Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (Official Video)

Official video from Rodney Crowell's Acoustic Classics album - available everywhere July 13th 2018.

[davegallipeau]

Such a huge talent. He's amazing.

[timhalloran]

Some "old" guys are performing at a level even better than 30+ years ago. Rodney, Ray Wylie Hubbard, John Anderson, and Bobby Bare to name a few have some amazing music the past few years.

[coryandbuddythedog]

One of the greatest songwriters of our time. Much better with age....his last few albums have been true genius.

[lilliancobb-hxig]

I love to watch Rodneys expressions and those dimples. And that smile

[will]

Wilma Lee Cooper and I corresponded for many years. I told her what she and her husbands music meant to me. She responded back "Music is laughter to the soul, makes it happy." I was 13 or 14 at the time and I had no idea what she was talking about. Im 45 years old now.... I know what she was trying to tell me. Music will sustain you even in the darkest times.

[SkipWay]

I had to watch this twice; it's so tasty! No one can sing your song like you! And it's so great to see a happy face on you. Rejuvenation!

[freetickeys]

A seminal figure in country music. An icon.

[nenstielkl]

This has long been one of my favorite songs, but re-recording it with some years under your belt, I just feel like there's something deeper and more complex than in any previous rendition I've heard.

[swobbly]

The accordion player is such a big part of this sound, I wish he had been shown more. That said, this is just a great video.

[lynneschantzen]

No one can do his song better than he can. He was Johnny Cash's son-in-law, and he earned his own way in to the annals of country music history. There is never any arguing with talent

[dlphcoracl]

This song really takes off at the 0:50 sec mark when the young man on the Cajun accordion hits full stride.. If you are sitting at a desktop computer, you will hear him working the squeezebox from the left speaker. Additionally, from 1:30 to 2:00 minutes listen to the interplay between the accordion and the fiddler.

[Genjo_N_Mojave]

*Down in a li'l crawfish boil shack near Lacassine, we'd party all night shuckin' shells, drinking beer, and dancing to the Zydeco band playing this song over and over again, and it never got old, never. Laissez les bon temps rouler!*

[hareball]

Really look like they are enjoying themselves

[donadunsmore]

I hope I have been good enough in this life to be re-incarnated as a back up singer in any one of these bands.

[topcountryhits_uruguay]

Absolutely amazing: Crowell, Emmylou, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Waylon Jennings, Cash, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, MMCarpenter, Carlene Carter, are all amazing artists who represent American culture at its best and cannot be put in the same Country category as rubbish like FGL, Sam Hunt, Dan+Shay and today's so called Country artists.

[johnheaton]

Reminds me of time spent with my dad. Happy Father's day dad. Miss you, thanks for all you did for me. Rest with the angels now, you earned that, no doubt.

[larryseiden]

Until "It Ain't Over Yet, " Leaving Louisiana has been my favorite RC song. I've always loved the line about "a daughter gone bad."

[doctormountebank]

Rodney wrote this as inspired by Mary Kay Place. " Mary took to runnin' with a travelin' man". Great song by the main song writer, along with Donivan Cowart.

[jeanniehobbs]

I love this song and didn't know where the Oak Ridge Boys got it...not even surprised to find Rodney wrote it! This and Flyboy are two of my very all time favorite songs.

[dlphcoracl]

This is magical. Excellent musicians making excellent music and having fun doing it. The young man playing accordion has the Cajun idiom down cold - I wish they had shown more of him during this session.