Kermit Ruffins - When I Die, You Better Second Line

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • This is a video I created for a class I am teaching (Langue vivante - anglais) at the University of Limoges, France. It is supplemental material for a lesson on Second Lines in New Orleans. The soundtrack is "When I Die, You Better Second Line" by Kermit Ruffins, and the video footage is a montage from the HBO series "Treme".

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  • @wortham1997
    @wortham1997 11 лет назад +245

    My son passed away in new orleans on October. 28, 2013 he was a drummer there mostly on Frenchman. His dad,brother and sister went to get him and his belongings. We had a celebration of life for him here in Yuma,,az. We played this song for him. Even in the midst of grief when the music started I had to get up and move around in the crowd and got people to clap but only got my niece to get up with me. I knew it was what my son would want.

    • @eloquenthillbilly
      @eloquenthillbilly 10 лет назад +27

      Sorry for your loss from a fellow NOLA transplant when I die I want a new orleans parade no crying life is to short for that

    • @wortham1997
      @wortham1997 10 лет назад +6

      yes u are so right

    • @drhambone1598
      @drhambone1598 8 лет назад +6

      Connie Wortham-Beshears my deepest condolences on your loss

    • @1camera2men
      @1camera2men 7 лет назад +22

      Your sonTyler was a fine young man. Hell of a drum player. I know he was smiling at you doing your two person second line for him!

    • @iayyam
      @iayyam 7 лет назад +3

      Connie Wortham-Beshears so sorry to hear of your son's homegoing. Peace and blessings to you.

  • @shannonmaire
    @shannonmaire Месяц назад +3

    I was in The French quarter yesterday during new years when the terrorist attack occured. I heard the commotion and the gunshots. I wish I could 2nd line for the victims killed in the tragedy. I am 2nd lining in spirit 🙏 RIP

    • @1blastman
      @1blastman 22 дня назад +2

      We were on Bourbon about 1 am, but left "early" to get ready to cheer on the Irish at the Sugar Bowl. We're locals, but my son went to ND. He had a funny feeling about where to go and what to do in the Quarter and when we were walking down Canal to the Marriott to pick up an Uber back to Metairie, he insisted that we go the other way, and caught a ride faster than we imagined. We were very fortunate to leave early. Some of those killed, we saw on Bourbon on the way back.

  • @bobbiescott4777
    @bobbiescott4777 3 года назад +19

    My niece passed away October 24 2021 Im leaving Thursday November 4 2021 going to New Orleans for her service Saturday November 6 2021.She loved to Second Line and that's what we going to do in her honor

  • @marieannedantonio-hunt2120
    @marieannedantonio-hunt2120 9 лет назад +280

    8 dislikes?! Them folks probably clap on the 1 and the 3, too.

    • @3Nails1Cross4Given
      @3Nails1Cross4Given 9 лет назад +9

      +Marieanne D'Antonio-Hunt As a worship band musician clapping on 1 and 3 happens all the time in church. DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!

    • @Steen020-
      @Steen020- 9 лет назад +2

      +Marieanne D'Antonio-Hunt Whohahahaaa!

    • @Sweetswagga93
      @Sweetswagga93 9 лет назад +5

      +Marieanne D'Antonio-Hunt clap on 1 and 3 im weak!!!

    • @kaydickerson1229
      @kaydickerson1229 7 лет назад +1

      Marieanne D'Antonio-Hunt 🎺🎺🎺🎺

    • @cassaleelee
      @cassaleelee 6 лет назад +2

      lol!

  • @coloursprogram
    @coloursprogram 11 лет назад +42

    Great post...Khandi Alexander always walks like she runs the world...love it

    • @iayyam
      @iayyam 7 лет назад +5

      coloursprogram she sure does. She has a power that rolls with her.

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 7 лет назад +225

    New Orleans has more culture in one city block than most cities have in all their high priced philharmonic halls and subdivisions.

    • @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL
      @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL 6 лет назад +3

      True, but it seems
      EVERYONE is moving
      to "the ATL" *100,000
      last year alone !!

    • @exelmans8855
      @exelmans8855 6 лет назад +1

      1blastman The French heritage my friend

    • @EqualsDeath
      @EqualsDeath 6 лет назад +7

      john exelmans not really. It’s the mix, French is just a small part . Music is black

    • @exelmans8855
      @exelmans8855 6 лет назад +1

      EqualsDeath well, I was mostly focusing on the word "culture"

    • @orleanslouisian3886
      @orleanslouisian3886 6 лет назад +1

      @@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL why they be doing that😯⚜
      We still get people coming in right
      Why all these new orleanians be going to Atlanta or Houston???!

  • @Roman-mi1rd
    @Roman-mi1rd 4 года назад +22

    Not from New Orleans but i've been in love with the cultural all my life. When I go it feels like home.

  • @nikkirandolph1284
    @nikkirandolph1284 8 лет назад +46

    Wow I'd love to go to NO just for this. This is love. It's the total opposite from Our funerals. We celebrate life while crying and wearing black and being sad. This, this is how life should be celebrated! Amazing. I love their culture. This is how I want to go out. Beautiful.

  • @lwendt1
    @lwendt1 3 года назад +14

    Man, is this soulful!!!! LOVE IT! Nothing better!

  • @jarrettekallen
    @jarrettekallen  12 лет назад +45

    Her name is Juanita Brooks, and she's from New Orleans. She passed away back in 2009. There are a few obituairies for her where you can read a little about her; you can find them on google. And yes, her voice is angelic. ;-)

    • @Blueluise
      @Blueluise 2 года назад +1

      Mambo number VVVVVVVVVVVVV

    • @Bacalao2929
      @Bacalao2929 2 года назад +1

      Washington heights which boarders on Harlem never sleeps, Merengue a fusion of everything African, French , East Indian, and their food is called creo, very similar influences, and it is far from boring,

    • @tekiali
      @tekiali 9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the knowledge!❤👊🏾🙏🏾💯🔥

  • @dr.troylepper6869
    @dr.troylepper6869 10 лет назад +31

    Thanks so much for this video. I will be using it in my Race and Ethnicity class this semester when I talk about the importance of culture, and possibly my intro to sociology classes when we cover religion and death. Dr. Troy Lepper, Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO.

  • @yvetch33
    @yvetch33 11 лет назад +13

    Emotion ! to see Uncle lionel alive ... I love the TREME serie, these is the last DVD.

    • @1blastman
      @1blastman 2 года назад +1

      Had a chance to buy him beers at the Howlin' Wolf during Jazzfest before he passed. What a gentleman, classy, funny and really knew the New Orleans music scene. He mentored so many great New Orleans musicians including Kermit.

  • @rkwoods5526
    @rkwoods5526 5 лет назад +17

    This song affirms me that life is for living it to the fullest...Ya heard me!!!

  • @navyflyer7465
    @navyflyer7465 8 лет назад +28

    New Orleans is my Southern Capital of the United States.
    I love New Orleans.
    One the next Presidents of the United States of America is going to come from New Orleans.
    Talk about accommodating, ...this is how I want to feel life.
    Long live the essence of the people an the music of New Orleans.
    Need I say more ......

    • @iayyam
      @iayyam 7 лет назад +1

      Malcolm Dendtler me too!

    • @1blastman
      @1blastman 4 года назад +2

      A president coming from New Orleans? Hell, we can't even get an honest, decent Mayor!!

    • @mark1952able
      @mark1952able 3 года назад +1

      HBO series 'Treme' was one of their best!

  • @GuyAye
    @GuyAye 3 года назад +7

    This show was amazing

  • @Freekick141
    @Freekick141 6 лет назад +5

    RIP Lionel that was a send of tribute that I could only dream of. Peace.

  • @Xtrablack1
    @Xtrablack1 11 лет назад +72

    Lawd Jesus ... just the music alone makes me long for N.O ... being away is painful ... as a New Orleanian , when I die I want to be buried in my Saints shirt ... don't wear no shirt and tie to my funeral ... Saints tee shirts only nothing fancy ... and I want this song played Lawd Jesus my soul is filled with emotions when I hear this song .. Lawd Jesus

    • @mark1952able
      @mark1952able 3 года назад +3

      Great comment! I visited N.O. six times and always thought I must of had another lived there before.
      Hope everything is good for you now.

    • @dixiecyrus8136
      @dixiecyrus8136 2 года назад +2

      Amen❤️

  • @gkyamo
    @gkyamo 9 лет назад +12

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!! MISS YOU UNCLE LIONEL!!

  • @whodey2112
    @whodey2112 2 года назад +1

    So much sadness AND happiness in the same song. How?

  • @Doc_Terminus
    @Doc_Terminus 3 года назад +2

    Still one of my favorite videos on all of RUclips. Thank you ❤️

  • @thomasmaggio1718
    @thomasmaggio1718 6 лет назад +7

    When you die this is definitely the sendoff you wanna get!

  • @mark1952able
    @mark1952able 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for posting and sharing it...........Excellent music!

  • @stewartanstead6857
    @stewartanstead6857 3 года назад +3

    This is so well done. So moving.

  • @ComradeLeonTrotsky
    @ComradeLeonTrotsky 5 лет назад +3

    I miss this show

  • @lorascelsi8102
    @lorascelsi8102 6 лет назад +9

    Love it. History matters. Best American city.

  • @cecilbedemil
    @cecilbedemil 11 лет назад

    Great video, great song, great voice.... great serial...
    Congrats....

  • @CTFlink
    @CTFlink 5 лет назад +10

    oh my god the opening line by Juanita Brooks struck me like lightning.

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 3 года назад +5

    "Play for that money, boys." - Now Dat's putting the "fun" in funky and funeral.

  • @sandykoufax97
    @sandykoufax97 6 лет назад +4

    The singer is Juanita Brooks, and, you know, she's great.

  • @hotrod3able
    @hotrod3able 6 лет назад +5

    HOLY JESUS HOLY JESUS GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY SECOND LINE WHEN A LOVE ONE DIES THE MUSIC MAN

  • @arrowb3408
    @arrowb3408 4 года назад +1

    This ain't the first Afro-American funeral I have seen. Always impressive and impressed and I love it so much.
    Wait, is this movie scene? Still impressed plus got patrol car. Thumbs up.

    • @mvaf3513
      @mvaf3513 4 года назад

      Not from a movie scene but hbo show treme!

  • @Nola504Nola
    @Nola504Nola 2 года назад

    New Orleans will always have my heart #504

  • @yaboi5047
    @yaboi5047 6 лет назад +21

    Wendell from new orleans, wearing that kangol, that probably came from meyer the hatter... this is my city.

    • @darrenmuse
      @darrenmuse 5 лет назад +1

      Where else are you gonna get a top in New Orleans?!

    • @dickrichards9650
      @dickrichards9650 3 года назад

      I bought six Kangols one day at Rubenstein's.

  • @mikeszymanski9962
    @mikeszymanski9962 2 года назад +2

    Love the dance and music sync at 4:04

  • @danceswith7wolves
    @danceswith7wolves 4 года назад +1

    Celebration of life!

  • @AzucaNegra16
    @AzucaNegra16 7 лет назад +7

    Video footage is from the great HBO show Treme.

  • @cassaleelee
    @cassaleelee 6 лет назад +11

    just as an FYI--the second part, showing the Pigeontown Steppers Second Line, in the colorful suits and feathers, is not connected with any funeral. It's part of the Social Aid & Pleasure Club Second Line tradition, happens every Sunday, Oct-May, with different groups all over the city. It's may absolute fave thing about living here! Never the wrong time to listen to music and dance down the streets for a few hours.

  • @504mrp
    @504mrp 7 лет назад +3

    Broad and Dumaine.. here we go!!!!!!

  • @jazzmansaxofono1121
    @jazzmansaxofono1121 2 года назад +1

    i really like all that people happiness, even thoughg for some moments, live jazz forever!

    • @paulcaruso8061
      @paulcaruso8061 2 года назад

      When I'm dead, I don't want anyone to be sad because I'm gone. I want a big party because I'm free!

  • @mickcarlon8147
    @mickcarlon8147 4 года назад

    Bravo! This is wonderful!

  • @joeliszek9236
    @joeliszek9236 6 лет назад +1

    that was beautiful.

  • @mariusperiwinkle6587
    @mariusperiwinkle6587 9 лет назад +10

    Only Khandi Alexander could make that role work! Just look at her dancing, who could have replaced her?

  • @Sblue23
    @Sblue23 Год назад

    1:36 ❤ look at all those boarded up houses. 11 years ago! All those places are a million $ now 😢

  • @celesteb4219
    @celesteb4219 6 лет назад +3

    Damn, I wish I could rock the second line like Miss Alexander!

  • @slimeydon
    @slimeydon 5 лет назад +5

    This is what I want for my funeral and I live in NYC

  • @amyb837
    @amyb837 3 года назад

    This fabulous!

  • @marilisasachteleben
    @marilisasachteleben 11 лет назад +14

    I want a second line when I die.

  • @Research0digo
    @Research0digo 4 года назад +3

    TREME!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @PlanetOnePosse
    @PlanetOnePosse 10 лет назад

    Awesome! ♡ this video.

  • @omnomswithoak4302
    @omnomswithoak4302 2 года назад

    Rest In Peace Papa

  • @donyacona4728
    @donyacona4728 2 года назад

    THIS is what i want for my funeral! of course my relatives have no idea what any of this is but hey, they're a bit on the conventional suburban new jersey side so they need to be educated

  • @balenciagadior3391
    @balenciagadior3391 6 лет назад +3

    2nd line 👏🏾🙏🏾💃❤️

  • @dianegordon5366
    @dianegordon5366 5 лет назад +6

    I think I recognized Wendell Pierce!

    • @betteurbain7911
      @betteurbain7911 4 года назад +1

      Yes--this looks like footage of two different funerals since in one his character Antoine Batiste is in the band and in other footage he's among the mourners with his sons and then with his ex-wife and the mother of the boys, LaDonna Batiste-Williams, played by Khandi Alexander.

  • @lgesch
    @lgesch 10 лет назад

    Great post!

  • @iayyam
    @iayyam 7 лет назад +1

    When I died fam, we gon second line!!

  • @thisismeumbass
    @thisismeumbass 7 лет назад +2

    Heck yaa! U better second line!

  • @Saraband-duo
    @Saraband-duo 6 лет назад

    Love that.

  • @lisellesloan3191
    @lisellesloan3191 5 лет назад +4

    Who is singing here? I love her!

  • @JaBronzzzi
    @JaBronzzzi 4 дня назад

    That V chord with the suspended 5th on the Organ…take me to church son!

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe 4 года назад

    Sound similar to the changes for "hallelujah I just love her so".

  • @jameswilhite9561
    @jameswilhite9561 6 лет назад +2

    All things Kermit

  • @pimmetje
    @pimmetje 2 года назад +1

    I want to go like that….

  • @marlenaasher
    @marlenaasher 10 лет назад +10

    I think this is a great video. I live in New Orleans and have been part of many traditional Jazz Funerals. The only thing that bothers me is when Wendell Pierce says " Play for the money boys" in the beginning. It takes the traditional beauty away from the scene. Kermit sings the best rendition of this song.

    • @yaboi5047
      @yaboi5047 6 лет назад +1

      I'd I remember correctly, he says that before his gigs to the fellow band. And in this case, the funeral was just a gig he got called on last minute. Nobody of note was being buried.

    • @hugozp02
      @hugozp02 6 лет назад +1

      I think it's a great line. It shows how this is an important beautiful tradition, but people have to live and need money. In this case he is just doing it for the money. He is a musician and lives by doing gigs.

  • @charligsax4582
    @charligsax4582 6 лет назад

    Yes sir !

  • @nicktelfer9121
    @nicktelfer9121 8 лет назад +4

    Whasn't the frirst singer Juanita Brooks

  • @tekiali
    @tekiali 9 месяцев назад

    From NC…..but they know when I go they better second line

  • @CorkyWicks
    @CorkyWicks 4 года назад

    Who is the vocalist that opens up on the song? Wow!!!

    • @betteurbain7911
      @betteurbain7911 4 года назад

      Juanita Brooks according to two of the above comments. She passed in 2009 they said.

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 9 лет назад +1

    RIP Slick

  • @rodolfosarudiansky
    @rodolfosarudiansky 4 года назад +3

    Im from Brazil. was in NOLA 2 times. Next life I hope would born there

  • @alexandrelinodefreitas5246
    @alexandrelinodefreitas5246 6 лет назад

    Bonito demais.

  • @Dadude0908
    @Dadude0908 12 лет назад

    RIP Mr Mr Magic

  • @thisismeumbass
    @thisismeumbass 7 лет назад

    Luv u uncle lioneo!

  • @tekiali
    @tekiali 9 месяцев назад

    Make that 💴 boyz❤❤🎉

  • @stephaniedescoteaux4759
    @stephaniedescoteaux4759 4 года назад

    I hope to see your uncle Lionel in heaven. Make sure you get there too, everybody.

  • @covertLLC
    @covertLLC 3 года назад

    I hear the Hammond B3 but I don't see it..

  • @tracydailey1729
    @tracydailey1729 4 года назад +1

    Only in NOLA ❤❤❤

  • @Ekim1956
    @Ekim1956 2 года назад

    Saw Kermit at the Blue Nile recently, the man makes you smile and get off your ---, and than go get some barbecue!

  • @vaniz766
    @vaniz766 4 года назад

    👏👏👏👏

  • @nolaboyteroylee9794
    @nolaboyteroylee9794 2 года назад

    Rip to my Aunt #VanessaHudson in all black #Secondlining with Ladonna💘⚜️🌎💯

  • @tekiali
    @tekiali 9 месяцев назад

    You betta…..when I

  • @AshMcMiller
    @AshMcMiller 6 лет назад

    💞

  • @tomhorn6156
    @tomhorn6156 7 лет назад

    yes

  • @jerramaurice7836
    @jerramaurice7836 2 года назад

    I wanna go home 😫😫😫😫

  • @TheFraternalHouse
    @TheFraternalHouse 12 лет назад

    How did you get Buy "When I Die - You Better Second Line" Image on your page.
    Thanks

  • @サンコサム
    @サンコサム 5 лет назад

    RIP UNC

  • @agramsci
    @agramsci 7 лет назад

    I knew Unc.

  • @waynegordonhouk
    @waynegordonhouk 3 месяца назад

    Houston

  • @jarrettekallen
    @jarrettekallen  12 лет назад

    I'm sure youtube added that.

  • @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL
    @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL 8 лет назад +6

    This is a scene from the HBO show Treme' NOT a REAL funeral

    • @jody024
      @jody024 7 лет назад +1

      Nia Imani-Diarra we know.

    • @amapparatistkwabena
      @amapparatistkwabena 6 лет назад

      Um... okay? Point? Did you bother to read the description, Einstein?

    • @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL
      @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL 6 лет назад

      @@amapparatistkwabena STFU Expert!!!

  • @Blueluise
    @Blueluise 2 года назад

    Martin Luther the prostetute religion founder.....🍏

  • @Chanselleur
    @Chanselleur Год назад

    Alley $CHANSElleur saltine `-;

  • @caspermengele6618
    @caspermengele6618 8 лет назад

    yoo betta munkee shyne