Ray Wylie Hubbard Remembers Jerry Jeff Walker

[@hosschapple3194]

“You guys ain’t so tough! I’ve been beat up by bikers!” Favorite quote from Ray Wylie Hubbard

[@MrKrwillis72]

I been beat up worse than this by bikers is by far THEE best punch line I ever heard. The way Jerry Jeff busted a gut laughing makes me wish I could hear that entire story all over again for the first time!

[@stevehulsey261]

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[@joannehack7588]

You just tall. That’s just about all

[@sartainja]

I could listen to him tell stories for three hours without going to the bathroom. 👍

[@kathleenbergeron1292]

Ray is one of the best storytellers in Texas.

[@jeffcampbell6898]

When i was 16 years old back in the early 80's Jerry Jeff Walker sat beside me on a Plane from Atlant to Miami.

[@davidfulginiti5985]

need more on that

[@suenatewa7472]

wow.

[@williamrowland8997]

Ray is a true TX treasure---love these stories, thank you Otis

[@lavonnacasey5724]

He was born in Oklahoma

[@workingman7166]

@@lavonnacasey5724 we go same dentist is S Austin. nice guy. lives down the road off rr12 in Wimberley. he never claims Oklahoma. i think hes ashamed.

[@tkreitler]

I really wish I had a time machine. I'd go back to that early 70's scene around Austin and soak it in.

[@roberthastings708]

I was there. I'm 67 now. I did a lot of sound work and sound checks etc. So I'm no star but I have stories about them. Jerry Jeff included. What a time.

[@kirkgibson9146]

I agree on a lot of levels. but if we were all back in Austin in 1986, not all of us could say that we were at Farm Aid 2! Manor Downs was at max capacity at 40,000! Nothing like 2 - 15 yr old kids carrying in 4 milk jugs full of beer! True story, i have the carton and pics for proof. Long Live RWH, Willie, Merle, Johnny, Kris, and to the 50 others that performed that day! i can always say i saw the greatful dead, john prine, Jessie Jackson, and Stevie Ray Vaughn in the same day! - Long live the 80's and the good times that were had! - LEG

[@glennpayne6925]

I would go with you. Austin saved country music. Losing Jerry Jeff, Billy Joe, and now Jimmy Buffett. Makes me remember the few words I spent in Austin in the seventies. The greatest collection of musicians ever. I finally had to leave. Going ever night listening to music. Mixed with gallons of Jim Beam and the best weed. I barely made it home. But, I wouldn't change a damn thing. Ray is coming to Alabama. I'll be there.

[@lauriefoster1513]

I heard Ray Wylie tell this in person once!! 😂

[@garytrew2766]

Love these stories, I used to watch Jerry Jeff on Austin City Limits. Of coarse Todd Sniders story of him is awesome. Thanks Otis, later on friend.

[@stevewuertz3598]

I'm loving the RWH stories. I remember the Rubyiat and the tales of the clubs in Dallas-I was too young to visit them b/c I was in Jr High or High School but those venues advertised in the Dallas underground paper "Dallas Notes" that I used to peddle in Jr High for 25 cents. Years later during my Jr or St year in HS, the drinking law had just changed to 18 and the clubs were lax and they accepted my HS photo ID with a changed birthdate (helps to have friends on the yearbook staff. My first nightclub show was Lightin' Hopkins at Mother Blues on Lemmon Ave. RWH has a song about a gold 57 Les Paul called MOther Blues on THe Grifter's Hymnal LP

[@2lucky1957]

Dallas had many great live music bars in the mid 70's, but none had the exceptional vibe of Mother Blues.

[@StringsandWings]

These are gut busting funny. Please keep em coming!

[@bookaufman9643]

I'm from Austin but about 10 years after all these guys. I was there in the mid 80s for a little while and then all through the '90s. Charlie Dunn was on Guadeloupe over around 25th Street. I believe that's correct I may have that wrong. It could have been on Congress. It's one of the two.

[@otisgibbs]

Go buy Ray's book and tell him Otis sent ya! store.raywylie.com/

[@davismillard3822]

I spent hours lifting the stylus off the record and putting it back playing my low end little Yamaha and learning every JJW song. It’s how I learned to play.

[@stephenhenion8304]

Saw Jerry Jeff at the Shaboo Inn...1976!! Small club..... .maybe 300 people...great show!! Oh yeah...Willimantic CT... near UCONN

[@bmurt4286]

Same tour, Johnson St College, VT. He was an interesting guy

[@johnrosier1686]

The stories that only RWH can tell. He isn’t just a songwriter but also a storyteller. He is hilarious even when he isn’t trying to be.

[@gtr1952]

RWH is such a treasure!! I could listen to that old cat for hours... in fact I think I have. LOL Peace... --gary

[@paulthomasmiller1842]

KZbin gold Otis. Thanks for sharing.

[@renegade.records]

I missed this one when it came out a year ago… glad I stumbled across it today!! 👊🔥🤘

[@jimbertrand2499]

Great stories! Thanks for sharing Otis!

[@lavonnacasey5724]

Thank Otis, I just love your history about those singer/songwriter down in Austin and Houston in the days✌️

[@eduardodelagarza4787]

Mr Hubbard I hope you remember me, you introduced me to country, Semper Fi and Erin go Braugh

[@GMBogart]

Thanks for this clip. (Still miss that ol’ JJ - and for songs that might’ve been.)

[@joannehack7588]

AMEN

[@joannehack7588]

Oh my God!!! Jerry Jeff had a 1938 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe!!!! I have a 1936 Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe in pristine condition sittin’ right next to me on the floor. Are you interested? I don’t play it anymore. Bought it at The Pickin’ Parior in Nashville in 1986

[@jodyvance4114]

@RAYWILEYHUBBARD WE LOVE AND ADORE YOU!!!

[@AudioFileZ]

My family was in the footwear business. I remember those Acme roughouts. We could fit the whole family with those and they were big sellers because they were good and cheap. Love RWH & JJW!

[@DismasM]

Ray's true gen.

[@davidfulginiti5985]

Otis thanks,-------------------love Jerry Jeff's -------------hard livin

[@funkfan1751]

Cool insider interview. Love the music by both of RWH and OG.

[@GRBAquatics]

So Very Cool Stories. Thankyou.

[@floydstowe]

I love hearing these stories thank you

[@shivamoon108]

Hi Otis! Love your stuff! I first discovered you (or so it seemed...) on your "cassette" interviews. That led me to all the rest.... I was thinkin' "where have I heard this guy before?" It finally came to me: I had a radio show for about 10 years, I'm here in wine country, so it was called "Rootstock & Vine: An exploration of the Roots of American Music" (the most powerful cultural force on the planet!)" so, anyway, one day it came to me, that I used to play your albums on my show! Here's a couple of tidbits for you, related to some of your recent interviews: 1. Bob ("Is it rollin' Bob?") Johnston was a friend of mine, and there's a story out there, I think it's from a tape, or an article,,, I don't think I heard it from Bob, but anyway, supposedly, when the FBI arrived at Willie's door, Bob happened to be there. They were going to confiscate Willie's masters, which he was in possession of, and Bob jumps up, and says "these aren't Willie's tapes! They belong to my employer, Columbia Records! And unless you want to be up to your ears in their lawyers, you best keep your hands off 'em!" The upshot was, Willie kept his masters! (which, BTW: were his, and had nothin' to do with Columbia. Just as, as far as I remember, Bob had already left Columbia at that time....! 2. I was livin' with Jerry Jeff at his place on Sullivan St, in the Village (actually I would come across, on a weekend pass from the Army base I was at in New Jersey, and I would crash on Jerry's floor...) So one time I notice he's got a new guitar. So he says he got a call from Guild, or he just went over there (they were in NY at the time..). He's in the CEO's office, and the guy asks him if he's the guy that wrote Mr Bo Jangles. Jerry says yup, and the guy says he can have any guitar in the factory. So Jerry notices a Rosewood F50 sittin' there, and he says; "How 'bout this one?" The guy says, well, we made that one specially for Donovan, but, what the hell, it's yours! So, either they made him another one later, or Donovan dodged a bullet!

[@vitorzaupa]

all those perfects jerry jeff's songs on that album are kinda true. goddamnit.

[@julesotis13]

hungarian gypsy named Andre! those are he kinds of details make me a lil jealous and that i love thanks broher otis - SJOCR

[@julesotis13]

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[@ClintonCaraway]

I can't remember who else told the story about throwing the hat and it landing on the statue but I have heard the same story somewhere else.

[@lonewizzard8456]

Amazing and hilarious

[@johnglenn30csardas]

Thanks.

[@Ray-vy7dm]

Great stuff

[@lakerat3]

Jerry Jeff and Ray Wylie in the day..what a hoot of stories on the road of busted ass musicians just trying to get paid.

[@Westwalker51]

What ever became of B.W. Stevenson? Thanks 🧙🏻‍♂️

[@unclekrampus7103]

reprint this book!!!😀

[@JWayne-ej4jy]

So very fine 🎉

[@mdbostnmt1987]

Good grief, he’s an institution. Love RWH.

[@bobstuckrath1805]

Personally, I Wanna Go Home With The Armadillo! 🦡 👢 🇨🇱

[@Jhparker1024]

Jerry Jeff never played a guitar in tune