There's an element of constant class with this guy. He was never full of himself. I am just sad he departed so young and, in many ways, so senselessly.
Rick Nelson is one of the most underrated musicians ever. He was a prolific writer who understood his life and times and was able to put it into words and music.
Ricky is STILL by far my all time favorite in every way. I have him on Pandora, and listen to him when I'm driving. I miss him, and this is probably the best song he ever wrote. I love the last part where he says , If memories are all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck." That is one perfect line as a retort to those IDIOTS who booed at him in stupid NYC, All of their taste is in their mouths.
Agreed. Grew up with fame thrust onto his shoulders and he carried it well. Only bad press I can recall, is his drug use and the problems his marriage went through before he divorced Kristin. Until his dying day, he remained kind and humble about his fame and music...not an inkling as rude as today's performers. Lord, I miss this guy.
I had the honor and pleasure of playing on the original recording sessions for this. album Being in the same room with Tom Brumley was an outstanding joy. What an amazingly creative musician and lovely man. We recorded one song, and must have done hundreds of takes on it. And on each one, Tom's solo was different and brilliant. Rick had to choose. I'm glad I didn't.
@@kencooke8139 Hi Ken. I don't know who was in the touring band with Rick - Allen Kemp was the guitarist in studio. And Randy Meisner was on bass. Randy was really cool and took me to meet some guys who were forming another band. I hung with them for a couple of weeks and worked on some songs, but it didn't seem to be going anywhere so I had to leave (to get another gig). Some time after I left, they signed a recording contract as The Eagles. Timing is everything!!!
Ricks liive version of my babe is the best version of that song ive ever heard.I sure miss him. Nowadays nobody can touch him. I wish he was still here.
Damn that brings back memories! Rick, Wolfman Jack and the Midnight Special...the Year I joined the US Army, was 19. Ancient history now, But Man at the memories that still bring a Smile to my face! Thanks for the flashback!
A fight broke out in the nose bleed section and the crowd was booing the police, they weren't booing Rick. That's from our friend who operates spotlights at the Garden - and was there ... but the song works anyway. Lol 😉
@@dsoule4902 It doesn't really matter if the crowd was booing him or not. He thought they were, that's what's important & why the song, as you put it, "works"
ricky nelson mum an dad were in music has well many many many years carry on in the family for history and richky sons have fantastic voice just like there dad
I grew in the generation of "The Nelsons". What a great guy. Terrific guitar player. Nice voice. Great songwriter. For all his talent and good looks, what a humble & modest guy. Gotta love him. You are missed, Rick. A real hero.
I have liked this song from the first time I heard it. It was such a shame to criticize such great talent as Ricky. The good side is it made him a lot better. Thank you for letting us enjoy.
Me too,I was about 10 years old when it came out.I saw him in concert with my parents a couple of years later.I sure did enjoy,it,especially this song.
I like and admire the great Ricky Nelson. He was a great actor, a great singer and a handsome, beautiful man. I mostly love his great interpretation of "Hello Mary Lou" RIP!
It's a pretty well documented story that Rick was booed at Madison Square Garden, but I read recently that one of his band members told another story. There was a fight going on in the audience and the fans were actually booing the fighting people, but Rick interpreted it as a personal thing and it changed his way of looking at his career. He figured that he was trying too hard to please everybody, and I think most of us can relate to that. One thing that kills me is that usually when someone of his fame and talent dies suddenly, I get the chance to grieve with the rest of the world. When Rick's plane crashed I was on a mission for my church, with no TV, radio or media exposure at all. I was shocked to hear of his death many years later, because when I returned from my mission, Rick's death was old news. I finally found out when I was online reading the story about the lyrics to this song. Rest in peace Rick!
Thank you for that. I had never heard or read that insight about the booing. It is interesting which celebrity deaths affect us and i which ways. I am saddened by many such passings but not deeply grieved. I feel the loss, perhaps, more culturally and communally rather than personally. However, a few I have felt very deeply. The actor Chadwick Boseman was one. Which completely took me by surprise. I heard the news of his death on the radio and felt suddenly as it I had lost a good friend or family member. I am White and although I had loved his acting, probably could not fully identify with his roles. I had to think about why his passing moved me so deeply. I think he had so fully inhabited he roles he had played that I felt I had gotten to know those characters and, through them, him. The pain of lass was real. The same happened with the passing of film critic Roger Ebert. I never realized I was developing what felt like a deeply personal connection while watching him on the Siskel and Ebert TV shows or while reading his reviews. However, when he passed, again, I felt as if he had been a close friend or near kinsman. I am sorry you missed the communal grieving process for Rick Nelson. A retired funeral director once told me that he thought the Bible instructs us to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice is that just as a grief shared diminishes so, also, a joy shared multiplies. Yes, many they rest in peace. I hope to see them all again on the other side~
Great song, Great singer. RIP Rick Nelson. I liked this song when I first heard it in High School. He needed to write more of his own music, like this song. He was underrated. Most groups in the 1970's and 1980's where louder Rock bands. He played alot of softer Love songs. I agree with what he said, "You can't please everyone, so you got to please your self".
Rick's version of 'Dream Lover' is my favorite, although I loved Bobby Darin as well. Rick sings it slower and makes it more of a love song. His tempo is right on.
I was an instant fan of Rick Nelson, at 5 years old, when I snuck into my grandpa's den and put on the 45 rpm record of "Hello Mary Lou" back about 1962, and got an ass whoppin' for messin' with grandpa's record player, but it was worth it. I have always remained a fan and always will. I began playing his oldies in bar room gigs in the early 2000s and was surprized at the reactions of repeated requests to play them again... This man is legendary for sure!!! It is still a "CRYING SHAME" Rick, his lady friend, and band lost their lives in that horrible, tragic plane crash...May they all be resting in heavenly peace.
@omarskats3000 Yes, Wolfman Jack hosted The Midnight Special. Back in the 70s The Midnight Special was almost the only way you could see a band you liked, other than going to a concert.
He was one of the best. I still listen to most of his great songs. Even John Fogerty's rendition of Garden Party. As a musician on my home from a gig when I got the news, I had to pull over. RIP Rick and thanks for all the great songs you left us.
He wasn't cool enough, too square, they said, and thought, who knows (?!) I liked the lyrics of some of his songs, like this one and the vibe... it was the same with John Denver in the crowd I was floating in. I actually enjoyed both artists, although back then, it was mostly in my own space. To each their own.... Youth happens; Living, experiencing and hopefully learning is how it MIGHT eventually occur. Ignorance is seemingly more bliss. 🤷🏽♀️ Ya heard? 🙈 th-cam.com/video/edmqTODMZC4/w-d-xo.html - Forrest G *hit happens 12 seconds
I wonder if anyone thought he'd be the future president in 1978, starring as George W. Bush, hidden in plain sight at a political garden party in 2000?
He pretty much tells the story about every one who is real! Politicians should listen to this song not saying that any of them could understand the goodness of going with your gut instinct because there all to busy taking money under the table,another song they should listen to is the gambler!
There's an element of constant class with this guy. He was never full of himself. I am just sad he departed so young and, in many ways, so senselessly.
I met Ricky when he played Magic Mountain!! I worked there as an usher, I was in his dressing room. He was super nice!!!!!!
Rick Nelson is one of the most underrated musicians ever. He was a prolific writer who understood his life and times and was able to put it into words and music.
Ill Barry beautiful, true words
underated ! one of the biggest stares were you born yesterday LOL
For sure!
Yes, totally agree. The prodigal, talented son of a musical family!! He is missed!..
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! We all miss you Ricky!
I love his voice. It's soothing and not loud like some screaming singers today. His voice is calming. He's very handsome.
I have always appreciated this man's music.✌
Ricky is STILL by far my all time favorite in every way. I have him on Pandora, and listen to him when I'm driving. I miss him, and this is probably the best song he ever wrote. I love the last part where he says , If memories are all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck." That is one perfect line as a retort to those IDIOTS who booed at him in stupid NYC, All of their taste is in their mouths.
What a great guy Rick was. I like most types of music but this guy had class and great tunes. RIP Rick. Your missed down here.
Agreed. Grew up with fame thrust onto his shoulders and he carried it well. Only bad press I can recall, is his drug use and the problems his marriage went through before he divorced Kristin. Until his dying day, he remained kind and humble about his fame and music...not an inkling as rude as today's performers. Lord, I miss this guy.
Yes a kind, decent guy who didn’t take himself too seriously. Love how he turned lemons 🍋 into lemonade.
Mary Lou, she belongs to me, what a wonderful part of Ricky's song Garden Party.
Two great people who are sorely missed, Ricky Nelson and Wolfman Jack. :(....
I agree Bob, I am Tom's wife that plays the steel. It really adds a lot........Thanks Rolene Brumley
I had the honor and pleasure of playing on the original recording sessions for this. album Being in the same room with Tom Brumley was an outstanding joy. What an amazingly creative musician and lovely man. We recorded one song, and must have done hundreds of takes on it. And on each one, Tom's solo was different and
brilliant. Rick had to choose. I'm glad I didn't.
@@MorBroProductions wow - was it the same band in the studio as the one on the road? Do you know who the lead guitarist was? Thanks from Australia !
@@kencooke8139 Hi Ken. I don't know who was in the touring band with Rick - Allen Kemp was the guitarist in studio. And Randy Meisner was on bass. Randy was really cool and took me to meet some guys who were forming another band. I hung with them for a couple of weeks and worked on some songs, but it didn't seem to be going anywhere so I had to leave (to get another gig). Some time after I left, they signed a recording contract as The Eagles. Timing is everything!!!
@@MorBroProductions wow! Yes it certainly is
Just saw him on a buck owens video a great musician
one of the saddest songs ever... but rick bounced back with class after what so called "fans" did to him at madison square garden....
Happy Birthday to Rick I miss u😚😙🥰
Ricks liive version of my babe is the best version of that song ive ever heard.I sure miss him. Nowadays nobody can touch him. I wish he was still here.
I was there, front row. Ty for posting this, was able to see my 18 yr old self.
That's great :)
My all time singer
Hi John little dull when I was young but then I grew up thinking yeah ... ✌ and 💘 from my family to your's .Oh gee Wofe Man Jack!!!
BEAUTIFUL, HOT DUDE! No disrespect, Mr. Nelson is a class act, and a respected mature gentleman. But, dang girl, that man was fine.
Miss you
Damn that brings back memories! Rick, Wolfman Jack and the Midnight Special...the Year I joined the US Army, was 19. Ancient history now, But Man at the memories that still bring a Smile to my face! Thanks for the flashback!
My first love looked liked Rick. Maybe that's why I fell.
RIP Ricky Nelson You started a new Genre of Music ! Please Do Not Hate on Him! Give Respect!
Wicked bass . Something about this song I really like.
OMG, Wolfman Jack! This is like seeing a unicorn! :O
Clap for the Wolfman, he gonna rate your record high…
@@Jessica_Roth ha
Loved that song too.
Peace
Still love this song
Love this song its so true you cant please everyone so you have to please yourself!!!
Got to see Rick Nelson at the Aladdin in 78. A good show,miss him.
So true.
My parents took me to see Ricky Nelson when I was 13 at the Sahara Hotel in Vegas. I feel in love... RIP
not many people realize this brilliant song was written after a bad experience in Madison square garden I think about 1971 Rick rest in peace
A fight broke out in the nose bleed section and the crowd was booing the police, they weren't booing Rick. That's from our friend who operates spotlights at the Garden - and was there ... but the song works anyway. Lol 😉
The song captures precisely the vague feeling of melancholy we felt in the early '70s with the end of the great period of rock 'n' roll.
I remember! I love anything he wanted to sing. Very talented man.
We saw him in a small venue in Houston in the 1980s not that long before he left us. He was absolutely amazing~
@@dsoule4902 It doesn't really matter if the crowd was booing him or not. He thought they were, that's what's important & why the song, as you put it, "works"
Thanks for the memories Ricky....I get it now.
He was such a great person. Didn't need to drop F bombs or get tatted & pierced to feel like a star.
Rick Nelson - A CLASS act!!
Elvis had only been gone a year or less. And Rick went to Vegas. I believe they were good friends.
i might play anything im 877 months old
Ricky looks twice as good as elvis!😎👍
They where very good friends.
@@mr.warmth1511 You don't look a month over 700
@@JG-ef2cn I don't think you can say that with a straight face lol
Great show thanks
Great man, music AND SONGWRITER
such a beautiful man...his death was so tragic...
Rick rules!!!!! The real deal!!!
Awesome!!!!!
ricky nelson mum an dad were in music has well many many many years carry on in the family for history and richky sons have fantastic voice just like there dad
Only family in history to have three consecutive generations in the Guinness Book of Records for music.
Is that Randy Misner on bass back there?
No, alan kemp I think
rest in peace
Who is on steel guitar?
Tom brumptly
i liek hsi country msuic bnetter then his 50s musici wa sborn int he 70s that proably why,
"Clap for the Wolfman ..."
👏👏👏
taken from us much too soon
You can't please everyone so..
Ricky Nelson wrote this song
GARDEN PARTY by
Ricky Nelson
Tight band, Beautiful vibrant Harmonies!! Criminally underrated Timeless classic!
was that former Eagle , Randy Meisner on bass?
Loved him my entire life😢
This guy was a star his entire life.
~ ❤️ He SURE was ❤️ ~
Ricky was a great guy.
He is GREATLY missed.
I grew in the generation of "The Nelsons". What a great guy. Terrific guitar player. Nice voice. Great songwriter. For all his talent and good looks, what a humble & modest guy. Gotta love him. You are missed, Rick. A real hero.
Yes and you gotta love when a talented person like Rick Nelson can keep his ego in check. As you stated, a really nice guy.
I love Rick Nelson. His music and lyrics will stand the test of time. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have liked this song from the first time I heard it. It was such a shame to criticize such great talent as Ricky. The good side is it made him a lot better. Thank you for letting us enjoy.
Happy to share :)
Me too,I was about 10 years old when it came out.I saw him in concert with my parents a couple of years later.I sure did enjoy,it,especially this song.
I like and admire the great Ricky Nelson. He was a great actor, a great singer and a handsome, beautiful man. I mostly love his great interpretation of "Hello Mary Lou" RIP!
The only person who held his own with Elvis! Loved Ricky.
I never get tired of this song.🎤😊
It's a pretty well documented story that Rick was booed at Madison Square Garden, but I read recently that one of his band members told another story. There was a fight going on in the audience and the fans were actually booing the fighting people, but Rick interpreted it as a personal thing and it changed his way of looking at his career. He figured that he was trying too hard to please everybody, and I think most of us can relate to that. One thing that kills me is that usually when someone of his fame and talent dies suddenly, I get the chance to grieve with the rest of the world. When Rick's plane crashed I was on a mission for my church, with no TV, radio or media exposure at all. I was shocked to hear of his death many years later, because when I returned from my mission, Rick's death was old news. I finally found out when I was online reading the story about the lyrics to this song. Rest in peace Rick!
Fyi, Buddy Holly is gone too.
@@dahawk8574 Good one!
Thank you for that. I had never heard or read that insight about the booing.
It is interesting which celebrity deaths affect us and i which ways. I am saddened by many such passings but not deeply grieved. I feel the loss, perhaps, more culturally and communally rather than personally.
However, a few I have felt very deeply. The actor Chadwick Boseman was one. Which completely took me by surprise. I heard the news of his death on the radio and felt suddenly as it I had lost a good friend or family member.
I am White and although I had loved his acting, probably could not fully identify with his roles. I had to think about why his passing moved me so deeply. I think he had so fully inhabited he roles he had played that I felt I had gotten to know those characters and, through them, him. The pain of lass was real.
The same happened with the passing of film critic Roger Ebert. I never realized I was developing what felt like a deeply personal connection while watching him on the Siskel and Ebert TV shows or while reading his reviews. However, when he passed, again, I felt as if he had been a close friend or near kinsman.
I am sorry you missed the communal grieving process for Rick Nelson. A retired funeral director once told me that he thought the Bible instructs us to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice is that just as a grief shared diminishes so, also, a joy shared multiplies.
Yes, many they rest in peace. I hope to see them all again on the other side~
Great song, Great singer. RIP Rick Nelson.
I liked this song when I first heard it in High School.
He needed to write more of his own music, like this song.
He was underrated. Most groups in the 1970's and 1980's where louder Rock bands.
He played alot of softer Love songs.
I agree with what he said, "You can't please everyone, so you got to please your self".
When I heard “Hello Mary Lou” & “ Travelin’ Man” as a 6 year old in 1961 on Ozzie & Harriet I was hooked on rock n roll. Rick was the real deal.
We all waited for the end of each episode just to hear him sing his song!!!🎼🎵🎶👍
Rick's version of 'Dream Lover' is my favorite, although I loved Bobby Darin as well. Rick sings it slower and makes it more of a love song. His tempo is right on.
Be yourself.. No matter others shortsightedness. Ricky Thank You for this song ♥️ it’s one of my Anthems.
I know he's extremely talented BUT DANG... he is SO HANDSOME!! It's 2021 & I think I'd look twice at him today! Lol
Totally gorgeous. Loved him as a singer and The Nelsons tv show as a little girl❤
Believe me, we all thought he was gorgeous back then, and I still do!!!
That face and his voice - magic.
If I were still young and single, I would do more than look twice. I'd try to date him, then propose to him on our first date! lol.
Beautiful man making beautiful timeless music. So lucky to have had his great talent as long as we did. 🌸
I love this song and adore Rick Nelson. We miss you so much but what a great band heaven has.
Be yourself.. No matter others shortsightedness. Ricky Thank You for this song ♥️ it’s one of my Anthems.
Keep. On. 🎸. Rocken. My. Friend. Mr. Rick. Nelson. 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸. Respectfully. Dennis. Lee. Jensen. And. Randy. Lee. Jensen. 🌟 ⭐ 💫 🌠 🌃 ✨ 🌟 ⭐ 💫 🌠 🌃 ✨ 🌟 ⭐ 💫
I was an instant fan of Rick Nelson, at 5 years old, when I snuck into my grandpa's den and put on the 45 rpm record of "Hello Mary Lou" back about 1962, and got an ass whoppin' for messin' with grandpa's record player, but it was worth it. I have always remained a fan and always will. I began playing his oldies in bar room gigs in the early 2000s and was surprized at the reactions of repeated requests to play them again... This man is legendary for sure!!!
It is still a "CRYING SHAME" Rick, his lady friend, and band lost their lives in that horrible, tragic plane crash...May they all be resting in heavenly peace.
"But if memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck..."
Still. Love. This. Man. So. Very. Talented. He. Left. Us. With. So. Many. Amazing. Songs. Love. And. Peace. To. Rick.
I did not know he song that song, great song great looking guy.
It's autobiographical.
@omarskats3000 Yes, Wolfman Jack hosted The Midnight Special. Back in the 70s The Midnight Special was almost the only way you could see a band you liked, other than going to a concert.
jesmelric good follow up to Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
if you think about it, it is one heck of a life lesson
Rick with Steve Duncan on drums, Dennis Larden and Jay White on guitars and Tom Brumley on steel!
Larden was a jerk.
Did they all die on the plane?
god bless Ricky rip
RIP Tom Brumley too. One of the best ever.
God he was great. No. REALLY GREAT. Underrated but not under appreciated.
Much love always Ricky, God Bless the gang, Kimmyssong
Tom Brumley is just so tasty, what a master.
Played forBuck Owens
Oh yea
Wolfman Jack, :)
I always like Rick Nelson , Poor Little fool was the best.
He was one of the best. I still listen to most of his great songs. Even John Fogerty's rendition of Garden Party. As a musician on my home from a gig when I got the news, I had to pull over. RIP Rick and thanks for all the great songs you left us.
Rick was a talented class act!!
Rick Nelson and Wolfman Jack.... takes me back to my GE transistor radio days . Thanks .
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's WOLFMAN JACK!
Saw Rick Nelson in summer of 1978. Great showman!
god i hate fools i have neckties older than you
rick & wolf R I P you put a smile on my face many times thank you i'll be meeting you soon i'm64 now
my dad loved his music so much my brothers name was ricky who was KIA in 1965
I always wished Wolfman Jack would say "I listened to you growing up." since Ricky had been singing since 1957.
In my humble opinion this is the best rock and roll every written.🎶
Gorgeous beautiful lump in throat performance to watch ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 Thank you for the video 🙌🏻
He wasn't cool enough, too square, they said, and thought, who knows (?!) I liked the lyrics of some of his songs, like this one and the vibe... it was the same with John Denver in the crowd I was floating in. I actually enjoyed both artists, although back then, it was mostly in my own space. To each their own.... Youth happens; Living, experiencing and hopefully learning is how it MIGHT eventually occur. Ignorance is seemingly more bliss. 🤷🏽♀️ Ya heard? 🙈
th-cam.com/video/edmqTODMZC4/w-d-xo.html - Forrest G *hit happens 12 seconds
Jeez. It's tough not to tear up. Fame was ultimately not kind to his talent.
He was to good for las vegas
Everyone loved the dude and he deserved it, left the world in a plane crash, so sad...
I wonder if anyone thought he'd be the future president in 1978, starring as George W. Bush, hidden in plain sight at a political garden party in 2000?
He pretty much tells the story about every one who is real! Politicians should listen to this song not saying that any of them could understand the goodness of going with your gut instinct because there all to busy taking money under the table,another song they should listen to is the gambler!
What a dream boat love his songs and his voice
Two icons!!! The Wolfman & Rick Nelson. Love his singing.
I used to listen to Wolfman Jack on the radio in the 60's.
Wolfman Jack, that takes me back! :)
I watched his family show. I have listened to him and I was 21 when This was there and very sad when I heard when he died.
The late great Tom Brumley on the steel
Beautiful. Artist, band, song, and message. Wish we could go back.
Hey
rickys sones do a nice version of this as a tribute to there dad i grew up to ricky's music when i was digging in the attic & found its late on a Lp
Rick Nelson was one handsome sonofagun.
Is that Randy Meisner on bass?
Christmas eve 2020 with Rick and The Stone Canyon Band. I also love The Midnight Special show. Thank you much and Merry Christmas to you.
It's true that he seemed very discreet and shy when he didn't sing. It was certainly a good man.