Black Oak Arkansas / Ruby Starr - Lord Have Mercy on My Soul ( Halls of Karma )

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  • čas přidán 8. 12. 2009
  • From a 1976 performance. This song first appeared on BOA's self-titled 1971 album.
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Komentáře • 383

  • @MsSmitty9
    @MsSmitty9 Před 3 lety +66

    They get my vote For the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame

  • @chrisschneider7031
    @chrisschneider7031 Před 5 lety +91

    Back when late night TV was worth staying up for, I miss midnight special

    • @greasycock455
      @greasycock455 Před 2 lety +1

      ever lovin' Rock on you.

    • @lindagreaney5136
      @lindagreaney5136 Před 2 lety +1

      I miss this late night show too

    • @michaelmcfarland1716
      @michaelmcfarland1716 Před rokem +2

      Midnight Special, American Bandstand, Soul Train. All greatly missed.

    • @freakbennett2263
      @freakbennett2263 Před rokem

      Ditto, jűs sāyīn !😎✌😎!

    • @paulross9287
      @paulross9287 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I was always out partying, and saw virtually none of them. Thankfully these recordings are available.

  • @billyshane3804
    @billyshane3804 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Jim Dandy - Champion & Legend
    Ruby Starr - RIP
    God bless your beautiful soul

  • @DonMiller-dr5nl
    @DonMiller-dr5nl Před rokem +3

    JD. Mangrum. Ms Ruby starr. They don't make um like that anymore...❤ Rock and rolls finest..

  • @sallylittleshell9877
    @sallylittleshell9877 Před 9 lety +172

    Anyone besides me love coming to youtube to walk down memory lane? The 70's was truly the best time to grow up. So much happened in the 70's, so many of lifes ....firsts LOL?
    Spent the weekend with BOA ( jim) when i was only 14, he was a gentleman, said he would give me a shotgun if i ate a corndog for him. Cant buy memories like that. He has an awesome sense of humor.

    • @wackedoutonweed
      @wackedoutonweed Před 6 lety +17

      That's me. Love CZcams. My first concert was Thanksgiving 1974. Black Oak headlined a great show and Jim Dandy laid it down. There were four of us. One of our buddies was black with big earth, wind and fire fro. We rolled about six joints and stuck them all in his fro. We got inside and sparked up. What a great show. The opener was Montrose with Sammy Hagar. Then Foghat who was awesome. But Jim Dandy was incredible!

    • @allenparker2374
      @allenparker2374 Před 4 lety

      Sally LittleShell
      Hey how are you ?

    • @doggeelikesit9849
      @doggeelikesit9849 Před 4 lety

      Thats extra cool!

    • @scottwoodham6098
      @scottwoodham6098 Před 4 lety +5

      I seen these guys I'm 90 now still have a mind good rest my case

    • @mgunde
      @mgunde Před 3 lety +3

      I take a walk down the lane now and then, I'm 69 and still love the heck out of this band.

  • @rickmcdaniel9685
    @rickmcdaniel9685 Před 4 lety +7

    Black oak always stole the show Rock on Black Oak

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA Před 3 lety +27

    When Ruby Starr was recommended listenin' in Easyriders magazine.

  • @chrisskalski7292
    @chrisskalski7292 Před 9 měsíci +16

    A truly original song that has stood the test of time.

    • @olly8
      @olly8 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Damn straight it has!! 🤘✌🏼

  • @martymartin904
    @martymartin904 Před 2 lety +10

    Wow, listened to them when i was 11 or 12, bought every record and eight track I could get , had a deed to one square inch of the BOA compound.. finally met him, sat down with him, had a drink,and talked to him for twenty minutes or so. This was in elk city Oklahoma in the early 80's, what a cool dude, thanks Jim Dandy, your one of a kind..\m/

  • @scottmitchle2557
    @scottmitchle2557 Před 4 lety +4

    I seen black oak a coulle different times. Met dandy once. Him and his entire band very approachable. Ruby Star absolutely beautiful

  • @randygodsey5690
    @randygodsey5690 Před 3 lety +5

    Saw boa in 73 at richmond va. Still have tx stub. 4.50 on the floor! Brownsville station opened. Tommy Aldridge inspired me to play drums. A magical time in life...i was 12!

    • @skullfoot
      @skullfoot Před měsícem

      What an awesome memory and experience. When rock was real!!!

  • @CamCorder55
    @CamCorder55 Před 4 lety +21

    18 y/o and this is one of my favorite songs of all time💯🥵

  • @ZSOSER69
    @ZSOSER69 Před 14 lety +49

    Thank you for posting this. Black Oak was like one big party, and with Ruby it cant get any better. RIP Ruby.

    • @TananBaboo
      @TananBaboo Před 7 měsíci

      From 13 years in the future, amen!

  • @markrobbins4923
    @markrobbins4923 Před 10 lety +2

    From the hills of Arkansas..to North Carolina..to the California Jam..up and down every coast, with stops every where in between..50 yrs. later.this brother & his family continues to influence what todays music should be about..

  • @old56timer
    @old56timer Před 8 lety +81

    I wish I could go back to those days and stay.

    • @josephyniguez3607
      @josephyniguez3607 Před 7 lety +2

      old56timer me too I was born 1974

    • @old56timer
      @old56timer Před 7 lety +6

      Those were good times, And alot simpler.

    • @sharongrrr
      @sharongrrr Před 7 lety +3

      Me too. I'd be a bit smarter and not get caught, but yeah I'd stay. :)

    • @__-yu2mz
      @__-yu2mz Před 6 lety +5

      Im 16 and I kinda do too. fuck this femanist/BLM shit that is going on right now...

    • @agnostic47
      @agnostic47 Před 4 lety +4

      A world without fcuking smartphones. Imagine how great that would be. And REAL music.

  • @sharongrrr
    @sharongrrr Před 10 lety +9

    Black Oak Arkansas. My favorite band back in the day. If I was ever going to be a groupie it would have been with these guys!!!!

    • @toothlessfatoveralls
      @toothlessfatoveralls Před 9 lety

      THEY STILL PLAY.....IT AINT TOO LATE.

    • @sharongrrr
      @sharongrrr Před 9 lety +2

      toothlessfatoveralls 58 year old groupie? :)

    • @Saber808
      @Saber808 Před 7 lety +1

      THEY STILL get LAID! That is a fucking shoot

    • @sharongrrr
      @sharongrrr Před 7 lety

      Not surprised. He's still Jim Dandy!! :)

  • @PRIVATEAYEIEYE
    @PRIVATEAYEIEYE Před 13 lety +100

    David Lee Roth owes Jim Dandy a check for the look and image, and death metal owes him for the Cookie Monster voice.
    Love this song. It's like a mash-up of the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" with "Fire" by the Crazy World Of Arther Brown.

    • @grumpyolddude439
      @grumpyolddude439 Před rokem +8

      Axl Rose copied him top to bottom

    • @amoruzz
      @amoruzz Před rokem +6

      Jim influenced Diamond Dave and others. A real pioneer.
      An enigmatic figure.

    • @sandraclowdus6549
      @sandraclowdus6549 Před 10 měsíci +3

      you have?, no soul???.
      This is a true son of a fire & brimstone preacher man.
      Now ,,listen to him.

    • @user-jh1vq3zr4g
      @user-jh1vq3zr4g Před 5 měsíci +1

      Just watched a Jim Dandy interview where he said David Lee Roth came to see him perform at whiskey, gogo and asked if he could super 8 film him at the time. No video cameras and Jim Dandy was fine with it and he is fine with David Lee Roth taking ideas from him because he said he took ideas from other people,said DLR what is one of his favorite performers Mr. Dan is an awful cool guy

  • @donblackwell8143
    @donblackwell8143 Před 4 lety +16

    Black Oak Arkansas Rocks ! I saw them several times in the early 70's At their concert in the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum I grabbed a Electra-Voice RE-10 microphone off the stage.. still have it 50 yrs later and it works perfect !! The devil musta of had me that night !!

  • @scottbeam9373
    @scottbeam9373 Před 3 lety +3

    Southern rocks roots finest warriors BLACK OAK ARKANSAS!

  • @get1rocstartim5
    @get1rocstartim5 Před 2 lety +4

    those where the days of a young life. damn 49 years ago

  • @mariozermeno2649
    @mariozermeno2649 Před 4 lety +4

    I listened to black oak so much my dad started to like them even though he didn't understand what they were singing about 😎👍

  • @dizeschultz9968
    @dizeschultz9968 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Me and My Brother seen Ruby Star in the early 80 at 'Thirsty Whale' a bar in Chicago which is no longer there. She was Awesome!

  • @Hamigal
    @Hamigal Před 3 lety +8

    Still very meaningful in todays crazy age. Thanks James for this song.

  • @oitsbarb55
    @oitsbarb55 Před 14 lety +2

    ya, I got a chance to be at a concert in the 70's in Madison,Wi...Montrose opend for Black Oak! It was all good!

    • @markchoma9822
      @markchoma9822 Před 3 lety

      Back when chicks were cool and liked ROCK music.

  • @bigdogdad59
    @bigdogdad59 Před 13 lety +4

    This is ASS KICKING ROCK 'N ROLL!!!!!!!!!!

  • @raym4934
    @raym4934 Před 4 lety +10

    Some of the best concerts of my teenage years were with this band. Loved Ruby Starr.

  • @218lisa
    @218lisa Před 12 lety +2

    couldn't agree more ,Jim has his own thing often imitated but never duplicated :)

  • @irmafound
    @irmafound Před 13 lety +30

    I just discovered this great band! I knew them vaguely when I was maybe 10 years old. Now that rock is in such bad shape, I am raking through the "oldies" from the 70s in search of what I missed. Too bad that so many great musicians make such great music and end up struggling financially. Here there are 47,000 plays of this video alone - probably 10 times as many illegal downloads. For all he gave us, I just hope Jim Dandy has a comfortable home in ARk. !

  • @KnEpH131
    @KnEpH131 Před 8 lety +57

    I saw these guys numerous times in Arkansas, sometimes supporting and few as headliner in Little Rock back in the 70's and early 80's. Awesome live band. It has been said that more than a few bands didn't want them to open for them, because if BoA was "ON" they could blow many bands away.

    • @1dswylde
      @1dswylde Před 2 lety +1

      I saw them a few times back in the day too. I'm in Arkansas.

    • @madmax8949
      @madmax8949 Před rokem

      Barton Coliseum baby!!!

  • @gaden002
    @gaden002 Před rokem +2

    I first heard it on Beaker Street late one night (morning, actually) in the summer of '71 or '72. Of course, it was the long version with "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" and I was blown away. I've been a big fan ever since.

  • @richardtaylor8595
    @richardtaylor8595 Před 5 lety +14

    I wish there was new bands trying to make music this fantastic now. boa kicks ass.

  • @fmelchor3797
    @fmelchor3797 Před 8 lety +58

    Jim Dandy was a true original. It's amazing how many frontmen have ripped him off. Awesome concert band!!

    • @MrNategriffin
      @MrNategriffin Před 8 lety +9

      +F Melchor you mean like david lee roth?

    • @fmelchor3797
      @fmelchor3797 Před 8 lety +9

      Exactly. He ripped off every move Jim Dandy Made.

    • @timhuggins7069
      @timhuggins7069 Před 5 lety +1

      I really don't understand the david lee roth statement. Correct me if I'm wrong but mangrum was never never ever the athlete on stage that roth was

    • @jwroberts946
      @jwroberts946 Před 4 lety +4

      @@timhuggins7069 forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/has-david-lee-roth-ever-acknowledged-jim-dandy-influence.739013/
      I actually worked as a sound man for both. Jim absolutely influenced Dave

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 Před 3 lety +1

      That man exuded sexiness with those skin-tight pants, long blonde hair and deep, growly voice!

  • @billblueaec
    @billblueaec Před 3 lety +1

    I have seen them 3 times in the early 70"s and late 60"s in Dothan Alabama , Great Concert Band

  • @HonoluluCityNews
    @HonoluluCityNews Před 9 lety +36

    I was fortunate enough to meet Jim Dandy many years ago in Jonesboro Arkansas. I was working as a teenager as a lifeguard at a waterside when a white limo came in the parking lot. Jim Dandy had brought a small child (I believe it was his daughter) to the waterside for the day. I had a chance to speak with him for a while, and although it was over 20 years ago, I still remember it like it was yesterday. I still remember the gold BOA necklace that he was wearing.

    • @SuperMatrix59
      @SuperMatrix59 Před 4 lety +2

      Honolulu City News good memories

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před 3 lety

      oh man we used to go to that waterslide, wish Id been there that day! It's long gone now.

    • @lindagreaney5136
      @lindagreaney5136 Před 3 lety +1

      Happy days seeing him in white limo! Wish I’d been there! I live close to Jonesboro but never say their water slide bc I went to Poplar Bluff’s water slide 😋

    • @RobertMann-im2pi
      @RobertMann-im2pi Před 25 dny

      I have many memories, listening to BOA,many used to say,I looked like jim Dandy,when I compared,our pics I actually actually did !!! Those were the better days !!!!

  • @terrioke
    @terrioke Před 12 lety +2

    Our "Connie Little" from Toledo, OH. I used to watch her perform in a garage in south Toledo when we were both kids and later, she'd invite me to sing with her years later.
    RIP honey..love and miss you...

  • @chrisschneider7031
    @chrisschneider7031 Před 5 lety +12

    When life was simple and when music pure and real

  • @madmax8949
    @madmax8949 Před rokem +1

    BOA used to play Little Rock's Barton Coliseum frequently back in the '70's. In 1974 I was 15 y/o and me and my little stoner buddies would get right on the front row. This was back when you could belly up to the stage. Ruby came out for "Jim Dandy" and about half way through the song her halter top came undone and she was essentially topless. Then she put her foot up on the floor monitor and we noticed she wasn't wearing any underwear under her daisy dukes!! It was quite an eye full for me and my teenage stoner buddies! Raunch-n-Roll is a stone classic. I've had it on 8-track, cassette, vinyl and now the deluxe version on CD.

  • @lindamelchor3695
    @lindamelchor3695 Před 10 lety +44

    One of the best live bands I've ever seen! Lord, have Mercy!

    • @davidgregory5371
      @davidgregory5371 Před 5 lety +2

      I got to seeB.O.A. a handful of times starting in mid 90s they were one of my all time faves I even shook Jim mangrums hand he said "I tell ye I love you people from Chattanooga! THE MAIN MAN!!!!

  • @stevemp8606
    @stevemp8606 Před 2 lety +1

    Damn its so good to be reminded where my musical tastes have come from !!!!

  • @jalan6473
    @jalan6473 Před 6 lety +23

    The original "David Lee Roth"...LOL Man this brings back memories!

    • @evamastrianni4744
      @evamastrianni4744 Před 3 lety +2

      Why does everyone say that

    • @sjames304
      @sjames304 Před 3 lety +3

      @@evamastrianni4744 Because if you seen enough of JD Mangrum's stage persona from the 70s, you'll notice the similarities.

    • @evamastrianni4744
      @evamastrianni4744 Před 3 lety

      @@sjames304 thank u

    • @mikekeeler6362
      @mikekeeler6362 Před 3 lety

      Yes David Lee Roth riped off Jim Dand that bending over back words is

    • @williamallen7386
      @williamallen7386 Před 3 lety

      Roth kicked it up a notch, but there are some similarities and he did go watch JD perform...

  • @normanreed5319
    @normanreed5319 Před 4 lety +1

    my all time favorit band

  • @MrNategriffin
    @MrNategriffin Před 12 lety +5

    saw them in 1974 in norfolk va. for some reason i'll never forget my cassette player ate my who live at leeds tape on the way to this concert.what a good looking sob he is.if mtv was around back then they would have been huge.

  • @jackoshaw
    @jackoshaw Před 3 lety +2

    I saw Black Oak Arkansas in 1972....Since then, I've bee to a lot of concerts... I have to say, in my opinion, they were the best live show I've seen to date...I have a few of their albums, What they lack on Vinyl they made up on stage.... They new how to entertain. Very high energy in the days......As crazy as Jim looked, back in the day, He was a nice guy and great with the audience...

  • @margaretwentz4568
    @margaretwentz4568 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I saw them in 76. He was wearing all white that night. I may not remember what I had for breakfast, but I sure remember that!!

  • @williamkozlik8216
    @williamkozlik8216 Před rokem +1

    I'm 61 I saw them March 1975 when my brother came home from the nam this was my first concert growing up redneck back then my parents listened to country my brother took me to see them rock and roll rednecks love these guys

  • @infinadee
    @infinadee Před 4 lety +6

    The only time I saw this band was on tv. I always tried to catch them there. My freinds didn't understand why I like BOA. They were entertaining.
    That dude in Van Halen stole some of Jim's moves.
    Jim is my age and he is still Dandy.

  • @thebruce9042
    @thebruce9042 Před 3 lety +41

    This guy was the prototype for all those hair metal frontmen from the late 70's up through the early 90's . From Roth to Rose.

    • @freddielee8500
      @freddielee8500 Před 3 lety +3

      Saw Motley Crüe about 20+ years ago In Tulsa and for the encore Jim Dandy came on stage for a couple songs. Crowd loved it!

    • @darthslater6077
      @darthslater6077 Před 2 lety

      TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN MY FRIEND.

    • @phillipgriffith3045
      @phillipgriffith3045 Před 2 lety

      he WAS the original

    • @danklein7318
      @danklein7318 Před rokem

      I don't think so

  • @jackieyoungblood0777
    @jackieyoungblood0777 Před rokem +1

    I enjoyed learning about Ruby Starr or Connie. Glad She went home. I lost my brother in law to lung & brain caner. Lost a Wonderful Sister in to lung cancer & she didn't even smoke 😢😢 Ruby has got a Good Voice

  • @bellaluna2921
    @bellaluna2921 Před 5 lety +5

    My home town Black Oak Arkansas :))

  • @gunsknives5395
    @gunsknives5395 Před 4 lety +3

    Back in the old days my uncle had these guys on reel to reel. I would sit and listen to them for hours and stare at the album cover with them on top of that truck.

  • @elduath
    @elduath Před 9 lety +20

    I did not think I would ever hear this song again! Thank you!!

    • @whoohoo50
      @whoohoo50 Před 3 lety +1

      😂 it’s a haunting moment!

  • @arky5610
    @arky5610 Před 4 lety +2

    the first oringal southern rock band

  • @joejones9520
    @joejones9520 Před 3 lety +6

    the spoken word beginning is truly out of this world; how could he come up with that and deliver it so perfectly? It gives me goosebumps to hear it. You know Jim Morrison would have loved it!

    • @Cutter-jx3xj
      @Cutter-jx3xj Před rokem

      He said in an interview he came up with it after a very intense LSD. He was stoned. Thats it,

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před rokem

      @@Cutter-jx3xj i know the whole story, why would you waste time dismissing it? Are you jealous? wouldnt surprise me, I think most people are the jealous types. Sad.

  • @davemanning8204
    @davemanning8204 Před 6 lety +11

    Wow ! Haven't heard this song since the 70s!!!!..... Saw them many times in B'ham AL.....is that a tear running down my face.??? When I was a teen thought these guys were Gods!!!
    MyDaMnWoRd 😎 🔫

  • @gortbot7748
    @gortbot7748 Před rokem +1

    One night in the mid 70's Black Oak played at a bar in town. Somehow I wound up on the tour bus afterwards and partied with those guys 'til dawn. It was the longest week of my life. And a good time was had by all.

  • @fdgiii
    @fdgiii Před 10 lety +9

    And if we all become as one we can walk through it together

  • @jaquel8380
    @jaquel8380 Před 3 lety +3

    One great influence to Dave Lee Roth and Axl Rose.

  • @77HarleyRider
    @77HarleyRider Před 4 lety +2

    Black Oak Arkansas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet all blast loudly on my Harley!!! Not bad for a 70 year old retired Navy Chief!!!

  • @greasycock455
    @greasycock455 Před 2 lety +1

    Son of a Preacher-man,,and Ruby Star,,,, ,Cry-Screammin The WORD.

  • @truckersnake250
    @truckersnake250 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember Ruby Star and Grey Ghost what a time for Rock.

  • @user-wy7vz2dl9j
    @user-wy7vz2dl9j Před 8 měsíci +4

    David lee roth might owe jim but tina turner owes ruby for the hair and stevie nicks owes her for the moves man , what a woman

  • @MrNategriffin
    @MrNategriffin Před 8 lety +8

    one of the great southern rock and roll bands that were springing up in the early 70"s.

  • @user-lx8do9zz2x
    @user-lx8do9zz2x Před 9 měsíci +2

    I met jim actually partied couple times with him in the 70's and 90's, I was young beautiful smart ass white girl! Luv you jim!!!

  • @melaniecravens7240
    @melaniecravens7240 Před 3 lety +1

    Best times I had the privilege of seeing them. At Martin tn at. Utm. Fantastic. 70 s rocked.

  • @DeviateAvenger
    @DeviateAvenger Před 14 lety +3

    i'm 14,and i love this song,its amazing!

  • @DanTaylorSr
    @DanTaylorSr Před 9 lety +7

    What a great live performance on this song. Wow.

  • @SilverTrove
    @SilverTrove Před 13 lety +3

    This is the shit! It doesn't just take me back, it makes me feel like I never left.

  • @luchina1
    @luchina1 Před 9 lety +2

    I'm sorry I forgot to say how wonderful the band is also!!!!! You guys are all wonderful in my book!!!!!!

  • @MaryEnnismcats77756
    @MaryEnnismcats77756 Před 9 lety +8

    AWESOME IN CONCERT ..I loved it!!

  • @jellybeans8744
    @jellybeans8744 Před 5 lety +2

    I saw & heard this for the first time at the River Festival. I thought wow, I really like this.

  • @lancewheat67
    @lancewheat67 Před 7 lety +1

    i was too young and lived in Canada but i was watching a movie and heard this song and i had to see the whole thing he is a pretty good guy looks like he would have been awesome to see live

  • @jamesbone105
    @jamesbone105 Před 3 lety +4

    He has it right, we are good and evil in one body.

  • @Jreb1865
    @Jreb1865 Před rokem

    I remember listening to BOA when I was about 10 years old, with my little AM radio held up to my ear...

  • @vickielynne9493
    @vickielynne9493 Před 9 lety +4

    this is the bomb ...starts like slow but when they crank it up ..Lord have mercy on my soul is right ...loved my listen

  • @rogerc131
    @rogerc131 Před 12 lety +4

    I saw these guys, at an impromptu concert in 1969, they did on the streets of LA near Olivera St

  • @madmax8949
    @madmax8949 Před rokem +1

    Should've gone platinum!

  • @richardmorris6365
    @richardmorris6365 Před rokem

    Missing Tommy & Ruby Starr bad, but hey everyone's gotta make a living!

  • @terryforrester2119
    @terryforrester2119 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes it does wow what a flash back

  • @luchina1
    @luchina1 Před 9 lety +4

    I love this song! Thanks for sharing! Hey, Jim Dandy you will always have a special place with me!

    • @luchina1
      @luchina1 Před 8 lety

      We all do!! Thanks Jim Dandy for making people stop and think!

    • @luchina1
      @luchina1 Před 8 lety +1

      What happened to these days?

  • @sallylittleshell9877
    @sallylittleshell9877 Před 9 lety +7

    Happy Birthday James Leslie Mangrum wishing you many many more.

  • @billywilliams8753
    @billywilliams8753 Před 5 lety +4

    Love that intro live.

  • @mountainaire4154
    @mountainaire4154 Před 9 lety +2

    Jim Dandy had such a presence about him. What a wonderful group.

  • @taimeuppe6174
    @taimeuppe6174 Před 5 lety +3

    BOA played at my high school at a dance when they were called Nobody Else...I also saw Ruby with Grey Ghost around 1977 in Dallas

    • @jamesruland415
      @jamesruland415 Před 4 lety

      They played at our high school in Weatherford too.

  • @yeldarbq5166
    @yeldarbq5166 Před 6 lety +1

    what a spectacle. kewlest song ever

  • @untamedkitten1
    @untamedkitten1 Před 2 lety

    I didn''t learn about this band until I was about 17, and that was in the mid 80s I loved meeting them and getting to know Jim and the band. Crazy and fun times. And Still in Black Oak lol

  • @LesbianVampireLover
    @LesbianVampireLover Před 13 lety +6

    How the hell did they come up with this stuff? I watched them all way back when and am still amazed with it all.

  • @jimpetty43
    @jimpetty43 Před 14 lety +1

    great tune for us old hippes

  • @eligalvan8515
    @eligalvan8515 Před 3 lety +1

    Best version on CZcams. Hands down

  • @danielshaw8049
    @danielshaw8049 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Black Oak Arkansas rocked in South Louisiana back in the early seventies.

  • @jimdandyboa
    @jimdandyboa Před 14 lety +1

    thanks for posting this. r.i.p. ruby we miss you

  • @scottabelli3406
    @scottabelli3406 Před 6 měsíci +1

    i went to school with 2 of BOA--Pat and Stanley

  • @don66hotrod94
    @don66hotrod94 Před 3 měsíci

    RIP Stanley Knight, Ricky Lee Reynolds, jimmy Henderson, Harvey Jett and Miss Ruby Starr. You were all awesome performers.

    • @user-xc4dt5qb6w
      @user-xc4dt5qb6w Před 2 měsíci

      ... Jim is still kickin', damn I hope he has another 20 years.

  • @LISTUNUP
    @LISTUNUP Před 14 lety +1

    Wow yeah what memories this brings back....seeing them live was like putting your finger in a wall socket. LORD HAVE MERCY......

  • @juansurfcity1605
    @juansurfcity1605 Před 3 lety +2

    saw these guys at a free concert in LA around 1970... they said they just got in from Arkansas, and i can't dispute it. this was there "cosmic hillbilly" jam tune... hillarious! the "electicity ame to Arkansas" originally had an acoustic lead-in, which seems to have been dropped by the time of the caljam vids.... "Jim Danddy" and the boys always put on a good show and worked it out... Jim Dandy to the rescue, indeed! glad he's still around!

  • @danielstewart7163
    @danielstewart7163 Před 4 lety +2

    I got to see them in the late 70's. It was the most bizarre concert i ever saw. Not the bands, the crowd. I forget who opened for them but they were pretty good.
    The bizarre activity was everywhere, on our way to the show we ate a couple microdots so they were just kicking in when we got there. I walks in and walked right into a group of hard partiers from my home town. One who had just tapped a fresh batch of moonshine he'd made. They were able to sneak it in because there was 4 or 5 women in the group and they filled pill bottles with it. Since the quantities were limited i just had one and my friend and i went to the balcony.
    This was the beginning of the big hair era, my friends were sitting about a couple rows back and 4 or 5 seats away from this girl that had the big poofy sprayed mound of hair and someone in the balcony barfed with the perfect trajectory to split this mound of hair like an axe. Who after she figured out what happened she barfed on a chick in front of her. Gross and hilarious.
    Meanwhile my friend and i in the balcony were having a good time, these 4 puplings come and sit in the same row two or three seats down. Of course one of them leans over and makes a deposit of used beer, wine, and anything he could get a drink of.
    That part was expected what happened next was not. The kid barfed between bands and of course someone turned them in so the fuzz had to come and remove them. The fuzz was trying to be kool about it so they wouldn't try to grab them if someone was watching. They finally removed the offenders then the fun began.
    We had pretty good seats, unfortunately it wasn't a sellout crowd, so 2 or three times people would come up and sit in the seats that the kid barfed in. They'd sit there for a minute and notice their bottoms getting wet. Once they figured out what it was they would get sick.
    Normally this wouldn't be funny but after you've eaten 3 or more hits of microdot over a short period of time it's hilarious.

    • @markchoma9822
      @markchoma9822 Před 3 lety

      That acid will eat your brain up.

    • @danielstewart7163
      @danielstewart7163 Před 3 lety

      @@markchoma9822 if you eat it like skittles everyday. That wasn't a particularly strong batch, that's why we ate so many. I wouldn't want to drive after 3 or so tabs of blotter or dried liquid off a match head. I've seen it but never had the opportunity.

  • @cynthiabitto1140
    @cynthiabitto1140 Před 5 lety +2

    R.I.P. Miss Ruby. Rock on in heaven.

  • @robertbrown3327
    @robertbrown3327 Před 9 lety +7

    SEEN THEM IN A BAR IN OTTUMMWA IOWA BACK IN THE LATE 80 S

    • @robertbrown3327
      @robertbrown3327 Před 8 lety +2

      I was. Tthere i was a bouncer at bar @K carol bto dewan

  • @williammillsaps6036
    @williammillsaps6036 Před 5 lety +1

    RIP CONSTANCE...LOVE YA STILL...

  • @Chaomhainn
    @Chaomhainn Před 3 lety +2

    Wow I thought I was having an LSD flash back with the camera angles going on . Probably one of the last performances of Ruby Starr with Black Oak .

  • @maryellenazack4466
    @maryellenazack4466 Před 2 lety

    This is fin GOLD!🤗🤭🥳