This is the ONLY video on RUclips to NOT have a thumbs down!!! There is a reason for this....it is a perfect song. Please keep this going! Anyone who doesn't like this song does not appreciate anything...including life!
We saw NGDB on October 24th 14 years ago, they were so fantastic, they were excellent! They did the Weight in honor of Levon Help, the true Southern man❤❤❤❤❤
Very special song for me...always will be...brings me back to one of the happiest times of my Life. At that moment in time it seemed like I had it all...little did l know! Mr. bojangles thanks man!
This brings a tears to my eyes. This was the good 'ol days. They don't make songs like this anymore. I will listen to this song when I am old and sitting on my front porch in my old wooden rocker longing for those old days.....
My favorite version of this song. The most memorable of the lines in this song for me is. "The dog up & died, he up & died...after 20 years he still grieved" ...I can relate..it alway reminds me of my baby....after 25 years I still grieve... I remember when Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded this song..."Goddess" was still living, but I knew that when her time came....I would grieve forever for her....thanks for the video, & the memories of wonderful pet that worth every tear i've shed for her.
This song was all over AM radio in the 70s when I was a kid and it really grew on me. Also I'm noticing a lot of comments here about dads and how this song reminds people of their fathers--very touching.
so many memories........I remember going to work with my Dad when i was like 7, bored as hell all day....but after lunch we just drove, and listened to music....good stuff
When I was about 12 years old I started staying up nights and listening to the radio. They had a show call the All Nighters Club on this new format called Classic Rock. One hot night about 2 or 3 AM I heard this for the first time. Blew me away. As a 12 year old I could not imagine 30 years later I would be able to listen to most of the music made in the 20th century for free on a computer. Many changes since then have been bad. The internet has been good.
This was one of my favorite songs as a child - never knew who sang it until 20 later when I meet my late husband. He turned me to this wonderful band. They are the bomb!!! Love you BABY DOLL!!!!!!
this is truly one of my all time favorites no matter who sings it, whether it's Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band it is one of those songs that always warms my heart there!
Tons of folks have put out amazing renditions of this song but this is far & away my favourite.I saw them perform it at a concert in southern Alberta last year and they remain amazing!
huggggggggggggggggggggg i know that feelin.. we just buck up and keep movin .. even with the gaping hole of loss is whistling with every step... God bless you... may he ease the pain... i had my own buddy for yrs... he was so weird.. no one got him but me... im sure godzilla is taking good care of skeeter.. now in thier honor... ill do a soft shoe...
Such a great song, I went from Florida to Oregon with Pepperschmepperz she stayed with me for 16 years and a now she's gone, it hard but I got a place and she died not far away in front of me, after all that this song breaks me in half, I'm sorry to act pitiful.
i herd a commercial for the singers and song writers cd collection, and i have heard every song on this entire commrecial, i like old stuff like that, and im only 14!
Going to see them live this Friday! So excited! I think I'm the only ten year old who would volunteer to see them live. Kids today don't understand REAL music.
+Stephen Prusinski I saw them at least 8-10x back in the 70-80s. With other Awwsome Band/Groups too. Such as Bread, Bad Company, CCR, BTO, ELO, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Kansas, Styx, Lynyrd Skynyrd too many to mention!! Bread, who had out some Great Songs/Hits like "Everything i Own, IF, It Don't Matter to Me, Guitar Man, Aubrey, Look What You've Done, Baby I'm A Want You" & Soo many other Great Songs that are still being Played today on Most All Really Good Radio Stations that Play the Classic Hits. These Bands/Songs will still be playing Long After we're Gone. There Will NEVER be Any Music like the Music of the 60-70s Era...Neverr? If, you Didn't grow up in this Era? Then you Really Have Not Lived? Right Stephen!!
So sad to hear about the passing of Jerry Jeff Walker. Mr Bojangles was his finest song. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band rendition was the one I remember in High School. I loved that song then as I do now. They did a great job. It takes me back to a time that was at its essence, pure and innocent. Can't seem to find that today. Regardless, the memories wash out the stink of today's culture.
On this day in 1971 {May 29th} the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed "Mr. Bojangles" and "House at Pooh Corner" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand... Six months earlier on November 21st, 1970 "Mr. Bojangles" entered Billboard's Hot top 100; eventually it peaked at #9 and spent 19 weeks in the Top 100... And one month earlier on April 24th "House at Pooh Corner" entered the Top 100 and it reached #53 and stayed 13 weeks in the Top 100... R.I.P. Mr. Clark...
This is a great song, written by Jerry Jeff Walker. In days of old I saw The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Texas. I was a fan from the beginning and seeing & hearing them was a blast, especially when it was the orignal line up. Vince Filogomo
Such a beautiful song. There is a homeless man in Savannah Georgia. If you are ever there and you see him playing his guitar in the square in front of city hall. Ask him to play this song. He does a beautiful version that will bring tears to your eyes. His name is Bob. Every time i hear this song i imagine him out in that square picking away singing this song with his raspy voice.
On this day in 1971 {March 28th} the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed "Mr. Bojangles" on the CBS-TV program 'The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour'... Four months earlier on November 21st, 1970 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #9 and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #2 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart... Was composed and 1st recorded in 1968 by Jerry Jeff Walker, his version peaked at #77 on the Top 100 and #51 in Canada... May God bless Mr. Campbell...
On this day in 1971 {February 14th} "Mr. Bojangles" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band peaked at #9 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 15th, 1970 at position #92 and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #2 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart... Was composed by Jerry Jeff Walker; his original version peaked at #77 on the Top 100 in 1969... In 1966 Jackson Browne was a member of the band... And in 1978 the band released "In For The Night" under their new name 'The Dirt Band'...
Jeff Hanna is great...he is beautiful, what a wonderful musican....very under-rated, he always had THE best male voice in rock and country music ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shew your comment struck a nerve. I appreciate your honesty. I still haven't changed our youtube description from 3 great danes down to 2....and I love our 2 but the one that left us is without a doubt the greatest canine it has ever been my privilege to meet on any level!
Heard a version done by someone...sounded like Neil Young's voice & phrasing. Anyway, he told about the real Mr. Bojangles. He lived down in New Orleans and went to bars, put a song on the juke box and danced. Others in the bar bought him a drink or gave him change for the performance. He'd go to other bars and do it over and over till he got good and drunk. Occasionally the police would pick him up and hold him in the parish jail for a while Jerry Jeff Walker, the guy who wrote the song, was a jail mate of his for a while and ended up writing the song about him. The story of the dog and all the traveling he did, you can really hear this guy telling his story in that jail cell. Here's Wikipedia's story. Walker has said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless white man who called himself "Mr. Bojangles" (who, in turn, presumably took his pseudonym from performer Bill Robinson, who was likewise nicknamed "Bojangles") to conceal his true identity from the police. He had been arrested as part of a police sweep of indigent people that was carried out following a high-profile murder. The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things, but when Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room turned heavy. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, and Mr. Bojangles obliged with a tap dance.
The version you reference was by NGDB from their 3 disk album "Dirt, Silver and Gold" album, side two, first album and first cut... "Uncle Charlie Interview". Immediately following the interview "Mr. Bojangles runs.
Love The Nitty gritty Dirt Band One of My All Time Favorite Song's Mr.Bojangles .. Thanks for the first comment who provided the background Story to this Song..Very Interesting
RIP Jerry Jeff Walker 😭
What ! Noooo !!!
This is the ONLY video on RUclips to NOT have a thumbs down!!! There is a reason for this....it is a perfect song. Please keep this going! Anyone who doesn't like this song does not appreciate anything...including life!
Good call!
I had my dog for 20 years which is good for a big dog.He's been gone for 5 yrs now and sure do miss that old dog.
the part about the dog always cuts me deep. My dog died 15 years ago and i'm still not over it
Heard so many versions of this song. But this is my favorite. Oldies but goodies!!!! 👍 ❤
I love this song so much I named my big boy dog "Mr. Bojangles". I even used to sing it myself.
We saw NGDB on October 24th 14 years ago, they were so fantastic, they were excellent! They did the Weight in honor of Levon Help, the true Southern man❤❤❤❤❤
Always loved this song.
My first dog got cancer and had to be put down... I listened to this song over and over after she died... 20 years later I still grieve...
Very special song for me...always will be...brings me back to one of the happiest times of my Life.
At that moment in time it seemed like I had it all...little did l know!
Mr. bojangles thanks man!
Man how life goes by so fast.
This brings a tears to my eyes. This was the good 'ol days. They don't make songs like this anymore. I will listen to this song when I am old and sitting on my front porch in my old wooden rocker longing for those old days.....
This is one of those very few songs that never sound outdated The mark of a great song.
My favorite version of this song. The most memorable of the lines in this song for me is. "The dog up & died, he up & died...after 20 years he still grieved" ...I can relate..it alway reminds me of my baby....after 25 years I still grieve... I remember when Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded this song..."Goddess" was still living, but I knew that when her time came....I would grieve forever for her....thanks for the video, & the memories of wonderful pet that worth every tear i've shed for her.
４５年くらい前、洋楽好きな叔父からレコード貰っていつも聴いてました。
今でも歌詞カードなしでも歌える自分がいます。
Great song , when he cries over his dog after 20 years it brings a tear to my eye .
My dad has been singing this song on his acoustic since I was a baby. I'm now 27 but still makes me happy every time I hear it.
This song was all over AM radio in the 70s when I was a kid and it really grew on me. Also I'm noticing a lot of comments here about dads and how this song reminds people of their fathers--very touching.
This song makes me cry...... Beautiful!
Incredible memories of times ago.. Thanks to RUclips we have the gifts from these artists to share and keep their music alive.
Absolutely great song and excellent video. Well done and a pleasure to view and listen too!!
Love the piano playing, really tickled the ivories
so many memories........I remember going to work with my Dad when i was like 7, bored as hell all day....but after lunch we just drove, and listened to music....good stuff
When I was about 12 years old I started staying up nights and listening to the radio.
They had a show call the All Nighters Club on this new format called Classic Rock.
One hot night about 2 or 3 AM I heard this for the first time.
Blew me away.
As a 12 year old I could not imagine 30 years later I would be able to listen to most of the music made in the 20th century for free on a computer.
Many changes since then have been bad.
The internet has been good.
This song mesmerized me in my youth in the late 70's...and so still now 2022!legendary!
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Japan!!
熊本に来てくれた時は本当に嬉しかった!!
My all time favorite song. Still moves my soul.
i loved this i love these guys great live performance for sure!!!!!!!!!!
This was one of my favorite songs as a child - never knew who sang it until 20 later when I meet my late husband. He turned me to this wonderful band. They are the bomb!!! Love you BABY DOLL!!!!!!
This was my Grandpa's favorite song. He loved The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band!
１９９０年、熊本グリーンピア南阿蘇のチャーリー永谷さん主催のカントリーゴールド、私も行きました。オンタイムで聞きました。
良かった。懐かしい。最近はいけてないけど、ずっと続いて欲しい・・・。by country field loghomes
I've heard this song hundreds of times throughout my life.Still, I've never been able to hear this song without getting goosebumps all over.
this is truly one of my all time favorites no matter who sings it, whether it's Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band it is one of those songs that always warms my heart there!
I heard them play this live yesterday at the Orange Blosson Opry in Weirsdale, FL. This is their 45th year together. Still a great band!
Tons of folks have put out amazing renditions of this song but this is far & away my favourite.I saw them perform it at a concert in southern Alberta last year and they remain amazing!
I was lucky enough to meet the original Mr Bojangles back in the mid fifties, that man sure was a character!
It is ok to cry, I do every
time I sing this song with my band and every time I hear it sung by anyone else.....it's a feel good song.
i had my dog named skeeter for 16 yrs an he passed 2 years ago and i miss him sooooo much,sorry for my tears on keyboard
huggggggggggggggggggggg i know that feelin.. we just buck up and keep movin .. even with the gaping hole of loss is whistling with every step... God bless you... may he ease the pain... i had my own buddy for yrs... he was so weird.. no one got him but me... im sure godzilla is taking good care of skeeter.. now in thier honor... ill do a soft shoe...
House at Pooh Corner is a classic LP and should be included in the collection of any bluegrass fan.
we were blessed to grow up in a time when good music was good music as a Harlem child me and my friends enjoyed this song
Lady bug
Such a great song, I went from Florida to Oregon with Pepperschmepperz she stayed with me for 16 years and a now she's gone, it hard but I got a place and she died not far away in front of me, after all that this song breaks me in half, I'm sorry to act pitiful.
Watched them do this on the "Today" show the morning I left for Vietnam...what memories...some good, some, not so much.
i herd a commercial for the singers and song writers cd collection, and i have heard every song on this entire commrecial, i like old stuff like that, and im only 14!
this song always makes me feel calm and good, a great mood changer.
I saw them live in the 1980's in Kansas, they played this song then. I believe I still have my hat that the band signed, each member then.
OMGosh!!!! I'm almost 55 years old and never got a chance to see the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band but now I feel like I have!!! Almost...THANK YOU!!!
+Jayne awesome try listening to fishing in the dark its awsome
One of my favorite songs and groups. I just bought and downloaded their seminal album "Will the Circle be Unbroken." I strongly recommend it.
love this song, used to listen the cassette Uncle Charlie and his dog with my dad all the time. Brings back some memories
great song, great voice.. great harmonies... !!!
Memories of falling in love and waltzing to this song.
Going to see them live this Friday! So excited! I think I'm the only ten year old who would volunteer to see them live. Kids today don't understand REAL music.
Wow, one of my very favorite bands playing one of my all time favorite songs that helped save my life!
This is one of my all time favorite songs.
Hiya Neal, what have you been up to?
It's been some time ♡♡
A true classic! Thanks
One of my favorite songs. Such a classic!!
Damn, these guys can sing!! Great is great no matter how you slice it. Great harmonies... brings back a ton of memories.
Classic. I saw these guys in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1971. They were great.
+Stephen Prusinski I saw them at least 8-10x back in the 70-80s. With other Awwsome Band/Groups too. Such as Bread, Bad Company, CCR, BTO, ELO, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Kansas, Styx, Lynyrd Skynyrd too many to mention!! Bread, who had out some Great Songs/Hits like "Everything i Own, IF, It Don't Matter to Me, Guitar Man, Aubrey, Look What You've Done, Baby I'm A Want You" & Soo many other Great Songs that are still being Played today on Most All Really Good Radio Stations that Play the Classic Hits. These Bands/Songs will still be playing Long After we're Gone. There Will NEVER be Any Music like the Music of the 60-70s Era...Neverr? If, you Didn't grow up in this Era? Then you Really Have Not Lived? Right Stephen!!
So sad to hear about the passing of Jerry Jeff Walker. Mr Bojangles was his finest song. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band rendition was the one I remember in High School. I loved that song then as I do now. They did a great job. It takes me back to a time that was at its essence, pure and innocent. Can't seem to find that today. Regardless, the memories wash out the stink of today's culture.
This song is timeless....
Love, absolutely love this song. And love the nitty gritty dirt band too.
i named my dog after this song i love him and love it he dances all the time specially when he wants food haha
I loved this song since High School. I love the fact that you named your dog after it. A great tribute to your beautiful pet.
I love this song so much!
Wow!! Thank you for the little story about Bojangles
@Gougouchan Yes, this "Country Gold" fest was held in Mt. Aso, Kumamoto in 1990.
A timeless classic.
So many memories of my youth (so far away) thanks Guy's.
What an amazing performance of this song
What a fantastic song 😆😆
Saw them live in the early 80's at a small college performance. Classic.
On this day in 1971 {May 29th} the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed "Mr. Bojangles" and "House at Pooh Corner" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand...
Six months earlier on November 21st, 1970 "Mr. Bojangles" entered Billboard's Hot top 100; eventually it peaked at #9 and spent 19 weeks in the Top 100...
And one month earlier on April 24th "House at Pooh Corner" entered the Top 100 and it reached #53 and stayed 13 weeks in the Top 100...
R.I.P. Mr. Clark...
Awesome Classic , It brings tears of Joy to my Heart !
I love this band!
my husband loved this song rip my love
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This is a great song, written by Jerry Jeff Walker. In days of old I saw The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Texas. I was a fan from the beginning and seeing & hearing them was a blast, especially when it was the orignal line up.
Vince Filogomo
Such a beautiful song. There is a homeless man in Savannah Georgia. If you are ever there and you see him playing his guitar in the square in front of city hall. Ask him to play this song. He does a beautiful version that will bring tears to your eyes. His name is Bob. Every time i hear this song i imagine him out in that square picking away singing this song with his raspy voice.
we,ll allways need this sweet music.
I will always love this song!!!
It was great to have lived then and Woodstock.
I was pretty young back then, but this song has withstood the test of time.
On this day in 1971 {March 28th} the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed "Mr. Bojangles" on the CBS-TV program 'The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour'...
Four months earlier on November 21st, 1970 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #9 and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #2 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart...
Was composed and 1st recorded in 1968 by Jerry Jeff Walker, his version peaked at #77 on the Top 100 and #51 in Canada...
May God bless Mr. Campbell...
Darn-good harmonica-playing drummer. Never seen that before ever.
Love this song!!!
I met the band in Tucson Hilton bar in late 1990's and "We Drinks A Bit" Great guys and I love this song.
nice history of the song...one of the best songs ever
On this day in 1971 {February 14th} "Mr. Bojangles" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band peaked at #9 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 15th, 1970 at position #92 and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #2 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart...
Was composed by Jerry Jeff Walker; his original version peaked at #77 on the Top 100 in 1969...
In 1966 Jackson Browne was a member of the band...
And in 1978 the band released "In For The Night" under their new name 'The Dirt Band'...
my dad loves this song
I have listened to many sing it, but these guys do it best.
One of my favorite groups, just can't hook 'em up wrong. There ain't nothing they do that I don't like.
One of the few songs that can bring a tear to my eye, and I don't even care that much for dogs
Jeff Hanna is great...he is beautiful, what a wonderful musican....very under-rated, he always had THE best male voice in rock and country music ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So very many good memeries. Greatest!!
God the Dirt Band were so talented. I'd give a nut to see them make a come back today.
Met Jerry Jeff Walker in the 60s' He sang this song at my college in upstate NY (Colgate), I was still a teenager.
Robert Ostrander wow
after all these years, I still miss you Brownie.
Sammy's was always my favorite. But this and Bob Dylan's are pretty damn good.
how can there be 5 dislikes..this is great song ..the best one done.
Dang. I thought I was bored with that song. It has a real sweet feel to it.
favorite song
shew your comment struck a nerve. I appreciate your honesty. I still haven't changed our youtube description from 3 great danes down to 2....and I love our 2 but the one that left us is without a doubt the greatest canine it has ever been my privilege to meet on any level!
Heard a version done by someone...sounded like Neil Young's voice & phrasing. Anyway, he told about the real Mr. Bojangles. He lived down in New Orleans and went to bars, put a song on the juke box and danced. Others in the bar bought him a drink or gave him change for the performance. He'd go to other bars and do it over and over till he got good and drunk. Occasionally the police would pick him up and hold him in the parish jail for a while Jerry Jeff Walker, the guy who wrote the song, was a jail mate of his for a while and ended up writing the song about him. The story of the dog and all the traveling he did, you can really hear this guy telling his story in that jail cell. Here's Wikipedia's story.
Walker has said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans
jail. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless
white man who called himself "Mr. Bojangles" (who, in turn, presumably
took his pseudonym from performer Bill Robinson,
who was likewise nicknamed "Bojangles") to conceal his true identity
from the police. He had been arrested as part of a police sweep of
indigent people that was carried out following a high-profile murder.
The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things,
but when Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room
turned heavy. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten
the mood, and Mr. Bojangles obliged with a tap dance.
+Jan Roberts Jim Stafford
I am not sure but that isn't the real Bojangles. Just told the story in the comments, check it out.
The version you reference was by NGDB from their 3 disk album "Dirt, Silver and Gold" album, side two, first album and first cut... "Uncle Charlie Interview". Immediately following the interview "Mr. Bojangles runs.
Love The Nitty gritty Dirt Band One of My All Time Favorite Song's Mr.Bojangles .. Thanks for the first comment who provided the background Story to this Song..Very Interesting
Wonder how long Jimmy & Jeff practiced clicking their heels while holding guitars. 😎
I think Mr Bojangles is Whoever You Want Him to be.. He's Always Been the Man in this Song to Me Just as Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sings
Luther (Bill) Robinson, one of the greatest dancers of his day. Passed away 1949, R.I.P. Mr. Bojangles.