musicfog.com Rodney Crowell with a haunting version of "Highway 17" during his debut Music Fog session. Filmed during the 2010 Americana Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
It was 1993 at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville Rodney and a few others were doin a feature round there. Just a few years earlier I'd heard him do this song on a TV show, I write a little note asking him to play that song about the guy burying the money out by the highway. When his turn came around again he pointed me out to the crowd and said "this songs for him" (or something to that effect. A nice memory to have.
I seen Rodney do this song on Austin City Limits 25 or 30 years ago and I never heard it or could find it again, Glad he has redone it. Thanks again It is AWESOME.
I heard this played on my radio at work when his album The Houston Kid was released. This is the kind of song that stops you in your tracks, an amazing lyrical narrative.
Interesting to write such a haunting story when it wasn't a story you, yourself had lived. Filled with such great detail, it makes it easy to vision how this crime went down and how they got caught to pay their dues.
wow...choosing the first day of November 1963 as when the character got out of prison just adds to the power of this song. Master stroke of writing. Gives me chills and really galvanizes the time period for listeners old enough to recall JFK's killing.
I've always wondered if there's any truth to it. It's not true for him, anyways. He was born in 1950, and would have been only 7 at the age of the crime. Maybe it's a true story for someone else, put into song. None the less, real chilling song. It's amazing.
Haunting. This is talent from a time that no longer exists
one of the best song writers in these United States of America.
This one cuts deep - a whole novel in a song.
It was 1993 at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville Rodney and a few others were doin a feature round there. Just a few years earlier I'd heard him do this song on a TV show, I write a little note asking him to play that song about the guy burying the money out by the highway. When his turn came around again he pointed me out to the crowd and said "this songs for him" (or something to that effect. A nice memory to have.
there may be songwriters as good as Rodney Crowell. but there are none better. thanks to him we have so many great songs
I seen Rodney do this song on Austin City Limits 25 or 30 years ago and I never heard it or could find it again, Glad he has redone it. Thanks again It is AWESOME.
I must 've listened about a thousand times to this song...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (65th) RODNEY !!!
(born on August 7th, 1950)
Great storyteller`s song...
this is awesome. I have the album Houston Kid but this version is so deep. i listened to it 3 times and got drawn in more each time.
This is one of the best examples I know of how getting older can be good for a man.
I first heard this song at the Work Play Theater in Birmingham, Alabama in 2004, a great song telling a human story. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! What a story teller with soul..
great song writing, singing, and guitar. *****
unforgettable. fantastic text, this is something to aspire to.
nailed this one, rod. thank you.
I heard this played on my radio at work when his album The Houston Kid was released. This is the kind of song that stops you in your tracks, an amazing lyrical narrative.
Thats a chilling image, sitting in Huntsville with nothing better to look forward to but a hole out on highway 17.
I remember the first time I heard this song in Birmingham, Alabama at the Workplay Theater - magic then and magic now.
Interesting to write such a haunting story when it wasn't a story you, yourself had lived. Filled with such great detail, it makes it easy to vision how this crime went down and how they got caught to pay their dues.
Excellence comes in many shapes and forms......this is pure as moonshine.
Evocative. His latest CD is outstanding.
wow...choosing the first day of November 1963 as when the character got out of prison just adds to the power of this song. Master stroke of writing. Gives me chills and really galvanizes the time period for listeners old enough to recall JFK's killing.
Love this song.
I can only dream of writing a song this great one day!
Doesn't get any better.
Love the parlor guitar.
Gotta be some truth to the telling ... there but for the grace of God go I
Very cool ballad!
The dude from B-52s got his nose bust up. Sounds better than ever.
this is deep quality shit
Excellent
@harleyrydersteve1 It's featured on the album "The Houston Kid", a great version too
Thers nobody better
The quickest 4 minutes 49 seconds on TH-cam I believe!
I've always wondered if there's any truth to it. It's not true for him, anyways. He was born in 1950, and would have been only 7 at the age of the crime. Maybe it's a true story for someone else, put into song. None the less, real chilling song. It's amazing.
What genre of music is this? It’s folk, country, and something else I can’t place. Is there a genre name? Calling it country doesn’t seem right
out on Highway 17 or Interstate 10 ;)
" A yard full of cars that wouldn't run"