One must admit, though, that these dudes actually know how to PLAY the shit out of their instruments. Their timing as a whole is stinking impeccable........ Just sayin'

Just some down to earth guys, in their backyard, in their everyday clothes, no special effects, no auto tune, just jamming out & loving music ***PRODUCTION COST-BAG OF WEED*** 😁 Loved your reaction !!! The funny thing about this song, is that it isn't about a person at all, it is derived from an 18th-century marching cadence about a flint-lock musket with a black painted stock; the "bam-ba-lam" lyric referring to the sound of the gunfire.

This song is based on a military cadence from prior to civil war, where "Black Betty" was many things: in the first verse she is a musket that was very inaccurate due to lack of rifling, so the child (bullet) went wild (off target) and gone blind (the heavy smoke blocking vision after firing the weapon), 2nd verse refers to is alcoholic drink (in the 1700/1800's) of available for cheap to give to soldiers, and 3rd verse is an actual woman who "serviced" the soldiers at a local "men's club" in Alabama. "Bam a lam" is the reference sound of the musket firing and the beat of the singing cadence

Man that drummer is beating the hell out those drums. Fun and great song.💖💖💖💖💖

I LITERALLY grew up with bands like this jamming in my front yard in the 70’s! We lived in the country & people from the next little town over 5 miles away could hear & would fly over to join us! 😂🥰🎶So FUN!!!

This was a one-hit wonder back in the day. So much better watching it live. Orange-blue shirt singer, backyard band, with cheering girlfriends, hell back in the 70s, I would have been over there every night partying down.

I'd go have a beer with them and listen to their music as they are a great band... I would bring my guitar AND HOPE THEY LET ME JAM WITH THEM.. CHEERS

lol if this is what i'd hear I'd be out there dancing

I would bring a case of beer over to their house everyday !!!!

This is how I grew up!! 😂🎶💕My father was a band leader for 50 years & my siblings had friends who were in bands & everyone was always at my house & in the yard jamming!! Such super cool memories 💞

That was the 70’s dude...you bring your lawn chair, beer and enough pot to share! 😂

I was raised in Ala and played this music in the 70s and 80s. Rehearsal was often visited by police when we cranked it up to 10!! Fortunately many of them were our biggest fans. If you take it into the yard, you expect a crowd to show before too long and they don't come empty-handed. We knew who black Betty was.

I grew up with this music. Great, guitar playing, you really feel the beat. It really is about a ( musket) rife in the civil war. This is how I grew up in the 70's. We had a group that would perform in the back yard.

I’d be over there partying with them...you would too!

I don't know any of their names but if the bass player's name isn't Randy, I'll be disappointed.

People were not that uptight back in the 70's it was all about love and peace harmony your neighborhood would be in the back yard partying right with you it was a fabulous time to be young growing up in those day's, the music and the people were so laid back in the 1970s era it was great.

These dudes move next door to me I be dancin' all day! This is one of my top 5 favorite songs, guitar playin', the drummer, of all time!

The whole song is a double entendre, but it's actually about a civil war musket (rifle)...yep the song is that old, but through many different versions. It was a military cadence.

Black Betty was a musket rifle. This is actually a very old song- long before this version. They are amazing musicians. I remember my parents listening to this when I was a kid in the late 70s!🤣

I haven't had a band move next door, but I lived in a place where this old grand dad, retired Crab trapper would start up a smoker at like 5AM and start smoking Mullet. Never seemed to tell anyone about it, just started putting fish on racks after having taken his boat out and netting them that night. . . The whole neighborhood started prepping for a street party, cooking food, buying beer, setting out tables. dragging stereos out of the living room into the yard . . I was 15 it was Amazing!!

Biz brother, I've been a subscriber for a couple years now, and i think this reaction is my favorite. I dont remember another video where you chair danced this much, or smiled as much😂 Great stuff❤

Had quite a few times like this in the 70s, happened more often than you'd expect. Always a great time.😁

Hey my childhood. 60’s and 70’s music blaring from the garages or backyards in my neighborhood. Bring your harmonica, cymbals, or guitar and you could join in. Miss those times.

These guys are higher than a bird

I grew in the ‘70’s listening to this music. Fun fact my neighbor and his friends would play Smoke on the Water in his backyard. Nobody complained or called the police. Great music during those times.

What would I do if these guys moved in next to me? I'd go out and party with them. I had friends in the 1970's - 1990's who jammed like this.

Song is about an old flintlock musket nicknamed Black Betty. In its original form, this was an old army cadence used when marching. The musket was manufactured in Birmingham, Alabama. A lot of soldiers reportedly were blinded using it.. it was not very reliable.

Biz !! That reaction cracked my ass up!! Rock on biz rock on !!

I would bring my liquor and join the party. BAM BA LAM! 🔥

I must have seen 200 Music Reaction vids of this incredible song. Never tire of it! Possibly the most "Rock:" generic Rock song, ever. Covers it ALL, on so many levels.

Seriously, if these dudes moved in next to me, I'd be so put off, I'd be like, "hey we gonna party tonight? Really, Black Betty again? Sweet!"

That was so funny. Every time I see this video I remember the nerdy boys who lived down the road from us that everybody was always mad at for making noise. Makes me laugh every time.

It's just fun, many 70's songs weren't deep into meaning, lol

Man, don't overthink it. Just sit back and feel the vibes or dance or whatever moves you. If those guy moved in next door to me, I would get out my recorder, open up the window and dance.

If you can figure out what this song is about BizMatik (sooooo many ppl have their thoughts on it) let the rest of us know!!!!! When we kids first heard this tune back in the 70’s ( one hit wonder by the way) we just were digging on the riffs and super fast tempos smoking Mexican weed and enjoyed the speed of the guitar 🎸 playing!!!! We were easy to please back in the day but the guitarists to this day has inspired decades of fans so this tune has something ppl like and can relate tooooo!!!! Music is a strange bed fellow!!!!! 😍😍😍😎🍸

love this song so much its now stuck in my head lol thanks have a great day

I'd go over, introduce myself, say welcome to the hood, pull up a chair, crack open some scotch, and smoke some herb.

Jammin' in the back yard happens at our house often as my hubby is a drummer and i play keyboards and sing 😀 Our neighbors like us...but, we were here 1st. Lol

I jump my ass over there and party hardy. 🍻🍻🍻🍻💞💞💞

Play Doobie Brothers...you’re missing out if you never heard of them!Probably top five band of all time! Here a a few great ones to choose from.Choose any one and I guarantee you will want to hear the rest!💯 Long Train Running..Black Water..Jesus is just alright..Dark Eyed Cajun Woman..China Grove 💯🔥🤘🎧

"What would I do ?" Pull up a fking chair and listen....

"What is white Betty like?" Betty White: "Am I a joke to you?"

I happen to come across a story about a month ago in an old magazine that was being cleaned out of a 83 year old persons junk room and it was dated way back before I was borne which was 1952 so take what you will from this strange story.The original singer I think was a man named leadbelly had started singing this in a juke joint because he fell for a gal who always came to hear him but not to dance.Back then there was a speed type of drug called black betty which later like on the 60s or 70s became known as black beauty .But back in those days very few ever knew a thing about drugs or at least that's what everyone was led to think .Anyway he came across this from a country doctor (black )who used it for different reasons but he found it worked good for people who were getting older but still had to work or end up at whatever fate their lives were in the hands of whoever . The Powder helped give them energy and at the same time another form was being developed but it would actually make a person go blind which came to the part about having a child and damn thing gone blind .It was a child of the first or a branch off of it.Anyway the singer owned a war rifle by the same name. And because he couldn't say to much about if anything the drug which then was taken by the spoonful or a powder taken the same way after it was mixed.It all came back to the girl who would come and listen to him her name I think was Louise or close to that and he was trying to tell her through his song how she made him feel of course the drug gave him courage to do this because it said that she was like a beauty Queen and he looked like a bum that crawled from under a wood pile and didn't know for sure she even knew he was alive.Somehow he put all four things together without knowing how or why at the time and came up with this song .It said he did manage to take the girl out a few times till her daddy found out and then he found out she was only 15 or 16 .And from there he went on and she became a memory so he finished the song mainly for his self as a way to remember her and still not have it known out in the world. Now after hearing this I sure regret throwing that box of old magazine's away but then who knew .Life is strange to say the least.

Lol. Oh my man. I had to show this to my boys at work. They loved watching this reaction. Biz, you need to come hang out with us and party. It would be a fun experience I promise. You’d fit in with my crew perfect

I love this it came out when i was 12 years old. I never get tired of hearing it matter of fact i should get a Black Betty shirt great job with your reaction!

Love the song. Loved your reaction. Thx for sharing ❤

To answer your first question, I'd go right over and smoke one with em! I'm almost positive they had a half barrel of beer in a tub full of ice in the backyard! There was always a house like that in my neighborhood! The parents didn't like it, but it was always a good time!

This is like my family reunion back in the 70's-80's uncles ,aunts cousins , daddy was Merle haggard. Great re-unions

If they sounded like this I would bring a case of beer every time they played.

Black Betty is an old blues song by Leadbelly recorded in the 1930s but before that it was a work song sung by chain gangs. The thing about Black Betty is you can keep making up your own lyrics. It can be about a woman, or a drug, or a gun, or a car. In this backyard rock and roll version, it’s definitely about a woman.

This was originally recorded by Ledd Belly in 1947! A black man recorded the album called Negro Sinful Songs! It was considered a “working song” which was sung in the cotton fields. No joke. Music from the 70’s ROCKED!

Hell yeah welcome to the bbq !

I'm dead, you talking about those guys moving into your neighborhood, you are hilarious.

That is the short version for tv.... the long version off the album has a good jam in the middle of the song...

We used to have concerts at my house in a suburb and the neighbors always came over and had a good time with us

This is the way it was in the 70'S, backyard barbecues, block parties where everyone enjoyed everybodies company good times I lived it

What would I do? Bring some frosties next door and hang out?

This isn't the suburbs, this is the country, they might not have any neighbors for miles around! I'd go over and join the party! I'd just take a joint or two with me and we'd get high and listen to them jam!

Singer out there wearing his school clothes 🤣🤣🤣

If they were my neighbors, I’d be jamming day and night!

I am 60 years of age and white from England I love this song, because of the enery nothing to do with colour just love it is of of its time

If I lived next door I grab a keg of beer and introduce myself. 🤘🤘🤘

Omg you cracked me up with the suburb neighbors 🤣😂🤣

If they moved next door to me?? Go and JOIN THEM!!!

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

I'd go over and enjoy!! The first time.

This song makes me wanna dance too‼️😁🌸

Omg! You crack me up!!!! It is dope.

Doobie Brothers-Long Train Running..Black Water..Dark Eyed Cajun Woman..Jesus is just Alright..China Grove..💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🤘🎧🤷‍♂️

Song is from the 18th century . It apparently was a slang word used for naming objects a musket,bottle of whisky,a whip, or even a prison 2agon in the late 1700's

If they moved next door to me I would grab my bong and a lawn chair and sit and enjoy!

When I was little I would hear my parents playing this song and I would think they were saying Pamalam cause my name is Pamela and Im from Birmingham Al. lol.🤣🤣🤣 I probably wasn't over 10 years old then.😂

If this is what my neighbors sound like, I'm bringing a casserole, or some shit.

_LOL The 'child' is the bullet being expelled from the Musket-rifle (black Betty). The gun couldn't shoot straight, thus: 'Black Betty had a child , the damn thing 'gone wild'._

I'd spark one up and enjoy the show....

The bangiest banger that ever banged.

If I had neighbours rehearsing like this.... I would yell at them to turn the volume the fu*k UP!!!!

I moved for a piece of mind??? Moving there,,,I have FOUND IT....HHHHHELL YYYYEAHH

I would have to bring over a keg of beer a bag of weed and a BBQ grill and have one hell of a fun day !

I would party with them🤘😜

You should check out some more Deep Purple & some Fog Hat, too, BizMatik! You'll be VERY glad you did! 🔥💯

If they moved next door to me I would be out there enjoying a free concert. I welcome music! Old song, there is a 1933 version sung by convicts.

I would bring a 5 gallon bucket of beer and an old lawnchair, sit down crack open a coldie, and watch! What else could you do?

Lolol..you make me laugh!! If they moved in my neighborhood I'd be hanging out with black Betty...bamalam.

I would grab my weed and head on over to rock out with my new neighbors.

if that group moved next door I would be in their back yard in a jiffy partying with them ,,, I heard that music a long time ago when I was in my younger years ,, I'm now 72 yrs old ,, and still feel like dancing ,, , yahoo,,

You crack me up!!!!!!

That was too much fun😂😂😂

Black Betty was the name of his black powder musket...

"What would I do" if a band was playing live next door to me? :D As long as they weren't disturbing the peace after midnight so people could get some sleep before they had to get up and go to work, I'd probably be outside in *my* backyard enjoying the music, if I liked the tunes. :)

They Love Black Betty , shes a fun person.

It's actually a prison chant about a whip known as "black betty" Bam-a-lam is Alabama. I've also heard Black Betty is a type of moonshine that even Ben Franklin used to drink

I'd love it!

The singer is the guitar player. The dude dancing around on the left is the normal lead singer

Looooovvveeee this song❤️❤️❤️

Amazing reaction! Some sources claim the is derived from an 18th-century marching cadence about a flint-lock musket with a painted stock; the "bam-ba-lam" lyric referring to the sound of the gunfire.

BTW I lv watching u react !!

I would grab some beer and buds and jump right over that fence! It’s based on a military march cadence about the bullet from an old black powder gun,I think from the 1930’s.Basically considered a one hit wonder band.If you would like to try another, spin”Play that funky music”by Black Cherry.

Its so fun! Rocker Hillbillies rocking out with their neighbors and bikes.

As a 66 year old woman, I'd be out there dancing, but my knees would pay for it later