FIRST TIME HEARING | Marty Robbins - El Paso 

Perfect, perfect voice, perfect intonation, perfect guitar acconpanyment, perfect story-telling, perfect back-up singing!!!!

💃 I sway throughout my house every time I hear this one, too! I love that you appreciated it!

Marty Robbins a country western singer, this song came out around 1960. I was around back then, great song.

The guitar work done on this song is played by legendary session musician Grady Martin.

This is the Western part of Country-Western music. That's Marty in the cover artwork. He also wrote and sang contemporary music as well. My dad's favorite singer,

"Big Iron" is his best song from that album, I'm glad to see you've reacted to it and I'll be watching that one next! I loved your reaction to this great song as well!

I’m commenting as I listen lol I am 26 myself. This is some of my favorite music out there. Big fan of country singer from way back.

Marty Robbins was a great story teller……El Paso is part of a trilogy, the 2nd song is “Feleena” ( her story and the 3rd is “ El Paso City” that ties the whole thing together.

Best male voice in country music, legendary storyteller and there are two followup songs after this one.

Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist & NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country & western singers for nearly five decades 40's-80's. He had so many hits such as "Singing The Blues", "Devil Woman", "A White Sport Coat", "The Story of My Life", "Don't Worry", "Big Iron", "Knee Deep In The Blues", "Honkytonk Man", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" etc.

Great songs like this one - tells a story that draws you into the story - like you were a part of it.

Marty also drove in Nascar a couple of years. All of his music had this sound. Listen to Singing The Blues. Great reactions. Carry on

I remember listening this song on my record player as a child. It was parents record and it was one of my favorites. Phantoms 309 was another record I wore out if anyone remembers that one. 😂

I've owned this album since it came out. Marty came to my hometown Reno and performed. I was too young to go to his shows. But I met him at the Friday night Stockcar races. He raced that with my father and the other Stockcar racers. He was a cool guy.

"Big Iron" is another story that puts you in a cinema.

This is the first of a trio of songs. The second one is Feleena, but and the third one is El Paso City. You need to hear them all to appreciate the whole story.

One of my faves. Normally I'm a rock and roll guy but this song is great! Pure story telling. No reputation, no chorus.

I grew up every weekend of my life with my father playing this song on guitar and singing it as well. He sounded just like Marty Robbin’s or whoever he chose to copy. He was also very good being himself. Love Marty Robbin’s, this brings back so many good memories of my childhood. My father and grandfather could play banjo and guitar as good as it gets and they played by ear, no lessons. My dad lived around Detroit in this era and was often on local t.v. programs performing. I have photos of him from some, wish I had videos.

One of the great voices of country music.

This was the first of a trillogy of songs, El Paso - Feleena - El Paso City. You don't know the whole story 'till you listen to all three.

One of the great ballads of all time. Possibly the greatest.

Welcome to a whole other universe of music, Ace. It's huge and it is a gigantic part of music evolution towards Rock and pop. Much of it is before my time but I know it so well because it was in my early environment and I played in two different bands that did music from that and older eras of country/rockabilly/bluegrass, and learned all the faces and voices and all the related bands, and all the history and all the people and all the characters and the infamous shows and the tragic story lines and the success stories, on and on it goes, just like any other world of music. Anyway, that was great watching you discover it. There is so much out there. And yeah it feels like it is swaying, it's a 6/8 beat, meaning, it's like a waltz, but you string two cycles of three together to make a cycle of six, but the strongest emphasis is on the first downbeat, but when you get to the 4th beat, you also put an accent but just not quite as strong, so it has this on again off again always cycling back feeling that goes against a straight beat but it's gentle. Like, ONE 2 3 Two 2 3, ONE 2 3 Two 2 3, repeating over and over, but it's like counting to six over and over. It has a lilting and swaying feel. And I was definitely having a cinematic experience in my head to this, I do every time because it's just so visual. I can totally picture it but then again I saw a lot of westerns from the old days on rerun on Saturday mornings when I was a little kid. Looking back from today, a lot of people would consider this old school country but it's really not, but it's not far from it it's just that country music had a history for at least two or three decades before this, but this really was a growing age of what I think of as classic country, and Marty Robbins was huge. Here's one I think you'll appreciate. This guy had a hit with this in the early 60s, which is when I was born. So obviously I didn't know it until a little while later, but I think you might appreciate the appearance that he presents as and he's a very talented singer and he can really spit when it gets right down to it. And then just to see the backing band and it's in black and white and it's on a television appearance and it just gives you a glimpse into the time and even why this would be a hit. And it's a really fun song when you get right down to it. And there's some storytelling as well. The Auctioneer, by Leroy Van Dyke. You can have auctions for all kinds of things and there is quite the history of cattle auctions, and the auctioneer is the person that they hire to come up and MC the whole thing. But they have to be really fast on their feet and very verbally talented because they are handling all these bids from the audience to compete against each other to buy something. And then they repeat it fast and a whole lingo developed from it and at the end he just totally goes off. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pPqzfiesoJY.html&pp=ygUidGhlIGF1Y3Rpb25lZXIgc29uZyBsZXJveSB2YW4gZHlrZQ%3D%3D

This was a huge hit. It crossed over from country to be #1 on the pop chart. Every jukebox had it! Try The Streets of Laredo.

Running Gun is a good one, too!

It’s an old fashioned style of Mexican song ,sorry I can’t remember off hand. Robbin’s had success doing them in English. These old story telling stories always had the rocking sound so you can sing along as a group

Manty Robbin El Paso-1959- 64 year old me

Prairie Fire by Marty Robbins is a very fast paced song that tells a great story of a cattle drive cut short by a fire that they couldn’t out run. It tells of the fear they felt as the fire quickly overcame them. Very worth checking out.

Sing it!! We all did..

Enjoyed your initial culture shock and subsequent appreciation. Great reaction!

A beautiful Country Western ball at played in 3/4 time (waltz).

Marty Robbins was a fantastic signer and story teller. He also was a successful race car driver. Not an all time great but good.

this was the number one charting song in the USA ~1960

A old cowboy song in line with what frankie lane did, guitar, vocals and storytelling. 👍

A good drinking tune amigo

One of the best storytelling songs of any genre, and count me as not sensitive

Actually many younger people have become aware of Marty Robbins. Apparently they use his music in some video game.

I like your comment about being 27. There is so much great music going back hundreds of years. There was s probably great music right now. But you have to work to find it.

It’s called Gunfighter Ballads-- tales of the Wild West. From the early 60’s---

There is a slightly longer version with an additional verse where the singer reflects on the "foul, ugly deed he has done." I think the added regret enriches the story.

Movie...in a song. How nice. Miss that today.

Since it seems that you like this song - check out Johnny Cash's - Folsom Prison Blues , Blake Shelton's Ol' Red. Those 2 songs are ones you should like as well.

If you like the guitar, check out Roy Clark. Best if you watch a live performance so you can see his work as well as hear it.

Yeah, gunfights were the thing, back in the day.

You have to do the rest of the trilogy.

Hi, Guy! Try "Happy" by Surface. God Bless!

Now you need to listen to “Felina” and “El Paso city”, the two other songs in this trilogy of songs.😊

React to his song BIG IRON please!

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If you really hear how great his voice is check out you gave me a mountain and my woman, my woman , my wife they are both so beautiful. He had a special voice that sold any song he sang it pulls you into the song

There's WAY MORE TO THIS The sequel to this and s lesson. YOU MUST HEAR. HEAR FALEENA

Please react to the whole trilogy. Feleena and El Paso city

I never quite understood why he had to run...if it was a fair gunfight....and it seemed to be....he was just mo quick.

All 3 El Paso songs by Robbins make me want to steal a horse and rob a bank. 10/10 outlaw country songs, not like mass produced party country

Also they’re hanging me tonight is a sad tale about a man who found out his wife was cheating and took matters into his own hands, and paid for it with his life. You might like it give it a listen

Ace ,you talk like you never heard of the old west,.

Please check out Glen Campbell’s cover of this song. You see him play the guitar and he is amazing!!

You ruined the song with your silly antics.