The first song that my brother and I learned from our father who passed away 20 years ago. Never really knew the history of the song before. That was 40 years ago, fond memories. My brother is 51, and I will be 50 in a few months.We both can still play this song in multiple chords, great old song, thank you dad..
I used to know a guy who said the police got his five acre field of weed and destroyed it. He was smiling when he said it so I figured there was more to the story. Turns out they missed his other field which had ten acres of the same stuff.
This is all I ever cared about on this song. " We just smiled and waved, sitting there on that sack of seeds". They will never understand. Put the whole world in prison. Yeah us...
I remember catching an occasional showing of "Nashville Now" on "The Nashville Network" back in the 1980s. Jim Stafford looks so youthful here! I'm guessing this originally aired in 1985 (where Jim would be 41 years old). He looks thirty here! He was guest-hosting here. Ralph Emery ( "NN"'s regular host) knew how to conduct cordial interviews with the biggest stars of country music back in the day. I miss the classic "TNN". The channel would later see changes & morph into "Spike TV" - so sad.
And up until today I hadnt heard this song since the 70s Im 61 now and thank you for bringing back those cool memories and for being bold enough to sing about cannabis especially in that time, you, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels and Hank Jr are pioneers Im sure in alot of peoples minds and hearts and I'll thank you again for underlining and highlighting this special little herb thats helping so many people 40+ years later. God bless, liked and subscribed!
It was 1986, and I was working for a Nightclub, by the name of "Goodies." Well, one of the bartenders introduced me to a man, who was in charge of the Mobile Del Taco Truck, and he had to be in Yucca Valley, for the Grubstakes Festival. She couldn't work, so I did it. While we were there, I found out that Jim Stafford was performing there, so of course, on our break/lunch, we mozied on down to the stage, sat down, and waited for him to appear. He did. He was hilarious. We were smashed, because the Budweiser truck was there too. So of course, we HAD to partake. Oh man, was I obnoxious. Poor Mr. Stafford, was so gracious about my constant requests for every song I'd played on the album he's talking about, in this video. I finally shut up, and he thanked me(Lol), and he began to sing this song. "Wildwood Weed." Thank you Mr. Stafford, for putting up with me back then.
my wife and i saw him in branson last fri,great show he has his son and daughter performing with him they have dads talent also. he played maleguena for me got lucky we sat only 20 feet from him,go if ya can we are in our late 60ies great show for any age
For real? I was 12 yo in 1974 and would soon be experiencing the WWW for the first time at some point soon enough back then. I remember hearing this in the radio. It was one of those "wink,wink,nudge,nudge" moments when it was played on your favorite station. You kids have no idea what I'm talking about,do you?
first time I heard this song, and it is a longer version, was by "the new lost city ramblers" on their 20 years jubilee record (yeah, that long ago) I never smoked pot, but you orta try in in cookies!
My boyfriend loosed some goats on his wooded property to eat the underbrush and weeds. Well, they had a high old time when they ran across the "weeds"he was growing. He had a best barbecue in the county and invited the goats as his "highly" honored guests!
My family and I were at Andy's Igloo in Winter Haven Fl the other night and met Mr. Stafford sitting next to us eating a cheeseburger and fries with a friend of his. Both were a delight to talk too. I thought I recognized him but wasn't sure..and didn't want to bother him. but his friend asked if we heard of the song Spider and Snakes and said it was him. Jim Stafford is very cool and funny...
I remember my Jr. High Football Coach and English Teacher playing this for us many times. Now days they'd have half the country screaming for him to be brought up on criminal charges.
Back in the 70's it wasn't legal anywhere. Never made sense they put it in the same classification as heroin and cocaine. For one, it's non-addictive and it was impossible to overdose on it. Worst thing that could happen is you'd eat everything in the kitchen and fall asleep.
1974-I was a senior in high-school&everyone in school knew this song. I had the ole 45, but I did'nt know that another man Don Bowman wrote it in 1962!! Thanks Jim for sharing that piece of information.Wildwood weed was around back them but was in the closet in 1962. If it would have been 1967 maybe he could have recorded it.
She was yelling YAY about them leaving. If you watch other live versions of this tune, you will see that its part of the usual show that he just didnt do here.
Don Bowman had this song on an album titled "Our Man In Trouble". Copies of this album are starting to show up on CD on eBay. Jim was right. Don was singing about stuff on this album that NO ONE had ever done bofore.
I was privileged to hear this great entertainer when we went to Branson a number of years ago. He was a fantastic singer as well as a GENUINE Southern gentleman. We waited 45 minutes to talk to he and his wife after the show. It was almost midnight before it was our turn, and he was just as happy and cordial with us as the first people he talked to. I am and will always be a JIM Stanford fan! God Bless you JIM!
Believe it or not, Jim was married to Bobbi Gentry for a couple of years in the late 70s.... Most folks don't know that.... and if you don't know who she is, then ya better quit chewin' on that there Wildwood Weed *LoL*
Glad to find your you-tube channel.You are hilarious!! I just read Bellamy Bros. book,learned you were from central Fl. Friend of Gallagher. Explains a lot. Lol
bought the 45 RPM single the week it came out in the spring of '74. Stayed on the charts for about 2 weeks 'and then everything was gone'. Great song. Our record club thought it got robbed not being a bigger hit. Many other great songs that spring and summer that got robbed including 'I Believe' by Songbird, 'Werewolf' by 5 Man Electrical Band and 'River's Risin' by Edgar Winter Group.
+Bill Keon sounds to me that some sort of censorship happened - angry parents maybe. Same sort of thing happened with Benny Bell's Shaving Cream (which was actually recorded in 1946) ...
i'm searching for a very similar sounding song hoping someone can help. my memory is really fuzzy all i can remember is the lyrics were written as a tale for growing marijuana in a farm/field. near the beginning, the tune started off talking about seeds (i think being planted near a farm) then towards then end i think it went on about the finished plants. i almost thought this was the song but the lyrics were definitely different
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I absolutely nearly die laughing every time that I hear this song. ❤️💯🤣😂
Loll it is funny how he sing and makes joke.
The first song that my brother and I learned from our father who passed away 20 years ago. Never really knew the history of the song before. That was 40 years ago, fond memories. My brother is 51, and I will be 50 in a few months.We both can still play this song in multiple chords, great old song, thank you dad..
Great talent. Great voice. No slouch on the gui-tar. Wonderful and nicely understated humor in his rendition of this tune.
"No slouch on guitar" is putting it lightly. Look up some of his Spanish and Classical style guitar playing.
I used to know a guy who said the police got his five acre field of weed and destroyed it. He was smiling when he said it so I figured there was more to the story. Turns out they missed his other field which had ten acres of the same stuff.
Thank the Lord above for the wonderful wildwood weed and give an amen to that✌😎
Amen... hash oil cured me of cancer.
"Sittin on that sack of seeds" I love it!!
Yea. need a sak.hee.hee.
zach benali I was stone and missed it
This is all I ever cared about on this song. " We just smiled and waved, sitting there on that sack of seeds". They will never understand. Put the whole world in prison. Yeah us...
Just one of the best songs!! What a two line idea to catch you: 'he said he flew up there. I had to fly up and get him down'. Perfect.
I remember catching an occasional showing of "Nashville Now" on "The Nashville Network" back in the 1980s. Jim Stafford looks so youthful here! I'm guessing this originally aired in 1985 (where Jim would be 41 years old). He looks thirty here! He was guest-hosting here. Ralph Emery ( "NN"'s regular host) knew how to conduct cordial interviews with the biggest stars of country music back in the day. I miss the classic "TNN". The channel would later see changes & morph into "Spike TV" - so sad.
Jim has to be one of the best entertainers to ever take the stage !
Yeah he has.
This should be the official Super Bowl song!
Jaw
I love him! Met him once. Got the autograph to prove it. I miss you, Jim.
You do know that he's still alive, don't you?
Au60schild
duhhhh....yes. But we don't see him much these days. Thanks for carin'.
And up until today I hadnt heard this song since the 70s Im 61 now and thank you for bringing back those cool memories and for being bold enough to sing about cannabis especially in that time, you, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels and Hank Jr are pioneers Im sure in alot of peoples minds and hearts and I'll thank you again for underlining and highlighting this special little herb thats helping so many people 40+ years later. God bless, liked and subscribed!
It was 1986, and I was working for a Nightclub, by the name of "Goodies."
Well, one of the bartenders introduced me to a man, who was in charge of the Mobile Del Taco Truck, and he had to be in Yucca Valley, for the Grubstakes Festival.
She couldn't work, so I did it.
While we were there, I found out that Jim Stafford was performing there, so of course, on our break/lunch, we mozied on down to the stage, sat down, and waited for him to appear. He did. He was hilarious. We were smashed, because the Budweiser truck was there too. So of course, we HAD to partake. Oh man, was I obnoxious. Poor Mr. Stafford, was so gracious about my constant requests for every song I'd played on the album he's talking about, in this video. I finally shut up, and he thanked me(Lol), and he began to sing this song.
"Wildwood Weed." Thank you Mr. Stafford, for putting up with me back then.
That's awesome. Finally the day has come where it's legal in many states and more and more every year.
my wife and i saw him in branson last fri,great show he has his son and daughter performing with him they have dads talent also. he played maleguena for me got lucky we sat only 20 feet from him,go if ya can we are in our late 60ies great show for any age
This man is a genius a true genius I wish I had one percent of what he has as far as talent
He has Raw talent I can say for sure.
Great talent , great singer guitar player....Love Jim Stafford.
I grew up on your music Jim! You also inspired me to become a guitar player and song writer.
A song for Washington and Colorado!
I noticed up on hill by all the pot shops, people seem to forget to put their headlights on! No kidding. Hard on all those red eyes I guess.
It don't git any better than this!
THANK YOU DON BOWMAN !!!!
I like that song
"Take a trip and never leave the farm ..."
Great video. That was our Summer motto back then.
I loved the 70's music because of singers like Jim Stafford.
For real? I was 12 yo in 1974 and would soon be experiencing the WWW for the first time at some point soon enough back then. I remember hearing this in the radio. It was one of those "wink,wink,nudge,nudge" moments when it was played on your favorite station. You kids have no idea what I'm talking about,do you?
I love old songs like this ... 72 and movin on... thank you sir for them memories ...
first time I heard this song, and it is a longer version, was by "the new lost city ramblers" on their 20 years jubilee record (yeah, that long ago) I never smoked pot, but you orta try in in cookies!
Loved this for so many years.💗
In memory of little baby brother James Alan Smythe born 1957 in AZ to 6/6/2021 found on 6/9/2021 in Barstow, CA: Wildwood Weed
Ms.Lorrie Morgan,and Moe Bandy on the couch.Jim is a great host.
awesome memories
Please share this everybody needs to start learning about the 60s and '70s it wasn't all bad it was actually kind of beautiful
Yeah it was really beautiful I will say.
My boyfriend loosed some goats on his wooded property to eat the underbrush and weeds. Well, they had a high old time when they ran across the "weeds"he was growing.
He had a best barbecue in the county and invited the goats as his "highly" honored guests!
Thanks Jim. Good memories. . . and lack of memories!! ;)
this man puts on a hell of a show saw him in branson
Hoping he'd do the 2nd verse here!
That's where I got my copy. Ah Ronco and K-tel and of course a wonderful song presented here.
He had it goin on before anyone knew anything about cannibis gGood Man
I like a song that makes me laugh. Thank you, Mr Stafford.
always loved this song ''
My family and I were at Andy's Igloo in Winter Haven Fl the other night and met Mr. Stafford sitting next to us eating a cheeseburger and fries with a friend of his. Both were a delight to talk too. I thought I recognized him but wasn't sure..and didn't want to bother him. but his friend asked if we heard of the song Spider and Snakes and said it was him. Jim Stafford is very cool and funny...
Here ya go Bob finally listenned to this song for you my brother.
I remember my Jr. High Football Coach and English Teacher playing this for us many times. Now days they'd have half the country screaming for him to be brought up on criminal charges.
hell its legal in d c
Back in the 70's it wasn't legal anywhere. Never made sense they put it in the same classification as heroin and cocaine. For one, it's non-addictive and it was impossible to overdose on it. Worst thing that could happen is you'd eat everything in the kitchen and fall asleep.
1974-I was a senior in high-school&everyone in school knew this song. I had the ole 45, but I did'nt know that another man Don Bowman wrote it in 1962!! Thanks Jim for sharing that piece of information.Wildwood weed was around back them but was in the closet in 1962. If it would have been 1967 maybe he could have recorded it.
Those we re the days my friend.
How re you?
She was yelling YAY about them leaving. If you watch other live versions of this tune, you will see that its part of the usual show that he just didnt do here.
I saw this on your show when you were on the air, thanks for the flalshback, thanks for all your great music :)
OUTSTANDING!
I love it!!!!!!!!
Just love him
Weasel loves it. That wild weed...
Can I just say I LOVE YOU! I always have!
It's great when the writer gets credit ..
Love it
Thank you
Too Good!
Fabulous
one of the most clever(est) tunes written...
Don Bowman had this song on an album titled "Our Man In Trouble". Copies of this album are starting to show up on CD on eBay. Jim was right. Don was singing about stuff on this album that NO ONE had ever done bofore.
Still have the 45...used to crack up at this when I was probably 7...didn't know meaning! LOL
I was privileged to hear this great entertainer when we went to Branson a number of years ago. He was a fantastic singer as well as a GENUINE Southern gentleman. We waited 45 minutes to talk to he and his wife after the show. It was almost midnight before it was our turn, and he was just as happy and cordial with us as the first people he talked to. I am and will always be a JIM Stanford fan! God Bless you JIM!
Lmao thanks needed this
He's a treasure!
Great times
Jim skipped a line: "He was about half crazy."
"He said he flew up there;
I had to fly up and get him down; he was about half crazy."
Damn funny stuff!
My brother used to rap this when we were younger. I remember him and Dolly Parton also.
to sing this song, you really,, really have to have good timing and know how to read the audience, , jim did this very well
YAY!!!
Ah Yes! Ronco Records Presents!
"Take a trip and never leave the Farm"...
i remember the 70s great times.
Those times were really long have something as genuine as this.
Believe it or not, Jim was married to Bobbi Gentry for a couple of years in the late 70s.... Most folks don't know that.... and if you don't know who she is, then ya better quit chewin' on that there Wildwood Weed *LoL*
lmao
Roostermania2010
You are absolutely right. I totally forgot that they were married. Thanks for jogging my memory.
Yeah we did !! = )
My favorite is Cow Pattie
Glad to find your you-tube channel.You are hilarious!! I just read Bellamy Bros. book,learned you were from central Fl. Friend of Gallagher. Explains a lot. Lol
Washington is EVERGREEN today! Woohoo!! lol :P
this song is so true... washington burns it down and the people grow it back up :)
Used to be one of my favorite songs but haven't heard it in a few decades!
So talented and sexy! Love you Jim Stafford.
3:08 is the very best part...YEAH!
HAPPY 4/20!
I heard a Drug Warrior in the audience, didn't I? :-(
Let my people GROW!!!!!!!!!
Yay!
How re you?
bought the 45 RPM single the week it came out in the spring of '74. Stayed on the charts for about 2 weeks 'and then everything was gone'. Great song. Our record club thought it got robbed not being a bigger hit. Many other great songs that spring and summer that got robbed including 'I Believe' by Songbird, 'Werewolf' by 5 Man Electrical Band and 'River's Risin' by Edgar Winter Group.
It was a big hit though - spent 11 weeks on American Top 40 and got to number 7...
+garyalee that's great to hear. Up in Vancouver Canada, it only stayed on the charts for 2 weeks unfortunately
+Bill Keon sounds to me that some sort of censorship happened - angry parents maybe. Same sort of thing happened with Benny Bell's Shaving Cream (which was actually recorded in 1946) ...
Free the Weed, 2 down 48 to go. Cash Lives on in all Our Hearts.
You ARE the man. Lol
Loll his really a funny guy.
It is always good to have a sack of seeds for reserve.
@LittleBirdPathfinder
Amen to that LBP !
sweeeet
i'm searching for a very similar sounding song hoping someone can help. my memory is really fuzzy all i can remember is the lyrics were written as a tale for growing marijuana in a farm/field. near the beginning, the tune started off talking about seeds (i think being planted near a farm) then towards then end i think it went on about the finished plants. i almost thought this was the song but the lyrics were definitely different
Wind flowers maybe ?
When did Jim have a show? Liked him and his singing.
+Frank Welch He was guest hosting Nashville Now in this. He had a summer replacement show in the mid-70's which was great.
The Monkees Archives thank you
I watched his show
Back in the 70s when i was a young buck in rut
cool
Prohibition has never and will never work.
“We thought it was kinda handy to take a trip and never leave the farm.”
How re you?
Necked, singing on the windmill!
His guest looks like Hacksaw Jim Duggan "USA USA"
erik von helms Moe bandy
Try to get Swamp Witch, Wildwood Weed in movies
People are cool.
I LOVE HIM WOW IT'S BEEN YEAR'S, YOU KNOW HE MARRIED BOBBY GENTRY
Really? I never knew that! Wow.