Thanks so, so much for this post! I was at this taping, and have very fond memories of it. Various folks have posted individual songs from this show over the years, but this is the first time Uncle Walt's whole set's been available.
Upon first seeing them later on ACL, I became an immediate fan. Walter’s passing was so tragic, but he certainly left his impression with myself. Later, I caught David Ball open for Dwight Yoakum, on his Gone Tour. Some great musicianship on that stage! 🇨🇦
I would love to see the full-length Austin City Limits Season 5 intro from PBS in 1980. The intro starts with a shot of a landscape with the Austin skyline as the camera pans up and pulls away. Voices are heard in the background saying "Hey Wylie, who's at Austin City Limits tonight? Let's get on down and find out!" Then it shows a truck driving down the road, zooming out on a house with "HOWDY" written on it and waving to the camera. A truck is backing up the cattle, waving at a cowboy riding on a horse. There is a shot of a longhorn, a man jumping out of the fence as a truck comes in, and other staff members getting in the back of the truck. A woman and a man are driving, and staff are sitting in the back of the truck with a dog. The camera zooms in on a landscape from the right as a truck passes by. The camera zooms out on a Cow Town Pit Bar-B-Q as a truck passes by. Gary Menotti is lifting his head up and down while sitting in the back of the truck. The camera zooms in on a landscape from the left as a truck passes by. A man is laughing in the back of the truck. There is a shot of the truck driving down the road, a woman smiling in the back of the truck with her hair blowing, and a shot of a landscape on a truck's window. The camera pans up from the cactus to see a truck driving. The camera pans up from the river to see a truck driving in the bridge. The truck is getting splashed with water. A woman and a man are driving. There is a shot of the road with the Austin skyline. The back of the truck drives by as the staff cheer. The camera pans to the left to see the Austin City Limits sign. The camera zooms in on the Austin City Limits sign. Meanwhile, honky-tonk music plays in the background, which is accompanied by Dixieland horns. The music then shifts to "London Homesick Blues," which is accompanied by Terry Lickona's voiceover. Then the Austin City Limits sign morphs into photographs of the performance, and the camera zooms in to begin the performance.👍
Been hoping to see this whole segment for, oh, 32 years now. Many many thanks for posting. Just to see David Ball open his mouth and hear *that sound* come out of it at 6:46 ... so different from his 1990s Nashville albums! He was like the southern-fried reincarnation of Nick Lucas when he sang with UWB. And my heart aches a bit to watch Walter and Champ and know they should both still be making great music today. We fans keep the flame alive apparently...Omnivore has released 3 UWB CDs since 2018. For a while after I discovered them, I never thought any of there music would make it to CD.
Thanks for your comment. Little did I realize that, just by letting my VCR to run past the last tune of Ralph Stanley's set to record the complete set of a group I had never heard of, could it lead to giving so many people like yourself so much pleasure. In 1980 those VHS cassettes were expensive; and, so I was very particular about what I would record and what I would save. I'm also very glad this one survived storage all these years in three different houses in two different states.
@@pianopappy You can add this info to the video description if you like: 0:00 -- *Shine On* -- by Walter Hyatt, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988) 3:16 -- *Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better* -- by DeCaesar/Zompa, from "Recorded Live" (1982) [Fats Domino cover] 6:39 -- *Don't You Know, Can't You See* -- by David Ball, from "An American in Texas" (1980) 9:35 -- *Seat of Logic* -- by Champ Hood, from "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" (1974) 12:40 -- *Green Tree* -- by Tommy Goldsmith and Walter Hyatt, from "An American in Texas" (1980) 15:36 -- *Getaway* -- by Champ Hood, David Ball & Walter Hyatt, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018) 19:00 -- *For the First Time* -- by David Ball, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988) 22:14 -- *Snowing Me Under* -- by Steve Runkle, recorded by The Contenders and others 25:32 -- *Sitting on Top of the World* -- by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
@@zenobardot Thank you very much. I put it in my first comment where it will stay at the top and everyone should see it. (Not everybody reads the descriptions.) Being primarily a jazz fan, I can really "dig" the four-to-the-bar swinging on the last tune.
@@pianopappy Yeah! They loved Django (at least Champ did), and you may know they recorded on their 1st album the QHCF arrangement of Charlie Shavers' "Undecided". They liked to do a bit of "Texas/Gypsy Jazz". And their version of "Ruby" (based on the Ray Charles record) shows them doing a straight jazz ballad with more nice guitar from Champ. Walter's "King Tears" album, produced by Lyle Lovett, went further down the jazz road, and is kind of a smoky noir gem.
Thank you for your comment. I really didn't know the band back then. They played the second set on an Austin City Limits broadcast. I had just recorded the last tune of Ralph Stanley's set (ua-cam.com/video/NNU1NiKGt94/v-deo.html); and, I let the VCR keep recording. I'm sure glad I did; and, I'm happy for people like yourself that my recording survived all these years. My favorite part is Champ Hood's guitar break at 10:57
Thanks to UA-camr zenobardot for this playlist: 0:00 -- Shine On -- by Walter Hyatt, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988) 3:16 -- Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better -- by DeCaesar/Zompa, from "Recorded Live" (1982) [Fats Domino cover] 6:39 -- Don't You Know, Can't You See -- by David Ball, from "An American in Texas" (1980) 9:35 -- Seat of Logic -- by Champ Hood, from "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" (1974) 12:40 -- Green Tree -- by Tommy Goldsmith and Walter Hyatt, from "An American in Texas" (1980) 15:36 -- Getaway -- by Champ Hood, David Ball & Walter Hyatt, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018) 19:00 -- For the First Time -- by David Ball, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988) 22:14 -- Snowing Me Under -- by Steve Runkle, recorded by The Contenders and others 25:32 -- Sitting on Top of the World -- by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
I think one component most listeners miss is the percussion the trio created. From Champ's 4 string solos to David's bass lines, Walt's voice carries the percussion notes that I haven't seen many other accomplish. These guys were setting the bar that most can't see.
Thanks so, so much for this post! I was at this taping, and have very fond memories of it. Various folks have posted individual songs from this show over the years, but this is the first time Uncle Walt's whole set's been available.
Wow, thanks for the post. This is the first time I have been able to see the whole set from that taping.
Awesome, thanks for posting!
Tremendous 🎊 🎉 2023 🇺🇸🍻🇺🇸🍻
Upon first seeing them later on ACL, I became an immediate fan. Walter’s passing was so tragic, but he certainly left his impression with myself. Later, I caught David Ball open for Dwight Yoakum, on his Gone Tour. Some great musicianship on that stage!
🇨🇦
I would love to see the full-length Austin City Limits Season 5 intro from PBS in 1980. The intro starts with a shot of a landscape with the Austin skyline as the camera pans up and pulls away. Voices are heard in the background saying "Hey Wylie, who's at Austin City Limits tonight? Let's get on down and find out!" Then it shows a truck driving down the road, zooming out on a house with "HOWDY" written on it and waving to the camera. A truck is backing up the cattle, waving at a cowboy riding on a horse. There is a shot of a longhorn, a man jumping out of the fence as a truck comes in, and other staff members getting in the back of the truck. A woman and a man are driving, and staff are sitting in the back of the truck with a dog. The camera zooms in on a landscape from the right as a truck passes by. The camera zooms out on a Cow Town Pit Bar-B-Q as a truck passes by. Gary Menotti is lifting his head up and down while sitting in the back of the truck. The camera zooms in on a landscape from the left as a truck passes by. A man is laughing in the back of the truck. There is a shot of the truck driving down the road, a woman smiling in the back of the truck with her hair blowing, and a shot of a landscape on a truck's window. The camera pans up from the cactus to see a truck driving. The camera pans up from the river to see a truck driving in the bridge. The truck is getting splashed with water. A woman and a man are driving. There is a shot of the road with the Austin skyline. The back of the truck drives by as the staff cheer. The camera pans to the left to see the Austin City Limits sign. The camera zooms in on the Austin City Limits sign. Meanwhile, honky-tonk music plays in the background, which is accompanied by Dixieland horns. The music then shifts to "London Homesick Blues," which is accompanied by Terry Lickona's voiceover. Then the Austin City Limits sign morphs into photographs of the performance, and the camera zooms in to begin the performance.👍
This vid is a blessing. I was a huge fan since the 70’s!
My ears are melting.....now. I really love this boys and voice....
Precious and priceless ❤
Those boys sure could sing! Saw them at Furman mid 70’s and was hooked from the first note.
Thank you So Much! Great ones by my favorite down there, back when. I saw them in Austin in 1977-8, and at a wedding on Laguna Gloria in 1981 or 1982.
Soul music.
Been hoping to see this whole segment for, oh, 32 years now. Many many thanks for posting. Just to see David Ball open his mouth and hear *that sound* come out of it at 6:46 ... so different from his 1990s Nashville albums! He was like the southern-fried reincarnation of Nick Lucas when he sang with UWB. And my heart aches a bit to watch Walter and Champ and know they should both still be making great music today. We fans keep the flame alive apparently...Omnivore has released 3 UWB CDs since 2018. For a while after I discovered them, I never thought any of there music would make it to CD.
Thanks for your comment. Little did I realize that, just by letting my VCR to run past the last tune of Ralph Stanley's set to record the complete set of a group I had never heard of, could it lead to giving so many people like yourself so much pleasure. In 1980 those VHS cassettes were expensive; and, so I was very particular about what I would record and what I would save. I'm also very glad this one survived storage all these years in three different houses in two different states.
@@pianopappy You can add this info to the video description if you like:
0:00 -- *Shine On* -- by Walter Hyatt, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988)
3:16 -- *Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better* -- by DeCaesar/Zompa, from "Recorded Live" (1982) [Fats Domino cover]
6:39 -- *Don't You Know, Can't You See* -- by David Ball, from "An American in Texas" (1980)
9:35 -- *Seat of Logic* -- by Champ Hood, from "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" (1974)
12:40 -- *Green Tree* -- by Tommy Goldsmith and Walter Hyatt, from "An American in Texas" (1980)
15:36 -- *Getaway* -- by Champ Hood, David Ball & Walter Hyatt, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
19:00 -- *For the First Time* -- by David Ball, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988)
22:14 -- *Snowing Me Under* -- by Steve Runkle, recorded by The Contenders and others
25:32 -- *Sitting on Top of the World* -- by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
@@zenobardot Thank you very much. I put it in my first comment where it will stay at the top and everyone should see it. (Not everybody reads the descriptions.) Being primarily a jazz fan, I can really "dig" the four-to-the-bar swinging on the last tune.
@@pianopappy Yeah! They loved Django (at least Champ did), and you may know they recorded on their 1st album the QHCF arrangement of Charlie Shavers' "Undecided". They liked to do a bit of "Texas/Gypsy Jazz". And their version of "Ruby" (based on the Ray Charles record) shows them doing a straight jazz ballad with more nice guitar from Champ. Walter's "King Tears" album, produced by Lyle Lovett, went further down the jazz road, and is kind of a smoky noir gem.
For real.
Thank you, thank you! My all time faves!
Thank you for your comment. I really didn't know the band back then. They played the second set on an Austin City Limits broadcast. I had just recorded the last tune of Ralph Stanley's set (ua-cam.com/video/NNU1NiKGt94/v-deo.html); and, I let the VCR keep recording. I'm sure glad I did; and, I'm happy for people like yourself that my recording survived all these years. My favorite part is Champ Hood's guitar break at 10:57
one of the greatest songs and musicians ever...
Such good music
Miss them! But so wonderful to see/hear this!!
Thanks to UA-camr zenobardot
for this playlist:
0:00 -- Shine On -- by Walter Hyatt, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988)
3:16 -- Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better -- by DeCaesar/Zompa, from "Recorded Live" (1982) [Fats Domino cover]
6:39 -- Don't You Know, Can't You See -- by David Ball, from "An American in Texas" (1980)
9:35 -- Seat of Logic -- by Champ Hood, from "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" (1974)
12:40 -- Green Tree -- by Tommy Goldsmith and Walter Hyatt, from "An American in Texas" (1980)
15:36 -- Getaway -- by Champ Hood, David Ball & Walter Hyatt, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
19:00 -- For the First Time -- by David Ball, from "6-26-79" (1979, rel. 1988)
22:14 -- Snowing Me Under -- by Steve Runkle, recorded by The Contenders and others
25:32 -- Sitting on Top of the World -- by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, available on "Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing..." (2018)
I think one component most listeners miss is the percussion the trio created. From Champ's 4 string solos to David's bass lines, Walt's voice carries the percussion notes that I haven't seen many other accomplish. These guys were setting the bar that most can't see.
Can you offer an example outside of cotton club
Is it generally accepted that this genre also perished when airplanes “hit the ground”..? ( Barbara Widdish Way)
That melody at 25:00 gets me so much.
beautiful
Aloha
David kills it on SOTOTW.
OMG I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOREVER!
AHHHHHHHH!!! SHINE ON!
Sounds like maybe the rebellious underpinnings of an oppressed caste…ah well, somewhere between folk and rock limbo