You really shouldn't be on stage with your camera that close to the musicians, blocking the view of the audience, and generally disrupting the performance.
This is the Cotton Eyed Joe that ive had many a good times dancing to at stock shows and Rodeos dances! just need the words so people could say "BULLSHIT!" every so often.
BEST VERSION I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME !! This is the closest to what they were playing in the Country clubs I went to when I was stationed in Germany . Today's version SUCKS !! We used to call it the bullshit song cause the dj made up some words for it that had a chorus where every body had to say bullshit after each verse . People [ service men ..& gals ] knew how to dance to that stuff over
there probably cause most of them were from out west .
In 1980 I went to Houston from NH looking for work, and was introduced to the two step, this song, car flipping, I stayed in the Kick up truck, and partying on a grand scale. I first heard this song at a club called Cotton Eyed Joes. Nice job! It brings back great memories.
Didn't know any other version then to hear other then Burl Ives. Another fine example of a caught song. I know there's a few ballparks they play it at like in Richmond and at Texas Ranger games.
I grew up in South Texas on th is song. It reminds me of hearing it at the Shrimporee in Aransas Pass. I dont think there is another song that I can hear that brings me back to my childhood like this song does!
THIS is the Cotton Eyed Joe I remember as I child and definitely the version I prefer. I only wish they had recorded and posted the Schottische with it.
Reply to PhatPhinn. Sounds a lot more like "Sally Goodin" than "Cotton Eyed Joe". Never heard of "Sally Goodin" before your comment. But when I search Youtube for "Sally Goodin," I find tunes that sound like this.
actually, that tune is the Cotton Eyed Joe (to the style of Al Dean, Adolph Hofner, Isaac Payton Sweat). I am a regular at a country western honky tonk in Durango, CO and I hear that old melody a lot. Further more, that melody can be heard in the backround when watching urban cowboy. Also, Ray shout's out 'Cotton Eyed Joe' during the song,
I'm sure you know more about "Cotton Eyed Joe" than I do. The Rednex version is the first version I ever heard. I did a Youtube search of "Cotton Eyed Joe", and found lots of versions that aren't the same tune as the Rednex version. It dawned on me that "Cotton Eyed Joe" is a dance that can be danced to different tunes. And the song itself, predating the Civil War, has lots of variations in the lyrics from region to region. (This from Wikipedia.)
When I saw them at The Broken Spoke in 1997, Ray was wearing a taller hat, and a tile had been removed from the ceiling to give him a spot to stand and keep the hat on! Rosie Flores was with them and Floyd Domino sat in. A great night!
Hey proffromgview... yes they "did" use a vocalist.. it was your mother.... but she kept running off the stage and trying to suck my dick.... so they just HAD to let her go,... I wish I can say the same.. but I just can't get rid of your mom!!!
Jason usually looks like he's having a blast when he's fiddlin'. He appears agitated about something! Was there a problem with his monitor? Surely, there weren't any drunks that night at the Broken Spoke? :)
This is close to being right.
neptunisregis11 1 month ago
You really shouldn't be on stage with your camera that close to the musicians, blocking the view of the audience, and generally disrupting the performance.
kenp3L 4 months ago 4
@kenp3L I like seeing the fret work too but I bet that front man wants to punch the camera guyn out!
robin56 2 months ago in playlist 12-17-11
Reminds me of my college days and doing the cotton eye joe
MyFreeHomeSearches 6 months ago
Does anybody know one of their songs that has the phrase Rebecca Rebecca get your big legs of of me? I need the title please!!
yelruh45 7 months ago
@yelruh45 Roll 'em Floyd
uselessgoo 6 months ago
@uselessgoo but I cant find it here on you-tube!
yelruh45 6 months ago
Beats the hell out of all versions!
marespooscats 8 months ago
Just saw Asleep At The Wheel in Ft Worth Friday, great show! Fiddle player even looks like Bob Wills!
davemiller75149 8 months ago
amazing down home sound :)
viking19961 9 months ago
Eddie Rivers on steel?
steveyraynelson 9 months ago
AT THE BROKEN SPOKE! Lamar Blvd. Austin Texas....Danced plenty of times to Frenchie's music back in the day!!
teriem1 1 year ago
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Frenchie Burke??
zerblis 1 year ago
@teriem1 Me too, I grew up just down the road from it, used to ride my bike to the Dan's hamburgers - now I want a strawberry shake.
CWR032 9 months ago
This is the Cotton Eyed Joe that ive had many a good times dancing to at stock shows and Rodeos dances! just need the words so people could say "BULLSHIT!" every so often.
samdodgeii 1 year ago
I suddenly feel like drinking moonshine and shooting at the roof.
zabaoth 1 year ago 2
Jason Robertson is the beast of a fiddle
Ulterior1980 1 year ago
nice fiddle playin great musicans ya gotta love em tks for this video!
auntpittypattys 1 year ago
BEST VERSION I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME !! This is the closest to what they were playing in the Country clubs I went to when I was stationed in Germany . Today's version SUCKS !! We used to call it the bullshit song cause the dj made up some words for it that had a chorus where every body had to say bullshit after each verse . People [ service men ..& gals ] knew how to dance to that stuff over
there probably cause most of them were from out west .
1959hogryder 1 year ago
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Instead of trying to imitate a banjo in the background,,,why not play one?
Great tune!
plucknpick 1 year ago
Instead of trying to imitate a banjo in the background,,,why not play one?
plucknpick 1 year ago
This is the version that I grew up with at Arlington Stadium and the 7th inning stretch for the Texas Rangers.
buckynance 1 year ago
Jason Roberts rocked the Cotton Eyed Joe!
sevadaj 1 year ago
In 1980 I went to Houston from NH looking for work, and was introduced to the two step, this song, car flipping, I stayed in the Kick up truck, and partying on a grand scale. I first heard this song at a club called Cotton Eyed Joes. Nice job! It brings back great memories.
NEILAALIEN 1 year ago
Didn't know any other version then to hear other then Burl Ives. Another fine example of a caught song. I know there's a few ballparks they play it at like in Richmond and at Texas Ranger games.
coyoteartist 1 year ago
that lady on the guitar is a hottie!!! like the glasses too!
heatseeker213 1 year ago
This cotton eyed Joe is nice but Al Dean plays a better version on iTunes.
lonestargun 1 year ago
I grew up in South Texas on th is song. It reminds me of hearing it at the Shrimporee in Aransas Pass. I dont think there is another song that I can hear that brings me back to my childhood like this song does!
welance 2 years ago
greetings from germany, i love it !!
marcus220473 2 years ago
THIS is the Cotton Eyed Joe I remember as I child and definitely the version I prefer. I only wish they had recorded and posted the Schottische with it.
Excellent work, five stars!
mouseodoom 2 years ago 24
I can hear them start the Schottische after the Cotton Eyed Joe
budw84 2 years ago
foot tapping music, very good, love this version
prissieminpin23 2 years ago
now what 'ya say?!
budw84 2 years ago
Bullshit!!!!!
rockinredneck57 2 years ago
Aw, the hell you say!!!!
piaceri04 2 years ago
Man! I meant to thumbs UP you and I mistakenly Thumbs DOWN you. Damn it!
welance 2 years ago
Fantastic! I loved it! 5 stars!
Mandolin1944 2 years ago
Great sound for a flip camera. Good work.
bobjfs 2 years ago 2
sure beats the hell out of the REDNEX version
budw84 2 years ago 26
@budw84 I love to watch Jason Roberts play,just musician, ,no ego!
RasMajnouni 1 year ago
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Who gives a fuck that your officer powells son
greenmillguy66 3 years ago
This is Officer Powell's son... mom knows your steel guitarist... Sounds great guys!
onstagedjkj 3 years ago
These are just great umm,,love them...
Lnmarie67 3 years ago
black people are not supposed to like this but I love it.... just love it.....
digme1 3 years ago
what ever! me 2
walkertehinfokrieger 3 years ago
Saw 'em live in Knoxville in 1983 or 1984.
gazoontight 3 years ago
The song is "Sally Goodin"...
PhatPhinn 3 years ago
Reply to PhatPhinn. Sounds a lot more like "Sally Goodin" than "Cotton Eyed Joe". Never heard of "Sally Goodin" before your comment. But when I search Youtube for "Sally Goodin," I find tunes that sound like this.
bruiseraa 2 years ago
actually, that tune is the Cotton Eyed Joe (to the style of Al Dean, Adolph Hofner, Isaac Payton Sweat). I am a regular at a country western honky tonk in Durango, CO and I hear that old melody a lot. Further more, that melody can be heard in the backround when watching urban cowboy. Also, Ray shout's out 'Cotton Eyed Joe' during the song,
budw84 2 years ago
I'm sure you know more about "Cotton Eyed Joe" than I do. The Rednex version is the first version I ever heard. I did a Youtube search of "Cotton Eyed Joe", and found lots of versions that aren't the same tune as the Rednex version. It dawned on me that "Cotton Eyed Joe" is a dance that can be danced to different tunes. And the song itself, predating the Civil War, has lots of variations in the lyrics from region to region. (This from Wikipedia.)
bruiseraa 2 years ago
I can actually play it on guitar and fiddle
budw84 2 years ago
who is the original song writer of this song?
daisydukie 3 years ago
There's no real original writer. It's been played ever since the slave times. The most well known version now days is by Rednex.
amerikanerMarinen 3 years ago
damn that guitar player is cute. she grins huge everytime a lick gets played the second time.
unclecharley 3 years ago 3
When I saw them at The Broken Spoke in 1997, Ray was wearing a taller hat, and a tile had been removed from the ceiling to give him a spot to stand and keep the hat on! Rosie Flores was with them and Floyd Domino sat in. A great night!
NickRatnieks 3 years ago
floyd domino is my dads old best friend.
unclecharley 3 years ago
I had a chat with Floyd- I think his piano playing is great- a very rhythmic feel to his playing.
NickRatnieks 3 years ago
Do they always do the instrumental version only? I love their rendition, but I was wondering if they ever did it with a vocalist?
proffromgview 3 years ago
When they first recorded it on "Pasture Prime" back in the 1980s it was with vocals.
NickRatnieks 3 years ago
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Hey proffromgview... yes they "did" use a vocalist.. it was your mother.... but she kept running off the stage and trying to suck my dick.... so they just HAD to let her go,... I wish I can say the same.. but I just can't get rid of your mom!!!
proffromShutUpBitch 3 years ago
damn this shits a favorite for sure. the banjo lick the guitar player does before he starts tearing it up is too money.
unclecharley 3 years ago
Jason usually looks like he's having a blast when he's fiddlin'. He appears agitated about something! Was there a problem with his monitor? Surely, there weren't any drunks that night at the Broken Spoke? :)
elmelw 3 years ago
They're great.
bbxx44 4 years ago
Me too.
lennycohenfan 4 years ago
i love asleep at the wheel
Kelsay04 4 years ago