John met Ry Cooder and became friends in the early 70’s I played with John in Louisville Ky in 73’ and he told me about Ry Cooder then, and I have been a follower and even performed songs by both...... I’m thrilled to find this channel..WooHoo 😎💯😎
Yeah, Ry Cooder. The same mates also did another later collaboration, Little Village. Great stuff: th-cam.com/video/Ad8vvjoho3M/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
One of the best singer song writers of the modern era. So under rated. I've seen him several times and met him twice...He is the real deal. Probably my favorite artist of all time...
@@billalbritton4972 The RRHOF is a disgrace. They need to come clean and call it the Pop Music Hall of Fame, and start another one for real Rock and Roll.
John, way too smart, deep and pure for the masses. Perfectly Good Guitar one of the best records ever made. He sings live just like a record, no almost notes for John.
I was thinking the same thing. I first heard this recorded by BB King and Clapton, but Hiatt definitely caught my attention when I learned he wrote this masterpiece. Seriously, this song is perfect, the lyrics, the music. It's been stuck in my head for days.
'Bring the family' for me is the album that opened my eyes and ears to John Hiatt. Ry Cooder Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe.... and a whole lot of incredibly penned songs. My whole perception of music was altered.... and so my search for older Hiatt CDs began. What a big beautiful journey. Keep walking Johnny
Truly sensational dedicated to all the fans of Ry cooder and John Hiatt..great rhythem,lyrics and melody going out over the airwaves..terrific tune and the beat is good..going solo singing and isn't it great..guitar players and exceptionally good..music flowing out
professionals all..band is fantastic...like watching the Super Bowl of rock and roll..Hiatt and Cooder on the same stage?? with that band??? holy christ, lucky crowd that night
Phenomenal..Hiatt and Ry Cooder the legends on stage sending out the rhythem and sound to all the fans worldwide..terrific band got the beat going on..Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
Would love to hear John Hyatt and the Goners play with Ry. You'd have two of the world's greatest slide guitarists, Ry Cooder and Sonny Landreth playing together. Ry rips it here.
I saw John Hiatt in Columbus OH in March of '85 on RIDIN WITH THE KING tour. It was a Sunday night and there were maybe 100 people at The Newport on High St. You would have thought there were 10,000 people there. John Staehle(Spirit, JoJo Gunne) was his lead guitarist. The drummer that night had played on TWO BIT MONSTER. I had seen few shows as powerful as that. It was later that BRING THE FAMILY was released and put him into a whole 'nother category. I saw him in Columbus again in the later 80s and a final time playing for a National Record Mart convention at 7 Springs Ski Resort(I managed stores for them for 20 years). Great songwriter and a survivor.
I kind of like this phase of John Hiatt's music: the pre-"Bring the Family" years when he was still finding his sound, moving from the "American Costello" vibe of "Slug Line" to gritty blues rockers like this one, even the odd pairing with producer Tony Visconti on "All of a Sudden." There doesn't seem to be much other video around from those years, so this clip is a real gem.
For me, the SLUG LINE - TWO BIT MONSTERS - ALL OF A SUDDEN - RIDING WITH THE KING quartet is not only the apex of his recorded career but can stand alongside anyone else's. Sadly, it was the worst time of his life (pre-sobriety and his wife committed suicide) and I believe that's the main reason he hasn't performed most of these songs live since (RWTK being a notable exception). He has always had a remarkable band for live dates; who wouldn't want to get to play so many great songs?
You wouldn't think a Tony Viscounti production would work with the John Hiatt gritty, swampy sound but it does. Amazing how Hiatt can work with different musicians and create different vibes that sound great.
@@garyreid2775 lol..me too, i was listening to John Hiatt back in 1989...loved him then and still do..have you listened to LIPSTICK SUNSET?? That is amazing and you can hear Ry's beautiful slide..
@@garyreid2775 yes i love that too, Feels Like Rain is a true classic..i think John Hiatt was so underrated..i still have my records..they real treasure
@John Hiatt 🎵 Thanks for the reply. It must have been in the early 80’s. I must admit that every band I’ve ever been in since then has shamelessly done a few covers of your tunes…but we always gave you the credit in lieu of the royalties. Hope you’ll forgive a California ex-patriot in Australia for his sins. “I wish I had those mukluks,the seal-skin gloves and the coat with the beads around the collar.”
Went to a concert back in the 90's at Alpine Valley. Everyone was there to see "Hootie", I was there to see the opening act, John Hyatt...no one else around ever even heard of him. He was great. However there were more hot women at that concert than any other concert I ever went to!!
It’s absolutely impossible for me to decide if I like this version or the one that’s stripped down with Sonny Landreth. They are both awesome. Another musician who is walking the path blazed by J.J. Cale.-exceptionally good and under appreciated at least as far as Mainstream “Music” is concerned. The same can be said for Ry Cooder’s career, on Slide, to his left.
I just saw a performance of Sonny and John that was Later on in years than this was. It rocked hard. Sonny’s great. He stands out. Maybe too much for my liking. I like a blending in better I suppose. It just seemed like whoa he’s here. But I here he’s a super great guy and he is truly a wonderful player so ❤️ to him too. Ry is my guy though.
Forgive my ignorance but i thought B.B King made this song... I've only ever heard it from his album, Riding with the King, with Eric Clapton. This too was amazing!
WOW baby! One of his most proficient and sometimes scary lyrics... "Tonight, everybody's is getting their angel wings..." Well Boeing 737 Max 8 wasn't fabricated yet, but---
There is a live version of this song I downloaded off of Napster or one of those services long ago. It has a smoking hot guitar solo, after which John signs, "Now I ain't on the phone with Tipper Gore . . ." and then the download cut off! Anybody else familiar with that version, or where/when it was recorded?
@John Hiatt 🎵 I have been a fan since Bring The Family came out. You did a concert in San Francisco many years ago at a park. I so wanted to attend but I had to work. My friend went with your newest CD and you autographed it. I also found on Utube your group Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe. I have been following Jake Thistle for years and I noticed he had one of your albums on display. He knows how much I love your music and told me about his experience with you. Anyway, I have always loved your unique voice.
Yhey look like "kids" here. But the gift comes through "in spades." Not surprised Hiatt wrote this; I first heard it by BB and EC on the album of this title. If a person care about guitar greats, then Cooder is in the top with EC and Emmanuel.
NWAids? Fuck you. With an old rusty stick. Did you know that you could have stopped right after R&RHOF and made perfect sense, but no, you had to post that hatred shit and make an ass of yourself. What a fucking jerk.
First time I saw Hiatt play was on the Slow Turning tour, backed up by the Goners (Sonny Landreth and his buds), but this show is at least a few years earlier......here, Hiatt is so young he looks like a baby to me! I don't recognize ANY of the band members, does anybody know who they are? I couldn't get a good look at the guitarists' face, are we certain it's Ry? It sounds lke him but it doesn't really look like him. Yup, weird guitar, like a Tele crossed with a Teisco or a Wards Airlne....anyway, Hiatt looks and sounds good here, I presume this show is from the time period after he got sober... what I have yet to see on you tube is footage from the Perfectly Good Guitar tour. I saw them 4 times on that tour, and the early shows had some rocky spots but they got really really tight after being on the road a while (I think they toured for a year!). at one show, Mike Ward played an awe-inspiring slide solo on Thank You Girl that still raises my hair when I think about it!
Scott Mathews, drums. Phil Aaberg, keys! Plus Cooder & Epstein. Scott & Ron Nagle aka The Durocs produced side 1 of Riding With the King, and Scott had a dream that inspired that song.
On the album, Nick Lowe is the bassist and Martin Belmont from the Graham Parker & The Rumour is the other guitarist. Maybe that is Epstein on bass. How cool !
That is absolutely Howie on bass. I did monitors for a couple of shows for John Hiatt on the "Slugline" tour - two records before this, and Howie was on bass then as well.
Tom Thomas Ripley. You can pan each individual string. Van Halen used one on Top Jimmy. Cool guitar for studio. Never seen anybody play one live till this.
Anyone playing alongside Ry Cooder is in fact riding with the king
Yeah baby!
True that.
No doubt. Happy birthday John Hiatt!
John met Ry Cooder and became friends in the early 70’s I played with John in Louisville Ky in 73’ and he told me about Ry Cooder then, and I have been a follower and even performed songs by both...... I’m thrilled to find this channel..WooHoo 😎💯😎
Yeah, Ry Cooder. The same mates also did another later collaboration, Little Village. Great stuff: th-cam.com/video/Ad8vvjoho3M/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
One of the best singer song writers of the modern era. So under rated. I've seen him several times and met him twice...He is the real deal. Probably my favorite artist of all time...
It’s a sin and a shame he ain’t in ( HOF that is)
@@billalbritton4972 The RRHOF is a disgrace. They need to come clean and call it the Pop Music Hall of Fame, and start another one for real Rock and Roll.
Got to hear Hiatt live...one of my best days.
I will never ever understand why he continues to fly below the radar screen... singer, song writer, performer... he's among the elite of his genre.
So agree. I saw him in Ashville, NC.
John, way too smart, deep and pure for the masses. Perfectly Good Guitar one of the best records ever made. He sings live just like a record, no almost notes for John.
Great great band
Amen Lipstick Sunset ... so many great gut fillled songs.
Perfectly Good Guitar was a perfectly great CD! No half measures.
I was thinking the same thing. I first heard this recorded by BB King and Clapton, but Hiatt definitely caught my attention when I learned he wrote this masterpiece. Seriously, this song is perfect, the lyrics, the music. It's been stuck in my head for days.
Paper Thin live is amazing!
'Bring the family' for me is the album that opened my eyes and ears to John Hiatt. Ry Cooder Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe.... and a whole lot of incredibly penned songs. My whole perception of music was altered.... and so my search for older Hiatt CDs began. What a big beautiful journey. Keep walking Johnny
Be sure to check out Little Village . The same guys. Great album.
@@jamesweber3568 Yup, I have those albums as well
Not to mention his older work: still gold to me.
@@teiltje Slugline.... Love like blood.. She love's the jerk. Yup... got to discover those gems later.
Such fun. Love you guys. Seen u many times. Dance on king
Diamonds to you
Truly sensational dedicated to all the fans of Ry cooder and John Hiatt..great rhythem,lyrics and melody going out over the airwaves..terrific tune and the beat is good..going solo singing and isn't it great..guitar players and exceptionally good..music flowing out
Hiatt is truly in the 1st class section of song writing and preforming,love this guy. Great to to see Howie here great bassist and singer. Sad story.
John is a real performer as well as gifted songwriter. Rockin' combo, too. :)
Great vocals, superb lyrics.....for me, the base line drives this. Stuck in my head for days.
Howie Epstein on bass. Went on to play with Tom Petty's Heartbreakers.
professionals all..band is fantastic...like watching the Super Bowl of rock and roll..Hiatt and Cooder on the same stage?? with that band??? holy christ, lucky crowd that night
Check out the Little Village album....John, Ry, Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe.... SUPER GROUP
brilliant john played with two of the supreme slide players on this ry and sonny landreth hail hail John !
Smart enough to enlist the best studio man and versatile player ever--- Cooder. I say that being a " Clapton is God" subscriber.
j e tobey. Agreed.
Great clip! That's the late, great Howie Epstein on bass. Tom Petty later hired him for the Heartbreakers.
John is a great song writer and performer, and Ry is about one of the best guitar players ever.
John is the the real deal. Singer, songwriter, musician! Love his music !
Stupendous!! I didn't realize John & Ry went that far back. Between Ry and Sonny, John has played with 2 incredible slide guitar players!!
Ry is much more than just a slide player... He is a finger picking champion of accoustic and electric stringed instruments, dozens of them
Love the BASS line through put this song
Phenomenal..Hiatt and Ry Cooder the legends on stage sending out the rhythem and sound to all the fans worldwide..terrific band got the beat going on..Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
Saw them debut in Austin at sxsw, Little Village was Hiatt, Cooder, Keltner, and Lowe.
Would love to hear John Hyatt and the Goners play with Ry. You'd have two of the world's greatest slide guitarists, Ry Cooder and Sonny Landreth playing together. Ry rips it here.
this is 36 years old...
john hiatt doesnt ride with the king anymore, he IS the king.
HUH
Word !
@@nancyhoffman4563 I miss Elvis
That is true, what you said is very good
Man. Great. So much respect for both men. What a perfect pairing. 🙏
Since "Hanging Out at the Observatory" The year
I bought my first car.
The bassist is Howie Epstein from Petty's Heartbreakers (R.I.P.).
Aw Howie. Rip
Great voice and a hell of a bassist! Shame his Demons caught up with him, But I guess they catch up with all of us eventually!
Love his work!!
I saw John Hiatt in Columbus OH in March of '85 on RIDIN WITH THE KING tour. It was a Sunday night and there were maybe 100 people at The Newport on High St. You would have thought there were 10,000 people there. John Staehle(Spirit, JoJo Gunne) was his lead guitarist. The drummer that night had played on TWO BIT MONSTER. I had seen few shows as powerful as that. It was later that BRING THE FAMILY was released and put him into a whole 'nother category. I saw him in Columbus again in the later 80s and a final time playing for a National Record Mart convention at 7 Springs Ski Resort(I managed stores for them for 20 years). Great songwriter and a survivor.
Not seen Ry playing that green guitar before! Just shows he can get great tone from anything!! 👍🏻✌️🤘
I kind of like this phase of John Hiatt's music: the pre-"Bring the Family" years when he was still finding his sound, moving from the "American Costello" vibe of "Slug Line" to gritty blues rockers like this one, even the odd pairing with producer Tony Visconti on "All of a Sudden." There doesn't seem to be much other video around from those years, so this clip is a real gem.
For me, the SLUG LINE - TWO BIT MONSTERS - ALL OF A SUDDEN - RIDING WITH THE KING quartet is not only the apex of his recorded career but can stand alongside anyone else's. Sadly, it was the worst time of his life (pre-sobriety and his wife committed suicide) and I believe that's the main reason he hasn't performed most of these songs live since (RWTK being a notable exception). He has always had a remarkable band for live dates; who wouldn't want to get to play so many great songs?
You wouldn't think a Tony Viscounti production would work with the John Hiatt gritty, swampy sound but it does. Amazing how Hiatt can work with different musicians and create different vibes that sound great.
Thank you for putting this up.....brilliant stuff
Ry Cooder, great talent!!!!!
@John Hiatt 🎵 Since the early 70s when you first started performing. Every girl, including myself, was in love with you.✌️🤟
The very best!!
Ry playing one of his Ripley Guitars! 🙌
This sound gets me in the mood for great raw music.
I first heard this song with BB King, and Eric Clapton and the lyrics matched the video of BB and Eric riding in a caddy.
Slow toining... :-) that opened my eyes to his genius. listening to Feels Like Rain one can smell Nawoleans!
Notice the body language of John’s band… they love this song and know they have a mega groove going.
In a word .. brilliant .. Ry and John 'in their time' .. damn, but that is good.
Nice, my favorite Hiatt record. Howie Epstein on bass.
Great band, great song, Hiatt is so great!
Possibly the best album this man ever did ,just get your shiny gold forty five ,stunning
Thanks for this, wow! Mucho, mucho gras!
Wow! Love this old stuff! Reminds me why I am one of his oldest, biggest fans!
P.B.F.H.
Cool !!! I knew John Hiatt wrote it I never heard him do it & with Ry Cooder double cool !!! I wish these two would collaborate on something again.
You've got "Bring The Family" and "Little Village" right ?
@@chipsmith5499 not to mention Little Village...
Showmanship ! omg
Awesome music and Keeping the rhythem and the beat going on and on..
This is 38 years ago..#WOW Ry Cooder amazing, John Hiatt sure had his own style..love them both 🎶🎸🙏🏼🌟🎼🎤
Johnny was runnin' n fumes, but then... Look @ Ry as well...
Feelin a bit like that agin, THESE daze...
😎
Been a fan since i was 38 now i just love that I’m over the hill and i now love that song
@@garyreid2775 lol..me too, i was listening to John Hiatt back in 1989...loved him then and still do..have you listened to LIPSTICK SUNSET?? That is amazing and you can hear Ry's beautiful slide..
@@julieannejoolz yes bring the family was an amazing album it feels like rain off he’s slow turning album is also a great song and a great album
@@garyreid2775 yes i love that too, Feels Like Rain is a true classic..i think John Hiatt was so underrated..i still have my records..they real treasure
John is the best.
I LOVE this-great quality video. I find this older version to be more virile, more vital than the later BBKing collaboration
Ry sure has a funky telecaster...never saw him playing that guitar before .
I don't think it has enough knobs on it lol
It's a Steve Ripley stereophonic guitar.
Anyone playing a Hiatt tune is riding with the king. That's why Ry did it so often.
@John Hiatt 🎵 Thanks for the reply. It must have been in the early 80’s. I must admit that every band I’ve ever been in since then has shamelessly done a few covers of your tunes…but we always gave you the credit in lieu of the royalties. Hope you’ll forgive a California ex-patriot in Australia for his sins.
“I wish I had those mukluks,the seal-skin gloves and the coat with the beads around the collar.”
@John Hiatt 🎵 music to my antiquated ears
This is a good song for cruising in ur car
Possibly his best album ,in my opinion,your humble servant
Phenomenal..
biamaku! You da King!! Don't know where you're finding these, but thank you!!
Piet Mondrian second
Most underestimated artist ever
This song is about the one and only King of rock n roll ! Elvis Presley !!
Went to a concert back in the 90's at Alpine Valley. Everyone was there to see "Hootie", I was there to see the opening act, John Hyatt...no one else around ever even heard of him. He was great. However there were more hot women at that concert than any other concert I ever went to!!
It’s absolutely impossible for me to decide if I like this version or the one that’s stripped down with Sonny Landreth. They are both awesome. Another musician who is walking the path blazed by J.J. Cale.-exceptionally good and under appreciated at least as far as Mainstream “Music” is concerned. The same can be said for Ry Cooder’s career, on Slide, to his left.
He came on ahead of the band and did this on his own to start his show at Dingwalls in1984.
I just saw a performance of Sonny and John that was Later on in years than this was. It rocked hard. Sonny’s great. He stands out. Maybe too much for my liking. I like a blending in better I suppose. It just seemed like whoa he’s here. But I here he’s a super great guy and he is truly a wonderful player so ❤️ to him too.
Ry is my guy though.
Jeez this is brilliant! Thank you.
Good Post ! Bring s back find memories! Thx
Forgive my ignorance but i thought B.B King made this song... I've only ever heard it from his album, Riding with the King, with Eric Clapton. This too was amazing!
Yes...
JOHN HIATT is the Original Songwriter.
HE's AWESOME!
WOW baby!
One of his most proficient and sometimes scary lyrics... "Tonight, everybody's is getting their angel wings..." Well Boeing 737 Max 8 wasn't fabricated yet, but---
There is a live version of this song I downloaded off of Napster or one of those services long ago. It has a smoking hot guitar solo, after which John signs, "Now I ain't on the phone with Tipper Gore . . ." and then the download cut off! Anybody else familiar with that version, or where/when it was recorded?
I think Hiatt was in Ry’s touring band in the early 80s, which I saw in Ann Arbor.
You're right.
John Hyatt ... so much talent... he can do it all ... if Elvis has been taller and skinnier ...
this is the uncensored version. download it while you still can.
wow, wow, wow, killin me
Saw cooder open for Clapton ry showcase hiatt show stopper
OMG! Sweet Howie!
@John Hiatt 🎵 I have been a fan since Bring The Family came out. You did a concert in San Francisco many years ago at a park. I so wanted to attend but I had to work. My friend went with your newest CD and you autographed it. I also found on Utube your group Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe. I have been following Jake Thistle for years and I noticed he had one of your albums on display. He knows how much I love your music and told me about his experience with you. Anyway, I have always loved your unique voice.
The best; pure class
The best. The king and ry
love cooders solo x
Sometimes.... you gotta do what ya gotta do.❤.
What a Band!
man those guys could make me sound good foreal r coot is a pleasure
Yhey look like "kids" here. But the gift comes through "in spades." Not surprised Hiatt wrote this; I first heard it by BB and EC on the album of this title. If a person care about guitar greats, then Cooder is in the top with EC and Emmanuel.
Best version ever!
Everyone is in the groove. You don't get this anymore.
Hiatt belongs in the R&RHOF before Ronstadt or NWAids.
NWAids? Fuck you. With an old rusty stick. Did you know that you could have stopped right after R&RHOF and made perfect sense, but no, you had to post that hatred shit and make an ass of yourself. What a fucking jerk.
ThreeChordGuitar your post displays more negativity about you rather than to whom it’s directed.
@@ThreeChordGuitar Ease up there butter cup! He spoke the truth!
Superb. What a band, Cooder and Epstein, who is on drums and keys?
That drummer grooves!!
Impressive!
Jesse Harms on keyboard. When I saw a show on this tour, Daryl Verdusco played drums (this isn't him).
First time I saw Hiatt play was on the Slow Turning tour, backed up by the Goners (Sonny Landreth and his buds), but this show is at least a few years earlier......here, Hiatt is so young he looks like a baby to me! I don't recognize ANY of the band members, does anybody know who they are? I couldn't get a good look at the guitarists' face, are we certain it's Ry? It sounds lke him but it doesn't really look like him. Yup, weird guitar, like a Tele crossed with a Teisco or a Wards Airlne....anyway, Hiatt looks and sounds good
here, I presume this show is from the time period after he got sober...
what I have yet to see on you tube is footage from the Perfectly Good Guitar tour. I saw them 4 times on that tour, and the early shows had some rocky spots but they got really really tight after being on the road a while (I think they toured for a year!). at one show, Mike Ward played an awe-inspiring slide solo on Thank You Girl that still raises my hair when I think about it!
Looks like Ry Cooder and could be Howie Epstein on bass?
Looks like Epstein to me.
Scott Mathews, drums. Phil Aaberg, keys! Plus Cooder & Epstein. Scott & Ron Nagle aka The Durocs produced side 1 of Riding With the King, and Scott had a dream that inspired that song.
On the album, Nick Lowe is the bassist and Martin Belmont from the Graham Parker & The Rumour is the other guitarist. Maybe that is Epstein on bass. How cool !
That is absolutely Howie on bass. I did monitors for a couple of shows for John Hiatt on the "Slugline" tour - two records before this, and Howie was on bass then as well.
Ry & John are joined at the hip. Check out Roy’s Borderline album
What kind of guitar is Ry Cooder playing?
I think it is a 6 string
@@DerekMogambo Ha ha ha !
A Ripley stereo guitar.
What the hell is THAT GUITAR that Ry Cooder is playing with all the knobs ???????
A Ripley stereophonic guitar, as you can read in a comment from somebody else.
Just Saw John n Sonny get old crowes to fly and dance again
LOVE JOHN HIATT...
Wow!
With u mutha
I went to 3 concerts of John and he is more than red cross ambulance
Crank it up!
John is a bad Ass..
biameku. Ry Cooder in disguise. Had to search to find him.
John Hiatt playing a Strat and Cooder on Tele? What kind of Frankenstein Fender is it, anyway?
Ripley stereo guitar
Is that Howie on bass? How cool!
Walking with the king was slang in the ghetto for being on heroin back in the '50's, and '60's.
for whatever that's worth.
Anybody know what kind of guitar Ry Cooder is playing? Airline?
Tom Thomas Ripley. You can pan each individual string. Van Halen used one on Top Jimmy. Cool guitar for studio. Never seen anybody play one live till this.
@@joshdavis8842 Awesome. Thanks for the 411! Ryland is a guitar magician.
A Ripley srereophonic guitar.
@@francoisebeylie2923 Thanks.
Where is the rest of this show!?!?!?!?!?!?!