Had a friend in the Marine Corps that loved this song and played it any chance he got. He ended up taking his life after our desperate to change his mind. Anyways a year goes by and a bunch of Marines and I are visiting some family in Maryland. Someone pulled out a guitar and in our drunken emotional states we all yelled this song into the wind as loud as we could. Probably 15-20 people yelling for our buddy, all drunk and crying. I come here every day for him and I can always smell the east coast ocean and pines. Rest in Peace 1994-2015
Why are some kids complaining about the singer's voice? That's how a real country singer sounds. A long time ago when country music actually was country EVERYONE sang like this.
this is not country music. this is more of a blue grass, folk type song. I actually really dislike modern country because it's just too poppy and doesn't sound like country to me anymore.
+HillbillyBoogie1 Probably the same young Einsteins who say they "didn't even like country until they heard Taylor Swift".......I got news for those punks. They still don't like country music if that's the case.
My dad taught me to play this on the guitar when I was young. He passed when I was a teen of brain cancer. But I still play it whenever I can. I've always loved it
Have you ever heard Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra's version of All My Tears? It's beautiful and I bet it would give you some comfort as well. Check it out. ua-cam.com/video/iMbbTQrC41o/v-deo.htmlsi=R0IV2pKddRh2DYTr
@@douglasmccoll6296 Scots are the equivalent of .the U.S. south in UK, even though they are to the north. Check out the crofts and clearances, and you will see many direct conn ections.
@@HighLeeCoyote Bluegrass is a descendant of Highland Scottish Celtic music in the Appalachians. They do sound different now, but you can hear things in common with them.
Our long lost Scottish brothers! Apparently, Scotland used to be a part of the Appalachian mountains thousands and thousands of years ago. No wonder we love the Scots and the Scots love us!
This was my favorite song when I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. My sergeant figured out how to input iPod music into our headsets. When we went through particularly...unpleasant areas...we would play this song. I remember accepting that I could die at any moment, but at least I have good music playing when it happens. Three of our soldiers got killed over that deployment. But as one of my buddies said,"three of us got killed, but all of us died in 2012. The rest of us are just still here." Almost 12 years later, and he wasn't wrong.
A great song can come from any genre. I don't like much punk rock type music (I assume there are many specific sub-styles) , but I love live versions of Fugazi's Waiting Room.
This is the sound of Appalachia. I'm glad this genre is coming back into the light. I love it! Some of the best songs ever written were Appalachian first...
@Squidz726 Sending healing, Comforting vibes for you to be at peace with the crossover of yur Daughter. My #1 Son also turned me on to this song❤ him a friend & myself would sing along & play folk guitars. He left this plain At just 21 years old, June 24th of 2018. Many times I'll listen to this when I'm feeling down & missing him. Smile when memories w/your Daughter. That's how she would want to see you. Sincerest condolences..
The shitty thing? Not all of us who've lived it wind up with such a voice. I've been homeless, I've meandered for years at a time, I've been crippled by disease and later the bottle, smoked my whole adult life, and I still sing like a freshman choir boy with big dreams of Broadway 😂 All the country songs I've written sound like shitty covers in my voice. My dad's a former hard drug dealer, ex biker, and certified Mountain Man. He also suffers from a clear high tenor voice. Tough break!
This is an Old Crow Medicine Show's song and is MUCH better by them, Rucker is just an affirmative action "country" singer that out of desperation tried to go country because his Hootie and the Blowfish group sucked so bad
Grew up an hour from the hometown of OCMS, when I was there all I wanted to do is was leave. Now I’m in the Navy halfway around the world, I just miss those mountains so much.
Me and father went camping and fishing about 6 years ago and we played this song and around the campfire I asked my dad if he wanted to smoke a joint first time ever and he said hell yeah and I love this song every time I hear it makes me think of my father and he passed away December 2020 we were both in the hospital at the same time with Covid and pneumonia and we had to tubes down are throat they put us in separate rooms I got out a week later and find out that my Dad didn’t make it crushed me but this song brings every bit of joy and happiness and strength and honor Miss Dad 🤝love you
I tried to get my dad to smoke with me about 45 years ago. He said he'd lived that long without it, he didn't think he needed it. He was born in 1905, but was still cool. Btw, I'm from Roanoke.
So sorry for your loss! Covid took a lot of good people in its wake. My husband of 33 years died from it also. Loved ones above we are thinking of you ❤️
The first time I heard this song was at an acoustic night open mic night at a coffee house in college, the gentleman who played it had just lost his father who had taught him this song and had given him the mandolin he played it on. He sang a lot of it straight but started to break down about about two thirds in. So did we. He struggled through the tears, playing his instrument beautifully, and everyone gave him a standing ovation when he finished. I'll remember that until the day I die.
I used to listen to this song just riding around in my truck with my husky. He just passed away recently. On the day of his passing this song came on while I was riding with my daughter and I lost it then while singing it because it brought back a lot of good memories of he and I.
That’s great, y’all should’ve joined in and helped him sing it. I heard Old Crow’s version and saw this video on CMT’s edge of country show in the early 2000s. A lot of people were performing this song in Lubbock tx when I was in college
Living in Johnson City, TN, any time this would come on in the bar, everyone would scream/shout this song with our beers in the air. 😁 Ahhh, memories of when life was simpler.
NC native. Grew up in the mountains, moved to Raleigh. This song hits. It's still the better version. Rucker did well. He made it pop. They made it hit.
This is just a great song. It's actually bluegrass but music in my opinion are just like people. There are lots of different types of it but good is good and bad is bad. Genre like race, religion, sex etc should never interfere with that before its even heard. Or before they're ever met
This song is more of a folk-country blend. It started out as a song fragment by Bob Dylan in the early 70s, based on earlier work by another songwriter, based on even earlier work by another guy, etc. etc. etc. That's the epitome of folk music. Old Crow just finished the song and rubbed some country on it.
My son loved this and told me about it. So I fell in love with Ketch and the band, hey those banjos! Played it and played it, got several of their albums. Loved it talked about it with my son, so grateful to him for finding them for me. My son passed away suddenly in the early hours of 18th November. Thank you darling will always love you xxxx
Me too with my aunt (my mother) I don't speak english very well😢 but you are never alone, his soul is always with you❤ is your angel! It's never a goodbye! It is "I'll se you soon"❤
Your mother is your angel ALWAYS❤ she still cares for your beautyful heart.❤❤❤ she protects you and know the needs of yuour heart.... it is not a goodbye!!!! It is "I will se you soon❤❤❤❤"
My old man plays harmonica and i play sax. We jam this song out anytime we can and it's so cathartic. I cry everytime i hear it without him. I dread the day i lose my pops and hit the inevitable sax solo. Love you dad. This will always be our families song.
My whole life i thought this was the more well known version of the song because it was the ONLY version I heard people blasting back when I discovered the song in college. Only recently did I realize when most people refer to “Wagon Wheel” they mean Darius.
The last time I saw my Mom alive, back when she was still living at home, I heard this very song at a gas station blaring from a 4x4Toyota something...... I said loudly from the back seat, my Mom was in the passenger seat in front me, "I know this song!!" My Mom quickly said "me too" and we both started singing together..... This was the last song I heard with her
Damn...that's scalding. For me, it was watching my father digging on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". I was so happy/proud/honored when he asked me, "Who is that?" Music touches lives in so many ways. It is the language of angels. Praise God.
My husband has also passed. He played rhythm guitar and he tried hard to learn this song for me! There was just so many words for him to remember! Our memories will carry us through!
I totally get it. Some songs are inked on your life like a tattoo. They fade but will always be there....for me. The Flame by Cheap Trick. My wedding song. Lost my wife in 2004. When it comes on I’m happy but still cry like a baby if that makes sense
This was the first song I ever learned, I could sing every word to my dad and papaw when I was 5 or 6 years old. My papaw has since passed and my dad had a massive stroke and is currently on life support. I played him this song and he was able to squeeze and shake my hand. This song always brings back so many memories and every-time I hear it it’s like the first time again. It will always have a place in my heart.
Probably the only dude from Macedonia here and I heard this song in 2013 when I was working in Yellowstone National Park working there as a student and I still listen to it every day :)
@@damjanstojanovski4808 That's a shame. My government are shits, and despite the fact that they're technically voted into office, they do a surprisingly bad job of representing the common folk here. As Mark Twain once said, "Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it."
@@robertbrown3064 your governments (no matter which political party is in power) are doing a great job for you guys and I am saying this based on my personal experience cause I lived in Germany, the US and most of my life here on the shitty Balkans so love your country daily and be grateful that you live in the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world(and I mean it). Europe is a shithole comparing to the US believe me. I am not saying you should not try to make your country better I am saying as the real world is right now you are living in heaven. God bless your country and I hope you will persevere that freedom that you are not aware you have many upcoming centuries.
@@damjanstojanovski4808 Thank you for the perspective. It is good to be reminded of what we already have, sometimes. That being said, it is also something to be grateful for that we can so vocally criticize our government when it falls short of our expectations. Truly, it is a privilege to be an American, and if that is what you want, I wish you all the luck in the world in getting there in the future. To me, being an American isn't so much a piece of paper, but a shared set of values. To me, you're already an American.
I am an old grandma and this song puts a smile on my face. There are lots of colors in our country's past and I hope to cherish everyone. Some have a bitter sweetness but are still part of who we are. We will only find peace when we can learn to hold all of these differences dearly and stand strong to defend against anyone or anything that seeks to hurt even the weakest of us. We have shown we have the might but do we have the wisdom and compassion...time will tell... GODSPEED neighbor
When I was in the army back in the 2000s they had us select songs we would like played at our funeral in case we were KIA, this was one of my favorites back then. Wouldn’t select it as a top 3 choice for my funeral nowadays but I love listening to it because it takes me back.
Coming here, listening to one of my favorite songs and thinking of my husband that died of Covid. We were married 33 years. Yes a drinking some whiskey and reminiscing ❤️
Just completed the entire Appalachian trail, flew in from England for 5 and a half months of pain, my good mate Jonathon Corey introduced me to this tune ! JUGS as he's known on the trail, I will be forever grateful of our time together mate !
Simon Richard ha! I've been watching Appalachian trail vids and heard this song! Had to come and check it out and noticed your comment! Small world! Congratulations on completing the trail!! ;)
Good time to start, seems like people want to kick things off earlier and earlier each year. From a SOBO to a NOBO, good luck and take it one step at a time!
As a retired US Marine, Sergeant Major, I would like to commend you kids and thank you for this beautiful tribute to our veterans. It's very heartwarming to see such talented young people perform just a meaningful rendition. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless our nation. Semper Fi!
My nephew Josh Gober is a VMI grad!! LOVE the music,...love the tradition! Thank you for the parallel!! God bless the “spider”...and gods speed to all VMI grads!!!
I got to Hargrave Military Academy currently as a Post-Graduate Boarding Cadet. Our Leadership and Ethics class typically goes to VMI to a Leadership Seminar
I too found this song later in life. I played it over and over and my son loved it too. I played it in the car whilst driving my son's ashes home. Means more than I can say.
It sounds to me like you're a Very Good Mom , and You have a Very Cool Son - and some sweet day You'll be Together again , listening to this song with JESUS CHRIST
Found this browsing YT as you do. I like this very peaceful and the video is very different. I hope USA is safe. Here in UK I don't feel we are ready at all. Get well soon world.
Took what Bob Dylan started, and finished it off excellently.. God bless ya OCMS. Til' the day I die you guys will always be one of my favourite bluegrass ensembles.
This song is so totally timeless. I’d always believed it came out in the 60s or 70s. Just found out it’s from 2004. I understand it’s purposefully retro sounding but it’s also just one of those songs that never gets old. Kinda like Mr. Brightside.
In the name of Jesus, please ease everyone's pain that has left a hurt comment on here. Lead us to the light of love and forgiveness and redemption Amen
Ed Hamiton it was my understanding that the BAND was the original singers which they toured with Bob Dylan for a while.. I think that's right I remember the band playing that song
At a time of a polarized America, I love to listen to this song and feel the pride of the United States flow through my blood. it’s not about believing that you were better than anyone else but just realizing that your culture and your home has beauty and it.
This isn't American This is an incredibly specific culture generated in Appalachia by indentured servants of mostly Scottish and Irish ancestry. America or not This isn't goibg anywhere
Merric Evans You’re literally saying that this was made in the United States though. Outside of native American tribal people, we’re all immigrants. If it’s made in the United States it’s American.
For a country song, the lyrics are very Northeast centric. Came from New England, spent time in the North Country (Upstate New York), got a ride from Philly to Johnson City Tennessee. Raleigh was also mentioned. That's as far "south" as it goes. As a Northeasterner, it makes it much more relatable.
Me and hubby's song now for almost 9 years.. he left after we first met to go to VA to work and he lost my number bc contacts didn't transfer from a broken phone... he left his job 6 months later to come back to NC to find me. Found me he did and Engaged on day 4, married for 7 years, together for 8 with 3 beautiful children ❤
@@SmoggyTurnip it's truly our song.. what I didn't include .. he also had a gambling problem before we married. This was the first song he sent me and to this day, 9 years later.. we still send each other songs
Watching this live right now, 7/28/23 in Philadelphia PA and the bow of his violin is tearing strings and its fuckin awesome. What an awesome band that I've never heard of, keep up the good shows you crazy hillbilly bastards! ❤
This song reminds me of the happiest time of my life. I was 23 years old serving in the USAF. Every weekend was spent hanging out with my fellow Airmen, just drinking beer and enjoying the music of our time.
This reminds me of the great times partying in the barracks with my brothers as a nieve 21 year old private in 2008. Great times and they were really the only good ones of my time served in the Army. The real "grunt life" sucked.
I have never cared for country but this will always make me feel happy, my mom used to hold me and dance in the kitchen while singing and listening to this. Feels like home
About 2003 I was dancing with my 2.5 year old and newborn daughters to this song. My 2.5 year old got a kick out of it! They are 22 and 19 now. Sheesh time really goes by. God Bless 🥰
Ya, my 4.5 year old daughter loves this tune. She thinks the word “Toke” sounds funny, but loves the idea of rocking with mama. Kids are the best and this song is the best by a country mile. Something beautiful for all agars and emotional states.
I listen to this with my 4.5 year old daughter. She thinks “the band” makes it. She Loves it! So good, no percussion of notable mention. It’s a beautiful song that just gets better every time we play it. Song of our summer. Best country song by a country mile.
Listening to this Christmas day had a great day but 63 now lost 2 of my best friends this year and my sole mates not so good we all loved this sat on my Todd now but cracking song going bed in a bit party's pretty crap on your own happy Christmas all ❤❤
I bring my guitar to schools when I supply teach and occasionally a student asks if I know this song and I sling the guitar over my shoulder and say "Let's Do It!" But...I say hey this is school and to make it school friendly, after Roanoke let's sing "a bag of chips and a coke" instead of saying what Old CMS says!! I've sung The Chicks Travellin Soldier and sooo many other songs in classes with students. Its so good to have music and sing together....a great ice-breaker, tone-setter and connection maker for me as a "guest teacher" in different classrooms all the time!! Love this song!
Regardless of who sings this song, Bob Dylan, Darius Rucker, or Old Crow Medicine Show. Everytime I hear this song I want to dance, sing, drink and just enjoy the music. Love it!!!
Yea, Bob Dylan has said he doesnt deserve credit for this line....it may go back as far as about 1840 in truth, so "rock me mama like a wagoneer wheel" is about the only things "taken".....until we got to Hootie and corporate Nashville
Love this song.. Proud North Carolinian... 👍👍 P.s. i was born in Mexico... Moved to N.C when i was 9.. Now I'm 30... I love my state... North Carolina... ❤❤
I love that you expressed to everyone that you were born in Mexico, but have lived here since a young boy,in the states, and you show your American pride above all, #REALTALK # landof thefree # proudtobeaAmerican
I don't care who does this song I like it. as a man who lives on the road. I meet a lot of people from all walks of life that make, music, we can all enjoy. most of the time, cover tunes in the back yard with no FX are the best and have more soul. what im saying is it is music, its not ment to be hated on. enjoy it or change the channel.
My grandpa used to sing this song every time i visited his place which is a days drive away so i rarely saw him. Tonight he passed due to covid. Didn’t get to say goodbye. The last time i spoke to him he sounded healthy and happy to talk to me. This song immediately came to mind as soon as i got the news. I cried and hummed this song. I love you, Poppie
This song was played at my teenage cousin's funeral. Used to make me cry sad tears, now it's a reminder of the good times. Cheers ya'll. Dead addicts can't recover, if you use, be safe please.
This really is on my list of favorite songs of all time. I'll never forget shacking up in a small town near the Cliffs of Moher, way away from America in Ireland, and going out to hear the night's "Traditional Irish Music jam night". The band played "Country Roads" by John Denver. I immediately heckled them, and they said "Lad, cam awn up an' play a better 'Merican traditional song if you think yer so inclined". I came up and played Wagon Wheel (on my profile). This song is timeless, the way that OCMS did it. Nobody can touch this. I did my best that I could while drunk, alone, and on a foreign continent.
I overheard this song playing while sitting outside a bar in Solvang CA this last weekend while visiting. I absolutely loved it!! So glad I found it. ❤
There's not much in life that makes me wish I was American, but this... Alson there was a time in my life when I was really down, rock bottom, having random panic attacs, and this song randomly came up on a party boat in Hungary, while I was staying at a nearby campsite, hearing it. It gave soothed me and gave me hope. I've loved it ever since.
I have never regretted being an American. I cannot imagine being anyone else! I have traveled enough of the world. I learned no place is as unique, stubborn, resourceful, resilient and charitable as Americans. Have tou ever been here to visit? If ypu ever come for a visit let me know. God Bless 🥰
Soooo glad I stumbled upon this video, love it! This song has been on my Spotify playlist the last couple of years. Until today I had never seen the video nor knew how old the song was, I just liked it. A testament to good wholsome music.
I remember when I was really little my dad used to sing this to me and play guitar as I fell asleep every night. 2 years back I lost him to suicide and every time I hear this song it fills me with a weird mix of sadness and joy remembering the days he was around.
Had a friend in the Marine Corps that loved this song and played it any chance he got. He ended up taking his life after our desperate to change his mind. Anyways a year goes by and a bunch of Marines and I are visiting some family in Maryland. Someone pulled out a guitar and in our drunken emotional states we all yelled this song into the wind as loud as we could. Probably 15-20 people yelling for our buddy, all drunk and crying. I come here every day for him and I can always smell the east coast ocean and pines. Rest in Peace 1994-2015
RIP warrioir.
Wow that’s touching 👊🏼
Thank You for your service. I spent four years in the U.S. ARMY myself.
Damn man I'm sorry🥺 I lost my 2 best friends, I understand that pain 😔 😢 sending u love, these comments r getting me emotional af lol
Man, that’s young. Sorry for your friend, friend.
Why are some kids complaining about the singer's voice? That's how a real country singer sounds. A long time ago when country music actually was country EVERYONE sang like this.
+HillbillyBoogie1 and country sucked back then except for a slim handful of artists
this is not country music. this is more of a blue grass, folk type song. I actually really dislike modern country because it's just too poppy and doesn't sound like country to me anymore.
+HillbillyBoogie1 Probably the same young Einsteins who say they "didn't even like country until they heard Taylor Swift".......I got news for those punks. They still don't like country music if that's the case.
well thank God those days are over.
preach it brother lol no joke gives me a hank sr feel, classic, and good for the ears
My dad taught me to play this on the guitar when I was young. He passed when I was a teen of brain cancer. But I still play it whenever I can. I've always loved it
Wow❤
That’s beautiful
Beautiful memory to hold close and keep alive ❤🎶🎶
❤🙏
Dont know you. But i love you buddy
When I found out I'm dying, this became my greatest comfort. Now I've been given a little bit more time, it remains my favorite.
Have you ever heard Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra's version of All My Tears? It's beautiful and I bet it would give you some comfort as well. Check it out.
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I will pray for you
@c 0:19 hrys❤😢talgail
are you still with us?
U still good man?
by far the best version of this song. how it should be sung period. as a Scottish man culture is everything and this is a southern classic. ❤
lots of Scottish culture in the areas of the USA mentioned in the song!
@@douglasmccoll6296 Scots are the equivalent of .the U.S. south in UK, even though they are to the north. Check out the crofts and clearances, and you will see many direct conn
ections.
@@HighLeeCoyote Bluegrass is a descendant of Highland Scottish Celtic music in the Appalachians. They do sound different now, but you can hear things in common with them.
Our long lost Scottish brothers! Apparently, Scotland used to be a part of the Appalachian mountains thousands and thousands of years ago. No wonder we love the Scots and the Scots love us!
Couldn't agree more! ❤
This was my favorite song when I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. My sergeant figured out how to input iPod music into our headsets.
When we went through particularly...unpleasant areas...we would play this song.
I remember accepting that I could die at any moment, but at least I have good music playing when it happens.
Three of our soldiers got killed over that deployment. But as one of my buddies said,"three of us got killed, but all of us died in 2012. The rest of us are just still here."
Almost 12 years later, and he wasn't wrong.
Thank you for sharing. The vision of you all listening to this going through a war zone is heart breaking.
I might be more of a punk rock kind of guy, and I may not like country all that much, but I know a good song when I hear it.
I love people who appreciate all music, not just one genre 😃 big ups
It's not country and Bob Dylan wrote it
@@joeschmidl3837 who cares whether it's country or bluegrass or roots or whatever? It's just a label. Oh, and Dylan co-wrote it
@@horsepills obviously you care enough to respond
A great song can come from any genre. I don't like much punk rock type music (I assume there are many specific sub-styles) , but I love live versions of Fugazi's Waiting Room.
This is the sound of Appalachia. I'm glad this genre is coming back into the light. I love it! Some of the best songs ever written were Appalachian first...
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is from Texas. Quite far from Appalachia.
@@conradbreitenstein9678 Dylan is not from Texas
Bob Dylan
@@conradbreitenstein9678 Bob Dylan is as minnesotan as one can get
The fact this was uploaded 17 years ago and I still come back to hear this song....
We all do it.. 17.. 18..30 years.. it's timeless
I'd like to dedicate this comment to my brother lucas this was his favorite song. Rest in piece my friend 1993-2013
RIP.
+MMBNMalternateaccoun rip in pepperonis m8
+MMBNMalternateaccoun I'm sorry for your loss.
+MMBNMalternateaccoun Too young. RIP.
I'd like to thank yall for your condolences :) means alot it really does
my daughter turned me on to this song years ago. Today I sit and listen to it giving anything to just have her back. RIP Brandy "Bambi" Bell.
I’m sorry for your loss
Oh gosh, I am so very sorry.
@Squidz726
Sending healing, Comforting vibes for you to be at peace with the crossover of yur Daughter. My #1 Son also turned me on to this song❤ him a friend & myself would sing along & play folk guitars. He left this plain At just 21 years old, June 24th of 2018. Many times I'll listen to this when I'm feeling down & missing him. Smile when memories w/your Daughter. That's how she would want to see you. Sincerest condolences..
I feel your pain...blessings on you both.
😢I'm so sorry 🙏🙏🙏
That voice is called the high lonesome and you can only sing it if you've lived it
Go listen to "Methamphetamine" by them. Their greatest song imo. He and they have definitely lived it, that's for sure...
If you know you know
@@cathyspinelli9541 elaborate pls
@@marvin2678and if you don't, ya just don't.
The shitty thing? Not all of us who've lived it wind up with such a voice. I've been homeless, I've meandered for years at a time, I've been crippled by disease and later the bottle, smoked my whole adult life, and I still sing like a freshman choir boy with big dreams of Broadway 😂
All the country songs I've written sound like shitty covers in my voice. My dad's a former hard drug dealer, ex biker, and certified Mountain Man. He also suffers from a clear high tenor voice. Tough break!
I'm Canadian but when I listen to this song I channel my inner American. We all need an inner-American sometimes.
Canada has some great country music too. Especially Alberta.
You are American, North American.
@trustusjones6430 we're happy to have y'all as our tuque.
@@boerebruceCorb Lund!
I don't care what genre of music you like....everyone can appreciate this masterpiece.
The lead singer handsome
any song written by dylan is a masterpiece
@killerfat24 wrote most of it, not all of it. N gotta give credit to these guys, they nailed it
I dissent.
Honestly I hate country, but this is one of the greatest songs ever
This kind of songs make me miss something I don't even know.
Your comment is exactly how I feel
Bob Dylan started this song they finished it . Great
Makes me wanna die in Raleigh, wherever tf that is
Powerful message man I feel ya
Hell yes
Darius did a good cover, but the original still stands the test of time.
@@robedmund9948 amen
This is an Old Crow Medicine Show's song and is MUCH better by them, Rucker is just an affirmative action "country" singer that out of desperation tried to go country because his Hootie and the Blowfish group sucked so bad
@@sciencerd2008 haha
Bob Dylan wrote this and sang it way before OCMS@@sciencerd2008
@@sciencerd2008this is one of the most racist comments i think ive seen
This song makes me miss a place I've never been to.
So true!!
Grew up an hour from the hometown of OCMS, when I was there all I wanted to do is was leave. Now I’m in the Navy halfway around the world, I just miss those mountains so much.
Wanderlust
@Dandy 30
You are not alone
@DANDY30-The shower,the dentist,college??
Me and father went camping and fishing about 6 years ago and we played this song and around the campfire I asked my dad if he wanted to smoke a joint first time ever and he said hell yeah and I love this song every time I hear it makes me think of my father and he passed away December 2020 we were both in the hospital at the same time with Covid and pneumonia and we had to tubes down are throat they put us in separate rooms I got out a week later and find out that my Dad didn’t make it crushed me but this song brings every bit of joy and happiness and strength and honor
Miss Dad 🤝love you
I tried to get my dad to smoke with me about 45 years ago. He said he'd lived that long without it, he didn't think he needed it. He was born in 1905, but was still cool. Btw, I'm from Roanoke.
So sorry for your loss! Covid took a lot of good people in its wake. My husband of 33 years died from it also.
Loved ones above we are thinking of you ❤️
awesome story
Oh my gosh - I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm glad you have this song and those memories, though.
Bless you buddy. Sorry you had to go through that with your dad. Glad you got to have that moment with him to this 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶
These are the most beautiful comments I’ve ever read. I’m so happy I’m not the only one cryin. Thank y’all so much. ❤️
Makes me cry happy tears too. If I'm ever walking due South out of Roanoke, I'll hook up with ya.
Check out Strung Like a Horse?
Well I just cried in the gym at 430am. I am in recovery. This song stirs deep emotions in me. I'm so greatful to God that I finally got it.
❤
Stay strong in your recovery. You're worth it
Thank yall. I wrote a book called "The meth bible". I am so greatful to be alive. Free and healthy. God saved me when I deserved it the least
Yo. You got this
One day at a time
If you are reading this, I just want to say you have great taste in music. Have good day.
Thank you. You have a good as well.
I hope you both have a wonderful day!!
31tmdavies ihope to all of you an amazing day
ty, tyvm
Thank you! You as well ! Real music 💯
The first time I heard this song was at an acoustic night open mic night at a coffee house in college, the gentleman who played it had just lost his father who had taught him this song and had given him the mandolin he played it on. He sang a lot of it straight but started to break down about about two thirds in. So did we. He struggled through the tears, playing his instrument beautifully, and everyone gave him a standing ovation when he finished. I'll remember that until the day I die.
Wow, that is a story. Love it.
it's a blessing to see great things
that is beautiful
I used to listen to this song just riding around in my truck with my husky. He just passed away recently. On the day of his passing this song came on while I was riding with my daughter and I lost it then while singing it because it brought back a lot of good memories of he and I.
That’s great, y’all should’ve joined in and helped him sing it. I heard Old Crow’s version and saw this video on CMT’s edge of country show in the early 2000s. A lot of people were performing this song in Lubbock tx when I was in college
Living in Johnson City, TN, any time this would come on in the bar, everyone would scream/shout this song with our beers in the air. 😁 Ahhh, memories of when life was simpler.
Imagine how apeshit we go/went in Raleigh
How do you get there heading west from Cumberland Gap?
@@wjmoore17 really? Sooooo simple. You just turn the map upside down. Then N is S AND E is W. 🤣
NC native. Grew up in the mountains, moved to Raleigh. This song hits. It's still the better version. Rucker did well. He made it pop. They made it hit.
@@wjmoore17/ Heh, that's the joke isn't it. Looks like musicians aren't too keen on directions
80 million views and seventeen years since the upload, this wheel is still rockin us properly.
I’ve always claimed to despise country music, but this song has such a huge place in my heart. It resonates with my soul
Your a boring plain person that set's around and don't do shit if you despise country music
Call it bluegrass and you can like it .
This is just a great song. It's actually bluegrass but music in my opinion are just like people. There are lots of different types of it but good is good and bad is bad. Genre like race, religion, sex etc should never interfere with that before its even heard. Or before they're ever met
I despise top 40 country radio when I am forced to listen to it.
This song is more of a folk-country blend. It started out as a song fragment by Bob Dylan in the early 70s, based on earlier work by another songwriter, based on even earlier work by another guy, etc. etc. etc. That's the epitome of folk music. Old Crow just finished the song and rubbed some country on it.
"...caught a trucker outta Philly, had a nice long toke..." This is how we all become friends around the world.
amen
you can always make a cannabuddy the sweetleaf brings peeps together
hulmad - we'd have a hell of a lot less issues in this world.
+JP Loingsigh Just what we need, a stoned guy driving an 80,000 lb vehicle at 70 mph...
Jesse Bains - who cares, I don't. I enjoy the song.
Who’s listening in soon-to-be 2021? 14 years huh? 🤯 I remember this song first coming out like it was yesterday. 💕
Amen!Old crow !!Loving like it was brand new and the first time hearing
Yeah
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I'm listening in 2120
Still a steady play list fav..
My son loved this and told me about it. So I fell in love with Ketch and the band, hey those banjos! Played it and played it, got several of their albums. Loved it talked about it with my son, so grateful to him for finding them for me. My son passed away suddenly in the early hours of 18th November. Thank you darling will always love you xxxx
My husband loved this music. Now that he passed away I play it all the time.
Sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss. 💕 Lost mine a year ago in January
Me too with my aunt (my mother) I don't speak english very well😢 but you are never alone, his soul is always with you❤ is your angel! It's never a goodbye! It is "I'll se you soon"❤
A😊@@RobinFlysHigh
My mom used to sing this to me when I was a little kid. She had such a beautiful voice and she was a loving mother.
Awh
Your mother is your angel ALWAYS❤ she still cares for your beautyful heart.❤❤❤ she protects you and know the needs of yuour heart.... it is not a goodbye!!!! It is "I will se you soon❤❤❤❤"
God bless you your mom is with you every day
So beautiful...😢his mother sang song about woman of the evening 😅
My old man plays harmonica and i play sax. We jam this song out anytime we can and it's so cathartic. I cry everytime i hear it without him. I dread the day i lose my pops and hit the inevitable sax solo. Love you dad. This will always be our families song.
you are very wise. I'm here because I miss my dad right now.
you can still share this song, regardless of what worlds you may find yourselves in
yo late 2000s music was lowkey like a goodbye vibe. they knew things would never be the same.
There's something about small town American culture and nysic that always makes me feel a sense of nostalgia for simpler times
Do you know Iris Dement's "Our Town"? ua-cam.com/video/FikZwgj89HI/v-deo.html
It would be nice if travelling carnivals were economically viable. They offered a glimpse into strange other worlds.
@@teruin2 dimensions
Small town American culture. like burlesque strippers and carnie folk? Ahh, simpler times.
I DID MY WAITING! 12 YEARS OF IT! IN AZKABAN!
I tear up on this song I don’t know why. Like I miss my younger days.
I KNEW THESE guys when they first started out. They lived on my farm on Flat Springs Road in the NC mountains
Hi fellas!
34 years... and still love this song... proud North Carolinian... ❤❤
It's like musical comfort food.
I don't have any special story to tell. I just like this song.
I thought this was by Darius Rucker till I saw a tiktok video
@@NickSalvation Awesomeness 🥰 At least you know what real music sounds like❣️
Paul … I hope one day you find this and know that anytime you miss me, you can find me here. 💕 I love you.
Paul who? Me???
Anytime I hear Darius's version, I think of how much better the OCMS version is.
Love it more.
Loved it first.
A good cover changes the song quite extensively. Darius Rucker version did not really change it at all.
I love both versions.
I heard Darius first
My whole life i thought this was the more well known version of the song because it was the ONLY version I heard people blasting back when I discovered the song in college. Only recently did I realize when most people refer to “Wagon Wheel” they mean Darius.
This is a really good version but I do have to see I like “ I had to leave town better than I had to up and leave😂
At 0:44... that's Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings!
The last time I saw my Mom alive, back when she was still living at home, I heard this very song at a gas station blaring from a 4x4Toyota something...... I said loudly from the back seat, my Mom was in the passenger seat in front me, "I know this song!!" My Mom quickly said "me too" and we both started singing together..... This was the last song I heard with her
That is so sweet, special, and sad. As a mom, i can't imagine leaving my babies, even once they are grown. A mother's love is eternal.
A nice memory--I'm sure you'll remember that moment forever.
There are things you will never forget. Sound's the smell of a room and the like can trigger random and special memories. God bless.
Damn...that's scalding. For me, it was watching my father digging on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". I was so happy/proud/honored when he asked me, "Who is that?"
Music touches lives in so many ways. It is the language of angels. Praise God.
That's a very sweet memory.
the haunting beauty of the woman on the stage with the band keeps me coming back.
My husband loved this, he played it all the time. Now he has passed and it brings back memories.
My husband has also passed. He played rhythm guitar and he tried hard to learn this song for me! There was just so many words for him to remember! Our memories will carry us through!
I totally get it. Some songs are inked on your life like a tattoo. They fade but will always be there....for me. The Flame by Cheap Trick. My wedding song. Lost my wife in 2004. When it comes on I’m happy but still cry like a baby if that makes sense
@@leavenwortht The love too. It never dies. Even as my wife is dying from cancer. It will always be in your heart.
Absolute best version of this Dylan classic.
It was an UNFINISHED Dylan song until Ketch wrote a lot of it.
This was the first song I ever learned, I could sing every word to my dad and papaw when I was 5 or 6 years old. My papaw has since passed and my dad had a massive stroke and is currently on life support. I played him this song and he was able to squeeze and shake my hand. This song always brings back so many memories and every-time I hear it it’s like the first time again. It will always have a place in my heart.
This was one of the first memories that I have of being with my Papa when I was 4 or 5 years old 🗝️.
3:27 😊
So sorry. What happened with your dad? Hope you're doing ok
Sorry to read this . How you handling life now??? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Probably the only dude from Macedonia here and I heard this song in 2013 when I was working in Yellowstone National Park working there as a student and I still listen to it every day :)
I'm a North Carolinian, born in Raleigh, and this is one of my favorite songs. Come visit us one day!
@@robertbrown3064 your government declined me for a visa in 2014. If that wasn't the case i would have been your fellow citizen by now :)
@@damjanstojanovski4808 That's a shame. My government are shits, and despite the fact that they're technically voted into office, they do a surprisingly bad job of representing the common folk here. As Mark Twain once said, "Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it."
@@robertbrown3064 your governments (no matter which political party is in power) are doing a great job for you guys and I am saying this based on my personal experience cause I lived in Germany, the US and most of my life here on the shitty Balkans so love your country daily and be grateful that you live in the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world(and I mean it). Europe is a shithole comparing to the US believe me. I am not saying you should not try to make your country better I am saying as the real world is right now you are living in heaven. God bless your country and I hope you will persevere that freedom that you are not aware you have many upcoming centuries.
@@damjanstojanovski4808 Thank you for the perspective. It is good to be reminded of what we already have, sometimes.
That being said, it is also something to be grateful for that we can so vocally criticize our government when it falls short of our expectations.
Truly, it is a privilege to be an American, and if that is what you want, I wish you all the luck in the world in getting there in the future.
To me, being an American isn't so much a piece of paper, but a shared set of values. To me, you're already an American.
Im dedicating this to my dad. I hope you're happy up there. I love you 2-6-19
Amanda G It’ll be alright sorry for your loss ,if you ever need someone to talk to I’ll be here for you
@@swaglordtheog1971 hhh you fuck face go play fortnite
How nice! I'm a Dad. When I die, none of my little bastards will even think about me. I have no idea what I did wrong but, it was something. Fvck'm.
lost my DAD too. miss him every single day💛💛💛 LOVE AND PRAYERS TO YOU
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Never heard of this song before until this weeks episode of Fire Country.
"Heeeeeeeeey mama rock me" 😍😎
I am an old grandma and this song puts a smile on my face. There are lots of colors in our country's past and I hope to cherish everyone. Some have a bitter sweetness but are still part of who we are. We will only find peace when we can learn to hold all of these differences dearly and stand strong to defend against anyone or anything that seeks to hurt even the weakest of us. We have shown we have the might but do we have the wisdom and compassion...time will tell... GODSPEED neighbor
K be no it
Me y bei
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Godspeed to you too Aunty!
You hope to cherish slavery?
My Late Mother's favorite comment... "Time will Tell". Thanks for sharing that, ma'am!
From a small farm in New Zealand called Lincoln and this is our theme song!! Closing song each night at the pub!!
From Vegas, drink up lads
That's dope
Im from the UK, but I lived in North Carolina USA for 4 years. Let me tell you this song is North Carolina ❤
Did you come here to go to school? Where in NC did you live?
When I was in the army back in the 2000s they had us select songs we would like played at our funeral in case we were KIA, this was one of my favorites back then. Wouldn’t select it as a top 3 choice for my funeral nowadays but I love listening to it because it takes me back.
Coming here, listening to one of my favorite songs and thinking of my husband that died of Covid. We were married 33 years. Yes a drinking some whiskey and reminiscing ❤️
So sorry. 33 years of memories.
Believe as I do, you will be with your loved ones again.
@@mickjagger8439 I believe it will not be long ❤️
Just completed the entire Appalachian trail, flew in from England for 5 and a half months of pain, my good mate Jonathon Corey introduced me to this tune ! JUGS as he's known on the trail, I will be forever grateful of our time together mate !
This song makes it's way up and down the trail a few times a year, I think. Used to mean more, before the Darius Rucker song came out.
Simon Richard ha! I've been watching Appalachian trail vids and heard this song! Had to come and check it out and noticed your comment! Small world! Congratulations on completing the trail!! ;)
Good time to start, seems like people want to kick things off earlier and earlier each year. From a SOBO to a NOBO, good luck and take it one step at a time!
I just started reading A Walk In the Woods and I wanna do the trail now so bad
Iceaxe was my name on the trail.
Never was an electric moment like playing this on the jukebox in Damascus Virginia.
It's a classic...beautiful song...by far the best version...from Chicago Illinois.
@michael Smith Hello. Have a nice day.
@michael Smith Chicago. IL.
@michael Smith Hello Michael ....Chicago bows.
@michael Smith I listen to music, I dance , I sing...la la la la..
@michael Smith Shall we waltz?
As a retired US Marine, Sergeant Major, I would like to commend you kids and thank you for this beautiful tribute to our veterans. It's very heartwarming to see such talented young people perform just a meaningful rendition. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless our nation. Semper Fi!
Best version.
I'm an Aussie and this video makes me feel more at home with my kind of people than Australia will ever do.
Come on over to the mountains of West Virginia or the fields South Carolina. We welcome Aussies.
We love Aussies in America!
Agree. I'm a Tasmanian living in Melbourne and this song makes me miss something I can't describe
Love your people, man. Nothing wrong with Aussies. Tough men and gorgeous women.
@@Tommy1977777 I always thought so, but I'm not so sure anymore.
They performed at my school a handful of years ago. I appreciated their performance :)
I went to the Virginia Military Institute in the south!
Your Neighbor Amos let’s go Virginia
They do annual shows in Harrisonburg I try to hit those every year, it about an hour from my hometown
My nephew Josh Gober is a VMI grad!! LOVE the music,...love the tradition! Thank you for the parallel!! God bless the “spider”...and gods speed to all VMI grads!!!
I got to Hargrave Military Academy currently as a Post-Graduate Boarding Cadet. Our Leadership and Ethics class typically goes to VMI to a Leadership Seminar
Glad you survived the Rat Line.
I too found this song later in life. I played it over and over and my son loved it too. I played it in the car whilst driving my son's ashes home. Means more than I can say.
Awe I’m so sorry. No parent should have to bury there child. 💕💕
It sounds to me like you're a Very Good Mom , and You have a Very Cool Son - and some sweet day You'll be Together again , listening to this song with JESUS CHRIST
Wendy, I am sorry for your terrible loss.
I know your pain..bless you ..
That's sweet.
I love Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal and Hardcore. I also love this song.
Me also. Dylan's chorus he wrote 25 years before old crow added the verses
You have a good ear for music
You can’t not love this song. I’m a punk at heart, but this goes everywhere with me
Found this browsing YT as you do. I like this very peaceful and the video is very different. I hope USA is safe. Here in UK I don't feel we are ready at all. Get well soon world.
TRIPPLE JAY yeh good luck to you my brother might have covid 19 the world wasn’t ready
I hope Boris gets well Soon! God bless us all.
We are good. Don’t believe the media
don't give up on us.. we love Freedom...
Thanks for the love brother. You and your people keep safe and take care of each other. See you on the other side.
Took what Bob Dylan started, and finished it off excellently.. God bless ya OCMS. Til' the day I die you guys will always be one of my favourite bluegrass ensembles.
And then Darius Rucker brought it to a whole new generation who might not have heard this before.
@@alika207
Trash .
Does this got back to 1973 with Dylan , would like to know?
This song is so totally timeless. I’d always believed it came out in the 60s or 70s. Just found out it’s from 2004. I understand it’s purposefully retro sounding but it’s also just one of those songs that never gets old. Kinda like Mr. Brightside.
Bob Dylan wrote the hook and chorus in 1974 I believe it was. He never finished the song, but it circulated on bootlegs for decades.
@@johnlemay5037 ohhhh ok. That explains a lot. Interesting thing to learn.
Check out snakes and waterfalls
Bet you like it✌
A LOT of people got rich off this song.
The guy from Hootie & The Blowfish covered it too.
Edit: Darius Rucker
I've known this song since I was a toddler. Never heard a better version
In the name of Jesus, please ease everyone's pain that has left a hurt comment on here. Lead us to the light of love and forgiveness and redemption Amen
This song was partially written by Bob Dylan but left unfinshed until Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show completed it. Great Song!
he should have let dylan finish it
@@robert11751 don't think dylan wanted to finish it....
The only part Dylan wrote was the refrain.
Dylan gave it to them for free
Ed Hamiton it was my understanding that the BAND was the original singers which they toured with Bob Dylan for a while.. I think that's right I remember the band playing that song
At a time of a polarized America, I love to listen to this song and feel the pride of the United States flow through my blood. it’s not about believing that you were better than anyone else but just realizing that your culture and your home has beauty and it.
Jimmy Robinette Liberals want to ruin that
This isn't American
This is an incredibly specific culture generated in Appalachia by indentured servants of mostly Scottish and Irish ancestry.
America or not
This isn't goibg anywhere
Merric Evans You’re literally saying that this was made in the United States though. Outside of native American tribal people, we’re all immigrants. If it’s made in the United States it’s American.
@@mdsupreme1776 liberals are gonna lose again vote Trump
For a country song, the lyrics are very Northeast centric. Came from New England, spent time in the North Country (Upstate New York), got a ride from Philly to Johnson City Tennessee. Raleigh was also mentioned. That's as far "south" as it goes. As a Northeasterner, it makes it much more relatable.
Me and hubby's song now for almost 9 years.. he left after we first met to go to VA to work and he lost my number bc contacts didn't transfer from a broken phone... he left his job 6 months later to come back to NC to find me. Found me he did and Engaged on day 4, married for 7 years, together for 8 with 3 beautiful children ❤
That's a nice story Mercedes.
I read that comment to the tune of the song. It works perfect.
Yep
@@SmoggyTurnip it's truly our song.. what I didn't include .. he also had a gambling problem before we married. This was the first song he sent me and to this day, 9 years later.. we still send each other songs
Great story Mercedes, truly.
Regards from the UK
As a born and bred Tar Heel, I want the words, "If I die in Raleigh at least I will die free." tattooed across my chest. Shout out to my hometown!
They just have a new member from the county I live in. Mason Via, Stokes County North Carolina.
Just not if you die in the last 2 years tbh. and the future is still kind of tbd too
The best version of this song, in my opinion
It is.
This is the original version of the complete song. Bob Dylan wrote the chorus and decades later these guys wrote the verses.
Agree!!!
Darius Rucker did a great job but it's kind of overproduced. i think the folky bluegrass version is way more appropriate
@@KSkrode that's a great way to explain Rucker's version. I much prefer this version.
I’d bet no one is listening to this anymore, but if you are, I’m impressed, you have great taste, and this song is still amazing, I love it
One of my favorite songs
@@rachaelford648 same
This is great! Just heard it for the first time last week on Spotify. Love it!
@@JasonPepe5 that’s awesome, we could always use a new fan!
I love it try some nitty gritty dirt band fishing in the dark
Watching this live right now, 7/28/23 in Philadelphia PA and the bow of his violin is tearing strings and its fuckin awesome. What an awesome band that I've never heard of, keep up the good shows you crazy hillbilly bastards! ❤
Listenin' with ya in Philly👍
This song reminds me of the happiest time of my life. I was 23 years old serving in the USAF. Every weekend was spent hanging out with my fellow Airmen, just drinking beer and enjoying the music of our time.
This reminds me of the great times partying in the barracks with my brothers as a nieve 21 year old private in 2008. Great times and they were really the only good ones of my time served in the Army. The real "grunt life" sucked.
I was in the Army, but I can't agree more.
Saw these fine people at the Grand Ole Opry last year. What a great place. ❤
I have never cared for country but this will always make me feel happy, my mom used to hold me and dance in the kitchen while singing and listening to this. Feels like home
About 2003 I was dancing with my 2.5 year old and newborn daughters to this song. My 2.5 year old got a kick out of it! They are 22 and 19 now. Sheesh time really goes by. God Bless 🥰
why 2.5 year old? why not just 2
are they not 19.5 and 22.25 now then?
@@DevilsInTheDetail2024 ha ha
Bro…you a time traveler?
Ya, my 4.5 year old daughter loves this tune. She thinks the word “Toke” sounds funny, but loves the idea of rocking with mama. Kids are the best and this song is the best by a country mile. Something beautiful for all agars and emotional states.
That's an absolute undiluted delight. I've played the track 1000 times.
I listen to this with my 4.5 year old daughter. She thinks “the band” makes it.
She Loves it! So good, no percussion of notable mention. It’s a beautiful song that just gets better every time we play it.
Song of our summer.
Best country song by a country mile.
Listening to this Christmas day had a great day but 63 now lost 2 of my best friends this year and my sole mates not so good we all loved this sat on my Todd now but cracking song going bed in a bit party's pretty crap on your own happy Christmas all ❤❤
I bring my guitar to schools when I supply teach and occasionally a student asks if I know this song and I sling the guitar over my shoulder and say "Let's Do It!" But...I say hey this is school and to make it school friendly, after Roanoke let's sing "a bag of chips and a coke" instead of saying what Old CMS says!! I've sung The Chicks Travellin Soldier and sooo many other songs in classes with students. Its so good to have music and sing together....a great ice-breaker, tone-setter and connection maker for me as a "guest teacher" in different classrooms all the time!! Love this song!
Oh, Travelin' Soldier is their best song.
Old crow is my bestfriend's favorite band. She's no longer with us. But I always think of her when I hear this song
Justin D. So sorry for your loss
Sorry to hear of your loss
Regardless of who sings this song, Bob Dylan, Darius Rucker, or Old Crow Medicine Show. Everytime I hear this song I want to dance, sing, drink and just enjoy the music. Love it!!!
I know it's an old post but listen to the Jeremy McComb version. That one is my favorite. Just saying to each his own.
Yea, Bob Dylan has said he doesnt deserve credit for this line....it may go back as far as about 1840 in truth, so "rock me mama like a wagoneer wheel" is about the only things "taken".....until we got to Hootie and corporate Nashville
I love this song, but I always hear heading west from the Cumberland Gap, to Johnson City.
Yet Johnson City Tennessee is East of the Cumberland Gap
Love this song.. Proud North Carolinian... 👍👍
P.s. i was born in Mexico... Moved to N.C when i was 9.. Now I'm 30... I love my state... North Carolina... ❤❤
That’s awesome😆 we’re glad you’re here
I love that you expressed to everyone that you were born in Mexico, but have lived here since a young boy,in the states, and you show your American pride above all, #REALTALK # landof thefree # proudtobeaAmerican
American born of Mexican parents but I’m 💯 % 🇺🇸country👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I don't care who does this song I like it. as a man who lives on the road. I meet a lot of people from all walks of life that make, music, we can all enjoy. most of the time, cover tunes in the back yard with no FX are the best and have more soul. what im saying is it is music, its not ment to be hated on. enjoy it or change the channel.
right on.
God Bless You :)
My grandpa used to sing this song every time i visited his place which is a days drive away so i rarely saw him. Tonight he passed due to covid. Didn’t get to say goodbye. The last time i spoke to him he sounded healthy and happy to talk to me. This song immediately came to mind as soon as i got the news. I cried and hummed this song. I love you, Poppie
Not once has this cover ever not brought tears to my eyes.
Thanks, Ken Burns, for bringing this to the attention of new generations of music lovers.
The country music show on PBS was the first time I heard this. LOVE THIS SONG!
We can thank Darius Rucker for bringing it to younger generations to. I love both versions.
This song was played at my teenage cousin's funeral. Used to make me cry sad tears, now it's a reminder of the good times. Cheers ya'll. Dead addicts can't recover, if you use, be safe please.
I listen to this song 52x a year minimum but prob 3 or 4x that actually. Love this song. RIP Big MaL his fav song
This really is on my list of favorite songs of all time. I'll never forget shacking up in a small town near the Cliffs of Moher, way away from America in Ireland, and going out to hear the night's "Traditional Irish Music jam night". The band played "Country Roads" by John Denver. I immediately heckled them, and they said "Lad, cam awn up an' play a better 'Merican traditional song if you think yer so inclined". I came up and played Wagon Wheel (on my profile). This song is timeless, the way that OCMS did it. Nobody can touch this. I did my best that I could while drunk, alone, and on a foreign continent.
I overheard this song playing while sitting outside a bar in Solvang CA this last weekend while visiting. I absolutely loved it!! So glad I found it. ❤
I was there babe. We couldn't stop singing it after! 😊
There's not much in life that makes me wish I was American, but this...
Alson there was a time in my life when I was really down, rock bottom, having random panic attacs, and this song randomly came up on a party boat in Hungary, while I was staying at a nearby campsite, hearing it. It gave soothed me and gave me hope. I've loved it ever since.
Wow great story
We're all human, and music connects us all in ways nothin else can. Best wishes, hope you're faring well
I have never regretted being an American. I cannot imagine being anyone else! I have traveled enough of the world. I learned no place is as unique, stubborn, resourceful, resilient and charitable as Americans. Have tou ever been here to visit? If ypu ever come for a visit let me know. God Bless 🥰
Beautiful ❤
As someone who was born in Raleigh and has deep roots there, this is one of those songs I'd take with me to a desert island.
Soooo glad I stumbled upon this video, love it! This song has been on my Spotify playlist the last couple of years. Until today I had never seen the video nor knew how old the song was, I just liked it. A testament to good wholsome music.
I love how this song communicates the feeling of coming home. It makes me Imagine the familiar roads that lead to my home.
thats right
My late wife loved this song
May she rest easy, Steve❤
Rip my brother 😢
One of the greatest songs of all times. This song got me and my buddy through A lot of road trips, being a long way from home!
Interesting !!!!!!!!🌲🌲🌲🛶🛶🛶
love this song
I remember when I was really little my dad used to sing this to me and play guitar as I fell asleep every night. 2 years back I lost him to suicide and every time I hear this song it fills me with a weird mix of sadness and joy remembering the days he was around.
Destroynkill34 god bless you brother and him RIP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Be strong!
May the peace of Jesus be with you when you read this.