Springtime In Alaska ~ Johnny Horton

[quicklat]

why are they showing southern Alaska, it never gets even close to -40 there. lol

[FreeSlaveWard]

i want to live in alaska when i grow up.

[daschmitty]

Before auto-tune there was music.

[blueboy1696]

Johnny sure knew how to strike a note.

[bliesberg]

I suddenly want to pack up and head to the Klondike.

[martystuart1000]

thinkin o u johnny horton this christmas ..god take care of u xxx

[DblDg1252]

don't make em like this anymore do they?

[wolfy62490]

good for you young man, i'm 57  and i grew up on this stuff , nowadats you're in aclass by yourself [ but a good one] remember jesus was in a class all to himself too]

[janspray]

Beautiful song--Johnny Horton had such a wonderful voice!!!

Great video and a fine upload.

[lmr1016]

I cant wait any longer born in the wrong life my life was supposed to be out chillin in the alaskan bush in the cold shooting guns riding quads and listening to great old music hunting for my own food. Not here in this shitty modern society THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!

[lcplcombs20]

@lmr1016 I REALLY HONESTLY DONT MEAN T0O SOUND LIKE AN ASS BUT JOHNNY HORTON NEVER RODE A QUAD, NEVER EVEN KNEW WHAT ONE WAS. BUT A HORSE? HELL YEAH!

[difa2ol]

@lcplcombs20 I don't even know what a 'quad' is. So it is safe to say I never rode one either. But a poet, a lyricist, or a singer doesn't necessarily have to have the total experience to be evocative.

[lmr1016]

i cant wait to move to alaska i understand this song it explains alot

[simbatj]

I love using this song in algebra class. Fahrenheit and Celcius (Centrigrade) are the same temperature at Forty Below. I ask the students if the artist meant -40 F or -40 C. That starts the discussion.

[Shiningheart72]

I live in Alaska and i love this song! Beautiful!

[lylioja]

how could someone possibly dislike this song an the spectacular pictures.

[thecatmomma4]

I believe johnny horton was born4-30-1925 and died 11-5-1960 in a car wreck? He had such a beautiful voice, I use to listen to him alot on that island. If I could afford to live there now I think I would. seahawkak were you in the military by any chance?

[thecatmomma4]

Love it, I lived in Kodiak for over 3 yrs. If you ever get a chance go take it!

[seahawkak]

@thecatmomma4 i agree i lived in fairbanks for about 8 yrs its amazing

[teitanbl00d]

@1982freightliner No. he died in 1960

[psyopdog]

My folks used to bring me to taverns, where this was just one of many songs on the jukeboxes

[breffnipark]

Love this ! :)

[yachtabaco]

Maybe Anita Carter ??

[yachtabaco]

It sounded to me like June Carter Cash could have been in on that recording.

[rmdbuild]

Great tribute to Alaska and sung by an incredible singer song writer!

[bettynickoles]

THIS IS MY DADDY'S FAVORIT KIND OF MUSIC JUST LIKE MINE TOO!! I REALLY DO MISS AND SURE DO STILL LOVE U DADDY EVEN IF U ARE GONE TO BE A ANGEL IN GOD'S HEAVEN U DADDY AND MOM ARE RIGHT NOW TOGETHER !!!

[khetfield]

Hey! no one said justin bieber on this vid. ehhem JUSTIN BIEBER!

[MegaGrizz123]

Great song! nuff said: :(

[9mmfirestar]

them boys in alaska don't like you messing with their women

and it's damn cold up there!!!

[OULUVINCHICK]

WOW! What a chilling story! I wasn't born until 1963. But, my daddy loved his country music. Thank God he influenced me with it. I love Johnny Horton, Hank Sr., Ernest Tubb, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty....I could go on & on! The story telling of songs recorded back then was amazing. I know they didn't have the best sound systems like we do today, but they certainly had the BEST music. Wish country was country again!

[SonicDude87]

Most of my favorite singers began their careers before I was born. Also a lot of them are already gone. Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash to name a few.

[goldminer1957]

Yes a real shame RIP Johnny

[12speeder]

The last verse of this song always makes me smile or even laugh out loud-especially the backup group restating the obvious. "Miller's Cave" is another with a not so good ending for the story teller-anyway, top thanks for posting-love Johnn Horton!

[MsVivien1990]

it makes me want to be born in alaska in the life afer

[MsVivien1990]

this song makes me want to be born in alaska in the life after

[dublin1948]

They don't make like this anymore.

[rdvqc]

All I know that it is rainy up the Inside Passage in the fall. Mind you, that section is all rain forest. Ketchikan measures rainfall in feet.

Talking about feet and other body parts, you should see the send off the locals give the last cruise ship of the season in Skagway! It's true - I have pictures!

[xaleyeskax]

SEWARD ALASKA BORN AND RAISED!!!!!  RESURRECTION BAY.... I GO HOME EVERY YEAR....

[rodreeves]

Lived in Alaska for 3 years, loved it. Definately worth making a trip to see, if only as a tourist

[zaaritha]

Sad! he was good!

[jbash1970]

I have read somewhere that Johnny Horton knew when and how he was going to die. He said a drunk would kill him and a drunk did he was killed in a car wreck by a drunk driver,he and his band was driving home from a show and they were hit,Johnny was the only one killed. He told his friend Merle Kilgore he would get a message to him if there was a hereafter world and he did. You should read the story about Johnny Horton it is a real interesting story not enough room here to tell it all.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

William Seward pushed for the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 and was derided for it. His opponents called it "Sewards Folly". I suppose his ghost is gloating right now. 7.2 million seems like a bargain now. I re-learned this by helping my son with his homework. I vaguely remembered it from somewhere in the past but I got updated on it. lol

[ELVIS4221]

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTITIES IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. WHAT A STAGGERINGLY CHILLING VOICE. JOHNNY REB, WHISPERING PINES, COMANCHE THE BRAVE HORSE, ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN....... HE WAS SILENCED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. WHAT A GREAT LOSS FOR US ALL.

[hellion741]

its so amazing climbing a mountain



[frankdrac]

one of the last picts is looking down on the town of seward (my former home for 3 yrs) from mt. marathon. since the early 1900s they had a road race up and down the mt. it's a huge event and always on the front page of the adn (ank daily news) the #1 paper in the state on july 5th.

[blast4uca2000]

i grew up listening to this music and i live in alaska.....what a great live.

[BINKS4201]

i can't belive 5 people dont like this song man im 19 and fucking love this old music

[artamus73]

@BINKS4201 because its real bro. glad you like it, im 38, it aint from my time either. youtube woody guthrie.

[rmdbuild]

I lived and worked in south east Alaska for ten years..What a wonderful place. This song brings back a lot of memories!

[fumpherville]

damn!! he died to young!! wonder how big he would have been!!

[MrStonedonweed]

@fumpherville He is the greatest so how much bigger could he get?=D hehe

[fumpherville]

@MrStonedonweed so true

[cavemanomar]

today it's 50 years since he left

[jmen4ever]

Today is the 50th anniversery of his death, but the music lives forever.

[wyn2775]

@jmen4ever 

[jakoandmiko]

this is agreat song

[scarlettsmommy01]

I want to go to Alaska now.

[marthacatgirl]

This has always been one of my dad's favorite songs.

[blackneworleanscat]

love this song want to go to alaska

[shannon1973]

@blackneworleanscat You should go! We used to have an ad campaign of an AK license plate that said B4U DIE. See Alaska Before you die. I love being an Alaskan and wouldn't go back to the lower 48 for anything.

[Mostnorthern]

@shannon1973

Same here

[jakoandmiko]

@blackneworleanscat ne too

[chewallen]

My mom played this record when I was just a toddler. I still remember and I STILL love Johnny Horton.

[kmcwhq]

Just amazingly GOOD STUFF from the GOOD OLE DAYS in the USA

Thank you for posting this Solid GOLD.

[cinnawaffls]

This reminds me of times when some old geezer in the south is telling stories about is childhood.

[NickWestcott14]

Johnny Horton is forgotten by so many people these days. Johnny is one of the best singers of all time and he should be recognized for his talent.

[hutchjohn1]

Johnny Hortons songs made me realize a long time ago and at a much younger age that there was so much more to the world than what I knew about in 1975, Thanks Johnny for opening my eyes and mind, rest in peace

[aubreyissweet1]

i love song about my home state

[FalconPowerful]

F***in' Awesomely Beautiful... even as a metal fan, the 2 Johnny's (Horton and Cash) are the only 2 musicians that can get the carcophany of emotions running riot.

[specialedd13]

damn druck drivers

[epsyn01]

He painted pictures with his songs..

[zaaritha]

It´s so sad he died so young!

[devilrobbie25]

johnny horton and johnny cash were best friends...imagine them singing with each other....PRICELESS

[jonchrysostom]

Got his album Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits. The Carters singing backup sends chills down your spine. Perfect for this song.

[Mostnorthern]

40 below - that means its warming up from what the winter was.

[lburton874]

this is music that has meaning I love it.. Today's music does not compare.

[mrtaterman]

@lburton874 that is what i say! music today doesnt have the meaning and emotion in it like older stuff has

[dakelhdenes]

I Love This Song !!!

[mtbikerak]

spring trime in Alaska is paridise. This is where adam and eve came from

[MrTops2100]

Is Alaska not the nicest place you ever,seen scenery wise in the Good Old USA.God bless the USA.J Stewart Canada,USA 1 awesome country.

[bren1231001]

One of my favorites.

[loveitoldschool]

Unmistakable voice and talent. Loved Johnny Horton ever since the old man would play his LP's while drinking Sunday afternoons. This back in the seventies and I was a kid. To think that even then he was already sadly gone.

[Dsflord]

God love Johnny horton

[LemurInBlack]

sucks

[Billstrailer]

WOW! What a nice view! Look it and as well as the sound!

[poclainerf]

now the ice road truckers have taken over

[tailgatorz]

i can remember drinking all night with my aunt and i listening to johnny horton songs till the sun came up.....man i miss those days

[highwayman012]

So sad that Johnny H died so young. Imagine the career he would've had if he hadn't had that accident..

[0912317]

Great, great song. Great background singers. Johnny Horton

you are my first musical inspiration!

[rasheri]

I was flying in the Navy up North when this song came out. It still make my blood run cold. We would sing it before some flights when we would take off below minimums looking for Soviet submarines.

[snowfreak1976]

Great job! I love this video,Song and state...and yes, it is the most beautiful and most wild state in the union!

[chkjns]

This was a country #1 in 1959, and the next year, Johnny was gone . . . . . .

Added this to 1959 in my series of music playlists for each of the last 100 years, take a trip back in time on the biggest compilation ever . . . . . . . . .

[lastardriver]

Such a beautiful song.

[HOSSHEAD]

Thanks to my Grampa for having such gr8 taste in music, i would never have heard this man

[baldy194859]

hosshead, there are a lot of the old singers that had great songs.

[patson2u]

can imagine how many more great songs he would of had if he lived longer ..  darn it .....

[marthacatgirl]

@patson2u I couldn't agree more. Why do so many talented people die young?

[dakwa1]

@patson2u

I agree. He was too good a balladeer to have gone so soon. I grew up listening to him.

[AdreinTheBand]

d00d that is really sweet man nice video. i am glad i subscribe to you

[seandeyoung01]

Johnny Horton, love him. Great memories and RIP you talented son of a gun :)

[korgho5757]

nice videos and a nice song on top i guess he doesn't have to worry about temperature six feet below wherever he resides. the best of country music used to listen to it it's shame it is slowly dying off and can't be accommodated in the changing world. Aaska will be probably the last place where the traditional country music will linger on for a while yet in peoples hearts.

[tormo6996]

viva alaska

[evamjh]

I was born in Barrow, top-of-the-world a.k.a. northern most point in Alaska, and currently live in North Pole, 17 or so miles from the city Fairbanks they reference in this song! :)) I love this state and hope that it will stay as prestine as it deserves. Johnny must've loved it too, and understood that springtime in Alaska *is* 40 below.

[decebal1969]

Hello Alaska from Drôme Provençale!

[evamjh]

Hello to you too, Drome Provencale! Sorry about the lack of emphasis in my punctuation.

[decebal1969]

Yeah, how are you?... I just want to tell that I love USA & Country music (american soul)... Alaska seems so beautiful on screen (maybe the most wild and marvelous state of the Union).

[swendahl]

Thank You

[MartinDastardlyAston]

Red-Headed Lil is Sara Palin I reckin'

[Elderhamm]

I'd dance with her!

[lastardriver]

@Elderhamm I'd.....well....you know. ha ha.

[kingsalmon9]

I lived in Alaska for 12 years, saied the waters there for another 4 years. I'm not there now, physically, but my heart always will be. Its the best place I've ever seen. My ashes will be going back when I go home.

[Cowboycurtis888]

This guy is very important to me because My dad used to tell me all about what he was singing...cause being 4 i didnt get it...but my dad being the history buff he is really taught me about how the country got started through his music...Horton will always remain close to my heart.

[onewayhell]

you know what this was the best way for me to learn history too i brought in one of my grandfathers tapes to school one day and the teacher put it on and made a lesson around The battle of neworleans and i think most music now dont do what they should i mean you can reach so many people and teach them threw music. i have found that any type of music that can either teach me something or

[onewayhell]

tell me a really good story. i am 24 i have been listening to this music my whole life and it has given me a bigger love for other music i mean i listen to everything from this to rap and pretty much all in between.

[danaschackkk]

ah, i wanna see the aurora so badly, they fascinate me! and they look beautiful to begin with <3

[hdlydvd]

the 3 johnnys...johnny cash, johnny horton, and johnny paycheck...but you got to love hortons voice nothing is close to it..to bad a damn drunk drive killed him..he was starting to write his best stuff...

[computermedic1948]

I lived in Rockdale, TX; 9 miles from Milano, TX where his car was hit head-on by a drunk Texas Aggie. I saw the Cadillac. It was hauled to Gaither Motor Company and everyone in town saw it. What a talent. He died way too soon.

[herman1948666]

Horton is one of the best to come in a long time

[partaychick101]

Johnny Horton is the shit!

I love his voice and his music,i think i was born a century to late.His music is so soothing,relaxing,.. It reminds me of the cowboy days. =)

[txfam3]

is it normal to like music and tv shows made before you were born? if so, im as normal as possible- johnny horton is great!

[TheSouthernGentleman]

I don't like hardly anything that comes out now.

[snakemanbc]

@txfam3 Nice to see I'm not the only one born in the wrong era.

[Fireheart528]

@snakemanbc me too, i like these older songs better than the new stuff.

[Catalina65389]

@snakemanbc Agreed, country music today is good in it's own way, but its nothing to the older country music.

[3006blacktip]

@txfam3 I'm right there with you !

[joeelipo]

Music is clear and awesome.

Beautiful song that tells a lot of information about Springtime in Alaska .

Thanks.

[don417]

You cant dig a grave when it's 40 below. Just sayin.

[xquativia]

Brilliant music and brilliant words.

[xquativia]

Brilliant

[artlfan]

Johnny Horton & Elvis Presley, Best two voices ever!

[delarochej]

Excellent job w/slides. This was on the flip side of 'Battle' on the juke box in our favorite (and only) hang out in Alamogordo 50 yrs ago, oh what memories.

[chaoticzebra]

my late husband was in the Navy for 22 years. been to fairbanks and pt barrow and im sure a few red dog saloons!!!! miss him when i hear this song and "North to Alaska"

[jnvyoral]

This is classic Johnny Horton! Add to it "The Ballad of New Orleans", "North to Alaska", "All For the Love of A Girl" and so many more... never another like this great singer....

[Edward2937]

Edward2937 This was my Dads favorite song

[rockchick80s]

Thanks for the share -G. Beautiful Images and so right about the guys voice - kinda tugs at your heart strings.

[jackdav34]

This is a wonderful song.

[modela30sedan]

He was a great singer and died way to young , his songs bring back the memories of me and my dad when I was a little kid riding with him he loved Johnny Horton.

[ubuibiok]

★★★★★

[eazyone12001]

happy birthday to you as well mr horton u left us way to soon

[nlee19]

I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for five years and still feel nostalgia for the great State!

[submanboise]

What happens to a miner if you drop a piano on a miner?

I love Johnny Horton! Sounds like Boise!

OH By the way the answer to the joke is

"A Flat Minor!"

[zephyrseas]

Like whispering pines it really hits me with the effective descriptions of the natural beauty despite the severe cold.Again the visual selection of pics complimented the song brilliantly.

[artifactman660]

hell of a song,love it!

[sitNGOking22]

you like the song.. You should see the state... ALASKA is amazing ... I can't wait to go back!!!

[907alder576]

Sorry southpark, I don't know all the details on that one.

BBQing in Anchorage in 43 degree weather. Sounds nice. But I was reading in the Fairbanks Miner that the bears are starting to come out and about down there in Anchorage. Just another downside to good weather.

[truesuz]

It's 43 degrees in Anchorage today . . . and people are BBQing!

[907alder576]

Anyone who lives in Alaska knows it's not all permafrost, even in Fairbanks.

Although you can't plant anyone 6 feet until mid May on a good year.

[southparkfan1987]

how do you store the bodies? like i a cooler of some sort or what?

[147rat]

I spent half of my life in alaska in ekwok actually and i love it there! The song tells my story! luv it

[FatesServant94]

how in alaska do u dig a hole 6 feet deep? its all permafrost he was proble like 2 feet below

[blugrasscountry6]

freakin love it!!!!

[wildblondeangel2000]

Great song!!!

Johnny is great--always has been!!!

Thanks!!!

[taylorjsmith]

my dad and i listen to these records time after time

[laiede03]

I'm moving there come summer!!

SO STOKED!!

[phonedoug]

Best of Johnny Horton.

[don417]

That's what ya get for doin the nasty on a kodiak rug with another man's fiance. No matter how good she uh, "sings."

[donaldh18]

i have not been able to find any cd's of jonny horton or red sovine i have benn lookink for months already and would love to find something by them

[ryonownbey]

Excellent. Thanks.

[donaldh18]

this song brings back memories sitting down with my dad listening to this song and other by jonny horton on 8-track i didn't like it before but now i do i just love it brings back good memories for me i charish those moments

[piketamer]

i love finding records by other artists, i got this record by johny mattis and boxcar willie, but johnny horton is by far the best, what a voice :)

[hug2046]

Thank U

[ponchoaeb]

This songs brings back happy memories of snow plowing with my grandpa while listening to this on 8track. I cannot believe all the people on here that TRY and sing like Johnny. The best compliment i ever received was when i left stage after singing this and an old timer asked for me, he did not watch me sing just heard me and swore to God he heard Johnny coming from my voice.

[IBS2002]

Thank you for sharing all this kind of comment, Peadar 1985, Wolfie 121 and Welbullu.

I think your Dad is about my age?

[Peadar1985]

cool, my dad is sitting beside me and this song he said he hasnt heard in long time and loves it!

[wolfie121]

man i loved to hear horton, laine horton, cash again my mon &dad had a cabin in the timber in northern il, and we played these records on a battery turn table. sounded like hell. but we didnt care

[weibulllu]

Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton are the most best famous country singer back to early 60s

North To Alaska & Ring Of Fire, those were awesome when i had chance to heard them performed.

[IBS2002]

I was Johnny Horton's fan since 1959 when I grown up in Taiwan where there were a lot of GI station, Now I am 58 years old and still able to listen this great song that composed by Late Mr. Horton,I was in tears when I have listened when you posted last Summer of 2007, thank you for sharing this beautiful song.