ERNEST TUBB - LEON RHODES and the Texas Troubadours - I'll Take A Back Seat For You

[mylescranford]

Ernest, an entertainer and a good man to his fans! Caught him live in '75, at The Palomino in North Hollywood, CA. In between sets, I went out to his bus to "drop off" my 17 ET albums (which I had brought with me from home to the show) for Ernest to autograph. The guy who answered the door of the bus took the albums from my hands, said "Just a minute!," and slammed the bus door. A few minutes later, the bus door swung open..."Howdy, come on in!" said ET...we talked & he signed all 17 albums.

[ATSF1927]

Jack Greene on the drums.

[LinedanceOpiAndy]

very nice

[BionicBrain2]

There'll never again be great country music like this.

[bassingal89]

I have loved that aaaaah Billy Bird sound is is beautiful!!!!! thank you for posting

going all the way back to the earl 50's when we watched on B& W Tv

[bassingal89]

I have loved that aaaaah Billy Bird sound is is beautiful!!!!! thank you for posting

[la003566437]

I,m a retired member of the armed forces.Country music like that ,makes me proud to have served.My dad was a wwii vet. in the army in the Pacific. When he came back home, he would always be singing My fillipino baby.

It brings tears to my eyes the way things are now.I feel like I,m a stranger here at

home. God,I miss my country!!

[longmao67]

Thanx a bunch! Hillbilly rules!

[MEDIADWG]

We used to call him Ole Two Chord Ernie. Plays two chords and has to look at his fingers every time.

[MrGregsinger]

i love this video good singing

[notbendable]

Charleton's still steel kills me every time

[steinsteel]

Can sombody help me?.Its the 5th time i push the repeat button. Im so adicted to Tubbs music. I cant stop.

[borntrippin]

Old country is very much like home too me, a place of refuge and comfort!!

[old9skool9love]

@borntrippin I like this old kind of country, but I think my favourite sub-genre of country music is the Outlaw Country (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe etc)

[borntrippin]

@old9skool9love Much agreed on the outlaw bit, been there for a long time. I wan't a big fan of the much older stuff until I was a bit older and had been thru alot of hard years, the older music was and is comforting!

[old9skool9love]

@borntrippin I tell you who I do really enjoy listening to: Porter Wagoner. I have two of his CDs, "The Rubber Room" and "What Aint to Be, Just Might Happen". The best of the two being The Rubber Room...absolutely fantastic singer with fantastic music. ...includes "The Cold Hard Facts of Life", I play this on repeat quite a lot...I love that song, I love the pedal steel and twangy electric guitars. The other CD has a few religious/Gosepl type songs on it, and I am not religious at all

[old9skool9love]

@borntrippin not religious at all, nor do I have a religion as it happens, but I nevertheless do enjoy the songs. I'd say Wagoner is defo worth a listen to if you love the traditional country music that tell stories (many of them very depressing but hey, that's country music for you lol) but very good and enjoyable songs. Wagoner is definately my favourite non-Outlaw country artist.

[old9skool9love]

@borntrippin Oh and forgot to mention, next on my CD list to purchase is "Wagonmaster", a collection of songs Wagoner recorded very shortly before his death in 2007. I am in the UK and country music doesn't have as big a following as it does in the USA, and especially not the older country music, but I love it !!

[LastBankJob]

That was just great. I love to roam all over musical landscape andt Ernest's music is like home.

[donny7072]

ET YOUR A LEGEND! WE STILL HEAR YOU SINGIN FROM UP THERE....RIP!

GREAT SLOW COUNTRY

[boblaymon]

Great Song.  Thanks! Bob Laymon

[domongues]

Amigo vc canta muito bem gosto desse estilo de musicas

[rdmeenach]

Dig those cool green hats! There are so few people in the audience, the drummer

has to clap for himself. Love it!! These guys look real worn out, too many bus rides, too many bars and they're thinkin' about another line of work. No happy campers in this motorcade.

[richardcwood]

Ernest Tubb dates back when Jimmie Rogers (Singing Brakeman) was still alive, Ernest had Jimmie's Guitar, I don't know if Justin Tubb had it or it's at Ernest Hall of Fame Museum.

[richardcwood]

Jack Greene on the drums

[overandout58]

Tubb looks like a guy you wouldnt want to cross........ or play a bum note on his number.....

[thxcuz]

Did they have a deal with Epiphone?

[linwill2]

Awesome..just wonderful!

[dhand34]

I've had Leon sit in with Jennifer and me several times at Rudi's in Nashville. What a player!!!

[HomelandConspiracy]

When God sings if sounds just like ET

[TheTravelingThumb]

OK, I'm just getting 'hip' to Leon Rhodes...Wow!

What class, what style and what great music!

Is that an Epiphone that Mr. Rhodes is playing? Sure is cool to see another guitar besides a Telecaster in 'real' country music. (I'm a Tele player myself).

[mylescranford]

jhlville, Thanks for posting this! This is REAL country music! It doesn't get any better than this!!! If you have anything else from the E.T. show, or other recordings from this point in his career, PLEASE POST. Thanks!

[CodyCEngdahl]

So sweet!

[poontwangdrifter]

man what a song,when i get to see lucky tubb im gonna ask him if he can play this one !!!!!!

[lobo34j]

I do belive that is Jack Greene on drums!

[pro3tlb]

Jack Green is on drums, Buddy Charlton on steel and Cal Smith on Bass. Buddy now lives in Orange Virgina and teaches steel guitar there at a steel guitar shop. Leon is still one of the top session pickers in Nashville, and of course Jack and Cal are still Grand Ole Opry stars.

[laslos3]

that doesn't suprise me about leon...he is about the best country pickers ever. hell, the whole band was the best!

[Johi2410]

Thanks a lot pro3tlb for the lineup of the Troubadours, some names were still missing here.

I think it's especially interesting, that Cal Smith played both bass and acoustic for Ernest, depending on the occasion!

[jeantuckertulk]

Band members sure were well dressed back in the good old days.. love it !!

[laslos3]

junior brown still uses the same concept. takes alot of class and these guys had it.

[brendabenoit]

aweeeeeeeeeeee Leon .love to listen to you play !!

Brenda Benoit Wish I could have met Ernest!

[BusReilly]

Aw sing it, Ernest!