I was a little obsessed with George Jones as a teenager. I joined the Marines bc he was a former Marine. I got NO SHOW tattooed on my arm and I was drunk while stationed in Okinawa. I've read his book 5 times..... George Jones is the greatest singer ever. His voice was pure gold and we will never see another singer like that again. I got to see him twice in concert and I wish more youngsters will find his music so they can appreciate it too.
I last saw him perform at the Rutland fair in Vermont a few years before he passed and he still had it going on. I almost forgot to mention that Pam Tillis opened for him and after her show she stayed and signed autographs until the line was finished .
My mother and I saw him in concert and full on sobbed over "He stopped loving her today!" I've seen some insane concerts and never had a reaction like that. He made you feel his music
I almost forgot my sister who's a news anchor was supposed to interview him but he no showed twice. She got him on the 3rd try and said he was incredibly charming
Texas is notorious for violating all your rights not just civil rights. They do it and get by with it and there’s nothing you can do about it. Doesn’t matter how far up you go they are protected.
I think you could add Hank Jr. fall from the mountain as part of tide changing. Because after that he really changed his style and approach to music. And with all the awards he’s won after that is proof.
@@acp865 I’m really surprised that it wasn’t mentioned. After that fall he had to learn so much over again and it changed his voice along with his look and out look on his music. And by doing that it changed country music.
Was stringbean selling it in the joint too??? Any o. s person knows why men wore pants low like that !! Ur selling bootie, check it out with some old timers ,
Whose gonna fill their shoes... whose gonna walk that tall... Whose gonna play the Opry, And the Wabash Cannon Ball... (My #1 favorite George Jones song).
What was so "shocking" about Charlie Rich's burning of an award card? It was obviously a light-hearted joke to get laughs at the expense of his friend, John Denver. It was just a joke--tame by today's standards. Why do we have to make a scandal out of everything these days? I grew up on Country Music, and I did not even know about (or remember) this incident until it was put on TH-cam. It was just a JOKE!!!
Thank you for this information it was so nice to hear about all of the country music singers God bless them all I would like to hear more about this thank you
Two glasses of wine and an Ambian does not make you blow double over the limit. I’m curious if Randy Travis’ stroke was a direct result of that night...He was once on top of the world. He still has many devoted fans, including me.
I use to be a bartender in this dive bar years ago . This man who came in daily who was well in his 70's. I don't know how Randy Travis came up , maybe a song was playing. He talked about his distain for him. I questioned why. He said that Randy use to bag groceries for him in the small grocery store that he owned and Randy stole from him.
@Chris Bennett I don't care about his past either , I love his music. I thought it was funny how just he didn't stop at Randy Travis worked for me when he was young.
Johnny Cash said they banned him for life. Many years later they changed their minds. But they did warn me not to do it again.☺️ Johnny and Loretta have no problem telling it to you straight.
love watching shocking moments countdowns like this!! was just watching the vh1 shocking moments countdown show and they mentioned both johnny cash and george jones!!
Very informative video. Thank you. This senior remembers most of this. As the video clearly states though some have had issues, those issues did not alter the fact that these were people of incredible talent and will always be sorely missed. So glad that though she is struggling with health issues, Loretta is still with us. May all the greats we have lost, rest in peace.
@@erichoward1974 each to his own! George sang about life & love. Mostly lost love but you felt every word! He was one of the best! Gerorge Strait rules the roost now! Great singer & so damn good looking! Never will anyone top this cowboy! All the greats are born & raised Texas!
I remember when Olivia Newton-John won Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, beating out the likes of Loretta Lynn, Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, and Tanya Tucker. I can't remember who announced that she won but I keep thinking maybe it was Flatt or Scruggs or maybe Bill Monroe, but anyway he pronounced her name as Ol-a-vee'-a Newton.... (and then after a lengthy pause he added) John. It was his way of protesting her win because he was in effect saying that she was such an unknown in the country music world that he didn't even recognize her name. He actually may NOT have recognized her name. He was not the only entertainer who was less than thrilled that she won and many fans were not real thrilled either. The odd thing is that one reason they were protesting so much was that she was born in England and raised in Australia and did not fit their idea of a "country" girl, and yet Anne Murray, who they apparently accepted wholeheartedly, was also not a country girl because she was born and raised in Canada. Like I said, very odd.
Thank you for mentioned the Stringbean incident. It's sad to think his name and character falling to the wayside of country music progress, I think he should've been inducted into the hall of fame years ago I doubt that will ever happen as so many in the industry don't know who he is anymore.
I hear you , George was something else. Growing up on the Tennessee,/ Alabama state line , in the late 60s early 70s these ole eyes saw it all, tried to anyway. Raised in ethridge tenn n the tri-cities of Alabama.I will always love our country Men and women that i was raised on. Thanks y'all.vickie Laws
I agree, and I like the story about he and grandpa Jones as neighbors were across the valley from each other used to wake each other up hollering, coffee ready and what not, they were good friends..
Merle did impersonations of his contemporaries better than anyone. Close your eyes and they were right there with the Hag. EXCELLENT ENTERTAINER, FINE SINGER.
@@CountryCast when George Jones thought that he was a duck and old man and they would fight with each other, I have heard George and Nancy talk about this, plus the lawn mower stuff with George. Tracy Lawrence's troubles, David Allan Coe having a tiger on his bus! Heard Johnny Van Zandt talking about that
It's definitely country! Outlaw county was just good ol county back then! They were Rockstars before Rockstars did there thing, these legends led the way for all genres!
The year after Patsy’s plane crash, which also killed Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, Gentlemen Jim Reeves died in a plane crash on July 31 1964 in Brentwood TN!
Randy Travis is one of my absolute favorites. I seriously LOVED so many of his songs. I was devastated a few yrs ago when he had his massive stroke. It may have taken him out of the spotlight, but his music will be forever & ever amen. George Jones was a talented performer, but he obviously had his demons
You done an amazing job on this video. The video clips and the way you tell about each incident all went very well together. The videos I've watched so far from Country Cast have all been that way. Congratulations on the Vols necklace Upchurch gave you too... Keep On Keepin On and keep the country cast videos coming
OMG that double murder was horrible!! I was an avid Hee Haww fan, but not till the 70s. I do remember Grandpa Jones very well. Roy Clark & Buck Owens was a staple in my house every Saturday night
I will always love Leonard Skinner ♥. W/Ronnie Vasant & His amazing band. Pure Country Rock & Roll. It drew you to your feet. And was some of the most Powerful music, I have ever heard !!!!!
I'll never forget hearing about waylon blowing up the venue he had just played cause he didn't get paid! It was an old barn and he just happened to have some dynamite in his bus!
Johnny Cash was rock and roll through and through, in attitude that is, his music will always get me through life, & I challenge anyone not to get the feels when they hear his version of Hurt, I tear up every time. And his gospel stuff is amazing, I'm not even religious and I love it
Nice to see Jerry Lee in the country hall of fame. But after being one of the most dominant country artists of the 70s and 80s I'm surprised it damn took em so long!
My mother and father split up when I was 4 years old. Mom lived in California & dad moved to San Antonio Texas. Around a year later he was coming to California to take us three kids back to Texas for 3 months. Summer vacation. Dad took us to see a country band while we were still here in California. Napa Ca. Dad paid and we walked in. No music yet they were just throwing out some sawdust so our feet could move to the music. The lead guitar player Carl Perkins the singer and Another guitar player was “Johnny Cash” That was at the “Dream Bowl in Napa California in 1956. Oh June Carter stood off to Johnnys right side and sang up a storm with Carl an Johnny
When they said that Randy Travis took an Ambien and it said off a crazy reaction I truly believe that, I know someone that was taking Ambien and they went plumb crazy one night I couldn't believe that person the things that that person done was unbelievable so yes I believe Ambien can make you do anything almost, I was wondering how Randy became naked with no clothes but after hearing he had taken the Ambien now I no longer Wonder
Same. When I was a teenager my ‘ole buddies mom used to get up randomly in the middle of the night and cook us food. Took us to Walmart once at like 2am…..we got ice cream. She took one every night. lol
@@swampdonkey4919 hey you're so right A friend of mine that was on that Ambien done some crazy stuff and had no clue that she done it, one night she got up and picked up a teddy bear that belong to her granddaughter building front of a mirror and started cussing it I'm telling you it was one scary sight the things I've seen there's no way I would touch that stuff
@@rodneystephens8859 I was prescribed the stuff in my early 20s. My dad, stepmother, and college dorm mates have a lot of stories about me, let me tell you. But at least nobody got hurt.
My sister in law got up took a bath & shaved one leg after taking Ambien. Next day she was so confused how her leg got shaved. On the show Rescue Me a Fireman went shopping & insulted people after taking one. It was really funny.
They are people first with problems like everyone else. Some of the greatest singers ever especially compared to what we have now. Quit listening to country music when it became NOT country.
I love everyone you mentioned, true greats, Charlie Pride would be someone to mention, he didn't look like what you heard on the radio in the 70's, he was great. PS. I like Loretta Lynn song choices 👌
One moment that isn't remembered as well as these shown here is the night Jeannie Seely performed at the Grand Ole Opry in a mini-skirt. It was the late 1960s and VERY shocking for the time because back then most female country singers still dressed in a similar style to what they'd been wearing in the '50s. So many people involved with the Opry got their noses a bit out of joint seeing a pretty young blonde haired woman showing that much leg that night.
What about the time The Killer, Jerry Lee, was outside Graceland, drunk, calling out Elvis? He supposedly was waving a gun around, pissed off at Elvis, but I can't remember why.
He was mad at Vernon because Vernon wouldn't let him in. Elvis called Jerry Lee crying upset that he couldn't get away and Jerry said he would come get him and they would go out together like the old times. When Jerry showed up at the gate Vernon refused to let him in to see Elvis. So Jerry yelled that he knew Elvis before he was a big star and he was going to go see his friend. He slammed his car into the gates and the police showed up arresting him. Was a gun but it was on the dash of the car. They always had guns. He only shot his bass player but he just winged him lol.
I was in Germany in the early 80s. Jerry was in a package tour. Boxcar Willy was on just before the Killer. The crowd was crazy for him. Jerry didn’t get the reaction that Willy got. He got snarky and kicked his piano bench into the audience before stalking offstage. Got himself booed for that.
he lied...he said he had 1 drink and his blood alcohol level was 0.21. AS someone that has lost a loved one to a pos drunk driver, Travis got off light.
Hank Williams Sr took my mom home from a bar when she was 14. Her bro had hooked up and left her there alone. She said he was really nice. She kissed him on the cheek and got out.
In their younger days Johnny Cash and George Jones could have had an entire list of shocking events all to themselves, what with DUIs and drug busts and what not. And don't forget those Williams boys, Senior and Junior, or Tammy Wynette claiming she was kidnapped, or Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell getting kicked out of a hotel for fighting with each other while drunk (or high, or whatever).
I’m from Knoxville and I’ve never heard of a Andrew Johnson hospital. But Hank Williams did stay at the Andrew Johnson hotel on Gay street. Id always heard that’s where he got one shot. According to my uncle he’d got another shot later. Many locals believe the second shot took his life. My uncle “Slick” Sutherland was best friends with Swan Kitts the officer that pulled Hanks caddy over. Swan said to the day he died-he wished he would’ve pulled Hank outta the back seat of that car because he just knew he was soon to be dead if not dead already. The Young man Mr Carr that was driving the Caddy kept telling Swan that it was hillbilly singer Hank Williams in the back seat & he was sleeping from a shot the Doctor gave him. He told Swan that he’s gotta get him to a show. Swan told Carr that he’d served in the Korean War and he knows what a dead man looks like & that he believed he was dead or was gonna be. But the Carr boy kept saying he was only sleeping. My uncle wrote Carl Smith’s first no1 hit “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way” & he took me to the very spot Hanks caddy got pulled over. I know the exact spot to this day on Rutledge highway! I wrote a song about it. It’s on TH-cam under Ross Southerland -Hank Williams’ Last Day
I would like to see a documentary made on a country musician named Morris Taylor. He had a country western variety show that was the longest lasting locally produced show in television history. The Morris Taylor show on KHSL Channel 12 in Chico California. The show started in 1956 and ran till 1995, and ran in reruns till 1997. My grandfather took me to a live taping of the show some time in the late 1950s or early 1960s. He also had a radio show on KHSL-AM which was later called KPAY, which is still running to this day. Where I have lived for the past 20-some years behind a restaurant / bar with a stage turns out to be where Morris Taylor got his start performing live. He passed on January 2018 at the age of 93.
I am so proud of you when I saw that innocent you did I was not very happy but you changed your life around I'm always been a big fan of your music when I was a little kid I never stopped listening to I heard what what happened to you I always will keep you in my stay strong my friend always keep you posted your biggest fan Christobal Manriquez
Hopefully you can do the next video with Mindy McCready in it, I don't know the whole story but I feel bad for the way she went out she was a really good singer, or maybe Jim Reeves for that matter, can talk about Jamie Johnson, or Tracy Lawrence run in with the law, or they always bad boy David Allan coe 😎
Let's not forget Keith Whitley... they claim he drank himself to death. Keith had several vehicle accidents, nearly lost his record label over his antics. I know many think highly of Jones, but between Keith Whitley, Randy Travis and ole Lefty there wasn't anyone better. Those 3 are the top troubadours imo.
People act like it's such a shock when somebody famous gets arrested. Guess what world.... famous people are only humans. This is no more exciting then going downtown on a friday night and watching anyone else get arrested. Leave the celebrities alone and let them have some dignity.
One truth nobody cares about is that, unlike the others on this video, Charlie Rich never did anything in his life that got him arrested, or there's no record of that; but yet, there is so much anger directed at him & criticism of "every aspect" of his life. It shows the unfairness and hypocrisy that's going on everywhere nowadays, and the total unwillingness or inability to keep things in perspective. There have never been accounts of anything (like his failure to pay taxes or pay his band or 'actual' violence toward anyone) concerning Charlie Rich; unlike some accounts of John Denver's behavior. But that just proves how some people are shown no mercy for any and every misstep or act of misjudgment, prompting merciless outrage by certain individuals, continuing on literally for years after they pass away; whereas, others are given a pass and never criticized no matter what they do in life. It's as simple as that. And anyone who can't admit that's the truth must be living in an altered reality. A good example is what's going on right now in our political arena. Enough said. Another was the nationwide televised address in which Nancy Pelosi busily tore up all the pages in a speech as it was being delivered by the President, & behind HIS back, with no national outcry or even criticism. I think everyone needs to stop the selective outrage, or we'll always be called a nation of hypocrites behind all OUR backs. Not much justice in much that's happening here these days. AND: the ongoing attacks on Charlie Rich exactly exemplify our flagrant hypocrisy as a nation, albeit in a microcosm. He didn't set fire to the award; he lit the side of a presumably hand-written little scrap of paper. Put it in perspective, people.
George Jones behaved properly towards the officer who stopped his car, he was quite drunk but the behavior was nothing to speak of. That he got a little annoyed at the corpse fly with the camera is understandable, he did not even have to put on handcuffs. Something that is unthinkable today, it's the officers' big moment.
George Jones might have had a drinking problem but he had a awesome career. Gorge and Tammy. There both in Heaven now singing together and talking about old times.They both were awesome.
Jerry Lee was the coldest s.o.b to ever sit in front of a piano. George Jones and Randy Travis are the greatest country singers of all time and they pretty much could/can do no wrong 🔥🔥🔥
I absolutely agree with you 100%. I don't get emotional when stars pass away, but when I heard about John Denver's death, I cried. My brother & I received JD's greatest hits album for Christmas in the late 70s (along with Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life) and we wore that album out. To this day, if a John Denver song comes on the radio, and my brother's in the car with me, we sing every word.
I love and will support Randy Travis forever and ever. Amen
I pray he is doing well
I was a little obsessed with George Jones as a teenager. I joined the Marines bc he was a former Marine. I got NO SHOW tattooed on my arm and I was drunk while stationed in Okinawa. I've read his book 5 times..... George Jones is the greatest singer ever. His voice was pure gold and we will never see another singer like that again. I got to see him twice in concert and I wish more youngsters will find his music so they can appreciate it too.
I last saw him perform at the Rutland fair in Vermont a few years before he passed and he still had it going on. I almost forgot to mention that Pam Tillis opened for him and after her show she stayed and signed autographs until the line was finished .
My mother and I saw him in concert and full on sobbed over "He stopped loving her today!" I've seen some insane concerts and never had a reaction like that. He made you feel his music
I almost forgot my sister who's a news anchor was supposed to interview him but he no showed twice. She got him on the 3rd try and said he was incredibly charming
George jones is a hell of a singer and will live on forever in my heart I'm 21 and my dad introduced me to George jones
RIP George Jones
From one Stroke survivor to another, keep on keeping on Randy Travis
He's my number one guy. Keep fighting. AA MEN
God bless you sir.
RIP George Jones he was awesome.
One of the greatest
Listen to Dale Watson song called Jonsin for Jones.
100% love the possum
Also play Alan Jackson "Playin Possum"
The best
Loretta Lynn will forever be the Queen of Country music
Nah Dolly Parton
Reba
Yes Loretta will always be the queen of country music
Hot take. I like patsy. I appreciate that dolly is the only thing all of the USA can agree to like though
Good job but you didn’t mention the best ever Waylon Jennings. Love that man.
Randy Travis will always be cherished in our hearts
No. He will not. He cheated on his wife with a married woman. Horrible individual. Both of them she had two young daughters.
Amazing voice I agree.
@@JennaP363 has daddy issues . Nobody cept you and women like you whom caused your men to get their needs elsewhere will agree 👍
@@JennaP363 ok and?
@@JennaP363so did Alan Jackson. People change.
I LOVED Charlie Rich. Behind close doors was awesome!! John Denver was also an amazing talent!!
You k ow my son took withcharlie rich lisyei.g to him as I played his lp with my cou try date day he was like 12 lol
Hank , Jones, Loretta and Cash r theeee greatest of all times and their music will live on forever
Absolutely
I can imagine someone just driving down the Interstate, and seeing George Jones getting arrested. 😂
Haha 😂
Me under my breath after driving off & lookin in my rear views:…outlaw
I love and support Randy Travis, no matter what.
Texas is notorious for violating all your rights not just civil rights. They do it and get by with it and there’s nothing you can do about it. Doesn’t matter how far up you go they are protected.
So do I.
Everyone of us is human, We make mistakes. Believe me I really have made some doozies, We all deserve A second chance.
He’s a wonderful person. I visited with him in Reno, NV
In 2009 & he was just a regular guy with no frills.
Is he gay? I wonder
Randy Travis is one of my favourite country artists, I had no clue that happened
@@terricklee6268 He had a blood alcohol level of 0.21 so it was more than one glass of wine.
@@lyricberlin Maybe it was a case of wine. LOLOL
Johnny was a rock star till he died and still is they all were like they say rock and roll ain't noise pollution rock and roll will never die
I think you could add Hank Jr. fall from the mountain as part of tide changing. Because after that he really changed his style and approach to music. And with all the awards he’s won after that is proof.
Marc, you read my mind. I was combing the comments looking for a mention about Hank Jr’s fall.
@@acp865 I’m really surprised that it wasn’t mentioned. After that fall he had to learn so much over again and it changed his voice along with his look and out look on his music. And by doing that it changed country music.
I preferred his earlier stuff actually. Like Cajon Baby, Eleven Roses, Heaven Cant Be Found, Hank.
@@marcdavis7875 it was in part 2
Agreed..and Tammy Wynettes Stand by your man
13:05 Stringbean started the extra long shirt and low pants trend before rap 🤣
Even got the rag in the back pocket lol
Was stringbean selling it in the joint too??? Any o. s person knows why men wore pants low like that !! Ur selling bootie, check it out with some old timers ,
Just discovered Stringbean.
He kills me❤😅
Legends, all of them. No other's will ever walk this earth like these people have or will!!
Whose gonna fill their shoes... whose gonna walk that tall...
Whose gonna play the Opry,
And the Wabash Cannon Ball...
(My #1 favorite George Jones song).
I listen to Patsy on every walk i go on...it still troubles me alot how that angel passed....Heaven has the best vocal from this world ever !!!!
Greatest female CW artist Virginia PATTERSON HENSLEY.
Thank God for compassion Nobody's perfect.
AA is there for a reason.
I can remember the first time I met someone from AA that didn't have a southern drawl, I was like, what the hell?
Can't believe Willie isn't on the list for something. But he is only 89 ... still time. Lol
What was so "shocking" about Charlie Rich's burning of an award card? It was obviously a light-hearted joke to get laughs at the expense of his friend, John Denver. It was just a joke--tame by today's standards. Why do we have to make a scandal out of everything these days? I grew up on Country Music, and I did not even know about (or remember) this incident until it was put on TH-cam. It was just a JOKE!!!
Thank you for this information it was so nice to hear about all of the country music singers God bless them all I would like to hear more about this thank you
Two glasses of wine and an Ambian does not make you blow double over the limit. I’m curious if Randy Travis’ stroke was a direct result of that night...He was once on top of the world. He still has many devoted fans, including me.
Ever been around somebody who takes an ambian and doesn't go to sleep? It's hell. He probably drank more but doesn't remember.
All depends on the size of the glass!
@@wullymc1 I kill a bottle of cabbie in 2 1/2 glasses! Lol
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My parents listened to Country music when I was growing up. This is interesting to me.
I don't care what Randy did he's still one of my favorites and one of the best!
But what if they ever catch him doing known as Neil and Bob
@@russellcrawford6274 I don't believe that at all
I use to be a bartender in this dive bar years ago . This man who came in daily who was well in his 70's. I don't know how Randy Travis came up , maybe a song was playing. He talked about his distain for him. I questioned why. He said that Randy use to bag groceries for him in the small grocery store that he owned and Randy stole from him.
@@cruellad407 could be true who knows but I don't care still love his music its not my place to judge his past u know
@Chris Bennett I don't care about his past either , I love his music. I thought it was funny how just he didn't stop at Randy Travis worked for me when he was young.
Johnny Cash said they banned him for life. Many years later they changed their minds. But they did warn me not to do it again.☺️ Johnny and Loretta have no problem telling it to you straight.
Some of the greatest entertainer's that the world has ever known. Love em.
love watching shocking moments countdowns like this!! was just watching the vh1 shocking moments countdown show and they mentioned both johnny cash and george jones!!
Very informative video. Thank you.
This senior remembers most of this.
As the video clearly states though some have had issues, those issues did not alter the fact that these were people of incredible talent and will always be sorely missed.
So glad that though she is struggling with health issues, Loretta is still with us.
May all the greats we have lost, rest in peace.
Never could stand to hear him sing. But that's just my opinion
@@erichoward1974 each to his own! George sang about life & love. Mostly lost love but you felt every word! He was one of the best! Gerorge Strait rules the roost now! Great singer & so damn good looking! Never will anyone top this cowboy! All the greats are born & raised Texas!
Travis is /was great. One of my favorites.
Take a listen to a very underrated Ricky Van Shelton. One of the purist, incredible voices in country music during the 80's.
@@erichoward1974 I prefer Vern Gosdin.
Johnny and Willie? Johnny and Waylon were kicking a** years before anyone ever heard of Willie Nelson
Actually Willie wrote for Patsy Kline
Willie goes back to the 50s
Just not so.
I remember when Olivia Newton-John won Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, beating out the likes of Loretta Lynn, Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, and Tanya Tucker. I can't remember who announced that she won but I keep thinking maybe it was Flatt or Scruggs or maybe Bill Monroe, but anyway he pronounced her name as Ol-a-vee'-a Newton.... (and then after a lengthy pause he added) John. It was his way of protesting her win because he was in effect saying that she was such an unknown in the country music world that he didn't even recognize her name. He actually may NOT have recognized her name. He was not the only entertainer who was less than thrilled that she won and many fans were not real thrilled either. The odd thing is that one reason they were protesting so much was that she was born in England and raised in Australia and did not fit their idea of a "country" girl, and yet Anne Murray, who they apparently accepted wholeheartedly, was also not a country girl because she was born and raised in Canada. Like I said, very odd.
Thank you for mentioned the Stringbean incident. It's sad to think his name and character falling to the wayside of country music progress, I think he should've been inducted into the hall of fame years ago I doubt that will ever happen as so many in the industry don't know who he is anymore.
This video is good and you explain everything perfect Know that you had lot of results Thanks for all you did to get this video to us
That's my last name too.
Johnny will live forever ♥
I hear you , George was something else. Growing up on the Tennessee,/ Alabama state line , in the late 60s early 70s these ole eyes saw it all, tried to anyway. Raised in ethridge tenn n the tri-cities of Alabama.I will always love our country Men and women that i was raised on. Thanks y'all.vickie Laws
The String Bean murder was terrible and sad, most said, there really wasn’t nothing he wouldn’t do for others, all they had to do was ask..
I agree, and I like the story about he and grandpa Jones as neighbors were across the valley from each other used to wake each other up hollering, coffee ready and what not, they were good friends..
Stringbean should have kept his mouth shut about his financial business and he should have moved to a safer community. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
"Nobody wants to get drunk and get loud........All my roudy friends have rowdyed on down ..."
We all have.....
Three guesses who made that statement
Don't forget Merle Haggard. Better known as the Hag or the working man's poet.
Merle did impersonations of his contemporaries better than anyone. Close your eyes and they were right there with the Hag. EXCELLENT ENTERTAINER, FINE SINGER.
Merle should have been in the top 5.
@@michaelterry4394
I really like this video, you have to do a part 2 of this!
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@@CountryCast when George Jones thought that he was a duck and old man and they would fight with each other, I have heard George and Nancy talk about this, plus the lawn mower stuff with George. Tracy Lawrence's troubles, David Allan Coe having a tiger on his bus! Heard Johnny Van Zandt talking about that
1:55 I knew his grandson Cole in 05-06 and he carried that lighter everyday. Cole is fantastic guitar player/musician himself
It's definitely country! Outlaw county was just good ol county back then! They were Rockstars before Rockstars did there thing, these legends led the way for all genres!
The year after Patsy’s plane crash, which also killed Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, Gentlemen Jim Reeves died in a plane crash on July 31 1964 in Brentwood TN!
Camden tn and it a hike to get to the spot
I would LOVE to have seen Miss Patsy's future in Country Music!!!
I was on duty when a bolo came across the radio, the two murders were caught and we never really found out why they did it
Oh wow! Thanks for your service!
Johnny Cash set fire to a national park! How did you leave that out?
George Jones and Hank Williams Jr was the very best of my favorites
Randy Travis is one of my absolute favorites. I seriously LOVED so many of his songs. I was devastated a few yrs ago when he had his massive stroke. It may have taken him out of the spotlight, but his music will be forever & ever amen. George Jones was a talented performer, but he obviously had his demons
He was drunk. Needs to own it and move forward. No matter what his publicists say. Dude, OWN IT.
You done an amazing job on this video. The video clips and the way you tell about each incident all went very well together. The videos I've watched so far from Country Cast have all been that way. Congratulations on the Vols necklace Upchurch gave you too... Keep On Keepin On and keep the country cast videos coming
Much appreciated bubba! 🙏
@ashley1994 if you only knew the history behind the necklace.
@@CountryCast history doesn’t look good on orange and white. Roll Tide! Haha. Nah, I’m playing, kinda…Congrats!
OMG that double murder was horrible!! I was an avid Hee Haww fan, but not till the 70s. I do remember Grandpa Jones very well. Roy Clark & Buck Owens was a staple in my house every Saturday night
I will always love Leonard Skinner ♥. W/Ronnie Vasant & His amazing band. Pure Country Rock & Roll. It drew you to your feet. And was some of the most Powerful music, I have ever heard !!!!!
You mean Lynyrd Skynyrd ?
These were the years when all the clubs had great music like this
I love Randy travis
George just has Country written all over his face.
That was so sad about Stringbean and his wife.
I live in the town where stringbean is from we have a bluegrass festival every June round his birthday
Stringbean was not a very smart man. His ignorance cost him his life. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I'll never forget hearing about waylon blowing up the venue he had just played cause he didn't get paid! It was an old barn and he just happened to have some dynamite in his bus!
Johnny Cash was rock and roll through and through, in attitude that is, his music will always get me through life, & I challenge anyone not to get the feels when they hear his version of Hurt, I tear up every time. And his gospel stuff is amazing, I'm not even religious and I love it
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.
Nice to see Jerry Lee in the country hall of fame. But after being one of the most dominant country artists of the 70s and 80s I'm surprised it damn took em so long!
am i trippin or isn’t jerry lee like the worst human being ever not named hitler or putin
What made Milwaukee famous...
These guys are all hardcore onstage and in real life no wonder gg allin loved country music lol
My mother and father split up when I was 4 years old. Mom lived in California & dad moved to San Antonio Texas. Around a year later he was coming to California to take us three kids back to Texas for 3 months. Summer vacation.
Dad took us to see a country band while we were still here in California. Napa Ca.
Dad paid and we walked in. No music yet they were just throwing out some sawdust so our feet could move to the music. The lead guitar player Carl Perkins the singer and Another guitar player was “Johnny Cash”
That was at the “Dream Bowl in Napa California in 1956.
Oh June Carter stood off to Johnnys right side and sang up a storm with Carl an Johnny
Learned things in this video Thank you!
It doesn't get any darker than Gary Stewart's life story
He Stopped Loving Her Today. Might make a good country song.
@@jray5363 : Did he really?
I’ve always thought his story would make a good movie.
@@stephenhopkins9541 I couldn't agree more.
@@daylaneedels-whitworth1575 he's my favorite
Chris, we want more songs like thiiiiis!
When they said that Randy Travis took an Ambien and it said off a crazy reaction I truly believe that, I know someone that was taking Ambien and they went plumb crazy one night I couldn't believe that person the things that that person done was unbelievable so yes I believe Ambien can make you do anything almost, I was wondering how Randy became naked with no clothes but after hearing he had taken the Ambien now I no longer Wonder
Same. When I was a teenager my ‘ole buddies mom used to get up randomly in the middle of the night and cook us food. Took us to Walmart once at like 2am…..we got ice cream. She took one every night. lol
yeah, that's scary stuff. you could walk into traffic or burn down the house and not even realize what you're doing.
@@swampdonkey4919 hey you're so right A friend of mine that was on that Ambien done some crazy stuff and had no clue that she done it, one night she got up and picked up a teddy bear that belong to her granddaughter building front of a mirror and started cussing it I'm telling you it was one scary sight the things I've seen there's no way I would touch that stuff
@@rodneystephens8859 I was prescribed the stuff in my early 20s. My dad, stepmother, and college dorm mates have a lot of stories about me, let me tell you. But at least nobody got hurt.
My sister in law got up took a bath & shaved one leg after taking Ambien. Next day she was so confused how her leg got shaved. On the show Rescue Me a Fireman went shopping & insulted people after taking one. It was really funny.
They are people first with problems like everyone else. Some of the greatest singers ever especially compared to what we have now. Quit listening to country music when it became NOT country.
I love everyone you mentioned, true greats, Charlie Pride would be someone to mention, he didn't look like what you heard on the radio in the 70's, he was great. PS. I like Loretta Lynn song choices 👌
That's 'Charley'.
One moment that isn't remembered as well as these shown here is the night Jeannie Seely performed at the Grand Ole Opry in a mini-skirt. It was the late 1960s and VERY shocking for the time because back then most female country singers still dressed in a similar style to what they'd been wearing in the '50s. So many people involved with the Opry got their noses a bit out of joint seeing a pretty young blonde haired woman showing that much leg that night.
What about the time The Killer, Jerry Lee, was outside Graceland, drunk, calling out Elvis? He supposedly was waving a gun around, pissed off at Elvis, but I can't remember why.
He was mad at Vernon because Vernon wouldn't let him in. Elvis called Jerry Lee crying upset that he couldn't get away and Jerry said he would come get him and they would go out together like the old times. When Jerry showed up at the gate Vernon refused to let him in to see Elvis. So Jerry yelled that he knew Elvis before he was a big star and he was going to go see his friend. He slammed his car into the gates and the police showed up arresting him. Was a gun but it was on the dash of the car. They always had guns. He only shot his bass player but he just winged him lol.
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Funny 😁. Lol. Thanks for the info.
@@koDaffi Apparently it was like 4a.m when Jerry got to Graceland as he had to drive a couple hours to get there.
I was in Germany in the early 80s.
Jerry was in a package tour.
Boxcar Willy was on just before the Killer. The crowd was crazy for him. Jerry didn’t get the reaction that Willy got. He got snarky and kicked his piano bench into the audience before stalking offstage.
Got himself booed for that.
Love me some George Jones ❤️
Randy Travis is one of the best. I'm offended they released this tape. Leave him alone ❤️
Randy was awesome, but c'mon. Just say you were wasted and move on. Lawyers suck!
he lied...he said he had 1 drink and his blood alcohol level was 0.21. AS someone that has lost a loved one to a pos drunk driver, Travis got off light.
She ate per usual, she never disappoints. Their collabs are the best
These vids are sheer BRILLIANCE❣️Absolutely gobsmacking info😺
Hank Williams Sr took my mom home from a bar when she was 14. Her bro had hooked up and left her there alone. She said he was really nice. She kissed him on the cheek and got out.
Cool story!
Kissed his “Cheek”🤣🤣🤣
Something for her to tell her grandchildren!
Wow!
Once was a thought inside my head
'Fore I'd reach 30 I'd be dead
Now somehow on and on I go
I keep on rollin' with the flow
We all have bad days, amen...
One of the great things about being HUMAN IS WE MAKE MISTAKES AND WE LEARN FROM THEM....
Johnny paycheck shot a guy in the face for a hat!!!
I don’t think it was particularly for the hat, it was bc he was about to clobber him with a beer bottle!!
Part documents the incident
Johnny paycheck was my causing some of his songs was just ok to me
@@wilmaperry4045 as a
Yup
They should include the kick George gives to the cameraman in a video game, the George Jones kick
In their younger days Johnny Cash and George Jones could have had an entire list of shocking events all to themselves, what with DUIs and drug busts and what not. And don't forget those Williams boys, Senior and Junior, or Tammy Wynette claiming she was kidnapped, or Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell getting kicked out of a hotel for fighting with each other while drunk (or high, or whatever).
Tammy wynette lied about her kidnap attempt. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I’m from Knoxville and I’ve never heard of a Andrew Johnson hospital. But Hank Williams did stay at the Andrew Johnson hotel on Gay street. Id always heard that’s where he got one shot. According to my uncle he’d got another shot later. Many locals believe the second shot took his life. My uncle “Slick” Sutherland was best friends with Swan Kitts the officer that pulled Hanks caddy over. Swan said to the day he died-he wished he would’ve pulled Hank outta the back seat of that car because he just knew he was soon to be dead if not dead already.
The Young man Mr Carr that was driving the Caddy kept telling Swan that it was hillbilly singer Hank Williams in the back seat & he was sleeping from a shot the Doctor gave him. He told Swan that he’s gotta get him to a show. Swan told Carr that he’d served in the Korean War and he knows what a dead man looks like & that he believed he was dead or was gonna be. But the Carr boy kept saying he was only sleeping.
My uncle wrote Carl Smith’s first no1 hit “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way” & he took me to the very spot Hanks caddy got pulled over. I know the exact spot to this day on Rutledge highway! I wrote a song about it. It’s on TH-cam under Ross Southerland -Hank Williams’ Last Day
Johnny Rodriguez ??
What a talented person he is and was when this happened sitting there with no britches on..
I would like to see a documentary made on a country musician named Morris Taylor. He had a country western variety show that was the longest lasting locally produced show in television history. The Morris Taylor show on KHSL Channel 12 in Chico California. The show started in 1956 and ran till 1995, and ran in reruns till 1997. My grandfather took me to a live taping of the show some time in the late 1950s or early 1960s. He also had a radio show on KHSL-AM which was later called KPAY, which is still running to this day. Where I have lived for the past 20-some years behind a restaurant / bar with a stage turns out to be where Morris Taylor got his start performing live. He passed on January 2018 at the age of 93.
George Jones was my favorite. He was the best
Randy Travis,has a voice that’s very ordinary.Nothing Like George Jones or Josh Turner.
Charlie Rich was out there pulling a "Kanye West" move 2 years before Kanye was even born. 😂
I am so proud of you when I saw that innocent you did I was not very happy but you changed your life around I'm always been a big fan of your music when I was a little kid I never stopped listening to I heard what what happened to you I always will keep you in my stay strong my friend always keep you posted your biggest fan Christobal Manriquez
Hopefully you can do the next video with Mindy McCready in it, I don't know the whole story but I feel bad for the way she went out she was a really good singer, or maybe Jim Reeves for that matter, can talk about Jamie Johnson, or Tracy Lawrence run in with the law, or they always bad boy David Allan coe 😎
Thank you for this info. Very interesting. ❤️👍🇺🇸
George Jones is one of kind
He was a real nasty drunk
George Jones a great friend
Let's not forget Keith Whitley... they claim he drank himself to death. Keith had several vehicle accidents, nearly lost his record label over his antics. I know many think highly of Jones, but between Keith Whitley, Randy Travis and ole Lefty there wasn't anyone better. Those 3 are the top troubadours imo.
No show was the greatest RIP GEORGE JONES 🤘R.H.E.C
George Jones,the best and always will be
People act like it's such a shock when somebody famous gets arrested. Guess what world.... famous people are only humans. This is no more exciting then going downtown on a friday night and watching anyone else get arrested. Leave the celebrities alone and let them have some dignity.
Yes!!!
One truth nobody cares about is that, unlike the others on this video, Charlie Rich never did anything in his life that got him arrested, or there's no record of that; but yet, there is so much anger directed at him & criticism of "every aspect" of his life.
It shows the unfairness and hypocrisy that's going on everywhere nowadays, and the total unwillingness or inability to keep things in perspective. There have never
been accounts of anything (like his failure to pay taxes or pay his band or 'actual' violence toward anyone) concerning Charlie Rich; unlike some accounts of John Denver's behavior. But that just proves how some people are shown no mercy for any and every misstep or act of misjudgment, prompting merciless outrage by certain individuals, continuing on literally for years after they pass away; whereas, others are given a pass and never criticized no matter what they do in life. It's as
simple as that. And anyone who can't admit that's the truth must be living in an
altered reality.
A good example is what's going on right now in our political arena. Enough said.
Another was the nationwide televised address in which Nancy Pelosi busily tore
up all the pages in a speech as it was being delivered by the President, & behind
HIS back, with no national outcry or even criticism. I think everyone needs to stop
the selective outrage, or we'll always be called a nation of hypocrites behind
all OUR backs. Not much justice in much that's happening here these days. AND:
the ongoing attacks on Charlie Rich exactly exemplify our flagrant hypocrisy as
a nation, albeit in a microcosm. He didn't set fire to the award; he lit the side of
a presumably hand-written little scrap of paper. Put it in perspective, people.
George Jones behaved properly towards the officer who stopped his car, he was quite drunk but the behavior was nothing to speak of. That he got a little annoyed at the corpse fly with the camera is understandable, he did not even have to put on handcuffs. Something that is unthinkable today, it's the officers' big moment.
George Jones might have had a drinking problem but he had a awesome career. Gorge and Tammy. There both in Heaven now singing together and talking about old times.They both were awesome.
George Jones getting a dui is far from his most shocking moment
String bean was the man
He's still like us no matter what he done he's still human and bleeds the same blood just like you and i
Jerry Lee was the coldest s.o.b to ever sit in front of a piano. George Jones and Randy Travis are the greatest country singers of all time and they pretty much could/can do no wrong 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you! Very informative!
John Denver had such a beautiful voice and every song was great to this day, and always!
I absolutely agree with you 100%. I don't get emotional when stars pass away, but when I heard about John Denver's death, I cried. My brother & I received JD's greatest hits album for Christmas in the late 70s (along with Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life) and we wore that album out. To this day, if a John Denver song comes on the radio, and my brother's in the car with me, we sing every word.
What happened Marty Robbins should have been mentioned & Merle Haggard , Conway Twitty and there’s so many more greats Dolly & Reba