Ridin' my thumb to Mexico - Johnny Rodriguez - live 1973

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  • Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
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  • @Van_Lommel_Old_Skool_Music
    @Van_Lommel_Old_Skool_Music  2 роки тому +8

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  • @cherylmacvane8791
    @cherylmacvane8791 2 роки тому +75

    One of the best voices in country music history. Terribly underrated.

    • @ndirish8435
      @ndirish8435 Рік тому

      I agree 100 %.

    • @davediamond7228
      @davediamond7228 Рік тому +3

      nonsense !in the early to mid seventies you couldn't turn on a country station without hearing one of his songs or turn the tv on a variety show and see him..he was honored by 3 presidents ...performed at gw bush's inauguration ..i dont see him as having been underrated in his heyday !

    • @evalehde3869
      @evalehde3869 Рік тому

      @@davediamond7228yes I agree. Click on any older country song and at least one person will say they were underrated.

    • @Anonymous_joe445
      @Anonymous_joe445 Рік тому

      @@davediamond7228well as I say all the old greats are underrated ask someone under the age of 30 who a lot of the greats are they can’t tell you

    • @diegocuevas7267
      @diegocuevas7267 Рік тому +1

      That’s cause he’s Mexican

  • @paulakay4109
    @paulakay4109 26 днів тому +5

    It’s 2025 and I still love Johnny and his music.

  • @StevenHolloway-s9y
    @StevenHolloway-s9y Рік тому +17

    Country Music Hall of Fame...... Don't shun this superb artist! So many hits through 40 decades!!!

  • @joanschuler5649
    @joanschuler5649 10 місяців тому +7

    This is the sweetest love song and of course Johnny's beautiful voice❤

  • @jimmoyer3125
    @jimmoyer3125 Рік тому +11

    My Dad Loved this song I enjoyed the smile on his face when it came on the radio. God Bless Dad

  • @wilfgendron1732
    @wilfgendron1732 Рік тому +8

    I’ve loved all the music Johnny Rodriguez has ever put out. While very simplistic in his wordage of the songs he wrote. There was so much meaning in every way imaginable! Thank you for being the great artist you were for country music.

  • @buck546
    @buck546 Рік тому +7

    This song playing on an a.m. radio in a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner driving down a country road introduced me to the great Johnny Rodriguez way back in 1973. Fifty years later I am still listening to his music and still loving it. Long live Johnny's beautiful music.

  • @JoelB0440
    @JoelB0440 24 дні тому +2

    One of the best country singers ever. Tragedy he allowed alcohol to destroy his career. Miss you, Johnny.

  • @ruthboykin9873
    @ruthboykin9873 11 місяців тому +7

    Awesome singer! So many great great songs!❤❤❤❤

  • @jeffpierce725
    @jeffpierce725 4 місяці тому +12

    Hard to believe that this was over 50 years ago. I remember when this first came out.

    • @tmcmurra63
      @tmcmurra63 4 місяці тому

      Holy Crap. 50 years? Where does the time go?

    • @shirleypoplo-ej7lz
      @shirleypoplo-ej7lz Місяць тому

      Unreal ! Lordy IM GETTING OLD AS CAN BE !!

    • @DennisMorgan-ls8sc
      @DennisMorgan-ls8sc Місяць тому

      Some of us still love this and listen to it.

  • @DonBlodgett
    @DonBlodgett Місяць тому +6

    One of my favorite songs

  • @pedrocavaca
    @pedrocavaca 4 місяці тому +10

    This is one of greatest country songs i’ve ever heard

  • @skyebird3933
    @skyebird3933 Рік тому +11

    So talented and brought so many good songs yet CMA ignors him...
    Love you, Johnny!

  • @jamiehale2136
    @jamiehale2136 4 місяці тому +9

    I was at TEXAS Ranger Joaquin Jackson's house in Uvalde, Texas one time when I was young.
    Johnny Rodriguez was in town and came by to visit. Ranger Jackson had a six string guitar that Rodriguez borrowed.
    He performed several songs in the living room
    No mikes
    No amplifiers
    My God, what a beautiful voice
    I'll never forget that

  • @FloridaRaider
    @FloridaRaider 5 місяців тому +8

    I was a little kid but I remember the 70s being awesome.

    • @tmcmurra63
      @tmcmurra63 5 місяців тому +2

      They were. Seriously. I miss them.

  • @josephferg8438
    @josephferg8438 Рік тому +6

    A great real classic country music 🎶🎵 singer great songs.

  • @susierae1190
    @susierae1190 Рік тому +3

    ❤adorable....

  • @JamesLang-e6s
    @JamesLang-e6s 4 місяці тому +4

    Johnny Rodriguez was the first one I saw in concert 1974 many moons ago

  • @joeewing3722
    @joeewing3722 6 місяців тому +6

    God this is great to listen to .i grew listening to this with my mom .todays country isn’t country not really sure they have a name for it .but it sure isn’t country

  • @samohtraton
    @samohtraton Рік тому +6

    great song

  • @John-xd4fq
    @John-xd4fq Рік тому +3

    Oh I love it!

  • @virginiacook8918
    @virginiacook8918 5 місяців тому +6

    He should be in the top ten

  • @sherrywilliamson2978
    @sherrywilliamson2978 5 місяців тому +3

    Some of my best years and memories are from singing his songs in the 70s❤

  • @karenallen5208
    @karenallen5208 9 місяців тому +17

    I went to school with this gorgeous hunk in Sabinal, TX, in 1969, I've seen him in concert three times, and give me the opportunity and I'll go see him again. Talk about the crush I had on him! If he ever looked my way, I would blush. Oh, that doggone shyness I had at age 15. If I had it to do again, I'd push that shyness aside and go after this darling man!

  • @Qxz210
    @Qxz210 Рік тому +3

    Riding to whereever I need to to find peace❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

  • @Qxz210
    @Qxz210 Рік тому +5

    Riding my thumb to Texas 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

  • @manac2334
    @manac2334 3 місяці тому +13

    What happened to country music like this! 😔

    • @DonBlodgett
      @DonBlodgett Місяць тому +1

      I hear ya brother maybe when we get to heaven it will be like yesterdays

  • @PeterMckoy
    @PeterMckoy Рік тому +2

    That was a great year because brenda brass was born on March 29th an angel was born thank God for you 🙏 🙌 ❤️ 😊

  • @marysingh7921
    @marysingh7921 Рік тому +6

    Handsome ❤❤

  • @tmcmurra63
    @tmcmurra63 7 місяців тому +8

    Seriously, who doesn't love this?

  • @Qxz210
    @Qxz210 Рік тому +3

    My thumb misses you😢😢😢

  • @tmcmurra63
    @tmcmurra63 4 місяці тому +1

    My mom loved this tune.

  • @dalemccary6526
    @dalemccary6526 5 місяців тому +2

    Saw him at the Western Swing in Houston Tx in 1980.
    The Wishing Well club in Pearsall Tx in 1982.

  • @kellylewis4766
    @kellylewis4766 9 місяців тому +3

    I seen him in concert in 1988 at the funny farm Bakersfield California

  • @gskessingerable
    @gskessingerable 6 місяців тому +5

    He had an amazing voice. It makes one wonder why he didn't have more success?

    • @JClaus1221
      @JClaus1221 5 місяців тому

      He spent 15 years signed to Nashville Majors. He had 15 straight top 10 hits, from the age of 21. He did pretty well for himself.

    • @michaelmckenzie9542
      @michaelmckenzie9542 2 місяці тому

      Nashville

    • @JClaus1221
      @JClaus1221 2 місяці тому

      @@michaelmckenzie9542 Thinking my brain was trying to describe the current state of the city and the music. Corrected.

  • @squirrellyjon
    @squirrellyjon Рік тому +4

    There's another version with Tom Hall singing on it, that got plucked off the UA-cam s. Was kind of a devastating loss for me.

  • @terrygarcia897
    @terrygarcia897 11 місяців тому +5

    She's got you I got Mexico

  • @susierae1190
    @susierae1190 2 роки тому +2

    ❤️

  • @PeterMckoy
    @PeterMckoy Рік тому +2

    😂😂🎉😢😮😮 great singer 👨‍🎤 🎤 🎶 🎼 👏

  • @woodybowen5362
    @woodybowen5362 5 місяців тому +6

    Sorry Lefty & Merle but Johnny owns this song.

    • @FrankArce-of7zu
      @FrankArce-of7zu 4 місяці тому +1

      That's the Way Love Goes could be the song you're referring to!!!🎼🎵🎶🤠

  • @drecoca
    @drecoca 5 місяців тому +2

    What showcase is this? Is there footage of Tom T Hall performing as well?

    • @Van_Lommel_Old_Skool_Music
      @Van_Lommel_Old_Skool_Music  5 місяців тому +1

      From 70s -80s show That good ole Nashville music, taped at Opryland. I have no Tom T Hall footage.

  • @Qxz210
    @Qxz210 Рік тому +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤>R

  • @JClaus1221
    @JClaus1221 4 місяці тому +2

    Thinking Clint Black liked this tune quite a bit. "Better Man" is just a straight rip of it.

  • @jandeband
    @jandeband Рік тому +3

    Put the musicians back there in the dark

  • @RobertoHernandez-nu3iq
    @RobertoHernandez-nu3iq Рік тому +6

    Maybe he was put to the side by one thing and one thing only because he was a great singer maybe better then some American or Texan or any country performer just because he was Mexican.

  • @Qxz210
    @Qxz210 Рік тому +2

    Sedona ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

  • @peteguajardojr.1107
    @peteguajardojr.1107 Рік тому

    Those pickers really fucked up the song