James McMurtry "Choctaw Bingo"

musicfog.com James McMurtry performs on the Music Fog stage at Threadgill's south. SXSW 2009.

[@Masoninblue]

I live in North Texas less than 30 miles from the Choctaw Casino. McMurtry has captured the area perfectly. He's the real deal, a treasure.

[@SH29824]

sounds like my family in South Carolina

[@Heisenbrick]

@@SH29824 Or like my family in central Florida,…… we are one (1) my brother! Don’t ever forget what it means to be an American!

[@royebarb4328]

This is about an area just south of Muscogee club 69 in Checotah Oklahoma

[@5084fox]

A complete novella in one song. So underrated-both artist and song.

[@killingsworthgc]

Very well said!

[@loose-drag]

Maybe not well-known, but certainly not underrated.

[@normanbaits777]

James and Ray Hubbard make me relax in a good way.

[@chrisdriver8453]

Norman Michaud me to man

[@51jss]

Awesome! I have listened to this song many times through the years, if you aren't watching the video you would think there was a 3 piece band playing!

[@kdbadk]

never heard this guy before: he's a true songwriting songplaying songsinging beast, looks like a real one-off, gotta hear more

[@russellrenka7896]

Try Lights of Cheyenne. Or Song for a Deckhand's Daughter.

[@dozeregg]

Raised in Neosho, MO. This is like a song about my weird ass family. Love it!

[@benjaminpbarrett7607]

Ya, South Missouri is a part that "Nation" too. LOL

[@mikejmarvin]

I picked up from Tyson in Noel mo, I needed a translator to understand the people

[@anthonymaccherone]

Where the heck have I been? This is totally new and original to me.

[@smithjs1978]

One of the greatest country songs ever written... Fight me...

[@donniemaxwell1929]

James has always been a pleasure to listen to...

[@paullevine1813]

Seen him a few times when he was on Austin City Limits, Love the tune To Long in the Wasteland , You just can't beat these Martins , I have the chance to play this same model 12 string and if I had the bucks I'd own one. Got some room in there for some nasty slide & I swear if you slowed this down it would sound like Hot Tuna's Killing Time in the Crystal City.. James can kick some ass can he not !!!

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

+paul levine I own and play a whole herd o' Martins, but if I could play like Larry's kid there I wouldn't be workin' for a livin'! McMurtry frikkin roolz. Seen him live more than I can remember, haven't though for quite some time... gonna hafta correct that flaw.

[@donnascheunemann8117]

First heard him on Out law Country. Saw him in Spokane. Love Him. Very Talented!

[@cccnieh2468]

such a shame he is a libtard

[@mcshawnboy]

@@Redandranger I might not be in tune with the politics, but he ain't said nothing that isn't true! Sometimes we all need a wake up call! Like the fellow the highway was named after with the once upon a time having a, "Big ole McDonald's on that great big old bridge across the Will Rodgers Turnpike." A man of few words, but they all were good!

[@samalbury9183]

@@cccnieh2468 please stop giving me more reasons to like him!

[@timobrien1030]

Such a great performance. He was definitely feeling it that night.... sounds like 3 guitars playing😁

[@cSheZillA]

Song is on constant rotation on my playlist

[@LuckyDogDave]

It's like a season of Breaking Bad in a eight minute, without any killing.

[@longjonwhite]

At least one death: "Roscoe tried to miss him, but he didn't ,quite..."

[@ElNavaly]

Ha!

[@salyerbrandon]

Correction: Breaking Bad is like Choctaw Bingo in 8 years, with a little more killing. 😉

[@jeffreymartin1765]

Vy i

[@whitetigress7448]

That's right -- gentle and sweet.

[@marciwata9684]

You are a poet and a skilled musician. Love to you!

[@thinkitthru6]

Mr. McMurtry is a very fine Anthropologist-Musician. He understands and communicates the many facets of our American culture. (like it or not) . Storyteller supreme.

[@benjaminpbarrett7607]

@thinkitthru6 None better or even close since Zevon left us.

[@petsubet]

He learned storytelling from his daddy...

[@drewfife5169]

Fine guitar player too.

[@jessewhite8701]

It's either the methodist or the cousin FU ckin

[@joannehack7588]

😎

[@austinhudson507]

a longtime favorite... like this recording best of all.

[@donniewhitley8286]

Heck of a guitar player!!

[@steveoh4595]

That guitar sounds like a whole band, there is so much going on there...

[@angelalb007]

Yes!!!

[@donniewhitley8286]

Mcmurtry is the man.....quite an artist & doesn't need a band. Why pay a band when not needed at all...love it!!

[@bobvila2188]

Your comment is 7 years old and still perfect

[@bruceripepi867]

Open tuning? Sounds awesome.

[@jimmajim]

46 dislikes? What exactly did they dislike about it? The guitar playing was too fast? The lyrics were too clever? They work for the Oklahoma Tourism Board?

[@hughdunnit3188]

it's the Methodists ....they don't care for crystal Methodists ...seriously there r always detractors ....They can find fault with Jesus

[@stephenandersen4625]

it's the Baptists. They were insulted at not being invited up front to dance. They wouldn't have done it. but it is nice to be asked.

[@rudderheadpamericano4826]

it's the pr people who work for the 'shine makers.

[@rudderheadpamericano4826]

it's the pr people who work for the 'shine makers. and it's up to 201 right now. they work hard.

[@bwademanning]

Eagles radio

[@matthewwilson9656]

Man, that's some hellacious pickin' on that 12 string. I love it!

[@DawnFremy]

I LOVE that song! I'm gettin' to where I can sing along!

[@lancerudy9934]

Great video thanks 😊

[@victormodjeski4173]

I've seen him a half dozen times,,Americas best songwriter, since Warren Zevon. This song should be our national anthem.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

Ah, Warren Zevon. I loved him until I saw him all f***ed up in concert. He got sober and refused to take meds even when he had a killer disease. He finally relented. Good for him. Sorry, but I could do mindless rap like this when I was twelve. I think that's what Ray Charles said about rap. Never-the-less I like the rythem of the thing. Isn't he the son of McMurtry the writer? I could critique the writers writing too. I love a lot of his stuff.

[@victormodjeski4173]

@@Jeff-jg7jh ya,his dad wrote lonesome dove.

[@thuddreau5444]

Please listen Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brother The Caldwell Brothers and The Marshall Tucker Band The Great Divide , John Prine , even that Elton John western album The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Ibasen John Stewart Ted Snyder especially The Amrican Hardworking Band ?

[@victormodjeski4173]

@thuddreau5444 I'm familiar with em all, and it's Todd Snyder, seen him a few times

[@axsys212]

James writes stuff a lot of writers don't have the nads to throw down.

[@TheOriginalLexa]

The funiest part of this is that I grew up in OK & I swear this describes so many people!

[@madamgretchen9216]

First United Church of Crystal Methodist.

[@wandersonwheels2190]

Of Durant!

[@jpzey4b275]

Anywhere USA 🤔😔

[@mikemccoy3430]

Damn he has so much going on in this song! 12 string mastery, lyrics for days in a 9 minute song, clear piercing eyes, deep Oklahoma reality. Only a Methodist from Oklahoma would understand.

[@georgefuller5426]

Mike Mccoy ,, hey now ,, I grew up in oklahoma and Texas ,, I AM AWARE

[@wandersonwheels2190]

Spent 10 years in Yukon. Def Oklahioma realness!

[@georgegardner5065]

He's from north Texas , sooooo

[@Dahn.Baern.]

And the best part, no chorus for the whole song

[@TXmuseic]

Pure Texas! Son of Larry McMurtry~ Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dov... They made them movies, I had the hardcovers.

[@honeymcmurtry1468]

I googled Dennis James McMurtry (my late husband) and I stumbled onto a musical genius singing a portrait of a lifetime in one song. Very impressed! You have a new fan. Keep up the ride.

[@RedDirtRay]

My condolences

[@ThelynxAZ]

Both him and his father as AMAZING writers... read Lonesome dove series 5 times and I have all his CDs!

[@michaelcolloton6971]

I'm slightly embarrassed to tell you that I only discovered James' music a few years ago. As a songwriter, he rivals Nelson, Dylan, Young, Cash, Earle, Jackson, and a few others. He plays guitar better than any of them.

[@jeanenedavidson3992]

my thought exactly! Wonder if Dylan could keep the words flowing this well?

[@caverscott]

I concur, his lyrics are second to none

[@anthonymaccherone]

I discovered it on 7/24/2020. Face palm.

[@lisaglines7659]

@@anthonymaccherone Ya beat me. Am I the last to know?

[@philliplewis1586]

@@lisaglines7659 Nope. For the moment I firmly grasp that dishonor. 10/30/21.

[@captjohn5298]

After the 3rd time listening to it I think it should be our new national anthem. Pretty much delineates the middle class.

[@ThompsonLoM]

my maternal grandparents had a small sandy lot by Lake Eufaula shore. A twister took out their first trailer. We were supposed to be there that night, but my parents canceled b/c weather forecast. Saw the crushed wreck weeks later in the fall. Great memories of Eufaula otherwise. Great song McMurtry.

[@DTittle]

I've got the Beer For My Horses soundtrack. This song is one of the reasons I bought it. Damn good music.

[@keymankeys1960]

That is one of my favorite all time songs !!!!!!!!

[@bodypolitic4877]

Came upon this from a small reference in Stephen King's Duma Key! Good Stuff

[@masyelraf]

Colin Harvey Stephen King is a huge fan of James, I think he may be friends with his dad who wrote Lonesome Dove. Stephen King owns a radio station here in Maine where they play a lot of JM. He plays here often and is almost as popular as he is in Texas.

[@1959hogryder]

+Sam Farley 95.7 FM ... The Rock ....in Bangor , Maine on Broadway ave.

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

+Colin Harvey Duma Key is one helluva story, prolly my favorite King novel, especially the segment where the main character first presents his artwork to the world....

[@TheOriginalLexa]

The funiest part of this is that I grew up in OK & I swear this describes so many people! Except for the kissin' cousins. And this is just kind of how we tell stories.

[@GWP53]

Never thought id here a song that mentioned berdan primers lol.

[@ignatiusdemonseed]

+MrPOPSZILLA that's one great big old pistol!

[@jerryw6699]

And some surplus tracers for SLaytons old Bar

[@ktel60]

Well, you can't reload Boxer, so...

[@BrianZacharyMusic]

@@ktel60 Got it backwards there champ but I can't blame you it's esoteric shit

[@othmanelqouassi9002]

who else is watching this during Coronavirus pandemic ?

[@coopershattuck1678]

its just literally impossible to dislike this song. Im from southeast Michigan. Had 3 meth lab busts with 2 miles haha. prolly 10 within a 10 mile radius.

[@rayray2884]

prolly?

[@imarocka100]

kin love this song man

[@jensganman244]

This guy is a National Treasure.

[@joannehack7588]

Indeed

[@joannehack7588]

🎆

[@DawnFremy]

LOVE that song!

[@nomadjeff1922]

Saw James open up for Jason Isbell a couple years ago. Great show.

[@impala3400]

Just heard this song of Radio Margaritaville. Great song. If not for Radio Margaritaville alot of people wouldn't hear this great music. Because local radio stations play junk. Thanks to Sirius or Xm peoplecan discover great music.

[@stevensofka9918]

Real Music!!!!

[@Dahn.Baern.]

I was born and raised in north east Oklahoma. Been all over the state, and this song is the most accurate Oklahoma song I’ve ever heard, sadly. The MAJORITY of Oklahomans truly have lives exactly like this song. I love it

[@DawnFremy]

We gonna have us a TIME, we gonna have us a time!

[@kennewicksheri]

Strap them kids in give 'em a little bit of vodka In a Cherry Coke, we're going to Oklahoma To the family reunion for the first time in years It's up at uncle Slayton's 'cause he's getting on in years You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die And they'll be comin' down from Kansas and from west Arkansas It'll be one great big old party like you never saw

[@WaylandRustyRoberts]

Do you have all of the lyrics? And in might as well be "having us the time, of our lives..." I mean, they are, no matter what they are, the time of our lives...

[@kennewicksheri]

Strap them kids in Give 'em a little bit of vodka in a cherry coke We're going to Oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years It's up at uncle Slayton's cause he's getting on in years You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die And they'll be comin' down from Kansas and from west Arkansas It'll be one great big old party like you never saw Uncle Slayton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's got a Airstream trailer and a Holstein cow His still makes whiskey 'cause his still knows how He plats that Choctaw bingo every Friday night You know he had to leave Texas but he won't say why He owns a quarter section up by Lake Eufala Caught a great big ol' blue cat on a driftin' jug line Sells his hardwood timber to the shipping mill Cooks that crystal meth because the shine don't sell He cooks that crystal meth because the shine don't sell You know he likes his money he don't mind the smel lMy cousin Roscoe Slayton's oldest boy from his second marriage up in Illinois He was raised in East St. Louis by his momma's people Where they do things different Thought he'd just come on down He was going to Dallas Texas in a semi truck culled from that big McDonald's You know the one they built up on that great big ol' bridge Across the Will Rogers Turnpike Took the Big Cabin exit stopped and bought a couple of cartons of cigarettes At that Indian Smoke Shop with the big neon smoke rings In the Cherokee Nation hit Muskogee late that night Somebody ran a stoplight at the Shawnee Bypass Roscoe tried to miss 'em but he didn't quiteBob and Mae come up from little town Way down by lake Texoma where he coaches football They were two A champions now for two years running But he says they won't be this year no they won't be this year And he stopped off in Tushka at that "Pop's Knife and Gun" place Bought a SKS rifle and a couple a full cases of that steel core ammo With the berdan primers from some East bloc nation that no longer needs 'em And a Desert Eagle that's one great big ol' pistol I mean .50 caliber made by badass Hebrews And some surplus tracers for that old BAR of Slayton's Soon as it gets dark we're gonna have us a time We're gonna have us a timeRuth Ann and Lynn come down from Baxter Springs That's one hell raisin' town way up in Southeastern Kansas Got a biker bar next to the lingerie store That's got them Rolling Stones lips up there in bright pink neon And they're right down town where everyone can see 'em And they burn all night you know they burn all night you know they burn all night Ruth Ann and Lynn they wear them cut off britches and those skinny little halters And they're second cousins to me Man I don't care I want to get between 'em With a great big ol' hard on like a old bois d' arc fence post You could hang a pipe rail gate from Do some sister twisters 'til the cows come home And we'd be havin' us a time Uncle Slayton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's cut that corner pasture into acre lots` He sells 'em owner financed Strictly to them that's got no kind of credit 'Cause he knows they're slackers When they miss that payment Then he takes it back He plays that Choctaw Bingo every Friday night Drinks that Johnny Walker at that Club 69 We're gonna strap them kids in give 'em a little bit o' Benadryl And a cherry coke we're goin' to Oklahoma Gonna have us a time

[@rtgsbeano]

sheri solomon I

[@benjaminpbarrett7607]

@@kennewicksheri Thanks, I have been to, through and around every place in this song, he sure tells it true.

[@jamesweigant7260]

I'd like to be inside that guitar. The graphics on a video of RWH's did bring it home.

[@ickledotco]

Ashamed to say I only became aware of this song when I saw Bill Sheffield perform it at Bronte Blues Club last night. Not only did he credit James McMurtry with the authorship; he also stressed how much he admired McMurtry as a songwriter. This song is an epic. A wonderful evocation of working class life almost anywhere.

[@paulelliott3220]

Brilliant song by the best artist of his generation No-one writes them like James Thanks for posting

[@DONToCLICKoHERE]

Chip off the old block

[@oldmancaesar]

Sweet!

[@Heisenbrick]

I’ve had a rotten molar in my mouth for over a year and this song makes me want to yank it out with a pair of pliers. I’ve had too much vodka!

[@steveoh4595]

Tried to miss 'em, but he didn't quite...What a line. Fantastic stupendous real talent...you'll never see him on MTV, but then when was the last time you watched MTV...

[@daveadams269]

Great storyteller. His dad is larry mcmurtry who wrote lonesome dove, other novels.western.

[@noneyayeast]

Thats fucking awesome! I've followed James for 20 years probably but never knew that.

[@nateshaw3938]

Thats awesome, didnt know that. I love lonesome dove, thank you!!

[@DfishT]

This is the best talent I've seen in a long time. A lyrical genius! And a insane strummer. Badass Dude!

[@singjai108]

Love this song. What kind of person (or four persons) turns a thumb down to THIS?

[@bikingmnviking3801]

Jame's guitar skills: R E S P E C T

[@wiscgaloot]

Yeah...I play guitar, but I have NO idea what he's doing there, or even what tuning he is using.

[@neilsthepoet]

THAT song is Oklahoma... And balls out!!

[@markmilaccio5613]

Awsome talent ! Quite a nice fella too, drank beer with him once.

[@wandersonwheels2190]

It's the most Oklahoma thing to ever Oklahoma. It's dedicated to The First Crystal Methodist Church of Durant! ahahahahahaha

[@toddymac]

Check out his fret-work, absolutely incredible! Best singer-songwriter of our generation, bar-none!

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

Lord, what a song. The seemingly smallest details reveal worlds. “Drinks his Johnny Walker at the Club 69.” Great name. Uncle Slayton’s too mean to die. Divides a tract of land to sell to suckers. Cooks meth, makes homemade whiskey (cuz he still knows how). Plays that Choctaw Bingo every Friday night. And there’s the second cousins.

[@jimhoover4060]

Cooks that crystal meth, cuz that shine dont sell

[@wayneoakley1832]

I love this song I turn it on just as loud as I can all the way atleast till 11 I'd turn it up to 12 but don't have it it's just a personal jam it gets to you lol

[@TheDEldridge]

Lyrical storytelling, kick ass!

[@Peaceforallmankind67]

"Desert Eagle, that`s one big old pistol, 50 Caliber" Hell yeah ! I like this guy;-)

[@mcshawnboy]

I love to watch the ignorant trying to fire either the Desert Eagle or a BAR on KZbin. The first one they almost always clock themselves in the face with that, "Big ole pistol, .50 caliber made by badass Hebrews!" Or firing the BAR on a tripod and the recoil of the weapon knocks them into next week! The big .44 caliber Magnum is a great excuse for having plastic surgery and your health insurance picks up the bill, 'cuz you are pretty stupid!

[@chrisdriver8453]

fukin luv it !!!!

[@chrisdriver8453]

.50 calibre

[@hisvorpalsword]

homz can fuckin play

[@mcriser]

He plays the guitar like the rest of breathe, effortlessly.

[@maximumbob2]

Not only could be the best C/W song ever written but the best song ever written period!!

[@jackh7977]

Whoah.... You cannot make the claim of best country western song on anything other than you don't have to call me darling

[@avelinomike]

I am 43, I was given cherry coke and vodka. very cool. You are very cool man. thanks.

[@mcshawnboy]

I used to get the "Rock N' Rye" for teething pain, but I guess that'd be child abuse now!

[@Moose6340]

OK, so we've got boozing up the kids to keep 'em quiet on a road trip, moonshine, crystal meth, guns, 18-wheelers, neon, lingerie, halter tops, and incest. THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER.

[@dapete]

I nominate this song to replace the nation anthem.

[@johnmagill1011]

Second.

[@Warmoose76]

I concur

[@Gustavodeloslocos]

Great song by a superior bard.

[@musicandmountains916]

The Grateful Dead rabbit hole led me to this guy, thankful for it. See you in San Rafael.

[@Trinity61]

True story: it is literally impossible to dislike this song if you grew up in rural North Texas or Southern Oklahoma.

[@noneyayeast]

Hell on Tennseene Bama line eitherd

[@stinkingdog101]

Banging that twelve string.....never could play those .Hell of a job.

[@stephenandersen4625]

that is some great guitar picking. and the story telling is excellent,

[@Pondermom]

My fave is I still “Ruby and Carlos”.

[@ralpheatsbeef]

Roscoe tried to miss 'em but he didn't, quite.

[@MusicFog]

@talktohimwitha2x4 James McMurtry wrote this, RWH does a cover of it, actually

[@joseph-ow1hf]

James has to be the best thing almost no one knows about. Brilliant lyrics and hella guitar player. I love this, but I think Candyland is still my fave. Maybe because first McMurtry song I heard. Turned me into instant fan. Hey stupid question, is that a 12 string guitar but only strung with six?? I swear I see six strings but looks like 12 tuning keys.

[@jamesguitar7384]

my dad was wondering the same thing but it definitely sounds like a twelve string. maybe its just the thin treble strings that are doubled up. Lonnie Johnson had a guitar like that single bass strings doubled treble. either way he makes it sound fantastic.

[@lilbugler]

It’s definitely strung for 12, but the video isn’t fine enough to catch the octave strings, except for a couple times the camera zooms in on McMurtry’s hands.

[@Okpolosi]

This kind of music takes me back in the day back before electronics, when after hard honest work & home cooked supper, a family would sit out on the front porch, where it was cooler, sun setting, fire flies a dancin' and they'd make their own entertainment with a guitar, harmonica, stompin the floor, maybe shakin a Mason jar with dried beans or even spoons. No electricity needed. Luckily, some families still do and I've been fortunate enough to join in. It is something special to share. Try it.

[@LAMBKILLER]

@Moose6340-No remember David Allen Coe's version of "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" written by Steve Goodman is the greatest C&W song ever. He said so and everything. So Jimmy's song can only be second best. But undoubtedly it is the best dysfunctional family song ever.

[@DawnFremy]

@johnoconnor51 I saw him in MADISON, too! At The High Noon! AWESOME!

[@Clemicluwho]

Strap them kids in Give 'em a little bit of vodka in a cherry coke We're going to Oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years It's up at uncle Slayton's cause he's getting on in years You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die And they'll be comin' down from Kansas And from west Arkansas It'll be one great big old party like you never saw Uncle Slayton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's got a Airstream trailer and a Holstein cow He still makes whiskey 'cause he still knows how He plats that Choctaw bingo every Friday night You know he had to leave Texas but he won't say why He owns a quarter section up by Lake Eufala Caught a great big ol' blue cat on a driftin' jug line Sells his hardwood timber to the shipping mill Cooks that crystal meth because the shine don't sell He cooks that crystal meth because the shine don't sell You know he likes his money he don't mind the smell My cousin Roscoe Slayton's oldest boy from his second marriage up in Illinois He was raised in East St. Louis by his momma's people Where they do things different Thought he'd just come on down He was going to Dallas Texas in a semi truck called from that big McDonald's You know the one they built up on that great big ol' bridge Across the Will Rogers Turnpike Took the Big Cabin exit stopped and bought a couple of cartons of cigarettes At that Indian Smoke Shop with the big neon smoke rings In the Cherokee Nation hit Muskogee late that night Somebody ran a stoplight at the Shawnee Bypass Roscoe tried to miss 'em but he didn't quite Bob and Mae come up from little town Way down by lake Texoma where he coaches football They were two A champions now for two years running But he says they won't be this year no they won't be this year And he stopped off in Tushka at that "Pop's Knife and Gun" place Bought a SKS rifle and a couple a full cases of that steel core ammo With the berdan primers from some East bloc nation that no longer needs 'em And a Desert Eagle that's one great big ol' pistol I mean .50 caliber made by bad ass Hebrews And some surplus tracers for that old BAR of Slayton's Soon as it gets dark we're gonna have us a timeWe're gonna have us a time Ruth Ann and Lynn come down from Baxter Springs That's one hell raisin' town way up in Southeastern Kansas Got a biker bar next to the lingerie store That's got them Rolling Stones lips in pink neon up there where everyone can see 'em And they burn all night you know they burn all night you know they burn all night Ruth Ann and Lynn they wear them cut off britches and those skinny little halters And they're second cousins to me Man I don't care I want to get between 'em With a great big ol' hard on like a old bois d' arc fence post You could hang a pipe rail gait from Do some twisted sisters 'til the cows come home And we'd be havin' us a time Uncle Slayton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's cut that corner pasture into acre lots' He sells 'em owner financed Strictly to them that's got no kind of credit 'cCause he knows they're slackers When they miss that payment Then he takes it back He plays that Choctaw Bingo every Friday night Drinks that Johnny Walker at that Club 69 We're gonna strap them kids in give 'em a little bit o' Benadryl And a cherry coke we're goin' to Oklahoma Gonna have us a time

[@eastwood203]

He's got an uncommon voice, both literally and figuratively. That's why I like it. What a songwriter.

[@sweetwaterfilm]

HOLY

[@SuperStrongbow1]

This is just a joy to watch, I do hope you hit UK shores sometime soon, almost desperate to see you perform live.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

A great performance of a great song written by Ray Wylie Hubbard

[@TheClutch1550]

he's sure got that 12 string soundin sweet sings...they burn all night and just stares down the room and calls em all baptist (the one's sitting at least) toofuckn funny lmfao

[@danschultz7029]

He must tune like I do - a half step down, because he's capo'ed on the 2nd fret but soundind in F

[@KtomcatChas]

I'm still looking for his tuning on this one. any ideas guitar players? what a great song

[@paulhamrick801]

Nice to see 12 string! Don't see very often

[@ktel60]

I'll play 12 string, just don't care to. It's a different thing. Can't bend for shit.

[@donniewhitley8147]

Great instrumentalist, lyrics & hey, I love the song!! Eat your heart out Chet Atkins, even though I believe he would love the acoustic guitar work. Great Job!!

[@derflipflop]

Stephen King and Bob Walkenhorst brought me here.

[@austinhudson507]

awesome

[@WhiteLakeDan]

How come this guy didn’t get the Nobel for literature?

[@cynthialewis690]

Speaks language that rocks the place between my heart/soul.

[@gigglewish]

Storyteller supreme, musician supreme, I saw him in Santa Cruz at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA neighboring town. Excellent show, excellent talent, very happy I got to see him, he is played often on KPIG in CA..

[@moonlitme]

This is so wrong in all the right ways. Trumpski Nation's national anthem for sure!

[@longjonwhite]

Love it !! Anyone know what that tuning is ?