Ted Mulry Gang - Darktown Strutters Ball (1976)

[alanbstard4]

Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Who Walks in When I Walk Out

[mrgeorge7196]

Never heard of this rock group they sound good!

[nzoz1976]

@mrgeorge7196 that's not untypical of Aussie bands. They sound good, but only Aussies would know them.

[alanbstard4]

@mrgeorge7196 look up the captain matchbox whoopie band and have fun

[fortheloveoftunes]

"Sweet" or "Slade"? .-)

[thedishcookiemonster]

@fortheloveoftunes , also bit ofStatus Quo :)

[nzoz1976]

@thedishcookiemonster Sweet were fine, but Ted Mulry Gang played to bad asses... not older sisters of Bay City Rollers fans (that was Sweet's job). Status Quo were big in Australia, so it's hardly surprising Teddy took a little from them... Alan Lanchaster (of Status Quo) was a friend of Ted's... I'll ask him if he'd agree next time I see him... I can't ask Ted, cause he's dead.

[thedishcookiemonster]

@nzoz1976 , thx !!

btw: love it :)

[VeryHugeAss]

This song should be called: Going to Dork-town, to suck some balls. What a pile of shit!

[BrissoParrothead]

late great Ted!

[TheRiffraff1968]

"FUCKN CLASSIC"

[austpom333]

Wayout

[neurofire]

Haven't seen this for yonks - miss you Ted- you were one hell of a mate.

j

[61jimbob]

nzoz1976 you are the best, i've watched many of your clips, thanx to you i've been able to go back in time to when we were young and the music was the best ever. if it wasn't for you it'd be lost forever, you are a true champion, thank you!

[nzoz1976]

@61jimbob Thank you... I'm only too happy to provide such nostalgia.

[stelpan62]

CLASSIC!!!! What a trip down memory lane!! Will someone please bring back the 70's??!!

[dazincalculation]

Tragic Ted died for starters...and tragic he died a day after Shirls, 'cause not many news reports about it.

[ColinVanderheide]

Ah the 70's....the decade fashion forgot...but the music rocked on....remember this song had just got my license, hitting the streets in the old Holden EF with radio on and this one blasting through the dashboard speaker all the windows wound down....as we headed towards Adelaide. Those were the days, bugger all traffic on the road, life was a lot easier, non of these so called do gooders...you could have a good time.

[Mega80sRocker]

this song was so good remember having them at my school social dance realy new how to rock RIP ted

[ronbo11]

Wow, a song written in 1917 and made popular by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band performed as a rock tune - that's amazing! Very cool update.

[nzoz1976]

@ronbo11 the majority of Aussie baby boomers would most likely only know this version.

[Outlaw53]

Classic jazz tune that TMG have totally nailed!! Fabulous rock version. This was my fav TMG song. I saw them suppoting AC-DC at the Myer Music Bowl, they were awesome!

[dannyuzi4u]

love TMG ...tommmorrow nite at the darkdown strutters ball....seeya there:))

[roughnut1963]

I want to party with nzoz

[nzoz1976]

@roughnut1963 shout me a drink too?

[turnaboutintruder]

@nzoz1976 Jamaica Rum ?



[nzoz1976]

@turnaboutintruder Oh I have never had that before... make sure it's served in a pineapple!

[zorazen2]

Taxi Tooting.

Eight-Mate.

Best Ball.

[Deano647]

I second australaqua's nomination for a special award for NZOZ1976

This is a ver very old song originally written about 1920 as a jazz tune. 'Darktown strutters' refers to 'negroes' in the jazz areas of town.

I have over two dozen versions of this song by by jazz greats like Hoagy Carmichael, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Goodman .. to Fats Domino and Ella Fitzgerald to Dean Martin ... and all the way to Australia and this kick ass version (my favourite ) by TMG, my FIRST ever vinyl ;-)

[lej274]

@Deano647 I have the Al Jolson version, but I love this one best too!!

[duckiesmayrule]

I love you Ted. Rest In Peace. Love your music heaps!!! TMG is my 2nd or 3rd favorite band ever. <3

[zorazen2]

Dig Dress. Ripper Band.

Soaring Sensational Muzik.

[sonicsteev]

1976 where did u go?

[dwsnare]

RIP TED - THOSE WERE THE DAY'S.

KIDS TODAY HAVE GOT IT BAD - MAYBE ECCEPT FOR TECHNOLOGY, BUT THATS IT.

BACK THEN IT WAS JUST THE BEST. FREE CONCERTS, LOW POPULATION, A SHIT LOAD OF RESPECT FOR ALL, AND GOOD O'L FASHION FREEEDOM AND FUN - CAN'T BEAT IT.

[maisecret1]

my heart sings at the sounds i skated on ice in dandenong every saturday and friday night real fast love skating

andrew

[60srocker46]

great to see ted rockin again, miss you buddy

[z250B]

I had hair that long, but 21 years in the military no body believes me.

[gav240z]

I think I prefer this song to Jump in my car :).

[TheGrunge619]

The hot pink satin pants that Les is wearing! I was a member of the TMG fan club back in 1978 and I actually won a pair of these from Ted.I still own them and I wore them to school one day.I dressed up as Alice Cooper for the day for year 12 at Armidale High school in Australia.The pants got quit a reaction. I saw TMG over twenty times over the years and was heartbroken when Ted Passed away.

[dannyuzi4u]

best channel i have ever subscribed to. caught ted south coast backing suzi Q the crowd wanted TMG back. thanks

[endracismguy]

thanks for that dude thumbs up

[endracismguy]

i used to see them live at harbourside pub sydney gimme a time machine and im back there

[TheGrunge619]

I own a pair of Ted Mulrys satin pants.I won them in a TMG fan club competition.They are exactly the same as the ones in this film clip! I was a big fan and saw them many times.They toured so many towns in Australia that never saw anything like them.The pants are satin and very flarred.They are red/pink.I wore them to school when I dressed up like Alice Cooper at high school.We had a weird-a-thon and who better than Alice.Armidale High school,1979.

[australaqua]

nzoz1976. you have done humanity a great service.

I will nominate you for an award.

Do the united nations have one that's appropriate?

[nzoz1976]

@australaqua 'Preserving Antipodean Rock Hits' service-award???  ha ha, thanx

[australaqua]

love TMG.haven't heard em for years. lets have a reunion tour.

I'd even travel interstate to see em. are they all still kickin'.

[oldmusicrevisited]

@australaqua No, Ted died some years ago. Off the top of my head I can't remember if he died in 2002 or 2003.

[59hounddog]

Really WE did have some great Bands in AUS . Make em come Back

[ManFromMelbourne]

Friends of AC/DC, so they must be a good band. The drummer of this band was even in a band with Malcolm Young before AC/DC. The band was called Velvet Underground. No, not Lou Reed`s band.

[nzoz1976]

@ManFromMelbourne I think it might have been the guitarist... Les I think he's name is...

[nzoz1976]

@nzoz1976 his*

[AccaDC1]

@ManFromMelbourne Les Hall was also in the same band with Mal and Herm (drummer)

[Jazzticism]

O M G ... this is song reminds me of my grandparents and early days in Australia.

The music of the seventies in Australia was soo good .... ahuh :)

[Gramps458]

Somehow the Bondi Life Savers comes to mind.

[UltimateOctane]

Thank you, so awesome to see and hear this again.

[frankbar007]

LOL !!! I´M 57 BUT.... THE CRAZY HEART REMAINS !!!!

I DIDN´T KNOW THIS GROUP BAND....THEY ARE NICE !!

MANY THANKS FOR YOU TUBE POSTING !!!

[astapic]

Nothing like a TMG tune to rock the night away,These guys were really COOL!

[lemthebald]

met ted at maryborough rsl qld not long b4 we lost him. great show great man great memories. glenn a baker was rite . just 5 mins with ted and u felt like ud been mates all your bloody life. thanks gang for makin my life better from listenin and seein and growin up with you.

[ace69er]

Great rock ver of this old jazz classic! Poor Ted, sorely missed!

Lost him the SAME week we lost Shirley Strachan! (A cousin of mine incidentely) VERY sad week for Oz rock in 01!

[pisceanchild]

@DANizDAN

If you're asking that at 16 and a half, you're either a muso in the making, or a music writer in the making ... and you're already well on your way, son ...

[yelherf]

this is great... this is the first tmg song i ever heard on one of my dad's 76's l.p's when i was a little tucker... im lucky enough to be in a band with the great ted's little brother steve.... hell of a vocalist... we rehearsed last night ( the anniversary of ted's passing R.I.P. BROTHER ) all i can say there was magic in the air...

[aussieangie]

Love this !! Great aussie band.

[wombatmountain1000]

all i can say is thanks for the memories .

[dgenr88]

@DANizDAN ..YOU FOUND IT MATE <<<<YOU TUBE

[JubalCalif]

@DANizDAN

You have good taste! It's always wonderful to see the young people of day enjoy the great hits of yesteryear! :)

[voxpop2000]

Love it!! R.I.P Ted, you rocked my childhood man.

[voxpop2000]

TMG were fantastic!! R.I.P. Ted... you rocked my childhood man!

[voxpop2000]

TMG were fantastic!! R.I.P. Ted... you rocked my childhood man!

[BFXR6TURBO9]

@nzoz1976 this is awesome m8 great job! i went to see these guys live at the tarmac hotel in laverton western subs melbourne years ago and they were fucking fantastic rock on man thnx for the up load! saw rose tatto there as well for like $5 buck entry fee too easy, aussie rock is still in my opinion the best!!! and the "sunny boys" at all places the royal Melbourne show ground at the time of the Melbourne show? i said to my mates what are these guys doing here? we watched em i was 16 yold !!

[ozbt63]

TMG were great - I saw them a few times, had a drink with Ted, he was a great bloke

[panzersRULE]

I like the Benny Goodman version, but since I like classic rock as well, I think this is nice, too!

[nzoz1976]

@DANizDAN 22 years of collecting music videos - which means, I have been collecting clips since the age of nine....

However, many people, including the musicians, themselves, have helped me build these accounts. Unfortunately, I cannot upload too many US artists, due to strong copyright regulations. Cheers, Ryan

[AussieRogue69]

@nzoz1976

Mate you are my hero I'm an Aussie and remember these bands Cheers

[nthqlndr]

@AussieRogue69 I remember strutting down George St, Sydney, one day. Ted on my left & Donnie Sutherland on my right. Arms linked, we were going out to lunch to celebrate Ted's single, Julia, hitting the Top 40. I was 15 yrs old, worked for Edel's Records (in Pitt St, Sydney). We celebrated by going to Woolworths Cafeteria at Town Hall for lunch! That was back in the days when record sales determined your place on the music charts. I'm proud to have been a part of Ted's career escalation.

[endracismguy]

@nthqlndr right on bro

[splitpin10]

@nzoz1976 Hi there send them to me and i will put them on Cheers Brett Love to see them all .Love the old Music 70 80

[nzoz1976]

@splitpin10 well.... it's very hard putting tapes onto DVD.. it's time consuming and a lot of stuff is already on YT

[dgenr88]

listening to REAL songs like this ,i thank god i spent my youth growing up with this type of music and great bands like the ted mulry gang and other great groups of the time ....rip ted [gone way to soon] with throat cancer i was told .....another reason not to smoke

[handonrip]

Marsha brady would say "this is a groovy video"....cool....klogs and bellbottoms......mhm

[chestus]

Thanks to the poster for putting this, and the other videos up. I was eight when this song came out and having an older brother and sister, bands like TMG, Skyhooks, JPY and Hush were part of my musical awakening. What a great era for Aussie rock!

[ManFromMelbourne]

Great band. Australia's Status Quo.

[MrGazman17]

I love it when these guys take me back in time..... bestest years ever.... rock and roll lives on....

[nelsonvicki]

Gary Dixon was a total spunk from pendle hill high school.. we all have fond memories of him... vicki, sue and linda xx

[lisamishell]

Loved TMG. I wrote I love Gary Dixon all over my schoolbooks in Year 7. We met TMG & Rabbit at Ballarat when I was about 14 and I gave Ted a present, it was a pair of jocks with "69 - Breakfast of Champions" on it.

[Aussie2327]

I loved TMG....we used to go and see them every time they came to Newcastle......

Now Les Hall teachers my daughter at TAFE.......hilarious reaction when I showed her the video. Thanks for putting it up

[rustynuts66]

Love the flares on Ted. Great version!!

[bexterbum]

Ahhh... Happy Daze at Springvale High, Melbourne. Let the good times role. Long before Mortgages and Kids came along, Carlton Ruke... Blues forever...

[valcarni1]

I love the original of this song too

the original is from 1906 :)

Arthur Collins is MAD!

[vinorob]

FUCK MR THIS IS GOOD OLE SHIT

[JubalCalif]

What a humdinger of a video! A long-haired 70's rockin' version of a vintage classic tune like "Darktown Strutters Ball"! Who would have ever thought it would be so fun! THANKS for sharing this "blast from the past" the land "down under"! And may you & yours have a VERY happy holiday season! :)

[nzoz1976]

Thank you and you too Judal!

[mjw191]

Wow..I sooo love this song..TMG rocked it in the day. Saw them in Newcastle years ago..what a night!!

[78z1000]

What a ripper! Love it.

[yianni3510]

rest in peace ted mulry.........

[68ComebackSpecial]

oooh that makes me feel young again....!

[carpetcle]

I had hair like that.....!!!......once

[nightwishturunen]

magical days of the 70s.these were cool,a great aussie icon,ted mulry gang.how the world has changed since then for the worse.if only we had a time machine to go back to the "good ol days" when these guys were goin strong and "the sweet" and status quo to name a few.golden magical times of the 1970s.unfortunately,gone for good...but the memorys will remain forever.

[seoya]

totaly agree glad i grew in the 70s

the sweet are coming to aussie again

[lunamad39]

Half of Sweet are now dead, that includes Brian Connolly the lead singer.  Not worth it.

[sydbussie]

@nightwishturunen ,i was a wee bit young during this time,but Quo are going strong as ever and recently toured here,They have a new album released in the UK

[XxmattyXx01]

@nightwishturunen He you are so wright they dont make songs like that now ,what a sham bring back the 70s.

[parker00pen]

wow

[tubester4567]

Ya i grew up wearing tight jeans like that, now i has a bent penis. But ye the 70's were the best.

[astapic]

Love it,TMG at their best.

[crossbj]

The lead singer of the Australian band Black Label is Steve Multy, Ted's brother

[litlv6]

great song but does anyone remember dinah show us your legs a yard above your knee?any chance of posting that as well please :)

[battsphinx]

A rich girl wears a ring of gold, a poor girl one of brass. But the only ring that dinah has is the ring around her ? hahahaha

[TrashMagnavox]

Cool an updated version of the Darktown Strutters Ball.

[2young2rocknroll]

this is my fav TMG song. LUV it. thanx 4 the post

[Roddirat]

Thanx for posting.....Sure brings back some memories.Wish I could go back.....

[shlabotnikj]

amazing!

[ockstaar]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!

[ManFromMelbourne]

These guys and AC/DC were the best bands in Australia back in 76.

[Jentheledge]

wooo hoo !!!!! .... legends.... love teds jeans.....remember buying jeans and sitting in a hot bath so they shrink and cut off circulation !!!!! lol.... hey but we looked cool !!!!

[juleigh1959]

saw these guys live with sherbet, ahhh those were the days

[1AussieAvenger1]

WooHoo ... yeah this is great.

TMG were such a good time band.

[Fiddlinlin]

Awesome! I would like to see more videos from the 80s on these guys. Thanks for posting.

[nzoz1976]

if you want to see what Ted Mulry Gang did during the 1980's; type in your search Ted Mulry Gang 1980 and you'll see at least two video clips the band made in that year.