Tracy Lawrence -- Sticks and Stones [REACTION/RATING]

[@kimshunn7350]

Time Marches on! When his voice goes low, it just does it for me!

[@care_free0672]

I've been told by several people I sound like him

[@SteveSwags]

Came out my senior year of high school and I tried my best to get it named our Class Song. Came in 3rd in voting. Dang. Still my favorite song of his.

[@boonemyers4739]

Saw Joe Diffie and Tracy Lawrence at the Grand Ol Opry on my 25th birthday. One of the best I’ve had.

[@naldow8555]

Tracy Lawrence, How a cowgirl says goodbye

[@MichaelNeal128]

Tracey Lawrence has an entire catalog of incredible songs. He was a superstar in the 90s and early 2000s. He had 15 or 20 huge songs and they are all just as good as "Sticks and stones"

[@louann7268]

Tracy is still on the road singing and he lives in Nashville Every year he fry’s turkeys and serves thanksgiving dinner on the street in Nashville He’s an awesome guy

[@JCourts2k23]

He still touring around and standing as good as ever

[@tylerkobel8028]

If the world had a front porch by him is really good. I think you would like it and the meaning behind it.

[@ladysilvara]

He has so many good songs. My top three by him are Time Marches On, Alibis, and Is That A Tear.

[@pamitahathorne4161]

Time Marches On depicts my family. Before my mom passed when she was 57 yo.

[@bonniechristoff7687]

Tracy Lawrence is number one in my house Country music singer and songwriter too i ❤him Your fan always Bonnie Christoff Va.Beach Va. I ❤THIS SONG.

[@chrismckinney5110]

Thanks for doing this, Tracy Lawrence was a huge part of the 90's country but fell off when country turned pop, great video!

[@momusicfan]

Nice review Don! My favorite Tracy Lawrence song is "Paint me a Birmingham". I'm sure it won't top a 9.4, but it would be high if you decide to review it. Thanks for your entertaining channel. Something to watch instead of a thing called impeachment.

[@RockN2Country]

@David Johnson I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, and I totally agree with you about avoiding the horsecrap going on in Washington. Man that place is a cesspool.

[@toniavickeryteam]

Tracy Lawrence was at the height of his career and then he beat up his cheerleader wife, like really beat her up bad. It killed his career. It's unfortunate because he was one of my favorite artist. If I remember correctly he actually beat up two women. So he really has a rage issue.

[@louann7268]

This was his first song and I fell in Love with him then I have seen him many times in concert he is the best! You need to listen to Time marches on also

[@marlenemckinney7198]

He is an amazing singer..Time Marches On, Find Out Who Your Friends Are, Paint Me A Birmingham. 👍😁

[@Rocker1983]

Those two are my favorites also.

[@ladysilvara]

Marlene McKinney Yes, I like all of those.

[@BilbusWilbury]

All of those are great, also "I See it Now" and "Lessons Learned"

[@chrismckinney5110]

Another McKinney knows good music :) lol

[@PapaFixit]

If you liked this, try PAINT ME A BIRMINGHAM.

[@PapaFixit]

Birmingham would have to be a 9.7 then.

[@RockN2Country]

@DaveG It's on the list, but no promises on the score. Ha!!

[@Acoustic_strings]

Now that one (Birmingham) is a deep one for sure

[@Corndog1037]

Paint Me A Birmingham is my favorite and very deep and symbolic in meaning. Think you’ll love it Don! Tracey started young and in the 1990’s when my band was playing top40 country as well as mixing it with old standards. He’s not washed up by any means but just not marketable by current Nashville standards. He’s one I would say that is involved in that whole Murder on Music Row thing

[@dall2341]

Tracy is great, one of my favorites from the 90’s. “If the world had a front porch” is my favorite from him.

[@mikesavage2114]

When this originally came out I was just becoming a country fan and this was one of the songs that hooked me.

[@vickygehrke7789]

ALWAYS loved that song, truth peoples words hurt more. I know because people who say stuff about my dead daughter and anyone I love. People can be so cruel. I have had many words thrown at me you start to get numb after a while.

[@jacobherricks6951]

I finally got to see him live a few years ago at the lumberyard in roscoe Texas and it was amazing. People knew the words to nearly every song

[@BilbusWilbury]

Oh man, Tracy has too many great songs to narrow down a single request. I'll be happily clicking on any video I see with his name on it. "Texas Tornado" was probably his biggest hit, and a very pretty love song. Sticks and Stones is close to my favorite song of his, along with Lessons Learned and Time Marches On.

[@zacktong8105]

He was a terrific song writer who managed to capture so many of the joys and heartaches of love that very few C&W singers are able to do. But he probably took things to an extreme and regretted things he had done, so now leads a quieter life.

[@larrywright6214]

Tracy didn't write most of his songs, as it was and us with most artists. But he is still recording and hosts a country radio show every Saturday on Hank FM.

[@stevenrogers4906]

Tracy Lawrence was one of the best back in the golden era of country music. Late 80's-mid 90's produced some truly great musicians.

[@hectorcartagena2870]

Just some GREAT 90s country. LOVE ITTTT !!!!!!!!! Brings back great memories of 90s music. Tracy is an AMAZING artist with countless number 1s under his belt.

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

Tracy Lawrence was one of the Greats of the 90’s. You need to hear his sons Texas Tornado, Time Marches On & If The World Had A Front Porch.

[@wiley16350]

I like a lot of Tracy Lawrence's 1990's output. He is still around and has released albums in each of the last 3 years. I haven't listened to any of his new stuff so I can't comment on how good it is but he is still putting out new music. Some of my favorites of his; 1. Today's Lonely Fool 2. Alibis 3. If the Good Die Young 4. If the World Had A Front Porch 5. I See It Now 6. Time Marches On 7. Is That A Tear 8. Better Man, Better Off 8. Lessons Learned 9. Paint Me A Birmingham 10. Can't Break It to My Heart.

[@randall-king]

wiley16350 all terrific songs!!

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

Tracy is a great artist, Love his voice! After getting shot he had to fight his way back. Please play "Paint Me a Birmingham" , Great song!!!

[@jcmonkey]

tracy adkins got shot not lawrence, lol

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

@@jcmonkey, He was shot May 31, 1991 in Nashville 4 times stopping men from trying to rape a female friend and rob them!

[@jcmonkey]

Your right, I remember that now, sorry.

[@pamitahathorne4161]

Another phenomenal TEXAS singer. My teams are LSU & UT. 💜💛💜💛💜💛

[@christofire100]

You should do some more Tracy songs, great artist.

[@JCourts2k23]

Definitely my favorite song of his

[@C-gull24]

I enjoy the channel, I check everyday to see which artist you doing. Can I add few that I don’t think you’ve done yet? Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors Faron Young - Hello Walls Ray Price - Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me Ricky Van Shelton - I'll Leave This World Loving You John Anderson - Seminole Wind John Conlee - Backside of Thirty K.T. Oslin - Hold Me

[@RockN2Country]

@Forrest Gullion Thank you for hanging out with us every day, and thank you also for the recs!! I'll them to my list, but please be patient with me as the list is long. I'll get to one of them in due course, and if time permits maybe a second one. Thanks again!!

[@C-gull24]

@@RockN2Country I’ve been listening to country music all my life so I have a preference for the older more traditional country and that can be further subdivided into unique or great singing voices.

[@middleage_maniac1692]

Good list

[@billyforbes4218]

All of Tracy songs are excellent

[@aubrygarrison4435]

Time marches on , you will love it, true country!!! Awesome voice and delivery , love him, thank you!!!

[@karowak1]

HE'S STILL TOURING. . FEB. 2022

[@gloria6838]

He's alive and well and still playing and singing.

[@wayneh8767]

Glad you loved it, I picked up that cassette back in 1991 I think, loved it ever since!

[@randall-king]

You can’t go wrong with any of Tracy’s singles from the start of his career through 2000 or so. Here’s a list: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Lawrence_discography#Singles I stopped listening to Popville country around 2000 or so, and I started listening to Texas Country (Y’allternative), so I can’t speak about Tracy’s material much after that. My brother and I used to wear out Tracy’s albums in the 90s. He had the kind of albums where you could listen to the whole thing and not just the singles.

[@davidemswiler4351]

Unfortunately Tracy's no Texas fan...his heart is with the Razorbacks but after many years of living in Nashville, he's become a Vols fan as well. Good song...I believe this one is from his first album which was very neotraditional country. He had some squabbles with his producers throughout the 90's because they were pushing him hard to do the sappy ballad's that were dominating the country airwaves at the time. So yeah, he paid the rent every so often with pop country songs but in his heart of hearts, he's always been a h*nky tonkin neotraditionalist. For whatever reason the vocal inflections he used in this song had me hearing Georgia Satellite's "Keep your Hands to Yourself"? :-)

[@carlahuff4307]

Yes! It remindes me of Chris Stapleton. Radio only wants to release his sleepy, slow love songs. Stop with that. He's got so many other hit songs that are just waiting to be released to "country radio".

[@RockN2Country]

@David Emswiler I can understand his allegiance to the Hogs since he's from there, and I suppose could possibly understand the Vols, but not really. He's in Nashville, so go with Vandy!! And now I've got "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" on repeat in my brain, so thank you for that--ha!! I reacted to it a year ago and it was blocked, and I was bummed. It's a fun tune and a really fun video.

[@davidemswiler4351]

@@carlahuff4307 I've heard a couple songs from his new album out last year but I don't think any of his stuff is getting played on the radio...not sure why? Funny you mentioned Chris...he helped write some of the songs on Tracy's new album.

[@davidemswiler4351]

@@RockN2Country I agree, Vandy would have made more sense. But then again, I graduated high school 45 mins from Texas A&M but have always been a Longhorns fan. My siblings went to LSU and became lifelong fans...what a year they had!

[@Teresia12]

Oooo before it even starts this is a great song! Tracy is an amazing vocalist.....I'm a fan most deffinately.

[@jimmyskinner7211]

there are several Tracy Lawrence songs you should list to, Can't Break It To My Heart, Alibis, If The Good Die Young, Renegades, Rebels and Rogues, Time Marches On

[@kathylivedinthe80s14]

Do paint me a Birmingham by Tracy lawrence. Another great song.

[@jennel802009]

Time Marches On is a fantastic song too!

[@timberman1045]

Also bit of history he was shot 4 times right after releasing this song .

[@RockN2Country]

@Patrick Estes And he lived to tell about it, which is incredible in its own right.

[@BrockNessMonster1991]

Prepsteading With Disabilities - no no, it was indeed Tracy Lawrence. He was shot 4 times in an armed robbery that nearly took his life.

[@BrockNessMonster1991]

Prepsteading With Disabilities - no worries at all, it’s been years since I heard that I actually had to do a quick google search to confirm it was TL

[@jscountrygirl85_326]

Hey, better late than never! Glad you discovered Tracy. This song is a perfect introduction to him, as it was my introduction to him, as well. This was his debut single in late 1991. I was only six when it came out, and I remember it being one of my biggest favorites at the time. My dad then bought me the cassette of his debut album at Montgomery Wards. Still have it to this day! :) Sadly, radio quit playing Tracy as much when mainstream country went more pop in the 2000's, just like most other 90's neo-traditionalists. He still tours a lot, though, and is still recording.

[@RockN2Country]

@jscountrygirl85 I'm glad you majored the reaction, and just as glad that you posted what you did. Anytime someone mentions a cassette, I break out in a smile because of so many memories with them in the car! I'm doing another song of Tracy's in about a month or so. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the channel!

[@kathypellette2509]

never heard him either, viery nice sound, very natural singer, great!

[@beachbunnie5413]

As of 2022 he is touring

[@larrywright6214]

I think you would love "That's Country" by Marty Stuart!

[@planojag595]

Hell yeah Don!!! Tracy is one of my top 5 country artists and he’s still going strong. He came out and took everyone by surprise and then was shot and almost killed trying to defend a female friend. He survived and continued to put out great music even though record execs tried to push Bro Country. I could list 20+ of his songs which I’d love for you to react to. My absolute favorites of his are I See It Now, Till I Was a Daddy Too, Sticks and Stones, Paint Me a Birmingham, and If the World Had a Front Porch. I saw him in concert last year at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth which was amazing as I’d always wanted to see him in concert but growing up in Alaska not many acts would make it up there. Now that I live in Texas I am making up for lost time. Tracy is the real deal and I can’t wait for you to react to more of his thoroughly enjoyable catalog.

[@RockN2Country]

@Plano Jag Dude, that's awesome that you got to see him last year. I added "Paint Me A Birmingham" to the list since it seems EVERYBODY has requested it since I did "Sticks and Stones." Thanks for the info, and stay tuned for the reaction--I can't wait to hear the song!

[@ken12603]

After he finished recording this song, he went out to celebrate with his girlfriend in Nashville. As they were getting out of the cab, a group of guys surrounding them and robbed them at gunpoint and then wanted to go up to their hotel room and Tracy knew what was going to happen so he acted on it and went after the guys and was shot 4 times.

[@mattkinney6929]

I seen him in concert,he puts on a great show

[@countryboy2772]

Tracy has so many good songs my favorite is back to back. Please do more of his stuff

[@RockN2Country]

@Terry Blankenship Done deal, Give me a little time but I have another lined up.

[@DBShouse69]

Good reaction. I love listening to him when he comes on the radio. I suggest you listen to "Alibis" by Tracy Lawrence .

[@monicadelaney6145]

i have listened to Rhonda Vincent and she has an amazing voice...could you please listen to her song " I'm Not Over You " , i think you may like it from a Quebec Canada fan...I love your videos...keep up the FABULOUS work!!

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

You should also check out Joe Diffie’s Pickup Man & Third Rock From The Sun.

[@kaycee4357]

💖 Love this guy's music.....so much that I still have his cassettes from the 90s. Lol at language ---- just goes to show how amazing he is. I recommend you listen to more of him, for sure.

[@RockN2Country]

@Kay Cee I added another of his songs to the list, and it's probably one that's on your cassettes. Ha!! Give me a little time to get the song posted, but I'll get to it. Thank you!

[@kaycee4357]

@@RockN2Country Nice! I'll check 😁. He is one of those that a person would have to take a couple days listening to his tunes and.then a couple more thinkin' on what the fav is.....only to never be able to choose 😂

[@kaycee4357]

@@RockN2Country still waiting 😋 lol

[@TheCrash212]

Great song. I also like "Paint Me a Birmingham" by him. After my divorce I made a CD and sent it my Ex. This was one of the songs on that CD. Other songs included Waylon's Never Could Toe The Mark, Jerry Reed's She Got The Goldmine, Brooks & Dunn's Husbands & Wives and #1 on the CD was Travis Tritt's Here's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares. Have a great and safe week, Don.

[@caseymurray204]

My favorite Tracy Lawrence song is paint me a Birmingham Hit me right in the feels every time I hear

[@markbookout563]

He has many great songs . Paint me a Birmingham is awesome !

[@warrenburlingame7087]

You should definitely check out Texas tornado by Tracey. He's still out there. Like so many others he's not cookie cutter country. If you want to hear him on the radio it would have to be satellite radio

[@timberman1045]

I too have experienced this song . Tracey is a great artist .

[@saremile]

His ex accused him of abuse (which was proved to be false) and he got arrested a few times (don't really remember why I think drunk and disorderly) so he kinda faded away....his song "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" is about all that. I think you would really like the story in "Time Marches On" and the play on words of " Paint Me a Birmingham"

[@Rocker1983]

Tracy's still on the road.

[@JCourts2k23]

“This isn’t pop” nope, that’s real country music

[@middleage_maniac1692]

Paint me a Birmingham please. And you should hear somebody paints the wall.

[@polocash11]

I will see him this fall. Listen to ..... Texas Tornado

[@crankeman639]

Wwhhaaaaaatt!! A 9.6 NICE. I had it in the 9's li kn e 9.4ish. That's where I'd have Paint Me a Birmingham. He is the real deal. You feel it whatever he is singing about. Alan Jackson before Alan Jackson. That good. I think I requested one of his songs a few months ago 🤔 not sure. Might have been when I explained my name 🤔 anyway great reaction, jealous I didnt request it 😂🤣😂🤣😂 you got the best commenters I dont have to worry bout quality, they bring it 👍 I'm gonna say react to THE CLOWN By the great CONWAY TWITTY. 🙏🙏

[@RockN2Country]

@Cranke Man We both had high scores, so that makes it a fact that Tracy's the man! I just added "Paint Me A Birmingham" to the list, and should have it up in about a month so please be patient. But I'll get to it, no doubt.

[@debbiereynolds8489]

Texas Tornado

[@invaderzimm7871]

Also try Chris Ledoux What you gonna do with a cowboy? I haven't seen any other people react to it yet.

[@RockN2Country]

@Invader Zimm I've done about five of Chris's songs, and he is incredible. The most recent one was just last week.

[@bennydawes3847]

Greed happened. Music executives don’t care about the music just the 💰.

[@cherylberry5058]

9.6

[@gone2bch]

I saw Tracy a couple years ago at Wild Bills in Atlanta. Great concert. He got a bad rap in his heyday for letting his fame get the best of him. He would cut shows short and had an attitude. But he was humbled quickly. He is doing a run of concerts with Justin Moore this spring

[@kodyhart1562]

Check out Paint me a Birmingham!

[@RockN2Country]

@Kody Hart I put it on the list and will probably have it done in about month or so, maybe sooner if I can slip it in. Thanks for the rec, and welcome to the channel!

[@fatguytrucking3258]

I know you did this reaction years ago, or if you will even see this but you need to do alibis by him

[@vickygehrke7789]

None of you have to worry I will NOT come back to this site. Don't need anymore abuse. 🖤🖤✌🖤🖤

[@chieffan92588]

Another one of my favorites of his is "Til I Was A Daddy Too". If I remember right, you did "If I Don't Make It Back" which is Tracy Lawrence.

[@TheNascarfan999]

This was Tracy's debut single which went to #1 way back in 1991. Tracy went on to have another half dozen #1 songs with his last coming in 2006. Tracy is still active in the industry and hosts a weekly syndicated show. The vocal event that he won the award for was almost certainly for "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" as a version of that featured Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. While it was not about the mortgage crisis, it actually isn't a bad fit for it. I am shocked that you never heard of Tracy but I won't go into recommending Tracy's other songs as I see many others have beat me to it. i will say if he is one you've never heard of, there may be many more 90s artists that we need to educate you on. Maybe each week you react to the #1 song on the billboard charts for this week 25 or 30 years ago, at least if it's a song you don't know. Yes there were some "bad" songs back then too but the vast majority of them were really good country songs.

[@RockN2Country]

@TheNascarfan999 I'm still giving you a shoutout when I react to the next song of his I do, which will be in about six weeks or so, maybe sooner. :-)

[@scotkenison]

Tracy Lawrence Is and was one of the best!

[@craigmanthie8134]

So glad you reacted to Tracy lawance. Such great singer and many many great songs. Albis, time marches on . Just few to start .

[@stevenrogers4906]

P.s. please react to the Judd's. I request "Rockin with The Rythym of the Rain", but almost any Judd's song is awesome. You can't tell the story about the 80's in country music with out the Judd's.

[@RockN2Country]

@Steven Rogers Just added it to the list. Please be patient, but I'll get to it in a little more than a month. Thanks!!

[@stevenrogers4906]

I am always patient.

[@KarenMaxfield-q4e]

Razorback

[@susantarallo2496]

Hi Don. If you love this song (I do too), I agree that you would also dig Time Marches On. The lyrics describe the changes that happen in our life. Both of these songs show up regularly on my “Vern Gosden” Pandora station

[@daledubose3032]

9.6? Wow

[@RockN2Country]

@Dale Dubose Yeah, it just hit me the right way and musically it was so good for what the message and mood were designed to produce. And the fact that I could relate so well to it gave it that much more credibility. The meaning of the song reflected a great principle, that people matter more than things. I was shocked at how that song hit me.

[@randall-king]

I always thought this was one of the best country songs from the 90s. My favorite Tracy Lawrence song. I give the studio version a 10.

[@RandyforRoyals]

I am fairly new so I am just catching up on some of your videos. I saw that you reacted to a Kiefer Sutherland song. I think you should check out another actor, Jeff Bridges. He has some nice videos from the AOL Sessions of such songs as "Maybe I Missed The Point", "Fallin' And Flyin'", and "The Quest."

[@knitswithhorses2285]

Love this one but my favorite TL song is Alibis. I really liked him. I'm pretty sure he still tours.

[@trknitts1]

You should react to " I know that hurt by heart" by Tracy Lawrence

[@mattferguson6404]

If you get a chance would like to see you react to Ray Scott "I ain't always thirsty"

[@wgj4everlong426]

told Ray when I met him that ain't always thirsty was best pure country song since he stopped lovin' her today

[@tbirdfan93]

He is a legend if you can do Tracy Lawrence lessons learned

[@outlawcountrymusic1261]

It would also be cool if u could review a Tyler Childers song called Can I take my hounds to heaven. Its not even produced yet, but it needs to be. Great song for the country/hunting living life!

[@RockN2Country]

@Outlaw Country Music I'll have to wait till it's out, but Tyler is the man. Thanks for the suggestion and if you have a link to it one day please share it with me here. Thanks!

[@outlawcountrymusic1261]

@@RockN2Country Thanks man! I'll be looking out for it. Keep up the good work on the channel!!

[@toddhodges4405]

I've been requesting Tracy Lawrence for several months "Find Out Who Your Friends are", this was early 90's

[@RockN2Country]

@Todd Hodges Just added it to the list, along with "Paint Me A Birmingham." Not sure which one I'll get to first, but please be patient and I'll get to both.

[@toddhodges4405]

@@RockN2Country Mine is better, Really lol

[@tbirdfan93]

Better man better off is also a good one

[@outlawcountrymusic1261]

Hes been collaborating with some new artists on his old songs Luke Combs/Bryan lately. It seems he is trying to make a comeback much like Brooks and Dunn with their Reboot album.

[@jaimesonmeza7097]

Ok first of all I can not belief this the first time you have listened to a Tracy Lawerence song before so let me recommend a few more that you can do for the channel the first one is if the world had a front porch like we had back then the second one is can you paint me a Birmingham and the third one is you find out who your friends are if you could a reaction to any of the three songs that I mention would definitely appreciate it thanks

[@tommyward7471]

My first concert ever was Tracy opening up for Reba at the Oil Palace in Tyler Texas. He's no pop, this was the late 80's

[@ericwarnick962]

I think he manly plays fairs and rodeos now.Great singer.

[@planojag595]

Eric Warnick Not from what I saw. He sold out Billy Bob’s last year when I saw him.

[@gabadboy2987]

Hillbilly with a heartache by Tracy Lawrence i think youll like it

[@magic8ball1982]

You should listen to No Doubt About It by Neal McCoy

[@dcthack1]

check out time marches on and find out who our friends are !!!!!!!!!

[@davidcrockett4589]

You really should do "Paint Me A Birmingham" and "You Find Out Who Your Friends Are"

[@RockN2Country]

@David Crockett It's on the list now, so I should have it up in about six weeks, maybe sooner. Thanks for the rec!

[@billypullen5988]

Do some Casey Donahew band