My Uncle Don used to sing this song to me when I was a baby - he was a great man and stepped into the place my father should have filled. This is the closest rendition I could find to his version, thank you so much for putting this out there. He passed today and I'm hoping he's having a rye in heaven.
Paul, I'm sure that your Uncle is blessed knowing he filled an important role in your life. I'm sure you're a better man than most, just because he took time to be with you. How great to know our love here on earth never ends! Blessings to you!
Paul I'm so sorry you lost someone so cool, and so warm. Obviously it happens to us all, but it's still effing sheety when it comes to pass. I'm going to think about a total stranger next time I have a Rye. Cheers 🥂 Uncle Don.
My Grandpa came from Kentucky to visit me a week ago. It's the second time this year that he's come up for a visit, before that, I unfortunately hadn't seen him in 10 years, I was 14 the last time I saw him previous to these past two visits. When you're a teenager, you just don't appreciate the stories, the wisdom, and knowledge that old guys like him have, and when I say old, I mean old, he'll be 98 in July!!! I live at my Uncles farm in Michigan, my twin sister and I take care of a lot of the duties around here while he works, he's a truck driver, ex Marine. But my full time job is a neighboring farm, pretty big place, 87 acres, so there is a lot to do pretty much year round. There is cattle, dairy, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and horses, as well as we grow hay for feed, wheat, and oats, as well as having 15 acres of personal crop for potatoes, corn, and other assorted veg. My Grandpa is very spry for his age, and when I woke up at 430 to get ready for work, he was already up and informed me he was coming with me lol. He knows so many stories and folk songs (he's got a Scottish accent) and one of the songs he sang while he helped me cut, and then weld (because I'm not very good at it) was Rye Whiskey, among many other songs he calls "mouth music" One story he told me was about a massacre in Glencoe Scotland when Clan Campbell slaughtered one of the Clan Donald's. I was born and raised in LA until my parents passed away when I was 21, and although that was the hardest thing I've ever had to go through, I am in love with my new life here, and so glad to be away from the disgusting big city life. Now that my Grandpa is back in my life, I'm enjoying every minute of his good company. Oh, and he has some home made whiskey that you don't need very much of at the end of the day to make you a little tipsy, at least for me lol. Cheers, great rendition of this song!
@@DanDDirges Thank you, I really enjoyed the way you performed the song. Apologies for rambling in my comment lol, I seem to attach memories, both recent and old to music. A bit of an over-share maybe? Cheers:)
Reminds me of better times. Remember going to the hardware store on Thursdays when the guys that played music came in to pick and sing and hang out. Back when grandpa and dad where both still around.
Oh my !!... It's been 60+ years since I danced around dad's bar-b-q singing this !..and you know a kid's favorite line was about the duck.. Hah !...such a treat to hear it again...thank you..🌿🌿🌿
This song made me cry, but in a good way. My Grandma died yesterday and we always sang this song together. Neither one of us could sing but, man, we loved doing it. I wish I could have played this for her. She would have loved your voice! Thank you for this song.
As a not native English speaking worldcitizen i enjoyed this performance very much. The singing, the tasteful guitar and the written lyrics made this to a feast for me. Thnx !!
One of the best renditions of this song that I have ever heard. The change to minor cords turns it from a random rabble rouser ditty to a poignant tale of woe.
When I was five years old I heard this sung on the radio by Ernest Tubb. This was 1948. I loved the song because I thought he was saying my name. My name is Shirley (and he he actually sang surely). This rendition is great! Thank you.
Might be the best version of this song I’ve heard, completely different from other versions of this song I’ve heard. Almost heart wrenching in a way. I love it
I gotta say Dan you've got a great gift and an amazing voice Sir Sounds like you've had it rough and it comes out through your voice. I found this song because I was listening to a Pirate Shanty version and its great but I wanted to find a country Johnny Cash like folk version with lyrics and yours came right up. I've been reading my Bible and listening to your songs because I'm going through a rough patch and they're helping me stay straight on my path. Thank you Dan, you're something special✌
I love your version of this so much, Dan. Puts me on the verge of crying while smiling, as all the best performances of poignant traditionals do. Just wonderful stuff.
@@DanDDirges Love the changes. That's what I try to do with many of my favorite standards too--as best I can--not to make them sad, but to kind of peel away the smiley "old timey" veneer that has built up on so many of them, and to make it easier to hear and feel what I consider to be the pathos that is in them and makes them so great but heartbreaking in the first place. You did that wonderfully with this one.
@@sethmountain Thanks Seth! That`s what I try for too. It`s a bit of a risk to play them the way you feel them and not exactly like on the old records. Some might say, hey that ain`t how she goes but maybe some can dig it and are drawn back in. Your Pretty Crowin` Chicken and SO many others are truly incredible interpretations and performances. Right now your version of, Holy Old Fool is killing me. LOVE that song! It took a minute for me to get it. I like the Bill Jolliff original too!
Here is a tutorial on how I play Rye Whiskey on the guitar. I`ve had a recent request for it as well as others in the past. Hopefully this helps somebody. ua-cam.com/video/iUOJaHJuLps/v-deo.html I have a banjo version posted as well. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/xJeKMl301xw/v-deo.html
How the sam hill i ever missed this I don't know. Dan, I wouldn't be worth my salt if I neglected to say how truly great your version of this old time number is. Thank you and I certainly my hope all is well.
extremely beautfiful rendition by you dan! I loved this! and u can sing a 6 minute song and make it seem short! always enjoy listening to u so much my friend!
The song could have had another twenty verses - no second to long. I guess if you sing the phone book, it is just as exciting to listen to you, Dan ;-)
i have some original lyrics that i wrote in the tune of this song its a 26 or a 60 oh rye whiskey i cry well i reach for that bottle when my whistle is dry when i'm feeling lonley and im down on my luck well there's no time for tears boy id rather get drunk oh boy she left me and ive had a bad day so ill swig that rye whiskey and wash it away.
I used to listen to a version of this when I was a kid, I once found it here on UA-cam but it seems to have been removed, I think it appeared on a Country album in the year 2000, not sure who sang it, any help is appreciated.
That was excellent, the best and most complete version I have ever heard!!! However as a musician, I see you mention it's in 3/4 time, I know I'm nit picking but it's actually 6/8 time. But that's just a stupid side note for music nerds, all-in-all, EXCELLENT! You also have to be a bit of a song historian to really appreciate it, this song goes back a long way!
@@DanDDirges The difference is the beginning of the measure. And that matters because of the timing of the words. If you count it out you'll see the emphasis (down beat/chord changes) are on every other measure in 3/4 time. That's because it's in 6/8 time, the new measure starts every 6 beats, not 3. You'll see it's smoother when you count it out to 6 and you don't start singing in the middle of a measure either. Nit picking, great job!!!
@@DanDDirges Now that I'm listening to it again, the proper way to count it is ONE, 2, 3, FOUR, 5, 6. You're alternate bass note is on the 4. The four can't be the one, you don't lead a measure with a alternate bass note.
this is the best version of this song
It was a fantastic welcoming party Sean, Uncle and Javier .. aint it?
Quack quack
Man, I never thought my family would crumble. Having it happen twice is heartbreaking.
My Uncle Don used to sing this song to me when I was a baby - he was a great man and stepped into the place my father should have filled. This is the closest rendition I could find to his version, thank you so much for putting this out there. He passed today and I'm hoping he's having a rye in heaven.
Paul, I'm sure that your Uncle is blessed knowing he filled an important role in your life. I'm sure you're a better man than most, just because he took time to be with you. How great to know our love here on earth never ends! Blessings to you!
Paul I'm so sorry you lost someone so cool,
and so warm.
Obviously it happens to us all,
but it's still effing sheety when it comes to pass.
I'm going to think about a total stranger next time I have a Rye.
Cheers 🥂 Uncle Don.
My Grandpa came from Kentucky to visit me a week ago. It's the second time this year that he's come up for a visit, before that, I unfortunately hadn't seen him in 10 years, I was 14 the last time I saw him previous to these past two visits. When you're a teenager, you just don't appreciate the stories, the wisdom, and knowledge that old guys like him have, and when I say old, I mean old, he'll be 98 in July!!! I live at my Uncles farm in Michigan, my twin sister and I take care of a lot of the duties around here while he works, he's a truck driver, ex Marine. But my full time job is a neighboring farm, pretty big place, 87 acres, so there is a lot to do pretty much year round. There is cattle, dairy, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and horses, as well as we grow hay for feed, wheat, and oats, as well as having 15 acres of personal crop for potatoes, corn, and other assorted veg. My Grandpa is very spry for his age, and when I woke up at 430 to get ready for work, he was already up and informed me he was coming with me lol. He knows so many stories and folk songs (he's got a Scottish accent) and one of the songs he sang while he helped me cut, and then weld (because I'm not very good at it) was Rye Whiskey, among many other songs he calls "mouth music" One story he told me was about a massacre in Glencoe Scotland when Clan Campbell slaughtered one of the Clan Donald's. I was born and raised in LA until my parents passed away when I was 21, and although that was the hardest thing I've ever had to go through, I am in love with my new life here, and so glad to be away from the disgusting big city life. Now that my Grandpa is back in my life, I'm enjoying every minute of his good company. Oh, and he has some home made whiskey that you don't need very much of at the end of the day to make you a little tipsy, at least for me lol. Cheers, great rendition of this song!
Thank you! A little rye whiskey in moderation can help us get the the hard times for sure but your playing with the devil if you go overboard
@@DanDDirges Thank you, I really enjoyed the way you performed the song. Apologies for rambling in my comment lol, I seem to attach memories, both recent and old to music. A bit of an over-share maybe? Cheers:)
I have listened to many versions of this song. You are the best I love it and will save it for my funeral. No discontent meant love this song.
Thanks Festus! I`m glad you like it!
Not only will I play it at the funeral, I'll probably have it early so I can drink some rye whiskey with 'em.
Agreed, i first heard this song as a campfire song from an old shiner, and heard many varied renditions since, but this is excellent.
Nice hat. Is it Cossack?
@@RubbaDubbaDooskie It is a beaver skin hat with the tail. It is warm.
I remember my Dad singing this when I was a kid in the 40's and 50's......love it.
This song sounds familiar...
I know right.. WAIT ARTHUR!?
Cringe
Boah
*QUACK QUACK*
Red dead reded 2. And cardboard cowboy.
Reminds me of better times. Remember going to the hardware store on Thursdays when the guys that played music came in to pick and sing and hang out.
Back when grandpa and dad where both still around.
Just wonderful. Best wishes from the land of Ireland 🇮🇪
Oh my !!...
It's been 60+ years since I danced around dad's bar-b-q singing this !..and you know a kid's favorite line was about the duck..
Hah !...such a treat to hear it again...thank you..🌿🌿🌿
"They say I drink whisky my money's my own, all who don't like me can leave me alone" I love that song
This song made me cry, but in a good way. My Grandma died yesterday and we always sang this song together. Neither one of us could sing but, man, we loved doing it. I wish I could have played this for her. She would have loved your voice! Thank you for this song.
You wrote this 4 months ago, but I am sorry to hear it.
It's funny how this song can commemorate passing - and celebrate life.
When I was a small child my grandmother would sing this song to me, then my mother. It's crazy to hear others sing it
As a not native English speaking worldcitizen i enjoyed this performance very much. The singing, the tasteful guitar and the written lyrics made this to a feast for me. Thnx !!
One of the best renditions of this song that I have ever heard. The change to minor cords turns it from a random rabble rouser ditty to a poignant tale of woe.
Best version ever. It's real.
Thank you! These old folk songs are so great!
You sir have brought me to tears...many times...just today alone....
Alll the way from sunny Scotland i love All your music, thank you😊
Thank you! Such an amazing song! I`m a big fan of Scottish ballads btw!
When I was five years old I heard this sung on the radio by Ernest Tubb. This was 1948. I loved the song because I thought he was saying my name. My name is Shirley (and he he actually sang surely). This rendition is great! Thank you.
Daddy's favorite song. God, I miss him.
Great rendition good sir.
My Dad would play Tex Ritters version for my kids.😞 He passed away in August he will truly be missed Forever💔
I learned to live by hitting rock bottom. That has been my life now I’m respected by all my family and live a good life.
Your rendition is the best I've ever heard!
Great song and great singing voice
Fantastic version of a historic icon of a song.
I sang this song to my nephew to sleep when he was a few months old and it was so cute and warmed my cold heart and i loved it^^
Might be the best version of this song I’ve heard, completely different from other versions of this song I’ve heard. Almost heart wrenching in a way. I love it
This song my grandpa would always sing us! You will forever be missed Papi
RIP Richard Vidal Munguia!! ❤🙏😇
2-7-41/3-17-24
absolutely superb....from a teatotaler in england.....
Great song! First time I've ever heard the long version.
The best of version of rye whiskey is sung on Bonanza episode called The Smiler . But this is the best I've heard besides that version . Great job
I love every version of this song, but this is the one I constantly come back to. Awesome!
You should get it on iTunes. I'd pay a buck to have it on my phone
thank you for this beautiful song. very comforting to listen to
I've heard many versions of this song and yours is by far the best.
This is a great rendition and a great song. Thank you.
True soul is the voice. Bravo. My favorite rendition on UA-cam
This is the best version I have found.
Thank you!
Thanks, Dan.👍
Cant stop listening and trying to play it myself, one day!
Thank you! You can do it!
Well done sounds more like a sad lullaby than the hiccuping drunkard ballad which is a nice touch 🎸
I gotta say Dan you've got a great gift and an amazing voice Sir
Sounds like you've had it rough and it comes out through your voice.
I found this song because I was listening to a Pirate Shanty version and its great but I wanted to find a country Johnny Cash like folk version with lyrics and yours came right up. I've been reading my Bible and listening to your songs because I'm going through a rough patch and they're helping me stay straight on my path. Thank you Dan, you're something special✌
Thank you! Glad you like it! God Bless!
I listen to this with my son before bed. I guess he really likes it. Thanks
61,000 views and I might possibly be 1000 of them. Absolutely love this version from you Dan. ❤
Thank you! Im glad you like it!
@@DanDDirges we need you to play at our new amphitheater in Parkston, South Dakota!!!!!!!
@DanDDirges 3 years later and I'm still coming back to listen frequently. So good.
Dude. Incredible work.
Excellent rendition. Heard this song live by the G Burns Jug band in one night in Louisville and have been looking for recordings since.
Great job! I love your playing and singing
Thank you! Such a fun song to sing!
How does this only have 86 likes? Great job Dan.
Absolutely wonderful. My mom always sang this (or at least tried) to me for a lullaby
Thanks very much!
Drinking old overholt rye while listening. Great song
Damn. Brings me back to hanging out around the campfire in RDR2.
Thank you for this. Exactly what I was looking for. ❤
I love your version of this so much, Dan. Puts me on the verge of crying while smiling, as all the best performances of poignant traditionals do. Just wonderful stuff.
Thanks Seth! Such a great simple song. I slowed it down, took the humor out and added a minor chord to make it more plaintive sounding. Appreciate it!
@@DanDDirges Love the changes. That's what I try to do with many of my favorite standards too--as best I can--not to make them sad, but to kind of peel away the smiley "old timey" veneer that has built up on so many of them, and to make it easier to hear and feel what I consider to be the pathos that is in them and makes them so great but heartbreaking in the first place. You did that wonderfully with this one.
@@sethmountain Thanks Seth! That`s what I try for too. It`s a bit of a risk to play them the way you feel them and not exactly like on the old records. Some might say, hey that ain`t how she goes but maybe some can dig it and are drawn back in. Your Pretty Crowin` Chicken and SO many others are truly incredible interpretations and performances. Right now your version of, Holy Old Fool is killing me. LOVE that song! It took a minute for me to get it. I like the Bill Jolliff original too!
Dan, I always come back to this song. What would be a good resource to learn it? I'm finally decent enough that I could pick this one up
I put up a tutorial which with the link in the description. It`s very scatter brained but it might help.
Beautiful song ..there is true beauty in the drunkards soul
Great work BOAH !
I just finished up three double rye whiskey and Cokes and it made the song more enjoyable.
such a great rendition sir, I got it on loop for like an hour now
no kidding, this song is so easy to loop with pleasure
Very good cover version one of the best i have heard great job bud you made my year 😁
I like the order and progression of the verses. It tells the story perfectly.
Without no doubt thé best version
Red dead redemption 2 fans be like
It’s actually a mix of songs because there was no recordings or anything so they had they’re own versions you feel me?
Yeah it's there own version of this song
@@bloobmaster739mixture of like 5 folk songs. Fix me a pallet. Handsome molly. Rye whiskey etc
GREAT JOB! You forgot one though...
Way back in the holler
I got me a still
I'll give you a quart for a five dollar bill
I'll sell you a jug for 2 dollar bill...theres 100 verses very old song.
alternate: ill brew you a gallon for a 5 dollar bill
Really gives me a Johny Cash vibe. Much love brother, very well done 🙏
Thank you! Not sure if Johnny Cash sang this or not but he could of done it great!
Really wonderful
Here is a tutorial on how I play Rye Whiskey on the guitar. I`ve had a recent request for it as well as others in the past. Hopefully this helps somebody.
ua-cam.com/video/iUOJaHJuLps/v-deo.html
I have a banjo version posted as well. Here is the link:
ua-cam.com/video/xJeKMl301xw/v-deo.html
The part where it says "You've been my downfall".Growing up I would sing "You bent my damn pa".Always wondered why I got in trouble.
Sir u r amazing
dayum this song hits home, my anthem surely.
How the sam hill i ever missed this I don't know. Dan, I wouldn't be worth my salt if I neglected to say how truly great your version of this old time number is. Thank you and I certainly my hope all is well.
Thanks Steve! This one ran on kind of long but I`m glad we were able to get all the verses in!
Well done! Several verses in there I've never heard. Thanks!
Thank you! I repeated a few verses. Probably could have shortened the song a bit but the vibe was right to just keep rolling with it.
That was really incredible. Great job!
Beautiful and true. This is America
this is the best version on youtube. Awesome
Sir, this is genuinely grade A content. Bookmarked, liked, n subscribed
Lord Jesus bless you sir
Thank you! I`m glad you like it!
Great song and great singing
I like this Song, the Song is about Life itself :-)
Well, hi again. Like this version too. Just can't figure if I like the guitar or banjo best. For now I'll just listen to both. Great job!
Thank you! Such a great song that can easily be played on guitar or banjo!
I like this version thank you kindly for this
Sir, I totally agree with you!
The way you sing this reminds me of Townes Van Zandt.
Definently. Another reason why it's so good!
Really good version, only traditional one I really enjoy. Good job mann
That was very nice.
oh wow man u have a great voice so much though its amazingly calming as can be keep up the fab work
Thank you I`m glad you like it!
@@DanDDirges u should become a pro so much u would be soo famouse as can be u are such a great person thanks for making this :)
extremely beautfiful rendition by you dan! I loved this! and u can sing a 6 minute song and make it seem short! always enjoy listening to u so much my friend!
Thanks Kathy! I cut out the part at the end where I was just goofing around because the video was already long.
Best version on UA-cam
Thank you so much! I`m glad you like it!
GREAT JOB!
Thank you kindly Roger!
Love this. Listening while drinking some old overholt
Awesome M8, i LOVE it !!!!!
The song could have had another twenty verses - no second to long. I guess if you sing the phone book, it is just as exciting to listen to you, Dan ;-)
Thanks Ralf! I sure do appreciate it
Very well done Sir.
Thank you kindly!
Lol my ol fat tom cat loves this song when he hears me singing it he waddles over and I brush him with an old shoe brush and he loves it😊🍻
Crushed it 👍🏻
my dad used to sing this to me and want to learn it as a sort of tribute.
Magnifique.
I love it
i have some original lyrics that i wrote in the tune of this song
its a 26 or a 60 oh rye whiskey i cry
well i reach for that bottle when my whistle is dry
when i'm feeling lonley and im down on my luck
well there's no time for tears boy id rather get drunk
oh boy she left me and ive had a bad day
so ill swig that rye whiskey and wash it away.
I used to listen to a version of this when I was a kid, I once found it here on UA-cam but it seems to have been removed, I think it appeared on a Country album in the year 2000, not sure who sang it, any help is appreciated.
That was excellent, the best and most complete version I have ever heard!!!
However as a musician, I see you mention it's in 3/4 time, I know I'm nit picking but it's actually 6/8 time. But that's just a stupid side note for music nerds, all-in-all, EXCELLENT! You also have to be a bit of a song historian to really appreciate it, this song goes back a long way!
Thank you! You`re right! It might be in 6/8 time. Whittled down though 6/8 time equals 3/4 time, at least mathematically. Not sure about musically
@@DanDDirges The difference is the beginning of the measure. And that matters because of the timing of the words. If you count it out you'll see the emphasis (down beat/chord changes) are on every other measure in 3/4 time. That's because it's in 6/8 time, the new measure starts every 6 beats, not 3. You'll see it's smoother when you count it out to 6 and you don't start singing in the middle of a measure either. Nit picking, great job!!!
@@rebelrog You`re right! I understand now! Thanks!
@@DanDDirges It's tricky, we've all been there, we all learn from helping each other. God bless!
@@DanDDirges Now that I'm listening to it again, the proper way to count it is ONE, 2, 3, FOUR, 5, 6. You're alternate bass note is on the 4. The four can't be the one, you don't lead a measure with a alternate bass note.