Shiver me timbers, this song is sweet. Never realized how many folks felt the same way about it, but I'm not surprised. Maybe not the best Son Volt song ever (maybe it IS), but my fave since the first time I heard it. Some 15 years later it still wrecks my shit. If you're not at least a little bit moved by this song you probably don't have a soul.
@absolutelynonameslef
3 жыл бұрын
I've listened to the studio version 8,000 times. Eric Heywood's solos drove another 16,000 listens of this performance.
@ftarin
2 жыл бұрын
Eric Heywood is incredible. His tone and technique are unmatched.
@absolutelynonameslef
Жыл бұрын
Eric absolutely nailed these solos, which rank up there with my favorite of all time. Even Jay looks over to witness those crazy bends and wails. I can't recall any other pedal steel solos which use big bends and that amount of distortion. Phenomenal.
@timelessdrifter2326
7 ай бұрын
Eric is as good as any steel player I've ever heard, and likely the best contemporary pedal steel player right now.
@pinduro1618
3 ай бұрын
When I saw SV live in a really nice room Eric's pedal steel was otherworldly and humbling. Unforgettable!
@Trendyflute
6 жыл бұрын
Love it. That pedal steel wailing is one of the coolest sounds music has ever made. The album version is great and this live version is even better. This song picks me up by the chest and carries me to another place...
@mattg9226
4 жыл бұрын
M C Very well said. This song has an essence. Tough to describe it words. Definitely feel though.
@alexhumphrey5606
4 жыл бұрын
Not for sure what song is about but its Epic.
@ahatcherlps
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexhumphrey5606 It's about divorce.
@daviswall3319
2 жыл бұрын
They’re in standard tuning here but on the studio record they’re down a half step.
@georgefelton2975
8 ай бұрын
Yes, it is about divorce, but divorce also seems to be a metaphor for deeper mysteries in life. @@ahatcherlps
@PforPanchetta
12 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this song, I immediately had that transported feeling that I was experiencing something "GREAT". Then, the more I listened to it, the more and more beautifully haunting it became, its "Buried-in-the-Heart" poetry unfolding from within. Really moves you in a rare way. Sheer fucking brilliance.
@georgefelton669
8 жыл бұрын
Mournfully transcendent. A great dirge. Eric Heywood's pedal steel adds a sweet pain to the song, one of Farrar's best.
@georgefelton669
6 жыл бұрын
This is the best incarnation of Son Volt, don't you think? A loss that Jim and Dave Boquist aren't in the band anymore.
@absolutelynonameslef
5 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it. Would love for another album or at least a tour with the Boquist boys.
@daviswall3319
2 жыл бұрын
Boquist brothers, along with Heywood, most definitely made early Son Volt what they were.
@daviswall3319
2 жыл бұрын
And compliments to Heidorn as well. I also suppose that Farrar dude could write a tune 😎 Early Son Volt was just as good as it gets for their time and place
@georgefelton2975
8 ай бұрын
I saw Jim Boquist playing with the Rails, the British husband and wife team, on KZitem. They're great. She's the daughter of Richard and Linda Thompson. Check them out.
@timelessdrifter2326
7 ай бұрын
Without question. The Boquist brothers were great, Heidorn too, and Eric Heywood is in a class all by himself.
@JeffMonkman
13 жыл бұрын
One of the great singer/songwriters of our generation. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
@IBoeko-tn2xh
5 жыл бұрын
The most soulful pedal steel ever. So moving.
@brentwilson2526
11 жыл бұрын
Jay has written a lot of great songs, but this is his best. It's mesmerizing - and Eric Heywood's slide guitar work is incredible. Life is better with Son Volt and UT in it.
@timbaughman9027
9 жыл бұрын
Wow--this is just as good as it gets. In my mind this performance is Son Volt's greatest moment. Eric Heywood, like Ben Keith with Neil Young, is just so in tune with the song and singer. Jay even looks over at him about 2/3 of the way through the solo with an admiring (and of course understated--it is Jay Farrar after all) "what was that?" I'll bet that moment inspired Jay to pick up the pedal steel. Anyway--everybody should hear this. On DVD on a killer 5.1 system this whole show is just tremendous.
@jeremybelleville4882
8 жыл бұрын
I would like that dvd version uploaded!
@georgefelton669
5 жыл бұрын
I agree. This song and performance may be Son Volt's apotheosis.
@talpajam
8 жыл бұрын
Eric Heywood. and it's the 1st time i ever saw a pedal player actually grab the string/s to raise an isolated string note...Hendrixian.
@telecasterrok
6 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite solos
@jonevans3015
10 жыл бұрын
There are very few performers that can express emotion in a song better than Jay. That steel and his vocals say it all.
@zackfair914
5 жыл бұрын
Legendary. Love the way Jay looks at Eric when he's killin it. 3:05 This line up is the ultimate Son Volt.
@morgantonewv
12 жыл бұрын
Eric fucking Heywood
@talpajam
6 жыл бұрын
and how EH creates another pedal lever w/ his hand by bends on the high strng by grabbing just the whole fucking bunch of strings for leverage - never seen another steel player do this..genius.
@ahatcherlps
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best things I've ever heard.
@MacFeeley
11 жыл бұрын
Eric Heywood, simply one of the greatest steel guitar players to ever draw breath.
@davekarpinski8801
10 жыл бұрын
i think that of these 5700 views, 4000 are mine.
@jumpyonthehill
6 жыл бұрын
Dave Karpinski the other 1700 are mine
@absolutelynonameslef
5 жыл бұрын
56k now. I added a couple dozen thousand.
@michaelmay7220
5 жыл бұрын
The lyrics in the second half of this song make me think of my mother as her Alzheimer's disease progresses. I've never been good at expressing emotion, but I'll listen to this song and burst into tears as it makes me mingle memories of how she used to be with the way she is now, and it feels good to let these feelings of sadness and helplessness get out. Minefield's the word from the start Watching out for the worst Never clear 'til it hurts Call it off make amends This life burns down From both endsThe way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fadeLet it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill
@JohnOakley0914
8 жыл бұрын
This is the Best tune of all time !
@schooledover12
6 жыл бұрын
JohnOakley0914 amen brother...you can be from any part of the world, from a totally different place, culture whatever...and still, amazing to say - yes, this is my favorite song ever.
@georgefelton669
6 жыл бұрын
Very possible.
@70mjc
4 жыл бұрын
Certainly great
@augustabyrd5492
4 жыл бұрын
A top 10, no doubt.
@mpgarr
6 жыл бұрын
I think that Jay Farrar needs to go back to add something to the title of the song: An Elegy for the Late Great United States of America. This song seems so fitting for the times we now find ourselves. I have always loved this song, along with much of the work of Farrar and company---much preferred over the group founded by Farrar's old bandmate from Uncle Tupelo. I always preferred Farrar's songs over Tweedy's and much prefer Son Volt over WILCO.
@curragh4635
4 ай бұрын
what you think of the times now buddy?? joe doing a grand job huh
@ericking2304
Жыл бұрын
The best Son Volt songs came with the Boquist brothers.
@kevincrabb7953
6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like what Jesus may have said to the father during the crusifiction. Been a fan for 15 years. What a wonderful display of melancholy bliss!
@saltyd8165
3 ай бұрын
Sublime. Maybe Jay’s best song. The sadness and loss jump out and don’t let up
@TizianoToniutti
3 жыл бұрын
This comes from somewhere magic, and brings you there.
@scottquick1802
Жыл бұрын
I must confess I sometimes listen to this song half a dozen times in a row.
@kevinweathers4590
2 жыл бұрын
I think this is one of his great ones. It can put a tear in your eye. The part when he says " the nail below the hand " is strong. I think he nailed it on this one.
@daviswall3319
2 жыл бұрын
It’s actually, “One dale below the hill.” But one nail below the hand sounds great too !
@scottquick1802
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I used to sing well below the hell. I'm an REM fan so I'm used to making up my own words and later finding out I was wrong. I still sing it my way sometimes.
@ahatcherlps
Жыл бұрын
@@daviswall3319 It's actually "the nail below the head" which also sounds great. =)
@daviswall3319
Жыл бұрын
@@ahatcherlps I hear ya man. But, back in the day, I asked Jay and he said, “Weighted down one dale below the hill.” 😎
@daviswall3319
Жыл бұрын
Or is it One deal below the land?
@bryonwills270
5 ай бұрын
Eric Heywood is everything on this jam. Best late night song of all time...
@mpgarr
6 жыл бұрын
This is one incredible song---one of my favorites from Son Volt-----amazing song!!
@rothblack6332
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great live harmony
@anodynesonvolt
11 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this song, was listening to "Straightaways". It was 2001. Liked it, but had no idea what was about to happen. In retrospect, in short, Left A Slide took over my life, in a good way. Over next couple of years, I must have listened to it twenty to twenty-five times a day, feeling its depth, trying to figure out what tha fook had commandeered my heart. Told Jay after show at 12th & Porter that, before I die, I want to sing it with him. Said he'd have to learn it again first. :)
@5koverlibor
11 жыл бұрын
I am left reassured in the wake of these comments. Thanks; it is comforting that I haven't been the only one for well over a decade who thought this song the apogee of it all. This song - in my heart - has no parallel, no equivalent, no proxy. It is the Tour de force. I don't think there is any overstating it: the family I have had the immense luck in creating today would be not, but for this song.
@leohoersting2546
9 жыл бұрын
I used to watch Jay play this 1996 with his eyes closed, and I would cry.
@johnhutto1068
7 жыл бұрын
Leo Hoersting I've cried at a couple son volt shows as well
@GotLotsaFaith
5 жыл бұрын
@@johnhutto1068 I gave mouth-to-mouth to a fallen young woman at a Son Volt show at the Paradise in Boston Ma, around November '98. Then I cried, too.
@Telesoundssogood
5 жыл бұрын
Me too. Dont know the year. In Frankfurt, Germany. Great.
@georgefelton2975
Жыл бұрын
There's a deep sadness in there, for sure.
@maggiee3842
11 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way. i worry the grooves on my record will wear out as I play it over and over and over. Just saw Son Volt last night and was left more inspired than I have been in years. They did not play this beauty song and I knew they wouldn't because I had seen setlists from this tour. i played it the second I got home. my heart is still swelling having witnessed such a spectacular band once again. it is nice to know others think this song is the gem it is.
@jumpyonthehill
6 жыл бұрын
Watched this whole pperformance on PBS in1996 with my Wife. It takes me back.
@ericcumminsband
6 жыл бұрын
The band at their peak.
@johnniefairchild4504
6 жыл бұрын
Still peaking!
@70mjc
4 жыл бұрын
Eric Cummins different members entirely, minus Jay....
@scottquick1802
Жыл бұрын
Got to see Son Volt once at the Majestic. I was right there. Standing at Jay's feet. He had his eyes closed most of the show. Hardly talked at all. Smiled twice. Has the stage presence of a turnip. I love Jay's music. So many of his songs. Especially this one just punch me in the gut. Trace is a masterpiece of country music. Son Volt was so awesome live. Jay is my boy.
@lsdmadman
9 жыл бұрын
yowza...amazing stuff...live music haint daid just yet, zanies
@thebruckners
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Son Volt line-up / era.
@Longhammer37214
3 жыл бұрын
Pattern doesn't match Pictures fall from their base Pulling out of the race Put up the red flag Matters close at hand Cross over the land You get so diffused You wanna kiss the ground Leave no sound Take it up next year Chalk it up to remember Wasted lonely fever The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Minefield's the word from the start Watching out for the worst Never clear 'til it hurts Call it off make amends This life burns down From both ends The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade
@tazout1
28 күн бұрын
Great, great song, without a doubt. Takes you to another realm.
@ScottKauz
11 жыл бұрын
I listen to this song about 300 times a year easy...
@glennorto
9 жыл бұрын
One of his best. The album version is tuned down a half-step I think, which gives it that haunting feeling, and which also makes it difficult to play it like he does...
@Dagger_323
8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites
@redbeakman
13 жыл бұрын
I don't know what happened but the line-up with the Boquist brothers was the "truer sound". I hate that Jay let this line-up die. This is the Son Volt I will always remember. Trace and Straightaways were brilliant albums. Only 2 or three Son Volt songs since this line-up would have made the cut on either album. Highways & Cigs and Meth imo.
@georgefelton669
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I heard that the band members weren't happy with Farrar about song credits and such. Don't know though. This really is the best version of Son Volt, and Eric Heywood is fabulous, making each song a wonder.
@timelessdrifter2326
7 ай бұрын
Eric Heywood is otherworldly good on pedal steel.
@absolutelynonameslef
27 күн бұрын
Yep. The current band is great, but the original lineup was out of this world.
@schooledover12
6 жыл бұрын
2018 and God I still love this song...
@mpgarr
6 жыл бұрын
Good lord--how in the hell could anyone with an ounce of brain matter give a thumbs down on this song???
@HomelandConspiracy
5 жыл бұрын
Pattern doesn't match Pictures fall from their base Pulling out of the race Put up the red flag Matters close at hand Cross over the land You get so diffused You wanna kiss the ground Leave no sound Take it up next year Chalk it up to remember Wasted lonely fever The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Minefield's the word from the start Watching out for the worst Never clear 'til it hurts Call it off make amends This life burns down From both ends The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade
@michaelavonpaumgartten8154
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting the lyrics here. It occurs to me someone ought to put some subtitles on a version of this exceptionally beautiful performance.
@peteheckman13
Ай бұрын
Eric Heywood is one of the main reasons I decided to learn to play pedal. Still learning, but just came across this video today. This performance is amazing. I never knew players actually grabbed the strings and pulled them, like a six-string player does. At some places he may just be moving the slide; but check out 2:50 to about 3:00. Isn't he bending the strings... manually? Wow!
@SGtem
2 жыл бұрын
Mid 90’s nostalgia man .. yea this was MY 90’s music!!
@artbaker82
27 күн бұрын
Oh man, I've seen Eric Haywood perform a few times with the band Junior in Missoula, MT. Recently heard him when he sat in with Dean Johnson at a tiny festival in Bynum, MT. Had no idea he was such a pedal steel legend!
@themovenstore
6 жыл бұрын
Always have the Austin show on "speed que" Sometimes, I get a sense of clarity from listening to this epic version. Other times it gets me wound up like an out of control dryer that just dumps it all out, all over the ground. I guess a lot of it depends on the way I feel before... Time to cue it up again!
@brandongraf1113
7 жыл бұрын
all son volt songs are the best I want to also see them live really bad as well
@robkeaton6143
9 жыл бұрын
fuckin perfect
@leftaslide
7 жыл бұрын
Obviously the best song, ever.
@georgefelton669
5 жыл бұрын
It's certainly in a short list. Very short. It's got the whole meaning of life in it, somehow.
@davehoganmusic
11 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Where are the Mad Brothers? I miss them and the greatness that was the original band.
@johnhutto1068
7 жыл бұрын
This song hits me deep
@semolinapilchard9768
5 жыл бұрын
saw this one done while they were touring the album...outdoor folk/bluegrass weekend gig in Lyons, Colorado. last band of the night...show started mellow the the band went full electric , fucking awesome.
@tbecker403
3 жыл бұрын
I was at that show, too. It seemed like the less the crowd responded (they were mostly folkies/hippies), the more they tore into it.
@semolinapilchard9768
3 жыл бұрын
@@tbecker403 exactly
@absolutelynonameslef
3 жыл бұрын
I would do some very bad things to hear this live. Don't think it's been played in years.
@jumpyonthehill
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I listen to this song Damn !!!
@jamiederevere2686
3 жыл бұрын
Yes !
@tommyrodgers
6 жыл бұрын
Man, what a steel tone
@baraldotristano2261
5 ай бұрын
❤ CUANDO LA BELLEZA FLUYE COMO AGUA DE RÍO ❤
@jderevere
10 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful
@kerouac45
6 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful song, ever!
@GotLotsaFaith
5 жыл бұрын
Funny, after reading Jay's book (JD&FC) I felt like I could actually know him, crazy as that sounds. I kept having daydreams about marrying into his family somehow (maybe he has a sister?) and being just so happy to have a seat at the dinner table, night after night; asking him to tune my guitar; coercing him into cheering on my Boston Bruins once in a while; cooking some if my "broiled chicken thighs w/onions" for the J-gang... But I digress... regarding this song, obviously it's great (like any Lennon & McCartney, it's above reproach); however, I'm not a fan of ultra-slow, somewhat depressing tracks, but that's just me--perhaps I need to listen to it again (and again) to see what beauty is held within this onion of HIS...
@hammill444
3 жыл бұрын
Jays band members certainly have changed quite significantly over the years. High turnover. I wonder Why?
@kevincrabb7953
4 жыл бұрын
To all the new comers, Tyler Childress and the rest. Gotta do it better than the greats. I know you're capable, just ain't seen it yet
@theargus2340
Ай бұрын
Eric Heywood is a Jedi.
@markdumas
6 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece. "Put up the Red Flag. Matters close at hand. Crossover the plan." What does this song mean to you? Add in the replies.
@schooledover12
7 ай бұрын
God I love this song
@jimsanford9215
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for this!
@mikeb.8059
6 жыл бұрын
Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill
@kylebain6778
4 жыл бұрын
The Band I always wished I was in lol.
@absolutelynonameslef
4 жыл бұрын
I've always wished I had Dave Boquist's talent on guitar, fiddle and banjo.
@johnwantz6374
12 жыл бұрын
So...where are the Boquist brothers anyway?Minnesota? Great memories ( from back in the day bro!)Mississippi Nights in STL,Columbia,MO. & anywhere in between. Loved Uncle Tupelo & Trace blew me away when I first heard it...still does.
@tommyrodgers
6 жыл бұрын
I love the steel tone....best ever except when Sam Polland was playing
@anodynesonvolt
11 жыл бұрын
I hope Jay reads your comment. It is beautiful. Thank you for it. Your family sounds awesome.
@leohoersting2546
9 жыл бұрын
I meant 1997
@MacFeeley
12 жыл бұрын
When Farrar was working on the songs for Okemah, he called the Boquist brothers, and he said he was hurt and amazed that they didn't want to participate
@georgefelton2975
5 ай бұрын
I think they were upset about song credits on earlier Son Volt albums. Also Jay might be hard to get along with.
@70snuttodd95
4 жыл бұрын
Love him, he's himself and nobody else
@tomLathey
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone ever seen a pedal steel player grab a string and bend it like Eric does at 2:47?
@ahatcherlps
Жыл бұрын
In a word, no.
@daviddishman7491
2 жыл бұрын
Eeh by gum that wor grand!
@robp3358
5 жыл бұрын
I need a repeat button!
@gossard56
3 жыл бұрын
This makes me miss my youth!
@jumpyonthehill
6 жыл бұрын
Fucking Beautiful
@robp3358
3 жыл бұрын
Does not get old!
@anodynesonvolt
11 жыл бұрын
Wish I could have been there.
@anodynesonvolt
11 жыл бұрын
What you said.
@sobieski9975
3 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@michaelavonpaumgartten8154
Жыл бұрын
I went to see Son Volt last week here in Austin, Texas. I showed up hoping they might play ‘Left A Slide’ for an encore. I went by myself, parked next to a cemetery and walked in hopes of seeing something like a classic Heywood solo. I got a spot in front of what I assumed was his pedal steel… only to realize quickly that there was no pedal steel on the stage. Farrar, someone, decided we don’t need it. I left after the first three songs. I went to hear Heywood’s pedal steel. Not his guitar solo. What happened to the Son Volt that wrote this song.
@mpgarr
6 жыл бұрын
I have decided---if President Tweeto and Rocket Man take us into a nuclear war that is going to end civilization as we know it---this is going to be the last song I want to hear before the nuke for my area comes down...."No surprise it was a long slow fade...."
@schooledover12
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Garrity I will join you in that brother
@jzetine9344
11 жыл бұрын
Great song..defintately one of my favorites, yet I don't feel moved by it as it's filled with vague generalities. This was deeply moving for Jay no doubt but I don't think anyone really knows what this song is really about. One can only speculate.
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