The group's name is pronounced "Boys". Their lead singer and guitarist, Bill Kelly, is alive and well in Nashville. The group, founded by Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzik (RIP, from Jeddo Boro, PA) later became Dakota. The song rose to #14 in 1971. Three men were trapped in a mine. Two of the three ate the third, Timothy.
Didn't know about the name change...I always remembered The Bouys and thanks for the heads-up. This is another great classic from the 70s and is up there with other great ballads like Marty Robbins Old El Paso, Dead Mans Curve and Jim Croce, etc.
So, I'm reading this comment 12 years later. Just curious, but are you still on YT? How's your life been in the past 12 years? Has it been enjoyable? No reason for the comment...just a curious person
I saw the Buoys perform back in the early 70's at a place called the Inn Scene. It was located in the Midway shopping center. They were great. I grew up in Pa.
I was a teenager attending St John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA. The best band, and a real treat for us, was when the Buoys showed up at Friday night dances in our gym. The Buoys debuted Timothy at the SJHS gym just before I graduated in 1970. The basic story was well known in the NE PA area where there were many mine cave-ins. So, although we all knew the song was about the cannabalism of a miner, none of us were shocked and we damn sure knew it wasn't a mule!
I was in college when this was 1st released by The Buoys. Everyone loved it! Then... Everyone started actually listening to the lyrics! OMG! They ATE TIMOTHY! 😱 Apparently many radio stations started listening at the same time - or parents started calling about it - because it just disappeared off the radio play lists except for late night request shows! 😅 Just a bit of trivia from where I grew up.
I remember when they were called The Buoys. Creepy lyrics, but one hell of a song. I was 16 when it came out. It,s in my library, I find myself returning to it time and time again. i,ve often wondered if the radio management people ever really listened to this masterpiece. Thanx jdzine. 8Moody1
At first they did, then it got banned. I heard that how it got popular is one radio station would ban it, then edgy teenagers would prank another station into playing it.
The buoys played at our all night party at the Mayfair Supper Club in June of 1969 Wyoming Area High School. My best friend and I followed them from the Buoys, Dakota, and the Jerry Kelly Band for the next 35 years or so. They were a super group from the Wyoming Valley, miss them!!
I just realized something, not only they ate timothy, but also the narrator got so traumatized by the experience of eating another human being that he blocked the entire experience from his memory, that is a SEVERE level of trauma.
this song scared the shit out of me when it came out...i was 10 sitting in the back seat driving into amherst...and when i realized what they were singing about it gave me the creeps.
loved going to the Alley in pottsville and shanannigans up Hazleton to see Jerry and Kelly.Fun days,fun times and alot younger for sure.They are still real good musicians!
I know all the words to this song....cuz our little hometown radio station in Belfast, Maine played it!! I don't know when "The Buoys" became "Dakota" but this live performance is very true to the original 45. Great fun hearing this again!!
Was talking with this guy I work about music and he said he knew Bill Kelly personally and told me to check out his bands, Said they were local guys and this was a big hit in the 70's... I'm in NEPA. Interesting stuff.
@souldeep69 In the period between The Buoys and Dakota, Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzuk formed a band called the Jerry-Kelly Band and recorded an Album released on Columbia records. Damn excellent record as well!
Bill Kelly and Jerry haludzik of The Buoys and Lou Cossa of Glass prism... And I'm proud to say I've met each of them what Great Artists... love you guys, YOU ROCK!
I heard/saw Bill Kelly and the Buoys (later Dakota) sing this song live many times between 1972 and 1973 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He/they sound (albeit with a more mature voice and shorter hair!) just as dynamic now as they did then.
+Mark Simko , Hey Mark did you ever come down to Hazleton to see them at Shenanigans bar on Wyoming street ? Great times in the early 80's . They also played at the "ALLEY" in Pottsville as " The Jerry Kelly band "
I helped clean up Swoyersville in '72, and one of the guys on the crew was the brother of one of the band members. The girls from Dushores went crazy over him! Shout out to all the guys on Beefy Bernadoni's crew!!! Rusty from Binghamton
Bill Kelly was just at the Pittston Tomato Festival this past Saturday 8/21/21 and he played Timothy ,on acoustic guitar, man his voice still sounds awesome 😎
Oh man what a band this is.... pitty they're getting old, they were so youthful in the '80s but the spirit never died in them! They seed the positive joy with their music and this kind of music is my role model!
My bother sent me this link and it has now earned a permanent place on my desktop! Great tune, nice bass line and Bill Kelly is awesome. How I missed this in 1970, I'll never know.
Amazing how good Bill Kelly sounds all these years later. The up beat tempo works very well! Nice plug for Fender guitars in this clip! :) They rock in every decade!
The second time I watched this, I realized how funked out these guys were! Tremendous...and I played this song hundreds of times at my radio station. Very, very cool boys
@souldeep69 Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzik were both memebers of The Buoys when Timothy was recorded.They both appear in the picture on the Album cover.Before forming Dakota,they recorded an album on Epic records as The Jerry-Kelly Band.
@8moody1 Dakota, in spite of some inaccurate information around TH-cam, was never called the Buoys. They were two different groups. But Bill Kelly, who is singing lead on this video by Dakota, WAS the lead singer of the Buoys and sang the original hit. He still sounds exactly the same - meaning GREAT! He was in both groups but they were otherwise different groups, except bass player Jerry HLUDZIK who was also a member of the Buoys. But Dakota had an entirely different sound and repertoire.
These guys are such great sports, seriously. The way they perform this, it's completely catchy and completely spooky, just like the studio recording. And yeah, the singer sounds GREAT. Why can't artists this age who hit it really big, and now tour endlessly, take decent care of _their_ voices? I'm lookin' at you, Ian Anderson! Stop messing up my favorite Tull songs with your squawking! Thanks for the post jdzine :D
Hey, TomTIGER69, sorry to tell you but they are not lip synching this song. Nor is the music pre-recorded. What instrument exactly is it that you hear that is not on stage??? They added some horns and a violin during the chorus' of the recorded song. Do you hear them in this performance? With your superior listening ability you should be able to tell they used the keyboard to fill those parts in this live performance. Maybe you are just used to the modern, no-talent 15 year olds that have to lip sync everything and don't realize that there are/were really talented musicians and singers that could actually perform live! I was at this show and they played about 2 hours of live music with so much audience interaction that it would be near impossible to pre-stage anything!
Kings of Leon copy this group? LoL. But this singer is brilliant. They should've done more, but record labels should have encouraged more songs-- I blame greed for not making these guys bigger. Very nice retro alt feel.
they're playing the cannibal song wooo -todd in the shadows 2020
Hillary and Huma's favorite song!
My friend and I karaoked this and our dates looked nervous the rest of the night lol
That wasnt nerves, it was major anticipation!
The group's name is pronounced "Boys". Their lead singer and guitarist, Bill Kelly, is alive and well in Nashville. The group, founded by Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzik (RIP, from Jeddo Boro, PA) later became Dakota. The song rose to #14 in 1971. Three men were trapped in a mine. Two of the three ate the third, Timothy.
Didn't know about the name change...I always remembered The Bouys and thanks for the heads-up. This is another great classic from the 70s and is up there with other great ballads like Marty Robbins Old El Paso, Dead Mans Curve and Jim Croce, etc.
I met Jerry at with my dad at a country club about 10 years ago. He played this song
I think it's amazing how much these guys sound like the recording so many years later.
Probably due to practicing good nutritional habits.
Probably because he was a member of The Bouys and is the original singer.
My goodness! The singer can still hit those notes, and sounds as good as they day they recorded the record!!!!!!
So, I'm reading this comment 12 years later.
Just curious, but are you still on YT?
How's your life been in the past 12 years? Has it been enjoyable?
No reason for the comment...just a curious person
Some singers are just that amazing.
Didn't The Buoys do this song?
That IS the Buoys. Two members. Same lead singer. He can still hit those notes.
@@michaelritter8951Certainly did
"They're playing the cannibal song! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Configured as a dinner theatre. Nice touch.
Brhahahahahahahahahahaha good one!!!
I saw the Buoys perform back in the early 70's at a place called the Inn Scene. It was located in the Midway shopping center. They were great. I grew up in Pa.
I was a teenager attending St John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA. The best band, and a real treat for us, was when the Buoys showed up at Friday night dances in our gym. The Buoys debuted Timothy at the SJHS gym just before I graduated in 1970. The basic story was well known in the NE PA area where there were many mine cave-ins. So, although we all knew the song was about the cannabalism of a miner, none of us were shocked and we damn sure knew it wasn't a mule!
One of the best songs of 1971...
I was in college when this was 1st released by The Buoys. Everyone loved it! Then... Everyone started actually listening to the lyrics! OMG! They ATE TIMOTHY! 😱 Apparently many radio stations started listening at the same time - or parents started calling about it - because it just disappeared off the radio play lists except for late night request shows! 😅 Just a bit of trivia from where I grew up.
They never censored it where I lived. I love this song! Songs rarely tell stories anymore.
A tasteful song from the 70's.
Spot on 🤣
I see what you did there. Well played!!
I find it rather tasteless
The song, I mean, Timothy was probably delicious
I remember when they were called The Buoys. Creepy lyrics, but one hell of a song. I was 16 when it came out. It,s in my library, I find myself returning to it time and time again. i,ve often wondered if the radio management people ever really listened to this masterpiece. Thanx jdzine. 8Moody1
At first they did, then it got banned. I heard that how it got popular is one radio station would ban it, then edgy teenagers would prank another station into playing it.
The buoys played at our all night party at the Mayfair Supper Club in June of 1969 Wyoming Area High School. My best friend and I followed them from the Buoys, Dakota, and the Jerry Kelly Band for the next 35 years or so. They were a super group from the Wyoming Valley, miss them!!
Man this sounds incredibly close to the record, especially the vocals.
The dude is amazing
What a haunting song .... and that lead singer still has a great voice and vocal range!
I just realized something, not only they ate timothy, but also the narrator got so traumatized by the experience of eating another human being that he blocked the entire experience from his memory, that is a SEVERE level of trauma.
And a cute little cannibalistic smile!
Timothy was the pack animal, donkey
Everybody was having fun just singing & dancing
And not worrying about wearing a mask or social distancing
I miss my younger years so much
Rupert Holmes gave these guys a gem. They nailed it.
In a perfect world, this song would have been recorded by the group "Fine Young Cannibals"
They missed out by not covering this!
I worked Steel Pier and ended up partying with these guys , I was a high diver at end of Pier
Here come the Todd fans.
this song scared the shit out of me when it came out...i was 10 sitting in the back seat driving into amherst...and when i realized what they were singing about it gave me the creeps.
The happiest song you'll ever hear about having to eat one of your friends.
Tapping my toe while chewing on his toe
Thanks for a laff. I giggled for 10 minutes.
Donkey
This was my favorite song as a kid. And..this live version is just as good as the original recording! WOW!! I did not expect that!! FANTASTIC!!!!
He can still belt it out. Great job.
I saw them play this song for the last time as the Bouy’s at the Stone Balloon in Newark, De. Back in the mid 70’s..
They ate Timothy!
I don,t remember all the members of the group but I do remember Bill Kelly, he still sounds great.
Theres nothing like seeing Dakota live. Please another chance to see this band in concert again soon
These guys were having entirely too much fun singing this song! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rupert Holmes wasn't even his real name and he didn't have a brother named John Holmes...read up and maybe you wont look like such an ass!
They still got it!
They're having so much fun with it, I'd love to have seen them play this live
loved going to the Alley in pottsville and shanannigans up Hazleton to see Jerry and Kelly.Fun days,fun times and alot younger for sure.They are still real good musicians!
I know all the words to this song....cuz our little hometown radio station in Belfast, Maine played it!! I don't know when "The Buoys" became "Dakota" but this live performance is very true to the original 45. Great fun hearing this again!!
Was talking with this guy I work about music and he said he knew Bill Kelly personally and told me to check out his bands, Said they were local guys and this was a big hit in the 70's... I'm in NEPA. Interesting stuff.
@souldeep69 In the period between The Buoys and Dakota, Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzuk formed a band called the Jerry-Kelly Band and recorded an Album released on Columbia records. Damn excellent record as well!
This song is truly unforgettable
Between the music and the lyrics....it made for one SHOCKINGLY FANTASTIC song!!
Bill Kelly and Jerry haludzik of The Buoys and Lou Cossa of Glass prism... And I'm proud to say I've met each of them what Great Artists... love you guys, YOU ROCK!
this song is over twice as old as i am, and i love it! lol
WOW, they sound great.
Listen to my man!!! Hell yeah, doing it better than he did 40 years ago! Awesome, awesome!!!
Love this song
I heard/saw Bill Kelly and the Buoys (later Dakota) sing this song live many times between 1972 and 1973 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He/they sound (albeit with a more mature voice and shorter hair!) just as dynamic now as they did then.
+Mark Simko , Hey Mark did you ever come down to Hazleton to see them at Shenanigans bar on Wyoming street ? Great times in the early 80's . They also played at the "ALLEY" in Pottsville as " The Jerry Kelly band "
I helped clean up Swoyersville in '72, and one of the guys on the crew was the brother of one of the band members. The girls from Dushores went crazy over him! Shout out to all the guys on Beefy Bernadoni's crew!!! Rusty from Binghamton
Mark Simko JODY Connor LOVE THE BOUYS
Bill Kelly was just at the Pittston Tomato Festival this past Saturday 8/21/21 and he played Timothy ,on acoustic guitar, man his voice still sounds awesome 😎
Been hearing this song in Pittsburgh daily now. Brings back memories! I tell everyone where they’re from.
Oh man what a band this is.... pitty they're getting old, they were so youthful in the '80s but the spirit never died in them! They seed the positive joy with their music and this kind of music is my role model!
A true Masterpiece!! I know this performance was years ago but it brings back so many memories..
Just saw them play at mohegan sun in Wilkes Barre,Pa. at a free concert THEY ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! sounded as GREAT AS ever!!!!!!
My bother sent me this link and it has now earned a permanent place on my desktop! Great tune, nice bass line and Bill Kelly is awesome. How I missed this in 1970, I'll never know.
Because it was banned at almost EVERY radio station in the country!
Wow is this video from 11 years ago.... this song sounds great just like in 1970
Amazing how good Bill Kelly sounds all these years later. The up beat tempo works very well! Nice plug for Fender guitars in this clip! :) They rock in every decade!
Hello! The sings better today then todays "Artists"
The second time I watched this, I realized how funked out these guys were! Tremendous...and I played this song hundreds of times at my radio station. Very, very cool boys
They were definitely having fun here. Enjoyable to watch.
Great song and musicians.
Wow! What a dynamic version of this Classic! And Bill Kelly's singing is superb!
What a band! ***** 5 Stars
Awesome! They sound Great!!
Our hometown boys from pittston area we love you always.
Great work !
What a great voice.
they did a great job
this guy is a good singer stills sounds like he singing frm back in 1971, bravo guys
LOOOOVE this always did
Probably one of the only times you'll see people dancing to a song about cannibalism.
MusicDude86 There are probably tribes on this planet that still do that.
MusicDude86 There are probably tribes on this planet that still do that.
Oh is that wrong?!
With that beat it would be hard not too! Sorry!
And smiling gleefully!! :-)
sweet,these guys have great energy in there music
@souldeep69 Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzik were both memebers of The Buoys when Timothy was recorded.They both appear in the picture on the Album cover.Before forming Dakota,they recorded an album on Epic records as The Jerry-Kelly Band.
@8moody1 Dakota, in spite of some inaccurate information around TH-cam, was never called the Buoys. They were two different groups. But Bill Kelly, who is singing lead on this video by Dakota, WAS the lead singer of the Buoys and sang the original hit. He still sounds exactly the same - meaning GREAT! He was in both groups but they were otherwise different groups, except bass player Jerry HLUDZIK who was also a member of the Buoys. But Dakota had an entirely different sound and repertoire.
AMAZING, SOUNDED JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL YET LIVE, FREKIN WOW.
These guys are such great sports, seriously. The way they perform this, it's completely catchy and completely spooky, just like the studio recording. And yeah, the singer sounds GREAT. Why can't artists this age who hit it really big, and now tour endlessly, take decent care of _their_ voices?
I'm lookin' at you, Ian Anderson! Stop messing up my favorite Tull songs with your squawking!
Thanks for the post jdzine :D
THEY'RE PLAYING THE CANNIBAL SONG!
WOOOOOOOO!!!
I met Mr Kelly many years ago ,I didn't know who he was ,nice to see he could still draw a croud and hit those high notes ,GREAT SONG!!!!
jesusisnotallright s you are a moron
Till your Mom came along
Man! Still sound great!
Remember them well. Worked for a band called PASSAGE. Played the same clubs.
Surprised that someone would do a cover of this song!!and they did a hell of a job with it!!!way to go fellas.🎼🎸🌶🎵🎹🎷📻🙂
Not a cover, original lead singer and band members.
These 2 were part of the band that did the original song
I can't believe how good his voice still sounds. Can anyone help me figure out these chords?
Check out Ultimate Guitar
@@cantelya53 better off watching the music video.
Hey, TomTIGER69, sorry to tell you but they are not lip synching this song. Nor is the music pre-recorded. What instrument exactly is it that you hear that is not on stage??? They added some horns and a violin during the chorus' of the recorded song. Do you hear them in this performance? With your superior listening ability you should be able to tell they used the keyboard to fill those parts in this live performance. Maybe you are just used to the modern, no-talent 15 year olds that have to lip sync everything and don't realize that there are/were really talented musicians and singers that could actually perform live! I was at this show and they played about 2 hours of live music with so much audience interaction that it would be near impossible to pre-stage anything!
Another great song
Terrific!!!!
These guys do sound better now and live at that!
I hope they're still getting royalties for this funked out song. They look tremendous.
Yes, it is important that they don't go hungry.
I see what you did there. Funny.
NEPA's finest...godspeed Jerry from Jeddo
AMAZING. Takes me back some years.... OMG, keep rockin this.
Someone grab this in higher def sometime, please.
This sounds awesome!!! Love this song!!!!
The lyrics are off color but what a great song overall. Fantastic, love it.
Old timers can still rock.
This is so cool to hear live! I wish the keys were a bit louder. They sound great! Good job Dakota!
"Timotheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Time to eat! ;)
The lead vocalist TIGHT. You cant imagine what royalties they keep getting through the years.
probably Rupert Holmes gets most of the Royalties
Look how much fun everyone is having with the cannibal song!
I love it
Yes
They should release this song. Fantastic job.
I know Jerry and Bill personally, great guys!
Wow! Now these guys sound great! Very impressive. Love this song!
Awesome! Always loved this song. I think it was banned for awhile.
I just love a song with a bouncy beat about cannibalism.
MIRACLE
I grew up in the same town Bill Kelly did. He only loves a few streets away. Also one firme membrete Gran Brocense loves on my street
I remember the song well but I also remember at the end there was a crunching that sounded like bones being chewed. That seems to be missing now
This song is awesome. Luckily, back then, I lived in a city that didn't ban it.
Real nice!
The camp mule was named Tim.
This is fantastic..i just bought Jerry G Hludzik´s CD and is so gooood!
Is this DVd available to buy?
Thx Jdzine
Kings of Leon copy this group? LoL. But this singer is brilliant. They should've done more, but record labels should have encouraged more songs-- I blame greed for not making these guys bigger. Very nice retro alt feel.