Loving Her Was Easier - Nelson / Kristofferson

[TahoeLegend]

rheaub2, you are soooo right about that solo. I have been stealing and playing solos from Willy for years, and there is no guitar player better if you want to learn how to play solos.

He understands that great solos are melody, not endless riffs, and that they should fit organically into the song.

I can't think of any guitar player who has played more great solos, and more beautiful solos, than Willy. And this one is one of the best of all.

I'll get it down one of these days.

[imaginativeloginname]

There are some of us who had this music in our souls and we knew every word to these songs long before we ever heard them. And then when we heard Willie artistically bring them to life- well....he brings something to life in all of our souls.

Thanks Willie

[62angeles]

!!!!me encantan!!!!! son fantasticos

[harleyguywa]

he is an american icon

[worldcoup]

@harleyguywa you mean they are ;-)

[odinstheboy]

blessed was the man in black..(in the middle)

[catbirchall]

Beautiful romanticism, Awesome, makes me cry.

[MrTman86]

tru shit

[MrPhotodoc]

"Willie can play that 'ol beat up 6 string...better 'n any one that's ever been...Lovi'n her was easier... that than anything I'll ever do again"

you're welcome.

[cuteoldguy]

@qfhomeless ...I have this on reliable "Infomation"

....Willies' guitar is the same age as my late Ex mother in law .

....That is one year older than God .

[cuteoldguy]

....Peggy....Loving you was easy ...R.I.P.

[EliJahCali]

Love Willie!

R.I.P. Waylon and John

It this available on DVD?

[TheTmcctchn]

@EliJahCali

Is it available on DVD?????

[msmiztressnblack]

i could not have said it any better!  i'm a rocker but i love willie, johnny and kris! rock on!!!

[Moniquee0899]

super

[Moniquee0899]

super

[mdyewheal]

Any updates on Willie's pot bust in Texas? Oooh, puhleez, have him do a community service concert-he would be all over it and raise tons of cash for a great cause!

Love, love love, Willie. As for Kris, he can write songs, but Jeez, he can't sing.

[michaelsmorrison]

Lost love

Nothing to live for

Nothing to loose

Lost love is all I had

So I threw the good out

With the bad...

M.S. Morrison

[rheaub2]

Willie's guitar solo @ 2:57 is the game-changer here, just masterful and Kristofferson backs off knowing that Willie is in charge, taking his song to a higher level. Willie hears sounds that others don't and has the gift of sharing those sounds through the guitar and his distinct phrasing. An awesome demonstration here for all of us who pick and sing and maybe write a bit. And KK is delighted to hear his song interpreted so well, transforming it really.

[TheArnAnderson]

Waylon has them beat

[sleaponit21]

@TheArnAnderson how you mean waylon has them beat ? please explain to us, seeing they are all dear friends to each other ???

[TheArnAnderson]

@sleaponit21 That means hes better at singing this song than them. Not hard to understand

[ImStumblinIn]

Two musical legends.

[wullywlsn079]

best ever in scotland? 

[susan5142]

best ever

[khdetw]

There aught to be a level above "favorites" to capture this one

[INAWEOFKRIS]

Kris is the greatest song writer ever, and these guys are the best. I really miss Waylon and Johnny. Thanks for posting this. I am going to see Kris for the third time in Oct. I wish I could have seen these guys in person. Love them all so much.

[cowboysfan782008]

@INAWEOFKRIS I hear ya.

[ThePainter62]

12 unfortunates have caught Justin Bieber Disease..........pity about that.!

[gfhomeless]

how old is willie's guitar?

[JoniWalker42]

the best country singer ever on one stage:willie nelson+kris kristofferson= fantastic

[rileymo2]

just go to her and give her a big love while you still can.

[lgrovewitch1]

i could listen to Willie sing twinkle twinkle little star. He has amazed me my whole life. Kris is no singer, but an exceptional writer and performer and Johnny, may he RIP was the glue that made this so awesome. They are all poets in their own right and all incredible talents........This always touches my heart

[kizzie926]

@lgrovewitch1 kris is agood singer,that song was just great love all of em willy johnny and kris

[MrNatedawg19]

this song is possibly the most potent and complete statement of love within the context of language. "loving her was easier than anything i'll ever do again" how can you top that? that is true and thorough love

[mosaicist1]

KrisKristoffersen was a Rhodes Scholar

[angeansaiorm]

jayzez i think these guys were born with guitars in their hands they knock sweet tunes out of them guitars without any effort at all..and all they have to do is open their mouths and sweet song just flows out..they're brilliant

[TheMeat1960]

12 PEOPLE NEED HEAD EXAMINED!

[prober45]

12 people must not be Americans

[HerlonChaves]

@prober45 I'm not American... I'm Brazilian... I believe that 12 people are not HUMAN!

[prober45]

@HerlonChaves I couldn't agree more and only stated "American" because Willie is a country music icon

[sirpi22]

Eine geile Version!!!!!

[dingodancer]

Absolutely brilliant to say the least.

[blacky825]

WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY SONG - SO SAD.

[harryfaber]

Simply great.

[svpst1]

My favorite song, no matter who sings it. But Willie and John Paul Glaser and his brothers versions are the best. Kristofferson wrote it.

[svpst1]

My favorite song, no matter who sings it. But Willie and John Paul Glaser and his brothers versions are the best.

[Barragg]

God how I miss her.

[prober45]

12 people must hate themselves

[shemara58]

I think this is the only context in which I can say "I love willy!"

[kfc63822]

@shemara58 ==I thinkin Kris better then hank sr

[fitzpjo]

Song writers! I sometimes wonder if Kris isn't the reincarnation of Hank Williams.

[lntunes]

This is one of the, if not thee, most beautiful lyrical masterpieces in the history of romanticism with respect to man. It's great to see how Willie Nelson transcends into song from the beginning. Joined by Kris Kristofferson makes this live performance profoundly special....and if this wasn't worth ten times the actual admission, Johnny Cash is playing Back UP guitar! This performance is out of this world! Blessed are the men who hear this song with a similar mind to those who wrote it.

[KatDn7]

@lntunes I actually saw this happen! one of the great privileges of my life. I went to this gig alone, because nobody else wanted to go with me.  You have no idea how many people have told me since that they'd have done anything to be there

[khdetw]

@KatDn7 Add another one who would have done anything to have been there!

[ITSKABIB]

@lntunes both genius.. i remember when kris started just rolling those songs out. i had never heard of him and i thought, wow! who is this guy!!

[sirdevlon]

I should be able to get royalties from this song as it is about me and Rachal Sanders in Urania ,LA

[Ananderson100]

Wonderful!!!

[yvwic50]

Thank you for posting this for us to enjoy. When I was at a really low spot in my life some 30+ years ago, I bought the "Willie Sings Kristofferson" album, and it was something that could take me away from my troubles and just let me get lost in the music and the lyrics. Doesn't get any better than this!

[mickeysfrend]

@yvwic50 thats so true

[banditkiddy]

Absolute MAGIC !!

[TahoeLegend]

Boy, that is a beautiful solo by Willie. A true master at work. His solos sound so simple and easy, but are complex when you try to play them.

The song is a masterpiece and two of the greatest songwriters of all time are singing it (not to mention that Johnny Cash is playing guitar).

[kenedal1]

I am an English teacher . I use this song to teach the Gerund (the verb/nouns ending in 'ing' - there are at least15 examples in this song.) But anyway one of the three or 4 great Kristofferson compositions -and the guitar playing around 3-4 mins is sublime.

[peppermint6666]

Adorable, the best of the best

[theycallmefingers2]

is he wearing a jimi shirt? if he is, thats pretty cool. cant quite tell if it is jimi tho... oh liked the song too, lol.

[sheherazade69100]

J AIME J ADORE PLUS QUE TOUT LA MUSIQUE COUNTRY ET WILLY NELSON EN PARTICULIER;merci tomscotland amitiés de FRANCE

[sirpi22]

Wunderbar.Klasse!!!!

[tuxedo55]

I really can´t complain since I have access to such beauty, but when I see the Justin Bieber´s of the world getting 185.000.000+ views I start crying.

[RWOODWARD64]

this is greatness far beyond anything our children will ever see....Thank God for Kriss, Willie, Waylan and Johnny...this isnt just old music...this is....the greatest ever bringing us a gift....this gift.....is a gift we dont just open and dicard,,,this gift...is like when grandpa gave you that knife {told you to hide it} and that...that feeling is this song by the greatest ever on one stage...hell the Bettels would even come to see them and wish they was them..

[13Esmarelda]

How wonderful to see his guitar in all it's glory. You could spend a fortune and still your guitar would never sound as raw and as exquisite as this instrument does. I'll bet that it has many a story etched into the scarred, scratched and gouged marks that are the honest beauty of this gorgeous piece of history. Of course anyone else just couldn't make it sing like Willie did. Thanks for posting this video. Just lovely.

[marydwyer14119]

Willie rips on this song. His phrasing is really cool Great song from KK

[bloodbathincambodia]

can we plz give willie a pass for weed!really! searching willie to find weed is like going to pope the for missing little boys! we all know what they are doing! that was wrong but funny!

[savanahjulieta]

Qué tres!!!

Exquisito!! Sin desperdicios!!!!

Absolutamente grandioso!!!

Quien puediera haber estado alli!!! Gracias totales por este video!!!

Julieta 

[EL6969]

was there any better than this?

[74laverne]

This song just gets my heart..

[mommenon1]

I just LOOOOOOOOOOVE this version....This, in my ears that is  lol!! is THE very BEST....Just keep on coming back...I could listen to this song all day and still pretend I never heard it to hear it again!!!!! Thank you!!! Great video, great sound too!!

[becky4109]

Awesome. Would turn any bad day into a good one.

[rnussle]

At this point there are 12 who didn't like this, I have trouble thinking that one person wouldn't like it. No matter who Willie gets paired with, he elevates the field.

[MyMoppet52]

What a duet!!! Reminds me of The Outlaws. Great to see them together again. Your video is perfect. Thank you. 

[ABevs1]

@MyMoppet52 This is the highwaymen with Willie, Kris, Waylon, and Cash.

[prober45]

12 people should find something else to do on youtube besides search music

[groovyuwe]

I was there, and it was something else Folks

[albieduck]

I love this!! I wish I was at the concert thanks for posting:-)

Classic !!!!!!!!!!

[REDLEN308GTB]

There is no replacement I could die when I think I could lose them, they are unique in this world.

Muriel xxx

[marydwyer14119]

I heard Kris's version first and liked it. When I heard Willie sing it realized how great of a song writer Kris is.

[deb36c]

I was directly in front of Willie at this concert.

The only time I have ever had front row tickets, blew my mind, I will never forget that experience.

Amazing.

[oppottomis]

I just want to know why I have NEVER heard this before. Amazing

[wolfiz4968]

What can u say....Nobody does guitar like MR. Nelson!!

[banditkiddy]

I never got to see the Highwaymen in Aberdeen, but i did see Willie Nelson at AECC in 2000.................highlight of my life.

[MrBlodsven]

A real master wrote this beautiful song, and a real master at picking acoustic guitar makes it a really fantastic version. Tompall & Glaser Bros also did a beautiful version with their outstanding harmony. Don´t miss that, all you lovers of quality music....

[Bangorbeach1]

Brilliant

[2memuzik]

Outstanding duet!!! Watched it several times before writing this; thanks for sharing! The only other thing I can write is what adzmkz wrote about these men being musical icons.

[sapperlotta100]

Love and admiration forever for all of those great men. All Heroes of my youth and they never dissapointent. ( sorry for my english, I am swiss ) Thank you for posting another great song tom!

[reugene49]

Willie's playing that guitar during that solo part was fantastic !! What a

performer he has been through the years.. And Kris is no slouch himself.

Thanks for the great job, keep it up..

[dyskover]

@reugene49 re: Kris 'no slouch'...uh, no...s'pecially since HE wrote the song.

[Tracey1963]

I yearn to feel that feeling of freedom--eagle when she flies.

[shug3568]

THATS GOOD COMING FROM A YANK LOL

[zosha1946]

just love this and both men too....imagine how good they'd look if they knew they were going to live this long.....just love them.

[wcarter218]

To adzmkz...put Willie on your bucket list...find a way to attend one of his concerts. When Willie is gone, he won't be replaced.

[cotterperson]

Willie is such a FINE guitarist. His singer-songwriter excellence sometimes overshadows that. He's the real deal.

[baptist44]

10 people who would better change the batteries of their hearing aids, they run dead over time you know...

[happyfamily911]

Music where the words can be heard! How beautiful it is...I wish it would never end.

[kodicici]

Never to be better than these four guys. Willie, Waylon, Johnny, and Kris, the rest of the music industry might as well hang it up. You can only dream of being this big. They are pure at heart there songs are their lives. Merle Haggard, David allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck, Outlaw music brotha.

[kingsammythecat]

These guys are some cool rednecks!

[topsy420]

@kingsammythecat They aren't really rednecks... Oh well, can't expect southeastern europeans to understand anything foreign.

[shug3568]

@topsy420 THATS GOOD COMING FROM A YANK

[topsy420]

@shug3568 Funny, since I was born in costa rica and lived in BC almost my entire life, only to be living in texas for the past 5 years or so. Go ahead and judge me based on the actions of my leaders, that makes sense.

[Noturfriend]

Willie Nelson amazes me, he is such a rare and beautiful talent. Im pretty sure he is living proof that marijuana must do something good for you, look at him, he is in his 80's and he still drives all around the world to play in hour long concerts.....common sense i think but i must thank Willie for all the amazing great wonderful songs he has sang and for everything for our farmers and our horses and all so for standing up for

what he beleives is right

[jwprewett]

ya gotta luv em.

[ltuomela]

its funny i know so many folk that dont know Kristofferson started in music and is a legend in it..lol..i guess his acting over shadows it..i dunno but it blows me away that so many dont know..maybe im just old ...lol

[67jkerr]

How does Willie get a tune out of that battered geetarrr?

[agentspinnaker]

@67jkerr Because he is Willie Nelson - thats why.

[jokr8790]

Man I wish I had been at those concerts.

[brendajoycewayne]

Loved all of yu always a friend\Brenda wayne wyatt

[EchoCannon89]

willie and kris kristofferson, two american geniuses.

[whitally]

thak you dont they look like they are havin fun

[spookie97]

i noticed johnny  love him too

[tiooso123]

The genius of Willie and Trigger, Masters of Countrry Blues Jazz. He's 77 and has no intention of slowing down.

[crobarus]

Who wrote this song? It's perfect

[brian1958usgrant]

@crobarus Kris wrote it

[artischokke]

a shame i never saw them life! Love this song and all those great men.

[Melindajazzrus]

These talented singers get 2 the Heart of Things....Love ya Willie and Kris Kristofferson! I started loving Willie Nelson when I used to live in Texas! Keep on a Singing for us.....Hope to meet both of you all one day,as I'm a Singer/Songwriter too,Melinda

[shaneh1983]

great song

[figtron69]

Oh yeah..and dig Waylon on the stool behind Willie....The Highwaymen.

[mrbobevans]

Doesn't get better than this.

[justaniceangel748]

@mrbobevans /i was there when this was sang beatifull to find

[donnabgentes]

Okay, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson...ya'll can drop by and sing for me anytime. I'll even harmonize. "Lovin' Her Was Easier than Anything I'll Ever Do Again"...play it again. Need a little Charlie McCoy on the harmonica..I see Johnny in the background.

[brnsimpson]

Kris writes great songs, he just could never sing them well!

[MarchDad]

@brnsimpson ...Kris K. has a wonderful home-felt poet's voice. It's exceptional. Open yer ears / mind. I don't want to get nasty & advise you that yer outta yer mind...but I'm close to thinkin' about it. Singers / songwriters / poets / highwaymen...working...playing­...singing...trading licks & verses together. Nothing better. God Bless 'em.

[MarchDad]

@brnsimpson 

[michamuller]

I love this song , and the voice of Nelson. Great country music.

[RWOODWARD64]

these guys...took words....told a story as only country song writters

[MsKittykat56]

Yep, I noticed Johnny Cash right off! I actually seen these guys perform this song at a Willie Nelson Picnic in Austin Texas. Gotta love The Highway Men! They make you want to party!

[stjulienlepauvre]

thanks for bringing this here, tomtscotland. it was wonderful to hear willie (& someone else) sing kristofferson's song w/him. (I was in scotland last year & love the country--beauty, history & people). what a joy it must have been to hear this live.

[parquerodo1]

"Loving her was easier" (K.K.) - Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson en Aberdeen,Escocia. Concierto de The Highwaymen. 1992.

[lcanaled1]

thank you tomscotland, i heart this.

[Nadapodenco]

Boy! This man is still verry sexy to me!!!

[adzmkz]

I would give anything to sit watch Willie pick that guitar, even if he didn't sing. These men are icons the world over and will never be replaced.

[bibimarlou]

Willy's voice is melt your heart, what he can sing beautifully !!!

Great song!!!

[myjacobs]

My god! What great lyrics... what great singers .. what great song writers! LOve love love them!

[lonz46]

willie's one of my all-time fav's. absolutely love this tune, but no one does it better than mr. Kris

[skywoodmichel]

C'est une chanson d'amour magnifique , et super bien interprété par willy nelson , je passe un super moment a écouter cela

[skywoodmichel]

C'est une chanson d'amour magnifique , et super bien interprété par willy nelson , je passe un super moment a écouter cela

[nightshade7206]

all the greats

[LaurieWatson10]

this song takes my breath away...I love you....

[LaurieWatson10]

when you love someone like I love you...this song takes your breath away.... YOu know how much I will always love you...

[ajshat]

They came to Indianapolis during this "Highwaymen" Tour & I foolishly did not go.. I missed a once in a lifetime opportunity! I have seen Johnny, Kris, separately, but sadly missed this!! :( Believe it or not I have never seen Willie live in concert! Did see him at an awards show with Willie, Waylon, Johnny, & Kris though once yrs ago in Nashville!

[Tracey1963]

YEah, I noticed JOhnny in the back ground and a glimpse of Waylon..I would of loved to of witnessed one of theire shows..

[TheLondonLassie]

Great video. Simple and Good. 

[batouchofclass]

@brsprin...you're right. Johnny Cash was playing in this one!!!

[ChanneL957]

This music gives me shivers and uplift the deepest portion of my heart. for "Loving you is easier that I will ever do again" . A favorite of all times! Willie and Kris made this song an unforgettable one especially to those who are really loving each other....