This song tugs at my heart every time I play it. My son was a Derek on the rigs for three years and he absolutely loved it. Unfortunately he was in a roll over that took his life coming home from the rigs near tabernacle, Alberta. We played this song at his funeral so it has a special place in my heart. Thanks corb for beautiful memory.
I've lost many friends in the alberta oil patch .. most on the drive to or from work.. sorry for your loss .. the patch feels it when we lose a brother
Anyone who has done hard work gets this song in about 10 seconds. Really good stuff. These are the people who give you the good life. They break their backs and make the world work.
take the fuel from the tank on a short change shift made me spit my coffee all over the dash of the pick up the first time I heard that,lol pictured myself filling my slip tank looking over my shoulder haa haaa!
Oh man I had Wakasha when I worked motors. They were the fluffing worst imaginable. I left all 3 gens on all the time because if I tried shutting them off when I tried to fire em back up something would always be catastrophicly wrong
Green Kings... brings back many hard workin 1980s memories from all over Alberta and even a bit into The Senlac field in Saskabush. Yep I was a rig pig, had a bag of dry woollies, 6 ratty pairs of coveralls and two 5 gallon pails full of dirty and 1/2 dirty Green Kings, that was our 'protective' gear back in the 80s. Old Money Packard was our tool push, he'd give us those orange rubber cotton lined gloves when it got to blowing really hard, I sure miss that man, he was fair. I remember plenty -25s and colder, snowing and blowing like crazy, me and another floor hand each of us got a 12 or sometimes a 16 pound sledge hammer to pound in a bunch of 1 ton truck axles into the frozen prairia dirt. We used the axles for connecting the safety cables to, I believe it did made us a wee bit tougher as it was truly a brutal work out! Now I hear today there's WHOLE friggin companies just runnin around mechanically screwin in screws/posts for them cables haha! None of us got rich even though we'd work months straight with little to no time off to see family or even clean our coveralls and pails of Green Kings... With a good push we worked pretty steady, drove what we could afford which was mainly old farm trucks, station wagons, some of the boys had sports cars. Nothin at all like a lot of today's oil people, financing a big diesel dually truck with a huge 6 or 7 bedroom house, add in a couple quads and a Mastercraft boat all mostly owned by the bank equals an ulcer at the end of the day because Alberta oilfield downtimes are an awful regular fact... Today I see a whole lot of depressed dudes, wishin like hell that they'd saved a bit of that big cash they made before it got slow. I'll tell ya we were happy though, happy to be working when the rest of the province was in one of its regular downtimes. I got $12.50 an hour to start! $13.50 an hour after 6 months and when I became Derrick hand I was makin $15.50 an hour, pretty giant pay for a 19 year old back in the 80s!! But as my shit luck would have it, that damned cocaine was introduced to our rig crew and while everything went to shit I simply "slipped out the back and got the hell outta Dodge", just didn't like what I saw, my childhood friends suckin on a crack pipe, crawlin on the floor, most of them are dead now. Nothing lasts but the memories and my old 74 Chevy 3/4 ton 2wd farm truck. I'm crippled up now with a broken back and I hate most folks so I stay out of society but I can still yak about the past and the better days as long as I want to here on youtube. Peace and save yer cash!
WOW. Sounds like hard slog for not much pay. At the end of the day its all about the lifestyle we want to live or not live. Most people live for today.
I used to listen to this song all the time heading out to the Rig. I worked for Champion Drilling as a Derrick Hand on rig 333 and rig 351. Life sure has changed, but this song takes me down memory lane! throwing tongs, pulling slips, spinning chain, racking pipe, mixing mud, yeeehaa baby.
I met a roughneck one day when my truck broke down passing through Alberta Canada, he stood 6' 9" tall and weighed 417 pounds....the nicest guy you ever did meet....god bless them roughnecks and all the crew out there on the oil rigs, wish i could work on the oil rigs one day....im stuck here in the shop wrenching on heavy equipment for a living although i dont mind one bit
This song reminded me of My grandpa who worked in the oil field most his life he worked his whole life since he was 5 years old and couldn't go to school cuase his parents didn't let him so he helped his family around the land in Mexico where he was from, and he walked all the way to SA TX with idek how much money in his pockets, and only went one day of school no school education but he learned from experience communication and television how to speak English, and he was always a hard working man, and he was in a Oil rig fire and explosion and survived with burns to his face, and he sure was a fighter he even helped other ppl while he was burned pretty badly saved their lives and survived to tell the the story, and years later I was the last to see him alive. He past of a broken hearts cuase he missed my uncle his youngest son who unfortunately also past a few years before. This song just reminded me of how much of a hard worker he and many many other people are and were.
I meet a roughneck and he stood 6'9 and weighed 363 pounds........one of the hardest workers I ever did meet and he was even a down home family man.....super nice guy.....the only reason I met him was cause my truck broke down on the roade and being a good ole boy he had to stop and help.....AMEN and THanks again
This song is special to us Western Canadian Oilpatch Veterans. I’ve been to the museum near Devon a few times and it’s great to see a Command Rig that a bunch of my family have worked on at :50
Worked with plenty of Canadians in my 46 years in the patch and they were always good, solid folks, but this is my first Canadian "roots music"! A#1 - Eh?
this hits all aspects of the oil field, especially the to make sure his kids are doing fine part. I'm sure millions have shed a tear to that. Hope to see you one day!
In 2 months after almost 45 years of busting my ass to provide for myself and my family, I'm pulling the pin and retiring. I always tried to be the first guy on the job site and the last one to leave, never asked for nothing I didn't deserve and never took nothing I didn't earn, overtime to beat hell, distances traveled, injuries incurred, goddamned taxes I've paid, you name it, I did it. When I hear this song and Richmen From North Of Richmond by Oliver Anthony I know I'm gonna' miss the fuck out of it all. Pride is not bought or asked for. It's earned with blood, sweat and tears and it's the one thing you can keep tucked in your workshirt pocket right beside your carpenters pencil and a half pack of decent cigarettes. Keep giving 'er out there boys, and Corb, me and my buddies are going to your show coming up in March in Winnipeg. We intend to have a 'yeehaw brains against the wall goodtime!' When we get there. Have a good'er everybody!👍
I'm a miner, and I wouldn't trade it for most any other job. Sure it's hard work at times and not all of my coworkers in the shit have all their fingers, but I love it.
Love Corbs music. I worked oil patch in Alaska for 20 years. Also, Shine Up My Boots is a realistic night out for the young man looking and probably just ends up drunk!
Yes! I want to say that 30 years ago i said" theres no way in hell i will ever listen to or like country music ever in my life" but when im WRONG I DO ADMIT IT AND " I AM SORRY I WAS WRONG". Now with that said i know for a fact Mr. Corb Lund will never read this comment so, Mr.Corb Lund you alone sir are the reason i now listen to good country music ( mostly Corb Lund Band) because your band is the bees knees) your an awesome songwriter and performer, THANK YOU Mr. Lund I think your damnsure one of the best in the world and i can hardly wait to see you my wife and i of 16 years and i just now started listening to country. but dont get me wrong now music is my thing i was listening to Red Simpson, Dave Dudley and Red Sovine Marty Robbins when i was a young boy just didnt know i loved it till now, always been a confederate growing up on a farm in Tennessee. "We love you and thank you kindly" keep doing what you do because it is truly the best.
Sure brings back memories. Miss the guys I worked with, especially the ones that passed on already. Too many young men died that didnt have to. But live hard and see if you make it was our creed. Crazy
HELL YEAH! Texarkana, Tx here but i worked all over the Ark - La- Tex in the oil and gas fields. Even Abilene for a couple of years. Where you located?
If it's ok w/ you, I'd like to dedicate this song to my Grandpa Ralph M. Scott.One of the 1st drillers in the Conroe oilfield & my Dad, John Earl Weisinger who had a hand in my way of life. Thank You, Cliff
I seen Corb play last night at the arbuckle ballroom in davis ok was the first time i ever heard him play and i am a new fan of his.god bless you canadians for allowing us americans to have music like this.
Just found this country up and comer! Love his look, style, and his Band. Keep smiling those dimples Corb! Stay true to your roots and you'll do just fine!! Get him, cowboy!!
Well, HELLO from a former Taberite! I grew up in Taber, went school in Barnwell until grade 6 then to WR Myers! Seems strange that I have never heard of you before, especially in such a small town. I Really enjoy your music! I am the youngest of 11 kids so we DID make an imprint onTaber for sure! I understand you live in Lethbridge now, I have 2 sisters living there as well. Spent many years as a Driectional Driller so I know about the rig pig life! Live in Calgary now but still miss the small town life. Keep on singing bud you are GOOD!
1:15 Best part " he got his mud weight right ", most important part of drilling, "Mud Engineering " Viscosity, Specific Volume, Weight. Sieve Size distribution etc :) For all those just graduating High School, Study Mud Engineering ( petroleum engineering ) Tech College 2y (NAIT and SAIT in Alberta :) in school and $85K plus. best quick $ field, and not overdone... Looks like filmed at Leduc's Alberta Drill Rig museum NICE
Lyrics He got a real long reach in the derrick when he leans He's been all around the world on the big oil rigs With the welders and the trucks on the black gold rush And the diesel burnin' Cat motors growlin' and the mud You'd better hire him on, he's the roughest neck around He got the power in his hands to pull the dragons from the ground Yeah. It's 35 below or its 98 above And he's workin' thru it all, cuz baby this is what he loves Drives a hundred-fifty miles make sure his kids are doin' fine And he sees 'em when he can but he's married to his iron You'd better hire him on, he's the roughest neck around He got the power in his hands to pull the dragons from the ground Yeah. He's a good hand to have on, and he's throwin' on the tongs Spinnin' chain and slidin' high side all night long And he's tripping in his pipe, and he torques it good and tight And ya gotta figure Eddy's got his mud weight right You'd better hire him on cuz he's better than the rest He got the power in his hands and the dragons in his chest Yeah. Well, his mind's a little tired but his back is plenty strong Got his green kings and filthy, frozen coveralls on And he's drilling by the inch and he's hauling on the winch Takin' fuel from the tanks on his short change shift You'd better hire him on, he's the roughest neck around He got the power in his hands to pull the dragons from the ground Yeah, you'd better hire him on cuz he's better than the rest He got the power in his heart and the dragons in his chest Yeah. He brings the power to the people Power to the people Cuz he's the roughest neck around He's pullin' dragons from the ground
Dime Box Texas never worked so hard in my life. I never played so hard. Not all us made it. No one left to talk to. It was a place for a boy to become a man. A man that is not afraid to die you can't do anything to him. Women and children first JESUS is King.. I will never change.
Damn-it.... I sure miss my rig... knew I had been.. BUT DAMN !!! Now I'm wantin to go pull back a few stands on a 12hr tripp... Almost felt like I was walking across those pits headed to the mud house when I close my eye...
If you love this video vote Devon for Small Town Satrday Night in the Big Valley Jamboree competition. We've been pulling dragons for 65 years and we are damn proud of it! Woooo Hoooo BVJ!
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i love this tune and the location. My son Carter and I travelled Alberta looking at the coal mining in Drummheller valley and up in search of Leduc #1, the first major oil strike, and we found it. It was amazing to see all the machines they used. Thanks for the video, your songs take me right back to Alberta!
My first husband worked rigs our whole marriage. One i company I remember is Dixiland Field in Cairo Egypt and Lagos Africa. But many US rigs. He was a driller.
Written for his bro, I love this song. When i'm cruisin in my dually deisel with my trailer behind with three silent passengers in tow I play this one and Hurtin' albertans so loud especially when coming up from the state jackpots rollin back into canada cross sweetgrass :)
this reminds me of my dad, he doesn't work on an oil rig or anything, but he's a hard worker and good at almost everything he tries to do. But man the guy is a grouch
I love it! Pulling dragons from the ground is a thought-provoking image. Mr. Lund, you should see about performing at the next IOGA convention. I believe it's in February. Oilmen from the Midwest would get a kick out of this song.
