Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down (Live)
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9 жыл бұрынMusic video by Merle Haggard performing The Bottle Let Me Down (Live).
@howardstern666 19 күн бұрын
Awww that intro/solo with Norm and Roy! can't get enough of them!
@DennyClark-es9qw Ай бұрын
Why can't we have country music like that today?
@edavidsalways 2 жыл бұрын
For a live performance this has it all: perfect intonation all the way around, the three part harmony cuts like a buzz saw, Roy and Norm filling the holes with brutal elegance, and the minimalist approach by the rhythm section makes this is close to perfect is one will ever hear. My god they were so damn tight you couldn’t wedge a Bible page between the spaces
@Pelagos1000 11 ай бұрын
Today marks the one year anniversary of losing my 20 year old daughter. This song could not ring more true for me tonight.
@rasierdotcom 9 ай бұрын
truly sorry for your loss
@alexclipper7608 7 ай бұрын
My condolences. I hope you've found peace.
@smbeabout 6 ай бұрын
I know I don't know you, but I really hope you're finding a way to survive your loss. I know that death is hardest on the living, and losing a child is something I can't imagine, so I really am wishing the best for you.
@tomroark1773 2 жыл бұрын
WOW! The audio quality after all these years is amazing and the steel guitar has never sounded better on this song.
@rwcorleyze 2 жыл бұрын
Tom - it's cool to compare this version to how he sounded in later years - gravelly voice and all.
@tommaxwell626 6 жыл бұрын
“I’m hurtin’ in an ole familiar way...” Thanks for all the classic ballads Merle!
@TheBrooklynbodine 5 жыл бұрын
You know, that's my favorite part of the song!
@TheBrooklynbodine 3 жыл бұрын
For some reason that's my favorite part! Don't ask me why; it just it is.
@tommaxwell626 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrooklynbodine because many of us can relate to "hurtin' in an ole familiar way".
@TheBrooklynbodine 3 жыл бұрын
@@tommaxwell626 I sure can!
@LesbianVampireLover 8 жыл бұрын
Just totally as good as it gets. Swinging Doors, Part II basically.
@SuperOlds88 6 жыл бұрын
The twang is the thang.
@chenzenzo Жыл бұрын
Sure is ole boy!
@nikkicullen4529 4 ай бұрын
💯
@keithw1966 6 күн бұрын
Hard to replace yesterday's legends 😢
@RyanBranscum-pw4eu 8 ай бұрын
Me and my papa used to listen to merle when I spent the night with him and I'm so thankful to have those memories of merle and my papa Rip merle and papa you are missed
@davehill4865 4 ай бұрын
Country music at its best.
@joevquezon8164 3 жыл бұрын
1:56 The way Merle and Bonnie look at each other. Sana all
@markive9907 3 жыл бұрын
Ole Roy Nichols ,had to blow on his Tele ,to cool down after that lick ! Merle is my Favorite all time no one else comes close !
@kennethestes1828 2 жыл бұрын
Roy, Norm on steel, Bonnie on the partial harmonies, all the rest, the Strangers we're fire back then.
@lawriealvos7418 6 ай бұрын
This is the stuff that made this man a legend 👍👍👍😊
@TerryStephensonmusic 5 ай бұрын
great old video of the best country singer in history and the best Strangers
@ThePolackMSgt 3 жыл бұрын
Roy Nichols is a monster. I mean Merle is Merle but ROY NICHOLS on the Telecaster keeps me coming back to these old songs
@gravypatron 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Roy Nichols performance is in Merle's 'That's the Way Love goes' Kudos.
@ShortMog 9 жыл бұрын
Merle Haggard, a living legend and an icon! Love his music! ~Hoss ;-)!
@conniehiggins5860 5 жыл бұрын
Another great one-That album was released on 08/27/66.
@lawrenceatencio2172 8 жыл бұрын
I love Waylon but Merle owns this song! "Nuf said!
@trevorbacque8175 8 жыл бұрын
Listening to Merle all day. R.I.P.
@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын
+Trevor Bacque Me too man.
@trevorbacque8175 8 жыл бұрын
We'll always have the music.:)
@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын
Trevor Bacque Amen brother. He was coming here, and had to cancel. I truly wanted to see him so much. :'(
@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын
Trevor Bacque I'll see him some day though. :)
@xkellie357 6 жыл бұрын
RIP to the best of the best.
@elisecliftonklitz Жыл бұрын
Classic Drank'n song! Merle where've you been all my life???❤️🎸
@hansrosen5262 7 жыл бұрын
The definitive version of this song!
@cowyboys4ever 8 жыл бұрын
I GREW UP ON HIM WITH MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS HE WAS THE BEST LEGEND LOVE AND MISS YOU MERLE 😍😅🎶🎻
@fredflintstone1761 3 жыл бұрын
This is real country folks!
@nickpayne1641 5 жыл бұрын
My favourite version of this tune.
@kennethlingle2885 8 жыл бұрын
Great song Merle. I love the message of your words. I had a few nights like that myself. Sing it buddy. Just great......
@matthewsolina4920 2 жыл бұрын
I love the lead guitar. Awesome playing.
@jthick850 6 жыл бұрын
WOW ! this is awesome clip. Thanks for sharing.
@kenboi52 2 жыл бұрын
It's great to see actual live performances from TV shows.
@adamstout7822 Ай бұрын
Such a great song for Norm! Love the steel
@richreinholz2163 Жыл бұрын
The number one, absolute best country song ever recorded. Period
@williamhutcheson6511 3 жыл бұрын
A classic drinking song. Thanks for posting.
@hestonpuckett3866 Жыл бұрын
Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Tonight the bottle let me down
@dennisshellhouse6219 4 жыл бұрын
Ralph Mooney- The foot that made Haggard a star.
@jackhanson8695 3 жыл бұрын
Ralph was great and is legendary, but that's Norm Hamlet on the video playing the intro that Moon made famous.
@tekumete 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs of Merle...❤️❤️❤️❤️
@DanEBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
Roy's Telecaster playing...👍👍👌👌
@jameszerukjr 8 жыл бұрын
I'm sad. :( He was amazing.
@stumpshot70 5 ай бұрын
American culture at its best!
@mrs.schmenkman 3 жыл бұрын
How did I ever miss he had DIMPLES!! Yee gawds. 😍
@brynnrains2946 3 жыл бұрын
I know! He was perfect and nobody can change my mind.
@leahflower9924 2 жыл бұрын
it would've been fun to be with a man like that just saying
@leahflower9924 2 жыл бұрын
@@brynnrains2946 me and my mom both have a crush on James Garner and now I have one on Merle same smile hair etc. i know they are both dead but a girl can dream
@peir77 3 жыл бұрын
This is the first song I heard by Merle Haggard. A punk rock cover of this song led me here 4 years ago. At a time when drinking was starting to take over my life, his words and music spoke to me greatly. "_I always had a bottle I could turn to.. and lately I've been turnin' everyday_" . Like where else can you find something like that? Subsequently, everything I found by him was awesome and he quickly became one of my favorites. Tonight I'm drinking, breaking up with a girl.. but finding comfort listening to 'ol Merle Haggard. And of course, drinking.
@jeffrey9794 3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS A GREAT SOUND ,,,LOVE THE TWANG
@debragreenwell7822 8 жыл бұрын
an other legend leaves us.RIP.
@Harpplayer504 7 жыл бұрын
The last two days have been spent listening ,singing,and playing Merle..now that don't mean I am a musician,it means I tried to play his songs..somewhat..Anyway,I had a good time listening to his music!
@billpholde4816 11 ай бұрын
Great tune. Great steel pedal. Great harmonies on the chorus. Great chicken pickin' Tele. Yeah. Great.
@plasteredbastard 4 жыл бұрын
Handsome devil with a velvet voice, choice of nearly any girl
@valientevaliente9473 3 жыл бұрын
🤣ATLEAST DEVIL HAS HIS VELVET VOICE THAN OTHERS😂
@rainbowloomoverflow5106 8 жыл бұрын
Crushed!!! Just Crushed
@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын
+Mark Creech Me too man. ME TOO! God bless this man. Good LORD what a great legacy we have to listen to though.
@davebeebe3780 5 жыл бұрын
DAMN GOOD COUNTRY SINGER !
@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын
A bottle just ain't gonna do it for this one man.
@lancedomhoff1126 8 жыл бұрын
RIP Merle
@estelleadamski308 Жыл бұрын
I have never been to a bar, and I have never drank any alcohol, but, I LOVE this song. Just love Merle, so talented as a singer, song writer and musician
@haydenminshew6131 Жыл бұрын
Brother I can’t even drink legally in America. But as a boy living in Tennessee, boozing and listening to Merle is a must.
@alexclipper7608 7 ай бұрын
You should try it. Drinking is the shit.
@estelleadamski308 7 ай бұрын
@@alexclipper7608 NOPE! NEVER!
@alexclipper7608 7 ай бұрын
@@estelleadamski308 you’re missing out, man.
@renhoek3851 2 жыл бұрын
superb musicianship to produce that quality in a live situation
@cpoau4534 8 жыл бұрын
RIP Brother..
@johncostelloe2696 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song
@nilsonpompeo3322 6 жыл бұрын
I guess this is my best country song
@harvsmith9016 6 жыл бұрын
Haggard one hell of song grew up on country music n I'm glad I did but Nashville sure fucked up my real country music so sad
@stevenmassey7586 3 жыл бұрын
I'm hurting in an ol familiar way....helluva a line right there !
@vincesarmento4854 2 жыл бұрын
Love ❤ it!!
@chrishinnant3924 2 жыл бұрын
Back when country music was actually country music.
@HerbWalker 3 жыл бұрын
A guitar player once asked me HOW I got that effect on the guitar string bending , trying to copy a 'Lick' by Roy Nichols. I TOO , at first was STUMPED on HOW he was doing it. In this song for example,.... Bottle Let Me down, when Roy plays his 2nd half of the intro and the ride....He isnt bending that string UP................ He is SILENTLY bending it UP FIRST, then he plays the note and then he RELEASES it. 🙂 His last note is an open "D" note played on the E string, tuned DOWN to a "D". 🙂 (Seen at 0:13 time in this video)
@joevquezon8164 3 жыл бұрын
Great observation!
@efanshel 4 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece.....
@shawnamesser7737 10 ай бұрын
A legend of country music
@chrishall8188 2 жыл бұрын
I quit drinking a little over 4 years ago. The bottle was always empty as was my heart and wallet. Now I don't need Swinging Doors, a bottle but I still am addicted to the jukebox.
@Dan-vt3nk Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@nicklinder6 6 ай бұрын
Ralph Mooney on the steel guitar…. Later went on to join Waylon Jennings for years
@itssnowing-kx9ib 6 ай бұрын
F n a snake pit alpine Wyoming love this song
@TheSamstergangster 2 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT TX
@1coopjsn Жыл бұрын
Man that Roy Nichols could pick those notes!
@norsemanbushcrafting1621 7 жыл бұрын
great
@seand5259 2 жыл бұрын
Damn memory coming around
@matthewperinger6318 2 жыл бұрын
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen. And I was there for the births of both my beautiful daughters.
@JimHerrington_UncorrectedProof 7 ай бұрын
As good as it gets.
@jimmyc5498 7 ай бұрын
Doesn’t get any better
@TheSupremeShaman Жыл бұрын
The sound on this is incredible, especially since it’s obviously from the ‘60s? ‘70s?
@rockytop4 2 жыл бұрын
They don't make them...like they use too... #merle 🇺🇸
@justinb.1459 3 жыл бұрын
American treasure!
@Hungarianbuttbabyy 4 жыл бұрын
I’m hurting in the old familiar way fellas. She’s blonde and beautiful
@ftjax 8 жыл бұрын
tonight god let me down.........
@jaimesfolly Жыл бұрын
The sound is wonderful, but the performers are dressed mighty fancy for such a honky tonk sound.
@667DOOM 2 жыл бұрын
beside his attitude towards weed, i can rely with any word he sings
@a.j.bartonjr2434 8 жыл бұрын
RIP
@81dsend 4 жыл бұрын
Drunk af listening tho this 06/27/20
@maroonlectroid 11 ай бұрын
This is Sufi music
@rickjj91 2 жыл бұрын
Norm doing a great job on the C6 neck
@dennisshellhouse6219 2 жыл бұрын
Thats not Norm. It's Ralph Mooney, and he had his E9 on the back neck.
@Hillbillyan 2 жыл бұрын
@@dennisshellhouse6219 Sorry, that is Norman Hamlet.
@dennisshellhouse6219 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hillbillyan I guess you're going to tell me that's a C6 tuning too.
@dennisshellhouse6219 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hillbillyan kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7Onasp715abp6M.html This is Norm Hamlet. He didn't join the band until 1967.
@thedudelebowski69 Жыл бұрын
today the bottle LIFTED ME UP-bukowski?
@daviddeutsch9241 2 ай бұрын
What TV show is this?
@shanecopher9175 Жыл бұрын
Love em ...not sure why the steel is so busy ...great stuff though
@eeeeyuke 10 ай бұрын
I've always liked how it sounded kinda wobbly and drunk. Listen again.
@mattf-w7t 10 күн бұрын
Was this in ‘66?
@jarrodhalfacre7449 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I didn't know he wrote this
@mercer656 2 жыл бұрын
Classic Alcoholic
@tonyosullivan4309 2 жыл бұрын
A tune for everyone’s exs 🤣
@williamandhisstarwars 5 жыл бұрын
Early demo of Jason Aldean's current hit with Miranda Lambert
@thedudelebowski69 Жыл бұрын
i dain't neva look too long at purty girls i reckon, cuz i's just tooooo shy. But I DRINK LIKE A fuckin CHAMP!
@nancysloan3731 2 жыл бұрын
The bottle will let you down. I've seen the effects of it on someone I know.
@user-oq9dx4dr3k 9 ай бұрын
שיר,,כזה,,אם,,ויסקי בראבו,,על,הקאנטרי
@donnaanthony8541 3 ай бұрын
7th April marks his birth and death Anniversary.
@thomasgricezodiac 3 жыл бұрын
This arrangement of this song is great, performers are a little stiff though haha
@gabriellegracie9472 2 жыл бұрын
OMG they just left the 50's
@leahflower9924 2 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does his backing band almost all look like Merle?
@cohenkevinloriqueen818 Жыл бұрын
astonishing how the female back up singer doesn't move to the music... strange
@wattamutt 9 жыл бұрын
Sorry merle... This is good.. But waylons is better
@tjfoxhunter 7 жыл бұрын
Not!
@richreinholz2163 7 жыл бұрын
wattamutt I think the bottle has let you down. Waylon is great, but he is NO Merle. This I the best country song ever recorded and this is probably the best version, only rivaled by the original album version
@chesterkirkpatrick2998 3 жыл бұрын
@@richreinholz2163 bahaha yeah that bottle let this ole boy down and told him some bullshit nothing against Waylon but come on dude Roy Nichols laying some serious tele down!
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