Joe Maphis: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke - 1959

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and LOUD, LOUD music) performed by Joe Maphis & wife Rose Lee, LIVE in 1959.
Maphis. known for the flatpicking style he developed in the 1930's, sings magnificent harmony with wife Rose in this 1950's crowd-pleaser.
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[@mjonez8892]

I played with Joe’s grandson in N VA. He now owns that guitar in the video. He showed it to me at his home studio. Yes we played the song when I sat in with them for a gig. Very cool guy!

[@santhawhite4755]

love this REAL country music!

[@grasshopper3930]

Rosie is still working with the County Music Hall of Fame. 102 years old.

[@Mike8827]

THIS is American music, not all the rap crap and RnB so popular on the radio now!

[@bidalaska3457]

R&B were quite a stars in the 50s…

[@52843in]

This song has an exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

[@54susieq]

my daddy sang this to us when i was a child. this song, in 1959, i was only 5, when it was recorded. but i love it! it's the music my parents liked and i grew up liking it! thanks for putting it on here. love, susie q

[@waynek.1144]

Joe would have been 100 this year, rose Lee is 98 and still kicking. She sang last night in Cumberland maryland, at Joe's 100th birthday remember. They are my wife's family

[@jfnegron]

I just shared hugs and God Bless You's with Rose Lee Maphis about two hours ago- Mrs. Country music herself. She is by far one of the sweetest, kindest ladies I have met and is a volunteer at the Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame.

[@MSASteelerPSG]

It don't get much better than this. I believe that's Gordon Terry on fiddle, a great singer in his own right.

[@whitt702]

Speial made guitar by Semie Mosley called Mosrite. The pickups are Carvin AP6s, which haven't been made since about 1977. However, Bob Shade of Hallmark Guitars has done a great job of reproducing the original look and tone..as well as a single neck version of this guitar, trimmings and all. This is about the best sounding guitar I've ever heard.

[@rockinredneck57]

This was #1 of the double neck Mosrite. Larry Collins had #2.

[@johniorio7951]

1st time seeing Joe Maphis!....I was wonderin about that there geetar...he's playing the solo down on the low e,a, and d it looks like......now I'm going to play it that way at the next open mike...I remember a lot of the brits played mosrite in the 60's...

[@mjs28c]

Every time I hear this man play, it sounds like he's got a fresh set of strings on his guitar. Every-time. 🙂

[@tomlehr861]

Drummer was kickin it

[@dbbubba1]

I was born to late! I was maybe a baby or even a zygote when this was done, but it is how I play guitar to this day and about the only music I play! That guitar solo rocks!

[@mrfiddleman]

That's a very young Gordon Terry on fiddle. Nice of Joe to give him a ride in the middle.

[@wininboy]

Oh, I like this!

[@sixstringmarauder]

One of the few guitar pickers who could make Roy Clark look like a rookie, saw an old episode of Hee Haw and joe just smoked on that tune he and Roy did. Roy was visibly in awe.

[@eyore3171]

I think Roy was hamming it a bit - but the respect is obvious. Thanks for the note - here's the video (I think) to which you were referring: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGW6imCJlq2ha9k

[@earlslot8320]

nothing like the original, great job

[@packingten]

Joe Maphis wrote this its been recorded many many times..

[@cmlbob]

Great to see this video!! We know Miss Rosie and she's a sweetheart!! Would love to see more videos on here of her and Joe!

[@AudioMobil]

Happy 98th Birthday, Rosie Lee Maphis! ❤

[@tonylupo1764]

This is great! True Legends !

[@bareknuckles2u]

Sooooooooooo great! I LOVE it!

[@VidarLund-k5q]

In the mid sixties I bought a Joe Maphis album on the Starday label from a box with a lot of cheap LPs entitled Fire on the Strings. I regret not buying the whole box to this day.😂

[@5jonesville]

The family that plays together.... Joe and Rose Lee.

[@61mab]

Love that song and an uptempo version, really kicks it up perfectly

[@quinnmccully4689]

Dwight Yoakam does a killer cover of this song!

[@SuperOlds88]

RIP Rose The tone of the guitar and steel are phenomenal.

[@bluesborn]

This stuff breathes soul unlike this goofy country crossover nonsense.

[@RikkiVanHowle83]

Wow...I thought that Handsome Ned from Ontario did this song justice...but this original has just made my week. I'm getting chills.

[@farmgent]

Terry Gordon is awesome on fiddle, multi talented and one of my favorite performers. I like when him and June Carter do the old oak bucket on the grand ole opry, it's very funny.

[@sachetsofrelish]

50 years old and as fresh as a daisy

[@Grahamgusbull]

Got a bunch of great versions of this...which will be joining them..NOW!

[@TruegrassBoy]

Super cool.

[@cindyhoward6100]

Love this oldie

[@fergofns]

The Derailers do a good version of this as well. This must be the original tho, it's great I loved it. Thank for sharing!!

[@packingten]

I just wrote this Joe wrote this,I think thats his wife Rose?.

[@TierodMcslush]

That guy in the background playing the fiddle is the same cat who's playing the fender Jazzmaster on George jones White lightning video from 1962

[@jlr8410]

Gordon Terry

[@douglasleftwich3936]

Gordon Terry played with Faron Young, Johnny Cash, George Jones, and many others. Legendary country music figure!

[@shannonburns6724]

@@douglasleftwich3936 and Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard.

[@grasshopper3930]

This is COUNTRY FOLKS.

[@jjkcharlie]

Joe and Rosie maphis.

[@welshhillbillyful]

They were brilliant.True entertainers.Gordon Terry on fiddle.There is a good re-issue c.d. called "Cold Heart of Steel"recently released,well worth checking out.

[@timothyducey5591]

Wow! Que cool! 😎

[@thedustybuskers]

It's "loud, loud music," not "live, live music." Great video

[@michaelford549]

Dwight Yoakam tells a story but how this man wrote this song he was in Bakersfield to see Buck Owens play on his way back to Los Angeles he thought of this song and who wrote it after that Bakersfield pretty interesting story Judah the Bakersfield sound Dim Lights Thick Smoke and loud loud music the classic

[@petermarquard5107]

Joe appeared on a local TV show back about 1958 with the Collins Kids and Johnny Cash among others. I think it was called Town hall party. Joe was sensational on guitar and fiddle. Anyone have a clip of that show?

[@rockinredneck57]

This was the same set but called Ranch Party. Tex Ritter hosted Town Hall Party.

[@rockinredneck57]

There are several clips from Town Hall Party with Wanda Jackson, JR Cash The Collins Kids, Joe Maphis, Carl Perkins and others.

[@brucehudson8135]

That’s what this clip is from.

[@Monaghan]

"You just did it on record about 5 years ago." That's a long "just"! Haha

[@whitt702]

I think it is the Standel special he always used to get that great tone.

[@sonnyceeplaylist6337]

🎯♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@welshhillbillyful]

@ronaldt491 The drummers name is Pee Wee Adams.He was used on many sessions by the likes of Capitol,and others in the fifties/sixties.Not his best moment on this one though.

[@powerkor]

a woman knew her place back then

[@rockinredneck57]

Rose Lee Maphis is very well known as a solo singer. This is a song Joe wrote and recorded. Her "place" here is singing harmony for her husband.

[@dkfelix]

Is that Gordon Terry on fiddle? He was quite a guitarplayer himself.

[@d.w.71]

This America no longer exists sadly

[@robertbeaulieu8721]

Yeeeee haw

[@whitt702]

I'd sure like to have Joe's Stetson.

[@rockinredneck57]

As good as this is Vern Gosdin made it his in the 80's. The slower version really sticks with you. Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers covered it in the early 70s too.

[@alan4sure]

Yep, a bit slower is better.

[@austinitesince1979]

Them folks're all right. I did see a second neck on that guitar that looked as though it were being neglected.

[@rockinredneck57]

It got played on occasion, just not all the time.

[@jpeanrkode]

I'm partial to the guitar, myself.

[@NBTX4041]

Junior Brown plays a GitSteel. It's a tele style guitar and a lap steel combo that sits on a stand. The one in this video is a guitar and either a tenor guitar or a mandolin. It looks like a tenor guitar since I can only see 6 tuning pegs...hard to tell as the video is kinda' grainy.

[@rockinredneck57]

This is a Mosrite. The very first double neck electric guitar. The short neck is tuned standard but an octave higher.

[@rakesfunnyfarm]

Wade Hayes does a great job on this song!

[@Twang-Train]

👍🚂🎶🇺🇸

[@DwightFan]

I think it's funny that this song was written about Buck Owens and his Buckaroos

[@rockinredneck57]

Not the Buckaroos. Buck was playing guitar and fronting a band in the mid 50s at a joint called the Blackboard. Joe came in one night to see him and they were LOUD because Buck was slightly hard of hearing. Lots of cigarette smoke and low lights and he has a hit song.

[@jmeintn]

Sho looks like it!

[@crocks2871]

anyone have a record of the "go fer song" by joe and rose lee maphis?

[@lesterbowman9558]

Fiddler is Gordon Terry.

[@darwynmead2597]

If you listen to the words and think about it, who would want her?

[@CommanderRZ]

drinkin, fighting, and f***ing on friday night

[@packingten]

Drinking and fighting yes, but no call for the other I was a bar playerover 30 years never saw anyone having sex where I played!!.EVER...

[@ronaldt491]

With all of the smoking bans going into effect nowadays, I guess we'll have to take out the "Thick Smoke" part of the song.

[@packingten]

I HATE cigarette smoke but sort of against them taking it out of bars.And I have copd,I played in bars over 30 years.

[@pwea1]

... is that a Bigsby neck on Rose Lees' guitar ?.....

[@rockinredneck57]

Probably a Bigsby guitar.

[@jmeintn]

Nice pompadour, too!

[@ronaldt491]

Who's the drummer trying to make them lose it and Rose almost did?

[@ustheserfs]

Keith Moon on the drum set? Wtf

[@Theworkingclassdrummer]

What TV show was this?

[@PamK36]

Town Hall Party

[@mrdaleowen1]

whgo is the fiddler?

[@kguillory1]

It's loud loud music. not live. thanks anyway

[@lemmykilmister9979]

this is country this shit today is just awful todays country music sucks