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Pills are a big problem in old Appalachia coal towns, much like meth in the Midwest and South West. Tons of small towns are being ruined by these epidemics but you'll never hear about it on the news.
@@Ephem13 yep. Lost two cousins back to back from this. They were siblings. They have one sister left that doesn’t touch the stuff. She’s got to be one of the strongest people I know. My family is from Appalachia and there really is a massive drug problem there.
I think the best thing about this song is the audience he intended it for. Its a small audience, but we love him for it. I had a very similar conversation with my dad before he passed. The world just kind of keeps on moving by while generations of Appalachians break their backs (my dad did the same) or get black lung providing for the family. All those broken down bodies meant that pain medication became insanely common in the home. The opioid crisis in eastern Kentucky, where I am from and where Tyler is from, is often ignored by mainstream media and especially Senator Mitch McConnell. My dad had to eat pain meds like skittles just to get out of bed everyday. And a lot of us Kentucky boys have had our history with addiction over the years. We all know too many people who have gone too soon from an overdose, suicide, or locked away for far too long all because of pills (percs and Xanax mostly). We watched friends and family become strangers that aren't to be trusted even though we still love them. Its a long hard road in these mountains. Watch Tyler's recent video on BLM and listen to the new song "long violent history".
My Pappaw hurt his back in the mines I’m from letcher county by the way and they messed up his back during surgery he was really mentally scarred from it because he didn’t know how he was gonna provide for his family all that you said is true
I don't agree. This message feels deep to everyone. It's very human, and we've ALL been touched in some way by addiction whether it's friends, family, or yourself. We all feel this. And most of us know what it feels like to grind for dollars on the hour, and to have something pushing us, and to sometimes forget what that is.
Finding Tyler Childers , Sturgill Simpson , Colter Wall, in 2021 ( I found most in 2019/2020) Is like finding the grunge scene in the 90s. So much raw talent .
That's a great comparison. Just like grunge changed and brought back rock for generations so has these 3 artists. Add Whiskey Meyers and BlackBerry Smoke to that list too
Eyyy, Texas Country “Red Dirt Country” been around a long damn time. Roger Creager, Pat Green, Jason Boland, Honeybrowne, Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Charlie Daniel’s Band, Wade Bowen, Cory Morrow, Kevin Fowler…etc. guess if you don’t know you don’t know.
I live in the same town as tyler childers. Actually know him and his wife. We are in the heart of the opiod epidemic here in eastern ky. Pills have destroyed us. That's what the line keep youre nose on the grindstone and out of the pills is referring to
All this is SO heavy and f’d up on SO many levels. From someone who feels life, who wants us to wake the F up, who can’t quite follow the crowd that wants to keep the shit at a distance so they can keep livin the ‘good’ life… Almost enough to take those anti sad pills that numb the shit in hopes of livin that ‘good’ life. But naaah…U can keep the ‘happy pills’ ill stay with caring and feelin life…even if it ain’t easy!!!
As someone from Appalachia (he’s from eastern Kentucky and I’m from West Virginia) this song has a lot of meaning especially about stayin outa the pills. Some town in the coal fields had population less than 1000 and at one time there was over a million OxyContin pills handed out by a single pharmacy...in one year!
That’s a fucking insane statistic 😳 Given the number of deaths and misery, could be argued that the opioid crisis and how it came about is tantamount to a crime against humanity
@@jabbawalkiie5019 Tyler is amazing no doubt. If you haven't yet check out Whiskey Myers. They're more of a southern rock band, that introduced me to Tyler Childers.
@@jabbawalkiie5019 that's because country today is influenced by pop. Childers brings back the Outlaw country from the olden days and it seems new and fresh but in reality it is just resurrected greatness.
I've lived my whole life in the hills of eastern Kentucky Appalachia. Watching you react to this song the same way as I do made me feel very connected to you. It's rare for a hillbilly to feel seen by the rest of society. Thank you so much!!! Immediate subscribe
Stevie idk if you know this, but this message has a direct correlation with the opioid crisis in most of Appalachia. Down here, telling your kids to “stay away from the pills” is more common than it should be
Listen to Colter Wall “Devil Wears a suit and tie” the entrance is like this one, catch you off guard. “Thirteen silver dollars” and “Kate Mcannon” are both good story telling songs
Country and hip hop are very similar in that a lot of complete trash makes it to the top of the radio plays but if you dig down to the good stuff you find really amazing art.
Good ole KY boy from the hills. I've seen Childers live twice. He's Unique and in his own lane. If u get a chance to see him live, its worth every minute.
Tyler is awesome and struggled with addiction. They flooded Opioids to Appalachia like they did crack to the cities. He has so many good ones. Whitehouse Road, Lady May, Coal, Hard times, he gets super southern with some of the reference but he’s great! Thanks for covering...Maybe Jamey Johnson High Cost of Living or Whiskey Meyers tunes
Imagine if every piece of wisdom a man has to impart to his son is given in a single conversation. This song punches me in the gut every time I hear it.
Childers is probably one of my favorite artists right now he's got alot of good song like white house road and checkout hard times. Super emotional and relatable.
“And out of the pills” is a reference to opioids which have overrun eastern ky where Tyler is from. “Daddy f***** up his back” is a reference to the coal mining industry in the area. The song is about his father hoping he can stay away from drugs and other trouble and do well enough to make it out of their small town.
This is a real message in the coalfields of Eastern KY and the southern WV.. We have an epidemic pill problem that is affecting everyone's family! First time I have heard this song but is real as it gets!
Being from Eastern KY I can second this. He’s always been able to tell a story that explains the struggles of where we live and how much a grind it is just to survive at times.
Good stuff! I also think that it sounds like his Dad did get hooked on "the pills" since the song starts by saying "Daddy worked like a mule mining Pike County Coal. He fucked up his back and couldn't work anymore". Pain pull addiction is a bad epidemic in the US right now and if I'm not mistaken, Childers is from Kentucky right on the line of West Virginia which is coal county and I'm sure has lots of towns being torn apart by the opioid epidemic. Deep song - great review!
Born and raised in eastern ky and opioid epidemic is a way of life around here, chances are if you’re not a school teacher, hospital, police/ems, or coal you’re drawing checks for being “disabled” and dealing pills or even meth. Stuff really tears families apart around here and sadly you see it everyday in eastern ky (Tyler’s county is just one over from mine)
You nailed it man. I was born in Charleston and my blood runs deep in those mountains, I have family from Logan County to Harpers Ferry. The opioid epidemic has hit those mountain communities hard, theres tent cities on the Kanawha River from Charleston to Deep Water, all addicts man. I think a lot can be learned from situations like this, this is where the inner cities and the back country have A LOT in common. Same struggles, people just trying to survive and that takes its toll when so many attempts at a better life have been failures. When the deck is stacked against you, wrong choices are the easiest ones. I fought addiction for the better part of my life, Im 42 now and 2 years sober. I know the pain and struggle of addiction, my dad is a veteran and Ive watched the VA keep him addicted to opioids for 30 years now. He pulled the plug and quit cold turkey just a few weeks ago. The man is 70 years old and detoxed like somebody coming off heroin. We can already see a change in him, couldnt be more proud of him. Better late than never. This is America man, we need to take better care of one another.
Man, it’s crazy how a song can be interpreted so many ways. I always thought his pops got on them pills and then off again and he is telling Tyler to stay off of them but Tyler kinda struggles with any kind of drug to escape reality. I’m probably off but that’s how my mind works! I love the song no mater how it is. Love Tyler Childers period!
This is how I interpreted it bc this is what happened to my Dad. Broke his back and got addicted to pain pills and it went down hill from there. He still always taught me not to mess around with any of it though and still have your morals. I relate to this song so much.
I’ma coal miner who’s been crushed several times, and I know what he means.. some of America’s best-black-white, don’t matter have become hooked on pills only because they went to work...broken dreams of wv...I played baseball in college and lived in the projects and worked with many black coal miners... we’re all just the same to be sure, God loves us all... gotta stay at it or the devil will stay after you.......Preston Lilly
Im glad I saw your comment, I took the lyric "out of the pills" because southern ohio is known for the prescription pill mills. I never thought about folks hurt in the mills. thanks for sharing
Dude, you’re the example. Music touches, doesn’t matter who you are, when something touches base, you appreciate it. There’s sound, message, and the mix of the two and you exemplify it very well. I’d have a beer with you and listen to music.
Stevie, I was watching your response very carefully and you did not disappoint. I'm a Producer on the side of Soul, Jazz, Soul House Music, Neo Soul and I still recognise the beauty in this song. I'm so glad you are diversified in your opinion. Keep it up.
This is the most honest reaction I've seen in years. Most these channels are fake and it's easy to spot. Awesome to see someone truly get emotional and motivated to discuss lyrics that inspire them to ponder.
My grandpa was from Hazzard KY. Very very very poor. My great grandma had my grandpa at 14 yrs old. Married at 14 seems unreal but that's the way is was then. He ran away and ended up in Chicago where he meet my Puerta rican grandma who ran away to Chicago. Family of runners.
I dunno, I’m not a young black man, but I can relate to the experience because the music paints a picture I can relate to. Music builds bridges between us.
You can identify as one no problem, everyone does it these days. There's people identify as gay unicorns so you being a young black man should be easy.
Both Tyler and Chris Stapleton were there on the ground, after the flood, helping people clean up. I grew up in Pike/Letcher counties. My papaw worked for Consolidation Coal Company for 45 years. My dad worked for Bethlehem Steele for 14 years, until they closed the mines. I left there in 1992 for a better life, but I will always miss those hills. Unfortunately, big pharma knew what was happening there and took advantage, flooding the area with opioids, using the people as test animals. My brother was a cop there for 14 years before leaving. He said once Kentucky initiated the pain clinics, all the drug paraphernalia was just replaced with Suboxone packages everywhere you look.
Love that you mentioned the power of his voice and the power of the message! I never had words for why the songs which gave me goosebumps took longer to learn the lyrics lol another bit of power here which idek if Tyler Childers was aware of was his clothes.Those boots tell me this guy is flipping real. 😊 great vid
Tyler Childers COAL. Give you a glimpse of what alot of miners go through in Appalachia. And how hard life is for us hillbillies in the mining industry.
Stevie, my son introduced me to Tyler Childers. My son was killed last August. hit by a motorcycle while walking with his girlfriend, please listen and check out his other songs. The messages are heart breaking
Tyler, Chris Stapleton, Loretta Lynn, and several others are from the same region here in Eastern KY. The song is raw and real. All dads here tell their sons here to Keep their nose on the Grindstone ( work hard and stay away from trouble ). The dad is basically messed up his back and probably going to a pain clinic and doesn't want his son killing his self in the mines, but the son is already on pills and feels helpless. Theres already been family impacted
I just subscribed because of this Tyler Childers video. But just wanted you to understand where we are from and how it applies to this particular song. We are from the tristate area where Kentucky,West Virginia, & Ohio meet. We are known for being the Overdose Capital of the US. A whole generation of kids (us) grew up and got addicted to opioids. There were so many pill mills (cash for prescriptions) in our area. I cant count how many people that i know have Overdosed and died. And yes it mostly started because we are a blue collar, hard labor type of community. You cant talk to anyone who either has been addicted or loves someone that is/was. So the lyrics "keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills"is pretty straight forward. His dad wanted him to get out of these hills and not become an addict like most of us were at one point or another.
the whole song is about drug addiction being a huge problem in Appalachia. His dad struggled with a pill addiction after hurting his back. So he gave his son advice and said "focus on the grind and keep away from the drugs so you can make it out of these hills. Drug addiction will hurt the ones you love the most and you won't be able to repair the relationship."
He's Kentucky 100% So am I and I think he lived a county over from me. But Tyler is the best representation of my State. Struggle, kindness and an overwhelming desire to have a good time
Love what you’re doing bro, big Tyler Childers fan here and this is the first video of yours I’ve seen and got you a new sub out of it, keep doing your thing👌🏼
Just watched this again from you. I like your reaction. Tyler Childers just dropped a new album couple weeks ago. Gospel type, his way of course. The way of the triune God song and video is my favorite. If you're mom went to church as a child think she would like watching it too.
You are one of my two favorite reactors. I especially love when you appreciate people like Chris Stapleton, Marc Broussard, and Tyler Childress types. Artists who bring vocals and art to music. Thank you.
Check out Colter Wall if your talking about a voice that will shock you try "Kate McCannon", "Devil wears a suit and tie" or "Fraulein feat Tyler Childers".... two of the most powerful voices in country music. Colter is more of a story teller..probably one of the best story tellers out there today. He has an uncanny ability to have you hanging on ever word and waiting for more of the story. Great channel!!!!! Keep up the great work.
I have alot of respect for you and your reactions. We could not be more different in who we are...but we are very much alike in our thinking. Keep doing what you do, and being true to yourself.
My Grandaddy and Uncles and cousins, worked in Pike County Coal, hard work, to feed their families. Listen to Tyler's Hard Times, and Follow me to Virginia, That's where my family and my property are. Virginia, Kentucky, I'm in Detroit, but miss home, Tyler takes you back home. Pillswere a huge problem in Appalachia
