Faron Young - Hello Walls 1961

[JVF2112]

Love Faron.Great voice.liked it so much had to add it to my name

[jimweesesr]

Love this song and he does it so well I have lined it up to sing at Ozark county fair this year I also have it on my youtube channel.

[Wehategod]

Hey Its the Singing Sheriff!! I really liked his version of Patsy Cline's Sweet Dreams.

[75Bird455]

Excellent video! I like the simplicity of the arrangement. His voice and the steel make a good combination.

[vand133]

faron who



[Gatorrock787]

@vand133 Get a life.

[tridentum]

What a voice.

[tiranchula]

Freaking greatest country song, bar none! 

[mjw9363]

damn!! a 60 year old Gibson Jumbo!! I'd sell my soul for that guitar! What a EXCELLENT live performance!

[securitycat11]

departed way to young

[nicsamable]

thankfully it was singers like Faron Young who immortalized the way only a true artist portrays the one thing we humans cherish.........Love

[jerry854]

Hey, Georgerock787 ...or is it @GeorgeWise...you are so right !! Congratulations Faron...you gone but still doing fine !! If you don't understand this....'Congratulations' was the 45 flip side of Hello Wall.. Love Faron Young for eternity. You're the man !!

[lifewish777]

I use to hear this song alot when my mama played it again and again ... to sooth her aching heart. Thanks for posting it. I didn't know he took his life. My mama found Jesus and passed in perfect peace dispite a broken heart and a broken body. She was an inspiration for sure.

[Riverman5050]

Very good sound thanks



[FredJWalsh]

@coldbloodedpredator1, I discovered this song the same way. Years ago, that infomercial would pipe up with the opening line "Hello Walls!" and it always stuck in my head. It's not until now that I've been getting into country music and discovered the rest of it -- and realized it's a great song.

[BATENKILL]

Classic and looked like a gentlemen when he played

[joeasmythe]

Good old American music, we sure need more of this nowadays.

[Wormy365]

Is that a real mic????funny

[coldbloodedpredator1]

Its actually a weird story as of how I found this song, and many other songs by artists from the 50s and 60s. I've listened to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc. Though it really doesn't top off my charts like old country songs. Anyways, I was finding it hard to sleep and there was a infomercial on for this collection of country music in which this was one of the songs shown in the informercial

That akward moment, when you stop and thank an infomercial XD

[sb57fury1]

We all miss you Faron

[purpleskycalm]

Is that Ben Keith on pedal steel?

[Khultan]

♪♪♪♥♪♪♪

[THB79]

It's a shame he couldn't have found a bigger guitar.

[boomerramone]

@THB79 I know right? haha

[LLMorse1]

He knew he was "good" back then...no daddy, no...nobody...just Farron.

Hey, Farron, nice job....Welcome to America

[bigtopboss]

Now this is Country Music as it should be today instead of the crap they play and try to pass off as Country Music.

[LITTLEPROBLEM21]

what a great voice

[LLMorse1]

Buck Owens moves

[bchbys]

Gibson J-200 what a guitar!

[Jany1954]

Loving it! Thanks Dad for playing this music when I was young so that I would appreciate it now!!

[CountryJukebox56]

Aaahhhh, easy on the ears!

[GeorgieWise]

Faron, you croaked yourself but we still love you. You should have hung around, good shit happens without notice. Like the young 'uns discovering you. Your steak was dry but I still ate it because it was your restaurant. Actually, it was pretty good, I wasn't that used to steak.

[Gatorrock787]

@GeorgieWise Sounds like you and Faron both could have made some important discoveries over time.

[ladiesmanmatt]

@GeorgieWise Faron had a restaurant?

[GeorgieWise]

@ladiesmanmatt yeah, and I went there in Nashville in 1977 or 1978. He owned it and my soul, from that evening forward.

[ladiesmanmatt]

@GeorgieWise I reckon it aint there anymore?

[redtony58]

@GeorgieWise Faron was physically ill. I'm not justifying his decision, but I'm not judging either. Listen to his music.

[angelbunz]

Awesome! :) Now that's music!

[premeaux77]

Gatorrock you rule!

[jsam3456]

This is a fantastic version of this great classic. best one ive seen. If you like this check out Faron's version of my favorite Faron song.."I've Got Five Dollars and Its Saturday Night".

[lyndajane2]

Faron Young does not need all that background music(altho I did like it) His voice is all I really need to hear. It puts me on cloud 9!!! Love that man!!!

[MrFrederixey]

In all actuality, Faron Young was afraid of Hank Williams. Hank ran into threaten to kill him in an argument over a woman. That sounds like a 27 year old man doesn't it. Hank stole Faron's girl and married her. Her name was Billie Jean Jones. Shortly after Hanks death in 1953, she married Johnny Horton who was killed in a car wreck in 1960.

[LesbianVampireLover]

Oh, God, this kind of music just makes me want to sit here all night and drink!

[Mufaso1000]

@LesbianVampireLover : If it don't hurt, then it ain't country! LOL

[arky25]

That was soooooo Great. Thank you for posting.

[Katcrazy7]

I just love that big ol Jumbo Gibson! Not many people used em, I guess because of their size, but, they have an incredible sound! Faron was one of the great ones! I love this song!

[graverobber35]

he had a nice smooth voice

[TheCashplus5]

Dale Earnhardt's theme song?

[yvesami]

@TheCashplus5 - GOOD ONE!

[jfrankley55]

Thanks, Gatorrock, for another great post. Love Faron's stripped-down version here without the usual background chorus. A great singer and performer without a doubt. I wish his own ending had not been as tragic as this song's.

[Gatorrock787]

@jfrankley55 the steel guitar does a nice job of providing the back-up voice "echo" - don't you think?

[jfrankley55]

@Gatorrock787 Couldn't agree with you more. It gives me some idea of how Faron might have performed the song on the road in a smoke-filled honky tonk.

[TheEldoradoKid]

@jfrankley55 The impression I got is that near the end, Faron really suffered with breathing problems and a host of other complications that that made life a living hell for him. Combine that with the resulting depression at not being able to ever escape it, and that led to his own demise. I think Faron loved life and people and that this would have been truly a last resort decision for him in the end. I don't think he hated himself, he just needed a way to end the suffering. May God have mercy.

[doc540]

Who's playing steel? Classic honkytonk shuffle!

[allaboard70]

Fantastic performance by Faron Young. Thanx!!!!

[slydogmania]

@allaboard70 The incomparable Faron Young, one can hear the Hank Williams influence in his singing style and I bet Hank loved him. The real thing. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Was watching Faron live in Orlando circa 1983 on VHS last night. Jaw-dropping stuff, seriously was thinking this is the greatest singer and performer that ever lived - pure class, Faron was the best of the best. Music and an artist from the greatest time in popular music history. We used to have it all didn't we?

[jamesabilly]

@slydogmania Well said... There was no one better than Faron. I don't have a single favorite singer but I hold no one above him. Even got a Faron Young tattoo to prove it :-)

[ncbowhunter3]

@slydogmania wouldn't bet on hank liking him too much considering he was going to kill him over a woman! hank pulled a pistol on faron and took his gal ha-ha ole hank was half lit and hollow eyed baby ha-ha