Merle Haggard - "Workin' Man Blues" [Live from Austin, TX]

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Live From Austin TX

Live From Austin TX

Күн бұрын

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@RobertBabnick
@RobertBabnick 8 ай бұрын
Roy Nichols lays down a face melting Tele solo and then tucks his guitar away like it was nothing. Amazing talent on display.
@houstonrebel4449
@houstonrebel4449 3 ай бұрын
Haha. "Sounds like Roy" -Ronnie Van Zandt
@justinpedalpusher
@justinpedalpusher 2 жыл бұрын
Roy finishes burning that solo and then immediately stops playing, and tucks his guitar under his arm with absolutely no emotion. Classic Roy.
@DJK-cq2uy
@DJK-cq2uy 11 ай бұрын
Who the gell is Roy
@johngilbanni5891
@johngilbanni5891 11 ай бұрын
@@DJK-cq2uy just go on somewhere else if you can’t figure that one out
@markive9907
@markive9907 11 ай бұрын
I saw him 3 times live ,he always seemed all business ❤
@DJK-cq2uy
@DJK-cq2uy 10 ай бұрын
Like you know him personally? 1st name basis...gths
@justinpedalpusher
@justinpedalpusher 10 ай бұрын
@@DJK-cq2uy I never got the chance to meet him but really wish I would have. Some people say he was a little bit standoffish, but he was absolutely one of my favorite players.
@toddphipps5496
@toddphipps5496 9 ай бұрын
I am at a loss for words...that is one of the best live video recordings of Merle Haggard and The Strangers just killing it! All the while making it look effortlessly. Roy Nicholas takes the lead ride out of this world, and as someone commented, Roy played that lead, closed it and smoothly tucked his guitar. That's real, that's unbelievable talent, chemistry, and being f#*%&+* great!
@hankmccartin3119
@hankmccartin3119 8 ай бұрын
and it was fabulous when Merle took the last solo!
@bradwalsh9122
@bradwalsh9122 8 ай бұрын
Musicians were less over the top and more humble back then.
@harleykingman
@harleykingman 6 жыл бұрын
WOW !!!!!! NOTHING AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN BEAT A FENDER TELECASTER IN THE HANDS OF THE RIGHT PICKER !!!!!!!!!!! U NAILED THAT ROY !!!!!!!!!!
@mr.wizard2974
@mr.wizard2974 5 жыл бұрын
I like the Strat better!
@thejamnasium6447
@thejamnasium6447 3 жыл бұрын
truer words have never been spoken friend
@123Goldhunter11
@123Goldhunter11 3 жыл бұрын
Rumor has it that Jimmy Page used a Telecaster in the studio to play the lead to Stairway To Heaven. As a 71 year old working man - still working - I have a special reverence for Merle Haggard - the working man's poet. RIP Merle.
@1guitar12
@1guitar12 2 жыл бұрын
@@123Goldhunter11 It’s no rumor…it’s fact.
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
@@1guitar12 I've also heard a few other Led Zepplin solos, none of which come to mind right now, which sound like they were done on a Telecaster through the bridge pickup.
@Buddygold9509
@Buddygold9509 2 жыл бұрын
He always gave his band their solo time. Very respectful.
@100pianoplayer
@100pianoplayer Жыл бұрын
That is so true!! No, steel player blaring away either
@billhunt4539
@billhunt4539 2 жыл бұрын
Roy Nichols...one of the greats! He always delivered.
@Jon-zf3dq
@Jon-zf3dq Жыл бұрын
That guitar solo is otherworldly
@1Keef
@1Keef 3 жыл бұрын
Merle Haggard playing the second solo while holding a pick and a cigarette is badass! Cool as a cucumber.
@georgewirick6105
@georgewirick6105 2 жыл бұрын
At least he didn't get burn marks in the head stock like Clapton..lol
@anelladambrosio2513
@anelladambrosio2513 Жыл бұрын
@@georgewirick6105 ciao George!🙋😍😘💘🍀
@timmcquerry6068
@timmcquerry6068 9 ай бұрын
Hag was a darn good guitarist himself!
@t4texastom587
@t4texastom587 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Merle Hag Miss Bonnie Roy Tiny AND all the rest of The Strangers that gave us so many years of great music. 🎶🎻🎸🎶
@guitarman4242
@guitarman4242 6 жыл бұрын
Roy Nichols- wow that was so special. Digs right in deep and drives light at the same time. One of my top 5 solo's of all time. The irony- ask 99.9 % of the people in the world, and no one will know who he is. Sad. And Merle- need we say more. That's the way I'll always remember him.
@alasdairwreid
@alasdairwreid 6 жыл бұрын
I know who he is . . . . brilliant!!!
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
Roy only drove on stage. I've read that he contractually specified that he would not drive at all, between shows. He carried his own amps too. I agree with you 100%. Easy top five, and in my ears, puts him right alongside Jimmy Page, and perhaps even Jimi Hendrix. Another thing 'they' never mention is how if Hendrix had never played a guitar, he could've easily made it on, and been widely loved and renowned for, his highly soulful singing! His singing was as right as his playing.
@guitarman4242
@guitarman4242 Жыл бұрын
@@DanEBoyd thanks for your insight. Agree 100%
@MzKlara
@MzKlara Жыл бұрын
I love watching Bonnie enjoying the piano players' turn at soloing.
@davidkeith5377
@davidkeith5377 6 жыл бұрын
Wish they still did songs like this on the radio
@dannyhenderson5337
@dannyhenderson5337 Жыл бұрын
They don't have artist like this on the radio anymore 💯
@johngilbanni5891
@johngilbanni5891 11 ай бұрын
There’s a ton of classic country stations that stream. I listen to 99.7 The Legend out of somewhere in north Louisiana. I believe it’s around Monroe going by the advertisements.
@larrysutton925
@larrysutton925 9 ай бұрын
Yep most country stations play this red dirt fake country crap...I hate it.
@flybob63
@flybob63 2 жыл бұрын
People often forget, or never knew, how great a guitar player Hag was. He always gave Roy Nichols his well deserved credit but seems to have never sought it for himself as good as he was at it.
@chasewebb8550
@chasewebb8550 Жыл бұрын
He could saw a fiddle too
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
True - but that solo by Roy here, though. What a ripper!!! Jimmy Page would tip his hat to that one! Roy always had the most perfect country string-bends. This rendition would've still gone damn over well with just Merle's solo, but I'm glad Roy's is there too.
@MzKlara
@MzKlara Жыл бұрын
@@DanEBoyd I can't figure out how Roy's name got left off the credits at the end.
@Ryan-mq2mi
@Ryan-mq2mi Жыл бұрын
@@DanEBoyd shreds
@williamwipf1724
@williamwipf1724 Жыл бұрын
True American talent right here
@dbrou4450
@dbrou4450 7 жыл бұрын
There will always be another great singer or songwriter or success story from depths of poverty, but there will NEVER be another Merle Haggard....a man that wrote and sang from his giving heart to sooooo many.
@mikesmithey1892
@mikesmithey1892 2 жыл бұрын
There's a whole bunch of musicians that know their s*** they don't have to answer to nobody one of the greatest country songs ever made
@VincentVader
@VincentVader 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Roy rip it for several minutes. What a player!
@rpena081965
@rpena081965 6 жыл бұрын
Meryle and Roy some bad dudes . Rest in peace you both . No one can hold a candle.
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
Best guitar solo in rock and roll, PERIOD! Yes, I know this is country...
@Venetiababy1
@Venetiababy1 Жыл бұрын
It never gets old. A friend of mine approached Merle as he was getting on his bus one time and asked.. "Do you have any advice for a young musician?" And Merel says. . "Yeah..Don't do it!" And them slammed the bus door. .lol!
@o.k.walters3442
@o.k.walters3442 6 жыл бұрын
That solo by Roy Nichols is hotter than a bladder infection.
@Jon-zf3dq
@Jon-zf3dq 6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite solos of all time. Incredible.
@davidlibolt1264
@davidlibolt1264 6 жыл бұрын
O.K. Walters Awesome tone. Pretty sure it’s just guitar- cord- amp. Raw.
@rosserclark8156
@rosserclark8156 6 жыл бұрын
Do it right and that's all you need.
@augustineriley5582
@augustineriley5582 6 жыл бұрын
David - unique tone and phrasing by Roy!
@MrDavidr86
@MrDavidr86 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to know what amp the lead guitarist is using??? Thats pure tube perfection and the way over drive should sound.
@johnnyx9892
@johnnyx9892 7 ай бұрын
Love me some tasty Tele licks. Roy is one of the all time greats.
@phattskis
@phattskis 4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1965, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and my late mother grew up in Nashville. She taught me about Hank, Johnny, Waylon, Loretta, and Merle. THIS is country. I don't dog people who listen to the new country, but I just can't get into it. I play a more classic rock and improve style music on my guitars, but can't tell you how many times in a solo I use the hammer-ons and bends that Merle and Roy use in their solos. Hope you all will check out this entire show (just wonderful!) and other stuff by Merle. Amazing!
@roberttooth360
@roberttooth360 3 жыл бұрын
You can't go wrong with Merle one of the best singer songwriter performer of all time.
@MarkColeman-s1v
@MarkColeman-s1v 11 ай бұрын
It was nice to read all of the replies.
@hanklogsdon8390
@hanklogsdon8390 5 жыл бұрын
The one and only Merle Haggard with his band the Strangers. Damn they could all play especially Roy Nichols on lead guitar!
@smchugh38
@smchugh38 4 жыл бұрын
What a piano player Mark Yeary was, phenomenal.
@DJK-cq2uy
@DJK-cq2uy Жыл бұрын
He taught me how to play a sows ear on a slice of rye
@wobbitt
@wobbitt Жыл бұрын
Yes... Very over looked keyboard/piano man for Haggard. A longstay band member and producer too. He passed a while back.
@Msdrivensoul
@Msdrivensoul 5 ай бұрын
I have loved this song and Merle Haggard for only about 12 yrs. Just love no ads and some real talent !!!
@linkedup7346
@linkedup7346 10 ай бұрын
Now this is a real singer. The clarity of the words and spirit is fabulous. Great (first) Tele Solo Ronnie, Blows some of the greatest Blues players out of the water...
@laserbeam002
@laserbeam002 9 ай бұрын
May Merle R.I.P. He was one of the very best singers/performers this country has every produced. We have lost all the greats. The younger generations have no idea what real music is.
@SpencerHowe
@SpencerHowe 4 ай бұрын
So glad I took the time to learn Roy’s solo by ear! Very satisfying to play at tempo.
@SuperMikado282
@SuperMikado282 4 ай бұрын
Plagiarist, why didn't you make up your own solo?
@bsnf-5
@bsnf-5 3 ай бұрын
​​@@SuperMikado282 It's a good practice to transcribe solos by ear. That's how any top guitarist learned to play, by listening to the masters of blues or jazz
@bcmepei
@bcmepei 3 жыл бұрын
All the while with a smoke in his hand! What a guy!
@valientevaliente9473
@valientevaliente9473 3 жыл бұрын
and play his guitar😁
@mariececilelassere
@mariececilelassere Жыл бұрын
See and heard just for happyness remember my ”monument countryblues ’ Merle perfect unforgettable countryman and very beautifull man ❤❤❤ RIP sweetly with my heartache forever and admiration in the eternity ❤❤❤👍😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻you will be always my heartloving ❤thoughts sincerely respectueuses to merveilleuse Haggardfamily 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉(2023/06/28) 😭❤️
@alexvernon5659
@alexvernon5659 Жыл бұрын
Merle at the top of his game. Love it.
@travishendrix7026
@travishendrix7026 10 ай бұрын
Never thought i would see the day The Workin Man would be under attack like we are. Thank God for The Hagg. He wrote the best ones.
@jamescastillo2405
@jamescastillo2405 9 ай бұрын
Great lyrics, And hot guitar solo.
@c103110a
@c103110a 2 жыл бұрын
Classic - I love how they showcase all the artists' talents!
@krissteele2661
@krissteele2661 3 жыл бұрын
I am surprised the fire dept didn t show up this band was smoking hot 😎🇺🇸🎸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@buckellard
@buckellard Жыл бұрын
The credits say Ronnie Reno on guitar but it's obviously Roy Nichols.
@shaunwebster8360
@shaunwebster8360 4 жыл бұрын
Roy was hands down the best guitar picker
@dirkevans3443
@dirkevans3443 9 ай бұрын
2024 & still miss Merle Th’ Hag Was The Man!!!!!
@18gabbanelliplayer
@18gabbanelliplayer 5 жыл бұрын
Man, holding that cigarette with style while he playing what a badass🤠
@monsieurbojangles2336
@monsieurbojangles2336 5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Didn't even notice at first.
@backbay2242
@backbay2242 Жыл бұрын
I didn't realize Merle was such a good picker himself.
@rexhargrove5172
@rexhargrove5172 Ай бұрын
This man is the epitome of my life
@sonsofguns1903
@sonsofguns1903 3 жыл бұрын
I know that this is a James Burton lick, but Roy Nichols lays it down really hard and then just stops. You got to be pretty badass to drop a hot lick at the drop of a hat. Country Pickers!!
@johngilbanni5891
@johngilbanni5891 Жыл бұрын
And he goes right back to doing nothing, as if he didn’t just do all of that
@MichailZacho
@MichailZacho 6 жыл бұрын
An Incredible Version of this Great Song of The Working Man all over the world!!
@elsieadams707
@elsieadams707 4 ай бұрын
That is very good music the best i grew up listening to all this music
@roblogan2k2
@roblogan2k2 5 ай бұрын
The best. No one even close. Miss you, Merle.
@woxnerw
@woxnerw 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You BAND for your Country BLUES..
@scottcrosby-art5490
@scottcrosby-art5490 6 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest voices
@arh948
@arh948 6 жыл бұрын
You're not going to see that in today's society, holding a cigarette on stage playing guitar. That's awesome. RIP MIGHTY MERLE
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
Today they probably pay someone to pre-wear the pattern of a Skoal tin into the pockets of their wardrobe...🙄
@jaygatsby1
@jaygatsby1 11 ай бұрын
Geez the band was tight that night. Full of world class musicians so not surprising I guess.
@rickredmond9847
@rickredmond9847 5 жыл бұрын
It DON'T get no better.
@philippeachourite5642
@philippeachourite5642 5 жыл бұрын
merle i listening you from france!!!! RIP man!!!
@sylvialobland4430
@sylvialobland4430 7 жыл бұрын
Yep he was for the working man for sure, I love this man..may he be RIP
@DJK-cq2uy
@DJK-cq2uy Жыл бұрын
I think he was an electrician n trucker in Bakersfield when he got released.
@everettnorris4470
@everettnorris4470 3 жыл бұрын
You're my hero Roy! I've been trying to figure out your stuff for years!
@davidbaugus2703
@davidbaugus2703 2 жыл бұрын
Lord have Mercy, I Love me Some Merle!
@stephenalexander2025
@stephenalexander2025 6 жыл бұрын
all you have to do is just open the app and listen and enjoy!!
@tekumete
@tekumete 4 жыл бұрын
Real country there ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@HERESJOHNNY-ek4wk
@HERESJOHNNY-ek4wk 6 ай бұрын
Are you kidding me Roy on fire The guy just melted the floor 360
@Msdrivensoul
@Msdrivensoul 5 ай бұрын
Why do I like this so much? I’m 57
@stevetellurian1280
@stevetellurian1280 3 жыл бұрын
that lead guitar solo LOVELY!!
@tekumete
@tekumete 3 жыл бұрын
Always love you Sir, LEGEND ❤️❤️❤️ REAL COUNTRY HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMAN
@Corporations8MyBaby
@Corporations8MyBaby Жыл бұрын
Go Roy, go!
@theresaheyer537
@theresaheyer537 Жыл бұрын
and everybody got a spotlight moment.....love these guys..
@yohohoho7675
@yohohoho7675 6 жыл бұрын
In my book thats about a good a lead telecaster sound as there ever was! Red Hot.
@1953onder
@1953onder 3 жыл бұрын
Legend
@chip308
@chip308 2 жыл бұрын
Getting Dickie Betts vibes from the lead guitar playing, love it!
@nathenarnce2141
@nathenarnce2141 3 жыл бұрын
I love it
@MJ-cf8dy
@MJ-cf8dy 5 жыл бұрын
1:58 Ralph Mooney style steel lick is awesome.
@rodramsey1841
@rodramsey1841 4 жыл бұрын
I always loved Roy's playing. However, when Merle recorded the song, he used James Burton, so that phenomenal solo on the Record is James. I have played it many many times over the years but never quite as good as James. Listen to the recording to hear James.
@joecavazos1786
@joecavazos1786 3 жыл бұрын
Not surprising. James is one of the best. Just ask Elvis or Ricky Nelson.
@christopherchubb954
@christopherchubb954 Жыл бұрын
Jerry Lee Lewis had the good sense to snag James Burton for his band too.
@anelladambrosio2513
@anelladambrosio2513 Жыл бұрын
​@@christopherchubb954ciao Christopher!🙋😍😘💘🍀
@dewaynehastings3191
@dewaynehastings3191 10 ай бұрын
Notice they don’t have a dance team to perform? Their talent is the entertainment. Today’s artists would fold if they tried it this way.
@bassflyer
@bassflyer 6 жыл бұрын
I just saw Norm, the steel player, playing locally a few weekends ago...
@rockinredneck57
@rockinredneck57 8 ай бұрын
Norm is still touring and playing with Mario Carboni, mostly West Coast, and in Alaska quite a bit. He just turned 89.
@theresaheyer537
@theresaheyer537 Жыл бұрын
best musicians ever!!!!😍
@stevedale2978
@stevedale2978 Жыл бұрын
3:09.... Merle can play!
@CraigHammes-f9m
@CraigHammes-f9m 6 ай бұрын
Roy mak 3:17 es an amazing guitar solo look so easy. And Merle does s good job too !!
@kevinbolick2349
@kevinbolick2349 2 ай бұрын
That Roy Nichols solo slays! Good grief that’s so good. I think I know where Dicky got that lick from, or maybe it’s the other way around?
@CraigHammes-f9m
@CraigHammes-f9m 6 ай бұрын
Roy is the man !!
@docholiday3424
@docholiday3424 5 жыл бұрын
Who is the piano player...no slouch!!!
@jamesbruce8749
@jamesbruce8749 10 ай бұрын
Merle to cool for school, didn't even put down his smoke.
@jackhopkins4679
@jackhopkins4679 7 ай бұрын
Wouldn't you love to have that old telecaster Merles playin
@williamwipf1724
@williamwipf1724 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else watching merle on Christmas Eve of 2022
@mikehiers
@mikehiers Жыл бұрын
What a soaring lead run by Roy at 1:47 for thirty amazing seconds!
@zachhoague2307
@zachhoague2307 Жыл бұрын
Real country! New artist maybe are Tyler Childers, sturgill Simpson, billy strings, and Zach Bryan. Let me know of more if you know.
@tekumete
@tekumete 4 жыл бұрын
Hee haw ❤️
@stivlucavincent174
@stivlucavincent174 6 жыл бұрын
The Best.
@vincesarmento4854
@vincesarmento4854 3 жыл бұрын
Great song and video!
@Ryan-mq2mi
@Ryan-mq2mi 2 ай бұрын
Hey, does anyone know if Roy always sat down and played, and why? Is it simply that’s the way he learn to play and he’s comfortable, or is there some other reason? I know Merle was hard on his bandmembers. I’m sure he gave Roy a pastor, because of how good he was, and how lucky merle was to have him.
@keithgoldberg2298
@keithgoldberg2298 3 жыл бұрын
Can you pick a country solo and hold a cig with your picking hand at the same time??!
@valientevaliente9473
@valientevaliente9473 3 жыл бұрын
only MERLE CAN DO.
@dekelanson5280
@dekelanson5280 Жыл бұрын
I like you can see Gordon Terry's finger pointing at Roy during his solo so the audience will applaud.
@Vintage1976
@Vintage1976 4 ай бұрын
Mark Yeary laying down some chops on that piano as well.
@chesterkirkpatrick2998
@chesterkirkpatrick2998 4 жыл бұрын
Check out Hags blackgaurd! Damn that's cool as it gets
@tekumete
@tekumete 4 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@DJK-cq2uy
@DJK-cq2uy 11 ай бұрын
Is that fiddle player from Wisconsin? I sense lotsa cheese in that stache!!!
@Unit38
@Unit38 11 ай бұрын
Today the song would be, I'll sip my latte at Starbucks and commiserate with my fellow working persons.
@marcelabouzova4833
@marcelabouzova4833 6 жыл бұрын
very bneautiful
@davidgrundysr7131
@davidgrundysr7131 Жыл бұрын
Love how the leaf guitarist just ends it and looks up.
@Gratefulman1965
@Gratefulman1965 2 жыл бұрын
The guitar Merle is playing in this video is now the guitar that his son Ben repurposed and now plays regularly with Merle’s name carved into the top along with Kris Kristofferson’s.
@margaretsharbono2218
@margaretsharbono2218 Жыл бұрын
Ii was so glad to see this. I have been upset with Ben for not using His Dad's Guitar. Thank You..
@chrishestermagic
@chrishestermagic Жыл бұрын
Look's like totally different wood grain on Ben's but he still has several of their old tele's including one of Roy's.
@johngilbanni5891
@johngilbanni5891 Жыл бұрын
@@chrishestermagic that’d be a collection to see…
@nathenarnce2141
@nathenarnce2141 3 жыл бұрын
💓
@joshuabiddix2923
@joshuabiddix2923 10 ай бұрын
Hag never got much credit for his guitar abilities.
@wobbitt
@wobbitt 7 ай бұрын
You left out Norman Hamlet peddle steel guitar, Roy Nichols lead guitar, Mark Yeary, piano and Don Markham horns...
@thejamnasium6447
@thejamnasium6447 3 жыл бұрын
god this is good
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