a Mike Johnson Yodelin' Song: "Yeah I'm A Cowboy"

[77redchevy]

awsome



[anook911]

Merry Christmas Mike!!!

[BY1NO1]

Merry Christmas to you too,

[awRockabilly]

@BY1NO1 Absolutely fantastic. Ihave this track on rough guide to yodel. I love it!!!!! Where can Ibuy your music man..

[BY1NO1]

@awRockabilly

Thanks. Bart Plantenga, the creator of the "Rough Guide to Yodel" CD is a friend of mine. He's the author of the 2006 best seller, "Yodel-Aye-Ee-Oooo the Secret History of Yodeling Around the World." Click the "Show More" button above for links to my music. Ignore that "Mike Johnson Artist" link above. Some one didn't check their facts before posting the "other" Mike Johnson's bio onto my video!

[riffaff]

Great song. Great yodeling.

what more can I say.

Are any of the Roger Miller tribute songs on Youtube.

He was a big influence on me as well!!

RA

[BY1NO1]

About four. "Nuthin' Honey" "

The Holy River" "bouquet of Roses" and "You Never Got to Sing My Songs"

These are on my acoustic series, "Guitar Songs Vol.4 "You Never Got To Sing My Songs." These are not cover songs. They're 20 of my own songs to show how I was influenced by Miller.

[anook911]

Hey Mike, are you on facebook yet?  I added your pandora station to my favorite list!

[BY1NO1]

Thanks. Sorry, but I don't do any of those "social network" sites.

[anook911]

Wow, great song! I discovered it through Pandora when listening to my Roger Miller station. I must admit, you have talent! Do you tour the country at all? Where are you located?How did you start yodeling?

[BY1NO1]

Thanks. I didn't realize that Pandora was still broadcasting some of my songs. I wrote this song back in '78 and recorded it sometime in the mid-1980s.

Look in the "more Info" for links to my [freewebs] a detailed biography & discography.

[anook911]

I'm going to look up some of your other songs on Pandora. Question, when you did your tribute to Roger Miller, why didn't you sing "Hard Headed Me" or his classic "King of the Road"?

[BY1NO1]

Simple. My Roger Miller tribute features songs that I have written to show how Roger Miller influenced me.

[LostChameleon]

You are somethin' else there, cowboy. I think you & I might've got swapped at birth. I can't yodel to save my life, but I do love it, and you do got it! More power to ya. God bless.

[BY1NO1]

LOL. You can probably yodel if you try hard enough.

Mike

[LostChameleon]

Nah. Thanks for the encouragement, but I'm pretty sure I've tried my hardest & can't do it. Anyway, I keep coming back to this. This is not just great yodelling, but a great song. Thanks, bro. I'm going to tell my friends. Unhappily, I ain't got many. But I do prefer quality over quantity. :-)

[BY1NO1]

Try using the words "your old lady" and extend it as you go. If you really like yodeling, be sure and check out some of my fantastic yodeling friends posted on my Youtube page. I've got at least a dozen of them posted. McDonald Craig, Janet McBride, Donna Hyland, Rick McWilliams, Joyce Leonard, Buzz Geortzen, Greta Eklin, Randy Erwin, and a yodeling duet with me and Mike Preston, to mention a few.

Mike

[JoeCountry1]

Hey Mike,

Your yodeling is amazing. This is a great song.I've learnt so much about you in this

video which I din't know before. I believe

this is Mike Johnson at his best. You can't

be more country than that. I am proud of you, and I cherish your friendship. Your buddy. Joe Country.

[BY1NO1]

Hey Joe. Check your email. I've finally got you posted on my website.

Mike Johnson

[markbrine]

Great song! Great Yodellin'!! Great ole pal, Mark

[BY1NO1]

Thanks old buddy. Be sure and check out some of my great musician friends on my Channel.

Mike Johnson

[cherryburn2]

sorry Mike as i remember that day was very hot almost 9 years ago, i also love Mc Donald Craig first met him 1985 in the Mississippi another great Jimmy Rodgers singer yodeller .hope to met you someday Mike along the way in the meantime keep on yodelling your Irish friend Greta

[BY1NO1]

Yep, it was so hot we were all having some vocal issues. But it was fun. Talked to Mac on the phone last week. He's doing fine.

Mike

[cherryburn2]

yes Mike it is i dont think i ve ever met you but i enjoy your singing and yodelling also i go into utube and watch your videos . yes i know you put me on the Sonny Rodgers yodellers show iat Bob Everharts festival i just want to say a big thank you Mike.keep safe and keep on yodelling Greta

[BY1NO1]

Well howdy. That's where I met you. In the back of the stage where all of Sonny's yodelers were waiting to perform. Good to know you're well and still yodeling. Keep up the good work yourself.

Mike

[cherryburn2]

Just love this song and yodelling from Mike keep up the good work G G Ireland

[BY1NO1]

Grta Elkins, is that you?

I have you posted on my Channel too with Sonny Rodgers.

[Debbyturner]

Wonderful yodelling here Mike. Ya Hoo! Thank you!

Debby

[FrankJamesMusic]

My compliments on your yodeling song. There aren't many yodelers these days. Very well done. Nice video.

[BY1NO1]

Thanks, Frank. Actually, there's quite a bit of them out here. There's at least 20 of my yodeling friends scattered throughout my Channel.

[jtls8]

Excellant! Don`t hear the yodel used much any

more. You are one of the best! 5*****

[BY1NO1]

Depends on where you go. Check out some of the Independent country music festivals in the south and mid-west.

You can also see some of those fantastic yodelers scattered throughout my Channel. Janet McBride, McDonald Craig, Ben Steneker, Donah Hyland, KG & the Ranger, Buzz Goertzen, and many others.

[champagnevoluptuous]

I like the line, "I don't walk this way by ridin' the bus." LOL! Good stuff!

[BY1NO1]

LOL. My butt's polished a few saddles in my youth.

[claysjavelin1]

NICE 5*****

[sownsew]

As a fanatic yodel fan, I can say that Mike is the real thing! Pure tones, perfect breaks...it doesn't get much better. AWESOME!

[BY1NO1]

Thanks. Check out some of my many yodeling friends on my Channel. McDonald Craig, Janet McBride, Donna Hyland, Buzz Goertzen, Joyce Leonard, and many more.

[LeanaJo76]

Awesome, yodelin' Mike. Great job! I wished there was more black country singers/yodelers. Awesome talent! If some listened to you, then maybe they'll take it up. Great!!

[BY1NO1]

Thanks. Check out a copy of "My Country, The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage" by Pamela E. Foster. [ISBN-0-9662680-1-6]Pam is an award-winning African American Journalist who spent years researching information for this 370-page anthology on African American involvement in Country Music. The key word being "involvement" and not "influence" as is so often referenced.The discography alone is priceless. I'm on page 146. [shameless self-promotion]

[Kyle359]

Wow. You've got a really good yodel.

[hankroe]

I'll continue about the song "Cowboy Hat." I was away from Country Music for many years, but an Eskimo friend, Henry Shavings, got me yodeling again, thus the line in the song.

Keep up the good work man!!

Hank Roesing

[hankroe]

Hi Mike,

Good job! And thanks for your comment regarding my 60/40 song "Cowboy Hat". I've written several other yodel songs - one I'm sure you'd like but I haven't recorded it yet. It's one that takes me back to my youth - a bit like yours - Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and of course Jimmy Rogers. I began listening to Jimmy as a youth & really took to Hank Williams. The song's called "I always wanted to be a Cowboy".

Hank Roesing

[wycowboy62]

BY1NO1 i think mike is great i was talking a bout the clip they kept introducing him but not leting him sing thanks for the e-mail

[BY1NO1]

Sorry about that pardner. My apologies. You also have to understand that Black Yodelers are rare, and Mike has had his share of skeptics over the years who don't really know their American music history. Korean War Veteran, McDonald Craig, is the only black yodeler to win 1st. Place at the annual [1976] Jimmie Rodgers Yodeling Championship in Meridian, Mississippi. Most black yodelers had their heyday during the Minstrel-Stringband era. Type "America's Blue Yodel" in your search engine.

[ma0namaste]

I'll bet you have!

[ma0namaste]

The yodeling cowboy music is an amazing part of Americana...just beautiful and FUN to hear!

[BY1NO1]

Thanks. I've been at it for a long time. Mike Johnson