I was on my friend’s sailboat out of Beverly Massachusetts when we heard on the radio that Steve died. The station then continued to play Steve’s songs all afternoon. Sad day but Steve’s humor helped.
I saw Steve Goodman perform in a college gymnasium in 1981. Sadly, the crowd was sparse. Rather than go onstage, Steve pulled up a metal chair and had us gather around him on the gym floor. He played this song and, of course, City of New Orleans. He also played a new song he'd just written called "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" (Steve was a lifelong Cubs fan). What virtually nobody knew at the time was that the song was autobiographical. Steve was dying of leukemia. He passed away in September 1984, just four days before the Cubs clinched a spot in the postseason for the first time since 1945 (Steve was born in 1948). I will always treasure the memory of seeing him perform in person.
@@ListentoFolkMusic My brother saw Steve at a small venue in Atlanta. When they closed due to time restrictions, Steve went out and sang on the sidewalk. He did Red Red Robin and my brother was delighted when I found his version on You Tube. He was a big fan and I became one too.
He wrote the best damn country song......this one. The best damn train song..........City of New Orleans. And the best damn anti-war song.........Penny Evans.
We saw Steve many times in Chicago; my friend threw my straw cowboy hat on stage when Steve sang the greatest country song ever written. Surprisingly I got it back after ten rows of people passed it back. Steve was such a great entertainer! At the Parkwest Theater in Chicago we heard him sing A Dying Cub Fans Last Request which he had just written on the flight from California that day. We were seated at the first table about 10 feet away from him at the nightclub Parkwest theater. Always loved his performances!! What an entertainer!!! The City of New Orleans song still my favorite.
I had the joy and privilege to see Steve 6/times as a teenager in the late 70s. He remains to most vivid and happy warriors I have ever seen. If I could be half that happy and half that sincerely a bringer of joy to others I would count my life full up. I am almost 20 years older than Goodman at his death and every time I go back to these songs I get happy, not sad though Imwish he were still here. And John Prine, and others.
Saw this in high school and taped it off the air…onto 8-track. Just played this for my 15 yr old daughter. I’m old. Took a friend of mine to see him and John P. in Seattle a few years before he passed. Sometimes an artist just touches you, for whatever reason. Steve was that for me. Just special. 👍🤪🏳️🌈
I wish I had a chance to see Steve Goodman in concert. He is having so much fun with this song that you can't help but be mesmerized by his personality and talent. Hand to heart, rest in peace Mr Musicman extraordinaire!
Just heard Prine sing it on YT minutes ago in 2023...they both did the song justice. He does it in a lite hearted way but i imagine he was in serious sad shape when Prine came back to the hotel.
Steve Goodman opened a show for Waylon Jennings years ago at the Universal Amphitheater, we lost a great storyteller when he passed away much too young. I loved the middle part when he fakes a musical interlude reminiscent of the late great Roger Miller. RIP old friend.
Only the good die young! If you want another great Steve Goodman song, listen to "City of New Orleans", recorded by Woody Guthrie and covered (greatly) by Willie Nelson.
I ordered a phone in the name of Gregor Samsa in Red Hook, Brooklyn ca. 1988. not long after his death. Next year I was Allen Ginsburgs research fellow (a kind of snitch of admin asst. bottom dollar for college profs. I still have a beautiful set of Steinbeck's works from the Library of America, and Allen gave me some hash even today in our somewhat enlightened chemical world was actually hallucinatory. NYNEX or NY Bell obliged with a certain gadget called a network interface in I believe March. Steevie was a good man,yuck,and told other stories about that song that Coe and Prine probably dont even know. Now that Prine has gone on to his reward (which should be large, dont you think?) I take out the old Brooklyn White Pages and look around for some things. . .
A masterclass in leaving your audience feeling like they got every cent of their money's worth. RIP legend
Austin City Limits was free. Only problem was you had to drink all the beer you could manage and it was free too.
Only goodman could pull that performance like this off
I was on my friend’s sailboat out of Beverly Massachusetts when we heard on the radio that Steve died. The station then continued to play Steve’s songs all afternoon. Sad day but Steve’s humor helped.
I imagine the guy who loaned Steve his hat has a story to tell for life.
Reckon?!❤
He wrote one of my all time favorite songs..."The City of New Orleans"
I am 76 years old and is the first time i listen to Steve Goodman and i am very please ! you can call him Special 🥰
I saw Steve Goodman perform in a college gymnasium in 1981. Sadly, the crowd was sparse. Rather than go onstage, Steve pulled up a metal chair and had us gather around him on the gym floor. He played this song and, of course, City of New Orleans. He also played a new song he'd just written called "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" (Steve was a lifelong Cubs fan). What virtually nobody knew at the time was that the song was autobiographical. Steve was dying of leukemia. He passed away in September 1984, just four days before the Cubs clinched a spot in the postseason for the first time since 1945 (Steve was born in 1948). I will always treasure the memory of seeing him perform in person.
I'm fixing to die now
He was a genius.
Yes he was
@@ListentoFolkMusic
My brother saw Steve at a small venue in Atlanta. When they closed due to time restrictions, Steve went out and sang on the sidewalk. He did Red Red Robin and my brother was delighted when I found his version on You Tube. He was a big fan and I became one too.
Steve ,John Prine and Jimmy Buffet were best buds,lived together in Chicago,and wrote a bunch of songs together,like this one.
I love the relish Goodman takes in the song’s audacity! His joy is a joy to behold!
So true Jonathan. Thank You
He's sort of the Keith Moon of country music. This is a great song and I miss Austin City Limits from when I was a kid.
Great collaboration between Prine and Steve. David Allan Coe took this song to epic proportions. Three great musicians 🎶🎤🎸
Coes take was dramatic, in the melosphere
RIP Steve Goodman
Thanks for the music 🎶🎸
omg, Steve Goodman, how I wish you were still with us!!!!
100%
My life is complete!
I miss him everyday and then here I find him still celebrating the joy of living .. Flow gently, brother dear.
He wrote the best damn country song......this one.
The best damn train song..........City of New Orleans.
And the best damn anti-war song.........Penny Evans.
Pure genius! The luminary at work and performing! 🤠
❤🎉 yes yes
Outstanding! An Ace in a deck of cards!
We saw Steve many times in Chicago; my friend threw my straw cowboy hat on stage when Steve sang the greatest country song ever written. Surprisingly I got it back after ten rows of people passed it back. Steve was such a great entertainer! At the Parkwest Theater in Chicago we heard him sing A Dying Cub Fans Last Request which he had just written on the flight from California that day. We were seated at the first table about 10 feet away from him at the nightclub Parkwest theater. Always loved his performances!! What an entertainer!!! The City of New Orleans song still my favorite.
One of the greatest songs and songwriters of all time. We miss you Steve!
Such a joyous and talented person.
One of my all time favorite heroes. So wonderful to see him live like this. Really wish he was still here. Thanks so much for posting this.
Happy to post it
Maybe Prine and Goodman are out there knocking them dead tonight.
So great to see Steve perform live! I've been a fan of his music ever since I heard it a long time ago!
He is so great live hard to top
Thanks for finding this and sharing 😊😊😊
My pleasure!!
I had the joy and privilege to see Steve 6/times as a teenager in the late 70s. He remains to most vivid and happy warriors I have ever seen. If
I could be half that happy and half that sincerely a bringer of joy to others I would count my life full up. I am almost 20 years older than Goodman at his death and every time I go back to these songs I get happy, not sad though Imwish he were still here. And John Prine, and others.
Saw this in high school and taped it off the air…onto 8-track. Just played this for my 15 yr old daughter. I’m old. Took a friend of mine to see him and John P. in Seattle a few years before he passed. Sometimes an artist just touches you, for whatever reason. Steve was that for me. Just special. 👍🤪🏳️🌈
I wish I had a chance to see Steve Goodman in concert. He is having so much fun with this song that you can't help but be mesmerized by his personality and talent. Hand to heart, rest in peace Mr Musicman extraordinaire!
Viva the memory and music of Steve Goodman.
Hope Steve and John on the other side picking together.
Oh how wish he was still with us❤
About time this one showed up! I have been looking for it for 15 years! "What a lid!"
So sad that leukemia killed him. I have CML and feel so lucky to still be alive, thanks to OHSU and the V.A.
So sad. Sorry to hear about Your CML.
I saw Steve Goodman at Harrah's Club at South Shore Lake Tahoe. He was the opening act for Steve Martin. It was probably around 1975. He was great.
I would love to have been at that show.
What?
A awesome individual but saying this song.God bless America today.We need it
This Man Was F Ing Amazing.
Just heard Prine sing it on YT minutes ago in 2023...they both did the song justice.
He does it in a lite hearted way but i imagine he was in serious sad shape when Prine came back to the hotel.
Memories!
100%
Good morning America, How are YOU !!!!!! .........we are remember . .......alex vitebsk 🎩
Soooo good man
Thank you
I just watched John Prine's version and story about this song.
2 so very great talents
Saw Steve and John at Chicago fest. Was to young to appreciate it…….😮😢😕
Awesome!!!!
Thanks!!
Steve and John must have been the very best of mates, and that is certainly good enough for me.
Steve Goodman opened a show for Waylon Jennings years ago at the Universal Amphitheater, we lost a great storyteller when he passed away much too young. I loved the middle part when he fakes a musical interlude reminiscent of the late great Roger Miller. RIP old friend.
So true. The Roger Miller reference is spot on
Lucky show to get to see 🎉❤
this makes me laugh out loud and cry and laugh and cry.............
Mr. Goodman never "phoned it in," did he? He gave it all he had. Probably more, somehow.
He gave his all
Comedic genius. Goodman and Buffet. Break a leg in the next world, ma brothers!
What a kick ass performance. I’ve been er seen a version of him doing it solo. The best version.
again...thanks
you're welcome
Such a great fun song...amazing Steve makes a band out of an acoustic guitar
Unreal r.i.p. buddy
Thanks for the upload!
You’re welcome
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Clinically insane!!!!! 😳
RIP 🪦 9/20/1984 - 38 years old.
wondering what year this performance is from?
What a character… His music lives on.
It's from Steve's 1978 performance on Austin City Limits
Still the best folk music singer songwriter. Still.
What happened to 45 years? Proud to have grown up in the 50's 60's and 70's
He is having so much fun
Just fucking wonderful.
I never knew Steve was so silly. RIP brother.
Only the good die young! If you want another great Steve Goodman song, listen to "City of New Orleans", recorded by Woody Guthrie and covered (greatly) by Willie Nelson.
Pretty sure it was Arlo rather than Woodie, but you're right, it's a great railway song.
I had to put iny Stetson while listening to this song.
🥇
🤠
70's chicks were the best. Like 70's music...everything else is just a poor imitation.
for sure has a different energy than Coe does with this song, but still good entertainment!
Yep lefty o I love to see a great song get played in many styles
Wow! Didn't know he had passed. RIP
He wrote city of new orleans died of luekimia at 36...
Born 1948
Died 1984
He went full Jack Black on that solo!
I keep thinking that maybe we'll hear new Steve Goodman and John Prine music being released on Heaven's radio.
🏆🏇
Guitar drop..... years before the mic drop.
I'm my own grandpa
By Chad Morgan?
@@BlackRider115 Steve goodman? I think
Tribute song to John Prine for fans of John Prine by songwriter Dennis Callahan
I ordered a phone in the name of Gregor Samsa in Red Hook, Brooklyn ca. 1988. not long after his death. Next year I was Allen Ginsburgs research fellow (a kind of snitch of admin asst. bottom dollar for college profs. I still have a beautiful set of Steinbeck's works from the Library of America, and Allen gave me some hash even today in our somewhat enlightened chemical world was actually hallucinatory. NYNEX or NY Bell obliged with a certain gadget called a network interface in I believe March. Steevie was a good man,yuck,and told other stories about that song that Coe and Prine probably dont even know. Now that Prine has gone on to his reward (which should be large, dont you think?) I take out the old Brooklyn White Pages and look around for some things. . .
He's Cray
Not for me; and I have some of Steve's albums.
Well if the hat fites ...
How the F do they always come from nothing?
I use to like this song before I knew who Steve Gooman was but now watching him shit on his on work is sad. I wish I had never looked into who he was.
That's harsh. It is art. He can mash it any way he pleases. He isn't mocking anything. Chill.
I know he wrote this song but David Allen coes version is better
Wow now I know where jack black copied his entire shtick from
He died way way way too early ..
Keep writing! Don’t try to Sing them!
yuck
Get off the dope....
David Allan Coe did a lot of the heavy lifting to make this interesting. This guy got lucky.
You have this backwards, DAC got lucky getting Steve Goodman's song. It bought Coe a house.
He just can't sing
No, you just can't hear!
Una canzone molto bella ,per una voce meravigliosa!😊🤗😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💋💯🌅
What a hat