This is part 3 of a compilation of Kenny Vaughan interviews. I'm hoping this will make it easier for people to find all of these stories. These are clips from interviews I've done with Kenny over the years, so feel free to share this video with anyone who might enjoy it. Here's Part one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrRjqqyY1b7Nmok.htmlsi=610qEfyh8Jl20hYJ Here's part two: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prePY9uWy7izhJc.htmlsi=VHyF6aXd-dpajE6-

Kenny is such a cool dude and a truly amazing musician. Could listen to his stories all day long. Thanks to you both. This is important as well in a historical context.

God I love listening to Kenny tell stories. I wish there was 200 hours of this.

Looks like Kenny remembers everything that happened in his live. Great to hear.

Loving these Kenny Vaughan interviews.

Kenny Vaughan is such a cool dude. And has some great stories. Thanks for the compilations.

We saw MS & the FS at UofR a few years ago. Kenny leaned into the mic and said in a conspiratorial tone “ Mavis Staples calls me Muscles” 🤣🤣🤣 if you don’t laugh at that you’re probably dead….

Love the Kenny Vaughn stories. Thanks Otis..

Thanks for posting this interview with Kenny, he's such a good dude and has the best stories. Then you gotta love his guitar playing.

Terrific interview Otis. I could listen to Kenny share stories of music legends for hours and hours.

Kenny Vaughn talks about music from the standpoint of my generations time frame and travels further into the country influence behind most of the players of the mid and late sixties and on. I really appreciate it!

Thanks Otis, love your channel. Kenny has a great memory.

Autotune is the worst thing to happen to music. It is truly "no player left behind". Everything you say is true. Thank you for such great music and wonderful stories.

These are all great. He's one of the very best interviews out there. Always interesting, thoughtful, often humorous, and so many great stories to hear. You can tell he's a genuine music 'nut' and always has been. I never knew about Kenny until I accidentally came across reruns of The Marty Stuart show on cable and saw The Fabulous Superlatives play. Besides all the great interviews the guy is a phenomenal guitarist and a good singer as well.

Kenny's story telling is always so good. What a cool guy.

I love your show … Otis … You’ve turned me onto so much great music and insights into the artists… More …Gurf … Please…

These interviews are absolutely priceless. Thanks, Otis!

Otis, awesome. Just awesome. Great stories. Great people.

I could listen to kenny vaughn tell storys all night and i do ! THANKS OTIS utah johnny .

Priceless stories!

Excellent interview. Neil, Billy Joe and Waylon. Met Waylon and Johnny in DC at the Willard hotel during the highway men tour. Two huge men. Saw Billy Joe in Tucson shortly after Eddie passed. Tiny little dive. Talked to him for about 10/15 minutes. Very cool. Approachable. Wrote a bunch of excellent music. Saw Neil in Cincinnati on his garage tour. Copped a ticket on day of show at window. band returned their tickets. 15th row from stage. Crazy horse in tow.! What show! Thanks Kenny and Otis for the memories!

Kenny Vaughan is such a tasty guitarist but he's maybe an even better story teller! When is going to write that book?? I'd stay up all night reading that!!

Shocking how much inside detail KV has about a player's rig (ie Bill Black). He's an encyclopedia (as are you). Thx. Fantastic piece on Billy Joe Shaver's honesty as a person and writer.

I was at a Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard Tour Concert 2013 and I was watching their buses and watched a Hell's Angels member ride up on his harley and go in Haggard's Bus. Seen the Hell's Angel sit down in the Audience before the Show started. I always wondered how that friendship was started.

This guy is just plain and simple COOL!

We just saw Marty Stewart with Kenny and the guys two nights ago in Bloomington IL. Great show!

Man, these stories are gold! Amazing! Thank you so much!!

Thanks, Kenny. Great to hear these stories. I grew up in Denver but am a few years younger.

I got to see Billy Joe Shaver with his son on a Strat (if memory serves) at Hal and Mal’s in Jackson, MS in the mid 90’s and really was a great show.

Kenny has incredible knowledge and taste.

Great to Geek out and hear, thanks. glad the stories are being archived. Hoping our younger generations will one day look at this and realize the great times we lived that has passed. Ostrich tuning! Stones: 29 November 1965 at Denver Col, playlist for 65' . they played so many shows, every month shows. Only August was 3 dates. Friggin awesome. Keith would say, he was touring so much, he had no time to relax and focus on playing and learning, which triggered him to the Beggars sessions to push more into the open tunings. "She Said Yeah" "Hitch Hike" "Heart of Stone" "Mercy, Mercy" "That's How Strong My Love Is" "Play With Fire" "The Last Time" "Good Times" "Oh Baby" "Get Off Of My Cloud" "I'm Moving On" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

These are so enjoyable! Thanks Otis and Kenny! Great insights and such a killer musician.

Thank you Otis so much for putting this up. I love real stories, I love the craft. Reminds me of the Don Marshall stories I’ve heard over the years. I worked with Don in a club level 2 piece, and it was great. Don was the drummer in the Esquires with Young when they were kids in Winnipeg.

I'm sure glad I found your channel - these clips are freakin' gold 🔥

Thanks. Great to put the shorter videos together. Just love listening to Kenny's stories. Takes me awhile to get throughout them because he is so knowledgable I end up looking up and educating myself on a lot of what he shares--the musicians, the songs, the equipment, the venues, the times, like Bar Stool Blues, which I had never heard before.

I attended the Denver Pop Festival in the summer of ‘69, so I enjoy hearing from Kenny.

Thanks so much Otis for these Cousin Kenny videos!!! I love listening to Kenny he is such a great storyteller! Cheers!

I met Kenny at Gruene Hall in 2006. He is genuinely a music fan. He came back after his Superlatives set, in his Nudie suit, to watch Robert Earl Keen and Cross Canadian Ragweed.

"Tonight's the night." Greatness.

Otis, I can't thank you enough for these interviews. I always admired Kenny's playing and stage presence but he's a fucking encyclopedia of popular music from the last 50 years. Whenever I can, I get to hang with my buddy Earl Poole Ball who played with and produced Johnny Cash (with Marty), Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Merle, etc. He tells stories like that.

Thank you Otis and thank you Kenny! What great stories !

If you haven't read dancing with the devil. You should. Great stuff. Thanks brother

I think the book about the Stones by Stanley Booth that he mentions is, "The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones." It's great!

Looking back to all the sounds created and the stories associated is a treat.

Kenny cracks me up. Its not like he's even trying to be funny, but something about his delivery is some of the most unbelievably funny stuff ever.

Gold. Pure gold. Otis, please, please, please give us something even less than this caliber on Jimmy Page, anything! Lol...thanks man

Kenny is a legend. 🙏🙏 I really get his points on that slightly out of tune notes, adds character to certain pieces. 👏

Kenny's right Mojo is great I've been reading that mag for over twenty years,and it' often has fascinating interviews and articles about very interesting artists,from the past,if you love sixties and seventies music it's the best magazine around, there are other good magazines but Mojo has had consistent quality ever since they began, they have articles about those weird obscure groups and musicians that collectors love. They are just the best

Kenny has the best stories on your channel, Otis. Thanks for the always, interesting info! Any stories of Jim James and his short time with John Prine? Thanks

Kenny is a great story teller

Thanks - going to pull out my vinyl copy of tonite’s the night with Kenny’s ear. My favorite Neil Young - Everyone knows this is nowhere.

Good job! Interesting guy. Great guitarist. I thought he was just country. This makes me respect him even more.

Kenny can play any kind of music, love his stuff with Lucinda and Marty. Kinda reminds me of ultimate Sideman similar to Mike Campbell

Love, love, love the Kenny videos!

I met Kenny couple years ago. Got him to sign a drumhead. He was a bit standoffish but I was thrilled anyway.

Amen to what he says about Mojo and Uncut magazines and their articles - those are the only two music-related magazines or what have you that are really worth their salt these days and you never know what articles will turn up in them and they're always good.

Thank you Otis, love your channel.

Kenny is so right about Crazy Horse! They could play on top of a garbage can lid. Best show I ever saw.

I'm a new fan of Kenny's. He is a stupendous musician.

The only thing Kenny Vaughan does better than tell stories is play guitar. Plus, he had the good taste to wed a WV girl!

thanks Kenny thanks Otis these are very interesting.

The sun tan pill/phone booth story is worth the price of admission 😂

The "Merle wasn't a big drinker" surprised me to hear. I recorded an overdub of Merle singing on a client's project a number of years back....early-ish days of laptop recording. Merle was on tour with Willie and Ray Price, so the client and I went down to the venue and cut Merle singing his part backstage in a quiet room somewhere before the show. Was pretty uneventful other than Merle being a little nervous. Anyway, we hung around for the show.....Ray was great. Then came Merle, and man, when he hit the stage, he was blitzed, as was my client....apparently they had been hanging in Willie's bus getting schnockered. So I just assumed that Merle being wobbly was a typical thing at his shows.....just part of his schtick.

Wonderful, human stories. He probably knows it already, but the story is as much in the Story Teller's telling as it is in the Story itself and this man is a fine story teller.

The Rainbow room is where Merle played Lefty's guitar

I dig Kenny telling stories, because even though he's the best of the best,and been around the best of the best,its clear that hes still,a huge fan,of those he speaks of.I saw him play with Marty,I believe,the Marty party (forgive me,many years,and many beers,ago),and he was a hell of a picker then,and has only gotten better...Thank you Kenny for being part,of whats left of my memory bank!

Love this dude!!

Man if Kenny Vaughan doesn’t write a boot it would be a shame!

I loved hearing Kenny talk about how good Bill Wyman was. It's a shame that Mick and Keith don't acknowledge him. I worship them, but acknowledge their pettiness.

Great stuff.

excellent....as usual

My Mum said she saw the Stones in 63 before they released an album. Met them backstage etc. whatever.. have a look at the new Nick Broomfield documentary on Brian Jones. He played really marvellous slide on a few early numbers. He was the one who insisted Howlin Wolf performed on American television. “Either he plays too, or we don’t”. Taught Keith a lot. Hendrix’s best friend at the time, Compared Monterey, helped the Byrds write 8 miles…etc

Awesome

Saw the Stones on that 65 or 66 tour at the Long Beach Arena. In the round. Byrds opened. Only one girl really stormed the stage by climbing down the curtain from behind. Cops dragged her off. I took an 8mm movie but, of course, lost it.

Ha. I put Wacko from Waco on my favorite tele songs playlist. Didn't know it was Kenny!

Marty Stuart is coming to our area! Hoping to see them!

Hey Otis. I was listening to one of your recent videos when I heard you bring to my attention some discussion of people who take initiatives on themselves when they want something cool to happen in their community. With that in mind, I am planning to start a music festival in my area. Something smaller and manageable to start off. Maybe scale up if it turns into something successful. Anyway, I just wanted to share my idea and give a thank you for inspiring me to give it a try. It’s the first time for me. In any event, hope you are well. Sending love to ya. Cheers 🍻

Encyclopedia of musical knowledge

great series with kenny. a war horse.

dam.. how he remember all that stuff...wow

Kenny Vaughn is the solid truth.

Hi Otis , Kenny Vaughn plays on Mike Farris' "Mercy Now" cover. it's great.

I'd vote for this man for President but then he probably wouldn't want the gig.

This guy is a master storyteller. You've got to keep him in the roster

Yeah, Kenny. We hangin' now.

This is history.

Eddy Shaver (RIP) was another killer guitarist. I guess in Kenny's case, it takes one to know one!

Damn, Kenny Vaughn has been around a long time and seen alot of things

Neil Young and Crazy Horse did a soundcheck gig at the dance hall, Frank Torrres in Montara, where we were the house band in November ‘75. They stole some of our equipment which pissed us off, so we decided to leave for Amsterdam.

imagine 350 shows a year--not very many days off---amazing

Cool to hear about shows before pa's existed...arena shows especially became too bottom heavy as time went on! Even to this day the bottom end is just too much, even in smaller theater settings..

Can't find that concert in Denver in any archieve

❤

Man, I've always liked Kenny, but these interviews are solid gold. In the "Coolest cat on the planet" race, he is right there with Ray Wylie Hubbard. I wonder if they ever worked together.

Listening to one of the top guitarists on the planet from the country band that pound for pound has the best talent on the planet (fronted by the other heir to greatest guitarist on the planet) talk about Fontaines DC as his favorite band (one of mine as well) and comparing Neil Young’s use of tuning to the 1st Velvets album blew me away. KV is an encyclopedia-an encyclopedia with technical knowledge that is equaled by his great taste. Someone needs to put him in front of a microphone (Otis is doing a great job) and preserve his knowledge for the Library of Congress. Musicians and historians decades, if not centuries, from now should be able to study this stuff. Vaughan exemplifies the famous aphorism attributed to Ellington and Armstrong-“there are simply 2 kinds of music, good music and the other kind”

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He’s not lying about Billie Joes book, it’s really good.

Auto-tune is a curse.

Great story teller, Kenny Vaughn. Suntan pills. Shesh.