Mo Pitney -- I Met Merle Haggard Today [REACTION]

[@jemimawalsh2464]

Beautiful voice

[@lindathompson3982]

Love this! Mo Pitney...singer-songwriter,...I am a fan and that's a fact...Thank you.

[@rickyferguson2362]

Mo, started in Blue Grass, some Southern Gospel. And now is bringing back real country music! He does not do the fake country music . He is not on the modern day country radio crap! He has been on country family reunion and Larry’s country dinner! Mo is the real deal! He is feeling the shoes of the true great country singers!!

[@ajcgranny]

I became a Mo Pitney fan the 1st time I heard him on your channel. The dude is awesome!!!

[@johnwilliams3558]

I always wanted to met Merle I love Merle's voice .

[@mattdrake4884]

I think of myself as a country connoisseur and haven’t heard of this guy until now, where have I been🤯

[@RockN2Country]

@Matt Drake You're still a connoisseur, but now you've got Mo on the table---ha! He's only 26, so there's plenty of time for us all to see his career go where it goes.

[@christiekeaton155]

That's exactly what I said or meant when I first heard this guy sing BORROWED ANGEL. Which Don has done a review or react of that one also. Mo is the one to fill those shoes!

[@thomasfranks558]

There is a video of Mo talking about when he met Merle and then performed the song in a small setting.

[@CodyCloudWalker]

@@thomasfranks558 Done at Buck Owens studio but don't know the format.

[@CodyCloudWalker]

@@thomasfranks558 that was at Buck Owens studio, Mo did a live set , really great

[@chuckwells2115]

Mo wrote this song. About 40 minutes after meeting merel at Marty show

[@RockN2Country]

@Chuck Wells Thanks, and glad I got it right!! You could tell he wrote that quickly and shortly after the event, and he has an absolute blast playing it.

[@irmacushing3483]

Love him!

[@Teresia12]

Mo Pitney could make singing the phonebook sound good. Love the acoustic performances. Wish Mo had more air time on the radio. I love the way he slips into a impersonation of Merl Haggard's voice and actually does it perfectly. Such a good story and a great delivery. Well honey. I've told you about my grandson and my having to get emergency custody of him from my daughter and that being hopefully the motivation for her to get clean and sober and live life the way adults do. Working, paying Bill's, keeping a roof over your kids head, feeding them, but mostly just putting your child first in your life. Well my grandsons other Grandma called this morning. My little man's Daddy was coming down off of something and it's frightening. He had to be admitted to Vanderbuilt Hospital. So this young man has 5 children by 5 different women. His youngest is in his Mom and Dad's custody until he turns 18 because he and the baby's Mom were neglecting him and putting him in dangerous situations so DCS and the court said they had 60 days to get clean and they did not. So here he is with his 2 sons having been taken out of his and their Mom's custody. He says he is finally ready to get clean and do whatever it takes to stay that way. My little man now is being such a grown man dealing with all this. We all tried but could not keep it all secret. Kids aren't stupid, they figure it out then your name is mud because you weren't honest with them. So I had to explain about now his Daddy is going to be in rehab. He is such a good child. Never a minutes trouble with me. And since April was raped 5 times before he through his fear told his older sister who told his other grandma who told us. It was his weekend to spend with his other grandparents. Then Mom has to leave him to get cleaned up and learn coping tools and how to be the Mom she should be to her son and now his Dad. I pray they are serious. This little man has sat in the car coming home from his ball practices and games and just sigh a big sigh and say "I wish I had a Dad like the other kids do." That alone is heartbreaking enough but then when the kids are all together at the grandmother's home, Dad walks through and doesn't even say a single thing to them. He stayed too messed up to realize what he was doing. So I just needed to let it go today and help his Mom find a positive place for him. To let the anger go and be a positive force for the good that is possible now. I am asking for prayers both these little boys and the parents and we 2 grandmothers who need the strength to keep giving our children tough love and take care of the precious boys. Thanks for listening Don!

[@RockN2Country]

@Teresia Diane Wow, Teresia, that's a lot on your plate, on the kids' plates, on everybody's plates---kudos to you for stepping up and taking care of your grandson the way are, and I'm sorry things didn't go the way you had been hoping. I've known some folks who were raised by their grandparents and they turned out really well, even though they always had that hole in their life with so many unanswered questions about their own parents. But we're all thinking about you here (at least those who read your post), and feel free to share here anytime you want to, anytime you've just gotta let loose. Keep your chin up (as I know you will), and keep the faith. You're doing a beautiful thing and the final story hasn't yet been told.

[@ritaking2201]

Teresia,you have a lot on your shoulders and I would be asking for prayers too. I will be praying for you 2 grandmothers and those precious boys and that their mom and dad will find their way to become what they need to be. Stay strong .I am a grandmother too and you got this as we are tough Old birds.

[@SuperKaren1953]

Oh my goodness,Don. I love it.He sure can pick that guitar. Thank you for reacting to this song.

[@mamakittyluvsjesus]

I can't imagine how it would be to meet a singer I grew up listening to. I got emotional enough just visiting the Ryman auditorium in the early 2000s . Like I have said I grew up with country music some which was on a TV show called the grand Ole opry .The 60s and early 70s it was filmed at the Ryman auditorium . I can still remember as the show begun ,they would say "live from the Ryman auditorium in Nashville Tennessee its the grand Ole opry."

[@ritaking2201]

That was just fun entertainment. Love MO.

[@momusicfan]

Request..."CITY FOLKS CALL US POOR" Mo Pitney, with twin siblings, Holly (now McCubbin, married singer/songwriter Wyatt McCubbin) and Blake. Daughter Evelyne makes appearance at the end too. Love your channel Don!

[@sandyfloyd9632]

Thanks for the shout out!!!!that song been out for a few year's now and it a true story watch the interview with him and was talking about it.

[@RockN2Country]

@sandy Floyd You're welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the rec!

[@ronnywestberry9503]

Bill Anderson which is a legendary songwriter and singer met him when he was a teenager and took Mo under wing so to speak. The two have written songs together. Expect to see Mo around for very long time. Yes in an interview Mo said this was a true song. Thanks for what you do!!

[@warrenburlingame7087]

Merle would be honored. He was a humble man

[@BBQPITDOG]

That Mo is awesome!! First time I've seen him!!

[@RockN2Country]

@BBQ PIT DOG Glad you got to find out about him, and he's only 26. I've done a few other songs of his and was happily shocked at what I was hearing. Lots of others folks felt the same way, so we'll see where his career goes. Welcome to the channel, BTW!

[@karolyn8644]

Wow, what a voice, & what a clever song. I had never heard of Mo until I clicked on this video, but now I want to listen to more from him. Is he Gene Pitney's son or grandson?

[@mo_malc4351]

Karolyn Hoover check out Mo at Buck Owens office Bakersfield crying time youll love them all I promise lol No he isnt his dad is Danny Pitney a steel guitar player

[@SuperKaren1953]

Oh and Don, you gotta do the Merle's song he sings called "Farmer's Daughter". I was shook when I heard him sing that one.

[@RockN2Country]

@Karen Partin It's coming up this Monday. :-)

[@sandyfloyd9632]

It's hard for me to say who did it better and I am leaning towards mo pitney but HAG is my man.

[@mo_malc4351]

Please check Mo, right now with you, at Live Session with D&S. also The music Man both on his next cd

[@6in1steele]

I heard in another video you moved back to Jersey. Review an east coast country boy(Brooklyn) in Zephaniah Ohora. He's got some great tunes.

[@danieldavis3392]

Nobody’s Home By Clint Black

[@navy004]

I like it; and I have enjoyed your reactions to the songs you've done so far. Another plug for Hayes Carll and either "The Love That We Need" or "Beaumont" Both are very good

[@RockN2Country]

@CS004 Thank you, and welcome aboard the channel!

[@johnmcclurg3325]

Yes Bo has a great voice hey when you talked about his first song borrowed angel you spiked up and said who’s going to fill their shoes talking about how good he can sing. Did you know that Bo Pitney sang that song who’s going to fill their shoes you should here it it’s good

[@RockN2Country]

@John Mcclurg I've got you covered, my friend!! Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/an7KnaJjm8eBr7s

[@lonniekramlich6241]

Loved it! Put a smile on my face. My recommendation for today is, Suzy Bogguss / Aces, Outbound Plane & or Someday Soon.

[@lukebroadbent4935]

I like Mo. H'es got a good voice. I like it when people don't look how they are "supposed" to look. I mean he doesn't look like a country singer at all. Don, I'd like to request "The Hard Way" by Eric Church. It is one of my favourite songs by him and I reckon its the kind of thing lyrically that you'll like if you haven't heard it before.

[@davidemswiler4351]

Mo's a cool young man but with only one album, the jury is still out. That's got to be alot of pressure on him! I think the assessment made in Taste of Country hit the nail on the head "Mo isn’t making a statement, and he’s not the sign of some traditional country revolution in 2015. But he’s a reminder of how good a simple country song sung by a man who believes in God and George Strait can feel." Which reminds me, I've noticed in the last eight songs, we've only gotten one Red Dirt artist and in the last 24, only two! :-( You always make your selections fun regardless of genre and I'm hoping this is just a odd happening instead of a shift of focus.

[@RockN2Country]

@David Emswiler I hadn't noticed the trend of songs (or lack thereof) re: red dirt, but it's a product of the order of requests I'd gotten several months ago, aside from a few songs I injected that I wanted to do. So maybe the pendulum will swing back in due course. In fact, Jason Isbell is on tap tomorrow and Jamey Johnson the day after, with Walker Montgomery the day after that. Tomorrow's is VERY different, especially by Jason's standards. You'll see. Ha!

[@davidemswiler4351]

​@@RockN2Country I appreciate the look inside your machine! :-) I guess it stands out to me because Texas and Okie Red Dirt is about 95% of what I listen to daily. Your line-up for this week sounds cool and I'll just keep waiting for some Red Dirt to hit the playlist. (Isbell is Alt-country/Americana, Jamey is Outlaw Country, and Walker is Progressive Country) BTW, Colt Ford is part of my 5% other (he's a country rapper) and he produced Walker Montgomery's 1st single "Simple Town". Mr. Ford also sang a duet with his dad John Michael called "Ride through the Country".

[@RockN2Country]

@David Emswiler Thanks for the refined explanation about some of the nuances of country. I'm still learning, and this is one of the benefits of having a channel--I get a Harvard education in just a few sentences in a post like yours. :-)

[@jaywilliamson9860]

Did you not notice some of the lines were drawn out like Merle would do in some songs?

[@karolyn8644]

Gene Pitney "Town Without Pity" … give him a listen family resemblance seems pretty obvious. Gene was a great singer-songwriter, mostly forgotten by everyone but us old folks.. So I guess I answered my own question.

[@johnwilliams9526]

Could you review Buddy Jewell's song Left at the light.

[@LegenDairyRace]

Photo Finish by Chris LeDoux is a very fun song

[@jerrellsheets4618]

That wasn't the best version of it the best version of it was when he's sitting in that room talking to the people and joking of course and telling them how he met Merle Haggard and then he tells how he wrote the song while Merle Haggard was on stage and then Merle Haggard come off the stage Merle Haggard listen to the song that Moe wrote in the three or four minutes that he was on stage it was cute you need to watch that version he says he writes songs spontaneously all the time but sometimes they turn out to be real turds .he said turd is a word for bad song Just case you didn't know

[@christineems8754]

Cute song! For a good red dirt listen, please play Chad Cooke Band "Oil Man"!

[@RockN2Country]

@Christine Ems On the list now. :-)

[@CodyCloudWalker]

Clean-up on aisle 5 and just a dog

[@arkiemomma9832]

I just heard this song, probably last week. I loved it! This live version is even better than the studio one. I like his covers so much and this original. Unfortunately, I was not impressed with his album asa whole. I don't think he's found his "true voice" just yet. I'm still trying to figure him out, but I can't because I'm not sure he's figured himself out yet. I hope that makes sense 😉

[@RockN2Country]

@Arkie Momma Makes total sense!! It takes artists, writers, painters, etc., time and experience to find their voice. I'm in my fifties and just coming into my own in that regard, and still have a little ways to go before I've got it. But it's coming within the next year or so, so I can totally relate to what you said about Mo. He's still a kid, relatively speaking.

[@arkiemomma9832]

Yep. It takes a while FOR SURE! I'm a visual artist and at 34 years old, I'm still trying to find my way too😊

[@cdtnplyr]

Justin Moore someday I gotta quit