Drivin N Cryin - Fly Me Courageous 6/18/1991 Late Night with David Letterman (BETTER QUALITY)

[@OptimisticSeaMonster-hc5bd]

There are so many good songs on that CD

[@micway71]

This song was the shit! I forgot all about it until I saw it on the KZbin feed. Why does Les Pauls always sound so damn good?? This band should have been huge. The voice is very unique! Takes me back to better times.

[@iamnotpaulavery]

Me too. This song just popped into my head out of nowhere a few days ago and I just had to buy it because it just has such an awesome groove!! And all these years I thought he was playing an SG because of the aggressive sound. And I was surprised to see him playing a Les Paul!! But it made sense because I have a few of them with hot rodded Seymours that sound exactly like this if I tweak my amp just right and adjust my eq as well. And "To Build a Fire" also has such an awesome groove that once I think about it I can't get it out of my head and must play it or I'll never get it out of my head. But, I play both of these songs on my SG with P90s that also has such a great tone.

[@Dwightaroundyolips]

​@@iamnotpaulaverysame here. Popped in my head for some reason. Haven't heard it in 30 years

[@iamnotpaulavery]

​@@DwightaroundyolipsI had no idea they were from Atlanta, GA. I guess they were the East Coast's answer to "grunge"?? Anyway, you should see the singer now. Yikes! Why is it so many rock stars don't age well? Like when I see Vince Neil, I say...why? Why? You have the money, build a gym in your mansion and get a trainer. I guess some just get used to excess...excess everything! But some do take generally good care of themselves. DL Roth has always been into martial Arts and has been fit all his life. Sure he lost his hair and stuff, but he'll live to see maybe 90, perhaps 100! Who knows? Nugent, Tommy Aldridge, Rudy Sarzo and so many of that gen are in their late 60s or early 70s and are still kickin' it and seem generally healthy. Ozzy...not so much! What is that one thing that separates the healthy ones from the non-healthy ones?

[@JCxGOLF]

I know it’s just an opinion but this song is the weakest rock song

[@chrishubbell3313]

This is one of the best performances for both bands for sure, pure MAGIC!

[@charlesloomis2224]

The riff is incredible!

[@TheRecon1a]

The magic to any song...4 chords and the truth. Simple rhythm and good lyrics. Everyone likes that.

[@kingorbit]

"Fantastic guitar riff, lets bury it under my organ, the kids will dig it!" Paul WTF Schaeffer

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

Came here to say something similar.

[@DBMorris]

I know! What a f*cking douche!!!

[@ericjohn8466]

This was actually a song my first band covered for a battle of the bands through our music school. That was 1994, we also covered Ain't talking about love, behind the sun, and justice for all, no excuses (which had jus come out about a month before) I cannot believe that is going to be 30 years ago this May.

[@indiedavecomix3882]

It's a great song if you're starting out because it's deceptively easy, and once you have it down, it sounds awesome.

[@anthonyandjudysmith9904]

I Love it!

[@BasedGrant]

I just rediscovered this song. I read that it was viewed as patriotic and even pro-war as it just happened to come out during the Persian Gulf War. I take it as more of an indictment about trusting politicians and leaders who've repeatedly proven they can't be trusted. "Mother America is brandishing her weapons, she keeps me safe and warm by threats and misconceptions" As true now as it was then. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@DBMorris]

Truth brother!

[@lexreed3178]

Love, love, love Kevin's voice and of course that Les Paul.

[@mr553821]

GREAT!!! Even had a Paul Schaffer keyboard solo for three seconds.

[@MrKman5000]

I remember playing this song in a cover band in like 91 and thinking this song was so different than the Motley Crue, Poison, Ozzy stuff we played and in a month or so out comes Pearl Jam, Nirvana and I felt like with the dynamics of this song, it was the link to " grunge ".

[@Chronic_Town]

Why is the DnC drummer demoted to play congas (with drumsticks?) here?

[@kenmtb]

yep the house band always seems to stick their nose into the show.

[@danielbritton8588]

That's a lot of guitar players.I thought it was 4 guys.

[@LintBisquick]

How many guitarists in the band? LOL

[@werewolflover8636]

This is southern rock! Never enough guitar and organ!

[@Mysfyt]

One thing Paul never learned to do was when to know when not to play 😅

[@TonysMusic1974]

Why was Anton Fig playing drums?

[@beckiebuist803]

Fig was the "worlds most dangerous band's" house drummer. He backed many of the artists on Letterman's show. Fig also played on Ace Frehley's Kiss solo Lp and currently plays drums for Joe Bonamassa. Anton is one of the best in the business.

[@TonysMusic1974]

@beckiebuist803 the question wasn't "who is Anton fig." It was "why was he playing drums here? Did driving and cryin' not have a drummer?

[@timothywolfe3891]

Gibson Firebird bass?

[@marcebbert7143]

Great band! Paul Shaffer needed to sit the hell down that organ sucks!

[@ChannelEleven59]

I hated how the bands had to play with the Letterman band, You got Schaffer over there butchering a song with all of his mall organ playing. I love Anton Fig but the drummer for any band always got screwed and relegated to the girlfriend role of bongo's or a tambourine.

[@WinnieDrums]

That organ is offsetting as heck.

[@LorenRyburn-hx8gi]

Athens, Atlanta, which is it ?

[@exactmerob]

Atlanta!

[@joeycordeiro3198]

paul ruined the performance, his 50s hammon B3 sound totaly HIJACKED the 1991 song... hi paul, we hear you, your so kool now

[@Boba_Brett13]

I came to say this. Paul just has to overshadow everything he gets involved with. Either turn the damn thing down, or Kevin should've unplugged his ass

[@NightmansSexyHands]

I get your point but I played all around Boston and New England in the 90s in an original rock band and Hammond organ was immensely popular as part of the contemporary sound. Even though it wasn’t a foundational part of the band, bands like Dave Mathews, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Gin Blossoms, REM, Wallflowers, Counting Crows etc. all toured with a Hammond player.

[@DBMorris]

I agree! So f*cking annoying!

[@thomasmacmanus9913]

Paul Schaeffer backing up the song like a fucking CHAMP! What a great performance on a great TV show!

[@joeycordeiro3198]

i love the sound of spinning tone wheels in a B3 myself but i and many feel Paul Hijacked the performance with it

[@thomasmacmanus9913]

@@joeycordeiro3198 He got the nod to do a pretty little solo that was my main kick from it. I guess folks didnt like what he did over the main chorus riff and maybe should have stepped more in line a bit there or something, although I could still hear everything and thought it was ok.

[@AshleyStinson-m4o]

4 guitar players vs 1 organ player