TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU / OTIS CLAY

[MJFelder34]

I think this is the song that influenced the Eagles to write The Long Run, I am almost sure of it.

[uncledimotube]

these are cool when making a playlist for someone adds to your authenticity. I also found "hard to handle"original .>- blackcrows covered it and charted as well

[nepomuel]

i saw him live this past summer...he's awsome

[TheJamestollison]

i like otis version better than seger. Sorry fellow honkys but nothing like some good ole soultrain baby.

[manfred34]

Love finding the original to a great song that I didn't know existed....and discovering that the original is even better than the remake.....

[burkll13]

great cover of a Seger song!

[Lerenard85]

@burkll13

[Medic83301]

@burkll13 It's not a cover , it's the original !

[chrisjg35]

My grandad was gettin down on this song I see you grandad

[WashitaExpatriate]

Oh, I've not heard this in too many decades! Thanks so much for uploading this!

[jody808]

it's interest how soul/RnB broke away from the Blues, back then the coexisted, i will blame it on disco

[SuperBuzz71]

Who knew the Eagles watched Soul Train?

[MRTMS42]

Eugene Williams did the original I think

[BamnTeeVee]

BUDDY JUGGIN HARD AF AT 0:36. HE SUM SERIOUS

[TheOceanjt]

Otis kills it!

[mommiesrock2]

A shame that music isn't this good anymore!

[Slugg329]

Seger did a great cover of this.

[claypigeon77]

Now this puts a smile on my face..thanks

[sas1978arinamo]

ノリノリになれる曲ですね！！！！！

桑田けいすけ（嘉門雄三）さんがカバーしていたので

原曲聴きにきましたー



[radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was A Video Clip From The 28th Edition Of "Soul Train" On April 8, 1972.

[valarmorr2]

love that dress shirt

[shackbhoy]

ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT ! STRAIGHT TO FAVOURITES..........

[kinbote61]

Nails it

[Sjack90]

Seger allegedly covered this song to demonstrate how the Eagles, with whom he was friendly, stole the bass line and melody for The Long Run. His version and the original are both awesome.

[rin3guy]

How cool to find out about this original! I'm surprised that evidently it never charted. Seger's version hit #5.

[rin3guy]

@rin3guy -- Actually this song DID chart! In January of 1973 it hit #70 on the Cash Box chart. But Billboard never picked it up on their radar.

[mdbrowncd]

@rin3guy Actually it did chart in Billboard albeit the Bubbling Under chart...position number 102 in Jan of 73

[rin3guy]

@mdbrowncd -- Hey how cool is that. Guess you need a special book to find that out. I prefer Cash Box's #70 position for this song. Actually it really just should have been a Top 10 song. :-)

[Medic83301]

People often forget about the artists that originally did these songs . Bob Segar did a stellar cover of this song in 1980 , and most of us remember him for doing it . What a shame .

[blueguitar69]

Great guy, great singer, great tune!