I have been a fan of Mickey Newbury, nearly from the beginning of his career. I have everything he officially recorded and love to find stuff like this that is unofficial. I have many favorite singer/songwriters from the 60s and 70s but Mickey stands alone. I can judge this by the number of times I go to my music listening room that it is Mickey I put on the turntable or CD player. He had this remarkable way to re-interpret his music and often spontaneously combining two or even three separate songs into one in his live performances. He was a master of lyrics and interpretation of them. I feel strong emotional content as I cling to every word he sings no matter how many times over 50 plus years that I have listened to him. He went through a lull in the late 80s and 90s for recording but when he started doing albums on his own label in the late 90s, right up till he passed away, some of his best content, best lyrics and most fantastic performances are in those albums. He basically doubled his catalog in his final years, amazing for sure. I was honored to see him perform live twice, once in 1974 and again in 1994, both times in Nashville. I met him once, but would have loved to have an actual conversation with him.
If there is a playlist of songs to be found by the inheritors of this planet in the distant future, I want this song to be among them. I feel my soul weep tears of sorrow everything I hear this song, and it's a sadness borne from living long years and seeing things that mark you. Micky Newbury seems to be a forgotten secret in the history of music. Please share this song with those you know will appreciate good music.
Go to Acuff-Rose Publishing Co Nashville, TN. My husband was their engineer in the early 80’s. He had already recorded Gill Scot-Heron’s Secretz and the Allman Brothers Band. He worked with Malcolm Cecil at TONTOs in LA. He went on to Shania, Tim McGraw, Clint Black and more. He was Lynn Peterzell, he died in 1994. His brother Lee engineered Dust in the Wind, Kansas. They started out as really young guys at the Studio in the Country, Bogalusa, LA. Remember the audio engineers! I’m glad y’all found Mickey. Mickey was so nice and thoughtful. I’m so glad y’all found him. I miss him.😢@BillGraham 💙🎼
both are great but this is more like an intense folk song, the other definitely a pop song. i genuinely like all versions of the song, including the original version with sitar
+Russ Makar +Bob Matthews He did write the original, but this recording wasn't the original. This was like an unplugged recording at a radio station. It never got released until years after it was actually recorded. I dont recall if he was even aware it was being recorded or not, but it is the best version.
From the triad studio demo's. Recording Mickey did for a local radio station, when i remember right never broadcasted, and years later put on a kind of bootleg by a new dj at the station. (when you google with a little effort you get the right story) Still the best i know form Mickey.
Ferdynand Straaf Is this the Triad recording? I remember hearing it a few years ago and was COMPLETELY blown away. I thought it was even darker stripped down than this. I can’t really listen to Kenny Rogers cover after hearing that. This is like crawling into bed around dusk & pulling the covers over your head.
"I just dropped in"...Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. I heard them sing it in concert in 1968 or 69. What a great version this is. I just read an article about Mickey Newbury and wanted to check him out. Didn't know he ever played at Florabama Lounge
Absolutely haunting. Legend has it a lsd dosed Towns Van Zant who refused to ever go to Memphis was in the trunk of Newburys car when the tire blew out, to get to the spare he would have to deal with a freaking out Towns. Haha
Never heard that before, but it sounds like Mick and Townes. I asked Mick about that song and I can assure you it had nothing to do with a drug-induced episode. The origin was quite simple as well as plausible.
Dad had been trying to get Townes to Nashville, but he didn't want to go. They were both from Texas in the Houston area. Townes didn't give a shit about any fame or money. His family was rich and he had a high-priced shrink who prescribed him LSD before anybody had even heard of "acid". Dad's plan was to get him to Memphis, then onto Nashville from there. So he said "hey Townes let's go to Memphis and listen to some blues." Townes replies "Ok Mickey but let's split this first." At some point Townes passed out. So dad's logic was he had to restrain him somehow because if he came to and realized where they were going he would have probably tried to jump out or caused a wreck. The trunk seemed the most logical place, but the spare tire was in the way, so he threw it out to make room for Townes. I don't think they ever made it to Nashville that night, but he did get a good song out of it.
@@chrisnewbury3793 What!?You are the son of Mickey Newbury?Really?Im a 27 years old guy from Europe,when I have a depression Im Always listen your fathers just dropped in.Its a fantastic song.Please reply something,LOL.
i tried to make it, but the tone stopped me dare, the angels she said this doorways got me bound, if you had me that bottle , ill be just fine, wake me when its true, you know where ill be, tryin to get to heaven see these chains, well one more bet, maybe ill get lucky , mickey blue eyes had ties, realize your position atop a rail, west bound train, pulled up close to mirror that tear she's feelin , no home down here could save me , no key to believe in , and these bricks cant hold me. johnny g. c.p.
Two years later, droppin in. Again. I sure hope no one ever tries to cover this in the same style. If so, just fuck em. As it is, I don't like to hear The First Edition version. Makes me flip channels.
Bamaboompa i actually found the original through Dax Riggs'S COVER. But you are correct once i found the original.... I loke it better. But dax has solid vocals(soulful).. And dark... So it goes well
I personally don't interpret this song as having anything to do with acid, although maybe when Mickey wrote it he did. Both songs seem to be about alcoholism to me based on the numerous clear references to alcohol.
He said he liked to write songs that fit his surroundings. When he was in Texas, he wrote Country & Western. When he was in Mobile, he wrote Rhythm & Blues. One night he was in Hell, and this is what he wrote about it.
I have been a fan of Mickey Newbury, nearly from the beginning of his career. I have everything he officially recorded and love to find stuff like this that is unofficial. I have many favorite singer/songwriters from the 60s and 70s but Mickey stands alone. I can judge this by the number of times I go to my music listening room that it is Mickey I put on the turntable or CD player. He had this remarkable way to re-interpret his music and often spontaneously combining two or even three separate songs into one in his live performances. He was a master of lyrics and interpretation of them. I feel strong emotional content as I cling to every word he sings no matter how many times over 50 plus years that I have listened to him. He went through a lull in the late 80s and 90s for recording but when he started doing albums on his own label in the late 90s, right up till he passed away, some of his best content, best lyrics and most fantastic performances are in those albums. He basically doubled his catalog in his final years, amazing for sure. I was honored to see him perform live twice, once in 1974 and again in 1994, both times in Nashville. I met him once, but would have loved to have an actual conversation with him.
The best ever song writers of Texas .....Willie Nelson, Mac Davis , and MICKEY NEWBURY...💯
Fabulous post
This is absolutely incredible and speaks to me so much on a primal level.
I keep coming back for this version.
You're absolutely right. This version stand s tall, it's truly magnificent.
Me2
Thanks for capturing this bootleg, Newbury is an artist who captured dark emotions and gave us gifts with his lyrics.
This is perfect. So glad it didn't stay lost for all time.
If there is a playlist of songs to be found by the inheritors of this planet in the distant future, I want this song to be among them. I feel my soul weep tears of sorrow everything I hear this song, and it's a sadness borne from living long years and seeing things that mark you. Micky Newbury seems to be a forgotten secret in the history of music. Please share this song with those you know will appreciate good music.
As long as I draw breath, I'll still miss him. After that, I do believe I'll see him again.
@@otherbg Every time I hear him sing it makes me so sad for my youth and the country as it was before it began to be filled with people who hate it.
I will.⭐️
Go to Acuff-Rose Publishing Co Nashville, TN. My husband was their engineer in the early 80’s. He had already recorded Gill Scot-Heron’s Secretz and the Allman Brothers Band. He worked with Malcolm Cecil at TONTOs in LA. He went on to Shania, Tim McGraw, Clint Black and more. He was Lynn Peterzell, he died in 1994. His brother Lee engineered Dust in the Wind, Kansas. They started out as really young guys at the Studio in the Country, Bogalusa, LA. Remember the audio engineers! I’m glad y’all found Mickey. Mickey was so nice and thoughtful. I’m so glad y’all found him. I miss him.😢@BillGraham 💙🎼
The best song
Beautiful songs, they send you to another dimension.
M.N. a national treasure. Songwriters...they sparkle and fade away.
Man this is the best, I love Mickey Newbury. This is my favorite audio of him singing and playing this song ❤️ thanks for sharing this
I've never heard of Mickey Newbury. Live and learn. I've always liked the First Edition version but this is far superior.
Tooo rite
both are great but this is more like an intense folk song, the other definitely a pop song. i genuinely like all versions of the song, including the original version with sitar
Acuff-Rose had brilliant writers. Most of them had songs known but not themselves as artists. It’s a travesty.
Damn and I thought I liked Kenny Rogers version, still do, but this blows it out the damn water!
A life time of bad decisions led me here.
Excellent decision to come here! Good luck to you from now on.
Me too! Best comment ever
Dont stop now
I come here once a week ! a grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be...
God damn. God damn.
This is truly outstanding
How have I lived 31 years and not have heard this til now.
one of the most original songs ever written....
Thanks for putting the song from The Triad Session back up.
The first time I heard it, like the song says, blew my mind.
Awesome !!! thanks for posting. This is the best version of this song in my opinion,,, you can't beat the original.
+Russ Makar I like this version, but Mickey re recorded it, it isn't the original.
+Bob Matthews Mickey Newbury wrote this song, to me, that's original.
+Russ Makar +Bob Matthews He did write the original, but this recording wasn't the original. This was like an unplugged recording at a radio station. It never got released until years after it was actually recorded. I dont recall if he was even aware it was being recorded or not, but it is the best version.
Couldn’t agree more.
Kenny Rogers sings it better
There has never been a song describe me as accurate..i love this song and awsome guitar player
TRUE DETECTIVE
Yas!
Oh yeah!
How many times can I listen to this before I have to admit that I have a problem?
Best version, hands down.
Absolutely phenomenal!
Well done! Love the cello in the background.
just amazing
just lovely just waking up in the morning crazy
I love dax rigs with all my heart and I am so glad that he brought me here
From the triad studio demo's. Recording Mickey did for a local radio station, when i remember right never broadcasted, and years later put on a kind of bootleg by a new dj at the station. (when you google with a little effort you get the right story) Still the best i know form Mickey.
Ferdynand Straaf
Is this the Triad recording?
I remember hearing it a few years ago and was COMPLETELY blown away.
I thought it was even darker stripped down than this.
I can’t really listen to Kenny Rogers cover after hearing that.
This is like crawling into bed around dusk & pulling the covers over your head.
Incredible.
I remember the Kenny Rogers version from the Big Lebowski. This is way better. Damn. Whoever picks the soundtracks for True Detective is a master.
T Bone Burnett
@@christopherhughes8094 Well there ya go. :)
Careful man, there's a beverage here!
no comments?! best, best, best rendition of this tune!
blind bat i mean , he did write it.
The original, my friend.
Excellent
Stunningly poignant. Thanks ‘True Detective’ for this gift.
Just..WOW..🇨🇦
BEST VERSIONS EVER
Tooo rite
Dang. This is wonderful.
I would highly suggest any Mickey Newbury fans check out Dax Riggs cover of these two songs.
"I just dropped in"...Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. I heard them sing it in concert in 1968 or 69. What a great version this is. I just read an article about Mickey Newbury and wanted to check him out. Didn't know he ever played at Florabama Lounge
RIP Mickey
breathtaking
Terrific song.
Wow thanks for this post
so sick....legend
Wtf? By the determined look on his face you can easily see that this man knows what's up and has the answer
He had just come back from being a Vietnam combat vet about the time that was painted.
Dark and mood
the single greatest psychadelic song of all time
Learn how to spell, so you don't come off sounding like an ignorant moron.
Terrific rendition. Zanx
Has anyone heard the famous Waylon Jennings line ''Between Hank Williams' pain songs and Newbury's train songs'' ????
I think it's ChewBerry's train songs 😉
From the song Luckenbach Texas
Great Soul
blackNwhite talkshowradioband absolutely
I was born in 79. Heavenly Father forgive me.
Who's from True Detective??
Justinas Jaras this is the song played at the end of True Detective, season 3, episode 1
Absolutely haunting. Legend has it a lsd dosed Towns Van Zant who refused to ever go to Memphis was in the trunk of Newburys car when the tire blew out, to get to the spare he would have to deal with a freaking out Towns. Haha
Never heard that before, but it sounds like Mick and Townes. I asked Mick about that song and I can assure you it had nothing to do with a drug-induced episode. The origin was quite simple as well as plausible.
You better 'ask him again'.
Dad had been trying to get Townes to Nashville, but he didn't want to go. They were both from Texas in the Houston area. Townes didn't give a shit about any fame or money. His family was rich and he had a high-priced shrink who prescribed him LSD before anybody had even heard of "acid". Dad's plan was to get him to Memphis, then onto Nashville from there. So he said "hey Townes let's go to Memphis and listen to some blues." Townes replies "Ok Mickey but let's split this first." At some point Townes passed out. So dad's logic was he had to restrain him somehow because if he came to and realized where they were going he would have probably tried to jump out or caused a wreck. The trunk seemed the most logical place, but the spare tire was in the way, so he threw it out to make room for Townes. I don't think they ever made it to Nashville that night, but he did get a good song out of it.
@@chrisnewbury3793 What!?You are the son of Mickey Newbury?Really?Im a 27 years old guy from Europe,when I have a depression Im Always listen your fathers just dropped in.Its a fantastic song.Please reply something,LOL.
@@balozskoss2189 I am indeed. So glad young men like you are still enjoying my dad's music. I love the song, and mostly all of his music, too.
It used to b e common for the same songs to be performed by different artists so you got a lot of great alternative versions of a good song.
Original stuff on its so awesome to be inspired and be while the real!
Brilliant !!! ( Original's BEST )
grain of sand is all i ever wanted to be
A trail of corn dolls led me here.
Wow
Great
"oooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH-TESTIFY MY BROTHER",,,,"MICKEY" ???? "WHAT"!!!!!!!!! " GET THE PAPERS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy and Townes Van Zandt we're awesome
This song was written after a bad acid trip with the very man, TVZ, himself.
Rumor has it that Townes was in the trunk of the car without said spare.....
@@redforbes yes the spare had to be thrown in the ditch to make room for him. Townes was obviously a handful when drunk.
influenced Tom Waits one thinks
i tried to make it, but the tone stopped me dare, the angels she said this doorways got me bound, if you had me that bottle , ill be just fine, wake me when its true, you know where ill be, tryin to get to heaven see these chains, well one more bet, maybe ill get lucky , mickey blue eyes had ties, realize your position atop a rail, west bound train, pulled up close to mirror that tear she's feelin , no home down here could save me , no key to believe in , and these bricks cant hold me. johnny g. c.p.
Psychedelic.
Damn, that hurt..
I really like this rendition of Just dropped In by the writer. White Denim covered it on "Fargo" this week.
I have to say any bright and big covers of this song are souless (at least what ive heard) this is meant to be a bare bones painful tune.
And I'm just finding about this shit from a Waylon song. great artist 👍👍
and it sort of started the career of Kenny Rogers.this is way better
WOW
if you know you know.
Very nice, Ronnie Montrose covered this song on "Gamma 1", check it out, you'll love that version too.
Two years later, droppin in. Again. I sure hope no one ever tries to cover this in the same style. If so, just fuck em. As it is, I don't like to hear The First Edition version. Makes me flip channels.
Bamaboompa i actually found the original through Dax Riggs'S COVER. But you are correct once i found the original.... I loke it better. But dax has solid vocals(soulful).. And dark... So it goes well
Interesting version- not to be dismissed
There’s some Bruce Springsteen spark in this. Wonder if Mickey N. was an influence?
Hvor lenge har han kjort for sunndal taxie?
🤠
Tooo rite
4 have no idea
Great song. The melody at the very beginning, was it taken from somewhere else?
From Morocco lool
Maybe only one ho here
I personally don't interpret this song as having anything to do with acid, although maybe when Mickey wrote it he did. Both songs seem to be about alcoholism to me based on the numerous clear references to alcohol.
It was certainly about a lot of things. But it was one night, and one bad trip, that inspired it.
@@chrisnewbury3793 Well I stand corrected then! I'm assuming you are of some relation?
@@Kyle-jv8qx I'm his son.
@@chrisnewbury3793 it’s genius. Be proud
Dang
Will everyone please stop saying the name of a TV show!!
he looks a lot like Peter Falk)
This song sounds like someone died and went to Hell and lived to tell about it.
He said he liked to write songs that fit his surroundings. When he was in Texas, he wrote Country & Western. When he was in Mobile, he wrote Rhythm & Blues. One night he was in Hell, and this is what he wrote about it.
@@chrisnewbury3793 perhaps it was a psilocybin trip
@@Barbara-iv9qb Perhaps...but since he told me it was LSD, I'll go with that ;)
I'm the 1.000!
This should have been the theme song for the new season of True Detective
Men han er ikke blind på ordentlig?
😯🥴🌞🌞🌞🌞
Dont make em like they use 2
anybody know when this was recorded?
Probably around the late 80's
Hi Chris according to the recording engineer's notes it was recorded on 3rd June 199. Oh by the way I think the whole session's brilliant.
Should say 1991 sorry
is this your homework larry
here for TRUE DETECTIVE
The father of Springsteen ?
Robert har du slutta a ta drosje
124 to zero
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Jay Ham I have sent the link to about 10 people.
Does anyone else think that Kurt Cobain could've been influenced by him? Or know if he actually was?
OP doesn't know music history
@@alisonmcsecret Why is it not a possibility?
But not exactly the true detective version, which has strings attached....
Reason s not good one Reason none the less ? Ss
I dont care
Can I get a copy of this version? It's the best I have found. I realize it's a bootleg...
@jorrie90
I NEED this on my Playlist for roadtrips