been listening to some versions of this song, including the guy who wrote it who was on Marty Stuart's show. I really, really like this version the best.
Uprated. The Brits are known for not only nailing "foreign" stuff but improving it. This is a classic example. If you PM me, I can provide you with some info on this group. I have a little from the HARD UP HEROES double record set which came out in the '70s and is a nearly lost classic compilation of all kinds of good stuff such as this. Greetings from France via the USA.
Excelente melodia no se si tiene realacion con el libro del mismo titulo de la melodia escrito por Erskine Caldwell de todas manera es una bellicima melodia que escuche durante mi estacia en la secundaria ETI 56.
Does anyone know if this was the band with David Fairhurst in it? I met him on a train in Switzerland and forgot to ask the name of the band he was in that did Tobacco Road - too busy admiring the scenery!
Nashville Teens are a British group, formed in 1962. This particular song was released in 1964 where it made No.6 in the UK and No. 14 in the Billboard hot 100. It was also released in Canada. The Teens have appeared in 3 films. The song is a classic, covered by several artists.
Most things in US are cheaper aren't they? Despite higher wages there. In1960/61. I took 5 shillings to school as dinner money & i scraped up 1/3 extra & bought a new 45 every monday! had tograb some dry biscuits (crackers) to get me through the days...i suffered for my art. I had a helluva secret collection of 45s tho. Told my parents that my mates had loaned them to me. 6/3 was a lot of dough in those good old days.
@Harmonicajello You sound like my older brothers who had to sneak this stuff into the house way back when. Thank God they did. I was born in 1966 into a house where The Beatles, Kinks, and The Animals ruled. I thank you Brits for discovering our Rock and Roll and returning it in even better condition than you had found it.
@TheAmazingMorse Thanks. You were born into a great decade. Rock 'n' Roll had gone quiet somewhat due to it being commandeered by the impresarios. 1962 was awful for music in UK & The Beatles brought Rock back with a bang at the end of the year! I only wish i had seen their live shows before they hit the big time. That would've been something. But i was lucky enough to witness a fair few of the other 60's greats. Nashville Teens were real. They would drink in the bar with audience after shows.
I'm 62, but was only 15 when this version was released. Only found out today it was not a new song when I was a kid back then, but had been written by John D. Loudermilk 4 years earlier in 1960. You live and learn.
@MushroomMountainGoat I think the device you're talking about is a volume control on the mic on the piano. It gets louder when he turns it up for the solo
davwave....89 cent .for a 45 record i was a teen in the 60s ...born 1953......dad was making 2.00 an hr....factory worker .....albums.were 1.29.and up at 2 guys ..remember them? woolworth dept store ....1.89.....60s was cool era
I remember when this first came out I bought the "45" put it on my dads "Hi-Fi" turned the volume to 10 played it over and over I still love it Thanks for posting
Funny - they must have been choosing their stuff from John D. Loudermik songbook as their second hit was also penned by Loudermilk. Oh, well at least someone in Britain knew about him.
I discovered this song in the '70s when I lived in Ohio, USA. This music was unfashionable then. I only did karaoke once, in Iceland, and selected this song. I knew every note, this is the best version, and the audience was stunned. I had memorized every glitch of this great one. It is easy to sing, try it! This is priceless video, thank you so much for posting. If anyone wants to know about this group, I do know a little, and they were much appreciated in England.
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could see a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could ee a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
Ray Philips (the shorter of the 2 singers) is still playing with The Nashville Teens (he has an awesome version of Little Bird google Ray Philiips & Zalatnay Sarolta) Arthur Sharp (the taller of the 2 singers) worked in music management and I believe the drummer went on to play with The Animals. Great group
Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll. Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll
Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll. Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll
Used to deliver evening papers to lead singers home in Addlestone many, many moons ago - having been at the same school as him (younger than he is though!). Autographs of the group are still a prized possession.
Just saw the first episode of Season 1 of MAD MEN, and when the I first heard this at the end I new immediately who it was. Perfect timing for the song, MAD MEN is a great show.
@miniaturesun He was a nice guy. I worked in Fleet Street and had some publicity photos printed for them and took them to one of their gigs to give to them.
This song really kicks!! Plus, it's LIVE on stage. The true sound of that Gibson EB-2 bass guitar is much better on the studio version - but it still sounds big & powerful in this video.
A big thanks to Mad Men for reminding us how awesome this song is.
I don't agree that Eric Burdon's version is better. Even though I believe Eric B. and the Animals are one of the greatest, their version is too slow and bluesy. The version by the Nashville Teens is so tightly original and unique, it can never be beaten.
@london2z, we all have our certain tastes in music and you are certainly entitled to yours, but if you have not seen Burdon with WAR's version of this song, you aint seen nothing yet. Totally blows every version of this song to smithereens. Peace.
@discustapator, I have heard everyone's version and some are better than others, but I'm still sticking to what I posted. To each his/hers own. Peace.
I cant believe someone preserved such great video footage - I also found a 60's set that seems really cool - it has Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and Small Faces -reelinintheyears(dot)com/britishinvasion
@ericwatson10ew i hate to tell my age but i was 15 when the British invasion hit us so many great groups at one time you really didn't no who to turn the radio to the kinks,yard birds,Spencer Davis,hollies,the animals so many to choose from wlac[i think] out of Chicago would play all night and we had to hook up extension cord run it outside to listen because our parents would be screaming to CUT THAT SHIT OFF it was a great time to be young i don't think that will ever happen again
The thing on top of the piano was an improvised explosive device that the piano player managed to defuse before taking his solo. It was placed there by a Muslim stagehand who told the pianist it was part of the recording equipment, but the pianist quickly realized what it was & took action. This incident was one of the first examples of Muslim terrorist action in England, & was on the front page of British newspapers that week.
@imthedorf1964 I remember the bomb incident too. It was 1965. I was just a teen at the time, but our family always discussed the news at the dinner table. 321roomi321 was wrong about where it occured though. It was while they were on tour in the USA, appearing on different TV shows. It was the first Muslim bomb scare in America, but sort of overshadowed by the cold war at the time with the USSR & Cuba, & Vietnam looming on the horizon
Eric Burdon with WAR's version of Mr. Loudermilk's original 'Tobacco Road' is the only one that does it for me. If you don't move while listening to that one, I would have to say you have no groove in you whatsoever, or you're dead. Peace.
@MrFoxhunter123456 ...Oops! Hi, Mr. Foxh (I wish you weren't really a fox hunter - the poor little bastards have enough trouble, already) - I almost asked a dumb question, but now I see: Ray P. was the piano player in the Nashville Teens.
Was he able to keep paying the bills by rocking the piano, or did he have to get a regular job or something?
@pyannaguy Hi Ray Phillips was the singer, when i knew him in seventies he was still gigging,Butlins etc and worked with his dad painting and decorating.he also had a massive great dane called Odin. I called in to see him a couple or so years ago, still the same old Ray,his head under the bonnet of his beloved Mustang.He really is a nice guy.
@MrFoxhunter123456 Thanks for the update! May Ray and all of us keep on rollin' as smooth as we can...Hope the rest of the group hasn't fared too badly, also...
Very interesting version! Jerry-Lee Lewis piano style, Rolling Stones guitar style, Peter Noon singing style, Honeycombs drum style... wow what a mix!
The song's writer, JD Loudermilk was born in North Carolina, a major tobacco producing area. He even recorded a version of this song. This is one of my all time favorite songs, The Teens' was the first version I heard, though I still love The Blues Magoos' version ( & Loudermilk's). Thanks for the video.
i am still smiling / silly me of course everyone has an accent, mines Irish, but being from England i thought you
would sound more beetle like - joke ... and beetles are tough on tobacco plants, they get all strange and giddy and fly into things! when they eat the leaves.bad for tobacco plants Ha ha/ Seriously I Love and have loved your song and I am sooooooo excited you wrote to me
I am still smiling, of course everyone has an accent , silly me so yours is from Suffield or Windsor Conn.or is it Windsor Castle? seriously i love your music and the world has been made
does anyone else find it interesting that the Nashville Teens do a song called Tobacco Road...the eight mile stretch of road separating Carolina and Duke? by the way, since i'm a Chapel Hill sophomore...GO HEELS!!!
shindig was never live except for a few of the segments taped in england artists hardly ever mimed to the record version of their songs but often a prerecorded version done in a studio a day or two before
I love the throbbing bass in this song. I like this tune it as much now as I did when I first heard it, although this version doesn't seem as hard hitting as the one on my 45
Wow...these guys could really play and sing! The keyboard is Argent/Alan Price good, and the guitar is really nailing that riff with an excellent sound and attack. Bravo Teens.
Thye are singing 'live' I used to go and see them and when they came to my hometown I was right at the front and they sounded excellent. Them and the Beachboys really knew how to sing live.
It sure is live. Of course the recorded version is "better" in a few ways but this sure shows they cooked, huh?
This group was a nearly lost treasure but I found them in the 1970s thanks to "Hard Up Heros," a compilation release originating from a California guy.
The piano player, John Hawken, later founded Renaissance and played with a lot of class acts. Talented guy! The singer on the right, Ray Phillips, kept the Teens going. I have a video of an 80's line-up who blew all other 60's bands off the stage with their heavy version of Tobacco Road.
been listening to some versions of this song, including the guy who wrote it who was on Marty Stuart's show. I really, really like this version the best.
TheJwood45154 20 hours ago
Uprated. The Brits are known for not only nailing "foreign" stuff but improving it. This is a classic example. If you PM me, I can provide you with some info on this group. I have a little from the HARD UP HEROES double record set which came out in the '70s and is a nearly lost classic compilation of all kinds of good stuff such as this. Greetings from France via the USA.
slobomotion 1 month ago
ain this a hank jr song?
craizedkiller69 1 month ago
Excelente melodia no se si tiene realacion con el libro del mismo titulo de la melodia escrito por Erskine Caldwell de todas manera es una bellicima melodia que escuche durante mi estacia en la secundaria ETI 56.
gsancheza2001 2 months ago
Sorry, but the hungarian version is MUCH better:
/watch?v=V5q1MFLANjU
(from 1981)
970ronaldo 3 months ago
I played along a band called by this name - in Dinnington near Sheffield.
In fact it was this band COSMIC!
mahonriwilson 4 months ago
@mahonriwilson so u played with this guys?!?!? fucking awesome.
lucas07700 3 months ago
Does anyone know if this was the band with David Fairhurst in it? I met him on a train in Switzerland and forgot to ask the name of the band he was in that did Tobacco Road - too busy admiring the scenery!
cornflowerish 4 months ago
Nashville Teens are a British group, formed in 1962. This particular song was released in 1964 where it made No.6 in the UK and No. 14 in the Billboard hot 100. It was also released in Canada. The Teens have appeared in 3 films. The song is a classic, covered by several artists.
BuntsLever 5 months ago
The studio version always made me think of Status quo.
Thinking they may share some DNA I looked around and found they both shared a stage with the Who, so I guess not.
But there IS a connection!
PRIVATEAYEIEYE 5 months ago
Reminds me of Yardbirds...
Great, btw!
joriszsz 5 months ago
Most things in US are cheaper aren't they? Despite higher wages there. In1960/61. I took 5 shillings to school as dinner money & i scraped up 1/3 extra & bought a new 45 every monday! had tograb some dry biscuits (crackers) to get me through the days...i suffered for my art. I had a helluva secret collection of 45s tho. Told my parents that my mates had loaned them to me. 6/3 was a lot of dough in those good old days.
Harmonicajello 6 months ago
@Harmonicajello You sound like my older brothers who had to sneak this stuff into the house way back when. Thank God they did. I was born in 1966 into a house where The Beatles, Kinks, and The Animals ruled. I thank you Brits for discovering our Rock and Roll and returning it in even better condition than you had found it.
TheAmazingMorse 3 months ago
@TheAmazingMorse Thanks. You were born into a great decade. Rock 'n' Roll had gone quiet somewhat due to it being commandeered by the impresarios. 1962 was awful for music in UK & The Beatles brought Rock back with a bang at the end of the year! I only wish i had seen their live shows before they hit the big time. That would've been something. But i was lucky enough to witness a fair few of the other 60's greats. Nashville Teens were real. They would drink in the bar with audience after shows.
Harmonicajello 3 months ago
reminds me of White Stripes
acslater017 6 months ago
I'm 62, but was only 15 when this version was released. Only found out today it was not a new song when I was a kid back then, but had been written by John D. Loudermilk 4 years earlier in 1960. You live and learn.
lkijju 6 months ago
i just love this song,[grew up in a rusty shack]
lotec51 7 months ago
i love tabasco road better.
RJiminez51 7 months ago
Girls screamed to better music back then
Viciousfella 7 months ago
Great performance, although I enjoy Lou Rawls' interpretation even more.
stringhawke 7 months ago
とってもレアな画像をありがとうございます。この時代のミュージシャンって女性向けに甘い仕様なのですが、彼らだけは男性的だった。
batterseapark78 8 months ago
Their only major hit..but the boys could rock
evetsgolb 8 months ago
Wow, amazing, NO LIP SYNC and they pull of a better performance than the single.
:D thanks for sharing, and what's that device the Piano Player cranks up..it seems to bring the high end to the middle of the piano..??
MushroomMountainGoat 8 months ago
@MushroomMountainGoat I think the device you're talking about is a volume control on the mic on the piano. It gets louder when he turns it up for the solo
RayNDeere 6 months ago
davwave....89 cent .for a 45 record i was a teen in the 60s ...born 1953......dad was making 2.00 an hr....factory worker .....albums.were 1.29.and up at 2 guys ..remember them? woolworth dept store ....1.89.....60s was cool era
09bnunez 9 months ago
i was a teenager the 60 was sooooooo great things were so cheap 45 records sold 4 89 cents....the early brit invasion
09bnunez 9 months ago
@09bnunez Cheap? That was a couple of hours pay back then, depending on how old you were.
DAVWAVE 9 months ago
I can not believe that girls are screaming so much
just listen
sick
dabrovi402 9 months ago
I remember when this first came out I bought the "45" put it on my dads "Hi-Fi" turned the volume to 10 played it over and over I still love it Thanks for posting
MrTuireland 10 months ago
Always a fav tune. Butchered by many other groups.
gringott12 10 months ago 2
Funny - they must have been choosing their stuff from John D. Loudermik songbook as their second hit was also penned by Loudermilk. Oh, well at least someone in Britain knew about him.
pinchold 10 months ago
I discovered this song in the '70s when I lived in Ohio, USA. This music was unfashionable then. I only did karaoke once, in Iceland, and selected this song. I knew every note, this is the best version, and the audience was stunned. I had memorized every glitch of this great one. It is easy to sing, try it! This is priceless video, thank you so much for posting. If anyone wants to know about this group, I do know a little, and they were much appreciated in England.
CuteCatFaith 11 months ago
best version ever
panhead58ful 11 months ago 3
Those Brits they really got a beat on the US soul machine........gotta hand it to them.
Jazsngr 1 year ago
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could see a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
Tigercatflyboy 1 year ago
Amen, Brother....!
davefromrisca 10 months ago
Saw the Teens live several times in the 60's along with the terrific Small Faces, The Who, Spencer Davis, The Animals, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, man those were truly great times, when you could ee a chart topping group down at your local dance hall, where did it all go wrong. These groups could perform as good, if not better live than on disc, wish I could go back to the 60's now, I like modern music, but it all seems so electronically produced.
Tigercatflyboy 1 year ago
actually they orginally recorded for Decca
Zeepee100 1 year ago
Ray Philips (the shorter of the 2 singers) is still playing with The Nashville Teens (he has an awesome version of Little Bird google Ray Philiips & Zalatnay Sarolta) Arthur Sharp (the taller of the 2 singers) worked in music management and I believe the drummer went on to play with The Animals. Great group
boothl232 1 year ago
This is one mean version
bobbydowns 1 year ago
smokin tune.....
CommanderRZ 1 year ago 2
Fabulously dynamic, foot-stomping romp of a song. Fancy them being British, as well.
bognostril 1 year ago
Triffic !
BeppeSapone 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
My mum told me that im related to the drummer, he's my great uncle, so ive been told.
suppmarkxb 1 year ago
@suppmarkxb thats real cool !!!!!!!!being related to something from this era is a big bonus,it sure was a swinging time.cheer,s
barnfresh60 1 year ago
Anyone know what TV show this is? What year?
jedwing 1 year ago
@jedwing I believe that the host is the "Real Don Steel" and the year is 1964.
jukeboxjonnyv 1 year ago
Who owns the rights to this band's music?
Upsiditus 1 year ago
@Upsiditus They originally recorded for London Records.
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zonnya3e 1 year ago
They got balls these guys .... me old favorit number ... hope theý still got all their balls intact
barazbulbo 1 year ago
Great song, and they knew how to capitilize on a bass,
Thanks for sharing the post.
johnmorris008 1 year ago
They were even better live!
arquata34 1 year ago
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what year it is ?
PepePoland 1 year ago
The NASHVILLE TEENS!
nineblackkasabian 1 year ago
Used to deliver evening papers to lead singers home in Addlestone many, many moons ago - having been at the same school as him (younger than he is though!). Autographs of the group are still a prized possession.
P9504B 1 year ago
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P9504B 1 year ago
thanks eric i have bookmarked the url will check it later. thanks again eric
spider15able 1 year ago
Just saw the first episode of Season 1 of MAD MEN, and when the I first heard this at the end I new immediately who it was. Perfect timing for the song, MAD MEN is a great show.
PlyrJM25 1 year ago
' Fire us ' - Don Draper
chooup38 1 year ago 17
Check out the links, this is available in color. Enjoy!
johnmorris008 1 year ago
David Lee Roth-Tobacco Road
problem49 1 year ago
David Lee Roth's version of this rocks!
sisterblister77 1 year ago
THIS IS MY TAKE ON THE MAD MEN SEASON 4 PREMIERE:
What lesson has Don Draper learned?
1. WHEN YOU HAVE GOT IT, FLAUNT IT.
2. Jantzen makes family friendly swimsuits, love it or leave it. :-)
sallyofseattle 1 year ago 3
Art kissed me when I was 16.
cosmichotspur 1 year ago
@cosmichotspur Really? What was he like? I have to admit I think he was really cute back then.
miniaturesun 1 year ago
@miniaturesun He was a nice guy. I worked in Fleet Street and had some publicity photos printed for them and took them to one of their gigs to give to them.
It was all very innocent I might add.
cosmichotspur 1 year ago
@cosmichotspur Thanks for responding! It's good to hear that he was a nice guy.
miniaturesun 1 year ago
This song really kicks!! Plus, it's LIVE on stage. The true sound of that Gibson EB-2 bass guitar is much better on the studio version - but it still sounds big & powerful in this video.
A big thanks to Mad Men for reminding us how awesome this song is.
ctaesque 1 year ago
As heard on Sunday's episode of Mad Men.
diruta 1 year ago 9
Love that Gibson Barney Kessel guitar. You'd never know it is red.
mcp6453 1 year ago
This is a fantastic clip! Where did you get it?
chelle329 1 year ago
jukeboxing this next time im out for sure.
Undeadmudge 1 year ago
MaD for this....
blondieosbourne 1 year ago
ahhh I love Mad Men
naderjunction 1 year ago
Mad Men kicked off its 4th season with this song played at the end of the first episode. Very fitting choice.
spirtw72 1 year ago 15
stop artist comparisons already and just enjoy before all this gets taken away..you got jimmy paige on lead here as a studio musician.
speedskiff2 1 year ago
has anyone got their appearance on ready steady go 1964 ?
1horseman 1 year ago
chris farlowe is a lead singer, check out his own songs/records.
padredepaco 1 year ago
wow thanks for sharing this i never heard this one :-) well by these guys i meant so we get that cleared now :-)
THRILLAKILLA187 1 year ago
Nice vocals.
sexrat 1 year ago
lol awesome!!!
barbj7121 1 year ago
I don't agree that Eric Burdon's version is better. Even though I believe Eric B. and the Animals are one of the greatest, their version is too slow and bluesy. The version by the Nashville Teens is so tightly original and unique, it can never be beaten.
london2z 1 year ago
@london2z, we all have our certain tastes in music and you are certainly entitled to yours, but if you have not seen Burdon with WAR's version of this song, you aint seen nothing yet. Totally blows every version of this song to smithereens. Peace.
lowriderbandfan 1 year ago
@lowriderbandfan, specifically -Eric Burdon declares WAR rare!!!! - by bnine.
lowriderbandfan 1 year ago
@lowriderbandfan hey im sorry to tell you all this but if you havent heard Edgar Winters version then you have not heard tobabco road !.
discustapator 1 year ago
@discustapator, I have heard everyone's version and some are better than others, but I'm still sticking to what I posted. To each his/hers own. Peace.
lowriderbandfan 1 year ago
1964
fitzbaby2003 1 year ago
Eric Burdons version with War is so much better!
Absolutionftw 1 year ago 2
Whaooooo ... I was really a young gal then ...
Loved to dance to it ... hurrrrrayyyy ... 5 stars :-)
laggie24 1 year ago
I cant believe someone preserved such great video footage - I also found a 60's set that seems really cool - it has Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and Small Faces -reelinintheyears(dot)com/britishinvasion
ericwatson10ew 1 year ago 31
@ericwatson10ew i hate to tell my age but i was 15 when the British invasion hit us so many great groups at one time you really didn't no who to turn the radio to the kinks,yard birds,Spencer Davis,hollies,the animals so many to choose from wlac[i think] out of Chicago would play all night and we had to hook up extension cord run it outside to listen because our parents would be screaming to CUT THAT SHIT OFF it was a great time to be young i don't think that will ever happen again
maverick10241 1 year ago
Lol David Lee Roth covered this. Too funny.
pinworms70 1 year ago
Jimmy Page played on the studio version of this song.
CaptCrunge 1 year ago
What is that thing on top of the piano that the piano player was fiddling with before his solo?
imthedorf1964 1 year ago
@imthedorf1964
The thing on top of the piano was an improvised explosive device that the piano player managed to defuse before taking his solo. It was placed there by a Muslim stagehand who told the pianist it was part of the recording equipment, but the pianist quickly realized what it was & took action. This incident was one of the first examples of Muslim terrorist action in England, & was on the front page of British newspapers that week.
32Iroomi321 1 year ago
@32Iroomi321 You're a dumbass. Now does somebody else wanna tell me what that thing on top of the piano is?
imthedorf1964 1 year ago
@imthedorf1964 I remember the bomb incident too. It was 1965. I was just a teen at the time, but our family always discussed the news at the dinner table. 321roomi321 was wrong about where it occured though. It was while they were on tour in the USA, appearing on different TV shows. It was the first Muslim bomb scare in America, but sort of overshadowed by the cold war at the time with the USSR & Cuba, & Vietnam looming on the horizon
Hero0fChrist 1 year ago
six guys from Surrey, England. Drummer Barry Jenkins joined the Animals in 1966. They had only two top 100 songs. This one is a classic.
68enxy 1 year ago
yes yes yes many great times were hade back in this era listning and dancing well parting to this great old 60,s music
mudlevel 1 year ago
I was 14 when this song was a hit. Numerous versions of the song since then, but this one rocks the best,
dbsicilianese 1 year ago 2
PLEASE, PLEASE !! broadcast Tobacco road by Billy lee riley !!!!!
phenoplaste 1 year ago
edgar winters versions pretty godam good
69feast 1 year ago
AWESOME TY J FROM J
LVEMEDO 1 year ago
What is that gadget on the piano the player tweaks????
Lloydhl 1 year ago
Watch the Hungarian Hobo Blues Band's record of this song - epic.
typhi001 1 year ago
Another one that Jimmy Page played session on.
BlutoniusRex 1 year ago
Eric Burdon with WAR's version of Mr. Loudermilk's original 'Tobacco Road' is the only one that does it for me. If you don't move while listening to that one, I would have to say you have no groove in you whatsoever, or you're dead. Peace.
lowriderbandfan 2 years ago 2
i think the instrumentation is better in this one, but burdon does groove, he was awesome, anyway, peace out
RonyMexico 2 years ago 2
Good piano player.
I wish somebody would put together the greatest "Whatever Happened To" site.
pyannaguy 2 years ago 17
@pyannaguy I lived next door to Ray Phillips. Smashing bloke do any thing for any one.
MrFoxhunter123456 1 year ago
@MrFoxhunter123456 ...Oops! Hi, Mr. Foxh (I wish you weren't really a fox hunter - the poor little bastards have enough trouble, already) - I almost asked a dumb question, but now I see: Ray P. was the piano player in the Nashville Teens.
Was he able to keep paying the bills by rocking the piano, or did he have to get a regular job or something?
Thanks for your time!
pyannaguy 1 year ago
@pyannaguy Hi Ray Phillips was the singer, when i knew him in seventies he was still gigging,Butlins etc and worked with his dad painting and decorating.he also had a massive great dane called Odin. I called in to see him a couple or so years ago, still the same old Ray,his head under the bonnet of his beloved Mustang.He really is a nice guy.
MrFoxhunter123456 1 year ago
@MrFoxhunter123456 Thanks for the update! May Ray and all of us keep on rollin' as smooth as we can...Hope the rest of the group hasn't fared too badly, also...
pyannaguy 1 year ago
@pyannaguy try google
mrguitar52 10 months ago
The David Clayton Thomas version with Blood Sweat and Tears also rocks. It is just so slow and nasty!
michelpaul1 2 years ago
post it for us ?
w9x7cv3vg6 2 years ago
Written by John D. Loudermilk - and you need to look up his version played on the Beeb 1984, pure poetry.
Thomas63r2 2 years ago
Bring that dynamite and a crane,
blow it up, start all over again.
Build a town, be proud to show.
Gives the name Tobacco Road
whole world needs that
NukeThirstder 2 years ago
spooky tooth made and opera out of this song,my favorite but who wrote it?
drumier 2 years ago
Very interesting version! Jerry-Lee Lewis piano style, Rolling Stones guitar style, Peter Noon singing style, Honeycombs drum style... wow what a mix!
CrazyIsCool1 2 years ago 2
Well picked!
cqsteve1 2 years ago
This the first version I remember, but the Animals reallly rock, too!
Lloydhl 2 years ago
I love The Animals' version of this song soooooo much. And as much as I love them, Jefferson Airplane's version is rather sucky.
This one is pretty good too.
This one is good.
ladidah9 2 years ago
Hobo Blues Band's version is the best!
zzfanhun 2 years ago
search for Hobo Blues Band - Tobacco Road ... kicks ass
typhi001 2 years ago
the best version i have heard, is the Jefferson Airplane's one
florenceale 2 years ago
I saw them many times in the 60's. Great live band.
BROMFIELD06 2 years ago
I wonder what the bass is that the bass player is playing?
rosmia2 2 years ago
Looks like a semi-acoustic Gibson EB-2.
telebob59 2 years ago
I think the ANIMALS did a bluesy version
mrkystrky 2 years ago
Probably the only live version of this song ever filmed. A good find.
alonenjersey 2 years ago
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I love this song and I am 23 years old!
Damo0886 2 years ago
The song's writer, JD Loudermilk was born in North Carolina, a major tobacco producing area. He even recorded a version of this song. This is one of my all time favorite songs, The Teens' was the first version I heard, though I still love The Blues Magoos' version ( & Loudermilk's). Thanks for the video.
memphist1 2 years ago
I saw ths band in concert in 1964 they were touring with Chuck Berry, The Animals and Carl Perkins
ollierite 2 years ago
I saw this band on tour in 1964 with Chuck Berry , The Animals and Carl Perkins. I was 20 at the time lol
ollierite 2 years ago
I grew up in tobacco road in connecticut usa
I love this song. I never knew they were
A little more east of conn. No accent.wow!
emailyaairheart 2 years ago
no accent?
no what accent everybody has an accent deary
bobbystar101 2 years ago
i am still smiling / silly me of course everyone has an accent, mines Irish, but being from England i thought you
would sound more beetle like - joke ... and beetles are tough on tobacco plants, they get all strange and giddy and fly into things! when they eat the leaves.bad for tobacco plants Ha ha/ Seriously I Love and have loved your song and I am sooooooo excited you wrote to me
thank you for your amazing music .Emmy
emailyaairheart 2 years ago
I am still smiling, of course everyone has an accent , silly me so yours is from Suffield or Windsor Conn.or is it Windsor Castle? seriously i love your music and the world has been made
a better place by it, and i am sooooo excited you
wrote to me, thank you Emmy/ now from Maine
now there is an accent ah!ya
emailyaairheart 2 years ago
Awesome!
maynardgkrebsiii 2 years ago
does anyone else find it interesting that the Nashville Teens do a song called Tobacco Road...the eight mile stretch of road separating Carolina and Duke? by the way, since i'm a Chapel Hill sophomore...GO HEELS!!!
boocfuss 2 years ago
Love the volume control on the piano for the solo.
buskerbuoy 2 years ago
I got this song on my Ipod
rockstar9514 2 years ago
This song is so cool and I believe that the Nashville Teen had to be on The Hullaballoo show.
You have a kick a*s playlist!
TSapkaroski 2 years ago
This band is the most underrated, musically, of any band from the British Beat Boom!
ryantunks 2 years ago 4
the drummer, (barry jenkins) owns a guitar shop down the road from me
mrlemoncurry 2 years ago
shindig was never live except for a few of the segments taped in england artists hardly ever mimed to the record version of their songs but often a prerecorded version done in a studio a day or two before
chris393s 2 years ago
Anyone familiar with the famous studio version can recognise that this is, in fact, a live performance. Note the finish.
problem49 2 years ago 2
I have spoted the bass player in Portugal on the Algarve playing with The O'Gradys
thetasmaniac 2 years ago
My uncle saw them at St Joephs School , Orpington Kent,
He saw them live over school wall, for free, they played with Paul & Barry Ryan, this was in the 60s, love the track as does
my uncle, Take Care LUCY!!
lucyloveskrymusic 2 years ago
I love the throbbing bass in this song. I like this tune it as much now as I did when I first heard it, although this version doesn't seem as hard hitting as the one on my 45
6motion6 2 years ago
The Teens backed Jerry Lee Lewis on a tour, I had an old LP which was very good.
inisk 2 years ago
Live at the Star Club in Hamburg! They kept up with him too which isn't an easy feat.
whoareyou342 2 years ago
Wow...these guys could really play and sing! The keyboard is Argent/Alan Price good, and the guitar is really nailing that riff with an excellent sound and attack. Bravo Teens.
neojohn44 2 years ago
This also sounds slightly different than the record, which leads me to believe that this wasn't a lip-synch, but a live performance.
But weren't there a lot of live performances and not much (if any) lip-synching on "Shindig"??
altfactor 3 years ago
Thye are singing 'live' I used to go and see them and when they came to my hometown I was right at the front and they sounded excellent. Them and the Beachboys really knew how to sing live.
MarleneSB 2 years ago
It sure is live. Of course the recorded version is "better" in a few ways but this sure shows they cooked, huh?
This group was a nearly lost treasure but I found them in the 1970s thanks to "Hard Up Heros," a compilation release originating from a California guy.
slobomotion 2 years ago
Was this from "Shindig"??
altfactor 3 years ago
YES
lordritchie 3 years ago
A blast from my past seems so cliche...but it sure as hell is!!!
whitebengal987 3 years ago
Man. they rock this song as good as the Animals, both great versions!
Lloydhl 3 years ago
The Animals and The Nashville Teens were both produced by Mickie Most. (Thus the similar sound)
MoorelandSt 2 years ago
A classic rock & roll song, which has lots of heart and soul!!
Sincerely, Jim.
386due 3 years ago 3
I really love this song!! One of my fav of all time. I was 10 yrs old. I just love the 60's music alot!!
desireelouie 3 years ago
Real Music !!!
ZenithJones2 3 years ago
Tobacco rd is just down the street from me.
ga6strings 3 years ago
classic. These British guys rock!!
astromike07 3 years ago
If you think this was good ....you should see them do La Bamba !
Saw them do this (La Bamba)at Brooklands College Weybridge. They were one of the best groups around at that time.
RockinRon123 3 years ago
The guitar on this track was actually played by Jimmy Page who was the session guitarist - not a lot of people know that!
Gosborn777 3 years ago
A timeless song by many artists, but this will always be my favorite. Thanks for posting it!
dadgumblah 3 years ago
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wow this vid in same weird way made me horny
a9999 3 years ago
Lou Rawls sang this beautifully..but I always liked the nashville teens version..Listen to Lou rawls singing it and see.....
kevoob13 3 years ago 2
Wow. Seems live and shit! Brill.
dicksatan 3 years ago
they were a lot of great bands around at this time, and were good but run of the mill!
adgile6 3 years ago
The piano player, John Hawken, later founded Renaissance and played with a lot of class acts. Talented guy! The singer on the right, Ray Phillips, kept the Teens going. I have a video of an 80's line-up who blew all other 60's bands off the stage with their heavy version of Tobacco Road.
gibson3524 3 years ago
too much , this is the first time i think i ever saw them live and i think they weren't syncing it too. it sure has been covered by some monsters
slewpi 3 years ago
This is one of the best ever fukin songs. when it ends, i want to hear it again. so cool.
OkeySlashDokey 3 years ago