Rapper first time REACTION to The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company 

" it’s about a man who, uh, murders his cheating wife and is super stoked to go to hell with her, and uh, it sounds grim" - Danny Kenyon, cellist of The Dead South

"It has a banjo and it's a murder ballad. What kind of music is this?" IT'S BLUEGRASS! THIS IS BLUEGRASS! Banjos & fiddles & murder ballads are the iconic sound of bluegrass! More specifically, this is what we in Appalachia call "newgrass". It's the hipper, newer version of a classical old sound. :)

The song is about someone whose wife is cheating on them, and they decide to shoot both the wife and the sancho and then kill themselves. They all are going to hell as sinners but at least they will have company there. The lyric that communicates this clearly is, "After I count down three rounds(bullets) In hell ill be in good company." It's so cool y'all chose to react to this. Glad to be on this journey seeing you both expanding your appreciation for all types of music. Keep up the great work. Shout out from the 719!

Cool side note: The Banjo player, Colton, is a HUGE metalhead and used to play guitar in a death metal band. They way ive described them is "bluegrass with metal sensibilities"

I love this band! So glad you reacted! This band is from Canada. I love their “You are my Sunshine” cover. I am from Alabama and I was kinda surprised by their “twang” 😂😂

The genre is "Bluegrass" it's a Cello, a Banjo and some awesome vocal harmonizing. The Dead South are another fine Canadian export.

A Mormon, an Amish, a Southern Baptist, and a Hasidic Jew walk into a bar...

Like so many others I love this Canadian band and their misfit collage of bluegrass/folk with a twist. So glad you two are exploring other artist in different genres! Because you did this reaction I'm gonna subscribe!

Thank you for reacting to "The Dead South". This band is Canadian, and as a fellow Canadian I love these guys. Try reacting to "You Are My Sunshine" and "Black Lung". Both are incredible!

Great reaction! This song always makes me smile, it's got a very positive vibe, even if it's about going to hell 😂

I've seen them live twice. Great shows. So many good songs. Listen to black lung, spaghetti, deep when the rivers high. They harmonize so good. Actually just watch live at the house of blues, Boston.

The Dead South are a superb band and some of their covers are wild!

From my homeland Saskatchewan Canada 🍁 We are the backwoods hicks of Canada 🇨🇦 So proud of these boys!

It's literally a song about a double-murder suicide when a guy catches his wife cheating on him. He just breaks. Dead love couldn't go no further (because his entire perception of the relationship was shattered in the moment he saw her) Proud of, and disgusted by her (because she was able to snare this other guy) Push, shove, a little bruised and battered (referencing the confontation) Oh Lord, I ain't coming home with you (because he knows he just crossed a line and heaven ain't on the docket anymore) My life's a bit more colder (coming down from the murders, realizing he just killed the person he cares about the most) Dead wife is what I told her (self-explanatory) Brass knife sinks into my shoulder Oh babe, don't know what I'm gonna do (grief and guilt-motivated suicidal ideation here) Then we get to Danny's lines I see my red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee, my squeeze The stage it smells, tells Hell's bells, miss-spells, knocks me on my knees It didn't hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt, hang me on a tree After I count down three rounds, in Hell I'll be in good company All of this is simply him taking in the scene of the struggle that went down, the aftermath of killing his wife and her lover, and saying, fuq it. I'm going to hell, but at least she'll be there too. Very dark song, yeah, but cleverly arranged and presented. And quite the earworm. This isn't my usual genre by any mark but this song was stuck in my head for WEEKS after I first heard it.

One of my fav's been on the net for an age....🍰

These guys are insane live! Seen them in the UK 3 times ❤

I love the Dead South ,they do a great live session! Awesome review & reaction you two!..👍👍

I love their cover of People are Strange - a Doors song. Also their cover of You are my Sunshine, they make it almost a dirge. It is amazing.

We call this music "Southern Gothic" It's a darker form of folk, bluegrass and country music that has been around for a while but is rarely ever played on the radio. Some folks say it was inspired by the writing genre of the same name. If you google Southern Gothic Music and scroll down the rabbit hole through the pages you'll find more about it and the artists that play in it. Another band I really like that does this same sort of thing is called The Heavy Horses. Those Poor Bastards and Old Crow Medicine Show are good examples also. You might have heard a cover of Old Crow's song Wagon Wheel that was done by Darius Rucker a while back.

Oh this is some good shit

Loved this song right from the start

Folk or southern gothic is typically what it's called. Definitely has some bluegrass classic country vibes though.

Thank you that you did this band!🙂👍 I have like them many years so far. Greetings from Finland! (by Nightwish fan since 1998)

This is my 2 yr old nieces' favorite song. She has had to listen to this song at least 5 per day for close to a year now. ❤

I'm Canadian, my sister introduced me to this song due to the editing involved in creating this video. I'm hooked on this tune, don't care about the genre , when it's good....

Thanks for reacting to these guys. As a Canadian I have been following them for years. Love this song!

Love these guys My daughter really loved them and the little "dance" they do when she was like 3. See how your daughter likes it BP!!!

Genre: Bluegrass lyrics: Lyrics Dead love couldn't go no further Proud of, and disgusted by her Push, shove, a little bruised and battered Oh Lord, I ain't coming home with you My life's a bit more colder Dead wife is what I told her Brass knife sinks into my shoulder Oh babe, don't know what I'm gonna do I see my red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee, my squeeze The stage it smells, tells Hell's bells, miss-spells, knocks me on my knees It didn't hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt, hang me on a tree After I count down three rounds, in Hell I'll be in good company Dead love couldn't go no further Proud of, and disgusted by her Push, shove, a little bruised and battered Oh Lord, I ain't coming home with you My life's a bit more colder Dead wife is what I told her Brass knife sinks into my shoulder Oh babe, don't know what I'm gonna do I see my red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee, my squeeze The stage it smells, tells Hell's bells, miss-pells, knocks me on my knees It didn't hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt, hang me on a tree After I count down three rounds, in Hell I'll be in good company In Hell, I'll be in good company

I have loved this song for a few years now. I love watching the glasses move from person to person during each switch. For some reason no one comments on it. I guess that is just remnants from working in the TV industry editing and filming that makes me see small things like that.

I always understood “folk” to be an umbrella term like “jazz” or “rock” and blue grass is a type of folk, Americana is, country, even campfire songs are folk. I picture folk music as being any kind of music you can imagine being played on a back porch. Folk is not anything that requires electricity synthesizers, speakers or sound studios, just musicians and their instruments making music together…

Yes! I love these guys.....good reaction bois!

I found this video by accident one day. Loved it ever since.

This guys are veeeery cool. Glad to see you guys opening to so many different veins of music.

Love this song! So cool!

"Americana". So many great musicians... Colter Wall, Sierra Farrell, Charley Crockett, Shakey Graves, Benjamin Todd... etc.

Congrats on reaching 100k subs guys!!! Well deserved, keep it up !!!

Omg omg. How did i miss you 2 doing these guys. Don thanks dor bringing these guys i love this one by them😊

Massacre of El Kuroke, The Recap, Miss Mary, Banjo Odyssey, Black Lung, Diamond Ring and their covers are all 10/10 bangers, and they put on an amazing live show.

It's the finger snaps for me! 😆

Note that he's got the chello up on his hip, this is the precursor to the blues guitar. Before they created the "electric bass" which looks like a turn-of-the-century torture device with electricity. And it worked well. But this was how they did it back in the day. Then to pull in that Appalachian influence, just rounds out this weird bluegrass/folk thing. It's deviously brilliant.

Oh f yea. Been bumping this jam a few years now 🎉

This is one of my favorites. The band Devil equals 3 old number 7 Is banger and I think you’d like it!

love this song, can't wait!

Also Colter Wall, "sleeping on the Blacktop" (do the album version) and the "devil wears a suit and tie" he'll blow your mind! 🤯🤩

Sweet you guys hit 100k subs....Bad Ass I knew it would happen as you provide great entertaining content. Thanks and Congrats, way more to come!

These dudes are amazing! Been a fan for years

You should check out Billy Strings 'Dust in a Baggie' of him sitting on a coach. Or the spoon Lady, she's super cool she plays the spoons

The video was shot in Toronto ON and in/around Regina Saskatchewan which is north of North Dakota. By the way, the 'homey' is part First Nation (american: Native American).

haha, I love this band. Last year, this band sent me on a southern nu-blue grass rabbit hole. I'm not suggesting it for you but I really liked it. Just last week I found out that The Dead South is from the province over from where I live (I live a couple hours south of Calgary, Alberta). The Dead South even compelled me to post one of their songs on my Facebook. The song is You Are My Sunshine, a rendition from the song my mama used to sing to me as a child. Somehow, the Dead South were able to make that cheery song into a real dark, lover scorned song. That one you might be interested in =)

They have a video on RU-vid where they are live at red rocks it’s fire

Good choice, they got some good cover as well !

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Y'all gotta listen to Banjo Odyssey now,!!!!

I have seen them 3 times, Really a fun concert and great music.

I like their voices and 2 piece band, cello and banjo. Yes BOYZ they are interesting, the title is interesting...🙄👍☝️🖼☝️🎇🤓

Excellent!!! The Dead South!

Folk punk has to be one of my favorite genres to listen to. Should check out some of that stuff. Or Jared meeeeeees!

I agree we try too much to put people in nice neat genres. Forget the genres and just enjoy good music.

it be a cello and he be playin it like a upright bass and the style the dead south be be called bluegrass

Banjo odesy is great

The Dead South are from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

I grew up listening to Charlie Pride. I remember seeing him in concert when I was a kid way back in 1974 during the expo in Spokane

Bluegrass is basically a mix of mainly UK and Irish folk music and African American music like blues, field hollering (work music) and psalm singing. It's like the original two-tone music 😊

I love this song!

congrats on hitting 100k that big!!!!!!

Yo! Got that 100k Plaque is in the Mail !!

Congrats to hitting 100K. Well deserved.

Blue eyed soul = Righteous Bros.

Love this band!

"Hankfan Hankfan" has the biggest selection of old timey, old country, and southern gospel that I've found on RU-vid.

In a similar vain as "The Aristocrats" is a community theme among comedians, in a few music genres the "Murder Ballad" is a tradition. Country and Bluegrass are two of them. You can look at Johnny Cash's "Deliah's Gone" as another example. This is a play on the the Murder Ballad. And is what the lyrics are describing. If you're looking for some more examples of hybrid Bluegrass, where the Bluegrass is up front but blends other styles, here are a few I'd recommend: Truckstop Honeymoon: Capitol Hill The Haunted Windchimes: Out With The Crow Sarah Jarosz: Song Up In Her Head

This is the first I've heard them. It's definitely different, and lots of fun! The song would have fit in very well in the movie "Brother Where Art Thou". (Yes, bluegrass.)

Music has so many interpretations! Never heard this song before but I sure do like it. I was thinking about how they managed to splice the scenes together so seamlessly. Definitely put in some traveling miles to make this video. Love your reactions. Thanks for sharing.

my husband loves this song

Omg I love this song! My husband introduced me to this band few years ago.. this one is one of my favorites..

Pretty cool new band. Thanks for the reaction.

They are amazing live too

This is on my Everyday playlist! So happy to see you reacting to this style of music! 😂❤Love you guys.

I found out about these guys becuz they shot this MV and another In my city. I also saw them playing on the back of a semi multiple times around downtown not knowing who they were, but later stumbling on the MV and thinking OH SHIT I WAS THERE!! LES GOO. They had my location right outside my work by Dundas Square semi flatbed on the back with speakers & instruments strapped down.. it was pretty cool, to find I actually love their music lmao

Yes, you made the 100K...congrats Bros..

These guys are fun

Yes!!!! So stoked to see you guys react to this. I love these guys. I listen to every genre of music but this is my roots. I grew up learning to play the guitar from my da. We would play bluegrass and folk together. So awesome thank you for reacting to this! Love you guys.

Canadian band. They are a fusion of bluegrass and folk with a twist. It's about a dead husband who was proud his wife stood up to him and killed him.

I see these live when they came to UK they played BRIGHTON where our Amazing REN is based !! They are an amazing band Live !

FBoyz approved! I better listen to more of their stuff.👍😁🦇

Brilliant!! I love this song! 😆👏

I really like their cover of You are My Sunshine!!!

wow, this song is back. Always loved it.

fella is first nation. all respect.

This is one of my favorite songs. I love the Dead South, their catchiness and uplifting rhythm/melody as well as their look. the thin guys high voice, the bearded fellows low and all the hidden "jokes" in the scenes.. If you are not afraid from a lot of meaning being hidden in the scenes then there is a band that does this in their songs, which are in Russian, but have descent Captions in English. It would be interesting to see your thoughts if you have not previously done that for ska type of music - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1ugivNRYfjc.html

like many of us who have known or heard about this group its so cool to see others react to them...its like a "You made it." moment when some of your favorite reactors react to the lesser known groups.

And they’re Canadian!

I just love this song ❤

I forgot about this band! Nice to hear again.

Their cover of You Are My Sunshine is freaking AMAZING as is their song Banjo Odyssey. They are a Canadian band.

I have tickets to see these guys at The Roundouse in London on 27th October this year. Small 850 capacity venue. Can't fuq-ing wait

Dead South 🫶 these dudes rock 🤘

Woah! Didn't expect this to be on here, nice!

The band is Canadian, so it's Canadian Bluegrass. LoL I saw them live in Columbus Ohio, and they are phenomenal! Met them afterwards and they are the nicest bunch of guys I ever met.

I can’t say for sure what this song is about. My best thought is it is about a person cheating on their significant other. They tell their target that their wife is dead to garner sympathy.