First Time Hearing Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (Reaction!)
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Granddaddy made moonshine, daddy made whiskey, and he grew pot. Have always loved this song!
Moonshine is a whiskey. Grandad made it, Daddy distributed and sold it.
@@Logistical_NightmareExactly. Here in Kentucky we are known for both. Lol
@@Logistical_Nightmare depending on the ingredients...during prohibition there were cheaper versions that were a rum, not whiskey.
Moonshine is Whiskey. Daddy and grand daddy made the same thing
A friend thought it was "Cop Ahead Road". Seriously. lol
"I learnt a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know?" Charlie was the Viet Cong...they booby-trapped EVERYTHING everywhere...hence, "You better stay away from Copperhead Road..."
Yeah, if you didn't know exactly where the tripwires were, You were much better off not straying too far into the woods around there.
Thank you for your service.
A friend thought it was "Cop Ahead Road". Seriously. lol
😅😂😂@@12symon
And Tennessee made it one of their official state songs now! Outstanding!
Scots-Irish here, and these are my Appalachian people. A lot of us serve, and we're ornery and just want to be left alone.
Just to let you know Scots-Irish are Scottish. Read about the Highland Clearances. The English starved out and burned out the Highlanders. Many immigrated to North East Ireland then to the USA. The surname Walker is Scottish. And yes, the South was populated by Scots. And yes, many many served.
@MarshaMcDougall yes, I know my heritage.
Same here. I’m from Kansas but my family is from Kentucky and originally came to KY in the 1600s from Scotland and England. If you want to read an excellent book on the cultural origins of the US then I would highly suggest the book Albion’s Seed. The author describes the four British cultural origins of the colonies and how that affects us today. The Puritans, Quakers, Cavaliers, and Scots/Irish. In that book, he pointed out that the Scots/Irish were a people who had been at war with the English for generations and grew up in a world of bloodshed and fighting. And many of the original Scots/Irish that came to the colonies were a product of the era after Henry VIII who sent massive armies into Scotland and razed much of the country to the ground. He described the Scottish is terms we know well today but also said that it applies to the people of the Carolinas and Appalachia. They are a people whose loyalty is not to a government but to a clan, which is how you can get the Hatfields and McCoys. They are incredibly stubborn and do not just do something because they are told to. They have to be won over before they will fight for you but once won over they will go to hell and back for you. The Scots/Irish also tend to have a very personal view of their rights. Because of the Puritan influence, New Englanders tended to submit if a government agent were to show up and take their stuff. However, if a government agent shows up to take the stuff of a Scots/Irish then they are going to get shot. That has been how they operated in the US ever since they came here almost 400 years ago.
@@thefreeman8791 going to Amazon now. TY
They used a keyboard for the bagpipe sound. He's paying homage to the Scottish and Irish roots of most moonshiners. They brought whiskey and barbecue with them when they came to this country. The tiny guitar is a mandolin.
And the fiddle
That's where the name moonshine came from, over there. The law could spot the smoke from their stills during the day, so they cooked by the "shine of the moon."
and hot blooded and hot tempered Scots women of which i am proud to be one OY!
Trade TN if you know potters and stouts
The term moonshine came from Ireland. They ran their stills at night by the moon"shine" so the smoke was not detected..
I had the same plan. Now I am a grower in Oregon helping other Vets with their PTSD's.
Thank you!
@@pamhorne5514 You are very welcome.
God Bless You and Thank you for your service!
THANK Y'ALL , OUR VETS ARE EVERYTHING
OUTLAW MUSIC, Sharing our Scoth- Irish roots, from being the OG SNIPERS to getting NASCAR It's start. Revenewers BEWARE 💯
Shon i would call this music Americana - it encompasses traditional music styles including folk , country , bluegrass , blues , gospel , singer - songwriter and roots music. This song had just about all that in it.
Appalachia aye americana
Whether shine or weed, you'd better stay away from Copperhead Road. 😉♥
Steve is still around. He beat his heroin addiction and is still touring today.
Guitar Town from Mr. Earle has excellent words as well.
The name for this genre of music is Southern Fried Rock. It is kind of the child of Rockabilly. It takes the Southern country and Rock and Roll and blends them together.
AND A COPPERHEAD IS A VENOMOUS SNAKE WHOSE HEAD SHINES LIKE A NEW PENNY
I get this. I was an Army Airborne Scout attached to the 2nd Ranger Battalion in the 80’s for 9 years. I learned how to make Shine in Ga. I love this song
I say the same thing every time. When Steve Earle breaks out the mandolin, you know what time it is.
DEA got a chopper in the air. But he learned a few things from Charlie when he was in Vietnam .
I'm born and raised not far from the area he is singing about. This is real-life stuff. Moonshine is still being made in the mountains and hollers here. You don't want to accidentally walk up on a still. If you do, get out of there fast. Same with a marijuana grow. The feds aren't as hot on busting up stills but it's still a serious crime if you get caught making moonshine so people will go to great lengths to not get caught. My own great-grandfather spent years in jail for making shine. I'm a long time Sub and I never miss one of your reactions. Keep em coming Shon!
Shine was how my great grandad managed to buy my great grandma their first house. Admittedly, that was out in Texas, but yeah, it's still a very real thing.
@maryhenry8635, myself as well. Was born here, and am saddened by what fentanyl has done to our bruyiful little town. My Mama ran a still may years ago and the could not put her in jail...cuz whe sold to the judge lol😂 Now I bet the authorities wish for moon shine and weed over fentanyl and meth!
lived and Elizabethton and most of the shine I got a hold of came from Mountain City, actually used to get it from a preacher up there.
"I didn't see shit just looking for deer around these parts"
Let em know you're just out trying to feed the family, and shit was an accident, you usually get directed elsewhere....but don't be caught around those parts again
One of my favorite stories in American history is that of Lewis Redmon. He was from the Montana near the SC/NC border. His two older brothers were killed fighting for the Confederacy. He made moonshine and then used much of the money he got to pay the taxes for local farms. Government agents called that part of SC “the dark corner” because nobody would ever give them any information. One government agent did successfully find his still but then Lewis Redmon killed him. They finally sent a bunch of agents to confront him. They ended up shooting him 13 times. They left him for dead and walked away. His wife went out and brought him back home and nursed him and got him to a local hospital. As soon as the government found out that he was still alive they sent agents who handcuffed him to his bed and then when he was well enough they took him to a prison in NY. He was so notorious in his time that when they thought that they had killed him it was reported on the front page of The NY Times. To put that in perspective, when they killed Bonny and Clyde it was on page 7. Chester A. Arthur was president and did not want to deal with the hassle of putting such a famous and notorious person on trial so he gave him a presidential pardon. Lewis Redmon then went home and, as prohibition had just ended, managed a legal liquor store and sold his shine legally.
One of the best country-rock songs, ever.
The whisky burning 🔥 is a reference to a still exploding!
You're hearing either bagpipes or the keyboard mimicking the sound of bagpipes throughout the song. Steve Earle is playing the mandoline in the beginning and then the guitar! It IS a true story, and the Copperhead Road sign was stolen so often in Tennessee, they had to change the name of the road! This is bluegrass mountain music with a rock tinge!
Another unique group and song, band from Australia. Midnight Oil, official video "Beds are Burning!" 🔥
My favorite thing about your videos is your good vibes and positive energy ❤
Every time I hear this song, I instantly think of summer, floating down the river (tubing), and beer. It is definitely on the summer playlist of every Southern born river rat!
This song is the waaaaaaayback for me, thank you
That small-ish guitar thing is a mandolin, a classic instrument in bluegrass music.
We always called this style of music "Hillbilly Rock" Fun fact, I put this cd on in my car today! 😊❤
Good for you, rock 🪨 🎸 👍 on brother.
Steve Earle is a wildly talented singer, songwriter, musician and storyteller. Thanks, Shon for reviewing him! ❤His songs can be fast and fun, or heartbreaking ballads that cut right down to your soul. He is criminally underrated because he really fits no specific genre of music. Please listen to more Steve Earle! You won't be disappointed!! ( He also acted on the HBO show 'The Wire')
Definitely recommend checking out more Steve Earle, whenever people tell me they don’t like country or that country isn’t hard enough I show them Steve Earles country rock. He’s got a lot of great songs, snake oil, devils right hand, and I ain’t ever satisfied are all great definitely recommend checking them out.
In keeping with the "Copperhead Road " theme I would add " Johnny Come Lately "
They didnt kill grandaddy, the revenue found his still and busted it is why you could smell the whiskey burning. That's a bagpipe playing which is a nod to the Irish and Scottish settlers who brought over their whiskey making skills when the came to America. Great reaction, Shon!
You're mixing it up.
Revenuer came after Grandaddy's still--headed into the hollow, and never came out.
Daddy was running a weekend load of whiskey to Knoxville, and crashed (probably while being chased by the cops). That's what started the whiskey burning.
Stringed Instrument - Mandolin
The Whiskey burning was from the Sheriff burning the still including the product. They used to save a sample as evidence and burn the rest.
Thanks for the info. I wasn’t sure what they instrument was.
The whiskey burning was from him wrecking with a full load. That Dodge and those like it are the origins of NASCAR.
@wolfdesikan1766
Based on the way things actually worked...
If being chased you never ran back to the still or the house. It would have been unlikely to smell the whiskey in the car burning from Copperhead Road.
If he wrecked, they identified him, came to the house and notified next of kin and found and burned the still that would fit.
That said, it's a song so you could very well be right about the writer's intent. We all have a lense of experience we interpret things through and that effects our perception.
Doesn't really matter in the end.
@@gk5891Not if he was headed out from the holler. Might be the only road into town and onto the highway. But what the fuck do I know, I just grew up on the side of a mountain in West Virginia.
@wolfdesikan1766 I grew up in a similar environment. Like I said it's a song. I'm likely reading to much into the words. Scent and memory have strong associations and burning the still is what lept into my mind.
Normally if they couldn't find the exact spot of the still they would hear you coming off the mountain and set up a road block around a curve and pull out a blocker car right behind you. Of course with radios and multiple cars they normally just get an empty car. Speeds were usually low in those situations. Once you came down off the ridges things could get more exciting.
Nothing wrong with your interpretation.
My grandfather was a government man, that busted steels. Hurt his back really bad back in the mountains, falling. He ended up drinking to kill the pain. He died when I was 1 year old. Such a turn of fate. Busting steels and then drinking. Well I've not busted any steels, but drunk a lot of moonshine. My mother talked about him bustining glasses of moonshine jar and watched it run down the street to the gutter. Wow. this song is very special to me.
Not trying to be that guy, but it's called a still lol.
Steve Earle is a hell of a songwriter. This was his biggest hit by far but his albums are piled high with fantastic songs.
Yup, this song is based on reality back then. Good times mostly
Fun Fact: Steve Earle played Bubbles AA sponsor in "The Wire".
Steve Earle can write great songs.
Southern rock
So very freakin' Southern! So damn proud!
This is one of my top five songs-ever!! It’s about east TN- I live in middle TN. We still can’t have roads named Cooperhead- cause people steal the signs. In my early 20’s , I MIGHT have taken one myself. 💯😂
I'm half Irish on both sides. This gets my Irish up, y'all! 😊
From the 40s through the 70s three of my uncles on my mom's side made moonshine and two uncles on my dad's side made bootleg beer and wine. It made us kids laugh that they all got so riled up about weed. Little did they know that the older kids planted seeds from Colombia and Mexico a couple of acres behind the stills. The local law enforcement knew all about the stills and even drank moonshine with my uncles. The weed was never discovered because no one bothered the stills and the cops saw no need to go near them.
We always called his music rockabilly. To me music is music and the only thing I care about is that it is good. My dad loved classical, mom loved country, and we all loved Elvis who is considered one of the best rockabilly singers. If you think you are hearing a bit of country mixed in, it's rockabilly.
This was my FAVORITE song to line dance to back when I was growing up and then going to the country bars!!!!! I'm 45 now so it's been years but Lordy it was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve is also in The Wire, one of HBOs greatest hits.
This song is played at every club near every Army base i have ever lived at including Germany
I really like how you actually listen to songs and find the meaning behind the lyrics unlike many reactors who just kinda bob their heads to the beat and act like they are jamming to it but never get the true feeling the song was meant to evoke.
You just got yourself another subscription for this video. Good work Brother!
Also I have loved this song since it was released and listen to it at least once a week on my commute to work.
Making me smile ear to ear once again. I’ve watched other reaction videos, you are the best. I don’t even check out anyone else anymore. You are so fun and happy!
A classic! I grew up singing this song..great driving song.
Shon~ I absolutely loved your reaction to this classic. Thank you for playing it. I haven’t listened to this song in probably 15 yrs. It really took me back. I was rockin with you!!!🔥🙌👏
"Him and my uncle tore that engine down". They would modify the engines and re-tune the carbs to run on alcohol. Then just drain what they could spare right outta the gas tank. "You could smell the whiskey burnin' down copperhead road."
Master class in storytelling
Yep..bagpipes..thanks brother for your reaction..loved it...73 year old former marine from south carolina
Grandad was a rumrunner during prohibition but this still is the song that makes me think of stories of him...
I thoroughly enjoyed reliving this classic with you.
My Great Grandfather also was Scots-Irish and yes he and his buddies made moonshine. I miss you Pap❤😂🎉
If you watched the show The Wire, you saw and heard Steve Earle. He played Wayland, Bubbles sponsor. He also sung, Feel Alright on the finale of season 2 and the opening song Down In The Hole on the last season.
Steve Earle was considered southern country rock
One of his best and one of yours, Shon. Thank you. I was happy to see this come up on your new release list.
I love to watch your reviews because you listen to the lyrics and enjoy the entire song, music, lyrics the whole thing. Love your enthusiasm. Rock on!
One of my favourite bands, saw them in concert for the copperhead road album. Awesome.
I love a guy who can love any kind of good music...👍
This is how NASCAR started. Steve is a hard-rockin' Americana artist. Check out "When I Fall" (Transcendental Blues) with his sister Stacey - a tear-jerker of a tune about Steve's prolonged drug addiction.
Dude, you are turning into one of my favorite reactors. Keep up the great work. One song that I haven’t seen too many people react to that is one of the most heartfelt performances of all time… Is “Lover, you should’ve come over” by Jeff Buckley. Give it a spin and be prepared to feel longing and yearning.
Combination of Country and Blues
The song kind of hits home for many.
Although it's sounds completely different the topic is similar and it's also in story form Jim safford's
Wildwood Weed.
Enjoy the journey
Country folk Southern rockabilly. LOL!
one hell of a song, instant classic that one was.
I can tell you this about Steve. He's a weird dude but cool AF. I was in a band with his nephew in the 90's a little after this song put him on the map.
You asked about his style. He was a folk musician and still is. At the time he was transitioning to country but his bad boy image and "topics" he writes about led him to no airplay on country stations but this song was all over rock radio. I hope you listen to more because his story telling like you said is phenomenal.
'you belong to me' is a song of his worth a reaction.
TOMMY BOLIN "DREAMER". Great Dynamics! Great Song.
I know families where this story was absolutely true!!!
my grandaddy made moonshine and my daddy made a run to panama city fl every week to my uncle who lived there and sold it. daddy was the mechanic and driver. when you are running shine there is no such thing as any kind of speed limit. the car sat so low with the weight of the haul that the cops knew the runners so you just put the pedal to the floor and drove. daddy was an electrician during the week but on friday night he left at dark and was back before breakfast. i loved those days.
Grandaddy didn't die. He loaded up the big black dodge with a weekend load then the sheriff got in behind him and the race was on. You could smell moonshine going down Copperhead Road
One of my all-time favorite songs!! I'm from Appalachia and love to hear reactions to anything about our heritage here in Flyover, USA! This is a true story, by the way! And it kicks buttocks! 😃💃🎵
This is a song I love to blast on the interstate, all alone. Love all of it!
Outlaw Country
EVERY TROOP I SERVED WITH IS MY BROTHER !!! COLOR IS NOTHING IN THE GREEN. vet tune.
give Kenny Wayne Sheppard: Blue On Black ...a listen to please
Yes
Yes
Awesome song ❤😊
Great reaction. Yes, bagpipes. Mandolin, guitar. Sort of country/punk.
Whenever I buy/test a new piece of audio equipment this the first song I play because of the wide variety of tones to see how they reproduce and it's just badass
Legend Of Wooly Swamp by Charlie Daniels
"Guitar Town" is another good one.
Listen to Steve Earle ''The Unrepentant''. Or The Western-Based "Tom Ames Prayer". Steve is Great!!
Shon!!
I love that you loved this tune! Great reaction!
I love this tune, the story, the change from mandolin lead to full on rocker. A true slice of Americana.
Cheers Dude😁❤✌
Moonshiners! Then he decided to grow a little weed….. but the law was always after them 😕
I agree…. Great story telling!
Copperhead road runs straight to nascar race track..look it up.
In my top ten songs of ALL TIME.
I always took it that the cops destroyed his still but he was already on the way to sell the last load. Thus, they lost. Daddy won. I’m super stoked about the variety of stuff you share. Thanks.
Steve has a lot of really great songs.His voice is unique, and he is well articulated with his verses,a great writer.I love Guitar Town by him and Satellite Radio,and The Devil's Right Hand.
I think Earle gets pushed around from category to category is a little modern country,folk and blue grass,rock...shake it up well and that's what you've got.
Seems there is some confusion about “ you can smell the whisky burning down copperhead road” when they built the engine in the car “ him and my uncle tore that engine down, I still remember that rumbling sound” it was high compression for performance. They would use the whisky/moonshine as fuel for the cars. Just like ethanol today. The engine ran stronger, cooler and actually cleaner than other cars of that era plus they had a unique exhaust smell.
Believe me when I say, when you go after a moonshiner deep in the holler, kiss your momma goodbye and tell her you love her first, because she ain't never gonna see you again.
Hank Williams Jr. "Country Boys Can Survive" It's a great Outlaw Country song.
SHON,What made you so musically eclectic? I love it man, keep on keepin on!
This genre is called Southern Rock. See the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels ETC.
Another good one by him is "Guitar Town".
The small stringed instrument is a mandolin. Very popular in bluegrass and folk
You could smell whiskey burning down copper head road because they were using whiskey for fuel to outrun the cops, moonshining is how Nascar was Born.
That Baaah Wahhh sound you were wondering about is a steel guitar, and yes that was bagpipes in the beginning, traditional mourning dirge (song) for his daddy and papa
We all need each other. May God bless you
This song kicks so much ass, that even the metal station in my area plays it once in a while. Another rock radio station used to play it every Friday afternoon at 5:00pm, I think, to get the listeners riled up for the weekend.
Bagpipe sound in country? make it so!! This is the most metal country song ever and it never gets old!!
It's a mixture of Country, Rock , Bluegrass with the of bagpipes folk
Also. If you wanna see someone that will blow your mind. “Lights on broadway”. George benson. Pick vid he wearing orange shirt. One of the best guitar players ever. No one seems to remember him.
Just for your amusement, search "female copperhead road", you'll find a listing for copperhead road by a channel called "Amy N' Me"... they do a version, with many changed lyrics, and an "extra verse", which is all told from The Sister's point of view... its fun, it'll make ya smile, and, you'll learn a little more about the Pettimore Family Biz. lol.
Its worth 5 mins of your time.👍🏼✌🏼🇨🇦