Darrell Scott "River Take Me"

musicfog.com Darrell Scott breaks through on "River Take Me" during his Music Fog session in Nashville. Recorded during the 2010 Americana Music Festival & Conference.

[@kimberlyphillipssmith7956]

Why is Darrell Scott not extremely famous? I listen to his songs daily.

[@j.n.rdutton382]

Darrell is one of the greatest poets I've ever heard, LOVE how he can weave a rhyme. I often wonder the same, Kimberly.

[@bsu87beav]

ALL THE MORE 🎶🎵🎶 'FER US!! 💯❤️

[@sltomsik]

I'm a fan!

[@o0GrayMatters0o]

most singers/artists get famous after much money and time is invested into them with media, marketing, and distribution deals that they trade for their own rights and oftentimes heavy commitments

[@Kasprxx-hm1uv]

You're thoughts are the same as mine sir.

[@2012Eazyloc]

I saw Darrell Scott this past July. Front row, center. He played this one. I melted in my seat and all I could say was "Dang". I have never seen anyone squeeze so much sound out a guitar, not to mention a voice that defies gravity. When the concert was over he went to the product table and met people like an old fashion Baptist preacher. He talked to everyone who waited in line to see him. He was just the sweetest most humble man.

[@audio_engineer]

Darrell Scott is a musical genius. Through his haunting yet inviting voice and beautiful guitar work, Scott weaves layered and emotional stories. He will take you on a journey that leaves you wanting more, or at least another listen. Some journeys are happier than others but they are always worth it. He accomplishes this (often) difficult task while respecting his audience, unlike so many artists today. It is crazy how talented this man is. I hope more people experience his masterful storytelling and musician prowess. Thank you, Mr. Scott. Thank you. I look forward to seeing you play in person, one day.

[@whitetigress7448]

Yeah! I agree!

[@redhugh5699]

Darrell Scott, a great musician who weaves songs into the American story telling tradition, methinks.

[@jtuck1988]

Dude where has Darrell Scott been my whole life I am just discovering him so glad of what I have come upon

[@Loraenil]

Darrell Scott - River Take Me - 134,208 views. Nicki Minaj - Anaconda - 399,739,259 views. Extremely disappointed.

[@louiscritchie]

Loraenil Don't be disappointed. People always choose the easier option - Whether it's easy to digest music like Nicki or easy to digest food like McDonalds. Just be glad that you see the light.

[@mwk06367]

louiscritchie McDonalds ≠ easy digestion

[@rgladden11]

these comments aren't near as witty as people think they are.

[@XX-lx4mr]

Darrell's not a shallow, little bitch that has to pay for it.

[@whitetigress7448]

Loraenil: You are right. Your comparison illustrates why we need campaign finance reform and an end to voter suppression.

[@yoniyampolsky2597]

quite simply- the best. there isn't a better singer/song writer alive. I doubt there was one better in the last 50 years

[@pomfolynx]

There is one equal to Darrell Scott. He is Tim O'Brien. They both know it and they occasionally collaborate giving us masterpieces of music.

[@yoniyampolsky2597]

+pomfolynx he's great, but his voice is nowhere near as good Darrells'

[@adamcharbonneau2873]

youre forgetting freddy mercury..

[@darthk7797]

Jackie Leven bitchees

[@youngtoonfish6891]

He is great, no doubt.... but in my opinion Leonard Cohen is the best singer/songwriter, there's no one that comes close to Cohen.

[@tedr.]

Never get tired of this great tune!! Thanks!!!

[@joelagnelly9344]

no words can explain how much this song means to me.

[@Scotty432]

I’ve been following Darryl for quite sometime now. He gave them attention through the transatlantic sessions he was on session 3 with them O’Brien and a bunch of other brilliant musicians from Scotland Ireland and Nashville. Since then I’ve seen him four times here in Montana I’ve recorded every concert.

[@jameswkane]

great lyrics,great singer,great phrasing!

[@dragondeath6779]

This is still by far the best version of this song I can find. I live all versions but this one has an unmatched beauty to it.

[@GreatTutoring]

It's excellent, but I saw him at the Hamilton in DC and that version is even better! I have it on my phone. I'll try uploading it to KZbin

[@amccann7]

Freakin' Amazing musicality! Darrell Scott ROCKS, and rolls...

[@briantaylor6355]

Wow, this is the first time as an Australian that I have heard of Darrell Scott. I immediately ordered his 'Real Time' CD. can't wait! Bazzat48

[@LuisJRexach]

I am truly addicted lol, cant tell if this really happened or is it a metaphore for lifes ups and downs and how exhausitng we make life out to be ..Thank you DS

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

Sweet soulful sounds, so good for my soul.

[@RobertDeanWells]

In-freaking-CRED-ible. Excellent work, Darrell, keep it up.

[@ManwithAx]

Wow. What a great artist.

[@CutARugWithTug]

@LuisJRexach It did really happen :) Over the last 13 years, I have been to 3 or 4 handfuls of Darrell's songwriting workshops & I can tell you that pretty much every song he writes in the first-person is a true story. The thing that is so wonderful about his style is that he crafts his songs so that they are accessible to everyone's experience. LOVE DS!!

[@MattDiMarinoMusic]

Where has this guy been my whole life??

[@waterfordrs22]

He has a great right hand! tremendous player.

[@stephencopping9953]

Folk music once again has made a comeback thank god we have had to many years of vacuous shallow and commercial crap mr Scott I salute you sir. Ps. Check out james mcmurtry .

[@vickimaren]

Wow...just Wow.❤

[@lesmcc8103]

man....amazing picker! Why hasn't someone told me about him before??! wow...he can PLAY!

[@liamcosgrave5410]

He has done an album with tim o brien called Real time , Some serious pickin on there . If you like this check that out man

[@farnorthpicker56]

EEEEEEEXcellant!!!!!!!!!!

[@standardaussie]

Such simple chord shapes! But between the timing of switches and the strumming technique, this one is proving to be a surly little bugger to nail down! Just ask my brain and fingers😆 I really hope this is not one of those ones that takes me so long to nail im sick of it by the time I do. Don't think so though, this piece is a really interesting story.

[@LuisJRexach]

WOW I am blown away how record companies avoid talent like this.......

[@turbonbc]

true music

[@metalmonkey88]

Pretty clever writing... very thought out and interesting to listen to.

[@personalsergio]

Excelent !

[@douglashill9108]

It's been rainy and windy for seven days straight I've been going to bed early and getting up late I look out my window and it's one shade of gray My wife and my kids don't have much to say A man out of work only gets in the way Oh, the river is rising now one inch an hour And tonight we'll be lucky if we still have power But I've got a flashlight, an oil lamp and I'm ready to go And a fresh set of batteries for my son's radio If the dam really breaks, least we'll know where to go River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times If I had a boat you know what I'd do I'd float me and my family down to Baton Rouge I wouldn't work in no factory, I'd live off the land And live within means of my own two hands Dance Saturday nights to a Zydeco band Oh, the river flows and a young man dreams And the river can drown you or it can wash you clean It can take you away to some other place It can power your cities, carry your waste And give all that you drink, a peculiar taste Oh, don't look to me, I've done my time You see, I've had too many dreams for this one heart of mine And I've stood on the bridge with the river below Feeling all of the sadness that a proud man could hold Oh, the river is full but there's no way to go River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times

[@standardaussie]

How much says writing this song saved this mans life? Who else can feel how this got smashed out on a river bank while old mate was feeling useless and a bourden?

[@DriveAway19]

He's my boyfriend's cousin-in-law. Amazing guy. Got to meet him yesterday.

[@62scatmandoo]

Monster picker!

[@tobiasoellers146]

Yeah, it just needed a few seconds to find out that he is a very good singer and guitar Player. 👍👍

[@janetimony]

Purty!

[@wayhighradio4197]

Darrell, needs to do a song with leftover salmon

[@michaelglass9604]

😂 watching him answered the question about what a guitar player should practice. Everything!? Man he is a guitar playe's guitar player.

[@Jxnskates]

I would give me left foot for tabs to this song

[@VideoRecommendation]

I find Darrell's guitar work way beyond accompaniment. It's almost like a duet with his voice and the voice of his guitar. I just love this guys guitar work.

[@roba1899]

This is one of the most perfectly complete songs I've ever heard .. the guitar work is off the charts ..

[@scotsoul2117]

Exemplifies greatness and touch in everything he does as a musician x

[@245JD]

This guy is fantastic! Good to see and hear great American music. Not the force feed bull shit we get from radio

[@chucklambert7283]

saw him at the bluebird cafe in nashville years ago and he absolutely blew the roof off the place with just his guitar and voice. unbelievable superhuman talent.

[@dwalls337]

I consider myself to be a pretty decent guitar player and singer, but holy hell this dude is so good. So glad I’ve found his music.

[@billfrombell]

After near 30 years of playing, to date this is the only guy that inspires me to be a better musician!!

[@charliehealy5836]

GREAT TRACK, POWERFUL SOUND FROM THIS STEFAN SOBELL GUITAR

[@chucklambert7283]

thank you for identifying that guitar. it sounds amazing, but any plywood box with strings on it would in his mitts.

[@sgbsammy]

the complete artist that has honed his craft to a level beyond words.A class act

[@oldwhtman]

Very talented man. Seems like it would take a lot of energy to play and sing like that for an hour and a half.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

and do it like it's nothing...

[@sgbsammy]

He can play w that emotion and intensity for 10hrs..believe it he's a monster...lots of stamina and energy

[@CostcoDog]

Three cheers for Music Fog - they magically bring out the very best musicians have to offer. Bless you!

[@dubgaa2511]

Excellent absolutely beautiful

[@redshaftedflicker]

Pure soul and songsmith, a troubadour is this man. I feel very blessed and fortunate to have discovered him. Hopefully I will be able to witness a live performance in my lifetime.

[@jameshughes1190]

Just found Darrel Scott, he should be famous. Unbelievable talent; song writing, guitar, and vocals.

[@paulsaunders1855]

If I had a fraction of this man's talent, hey, I could go and win X Factor.

[@TexasJackdaw]

I must have been under a rock. How could I have missed this man? The depth in his songs haunt me in my sleep. Even more in the dead of night. I’ve been properly schooled. Wonderful songwriter seems too shallow for him.

[@judsonh1949]

Mesmerizing ... just a transcendent performance of a great song!

[@jlambert321]

feelin all the sadness a proud man can hold,

[@justpaulette]

"Too many dreams for this one heart of mine."

[@jeremylavoie8495]

Speaks to the soul

[@SophisticatedBob]

This simply cannot be improved. Staggering.

[@jonathoncliffbailey]

Been working on learning this song for a few hours new. I'm only through the intro and first few verses. His sense of internal timing is incredible.

[@domingoanrique2080]

MrFibonacci I’ve just started!! But I can’t get the tunning right :( please help! haha

[@domingoanrique2080]

Nevermind, I got it now. The problem was my guitar

[@LuisJRexach]

Shades of country, rock, funk and an extreme sense of awareness. Thanks for this, I know for me it couldnt of come at a better time.

[@easyjdier]

Respond to this video... I love his "You'll Never leave Harlen Alive" as well. This is a great find! This kind of reminds me of some of John Hyatt's work.

[@hayyyllleeeyyywatson7268]

played with robert plant in band of joy great talent

[@byork22391]

I revisit this video once every 3 months... Holy Shit this should have 500 million views not 500k.

[@quincy3367]

same

[@explosivefitnessuk]

Same. Shocks me that Darrell isn't more popular than he is. This song is insanely good

[@butchquintana913]

Woke up this morning, feeling a little like this song !

[@ulysses_grant]

They say you can play a guitar like this and sing just like that when you have absolutely nothing to prove to anyone.

[@dougstolz1812]

Unfreaking believable talent! This is exactly the way I'd want to play and sing. I sound like Elmer Fud

[@temriver]

Great playing, fantastic audio. That guitar has a great tone.

[@shanezenmusic]

Who the hell could possibly dislike this?

[@j.docmyers8313]

I live in St Louis, and we have the shitiest radio stations of almost anywhere, KDHS is about the only station that has some good stuff, but I've never heard Darrell Scott on it

[@joesmith-wr8vw]

Preach on. Lol. 100% agree

[@serahlynnalascio6150]

This song speaks to me deep inside my heart an soul! Beautiful song. I've always been an artist myself. I sing , write poems stories songs, take pictures, work with clay. I've always been a story teller an have had soul & wisdom beyond my years. I'm a cancer survivor an have been faced with death many times in 30 years of life. An i wouldn't go back in time to change a thing. Sometimes you were meant to fall on your face in order to rebuild yourself better than before. God is always there for you even if you don't acknowledge him. For many years I let my emotional an physical pain win but no more. I would be better than before. I made up my mind to learn how to play the guitar so I'm starting to look out for a lefty acoustic that I can afford. Then I will record an put up videos of my own songs that I've written. Thank you Darrell Scott for your music an inspiration. One of the first songs I'm going to learn on the guitar is this one.

[@michaelmoritz3970]

Yes, DS is magical, yet grounded in story told, haunting, seductive melody, arrangement, execution. Thank you Darrell

[@DaveShooter1]

Darrell Scott is the man- Love His Music !!!

[@joelagnelly9344]

real talk this song means so much tome as a hurricane victim gives me so much power

[@joesmith-wr8vw]

Makes me think of my grandma. My friends weren't talented musicians.😂😂😂 God bless, Tyler. He makes my worst days better, AND any other of his ilk.

[@RubenDanielMusic]

Truly amazing and wonderful. This man is so good. I love it:)

[@jameshughes1190]

Great guitarist!

[@dalemcdonald5084]

Experience the Darrell Scott magic at a local outdoor concert a few weeks ago here in Overton County, Tennessee. Not many performers can hold an audience in the palm of his hands as the temperature dipped into the low 40's. Thanks too to Hippie Jack Stoddart, a champion of Americana music.

[@glennzervas9118]

EXCELLENT PLAYING

[@zohngenade9087]

What a great player, song writer, what a guitar!!!

[@billder999]

Holy Shmoley. This guy bobs and weaves with more fluidity than Sugar Ray. He is constantly taking unexpected turns, going where he is not expected to go. I love this music, madly inspiring.

[@Stringman1950]

Amazing s

[@barbaraoneill4678]

Masterpeace...truely. The story....lyric choice..damn son... southern grit

[@Scotty432]

I’ve been following Darryl for quite sometime now. He gave them attention through the transatlantic sessions he was on session 3 with them O’Brien and a bunch of other brilliant musicians from Scotland Ireland and Nashville. Since then I’ve seen him four times here in Montana I’ve recorded every concert. There’s nobody can do what Darryl does. I’ve checked he’s in a league of his own.

[@jmtanner2245]

This man is a magician!!!!

[@tacogillespie4561]

What a great musician and singer. Hope to see you in St Pete Fl.

[@Zeetzma]

@unclebobunclebob If all diamonds was 2 carat's in size just what would make them unique? DS has uncommon talent (Robert Plant knows this too), as do you uncommon taste in talent, both put together by music.Thats a cool thing no? If DS was common, someone'd be bitchin how no one appreciated Justin Bieber, or cardboard cutout cowboys...I try not to pay attention to radio...the internet has brought to light much cool talent like Darrell....Video stole the radio show..lol

[@seanhiggs9841]

great song, great performance, great guitar and great guitar work. Is it a hand made guitar?

[@DoodlesMusic]

Think it's a Stefan Sobell guitar (works out of Cumbria in the UK)

[@seanhiggs9841]

thanks mate

[@JerodimusPrime]

Sobel guitars are hand-made by the master himself, they're great guitars for folk, country and blues.

[@daw162]

JerodimusPrime It's a very fundamental guitar (little overtones). The tone around 0:40-0:45 is almost haunting. Sounds great! Not that guitars with a lot of overtones don't sound good, but that guitar is really good at what it does.

[@rodsreel]

David W You have a good pair of ears my friend. Can't beat a good sounding guitar.

[@AlexanderShackles]

Hoping the folks down there in the path of Hurricane Ida tonight are staying safe.

[@giacomoolivi]

Hey man, I can't understand! Does your voice or your guitar sound better?

[@beverlylovegrove8079]

Beautiful! ❤❤

[@marctucciaronemusic7738]

This guy is Öther - Worldly ¨ ! What a great ending too !!

[@TheJonathanDempsey]

@unclebobunclebob - could not agree more. but i'm a little glad the radio hasn't gotten hold of him and rammed in down our throats 85 times a day....that's what makes him a hidden gem to me.

[@jeffparmley1141]

This is great! Musically and lyrically great.

[@roberthunt4688]

DAMN brotha

[@BeauMuseVids]

Does anyone know the kind of guitar hes using?

[@KL3NCH]

It's a Sobell.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@unclebobunclebob]

Again...do you ever hear him on the radio? Instead we get the cowboy hats with the empty songs. Dance music puke.

[@Bubballe]

Just great! Love it!

[@sgbsammy]

amazing guitar work and sound.He's a one man show.captivating

[@TheGoulesque]

He is the man !