Why has this never been made into a movie? It's like literally one of the only songs ever written that would make a perfect movie storyline in and of itself without any other songs or input needed.
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
My grandfather was in Vietnam. I used to live on Copperhead Road. My in laws still do. The county can't keep the sign up. Everytime they put a new one up, someone steals it. LOL!
JOHN PETTIEMORE FUNNY how music mimics life Bag Pipes this song love it g with a life of hanging with the bros growing up a little both worlds fishing the lake accross the street camping in the wilds no bathrooms and prissy showers leared to sqaut early age bathe in the mountain lakes fun nothing like a fresh caught trout or steelhead for dinner pick the wild huckleberry make muffins and campfires coffee for breakfast with Mount Rainer as your sunset and morning veiw hard pressed to find a woman to vaca. this way what I grew up with I don't know much about fancy hotels and restaurants my parents were simple humble people taught to appreciate what we had and experience nature in the raw my son Zeb brought up the same hunts and fishes every chance he gets just got himself a small boat to get the crab and Salmon PNW is so plentiful with good for you wild salmon orange with benfitial oils not the pail pink farm raised ones of the East coast just like cattle who knows what they have done with the genetics right here at home my dad raised two steer free of the shots they give them nowdays one for us and one for resale to pay for the raising in Europe the butchers do not waste anyparts so my mom cooked the tongue at first us kids wouldnt eat it But it smelled good so I tried was so surprised it's actually very good leftovers make good sandwiches sweet meats are out not eating any animals liver gizzard p word or brains lol I don't care what country I'm visting they're out I watched on a traveling TV show they cooked these parts to see if the dumb americans would eat it laughing the whole time Great nation however so young sometimes we not to swift have experienced this my self my trips abroad they say ignorance is bliss sometimes our arrogance proceeds us better to realize we don't know everything goes further in friendships of Foreign lands just like that younger brother or sister not knowing the ways of life yet Is how they see US if you want respect give it change comes with understanding and Knowledge put yourself in others shoes experience their life sometimes I feel I am channeling Masters that have come before and still have much more to say Grand speeches I Have A Dream.. Your Father Has Designed Many Mansions for You To Abide In could this be whole planets? GANDI Mother Teresa Muhammad Buda all have said profound teaching so we may learn who we are HU-MANS-BEING NO ONE BETTER THEN THE OTHER SAME worlds are waiting for us to see and remember who we are ...My nephew can not hurt even a bug finds one in the house caputures it and releases it back to nature if we all had this spirt can you imagine the world this would be I have seen first hand what war oppression greed can do to people why we have to turn that around before its the end of everything knowledge and becoming heart centered is a start just takes ONE monkey to ignite the rest anyone seen 2001 space odyssey back in the day was metafor in the movie one ape teahing another to use a tool to open food once eyes open just forward movement fire needs catalyst a start k said a mouthful here talk for around the water cooler lol went to my local 7/11 shop recently was a group of men there debating they were from nation of India this is what inspiration does peaceful good discussions nasmastay
My husband ran moonshine for his dad many many years ago in the hills of southwest Virginia and was in a bad accident that took his hearing in one ear and put him in a coma for 12 days…bc of this they wouldn’t take him in the draft but everything else about this song fit him to a tee. He’s gone now but he loved this song. RIP Roger 💖💙
if ya can,t defy the gov, this tells ya if ya do ,its what every person wants ,thats why we have nascar,, what a gloriouse win,defy those who want to contain you,it,s more than likely right
@@nudgeunit you are correct sir, I think we are all more alike then we realize.....wish we all as people could figure that out....hope things are well in Nova Scotia
My friend's grandfather actually made moonshine in Georgia way back when.... and we heard this song one day driving down A1A in Daytona Beach Florida during bike week and the crowded streets went wild singing the words to this song. Now we play it every time we go out to the bars here, everyone loves it!!
I still remember the first time I heard this at a school dance. Everyone got up to dance like they'd replayed the Cha Cha Slide. Long story short, sitting entirely too close to the speakers, I fell in love. I get the shivers every time its a surprise on the radio. I will scream along pretty much the entire thing, my volume at full blast, smacking the wheel with my free hand during the "duh duh duh:" bits. Just a few weeks ago, I was sniffing in my car, exhausted and angry after a bad shift, radio on in the background. I recognized it instantly, rolled the dial as high as it would go, and let it wash away the tension.
The song feels so real I feel I'm living it. "I can still remember that rumblin' sound" The Revenue man never came back from C-R... Didn't songs like this used to be called ballads? Edmund Fitzgerald etc...
@@rachaelhardin hears the choppers in the air wake up screaming like I'm backl over there. Yep, though they didn't call it that then. I once saw a Vietnam vet in a parking lot with a gun hiding from Charlie. He didn't hurt anybody bur was completely in Nam in his mind.
not really about PTSD.. The last verse you're referencing is him waking up to the DEA agents choppers flying over his grow operation in the hollers of the same land in Johnson County Tenn. his daddy and granddaddy used to make moonshine. During that moment the sounds & sights reminded him of Vietnam. After serving two tours of Duty in Vietnam, his new plan was using the seed from Colombia and Mexico to grow marijuana disguised by the crops grown up the hollers of Copperhead Road. The same spot he was always warned NOT to go because he would never come back! Also the last "better stay away from copperhead rd" is a warning to the DEA agents to watch their steps because the new defensive skills to guard his grow he learned from "Charlie." It's about his fear & realizing that all the warnings had come true and his family history was repeating itself.
@@BuffaloNickel9 I've personally seen a helicopter and or gunshot bring about PTSD. Waking up screaming has been reported as episodes of PTSD. The song may mean both but it's definitely an element of PTSD.
@@irisheyes2379 the DEA chopper sounds remind him of Vietnam, but the verse is not necessarily all about ptsd, just a reaction to the moment. Hence the nature of folk's reply comments to you. Find his 1998 or 1999 interview. Could there be an element to it that he didn't mention? Yes, Maybe. I see where you're going. I would suggest just enjoying this badass song! Its All good. This is great taste in music. And That we can agree on.
Daddy played this on road trips, and we would play it at home just for a good time sometimes, after stacking wood in the shed. Some childhood memories just stick in one's soul... This song is one of them. ❤🎉🥰
I am absolutely shocked that I never heard this song before now I am a classic rock kind of guy and not a country guy but this has the vibes that could be played anywhere at any time. . What a great song
I am forty years old, and just heard this song for the first time this morning on my way to work. I have never been a fan of very much outlaw country, or Steve Earle but I thought this was a kickass song, and had to come here to get all of the lyrics.
DERP COLEMAN yep. My BF WAS A moon shiner w/ his old man, and the old man' daddy taught him the craft. My BF also ran it from WV from Lincoln county to East Cincinnati . Copper head road is a poetic remembrance for my man. He also enlisted during the LATE Nam years, never was deployed but did earn one-fifty for every jump he made. Many years, many memories of those. Times.
I'm from the North. My bros & sisters are Tennessean. I was known as Yankee down there. Eastern Tennessee is beautiful. I remember driving up the mountain with my bro. Sippin on some shine. Very good memory. This song was playing on repeat the whole time. Sláinte!
I came to the comments expecting a huge debate about whether it is "Big Block Dodge" or "Big Black Dodge". I'm glad everyone seems in agreement that it's Block.
... Hi, I´m from Europe and I just don´t know what Steve Earle is talking about when the county sheriff SHOT A COAT OF PRIMER AND THEN LOOKED INSIDE ... WHAT´S THAT BUSINESS with a COAT of PRIMER all about ?? American Slang ? Southern Meaning I just cannot suss out ?? thanks for your assistance. Best wishes Martin .....
@@martinderry6728 I see the question was 3 years ago but if anyone still wonders -- think it means the WORDS "Johnson County Sheriff" were painted on the side because it was an old police car being auctioned off to the public and now his daddy, the buyer, sprayed paint primer ("shot a coat of primer") to cover the words since it would now just be a regular person's car. Then he "looked inside" to check out what the condition was or what was left inside or something. Or actually, maybe looked inside the engine since that rumbling noise is referred to in the next line.
r.i.p mr. rhoten! thanks for being a part of our family! you have made a huge impact on many kids who grew up with you kicking our butts when we needed it most!
Hahaha I legit love this song so much I had it on repeat day n night :D , I'm sure my neighbours are glad I moved .. Love n light stay bright n beautiful XXX :D
I grew up with a grandfather that once made shine he had a railroad job and fed 5 families ( our close relatives)through the depression he would set up a down and out relative with a cabin and they would grow corn....he only made wine in the 60s when I came along ,later my aunt and uncle talked about helping him bury folks that discovered his still ...mean times ...20s and 30s... had an uncle that survived Vietnam shot down 3 times in 01 bird dog observation planes...he grew up trapping in the swamps and didn't get lost because of his sense of direction saved him after an eleven day escape from the vietcong....my family at one time lived this song...as for the new plan...our seeds didn't do that well but for years I knew folks who made their living on weed...all them old hippies and good biker friends long gone nowadays..just dangerous punks on meth out in the country now.. aint the same..
@@salimsemlali4832 that's interesting. I guess it makes sense because the seed from columbia could very well be coca seeds. But this is highly unlikely because I think it's hard to grow coca, and not only that, it's somewhat difficult to extract the cocaine. I have never heard of a case of someone successfully growing coca in the US
Great song, Matthew, thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of some good ol' days. There was a Copperhead road in my family. You ever had peach shine? Yuuum good,
Lee Ward: served with plenty of y'all in the army (Ranger Regiment & Airborne infantry.)good men.think of west Texas as Appalachia west.lol.blessings sir.
My great-grandfather use to make moonshine, my grandfather and his twin brother helped him carry everything further back up in the mountains from where they lived. My Dad told me that his High School Principal told my Dad that his grandfather made the best shine in the area. He also told my Dad that my Dad was the best football player that walked on the field. My Dad played against Al Davis in high school and made him fumble 5 time and recovered 3 of them and ran one back nearly for a touchdown when Al finally caught him from behind. This was back when Everett High School played against Alcoa High School here in middle east TN, in Blount County. Everett no longer exists, but my Dad was the best player that ever played on that field. He kicked some, long snapped some, did kickoffs, played defensive end, and anywhere else the other team was moving the ball his coach would move my Dad to whatever position was getting taken advantage of. The living legend of MY DAD! His Dad was in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe and covered more ground in battle than any Army had ever covered up to that point and that was real fighting, hedge to hedge, and river crossing to river crossing. If there was a major battle he was there. He also served as a scout behind enemy lines and was a man leading kids trying to teach them toget info and kill Germans without getting yourself cleared. His Dad was in WW1 and I don't know much about him other than ww1 and making shine!
I was at Fort Pillow (COLD CREEK CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) in 1996 and we made him sing copperhead road about 6 or 7 times before we would go back to our cells. It was a blast.
The Johnson County that he mentioned is the place I live, Johnson County Tennessee and the city is Mountain City. The Mason's lodge was a car auction that sold cars a long time ago and is just a few miles from my house.
My family came from the area... Roan mountain. I lived on Buck Mountain for some time.. Still kept my land. This is soul music to me. Every male in my family has made whiskey at one time or another, including me. I'll be teaching my 3 girls, Nephew, and anyone else how to make it. This is a dying art and should be passed on.
@therockkkkher There is. Unfortunately, it had to be renamed Copperhead Hollow Road due to theft of the road sign (but it didn't stop the issue). If you look up Copperhead Hollow Road, Mtn City, TN, it will pull it up on Google Maps. My father has also posted a video on UA-cam of a drive down the road. Due to copyright issues, he couldn't put the video with the actual song though.
Matthew was jacked at 200K views and gave his thanks. Huh. How bout that. Be grateful for what you have and more will be given,.so now, over 1.7 million. Helps to pay bills AND enjoy a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.
Reminds me of E. Tennessee. Loved it other than the weather. My brother lived in Rogerville. They called his road copperhead road. The field were loaded. I stayed in a camper further out. Spent the 6 months drinking shine and getting in to fights I was a Yankee. Ironic though considering both sides of my family are from Tennessee. Ancestry even fought for the Confederate. Some are nice down there other hate northerners.
One hella music and lyrics experience! Ain't never been on Copperhead road but the vision, I just can just see it, being chased by the feds! Damn good song! 😎
I live in an old moonshiner's house... small town, rural South Carolina... The garage... ya, you can feel it... the tail tell signs...old but still there...just look... Heard stories from the older neighbor's...big woods in the back, dirt road's...big rock quarry, fresh water... He drove a Dodge... Dang it...
Amen beautéful muzic came too me after my brother charlie gurney pass on Dec./2020 . rest in peace brother charlie Gurney hugz love u all time miss you Wak hugz Amen
I know only 2 songs from Steve Earle which i heard on the radio when i lived in New Zealand in 1990, one was this classic and the other was 'the other kind' i think it was called.
It's a song you hear as a kid. Then you become an adult, and realise the effort that went into this piece of art.
thats this song n blue on black to me from Johnny Lang
There was a song, about revenue man confiscated these ol boys crops. At the end they're waving goodbye. " Sitting there on there sack of seeds.!"
I totally 💯 agree grant
So fricken true
I get what you're saying, I think I was around 24 when I first heard this song.
Why has this never been made into a movie? It's like literally one of the only songs ever written that would make a perfect movie storyline in and of itself without any other songs or input needed.
I feel like all the pieces of the story have been in movies alot, maybe just not the same one lol
The movie Lawless dude
@@MarkDownes-bo2ox 💯
It’s called Lawless
Where is Copperhead Road located?
I've played this song tons over recent decades while growing weed. My farmer/moonshiner/saxophonist grandpa from Kansas used to sell liquor at hall dances his band played. He said no matter how bad things got people still needed entertainment. They would often play for a share of the donation hat that got passed at the event and a cut of the booze profits, often payed in barter because nobody had much cash. Grandma said Grandpa's still and his sax kept them alive during the dust-bowl and depression.
Wow! What an awesome story!!! ❤️ Thank you for sharing that!!
Fuck the government that ain't why we had a revolution
@@markgremillion6452GOLD
epic
Brilliant, thank you :)
My grandfather was in Vietnam. I used to live on Copperhead Road. My in laws still do. The county can't keep the sign up. Everytime they put a new one up, someone steals it. LOL!
Meto
My Dad served two tours of duty in Vietnan
One in Korea before that. I completely Support the Heroes!
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Yeah they couldn't keep people from stealing the signs so they changed the name to Copperhead Hollow Road.
JOHN PETTIEMORE FUNNY how music mimics life Bag Pipes this song love it g with a life of hanging with the bros growing up a little both worlds fishing the lake accross the street camping in the wilds no bathrooms and prissy showers leared to sqaut early age bathe in the mountain lakes fun nothing like a fresh caught trout or steelhead for dinner pick the wild huckleberry make muffins and campfires coffee for breakfast with Mount Rainer as your sunset and morning veiw hard pressed to find a woman to vaca. this way what I grew up with I don't know much about fancy hotels and restaurants my parents were simple humble people taught to appreciate what we had and experience nature in the raw my son Zeb brought up the same hunts and fishes every chance he gets just got himself a small boat to get the crab and Salmon PNW is so plentiful with good for you wild salmon orange with benfitial oils not the pail pink farm raised ones of the East coast just like cattle who knows what they have done with the genetics right here at home my dad raised two steer free of the shots they give them nowdays one for us and one for resale to pay for the raising in Europe the butchers do not waste anyparts so my mom cooked the tongue at first us kids wouldnt eat it But it smelled good so I tried was so surprised it's actually very good leftovers make good sandwiches sweet meats are out not eating any animals liver gizzard p word or brains lol I don't care what country I'm visting they're out I watched on a traveling TV show they cooked these parts to see if the dumb americans would eat it laughing the whole time Great nation however so young sometimes we not to swift have experienced this my self my trips abroad they say ignorance is bliss sometimes our arrogance proceeds us better to realize we don't know everything goes further in friendships of Foreign lands just like that younger brother or sister not knowing the ways of life yet Is how they see US if you want respect give it change comes with understanding and Knowledge put yourself in others shoes experience their life sometimes I feel I am channeling Masters that have come before and still have much more to say Grand speeches I Have A Dream.. Your Father Has Designed Many Mansions for You To Abide In could this be whole planets? GANDI Mother Teresa Muhammad Buda all have said profound teaching so we may learn who we are HU-MANS-BEING NO ONE BETTER THEN THE OTHER SAME worlds are waiting for us to see and remember who we are ...My nephew can not hurt even a bug finds one in the house caputures it and releases it back to nature if we all had this spirt can you imagine the world this would be I have seen first hand what war oppression greed can do to people why we have to turn that around before its the end of everything knowledge and becoming heart centered is a start just takes ONE monkey to ignite the rest anyone seen 2001 space odyssey back in the day was metafor in the movie one ape teahing another to use a tool to open food once eyes open just forward movement fire needs catalyst a start k said a mouthful here talk for around the water cooler lol went to my local 7/11 shop recently was a group of men there debating they were from nation of India this is what inspiration does peaceful good discussions nasmastay
My husband ran moonshine for his dad many many years ago in the hills of southwest Virginia and was in a bad accident that took his hearing in one ear and put him in a coma for 12 days…bc of this they wouldn’t take him in the draft but everything else about this song fit him to a tee. He’s gone now but he loved this song. RIP Roger 💖💙
Grew up in franklin county, we ran it lol.
The more I listen to this song... The more I love it... Raw honesty.
Raw as slaw
Same I absolutely love this song
The sound is so unique, can't get enough of it!
It's like Irish heavy metal. Like Eluviete
if ya can,t defy the gov, this tells ya if ya do ,its what every person wants ,thats why we have nascar,, what a gloriouse win,defy those who want to contain you,it,s more than likely right
I agree
Bagpipes always get me... always have. Have you seen the Scottish Highlanders in a parade? Wow.
@@billtimmos1087 NASCAR Went from Bootleggers to Bootlickers. RIP #3
Never really appreciated this song until my adult years. Now, it resonates deep with me.
This is my home, and I've known several people to run a little shine, or grow a little smoke....Love the Appalachian Mountains.
Amen. Brewing shine is what brought me here
Howdy from a Texan from Dallas....to an Appalachian friend.
Moonshiner.
@@carlvieira9649 Howdy.....How bout them Cowboys!
Hello from Nova Scotia, more similarities between the land and people here and you guys than alot of folks realize I think...some of us see it tho.
@@nudgeunit you are correct sir, I think we are all more alike then we realize.....wish we all as people could figure that out....hope things are well in Nova Scotia
My friend's grandfather actually made moonshine in Georgia way back when.... and we heard this song one day driving down A1A in Daytona Beach Florida during bike week and the crowded streets went wild singing the words to this song. Now we play it every time we go out to the bars here, everyone loves it!!
I don't always listen to country...
but when I do, there's always Steve Earle...
This is actually a southern rock
It wasn't intended to be a country song
WOW! I never thought of this song as red neck noise.
I still remember the first time I heard this at a school dance. Everyone got up to dance like they'd replayed the Cha Cha Slide. Long story short, sitting entirely too close to the speakers, I fell in love. I get the shivers every time its a surprise on the radio. I will scream along pretty much the entire thing, my volume at full blast, smacking the wheel with my free hand during the "duh duh duh:" bits. Just a few weeks ago, I was sniffing in my car, exhausted and angry after a bad shift, radio on in the background. I recognized it instantly, rolled the dial as high as it would go, and let it wash away the tension.
The song feels so real I feel I'm living it. "I can still remember that rumblin' sound" The Revenue man never came back from
C-R... Didn't songs like this used to be called ballads? Edmund Fitzgerald etc...
My uncle use to listen to this song when it first came out. It brings back so many good memories. R.I.P Jim...
This song is so profound. Never understood till I got older. The last part is about PTSD. Wow, a masterpiece!
.. a little bit
@@rachaelhardin hears the choppers in the air wake up screaming like I'm backl over there. Yep, though they didn't call it that then. I once saw a Vietnam vet in a parking lot with a gun hiding from Charlie. He didn't hurt anybody bur was completely in Nam in his mind.
not really about PTSD.. The last verse you're referencing is him waking up to the DEA agents choppers flying over his grow operation in the hollers of the same land in Johnson County Tenn. his daddy and granddaddy used to make moonshine. During that moment the sounds & sights reminded him of Vietnam.
After serving two tours of Duty in Vietnam, his new plan was using the seed from Colombia and Mexico to grow marijuana disguised by the crops grown up the hollers of Copperhead Road. The same spot he was always warned NOT to go because he would never come back!
Also the last "better stay away from copperhead rd" is a warning to the DEA agents to watch their steps because the new defensive skills to guard his grow he learned from "Charlie."
It's about his fear & realizing that all the warnings had come true and his family history was repeating itself.
@@BuffaloNickel9 I've personally seen a helicopter and or gunshot bring about PTSD. Waking up screaming has been reported as episodes of PTSD. The song may mean both but it's definitely an element of PTSD.
@@irisheyes2379 the DEA chopper sounds remind him of Vietnam, but the verse is not necessarily all about ptsd, just a reaction to the moment. Hence the nature of folk's reply comments to you. Find his 1998 or 1999 interview.
Could there be an element to it that he didn't mention? Yes, Maybe. I see where you're going.
I would suggest just enjoying this badass song! Its All good. This is great taste in music. And That we can agree on.
Still to this day one of The Best Story Telling Songs ever written.
Daddy played this on road trips, and we would play it at home just for a good time sometimes, after stacking wood in the shed.
Some childhood memories just stick in one's soul... This song is one of them. ❤🎉🥰
This song is well written tells a story of life for so many men in the 1960s and 1970s at Vietnam. THE BRAVE AND THANK YOU TO OUR VETS!
Yes, thank you for killing Vietnamese farmers. Really saved us from that one. 🙄
Love the strings and the bagpipe chords, the lyrics and the feel. Reminds me the hills were settled by the Scotch-Irish. This is GREAT!
Scots Irish, please!
We are not a bottle of Whiskey.
Johnson County, TN. A beautiful county for such an amazing history that was a mix of folklore and real family history. Gotta love East Tennessee
East Tennessee.. Johnson county? Something's twisted.
I am absolutely shocked that I never heard this song before now I am a classic rock kind of guy and not a country guy but this has the vibes that could be played anywhere at any time. . What a great song
I am forty years old, and just heard this song for the first time this morning on my way to work. I have never been a fan of very much outlaw country, or Steve Earle but I thought this was a kickass song, and had to come here to get all of the lyrics.
DERP COLEMAN yep. My BF WAS A moon shiner w/ his old man, and the old man' daddy taught him the craft. My BF also ran it from WV from Lincoln county to East Cincinnati . Copper head road is a poetic remembrance for my man.
He also enlisted during the LATE
Nam years, never was deployed but did earn one-fifty for every jump he made. Many years, many memories of those. Times.
sad n u vote for trump n call yourself american ..... LMFAO
+Rohin Anand ......piss off , Trump kicks ass. Gets shit done
whhhaaaaaattttt people call this country but it really falls with classic rock
Welcome to Southern Rock
I'm from the North. My bros & sisters are Tennessean. I was known as Yankee down there. Eastern Tennessee is beautiful. I remember driving up the mountain with my bro. Sippin on some shine. Very good memory. This song was playing on repeat the whole time. Sláinte!
I'm 63 now, from South Africa. I just heard this song, now I play it over n over. Love this song. Gonna play this song on my next disco I'll be doin
My husband is from copperhead road in East Tennessee, so this song is naturally played every day in our house.
Joe and Betty in VT, both 80, heard Copperhead Road, great singing and music, play it every morning with our coffee!
I came to the comments expecting a huge debate about whether it is "Big Block Dodge" or "Big Black Dodge". I'm glad everyone seems in agreement that it's Block.
Don't listen or sing (karaoke) to country music but I love this song. That irish/bagpipe element draws me to it
Thank you for your service men and women God bless
I volunteered for the army on my birthday! Happy birthday happy birthday!!! Love doing this line dance at the bar!!!! 🤪🤪🤪🥰
@Steve Earle so welcome!!!! Love this song! Lol
This was my great uncle Barry’s favourite song, just played it to remember the good memories. ❤️✨
I haven't heard this in ages, something made me think of it again, and now I must listen at least three times! Love it.
I love Steve’s music , there’s always a story and a strong feeling of the ordinary person, love that cool drawl too .
... Hi, I´m from Europe and I just don´t know what Steve Earle is talking about when the county sheriff
SHOT A COAT OF PRIMER AND THEN LOOKED INSIDE ... WHAT´S THAT BUSINESS with a COAT of PRIMER all about ?? American Slang ? Southern Meaning I just cannot suss out ??
thanks for your assistance. Best wishes Martin .....
@@martinderry6728 I see the question was 3 years ago but if anyone still wonders -- think it means the WORDS "Johnson County Sheriff" were painted on the side because it was an old police car being auctioned off to the public and now his daddy, the buyer, sprayed paint primer ("shot a coat of primer") to cover the words since it would now just be a regular person's car. Then he "looked inside" to check out what the condition was or what was left inside or something. Or actually, maybe looked inside the engine since that rumbling noise is referred to in the next line.
r.i.p mr. rhoten! thanks for being a part of our family! you have made a huge impact on many kids who grew up with you kicking our butts when we needed it most!
Top 5 underated song of the last 40 years.
Hahaha I legit love this song so much I had it on repeat day n night :D , I'm sure my neighbours are glad I moved .. Love n light stay bright n beautiful XXX :D
only here because we're doing line dancing for a PE assignment
@@lyrajin8815 haha you’ll appreciate this jam one day in the near future; I hope 🤟
Southern Rock .............wat more can I say......
I Still remember that rumblin sound.
I love the pipes!!
I grew up with a grandfather that once made shine he had a railroad job and fed 5 families ( our close relatives)through the depression he would set up a down and out relative with a cabin and they would grow corn....he only made wine in the 60s when I came along ,later my aunt and uncle talked about helping him bury folks that discovered his still ...mean times ...20s and 30s... had an uncle that survived Vietnam shot down 3 times in 01 bird dog observation planes...he grew up trapping in the swamps and didn't get lost because of his sense of direction saved him after an eleven day escape from the vietcong....my family at one time lived this song...as for the new plan...our seeds didn't do that well but for years I knew folks who made their living on weed...all them old hippies and good biker friends long gone nowadays..just dangerous punks on meth out in the country now.. aint the same..
We did it lane!! I will ride this ride as long as it takes for you brother!!
I mean bagpipes and a banjo - genius. Who produced this ❓👏👏
love it I grew up on Copperhead rd its a real place
"Charlie" used to be a term used by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War as roughly a catch-all for enemy forces
In case you's was unaware
My boy went from Whiskey to Weed...Diversification ,
Ain't putting all his eggs in one basket..Smart businessman..😎😎
I always thought of it as coke not weed
True that good business sense
@@salimsemlali4832 that's interesting. I guess it makes sense because the seed from columbia could very well be coca seeds. But this is highly unlikely because I think it's hard to grow coca, and not only that, it's somewhat difficult to extract the cocaine. I have never heard of a case of someone successfully growing coca in the US
This song is an inspiration to me to write... always liked Steve Earle
Thank for playing Steve Earl, what an awesome fucking song.
Never got to meet my one grandpa. But the tune is a classic to this day.. to bad people are crappy a lot lately
Love the song it was my uncle's funeral song i miss him R.I.P uncle
Absolutely Brilliant raw and timeless classic...
Great song, Matthew, thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of some good ol' days. There was a Copperhead road in my family. You ever had peach shine? Yuuum good,
Got plum shine up here in Canada
Great song and now I caught all the lyrics it's even more better-er!
Always liked this song but never listened to the lyric in detail. Like it even more now!
the intro to the song is my ringtone,, ❤ hello Johnson City.. my ex's family is from there, he passed away in 1990
best and only country song on my repeat button.!! love you Steve Earle xxiiiiiiii never gets old ..
Welcome HOME, Vietnam Veterans- Thank you for serving OUR Country
My daddy served 1968-70
Krypto Knyght
God bless your Daddy, I am a Veteran of the Cold War so I don't put myself in his category. Your Daddy is a Hero to me.
Top Secret ijj
17 year war for what?
God bless all veterans but it was a pointless war and young Americans got dragged into it. War Pigs should be ashamed of themselves
Mesmerizing !❤
Lee Ward: served with plenty of y'all in the army (Ranger Regiment & Airborne infantry.)good men.think of west Texas as Appalachia west.lol.blessings sir.
My great-grandfather use to make moonshine, my grandfather and his twin brother helped him carry everything further back up in the mountains from where they lived. My Dad told me that his High School Principal told my Dad that his grandfather made the best shine in the area. He also told my Dad that my Dad was the best football player that walked on the field. My Dad played against Al Davis in high school and made him fumble 5 time and recovered 3 of them and ran one back nearly for a touchdown when Al finally caught him from behind. This was back when Everett High School played against Alcoa High School here in middle east TN, in Blount County. Everett no longer exists, but my Dad was the best player that ever played on that field. He kicked some, long snapped some, did kickoffs, played defensive end, and anywhere else the other team was moving the ball his coach would move my Dad to whatever position was getting taken advantage of. The living legend of MY DAD! His Dad was in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe and covered more ground in battle than any Army had ever covered up to that point and that was real fighting, hedge to hedge, and river crossing to river crossing. If there was a major battle he was there. He also served as a scout behind enemy lines and was a man leading kids trying to teach them toget info and kill Germans without getting yourself cleared. His Dad was in WW1 and I don't know much about him other than ww1 and making shine!
Been listening to this awesome song from the beginning, top notch production!!!
LOVE THIS SONG!!! Its used in the recent 2017 film "Only The Brave"
I love the opening scene in the video when it shows that old Dodge coming up over the hill with the old man in it, yeah that's badass!!
I always thought he said, "Tropicana Sheriff painted on the side". TY :)
I heard it as a child it made me persue my current profession growing bud
I was at Fort Pillow (COLD CREEK CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) in 1996 and we made him sing copperhead road about 6 or 7 times before we would go back to our cells. It was a blast.
I'm an x Phoenix cop and I live this song. 28 yrs. Retired..
Wallace Geller fuckkin dog
Pig
It's songs like these that make me wish I wasn't Canadian and was born in the Appalachian mountains 😞
The Johnson County that he mentioned is the place I live, Johnson County Tennessee and the city is Mountain City. The Mason's lodge was a car auction that sold cars a long time ago and is just a few miles from my house.
Johnson County is a beautiful place, Macon County here.
My family came from the area... Roan mountain. I lived on Buck Mountain for some time.. Still kept my land. This is soul music to me. Every male in my family has made whiskey at one time or another, including me. I'll be teaching my 3 girls, Nephew, and anyone else how to make it. This is a dying art and should be passed on.
Amy Swiney Man I'm hearing that Melbourne Australia Respect that
Sweet I love playing this song on my guitar it's fun to play
@therockkkkher There is. Unfortunately, it had to be renamed Copperhead Hollow Road due to theft of the road sign (but it didn't stop the issue). If you look up Copperhead Hollow Road, Mtn City, TN, it will pull it up on Google Maps. My father has also posted a video on UA-cam of a drive down the road. Due to copyright issues, he couldn't put the video with the actual song though.
What a fantastic song! Steve Earl is terrific, a superb job. Thank you for posting
Not just art, but a synopsis of America during and after the Vietnam war. A song about we cope
I love the pipes!!
Matthew was jacked at 200K views and gave his thanks. Huh. How bout that. Be grateful for what you have and more will be given,.so now, over 1.7 million.
Helps to pay bills AND enjoy a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.
I don't always listen to Copperhead Road, but when I do, so does my whole friggin' zip code.
You would think that didn't go to his trailer although they did come to my trailer last night ..why he is a swat man .. Amen
Reminds me of E. Tennessee. Loved it other than the weather. My brother lived in Rogerville. They called his road copperhead road. The field were loaded. I stayed in a camper further out. Spent the 6 months drinking shine and getting in to fights I was a Yankee. Ironic though considering both sides of my family are from Tennessee. Ancestry even fought for the Confederate. Some are nice down there other hate northerners.
It’s 2020 and this 12 year old still and always will love this song
Song came out in 1988, it's 32 years old.
I Still remember that rumblin sound.
+087mail That uncle knew a thing or two about engines!
One hella music and lyrics experience! Ain't never been on Copperhead road but the vision, I just can just see it, being chased by the feds! Damn good song! 😎
Thanks for posting the great lyrics to this song: like many great songs, it's hard to make out very word.....
a good song never dies
Thanks Matt,wicked!!
Great song and lyrics matthew....
Good song, reminds me of my childhood!
Same here!! It's a bittersweet feeling for me though. My childhood was pretty traumatic.
this song tells a great story
Southern Rock .............wat more can I say......
love this song. Me and my dad listen to this song together all the time😘
I live in an old moonshiner's house... small town, rural South Carolina...
The garage... ya, you can feel it... the tail tell signs...old but still there...just look...
Heard stories from the older neighbor's...big woods in the back, dirt road's...big rock quarry, fresh water...
He drove a Dodge...
Dang it...
Thanks for posting this classic!
If your listening to this in 2022 and you're a 2000's baby or younger, you're a legend.
Makes me miss the good ol days
If you went to school in Midwest Texas and didn't have this song playing at every school dance, you weren't really in Texas
this song tells a great story
I Still remember that rumblin sound.
Love it !!! All the way down in NZ
no need to thank us, thank Steve for making killer music
This is genius! I know what Copperhead Road is. Southern girl.
So i guess you didnt stay away from it as you were instructed?
Duh! That would be NO when I was too young to know better.
Gr8 job Mat The Few would be proud
Love this song and also love how the pogues are the backing band
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I can line dance to this its easy to do....
Hennesey Kryston Bout that River Game tho?
+Matthew Lake really good song and even better timing
+Matthew Lake really good song and even better timing
What a song what a story, this is brilliant music .THANKYOU.
Fantastic. 😊😀😂🤣😌
Thanks for posting the lyrics! So many verses I've been singing wrong all these years haha
Me too lol
Amen beautéful muzic came too me after my brother charlie gurney pass on Dec./2020 . rest in peace brother charlie Gurney hugz love u all time miss you Wak hugz Amen
I know only 2 songs from Steve Earle which i heard on the radio when i lived in New Zealand in 1990, one was this classic and the other was 'the other kind' i think it was called.
this song tells a great story
a great story!!!!
Fucken aye and captures a whole buitifull culture of mountain men and women
No it tells the best story
You should listen to don’t take the girl then
@@adambamf9365 mountain dew was another name for it.