I have no idea why this band was not much bigger than it was. They have got one of the all-time greatest drummers of in rock and roll of all times. One of the most unique singers of all time. Some outstanding guitar players and some really unique rock and roll songs. I just don't understand why they weren't bigger
Listen to the songs that were actually hits. Jim Dandy to the rescue, Uncle Elijah. Jim didn't sing like he is here. I don't know what to think of the new crooner dandy. Certainly not as unique. He's just trying to please the record company I guess. It didn't work. They dropped them anyway.
Because after a very short period - post "Jim Dandy To The Rescue" - they just seemed kinda silly. The strutting, the eyes, the exaggerated vocal mannerisms quickly became self-parody
@@greg7656yeah, his strength was his voice. His weakness was not having anything to do between his lyrics. He was like a fly buzzing around the guitar players. I never understood why he didn't turn his attention to the audience. He did sometimes, but not enough. But I liked him and he was a big part of Black Oak. 🤘✌️
In 1971 I was a student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville majoring in Mass Communications. This involved radio, film, and for me, a strong interest in television production. Our department created a cool deal with a TV station in St. Louis. We produced a weekly 30 minute music show at our studio featuring local St. Louis area talent. The show aired on Saturday nights. We got credit for it and had fun taping it each week. And amazingly, one week our department head somehow got Black Oak Arkansas to come over to SIUE and tape a 30 minute show with us. They had just finished appearing in St. Louis. They were just starting to get some real national attention, so it was really cool that they agreed to do this. A funny story about that day. . .I ran one of the studio cameras during the show, and at one point there was a break in the taping. While we sitting around in the studio one of the guitar players came over to me and said, "Hey man, how do you work this camera? Can you show me how to run this thing?" He was pointing at my studio camera. So, after showing him the basics of running it, he grabbed the camera and started zooming all over the studio. He suddenly stopped, looked over at me and said, "Hey, this is fun. Know what? I want to run this camera. Think I can run it on the next song?" I said, "Sure, that's OK with me, but. . .Who's gonna play bass?" He thought for a moment, then turned to me with a big smile and said, "Hey man, can YOU play guitar?" I laughed and said, "No, but I sure wish I could. And anyway, I don't think Jim Dandy would be happy seeing me playing bass." "No, I guess not," he said. "Well, thanks for lettin' me play with it. Now, you get some good shots of me on the next song, man." I said, "Oh, don't worry about that. I've got ya covered." He laughed and went back over to the set. True story. They were cool guys. They treated us like we were pros, not just college students. Great memories from so long ago!
Black Oak Arkansas always had a fun stage presence. They even played at the California Jam festival in 1974, alongside Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the Eagles.
Proud to say that a piece of Jim Dandy's broken washboard (I caught it when he busted it up and tossed pieces to the crowd) is sitting on my Knick Knack shelf. Right next to the clear bottle labeled "Mt St. Helens Ash collected May 18, 1980". I'm looking at it as I type this.
I saw a whole bunch of the Midnight Special when I was a kid. They had some of the biggest names ever. I have NEVER seen a band play this long on there.
@@DreamAuthorityMusic This was actually the first real concert I ever attended (in Birmingham AL). Styx opened for them (on the Crystal Ball tour at the time). My neighbor across the street and I used to jam in his basement (me on guitar, him on drums). He was originally from Sulligent AL and his next door neighbor there was the bus driver for BOA. He had photos of his mom sitting on Jim Dandy's lap in their kitchen and Jim had his two (false) front teeth out. After the show, we went to the back of the venue and met Styx and BOA (I got to shake hands with Jim Dandy and he was very nice. Also he was with Linda Blair (from the Exorcist) at the time... .
@@wbfojnewton1that was one of my very first albums of all time. Blackfoot live raunch n Roll hot and nasty. I was so young I bought it just cuz it looked really cool and it was
they were kick ass high energy rock, a bit of country in their older stuff but it's always there when they want it. they do have country roots. they were at their height here. I saw them in 73. They had 3 albums i think. There some serious rock and roll on all of them but certainly innovators of southern rock and your right this first song is showing how much they progressed as musicians. Well polished for sure. they all lived together on a farm and all they did was play music together and fuck off. I did that with a band for a year. The lead singer, guitarist and songwriters parents had a cabin at the lake. It was about 100 miles from where we actually lived. We would just load the equipment in a UHaul and go disappear for months. Party, fish, play music all the time when we were in the cabin .Everything was set up all the time to jam. We were very good. think about it. that last song was like something Elvis would do with with screaming guitars and jammed out.
@@robMrRob He was Roth's mentor. Roth even asked for permission to tape him in California before he was wasn't anything but a spoiled rich kid. He studied those tapes. The Elvis thing, splits on stage and karate moves. They loved when Elvis did it and it still works today.
WOW! Never realized they were this good! This group of guys can hold their own with anyone. Totally amazing talent. Rock with a southern twist at it's finest. What a performance. Love it.
Saw Black Oak and Beat Farmers in Evanston Wy. Roughnecks and ranchers thought they were seeing a couple of country bands. They were displeased. Fantastic show. Super tight guitars, couldnt figure out how the fit on that stage
I saw them multiple times in Detroit. They always opened for bigger names, but this was a great band. Saw Ruby Starr at least twice. We smoked bud through the entire concert. Every concert. It was a great time.
Thank you for the great video! In high school the 70's I'd come home on a Saturday night after a date and tune in to the Midnight Special . Had BOA on my 8-Tracks in the 70's! "Go Jim Dandy, Go!" His voice and lyrics still etched in my mind. The band's guitars, that's how solos should sound like! And energy was amazing No one could play a Wash Board like JD! "Keep The Faith"! ✝❤🎸
I saw Jim in a small club in 88 in Fort Smith, Arkansas...he was playing with a local band called Judge Parker. He still looked the same running around with no shirt on and enjoying singing with the band.
And for all the David Lee Roth haters, Jim gives all credit to his showmanship to Little Richard, James Brown and the Killer Jerry Lee Lewis during the mid- 50's.. Mangrum stated he was like the Ring Master of a three ring circus moving about the stage highlighting each of the bands players contributions and rifts. He understood the competition and the need to have a stick or gimmick to set BOA out from the multiple Southern Rock groups of the early seventies. It obviously was successful. Their fans then as now show up to see him and the band, though the original guitarist have passed. Nothing succeeds like success!
I was a Molly Hatchet fan and the guitar harmony reminds me of them, I heard Jim Dandy say he didn’t mind David Lee Roth maybe copying him what a guy .. I spent summers (1970s) in Arkansas growing up since my mom was from there .but unfortunately didn’t know who they are 🙌🏼🎸
I got to see Molly Hatchet 1980 live in Rhode Island, at the Gymnasium Providence College with MSG opening up. It was great to actually see them and that big sound. Saw Black Oak a couple times while I was working with Iron Butterfly on a small tour 1996. Nice people
I can clearly see the lineage from Black Oak to Van Halen. Very impressive stage craft makes for devoted fans! This band is a prime example of that, so who wouldn't want to learn from the best?
David Lee Roth said (in an interview) that he followed Black Oak for a few months, watching Jim Dandy. He even told Jim Dandy he was modeling his own stage act after his...
i remember them when i was a kid.. they are bad and good at the same time. lol. tommy aldritch is great drummer. saw him with ozzy on his 1st solo tour
Early thru mid 70's they were as big live as anyone. Saw them about 7 times between 71 and 75. Seen them maybe 25 times now. High energy at it's best. My first concert Oct 18, 1971 BOA and GFR. OKC
I saw this when it was originally broadcast. I distinctly remember the trippy rap he was laying down during the section where the guitarists are using the E-bows. ("you should be able to communicate with our guitar players right here... you can hear their voices... in the niiiiight!") Also, I think that this was the reconfigured BOA which was shortened to just "Black Oak". The guy doing the announcing at the beginning of the video confirms this. Speaking of him I think he was part of Bay City Rollers? Anyway, can't remember the year tho. It was after 1975.
I still have one of those original chrome E-bows. The E-bow came out in 76,so this must be 76 or later-{ and if you listen closely,you can hear their voices in the niiiiight!]
Bands like this, were there pushing rock to heavy metal,, and Elvis got to witness it..I've always wondered what Elvis thought of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin
Yes! This is what Robert had to say about Elvis after Led Zep was invited back to his suite after the show. “I was walking down the corridor,” Plant recalled. “He swung ’round the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song: ‘Treat me like a fool…’ I turned around and did Elvis right back at him. We stood there, singing to each other.” What a cool moment in time for them both! 😊
@search4truth Right! That's what I implied when I said, "David Lee....Dandy." Watching any video of Dandy clearly reveals most of what Roth did on stage. That's not to say Roth wasn't great in his own right, but there's NO denying Dandy's influence.
Just offhand I’d say the concert show by BOA was recorded in 1977. Their album “Race With The Devil” was issued by Capricorn Records that same year, and their name was shortened to Black Oak in order to get that mainstream appeal. The band followed up with “I’d Rather Be Sailing” in 1978, and Capricorn Records folded shortly afterwards. Black Oak Arkansas is still making music today.
They were a very accomplished group very first in music and instruments and if anybody really sat down and listen to these guys play would enjoy the music I really never sat down and listen to these guys I had heard of them and Jim Dandy and a few other song but these guys to really Rock the sound.
These guys were Skynyrd before Skynyrd was a band, they certainly must've been an influence on Gary Rossington and Allen Collins. RIP legendary Rockers.
I never heard of this group before,I don`t think they were ever a big deal in England,but the guitar sound really reminds me of one of my favourite groups Thin Lizzy.
A very talented group of musicians from Arkansas, Tommy Aldridge left to join Black Sabbath as their drummer, he’s fantastic. I get a kick out the the stage antics by Jim Dandy & don’t forget their kissin’ cousin miss Ruby Starr (not shown here), what a voice she had! I’ve got one of their albums, the one with “Hot and Nasty” on it 🫣 🤭 😂
@@robertcarli1969😀 Ooops must have missed that one, Ty love Pat Travers Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) song. I do know he played with Black Sabbath when Randy Rhodes was with them, that’s a very sad tale indeed.
@@shawnray2941 Thanks, saw a vid with Tommy Aldridge playing drums with Ozzy/Randy Rhoads on “Mr Crowley” song. I’m going to get skewered for my initial post aren’t I? Haha 😛 I’ve got pretty thick skin
I have no idea why this band was not much bigger than it was.
They have got one of the all-time greatest drummers of in rock and roll of all times.
One of the most unique singers of all time. Some outstanding guitar players and some really unique rock and roll songs.
I just don't understand why they weren't bigger
Listen to the songs that were actually hits. Jim Dandy to the rescue, Uncle Elijah. Jim didn't sing like he is here. I don't know what to think of the new crooner dandy. Certainly not as unique. He's just trying to please the record company I guess. It didn't work. They dropped them anyway.
Lynyrd synyrd had better songs
@@donjohn2695 Not after Ronnie Van Zant died in the Plane wreck and after ED King left the band
Because after a very short period - post "Jim Dandy To The Rescue" - they just seemed kinda silly. The strutting, the eyes, the exaggerated vocal mannerisms quickly became self-parody
@@greg7656yeah, his strength was his voice. His weakness was not having anything to do between his lyrics. He was like a fly buzzing around the guitar players. I never understood why he didn't turn his attention to the audience. He did sometimes, but not enough. But I liked him and he was a big part of Black Oak. 🤘✌️
In 1971 I was a student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville majoring in Mass Communications. This involved radio, film, and for me, a strong interest in television production. Our department created a cool deal with a TV station in St. Louis. We produced a weekly 30 minute music show at our studio featuring local St. Louis area talent. The show aired on Saturday nights. We got credit for it and had fun taping it each week. And amazingly, one week our department head somehow got Black Oak Arkansas to come over to SIUE and tape a 30 minute show with us. They had just finished appearing in St. Louis. They were just starting to get some real national attention, so it was really cool that they agreed to do this. A funny story about that day. . .I ran one of the studio cameras during the show, and at one point there was a break in the taping. While we sitting around in the studio one of the guitar players came over to me and said, "Hey man, how do you work this camera? Can you show me how to run this thing?" He was pointing at my studio camera. So, after showing him the basics of running it, he grabbed the camera and started zooming all over the studio. He suddenly stopped, looked over at me and said, "Hey, this is fun. Know what? I want to run this camera. Think I can run it on the next song?" I said, "Sure, that's OK with me, but. . .Who's gonna play bass?" He thought for a moment, then turned to me with a big smile and said, "Hey man, can YOU play guitar?" I laughed and said, "No, but I sure wish I could. And anyway, I don't think Jim Dandy would be happy seeing me playing bass." "No, I guess not," he said. "Well, thanks for lettin' me play with it. Now, you get some good shots of me on the next song, man." I said, "Oh, don't worry about that. I've got ya covered." He laughed and went back over to the set. True story. They were cool guys. They treated us like we were pros, not just college students. Great memories from so long ago!
Very cool story is the video footage around somewhere
Great story! I graduated high school in 1974, and had been listening to them with my buds for a while. I've still got them on original vinyl.
Love that story!
Very cool story!
One of the most original front man ever. Super theatrics!
Black Oak Arkansas always had a fun stage presence. They even played at the California Jam festival in 1974, alongside Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the Eagles.
@ivanmay. Don’t forget Deep Purple who set the place alight. Literally.
This band should be in the rock n Roll hall of fame!
Black Oak Arkansas pulled off the impossible: Southern Rock and Glam. Good.
Proud to say that a piece of Jim Dandy's broken washboard (I caught it when he busted it up and tossed pieces to the crowd) is sitting on my Knick Knack shelf. Right next to the clear bottle labeled "Mt St. Helens Ash collected May 18, 1980". I'm looking at it as I type this.
Not only David Lee Roth but I also get some Bruce Dickinson era Iron Maiden vibes as well.
I saw a whole bunch of the Midnight Special when I was a kid. They had some of the biggest names ever. I have NEVER seen a band play this long on there.
Love Black Oak , love Jim’s voice , and the way he moves his eyes , they are just a great band , always have been my favorite !!!
Yes, theres something about that band that works real well. Very tight
@@DreamAuthorityMusic This was actually the first real concert I ever attended (in Birmingham AL). Styx opened for them (on the Crystal Ball tour at the time). My neighbor across the street and I used to jam in his basement (me on guitar, him on drums). He was originally from Sulligent AL and his next door neighbor there was the bus driver for BOA. He had photos of his mom sitting on Jim Dandy's lap in their kitchen and Jim had his two (false) front teeth out. After the show, we went to the back of the venue and met Styx and BOA (I got to shake hands with Jim Dandy and he was very nice. Also he was with Linda Blair (from the Exorcist) at the time...
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Best southern rock band ever
My God, what a presence. I'm so glad I was able to see them in the seventies. Although I appreciate them even more now.
I used to live 20 mins from the town of Black Oak Arkansas and thought of these guys as a hometown band 😅
Weren't they from Oakland up north of promised land? Or is that were the compound was...
From Arkansas to the California Jam, these guys brought a lot of wild innovation to the rock music scene.
One of the best front men of all time.
Go Jim Dandy Go!
Was lucky to have seen them in the eighties
Where do you think Dave Lee Roth learned it ?
they made Jim put some clothes on LOL
Went through life without even hearing these guys?? Just now for the 1st time, and they're friggin amazing!! Truly sensational
This band is Hot'n' Nasty....They could hang with any band at this time.
@@wbfojnewton1that was one of my very first albums of all time.
Blackfoot live raunch n Roll hot and nasty.
I was so young I bought it just cuz it looked really cool and it was
@@steveh7108 Black Oak Arkansas....ya,I got my first impression a lot of times from album covers
Just discovered this band. They sound like Uriah Heep meets Lynyrd Skynyrd and I love it
they were kick ass high energy rock, a bit of country in their older stuff but it's always there when they want it. they do have country roots. they were at their height here. I saw them in 73. They had 3 albums i think. There some serious rock and roll on all of them but certainly innovators of southern rock and your right this first song is showing how much they progressed as musicians. Well polished for sure. they all lived together on a farm and all they did was play music together and fuck off. I did that with a band for a year. The lead singer, guitarist and songwriters parents had a cabin at the lake. It was about 100 miles from where we actually lived. We would just load the equipment in a UHaul and go disappear for months. Party, fish, play music all the time when we were in the cabin .Everything was set up all the time to jam. We were very good. think about it. that last song was like something Elvis would do with with screaming guitars and jammed out.
With David Lee Roth looks! Search out there live cd its well worth the search and $$!
BOA ROCKS!! Been around for ages!! Love em!!
@@robMrRob He was Roth's mentor. Roth even asked for permission to tape him in California before he was wasn't anything but a spoiled rich kid. He studied those tapes. The Elvis thing, splits on stage and karate moves. They loved when Elvis did it and it still works today.
There’s a Kentucky headhunters song called “my daddy was a milk man” that borrowed some riffs from this song.
Jims vocals really rock on this! Guitar jams
Saw these guys live 5 times.
They loved coming to my hometown. We ALWAYS gave them great energy. 👍
I was in Jacksonville Florida and saw them also. Where were you
They were awesome live !! I saw them in the mountains of Pennsylvania around 1985.
i saw them in Philadelphia. i still have my ticket stub.
Those three guitar players still give me the chills whenever I hear "Race With The Devil" !!
They all played super great...
Numero Uno
Hard Rock 2n !
The harmony of those three guitars sounds great.
WOW! Never realized they were this good! This group of guys can hold their own with anyone. Totally amazing talent. Rock with a southern twist at it's finest. What a performance. Love it.
Saw Black Oak and Beat Farmers in Evanston Wy. Roughnecks and ranchers thought they were seeing a couple of country bands. They were displeased. Fantastic show. Super tight guitars, couldnt figure out how the fit on that stage
And there you have it! Black Oak Arkansas crashes Midnight Special and shows 'em all how it's done! ❤👍✌️
What amazing band live,twice, rip ruby starr!!!
I saw them multiple times in Detroit. They always opened for bigger names, but this was a great band. Saw Ruby Starr at least twice. We smoked bud through the entire concert. Every concert. It was a great time.
Thank you for the great video!
In high school the 70's I'd come home
on a Saturday night after a date
and tune in to the Midnight Special .
Had BOA on my 8-Tracks in the 70's!
"Go Jim Dandy, Go!" His voice and lyrics
still etched in my mind. The band's guitars,
that's how solos should sound like!
And energy was amazing No one could play
a Wash Board like JD! "Keep The Faith"! ✝❤🎸
I saw Jim in a small club in 88 in Fort Smith, Arkansas...he was playing with a local band called Judge Parker. He still looked the same running around with no shirt on and enjoying singing with the band.
Them electric guitar players are bad ass!!!! Wow!! Definitely serious axemen for sure! Goooooo Jim Dandy!
And for all the David Lee Roth haters, Jim gives all credit to his showmanship to Little Richard, James Brown and the Killer Jerry Lee Lewis during the mid- 50's.. Mangrum stated he was like the Ring Master of a three ring circus moving about the stage highlighting each of the bands players contributions and rifts. He understood the competition and the need to have a stick or gimmick to set BOA out from the multiple Southern Rock groups of the early seventies. It obviously was successful. Their fans then as now show up to see him and the band, though the original guitarist have passed. Nothing succeeds like success!
Such a phenomenal band and Jim Dandy was one hell of a frontman who always gave 110 percent. This band deserved way more success than what they had.
This is great on so many levels. Thanks for posting!
Saw them many times in the great 70s....along with Ruby Starr....
Race with the devil is such a killer tune
I was a Molly Hatchet fan and the guitar harmony reminds me of them, I heard Jim Dandy say he didn’t mind David Lee Roth maybe copying him what a guy .. I spent summers (1970s) in Arkansas growing up since my mom was from there .but unfortunately didn’t know who they are 🙌🏼🎸
I got to see Molly Hatchet 1980 live in Rhode Island, at the Gymnasium Providence College with MSG opening up.
It was great to actually see them and that big sound.
Saw Black Oak a couple times while I was working with Iron Butterfly on a small tour 1996. Nice people
I used to see them in the early 70's opening for Humble Pie, woah!
Man these guys were shredders for their time
So glad I saw them in 71.
Blew my mind.
Hola a todos. Hoy a mis 60 años escuchar a arkansas, me viene una nostalgia.
A los 15 años fue la primera vez que los disfrute. Geniales
I can clearly see the lineage from Black Oak to Van Halen. Very impressive stage craft makes for devoted fans! This band is a prime example of that, so who wouldn't want to learn from the best?
DLR was nowt but a Jim Dandy tribute act.
Discuss. 😜
@@andyventures6574 Oh man! Too controversial!!! LOL
Diamond Dave and Axl Rose are Jim’s copycats
The first guitarist, on the right, even taps on the fretboards with his pick in his solo.
David Lee Roth said (in an interview) that he followed Black Oak for a few months, watching Jim Dandy. He even told Jim Dandy he was modeling his own stage act after his...
So good.
God I miss these days.
RIP brother Stanley KNIGHT i new at one time and didn't know who he was damn it RIP brother Ricky also BLACK OAK ARKANSAS AWESOME BAND GOD BLESS
Don't forget Harvey Jett and Jimmy Henderson.
Black Oak Arkansas was the highest paid act in the world in 1973.
I'd think Elvis and Lep Zep would have that
The great . The fantastic BLACK OAK ARKANSAS.
Great band !Top notch musicians and equipment
Thanks' for posting this gem!
Gawd, I remember staying up late as a young'un to watch the midnight special, the only rock outlet way back then...\m/
Love Black Oak Arkansas!
In the 90’s I met Jim late night in a Memphis pool hall. He was warm and real and very smart.
i remember them when i was a kid.. they are bad and good at the same time. lol. tommy aldritch is great drummer. saw him with ozzy on his 1st solo tour
DAM ! what a jam!!!!!
I don't understand why this band wasn't bigger.
Early thru mid 70's they were as big live as anyone. Saw them about 7 times between 71 and 75. Seen them maybe 25 times now. High energy at it's best. My first concert Oct 18, 1971 BOA and GFR. OKC
They were huge for several years!
80 yr old reading john Grisham painted house brought me here, awesome, a fan of guns & Rose's now this!!!
🤘🏻🤘🏻✌🏻✌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
A young David Lee Roth watched Jim Dandy very closely
you r right on that
That's where Roth got some of his idea antics from.
@@summergivens242indeed!.. but by 1980 Roth morphed into something special that hasn't been duplicated since.
😂😂😂 minus the jumping
Roth's face is even very similar
Met him in Macon Ga. He came in to hear my band.
I saw this when it was originally broadcast. I distinctly remember the trippy rap he was laying down during the section where the guitarists are using the E-bows. ("you should be able to communicate with our guitar players right here... you can hear their voices... in the niiiiight!") Also, I think that this was the reconfigured BOA which was shortened to just "Black Oak". The guy doing the announcing at the beginning of the video confirms this. Speaking of him I think he was part of Bay City Rollers? Anyway, can't remember the year tho. It was after 1975.
That announcer was definitely part of the Bay City Rollers
I believe that this was 1977 right after the classic lineup got split up.
He was Les McKeown,the singer of the Bay City Rollers,he died last year.
I still have one of those original chrome E-bows. The E-bow came out in 76,so this must be 76 or later-{ and if you listen closely,you can hear their voices in the niiiiight!]
Somebody has to say it - F:ck the Bay City Rollers
Grossly underrated band.
Bands like this, were there pushing rock to heavy metal,, and Elvis got to witness it..I've always wondered what Elvis thought of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin
He once said he better play great tonight because his favorite band led Zeppelin is in the audience
Yes! This is what Robert had to say about Elvis after Led Zep was invited back to his suite after the show.
“I was walking down the corridor,” Plant recalled. “He swung ’round the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song: ‘Treat me like a fool…’ I turned around and did Elvis right back at him. We stood there, singing to each other.”
What a cool moment in time for them both! 😊
"David Lee Dandy!"
@search4truth Right! That's what I implied when I said, "David Lee....Dandy." Watching any video of Dandy clearly reveals most of what Roth did on stage. That's not to say Roth wasn't great in his own right, but there's NO denying Dandy's influence.
@search4truth No worries! It's all good.
Damn, gives me goosebumps.
Damb! Just damb! Awesome jam
This is when rock was cool
3 guitars talking!
HOTDAMN...this is on fire stuff right here, ty for posting this !!!
No Jim Dandy....no David Lee Roth, as we know him.
" as artists, we all stand on the shoulders of other artists. "
Jim has those weird eye expressions that’s make you think he’s a psychopath…..or worse….lol
It was his persona. An act.
Birth of the southern rock 3 Guitar Army attack
Kookie rock! For all the kooksters still jamming from 70s.
Man if you don't see Jim Dandy's effect on David Lee Roth, then I can't help ya! 😉
Not only David Lee Roth. Listen to the three guitar onslaught. Tell me Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't paying close attention too.
Great Exodus theme mixed in with the performance!
Thank you for your comment! I was trying to remember where I had heard that theme!!! It has been driving me crazy for three days.
can you explain
Exodus theme ?
@@user-sb3mj4lo1l The main theme from the movie Exodus!
Beautiful song. ❤❤❤
Second song is "Not Fade Away" by the great Buddy Holly.
Just offhand I’d say the concert show by BOA was recorded in 1977. Their album “Race With The Devil” was issued by Capricorn Records that same year, and their name was shortened to Black Oak in order to get that mainstream appeal. The band followed up with “I’d Rather Be Sailing” in 1978, and Capricorn Records folded shortly afterwards. Black Oak Arkansas is still making music today.
Holy shit how did I sleep on this band all my life. They fucking rock!!!!!
Skynyrd and the Outlaws must have paid attention to these guys!
Great live album.
They were a very accomplished group very first in music and instruments and if anybody really sat down and listen to these guys play would enjoy the music I really never sat down and listen to these guys I had heard of them and Jim Dandy and a few other song but these guys to really Rock the sound.
Love it!
These guys were Skynyrd before Skynyrd was a band, they certainly must've been an influence on Gary Rossington and Allen Collins.
RIP legendary Rockers.
I saw tem around 1975 ad they were good.didn't realizize they were this good.
Diamond Dave took quite a few moves from Jim Dandy
Cue New Wave of British Heavy Metal. This shit is clean.
i see the band jackel
I never heard of this group before,I don`t think they were ever a big deal in England,but the guitar sound really reminds me of one of my favourite groups Thin Lizzy.
Ya it's a trip,
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Thin Lizzy
The lead vocalist Jim Dandy was a huge influence on David Lee Roth.
I know...Dandy was the ugly version of DLR though 😁@@mr.brenman2132
Great Rock and Roll band 🎶 Legends
They toured a lot with Ted Nugent, they were a huge bill at the time.
I remember watching this on TV back when it came out
God father of southetn rock
this black oak, which is an evolution from the previous 'black oak arkansas'.
Bay City Rollers…lol 🤙
We were huge fans back in Hampton Va. Buckroe to be exact.
god fathers of southern rock
First time Id ever seen an Ebow was this on television
5:38 Between the hair and the facial expressions, I had no idea David Lee Roth and Bon Scott had a son.
LOL.
Introduced by Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers!😮😂
David Lee Roth was a 1980s carbon copy of Jim Dandy.
The lead singer seems like a very happy man.
A very talented group of musicians from Arkansas, Tommy Aldridge left to join Black Sabbath as their drummer, he’s fantastic. I get a kick out the the stage antics by Jim Dandy & don’t forget their kissin’ cousin miss Ruby Starr (not shown here), what a voice she had! I’ve got one of their albums, the one with “Hot and Nasty” on it 🫣 🤭 😂
Tommy Aldridge left Black Oak and joined Pat Travers I believe - "Heat in the Street" 😂❤
@@robertcarli1969😀 Ooops must have missed that one, Ty love Pat Travers Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) song. I do know he played with Black Sabbath when Randy Rhodes was with them, that’s a very sad tale indeed.
@@KittyGrizGrizOzzy's band no Black Sabbath for Tommy Aldridge
@@shawnray2941 Thanks, saw a vid with Tommy Aldridge playing drums with Ozzy/Randy Rhoads on “Mr Crowley” song. I’m going to get skewered for my initial post aren’t I? Haha 😛 I’ve got pretty thick skin
@@robertcarli1969 right agter leaving an up and coming band called d'thumbs out of Chicago
If you ever listen to the X-rated album you know .
This is f'n brilliance.....