I can never find a bad Steve Earle song! "I was smoking everything in sight" put a smile on my face every time. I was a designated assistant for my boyfriend in in an 18-wheeler--most y'all have a good and a log book that's off, LOL! And the rockt Man is simply incredible 😺
I''ve spent a fairly good amount of time listening to this song from everyone available (stars, that is) on CZcams tonight. Even George Thoroughgood's. Betcha didn't know he had a version of it. Love George, and all the rest were pretty good too. But Gotta Love THIS ONE the best. Steve rocks...and rocks...and rocks.........
I agree Steve Earle’s version is one of the best. i’ve also tried to seek out as many versions as I could. The first couple versions I ever heard were Taj Mahal and Bobby Bare. Great song! 🚛
He was on the road to be a major long lasting star but he fell into a hole of drugs and alcohol that ruined his career. He has since recovered but he’s old now and he just makes albums for the fun of it (popular among a small group but not selling or making much money) instead of making hit albums.
@@CamaroAmx his downfall broke my heart. I was cheering him on, hoping he kicked it tf outta the park. And it kills my soul that people have such double standards that they will forgive anyone except a celebrity for drugs and alcohol.
@@morganosborne9258 unfortunately he burned a lot of bridges and never made any attempt to mend them. He decided that big time fame wasn’t his thing, so he went independent after he cleaned up. He doesn’t put much effort into trying to become big again. He does his own thing and if it sells, it sells. If it don’t, whatever. Low production, little effort to make a commercial song and 0 marketing of any type.
At the time, kinda. There were other country artists that were far more rock then he was. He was seen as the next generation of Outlaw Country. But that ship had sailed by then. He was the last hoorah of outlaw country artists to have a major hit. It took anther 20 years before then next generation (Gen 3) to have any major hits in outlaw country and even then it was more mainstream then before.
I'm in no way dogmatic, I do have all Steve's albums, but I also have a lot of other artists albums, and I do love country, but I also do love other genres... One thing I like about Steve is like you say he's storytelling capabilities, how to take a a long story and put it into a short song, like Ben McCulloch, Tom Ames Prayer, or even Billy Austin... Just like another big idol of mine Guy Clark.
This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
Dave Dudley. That's the only guy that does this song truck drivin style. I'm an expert. I've been on the road 37 years. This song come on in the middle of the night....nothing like it. I'm out.
Yea, I love everything Steve does but his cover of Six Days drags too much. Not sure if it's not fast enough or the way they treat the rhythm..I hear a much busier bass pattern on this song . I cover it myself on piano and it's much more lively .
Mike Burke I so agree...i'm also an expert... 26 year yrs on the road. Nothing like hearing: 6 Days on the Road ROLL On Big Mama East Bound & Down Teddy Bear Freightliner Fever Prisoner of the Hiway I talked myself out of a ticket coming thru Goose Creek S.C. a few yrs ago right before Christmas. I had Roll On Big Mama playing on cd and got clocked doing 79 in a 65 mph zone. I told the trooper I had that song playing and I wasn't paying attention to the speed limit. He heard the song playing on my CD and said he hadn't heard it in along time and he could understand why I was speeding. Super nice trooper...he said he grew up listening to the old classic country music with his dad.
Mike Burke Dunno about that. I grew up listening to Dave Dudleys version, and it's great, but then I heard the Battlefield Band's version - bluegrass bagpipes!
Not sure what show, but the host is T Graham Brown, so it's country, possibly Nashville Now, normally hosted by Ralph Emery. Just saw the end, Yep. Nashville Now, The Nashville Network (TNN, now Spike) Country legend Faron Young and Amazing Rhythm Aces Russell Smith. Great show, T Graham guest hosting.
Real music. It's funny about all the politics around him...don't understand it really. He just seems a WAY better musician than all those people that hate him.
t. graham brown is the mc. this was one of the talk shows on the nashville network back in the 80's. the usual mc was ralph emmory (spelling?). the byrds didn't like ralph. they did a song about him once. ralph was a dj who became the johnny carson of the n-ville network. 'can't recall the show's title; pretty sure n-ville was in it. THIS version and dave dudley's Original are the best ever on this song! thanks for posting it.
@MrJackwraith Dudley made it famous, but he didn't write it. It was two little known songwriters - Carl Montgomery and Earl Green - who wrote for Muscle Shoals studio.
WHEN I STARTED DRIVING WE HAD 220 CUMMINS WITH OUT TURBOS OR JAKE BRAKES ,MAN I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I GOT IN A 68 PETE WITH A 335 AND A 13 SPEED WITH A JAKE ...HEAVEN..THOSE DAM 4X4 TWIN STICKS WERE A LOTTA WORK
Steve Earle outsings Sawyer Brown and anyone else who ever sang this song, including the original, Dave Dudley. It's the best, hubby and I scrolled everyone whoever sang it this afternoon and we both voted for Steve. Exceptional!!
I've got my 10/4 gears -n- Georgia Overdrive, takin' little white pills -n- my eyes are open wide, I jus' passed a Jimmy & a White, I've been smokin' everything in sight, Six Days On The Road -n- I'm gonna make it home tonight... Ya, Go, Steve, Go, cuz you're makin' Dave Dudley -n- the rest of us real proud!!!
@ReniganStSur Yes it is an old song - but babineau said it was written by Steve Earle, who was still in elementary school when Dudley's version came out..
I love S. Earle, but in my opinion the best thing he ever did, was making Townes van Zandt more famous! And this year he will release a whole album with TvZ songs! Looking forward to it.....
@avroflier Faron Young in the 50's and 60's was THE MAN. Russell Smith was one of the original members of The Amazing Rhythm Aces. Sneaky Pete and Al Perkins would be the first ones to tell you "you're out of your mind". Sneaky Pete played with the Burritos and he LOVED Faron Young.
i just cant even read all the comments. i'm amazed at the folks that dont realize this guy is a super amazing songwriter. i personally like gram and emmylou's version better. this one ain't too shabby either. and i love steve earl =) i love his voice. i love his songwriting definitely. and hell he picks some damn fine songs to cover too. and for the guy who says he was just another "druggy"... maybe you will be more receptive to his later stuff when he is no longer a "druggy".
The show looks like it is on the set of Nashville Now. The Flying Burrito Brothers do a version of this song that is pretty good. Steve and T. Graham Brown both had their share of problems with drugs and alcohol. My guess is that they must have been friends partying with each other at the time of this recording.
He got worse and worse as years went by. Even at this point he’s not even close to how bad he’d end up. He recovered though (many don’t) but he lost his career in the process. Now he’s a niche nostalgia act that barely sells out bingo halls on his own and each of his albums sell in a year at best what established artists sell in a week. He lost that drive and that’s what the drugs really took away and kept. He is regulated to indie labels and little to no marketing promotion. He is still creative and makes good songs, but you never hear them outside the discount rack.
@babineau87 Sorry, but you are misinformed. This is a cover of an older song that has been covered by many. The song Steve wrote for the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was "Continental Highway Blues," though he also recorded this for the soundtrack. The original was released in the early 60s, by David Dudley. Written by Carl Montgomery and Earl Green.
He would probably like to know as well, given that he pawned all his guitars during his drug-induced hiatus in the early 90s. I have heard he did get some back, but have never seen him playing this one since he returned.
Steve still has this guitar and regularly plays it. It was one that was rescued believe it or not by an ex-wife. He recorded his first post "vacation in the ghetto" album Train A Comin' with it. Though the other commentor is correct in saying he pawned many of his guitars during that period.
Jeff - Thanks for that correction. I have seen him many times over the years, and have never seen him use it since his recovery (and have not seen a video of him with it, either), so I assumed it was one of the ones lost. He has hundreds, though!
And if the big corporations ever was dependant on what I though was hip, they would be way off mark :) Just to clear things off... hope you see more where I come from now...
Steve Earle is way more talented than he’s been given credit for. Listen to just one of his albums, dude gets it. Thanks Steve
CANADIAN TRUCKER HERE, NOTHING BEATS THIS.
Steve is always playing in Canada, pretty much every year. I believe he loves coming to Canada. He's awesome, love his music
I played my 1993 cassette "The Essential Steve Earle" until it wouldn't play no more. A truly great "Greatest Hits" album.
What an album
"Essential..."
I still have it on cd and hands down, it’s one of the greatest “greatest hits” albums of all time. Not one skippable track on it.
With all my respect for all of the covers recorded of this song, expecially the Thorogood tune, this version is the best
And that left foot is still tapping. Lol. Classic young Steve Earle.
Love the sound he gets from his guitar.
Me too. And the mandolin. I just love how he shreds those instruments when he gets going.
The Show was called "Nashville Now" hosted by Ralph Emery - who was an old time radio DJ. I was there in 1987 - great memories.
He was SO WASTED. LOVE him!
I love Steve Earle and this song!!
I loke to put it on repeat when I'm exercising
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He didn't write the song and wears girls eyeshadow. Go figure.
I can never find a bad Steve Earle song! "I was smoking everything in sight" put a smile on my face every time.
I was a designated assistant for my boyfriend in in an 18-wheeler--most y'all have a good and a log book that's off, LOL! And the rockt Man is simply incredible 😺
Dang that lead guitarist and his vintage Tele has a great sound. Beautiful!
That's Mike McAdams playing the Tele and Richard Bennett playing rhythm guitar.
@@rhettsdad608jv Richard Bennett's contributions to popular music are enormous!
More talent in this vid than all of Nashville has now, Steve is the man👊
You said it! He's a true talent and legend.
everytime i watch this i love it more and more....what an incredible feller he is!! and, wow, easy on the eyes...
Steve-O’ had himself a few before going on live TV! 😂
He makes that song better. Have crush on him since guitar town.still listening to him. For about 44yrs
I''ve spent a fairly good amount of time listening to this song from everyone available (stars, that is) on CZcams tonight. Even George Thoroughgood's. Betcha didn't know he had a version of it.
Love George, and all the rest were pretty good too. But Gotta Love THIS ONE the best. Steve rocks...and rocks...and rocks.........
I agree Steve Earle’s version is one of the best.
i’ve also tried to seek out as many versions as I could.
The first couple versions I ever heard were Taj Mahal and Bobby Bare.
Great song!
🚛
My favorite version of 6 days on the road!!❤
You must have never heard of Dave Dudley
from back when Steve was smokin everything in sight! ! !
... and if you think he's happy you're right!
You are stupendous Mr. Happy 😊 Friday 💥✌🏼🎶🎸🥁💎😎
Steve is JACKED UP here.
So what. This man has talent.
He sure was. But talent is talent and he oozes it from every pore
This guy is awesome!! He should have been more famous
He was on the road to be a major long lasting star but he fell into a hole of drugs and alcohol that ruined his career. He has since recovered but he’s old now and he just makes albums for the fun of it (popular among a small group but not selling or making much money) instead of making hit albums.
@@CamaroAmx his downfall broke my heart. I was cheering him on, hoping he kicked it tf outta the park. And it kills my soul that people have such double standards that they will forgive anyone except a celebrity for drugs and alcohol.
@@morganosborne9258 unfortunately he burned a lot of bridges and never made any attempt to mend them. He decided that big time fame wasn’t his thing, so he went independent after he cleaned up. He doesn’t put much effort into trying to become big again. He does his own thing and if it sells, it sells. If it don’t, whatever. Low production, little effort to make a commercial song and 0 marketing of any type.
This is the version in the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
I been listening to this tx homeboy for yrs and laid down a lot of miles with music like this
That's my all time favorite singer hosting the show Mr. T . Graham Brown
Thank you, Rich Baxter! A rare gem for sure!! : )
Love Steve Earle!
Sweet! Thanks!
I'm surprised they let him on all these clean cut button up country shows. He's way too rock and roll for Nashville
At the time, kinda. There were other country artists that were far more rock then he was. He was seen as the next generation of Outlaw Country. But that ship had sailed by then. He was the last hoorah of outlaw country artists to have a major hit. It took anther 20 years before then next generation (Gen 3) to have any major hits in outlaw country and even then it was more mainstream then before.
Damn good post, thank you
Great talent and hair
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YEAH steve earl and the dukes! love 'em!
Steve Earle is awesome!!
Much as I really, really like Steve Earle, Dave Dudley will always own this song.
You spelt Gram Parsons wrong
Lol who is she?
I know Im kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good site to stream new series online?
Dudley's take is fine, but for me Steve Earle and Taj Mahal each have him beat.
I have the Heartworn Highways DVD, I love it! :) Guy's Desperadoes Waiting.... in that movie is my favorite take of that song!
Love him
I'm in no way dogmatic, I do have all Steve's albums, but I also have a lot of other artists albums, and I do love country, but I also do love other genres... One thing I like about Steve is like you say he's storytelling capabilities, how to take a a long story and put it into a short song, like Ben McCulloch, Tom Ames Prayer, or even Billy Austin... Just like another big idol of mine Guy Clark.
This is really fine. Taj Mahal's is great. Dave Dudley defined it forever. My mother did background vocals on the original single, pre-Mercury and Dudleys were out neighbors. Also - Burrito Brothers of course.
If you hadn’t mentioned the Flying Burrito Brothers version, I was going to!
Steve's original recording of this song remains the best recording of this song,.
Johnny Reb the original is vy far the best
Kinda partial to Take Mahals version
@@larrycunningham3575 agree totally Taj has that Riff which makes 6days cook
S.E. sings,"smokin' everything in sight" instead of,"passing everything in sight". I believe it.
Brilliance in motion
The Host on this show is T Graham Brown
I wish Steve Earle were still this damn cool.
Blasphemy
Steve Earle is the real deal !one and only !!¡!!!
Three quarters of a million views but only 1700 likes??!! C'mon people, vote this up!
he's the best !
I love Steve. Viele Grüsse aus Germany!
Singing my life!
Steve looks kind of bad here, he was fighting that dope for so long, we are all just glad he made it through. God bless him.
He looks and sounds great as always.
Keep it about the music!
@ He was clean here
Shows what you know
If it’s an early 90’s video of Earle, someone will mention “dope” or heroin guaranteed
Love the earring. Never seen a guy with one that swings. And he doesn't cheat. Omg 😳
Dave Dudley. That's the only guy that does this song truck drivin style. I'm an expert. I've been on the road 37 years. This song come on in the middle of the night....nothing like it. I'm out.
Search BR 549 6 Days on CZcams
Yea, I love everything Steve does but his cover of Six Days drags too much. Not sure if it's not fast enough or the way they treat the rhythm..I hear a much busier bass pattern on this song . I cover it myself on piano and it's much more lively .
Mike Burke I so agree...i'm also an expert... 26 year yrs on the road.
Nothing like hearing:
6 Days on the Road
ROLL On Big Mama
East Bound & Down
Teddy Bear
Freightliner Fever
Prisoner of the Hiway
I talked myself out of a ticket coming thru Goose Creek S.C.
a few yrs ago right before Christmas.
I had Roll On Big Mama playing on cd and got clocked doing 79 in a 65 mph zone.
I told the trooper I had that song playing and I wasn't paying attention to the speed limit.
He heard the song playing on my CD and said he hadn't heard it in along time and he could understand why I was speeding.
Super nice trooper...he said he grew up listening to the old classic country music with his dad.
Mike Burke Dunno about that. I grew up listening to Dave Dudleys version, and it's great, but then I heard the Battlefield Band's version - bluegrass bagpipes!
wicked bass!
Absolutely genius
Nice...
What a Telecaster, looks like 50 years on the road!
Cool💥✌🏼🎸🎶👠❤️
Not sure what show, but the host is T Graham Brown, so it's country, possibly Nashville Now, normally hosted by Ralph Emery. Just saw the end, Yep. Nashville Now, The Nashville Network (TNN, now Spike)
Country legend Faron Young and Amazing Rhythm Aces Russell Smith. Great show, T Graham guest hosting.
STEVE
EARLE IS STILL THE BEST.
Cool!
Real music. It's funny about all the politics around him...don't understand it really. He just seems a WAY better musician than all those people that hate him.
Steve rocks it. LOVE him!!!
t. graham brown is the mc. this was one of the talk shows on the nashville network back in the 80's. the usual mc was ralph emmory (spelling?). the byrds didn't like ralph. they did a song about him once. ralph was a dj who became the johnny carson of the n-ville network. 'can't recall the show's title; pretty sure n-ville was in it. THIS version and dave dudley's Original are the best ever on this song! thanks for posting it.
My God could he have made a more perfect imagine if a man? So handsome and his storys?! My favorite troubadour
I think he looks great. 👍
rich, shug, you did it again....love this song, i always turn it up really high when i run it in the car.....
great stuff....
@MrJackwraith
Dudley made it famous, but he didn't write it. It was two little known songwriters - Carl Montgomery and Earl Green - who wrote for Muscle Shoals studio.
WHEN I STARTED DRIVING WE HAD 220 CUMMINS WITH OUT TURBOS OR JAKE BRAKES ,MAN I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I GOT IN A 68 PETE WITH A 335 AND A 13 SPEED WITH A JAKE ...HEAVEN..THOSE DAM 4X4 TWIN STICKS WERE A LOTTA WORK
This man was the one
wow, hadn't seen this one before, leave it up to my friend rich to find the good stuff!!
Steve Earle outsings Sawyer Brown and anyone else who ever sang this song, including the original, Dave Dudley. It's the best, hubby and I scrolled everyone whoever sang it this afternoon and we both voted for Steve. Exceptional!!
I've got my 10/4 gears -n- Georgia Overdrive, takin' little white pills -n- my eyes are open wide, I jus' passed a Jimmy & a White, I've been smokin' everything in sight, Six Days On The Road -n- I'm gonna make it home tonight...
Ya, Go, Steve, Go, cuz you're makin' Dave Dudley -n- the rest of us real proud!!!
Steve is still the man without a doubt wanna the best song writers post Dylan era.
T. Graham Brown hosting Nashville Now on TNN...
@ReniganStSur
Yes it is an old song - but babineau said it was written by Steve Earle, who was still in elementary school when Dudley's version came out..
Love Steve!!!!! Thats T. Graham Brown Sittin in for Ralph Emery......
I love S. Earle, but in my opinion the best thing he ever did, was making Townes van Zandt more famous!
And this year he will release a whole album with TvZ songs! Looking forward to it.....
I'm country. I I. Searching for words. Ire ire ire.... Her he is
@avroflier Faron Young in the 50's and 60's was THE MAN.
Russell Smith was one of the original members of The Amazing Rhythm Aces.
Sneaky Pete and Al Perkins would be the first ones to tell you "you're out of your mind".
Sneaky Pete played with the Burritos and he LOVED Faron Young.
This is the most badass version of this song
Folks! babineau87 is right. This is an old song from the 60's. As a traveler myself I've sung it many times as I'm headed home.
This is what truck driving is all about. Woop woop
Bad Ass country song.....
The host is singer T. Graham Brown. He's better at Blue-Eyed Soul than country...way underrated.
i just cant even read all the comments. i'm amazed at the folks that dont realize this guy is a super amazing songwriter. i personally like gram and emmylou's version better. this one ain't too shabby either. and i love steve earl =) i love his voice. i love his songwriting definitely. and hell he picks some damn fine songs to cover too. and for the guy who says he was just another "druggy"... maybe you will be more receptive to his later stuff when he is no longer a "druggy".
The show looks like it is on the set of Nashville Now. The Flying Burrito Brothers do a version of this song that is pretty good. Steve and T. Graham Brown both had their share of problems with drugs and alcohol. My guess is that they must have been friends partying with each other at the time of this recording.
People say he messed up on the dope here but he sounds perfect! Steve kicked the dopes ass!
He got worse and worse as years went by. Even at this point he’s not even close to how bad he’d end up. He recovered though (many don’t) but he lost his career in the process. Now he’s a niche nostalgia act that barely sells out bingo halls on his own and each of his albums sell in a year at best what established artists sell in a week. He lost that drive and that’s what the drugs really took away and kept. He is regulated to indie labels and little to no marketing promotion. He is still creative and makes good songs, but you never hear them outside the discount rack.
@darlincommitme
And by the way, Steve's album version is much better, and is here on youtube.
@babineau87
Sorry, but you are misinformed. This is a cover of an older song that has been covered by many. The song Steve wrote for the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was "Continental Highway Blues," though he also recorded this for the soundtrack. The original was released in the early 60s, by David Dudley. Written by Carl Montgomery and Earl Green.
Neal: You know what'd make me happy?
Del: A couple extra balls and an another set of fingers?
Hilarious repertoire.
this is reds song nobody else can sing this half as good as him bring back the real c/w singers
Steve was probably high here. I would love to know where that acoustic guitar is right now. #1 SE fan.
He would probably like to know as well, given that he pawned all his guitars during his drug-induced hiatus in the early 90s. I have heard he did get some back, but have never seen him playing this one since he returned.
Steve still has this guitar and regularly plays it. It was one that was rescued believe it or not by an ex-wife. He recorded his first post "vacation in the ghetto" album Train A Comin' with it.
Though the other commentor is correct in saying he pawned many of his guitars during that period.
Jeff - Thanks for that correction. I have seen him many times over the years, and have never seen him use it since his recovery (and have not seen a video of him with it, either), so I assumed it was one of the ones lost. He has hundreds, though!
I don't give a SHIT what any of you haters have to say about Steve's version of this song!!
Steve's great!
And so is this recording!
killer
Kid in the background going fuckin crazy
You broke the damn seat... I don't believe it!
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun it is a great version of this song very different than most covers right behind the burrito's version from altamont
That boy wanna get home.
Really? I love Thorogood. Couldn't find it on here tho. Know where I can find it?
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun dang rights Steve is right on!!!!!!!
sawyer brown says passing everything in sight steve earle says smokin everything in sight
I meet a fool in the forest !!!
And if the big corporations ever was dependant on what I though was hip, they would be way off mark :)
Just to clear things off... hope you see more where I come from now...