Here is the thread back to the original version: "Black Betty" Form work song, marching song, jody call Original artist Iron Head Recorded by Iron Head, Lead Belly, Ram Jam, Manfred Mann, Ministry, Spiderbait, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Meat Loaf, Soil Can all be found here on RU-vid. Enjoy!
A song that's not only pro-interracial dating, but which is fucking cool from start to finish. A nice change from all the civil rights strife of the previous decade.
This is teh REAL American ROCK !!!! Bands like this ,Van Halen-Journey-Foreigner-Grand Funk-Boston are the REAL THING!!!!! WE NEED NEW BANDS PLAYING THIS REAL IMMORTAL MUSIC!!! FUCK OLD PRIMITIVE DUMB JURASSIC ALT "rock" (C)RAP (S)HIT HOP
exb9sx needs to let that glass pipe cool.....kountreepimp, Black Betty was a tune that Leadbelly wrote and recorded back in the '20's. he also wrote and recorded a few tunes that were hate whitey tunes but I wouldn't be offended if someone recorded them.
@kountreepimp38 You like the Rollin' Stones Brown Sugar? I know that Black Betty is an old blues tune (check the right side -->). It may have had a different meaning when it was first written.
@kountreepimp38 it's ok to like it . back in the day....... black betty was speed. it came in little black pills. no race involved. not to condone drug use.
LeadBelly wasn't the original. In 1928 LeadBelly heard it from a man in prison and he went on to publish it staking claim to the song. He later admitted it. Ram Jam done a better job than anyone..