"Sleep is cheap, it's staying awake that's expensive"- Uncle Foiley.

@nomadswanderer8393

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤪🤣 You don't even know how that resonates LOL

@7550375503

3 жыл бұрын

Uncle Foley: Love it!

@travisharper3107

3 жыл бұрын

Watching the sun go up & down & up & down again costs a little money but I don't miss anything.

@BH-cr5uo

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was funny when Willie said "yeah that was a year Waylon was awake"

@ChrisfromGeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Right on! Keep Grinding 👍

Waylon was and is this good ol boy favorite country singer. All those boys where true road warriors. Pills and drugs of the time was what it was. Not judging. I still will crank Waylon to a 10 on the speakers. The older I get the more I appreciate the long gone days of country music. Not a fan of today's pop country of bro country. Let Waylon's songs and memories live in my mind and sole. I shed a small fear for happiness with regards to Mr. Waylon Jennings.

A buddy of mine was the upright player for Billy Joe Shaver for several stretches during the last 10 years or so, and in turn toured with Willie a bit and backed them on the Letterman performance from a few years ago. He was telling me a story that was told to him by Willie's bus driver, who used to drive Johnny Cash around in the early days. The story goes that Johnny was taking so many pills that on one occasion he ran out during a trip from city to city. When Johnny would run out of pills he'd get a little cranky, so his driver started pulling the pearl snap buttons off of his shirt and handing them as needed to Johnny to keep him happy for the rest of the overnight trip. Cash never knew the difference at that point. Wild stuff!

@awarewolves1712

3 жыл бұрын

William Faulkner would go on drinking binges and when he got too drunk to stand up his wife would bring him his drinks. At first she'd mix a little ice-tea into the bourbon, then a little more tea, little less bourbon, until he was drinking straight ice-tea. He'd still carry on for hours like he was getting drunker and drunker. There have also been some funny experiments at college parties where the keg was actually non-alcoholic beer, but everybody acted drunker and drunker as the party went on.

@nathanb5579

3 жыл бұрын

@@awarewolves1712 yup. The placebo effect. The mind is an strange thing...

@MDM0915

Жыл бұрын

Not enough buttons on a shirt for this story to make sense

@eivindgjengstjohansen9625

5 ай бұрын

Alcohol, drugs, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking no wonder he needed a triple bypass at age 51 the same thing with Johnny at age 56.

I remember Roger Miller hitting the big time when I was a child; he had a mercurial wit that I imagine few could have kept up with, and it's cool that Waylon was impressed by it. These days, it seems as though having a sense of humor is two strikes against you...

@Caperhere

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame humour doesn’t really work in the Comment section. If it did, maybe people wouldn’t be so defensive and mean.😊

@chokkan7

3 жыл бұрын

@@Caperhere , Agreed. I have lost count of the number of times I've simply typed a light-hearted quip, and someone (usually woke, but not always) has flamed me for it. And yet, I see (what I believe are intended to be) humorous asides all the time, and let them pass without comment...

@andymurray7240

3 жыл бұрын

Myself and my family were all in the music business out of our hometown of Nashville, I was on the advertising side and that meant going to the towns the acts would be playing in and putting up posters, flyers and free records to local DJs, My uncles and my dad all drove tour buses for the acts and my mother and my aunts all made the suits the stars wore, I remember ROGER MILLER on this one show after he hit it big with king of the road and I SAW HIM AT TOOTSIES BAR few days after patsy cline and the others died in a plane crash I could tell it really hit some of them hard and roger being one, Nashville changed after that, the pills were everywhere mostly the uppers Dexedrine, black beauties, yellow jackets, and then the cocaine hit.

@chokkan7

3 жыл бұрын

@@andymurray7240 , First off, I can't thank you enough for having shared such personal insights; I couldn't have blamed you if you'd treated it like a good poker hand, and kept it close to your heart... I grew up in the '60s, in rural MO, and one of the main things I could see, even as a child, was the fundamental cultural difference between R&R and country; many of the themes were similar, much of the musical basis was plowed in the same field, but country folk defined everything by community and belief, while rockers were drawn to the anonymity associated with urban lifestyles. Not picking sides; both have their share of miscreants and geniuses, but that's the model that always made sense to me...did you ever wonder if the need for speed wasn't largely driven by the maniacal touring schedules laid out by the labels?

@Gratefulman1965

3 жыл бұрын

I remember roger saying years ago. “When you get to Nashville you gotta remember not to mix the pills with the pocket change” Roger said “ I did that once and almost choked to death on a dollar and eighty cents”😂😂😂 Roger was a comedian!

That Waylon story of him losing all his money hit's home . My grandpa on my Dad's side had 8 kids . Grandpa worked on the highway and made good money back in the late 50's and 60's . Instead of taking that money home and taking care of his kids he would drink/gamble/run woman it all away . My Dad tells stories of him watching him lose his whole paycheck and then taking it out on my Dad . Telling my Dad he was the reason he'd lost "Bad luck charm" . Hell of a thing to say to your first son who has to live in horrible conditions he created . They had no electric and no indoor plumbing , and this was in the early 60's . They lived in southern Ohio in Appalachia . Dad said , I never saw indoor plumbing till I went to school . My Dad had a Gibson Les Paul Junior but it was stolen . He had a Telecaster . Pioneer Sx 950 with the turntable set up with Hpm 200's ... hock it all and if the Les Paul was still around it would have been hock'd as well :( . Until my Dad met my Mom he was wild . My Dad is blessed with a great singing voice and perfect pitch . Too bad my Grandpa was a self centered POS . He could have set his family up . Dad regrets so much and it brings him down but I always cheer him up cause I have kept everything . Sorry for the long story ...funny how that Waylon story made me think of my Dad.

Favorite Waylon song is Don't you think this outlaw bit's done got outa hand!

@stevenlockard6374

3 жыл бұрын

Andy Ford one of mine too.. but Clyde player electric bass.. doo doo doo doo dona dona don

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

I had to come back to this and I agreed with you. I know every Waylon song he ever did. Don't you think this outlaw bit is so true to him as it's his story. I love true story put into songs.

@justspeakingmymind7224

3 жыл бұрын

Honky tonk heroes or cause you asked me to.. are mine

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

@@justspeakingmymind7224 Honky Tonk Heroes is a masterpiece. A true story of Billy Joe Shaver's mother. Waylon nailed that song.

@archstanton4365

Жыл бұрын

You asked me to

I drove Waylons bus. We had to go into Canada, I was terrified. He had a whole drawer full of pills on the bus. The border guards came on the bus but missed that drawer.

@kennethclaar922

3 жыл бұрын

That is so crazy

@larryfunnelcake9669

3 жыл бұрын

Border guards don't miss anything unless their hands suddenly got filled with a fistful of hundreds

@PokeMaster1151

3 жыл бұрын

@@larryfunnelcake9669 this was a long long time ago, things were different.

@matthewwitmer380

2 жыл бұрын

Did they use dogs?

@tattoobillyband7725

2 жыл бұрын

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Picking a favorite Waylon song is like picking a favorite child but "I've Always Been Crazy" comes to mind.

@karenmikasko7148

3 жыл бұрын

lol...this is true and I have no children.

@j.t.s8618

2 жыл бұрын

@@karenmikasko7148 - Same but I still related too✌️

when i think of waylon i think about the survivors guilt he must have had....those innocent years of rocknroll and the day the music died... that old saying goes ...it aint dying ....its living thats hard.....hes been there done that.....great vid man......respect otis

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

when you sign off by say,"much love to you", I think I speak for many of us when I say: thanks, that always feels good to hear. much love to you, Otis!

It's funny how I can read all the comments and when someone mentions their favorite song...I can suddenly in my head sing all the words and hear Waylon singing too.

Fave: Storms Never Last. A boyfriend and I saw Waylon decades ago. I forget which song it was, but when he sang the Willie part, he pinched his nostrils...the silly moments you remember, lol.

I saw Waylon a couple times, once at Lollapalooza in Des Moines (he came on after the Ramones and before Soundgarden!!) and once at Farm Aid in Ames when he played with the Highwaymen. At the Loloapalooza show he opened with "I've Always Been Crazy" and I think at that moment that song became my favorite. Thank you Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing that he followed the Ramones, Troy!

Otis I couldn't have enjoyed this anymore than if I had been sat in an easy chair directly across from you. Your narrations are superb. I am sitting here in the evening eating a fruit porridge. An no pills in sight thank God. Such a gift you have I thank you 👍

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly, Steve!

We kept all the weed in three jars that we custom fit to go inside the V.C.R. on the bus..The vcr was way up high in the front of the bus,and a tape could still be played while the weed was in it...Every hour or so, my drummer would grab a small screwdriver, spin us one up, and put the VCR back together,stick a tape back in it and make sure the red light was on....Each time we got pulled over, he quickly mopped the floor with bleach as I was finding a good pullover spot....Many cops were on the bus...They never,ever, thought to make us open up our working VCR... Played a wednesday nite in Clarksdale Miss , at ground zero , and had a friday nite booked in Dalton Ga...while my band urged me to "stay in the ditch" which means keep it on the freeway- I decided to cut plumb across alabama to hook up with a chic in summersville Ga....( one in every port?) ...The band was pissed and Billy refused to roll my joints while I was driving the bus....that made me pissed...lol...Later I thanked him....Got pulled over in some very very out of the way place, the cop comes up to the window and i said "did I do something wrong officer?" and he says- " NOPE- I am just a bored country cop that aint got shit to do...." my heart sank....he had us for an hour and half....before he let us go we were singing harmonies together and talking church music....lol...I gave him my record, and as we pulled away I said, "we better get out of alabama before he listens to that record boys....." He will hunt us down when he figures out what I am about.." I drank whisky for medicinal purposes only, the weed, well that was to get high to keep things under control, I only drank when I smoked, or on days that end with a y

Thank you for reading these stories about Waylon. I was 15 yrs old, a friend came over begging me to listen to a song she had heard. It was Amanda by Waylon. She left the album there and I listened to the whole album and fell in love. So at 15 yrs old, I began collecting his albums. Along the way, I discovered we shared the same birthday! I am 58 now, I currently have 48 Waylon LPs and always looking for an original LP, especially the older ones. My favorite songs are Lonesome ‘Onry & Mean, Anita You’re Dreaming, Lucille and Honky Tonk Heroes. I loved Waylon because he was real and his music was real. Thank you for telling his stories, enjoying them very much!! And much love to you for doing this!

@ksr9t

Жыл бұрын

My brother introduced me to Waylon when I was a young kid in the sixties. Saw him several times over the years. Still read or listen to anything Waylon. Lonesome Ornery and mean is my favorite. Black Rose is another. But that's a Billy Joe Shaver song. Another favorite artist of mine. Revelation is a hell of a song too. Waylon nor Shaver ever made a song I didn't like.

@The11221997

Жыл бұрын

@@ksr9t yes revelation is a good one!

Waylon’s later output was underrated Rose in Paradise is a truly great tune that tells a great story! As far as Merle and the poker game who knows lots of years on top of tons of substance abuse on both sides can lead to a multitude of reasons why things happened back in the day. I saw Waylon about six months before he left us at Billy Bobs in Fort Worth musically his voice and his playing was as strong as ever but physically he had to be helped to a chair to play the gig but his spirt was as strong as ever. RIP to both Waylon and Merle I just feel blessed I got to experience their music my life is better for it.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this, James!

@jaybarber68

3 жыл бұрын

My second son asked me why it never made it, I told him it did. I remember they played “Rose in Paradise”, several times a day for a few weeks, on the country stations. I told him I really liked the song! Whoever wrote it was quite clever.

@merlehaggard2696

2 жыл бұрын

I was told by a very reliable source that Merle spiked his tea and gave him ruffies. Apparently, Ralph Mooney left Merle over this incident and went with Waylon. Waylon did not like Merle until the day he died. I am a Merle Haggard fan but I think Waylon was a better person.

@WaymoresBlues

2 жыл бұрын

Waylon had to have one of his feet amputated due to diabetes which is why he need that help.

I was born in 1976 and my parents named me after Hoss and I was always grateful for that.. mainly because women always liked my name whether they knew him or not. It was wonderful..

My favorite song of waylons is any he recorded by billy joe shaver

Rodger Miller being interviewed on talk TV was asked.... You used to tour with Johnny Cash, did you ever go on stage high? He replied " High? Son....We could have went duck huntin with a rake! One of the funniest things.this old hippie has ever heard! One of the

My son is named after Waylon. This dudes music saved my life, literally.

@southernexposure123

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like an interesting story a lot of people might l ike to hear IF it's not too personal to share.

My Italian ancestors were musicians that settled in Nashville right after the Civil War. The family played in bands from the time they arrived and long into the 20th century. Family legend has it that they brought the Mandolin (and pretzels) to Nashville. My great grandmothers cousin became the music librarian at WSM in the mid 1920's and later was hired to be the first stage manager at the Opry and held that position for 34 years. He shook the hands of every man and kissed every woman that played the Opry back then. His name was Vito Pelletieri and he was the one that told Johnny Cash not to come back that night he broke those lights. He also wrote songs with Hank Sr. and was a close friend of Hank Snow. I'd like to hear some stories about him from some older artists that knew him. I heard that he cussed a lot, talked dirty around the ladies, and was the one that had to tell Hank Sr. that he was fired from the Opry. Maybe you know someone around Nashville that can verify some of that?

I saw Waylon in concert in 80 or so at the San Diego sports arena...the opening act was John Prine....classic!

Don't know what Waylon thought, but don't gamble unless you're willing to lose.

lonesome on'ry and mean is my favorite Waylon song! After my divorce and struggling with alcoholism I felt that way a lot...Waylon is ultimately what got me into country music, Ralph Mooney with his steel guitar really hooked my ears!

One of my favorite Waylon songs is "The Wurlitzer Prize". If ya'll don't know that one, look it up. Ol' Hoss could sure sing pretty when he wanted to.

@keymaster430

3 жыл бұрын

"...for all the silver, I let slide down the slot!..."

@justspeakingmymind7224

3 жыл бұрын

Playing them songs so blueee

I saw Waylon in Ottawa, Canada in the late 70's. He and Jesse were so stoned on stage I doubt they even knew they were on the most prestigious stage in Ottawa, the nations capitol. It kind of threw me but I still am a big Waylon fan. Your narratives are very informative, keep up the great work.

@daneallan1320

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Jesse was stoned.

Waylon is probably my favorite artist, so picking one song would be impossible. First songs to come to mind would be: where corn don’t grow, rainy day woman, are you sure hank done it this way, I’ve always been crazy, write your own songs (thanks willie). Also a huge shout out to the more recent collaboration with Shooter, Outlaw Shit! Love that song.

I always feel like waylon is kin to me when I hear his music. Just so down to earth and relateable

One of the best musician autobiographies EVER...

The late 70’s saw me ingest more than my share of west coast turn arounds. I can somewhat sympathize. Like a wise man once told me, “ the only good thing about the good old days is that they’re gone”. Dreaming My Dreams is one of if not the favorite for me....

Maybe that's another reason why Merle wasn't a Highwayman.

@cynthiadrott-puett1762

3 жыл бұрын

My fave songs by waylon r Come with me. I lost me Can't keep my hands off you. When I took my mom to c merle he was rude to an old man n made him cry. For years after that I wouldn't listen to merle. Eventually i learned he was on drugs at the time.

@reddeserted13

3 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiadrott-puett1762 When I think if where those guys came from and how fast they rose to fame, it's somewhat understandable.

@tylerholloway_gitpikin

3 жыл бұрын

If you know how the Highwaymen came together... Hag was not in the gang.. Ask Marty Stuart.

@reddeserted13

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerholloway_gitpikin Okay, I'll ask Marty next time I see him. I don't really know anything about these people, besides the commercial records of their music I have purchased or stolen.

@tylerholloway_gitpikin

3 жыл бұрын

@@reddeserted13 I know that story is out there somewhere... I have a bud that knows all about Cash. Marty went and dug up the Highwaymen song and brought it to them. ... Cash said ..." I wanna do that part about the starship..." Kinda Funny. Somehow I ended up on Marty's bad side in 99.. don't tell him i said to ask. He's still one of my faves.

I remember that Bill Monroe's booking agent would book him all over the West, where every date was really far apart, unlike the East Coast where you could make relatively short drives between gigs. It was as though the booking agent had never looked at a map or realized that you can't drive 12 hours between every gig every day . . . but back to Waylon: I'd take all the Billy Joe Shaver songs he sang on the Honkytonk Heroes album.

"Never put your pills where you put your guitar picks." -Roger Miller Fave Waylon tune: Six Strings Away "Poor boy ways / and hard time days / are just six strings away"

@sidpierce9219

3 жыл бұрын

“Keep your pills in one pocket and your change in the other, I just took 35 cents.” Roger Miller

I have been watching your post's of interview's with different musicians who have known, played & toured with Waylon in the past, I must say "THANK YOU" for each of them, as I thoroughly enjoyed them all! Like million's of other folk's, I am now & have alway's been a huge Waylon Jennings fan. I think most country music fan's, of a certain age, have Waylon on their list of fav's, but on my list, well it start's with Waylon! Alway's loved the Man's music, what became the Waylon sound, his awesome & so unique guitar, the great sound he created playing it, when you heard that guitar, you instantly knew who was playing it, even if you had never before heard the song, you immediately recognized that it was him, that's Waylon Jennings playing that song & man that's, well....🤔....😃!! Baddassery at it's finest! My favorite WJ song would have to be "This Outlaw bit done got outta hand" although "A long time ago" & "Brown eyed handsome Man" ain't far behind 😉 I love the great story he tell's in "Rose in Paradise" & "Ain't livin long like this" I've alway's felt connected to his lyric "All I remember was a drunk man's breath" My own Father (RIP 🙏) quit drinking bout the time I was 8, but I well remember him coming home so drunk that he crawled in the front door, cause he couldn't walk & my 8yr old nose could smell the booze on his breath. Hell hoss, I love Johnny, George, Merle, Willie, Conway, Hank SR/JR ect...just like most do, but for this Ol'' Outlaw the list start's with The King of The Outlaw's, Waylon Jennings! ✝️ As for the pill's, just a part of doing business back then I suppose, hell if even Roger Miller was doin it, playing 300 show's a year, how could you not do that? 🤷🏻‍♂️ To me, everything about the Man is intriguing, his Outlaw image, his own personal emblem of the Phoenix rising, his love affair with Miss Jessi, what a Woman she must be to have tamed a Man like Waylon, a saintly strong Woman no doubt. I guess after reading through my rambling comment here, it's no surprise to anyone that I sat in private & shed a tear upon learning of my Radio Hero's passing, may the Outlaw who walk's thru Jessi's dream's rest in peace, for his music will live forever 🙏 Btw, we all know one shouldn't gamble but what one can afford to lose, but a true friend would never take advantage of you like that. I found out all I needed to know about Haggard back in the late 80's. My father had bout ticket's for us to see Merle in concert at a very quaint amphitheater in Ramona CA. He, along with his band The Strangers played a little over 40 mins & 25 mins of it was purely instrumental, he was pullin shine from a jug under his chair, you could tell it was moon, because he was past half lit! He abruptly stopped playing & said "Sorry folk's, but we have a bigger show to do tomorrow night in Vegas! Then he & the band departed on his tour bus parked right behind the stage! Everyone in the audience was confused, we all thought he was joking, but anger quickly replaced confusion, as we watched that Silver Eagle pull out & driver off 😠 My Dad paid twice the price of a normal concert too see his face as the bus rolled off, well it really angered me. Merle's music is legendary, but that night told me all I needed to know about "The Hagg" Just as I'm sure that poker game told Waylon 😉 Thanks again Hoss, I truly enjoyed them 🤠👍

@justthestresstalkin2482

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same about Waylon and listen to almost exclusively. I loved his book and been researching the man for over a decade. I loved every word you wrote ! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Slinger43

Жыл бұрын

@@justthestresstalkin2482 Thank ya kindly Hoss, the truth is alway's easy to tell, even if it's damn near a novel's length 😂👍

I have so many favorite Waylon Jennings songs, but drinking and dreaming is definitely one of them

Mississippi Woman is my fav song by Waylon. Reading 'Dang Me' right now, obviously Roger's book, it is outstanding.

It used to be the thought that if it came from a doctor and was made by the pharmaceutical industry it was medication not drugs and didnt carry the stigma of illicit substances. We know better now that not everything that a doctor deems acceptable is in your best interest!

@Caperhere

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It wasn’t just famous people who got sucked into the pharmaceutical intentional trap. Housewives, in the 60s and 70s were being prescribed uppers and downers. Uppers for the exhaustion of trying to keep a perfect house, with meals on time, and children looking perfect. Then downers because their nerves were shot from the same thing, and I suspect staying in marriages where they were little more than maids, cooks, caregivers, and had to perform “ wifely duties” in a time where women rarely understood their own bodies, whether they liked it or not. The sexual revolution came for men first, who often had no idea( and sometimes didn’t care) how to satisfy their wives. The pharmaceutical industry hit it big time when it discovered, like the tobacco industry already had, they just had to get citizens addicted to pills to have a lifelong customer. On a lighter note, birth control pills came along. I was born in ‘60, and remember seeing a pkg of them on my mom’s dresser when I was five years old. That freed up a lot of worry for many women although for some reason, young women still seem to continue to get pregnant. I was on those suckers when I was 14, and never had children.

I remember the day Waylon died. I was working a Stacey Earle show (w/Mark Stuart)and Mark played a great version of "Amanda" at soundcheck. So that song kinda sticks with me since then.

@nononever3592

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's a wonderful song!

@Caperhere

3 жыл бұрын

🎶It’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life To look in the mirror in total surprise At the hair on my shoulders and the age in my eyes🎶 Wonderful lyrics.

I listened to the audiobook read by Waylon and it's phenomenal! A MUST READ if your any kind of country music, let alone of Waylon

Must You Throw Dirt In My Face. RIP Waylon and Roger! Miller a great Okie. Lots of good Roger stories floating around. Thanks Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Larry!

Otis, after 3 times viewing this & endless hours drinking coffee with ya on Weekends with my dog, we both have to tell you that the stories you shared here are great & cautionary about Waylon (Ain't living long like this seems an appropriate fave), but you really rocked my world with your Gretchen Peterson interview about Jimmy LaFave, I watched his last gig in an ambulance & then in a wheelchair sing Goodnight Irene, then told them he loved them, & to love & nature his teenage son. As a 2 time cancer survivor his same age, now I can't quit listening to his tunes yet...I wish I'd been tuned into him 30yrs ago... Your work is timeless, please keep doing what you do, because no matter when I find it, it's still new to me. You're a Blessing Otis! 😎🎵🐕

@otisgibbs

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly, Lance! : )

A friend said to me recently “the world is crazy, Covid is everywhere, and you never know what lurks in the hearts of men.”

@stephenslusser2895

3 жыл бұрын

Who knows what darkness lurks in the hearts of men? 'The Shadow' knows.

@tongueincheekjazzband4639

3 жыл бұрын

@@angeleliofthefamilydiaz1226 I think you missed the enlightened part, Angel

@brettbarton1911

3 жыл бұрын

Shadows

@brettbarton1911

3 жыл бұрын

Shadows

@lyleswann6296

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenslusser2895 The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! (Maniacal laugh!)

I grew up in Oklahoma born in the 70's. My mom worked with a lady whos husband Dan was an OKC Police officer, he was a Forensic Photographer one of the things that he got to do was be a security guard for concerts. He told me a story about a night that Waylon played Lloyd Noble Arena in Norman, Ok. He said that the concert was great and all of the officers there loved Waylon. After the show was over they escorted him out to his limo where the door was opened he sat down in the car and someone handed him a mirror with a huge line of cocaine. Waylon grabbed it snorted it smiled at them some one closed the door and off he went. He said they all stood there looked at each other like did that just happen and all started laughing.

I love these old stories of George Jones Waylon Jennings Merle Haggard, those are my dad‘s favorite and I love them too. You do such a good job on telling the stories I share the stories with my friends and they love them to keep up the good work!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Phil!

My favorite Waylon song is "Lukenbach Texas". "The only two things in life that make it worth livin. Guitars tuned good and firm feelin women". No truer words have been spoken, and Keats himself couldn't have written it better.

"It's Not Supposed To Be That Way" is my favourite, wonderful title and it kind of confused me the first times I heard it, since I thought it was the usual love song theme. Then I realised it must be to his daughter. Anyway, songs are seldom about parental love. I guess the diversity of subjects in country song is what makes me like it so much. Especially Tom T Hall seems able to turn any small fragment of someone's reality into a good song!

What I can't seem to get enough of are his 70's ballads, just so much soul in them, especially 'It's Not Supposed To Be That Way', 'Old Five and Dimers', and 'Old Love New Eyes'.

*Roger Miller was/is/and always will be an American legend. It's a damn shame that he isn't more known and appreciated on the same level as Waylon, Cash, Willie, etc. He was not only completely original in his vocal style but one of the best songwriters of his era that also wrote songs for his fellow country artists. ALL WHILE DOPED UP! Glad that he and Waylon came to their senses later on and abandoned the drugs. God bless Roger and Waylon*

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Adam!

@defaultusername123

3 жыл бұрын

@@otisgibbs Your Elvis/Jerry Reed was great as well. Never heard that one before. Love Jerry

But what you gotta remember is how great they were. I listen to modern country and what’s probably missing is the pills, the awake for days trying to get to the next show. Like it as not, the drugs affectively put the grit, the human into their music. I grew up on the old country, dad was a trucker. I heard all that great music on 8-track. The best, and I mean quintessential truck driving song without a doubt is “Did ole Hank really do it this way?” That driving beat has Kenworth W-900 heading outta town written all over it.

Always wondered what Waylon and Hag's relationship was like, I know Waylon covered "The Bottle Let Me Down", and both men seemed pretty intense in their own ways. Two of my favorites for sure.

My cousin was Waylon's bus driver in the 70s. He use to bring the bus to my parent's house to get a home cooked meal. He said waylon had a cigar box full of every drug known to mankind. He said sometimes he would have to put them in front of their instruments but they never missed a beat.One night Waylon was suppose to play in nashville and he was going to get me backstage but Paul Mccartney showed up and they wouldn't let us in. Heck I wasn't a musician but almost all my friends and i did drugs in the 70s.

Gone but never forgotten we still got his music rip

Waylon's autobiography is outstanding. It reads like a long conversation with Hoss. Waylon indeed do a lot of wild and crazy things, but at base and at heart he was a good hearted, truly nice (unless you fkd with him) man who "never intentionally hurt anyone".

What's your favorite Waylon song? If anyone has suggestions for deep cuts, I'd love to hear them.

@johnlovelady1045

3 жыл бұрын

Never Been to Spain!

@jedgarren2901

3 жыл бұрын

Lonesome,Ornery,and,Mean

@jay5467

3 жыл бұрын

Came Here To Party is a banger tune and quite underrated in my opinion

@carterdickson6602

3 жыл бұрын

i can get off on you 😙🤌🏼

@janeswidler5129

3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to have a favorite Waylon song but way high up on the list is "Ladies Love Outlaws". Gracias for doing these videos. I'm in the jungle of Costa Rica listening to you. Cuentas una muy buena historia (You tell a really good story).

Excellent and thank you for sharing and your kindness to all of us!

Mr Otis, thank you for your stories. I am an old guitar slinger now, and as a ´59 vintage, all the younger slinger`s want me to tell them about the craziness i know of the rock gods(Iam more of a roadie than a slinger!) and only last week I told them, as I always tell them. `them good old country boys had more fun and were more dangerous than any rock band` I am a blues rock guy myself yet I know. Cash ,Waylon,Haggard,(and their buddies) and the crew,were probely the last great Americans in music who were the real deal,who were good and bad in equal measure and masters of their art . There are still, wonderful musicians but where is the passion? Iam gonna buy that book... they willhave to reprint it if you keep on quoting from it. peace,.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, hopefully there are still some cheap copies floating around! : )

Thanks man. Love Waylon.

Thank you. Great to share the joy of reading in this way, a favorite book, meaningful passages, insights and insightful commentary. Nothing is ever what it appears and always a price to pay...

I really can't think of any one song as a favorite. I loved them all!

I have two favorites of Waylon’s. Honky Tonk Heroes and The Conversation with Hank Jr. I also love Willie the Wondering Gypsy and Me.

Amazing stories that make a man put his drink down for a minute and think about those stories mean. Rough times made men leather but probably shortened their lives, careers, and their friendships. Thank you again.

Otis, Really really love the channel. And especially the Waylon videos. Thanks for continuing to be the real deal!!

@lindasuegreenkennedy9739

Жыл бұрын

I also Love the these stories. Please keep em coming.

Im happy and humbled by each and every experience with your channel. Thank you again for keeping the best part of country music alive.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Bob Wills is still the king is one of my favourite Waylon songs along with many others to many to mention, as I love all of them along with his guitar playing which was as eunique as his personality , the Man was without doubt one of a kind.

i first saw Waylon Jennings in Mobile, Alabama in 1972...he opened for Buck Owens and the Buckaroo's ( Don Rich was on the harmony vocals and Telecaster)...Waylon was playing with Ralph Mooney on steel and Ritchie Albright was on drums... one of the best concerts in my memory ,,no flash or big production...just a tight 5 piece band and Waylon's voice!!!....and then I saw him at Willie Nelson's 2nd 4th of July Picnic at the Texas World Speedway in Bryan/College Station Texas in 1974.. Waylon came on right around sunset... I remember them playing Rambling Man....there's no way i have a favorite Waylon song...I love all of them

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Those are some great shows, Tony!

@tonyclarke9650

3 жыл бұрын

@@otisgibbs that one in 1972 is the best!! his voice was unreal !!!

I read this book in about 2000. I remember that Merle paragraph. I got that same impression that there was some backstory. Maybe some past bad blood or something. That passage really stuck out tho.

Your video is worthwhile for certain....Those old country singers bring a tear to my eye.

that was great Thanks Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ted!

You're great. Great stories.

Thanks Steve great show

These stories are great love listening to them!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andrew!

man you are one of the greatest in country music,you always was and you always will be. tyrell santee

My favorite Waylon song is by far Lonesome, Onry and Mean .

I love the concept of your channel, it's very original and your love for the music and the stories behind it is inspirational!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Chiara!

I don't know how I ended up here, but I've watched a few dozen of your videos. Thanks for taking the time to do these. I enjoy them very much.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly, Yano!

I love Waylon Jennings the guy was a rock star I have the audiobook Waylon and it's a great read or listen

Love ur channel. Waylon was one of the most awesome people I ever listened to, and seen❣️❣️❣️❣️ Love the way u tell his stories.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Donna!

Hey Otis. Now, I never really liked Waylon Jennings much, and I love country music. So much so, that I'm also a country music singer and guitarist. I loved all the regulars (ha), favorites like George Jones, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Conway, etc. One day I was on you tube and I was watching old episodes of Porter Wagoner. I heard him say something like " and here's a young man just signed to RCA records, let's give it a big hand for Waylon Jennings" Then, out walked this handsome young man in a suit with slick back hair! Well I almost fell off my chair. He sang time to bum again & Anita your dreaming. I was so impressed with him that I decided to find out what his story was. As it turns out, we have a lot in common ( not the famous part) and I realized that I like his music a lot as well. Now I listened to his autobiography here on KZread, and I thought I got the whole story. But the parts you read about the camper belonging to Red sovine. And that part about the sleeper crash and that guy dying... Well I'm going to get the book this week and read the whole story. I loved listening to it but I guess it was just a quick synopsis of his life. I'm glad I saw your video. Thanks 👍

Wonderful stories Otis. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bill!

Another awesome story Otis 👍 God Bless You Brother 🎸❤️🥂

I have been a Waylon fan for a long time! Was saddened to hear he passed when he did!

Great stories

Thanks for sharing this Otis. Yes, it’s the music from Waylon and Merle that really matters.

Excellent video and excellent beard! Keep up the great work. Much love from Texas!

My uncle knew all those guys from the 1950s on. He was a promotor. Mainly a stock car promotor but music, as well. He used to bring country stars through our house in Birmingham all the time. Faron Young came through with Uncle Bob one day in the early 60s. Faron did a radio interview over our black rotary dial wall phone in our kitchen on a country station in B'ham. Faron was the host of the Opry at the time. Brought Jerry Lee Lewis by, both drunk as hell, with a wet bar in the back seat of the car Jerry had. My uncle was Bob Harmon, who leased or owned nearly every stock car short track in in Florida, Alabama, & Tennessee over his long career. At the end he was running Nashville fairgrounds track & designed & built Nashville Superspeedway. Uncle Bob, by that time was known as Uncle Bob Harmon & is the guy that started giving Gibson Les Pauls away as trophies at the fairgrounds & Lebanon. Your stories remind me of countless things I either heard about, saw, or witnessed over 40 years. Uncle Bob chose the moniker Uncle Bob because I always called him that even into adulthood & used the name for his newsletter, Uncle Bob's Bullsheet for the All Pro Slim Series he started for short tracks nationwide in 1980. The era you're speaking of was just a little after he knew everybody in Nashville, & to some degree was part of the dynamic of Country Music. I'm sure he knew Waylon. Ppl always remembered Uncle Bob for his honesty as a promotor. When Uncle Bob died, Darrel Waltrip said Uncle Bob Harmon was the most honest & trustworthy promotor ever in the business.

Good story as always Otis. Thank you for what you do. I appreciate your positive approach.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My favorite lesser known Waylon songs “Love of the Common People”, and I love his cover of the Beatles “You’ve got to Hide your Love Away”.

@WaymoresBlues

2 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere once that an Indian tribe, I think it was the Cherokee, adopted that song 'Love of the Common People' many years ago as their own because they call themselves the Common People in their language.

this was great, thank you

Here's to better days! ✌

I've been in a few scary touring situations, but as soon as you mentioned that overhead sleeper I got a cold chill, could see it right before my eyes and thought, "no way I'd ever get in one of those", and then you finished the story...

Waylon is a great book. I haven't read it in years. I'll have to read it again. I remember reading that Cash said in his autobiography that he thought that pills were a Godsend like they all thought. It's hard to pick a favorite Waylon song. So many. I recently discovered his version of 'Heartaches By The Number" that he recorded in 67 on a Harlan Howard tribute album. I really liked it.

Hey Otis, Alabama here✌️ Elvis didn’t write his life book, to bad and sad, but that’s what folks say his take on it to about his pills. I love the B&W videos✌️

My grandfather bought Waylon’s old Dodge motor home. We camped in that thing for years.

My 2 favorite Waylon songs are Honky Tonk Hero and I've Always Been Crazy, I even used the line "I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane" as my senior quote when I graduated High School a few years back and In some good ways and some other not so good ways that line right there could be used to accurately describe me as a person

@alvarochavez814

3 жыл бұрын

Oh and how could I for get Drinkin and Dreamin' now those are my top 3 Waylon toons

Fresh out of rehab today and I come home to this! Awesome. Love it Otis!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Much love to ya, Eli!

Love this channel and these stories

Love these

I tried to find some early Waylon, and started listening to a bunch of things I’d never heard by him last night. It seems like the Waylon you think of started to take shape in the early 70’s. I found a killer tune called Sure Didn’t Take Him Long, off of the 1972 album Ladies Love Outlaws.

@kylemoran4343

3 жыл бұрын

One of his very first recordings was produced by Buddy Holly, and it was called Jole Blon kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4R10amSk67Rmqg.html (King Curtis on Sax, & Buddy on guitar)

@Rayzor66

3 жыл бұрын

There's a ton of Waylon songs that are better than the top 10 hits that's on all the greatest hits albumn. Oklahoma Sunshine. Loving her was easier than anything I had to do. Black Rose, sanfrancisco mabel joy, i can go on lol enjoy my friends

Enjoyed the this story. I always enjoyed all your stories an like to hear you sing too thanks again for another good one

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Wade!