The Nashville Teens were an excellent R n B group from the UK who hit during the beat boom yesrs with Tobacco Road ,they had several more hits (they recorded Google eye against their wishes) and should have had more as they were great live,have a CD of them good to listen to Auckland New Zealand 2024
Nashville Teens are a British group, formed in 1962. This particular song was released in 1964 where it made No.6 in the UK and No. 14 in the Billboard hot 100. It was also released in Canada. The Teens have appeared in 3 films. The song is a classic, covered by several artists.
Met my future wife in 1964 at a dance where a local band played this over and over. She couldn't dance; I didn't like to but it didn't matter. We were married 3 months later and it lasted for 33 years until she died of cancer.
I discovered this song in the '70s when I lived in Ohio, USA. This music was unfashionable then. I only did karaoke once, in Iceland, and selected this song. I knew every note, this is the best version, and the audience was stunned. I had memorized every glitch of this great one. It is easy to sing, try it! This is priceless video, thank you so much for posting. If anyone wants to know about this group, I do know a little, and they were much appreciated in England.
@Harmonicajello You sound like my older brothers who had to sneak this stuff into the house way back when. Thank God they did. I was born in 1966 into a house where The Beatles, Kinks, and The Animals ruled. I thank you Brits for discovering our Rock and Roll and returning it in even better condition than you had found it.
I remember when this first came out I bought the "45" put it on my dads "Hi-Fi" turned the volume to 10 played it over and over I still love it Thanks for posting
The piano player, John Hawken, later founded Renaissance and played with a lot of class acts. Talented guy! The singer on the right, Ray Phillips, kept the Teens going. I have a video of an 80's line-up who blew all other 60's bands off the stage with their heavy version of Tobacco Road.
John Hawken passed yesterday, May 15, 2024. He had retired to the U.S., where I met him, and we'd occasionally sit and talk in local Cafés in Metuchen NJ, where he then lived. He always had great stories to tell.
they were a great band from england uk lived in surrey couple in Woking they weren't teenagers when they had this hit record. i remember back in the day they came to our youth club in Sheerwater surrey uk they new quiet a few of us there and asked us all that if the press came around asking question dont tell them we are not teenagers we all agreed no one said anything about age when they came around always liked them when they played local gigs before this got them in the big time
This amazing song and band...I love the lead singer Ray Philips ....He's my age. He's still an original singer with the band but there have been several past members....
Wow...these guys could really play and sing! The keyboard is Argent/Alan Price good, and the guitar is really nailing that riff with an excellent sound and attack. Bravo Teens.
@@Mncrr I have my doubts about that. This is a live version, not the studio track, yet the guitar sounds just as proficient & I don't think either of the players is Page. Besides, Page was always trying to take credit for other people's songs when he was in Zeppelin.
@@laustcawz2089 I’m pretty sure I read it was him. I don’t know if there’s a record of all that he played on but in London from 63-65 it was mostly him and big Jim Sullivan doing most of the session work.
John Hawken (keys) now lives, in Central New Jersey. He is a personal friend & jam buddy. In fact, I will be with him, in a few hours, hopefully, to play, "Tobacco Road"......Cheers!
I met John a few years ago, at a Strawbs gig in Toronto. (Hugh's Room) He couldn't have been nicer. It was an honour to meet him. I had written (badly) a review of a Strawbs gig way back in 1975 at my college in Canada, and he was interested in getting a copy! I hope he is doing well - 100% recovered from that stroke.
Thomas, I played with John in The Mal Gray Band in 1973. He used to come round some evenings to my flat and thrash us all at Monopoly! He'd win every time! The nicest guy you could hope to meet and a fantastic pianist. I contacted him a couple of years ago and he didn't remember a thing!! Anyway, please tell him Stirling said Hi!
Awsome piano player, Nicky Hopkins was a dear friend of mine and this would make Nicky smile. loved this song in the 60's and it still sounds great, little Everly Brothers influence and a steam hammer beat! Great Musicians they were the best the UK had.
JPR from the Ancient Order of Men does a really good version of this, and this one and his are my two favorite 👍 heard this as a kid and always liked it I'm glad I found it,thank you
Just saw the first episode of Season 1 of MAD MEN, and when the I first heard this at the end I new immediately who it was. Perfect timing for the song, MAD MEN is a great show.
Yeah, This Is The Song I Was Looking For. I Was Lying Down And The Song Title Just Popped Into My Brain!!! This Song Is Waaay, Waaay Cool. I'm Glad I Found It!!!
Thye are singing 'live' I used to go and see them and when they came to my hometown I was right at the front and they sounded excellent. Them and the Beachboys really knew how to sing live.
@pyannaguy Hi Ray Phillips was the singer, when i knew him in seventies he was still gigging,Butlins etc and worked with his dad painting and decorating.he also had a massive great dane called Odin. I called in to see him a couple or so years ago, still the same old Ray,his head under the bonnet of his beloved Mustang.He really is a nice guy.
Ray Philips (the shorter of the 2 singers) is still playing with The Nashville Teens (he has an awesome version of Little Bird google Ray Philiips & Zalatnay Sarolta) Arthur Sharp (the taller of the 2 singers) worked in music management and I believe the drummer went on to play with The Animals. Great group
I'm 62, but was only 15 when this version was released. Only found out today it was not a new song when I was a kid back then, but had been written by John D. Loudermilk 4 years earlier in 1960. You live and learn.
"I could die of boredom or holster up my guns. So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and I said, 'Fire us.' Within a year, we'd taken over two floors of the Time-Life Building."
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could ee a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
I love the throbbing bass in this song. I like this tune it as much now as I did when I first heard it, although this version doesn't seem as hard hitting as the one on my 45
You left out about a dozen others! I record at his son Mike Loudermilk's house, I believe you are THE Earl Clark? The one I know, you might remember me, we used to hang out a bit but I don't think I've seen you in about 7 years.
I would love to think that I was running in such distinguished company. The only time I have been in Nahsville was around 1971-72 to record one of my tunes "Emma's Spitoon". It, as Roger Miller used to say, started slow and kinda tapered off. There is a great steel guitar player from Texas named Earl Clark and an Earl Clark that was a professional basketball player. It would be an honor to hang with you and Mike Loudermilk. It sounds as though there are some great creative juices flowing there. Unless you have lived in eastern North Carolina, I am probably not the Earl Clark you hung out with. I am getting older, still gigging, and still aspiring to write that one little gem that would bring joy to a lot of folks. Keep up the good work, stir up the gift that is in you. Oh yeah "Emma's Spitoon" is posted out here on RUclips. It was recorded at Bobby Russell's studio, Creative Workshop. From what I was told by Bud Reneau, he was going to get Doug Dillard to put down the lead guitar licks. I hope that is he that you hear on the recording; what an honor to think the Doug Dillard would be playing on my tunes. Whoever it was, he laid some nice licks into my little diddy. Have a blessed day.
People like Dillard are well respected but here in Nashville it's so ordinary to hang out with those kinda folks, tho I personally have never met him, went to his hangouts a few times in hopes of meeting him but never did at least not that I know of! Look up Earl Clark Nashville songwriter, he's had some pretty big success with many of his songs, used to hang out with him a bit so I thought for sure you were him. I'll look up your song and give it a listen.
I remember a covers band who played the social clubs in Scotland. They covered this. I'm sure one of them was in the original group. Cant remember the cover bands name though.
@TheAmazingMorse Thanks. You were born into a great decade. Rock 'n' Roll had gone quiet somewhat due to it being commandeered by the impresarios. 1962 was awful for music in UK & The Beatles brought Rock back with a bang at the end of the year! I only wish i had seen their live shows before they hit the big time. That would've been something. But i was lucky enough to witness a fair few of the other 60's greats. Nashville Teens were real. They would drink in the bar with audience after shows.
been listening to some versions of this song, including the guy who wrote it who was on Marty Stuart's show. I really, really like this version the best.
davwave....89 cent .for a 45 record i was a teen in the 60s ...born 1953......dad was making 2.00 an hr....factory worker .....albums.were 1.29.and up at 2 guys ..remember them? woolworth dept store ....1.89.....60s was cool era
As an American, I hate to admit that you're right. Pound for pound (per capita, if you will) the UK outperformed the the US by a wide margin at that time. Throughout most of the 60s, it wasn't even close.
@MrFoxhunter123456 Thanks for the update! May Ray and all of us keep on rollin' as smooth as we can...Hope the rest of the group hasn't fared too badly, also...
Still the best version of this song, great keys on this song, too bad they didn't do more only ever heard 2 of their songs that and a weird one called Google eye, funny l used to feel that way after a party night.
@MushroomMountainGoat I think the device you're talking about is a volume control on the mic on the piano. It gets louder when he turns it up for the solo
They weren’t from Nashville, and I don’t think they were teens. John Hawkin stands out as professorial looking among this punch, and this foretells his future as prog rock keyboard king.
I love The Animals' version of this song soooooo much. And as much as I love them, Jefferson Airplane's version is rather sucky. This one is pretty good too. This one is good.
Nearly 60 years old. GOLD
That song will always be cool! (San Miguel de Allende, Gto., MX)
The Nashville Teens were an excellent R n B group from the UK who hit during the beat boom yesrs with Tobacco Road ,they had several more hits (they recorded Google eye against their wishes) and should have had more as they were great live,have a CD of them good to listen to Auckland New Zealand 2024
six guys from Surrey, England. Drummer Barry Jenkins joined the Animals in 1966. They had only two top 100 songs. This one is a classic.
Nashville Teens are a British group, formed in 1962. This particular song was released in 1964 where it made No.6 in the UK and No. 14 in the Billboard hot 100. It was also released in Canada. The Teens have appeared in 3 films. The song is a classic, covered by several artists.
Met my future wife in 1964 at a dance where a local band played this over and over. She couldn't dance; I didn't like to but it didn't matter. We were married 3 months later and it lasted for 33 years until she died of cancer.
I remember this from way back in the days and am now a childish 72 (even them hated the screaming bairns). Music was great.
I discovered this song in the '70s when I lived in Ohio, USA. This music was unfashionable then. I only did karaoke once, in Iceland, and selected this song. I knew every note, this is the best version, and the audience was stunned. I had memorized every glitch of this great one. It is easy to sing, try it! This is priceless video, thank you so much for posting. If anyone wants to know about this group, I do know a little, and they were much appreciated in England.
@Harmonicajello You sound like my older brothers who had to sneak this stuff into the house way back when. Thank God they did. I was born in 1966 into a house where The Beatles, Kinks, and The Animals ruled. I thank you Brits for discovering our Rock and Roll and returning it in even better condition than you had found it.
Remember this song when i was a wee guy listening to Top Of The Pops during the mid 60's. Never realised it had so much class.
I really love this song!! One of my fav of all time. I was 10 yrs old. I just love the 60's music alot!!
I remember when this first came out I bought the "45" put it on my dads "Hi-Fi" turned the volume to 10 played it over and over I still love it Thanks for posting
The piano player, John Hawken, later founded Renaissance and played with a lot of class acts. Talented guy! The singer on the right, Ray Phillips, kept the Teens going. I have a video of an 80's line-up who blew all other 60's bands off the stage with their heavy version of Tobacco Road.
Wish I could hear it!!!!
ruclips.net/video/5gQY7a7fp1s/видео.html
Truth is, Renaissance was founded by Keith Relf and Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds, who left after not very long.
John Hawken passed yesterday, May 15, 2024. He had retired to the U.S., where I met him, and we'd occasionally sit and talk in local Cafés in Metuchen NJ, where he then lived. He always had great stories to tell.
they were a great band from england uk lived in surrey couple in Woking they weren't teenagers when they had this hit record. i remember back in the day they came to our youth club in Sheerwater surrey uk they new quiet a few of us there and asked us all that if the press came around asking question dont tell them we are not teenagers we all agreed no one said anything about age when they came around always liked them when they played local gigs before this got them in the big time
Ray and Arthur lived in Addlestone back in the 60s - Ray and I were neighbours. Great times!
This track was featured in the hit TV show "Mad Men' which takes place in the Sixties. Blew me away!
+Mark Roberts this was a great song from mad men-probably my favorite song from the show along with the Turtle's Elenore.
Loudermilk was a fabulous person. Also. From Durham. My dad bought an òld beat up galaxy from him. Everyone adored him in Nashville.
This amazing song and band...I love the lead singer Ray Philips ....He's my age. He's still an original singer with the band but there have been several past members....
+keri caye The one that looks like Roger Daltrey?
+Arthur F. Scaltrito yeah Ray Philips....I can't help it............
Wow...these guys could really play and sing! The keyboard is Argent/Alan Price good, and the guitar is really nailing that riff with an excellent sound and attack. Bravo Teens.
Read it was young jimmy page on recording. Hot lead lick
@@Mncrr
I have my doubts about that.
This is a live version, not the studio track,
yet the guitar sounds just as proficient
& I don't think either of the players is Page.
Besides, Page was always trying to
take credit for other people's songs
when he was in Zeppelin.
@@laustcawz2089 I’m pretty sure I read it was him. I don’t know if there’s a record of all that he played on but in London from 63-65 it was mostly him and big Jim Sullivan doing most of the session work.
Great song
John Hawken (keys) now lives, in Central New Jersey. He is a personal friend & jam buddy. In fact, I will be with him, in a few hours, hopefully, to play, "Tobacco Road"......Cheers!
I met John a few years ago, at a Strawbs gig in Toronto. (Hugh's Room) He couldn't have been nicer. It was an honour to meet him. I had written (badly) a review of a Strawbs gig way back in 1975 at my college in Canada, and he was interested in getting a copy! I hope he is doing well - 100% recovered from that stroke.
PS: I just posted, that sadly, J.D. Loudermilk passed away earlier today.
Thomas, I played with John in The Mal Gray Band in 1973. He used to come round some evenings to my flat and thrash us all at Monopoly! He'd win every time! The nicest guy you could hope to meet and a fantastic pianist. I contacted him a couple of years ago and he didn't remember a thing!! Anyway, please tell him Stirling said Hi!
Awsome piano player, Nicky Hopkins was a dear friend of mine and this would make Nicky smile. loved this song in the 60's and it still sounds great, little Everly Brothers influence and a steam hammer beat! Great Musicians they were the best the UK had.
@@madeleinehague648 sad
The Nashville Teens back in the old days of real music.
Met them in the 60s in NE Scotland
JPR from the Ancient Order of Men does a really good version of this, and this one and his are my two favorite 👍 heard this as a kid and always liked it I'm glad I found it,thank you
I grew up in a town...Augusta, GA, USA that had a Tobacco Road. Still does. Love this song!
This is the song that started me on rock and roll and i've never looked back...thanks for the great video!!!!!!!
Great song! I'm impressed by the pianist at how fast he's playing. That's pretty fast AND he's changing chords while he's playing that fast. WOW!
They worked with Jerry Lee Lewis at one point. Learning to keep up with the Master of the Pumping Piano had to be a serious trial by fire.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
In case anyone's interested, this performance is from the show "Shindig". That's host Jimmy O'neil you hear introducing the band.
rats - i was guessing sam riddle on boss city.....thanks for the clarification
Amazing performance!
one of the singers in the teens is my uncle Artur Sharp. he and i are v. grateful you posted this.this single got 2 no. 4 in the uk chart in 1964
Just saw the first episode of Season 1 of MAD MEN, and when the I first heard this at the end I new immediately who it was. Perfect timing for the song, MAD MEN is a great show.
Saw the Nashville Teens in Cheltenham Town Hall 31st May (1964?) I have the ticket remnant to prove it!
Freddie Holding
Wow, lucky you !
Yeah, This Is The Song I Was Looking For. I Was Lying Down And The Song Title Just Popped Into My Brain!!! This Song Is Waaay, Waaay Cool. I'm Glad I Found It!!!
yes yes yes many great times were hade back in this era listning and dancing well parting to this great old 60,s music
I once booked this group for a college evening-they sang this and many other songs-they sang even better after a few pints!!
Right on, cool story
Haven't heard this song in 51 years! I really liked it then.
Nextaxpro E R Rocky I listen to this tune each day I'm on the computer...just to feel good. I listen to a lot of the 60s for the same reasons.
Where the hell you been??
Reasons why the internet is good.
Great song---back when life was fun and rewarding--
the music today is garbage...the good times,not like today's woke crap..
RIP, J.D. Loudermilk. He wrote this song.
Probably the best version, and there have been many, to lay down this track ever....
best version ever
Thye are singing 'live' I used to go and see them and when they came to my hometown I was right at the front and they sounded excellent. Them and the Beachboys really knew how to sing live.
@pyannaguy Hi Ray Phillips was the singer, when i knew him in seventies he was still gigging,Butlins etc and worked with his dad painting and decorating.he also had a massive great dane called Odin. I called in to see him a couple or so years ago, still the same old Ray,his head under the bonnet of his beloved Mustang.He really is a nice guy.
Bravo Bravo Bavo!Fantastic,Great Band,Very vell Music & Wonderful Song by Nashville Teens!Makes me feel happy!Thanks!💙🌞🎙🎹🎶🎸🥁🌞💖🥂Happy New Year!🥂
54 years later, I shake Ray Phillips hand!
Ray Philips (the shorter of the 2 singers) is still playing with The Nashville Teens (he has an awesome version of Little Bird google Ray Philiips & Zalatnay Sarolta) Arthur Sharp (the taller of the 2 singers) worked in music management and I believe the drummer went on to play with The Animals. Great group
Yes Berry Jenkins Went too play whit Eric Burdon and The Animals
Excellent band.
I'm 62, but was only 15 when this version was released. Only found out today it was not a new song when I was a kid back then, but had been written by John D. Loudermilk 4 years earlier in 1960. You live and learn.
"I could die of boredom or holster up my guns. So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and I said, 'Fire us.' Within a year, we'd taken over two floors of the Time-Life Building."
Great song, and they knew how to capitilize on a bass,
Thanks for sharing the post.
Probably the only live version of this song ever filmed. A good find.
Used to see the Teens in the mid 70s at the Marquee with Ray Phillips still fronting them and got to know Ray quite well great singer
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could ee a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
I love the throbbing bass in this song. I like this tune it as much now as I did when I first heard it, although this version doesn't seem as hard hitting as the one on my 45
The piano player is asome
Another great song writtnen by John D. Loudermilk. Among the others were Cherokee Nation and Windy and Warm...
You left out about a dozen others! I record at his son Mike Loudermilk's house, I believe you are THE Earl Clark? The one I know, you might remember me, we used to hang out a bit but I don't think I've seen you in about 7 years.
I would love to think that I was running in such distinguished company. The only time I have been in Nahsville was around 1971-72 to record one of my tunes "Emma's Spitoon". It, as Roger Miller used to say, started slow and kinda tapered off. There is a great steel guitar player from Texas named Earl Clark and an Earl Clark that was a professional basketball player. It would be an honor to hang with you and Mike Loudermilk. It sounds as though there are some great creative juices flowing there. Unless you have lived in eastern North Carolina, I am probably not the Earl Clark you hung out with. I am getting older, still gigging, and still aspiring to write that one little gem that would bring joy to a lot of folks. Keep up the good work, stir up the gift that is in you. Oh yeah "Emma's Spitoon" is posted out here on RUclips. It was recorded at Bobby Russell's studio, Creative Workshop. From what I was told by Bud Reneau, he was going to get Doug Dillard to put down the lead guitar licks. I hope that is he that you hear on the recording; what an honor to think the Doug Dillard would be playing on my tunes. Whoever it was, he laid some nice licks into my little diddy. Have a blessed day.
People like Dillard are well respected but here in Nashville it's so ordinary to hang out with those kinda folks, tho I personally have never met him, went to his hangouts a few times in hopes of meeting him but never did at least not that I know of! Look up Earl Clark Nashville songwriter, he's had some pretty big success with many of his songs, used to hang out with him a bit so I thought for sure you were him. I'll look up your song and give it a listen.
Egy ilyne jósfésült zenekarnak hogy lehetett ezt a dalt...nem értem.... De imádom a Tobacco road-ot!! Meg mennyit is énekeltem....
I have spoted the bass player in Portugal on the Algarve playing with The O'Gradys
Got a lot of respect at my first job knowing this song.
This song is so cool and I believe that the Nashville Teen had to be on The Hullaballoo show.
You have a kick a*s playlist!
I remember a covers band who played the social clubs in Scotland. They covered this. I'm sure one of them was in the original group. Cant remember the cover bands name though.
口パクなんか無い時代！
だからステージと客が一体となれたんでしょうね。
これだけ昔の映像なのに、スゴく新鮮味があります。
新しい衝撃を覚えました。
@TheAmazingMorse Thanks. You were born into a great decade. Rock 'n' Roll had gone quiet somewhat due to it being commandeered by the impresarios. 1962 was awful for music in UK & The Beatles brought Rock back with a bang at the end of the year! I only wish i had seen their live shows before they hit the big time. That would've been something. But i was lucky enough to witness a fair few of the other 60's greats. Nashville Teens were real. They would drink in the bar with audience after shows.
Love this to bits
good group I saw this video on tv
Great tune. Thanks for the video! Hash tag survived democide. (So far)
1966 Debrecen Bika Bartók terem!! Az első Keletre eljövő zenekar fellépése.
I remember a Sydney band doing this song back in the 60's, thank you for uploading it fukusui :)
Yes that's right. The Sydney band was doing a cover keri. Nice to hear from you.
been listening to some versions of this song, including the guy who wrote it who was on Marty Stuart's show. I really, really like this version the best.
His name is john d louder milk
You should check out his many great songs
davwave....89 cent .for a 45 record i was a teen in the 60s ...born 1953......dad was making 2.00 an hr....factory worker .....albums.were 1.29.and up at 2 guys ..remember them? woolworth dept store ....1.89.....60s was cool era
Great song for the time
とってもレアな画像をありがとうございます。この時代のミュージシャンって女性向けに甘い仕様なのですが、彼らだけは男性的だった。
Mad Men kicked off its 4th season with this song played at the end of the first episode. Very fitting choice.
thanks eric i have bookmarked the url will check it later. thanks again eric
As an American, I hate to admit that you're right. Pound for pound (per capita, if you will) the UK outperformed the the US by a wide margin at that time. Throughout most of the 60s, it wasn't even close.
Ils ont accompagné Jerry Lee Lewis le 5 avril 1964 à Hambourg
This is the Best version of this song
Dig the look of the singer at 0:42. Keeps the whole concept in perspective.
Loudermilk wrote it but The Animals turned it into a blues rock masterpiece.
My uncle was a guitarist in this band - on the far right
Awesome!
awesome!
nagyon jó zenekar volt.
Art Sharrp was one of the vocalists, along with John Hawken's piano skills.
I nearly passed out when I recently discovered this band were from Weybridge , Surrey.
@MrFoxhunter123456 Thanks for the update! May Ray and all of us keep on rollin' as smooth as we can...Hope the rest of the group hasn't fared too badly, also...
Love it!!
Check out their other recordings, they were good, too, especially their US "Tobacco Road" LP.
Reminds me of Yardbirds...
Great, btw!
Jimmy Page on guitar
Well picked!
Nice vocals.
Still the best version of this song, great keys on this song, too bad they didn't do more only ever heard 2 of their songs that and a weird one called Google eye, funny l used to feel that way after a party night.
@MushroomMountainGoat I think the device you're talking about is a volume control on the mic on the piano. It gets louder when he turns it up for the solo
yes yes yes, i mean, that´ˇs the best version
i wasnt evon alive and i luv it
The Daltry lookalike is Ray Phillips who still has the band together
ONE HIT WONDER !!! B UT A GREAT SONG !!
classic song
Good piano player.
I wish somebody would put together the greatest "Whatever Happened To" site.
Amen, Brother....!
They weren’t from Nashville, and I don’t think they were teens.
John Hawkin stands out as professorial looking among this punch, and this foretells his future as prog rock keyboard king.
I love The Animals' version of this song soooooo much. And as much as I love them, Jefferson Airplane's version is rather sucky.
This one is pretty good too.
This one is good.
Regi idok zeneje szep volt jo volt talan igaz sem volt !
Loved this band...what was the wee singers name again...Ray ? - hear they´re still gigging!