Chords for Waylon Jennings -Gutted About Keith Whitley's Death
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Hey friends, I'm Otis Gibbs and this is my buddy Barry Walsh.
He's gonna share some stories about touring with Waylon Jennings
He was a total card player all the way.
He won't he wanted to play cards with his with his posse around him and
You know, I never got into that that was kind of the long-term guys that had been with him
You know that wanted to play but I was kind of outside that circle most of the time and I wasn't a card player
So I didn't really push that that side of him
But as far as what he was like, you know out in public
You know people would come up to him for autographs and if he was eating he would put him off because that was kind of
That's kind of not cool, dude.
That's somebody if they're eating and bug him for an autograph
He let him know that but he was gracious with people and he would sign autographs, you know, whatever he needed to, you know
I mean, he wasn't one of those guys that stayed outside of the bus for four hours signing autographs, you know
I mean more than once I heard him say look my he'd say Hoss
my only job is to get up there and sing my songs and
You know sign autographs is not part of the job description, but he was kind enough to do it
Yeah, well if you think about a song like good-hearted woman, that's [D] basically that is [Abm] it
It's it's one five one five on the bass one five one five
Yeah all the way through pretty much and it's driving and it's relentless and that was it, you know and
You know between the bass and the drums it drove the beat and created that
That beat that became [Ab] the Waylon beat, you know the Waylon groove, you know
It's similar actually to Don Williams to his thing too because Don's was a little bit
Is this basically the same thing but a little bit folkier and a little bit slower, you know less driving
I don't remember much.
Honestly, I really don't
When I see it now, you know, I know I'm there but
You know, I just don't have a lot of memories except being excited [Eb] to do that gig
You know that it was even back then we're talking about 30 35 years such a big thing, you know to even play it
They still see that show and they still [E] they still
Tell me that you know, I mean a couple months ago somebody told me they saw that show
It was that you playing on that thing is yeah, you know many many years ago
Yeah, but I mean I don't remember details because there were so many kind of gigs like that
That that I did with him over the over the years
I remember doing like the Universal Amphitheater in LA.
That was a great gig
I remember playing the forum in LA opening for Hank jr.
That was you know, mind-blowing really
You know and it was gigs like the high-profile gigs like that that I remember gigs with Willie playing his picnic and this and that
You know, you know after I left
the band well, I'll tell you the two most
Most important things that ever happened between me and Waylon that I remember that are crystal clear in my mind
One of them was when I went to his house to tell him that I was leaving and I was terrified
I drove out to his house knocked on the door and we had a great relationship
We you know, we used to hang out a lot
I used to just drive out there and stop at his house and shoot the shit
[Eb] But I went out there that one day and I'm sure he knew that you know
This was probably it [E] but I sat down in the den with him and I said, you know
It's it's time for me to move on and I was just like trembling
Trembling in my boots about having to tell him this and he just looked at me in the eye and he said
Hoss you're doing the right thing and
I was so relieved to hear that.
I knew that I was doing the right thing at that point, you know
He felt it too
The other time was and this happened a few years after I was gone.
It was the it was the day Keith Whitley died and
I was crushed.
I knew he was because he he loved Keith Whitley
So I was out on my way out to my house in Franklin and I stopped by Waylon's house knocked on the door
Jesse answers the door and she said go on in he's in the den, you know
So I went to the den we [N] sat down on the couch and watched the local news for an hour or two about Keith
You know and at one point I remember he looked at me and he said he said Hoss
I was greatest country singer ever, you know, he was good.
He was he was you know, he was really really
Upset about that about that death as a lot of us were
Well, I remember hearing that they amputated his foot
first and I thought well that's you know, that's gonna be the the end because as
Alive as that guy was
And as much as he loved getting around and this and that I thought you know when he loses that mobility
He's not gonna last long and it was about six weeks later
And then I heard I can't even remember how I heard but it didn't really surprise me that much
Because I knew I've been hearing he wasn't well and
You know, I just knew that it wasn't gonna be long
But still super sad, you know, I still communicate with Jesse every once in a while once or twice a year
I'll send her an email and she's out in Phoenix
I loved hearing the stories from Waylon about those his early days in Phoenix
Because he was kind of he became a star in Phoenix
I forget the name of the club, but it's a huge country club that he kind of took over and
That's where that was the springboard
I think Bobby Bear saw him out there and brought him to the attention of [Dm] Chad Atkins and he [E] got signed to RCA in the beginning
but he had great stories about the
Indian reservations in those days and he would always tell me and other people that
That really
The he called him the Indians
he said they kept me alive for several winters and he would go out and do gigs on the reservation and
They loved him, you know [Eb] reservations like the Hopi in [D] Navajo, especially in [N] Navajo
I played I played window rock with him once capital of the Navajo Nation and
and he really
Had this heart warm heart warming
affiliation with with the Indians and
With Native Americans all the way through and I mean that song America that he cut, you know
The red man is right to expect a little from you a promise and then follow through he
Wasn't his song but but he recorded it because that's what he felt, you know, and he was always so grateful that they supported him
we were out there playing at window rock and
I remember he was in the dressing room in this really big
Native American guy with his wife came in he said, um,
Whalum and
You know, he called him Whalum.
He said he said you take picture with
With me and my wife and I said sure hoss.
I'll take a picture and then the guy said well Whalum you got camera
[Ab]
[Eb] Whalen cracked up and he would tell that story all the time.
[C] This is before cell phone pictures, you know
And pretty funny
[Eb] But it was really moving for me to get to see window rock and to see the Navajo reservation
You know, that's one of the greatest things about those [D] tours with him was seeing things that I would never see.
Otherwise
he did he did a fair amount of
casinos and
And then theaters and this and that
I do remember he he he had yet the offer to play in Branson and he played there one time
And he said that's it I'm not doing this anymore, you know, he refused to play in Branson
Yeah, didn't go with [Eb] didn't go well with the outlaw image, you know had to be cognizant of that
but one of the main things I always remember about Whalen was his
His embracing of great songs and songwriters, you know, and I really regret that he never got a chance to meet my [E] wife Gretchen
Because he died before we got together and I always tell her I said he would have loved you, you know and
And he would have he he was such a champion of the songwriter and great songs
I remember him playing like Kevin Welch songs for the first time and then recording them and things like that
Yeah, he just and he opened my eyes to to that world to great songs
You know, I got a song recorded by him once and I was that was one of the thrills of my life
You know and the moment when he called me and he said Haas come over here and listen to this song
no, we just cut your song and so I went over there to
soundstage and
He played it back for me.
That was just like blown [Db] away.
I mean one of the highlights of my life, you know
I couldn't hardly contain myself
If you'd like to hear more Whalen Jennings stories
Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner your screens and tell me down below what your favorite Whalen Jennings song is
Subscribe to this channel and I'll see you somewhere down the road much love to you
He's gonna share some stories about touring with Waylon Jennings
He was a total card player all the way.
He won't he wanted to play cards with his with his posse around him and
You know, I never got into that that was kind of the long-term guys that had been with him
You know that wanted to play but I was kind of outside that circle most of the time and I wasn't a card player
So I didn't really push that that side of him
But as far as what he was like, you know out in public
You know people would come up to him for autographs and if he was eating he would put him off because that was kind of
That's kind of not cool, dude.
That's somebody if they're eating and bug him for an autograph
He let him know that but he was gracious with people and he would sign autographs, you know, whatever he needed to, you know
I mean, he wasn't one of those guys that stayed outside of the bus for four hours signing autographs, you know
I mean more than once I heard him say look my he'd say Hoss
my only job is to get up there and sing my songs and
You know sign autographs is not part of the job description, but he was kind enough to do it
Yeah, well if you think about a song like good-hearted woman, that's [D] basically that is [Abm] it
It's it's one five one five on the bass one five one five
Yeah all the way through pretty much and it's driving and it's relentless and that was it, you know and
You know between the bass and the drums it drove the beat and created that
That beat that became [Ab] the Waylon beat, you know the Waylon groove, you know
It's similar actually to Don Williams to his thing too because Don's was a little bit
Is this basically the same thing but a little bit folkier and a little bit slower, you know less driving
I don't remember much.
Honestly, I really don't
When I see it now, you know, I know I'm there but
You know, I just don't have a lot of memories except being excited [Eb] to do that gig
You know that it was even back then we're talking about 30 35 years such a big thing, you know to even play it
They still see that show and they still [E] they still
Tell me that you know, I mean a couple months ago somebody told me they saw that show
It was that you playing on that thing is yeah, you know many many years ago
Yeah, but I mean I don't remember details because there were so many kind of gigs like that
That that I did with him over the over the years
I remember doing like the Universal Amphitheater in LA.
That was a great gig
I remember playing the forum in LA opening for Hank jr.
That was you know, mind-blowing really
You know and it was gigs like the high-profile gigs like that that I remember gigs with Willie playing his picnic and this and that
You know, you know after I left
the band well, I'll tell you the two most
Most important things that ever happened between me and Waylon that I remember that are crystal clear in my mind
One of them was when I went to his house to tell him that I was leaving and I was terrified
I drove out to his house knocked on the door and we had a great relationship
We you know, we used to hang out a lot
I used to just drive out there and stop at his house and shoot the shit
[Eb] But I went out there that one day and I'm sure he knew that you know
This was probably it [E] but I sat down in the den with him and I said, you know
It's it's time for me to move on and I was just like trembling
Trembling in my boots about having to tell him this and he just looked at me in the eye and he said
Hoss you're doing the right thing and
I was so relieved to hear that.
I knew that I was doing the right thing at that point, you know
He felt it too
The other time was and this happened a few years after I was gone.
It was the it was the day Keith Whitley died and
I was crushed.
I knew he was because he he loved Keith Whitley
So I was out on my way out to my house in Franklin and I stopped by Waylon's house knocked on the door
Jesse answers the door and she said go on in he's in the den, you know
So I went to the den we [N] sat down on the couch and watched the local news for an hour or two about Keith
You know and at one point I remember he looked at me and he said he said Hoss
I was greatest country singer ever, you know, he was good.
He was he was you know, he was really really
Upset about that about that death as a lot of us were
Well, I remember hearing that they amputated his foot
first and I thought well that's you know, that's gonna be the the end because as
Alive as that guy was
And as much as he loved getting around and this and that I thought you know when he loses that mobility
He's not gonna last long and it was about six weeks later
And then I heard I can't even remember how I heard but it didn't really surprise me that much
Because I knew I've been hearing he wasn't well and
You know, I just knew that it wasn't gonna be long
But still super sad, you know, I still communicate with Jesse every once in a while once or twice a year
I'll send her an email and she's out in Phoenix
I loved hearing the stories from Waylon about those his early days in Phoenix
Because he was kind of he became a star in Phoenix
I forget the name of the club, but it's a huge country club that he kind of took over and
That's where that was the springboard
I think Bobby Bear saw him out there and brought him to the attention of [Dm] Chad Atkins and he [E] got signed to RCA in the beginning
but he had great stories about the
Indian reservations in those days and he would always tell me and other people that
That really
The he called him the Indians
he said they kept me alive for several winters and he would go out and do gigs on the reservation and
They loved him, you know [Eb] reservations like the Hopi in [D] Navajo, especially in [N] Navajo
I played I played window rock with him once capital of the Navajo Nation and
and he really
Had this heart warm heart warming
affiliation with with the Indians and
With Native Americans all the way through and I mean that song America that he cut, you know
The red man is right to expect a little from you a promise and then follow through he
Wasn't his song but but he recorded it because that's what he felt, you know, and he was always so grateful that they supported him
we were out there playing at window rock and
I remember he was in the dressing room in this really big
Native American guy with his wife came in he said, um,
Whalum and
You know, he called him Whalum.
He said he said you take picture with
With me and my wife and I said sure hoss.
I'll take a picture and then the guy said well Whalum you got camera
[Ab]
[Eb] Whalen cracked up and he would tell that story all the time.
[C] This is before cell phone pictures, you know
And pretty funny
[Eb] But it was really moving for me to get to see window rock and to see the Navajo reservation
You know, that's one of the greatest things about those [D] tours with him was seeing things that I would never see.
Otherwise
he did he did a fair amount of
casinos and
And then theaters and this and that
I do remember he he he had yet the offer to play in Branson and he played there one time
And he said that's it I'm not doing this anymore, you know, he refused to play in Branson
Yeah, didn't go with [Eb] didn't go well with the outlaw image, you know had to be cognizant of that
but one of the main things I always remember about Whalen was his
His embracing of great songs and songwriters, you know, and I really regret that he never got a chance to meet my [E] wife Gretchen
Because he died before we got together and I always tell her I said he would have loved you, you know and
And he would have he he was such a champion of the songwriter and great songs
I remember him playing like Kevin Welch songs for the first time and then recording them and things like that
Yeah, he just and he opened my eyes to to that world to great songs
You know, I got a song recorded by him once and I was that was one of the thrills of my life
You know and the moment when he called me and he said Haas come over here and listen to this song
no, we just cut your song and so I went over there to
soundstage and
He played it back for me.
That was just like blown [Db] away.
I mean one of the highlights of my life, you know
I couldn't hardly contain myself
If you'd like to hear more Whalen Jennings stories
Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner your screens and tell me down below what your favorite Whalen Jennings song is
Subscribe to this channel and I'll see you somewhere down the road much love to you
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_ Hey friends, I'm Otis Gibbs and this is my buddy Barry Walsh.
He's gonna share some stories about touring with Waylon Jennings
He was a total card player all the way.
He won't he wanted to play cards with his with his posse around him and _ _
You know, I never got into that that was kind of the long-term guys that had been with him
You know that wanted to play but I was kind of outside that circle most of the time and I wasn't a card player
So I didn't really push that that side of him
But as far as what he was like, you know out in public
You know people would come up to him for autographs and if he was eating he would put him off because that was kind of
That's kind of not cool, dude.
That's somebody if they're eating and bug him for an autograph
He let him know that but he was gracious with people and he would sign autographs, you know, _ whatever he needed to, you know
I mean, he wasn't one of those guys that stayed outside of the bus for four hours signing autographs, you know
I mean more than once I heard him say look my he'd say Hoss
my only job is to get up there and sing my songs and
You know sign autographs is not part of the job description, but he was kind enough to do it
Yeah, well if you think about a song like good-hearted woman, that's [D] basically that is [Abm] it
It's it's one five one five on the bass one five one five
Yeah all the way through pretty much and it's driving and it's relentless and that was it, you know and
You know between _ the bass and the drums it drove the beat and created that
_ That beat that became [Ab] the Waylon beat, you know the Waylon groove, you know
It's similar actually to Don Williams to his thing too because Don's was a little bit
Is this basically the same thing but a little bit folkier and a little bit slower, you know less driving _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I don't remember much.
Honestly, I really don't
When I see it now, you know, I know I'm there but
_ You know, I just don't have a lot of memories except being excited [Eb] to do that gig
You know that it was even back then we're talking about 30 35 years _ such a big thing, you know to even play it
They still see that show and they still [E] they still
Tell me that you know, I mean a couple months ago somebody told me they saw that show
It was that you playing on that thing is yeah, you know many many years ago
Yeah, but I mean I don't remember details because there were so many kind of gigs like that
That that I did with him over the over the years
I remember doing like the Universal Amphitheater in LA.
That was a great gig
I remember playing the forum in LA opening for Hank jr.
That was you know, mind-blowing really
_ You know and it was gigs like the high-profile gigs like that that I remember gigs with Willie playing his picnic and this and that
You know, you know after I left
the band well, I'll tell you the two most _
Most important things that ever happened between me and Waylon that I remember that are crystal clear in my mind
One of them was when I went to his house to tell him that I was leaving and I was terrified
I drove out to his house knocked on the door and we had a great relationship
We you know, we used to hang out a lot
I used to just drive out there and stop at his house and shoot the shit
[Eb] But I went out there that one day and I'm sure he knew that you know
This was probably it [E] but I sat down in the den with him and I said, you know
It's it's time for me to move on and I was just like trembling
_ Trembling in my boots about having to tell him this and he just looked at me in the eye and he said
Hoss you're doing the right thing and
I was so relieved to hear that.
I knew that I was doing the right thing at that point, you know
He felt it too
_ The other time was and this happened a few years after I was gone.
It was the it was the day Keith Whitley died and
_ I was crushed.
I knew he was because he he loved Keith Whitley
So I was out on my way out to my house in Franklin and I stopped by Waylon's house knocked on the door
Jesse answers the door and she said go on in he's in the den, you know
So I went to the den we [N] sat down on the couch and watched the local news for an hour or two about Keith
You know and at one point I remember he looked at me and he said he said Hoss
I was greatest country singer ever, you know, he was good.
He was he was you know, _ he was really really
Upset about that about that death _ _ as a lot of us were
Well, _ _ I remember hearing that they amputated his foot
_ first and I thought well that's you know, that's gonna be the the end because as
_ Alive as that guy was _ _
And as much as he loved getting around and this and that I thought you know when he loses that mobility
He's not gonna last long and it was about six weeks later
And then I heard I can't even remember how I heard but it didn't really surprise me that much
Because I knew _ I've been hearing he wasn't well and
_ _ You know, I just knew that it wasn't gonna be long _ _
But still super sad, you know, I still communicate with Jesse every once in a while once or twice a year
I'll send her an email and _ she's out in Phoenix
I loved hearing the stories from Waylon about those his early days in Phoenix
Because he was kind of he became a star in Phoenix
I forget the name of the club, but it's a huge country club that he kind of took over and
_ _ _ That's where that was the springboard
I think Bobby Bear saw him out there and brought him to the attention of [Dm] Chad Atkins and he [E] got signed to RCA in the beginning _ _ _
but he had great stories about the
Indian reservations in those days and he would always tell me and other people that
That really
_ The he called him the Indians
he said they kept me alive for several winters and he would go out and do gigs on the reservation and
They loved him, you know [Eb] reservations like the Hopi in [D] Navajo, especially in [N] Navajo
I played I played window rock with him once capital of the Navajo Nation and _ _
_ and he really
Had this heart warm heart warming
_ affiliation with with the Indians and
With Native Americans all the way through and I mean that song America that he cut, you know
_ _ The red man is right to expect a little from you a promise and then follow through he
Wasn't his song but but he recorded it because that's what he felt, you know, and he was always so grateful that they supported him
_ we were out there playing at window rock and
_ _ _ I remember he was in the dressing room in this really big
Native American guy with his wife came in he said, um,
Whalum and
You know, he called him Whalum.
He said he said you take picture with
_ _ With me and my wife and I said sure hoss.
I'll take a picture and then the guy said well Whalum you got camera
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ Whalen cracked up and he would tell that story all the time.
[C] This is before cell phone pictures, you know
_ And pretty funny
_ [Eb] But it was really moving for me to get to see window rock and to see the Navajo reservation
You know, that's one of the greatest things about those [D] tours with him was seeing things that I would never see.
Otherwise
he did he did a fair amount of
_ casinos and _
_ And then theaters and this and that
_ _ _ I do remember he he he had yet the offer to play in Branson and he played there one time
And he said that's it I'm not doing this anymore, you know, he refused to play in Branson _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, didn't go with [Eb] didn't go well with the outlaw image, you know had to be cognizant of that
but one of the main things I always remember about Whalen was his
_ His embracing of great songs and songwriters, you know, and I really regret that he never got a chance to meet my [E] wife Gretchen
Because he died before we got together and I always tell her I said he would have loved you, you know and
_ And he would have he he was such a champion _ of the songwriter and great songs
I remember him playing like Kevin Welch songs for the first time and then recording them and things like that
Yeah, he just and he opened my eyes to to that world to great songs
You know, I got a song recorded by him once and I was that was one of the thrills of my life
You know and the moment when he called me and he said Haas come over here and listen to this song
no, we just cut your song and so I went over there to
_ soundstage and
He played it back for me.
That was just like blown [Db] away.
I mean one of the highlights of my life, you know
I couldn't hardly contain myself _
_ If you'd like to hear more Whalen Jennings stories
Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner your screens and tell me down below what your favorite Whalen Jennings song is
Subscribe to this channel and I'll see you somewhere down the road much love to you _ _
He's gonna share some stories about touring with Waylon Jennings
He was a total card player all the way.
He won't he wanted to play cards with his with his posse around him and _ _
You know, I never got into that that was kind of the long-term guys that had been with him
You know that wanted to play but I was kind of outside that circle most of the time and I wasn't a card player
So I didn't really push that that side of him
But as far as what he was like, you know out in public
You know people would come up to him for autographs and if he was eating he would put him off because that was kind of
That's kind of not cool, dude.
That's somebody if they're eating and bug him for an autograph
He let him know that but he was gracious with people and he would sign autographs, you know, _ whatever he needed to, you know
I mean, he wasn't one of those guys that stayed outside of the bus for four hours signing autographs, you know
I mean more than once I heard him say look my he'd say Hoss
my only job is to get up there and sing my songs and
You know sign autographs is not part of the job description, but he was kind enough to do it
Yeah, well if you think about a song like good-hearted woman, that's [D] basically that is [Abm] it
It's it's one five one five on the bass one five one five
Yeah all the way through pretty much and it's driving and it's relentless and that was it, you know and
You know between _ the bass and the drums it drove the beat and created that
_ That beat that became [Ab] the Waylon beat, you know the Waylon groove, you know
It's similar actually to Don Williams to his thing too because Don's was a little bit
Is this basically the same thing but a little bit folkier and a little bit slower, you know less driving _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I don't remember much.
Honestly, I really don't
When I see it now, you know, I know I'm there but
_ You know, I just don't have a lot of memories except being excited [Eb] to do that gig
You know that it was even back then we're talking about 30 35 years _ such a big thing, you know to even play it
They still see that show and they still [E] they still
Tell me that you know, I mean a couple months ago somebody told me they saw that show
It was that you playing on that thing is yeah, you know many many years ago
Yeah, but I mean I don't remember details because there were so many kind of gigs like that
That that I did with him over the over the years
I remember doing like the Universal Amphitheater in LA.
That was a great gig
I remember playing the forum in LA opening for Hank jr.
That was you know, mind-blowing really
_ You know and it was gigs like the high-profile gigs like that that I remember gigs with Willie playing his picnic and this and that
You know, you know after I left
the band well, I'll tell you the two most _
Most important things that ever happened between me and Waylon that I remember that are crystal clear in my mind
One of them was when I went to his house to tell him that I was leaving and I was terrified
I drove out to his house knocked on the door and we had a great relationship
We you know, we used to hang out a lot
I used to just drive out there and stop at his house and shoot the shit
[Eb] But I went out there that one day and I'm sure he knew that you know
This was probably it [E] but I sat down in the den with him and I said, you know
It's it's time for me to move on and I was just like trembling
_ Trembling in my boots about having to tell him this and he just looked at me in the eye and he said
Hoss you're doing the right thing and
I was so relieved to hear that.
I knew that I was doing the right thing at that point, you know
He felt it too
_ The other time was and this happened a few years after I was gone.
It was the it was the day Keith Whitley died and
_ I was crushed.
I knew he was because he he loved Keith Whitley
So I was out on my way out to my house in Franklin and I stopped by Waylon's house knocked on the door
Jesse answers the door and she said go on in he's in the den, you know
So I went to the den we [N] sat down on the couch and watched the local news for an hour or two about Keith
You know and at one point I remember he looked at me and he said he said Hoss
I was greatest country singer ever, you know, he was good.
He was he was you know, _ he was really really
Upset about that about that death _ _ as a lot of us were
Well, _ _ I remember hearing that they amputated his foot
_ first and I thought well that's you know, that's gonna be the the end because as
_ Alive as that guy was _ _
And as much as he loved getting around and this and that I thought you know when he loses that mobility
He's not gonna last long and it was about six weeks later
And then I heard I can't even remember how I heard but it didn't really surprise me that much
Because I knew _ I've been hearing he wasn't well and
_ _ You know, I just knew that it wasn't gonna be long _ _
But still super sad, you know, I still communicate with Jesse every once in a while once or twice a year
I'll send her an email and _ she's out in Phoenix
I loved hearing the stories from Waylon about those his early days in Phoenix
Because he was kind of he became a star in Phoenix
I forget the name of the club, but it's a huge country club that he kind of took over and
_ _ _ That's where that was the springboard
I think Bobby Bear saw him out there and brought him to the attention of [Dm] Chad Atkins and he [E] got signed to RCA in the beginning _ _ _
but he had great stories about the
Indian reservations in those days and he would always tell me and other people that
That really
_ The he called him the Indians
he said they kept me alive for several winters and he would go out and do gigs on the reservation and
They loved him, you know [Eb] reservations like the Hopi in [D] Navajo, especially in [N] Navajo
I played I played window rock with him once capital of the Navajo Nation and _ _
_ and he really
Had this heart warm heart warming
_ affiliation with with the Indians and
With Native Americans all the way through and I mean that song America that he cut, you know
_ _ The red man is right to expect a little from you a promise and then follow through he
Wasn't his song but but he recorded it because that's what he felt, you know, and he was always so grateful that they supported him
_ we were out there playing at window rock and
_ _ _ I remember he was in the dressing room in this really big
Native American guy with his wife came in he said, um,
Whalum and
You know, he called him Whalum.
He said he said you take picture with
_ _ With me and my wife and I said sure hoss.
I'll take a picture and then the guy said well Whalum you got camera
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ Whalen cracked up and he would tell that story all the time.
[C] This is before cell phone pictures, you know
_ And pretty funny
_ [Eb] But it was really moving for me to get to see window rock and to see the Navajo reservation
You know, that's one of the greatest things about those [D] tours with him was seeing things that I would never see.
Otherwise
he did he did a fair amount of
_ casinos and _
_ And then theaters and this and that
_ _ _ I do remember he he he had yet the offer to play in Branson and he played there one time
And he said that's it I'm not doing this anymore, you know, he refused to play in Branson _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, didn't go with [Eb] didn't go well with the outlaw image, you know had to be cognizant of that
but one of the main things I always remember about Whalen was his
_ His embracing of great songs and songwriters, you know, and I really regret that he never got a chance to meet my [E] wife Gretchen
Because he died before we got together and I always tell her I said he would have loved you, you know and
_ And he would have he he was such a champion _ of the songwriter and great songs
I remember him playing like Kevin Welch songs for the first time and then recording them and things like that
Yeah, he just and he opened my eyes to to that world to great songs
You know, I got a song recorded by him once and I was that was one of the thrills of my life
You know and the moment when he called me and he said Haas come over here and listen to this song
no, we just cut your song and so I went over there to
_ soundstage and
He played it back for me.
That was just like blown [Db] away.
I mean one of the highlights of my life, you know
I couldn't hardly contain myself _
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