Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play (1977)

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  • @Chzyrider
    @Chzyrider Рік тому +62

    One of the most underrated songs of the 70's, loved it then, love it now.. crank it up!

    • @bobwirth9256
      @bobwirth9256 Рік тому +5

      Agree, blasting this song cruising down the highway , i find it hard to not put the pedal down to the rug , or on a bike having the throttle wide open lol cheers .

    • @edwardlemp3555
      @edwardlemp3555 3 місяці тому +2

      very underated. has a regular rotation on KSHE here in St Louis. For years i thought it was a deep Van Halen cut off of Diver down or something. lol

  • @Elderberrie
    @Elderberrie 4 роки тому +237

    I've played with the guy before. He told me this song came from his mom wanting him to learn all the scales. But he was upstairs playing rock and roll. His dad said Mama let that boy play some rock and roll. That came straight from Jerry to me!

    • @kenmartin6776
      @kenmartin6776 4 роки тому +13

      How cool is that! He showed up in Greg Allman's book a bit. Could have been a Brother. Said he didn't like the commitment of a band. Is that true? First heard the song on K-SHE 95 St. Louis in the mid 70s. Bought the album.

    • @jasonmacneil6233
      @jasonmacneil6233 4 роки тому +6

      If that's true that's so solid!

    • @williamsmith8522
      @williamsmith8522 3 роки тому +10

      @@kenmartin6776 I also first heard this song on KSHE

    • @glencoe6305
      @glencoe6305 2 роки тому +12

      @@kenmartin6776 I first heard the song on K-She/95,too. Heard it at my School Cafeteria at lunch time on the School Cafeteria. Late 70s. Eureka .

    • @chrislethbridge6070
      @chrislethbridge6070 2 роки тому +9

      So cool.. met him while sitting on a.park bench several yrs ago in whiterock... we talked about kids, life. at the end of our convo he shook my hand and said oh I'm Jerry great to meet you, see ya around.. just like that and just an overall awesome guy

  • @jjfromthebigland781
    @jjfromthebigland781 3 роки тому +225

    Canadian music has long punched above its weight class 👍🤘

    • @b67y8y
      @b67y8y 3 роки тому +5

      love this

    • @frankgross135
      @frankgross135 3 роки тому +15

      Yes! Doucette. Rush. Streetheart. Triumph. Guess Who. CanRock 🤘🤘

    • @matti8894
      @matti8894 3 роки тому +4

      No doubt

    • @stevemac213
      @stevemac213 2 роки тому +2

      @@hurstshiftin9873 Alice Cooper? um...no.

    • @markopalikko6986
      @markopalikko6986 2 роки тому +4

      @@frankgross135Street heart Canadian, I had no idea. They were great.

  • @rixretros
    @rixretros 3 роки тому +50

    I'm 75 years old and a totally unregenerate rock and roller !! This is in my list of absolute Top 10 R & R tunes of all times. The riffs are fabulous !!! This tune deserves a LOT more respect AND air time from so-called R & R radio. If you're in your vehicle on a road trip, this tune is worth AT LEAST another 10 MPH on the speedo. LOLOL No matter where you are, this tune makes you want to dance NOW !!!
    Thank you, Jerry.

  • @myles-spikewebby8519
    @myles-spikewebby8519 2 роки тому +126

    RIP Jerry Doucette. Thank you Jerry for the music!

    • @Fretless99
      @Fretless99 2 роки тому +12

      So sad, he was a cool guy. our hamilton music scene'll never be the same :(

    • @kevinheatcoat2190
      @kevinheatcoat2190 2 роки тому +9

      @@Fretless99 RIP Jerry Doucette And RIP Eddie Van Halen I Can't believe They Are Both Gone.

    • @ashini9511
      @ashini9511 2 роки тому +5

      I read you and i just understand that the father of "Mama let him play" left us. Thank you Doucette. Your Rock'n Roll will never die.

    • @kevinheatcoat2190
      @kevinheatcoat2190 2 роки тому +3

      @@ashini9511 Jerry Doucette Was Better than Justin Bieber.

    • @k1m6a11
      @k1m6a11 2 роки тому +2

      @@Fretless99 I just found out he's gone. Me & so were in Kelowna for his last concert a few years ago, no tickets, we heard him when we stopped for coffee. We stayed outside the gates, I danced in the street. Wouldn't change a thing.

  • @charliedufault6687
    @charliedufault6687 6 років тому +76

    After all these years, this song is still my NATIONAL ANTHEM!

    • @kevinheatcoat2190
      @kevinheatcoat2190 2 роки тому +5

      RIP Jerry Doucette Sounded Like Eddie Van Halen.

    • @PlaidLaddy
      @PlaidLaddy 2 роки тому +2

      @@kevinheatcoat2190 fuckin right he did! Amazingly underated musician here!

    • @kevinheatcoat2190
      @kevinheatcoat2190 2 роки тому +3

      @@PlaidLaddy I Miss Them Both.

  • @Fretless99
    @Fretless99 2 роки тому +34

    Rest in peace, Jerry Doucette. The Hamilton music scene won't be the same without you sir :(

  • @zachfairfield3496
    @zachfairfield3496 4 дні тому +1

    I understood that Jerry had sort of his big break but the record label went bankrupt. By the time he was able to get back in his groove New Wave music was blowing up and he never went majorly international. I hear you though, Jerry. Keep doing your thing brother.

  • @emilymoore9797
    @emilymoore9797 6 років тому +88

    I’m 20 years old and I am so thankful my parents raised me on rock and roll ❤️❤️

    • @bananacoffeecomments48
      @bananacoffeecomments48 4 роки тому +4

      me to
      rock is god rock is life

    • @mavrosyvannah
      @mavrosyvannah 4 роки тому +4

      Because Hip Hop rots the mind.

    • @jessegroat924
      @jessegroat924 3 роки тому +4

      Rock on young boy.

    • @stephaniewolf2134
      @stephaniewolf2134 3 роки тому +3

      My son is 24 and he was raised on rock and roll ! ❤️

    • @johnny2times990
      @johnny2times990 2 роки тому +1

      I raised my son on 60s 70s 80s Rock n Roll. He thanks me every day. Great music will always live on, like the METAL!!🎸🎸🎸🎸

  • @ericabridget
    @ericabridget 8 років тому +163

    I was born in 75....lived all my life in Minot North Dakota....and I can't tell you WHY....but I LOVE this song....I know my parents listened to this over and over again....I remember the kid sitting there and the dude with the double guitar....lots of Outlaws, April Wine, REO, Van Halen....I thank my dad all the time for raising me RIGHT!!!

    • @laur181
      @laur181 7 років тому +10

      Erica Copeland im born in 2006 and my dad i thank him for raising me with the right music

    • @karlbos1435
      @karlbos1435 7 років тому +6

      And that, your dad did. Was bringing up his kids listen to music of all different kinds,I'm sure, being that your Dad is about the same age as me. I let our 3 kids listen to what I was listening to,and then they listened to what they liked when they aged a bit (High School). Imay not have liked everything that they listened to, but I gave it a try, and found some of it was not so bad. Thanks to our kids, for keeping us on the younger side ! you too !!

    • @hotelbastard7853
      @hotelbastard7853 6 років тому +3

      Erica Copeland me too, but I arrived mid - 67 and heard it on the radio. Dude is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

    • @adriennetanner2960
      @adriennetanner2960 6 років тому +1

      Did you hear this on a radio station out of Winnipeg? If not, I'm impressed that this great tune got airplay in the US.

    • @ultrakool
      @ultrakool 6 років тому

      why not minot? freezins the reason

  • @TheWalterHWhite
    @TheWalterHWhite 6 років тому +146

    Best three things to come out of Canada: Hockey, Poutine, and Rock!

    • @pamelishashdown8750
      @pamelishashdown8750 5 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @almason253
      @almason253 4 роки тому +2

      And now Ganong's Chicken Bones Liqueur num num num

    • @timothymurphy2041
      @timothymurphy2041 4 роки тому +8

      We love you Canada. God bless you and I hope you get a real President like President Trump soon.

    • @susanyeadon6657
      @susanyeadon6657 4 роки тому +8

      Timothy Murphy gee Tim we’ll pass on that we try to keep the shit cleaned up around here, trumps all yours bye!

    • @timothymurphy2041
      @timothymurphy2041 4 роки тому +2

      @@susanyeadon6657 oh, your doing a fine job. Justin trudow the son of Castro. Lol. We have a teal President and we ain't going nowhere. Trump2Q2Q. Nobody can stop what is coming. NOBODY. Trump isn't going anywhere so get used to the US winning on every level. Go watch your fake canadian news. Remember this. TRUMP trumps your pedophile queen loser.

  • @geraldhartley
    @geraldhartley 2 роки тому +34

    RIP Jerry. This song was a staple of my childhood.

  • @kdjohnson7180
    @kdjohnson7180 3 роки тому +19

    Love this song! I'm a '65 baby!! It reminds me of summer in Ontario and listening to CHUM FM!! WHEN RADIO WAS GOOD!! 🇨🇦

  • @richarde1355
    @richarde1355 5 років тому +54

    42 years after I first heard this song, this tune still rocks! The guitar break is so slick and brilliant. If your toes aren't tapping during this song, you're dead, deaf, or have no rhythm...

    • @samuelmac2402
      @samuelmac2402 2 роки тому +2

      listening to the guitar break while i was reading this comment, goose bumps and you had it right. my foots definitely tapping.

    • @alanriley9621
      @alanriley9621 2 роки тому +2

      When I 1st heard this song on the radio I was blown away. Of course I had no idea of who the artist/ band was. I had to call the station and ask the DJ the artists name ( remember those old days ?) I then went out and bought the album. I still have it & play it. One of my favorite songs & a he'll of a guitar player. RIP Jerry.

    • @nathalieconnor5803
      @nathalieconnor5803 2 роки тому

      or really plastered!!

    • @patriciaferguson4281
      @patriciaferguson4281 Рік тому

      boys are different,they need direction,all the time.idleness isthedevils workshop.
      i did not know he died.loved this song.

  • @richarde1355
    @richarde1355 5 років тому +24

    If this song doesn’t get your tapping, you’re dead or deaf...what a kick ass party song!

  • @TheRealRCSparks
    @TheRealRCSparks 2 роки тому +69

    I've always loved this song. I had no idea the artist for Canadian! Learned this through his death. Thank you for this great song :)

    • @mysticmusic100
      @mysticmusic100 2 роки тому +4

      Yes, Born in Montreal and lived his later years in Vancouver suburb, great guitarist always packed the dance floor with this song!

    • @liluziburnt7678
      @liluziburnt7678 2 роки тому +5

      Nice to see you’re also enjoying some classic Canadian rock ! 🤟🏽 Keep up the good vids! Always nice watching your journey’s and enjoying RC-ing with your family and friends! 😁

    • @PlaidLaddy
      @PlaidLaddy 2 роки тому +7

      Canada had the best bands in the late 70s and 80s.

    • @marquesmills7339
      @marquesmills7339 Рік тому

      Sound's like david lee roth only better

    • @helenh1752
      @helenh1752 Рік тому +1

      @@marquesmills7339 nope

  • @stevemoen7912
    @stevemoen7912 Рік тому +1

    When you really listen to music you often think of how what was the person thinking when they sang who wrote this great music and I am 62

  • @dashcroft1892
    @dashcroft1892 4 роки тому +15

    Mushroom Records, Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver in the 70s - great times and great music.

    • @wadejones9613
      @wadejones9613 3 роки тому

      It was . Seen Jerry right back to Rohan's Days .

  • @buffalowallows7689
    @buffalowallows7689 6 років тому +37

    We played this song in our band for 25 years. The crowd always loved it. My brother loved kicking ass on the lead guitar solo. A great song for a three piece band. Great memories!!!

    • @smokenbudesq
      @smokenbudesq 4 роки тому

      JERRY IS MUCH OLDER NOW BUT WAS STILL PLAYING GIGS TILL THE CON=V SCAM CAME ALONG AND DESTROYED THE INDUSTRY.

  • @DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter
    @DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter 5 років тому +17

    Jerry Doucette opening for Triumph at the CNE, August, 1977.
    1st concert I ever went to.^^

  • @daleosborne2690
    @daleosborne2690 2 роки тому +15

    First time I heard this, I was mesmerized and blown away! I'm 65 now and still blown away! Great rock and roll never dies! God bless Jerry for this kick as song!

  • @OneHitWonderGuy
    @OneHitWonderGuy 9 років тому +104

    Should have gone far, far higher than #46 in Canada and #66 (Record World) in the U.S. - this song cooks!

    • @ovechkin100
      @ovechkin100 9 років тому +6

      +OneHitWonderGuy only 46 O_O ..... people were way to into disco or something...

    • @kristabrewer635
      @kristabrewer635 7 років тому +5

      Tory sorry I grew up on Dico but love my ROCK

    • @tracydee1857
      @tracydee1857 6 років тому +1

      It's all politics.....

    • @toddstevens13
      @toddstevens13 5 років тому +2

      @@ovechkin100 Not a one timer, Charted with "Nobody" and All I wanna do"

    • @ronaldpower8379
      @ronaldpower8379 5 років тому +4

      Absolutely agree! # 1 material for both sides of the border!!!

  • @bradabernethy4234
    @bradabernethy4234 6 років тому +17

    Fantastic CLASSIC CANADIAN tune! One that proves Canucks can ROCK with the best!

  • @metunz21
    @metunz21 2 роки тому +4

    My dad had this record when I was 7 years old, he's gone now, but when it comes on the radio, or shuffle play I feel he's near. Gotta add one more thing...this song was way before its time! You'd never know it's from 1977!!!

  • @chrislethbridge6070
    @chrislethbridge6070 2 роки тому +2

    Wow Jerry is gone BUT HIS MUSIC WILL LIVE ON.. crank it up open the windows drive down the street like you just don't care and with a smile I say thank you Jerry
    I will do as the lyrics ask... At my age lol it's isn't thump thump.. Its ROCK AND ROLL because mama let me play... RIP and rock on Sir. I turn this up in your honor.....

  • @kanelitwiniec
    @kanelitwiniec 2 роки тому +5

    RIP our friend. Thank you for picking up a guitar. Much Love❤❤

  • @joanneruss3915
    @joanneruss3915 8 місяців тому +10

    All round best song back in the early 70 s. And still a awesome song today! Good old rock and roll music never dies!! It lives on!! ❤️💞👍💯🥰👏

    • @jeffreyp1957
      @jeffreyp1957 7 місяців тому +1

      At 66 I'm still playing drums and having fun in life.Music helps round out your life.

  • @mosrite60
    @mosrite60 5 років тому +28

    Best song to come out of Vancouver in a long time. No doubt. The heavy guitar guitar works is simply out of this world. If BTO had recorded this song surely No 1 on charts.

    • @billadams5778
      @billadams5778 3 роки тому

      Montreal

    • @ditzygypsy
      @ditzygypsy 3 роки тому +5

      @@billadams5778 Jerry was born in Montreal, but Doucette was formed in Vancouver and they were on the Mushroom label from Vancouver, so Vancouver is actually correct. Also Mushroom studios was also the studio and that’s the same studio where the owner proudly showed me the speakers Brian MacLeod blew up. 😂

    • @BobSoltis1
      @BobSoltis1 2 роки тому +1

      @@ditzygypsy Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod! Truly one of the greats!

  • @user-jo3qh1xg8b
    @user-jo3qh1xg8b 5 місяців тому +2

    Jerry was very smart to send the tape to KSHE-95. I grew up 90 minutes to the south of STL, but have been all over the world and KSHE is the ONLY FM radio station I've EVER heard it played on. They did Doucette (and me) a real solid, or we may have never heard this song at all. Thanks you, SweetMeat!

    • @paulstromquist2235
      @paulstromquist2235 4 місяці тому +1

      I literally just heard this yesterday on KSHE! I thought it was an obscure Huey Lewis tune at first!

  • @larrysnowdon7212
    @larrysnowdon7212 5 років тому +10

    I’m 64 and still rock this very loud yaaaaa

  • @leeco9811
    @leeco9811 2 роки тому +11

    The band we hired for our wedding had to know this song which they did.
    Years later my brother would come to playing on stage with Jerry at the Arlington in Red Deer.
    Both now gone, I hope they are both able to play on that stage in the heavenlies!
    Rest in Peace Jerry your music brings back alot of great memories!

  • @tylersinnott6225
    @tylersinnott6225 10 років тому +59

    Easily once of the most overlooked rockin songs of the 70's. Brings me back to Chico

    • @laur181
      @laur181 7 років тому +1

      Tyler Sinnott 😂😂ya love this

    • @garygale1829
      @garygale1829 6 років тому +3

      Piss poor management

    • @matthamann7897
      @matthamann7897 5 років тому

      what a trip just rollin down the road with my cousin blasting this tune thinking about high school in chico...... Then look at the comments and Somebody's talking about Chico California to

  • @twangersturntable
    @twangersturntable 2 роки тому +12

    R.I.P. Gerry Doucette. Always be in the soundtrack of my youth. 🤘🤘

  • @jorgevitorino1010
    @jorgevitorino1010 2 роки тому +18

    RIP Jerry, the great ones never die they just rock on.

  • @algonquinken
    @algonquinken Рік тому +2

    when I play this song my neighbours get to listen to it too!

  • @chrisloewen2994
    @chrisloewen2994 6 років тому +32

    This song came out when rock an roll actually was music.

  • @cableboy764
    @cableboy764 7 років тому +51

    Kick ass song, this is one the the tunes that got me got me rockin' as a teenager. Still get's me rockin' as an old man :)

  • @franciscob.deoliveira8904
    @franciscob.deoliveira8904 2 роки тому +5

    Rest in Peace Jerry Doucette. I was 12-years old when my brother brought this album home 45-years ago. This is a great loss for all of us who spun vinyl back in the day as kids. You've left an indelible mark in our music heads forever. Now you'll play up in Heaven for eternity with the greats. From all your fans who grew up playing music in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • @kimwitbrodt5914
    @kimwitbrodt5914 2 роки тому +12

    Great memories from my high school years. This is one of those songs I love to hear on the car radio and roll all the windows down and turn up the VOLUME!! Love this song!

  • @roquefortfiles
    @roquefortfiles 4 роки тому +24

    Saw Jerry do this song Live about a year after it came out at the Agrodome and let me tell you that he blew the doors off the place. Absolutely KILLED it. Every ounce as good as it is here. When the lead solo got going?? the PLACE WENT WILD!!!!

  • @camelcase9225
    @camelcase9225 Рік тому +1

    I'm an 80s boy and love this. However, I love most Canadian rock. Super underrated but at the same time kind of nice to have it all to ourselves.

    • @brycetsukishima4935
      @brycetsukishima4935 4 місяці тому

      SO TRUE, Canadian ROCK has ALWAYS been SO UNDERRATED!! I say that as a PROUD CANADIAN!!

  • @timgrimes2589
    @timgrimes2589 2 роки тому +3

    i have not herd this tune since i was a lad of ten yrs old back in 77, great tune

  • @roquefortfiles
    @roquefortfiles 9 років тому +41

    One of the great rock leads ever. Just gets going and takes off.

    • @nicoacevedo7916
      @nicoacevedo7916 9 років тому +2

      GREAT SONG !!! ^^

    • @roquefortfiles
      @roquefortfiles 8 років тому +1

      chris V
      You're a no mind with no ability to express yourself beyond one line sentences. If you're going to insult somebody make it WORTH the read. Put some creativity in to it bud.
      You're not even entertaining accidentally.

    • @chrism2794
      @chrism2794 8 років тому

      roquefortfiles blah blah and more blah. I own your ass, now dance bitch.

    • @chrism2794
      @chrism2794 8 років тому

      roquefortfiles reply again. I command you.

    • @chrism2794
      @chrism2794 8 років тому

      roquefortfiles yes yes we all know you would like to bend me. Again stop sexting me! Keep believing what they spoon feed you.

  • @densterman1001
    @densterman1001 11 місяців тому +2

    seen these live 1981,love this song.

  • @richardnish6469
    @richardnish6469 3 роки тому +5

    I'll never get tired of hearing this song. It's so spot on. I was a viedo of Joe Walsh playing Funk 49 and he said, "If I knew I would have to play this song every time I played I would have written something else." This is that kind of song.

  • @almarble1
    @almarble1 5 років тому +12

    It is still played at weddings in northern Illinois to this day.

  • @mcren6781
    @mcren6781 11 місяців тому +1

    Cookin!!

  • @dougfraser4092
    @dougfraser4092 6 років тому +4

    My good friend from high school in the late 70's / early 80's tried desperately to land this song and album, an original album, in the 2010's and beyond. It took him a few years but he found "an original". Because of his determination, I've only come to appreciate Jerry Doucette's talent. I wish I had given him the acknowledgement back in the late 70's/early 80's that he deserved. Great song and BTW, great album

    • @dalesedgwick858
      @dalesedgwick858 6 років тому +1

      Thats funny 'cause my parents bought me this record from a pawn shop in Thunder Bay and its original from 1977. It was missing a sleave but otherwise in beautiful condition.

  • @frank215n
    @frank215n 3 роки тому +2

    Grew up in Detroit just across the river from Windsor and we were lucky to have easier access to kick ass songs like this from Canada. The power pop capital of the world

  • @jacksonmurphy5624
    @jacksonmurphy5624 2 роки тому +6

    Great air guitar song when I was 15 RIP Jerry Doucette thanks for the memories 🙏 ❤️

  • @charlotteknutsen7262
    @charlotteknutsen7262 6 років тому +24

    Plentywood Montana and I grew up on Canadian rock. It's just the best.

  • @FREEDOM_2022oN
    @FREEDOM_2022oN 2 роки тому +10

    Rest In Peace you legend! Your lyrics will forever live! 🙏

  • @Iam_Dunn
    @Iam_Dunn 2 роки тому +5

    This song has been in my setlist for over 40 years, just heard that Jerry is singing with the angel’s now. Sad news. RIP Jerry, gone but never to be forgotten! :( (I’m not going to mention just how many hours I had to sit with my little cassette recorder, in my room, trying to figure out that killer guitar riff. I STILL can’t get it quite right, but it’s good enough to get the ppl out on the dance floor!)

  • @woofan11k
    @woofan11k 6 років тому +1

    Great tune. They don't make music like this anymore. First heard this song on 105.7 WAPL when I lived in Green Bay. Now I still hear it on 92.5 KQRS in Minneapolis.

  • @macsiah
    @macsiah 2 роки тому +3

    RIP Jerry. This song is on my permanent playlist.

  • @BrytheP
    @BrytheP 6 років тому +6

    that guitar solo is fan-frickin-awesomazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nickjohnson9214
    @nickjohnson9214 2 роки тому +6

    An awesome song from the day it came out. A standard for cruising and house parties in high school. Rest In Peace Jerry, you’ll be missed.

  • @tommiesmith3191
    @tommiesmith3191 4 роки тому +8

    A GREAT SONG!!!
    Why it never got the love it deserved is a mystery. But I play it on the local jukebox down here in the states in 2021 and it always pleases the patrons.
    As a matter of fact that whole LP was pretty damn good.

  • @kamac8761
    @kamac8761 2 роки тому +5

    I hear this song all the time. It's stuck in my head now. RIP Jerry Doucette.

  • @barbcameron2647
    @barbcameron2647 2 роки тому +4

    RIP Jerry
    Great times in the 70's
    Play some Rock and Roll in heaven

  • @danweber2785
    @danweber2785 7 років тому +12

    This was back when rock was king. When they played music for the love it, not for record companies who wanted cash. This is perhaps one of grestest rock songs ever!!

  • @deanleson481
    @deanleson481 8 років тому +13

    mister man you simply cannot beat the progressive nineteen seventies masters of rock 'n'roll..reckon as jerry Doucette ranks right up there with the best of them!!!

  • @mikekinsey7902
    @mikekinsey7902 Рік тому

    It's st paddy's day 2023 , im 56 and I blast this tune whenever I can,
    I was raised on rock and roll , and I will
    Cherish this song till the good lord comes callin, absolutely a gem
    Thank you Jerry where ever you are

  • @TURNKEYiNK
    @TURNKEYiNK 7 місяців тому +1

    Guitar solo is perfect. I mean, you cannot write a 'more better' series of notes than what is presented here. A classic.

  • @jdcollins7369
    @jdcollins7369 2 роки тому +5

    One of my absolute Favorites from my 'days of less clarity.' He will certainly be missed. The man could find and truly ride a groove.

  • @tylergerein4909
    @tylergerein4909 2 роки тому +2

    I will probably forever chase his guitar tone from the first couple of bars in this song.

  • @rickdelong797
    @rickdelong797 6 років тому +8

    Saw Jerry 20 times on the Hornby Strip. Vancouver
    1978-1980. Love these old tunes.RD

  • @jodylatwesen5487
    @jodylatwesen5487 4 роки тому +2

    I hope Jerry can see this comment...I’ve loved this song from the second I heard the first note! You rock Jerry Doucete!!!

  • @northernlight696
    @northernlight696 6 років тому +5

    I lived in NW Calgary back in the early eighties. Doucette used to play quite regularly at the nearby Beacon Hotel where my friends frequented. This place was a dive but had lots of fine musicians playing there including Bryan Adams.

  • @wigsy99
    @wigsy99 2 роки тому +4

    RIP Jerry, saw him in 1979 at the CNE opening for Triumph was a great concert

  • @timtrierweiler6780
    @timtrierweiler6780 4 роки тому +5

    Best Canadian rocker song of all time! Whatever happened to great R&R songs like this. Awesome guitar lead too. This always packed the dance floor in high school too! Gawd bless u Eddie Doucette!

  • @rich56ca
    @rich56ca 2 роки тому +3

    RIP Jerry. Classic Canadian rocker.

  • @jaster6056
    @jaster6056 2 роки тому +2

    Righteous!
    RIP Gerry. Time to take your well deserved place in Rock n Roll heaven.

  • @davidbusch9294
    @davidbusch9294 7 років тому +5

    AFTER NOT HEARING THIS SONG FOR 30 YEARS IT JUST CAME INTO MY MIND THATS HOW GREAT IT IS

  • @nelsoncokanasiga1552
    @nelsoncokanasiga1552 2 роки тому +1

    Jerry Doucette's passing bought me here . RIP..Heavy Music too

  • @pauldooley4267
    @pauldooley4267 3 роки тому +1

    GRATEFUL TO GROW IN ST LOUIS IN THE 70'S GOOD BAND

  • @lisathomas7842
    @lisathomas7842 4 роки тому +2

    OMG, I thought this was David Lee Roth...I hear this often n finally remembered to check who sang it...I was just a single digit child when this came out...Wow. Good song, I like it...

  • @davidsnow4531
    @davidsnow4531 7 років тому +12

    this is the most rockin' rock 'n roll tune that I can think of. Outstanding!

    • @kevinheatcoat2190
      @kevinheatcoat2190 6 років тому

      His Voice Sounds Like David Lee Roth From Van Halen.

  • @AnitaPanzine
    @AnitaPanzine 6 років тому +103

    mama let them play some ROCK N ROLL!!! WHOS LISTENING IN 2O18??

  • @garythibault8032
    @garythibault8032 2 роки тому +2

    Big loss to rock & roll, and the blues today. R,I,P. Jerry, much respect...

  • @TrevorHumphreys-oo5sg
    @TrevorHumphreys-oo5sg 8 місяців тому

    I met Jerry Doucette in a bar late one afternoon called the Copper Club about 30+ years ago in Victoria. There was nobody in the bar and he was just sitting there having a drink so I sat down a couple stools away. We started talking but it wasn't until later that I found out that he was a Canadian icon. It's a nice memory.

  • @AdrianBellVoiceovers
    @AdrianBellVoiceovers 2 роки тому +3

    R. I. P.
    Played this tune often on my radio shows!
    Great song. Classic

  • @TTRTIM
    @TTRTIM 5 років тому +6

    At my friend's funeral a bunch of his band mates from throughout the years played this song the only way he ever knew how to play: loud.

  • @mattlehmann9300
    @mattlehmann9300 5 років тому +11

    this was played on KSHE 95 throughout my teens in the 80's and still makes it in the rotation. KSHE is the rock and roll radio station in st. louis.the artist was always listed as Doucette. I didn't know that was *his* last name.

    • @gregwithrow1063
      @gregwithrow1063 5 років тому +1

      Rock on KSHE 95!!! From St. Louis rocks

    • @jerrycongleton583
      @jerrycongleton583 5 років тому

      St.louis here... oldest rock station in the country

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay 4 роки тому

      long live the old rock and roll of KSHE!

    • @jerrysmith867
      @jerrysmith867 4 роки тому

      Long live sweetmeat!!

    • @kennations7956
      @kennations7956 2 роки тому

      Heard this song on KSHE Saturday!!!!!!

  • @donrobinson2452
    @donrobinson2452 2 роки тому +3

    Great song, great soul. Sorry he's gone

  • @bill3149
    @bill3149 5 років тому +1

    Made me take lessons. DOUCETTE. no one is better. I am a Canadian

  • @dfherrig9135
    @dfherrig9135 9 місяців тому +1

    Always loved this song, since the first time l heard!.Great music and great songs are my favorite 70's Memories!

  • @lstlaurent14
    @lstlaurent14 3 місяці тому

    My buddy put this song on for basketball warmups. It was 1980 and we were playing Lyndon Institute. Halfway into the song I see the cheerleaders from both sides clapping their hands and doing a little dance to this song, soon the gym was rocking! My friend asked what I thought of the song? Told him it kicked ass.

  • @driftindreamer1517
    @driftindreamer1517 2 роки тому +1

    Extremely UnderRated one.of.my most favs

  • @45rpm5
    @45rpm5 9 років тому +16

    One of the very best cover tunes I have ever played. Way fun. Watch what happens the audience when you play this.

    • @DrummerNate88
      @DrummerNate88 8 років тому +2

      45 RPM yeah I play drums in a band with my Dad, and he goes all out on this song, it's hard to keep up!

    • @45rpm5
      @45rpm5 8 років тому +2

      Oh, I could tell you crazy stories.

  • @darkcheeto3338
    @darkcheeto3338 Рік тому +2

    Such a beautiful and angelic voice it's sad that it will never be acknowledged.

  • @kenmclarnon9100
    @kenmclarnon9100 4 роки тому +2

    Remember him practicing everyday on the way home from school. He lived on 72nd street in Delta, B.C. I went to Heath Elementary School just up the road.

  • @jinglejazz7537
    @jinglejazz7537 Місяць тому

    I have this album, I wore it out...I was sorry to hear of his passing of Cancer. He was incredible talent. Rest in peace sir, your work here is complete. Well done.

  • @lukeryanable
    @lukeryanable 6 місяців тому

    I was working at Expo '86 and every night on my way out of the park I would stop to listen to Jerry shred his guitar with this rock classic. I was absolutely blown away by his ability and this song. A great memory.

  • @saltygaulty4997
    @saltygaulty4997 7 років тому +16

    Your right dude classic gotta be top5 best Canadian songs ever

  • @Darbymitch101
    @Darbymitch101 5 років тому +7

    This guy truly rocks, well played

  • @rosehannah2569
    @rosehannah2569 3 роки тому +2

    Best Era of music 🎶 ever . I seen these guys play at the Beverly Crest in Edmonton many years ago . It was packed in the bar

  • @bobwirth9256
    @bobwirth9256 2 роки тому +2

    RIP Jerry . I remember blasting this tune out in my camaro cruising the streets back in the day great times cheers .

  • @dunerman2533
    @dunerman2533 3 роки тому +2

    Woke up with song in my head !! Couldent remember the name of it. Found it. Thanks UA-cam :)

  • @gjr614
    @gjr614 8 місяців тому +1

    This was one of my first songs I really loved. I played it like ten times a day.