. Dear Jim....

Have to play this for this year so it feels the same

still come back here 2016 thankyou JIM

As a fellow Hoosier, There is nothing like the festivities & the beginning of that Race! When my mother could no loner attend the Spectacle due to health issues she would Cry listening to the start of the race on the radio, As a kid growing up in the 50's & 60's All these Race driver's were my Hero's. Long before the Pacers and Colts came to town,...

Thanks for the songs Jim

I'm sorry...The hay got in my eye. As a transplanted Hoosier, I am in love with this song and Jim Nabors will always have this as his Hoosier legacy.

RIP. Your legacy and love for the 500 will carry on because of you, sir.

Amazing his voice has barely changed all these years. Incredible, Jim Nabors great job as always! You, with Griffith's help created one of my favorite shows of all time, Gomer Pyle, USMC. Thanks for the pure and innocent "Real Comedy" of laughs! Because if it wasn't for show like yours, i would never watch television again! Now that you're a real Corporal in the U.S. Marines, you deserve every bit of it!

@Livefire123

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Nabors was promoted to Sergeant on 11-1-2013 by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Amos

10 years after this. Jim is missed by all

i've driven 1700 miles to see this race. one way. and it was a year that Jim Neighbors was there and sung this Indiana song (wabash or some such song,,,,it's a tradition in Indy, a big one), the brady bunch lady was there too (both were there at the same TIME !!!) and James Garner drove the pace car,,,,boy was he good. Garner is the one on the popular show called the Rockford Files, you might have heard of it. Also, Roger Penske was there in the pits along with Bobby Rahal... sorry if i spelled any of these Indy 500 legends wrong. what a place that is, unbelievable. it's the size of a small town. trust me when i tell you that outside the race track on the night before the race is a happening all unto itself..i've never seen anything like it and I've been all over the world. people from all walks of life in all conditions imaginable. I got A.J. Foyts autograph and Jim Rathman's autograph on my hat that year too.

Nobody can sing it better!

RIP Jim, another great tradition gone to memory:(

RIP Jim, not enough guys like you left.

Died December 1, 2017 at 87. RIP Mr. Nabors.

Rest in peace, Jim. I'm not from Indiana, but yours is the only state song I know.

There is no unlike Jim nabors ever

Goodbye, Jim. Thanks for the memories.

RIP Jim. We will indeed miss you.

RIP Jim. You'll be missed

Oh how I wish I was back home in Indiana (teary eyed now)

And... back to listening to this song before the 500. I’m sure hyped for tomorrow, even with less capacity than this.

We were there What treat, What a race!

R.I.P. Jim Nabors :(

84 years here. Pipesare still there,.

i hope IMS has this recorded for future 500's .... more importantly how classy was that letting him give the command to start engines? You can just see the joy in his face. :) We'll miss ya Sir

RIP Jim, no one can replace you. 11/30/2017.

R. I.P Mr. Nabors. Back home again in heaven

Wonderful, gentle man with an amazing voice. He brought so much joy and laughter to our lives. He is so missed

Earth was very Lucky to have his souL as long as it did, no doubt he is singing in Heaven to the max

ive been to 4 indy 500 and when jim nabors would sing back home again in Indiana the whole speedway would go nuts nothing like it was pretty cool