@@SteveA61172 I woke up hearing "Straight to Hell" this morning and longed for it to be 1989 again... And how much I miss those days of living in TN & GA.
@@victoriac1299 , South Florida has it's charm. I'm from Wisconsin. I lived in Atlanta, then Miami, Pompano Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. I'll take South Florida any day!
@nopepunx1981 I used to live in South Carolina. Columbia, Florence, Beaufort, and Myrtle Beach. Now I live in Idaho. I miss the South, but I love living out west.
When the honeysuckle blooms in the deep south the air is filled with the sweetest scent you`ll ever smell and you can`t get enough of it. I`ve been all over the country, that scent is in few other places plus never seen sky bluer than the south. The south will always be my home. This song simply tells it like it is.
NE Tennessee!!! In the Appalachian mountains!!! Gotta love the Carolina blue sky, fresh clean air, honeysuckle blooming on just about every row of fence you see. GOD bless this sweet Southern home.
I was raised in South Florida and heard them for the first time when they opened for REM in Miami. No one there knew who they were and neither did I. As soon as they started playing I knew I was watching something special. Most of the people there were not even interested. I couldn't believe people were ignoring them. I was like are you people crazy? Dont you hear that sound? Almost 40 years later and I live in Georgia now, and they are still one of the greatest underated bands ever.
These guys are not unknown among artists. They have been very involved among the actual artist bands like ZEBRA from New Orleans. Even bigger maybe was they led the fight and raided funds to get GREAT WHITE released from jail with the charges dropped because the band itself was not responsible for that horrific fire event where people died in South Carolina. There was an event where the band's equipment trailer was stolen and you would not believe the mega guys & gals that all DONATED EQUIPMENT so they ended up 100 times better then when they started. This song particular is 1 of the greatest rock anthems of all time hands down. Hell in 87 we were blowing up 100 amp speakers over this stuff.
@jg1007 I was at that show too. Heard of them but never knew their work. You're exactly right - before they finished their first song I was hooked! Blew REM off the stage. Been a fan ever since.
i lived in georgia for 9 years, right by the chattahoochee, they sing it i seen it and you know what ? i miss it every day. woodstock/acworth/kennesaw/dunwoody/chamblee/on lanier etc, those were the times. now i'm in texas which is ok. ben, texas long live the south and its way of life. warmest people you ever meet.
Very underrated band. Greatest song for Southerners disaffected by time and place. They will always have a place in my heart. From a Southern Globetrotter in Asia. Long live "Drivin and Cryin"
the singer has a unique voice. you can tell it from thousands of others. Stan Rosen my friend from Georgia brought the audio cassette of this band to Russia and gave it to me as a gift it was "Fly me courageuos" album. I was really carried away by this band. They really rock! just great band and thats it!
This song will always tug at my heart strings. Takes me back to my youth. Proud to say I still hail from Georgia, and I can proudly say I know exactly what Kinney is singing about in this song.
I'm sorry to hear you're having a difficult time. Just like the good times the hardships do not last. Sometimes they linger on but good times will come again. You're not alone, ✌
I hope you have worked through them! To give you some perspective; this song, and the album, helped me a lot in getting through probably the hardest times times I'll ever go through. It was when this album came out, in '89. This is my favorite song on the album.
Georgia, Saturday night 1989, riding in a pickup on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, stars out and shining bright. With a cooler full of cold refreshing beverages. Miss those simple times.
@@Sammy-mp9xn and Lord Motorsports, Sounds like a night. sittin in the hay fields, on top of a mountain in W. Va. also, PEACE, My Hillbilly, (or as i like to call us, Headbangin hillbillies). Brothers and Sistas!
Auburn; 1990; riding to the supper club, AKA "Stupid Club" to see this band live. I remember the cold clear night with a silver moon overhead, drinking Michelob till I couldn't feel my toes. My friend at the wheel with not a care in the world. I rolled down the window and savored the smell of the moment before arriving at the concert; a windy blur now, but the smell of youth and promise stays with me. Flash back to the present in San Fransisco and some of the despair I witness on the streets and realize.... this song and that concert resonates to southerners and anyone else longing for home and a better place. For me, it's all about a place in the sun for everyone.
MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY DRIV"N & CRY'N DIDN'T BECOME A LEGEND EVERYWHERE !! 1st TIME I EVER HEARDEM !! I'VE RE-BOUGHT MYSTERY ROAD 5-6 TIMES ! ! STAIRWAY DIDN'T ROCK ME LIKE D'N & C'N ! ! & WE'RE ' BOUT the same age ! LOVE THOSE BOY'S & I HOPE THE GUYS READ THIS ! I'M 60. My hose is on wheels & MY TRUCK is on blocks ,But I gotta great guitar collection & can HEAR DRIVE'N N CRYING ANYTIME !! MAN, I LOVE R N R ! Y'ALL ROCK !! IDK WHY not enough publicity ¿? N CRY'N
He and his band got me through a six month stay in the hospital with sepsis in 2015. a friend told me when I got out (which was in some doubt at the time that I would get out) we'd go see them n concert.
I Don't get y they weren't bigger loved all there music they were hard rock and blues with folk rock grey lyrics that spoke about who u where and what u did at the time
T Wig I'm from Texas. No one around here has ever heard of DNC. I've been a fan of them for several decades now. If people ever listened to their albums they would have so many fans. They are my favorite band of all time
I was born and raised in Georgia and this song reminds me of better times and long forgotten memories. I don't like what the metro Atlanta area has become and have moved away because of it but every time I hear this song I smile and remember what it was.
i lived in ATL for many years. first moved in 98 and it still felt like the old south. it has changed so much. not sure i like it now as much as i did back then
I was born downtown Atlanta in 67 lived there my whole life till about 15 years ago ….now when I go back I don’t even recognize Atlanta anymore … and sad to say I don’t care if I ever go back to Atlanta again… kinda sad to lose your hometown
@@NoCoverCharge i moved there in 98 for the first time. it still had that old southern hospitality feel to it but it changed so much since then. i lived there twice. from 98-02 it was all about pubs, bars and hanging with blue collar people for the most part. when i moved back it was all about wine tastings, art gallery openings and roof bars...two very different experiences
They were determined to become a big rock band and spent countless hours , days and years practicing in their grandmother's garage . They never gave up and in the end became a huge success. Keep on keeping on . God Bless you All and Much love
In April of my senior year in college, 1990, my friends and I made a road trip from Texas to visit a friend at U of Ga. We drove all night listening to Driving and Crying, REM, The Black Crowes and plenty of other relevant bands of the time. We got to Athens, had lunch at the ADD drugstore, slept for a while, partied, and went and saw Widespread Panic at the 40 Watt club. I'll never forget that trip. What a blast.
@@mloftin6472 I lived in Macon in 1990-2001 and got to see a lot of Ga bands down on Cherry street, ya......you know the street, lots of history there all starting from the Allman Brothers. Great memories there, miss it too!
We've been to at least four of their shows in the last couple of years. Grew up on DnC living in Athens, GA. I'll be damned if they don't get better with age. The 40 Watt show on December 28, 2018 was ear-splitting, mind-blowing rock-n-roll at its absolute finest. DnC forever!
John Prescott I seen them in Woodstock Georgia a few summers ago and they put on a hell of a show... I was front row and Kevin tossed me a guitar pick as I sang along to going straight to hell... unfortunately I had a hole in my pocket and lost it... I do believe they get better with age and Kevin Kenny is a genuis of a songwriter...in a just world these guys would be in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame
Fell in love with the band when I lived in Athens and went to UGA - probably saw them the first time in 1989 at either 40Watt, Uptown or Ga Theater. Saw them just this past Dec at 40Watt again and they were 100%, spot on! Still in love with them all these years later!
This song reminds me when i hitchhiked across the usa. Va. To California...wow... the people the stories.. different time now.. God Bless everyone here. Amen
Early 90’s on the river in Alabama throwing horseshoes, riding jet skis this was the jam. Kids today, you missed out on the best time to be a teenager.
Even after all of these years and countless great bands that have come and gone, DnC is still a regular in my music rotation. Not only are they one of favorites, they're (as often stated) criminally underrated. I would have paid top dollar to have seen them share a show with another one of my favorites which were also criminally underrated - Savatage. Two sperate genre's and styles, but that (at least to me) woulda been one kick ass show. Jon Oliva and Kevin Kinney were both incredible song writers who could touch your life with their lyrics. Drivin N Cryin, Savatage, and Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting all got me through Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
This song takes me WAY back!! many memories and very special meaning. every time I go to the cemetery to visit my best friend who was killed in a motorcycle accident it comes on the radio and it doesn't come on too frequently anymore! RIP Young Clinton and God Bless you, Phillips McCain
They are from Georgia and I remember when they were first getting started and we use to go see them because they were our home town band and they always gave great performances.
Drivin' N' Cryin' was oh so close to Superstardom. They were right there, at the summit, they could see it. But for reasons that I'll never understand, they just didn't get there. They deserved it, too. Absolutely fantastic band.
I used to drive a truck and when I would get to delivery and if someone saw my ga license plate and they had been here before, they would smile and say I love georgia. You could see them come back here in their mind. I'd answer them by saying I wish I could take you back with me.. tears would always well up in our eyes, mine because I was going home when I left. Sitting here at home in cohutta right now thinking there's no gift more beautiful than giving someone a ticket to Georgia simply because.. he's never been. 53 years born and raised and will die a peach. Go Dawgs!
The bass player is Glenn Burns son in-law. Glenn was the weather man on Channel 2 for years. Glenn is also a hell of a fisherman. Had his own magazine for awhile. Loved that magazine!
It's not uncommon for me to hear a song and hear the story the lyrics are telling. It's not often that the actual music tells the story. People just don't get it but this song is an entire vibe. I'm sitting in Georgia, in my hometown and this song is still making me homesick.
Blackbeard said it all - or at least what this southern man was gonna say - God bless these boys from Marietta. Southern Pride boy - aint nothn like it.
Georgia....ain't no better place to live. I was born here, but I've traveled and lived many places...and no place is as beautiful as Georgia. Scatter my ashes around 285!
Amen brother... I've lived in Cherokee county all my life (42 years) and this is where I want to die....and when I do I want my ashes scattered on the Etowah River....my favorite place on Earth... there's no place I'd rather live... I seen drivin n cryin a few summers ago in Woodstock Georgia and Kevin Kenny tossed me a guitar pick with his name on it... unfortunately I had a hole in my pocket and it fell out while I was walking home from the show drunk lol....but I feel very fortunate to have seen them perform live front row... I love drivin n cryin and I love Georgia
Saw DnC many times first time was at Georgia Southern in 88'. A kid across the hall went to high school with them and got us in for free. I was hooked forever. I have seen them many times since. Saw them in like 95' At Dover AFB they opened for Skynyrd. I have run into Kevin Kenny several times at the Windjammer in Isle of Palms here in SC. Kick Ass band that was born in the times of hair spray and spandex. To my knowledge they never wore any, thank you DnC for being true to the music.
I am curious as to how someone could justify giving a thumbs down to this song/video. There's a salient difference between human beings and human doings.
Always one of my favorite drivin and cryin songs. Great story telling southern rock. Takes me back what seems like so long ago. Kevin’s still rocking too!
Was at university of ga in late 80s and early 90s. REM , drivin and cryin and the Connells . Great times. Saw Jesus and Mary chain and nine inch nails at ga theatre as a freshman. What a show!
Went to college in the mid 90s in the Northeast but holy heck, Connells, REM, Drivin n Cryin, NIN, JaMC, etc... throw in some local boys called Dinosaur Jr and some Pixies and that was our years/stereos/inspirations for starting bands.
@keymcgrip your harassing me! there's a statue of limitations I've in your grip for over 40 years! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr! I know your talking too! Your talking to me Judge!
This band brings back so many memories as I drove all over the state of Florida for work. It was a sad time for me and things weren't going well...... this band made me feel better, it was something I could enjoy and I did. Gezzz that was 1990 1994...... time flies when we're alive. (I'm doing much better now.)
Kevn played this, at my personal request, for my 27th birthday in Tuscaloosa Alabama. He visited with me and my friends in between sets and asked what we wanted to hear. Honeysuckle Blue and Scarred but Smarter is what I requested. He opened the next set with both!
I saw Drivin N Cryin at The Music Farm in Charleston back in the late 1990's. This number and Fly Me Courageous were the highlights of a great set. These guys really could put on a show!!
40 Watt Club Athens baby!... saw y'all lots, southern rock 38 special and Skynard (hatchet) hellz yeah! pass the whiskey and a J... ;) a country boy can survive you know! oh ho oh!
Southern born & raised. 1 of the Best damn underappreciated rock bands of the south & of North America! REM, Indigo Girls & Drivin & Cryin speak for the talent pool that emerged from north GA❤ I'll die a southern boy with D&C in my soul even though I no longer live there❤😊 **Edit** I left out the B52s & Guadalcanal Diary in my original post (shame on me)speaking of N. Georgia's talent that emerged along with D&C, IG & REM back in the day. So many GREAT memories associated with those amazing bands! Side note -wikipedia lists Guadalcanal diary as a pop band🤣😆GD WAS a rock band thru&thru!
If you live or have lived in the South, well, then you already understand how hard this song hits your soul.
So so true.- Country Girl👣
Amen, stuck in OH now and miss GA like crazy!
That is so true.. grew up in Tennessee, and now in South Florida, which is really not the "south" I knew...
@@SteveA61172 I woke up hearing "Straight to Hell" this morning and longed for it to be 1989 again... And how much I miss those days of living in TN & GA.
@@victoriac1299 , South Florida has it's charm. I'm from Wisconsin. I lived in Atlanta, then Miami, Pompano Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. I'll take South Florida any day!
One of the most underrated southern rock bands of all time
AGREE !!!!!
Yep!
One of the most underrated bands of all time of any genre.
No such thing as Southern Rock. Rock is Southern.
@@al1665 U tell em!!!
I don't always listen to Drivin'N'Cryin but when I do the neighbors listen to.
Yes, especially here in Charleston. Love it
@@tonyeagans3814 my neighbors listen to
@nopepunx1981 I used to live in South Carolina. Columbia, Florence, Beaufort, and Myrtle Beach. Now I live in Idaho. I miss the South, but I love living out west.
When the honeysuckle blooms in the deep south the air is filled with the sweetest scent you`ll ever smell and you can`t get enough of it. I`ve been all over the country, that scent is in few other places plus never seen sky bluer than the south.
The south will always be my home. This song simply tells it like it is.
Amen. Southern born& bred lass myself, from N.C.👣 been to Georgia many times. Have family living there now, in Marietta& Woodstock.
Omg, you are so right.
So proud of my Atlanta, Georgia, before gentrification, home❤💓💋
Dam straight born in Columbus GA a few miles from the Chattahoochee River.
NE Tennessee!!! In the Appalachian mountains!!!
Gotta love the Carolina blue sky, fresh clean air, honeysuckle blooming on just about every row of fence you see. GOD bless this sweet Southern home.
Amen🙏
I remember going to the Chattahoochee, keeping the beer cold in the river,used to buy it by the gallon at a gas station...those were the days !!!
Amen..
Used to get it at the bait store and keep it in a creek in the woods. Good ol days! 16 years old.
That river ain't cold enough to keep beer cold and quite nasty
@@Rick-o-Rama sounds like fun
I was raised in South Florida and heard them for the first time when they opened for REM in Miami. No one there knew who they were and neither did I. As soon as they started playing I knew I was watching something special. Most of the people there were not even interested. I couldn't believe people were ignoring them. I was like are you people crazy? Dont you hear that sound? Almost 40 years later and I live in Georgia now, and they are still one of the greatest underated bands ever.
These guys are not unknown among artists. They have been very involved among the actual artist bands like ZEBRA from New Orleans. Even bigger maybe was they led the fight and raided funds to get GREAT WHITE released from jail with the charges dropped because the band itself was not responsible for that horrific fire event where people died in South Carolina.
There was an event where the band's equipment trailer was stolen and you would not believe the mega guys & gals that all DONATED EQUIPMENT so they ended up 100 times better then when they started.
This song particular is 1 of the greatest rock anthems of all time hands down. Hell in 87 we were blowing up 100 amp speakers over this stuff.
@@kevingthompson14 Well I sure knew who they were after that night. But yeah this is a song I had on repeat for a long time.
Saw them open on Green Tour in 89, now my 5 year old says play it again daddy!
@jg1007 I was at that show too. Heard of them but never knew their work. You're exactly right - before they finished their first song I was hooked! Blew REM off the stage. Been a fan ever since.
Amen
i lived in georgia for 9 years, right by the chattahoochee, they sing it i seen it and you know what ? i miss it every day. woodstock/acworth/kennesaw/dunwoody/chamblee/on lanier etc, those were the times. now i'm in texas which is ok.
ben,
texas
long live the south and its way of life. warmest people you ever meet.
Indeed Kennesaw, Acworth, Canton, Ball Ground are a Southerners delight!
Don't forget Canton!
@@JDoomhauer87 keep goin up 515 and you land in my home land lol jasper, ellijay, and blueridge
Hello from Canton!!😊👋
Cohutta
Very underrated band. Greatest song for Southerners disaffected by time and place. They will always have a place in my heart.
From a Southern Globetrotter in Asia.
Long live "Drivin and Cryin"
the singer has a unique voice. you can tell it from thousands of others. Stan Rosen my friend from Georgia brought the audio cassette of this band to Russia and gave it to me as a gift it was "Fly me courageuos" album. I was really carried away by this band. They really rock! just great band and thats it!
HE HAD A HAND IN HIS POCKET AND ONE IN THE AIR. HE HAD NO WHERE ELSE 2 GO.
VERY underrated band !
I am a music buff, geek, snob.....whatever u want to call it & this is in my top 10 songs of all time!!
SC Girl loves her Driving and Crying
Me too! I listen to music from all decades and across most genres... I keep coming back to this amazing song time and time again 🎶
This song will always tug at my heart strings. Takes me back to my youth. Proud to say I still hail from Georgia, and I can proudly say I know exactly what Kinney is singing about in this song.
SC native
Ellijay Ga. For me
Macon Georgia street parties were great in the 90s
War town
@@fayewhittaker5451 yep, 96
South Carolina girl here, I love you guys and this beautiful song
Hey to the Southern ladies out there! ❤️
love me some drivin' n' cryin'
awesome GA band!!!! way under-rated!
Build a Fire 🔥 kills it🎸☠️☠️🎸Savannah Ga
Indeed. Covid canceled last Charleston SC show.
This song is one of the greatest songs EVER WRITTEN ! I LOVE THE VOCALISTS, GUITARS ALL I'VE BOUGHT MYSTERY ROAD 5 TIMES ! SUPERSTAR SONGS!
Don't know if anyone will ever see this, but this song is helping me get through some hard times just about into 2022.
I'm sorry to hear you're having a difficult time. Just like the good times the hardships do not last. Sometimes they linger on but good times will come again. You're not alone, ✌
@@askledhead Hardships do last! I had them for over 40 years and it still going on today! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
Cheers to Lewis Robert Burton Jr , may the winds of life change and carry you forward, good sir 🙏🎉
I hope you have worked through them!
To give you some perspective; this song, and the album, helped me a lot in getting through probably the hardest times times I'll ever go through. It was when this album came out, in '89.
This is my favorite song on the album.
Ahhhhh. One of the great anthems of the Southland!
I have been in Georgia for 25 years, now 44. Why is the song not more popular? It's awesome!
😂😂😂 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You know this song was written for to clean and Preserve the The Chattahoochee river...
If you'd been here a few years earlier than that when the song was out but you asked anybody about the song your age it's been around they know it
@philipsharp5299 😂😂😂 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ This is why I hate to reply, for everyone becomes offensive, it's not worth the ("KERFUFFLE")!!! Sorry...
@@TroyHoward-id6wx it's all good
@philipsharp5299 thank god...
Georgia, Saturday night 1989, riding in a pickup on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, stars out and shining bright. With a cooler full of cold refreshing beverages. Miss those simple times.
Lord Motorsports- I miss those times too. did a lot of dirt road riding myself, here in North Carolina.👣 Good old days. Never forget. 💜💕🎶
@@Sammy-mp9xn and Lord Motorsports, Sounds like a night. sittin in the hay fields, on top of a mountain in W. Va. also, PEACE, My Hillbilly, (or as i like to call us, Headbangin hillbillies). Brothers and Sistas!
Lord, I was on those same dirt roads in Georgia!
Auburn; 1990; riding to the supper club, AKA "Stupid Club" to see this band live. I remember the cold clear night with a silver moon overhead, drinking Michelob till I couldn't feel my toes. My friend at the wheel with not a care in the world. I rolled down the window and savored the smell of the moment before arriving at the concert; a windy blur now, but the smell of youth and promise stays with me. Flash back to the present in San Fransisco and some of the despair I witness on the streets and realize.... this song and that concert resonates to southerners and anyone else longing for home and a better place. For me, it's all about a place in the sun for everyone.
Lord Motorsports We had our smoke and Grandpa’s corn whiskey.
One of the great Southern anthems, written and performed by a guy from Milwaukee.
my uncle says that southern music has more influence that people think or care to admit
rick medlock ,king of southern rock from mighigan...
A guy from Milwakee that moved to Georgia in 1985....
MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY DRIV"N & CRY'N DIDN'T BECOME A LEGEND EVERYWHERE !! 1st TIME I EVER HEARDEM !! I'VE RE-BOUGHT MYSTERY ROAD 5-6 TIMES ! ! STAIRWAY DIDN'T ROCK ME LIKE D'N & C'N ! ! & WE'RE ' BOUT the same age ! LOVE THOSE BOY'S & I HOPE THE GUYS READ THIS ! I'M 60. My hose is on wheels & MY TRUCK is on blocks ,But I gotta great guitar collection & can HEAR DRIVE'N N CRYING ANYTIME !! MAN, I LOVE R N R ! Y'ALL ROCK !!
IDK WHY not enough publicity ¿?
N CRY'N
I agree with you! Loved them from the moment I heard them!
These songs really make me miss home. I'm a medical refugee in Colorado. I wish I could go home to Georgia!
A Master piece of southern rock.
Gives me flashes of the beautiful hills, mountains and valleys that are the landscape near my hometown in Northern Alabama.
THE LEAD SINGER SAVED MY LIFE IN THE 90S WITH HIS WORDS. THINK ABOUT THAT.
YUP. DRVN N CRN ME. YUP.
He and his band got me through a six month stay in the hospital with sepsis in 2015. a friend told me when I got out (which was in some doubt at the time that I would get out) we'd go see them n concert.
Awesome band from Georgia. So incredibly underrated. Song of the south right here. Alabama proud
Great tune. The most under-appreciated band of the late 80's / early 90's.
"Have you ever seen the Chattahoochee?"
Beautiful video. Love this band!
ate many a lude and drank a ton of booze down by the Chattahooch between 78 and 83 down at freak side Jones bridge park!!
Henry Miller am a Minnesota boy loved these guy s When I got stoned play guitar I get it
I Don't get y they weren't bigger loved all there music they were hard rock and blues with folk rock grey lyrics that spoke about who u where and what u did at the time
another Georgian here. love this song, band rocks.
T Wig I'm from Texas. No one around here has ever heard of DNC. I've been a fan of them for several decades now. If people ever listened to their albums they would have so many fans. They are my favorite band of all time
I'm old school rocker from Calif. Love the classics.
Went to high school with Tim. Great band!
I was born and raised in Georgia and this song reminds me of better times and long forgotten memories. I don't like what the metro Atlanta area has become and have moved away because of it but every time I hear this song I smile and remember what it was.
i lived in ATL for many years. first moved in 98 and it still felt like the old south. it has changed so much. not sure i like it now as much as i did back then
I was born downtown Atlanta in 67 lived there my whole life till about 15 years ago ….now when I go back I don’t even recognize Atlanta anymore … and sad to say I don’t care if I ever go back to Atlanta again… kinda sad to lose your hometown
@@NoCoverCharge i moved there in 98 for the first time. it still had that old southern hospitality feel to it but it changed so much since then. i lived there twice. from 98-02 it was all about pubs, bars and hanging with blue collar people for the most part. when i moved back it was all about wine tastings, art gallery openings and roof bars...two very different experiences
Same here moved away I miss the Atlanta I grew up in. 😢
lived in freehome myself. just south of Ballground GA. God's country there
Jeremy Hollenback I'm in Holly Springs myself...lived my whole life in Cherokee county
The bass players father in law was a weatherman for channel 2 for years. I live in Macedonia!
I use to throw horseshoes at a place called the delta.where little rive emptied in to the etowah
Hell yeah , hey yall from Dawsonville
They were determined to become a big rock band and spent countless hours , days and years practicing in their grandmother's garage . They never gave up and in the end became a huge success. Keep on keeping on . God Bless you All and Much love
Props to the grandma!!!! She knows what’s up.
In April of my senior year in college, 1990, my friends and I made a road trip from Texas to visit a friend at U of Ga. We drove all night listening to Driving and Crying, REM, The Black Crowes and plenty of other relevant bands of the time. We got to Athens, had lunch at the ADD drugstore, slept for a while, partied, and went and saw Widespread Panic at the 40 Watt club. I'll never forget that trip. What a blast.
When I lived in Athens in the 90s, I remember Widespread coming a few times. The town was overrun by Spread heads each time. Ha!
Reminds me of the stuff I use to do in my partying days!
I went to h/s with The Black Crows
Headed down the Atlanta Hwy
@@mloftin6472 I lived in Macon in 1990-2001 and got to see a lot of Ga bands down on Cherry street, ya......you know the street, lots of history there all starting from the Allman Brothers. Great memories there, miss it too!
We've been to at least four of their shows in the last couple of years. Grew up on DnC living in Athens, GA. I'll be damned if they don't get better with age. The 40 Watt show on December 28, 2018 was ear-splitting, mind-blowing rock-n-roll at its absolute finest. DnC forever!
John Prescott I seen them in Woodstock Georgia a few summers ago and they put on a hell of a show... I was front row and Kevin tossed me a guitar pick as I sang along to going straight to hell... unfortunately I had a hole in my pocket and lost it... I do believe they get better with age and Kevin Kenny is a genuis of a songwriter...in a just world these guys would be in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame
Fell in love with the band when I lived in Athens and went to UGA - probably saw them the first time in 1989 at either 40Watt, Uptown or Ga Theater. Saw them just this past Dec at 40Watt again and they were 100%, spot on! Still in love with them all these years later!
Good to know!
@@thegeorgiacreekwalker491 the Rock and Roll Hall of shame does not deserve legends like Drivin N Cryin. But I get your point.
This song reminds me when i hitchhiked across the usa. Va. To California...wow... the people the stories.. different time now.. God Bless everyone here. Amen
Early 90’s on the river in Alabama throwing horseshoes, riding jet skis this was the jam. Kids today, you missed out on the best time to be a teenager.
Makes me remember better times ,growing up in the Smokey mountains. What I’d give to live thous days again .
What a beautiful Southern Gothic song and should be the official anthem to represent the southern landscape.
Even after all of these years and countless great bands that have come and gone, DnC is still a regular in my music rotation. Not only are they one of favorites, they're (as often stated) criminally underrated. I would have paid top dollar to have seen them share a show with another one of my favorites which were also criminally underrated - Savatage. Two sperate genre's and styles, but that (at least to me) woulda been one kick ass show. Jon Oliva and Kevin Kinney were both incredible song writers who could touch your life with their lyrics. Drivin N Cryin, Savatage, and Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting all got me through Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
This song takes me WAY back!! many memories and very special meaning. every time I go to the cemetery to visit my best friend who was killed in a motorcycle accident it comes on the radio and it doesn't come on too frequently anymore! RIP Young Clinton and God Bless you, Phillips McCain
They are from Georgia and I remember when they were first getting started and we use to go see them because they were our home town band and they always gave great performances.
What an incredible song.
Drivin' N' Cryin' was oh so close to Superstardom. They were right there, at the summit, they could see it. But for reasons that I'll never understand, they just didn't get there. They deserved it, too. Absolutely fantastic band.
me 2 man north west GA blue ridge foothills born and raised in GOD's country.
I used to drive a truck and when I would get to delivery and if someone saw my ga license plate and they had been here before, they would smile and say I love georgia. You could see them come back here in their mind. I'd answer them by saying I wish I could take you back with me.. tears would always well up in our eyes, mine because I was going home when I left.
Sitting here at home in cohutta right now thinking there's no gift more beautiful than giving someone a ticket to Georgia simply because.. he's never been. 53 years born and raised and will die a peach. Go Dawgs!
SC girl born in GA, listened to these guys since they first came on the scene around '85 or '86ish. Classic kickass Southern rock that never gets old.
Greenwood sc girl here
The bass player is Glenn Burns son in-law. Glenn was the weather man on Channel 2 for years. Glenn is also a hell of a fisherman. Had his own magazine for awhile. Loved that magazine!
It's not uncommon for me to hear a song and hear the story the lyrics are telling. It's not often that the actual music tells the story. People just don't get it but this song is an entire vibe. I'm sitting in Georgia, in my hometown and this song is still making me homesick.
good ole georgia boys, i was born and raised in and around the chattahoochee river. Love it, nothing better. love this band.
Man this brings back so many memories. I miss Georgia.
I now that's right
Then come back
Seen them on the dirt in the Railroad Roundhouse, Savannah Georgia.Awsome awesome show
Blackbeard said it all - or at least what this southern man was gonna say - God bless these boys from Marietta. Southern Pride boy - aint nothn like it.
Best Touring Rock Band of our generation.
+Mark Magee Agreed!
+Mark Magee right on. You don't know about ROCK until you have heard Drivin n Cryin up close and in person!
Seen them in Rotterdam(Holland)....it was fucking great...!!
You're damn right.
Damn straight brother.
Georgia....ain't no better place to live. I was born here, but I've traveled and lived many places...and no place is as beautiful as Georgia. Scatter my ashes around 285!
Dalton Georgia ..Represent
And if I go first, you'll scatter mine East of 515?! : )
Amen brother... I've lived in Cherokee county all my life (42 years) and this is where I want to die....and when I do I want my ashes scattered on the Etowah River....my favorite place on Earth... there's no place I'd rather live... I seen drivin n cryin a few summers ago in Woodstock Georgia and Kevin Kenny tossed me a guitar pick with his name on it... unfortunately I had a hole in my pocket and it fell out while I was walking home from the show drunk lol....but I feel very fortunate to have seen them perform live front row... I love drivin n cryin and I love Georgia
started in buford, now i'm in hall co. no better place to be.
Harlem born, 20 miles outside of Augusta. Currently in Asheville, really missing the peach state though
BEST ROCK VIDEO EVER MADE IN THE 90S. THIS ONE. 'I HAVE A DREAM AND I HAVE LOVE BUT IT NEVER LASTS FOR LONG."
Saw DnC many times first time was at Georgia Southern in 88'. A kid across the hall went to high school with them and got us in for free. I was hooked forever. I have seen them many times since. Saw them in like 95' At Dover AFB they opened for Skynyrd. I have run into Kevin Kenny several times at the Windjammer in Isle of Palms here in SC. Kick Ass band that was born in the times of hair spray and spandex. To my knowledge they never wore any, thank you DnC for being true to the music.
every time i hear this song my hearts skips a beat and i turn that shit up. it sounds like my version of heaven.
This is the best music to drive around with your car..!!Get it on...!!
Omg I love me some drivin n cryin
Solid albums and rock. Should have been bigger than they were
@corirobie8697 are you S.C!? My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
I am curious as to how someone could justify giving a thumbs down to this song/video. There's a salient difference between human beings and human doings.
That goes to show ya that there are people out there that don't have a clue.
Cuz they ain’t been to the promise land! 👍🏼
As a native of Georgia I have seen the blue ridge mountains and the mighty chattahoochee and the honey suckle…. I love my state and the South!
Loved listening to these guys 20 yrs ago while living in northern Ga. Still love listening to them now in Az!!!
I live un Tucson
Always one of my favorite drivin and cryin songs. Great story telling southern rock. Takes me back what seems like so long ago. Kevin’s still rocking too!
Was at university of ga in late 80s and early 90s. REM , drivin and cryin and the Connells . Great times. Saw Jesus and Mary chain and nine inch nails at ga theatre as a freshman. What a show!
Went to college in the mid 90s in the Northeast but holy heck, Connells, REM, Drivin n Cryin, NIN, JaMC, etc... throw in some local boys called Dinosaur Jr and some Pixies and that was our years/stereos/inspirations for starting bands.
I’m born and raised in North Metro Atlanta (born in 1973). Seen DNC many times. Their music is part of my DNA.
Rest in peace, Buren. Thanks for the tunes.
@keymcgrip your harassing me! there's a statue of limitations I've in your grip for over 40 years! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr! I know your talking too! Your talking to me Judge!
@keymcgrip it's time the this Bullshit stops don't you think? money man! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
Group Therapy in Columbia Sc with hootie in early 90s.
Or Spartanburg sc
this song stirs the Mountaineer blood in me. I miss the Blue Ridge mountains every day
This band brings back so many memories as I drove all over the state of Florida for work. It was a sad time for me and things weren't going well...... this band made me feel better, it was something I could enjoy and I did. Gezzz that was 1990 1994...... time flies when we're alive. (I'm doing much better now.)
Love this song ,the voice,beat,meaning, so emotional to me
makes me wish I was back in my home state of Georgia! !!! KK you're a Badass!!
+Kenneth Shuman HERE CHILLIN IN TEMPLE ,GA ON THE WEST SIDE . 1-20 IS IN SPITTING DISTANCE FROM ME .
Love these guys! Seen them last night in Chattanooga at The Revelry! Dalton Ga here!
Kevn played this, at my personal request, for my 27th birthday in Tuscaloosa Alabama. He visited with me and my friends in between sets and asked what we wanted to hear. Honeysuckle Blue and Scarred but Smarter is what I requested. He opened the next set with both!
They have a cool southern sound. Florida boy this way
Traveled the world with the Air Force. Grew up in coastal Georgia before the Yankee invasion. Still the best place in the world.
We havent been invaded by yankees like this since Sherman's march.
@TheGeorgiaTheaterIbet
Just saw them do a show here in Charleston, SC. Pour House. Kevin singing as good as ever. great show
Saw them 2 days ago.It is still a good show to catch!
I saw Drivin N Cryin at The Music Farm in Charleston back in the late 1990's. This number and Fly Me Courageous were the highlights of a great set. These guys really could put on a show!!
One of the all time best .still going strong, saw them 2/27/19. Still vital and creative
AN OLD HOTEL SERVES AS A SHELTER TO THIS MAN.
WALK WITH ME. I WILL SHOW U WHERE THE DOG WOODS GROW. DRIVN CRYN
Just seen these guys in Ga. Still kicking ass.
Saw them in Tallahassee around 90-91. Never heard of them but I loved this song when they played it.
back in the day I seen them many times they knocked the ball out of the park great concerts
Honeysuckle Blue is a state of mind. SO THERE
Think So!
Hell, I grew up on Drivin' N' Cryin' and grunge. Loved them both.
This song is amazing.
Always 😍 this band!
and some say that HIP HOP is great music really give me good Southern Rock every day
Those dudes have amazing hair. I'm quite envious.
I forgot how good these guys were...miss good blues rock like this!
40 Watt Club Athens baby!... saw y'all lots, southern rock 38 special and Skynard (hatchet)
hellz yeah! pass the whiskey and a J... ;) a country boy can survive you know!
oh ho oh!
So glad they are finally coming up north for a show. Pittsburgh 2-1 3-19, love their music.
Southern born & raised. 1 of the Best damn underappreciated rock bands of the south & of North America! REM, Indigo Girls & Drivin & Cryin speak for the talent pool that emerged from north GA❤ I'll die a southern boy with D&C in my soul even though I no longer live there❤😊
**Edit** I left out the B52s & Guadalcanal Diary in my original post (shame on me)speaking of N. Georgia's talent that emerged along with D&C, IG & REM back in the day. So many GREAT memories associated with those amazing bands! Side note -wikipedia lists Guadalcanal diary as a pop band🤣😆GD WAS a rock band thru&thru!
Some of the best vocals of all time
Growing up in GA in the 80s this song was the one. I miss that era
Growing up in Athens, Ga! Love this band, saw them live last year! 😊
+Chandler Tyson
Saw them in '92 myself, and I guarantee you had as much fun as I did then.
Chandler Tyson they used to play at west ga college all the time
at know what ya mean killer
Chandler Tyson athens right dogs rule
Athens is the best! I miss living there. I lived there in 96 when the Olympics were in Atlanta.
Hell yeah they was my first concert and I'm still growing up in Ga.🤘
This Georgia boy loves me some Drivin' N' Cryin'.....
When I worked in radio, my station brought them into town...to a good sized club....they sold it out and were outstanding
Saw them live back when I was in High School in 1992. One of my favorite bands! Listened to them all the time! Their sound is one of a kind!