Steve Earle singing "The Mountain" on songwriters circle in London 2012. Diana Jones and Tom Morello accompany him.
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@Mwstmrlnd2 ай бұрын
That line "I knew every holler, every cool swimming hole" is so nostalgic to a certain group of people who grew up exploring Appalachia as often as they could. Those mountains raised people in a way the just doesn't happen in other places, and you can't understand if you didn't learn about the world by jumping into glassy snowmelt water, catching salamanders (I know better now) and river fish and letting them go, wondering how there could be so much magic and mystery in the world and how it can just go one and on into the distance, one mountain after another. So much sorrow echoing across those hills, but so much more beautiful because of that. There's no place like it. This song is about a sad truth of exploitated labor, but it's also an expression of supreme pride. The humans are a temporary problem, but the mountain is your first and last home, no matter how far away you travel. I'll be seeing the Blue Ridge behind my eyelids when I die.
@geraldstrebendt34042 ай бұрын
Thank you for this....
@ghotio19272 ай бұрын
As a Welshman this song resonates with my fellow Cymru . x
@Candy-of2hq Жыл бұрын
Best version ever. I almost cried.
@LucidDream6 жыл бұрын
That line,"The ghosts in the tunnels, that the company sealed." always haunts me. I live in east Tennessee next to few different old mining towns. My grandfather worked in one of them back when there were two major mining accidents close to each other. One being the Fraterville mining disaster. In which practically the whole town of men were killed in the mine, was really no men left in the town after it happened. And now if you go up there, the entrance is of course sealed. And there is something in the air around these areas. And you just kind of think about all the lives that were lost and souls that were trapped in the mountain. You can even read some of their letters that some of them wrote to their families while they were waiting to be rescued. With such sentiments as,"Oh God for one more breath. Ellen remember me as long as you live. Goodbye darling." I believe there were only 3 adult males left in the town after all was said and done. 216 miners died and only 89 of the bodies were recovered.
@juanitamartin3215 жыл бұрын
I am sorry
@xkguy5 жыл бұрын
Words...is what Steve does....if it isn't humorous, moving, sad, sly, cocky, reflective, historical, or uplifting...it is probably not a Steve Earle song.
@americanpig-dog70515 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I've never heard of the Fraterville tragedy before. I've been reading about it since I read your comment 15 minutes ago.
@LucidDream5 жыл бұрын
@@xkguy Yeah, I've been a Steve Earle fan my whole life. My dad introduced me to him when I was a kid and he was my first concert as a kid too. :) My first show was Steve Earle and John Prine together at the Bijou Theater here in Knoxville, TN. Was really the time in which I fell in love with music and have been involved in music ever since then. Be it playing or listening or now helping manage a label.
@codymitts13194 жыл бұрын
@@LucidDream Me at 7: COPPERHEAD ROOOOOOAD! Other kids: What's a copperhead? Me at 24: COPPERHEAD ROOOOOAD! Other kids: Y uu r E d ne Ck!
@cherokeelaketennessee78954 жыл бұрын
My grandpa started working in the mines when he was 13, right after his dad died. Worked there until he retired and paid his union dues until the day he left this earth. I think of him every time I hear this song
@llamawizard2 жыл бұрын
The line where his childhood was over, he went down into a mine…man. That hit like a ton of bricks. I have a 6 year old son.
@daisyrg35202 жыл бұрын
What could be more beautiful?! Amazing voice, song, performance, etc...
@TheKingdomC Жыл бұрын
I love the rough edge Steve's songs have with one of the most unique voices in the world.
@rottenrob88193 жыл бұрын
Love you Steve, from WV coal country. You certainly have this hillbilly's seal of approval. Love Devil Put The Coal In The Ground too. You inspired me to make music, and now I play three instruments. Thanks Steve. Bless you brother.
@eilishoshea33495 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, Steve Earle and Tom Morello together! Two of my all time favourites.
@christopherdonlick9119Ай бұрын
he doesnt play tho
@CDSarahMillward6 ай бұрын
Brilliant - so moving.
@westvirginiahellbilly81245 жыл бұрын
God bless our coal miners ! I’ve been a W.Va. Underground coal miner almost 25 years , and yes I’ve seen a lot of sadness and grief , but I still pick up my dinner bucket and do it every day for my family ! And , I am the fourth generation of my family to do so , as I said , God bless our coal miners !
@Truckertotti5 жыл бұрын
Glück Auf....⚒
@cheryltaylor10555 жыл бұрын
anywhere in wyoming county?
@coolrecorderguy42065 жыл бұрын
West Virginia Hellbilly I think this song is about how problematic coal mining is environmentally and socially..
@bahi71342 жыл бұрын
@@coolrecorderguy4206 without the coal that coal mines and coal miners provided would we have won World War 2? It is adolescent to demonize those who provide for their families, save the world and provide the niceties that you yourself hold dear.
@rolling1up8 жыл бұрын
My only older brother(I have 7 bros.) Joe who passed away at age 49(13 yrs ago) had a lot of influence on my musical taste. One of his favorites was Mr. Earle. Thanks to Joe I have been listening to Steve since the beginning of his career. I saw The Mountain tour before it fell apart when Del McCoury quit because he thought Steve's stage presence was hurting his image. Anyway I'm glad they made this album together, it's my #2 of Steve's albums. #1 would be Train' A Comin'...... r.i.p. Joe and thanks for all the music Steve.
@princessofhesse8 жыл бұрын
rolling, Joe still hears the music. Just from another place.
@Gisme692 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the perspective this song has on other ppl.
@gaylescott56992 жыл бұрын
@@princessofhesse l
@gaylescott56992 жыл бұрын
@@princessofhesse you have a good heart
@JimXultra2 жыл бұрын
I bet he was a great brother!!
@mymorningzion7 жыл бұрын
Look up the Lost Dog Street Band cover of this it's beautiful
@pgardapee287 жыл бұрын
That cover is amazing. They are my new favorite band for sure
@gageagrippa7 жыл бұрын
That cover is how I got here
@Hahahahaaahaahaa6 жыл бұрын
I think Benjamin managed to balance perfectly a respectful tribute to Steve Earle and still make it his own. The fact that both are equally moving yet SO different is amazing.
@pairisfabrication24766 жыл бұрын
thats actually how i got here. their version is better
@brendonleary6 жыл бұрын
When Ben sings this song, he makes it seem timeless. When he sings it, you feel the story in your soul, and the pain in your heart.
@balerjohnson30997 жыл бұрын
Steve is one of those artists who just keeps getting better and better . Thx man.
@TheValCapGroup2 жыл бұрын
His depth continues to shake me
@MOTOMINING3 жыл бұрын
Ginger Goodwin was a local martyr in a coal town named Cumberland, on Vancouver Island BC in Western Canada. He fought and organized for better conditions and pay in the Dunsmiur mines where people kept getting sick and dying in explosions. Despite having black lung by his early 20's, he was considered fit for military service, and conscripted for the Great War. He hid in the woods to avoid being drafted, and was murdered by the RCMP who hunted him down and shot him in the back. The town of Cumberland reenacts his funeral procession every year. Much respect to all miners.
@TheAdvencherContinues20222 жыл бұрын
Wow I'll have to look him up!
@johnferrell385610 жыл бұрын
To my father a mountain man, and a coal miner..may you be serving god from his side....... Steve SAYS it all, I remember the mornings when you got home all black from the dust, and I remember your tears when you lost your brothers in the mines of West Virginia....... BUT most of all your love of a song..... so DAD this song is for you...and your friends...... GOD KNOWS my love for you, and my sorrow that you are gone.............
@johnferrell38567 жыл бұрын
Thank you brother, your comments are heartfelt and appreciated !
@Truckertotti5 жыл бұрын
Here in Germany they close the Coalmining in 2018, after 150 Years.....good guys lost their jobs....and some their life. Here in Germany we say " Glück Auf " when we go in the mountain.... "Glück Auf" ⚒
@rockie3074 жыл бұрын
@@Truckertotti Did the coal mines there destroy lives the mountains and waterways like the ones steve earl is singing about?
@nats45055 жыл бұрын
I live in the beautiful state WV, this song is so true to so many here.
@matthewlucas41424 жыл бұрын
stan burd Charleston area here
@matthewberryessa71109 жыл бұрын
A great story teller makes you live the song ..
@Candy-of2hq Жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@sandboxedmagician11 жыл бұрын
I saw this on BBC3 ages and ages ago and i came straight on here to find it, at last its been uploaded. Amazing song but an amazing version of this song, the voice, the lyrics, the sentiment, perfect.
@samuelsparling8786 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Steve's song The Mountain is one of my absolute favorites.
@brino79004 ай бұрын
Tom morello playing with Steve earl couldn’t make my heart happier.
@daveberthelot6737 Жыл бұрын
Most beautiful tune ever
@user-sx8po2sp2d4 ай бұрын
God bless Steve Earle,part of my family lost water on their land due to strip mining,after 2 long years ,the Company had to pay and water was restored,on white oak Creek Rd, outside of London Kentucky,water is back but family against family wounds will never heal
@jeanfelipe6596 жыл бұрын
I was born on this mountain a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal When you rose in the mornin' before it was light To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But i'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home I was young on this mountain but now I am old And i knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole 'til one night I lay down and woke up to find That my childhood was over and i went down in the mine I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But i'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep And god only knows all the secrets it keeps There's a chill in the air only miners can feel There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But i'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
@brucedonnellan55647 жыл бұрын
Its cool seeing an older, grey bearded Steve Earle doing his stuff as a wiser more mature songwriter.
@doberman1ism7 жыл бұрын
You sing about the mountain and the coal just the way my retired coal miner uncles talk about the mountain and the coal in West Virginia.
@vapordruid6 жыл бұрын
My Dad gave 16 years in the Martinka mine Colfax, WV
@tonyblair52796 жыл бұрын
Cords to the mountain
@pauladickson99859 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite songs....
@1blkgsd8 жыл бұрын
+Paula Dickson one of mine too!
@DrJFever-gf7zs5 жыл бұрын
If you gotta boss, you need a union! Solidarity Steve!✊
@mimief79694 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@magnustrygg56324 жыл бұрын
When your union boss gave you 1$ more per hour and att the same time gave the company the rights to rape the country.
@DrJFever-gf7zs4 жыл бұрын
@@magnustrygg5632 the government did that bud
@magnustrygg56324 жыл бұрын
Dr. J. Fever Well Mr Dr. J: i can’t say. Im a Swede. I tell you how things were over here.
@DrJFever-gf7zs4 жыл бұрын
@@magnustrygg5632 weird that unions have a say over your government on the environment
@JT-gd7he5 жыл бұрын
Saw him and the Del McCoury band tour. All played in "the round". One microphone with all the musicians gathered around it. Best show I've ever seen.
@peterbrockfan5 жыл бұрын
AGREED,WHEN A SOLO WAS REQUIRED, THE PLAYER WOULD MOVE NEARER THE MIC, LOW TECH AND BRILLIANT
@skootempaw6942 жыл бұрын
This is Utah coal country where I am from. My brother in law worked 42 years 3 miles underground on the fire/demolition crew. ALL my high school buddies decided this would be what they saw everyday.
@MsRuthLittle Жыл бұрын
I played this for my daughter and she got chills from this performance with tears in her eyes she said WOW Mama Thanks Steve. Love and Peace
@dustdevl34045 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful. I am not a coal miner. I live in a city. But this song has touched me from the first time I heard it. Steve is one of the greatest songwriters ever.
@williamdunn27927 жыл бұрын
Love this Steve Earle song..
@Lankimaki10 жыл бұрын
Now, That's a song writer...
@gershonhoffman82285 жыл бұрын
His best song of many. Says always played that song for late great Townes Van Zandt after the song. Van Zandt's "My Proud Mountains" a GREAT song, as well. Possibly Steve's inspiration to write this one, would say.
@michaelpaoli59964 жыл бұрын
In Illinois we might be at the beginning of the plains but in working on a facebook page about labor monuments and memorials in the state I learned a lot more about the widespread culture of coal mining here, (the entire state lies over coal) and it follows we have the site of more than one largest disaster of its time, from Cherry in the north to Panama in the south, and the final resting places of John L. Lewis and Mother Mary Jones. And every word of the song rings true, mountain or plain, and Steve Earles emotion can always bring tears. and resolve. IF YOU HAVE A BOSS YOU NEED A UNION
@V8trickshot7 жыл бұрын
So cool tom morello chilling there too
@chrisscutt41972 жыл бұрын
Powerful.
@billvallier92145 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. Seen him do this with the .Mastersons
@RonnieMinh9 жыл бұрын
Wow! So soulful .... playing along with my fiddle. Thanks!
@dalehorrocks-murphy72025 жыл бұрын
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@dalehorrocks-murphy72025 жыл бұрын
Artistic folklore and haunting arrangement.
@dreamer2fly6 жыл бұрын
Me too Mr. Earl...I love your music💖
@grandmasbabees10 жыл бұрын
Wow, beautiful, thanks for sharing the upload
@zeem33668 жыл бұрын
Has to be my favorite Steve Earle song, and i would really love to get a full version of Wayfaring Stranger he sings in The World Made Straight movie, it is the best version i ever heard in my life
@princessofhesse8 жыл бұрын
Sam have you been a fan for long? I have been tagging along since the early 80s, but I am old as Steve!
@zeem33668 жыл бұрын
Joanna Backman Oh yeah i've been listening since the 80's, i'm 46 now and i've always loved Steve Earle
@danielmims84672 жыл бұрын
I might have that actually. Maybe. I know the song but not the movie. Is that Tom morello?
@barbarabaldwin71206 жыл бұрын
Wonderful--Union!!
@willypotts1005 жыл бұрын
"There is no higher love, than Steve Earle" ♫
@dustinjohnson34636 жыл бұрын
it's sad that this man is as great of a singer song writer will not get the credit he is due till he is gone . but I know what he is now and words can't describe
@susanholly59235 жыл бұрын
Where can I find the song that Steve does in the movie, the world made straight. Song's title is poor wayfaring stranger
@darlincommitme5 жыл бұрын
@@susanholly5923 That is a traditional song, not Steve's. There are many recordings out there, but I have never found the full version by Steve. I am pretty sure it was never released.
@tal6002 Жыл бұрын
I like that black dodge but I like that HARLEY RUMBLING SOUND
@princessofhesse8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@emilynix64043 жыл бұрын
IWW forever~
@ximena69309 жыл бұрын
Fantastic sound!! I love him!
@rosie265610 жыл бұрын
favorite truly
@mrmaldoon83623 жыл бұрын
Absolute gold.
@aaronwhite48846 жыл бұрын
I saw Steve play in Flagstaff once upon a time. I hope he comes back some day!
@Boxerlove10 жыл бұрын
Amen my brother....if you've got a boss you need a union!
@lonewolftech2 жыл бұрын
Unions don’t do shit for anyone! They’re a waste of time effort and energy today!
@waynerdg0111 жыл бұрын
love it
@bloodrock33311 жыл бұрын
Love ur music Glad to see ur still out there !
@weldonsalkey81274 жыл бұрын
LDSB Brought Me Here.
@rustyjohnson50183 жыл бұрын
"You got a boss.....you need a union."
@Tony-dk9sx7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !
@thomasdanis19474 жыл бұрын
Such a heavy song, hard to beat.
@mrsspaceghost27224 жыл бұрын
Saw him 3x for the mountain album ❤️💋
@dreamer2fly6 жыл бұрын
Yes sir Steve Earle...you sing truth💔💖❣
@lylemorton86414 жыл бұрын
The Lost Dog cover was how I got here as well and I am a subscriber to Lost Dog but did go to see Steve Earle way back when. Great song, sad song and sadder now that I’ve looked up the whole story. From coal country NS Canada.
@brianthompson67247 жыл бұрын
Riches Hill on earth! Butte. Not coal but copper. Great song love this song, love this state.
@drkennethnoisewater79995 жыл бұрын
I'm with you guy.Butte America brother.
@daveberthelot6737 Жыл бұрын
Like I say..it’s raw
@Fucrightoff2 жыл бұрын
I miss our times Stevie. See you one day
@talonbell15864 жыл бұрын
When music was music heart and soul
@matthewsherman20028 жыл бұрын
I wanna go bacccckkkk to Philmont!!!
@mumicimo10 жыл бұрын
on this mountain. ..Steve Earle.
@christar95274 жыл бұрын
So surprised to see Tom Morello here. I don’t know Steve’s music but have been a Morello fan since Audioslave days. Awesome.
@darlincommitme3 жыл бұрын
Their politics brought them together
@tonytotten4086 жыл бұрын
Great song awsame. Artist
@IzzyTheNose5 жыл бұрын
Never realized how much Trampled By Turtles "Blue Sky and the Devil" sounds like this.
@peterbrockfan11 жыл бұрын
thanks for the tip. will check it out later at home,
@skootempaw6942 жыл бұрын
The mine made headline news when six miners were trapped by a collapse in August 2007. Ten days later, three rescue workers were killed by a subsequent collapse. The six miners were later declared dead and their bodies were never recovered.
@hoprabbitbunny4 жыл бұрын
Hey Steve! sorry to hear about bassist Kelly Looney-May her Rock in Peace! Anyway the mountain is a great song!!
@sherp2u110 жыл бұрын
Steve has to have some Irish blood running thru those veins... Blue grass has it's roots in the old Irish settler's music...
@Panda-jv7tt Жыл бұрын
I am here Just because of Martyr Made! Couldn't find this version on Spotify! Who's America…
@scags234 жыл бұрын
they don't make em like this anymore
@MarkGallagher4 жыл бұрын
wow the Levon Helm version was a cover? what? I love this song.
@brazenlilhussy59753 жыл бұрын
Check out Benjamin Todd's version, and also Sierra Ferrell (both brilliant for different reasons)
@MrMadseason4 жыл бұрын
Levin helm does a great version of this song.
@kickrox44783 ай бұрын
Benjamin Todd rps this song to pieces
@mrjkillion8 жыл бұрын
local 175 Ky. Carpenters
@infoscholar52212 жыл бұрын
I heard this over a decade ago, and think about it frequently. I think I just might post a tribute cover.
@dereksmith20187 жыл бұрын
cause mate, steve is just so Gang ster all by him self they don't need to lol
@danieldingess66807 жыл бұрын
cause there is no need brother listen to Steve bro
@rosie265610 жыл бұрын
damn I thought he was gonna shoot me for requesting this at the Variety in Atlanta right after he left Del McCroury
@lynnpolettofitzpatrick30326 жыл бұрын
re:mountain. I çry.I cry.I will be 62 come March.ALL of US had those years that Were OUR Familys,and Great Grand Parents.MY Lake,my Beautiful lake Waramaug, taken for 37 $ debt in depression. Other Side,with the Pinnacle, held out longer.but N.Ykrs got June Rd too.Our Life times as kids on thru were my Best Truest Memories that will die in my Heart,as should be,I guess.But,it was MY FAULT,days kept Slipping,Partying more important. I HATE Myself for NOT Putting a FOOT DOWN. Chief Waramaug, his Buriel Ground?if I çould Drive there.I wish had car.all of us have our Crosses.Lynn Fitzpatrick 12-7-17
@dannykragness1852Ай бұрын
Fr
@jarrettscherff46657 жыл бұрын
You got a boss...you need a union.
@nicklester58836 жыл бұрын
He slipped it in lol
@AlarDane7 жыл бұрын
Can't find his version of The Wayfaring Stranger :(
@mat11trick6 жыл бұрын
I Great song Steve. Is that Tom Morello?
@frydensbek9 жыл бұрын
where can i find a full version of him singin wayfaring stranger??
@theteki844 жыл бұрын
I.U.O.E. Local 542 PA
@Dao_Of_Sean Жыл бұрын
Benjamin Tod did a great cover of this song.
@ningboy32747 ай бұрын
You haven't really heard this song till you've heard the cover by Benjamin Tod. I gotta give credit to Earle for writing it but the Benjamin Tod version just packs so much more emotion and feeling, honestly one of the best blue grass songs ever.
@reredrumuoy7 ай бұрын
Tods version is okay. The studio version with Del McCoury is the best version.
@jervistube7 ай бұрын
No comparison. Steve's version is far superior!
@anotheruser81052 жыл бұрын
If there was a god he/she would make sunshine only needed, and no human exploitation as perceived honor
@_crablegs2 жыл бұрын
:')
@jfeliciano48387 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom! How's R.A.T.M. doing? 😊
@Fiker196410 жыл бұрын
why dont the other 2 play?
@darlincommitme10 жыл бұрын
It is a songwriter gig -- they are taking turns doing their own songs songs, not really performing together. They did do a couple together.
@peterbrockfan9 жыл бұрын
what other two
@peterbrockfan9 жыл бұрын
what other two,if you let me know I will try and re upload