i too feel sad when i find my american friend say they haven't heard of such music , i love country music and feel it as a part of USA soul , those songs does have the american soul which i hardly find today .
I'm 18 and not an american but still admirer of such great soul music .
Guys do something to show such great songs to present genere , they really dont know their own land n that's very bad .
Country at it's best. Here is one of the King's. If there is a God In heaven, and Thou does not enjoy this, then why the big hurry to go there????? Or who would want to go there!!!!!
I met Tugboat Jerry @ the induction of Ernest Tubb into the Texas Country Music
Hall of Fame.. When he was singing ET's songs he sounded just like him..
close your eyes and you would think ole ET was back... He was a wonderful man
and no one knew how many young people he helped get their start & became STARS, themselves.. there so many I don't think I could list them.. he is a true
I requested the identification of a song called "MY Wife Thinks You're Dead". I thought that it was by E.T. but it was by Junior Brown. Thanks for your help, one and all.
I'm looking for an E.T. recording that ends with "....and my wife thinks you're dead." Can anyone identify this song for me? I want to buy it. Thanks alot.
Make sure you spell it out, though. A whole generation has come up that thinks of a certain movie by Steven Spielberg or creatures from outer space when they hear the initials "E.T."
My grandpa worshipped Mr. Tubb, and the older I get, the more I understand why. We need more authentic country singers. If you're worried about his "pitch" in this song, then you don't get it to start with. No offense, everybody is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine, and nothing more.
My grandpa worshipped Mr. Tubb, and the older I get, the more I understand why. We need more authentic country singers. If you're worried about his "pitch" in this song, then you don't get it to start with. No offense, everybody is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine, and nothing more.
I met one of Ernest Tubb's old band members and play guitar with him one day in Milton Ontario. Mel Rowe had played 46 times at the Grand Ol Opry. I knew he was authentic from his stories and his ol Martin guitar he had. Stories of the stars behind the scenes and little things that would never be made public brought a sort of realism to the Music industry . A true musician and songwriter. A writer of songs that he never took credit for. .just wish someone would recognize him .
Unless you were there from the beginning of his career, you have no idea the impact his music projected! I was a little kid in the 40s but he was the top ring on the golden ladder...women were carried out on stretchers at his concerts and grown men were in tears. His voice or vocal ability wasn't questioned back then....he had the world in his hand. A legend doesn't become a legend for no reason...he was a star and he shone very brightly.. His music is real...as real as he was.
my pa pa songs great song song by my family great party they would go on for at least a couple of weeks and the guitar gang played and played I know Douglas was the designatied driver for five years I got my pa home safe traviling with him was a adventure
From the time I heard that magical voice of Earnest coming out of an old car radio one summer evening in 1944 I have loved this man. Not ashamed to say that during the young years of my life I tried to sing just like him. Guess no one got around to telling me he is was "one of a kind." I'll be turning 79 in just a few more days - and you know what - I still love and cherish the music and the memory of the late great Earnest Tubb.
"You've come down from heaven with all of your charms and eyes that are sparkling and blue. As light as a feather your move in my arms, I could waltz across Texas with you." (This is the verse I wrote for my amazing wife of the past 17 years, Marilyn Celsete Rose Mahan. This was her favorite song. She's gone as of today. May God rest her fierce, brilliant soul.)
@hairtist1 ..as you can see is is older here. By the way it made him even better. if you read other comments he was quite a gentleman. Thanks for your miserable comment, which was unnecessary.
Anyone who says that Ernest Tubb was not singing well are very ignorant and stupid.Ernest Tubb was a great singer.I really enjoyed listening to him sing and I have seen him perform live.I have nothing bad to say about him.I am not stupid like the one who insulted Enest Tubb.
THIS MAN IS A LEGEND. I THANK GOD EVERYDAY THAT I LIVED AT THE SAME TIME AS SINGERS LIKE, WANDA, TAMMY, LORETTA, LORI, DOTTIE AND SO MANY OTHERS. THIS IS WHAT COUNTRY MUSIC WAS, IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE. BLESS ALL YOU.......AND THANK YOU......DENNIS R. TROY
Not exactly a youngster when he did this performance. I think he deserves a lot of respect for the effort and if you want to hear him sing this at his best just listen to the video with the record on the screen. A true origninal American Country Star.
@dfarmbrough His voice reminds me a lot of my great uncle grandpa! But my poor grandpa is so deaf now, he plays in one key and sings in another, but its adorable!
He spent nights with my parents in San Antonio when he was young to get away from his parents arguing . He gave my Brother a ride on an old Harley when my brother was just a kid. It is a small world. he is a true Musial genius. GARTH BROOKS, Suck this hahaha
Earnest Tubb was one of the all time greats! Most of the young singers of today should actually listen to real country music,such as this,to see what it actually does sund like. Country music of today is just pop music with a twang!
We are so lucky we got You Tube,so we can still enjoy seeing & hearing the greare ones perform. It's almost like having them back with us!(Note I did say almost)
He reminds me of another legend. Tex Ritter, father of John Ritter, was another with a not so perfect voice that resonated with fans. That he did not hit every note dead on is part of his charm. I miss him and I miss John Ritter and I am old.
This was towards the end of his life. He passed away in 1984 after battling emphysema for almost 20 years. He performed for almost 60 years. He witnessed the short career of Jimmie Rogers, saw Hank Williams & a hundered other greats come and go, and lived to see the age of Hank Jr. He is one of the top 5 all time greats, and it can be argued that he invented honky tonk. Please excuse his weathered voice. Id say the "Granddaddy of them all" had givin us his fair share at this point.
You mention the "weathered voice" and some else mentioned maybe that he didn't hit every note on key---as you and many more of us know--that was part of his charm. I once heard someone tell a story that Ernest was in a bar and one of his songs came on the juke box and a guy said--"Hell I could do that"--that's exactly what Ernest wanted--something real and that everybody could do. What a Troubadour!
Maybe he didn't have a great voice, and maybe he sang off key, but Damn, he knew how to deliver a song, and that's what made him great. That is something singers today lack.
@loverofcountry506070 I won't disagree with anything that you have said or that any of the polite and respectful folks have mentioned in regard to Mr. Tubb. I only made an honest remark as to what I have heard and was hearing and I was immediately insulted and dismissed as someone who doesn't know good music. I beg(ged) to differ and I made my point directly. I stand by it but respect all of the others whom politely disagree.
@majajh That ET was able to sing at that point at all was remarkable because he was suffering from Emphysema so severe that he could hardly move or talk. I was there in the audience that night. My good friend Pete Mitchell said everyone in the band was worried about him. But when ET walked on stage it was as if all of his suffering just melted away. That is the mark of a true professional; which is something these kids today could learn.
That from someone who listens to this guy, talk about a tin ear. But whatever, I listen to Mother Maybelle Carter, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Stringbean, The Florida Boys with Billy Todd, and on and on and on. But I have a bad ear, Yeah Right! Guess they guage the quality of their music differently in Okieville.
i too have been on the bus numerous times,my dad knew grandpa ernest for around 30years miss him and his music at least we have jack green jimmy c newman and george strait .
My dads favorite singer. Got to meet him at a fair when i was 7 and he let my family on the bus with him and took a pic with my dad and autographed for him....my dad was just so damn happy.....now he has passed on but thats a great memory..thanks for the post
Merry Christmas to you from Newfoundland where the snow has all melted(on the east coast) at least. Rainy weather now. Ernest Tubb was great, they don't make em anymore like the older singers.
He was country long before it was cool and for all times his waltz across texas is not the greatest country song , but it sure is COUNTRY / think about it without songs like Ernests wouldnt it be BORING just listening to say all the new releases ?? Takes me back to the days when there were real jukeboxes in the tavern , with real records on them for 5 cents a play !!
Thank You so very much for posting this.... I got to meet Ernest twice. He always took time to meet and talk to his fans. The new so called country singers could take a lesson from him
Great man, did several shows with ET and Billy Parker. ET was so loved that if (rarely) he was sick and could not do a show he would send his son Justin and nobody ever complained
I felt bad for a time. I and a buddy went to see Justin..and got to meet him. I asked Justin to sign his Auto on Earnest Pic in the Grand Ole Opry book I had..Justin grinned and said he would be oh so glad..as long as I let him sing (autograph) his own pic first..I did--of course!--What a great singer!
He just seems like a perfect gentleman. I like when he always asks "trubadors if your ready"......then always removes his hat at the end. The same things I know I would do if i could grace a stage. The voice, off, isn't it grand! These guys and the gals the best!
We met Ernest a number of years ago and he was so kind and gentlemanly. He said "Paula honey how are you?" We'd heard he treated everyone like old friends. I read that he and his nephew wrote this song. I love it and I've always loved his singing and he joked about his voice himself. He used to yodel in his younger days before having his tonsils out I've read. Thank you for this treasure. - Paula
I remember hearing a story that ET said that he was glad he didn't have a "velvet" voice---He was glad he had a voice that guys in a bar--standing next to a juke box would say--"I can do that"---and sing his songs--that's exactly what he wanted.
I think this was Ernest's last public performance. That said he was never a 'golden voice" crooner. I once heard a story that he answered an interviewer concerning this, He said that he was all to aware that he did not have a velvet voice,,,and preferred it that way. He said he liked the thought of a guy in a bar, leaning on a jukebox playing one of his songs and that guy says--"Hell, I can do that"--as he sang along! Just exactly want Ernest wanted. A true Troubadour!
You are an idiot. The man had a tonsillectomy in 1934 the changed his singing...and you know what? He's still amazing. He kept going, wrote great songs, had an amazing band, and supported new talent (like Lorettl Lynn) graciously and with that wonderful showmanship that is lacking today...ET exemplified a cultural gem that was country music like few could...and do.
Damn, that's so good! The only country singer who always sang off-key and still made the song sound good! If it makes you want another beer, its gotta be good!
Orik2004--your right. I don't think I ever really realized that ET was always singing off key--I kinda knew it..I guess...and your right again--always made you want to grab another beer.
RIGHT on to ALL Country/Hillbilly as it was called Music Lovers. This POOP they put out now is nothing but POP&Rock actually the old Southern Rock is more Country than what they're playing now!. I learned how to play a Pedal Steel in the early 80's and not long after I got good enough to play as a pro I found Bands did NOT want a Steel,they were wanting Keyboard players,in late 80's early 90's Country bands were FORCED to Play Kenny Rogers and other Pop Rock singers or not get Jobs.Thanks!.
All these modern day so-called "country musicians" should be forced to listen to Ernest Tubb and The Troubadors because this is what TRUE country is!!!!
Not only was Ernest a great singer but he was a real wonderful kind hearted gentleman who helped more up and coming country singers that anyone can ever imagine. And when they succeeded, he was the first one to stand back and applaud. Nashville will never ever see the likes of Ernest Tubb again..
depending on who tells the story, my great grandfather either once hopped a freight train with ernest tubb, or hopped off a freight train in san antonio and saw ernest tubb there. i like to think they hopped the train together.
My uncle knew ET. He got to sing this on the Ernest Tubb Record Shop back in the late 60's. He actually got to play Billy Byrd's guitar. Still have the reel to reel from that.
@smitty54017 He sold records because the people back then didn't know any better they actually thought this was good. I like the song but not the way he sang it. He couldn't of sang if his life depended on it.
One of the greatest still in my eyes! I have had the pleasure of seeing/meeting ol' Ernest, and he was a sweetheart! Wish country would get back to the basics instead of this watered down pop junk they call "country" nowadays! FIVE stars!!
RIGHT ON TXSTORYTELLER,ppl dont know what country is anymore,let alone know how to sing it and live it.theres a few good ones but there just no comparision
Mike1409040,keep them damn comments to yourself,he may of sang a lil off key but hes a country legend and ppl love him an his datgum off key singin too.maybe its cause he had heart,soul,and country roots.something you would know anything about!!!!!
May God bless long horned steers, Texas wimmen, Lone Star Beers...and...and ...and...uhhhh
...More Wimmen!
nakidsoul 1 month ago
Saw Ernest Tubb in a dance hall in central Texas back in 1980. Man those were the days and this is classic country music.
laceandcurls 2 months ago 2
my dad saw him in 1940 in vernon texas when ernest sold cotten seed an sang
fuckwhore23 3 months ago 2
i too feel sad when i find my american friend say they haven't heard of such music , i love country music and feel it as a part of USA soul , those songs does have the american soul which i hardly find today .
I'm 18 and not an american but still admirer of such great soul music .
Guys do something to show such great songs to present genere , they really dont know their own land n that's very bad .
MrSomeunknown 3 months ago 5
ahhhhh the good ol days of country music
LynneGeddes 3 months ago
love good oid country
MARYJANEM100 3 months ago
Pride of Ellis County Texas.
RIP
MrJohanasBilderberg 4 months ago
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ml1968lf 4 months ago
Wonderful!!
ladyblue614 4 months ago
MY MOMS FAV. SONG RIP MOM!!
cajundixieangel 6 months ago
I can listen to the great sound of Ernest Tubb forever. My all time favorite.
BionicBrain2 6 months ago
I am now 60, and this the the Country Music I grew up with. There is not much out there that can come close to songs like this!
kscot1950t 6 months ago 2
This is so Great! Thanks for sharing this. It is too bad the younger generation doesn't either know of this music or doesn't appreciate it.
danaordane 7 months ago
Country at it's best. Here is one of the King's. If there is a God In heaven, and Thou does not enjoy this, then why the big hurry to go there????? Or who would want to go there!!!!!
engraver41 7 months ago
I met Tugboat Jerry @ the induction of Ernest Tubb into the Texas Country Music
Hall of Fame.. When he was singing ET's songs he sounded just like him..
close your eyes and you would think ole ET was back... He was a wonderful man
and no one knew how many young people he helped get their start & became STARS, themselves.. there so many I don't think I could list them.. he is a true
American Country Music Hero..
hillbilly2bill 7 months ago
I requested the identification of a song called "MY Wife Thinks You're Dead". I thought that it was by E.T. but it was by Junior Brown. Thanks for your help, one and all.
spazhat 7 months ago
I'm looking for an E.T. recording that ends with "....and my wife thinks you're dead." Can anyone identify this song for me? I want to buy it. Thanks alot.
spazhat 8 months ago
@spazhat
@spazhat
I found a video of a song called "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" by Junior Brown...could that be the one?
There's a video of it posted on YouTube...
bruiser540 7 months ago
THIS COUNTRY GIVES ME AWESOME CHILLS!!LUV IT!!!
leonardgoodwin25 8 months ago
As a native Texan, I think we should have a ET day in this state
FlyboyLWB 8 months ago
@FlyboyLWB
Make sure you spell it out, though. A whole generation has come up that thinks of a certain movie by Steven Spielberg or creatures from outer space when they hear the initials "E.T."
Allen E. Booth
1963-present
A1l2l2e2n4 5 months ago
ET is the real CW singer. No smoke. No busting guitars. No 500 voice background singers. No joke. He's the Champ.
GRAHAMCREEKER 8 months ago in playlist The Real ET
lol this nigga is actually my uncle
AlexandriaNicole18 8 months ago
@AlexandriaNicole18 sure he is
jlb554344 8 months ago
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My grandpa worshipped Mr. Tubb, and the older I get, the more I understand why. We need more authentic country singers. If you're worried about his "pitch" in this song, then you don't get it to start with. No offense, everybody is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine, and nothing more.
fiddlinhoss 9 months ago
My grandpa worshipped Mr. Tubb, and the older I get, the more I understand why. We need more authentic country singers. If you're worried about his "pitch" in this song, then you don't get it to start with. No offense, everybody is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine, and nothing more.
fiddlinhoss 9 months ago
Lynn & Pete, you guys sound great on this performance, of course!! So glad I came upon this.
dobrolic 9 months ago
good man
MrCrm1102 10 months ago
This could be the most beautiful song ever... And it's definitly recorded before they could pitch the singers. :-) Still, I like this very much.
CountryCarlson 10 months ago
this classic gives me chills!!!!thnx for post!!!!
leonardgoodwin25 10 months ago
amazing
twopetbulls 10 months ago
Someday our grandchildren will "discover" ET
GRAHAMCREEKER 10 months ago
@GRAHAMCREEKER We're more likely to discover Alex Chilton's cover.
halfcabdisaster7 9 months ago
solid gold!!!
docmartincurbcheck 10 months ago
my Dad's favorite song--just like they say--they'd play it and Mom & Dad would dance in the kitchen! lol great memories
ladyeulailia 10 months ago
My grand parents love this song
michellecoates12 10 months ago
I met one of Ernest Tubb's old band members and play guitar with him one day in Milton Ontario. Mel Rowe had played 46 times at the Grand Ol Opry. I knew he was authentic from his stories and his ol Martin guitar he had. Stories of the stars behind the scenes and little things that would never be made public brought a sort of realism to the Music industry . A true musician and songwriter. A writer of songs that he never took credit for. .just wish someone would recognize him .
gwilliamsonster 11 months ago
Good Song
gwilliamsonster 11 months ago
Does anybody know the year this was broadcast? My guess from Marty's shirt is 1979. Does anybody know what network it was broadcast on?
jonesey445 11 months ago
Unless you were there from the beginning of his career, you have no idea the impact his music projected! I was a little kid in the 40s but he was the top ring on the golden ladder...women were carried out on stretchers at his concerts and grown men were in tears. His voice or vocal ability wasn't questioned back then....he had the world in his hand. A legend doesn't become a legend for no reason...he was a star and he shone very brightly.. His music is real...as real as he was.
djcovington1 11 months ago
puts a lump in my throat.....
beaverwithachainsaw 1 year ago
God bless you, Roscoe.
NiBaldacci 1 year ago
good stuff igrew up around this kind of music
handyandy242 1 year ago
Musicians who act like gentlemen. Mayble it'll catch on!
davecarvell 1 year ago
my pa pa songs great song song by my family great party they would go on for at least a couple of weeks and the guitar gang played and played I know Douglas was the designatied driver for five years I got my pa home safe traviling with him was a adventure
douglascbellerose 1 year ago
That Ernest Tubb sings a bit off tune is part of his charm, and I would not want it corrected.
onebaud 1 year ago
@onebaud I second that....he was an original!!!!
djcovington1 11 months ago
A true American Legend.
jlmichael9958 1 year ago
From the time I heard that magical voice of Earnest coming out of an old car radio one summer evening in 1944 I have loved this man. Not ashamed to say that during the young years of my life I tried to sing just like him. Guess no one got around to telling me he is was "one of a kind." I'll be turning 79 in just a few more days - and you know what - I still love and cherish the music and the memory of the late great Earnest Tubb.
Dag146
dag146 1 year ago
"You've come down from heaven with all of your charms and eyes that are sparkling and blue. As light as a feather your move in my arms, I could waltz across Texas with you." (This is the verse I wrote for my amazing wife of the past 17 years, Marilyn Celsete Rose Mahan. This was her favorite song. She's gone as of today. May God rest her fierce, brilliant soul.)
RoscoesRiffs 1 year ago
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Sounds like an old worn out record, it could be the song was just recorded bad.
hairtist1 1 year ago
sounds like an old worn out record, could be just recorded bad.
hairtist1 1 year ago
@hairtist1 ..as you can see is is older here. By the way it made him even better. if you read other comments he was quite a gentleman. Thanks for your miserable comment, which was unnecessary.
MrJeffnow 1 year ago
@hairtist1 Best ever ....your just being an asshole.
davemccarthy707 1 year ago
Anyone who says that Ernest Tubb was not singing well are very ignorant and stupid.Ernest Tubb was a great singer.I really enjoyed listening to him sing and I have seen him perform live.I have nothing bad to say about him.I am not stupid like the one who insulted Enest Tubb.
whiteswan72 1 year ago
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@whiteswan72 Sounds like an old worn out record, it could be the song was just recorded bad.
hairtist1 1 year ago
THIS MAN IS A LEGEND. I THANK GOD EVERYDAY THAT I LIVED AT THE SAME TIME AS SINGERS LIKE, WANDA, TAMMY, LORETTA, LORI, DOTTIE AND SO MANY OTHERS. THIS IS WHAT COUNTRY MUSIC WAS, IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE. BLESS ALL YOU.......AND THANK YOU......DENNIS R. TROY
DENNISTHEMENACE48 1 year ago
Not exactly a youngster when he did this performance. I think he deserves a lot of respect for the effort and if you want to hear him sing this at his best just listen to the video with the record on the screen. A true origninal American Country Star.
Frankiarmz 1 year ago
WOW GOOD OLDIES BY THE GREAT ERNEST TUBB
iarnault1 1 year ago
I love this song - even if he sings out of tune a bit, it's got a lot of character!
dfarmbrough 1 year ago 10
@dfarmbrough Singing off tune is what makes this song so good!
TheMr1234na 6 months ago 2
@dfarmbrough His voice reminds me a lot of my great uncle grandpa! But my poor grandpa is so deaf now, he plays in one key and sings in another, but its adorable!
beccasmith7 6 months ago
@beccasmith7 Happy memories! :-)
dfarmbrough 6 months ago
@dfarmbrough completely agree, he just has a brilliant character to his voice
Swansoni333 1 month ago
He spent nights with my parents in San Antonio when he was young to get away from his parents arguing . He gave my Brother a ride on an old Harley when my brother was just a kid. It is a small world. he is a true Musial genius. GARTH BROOKS, Suck this hahaha
david1002a 1 year ago
thank you ET and Trubadours.....
ctmale1956 1 year ago 2
why don't them modern country singers leave country music alone and let us listen to real country like these guys
MrJRamal 1 year ago 29
@MrJRamal I agree. This is what real country music is all about:)
Gorgeous3011 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Ernest Tubb 2
Ernest and the Droopy drawers could play the hell out of this anthem.
john9944 1 year ago
One steel guitar is great but two is amazing sound. Justin Tubb is there too. He is the guy to Ernest Tubbs left. Check out his video.
rjgluck 1 year ago
One steel guitar is great but two is amazing sound.
rjgluck 1 year ago
He was getting up there in years when this was recorded. One of the true greats of Country Music.
DougCameraMan 1 year ago
Earnest Tubb was one of the all time greats! Most of the young singers of today should actually listen to real country music,such as this,to see what it actually does sund like. Country music of today is just pop music with a twang!
We are so lucky we got You Tube,so we can still enjoy seeing & hearing the greare ones perform. It's almost like having them back with us!(Note I did say almost)
latachia888 1 year ago 2
Now this is country western music
thedonald09 1 year ago 3
He was one of the best.
thewaterdog45 1 year ago 2
He reminds me of another legend. Tex Ritter, father of John Ritter, was another with a not so perfect voice that resonated with fans. That he did not hit every note dead on is part of his charm. I miss him and I miss John Ritter and I am old.
onebaud 1 year ago 3
This was towards the end of his life. He passed away in 1984 after battling emphysema for almost 20 years. He performed for almost 60 years. He witnessed the short career of Jimmie Rogers, saw Hank Williams & a hundered other greats come and go, and lived to see the age of Hank Jr. He is one of the top 5 all time greats, and it can be argued that he invented honky tonk. Please excuse his weathered voice. Id say the "Granddaddy of them all" had givin us his fair share at this point.
wreckingyardrebels 1 year ago 2
You mention the "weathered voice" and some else mentioned maybe that he didn't hit every note on key---as you and many more of us know--that was part of his charm. I once heard someone tell a story that Ernest was in a bar and one of his songs came on the juke box and a guy said--"Hell I could do that"--that's exactly what Ernest wanted--something real and that everybody could do. What a Troubadour!
CntryInVa 1 year ago
one of the best love songs ever !
grannie4 1 year ago
Maybe he didn't have a great voice, and maybe he sang off key, but Damn, he knew how to deliver a song, and that's what made him great. That is something singers today lack.
loverofcountry506070 1 year ago
@loverofcountry506070 I won't disagree with anything that you have said or that any of the polite and respectful folks have mentioned in regard to Mr. Tubb. I only made an honest remark as to what I have heard and was hearing and I was immediately insulted and dismissed as someone who doesn't know good music. I beg(ged) to differ and I made my point directly. I stand by it but respect all of the others whom politely disagree.
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
His voice is bad and good all at the same time. Legendary.
majajh 1 year ago
@majajh That ET was able to sing at that point at all was remarkable because he was suffering from Emphysema so severe that he could hardly move or talk. I was there in the audience that night. My good friend Pete Mitchell said everyone in the band was worried about him. But when ET walked on stage it was as if all of his suffering just melted away. That is the mark of a true professional; which is something these kids today could learn.
pro3tlb 1 year ago
That's pretty neat information.
majajh 1 year ago
A real human being that made real music from the heart.
chaplin829 1 year ago 3
Whatever.
busholiday 1 year ago
@busholiday RUBE!!!
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
@rrss2lwb Chidren children children......GROW UP!!
loverofcountry506070 1 year ago
That from someone who listens to this guy, talk about a tin ear. But whatever, I listen to Mother Maybelle Carter, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Stringbean, The Florida Boys with Billy Todd, and on and on and on. But I have a bad ear, Yeah Right! Guess they guage the quality of their music differently in Okieville.
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
are there members of his family carrying on the tradition?
venezio007 1 year ago
i too have been on the bus numerous times,my dad knew grandpa ernest for around 30years miss him and his music at least we have jack green jimmy c newman and george strait .
SuperBallen23 1 year ago
My dads favorite singer. Got to meet him at a fair when i was 7 and he let my family on the bus with him and took a pic with my dad and autographed for him....my dad was just so damn happy.....now he has passed on but thats a great memory..thanks for the post
thefranchise1974 1 year ago
My Dad loved him, and he was a PA Coal miner. Every time I hear Earnest I hear my Dad.
Frangeok 1 year ago
Dad's favorite song--the man who took me to the Grand Old Opry for my 21st birthday!
annattitude69 1 year ago
his singing made an average guy feel good cuz he sang like an average guy would!!!!
leonardgoodwin25 1 year ago
Wow, he's just as bad as when he was younger. I like Blugrass and most country but this guy has NEVER hit a correct note that I have EVER heard!
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
@rrss2lwb
He is old here.... you must have a dead ear and no appreciation for music.... takes all kinds!
Jezake 1 year ago
@rrss2lwb Are you a fan of Rascal Flats, idiot?
busholiday 1 year ago
@busholiday WHO, NEVER heard of em. How about Kathleen Battle, NO that would be way to high brow for you'ms, Yee Haw!!!
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
@rrss2lwb If you don't like Ernest Tubb, why do you keep coming back to this channel? GO AWAY!!
loverofcountry506070 1 year ago
@loverofcountry506070 You are NOT the hall monitor anymore, get out of junior high school.
rrss2lwb 1 year ago
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yes he was playing
kenbob136 1 year ago
yes he was playing
kenbob136 1 year ago
yes he was playing
kenbob136 1 year ago
was justin tubb playing guitar?
venezio007 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite songs and people find it wierd cuz im 15 haha
lsuguy124 1 year ago
My parents would ballroom dance to this all the time.
redwing46901 1 year ago
classic and one of the best c and w in my opinion!!!
leonardgoodwin25 1 year ago
Thats my cousin! 4th to be eaxact, my great grandmas mom alba tubb is cousins with him. alba and ernest tubbs dads are brothers!
TheSarahsuicidal 1 year ago
yeah he's my cousin somehow too ive heard of alba from my mom
ashedragon201025 1 year ago
This was my fathers song, except back then it was totally different then it is today so he told me. Can't imagine life without the old stuff around.
joni106 1 year ago
sorry to hear about your mom..this was also my grandfathers fav song and we lost him also.... great song
theladiesman1987 2 years ago
Yea.. My Dad liked E.T. too.. Just lost him in December.
buffettfan66 2 years ago
This is one of my mom's favorite songs and I miss her so much right now it hurts.
itsjusttoomuch1 2 years ago 4
to all of you who want to waltz across
Texas, Merry Christmas. May music always bring people together and make
happy memories last.
oldermusiclover 2 years ago 7
Merry Christmas to you from Newfoundland where the snow has all melted(on the east coast) at least. Rainy weather now. Ernest Tubb was great, they don't make em anymore like the older singers.
QWZXM 2 years ago 4
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GOD BLESS E T THE BEST EVER
oldtones 2 years ago
I love Ernest Tubb. Thanks for posting. His music and his duets with Loretta Lynn is some of the finest country music ever recorded.
moonhop 2 years ago 8
He was country long before it was cool and for all times his waltz across texas is not the greatest country song , but it sure is COUNTRY / think about it without songs like Ernests wouldnt it be BORING just listening to say all the new releases ?? Takes me back to the days when there were real jukeboxes in the tavern , with real records on them for 5 cents a play !!
9139978 2 years ago 4
or 6 for a quarter.
conductorron 2 years ago 2
Folks, it don't get much more country then THIS.
CadillacL 2 years ago 4
Thank You so very much for posting this.... I got to meet Ernest twice. He always took time to meet and talk to his fans. The new so called country singers could take a lesson from him
mawzaroo1 2 years ago 9
Great man, did several shows with ET and Billy Parker. ET was so loved that if (rarely) he was sick and could not do a show he would send his son Justin and nobody ever complained
TheTulsaBoyz 2 years ago 2
I felt bad for a time. I and a buddy went to see Justin..and got to meet him. I asked Justin to sign his Auto on Earnest Pic in the Grand Ole Opry book I had..Justin grinned and said he would be oh so glad..as long as I let him sing (autograph) his own pic first..I did--of course!--What a great singer!
CntryInVa 2 years ago
A great song by a great all time singer. I have always enjoyed this one. Thanks for a great post.
ROYS5166 2 years ago
He just seems like a perfect gentleman. I like when he always asks "trubadors if your ready"......then always removes his hat at the end. The same things I know I would do if i could grace a stage. The voice, off, isn't it grand! These guys and the gals the best!
MrJeffnow 2 years ago 2
Another great one from the great ET..Glad I was able to go to one of his concerts back in 1970s and meet him in person
theredarrow78 2 years ago
We met Ernest a number of years ago and he was so kind and gentlemanly. He said "Paula honey how are you?" We'd heard he treated everyone like old friends. I read that he and his nephew wrote this song. I love it and I've always loved his singing and he joked about his voice himself. He used to yodel in his younger days before having his tonsils out I've read. Thank you for this treasure. - Paula
PaulinaRena 2 years ago 3
I remember hearing a story that ET said that he was glad he didn't have a "velvet" voice---He was glad he had a voice that guys in a bar--standing next to a juke box would say--"I can do that"---and sing his songs--that's exactly what he wanted.
CntryInVa 2 years ago
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I'd just tlike him to hit a 'few' notes at the correct pitch. (just one or two).
mrgbennet 2 years ago
I think this was Ernest's last public performance. That said he was never a 'golden voice" crooner. I once heard a story that he answered an interviewer concerning this, He said that he was all to aware that he did not have a velvet voice,,,and preferred it that way. He said he liked the thought of a guy in a bar, leaning on a jukebox playing one of his songs and that guy says--"Hell, I can do that"--as he sang along! Just exactly want Ernest wanted. A true Troubadour!
CntryInVa 2 years ago 4
According to Colin Escott, he once said
'I don't care if I hit the right note or not'.
That sums it up as far as I'm concerned.
I cannot understand why he made a living out of it. He should have given the microphobe to the man at the bar !
mrgbennet 2 years ago
You are an idiot. The man had a tonsillectomy in 1934 the changed his singing...and you know what? He's still amazing. He kept going, wrote great songs, had an amazing band, and supported new talent (like Lorettl Lynn) graciously and with that wonderful showmanship that is lacking today...ET exemplified a cultural gem that was country music like few could...and do.
hartforest 2 years ago 4
THis is ET's greatest hit I think.
Chuck
chuckiesinluv 2 years ago 3
Damn, that's so good! The only country singer who always sang off-key and still made the song sound good! If it makes you want another beer, its gotta be good!
Orick2004 2 years ago 3
XD
I think that might be why he was sucessful. He had a distinct sound.
BigHonky33 2 years ago
Orik2004--your right. I don't think I ever really realized that ET was always singing off key--I kinda knew it..I guess...and your right again--always made you want to grab another beer.
CntryInVa 2 years ago
Thank you for that. He is the King of Country to me. Never saw him in person, but saw his son Justin Tubb in the 60"s.
beezneez21 2 years ago
This is just good stuff, makes me wanna eat bbq, which is also good stuff. Great tune.
funkyfoolfromVanNuys 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the upload! :)
TIGRA619 2 years ago 2
great classic c & w gives me chills!!!
leonardgoodwin25 2 years ago 2
wow
WilfCarterFan 2 years ago 2
brilliant. heard an old guy singing this in Kevin Barry pub in Savannah. brought it to life again.
lloydbigballs07 2 years ago 2
The national anthem of TEXAS
clinburco 2 years ago 3
That's a tough call...there are several other that also come to mind...
Plans4Nobody 2 years ago
RIGHT on to ALL Country/Hillbilly as it was called Music Lovers. This POOP they put out now is nothing but POP&Rock actually the old Southern Rock is more Country than what they're playing now!. I learned how to play a Pedal Steel in the early 80's and not long after I got good enough to play as a pro I found Bands did NOT want a Steel,they were wanting Keyboard players,in late 80's early 90's Country bands were FORCED to Play Kenny Rogers and other Pop Rock singers or not get Jobs.Thanks!.
packingten 2 years ago 7
All these modern day so-called "country musicians" should be forced to listen to Ernest Tubb and The Troubadors because this is what TRUE country is!!!!
SavageArmsMan 2 years ago 53
AMEN TO THAT!
deloufu 2 years ago 2
@SavageArmsMan TIED DOWN and forced!
jpeanrkode 1 year ago
@SavageArmsMan
Real Country is still Alive in Texas... Look up James Slim Hand... He is a walking Honky Tonk ledgend...
TheTexasTodd 1 year ago
Not only was Ernest a great singer but he was a real wonderful kind hearted gentleman who helped more up and coming country singers that anyone can ever imagine. And when they succeeded, he was the first one to stand back and applaud. Nashville will never ever see the likes of Ernest Tubb again..
yalehd 2 years ago 3
my mom almost married him, my name is the same as his son y00sta
y00sta 2 years ago
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jeantuckertulk 2 years ago 6
This concert must have been recorded during the later years of his life , while in failing health.
jeantuckertulk 2 years ago
depending on who tells the story, my great grandfather either once hopped a freight train with ernest tubb, or hopped off a freight train in san antonio and saw ernest tubb there. i like to think they hopped the train together.
srvfan454 2 years ago
My uncle knew ET. He got to sing this on the Ernest Tubb Record Shop back in the late 60's. He actually got to play Billy Byrd's guitar. Still have the reel to reel from that.
NcicHit 2 years ago 2
Looking around the room to find me a Waltzing partner.
manny5442 3 years ago 4
He actually sold records without ripping the sleeves off his shirt, or shaking his crotch/butt in his fan's faces. Unlike most of them today.
smitty54017 3 years ago 34
@smitty54017 Amen to that
rebelrandle 1 year ago
@smitty54017 He sold records because the people back then didn't know any better they actually thought this was good. I like the song but not the way he sang it. He couldn't of sang if his life depended on it.
extremelyawesomecool 1 year ago
@extremelyawesomecool what a dumb comment you have no understanding of quality music
EchoCannon89 1 year ago
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MrJeffnow 1 year ago
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MrJeffnow 1 year ago
someday you will be 70 too! Just remeber what goes around comes around...I hate disrespectful people! RIP ET!
jonpba 3 years ago 4
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mike1409040 3 years ago
Beautiful.....this is where music comes from. In its purest form.
dannyd1572 3 years ago 3
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I like nigger music better.
BAMAVADER 3 years ago
One of the greatest still in my eyes! I have had the pleasure of seeing/meeting ol' Ernest, and he was a sweetheart! Wish country would get back to the basics instead of this watered down pop junk they call "country" nowadays! FIVE stars!!
txstoryteller 3 years ago 4
RIGHT ON TXSTORYTELLER,ppl dont know what country is anymore,let alone know how to sing it and live it.theres a few good ones but there just no comparision
kimdc83 2 years ago 2
does anyone know where they are playing?
CountryGirl0705 3 years ago
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mike1409040 3 years ago
Mike1409040,keep them damn comments to yourself,he may of sang a lil off key but hes a country legend and ppl love him an his datgum off key singin too.maybe its cause he had heart,soul,and country roots.something you would know anything about!!!!!
kimdc83 2 years ago 3
One of my fav country singers,and I love singing this one.
newfiebygarge 3 years ago 2
If you couldnt dance her drawers off with this one you werent trying
rhargr63857 3 years ago 3
:+) cute.... never had a man try this one on me, but you're right...it would have worked!
jellybeanhelene917 3 years ago
Yes Sir,now ain't that the truth?
newfiebygarge 3 years ago
Real country, real singers. long gone. It just makes you stop and realize - what the hell happened to music, and to society?
Long gone, long gone...
moloch49 3 years ago 4