D. Ray White flat foot dancing - from the Talking Feet documentary

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  • @thomasdougherty8696
    @thomasdougherty8696 7 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    This Video is precisely why I absolutely love TH-cam.

    • @badgrfan1256
      @badgrfan1256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mountain Dew and processed food was introduced to these hill folk and weakened the bloodlines

    • @thomasfristmd1876
      @thomasfristmd1876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Jesco white his son is a wonderful dancer too. These people have been used and abused by the mines. Let them be. I enjoy the music dance and honesty they have.

    • @thomasfristmd1876
      @thomasfristmd1876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️☘️🍀🍀🍀🍀

    • @stanstuben2961
      @stanstuben2961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@badgrfan1256 weed and meth helped too.

    • @louises3400
      @louises3400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is just what I need!

  • @tylerbrandon460
    @tylerbrandon460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Dude who is playing the banjo he is amazing, very clean picking.

    • @Gods-bad-boy
      @Gods-bad-boy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Last name Farris.

    • @mikebuzzard2926
      @mikebuzzard2926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Paul ray dunk farris he is on facebook

    • @johnmorrison1525
      @johnmorrison1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try southern star bluegrass

    • @TheDman216
      @TheDman216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that first tune is awesome

    • @ronbowling7564
      @ronbowling7564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Abraham Lincoln.......

  • @Nantosuelta
    @Nantosuelta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +927

    Theres something surreal about watching this. It feels like witnessing a part of American history that is already gone and wont be repeated.

    • @klmullins65
      @klmullins65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      It's not gone... there's just not enough people interested in looking for it

    • @tylerbrandon460
      @tylerbrandon460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      You just ain't going far enough in the hollar.

    • @neilpuckett359
      @neilpuckett359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It will survive.

    • @kirixen
      @kirixen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It can't be repeated. There's no profit in it, so the Republicans won't allow it.

    • @kirixen
      @kirixen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Phil M Racists don't deserve to call themselves American. We fought 2 wars about it. (For those keeping score at home, non-racists are 2-0)

  • @Tiberius291
    @Tiberius291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    The hillbilly version of Fred Astaire.

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Woodpecker pecking on a pine I see your pecker but you don't see mine LMAO!!!

    • @DeceptseaN
      @DeceptseaN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      5:07 for those interested.. lol

    • @Alltypz
      @Alltypz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mangina......

    • @madamvaudelune3298
      @madamvaudelune3298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah, the great West V. poetry...LOL

  • @Gods-bad-boy
    @Gods-bad-boy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    And this was in my "recommendations" and why?
    Dont care. This is phenomenal music and DANCE

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I haven’t watched TV in years .. it just can’t compete with this

    • @shucksful
      @shucksful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      reffoelcnu alouncelal LMAO!

    • @TammieBuckeye
      @TammieBuckeye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      reffoelcnu alouncelal I’m the same way! So done with TV..

    • @MaxItUpwithMarta
      @MaxItUpwithMarta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i dont even have a tv!

    • @skinhead-ej8ff
      @skinhead-ej8ff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who let the old people on TH-cam

    • @MarkEvans-wx3sg
      @MarkEvans-wx3sg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen

  • @mybluebelly
    @mybluebelly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Imagine having this guy as your upstairs neighbour in a wooden house.

    • @salemthemerciless
      @salemthemerciless 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, you really made me laugh .

    • @mybluebelly
      @mybluebelly 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@salemthemerciless But you forgot to add the "haha" Pun or no pun ?

    • @heatherdanielle85
      @heatherdanielle85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Trailers don’t have “upstairs”

    • @mybluebelly
      @mybluebelly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@heatherdanielle85 Thankyou for voicing your opinion on the matter.

    • @heatherdanielle85
      @heatherdanielle85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mybluebelly you’re welcome. I consider myself something of an expert on Appalachian architecture.

  • @sospeciallyme9096
    @sospeciallyme9096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Now THIS guy can dance and when he danced with his sons .. WOW!!!! It saddens me so much to know that such a uniquely talented man who absolutely LOVED to dance is now gone. I truly hope his sons and daughters, children, grandchildren etc are still keeping the tradition going. I am from Australia and it has just blown me away. Thanks for the upload.

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      unfortunately his family is quite a disappointment. the only halfway decent one is jesco 😔

    • @adacox
      @adacox ปีที่แล้ว

      The little boy is still dancing… he’s trying to keep the legacy alive!
      Search Donald Maris White Jr on TH-cam.
      Little man’s father was murdered after this documentary and His Maw and Paw raised him.

  • @D.L.Edison
    @D.L.Edison 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Ive been caught in another strange but cool TH-cam vortex.

    • @matthewsmith7749
      @matthewsmith7749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm in the vortex to I'm trapt in it

    • @lifepresent3183
      @lifepresent3183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fool nothing about this is strange

    • @savvymercury
      @savvymercury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you haven't seen "The Wild and Wonderful Whites" you really should.

    • @johnmorrison1525
      @johnmorrison1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeaa my eyes

    • @themadlad8540
      @themadlad8540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@matthewsmith7749 shit son what you call weird I call a Friday night of my youth.

  • @rja9784
    @rja9784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    This man was the greatest hillbilly to ever live

    • @sylvia106
      @sylvia106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He was actually a high ranking hillbilly chief, like a shaman…hahaha!

    • @RaymondMeunierMusique
      @RaymondMeunierMusique 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bascom Lamar lusnford would like a word

    • @hollymartens8059
      @hollymartens8059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually, that was my grandfather.

    • @mullerk2
      @mullerk2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was awesome and sorely missed.

    • @nathancottrill1363
      @nathancottrill1363 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Let us not forget Popcorn Sutton.

  • @thepost15
    @thepost15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    “One day after awhile, I’m going to be like the leaves on these trees, I’m going to have to come down. And then I want somebody to pick it up from where I leave off and keep it circulating.” -D. Ray White
    Pure poetry.

  • @magicmark1837
    @magicmark1837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    That there is a cockroach's biggest nightmare.

    • @eddieaultman2651
      @eddieaultman2651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn bud. I needed that!

    • @light_and_sound
      @light_and_sound 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My thoughts exactly. This dance was birthed from a cockroach infestation.

    • @Petermanchannel9
      @Petermanchannel9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “His dad paid him a penny a roach, he made $59,245 when he was 9 years old.”

    • @toddorr4559
      @toddorr4559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I made my above comment before seeing this lol!

    • @realhxq
      @realhxq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So this is Boss music to a cockroach?

  • @IBLV2DOU
    @IBLV2DOU ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Sadly, it seems as though this era in our history has all but disappeared. I wish everyone could experience this way of life, when it was pure, simple, and appreciated when someone shared their talents like Mr White!! Thank you for bringing back memories of my Grandparents in VA. They made music, danced, and enjoyed days off from the farm. Miss those days. God Bless and hope someone inherited his talents.

  • @matheusfmichelin
    @matheusfmichelin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    the legend of D. Ray White, will never die like a rebel yell

    • @matheusfmichelin
      @matheusfmichelin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hellyeah!

    • @pointpoint10
      @pointpoint10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Matthew F Michelin West Virginia wasn't part of the Confederate rebellion. They were in the Union.

    • @jackfrost-sk8rh
      @jackfrost-sk8rh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      LOL, untrue. West Virginia did not EVEN EXIST then, the "union" took the northern panhandle (look at a map). It's about five miles across, you can walk it. It was all Virginia then. Virginia was a wasp stronghold (from the coastal beginning of what became the u.s.), and the "union" wanted it wiped out. WV became a "state" during the war. Also many planter moved there "headed for the hills" from the eastern VA planter areas during the war (for obvious reasons). What's your home country?…seems not america

    • @pointpoint10
      @pointpoint10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jack frost Ah, you're right. My mistake. To be fair, the CSA isn't my home country.

    • @bayousmackerdixford3389
      @bayousmackerdixford3389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Matthew F Michelin Amen

  • @KNBARON
    @KNBARON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Yes people of color.......
    all the rhythm white people have is contained in this family .🤪

  • @CapstoneTider
    @CapstoneTider 10 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    This is incredible. So real, so grassroots, so regional. I damn the day we are all the same.

    • @teamgitusome
      @teamgitusome 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      HamerSlammerSeries anybody who wants us all to be the same is just nuts. this is what makes life worth living. like u said regional...our differences are our beauty!! and our power!

    • @michaelmarts4565
      @michaelmarts4565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HamerSlammerSeries AMEN!

    • @BgnrMdl1
      @BgnrMdl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Melanie Willard diversity is not melting, there is no melting pot. It's like ceviche, identifiable pieces coming enriched by a common liquid. But each component shining through.

    • @BgnrMdl1
      @BgnrMdl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Melanie Willard well in this example 1. It's not Irish for the most part Scots-Irish were Scots who were in Ireland for some time
      2. The dance and music of Appalachia derived from the earliest times of Virginia colony
      3. The banjo is african and there are ceremonial dances I've seen using flat foot dancing
      4. The early colonial landscape of the u.s. was quite multiethnic and racial until Bacon's Rebellion when fears of multiracial working class coalition were tackled by increased social marginalization of black, mixed race and indigenous people.
      Read a book.

    • @BgnrMdl1
      @BgnrMdl1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Melanie Willard I think the fact that you think a continent with far more diversity than Europe linguistically, religiously, etc... are unified in dancing practices shows you're understanding of the world around you is some weird American White obsession with wanting to feel connected to having pure roots to Europe rather than their reality.
      You sound not only stupid but also pathetically transparent.

  • @Burley_Bert
    @Burley_Bert ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was born 2 years after this man died and somehow I really miss him. So I'll pick up a pretty leaf and do a jig to honor him every time I remember.

  • @boydgraafmeyer6081
    @boydgraafmeyer6081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I must say I’ve looked at many flat foot dancing videos. And Mr Ray is by far the most talented original guy Ive seen. His son is also very good. But this is authentic for sure.

  • @richardturietta9455
    @richardturietta9455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    A piece of American History being remembered and re-made! I love it.

  • @ben23guzman
    @ben23guzman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Coming here after watching The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia documentary. I was not expecting to find such a humble man doing something that he truly loves.

    • @kentucky9
      @kentucky9 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The federal government came in and saved them all

  • @countryboyred
    @countryboyred 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Boy he sure could dance! RIP D Ray White

  • @MattWeis
    @MattWeis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Love this. Been tapping for years, just discovered flat foot/buck dancing and can't get enough of it. This guy is the real deal.

    • @kirbyburch2326
      @kirbyburch2326 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matt Weis , amen amen and amen

  • @trinksaalabinksa7094
    @trinksaalabinksa7094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This came up as recommended to me. I finally watched it. Stuff like this is a huge part of history, especially of certain regions. It's also a lost art. Back when families were still families and very tight knit. Things were handed down to the future generations. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @kosta-rica7753
    @kosta-rica7753 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Are you kidding me? I can't believe how incredible this man is/was. An unbelievable talent.

    • @Commentleaver-c6x
      @Commentleaver-c6x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @HazeWhite81who was the other one that was dancing, the one with the shirt on, Dorsey?

  • @nathanielwilson1899
    @nathanielwilson1899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Every so often someone is born who take a art to another level. This man is more than talented he’s gifted.

  • @michellegirlie
    @michellegirlie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    He makes me smile. May he rest peacefully.

  • @mikedubs9940
    @mikedubs9940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    True American music/dance ,Laced with colloquialisms, efficacy, intelligence, discipline and just straight- general rhythm. Amazing

  • @ghost_to_a_ghost
    @ghost_to_a_ghost 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    what a damn legend. much love and may he rest in peace.

  • @celestewhite9832
    @celestewhite9832 7 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Miss my Pa!

    • @rickl6843
      @rickl6843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I really do watch this a lot. Thank you.

    • @MENFUSSMIKE
      @MENFUSSMIKE 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's my fave White

    • @brianm2881
      @brianm2881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MENFUSSMIKE Mine too. That said, it's not a hard choice. If the film they made about his kids is anything to go by, the next generation of Whites were a bunch of complete degenerates who live off disability and are either doing Oxy, or pushing Oxy.

    • @MENFUSSMIKE
      @MENFUSSMIKE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@brianm2881 I met Mamie. She invited me and my friend into her trailer to burn one then escorted us to Hasil Adkins place. Nice lady.

    • @autumnrayne9683
      @autumnrayne9683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its a pleasure to see you here Celeste. I'm so glad his memory is preserved here for you to look back on. ❤

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    D Ray White could dance like crazy Jesco is good but D Ray is awesome RIP D Ray White

    • @jasonfox1068
      @jasonfox1068 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Moment of silence
      R.I.P " D RAY WHITE "

    • @craigslistrro709
      @craigslistrro709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @uni blab You forgot to Capitalize "Punctuation".
      I'm also willing to make you a loan if you are short on cash.

  • @TheDDDeagle
    @TheDDDeagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

    • @britnyr8493
      @britnyr8493 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scrolled through looking for this.

    • @TheDDDeagle
      @TheDDDeagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @j bowers That is literally the title of a documentary. Now you look stupid.

  • @littlebird9680
    @littlebird9680 10 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    This was filmed before 1985...Just the first 8 beats of this mans dance is many years ahead of its time. I been dancing since 1981 and have seen the worlds best back then. The first 8 beats alone are Legendary.

    • @gskessingerable
      @gskessingerable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If there was or is a better dancer I've yet to see them.

    • @greenhorn454yomoma4
      @greenhorn454yomoma4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats cool thanks for sharing

    • @lunsy9420
      @lunsy9420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      91

  • @EdmundKempersDartboard
    @EdmundKempersDartboard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Hoesntly clicked on this looking for a cheap laugh. Now i'm just impressed.

    • @LisaCSCO
      @LisaCSCO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why would you think it was something to laugh at? Do you even have something in your heritage to look back on and appreciate? My guess is no you do not.

    • @fattmouth7715
      @fattmouth7715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LisaCSCO Sure he has. He just hasn't found it yet.

    • @EdmundKempersDartboard
      @EdmundKempersDartboard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Touchy crowd. Meant no offense. Quite the opposite.

    • @fattmouth7715
      @fattmouth7715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@EdmundKempersDartboard You didn't offend no body. Just messin with you brother.

    • @oldwarmonger8750
      @oldwarmonger8750 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Must be a Washington DC boy lol

  • @lilnetster5717
    @lilnetster5717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My dad would dance like this when I was a young man. I always thought he was crazy, but looking back, I now wish I too could learn to dance as he did.

    • @hollymartens8059
      @hollymartens8059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Having my mother and her family all coming from W. Virginia, the Appalachian culture was part of who I am. I remember my reserved, dignified uncle, who was a respected educator and school principal, when he would rarely get a snoot of liquor, he'd buck-dance until he dropped. Happy memories.❤️

    • @eddieboggs8306
      @eddieboggs8306 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like my late grandfather.

  • @thomasphillips8539
    @thomasphillips8539 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These people built America by working in coal mines, building sky scrapers, serving in the military, farming and much, much more. Be proud of your family.

  • @drew65sep
    @drew65sep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Now that's the gold standard right there...(RIP old man White)

  • @rustyshackleford3872
    @rustyshackleford3872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    D Ray Whit is a dancing legend! They don't make em like they use to

  • @richiehembree5771
    @richiehembree5771 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    D Ray and popcorn was Legends of Their Own Kind d ray for his dancing and popcorn for his moonshine both gone too soon but will always be around

    • @robertniles8240
      @robertniles8240 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Richie Hembree I have his name

    • @richiehembree6536
      @richiehembree6536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robertniles8240 who's name

    • @coreycovington4808
      @coreycovington4808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richiehembree6536 you in tennessee?

    • @lskiller1903
      @lskiller1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Popcorn wasn't to bright, he got his own self busted because he couldn't keep his mouth shut. He went around bragging about his business and the feds busted his ass. He might be a TH-cam and Moonshiners tv show legend, but here in the real world of local moonshiners he was a braggart and it got him busted. It also bought the feds/ATF down on everybody in Maggie Valley and surrounding area that was making shine. Always remember one thing when it comes to moonshiners, you have and will never hear of the real legend's.

    • @GenX...MCMLXV
      @GenX...MCMLXV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lskiller1903 thing is , his whisky wasn't anything all that great except to people who didn't know no better, I've tasted it and can run up 4 or 5 hollers right now and get better. The majority of his fame came from people outside these Mts who ain't got a clue how things really work around here

  • @jasonpopielarczyk7511
    @jasonpopielarczyk7511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Why did this show up in my feed in 2020? Very interesting...

  • @1luckystrike
    @1luckystrike 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Patriarch D. Ray of the Whites plain as day. Understandably so, they all fell apart when he died. Matriarch Bertie Mae was the last thread that sorta held it all together. R.I.P to both of them... True legends

  • @Mikem-mq2hh
    @Mikem-mq2hh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    that little kid trying to dance is friggen cute

  • @kch3769
    @kch3769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    He’s essentially playing an instrument.

  • @bo12white34
    @bo12white34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The legend is true . Hank the 3rd was right and d Ray is a goddamn country hero . R.i.p.

  • @shlamimk4664
    @shlamimk4664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That is something else. That's a spirited man right there. The music flows into his soul and straight back out again through his feet.

  • @jamiejaskowiak4480
    @jamiejaskowiak4480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He is such a inspiration! I live in Virginia. My family originated from west Virginia. This mans dancing and singing touches my soul. Its so comforting. Its a shame that he was killed. He was unique and cant be replaced

  • @smike-lz8uf
    @smike-lz8uf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    'If I's stationed in the navy I'd come home an' git some gravy' - oh perfect! :-)

  • @hollymartens8059
    @hollymartens8059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's refreshing to actually see D. Ray explaining his art and talent. Most of us have just seen footage of his dancing and it's his offspring we have gotten familiar with.

    • @laraanderson9753
      @laraanderson9753 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that little boy dirty white boy ?

  • @paulnash9851
    @paulnash9851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No matter what, all of the other stuff surrounding this. This is TALENT, a god given gift. Forget everything else around him, his family etc... What an absolute talent. Joyous to watch a master craftsman.

  • @littleteethkeith
    @littleteethkeith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I miss dudes like this. They seem to have all disappeared in the last decade or so.

    • @gtf187
      @gtf187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Pretty sure its because theres been so many advances in technology people are being entertained in different ways that there's no need for people to kill time by learning skills like this anymore.

    • @chevysforlife100
      @chevysforlife100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean d ray died in a shoot out

    • @light_and_sound
      @light_and_sound 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss 'em too. The times...they are a changin'.

    • @lskiller1903
      @lskiller1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The main reason you haven't seen D Ray White is he was shot and killed in his front yard in 1985. Both his sons were shot in the same altercation but they survived.

    • @rja9784
      @rja9784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don’t live in the right part of rural America

  • @rocknfan100
    @rocknfan100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    THIS is who should be doing the Super Bowl Half-Time Show !!!!

  • @Hermit_up_a_Holler
    @Hermit_up_a_Holler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    As a displaced mountain girl, I cannot say how wonderful this is! It makes me cry, but so happy!

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same here for a man tho... I was raised without electricity for a large portion of my childhood / early teens. Although I'm only 30 my upbringing is so much different compared to most Americans because I'm from the appalachia. And before we had a playstation this is what we did for fun. My dad would play guitar and sing and then he'd shout at me to "GET IT!" and I would flat foot to the guitar music on the front porch with my special shoes I only used for tapping. Lmao I miss stuff like that. The modern world ain't want it's cut out to be.

    • @aCasualObserver.
      @aCasualObserver. ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@the_original_Bilb_Ono
      "The modern world aint what its cut out to be..." Amen to that brother.

    • @ManifestingADream
      @ManifestingADream ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@the_original_Bilb_OnoSounds like you got lucky and din't let modern tech rot your mind with horrible memes. All i can say is your are truely and many times over more blessed than your average, Call of duty playin/Mcdonalds eating American

  • @ToxicityLimits
    @ToxicityLimits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The doubt he had about his singing voice but still has the courage to stand up and do his dance that's amazing.

  • @sickandtiredofcomplaining6574
    @sickandtiredofcomplaining6574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Levi’s actually made the fist skinny jeans for him by cutting one leg off a normal pair then split that leg in two and created the Levi’s “white fit” comes in a 20” waist and the new 15” waist

    • @rocknfan100
      @rocknfan100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They are actually 20 X 39's. Yeah they're tough to find at the K-Mart !

    • @1976mcfarlane
      @1976mcfarlane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hilarious

    • @9to5Drone
      @9to5Drone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is a skinny man!

    • @sylvia106
      @sylvia106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love you! Very much!

  • @TraciMann
    @TraciMann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Rhythm is a joyous expression whether tapping or clogging. This guy is a master at his own style and I tip my hat to his art!!!

  • @norml6874
    @norml6874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have this strange urge to go buy tap shoes

  • @Tim22410
    @Tim22410 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Form whatever opinion you'd like...but the family unit here is intact and functioning. Props to the White family for what I've seen in this vid.

  • @ergot57
    @ergot57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "One day, like the leaves on these trees I'll have to come down". That is true Mr. D. R. but as you said it does go on. RIP Sir.

  • @cgraysonsmith
    @cgraysonsmith ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:00 - %:25 wow! This man's rhythm is second to none.

  • @BLane-xr1ic
    @BLane-xr1ic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why don't they teach this kind of history in schools? It is needed, white people have a great culture.

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cause the world hates white people but you can be in control again

    • @BLane-xr1ic
      @BLane-xr1ic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sidimightbe I think it's important for children to learn about us in schools. We are the minority. We make up just 9% of the world population but created the best countries in the world. Schools are allowing this hatred for white people to continue. I'm going to do something about it.

    • @haleylloyd5096
      @haleylloyd5096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We can and should be proud of our culture and history! We definitely make up more than 9% of this great country

    • @BLane-xr1ic
      @BLane-xr1ic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@haleylloyd5096 I agree! I meant world population, sorry for confusion.

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donna-Maria Welsh rs!

  • @fetengineer9151
    @fetengineer9151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My ancestry dates back to 1700 to mixed race Melungeons of free African American people from the foot hills of the Appalachian Mountains area of Eastern Kentucky in Madison County... and I endorse this beautiful art form.

    • @sandytruster3292
      @sandytruster3292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mine too!!

    • @norml6874
      @norml6874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw a documentary where they did DNA testing on many of these people and none possessed any Native American DNA.. Have any of your family taken tests

    • @fetengineer9151
      @fetengineer9151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@norml6874 yes my family (to include me) took the Y-DNA37 test and yes the results showed native American, Portuguese and East African... and then about one hundred years later around 1800 the test results show the introduction of English, Irish & German ancestry. We even have in my family a few visible genetic markers that are are unmistakably melungeon.

    • @norml6874
      @norml6874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FET Engineer nice!!!

    • @christinaheuer7169
      @christinaheuer7169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FET Engineer I’m registered Yankton Lakota. That “native American” test is the Americas in general. It doesn’t show what type of Native American bloodline. Only family bloodlines will show that.

  • @chateaudisco1436
    @chateaudisco1436 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So good to have D Ray pop up today and dissolve the worries of the world, even just for a short while….

  • @Dougie-
    @Dougie- 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "Who's picking a banjo here"

  • @carollkeen5978
    @carollkeen5978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Rest in Peace D. Ray. You were the true definition of Appalachia.

  • @gregschrag7848
    @gregschrag7848 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mad respect to D.RayWhite, this man was pretty incredible didn't know him other than what I've seen in the documentary and on TH-cam , this is the man that trained jesco White

  • @nealc.6927
    @nealc.6927 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great character. We're lucky he was filmed, cos this is the sort of thing that disappears when these folks pass on . . .

  • @mac227booms
    @mac227booms 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    My God!! He was awesome!!!

  • @amyholley4331
    @amyholley4331 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome skills! I was a clog dancer in my youth. Never got good enough to be able to be a buck dancer. But I did get pretty good. And got a diploma from my clog dancing class with a tittle of Bachlor Of Clogging. Always enjoyed it and miss it often. I was a member of two groups, both disbanded now sadly. But I miss my time with The Stateline Stompers and The Klickin Kloggers. 😀👍

  • @rambonejohnson8143
    @rambonejohnson8143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Damn that man is absolutely amazing.

  • @ralphsalotto-ld5xe
    @ralphsalotto-ld5xe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    God Bless D. Ray White. RIP

  • @TheContingencyPlan
    @TheContingencyPlan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's an entirely different experience when he does this on shag carpet.

  • @Commentleaver-c6x
    @Commentleaver-c6x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He didn’t live in western West Virginia, he lived in southern West Virginia, Boone county. Western West Virginia would be Huntington or somewhere along the Ohio river.

  • @1980bwc
    @1980bwc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    10:42 "There's one more style of Flat FootERY......." 😂
    RIP Mr. White

  • @348loadedlever3
    @348loadedlever3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    10:30 I remember wearing those socks

  • @thislazylife
    @thislazylife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is light years better than 99% of this year's Grammy winners.

    • @thislazylife
      @thislazylife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mustard Fart No, actually. Not for many years. TH-cam recommended a highlight clip, so I watched it just to see what garbage that passes as modern pop was bedazzled with a Bullshit Statue.

  • @ontoyoualways9183
    @ontoyoualways9183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can't imagine being in such good physical shape as this guy from dancing in this manner.

  • @markbradley945
    @markbradley945 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The guy is a amazing. So talented!!

  • @shawndateague7581
    @shawndateague7581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Boy.... this is way beyond jig dancing and my grandma taught me jig dancing. She was great and still is.

    • @oooofgamer1350
      @oooofgamer1350 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell Chris we said hello West Michigan

  • @wanderingcoyote1970
    @wanderingcoyote1970 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I've never heard of the Whites 'til Hank III sang about them. They're good!

    • @muddafuggit3736
      @muddafuggit3736 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They have a few issues too...lol

    • @beeallen-hine1421
      @beeallen-hine1421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol who hasn’t Hank sang about , he got in on ole Popcorn Sutton after the fact to.

    • @robinoliver4510
      @robinoliver4510 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well I've been told a few times,I look like Hank the third. I love his daddy's and his grandpa's music.so I had to check it out,can't see Hank #3.But this old man can lay it down...Love your music Bocephus...

  • @Wisteria_Lane
    @Wisteria_Lane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Woodpecker pecking on a pine. I see your pecker but you don't see mine."🤣

  • @muffa9125
    @muffa9125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    more entertaining than the oscars 🏆

  • @camacassie
    @camacassie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm seeing hints of Scottish and Irish traditional dancing in his moves. Fantastic!

  • @bamslackwood433
    @bamslackwood433 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Is that a young Jesco in the back in front of the trailer?

    • @jv-ee7ks
      @jv-ee7ks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah

  • @2secondslater
    @2secondslater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That first clip, it looked like he was having the time of his life, like he was achieving and entertaining.

  • @williamstone6818
    @williamstone6818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dang, how old was he when he was murdered and were they ever caught?

    • @spants1058
      @spants1058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was 58. The neighbor murdered him and shot two of his sons. The neighbor was arrested.

  • @deandepriest2032
    @deandepriest2032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That has to be the best video I have ever seen on TH-cam

  • @silvanbaker6445
    @silvanbaker6445 9 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    the man can dance.

    • @kirbyburch2326
      @kirbyburch2326 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That right amen

    • @snoopu2601
      @snoopu2601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Silvan Baker and still have his breath 😊👍🏼

    • @snoopu2601
      @snoopu2601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Silvan Baker the real happy feet they must have made the cartoon after him, and never gave the credit where credit where it's due!!

    • @stellalush4547
      @stellalush4547 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats an understatement... He could start a fire.

  • @patbrennan6572
    @patbrennan6572 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great attitude this gentleman had, we need more like in this screwed up world.

  • @republican68
    @republican68 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Appalachian Rapping.

  • @PrfctPlyr
    @PrfctPlyr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For all you gang members this is the real one who’s tatted the crop walk

  • @stevenrichards3699
    @stevenrichards3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That Banjo player is crushing it ! Great picker !

  • @chestrockwell7306
    @chestrockwell7306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s funny as hell but seriously him and jesco are talented as hell

    • @LisaCSCO
      @LisaCSCO 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      More talented being a psychotic junkie. Ticking time bomb.

  • @christina168
    @christina168 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My god this man was a talent... Saddens me his kids ended up the way they did..He deserved a better legacy

  • @gunnarlindenmusic
    @gunnarlindenmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I could see Hank 3 live his music brought me here

    • @BwHmstd
      @BwHmstd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I seen him live in 2011 and he was hands down the best show I’ve ever been to. Wish he could tour again.

  • @finbarmaguire5668
    @finbarmaguire5668 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    HOW GREAT is this fanily of dancers im from Irealand so cheek out SAEN,NOES,,,daniceg ,

    • @jackcarroll4062
      @jackcarroll4062 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this dance was started by Irish immigrants.

    • @jackfrost-sk8rh
      @jackfrost-sk8rh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      North Irish (Ulster)…really from Scotland, actually.

    • @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackfrost-sk8rh English clogging.

  • @richardbullwood5941
    @richardbullwood5941 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm a 52 year old guy who can remember my grandfather doing this. My mother, the intellectual, described that it was a version of clogging that came from my grandfather's ancestors in Europe. My grandfather? He just called it dancing.

  • @jharsch3453
    @jharsch3453 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd probably blow out an ankle if I tried dancing like that. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd beat holes into the floorboards

  • @base99498
    @base99498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Totally wake up doing flatfoot. Naturally and every morning cereal bowl in hand brush my hair on the train up your sisters dress don’t care I’m a flatfoot fool bing bang boom

  • @tomace1748
    @tomace1748 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I originally watched this like 6 times for ironic comedy value....I honestly like it now. lol Fuckin D Ray should have had a singing career as well, GGRRROOOUUUNNDDDD HOOOGGGG

    • @mickmartin7009
      @mickmartin7009 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Tom ACE.....if you research, in d-ray`s earlier years, he had a band/group, and pretty good too, however if you are going to succeed you got to be business orientated too along with talent.....