Riddy Arman | "Spirits, Angels, or Lies" | Western AF

[@brettmace8627]

Anyone else on a western af binge.. all these artists are just the pure example of true music..

[@TheGideonMcKenzie]

Me right now

[@jackkaczmarczyk2709]

Just hopped back on

[@barrybr1]

yup

[@derekstallwood3673]

I'm on this binge a year after you haha

[@sam4secretary]

-- flagging that the Western AF tee shirts are super soft & raise the channel's visibility. These folks on a mission.

[@88HEATHENWOLF]

I wasn't expecting a woman in a cowboy hat to make me cry this morning.

[@theburnerband6440]

The_Wartime_Sartorialist that’s a lyric right there!

[@thethriftstorecowboy1102]

Welcome to Western AF

[@dereklong801]

Just got some dust in my eyes, is all.

[@frederickpendzinski4392]

Then you're not really living life lol

[@basstrammel1322]

@@frederickpendzinski4392 How so?

[@GhettoWerewolf]

Not only is this a "true" story, but it also shows how honest country music writing, while using a famous name, can be. Instead of the cookie-cutter country songs about riding backroads while listening to Johnny Cash, she took a personal experience and made a beautiful song. As a father, and huge Cash fan, this speaks to me.

[@robertstarry5480]

You need to be a critic for country music

[@GhettoWerewolf]

@@robertstarry5480 Wow, what a complement! I'm a fan of all music, but country holds a special place in my heart. It would be a dream to critique music and great songwriting.

[@Jerichocafe1]

@@GhettoWerewolf Its great songwriting...not a box?

[@mickwoods7463]

@@GhettoWerewolf GhettoWerewolf is a hell of a handle for a country music critic, but I reckon folks will like it as much as I do. And if they don’t, well partner, they can go to hell. Catch you on the flipside, if not before.

[@cameronkellum8618]

@@robertstarry5480 catxactyayaycyyyyyyyyyyyyayccyc

[@skinfaxi2562]

Holy shit she has one of the greatest voices of any woman in country I’ve ever heard

[@hauntedfantasy87]

Very very true!

[@aaronsmith2054]

That's what I'm saying like a damn angel!

[@Nick-ds6oc]

If this song isn't an example of 'three chords and the truth' I don't know what is.

[@jessebirdwell9489]

Fact

[@bradleyborrowman2115]

Well hell, that’s exactly what this is

[@thatmechanicguy8773]

You guys have opened so many windows for me toward these new artists that are bringing back real country music. I love your channel and am so thankful for what you’re doing.

[@jm6958]

So glad too, nothing like this in the UK at all.

[@WesTyCS]

@@jm6958 I can second that... Such a shame

[@dbrew2u]

For years i thought thought that there was no hope for Country Music . I may have been wrong .

[@andreweastwick1058]

Hear Hear

[@Junior-ck3jq]

@@jm6958 There's really nothing anywhere like Western AF. I don't want to talk about it, lest I jinx it. It's glorious and we're all thankful. Western. AF. :)

[@helentomlinson5801]

So glad we have KZbin to hear this, since radio is crap nowadays...

[@LameMule]

Yeah it's been pretty crap for a long time. You're not wrong.

[@Tommy_Raven_private]

thank god for youtube algorithms sometimes

[@opntilmidnight4025]

robbie G - You can support country and not be homophobic dude, don’t bring that stereotype here

[@headhunterusa]

Actually heard this on the radio and looked it up on KZbin.

[@canigohomeplz]

hearing her about to cry made me wanna give her a hug happy father's day to all the dad's that aren't here anymore

[@biggrumpysbbqalley3695]

Thank you a Million Western AF for investing in and showing the world these awesome young folks. Country is NOT dead.

[@hype88]

Whoever tries to say that is either ignorant or too lazy to seek new music out because honestly Country has never been so dense with quality artists.. Many highly talented artists today simply tell the Majors to go f__ themselves and carve there own unique path while getting to put out whatever they want.. It's a different time and if people are still listening to dj's or radio stations to show them the top artists then they are doing it wrong and this goes for every single genre/sub genre pretty much across the board. I've seen people comment "thank god there's still some good Country music!" to 100's of artists haha.. I do agree though Western AF does a fantastic job of finding many of these artists and displaying there talents beautifully to a growing audience which is always a great thing to see!

[@93casinoroyale]

I don't know if Riddy Arman will ever see this, but I just listened to this song for the first time and you have me crying like a baby. I've listened to Johnny Cash with my grandparents growing up, and they instilled in me a love for his music. Last year I finally visited Johnny's resting place in Hendersonville Cemetery and it was a very emotional moment for me to meet my hero even if it was just his marker. A few short months later in the spring of 2020 my grandmother passed from ALS and it was very frustrating that many of us couldn't visit much beforehand due to COVID restrictions. I've been holding that in since she passed and after hearing your song I got to let it all out. Music is so damn powerful. Thank you so much for writing this song.

[@fieldagent59isintheforest32]

This kind of Woman is the reason America is so strong,...... Americana to the core........ what a natural beauty....

[@gdubbg5306]

This woman has got IT. Can't listen without crying. Beautiful.

[@andreasaustinastrom2822]

We need this on Spotify! ASAP

[@kierleanne4066]

I most ardently second this!!!

[@levs1736]

I most ardently third this!

[@User-ql9nq]

Consider this fourthed

[@benjaminbjorn7240]

We’ve got a fifth here for you

[@BassReeves600]

AND SIXTHED!!

[@r..8528]

She looks like somebody i loved more than anything in this world

[@shanesimpson4407]

That’s such an amazing story. I believe things like that really happen. My papa died in 1992. The day before he passed, he said Michael Landon came to see him and wanted him to go with him.

[@RockabillyRavenVintage]

I have listen to this song a hundred times by now and it makes me cry every time. Riddy is a treasure and I really appreciate you amplifying the voices of us women in country music and culture.

[@antonionapier633]

Mr Thomas Arman left a gift behind

[@gerwynevans2729]

This represents the best of Country music - authentic, moving and beautiful

[@Woopigdippers]

Haven’t heard a more well written,soulfully crafted song in a long time. I believe him too.

[@adamw4469]

This introduction to Riddy was also Peak Riddy. There’s no recording of hers that cuts like this one.

[@tesfurdo]

Our lives are filled with voices. Nothing but voices. There are two kinds of voices. Those you remember those you forget. Riddy has one of those voices I'll remember my whole life.

[@ethanmathern722]

Every time I watch this, it ends with “FUUUCK”: That is so much better than ‘new country’. This is what we need

[@Peter-rg4ng]

Her honesty is so rare these days. She is a "true" artist.

[@basstrammel1322]

I get what you're saying, it takes some time inbetween the talents shows up. But lately I've come to think that it's not the lack of great minds, it's just that they drown in the "Meh". And, truth be told, I'm too old to go to any live shows featuring local talented artists. (I was too old years before the covid outbreak too, so I have no excuses.)

[@coconuts8339]

Has anyone else noticed at 1:07 when she's talking about the connection to Johnny Cash and how it comforts her? Then the wind blows her hair? Hello.

[@rbassett0185]

That was the second I realized how beautiful this girl is

[@GOTlilthings]

🌬💞🎶

[@BikingVikingHH]

She is such a beautiful person, in every way. Just an impressive human, keep it up girl!

[@tomlamiam]

This is so good! More Riddy Arman please. Thank you Western AF.

[@dirtroten]

When my grandma was passing she would tell us about the amazing conversations she had with my grandpa and her brothers all who had passed before her and would repeat back the conversations about growing tomato’s, how it was to wet to be stacking hay and funny jokes still makes me wonder this song brought a tear

[@montanalivin8248]

Sounds a bit like the stories I heard from my great and grand parents from the 20s and 30s. Amen to that.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

My dad was supposed to pass one month ago...was brain dead for a week, a 5% chance once the ventilator came out...my Scottish great uncle, his Uncle Alan and he were very close...Uncle Alan passed a month before this at 93...we all 100% thought that’d be the day Dad would go home....but all that week I kept seeing things that said otherwise...at 3am I was driving to a 7-11, driving , just praying and talking to Jesus...where I live, especially at that time, NOBODY is out and about...I literally had got done crying while at a red light when a van came out of nowhere from the toad to my right...a big white van...written on the back window was JESUS CHRIST SAVES! I knew then Dad wasn’t going anywhere...as soon as they took the tube out at 1:16pm, it went in a second from a beautiful clear day, to dark black clouds..it thundered like crazy and it in a minute was totally gone..wasn’t in the forecast at all...tube was out and he started to breath on his own...for the first time in weeks....the Doctors just at this puzzled look, but I knew what was taking place...the night right before I knelt on dads property, looked up at the night sky and prayed...I then saw 3 lights appear in the sky...and immediately something told me these were Jesus’s Angels...the 3, what looked like 3 north stars which appeared out of the blackness In the sky just were there, then one by one, over about 5 seconds, went tearing across the sky right over my head where our house is...a few hours after dad was able to talk again, he said in a weak voice, Jesus sent Uncle Alan to me and Uncle Alan told Dad,”the Good LORD is giving you a mulligan”...dad said his parents and Uncle Alan visited him ...those were the 3 angels I truly believe, I KNOW I saw

[@dirtroten]

Mr.SmithGNR Smith beautiful story

[@theloamlab8513]

Mr.SmithGNR Smith God bless you, thank you for sharing your story.

[@TJ_Mc]

My own dad was a faithful, diligent Baptist minister for forty years before he passed many years ago. In the months before he left us, he would break down crying as he tried to describe the beautiful things he saw. Family and friends who had gone on before - including my mom - as well as the people and places he had preached about for decades. He also saw the hell of the war he fought in Korea and the brothers he lost. That was the only time in my life he ever really talked about the war. No, we never know what someone else sees with their own eyes.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

I live on the Susquehanna river, oldest in the world...in Maryland...named after the Susquehannock(sorry if I misspelled it) Native Tribe who lived here...my grandmom would say all the time in her last months she’d see Native Americans dancing around a fire and celebrating on our property dawn next to the creek which leads into the river, Deer Creek...docs said she was “losing her mind”, but she wasn’t, Jesus Christ was showing her beautiful souls on that land...she’d say only when she’d go to the window and look out, they be there at night, and according to her they were putting on a celebration for her and her family...I always told her I believed her, because that was the truth..

[@ericnaizer]

Western AF, indeed. So so good. Thank you for finding this gem. Beautiful.

[@j.b.talamantes]

Was a fall Friday morn’ mid September, Dad he would die one month later When mom went to visit In the place he would pass, ‘Cross from the river and in front of the tracks He said “You won’t believe who came to my bedside, Johnny Cash on a freight train sometime in the night Well, he wanted me to go along for a ride, But I told him I’d stay for my childen and my wife” Mom turned on the TV and to her surprise, Breaking news this morning Johnny Cash has died Well, he passed away in Nashville sometime in the night Well the nurses told my Mom “Don’t be surprised, Funny things happen before someone dies” Well you can call it Spirits, Angels, or lies, But we’ll never know what somone sees with their own eyes No we’ll never know what someone sees with their own eyes He said “You won’t believe who came to my bed side, Johnny Cash on a freight train sometime in the night Well, he wanted me to go along for a ride But I told him I’d stay for my children and my wife” Well, you can call it Spirits, Angels, or lies But we’ll never know what someone sees with their own eyes No we’ll never know what someone sees with their own eyes

[@colleendunne7005]

True story

[@DirkDraussen-iG]

Many thanks for the Lyrics!

[@antlerking69]

TY j.b.

[@ianriordan6382]

My father died on Christmas day 1973 when he was only 45. Cry away Darlin' I still do.

[@dvstum4357]

the world needs a good strong woman of her kind

[@LeTrashPanda]

Thank you Riddy. I lost both my parents when I was young but my daddy was my Rock Of Gibraltar in an alcoholic family, I miss him so. Blessings.

[@TimBergsten]

Damn, this is the real deal. The Western truth. Beautiful song.

[@stephendaniel168]

3 years ago I heard this. And now it was recommended today after a Springsteen Nebraska video. His self proclaimed best song to represent his work. And as good as it is it pales to this.

[@hankwhitley222]

Riddy Arman...nice to meet you. Beautiful haunting voice! You do country right!

[@gabrieljurjevic3840]

Tears are guaranteed. beautiful.

[@kayleemeyer546]

I wish that I could leave more than a like. She is so beautiful in every way

[@airanzamudio4042]

Riddy i love you all the way down from Texas!

[@ComedyBros5]

This channel is fantastic. Y’all have opened my eyes to so many incredibly talented and underrated country artists! And the production value is amazing, to boot! Thank you!

[@nathanmace3936]

Second that.

[@fredmichaels418]

Yup.

[@Jimmijamzz]

Got me hooked on Charlie Crockett

[@ComedyBros5]

@@Jimmijamzz Same! They're the only reason I heard about him!

[@barbarapettry6817]

Mr Tyler Childers - Heard him here first!!!!

[@joshuabuxton237]

To this day. I listen to this I hold a beer, I cry, and I make a toast to a man I’ve never met.

[@kyleramsey6808]

My goodness this hit my heart strings like a freight train, absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@lawriealvos7418]

This lady has a great voice and how good is the guitar waltz beat,and the feeling in her voice, brilliant!!!

[@AlanSilva-bu1kp]

Johnny Cash would be so proud, both of the musicians and this channel.

[@lupuscorvus841]

I'm like 95% certain this is Colter Wall's long lost sister. Lol.

[@watchingyourvideo8029]

For real, my algorithm went from colter to this girl and it seemed like a duet. She's wonderful.

[@basstrammel1322]

@@watchingyourvideo8029 Would be an amazing duet!

[@adamw4469]

Sister? Colter needs to put on his best hat and boots and show up with flowers!

[@jacquelineelliott144]

Could someone please get them together ?

[@Pestilence420]

😂

[@bernardgarcia1698]

This sound wound up playing in a mix. I'm a grown man. The first time I heard it I had to stop driving on the Ohio Turnpike I was crying so hard. My God what a storyteller and a voice.

[@dennisconnell21]

Tom was a hell of a good man and one hell of great fisherman. He will always be missed.

[@mickeym16]

Riddy, I am so taken by you. Yesterday was the first day I listened to any of your songs, heard your name, heard your voice. I have already shown multiple people your music. This was the song that got me so immediately captivated. From the moment you open your mouth, I can feel the immense presence you bring. So proud of you.

[@austinwilliams1228]

I always thought I hated country music until I found this channel. Thanks for sharing these artists! :)

[@greatpix]

I like to divide country music into at least two categories, Commercial Country, like Garth Brooks, which I dislike 90% of, and Grass Roots Country or Americana like what you're getting with Riddy Arman, Emmylou Harris which I love. Dolly Parton sort of straddles both genres.

[@willeypoboy5607]

Mr.Thomas Armen God bless your girls sir.

[@grahamsnyder4785]

The night before johnny cash died we had a party at my house, I demanded it was a cash night!! Needless to say we listened to him all night and danced till the dawn. The next morning we all went to breakfast and the front page of the news paper said johnny cash had died! We all were blown away, we went back home no one went in the house we all stood out side and smoked a joint in his honor! All of a sudden my stereo came on the house was locked!! And Johnny started playing!! Needless to say for the second time that day we all stood speechless and in amazement

[@garybrinker4522]

Wow, I'm speechless!

[@lindamon5101]

Lies

[@grahamsnyder4785]

@@lindamon5101 and why would you say that??? Not even knowing me or anyone who was there!

[@lindamon5101]

@@grahamsnyder4785 spirits angels or lies? The debil made me

[@chaswaitt6854]

This is humanity at its most perfectness. Amazing song

[@trimbaker1893]

Its hard for me to cry after some of the crap in life has wasted my tears. You, Riddy, find a few that life missed. Thank you. I sure wish I could do something for you one day. George.

[@justinsmith413]

Well damn it.....I didnt see this coming. Just woke up in a hotel for work, getting ready to leave, decided to listen to some tunes. Never heard this young lady before, but she sat me down real quick. I got chills and something in my eye now....

[@bandjolyn]

Riddy's voice is one of the most captivating I've ever heard in my life.

[@Nicolas-kn6vd]

I'm deeply in love with her song. Sa voix est superbe

[@catehavstad-casad4811]

Riddy you are magic Beautiful inside and out Beautiful capture and feature western AF

[@aaronvandyke7140]

This song is therapy for me. I lost my mom 15 years ago and just before she died she was saying she seen her dad. I truly believe people welcome you in to heaven

[@willeypoboy5607]

My Dad passed in 2000. I'm glad for him in way! He carried a heavy ruck! He loved to listen to Hank, Patsy and Cash! And the taste of whiskey. True what you speek! You never know what the soul sees!

[@CodyHilliard]

Great voice

[@revdondee7429]

Miss Riddy, thank you so much for this beautiful tribute on Father's Day. Your love for your Father weeps throughout this amazing composition, and it's quite obvious your family shared a great affinity for Johnny Cash as well. In my house JRC holds two distinct honors, 1) America's First Punk Rocker, and 2) America's Greater Rapper. My entire family, wife and two daughters, along with myself, wore black for 71 straight days after the passing of Johnny Cash. I can still remember the sadness of my 6 year old daughters upon hearing that Johnny died, and it was their idea to wear all black in his honor... my eyes still swell with tears when I retell that proud moment of parenthood.

[@Tommy_Raven_private]

i wasn’t expecting to cry this afternoon, but this lady hit me in my feels hard, man

[@djackson1868]

Thank you. Just that k you. My Mama recently passed. Very comforting thank you.

[@calebhawkins624]

Wow, that was incredible. I've watched several Western AF videos, but this performance finally got me to subscribe. Thank you for bringing us great western music.

[@paul0wen65]

Montana woman-that's awesome in and of itself.This is a great song and story.

[@austindillard633]

Great music and stupid gorgeous singer. I think I may be in love.

[@JoeAustinMusic]

I was in awe with her first video of this song. Such a personable page of lyrics. Miss Riddy, this version is a gorgeous Father’s Day tribute! Thank you

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

What a beautiful song. Definitely tugged the heartstrings.

[@KaukTim]

What a voice & what a song! She should be famous just for this song if she never writes another note. Un-REAL!

[@timothykatch1855]

Beautiful and touching. Thank you

[@WitnessTrueSorcery]

Oh my lord, that hits really hard! This is true country music right there. Ma'am, you just made a grown up man cry on his chair. Beautiful song and beautiful woman! Just keep livin'!

[@matthewlane4137]

This is beautiful and feels old. One old soul to to another just beautiful

[@idahoman325]

Her voice from first sound .. kaboom 👏🏻 👌 👏🏻 👌 👏🏻

[@wilburshuman]

Tell you one thing Mister.................. This song.............. Went clear, to the Bottom of my soul. The words hurt, but the Look In her eyes........... While She sang this............ Cut my heart, wide open.

[@bergerfonkoenig6997]

Very souly performed. So talented and so pretty lady...

[@petroglyph]

A song can unlock a distant memory, stirring an emotion that catches you off guard. Surprised by the feeling, to have feelings anymore and the lump inside your throat. You see their face again. You remember that moment in time. Perhaps it brings a rare smile, tears or just a whisper of thanks. A beautiful voice, genuine words and a tug on your soul. Grateful to have found this.

[@walksnot]

Yes, I cried. Thank you.

[@tudormiller8898]

Gorgeous voice. Watching from London UK.

[@josephdriesenga2730]

I was finishing a rough of my thesis and letting KZbin steer. I heard these lyrics and had to stop. A month ago my grandfather went on hospice and died within a few days. He had gone on hospice a year and half earlier and actually recovered so much they took him off. That led him to decline. Given that history, I expected he'd last longer than they expected. I was wrong. I got to his bedside less than ten minutes before he took his last breath, after an almost 10 hour drive from Tennessee to Michigan, and he was already unresponsive. Talking to my family I found his mind had been wandering, and he had said almost the same thing. He had been talking to seemingly no one, and when my family asked who he was talking to, he'd say Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, or Johnny Cash.

[@lyndseymichele]

The words had me captivated like reading a great book. The music and tones all combined had me in tears. Beautiful.

[@isaacj.elliott2137]

Thank you so much. I get choked up at my song for my father and I couldn’t even imagine playing it to an international audience...

[@paulainthehills]

Greetings from KY! Great song. You can absolutely tell this song comes from the depths of her heart. Music can convey the human experience in ways we can all relate to. ❤

[@JoeAustinMusic]

Glasgow here🙋🏼‍♂️

[@mitchirving4758]

Joe Austin Georgetown 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@anthonyf5312]

I love when artists actually have meaning behind what they create

[@andyskiffington]

Wow!!! That was beautiful! Brought a tear.

[@laurenkrum]

Beautiful in every single way. Thank you, Riddy and Thomas. And thank u Western AF.

[@HistoricWrath]

Beautiful. She has a voice that wriggles it’s way into your soul and doesn’t let go.

[@Johnkostercreative]

Now that, all together, is just beautiful.

[@rbutler8585]

This woman has an incredible voice. wow!

[@montanalivin8248]

I absolutely love this new revival of the old school country sound. It gives me hope for the humans in this time.

[@rustygoldfanatic8830]

Was there when my father died in front of me,its something you dont ever forget,this gal made me cry and i love her for it .

[@donniemullins2719]

What a soulful voice

[@Nick-ds6oc]

That hum at the end spoke to my soul.

[@MichaelZorn2]

I dont always get into a lot of female singers but this lady I could listen to. Man her voice is pretty.

[@paulwillhoft283]

Just Beautiful, Riddy. Thank You. I love Johnny's music also. So kind.

[@ed-ve1hx]

a lot of Dad's ridding that blues train with Johnny tonight /\ great song & performance...thank you.

[@chrishoneycutt5959]

Goodness , what a beauty . Soft hazy green eyes. So perfect😉

[@huckleberry5653]

Beautiful.

[@russnurse2b807]

Such a beautiful song!! Thank you for sharing it! I know it was very personal to you.

[@gunpowdergirl9953]

Absolutely amazing song and her voice is beautiful. Absolutely in tears

[@jamesharris535]

Great great find