Among MY ALL TIME FAVORITE Bands, ANY GENRE ! ( & Very approachable ) , Danny Joe Brown lived NEXT DOOR to my Buddy wes in Altamonte , ( " Don't ask me no questions" ....... so I won't have to tell ya no lies DENYING some WILD NITES In the hood !!! 😲😀🥃 🍺😎🤠
And this ladies and gentlemen, is WHY Molly Hatchet will always be my favorite band! I love this song. The way they just keep playing music on and on is one of the many reason I like them. They do it in a lot of their songs. This band KNEW how to ROCK!!!
@@harryjohnson2207 Yep, I'll have to agree! I was getting ready to go to bed when I seen your reply, then I HAD to listen to this jam again! THANKS! LOL
No doubt! Being a Florida boy, growin up seeing them more than every band except Stranger Band. Molly Hatchet is beloved to me and all my friends that are now mostly dead and gone. But Hatchet music will live forever!
I was in the USAF at Myrtle Beach AFB when this came out and heard this almost daily from the Gator boy across the hall in the barracks! Paul Levesque, if you’re still out there brother, we had plenty of high times whenever this was on! This old New Yorker now in Thailand can’t get enough of these Southern Rock classics!
@@ChrisFlintmaya, Cool! The 3rd of the 3-guitar bands from Jacksonville, Skynyrd, The Outlaws, and Molly Hachet. MH came along just in time to carry the torch for Skynyrd after the tragic plane, crash. I really enjoyed MH. They had a harder edge and Danny Joe really knew how to belt out a song. RIP Big Man and all your brothers from other mothers!
@@mamacat63 Born and raised in Tampa town. But got a cousin in Lake City/Columbia Co. and plenty of friends in Live Oak, Gainesville, Madison, Trenton, Bell and never noticed any accent. Good people.
If someone put me on the spot and asked me what my favorite southern rock group was, I'm pretty sure I would answer "Molly Hatchet." As a Midwestern boy from Evansville, Indiana, Danny Joe Brown is one of my vocal inspirations.
Duane Roland was pretty kick ass too. Remember, these guys were a team. Best boogie woogie twin lead guitars of any rock group, even better then The Eagles imo.
Molly Hatchet I don't profess to be their biggest fan but I have a real soft spot for this song and firmly believe its one of rock and rolls best of all time. Incredible flow.
My youngest son was born in 1984. We would be riding in the car when he was just a young toddler, and he would say “ Dad was play gator in the bushes“. I had it on cassette at that time. Have had their vinyl since new. 😀😀😁
Hell yeah brother, I’ll listen to this sometimes before I take the ol Harley (ok it’s not a Harley it’s a Suzuki boulevard, lemme dream dammit) out for a rumble, it’s great motivation.
I saw Molly Hatchet open up for UFO, Chicago Ampitheatre, 1978. They were so good! Danny Joe Brown on the vocals! They all threw their guitars way up in the air many many times, like every chance they could get. 30 or 40 times per song? I love the triple guitars, they sound so good!!!
Philly in the 70s had alot of music playing. What always blew my mind is how popular the Southern Rock was in the Philly burbs. Little Feat, Skynyrd, Allman brothers, Outlaws and Molly Hatchet.
I saw Molly Hatchet on this tour in Greenville NC opening for the Outlaws!! This brings me back to how great the original were in their heyday!! Thank you for posting this!
Went to see them last night in Palatka, FL at the Blue Crab Festival. Great show but definitely now just a cover band but they did a good job. Danny Joe Brown's wife was in attendance, and they announced that they are going to Abbey Road Studios next month to record new music. Good luck with that, miss this original line up. Saw them many times in the late 70's and early 80's, they were the best!
I’ve seen these guys down in Fl at least 7 times the real Gator Country always impressed the hell out of me even with the changing lineup Danny Joe was the best tho hands down!! ✌🏻
Vanoy park St.Pete , rib fest, saw what was left of molly hatchet open for Dickey Betts, can't get more reckless florida sun and booze soaked rock and roll than that.
@@larryn2682 from Wikipedia: "David Lawrence Hlubek was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.[1] At the age of 5, Hlubek moved with his family to the naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, where he attended Waikiki Elementary School. From there, Hlubek's father was transferred and the family moved to Sunnyvale, California, then to Mountain View, and finally settling in San Jose, before moving back to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965. There he attended Forrest High School." All the CA locations are Northern California, but it's not where he was from originally.
Saw them at the Reading Rock Festival in England '79. Hadn't heard of them before. This was their first ( I believe) gig here. Absolutely blew me and the crowd away. Never seen a band before or since that i didn't know beforehand that's had the same effect. My mate and i left the arena after their set and went back to our tent to discuss what we'd just seen and have a cup of tea - it's an English thing 😅
I was fortunate enough to witness their show in FayetteNam ( Fayetteville ) N.C. at Cumberland County Arena....they were an inch away from Skynyrd an 38 Special....Finest Southern Rock you ever going to hear ( no disrespect to the Allman Bros or anyone else )
I got to see them in a tiny venue with a handful of people. It was around 1978. They do that song the same way for a stadium as they did for that small group. It makes sense, but I did not anticipate it.
I have to agree , sitting here in a canal just west of West Palm Beach, surrounded by literally 100's of gators in this 5 sq mile area ......i hear something in the bushes ......calling my name = LUNCH 😂😂
I'm beginning to think that these fellas are a bit underappreciated vis-a-vis their rocking and rolling I'd put them up against any Allman or Skynyrd you can show me
This...is our culture folks. Southern Rock is absolutely beautiful.
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn straight. I play this and many other southern rock songs almost daily!
I was born in /northern vt. Grew up in Ny, I stand behind the southern heritage
Major, Skynyrd was southern hard rock at it'ss finest
Hatchet ( even the member sof the original line up said it ) was a southern metal band
Rock Roll Hall of Fame Must the Original Molly Hatchet
One of most underrated bands ever.i was bless to see them twice.
Seen them twice with the Outlaws and two other times opening for other bands in Florida.
Among MY ALL TIME FAVORITE Bands, ANY GENRE ! ( & Very approachable ) , Danny Joe Brown lived NEXT DOOR to my Buddy wes in Altamonte , ( " Don't ask me no questions" .......
so I won't have to tell ya no lies DENYING some WILD NITES In the hood !!! 😲😀🥃 🍺😎🤠
Was lucky enough to see them with DJB. 3 times.
Mr jenkins well said so underrated saw them warm up for allmans new haven connecticut my first concert ever!!!
Same here, once in Indy and once at the Aragon in Chicago!
And this ladies and gentlemen, is WHY Molly Hatchet will always be my favorite band! I love this song. The way they just keep playing music on and on is one of the many reason I like them. They do it in a lot of their songs. This band KNEW how to ROCK!!!
HEY TERRY. THIS REPLACED FLIRTIN WITH DISASTER . 3RD WAS BOUNTY HUNTER.!!!!
@@harryjohnson2207 Yep, I'll have to agree! I was getting ready to go to bed when I seen your reply, then I HAD to listen to this jam again! THANKS! LOL
Yes Sir absolutely agree 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@harryjohnson2207 don’t forget fall of the peacemaker and whiskey man!
Rest In Peace Danny Joe & Dave.
Thank you for all of it.
To this day This tune still stands up.
No doubt! Being a Florida boy, growin up seeing them more than every band except Stranger Band. Molly Hatchet is beloved to me and all my friends that are now mostly dead and gone. But Hatchet music will live forever!
Amen.
Absolutely
Seriously, such a jam.
Redneckpower ...oh yes
I was in the USAF at Myrtle Beach AFB when this came out and heard this almost daily from the Gator boy across the hall in the barracks! Paul Levesque, if you’re still out there brother, we had plenty of high times whenever this was on! This old New Yorker now in Thailand can’t get enough of these Southern Rock classics!
Hope you find your friend. Thank you for serving. I was 12 when this came out.
@@roxannemoser same here Roxanne. I can remember being on the school bus Freshman year. I was 13.
I was at Charleston AFB 1977! Was a great time to be young and in barracks!
Lol. I’m in Thailand jamming to this also my friend
@@ChrisFlintmaya, Cool!
The 3rd of the 3-guitar bands from Jacksonville, Skynyrd, The Outlaws, and Molly Hachet. MH came along just in time to carry the torch for Skynyrd after the tragic plane, crash. I really enjoyed MH. They had a harder edge and Danny Joe really knew how to belt out a song.
RIP Big Man and all your brothers from other mothers!
Feel right at home with this. I was born in Ocala Florida.
Can't do anything but smile when I hear him talk, I was born and raised in north FL, that is genuine accent we have, my people..... LOL
He has an accent? I didn't notice. Must be my south Alabama ears
@@mamacat63yep, I hear it, sounds like the good-ol boys I was raised with. Fine people, good friends, love it.
@@mamacat63 Born and raised in Tampa town. But got a cousin in Lake City/Columbia Co. and plenty of friends in Live Oak, Gainesville, Madison, Trenton, Bell and never noticed any accent. Good people.
WARNING!!!
Don't play this song when you're driving...or any Molly Hatchet with DJB. Or you will get a speeding ticket.
You've been warned.
Got a few for "Bloody reunion" LOL
Especially Flirting with Disaster....🙃
Or miss a few exits!
You go then Soup Bone!!!
😂😂😂
If someone put me on the spot and asked me what my favorite southern rock group was, I'm pretty sure I would answer "Molly Hatchet." As a Midwestern boy from Evansville, Indiana, Danny Joe Brown is one of my vocal inspirations.
My first concert Long Beach arena Ca. Fall of 1979!! They were great!!!
WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE...
What a great time to be 19! Woooo Hoooo!
Seen them live in 1979
And young.
Stepped on a lot of toes but I will assume for good reason. I LOVE the original line up for Hatchet. They totally KICKED ASS!
The same here for the Origianl line up of Skynyrd
RIP GAry Rossington & dave Hlubek
Absolutely fabulous. Thank you for your epic talent
This should be the State of Florida theme song
I second that motion. 💯🤘
West Palm Beach here THIRDS THAT
& Jacksonville should be the capital
Port Orange here for Danny Joe and the boys of Molly Hatchet! I’m down for this being our State song!
I thought it was......
A band at the height of their powers here. Complete with trademark cattle call whistle. FL had a lot of great bands during this period.
the cattle call whistle also is used to call a dog
One of the best southern rock bands of all time
I was in that Monster Crowd at Virginia Beach. I thought Black Oak Arkansas and Skynyrd Concert draws were the biggest, until The Hatchet came down!
Oh God I miss those days….
Absolutely the best band, still listening and play it for my grandson, this is what I listened to 👍👍👍👍👍
Dave Hlubek: Truly a great guitar player among lesser lights. An enlightened rogue. RIP
Dave was really tight back in the day. I got to see him with various bands before he passed and he got sloppy. I was truly disappointed.
Duane Roland was pretty kick ass too. Remember, these guys were a team. Best boogie woogie twin lead guitars of any rock group, even better then The Eagles imo.
@@axslinger99I’m just glad I saw one of the original members before he passed. RIP
This band is
unknown in México but I've been a fan since 1981. Long live Molly Hatchet. Best Southern Rock Band ever !!
Gotta give some love to Dave Hlubek here! This guy is killing these leads on his Les Paul. The whole band is amazing!
Sad he passed away a few years ago.
He was the last original member to play with MH.He had to sit on a stool to play.
the way he plays it is where we all get the term "his AXE "
Molly Hatchet I don't profess to be their biggest fan but I have a real soft spot for this song and firmly believe its one of rock and rolls best of all time. Incredible flow.
That southern rock and roll getting in your soul and it just let you roll it's been in my veins a long time I'm 64 down
My youngest son was born in 1984. We would be riding in the car when he was just a young toddler, and he would say “ Dad was play gator in the bushes“. I had it on cassette at that time. Have had their vinyl since new. 😀😀😁
This is how we do it! Or at least used to. Can we get back to that again?
Sadly I don,t think so .Just look at the charts(or better still don,t)Just be grateful for what these guys left us with=REAL MUSIC.
This is "America's Got Talent" I miss these great bands.
My first ever real concert was Molly Hatchet and The Outlaws in St Louis around 1978. Absolutely incredible that I got to experience that! 😥
I saw that show in Richmond Va.!
I saw that show in the Lakeland civic center New Year’s Eve of 78 and 79. Great shows in central Fl in those days all for about ten bucks a ticket
Saw them in Corpus and San 'tone same year. What great shows!
Probably those years with the funnest times of my life damn we used to throw down back in them days
Saw same your spectrum and capitol
Saw Molly Hatchet 5 times in the 80's, never a bad show. Even when Danny Joe Brown could hardly stand he could still sing his A*S off.
Danny Joe passed so young, but what a legacy!
So true Jake. Spot on with that statement !!!
🪓🤘🏼💀🤘🏼🪓
Southern Rock at it's finest.
If anything is biker rock, I just heard it!! Much love for the music of the great Molly Hatchet!
Hell yeah brother, I’ll listen to this sometimes before I take the ol Harley (ok it’s not a Harley it’s a Suzuki boulevard, lemme dream dammit) out for a rumble, it’s great motivation.
I saw Molly Hatchet open up for UFO, Chicago Ampitheatre, 1978. They were so good! Danny Joe Brown on the vocals! They all threw their guitars way up in the air many many times, like every chance they could get. 30 or 40 times per song? I love the triple guitars, they sound so good!!!
What a great time to have been a teenager in the south in the 70's during the Southern Rock Explosion
Always loved this band and this track has a wonderful riff and guitar work throughout God bless the Hatchet!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍
Molly hatchet 🪓 forever!! Forever molly hatchet 🪓!!!! Yes sir !! Take me back to those days..
Philly in the 70s had alot of music playing. What always blew my mind is how popular the Southern Rock was in the Philly burbs. Little Feat, Skynyrd, Allman brothers, Outlaws and Molly Hatchet.
Hell, yes! I grew up in Norristown, PA and can attest to our love of Southern Rock in the 70’s!
Greetings to Norristown, West Norriton and King of Prussia from Frankfurt/Germany. Yes, Southern Rock was very popular in these days.
Jenkintown HS and Swarthmore College representing!
Thank-you so much for posting this! I'm a transplant from NY and I'm now in Gator country! 😊❤
Ditto
Great song and great playing and vocals. Drummer really on fire too.
When I was a young boy...
There was Molly Hatchet and Gator Country!
Boy-Howdy!!!
I saw Molly Hatchet on this tour in Greenville NC opening for the Outlaws!!
This brings me back to how great the original were in their heyday!!
Thank you for posting this!
Went to see them last night in Palatka, FL at the Blue Crab Festival. Great show but definitely now just a cover band but they did a good job. Danny Joe Brown's wife was in attendance, and they announced that they are going to Abbey Road Studios next month to record new music. Good luck with that, miss this original line up. Saw them many times in the late 70's and early 80's, they were the best!
Yes sir I seen them live in 1979 great show
I’ve seen these guys down in Fl at least 7 times the real Gator Country always impressed the hell out of me even with the changing lineup Danny Joe was the best tho hands down!! ✌🏻
Agree 💯
I agree I first saw these guys at 6 flags st.louis Mo back in 1978 or 1979 it was GREAT SAW THEM 3 OR 4 TIMES GREAT EVERY SHOW
Vanoy park St.Pete , rib fest, saw what was left of molly hatchet open for Dickey Betts, can't get more reckless florida sun and booze soaked rock and roll than that.
Hlubeck was regarded by someone as...the Ted Nugent of the south with his playing. He melted his guitar on this song boy...whoa ! Smokin.
Sure did
He was originally from southern California.
@@larryn2682 from Wikipedia: "David Lawrence Hlubek was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.[1] At the age of 5, Hlubek moved with his family to the naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, where he attended Waikiki Elementary School. From there, Hlubek's father was transferred and the family moved to Sunnyvale, California, then to Mountain View, and finally settling in San Jose, before moving back to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965. There he attended Forrest High School." All the CA locations are Northern
California, but it's not where he was from originally.
Which one is he? There are like 12 guitarists on atage
Saw them at the Reading Rock Festival in England '79. Hadn't heard of them before. This was their first ( I believe) gig here. Absolutely blew me and the crowd away. Never seen a band before or since that i didn't know beforehand that's had the same effect. My mate and i left the arena after their set and went back to our tent to discuss what we'd just seen and have a cup of tea - it's an English thing 😅
Those licks are sick!
Seen them 1979 in W.V great show .
Never gets old!
To me it looks like pure joy playing music. Awesome.
this is about the best version of this song they ever did...guitars-a-go-go!
Outstanding
One of the best ever.They blow you away every time.
If this song doesn't make you air guitar your dead
I saw them at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater and I was in Heaven!😊
Huge kudos to John Scher for taping these shows, the Capitol Theater was the absolute bomb!!!
Saw many shows at the capital in the 70's great place
Hell ya boys! Rock is all good, but Southern Rock cannot be beat!!!
Man, these guys delivered big time.
Badass Duane. Also. Dynamic duo.great guitar players all.
I'M VALENTIN LARA FROM TOLUCA MÉXICO, MOLLY HATCHET IS "UNA CHULADA DE MAÍZ PRIETO" NUMBER ONE
Thank you so much Classic Rock on MV for uploading this great music video, I soooooooooooooooooooo appreciate it!
Saw them in the late 70s or early 80s at University of Scranton and my ears are still ringing.
memories as a young buck in the truck with the Hatchet Boys! The knob on loud and swiggin beers out in the woods!
Its a Southern Thing..Y'all wouldn't understand.....one of their best original songs about gators!
Yep I live in FL one night I saw a gator run out of the bushes and cross the road I kid you not it was moving FAST
Saw them twice in the 80’s , great shows!
The best frontman in rock. Pathetically underrated.
Seen them in Pittsburgh. Love this band
A Florida guitar army, right there!
Them and the OUTLAWS
GREAT ! Sounds Like on Album ❤
Rock On Danny!!!
RIP Danny Joe Brown, a great voice...and whistle
Amazing performance!
I saw the 1978 show in Boise Idaho he had the same red neck Power shirt on , Awesome
Good 'ol Southern Boy's know how to get that shit done son!
Playin their heart out for you Jersey Boys!
Saw my boys in Tampa. My hair looked theirs too.
S T R E T C H O U T ! ⚡
I was fortunate enough to witness their show in FayetteNam ( Fayetteville ) N.C. at Cumberland County Arena....they were an inch away from Skynyrd an 38 Special....Finest Southern Rock you ever going to hear ( no disrespect to the Allman Bros or anyone else )
Everyone of them are dead. How fucking depressing is that . So fucking unfair
Moly Hatchet was my 2. loudest concert in my life. The loudest was ACDC in 1978. But great fine Rock
I got to see them in a tiny venue with a handful of people. It was around 1978. They do that song the same way for a stadium as they did for that small group. It makes sense, but I did not anticipate it.
look Mom, three guitars! Killer!
One of the best groups
Molly proving they could deliver the goods live. Such a locked-in grooving band.
Great times great talent. Will miss all the great talent of the 70s.
Love these dudes 🔥🔥
Skynard triple a team with all do. Respect
takes me back to jr high...these guys, skynyrd...outlaws....those were the days
Saw them in 1980 at the Seattle Memorial Stadium on the Black and Blue tour.
Danny joe
RIP - so sad not a remaining band member from the original 3 albums is still with us.
Those guys kicked ass!
Great live band .Saw them Sunrise Musical in Fort Lauderdale.
I have to agree , sitting here in a canal just west of West Palm Beach, surrounded by literally 100's of gators in this 5 sq mile area ......i hear something in the bushes ......calling my name = LUNCH 😂😂
If they don't play this at my funeral , I'm not going 😡 !!!!
Bring long hair back.
Right up there with Freebird. Southern rock at its finest!
A Molly Hatchet Hologram is the only way that I'll ever get to see this band play live
I was at a concert in Orlando, they were with Bob Segar and someone else. It was a 2 day concert in 78, Kansas was the other one. I was youg.
At 64, Oh, those were the day’s!
I'm beginning to think that these fellas are a bit underappreciated vis-a-vis their rocking and rolling
I'd put them up against any Allman or Skynyrd you can show me