Steve Earle & The V-Roys - Johnny Too Bad (Live)

[rtisi]

A young Scott Miller here! Love this.

[guitarkat99]

Steve + V-Roys = AMAZING.

[worldcoup]

As a ska man....this version is dynamite.....stands on its own easy...just different from the Slickers....same demographic, same soul, different shade..thats all.

[Bdasef]

Still LOVEEE this video. Steve can do anything!!

[50funnygirl]

havent heard that in a long time cool love this new site .

[dragginchains]

like the sunshine mix a little more....but always enjoyable.. saw him a number of times years back.but he started getting a little too preachy and political..still probably one the most talented and under appreciated singer songwriter to come along in a while

[princessofhesse]

yep, this is it, Steve Earle never disappoints....thin or not, he never fails to give 500.00 worth of music for a 35.00 ticket....love him!!!

[electricragtime]

Great cover....but I still like the John Martyn version the best...

[bigtoysdt]

I love this cover, hey it's Steve Earl, he is Good!

[Tracey1963]

Everytime I listen to this song, I have to remind myself that hey this is Steve Earle..I love Earle, but this is a really cool song...

[wobbly585]

@Tracey1963 I think that you will find that a brilliant Jamaican band the Slickers were first. I stand to be corrected nonetheless check it out. Pax Tracey XX

[Tracey1963]

@wobbly585  I don't know anything about the Slickers, but I will give them a listen! Thanks!! First of all, I am going to listen to Steve Earle doing the tune, because it has been 3 months since I have even been to the site to listen to him or anyone else..

[wobbly585]

@Tracey1963  Hullo Tracey, have you ad an oppurtunity to check the Slikers out yet? Do have a song to recommend? pax

[Tracey1963]

@wobbly585 Hey..I did listen the the Slikers..I liked it, but I must say l like Steve better....I really like the song Dead Flowers by the STones..I recommend it...

[princessofhesse]

@Tracey1963 you are right, my friend, Steve Earle does "Dead Flowers" better than anyone i think...he's incredible..

[princessofhesse]

@Tracey1963 tracey, Steve did an incredible "Dead Flowers," that is one of my favorites, but then Steve has never really done much that i did not love.

[aswtx75]

god this is about the best performance i've seen. the audience must have been like 'who the hell is this?'

[Vincenteloco]

Great Tune and a Great cover , I heard that this song is a little bit the same as" I fought the Law" ? This version can be found on Steve Earle's "Sidetracks" CD.

[psrrsp]

i think the Sidetracks version is better.

[blurrybigfoot74]

@psrrsp That's the "Sunshine mix" I prefer the "Hillbilly mix" off the Steve Earle & the V-Roys Single CD. Good stuff.

[daveinindy]

The V-Roys were one of the great secrets of the 90's. Scott Miller & The Commonwealth carry on ...

[Tracey1963]

I heard this for the first time yesterday on a radio station here in Florida, and was glad to find it here on Youtube..Great tune

[sandrapaLmer]

love it

[CoryEllis13]

best american singer/songwriter ever man cool.....

[Bdasef]

Ahhhh...Here I am again to get my fix of two things; Steve Earle & some funky music :)

[taoistcowboy123]

Added to my "Beards" playlist!

[Bdasef]

Okay...here I am again, to get my funky fix...

[bobjones864]

This is pretty fuckin' cool. It ain't as good as the original record....but seriously. What is?

[ranjanchadha]

Taj Mahal doing a cover version of this Jimmy Cliff classic is definitely better than Jimmy's original!!!! if you haven't, do check it out. Cheers!!!

[bobjones864]

Taj is cool.

This isn't a Jimmy Cliff song though. It's by the Slickers, who were a mysterious one-hit wonder that nobody knows anything about.

[Bdasef]

Am I hear again watchin' this thang again??? yup...This is...baaad!

[send2meez]

Holy. Crap. Unreal

[Bdasef]

Steve's just never quits amazing me. There's an interview you would most likely enjoy. It's not the UK one listed here.

[Bdasef]

send2meez...The interview I was referring to is found here on youtube entitled "I Feel Alright Promotional". It's 9:19 minutes in length. ~ Peace

[Bdasef]

This TOTALLY ROCKS!!! I am a loving fan of Steve Earle anyway, but this is bad... I have already watched it 3xs... I'm glad he & Allison hooked up, what a great thing for them. Best wishes to you Steve!

[taoistcowboy123]

Great clip, Thanks!

[LunaCat59]

great clip!

[DownHomeGirl]

This is great... Blast from the past. Love the V-Roys. Great times.

[jayhawks69]

great vid!

i love steve & i love the v-roys!!!

[InThisCatapult]

What a score for V-Roys fans as well! Thanks for posting this. I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of sharing these with V-Roys fans on the V-Roys myspace page!

We really appreciate it!

J.

[captainjumpjet]

I love this singer ever since Guitar Town.

[br54knight]

Thanks for posting this Rich! I had no idea it existed. Do you have any other Steve/V-Roys clips? I think they did this same song on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in April of '97. Hope you're doing well.

[QazBass]

Love Steve Earle. Play that Reggae tune my brotha.

[denboy]

A forgotten gem