I was born in 1964 so i remember when all this stuff was happening.. Concerts and great bands on EVERY radio channel and TV, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Midnight Special you name it. At the time this was NEW rock NOT classic rock. in 1978 there was a concert series called "Summer Jam".. For $15 bucks I saw (on same bill). Styx, Eddie Money, StarCastle, Ted Nugent, Foreigner and Foghat... That same year (fall of 1978) I saw this "new band" for $6.50 named Van Halen... that time period will NEVER be repeated.....
I saw Wet Wille many times growing up in Spartanburg, SC. They always blew the roof off of every venue I saw them in. Jimmy Hall was always a blast and Rick was killing the guitar as well. Great band!!! Very entertaining. Great to see these wonderful memories on UA-cam!!
Have you seen the Healers vids? Jimmy is still rockin' the house. Now (or a year or so ago) he was performing with Samantha Fish, Reece Wynans and Kate Moss--The Healers. He is still killa!
First saw Wet Willie in Macon, GA about 1970, followed them around to several concerts. Most memorable was packed into Memorial Hall at the UGA quadrangle 1971. Hot as shit, everyone sweating like bulls. Dude in the crowd brought his mouth harp and dueled with Jimmy Hall. Pot smoke so thick could cut with a knife. Women tearing their shirts off. Went on way past the hour. Memories of times past, not just mine but what campuses and Athens Downtown used to be like.
Richard Hall go check out jimmy Hall doings this song and keep on smiling and other collaboration with Blackberry Smoke , live at the Capricorn Studio !
Lewis Ross. Knew him well. He was a great drummer and showman. We debated over Jefferson Airplane vs. Led Zeppelin of all crazy things! Around 1970, before they moved to Macon and found some commercial success. Jimmy is still vibrant and has his whole voice. Amazing at 72ish.
The Wet Willie Band was originally from mobile, al. We lived a few doors down from the Halls' in the 60s. Always made their gigs. (We were not exactly 21). Hell back then no one cared!
Wet Willie takes me way back to the 70s. They had some serious funk go in on. Eat in that red hot chicken. My personal favorite was Rather be blind then to see you go. Wish I could put them in a time capsule and fast forward them to today. Saw them many times Scheafer music festival in central park. Joint in the woods NJ. Soul, blues, rock, funk they did it all.
Legend has it My late uncle’s band got to open for wet willie on a tour in the early seventies. Apparently the crowd was really into the warm up band so they decided to play an encore the road mgr for wet willie told them if the went back out he would fire them. Being a bunch of kids who didn’t give a shit they went back out the crowd loved them then they got their asses fired off of the tour lol. Rip uncle Ray self. Members of that band went on to form bands Ziggurat as well as Deacon Little and ultimately Fortnox. Shout out Carroll Co. GA.
Good god almighty...... I remembered the name... So glad i hit the play button.... Goddam the band aint messin around .. your right about the 70s .. everybody was doing 120mph...
I saw these guys in Houston Texas 1977. Wet Willie , Fandango and Charlie Danie's. I think there was another band but I can't remember cause I lived in the 60"s & 70's
Damn, wotta killer clip! When Jimmy came to our burg on a solo tour in the late 70s, I was fortunate enough to meet him. I shook his hand and personally thanked him for the very existence of "Keep On Smiling" - told him that it was one of my very favorite songs since I first heard it on the radio as a kid, and a musical well that I often went back to whenever I was feeling down, and that it always elevated me, so it had a particular significance in my life, blah blah (yeah, I sorta fanclubbed him a little, but he was cool). Just an awesome guy, and one of the most incredible voices ever recorded, imo...
Donna Hall white backup.. the sister to the bass player and lead singer, 🌜🌜😍 she ended up having a baby with Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad... and Leslie Hawkins from Lynyrd Skynyrd backup started off with wet willy
brilliant song and love the grits aint groceries thing ...so true ...whew ... love to Donna Hall who in this video is the little shaker ...with pinkest ever blushes ..we still do ...
Wet Willie was my first live band in `74 opening for Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I still love seeing Jimmy Hall when I`m in Nashville. Check him out at 3rd and Lindsley.........when he`s not on the road playing.
I was a kid in STL. Six Flags was our stomping grounds, many killer concerts. Poor kids today dont know shit. Music, history, race relations, we all got along.
funky ass white boys,......southern rock but different than the rest, save maybe black oak,....... part of the capricorn hall of fame,........what a great era in music,.........when they knew how to "take it to the bridge" as jb used to say,........
LOL at the guy with a video camera the size of a large briefcase, attached to (I'm assuming) a VCR in a suitcase-sized backpack. All that (and in 10x better quality) is in an average smartphone today. Too bad they don't have this quality of band to film anymore!
Can you imagine how much further rock and roll would have gone when I was growing up in the 70's if pot was legal and you could buy it off the rack right besides the beer and wine? Talk about getting your fucking mind blown right off the top of your head!!!!
Capricorn records was in Macon so that's what they were meaning yeah there for mobile you have Donna the backup singer ended up with Mark Farner grand funk...and had an illegitimate kid with him they were all partying and getting wild man
don barlow I helped a sound crew do a show with Wet Willie at 6 Flags back then. We were smoking joints backstage, and the local security called the GBI on us. I'm wondering, "Y'all ain't no GBI. Y'all are rent a cops." But they were the real deal. They kicked us out and banned Wet Willie from 6 Flags from then on! We'd just gotten back from Nashville doing a show with Colonel Bruce Hampton in that Park next to The Parthenon. That was indeed a trip. Colonel Bruce stopped at a yard sale and bought a bunch of junk and gave it away to the fans like door prices. He gave one fan a black iron skillet with some grease in it. They were Hampton's Grease Band then. But we called them, "The Geese Band." He, Wet Willie and Larry Raspberry and the High Steppers all did that show.
Lord when I die please send me back to the 70s... amen!
I'm with ya Brother! Got any papers?
mike Scott Amen to that!!!!
I was born in 1964 so i remember when all this stuff was happening.. Concerts and great bands on EVERY radio channel and TV, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Midnight Special you name it. At the time this was NEW rock NOT classic rock. in 1978 there was a concert series called "Summer Jam".. For $15 bucks I saw (on same bill). Styx, Eddie Money, StarCastle, Ted Nugent, Foreigner and Foghat... That same year (fall of 1978) I saw this "new band" for $6.50 named Van Halen... that time period will NEVER be repeated.....
I'm there right now... and it's heaven
Saw Wet Willie live in 74.
What amazes me is Jimmy halls voice at his age now. Unlike almost every other older singer. He's lost none if his voice. Blows me away
we lovingly called Jimmy "The southern Jagger" back then
Yeah we did and I was nothing like seeing him live
Straight up
Easy to see that
Always said that about the comparisin
He was better than Jagger .
Saw them multiple times while in College at UGA. Always amazing energy and great music. One of the best "live" albums of all time, "Drippin' Wet"!!!
I saw Wet Wille many times growing up in Spartanburg, SC. They always blew the roof off of every venue I saw them in. Jimmy Hall was always a blast and Rick was killing the guitar as well. Great band!!! Very entertaining. Great to see these wonderful memories on UA-cam!!
Have you seen the Healers vids? Jimmy is still rockin' the house. Now (or a year or so ago) he was performing with Samantha Fish, Reece Wynans and Kate Moss--The Healers. He is still killa!
I'm in spartanburg to Jimmy still going strong listen to BlackBerry smoke keep on smiling
Saw them at a beach club summer 1970 in OBX , still a great singer 54 years later
First saw Wet Willie in Macon, GA about 1970, followed them around to several concerts.
Most memorable was packed into Memorial Hall at the UGA quadrangle 1971.
Hot as shit, everyone sweating like bulls. Dude in the crowd brought his mouth harp and dueled with Jimmy Hall.
Pot smoke so thick could cut with a knife. Women tearing their shirts off. Went on way past the hour.
Memories of times past, not just mine but what campuses and Athens Downtown used to be like.
Jimmy Hall is a living legend. One of the best band in the 70’s.
Richard Hall go check out jimmy Hall doings this song and keep on smiling and other collaboration with Blackberry Smoke , live at the Capricorn Studio !
Yes, I agree with Ricky Napier, check that out at Capricorn with Blackberry Smoke!
@@rickynapier9120 I've watched it several times and all I can say is Jimmy is like fine wine. He gets better with age
Never heard this live version! Made my day! Great God we had the bands in the day!
Being from mobile, these guys bring back good memories of days gone by.
Mobile here my brotha
Brookley Pines ?
every Sunday@@williamtippins3651
This was the first time I saw them live. 14 years old.
Whole band was killin’ it..especially the drummer. Goodness gracious!
Lewis Ross. Knew him well. He was a great drummer and showman. We debated over Jefferson Airplane vs. Led Zeppelin of all crazy things! Around 1970, before they moved to Macon and found some commercial success. Jimmy is still vibrant and has his whole voice. Amazing at 72ish.
The Wet Willie Band was originally from mobile, al. We lived a few doors down from the Halls' in the 60s. Always made their gigs. (We were not exactly 21). Hell back then no one cared!
gee what a band,........killer rhythm section, lead singer n frontman, plus one killer guitarist,...........
Simply a classic moment in time - back to the free concerts in Macon!
Wet Willie & Marshall Tucker; Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. KILLER Concert! Whose gonna fill their shoes; NOBODY.
Ormond Beach native here.
I had the privilege of seeing them. Marshall tucker. And Allman bros. In concert in macon geirgua in early 70s. Best concert I ever saw
Wet Willie takes me way back to the 70s. They had some serious funk go in on.
Eat in that red hot chicken. My personal favorite was Rather be blind then to see you go.
Wish I could put them in a time capsule and fast forward them to today.
Saw them many times Scheafer music festival in central park.
Joint in the woods NJ. Soul, blues, rock, funk they did it all.
Legend has it My late uncle’s band got to open for wet willie on a tour in the early seventies. Apparently the crowd was really into the warm up band so they decided to play an encore the road mgr for wet willie told them if the went back out he would fire them. Being a bunch of kids who didn’t give a shit they went back out the crowd loved them then they got their asses fired off of the tour lol. Rip uncle Ray self. Members of that band went on to form bands Ziggurat as well as Deacon Little and ultimately Fortnox. Shout out Carroll Co. GA.
Good god almighty...... I remembered the name... So glad i hit the play button.... Goddam the band aint messin around .. your right about the 70s .. everybody was doing 120mph...
I saw these guys in Houston Texas 1977. Wet Willie , Fandango and Charlie Danie's. I think there was another band but I can't remember cause I lived in the 60"s & 70's
i remember watching this. i think it was don Kirshner's rock concert. with Marshall tucker and Allmans. back in ,73.
Yes, Central City Park in Macon by the gazebo. Concerts were held there on many Sundays back in the day.
Yes, ABB would play there too back in the day
And they were so much freaking fun. Never any trouble either. I miss those days. The park and the gazebo are still there...
Got to see the guys x 2 when they opened for GRAND FUNK RAILROAD at both MSG, NYC & the Spectrum, Phila PA in the spring of '74. Ya Man!!
Damn, wotta killer clip! When Jimmy came to our burg on a solo tour in the late 70s, I was fortunate enough to meet him. I shook his hand and personally thanked him for the very existence of "Keep On Smiling" - told him that it was one of my very favorite songs since I first heard it on the radio as a kid, and a musical well that I often went back to whenever I was feeling down, and that it always elevated me, so it had a particular significance in my life, blah blah (yeah, I sorta fanclubbed him a little, but he was cool). Just an awesome guy, and one of the most incredible voices ever recorded, imo...
I was 27 when they recorded this video clip, and I still like it :))
If only they had captured the Atlanta audience they would have made it to the next level of popularity !
Saw them at Chances R in Ann Arbor, MI. in late '74 or '75. The "WETTER the BETTER" !
He still sounds fantastic!
I always loved this band and loved the women singers in the band. So happy I did get to see them in concert.
Donna Hall white backup.. the sister to the bass player and lead singer, 🌜🌜😍 she ended up having a baby with Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad... and Leslie Hawkins from Lynyrd Skynyrd backup started off with wet willy
Southern Rock of the 70s At Its Best.
i saw Wet Willie 12/8/79 in Johnson City Tn. Foreigner / Nantucket and Wet Willie!
this looks like a show I saw in Macon Ga. at central city park....Capricorn used to do free shows.
I Love Both Wet Willie and Little Milton version.
Little Willie John 's 1954 hit called "All Around the World"
NOT, "GRITS AIN"T GROCERIES" BOO BOO
brilliant song and love the grits aint groceries thing ...so true ...whew ... love to Donna Hall who in this video is the little shaker ...with pinkest ever blushes ..we still do ...
Wet Willie was my first live band in `74 opening for Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I still love seeing Jimmy Hall when I`m in Nashville. Check him out at 3rd and Lindsley.........when he`s not on the road playing.
Another fun music group from my time.
GREAT to be from Mobile!!!
Wet Willie Band 4ever
Born in Mobile, and it was a great time to move to Macon Oct. 1971
This song is called, "All All Around the World" Little Willie John's first Hit (1954)
Amazing good thank you for sharing,great time 1973.
Jimmy also toured with Jeff Beck....still had amazing vocals!!!!!
Super!
From Drippin Wet ,warehouse NOLA till today ive enjoyed Jimmy and the band
Great southern band
Old gold
Great Macon memories.
Jimmy still has the pipes
Macon Georgia baby!!! Jimmy Hall tonight at the Capitol Theater. 4/23/22.
gotta love the RV parked right behind the stage...
Sweet Wet Willie ❤😄👍🎶
I was a kid in STL. Six Flags was our stomping grounds, many killer concerts. Poor kids today dont know shit. Music, history, race relations, we all got along.
Jimmy hall is amazing...
Awesome cover of a Titus Turner song...🎶Grits ain’t grocery, eggs ain’t poultry and Mona Lisa was a man🎶👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Незабравими!!! Велики!!!
funky ass white boys,......southern rock but different than the rest, save maybe black oak,....... part of the capricorn hall of fame,........what a great era in music,.........when they knew how to "take it to the bridge" as jb used to say,........
I was there!!!!!
My dad and I love classical music some crappy music these days and I'm ten.
yo man happy 18th birthday dude right on
Saw Jimmy Hall fronting for Jeff Beck a few years ago and he could still bring it.
I had a girlfriend who hated when singers would "Talk a lot of shit, instead of singing." I should send her this.
this my favorite tonight guess why yup she is fine sounds good as she looks get on down mkove it all around.. here we go..
I was there!
love this cut...
What a jam everyone perfect
Great live band. If I only had a time machine. Hmmmm !
great video for 45 years on.....Man, I remember those low-riding Levis and those elastic tube tops...right down to the pubic bone..lol.
That backup singer shakin' what she got inside that blue tube top brought back some fond memories of my 70s childhood. 😍😆
LOL at the guy with a video camera the size of a large briefcase, attached to (I'm assuming) a VCR in a suitcase-sized backpack. All that (and in 10x better quality) is in an average smartphone today. Too bad they don't have this quality of band to film anymore!
Can you imagine how much further rock and roll would have gone when I was growing up in the 70's if pot was legal and you could buy it off the rack right besides the beer and wine? Talk about getting your fucking mind blown right off the top of your head!!!!
Grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry and Mona Lisa was man...
I thought Donna was gonna shake right out of that top!
We could hope couldn't we?
Thought the same thing!
A man can dream!
AWESOME!
Hell yeah!
It just does not get any better
White Witch also played
Girls frequently went braless in those days, thankfully! That is Donna Hall who still looks as good if not better!
Hell yes she does, total doll! Here she is just 10 years ago - she gets brought up to the stage as requested. ua-cam.com/video/hngxr3Y8Xlc/v-deo.html
@Ron Garvin Come on Ron. Be nice, she's really does still look amazing.
I wish Jimmy still had that harp belt... Damn this version is fast...
city park New Orlenes1970s
Southern-Rock at its best
The backup singer n lead. Hall Siblings..great. funky. Band. . Pass the doob
Sunday gospel
Saw em in cloumbus ga
Shout out to sister Donna Hall.
Wet Willies version of a Little Willie song.
Såw 'em at a Warehouse in Nawlins, Phenomenal, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!
FEELIN' WET!
I was there.
You go Jimmy you tell'em.
great
Fucking!!!!!!!!!!!Love!!!!!!!! It!!!!!!!! Always have
I saw them in Charlotte in 77 they opened for styx should have been the other way around.
------somethin you never see anymore----a harp belt..!!!
The Hall's of Wet Willie. Yes!!!! Do not know why Jimmy said they are from Macon? They are from Mobile. Regardless they are a great band.
Capricorn records was in Macon so that's what they were meaning yeah there for mobile you have Donna the backup singer ended up with Mark Farner grand funk...and had an illegitimate kid with him they were all partying and getting wild man
Yes it's in Central City Park, Downtown Macon
They lived in Macon at the time..
Capricorn, their label was based in Macon.
@@robertmccall2104 I lived in that house for a short time - oh wow! Talk about some memories.
doin those all American hot dawg blues
allot of wild stuff goin on back then! weed, sex ,you name it
Still goin' on!!!
don barlow I helped a sound crew do a show with Wet Willie at 6 Flags back then. We were smoking joints backstage, and the local security called the GBI on us. I'm wondering, "Y'all ain't no GBI. Y'all are rent a cops." But they were the real deal. They kicked us out and banned Wet Willie from 6 Flags from then on! We'd just gotten back from Nashville doing a show with Colonel Bruce Hampton in that Park next to The Parthenon. That was indeed a trip. Colonel Bruce stopped at a yard sale and bought a bunch of junk and gave it away to the fans like door prices. He gave one fan a black iron skillet with some grease in it. They were Hampton's Grease Band then. But we called them, "The Geese Band." He, Wet Willie and Larry Raspberry and the High Steppers all did that show.
EmperorGluteusMaximus I saw Jimmy Hall in Helena, Arkansas two years ago. We hung out and talked about the crazy days back in Georgia in the 70s.
cool band. i guess i never paid attention years ago due to the group name. thought they were...i don't know who i thought they were.
I am friends with the guitar player.
The belt Jimmy wore held different harps. G or B or whatever key they were playing in.
Good year
Was Elvin Bishop with this group at one time?
MONA LISA WAS A MAN!!!! I LOVE YOU BABY!!!! GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES!!!!
Jimmy has been touring with Jeff Beck 2018
if I don't love you Baby..