Molly Hatchet - "Gator Country"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Molly Hatchet performs "Gator Country on 1983 tv/radio simulcast of Rock N' Roll Tonite from Los Angeles, CA. Band members are Danny Joe Brown on vocals, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland & Steve Holland on guitars, Riff West on bass and Barry Borden on drums.
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I actually climbed on stage off to the side
of these guys and played air guitar at
one of there shows in san francisco
back in 1985. they allowed me to stand up there and rock with them. what a night
God bless Danny Joe Brown along with
Ronnie Van Zant who i saw perform on
the 4th of july 1977 day on the green also
in california my first concert. southern rock
back in the day is the most hell raising
kick ass rock ever created .
i worshipped this band,and still do....they were there,when nobody else was, to help me escape reality..
my friends that posted below, thank you for paying homage to a fabulous band. as a a native floridian, this song needs to be done exactly the way they do it. lovin' it!
Those were the days my friend.
Southern Rock ruled the land and has never been beaten
Nothing has changed 🚫🚭😞😔✖️👎😕 today is the standard.get over it 😭😄 👿🤤🪓🪓😜😎😎 😎😁 😭😞🎧🎧🤕
RIP Danny Joe and Duane. I heard Hatchet for the first time on birthday my in 1978-Louisville concert on king biscuit flower hour. i was hooked. Always will be. I have every album-live recording etc...They are and always be my youth.
Now THIS is the stuff that makes me happy I have a computer.
Holl Shit man...love the D.J.B.
GOD BLESS MOLLY HATCHET!!!!!
When the lead guitars, rhythm and bass line up together and rock out. That's the reason the earth was created.
Southern Rock changed the world sixy nine times over.
My first concert at Market Square Arena...Molly Hatchet and the Allman Brothers. Southern Rock at its best. The greatest album covers ever
Molly Hatchet has always been my FAV !!
awesome guitars and solos!!
Thanks for posting
those 3 are the best to ever grace this land & our ears
Danny had a VERY cool voice, nice nice, miss him, remember listening to this way back and knowing even then this was special...
these guys are so good in concert.I had teh pleasure of meeting Danny Joe Brown before he died I think about a year or so.I remembr it was 1999 and at the Dugout in Bensalem,Pa and they were so damn good,it was probably one of the ebst concerts I wsa ever at,aside from Deep Purple in 1987.
I remember the first time I saw MOLLY HATCHET they opened up for TED NUGENT that was one of the best show's I've seen! I seen them many times after that growing up in GATOR country.
THE Whistle I think is one of the best bits in all their songs lol! :D It's fucking genius!!
my god it dont get any better than that!!!!!!!
I have been loving this song for 3 decades now, and just last year I found out he was saying theres a Gator in the bushes. I thought it was "Educated in the Bushes", like a woodsman, or some people who live off the land, and like a Hill Billy. LOL
never leave your pizza burning. beast of burden
I lost track of these guys, but in San Antonio i saw them on two occasions, one without DJB and the other probably with him? Dont remember as I was too stoned! But the music was Hella Bomb!!! DJB was built like an ox!! Man where are the guys like this these days?? Miss your beautiful smile DJB.
Love the Gator Country!
Always have. Gettin Southern on ya!
Chomp Chomp Long Live Original Molly Hatchet!!!!
DJB loves his 3-lead guitarists!! How can you not grin when this bands jammin'??? Thx for posting it!
yea this song is awesome, he is a hero here in jacksonville GO GATORS
Killer!!............Thanks,...again!
A classic Song!!!
RIP Our Brother DANNY JOE BROWN
@superMOPAR540 how fukin' right you are. listened to it from the mountains of north carolina has made me think of some fine times and as much as i hate to admit, it's caused me to cry on occasion.
LONG LIVE SOUTHERN ROCK!!!
Gawd where are bands like this now ?
I LOVE THIS BAND ONE OF THE BEST
Takes me back to the days when Jacksonville was the rock and roll capitol off the world. Skynyrd - Blackfoot - 38 special - Molly Hatchet - Johnny Van Zant band - I saw'em all playing in the bars around Jax, those were the days my friend.
Damn Jacksonville, Fl was pumping out some hot bands in those days. Dave Hlubek was a mad man on the guitar.
This was probably the best TV concert I ever saw back in the day! They just nailed it fierce! Danny Joe is the Growler of them all! Dave H. was just nuts on guitar! They were Skynyrd's Bad ass Bruiser cousins! They were "Hard" Rock almost Metal w/ southern boogie on the end! They were the only southern band besides Blackfoot to the famous Reading festival sharing the bill with Maiden, Saxon, Slade & Others! They could play with anybody & did! Probably the most heaviest & hardest of the 3 guitar army bands ever! Skynyrd & Outlaws are great but "Molly's Hatchet's" were nasty! No wonder everyone at the time thought they were dangerous! besides the "Frazzetta/Boris" barbarian album covers!
musically they were! They were the Motorhead of southern rock!
(Miss ya Lemmy! & Danny Joe & Duane! Now you can all drink & Jam 4 ever!
the INCOMPARABLE Danny Joe Brown.
"...just a little bit of that, CHOMP, CHOMP!" What a great song by a great band. Big ole Dave Hlubek does look like Chris Farley jumping around like he lives "in a van down by the river"...I doubt if Chris could have played guitar like that, though! Thanks for the upload, matseretan!!!
You bet your sweet behind Jacksonville is Gator Country and southern rock heaven. Skynyrd - Hatchet - Blackfoot - 38 special and even the Allman brothers band formed in Jacksonville though the members are from Georgia. I saw'em all play in the bars around town. We'll never forget that era in Jax.
The :other" wild-asses from Florida...that's Molly Hatchet for ya. This is my favorite tune from this band.....continued success to them(even though Dave Hlubek is the only remaining original member), and RIP to Danny Joe Brown(tinking Duane's gone as well).
Frickin Gator Country!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cmon Boys. Danny Joe! Duane on the Flyin V! Steve! Banner! Bruce! Nuff said.
Awesome - thanks for putting this up
I love his voice.....yup
Fuck yeah, comin from gator country myself this is a very nostalgic song !
@superMOPAR540 Believe it or not, I introduced Bob and Tom From Indianapolis to Skynyrd and Hatchet
When they first arrived up there.They Jammed like HELL for Yrs afterward.They like US KNOW it is the EPITOME of R&R Southern Style. Both Bands were Friends of Mine and Our Band MYTH from Nashville. "ROCK ON FREEBIRDS"
There's a gator in the bushes - until u've lived in FL, you don't really appeciate that...lol
Southern rock introduced dual lead guitars - and the soul of generations...
It's great 2 revisit what I saw in the day - and still miss.....mostly some incredible musicians with lyics that reflected the lives of those around them. :)
Damn straight....GATORS RULE!
@superMOPAR540 Believe it or not, I introduced Bob and Tom From Indianapolis to Skynyrd and Hatchet
When they first arrived up there.They Jammed like HELL for Yrs afterward.They like US KNOW it is the EPITOME of R&R Southern Style.
What about all there album covers. They were wicked. Smart Smart Smart. They looked like if you got to close they would eat ya! LOL Molly Hatchet Rocked our Asses OFF!
With all due to respect to Leslie West - this cat is the most BAMF fat man guitarist in Rock - Roll history. This band transcends Southern Rock in big way. A Yankee I got a Southern Rock playlist only 2 deep (not including Joe Walsh) Leonard Skynard and Molly Hatchet. And not in that order. I don't know much if a damn thing about the south - but these cats are my definition of some good ole boys!!!!! The passion! The talent! Holly Shit they brought it!
when i bought the 1. record (death dealer) in `78 in stuttgart / ger. there was NOBODY who knew
M H .... but at my Parties....
Dave Hlubek can play with anybody - alive - dead - or yet to be born
What the heck happened to real Rock and Roll?
cool
we lost another good person 1980 Flirtin With Disaster tour Cedar Rapids Iowa
THIS IS MOLLY HATCHET.
what was it with Florida back then?hatchet,the outlaws, musta been somthin in the water.two bands =equals history forever.
the outlaws down in tampa town sure looks good
to me !!!!!!!!!!
yea, but this is all we got.this is a great version of this song,(my favorite MH song).this is exactly how they sounded back then.it was f-ing awesome.
Never seen Hlubek so spun-up! Damn, if he tried to do that now he would have a heart attack!
Molly Hatchet is Very COOL. Peace Koz07.
If you like that,even saw Van Halen open up for the Motor City Madman when they just released their first Album titled VAN HALEN
This would be a damn good band to have seen on tour with George Thorogood back in the day!!
Thanks for posting this; great to see these live clips.
I, too, seem to remember losing interest in Molly Hatchet when they switched off to another vocalist. DJB's voice had a certain grit to it that added character.
My only complaint is that the tempo is slowed down so that it makes this performance sound sluggish. I don't expect live shows to sound just like the studio record, but more speed would have brought more energy. Just my two cents worth.
Outlaws were Tampa boys Remember seeing them regularly at a club in north Tampa called The Losers
@superMOPAR540 ......hell yea bro
I am totally commited to the south and all our ways.
Love all of our music.
I think these days they all bring nuthin but good times ,sounds and memories.
You be real careful talkin about the great state of TEXAS!!
You puter loud mouth!!
ive senn them 3 times back in the 70' and ive been to shitload of concerts, but i tell ya......its the only concerts where you felt like you had gotten ur ass whooped! killer!
Now THERE'S a kick-ass move I've never seen before - DJB spinning his mike stand like a helicopter blade and sweeping it over the heads of his band mates at 5:51! Ha!
It is absolutely possible to be up to your ass in alligators in Jacksonville. "Gator Country" is from Southern Georgia all the way to New Orleans.
Gatooooooooooooooooor Country! RIP Danyy - Chomp Chomp
love this song.
Is there a better sounding
vid of this same song ???
Seems like old Molly seems to get lost in the old rock scene. Damn shame, they were great !!!
I was a northern kid. But loved Hatchet. These guys played circles around their peers. This is not one of their better performances. The passing of DBJ brought sadness to me.
@bagger101 I'm also from Canada I got every lp except for devils canion. Molly Hatchet should tour Ontario. I've gotten drunk to Molly Hatchet lots of times. Molly Hatchet rules past, present and future.
Wild, I made the shirt the bass player is wearing. He subsequently "lost" it somewhere in Europe???
That's our friend Riff West. Unfortunately, Riff passed away in his sleep a couple of days ago from complications resulting from a auto accident. Rest in Peace Riff. We miss and love you brother.
Garry, thank you so much for your post. We are devastated by this loss, but we are struggling to find the path to peace through our faith. Earth has lost a dear soul, Heaven has gained a wonderful Angel.
'Jerseyboy38' - As far as his diabetes is concerned, the touring didn't affect is health, his excesses affected his health.
You're right that record sales slipped because the change in singers, but sales also slipped because the band had gotten lazy in their song writing (that's a quote from Dave Hlubek to me a couple of months ago).
I need check my musical taste.How this band is great.
Dave used to wear the shit out of that Gold Top, night after night...never out of tune.
in checking wikipedia it seems that danny joe left the band and then came back after two albums. by then they had already lost me as a fan. Epic records could have TOLD SOMEBODY!!!
RIP DJB
@utubejunkie5150 Hey man I'm from Jacksonville, Florida and I so remember Normandy Mall, I used to see Johnny Van Zant there all the time :)...But I dont remember the Yellowfrog, what kind of place was it? Jacksonville bands rock!! :)
Not hardly on the "sound stealing". Actually RVZ was Hatchet's first producer and was a fan of the band because they didn't sound like anyone else. As far as the insult, thank Banner because he wrote the lyrics. Dave wrote the music.
I live in the DC area and back in the 1970s some friends and I would go to Normandy Mall and a few other places in Jville but I do not remember a place called the Yellow Frog either. The next time I run into Skynyrd and Medlocke I will have to ask him. Are you sure the name Yellow Frog is right?
Hey Mat How goes it? Dude I have looked high and low and still a no go.. But with that said. I plug my laptop into the big screen. Pretend i was back in 83. Now if i can just talk the manager at the HHGreg store to let me plug it into that 96 inch T.V on the sales floor. It would be like I was back in 1983. Well after closing time as i want to turn it up a lil bit. I told him it would be the best free HHGreg commercial ever made and for free. still hitting the counter button on all of them.
you do realize that they were also talking about Florida, in the sense that they enjoyed it more than anywhere else they had been?
does anybody remember the video for "What's It Gonna Take???"
if you have seen one gator you have not seen them all
I thought these guys were great and also very underrated in my opinion. I especially like their original lineup and first 3 or 4 albums. CDs not invented at that time
florida has more gators than any other state....we are gator country baby.....by the way...GO GATORS!!!!!!
Outlaws were the original Florida Guitar Army. Hughie and Billy could smoke any of those Hatchets.
The whistle is one of the reasons DJB was forced to leave the band by the record label. As the early '90's came on, the label felt that DJB's gruff voice and "truck stop whistle" were out of date. I liked DJB though.
sorry-banner on bass
Did they ever perform this song in the few states he disses AL,GA,TN ?
I meant song line up sorry
TURN UP THE VOLUME !
DAMMIT !
Holy Crap at 6:00 he put a gold top over his head those things arent light Jeez
Danny Joe Brown was the most bad-ass frontman in all of rock and roll! He woulda drank Greg Allman under the table, and beat the crap out of Keith Richards
@supermopar540
Hey, i noticed that too! lol
too bad most people don't :( but hey, more southern rock n roll for u then i guess
people also need to learn to love their mopar's too
i would say mopar or no car..but i'm a chevy guy :p
where in mass did you see them
Please..................
JUSTICE FOR SOMMER
What was the line up
What's better than Hatchet singing about SWFL???
Sorry, that should have been "early '80's". And I didn't make the decision; the record company did.
CHOMP CHOMP
@superMOPAR540 Charlie Daniels will tell you the good Lord lives in Tenennesseeeeeee, nope.
He can ramble on back to Georgia..... alll I know is there is a gator in the bushese and he's callin' my name.
Biff- sorry