I'm a black woman born in "63", I was listening to rock music that'll make your mind skip time. I loved it in my neighborhood I was told what that's not black music. I could turn you completely out with my rock music knowledge. I love Ram Jam heard the song long ,long time ago.
You are my hero! Thing is, I also grew up at this time and remember this song because my sister listened to it. (born in 64) I love that back then there was never even a question about what this song meant, it was just the jam. Enjoyed!!! Rocked it!!! I haven't been impressed with music in the last 2 decades but am so grateful that music from beyond that is still there and appreciated!!
Hi Metro, I was born in 62, so we're around the same age. I used to listen to Ram Jam in jr HS. I even used to draw their covers on my notebook. None of the other kids got it. Yes, it was a completely white school. Until I went to college, I didn't have much interaction with, well anybody. But that saved my life. I still don't know what the song is about, but I love it. Anyways, I wish you well, and if you could send me some of the mind blowing music you like to listen to, i would love it.
Maybe if the words "black betty" wasn't code for attractive afro-american prostitutes but just called "bad betty" instead it wouldn't have the tones of racial segregation and conceived white superiority in most people's minds today. At the time this track came out, it wasn't exactly kosher to talk about relationships with prostitutes or inter-racial mixing for most of America (sure there were hippies like in this band but they weren't the majority of society).
@@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan Yup! This song plays in movies all the time,and they get a residuals from it every time it's played both in movies or on the radio.
This was at a time when black and white were really coming together musically and there were no “rules” as far as what kind of music you were “allowed” to play based on race. Then, later on, you had Living Color singing rock, Eminem doing his thing, etc. Now, it seems that people are surprised when they see artists like this from back in the day crossing over racial barriers… Whereas now, we’ve gone backwards and we are expected to perform within our race...sad! So much potential will not be explored as a result
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However,this song has nothing to do with race or anything like that. It's about a Civil War Musket called "Black Betty" for the color of the stock,a dark,dark brown. Her 'child" in the song,that went wild,was actually the musket ball not firing straight all the time. Sometimes it went "wild". She(Black Betty) was reliable though,and would never misfire. She just didnt always shoot straight. :}
.. Some sources claim the song is derived from an 18th-century marching cadence about a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock; the "bam-ba-lam" lyric referring to the sound of the gunfire
It wasn't from a marching cadence. Black Betty is the nickname given to a 1600s - 1700s flint-lock musket. "Black Betty had a child BAM BA LAM, the damn things gone wild BAM BA LAM, She said "Worryin outta mind" BAM BA LAM, The damn things gone blind" Black Betty is the musket, BAM BA LAM is the sound the gun made, the child is the musket ball and it was known to be inaccurate so the shots went wild quite often "The damn things gone wild", it was also know to misfire causing injuries at worst "Worryin outta mind" or a huge cloud of thick white-grey smoke blinding you "The damn things gone blind."
The "Black Betty" smoothbore musket, whether manufactured in Birmingham England or Birmingham Alabama (and I've heard both) was notoriously inaccurate. "Had a child" = fired a shot. Once fired "gone blind". The damn thing gone wild = missed the target. Weren't none o mine = not my shot. I got nothing for rock steady or gets me high.
The smell got them high [after firing] and the manufacture of the musket was 'rock steady' [but inaccurate]. Bam-a-lam was the noise it made when fired. Black Betty the colour of the musket wood.
I have no idea if it’s correct, but the story behind this song that I heard was a little different. In the version I heard, Black Betty’s child was a inaccurate and unreliable successor to the “black Betty” rifle. It is a civil war cadence, and every version of this song over the years has been slightly different. Your explanation makes sense, but I think the lyrics are somewhat up to interpretation.
You guys have the best memories and listening skills of anyone I've heard doing reactions. You accurately recalled the lyrics and melody, without misinterpreting anything, immediately when the song ended. That's what I call PAYING ATTENTION. Nice job!
I think the band would love all the positive responses their song and band is getting. It's has to be somebody else. I remember this song and the 70's, a great time!
Hi, "Black Betty" was originally written around the 1860's. It was military cadence music, referring to the muzzle loading rifle that the soldiers had named "Black Betty". The song was later sung by black inmates in southern prisons while working on chain gangs. Leadbelly recorded "Black Betty" in the 1940's, which now resides in the National Library of Congress Ram Jam recorded this in a backyard. They said that the cost to produce the video was 20 dollars. Probably to buy the stash. Peace
Love this song! You guys heard the radio cut, there's actually a much longer version from the album (6 minutes if I recall correctly). This was back when if an artist wanted radio airplay they had to make their song 3 to 3 1/2 minutes or less.
@@gabreel8112 I'm gonna listen to Lead Belly, since his is the oldest recording and he was pretty adamant it was about a rifle. That era witnessed tons of folk songs revamped into rock hits, such as House of The Rising son, another Lead Belly song.
@@DiddynoDiddle actually if you read his interview about this. He talks about Black Betty being a whip. They would use it on the prisoner's on the chain gang.
I love this freaking song so damn much! Listen I’m 52 and we have a 14 year old daughter and she has been loving this song since she was a toddler this is one of the first songs that I would play around the house when I was cleaning and shit that she would sing as a young girl, it’s such a great song!
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU! You were about the tenth reaction video to this song I have watched and you are the first and only ones to actually watch and listen to the video all the way through before commenting. THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT!
This song goes back to the civil war. It was a cadence marching son for ex slaves fighting for the union. Passed down from generations originally recorded by James "Iron Head" in 1933, later recorded by Leadbelly a few years after. Black Betty was a musket rifle which the black union soldiers marched with. Ram Jam later changed the lyrics and tempo to fit in the seventies.
@@jimmyjohns6516 that's because it's not about a gun. If you look it up on RUclips, someone posted the first ever recorded version of the song. It was recorded in a prison in Texas back in the early 1900's.
@@blakewestwood8096 (not trying to argue) your comment doesn’t disprove that it was a civil war cadence about a rifle. You just stated when and where it was recorded for the first time, which doesn’t mean a whole lot
@@seanfrashier631 And the child gone blind is the bullet. Because, once "born" (out of the barrel), a bullet will blindly kill whatever is in front of it :)
You’ve GOT to check out Black Coffee by Humble Pie. Got a GREAT groove, the backup singers are fantastic and the lead singer’s voice is surprising in a good way! Cheers!
Mel your description of the song was absolutely cracking me up tonight lol! Thanks guys. Black Betty is a gun but in the third verse she’s also a woman lol!
Laughing so hard at your reaction! It's actually a reference to a musket rifle, but obviously can be interpreted otherwise! So now, check out Wild Cherry doing "Play that Funky Music"... That will REALLY make you laugh!
You need to react to the greatest guitar player of all time and make sure you do this exact version: Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood - (Live at the El Mocambo)
love the reaction to one of my favorite 70s songs. its nice for everyone to get out of the music they listen to and try other styles... there is a ton of music out there for everyone and alot of it is pretty awesome.
From Wikipedia: "Black Betty" (Roud 11668) is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material;[1] in this case, an 18th-century marching cadence about a flintlock musket.
I’m a 48 year old white lady, but I’ve never been surprised when black people love rock songs… you guys invented the genre. At its core it’s a black music style.
Leadbelly is said to have adapted the song from an 18th century marching cadence about a black-painted musket named Black Betty (go figure). Black Bettys child was Brown Bess.
"Black Betty" was a musket gun [or a bottle of whiskey in London among other meanings]. "Bamb-ba-lam"= the noise it made, The "child" was the musket ball. "Damn think gone wild" = not always accurate. "Damn thing gone blind" = missing it's target [like it viers off when shooting straight]. "She get's me high" = musket smoke. "So rock steady and she's always ready" = was reliable and not prone to failure. "Shaking that thang" = shaking the bottle or musket which... ..."makes me sing" = being drunk or marching song to a battle.
When will some people realize that "Black Betty" does not refer to a black lady but refers to a British musket in a revolutionary war British marching chant ? " Bam-ba-lam" refers to the sound of a musket firing
This song has a long history going back at least 300 years, has been altered by whoever was singing it. History is absolutely the most rewarding subject to study. This song has gone from being a military cadence, slave field song, prison work song, and now southern rock. Pretty remarkable. Hats off to Iron Head Baker and Leadbelly back in 1939. ruclips.net/video/tiCEVl_9-MM/видео.html
I don't know how true this is but I like the description of the song. cover of a military cadence from prior to civil war, where "Black Betty" was many things: in the first verse she is a musket that was very inaccurate due to lack of rifling, so the child (bullet) went wild (off target) and gone blind (the heavy smoke blocking vision after firing the weapon), 2nd verse is alcoholic drink of available for cheap to give to soldiers, and 3rd verse is an actual woman who "serviced" the soldiers at a local "men's club" in Alabama. "Bam a lam" is the reference sound of the musket firing and the beat of the singing cadence
Black Betty" is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case, an 18th-century marching cadence about a flintlock musket. There are numerous recorded versions, including a cappella and folk. The song was eventually, with modified lyrics, revitalized as a rock classic by the American band Ram Jam in 1977. Future recordings retain the structure of this version, including hits by Tom Jones and Spiderbait.Wikipedia
The musket would have been a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock. The prison guards or soldiers were 'hugging Black Betty'. And when a updated model of the gun came out, known as 'Brown Bess', with an unpainted wooden stock, it was seen as the 'child' of the flint-lock musket
Great song choice guys ! Y’all should check out Black Betty cover by Aussie band ‘Spiderbait’. Similar to Ram Jam, but with electric banjo and guitars. Sounds awesome ! Keep the good tunes coming and let the good times roll. Diggin’ it !
John A. and Alan Lomax's 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs describes the origins of "Black Betty": "Black Betty is not another Frankie, nor yet a two-timing woman that a man can moan his blues about. She is the whip that was and is used in some Southern prisons. A convict on the Darrington State Farm in Texas, where, by the way, whipping has been practically discontinued, laughed at Black Betty and mimicked her conversation in the following song." (In the text, the music notation and lyrics follow.) - Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs. (1934; reprint, New York: Dover, 1994), 60-1
Originally an army marching Jodie back in the late 1800s but may go back to Revolutionary War days of Brits and their Brown Bess muskets and Colonial forces with their muskets made here out of black walnut--our Black Betty's. Picked up by road prison work gangs and heard throughout the south for a couple of decades. Overheard by Lead Belly who made it a hit 45 years before Ram Jam put a 70s beat and singing guitars to it.
I've seen several different stories about where this song came from , but I can't say I know . Some people get offended by it , and say it puts down black Ladies . I didn't hear any put downs , he only sang good things about her . Sounds like she rocked his world , lol !
I'm a black woman born in "63", I was listening to rock music that'll make your mind skip time. I loved it in my neighborhood I was told what that's not black music. I could turn you completely out with my rock music knowledge. I love Ram Jam heard the song long ,long time ago.
You are my hero! Thing is, I also grew up at this time and remember this song because my sister listened to it. (born in 64)
I love that back then there was never even a question about what this song meant, it was just the jam. Enjoyed!!! Rocked it!!!
I haven't been impressed with music in the last 2 decades but am so grateful that music from beyond that is still there and appreciated!!
Hi Metro, I was born in 62, so we're around the same age. I used to listen to Ram Jam in jr HS. I even used to draw their covers on my notebook. None of the other kids got it. Yes, it was a completely white school. Until I went to college, I didn't have much interaction with, well anybody. But that saved my life. I still don't know what the song is about, but I love it. Anyways, I wish you well, and if you could send me some of the mind blowing music you like to listen to, i would love it.
Maybe if the words "black betty" wasn't code for attractive afro-american prostitutes but just called "bad betty" instead it wouldn't have the tones of racial segregation and conceived white superiority in most people's minds today. At the time this track came out, it wasn't exactly kosher to talk about relationships with prostitutes or inter-racial mixing for most of America (sure there were hippies like in this band but they weren't the majority of society).
@@lameduck3105 no one thinks that.
Hey there there
This dropped when I was 23. EVERYBODY (black and white) was bouncing to this Jam. It puts a smile on your face every time 😊
So funny watching those wheels scrambling and turning!
the house in the back ground belonged to the guitarist girlfriend, they're still together and live there
and production cost a bag of weed back then $15 an ounce of Mexican or Jamaican and 35 for Columbian. man I loved the 70s
And I bet they're still comfortable financially. Sometimes all it takes is one hit... lol
@Greg LOOTENS I don't
@@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan Yup! This song plays in movies all the time,and they get a residuals from it every time it's played both in movies or on the radio.
@@xScooterAZx all goes to original artist... whom is i believe is Ledbetter
My neighbor is a 71 year old Black women and lives by herself and she turned me onto this song about 10 years ago. Love this song!!
The song was originally recorded by blues artist Leadbelly, and Ram Jam did one hell of a cover.
This was at a time when black and white were really coming together musically and there were no “rules” as far as what kind of music you were “allowed” to play based on race. Then, later on, you had Living Color singing rock, Eminem doing his thing, etc. Now, it seems that people are surprised when they see artists like this from back in the day crossing over racial barriers… Whereas now, we’ve gone backwards and we are expected to perform within our race...sad! So much potential will not be explored as a result
Well, you also had mixed musicians as far back as the 50s and 70s disco.
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Truer words were never spoken! PEACE!!!!!
However,this song has nothing to do with race or anything like that. It's about a Civil War Musket called "Black Betty" for the color of the stock,a dark,dark brown. Her 'child" in the song,that went wild,was actually the musket ball not firing straight all the time. Sometimes it went "wild". She(Black Betty) was reliable though,and would never misfire. She just didnt always shoot straight. :}
RUclips clearly proves this hypothesis, black people love this song
.. Some sources claim the song is derived from an 18th-century marching cadence about a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock; the "bam-ba-lam" lyric referring to the sound of the gunfire
It wasn't from a marching cadence. Black Betty is the nickname given to a 1600s - 1700s flint-lock musket. "Black Betty had a child BAM BA LAM, the damn things gone wild BAM BA LAM, She said "Worryin outta mind" BAM BA LAM, The damn things gone blind" Black Betty is the musket, BAM BA LAM is the sound the gun made, the child is the musket ball and it was known to be inaccurate so the shots went wild quite often "The damn things gone wild", it was also know to misfire causing injuries at worst "Worryin outta mind" or a huge cloud of thick white-grey smoke blinding you "The damn things gone blind."
and here i thought it was Scotts Whiskey
Other verses are about hooch and a woman respectively.
@@crapstirrer Nope they arent. The musket was manufactured in Birmingham Alabama. Not about a woman or whiskey. Google it for more information. :}
@@xScooterAZx no
The "Black Betty" smoothbore musket, whether manufactured in Birmingham England or Birmingham Alabama (and I've heard both) was notoriously inaccurate. "Had a child" = fired a shot. Once fired "gone blind". The damn thing gone wild = missed the target. Weren't none o mine = not my shot. I got nothing for rock steady or gets me high.
The smell got them high [after firing] and the manufacture of the musket was 'rock steady' [but inaccurate]. Bam-a-lam was the noise it made when fired. Black Betty the colour of the musket wood.
@@anglosaxon5874 Nothing to do with this song
I have no idea if it’s correct, but the story behind this song that I heard was a little different. In the version I heard, Black Betty’s child was a inaccurate and unreliable successor to the “black Betty” rifle. It is a civil war cadence, and every version of this song over the years has been slightly different. Your explanation makes sense, but I think the lyrics are somewhat up to interpretation.
The high part was the colombian snow they were on 👌
In my opinion black betty was a firearm. original was a slave song by "lead belly".
You guys have the best memories and listening skills of anyone I've heard doing reactions. You accurately recalled the lyrics and melody, without misinterpreting anything, immediately when the song ended. That's what I call PAYING ATTENTION. Nice job!
Born in 1955. We would party with this song until we couldn't party anymore!
love Bill's cheeky look to camera when BB is shaking her thang ... :D
I think the band would love all the positive responses their song and band is getting. It's has to be somebody else. I remember this song and the 70's, a great time!
Hi,
"Black Betty" was originally written around the 1860's. It was military cadence music, referring to the muzzle loading rifle that the soldiers had named "Black Betty".
The song was later sung by black inmates in southern prisons while working on chain gangs.
Leadbelly recorded "Black Betty" in the 1940's, which now resides in the National Library of Congress
Ram Jam recorded this in a backyard. They said that the cost to produce the video was 20 dollars.
Probably to buy the stash.
Peace
Great remake of JAMES "IRON HEAD" BAKER - Black Betty (1933)
It was done by Lead Belly.
It predates both
The bass player in the tank is the best thing about this whole experience.
Amazing what a talented band can do in there backyard.
I would have loved to have been in their back yard for this. :}
If your foot isn't taping along with the cymbals when he sings, you are either deaf or hearing blind.
I'm a boomer we used play this song riding through town just looking for girls they get down on this we had to to much fun to much fun
Love this song! You guys heard the radio cut, there's actually a much longer version from the album (6 minutes if I recall correctly). This was back when if an artist wanted radio airplay they had to make their song 3 to 3 1/2 minutes or less.
“What it do S&Ms?!?” Caught me off guard for a second 🤣🤣🤣
This music video never fails to make me laugh. It just seems so random, like they decided to do it a cookout. 😂😂😂
The band blew the budget lol on smoke and beer 🍺
Danielle Hurrell me too!!
I'm 55 and I grew up listening to 60sand 70s and it was the best music.
It's crazy how a cadence about an old rifle became a hit rock song. But the era was a collective LSD and mushroom trip.
it's not about an old rifle. That rifle was called "Brown Bess".
@@gabreel8112 I'm gonna listen to Lead Belly, since his is the oldest recording and he was pretty adamant it was about a rifle. That era witnessed tons of folk songs revamped into rock hits, such as House of The Rising son, another Lead Belly song.
@@DiddynoDiddle actually if you read his interview about this. He talks about Black Betty being a whip. They would use it on the prisoner's on the chain gang.
@@gabreel8112 The English version was the Black Betty. Rifle
Sorry musket
I love this freaking song so damn much! Listen I’m 52 and we have a 14 year old daughter and she has been loving this song since she was a toddler this is one of the first songs that I would play around the house when I was cleaning and shit that she would sing as a young girl, it’s such a great song!
Same singer that also was in the group, The Lemon Pipers who's hit was Green Tamborine.
Great song. Nothing fake.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU! You were about the tenth reaction video to this song I have watched and you are the first and only ones to actually watch and listen to the video all the way through before commenting. THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT!
Lmao 😄🤣🤣😆 perfect facial expressions.
You look really cute with your hair like that Mel ✌💗🇬🇧
This song goes back to the civil war. It was a cadence marching son for ex slaves fighting for the union. Passed down from generations originally recorded by James "Iron Head" in 1933, later recorded by Leadbelly a few years after. Black Betty was a musket rifle which the black union soldiers marched with. Ram Jam later changed the lyrics and tempo to fit in the seventies.
LOVE y'all's reaction!! 🙌💯🔥 My truck, she's a black Chevy, is named "Black Betty" after this rockin' tune!! Love y'all's energy together! 🥰🤘☺️
The song is actually about a gun a flintlock musket that was called Black Betty back in the day
I'm not doubting you but when he says she really gets me high and also says she's from Alabam? Makes it sound like a legit girl
@@jimmyjohns6516 that's because it's not about a gun. If you look it up on RUclips, someone posted the first ever recorded version of the song. It was recorded in a prison in Texas back in the early 1900's.
@@blakewestwood8096 (not trying to argue) your comment doesn’t disprove that it was a civil war cadence about a rifle. You just stated when and where it was recorded for the first time, which doesn’t mean a whole lot
@@seanfrashier631
And the child gone blind is the bullet. Because, once "born" (out of the barrel), a bullet will blindly kill whatever is in front of it :)
I think soldiers during the Civil War used a rifle nicknamed "Black Betty". Not sure if it was the Confederacy or Union or I might be wrong entirely.
You’ve GOT to check out Black Coffee by Humble Pie. Got a GREAT groove, the backup singers are fantastic and the lead singer’s voice is surprising in a good way! Cheers!
Back in the day when I was much younger this is the way we did it backyard party
Mel you look so pretty gurl !! 👍❤️lv the hair did !!
Mel your description of the song was absolutely cracking me up tonight lol! Thanks guys. Black Betty is a gun but in the third verse she’s also a woman lol!
Music can break down the barriers 😎
Laughing so hard at your reaction! It's actually a reference to a musket rifle, but obviously can be interpreted otherwise! So now, check out Wild Cherry doing "Play that Funky Music"... That will REALLY make you laugh!
This 2021 can't believe your not eared this song a classic from the 70s bro x
The song isn't actually about a black woman. It's about a civil war musket called a Black Betty.
I remember jamming to this when I was a teenager, some 40+ years ago and I can still jam to it
I love you guys reactions. I start laughing before you start the video.
This is southern rock at its best! I love this song, and I love me some southern rock
May 9, 2023
Black Beatty was a great song!! So glad for the positive vibes. 🙌
... BIG CLASSIC ... BIG SOUND ... BIG RESPECT ...
Ram Jam gives you the best 2 minutes of your life - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!
This recording by Ram Jam is a masterpiece. Everybody loves it. ❤
Loved the reaction. Thank you for sharing.
You need to react to the greatest guitar player of all time and make sure you do this exact version: Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood - (Live at the El Mocambo)
love the reaction to one of my favorite 70s songs. its nice for everyone to get out of the music they listen to and try other styles... there is a ton of music out there for everyone and alot of it is pretty awesome.
From Wikipedia: "Black Betty" (Roud 11668) is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material;[1] in this case, an 18th-century marching cadence about a flintlock musket.
I’m a 48 year old white lady, but I’ve never been surprised when black people love rock songs… you guys invented the genre. At its core it’s a black music style.
We all need to go back to these years and start loving people.
Leadbelly is said to have adapted the song from an 18th century marching cadence about a black-painted musket named Black Betty (go figure). Black Bettys child was Brown Bess.
I've been waiting for a reaction video from you two with this song😁. I've always loved the song, and I knew I would love your reaction to it.😉💪🏼
I love the way they don't drag the song on like some bands do. Leaves you wanting more but yet it was perfect
Yes. You all reacted to a pure classic
THANK YOU for letting it play all the way through. Nobody else does that and it drives me nuts. This is what a REACTION video is supposed tlook like.
You’re a sweet sweet sweet couple, and those colors look really good on you ^_^
Love your reactions to this. New sub you look like fun happy couple. Everyone loves this song.
She’s always ready 😏 go Black Betty!
"Black Betty" was a musket gun [or a bottle of whiskey in London among other meanings].
"Bamb-ba-lam"= the noise it made,
The "child" was the musket ball.
"Damn think gone wild" = not always accurate.
"Damn thing gone blind" = missing it's target [like it viers off when shooting straight].
"She get's me high" = musket smoke.
"So rock steady and she's always ready" = was reliable and not prone to failure.
"Shaking that thang" = shaking the bottle or musket which...
..."makes me sing" = being drunk or marching song to a battle.
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When will some people realize that "Black Betty" does not refer to a black lady but refers to a British musket in a revolutionary war British marching chant ?
" Bam-ba-lam" refers to the sound of a musket firing
Such a great song! Thx for reacting ❤️🇨🇦🤓
This song has a long history going back at least 300 years, has been altered by whoever was singing it. History is absolutely the most rewarding subject to study. This song has gone from being a military cadence, slave field song, prison work song, and now southern rock. Pretty remarkable. Hats off to Iron Head Baker and Leadbelly back in 1939.
ruclips.net/video/tiCEVl_9-MM/видео.html
I giggled at your expressions to the words thinking it was all about a black woman names Betty when it's about a musket. LOL
That reaction made me smile!!!!
I don't know how true this is but I like the description of the song.
cover of a military cadence from prior to civil war, where "Black Betty" was many things: in the first verse she is a musket that was very inaccurate due to lack of rifling, so the child (bullet) went wild (off target) and gone blind (the heavy smoke blocking vision after firing the weapon), 2nd verse is alcoholic drink of available for cheap to give to soldiers, and 3rd verse is an actual woman who "serviced" the soldiers at a local "men's club" in Alabama. "Bam a lam" is the reference sound of the musket firing and the beat of the singing cadence
One of my favorite songs glad y'all dug it
The guitarist is Bill Barnett. He previously played with the Lemon Pipers, who had a bubblegum psychedelic hit with Green Tambourine.
This song is a rap and the hardest rock in rock! From the 70’s!
Black Betty" is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case, an 18th-century marching cadence about a flintlock musket. There are numerous recorded versions, including a cappella and folk. The song was eventually, with modified lyrics, revitalized as a rock classic by the American band Ram Jam in 1977. Future recordings retain the structure of this version, including hits by Tom Jones and Spiderbait.Wikipedia
Still get goosey bumps listening to this.
Another great version of this song is from Australian band called Spiderbait. It's a bit harder but I'm sure you'll enjoy. Love from Australia.
The long version of this is much, much better
The beautiful mel. And mr Shawn ty
Thanks for re-uploading this 😁😁
I love watching your reactions ! If you like drums Judas priest the song painkiller is a must.
This was great!! I love it
Been rockin this since the late 70's
Notice the groups lead singer in the left background dancing. The guitarist sang on this before leaving the industry for a while.
“Betty”is a pretty girl, 50’s 60’s slang
True, though the song isn't referring to a girl.
Great reaction to a Classic!
The musket would have been a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock. The prison guards or soldiers were 'hugging Black Betty'. And when a updated model of the gun came out, known as 'Brown Bess', with an unpainted wooden stock, it was seen as the 'child' of the flint-lock musket
Love watching y'alls reaction. Would absolutely LOVE for y'all to reaction to the band POISON and the song is called STAND!!!!!
The story is that they spent 100 bucks making the video.
$60 of that was for weed and beer. Not sure what the rest was for!
@@Zebred2001, probably so, lol.
The rest of the money was spent on hairspray.
Great Reaction...Can't wait for more. You have a new Follower.
Thanks Jeffrey
Great reaction guys great reaction to a blue-eyed soul Southern song you didn't you wouldn't even know they were white guys
Great song choice guys ! Y’all should check out Black Betty cover by Aussie band ‘Spiderbait’. Similar to Ram Jam, but with electric banjo and guitars. Sounds awesome ! Keep the good tunes coming and let the good times roll. Diggin’ it !
John A. and Alan Lomax's 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs describes the origins of "Black Betty":
"Black Betty is not another Frankie, nor yet a two-timing woman that a man can moan his blues about. She is the whip that was and is used in some Southern prisons. A convict on the Darrington State Farm in Texas, where, by the way, whipping has been practically discontinued, laughed at Black Betty and mimicked her conversation in the following song." (In the text, the music notation and lyrics follow.)
- Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs. (1934; reprint, New York: Dover, 1994), 60-1
This is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
When I first heard this I was offended. The second I heard this , I said that's a JAMM!!!
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Their singer looked like Napolean Dynamite and Jeff Foxworthy had a love child. LOL!!
Song recorded in their backyard because not enough money to play on MTV, recorded in 1977, first recorded in 1933. but lyrics go back in early 1900s.
Originally an army marching Jodie back in the late 1800s but may go back to Revolutionary War days of Brits and their Brown Bess muskets and Colonial forces with their muskets made here out of black walnut--our Black Betty's.
Picked up by road prison work gangs and heard throughout the south for a couple of decades.
Overheard by Lead Belly who made it a hit 45 years before Ram Jam put a 70s beat and singing guitars to it.
That is a great song! That song is in alot of movies
I've seen several different stories about where this song came from , but I can't say I know . Some people get offended by it , and say it puts down black Ladies . I didn't hear any put downs , he only sang good things about her . Sounds like she rocked his world , lol !