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Buried in MO. Zero degrees on the thermometer this morning... into cup #2. Good episode this morning.

Love Waylon in his prime he was “Steve McQueen “ cool was there anybody in country that looked more rockstar than him cheers thanks Ottis

Here's that Waylon and Neil video for anyone who hasn't seen it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9uhh7OVmdXYfWQ.html

Saw Neil at Tanglewood doing the Rockabilly thang - then again at a big arena gig in Toronto. Neil has a huge piece of my heart. ❤⚘🇨🇦

February 2008, I was busking on Broadway till my job started in 6 weeks. I was playing slide on my 36 Gibson Electric Hawaiian. Little Jimmy Dickens walks up. I think I was riffing off In My Time of Dying by Zeppelin on a little Roland battery powered twin. He watched my hands for about 5 minutes. He gave me $20 and told me to keep it up. He then headed up to John Rich's private club.

On opening acts, I heard George Jones once tell Randy Travis, (George was getting on in age, Randy was at his peak,) they were doing an intimate setting show for what I believe might have been a TV special. The conversation got around to opening or closing shows, and George tells Randy " Any more the glory of closing these shows don't mean nothin' to me". "At my age I can get on, get off, go home, watch a football game, go to bed, have a snack". That was ages ago but I always remember it. At first I thought well that was kinda dumb. But now the older I get I now get where ol' George was coming from.

I think the Neil & Willie admiration society was mutual because they saw fit in 1985 to start Farm Aid together, with John Mellencamp, which as we know is still working to help family farmers. ✌🇨🇦

When Bobby Whitlock and Eric Clapton were rehearsing for the Dominoes Tour in the UK in the '70's. Kevin Harrington was working for them. He mentioned Kevin in his post this week but couldn't remember his last name. He said, 'he was the guy holding the lyric cards for Lennon on the roof'. I told them about your interviews with Kevin. especially the one about the Stones disaster.

Enjoy the snow ,love the chat and all your s h o w s. Love 50, 40 , 30, 20. year old music .. any stories about the Byrds . Hi from Ireland

Hello Otis Gibbs As a youngster I watched the Ralph Emery show had all the great country and folk people on his show it was super cool memories thanks for kick starting my memories to that time in my life thanks Otis Gibbs

Remnants of snow and ice here in West Texas, the proud home of Buddy and Waylon and hat’s off to Neil as well.And to you, Otis. Thanks for the great stories.

Hey Otis glad to hear your a Bengals fan. I think Waylon always kept Buddies memorie alive. GO JOE!

A lot of great conversation here. As far as Waylon goes I remember reading in his book that he was ready to leave the music industry after Buddy passed away. I don’t remember what he said about getting into the music industry and how Buddy affected that. As far as Neil goes- he definitely has delved into many different genres of music. I don’t think there are too many fans of his that like everything he did. Some love the folk and country stuff, others like the grungy material, etc. He has enjoyed mixing it up and acquiring more fans along the way.

Cheers Otis. Got my coffee and watching. Have a great weekend.

17...feels like 6 in Cincinnati. Thanks for the stories as always, Otis! Go Bengals!!

Great story Otis. You nailed it with Neil for sure, he's one of those musicians whose has always done what he wanted to do. First time I saw him was during his 80's country period, with Johnny Paycheck opening for him.

Otis. I am one year younger than you. Have always lived in W.V. Always been a Reds and Bengals fan. I agree I don't think we will see another Reds world series. My wife was right and I was wrong. She said we watched Otis video months ago on Buddy Holley. I said no this one is different. Cool that you put it back out on the crash anniversary. Hopefully some youngster who don't know the story of those guys will see the video. And those that do will see it as well. Sorry for rambling on.

great stuff as always, thank you. We love what you are doing and nobody else is doing it. Your stories add a layer of value that is so interesting.

16° and lots of snow here in Pittsburgh. Dug out my wife's car, watching Otis, an ordinary Western PA Saturday morning. Go Otis!!

hey otis , really dig your show sir ! it's even cold in houston at 26 degrees. keep these valuable stories coming. Have enjoyed my cup of coffee with you this morning. thanks

Hi Otis. I love the people you are talking about. I met little Jimmy dickens a few times. Super nice guy and really down to earth. It broke my heart when he passed. I met Loretta Lynn at her birthplace in 1993. It wasn't open to the public yet. Herman Webb was sitting on the front porch. He was really nice. I told him how I was a big fan of Loretta Lynn and wanted to see the house she grew up in. We talked 30 to 40 mins and he said come on in and take a look around. I walked in and there sat Loretta. I thought my heart was gonna explode. She stood up and said hello and asked where I was from and made small talk. She had a flannel shirt on and some jeans. She let me take lots of photos and signed alot of things for me. The experience was incredible. Loretta was another one down to earth. I always thought the perfect interview would of been Waylon and Jimmy dickens and Hank Jr. Can you imagine the stories those 3 could tell ? Jimmy talking about HANK Sr. Waylon talking about buddy Holley. And HANK JR talking about all the people he has worked with. And would have to put merle Kilgore with those 3. He carried HANK Sr guitar as a boy and managed BOCEPHUS. I'm a huge Reds fan so GO BENGALS.

Another great video Otis.speaking of Waylon and Ralph Emory I was listening to ralphs radio show problems in the early seventies and Ralph said something that pissed Waylon off an Waylon just got up and walked off an left Ralph hangin

just went to the show-Neil and Waylon are you ready for the country thx!

Thank you Otis. I'm on call today cause my day job is nurse, I've had good luck listening to you as their's been hardly any calls. Dig the stories and observations keep em coming.

Also if you haven’t seen it there is a Tune on YT “you’re” the one” written by Wayland & Buddy in late 1958…..Buddy’s singing and he & Wayland are playing……just thought you might be interested if you hadn’t heard it before……. And if are ever interested in seeing Buddy in his Junior & Senior Yearbook……I do have the Yearbooks……😁😁😁😁 Have a great Weekend!!!!! CHEERS

The blizzard of 78 was Epic ☮️☕🎶❤️

I totally agree about Neil. The ability to do all the different types of music, do it all well and do it his way. I love Waylon and Neil. That’s all there is to say. I really liked seeing the show your talking about. It is a great one. Thanks Otis. You rock of course always.

Wife & I saw the “Trans” tour. Neil was amazing. Only guitar, keyboard, a plethora of electronics & his animated delivery. Started electric drum loop, keys, pedals, vocals thru synth and that amazing guitar work. One man show. Blew us away, but some walked out. Great job as always Otis. Elder P loves ya!

Saw Alison Krause open for Dylan, and boy was that special. Thanks for the storytelling. Bless

I used to watch that RE show he had so many great stars. I do recall the one with NYand WJ thanks for the memories 😄. Keep up the good work brother.

Snow and coffee up here in Ontario Canada too Otis, great to have you visit. I tried to get tickets for Neil at Massey Hall but missed out. Sure would have loved to be there. Thanks for the wonderful stories!

Thanks again for your informative and funny vids .

Otis, you are the coolest showhost on KZfaq; the guests you get are ridiculously top-notch performers who have a story about everything from everyone who have been the greatest, ever. These stories are an absolute songbook and Otis, keep this going FOREVER. AMAZING.

Always loved Neil. Def gonna go dig this up! Thanks!

I appreciate your understanding of Neil Young's beautiful imperfections

Before going to New York to prepare for the tour, Buddy Holly produced Wayon's first single 'Jole Blon' in Norman Petty's studio in Clovis. I saw that single in the Waylon Jennings Museum on Littlefield TX, Waylon's home town.

Yes Buddy taught Wayland play Bass……and actually the story is that Buddy was trying to the Crickets back out with him& he told Wayland he wanted Him open for him & the Crickets when they went back on Tour. I believe there are a several Interview Videos on YT Wayland talking about that, Wayland also felt bad he wasn’t on that plane & also that he didn’t talk Buddy out of chartering the plane…….J.I. Allison said he felt he could talked Buddy out of the plane that night….who knows but Buddy definitely was a big part of Wayland’s music journey!! Thanks for reposting The Crash site Video!!!! Love your stories!!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hey Otis it was a good one today. I've watched the show with Waylon & Neal butch of times and enjoyed everytime. I saw Waylon talking about his time with Buddy Holly. He said he lead a lot from Buddy mostly not to let the suits run over you. Gives a good look at why Waylon pushed for what he wanted and got just that. Your right though I believe Waylon would have made it, but have that connection with Buddy helped I'm sure. Great show love your channel and the story's.

From Michigan but now in Florida. I agree with you about the seasons and even the snow. But SE Michigan is more about the thaws-40 degrees & icy rain. Big thing is home care for Paula, my wife, is much more consistent down here. Good Drs too. Thanks again for another enjoyable episode Otis. Be safe & warm!

Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings were both from Lubbock. Waylon was born and grew up in Littlefield, an hour’s drive from Lubbock. Waylon was a radio D J before he started playing music. Fire in the Water, Earth in the Air by Chris Oglesby is a great book about 27 great singers and pickers from Lubbock. Something in the water?

The Blizzard of 78... The storm by which I measure all storms. 😝 Hasn't been topped yet. That one allows me to say "When I was a kid..."

Buddy produced a song for Waylon in Clovis, NM back before Waylon played bass for him. When he was working for a radio station is where they met as I've heard Waylon say. By the way. Thank for your channel. Love hearing the background stories.

Man I can't believe you just brought up the Blizzard of 78 because my mother got pulled over during it driving through Chicago on the way to Columbus hauling horses because the roads were supposed to be closed. She was 5'3" tall 100lbs soaking wet (under normal circumstances) and pregnant with me. I just told that story last night because someone was telling me she saw a 70yr old woman hauling horses while she was driving in Texas recently.

little jimmy dickens from my home state of west virginia....i have been a rams fan since 1968...GO RAMS!! as usual, thanks otis

Hi Otis, l was "off the scope" for a while, was sick for the holidays. I plan on getting my OTIS DISC'S in the next week. Be well.

I saw Little Jimmy tear it up at the Acuff in 94. Just loved him.

In Waylon’s book he talks about how cool Buddy was to him . Buddy really helped to believe in himself and convinced him that he could great things in music and just showed him a lot of love it was really touching when he talked about their relationship

We had more snow this week. I cleared my driveway. It was clear and crisp and cold. The air was clean and it was quiet. Good living here in Iowa.

You've gone a bit quiet on your website Otis so It's good to catch up with you again and I like the idea of a weekly coffee date . Hope to see you again in Bristol mate and please get interviewing some more legends on ' Thanks for giving a damn ' as I really enjoy the stories !

Glad you're inside.

Another good story, Otis. Did you ever know or meet Billie Jo Spears during your Nashville time? For a couple of years back in 80s I put on country music shows as fundraisers. Hired Billie Jo for several shows. She always put on a great show with her fine band of young musicians. A great person as well! Thanks again.

Country family reunion has a lot of old stars getting together and telling road stories its quite entertaining

Buddy Holly had an active roll in promoting Waylon Jennings career early on. In 1958, Holly produced Jennings' first single: "Jole Blon" b/w "When Sin Stops" , which came out on Brunswick in 1959, and later on RCA. The two became fast friends and musical compatriots after meeting each other at a Lubbock radio station in 1955.

Paycheck opened for Neil and the International Harvester when they played at the Indiana State Fair. Neil announced the first Farm Aid at that show. Buddy Lee Attractions was booking Neil during the "Old Ways"/International Harvesters era and I'm pretty sure they were also booking Coe, Paycheck & Waylon as well.

I saw Neil Young and the International Harvesters with David Allen Coe at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis in 1985. Neil thanked Ronald Reagan for assisting with the logistics of Farmaid.

Otis your great I love listening to you , keep it up your family

I met Buddy Holy and his band i was like 4 years old it made a impression. They were playing a hot rod association yearly party in Albuquerque. They stayed at my folks slept in the living room somewhere around 1956 or 7

Indy is covered up as well. Neil is quite in the news these days. Ralph was really, really respected in Nashville and his passing closes a chapter in that town's history. Thanks for the video as always enjoyable.

Did you say, can we leave after the 3rd quarter! Haha! I hear you Otis!

About an hour north of you and about a foot of snow, I'm told. I picked up Trans as an import, I think, in the early 90s, so I knew it was one of the weird ones when I picked it up. There was a time when he was my guy (I even like Arc), but somewhere along the line, I stopped keeping up. The interview is queued up next.

You are a god man Otis Gibbs!

Buddy and Waylon had worked together at the radio station doing jingles, the Crickets didnt go on the last tour and Buddy had money tied up that he needed so had to go on tour. the story goes he handed Waylon a bass and told him he had like a week or two to learn it, Waylon later said he realized the bass was just the top four strings of a guitar. So Buddy had Waylon and Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch on drums, he was the guy that got frostbite . Buddy wanted Tommy to come as Buddy had trouble playing the lead on Its so easy, Tommy had come up with that part for the record.

I once lived short walk from Wrigley Field in the 1980's - I don't even remember parking lots (obviously - selective memory) - Just remember that the stadium was smack dab in the middle of the city without a buffer zone. You could look down onto the field if you were passing by on the El Train.. Great place to watch baseball in that stadium. Agree with you about Neil Young doing his career his way - tough SOB!

I seen Little Jimmy Dickens in the 1950's at Buck Lake Ranch in Angola In....He got on top of his Caddy and signed autographs after the show.

Good morning Otis ✌️❤️❄️❄️❄️

It is down now, but have you ever seen the clip of Neil going into a record store and confronting the staff and removing the bootlegs from the shop? Thanks, Otis, as usual, fun to listen to your thoughts.

I've never been able to get into Little Jimmy Dickens. My grandfather loved him so much he named my dad after him. The only problem with that is that my dad and my grandfather are real bad guys. I never disliked Jimmy Dickens but I just never wanted to know that much about the man.

Seen Little Jimmy Dickens in concert in the mid 90s. Got my mom's picture taken with. My older brother got drunk and tried to climb on stage lol it was at our county fair. The "stage" was a flat bed semi trailer

On the Buddy Holly Tour, Dion and the Belmonts were on that tour too. Dion has an hour post on his YT page where he goes thru the whole thing. It was his drummer(?) who got frost bite on his feet. He also said Buddy was calling home to try and get warm clothes sent to him. Anyhow it's a really great video. And it's recent.

Waylon said Buddy had a big influence on him, but music was always a part of him. He said he couldn’t remember a time when he didn’t want to play the guitar and sing. His brother Tommy said they used to pretend to be Ernest Tubbs and Hank Snow. Waylon was Ernest.

Go Bengals !

Living down here in louisiana, i know a little bit about Joe Burreaux and his ability to turn around an organization! He's comparable to king midas...everything he touches turns to gold! Looking forward to the game and watching him lead the bengals to their 1st superbowl win! 🤘👍⚜

cheers !

made me laugh-TY

Chiefs fan here, rooting for the Bengals.

I have similar stories of the GOO. Through my exwife, I became personal friends with Jimmy in the 1990's. I never met Loretta, but I did randomly stand next to Willie and Trigger in the wings, but I was standing right next to Willie. I just played it cool, and we both stood there watching the act right before him. I wanted to say something, have some kind of interaction, but that would have been innaprops plus I was starstruck. 😅

I’m new to Otis Gibbs this is phenomenal how do you get whole thing not just clips

ha yt knew to suggest the clip of waylon and neil on the couch right after i finished ur sat coffee clip and reminding me that wyalon was a disc jokey also adds a layer to the topic of without buddy pushing wyalon to perform what might have happened.....says this community DJ

I always thought about the fact that without that plane crash, how absolutely different the world of country music would have been. Don’t get me wrong, I grew up listening to Buddy Holly from my parents and he was excellent. But outta the ashes, came a bass player who for me, besides Merle, is the best goddamn country music star of all time. Hands down!!

Hey there Otis I love your videos and find all of the interesting did you ever meet Waylon in person I bet he was something else from what I seen with him joking around.

Old Ways is a great album.

Neil was definitely an outlaw. He would have fit right in with the Highwaymen. He's big buddies with Willie doing the Farm Aid shows. The loudest concert I've ever attended was Neil Young solo at the Palace Theater in Louisville, KY. He played 3 acoustic songs and the rest of the show was Neil playing solo electric guitar with the amps turned to 11!...no band, no bass, no drums...just Neil playing Cinnamon Girl at full blast...Who does that?

“I can’t tell people how to feel”

I’m usually running too late to catch an opening act. However, there’s been countless times that the opener was much better the headliner. Not to throw any shade at Hayes Carll, but he asked Travis Linville to open for his third Old Quarter show, a few months back, & omg, that young man is extraordinarily talented. Funny af, also. I accidentally paid for parking once, in Houston... cost more than any concert I ever attended. Won’t do that again. I’ll walk ten miles, if I have to.

I got my coffee inside the south split

22 degrees in Memphis this morning Otis with snow and ice on the ground. Enjoyed the conversation this morning. I was never a huge fan of Neil but I wouldn’t turn the station if his music came on. Just a casual listener. I’m curious on your thoughts of his recent stand with Spotify and that ordeal. I think it shows a little immaturity on his part or maybe he needs to feel relevant again? I tend to trend towards the middle of the road but I have to disagree with him on this. Anyhow have a great day and go Bengals.

When you said "the crowd might not go with him" I experienced that once at one of Neil's shows a few years ago. He was touring with Lukas Nelson's band, the crowd got restless when he only did a couple of his signature songs right at the beginning of the show, then he drifted in to a number of songs that were basically rants about the Monsanto corporation and how they're killing us all. Which might be true, I'm not a scientist, but he started losing the crowd and then some guy shouted "play Cinnamon Girl". Neil freaked out on the guy, was screaming at him to go home and listen to anything he wants to there, but this is my show, not yours. I love Neil, but I had to agree, it was too much Monsanto and not enough Harvest, the only time I've ever left one of his shows disappointed!

I don't comment often, but I have to say I love your videos, sotories, and perspective on things. You said Neil Young had kinda the dream career with all the different things he did, but who would you have wanted to hang out with if you had your choice of any musician or band, and any point in their careers? I'll listen to your top 3, or however many you'd like to think through. I know some of the best musicians in history would be a nightmare to be around, especially when they started drinking, so I'd be curious who a guy who knows as much about music as you do would choose. I'd pick Willie because I don't think he'd get blackout drunk and start a bar fight. But I could be wrong. haha.

Go Bengals! My Seahawks had a terrible year. My main love is the Mariners.. Never been to a WS, longest playoff drought of any team in the 4 major American sport leagues. So Reds have them on that! Really dig the videos . Take care.

Wasn't big on RE either but I feel the same way man .. I'll see some old stuff on KZfaq and he did have some good stuff .

Rooting for the Bengals only because I'm still heartbroken over the Rams leaving STL

Hey Otis, I noticed that there was very little (i.e., none) coverage on the death of Don Wilson, guitarist of The Ventures. Every kid in the 60s and 70 starting out on guitar had to learn a Ventures song, and the surf bands included in the punk scene in the 80s worshiped that band. Take care!

Jeah lotsha snow is coming here

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Buddy considered Waylon his best friend so he wanted him on tour. Playing bass was the excuse to bring him along.

Please specify the color of skin and eye We hope you'll be happy I've got to break that out today now.

Go Reds can't wait for spring training Go Bengals. I read once buddy to Waylon to stick to country music. He would of been on Buddy's prizm label.

We paid $20 to park at the Enterprise center in STL when we went to a WWE show

K says"no offense,but I dont give a rats ass about football"...cracked me up