Molly Hatchet Was Gonna Kick My Ass
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I opened for Molly Hatchet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Back in the 90s and things got a bit weird backstage. This is the story of that night.
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Molly Hatchet
Flirtin With Disaster
Very cool story Otis Gibbs. My name is Jacob Brown, my father was Danny Joe Brown. I love listening to all the cool stories, that people have. It makes me very proud that, that is the man my dad was. Thanks for sharing
Appreciate the great music of your Dad, Jacob. Hope your family is well. Rest in Peace DJB. Gone too soon prayers up
Bounty Hunter is a great tune! Saw them live 2 times around 83, the No Guts, No Glory tour and still have the shirt! Rest Easy Molly Hatchet.
Whiskey man will always be my favorite...started jamming there music in high school 78-81. 👍
I am a Jacksonville native but have lived in Alabama for the past 21 years so your story resonates with me. I was in a mall record store in Jacksonville during the mid-1980s and was looking at a Molly Hatchet album. Some guy came up behind me and said, "That is a great album. You should buy it". He was Duane Roland with MH and was with a few other band members. They signed my album, which I still have today. A few years later I was working at a liquor store and Danny Joe Brown ordered some type of alcohol through the drive through window. I started talking to him but was interrupted by his girlfriend who drove up and the two started fighting in the parking lot. I like a lot of their songs including Gator Country.
I haven't told any stories on the porch in a while and the weather was beautiful, so I figured it was time to return to our roots. : )
I thought this was one of your earlier videos when it popped up in my videos.
Glad to see you back out on the porch.
I can't wait for the weekend..... those are my favorites! #DieHard
Great story Otis! My favorite MH song is dreams I'll never see . I'm not sure if Molly Hatchett even has any original members left in it
These are my favorite type of videos on your channel, Otis. Your natural laid back storytelling style is what keeps me coming back to the channel. Thank you.
Great story. I saw them open for Bob Seger right here in Indianapolis in 1979 in Market Square Arena. They were great.
Yeah, I met them and Danny Joe Brown was a drunk dick. The "Funky Music" guy and the rest were nice.
Hatchet did a gig at McNichols sports arena in Denver during their flirting with disaster tour.
I actually walked 6 miles in a snowstorm in my Tony Lamas to see the show. To this day one of the top five concerts I’ve ever been to. The original lineup, and those guys could straight up play. And Bruce Crump was a very underappreciated drummer.
McNichols - RIP SO MANY Great shows there !!! 89 - 94 Saxon, GNR on Illusions with Skid Row, Purple, Maiden, Queensryche, & all the hair bands , and the women !!! OMG ! The women of Denver and Colo Springs ARE THE TOP OF THE ROCK ! Debbie, Annette, Kristi, Kelly, Carla, Joanne, Michelle, Shanie, Heather , Lisa . . . Wild Nights and Crazy Days ! Love You ALL !!!
That might have been the show I went to if it was like 80 or 81 or 79? I was in the Army in Colorado Springs and I'm from Indiana, but I used to go see shows in Denver. I remember it was really snowy big time. It was the original line up I believe and it was killer. Great guitar playing, singing, etc. Just great stuff.
My favorite Molly Hatchet song is Gator Country, a bonafide southern rock anthem and it just rips. It's everything a great southern song and band need to be. It's on their first album.
I've seen those guys several times, but the time that comes to mind was in the summer of 1991, two friends and myself drove over to Danville, Illinois to the little civic center there to see Molly Hatchet. It was a smaller crowd, and most were on the floor, and Danny Joe had everyone in the seats come on down to the floor and join the party. I remember being 10 ft from those guys and it was soooo loud, but they sounded so good, Les Pauls through Marshalls just rippin'! Danny Joe was just a cool dude. I remember him saying "Y'all ain't the biggest bunch we've played for this trip, butcha daymn sure the loudest!"
And you're right, Otis, it was one of those near-religious experiences that you'll never forget. DJB had to quit touring by the late 90's because of his diabetes and sadly passed away, but Molly Hatchet was never the same. As a matter of fact, every one of the original MH guys are sadly gone now. Now it's just a tribute band.
@@Stratdog1966 complete satire now, shame
Clicked on the video, and really enjoyed your story. " Boogie No More" is an unreal jam to this day!! BTW - Danny Joe had a heart of gold. RIP
Bounty Hunter is the song that made me a lifelong Hatchet fan. In 1980, at 17, growing up in Jacksonville, I found out where Hlubek and literally walked up and knocked on the door. He invited me in and we sat and BSed for quite awhile. Super nice guy. 35 years later we met in a bar that his brother was playing in and he remembered the incident and laughed about it. We talked mainly about his cars that he had, especially the '63 gold split window vetted. I loved that car.
They were the quintessential Southern Rock band. Loud and proud.....
LOVE MOLLY ,REST IN PEACE DANNY, GREAT BAND TURNED MY GRANDSON ON , WOW HE HAS ALL ON HIS COLLECTION.
Awesome story, Otis. It was cool that you were so humble when he offered the rooms at first. Glad you got to enjoy the good life for a bit!
I’m from a small jr college town in rural central Georgia. Back in the late 70s, Molly Hatchet would come through on a regular basis to play at the one and only bar where all the college students hung out. Despite the fact that the drinking age then was still 18, my friends and I were not old enough to get in…and since we probably looked about 14, not brave enough to try a fake ID.
So instead, we’d pull our car down the alley, right beside the bar, and listen to them through the wall. It was plenty loud. Lol.
Fun fact: Molly Hatchet was so connected to our town that on the back cover of their first( I believe) record, one of the guys is wearing a shirt from our town’s police department. Of course, I always thought that was really cool.
I saw Molly Hatchet at a small club in DC in the early eighties. Still love that band. I almost never pick up my guitar without noodling around on Dreams I'll Never See
I was never much of a Molly Hatchet fan besides their radio hit(s?). But I can relate to the story. When I was younger and doing the touring thing it was always super cool when the "big" band on the bill would do something nice for the new guys. It happened way more than people would think, a "veteran" band helping with money or food or whatever. But the opposite did happen some too, which I never understood. Being crappy to some kids that are just trying to do good work and make the show better while making practically no money. Luckily I have way more stories about the nice things that were done for us than stories about the bad things done to us. As always, an enjoyable pleasure Otis. Peace.
Early albums were great.
There was a time in my life when I would have chuckled at the story of the Hatchet guys getting themselves fired up before a show. But now, I would be grateful to know that a band I had paid to see, whose best days might be behind them, gave enough of a shit to go through rituals like that. They could have just walked out on stage, went through the same old motions, and walked off after a short set. But they didn't, and I have major respect for that.
I am happy this story ended well.
I don't know enough about Molly Hatchet. I saw them twice in the 80's and both shows were fantastic. Dreams i'll Never See is a pretty awesome song.
Danny was still with the band (off and on, due to serious health problems with diabetes) up until the early/mid-90's and that gesture certainly sounds like him
I grew up with his step-brother and heard many, many great stories and had the pleasure of actually meeting him after a show...saw him perform with Hatchet a number of times...terrific performer, and a wonderful guy.
I first met the guys in Molly Hatchet when I was stationed in Dayton, Ohio. Four years later I saw them again at home in Pensacola, Florida at the Mudbug Womba festival. I couldn't believe they knew who I was. A few years later they played at the Double L a local nightclub. The Ruckus Band was the house band and were friends of mine. After the show we went to Wallace's house and grilled some steaks. They are a really great bunch of hardworking guys. I played for several years and "Dreams I'll Never See" is my adopted theme song but Fall of the Peacemakers is my favorite song.While serving Gator Country always hit home. No pun intended. Thanks for sharing your memories. Although members came and went they all still remained down to earth musicians.
Pensacola is my hometown also, was that in 1993? They were playing out in the street, I can't remember the name of the festival but it was in Seville Quarter. Did U see 38 special on the Navy base around that same time.
My first concert ever....Molly Hatchet with 38 special opening up for them at Barton Coliseum in Little rock...probably 1980. Fantastic show
My shipmate and fellow troublemaker in the Coast Guard was a big southern rock fan- turned me on to a lot of Texas and southern bands. We're talking deep cuts, not what I'd heard on the radio. One morning, when the ship was in the shipyards, and after a really good night of drinking, I hear him shuffling through his CD collection. The next thing I know, "Flirtin' With Disaster" is blaring out of his boom box at nearly full volume as he laughs and ducks out of the hotel room. It had to be 7 AM... I was definitely awake, but in no condition to function well.
"Whiskey Man" is one of my favorite MH tunes. I always thought they straddled that fine line between southern rock and heavy metal. They definitely were the heaviest of the popular southern rock bands at the time.
For sure, the Viking imagery definitely added to that
I got to see Molly Hatchet in 1977 in Atlanta at The Fox Theater with The Outlaws. Still is my favorite show I've ever seen. I was 17 years old and lived where I still do in western North Carolina and it was on a school night. Never forget it !!
I saw MH in the Music Hall, Houston, TX in 1979. They opened up for Ac/Dc. Danny Joe Brown came out with an ac/dc shirt on spinning the mic stand.
that was an awesome story. the thing I remember most about MH was how cool their posters were. My older brother had several in his room
What a great story.
Saw Molly Hatchet a few times in the 70's & 80's.
They were warm up band for the Outlaws in '78 at the Nassau Coliseum.
One of my all time favorite concerts.
Play That Funky Music is one of my favorite songs. Great story, Otis.
They opened for Triumph on the "Thunder Seven" tour in the early 80s. Tarrant County Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth. I want to say Hatchet was touring the "The Deed is Done" album. It was not only the only time I saw Molly Hatchet, but the only time to see Triumph. It was a great show.
As far as favorite songs, I have quite a few. "Dead and Gone" (the old DJB version) and "Bounty Hunter" are two of the older songs I really like. I also love "One Last Ride".
Hatchet was a Jacksonville band. So was Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot. In fact, Ronnie Van Zant, the lead singer for Skynyrd, discovered Molly Hatchet and was a huge supporter of the band. I was born and raised in DeLand Florida, which is about 80 miles SW of Jacksonville. I grew up on Southern rock, especially Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet. I was living in Wilmington N.C. in 1983 when Molly Hatchet came through town. A friend of mine was a part time concert promoter in Wilmington and asked me if I would assist the band throughout the day of the concert. Things like getting the guys cigarettes, booze, food and possibly illicit substances. On the day of the show I met these dudes and because of the way I talked, they figured out I was " one of them " as they put it. When DJB and Dave Hlubek found out I was from Valusia County, I was a one day honorary member of Molly Hatchet. I did nothing that night but drink, smoke and get a little high with the boys. You sir are correct about the martial arts stuff. Those cats were also big in stature and attitude. I'll never forget that night. Bad ass Southern boys who took no shit and took no prisoners. Huge hearts of gold, each and every one of them. Also, Bryan Bassett was the guitarist with Wild Cherry.
I’ve seen them live a bunch of times in the 70’s and 80’s . They were the loudest band I’ve ever heard …
I was at a Molly Hatchet show, 1978 Omaha Nebraska at The Music Box. Crowd was super drink and rowdy, some drunk guy punched my 17 year old 125 pound a$$ in the face for no reason. I had no idea I could even take punch like that. My buddy intervened and that was the end of that. The band was smoking, and I got a story that I still tell today LOL. Love you Otis!
love the backstage story. A couple of years I was listening to an interview with Larkin Poe. The interviewer kept asking about any backstage ritual they had to get pumped up to hits the stage. Apparently she was not satisifed with the answer she was getting because she kept pressing the point about 3 times in a row. Finally, Rebeca Lovell said "We usually sacrifice a couple rabbits".
The interviewer almost dropped her mic and there was a long pregnant pause which was finally broken by Magen Lovell quietly saying "noooo we don't". Interviewer finally gained her composure and carried on with the interview.
🤣 Good story. I love Larkin Poe. Those sisters kick ass. They were a damn good bluegrass band when they were performing with their older sister also. Talented ladies.
@@danielmorris3687 Funny thing about them. I am basically old school country and never did get in to too many rock bands. It has been over 2 decades since I have purchased a album of a new artist or wanted to see one in concert. But Rebeca and Megan have just got that unclassifiable "it" that makes them truly great. Their albums are great, but it is when these ladies hit the stage that they really shine. There is this feedback loop between the two sisters feeding off each other at the same time there is a feedback loop between the sisters collectively and the audience that is so amazing to see. I have watched everything online I can find multiple times. I am almost 60 and clearly I am not their target demographic, but I have made my daughter promise that if Larkin Poe comes near enough to me, that she will take me to a concert.
@@mintonmiller I'm 59 too and I think we are exactly their demographic...music lovers who appreciate great musicians that play real instruments. 👍 I'm not sure if they tour in Canada much but I'd definitely go if they played Toronto which is about an hour from my home, even if I do stick out like an old geezer in a crowd of youngins. ✌🇨🇦
@@danielmorris3687 I'll do ya one better. because I am legally blind and into country music, if I get to see The Poe, I plan to down by the stage with my cowboy hat and my white cane rockin' and dancin' to the music. Now THAT is one weird old geezer they won't forget.
The Lovell sisters are quite talented and thankfully into the old school real music, when people had talent and could play an instrument. However, don't expect them or their PR/social media person to ever respond to any comments, suggestions or other communication. Not the best attitude towards fans.
I too, don’t know much about them either, but here’s my MH story: right before the pandemic my friend Keyboard Dave said "come on over and Jam with these guys, there's no bass player , you don't even need to bring a bass, they have a great space and everything you need". So I went and sure enough, nice Geddy Lee MIJ Jazz bass, nice Mark Bass amp. But the thing I remember the most was the drummer was really something; with an incredible DM custom kit ; and also a percussion set-up with what must have been every piece of LP drum etc. you could buy, all mic’d up to the PA: wow-what fun. Sadly, Covid came, so they stopped the Thursday Jams at the old Shoe factory in Rockland, MA. I asked Keyboard Dave; that drummer was amazing; is he a pro? Dave told me he was Molly Hatchet’s touring drummer back in the day. Such a nice guy! Great jams.
I had a beat up stick from that guy that was warped and missing chunks where he`d hit the edge of the cymbals. Can`t remember his name but I know it somewhere in my brain.
Are you talking about Shawn Beamer?
@@johnbhumphrey It wasn’t Sean.
"I'm cruisin down the road and I'm flirtin with disaster"... Much love back brother, love the-Rock in Roll War Stories...We Want More!!!
Saw them 3 times back in the 70's, they were outstanding.
My first concert was TheOutlaws with Molly Hatchet opening. I think Flirtin’ had just hit radio. 1977.
Hello from Youngstown, Ohio
I graduated from HS 1980, so MH was on my radar a lot.
Love watching the concert from 1978 live in Passaic , NJ
Song "Big Apple" is A+++
The truth is I never liked Molly Hatchet, but your story makes me want to reevaluate.
I seen Molly Hatchet i think at least 10 times from 1983-1999 . That was when the Best Version of Molly Hatchet with Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump on Drums, Riff West on Base, Dave Huebeck on Guitars, Bobby Ingram on Guitars, John Galvin on Keyboards and Duane Rolland and Steve Holland on Guitars. Seen them in 1985 Promoting Live Album in Cedar Lake Indiana in Small Bar on a Pier out on the Lake. Can't Remember the Name of Bar but one of Best Concerts I seen ever. Played several Stones Songs along with Freebird just kicked some --- that Night ! Also seen last Show Danny Joe Brown did . It was in Orlando in 1998 and Tribute and Benefit Concert to Raise Money for Danny Joe and his Medical Bills. Artimus Pyle was there with his Band and Pat Travers and Gator Country(Former members of Molly Hatchet) and numerous Southern Rock bands and former members of Molly Hatchet. Riff West who was played Base for Molly Hatchet Organized Show and was one of Danny Joe Brown's Friends. Now Molly Hatchet is fronted by Bobby Ingram which was Danny Joe Brown Best Friends and carries on Band and its name great. Phil McCormick that Replaced Danny Joe Brown after Danny's Stroke took over Vocals and did a Great Job but sadly passed away 2 years ago and now a Molly Hatchet Tribute Band Singer is now doing vocal hope he can do a good job in Band ?
I live sixty miles from Tuscaloosa and I went to see them in the 1990s!
I may have been at that show! 😄
Flirtin' with Disaster ! RockinEST rock and roll song EVER !
That's an awesome story Otis, really loved it and surprise twist too haha. Nice!
Danny Joe had a bass player from Tampa, Buzzy Meekin. I have been around him at jam sessions at clubs in Tampa. They were rowdy at times! Great music from Molly Hatchett. Buzzy played in Hatchett for a little while.
Great story dude.
RIP Danny.
Unequivocally, Dreams I will never see. Great story, enjoyed thoroughly. 👍
That was a great story. And you have a smooth way to tell it. Thanks. Molly Hatchet was one of the goto bands when I I was growing up. Flirtin’ with disaster comes to mind as my favorite but there were a few.
I got to see them for free just by chance. I was in the Air Force and was sent to conduct an environmental inspection at Cape Canaveral. Shortly after checking into the hotel I found out there was a fair nearby. I decided to go to the fair to get my grub on instead of hitting a restaurant. I was walking around the fair when I hear “Bounty Hunter” coming from the stage area and everyone flowed that direction. I thought it might be a local band playing covers and immediately knew it wasn’t as soon as the vocals started. Pleasantly surprised I hung around for the show. Favorite MH song is “Dreams I’ll Never See”.
Awesome story.all molly hatchet tunes are my favorite have all the vinyl 😁😁
I never got to see the original Molly Hatchet live, but, I got to meet Steve Holland about 5 years ago. His caretaker is a friend of mine. Every summer, some local southern rock bands in the Savannah area would do a show that was a tribute to Steve. We would go up and see Steve every year for it until last year, when he passed away. We would hang out back stage with Steve. We had to make sure he wasn't trying to drink our beer. Steve liked talking to my wife. She is German and he would tell her stories about his times on tour in Europe. I still have a bottle of near beer in my fridge that was Steve's from a couple of years ago. I miss that guy.
I’m going with Bounty Hunter. The first line is just “Helllll yeah!” That’s as southern as it gets. Check it out.
musicians have a tendency to help other musicians we've all been there at one time in our careers...... its good to hear stories of the old guard helping those who are going through what they went through.. . ..see ya on the flip side..
During the early 80's I was in a Southern Rock band that opened for Hatchet 2 or 3 times. In fact, the first major concert I ever played was on their debut tour in 1980. Danny was always cool, but one of their guitarist's was a real Dick. Our lead guitarist had more than a few tense moments with him & he was from Arkansas. lol
Otis... this story took a turn for the better. Molly Hatchet did you right. Good for them. And you. The road makes for some strange encounters, bad and good.
A friend of mine auditioned for them back in the late 90s for the bass and back up vocals...long story short he never got the gig but its a great story..
Good story Otis. I like the twist.
There is some southern rock that I really like--but I could never wrap my head around Molly Hatchet--thought they could really SHRED.. One of my bands in my 20's covered one of their songs and I really didn't like it--and of course I couldn't help but let that be known . I think we eventually dropped that song--or at least I think we did.
Thanks for sharing as always Otis.
Great story Otis
Lot of Fav Hatchet tunes… Peacemakers is at this moment one to standout
❤in 1977 my first nite in fla Jax as a navy guy out getting high and walking the beach and walking by the Ramada inn we hear freebies n the door opens and I got to seedave ripping freebies behind his head !!! They happened to be playing lavida lounge down the breach and igot to see them every night for six days and have been a fan ever since
Otis. Saw them in 1980 out in the plains of western Kansas. They rocked the house. I can’t imagine what it was like touring there. Thanks for the story!!
Bounty hunter...16 years old knoxville coliseum 38 special and Blackfoot opened..great show Hatchet blew them all away..keep the video coming Otis thanks
My first Concert had to be 1978 Houston Colliseum AC DC Highway to Hell tour and Molley Hatchet Flirting with Disaster. Most incredible rock experience of my life. We were front row. I will never forget lead singer in Molley turning up a 5th of Jack Daniels and slammed it all mid concert. Damn who does that. Well he did. Angus slung sweat on us rest of night as he rocked his vain popping ass off. Wow what a show. DZ
Wow I have a story also 😂 molly played at diablos den in Warner robins ga. They lost a drum adjustment key during a set. I ran 2 miles at 12 midnite to retrieve a adjustment key from a friend .then it was awesome free drinks and helped them load their van and then they gave me some awesome weed for helping them out . Wow ! Cool dudes for sure .
Hey Otis! Saw them in 1979 in Tallahassee, FL at the Marching Band Field with 16 year old Texas sensation Eric Johnson opening up!! What a show!!!
It was Hatchet's first Tour and they crushed it. It was one of those classic 70's outdoor concerts....almost no security, and every piece of sound reinforcement gear the University had on that stage:) I remember thinking these are some of the toughest looking dudes I have ever laid eyes on. I mean these guys would have curb-stomped Metallica in a Duval County Minute. But the thing that really blew me away...was Eric Johnson and his trio. Nobody was playing guitar like that, with tone like that in '79. And he was 16 years old.
My favorite Molly Hatchet song is "Gator Country". A kid I knew from Florida used to sing and play that song on the guitar in the barracks when we were spit-shining our boots, and I always blast it and think about sitting around and drinking beers with my buddies before going out to the Enlisted Men's Club.
I saw Molly Hatchet with .38 Special and Dickie Bett's Great Southern once, and it was awesome. Not really my favorite genre of music then or now, but if you grew up when and where I grew up, the 70s in the South, it's in your DNA. 🍺
Super cool story ! I really enjoyed that .
Flirtin with Disaster is one of my all time favorite guitar solos. Classic song as well
A story well told! Thanks so much, Otis. I enjoyed this very much! 😎🎸
WOW, GREAT STORY.
When "Flirtin' with Disaster" first came out I knew I had to learn to play it. That was back in 1979, we always had a blast playing that song, we also added "Dreams I'll never see to our set list. Those songs always went over well.
I work with a guy who had opened for Molly. Neat story!! Favorite song is The Creeper.
My alltime favorite molly hatchet songs will always be bounty hunter and gator country
STAND ON IT DWAYNE !!!
I visited my older brother who lives in South Florida back in the 90s. We went to a night club in Ft Lauderdale and then left to walk around to other bars. We heard music at this bar down the road from night club; the band was Molly Hatchet. They were playing "Dreams I'll Never See".
I saw them play in a club called Haymakers, in Prospect Heights, Illinois, in 1978, a small rock and roll club, that brought in some real good bands, from time to time. I was 20 ft. from the stage. I didn't know much about them at that time, but I can tell you you they put on a show that was up there with Skinnard and 38 special ! Great stage presence and the lead singer was flying on coke and their two lead guitarists and drummer were great. My favorite song with them was "Fall of the Peace Makers" it is one of the greatest songs, I have ever heard, in my life! Love southern rock, always have, saw the Allman Bros, in 74, in Jersey City, when I was a senior, Skinnard and 38 Special in Soldier field, in Chicago, in 1977 and the Outlaws in that Haymakers club! All great shows!
Saw them at the Paradise Lounge in Floyd County KY 1987 or 1988, somewhere in that time range, they were great!!
I saw Molly Hatchet live once, on a bill with The Outlaws, .38 Special, and Blackfoot. The Outlaws were the headliners, I can't remember the rest of the running order. Anyway, if you add it up, that's ten guitarists. As you might know, for the southern rock guitarist, much like the southern storyteller, brevity is definitely NOT the soul of wit, and this was a southern rock guitar solo extravaganza, that's for damn certain.
How cool is this story DJB was a stand up guy. Im from Jacksonville, although I'm in Tennessee now, good friend of mine knew DJB back before they hit so got to meet all those guys. What can I say every song was good guess I will go with 1st Dreams I'll Never See, Gator Country, Bounty Hunter, right there with it. When I saw the title for the video I was like 👍 I was jammin to Hatchet last night. I saw them so many times, always was a great time with them. They are all gone now Steve Holland pass last year he was the last of the original line up. Those boys could play, but DJB was the glue for them, they were the heavy metal side of Southern Rock. Love this story Otis it put a big smile on my face hearing you say they was hitting each other like football players, they were intense on stage, and back stage as well.
Hey Man. Have You been to Hilliard? I'm going to Gator Country to pick up an American Bulldog puppy-a baby Gator.
I didn't get to see them play, but I was at Magic Mountain when Molly Hatchet played there. I had never seen, nor have I since seen a line go all the way around the park, ending at the beginning. It was insane.
Always loved Molly Hatchet. Met most the origials at a show back in 89. Got to work security at a show much later. Both lineups seemed like good people so I'm not surprised they treated you right.
Love the real personal stories you tell. Peace
I saw Molly Hatchett at UMBC's fieldhouse I think around 1981. My sister who was attending college there said that cracks were repported in the building structure after the concert.
The Sound of Florida ---- Enjoyed your memorable experience hanging out with one of Germany's favorite bands.
I really didn't pay attention to Molly Hatchet, UNTIL I went to see Triumph. MH opened for them and blew me away. I'd heard a couple of their songs on the radio but I had no idea how really good they were and how awesome of a show they put on.
what a great story! you have so many thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing what to me is one cool ass memory. Love Hatchet. The original Hatchet that is.
Opened up for Hatchet 3 times myself ...what fun it was...thx brother
Otis that was an incredible story..Its been quite awhile but I saw molly Hatchet open for the Outlays..Im over here outside of Pasadena Ca so it might of been the Polly pavilion at UCLA campas..Southeen rock was in and they tore the place down ..those were the days..Lynnard Skynard's plane had already gone down ( I was lucky enough to see them at the Anaheim stadium).I just remember everyone was there for the music and the fantastic vibes..sure appreciate your stories ..
I played with Molly hatchet back around 87 in Maryland for about 4 or 500 people..they were great guys...didn't party much...I hung with them and became friends..not stand offish at all...but hey every night is different..and yes they were good
Danny Joe hung out with me...nice guy..we had to make sure we had enough mids in the PA for the vocals...party at motel after with all the Molly hatchet groupie girls..great time
Hell Yeah Otis! Tales from the road. ♡♡♡♡♡
I loved this story. Reminds me of the first good career position I was ever hired for and they got me a room for two nights in the city to do the HR stuff.
Must've been 1980 I saw Molly Hatchet and The Outlaws in Minneapolis. Hell of a good show!
Hey Otis, first of all I'm a great big fan of your show and I appreciate your wide range of musical friendships. Now here's the story, in about 1993 I was in a band from from Fernandina Beach Florida near Jacksonville so pretty much at that time southern rock and Stevie Ray Vaughan. We won the battle of the bands in the city and got to open for the Freebird festival for Skynard, Charlie Daniels, Steve Warner and little feet and that kind of put us on the map. We got to open for Molly Hatchet One Night in a little dive called Casys Hideaway about three or four hundred people tops. So we were doing a kick-ass set on a big PA and it was a local crowd so we were digging it they were digging it everybody was digging it. when it came time to stop the manager of Molly Hatchet came up and said hey can you play a couple more songs, so we did and then at the end of that he said hey do you know any Molly Hatchet songs I said yeah we know several and he said no just you Danny Joe Brown is f***** up and is not going to be able to come off the bus. So I did an hour and 15 minutes singing for Molly Hatchet which I knew all their songs anyway and it was awesome oh, I was a hit with the biker Club! Before the night was over my keyboard player came and told me that he was going on the road with Molly Hatchet so I said well what am I going to stop him? well good luck. I didn't see him for a year and then I saw him at a club we were playing in Jacksonville Beach called The Crab Pot and he came up to me and was all just Skin and Bones and asked me if I knew where to get any blow. That same weekend we're playing on the other side of Jacksonville at a club called The Broken Spoke and I saw Dave Lubeck but he left before I talked to him. On the way to town I stopped at Krystal's to get me a couple of gut bombs and he was standing in there at the counter, I walked up and said hey Dave how you doing and he turned around and looked at me and said are you the f****** cops? After that I jumped in the van with thee first touring Band that came to Fernandina Beach and stayed with them doing the hippie Jam thing for about five years. It opened my eyes to many styles of music including Bluegrass and Country and Jazz and we did an album with Buddy cage from the New Riders of Purple Sage that was cool. And then I spent the last 20 years in Europe writing songs for other bands and for a 1000 member Choir in France and singing with a lot of American Blues greats among my favorites were Frank goldwasser Jimmy Burns lucky Peterson and monster Mike Welsh. I also managed to finally do a recording that I was very proud of and happy with, that's an accomplishment in itself. If you're interested there's lots of evidence some not so good some pretty cool some not so fat some Girth Brooks.
Karl W Davis and Urban Voices Extrait in HD
and my self-produced ep with the Sweetpeas and with Malted Milk.
One last detail, I'm good friends with Woody Mullis of Hillbilly Shoes and Adelaide fame who always encouraged me to remain true to my voice,
Thanks For all you do
Karl
I wanna say 1985 maybe 86. Molly Hatchet was the opener for Triumph in Houston Texas at the old colosseum in downtown Houston. Great show great guitar all night both bands
Sometime in the very early nineties I was playing bass in a blues band called Seventh Hour. We had a regular Thursday-night gig at what was otherwise a reggae club called Bullfrog's in Knoxville, Tennessee. During the first set there was a couple standing near the stage and I kept thinking the man looked familiar, but I couldn't place him. We took a break and when we came back for the second set the couple was gone and I didn't think anything more about it. On the way home that night, our guitarist, Derryl Harper, mentioned that the woman of the couple had taken him aside during the break and asked if her husband could sit in with us. We were generally pretty wary of having people we didn't know sit in, so Derryl told her we really didn't do that sort of thing. And then the woman said that her husband was the lead singer of Molly Hatchet. And when Derryl told me, I said, "That's it! I knew he looked familiar. That was Danny Joe Brown!" I wasn't a huge Molly Hatchet fan, but I had respect for them, and I've always wished we'd let Danny Joe Brown sit in. I took it as a huge compliment that he even wanted to get on stage with us, and I've always been sorry we missed the opportunity.
I graduated high school in 1980. My senior class did an end of the year trip to Kings Dominion in Northern Virginia. Molly Hatchet played that night in the park. Only time I saw them. Flirtin’ was their hit at the time. I had seen Allman Bros, The Outlaws, Marshall Tucker, CDB many times. Molly didn’t leave a big impression on me. They weren’t bad, but the songwriting wasn’t the strongest I’d seen.
That's always been my take on them too. I don't turn it off if I hear it but don't seek them out either. ✌🇨🇦
I’m your age. MH was my 2nd concert. I really dug them back them but agree the other bands you mentioned had a lot better songwriting. But when your 16 you don’t always appreciate those nuances.
Otis mentioned them as a “first wave” of southern rock. I wouldn’t exactly put them in that category. They were at the end of the first wave at best. The other bands I mentioned were well into their careers, each several albums deep if not more. I viewed them at the time as kind of second tier. Not as players, but as a band in that genre. This was the era that The Allmans were kings, and every summer there would be the traveling triple bill - some combination of Allmans/CDB/Outlaws/Marshall Tucker. That went on for a bunch of years.
Who is CDB? I probably know who but can't come up with it from seeing it that way.
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i saw molly hatchett back in the early 80’s, in a small club in cols oh. they had a previous mild hit with “satisfied man”. danny joe was on, as was the whole band. there was a white grand piano on the stage that wasnt touched til the3 encore……a tribute to lynyrd skynyrd…”free bird”. it was incredible! i was there with my drummer and two brothers that formed the best rhythm section around. the bass player would later pass away and freebird was played at his funeral. that was about 25 yrs ago and his brother still organizes a tribute to him every year. molly hatchett was a big part of my early musical life, playing with those two brothers in a southern rock tribute band
Saw them in 83. They rocked!
In the late '70s, I think it was, I was living with my old love, "Stephanie". She was a wild child who could drink a fifth of Jack & still be on her feet. I loved that girl even though she was f#(4ing half of my friends at the time. One day after I got home from work I heard a commotion outside my house. I looked out just in time to see Steph flying out of the back door of a Lincoln continental. She was drunk & had lost her pants somewhere. The car sped off before Steph even ht the pavement. I went out & picked her up from the street & she was as DRUNK as I had ever seen her & I had seen her pretty damn drunk. In her right hand she was holding a half dozen tickets to the Molly Hatchet show that was scheduled that night in Charleston, W. VA. I never did find out who had been driving the Lincoln, but it must have been somebody in the band or someone close like a roadie or something. We took some friends & went to the show, which was fantastic, btw. I loved Stephanie with my whole heart even if she was kinda "liberal with her favors", if you know what I mean 🙂. Stephanie was killed in a car wreck not long after that. She was stone cold sober & was hit by a drunk driver...
Thumb up # 2 ...such an ironic twist at the end of the story ....Sorry and thanks for sharing ...Zulu
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I know the feeling. I had a couple exes that died. One was a hit and run when she was crossing the street. Don't think they ever caught the driver. You don't expect the girls to go like the guys and it's a weird feeling when they do.
RIP Wild Child - or Party til ya Puke up there with Hatchet and RJ Dio, Lemmy, Dime, Eddie VH , John Lord, Richard Wright, John Entwhistle etc !!!
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Great story! Thanks for sharing....I saw Molly Hatchet in Orlando Florida in 1978 at the Great Southern Music Hall (an old Movie Theatre) probably had a capacity of 1200 seats.They were promoting their first album...when the lights came on the darkend stage there they stood and the announcer yelled ladies and gentlemen please welcome Epic recording artists MOLLY HATCHET !!! The crowd response was an uproar and everyone stood from there seats yelling and clapping DannyJoe spun his microphone stand as the Band began Blasting out the intro to Bounty Hunter (one of my favorite Hatchet tunes) they were loud and proud and the triple guitars were on fire as were the bass player and drummer...i was just in awe.... they were our new Lynyrd Skynryrd our new southern rock heroes after their tragic plane crash to we 18 year old florida boys...and they put on one hell of a great performance.I have seen many great Bands and concerts but this one remains the best start to one of all time.....Powerful!! and memorable is the best way I can describe it.
I was friends with Dave Hlubek, and he was a great guy. I'm sure this was after he left the band. I miss him.
cool story Otis.nice score with the rooms for you guys,and props for MH on laying them on you.nice to have a clean bathroom to yourself...reminds me of the days sleeping in the cube van on a hammock.
They kicked my ass too, man! As in, I got stuck in front of a speaker tower by the stage in Montgomery and I'm still half-deaf in one ear... It's alright though, small sacrifice for rock & roll!!
oh, and Blackfoot opened that night. They killed it, too!
Thanks Otis, favorite hatchet song is whiskey man..Molly Hatchet was the first pro rock band I saw in concert with Blackfoot opening!
Great story I enjoyed this one. The current MH lineup is led by Bobby Ingram who grew up down the street from me in Jacksonville Florida in the Arlingwood neighborhood (East side of Jacksonville) as apposed to Skynyrd who grew up on the Westside of Jacksonville. When people say East or Westside in Jacksonville they're talking East or West side of the St. Johns River which flows north right through the heart of downtown Jax.
I remembered driving from Pensacola fl to tallahassee, I had a Molly hatchet tape . The song gator county played and I just kept rewinding that song and played it for like 2 hours straight. Being a seminole fan it was kind of tough, but man I loved that song, my favorite
I probably didn't appreciate MH enough back in their prime. When I listen to the guitars today and the solos I realize how talented they were. Those guys could cut some heads! "Dreams" and "Gator Country" stand out for me.