Merle Haggard & I listened & watched this with much enjoyment last night ...the whole episode knocked him out !!

@thereyougowithbryan6014

Жыл бұрын

that's greatttttt! love it!

The piano player is the great Bee Gee Adair. She is one fine piano player.

Roger Miller American Icon. Genious. I wish he were still with us. Laugh I'm in tears!

Him & his band are LIT! They'd been partying all night. Look it up.

Love Roger Miller he was a great artist

I've been obsessed with all five parts of this show for the past week. So much spontaneity. BTW, the guy Ralph and Roger pretend is Tex Ritter is WSM newsman Bob Olsen.

@stiffygreen73

6 жыл бұрын

What the F is up with that, anyway? Bob Olsen is so very obviously NOT Tex Ritter.

Wow, it's awesome seeing such humanity between Roger and the show

Rest In Peace, Ralph. You kept us entertained for decades.

My dad is Bob Olsen! Thank you for posting!

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not Tex Ritter.

Poor Roger, high as a kite. Ralph, well, being Ralph. These country guys and gals could play anything, even showin' up late after a session. Now this is live TV at it's best.

Roger is so high... Love it....

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that explains why he is being rude.

@jamesdavis1814

9 ай бұрын

@patriciajrs46 He isn't being rude, and if he is, he almost certainly isn't aware of it. In my opinion, I think Roger was autistic, and discussing something like personal feelings is probably quite difficult for him. Just normal conversation period, eye contact included. And if you watch hours of all his other videos, it is very apparent with the way he often faces away from who he is talking. His eyes are always moving around, vigilantly taking everything is. Autistic people are often cast as rude because they have deficit in social settings. Hence why he is always cracking jokes and drawing attention, including his own attention away from himself and how he is feelings onto the performance. Was Roger also taking amphetamine pills? Almost certainly, and as a person who likely suffered from exectutive dysfunctioning, we probably would not have had half of the songs he wrote. Not trying to be rude or get onto ya. I just wanted to help you understand what his internal experience my be like to help you in your judgment. Best to you!

@fuzzybutkus8970

5 күн бұрын

There’s a whole spectrum of autism. My son has cerebral palsy and we adopted another on the spectrum. He may be higher than Hitlers gas bill but autism?? Are you thinking Asperger’s?? I don’t think so you have to be more specific.

love it love it love it, laid back and easy going. The bass player was running late, funny.

Now THIS is "reality" TV!

Hmmm, 1966. That was an okay year. Thanks Ralph. I wish we would have been able to receive this show on the channels that we watched.

What a great guitar player!

This clip, obviously, can be appreciated and loved by the fans of all of those iconic figures. Charlie Louvin was a great singer and we all know the genius of Roger Miller and of course I like Ralph's 'style' if that's the word. Some didn't get a lot of his pseudo swagger and they actually took offense to it and felt his style was insulting but in truth he insisted on injecting realism into his conversations/interviews instead of focusing entirely on a recording artist's latest record or tour. In his interviews he'd always mention a tour or the artist's latest release near the end of interviews on purpose.

Tony who !! Almost fell off my chair. This guy was priceless.

March 8th. 11 yrs later to the day, I was born.

Best guitar player you never heard of....

@imannonymous7707

3 жыл бұрын

Ya so few mentioned it but I agree.. I know it's the chet Atkins track...yakety axe tho

@rockinredneck57

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of him. Founding member of Barefoot Jerry.

Jimmy Colvard one of the all time greatest guitar players.

@FrancescoAlcozer

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you friend: Jimmy Colvard is one of the best interpreters of American country music. Greetings. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4uEuZOwqKvUh6Q.html *DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS* Country-Rock Version in the style of *Duane Eddy*

guitar player,jimmy colvard....RIP......went on to play with Barefoot Jerry

@FrancescoAlcozer

4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Jimmy Colvard ! kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWeKmtKQYZepf5s.html *LOST FRIEND* Song dedicated to friends who left this world. Guitar cover by *Duane Eddy*

Great guitar player.

Jimmy Colvard is playing the Byrdland.

@RAZORMCHANK That is awesome. BTW,Christgau's right: that last Haggard album might be his best yet.

Damn good on Yakerty Axe.

@BewareDogma Also Thumbs Carlisle with the acoustic on his lap.

So cool...

What a riot!!

Looks like Roger can't stand Ralph, either!

Pretty good! Do you have any more episodes of Opry AM?

seriously, who is that guy? he's killin'!

I'm a huge Roger Miller fan. Roger seemed a little...um...off, on this. I think he was either stoned...or tripping. But hey...it was 1966 after all. Drugs were rampant then.

I don't think Roger is as high as Ralph is just slow to pick up on sarcasm. That's a worse offense then being high ;)

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

True.k

5:15 Pot jokes must have been pushing the limits on a show like this. Of course, the limits move a little when someone like RM goes on stage.

I don't like how they are trying to put RM on the spot. Dang them!

Great guitar at 8:00

priceless

i want me some of dat crazy vannila icecream

Never seen Ralph Emery look so young.

roger miller Wille nelson and waylon must have a good night the night before lol

wow the guy playin first is great

My sixth birthday !😀

does anybody know who the staff guitar player is? is it jimmy colvard?

@ranhar1

6 жыл бұрын

yes indeed!

That guitar player is so fast

exactly what i was going to say

1966...... man wer was i

Is this Monty Python meets Ralph Emory? Tex Ritter. Roger Miller.

Totally agree! Never did like him. And he is a piss poor interviewer as well. Somebody must have owed him a lot of money!

How bad was black & white TV when I was a teen? This.

Thumbs Carlille!!!

"Don't Shoot Him Yet"

Who's The guitar player playing the Byrdland?

@youtwothreefourfive

7 жыл бұрын

jimmy colvard

Ralph was "a drug store truck driving man"

Too much Crazy Vanilla ice cream

Sounds like Benny hill show. Cazooo

@rockinredneck57

2 жыл бұрын

It was written and originally recorded by saxaphonist Boots Randolph as Yakety Sax. Chet transposed it for guitar and renamed it Yakety Axe. It was used later as the theme song for the Benny Hill show. Boots said thank you very much. Use it all you like.

5:18 Roger shits on Ralph....He farts! LOL

great playing by the band, shame Roger Miller was off it.

@ranhar1

6 жыл бұрын

More talent in that room than you can shake a stick at....

Benny Hill theme.

RM was drunk.

@le0np0we

8 жыл бұрын

+neverlooksatit prolly some other ingredients in the mix too...no offense to Mr. Miller, that's probably life on the early morning teevee circuit haha

@le0np0we

8 жыл бұрын

+neverlooksatit stoned smiling

@mthivier

7 жыл бұрын

Well, it was the '60s. LOL

@rockinredneck57

2 жыл бұрын

High not drunk.

sooooo very mofessional!

Why would Roger say that about Charlie Louvin? Charlie was great. I guess there were times Roger could be rude, and in a bad mood. Hmm.

@nohohank2777

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure he was joking. He was obviously..jittery or shy here, and probably trying to steer the conversation away from himself.

Hahaha I swear these cats were somewhat stoners.

Man, I can't stand Ralph Emory...

Likes

@roadwarrior4485

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick Guy Flynn RIP

Are they all drunk or is this a early episode of "the Office"? It sure is wierd...

@ranhar1

6 жыл бұрын

Nobody can play that well and be plastered...

@VisionaryCompanion

5 жыл бұрын

A few of them are high, but probably on amphetamines. Some of Roger's jokes don't make all that much sense, and there is that strange combination of fatigue and twitchiness which is characteristic of the speed high.

@honkytonkwoman69

4 жыл бұрын

God, I loved Roger Miller

I love Roger Miller, but at 3:35 he passed gas...he probably struggled to keep from laughing.

@jejmsecretshorts

10 жыл бұрын

INCORRECT.

@BIG3rn91

10 жыл бұрын

do you love him less because of a possible fart?

@leopardboy

9 жыл бұрын

BIG3rn91 Perhaps she is protesting the time that it happened.

Ralph Emery was a jerk and making a good job of it here.

Ralph Emory seems a bit of an ass. Or, am I prematurely judging?😮

The house band - Jimmy Colvard on guitar. Bobby Dyson on bass, Beegie Cruiser on piano, Buddy Rogers on drums. Ralph's such a crappy host that he didn't even introduce the band.

@ranhar1

6 жыл бұрын

You mean Beegee Adair..

@billneese5166

3 ай бұрын

She eas Beegie Cusher for about 15 years before she married. I think Cusher was a performance name she adopted when she came to Nashville. When I see or hear Adair, I know who it is, but coming out of my mouth it's always Cusher. She was a talented session player too.