Steve Goodman - You better get it while you can (the ballad of Carl Martin)

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15 жыл бұрын

From the 1980 album Santa Ana Winds comes the song "You better get it while you can" or "The ballad of Carl Martin".
One of Steve's finest, accompanied by the amazing mandolin player Jethro Burns.
And I apologize for the three minute silence in the end of the video, it was not intended.

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@bhawley1000 4 жыл бұрын

I am as big of a SG fan as there is. Can perform much of his repertoire and it always lifts me up when his songs come around. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned his friendship with the great JETHRO BURNS (playing mandolin on this song). Come on people??? This song is about the legendary mandolin player Carl Martin - and what makes this song so wonderful is that Jethro is the side man playing mandolin in this recording. One legend writing a song about another legend, with an equally legendary side guy playing his respect to the story. I had a chance to play with Jethro at his house in Chicago in 1975. The experience is still vivid as the day it happened. If you don't know who Jethro was - look up Homer and Jethro. Some of the true Nashville Cats. Jethro and Chet Atkins were married to twin sisters. Add that one up and imagine their family gatherings!!! It is my honor to possibly introduce you listeners to a man who was the mandolin - and became pals with Steve Goodman. They both inspire me. Brent

@douglasburke7739 3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to hear a 90-minute performance of Martin, Bogan and Armstrong in Chicago in 1974. That certainly changed my musical priorities at a tender age! Some of their albums are still for sale on Amazon.

@gwonya 5 ай бұрын

Anybody in the Toronto area who likes to pick music by these guys ..... lmk - might be great to connect for a jam. Best regards to all where ever you may be - and don't forget to get it while you can! 🍻

@edvanek8244 5 жыл бұрын

How is it possible, that anyone, could not love Steve?

@robbieholder3760 Жыл бұрын

The Best Friend I never knew..the Great Steve Goodman

@gregsayler6603 4 жыл бұрын

Pound for pound, one of the greatest entertainers ever. Saw a Main Point benefit concert in Haverford that had Steve Goodman, David Bromberg, Bonnie Raitt and Tom Rush. Let me tell you, Steve kept up with all of them and had his normal fantastic time doing it.

@nancymcnaught253 Жыл бұрын

@edvanek8244 4 жыл бұрын

I love you Steve.. Miss you so much. I hope John can get through this virus. Love you both

@patrickmullen7756 5 жыл бұрын

Steve was brilliant, and so rare, we"re just lucky we had him for as long as he was here.I always believed that each human had only a finite amount of moments to live this life I may be wrong but Steve did a fine job for the moments he was allotted.

@sanford943 4 жыл бұрын

I don't believe that each human has finite time. Life if pretty much 50-50. He should have had more time. I always think how crummy life can be when some people do terrible things and manage to die of old age and here is Goodman at what should have been the height of career and gone at 36..

@jdavis417 9 жыл бұрын

The depth of this guys talent... I mean... it's GENIUS! Steve Goodman was a musical genius!!!

@karengp162 5 жыл бұрын

I can't help but smile when I listen to Steve Goodman! Love love love him

@MarcBrewer 11 жыл бұрын

Great song, thanks for posting. As for the 3 minutes of silence, it helps to remind us of the huge gap Steve's passing left in the world.

@ligialewis2182 6 жыл бұрын

This gap of 3 minutes or so gives us pause to reflect on the beautiful musical genius of Steve Goodman . I'm sad that I never knew about him until recently and therefore missed out years of listing to him I would have been able to do before his untimely death . Steve , you were , and still are an amazing musical powerhouse . May your lovely spirit always be with us . Seeing you live would have been a gas . George Lewis, Sr.

@FloatingGrin 8 жыл бұрын

I flove this song so much! I sing it so much and find many opportunities to do so. Can't even imagine what he'd be doing now but I'm convinced it would also be worth listening to way too often.

@dustinoneill240 10 жыл бұрын

just heard it an really loved it, so I decided to find it on youtube. one of the best songs Ive heard.

@unclearvin3718 10 жыл бұрын

thanx for sharing these... words to live by

@nashvilleslim 5 жыл бұрын

Hope he got it while he could. R.I.P. Steve.

@osbogosley 8 жыл бұрын

I hear these gems at work and the 3 min. of silence is a nice break in the routine.

@1Philzfan 12 жыл бұрын

Been listening to Steve all day. I haven't seen a dislike yet! Amazing ;)

@Lynnsays73 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this!!! I can see I need to buy more Steve Goodman Albums. I was a fan duing his lifetime and have "Somebody Else's Troubles". He was such a great writer.

@markrush5013 5 жыл бұрын

goddamn Steve is about one of ten thats ever been that you wonder what if he had lived longer....i mean goddamn WHAT IF?

@markgreen2170 Жыл бұрын

from where I come, only northerners say GD ...however, I agree!

@moondoggie53 14 жыл бұрын

You have to hear or have heard Mike Smith's version of The Dutchman to appreciate how completely Steve adopted/adapted this and made it his own. I frequently saw him introduce the song as "...the only love song I know that doesn't grunt." Both versions are beautiful - a great song IS a great song - and I'm sure my appreciation of Steve's has much to do with how I listen to the guitar. Expectations are tough to shake once they are embedded.

@jamesthompson6779 12 жыл бұрын

Just think if he were here today.Wow.

@juliebiddle1636 7 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. How prophetic. I wonder if Steve knew at this point just how short his trip was going to be.

@dbishoff 3 жыл бұрын

Jethro Burns, amazing mandolin player, was one half of the county music comedy team of Homer and Jethro, who had many screwball comic satires in the '40s and '50s.

@theresekarlin4864 10 жыл бұрын

Buy The Easter Tapes CD set--WNEW radio in New York's DJ Vin Scelsa's personal recordings of Steve on Vin's annual Easter specials. They were Vin's personal tapes, stored for 16 years in his basement. A techno wizard friend performed a miracle of media preservation and gave us this gift. There are few things as thrilling as Steve Goodman performing live.

@gailwilliams2678 10 жыл бұрын

My son gave me the Easter Tapes -- he has known I love Steve Goodman's music since he was little. I was privileged to see Steve at the Moore Theater in Seattle in 1976. He performed solo for more than three hours. So glad more and more of his music is showing up here. If I knew how to make a video I'd post something, too. Thanks to everyone who has shared a bit of Steve here!