I'll be jamming to this till the day I die. My kids love their music. Mostly because they're subjected to it every time they're in the truck with me. 😂
I always wanted to go there and when the waitress asked me what I wanted, I’d start singing the song I want a slaw burger and a bottle of ski, now bring one out to my baby and me 😁
A restaurant by that name never existed. It was called Adolphus Ennis, was just across from the courthouse in Greensburg. And yes it served slaw burgers and ski soda to the band members. Yes I lived in Greensburg for quite sometime.
I don't care who you are I'm 42 my wife is 36 my oldest son is 18 and my youngest of five is 2 and everybody says crank it when the Kentucky head hunters come on .and I can't sing a lick but I rock out so the world can see .God I miss good music
I agree crank that music up and keep on jammin to the good stuff cause it's hard to find anymore. So kick back and enjoy with the new generation it's so hard to find.
@@roserollins9800...... I'm right behind you at 65 and still love the Righteous Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Lobo, and sooooo many more thru the 80s. Good music 🎶 is gone but NOT FORGOTTEN And I crank it up every time I listen
They were my sons first concert at 11. Kentucky Headhunters and Confederate Railroad. He absolutely loved it, and I love sharing my roots with him. Couldn't have picked a better first for him!!!
When I was little my dad would tell me stories about when he was younger and how he would wash buses and tractor trailers for bands while they were appearing at the state fair. He said these guys were a class act and even invited him to toss the football around with them for a while before the show. Sawyer Brown was another one he got to hang out with. Good times, Dad. :)
Me and my dad were driving truck we pulled into this little Cafe in Tennessee on i40 they pulled in with their bus and sat next to us they were really normal and cool
Rodeo Nights.....Gulfport Mississippi..I was lead bouncer there..that led to a 28 year relationship...man i miss the 90's. Thank you Gentilemen for the great tunesm
These dudes ruled. Wrote killer songs that blasted away contemporaries but had fun with it too. Their videos are evidence. Even when Ricky Lee left, they had some good stuff. When Doug Phelps came back. Wow. Listen to stomping grounds if ya like this. Brother Phelps was amazing...the vocal harmonies. Beautiful 2 albums if youre into bluegrass with a southern kick.. But Doug coming back was awesome. Wish they'd all get back together for a solid cd and tour. Here's to hunting heads!
Grew up in the 50's 60's love this music . Not the crap they have today . I am 80 still working and driving over the roads every day. Listening to this kind of music crank it up . Never to old to this kind of entertainment.
I'm ashamed to say I only discovered this great fun tune maybe 2 weeks ago. Keep in mind for many years my choice was classic rock and roll. One thing led to another, I obtained Sirius radio xm 3 years ago this month, it came free first 6 months when I bought a Ford F 150. Slowly but surely Willie's Roadhouse caught my attention. Not just that, I have come to understand country music and what it is that country music fans tell us that makes it so great. I love country music, real country music. Thank god for Hank Williams, he absolutely blows me away. What a singer, I hear in his voice how he influenced none other than George Jones. Peace
i thought Wherever this place is I just want to go there! I bought the Pickin' on Nasville cassette years ago and totally wore it out! Love the Kentucky Headhunters!
I've met the boys from Edmonton, I know where the country store is and even remember the old black man that lived to what I was told to be of 109 yrs old. I've been to Dumas Walker on KY. TN. State line. These boys keeping all alive !
REAL COUNTRY MUSIC. i cant stand the majority of todays music. its NOT REAL music. sounds like crap. all ya beyounce lovers n talyor swift lovers. this is real down to earth music. real God given talent
My mom passed away a couple of years ago and this was her favorite song and I had forgotten about it for the longest time and then just a couple nights ago I was thinking about my mom and suddenly this song popped into my head reminding me of her. I have a feeling it was my mom reaching down from heaven to say hello..now whenever I want to think of my mama I'll play this song
The Kentucky headhunters, the country music band that brought the mullet into the mainstream, in their prime, doing their signature song. Thanks for posting this.
Just did an interview with these guys for Nashville Music Guide. Still got it, 48 years of rocking good times. Awesome group of guys. This is what it's all about.
I met all of them at the ky bike rally about 5 years ago. Myself and my then wife were in the liquor store getting beer etc before we got into the dry county and there they were. We talked for probably an hour and they were all cool as hell. Down to earth. The drummer has some funny jokes to tell lmao.
Dumas Walker was my great uncle. He died 1 year and 2 days before I was born. I grew up constantly hearing about his marble playing exploits. I realized that if I picked an odd singular thing to get good at I could be like him. I ended up winning an axe throwing tournament. I was super confused when I heard this song on the radio when I was younger. I wish I could of played marbles with him at family reunions.
My grandpa lived in Monroe Co. KY, and used to drive across the state line into Moss TN to get beer (Monroe was a dry county.) He took me into Dumas Walker's store when I was very little, probably 5 or 6, in the mid-80s, as it was just up the road from the place where he normally went for beer. I don't remember a great deal about the visit, but I remember him doing a trick on the counter with a marble where he shot it with his thumb and it rolled out in a circle and came back to him. It was the coolest thing in the world to me at the time.
We need more bars like Dumas Walker's in this country nowadays. Pool tables, beer, babes, bloody knuckles, cracked skulls, broken pool cues, deer heads, harleys.... all the fun stuff!
+Caleb Arnold Bullshit. It was and is country I grew up to this. Old school Waylon, George, and Conway was the way I grew up and THIS WAS STILL COUNTRY
Nicole Bell You stupid bitch you have no idea what you're talking about so shut up and stop trying to be little miss badass on the internet. You're truly pathetic.
The Kentucky Headhunters is an American country rock and Southern rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which consisted of brothers Richard Young (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Fred Young (drums) along with Greg Martin (lead guitar, vocals) and Anthony Kenney (bass guitar, vocals). Itchy Brother performed together until 1982, with James Harrison replacing Martin from 1973 to 1976. The Young brothers and Martin began performing as The Kentucky Headhunters in 1986, adding brothers Ricky Lee Phelps (lead vocals, harmonica) and Doug Phelps (bass guitar, vocals) to the membership. With the release of their 1989 debut album Pickin' on Nashville via Mercury Records, the band charted four consecutive Top 40 country singles. A second album for Mercury, Electric Barnyard, did not do as well commercially, and the Phelps brothers left after its release to form Brother Phelps. Kenney re-joined and Mark S. Orr took over on lead vocals for 1993's Rave On!! and a compilation album entitled The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' before the band exited Mercury. Orr left and Doug Phelps rejoined in 1996 as lead vocalist for the album Stompin' Grounds. He also led on the Audium Entertainment albums Songs from the Grass String Ranch and Soul, as well as Big Boss Man and a second compilation, Flying Under the Radar, on CBuJ Entertainment. After Kenney's departure, Doug once again became the band's bass guitarist by the release of its next album, Dixie Lullabies, in 2011. The Kentucky Headhunters have released eight studio albums, three compilations, and twenty-three singles, of which the highest-peaking is a cover of the Don Gibson song "Oh Lonesome Me," which the band took to number 8 in 1990. In addition, the band has won three Country Music Association awards, an Academy of Country Music award and a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, won in 1990 for Pickin' on Nashville. At its peak in the early 1990s, The Kentucky Headhunters were considered a dark horse in country music, due to the significant mainstream attention that the band received despite their rougher sound and the members' rural Southern image.[10][75] In 1991, Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash wrote that although the band did not sell as many albums as contemporaries George Strait or Garth Brooks, "they may just end up redefining country for the '90s" given the diverse range of influences and styles.[20] Billboard critic Ray Waddell called the band "arguably the most consistent and durable Southern rock outfit on the planet."[53]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kentucky_Headhunters
What a tight sound, great harmonies, and musicianship! I was in my early 20's when I first heard this and in my 60's now and it brings back good memories hearing it!
It isn't just that the music is so damn good, because it is. It isn't just that it's so much fun to listen to, and to dance to. It isn't just that the guys are so cute (I LOVED all their hair!) and that Jakey is adorable. It's that these videos make you feel like you're right there, dancing with them, having the time of your life. And it's that all these years later, all of that is still true.
My mom LOVED this band. I grew up listening to them all the time because she never stopped playing their music. She passed away a week before Thanksgiving :( came here to remember the good times, even if it makes me cry now
I've seen the Headhunters perform at least 4 times. They never get old. There are so many people out there that need to be introduced to these musical geniuses.
I found some Ski. It was named after a fun weekend water-skiing somewhere around Chattanooga. It’s a citrus flavored soda water. Comes in a green glass bottle. Food City in East Tennessee sells it. I always thought it was some kind of beer until I found some.
My parents lived in Edmonton KY and they took us to Dumas’s bar. He had my kids stand at the long end of the bar and he shot the marble and it took a swerve and landed in their tiny hands. We all thought it was magical! Not just the kids. My daddy said to him, “the Kentucky Headhunters made you famous, he laughed and said “I no I made them famous.” We loved our visit many years ago.
I remember my parents playing this on vinyl and cassette in the house when I was a baby. This came out when i was a year old. Heard it on XM the other day for the first time in 2 decades and HAD to see the video.
Seriously thought this was "lets all go down to do Miss Walker." Had to adult before I figured it out. Also this guys moustache is the epitome of manliness.
Met these guys at a truckstop in Hudson, WI when they were touring in support of this tune... they damn near left the drummer there because he was playing the pinball machine and didn't want to leave!
This was one of those songs I heard so infrequently back in the day that I didn't memorize the lyrics, but which was so catchy that even up until recently I'd have it come to mind, that I'd just kind of make up my own nonsense lyrics to the tune. glad I finally found it; great song.
Saw them for the first time last night at the Bardstown Bourbon festival. It was actually dang good stuff. My musical tastes have changed over the years. Last night was the first time I ever heard this song, and I'm 58.
oh man the best era of country music is right here above us boys. /We Got Hal Ketchum, got David Lee Murphy, Sammy Kershaw, Joe Diffie, and Mel McDaniels. Perfect singers right there for a good day!
When I was a kid (I'm 22) I used to hear this in the truck with my dad and I always thought it said "Let's all go down to do miss walker" I was like "hell yeah, Let's go do miss walker ;)" I was a little jackass back then.
I just saw these guys perform at the Marion (ohio) Popcorn Festival. GREAT SHOW!!!! That drummer killed it tonight w/ a 15 minute solo. They even met the fans and gave autographs... I got mine. Very fun night!
My nephew Jonathan sung this song and knew every word to it when small he's now 30 I think of that little boy Everytime I hear this he's now a father his self to a beautiful little boy hope he teaches Knox this song
According to The Kentucky Headhunters' band member Doug Phelps, the song refers to a retailer and world class marbles champion named "Dumas" from Moss, Tennessee who owned a "package" shop near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, close to Annie Hanrahan's place. The shop sold "beer, snacks [and] fireworks" and was "part of the Kentucky boys' lives growing up." The lyrics that reflect a desire to purchase a "slaw burger, fries, and a bottle of Ski" are completely unrelated to the real-life "Dumas Walker", referring to a restaurant in Greensburg, Kentucky called Adolphus Ennis, where the band would go following a show.[3] At first, the record label did not want to include the song on the Kentucky Headhunters' album because they believed it was too regional. However, the Headhunters pushed for the song to be on the album because of the reaction it received during live shows
In the 60's70's80's, there were always places a young person could go, to let a little steam off. By dancing, singing along., maybe a little drinking too. This was a really great song.
Lyrics Well let's all go, down to Dumas Walker Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker We'll get a slaw burger, fries and a bottle of Ski Bring it on out to my baby and me Yeah, we're headed to the drive-in on a Saturday night Just me and my baby and a six-pack of lite Got a pocketful of money and I'm rarin' to go Down to Dumas Walker right after the show They'll be shootin' marbles in the back of the store And laying money down on the floor Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker We'll get a slaw burger, fries and a bottle of Ski Bring it on out to my baby and me He takes all his orders down one at a time Don't need a pad he's got a photogenic mind He don't like the young folks hanging around He's quick to let you know we got a law in this town You ought to see him grinnin' when he walks through the door The marble king is ready for more Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker We'll get a slaw, burger, fries and a bottle of Ski Bring it on out to my baby and me Here it comes
Saw an old college friend and we remember having a few and singing along at the top of our voices...This will always be one of this Southern boy's favorite songs.
I was 21 when this song came out and let me tell ya, about 400 of us would play this song while The Yellow River Band played it just north of Baker Florida. Some of the best times of a teen and young adults to older adults. Tons of folks and even had a food truck with fair food. Miss them good ole days.
I'm still jamming to dumas walker in 2024🤟🍻
So am I 😎
Me to 😊
I'll be jamming to this till the day I die. My kids love their music. Mostly because they're subjected to it every time they're in the truck with me. 😂
I’ll rock this song anytime anywhere!
Me too!
My momma worked at Dummas Walker in greensburg, KY! We still live about 20 mins away from where it was!
I always wanted to go there and when the waitress asked me what I wanted, I’d start singing the song I want a slaw burger and a bottle of ski, now bring one out to my baby and me 😁
@@alexandersippelHow fun! That's awesome! She's kind of a part of Americana-music history!
@@kbree4484 damn right 👍
A restaurant by that name never existed. It was called Adolphus Ennis, was just across from the courthouse in Greensburg. And yes it served slaw burgers and ski soda to the band members. Yes I lived in Greensburg for quite sometime.
Dumas Walker’s was actually in Moss Tennessee not Greensburg, Ky. Adolphus Ennis was the restaurant in Greensburg
I don't care who you are I'm 42 my wife is 36 my oldest son is 18 and my youngest of five is 2 and everybody says crank it when the Kentucky head hunters come on .and I can't sing a lick but I rock out so the world can see .God I miss good music
I'm 69 and feel the need to CRANK IT UP
I'm 40, and this was one of my my Uncle's favorite songs. May he RIP!
I agree crank that music up and keep on jammin to the good stuff cause it's hard to find anymore. So kick back and enjoy with the new generation it's so hard to find.
@@roserollins9800......
I'm right behind you at 65 and still love the Righteous Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Lobo, and sooooo many more thru the 80s. Good music 🎶 is gone but NOT FORGOTTEN
And I crank it up every time I listen
52 and no children, 90's country is still my favorite.
Can we rewind the clock about 30 years. Music was like a rocket from the 70's-90's.
Yep❤👍
30 years ago was 1994 😂
This was when Country Rock was REAL COUNTRY ROCK!!~
exactly
Oh yeah…….we knew when to let it go
They were my sons first concert at 11. Kentucky Headhunters and Confederate Railroad. He absolutely loved it, and I love sharing my roots with him. Couldn't have picked a better first for him!!!
When I was little my dad would tell me stories about when he was younger and how he would wash buses and tractor trailers for bands while they were appearing at the state fair. He said these guys were a class act and even invited him to toss the football around with them for a while before the show. Sawyer Brown was another one he got to hang out with. Good times, Dad. :)
Good stuff. I used to see Sawyer Brown at a local bar before they took off. Great bunch of guys back then.
My dad knew Sawyer Brown too. At Least Mark Miller.
Oh man my dad used to tell me stories and after my dad was gone I realized they wasn't just stories
Me and my dad were driving truck we pulled into this little Cafe in Tennessee on i40 they pulled in with their bus and sat next to us they were really normal and cool
I these fellers and Sawyer Brown put on a helluva show
I was shocked when i learned the lead singer is now a born again Christian preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank You Jesus.
Why were you supposed??
Music doesn't mean you're going to hell. Lol
Why were you supposed is what I meant to say 😃
Yeah thank you Jesus Christ
Just goes to show us that God is always in control. 😇😇😇
Who cares
Rodeo Nights.....Gulfport Mississippi..I was lead bouncer there..that led to a 28 year relationship...man i miss the 90's. Thank you Gentilemen for the great tunesm
These dudes ruled. Wrote killer songs that blasted away contemporaries but had fun with it too. Their videos are evidence. Even when Ricky Lee left, they had some good stuff. When Doug Phelps came back. Wow. Listen to stomping grounds if ya like this. Brother Phelps was amazing...the vocal harmonies. Beautiful 2 albums if youre into bluegrass with a southern kick.. But Doug coming back was awesome. Wish they'd all get back together for a solid cd and tour. Here's to hunting heads!
Grew up in the 50's 60's love this music . Not the crap they have today . I am 80 still working and driving over the roads every day. Listening to this kind of music crank it up . Never to old to this kind of entertainment.
I can't believe this was 30 years ago. It doesn't seem like that long
Fun fact I live in the same town this was recorded in😁
I'm ashamed to say I only discovered this great fun tune maybe 2 weeks ago. Keep in mind for many years my choice was classic rock and roll. One thing led to another, I obtained Sirius radio xm 3 years ago this month, it came free first 6 months when I bought a Ford F 150. Slowly but surely Willie's Roadhouse caught my attention. Not just that, I have come to understand country music and what it is that country music fans tell us that makes it so great. I love country music, real country music. Thank god for Hank Williams, he absolutely blows me away. What a singer, I hear in his voice how he influenced none other than George Jones. Peace
2024 and its still perfection
Preach 📢
i thought Wherever this place is I just want to go there! I bought the Pickin' on Nasville cassette years ago and totally wore it out! Love the Kentucky Headhunters!
I've met the boys from Edmonton, I know where the country store is and even remember the old black man that lived to what I was told to be of 109 yrs old. I've been to Dumas Walker on KY. TN. State line. These boys keeping all alive !
I love how many of us are still here. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Real music.
Man , I would go back to 1989 in a heartbeat !
I'm with you brother!
I was grounded for 1989, so no
I'll drive bubba. When ya wanna leave?
I still think about taking a trip to 1989 everyday because there ain't nothing going on for me in 2022
I guess y'all were all teens in the 80's? I was.. if y'all figure out how to go back there, gimme a Hollar!
Growing up in the 70's and 80's........enough said.
REAL COUNTRY MUSIC. i cant stand the majority of todays music. its NOT REAL music. sounds like crap. all ya beyounce lovers n talyor swift lovers. this is real down to earth music. real God given talent
"Don't need a pad, he's got a photogenic mind". Cracks me up every time.
blueslove61 I wonder if they did that to be funny.
I laugh at that myself!
My mom passed away a couple of years ago and this was her favorite song and I had forgotten about it for the longest time and then just a couple nights ago I was thinking about my mom and suddenly this song popped into my head reminding me of her. I have a feeling it was my mom reaching down from heaven to say hello..now whenever I want to think of my mama I'll play this song
I play my mom's favorite songs on here once a week, keep it up JD God bless
Your mom had shit taste for music if this is her favorite song
That sad
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope listening to her favorite songs keeps her close to your heart, and helps your own to heal. Sending love and hugs. ❤
The Kentucky headhunters, the country music band that brought the mullet into the mainstream, in their prime, doing their signature song. Thanks for posting this.
One of the best country rockin' songs ever!
Just did an interview with these guys for Nashville Music Guide. Still got it, 48 years of rocking good times. Awesome group of guys. This is what it's all about.
these guys knew how to rock it..............................
You got that right . These guys are AWESOME
I met all of them at the ky bike rally about 5 years ago. Myself and my then wife were in the liquor store getting beer etc before we got into the dry county and there they were. We talked for probably an hour and they were all cool as hell. Down to earth. The drummer has some funny jokes to tell lmao.
Good for you honey
Jim Rhoads *know
Dumas Walker was my great uncle. He died 1 year and 2 days before I was born. I grew up constantly hearing about his marble playing exploits. I realized that if I picked an odd singular thing to get good at I could be like him.
I ended up winning an axe throwing tournament. I was super confused when I heard this song on the radio when I was younger. I wish I could of played marbles with him at family reunions.
My grandpa lived in Monroe Co. KY, and used to drive across the state line into Moss TN to get beer (Monroe was a dry county.) He took me into Dumas Walker's store when I was very little, probably 5 or 6, in the mid-80s, as it was just up the road from the place where he normally went for beer. I don't remember a great deal about the visit, but I remember him doing a trick on the counter with a marble where he shot it with his thumb and it rolled out in a circle and came back to him. It was the coolest thing in the world to me at the time.
@@cmrock203 not calling you a liar or a sleepy Joe Biden fan but I thought Dumas died in 85,?
@@wildestcowboy2668 91.
Thank you!
Dude thanks for sharing that pretty cool.
I laid in the hospital for eight days in 1990, I must have heard this one 100 times, I love it!
True rock and roll country blues all in one! Pure American!
This is better than today's country music. It's ashamed music ain't this good anymore.
It's pretty boy crap today
Drinking a ski right now, hadn't seen it in years. Had to hear this song lol
We need more bars like Dumas Walker's in this country nowadays. Pool tables, beer, babes, bloody knuckles, cracked skulls, broken pool cues, deer heads, harleys.... all the fun stuff!
And BIG hair! 😁
Hell Yeah
And the Boars Nest from the Dukes of Hazzard 🙂👍🏼
Selina Boston there’s still a few left here in the south where we don’t follow any laws 😂
Lot of those in Wisconsin
Man the 80s were a magical time.
Got that right !!!!
Oh yes they were.
Fuck yeah.
This was a 90’s song dude
The BEST
Today's "country artists" (with a few exceptions) need to watch this and learn how it is supposed to be done.
this was not country back then. it has only been considered country since 04 -05
+Caleb Arnold Bullshit. It was and is country I grew up to this. Old school Waylon, George, and Conway was the way I grew up and THIS WAS STILL COUNTRY
Nicole Bell You stupid bitch you have no idea what you're talking about so shut up and stop trying to be little miss badass on the internet. You're truly pathetic.
+Caleb Arnold They flew the Southern Rock flag , But that is only how I remember
Hey Caleb. Calm the F*&% down. I grew up listening to this type of country music. Instead of talking out your a$$, educate yourself.
God, how I miss real country music!!!!!
This has always been one of my All Time Favorite songs by ANY Band, Love Dumas Walker by the Kentucky Headhunters!!
i was raised on this! This is REAL COUNTRY!
The Kentucky Headhunters is an American country rock and Southern rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which consisted of brothers Richard Young (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Fred Young (drums) along with Greg Martin (lead guitar, vocals) and Anthony Kenney (bass guitar, vocals). Itchy Brother performed together until 1982, with James Harrison replacing Martin from 1973 to 1976. The Young brothers and Martin began performing as The Kentucky Headhunters in 1986, adding brothers Ricky Lee Phelps (lead vocals, harmonica) and Doug Phelps (bass guitar, vocals) to the membership. With the release of their 1989 debut album Pickin' on Nashville via Mercury Records, the band charted four consecutive Top 40 country singles. A second album for Mercury, Electric Barnyard, did not do as well commercially, and the Phelps brothers left after its release to form Brother Phelps. Kenney re-joined and Mark S. Orr took over on lead vocals for 1993's Rave On!! and a compilation album entitled The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' before the band exited Mercury. Orr left and Doug Phelps rejoined in 1996 as lead vocalist for the album Stompin' Grounds. He also led on the Audium Entertainment albums Songs from the Grass String Ranch and Soul, as well as Big Boss Man and a second compilation, Flying Under the Radar, on CBuJ Entertainment. After Kenney's departure, Doug once again became the band's bass guitarist by the release of its next album, Dixie Lullabies, in 2011. The Kentucky Headhunters have released eight studio albums, three compilations, and twenty-three singles, of which the highest-peaking is a cover of the Don Gibson song "Oh Lonesome Me," which the band took to number 8 in 1990. In addition, the band has won three Country Music Association awards, an Academy of Country Music award and a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, won in 1990 for Pickin' on Nashville. At its peak in the early 1990s, The Kentucky Headhunters were considered a dark horse in country music, due to the significant mainstream attention that the band received despite their rougher sound and the members' rural Southern image.[10][75] In 1991, Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash wrote that although the band did not sell as many albums as contemporaries George Strait or Garth Brooks, "they may just end up redefining country for the '90s" given the diverse range of influences and styles.[20] Billboard critic Ray Waddell called the band "arguably the most consistent and durable Southern rock outfit on the planet."[53]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kentucky_Headhunters
What a tight sound, great harmonies, and musicianship! I was in my early 20's when I first heard this and in my 60's now and it brings back good memories hearing it!
how could you not like this song? great stuff
Hi Todd love this song good to dance to
My wife thought this song was about everyone going down to "do" Mrs Walker, lol
Is her last name Walker
😂😂😂
Thats so funny🤣
@@Crispylaff I know 🤣🤣 I'll never let her live it down lol
😂😂😂
I remember the first time I heard this (way back in the day), I thought they were saying Doofus Walker. 😂This is one of the most fun songs I've heard.
It isn't just that the music is so damn good, because it is. It isn't just that it's so much fun to listen to, and to dance to. It isn't just that the guys are so cute (I LOVED all their hair!) and that Jakey is adorable. It's that these videos make you feel like you're right there, dancing with them, having the time of your life. And it's that all these years later, all of that is still true.
"Walk Softly on this Heart Of Mine" is the best song they ever sung!
great band deserve more credit than they've been given!
Hello Kathryn...
I love this song from a highly underrated group, they just arent getting the credit they deserve.
2024 and a cold beer... Still here!
My mom LOVED this band. I grew up listening to them all the time because she never stopped playing their music. She passed away a week before Thanksgiving :( came here to remember the good times, even if it makes me cry now
God bless
@@aaronaldrich4577 saw country music
Keep on keepin on guy. Turn this shit up fer yer mom. I crank mine daily. God speed son
Hugs to you. And I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you can find peace in listening to her favorite songs. And that they help heal your heart. ❤
Haven't heard this song in ages. Made me want to get up and dance! 🥳
Earl Fromipanema. Me too. Anybody that can stand still during this song HAS to be dead. One of the best dance songs ever.
Well I hope y'all DID get up and dance! Don't EVER pass on an opportunity to dance to good music! This is definitely GOOD MUsic!
Tommis bird
Me too if my would move like it did when this song came out.
34 now, but named my dog Dumas Walker when I was a kid, favorite band back then.
God bless all your comments, & God bless all of you!
The Kentucky Headhunters are awesome! I love their music.
The Kentucky Headhunters have style and personality. We need more of this music. It's great. 😊
I've seen the Headhunters perform at least 4 times. They never get old. There are so many people out there that need to be introduced to these musical geniuses.
LOVE you ALL . . .you brought light into some of my darkest days! Can't thank Y'All for that! XOXOXO
Damn good tune, country ain't what it used to be with very few exceptions. Still good music in 2020
THE 'DIVES" are /were ALWAYS the BEST ! EEEH HAWL !
For the longest time, I always thought they were singing "Let's go down to Do-Miss Walker."
After a few drinks it made perfect sense to me.
I found some Ski. It was named after a fun weekend water-skiing somewhere around Chattanooga. It’s a citrus flavored soda water. Comes in a green glass bottle. Food City in East Tennessee sells it. I always thought it was some kind of beer until I found some.
Hello Jody.. how are you doing?
This brings me back 25 years.
Kentucky Headhunters...good music!
My grandmother loves this song so much she makes me play it every single day
Hello Jackie...
My parents lived in Edmonton KY and they took us to Dumas’s bar. He had my kids stand at the long end of the bar and he shot the marble and it took a swerve and landed in their tiny hands. We all thought it was magical! Not just the kids. My daddy said to him, “the Kentucky Headhunters made you famous, he laughed and said “I no I made them famous.” We loved our visit many years ago.
Kentucky headhunters quickly become one of my favorite bands. Their sound is just so good. Very underrated
Mullets & Mall Hair! Takes me back to high school ;)
Haystack
i remember that night i couldnt get there and i was so pissed...EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Sure beats todays country music by far.
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+Jacob Stevens amen brother!!!!!
Jacob Stevens amen brother
Jacob Stevens good old country
Jacob Stevens can't find much anymore
I remember my parents playing this on vinyl and cassette in the house when I was a baby. This came out when i was a year old. Heard it on XM the other day for the first time in 2 decades and HAD to see the video.
I absolutely love this song. Danced to it at the Pines in Anchorage back in the late 80's. 😅
Seriously thought this was "lets all go down to do Miss Walker."
Had to adult before I figured it out.
Also this guys moustache is the epitome of manliness.
Met these guys at a truckstop in Hudson, WI when they were touring in support of this tune... they damn near left the drummer there because he was playing the pinball machine and didn't want to leave!
Shorty Medlock is that really your name or someone you admire?
An old racing buddy came up with that name after a long night of partying... no relation to Ricky Medlock's Dad....
Shorty Medlock Shorty Medlocke I was thinking exactly to the Blackfoot reference to Shorty Medlocke!! how perceptive of you!!! 😀
I hung out there a lot as a kid. Lots of famous people used to stop there. Great memories.
That deaf dumb and blind guy aey
One of my favorites to sing on a karaoke night. Always fun, and awesome crowd participation and reaction
David Rice Let go by the Phelps
Phelps Let go
I was there in 1992, it was pretty cool. They were supposed to be having an autograph signing the next day. But of course couldn't stay till then....
I loved this song as little kid... Kind of holds a special place in my heart. lol
I just saw the Kentucky Headhunters last night (Sept 2nd 2023) in Maryville Tn. Great show
This was one of those songs I heard so infrequently back in the day that I didn't memorize the lyrics, but which was so catchy that even up until recently I'd have it come to mind, that I'd just kind of make up my own nonsense lyrics to the tune. glad I finally found it; great song.
Wow; the energy in this performance is incredible. Infectious fun song.
Very true!!
This song should be at the top of everyone's playlist.
Saw them for the first time last night at the Bardstown Bourbon festival. It was actually dang good stuff. My musical tastes have changed over the years. Last night was the first time I ever heard this song, and I'm 58.
I saw them live a few years ago in Barbourville, Kentucky. Fantastic show!
It’s like Brooks & Dunn and Led Zeppelin had a child
Very true. For us country folks in the early 90's. yes, they were their children. No doubt!!
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No Kentucky head hunters came out before them
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oh man the best era of country music is right here above us boys. /We Got Hal Ketchum, got David Lee Murphy, Sammy Kershaw, Joe Diffie, and Mel McDaniels. Perfect singers right there for a good day!
not really the best, but defiantly better than today's music
Amen
Actually all of the ones he mentioned are all legends, so yeah they are the best.
Don't forget George strait Alan Jackson and of course Mississippi is very own Marty Stuart
Whatever happened to Mel McDaniel I thought he was awesome
love this song to this day....
it's still fun to listen to. so many tunes from the past that are still great to hear. years later it brings you a good feeling
Me too.......
When I was a kid (I'm 22) I used to hear this in the truck with my dad and I always thought it said "Let's all go down to do miss walker" I was like "hell yeah, Let's go do miss walker ;)" I was a little jackass back then.
Lol me too!!
Dudes always looked like they were having the best time! Fun rocking country!!
Why am I so obsessed over this song???? UGH!!!!
Man!!! What happened to good old awesome songs like this???
carol holiday idk bout I wish it didnt
BRAVO ! HUGE THANK YOU ! WONDERFUL VOICE ! WONDERFUL SONG ! WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE ! BRAVO FROM SOFIA - BULGARIA
I just saw these guys perform at the Marion (ohio) Popcorn Festival. GREAT SHOW!!!! That drummer killed it tonight w/ a 15 minute solo. They even met the fans and gave autographs... I got mine. Very fun night!
Hello Alexis
My boyfriend saw them in Mansfield.
The EQUIRES will rock this through 2024 and thereafter as long as we are alive. Now let's all go down to Dumas Walker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My nephew Jonathan sung this song and knew every word to it when small he's now 30 I think of that little boy Everytime I hear this he's now a father his self to a beautiful little boy hope he teaches Knox this song
According to The Kentucky Headhunters' band member Doug Phelps, the song refers to a retailer and world class marbles champion named "Dumas" from Moss, Tennessee who owned a "package" shop near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, close to Annie Hanrahan's place. The shop sold "beer, snacks [and] fireworks" and was "part of the Kentucky boys' lives growing up." The lyrics that reflect a desire to purchase a "slaw burger, fries, and a bottle of Ski" are completely unrelated to the real-life "Dumas Walker", referring to a restaurant in Greensburg, Kentucky called Adolphus Ennis, where the band would go following a show.[3]
At first, the record label did not want to include the song on the Kentucky Headhunters' album because they believed it was too regional. However, the Headhunters pushed for the song to be on the album because of the reaction it received during live shows
I grew up around Moss, Tn. Drove past every time I went to Tompkinsville, KY.
IF they knew ya, you could get pints n half pints of whiskey. I lived in Mt Herman Ky, and been to dumas store many times.
this is almost what they called "rockabilly" back in the 1950's...makes you want to move it a little??!!
One of the best shows I've ever seen they opened for CDB
I'm finally going to see them live in October and I'm pumped
In the 60's70's80's, there were always places a young person could go, to let a little steam off. By dancing, singing along., maybe a little drinking too. This was a really great song.
When I travel through Kentucky I like to get myself a bottle of SKI (or can)....just because of this song. :D
I live in Southern, Ohio at a place where one of the big distributors are located and i still get one occasionally when i go to the gas station
my uncle first job his name was Pete White he was cook at dumas walker restaurant in greensburg Kentucky.
Adam
Nope, just a southern thang!
This video was in Tennessee not Greensburg Kentucky
Had a bottle of Ski once
@@80slady69 That is illiteracy, not southern.
@@johnnylondon3036 The Dumas Walker restaurant is in Greensburg, Kentucky no matter where the video may have been filmed.
this is what real country music sounds like
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*Oh boy howdy!!*
*Their songs ALWAYS give me HAPPY FEET!*
*I could be having the worst day ever.. hear these guys and BAM! All is well again!!*
I just love playing my drums to this wonderful song wow.
Lyrics
Well let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
We'll get a slaw burger, fries and a bottle of Ski
Bring it on out to my baby and me
Yeah, we're headed to the drive-in on a Saturday night
Just me and my baby and a six-pack of lite
Got a pocketful of money and I'm rarin' to go
Down to Dumas Walker right after the show
They'll be shootin' marbles in the back of the store
And laying money down on the floor
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
We'll get a slaw burger, fries and a bottle of Ski
Bring it on out to my baby and me
He takes all his orders down one at a time
Don't need a pad he's got a photogenic mind
He don't like the young folks hanging around
He's quick to let you know we got a law in this town
You ought to see him grinnin' when he walks through the door
The marble king is ready for more
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
We'll get a slaw, burger, fries and a bottle of Ski
Bring it on out to my baby and me
Here it comes
This band, gotta love ❤️.
I'm not gonna knock today's country since I don't really listen to it much but got damn they knew how to make music back then.
Saw an old college friend and we remember having a few and singing along at the top of our voices...This will always be one of this Southern boy's favorite songs.
I was 21 when this song came out and let me tell ya, about 400 of us would play this song while The Yellow River Band played it just north of Baker Florida. Some of the best times of a teen and young adults to older adults. Tons of folks and even had a food truck with fair food. Miss them good ole days.