Cowboy Copas Alabam 1961

[EdFugg]

It goes "preacher don't lie and preacher don't steal, I caught two in my cornfield." I wonder if they made him change the lyric.

[sonyahannah]

Mason Williams borrowed and modified a couple of these verses for "Do the Boogie," so he, too, must have been a fan.

[phillyblizzard]

This video is solid country & western, deninitley not that new genre, "country & pop".

Talk of the real deal, look at his fingers marching on the frets and nobody elses music is being "sampled" or mixed in.

An absolute delight.

[LadyofLayouts]

My uncle was killed in the same plane crash that killed Patsy Cline (the queen of country ballads in my opinion)

[LadyofLayouts]

Cowboy Copas is my GG uncle. (my g gram's bro)

[OoLaLaFrenchGirl]

@LadyofLayouts Interesting! I am related to Cowboy Copus as well, though I will have to ask my mom exactly how. I know it is not a distant relation.

[bbooz]

whatever happened to country music seems Hank the 3rd and Wayne Hancock are the only real nonpasturized crap coming out of guttertown

[Dez3692]

much better than sugarland

[MegaAutostop]

Applaud, Applaud, Applaud, !!!!!!!!!!!!

[kalmanizer]

This 28yr old male from Brooklyn, NY LOVES Country Music! The 90's will ALWAYS be my FAVORITE decade for Country Music but recently I've been getting into the Country Classics. Today's Country Music sounds waaay TOO Pop/Rock.

YEEHAAW and thanks for posting! :)

[t17burroughsfarms]

Today's mass-marketed country wannabees can't find their way around a guitar like Mr. Copas. I'm not stuck in the past but boy, I'd like to see some real talent hit the streets instead of those pathetic wimps that are being recorded today.

[duke4172]

Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw deserve to be in the Country Music Hall of Fame! Without their talent in the past todays talant would not be here!

[RugbyDemon6789]

i think maybe he learned this song from Frank Hutchison's version from the 20s or 30s , really interesting listening to his version in comparison to Frank's or even Roscoe Holcomb

[bearhat123]

Awesome music... almost like Hank Jr......?

[bruiser]

Cowboy was one helluva a rhythm guitarist, and this video shows he could pick a bit of lead as well.

[btofan]

John Roger Simon wrote a very interesting book on Cowboy Copas. The title is "Cowboy Copas and the Golden Age of Country Music.It can be purchased on Amazon.com or through the Jesse Stuart Foundation.

[astar334]

Good ol Copas.

[johndeerediesel]

how i wish i could have lived in this time!

[gnut1977]

nobody done it like copas.

[MikeBlitzMag]

I never met an artist that recorded for Starday Records that I didn't like. Here's one good reason why. Lloyd Copas is greatly missed.

[ipjunky]

This IS real country. This Rascal Flatts crap is just pop rock. I am 40 and know most of the crap they play now is just pop rock. Good thing people like Jamey Johnson are trying to stay true.

[Sheboggie1]

Gone and forgotten. What a shame!

[46r11]

I noticed that a great many of the older entertainers used a thumb pick - when did it progress to the flat pick that is used today. 

[leekc586]

Great classic song.

[666UFO666]

@leekc586 You got that Right .......

[1stCAV1968]

Listen up young'uns. This is real country music. You won't see guitar licks like these ever again. We lost a good'un when he passed, but he still lives on.

[casto1964]

The part about a tramp wasn't writen by him. Its from the song "run nigga run" by the skillet lickers. No kidden.

[renah232]

This is cowboys iiihaaaa

[9mayberry]

He is wearing the guitar out ,awesome

[AngelaRed]

I am impressed at so clear this video is considering how old it is!

[leftlanecharlie]

amen the south will rise again