Music video by Roy Acuff performing The Wabash Cannonball (Live).
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@robertrstw8354 Жыл бұрын
A true first class act. You never hear the respect of singers to their bands . I love the respect of introduction of players
@BrickPa11 ай бұрын
Spend more time listening to Country music. Ray Price, George Strait, Merle Haggard and of course Bob Wills just to name a few!
@kingmonkey4603 ай бұрын
That voice. Roy's voice never aged, despite him aging. His chipper and joyful voice never faultered when singing his classic train song. Truly a legend among music, it's easy to tell why Hank Sr. Idolized him. May he rest in peace.
@dennisnaderhoff20082 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time. It's an American classic without comparison. It speaks of generations of pride and conviction you can feel. It's not about me, it's about us, and about our heritage, faith and convictions. This song is sancrocinct with American pride.
@uncbadguy10 ай бұрын
"City Of New Orleans" is my other favorite Railroad Song.
@yardsale7818 жыл бұрын
I hope Mr. Acuff's family will be able to read this. My father was born in 1933 and as a young boy was placed in an orphanage near Nashville. Mr. Acuff use to spend time with those kids, take them to his farm and Vanderbilt football games. My father died in 2002 thought the world of Roy Acuff and he made a huge positive influence on my father, thank you.
@danielueblacker91187 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice to know starts did good things. Mr. Acuff never forget where he came from.
@arielacuff59456 жыл бұрын
:)
@TerryCrodgedy5 жыл бұрын
👍
@audreygoins11465 жыл бұрын
Yard Sale Roy good
@jerrymahoney29695 жыл бұрын
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@cliffpeebles9705 Жыл бұрын
Amazing how the one man could mimic a train whistle with his voice.
@Babybluebbw7 жыл бұрын
Nov 9, 1962 _ Roy Acuff became the first LIVING person inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame!
@chuckshinall28084 жыл бұрын
Roy was inducted into the Hall of Fame the day I was born. You just can't beat the pioneers of music.
@logansmith1173 жыл бұрын
As a member of his family I appreciate the comments
@alicehallam79493 жыл бұрын
God bless, Mr. Smith. 🙂
@SlyTyler973 жыл бұрын
How are you related to him
@williamwimer20742 жыл бұрын
He was the greatest entertainer ever to grace the stages of the opry.
@logansmith1172 жыл бұрын
@@SlyTyler97 great grandpas brother
@lindaham8610 Жыл бұрын
Love this music and those who performed
@johnbates43196 жыл бұрын
George Jones was right when he sang....."Who's gonna fill their shoes." There will NEVER be another Mr. Roy Acuff!
@ClassicTVMan1981X3 жыл бұрын
There also won't be another Mr. Onie Wheeler!
@lethalfarm3 жыл бұрын
Or hello darling...
@JHH2843 жыл бұрын
@@ClassicTVMan1981X Onie was a great entertainer and let's not forget Bashful Brother Oswald!
@lanaarmstrong89433 жыл бұрын
That's true. The country music singers now days just aren't the same, in my opinion.
@larrywatson67713 жыл бұрын
Truth
@creoleperez6971 Жыл бұрын
I always loved Roy Acuff for honoring Daddy Claxton ..a turn of the century Black farmer in Alabama who fought against the railroads charging sky high fees to haul all farmers crops to market ..he stole the Cannon Ball and got his crops to market ..he actually drove it as the engineer ..tried in the courts of Alabama ..the White farmers on the jury aquitted him .. setting him free ..Thank you Roy Acuff ..you and Daddy Claxton live on..
@jamesjacobson453416 күн бұрын
Great message!
@roncohen23543 жыл бұрын
The purity of Roy Accuf's consecrated soul is clearly sensed thru the hauntingly beautiful words, tributes to persons & places, his well-modulated voice and natural diction of his rendition of this immortal song. Truly inspiring. Played over & over.
@1mmickk6 жыл бұрын
One of the very last true Country Mucic Showmen, an old timer that is often immitated but never surpassed.
@williamwimer20074 жыл бұрын
Yes he was. And those who tried to imitated him. We’re of not able to for he was one of a kind.
@micka5644 жыл бұрын
Certainly was the very best RIP that great great man Roy Acuff
@kingmonkey4603 ай бұрын
My friend, I hope I can restore your faith in good country music. I'm rather young and I'm a huge fan of Roy, Hank, Johnny Horton, and other classics. I've even started writing my own songs in their styles because God knows the classic style is the best.
@gregsavage1880 Жыл бұрын
One of the best of country songs is the Wabash cannonball but only one man could bring it to life and make it work like this gentleman Mr Roy Acuff. Hes a professional and a generous man, if you look him up and see what he's done for orphan kids and other have nots...he gave back to his community .I could go on and on. They just don't make them like this man anymore !!!
@whitelightning67666 жыл бұрын
Long live the King of Country Music, Roy Acuff!
@tabuumewtwo92616 жыл бұрын
He was the original King of Country music, but they parade George Straight as the King of Country Music. Our boy Roy and George Jones is the true kings of country music.
@bryanwills97422 жыл бұрын
Bob Wills is still the king ! 😉
@glencoe63052 жыл бұрын
@@bryanwills9742 Bob Wills is the King when you cross that old Red River. Texas. The Opry didn't praise Bob Wills like it did Acuff,Williams, and Tubb.
@bryanwills97422 жыл бұрын
@@glencoe6305 I agree with you. ! 🤠
@DougHinVA5 жыл бұрын
He was a living legend. I saw him as a kid on b&w TV and we laughed at his hillbilly music (I lived in east Tennessee), but we knew easily that he was a national treasure
@fredferd9654 жыл бұрын
They were, above all, gentlemen, gentlemen and true performers of the best kind. Not a sour note within a hundred miles. Wonderful.
@alycepoe4999 ай бұрын
Very , very few true gentlemen left tday.
@countryfan37095 жыл бұрын
This makes today’s music look sick
@blitzkrieg94083 жыл бұрын
Today’s music is sick, there’s no talent or effort put into it. The ‘artists’ are nobody’s with no life. Roy Acuff, Bashful brother Oswald, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley and so on, they are the real music artists. They weren’t just good song writers, but they were extremely awesome people and good examples. I wish there were people like them around today
@lumpylumpy39313 жыл бұрын
Today’s music if ya wanna call it that s just trash
@dondoprophet3 жыл бұрын
jus say your racist bro
@jaketaylor12913 жыл бұрын
@@dondoprophet ??
@dirtyharry53202 жыл бұрын
Modern country music sounds like it was made by a computer. Just throw in a bunch of clichés (beer, trucks, and dirt roads) and you have a modern country song.
@mrdwightsroom1861 Жыл бұрын
I was born in '57 and grew up listening to wonderful music like this. I'm like the other folks my age wondering just what happened to country music. So thankful for KZfaq's Time Machine.
@wannaboogieanywhere15 жыл бұрын
My dad was inspired by roy acuff, and sang this song very proudly in his local and regional bands.
@theresachiorazzi4571 Жыл бұрын
Roy a cuff was the real deal. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤rest in peace
@debbiechilders14418 жыл бұрын
listening to this just makes me want to cry...reminds so much of my Mom and when I was a little thing running around with her while she cleaned and listened to this. :) Miss you so much Mama.
@dennislemay82745 жыл бұрын
There will never be another Roy acuff or bashful brother Oswald -aka Pete Kirby today so called country jus does,,nt measure up n in my option its ugly noise no soul no feeling goes in Mr acuff n others like him truly appreciated their craft nuttin but pure honey dripping off the bars pure gold rest in peace Mr acuff n bro oz n all my radio heros!,🤘🏿🤠💚💛
@allenmurray78937 жыл бұрын
I love to watch the great ones perform. Even at this age, Roy still performs this song best.
@treystewart98125 жыл бұрын
Roy acuff and George Jones and Hank Williams tunes sooth my soul!
@kinkajou7772 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching Hee Haw. I remember Roy Acuff as the one of many greats on that wonderful show. It’s obvious that I’m among the younger generations who was around when Acuff was alive.
@TacitusR2 жыл бұрын
The greatest train song ever written. There is nothing to compare to the sights and sounds of a steam locomotive. A massive living, breathing, huffing, puffing and wailing steel behemoth.
@dontroll35977 жыл бұрын
Extemely emotions run through my body as i remember my grandmother who passed last march talk about roy, roy was her 2nd cousin but she always talked about how the too familys always wanted to reunite but she live in OK during the great depression so money was scare and they lived on the east coast and travel wasnt so an option and ended up moving to california later. Her favorite HeeHaw show is still recorded the one with roy
@franleatherwood33884 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Broken Arrow, OK listening to Roy Acuff sing the same songs my Granmaw sang to me.
@ElizabethFereday-ez5ug Жыл бұрын
This is my Daddy's favorite song. He's 93. I love him so much.
@paulbrown83707 жыл бұрын
This was a request by my Uncle at my wedding. I had a friend of mine William "Tex" Doyle played country music at my wedding and it went over real good. It was very different and so many of the people loved it. My Uncle always loved this song and I had them play it for him.
@kernjames10 ай бұрын
This version and its lyrics is the version that I learned many years ago. Love this version.
@annacribbs41422 жыл бұрын
Went on tour with a group when I was a little girl. Stood on the Grand Ole Opera stage I didn't understand it bk then and couldn't appreciate it. But I'm so glad I have those memories. 💯👍🎶🎼
@hoosierpete4 ай бұрын
Roy and Hank are what every true country singer strive to be. They are the two kings of country.
@LadyNezumi972 жыл бұрын
My Grandpas Favorite song of all times.. Every time i played this for him he would be like Look i got goose bumbs and starts singing it.... Brings tears to my eyes thinking about him 4 years since we lost him
@Care9604 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to the grand ole Opry with my dad on the radio, we didn't have a TV, my dad would just cry when wabash cannon ball played
@georgemelvin71873 жыл бұрын
Smiles, how are you doing Martha?
@jameswilliam64282 жыл бұрын
Hello, So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. How are you?
@christiank7166 Жыл бұрын
Missing my grandpa I never really got to meet. And my father. Favorite songs of theirs... This song is a real tearbreaker.
@brianlauck43705 жыл бұрын
Roy acuff was one of the greats in country music
@user-ty3zs8fi4p4 ай бұрын
Seen him years ago and his band. Man I miss them good Ole country singers. There the real deal. Bless them all.
@jerryshepherd1645 Жыл бұрын
Now this is country music. Please keep it alive. This bull butter crap you hear today is not country music
@NoraWood-dl6iv Жыл бұрын
Yeah. How are you Jerry?
@jerryharrington8288 жыл бұрын
I can remember as a little boy when my dad use to listen to these old songs on his old radio. A day at home couldn't sound any better.
@Rose-zn2id Жыл бұрын
Every time I hear this song, I see my parents dancing. In the house I grew up in, there was a vent in the floor upstairs that you could see into the living room. Back in the day, that's how the upstairs were heated. (No, it didn't work. Ha ha). All 8 of us kids slept upstairs . We watch our parents dancing around the living room looking through that vent while this song played. Dad's been gone since '88, mom a few years back. Every time I hear this song, tears of sadness because they're gone, tears of happiness for the memory. 💗💗💗
@dennisraymond8071 Жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right..... Good evening Rose how are you doing over there hope you're having a wonderful day it's a wonderful day that the lord has made.
@chip161cols72 жыл бұрын
One of the most evocative lines in American music: "Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo's call You're travelin' through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball"
@33joiner7 жыл бұрын
Mr Roy was such a fine man used to go to the Grand ole opry 10 r 12 times a year back in the 60's threw early 80's. he would set and talk to you for hours he was really nice to my dad. each time we went and if he saw dad he would talk to him
@byronzapotocky297610 ай бұрын
One of the best songs of all times the humanity and the railroad which it speaks volumes takes me back to when my grandmother talked to me about country music and the good old days
@dmack7328 Жыл бұрын
Mr Acuff seemed like a stand up guy. I sure do miss these guy's and gal's .
@paulgossett22873 ай бұрын
my grandfather. very proud of him
@briannorman37544 жыл бұрын
The 👑 of country music Mr. Roy Acuff
@jailhouserock26553 жыл бұрын
George Strait too!
@georgschmidt52818 ай бұрын
One of my favorite songs.
@joluttringer44507 жыл бұрын
This is (I think so) the best, greatest video on youtube. Picture and sound quality are awesome. Each musician is nice (not only behind Roy) with his name. God bless you all. From France : Jo luttringer
@barbaradraxlir10594 жыл бұрын
How true Country Music today is sick. Bring back the old time singers. They should have a station where they play all oldies!!!!
@liamroberts90473 жыл бұрын
Hello Barbara, How are you doing?
@jameswilliam64282 жыл бұрын
Hello, So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. How are you?
@edwardross64752 жыл бұрын
There's a few country oldies stations out there
@virginia7890Ай бұрын
Looked this song up Spending time with my sister we used to watch with grandpa and grandma. 💃
@Greeley.d7 ай бұрын
I don’t think a lot of the new country artists appreciate those who came before them. It’s all about them! Roy Acuff was a true gentleman!
@carolynridlon39882 жыл бұрын
No one else (in the past or future) will ever be able to do this song any justice!
@davidmiler26066 жыл бұрын
My granny loved Roy Acuff
@DonaldClaxton2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! --Donald J. "Daddy" Claxton, born Dec. 6, 1965. Many from my dad's side of the family hail from Athens, Alabama. When I worked for Gov. Guy Hunt in the late 1980s and throughout much of the 1990s, one of my chiefs of staff called me "Daddy Claxton," every time we were in the same room. A few years later, I got married and we had three daughters. At different times, I get called "Daddy" by each of them. During the re-election campaign of Gov. Fob James in 1998, the governor's campaign chartered a train that began in Athens, and down the very tracks the fictional train would have followed, we rolled on into Birmingham and knowing the lyrics, the chief of staff's proclivity to call me "Daddy Claxton," it felt surreal.
@slavvings2 жыл бұрын
Just discovered Roy , he was a friend of my family up the road a ways from Maynardville. Gave an old uncle a bunch of guitars and banjos one time I heard.
@bobbybrown12664 ай бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time.... Many different ones does it like boxcar Willie but it doesn't matter who does it, it's still walbash cannonball....... Let me hear the choo choo...... Trains was my favorite when I was growing up, I always wanted to drive a train......
@brandonriggs17883 жыл бұрын
Little to no change in his voice between this performance and one he did in 1940. Have to love true, classic, country and singers like Mister Acuff.
@Tadpole314 ай бұрын
I love you papaw . I cant wait to play this again with you when i get up there Amen. RIp jimmy crowder. Ill dance bare🦶foot with you on that golden road ❤
@pattigee15 жыл бұрын
What a treat! Thank you.
@anthonybrady-lb5ve10 ай бұрын
A truly lovely rendition that really does this great railway song justice❤❤❤
@tommyhunter18172 жыл бұрын
Roy’s life was a testimony of his belief in Jesus Christ.
@user-eg3ft9ti6o2 ай бұрын
Good 'ole song!
@peterk.manning18686 ай бұрын
Brilliant I knew this because Dizzy Dean mentioned it while broadcasting baseball games
@waynesabolewski6372 Жыл бұрын
I first heard him on radio when am radio was the only music we had country will live forever
@NoraWood-dl6iv Жыл бұрын
That's nice. How are you?
@clmn67123 жыл бұрын
Got a chance years ago to go the Nashville & see the Grand Ole Opry one Thanksgiving. That was the week Roy Acuff passed away, so I never got to see him live. Thankfully we have videos
@ClassicTVMan1981X4 жыл бұрын
When Roy introduces Onie Wheeler on harmonica, it should not be forgotten that Onie is also the person responsible for the human train whistle on Acuff's 1947 re-recording of this song. This performance came from the 1978 special 50 Years of Country Music.
@JeffKMayo3 жыл бұрын
"Onie Wheeler and his harmonikee!"
@glencoe63052 жыл бұрын
ClassicTVMan, Onie wasn't the one on the 1947 Wabash Cannonball re-recording. Onie had his own Band in the Bootheel of Missouri. Onie had been in the Army in WW2 @ Pearl Harbor when it was hit. In the mid 1950s, Onie was doing Rockabilly on Sun Records on the same Bill as Elvis Presley. Onie didn't join up with Roy Acuff until 1965. Onie had been a Star in his own right. He died on the Opry Stage -May 26,1984 singing on the WSM Grand Ole Gospel Show .
@jaydenp49752 жыл бұрын
This video is one reason I love KZfaq. Omg this is amazing and so many wouldn’t have ever seen this. Such a treasure.
@laserbeam0026 ай бұрын
Roy acuff was a real class act and a true legend. R.I.P Roy
@muttleydastardly36104 жыл бұрын
I'm looking for a KZfaq video from March 16,1974 when Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys performed The Wabash Cannonball on the opening night of the Grand Old Opry House at Opryland.
@Scott_From_Maine2 жыл бұрын
Now that was awesome!
@Johnny-xw7mf10 ай бұрын
Real!!! Country!!! Music!!! Wooooooo 🎶🎶🎶 Johnny from Alabama wooooooo 🎶🎶🎶
@johnphillipstevensen3490 Жыл бұрын
Medlin family from.Shreveport. Louisiana thanks you Mr. Roy!
@PhilFeedback5 жыл бұрын
Great song and video footage, thanks for sharing your video with us !
@davidkeith53776 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to this and other roy acuff songs when I was younger while playin with my lionel pennsylvania flyer freight set... ironically I was born in 2001, not 1951
@edwardross64752 жыл бұрын
I had a cheap Lionel, couldn't set it up too often: small living room
@vivianramage73613 жыл бұрын
I have loved this all my life. ❤
@liamroberts90473 жыл бұрын
Hello Vivian, How are you doing?
@countryfan37095 жыл бұрын
Legendary
@donhoward2313 Жыл бұрын
Bashful Brother Oswald made the great sound on the Dobro that made Roy so popular.
@NoraWood-dl6iv Жыл бұрын
Hi howard how are you?
@evaconde7220 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Roy Acuff looks like my late grand father, doppelganger 💖🎶✨
@AdventuresBeginHere40910 ай бұрын
My friends you have just witness the best in this business Roy Acuff.
@OstaraBooks4 жыл бұрын
I love Roy. One of the Greatest.
@randallmoore16758 ай бұрын
My dad's side was and is from Maynardville Tennessee. God bless that volunteer state
@johnallison73583 жыл бұрын
The best of the best!!
@2862bennyboyАй бұрын
He was my Granny Kelly's favorite singer
@alicehallam79493 жыл бұрын
The Wabash cannonball was a line of the Wabash Railroad. I'm checking to see if the railroad relates to the Wabash River in Indiana, I think. There is a street in Chicago, or south of it, called Wabash.
@maxharrison257 Жыл бұрын
Hello there Alice nice meeting you here
@mfeltes4 ай бұрын
That was the part that always confused me about Roy's version. The Wabash never went south of St. Louis. Too literally minded, perhaps.
@2fox76 Жыл бұрын
I was camping with my dad and asked what he wanted to hear and it was this song because of his memories with his dad.
@johnlangendoen9676 ай бұрын
Comments TOP. .....Newest 1day ago.....That says it all ,never to be forgotten ,he says as I go now to Johnny Cash vesion...... all day !!! 😊😎
@johnlighton70252 ай бұрын
Amazing
@JeffKMayo3 жыл бұрын
Who else pushed RW to hear "Onie Wheeler and his harmonikee!" ?
@Dannyedelman4231 Жыл бұрын
I hope Mr Acuffs family will be able to read this my great uncle was a conductor for the southern pacific from I think the 30s to the 60s he has unfortunately passed away and my late grandfather was a railroad spike layer for the mccloud river railroad
@intercityrailpal3 жыл бұрын
The Wabash Cannonball was a Detroit to Saint Louis train. It died when the last major source of income was put on trucks. US Mail. It should never have gone away! It was a important cross line .
@theflorgeormix Жыл бұрын
Very proud to say I saw him live at the Opry
@susanmcdonald4797 Жыл бұрын
OMG, so good.
@thomasgarold43992 жыл бұрын
Roy was simply the best
@canucks8294PatRiot Жыл бұрын
The greatest train song EVER
@philipansell6 ай бұрын
Smokeys favourite song. Shame he never got to play it . Did most other things though!
@jeansherburne4492 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest ❤️
@dennisraymond8071 Жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right..... Good evening jean how are you doing over there hope you're having a wonderful day it's a wonderful day that the lord has made.
@aitlehcenbenlehcen23783 жыл бұрын
From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore She climbs a flowery mountains o'er the hills and by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome she's known quite well by all She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland o'er the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear those lonesome hoboes call Traveling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball Well she came down from Birmingham one cold December day As she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say She's from Tennessee she's long and she's tall She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand And always be…
@shirleyjennings57874 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@williamwimer20073 жыл бұрын
Yes he was the best of the best ever and many tried to imitate him but failed.