John Daker Sextet 

Reva's piano introductions are basically a passive aggressive guessing game which she has enjoyed playing for 55 years in that town.

Daker looks like he's still trying to sing Amore

Why’d they have to stick my man in the back. Daker is a star, let him shine ⭐️

Yellow dress woman has a very confident singing voice. A very confident, leprechaun-like singing voice.

I love how no one wants to be the first one to start singing. These are church people for sure.

If only John Daker knew how beloved he'd become. Too bad they didn't film him more, this guy is awesome.

Dakar is being held back by these amateurs. DAKAR SMASH

A living Mt. Rushmore forever captured on film.

Whenever your in a dark depressed place, just turn on a Reva Unsicker video, and the universe becomes puppies and rainbows.

Love his extreme "o" face on O vowels. Somebody told him to do that once, and by golly, he's nailing it!

John Daker looks like he stayed in place after "Amoruh" and everyone else just gathered around him

Daker is the kind of guy you want having your back in a bar fight.

one of the ladies singing sounds EXACTLY like the munchkins from wizard of oz.

Daker is struggling so hard with those words in the back. Good ole Daker.

Even though I'm decades younger than them, if I'm with them with Reva playing, I think I would still struggle to keep up. Reva really plays at warp speed

I like how every single one of them missed the cue to start singing, just like John did in his solo performance.

I really like the old guy on the left. I think he just wondered in from the Lawrence Welk audience.

At 2:10, Daker pulls a TOTAL “Whep”. You can see it, & he has that same disappointed look!!

It's like a class of first graders putting on a concert for the parents: one kid is fucking around with her clothes and face while she inches her mouth closer to the mic so that no one will miss out on her spectacular singing; one kid is distracted by looking at the kid next to her; one kid is rule bound and follows the EXACT mouth movements the teacher showed them (and he probably got pissed at the others for not doing what the teacher said); one kid who wants to be ANYWHERE but there and he's fucking hungry dammit; a goodie-two-shoes who's clearly teacher's pet ("Nice job Patsy"); and a stud-dude in the back who probably has kissed the little temptress in front with the mustard yellow dress who can't stop fucking around with her appearance.

"God Bless America", or as John Daker interprets it, "Goooooood Hmuuuu Buhhhh Hoo Muh Merrrrrr".

if you popped a baloon in that room they would all simultainously die.

You just know that little vixen Margie with the uncontrollable vibrato has broken up half the marriages in town. She was working on John Daker before the show, which explains why he couldn't remember the lyrics to Amore. Just look at those lustful, sidelong glances she's giving George Stanton...playing his affections against those of Daker. There was a brawl after the cameras shut down, trust me.

There seems to be an issue with singing the first two words of a song...

What a singer And celebrity Daker was. Some have said that whenever Daker entered a room, a light, a bright blinding light would fill the room and people would cower to his greatness. He was like Elvis

I saw him at Woodstock. great concert. After that he played a few gigs in Japan .. and then the big Live Aid concert with Phil Collins on drums and Billy joel on Piano.

Daker looks like he creeped out from behind the curtain to sing along

"Way to go Kathy". She's probably being congratulated because of her AMAZING high note at the end that's just SOOOO beautiful...

Goddamn, I love when Daker and the gang go right into a medley.

Gotta love that warbling diva hogging the mic. "God bless Amerryca!" I like how by the second go-round, she's completely silent, and then during glory, glory hallelujah she ever so slowly begins getting louder and louder. LOL

Yeah Margie plug that ear... Your pitch is right on girl!!

Margie's tiny little self-confident head bobble both delights me and fills me full of rage.

I feel bad for john daker. He looks a shy nervous guy..imagine fucking up THAT bad on tv.. His only conciliation was that it was public tv (small audience) and in 2 years no one would remember..... then after two years he moved on with his life and forgot all about it... then 15+ years later.. youtube came along ><

These people are precious. I want them all for neighbors.

"Where the bags of wrath are stored???" Did I hear that right?

mmmm humm am-hmm-hum-hhm, LAAND THAT I LOOVE... ...(whep!).

His lips...his eyes...his expressions...oh, never change, John. Never change. Also, getcher arse back on the telly and sing some more for us!!

Daker "whep"@2:09

These people never knew a thing like RU-vid would ever be invented.

Reva HATES the first word of every song ever written and she has ways to make sure it is never sung.

Little Know Fact: Woman in mustard-colored outfit was the top Mary Kay Cosmetics salesperson in Peoria County, Illinois.

Margie is visibly stunned that she's having to sing God Bless America a second time.

The single most beautiful sound ever captured happens at 2:33. Chapter 4 "Harmonizing"

so these are the people john daker hangs out with. nice!!!!

Peoria 's got talent!

That 'amen' at 2:34 is something else...

“In the night from the lights of the bus”

I tried and I tried and I tried to figure out where the downbeat was after her intro. I know if the John Daker Sextet couldn't come in on time, then little ol me with a music composition degree from Berklee sure wasn't going to find it.

soaring harmonies..brings tears to my eyes

"From the night and the light from above!" Peoria is 30 minutes away from where I live and my uncle met someone who knows John Daker :D

2:38 John makes the "Okay it's over" face!!!

Anything with complex lyrics in it, John just can't handle. What we need is some to isolate his vocals.

I like how they still miss their cue a second time.

If you watch Johns lips, he doesn’t know these words either 😂

Really great scooping & coming in on the 4th word of ever verse!

I like how the second part of the video, they all start singing really quiet and gradually get louder.

The first time, they all started at different times, second time around? They nailed it! All started at different times again! To be that consistently inconsistent takes talent

"Way to go Patsy" ... lmao

The lights of wrath?! I just coughed up my drink! I hope John punched them all in the biscuits for that error!

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Requirement for this chorus: Heartbeat.

From 0:42 to 0:50 John Dakar face is quite possiblity the best evee

"Stand beside her, and guide her, from the night and the light of the bug..." what?

John Daker in the back?? That's like putting the MVP of your team on the bench!

I can just smell the stale coffee wafting out from the church kitchen

Honestly, John Daker carried it with his unique voice. No sarcasm.

Long Live Reva Unsicker!!!

No matter how fast they sing, she is gonna play it just a fraction faster!

I think I lip-read a "whep" during that last song.

The girl in the front: "Stand beside huh, and guide huh." Huh?

"Way to go, Patsy" my ass. Daker's dropping spiritual napalm here.

Daker is a musical genius

From left to right: Bob Spencer, MichellecaseyandI, John Daker, and random lady ♥️

In case anyone wants to know, "Mine eyes have seen the " are the first words of the second song.

"Stand beside her, and guide her, from the night and the light up above..."

My favorite is the singing chipmunk in the brown/yellow dress.

Daker is The Glen Beck of the musical world! Brilliant!

what a wonderful inspiration john daker is…god bless him…:)

@2:08 Daker is still "whep"-ing back there!

I love how The Great Daker forgets the lyrics in this performance too.

00:47 when he is smiling killed me

Who else had as their first album, Jon Daker Live at Budokan?

I have a need for more of this.

John Daker rules.

Riva needs to realize they aren't recording a 45 and she could let her sexiest of sextets breathe between tunes. I don't know where you're about to eat dinner, but it's not a race, sister! Reva's probably the town's baddest piano player, but damn, sister - you ain't messing around!

Can’t wait for them to start their national arena concert tour! Contact Ticketmaster early to reserve your seat!

Those babes are rockin the shoulder pads!

His mouth and facial expressions. 😄

Never mind the piano introduction, just come in whenever you damn well please. And if you’re not sure of the words, just mumble through it quietly until the part you actually know comes up…

I'll be god damned if John Daker doesn't know the words to this song either!

"and the lights on a Bug..." Really channeling her inner "deer in headlights about to do some major front-end damage" there.

this guy is one in a million!

At 49 seconds his face is classic!

I like John Dakar- makes me smile

“Way to go Patsy.” Nice. Patsy’s just trying to make it through with a chandelier hanging from her ears...oh man, the goat yodel vibrato at the end...Patsy killed it...or was that Marge? YT gold right here.

"Way ta go, Kathy"... 😅😂🤣

Rest In Peace, Mr. Daker 😢

All heavily medicated by the looks of it.

Cannot stop laughing hysterically

I dont think he knew the lyrics this time either, if you watch closely hevis playbacking half the time. Though brings a smile to my face every time!

Johns pulling some pretty crazy faces