In 1968, my mother and I left an abusive household together when I was very young, and were soon homeless sleeping in a public bus station in Minneapolis. We were at the grocery store buying a loaf of bread when my mother realized she didn't have a single dollar left to pay for it. As tears welled in her eyes and the wave of hopeless despair seemed poised to finally break, the man in line behind us paid for the bread and slipped my mother a $100 bill (which was quite a lot in those times!). That man was none other than Bobbert Darin.
Bobby Darin is extraordinary. Able to sing every musical genre he wanted to. But most importantly with integrity and truth. HE was a true artist.I love Sinatra and the myriad of Albums he made(particularly the quieter ones)...and of course am in awe of Dean Martin. Bobby Darin can hold his own in that company...No doubt about that.
Another brilliant Darin performance. It's interesting that this was performed on Dean Martin's show - he was not a fan of rock and roll and modern music of the time.
Bobby Darin was a musical genius - a man who went his own way. You can pick your favorite phase of his career and be entertained all you want. His "protest" period is one of his best. Congrats to Dean Martin and Greg Garrison who let him sing "Long Line Rider" on their show and thumbs down to Jackie Gleason Enterprises who nixed it earlier. Bobby Lives on RUclips!
Darin was brilliant. He literally had a genius I.Q. Everything he touched turned to gold. We can only guess what heights he woould have achieved had he lived a healthy, normal lifespan. It's well known that Dino loved him. Sinatra's relationship with Bobby as a typical Italian love-hate thing. Frank didn't know how to deal with Bobby's brashness, but was in awe of his talents.
Do you hear what Dean is saying at the start of the video.... one of the most talented singers I know. Dino knew Bobby had a lot of talent and could do anything, plus he was Italian !
What ever Bobby Darin put his talents to there was always a marvellous out come, total brilliance. The master still reins supreme and his spirit lives on as does his awesome music. He lived a jam packed filled life ever so short............ but the master genius touched our little lives and we are the lucky ones. Your legacy lives on in all of us Bobby ..So thank you from the depths of our hearts and our souls ......... Rest In Peace now Bobby, you deserve it.....
Bobby was the King of Mult-Genre Music. No one can do what he did and no one will ever get that close. Long live Bobby D's Spirit...its still and always will be inside me and you..
Have this single which I always liked, but this live performance blows it away. This funky style & Bobby Darin fit together great. Definitely one of the great singers.
Is anyone else submitting a letter to the Postal Committee to get Bobby his own postage stamp? I got the information from his official website - as noted in previous posts, l ADORE this man, and l am so glad to see everything of his on RUclips, reaching new fans! =)
I was a bass player in Vegas from early 1966 until late 1969. That eight-string Tele sounded like a full band when Joey played. Barry must have arrived there in 1966 or so. They both made it look so easy. Joey wasn't credited for his work on Darin's I Was A Carpenter LP, but I heard at the time that he contributed.
I just got this LP and was impressed by it's rockiness. I thought the guitar player might have been either Mike Deasy, Steve Cropper or Louie Shelton, but it's Joey Lemon. Probably Bobby Darin's best!
I just got my letter mailed backing the campaign to get Bobby his own postage stamp - if you haven't looked into it, yet, go to the official website that his son Dodd runs for all the info. I absolutely love this man and his talent - we're not worthy, we're not worthy...
Dean Martin must have hated this! He was notorious for disliking rock and roll music while Bobby embraced it as well as all musical genres. Bobby D. was just so damn cool and talented.
Well, maybe Dino learned to embrace Rock and 60's pop because of his children (his son Dean Martin Jr. was part of the Dino, Desi & Billy band, which played Rock). He certainly wasn't too crazy about it (in fact, he often made jokes about the lyrics or appearances of Rock singers), but I don't think he hated it at all. As for Mr. Darin, Dean knew how (and loved) to support talented people. And Bobby Darin certainly oozes talent!
@ckhthd...Very cool..Joey did in fact mention your cousin Barry many times when we played together as well as other members of Bobby's band. The last time Joe and I worked together was in 1979 when we worked in Anchorage together. He was my favorite guitarist!...Thanks for the comment!
this was his hippie album...one of his very best......he knew he was here for an finite time...and he did his damnest to pack everything into the time he was here....his duet with Stevie Wonder is flat out AWESOME!
THANKS, Charles, You're telling me something I didn't know. He dueted with Stevie Wonder? I have to find that. I was not aware of his "hippie" album. I recently got a copy of Bobby Live at the Desert Inn. And I LOVE IT!
Do people even realize this was a song about a brutal prison system jn Arkansas? The movie (albieit fictionalized somewhat ) "Brubaker" was based on the "Cummins Farm Prison" in Arkansas as well. Who would give this a "thumbs down" is inconceivable! Bobby Darin, was ine of tte best entertainers of the 20th Century. He walked off rehearsals for the "Jackie Gleeson Show" when they wanted ibby to edit the lyrics of this song and he refused.
This was Bobby Darins attempt at doing the rock n roll style of the day. While the music was good Bobbys 1950 fans were growing older and did not appeciate it and the teen thought it square. After a short time Bobby put his suit back on and returned to doing the standards and older styleof music that made him popular.
I actually have another version of Long Line Rider on iTunes, I can't seem to find it anywhere on youtube. Labeled as a "Rare Darin." It is supposedly part of Bobby Darin: Commitment.
@chefdj09 I must correct you on your statement about his being broke. Not long after Bobby Kennedy's death, he sold everything he had and lived in a trailer at Big Sur, California. What money he had left he spent making a movie that was never released. He even sold the rights to songs that had been some of his biggest hits, and when the company he sold them to went under the songs were sold off at auction and he never got them back.
@cjhardee I think this was before '72. I remember the song in late 1968 and Bobby on Dean Martin when I was still in high school, about 1969. This story and song were really big deals then. IIRC, the story broke about the time LBJ was deciding not to run in the '68 elections which is referenced in the song (the 68 election cycle, not so much LBJ).
after the "Sinatra fever" Bobby had a more modest trajectory, adopting southern roots with this type of swamp rock, emerging as a response to psychedelic flower power, joining the current CCR or The Band. Not to mention the haunting lyrics reminiscent of the old folk styles of the genre.
@sherom You DO NOT know any one of those peoples reason. Do not be making assumptions about what they are feeling. Ignorance IS NOT bliss, as it is nothing other than JUST THAT--- IGNORANCE.
Bobby could have made a lot more money sticking to his earlier style; Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck were doing a similar style and were very big in the late 1960s. However, it took a lot of guts for Bobby to take the path that he traveled late in his life. Listen to his boxed set, "As Long as I'm Singing." The fourth disc, "The Folk and Country Years," will make you forget the other three.
***** No disrespect intended! I Love his Work!..Both Musically and His Comic talent! I should have been more specific...I was internally thinking about the transition in the Style of Clothes...and the departure from the 'Classic' black and white performances..when they all wore Kick-ass Suits! Didnt know He had Cancer...Always thought he died of a heart ailment.
@chefdj09 Watch the documentary "Beyond the Song". Both the documentary and the song verify what I said. Also, I never said or implied that he wasted his talent; far from it, so an apology is owed to me on that misrepresentation!
He only went back to the tux and toupee because he was broke didn't want to "stand in line for medical treatment," which sadly he needed very badly at the time. However, though he went back to the old look, he kept the more gritty material in his act. To me, Darin sounded more like a blue-eyed soul singer at the time of his untimely death.
Noel Fendlason, your words are all over the place. On this post you say he was broke and then 2 years later you accuse someone else of saying that exact thing. You really have no clue what you are talking about, at the time Bobby went to Big Sur he finally separated himself from Sandy and he wanted to get away from the big stage. His focus was the style of music he was feeling at that time, he was very much into social and physical injustices of the world and wanted equality for all. If you read anything you would know According to Bobby Rosario; that Bobby put on the Tux and the Toupee again because he wanted to go back to work.
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In 1968, my mother and I left an abusive household together when I was very young, and were soon homeless sleeping in a public bus station in Minneapolis. We were at the grocery store buying a loaf of bread when my mother realized she didn't have a single dollar left to pay for it. As tears welled in her eyes and the wave of hopeless despair seemed poised to finally break, the man in line behind us paid for the bread and slipped my mother a $100 bill (which was quite a lot in those times!). That man was none other than Bobbert Darin.
Amazing!!!!
Wow. He was versatile as all get-out.
Bobby Darin is extraordinary. Able to sing every musical genre he wanted to. But most importantly with integrity and truth. HE was a true artist.I love Sinatra and the myriad of Albums he made(particularly the quieter ones)...and of course am in awe of Dean Martin. Bobby Darin can hold his own in that company...No doubt about that.
Another brilliant Darin performance. It's interesting that this was performed on Dean Martin's show - he was not a fan of rock and roll and modern music of the time.
Bobby Darin was a musical genius - a man who went his own way. You can pick your favorite phase of his career and be entertained all you want. His "protest" period is one of his best. Congrats to Dean Martin and Greg Garrison who let him sing "Long Line Rider" on their show and thumbs down to Jackie Gleason Enterprises who nixed it earlier. Bobby Lives on RUclips!
Darin was brilliant. He literally had a genius I.Q. Everything he touched turned to gold. We can only guess what heights he woould have achieved had he lived a healthy, normal lifespan. It's well known that Dino loved him. Sinatra's relationship with Bobby as a typical Italian love-hate thing. Frank didn't know how to deal with Bobby's brashness, but was in awe of his talents.
Do you hear what Dean is saying at the start of the video.... one of the most talented singers I know. Dino knew Bobby had a lot of talent and could do anything, plus he was Italian !
ooooozes talent.....
What a fantastic performance!!!
What ever Bobby Darin put his talents to there was always a marvellous out come, total brilliance. The master still reins supreme and his spirit lives on as does his awesome music. He lived a jam packed filled life ever so short............ but the master genius touched our little lives and we are the lucky ones. Your legacy lives on in all of us Bobby ..So thank you from the depths of our hearts and our souls ......... Rest In Peace now Bobby, you deserve it.....
Bobby was the King of Mult-Genre Music. No one can do what he did and no one will ever get that close.
Long live Bobby D's Spirit...its still and always will be inside me and you..
Have this single which I always liked, but this live performance blows it away. This funky style & Bobby Darin fit together great. Definitely one of the great singers.
Is anyone else submitting a letter to the Postal Committee to get Bobby his own postage stamp? I got the information from his official website - as noted in previous posts, l ADORE this man, and l am so glad to see everything of his on RUclips, reaching new fans! =)
Being used to the usual Bobby Darin, this completely shocks me, but still as good.
I was a bass player in Vegas from early 1966 until late 1969. That eight-string Tele sounded like a full band when Joey played. Barry must have arrived there in 1966 or so. They both made it look so easy. Joey wasn't credited for his work on Darin's I Was A Carpenter LP, but I heard at the time that he contributed.
I would like to converse with you as Joseph is my Father
This is brilliant. I absolutely love this.
fantastic fantastic!
Love it ! Great performance and DYNAMITE song !
I just got this LP and was impressed by it's rockiness. I thought the guitar player might have been either Mike Deasy, Steve Cropper or Louie Shelton, but it's Joey Lemon. Probably Bobby Darin's best!
Joseph Howard Lemon is correct.My biological father
I just got my letter mailed backing the campaign to get Bobby his own postage stamp - if you haven't looked into it, yet, go to the official website that his son Dodd runs for all the info. I absolutely love this man and his talent - we're not worthy, we're not worthy...
Dean Martin must have hated this! He was notorious for disliking rock and roll music while Bobby embraced it as well as all musical genres. Bobby D. was just so damn cool and talented.
Well, maybe Dino learned to embrace Rock and 60's pop because of his children (his son Dean Martin Jr. was part of the Dino, Desi & Billy band, which played Rock). He certainly wasn't too crazy about it (in fact, he often made jokes about the lyrics or appearances of Rock singers), but I don't think he hated it at all.
As for Mr. Darin, Dean knew how (and loved) to support talented people. And Bobby Darin certainly oozes talent!
my fav,of all time. but i live in a jingle jangle jungle, and I'm a ruthless oppurtunist. x
I love these two men so much. ❤ two legends
Always one of my favorite singers, and this song is a banger still.
@ckhthd...Very cool..Joey did in fact mention your cousin Barry many times when we played together as well as other members of Bobby's band. The last time Joe and I worked together was in 1979 when we worked in Anchorage together. He was my favorite guitarist!...Thanks for the comment!
this was his hippie album...one of his very best......he knew he was here for an finite time...and he did his damnest to pack everything into the time he was here....his duet with Stevie Wonder is flat out AWESOME!
THANKS, Charles, You're telling me something I didn't know. He dueted with Stevie Wonder? I have to find that. I was not aware of his "hippie" album. I recently got a copy of Bobby Live at the Desert Inn. And I LOVE IT!
Its If I was a Carpenter. Great version
@MOJOPIN1960 funky ... boy this guy was funky
this slaps!
Talento immenso ....sottovalutato
They just don't make them like Bobby Darin anymore. I've never heard him sing a song I didn't like.
javadude54 ... Just found Bobby today but been a big Dean fan for a long time. There will never be another Bobby or Dean.
This was about the prison in the film Brubaker with Robert Redford, et al...
So much better than the 45 single version!!!!
Do people even realize this was a song about a brutal prison system jn Arkansas? The movie (albieit fictionalized somewhat ) "Brubaker" was based on the "Cummins Farm Prison" in Arkansas as well. Who would give this a "thumbs down" is inconceivable! Bobby Darin, was ine of tte best entertainers of the 20th Century. He walked off rehearsals for the "Jackie Gleeson Show" when they wanted ibby to edit the lyrics of this song and he refused.
This was Bobby Darins attempt at doing the rock n roll style of the day. While the music was good Bobbys 1950 fans were growing older and did not appeciate it and the teen thought it square. After a short time Bobby put his suit back on and returned to doing the standards and older styleof music that made him popular.
I actually have another version of Long Line Rider on iTunes, I can't seem to find it anywhere on youtube. Labeled as a "Rare Darin." It is supposedly part of Bobby Darin: Commitment.
This is from the album,,Bobby Darin Born Robert Walden Cassotto
Back in the late 60s a band called Lavender Hill Express in Austin, Texas used to sing this song
sho'nuff can dance ,too
A long way from mack the knife....God he was badass here. What a talent
He was the greatest their ever was. Sinatra was nothing but a stiff compared to him
@DiamondTreasures The bass player is my cousin Barry Abernathy
@puddleg..This guitarist is Joey Lemon who I was in a band with and also good friends with. We worked in several places together in Reno,Nevada.
It’s a real shame that they didn’t do a duet
@chefdj09 I must correct you on your statement about his being broke. Not long after Bobby Kennedy's death, he sold everything he had and lived in a trailer at Big Sur, California. What money he had left he spent making a movie that was never released. He even sold the rights to songs that had been some of his biggest hits, and when the company he sold them to went under the songs were sold off at auction and he never got them back.
@cjhardee I think this was before '72. I remember the song in late 1968 and Bobby on Dean Martin when I was still in high school, about 1969. This story and song were really big deals then. IIRC, the story broke about the time LBJ was deciding not to run in the '68 elections which is referenced in the song (the 68 election cycle, not so much LBJ).
after the "Sinatra fever" Bobby had a more modest trajectory, adopting southern roots with this type of swamp rock, emerging as a response to psychedelic flower power, joining the current CCR or The Band. Not to mention the haunting lyrics reminiscent of the old folk styles of the genre.
Anyone else listening after the bodies discovered at that Mississippi prison? Some things never change.
@arckick which is a great movie. one of my favorite redford films.
Where is the rest of this episode?
Is this the same episode with the duet between Dean and Bobby?
bobby , you are cooler than Sinatra !
Woah no
dianna grana
, oh yes. It' s true.
I'd say they're equal
this is crazy cause it wasnt many years later Bobby died
You see the envy thumbs down everybody ??
@sherom You DO NOT know any one of those peoples reason. Do not be making assumptions about what they are feeling. Ignorance IS NOT bliss, as it is nothing other than JUST THAT--- IGNORANCE.
Bobby could have made a lot more money sticking to his earlier style; Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck were doing a similar style and were very big in the late 1960s. However, it took a lot of guts for Bobby to take the path that he traveled late in his life. Listen to his boxed set, "As Long as I'm Singing." The fourth disc, "The Folk and Country Years," will make you forget the other three.
Does anyone know the names of the musicians here? His guitarist in on fire. The band are not credited on the LP, Born Robert Walden Cassato.
Joseph Howard Lemon
Guitarist
and now they use this song to advertise anchor milk in New Zealand
Not his best look...but the Voice is still Spectacular!!
This was in his period of writing songs about injustice and the oppression of the working classes and his look reflects this direction.
+bilvis48 I think you mean his dress, but he also had cancer, was in a lot of pain. His performance is all the more powerful when you factor that in.
***** No disrespect intended! I Love his Work!..Both Musically and His Comic talent! I should have been more specific...I was internally thinking about the transition in the Style of Clothes...and the departure from the 'Classic' black and white performances..when they all wore Kick-ass Suits! Didnt know He had Cancer...Always thought he died of a heart ailment.
+bilvis48 ..long before his time was due
bilvis48 Bobby D died as a result of Rheumatic Fever. It damages the heart.
@chefdj09 Watch the documentary "Beyond the Song". Both the documentary and the song verify what I said. Also, I never said or implied that he wasted his talent; far from it, so an apology is owed to me on that misrepresentation!
He only went back to the tux and toupee because he was broke didn't want to "stand in line for medical treatment," which sadly he needed very badly at the time. However, though he went back to the old look, he kept the more gritty material in his act. To me, Darin sounded more like a blue-eyed soul singer at the time of his untimely death.
Noel Fendlason, your words are all over the place. On this post you say he was broke and then 2 years later you accuse someone else of saying that exact thing. You really have no clue what you are talking about, at the time Bobby went to Big Sur he finally separated himself from Sandy and he wanted to get away from the big stage. His focus was the style of music he was feeling at that time, he was very much into social and physical injustices of the world and wanted equality for all. If you read anything you would know According to Bobby Rosario; that Bobby put on the Tux and the Toupee again because he wanted to go back to work.
The man on the Guitar-Oh Snap!!!