Faron Young-Wine Me Up

[donjeffre]

This song takes me back to my teen years. Love it.

[Iteabagedyou]

my grandpa used to dance me asleep with this song

[starboydc]

Yes, guitar player & band leader is the great Jimmy "Spider" Wilson, who quit the Opry house band some years ago after being treated badly - Spider and Howard Rhoton: awesome "twin guitar" men with Little Jimmy Dickens' band (inc. Buddy Emmons on steel) back in the 50's. Yeah, the band is sharing some kinda joke with Faron or else laughing cause maybe Faron's had a couple of drinks(!), although he certainly doesn't seem to show it here. Once again, great clip w/ Faron & great musicians.

[TheEldoradoKid]

@starboydc Oh Man! I was just grinning from ear to ear watching Faron and the boys here! Perhaps the "joke" is that everyone is simply getting a huge kick out of watching Faron perform with all his winks, nods, bows and animations for this song. What a showman! And he delivers the song in such a smooth honky-tonk fashion. Perhaps the greatest line is his final: "You better believe it mama!" , with a salute in the end! Just fantastic!

[cpaulson5824385]

guitar player, Spider Wilson?

[mammie64]

Thanks for posting this great classic country music Faron was a great singer when country was real country music not this stuff we have nowdays!!

[firglenchainsaws]

Pure class! I am Irish and love proper country music from the fantastic American singers of 1950s-1980s. There IS no country music now. Artists like Faron Young will never be forgotten and their likes may never be seen or heard again. THANK GOD we still have recordings of these wonderful people.

[starboydc]

Everybody posting here is RIGHT ON! Faron - one of the greatest. And that band! Tommy Jackson & Red Hayes on fiddles; Hal Rugg on steel; the great Spider Wilson on gtr (and band leader an' smilin' ), Jerry Whitehurst on piano & Billy Linneman on bass(?). Anyway - lovin' it BIG TIME!

[stashnut73]

@starboydc "Mr Whitehurst lets go home". Ralph Emory ending each Nashville Now broadcast.

[mammie64]

Thanks for posting one of countrys greatest singers!!!!

[YoungAtHeart1941]

A Classic example of why Faron was referred to as "KIng Of The Honky Tonkers".

[densestarr]

I'll take Faron Young singing in goofy 70's attire over any modern hat acts.

Tommy Jackson was the greatest fiddler of his time.

[brianemc]

he had so much class, incrediable voice, awesome stage presence the whole package!!

[07okie]

real country music my friends.

[SDcoollady8]

Wow, get me in the mood!!!

[handsupbud]

This just makes me want to take off my clothes and dance out in the front yard.

[halls51]

Folks, this is REAL country music.

[MacDonaldGray]

This really swings, reminds me a bit of the Bakersfield sound, Thanks for putting this up, not enough people appreciate this great talent.

[b0blee]

Hal Rugg plays some incredible pedal steel on this. Thanks for sharing.

[pedalman]

@b0blee Yeah he certainly does play some fabulous licks. Here in the UK in the 60s 70s we knew you guys over the Atlantic had country music on TV and radio but I didnt realise until youtube came along just HOW much you had, and Im even more envious now than I was.

How come the copyright owners dont put these videos out on DVD ? they must surely make money on them from all of us outside the US who want to buy it but never saw it on TV. FRUSTRATING! its out there but we cant buy it.

[HippyHillbillie]

@b0blee DITTO

[RoryVanucchi]

thanks for posting..another one of the sheriff's best...

[MrMrMoto]

its sad we have to go back nearly forty years to listen to a talented preformer

[MsBarb1949]

truly one of the greats

[StevieB1362]

Long live "The Sheriff" Faron Young!!! I remember hearing this awesome performer on the radio growing up & on the Osborne Brothers & Jimmy Dean Shows growing up. He's one of the greatest country performers ever. He was as big as George Jones in his time, before the Outlaw movement came along.

[gene16969]

YOU BETCHA...

[PhormerPhantomPhixer]

This is a perfect example of a sound that has been lacking in country music for a long time. Faron Young = a class act. Thanks for posting this.

[welshhillbillyful]

I love the twin fiddles of Tommy Jackson,and Joe red Hayes,Spider Wilson is the guitarist,and Hal Rugg on steel.Now that's what i call country.

[YoungAtHeart1941]

This song exemplifies perfectly why Faron was rightly called "The King Of The Honky Tonkers". FANTASTIC.

[michaelroyonline]

That band kicks ass!

[hardyb1988]

"" I could not ,nor could anyone else have said it better,,"SONNYDAZ

[steelguitartim]

There is a remarkable difference between the facial expressions of the musicians in this video forty years ago and today's often very glum-looking players. Everyone in the band is enjoying himself and shows it. The steel player is concentrating of course, but most excellent steel players do.

Tim.

[Sonnydaz]

When country was country. I wish we had them back.

[rorygg1]

faron young is what real country sounds like

[pigpenthecat]

Looking at these performers reminds me of how much respect they had for their listeners. They dressed up, now days they tend to dress like homeless people.

[1968spawn]

Faron Young was the Dean Martin of country music. It was natural for him to be so cool.

[MrPurple30]

think thats joe red hayes on the fiddle he wrote satisfied mind. died in england while on tour with faron

[dgtxdutch]

His brother Lil' Red Hayes still plays a MEAN fiddle down in Southeast Texas!

[rightfootracers]

by far the best country voice of all-time

[misssmiler1]

I'm having a glass of wine for ya tonight Mr Faron Young. The best country singer of all time.

[Bossman29577]

A voice that was as smooth as silk! and his band, The Sheriffs, were always as tight as a band can be!!

[noaanhc]

I had the honor of seeing Faron Young in concert at a county fair in the 1980s and he was one terrific singer.I remember the concert because besides him he shared the stage with country artist Shelly West

who did her concert after Faron finished his and toward the end of the his show she came onstage to join him and they sang a duet together.

That was one fantastic show.

[buttersworth13]

THATS MY GRANDPA'S COUSIN!

[DERedhead65]

Faron was SO SO TALENTED and criminally Handsome, lol...

Damn shame he is gone... miss him.

[miamijohn]

The late, great Hal Rugg playing the steel guitar. He was one of the best!

[brendabenoit]

His song Trey Young does a great job on this song..Just as good as his dad!

[kuntrygrandma]

Who is Trey? I was only aware that Faron had 3 sons, Damion (who is deceased) Robyn,and Kevin.

[8h6ed]

Faron is one of the all time greats! Great song thanks for putting it on.

[moodypc100]

@8h6ed i would really like to know what the inside joke was that night between faron and his band.if you watch close,they can all barely keep from bursting out into laughter...starting with his guitar player and continuing right through all of them....including faron!

[rudos1]

He had soul...

[summercute101]

You know I'm kinda a sinatra, stones, jefferson airplane, mel torme, all around kind of guy, --this is right up there with the rainbows and clouds...

[saamateis]

This is the by far the best version of this classic Faron song. What a voice, nothing like it anywhere today! Faron you are greatly missed.

[zybeco]

my favorite Faron Young song

[gospelmusiclover48]

This is REAL.