RIP Jo-el. He passed away last night after performing this song on stage in Texas one last time on Saturday January 13th 2024. You will be missed Jo-el. Aye-eee!
You don't have to be another Garth Brooks or George Strait to have a good career. Jo-El had a few hit country singles in the late '80s and he was in the business, working and performing for the rest of his life, another 35 years. Pretty good for an artist who stuck to his Cajun roots.
@@LinkRocks I agree. You don’t have to be a super star to be well loved or to be happy. Jo-el did have a nice long career that he was happy with. He was Autistic and had a hard time around crowds. I think being just under the main stream media fit him perfectly. He could still go out and about in the public and yes sometimes he would be recognized, but for the most part he could still go out without being recognized. Jo-el was a super sweet guy.
Show dem angels how we do in de swamp mon freir! This one hurts. We have lost a true swamp legend. The first to make bayou music loved by folks around the world. Jo-El Sonnier, the truest definition of a legend. I grew up listening to him. I still listen to Jolie Blon, Evangeline, and so many others. I’d bet money that the Bayou Bishops Mah-Mah plays his music at all her parties. The entire state of Louisiana is in mourning today. Laissez les bons temps rouler in Heaven
I remember when this video came out many years ago. I loved it then, I love it more now. Jo El Sonnier is super talented. I'm a big fan of his. Have been from way back. Git it Jo!!!!
I've been hearing this song since I was in high school (40 years now) when Richard Thompson released Hand of Kindness,, but I never knew Jo-El shot a video or that Judge Reinhold was in it. R.I.P. Jo-El.
I remember being mesmerized by the artist, song, video, and Judge Reinhold when this song and video first came out. I hope that there will be some good Cajun music up in heaven when I get up there.
Came here after hearing he passed away. Not really into country but wanted to see if I recognized the song? Nope. This song has a Tejano/Cajun touch to it.
I don’t think Donald trump will ever call you “sir”, he never really respected us rural folks. Politics aside, Don has no rhythm and I bet you’re a better polka dancer.
I am sorry about his passing. We watched this video at Six Flags Magic Mountain in the 90s. I am still trying to figure out the woman actress in this video. Video so great!
I remember seeing this Music Video on T.V I was just a Youngster at the time I found it Funny when the Man was Scurrying around and Running from his Wife I told myself that the Man is Running around his Living Room like a Chipmunk 🐿😂🤣
Jo-El was the opening act for the first concert I ever attended; it was him, the Charlie Daniels Band, and Alabama. I had a picture of him on my wall for years; I was addicted to this style of music, and thankfully, it enjoyed being in the spotlight for awhile due to Jo-El and Eddy Raven. Apparently, Patty Loveless did a version of "Tear-Stained Letter" about a decade later. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ge27s8ynDZk.html
Wow. That concert was also my first!! Saw them all in Saginaw, Mi. I believe it was Alabama's Southern Star tour. Jo-El rocked as an opening act! I think I was 14 at the time. Good times.
You have NOT experienced this song EFFECTIVELY, unless you just happened to hear it FULL BLAST in a bar or nightclub under the influence of copious amounts of Miller Genuine Draft/Whatever- your- favorite- bottled- brew- happened- to- be, AND..... doing a line dance to it with perhaps 25--30 people, that I believe came out of the Bay Area of California, called "The Walking Wazi" ("Wazee"?) It wasn't just a traditional line dance where everyone just danced in the same spot and did the same dance moves, Oh no! This was a public dance number that if you DIDNT know what you were doing....Just by the dance itself you were just bulldozed right off the floor! (It wasnt really that hard to learn, but you HAD to know what you were doing if you were going to...As they used to say in Hip-Hop lingo... "Bust a move" with the Wazi. The music VIDEO to this song is goofy, and really not worth watching*, but the song itself?? I can still feel the sweat on my brow, smell the cigarette smoke, taste the beer, notice the girls checking me out, and the loudness/speed/beat of it in that night club almost literally carry my body back to those night club daze. The aerobic memory of that dance to this song has caused me to lose 2lbs just THINKING about it. GOD! That was FUN!!
I’m a huge fan of the guy who wrote and originally recorded this song, Richard Thompson. I’ve see him play a few acoustic sets in old churches and little clubs, and he is a masterful songwriter/performer. But he is just simply not a guy whose songs get played full-blast at max capacity nightclubs. Except, I am learning, in this instance. Reading your comment truly made me smile, and reminded me that 1) life is weird and 2) music is mysterious and magical. To think that a British songwriter/guitar genius, through the magic of music, wrote a song that ended up making a bunch of wild, tipsy young folks go nuts to it back in the 80’s. So thanks for sharing this- I will likely remember it anytime I listen to Richard’s version, from now on.
@@patrickbrownson1 Not 80's....Early 1990's!😊 Glad you liked the comment though.....You just had to be there!😂 (Like I said just THINKING about this song and that "Walking Wazee" Line Dance is making the aerobic beads of sweat form on top if my head!!)
If you mean the main character gal, I'm pretty sure it's not. But I can see why you'd say that. If it's someone in the crowd ( that I didn't see ) then I don't know.
