Ed Bruce -- The Last Cowboy Song [REACTION] 

Ed Bruce is a great artist

“My First Taste Of Texas” and “Girls, Women, And Laddies” are two great Ed Bruce songs.

good music and suitable for me. Classic slow country 🙂👍🏻

100 years of cowboys riding the range....no fences........no concrete

Great song…. My generation all grew up playing cowboys and Indians….. watching western movies and of course Roy Rodgers…….. thanks for doing this one ….. I also read all of Louis L’Amour Books lol

I think you got right Don. It's about ( The Cowboys ). The way of life. The spirit of the cowboy adventurer, frontiersman. The heyday being from the late 1800s til the late 1900s. A 100 year Waltz. And so aprapo the song is a waltz.

He's singing about the short period of the old west and how everything changes

That was Ed Bruce after Willie. Do Ed's rendition of "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye." Amazing songwriter and singer.

Very sad song...seems there are fewer real cowboys left anymore....it's to bad .my dad was true grit a true cowboy all the way...he raised me to be the same way....now it's not the same today ..cattle drives with 4 wheelers now ..etc. It's the horse that matters in such things and many more...a good horse is worth it's weight in gold....

Cup Of Conversation, Man Made Of Glass, Workingman’s Prayer, You Turn Me On ( Like A Radio ), After All, The Migrant, (When You Fall In Love ) Everything’s A Waltz. Ed Bruce has written and sang some great songs.

I live in southeast Texas in a log cabin. My Great x8 grandfather is known as the father of the oldest town in Texas and he married his first wife in the Alamo. In Nacogdoches there is a statue of him and almost daily I wonder what it was like to travel the Old Spanish road. Gil Y’Barbo. That song reminds me of him.

It's funny, I was expecting Ed's voice to sound lower when this came on. He had a beautiful speaking voice, much like Sam Elliott's. I believe Ed died early this year. "Another piece of America lost." I think it means that the cowboy song ended when the cowboy era ended, after a 100 year run. This is another song I hope Colter Wall discovers and keeps the cowboy song going. The popularity of the "Yellowstone" tv show sure indicates that people want to see the cowboy life continue.

This song is just amazing. Ed Bruce was in movies and the short- lived Maverick revival TV series "Bret Maverick" Starring James Garner about 1981. However, this song should have been a song of the year. Ed was a great singer song writer and there are a couple of unannounced Cameo's by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the recording.

Thank you for playing Ed Bruce. He is one of my favorites!

A way of life lost to progress

He sounds like he lived it.

This song reminded me in a way of Merle Haggard's 'Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?' Songs about times changing and not always for the better. Also, that guitar solo near the end here is so good.

I'm glad you liked this one! The 100 year waltz in this song refers to the era of the cowboy life-style when it was open range, cattle drives, riding for the brand, etc. Cowboys are still around but the old-time life-style is dying out and getting fenced in. And that's what the song is about! If you ever move into reacting to western movies, you need to watch Monte Walsh. There were two made, the original starring Lee Marvin, and the second one starring Tom Selleck. Treat yourself to both of them, in order. Even if you don't do reactions to them, just go ahead and watch them anyway! You're welcome. (I live in Wyoming so I'm biased a little.... :) )

Cowboys equal real men

Dang! You did again! Love the song and always loved Ed Bruce!!! He was an amazing man. Being an old Cowgirl, it has great meaning. (: Spaces were closing in for cowboys and still are. Sad.

" The Last Cowboy " Jamey Johnson

This is a great song. I'm honestly surprised you didn't know it, since the Highwaymen did a great version of it at their Nassau Coliseum concert

Ed Bruce " Tell em Ive Gone Crazy "

Thanks for reacting to this song. I'm of the opinion, that he's referring to the years from 1800, to the turn of the 20th century as the "100 year waltz".

New subscriber. I love how you focus on traditional Country/ Americana. I was wondering if you could react to Rodney Crowell’s “Things I Wish I’d Said”. I lost my grandpa pre-pandemic and, as a man of few words, that song makes me think so much of him.

Jerry Jeff Walker " I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight "

That wasn’t Waylon on this version but The Highwaymen did record this

Waylon did a special where he actually road with cowboys for a couple of weeks in Texas. I believe he sang this song during that special. It is worth watching. Waylon said he learned he was nota cowboy, but a cowboy singer.

There's a video that goes with the version I saw. It's simply a montage of vintage photographs, showing the true cowboys and their daily life. It adds even more to an already amazing song.

I love this song. Jamie Johnson does a similar song with a similar title called The Last Cowboy.

Jamie Johnson " The Last Cowboy "

Listen to The Highwaymen's version of this song.

Great song. Try Johnny Paycheck's "Old Violin"

It was a combination of all the American cowboys that's what made it so poignant

There are several really good songs in this vein. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes, Slow Movin' Outlaws (this has a good duet with Willie and Lacy J. Dalton), The Makin's of a Song. There's Are There Any Cowboys Left by Lacy J Dalton. Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight by Tammy Wynette.

Ward Davis Willie and Jamey Johnson do a great version of Ed Bruce’s Old Wore out Cowboys I think you would really like

I'm guessing 9.8 or 10 before I watch.

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I love this song but I would like to think cowboys haven’t died yet cause I own a farm no fences on my property