The Waylon Jennings Beat -Chris Scruggs 

This guy know more about why i like the music than I do. Love hearing him break down the styles of country music

This guy needs his own show!

I just love Chris Scruggs. He could teach at Berklee. Or anywhere. Can you imagine what conversations on Marty Stuart's tour bus are like when they talk shop? Thanks for this grest interview. Such an education!

Jesus Christ, how can this dude be so young and not only have mastered several instruments but be on a PhD level as a country music historian. I mean how has he found enough hours in the day to amass the knowledge and skills that he displays? Truly a phenomenon.

There's a reason Marty calls him "The Professor". Another great bunch of stories.

Chris Scruggs- musical eloquence- both on and off the stage!

Chris Scruggs needs his own channel! Fascinating wealth of information! 👍😎👍

Ol Waylons music gets many a truck driver on down the road 👍

Get as many interviews as possible with Chris Scruggs. His knowledge and insight of , not just country music, but all music genres needs to be preserved for future generations. This stuff should be in the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

For years every producer thought country had to have a stand up bass. Waylon finally said no and used an electric bass and turned it up. He wanted a beat.

A dear friend who whom I met in the mid-70's when I moved to Nashville played rhythm and sang back-up with Waylon over a decade. He played live on the road and on many his most successful records including Good Hearted Woman recorded from 1969-1971 then released in 1972. He wrote "I Knew You'd Be Leavin'" (Billy Ray Reynolds) on the Good Hearted Woman album amothers Waylon cut. Everone loved Bill Ray and he seemingly knew everybody in the music business in and around Nashville. BRR is greatly missed...

I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed Chris's interviews he is a wealth of country music knowledge. So refreshing.

Chris is a phenomenally talented musician. I'd love to hear more of him on the channel .

Great interview. Chris is the "premier Hillbilly Historian". --- Loved his Mom's, Gail Davies', music, and "Fabulous Superlatives" is the hottest Country Act goin'. --- I love how Fabulous Superlatives take an ol' Hillbilly Bluegrass song, and electrify it with double Telecasters. Both versions - fantastic, and different. Shows what you can do, without writing anything new.

Chris Scruggs is as Good as They Get!!! Extremely Talented!

Just gonna state for the record that I love Connie Francis' music and her version of My Happiness is the only one I need.

Can we please kidnap Chris Scruggs, take him to an undisclosed location, and make him talk about country music for about a month before we release him? Although he wouldn't be down with the kidnap part, I don't think we'd have to make Chris talk country music. This dude lives and breathes it. What I like most about Chris is that he doesn't rely on platitudes and nostalgia when talking about great country players and their music. He explains WHY it sounds the way it does. What an education he's laying down, and it's a privilege to hear him talk. Along with the facts, Chris also communicates the joy and passion he has for the music. As far as I know, Chris has never written a book on his experiences and his thoughts on country music. But no joke, he really should do that. And not just one book, a whole series of books would be nice. What a treasure that would be. Chris, are you listening? 🤠

Beat Intro 101 - thank you Chris! He explained the influences & outcomes so clearly. I'll have my ears tuned to the beat next time I have a Waylon listening sit down- cheers Otis,

I could listen to your Waylon stories all day, every day

Great interview- I like the way Chris explains the Waylon beat Rainy Day Woman is a great song. The steel guitar in the intro and in the solo puts a real chill up my spine.

Just To Satisfy You puts me in mind what Chris is talking about.

Thanks Otis. Again! Chris is great. Such a musical intellectual. In his playing and his interviews. And the stories he has in his memories of all of the greats. It’s in his genes and you know what I mean. Fantastic!

I'm here for ANY Chris Scruggs interviews! Great stuff!

Johnny Cash and Waylon were so similar, both had the excellent bass lines and and powerful vocals.

Chris should teach classes on this stuff. He verbalizes what a layman like me can hear in the music, but has no language for.

I loved Waylon with his style of his own! Sooo good!

I think among other things, it might have been the influence of The Band's record "The Weight" that brought the half-time beat to country music. That was a crossover record that had a lot of impact at the time.

Marty and Chris play Waylon beats all the time. Marty wrote and recorded a song called "Little Heartbreaker" a couple albums ago and it's basically a re-write of Rainy Day Woman. Every time Marty get's to the end of "California Blues" he says "Anybody want to hear me yodel!?!?" and then everybody says yes and then he plays the yodel on his guitar. He got that from Waylon too.

More Chris Scruggs please 💥

I don't know what you call Waylon's sound but I loved it, thank god I grew up listening to ole Way more!

Yall are crushing it! More Chris Scruggs interviews please.

OMG that unmistakable Waylon THUMP (Drums & Bass) with Mooneys WORLD CLASS, Legendary Steel Guitar licks sprinkled on top and all around. Then the whole dynamic is completed with Waylons signature Telecaster sound, powerful emotional voice. THIS IS the absolute core of “Outlaw Country”.

Man, this guy is so smart. Great communicator!

Dude, the moment at the end where he starts talking about Moon's contribution to the Waylon sound; my brain immediately went to that deep ass groove on Rainy Day Woman

Wow! Chris is such a fount of history and how to interpret it. I'm really enjoying these episodes, Otis, thankee kindly!

Wow.. Chris is “The Professor!”

You can thank Richie Albright for that beat. One of the greatest drummers in country music.

Between Vaughn and Scruggs you’ve really hit a couple home runs. Great stuff!

One reason I never advanced on the guitar like I could have is, I didn't (or wouldn't, basically) seek out those players better than me, where I could have really made a lot of headway; Chris is that guy - someone to inspire us to improve, and to break down in its simplest form HOW.

I could listen to Chris talk about music for days!

Fantastic

Best description of what makes that Waylon sound that I've heard. I've always loved the Waylon beat, thats the outlaw sound to me.

Awesome video, Otis. I was support for Chris back in 2005ish in St Louis when he was touring with is own quartet. The gig was at Off-Broadway. He was so intense back then. You can tell he's still the music nerd, but so much more chill. Such a cool dude. It's so great to hear that stuff about Buddy Holly. I never noticed his music going to the 7 like that. I always thought it was Steve Young who really brought that outlaw sound to life. Such great music. Keep em coming!

Chris is as good a story teller as he is a musician!!

Chris is top shelf! 🥃

Wow ! That was awesome. I felt the same way listening to Waylon. It must be a west Texas Thing. Listen to a guy like Sonny Curtis, it's that same sound. Cheers Chris & Otis !

I'd love to hear some Mooney stories. Chris is awesome to interview.

If you enjoyed this, check out Chris Scruggs episode on the Fender Play channel. Thanks to Mike Lord in a Reply to a Comment below for alerting me to that. It is jaw-droppingly good.

Thanks Otis I love Waylons music. I think Chris does a great job explaining!

That put a smile on my face. Yes!

The Texas sound , just like the Bakersfield sound is so different and bring different emotions on the AMERICANA format and all those in between, all bring a different feel . Love them all. Now days the generic junk has zero emotions and have nothing but the same flat pop sound. Love ya Otis

BREELIANT! The moment he went to half time I heard “Well it’s the same ol’ tune, fiddle and guitar…”

Now I just got done saying that Merle was my favorite and he is. But on any given day I am just as likely to say the same thing about Waylon. I really love them both equally. Chris nails it right on the head. Truly great stuff. Thanks Chris and Otis

That was great!

R. I. P WAYLON 🎸🇨🇱 JENNINGS Ralph Mooney

Stellar episode, Mate...

Great interview. Him and Kenny Vaughan have been great.

Chris Scruggs is such a great interview.

Hell yes, Waylon's rhythm guitar bouncing off of Ralph's steel licks still makes me smile every time I hear it..... one more time Moon!

Chris is great at breaking down his nerdiness into something everyone can understand. Which is amazing from someone wearing a cravat

I like this guy's energy.

Amazing knowledge from Chris. Thank you both.

More Chris Scruggs please!!

Terrific!

Thanks for this. So much good information and history. I can't get enough of this!!! Fantastic!!!

This guy could talk about Milly Vanilli and make it interesting I am going to go hear him play I bet hes amazing thanks more of him OTIS PLEASE

Dude! This is great.

Music nerd analysis! Yeah! I saw Marty & Connie in 2015 and Chris was in the band, but not on the record. New guy. I know he's also got a thing for 60s pop rock. He was rocking a Rickenbacker bass at that gig if I remember. And a non-pedal steel. I love his country bands outside of Marty world. Seems he digs the pre-Hank era, 30s-early 40s stuff. The Acuff and Hank Snow era. I can only imagine him and Marty talking on the bus. THAT should be the music history podcast. I can see Chris at Berklee if he ever gives up the road.

Mr. Gibbs, You did it again brother. Thanks! Happy Days.

Gotta hear more of these. Thanks Otis!

I definitely hear Buddys influence in Waylons music.

Most interesting. Really miss Waylon.

I love this. Thank you for another lesson.

Thank you Otis, Chris talking music was enlightening and inspirational for me-love it. I went right to my Strat and applied it. THANK YOU!

Kenny Vaughan says Scruggs is the best guitar player in the band. THAT is saying something.

Don't forget Chris was in the last version BR5-49 too did two records with them!

Really wish Marty Stuart would let him do an occasional console steel solo he is a good player .

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I love that sound ...Its a good observation that country is influenced by pop and is pop, but influences run both ways I'd say

Lets not forget that Hank also had some heavy blues influence as well.

He's right that "Well All Right" with that I-bVII change is very proto-Outlaw country.

Four on the floor baby

Wow

Waylon had some of the best covers of Buddy Holly!

Call me Oliver Twist cause I want some more!

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Merry Christmas dude. I'm saving this and a few of your other casts for a boxset type binge. BTW! Someone using your comments section to try scam me the other day, saying that I had won a something or other, so disappointed....keep'm comin. Slainte.

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This be me when I take a Vyvanse and someone asks me about waylon lmao

Waylon Jennings very much liked Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.

Good grief Otis this guy is fantastic!

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Chris is just the cat

Is he kin to the scruggs as in earl and randy

Sounds like the bass player only has 2 strings on many Waylon tunes