Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down (Live)

Music video by Merle Haggard performing The Bottle Let Me Down (Live).

[@DennyClark-es9qw]

Why can't we have country music like that today?

[@howardstern666]

Awww that intro/solo with Norm and Roy! can't get enough of them!

[@Pelagos1000]

Today marks the one year anniversary of losing my 20 year old daughter. This song could not ring more true for me tonight.

[@rasierdotcom]

truly sorry for your loss

[@alexclipper7608]

My condolences. I hope you've found peace.

[@smbeabout]

I know I don't know you, but I really hope you're finding a way to survive your loss. I know that death is hardest on the living, and losing a child is something I can't imagine, so I really am wishing the best for you.

[@SuperOlds88]

The twang is the thang.

[@chenzenzo]

Sure is ole boy!

[@nikkicullen4529]

💯

[@keithw1966]

Hard to replace yesterday's legends 😢

[@tommaxwell626]

“I’m hurtin’ in an ole familiar way...” Thanks for all the classic ballads Merle!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

You know, that's my favorite part of the song!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

For some reason that's my favorite part! Don't ask me why; it just it is.

[@tommaxwell626]

@@TheBrooklynbodine because many of us can relate to "hurtin' in an ole familiar way".

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@tommaxwell626 I sure can!

[@tomroark1773]

WOW! The audio quality after all these years is amazing and the steel guitar has never sounded better on this song.

[@rwcorleyze]

Tom - it's cool to compare this version to how he sounded in later years - gravelly voice and all.

[@davehill4865]

Country music at its best.

[@TerryStephensonmusic]

great old video of the best country singer in history and the best Strangers

[@markive9907]

Ole Roy Nichols ,had to blow on his Tele ,to cool down after that lick ! Merle is my Favorite all time no one else comes close !

[@kennethestes1828]

Roy, Norm on steel, Bonnie on the partial harmonies, all the rest, the Strangers we're fire back then.

[@edavidsalways]

For a live performance this has it all: perfect intonation all the way around, the three part harmony cuts like a buzz saw, Roy and Norm filling the holes with brutal elegance, and the minimalist approach by the rhythm section makes this is close to perfect is one will ever hear. My god they were so damn tight you couldn’t wedge a Bible page between the spaces

[@ThePolackMSgt]

Roy Nichols is a monster. I mean Merle is Merle but ROY NICHOLS on the Telecaster keeps me coming back to these old songs

[@gravypatron]

My favorite Roy Nichols performance is in Merle's 'That's the Way Love goes' Kudos.

[@LesbianVampireLover]

Just totally as good as it gets. Swinging Doors, Part II basically.

[@RyanBranscum-pw4eu]

Me and my papa used to listen to merle when I spent the night with him and I'm so thankful to have those memories of merle and my papa Rip merle and papa you are missed

[@fredflintstone1761]

This is real country folks!

[@stumpshot70]

American culture at its best!

[@trevorbacque8175]

Listening to Merle all day. R.I.P.

[@BubbaZen10]

+Trevor Bacque Me too man.

[@trevorbacque8175]

We'll always have the music.:)

[@BubbaZen10]

Trevor Bacque Amen brother. He was coming here, and had to cancel. I truly wanted to see him so much. :'(

[@BubbaZen10]

Trevor Bacque I'll see him some day though. :)

[@xkellie357]

RIP to the best of the best.

[@joevquezon8164]

1:56 The way Merle and Bonnie look at each other. Sana all

[@lawrenceatencio2172]

I love Waylon but Merle owns this song! "Nuf said!

[@DanEBoyd]

Roy's Telecaster playing...👍👍👌👌

[@conniehiggins5860]

Another great one-That album was released on 08/27/66.

[@cowyboys4ever]

I GREW UP ON HIM WITH MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS HE WAS THE BEST LEGEND LOVE AND MISS YOU MERLE 😍😅🎶🎻

[@chrishinnant3924]

Back when country music was actually country music.

[@adamstout7822]

Such a great song for Norm! Love the steel

[@dennisshellhouse6219]

Ralph Mooney- The foot that made Haggard a star.

[@jackhanson8695]

Ralph was great and is legendary, but that's Norm Hamlet on the video playing the intro that Moon made famous.

[@elisecliftonklitz]

Classic Drank'n song! Merle where've you been all my life???❤️🎸

[@richreinholz2163]

The number one, absolute best country song ever recorded. Period

[@mrs.schmenkman]

How did I ever miss he had DIMPLES!! Yee gawds. 😍

[@brynnrains2946]

I know! He was perfect and nobody can change my mind.

[@leahflower9924]

it would've been fun to be with a man like that just saying

[@leahflower9924]

@@brynnrains2946 me and my mom both have a crush on James Garner and now I have one on Merle same smile hair etc. i know they are both dead but a girl can dream

[@lawriealvos7418]

This is the stuff that made this man a legend 👍👍👍😊

[@chrishall8188]

I quit drinking a little over 4 years ago. The bottle was always empty as was my heart and wallet. Now I don't need Swinging Doors, a bottle but I still am addicted to the jukebox.

[@plasteredbastard]

Handsome devil with a velvet voice, choice of nearly any girl

[@valientevaliente9473]

🤣ATLEAST DEVIL HAS HIS VELVET VOICE THAN OTHERS😂

[@BubbaZen10]

A bottle just ain't gonna do it for this one man.

[@1coopjsn]

Man that Roy Nichols could pick those notes!

[@nickpayne1641]

My favourite version of this tune.

[@kenboi52]

It's great to see actual live performances from TV shows.

[@billpholde4816]

Great tune. Great steel pedal. Great harmonies on the chorus. Great chicken pickin' Tele. Yeah. Great.

[@hestonpuckett3866]

Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Tonight the bottle let me down

[@ShortMog]

Merle Haggard, a living legend and an icon! Love his music! ~Hoss ;-)!

[@jthick850]

WOW ! this is awesome clip. Thanks for sharing.

[@williamhutcheson6511]

A classic drinking song. Thanks for posting.

[@hansrosen5262]

The definitive version of this song!

[@kennethlingle2885]

Great song Merle. I love the message of your words. I had a few nights like that myself. Sing it buddy. Just great......

[@peir77]

This is the first song I heard by Merle Haggard. A punk rock cover of this song led me here 4 years ago. At a time when drinking was starting to take over my life, his words and music spoke to me greatly. "_I always had a bottle I could turn to.. and lately I've been turnin' everyday_" . Like where else can you find something like that? Subsequently, everything I found by him was awesome and he quickly became one of my favorites. Tonight I'm drinking, breaking up with a girl.. but finding comfort listening to 'ol Merle Haggard. And of course, drinking.

[@matthewsolina4920]

I love the lead guitar. Awesome playing.

[@jameszerukjr]

I'm sad. :( He was amazing.

[@debragreenwell7822]

an other legend leaves us.RIP.

[@estelleadamski308]

I have never been to a bar, and I have never drank any alcohol, but, I LOVE this song. Just love Merle, so talented as a singer, song writer and musician

[@haydenminshew6131]

Brother I can’t even drink legally in America. But as a boy living in Tennessee, boozing and listening to Merle is a must.

[@alexclipper7608]

You should try it. Drinking is the shit.

[@estelleadamski308]

@@alexclipper7608 NOPE! NEVER!

[@alexclipper7608]

@@estelleadamski308 you’re missing out, man.

[@vincesarmento4854]

Love ❤ it!!

[@Harpplayer504]

The last two days have been spent listening ,singing,and playing Merle..now that don't mean I am a musician,it means I tried to play his songs..somewhat..Anyway,I had a good time listening to his music!

[@harvsmith9016]

Haggard one hell of song grew up on country music n I'm glad I did but Nashville sure fucked up my real country music so sad

[@tekumete]

One of my favorite songs of Merle...❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@efanshel]

A masterpiece.....

[@johncostelloe2696]

Beautiful song

[@jeffrey9794]

THIS IS A GREAT SOUND ,,,LOVE THE TWANG

[@renhoek3851]

superb musicianship to produce that quality in a live situation

[@cpoau4534]

RIP Brother..

[@TheSamstergangster]

LOVE IT TX

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Awesome!

[@nilsonpompeo3322]

I guess this is my best country song

[@davebeebe3780]

DAMN GOOD COUNTRY SINGER !

[@lancedomhoff1126]

RIP Merle

[@shawnamesser7737]

A legend of country music

[@rainbowloomoverflow5106]

Crushed!!! Just Crushed

[@BubbaZen10]

+Mark Creech Me too man. ME TOO! God bless this man. Good LORD what a great legacy we have to listen to though.

[@667DOOM]

beside his attitude towards weed, i can rely with any word he sings

[@norsemanbushcrafting1621]

great

[@matthewperinger6318]

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen. And I was there for the births of both my beautiful daughters.

[@HerbWalker]

A guitar player once asked me HOW I got that effect on the guitar string bending , trying to copy a 'Lick' by Roy Nichols. I TOO , at first was STUMPED on HOW he was doing it. In this song for example,.... Bottle Let Me down, when Roy plays his 2nd half of the intro and the ride....He isnt bending that string UP................ He is SILENTLY bending it UP FIRST, then he plays the note and then he RELEASES it. 🙂 His last note is an open "D" note played on the E string, tuned DOWN to a "D". 🙂 (Seen at 0:13 time in this video)

[@joevquezon8164]

Great observation!

[@jimmyc5498]

Doesn’t get any better

[@Hungarianbuttbabyy]

I’m hurting in the old familiar way fellas. She’s blonde and beautiful

[@stevenmassey7586]

I'm hurting in an ol familiar way....helluva a line right there !

[@itssnowing-kx9ib]

F n a snake pit alpine Wyoming love this song

[@cigniselvatici]

Grandiosi❤❤❤❤

[@nicklinder6]

Ralph Mooney on the steel guitar…. Later went on to join Waylon Jennings for years

[@seand5259]

Damn memory coming around

[@justinb.1459]

American treasure!

[@TheSupremeShaman]

The sound on this is incredible, especially since it’s obviously from the ‘60s? ‘70s?

[@JimHerrington_UncorrectedProof]

As good as it gets.

[@rockytop4]

They don't make them...like they use too... #merle 🇺🇸

[@ftjax]

tonight god let me down.........

[@a.j.bartonjr2434]

RIP

[@jaimesfolly]

The sound is wonderful, but the performers are dressed mighty fancy for such a honky tonk sound.

[@maroonlectroid]

This is Sufi music

[@daviddeutsch9241]

What TV show is this?

[@shanecopher9175]

Love em ...not sure why the steel is so busy ...great stuff though

[@eeeeyuke]

I've always liked how it sounded kinda wobbly and drunk. Listen again.

[@thedudelebowski69]

today the bottle LIFTED ME UP-bukowski?

[@rickjj91]

Norm doing a great job on the C6 neck

[@dennisshellhouse6219]

Thats not Norm. It's Ralph Mooney, and he had his E9 on the back neck.

[@Hillbillyan]

@@dennisshellhouse6219 Sorry, that is Norman Hamlet.

[@dennisshellhouse6219]

@@Hillbillyan I guess you're going to tell me that's a C6 tuning too.

[@dennisshellhouse6219]

@@Hillbillyan kzbin.info/www/bejne/g37aaJqAp5VqrdE This is Norm Hamlet. He didn't join the band until 1967.

[@mattf-w7t]

Was this in ‘66?

[@jarrodhalfacre7449]

Wow I didn't know he wrote this

[@mercer656]

Classic Alcoholic

[@user-oq9dx4dr3k]

שיר,,כזה,,אם,,ויסקי בראבו,,על,הקאנטרי

[@tonyosullivan4309]

A tune for everyone’s exs 🤣

[@williamandhisstarwars]

Early demo of Jason Aldean's current hit with Miranda Lambert

[@thomasgricezodiac]

This arrangement of this song is great, performers are a little stiff though haha

[@gabriellegracie9472]

OMG they just left the 50's

[@nancysloan3731]

The bottle will let you down. I've seen the effects of it on someone I know.

[@leahflower9924]

Is it just me or does his backing band almost all look like Merle?

[@thedudelebowski69]

i dain't neva look too long at purty girls i reckon, cuz i's just tooooo shy. But I DRINK LIKE A fuckin CHAMP!

[@donnaanthony8541]

7th April marks his birth and death Anniversary.

[@cohenkevinloriqueen818]

astonishing how the female back up singer doesn't move to the music... strange

[@wattamutt]

Sorry merle... This is good.. But waylons is better

[@tjfoxhunter]

Not!

[@richreinholz2163]

wattamutt I think the bottle has let you down. Waylon is great, but he is NO Merle. This I the best country song ever recorded and this is probably the best version, only rivaled by the original album version

[@chesterkirkpatrick2998]

@@richreinholz2163 bahaha yeah that bottle let this ole boy down and told him some bullshit nothing against Waylon but come on dude Roy Nichols laying some serious tele down!

[@81dsend]

Drunk af listening tho this 06/27/20