He lost a wife and a girlfriend because he wouldn't give up the rodeo. That haunting fiddle at the end still gives me chills.😊❤Fiddle is violins country cousin.
Saved me some typing lol. This song is iconic and the epitome of 80s country. Also, it's one of those songs that even without a person being in the trade you know the person who wrote it had experience.
To me, this is the perfect country song. First time I heard it was about 3:30 in the morning, about an hour west of San Antonio, going from Florida back home to Arizona. At that time in morning, there are few vehicles, many memories and God's starlit night...the perfect conditions to etch this song permanently into my head.
For me I heard it on my way to Arizona as well, to Havasu. Always went there as a kid with my parents and my father always had his music playing on the way. This was one of the songs. Makes the song very bittersweet.
George has the most # 1 hits in country apparently.. and this one.. (my fav)... only #2... the fiddle in this melts my heart... It talks to you... says a story
This is just a story, however he actually was a real cowboy too. His amazing song 'Troubadour' has some cool clips of him when he was young & riding. He has been happily married over 40 years & is as wholesome as he looks. No scandals, for this gentleman. Love me some King George. Fiddles use sturdier stings. That is the biggest difference to the violin. I think the necks are a tad shorter too.
In Amarillo, the local country station plays this at 6AM every day. Good thing it's an excellent song. Useless fact - Losing a saddle is no small thing either. A good one is a couple of grand. A fiddle and a violin is the same thing. 🤣 You were also hearing a steel guitar.
This is one of George's favorite songs along with This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away. "Amarillo by Morning" is a country music song written by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, and recorded in a country pop style by Stafford as a single in 1973 to minor success. The song would be popularized in a fiddle-based Western rendition by Texas neotraditionalist George Strait in 1982. The mandolin is played like a guitar, across the upper body. It originated in Italy (which makes sense) and later brought to America where it became primarily a blue grass instrument but it has showed up in different genres.
Fiddle and Violin are the same thing. In country it's called a fiddle. That was a fiddle fading out at the end. My family is full of bluegrass players, which I started learning as a kid. I play guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. A mandolin is a small guitar looking instrument with 8 strings (doubled).
Rodeo cowboys, always headed to the next rodeo (broke, busted disgusted, but looking to turn it around on the next go-round)at the cost of keeping a wife or a girlfriend, is a familiar theme in country music. The fiddle and the violin are the same instrument. It's all in how you use it. The mandolin looks like a small guitar with 4 pairs of strings and a distinctive high pitched sound.
Dang...this one is like 40 yrs old now...but it's a really good one. Good one for the Horseshoe (shuffle). He's the "number one hit" King...he's got more number one songs than any other recording artist.
Rodeo life is a lot like the life of a musician .. none stop roads trips. Mr. Strait is also a rancher and accomplished Cowboy. Mr. Strait rarely leaves Texas .. his fan go to Texas to see him.
When you have trouble thinking of what country music to listen to on a Sunday evening, you can never go wrong when choosing anything from Mr. George Strait!!!:):):):)
"You look so good in Love," by G.S. is my all time favorite. But, I can't deny it, I love this song too. Hell, I like all his songs. Great reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1:40 I was around that culture for a while and I hope that you will understand how important this music and culture is even today. It is a Vestige of how this country managed to provide food and do all kinds of things during the westward rail expansion, and it still involves skills that are heavily used today and so it showcases those just like any other Athletics. And these guys are tougher than football players by about 100%. I hate to say it. They don't have much money normally and they're just younger guys that can take the damage and just try to make a living hoping to be the next Lane Frost. And I've been to so many of these and people get injured all the freaking time. And then you see the same dudes just shop back that night ready for a straight party. It is such a rough lifestyle for everyone involved, including wives and girlfriends. But the main point of stopping it here was to explain the reference he said that he would be looking for 8 when they pulled that gate. I've sure you have seen movies where they're in the cattle stall and they are finally settled down onto the bull, and they strap them in, and then the latigo binds them like a tether to that animal, and what you have to understand about rodeo riding is unlike almost any other sport I've ever heard of, the animal gets an equal score to the human being. They get 50 points. So your overall score is based on whether you wrote an easy bull or a tough Bull. And then of course how well you did as a human being. And 8 seconds is the buzzer. The whole point of that is that you have to last eight seconds. And the chance of injury once you finally exit the bowl whether it's before the buzzer at 8 or after, is sometimes quite high. But anyway he was hoping that he would hit the eight-second buzzer when they pull that gate open and he was hoping the judge ain't blind, just like you and I probably yell at referees in football games saying, are you freaking blind? Are you freaking blind?! Lol.
I remember when this song came out. It hit just a little different. Even the rock guys loved it. I remember this song marked the beginning of a different sound in country music. It really moved the needle. You guys cracked me up talking about violin and fiddle. The violin and fiddle are the same instrument.😄...it's called a fiddle in country music.
A violin has strings, a fiddle has “strangs!” Lol I always thought the higher notes were the violin and the deeper, soulful sound was a viola. A mandolin is not normally used with a bow, however there’s a lotta creative artists under the influence!
Okay, I spent years on the road in more than a few Country cover & backing bands, and I can say that some violinists actually resent the word "fiddle" when referring to a violin. And a mandolin is tuned like a violin but has frets & is held like a guitar. This means learning the mandolin helps with learning both the guitar picking & the violin fingering, AT THE SAME TIME, how about that for the trifecta?
Family was going to Houston Texas to visit family my dad driving tired so I take over driving we drive Colorado 3 AM pulling into Amarillo this song is playing great memory
I live close to Amarillo Texas and I find it unusual that this song isn't played every day to start people's day off. Great song, wonderful vocalist, marvelous country expressions to the beat and choice of instruments used. Top notch country song. Yee haw, y'all!
I follow your channel. I want to let you know my brother was instrumental starting Strsits career. He actually produced his first two album. Amarillo by Morning was by my brother. He also, wrote and produced his first number one song..Fool Hearted Memory.
I just found you guys tonight and I love ya. The biggie reaction to big poppa had me cracking up when you called him out with his hands up...the fiddle and violin is the same instrument, it's just how it's played and where you are from.
In My lifetime, I Never thought I'd see putting on lipstick listening to this Classic Great Song. Not just a quick nip., due to discomfort. Th Man Heard it.
violins are fiddles. same thing, different name. now a mandolin isn't played with a bow, it's like a mini guitar. but it has 8 strings (4 doubled strings.) a smaller version of the 12 string guitar. a dobro is a guitar with a metal resonator on it and is played with a slide much like a steel guitar. but it has a wooden body. most of the time the dobro is played horizontally like a lap steel. Check out Alison Kraus and Union Station for some quality dobro by Jerry Douglas. Alison plays the fiddle/violin. Sometimes they will use a 12 string or a mandolin.
Fiddle and Violin are the same thing. Fiddle is the informal name used in country/bluegrass. The term violin is typically used in classical music for example.
Country, bluegrass, some folk genres just call a violin a "fiddle" instead of violin. A mandolin is played like a guitar as BJ mentioned. A sample of what it sounds like would be at the beginning (and in and out) of Alan Jackson's "Remember When" (that you've reacted to). Very different sound than a fiddle. Nice reaction.
Living in Texas all my life for some reason I can’t shake country out of me. No matter where I go I have to listen to country music. Gotta have your country music hits so differently when you’re drinking your beer. Country music and beer go hand in hand.
Bj is right on the fiddle played with the Violin the fiddle is a style of sound/beat played with violin just like the guitar you play fast it's hard style and you play slow it soft style.
A viola not a mandolin is a lower octave violin. So it was a violin/fiddle. Fiddle you play slightly different than a violin. But it is the same instrument. A mandolin looks somewhat like a very small guitar. Unless it has a round back on it then it’s called a tater bug (mandolin). 😊
3:50 What an interesting thing to say, Asia. Is that a violin or fiddle? I would love to know what you mean by that because most people don't know the difference. And while there is zero difference in the physical instrument, it's all about how it's played and what context it is in, and to go to the extremes, violin is in classical music and fiddle is in hillbilly music and bluegrass and so forth. But you're right, it kind of straddles the line there at the end there; it's just so haunting and beautiful. I would still come down on side of the fiddle I think on this one.
That is a lonesome fiddle in the end there. It evokes all the loss and loneliness of the rodeo life, but also the setting sun and the promise of a new day living life to the fullest...
Linda Ronstadt - La Charreada 😊 Los Tigres del Norte (feat: Zack de la Rocha)- Somos Mas Americanos The Avett Brothers - Ballad of Love and Hate (live)
2:50 Amarillo evokes Western Texas, but being from Southern Texas myself, and give him my long rambling post before about how rodeo works at least in the most simplest terms, I was wondering about y'all's Texas connections, thinking that even though this is probably outside your normal paradigm, you might relate to all of this. But of course the whole scene is not even remotely related to just Texas, that's just the context of this particular song.
George Strait is definitely the King of Country, what a great voice and talent
they shouldve definietly reacted to You look so good in love by him
The outlaws of country would love to talk about the king of country 😂 it is a great song though.
A violin and the fiddle are the same instrument; the only difference is who is playin it and what they are playin on it. Great song and reaction.
Itzhak Perlman, considered to be one of the finest violinists ever, called himself a fiddle player. You are right, they are one and the same. 🙂
A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs.
@@davereinhardt1801 Hahahaha, Perfect description...
A violin is carried in a case.
A fiddle is carried in a tater sack.
If its in a country song its a fiddle. Same musician, same instrument plays a non-country song, its a violin.
He lost a wife and a girlfriend because he wouldn't give up the rodeo. That haunting fiddle at the end still gives me chills.😊❤Fiddle is violins country cousin.
Saved me some typing lol. This song is iconic and the epitome of 80s country. Also, it's one of those songs that even without a person being in the trade you know the person who wrote it had experience.
That damn fiddle. Almost brings me to tears every time.
and King George has 2 in his band, "Twin Fiddles" don't they sound great ?
A fiddle is a little bit bigger. That extra length and body creates a different sound.
Violin has strings
Fiddle has strangs!
LOL
To me, this is the perfect country song. First time I heard it was about 3:30 in the morning, about an hour west of San Antonio, going from Florida back home to Arizona. At that time in morning, there are few vehicles, many memories and God's starlit night...the perfect conditions to etch this song permanently into my head.
That sounds magical
It’s a 10 for sure. I think it’s Strait’s best.
For me I heard it on my way to Arizona as well, to Havasu. Always went there as a kid with my parents and my father always had his music playing on the way. This was one of the songs. Makes the song very bittersweet.
@@randall-king No argument here. I think this song is one of the top 10 country songs EVER.
This is the song that got me started listening to country. I still love it.
George has the most # 1 hits in country apparently.. and this one.. (my fav)... only #2... the fiddle in this melts my heart... It talks to you... says a story
This is just a story, however he actually was a real cowboy too. His amazing song 'Troubadour' has some cool clips of him when he was young & riding. He has been happily married over 40 years & is as wholesome as he looks. No scandals, for this gentleman. Love me some King George. Fiddles use sturdier stings. That is the biggest difference to the violin. I think the necks are a tad shorter too.
My absolute favorite George Strait song and one of my favorite songs in general! Love him so much! 🥰
His voice is so amazing
In Amarillo, the local country station plays this at 6AM every day. Good thing it's an excellent song. Useless fact - Losing a saddle is no small thing either. A good one is a couple of grand. A fiddle and a violin is the same thing. 🤣 You were also hearing a steel guitar.
I supply custom saddle makers a certain thing, most of their base prices is $4500
Love both your music and movie reaction channels. It was the fiddle played on this song. Great song by George Strait!
Ain’t got a dime but what I got is mine….I ain’t rich but lord I’m free….awesome stuff.
This is one of George's favorite songs along with This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away. "Amarillo by Morning" is a country music song written by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, and recorded in a country pop style by Stafford as a single in 1973 to minor success. The song would be popularized in a fiddle-based Western rendition by Texas neotraditionalist George Strait in 1982.
The mandolin is played like a guitar, across the upper body. It originated in Italy (which makes sense) and later brought to America where it became primarily a blue grass instrument but it has showed up in different genres.
Top 5 greatest country songs of all-time and the best song about Texas ever written.
Fiddle and Violin are the same thing. In country it's called a fiddle. That was a fiddle fading out at the end. My family is full of bluegrass players, which I started learning as a kid. I play guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. A mandolin is a small guitar looking instrument with 8 strings (doubled).
Rodeo cowboys, always headed to the next rodeo (broke, busted disgusted, but looking to turn it around on the next go-round)at the cost of keeping a wife or a girlfriend, is a familiar theme in country music. The fiddle and the violin are the same instrument. It's all in how you use it. The mandolin looks like a small guitar with 4 pairs of strings and a distinctive high pitched sound.
Love me some George Strait. Check out Marina Del Ray. It's beautiful!♥️😊
George says this is his favorite , of all the songs he sings
The fiddle makes this song! Like Jay says it gives you a sense of a rodeo riders life. Great song!
One of my favorite songs!
George is the 👑King of Country!
This song was the first I heard from king George. This actually made him famous in my view
Yeah, the first time I remember hearing his name was when this song was a single.
I love y'all's reactions! This is how we come together through music
Rock, pop, metal, dance, or country, this is a top 10 tune in my space.
I am so impressed that you understand that this song is about the life of a rodeo cowboy. Some reactors just don’t get it. Good on you!
The king of country !
Damn.. that was a soothing track.
This is my favorite George Strait song
Same here.
To me this man will always be the King of Country Music
Dang...this one is like 40 yrs old now...but it's a really good one. Good one for the Horseshoe (shuffle). He's the "number one hit" King...he's got more number one songs than any other recording artist.
Rodeo life is a lot like the life of a musician .. none stop roads trips. Mr. Strait is also a rancher and accomplished Cowboy. Mr. Strait rarely leaves Texas .. his fan go to Texas to see him.
George Strait 🌠🌠🌠❤️❤️❤️
hello how are you doing, how long have you been a fan of mine❤❤
The king of country and a fellow Texan🤗✌️
My absolute, favorite song by George Strait.
Country king for sure
Written by Terry Stafford who did a great song called Suspicion
Elvis has a version of this as well. Which I'm sure you know this 🤣🤣
This song always reminds me of dad who was a rodeo clown. He passed a few years ago and this was one of his favorite songs!
I am a classic rocker, but this song gives me chills every time I hear it!
My favorite George Strait song!!!
Definitely a fiddle 😉 Goin to see King George in August and can NOT wait!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤
It's how the bow is played across the strings of the violin that makes the fiddle sound.The mandolin is played like a guitar.
Wife here.., WOW..,What a song of Longing..Always Loooved this song!!!👍🌹..An Awesome depiction of that lifestyle!!!..Perfectly stated!!
He's our Texas treasure - appreciate you guys listening !
When you have trouble thinking of what country music to listen to on a Sunday evening, you can never go wrong when choosing anything from Mr. George Strait!!!:):):):)
Thanks for all your reactions!
One of my favorite songs! Love the ending, Gene Elder on the fiddle!🎻
"You look so good in Love," by G.S. is my all time favorite.
But, I can't deny it, I love this song too. Hell, I like all his songs.
Great reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1:40 I was around that culture for a while and I hope that you will understand how important this music and culture is even today. It is a Vestige of how this country managed to provide food and do all kinds of things during the westward rail expansion, and it still involves skills that are heavily used today and so it showcases those just like any other Athletics. And these guys are tougher than football players by about 100%. I hate to say it. They don't have much money normally and they're just younger guys that can take the damage and just try to make a living hoping to be the next Lane Frost. And I've been to so many of these and people get injured all the freaking time. And then you see the same dudes just shop back that night ready for a straight party.
It is such a rough lifestyle for everyone involved, including wives and girlfriends. But the main point of stopping it here was to explain the reference he said that he would be looking for 8 when they pulled that gate. I've sure you have seen movies where they're in the cattle stall and they are finally settled down onto the bull, and they strap them in, and then the latigo binds them like a tether to that animal, and what you have to understand about rodeo riding is unlike almost any other sport I've ever heard of, the animal gets an equal score to the human being. They get 50 points. So your overall score is based on whether you wrote an easy bull or a tough Bull. And then of course how well you did as a human being. And 8 seconds is the buzzer. The whole point of that is that you have to last eight seconds. And the chance of injury once you finally exit the bowl whether it's before the buzzer at 8 or after, is sometimes quite high. But anyway he was hoping that he would hit the eight-second buzzer when they pull that gate open and he was hoping the judge ain't blind, just like you and I probably yell at referees in football games saying, are you freaking blind? Are you freaking blind?! Lol.
@@karynmitchell2509 yeah, what a sad story although I do find inspiration in it.
My dad was a rodeo clown for many years here in Texas in his youth. He saved many a bull rider and I always respected the hell out of him for it.
I remember when this song came out. It hit just a little different. Even the rock guys loved it. I remember this song marked the beginning of a different sound in country music. It really moved the needle. You guys cracked me up talking about violin and fiddle. The violin and fiddle are the same instrument.😄...it's called a fiddle in country music.
Fiddle (violin) is what you're hearing. A mandolin is stummed or plucked like a guitar. The fiddle uses the bow primarily.
This is one of my all time favorite songs he has ever recorded
Hey guys....another classic by George is "The Chair". I think you'll both like it.
A violin has strings, a fiddle has “strangs!” Lol I always thought the higher notes were the violin and the deeper, soulful sound was a viola. A mandolin is not normally used with a bow, however there’s a lotta creative artists under the influence!
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Violin(classical) & the Fiddle (country) are the same instrument.
Love you both❤
King George!
Onr of the best country songs of all time by the best Solo country artist of all time
It’s The fiddle.. which is the county violin!
Asia being a country girl should know exactly what he’s saying. Us country people know things city people don’t lol.
Okay, I spent years on the road in more than a few Country cover & backing bands, and I can say that some violinists actually resent the word "fiddle" when referring to a violin. And a mandolin is tuned like a violin but has frets & is held like a guitar. This means learning the mandolin helps with learning both the guitar picking & the violin fingering, AT THE SAME TIME, how about that for the trifecta?
"I ain't got a dime, but what I've got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord, I'm free." Pretty much describes me. Great song!
Family was going to Houston Texas to visit family my dad driving tired so I take over driving we drive Colorado 3 AM pulling into Amarillo this song is playing great memory
KING GEORGE!
I live close to Amarillo Texas and I find it unusual that this song isn't played every day to start people's day off. Great song, wonderful vocalist, marvelous country expressions to the beat and choice of instruments used. Top notch country song. Yee haw, y'all!
Someone else commented that there’s a station in Amarillo that plays this at 6 AM every day.
Hello from Lubbock!
Like others said, a fiddle and violen are the same instrument, it just depends on what type of music is being played. 3:53
I believe there's a steel guitar in there too
I follow your channel. I want to let you know my brother was instrumental starting Strsits career. He actually produced his first two album. Amarillo by Morning was by my brother. He also, wrote and produced his first number one song..Fool Hearted Memory.
Listen to "Night is Falling in My Heart" by Diamond Rio. The intro has guitar, mandolin and banjo and it's pretty easy to tell them apart.
I remember the Terry Stafford version when I was kid...then came George in 1981...dang.
He is the Man!!!!
I just found you guys tonight and I love ya. The biggie reaction to big poppa had me cracking up when you called him out with his hands up...the fiddle and violin is the same instrument, it's just how it's played and where you are from.
In My lifetime, I Never thought I'd see putting on lipstick listening to this Classic Great Song. Not just a quick nip., due to discomfort. Th Man Heard it.
....listen to the fiddle at the very ending of the song ;) Thats Johnny Gimble who played fiddle for Bob Wills Texas Playboys. ;)
violins are fiddles. same thing, different name. now a mandolin isn't played with a bow, it's like a mini guitar. but it has 8 strings (4 doubled strings.) a smaller version of the 12 string guitar. a dobro is a guitar with a metal resonator on it and is played with a slide much like a steel guitar. but it has a wooden body. most of the time the dobro is played horizontally like a lap steel. Check out Alison Kraus and Union Station for some quality dobro by Jerry Douglas. Alison plays the fiddle/violin. Sometimes they will use a 12 string or a mandolin.
This is George Straits favorite song of his. You need to watch the cool video that goes with it.
A violin has strings, a fiddle has strangs
We played I cross my heart at our wedding you need to listen to that one too although pretty much all of his songs are good
Fiddle and Violin are the same thing. Fiddle is the informal name used in country/bluegrass. The term violin is typically used in classical music for example.
Great reaction guys... I think a violin and fiddle are the same thing... Fiddle is just the country music term for it
It was a fiddle at the end. If it is country or bluegrass it is a fiddle and if it is classical music it is a violin though the same instrument.
Country, bluegrass, some folk genres just call a violin a "fiddle" instead of violin. A mandolin is played like a guitar as BJ mentioned. A sample of what it sounds like would be at the beginning (and in and out) of Alan Jackson's "Remember When" (that you've reacted to). Very different sound than a fiddle. Nice reaction.
Living in Texas all my life for some reason I can’t shake country out of me. No matter where I go I have to listen to country music. Gotta have your country music hits so differently when you’re drinking your beer. Country music and beer go hand in hand.
Bj is right on the fiddle played with the Violin the fiddle is a style of sound/beat played with violin just like the guitar you play fast it's hard style and you play slow it soft style.
A viola not a mandolin is a lower octave violin. So it was a violin/fiddle. Fiddle you play slightly different than a violin. But it is the same instrument. A mandolin looks somewhat like a very small guitar. Unless it has a round back on it then it’s called a tater bug (mandolin). 😊
I can just see him traveling along to Amarillo with a lot of hope in the Rodeo .
Country is normally my forte....but this is a very great song. Sticks in your head.
I'm not a big country music fan but this is my favotite song of all time
That is Gene Elders on the fiddle. He is part of the Ace In The Hole Band.
That's how we do it in Cowtown/ Ft.Worth tx
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.
The fiddle absolutely makes this song.
That fiddle is gorgeous
Saw him last year in Vegas. There's a reason he's called King George.
Hey, I didn’t notice till just now, but, th way this pict looks as I’m scrolling, it looks lyke George, has his arm, around Asia, Kool 😎😎
Real country right there. The King is George Strait. Listen too Taylor Swift cover his tune Run. She used too tour with him.
3:50 What an interesting thing to say, Asia. Is that a violin or fiddle? I would love to know what you mean by that because most people don't know the difference. And while there is zero difference in the physical instrument, it's all about how it's played and what context it is in, and to go to the extremes, violin is in classical music and fiddle is in hillbilly music and bluegrass and so forth.
But you're right, it kind of straddles the line there at the end there; it's just so haunting and beautiful. I would still come down on side of the fiddle I think on this one.
That is a lonesome fiddle in the end there. It evokes all the loss and loneliness of the rodeo life, but also the setting sun and the promise of a new day living life to the fullest...
Linda Ronstadt - La Charreada 😊
Los Tigres del Norte (feat: Zack de la Rocha)- Somos Mas Americanos
The Avett Brothers - Ballad of Love and Hate (live)
2:50 Amarillo evokes Western Texas, but being from Southern Texas myself, and give him my long rambling post before about how rodeo works at least in the most simplest terms, I was wondering about y'all's Texas connections, thinking that even though this is probably outside your normal paradigm, you might relate to all of this. But of course the whole scene is not even remotely related to just Texas, that's just the context of this particular song.
My favorite by him...
Check out how many #1 songs George has!