I was fortunate enough to live with Mike and Terry Elderedge in the early 90s. Later,Mike introduced me to Charlie Sizemore and I got to know Tom T and Miss Dixie. I was in attendance at Bubs wedding and it was one of the best weddings I ever attended. Later, Tom T and Dixie would go on bus trips w Charlie's band. If you never had the pleasure of meeting them, they were the finest folks you could possibly know. Once, on a bus trip, Tom T slept in my bunk out of a bus with 11 other bunks to choose from, Tom T crushed a brand new pair of $150 sunglasses I had in the bunk....I still have the remains of said sunglasses. Dixie was British and loved to give me a hard time and if she liked you she'd bust your ass.....I feel honored that she busted my ass so many times. Tom T would get me to mix when we'd record at their place. I owe Bub for so many great things in my life. Thanks Bub!
❤ Mike, .... I've Been In TV, ... Bluegrass Music For Umpteen Years, .. Etc, ... Etc. .... So Much Of What You Talk About, ...I Have Lived....You Are One Of The Greatest Storytellers I Have Ever Heard !!!!! .... Tom T. , Jimmy Martin, ... Etc, ...Would Be Proud !!!!! ❤
As a boy in the back seat of my Dad’s car, I learned all those songs and when the Miss Dixie CD came out I bought it for dad and we had a great time learning those songs. My favorite all time
Mike Bub has got some great stories! These "interviews" are like sitting in someone's living room and listening to a good storyteller. Otis you could teach a seminar on how to conduct a good interview. You just let your guests talk with minimal input or interruption on your part. Reminds me of Bob Edward's, ( a Louisville boy!), when he hosted Morning Edition on NPR. He didn't get in the way of the guests. I can't stand when an interviewer constantly interrupts the guests or rambles on just to himself talk.
Otis, I enjoy what you do here. And if I may, I want to say something about the Weary Hearts. They paid us a visit at the Strange Family Bluegrass Festival in Texarkana Texas in the late 80s. Mike Bub is world famous as a bass player. But he played banjo with the Weary Hearts and he made most other banjo players sound like they doing it wrong. Bub is a PLAYER.
I would have never known what a great person Tom T Hall was without your channel Otis. Thanks. The info about charity work for animal shelters is right up my ally.
Hello Otis you guys knocked it out of the park with this one...thanks...My all time favorite was "I Remember the day Clayton Delaney Died" And yes I did see Tom T. perform way back in the mid-1970's. It was at Kentuck Territory I believe it was called in Western KY down near Kentucky Lake. I was young and dumb and full of some and had a dream of becoming a "song writer" At the end of the show Tom signed autographs for a good long time. When I finally got to him he autographed a nice photo of him I had bought and still have on the wall as I type these words. Hell I wasn't but twenty-years old or so, after he autographed the photo I got up the nerve to tell him I wanted to be a songwriter and could he give me any advice? He had a sort of curious look on his face and glanced over his shoulder towards Nashville and said "Son, Nashville is only a couple hours in that direction" and then smiled, probably the best advice I had ever been given that I didn't take.
I saw Mike Bub and Chuck Mead in the crowd at a Blasters show in Nashville. It was at Exit In about ten years ago. I already thought they were cool guys but they went to another level for me that night. I also highly, highly recommend making a stop at the visitors center in Tom T’s hometown, Olive Hill, Kentucky. It is basically a Tom T museum and most of the memorabilia came directly from Tom T. The lady who works there is wonderful and had some personal interactions with Tom.
Kind Regards to Mike , had epic fun on a Scandinavian tour with Del and the lads, I was with a high energy Irish folk band called 4Men & a Dog . Regards from Gerry banjo and Gino
Every time I think you got the best interview ever you top it! I saw Tom t at Bonners ferry Idaho with Earl Thomas Conley and Earl was late but Tom T put on such a show that nobody minded.
was lucky enough to get to spend time with Tom T. Hall as his hearing aid provider in Brentwood. I love horse racing, and Tom T loved to bet the horses, but instead of handicapping like most of us do Tom was into numerology. He said “I’d look at all the numbers as I traveled to a gig. I’d look at the numbers on the cabbie license as I rode to the airport. I’d look at the numbers on my airline ticket. I’d look at my hotel room number. I’d look at the numbers on the dollar bills I had in my wallet, and if I saw a pattern, I would get the club owner to give me my pay upfront and I’d head out to the races and I’d bet the numbers that were running strong all day”
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Otis I saw him back in the 70s at Camden Park in Huntington W.V. Thank you for the song yesterday. We buried my dad yesterday and I needed your song last night.
My favorite Tom T. song has changed depending on what era of life I happened to be in: "I Love" was great when I was a kid in the 70's but as I grew older and dug deeper in his catalog I found there were songs of his for nearly every phase of my "grown-up" life. Yes, I saw him "live" -ish, once...at a red light in Antioch, TN when I was living in Smyrna. I threw up my index finger on the steering wheel like we used to in the country and he returned the same gesture just like we were passing each other on some back road up near Olive Hill! What a great interview about one of the all-time greats!
I was fortunate enough to live with Mike and Terry Elderedge in the early 90s. Later,Mike introduced me to Charlie Sizemore and I got to know Tom T and Miss Dixie. I was in attendance at Bubs wedding and it was one of the best weddings I ever attended. Later, Tom T and Dixie would go on bus trips w Charlie's band. If you never had the pleasure of meeting them, they were the finest folks you could possibly know. Once, on a bus trip, Tom T slept in my bunk out of a bus with 11 other bunks to choose from, Tom T crushed a brand new pair of $150 sunglasses I had in the bunk....I still have the remains of said sunglasses. Dixie was British and loved to give me a hard time and if she liked you she'd bust your ass.....I feel honored that she busted my ass so many times. Tom T would get me to mix when we'd record at their place. I owe Bub for so many great things in my life. Thanks Bub!
A great story in itself.
❤ Mike, .... I've Been In TV, ... Bluegrass Music For Umpteen Years, .. Etc, ... Etc. .... So Much Of What You Talk About, ...I Have Lived....You Are One Of The Greatest Storytellers I Have Ever Heard !!!!! .... Tom T. , Jimmy Martin, ... Etc, ...Would Be Proud !!!!! ❤
As a boy in the back seat of my Dad’s car,
I learned all those songs and when the Miss Dixie CD came out I bought it for dad and we had a great time learning those songs.
My favorite all time
Another great piece of oral history. Thanks to Otis and Mike Bub.
I love how I can go from stories of SRV to Tom T. Nobody does it better than you Otis.
Mike Bub has got some great stories! These "interviews" are like sitting in someone's living room and listening to a good storyteller. Otis you could teach a seminar on how to conduct a good interview. You just let your guests talk with minimal input or interruption on your part. Reminds me of Bob Edward's, ( a Louisville boy!), when he hosted Morning Edition on NPR. He didn't get in the way of the guests. I can't stand when an interviewer constantly interrupts the guests or rambles on just to himself talk.
I completely concur.
It’s all about the edits, everybody pays edits.
Otis, I enjoy what you do here. And if I may, I want to say something about the Weary Hearts. They paid us a visit at the Strange Family Bluegrass Festival in Texarkana Texas in the late 80s. Mike Bub is world famous as a bass player. But he played banjo with the Weary Hearts and he made most other banjo players sound like they doing it wrong. Bub is a PLAYER.
I am blessed to have a few of my songs recorded at the toy box.
Great video.
Love to hear any story about Tom T Hall. He was a true icon and legend.
Otis your pals are like school of Country Music History Thanks.
I would have never known what a great person Tom T Hall was without your channel Otis. Thanks. The info about charity work for animal shelters is right up my ally.
Hello Otis you guys knocked it out of the park with this one...thanks...My all time favorite was "I Remember the day Clayton Delaney Died" And yes I did see Tom T. perform way back in the mid-1970's. It was at Kentuck Territory I believe it was called in Western KY down near Kentucky Lake. I was young and dumb and full of some and had a dream of becoming a "song writer" At the end of the show Tom signed autographs for a good long time. When I finally got to him he autographed a nice photo of him I had bought and still have on the wall as I type these words. Hell I wasn't but twenty-years old or so, after he autographed the photo I got up the nerve to tell him I wanted to be a songwriter and could he give me any advice? He had a sort of curious look on his face and glanced over his shoulder towards Nashville and said "Son, Nashville is only a couple hours in that direction" and then smiled, probably the best advice I had ever been given that I didn't take.
Such great stories. Makes you love Tom T. and Miss Dixie even more.
INCREDIBLE !!
I saw Mike Bub and Chuck Mead in the crowd at a Blasters show in Nashville. It was at Exit In about ten years ago. I already thought they were cool guys but they went to another level for me that night.
I also highly, highly recommend making a stop at the visitors center in Tom T’s hometown, Olive Hill, Kentucky. It is basically a Tom T museum and most of the memorabilia came directly from Tom T. The lady who works there is wonderful and had some personal interactions with Tom.
When i was a kid we had a couple Tom T 8 tracks. We played those things to death. Love Tom T
That’s some wonderful and loving commentary about a loving and wonderful man. “I guess life is just like that sometimes@.
Mike Bub...South Plains College alumni and one of the great bass players out there!
I'm 29, I was introduced to Tom T Hall's music by my dad. He played Sneaky Snake which I loved.
I love Mike Bub's stories and this was especially great.
My grandfather did the same at age 86. It broke my heart.
Kind Regards to Mike , had epic fun on a Scandinavian tour with Del and the lads, I was with a high energy Irish folk band called 4Men & a Dog . Regards from Gerry banjo and Gino
Hello Gerry!! What a great time we had! Thanks for saying hello..
Could listen to Mike all day.
Every word of this is my life, Mike included. Miss Ya Mike, and " everybody Else. "
Hi Mel, Hope all is well w you.
I'm hangin in there. Thanks.@@johngolden4468
Always a good time when we hear of Tom T. Such a great guy!
Great ❤more Mike Bubb! Thanks
Every time I think you got the best interview ever you top it! I saw Tom t at Bonners ferry Idaho with Earl Thomas Conley and Earl was late but Tom T put on such a show that nobody minded.
What great stories, he sure is a amazing storyteller! He sure made some great friendships!
I got to meet Tom T at the Station Inn years back. That memory has never left me.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos.
That was a solid Del impression @15:46
I can't say I'm familiar with more than a handful of his songs, and they seem fine, but his autobiography is one of my favourite books.
was lucky enough to get to spend time with Tom T. Hall as his hearing aid provider in Brentwood. I love horse racing, and Tom T loved to bet the horses, but instead of handicapping like most of us do Tom was into numerology. He said “I’d look at all the numbers as I traveled to a gig. I’d look at the numbers on the cabbie license as I rode to the airport. I’d look at the numbers on my airline ticket. I’d look at my hotel room number. I’d look at the numbers on the dollar bills I had in my wallet, and if I saw a pattern, I would get the club owner to give me my pay upfront and I’d head out to the races and I’d bet the numbers that were running strong all day”
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I'm not a gambler at all but I'm curious- did it work any better than your usual method?
These stories are a treat, thank you both for sharing them with us ☮
Hello! I came here bc I like Tom T but also hoping to find you here. Here we are ☮️
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I was constantly called Clayton Delaney when I was a little kid
What's your favorite Tom T Hall song? Did you ever see him live?
Otis I saw him back in the 70s at Camden Park in Huntington W.V. Thank you for the song yesterday. We buried my dad yesterday and I needed your song last night.
ballad of forty dollars and no
Saw him at a festival when I was 8. I Love was my favorite back then. But now Faster Horses edges it out.
My favorite Tom T. song has changed depending on what era of life I happened to be in: "I Love" was great when I was a kid in the 70's but as I grew older and dug deeper in his catalog I found there were songs of his for nearly every phase of my "grown-up" life.
Yes, I saw him "live" -ish, once...at a red light in Antioch, TN when I was living in Smyrna. I threw up my index finger on the steering wheel like we used to in the country and he returned the same gesture just like we were passing each other on some back road up near Olive Hill! What a great interview about one of the all-time greats!
@@brianb.5473thank you very much for sharing this memory of his Camdom Park visit memory that I had forgotten. I am so sorry for your loss. ~
Dang good show! T.C.B. 🤟
Thanks Otis , i love Tom T . I hang in olive hill a few times a year. Cool festival at Carter caves you should check out, check out some caves..
God bless The Storyteller
Bub is the bee’s knee’s !
I think I have The Weary Hearts on video cassette tape. Made at the Strange Family Festival. Mike????
Amazing.
Mike Bub? I think I still have an original Weary Hearts cassette somewhere...
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I listen to T. All the time. Cool vid.
Great video! Luv Homecoming and Ballad of Forty Dollars.
Related: "Clinch Mountain Mystery" is a great song.
Who's gonna feed them hogs? Greatest song of all time.
Tom's son is fantastic !
Otis did you go by Stubb's original place in Lubbock. Tom T song Great East Broadway Onion Championship of 1978
" I don't know what old dogs and children taste like, but I understand they pair well with watermelon wine."
Joe Ely told me Tom was a true blue vegetarian.
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