Jim Lauderdale "I met Jesus In A Bar"

[omahahaha]

Ahh, so there is still good country music being made. Love your music, Jim! Finally Sinking In is my favorite but so many good songs.

[KYEONGTI]

prolly had some good wine there too!

[KYEONGTI]

best dressed country star since buck owens!

[jimrobo4467]

funny thing is I know a guy who so reminds me of Jim Lauderdale. song kind of fits him too damn

[ahsosusu]

Hey Jimmy!!!!! It's SuSu (Bonklarken...?) Liz and I are sitting here listening to your music. We think it's great! Many great memories in the 70's at Bonklarken.

[jimrobo4467]

The first time I saw this video I was hooked. An awesome song and video. Possibly one of the best newer country songs I have ever heard.

[jimrobo4467]

The first time I saw this video I was hooked. An awesome song and video. Possibly one of the best newer country songs I have ever heard.

[SCOTTYBEE4JC]

gr8 song :)

[staggerlee43]

i was at pappy and harriets last night 10/31/10 and saw gram rabbit.that bar is the best honky tonk bar period and .

[washingtonbluegrass]

Jim, it was great seeing you at Pappy and Harriets a couple months ago. I love your passion for the music. Mike McGill

[washingtonbluegrass]

Jim is an amazing musician. I got to seem him play a couple months ago at Pappy & Harriets. The man put on an amazing heartfelt show. Jim's if you are reading this, I love your passion for the music. Your live performance rocks!

[lionofusa1]

I wrote to pastor T.L. Jacob of Portland, Oregon that we are the ones who probably wrote this song both in word and deed.

Peace

[johnnyrebgraves]

and how many Grammys have you won gavduggan1983?

[johnnyrebgraves]

and how many Grammys have you won?

[GavDuggan1983]

This doesn't sound like real country to me. Sounds like the kind of crap you hear on CMT.

[MissRosie89]

I'm guessing you might be kind of young ... this is what country USED to sound like, when it was COUNTRY.

[GavDuggan1983]

I am 27 but have been into real country music since I was 17. My heroes are Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell and Webb Pierce so don't tell me what country USED to sound like because I know better than most, It is my passion. This song sounds contrived to me, like its trying to be like 'the old songs'. Sickly and syruply sentimental, sounds classic CMT. I could imagine Alan Jackson singing this and I dont mean that as a compliment.

[MissRosie89]

You've got me, Gav, and your heroes prove you've got good taste. Sorry that in my enthusiasm I sounded like a know it all. It was hearing it called 'crap' that got me: once you defined your dislike of it more clearly my whole attitude changed. Not to the song, which I still love, but towards you. To me the song seems genuine but it's all just opinion. It's definitely not for A.J. but to me nothing is! I really admire you for swimming gainst the tide of your generation. Thanks!

[GavDuggan1983]

Thanks for that Rosie. Sorry if sounded agressive or annoyed at you in my last reply that was not the intention. On reflection I dont think that this is crap and think that I judged it too rashly, I suppose I just mean it's not for me. I've listened to some of his other stuff and really like it. Nice to meet a fellow real country fan anyway. I love what I class as true country music. I play and sing a little, please check my channel out if you get the chance and let me know what you think.

[MissRosie89]

Not to worry Gav - thanks! I think it's really neat the way people can discuss this stuff on youtube. I agree in the hands of a lesser artist this could be really hard to stomach, but to me Lauderdale makes it sound real. Nice that you were willing to give it some thought! Look forward to checking out your channel!

[mrbadexample83]

Are you serious? This sounds like a song that Cash, Wiliams, Haggard, and Frizzell would all record.

[straitatya247]

awesome song, jims real country.

[MrJkeca]

This happened to me when i came back from Nam i gave my heart to Jesus in a bar in TX and been blessed ever since

[MissRosie89]

MrJkeca, I'll be praying for you. Thank you for what you've done for your country.

[Nashvilleagain]

Great J.L saw him in the Station Inn, Nashville 2007. What a night ! ! !

[melodykentucky]

Truly fabulous!  That's a terrific country song.

[peterguit]

Is that James Burton on guitar? Sounds like him...

[HippieBuddah]

Think Jesus gets ID'd when he goes to the bar?

[andrewpelgrave]

Heard this song for the first time just after I met Jesus in a bar. This song will reman to me the greatest song ever. Nice work Jim.

[CandleFountain]

That was beautiful. Thank you!

[xxkixxllxxerxx]

heil jesus.

[RedDirtRules]

Quite possibly one of the best country songs ever written.

[jamcrane3]

This song is so good that it scares me. Makes me have to confront certain knowledge about who I am and what my life has been.

[onitram1]

picklesIL, this was filmed about a mile and a half from where Gram died.

Jim, seems like you film all your videos in CA. Why don't you, Rosie, and Lucinda move back to L.A. and we'll open a new Palomino ;)

[Albertanator]

Very good song and true...Jesus will meet you in a bar, a whore house, a porn shop, a crack house....you cannot sink so low that the Blessed Savior cannot pick you up!!

Blessings!

[srvgod]

This is a damn good song!

[sirdash]

this is very cool.

[gwtwcagle]

Love this strong. It is very strong.

[Undrtruck]

He's good. This is a very good song.

[squishfaceben2]

Jesus can meet people wherever they are and I just think it's a pretty cool story :)

[picklesIL]

The sound, the joshua trees, the nudie suit, it all reminds me of Gram Parsons. I love Jim and Gram. If you don't know Gram i highly suggest his music.

[acousticoutlaw]

great song.5 stars and also made it a favorite.i use to be an outlaw country singer with songs so filthy and 1 day jesus came to me so it dont matter where you are because the all mighty is everywhere.now i play churches and just came back from out west playing churches for 4 months and never been happier.god bless you and your talent.dale

[redneckpax]

dude, more power to ya friend, may god bless and keep ya awlays

[flyingpaperwings]

I'm from NC and really like Jim Lauderdale..... but I now live in Los Angeles and LOVE that this video was filmed in and near Joshua Tree, CA. *You* might not find God or Jesus in a bar, but I've sure felt the spirit out there in the desert.

[chichi1234ZZZZ]

This isn't a truly pious or religious video, it's all done with a heavy dose of irony. It's in keeping with that country aesthetic of the decadent singer who finds salvation in an unlikely place (look at Shelby Lynne's 'Was that Jesus on a Greyhound'), it's a well tread path. Nonetheless this is an incredible song and I love Lauderdale's garish Nudie suit

[sissy8141967]

NO ONE MET THE GOOD MAN IN A BAR HUN.

[sirdash]

cool!

[wwwpuremusicdotcom]

Oh well, it's a fantastic song, anyway. Had a lot of video possibilities, but I'd call that a miss, even on top of being out-of-synch.

[roselovr2004]

Hey, there--to the people who find inflammatory things/nuances/points-of-view in this song, let me tell you something: y'all take yourselves WAY TOO SERIOUSLY. I'm not going to stoop so low so as to post inflammatory, flaming things back; I'm just going to say that I think SOME country songs DO have a tongue-in-cheek quality; whether that's intended here, I don't know...it may or may not be.

[roselovr2004]

Also, I want to say that to those who find Jesus WHERE they find Him, that's great. And also, Mr. Lauderdale comes from a very religious, spiritual family and he's not going to be disrespectful. Love your Manuel/"Nudie" suit, Jim, and I think you're beautiful. Love, Vicks

[CrazedCuntryRebel]

If God (Jesus) is always with you, you're never drinking alone

[BAMBAMUFC]

teebanks you do need to shut the f*** before i beat up your bitch ass.

[Scorpio31us]

Thanks for the wonderful video.

[rfhickma]

Teebanks shut the &$%^& up. Your an idiot as Jesus can appear in any "version" he wants to make sure that he reaches everyone. In your case it's probably the unemployment line, welfare office or in a lowrider by the nearest church's fried chicken or scene of the last drive by shooting. Go back and keep watching your "Good Times" reruns and once again shut up.

[teebanks]

Your all a bunch of unintelligent rednecks who live in a bullshit fantasy world that most of the world hates. Yet in your WT mindset you clinch on to some comfortable version of a Jesus that bends to your way of life!! Just keep watching your Jeff Foxworthy(which is as far as your brains could conceive genius) and choke on a applebees sampler please, so we can end your part of history!

[everynameisgonewth]

hey jimbo...i'm coming to yer bd party. will u play this 1?  :) (i'll dance). What's on my mind, too? Thanks, honey. yer the BEST. :) (seriously)

[akashasman]

hmmm and let me guess teebanks, this is you all's version of christianity? You better HOPE you are right brutha! I'll pray for you...

[Horatio]

amen

[JawsJaws]

Another song about religion and the bar: Must've Been Drunk- George Jones and Merle Haggard.

[castout888]

ya i met Jesus in a bar!!!! hes EVERYWHERE!!!!

[BSNUSE]

JESUS WILL MET YOU WHERE YOU ARE! "God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:5-8 NIV" BC

[teebanks]

Unless your a 5 year old getting her first predestined anal experience by some pawn on his chessboard. I guess Jesus was waiting until she was outraged enough to show the glory of his compassion in some bar where she ponders her existence!!! Any of these fucks who spam us are the very ones who rape us...one way or another!!!

[gingerbread67]

I love this song, I guess you have to read a little deeper than the average fair. These days country music is about as deep as a ditch, maybe Jim is a little too deep for some of the new country fans.

[graciegirly]

Heard this song for the first (and only) time on Mountain Stage, a show I listen to often. They usually have good stuff, but my husband and I were cracking up at how stupid this song was. Maybe he's written some good stuff for other people, but, man, this is just awful.

[TwangTown]

I wanna see some video of "I want you to know" from the Paycheck tribute... anybody got footage of that?

I love everything Jim does! Great writer, singer and performer. And that Johnny Paycheck tribute album is a must have for any TRUE country music lover!

[imJiab]

I think he was picked by George Jones to play him in something can't remember.

[JayJoJonny]

Jimmy is the pride of Statesville, NC...what a talented

songwriter! His songs are covered by some of Country's greats, George Strait, Vince Gill and George Jones.

He's a good singer/performer in his own right...just not mainstream...yet!

[rustedmilt]

Jimmy we still love ya even thou Jesus is pissed

[ml2355]

very cool song

[oceanlady12004]

This is awesome and he has the voice and obvious talent to go far. Is he mainstream country? No, he is more like the original country music and that rocks.

[ssatterwhite]

Pretty dang good.

[ckosel]

Jim Lauderale is such an underated talent, it's unbelievable. This is a wonderful song, but perhaps the video is not quite up to par with his talent. I liked it nonetheless.

[jhodges72]

As a song writer, he's not underated. Everyone in Nashville uses him for songs and respects him very much. As a vocalist, he's not underated. He's not that great of a singer. But he is a great story teller.

[nggaplz]

the only reason i watched this was because you mentioned my three favorite singrs in the description and no pop country singers anywhere.. george strait, patty loveless, dwight yoakam