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  • These days, it's the mainstream media, the neo-politically correct, and the 'obamanation,' who are the hangmen.

  • Yes, you are a freak.

  • I listened to this song in the Marine Corps

  • I loved this entire album when I was a young kid! Great memories!

  • Another KSHE Classic! Thanks

  • KSHE, Sweet Meat, Rock On!

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    Great song! Were also from the St.Louis area and love KSHE 95!

  • My dad just bought a record with this song on it for 5 bucks at a flea market.  It is amazing how gold is all around you for next to nothing.

  • As a Atheist, this is how I feel, my name is "IM A FREAK".

  • Saw them at several rock festivals, ( Stevens Point, Goose Lake, Kickapoo Creek) back in 1970.FWIW they purchased a kilo of medium grade Mexican weed from me the following year, a girl I was dating knew them

  • I love these guys...I saw them live at Gartons Saloon in '74...I stumbled back stage afterward to pay homage...next thing I know I'm sitting down and they're quoting scripture to me....not that there's anything wrong with that...I felt like Gods own drunk for a second there but had to excuse myself out of respect...for them.

  • @boehmj94 Yeah, I heard they moved on to playing "contemporary Christian"music shortly after that.

  • heard them at a small club called heads up.in northern ill. in 1969

  • Shut his mouth???No greater wealth,then liberty.My brothers,sisters,Happy Hanuka,and a Merry Christmas.It still all comes down to what each one of us does.Be well...Im here James,I love you son

  • My dad and I used to sing this song to each other infront of the bon fire before he passed. Thank you for posting. It's amazing. It really took me back.

  • I used to hear this on WMMS in Cleveland, back in the day. The home of the buzzard!

  • Man, I been lookin' for this song for a hundred years! Didn't get a lot of airplay where I grew up in Chitown but I would hear it on KSHE when visiting family in central IL. Haven't heard it in so long- thanks for posting it!

  • cool

  • Minnesota loves this tune. KQRS 92.5 FM (Before they went from underground to commercial)

  • The Lou.KSHE rules fuck yes.Leave the mud in the water.Man I fuckin' love that.

  • The Lou.KSHE rules fuck yes.

  • goosebjmps the tommy

  • I live in Cali, heard this years ago, then drove through Missouri with my wife and heard it just outside St Louis. what a phuckin good tune I forgot all about.

  • Wow dude.....I grew up in St.Louis & heard this on KSHE 95 in '74. Remember "SWEETMEAT" the KSHE pig?

  • Hello from Streator il. An old Central il. FM song, love it ! gives me goosebumps! Eddie Mota

  • Heard it in Nevada at a campsite near Hoover Dam. 1972. Desert. I look back and hear that song breathless still. Nice and deep.

  • my album has the same skips cool i`m a freek we are all equal

  • Tucson loved these guys; 92.9 KWFM

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  • totally diggin on the warbles and needle pops of this vinyl. im hardly old enough to remember records, but i do. even though digi gives a crisper sound, somethin about analog...you kinda hear things you miss out on with digi, b/c of the clean sharpness of it. sometimes, they should jus leave the mud in the water (if that anology makes sense)

  • Hello from Pekin IL!

  • hello central illinois!

  • This would NEVER get radio airplay today in today's sanitized plastic music industry. God, how I miss the late 60's and early 70's when the music mattered and you didn't have to have 20 costume changes, 10 back up dancers and all kinds of pyrotechnics to impress the crowd. What you played and what you sang was all that mattered.

  • I used to play this in a set that included Led Zepplin :Gallows pole,The Doobie Brothers I Cheat The Hangman and of couse Mason Profitt.Believe it or not I did this in Top 40 radio in what I called The Attitude Hour that I learned from working as a goffer for Murray The K

  • I live in St Louis and heard this on KSHE also, back when lol, great song

  • Do you remember joe mama

  • K-SHE 95, John Ulett & softball in Valley Park, SuperJAM. No better place to have been raised being also fortunate enough to have everyone at K-SHE in the process, plus all the great concerts and of course, SuperJam!! Grew up in the best era of life ever, Rock On. 

  • thats great

    i know terry talbot in person!

    great guy

    LIKE

  • Wow-hadn't heard this since I was a kitten; I'm an old gray cat now-thanks for posting! Sorry-had to correct my grammar-I'm funny that way.

  • Wow-hadn't heard this I was a kitten; I'm an old gray cat now-thanks for posting!

  • THANX CHRIS

  • dolo,old,whats old man?this is a time i feel my young brothers.my reason.old brothers really.you dont get no older.never forget my brothers.defend,against all enimies.wake up my countrymen,wake up

  • Last heard this one evening in St.Louis in 84 heading west on Big Bend with Tim & Jesse & a couple other folk. We were all singing it at the end befor the light at Laclede Station. Those times will never happen again. Man do I feel old.

  • Dont forget "Lake Shore Drive" ! I grew up , so side, bevo mill great tunes!

  • Dont forget "Lake Shore Drive" ! 

  • I was raised in Edwardsville, IL and remeber this tune from KSHE 95. Good stuff!

  • @SiestaBch1 k-she is the same place i heard this to, thanks k-she 95 real rock radio i'm n st'louis an i'm 49 now

  • @SiestaBch1

    Hell yeah fron Godfrey, Il.

  • @SiestaBch1 I live in Edwardsville still,drop me an E-mail.

  • St. Louis area loves this too!!!!!

  • @FunkSoul1965-hell yes....

  • @FunkSoul1965 k-she 95 real rock radio

  • i love this

  • @higgins1971 i grew up in Palmyra MO .just up the road from Kinderhook.just an ol' HIPPIE..USED TO HUNT AND FISH IN PIKE CO.planted a few weeds there back in the day.great deer pop. there to.good counntry folk.pretty tolerant back then if you could hold your own.used to canoe down the MISS to LOUSIANA MO and CLARKSVILLE MO.ALSO SHOUT OUT 2 12DANIEL 7.RIGHT ON.lived there from58 to2000.miss it something awful.

  • @treyrosenmeyer I grew up in Pittsfield and my dad worked in lousianna mo 

  • @higgins1971 i grew up in Palmyra MO .just up the road from Kinderhook.just an ol' HIPPIE..USED TO HUNT AND FISH IN PIKE CO.planted a few weeds there back in the day.great deer pop. there to.good counntry folk.pretty tolerant back then if you could hold your own.used to canoe down the MISS to LOUSIANA MO and CLARKSVILLE MO.

  • Oh boy. I had given up on ever finding a Mason Profit album again. Have not heard this for years and years and years. Had given up hunting for him. My grandson got me going on YouTube and here he is. I am happy, I just lost 30 years in my mind. Takes you back to the good old days.

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  • I had heard this song on the radio and needed to hear it again. I know it's about a man doing what he thinks is right and being put to death for it...but I just found it so humourus. oTL

  • I saw them at Western IL. U. what a great concert, but then the second band came on Maynard Freguson, what a super contrast. Maynard came out just blaring on his trumpet, needless to say that Western Hall was nearly empty by the time Maynard finished.

  • @12Daniel7 Im a generation or two behind you and this music was legendary to us West central Il kids! Would loved to have been there!!!!

  • @jhiggins1971 What a Long Strange Trip it was making it thru the 60's, and early 70's. Western IL.U. was a cultural hub,back in the day.The Chicago influence incredible, that whole area of West Central IL. changed. Ironically West Central IL. was a respite for the young men and women of the Chicago area, it delivered them from the hectic pace of the large city.Some settled down, married, and became members of the West Central Il.establishment.May I ask what part of West.Central IL.R-U-from?

  • @12Daniel7 Pike county

  • @jhiggins1971 Oh wow, I just talked to my sister about Pike,County IL. way back in the day,way back, when dad was @ SIU-E mom's parents lived in Williamsburg Iowa.We do the River Road up to the Quad cities.One little town I truly remember, Kinderhook, I just remember seeing a man with his name on his truck, Ladell Titsworth, I thought that name really strange.Griggsville Purple Martin capital of the world.I knew a woman @ WIU her name Reba, was getting her P.E. teaching degree from Griggsville.

  • @12Daniel7 Just so happens I live in Griggsville but I grew up in Pittsfield and I find myself in Kinderhook alot. Small world I guess :)

  • 4/29/11 kshe just rockedmoson proffit.onlyinthe lou.

  • Mason Profit was playing at Florissant Valley Community College the night the Vietnam war ended. I broadcast it live from KCFV....I think you could hear our station for about 5 miles, but WHAT AN END FOR THE CONCERT! They played this song for 25 minutes to mark the end of the dumb-ass war!

  • Wow! Talked to the group in the 70's when they were playing the midwest circuit. "Two Hangmen Hangin from a Tree" was banned on some radio stations in Iowa.

  • a KSHE classic! Tony Carey, Yes, on and on.....

  • @thebrothersinstep YES! KSHE with Sam Kayser! I went to McCluer with him, and sat next to him in history class in'70! Good DJ--Don't know what became of him.

  • Awesome song! A classic! This should have been a huge hit way back when it was first released!

  • So the hangin' day came James.I love you man.Fuck it.Fuck it.

  • i love this song

  • You who were lucky enough to see these guys in concert, I envy you! I had all their albums at one point in time in my life. I have my ex-husband to thank for introducing them to me. Hell, I even had their outlawed album, you know, the one with the two guys hanging in a tree on the back cover?!?! Could kick myself in the A.... for letting them go!

  • Another "St. Louis Classic", played there HEAVILY on rock station for YEARS like it was a Top 40 tune, and I mean well through the 1980s. What an incredible song!!

  • my all time fave MP song! well, cottonwood is way up there too. thanks for posting!

  • I love this song.

  • What is the meaning of this song? Its it anything to do with Vietnam?

  • i love the vinyl pops

  • this song is amazing it should have a million views

  • superb story telling and imagery....THANK YOU!

  • I can still remember several thousand people singing along to this outside in Linclon Park, Chicago. Unjust war then, unjust war now!! Only difference is no draft to protest. Awesome tune from an incredible era.

  • Ah! I LOVE this song! Thank you for putting it up!

  • Good band, but I've met them personally in 1970. They were a bunch of prima donnas and very arrogant. They were to big for they're britches for me.

  • First time I've heard this; What a great message it has.

  • BEST SONG EVER !!!

  • @DontStutterbitch BUT it's the only good one on youtube. So it sounds pretty good to me.

  • Gives me electric chills up my spine.....roar!!!!!!! Love that tune.

  • I will not let this happen.Wasn't tomorrow wonderful?So to close our mouths and kill our minds,...Get it!Embrace the oppertunity our foudners affored us.Always a work in progress.The art of man.Pull your heads out.Our Republic.The United States of America.Under G-d.I love you Jimmy.I got the beers,Safe home son...

  • cant stop listenin to this, lol

  • ya'll cann thank those frikkin idiots called the FCC that no one hardly knows about this awesome song

  • this song is still extremely relevant.

  • One of my best childhood memories is of my dad singing this song in my grandparents living room. My father passed away 8 years ago so when i hear this song its like hes here with me again.

  • Talk about an oldy but a goodie

  • OK, who remembers this tune?

  • @Musk i remember it but from a generation later than yours, fuckin masterpiece

  • I have a copy of this album unopened! (Happy Tiger records BTW)

  • @KEITHBuickBoy Wanna sell it?

    

  • Blast from the past..have this album...saw them for free in Ames, Iowa for street dances. When the opened for Sly and the Family Stone at the armory at ISU, Sly was booed off the stage and Mason Proffit finished out the night. It was '71 or '72.

  • @NancySue052 whoa the promoter missed the boat pairing up that bill

    sounds kinda like up with people opening for sabbath

  • I just wish that the modern country artists would give tribute to bands like these guys, the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, etc., who hepped a lot of people to what country themed music could be. They owe these guys an awful lot!!

    I've loved this tune in particular for over 40 years!! Saw these guys live time and time again and they always did a great job. God, I feel 18 again!!!

  • Use to listen to this stoned out of my mind up in Mark's apt. veggin' out on the couch watching T.V. with the volume off......How's that for a flashback!

  • Great song.

  • One of my favorite memories of my late teens in the mid-70s. My older brother played guitar and sang in local bars and this was always one of my favorites that he played. Thanks for posting.

  • This was one of my friend's favorite song. He would make everyone listen to it. Man, it sure takes me back! Unfortunately, my friend hung himself! Many years later, but still disturbing at the time.

  • WoW!! I have always LOVED Thia song! Thanks for the posting!!

  • Way to go!

    I was just singing this Two Hangmen and Till The Sun's Gone all day at work today (really quiet though). Thanks for posting this. Glad people still remember this great tune.

    Mike

  • dex card's wild goose on sunday evenings were always a good time

  • Thank you for posting

  • The Classics for sure!!! What a song, takes me way back...Does it get any better??

  • listen all those who can't understand today

  • AWESOME>>>>>

  • WOW,, This sure bringsback some great memories.. Thank you for posting it.

  • Atta boy Jimmy.You're a good man.I'm here.Look over your shoulder any time,son.I love you.Awayws got your back.Come home....

  • Schererville, IN

  • I saw them a number of times at Dex Card's Wild Goose in Svhererville, IN. This sure brings back some memories!

  • i been dancing with the guys in colorado and iowa. both was them out of body experiences and what was nice; good loking women showed up both times. i think they r women magnets

  • This band used to play at a club in Round Lake Illinois, The Club was called " Heads Up" they were great.

  • WOW, I was a regular at that club. Many nights spent there... thanks for bringing that back to mind.

  • Do you remember the group that played there called " The Fuse" ? The Fuse released one album..It's still won of the best Rock LP's ever. The band turned into a group called CHEAP TRICK.

  • Holy Crap, I do remember that now. Do you remember a guy named Woody Woodruff, he played with ..... damn the name of the band just left me. I'll remember later and get back to you... Cryin' Shames, crap not sure

  • Cryin Shames i rember that band..

  • Forgotten klassik...a tribute to white counterculture and its (potential) role in global Revolution!

  • This song was always one of my favorites from the 60's. Well along with For What It's Worth. I still remember the words and how I would sing this song with friends back then. Thanks to songs like this the 60's will always live on. Oh ,Heywally I was at the Mason Profit concert to in Chicago where Im from.

  • Side by side.The US Constitution and me.

  • @davethesack cool

  • For everyone,else,or not.I HATE WAR.Don't you?Don't you?

  • Were you in a real war ? Think of nam. Fuck them zipper heads.

  • got youre e,I severed.Was adressing my son.Three times there and back.Took alot to repley.Go away...

  • Look at that Pete,we share a son.G-d speed James.I love you.We WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.Son.Come on home.

  • Guys,you are not executioners.you are soldiers.Honor,duty,love of country.We are with you!!

  • I saw Mason Profit many times in college at Southern Illinois....this video just does not do the song or the band justice. What a treat is was experiencing these guys...I still have my old vinyl.

  • hey Abe- i was in Ilinois when i first heard them, where'd they go????

  • The main players were John and Terry Talbot who became born again artists in the mid 70's.  John became a Catholic monk and I think Terry is still performing as a Christian artist.

  • John Talbot is known as John Michael Talbot the top Christian recording artist of all time. He has sold millions of records. Much of Mason Profits music had a lot of spirituality in it. Also often times over the years John's music has sounded a lot like the old Mason Profit music. He is still recording, but I only see his CD's in Christian music & book stores.

  • Hardest time i ever had driving out of Cripple Creek; Colo. but I met these people at a county fair in West Union, Ia. and after 40 plus dead shows they run a close 2nd

  • How about this blast from the past...

  • @ThreePuttinDude This blast from the past is one of the most excellent songs in exsistence! I love it.

  • Excellent!! One of my all-time favorite songs!! Funny, it was banned from the air-waves . . . for awhile!!  Thank you!!

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  • I saw them in Lincoln Park in Chicago in 1969/70 at the free concerts they used to have on Sundays. Nice band; used to like this song quite a bit. :)

  • My Lord! I have not heard this in 20 years. I had all their albums at one time, then gave my vinyl collection away when I moved (which was huge... argh).

    I originally saw them at the Hollywood Paladium Playing with the Beach Boys which must have been circa 1971 or so.

    Some of their music is just phenominal. Some on Bareback Rider is just incredible, imho.

    Thanks so VERY much for posting this tune... hope you do all of them!

  • @canyon53ss Yes, thank you. Great sound and album.

  • @canyon53ss lost my whole collection in the Alton flood! really sux!

  • @canyon53ss however ,... I can send it to you in MP3 format ! LOL Got about 300 gigs of stuff I lost!!! took awhile but I'M BACK! hehehe!

  • Great tune!

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  • I was fortunate to meet both of the Talbots. It was a blessing that I was unaware what would come. Sounds just like Big Brother is today keeping an eye on us all. Be careful..

  • ty for the upload

  • really cool song..i like it!

    (tnx for the share rick..good one!)

  • more, more more......how about uploading all from this album?

    I'd love to hear Stewball again.............

  • Me too!

  • TY Pinchy......very nice...great share! :)

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  • This sure fits the government today more than ever *sigh*

  • Don't tell anybody, but I'll bet a lot of people would be delighted to know that the original version of "Two Hangmen" appears to be a totally free download on the home page of Mason Proffit's website. Cool, eh? Find the website on your own. Just Google it.

  • I went there...it's not the original as heard here...seems he re-worked the lyrics a bit....

  • What a great tune, always enjoy it.

  • Saw the band in Wahpeton and Fargo ND in early 70's. Music first heard on KAAY 1090 AM Beeker Street with Clyde Clifford. Best radio show in the Midwest--EVER.

  • maybe someone can post eugene pratt a number by mason profit a great protest song

  • I got a question to early Floyd right at a friend's house, he was playing rock trivia on his computer...I forget the site.

    I loved that I trumped him with the answer

  • Local radio stopped playing it and I had to then hunt it down. I'll call them tonight and request MP yet again!! Can you try and get "Buffalo" online? I failed in my attempt due to spelling "Proffit" correctly

  • Thank you so much! Used to see this band in Kentucky-back in the 70's. Lead in for George Carlin and the James Gang. Please post more Mason Profit!

  • His name was Mac

  • GREAT!! I had this on vinyl and it got loaned out,,never to return. I was SO happy to see the post. Thanks

  • heard once on the radio at age 14, wow what a great song classic ...just in time for the new revolution ???? maybe ...... thanks so much for posting

  • I saw them in my town in 1973 or so. Partied with them too. They were awesome.

  • I loved this music-still do, listen to it on my turntable as well...what, pray tell happened to our country though the last eight years?!?

  • thank you so much! is ther eany way you could post buffalo - I know your name...you know what I mean..thank you soo much! excellent music...smiels~