BIG IRON | Marty Robbins | Award Winning Short Film

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[ScottyIsHim]

"Ohh, he might have went on living, but he made one fatal slip when he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip."

[The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Love how they’re using Colt Navy revolvers, literal Big Irons

[RealBelisariusCawl]

The fact that the Ranger uses a cavalry twist draw.

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[closertheheart]

This Texas Red was faster than the one in the ballad. Still, this was great. I love the young Marty idea.

[jimwest]

I grew up in Arizona where Marty was from. I worked in country radio for years. I knew Marty's twin sister Mamie and his son Ronnie Robbins. I met Marty once when he opened for a Merle Haggard concert in 1980 in Phoenix. Marty was a great ballad writer and had one of the best voices of any music genre. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail songs was one of the first concept albums ever from 1960.

[nottheavatar]

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day. Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say. No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip. Because the stranger there among them, had a Big Iron on his hip.

[ChollaRanch]

*History of the Big Iron* --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter Shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads.
Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron, " which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated.
The song "Big Iron" was first released to the public on the _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ album in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see Wikipedia sv Big Iron, see also The Fast Draw Resource Center, and cf Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).

[sethrowley]

Excellent dude but one critique: Texas Red had not cleared leather ‘fore a bullet fairly ripped

[Spyderredtoo]

I liked that the Ranger put a hand on his horse as he went around behind. Exactly right.

[WgB]

Most "award winning" videos I see are a waste of time. Well done.

[michaelogden]

Rode that dead man all the way back to AZ without even tying him down to the saddle. The thing legends are made of.

[steamkake]

I think big iron is the only song that I know that actually has a fanbase. A fanbase that loves this song so much that people turned it’s to memes cosplay recreate the song with film it’s been animated multiple times it’s been referenced in many different forms. And finally it’s was made into a film Marty the creator of the song would have no idea how popular it would be. This was a nice short humble film made with a lot of love thanks for this.

[tricdaddy]

I love the subtle reference of Marty Robbins looking like Marty McFly

[blackfield]

This was amazing! Always been a fan of Westerns and this song, I was blown away by this! The nice touch of the kid being Marty witnessing this to inspire the song…just brilliant!

[arikhess]

Thank you to everyone involved with the making of this film. The filming of it was one of the most surreal experiences in my lifetime thus far.

[tonypace]

As a kid Marty came into my dads music store. Northeast Texas. We were ivited to watch him race at Tyler speedway .

[GooglyEyes]

Watching this, thinking of my grandfather and it’s getting dusty in the room all of a sudden. I miss you Papa. ❤

[dougearnest]

I confess I had to stop the video for a moment so I could stop laughing when I heard Gabby Johnson announcing the pending arrival of the new sheriff.

[jamesborgia]

Couple of things. For those who asked, there is an annimated version of BIG IRON, the annimated version is also synced to the record. There is also an AI version for EL PASO tied into the record. There is another song by Marty Robbins about a lawman and an outlaw who are brothers. The song starts "A tall handsome stranger rode into town, boots were all dusty, coat open wide, six ways of dyin' hung low on his side"

[Mike]

I'm 70 now & I grew up watching the old B&W westerns. I also love listening to the songs & instrumentals of westerns. Marty sang some of my favorites, BIG IRON being my favorite. It would've been great if they played that song at the end, otherwise good short movie.