FIRST TIME HEARING Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr.Bojangles REACTION

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FIRST TIME HEARING The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr.Bojangles REACTION
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@farrelfoster-lynam6683 23 дня назад

Always kicks me right in the heart that he still grieves for his dog 20 years later. Such beautiful storytelling in this song

@jhonyermo 23 дня назад

Exactly, right in the heart and soul.

@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441 23 дня назад

That rips me to pieces.

@MollieC-uc1fk 23 дня назад

Yep, have a few of those heart dogs, who are ones who have lived with you before, and they come back to you again in another form. Have had several in my life, got my first dog as a baby. I'm an animal communicator and get the privilege to speak with them again. Have some wonderful stories regarding a lot of animals in my life.

@brutbrutus2669 23 дня назад

Same here. Every darn time.

@JM-zb2ip 23 дня назад

My boy passed a little over 2 years ago at 15 just as in the song. And yes the grief never ends.

@jrepka01 23 дня назад

The song, according to Jerry Jeff Walker, is not specifically about Bill Robinson, who passed away in 1949. It is a true story of spending a night in a drunk tank in New Orleans in 1965, where he met a local street performer who called himself Mr. Bojangles perhaps as a tribute or to draw bigger crowds when he performed. The Bojangles of the song clearly was experiencing hard times in his life and was down and out. I don't presume to know how rough Mr. Robinson's life was (as a black performer in the US during the first half of the 20th century) but he was pretty successful in his time appearing in movies and on Broadway. He is famous for breaking many color barriers on stage and screen and appeared with a young Shirley Temple in a number of movies and stage performances.

@EdWilson-zj7uf 23 дня назад

There was also a great swing instrumental called "Bojangles" by Duke Ellington recorded in 1940. Ellington wrote it as a tribute to Robinson.

@Laceykat66 23 дня назад

The original song as I remember it featured audio in the style of being in a jail with a street performer. He even has a harmonica and plays for his dog. It is magical.

@davethompson8283 21 день назад

I wish you'd react to canned heat" going up the country"...

@paulsmashupchannel1442 24 дня назад

Written by Jerry Jeff Walker based on a night in the drunk tank in New Orleans...and I guy he met.

@matthewlee6168 24 дня назад

This is the BEST version! I've heard JJW sing it live a few times.

@myviewmjs3632 24 дня назад

His version is great.

@theodoreritola7641 23 дня назад

Welcome to the best DECADE EVER 4 Great Music Them 70s

@rhm5158 23 дня назад

Jerry Jeff Walker was part of the 60’s group Circus Maximus with Bob Bruno. Check out their song “The Wind”.

@ralphwatts8993 23 дня назад

Once heard that man play in a parking lot on Madison Ave. in Memphis. Down the street from my home bar. Good times!❤️🤘🏻

@rockmygypsysoul9553 24 дня назад

Bill Bojangles Robinson lived in Richmond, for a time. He taught my mother to dance!

@MJC_2112 23 дня назад

The mattress mambo!

@mikefannon6994 23 дня назад

I believe he was a bell hop at Richmond's Jefferson Hotel for a time.

@hughdalton7622 23 дня назад

RVA represent!

@rockmygypsysoul9553 23 дня назад

@@MJC_2112 She was a child at the time.

@loadedorygun 22 дня назад

There’s a statue of him in Richmond.

@keithmcknight954 23 дня назад

When I was in 9th grade, our physical science teacher would play guitar and sing while we were taking exams. This is one of the songs he would sing. It was really incredible how it would just calm your nerves while taking an exam to have a teacher that could sing/play soothing music. I'm 62 now, but I will never forget that teacher. Thanks for bringing back the great memories.

@chrispavlich9656 23 дня назад

That sounded like an awesome way to attend school. Good for you. We had an English teacher in 10th grade that would take us outside and we would sit in a circle in a grove of trees in the shade and read poetry.

@kennethohnemus3192 19 дней назад

That was a great teacher and a great man.

@EgbertWilliams 18 дней назад

That would have bugged the shit out of me while I was trying to concentrate.

@navmark77 18 дней назад

I have always loved the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for respecting old school instrumentation and preserving the old songs.

@janiceduke1205 23 дня назад

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was informed he wasn't allowed to hold Shirley Temple's hand while filming the stair scene in the 1935 film, "The Little Colonel." She insisted anyway and grabbed his hand during the act. This scene became the first time where integrated dance partners were filmed dancing together on film. He was in his 50s. She was 6. He called her darlin'; she called him Uncle Billy. Robinson taught Temple his joyful, elegant tap-dancing routines. She thought he was the perfect partner. In the 1980s, Black told NPR that Robinson taught her to feel the beat, rather than count it out. "We held hands and I learned to dance from Bill by listening, not looking at the feet," she said. "It was kind of a magic between us."

@thomasmacdiarmid8251 23 дня назад

More importantly it was the first time a theatrical movie showed a white woman having any sort of physical contact with a black man. She didn't know she was not supposed to hold his hand, she just knew that was how they usually danced together. Credit to the production company for not editing it out - it seems small today, but it was more impactful in its time than Mister Rogers sharing a wading pool with Officer Clemmons.

@SomeoneHasToSayIt2525 23 дня назад

I love Bill Bojangles Robinson but this song is NOT about him, it’s about a street performer in New New Orleans who fashioned himself after Robinson. Look it up.

@uncledavesbrigade7106 23 дня назад

This is a great song by the band, but Sammy gave you a performance of a lifetime!

@Carrie-so3ro 23 дня назад

Thank-you for sharing this. I didn't know that Shirley Temple insisted on holding Bill Robinson's hand NOR that it wasn't allowed. Also that this rule would apply to children. (In my opinion, ridiculous.) I was just a kid watching Shirley Temple movies, that I loved & I didn't see anything out of the ordinary & CERTAINLY nothing wrong. I am glad that (while common in many children), Shirley Temple had also not been imbued with any racism at that age (& hopefully never gained it afterwards either.) I love that he called her "darlin' - (she WAS a little cutie & I had wanted to be just like her) & that she called him "Uncle Billy." They must have had a close relationship. I am also glad that the movie company (as someone else has remarked too) did leave that scene in the movie, even if it contained something taboo. (Sometimes you just have to do what is right, REGARDLESS!) I hope they didn't face any backlash for it though. After all, weren't white children allowed to run into the arms of the black house help way even further back in the U.S. when frightened etc. by something? That is CERTAINLY much more touching when the child is completely enveloped in a hug! Do you know if there was any backlash at the movie for allowing this black/white contact? Thank-you for all of the information. Have a great night. 😌

@cathyortiz1280 23 дня назад

She also said that was her only real friend. They'd bring in kids she didn't know for PR for her "birthday party," but said she really wanted to spend it with him.

@tommytoms5445 23 дня назад

As a 7 year old kid growing up in Santa Cruz, California, this song by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was one of my favorites. It's funny back then when KWAV, KFRC and KDON ruled the airwaves and would play songs from multiple genres (Glen Campbell, Seals and Crofts, Spinners, Chuck Mangione, Mac Davis, Eagles, Jefferson Airplane, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Ray Stevens, Cher, Earth, Wind and Fire..) kids would eat it up. We loved all types of music and performers like this back then.

@CalvinTor 23 дня назад

Yes, exactly. One moment you'd hear "Brown Sugar" by the Stones, the next you'd hear "Superstar" by the Carpenters, then "Never Can Say Goodbye" by the Jackson 5. Got something of everything! Now everything is so niche, sadly.

@stebstebanesier6205 23 дня назад

Hey...KFRC yeah! Dr Don, Rick Shaw, Diamond Dave, we had it made.

@zachary8196 23 дня назад

KDON and KMBY was another radio station. My sister and I made sure that the the car radio's buttons were set to those two stations. I f we didn't like a song, we'd quickly push the button for the other. I grew up in Aptos in the 60's and 70's.

@larrywright6214 23 дня назад

I grew up in Watsonville and listened to those same stations and it was a Magical time to be a music fan because of the mixture we would hear on a daily basis.

@zachary8196 23 дня назад

And, it was a great time to be a kid and teenager growing up; then came, for me, KLRB FM.

@johndalley1288 24 дня назад

This is the best version out there of this song. I just love it. I have said it before, and I will say it again the late 60's and early 70's had the best music.

@thorfinsky1427 23 дня назад

It's a great cover but the original by Jerry Jeff Walker is the best.

@neildonley9626 23 дня назад

David Bromberg!

@magneto7930 24 дня назад

Yesssssssss, thank you. Great song, and the best version! They have another song you might like called An American Dream which features Linda Ronstadt on vocals, but the name of the band is shortened to the "Dirt Band."

@williamcarr7347 23 дня назад

Another song with a touching story is Old Dogs And Children and Watermellon Wine.

@Rocker1983 23 дня назад

I was thinking the same thing.

@timcarr6401 23 дня назад

Tom T. Hall is missed.

@Sportsref13 22 дня назад

Been trying for years to get them to react to Tom T Hall... I met Tom as a kid in Memphis; friend of the family ( Tom S )played guitar as part of Tom's band.. Spent a day fishing, then we had a cookout with both families and Tom.. that night Tom T, and Tom S played through the night under the stars while we all sat and listened.. was a great night and still a great memory

@yankeedogg2212 20 дней назад

“Feed Jake” is a pretty good one as well

@SgtRoxx72 24 дня назад

I love this version of this amazing song.

@coolcpa3321 23 дня назад

You can't beat great lyrics and the unusual combination of a mandolin and waltz rhythm (i.e. triple meter 3/4 time). The lyrics are poignant and the delivery is plaintive. Song stays with you.

@kevinsacks3185 24 дня назад

Another great Nitty Gritty Dirt Band song is "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

@RogerMcCauley-s1e 23 дня назад

Absolutely

@jhonyermo 23 дня назад

1,000% AGREE

@leonmattigosh2525 23 дня назад

The whole album is absolutely great.. "Will the Circle be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and some legendary performers from the Grand Ole Opry.

@knitterscheidt 23 дня назад

I was 11 when this song came out. It was my first experience with feelings of melancholy, tenderness, sentimentality and compassion...signs of growing up. It still has a special place in my heart.

@bjdefilippo447 23 дня назад

Agreed. This, and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald really got me.

@yankeedogg2212 20 дней назад

That’s an awesome response.

@michaeldudek7831 17 дней назад

I'M an older gentleman who has lived through 4 dogs. That line acout still grieving for his dog still gets me every time. He was so blessed to have his faithful friend for 15 years. What adventures they must have had together! Just as I was blessed to have my Radar for 16 years! (about)

@MarkLewis-sl5tk 14 дней назад

I have never own a dog of my own but I have cared for many friends dogs. I also feel the most powerful line in the song is about how he still grieves the loss of his dog.

@CousinWhatIsIt 24 дня назад

The Jerry Jeff Walker version of this song was another one of those that were among the first 45s that was given to me as a child.

@wildbill7081 23 дня назад

This song by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brings back fond memories of when I decided to go on a road trip from Fort Sill OK to visit my cousin living in Austin Texas back in 1970. I just purchased a 1957 International Harvester truck with a small wooden camper on it and I installed an 8-track tape player so I could pay my favorite songs on the trip and so I played their tape which included this great song. I travel on the back roads all the way and one day my radiator was running hot so I stopped on the little road and saw a creek so I filled up my hat with water and continued on till I found a small tiny town and they fixed my old truck and continued on to Austin Texas and visited my cousin. I was sad to learn later he died when he died in a fire so I will never forget that trip listening to great music along the way. within one year I was sent to South Vietnam and I had my old 8-track and would listen to it and think of that trip. Thank You both for bringing back old memories. I am now 74 living in the Philippines and watch you two all the time and you bring back old memories all the time. Thank You again.....

@JamesCarson-tm8df 24 дня назад

Always loved this song from a great band their biggest hit

@JaDav40 24 дня назад

Yep...hit #9. Next biggest is American Dream at #13.

@RobertEskew 23 дня назад

Mr. Bojangles was written by Jerry Jeff Walker, a country music artist. He released the song in 1968. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's cover is iconic, however. I recall loving this song when I was growing up. They released the song in 1970.

@raymondohlsen5054 24 дня назад

Yet another one of my favorite songs!! This song was originally written in the late 60's and covered by several artists. VERY Indirectly connected to the late, GREAT dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

@FUBAR1986 23 дня назад

Not only were the 70s summer best music ever, but the mind said that the music put you in that was the pure magic of the 70s!!! didn’t matter what genre it was all good🎉😂❤

@theodoreritola7641 23 дня назад

True Facts 70s

@erickent3557 23 дня назад

This is the version I recall from the radio as a boy, especially when it slows down for "Mr. Bojangles..."

@timotc50 23 дня назад

As a suggestion, you're next "Dirt Band" song should be 'Dance Little Jean'. A touching, but upbeat tune from a greatgroup of musicians.

@jcbass2u 23 дня назад

absolutely agree with that suggestion....that is the one that came to mind after Bojangles finished playing.

@elebenty5709 23 дня назад

I'd forgotten all about that one! Had to go find it. Definitely more upbeat. Still may require tissues, but in a good way.

@chrisdutton2975 23 дня назад

I came down here to suggest this song, too. One of my absolute favorites that I hold up as a forgotten classic.

@aleececollamore6052 23 дня назад

I cry everytime I hear it.

@jdeloach6 23 дня назад

Agreed! And follow that up with Ripplin Waters

@JonBurrows3577 24 дня назад

I grew up on Sammy Davis Jr’s amazing cover of this song, hell of a performer.

@kimbare7434 23 дня назад

Yes

@akastarchild 23 дня назад

Sammy's version is my absolute favorite.❤❤❤❤❤❤

@sabrinapittsley2304 23 дня назад

@@akastarchildMine too,because Sammy was an entertainer dancer when he was a little boy.

@michaelasay8587 23 дня назад

Wonder if Sammy was a Democrat....probably like the 80% that are going to vote for the dumb laughing Harris....so sad😢😮

@dennisshaper4744 22 дня назад

Not even close

@amyk6659 23 дня назад

This was the NGDB's first hit. "Fishin' in the Dark" was nearly 20 years later. Jeff Hanna, one of the band's founders, sings the primary lead on this one. Jimmy Ibbotson has the lead vocals on "Fishin'". They switched the vocals on the last verse. The NGDB had the original version of "Bless the Broken Road" -- Hanna was the primary songwriter on that track. My dad loved this song. I cried the first time I saw the band live when they sang it. Great reaction, as always. Peace!

@elmarkothegreat 24 дня назад

Nitty gritty dirt band is awesome they have so many great songs to get to

@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits 24 дня назад

This was the first version I ever heard of this song so I thought they were the original artist of the song❕❗

@pauljones2857 11 дней назад

Mr Bojangles one of the best songs for the time that we shared with all our friends in the 60s and 70s

@RonaldCanfield-m2r 23 дня назад

Speaking of the mandolin: John Paul Jones (bass guitarist for Led Zeppelin) plays the mandolin on their tune "Going to California."

@darryllcagle9090 23 дня назад

There are many, many versions of this out there. But nobody brought the tears like the Dirt. I remember even being very young (this version is six years older than me) and still really feeling the emotion they brought.

@dalesands1857 24 дня назад

Surprisingly Rod Stewart has a song "Mandolin Wind" is pretty good.

@jaycorby 23 дня назад

It's a terrific song from the Maggie Mae album...1971

@OriginalCaliKitty 23 дня назад

When I think of mandolin I think of Bill Monroe.

@petebear8212 21 день назад

Rods all time favourite song of his, from Never a Dull Moment.

@petebear8212 21 день назад

Edit it was from Every Picture Tells A Story 🙄

@tomnieman6459 24 дня назад

YES Some of Shellys Blues. A MUST

@RLG- 23 дня назад

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote this song. He has many songs worth listening to like London Homesick Blues, Pot Can’t Call the Kettle Black, Sangria Wine, L.A. Freeway, Pissin in the Wind. I’m going to go listen to some JJW.

@diamon999 23 дня назад

That last thing you said is probably the most sensible internet comment I have ever read

@cindiaker5778 3 дня назад

My cousin makes mandolins ...and they are absolutely gorgeous. He plays at bluegrass festivals all around the country. I just love the sound of the mandolin , it is so special . I loved your reactions as always !!

@tammycosby4495 23 дня назад

Add “Dance Little Jean” to your list. Such a sweet song.

@79kevnor 4 дня назад

This was one of my wife's favorite songs. It always made her cry. She would say she wanted to give Mr. Bojangles a hug.

@judypritchard4670 23 дня назад

Quite a deep rabbit hole. Dance Little Jean, Cadillac Ranch, Long hard road, House on Pooh Corner. Just a few to consider

@gkiferonhs 24 дня назад

One of the best covers of this song. Thanks for reviewing. "Mr. Bojangles" was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Considered the best dancer of his age. My mother watched him perform at the MO state fair in Sedalia when she was a kid (1920's)

@jeffking4176 23 дня назад

This song is NOT about Bill Robinson. This is a true story about a homeless gentleman who the writer , Jerry Jeff Walker, met in a New Orleans jail cell in 1965. The man only Called himself “Bo jangles”. You can research it easily. 📻🙂

@cathyortiz1280 23 дня назад

This is the original version & best one. The song wasn't about him - but sounded like it could be. It was about a guy he met in jail.

@thorfinsky1427 23 дня назад

@@cathyortiz1280 No.....the original (and best IMO) is by Jerry Jeff Walker who also wrote the song.

@Nomad-vv1gk 22 дня назад

This song is not about Bill Bojangles Robinson. Please stop with all this misinformation.

@Nomad-vv1gk 22 дня назад

@@cathyortiz1280 Bill Robinson was a star of stage and Hollywood films. This song has nothing to do with him.

@timlazuka1658 24 дня назад

If you like this please try Danny O'Keefe's Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues from 1972.

@pompanomark2024 23 дня назад

Great suggestion!

@flamingostringfellow5399 24 дня назад

I first heard this song in December 1971 at the Pan Canal Bar in Panama City Panama. I loved the song and still do after 52. I love NGDB. My favorite album is Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol 2, with them and all the guest artists. This song was written by Jerry Jeff Walker in the drunk tank in New Orleans. NGDB has the best cover.

@lorinichols9996 23 дня назад

I agree about volume 2!

@vegasbeersales 23 дня назад

Nice to see the love for Jerry Jeff Walker on here.

@paulthompson4545 23 дня назад

I loved Jerry Jeff

@michaellockhart554 24 дня назад

As mentioned written by Jerry Jeff Walker, it was Jerry Jeff that took Jimmy Buffett to Key West, Jerry Jeff, Waylon, Willie, David Allen Coe, and Kris Kristofferson were the original Outlaws

@dennisshaper4744 22 дня назад

Jerry Jeff was the original... The others followed suit.

@MissouriJohnson 23 дня назад

That verse about the dog always hits me. I'm in 50's and had two great dogs in my lifetime. One when when I was as a child and one which I lost going year ago. I will still morn them till my dying day.

@cosmiccowboy7764 23 дня назад

Always loved the story intro to the nitty gritty dirt band version . The old man telling his story and about his singing dog Teddy. Aaahooow🐶

@jimwilcox2964 23 дня назад

The Uncle Charlie interview that leads into the song.

@brucedillinger9448 23 дня назад

The mandolin is such a heartfelt instrument. Always pulls at the heartstrings!

@clg3697 24 дня назад

My favorite version of "Mr Bojangles" is the great Nia Simone. It is the same song but there is such a difference in the mood. I love Sammy Davis Jrs' version too. It is just a wonderful song. Thanks for the Nitty Griity Dirt Band reaction today, the mandolin is beautiful.💜

@cindy2252 23 дня назад

I get emotional when I hear the Greek Bazuki play from my time in Greece. The Mandolin is heavenly and lyrical. I always tear up when I hear this song. ❤

@GaryCain-qf5vi 23 дня назад

1973 Nitty-gritty dirt band played at my College ln Michigan, we were floor level in the gymnasium and they were right in front of us, Mr. Bojangles what a great song. Saw Sammy Davis Jr, at his last public appearance in San Diego at The American Dance Honors 1990, his friend Liza Minnelli presented him the Lifetime Achievement Award, Peace✌️ and Love ❤️ your 70 year old forever hippie Gary 😊 great reaction 🤣

@kimberly3131 23 дня назад

What great memories. Even without seeing them live in concert, we're so lucky to have all these great songs as touchstones to bring back fond memories from our past.

@GaryKing-by4mb 13 дней назад

This band came out of Long Beach, Cal. Jeff Hanna went to my high school, Jordan. Jackson Browne was a member. I first saw them play at Disneyland in the late sixties. They always put on a beautiful show!

@LindaParker-c9d 24 дня назад

I love your Arizona Diamondbacks hat!!!!! What an honor to Arizona all the way from Oklahoma. I have an aunt and a cousin that lie in Tahlaqua that I visited a few years ago. Thanks for the great tribute to the wonderful state of Arizona.

@timgerke8714 23 дня назад

I don't think it's a D'backs hat. Think it might be Avalanche.

@GeekyGirl80 23 дня назад

It looks like my Dbacks hat. That's my team.

@rwschumm 23 дня назад

This is a Classic Standard! Best Rendition of this song, IMO! Great Choice & Reaction, You Guys! :)

@happymethehappyone8300 20 дней назад

TRUST ME on this one my music lovin' brother & sister,, Rod Stewart "Mandolin Wind" ❤🔥

@mkmstillstackin 23 дня назад

Major Love for this tune! Nostalgia invoked on level 10 hearing this one today!

@StatsJedi 23 дня назад

This is the first version that comes to mind when I hear the title.

@scotts9300 23 дня назад

I've rarely watched more than a couple RU-vid video at one time, but since I found Rob Squad Reaction last week, I've literally watched their videos one after another. I keep going down rabbit holes with everyone's great song recommendations. Brings back such great musical memories from my childhood. Oh, they really like The Doors, now I have to watch all their Doors reactions. Or Steely Dan reactions, or The Doobie Brothers, or Elton John, or Linda Ronstadt, or Bread, etc., etc. Do any subscribers remember the '60s band, Moby Grape? They were a little before my time, but I discovered them about 30 years ago. There are so many interesting facts about this obscure band, but what really matters is their music, which is fantastic - dynamite vocals, four- and five-part harmonies, great musicianship, tight songwriting. Their debut album is considered one of the best rock albums of all time, yet hardly anyone remembers them. All five members wrote songs, played instruments, and sang lead at times - a very rare combination. The worst part of their first album is that the songs are too short. Moby Grape played at The Monterey Pop Festival along with Jimi, Janis, The Jefferson Airplane, etc., but they self-destructed under poor management. If anyone remembers Moby Grape, please recommend the song that you think Jay and Amber would enjoy most!

@ericarachel55 24 дня назад

great rendition of an old classic!

@coffee-xg6my 23 дня назад

Glad ya'll did this version . It's the album cut. It comes right off the end of the recording of Uncle Charlie playing his harmonica and making his dog Teddy, sing. You could hear the end of the recording of the dog howling just as the song started. The radio version of this song is almost an identical arrangement with just a few of the instruments like the mandolin playing slightly different parts which only a musician would notice when listening and comparing the two. For example, in this version you hear the mandolin doing a little picking strum at the very end with the accordion behind it., But in the radio version there is no mandolin at the end, Instead there is a piano part with the accordion behind it.

@tinagoff3573 23 дня назад

Dance Little Jean by them is one I believe you will both love ❤ especially Amber!! Thanks for a great reaction. I agree more rat pack soon!! ❤❤

@jameswinburn6843 День назад

This song was done by other artists but the Dirt Band version was, by far, the best. I was lucky enough to see them in concert in the mid ninties when all the original members returned except for Jackson Brown. The mandolin really made the song and since that concert I've seen them three times but never with the original mandolin. It was still good but I had already seen the best. I saw them in Evansville, Indiana last week for the last time. They're on their farewell tour now and it was a bittersweet night seeing the last of my favorite band. Now try listening to "Dance Little Jean". My favorite Dirt song.

@gallery963 24 дня назад

Thank you for this one.

@stellarpod 23 дня назад

Just a wonderful, wonderful song, written by none other than Jerry Jeff Walker. As always, thanks much for sharing. Steve

@duaneford8875 24 дня назад

Fantastic. I know you reacted to Sammy Davis Jr doing this, and Sammy is a top notch entertainer, but this song has so much more punch by NGDB.

@RedBud315 22 дня назад

Except that the story fits Sammy Davis Jr's life a lot more than it does NGDB.

@BigToeify 23 дня назад

One of my favorite songs from childhood. Thanks for doing this one. And I’m with you Amber the mandolin has the sweetest sound ever. You should buy one and learn 😁

@floridaboy6051 24 дня назад

Long Hard Road (aka The Sharecroppers Song) is a great song by them about growing up poor with dreams of becoming a big star, only to realize the simple things of life are what really matter. It would be a great one for y'all to react to. My grandfather was a sharecropper, so it touches home.

@kathyrizzi8754 3 дня назад

Wow, they sang this song great, never heard this band sing Mr. Bojangles, I loved it!👏👏👏🔥🔥🧡🧡

@SuperAdviceGuy 23 дня назад

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has so many great songs. It seems like people always react to the same couple of songs from an artist. Here's a list of songs that should be heard. Long hard road I love only you Stand a little rain When it's gone Will the circle be unbroken These are some great songs that should be listened to.

@jackcotner8981 23 дня назад

My favorite album. First heard these guys in 1970. Been a fan ever since.

@kennydunlap817 24 дня назад

If you like the mandolin and you like Bluegrass listen to Bill Monroe one of the best men's players ever

@johntiggleman4686 23 дня назад

@kennydunlap817 I also recommend The Dillards. They portrayed the Darling brothers on the old Andy Griffith show. Some great picking from them.

@stephensmith3111 19 дней назад

Back in the mid 1980s, I was a student at the University of Kansas [Gasp!] and they had an annual outdoor festival on the Fourth of July Weekend called Independence Days. One particular summer the live music was provided by Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, also Doc Watson. Americana music at its finest. Monroe and the Boys were all immaculately dressed in identical blue wool suits, pressed white shirts, string ties, and Stetson hats; that would not my first choice of attire on a hot, humid Kansas night on the flood plain of the Kansas River. And yet this 70-plus year old man was singing 'that high, lonesome sound' and picking out notes on his mandolin at a rate that would have made Eddie Van Halen sit up and pay attention.

@kenrathbun9383 24 дня назад

One of their best….I also recommend “House at Pooh Corner” and “An American Dream”(as the Dirt Band).

@caryriggs6000 22 дня назад

House on Pooh corner is fabulous

@captainsatellite2112 23 дня назад

My mom absolutely loved when Sammy Davis Jr. would dress in rags and dance to this awesome song on a variety show. When I visited we would listen to music or I would bring a favorite DVD or a newer movie I thought she would like. She passed two years ago at 101 and I occasionally play it in my guitar practice sessions for her. I know she had a very long life but I still miss her very much.❤❤❤

@elizabethfranco1284 24 дня назад

Love both of these versions! Now please react to The Bee Gees To Love Somebody

@ProdigyBowlersTour 23 дня назад

This was their biggest hit. Along with "Down On Pooh Corner." Fun fact: Comedian Steve Martin used to tour with them, and would occasionally sit in and play with them. (Steve is one of the world's finest ukelele players.)

@mariopioggiajr.8546 24 дня назад

If you love the mandolin you should check out Bruce Hornsby & The Range “ Mandolin Rain” fantastic song

@jrox6091 23 дня назад

Don't you love this version? I remember it well, everyone heard it on AM radio back then. Songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker was so talented. You'd definitely love his 1972 hit, LA Freeway, ironically not written by him 🙃. It's about packing up and leaving Los Angeles "without gettin' killed or caught." Excellent tune. You love the mandolin? So do I! So give a listen to Rod Stewart's 1971 tune, Mandolin Wind if you haven't already. He wrote it & sang it beautifully and it does a mandolin lover proud. One of my top 3 favorite songs & always handy on my playlists. Be blessed ❤

@patswanson2870 24 дня назад

You might want to react to Mandolin Wind by Rod Stewart.

@hoganshero19 23 дня назад

This is one of your best, it makes me think of the actor Bojangles from the early 1930s who performed with shirley temple. He taught how to dance. Love this song and always will.

@kennydunlap817 24 дня назад

When are you two going to react to some more Hank Williams Junior?

@SeminoleRail 23 дня назад

"Colorado Christmas" by the Nitty Gritty Dirty Band is one of my favorite Christmas songs and would be a good one to listen to this upcoming holiday season.

@kenbaker4925 24 дня назад

Play. Mandolin Wind by Rod Stewart

@williamjackson3617 10 дней назад

This is one of my all time favorite songs ever. I grew up with this song. Bring me back to when I was a kid. I lived in the Country and on certain days of the week every week for years my Mom and Dad would go grocery shopping in town and I would go with them. They would go to a certain bar it was called Adams bar. They would go to the bar and I would run around town I would run the streets and go to the town pool hall. This song would be playing on the junk box along with a lot of the other old songs that you play. This song makes me miss my Mom and Dad. I believe that I was around ten years old. Back then you could run around and not worry about anything like someone picking you up and kidnapping you. This song just brings back so many memories. I Love 💗 and miss my Parents so much.Both of them passed away way back in 1995.I just miss everyone and everything about those days 😢. I am 67 years old and I just cannot believe how many families members and friends I have lost.

@100PaulRees 22 дня назад

Wow I haven’t thought of them in years and LOVE it. My friends and I used to skip afternoon classes in high school and sit in their basement listening to them, Fleetwood Mac, and Lou Reed. One summer we all went to a nearby bluegrass festival for the weekend just to see them! Awesome!😊❤

@surlechapeau 24 дня назад

Jay & Amber, you’ll love Sammy Davis Jr.’s versions of "Love Me or Leave Me" and “That Old Black Magic”!!! "Love Me or Leave Me" features him scatting!! Yes, Sammy could do it all, sing, act and dance!!!! (you already reacted to Sammy's version of Mr Bojangles Aug 25, 2021)

@danacasey8543 23 дня назад

Oh the memories! I was a sophomore in high school. I remember riding on the back of a convertible Karmen Ghia with this song blasting, and all 5 of us in the car singing along! Thank you! I haven't thought of that in decades!

@SouthVARonnie 23 дня назад

I doubt many of the younger viewers here have much clue as to what a (VW)Karmann Ghia, even is. My neighbor across the street was a Navy Pilot, who had a '60s model V-12 Jag, & then a new neighbor moved in, who had two Karmann Ghia convertibles. This was a middle class neighborhood, with mostly sedans, soccer vans & PU trucks. Very few Sports Cars.

@Mickraut-xe5im 24 дня назад

Yes, Bill Robinson was known as Bojangles but this song was not about him.

@timoeland6159 23 дня назад

Another great mandolin song from the '70's is a Loggins and Messina song called "Be Free". It has a long mandolin / fiddle solo in the middle that's amazing. Jim Messina is one of the best mandolinists around.

@susan042458 19 дней назад

I've always loved this song and I put it on my MP3 player in my car. My little dog Muffin had a stroke and I took her to the vet and this song was on. I ended up having to put her to sleep and I was devastated. I came back out to the car when it was over and started the car. The song was up to the line "the dog up and died" and I had to pull my car over. I still have a hard time listening to this song without crying. It's a beautiful song though.

@tjhorne82 24 дня назад

Finally!!! I've been waiting for this one for years!!! This an amazing song.

@GranpaMike 23 дня назад

Gorgeous song, loved it for ages. You mentioned the Rat Pack... to see Dean and Sammy together in a hilarious comedy (for your other channel), check out "THE CANNONBALL RUN" (1981). It's also got Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Jack Elam, Roger Moore, Jackie Chan, Mel Tillis, Terry Bradshaw, Peter Fonda, Jamie Farr, and many, many more. It's like a celebrity buffet from that era, and is directed by Hal Needham (director of "SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT" (1977)). High octane fun... with an occasional beer.

@kingscairn 23 дня назад

1971 I was18 - hitchiked from Homestead Fl to New Orleans along i10 to see The Allman Brothers play New Years Eve at A Warehouse On the Levee - long to short ( what a nite) - but after finding my way around in the Quarter , in front of Holme's Kitchen ( a soup kitchen ) .35 for a plate of beans n rice - Mr Bojangles was hangin outside soft shoein for change ..

@sourisvoleur4854 24 дня назад

Loved this song when I was a kid. You can just fall into it. Always reminds me of fishing with my grandpa at Pine Lake -- because it was on the radio. What a lovely trip into good memories.

@jeremyhammond6540 23 дня назад

I remember my first time hearing this song. I was around 4-5. My dad's friend had this re record and I used to ask him to play it ALL the time.

@bjdefilippo447 23 дня назад

One of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar. I love the lyrics, which still move me.

@brianbrekke9500 4 дня назад

NGDB was classified as rock when they first came out, they eventually embraced their country/bluegrass sound. They did 3 albums with the title Will the circle be unbroken. Volume 1 came out in 1972, Volume II in 1989 and Volume III in 2002. They did this song with Rock and Country musicians from Past. present, and future. Check out the Volume 1 and see all the Big names that were in on this jam/picking session.

@dea1man 23 дня назад

I Absolutely LOVE this version, but I feel privileged to have seen Mr. Sammy Davis do this LIVE, in Las Vegas ,when I was about 10 years old!

@user-gz2yt8nb4x 24 дня назад

If you love the mandolin I would revisit The Hooters. You’ve listened to “And we Danced”. I recommend “Where do the Children Go” which features the amazing Patty Smyth and a beautiful mandolin throughout.

@mathewfranco3211 23 дня назад

I’ve heard this song many many times but through you guys I actually felt it. Thank you 😊

@istari0 21 день назад

Another song I haven't heard in such a long time. I can't believe I had forgotten all about. Thanks!

@tomyoung9049 23 дня назад

Such a fine sound. The emotions pour out of this song.

@volkerthienenkamp9720 23 дня назад

Talking of storytelling: We always have „Face on the Cutting Room Floor“ by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on our summer playlists. Wonderful song and performance.