I was today years old ( I'm 66years old) when I heard this, I'm British, so that's my excuse. What an amazing song, what an amazing singer!

Yes. Love this song

yes... and I like it.

Another Brit here. Fantastic song! ​@@annehoward140

Been in my favorites for about 5 years.

Lol I'm kinda related he's my mom's exes cousin

Dang

I’m Swedish and I like the authentsity❤

Facts .... Here is a wee reminder from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ,. To get this back on. Blastin loud pround.😁..... Much respect to ya, 🤜🤛

Absolutely

I lived in the swamps of Florida for years lol we made a lot moon . Haha

Ya ok you sang you did 2 in nam I call BS

check out KEEP THE WOLVES AWAY UNCLE LUCIUS

check out keep the wolves away

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ja51ZMd-mc69c6s.htmlsi=bo-lUcoelo39yTGz if you haven’t seen Heartworn Highways you should definitely check this clip out of a young steve earle

And he's coming to my hometown to perform in June. Really looking forward to the show.

A real treaure

Ok

Счастливый человек!

Welcome Home Chief. Glad you got straight, finally. Especially glad you're still here! (Did my time at the tail end of Nam, but, being a girl, I wasn't in country. Cannot imagine it...)

buddha

thank you for your service sir both of you

Chief 762 thank you for your service to our country,working through Iraq myself

+Cobra Army working myself through the gulf God Bless

I love it

Damn right I do!!!

Not American,British and Proud,What a Tune.....

Found this a few years ago loved it ever since.

Nope

Thank you I needed this more then you know

THANKS

You have no idea 😢

Thank you. Recovering from surgery. It's touching that a stranger cares about strangers.

the dark thoughts, overthinking and doubt are reinforced by incompetent fraternally corrupted police organizations and medical unions. we live in a bad planet

Country, soft rock,.. -Whatever.... I just know that it's a GREAT song 🎙️🎸

So did i, I was watching top gear east coast trip and this was playing in a tyre shop where Jeremy stopped at, and one of the guys who works there was dancing to this

Much love and congrats on expanding your music library! I'm 51 with the early onset of dimintia as a complication from MS. I much like yourself, am branching my music out. It's a great release from a problematic world. Stay strong and keep on rocking bud.

@@bradheath4200 ubet. Peace ✌

His son was awesome too, God rest his soul Justin Townes Earle.

It is a catchy song love 😘❤️ it !! ❤️😘😂💕👍

youre spiritual being

Bob Dylan is the best story teller pal

Pure Americana Brothers and Sisters. This is an American tale! Many of us have lived this story,or one similar.

Slim Dusty with 107 Albums rates a mention!

My great grandfather was a moonshine runner from the age 8 in Kentucky, once he married my great grand mother all was put to a halt..However, in his shop sat a secret covered small still for hunting season & the boys it was tucked away in the corner as it was a top secret operation..Shhh..our secret, Lol. My great grandmother found it a few times thru the year & out it went!

75 here

Right on

I’m 61 & l love it

I'm with you 62 still hanging

1 of

I agree it is easily one of the best songs ever written.

Probably.

It's not the best song of all time but it's pretty good. Tom Cochrane life is a highway is the greatest song of all time

I used to turn up at tamworth, early Sunday morning, to see the bluegrass championship's, back in the day..(best thing was cooling one's heels at paradise after?)😅

I tried some real Tennessee moonshine my dad brought home one day. I burnt like fire and tasted like petrol! It was horrible! That was my last taste of moonshine. None for me, thanks 🥵🤮

@@beatlesrgear Unfortunately that was actual 'bootlegger moonshine', not the artisinal refined recipes by people who actually take the care and time to perform proper fractional distillation, get out all the nasty stuff, and keep only the good tasting liquor, proof it to 50%abv so it doesn't rot your stomach lining, and you can have a taste of heaven better than anything you can buy at a liquor store when done right.

​@@beatlesrgear,Aww that, s really to bad. I'm so sorry to hear that. It happens to a lot of ppl actually. Who ever made that should be ashamed to ever let anyone get that swill. As a descendant of a shiner from Copperhead Rd. I can assure you that if you ever get to taste any made there, you will never want anything else. At 140 to 190 proof depending on what part of the run ya get, it's all so 😅 smooth you don't even feel it go down but then it hits nice and warm on its way back up. Flavor depending on what it's made from, I prefer corn because It gives a nice corn flavor and it's delicious if made right. But you never realize you are drinking some licker that's twice the proof of regular licker untill you get a couple in ya. Suddenly out nowhere you are quite buzzed. That's real moonshine.

@@albertmueller6616 Gotta be sour mash corn. Leave the "sugar liquor" (aka white rum) to the tourists.

History makes us

Interesting

That's awesome that your family knows their history that good. 🤙

@jacobrobinson175 There has been a tremendous amount of research done by a huge number of people. I have a copy of a photo of my 6th great grandfather's grave in Scotland. Emailed to me by his descendants (my relatives) who still live there.

... and thats just damn cool, GO GREAT GRAMPA THE 5th!..this one reason why I love the U.S.A.!! THANK YOU!!

I am absolutely sure you are correct.

@johnmiller4617 I think the guy is Tom Beringer. Google cast members. I recognized him.

106 folsk, and I'm thr first to see the joke

​@@redneckroy8947fhryrtt

Miss these times. Best yrs of my life

I agree@@V0rtexM

I guess that is English somewhere. Leave your cousins alone hahaha

I just found this like a week ago. It’s truly amazing

You poor soul, music is what keeps me alive couldn't imagine losing my power to hear it. Hope you get a miracle somehow, good luck.

try lions mane shroom please.. could help

Worse ways to go my friend.

Dec. 15 :)

He not only is cute but kicks butt as a rocker

I know right!❤ BTW it's "Earle"

Greetings from The Heart of Dixie! 🤘

Amen! I wasn't born there but I was no doubt born with their thinking of love of this country and what I believed justice was and what I had to do to get by in life.

Many of us are just as proud now as they were back then. I'm happy to know my northern brothers and sisters are the same!@@curlycindy

Just wait until you read about what he's said about your dear leader.

Hello How are you doing Thanks for your support ❤️❤️❤️

Hello James r u another lonely man too?

@@elisabethlewis6084 Steve’s Guitar Town

Jesus loves you and died on the cross for your sins and if you believe in Him and accept Him as your Lord and savior you are saved. (John 3:16)

Hello how are you doing

makes me want to clog!!!

I have often called this "Celtic Rock". Another good one AC/DC "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n roll". CELTIC ROCK....think about it. (and that's a hard "k", children, not a soft "s" pronunciation on Celtic!!! I don't give a damn what the Boston basketball team says!!!)

Hello

Welcome home. .

How does it feel to know that you were just a vile puppet of the government? They only fought for the interests of the powerful in turn.

Thank you for your service.

My dad was from rural Tennessee and got drafted at age 19. Ended up in the 1st Cav in the middle of the jungle. They did like to draft poor guys from the country.

@@JohnSmith-ys4nl I was infantry with the Cav!! 1969-70

You brah, you Ozarks too? (LOL)

Top side of Alabama to and from Tennessee.

Seems a lot more simple and effective, think we need to get back to those principles

The song is about Northeast Tennessee and the Smokeys not Arkansas and the Ozarks

@@tweetuums I realize this , and hope you realize that the majority of the earliest settlers in the Ozarks have DEEP and FOUNDATOINAL roots that began in TN & KY, therefore those spaces are ALSO SPECIAL to us.

Hell Yeah !! From Aotearoa . Steve Earle .. Done the hard yards . A legend.

Spirit of America is getting stronger and angrier by the day.

White and loving it

great tune having bud

@@bobprescott I never smoked it, but I bet it would be :D

@@an0ana i don't understand

I thought you meant pot, not the beer. Sorry for the confusion ♥

I went to raves in the 90's my buddy who promoted several,I backed a few with cash (insurance was needed along many things,hall rental,warehouse rentals)..I love Country Western,Rock of all era and you got it Trance(love a lot of remixes)...I even like Jazz and the Blues,rarely listen to those but still like them,usually Christmas time I get the feel for them.. Oddly as a car guy I just stick with classic Chrysler products(Mopar) 60's Dodge Charger's,70's Cuda's,Super Bee's etc...I love all types of music but one type of car.I love cruising in them with my music blasting,I have a modern hidden system in a few of them..Nothing better than driving and listening to the radio and hearing the big block Dodge V8 rumble! We have music somewhat in common and I bet I am way older than you lol..early 50's but look young & fit..Happily married and 4 kids... Have a Great Summer&Life! Remember when you feel down blast some uplifting music!! It helps!

Did he pass away

Sweet!! Would love a bit!! How 'bout some Cap'n Applejack your way? That's some good stuff too!!

Literally smokin a blunt while listening to this awesome song! 💛from Alaska~

How smooth? Like really smooth? Or really really smooth?

I used to get peach moonshine from an old boy that lived by me in central Florida. Had a peach floating in the mason jar. He got it from Georgia.

@@DonHorvathIII Muskogee Mash, smoothest moonshine Ive eve tasted!

Earle.... it's got a "E" at the end of his name

💫

Back when Charlie never put sugar in anyone's gas tank.

You lose a lot in the process.You don't get quite as much as you'd think but the price for selling makes up the difference. Uhhhhh,so a friend in the business told me.

@@doughesson yeap it's alot of work, alotta sugar, alotta corn, alot of yeast, alot of copper, alotta risk. But a TON of FUN.

At $100 a gallon. Sounds like a good vocation to me!!! Better to make 1000 gallons a year though. Lol

@@lauraphilyaw6879 that would be one hell of a year but you would have some deep pockets.

@@doughesson I've heard sometimes you get as little or less than 1 gallon of Alcohol out of every 10 gallons of mash or as much as 1 out of 4. Purrre alll key halll.

Springsteen ain't the Earle, but I love both of them!

Check out "The Guitar" by Guy Clark

Same same

Yes ofcourse 👍🏻

I never understood why my mom loved this song so much. I'm an adult now (ugh) and totally get it. Fuck yes

Den E rip bro

Den E i used to listen to this with my father on road trips when I spent my summers with him. I listen to this song whenever I miss him. It’s magic. Still makes me close to him. Few people will ever have that connection.

Den E amen me too bro

again thanks keep sending your favorite song

Den E here's to Dads everywhere

Exactly this was my thought a minute ago.

Greg Shea this ain't country

+Trever G why not?

Greg Shea Yea this is way more country than what they call country today

In Australia we have a genuine old school and very popular country singer...Lee Kernaghan...He does a very good cover..It doesn't quite have the angst of the original.. It got a fair bit of airplay here back in the day.

Yeah

agreed. i feel the same way in part because the scot-irish moved across the atlantic and settled in hillbilly mountain country (W Virginia, Kentucky) like they came from. nice to be able to appreciate your heritage and not be attacked for it as being not politically correct

@@texasrebelsoul1102 There's never anything wrong with celebrating your heritage. There had never been anything wrong with it. But what is wrong is insisting that yours is the best, your are or should be more superior than others because of that heritage, and others are subhuman, don't add or have anything of value, and shouldn't celebrate theirs.

@@julieporter7805 well said

Appalachian music

That's the power of music 🎶 for you ,a timeless masterpiece that will go on for an eternity. 👍😎👍❤️🇬🇧 Sept twenty two

It's a family tradition....

@@doughesson Hank why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke? Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?

True.

I've never heard this song in my life.

This is one of my go to songs

I love this song. I feel it in my bones. I was in Basic training, two days after my 18th birthday in 1985.. I volunteered because I knew I wasn’t going to graduate and had no idea what to do with my life. I became a Cobra Crew Chief and it changed my life.

Great song. Great music and story. Also my favorite line dance number to Thunderfoot.

@@N21X great story! I hope you're doing well 🙂

Damn straight son.

This song just brings out the drunk outlaw

That's a savage ass memory. Hell yeah. Your step dad has good taste

Good song

That feeling in our chest when this song plays? That's your Scots-Irish ancestors calling us

Hell yeah I feel the same way

"Come around very rarely" bro! This is heart

😉

Best thing Steve Earl ever did. Best thing the Pogues (who are his backing band on this) ever did too. Both have done other good stuff for sure. But......... Sometimes you do something so good you can't better it. Hell of a thing.

Stevies my hero i freaking love this guy

Such a terrific song.

Great memories! Thanks for sharing! Makes me smile.

Sorry for your loss. It’s good you keep your Grandfather’s memory alive.

I would love to hear it. miss my grandpa. much love. 👍

God bless both of You!,.✨

That's a beautiful memory.

My Pop left this year too. When he was young he spent some time in SE Asia, Airborne, Army Special Forces. I wouldn't be surprised if they made small talk while they were waiting in line at The Gate. Merry Christmas-

Rip your dad. I lost mine too bro. I'm in Oz. My dad was same also. We are all now hard core. Peace bro.

blessings

thanks for that. he was an amazing story teller, so i am sure he had em laughing.

Salt lick ? Not to far from Lexington

I need more country rock. Recommendations?

@@glaxko2 Glad you asked! I'm 64, have a lot but I'll start with Old97's who we are going to see soon. Try songs, Murder(or a heart attack), Nineteen, Time bomb for starters. Also Poco, You better think twice and Grand Junction and Ozark Mountain Daredevils, If you want to get to Heaven. Enjoy and give me your opinion!

@@peteshallcross787 hey Pete thanks for the suggestions. A good friend of mines last name from college was Shallcross. He was from PA.

Yeah, it’s straight Outlaw Rock! I love to watch all the reactions from this amazing tune. People from every walks of life love it. Moonshine is just another part of our history, and the real stuff would only take a small bit and knock you down. I use to always keep some in my fridge with some fruit in it so it wouldn’t burn so bad going down. The real stuff will catch on fire, that’s how you know it’s real. Great tune. Will love it forever!

@@glaxko2 KOE WETZEL

Sorry

@@belindaloux8354you sound like you killed him😅

2:00 😢m⁰,xxxxfffffgy

​@@jonharrison3114 ❤

I'm so sorry for your loss ♥♥

♥️

My Dad died a few years back, he loved this song too, he'd strum this song on his old Gibson guitar, and he sang this song and many others with all his heart. Cherish the memory of your dad bro, we are only here for a short time.

Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss Buddy. You hang in there.

I'm so sorry for your loss. This song reminds me of all the stories I heard about my great grandfather, who I never met. These songs are timeless and unforgettable, hold on to them! ❤❤❤

I totally agree 😆

Oh geez u really hit the nail on the head. I have black Scott in my ancestors and does have that rhythm.

That's were all the Appalachian mountain folk came from.

If we don't fight back this way of life is gone.

Or Irish.

What

Why not? , where have you been since before 2014 c'mon man pay attn: please

@kevinwolf5193 I’m almost 70 and I think it has to do with where one grows up, ethnicity, etc. My dad was Italian so I pretty much know all of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin songs. And other Italian artists some may not know are Italian line Tony Bennett and Frankie Lane. A predominantly white, Irish/Italian hosing project. I was the first kid on my block that absolutely loved the black bands back then. David Ruffin and the Temptations, The Four Tops, etc. I blew the muffler in my ’73 Pontiac LeMans passing a car on a double yellow line while listening to ‘Papa Was a Rolling Stone’. I had 8 cylinders and a need for speed. Same song many moons later,singing along, came to a strong line in a verse and thought the poor on the poor lady going in the opposite direction, windows down, almost had a stroke!

I appreciate your service. Not for nothing, your fellow countrymen ,such as myself, are here for you

Know the feeling.

It affects many of us exactly the same way! 💯

Such an underrated line of this iconic song.

I hate the sound of choppers

we had a radio show called the outlaw hours every Friday and Saturday night. It started at 9 pm and you could bet by 10 this song was coming on

Well it’s a great song. Newer country tried to add rap or other things and there’s just nothing comparable to this song.

@@koltoncrane3099 I agree. 2nd time I heard it, I called the station to ask DJ who was it. He obliged. A Ballad for real will be around for decades.

I have a Copperhead Road sign on the door of my man cave

My hubby can play & sing the hell outta this!!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

First time I’ve heard it. It’s really good. I’m waiting for a bluegrass band to record it!

Alongside Brandon's aviators

It sure is my family's history. Family comes from Caryville/Knoxville/clinchmore and that's how we made our living for a loooooong time.

I’m Canadian and this song is American history to me lmao

@@thomasroquemore9011 some will never know. They'll never know the feeling of a big a** tomato worm down their back either.🤣

@@stevenrobbins7402 holding down maggie valley over here.

Never heard it in my life.

Excellent song.

@@1w598 Now you have!

@@1w598 ,p

SPECIAL ED EDUCATION

You just go up there and wander around.

I know it's a synth.. 👍

korn??cmon bro

I always enjoy what you share here on KZfaq but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. how are you feeling today..🥰💯

Synth

If you enjoy non traditional bagpipes, try some Dropkick Murphys

I agree totally

Can’t go to a bar and not hear this😃😃. More popular than ever

Una grande performance,per una canzone molto bella!😊😍😘🎶🎸🎸🎸🎶💘💓💋💯🌅

He was so sexy.

😮😮😮, where the fuck was I in 88 🤣🤣

1988? I thought it came out before that.

@@mmasque2052 Yes, that’s when the album was released. But I used to catch him at the clubs, quite often, in the early 80s, & I’m positive I had heard it by ‘83.

I was a 15yn yrold scaffollder best yr of my life then life realy begun oh 2 go back and change some things

Respect , we used to have a lot of moonshine (insane alcohol taxes) here in Sweden but borderless EU killed that with "smuggling" from Germany. Found out a couple years ago that my dad had a still with a friend for awhile in the 70s.

God bless him

@@ICEMAN99TURBO Thanks Brother. He is in a place where he does not worry about looking over his shoulder...

My great grand pappy did it to. I feel like this song was made for those men. Great men trying to make a living. Amen

I love good moon shine. If shine was made right you could run it in your car when you had no gas.

very. .. sorry

You should come down to the South sometime. We'll treat cha' right. Getcha some good Alabama shine.

MERCI FRANCE *****

same

J'espère que vous et votre famille vivez en paix mon ami. Je vis dans les montagnes des Appalaches de la Virginie, États-Unis. I hope you and your family are living in peace my friend. I live in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, USA.

surely whilst drinking copperhead cider?

I want to see you in a couple of your bands and I like the music of your own 👍🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 🐕 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 👍🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕👍👍👍👍 from Nicholas Bickerstaff To STEVE EARL AND ONE MORE THING YOU SHOULD BE THE BEST SINGER

Nicholas Bickerstaff yep good stuff

good lad , i`ll have you cooking the good shit in no time

Are you still listening at age 23?

Stay together Forever!

Awesome to hear:)

Best wishes Charlie

God you raised her right congrats friend!

I hope you folks had a fantastic time.

This got a lot of airplay on our Classic Album Rock station.

Go Vols!

Fully agree sir

😂😊 ❤😊

@@MegaLacman not a sir..but that's cool

And 80's. This song was released in '88.

They will still love it in 3023

Agree!!!

Les - and freaking honest!

Everytime I hear it makes me want to have drink of Moonshine.

AWESOME!!!!!

I’m in my mid-60’s now…had two older brothers in Vietnam at the same time, one Navy and one Army. Then years later I married an Air Force Vietnam vet. The beginning of this song reminds me of my brother TJ who was a helicopter door gunner

First, thanks for your service! Also, I couldn’t agree more about the storytelling aspect, and I’m glad you said authentic country music (referring to the old stuff). You nailed that. Johnny Cash is my favorite, and when I hear this great song, his storytelling ability reminds me of Cash.

my rother servd in Nam he learned a thing or two in vietnam

Ever listen to 1814 battle of new Orleans? I bet you like it too. Big John, Tennessee Stud... more really great ones.

It’s true. Dodge it every time, boys.

Spin it up LOUD!

I liked it come listen to it

Hell freaking yeah!!!

Kewl