When you sing a song so real that two of guys who have written some of the greatest songs in the genre lean back, shake their heads and join in. Here’s to all the late night song pulls that gave us this type of exquisite beauty
Things have been a bit rough for our family recently, and I’ve probably listened to this over and over. It’s just beautiful...absolutely heartfelt and so moving.
RICHARD DOBSON, YOU, MY MAN ARE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN🌺 ONLY GOD COULD HAVE HAD A HAND IN BRINGING YOUR BEAUTIFUL AND VERY EMOTIONAL SOUL TO OUR EARS.. TO HEAL, UPLIFT AND TO MAKE US ALL REALIZE WHAT LOVE AND LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR BEING JUST WHO YOU ARE.. AWESOMENESS 🌺
Rodneys drunken and slackjawed face is forever imprinted in my mind due to this video. I hear a beautiful song and I think of a young drunk Rodney Crowell's mouth agape on hearing it.
@@alicelelean5867 I was 13 days old when this was recorded,There's something poetic yet tragic about a group of young people with only themselves for company making music and drinking on a Christmas Eve.....
Forever ain't easy to come by For always ain't never to sure For certain is less than you hoped for For someone it's hard to endure Foresaken must sometimes befall us For sorrow sometimes will call For seasons go around on a pinwheel And tomorrow ain't nothin' at all The first time that I came by lovin' Forever was all on my mind And I never got used to the hurting Or the searchin' for some love in kind And it seems like I'm still chasing rainbows It seems like I'm still on the run Forever don't mean much in passing Forgotten don't mean that it's done Forever, for always, for certain' For someone forsaken for sure For any old plan you got workin' For any old pain you can cure Forever, for always, for certain
when a lyrically great song is sung, anyone with any sense of music and poetry are captivated, thus the looks on Susanna, Steve, Rodney's faces......even the great ones marvel greatness
Lol. Are you sure they aren't just all marvelling at how theyve been drinking for 24+ hours and wishing they hadn't smoked that last joint that has them all semi conscious and each caught several times by the camera man looking like they really need a nap and a sandwich
The look on Rodney's face at 2:00, and the rapt attention that Steve has at the beginning: these two young musicians are learning from a master. I think Rodney is hearing how lives can rhyme, in a fashion, at the beginning: "forever, for always, for certain, for someone, forsaken, for sure"... What a beautiful scene.
Look at the stunned look on Rodney crowell's face as he listens to the lyrics of this song and that will tell you all you need to know about how good this song is.
Such a beautiful song. Wish I could find a physical or even digital copy of this timeless documentary. So much talent sitting around that table it’s mindblowing.
Always thinking this! A true casual passionate moment in song. And to wonder how many of these were out there but not caught on cam. I give so much credit to the person who filmed this!
this guy Richard Dobson wrote, and sang the most beautiful song on this entire album/video...I'm his age, and followed all these guys...HE WROTE THE "CLASSIC" song amongst this gathering of songwriter/singers...
I must admit i do love guitar and still aim to carry a decent solo. However, if i had the one wish i would wish to write simple songs that posses this flashback power. In a way music is technically a time machine, with particular ability of transporting you into the past or future. We all have that one song!
G (G7) Am D C G is the chords for the most part when it comes to the " feels like im still chasin rainbows " is where the G7 comes into play besides that there ya go
yep, Rodney saw 'genius' and his countenance just dropped...WOW! too bad it took Guy Clark, and all the others in that room to do 'cover tunes' of this masterpiece.
@robert donaldson I think @Matthew Serrano is right on this one considering at 1:40 Guy Clark talks to Rodney Crowell and they laugh but you can only hear the song playing. Compare that to at the end of Mercenary Song you can see and hear them talking over Steve playing. Also at the start of this video Rodney has a guitar on his lap and a minute later he has handed the guitar away?
god this tune reminds me of good times in portland the comforting smell of baking cannabis cookies oozing through the oven spliffs being smoked and some good ipa to wash it all down and the company o some good friends days i will miss
Have only found this string (from Guy And Suzanna's house on Christmas Eve) in several clips - on the Heartworn Highways DVD. Anyone know if all three (or four) clips were ever available as one? Its the best part of that wonderful DVD IMHO.
I don't think so. I've never found it if it has. They're just the bonus or extra bits added on after the film itself. Which is a shame, I think the whole shooting match should have been run on as one.
Who is the woman sitting to the left of Rodney Crowell? Did a bit of research and found she is Susanna Clark, Guy's wife. Sad to learn she passed from cancer. Great music, crazy lives RIP.
Guy wrote a few songs about Susanna as did Rodney and Townes Van Zandt. Steve Earlle mentions he in a song and may even be more. She also wrote some songs herself. On Rodneys album before last he wrote Life Without Susanna about when she was dying. It was hard on him because they were very close for many years
@@lastnamefirst4035 Thanks for replying and telling me a little more. It is tough losing those we love especially to cancer watching them fade away slowly.
@@thegolfnut812 Guy always said Susanna would die from lung disease/cancer bc of her heavy smoking. Your so right, cancer being a terrifying diagnosis for victim, family and friends. Its scary
@@williamcole60 Yes, it is sad for those that have to live life without those we love no matter how cool their life was. We don't want to let go. Human nature.
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This is real music...and real music country.
That's one hell of an audience,a room full of Legendary singer/songwriters for sure!!!
The great Otis Gibbs sent me here ..... beautiful tune
Likewise. Good to see you here.
Look up Rodney Crowell singing Bluebird Wine from this same film. There is also a young Steve Earle singing a few songs. Amazing.
Same here! Otis has introduced me to a lot of great music and has me rediscovering even more with a new perspective. I can't say enough about Otis.
Same!
Me too. And I’m so glad!
They don't play this at my funeral im coming back 😂
When you sing a song so real that two of guys who have written some of the greatest songs in the genre lean back, shake their heads and join in. Here’s to all the late night song pulls that gave us this type of exquisite beauty
Things have been a bit rough for our family recently, and I’ve probably listened to this over and over. It’s just beautiful...absolutely heartfelt and so moving.
@@jeaniebradley6936 Here’s to you and your family seeing better days
Three of the greatest sing and song writers …….. And Susanna pluss this talented Richard Dobson, nice world !
This is Steve Earles roots.
It's the beginning of a legend..
Richard is the type of guy who'd close the place down. Excellence is at work right here
RICHARD DOBSON, YOU, MY MAN ARE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN🌺
ONLY GOD COULD HAVE HAD A HAND IN BRINGING YOUR BEAUTIFUL AND VERY EMOTIONAL SOUL TO OUR EARS..
TO HEAL, UPLIFT AND TO MAKE US ALL REALIZE WHAT LOVE AND LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING JUST WHO YOU ARE..
AWESOMENESS 🌺
That's *TOP*
Coffees for closers
One of the most beautiful songs ever written
Was this song ever on a record?
@@nathanpeterson3314 I'm sure Townes. recorded it for one of this albums Richard has had a few record's relased but they ain't easy to come by
Rodneys drunken and slackjawed face is forever imprinted in my mind due to this video. I hear a beautiful song and I think of a young drunk Rodney Crowell's mouth agape on hearing it.
This is the best comment 🤣
I bet it was a weekend affair love them weekends it's great when all the lads can jam and drink and sing woohoo bring on the weekend haazaaa
Christmas Eve 1975 at Susanna and Guy Clark's house.
Was filmed for the documentary film, heartworn highways.
Seems to be higher as drunk
@@alicelelean5867 I was 13 days old when this was recorded,There's something poetic yet tragic about a group of young people with only themselves for company making music and drinking on a Christmas Eve.....
Otis sent me
Me too!
@@archihi6957 Me too!
me too
Same.
Glad he did, amazing song
Forever ain't easy to come by
For always ain't never to sure
For certain is less than you hoped for
For someone it's hard to endure
Foresaken must sometimes befall us
For sorrow sometimes will call
For seasons go around on a pinwheel
And tomorrow ain't nothin' at all
The first time that I came by lovin'
Forever was all on my mind
And I never got used to the hurting
Or the searchin' for some love in kind
And it seems like I'm still chasing rainbows
It seems like I'm still on the run
Forever don't mean much in passing
Forgotten don't mean that it's done
Forever, for always, for certain'
For someone forsaken for sure
For any old plan you got workin'
For any old pain you can cure
Forever, for always, for certain
Thank you.
I never got used to the hurting
@@vincemurphy77 Hope you never get used to it cause if you do it means you've changed and not for the good.
Sometimes you got to listen twice.
Muchas Gracias!
How many of the men at that table fell in love with Suzanna? At least 3, but I’m sure even more. She seemed like an amazing woman.
I'm in love with Suzanna, just saying
This song should be pulling at your heart strings,it’s a lament of lost love.
What a weeper,what a great singer.
Really? You're going to tell us all what effect a song SHOULD have on us? Shut up.
Cool that these vids have been posted here, for so many to see & hear. Historic/educational stuff for those seeking those things.
Richard Dobson (March 19 1942 - December 16 2017)
I keep coming back to this, this performance is so soulful and beautiful.
They were all so young they had no idea how successful they would be. Some of the very best musicians at that table.
when a lyrically great song is sung, anyone with any sense of music and poetry are captivated, thus the looks on Susanna, Steve, Rodney's faces......even the great ones marvel greatness
Is Susanna the brunette sitting next to Rodney? She's a very attractive woman. Just say'n.
Lol. Are you sure they aren't just all marvelling at how theyve been drinking for 24+ hours and wishing they hadn't smoked that last joint that has them all semi conscious and each caught several times by the camera man looking like they really need a nap and a sandwich
@@johnnyreamage Sometime you just got to reach a certain stage to make the best path for the song to find you rightly.
@@thegolfnut812 Doesn't need to be said. We all have eyes.
Best damn pabst blue ribbon commercial I've seen in along time. Pretty good music too!! Thanks for posting.
Rod, Guy ,Earl . blown away...
The look on Rodney's face at 2:00, and the rapt attention that Steve has at the beginning: these two young musicians are learning from a master. I think Rodney is hearing how lives can rhyme, in a fashion, at the beginning: "forever, for always, for certain, for someone, forsaken, for sure"... What a beautiful scene.
All the old beercans wish i could time travel back to this place
Steve Earle was such a beautiful young man
Guy is amazed and their all high as a kite. Lol. Awesome performance!
This is an amazing song, can't stop listening...
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall! I guess this video will have to do. Still great.
What a room full of talent!
Thanks Otis ✌
Look at the stunned look on Rodney crowell's face as he listens to the lyrics of this song and that will tell you all you need to know about how good this song is.
Such a beautiful song. Wish I could find a physical or even digital copy of this timeless documentary. So much talent sitting around that table it’s mindblowing.
Always thinking this! A true casual passionate moment in song. And to wonder how many of these were out there but not caught on cam. I give so much credit to the person who filmed this!
It was pretty easy to obtain a copy on DVD. You should get it!
Ask them to walk a straight line that night um impossible...play any song on guitar job well done.
This is one of my top ten recordings of all time. Two and a half minutes of total serenity.
Jesus, it gets me every time this song, reminds me of my old man . Just beautiful.
Safe travels, Dobson. Gorgeous lyrics! x
Oh how I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during that jam session. So much talent sittin' around that table.
Looks like my kitchen table in the 70's, this was filmedf at Guy & Susan Clarks house
this guy Richard Dobson wrote, and sang the most beautiful song on this entire album/video...I'm his age, and followed all these guys...HE WROTE THE "CLASSIC" song amongst this gathering of songwriter/singers...
pffft63 he sure did. It is just about a perfect song.
@pffft63 I thought Townes wrote it
Great tune love it !
Jesus Richard this will never get old , that's a hell of a song , fly on my man , fly on.
Definitely my favorite song and video off the heartworm Highway
I must admit i do love guitar and still aim to carry a decent solo. However, if i had the one wish i would wish to write simple songs that posses this flashback power. In a way music is technically a time machine, with particular ability of transporting you into the past or future. We all have that one song!
Steve and Rodney are getting the nods those eyes are rolling back. The heroine must have been GREAT back then lol
Who is she? Who'd she save?
@@hankworden3850 Touche'😂😂😂
So much talent in that kitchen is now gone.
Just be thankful the two on the right and left are still here.
...thank you 👍
Not really gone, just moved on to a different place. We can still feel it, see it, and hear it. This compels me to continue to search for It……..
It ain't gone. It's always pickin down the line
I've got this DVD I need to watch it again.
This is excellent…I knew it was from “Heart worn Highways”…Love this….💕
thank you again
Sounds as good as the first time I heard it....
Steve looks so young in the background.
I love these guys
Fantastic, one of my faves from Heart Worn Highways.
It's so awesome to watch a good song hit a room
This is my favorite scene from Vegas Vacation.
True.
God this is so good
The guy that brings the party down
The faces say it all
Some amazingness here
god i love this
G (G7) Am D C G is the chords for the most part
when it comes to the " feels like im still chasin rainbows " is where the G7 comes into play
besides that there ya go
Molasses Jones yeahup! Purddy much....
Thank you
Thanks man for sure
I really need to learn of more music like this.. I'm just a 21 year old English kid, maaaan :( lol
Check out Live at the Old Quarter by Townes Van Zandt, Old No. 1 by Guy Clark, and Cold, Cold World by Blaze Foley just to get you started!
Check out Colter Wall and Shakey Graves, some young guys with some great original songs.
Blaze Foley.
all 3 replies above are great suggestions. to add to it i suggest charlie parr!
Look up hank williams son.
Made me think of evenings with my Grandmother…first time I heard it. Just found out she wrote it for hers. 😊
Thanks a bunch, Otis. I got here on your bus too.
I love it.
It's a gorgeous song.
Great song !
One of the best that ever was
Da Great Pisgetti Monstro in da Sky sed dis a good song! So keeps ona singa it!
This is the best. Uploaded when youtube was a baby. I'm responsible for 100 views a year.
so long Don Ricardo
I wish I still had the original vhs of this doc
It is out in DVD now.
+Jim McKelvey I have it but some if the material was edited out
@@tobysshades like Townes shooting up in front of his girlfriend’s kid in a shack? Hell that was half his charm.
thank you
Beautiful voice.
I want this whole session.
Real music most people now days have never seen real muy
This is an amazing singer
Yes
Such a perfectly written song
Wowsers.
That stare of introspection by Susanne, I do a lot. It's cool to see that others are like "me"...modern minds would be staring into screens.
I was wondering the same thing. Its such a good song. I had to convert it myself.
Wow.
Blaze would be at this table
If he wasnt lying under a pool table
I love how Rodney Crowell's jaw drops at 1:54 when he hears all those "For..." lines fromt he last verse concatenated
yep, Rodney saw 'genius' and his countenance just dropped...WOW!
too bad it took Guy Clark, and all the others in that room to do 'cover tunes' of this masterpiece.
I dont think that's what happening. I think it's just a lapse, like it's really just other footage just put over thay tune at that moment.
@@matthewserrano1901 nope
@robert donaldson I think @Matthew Serrano is right on this one considering at 1:40 Guy Clark talks to Rodney Crowell and they laugh but you can only hear the song playing. Compare that to at the end of Mercenary Song you can see and hear them talking over Steve playing. Also at the start of this video Rodney has a guitar on his lap and a minute later he has handed the guitar away?
I’ve been there before I think he is just almost at the end of the night he’s spacing out.
Great love it
god this tune reminds me of good times in portland the comforting smell of baking cannabis cookies oozing through the oven spliffs being smoked and some good ipa to wash it all down and the company o some good friends days i will miss
Ottis sent me too! Awesome
Steve Earle was contemplating existence in that moment
Great song. Check out Guy Clark’s version.
Have only found this string (from Guy And Suzanna's house on Christmas Eve) in several clips - on the Heartworn Highways DVD. Anyone know if all three (or four) clips were ever available as one? Its the best part of that wonderful DVD IMHO.
I don't think so. I've never found it if it has.
They're just the bonus or extra bits added on after the film itself.
Which is a shame, I think the whole shooting match should have been run on as one.
Word 'round the campfire is that bob neuwirth once dreamt up this song.
A total jem
Miss you Red
Uncle Red still made get to school
Who is the woman sitting to the left of Rodney Crowell? Did a bit of research and found she is Susanna Clark, Guy's wife. Sad to learn she passed from cancer. Great music, crazy lives RIP.
Guy wrote a few songs about Susanna as did Rodney and Townes Van Zandt. Steve Earlle mentions he in a song and may even be more. She also wrote some songs herself. On Rodneys album before last he wrote Life Without Susanna about when she was dying. It was hard on him because they were very close for many years
@@lastnamefirst4035 Thanks for replying and telling me a little more. It is tough losing those we love especially to cancer watching them fade away slowly.
@@thegolfnut812 Guy always said Susanna would die from lung disease/cancer bc of her heavy smoking. Your so right, cancer being a terrifying diagnosis for victim, family and friends. Its scary
Death isn't sad when you lived the coolest life
@@williamcole60 Yes, it is sad for those that have to live life without those we love no matter how cool their life was. We don't want to let go. Human nature.
Mostro!
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I dont remember this on Heartworn Highways. Maybe I watched a shorter version
Acid kicks in at 1:55
🎶😍
Is there a new set of west Texas guitar players to carry the torch for this group
Ro Ya I’d like to hope so
Oh yeah PBR
Definitely lines on that mirror