Todd Snider - The Story of the Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern

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  • Todd Snider - The Story of the Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern and the Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern. From his great live album "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms"

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  • @markthoms385
    @markthoms385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    My Great Aunt Virgie died in 1999. Her son Kenneth owned the Backbone Tavern. She tended bar in his tavern. She was a gem, I loved her. She was very outspoken and a could be a real sweetheart.

    • @williamgarner1420
      @williamgarner1420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My wife and I just visited the tavern on Sunday. A great experience. Bought the T-Shirt.

    • @thegamblefish
      @thegamblefish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh wow! ❤️

    • @calebpeters2544
      @calebpeters2544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      just came back from devil's backbone tavern. didnt expect to pass it but i turned 21 in april and moved to SMTX a week and a half ago, so i felt like i had to drop in for a beer or two.
      walked in with fluorescent pink socks and jordans on, obviously not from here, played janis joplin on the jukebox, was swiftly informed never to play janis joplin on the jukebox ever again.
      played shuffleboard. gorgeous view, great people. going back once i get more drinking money.

    • @uns33n
      @uns33n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've been listening to this story for years and can honestly say your great aunt sounds like a special person. Definitely the kind of person I like to meet.

    • @donoakley7380
      @donoakley7380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fu#k Lucanbak drink with us. God Bless Ms. Vergie

  • @markthoms385
    @markthoms385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He wrote this song about my Great Aunt Virgie!!! Her son Kenneth (Kenny) owned the bar. Aunt Virgie passed away in 1999 at the age of 81.

    • @osuspebrg
      @osuspebrg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Todd makes her sound like a sweetheart and this song makes me smile so I hope this comment makes you smile, too

  • @boki9127
    @boki9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m from Nigeria and I love this song .... I feel bad that it took me this long to listen but I’m glad I did . ❤️

    • @1handclaping
      @1handclaping ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It really was like that …no joke Every day an adventure. Things were cheap back then. Our 3 bedroom 1930s house rent was $100. Gas was 19 cents tacos and tamales were $1 for a dozen beer was 25 cents or $3 a case

    • @1handclaping
      @1handclaping ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was in Austin Tx Early 1970s
      Willie had just moved to town and the music scene was hopping Armadillo World Headquarters. Look that up

  • @meynardmowat1105
    @meynardmowat1105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A little known fact. Trog is Mark Petersen from Pipe Creek TX. RIP my brother.

    • @isabelvela6684
      @isabelvela6684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two friends of mine live in Pipe Creek! I must pass this on !

  • @flyrodderdh
    @flyrodderdh 12 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Todd Snider is definitely WAY underrated!!

  • @adamasrain6469
    @adamasrain6469 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OG Wimbo here. Amen to you, Mark. She was wonderful! Love this Song.

  • @xerowon3490
    @xerowon3490 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This man is one of the beat story tellers in music.

  • @yurbeeinwatched
    @yurbeeinwatched 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This guy is so good. Arlo Guthrie style. Great stories told so well.

  • @5084fox
    @5084fox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    TS and James McMurtry.
    2 of the best song writers in the land.
    and sadly two of the most underrated.
    Sigh.........

    • @adamasrain6469
      @adamasrain6469 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/fFiXYiUs2pw/w-d-xo.html

  • @UND3RDOGhimself
    @UND3RDOGhimself 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I thought, "Shit... I could do that."
    truly inspiration to us all.

  • @theburninator888
    @theburninator888 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my favorite Todd Snider song/story know it by heart and im 13

  • @egcowling9657
    @egcowling9657 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To anyone still on TROG's extra couch, hang in there its gunna be ok. 🤣

  • @Nickle0515
    @Nickle0515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    How many of you immediately thought to come here when Eddie Van Halen dies... RIP

  • @wallycherry
    @wallycherry 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks, the American story teller lives on.

  • @joshualightfoot2011
    @joshualightfoot2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    RIP Eddie Van Halen. Rock on Todd

  • @jacobshonkwiler832
    @jacobshonkwiler832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I travel the backbone nearly everyday. Great views of the hill country in central Texas. Even has a picnic/rest stop. Couple of bars there as well. Come on and check out the devils backbone

  • @namreg944
    @namreg944 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Snider is the shit, I'm surprised he's not more known.

    • @brandonwelk4169
      @brandonwelk4169 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      7 years later and i too am surprised

  • @vichuvelle2484
    @vichuvelle2484 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was memorable! I liked it!

  • @anniebutkus9470
    @anniebutkus9470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love him!!!

  • @dashriptide6188
    @dashriptide6188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Eddie Van Halen of the Eddie Van Halen Band. I listened to VH like everyone else back in the day, but this is the first song I think of first when someone mentions Eddie Van Halen. Variety makes life worthwhile.

    • @nickkyler4923
      @nickkyler4923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me Too!! My wife Texted me "Eddie Van Halen Died". I said "Eddie Van Halen and the Eddie Van Halen Band"? She said "No, Just him". LOL

  • @reciawilson9064
    @reciawilson9064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They just had an anniversary party in Feb. First time Todd had ben back since then.

  • @justcallmethelma
    @justcallmethelma 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    heard this on outlaw country radio other nite,fell in absolute love with it,love it even more after hearing the story behind it! he is not only one heck of an artist,but his stories are so hilarious (listened to him one other nite too) i love listening to his songs and his stories! had me so laughing! loved this!! great advice she gave him!

  • @theoneandonlyhoppy
    @theoneandonlyhoppy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Long ago and far away I was riding my motorcycle outside of San Marcos Texas. It was a cold day in the Texas Hill Country, sunny, but cold. I stopped by this little bar out in the Bumfuck neighborhood called The Devils Backbone Tavern. They had a big fire going in the fireplace, I was the only one in the bar except for the bartender. That fireplace and cold beer was exactly what was needed that day. I had a few beers, a lot of them free just because the bartender needed somebody to talk to. I did buy a tee shirt though. ;-) (I got a Luckenbach tale too ;-D).

  • @npsurf1
    @npsurf1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love that place.... and the song.

  • @davidhedgecock6913
    @davidhedgecock6913 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great song!!!

  • @meynardmowat1105
    @meynardmowat1105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A little known fact. Trog is Mark Petersen from Pipe Creek TX. RIP my brother.

  • @citizenanna
    @citizenanna 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She said life isn't easy getting through
    Everybody's gonna make things tough on you
    But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do
    They will never get you down

  • @healthyhomesoflubbock3985
    @healthyhomesoflubbock3985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got lost and ran into lukenbach,nice place,and you don’t suck todd

  • @EverybodyHatesToby
    @EverybodyHatesToby 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for putting this up! I love this story, it makes me lol every time!

  • @horseychick852
    @horseychick852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heard this on the radio this morning. Amazing story, made me think a lot.

    • @michaeldonnan6767
      @michaeldonnan6767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You have a pretty cool radio station in your area.

  • @cullenvandyke2956
    @cullenvandyke2956 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'm not sure how many of you realize it, but he really went there. he really new vergie (or however you spell her name) and he actually went there to play. that's awesome. this guy is cool as shit!

    • @stevewarner8888
      @stevewarner8888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Virgie

    • @jefflivingston3341
      @jefflivingston3341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, RIP "Trog", aka Mark Peterson. I went to HS with him.

    • @helenrose6457
      @helenrose6457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stevewarner8888 Virgie Bradley was her name. She also happened to be a great aunt of mine.

  • @matthewrasbury
    @matthewrasbury 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    greatness..

  • @hollytravis6860
    @hollytravis6860 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Canyon Lake Texas is amazing I lived there for 4 years and yesterday was the first time that I stopped at the Devil's Backbone Tavern. I always wanted to stop but no one would go with me.. lol. So yesterday I did go into the tavern when I went back to Henning Lake for a few days and it was amazing I met a guy in the parking lot here was leaving and told me about Todd Snider and his song and that's what brought me here his name was Charlie and he had it yellow lab he was loading up in his truck when he was leaving and we talked for a while and I went in thinking "I wish I knew somebody " and this woman who i had never seen before said "well there you are" and I went inside with her, ordered a beer and made a wonderful friend ♥️ her name is Kathy anf I will always know that I was meant to meet her. . The reason I had always wanted to go before is because the tavern is said to be haunted and it totally is! It's this small little bar and it's amazing! I lovr it!! I'm going back next week and hopefully moving back to Canyon Lake soon... So I recommend it to everyone .... Go to Canyon Lake Tx.. and you must go ride down the Devil's Backbone! It is a beautiful drive! ... the canyon, the backbone itself .. it's all so beautiful. it is always beautiful! and do not forget to stop at the Devil's Backbone Tavern Canyon Lake Texas ♥️♥️♥️

    • @davidbraden5791
      @davidbraden5791 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let me know, I just got here and I'll go with you

  • @mightylittle729
    @mightylittle729 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks for the great post

  • @nathanfobear2913
    @nathanfobear2913 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is fantastic!

  • @wlangley88
    @wlangley88 13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He is a modern day Woody Gunthrie.

  • @wilsonmartinez1984
    @wilsonmartinez1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is great tod snider is really good but I tbink double wide blues is his best

  • @johnwashington5065
    @johnwashington5065 หลายเดือนก่อน

    JT was here 💜

  • @ardithlaudenbach5835
    @ardithlaudenbach5835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dude is wealthier than any rich man I know.

  • @garyalpern1402
    @garyalpern1402 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A mix between “Alices’s restaurant” and “Don’t think twice it’s alright”.

  • @pumakta3631
    @pumakta3631 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    luv it

  • @waymoreblues
    @waymoreblues 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I snuck into Gruene Hall to see Jerry Jeff Walker back then. Coulda been the same show?

  • @OxfordTown
    @OxfordTown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Trog passed away today. RIP, Trog.

    • @independencefarm8798
      @independencefarm8798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RIP Trog! 😢

    • @Civena
      @Civena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Noooo!

    • @accountplz1
      @accountplz1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NOw who’s gonna tell us what we can do

    • @meynardmowat1105
      @meynardmowat1105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OxfordTown Trog was a good guy. His son Sammy was a patient of mine. Know them well. 🙏🏻

  • @verbaud
    @verbaud 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another reason I skip the Grammys. Best of American Music goes unheard 'cause ClearChannel & their 850 stations just don't "get it"....

  • @craigstensaas4900
    @craigstensaas4900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, Eddie just passed, and Jerry followed him last night... someone find Todd, Miss Virgie, and Trog and get them out of 2020 before they all die!

    • @helenrose6457
      @helenrose6457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately Virgie passed in 1999, she was 85 years old.

  • @CliffDHall69
    @CliffDHall69 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you get there from Arkansas?

  • @tessoshea8209
    @tessoshea8209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2021💜✌💜FuckYa

  • @TBOwi
    @TBOwi 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like this was before he got str8.....

  • @katiesioux7757
    @katiesioux7757 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂🎯💯❤️😂

  • @DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter
    @DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter ปีที่แล้ว

    😂😂😂

  • @johnsmith-bx3qd
    @johnsmith-bx3qd 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rip off of "ALICE'S RESTAURANT" by Arlo.

    • @cydisc
      @cydisc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The concept of telling a story setting up the next song during a live performance predates Arlo Guthrie.

    • @davidgriffith6627
      @davidgriffith6627 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Except Todd Snyder is actually funny, (and more talented).

    • @OthO67
      @OthO67 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      john smith
      All storytelling and music is borrowed from the blues.
      Todd is great, but what would I know, I've only been performing music for over thirty years.
      Peace.

    • @accountplz1
      @accountplz1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      john smith inspired by and ripped off from are 2 different things. At any rate I love both but prefer this

    • @meynardmowat1105
      @meynardmowat1105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Trog was real. I knew him well.

  • @Therealshitnigga
    @Therealshitnigga 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    sick.