And about 25 years after Dudley made it a hit. I like Parson's version, but Steve follows closer to Dudley's and Parson's was never well known. That is not to say that Steve doesn't know both versions.
I've got my 10/4 gears -n- Georgia Overdrive, takin' little white pills -n- my eyes are open wide, I jus' passed a Jimmy & a White, I've been smokin' everything in sight, Six Days On The Road -n- I'm gonna make it home tonight...
Ya, Go, Steve, Go, cuz you're makin' Dave Dudley -n- the rest of us real proud!!!
... somebody needs to slip Steve some of those little white pills... this is too darn slow! Gotta put the pedal down on this tune, sounds like Steve's rig is about to stall...
I agree it might be better if it was sped up... But my guess is he already took too many pills (or more likely stuck it up his arm)... given the look in his eyes and that this was recorded when his abuse was really getting out of hand. There is a reason for the long sleeves, I suspect. Love him, but happy he is no longer doing the drugs, as they probably would have killed him.
Dudley made it famous, but he didn't write it. It was two little known songwriters - Carl Montgomery and Earl Green - who wrote for Muscle Shoals studio.
Possession... and not being famous and rich enough to beat the charge. He was a heroin and crack addict, bottomed out and didn't record or perform for 4 years. Essentially homeless. In the long run though, it is a good thing because he served the first month in rehab and got clean. Been clean since. Part of it was that he pissed off the judge by not showing up at court. He also had another outstanding drug and weapons charge, but got probation for that since he was clean.
@dawnjakeleah Thank you. It's too bad that the real talented people don't get the recognition they deserve. I saw him on stage recently with Roseann Cash and they were great together. I am glad he has stayed clean and continues to write great songs.
I''ve spent a fairly good amount of time listening to this song from everyone available (stars, that is) on YouTube tonight. Even George Thoroughgood's. Betcha didn't know he had a version of it.
Love George, and all the rest were pretty good too. But Gotta Love THIS ONE the best. Steve rocks...and rocks...and rocks.........
Dave Dudley was performing this song when both me and Steve Earle were kids. It's a great tune, but this is a cover for sure. (I prefer Dave's version, but that's because I grew up hearing it.
Sorry, but you are misinformed. This is a cover of an older song that has been covered by many. The song Steve wrote for the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was "Continental Highway Blues," though he also recorded this for the soundtrack. The original was released in the early 60s, by David Dudley. Written by Carl Montgomery and Earl Green.
This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
Jimmy Colvard owned this song in the mid 60's. I doubt Steve Earle even knows who Colvard was. Colvard was a true Outlaw w/ more talent in his pinky then well....
As an Earle fan, I don’t think this a great version and like Colvard/ Dudley best)... but you don’t know much about Colvard if you think Steve doesn’t know him. Colvard was on Guy Clark’s first album when Steve was touring with him. Steve is the first to admit there are better guitarists than he, but can Colvard write a song like Steve? You are comparing apples and oranges. Better to compare him with McAdam who is on lead here (and yes, Colvard is leagues better.)
Iam a die hard Steve Earl fan...But ma boy is obviously hammered durring this performance.. But his issues are well documented and lamented..Love ya Steve !!
I truly love Steve Earle, huge fan for many years. He is, in my opinion one of the best songwriters ever, but his version of "Six Days.." just doesn't cut it for me. But i guess that's the good thing about covering someone else's material; you can always blame it on somebody else! :)
i just cant even read all the comments. i'm amazed at the folks that dont realize this guy is a super amazing songwriter. i personally like gram and emmylou's version better. this one ain't too shabby either. and i love steve earl =) i love his voice. i love his songwriting definitely. and hell he picks some damn fine songs to cover too. and for the guy who says he was just another "druggy"... maybe you will be more receptive to his later stuff when he is no longer a "druggy".
The show looks like it is on the set of Nashville Now. The Flying Burrito Brothers do a version of this song that is pretty good. Steve and T. Graham Brown both had their share of problems with drugs and alcohol. My guess is that they must have been friends partying with each other at the time of this recording.
This version is way too slow. Dave Dudley's version is, indeed, way, WAY better. Haven't heard the Sawyer Brown or George Thorogood versions, so can't compare those. But here, Steve is slurring his words in a drunken haze, and the slow tempo just makes it that much more obvious. And get a haircut, dude! I got nothing against long hair, but if you have to constantly shake your head to get your hair out of your face, it's too long.
This guy never did shit for me.......just another druggy that the LA and NY folks like to hang with so they feel in "touch". His music just flat sucks.
t. graham brown is the mc. this was one of the talk shows on the nashville network back in the 80's. the usual mc was ralph emmory (spelling?). the byrds didn't like ralph. they did a song about him once. ralph was a dj who became the johnny carson of the n-ville network. 'can't recall the show's title; pretty sure n-ville was in it. THIS version and dave dudley's Original are the best ever on this song! thanks for posting it.
I enjoyed a lot with that comedy starring the great John Candy R.I.P. and here Earle looks a kind of Feliciano (the blind hispanic singer) with no glasses. by the way i've been in US in late 80's and saw Nashville Now with Ralph Emery regularly.
Not sure what show, but the host is T Graham Brown, so it's country, possibly Nashville Now, normally hosted by Ralph Emery. Just saw the end, Yep. Nashville Now, The Nashville Network (TNN, now Spike)
Country legend Faron Young and Amazing Rhythm Aces Russell Smith. Great show, T Graham guest hosting.
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun What you actually mean is that you don't care what i think. you aren't in a position to speak for everyone using this site. Dave Dudley's version is on a par with this version, obviously this is only my opinion and i wouldn't presume to speak for anyone else, but i still think Taj Mahal is the far superior version.
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun Well, I'm not a hater...of Steve Earle or anyone else. In fact, I'm a huge fan of Steve. But it doesn't make sense that a song about flying down the road would be interpreted in the heavy-booted foot-stomp tempo he decided to do here. So, no, with all respect to Steve and everything he's done, there are much better version around than this. Dave Dudley's, of course, is at the top of the list. Almost as bad as being a hater is being a blinded lover....
@TheOriginalFusion45 that's just your opinion and no one cares about it - I have 15 other people who agree with my point point of view - so deal with it.
I have seen Sawyer Brown live twice and I have seen Steve Earle live 5 times. Steve Earle kicks Sawyer Brown's ass on this song when performed live. In fact Steve should just beat the fuck out of Mark Miller with his guitar
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While "Guitar Town" is a classic album, this is lame.
This is supposed to be a joyous song, but Earle is a Communist, and as such, joyless. Sawyer Brown did a much better version of this tune, just accept it.
We're not interested in "version" .. there aint nothing sweeter than playing loaded .. until your body kicks back .. but that's another story . Steve is a star .. that's a fact
Sawyer Brown took the "drug message" out of the song as well. That's on a par with airbrushing the cigarette out of FDR's hand.
That's also a shame because when the song was written, that's exactly what many long haul truck drivers did. They took bennies (whites) to stay awake. That was part and parcel to the truck driving culture of the 1950's as much as Wyatt Earp's wife slugging back laudanum was in the 1880's.
@WineCommonsewer I always thought Sawyer Brown updated it from bennies to cocaine. "I'm passing little white lines" always seemed like a cola reference to me. That could just be me though. Anyways, I love ALL versions of this song. Makes me glad to be the son of a ruck driver.
@arachknight1979 The little white lines are a reference to the white lines on the highway, a common theme in road/trucker songs. Nashville was so whitewashed during Sawyer Brown's time that it's a wonder a roughneck like Steve even got a deal. They didn't care if you were strung out- you just weren't allowed to say it on your record! Nashville lost me years ago - Sawyer Brown were cheesy, bubble-gum pop, and downright silly.
@TheHammerheart Yeah you are right, but I grew up with my dad teaching me all the codes and references to sex and drugs in old songs from the 50's and 60's so now I hear em even when the lyrics are playing it totally straight.
@arachknight1979 ~ Haha! I understand completely! I had to kinda learn the subtle and veiled references myself ;) It was cool that you had a Dad to cue you in on some of 'em!
@WineCommonsewer You don't know what the hell you are talking about, I drove the roads for 10 years, a White is a truck brand that went out of business! This is a terrible version of this song!
I love S. Earle, but in my opinion the best thing he ever did, was making Townes van Zandt more famous! And this year he will release a whole album with TvZ songs! Looking forward to it.....
My bad. So sorry I misinterpreted you. Those comments weren't actually up when I added the ps. (I thought about my comment, got angry that someone was cyberbullying truckers, so on.)
(Naw. More likely, I didn't notice them. I can be pretty one-tracked. Imagine me accusing someone else of being dogmatic.)
Just as a little amends: if you haven't stumbled across Heartworn Highways, go ahead and type it into the search box. Hope you'll love it.
A few 100's maximum, so I can't say I'm an expert on truckers, but like I said, you totally misread my comment, which I can see now was pretty much unclear even for me, since I was probably drunk coming home after a truckers party and found a good song from Steve that I didn't already comment, and managed to get a few letters together.... sorry...
Oh...You're one of those kinda dogmatic people who likes strict boxes and categories. "He does country and sings about truckers, therefore..."
Actually, Steve's always kind of lived outside of time. He's just a major teller of people's stories: all stripes and flavors. For more info, check out Earle's John Walker Blues.
And don't limit your tastes to what the corporations tell you is hip. It gets really dull.
I'm sorry if I made my comment made you feel that I have anything against Steve Earle, Country Music or Truckers, which is as far from the truth as you may get. What I meant with my comment is that Steve Earle took this song from the sixties into the 21st century... for me, and also for all the truckers.... including my trucking brother...
I'm in no way dogmatic, I do have all Steve's albums, but I also have a lot of other artists albums, and I do love country, but I also do love other genres... One thing I like about Steve is like you say he's storytelling capabilities, how to take a a long story and put it into a short song, like Ben McCulloch, Tom Ames Prayer, or even Billy Austin... Just like another big idol of mine Guy Clark.
Steve Earle outsings Sawyer Brown and anyone else who ever sang this song, including the original, Dave Dudley. It's the best, hubby and I scrolled everyone whoever sang it this afternoon and we both voted for Steve. Exceptional!!
Covered about 14 years after Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels did it.
unclebobunclebob 4 weeks ago
@unclebobunclebob
And about 25 years after Dudley made it a hit. I like Parson's version, but Steve follows closer to Dudley's and Parson's was never well known. That is not to say that Steve doesn't know both versions.
nilradem 1 week ago
Bass player should have been on the back beat
MacFeeley 1 month ago
It doesn't work on this song AT ALL
pelermon 2 months ago
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pelermon 2 months ago
I like this shits just like it is....cause he's the real deal
kaylor54 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Steve Earle, Ryan Bingham are by far my 2 favorite artist
levikeenom1 3 months ago
idk what u guys are talking about i think it sounds good, so what if it sounds slow, probably better than you can ever do!
dawn88007 3 months ago
LAME !!
mrstevehartman 3 months ago
I've got my 10/4 gears -n- Georgia Overdrive, takin' little white pills -n- my eyes are open wide, I jus' passed a Jimmy & a White, I've been smokin' everything in sight, Six Days On The Road -n- I'm gonna make it home tonight...
Ya, Go, Steve, Go, cuz you're makin' Dave Dudley -n- the rest of us real proud!!!
ChuckieInMT 3 months ago
... somebody needs to slip Steve some of those little white pills... this is too darn slow! Gotta put the pedal down on this tune, sounds like Steve's rig is about to stall...
icecreamforcrowhurst 4 months ago
@icecreamforcrowhurst
I agree it might be better if it was sped up... But my guess is he already took too many pills (or more likely stuck it up his arm)... given the look in his eyes and that this was recorded when his abuse was really getting out of hand. There is a reason for the long sleeves, I suspect. Love him, but happy he is no longer doing the drugs, as they probably would have killed him.
nilradem 4 months ago
hands down steve's is the best!!!
saddleblanket09 4 months ago in playlist hillbilly deluxe 2
i think sawyer brown had the best version. really the only one i'd known.
craizedkiller69 4 months ago in playlist More videos from unrepentant42
Damn !!! They kick ass!!!
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
That bassist is terrible.
Ralphsmongler 5 months ago
@Ralphsmongler
Agreed - this is not the best lineup of the Dukes - but Kling was a friend of Steve's, so I guess he chose loyalty over art..
darlincommitme 4 months ago
Dudley wrote it.
MrJackwraith 5 months ago
@MrJackwraith
Dudley made it famous, but he didn't write it. It was two little known songwriters - Carl Montgomery and Earl Green - who wrote for Muscle Shoals studio.
darlincommitme 4 months ago
What did Steve Earle do to end up in prison? And please, no smart ass comments.
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
@dawnjakeleah
Possession... and not being famous and rich enough to beat the charge. He was a heroin and crack addict, bottomed out and didn't record or perform for 4 years. Essentially homeless. In the long run though, it is a good thing because he served the first month in rehab and got clean. Been clean since. Part of it was that he pissed off the judge by not showing up at court. He also had another outstanding drug and weapons charge, but got probation for that since he was clean.
nilradem 5 months ago
@dawnjakeleah Thank you. It's too bad that the real talented people don't get the recognition they deserve. I saw him on stage recently with Roseann Cash and they were great together. I am glad he has stayed clean and continues to write great songs.
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
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dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
I love the way Steve Earl bangs the guitar. Probably the reason he is so much "iconized" in Southern culture.
thedanwind 5 months ago
I''ve spent a fairly good amount of time listening to this song from everyone available (stars, that is) on YouTube tonight. Even George Thoroughgood's. Betcha didn't know he had a version of it.
Love George, and all the rest were pretty good too. But Gotta Love THIS ONE the best. Steve rocks...and rocks...and rocks.........
MissDaisyDesigns 5 months ago
he's the best !
MICHELEMEENA 5 months ago
whooooohoooooooo Love that Steve Earle's version
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
Dave Dudley was performing this song when both me and Steve Earle were kids. It's a great tune, but this is a cover for sure. (I prefer Dave's version, but that's because I grew up hearing it.
eegork 5 months ago
IT'S TOO FUCKING QUIET!!!
coltrivers 6 months ago
this is reds song nobody else can sing this half as good as him bring back the real c/w singers
missmarplefan 6 months ago
@missmarplefan I just listened to Red Sovine's version. It did nothing for me, sorry
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
listen to red sovine this shit
missmarplefan 6 months ago
Folks! babineau87 is right. This is an old song from the 60's. As a traveler myself I've sung it many times as I'm headed home.
ReniganStSur 6 months ago
@ReniganStSur
Yes it is an old song - but babineau said it was written by Steve Earle, who was still in elementary school when Dudley's version came out..
nilradem 6 months ago
Steve Earle wrote this song, when he sings it, it's not "a version", its the original
babineau87 7 months ago
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@babineau87 Well said. True grit.
MrBeautifulba1 7 months ago
@babineau87
Sorry, but you are misinformed. This is a cover of an older song that has been covered by many. The song Steve wrote for the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was "Continental Highway Blues," though he also recorded this for the soundtrack. The original was released in the early 60s, by David Dudley. Written by Carl Montgomery and Earl Green.
nilradem 7 months ago
I like Steve but no shit he has been smokin everything in sight lol
XXxxAWSNAPxxXX 7 months ago
Love Steve Earle!
TruePatriotGal1776 8 months ago
the flying burrito brothers' version is the best!
oilmanC 9 months ago
I love Steve. Viele Grüsse aus Germany!
snieni 9 months ago
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This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
sandbergp 10 months ago
This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
sandbergp 10 months ago
this sucks, Dave Dudley's is immortal.
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Mattsbasement5000 10 months ago
hunk!
Msvangogo 11 months ago
Jimmy Colvard owned this song in the mid 60's. I doubt Steve Earle even knows who Colvard was. Colvard was a true Outlaw w/ more talent in his pinky then well....
youtwothreefourfive 1 year ago
@youtwothreefourfive
As an Earle fan, I don’t think this a great version and like Colvard/ Dudley best)... but you don’t know much about Colvard if you think Steve doesn’t know him. Colvard was on Guy Clark’s first album when Steve was touring with him. Steve is the first to admit there are better guitarists than he, but can Colvard write a song like Steve? You are comparing apples and oranges. Better to compare him with McAdam who is on lead here (and yes, Colvard is leagues better.)
darlincommitme 1 year ago
@darlincommitme
And by the way, Steve's album version is much better, and is here on youtube.
darlincommitme 1 year ago
Steve Earl RULES
bbillcat 1 year ago
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Steve is a hack of epic proportions. Go hit the pipe Steve, at least then you are only hurting yourself instead of our ears.
TTmaniax 1 year ago
shit, dad was better
Almarian4eg 1 year ago
@Almarian4eg Then post a video of your dad singin' it and let the people be the judge!
MountainGyspy 1 year ago
On Nashville Now hosted usually by Ralph Emery... T. Graham Brown was guest host on this night.
yoopergearle 1 year ago
He had new vision on this day.
Newmegiant36050 1 year ago
haha can anyone say wasted
Slipknotfan333 1 year ago
@Slipknotfan333
For most of the decade.
darlincommitme 1 year ago
WHO IS THIS BOSLEGUTTEDFUCKER?
jehovahuponyou 1 year ago
Iam a die hard Steve Earl fan...But ma boy is obviously hammered durring this performance.. But his issues are well documented and lamented..Love ya Steve !!
Rottyman63 1 year ago
Steve rocks it. LOVE him!!!
ThePjaimeow 1 year ago
What a load of old cobblers.
Sneaky & Al Perkins have no threat from this.
avroflier 1 year ago
@avroflier Faron Young in the 50's and 60's was THE MAN.
Russell Smith was one of the original members of The Amazing Rhythm Aces.
Sneaky Pete and Al Perkins would be the first ones to tell you "you're out of your mind".
Sneaky Pete played with the Burritos and he LOVED Faron Young.
bashfulbrother 1 year ago
I truly love Steve Earle, huge fan for many years. He is, in my opinion one of the best songwriters ever, but his version of "Six Days.." just doesn't cut it for me. But i guess that's the good thing about covering someone else's material; you can always blame it on somebody else! :)
gramhound86 1 year ago
Oh hhh this really and truly sucks........torture
willob891 1 year ago
@willob891 Haha, you got that right. I can see bands this shitty at any local bar on any given weekend...lol
TTmaniax 1 year ago
Check out jellyroot's version of this song
dbaerman 1 year ago
T Graham Brown was sub-ing for Ralph Emory on "Nashville Now" on the old "Nashville Network". Used to watch that show all the time!
TheHammerheart 1 year ago
I wish Steve Earle were still this damn cool.
RastaMastaKonTiki 1 year ago
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This guy blows, know wonder he had to stay strung-out. The guilt for ruining a great song must weigh heavy.
tomcthompsonjr 1 year ago
#1 in my book
rayraysgal1973 1 year ago
i just cant even read all the comments. i'm amazed at the folks that dont realize this guy is a super amazing songwriter. i personally like gram and emmylou's version better. this one ain't too shabby either. and i love steve earl =) i love his voice. i love his songwriting definitely. and hell he picks some damn fine songs to cover too. and for the guy who says he was just another "druggy"... maybe you will be more receptive to his later stuff when he is no longer a "druggy".
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blissmeow 1 year ago
The show looks like it is on the set of Nashville Now. The Flying Burrito Brothers do a version of this song that is pretty good. Steve and T. Graham Brown both had their share of problems with drugs and alcohol. My guess is that they must have been friends partying with each other at the time of this recording.
bnewsom81 1 year ago
That's the worst pedal steel tone I've ever heard in my life.
tabber87 1 year ago 2
@tabber87 NO kidding that was terrible.
tgmod 1 year ago
Steave Earle is a sucker of much cock. This version blows much like all of his "music" does.
tomcthompsonjr 1 year ago
This version is way too slow. Dave Dudley's version is, indeed, way, WAY better. Haven't heard the Sawyer Brown or George Thorogood versions, so can't compare those. But here, Steve is slurring his words in a drunken haze, and the slow tempo just makes it that much more obvious. And get a haircut, dude! I got nothing against long hair, but if you have to constantly shake your head to get your hair out of your face, it's too long.
Milesco 1 year ago
ummm sawyer brown all the way!!!
shaw2679 1 year ago
Never remake a song unless you can at least come close to matching the original.
dog1701 1 year ago
This guy never did shit for me.......just another druggy that the LA and NY folks like to hang with so they feel in "touch". His music just flat sucks.
catndryer 1 year ago
t. graham brown is the mc. this was one of the talk shows on the nashville network back in the 80's. the usual mc was ralph emmory (spelling?). the byrds didn't like ralph. they did a song about him once. ralph was a dj who became the johnny carson of the n-ville network. 'can't recall the show's title; pretty sure n-ville was in it. THIS version and dave dudley's Original are the best ever on this song! thanks for posting it.
johnrunion 1 year ago
Nice...
sailmakers 1 year ago
Is that an accent or drug slur? What is he on?
barkingchihuahua 1 year ago
Love Steve E. songs - love his style.......
dawnjakeleah 1 year ago
at least he didnt change the words
crockettslate 1 year ago
Steve Earle sucks!
CFMD28 1 year ago
He was really almost beautiful then! I saw him live in a dump in Berwyn IL in 1989, but I don't remember him being so beautiful.
nanbym 1 year ago
@nanbym
By 89 the drugs were really taking a toll. I agree, he is a pretty boy here.
nilradem 1 year ago
This is the first version of "six days on the road" I´ve ever heard and it´s definitly the best version ! Steve ist absolutely great !!
0711HSV 1 year ago
Okay, Steve Earle never sucks -- high or not. Just Steve see live and get the religion in your blood.
careyearlevt 1 year ago
The host is singer T. Graham Brown. He's better at Blue-Eyed Soul than country...way underrated.
ProgressiveNewsTV 1 year ago
I think this is from the show Nashville Now which used to be on The Nashville Network, which became TNN and then became Spike TV.
nyxxxx 1 year ago
This cat is so stoned!
FpMLuser 1 year ago 2
Sawyer Brown sucks!
MNK1958 1 year ago
The bass player destroys this song singlehandedly.
pekoe67 2 years ago
Dave Dudley has the best version of this song
189wrstlr 2 years ago 3
@189wrstlr nope Earle does it for me
dawnjakeleah 5 months ago
this version of the song sucks, the Sawyer Brown one is the best!!!
ykdodger 2 years ago
Steve Sounds Soooo Much Lke Gram Parsons ( With An Edge )......
JamesMatchboxLee 2 years ago
Funny thing--I don't listen to country at all and I LIKED this! He looks like a cool guy.
mountainbikingchick 2 years ago
I enjoyed a lot with that comedy starring the great John Candy R.I.P. and here Earle looks a kind of Feliciano (the blind hispanic singer) with no glasses. by the way i've been in US in late 80's and saw Nashville Now with Ralph Emery regularly.
myryckyz 2 years ago
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bentley1191 2 years ago
Try the Flying Burrito Bros. version
Steve Earle is better now than back then.
RedGreenKate 2 years ago
Taj Mahal's version is the best.
Miker5840 2 years ago
Bluesman Taj Mahal does a good cover of this song.
Because of the excellent "Copperhead Road" I'll forgive Steve earl for this.
chrisb1953 2 years ago
ditto
wsmith1213 2 years ago
with respect ,Fail-with a capital F.nice try
tpp969 2 years ago
earle was hardly on drugs on those times...
Ojeas 2 years ago 2
Not sure what show, but the host is T Graham Brown, so it's country, possibly Nashville Now, normally hosted by Ralph Emery. Just saw the end, Yep. Nashville Now, The Nashville Network (TNN, now Spike)
Country legend Faron Young and Amazing Rhythm Aces Russell Smith. Great show, T Graham guest hosting.
rockinredneck57 2 years ago
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essrog6x 2 years ago
I don't give a SHIT what any of you haters have to say about Steve's version of this song!!
Steve's great!
And so is this recording!
CrosbyStillsNashYoun 2 years ago 30
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun Sorry this version isn't great, nothing will ever compare to Taj Mahal.
MrHarleyoldfart 10 months ago
@MrHarleyoldfart No one cares what you think.
CrosbyStillsNashYoun 10 months ago
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun What you actually mean is that you don't care what i think. you aren't in a position to speak for everyone using this site. Dave Dudley's version is on a par with this version, obviously this is only my opinion and i wouldn't presume to speak for anyone else, but i still think Taj Mahal is the far superior version.
MrHarleyoldfart 10 months ago
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun Well, I'm not a hater...of Steve Earle or anyone else. In fact, I'm a huge fan of Steve. But it doesn't make sense that a song about flying down the road would be interpreted in the heavy-booted foot-stomp tempo he decided to do here. So, no, with all respect to Steve and everything he's done, there are much better version around than this. Dave Dudley's, of course, is at the top of the list. Almost as bad as being a hater is being a blinded lover....
TheOriginalFusion45 10 months ago
@TheOriginalFusion45 that's just your opinion and no one cares about it - I have 15 other people who agree with my point point of view - so deal with it.
CrosbyStillsNashYoun 10 months ago
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun it is a great version of this song very different than most covers right behind the burrito's version from altamont
acadx 6 months ago
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun dang rights Steve is right on!!!!!!!
mastershoer 5 months ago
I have seen Sawyer Brown live twice and I have seen Steve Earle live 5 times. Steve Earle kicks Sawyer Brown's ass on this song when performed live. In fact Steve should just beat the fuck out of Mark Miller with his guitar
tracyjbogert 2 years ago 11
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This guy needs to be sent to one of Che Guevara's reeducation camps for long haired drug users!
robbatkinson666 2 years ago
Much as I really, really like Steve Earle, Dave Dudley will always own this song.
BlatzBeer 2 years ago 4
You think I'm high, you're right
WatersStillRunDeep 2 years ago
Comparing Steve Earle to Sawer Brown is like comparing Dom Perringon to Thunderbird....just sayin.
surfntx 2 years ago
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While "Guitar Town" is a classic album, this is lame.
This is supposed to be a joyous song, but Earle is a Communist, and as such, joyless. Sawyer Brown did a much better version of this tune, just accept it.
dragknuckle 2 years ago
Sawyer Brown ROCKED this version. This one is weak and sad. sorry
annette64 2 years ago
Steve Earl rocks! So does Dudley. I think we know who the douche bag is here.
Stusnow11 2 years ago 4
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God this guy sucks!
driverblue1 2 years ago
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Is this fuckin douche bag for real.
coolsax64 2 years ago
We're not interested in "version" .. there aint nothing sweeter than playing loaded .. until your body kicks back .. but that's another story . Steve is a star .. that's a fact
EdenAlabama 2 years ago 2
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that mother fucker is TOASTED!!! this shit is fucking weak. Dave Dudley's version destroys this schwag
drunkondiesel 2 years ago
I meet a fool in the forest !!!
55479johnny 2 years ago
from back when Steve was smokin everything in sight! ! !
gamoonbat 2 years ago 3
Right on man !!! 10 forward gears and a sweet Georgia overdrive
SPOOKSTR 2 years ago
damn that old Telecaster sounds good!
Hendrick4404 2 years ago
well the bass player is not the best on the world
mrGertrocktrubadur 2 years ago
they couldve rehearsed this one a little more,lol,
PAULOcbi 2 years ago 2
Garytexas........Why?
Dieseldog6 2 years ago
Dog the comment was just for fun Dudley--Earle and George all tear-up the road with that old song
Dudley sang "I'm taking little white pills, And my eyes are open wide."
Where George cleaned it up to go ,"I got the pedal to the metal,
and my eyes are open wide" Now Dog very important --It didn't need fixed--it didn't make it better--and I'm sure some one else told him to do it
GARYTEXAS 2 years ago
i love steve earle, but he looks pretty beat up in the video, goin thew a rough patch in his life i think
JohnDeereJosh 2 years ago
Sawyer Brown took the "drug message" out of the song as well. That's on a par with airbrushing the cigarette out of FDR's hand.
That's also a shame because when the song was written, that's exactly what many long haul truck drivers did. They took bennies (whites) to stay awake. That was part and parcel to the truck driving culture of the 1950's as much as Wyatt Earp's wife slugging back laudanum was in the 1880's.
WineCommonsewer 2 years ago 13
@WineCommonsewer I always thought Sawyer Brown updated it from bennies to cocaine. "I'm passing little white lines" always seemed like a cola reference to me. That could just be me though. Anyways, I love ALL versions of this song. Makes me glad to be the son of a ruck driver.
arachknight1979 1 year ago
@arachknight1979 The little white lines are a reference to the white lines on the highway, a common theme in road/trucker songs. Nashville was so whitewashed during Sawyer Brown's time that it's a wonder a roughneck like Steve even got a deal. They didn't care if you were strung out- you just weren't allowed to say it on your record! Nashville lost me years ago - Sawyer Brown were cheesy, bubble-gum pop, and downright silly.
TheHammerheart 1 year ago
@TheHammerheart Yeah you are right, but I grew up with my dad teaching me all the codes and references to sex and drugs in old songs from the 50's and 60's so now I hear em even when the lyrics are playing it totally straight.
arachknight1979 1 year ago
@arachknight1979 ~ Haha! I understand completely! I had to kinda learn the subtle and veiled references myself ;) It was cool that you had a Dad to cue you in on some of 'em!
TheHammerheart 1 year ago
@WineCommonsewer Sawyer Brown were beyond cheesy.
TheHammerheart 1 year ago
@WineCommonsewer You don't know what the hell you are talking about, I drove the roads for 10 years, a White is a truck brand that went out of business! This is a terrible version of this song!
MrCubanacan 1 year ago
@MrCubanacan Apparently you haven't really listened to the song. There are whites and there are Whites.
Lyrics:
I'm taking little white pills,
And my eyes are open wide.
I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White':
I've been passin' everything in sight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
WineCommonsewer 1 year ago 2
I'm just glad George Thoroughgood was able to take the drug message out of Dave Dudley's song
GARYTEXAS 2 years ago
Finally someone who has heard Georges version of this song! I think it is the best redo of this song EVER.
bunkman64 2 years ago
This is awful.
ZachTFLd 3 years ago
I love S. Earle, but in my opinion the best thing he ever did, was making Townes van Zandt more famous! And this year he will release a whole album with TvZ songs! Looking forward to it.....
Arjanajanath 3 years ago
the best thing. you are a fucking idiot
tajai007 2 years ago
Hehehe. I laughed too...
a8ingemini 2 years ago
Hi, Jannoklufs!
My bad. So sorry I misinterpreted you. Those comments weren't actually up when I added the ps. (I thought about my comment, got angry that someone was cyberbullying truckers, so on.)
(Naw. More likely, I didn't notice them. I can be pretty one-tracked. Imagine me accusing someone else of being dogmatic.)
Just as a little amends: if you haven't stumbled across Heartworn Highways, go ahead and type it into the search box. Hope you'll love it.
lucybean975 3 years ago
I have the Heartworn Highways DVD, I love it! :) Guy's Desperadoes Waiting.... in that movie is my favorite take of that song!
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
burritos do the best cover, but this is straight up badassery at its best.
putdownan8dude 3 years ago
ps: How many truckers have you actually met?
lucybean975 3 years ago
A few 100's maximum, so I can't say I'm an expert on truckers, but like I said, you totally misread my comment, which I can see now was pretty much unclear even for me, since I was probably drunk coming home after a truckers party and found a good song from Steve that I didn't already comment, and managed to get a few letters together.... sorry...
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
Hey truckers... let's make it into the 21st century ;)
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
Oh...You're one of those kinda dogmatic people who likes strict boxes and categories. "He does country and sings about truckers, therefore..."
Actually, Steve's always kind of lived outside of time. He's just a major teller of people's stories: all stripes and flavors. For more info, check out Earle's John Walker Blues.
And don't limit your tastes to what the corporations tell you is hip. It gets really dull.
lucybean975 3 years ago
I'm sorry if I made my comment made you feel that I have anything against Steve Earle, Country Music or Truckers, which is as far from the truth as you may get. What I meant with my comment is that Steve Earle took this song from the sixties into the 21st century... for me, and also for all the truckers.... including my trucking brother...
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
And if the big corporations ever was dependant on what I though was hip, they would be way off mark :)
Just to clear things off... hope you see more where I come from now...
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
I'm in no way dogmatic, I do have all Steve's albums, but I also have a lot of other artists albums, and I do love country, but I also do love other genres... One thing I like about Steve is like you say he's storytelling capabilities, how to take a a long story and put it into a short song, like Ben McCulloch, Tom Ames Prayer, or even Billy Austin... Just like another big idol of mine Guy Clark.
JannoKlufs 3 years ago
What a Telecaster, looks like 50 years on the road!
Tubachin 3 years ago
One of my best versions, Goood one Steve.. keep it between the lines truckers $
stacksncracks 3 years ago
steve is god...a true american outlaw...a folk hero.
dontpayyourtaxes 3 years ago
You got that right
BloodNGutts 3 years ago
No one can sing this quite as good as the original version but he does pretty good! Only wish the sound volume of this video was louder.
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BeSmAHt 3 years ago
Steve Earle outsings Sawyer Brown and anyone else who ever sang this song, including the original, Dave Dudley. It's the best, hubby and I scrolled everyone whoever sang it this afternoon and we both voted for Steve. Exceptional!!
midlynn 3 years ago
Listen to George Thorogood's version.
bill012150 3 years ago
Really? I love Thorogood. Couldn't find it on here tho. Know where I can find it?
midlynn 3 years ago
yeah, George's version is better
KISSfan1995 3 years ago