I'm 58 years old/ young and I am most grateful that I am part of a chosen generation that has had the privilege to actually hear what music should sound like when placed in the right hands! Thank you to all the bands that made our days and our nights and also made living a little easier! Thank you for sharing your talent your time with us all! Please if you get a chance share some of this music with the younger generations so that they won't miss out! As we've always been turn it up!!
Amen to that I just turned 59 grew up in Orlando Florida this was jamming on my cassette player heading to the beach in my 69 firebird the best of times
yes agreed, 54 (In New England R.I.) grew up on a lot of Rock and Roll Music and Southern Rock back from the 70's and 80's were such great times they were all around us. that Music is not Forgotten.
Amen brother! Being a teen and young adult from the mid 70's throughout the 80's was a magical time that will never be repeated. So glad I lived it and have all the memories!
This was a magic time. I'm very thankful I was alive back during the late seventies and early eighties. There will never be any music, live performances and energy that will match bands like this. Seeing bands live like Molly Hatchet, UFO, Blackfoot, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Van Halen, KISS and Rush was an honor and an experience that will never be matched. No cell phones, no drama, no bullshit. Just full blast, in your face, ROCK AND FUCKIN ROLL. RIP to the boys in Molly Hatchet.
One hell of a band and one of my all time favorite songs!! Interesting story albeit kind of lengthy for you molly fans...last year in early may I took a vacation down to middleburg Florida to ride motorcycles with my brother as he lives down there. On may 17th we wound up at the American legion on 218 in middleburg to throw back a few before heading home. It was a Tuesday night and getting pretty late with just a few of us up at the bar When we overheard the door man ask the bar tender if a member of molly hatchet could come in for a night cap. We looked at each other like no way! Well of course she said yes and in walked Dave hlubek and his lady friend. She sat next to me and Dave sat on the other side of her at the bar. I nodded to them as if to say hey and they ordered their drinks. Hers was non alcoholic as she was driving. My brother and I talked about whether we should acknowledge that we knew who he was but we also didn't want to bother them. So I had a idea that I thought might get his attention. I've got an app on my phone called touch tunes where you can play the juke box off of your phone via internet. So from my bar stool on my phone I looked up (dreams I'll never see) and hit play. We waited to see if he had any reaction. Well he did! When the song started playing he got a big grin on his face and looked around and said-that's me! And done a little bit of an air guitar to the riff. Well that broke the ice and I admitted to playing it. We all laughed and introduced ourselves. For the next 1/2 hour or so we talked about various things, a little about skynyrd and how Dave knew ronnie real well. They both were the nicest people and we had a great time. As they were leaving we ended up getting a pic with them. Never dreamed I'd get to play that song to Dave hlubek! Lol true story
AWESOME STUFF MAN !!!! You ARE my new hero !! LOL ! I have loved Hatchet from the very first time I heard them ! Dreams is an ALLMAN BROS tune but Hatchet NAILS IT !! Wish I could have been there with you !!
That's a great story. I have one myself it was back when Molly Hatchet toward with 38 special in the outlaws it was at the Hollywood sportatorium down in Miami after the concert me and my buddies decided to go to a bar where a band called Dixie was playing. When we got into the bar Dixie just finished their last song and went on break so we ordered our drinks and we're sitting at the table and the next set came up and Molly Hatchet walks on stage and plays the whole set they were friends with the band dixie and came there to party after the concert that was a great night and one that I will remember for the rest of my life. These guys were awesome musicians and just all-around great guys.
They came to an old Motorcycle Dirt Track out in Surry VA, with Blackfoot, the Outlaws, & .38, every Summer for a few years. One year in the mid-80s , they had put up a net in front of the stage all day, and when Danny Joe got ready to do "Flirtin", he had gained weight, but he still climbed up the edge of the stage, & ripped that net down, between the crowd & the band. After all day in the Summer Sun, the crowd went wild.
Listen to his lyrics. I had the privilege to shake hands and pray with Danny Daniels on his impromptu biker track biker concert in the woods of Hampton, Virginia in 1984. Only announced on FM Radio 4 hours before the concert. $20 cash at the gate. I watched Danny drink a half gallon of Jack Daniels while singing on stage behind a 40 foot tall chain link fence... and people trying to scale it. At 3 AM us 10 groupies, 8 chicks and 2 dudes, watched as Danny came out his bus at 3 AM and signed tits. Then, he slung his arm around my neck, and said: "Let us pray. Dear God, please keep us safe from the drunk drivers tonight. Amen" Then Danny smiled at me and jumped on his bus. Rest in Peace Danny. You totally rock, dude.
I'm on the wrong side of 50 yrs. Old This was our music, late 70's early 80's. It's really great to see the next generation of rock fans discover these legends...keep it alive!!!
What a rockin band. It's so sad that Danny Joe was lost so early. You can tell that he has issues in this video. He's sweating profusely, while the other band member's have no sweat at all. Diabetes is such an awful disease. RIP Danny Joe. You fronted something that was very special.
They were all sweatin by this part of the show. Perkin's Palace had the worst cooling system of the venues this size, and these were the finale of the show. Did I mention how loud but clear the mix was that night? The crowd was wild and the whole show was just magic!
Honestly, I'm not what you'd call a Molly hatchet fan. I don't even have any albums. But in a strange dichotomy, these are two of the best songs in human history. I especially love Dreams I'll Never See. What a beautiful and poetic song. Truly unique.
My band opened up for them in 1991 and they were awesome on every level. Down to earth cool people. Danny Joe was the best guy ever. Very underrated southern rock band. Was a privilege to play with them. Miss Danny Joe a lot. I cried when he passed.
Ran into several friends of DJB over the years . . . . and to a man they swore he was the best ever. The "give you the shirt off his back" kind of man. Plenty of stories of his kindness and humility.
What a great band! I remember buying Flirtin' with Disaster when it came out. There's more than few of their songs in my life soundtrack. Brings back great memories.
Whoever got to see this lineup.. I would give anything to trade places with you. That's how amazing this band is. So tight and precise. These are musicians who obviously take their craft seriously and it shows. Rip DJB. Hatchet for life baby.
Gotta hand it to danny and the band. They found a sound that worked and the energy of all their songs just enveloped you. Miss the good ole days of good rock.
They should’ve been a lot bigger. Fantastic band and we’ll never see the likes of them, Skynyrd or The Outlaws ever again. A sad state music is in today.
Eric Walker how do you know that? With videos like this I am sure young musicians will use some of it and create their own sounds. I remember when I was a kid and older people would say we didn't know what good music was because we didn't want to play Buddy Holly or Elvis but they were influential. Music and everything else changes but if you listen and look you will see and hear all of the various influences from Chuck Berry, Little Richard etc. I am just happy that there are still bands who actually play instruments with all of the computer stuff that is available.
I miss the days of 3-guitar bands, generally the southern rock ones like .38, Skynyrd, etc. I miss real music. I'm stuck in the 70-80s. We will never see the likes of this again.
+drdetroit2014 Me too cant belive I listen to 30 yr old stuff everyday check out DJB on Flirtin in Los Angles Tv best performance he was a beast need to make a movie about his journey
The only exception is BlackBerry Smoke they are so awesome live. Check em out. Charlie Starr recorded with George Jones, tours with Skynyrd and has Billy Gibbons or Warren Haynes on stage here and there
@drdetroit2014 G3, bro! They change the line ups, but it usually consists of 3 hardcore guitarists playing individually and all together at the end. Nice way to waste 5 hours. :)
Had a chance to see them in '78 and these boys ROCKED THE HOUSE! They all have so much fun on stage and you can tell they love what they do!! Long live southern rock!!
graham hedrick Yep. I turned 13 in late 1980, so my teenage years were during that decade. I listened to what accurately should have been referred to as "alternative rock", which means heavy metal and hard rock. Because the local Philly radio stations weren't playing much of it. You rarely heard Molly Hatchet or Rainbow or ANY metal bands on radio. But by this time, I've also come to like a lot of the popular "80's music" that was played on the radio back then. But after the 80s ended, music began a slow decline in quality, that became an all out sprint in about 2000! Nowadays it's often painful to my ears to turn on the radio. These new pop acts are making FAR more money to make FAR worse music!
Yea sorry guys, you may be younger but we got to jam and party to sone of the best music ever recorded. I’d rather be somewhat older than to be listening to Taylor a is it swift
Yea sorry guys, you may be younger but we got to jam and party to sone of the best music ever recorded. I’d rather be somewhat older than to be listening to Taylor a is it swift
@@grahamhedrick7431 I known, I wish great tunes was still made. What the hell Happened , my god, there is no talent nowadays. WTF has happened. Our pour young ppl don’t have anything good to listen to. Makes me sad.
The classic lineup, the first two albums. I was there, this was the first concert I ever saw where they actually sounded like their records. Most bands back then simply jammed, as a guitarist myself it blew me away how tight they sounded!
Also a guitarist, and I need to second that statement. The original Hatchet lineup (the one shown here--Roland, Hlubek, and Holland) were better in terms of staying in tune and in synch with each other than the far better known Lynyrd Skynyrd. Though at the time, we considered Duane Roland the lead in terms of pure chops, in all of the live vids you can find with this trio in the late 70s and early 80s . . . . Hlubek and Holland don't give an inch. So tight, so much fun to watch. I didn't get to see this lineup unfortunately. I did see Hatchet in upstate NY in a huge roadhouse. Roland and Hlubek handled all of it superbly, and they had a real grand piano on stage--that balance was extraordinary. Must have been 1000 bikers there and they just damn blew the roof off.
I saw these guys in ‘79. Of course I was blitzed, but what a show! Been in love with their music even when the vast majority of people couldn’t stand that guys voice. Long live Hatchet.
I'm 66 yrs old, and this is my music! If you're thinking why is this old fart listening to this;...don't even go there! I, along with Robert Plant, John Bonham, Ozzy Osbourne, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, Ronnie VanZant, Steve Winwood, Klaus Meine, Leo Sayer, John Evan, Kenny Jones, Glen Fry, Cat Stevens, Mick Taylor, and a whole list of others, were all born in 1948. We and most unfortunately our music, are indeed the last of a dying species
+Russ Ahrens :) Your taste in music FAR EXCEEDS that of most everyone I know, as those who are, too often, in traffic beside me at any given red light, blasting whatever the garbage is with their windows rolled down. Ugg! Thank goodness for your/our generation. (Anyone ever think some Rap or Gangstah band is going to have "reunion tours" or fame 40-50 years from now? ) What we've experienced (real R&R) is rare, and we're blessed to have observed it live, up close & personal. It is sad that our music and ourselves are the last of a dying species. And, genre. :( Most recently, RIP Riff West (11/19/14), and Bruce Crump (03/16/15). I miss and love my Molly Hatchet rhythm section, and especially, my Riffie. :(
@@Peachy-keen-y1b Your last name is the same as one of my best friends who suddenly passed a way a few years ago. I sure miss her she was like a sister to me . I know she is with the Lord today
Danny Jo's voice is just awesome he sounds better live than in a studio. I can't believe how long he's been gone. He will always be my favorite southern rock and blues singer. RIP boys, you'll never be forgotten.
I saw these guys twice. Once indoors and once outside. Both shows were killer! They really got the crowd into it. It was good Rock n Roll, and something we are really missing today. Those were great times and I miss them.
That there are less than a half-million views for this tells me a lot about the state of this world. I have always loved this song and band since I was a kid a regret not appreciating then more when Danny Joe Brown was with them. One of the best rock n roll voices ever.
DJB an the 4 man Guitar Army, it didn't get any better than this back in the day. And I still got my Dreams and sometimes still Flirt With Disaster, How bout you ?
1/26/80 Oakland with The Outlaws and Head East. A night after getting a massive concussion. Did a fat bullet full of coke as a medium size earthquake hit the Livermore fault in the Bay Area. 5.4. I thought it was over. I was 17. I’m 58 now and I’m still kickin. Keep on keepin on .......
This brings it all back. Were all around 18. Swinging from a rope into a river. Some beer, some smoke. Cars parked all around. One with house speakers hooked up to it sitting on the roof, jamming out!
That's an awesome thing to say and thank all of you ladies as us Southern boys love y'all to and I have played music myself for over 25 years and been up and down the Eastern United States and enjoyed every minute of it. Seen these guys and all the other southern rock bands many many times Ive partied with the majority of them also and I can't think of one that wasn't just down to earth good ole boys even after all the fame etc. That says alot about how we were all raised here in the south
Danny Joe Brown and the boy’s kickin’ ass...Take no prisoners southern rock. Doin’ it Florida style with 3 lead guitar players. Riff West on bass added another dimension. What a great line-up, so under appreciated. We will never forget you, RIP Molly Hatchet band mates.
Are you Fuckin Kidding Me .!!!! These guys ROCK I just Time warped back to when I saw them in a bar in my Hometown.!!!! Boy o Boy I miss those days . ROCK ON People!!! Enjoy this Awsome MUSIC.!!!!
I too am on the bad side of 50, my daughter is now 32 years old and sometimes she sneaks over to her pops and we get drunk and listen to this old music I raised her on. I think I did alright. She always complains that she was born at the wrong time In history, I said sweety I have all the albums. I gave her most of my collection and it drivers her husband crazy that she loves the older Rock and Roll.
I think I've played this song at least a dozen times today after hearing it while working out at the gym... Danny Joe Brown's vocals with the hard rock guitars are awesome... He looked so happy to be performing. I've got Dreams too.
You are absolutely on point. For my money, there was no better trio ever in any genre when it came to pure guitar chops. Roland, Hlubek, and Holland were each exceptional lead players. But far more than that, each of them were exceptional RHYTHM players. I'm always surprised how few front rank guitarists are actually great at both forms. But ADD to that how well they switch off. AND not just switch off, but can have two or all three synch on a lead, or two or all three harmonize on a lead. And the final key element is that they almost always were able to get in and out of the swaps with the overall balance still basically flawless. The tone, tune, volume all work in any combination. I don't find that with any of the other contemporary southern rock lineups that ever used a trio, including Skynyrd. So why did Holland leave relatively early? I think he came back once. But the lineups after the original one in this video changed endlessly from then on. And you can tell (hear) right away from any post-original Hatchet lineup vid it was NEVER was anywhere NEAR this good again. So Holland was clearly essential to how well this worked. Maybe it was an ego thing?
Perkin's Palace!!! Saw this show (5th row just right of the center) and the crowd was effin nuts! Also caught them in '81 at the Palladium, almost got robbed in the ally trying to take a leak just before they opened the doors - Good times!
+Peter Quast I had no idea about Riff and Bruce. Dang! I know death happens but this truly does suck. RIP guys. I know you've got to be rockin' Heaven. :-)
M Gomez Duane's gone, too, but died long before Riff and Bruce. Their unexpected (young) deaths were within 4 months of one another (Riff late '14, Bruce early '15, respectively). They had frequent phone conversations their last couple of years, and Bruce accompanied me to Riff's funeral home in Dec. '14 - their relationship was truly tight. I never met Duane. Aside from Danny Joe Brown, Riff said he really liked/trusted Bruce & John Galvin. Sad they went their separate ways at end of 80s, but Riff said a decade with MHB was long enough for him. Hatchet wasn't the same without Danny Joe. Post-Hatchet, Riff LOVED his few years with Foghat in the early/mid 90s Lonesome Dave Peverett's band (great guys/friends to Riff, who said he was grateful & blessed to have had the opportunity to play with Foghat for a few years). RIP, love & miss ya, Riffie. ❤
me and my dad used to jam with Steve Holland the guy with the black strat cool dude and vice versa original member from this molly hatchet lineup I miss the good ole days long live loud rock & roll RIP Dad and Steve see you soon! and the rest of Molly Hatchet as well!
I'm 58 years old/ young and I am most grateful that I am part of a chosen generation that has had the privilege to actually hear what music should sound like when placed in the right hands!
Thank you to all the bands that made our days and our nights and also made living a little easier!
Thank you for sharing your talent your time with us all!
Please if you get a chance share some of this music with the younger generations so that they won't miss out!
As we've always been turn it up!!
Amen to that I just turned 59 grew up in Orlando Florida this was jamming on my cassette player heading to the beach in my 69 firebird the best of times
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen. Just turned 64. I had the privilege of seeing a lot of these bands live and in there prime. Rock on!
Well said. This is music I listened to as a teenager. Still love it. We had the best music hands down.
yes agreed, 54 (In New England R.I.) grew up on a lot of Rock and Roll Music and Southern Rock back from the 70's and 80's were such great times they were all around us. that Music is not Forgotten.
Dear Lord thank you for letting me grow up in the 70's.
Amen we had so much good music and it is what I still listen too can't take the noise they call rock today.
Me too! Peace.
Amen brother! Being a teen and young adult from the mid 70's throughout the 80's was a magical time that will never be repeated. So glad I lived it and have all the memories!
Time Will Tell/;-)) Peace/;-)) Never Know Whats good our Bad/;-))
So Far So Good.
Dear Lord thank you for letting be a teenager in the 80s.. nuff said
No autotune, no video screen, no pyrotechnics, just pure rock-n-roll. Love it.
You said it perfectly; the original era MHB WAS the real deal.
Seen in Lttle Rock Arkansas 1979 hell ov a show class of 78
Exactly brother. The shit for me when I was 14 and beyond.
The best era of music 🎸♥️🎤♥️🎶
Seen them in big venue. And in small venue Years later .let me tell you. They just rocked it out. In eather. One. Pure rock
In memory of Danny Joe Brown who passed 17 years ago today
This was a magic time. I'm very thankful I was alive back during the late seventies and early eighties. There will never be any music, live performances and energy that will match bands like this. Seeing bands live like Molly Hatchet, UFO, Blackfoot, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Van Halen, KISS and Rush was an honor and an experience that will never be matched. No cell phones, no drama, no bullshit. Just full blast, in your face, ROCK AND FUCKIN ROLL. RIP to the boys in Molly Hatchet.
Exactly . . . well said
Yes! ROCK AND FUCKIN ROLL. I will love this song like then and now when I am eighty. Might need to turn it up a bit louder. But it is rock n roll.
I loved these guys. Absolutely 💯 pure musicians that enjoyed jamming!!!! This band gave us 110% every show. Still the best music around.
Whether it was Skynyrd
or Molly Hatchet , No opening act wanted to follow these guys
What a great voice, bummer they're no longer with us, RIP boys.
One hell of a band and one of my all time favorite songs!! Interesting story albeit kind of lengthy for you molly fans...last year in early may I took a vacation down to middleburg Florida to ride motorcycles with my brother as he lives down there. On may 17th we wound up at the American legion on 218 in middleburg to throw back a few before heading home. It was a Tuesday night and getting pretty late with just a few of us up at the bar When we overheard the door man ask the bar tender if a member of molly hatchet could come in for a night cap. We looked at each other like no way! Well of course she said yes and in walked Dave hlubek and his lady friend. She sat next to me and Dave sat on the other side of her at the bar. I nodded to them as if to say hey and they ordered their drinks. Hers was non alcoholic as she was driving. My brother and I talked about whether we should acknowledge that we knew who he was but we also didn't want to bother them. So I had a idea that I thought might get his attention. I've got an app on my phone called touch tunes where you can play the juke box off of your phone via internet. So from my bar stool on my phone I looked up (dreams I'll never see) and hit play. We waited to see if he had any reaction. Well he did! When the song started playing he got a big grin on his face and looked around and said-that's me! And done a little bit of an air guitar to the riff. Well that broke the ice and I admitted to playing it. We all laughed and introduced ourselves. For the next 1/2 hour or so we talked about various things, a little about skynyrd and how Dave knew ronnie real well. They both were the nicest people and we had a great time. As they were leaving we ended up getting a pic with them. Never dreamed I'd get to play that song to Dave hlubek! Lol true story
AWESOME STUFF MAN !!!! You ARE my new hero !! LOL ! I have loved Hatchet from the very first time I heard them ! Dreams is an ALLMAN BROS tune but Hatchet NAILS IT !! Wish I could have been there with you !!
That's a great story. I have one myself it was back when Molly Hatchet toward with 38 special in the outlaws it was at the Hollywood sportatorium down in Miami after the concert me and my buddies decided to go to a bar where a band called Dixie was playing. When we got into the bar Dixie just finished their last song and went on break so we ordered our drinks and we're sitting at the table and the next set came up and Molly Hatchet walks on stage and plays the whole set they were friends with the band dixie and came there to party after the concert that was a great night and one that I will remember for the rest of my life. These guys were awesome musicians and just all-around great guys.
What an awesome story Tim! Thanks for sharing that with us Molly fanatics!!
Now that's an EPIC moment in your life the grandkids should hear about!!
Dave died Sept 3, 2017, that must of been not long before he died.
No wigs , no spandex , no make up just the worlds best southern rock
Besides Mr Ronnie vanzant
They came to an old Motorcycle Dirt Track out in Surry VA, with Blackfoot, the Outlaws, & .38, every Summer for a few years. One year in the mid-80s , they had put up a net in front of the stage all day, and when Danny Joe got ready to do "Flirtin", he had gained weight, but he still climbed up the edge of the stage, & ripped that net down, between the crowd & the band. After all day in the Summer Sun, the crowd went wild.
no bobby Ingrahm..............sorry
@@tonyhall3845 If it not DJB then it ain't Molly Hatchet
Danny's smile, man. He really enjoyed what he was doing.
My thought exactly.
SEXXXY AF❣💯💋💋💋
No one had a stage presence like DJB.
Listen to his lyrics. I had the privilege to shake hands and pray with Danny Daniels on his impromptu biker track biker concert in the woods of Hampton, Virginia in 1984. Only announced on FM Radio 4 hours before the concert. $20 cash at the gate. I watched Danny drink a half gallon of Jack Daniels while singing on stage behind a 40 foot tall chain link fence... and people trying to scale it. At 3 AM us 10 groupies, 8 chicks and 2 dudes, watched as Danny came out his bus at 3 AM and signed tits. Then, he slung his arm around my neck, and said: "Let us pray. Dear God, please keep us safe from the drunk drivers tonight. Amen" Then Danny smiled at me and jumped on his bus. Rest in Peace Danny. You totally rock, dude.
Thank you Jesus for giving me so many of these countless southern rocky moments
I need to come back to this video every so often, to remind myself how it once was, and how it will never be again.....
Couldn't have said that any better friend. We had it made in the shade 😎. It was the best of times ✌
Oh but for these few minutes tell me you ain't singing along. And going yep I had dreams. Big things
One of the most underrated rock voices of all time...
I'm on the wrong side of 50 yrs. Old This was our music, late 70's early 80's. It's really great to see the next generation of rock fans discover these legends...keep it alive!!!
susan stone yes you own this generation but mine was a revolution to the future of the world as we know it
One of the best jams ever!
i'll second that requirement susan stone
You ain't on the wrong side of anything, Sue. Rock on.
@@catherineroe4217 Thanks for fucking it up.
Danny Joe Brown absolutely owning the stage, looking and singing like a boss and that devilish smile. Wow!!
Yes he was !
And fine, don't ya know
One of the best ass kickin' southern rock and roll voices ever, RIP Danny Jo
You said it! DJB was MH.
@@googlesnafu3293 He was the sound of Molly Hatchet.
What a rockin band. It's so sad that Danny Joe was lost so early. You can tell that he has issues in this video. He's sweating profusely, while the other band member's have no sweat at all. Diabetes is such an awful disease. RIP Danny Joe. You fronted something that was very special.
Coke makes u sweat too...
Danny Joe was Choctaw or Chickasaw..... diabetes kills us at an alarming rate , more than any group of Americans .
I think Danny Joe Kills it
"You" can tell ? I can tell "YOU" have issues .
They were all sweatin by this part of the show. Perkin's Palace had the worst cooling system of the venues this size, and these were the finale of the show. Did I mention how loud but clear the mix was that night? The crowd was wild and the whole show was just magic!
I’m 63 and I’m still rocking it !!!
Me too, 63 year old Rocking Grannie❤❤❤
Me too. I’m 63 ad a rockin paw paw !!
How did we ever leave this???
This is how music should sound!!!
We didn't leave...our children did.
The business end changed the music
Honestly, I'm not what you'd call a Molly hatchet fan. I don't even have any albums. But in a strange dichotomy, these are two of the best songs in human history. I especially love Dreams I'll Never See. What a beautiful and poetic song. Truly unique.
Dad, what a showman/ guitarist.
Yes he was one of the best for sure 🎸
He really was. I miss my band. The music lives on Aaron.
I don't care what type of Rock you like the Hatchet Boys could hold their own to anybody!! Was a damn good band!!
My band opened up for them in 1991 and they were awesome on every level. Down to earth cool people. Danny Joe was the best guy ever. Very underrated southern rock band. Was a privilege to play with them. Miss Danny Joe a lot. I cried when he passed.
Ran into several friends of DJB over the years . . . . and to a man they swore he was the best ever. The "give you the shirt off his back" kind of man. Plenty of stories of his kindness and humility.
What a great band! I remember buying Flirtin' with Disaster when it came out. There's more than few of their songs in my life soundtrack. Brings back great memories.
THIS IS MOLLY HATCHET AT THEIR BEST!!!! DANNY JOE IS/WAS THE MAN!!!! RIP
Whoever got to see this lineup.. I would give anything to trade places with you. That's how amazing this band is. So tight and precise. These are musicians who obviously take their craft seriously and it shows. Rip DJB. Hatchet for life baby.
I saw them 3 times.
They really did give it their all,
but I would never trade.
Saw them in Germany - Support: Outlwas
Think it was 1983
Saw them with Blackfoot in 1979.
Love to see them with kid rock
1979 Toledo Speedway Jam - Blue Oyster Cult - Molly Hatchet - Outlaws - Eddie Money - Rockets - Roadmaster.
Florida Boys gettin' it DONE! This is what a rock n roll band IS!
Gotta hand it to danny and the band. They found a sound that worked and the energy of all their songs just enveloped you. Miss the good ole days of good rock.
Amen brotha
Mark Clinebell Amen brother!
They should’ve been a lot bigger. Fantastic band and we’ll never see the likes of them, Skynyrd or The Outlaws ever again. A sad state music is in today.
True!
Eric Walker how do you know that? With videos like this I am sure young musicians will use some of it and create their own sounds. I remember when I was a kid and older people would say we didn't know what good music was because we didn't want to play Buddy Holly or Elvis but they were influential. Music and everything else changes but if you listen and look you will see and hear all of the various influences from Chuck Berry, Little Richard etc. I am just happy that there are still bands who actually play instruments with all of the computer stuff that is available.
I miss the days of 3-guitar bands, generally the southern rock ones like .38, Skynyrd, etc.
I miss real music.
I'm stuck in the 70-80s.
We will never see the likes of this again.
+drdetroit2014 Me too cant belive I listen to 30 yr old stuff everyday
check out DJB on Flirtin in Los Angles Tv best performance he was a beast
need to make a movie about his journey
drdetroit2014 . You and me both. We had the greatest music bar non. I miss the days b4 rap and kpop. Crap makes me sick.
The only good newer band is BlackBerry Smoke. They are fucking awesome live
The only exception is BlackBerry Smoke they are so awesome live. Check em out. Charlie Starr recorded with George Jones, tours with Skynyrd and has Billy Gibbons or Warren Haynes on stage here and there
@drdetroit2014 G3, bro! They change the line ups, but it usually consists of 3 hardcore guitarists playing individually and all together at the end. Nice way to waste 5 hours. :)
The greatest 13 minutes of Southern rock ever. ..sorry, not sorry, skynyrd.
Saw them in 1979 open for the Outlaws. Blew my mind. So talented.
....the best FUCKING 12 minutes of live footage ever....HELL YA!
Had a chance to see them in '78 and these boys ROCKED THE HOUSE! They all have so much fun on stage and you can tell they love what they do!! Long live southern rock!!
Not a cell phone in sight.
Those were great times!
Any of you people that didn't grow up in this Rock & Roll era, sorry. It kicked ASS!
We all should have paid an cover charge to have lived in the 1980's. Music like this was everywhere made by musicians having fun.
graham hedrick
Yep. I turned 13 in late 1980, so my teenage years were during that decade. I listened to what accurately should have been referred to as "alternative rock", which means heavy metal and hard rock. Because the local Philly radio stations weren't playing much of it. You rarely heard Molly Hatchet or Rainbow or ANY metal bands on radio. But by this time, I've also come to like a lot of the popular "80's music" that was played on the radio back then.
But after the 80s ended, music began a slow decline in quality, that became an all out sprint in about 2000! Nowadays it's often painful to my ears to turn on the radio. These new pop acts are making FAR more money to make FAR worse music!
Yea sorry guys, you may be younger but we got to jam and party to sone of the best music ever recorded. I’d rather be somewhat older than to be listening to Taylor a is it swift
Yea sorry guys, you may be younger but we got to jam and party to sone of the best music ever recorded. I’d rather be somewhat older than to be listening to Taylor a is it swift
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I known, I wish great tunes was still made. What the hell
Happened , my god, there is no talent nowadays. WTF has happened. Our pour young ppl don’t have anything good to listen to. Makes me sad.
wow those guys can rock we will never see music like that ever again
Sorry to say an era gone by, however we in the 70’s got to experience thee best Rock music!
The classic lineup, the first two albums.
I was there, this was the first concert I ever saw where they actually sounded like their records. Most bands back then simply jammed, as a guitarist myself it blew me away how tight they sounded!
Also a guitarist, and I need to second that statement. The original Hatchet lineup (the one shown here--Roland, Hlubek, and Holland) were better in terms of staying in tune and in synch with each other than the far better known Lynyrd Skynyrd. Though at the time, we considered Duane Roland the lead in terms of pure chops, in all of the live vids you can find with this trio in the late 70s and early 80s . . . . Hlubek and Holland don't give an inch. So tight, so much fun to watch.
I didn't get to see this lineup unfortunately. I did see Hatchet in upstate NY in a huge roadhouse. Roland and Hlubek handled all of it superbly, and they had a real grand piano on stage--that balance was extraordinary. Must have been 1000 bikers there and they just damn blew the roof off.
From the 7:00 min mark on - the band is tight !!!!! Just kicking total ass !!! Watched this about 1000 times in the past week
EPIC!!
Grew up listening to Molly Hatchet and all the southern rock great.
This kids, is as good as it gets.
Such a great band. Rock like this never gets old.
I love the front man, radiant personality, that taps into the mind set of the audience. Bravo!
God Bless ya Dannyjo, cried like a baby when I heard he passed in 07. Even in his last concert with the boys he gave it his all.
It was 2005 and a very sad day since then.
This song is so relatable for us all .DREAMS WE WILL NEVER SEE .LIFES JUST TO SHORT .LIVE ON PLAY ON AND ON .
I saw these guys in ‘79. Of course I was blitzed, but what a show! Been in love with their music even when the vast majority of people couldn’t stand that guys voice. Long live Hatchet.
I'm 66 yrs old, and this is my music! If you're thinking why is this old fart listening to this;...don't even go there! I, along with Robert Plant, John Bonham, Ozzy Osbourne, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, Ronnie VanZant, Steve Winwood, Klaus Meine, Leo Sayer, John Evan, Kenny Jones, Glen Fry, Cat Stevens, Mick Taylor, and a whole list of others, were all born in 1948. We and most unfortunately our music, are indeed the last of a dying species
+Russ Ahrens :) Your taste in music FAR EXCEEDS that of most everyone I know, as those who are, too often, in traffic beside me at any given red light, blasting whatever the garbage is with their windows rolled down. Ugg! Thank goodness for your/our generation. (Anyone ever think some Rap or Gangstah band is going to have "reunion tours" or fame 40-50 years from now? ) What we've experienced (real R&R) is rare, and we're blessed to have observed it live, up close & personal. It is sad that our music and ourselves are the last of a dying species. And, genre. :( Most recently, RIP Riff West (11/19/14), and Bruce Crump (03/16/15). I miss and love my Molly Hatchet rhythm section, and especially, my Riffie. :(
For years all I heard on the radio was flirting with disaster but I love this song so much more. That riff just stays with you.
Where the hell did rock n roll fade away? No heart or soul in what " they" call music today...Love these guys long live ROCK
Yes!
@@Peachy-keen-y1b Your last name is the same as one of my best friends who suddenly passed a way a few years ago. I sure miss her she was like a sister to me . I know she is with the Lord today
Danny Jo's voice is just awesome he sounds better live than in a studio.
I can't believe how long he's been gone.
He will always be my favorite southern rock and blues singer.
RIP boys, you'll never be forgotten.
Molly Hatchet is awesome!
What an incredible voice!
What an incredible band these guys were !!! Amazing
Went to Concert in 70's
Was 16ish...Stll have faded ticket..
I just 'discovered' molly hatchet in 2022, I was a huge Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, kind in the same area. Just never gave the time, I appreciate it now.
Wow, this is great. Danny Joe and the boys.
Brown was one of the really charismatic front men of that era. He was an ass kicker.
RIP.
I saw these guys twice. Once indoors and once outside. Both shows were killer! They really got the crowd into it. It was good Rock n Roll, and something we are really missing today. Those were great times and I miss them.
Ive seen them probably 10 times..always a great time..of course usually I was stoned off my ass
Killin'it on the bass!🤘🤘🤘
That there are less than a half-million views for this tells me a lot about the state of this world.
I have always loved this song and band since I was a kid a regret not appreciating then more when Danny Joe Brown was with them.
One of the best rock n roll voices ever.
The music of my youth...definetely the best time of Molly Hatchet - wish I could turn time back to this time - sure its impossible.
All due respect to Skynryd, but NOBODY in southern rock EVER brought this same kind of energy, bar NONE!!!!
DJB an the 4 man Guitar Army, it didn't get any better than this back in the day. And I still got my Dreams and sometimes still Flirt With Disaster, How bout you ?
Panama Red I flirt
too much of both I'm afraid.
Oh yeah!
1/26/80 Oakland with The Outlaws and Head East. A night after getting a massive concussion. Did a fat bullet full of coke as a medium size earthquake hit the Livermore fault in the Bay Area. 5.4. I thought it was over. I was 17. I’m 58 now and I’m still kickin. Keep on keepin on .......
What a great front man, I grew up on the westside of Jacksonville and grew up with their music, so sad diabetes took his life.
Flirting" with Disaster , has a whole new meaning now Days , ... , . . . , ... , .
Danny Joe Brown - RIP. One of the nicest guys in southern rock. Left it all on stage for the people
This brings it all back. Were all around 18. Swinging from a rope into a river. Some beer, some smoke. Cars parked all around. One with house speakers hooked up to it sitting on the roof, jamming out!
thank god for southern rock n roll the northeast loves ya all thank you'all
+Stephani Rodriguez So does the Midwest!!
That's an awesome thing to say and thank all of you ladies as us Southern boys love y'all to and I have played music myself for over 25 years and been up and down the Eastern United States and enjoyed every minute of it. Seen these guys and all the other southern rock bands many many times Ive partied with the majority of them also and I can't think of one that wasn't just down to earth good ole boys even after all the fame etc. That says alot about how we were all raised here in the south
Danny alway's seemed to be having a GREAT time. That smile I dont think could get bigger
Danny Joe Brown and the boy’s kickin’ ass...Take no prisoners southern rock. Doin’ it Florida style with 3 lead guitar players. Riff West on bass added another dimension. What a great line-up, so under appreciated. We will never forget you, RIP Molly Hatchet band mates.
Excellent live performance of their two best hits! It don't get no better than this.
Working for the A R S
ONE HELL OF A PERFORMANCE!!!
Are you Fuckin Kidding Me .!!!! These guys ROCK I just Time warped back to when I saw them in a bar in my Hometown.!!!! Boy o Boy I miss those days . ROCK ON People!!! Enjoy this Awsome MUSIC.!!!!
most underated U.S.A. band of d 80s my opinion
in my car with state-of-the-art stereo. this song made me feel indestructible.
oh yeah, it was a 1994 Supra twin turbo. I felt like a king. wish i had that car back.
I wore out 3 Flirtin w Disaster cassettes going in to my teen years. That was the mid-70's. I still listen to them regularly.
I'm 56. Takes me back to high school. This is perfection
What can you say ?? This was great music !!
Saw Danny Joe in Cocoa Beach...mid eighty's.....then I had the privledge to see him in Virginia in 1993.
KICK ASS BAND!! Always have, always been! :)
Long time Fan.In Person.They Rock The House.
This band always had great feeling tunes, and will live forever in the rock venue!
They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame !
WOW, that was a great live performance, that's southern rock at its finest !!!
I too am on the bad side of 50, my daughter is now 32 years old and sometimes she sneaks over to her pops and we get drunk and listen to this old music I raised her on. I think I did alright. She always complains that she was born at the wrong time In history, I said sweety I have all the albums. I gave her most of my collection and it drivers her husband crazy that she loves the older Rock and Roll.
Molly Hatchet was a great Rock n Roll band fun and friendly,
Danny Joe , a guy with tons of charisma ! And the band were always among the best in the South. I love this song.
Fantastic! No arti'fake techno sounds or phony voice overs, raw music and singing at it's best!!
I think I've played this song at least a dozen times today after hearing it while working out at the gym... Danny Joe Brown's vocals with the hard rock guitars are awesome... He looked so happy to be performing. I've got Dreams too.
I saw these guys in 1980. Great show !
Steve Holland, an underrated guitarist, and showman. Saw them winter of 1982.
You are absolutely on point. For my money, there was no better trio ever in any genre when it came to pure guitar chops. Roland, Hlubek, and Holland were each exceptional lead players. But far more than that, each of them were exceptional RHYTHM players. I'm always surprised how few front rank guitarists are actually great at both forms. But ADD to that how well they switch off. AND not just switch off, but can have two or all three synch on a lead, or two or all three harmonize on a lead. And the final key element is that they almost always were able to get in and out of the swaps with the overall balance still basically flawless. The tone, tune, volume all work in any combination. I don't find that with any of the other contemporary southern rock lineups that ever used a trio, including Skynyrd.
So why did Holland leave relatively early? I think he came back once. But the lineups after the original one in this video changed endlessly from then on. And you can tell (hear) right away from any post-original Hatchet lineup vid it was NEVER was anywhere NEAR this good again. So Holland was clearly essential to how well this worked. Maybe it was an ego thing?
I never dreamed I’d still be loving this as much I did in 1983. You find something you like you hang to it!
R. I P. DAVE HLUBEK Lead Guitarist for Molly Hatchett - 9/3/2017 - Thanks for the AWESOME Music DAVE !!
I wasnt aware he passed..last time we saw MH about a yr ago he didnt look well..sat down most of the show..now no original members left..bummer
By the power invested in me thank you Mighty One!
First heard Molly Hatchet when I landed on Okinawa in 1980. Flirtin with Disaster is my all time favourite.
R.I.P Danny Joe Brown, Duane Roland, Bruce Crump and Banner Thomas. Thanks for all the great music!
Gotta say it again....WHAT A KICK-ASS SHOW!
Perkin's Palace!!! Saw this show (5th row just right of the center) and the crowd was effin nuts! Also caught them in '81 at the Palladium, almost got robbed in the ally trying to take a leak just before they opened the doors - Good times!
Absolute fucking best music generation. Real music, real talent.
Danny Joe had a mountain of charisma - and a stage presence second-to-none. His performances were electrifying. RIP Danny Joe.
Molly Hatchet was sooo awesome. They had such a good time on stage and included some great musicians. RIP Danny, Duane and Bruce
Peter Quast ... and Riff.
+Peter Quast I had no idea about Riff and Bruce. Dang! I know death happens but this truly does suck. RIP guys. I know you've got to be rockin' Heaven. :-)
+Terri Stewart Thanks for telling about Riff's passing.
M Gomez Duane's gone, too, but died long before Riff and Bruce. Their unexpected (young) deaths were within 4 months of one another (Riff late '14, Bruce early '15, respectively). They had frequent phone conversations their last couple of years, and Bruce accompanied me to Riff's funeral home in Dec. '14 - their relationship was truly tight. I never met Duane. Aside from Danny Joe Brown, Riff said he really liked/trusted Bruce & John Galvin. Sad they went their separate ways at end of 80s, but Riff said a decade with MHB was long enough for him. Hatchet wasn't the same without Danny Joe. Post-Hatchet, Riff LOVED his few years with Foghat in the early/mid 90s Lonesome Dave Peverett's band (great guys/friends to Riff, who said he was grateful & blessed to have had the opportunity to play with Foghat for a few years). RIP, love & miss ya, Riffie. ❤
David died today too. Dammit!
One of the best rock show over ever been to 1981 Charlotte N.C. hell of a good time !!!!!
Great performance from a great band. DJB kicked it nuclear on this too, wow.
One of the few covers that’s even better than the original
Je préfère aussi cette version ❤
Danny and the band at their best ! A truly great live performance.
me and my dad used to jam with Steve Holland the guy with the black strat cool dude and vice versa original member from this molly hatchet lineup I miss the good ole days long live loud rock & roll RIP Dad and Steve see you soon! and the rest of Molly Hatchet as well!
The song said it all.
Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd,. And many more.
so true
We Are Americans. This Is Our Music...By Choice!!
they were one of the base concrete structures of southern rock and roll.
did not get any better, miss this world, take care.
true
Great taste you have.