I.m 60 and just wishing I was born 10 years earlier . Might be dead now after the drinking spree as young but anyway I would have had the opportunity to live when the music was at its prime...
North Carolina here and I agree 100% with you, the late 60's and all the way through the 70's most definintly produced the best rock and roll and the best bands to have ever walked out on any stage anywhere!! I was lucky enough to see Jimi in '67 while he was opening up for the Monkees and before I saw Jimi I was already learning to play the drums, but after I saw Jimi I knew that I wanted to learn how to play the guitar and I'm proud to say I'm going on my 57th year now of playing the guitar! That one concert changed the course of my then young life!! For Christmas of 1967 "Santa Claus" brought me a Teisco guitar with a little Checkmate amp and my parents told me that if I learned how to play that they would tell Santa Claus to bring me a better guitar and amplifier for Christmas of '68. So my parents took me to this little music/ jewelry store and had me to pick out a guitar and amp so they could tell Santa Claus which ones to get, so they had a used white 1960 Stratocaster hanging up on the wall and I believe it was meant to be mine because that's the year that I was born, in 1960! I still have that 1960 Stratocaster to this very day too!! I have had a LOT of offers to try to buy it from me for some crazy amounts of money but I'll NEVER sell that guitar, in fact I've even thought about being buried with it when my time comes but I'm gonna leave it to my younger Brother instead. Getting back to the music store where I got the Stratocaster from, then of course I had to pick out an amp and I picked out a Marshall 100 watt head with one 4x12 cabinet that went with it. I believe it was a Plexi head. Needless to say that was the longest 4 or 5 months in my life while I was waiting for Christmas day to arrive! I didn't have the heart to tell my parents that I had already known for a couple of years that they were Santa Claus. But Christmas morning finally got here and within about 30 minutes I had my parents regretting buying me that 100 watt Marshall Plexi head with the 4x12 cabinet!! That was Christmas of '68 and by the time Christmas of '69 rolled around I had started my first band with a few of my friends and by the time Christmas of 1970 rolled around we had our first paying gig for a New Years eve party and we were playing Deep Purple's Child in time and then went right into Jimi's Purple Haze when the clock hit midnight. I'd rather be playing or writing music than I had eating a good ribeye steak cooked to perfection on a charcoal grill with hickory chips added to the charcoal!! I'll continue playing the guitar just as long as God let's me keep moving my fingers and arms!!
I was there. Helicopters had dropped thousands of paper Black Oak Arkansas visors(one black & one blue-different styles) during the stage changes before their set. It was awesome!
This sends chills throughout my entire body. There’s something very primal and human about their music and seeing them play it in front of so many people is awesome and inspiring.
@@micronut6082 I'm 45. Born in 77. Only discovered this band a couple of years ago. So obviously we'll before my time. But ALL the best music was in the 70s as I'm discovering.
As a Southerner, I couldn't help getting swelled with pride when they sang Dixie. Ive seen them many times, and even backstage in NOLA at A Warehouse...but they didn't always play Dixie. What a terrific band and a great bunch of guys to hang out with.
It's a shame. No one would dare play "Dixie" any more. I miss the days before we all had to feel guilty about everything ever. Seeing BOA do "Dixie" live when I was a kid brought tears to my eyes. But it didn't want me to reboot the confederacy. Just a great tune.
I grew up in Oklahoma during the 70's. Black Oak Arkansas was revered there. Jim Dandy was a folk hero/legend. I always felt they were and are very underated. They could do it all.
I saw them open for Mountain in 1971 at the OKC Civic Center. Being the holiday season, their encore started with an A Capella version of Silent Night. Jim Dandy commented before the song that some people said we were dirty. they can’t call this song, dirty! They were actually louder than Mountain.
This brings back so many good memories of me and my late husband when we first started our life together and seeing some good concerts in the 70s! Best music and best times of our lives! Miss him every day but especially when I hear music from our past!
Hey little sister, he not gone, he lives on in you!!!!!! Remember those good times as the day coming, ya'll be back together again and listening to Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. Lynyrd Skynyrd, and so many more. I lost my ole lady a few years back. A lot of good times in a 30yr marriage. But the day coming we be back together. Never give up on the memories as they just part of life you can relive any time you want!!! Just find a nice quiet place and enjoy!!!! PEACE!!!! ✌✌✌✌✌
Bella means beauty and you are one! Grew up listening to BOA. Saw them in concert and got to meet them afterwards! They are a whote!!! I live in LYH VA!
@@michaelsoltero7116 I saw them in 73 and 74, but not in Cali., only here in N.Y.S You guys must of had a hell of a good time. One that will never be forgotten I'm sure..
Have you heard Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars play electric washboard? He took it to a whole other level! Electricity came to North Mississippi first. See their videos.
Black Oak Arkansas kicking ass at the California Jam they were the number one touring acts in the United States with Grand Funk Railroad together and peed out every other concert touring act for the whole year Black Oak deserves a lot more than they ever got Grand Funk they got a lot and believe me it was fun got to see him both couple of times backed I produced and did a show with Jim Dandy and Black Oak Arkansas and got to meet him and we became good friends and he's a great man and a great rock and roll star so give it up Jim Dandy and Black Oak Arkansas
@@htbud11 i had a 74 Plymouth with a craig power play and the obligatory Jensen 6x9 speakers. This and High on the Hog got a lot of play time. Loved Happy Hooker.
@@danielstewart7163 When Gene Simmons took a record company executive to see Van Halen the exec. said it looked and sounded like Led Zeppelin fronted by Jim Dandy.
Saw them in 72 or 73 in Columbia SC. A mere 16 years old, not my first concert by any means, but one of the best I had seen in that era! Great memories! Rock On!
13 years old Cal Jam 1. Traffic Jam for a couple of miles from the old Ontario Motor Speedway with "hippies" parking their vehicles on the highway walking the miles. Quite the sight. Had to settle for Cal Jam 2 when I was old enough. Sweet memories.
I saw Black Oak AR at The Corral in Topanga Canyon just before their first album came out and before Jim Dandy had teeth. It was one of the greatest performances I ever saw!
yep thats black oak arkansas at 58 they still make me want to rock on thank you i was 13 when my older brother brought your first album home, i will rock to it to this day, happy times very happy times jm dandy is still handsom...
I been watching BOA tonight, My roots are Jonesboro and Lake city area in Arkansas, I will be 70 Nov 2. I was blessed to grow up in the 70s with. This music
BLACK OAK ARKANSAS. LOVE YOUR VOICE AND HOW YOU PLAY THE WASHBOARD. YOU GUYS BROUGHT MUSIC TO US . THANKS .LOVED YOUR CONCERTS .YOU WERE GREAT. LOVE YOU JIM YOU ARE DANDY
Wow, really great! A washboard, a jug of 'shine & a couple badass guitars-must have been a fun time here. I got to see them once back in the '70s, high energy. If you're feelin sad this bands' music can snap you right out of it~
These musicians were every bit as good as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws or Allman Bros Band but never got the commercial break they deserved. The dueling guitars were incredible!
Thank you for this great song video! Great harmonies and love for "DIXIE" I had BOA on my 8-Tracks in the 70's! "Go Jim Dandy, Go!" His voice and lyrics still etched in my mind. Guitars, amazingQ The whole band... What energy!No one could play a Wash Board like JD! "Keep The Faith"! ✝❤🎸
Great video. A buddy and I was at the California Jam way back then. I remember BOA doing Dixie. It was as good as I remembered. The 70's was a greatest era for Rock. Hands Down!
I seen them 2 times, first time they opened 4 black Sabbath. They blew Sabbath off the stage. Think it 1974 Charleston Wv or 1975. Then saw them that summer, all time greats of rock an roll.
Hey, do it now Hey, once I was a boogie singer Playin' in a rock-and-roll band I never had no problems Burnin' down the one-night stands And everything around me Got to start to feelin' so low And I decided quickly Yes, I did To disco down and check out the show Yeah they were dancin' and singin' And movin' to the groovin' And just when it hit me Somebody turned around and shouted "Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Lay down that boogie And play that funky music 'til you die." 'Til you die? I tried to understand this I thought that they were out of their minds How could I be so foolish To not see I was the one behind So still I kept on fighting Well, losing every step by the way ... we can do I said, I must go back there I got to go back And check to see if things still the same When they were dancin' and singin' And movin' to the groovin' And just when it hit me Somebody turned around and shouted "Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Lay down that boogie And play that funky music 'til you die." 'Til you die? Oh, 'til you die Gonna play some electrified funky music Hey, wait a minute Now first it wasn't easy Changing rock-and-rolling minds And things were gettin' shaky I thought I'd have to leave it behind Oh, but now it's so much better (it's so much better) I'm funking out in every way But I'll never lose that feelin' (you know, I won't) Of how I learned my lesson that day When they were dancin' and singin' And movin' to the groovin' And just when it hit me Somebody turned around and shouted "Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Lay down that boogie And play that funky music 'til you die." 'Til you die? Oh, 'til you die They shouted "Play that funky music Play that funky music Play that funky music You got to keep on playin' funky music Play that funky music Play that funky music Play that funky music Gonna take you high and low." "Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music, white boy Play that funky music right."
Saw them in the mid 70's it was such a great concert! I'll never forget him stru5ting across the stage in all white that night. I've loved Halls of karma ever since!
I seen. Blackoak ark. And 6 other damn good bands at Gteatbend Kansas summer jam in 1978 my husband was such toast he hardly seen anything but me man think had best time of my life that day!!!!!!! It was GREAT TIME WISH COULD GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS LIFE WAS SIMPLE AND LOVE WAS EVER WHERE!!!! GREAT DAYS GREAT CONCERTS WONDERFUL TIME!!!! JIM DANDIE CAME ON STAGE IN THOSE WHITE LEATHER PANTS AND IT WAS WOW!!!! OMG!!!!!!! GOOD TIME!!!!!! GOOD OL DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!
All three guitarist on this stage are now gone, Stanley Knight, Rick Reynolds, and Harvey Jett... Also Jimmy Henderson who is not in the band at this time... Thank you for the great music...., rest in peace
All three guitar players have now passed on. RIP Stanley Goober Knight, Harvey Burley Jett, and Ricky Lee Ricochet Reynolds. Part of the best live act ever.
Just finished a jam session with New Riders of the Purple Sage and dove right into Black Oak Arkansas! Amazing! Brings back fond memories of my youth! They just don't make music like this anymore.
Living in North La. during the 70's I bought Black Oak's first LP before I had heard them live. I loved that record and many of the other LP's that followed during that decade. I saw them live at least once or twice a year during the 70's and they always put on a great show. Loved the Confederate Flag Les Paul, Drum stand and playing DIXIE. True Southern Rock Band Greatness.
I first saw them at a free concert one night during MardiGras. I don't remember rhe year, but then again the concert is one of the few things I remember about that Mardi Gras (I've been to 4) But I remembered enough to buy their album when I got home!
@Steve, David couldn't touch Jim! Jim had those natural Southern boy moves, struttin' his stuff! I loved their music! I loved their hair! I loved everything about them!
I just watched the documentary on them from Netflix, it was mostly concert footage & a few interviews from back then to 2000. If you are a fan you should check it out.
Barton Coliseum what a memory been there 125 times all for concerts spanning a score of years from REO Speedwagon to the Damn Yankees eYe1der if it's still there?
I saw Black Oak Arkansas at Rockingham Motor Speedway August 18,1972 North Carolina and it was GREAT !
A real band with TALENT!!! Southern rock at its finest!
ILUVU2
Im 63, saw them live a few times. They were incredible. Thanks for this post.....taking me back.
I.m 60 and just wishing I was born 10 years earlier . Might be dead now after the drinking spree as young but anyway I would have had the opportunity to live when the music was at its prime...
It's pretty much unanimous: The 1970's produced the best rock and roll (and rock bands). 😎👍🏻
Damn straight, man!
North Carolina here and I agree 100% with you, the late 60's and all the way through the 70's most definintly produced the best rock and roll and the best bands to have ever walked out on any stage anywhere!! I was lucky enough to see Jimi in '67 while he was opening up for the Monkees and before I saw Jimi I was already learning to play the drums, but after I saw Jimi I knew that I wanted to learn how to play the guitar and I'm proud to say I'm going on my 57th year now of playing the guitar! That one concert changed the course of my then young life!! For Christmas of 1967 "Santa Claus" brought me a Teisco guitar with a little Checkmate amp and my parents told me that if I learned how to play that they would tell Santa Claus to bring me a better guitar and amplifier for Christmas of '68. So my parents took me to this little music/ jewelry store and had me to pick out a guitar and amp so they could tell Santa Claus which ones to get, so they had a used white 1960 Stratocaster hanging up on the wall and I believe it was meant to be mine because that's the year that I was born, in 1960! I still have that 1960 Stratocaster to this very day too!! I have had a LOT of offers to try to buy it from me for some crazy amounts of money but I'll NEVER sell that guitar, in fact I've even thought about being buried with it when my time comes but I'm gonna leave it to my younger Brother instead. Getting back to the music store where I got the Stratocaster from, then of course I had to pick out an amp and I picked out a Marshall 100 watt head with one 4x12 cabinet that went with it. I believe it was a Plexi head. Needless to say that was the longest 4 or 5 months in my life while I was waiting for Christmas day to arrive! I didn't have the heart to tell my parents that I had already known for a couple of years that they were Santa Claus. But Christmas morning finally got here and within about 30 minutes I had my parents regretting buying me that 100 watt Marshall Plexi head with the 4x12 cabinet!! That was Christmas of '68 and by the time Christmas of '69 rolled around I had started my first band with a few of my friends and by the time Christmas of 1970 rolled around we had our first paying gig for a New Years eve party and we were playing Deep Purple's Child in time and then went right into Jimi's Purple Haze when the clock hit midnight. I'd rather be playing or writing music than I had eating a good ribeye steak cooked to perfection on a charcoal grill with hickory chips added to the charcoal!! I'll continue playing the guitar just as long as God let's me keep moving my fingers and arms!!
@@julianjeffbissette7238 Way, WAY too long winded. I did read a couple/three sentences. Geez...
@THE-HammerMan it's called our first amendment right to free speech my friend! 🇺🇲
@@julianjeffbissette7238 No sh*t?
You got too much freedom!!!
Seen them in 1972, great concert, great weed, great company.
I was there. Helicopters had dropped thousands of paper Black Oak Arkansas visors(one black & one blue-different styles) during the stage changes before their set. It was awesome!
I was there too i'd party locally with black oak twice in Fontana and then lytle creek
This sends chills throughout my entire body. There’s something very primal and human about their music and seeing them play it in front of so many people is awesome and inspiring.
Yea. That entire first album is very spiritual. Especially those 2 last songs on it. Sorta can’t put it into words.
spiritual experience lol
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy I'm in my 60s. How old are you? I love this song. What's tomorrow?
@@micronut6082 I'm 45. Born in 77. Only discovered this band a couple of years ago. So obviously we'll before my time. But ALL the best music was in the 70s as I'm discovering.
Wow.. the harmonies are AMAZING. Incredible talent!
As a Southerner, I couldn't help getting swelled with pride when they sang Dixie. Ive seen them many times, and even backstage in NOLA at A Warehouse...but they didn't always play Dixie. What a terrific band and a great bunch of guys to hang out with.
It's a shame. No one would dare play "Dixie" any more. I miss the days before we all had to feel guilty about everything ever. Seeing BOA do "Dixie" live when I was a kid brought tears to my eyes. But it didn't want me to reboot the confederacy. Just a great tune.
You are right. It's a 100 year old classic.
Jim Dandy didn't get the memo that white males are supposed to be ashamed of themselves.
And written by someone from Ohio which was definitely not the south anyway. We live in strange times.
As a Southerner, I ain’t ashamed of “Dixie”.
We sang Dixie in grade school during music class,screw the gutless cowards who have started to change our country,
I grew up in Oklahoma during the 70's. Black Oak Arkansas was revered there. Jim Dandy was a folk hero/legend. I always felt they were and are very underated. They could do it all.
Thst must have been awesome.
Under-rated ? They were popular as hell... touring, MTV videos etc
But they Can't do it now. Retire,Jim. J. Bolin the drummer, needs a lot of practice. More than his brother,Tommy Bolin .R.I.P. .
I saw them open for Mountain in 1971 at the OKC Civic Center. Being the holiday season, their encore started with an A Capella version of Silent Night.
Jim Dandy commented before the song that some people said we were dirty. they can’t call this song, dirty!
They were actually louder than Mountain.
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This brings back so many good memories of me and my late husband when we first started our life together and seeing some good concerts in the 70s! Best music and best times of our lives! Miss him every day but especially when I hear music from our past!
Hey little sister, he not gone, he lives on in you!!!!!! Remember those good times as the day coming, ya'll be back together again and listening to Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. Lynyrd Skynyrd, and so many more. I lost my ole lady a few years back. A lot of good times in a 30yr marriage. But the day coming we be back together. Never give up on the memories as they just part of life you can relive any time you want!!! Just find a nice quiet place and enjoy!!!! PEACE!!!! ✌✌✌✌✌
Back when you could get 4th row tickets for $5-$8 ... such a great time to be alive
That bass solo is awesome.
Tommy Aldridge is the best rock drummer ever!
From Pearl Mississippi
Some long haired Southern boys that could play!!
I just love those harmonies on "Dixie"!
You go Jim Dandy! BOA ROCKS 4EVA!
Thanks for posting the uncut version!
Loved Black Oak and especially when Ruby Starr joined them. Long live the South.
Bella means beauty and you are one! Grew up listening to BOA. Saw them in concert and got to meet them afterwards! They are a whote!!! I live in LYH VA!
I was there. 14 yrs. old. My first concert. What a day.
SenorDetesto what a lucky man
Me too 17 yrs
@@michaelsoltero7116 I saw them in 73 and 74, but not in
Cali., only here in N.Y.S
You guys must of had a hell of a good time. One that
will never be forgotten I'm sure..
You must have got baked. 🤪✌💓
@Wow, you were young! It must have been a blast for you! I would have been dancing all over the place with my bell bottoms on!
No one can Washboard like Jim Dandy
Have you heard Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars play electric washboard? He took it to a whole other level! Electricity came to North Mississippi first. See their videos.
Black Oak Arkansas kicking ass at the California Jam they were the number one touring acts in the United States with Grand Funk Railroad together and peed out every other concert touring act for the whole year Black Oak deserves a lot more than they ever got Grand Funk they got a lot and believe me it was fun got to see him both couple of times backed I produced and did a show with Jim Dandy and Black Oak Arkansas and got to meet him and we became good friends and he's a great man and a great rock and roll star so give it up Jim Dandy and Black Oak Arkansas
@@kimsmith9135 nothing compared to Jim Dandy in my 70’s live concert memories. 💐
Cept Granny clampet
I agree
I'm from Australia and I like Southern Rock obviously. Lol.Jim Dandy is a seriously underrated frontman
Jim Dandy Mangrum was ABSOLUTLY David Lee Roth's mentor.
Exactly he was a forerunner and the best back then
Dayum...i love how they all moved around on stage! Really great vocals too..what a show!
One of the best bands of 70's
Rhode Island digs Black Oak Arkansas. I remember listening to Raunch n Roll on 8 track in my 67 Galaxie. Good stuff man.
I had a 68 camaro and a craig powerplay 8 track that I wore that 8 track tape out on. Good memories.
@@htbud11 i had a 74 Plymouth with a craig power play and the obligatory Jensen 6x9 speakers. This and High on the Hog got a lot of play time. Loved Happy Hooker.
@Ken Salmon i read somewhere that DLR got his style from Jim Dandy.
'76 Cutlass Supreme with 8-track here!!
@@danielstewart7163 When Gene Simmons took a record company executive to see Van Halen the exec. said it looked and sounded like Led Zeppelin fronted by Jim Dandy.
Saw them in 72 or 73 in Columbia SC. A mere 16 years old, not my first concert by any means, but one of the best I had seen in that era! Great memories! Rock On!
Margaret Richer I believe it was 1973. I was there too! My first rock concert!
13 years old Cal Jam 1. Traffic Jam for a couple of miles from the old Ontario Motor Speedway with "hippies" parking their vehicles on the highway walking the miles. Quite the sight. Had to settle for Cal Jam 2 when I was old enough. Sweet memories.
I saw Black Oak AR at The Corral in Topanga Canyon just before their first album came out and before Jim Dandy had teeth. It was one of the greatest performances I ever saw!
I saw this band at Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro Mass when I was a kid. Out in the scorching sun. What a show. I still remember it!!!
Boy, he could really stalk a stage👍🏻👍🏻🏁🏁🎶🎶
Reminds me of Jessie James Dupree, fucking awesome
Rick , Harvey , Jim , Dirty, Tommy and the rest!!! You rule!!!
Stanley. And you're right
Don't forget Miss Ruby, rest her soul
yep thats black oak arkansas at 58 they still make me want to rock on thank you i was 13 when my older brother brought your first album home, i will rock to it to this day, happy times very happy times jm dandy is still handsom...
I still have my Black Oak sun visor from the August jam at Charlotte motor speedway.Just can’t remember the year maybe mid 70
It was 1974
I been watching BOA tonight, My roots are Jonesboro and Lake city area in Arkansas, I will be 70 Nov 2. I was blessed to grow up in the 70s with. This music
BLACK OAK ARKANSAS. LOVE YOUR VOICE AND HOW YOU PLAY THE WASHBOARD. YOU GUYS BROUGHT MUSIC TO US . THANKS .LOVED YOUR CONCERTS .YOU WERE GREAT. LOVE YOU JIM YOU ARE DANDY
First concert for me in 1973 in little Rock Arkansas they were with grand funk
Wow, really great! A washboard, a jug of 'shine & a couple badass guitars-must have been a fun time here. I got to see them once back in the '70s, high energy. If you're feelin sad this bands' music can snap you right out of it~
These musicians were every bit as good as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws or Allman Bros Band but never got the commercial break they deserved. The dueling guitars were incredible!
And they were better showmen
@@marshacraven4174 You got that right Marsha!
BOA introducedd the Skynard band to the world and had them open up for a few shows to get them out there. I promise check the history books on this.
In Cowen ,WV we gave them their dues. They were phenomenal.
@@CN-dv9nj That's really cool, I didn't know that.
He cracks me up with that strut across the stage. Man , what great times these were !
"Raunch N' Roll Live" is one of the greatest albums ever!
Love that bass guitar, at the beginning of the song.
Thank you for this great song video!
Great harmonies and love for "DIXIE" I
had BOA on my 8-Tracks in the 70's!
"Go Jim Dandy, Go!" His voice and lyrics
still etched in my mind. Guitars, amazingQ
The whole band... What energy!No one could play
a Wash Board like JD! "Keep The Faith"! ✝❤🎸
RIP Stanley Knight!
Loved the original Black Oack Arkansas!!!
love the bass
Saw them in 1979 opening for Foghat in Houston...Awesome!
Had the pleasure of opening a few shows for them in the 80's.
Nice guys.
Tommy was already gone tho damnit!
WAS 12 IN 69 AND ALREADY WAS TURNED ON BY THIS BAND. AND MANY OTHERS, SUCH AS CACTUS, MC5, TOO MANY TO COUNT STILL GOT THE ORIGINAL VINYL TO PROVE IT.
Great band! The very first concert I went to 74/75 Orpheum Theater Boston Mass Foghat was the opening band.
Bass player is killing it with a Gibson EB3 and Ampeg SVT stacks. Great tone, bet he's got some Rotosound round wound strings on it too.
That is solid tone.
Great video. A buddy and I was at the California Jam way back then. I remember BOA doing Dixie. It was as good as I remembered. The 70's was a greatest era for Rock. Hands Down!
GREAT band. Always put on a superb show. Saw them twice in Boston during the 70's.
I seen them 2 times, first time they opened 4 black Sabbath. They blew Sabbath off the stage. Think it 1974 Charleston Wv or 1975. Then saw them that summer, all time greats of rock an roll.
"The Black and Black" tour! I imagine drinking contests where Mangum outdrank Ozzy!
When these boys came to the scene, there was never anything like it before and after they were gone. BOA forever!
Raunch 'N' Roll is the most entertaining album ever!!!
Absolutely!!!
I met them while I was in college near their home town...they were definitely legends even then...the stories that circulated around.,...
We're show proud of them here in Northwest Arkansas.
local boys from very rural arkansas done good! saw then in Odessa, Texas back in the day! Ector county coliseum baby!
Indian Andy You should be very proud, I've always loved BOA.
Proud of em here in sw arkyrock too
As you should be they're great Psychedelica and historically they're incomparable.
Zane Goodeker I saw them when they were Knowbody Else. That was psychedelica.
Lord have mercy on my soul
Such beautiful harmonies. Reminds me of Thin Lizzy!
saw BOA @ August Jam'74 (charlotte motor speedway-300,000 in attendance) loudest band outdoors i ever saw 125db+, but super clean
The best of the best, just love this band, gotta watch their video's now and then.
Hey, do it now
Hey, once I was a boogie singer
Playin' in a rock-and-roll band
I never had no problems
Burnin' down the one-night stands
And everything around me
Got to start to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly
Yes, I did
To disco down and check out the show
Yeah they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted
"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down that boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."
'Til you die?
I tried to understand this
I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish
To not see I was the one behind
So still I kept on fighting
Well, losing every step by the way
... we can do
I said, I must go back there
I got to go back
And check to see if things still the same
When they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted
"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down that boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."
'Til you die?
Oh, 'til you die
Gonna play some electrified funky music
Hey, wait a minute
Now first it wasn't easy
Changing rock-and-rolling minds
And things were gettin' shaky
I thought I'd have to leave it behind
Oh, but now it's so much better (it's so much better)
I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feelin' (you know, I won't)
Of how I learned my lesson that day
When they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted
"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down that boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."
'Til you die?
Oh, 'til you die
They shouted
"Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
You got to keep on playin' funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Gonna take you high and low."
"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right."
I was there. 14 yrs. old. My first concert. Hot, sticky, and unforgettable.
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What a great band!
Saw them in the mid 70's it was such a great concert! I'll never forget him stru5ting across the stage in all white that night. I've loved Halls of karma ever since!
I seen. Blackoak ark. And 6 other damn good bands at Gteatbend Kansas summer jam in 1978 my husband was such toast he hardly seen anything but me man think had best time of my life that day!!!!!!! It was GREAT TIME WISH COULD GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS LIFE WAS SIMPLE AND LOVE WAS EVER WHERE!!!! GREAT DAYS GREAT CONCERTS WONDERFUL TIME!!!! JIM DANDIE CAME ON STAGE IN THOSE WHITE LEATHER PANTS AND IT WAS WOW!!!! OMG!!!!!!! GOOD TIME!!!!!! GOOD OL DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!
All three guitarist on this stage are now gone, Stanley Knight, Rick Reynolds, and Harvey Jett... Also Jimmy Henderson who is not in the band at this time... Thank you for the great music...., rest in peace
Saw them live at Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1973. Whoa ! Smashed their guitars against each others at the end of their concert.
All three guitar players have now passed on. RIP Stanley Goober Knight, Harvey Burley Jett, and Ricky Lee Ricochet Reynolds. Part of the best live act ever.
Just finished a jam session with New Riders of the Purple Sage and dove right into Black Oak Arkansas! Amazing! Brings back fond memories of my youth! They just don't make music like this anymore.
This is some great feeling good ROCK n ROLL!!!! Love it!!!
This is pure gold!
I loved black oak
I named my rooster Jim Dandy. He takes cares of his flock 😂
Forgot to request anything from their Keep the Faith album! We played it over and over again! Also, High on the Hog!
Excellent video and great band. Black Oak Arkansas is the best.
Man they were good. I saw them in Long Beach Ca during the Black and Blue tour. Black Oak blew Blue Oyster Cult out of the arena.
Living in North La. during the 70's I bought Black Oak's first LP before I had heard them live. I loved that record and many of the other LP's that followed during that decade. I saw them live at least once or twice a year during the 70's and they always put on a great show. Loved the Confederate Flag Les Paul, Drum stand and playing DIXIE. True Southern Rock Band Greatness.
That vocal feature brought a tear to my eye.
One of a kind
Damn! That bass during Dixie was awesome.
Southern man, southern rock, Dixie....don't get any better than this.
Cal Jam was one of the greatest concerts ever!
Love them! That was fun stuff at concerts!
Absolutely fantastic greatest band ever, love old kalija
One of my favorite bands. Live boa
I first saw them at a free concert one night during MardiGras. I don't remember rhe year, but then again the concert is one of the few things I remember about that Mardi Gras (I've been to 4) But I remembered enough to buy their album when I got home!
Black Oak Arkansas one of the great bands love em.
I love it were back in Dixie! to stay!
I was there at Cal Jam! Go Jim Dandy Go!
Keeping the faith since 74
First band I ever saw in concert!
Jim Dandy is the man! David Lee Roth must have been his best pupil!
roth sucked
@Steve, David couldn't touch Jim! Jim had those natural Southern boy moves, struttin' his stuff! I loved their music! I loved their hair! I loved everything about them!
@Roberto Munoz Huh?
David Lee roth was pretty impressive around 1981 but he was no Mangrum.
thought the same!!!
Seen him in Indy...what a show..only in the 70's
The 70s ruled!! 🔥nothin’ comes close to these rockers 👍
Jim Dandy plays a MEAN fuckin' washboard!
I just watched the documentary on them from Netflix, it was mostly concert footage & a few interviews from back then to 2000. If you are a fan you should check it out.
I was there , Cal. Jam 1974
Booked BOA to play @ Uof Texas EL Paso twice.Incredible performances!
Very talented+imaginative band, and they do have a little bit of energy to, haha Geez it's as if they could play another 3 hours.
This group was so underrated.
Jim influenced so many. Ask Shooter Jennings or Jesse James Dupree! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Possibly the best rock bands of the century
SUPERIOR TO MODERN BANDS
Used to see them every time they came through Little Rock. Those guys were the premier boogie woogie band in the world back in the day!!
Barton Coliseum what a memory been there 125 times all for concerts spanning a score of years from REO Speedwagon to the Damn Yankees
eYe1der if it's still there?
@@endurofoxz9kixass22xwatchd6 Oh yeah, it's still standing.