Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Merle Haggard "If You Got The Money"

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
156,221
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Jan 18, 2007

Merle Haggard in "Roots Volume 1" pays his tribute to his idol Lefty Frizzell.
A windfall for Haggard came when he discovered that Norman Stevens, who played on Frizzell's hit "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time," had been living less that 12 miles form Haggard's Northern California home for the past 40 years. "I only found out about him because he recently started advertising swing guitar lessons," says Haggard. "I called him up, and he has been over here while we've been cutting Frizzell songs. We wanted to do 'If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time,' but Norman is pushing 70 now, and he said, 'Man, I don't know if I can do that thing that way I used to.' We did the song 18 times, and finally got a take that's just amazing. I'll definitely be taking some lessons from him!"

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (longtall75011)

  • A Hank Williams song?

  • Hank Sr.has never sung that one but his son Bocephus has covered it

  • who wrote this song?

  • It was written by Lefty Frizzell & Jim Beck

Top Comments

  • If you got the Haggard I got the time, well go get some beer and have a time. bring all your guitars don't leave your picks behind....if you got the haggard I got the time.

  • Hail the HAG !! never get sick of this.........Fuc^ing legend

see all

All Comments (73)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • This song kicks butt. It is so great.

  • lefty frizzell has the best version IMO but I love the HAG

  • great cover

  • @DonkeyPuncher001 I'm afraid you're scarred for life. You just can't unhear/unsee that. My condolences.

  • Best fucking cover ever.

  • Thank you longtall!  Brings back a lot of good memories. Much appreciated, thanks again!

  • This is so damn good.

  • @zaaritha hank sr. did a version of this . it was on one of his cd box sets .

  • @longtall75011 yes , there is a hank sr. version on one of his cd box sets

View all Comments »
Loading...

0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more