Music Legends - Drunk History

These stories about Sam Cooke, Dolly Parton, Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash show how rich the history of music is.
About Drunk History:
Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent.
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[@AriS-gg7gw]

Woah the Sam Cooke story was amazing, sir. Thank you for introducing these musicians to a new generation

[@joelspringman523]

You left us too early, Sam!

[@derek7379]

@@joelspringman523 the Great ones always will, we can not behold that type of person alive

[@joelspringman523]

@@derek7379 Sad but true.

[@alecaquino4306]

The Dolly Parton story hit my emotions more than I thought it would.

[@kylecummings6893]

“you can have it all back for free” that hit too hard

[@selispeks]

SAME!

[@missladyanonymity]

She is too kind.

[@MarioGMan25]

I agree with that Potato Salad rant. That stuff needs some good mustard in there.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

And eggs.

[@hgfxjnn]

Pickle relish 😊

[@batteriesnotincluded4715]

And raisins!😂

[@MarioGMan25]

@@batteriesnotincluded4715 I do not agree with that personally but I can see the appeal. You need to have a very specific mood and taste in mind for that I would figure. That or at least finely chop them to the point of it basically becoming a powered spice or something...

[@Kittiesb4kids]

Mustard, pickle relish, eggs. That dish better be bursting with those harmonizing flavors or I'm not touching it.

[@edgaralanfrog]

“A CHANGE GON COME! Forgive me Sam.”

[@lorianngrilley-jamroz7631]

CHANGE IS HERE!!~ (Starting with one CHAUVIN in JAIL.....)Amen!!

[@bradybirdy9243]

Please un-cancel this show

[@esoterra8050]

it was canceled? not just a pandemic-pause?

[@mnemonichotpocket]

Add my signature to the petition

[@jeffdaigle5487]

Ditto

[@katiejensen7762]

Let’s make it happen!

[@kieaplease]

Asé

[@catalinacurio]

Dolly Parton is the Queen of Country and Western and she’s loveable with it.

[@Conscious_Pookie_Tee2.7]

With all due respect those huge knockers are legendary

[@RichardX1]

Dolly Parton is a living saint.

[@denniscannon1943]

Totally agree- that level of human compassion and forgiveness is unfortunately hard to find these days. After learning about this back-story, I realize Dolly could serve as an example of ethical behavior, to women and men, in both business and in life. And the immense level of talent on top of all of this? A saint, indeed.

[@IndrasChildDeepAsleep]

Western and country are different things and I just learned that

[@joelspringman523]

She seems like a doll: Truly angel-like.

[@joshleyva2249]

I lost it when the white guy walked up with a bowl of potato salad.

[@IWantToPetYourDog]

I would've died laughing if they made potato salad.

[@Vertexnine]

Brian Henry is right about potato salad, that's all I had to add

[@lorianngrilley-jamroz7631]

TRUE, LMAO~~ (BUT DIDN'T U LIKE THE STORY??)

[@casey4602]

😅😅

[@casey4602]

I got to have paprika in my potato salad

[@joelspringman523]

Ya, it has to include eggs. I could eat it every day!

[@joelspringman523]

@@casey4602 Oh, ya!

[@MegaBossmare]

I love that song" A change is gonna come" love the narrator too!

[@Jimmietwotimes]

I lived in the same neighborhood as Porter n Dolly (iykyk) in Nashville back in the late 60's/early 70's. You'd see them at the grocery store as well as other celebs. Nashville used to be cool.

[@riotking77]

Johnny as Johnny is pure gold

[@patriciangomane2260]

And this is how I learn history. Thank you

[@rosegold973]

The sam Cooke story is just... damn depressing 🤨

[@rudeondude21]

@Layton Weston wow so it is an add in the comments wow the adds are getting stronger

[@sarahtomm3131]

4 real! I never knew he died before that song became huge

[@gerritpeacock3571]

I never knew.

[@AndyTaken]

So I just briefly read up on it as I was in shock too that someone in their prime to go out like that. The accounts told by the only 2 witnesses suggest a much more sinister picture.

[@adamvialpando106]

@@AndyTaken And accounts by other witnesses put those 2 into question as well.

[@smoka0618]

Motel hotel holiday INNNNNNNNNN🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 paper boy at again

[@memphistomlin8290]

Porter produced it first. Dolly took it to number 1 4x's. She didn't let Elvis record it because he wanted rights to it and she wasn't giving up her rights to it. Dolly still makes money ever time it's played. Weither it's her singing or Whitney Houston singing. She's made more than $20 million on just this song

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Johnny Knoxville as Johnny Cash is hilarious!

[@wesleythierolf1175]

I'm a white, straight male. If your potato salad isn't yellow... Get bent

[@BritniAlexander]

I never knew they did an episode with Kristoferson but for real he's one of my favorite super interesting celebrities.

[@lorianngrilley-jamroz7631]

Ohh keep on checking, you will find nothing but the BEST CELEBS!!

[@sooulglowdripgawd]

I'm pissedoferson

[@RLDeMerritt]

Kris Kristofferson.. Geez!!! He was already a Rockstar before his family disowned him. Fkn AWESOME story Bro!

[@charro028]

Missed opportunity to have Trixie Mattel!

[@AnthologyOfDave]

All of these stories are legendary.

[@GhosTownM2P]

Can we just acknowledge how amazing Brain Tyree Henry was and how funny his storry telling was for one of the non-stand up comedians who was on the show.

[@KOOLBadger]

Kris was on the series ' Madalorien' just afew years ago and he was great!

[@smithjedediah]

Sam Cooke covered "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons", but so did a lot of people, but he didn't write it. Nat King Cole probably had the most famous version. Just a minor uh...correction, sorry.

[@Diecastclassicist]

The sound of Louis Armstrong’s horn might just redeem the sins of human history.

[@fidelcarter9162]

Sam fulfilled his purpose. Bless him

[@ianbrennan9635]

It’s a shame he didn’t live to see it.

[@godbluffvdgg]

:)...Nice, Bubbles from the "Wire" playing King Joe Oliver...As a musician, and child of the 60's, and loving Sam Cooke and admiring the others, this was a great DH!

[@SammysmSoulGlow]

The Beatles actually wanted Sam to tour with them.

[@Bendesho]

Brian's eyes lookin a little red to me, I don't think he's just "drunk"

[@WaitingtoHit]

I've been around potato salad many times, but I have never eaten it.

[@Kaddywompous]

It’s great with some BBQ! Get you some collard greens or beans with it too. Make sure it’s yellow. No joke.

[@floridasoldat]

“YESSS aye you, a change gone come. You, a change gone come. You, a change gone come. Sam Cooke.” -Sam Cooke

[@LuisLopez2]

Casey Wilson as Dolly Parton. The rest is implied.

[@ronnastefan543]

I heard a totally different story about "Jolene" from Dolly in a documentary. It was about a woman bank teller that dealt with her husband one time, and she came up with the idea. Nothing happened in real life - just the idea for the lyrics.

[@ToroZ]

I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned ... Maybe the best come-down lyrics before they invented ecstacy :P

[@maririttner]

Was that Amber in the beginning? I Love her!

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

Amber Ruffin as Barbara Cooke! Awesome!

[@highschoolbigshot]

I went to the movies once and I was the only one there except for a guy eating a giant container of potato salad

[@batteriesnotincluded4715]

Drunk History I’m still waiting in Loni Love to make an appearance! Hellooooo....

[@vitohoney5911]

Dolly is... that woman is just a treasure!

[@marquisfelder3170]

bubbles and Randy form the wire ...thats dope

[@marcusg3058]

Bruh. Half of this series is just that dude learning black history while smashed.

[@vdotme]

Wait, Bubbles AND Randy Wagstaff? I stan. 🙌🏾

[@daniaguinaga1754]

"JonBenet? Yeah I think the brother..." 🤣🤣😭😭

[@juandupreez1985]

Awesome episode😂😂😂

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Actually he wasn't going to perform that song until the night Muhammad Ali became World Champ and him Malcolm X Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown had a gentleman's night and Sam Cooke and Malcolm X got into it a little bit about what needs to be done which fortified Sam Cooke putting out that song the classic a change going to come

[@ChrisDodges123]

0:27 I hope Disney doesn't see this 😬 #Eternals

[@shelleystrozier2881]

This is so good istg

[@jazmine16able]

Bland potato salad is as offensive as racism 😩😂

[@denabergman6543]

Thank you. I love history.

[@hellenkumwenda9717]

😂😂😂 I love this

[@mnemonichotpocket]

Almost didn't even notice Cash was played by Knoxville...

[@Querenciatv]

Awesome Work ✌️

[@JamesYates-lh5kx]

Amber Ruffin as Sam Cooke's wife. You go gurl.

[@anthonygordon9483]

Funny the guy song the whitney houston version of always love you.

[@goh8899]

Funny enough coins can rupture your stomach so Loueys real lucky he didn’t swallow any of them

[@elbowsbuns1896]

RIP sam cooke.

[@ashleyvaughn5213]

😂why do it seem like all the inspirations come from jail? The Montgomery letter, Malcolm x, what else? Did Johnny Cash get inspired by jail too or did he inspire the inmates in jail?

[@browngoddess5340]

I loved this show

[@ether_sect]

They need to make new episodes but with cannabis instead of alcohol.

[@kingdinosportsbetting6198]

The auto show was amazing

[@istdochallesegal3427]

Loved Kris Kristofferson's 1960s milspec beard and hair!

[@tylerhackner9731]

I love this lol

[@TKZells16]

Anybody else craving potato salad now?

[@ehehehehehehehehehehehehe4551]

YES LOUIS ARMSTRONG THE JEWISH ICON

[@---re9jc]

Where is that change?!!

[@denniscannon1943]

I am happy to see these narrators enjoy the freedom to feel at ease while they relate the anecdotes of history. While alcohol is a deadly and highly addictive drug, which kills more people each year than all other drugs, at least these narrators have the freedom to adjust their consciousness in the way they choose fit. We may feel grateful that they have not chosen to influence their consciousness in a way that that would be illegal by selecting the wrong drug, a choice for which they would be not only widely condemned, but also quite likely imprisoned. Sobriety, most people come to realize, is the best option, though its taste is not so sweet when mandated by law, under threat of the loss of one's personal Liberty. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.' Declaration of Independence:

[@loadright]

Wrong Place wrong time. Nice command of the English language.

[@LaynieBella]

Sir please

[@riotking77]

Dolly watching this like ☺️

[@lux7631]

The title is so interesting 😂

[@kingabaddonmusic]

True

[@lorianngrilley-jamroz7631]

THIS IS ONE OF MANNNNNNY TITLES & AREAS OF HISTORY THAT I NEVER HEARD OF, UNTIL I WATCHED HIS SHOW!! (4 REAL!)

[@snakewhitcher4189]

I always thought "I Love You for Senimemtal Reasons" was a Nat King Cole song. That's a lie. I thought it was a Dean Martin song until a few minute ago. But I just looked it up and it's NKC. Unless the internet lied.

[@sashaken78]

Yay Dolly!

[@tereasia]

Sam Cooke 💔

[@erikuszynski8483]

Hey girl, can I listen real quick, to the band that’s on the other side of this wall?

[@originalman01]

7:48 isn't Norma Jean Marylin Monroe?

[@uuouuo5480]

No. Norma _Jeane_ Mortenson changed her name to _Marilyn_ Monroe. Norma Jean Beasler went by the name Norma Jean.

[@uuouuo5480]

Also, Norma Jean was the "girl singer" until 1967. Marilyn Monroe died in 1962. So.....

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Holyshyt, I didn't know this at all! Wow! :)

[@lblincoe2094]

Except I love you for sentimental reasons was Nat King Cole, not Sam Cooke!

[@alexiusdixon4265]

Change gonna come...

[@johnguzman7425]

Sentimental Reasons is a Nat King Cole song.......🙄 but it was covered by Sam

[@johnmaher1425]

His black card has nearly been revoked 3x (min) in his life. Keep on keeping on my friend

[@jolienecarrillo64]

Bullet Train!! Yeah manye!🎉🎉🎉

[@picklepirate]

Is this really Johnny Knoxville playing as Johnny Cash?

[@sedg83]

don't discriminate against me for of the color of my ....potato salad 😂

[@annieoconnor7290]

Isn't plain potatoe salad just mashed potatoes?

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Basically cold mash potatoes.

[@rongeladoles1525]

PORTER WAGNER LOOKS LIKE BENNY HILL! 😂😂😂😂

[@briancrawford8751]

There's a great song by a short, fat, bald, white man who sings under the name Har Mar Superstar, and it's called "Lady, You Shot Me."

[@blackbird5634]

Let's be clear, The Beatles didn't steal anything from the great Sam Cooke. Did they change the world of music? Yes. Did their moment on American TV outshine Mr Cooke's AMAZING song? Perhaps. But they took NOTHING from him.

[@MizTheMuffin]

bro that Sam was talking to on the bus alsp played in the Ray movie as a member of the band im pretty sure or atleast he could be dudes twin

[@elmeralvarado1236]

Some fool is landing a helicopter in our yard... right outta the sky🎶🎶🎼

[@dearjourneyxokamiahmonique]

Wowww ✨👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@heatherstahlnecker9270]

Cheers to US! Change is going to Come! :)

[@treyhudson73]

Minor detail, but that's Johnny Knoxville, not Cash...🤣

[@ktznchz]

Was that a chicken walking around in the background??

[@matd7351]

Yes

[@furkanekici236]

nice

[@burkefox3208]

We don't deserve Dolly!!!

[@joelspringman523]

I knew that Sam died tragically young, but I didn't know how. What a waste!!!

[@laceegeorge7196]

I'm here for the potato salad 🥗

[@Cowboybrian01]

Is that Johnny Knoxville as Johnny Cash?? 👀

[@debblouin]

Why did Cooke tour in the South?

[@noreneal7252]

He wasn’t afraid of the South along with many other performers.

[@noreneal7252]

He wasn’t afraid of the South along with many other performers.

[@istdochallesegal3427]

"Instructure" captioning... 😄😄😄

[@landonwright8804]

I do like Potato salad