What a way to go Ray Kennedy

[@Speezerina]

Believe it or not, I am the actress who played Madame Roo at 1:24. It was a very fun shoot.

[@cindylatch]

Hey, I played the dancer from dallas! Fun shoot!

[@mr.d9989]

Really, I played the waitress from Idaho😋

[@larrywhetstone3110]

Awesome

[@Country_boy-sz3bn]

Believe it or not I’m Ray Kennedy

[@timchildress5782]

You are very pretty. Well done

[@cindylatch]

Wow! Just ran across this video after hearing the song today on the radio! I am the actress who played the " dancer down in Dallas!" with the twirling guns! ..and Yes we did shoot this in the Sherman Denison area. ...Ha - Long time ago.

[@Donscottmusic]

Wow! That's very cool. All of you sure look like you had a lot of fun filming it lol :)

[@powell356]

Lord how mercy! You sure have aged good.

[@willreid2772]

My curiosity is killing me. I live S. of Sherman, where did y'all film this?

[@kevindunn3027]

Cindy Latch Did he hit on you? If so how far did he get?

[@skijunkpowder]

Grea tsong & video .. your still a nice looking gal :))

[@Onehappyworlds]

Cool song. Haven't heard this song for awhile. I bought the album on cassette. Played it over & over. These kinds of songs didn't get a lot airplay because of Garth Brooks was huge at the time. This song has melody & words something missing in today's so called country music.

[@AceDiamond111]

Ray Kennedy..Just a fabulous song/singer/production! Dig it!

[@JOHNNYV8JPV8]

He did not Write the original He added to it. FACT Bobby Borcher first sang it that I know of.

[@birdman5939]

@@JOHNNYV8JPV8 Song was written by Bobby David and Jim Rushing

[@irwinwilliamson]

I love all of this old country. This is what I remember as true country. Thank You for posting this. This is the heart of true American Country Music.

[@Wes-ku9tb]

Agreed

[@Lane8492]

I have been looking for this song for years. I was a kid when I first heard this and now I'm 42

[@davidrice3337]

me too only im 53

[@klpayton67]

Ray can sing with a clarity that is in matched!!

[@jeannetteprice3846]

I have been looking for this song for 15 years! Finally, I found it!

[@PeggyTyner-vo3lm]

I haven't heard this song in years. I love it so glad to have found it. I play it everyday.

[@DoofsterDan]

How did this guy not catch on? Smooth vocals! Catchy hook-laden song.

[@SteveSchuffert]

He went on to be a five time Grammy winning producer. One of my best friends from my nashville period 93-2012. We still talk. Love him.

[@davidrice3337]

I think he's one of the top movers and shakers in the Nashville / Americana community

[@davidrice3337]

​@@SteveSchuffertid tell him he's one of the reasons I picked up a guitar and sang a song I wrote for a pretty girl - I think he'd be proud

[@mjb51270]

One of my all time favorite songs!

[@kaseyhawks1065]

I have hunted hell and highwater for this song.I was a truck driver and I lived by this song.20years and one EX wife ago

[@Speezerina]

Thanks for putting it on KZbin. I haven't seen that thing in years. It was filmed in a studio in historic downtown Sherman, TX. The man in the video is just as funny in real life, as I remember. Highnrising is right, it was from the early 90's. And I was wrong. It's not Madame Roo, but Madame Roux. Duh, she's Creole. All these years and I never knew I was named after gravy.

[@nicholasmelby5361]

Damn this takes me back! Thanks for posting it.

[@Lane8492]

I got French Fried by a waitress in Idaho. LOL 😂

[@ted.angell7609]

Hey, famous potatoes 🤷‍♂️

[@carolynmalone9871]

I love this music...the voice sounds like Mike Reed...beautiful.

[@phillipallen3671]

I always thought that was who it was

[@patrickcrisp9357]

Very him kinda song easy to confuse

[@DaveWollenberg]

Haven't heard this 1, in a dog's age! ACC's #89 song of '91. God bless ya, for postin' it . Thanx! Have a blessed week!

[@George-bj5ki]

Interesting it peaked at #10 one of that years best

[@Aaron48415]

Thx 94.1 “the duke” for playing this. The radio station is based in Lansing,Mi.

[@wildatheart1165]

Aaron48415 yea thanks Duke it was first time for me hearing. Very under rated..

[@ronaldvernon788]

First time I heard this was 101.5 hank fm in Dayton Ohio love this song

[@8bitter696]

First heard this on Buckeye country 107.7 FM in Newark

[@DeerParkAuto]

Great Song....Very Under-Rated.

[@KunPwChckn]

This line, "Nancy, oh so fancy" has been stuck since before I could talk.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

And Nancy’s just one lady who deserves to be taking a ride in the 1979 Kenworth K100 Aerodyne cabover semi truck of B.J. McKay?????!!!!!

[@channingherrera8144]

Me and my brother sing this when i hang out with him memerable times.

[@juandherrera1029]

Good times with the brotha good times after work on a Friday night

[@mbpaisley1111]

I know Ray Kennedy, he was my boyfriends good friend & Ray opened for the band Alabama in the early 90's, so we got to go on the buses and meet everyone. Ray has a recording studio in Nashville TN, & to my knowledge he never made another hit! Great song, great video, thanks for posting it!

[@kellydavis2979]

mbpaisley1111 he actually did! A song called Scars 💕

[@doughesson]

"...A little wierd but she always drove him wild." Ain't they all,guys?

[@robertschreiber8099]

YEP! They are, doughesson.

[@berniefaulkner8555]

Great job song singing video. Tkx bernie faulkner

[@floydbowman7429]

Always loved this song

[@wick3528]

been lookin for this song for years cool

[@derbyd10]

I was doing radio when Rays cds dropped. Played the crap Out of them. Great twangy music.

[@bobknobenoff7383]

An awesome song!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

At 1:55, just now remembered the car getting shot up. Thanks for this!

[@cordculley1836]

Thats awesome love this song!

[@dannykidd5377]

i like ray a lot i got to met him about the time what away to go come out and belive i lived every minunte of it i got childen poping up everywhere thinks ray i brag about you to everybody about metting you

[@benjantzen8910]

What a way

[@NeoTradCMFan]

KLSR in Miami, TX for playing it than just the new stuff Hopefully it never stops

[@larrywhetstone3110]

Awesome song

[@tec81002002]

Ray Kennedy does a lot of production work in Nashville now.

[@ronaldvernon788]

My favorite song

[@chrishowell6549]

This might sound crazy to some, but I would have loved to hear Bon Scott sing this one. Old blues-rock AC⚡DC style. I think he would have sang its story beautifully.

[@johnsansker7064]

Chat GPT could do that if you really want that. Though, it would probably come off like "Whole Lotta Rosie".

[@SoonerBear]

He said, "Women gonna be the death of me, but what a way to go". This song describes my grandfather (mom's dad) very well.

[@mhtfixit]

Well, great to meet you. I have tried to find what Mr. Kennedy is up to now. Havent heard anything from him on the radio or news. It must have been a blast doing that video, especially the wide open eyes just befor the pin in the doll. Thanx for watching.

[@RickyRicardo-jd8ed]

ThanQ

[@OneHitWonderGuy]

This Top 10 Country hit from 1991 kicks butt

[@beagletrump7566]

a great song

[@mdbpowerwash]

man''' what ever happen to this fantastic artist

[@caseylee12]

Man, is that guitar twangy enough, or what? Reminds me of Don Rich.

[@haweater1555]

Seen this on Canada's music video cable channel over 30 years ago, on a "cheesiest videos of the year" special.

[@justinstigating1]

this is such a great video!! I love this song!

[@hssenior]

This was realeased in 1990 the year I was born

[@tvgizmo1]

Wow yer OLD!

[@rayw2455]

That’s so cool!!!

[@jeffschultz4493]

I would agree.

[@jdfishnerd6824]

yeah this is my life and its totally cooooool

[@kuromi8384]

Spent 20 mins finding this song for my dad lmao. He swore it was by Hank Williams Jr

[@jamiehuber4117]

I did the same thing, except I thought it was by Randy Travis

[@rhoward122862]

Greg Austin sang this very song at Austin City Lexington Ky. 1980s.

[@highnrising]

Great record and vid. By the way, it's from the '90s. I think Ray Kennedy is quite prominent nowadays, producing records for other artists. He produced Steve Earle and others.

[@tonyridlen]

Great song which more artists would do more songs that are fun like this one!!!

[@hillbillymanmean6429]

i can relate to this song lol :)

[@willreid2772]

He actually played every instrument in this song...look it up..

[@williamroberts3501]

My grandmother was the woman at the bar

[@highnrising]

I remember this when it was a hit single. On the radio he sang "I got hogtied by a redhead in Idaho"--they didn't let him say "hooker".

[@KK-ex5zu]

We had a classic country music radio station in our area for about 3 years. They got the boot about a year ago. Anyway, they left the line hooker in the song the 1st 6 months, then one day they replaced it with redhead in Ohio. WTF, hooker isn't on the list of 7 dirty words that the FCC monitors! Either some whinny radical right wing die hard christian mommy or some far leftist mommy probably called in and bitched. I'm just saying people, we need something in between this snowflake feelings being hurt BS in this country!

[@stevehuston9831]

@@KK-ex5zu I remember when they switched the lyrics. Country stations were family oriented and they didn't want kids hearing words like that.

[@ted.angell7609]

Autres temps, autres mœurs 😀

[@waynescountry]

were can i get the whole album someone stold it on me years ago

[@47albatross]

so far the score is 117 like 1 dislike & it's not even that close. Love this song!! What a great tune.

[@oneman1812]

I 🐝 HA VA INNG, MISSIPPI DELTA🍀☘️☘️🍀🌻

[@oneman1812]

MEAN WHIL3 POP SUM COL'$, SIT BAkk & @ND 3NJ0Y TH33 $H0W!!!. 🍿🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@robertblalock408]

For all those who did the video thanks for the comic relief 😁

[@reijiminato8762]

Is this the same singer who did “Brothers in the Night” for the Vietnam War movie “Uncommon Valor?”

[@robertblalock408]

No that's ray louis Kennedy passed in 2014 he was a rock artist

[@LastRebel1964]

on that album years ago he also had great songs such as the storm , cog in the wheel but those songs arent posted YEt look up his cd to buy it at amazon its only 4,99

[@redneck400m3]

Maybe its just me, but does he bare a strikeing resemblance to george thorogood?

[@grimjack148]

Old Dr. Hook deep cut. Was this from the brilliant Shel Silverstein dude that wrote all those kids books? LOL.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Well, knowing the Milwaukee born independent semi trucker named B.J. (Billie Joe) McKay, he’d probably take chances on the painted woman in Vegas as well as the teacher in Tallahassee, and especially Nancy with the $100.00 smile 😻!

[@williamroberts3501]

Part of this was filmed in denison texas

Yes and I played the widow in Wyoming.

[@scottyromsos]

amazon is where to find this one

[@waynescountry]

what did happen to the guy hes great

[@zachnagel3910]

When I first heard this thought it was David Allen Coe lot of similarity but wow this is a damn good song

[@JOHNNYV8JPV8]

yes he should do it Maybe Gary Allan could fall in his style

[@phoenixdoubledeuce]

here ya go......that about does it....don't it?

[@Hurtinnomo]

Just wanted to comment and say the bar scenes in this video was done in DENISON, TX. My kids grandmother ran the bar, can't remember what the name of the bar is but we all got copys of it and I'm sure after I post this she will comment and everyone will know she was a star for a few!!!!!!!

[@Carbonblak]

Many a man listens , many a man laughs ..

[@37Nlat101Wlon]

I haven't seen this video since the 80s. I laughed my ass off then just as much as I did a few minutes ago. I'd like to add my name to some of the other posted requests here to see the video for the song Scars sometime in the future. So there really is a bar called the "Blue Moon" in Seattle, that's wild.

[@robertblalock408]

Looking in all the comments below sadly Ray passed away in 2014 he was a great man R.i P

[@evad1]

No way Jose, Robert! This Ray Kennedy is alive and well and still producing for artists. Raymond Louis Kennedy, another well known music guy passed away in 2014. Thanks, Wikipedia!

[@robertblalock408]

@@evad1 well i do apologise for the the mix up then

[@DaveWollenberg]

Whatever happened to Ray?

[@SteveSchuffert]

Big career as a producer in nashville. He’s won five Grammys now.

[@erickfadeley4999]

Whatever happened to the guy in the video

[@justinb.1459]

Thought it was hank jr.

[@edhathaway9844]

Great song! I remember hearing it as a kid then trying to figure out who sang it when I became an adult. Nobody could remember and so I had to wait til google was invented. Did he have any other hits?

[@Speezerina]

Actually, this was filmed in the early 90's, not the 80's, fyi. It was filmed in a studio in Denison, Texas.

[@ricstormwolf]

For years, I thought Sammy Kershaw did this song!

[@JaysonT1]

Rev Wolf Seriously? Well poop, I did not know that.

[@kuromi8384]

My dad thought Hank Williams Jr did it

[@katluvr915]

They do sound similar.

[@MarkHenderson-yv4ye]

I could very well have been that fella

[@catsNplanets]

This is the man who helped create the Discover card. Just an FYI.

[@Steve_W5IEM]

+Mandee Kulp This is the son of the man who helped create the Discover card, actually.

[@waynelyles9475]

My life story..well I have stories for the grandkids.maybe not😊

[@raydotson1779]

all i got to say is what a way to go lol

[@jdfishnerd6824]

and by the way i'v had a blast

[@LastRebel1964]

ok ill give yall an update he layed down his steel guitar and is now a compempoary artist in new york city what a waiste of GREAT COUNTRY TALENT

[@mhtfixit]

From what I heard, the same thing that happened to Micheal J. Fox and Johnny Cash.

[@fixitmann6685]

Everybody seems to forget the more popular cover by Dr. Hook. In fact most everyone thought that was the original, although the original was actually performed by Bobby Borchers as the "B" side of a single in 1977 (the same year Dr. Hook performed it and released it on a compilation album.) This one doesn't do that version justice at all. For one thing, it's in the totally wrong style, much better as a Rock and Roll song. I mean, really, country?

[@Country_boy-sz3bn]

If David Bowie and Rod Stewart had a baby.

[@schechter01]

The video is cheesy as only 80's music videos can be, & the guy at the bar does NOT have a "hard & traveled" face. But the song is still great. Radio stations were still playing it in 1993 when I first heard it. (They did in the Midwest, anyway)

[@schechter01]

***** Thanks, I learned something today. Until you posted that, I had no idea Bobby Borchers even existed!

[@johnnieoats3954]

Mr. Schechter he'll moo

[@somanyytfreetrialaccounts8005]

1.5x much better

[@wick3528]

been lookin for this song for years cool