Justin Townes Earle - They Killed John Henry

[hory1cess]

After listening to a few of this mans songs he is now in my top 5 favorite country artists of ones still breathing anyways

[ABevs1]

Any song that commemorates Joe Hill is alright in my book.

"If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains. Every wheel in the creation, every mine and every mill, fleets and armies of the nation, will at their command stand still."

"I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize."

Joe Hill

[BrightYoungManMusic]

what a voice.

[vikingtyty]

The more I listen, the more this becomes my favorite song. It is perfect!

[zknott03]

Think about the song... don't work too hard, but work hard at what you do... its the recipe for a happy life!

[theMATTYTILLDAWNshow]

the one guy that doesnt like this is totally lame.

[Nesembria]

@theMATTYTILLDAWNshow

ohh..they always have a guy!

[Bob87297]

Yet another brilliant Nashville talent....must be something in the water there.

[dredned]

Hank Williams III, Justin Townes Earle, Wayne the Train! What a wonderful job they are all doing keeping real music alive.

[curefreak]

he looks like clark kent lol

[ptos138]

@curefreak Oh my god, YES!

[MrOrganiic]

Damn if he ain't got a dip in

[bballaa212]

@MrOrganiic you can see his spittoon right next to the candle

[BluesBurner]

@bballaa212 I thought so too but look closer, its a short water bottle, the mini kind, with the wood reflecting on it.

[wwgt]

Kick A#$ ...

Great singing man.. , great

[bmw123321]

It starts at: 0:42

[SynapticChaos]

AWESOME!!!!!!! New fan of Justin, old fan of all his heroes, especially Townes.

[Mikkeldisch]

Gonna see him at Roskilde in festival. He probably has close to no fans in Denmark, but he sure as hell will after his performance, 'cause this guy is really fucking good!

Really want a backstage pass so I can chill with this man!

[Hemingwoman]

Far out. 

[pacific14586]

*I* killed John Henry.

[kristiantcunningham]

He was the first opening act I've ever seen get a standing ovation. If the main act was anyone but The Decemberists he would have upstaged them,

[Kgoulis89]

@kristiantcunningham, I heard him open for The Decemberists too, at Royal Oak. He was amazing! That was definitely one of the best opening acts I've ever seen!

[theherk]

@kristiantcunningham My lady and I were just discussing, upon just now discovering Justin Towns Earle, that we feel similar to when we first heard The Decemberists. Out of the ordinary, he is superb.

[redvan2000]

channeling buddy holly junior... 

[KaiyaCade]

such a goof! let's bone.

[EvAdProductions]

Seeing the Decemberists tonight, apparently this guy is gonna open for them... glad I checked him out here. Looks like I'll actually enjoy the opener of the show tonight!

[ColinSoderstrom]

Sylar killed John Henry

[wigster777]

Coming to see you tonight yee haaar

[harrywhoyou]

@wigster777 was he any good? :)

[wigster777]

@harrywhoyou Hell yeah he was

[RugbyDemon6789]

To those curoius about his picking style it's nothing but but 2 finger country style guitar take a look at sam mcgee for further example ,

[drewwiner]

learn a couple missippi john hurt songs and this shit will come right to you, theres a little intstructional video for it too by him but theres no real info

[wolfiemo36]

2 chords and the truth! Who ever said you need 3 chords to write a song? Great vid, love JTE.

[whiskeyamigo]

I thumbs'd down because I was flipping out over this song and accidentally thumbed while I was upside-down. :-(

[christophercochrane]

what would you call that specific picking technique?

[dbhoward56]

@christophercochrane

Travis picking...based on an alternate bass picking with the thumb...string 6 and 4...but Justin does it to a perfection is very hard to duplicate what he is doing.. this pattern was originated by Merle Travis..you might check our Thom Bresh too...

[lulem400]

no dislikes - thanks for good music JTE

[gravysopper]

Well done...hard thumb drive and a beautiful parlor guitar sound

[MarsVoltaKA]

is he using a spider capo to make that specific sound?

it soundsss fantastiiiic

[FellowWorker1905]

Muscians know far more about their class and their history than do the vast majority of American workers, and that's why we're in the state we're in. And that's a bloody shame.

Joe Hill, the man that never died.

[erosromeo]

sweet :)

[DarumaXIV]

If it stated @ :50 it would be great....

[dunsta5]

propaganda



[Bdasef]

Love that Justin dedicated this song to his "dearly departed grandfather". The John Henry bronze monument is located in WV, at the top of a mountain in a huge curve. I go by there a once or twice a year. It's the same RR tunnel John Henry plowed through on his own!

[ilovechugs]

so i understand how to play the G chord picking, but i have no idea what notes he hits to make a D chord. Can anyone explain please?

[vinpickering]

@ilovechugs When you play a D chord, do you wrap your thumb around the top of the neck to make the low E an F#? If so the fret looks like this: 200232. That's what he is playing but with his middle finger instead of his wraparound thumb, and then he is not bothering with the top two strings, cos he is not playing them.

Fret position for Normal D: 200232

His: 200200 (and if you play 200212 it's a D7, which is kind of more like what he is playing).

Make sense?

[ilovechugs]

@vinpickering yes! thanks for the help...i got it now..i feel dumb for not figuring that out but meh. :D thanks again.

[wehappyfewmusic]

Thats awsome mate, what model is the guitar? sounds sweet

[chacne713]

@wehappyfewmusic Guild GAD F20 good guitars

[kira655321]

that's some good music!

[SvenRocksYou]

woah, sounds perfect!