Classic Track: Bob Wills Is Still the King (Waylon Jennings)

[78philthomas]

LOVE the drunk redneck screaming "IT'S A GOOD IDEA!" LMAO! CLASSIC!

[bkm1168]

I'm just going to consider the two dislikes mearly mistakes. Because nobody with half a functioning brain could mean to hit that button on purpose.

[wvredneck59]

This may as well be the damn anthem of Texas! Gotta love me some Waylon!!!!!

[Jefty49]

This "is" real Country !!!

[whiplash96]

Gotta agree Waylon!

[bkm1168]

Damn I wish I was sitting in a Honky Tonk right now sipping on an ice cold Stag, listening to this live. Son of a Bitch what the Hell has happened to the world.

[abc345ful]

I LOVE WAYLON HE IS A BAD ASS OUT LAW,THATS HOW YOU GOTTA ROLE DO YOUR OWN THING AND BE YOUR OWN PERSON

[acejackson4410]

the first pic almost made me cry...he looks just like my dad..but he died in front of me when i was 6

[glimmer2158]

Stay the hell out of El Paso. IT SUCKS!

[wa1ufo]

Damn Right!!

[stangrub1]

i have this on a 45 still play it sometimes

[mwalshisme]

Absolutely love this live version. Woops lol.Waylon is still the king too.

[1madlad]

@CS1220, Agree with you 100%

[dolphinedick]

had a chance to see waylon in concert year before he passed still kicking myself in the ass for not going R.I.P waylon

[2311redneck]

kick ass song!!!!!!!!

[MrJearlray]

@2311redneck I could not have said it better sir.

[burgessinsb]

Thankin you cs1220 they should call today's country somethin else. i know i do

[HARLEYBOY33]

Excellent song and Waylon is the man ...... RIP from your Irish fan in England

[micknm]

MY CUZ SAID IT LIKE IT IS

BOG WILLS IS STILL THE KING

I GREW UP IN LEA COUNTY NM AND THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD YEAH IM ALMOST 60 BUT THAT IS BEST MUSIC

LIKE I NEVER MET WAYLON BUT I WISHED I HAD BEFORE HE DIED

THEY HAD A FAMILY REUNION HERE IN 84

[FrostLane89]

@micknm i live in Lea County NM too

[neeshee32]

im from oklahoma "BOOMER SOONER" but Bob Wills is still the KING

[83shovel]

been in texas for 18 years, and for 17 of those I knew "Bob Wills is still the King"

[83shovel]

going to El Paso, whoops- classic

[funsweetplayful]

<3 it....goooood stuff. I, too, am 36...you just can't compare to Waylon, Willie, Johnny & Kris.

[lcnmezzetta]

REAL Western Swing. When you cross the Red river Nashville don't mean a thing.

[painterman1969]

i wasborn listening and when i got older playin the kings

[HaliacetusLeuco]

*~Here's a $ong I Wrote on Air Force One, Between Washin+on D.C. and Austin.....goín to El Paso~* This s a song about a guy that is a GOOD IDEA~* Dreams from My Fa+her~+~+~* a song of race and inheritance and Barrack Obama is still The King~* X 2 terms.

[HaliacetusLeuco]

Here's a song that I~* wrote on Air force 1, on the way between Wasington D.C. and Austin goii'n~* to El Paso. UooP$, now this is what gave U.S. the idea~* to come down here. This is a song about a GUY~* that ÏS A GOOD IDEA~*" YEP~* By the way jack! & IT DON"T MATTER WHO'S IN THE TEA PARTY......OBAMA~* STILL THE KING~* 4/2 term$...you very VERY god friend, sincerely Waylon Jennings~+~+~*

[HaliacetusLeuco]

@ your 1:57~+~+~* KN~* BOB WILL$ is S+ill the KING~* your very god friend Waylon~*

[HaliacetusLeuco]

Word Up~* to Washin+on D.C. hoss you've finally got it made.. o'le George~* made it here..Were'all SURE that BOB WILLS~* Barack Hussein Obama II~ born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States.YE$ SIR I call that a Bargain the Be$+~+~* UOOP$, Now +his~* i$ what gave U.S. is the idea to come down here.(and your goveRNer betta b +here +his Time jackssss) +his~* is a song about a guy that PROBABLY DID AS MUCH FOR OUR ECONOMY as Anybody, Well~+~+~*

[HaliacetusLeuco]

UOOP$, Now +his~* i$ what gave U.S. is the idea to come down here.(and your goveRNer betta b +here +his Time jack****) +his~* is a song about a guy that PROBABLY DID AS MUCH FOR OUR ECONOMY as Anybody, Well~+~+~*

[marydwyer14119]

What a voice.

[marydwyer14119]

What a voice.

[rdc1950]

pinco commie fags , take their govt controls and shuve up their liberal ass . cant wait for november

[501molly]

@rdc1950 Hey Dumb ass, Armed and Liberal here........fuck you, all the neocons I know, are stupid racists, never read any books.....How is your wife/sister doing? good enuf for daddy?

[jan9961]

That;s it

[sinni1lake1]

true country



[SouthernPride67]

I am 14 years Old. And You Gotta Love Waylon!

[ATX151]

from austin texas born and raised. best music in the world

[daskunkape]

Waylon has a mans voice not like those queerbaits nowdays like keith urban and rascall fags i mean flatts!

[huntingun1]

Obama is a bad fucking joke! He thinks he is a fuckin' king or somsthing like one. He is a big piece of chicago shit that needs flushing down the shitter. Him & about all incumbants come november. Fuck him & his communistic agenda!! Dirty rat bastards!

[pondoro1956]

@huntingun1

Hear, hear! Time for Texas to leave the Union. It jest aint working!

[ncisbeast01]

im 15 and i love waylon and hate the new crap

[huntingun1]

Don't mess with Texas! Ya hear that obama???

[planewayne33]

@huntingun1 Right on, huntingun,RIGHT ON,That goes for OKLAHOMA, ALSO to obambi. SGT USMC 51-55, Born 32 & am glad to see there are a few real AMERICANS left to stand up to thoes yankee liberals. I leave what is left of the GREAT USA, for yo'll to redeem to its former GREAT STATUS, "GOD BLESS THE USA, & DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS OR OKLAHOMA,got that obambi!!!!

[hollywooduc]

yall we need to hear shooter on our radios

[SouthernPride67]

@hollywooduc 98.1 Kvet. Plays All the Best,

[tommytruth]

Great music from the great state of Texas.

[crashbug]

i love this version! I had the 45 when i was a kid, first one I ever bought.

[mandel233]

one of the great things about country music there is room for all kinds ie

Conway Twitty George Strait Johnny Cash and more its all good right

[dgambino30]

This is just one more reason Texas is the greatest state in the whole world!

[GaussTruth]

Of course, Bob Wills will always be the King of country music, and Waylon will always be the King of the Country troubadours .

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Texas forever!.

[ramlinrose2]

always loved waylons style of singin and he knew how to make that guitar talk ..best one ...... ;)

[QWZXM]

Me too, I love his song; You're the most sensible thing i ever done. I like Texas swing , I'm from Newfoundland where we have our own Newfie music a cross between celtic and Irish-the words to a lot of Nfld. songs are remarkable but you gotta understand our broken English Dialect. Take care-

[Bandboxxer]

Outstanding!!! And this comes from a steeler fan.

[profanevisions]

now thats real country! texas rules the north sucks.

[gringoflamenco]

My favorite Waylon song and one of the best country tunes ever. I was about 10 years old when this came out, and it brings back good memories

[hillbillylol]

one of my favorties songs by waylon

[jballard459]

great clip hoss, and thanks so much for sharing

[eazyone12001]

If you dont willie u can can my ass also

[fordevangelist]

The album was recorded shortly after Bob Wills had a stroke as I recall or it may have been done right after Bob died (don't remember) - Merle Haggard did a tribute album about the same time (to Bob) and the stroke or Bob's death may have had something to do with Waylon writing the song but I think it was a shot at Willie, too :)

[fordevangelist]

This live version was released on the "Wayon Live" album which was recorded over several concerts in Dallas, Austin, and El Paso. I *think* the "whoops' comment at the first part of the song comes from the fact that he says he wrote the song on a plane between Dallas and Austin... then he realized he was in El Paso and added "on the way to El Paso... whoops".

[Dash171]

REAL Country

[Goofus5453]

You got that right, this shit today is a joke, the worst music i have ever heard. I cant belive what country music has gone to, it all sounds the same they copy each other.

[ikemotube]

Coming out of high school in Louisiana in the late seventies, my friends and I really got into the "Outlaws" (Waylon, Willie, Tom Paul Glaser and Jessi Colter; D.A. Coe was a wannabe). Despite comments by the "ignorent" crowd here, the song is really a tribute to an artist who blazed his own trail away from mainstream country, which relied heavily on canned production tricks and formulaic songwriting. Bob Wills infuriated producers with his studio yelping during recording sessions.

[OldSkaterGuy]

well said.

[deloufu]

AMEN TO THAT

[eekhazmat]

uh, DAC was an actual Outlaw (as in MC) who happened to be a musician. Like he said, you can see Waylon and Willie in their white bucks and crewcuts singing on TV. He didn't.

[ikemotube]

Putting D.A. Coe in the same league as Waylon and Wille because he was "an actual Outlaw" is like saying Charles Manson is on par with The Beatles. Yeah, I know about D.A. Coe's legal troubles -- was it a crime of passion? The term "Outlaws" stemmed from the Waylon and Willie troupe's decision to shun the canned Nashville sound. When Hank Jr. decided to quit performing covers of his Dad's songs, he also became an outlaw and took a lot of flack from the studios -- hence, "Family Tradition."

[Demonicronos]

People don't have any right to make a claim on any dispute between Waylon and Willie. All good friendships have rough times. And for them to do "The Highwaymen" shows those times back then weren't all that bad. Just enjoy the music and stop bickering.

[vader6972]

WTF WHO THE FUCK thinks Willie Nelson sux? That's over the line. If they fought... whatever...but they wrote good songs together. So whatever you think of him, Willie's career and catalog speak for itself. And the other thing down there...the weed's no good in Austin?

[cBaOc13]

Willie sucks anyway.

[laurajxoxo]

badass recording of a classic song

[Rhsam]

Wow, How ignorant are you? Bob was from Turkey Texas, everyone knows that, but lived I Oklahoma longer than he ever did Texas, just outside of Tulsa, where he owned a bar called caines ballroom, that he got off his brother. And Watlon and Bob were good friends, Waylon played with him more than once.

[dgambino30]

If truth be known. Your comment is based on nothing but your distorted opinion. Bob Wills was from Kosse, Texas not Oklahoma. What are you talking about? These comments are ignorent.

[jozuha68]

If the truth be know Waylon didn't like Bob Wills at all he wrote this song to piss Willie Nelson off. Cant remember where this was recorded just remember that at the start of the song when he says whops he was getting a drink of beer and spilled it.

[TheGoldenSphinx]

That is one fucking great story, if it is true. Still doesn't change the magic of the tune itself, Waylon is a awesome.

[jozuha68]

The story is true. When he passed away the Austin American Statesman( I'm about 20 miles east of Austin) had a big article on him and a lot of people that know him when he was in Austin were talking about how he wrote that song.Willie told him to come to Austin that the dope was good and the gals fast but when he got here it wasn't like that. After a spell Waylon thought Willie was getting big headed and that's when he wrote the song Bob Wills is still the king to put Willie in his place.

[dgtxdutch]

@jozuha68 That is the story I heard. Was to pop Willie's BIG head he was a gettin'!

[hardcorehebe3]

Funny, he was from Oklahoma but he really is king down here

[swokdirtfarm]

Perhaps the tribute was to the man rather than his music. There is not a trace of Bob's Texas-Swing influence in Waylon's work. Waylon never incorporated any of Bob's style into his own. Waylon's vocal power made Bob's work look like child's play. Waylon's power was well exemplified in "Delia's Gone". Of course, that's only the opinion of someone who far prefers Johnny Rodriquez's Steel Guitar over anyone's Texas-Fiddle, and considers Willie Nelson nothing more than a glorified hippie.

[wmarty127]

many memories...was there at the Austin Opry House the night this was recorded, awesome.

[texxasblood1836]

I think we can unanimously agree that Waylon Jennings is great. Yet how many of you actually acknowledge Bob Wills as the King of Western Swing as Waylon boldly states in this classic number. Remember, it was Bob Wills who inspired Willie Nelson- "He'll be the first to tell you..."

So when these Johnny-come-lately Texas musicians perceive Willie as God, they must first pay their respects to Bob Wills, whether they like his style or not.

[deloufu]

AMEN TO THAT

[kempsmith7]

Sorry Waylon's Version is better the Stone's is ok Ron Wood playing Steel not bad

[dannycorser]

i love the ol boy in the audience atr 39 sec WITH A GOOD IDEA

[PressPlay2Go]

I love this it's magic. The Stones version is of a high order too.  Waylon Jennings and the Stones opened my eyes to Bob Wills. Bob Wills is STILL The King! Thanks for posting this.

[carks29]

bob wills is the king waylons is the best. great video!!! thank you!!!

[Jaggerzita]

The Stones version of this song is amazing and so much better! (This my opinion)

[StopBleedingOnMe]

HAHA No fricking way man.

[imaStonesGirl]

Waylon is The Keith Richards of Country (I hope it`s ok i said that) He is so cool and i love his guitar playing

[PressPlay2Go]

Magic.

[inbetweentics]

two great legends - one it's about and the other that's doing the dedication. miss 'em both..

[deloufu]

I agree, furthermore I don't know about everybody else but it doesn't get any better than this. Would you agree?

[steppingoutald]

God - Yeah!!!! What's more to say?

[cs1220]

i,m 36 and love this music. today's country crap doesn't even compare

[familieschussler]

You are absolutely right!

[lesGroves]

Look up "The Range" radio out of Dallas. I live in NRH.

[deloufu]

AMEN TO THAT.

[GunBigotHater]

@cs1220 You are so right! I think the problem is that county is the best selling genre, so rockers and rappers are trying to get into it and ruining it. I can't tell you how many times I hear "Van Halen" style guitar solos in today's country. DJ's are too young to know the difference, I think.

[VA24541]

Flash, I gotta give you major props. You are true believer in country music. Not many of us left.

Keep up the good work!

[paulblu450]

I remember when i was a little kid my dad would just play that song over and over, thanks for the memorys...

[justindane123]

great!!!

[RIPPLED11]

Quite simply one word sums this song up SUPERB

[Krupp72]

Best version I've heard yet.

[jtls8]

Good one!

[coywmoore]

yes, good one,one of my favorites,waylon is #1