Blackwater means just that. The lakes and rivers of most of the southeast are blackwater. The waters down here are a dark, silty black. It's because of the tannins from the trees and undergrowth that live in and immediately around our water systems.
No double entendres here. The Moon is shining on the dark water of the Mississippi River. The river boats have big paddle wheels on them for a way to push them down the river. The Honky Tonk is where you go to dance to Dixieland music in New Orleans. They have a lot of them and you can walk from one to another.
I was raised in south-southeast North Carolina. We had what the old folks called "fresh water" streams and creeks (pronounced cricks) and the "black water," which was the swamps.
It's the Mississippi river, and a honkytonk is commonly defined in the early 1900's as a "low" dancehall/saloon, with loud raucous music ... and patrons.
Boy BP, got that 100% wrong in the end. It was about just what it was about, the Mississippi River, the moon shinning down making the water look black, New Orleans and going to a honky-tonk, dancing, drinking and having a good time on the bayou,
The Doobie Brothers was my stepdad’s favorite band. I got the call that he had passed away while I was at work. During the drive home Black Water came on my iTunes and it broke me. I had to pull over to have a good cry and listen to the rest of the song. RIP Dad.
PLEASE BP, do their banger awesome song, "JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT WITH ME" next!! You cannot keep still, you have to be dancing, tapping a toe or wiggling to the beat in your chair and singing along at the very least, to that song about Jesus! 🙏❤ 💃🎸🎵🇺🇲
That was a viola (bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello) 😁Patrick Simmons wrote and sang lead on this one and he was obsessed with New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta. The song was his tribute to the place and lifestyle! Thanks BP! Fun Fact: song was originally released as a “B” side to another single but was re-released as a single because it was so popular and it became a #1 hit!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
"Patrick Simmons wrote and sang lead on "Black Water" while the band was in New Orleans. Simmons was a fan of Delta blues and had previously visited New Orleans for a Doobie Brothers gig in 1971. The Doobie Brothers' song "Black Water" is about the Mississippi River and the South, and is inspired by Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. "
Several weeks into basic training in the summer of 1978 we were being moved on buses. Someone started singing the end of this song, and before you knew it people were singing each of the parts as loud as we could. It was a brief moment of spontaneous joy I’ll never forget.
Love this by Doobie Brothers. 🔥❤️ The Mississippi flows down to New Orleans where Dixieland music is played in honky tonks (bars). He even talks about the street car in NOLA. ❤
There was a renaissance of music in the 70's & 80's, Eagles, Doobies, Journey, Kiss, Police, Genesis, Ozzy, Foreigner, Little Rive Band, Chicago, REO, YES, Bad Company, Aerosmith, ELO, CARS, Steve Miller, Styx....... its an endless list.
It’s talking about the Mississippi River… it’s romanticized from Mark Twains vision … the books Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn where they float down the river …the band also liked how it would be raining in Louisiana with the sun still shining bright. … they also liked the French Quarter … they’d hit up the bars and clubs and they’d be playing “Dixieland”
I'm from New Orleans, as a kid mom would take me out to the French Quarter and we'd go sit on the dock of the Missisippi river at midnight and watch the tug boats and stuff come in and they'd open the big bridge...and she'd sing this song....RIP Mom. :)
@@michellemccall6511 :) If you ever had Cafe Du Monde donuts then you know the spot right where they park the big paddle boats...so you smell donuts....and of course I had donuts, that place is 24/7 open air , best place to people watch in the world.
When it comes to listening to music from this generation, I highly suggest listening to the studio versions first! Not because they aren't as good live, they just perform the songs very differently sometimes! I grew up listening to The Doobie Brothers, and they were actually the first band I took my boys to see! Also, I just noticed that u haven't done anything by Little River Band! Check out Reminiscing! It's one of my favorite songs ever!
I'm happy you liked this one. This song was written by Patrick Simons. This is another group that had so many song writers. It is a fun one to watch live because the audience gets into it and sings the end with them .... At least at the concerts I was in attendance. Thanks for listening to this BP - one of my favorites.
@chelseahaley2350. Doobie Brothers are great, but I really love LRB. That is with original lead singer, Glen Shirrock. Not that the newer guy was bad, but it just didn't seem as good. Also, I know some say that reactors should.listen to original records/recordings before watching bands perform, but I think watching LRB really makes you see and feel the vibe between them when they're harmonizing and performing together..
Love the Doobie Brothers, they are/were a local Bay Area band Some of the greatest tunes from the 1970's. I saw this pop up and jump right on over. I haven't heard this song in a very long time. Still know the lyrics. Anything Doobie the best..... ❤
@@rdecker62 OK, I'll give you that the band started in San Jose... However, I lived in Marin County during their Hay Day and Tim Johnston one of the co-founders moved to Marin. In fact he still lives there. So we also claimed them as a local band. Lol. Hell they were good no matter where they lived. ❤️ Yes, weren't we blessed with such incredible musicians all around us. Did u ever go to the Day's on the Green concerts?
Years ago, this song came on the radio in my car. Just before the breakdown, the DJ comes on and says, “fords, take the high parts, chevys, take the bass, dodges and foreign cars, find some place to chime in”. I laughed good at that one.
This was released when I was in high school, and the ending is what drew everyone in at the time. I remember everyone loving it, with the ending coming up often in discussions.
According to Online Entomology In 1889 Honk Tonk seems to be the name of a particular theater, and the Marshall, Texas, "Messenger" of May 27, 1892, mentions the "Honk-E-Tonk district" as "the most disreputable part of town."
One of the best Doobie Brothers songs to me! My sons used to make fun of us cause when we'd have a party or hear this on the radio...they wanted to know why it was necessary for all of my age group to stop everything, turn up the music and all of us sing harmony to this song until it was over before returning to whatever we were doing. 😅😅😅Old Blackwater is referring to the Mississippi River as are the paddle wheel and catfish jumping. Honky tonk is not a dance but a type of dance hall, bar or jook joint. It's always referring to working class dives where loud, raucous music was/is played. One of the theories of the origin of the name is that it came from the type of piano that was played in these places. They were manufactured by the William Tonk & Bros Company and had tacks attached and were modified to make a more percussive sound to the piano music, and was louder and had rhythmic tinny sounds. They also made player pianos that didn't require a pianist. Nowadays they refer more to what you'd call a hole in the wall, and playing loud, rowdy country western or southern rock type music. They've always been up and down the Mississippi and around New Orleans but they have them all over the country. Apparently started on the Mississippi and expanding to the west and even had them during gold rush times. Honky-tonks were referred to as far back as the mid-1800's... it's hilarious to me that my sons in their late thirties now stop everything and join us in singing it!
Blackwater is the most laid back cool song! My 2nd favorite though is along that line, but is just plain beautiful, called "SOUTH CITY MIDNIGHT LADY". I hope you will do that pretty song soon!! (It's my 2nd favorite of the Doobies after "Jesus is Just Alright" which I just literally begged for in a comment below. Thanks BP for this and all the great reactions! 💃🎸🎵🇺🇲
oh, yes...here we go!!!...this song had a HUGE resurgence in the late 80's and I have no idea why but I remember hearing it all the time in high school!
Love Love Love this song. So many cool elements. The wind chimes, the viola, how brings that funk knees out in his voice and the near the end where they start singing a cappella and they're all singing something different and I don't want the song to end. They have a bunch of cool stuff.
One of my favorite songs. Takes me right back to junior high. I'm not a huge Doobie Brothers fan, but I sure love this one. I think you overthought this. It's just about relaxing and partying near or on the Mississippi.
This is an one that I automatically turn the radio up when it comes on. This and China Grove are my favorites. I was lucky enough to see them do this in concert and this song and Jesus is Just Alright are two songs that get better live.
They're so fantastic in concert, had the pleasure of seeing them in the 80's and again in a BBQ Roundup in Cedar Rapids Iowa in the late 90's at an outdoor concert 💙
Try looking at Boots Randolph. He was from the prohibition era. He was a saxophone player. I don't remember if there was any lyrics in his stuff, I was just caught up in his sax music. Listen to yakety Sax. I don't know if he has any videos. He I saw him at his club to in "Bottle Alley" in xxxx Tennessee
You can never go wrong with a Doobie Brothers song. China Grove, What a Fool Believes, It Keeps You Runnin', Takin' It to the Streets, and my favorite Listen to the Music are all great.
Love The Doobie bros. China Grove and South city midnight lady are my personal favorites. Please check out April Wine...Roller extended version 🙏. Great reaction and Peace out ☮️ ✌️ 🙏
They did this during covid from their own homes and that guys voice is just as good.They also were back for people to donate to ones going through hard times then. Cheers from Sydney. Take care
"Black Water" is also my favorite Doobie Brothers' song and I am excited to hear your reaction. I love the call and response between the viola and the guitar in the middle and the way they fade out the music at the end and then fade it back in. I also love the title track "Toulouse Street" from this album which is a great song with a haunting melody and a wonderful recorder solo by Patrick Simmons in the middle. For anyone who doesn't know, a recorder is a type of flute.
I do love the Live version as well, however it has to be the version with Tiran Porter singing. There was a great outdoor/daylight concert featuring Porter. However, I searched and I cannot find that video. I wonder if it has been removed. It was powerful if it can be found again.
6:03 The origins of the phrase "honky tonk" aren't entirely known. It's thought to be an onomatopoeia, coined by cowboys in the Texas-Oklahoma area in the mid 1800s, referencing the sound of the ragtime piano music that was often played in such establishments at the time. The first use in print was an Illinois newspaper in 1874, "police spent a busy day raiding the bagnios (brothels) and honkytonks", likely referring to bars in this context.
This is a great song - and it turn into a round! The harmony of this is phenomenal. Doobie Brothers BEFORE Michael McDonald joined. (He has a very soulful voice, very smooth)
Get into that funky Dixieland music. Absolutely my favorite Doobie Bros. song, and that's saying a lot. Being in the back waters of the Mississippi river on a raft or small boat and listening to nature all around. Then getting out to socialize, dance, sing, drink, and just have a good time.
Listening to The Doobie Brothers reminded me one of my favorite groups, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show." I see you haven't listened to them yet. A good place to start is with either "Cover of the Rolling Stone,' "Only Sixteen," "A Little Bit More." or "Sylvia's Mother." They have great discography. If you're in the mood for humor, then listen to "I was Stoned and I Missed It."
From Websters: honky-tonk 1 of 2 noun 1 : a usually tawdry nightclub or dance hall especially : one that features country music 2 : a district marked by places of cheap entertainment 3 : country music that has a heavy beat and lyrics dealing usually with vice or misfortune Meaning can change depending on how it is being used. Most common is the first and second meaning.
A Honky Tonk is just an old run-down bar where people come to dance to country music. That was a cool observation on "Black Water" being "Moonshine". My mom was a huge Doobie Brothers fan so I heard a lot of their music growing up. Love Black Water!!
Patrick Simmons, the one member of the band to go through all the different lineups of this group, wrote and sang lead on this gem. Still sounds great 50 years later.
Wow, hey 1975, how ya been? Such a major song on the radio at the time. There were often sudden a cappella bursts breaking out in Home Ec as we worked on our hand-sewing projects. Ninth grade, Seattle, what a memory! I saw someone mention China Grove, another excellent Doobie Brothers tune!
My first ever concert at 16 was Doobie Brothers and ZZ Top. I really didn't know their music at the time, but the concert was incredible. The music was amazing, and I immediately became a fan. They had the audience sing along to this song, and it was so much fun, because everyone was singing together. I learned the lyrics that night at the show, and it brings back such great memories every time I hear it still today.
I love the Doobies. Thank you for brightening my day. The joy and awe in your face did my heart good. Does this make the play list? It makes mine. I'm about to listen to some right now.
Been diggin' this since it came out Feb. 1974. Slow, deep water with lots of tannin in the content (Mississippi River - it's in the lyrics). It's called a fiddle when the violin is played that way. It's celebrating New Orleans - don't read too much into it. Honky-Tonk is a bawdy Texas-Okie style Hick-bar/saloon where loud music is played. If you dance IN one, I suppose it's a dance - but nobody ever called it a particular dance like a waltz or polka or fugue or jig or square. I was told long ago that 'Honky' comes from the nasal tones of southern and hill dialects. This is earlier Doobies, before Michael McDonald joined. Another early classic from The Doobs is CHINA GROVE (Texas, NOT the Orient).
When I hear this song I'm a teenager again working at our local ice cream parlour. We had a radio in the kitchen and we would call our local radio station and request this song all the time. Good memories!
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My favorite Doobie Brothers song. Black water just means the Mississippi River. They're simply celebrating New Orleans.
Mine too. Actually one of my all time fave songs in general.
More than New Orleans, the entire Mississippi River region.
WHO DAT NATION
WE LUV OUR NOLA ROOTS
BORN AND RAISED NOLA !!!
Mine as well
Blackwater means just that. The lakes and rivers of most of the southeast are blackwater.
The waters down here are a dark, silty black.
It's because of the tannins from the trees and undergrowth that live in and immediately around our water systems.
Almost fifty years later and this song never gets old!
WOW seems like just yesterday
Still makes me dance, even if just in my chair.
@@KarlaElaine100 It came out in 74 I think. That was the year I graduated from high school. Fifty years ago. I can’t believe I am that old!
"China Grove" is a fantastic song! Oh, all the memories....
LOVE CHINA GROVE. ❤❤❤
My favorite 😊❤
TOTALLY AGREE!
China Grove is the bomb! The live video version though.
No double entendres here. The Moon is shining on the dark water of the Mississippi River. The river boats have big paddle wheels on them for a way to push them down the river. The Honky Tonk is where you go to dance to Dixieland music in New Orleans. They have a lot of them and you can walk from one to another.
Oh my god sometimes a banana is just a banana. Smh
Black Water is the silty, muddy water that floats down the Mississippi that settles in the delta
I was raised in south-southeast North Carolina. We had what the old folks called
"fresh water" streams and creeks (pronounced cricks) and the "black water," which was the swamps.
It's the Mississippi river, and a honkytonk is commonly defined in the early 1900's as a "low" dancehall/saloon, with loud raucous music ... and patrons.
Right. Not just a bar, but a bar with live music and dancing. Don't believe there was ever a dance called honky tonk.
Boy BP, got that 100% wrong in the end. It was about just what it was about, the Mississippi River, the moon shinning down making the water look black, New Orleans and going to a honky-tonk, dancing, drinking and having a good time on the bayou,
Yeah sometimes he reads a little bit too much into the simplest of songs lol
The Doobie Brothers was my stepdad’s favorite band. I got the call that he had passed away while I was at work. During the drive home Black Water came on my iTunes and it broke me. I had to pull over to have a good cry and listen to the rest of the song. RIP Dad.
Sorry for your loss
Doobie Brothers great band in my day
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Bless
That’s your dad…telling you he’s just fine…never doubt it.
PLEASE BP, do their banger awesome song, "JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT WITH ME" next!! You cannot keep still, you have to be dancing, tapping a toe or wiggling to the beat in your chair and singing along at the very least, to that song about Jesus! 🙏❤ 💃🎸🎵🇺🇲
I agree great song, he needs to do it.
That was a viola (bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello) 😁Patrick Simmons wrote and sang lead on this one and he was obsessed with New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta. The song was his tribute to the place and lifestyle! Thanks BP! Fun Fact: song was originally released as a “B” side to another single but was re-released as a single because it was so popular and it became a #1 hit!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
That's what I thought. A viola. Thanks.
This is my favorite Doobie Brothers song!! I was in Junior High School when it was released. I’ll soon be 64 years old.
I'll be 64 to amszing song
Same! Just turned 64. This is my youth
Just turned 63, they came out to Australia just in time for my 21st...best present ever, and just like it was yesterday...best of days were ours!
@ You’re so right
Turned 63 this summer, and yeah, a great song from the day.
"Patrick Simmons wrote and sang lead on "Black Water" while the band was in New Orleans. Simmons was a fan of Delta blues and had previously visited New Orleans for a Doobie Brothers gig in 1971.
The Doobie Brothers' song "Black Water" is about the Mississippi River and the South, and is inspired by Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. "
Thank You!! BP does love to go off on his crazy theories! He trippin'!
@candacemay7187 ❤️❤️❤️
He wrote this while riding on a street car in New Orleans on St. Charles Ave. My favorite Doobie song
A.J. Croce does a great song about St Charles, called Texas Ruby.
Several weeks into basic training in the summer of 1978 we were being moved on buses. Someone started singing the end of this song, and before you knew it people were singing each of the parts as loud as we could. It was a brief moment of spontaneous joy I’ll never forget.
Honky Tonk - where the booze flows, bands jam & people dance
Amen
@TrianglesAndCircles
A fun watch , Doobie Brothers on What's Happening TV show .. Vid is on Utube.
@chickeastwater9883 Thanks! Just watched the episode or the part of it with "Takin' it to the Sreets". That was amazing.
@@TrianglesAndCircles
Classic TV rewind , has both episodes one Viddy.
I watched it , last night.
Its about bootlegging the Doobies.
LoL
He is singing about the Mississippi River!
Love this by Doobie Brothers. 🔥❤️
The Mississippi flows down to New Orleans where Dixieland music is played in honky tonks (bars). He even talks about the street car in NOLA. ❤
There was a renaissance of music in the 70's & 80's, Eagles, Doobies, Journey, Kiss, Police, Genesis, Ozzy, Foreigner, Little Rive Band, Chicago, REO, YES, Bad Company, Aerosmith, ELO, CARS, Steve Miller, Styx....... its an endless list.
The Doobie Brothers... one of the coolest rabbit holes you can go down. You really need to take that dive.
Growing up in the 70’s…love it!!
mississippi moon keep on shining on.the black water because its nightime.water looks black..
The Mississippi River is black at night. River boats have paddles that thump on the water and usually have live music. It's a New Orleans thing.
It’s talking about the Mississippi River… it’s romanticized from Mark Twains vision … the books Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn where they float down the river …the band also liked how it would be raining in Louisiana with the sun still shining bright. … they also liked the French Quarter … they’d hit up the bars and clubs and they’d be playing “Dixieland”
In the south when it's raining while the sun still shines we say, The devils beatin his wife.
I'm from New Orleans, as a kid mom would take me out to the French Quarter and we'd go sit on the dock of the Missisippi river at midnight and watch the tug boats and stuff come in and they'd open the big bridge...and she'd sing this song....RIP Mom. :)
What a beautiful memory.❤️
@@michellemccall6511 :) If you ever had Cafe Du Monde donuts then you know the spot right where they park the big paddle boats...so you smell donuts....and of course I had donuts, that place is 24/7 open air , best place to people watch in the world.
Doobie Brothers, another great one ........
When it comes to listening to music from this generation, I highly suggest listening to the studio versions first! Not because they aren't as good live, they just perform the songs very differently sometimes! I grew up listening to The Doobie Brothers, and they were actually the first band I took my boys to see! Also, I just noticed that u haven't done anything by Little River Band! Check out Reminiscing! It's one of my favorite songs ever!
LRB absolutely! Maybe try 'lonesome loser'? Great harmonies in that one.
I'm happy you liked this one. This song was written by Patrick Simons. This is another group that had so many song writers.
It is a fun one to watch live because the audience gets into it and sings the end with them .... At least at the concerts I was in attendance.
Thanks for listening to this BP - one of my favorites.
Definitely Little River band!!!!!
@chelseahaley2350. Doobie Brothers are great, but I really love LRB. That is with original lead singer, Glen Shirrock. Not that the newer guy was bad, but it just didn't seem as good. Also, I know some say that reactors should.listen to original records/recordings before watching bands perform, but I think watching LRB really makes you see and feel the vibe between them when they're harmonizing and performing together..
Little River Band and Reminiscing… Definitely hit!
Black Water and China Grove are my top favorite Doobie Brothers songs. I never tire of them.
China Grove love it!
Love the Doobie Brothers, they are/were a local Bay Area band Some of the greatest tunes from the 1970's. I saw this pop up and jump right on over. I haven't heard this song in a very long time. Still know the lyrics. Anything Doobie the best..... ❤
I’m from San Jose and we considered them our own but there was so much good music coming out of the bay at that time.
@@rdecker62 OK, I'll give you that the band started in San Jose... However, I lived in Marin County during their Hay Day and Tim Johnston one of the co-founders moved to Marin. In fact he still lives there. So we also claimed them as a local band. Lol. Hell they were good no matter where they lived. ❤️
Yes, weren't we blessed with such incredible musicians all around us. Did u ever go to the Day's on the Green concerts?
@ I never did but my sister went. First concert was Journey 1981 at the Cow Palace with Loverboy opening.
I have loved this sing since it came out. I can't hear windchimes without singing a verse in my head. Glad you finally heard it.
Years ago, this song came on the radio in my car. Just before the breakdown, the DJ comes on and says, “fords, take the high parts, chevys, take the bass, dodges and foreign cars, find some place to chime in”. I laughed good at that one.
Love this song. Doobie Brothers always bring the goods.
This was released when I was in high school, and the ending is what drew everyone in at the time. I remember everyone loving it, with the ending coming up often in discussions.
According to Online Entomology In 1889 Honk Tonk seems to be the name of a particular theater, and the Marshall, Texas, "Messenger" of May 27, 1892, mentions the "Honk-E-Tonk district" as "the most disreputable part of town."
Awesome group awesome song great reaction ❤
That bit at the end is the ultimate feel-good outro. Seeing you just sit and grin while taking it in was perfect!
Don't overthink it, just the Mississippi River.... we used to burst out the end of this song in the hallways in college! Great memory!!
One of the best Doobie Brothers songs to me! My sons used to make fun of us cause when we'd have a party or hear this on the radio...they wanted to know why it was necessary for all of my age group to stop everything, turn up the music and all of us sing harmony to this song until it was over before returning to whatever we were doing. 😅😅😅Old Blackwater is referring to the Mississippi River as are the paddle wheel and catfish jumping. Honky tonk is not a dance but a type of dance hall, bar or jook joint. It's always referring to working class dives where loud, raucous music was/is played. One of the theories of the origin of the name is that it came from the type of piano that was played in these places. They were manufactured by the William Tonk & Bros Company and had tacks attached and were modified to make a more percussive sound to the piano music, and was louder and had rhythmic tinny sounds. They also made player pianos that didn't require a pianist. Nowadays they refer more to what you'd call a hole in the wall, and playing loud, rowdy country western or southern rock type music. They've always been up and down the Mississippi and around New Orleans but they have them all over the country. Apparently started on the Mississippi and expanding to the west and even had them during gold rush times. Honky-tonks were referred to as far back as the mid-1800's... it's hilarious to me that my sons in their late thirties now stop everything and join us in singing it!
Yes! The type of piano. They had a that different sound to them, that was fun.
@@julieCA58yes! I have an old piano that has honky tonk mode.😅
"China Grove" is a must !! Black water is a favorite , on the radio a lot as a kid singing in the back seat ...great memories.
u just can’t find talent like this anymore. Incredible song writing and harmonies. Always one of my favorite DB songs
Had a honky-tonk piano back in the 70s and I just loved it, right up till the moment that my husband sold it, big mistake, huge💔
Blackwater is the most laid back cool song! My 2nd favorite though is along that line, but is just plain beautiful, called "SOUTH CITY MIDNIGHT LADY". I hope you will do that pretty song soon!! (It's my 2nd favorite of the Doobies after "Jesus is Just Alright" which I just literally begged for in a comment below. Thanks BP for this and all the great reactions! 💃🎸🎵🇺🇲
oh, yes...here we go!!!...this song had a HUGE resurgence in the late 80's and I have no idea why but I remember hearing it all the time in high school!
Because it’s a great song!
Love Love Love this song. So many cool elements. The wind chimes, the viola, how brings that funk knees out in his voice and the near the end where they start singing a cappella and they're all singing something different and I don't want the song to end. They have a bunch of cool stuff.
So glad you got to this one. Just the smile on your face...this song just make you feel good.
My first concert was doobie brothers with Pablo cruise with my older brother Pete!! I think I was 14!! I will never forget it!!❤️
One of my favorite Doobie Brothers song, saw them in 76 with Lynyrd Skynyrd opening, great show, great reaction.
Doobie Brothers - BEFORE Michael McDonald and AFTER Michael McDonald are BOTH great= love the band in both its incarnations
No, after McDonald, they were just his back-up band.
"Clear as The Driven Snow" is a Doobie Masterpiece not to be missed.
I listened to this when it first came out on a quadraphonic system. Had it turned up, shaking the room. Thanks, Mr. Houston.
One of my favorite songs. Takes me right back to junior high. I'm not a huge Doobie Brothers fan, but I sure love this one. I think you overthought this. It's just about relaxing and partying near or on the Mississippi.
I love this song.... I think of Huckleberry Finn when I hear this song...
This is an one that I automatically turn the radio up when it comes on. This and China Grove are my favorites. I was lucky enough to see them do this in concert and this song and Jesus is Just Alright are two songs that get better live.
Doobies! ❤ One of my absolute favs since the 70’s….and they STILL can rock! They are so good❣️
My favorite DB song! Always reminds me of being 15 at the roller skating rink! Good times!
They're so fantastic in concert, had the pleasure of seeing them in the 80's and again in a BBQ Roundup in Cedar Rapids Iowa in the late 90's at an outdoor concert 💙
One of my favorite songs of all time... (Having grown up along the Mighty Mississippi river...)
Try looking at Boots Randolph. He was from the prohibition era. He was a saxophone player. I don't remember if there was any lyrics in his stuff, I was just caught up in his sax music. Listen to yakety Sax. I don't know if he has any videos. He I saw him at his club to in "Bottle Alley" in xxxx Tennessee
You can never go wrong with a Doobie Brothers song. China Grove, What a Fool Believes, It Keeps You Runnin', Takin' It to the Streets, and my favorite Listen to the Music are all great.
My absolute favorite Doobie Brothers song!
An incredible piece of music. Doobies
Love The Doobie bros. China Grove and South city midnight lady are my personal favorites. Please check out April Wine...Roller extended version 🙏. Great reaction and Peace out ☮️ ✌️ 🙏
Black water is
The muddy Mississippi River.
The Doobies were rocking it out long before Michael joined them and mellowed them out.
I have this on an original release album and I play it on my 50+ Yr old Tube amp. It sounds soooo goooood.... Love this song. Masterpiece.
They are awesome.
They did this during covid from their own homes and that guys voice is just as good.They also were back for people to donate to ones going through hard times then.
Cheers from Sydney. Take care
Incredible song!
I always enjoy the live takes the sound may not be great, but the performances are. I like watching the musician magic with their instruments. ✌🙏
"Black Water" is also my favorite Doobie Brothers' song and I am excited to hear your reaction. I love the call and response between the viola and the guitar in the middle and the way they fade out the music at the end and then fade it back in. I also love the title track "Toulouse Street" from this album which is a great song with a haunting melody and a wonderful recorder solo by Patrick Simmons in the middle. For anyone who doesn't know, a recorder is a type of flute.
I do love the Live version as well, however it has to be the version with Tiran Porter singing. There was a great outdoor/daylight concert featuring Porter. However, I searched and I cannot find that video. I wonder if it has been removed. It was powerful if it can be found again.
6:03 The origins of the phrase "honky tonk" aren't entirely known. It's thought to be an onomatopoeia, coined by cowboys in the Texas-Oklahoma area in the mid 1800s, referencing the sound of the ragtime piano music that was often played in such establishments at the time. The first use in print was an Illinois newspaper in 1874, "police spent a busy day raiding the bagnios (brothels) and honkytonks", likely referring to bars in this context.
This is a great song - and it turn into a round! The harmony of this is phenomenal. Doobie Brothers BEFORE Michael McDonald joined. (He has a very soulful voice, very smooth)
Get into that funky Dixieland music. Absolutely my favorite Doobie Bros. song, and that's saying a lot. Being in the back waters of the Mississippi river on a raft or small boat and listening to nature all around. Then getting out to socialize, dance, sing, drink, and just have a good time.
Listening to The Doobie Brothers reminded me one of my favorite groups, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show." I see you haven't listened to them yet. A good place to start is with either "Cover of the Rolling Stone,' "Only Sixteen," "A Little Bit More." or "Sylvia's Mother." They have great discography. If you're in the mood for humor, then listen to "I was Stoned and I Missed It."
From Websters:
honky-tonk
1 of 2
noun
1
: a usually tawdry nightclub or dance hall
especially : one that features country music
2
: a district marked by places of cheap entertainment
3
: country music that has a heavy beat and lyrics dealing usually with vice or misfortune
Meaning can change depending on how it is being used. Most common is the first and second meaning.
Love this song!!!❤❤
A Honky Tonk is just an old run-down bar where people come to dance to country music. That was a cool observation on "Black Water" being "Moonshine". My mom was a huge Doobie Brothers fan so I heard a lot of their music growing up. Love Black Water!!
The music of my youth. Ahh the memories. I have had the pleasure of seeing them live. This is a band that is even better live.
Classic. Truly. Talk about American roots. The Doobie Bros were at their best with this sound.
One of their best songs i feel like im there where they are talking About !
You feel the joy of the song... That is what a great band does...
Awww NOLA! Louisiana girl here and I love this song so much.
One of my favorite mood changing songs
Patrick Simmons, the one member of the band to go through all the different lineups of this group, wrote and sang lead on this gem. Still sounds great 50 years later.
Arlo Guthrie played the intro and solo fiddle...there is a viola in there as well.
Wow, hey 1975, how ya been? Such a major song on the radio at the time. There were often sudden a cappella bursts breaking out in Home Ec as we worked on our hand-sewing projects. Ninth grade, Seattle, what a memory! I saw someone mention China Grove, another excellent Doobie Brothers tune!
I always likedthe Doobie Brothers.
Nothing I like more than a guitar solo on an acoustic, that just jams hard.
This song is great! Always loved these guys 😊
My first ever concert at 16 was Doobie Brothers and ZZ Top. I really didn't know their music at the time, but the concert was incredible. The music was amazing, and I immediately became a fan. They had the audience sing along to this song, and it was so much fun, because everyone was singing together. I learned the lyrics that night at the show, and it brings back such great memories every time I hear it still today.
Always loved this one!
"violin or a cello?" ... nah bruh that's a fiddle !!! lol
I love the Doobies. Thank you for brightening my day. The joy and awe in your face did my heart good. Does this make the play list? It makes mine. I'm about to listen to some right now.
My favorite
Been diggin' this since it came out Feb. 1974. Slow, deep water with lots of tannin in the content (Mississippi River - it's in the lyrics). It's called a fiddle when the violin is played that way. It's celebrating New Orleans - don't read too much into it. Honky-Tonk is a bawdy Texas-Okie style Hick-bar/saloon where loud music is played. If you dance IN one, I suppose it's a dance - but nobody ever called it a particular dance like a waltz or polka or fugue or jig or square. I was told long ago that 'Honky' comes from the nasal tones of southern and hill dialects. This is earlier Doobies, before Michael McDonald joined. Another early classic from The Doobs is CHINA GROVE (Texas, NOT the Orient).
Oh I love this so much - it always puts me in a happy place.
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I've always loved this song
It brings back wonderful memories it brings back a part of History where America was great
Just a classic for sure!!!!
One of my faves by them. Impossible to not sing along!
When I hear this song I'm a teenager again working at our local ice cream parlour. We had a radio in the kitchen and we would call our local radio station and request this song all the time. Good memories!
One of the best so far ever.❤