Gary P Nunn w/ Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues
Gary P Nunn w/ Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues
Tags: Blues, Gary, Gary P Nunn, Homesick, Jeff, Jerry, Jerry Jeff Walker, london, London Homesick Blues, Nunn, Walker
Gary P Nunn w/ Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues
Tags: Blues, Gary, Gary P Nunn, Homesick, Jeff, Jerry, Jerry Jeff Walker, london, London Homesick Blues, Nunn, Walker
February 10th, 2010 at 3:16 am
Jerry Jeff and Gary P Nunn,along with the rest of origional “Lost Gonzo Band” were truly some of the pioneers of Redneck Rock.Some of my all-time favorite music.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:54 am
love this song…..Allways reminds me of “Austin City Limits”, on tv.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:44 am
Gee, where IS everyone? LOL I sent this video to so many friends all over the USA (and UK), and everyone is flipping out about how good and how much FUN it is.
It sparked my interest to read more about GPN’s life. I’m just trying to figure out what his age is NOW, as not one web post or story – tells it. Smart guy. I’m so sorry I missed JJW and GPN until now. Texas’ best kept secrets? Lots of time to catch up. I’m following a road of discovery that is sensational ~ for both.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:08 am
Totally awsome! “Fun, fun, fun!!”
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 am
This song has always been one of my favorites. still is. Love Jerry Jeff too !!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:15 am
I always thought that this was one of the greatest county-western songs ever written. I still feel this way 30 years later. The musicians out of Austin have always been the best albeit the least appreciated.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:07 am
i have no doubt that he was strung out, but the only one who knows the true story isn’t around anymore. if the book was entertaining great, but don’t let it taint your opinion of the man too much.
i saw him open for the Moody Blues in Dallas in 1983. it was awesome. blew me away.
on his tour bus window was a sign that said “you must be 18 years of age to exchange personal favors for backstage passes.” always thought that was funny.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:51 am
Right! I found out they embellished by what you and someone else wrote here. That really annoys me a lot! Makes me wonder how credible the whole book is?Especially when 75 percent of the book is about how messed up SRV’s drug and alcohol habits were. These drug abuse stories really got me angry. Cause it was like they were making him out to be a total degenerate. How can SRV defend himself is what biographers must of thought so they embellish the entire story ! Cause they dont know shit!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:27 am
it’s definitely “with” not “to” — i’ve got ‘Viva Terlingua’ playing right now, as i’ve done repeatedly for the last 35 years. as a matter of fact, hang on a second… yep, right here in the album liner notes — yes, i said ‘album’, as in ‘LP’ — it says:
“…and Gary P. Nunn’s own “London Homesick Blues,” another “life of a country singer” song which endures on radio, well-known for its chorus of “I wanna go home with the armadillo.” ”
i’m betting the biographers invented the story.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Going to see Gary P. tonight………Happy Birthday Mama Locke!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:47 am
lol thats funny jerry…. thank ya
February 10th, 2010 at 10:29 am
one of my all time favourite tunes….Jackie Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am
No. The song is referring to smuggling Armadillos from England into Texas.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:07 am
My favorite song in the whole of Texas or England.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:23 am
I used to have a pet armadillo that kept digging holes in the yard. Other than that GREAT pet. Much better than a dog imo.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Well I tried to explain to you that since Gary P wrote the song, you can be sure he sang it right. Then you pull up some obscure writers who state otherwise, and then you choose to believe them and disregard Gary P himself………………. So whatever dude…………
February 10th, 2010 at 11:51 am
I don’t know if they “sang it wrong”. I was looking for someone who was familiar with the history of the song who may know one way or the the other. Frankly, I wasn’t interested in some smart alec answer of an ignoramous.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
You will be glad to know I fired Gary P Nunn an email informing him he got the words wrong. I also let him know that you and Potoski and Crawford know the real way the song is to be sung and he had better comply with you three guys or else.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
SRV is dead! – I said biography not autobiography…(the authors are Joe Nick Potoski and Bill Crawford…) BTW, its great reading -highly recommend it cause they are discribing the bar and club scene in Eastern Texas from the late sixties to early eighties. Your are doing a lot of “supposing”. … Gary P Nunn may have had to change the lyrics of the song because the owners of The Armadillo in Austin may have told him they wanted some royalty money for using their establishment in a song.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I first heard this song 25 years ago, and seeing as how Gary P. Nunn wrote the song, and is singing it here, I would suppose he got it right, and SRV got it wrong.
By the way, the club you are referring to is Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
never heard this song before…. I Looked this song up on Youtube after reading about it in a biography book about Stevie Ray Vaughan called “Caught in the Crossfire” (on page 79) he says the words of the song are “I want to go home to the Armadillo” not “home with the Armadillo”. Author says its a reference to a country blues club called “The Armadello” that many up and coming artist including SRV played at regularly. Did they change the words of the song later on as it is here? Anyone now??
February 10th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Who is that playing the White/Parsons B-Bender tele? He nails it.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Does anyone have the austin city limits version of this???
February 10th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I am STILL in OK and loving it. Yeah, JJW was big here in OK, I got to see him many times! ..still lovin it!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I like them but I want to hear ‘em sing- not ramble – i hate when they do that-