@@troutart, I actually know something about this: I used to talk to Ed King quite often before he passed away; he was VERY active in the guitar group I moderated. He said it was indeed a real dobro in the studio but one was never used when it was played live... a Fender Stratocaster using the neck pickup and rolled back tone knob was used to play the dobro part live.
This song is a bit of a true story. As teenagers they used to pay an old guy to play his dobro in front of the neighborhood store. Years later, when the song was being written they realized they didn't know the guy's name (some had referred to him as "Old Curtis" but no one knew for sure). They wanted to use a name that rhymed with dobro and used the name of the local movie theater, Loew's, thus Curtis Loew.
I dont think the guy's name was Curtis- they used "Curtis Loew" because it not only rhymed, the 3 syllables of the full name fit the groove perfectly. Plus, yeah, Loew's theatres, which still exist everywhere today. Anyway "curtis Loew was a combination- "amalgam" is a better word- of not just the corner store guy but even more it's a shout out to Shorty Medlocke, grandfather of Rickey Medlocke, Skynyrd's original drummer, current Skynyrd guitarist, & founder of the band Blackfoot. Shorty raised Rickey as a father kind of- Shorty played harmonica on Blackfoot albums (Train Train, for one) & taught Rickey, Ronnie Van Zant & Gary Rossington a lot about music. Anyway I'm not being a jerk trying to correct you, just saying "Curtis" was NOT one guy. He was at least 2 different guys rolled into one, but the story is true, you can picture them all sittin' there so easily because Ronnie is such a brilliant songwriter. He can say in ten words what would take most people fifty words. Sorry for rambling I could go on & on & on...obviously I'm no Ronnie Van Zant.
One of my fav skynyrd songs. All the people looked down on Curtis, but the kids saw the value in him that no one else saw and influenced one of the greatest bands ever. Important lesson= everyone has worth.
Thank you for reacting to this amazing song. I’ve said it twice in comments, but it really is my favourite skynard song. It always gives me chills. Here’s a little thank you for being amazing young man 💕 speaking from an old lady. God bless you and your lovely family
The store they mentioned was actually named Claude’s in Jacksonville, Florida. All based on real folks who lived there in the 50’s & 60’s when Claude’s was operating. Ronnie Vanzant and Allen Collins write the song and lived the life . And when you say brothers . Yes there are a whole lot of folks not only in those southern towns , out in the country and in the mountains that look out after each other and help each other in life , no matter what their color is , they are Americans doing what they have to do . Yes there will always be some folks who hate no matter where they are , but that’s not everyone . I’m 62 and just recently found your channel and Really enjoy it . We can all learn from each other and I just want to say Thank you . ✌️
the first time I heard this song was riding. through the Smoky Mts in NC to see my ancestral home for the first time at 10yrs old. Me and dad were on a father son trip immediately after we had buried his father and we stopped in a still operational general store, at least in 1995, and they had a cassette rack and he asked me if I had ever heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, i said no and he snatched it off the rack, paid, and we headed on past Bristol into NC where he was raised on and he now owned that land claimed by his family 250+ yrs ago rocking out to the Skynyrd hits and when this played he slapped me on the arm and told me this was mine and my dad's favorite and it immediately became mine. I hadn't thought about that until just now for many years at 39 yrs old and now taking care of my father as he succumbs to cancer and lung disease. I'll have to ask him later on if he remembers that. That piece of land and all his cousins and family have been on our mind as of late not just bc of the hurricane there and our inability to access the land via road even if he was healthy enough to travel, many of our family have lost everything and others have yet to be heard from. He wanted me to go look for them, which was not an option for me as I'm his and my mother's sole care taker. So thanks for this one Pegasus, I haven't thought about that moment in time in quite some time.
Felt like I was 8 years old again, sitting cross legged on the floor, listening to my Uncle John tell stories 35+ years ago reading your comment... Thank You my friend... I shall be praying earnestly for your Mom and Dad my fellow Appalachian Hillbilly!!! Actual, on the ole prayer bones prayers... not jus the hands 🙏🏼
@@jbrewer8941 No problem; I grew up listening to my uncles stories about growing up in the depression and wwII, and my father talking about what it was like to be the poorest kid at school with a burnt neck from picking tobacco as a child and always being hungry, what it was like to fight in Vietnam and what it felt like to come home to the environment of the early 70s. All the men of my family are long gone except for my father if I met them at all; I treasure the moments where he remembers enough of a story to tell me about something I've never heard before about him or his uncle's I never met. Thank you for the prayers brother, they are appreciated and needed
@@heather2493Curtis Loew is a fan favorite amongst most Skynyrd fans, and really isn’t underrated. It is universally loved. More than likely, it’s my guess that the reason it is not on the Gold And Platinum record is because it was not a radio single.
Old Curtis passed his passion on to those kids & these kids passed on that passion to the rest of us thru the music they played thru Lnyard Skynyrd ,amazing!!
Curtis, in the song, played the dobro - an AMAZING instrument!! Some people call them "resonator" guitars...This is one of my FAVORITE SKYNYRD TUNES!! SUCH a GREAT STORY!! I agree: FULL CIRCLE!!! Tears me up!! SO FINE!!! Thanks for reacting to this one, BP...and, thanks for just BEIN' YOU, MAN!!! HUGS from TEXAS!!
Man wish i could have given you 100 likes. I'm 65 from Alabama and been listening to Skynyrd since this album came out. I have always loved this tune. I've seen a lot of people react to this. You absolutely had the best understanding of what Ronnie Van Zant was saying. Back then we flew the flag as a symbol of giving the man the middle finger. After all isn't rock and roll about being a rebel? People have already posted what a Dobro is. This little white boy saw the good in a black man that grownups didn't. Yes they certainly were fools. Your reaction made my day. Thanks
The instrument is a dobro, a special kind of guitar, like Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits played, with the silver circle on the front of the guitar, has that blues sound. And The Ballad of Curtis Lowe is my absolute favourite Skynard song 🥰 they have so many good ones, but this one is extra special to me. Cheers ✌
You are right on track hon, a dobro is shaped like a guitar, but is played by running what's called a "slide" across the strings, and you play it by laying the instrument over your knees, and running the "slide" up and down the keyboard. Love the reaction!❤
"The Ballad of Curtis Loew"[2][3][4] is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, Second Helping[5] and again on their compilation, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd and later on All Time Greatest Hits. It is on many of their compilation albums and before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, was performed once live on stage. Ed King says, "The original version of the band only played 'Curtis Loew' one time on stage. We were playing in a basement in some hotel and thought we'd try it. We never played it again until the Tribute Tour with Johnny Van Zant."
Next Tuesday’s gone with the wind, Mississippi kid Needle and a spoon T for Texas They were so good and rising when it all crashed A song like this is Mr. Bojangles By the nitty gritty dirt band
Yay!!Can't wait to see you react to this. In my hopes and dreams Lynyrd Skynyrd are somewhere Better playing Southern Blues with Curtis Loew and Curtis Loew doesn't need to drink wine to cover hand pain as he picks. Children aren't born knowing ugly. It's something sadly taught. To a child someone adults label useless can be priceless.
Love your channel brother. As a lifelong Skynyrd fan, I think you should check out their song “Saturday Night Special,” specifically the live version from Winterland, 1975. Thanks man for checking them out more. PS. On your question about their songs, Ronnie and later Steve Gaines wrote all their songs. The only ones they did not write were Call Me the Breeze, Honky Tonk Night Time Man, T for Texas, and Crossroads, which is a Cream song you should check out too!
Oh finally, I've been waiting for you to hear this piece of love and childhood innocence at its best. It doesn't matter that Curtis was Black, all he knew was Curtis taught him a love of music.
I love this song. Some friends of mine brought their guitars to my wedding reception and played this for us and our guest. Absolutely love this song. ❤🤍💙 by the way Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote this 🎸👍🏻
I love this number and this band, reminds me of another band that we also used to listen to a lot "Little Feat" their songs like 'Down on the Farm' and 'Dixie Chicken"
hearing this just made my bad morning happy again. Thank you. Tuesdays gone with the wing is another Ballad. Sweet home Alabama is a response to Neil Youngs Southern Man. The band was not racist but proud of their heritage. There is a line about Bringham loves their governor a d the band chimes in. BOO BOO BOO
Ronnie Van Zant the lead singer-leader of the band was an incredible story teller in his lyrics! What’s amazing, he never wrote any lyrics on paper, etc. He was a genius! 🙏❤️🔥
No, it's about Shorty Medlocke, the grandfather of their friend Ricky Medlocke. Shorty was the one playing the harmonica on the song Train Train by Blackfoot at the beginning.
Thanks BP for reacting to this one. Yes, Ronnie Van Zan wrote it with Allen Collins. It always brings me back to fla in my mind. It wasn't written specifically for a person-it was more like a conglomeration of ppl.
Man, that was deep. I think you nailed it, bro. Skynard is a mix of blues, rock, and country. That's what is called Southern Rock. It's a blend of many types of music.
I love this song. The Dobro or resonator guitar has metal cones that amplify the sound of the strings. It's often used in blues or bluegrass music for it's distinctive sound.
66 yr. old Okie here,...that's a great song by a great band. Steve and Cassie ( his sister) Gains....are from my home town. They both passed away in the plane crash. Steve wrote a song called "I Know A Little"....that I think you would really enjoy....as would your wife....I promise.
Not so much anti-gun (Ronnie owned guns, and at least some of the others probably did too), but more against senseless violence that they associated with Saturday night specials, which was not exactly accurate. In reality, among poor people quality guns are unaffordable, and the cheap Saturday night specials allowed them to be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights and defend themselves, even if many of those cheap guns were unreliable and possibly unsafe. While it's true that in poor neighborhoods violence tends to be higher, and that SNSs were also available to the people committing violence, that's all the more reason poor folks need to be able to defend themselves and their families. As for the anti-drug stuff, that's a bit rich since they all used drugs. Sure, Rossington got big time fuggered up and crashed a car, but to give him shit when they were all getting high on various things (cocaine, heroin, 'ludes, etc) is a little hypocritical. Of course, when drug abusers are warning you about drugs, it's probably something you should take seriously, as opposed to some politician preaching reefer madness, who has never even toked on a joint in his life... but probably drinks Scotch every day.
@jackgilchrist Maybe,but those songs were anti-drug,anti-gun and anti - racism.. it's a fact.. Nobody ever said they were angels.. They wrote about their experiences.
@@michaelb.3982they were not anti gun. Hell they had guns. There are plenty of stories of even just Alan Collins shooting his gun. It was more about Ronnie specifically not liking the cheap 38 AKA Saturday Night Special that were used by criminal elements.
Blues music is traditionally about 'Hard Times', having lived a 'Hard Life'; when we are experiencing hard times, we often use the term "I'm Singin the Blues", as an expression of what we are going through. Curtis Loew seems to me as a man that has lived life; life has chewed him up and spit him out. He was the Best because he has life's Pain in his Soul, that he brings out in his music. The young boy was so captivated with Curtis, not Just for the music, but he was learning about life and how hard it could be through the music and stories, which likely prepared him to be an emotionally Strong Man. So, for me, Curtis Loew was a success, he was able to use 'His Story' through his music to enhance the lives of those that heard his music. Anyway, that's how I have it painted in my mind. God Bless.
One of my favorite Skynyrd songs, you need to check out what's that smell also. But this song takes me back to such simpler times. My dad knew them when they were still playing the bar scene in Florida. They will always be one of the greatest bands ever, even with them being with us for such a short time
Freebird live. Oakland or England both are the best. They opened for The Rolling Stones in England and were told Not to go out into the tongue stage part. The crowd went so crazy for them the Stones waited an hour before going on.
Lynyrd Skynyrd has many good songs. I believe the Ballad of Curtis Loew is in the top three. Besides that smell it's my favorite Skynyrd song but they have so many great songs.
This is my favorite Skynyrd song. If you haven't listened to them The Allmen Brothers have to great songs called Sweet Melissa and an instrumental called Jessica. Just two more great songs.
The slow pickin' in this bluesy song is probably the sound you would'a heard from Curtis Lowe. Beautiful dedication song. 👏 Love Lynard Skynard, one of my main foundation bands. ❤️ In the video you said it was September so it took about 2 months for it to get to my phone, it says it was uploaded 35 minutes ago.
One of the best players on the dobro currently is Jerry Douglas. He's a legend in the bluegrass community, but largely unknown outside of professional musicians.
I saw Derek Trucks and Jerry Douglas playing dueling dobros at the Rhyman in Nashville one night. It was unbelievable experience. @BP thanks for this reaction. I had requested it a couple of times. One of my fav Skynard songs.
This is dedication to different people in Ronnie's neighborhood growing up. Donnie and Johnny also made country albums as Van Zant. Check out the song Help Somebody.
Two cents for every bottle. This is before recycling, bottles were reused. Spent my summer picking up bottles in a small town in Wisconsin. It cost a nickel to buy a candy bar.
I grew up near a small town in Wisconsin which are found all over the state. One thing I noticed after moving away for many years and returning for visits is that there are some pretty distinct cultural differences by region in Wisconsin. I grew up in the west/central region which has more Minnesota influence whereas the eastern side has more Chicago influence. I don't think there was even such a thing as getting paid to recycle bottles in my town. Kids earned money by shoveling snow, yard work, farm work, housekeeping, babysitting - various service type jobs.
@ interesting… it was the 50s. My town of 3000 was between Eau Claire and LaCrosse. Yes when older we did the things you mentioned. This was just referring to the song and my memory of a time passed. ❤️
5:58 "The Only Thing I Missed Here Is What He's Playing, He Said Curtis Was A Picker And He Playing The Blues" Well, Pegasus, the instrument that Curtis is playing is a Dobro, which is a resonator guitar, commonly used in playing Mississippi Delta Blues music, and it's often played with the player using a slide on the fretboard
My fave Skyrnyrd song. Love the groove, the words, the imagery of a young Southern boy hanging out with the older black man in town jamming on his dobro and drinking his wine. Curtis Loew was this little boys friend.
I'm a 68 year old white man from deep South Mississippi and can't remember having any real racial problems as a kid even after we integrated in school. We had mutual respect for one another and kept a some distances but we all got along. I will say one thing we white boy's learned real quick that if you fought one black guy than you had to fight his brother's too! It drives me crazy to see how History has us portrayed as if there was this hatred when I felt we were getting along. I didn't know there was so many racial problem's until the early 2,000's when the government told us there was! I have my own theory's about that but.... The Rebel flag was a symbol of Southern Pride, traditions, and way of life and again there wasn't a problem with that until around 2010ish.
I’m 64, grew up in Alabama. We grew up surrounding by racism. You did, too. I abandoned that flag when I left the south, only to discover hate is everywhere. I do my part to spread peace and love.
Curtis played a Dobro (basically a guitar type instrument that you played laying flat). If I’m not mistaken Ronnie wrote this about a man he knew as a kid…❤
You really need to listen to Kenny Rogers - Reuben James, about a white boy raised by black man after his mother dies giving birth. Really incredible song!
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" . "Southern Man" is brutal song and a fair description of days gone to the past. From the lyrics it is telling that a change has come and those things are gone .. "Southern man better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last. Now your crosses are burning fast" They did meet and came to terms with each other before Ronnie Van Zant took that flight.
This song is told from the point of view of a man remembering his childhood. He watched an old black man who basically did nothing but pick his guitar and drink wine. When he died, nobody else really cared. This young man grew up and did this song as a tribute to the guy who he saw as such an inspiration.
He played a dobro across his knee. A dobro is a guitar with a resonator built into the body... it is the slide guitar you hear in the song.
Yep, the line that was throwing him off was "playing Black-man's blues".
Yes. Originally by the Dopyera brothers. (Dobro)
pretty sure they were just simulating the dobro sound on electric guitar
@@troutart You're probably correct since they don't credit one on the album (despite bringing in famed blues pianist Al Kooper for this song).
@@troutart, I actually know something about this: I used to talk to Ed King quite often before he passed away; he was VERY active in the guitar group I moderated. He said it was indeed a real dobro in the studio but one was never used when it was played live... a Fender Stratocaster using the neck pickup and rolled back tone knob was used to play the dobro part live.
Write it? Hell, they lived it!
Fo sho!
My man....this is southern blues at it's finest
Needs to check out “Junkie” by skynyrd next
This song is a bit of a true story. As teenagers they used to pay an old guy to play his dobro in front of the neighborhood store. Years later, when the song was being written they realized they didn't know the guy's name (some had referred to him as "Old Curtis" but no one knew for sure). They wanted to use a name that rhymed with dobro and used the name of the local movie theater, Loew's, thus Curtis Loew.
Sorry, but you don't have a clue.
I dont think the guy's name was Curtis- they used "Curtis Loew" because it not only rhymed, the 3 syllables of the full name fit the groove perfectly. Plus, yeah, Loew's theatres, which still exist everywhere today. Anyway "curtis Loew was a combination- "amalgam" is a better word- of not just the corner store guy but even more it's a shout out to Shorty Medlocke, grandfather of Rickey Medlocke, Skynyrd's original drummer, current Skynyrd guitarist, & founder of the band Blackfoot. Shorty raised Rickey as a father kind of- Shorty played harmonica on Blackfoot albums (Train Train, for one) & taught Rickey, Ronnie Van Zant & Gary Rossington a lot about music. Anyway I'm not being a jerk trying to correct you, just saying "Curtis" was NOT one guy. He was at least 2 different guys rolled into one, but the story is true, you can picture them all sittin' there so easily because Ronnie is such a brilliant songwriter. He can say in ten words what would take most people fifty words. Sorry for rambling I could go on & on & on...obviously I'm no Ronnie Van Zant.
Song is about Shorty Medlocke.
I guess I should say based on shorty.
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One of my fav skynyrd songs. All the people looked down on Curtis, but the kids saw the value in him that no one else saw and influenced one of the greatest bands ever. Important lesson= everyone has worth.
And true music isn't about color.
One of Skynyrd’s finest. “On the day he lost his life, that’s all he had to lose”….gets me very time.
Thank you for reacting to this amazing song. I’ve said it twice in comments, but it really is my favourite skynard song. It always gives me chills. Here’s a little thank you for being amazing young man 💕 speaking from an old lady. God bless you and your lovely family
This song is fantastic and thank you so much for your extra support! You’re too kind 🙏🏽❤️
WOW! That's amazing. I wish I could donate like that. Bless you ma'am ❤
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@@BlackPegasusRaps You should do Mr. Banker and 4 Walls of Raiford if you like Curtis Loew.
The store they mentioned was actually named Claude’s in Jacksonville, Florida. All based on real folks who lived there in the 50’s & 60’s when Claude’s was operating. Ronnie Vanzant and Allen Collins write the song and lived the life . And when you say brothers . Yes there are a whole lot of folks not only in those southern towns , out in the country and in the mountains that look out after each other and help each other in life , no matter what their color is , they are Americans doing what they have to do . Yes there will always be some folks who hate no matter where they are , but that’s not everyone . I’m 62 and just recently found your channel and
Really enjoy it . We can all learn from each other and I just want to say Thank you . ✌️
the first time I heard this song was riding. through the Smoky Mts in NC to see my ancestral home for the first time at 10yrs old. Me and dad were on a father son trip immediately after we had buried his father and we stopped in a still operational general store, at least in 1995, and they had a cassette rack and he asked me if I had ever heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, i said no and he snatched it off the rack, paid, and we headed on past Bristol into NC where he was raised on and he now owned that land claimed by his family 250+ yrs ago rocking out to the Skynyrd hits and when this played he slapped me on the arm and told me this was mine and my dad's favorite and it immediately became mine. I hadn't thought about that until just now for many years at 39 yrs old and now taking care of my father as he succumbs to cancer and lung disease. I'll have to ask him later on if he remembers that. That piece of land and all his cousins and family have been on our mind as of late not just bc of the hurricane there and our inability to access the land via road even if he was healthy enough to travel, many of our family have lost everything and others have yet to be heard from. He wanted me to go look for them, which was not an option for me as I'm his and my mother's sole care taker. So thanks for this one Pegasus, I haven't thought about that moment in time in quite some time.
Thanks for sharing ❤
Good talk. Appreciate you sharing that.
Felt like I was 8 years old again, sitting cross legged on the floor, listening to my Uncle John tell stories 35+ years ago reading your comment... Thank You my friend... I shall be praying earnestly for your Mom and Dad my fellow Appalachian Hillbilly!!! Actual, on the ole prayer bones prayers... not jus the hands 🙏🏼
@@jbrewer8941 No problem; I grew up listening to my uncles stories about growing up in the depression and wwII, and my father talking about what it was like to be the poorest kid at school with a burnt neck from picking tobacco as a child and always being hungry, what it was like to fight in Vietnam and what it felt like to come home to the environment of the early 70s. All the men of my family are long gone except for my father if I met them at all; I treasure the moments where he remembers enough of a story to tell me about something I've never heard before about him or his uncle's I never met. Thank you for the prayers brother, they are appreciated and needed
That’s a really sweet story 💙🕊💙🕊prayers and blessings to you and your family
Curtis Loew played the Dobro. Song was written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant (lead singer).
This is a great and underrated Lynyrd Skynyrd song. I'm glad you found it and reacted to it. Great video and great channel!
I can’t believe this one didn’t make their gold and platinum album set, it’s my favourite they ever sang 💕
@@heather2493Curtis Loew is a fan favorite amongst most Skynyrd fans, and really isn’t underrated. It is universally loved.
More than likely, it’s my guess that the reason it is not on the Gold And Platinum record is because it was not a radio single.
Check out That Smell and Mississippi Kid
So many favorites from them but this is my #1 favorite ❤
Yes BP from my personal experience living a lifetime in the thick of the south the notions yes are mostly preconceived my friend 🧡✌🙏🤘😊
Tuesday's Gone is my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song.
Yessss mine too.
Old Curtis passed his passion on to those kids & these kids passed on that passion to the rest of us thru the music they played thru Lnyard Skynyrd ,amazing!!
Lol, there is no Curtis.
@@chadwhitfield6946 technically it's shorty medlocke
@@Beetlejooce01 exactly.
I’m happy that you listened to this song , it’s a hidden gem of theirs.
You finally made it to my favorite Skynyrd song. I love seeing reaction channels stumble on this hidden gem.
by far the best LS song
My #1 favorite song by Lynyrd Skynyrd.... since 1976. Thanks for reacting to this one.
The dobro is the guitar that has a silver plate across the face like Oliver Anthony plays on Rich Men North of Richmond
Yep, I was looking to see if anyone mentioned that reaction. Ya beat me too it!👍
Curtis, in the song, played the dobro - an AMAZING instrument!! Some people call them "resonator" guitars...This is one of my FAVORITE SKYNYRD TUNES!! SUCH a GREAT STORY!! I agree: FULL CIRCLE!!! Tears me up!! SO FINE!!! Thanks for reacting to this one, BP...and, thanks for just BEIN' YOU, MAN!!! HUGS from TEXAS!!
This is my favorite Skynyrd song. I love songs where I feel like I can visualize the whole story.
Curtis played a Dobro, which is a resonator guitar, played it on his knees!
A never ending rabbit hole!!!!
Their story, their life, their experience, their song 💯
They are unmatched 😎
Man wish i could have given you 100 likes. I'm 65 from Alabama and been listening to Skynyrd since this album came out. I have always loved this tune. I've seen a lot of people react to this. You absolutely had the best understanding of what Ronnie Van Zant was saying. Back then we flew the flag as a symbol of giving the man the middle finger. After all isn't rock and roll about being a rebel? People have already posted what a Dobro is. This little white boy saw the good in a black man that grownups didn't. Yes they certainly were fools. Your reaction made my day. Thanks
OMG!!! Can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this song...one of their best in my opinion...thanks so much for reacting to it❤
Mississippi Kid next one of my favorite, or Call Me the Breeze both are bangers🎉
The instrument is a dobro, a special kind of guitar, like Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits played, with the silver circle on the front of the guitar, has that blues sound. And The Ballad of Curtis Lowe is my absolute favourite Skynard song 🥰 they have so many good ones, but this one is extra special to me. Cheers ✌
Thanks for the info! Been listening to this song for decades and always assumed a Dobro was a kind of guitar, but thanks for confirming.
Me too!! Thank you
I also love ThatSmell and Tuesday's Gone,but all are great really
"... oak tree you're in my way." One of my favorite lines for some reason... I guess it's the visual.
Too much coke and too much smoke look what's going on inside you, what great lyrics
@@kimcassidyI love smoke I can't afford coke.
@@ScottMayo420 ,lol so funny I only drink coke !! And nows it's even hard to afford smoke
@kimcassidy ya Bidenomics is killing me too. I drink Mountain Dew and that's definitely not good for me.
The instrument hes talking about is a Dobro, it's like a guitar, this song and Gimmie Back My Bullets are my favorite songs
You are right on track hon, a dobro is shaped like a guitar, but is played by running what's called a "slide" across the strings, and you play it by laying the instrument over your knees, and running the "slide" up and down the keyboard. Love the reaction!❤
you got the true message of the song. southern rock is based in blues and blues is definitely soulful. it all comes back to those roots.
"The Ballad of Curtis Loew"[2][3][4] is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, Second Helping[5] and again on their compilation, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd and later on All Time Greatest Hits. It is on many of their compilation albums and before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, was performed once live on stage. Ed King says, "The original version of the band only played 'Curtis Loew' one time on stage. We were playing in a basement in some hotel and thought we'd try it. We never played it again until the Tribute Tour with Johnny Van Zant."
Also they have said Shorty Medlock was Curtis Lowe. Who is Ricky's grandfather. He played the harmonica on Train Train with Blackfoot.
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Tuesday’s gone with the wind, Mississippi kid
Needle and a spoon
T for Texas
They were so good and rising when it all crashed
A song like this is Mr. Bojangles
By the nitty gritty dirt band
Yay!!Can't wait to see you react to this. In my hopes and dreams Lynyrd Skynyrd are somewhere Better playing Southern Blues with Curtis Loew and Curtis Loew doesn't need to drink wine to cover hand pain as he picks. Children aren't born knowing ugly. It's something sadly taught. To a child someone adults label useless can be priceless.
Love your channel brother. As a lifelong Skynyrd fan, I think you should check out their song “Saturday Night Special,” specifically the live version from Winterland, 1975. Thanks man for checking them out more. PS. On your question about their songs, Ronnie and later Steve Gaines wrote all their songs. The only ones they did not write were Call Me the Breeze, Honky Tonk Night Time Man, T for Texas, and Crossroads, which is a Cream song you should check out too!
Oh finally, I've been waiting for you to hear this piece of love and childhood innocence at its best. It doesn't matter that Curtis was Black, all he knew was Curtis taught him a love of music.
I love this song. Some friends of mine brought their guitars to my wedding reception and played this for us and our guest. Absolutely love this song. ❤🤍💙 by the way Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote this 🎸👍🏻
I love this number and this band, reminds me of another band that we also used to listen to a lot "Little Feat" their songs like 'Down on the Farm' and 'Dixie Chicken"
The Outlaws did a tribute to Skynyrd on their bring them back alive tour
Green grass and high tides
Needs a react, long but oh so good
hearing this just made my bad morning happy again. Thank you.
Tuesdays gone with the wing is another Ballad.
Sweet home Alabama is a response to Neil Youngs Southern Man.
The band was not racist but proud of their heritage. There is a line about Bringham loves their governor a d the band chimes in. BOO BOO BOO
Ronnie Van Zant the lead singer-leader of the band was an incredible story teller in his lyrics! What’s amazing, he never wrote any lyrics on paper, etc. He was a genius! 🙏❤️🔥
Curtis Lowe was a real person that influenced Johnny Van Zandt
Ummm you mean Ronnie?
No, it's about Shorty Medlocke, the grandfather of their friend Ricky Medlocke. Shorty was the one playing the harmonica on the song Train Train by Blackfoot at the beginning.
Thanks BP for reacting to this one. Yes, Ronnie Van Zan wrote it with Allen Collins. It always brings me back to fla in my mind. It wasn't written specifically for a person-it was more like a conglomeration of ppl.
aLWAYS A FAVORITE UNDERATED SONG.
Man, that was deep. I think you nailed it, bro. Skynard is a mix of blues, rock, and country. That's what is called Southern Rock. It's a blend of many types of music.
I love this song. The Dobro or resonator guitar has metal cones that amplify the sound of the strings. It's often used in blues or bluegrass music for it's distinctive sound.
66 yr. old Okie here,...that's a great song by a great band. Steve and Cassie ( his sister) Gains....are from my home town. They both passed away in the plane crash. Steve wrote a song called "I Know A Little"....that I think you would really enjoy....as would your wife....I promise.
Great song!!!
Curtis lives on in a song by one of the greatest of all time. That’s respect and a honor most never get .
In the 70s, Skynyrd had anti-gun ,anti- racism, and anti - drug songs.. Amazing band.
Not so much anti-gun (Ronnie owned guns, and at least some of the others probably did too), but more against senseless violence that they associated with Saturday night specials, which was not exactly accurate.
In reality, among poor people quality guns are unaffordable, and the cheap Saturday night specials allowed them to be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights and defend themselves, even if many of those cheap guns were unreliable and possibly unsafe. While it's true that in poor neighborhoods violence tends to be higher, and that SNSs were also available to the people committing violence, that's all the more reason poor folks need to be able to defend themselves and their families.
As for the anti-drug stuff, that's a bit rich since they all used drugs. Sure, Rossington got big time fuggered up and crashed a car, but to give him shit when they were all getting high on various things (cocaine, heroin, 'ludes, etc) is a little hypocritical.
Of course, when drug abusers are warning you about drugs, it's probably something you should take seriously, as opposed to some politician preaching reefer madness, who has never even toked on a joint in his life... but probably drinks Scotch every day.
@jackgilchrist Maybe,but those songs were anti-drug,anti-gun and anti - racism.. it's a fact..
Nobody ever said they were angels..
They wrote about their experiences.
@@michaelb.3982they were not anti gun. Hell they had guns. There are plenty of stories of even just Alan Collins shooting his gun. It was more about Ronnie specifically not liking the cheap 38 AKA Saturday Night Special that were used by criminal elements.
@bradsense7431
I know that.. I said they had songs about those issues...
Blues music is traditionally about 'Hard Times', having lived a 'Hard Life'; when we are experiencing hard times, we often use the term "I'm Singin the Blues", as an expression of what we are going through. Curtis Loew seems to me as a man that has lived life; life has chewed him up and spit him out. He was the Best because he has life's Pain in his Soul, that he brings out in his music. The young boy was so captivated with Curtis, not Just for the music, but he was learning about life and how hard it could be through the music and stories, which likely prepared him to be an emotionally Strong Man. So, for me, Curtis Loew was a success, he was able to use 'His Story' through his music to enhance the lives of those that heard his music. Anyway, that's how I have it painted in my mind. God Bless.
Skynyrd is a monster rabbitt hole. Members of Skynyrd almost always write their tunes, mainly by lead singer and leader Ronnie Van Zant.
And their music was the real life story's of the life of the band, they lived their song's.
One of my favorite Skynyrd songs, you need to check out what's that smell also. But this song takes me back to such simpler times. My dad knew them when they were still playing the bar scene in Florida. They will always be one of the greatest bands ever, even with them being with us for such a short time
Thanks BP! My favorite Skynard song! Been loving this since I was 13 years old! 😊
Freebird live. Oakland or England both are the best. They opened for The Rolling Stones in England and were told Not to go out into the tongue stage part. The crowd went so crazy for them the Stones waited an hour before going on.
Lynyrd Skynyrd has many good songs. I believe the Ballad of Curtis Loew is in the top three. Besides that smell it's my favorite Skynyrd song but they have so many great songs.
This is my favorite Skynyrd song. If you haven't listened to them The Allmen Brothers have to great songs called Sweet Melissa and an instrumental called Jessica. Just two more great songs.
Allman Brothers are one of the best! Whipping post live at Fillmore East is also a great song!
The slow pickin' in this bluesy song is probably the sound you would'a heard from Curtis Lowe. Beautiful dedication song. 👏 Love Lynard Skynard, one of my main foundation bands. ❤️ In the video you said it was September so it took about 2 months for it to get to my phone, it says it was uploaded 35 minutes ago.
One of the best players on the dobro currently is Jerry Douglas. He's a legend in the bluegrass community, but largely unknown outside of professional musicians.
I saw Derek Trucks and Jerry Douglas playing dueling dobros at the Rhyman in Nashville one night. It was unbelievable experience. @BP thanks for this reaction. I had requested it a couple of times. One of my fav Skynard songs.
This song is my favorite Skynyrd song ever.
Curtis is playing a dobro.
My favorite Skynrd song.
Curtis Loew and Simple Man.
Check out Call Me the Breeze, and You Got That Right.
Two of my favorites of theirs! Steve Gaines brought so much to the band in his brief tenure there. Such a tragedy!
This song gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. I love it. Reminds me so much of my youth.
He used to play on old dobro. A lap guitar. Used to play it ‘cross his knee.
I really love the way you appreciate new perspectives and how you analyze music. Your insights are generally on point. Keep up the good work.
This is dedication to different people in Ronnie's neighborhood growing up. Donnie and Johnny also made country albums as Van Zant. Check out the song Help Somebody.
That smell. On the hunt. Gimme back my bullets. Tuesdays gone. All excellent songs.to react to 🤘🤘🤘
Mississippi kid!
@@MaxineWatt-jd8ho oh yeah, and sure got that right, nightlife, I never knew...there are just so many good songs they did.
My favorite Skynard song
He played an old Dobro he played it across his knee.
Two cents for every bottle. This is before recycling, bottles were reused. Spent my summer picking up bottles in a small town in Wisconsin. It cost a nickel to buy a candy bar.
Back when penny candy was really a penny. You could get a whole paper lunch bag full for 50 cents.
We spent Saturday mornings picking up bottles to pay for the skating rink if we were lucky ee earned enough for a coke and peanuts.
We used to get 5 cents for 16 Oz bottles and 10 cents for 32
I grew up near a small town in Wisconsin which are found all over the state. One thing I noticed after moving away for many years and returning for visits is that there are some pretty distinct cultural differences by region in Wisconsin. I grew up in the west/central region which has more Minnesota influence whereas the eastern side has more Chicago influence. I don't think there was even such a thing as getting paid to recycle bottles in my town. Kids earned money by shoveling snow, yard work, farm work, housekeeping, babysitting - various service type jobs.
@ interesting… it was the 50s. My town of 3000 was between Eau Claire and LaCrosse. Yes when older we did the things you mentioned. This was just referring to the song and my memory of a time passed. ❤️
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"The Only Thing I Missed Here Is What He's Playing, He Said Curtis Was A Picker And He Playing The Blues"
Well, Pegasus, the instrument that Curtis is playing is a Dobro, which is a resonator guitar, commonly used in playing Mississippi Delta Blues music, and it's often played with the player using a slide on the fretboard
This one and Mr. Banker are top Lynyrd Skynyrd, IMHO.
I do love my Southern Rock. Takes me back to good ole days. I love your channel❤
I love this song one of the greatest of all time
Been waiting for you to discover this one. My favorite from this band. Try Give me back my Bullets or Saturday Night Special
This is my favorite song ever. Legendary piece of music. Everythign about it is flawless.
❤ It’s a Dobro. Thank you, BP. I ❤ LS.
So happy you got here
My fave Skyrnyrd song. Love the groove, the words, the imagery of a young Southern boy hanging out with the older black man in town jamming on his dobro and drinking his wine. Curtis Loew was this little boys friend.
Great song! Always brings me to tears.
It’s all in the little details when it comes to storytelling. Lynyrd Skynyrd were masters at it. ❤❤
Out of the entirety of Lynyrd Skynyrd's music, Curtis loew is my all time favorite
This was one of my top 5 Skynard songs I know every word!
My favorite today! Thank you for the genuine reaction!!! Next: That Smell, Call Me the Breeze, I Need You, on the Hunt and so many more
This is my favorite Lynard Skynyrd song
I'm a 68 year old white man from deep South Mississippi and can't remember having any real racial problems as a kid even after we integrated in school. We had mutual respect for one another and kept a some distances but we all got along. I will say one thing we white boy's learned real quick that if you fought one black guy than you had to fight his brother's too!
It drives me crazy to see how History has us portrayed as if there was this hatred when I felt we were getting along. I didn't know there was so many racial problem's until the early 2,000's when the government told us there was! I have my own theory's about that but....
The Rebel flag was a symbol of Southern Pride, traditions, and way of life and again there wasn't a problem with that until around 2010ish.
I’m 64, grew up in Alabama. We grew up surrounding by racism. You did, too. I abandoned that flag when I left the south, only to discover hate is everywhere. I do my part to spread peace and love.
Curtis played a Dobro (basically a guitar type instrument that you played laying flat). If I’m not mistaken Ronnie wrote this about a man he knew as a kid…❤
Great song, great reaction!! 40!
This is an amazing underrated song. Great story telling 👏. Great reaction and Peace out ☮️ ✌️ 🙏
Banger 💚🤙🏼
You really need to listen to Kenny Rogers - Reuben James, about a white boy raised by black man after his mother dies giving birth. Really incredible song!
A dobro is a hollow body classical steel guitar with a higher pitch than normal. Often played on the lap.
Dobro is a brand of resonator guitar.
Finally!!!
My dude. This song is SUCH A BANGER!!!!!! I’ve loved this one forever. I’m 55 next month. 😎🤘🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" . "Southern Man" is brutal song and a fair description of days gone to the past. From the lyrics it is telling that a change has come and those things are gone .. "Southern man better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last. Now your crosses are burning fast" They did meet and came to terms with each other before Ronnie Van Zant took that flight.
A beautiful song. A beautiful story. Older generation passing down soul and wisdom to the next. People loving one another.
Yes sir my friend you are discovering the greatest southern rock band ever.
This is a terrific song!! Haven't heard it in a long time!Thank you!❤
This song is told from the point of view of a man remembering his childhood. He watched an old black man who basically did nothing but pick his guitar and drink wine. When he died, nobody else really cared. This young man grew up and did this song as a tribute to the guy who he saw as such an inspiration.
SO LOVE THIS SONG!!! SKYNYRD ROCKS!!! ❤❤❤❤❤