Sing Me Back Home Keith Richards

Keith Richards sing me back home 1977

[@williardbillmore5713]

I wish Keith sang more. I find his voice soothing and satisfying.

[@telecasterhst69]

Whether you enjoy and appreciate Richard's vocals is personal business. The fact remains is that he sings in perfect key. Like his voice or not, the man has got the soul and at the end of the day if you got the soul...you got the goods.

[@ChaliQ1]

I concur

[@lisabergkoetter7467]

Personally I love his vocals but I agree with you completely. This one gives me goosebumps and the feels all over I might make this my funeral song it was Shine A Light from Exile but...

[@TQCX9]

They didnt pick him to sing at QE2’s coronation for nothing

[@lagreyeyes]

Perfectly stated.

[@johnweyers2685]

YES!!!! 😎 Abide

[@kennethozelie2082]

Keith covering one of his favorite country artists!!

[@bumsharvest5493]

I can't believe I just got hip to this song. I've been a Stones fan forever, and this got by. A friend showed me this.

[@paradisepipeco]

“I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.” ~~ Keith Richards

[@moonvalley22]

jones lol

[@paradisepipeco]

@@moonvalley22 Glad to be of service. Stay in school, and never, EVER, sell bunk drugs to drunk bugs.

[@walkinthrutheparkbymr.melo3905]

haha

[@paradisepipeco]

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[@fanfanlegrand451]

😊😊 Keith is a genius

[@jbj51merc]

Keith and Gram were great friends. I think Gram boosted Keith's appreciation for country music- and Merle.

[@dprester]

Gram would be proud❤️

[@johnwilde6120]

Keith you’ve never disappointed me in 46yrs. Thank you for the memories…

[@naomi8529]

It's his Soul singing, It come straight through his voice. The Great Keith Richards. Long may you run.....🙏🏻❤️‍😪💀🎸🔗

[@pamwilliams4883]

I love Keith's version, it is absolutely from his soul.

[@jamiegroves5155]

How friggin awesome he is waiting for the Canadian drug sqaud trying to get him for commercial drug traffickers mandatory 15 -25 he is not a fucking dealer and Mick playing shanigans with trudeo Margret , Pierre said get out of my life don't take my wife go

[@1bpritchard1]

Keith is so sweet. He may not be so emotional, but he shows a different facet of himself when he plays the piano.

[@pabloprietoortiz2253]

He’ll be back no more and tjere’ll be no one who has Made much to the blues bein ‘ recognized as it deserves by livin ‘ a blues life …. Well it’s so long so long babe he must say goodbye and roll this highway until the day he’ll never dye and always be on us

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

These songs he recorded in Toronto break my heart. Knowing what he was facing--25 years in prison, separation from his wife & kids, loss of freedom, loss of music, loss of his band (there's no Stones without Keith), makes all these songs so much more poignant. And they are poignant enough to make me weep already. I hope they play this at my funeral.

[@angelicaquirarte]

I think keith was a hurt guy ,however his actitude says seems to me is a facade to don't show up a lot of herself

[@monopolymike1]

This song pretty much speaks for itself. The subject matter is very emotional so just about whomever sings it, that`s worth their salt, nails it. Jerry Garcia, Graham Parsons, Merl Haggard, or Kieth. All very good at what they do and all nailed it.

[@golyg]

At first I hated it since I'm a huge Merle Haggard fan. Then I listened some more and I realized it is actually great. Truly great.

[@joesephsizian9113]

Merle actually said Keeeeef does it better

[@joesephsizian9113]

Very well said 👍

[@jackmalcic2949]

This is my favourite version of this song ever, and these Toronto bootlegs are some of my absolute favourite Keith recordings ever. He really has a special talent doing this old country stuff.

[@rebeccawagner4167]

You make rock and roll proud,and you are royalty ❤❤

[@robertstephens518]

Keith, O man what can we say. You and i were on this planet at the same time. Thankyou

[@northernboy7326]

Must have scared the crap out of him facing prison time for peddling heroin in Toronto. The recordings he made when everyone else took off to New York are raw, beautiful, and telling. That gruff exterior belies a very sensitive soul.

[@briantimmons3044]

Keith never needed to peddle heroin in Toronto. Hell could you imagine Keith wanting to sell heroin at the corner of Bloor and Young asking in his gravely voice, " Hey man, want some smack? I need the money." the only reason he was charged with possession of trafficking was because of the amount they found and it was for both himself and Anita who were both addicts. Keith was no criminal but he was a heroin addict

[@kimbox9683]

the soul of the stones

[@joesephsizian9113]

The soul of music

[@ronroe3435]

Keith really nailed this song. it is so perfect for his style of playing and singing

[@golyg]

KR singing a Merle Haggard song.Priceless!

[@jeffsmith2022]

Merle was a hell of a lot better...

[@jumpinjack889]

@@jeffsmith2022 let me know when world's greatest is ever referenced for Merle. Why go there? Great honoring great, enjoy it.

[@oigloriousoi]

@@jumpinjack889 it has been said about Merle many times. Look up how many number 1's Merle wrote, there is over 40 of em

[@jumpinjack889]

@@oigloriousoi music is for the listener. Per CW, original always best but when Stones cover, they do real good.

[@firefightergoggie]

He was good friends with Merle.

[@theresaheyer537]

oh Wow i love this rendition of the MERLE classic...KEEF IS THE MAN!heart and soul man.

[@terrycahoe8895]

Keith surely was feeling this song!

[@pledgestone]

Keith and Merle... magic.

[@meelusine]

The version always makes me cry ...

[@MrRacket991]

A Keef classic...he really lived the song.

[@trickyricky591]

my brother wanted this song to play by keith before he left here....god bless you brother...you "RIP" I will be with you soon....love you bro...hated you took the blame for a crime you didn't commit... I love you brother "Tom"

[@BarryHawk]

I hate to tell y'all but this is the best thing ever.

[@paulm.2052]

FIRST CLASS MUSIC! KEITH IS THE BEST!

[@cleverlouanne]

Wow! What a song....it's bringing tears to my eyes because of the emotion in Keith's voice. Never heard this one before and I thank-you for sharing it!

[@maconescotland8996]

Written by future Country Music icon Merle Haggard in the '60s - he had spent time in solitary confinment at San Quentin prison - the isolation cell was located on Death Row.

[@gutterdandy9173]

@@maconescotland8996 Merle was a great. Keith does him justice.

[@maconescotland8996]

@@gutterdandy9173 Keith was a Country Music fan - recorded a couple of songs from George Jones - also admired Haggard as you allude to. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGPdk6mqiLx2l9E

[@ronroe3615]

Such a great song and love Keith's version. So much soul.

[@user-bv8qt6nt3h]

A fine Keith Richard version of this sad country classic. The Byrds also do this brilliantly too. As do The Everlys. & of course Merle Haggard. Chris Newman Southampton Uk 🇬🇧

[@minnehonk]

Merle's music will live forever

[@patricianewman1272]

I love this song in Keith's voice ❤

[@chrisjholtz1531]

Keith moves my heart and soul to play gitar and sing whatever comes from inner from me. Most beautiful man i ever met

[@joesephsizian9113]

His music has made my life so damn happy

[@axiomist1076]

That's beautiful ! Such a simple tune, but with those lyrics thrown in, it becomes a heart breaking song. That's Merle Haggard for you and Keith delivers it beautifully. Thank god for those two.

[@howdytoyer]

Nicely said. I'm a lifelong fan of Keef and the Hag and I'm glad they knew each other and were friends in the end. :)

[@AJMACDONALDuntilwedance]

Simple Tune??

[@joesephsizian9113]

Merle said he liked Keith’s version better

[@islandguy911]

He sounds very sorry for his ways that led him to getting busted on this song. you can here he is lost no matter when it was. so glad he got his crap together. he is awesome and if indeed the rcmp saved his life as someone stated here then they did us all a huge favor..he very well could of ended up like his best friend gram who is also my all time fav singer..keith is a close second, I'm glad he made it and is with us today. :)

[@KL-fs1tv]

this version was very enjoyable, had a honest tone and pace. after further listening I want this song played 1st thing at my wake when that time comes. smooth yet beautiful!

[@danwalk32]

Much respect for this version. This song is not about how well one sings it, but all about the emotion and whether the listener believe's the deliverer. In my humble opinion- and homage to the one and only MH- Keith, I believed, and you did the song justice.

[@joesephsizian9113]

Keith does music justice

[@joesephsizian9113]

Merle Haggard said Keith did this song better than he did. Long live my musical king

[@ulrichweber935]

this is just heart and soul - true music, true emotion. thank you Keith!

[@rodelderosas5416]

love this shot of keith, I'M glad he didn't join the 27 clubs. CLASSIC shot. keep on playing keith the world need you to make us smiling and happy. right on.

[@mralsfan6996]

Beautifully done! Keith puts so much feeling and emotion into this song.

[@hippydippy]

This is so pure & heartbreaking. Perfect.

[@Alicia13202]

Oh how I Love This Guy...............

[@suzannekeith68]

My favourite version of this. Lovely!

[@joesephsizian9113]

Merle Haggard said he preferred Keith’s version

[@badbob1946]

When Keith does a country song he shows it the same respect that he shows a classic blues tune. A lot of Brit rock singers try to affect a southern accent.

[@MaryC-ug4pf]

I love this, it is perfect, everything about it. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@faithycoins]

If Keith Richards would have been a solo artist he would have been talked about right next to the over-rated Bob Dylan. But, since he's considered by most the guitar player from the Roling Stones he's passed over when people speak about the best songwriters ever, but there's a reason he is in the songwriters Hall of Fame!!

[@HumanRiff69]

There's the sun, the moon and Keith Richards/

[@jamesgroves9804]

To say u want more cool.

[@lucieppe2647]

Agreed !!!

[@claudettepreisinger]

I never heard this song before, but it's like it was made for him to sing....Love it!

[@ksr9t]

Merle Haggard probably. He wrote the song.

[@joesephsizian9113]

@@ksr9tMerle said his good friend did it better

[@RemingtonRidersMusic]

This totally melts me.

[@nooze7]

Best singing I ever heard from Keith

[@ralphtkane1106]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

[@Madmelodist]

Really loved it. There's just something about the country songs that I've heard Keith do. He's really great and I think he has a deeper side than most people think. 5***** Thanx, Sam

[@fanfanlegrand451]

Keith is so sweet😍😍😍😍. Love this song. Thank you🙏🙏🙏

[@Mamaofthehooligan]

ain't heard this version before Keith puts his on stamp on it R.I.P Merle Haggard you'll be missed but not forgotten by me anyway anytime soon

[@vickielynne9493]

i never knew Keith did this ... absolutely amazing ..but then Keith always was ...Loved my listen and thank you for posting this

[@jumpinjack889]

Did it in the Nashville tribute to Merle. Appropriately so.

[@ksr9t]

Probably around the time he was hanging out with Gram Parson.

[@brotherWesley]

The house Gram lived in when he was a child is in Waycross Georgia now. I have stood in the room he loved, and I sensed that he is not confined there, but he has not forgotten it. His spirit is untroubled, but remains unbound.

[@ronaldlongendyke3313]

Keith doing Gram doing Merle... Thanks for posting, amazing!

[@leslieadkins5774]

I hope that Merle Haggard heard this version of his song...I think that he would approve.

[@moiradavis6358]

Great, love to hear Keith sing, thanks for posting

[@joannehack7588]

Awesome

[@user-un7hw8wp5t]

KEITH...❤❤❤

[@user-et3gg8we8h]

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request'. Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die' I recall last Sunday morning a choir from 'cross the street Came to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Can I hear once before we move along?' Sing me back home, the song my mama sang Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die Sing Me Back Home before I die

[@brotherWesley]

I would not have believed this existed this time a year ago. But I was so much older then.

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

I'm younger than that now. ❤️

[@fanfanlegrand451]

C'est magnifique...... J'adore ce mec, son talent, ses sourires clope au bec et ce petit plus sexy à souhait !!!!!!😍😍😍🎸

[@jlocorriere05]

Keith was great friends with Gram Parsons. So good to hear him singing one of Grams old songs.

[@CarlosLopez-nu9rq]

It's not Grams song, it's Merle Haggard's song, although Gram did teach it to Keith....

[@stephenlamb3929]

Merle Haggard!

[@vicenteaguilar267]

Fantástico. Por Merle

[@peterappleton5213]

Good bless Keith and everyone from Dartford ❤

[@dougmillett8622]

Best ever heard version

[@sandrabradstreet]

Keith Richards is the best so multitalented . Eye candy too

[@lawrencebabineaux1843]

Unique take on a Country Classic!

[@stephenlamb3929]

What a heartbreaking rendition. Next to Merle’s it is the greatest version.

[@gutterdandy9173]

Did Townes Van Zandt ever cover this?

[@ernestrobbertse8544]

Keith sang this while awaiting a prison sentence for drug possession. It was very real for him.

[@nooze7]

Righteous! Beyond righteous!

[@Frank-sm9yl]

Keith played piano and sang a few songs including this one on the New Barbarians tour. Excellent.

[@mattmcgough3381]

Just proof that merle was the king. A member of the biggest rock band in the world at the time from all the way from the old country, he chose to sing a merle haggard song. There will never be another Merle Haggard

[@jpb1231000]

LOVE this VERSION!!! HUGE HAGGARD fan and STONES FREAK!!! GA BOY.... Never HEARD this b fore!!! THANKS!!!

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

Amen. Listen to Gram Parsons & Flying Burrito Brothers version, too! ❤️

[@jpb1231000]

@@redwoodrebelgirl3010 They're great too... Love your name BTW!!! Rebel girls can be from Redwood Country too!!!

[@97doodlebug]

This is incredible!

[@MyNicolinho]

Happy Birthday Keith Richards 🥳🥳🥳🥳🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇🎇🎇🎇🎈🎈🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁🎁🎉🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊🎂🎂🎂🎂 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@eveexley6260]

Few people could go through what Keith Richards got through

[@SmallTownHipsters]

I love Mick Jagger, but he does not have the raw emotion of Keith! Great song

[@carlosteran6533]

I´m so agree with you, me a real fan of the Stones( they call them "los Rolling" in Spain..), I have the same feelings bout´Keith since 24 years ago now. lately I had that feeling about Brian as well, at leats he was the Music/sound soul in the band till the end of 1967...when he began to lost his mind cause too much drugs in a wrong minded one... for so much excess. All the best, bye now from Alcalá de Herares, Madrid. ;)

[@green323turbo]

Yes Mick does...plenty of amazing songs he bares his soul

[@bladerunner3887]

Without Keith Mick is nothing and Mick proved it Micks song writing sucks badly without Keith but then again Keith is the Stones Mick is cool anf I love his voice.

[@francoisdesnoyers3042]

When's the last time you listened to Sister Morphine ?

[@ChaliQ1]

@@francoisdesnoyers3042 Probably 2 days ago I listen to the original which has 2 extra verses that were cut from the album

[@canopepsi]

Seen a ridiculous comment saying Gram Parsons is on vocals.. This was recorded in '77, Gram died in '73..do the math! This is all Keith! Wonderful! Downloaded the full bootleg there, it's a gem!

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

Where did you download the whole bootleg? I'd love to do the same!!! Thanks! ❤️

[@timernesthensley1102]

Raw emotion ✌️

[@briankimbell8972]

Recorded whilst awaiting trial in Canada on drug charges that could have resulted in a life sentence

[@jumpinjack889]

No

[@timsan55]

@Thora F Judge had the good sense not to jail him. Got him and Canada off the hook !

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

25 years, not life. But, horrific, just for being an addict. 💔

[@green323turbo]

So glad i read his book and found this song

[@kirkwatson1442]

Great song

[@rogercote8373]

My god this is so sad ! Rock on Keith !!

[@davidhoward5771]

None of them do it it with the somber sad tone that Keith captures. And I'm a Merle Haggard fan, so that's sayin something.

[@ChaliQ1]

What really cracks me up is that Merle was smokin dope when he did Okie from Muskogee.

[@michaelcasey5845]

Keith was hunkered down in Toronto looking at a nasty stretch in prison when he made this recording.

[@ChaliQ1]

Yeah, lucky Jagger was screwing the Prime Minister's wife

[@Winterstick549]

David Howard And Keith was a M.H. fan.

[@northernboy7326]

Also did Tammy Wynette's Apartment Number 9 at the same time.

[@AngeliaRiopelle]

I love you ķeith miss you love anĝir

[@dickvanlunteren8953]

Simpelheid en schoonheid naderen elkaar uiteindelijk meestal

[@spinztarella]

Never really listened to Keith sing but he sings really well

[@paradisepipeco]

Go back and listen again to the Stones. He occasionally sang lead. Not often, but that is Keef singing "Happy" and "You Got the Silver", and if you hear harmony with Mick, it is usually him.

[@Caspisan]

more then 4 minutes of total awesomeness.

[@jcandstonesfollower]

in his book he talks about the drug bust in canada and how they figured he'd be goin away for awhile, so stu came up with the idea of having keith record a few songs be4 going away. just him a mic and a piano. the 77 toronto bootleg... this was his fav.

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

Tragic & heartbreakingly beautiful. 💗

[@brianflynn7598]

Love that so many Greats covered this Merl was the man !

[@frenchne]

Read his biography; he's an interesting man. On this, he sounds more like a depressed convict than any of the other guys; can't hold a note, but Jeez he can sell a song. An extraordinary performance. He should take up country full time...he has the heart for it.

[@dianekershaw3315]

Wow, ya sang that well, nice voice there Keith. Sing me back home, Been singing that song forever, where is home.? I still don't know, I've been moving on since I were in my teens, I keep saying this will have to be my last move cause I'm tired and can't do It anymore, but I'm still not home. Can't understand it, all I ever wanted was a little animal sanctuary, I never got it and its probably too late in life now. Not to worry, I'll have enough to think about when the SHTF lol. By the way I've got a drummer friend who knows every beat to every song you've ever wrote, he says he likes a good sesh, he's teaching me to drum at the moment. take care K.....di.

[@perjonsson8033]

What place have that to do among comments about Richards rendition of this song? Been hard for you. Sad and hope It gets better. It will, don't give up and it will. Fight hard and i know it will. But it aint Keith the comments are for, but fellow Y-tubers.

[@ChaliQ1]

@@perjonsson8033 I don' even like U Tube & could care less what they think, but stick to the music dumb ass

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

I hope you find peace, safety, Joy, & your Heart's True Home. With many animal friends. 💗 Mine is Humboldt County, in far Northern California, in the Ancient Coast Redwood Forest, by Mother Pacific, Ancient Mountains, & six Wild Rivers, & the California wilderness. Paradise. No where else do, or have, I ever felt at peace. I hope to return before I die, & have my ashes under the Redwood Tree, where I buried my child's placenta. Or, just throw my body out in those woods for the Bears, Raven, Banana Slugs, & Fishers. In the Redwood Trees, where the Sasquatch roam free, that's where you'll find me . Sing me back home, before I die....

[@bry114]

If you don't like country you don't like rock & roll.

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

Amen.❤️

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

Same for Blues!

[@shosho63449]

merle haggards song loved merle never knew keith did this really good

[@mr-lj4ge]

There are simply not enough words to describe my admiration of this serenely perfect legend..

[@PMobbs]

Keef ! love it