Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother, Jerry Jeff Walker.

Early Music Video using a cut from the Viva Terlingua Album, with thanks to Jerry Jeff Walker for the Luckenbach Performance and Ray Wylie Hubbard for the song. Up Against the Wall had become a San Antonio High School Anthem for us in 1974 when we made this fun little music video (S-8 Film with Audio Cassette playback ) for an English class media project. Everyone else that year was doing slide shows of pretty sunsets to Neal Young Music and such, so we did Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother.
Thanks to the Mayan Dude Ranch for use of their western town set, to Mr. Edwards of Pipe Creek Texas for use of his barn and of course to Jerry Jeff and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Enjoy some young film stars in their debut performances of a song they knew so well, so well, so well.

[@gallen2101]

I am 69 , a Black woman and I love this song! Proud Southern, no one knows how to party like we do country 😊

[@billystewart3605]

God bless you!

[@keiranstewart95]

I'm here cos I heard it on that 70s show😂 but now i feel home😊

[@russellsimonds7148]

❤❤❤

[@joeyocom5087]

Why would your color make a difference?

[@19MadMike95]

​@@joeyocom5087 I wonder...

[@kennethvoller278]

68 year old man here after 50 years still listening and diggin it!!

[@suenatewa7472]

😊 right behind you man. Every weekend hahahaha

[@alfredoduran1635]

I am retired Military Police and I heard some soldiers play this song at a bbq for all of us. Central Germany. I love this song!

[@bradleeregister]

I discovered this song from that 70s show. What a tune.

[@michaelottereyes1925]

Me too ! 😂

[@Nilbogllat]

Knew this song from the show but never knew who sang it. Never looked into it. Watching Joey diaz with Josh wolf and wolf dropped the name

[@HammerHeart3229]

'Hello, Mother. This is your son, Eric. I am not feeling well.' 😂

[@donniewinter5331]

Thank you Red Forman

[@Optropicraft]

donnie winter Foreman

[@Metal-Possum]

No, Forman.

[@stecklein7]

Never heard this on that 70's show. Must have missed that one. God love Red! I love that guy. Makes me want to put my foot up someones ass ;)

[@TreeFiddyBandit]

stecklein7 I believe this is in the episode early in season 2, where it’s Red’s last day at the plant

[@AustinCutter1]

@@TreeFiddyBandit and what a great scene within the episode

[@garynicholls1448]

I am from Manchester, England. I first heard this as a New Riders of the Purple Sage version around 1978. It just stuck with me. Fast forward to 2017 and a bar in Dallas, Texas with two local lads playing a selection of guitars and I heard that intro, you know the one. Total recall. I was up there singing it, a few words changed and missed here and there but they knew I knew. The Lone Star shone brightly that night.

[@wileecoyote5929]

Greetings from rural West Texas

[@J.R.Steel85]

You are an honorary Texan, mate. Welcome 😎

[@Uncle_Neil]

That Star always shines bright. Agree with J.R. Steel, honorary Texan now. Cheers.

[@bettym7346]

My first intro to Jerry Jeff was "Backsliders Wine." "Redneck Mother" sealed the deal. 86-years-old now, haven't forgotten the words, or the good times.

[@g312g]

That 70's Show brought me here...👍👍👍👍

[@jakevalis6242]

Lol. Me too.

[@Abused_Peanut]

Lol I was just about to write that

[@jcy71]

me too. Can not believe never heard it or don t remember

[@Tony_Miller]

Charles Bronson I hope she's still pretty tomorrow

[@Michael_-qy4fu]

they sing it better too!! that 70's show brought me here too

[@63tonyalm]

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker. Steve Goodman and John Prine were wrong. This is the perfect country and western song (and video)

[@jimmyjones7634]

RIP J erry Jeff. I will always remember watching Jerry Jeff at Gruene Hall playing solo guitar and singing for hours on end. He will always be a hero to me

[@quinbagwell7515]

Certainly the perfect "Texas" country song, for sure

[@gilbertohlson6363]

I don't know, their song had mama, trains, trucks, prison, and gettin' drunk.

[@tedroesch9133]

One of the house bands at the Forest City, Arkansas VFW played this tune occasionally (they didn't wear it out) in the late '70's.

[@tedroesch9133]

P.S., I also witnessed someone dancing the 'gator' at that VFW. A woman at the next table almost "lost it", she was barking "That's disgusting! They ought to kick him out of here for good." - I'll never forget that.

[@ljsantora4674]

Being a teenager in Montana during the 70s and this song. What a time! 😆

[@mikewagner8806]

He’s not drunk he’s just not feeling well- Kitty Forman

[@jdwavvvves]

That 70's Show picked the best music

[@blainedickson682]

They had plenty to choose from.

[@lindagolden5801]

Some of us were lucky enough to live thru that 70's music and see some of it live!

[@dbrown2264]

Listening to Jerry Jeff Walker for 30+ years brought me here.

[@tinabisquick4099]

When u knew it before you watched the 70’s show

[@caaust01]

Ray Wylie Hubbard knocked it out of the park with this song. 20 years ago, this song became the door that lead me from Nashville's idea country music to learning about folks like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Billy Joe Shaver, and of course, the immortal Jerry Jeff. So much heart, soul, and honesty in music that never sees country radio.

[@Uncle_Neil]

You never really get over Townes. Nothing more real.

[@JimFinkTV]

Dang me, RIP Jerry Jeff.. so sorry to have to see you go.... may we all carry on.... glad to have heard about his passing in the comments section of this clip, bless everyone... the end is nigh....

[@lclfav2]

I know how you feel. I haven't been this bummed since Jerry Reed passed.

[@tinakurtz9165]

Ditto

[@dennisguidry3466]

RIP Jerry Jeff. Been a long ride

[@mikepatrick5909]

Great talent....

[@pattys7003]

@Jim Fink hey, I remember you! I was in class of '75. Hunter H. posted this on FB and so here I am. So glad you posted this masterpiece! What memories...this is really what it was like in SA in the mid 70's. We grew up in the greatest place in the most fun time there was! Wish I was there now and wish I had found sooner. Great job and thanks for posting. Also your excerpts below from Texas Monthly are wonderful.

[@scottyspliffen7421]

Hell yes kicking hippies asses and raising hell... true Americana at its finest!!!

[@jeffgaumond4250]

Jerry Jeff one of that army of Texas singers, song writers and guitarists. Sad to say many are gone, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Blaze Foley and lots more. We still have a few left, Steve Earle, Willy Nelson, etc. we should cherish them while they are still here. They are national treasures.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

Jeff Gaumond AND Waylon. R.I.P.Waymore🎸

[@TheManormen]

We have Robert Earl Keene.

[@jeffbell6029]

Rodney Crowell is still goin strong

[@MrPlemke50]

And just like that, there was one less.

[@thegreenbird795]

@Liberals Suck Ass UPSTATE NEW YORK...

[@lawnmowerman4040]

I’m 57 lived down the road from lukenbach in the 70’s saw walker willie and Waylon

[@paulherzog9605]

I want to go back to the 70's. Young, broke & high. Long hair ment sumething! I was never so free. Could go to Mexico with a postage stamp BC. Nobody gave a shit weather I was going in or coming out. It was awesome time. I hate 911 world.

[@jeffsage50]

i hear ya

[@dennisguidry3466]

Damn strong

[@jillmeraz7542]

I can't believe I first heard this on....THAT 70's Show!

[@ltkell2028]

I was 9 when I heard this & haven't heard it since. Birthday today & Jerry Jeff's name was brought up, looked it up & sang EVERY WORD! Some things you don't forget even after 52 yrs!! An I'm from Oklahoma...brought a HUGE smile!! Thanks for this

[@JimFinkTV]

Thanks LT.. That day was a really fun day out in the Hill Country between Austin and San Antonio. It's still also really fun to see that film again and as well to see the 1.5 million who have smiled over the last decade or so.

[@kennethvoller278]

I just heard a song from when I was 8 or 9, it was 'They're coming to take me away, to the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time', I knew all the words to that too.

[@juliadixon8465]

Hey loot. Heard it at 15, now 58, still call myself a punk rocker but am singing this song at the top of my lungs with tears running down my cheeks. There is no music anymore. We have to come here to celebrate and mourn

[@Baizza]

When you're drunk and unemployed and watching red forman being drunk and unemployed

[@Erica69]

Dhia ZITOUNI or just being drunk even with a job

[@michaelfriese431]

As relevant today as it was a year ago... and as it always will be... thanks Jerry Jeff!

[@MichaelJohnson-dc8jd]

Hahahaha

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

@@michaelfriese431 as relavent now as back the in 1974 when I first heard it

[@huckhockey]

dude i'm yankee reading your comment two years later........and THAT IS FUCKING FUNNY

[@matthewmiller3322]

One time me and my father and all my friends were in the car drunk and my mother had to come pick us up from the bar and we were all singing this in the car on the way home while my mother just sat there It was in the 70s

[@anitamelon3559]

Great story

[@mattcall4490]

Yeah man That 70s Show was great

[@kennethcastelino2667]

Forman , is that you ?

[@tinakurtz9165]

Really wish we could turn back time. The 70s were the shit!!

[@jessecantrell1820]

Remember mom's had been through the sixties so this was actually pretty tame in comparison. Were you all on KEY???

[@mohakgupta7358]

Man I wanna be in America during 70s

[@catdaddy3302]

I wish I could go back.

[@mohakgupta7358]

@We all work together I want to be an American not really look like one

[@joeymorvant161]

@@mohakgupta7358 Nice!

[@franciscoosuna259]

I'm not sure Americans know what Americans look like

[@toddgittins5692]

You'd had to be tough!

[@KingofFlamehazes]

that 70's show brought me here

[@yeeyee6309]

Same reason I'm here haha

[@CarlosRamirez-ns7qw]

Steven: I got Amy's number Red: Good for you Steven Steven: Yeah. I hope she's still pretty tomorrow.

[@THRASHATTACK]

Watching it now ahahaha

[@elchicopajaro5179]

Just saw it lol

[@wheelmanstan]

@@elchicopajaro5179 y'all talkin about that 70's show?

[@kennethcastelino3033]

@@wheelmanstan Yeah. That's what it is.

[@markmadden1388]

Just saw that on That 70’s show. Hilarious!

[@PineValley57]

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker - Our College Party Anthem

[@MarshaMcDougall]

Mine too. University of Dallas

[@lastzeen]

Same here. Fond memories of entire bars singing this late nights. UW Stout, late 70s.

[@redoorn]

@@lastzeen near Magnificent Lake Menomin i lived too many years in Barron

[@lastzeen]

@@redoorn See you Thursday night at Pine Point?

[@charlesolzawski]

Listening from Muskogee, OK USA.... I Identify

[@thomasoswalt7128]

My children would never understand the joy this song places in my heart.Excellent irony,a thumb in the eye of bigots everywhere.

[@jeromyelder3951]

My 16yr old daughter sings me this all the time lol

[@m49512]

I so agree! Some will never understand…

[@johnshelton3555]

I have been listening to country music all my life and this is a top ten song if there ever was one.

[@ImpossibleMowers1998]

I’m 18 years old and this song is a classic. Funny as hell

[@denisesaunchegrow4088]

In 1976 a gal from Texas transferred to our high school on the west Coast and she sang this in class❤

[@truthbetold1564]

The VIVA Terlingua album was one of my all time faves. Sure gonna miss ya, Jerry Jeff.. RIP!

[@garyhanson9320]

He was born in Oklahoma

[@lesliebrown6428]

My go to whenever I feel like some good redneck music.

[@MrDonttreadonme111]

He is sill alive

[@gail.r.4604]

@@MrDonttreadonme111. @MrDonttreadonme111, No Sir, he has passed. Last October (2022) Luckenbach, and his fans had a celebration, and put a JJW monument next to Hondo’s . The event was sold out when I tried for tickets. He’s still one of my favorite outlaws.

[@briantindle7115]

Rest In Peace , Jerry Jeff Walker

[@MelodyTunis]

Brings back great memories when I was younger and rowdier!

[@seanoconnor5730]

I still see Red, Eric, Hyde and Fez yelling this 😂

[@TheMedicineMan_29]

While I do like the scene from That 70’s Show with this song. I also like this song bc it was one of my dad’s favorite songs. Remember being 10 and him blaring this while we were driving to his job so he could pick up his check and some dude cutting him off and throwing up the “I do what I want” gesture and dad making the guy pull over so he could throw some fists with him. Dude who cut him off had a “Coexist” and “ Love is the answer” bumper stickers, I still remember my dad saying that he was about to give him a lesson in coexistence by showing him some tough love

[@jeaniebop]

Fantastic video!! I grew up on this music in San Antonio in the 70’s! They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore!! ❤❤❤

[@wistfulwraith3296]

I lived in South Texas in the 70's, ages 7 to 16. Best time of my life. They always played this at the dances at summer camp in the Hill Country.

[@janetdurden7829]

what towns consist in Hill Country?

[@wistfulwraith3296]

​@@janetdurden7829 San Antonio, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Boerne, Austin, and many others. My camp was near Kerrville.

[@gordonclark4049]

One of my all time favourite songs

[@marvinschlichting7072]

Time I hear the redneck mother thank you it music to my ears

[@millasia]

Had a blast listening to this at the Dixie chicken in college Station back in the early 80s

[@marktate4466]

I still have this album. Great country music!

[@tonysignorelli6767]

I’m 62 and I’ve been a Jazz musician since I was 19, I love this song so much! 🎉

[@OULUVINCHICK]

RIP Mr. Walker. Many drunk nights singing this song! Great memories. Thank you!

[@northtexaspatriot7774]

Lots of great memories from the ole days back in the late 70’s and early 80’s! Always a goodtime when Jerry Jeff Walker was playing! Seen him live in Dallas at Poor David’s Pub ! RIP to a One of the Greats

[@knifelyfe6565]

I've seen all the Texas guys at Davids.Townes, Rusty, Buckwheat, Ray, Guy, Fromholz, Murphy, and so many more.Got to sit and drink with them after the doors were locked and they loaded out. Those were the good old days.

[@gordonc.schmidt2019]

I am 29, a white guy and I love this song! I’m from New Orleans and love to party. Although I feel the South, beginning with the moment Johnson’s presidential reconstruction began, has experienced a gradual closure of the aperture of contingencies that could lead to it being a uniquely pride-inducing region for me 😊

[@wthendrix5047]

From North Texas here. I just bought the original LP for a dollar today. "Viva Terlingua"! I am one happy Texan!!!

[@lindanorton4381]

Ha. Good Day to play this. Happy Mothers Day. !!!!!!! Funny. !!!!!

[@cormacdavid7355]

Hi Linda 👋

[@fasteddie1257]

I remember this song when it was created and played on the radio..

[@gail.r.4604]

Jacky Jack, Boy, you sure steeped this into the hearts and souls of us 70’s teens! They called us all crazy, pot smokin, beer drinkin, OUTLAW rednecks! I am as proud today, as I was then. Still an Outlaw!!!! All gens. have their hero’s! Glad to say you, JJW, are one of my most cherished. Thank you for all the great music and the concerts. Growing up was so much fun singing along with your cherished songs! They always bring a smile, and sometimes a tear. Growin old w/your tunes is a little easier. Rest easy and keep on keepin on…. ((Fuck spell check, If I could’ve sent this written in letter form, I would’ve.)) Progress *) Thank you, for the joy you have brought all these years. From one Outlaw to another. Peace

[@raulflores8467]

That 70's show brought me here 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

[@jimm6386]

I had to pleasure and honor of seeing/hearing Jerry Jeff Walker w/ his band in 1973 (?) at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr (burb of Philadelphia). Grand show - friendly man - smiled at any and everyone he passed. A real sweet man.

[@bonafideslacker2626]

Country outlaw nostalgia, thanks JJW.

[@scumtex3463]

My uncle used to sing this song to me since I was born in Oklahoma all the time and it always annoyed me and I would tell him to shut up. This morning I found him dead in his bed. This song will now be one of my favorites and will be on repeat for a while. This man was more like a dad to me. He raised me. Showed me everything I know. R.i.p. Don. I love you so much.

[@martybowen1]

This is the version I like the best!!

[@kimtodd1803]

When was about 10 or 12 I had this record back 80s , most regret thing it feels like punch stomach, after my stepdaughter died when I was 13, my mom ask if I wanted keeps the records of all kind singers especially this one I love . I told no. Looking back wish how had all of records

[@Cricketmh62]

I remember it when I was High School !!!!! Yea I am that old !!

[@MamaJacqueroo]

Texas 1970s. Couldn't get enough Jerry Jeff Walker at the time. So many local bands played him it was fun to sing along. Viva Terlingua was a huge hit in my neighborhood. I like to re-visit it from time to time. Those were the days.

[@kopkilla5462]

A legend, that is one of the greatest musicians I've ever heard. We all have our own taste in music, understable. But Jacky Jack strikes a chord in my soul like Elvis, Beatles, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, etc. NEVER DID! Of course their all great muscians, but some like JJW hit you in your soul for reasons you cannot explain. That's what makes him so special. He's not the best guitar player, or singer, or greatest looking. But he is absolutely perfect at being Jerry Jeff Walker. That to me is incredible, and why I love him so much. Thank you my friend for being yourself and changing so many lives. A Perfect Genius.

[@dixiered5596]

Thank You Jerry Jeff for turning me on to the Austin music scene in the 70’s..I thought I knew how to party until I met you..thanks for the great memories..at least the ones I can remember..

[@markferraro5250]

RIP JJW thanks for the great music

[@duh2886]

RAy Wylie Hubbard brought me Here

[@jeffpoyner4198]

Same. I always end up here or Poke Salad Annie.

[@denisekricho1987]

May god hold him in his arms. So talented!

[@justkim1]

Rest in peace and Thank You for the music!

[@JanikLitalien]

That 70's show brought me here

[@teddypilny9404]

Rest in Peace Cowboy! Man I'm going to miss you, you made this world a better place to live in!

[@DevilDogClayton]

Brings back my Guymon OK good ole days back in 1970 somewhere..So Well...And Im still playing it....🤔

[@delindamclaughlin3110]

Great dancing song! RIP Jerry Jeff!

[@petelarose998]

I love this song and I love the singer it is so great. God bless you by Jeff Walker

[@kdey2841]

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

[@mickeyjanise28]

😭

[@LeiasStandIn]

So who else can’t hear this song without yelling “So well! So well! So well!” after he sings “Mother who has raised her son so well…” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@beckyfinch6628]

God Bless you Jerry Jeff Walker!!! Your music changed my life forever!!! My brother was by FAR your biggest fan!! He passed away 2 yrs ago!!!! He would be 60 yrs old today so I am playing a Jerry Jeff marathon in his honor!!!! You brought so much joy to his life and mine as well!!!! You the man Jerry Jeff!!! So keep on keep on playing!!!

[@robertcudlipp3426]

Been a rusted on fan since the 70's....when visited Austin, called into Charlie Dunn's past workplace, but couldn't get to the back of Capital Saddlery,, guess Buck Steiner was long gone, but ordered a pair of custom boots and showed the staff a photo of Jerry Jeff's boots and got a copy sent to me in Australia, where I live. Next went to the current iteration of Mannys Hat Shop. Ordered " An Old Friend "- that too was shipped home some time after returning home. The Old Friend has been displayed/ mounted on a wall in my study. As with Jerry Jeff referring to Manny, it will "keep him alive in the room ". How sad to lose a singer, songwriter, storyteller who clearly never sought out fortune and fame. Have been playing and listening to his music since the 70s and his tunes, characters and stories will continue to travel with me as an important part of my life Thanks for everything Jerry Jeff.

[@benjaminzwirek7786]

RIP JJW. Such a legend. So many good memories of his concerts.

[@carolinehoh3257]

RIP. Jerry Jeff Walker....

[@jenniferhaworth7427]

Love him...know all the words to all the songs. RIP Jerry Jeff.

[@honestj820]

Hello how are you doing?

[@artnouveau7633]

I first heard this in Austin Texas mid 1970s at an outdoor venue called Hill on the Moon, Jerry Jeff Walker and the Bunkhouse Band during the Hippie Cowboy days good days and good times

[@JimFinkTV]

gee, no idea what grade we got, too many decayed brain cells since the 70's, maybe one of our other team members recalls. I gather this project helped our yearly grade average... the fun grade now is that somehow by Feb 2016 we are closing in on 60k hits.. Oyeee. I mean it's nothing compared to many projects hitting a million+ in a day.. but hey.. it's ancient, 1974.. so, power on ya'll.. According to Ray Wylie, he wrote this just a year or two earlier, and then Jerry Jeff took it on the road right away.. go see Ray if he comes through your town, quite the tight band, and good show.. and thanks to SunRadio.com for keeping Texas and Americana music alive and well.

[@onlyme114]

RIP JJW. I use to have a lot of good times drinking beer and playing this song on the Jukebox.

[@williampoff3096]

I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia the real Virginia!!! The land of Lee and Jackson and Stuart!!! And I grew up on outlaw country and bluegrass and southern rock!!!!! And I grew up with this song!!!! Love it y'all!!!

[@ronniewatkins]

Haven't heard this in 40 years!!!!

[@100texan2]

I remember when this song first came out. Back then we could drink beer and drive

[@edwardchristian7120]

I saw Jerry Jeff in the Little Bear in Evergreen Co.....great beer drinkin times.....Saw Gary P. Nunn in the same venue.....great music, good times,,,,,,great venue back in the 80's and 90's.

[@jamesj9744]

I don’t think there is anything like that left within an hour of Denver. I would drive to Evergreen any day to hear good music.

[@daalday]

The one time I went to a Jerry Jeff concert I will always remember how drunk he was and music was great. I grew listening to all music. That's was a good thing because I never got bored. Nowadays I listen music on KZbin with Bluetooth wireless headphones and lately that's all I do since the pandemic and life is great

[@patricksaxon3983]

So sad that he passed away, I saw him in concert and he was great! I was not even drunk when I saw his concert, but if he was alive, I would get drunk in his memory.

[@honestj820]

Hey how are you doing.?

[@MCMNasty2]

Rest easy, sir. Thanks for the memories and your amazing songs.

[@lawrencepoe8425]

Sup

[@robertkenny5528]

I was an Australian soldier in 1972 & when someone in bravo company played this at full blast in the middle of the night we all came out to sing the chorus

[@markcraven8386]

Summer of 72 Jerry Jeff and John Prine. I wanna go back.

[@waltermull9598]

Back in the 70's in Houston and working in the oil patch listening to this music it didn't get much better

[@alansmith7626]

I never forget being in Lubbock and gettin stoned to this and Hank WIlliams Sr, with people who had never heard of pink floyd, or led zeppelin ...was a time! But I did get to see Buddy Hollys grave...never forget. Thank You Rigney Auto PArts and Simmons machine...

[@drogers5355]

RIP Jerry im gonna miss ya

[@rager__]

Always gotta have this on the playlist whenever i roll up💨🍃🇨🇱

[@GaryHearn-p2x]

I saw Jerry Jeff in1977 city park stadium new Orleans

[@makeamericagreatagain3792]

Jerry Jeff Walkers best song. I remember when this first came out. This is country music what is supposed to be.

[@MSHorse16]

Love me some Jerry Jeff. I’m 63. Listened and sang along in Waco and headed to Austin in 1978. Nobody like JJW

[@johnmcdermott837]

“Blame the Parents” interprets across all cultures and generations

[@loriann3896]

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker, thanks for the memories.

[@clint7827]

This is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Ever.

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

Just heard this again after almost 50 years. Classic bar after 20 or so beer songs. Reminds me of Texan love song by Elton John

[@Dave-is3zc]

I'm from Texas!???!! Hey! He is a God