YOU HAD ME SMILING FROM BEGINNING TO END "THANK YOU"

VG, this has to be in the Top 3 Black Betty reactions ever!! So real, so fun. You connected to the song right from the get go. I love this video!!! Thanks for sharing, RNB

This is by far my favorite one hit wonder. This song originated over 200 years ago, and “Black Betty”, in that time, was a particular person’s musket. However, Black Betty was also a kind of chant, sung by Black slaves, while working in the fields. Black Betty was also a drink, and Black Betty was, at one time, a name, given by the slaves, for a large bull whip. Later, various people made different musical versions out of the song, from it’s first recording. This is my favorite version ever done. In spite of its origins, He sings it like Black Betty was a woman. That’s how I like to think about it, and it makes the most sense to me, from the “Black Betty had a child”, and, “She said it were not mine”. You can see it in his eyes, in the video. Love the whole vibe in the video. Awesome reaction, by the way! Yours is a great example of why I love watching reaction videos of Black Betty. ❤

It cost them 20 dollars to make this video, supposedly for the weed.

There's an extended audio-only version of the song that's got a crazy guitar solo and bass run in it

Your reaction to black Betty is one of the best reactions I've ever seen! So good. Really put a smile on my face!😊

If you like this piece of unadulterated rock candy you’ll probably like “Mississippi Queen” by Mountain.

The enthusiasm is fantastic.

YOU ARE SO CUTE!!! Anyhoo, there is a long version, but I actually prefer the shorter version. This is a one hit wonder group.

Your enthusiasm is contagious! I love it!

Best reaction to this song yet! "I can't stop moving!" Welcome to the world of Rock and Roll!

I was just a kid in the seventies and I still remember hearing this song for the first time. I went berserk.

Awww you precious young lady. New subbie 60 in May. So happy to see you happy

Best reaction ive seen! Brilliant!😊

Intro crap ends at 0:49. Subbed.

Oh my gosh! I love you! You're absolutely adorable! Love your reactions! Your joy on this one was contagious! Still smiling as I key this comment! Thank you!

First time listener🥰 loving ya rite away❤😜 jamming band n song😎 n u got rite into it🤘👍😝

When I watch young people see stuff I grew up with and like it, wow it's fun!

Omgosh you’re the cutest EVERRR!!😂💞

Awesome reaction, keep it up!

BEST REACTION!

Just randomly came across you. So cute and great energy in your reaction.

The best reaction I seen on ram jam video..🤣

I saw part of your reaction to this song on a reaction compilation. Sist’a got it going on with this song

First time seeing you brilliant reaction thing I love most is that golden microphone I want it

Good music transcends!!

Great reaction

Nice chair dancer god bless from Glasgow scotland

Excelente tu reaccion, saludos desde Costa Rica, pura vida !!!

u remind me so much of my girls daughter...gyrl u rock

A Black Betty is a 17th Musket which the second version never could shoot straight! It was heard by Leadbelly in a prisoner's Gang chant when they were working on a railroad laying down tracks that was in 1927

That was fun to watch. I'm thinking you had no idea music like this existed before. 🥰💜💚💛✌️

The original Audio version is about at 4 minutes long with a longer guitar solo. You can find a compilation of all their songs on KZfaq. Quite a few hidden "jams" (pun intended) in that collection! UNFORTUNATELY, they didn't get much commercial success. This was probably due to coming out during the Disco Era. They only had 2 Albums: "Ram Jam" (1977) and "Portrait of the Young Artist as a Young Ram" (1978) At some point, Germany (of all places) compiled BOTH albums into CD titled "The Very Best of Ram Jam". Just ordered it on Amazon for $13 CAD (so $9-$10 USD?) the other day. SO excited!

Ur reaction was great😁

This is one of those jukehouse jams that grabs you by da-boo-boo and don't let go!

It's time to Rock love

She had an awesome reaction. One of my Favorite so Far! This song should still be played daily on remaining Radio outlets! There is one more longer video by RamJam with More Lead guitar! Tom Jones does a good version of this song also!

I got this from another KZfaq commenter: (Myke’s younger brother) That guy dancing in the background,far left, Myke Scavone, is the actually lead singer of the group...long dark hair, doing back ups once in a while......Bill Barlett sang that song on the recording before Myke joined the band. How do I know this? Myke is my older brother! :D The song was first made popular by Lead Belly in the 40's but it's been around long before that sung on chain gangs. Some say it is about a musket, some say it's about a whip, some say it's about a hooker. The song is that old so somewhere things got lost in the translation. I believe the location of that video was Myke's then girlfriends house( now long time wife), Margie's mom's house in New Jersey. Myke is now doing prison ministry as a prison pastor.

The original recording has a 24 bar solo section which is hard AF to play, but it's not in this video. My band is working on this song and it's both difficult because of the strange timings and tempo changes, and very fun to play! Oh, and the song has a fascinating history. Definitely worth a Google.

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Perhaps I can make your day! This is cut from the 7 minute jam session it started as, and that 7 minute version is a thing you can find easily :D

Yooooooooo

Leadbelly is said to have adapted the song from an 18th century marching cadence about a black-painted musket named Black Betty (go figure). Black Bettys child was Brown Bess.

ram jam that whole album was great

You only get a slice of heaven

That sure looks like a Gold Top Les Paul he is playing. It's worth more than my car these days.

there is a long version with an extensive guitar solo on the album version.

The album version is longer, it has more instrumentals than the video edit. Very fun reaction by the way ❤‍🔥

Yeah, this song gets under the skin....I heard this for a thousand times now ( I'm from 1963) and still sounds soo fresh, it hits you like a ton of bricks every time.

Blam A Lam is the sound of the gun going off.

Have you heard this song before: Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

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In the 1930s a blue singer named "leadbelly" wrote it. His estate gets royalties every time its played

For guitars do Lynard Skynard Free Bird live 1977

They have a longer version.

Sheryl Crow just did a cover of it as well!

This video version is the short one, there is a studio version that is longer

The original song was about a flintlock musket. So one of the coolest American songs was about a gun. God bless America! LOL! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Betty

This song comes on the movie Blow

who'd a thought, a white band from the 70s... and she likes it... Wow that's amazing WTF

Black Betty was their only hit and definitely their best record. Most of the rest of what they did is decent hard blues rock, but not spectacular. The album version includes a long instrumental break tht was left out of the video. Part of that is that their release was actually a remix of a recording by Bill Barnett's previous band, Starstruck. The song itself is an old folk song that can be traced to at least a Texas prison work chant, and probably a British army marching cadence (although not, to my knowledge, clearly documented. Barnett learned it from Leadbelly's recording and added the second and third verses Bartlett previously played guitar with another one-hit wonder act, the Lemon Pipers, whose only hit was a semi-psychedelic bubblegum song called Green Tambourine. All reports are that they didn't want to do that song, and from what I saw on a TV performance that's made its way to KZfaq, it's probably true. The rest of Ram Jam were Myke Scavone (the regular lead singer, who can be seen dancing next to the drums), Howie Blauvelt (bass), Pete Charles (drums), and Jimmy Santoro (seen playing rhythm guitar in the video, but not actually part of the band until their second album). The band on the Black Betty recording were Barnett (guitar and vocal), Tom Kurtz (Guitar), David Goldflies (bass) and David Fleeman (drums). The house in the video is on Long Island and, if I recall correctly, was where Scavone's girlfriend lived. (Wikipedia is your friend.)

The audio version is longer and well worth it.

Ram Jam - Black Betty (Official Audio) longer version

Black Betty blues song written by Lead Belly 1933

I had to pause the video. Your reaction to him rapping about Betty was priceless (I can’t believe this site is free)...And yeah, don’t get it twisted. He was rapping!

southern rock at its finest.. Lynyrd Skynyrd next

Try "green Tambourine" by lemon pipers. Same people I think.

You need to react to Teddy Swims cover of I can't make you love me. Bonnie Raitt was the original singer. I promise you...it won't disappoint!!

Looks.like the golden EIB mic. El Rushbo. RIP

That's all they got.

Phil Collins….*In The Air Tonight* , Dani and Lizzy,*Dancing in the Sky (*have tissues nearby), Queen *I Want To Break Free* ,,,Chris Stapleton *Tennessee Whiskey* best to watch him perform it live!! Charlie Daniels Band *Devil Went Down To Georgia* Live is best as well. First time watching one of your Reactions,..so not sure if you reacted to these yet.

I just hate when they overreact or get up and run around it's just like I'm at a basketball game so you keep it calm I like that

Black Betty was a musket. This was originally a cadence song. The guy singing it here (not the lead vocalist of the group) made it his own and soon after left the band for parts unknown. Or so I have read.

There’s a longer version lol

girl, you took the short version.

If you like classic 1970's rock with mean drums, check out Neil Peart with RUSH.

A fan of the singer-guitarist who sang in this video (Bill Bartlett) phoned Bill & spoke with him. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o52idtmDuLDOkZ8.html 1. Bill took a verse from a 1933 Leadbelly song, then wrote 2 more verses. 2. Bill wrote & recorded this song with a group called The Starstruck Band BEFORE joining Ram Jam, so it's a BILL BARTLETT song, not a Ram Jam song. 3. The music you hear on the video is actually an edited version of the Starstruck Band recording, so Ram Jam is not heard playing this song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n86EpNN_v7eyp3k.html And you are on point about the music having been recorded in a studio setting, not in the backyard that appears in the video. 4. Apparently the video was commissioned by some British interest, who filmed them & left. Bill never saw the result or the rushes for years, until this showed up on the internet. The video is obviously edited from several takes, then the Starstruck studio recording was added in post production. 5. While there is history linking Leadbelly's song to chain-/work-gangs of the 1920s, with marching cadence referencing musket guns in the Civil/Revolutionary wars, & even bottles of whiskey, Bill Bartlett says the inspiration for his 2 verses of "Black Betty" actually comes from Bettie Page, a famous [white] pin-up girl of the 1950s who wore suggestive black clothing & carried a black whip.

song create in texas sugar land prison by two inmates

Have fun with this Song: Steppenwolf- Magic Carpet Ride

I love you reaction to this baby girl, almost hard to beleive they are white dudes

Pls react "Give it up to me" by Shakira ft Lil wayne

Check out the version by Spiderbait! They really made this jam.

Listen to the version by Lead Belly.

Check out the Tom Jones Black Betty version it's very classy and you can understand the lyrics

If you liked this one give Johnny Winter - Still Alive And Well a try

I dont know if you noticed but after a moment the song begins it is blurred in the center of the screen. What is up with that? I have been watching other reactions to this song and this does not happen in all of them.

Could you react to songs by Nelly Furtado like im like a Bird

If you like that try muskrat love.

They shortened the song for the video..... u should listen to the original version off the album...it's longer and better.. cheers!

Yeah it's just too short

You really have a 1 minute intro?😝😝

Does the roof of your house have holes? Is it raining in the house or is it cold? I ask because I see that you put a hood on your head.

The orginal Song kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qs9zeLmdxJ-RfYE.html

This is the only hit by them

_The stunning transformation and history of 'BLACK BETTY' by Professor of Rock:_ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbybaJapsM_JeWg.html

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Could you react to Stone Cold Crazy by Queen. It's not one of their big hits but it's another song that really get you going, but again, it's too short: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZabh86pzd-7fqM.html

I've watch several reactions with this song and there are others who think that it's to short too just like you had said, but what you don't realize is that the song is longer but everybody reacts to the short version. All you have to do type in "Ram Jam Black Betty extended version". In all the reactions everybody is watching the 2:25 version. But there is another video that is 3:57. And the audio version is even longer. It's 7:11.

Don't research the lead guitarist...it will just make you sad. Enjoy him in this moment of time.

There is a longer version of that Ram Jam song. The lead singer, Bill Bartlett wrote 2 additional versus to that song which originated from a chain gang cadence and first sang by a black musician in the 1920's. Then Lead Belly stole that song from the first recording artist and recorded his own Black Betty song in the 1930's. Then Ram Jam did their own version of that song and it took off like a rocket in the 1980's where you'll hear it being used in sports arenas across the world, but the ADL and the NAACP convinced New York and L.A. not to play Ram Jam's song claiming their song was racist and that they should give all proceeds to the Lead Belly estate, which Bartlett refused. The Lead Belly estate sued and won in court against Ram Jam (despite Lead Belly stole it from a previous artist), and got all financial proceeds from their song and Ram Jam never saw a dime of that money to this day. Bill Bartlett disappeared after that lawsuit and has never been seen since. There's your corrupt "affirmative action" for you when a black man can steal a song and nothing happens to him, but when a white man steals the same song and adds 2 additional versus to it and makes it a hit like never before, he's labeled a racist and has all financial proceeds taken from him.