This is so f'n nuts. This was the 80's, and it's clearly a young Jeff and Jimmy. Drummer looks like Chris, just kind of hard to tell with that stache and haircut. I'd have to guess the singer is Honeycutt......but yes, Jeff coined the name Jackyl and drew the dog when in high school. And one day Stiff was riding his bike past the Worley household, heard them blasting Sabbath, and knocked on the door....and boom, we had Jackyl. All they were missing was JJD to take them to a record deal with Kalodner and Geffen.
Yes, Tom too...not sure when he joined, as here in this vid whoever is playing bass, it's not Tom. Great video on YT with Tom talking about his career and showing how to boil bass strings in order to reuse them.
Yea that’s definitely Jeff, Chris and jimmy took me a little while to recognize them but it is. Even though they’d probably be embarrassed by this lost footage but the music isn’t terrible but not that good either but you can still hear that rough edge even then
Yeah, Jeff and Jimmy on guitar, Chris on drums and Cliff on bass. Looks like they were playing Caesars in Easley. Caught them a lot in the 80s when they were a club band. They were killer.
HA HA ...If you hung out or worked at Danny's Rock n Roll in Marietta GA, I worked there as a bartender. Then ya probably saw this Jackyl pre Jesse. Screw it, I'll tell the DL, , "Jesse needed a new band, Jackyl came into Danny's to play a gig with some lead singer, (could've been this guy, I don't remember). Anyway, after the band had a sit down with Jesse, the singer was out a job and Jesse had himself a new band. So then and there Jackyl was reborn with the new front man Jesse James Dupree. Seems like it was a damn good decision, 25+ years and they're still holdin' it down". So there's the truth about Jackyl. ;)
It's not really on the DL, Jeff has shared this story on many a podcast and they're still friends with the orig singer Ronnie Honeycutt, who was the guy Jesse replaced. Jeff said he took it well. Ronnie has a cool AC/DC style band called Rufus Fontain, and also has produced a lot of people including the notorious Jimmy Stiff after he went solo with his Christian music. This here isn't Ronnie singing, it's some dude named Brett Elliot I guess. And sadly, RIP Ronnie Honeycutt passed away the other day..very sad.
@@darrenprice1971 Interesting, I've read and heard so much about them over 30 years, but that's one guy I never heard of, along with the guy Cliff (bassist in this video?). Can you share any more history?
That's definitely not Ronnie Honeycutt. I played with Ronnie in Rufus Fontain. Ronnie's voice was way way better. I'll have to ask him who this guy is.
@@ToCrawlUnderWow, we were all just talking about this and now Ronnie just passed. Did you ever get a chance to talk to him? So very sad, he seemed to have gone very quick after a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. I do listen to Rufus Fontain periodically. Ronnie was def way better than this dude, Brett Elliot of Seneca. God Bless all of em.
it was indeed Jackyl, before the original Redneck Punk Ronnie Honeycutt joined, and then was let go for Jesse James Dupree. Jeff chose the name Jackyl after wanting to be Damien, but there was another band already named Damien, so he chose Jackyl and drew up the logo while still in HS.
This is so f'n nuts. This was the 80's, and it's clearly a young Jeff and Jimmy. Drummer looks like Chris, just kind of hard to tell with that stache and haircut. I'd have to guess the singer is Honeycutt......but yes, Jeff coined the name Jackyl and drew the dog when in high school. And one day Stiff was riding his bike past the Worley household, heard them blasting Sabbath, and knocked on the door....and boom, we had Jackyl. All they were missing was JJD to take them to a record deal with Kalodner and Geffen.
And what about Tom Bettini?
Yes, Tom too...not sure when he joined, as here in this vid whoever is playing bass, it's not Tom. Great video on YT with Tom talking about his career and showing how to boil bass strings in order to reuse them.
@@joeblough261I saw that! Thanks.
That singer is NOT Ronnie Honeycutt for certain
@@gunnarjordan6980Tom didn't come around till later.
There's a good reason that this was "lost footage" LOL!!!
This is some early jackyl.I love this stuff
Yea that’s definitely Jeff, Chris and jimmy took me a little while to recognize them but it is. Even though they’d probably be embarrassed by this lost footage but the music isn’t terrible but not that good either but you can still hear that rough edge even then
Yeah, Jeff and Jimmy on guitar, Chris on drums and Cliff on bass. Looks like they were playing Caesars in Easley. Caught them a lot in the 80s when they were a club band. They were killer.
Can you share more on who Cliff was/is? I know Jackyl history pretty good but not familiar w/Cliff, and/or where and when Tom joined.
HA HA ...If you hung out or worked at Danny's Rock n Roll in Marietta GA, I worked there as a bartender. Then ya probably saw this Jackyl pre Jesse. Screw it, I'll tell the DL, , "Jesse needed a new band, Jackyl came into Danny's to play a gig with some lead singer, (could've been this guy, I don't remember). Anyway, after the band had a sit down with Jesse, the singer was out a job and Jesse had himself a new band. So then and there Jackyl was reborn with the new front man Jesse James Dupree. Seems like it was a damn good decision, 25+ years and they're still holdin' it down".
So there's the truth about Jackyl. ;)
It's not really on the DL, Jeff has shared this story on many a podcast and they're still friends with the orig singer Ronnie Honeycutt, who was the guy Jesse replaced. Jeff said he took it well. Ronnie has a cool AC/DC style band called Rufus Fontain, and also has produced a lot of people including the notorious Jimmy Stiff after he went solo with his Christian music. This here isn't Ronnie singing, it's some dude named Brett Elliot I guess. And sadly, RIP Ronnie Honeycutt passed away the other day..very sad.
@@joeblough261 100% spot on.
Jessie s gonna die when he sees this....long live jackyl
Heh...A blond Bonn Scott. Looks like Jeff Worley tho.
I think I recognize Jeff, chris and jimmy.
Rock me roll me Jackyl me off
Lead singer there was Brett Elliott. Seneca SC
Thank you for finally clearing this up! LOL
It it's Jeff Worley most definitely.
chris "the perm" worley
Damn - it's clearly Jeff Worley and Jimmy Stiff there! Chris must've still been in high school, LOL. Is the singer Ronnie Honeycutt?
No, not Ronnie. That's Brett Eliot the very first singer. Thank the time I started working for them.
@@darrenprice1971 Interesting, I've read and heard so much about them over 30 years, but that's one guy I never heard of, along with the guy Cliff (bassist in this video?). Can you share any more history?
That's definitely not Ronnie Honeycutt. I played with Ronnie in Rufus Fontain. Ronnie's voice was way way better. I'll have to ask him who this guy is.
No, this is def not Ronnie
@@ToCrawlUnderWow, we were all just talking about this and now Ronnie just passed. Did you ever get a chance to talk to him? So very sad, he seemed to have gone very quick after a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. I do listen to Rufus Fontain periodically. Ronnie was def way better than this dude, Brett Elliot of Seneca. God Bless all of em.
wow now that's bad
This Aint Jackyl
it was indeed Jackyl, before the original Redneck Punk Ronnie Honeycutt joined, and then was let go for Jesse James Dupree. Jeff chose the name Jackyl after wanting to be Damien, but there was another band already named Damien, so he chose Jackyl and drew up the logo while still in HS.
That is a disgrace to Jackyl. There is only one "Jackyl" PUH POW
Who the hell is this!?
This sucks!