I heard my first version of this song on the 'How the West was Won' 1962 soundtrack album (side B - 48 sec) that my dad had. Heard it a second time 56 years later from you. Thanks for keeping old music new. Few musicians can breathe life into the songs of the past like you.
First if all, that is one of the best examples of being in the pocket in terms of groove. Thats really hard to pull off especialy when you sing at the same time. You did a stunning job, Josh! And the second thing, those are true and raw emmotions you showed us there. Its almost like the devil of the blues got inside of you in the middle of a song. I don't think of it slightly, its magical stuff in some sense. You got lucky there, and its awesome to see!
There's something so pleasantly off-kilter about old blues tunes like this. Makes you really want to listen and absorb the words and notes. You did great with this Josh. Love the variety of your channel and musical tastes.
I had a reel to reel that was given to me back in 1992 - i got tired of lugging it around. I had tapes from NY City radio broadcasts going back to the 50s...wish I kept it. Anyway, gosh darn it Josh, I love your energy. What a great throwback pick and your flavor just brings it alive again. Solid.
Had an Akai in our hooch in Viet Nam in 1967 that my mother sent over with favorites on tape from the vinyl collection at home that would cause everyone to gather 'round, and it included folk from the early 60's, Judy Collins and others, so this is a very fine reminder of those friends, one of whom was a Leonard Cohen fan in particular (Suzanne) and died early after he got home. As you can imagine, a song about being far from home would resonate--Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" was one--it was the 707 from Cam Rahn that's we'd be thinking of!
Mercury Worldrail Your thoughtful and reflective post on a great young artist like Josh, just make me glad to be a part of YT, music, life, etc. Thanks.
Outstanding version! You've always had such ample talent, from early tyro days, but your instrumental and vocal technique keeps developing - your interpretations have always been sublime.
Wow man, that was awfully well done! Heard you do this song (exactly) a year ago, only now I took time to really listen. Love the guitartuning, never used it before, playing this song gives me a reasons to tune my rig once a while hereto ;) Thanks Josh, great job.
I love it that guitarists of Josh's generation listen to people like Bert Jansch and John Fahey. So cool. Josh's dad plays, so I wonder if that's how Josh found some of these older records....
Just recently bought some Bose headphones the first thing i listened to was you. Now i know many people will say you should listen to this or that and i will eventually but dam, let me listen to my inspiration a little first. Love you Josh.
Man, your voice and guitar sounded so much better recorded to tape in my opinion. There's none of those harsh upper mids that you can get sometimes when recording acoustic guitar strumming with digital, and your voice sounds a bit more thick and syrupy. Great cover too by the way!
I allways get suprised by ur content! the guitar playin is ofc so good that ill cry and when you sing it just makes me jealous that you can do them both. For my self I cant play guitar well but I am a singer/songwriter! all love to you Josh!
GREAT song! Love the facial expression at the very end of the song. Like it came out of the toes. Concerning the stirring video: suppose Carson was swinging a bit too, huh? He has right- like I said: great song!
I was researching "100 miles" or "500 Miles Away From Home" and although it's credited to Hedy West and even rearranged by Papa John Philips, it mentions it might've been inspired by 900 miles - which led me back to you, one of my longtime subscriptions.
For some reason this song made me realize that if The Other Favorites did a version of Led Zep's Friends/Celebration Day, it would be absolutely amazing.
First heard this on an old Weavers record. I believe both Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston would play this song together. They of course were BFF. Cisco died young of cancer. He had one of the great voices in American Music; he could've been an opera singer. Overjoyed you paid him homage by performing one of his songs.
Ever considered the finger picked Barbara Dane version? I'm looking online for hints on how to unpack it, which is how I came across this video. Impressive technique as I've come to expect! Surely you'd love the Barbara version just as much...? (In my case, more.)
I love this!!! Reminds me of Dan Tyminski doing Man of Constant Sorrow (which I think he does in drop D with capo on 3). Which I'd love to see Carson and Josh tackle some time. Anyhow, one of many impressive things about Josh is that he not only has incredible versatility in guitar (and other instrument) styles but he also has a similar versatility in vocal style. This, for example, sounds nothing like his Paul Simon stuff, but both are fantastic. I find the thin pick interesting: I've used a heavy pick ever since watching a Homespun tape with Russ B., but I don't think I could get this sound with it (as if that were the only thing keeping me from playing like Josh Turner!). In closing, I'm about to expose my woeful ignorance of Martin guitars other than D-18s and D-28s, but has the pick guard been removed from this one?
Thanks for some good questions!! Russ Barenberg was a big influence on me early on for sure, I love his tone. I actually usually play with a Dunlop Jazztone 207, quite a thick pick. But for this kind of really hard strumming and an aggressive, bitey tone on dead strings, I thought the thin pick worked well. The Guitar is a Martin DR - an inexpensive and now discontinued model with a spruce top and laminate rosewood back and sides. I removed the original pickguard because I thought it was cheap looking, and wanted the bit of extra volume that is afforded by removing any extraneous thing in contact with the vibrating surface. And (with the exception of tunes like this) I generally have a pretty gentle right hand, so I don't have much use for a pick guard anyway. Thanks! Josh
Thank you so much! The sound you got with that pick is definitely awesome! I found a couple of decent UA-cam lessons on the Dan Tyminski version of Man of Constant Sorrow but didn't like the sound I was getting, so I'm going to give a thinner pick a try (and then practice a lot). And thanks for the explanation re the pick guard; if I tried that I'd have a split top for sure! Thank you again!
Who wrote 900 miles? Josh ,you should put that next to the title. This way people will know if it is traditional, contemporary or original. I like the dissonance in the cord work & the steady rhythm. I may have heard Doc Watson perform this song in concert at a little chapel on the campus of Stetson university in DeLand Florida. Well done old time traditional sound.
Hey Josh! Amazing work once again. You should really try covering some songs of Taste (band of Rory Gallagher), maybe the song "Railway and Gun"? Keep up the great work, it's great to know that people around the world still keep good music alive these days!
Believe it or not it is still up and continues to gain views. For whatever reason, Warner Chappell (who own the publishing rights) only allow it to be viewed outside of North America. Some of the Eagles catalog - but not all - falls under these rules, which is why Take it Easy can still be viewed here. The things folks'll do for a few extra royalty pennies...
Good to know the video exists outside of NA. I am visiting Europe this summer and will definitely check out this famous and yet mythical (to me) piece.
That is great to know! @Richard no need to travel to view the video, it worked for me if I use Tor (an onion routing browser you can quickly install from their website) or a VPN. The URL is ua-cam.com/video/IYrR5HMNe2A/v-deo.html
I hope he'll never get tired of turning innocent instruments into banjos.
hey Keith Richards made a career of it...
I heard my first version of this song on the 'How the West was Won' 1962 soundtrack album (side B - 48 sec) that my dad had. Heard it a second time 56 years later from you. Thanks for keeping old music new. Few musicians can breathe life into the songs of the past like you.
brimtucky oh-io he is darn good isn’t he? He can make a 🎸 make history
I cannot tell you how often I have listened to this
no joke, i listen to this on a daily basis, feeds my soul, reloads my battery of the day
First if all, that is one of the best examples of being in the pocket in terms of groove. Thats really hard to pull off especialy when you sing at the same time. You did a stunning job, Josh!
And the second thing, those are true and raw emmotions you showed us there. Its almost like the devil of the blues got inside of you in the middle of a song. I don't think of it slightly, its magical stuff in some sense.
You got lucky there, and its awesome to see!
You never fail to entertain, I am so glad Reina del Cid introduced me to your music.
Goosebumps and made me cry wishing i was 1000 miles from home in Colorado.
You're the only channel I have set to receive notification on email, I'm simply never disappointed and I always have a good time watching
This sounds amazing on my 1930's Crosley Radio. Love it Josh, you're awesome.
Not only is your music wonderfully old school....a reel to reel recorder....back to the future!!!
There's something so pleasantly off-kilter about old blues tunes like this. Makes you really want to listen and absorb the words and notes. You did great with this Josh. Love the variety of your channel and musical tastes.
I had a reel to reel that was given to me back in 1992 - i got tired of lugging it around. I had tapes from NY City radio broadcasts going back to the 50s...wish I kept it. Anyway, gosh darn it Josh, I love your energy. What a great throwback pick and your flavor just brings it alive again. Solid.
Thanks Jeffrey! They certainly aren't easy to lug around (I think this one weights close to 70 pounds) but they sure are fun.
Jesus dude. Such an inspiration!
Definitely love all ur blue/newgrass, acoustic, and classics the best! True artistic genius!
Had an Akai in our hooch in Viet Nam in 1967 that my mother sent over with favorites on tape from the vinyl collection at home that would cause everyone to gather 'round, and it included folk from the early 60's, Judy Collins and others, so this is a very fine reminder of those friends, one of whom was a Leonard Cohen fan in particular (Suzanne) and died early after he got home. As you can imagine, a song about being far from home would resonate--Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" was one--it was the 707 from Cam Rahn that's we'd be thinking of!
Mercury Worldrail Your thoughtful and reflective post on a great young artist like Josh, just make me glad to be a part of YT, music, life, etc. Thanks.
Hit it out out of the park!
Great balance between vocals and guitar. The energy was fantastic!
Yet another Josh Turner masterpiece!
Wonderful Josh. You never disappoint. Keep on keepin' on. I'm your fan forever.
Truly stunning!
Awesome sound! The fact that Mr Turner is a true virtuoso doesn’t hurt, of course.
Yujuuuuuuuuuu!!! Nice. Congratulations and...thanks for your music !!!
Ahh...Now THIS is what the world needs more of. Thank you.
At around 2:30 the emotion starts coming through and thats what its all about, emotion. Your music stirs emotion in all of us as well.
A true troubadour!
You should do an album of traditional folk tunes with solo guitar
ben raftery I'm sure you've heard Willie Watson's folksinger albums. Josh would do some great takes too I agree.
Mississippi Sheiks material, might work for Josh maybe...Never heard Josh sound quite like this. Awesome. Greetings from Germany
Astonishing. Glad to see you're still with Carson too
Outstanding version! You've always had such ample talent, from early tyro days, but your instrumental and vocal technique keeps developing - your interpretations have always been sublime.
Wow man, that was awfully well done! Heard you do this song (exactly) a year ago, only now I took time to really listen. Love the guitartuning, never used it before, playing this song gives me a reasons to tune my rig once a while hereto ;)
Thanks Josh, great job.
I love it that guitarists of Josh's generation listen to people like Bert Jansch and John Fahey. So cool. Josh's dad plays, so I wonder if that's how Josh found some of these older records....
NICE! Real NICE!
Just recently bought some Bose headphones the first thing i listened to was you. Now i know many people will say you should listen to this or that and i will eventually but dam, let me listen to my inspiration a little first. Love you Josh.
You do so well in folk music man. Huge fan. Keep it up.
Fabulous as usual, Josh. But then again, I would expect nothing less than perfection from you as always!
I see you enjoying yourself Mr Turner.
Bravo.
Man, your voice and guitar sounded so much better recorded to tape in my opinion. There's none of those harsh upper mids that you can get sometimes when recording acoustic guitar strumming with digital, and your voice sounds a bit more thick and syrupy. Great cover too by the way!
Danny James
The tape machine is a prop. This was recorded using the digital camera mic.
Jeff Jones nope.
fuk'd
Danny James Josh Turner kills it regardless.
Jeff was there--he knows ;)
I love everything about this video
Hope I live long enough to hear him match the growl of his guitar. I forget how young he is.
900 Miles is one of my favourite Bert Jansch tunes, originally on banjo .. your guitar version works really well too!
Heard Bert Janch do this one a few deades past, and you've really nailed it.
Awesome! You guys should cover some CCR, I bet it would sound great!
I sang this in my choir and it was absolutely beautiful
Fudge I cannot stop listening to this
This gives me goosebumps!! Amazing!
So damn good man. I could listen to this all day long
Shit, man! That was a concert!!!!You hit that long note...gave me goosebumps!!! Thank you!!!
I allways get suprised by ur content! the guitar playin is ofc so good that ill cry and when you sing it just makes me jealous that you can do them both. For my self I cant play guitar well but I am a singer/songwriter! all love to you Josh!
That's freaking awesome, congratulations !!!!
Bert Jansch
Absolute perfection as always, Josh.
Love the old school vibe
Nice Music! Love the selections!!!
I'm not particularly into this genre of music but... DAMN! I was banging my head all the way through the song bro!
Sorry Josh, but this attempt was only...ahh, it was just...umm...FRIGGIN' AWESOME! You and Carson are a great team even when he's behind the camera ;)
beaucoup de talent et de simplicité j'aime beaucoup !
GREAT song!
Love the facial expression at the very end of the song. Like it came out of the toes.
Concerning the stirring video: suppose Carson was swinging a bit too, huh? He has right- like I said: great song!
Incredible. I want to pick up my guitar again after years of not playing but I don't know if I dare.
Great work Josh, you make it look so easy!
Daaaaaaaamn boy. You got some soul in them bones der. Deeeecent
This is you Josh, this genre fits you to a T, well done!
That was awesome! Nice job!
I was researching "100 miles" or "500 Miles Away From Home" and although it's credited to Hedy West and even rearranged by Papa John Philips, it mentions it might've been inspired by 900 miles - which led me back to you, one of my longtime subscriptions.
Geweldig, elke keer weer een verrassing als je wat op UA-cam plaatst.
Fantastic!!!
Love it...
So good!
I thought you wrote the follow up to 500 miles. But this is also very impressive!!
stunning!
Nice stuff, loved it!
Amazing.
Well done Harry!!
Awesome arrangement 👌
awesome tune well done
Great rendition. I wonder how you would interpret "Jones, Oh, Jones" by Blind Blake Higgs :) Waving from The Bahamas!
Ok, this is just thrillin’
Awesome as usual Josh, would love to see you do a Shakey Graves tune!
Wow Josh, that was intense!
Awesome Josh !
Seus vídeos são os melhores
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Estamos aqui \o/
Kkkkkkkk
2:06 love that part
You make me want to just stay up all night and practice guitar..
For some reason this song made me realize that if The Other Favorites did a version of Led Zep's Friends/Celebration Day, it would be absolutely amazing.
SO GOOD!
First heard this on an old Weavers record. I believe both Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston would play this song together. They of course were BFF. Cisco died young of cancer. He had one of the great voices in American Music; he could've been an opera singer. Overjoyed you paid him homage by performing one of his songs.
another gem, keep feeding us !
Ever considered the finger picked Barbara Dane version? I'm looking online for hints on how to unpack it, which is how I came across this video. Impressive technique as I've come to expect! Surely you'd love the Barbara version just as much...? (In my case, more.)
Please do your next album with the tape recorder!! It sounds incredible : )
Yes, I needed this
Nice one bro, the sound traveled to NZ well
Excellent
quel talent!
Man that feels good
Amazing❤️❤️❤️
I love this!!! Reminds me of Dan Tyminski doing Man of Constant Sorrow (which I think he does in drop D with capo on 3). Which I'd love to see Carson and Josh tackle some time. Anyhow, one of many impressive things about Josh is that he not only has incredible versatility in guitar (and other instrument) styles but he also has a similar versatility in vocal style. This, for example, sounds nothing like his Paul Simon stuff, but both are fantastic. I find the thin pick interesting: I've used a heavy pick ever since watching a Homespun tape with Russ B., but I don't think I could get this sound with it (as if that were the only thing keeping me from playing like Josh Turner!). In closing, I'm about to expose my woeful ignorance of Martin guitars other than D-18s and D-28s, but has the pick guard been removed from this one?
Thanks for some good questions!! Russ Barenberg was a big influence on me early on for sure, I love his tone. I actually usually play with a Dunlop Jazztone 207, quite a thick pick. But for this kind of really hard strumming and an aggressive, bitey tone on dead strings, I thought the thin pick worked well.
The Guitar is a Martin DR - an inexpensive and now discontinued model with a spruce top and laminate rosewood back and sides. I removed the original pickguard because I thought it was cheap looking, and wanted the bit of extra volume that is afforded by removing any extraneous thing in contact with the vibrating surface. And (with the exception of tunes like this) I generally have a pretty gentle right hand, so I don't have much use for a pick guard anyway.
Thanks!
Josh
Thank you so much! The sound you got with that pick is definitely awesome! I found a couple of decent UA-cam lessons on the Dan Tyminski version of Man of Constant Sorrow but didn't like the sound I was getting, so I'm going to give a thinner pick a try (and then practice a lot). And thanks for the explanation re the pick guard; if I tried that I'd have a split top for sure! Thank you again!
Still my all time favorite Josh.
Awesome!
Who wrote 900 miles? Josh ,you should put that next to the title. This way people will know if it is traditional, contemporary or original. I like the dissonance in the cord work & the steady rhythm. I may have heard Doc Watson perform this song in concert at a little chapel on the campus of Stetson university in DeLand Florida. Well done old time traditional sound.
Not my favorite genre, but an excellent cover. You’ve loved this & traditional bluegrass since you were really little. It’s definitely in your blood.
Hey Josh! Amazing work once again. You should really try covering some songs of Taste (band of Rory Gallagher), maybe the song "Railway and Gun"?
Keep up the great work, it's great to know that people around the world still keep good music alive these days!
Ugh, yes, love this!
Whatever happened to your "Life in the Fast Lane" cover? A shame it's no longer online.
I think a music label objected. Either they took it down or YT took it down.
Believe it or not it is still up and continues to gain views. For whatever reason, Warner Chappell (who own the publishing rights) only allow it to be viewed outside of North America. Some of the Eagles catalog - but not all - falls under these rules, which is why Take it Easy can still be viewed here. The things folks'll do for a few extra royalty pennies...
Good to know the video exists outside of NA. I am visiting Europe this summer and will definitely check out this famous and yet mythical (to me) piece.
That is great to know! @Richard no need to travel to view the video, it worked for me if I use Tor (an onion routing browser you can quickly install from their website) or a VPN. The URL is ua-cam.com/video/IYrR5HMNe2A/v-deo.html
Great one
That defiant stare at the mike when finishing tho