Tobacco Road-The Nashville Teens-1964

[123WalshJack]

Yes Mad Men brought me here. Took me a little time to find it, but wow what a cool song. Don Draper is really cool. If I looked like Don Draper I would never get anything done. I would stare at myself all day long. What a handsome bastard. No I'm not a fag.

[mitchkilgour1]

classic! old memories.

[adokaditya]

thumb up if Mad Men brought you here

[rickinnev]

Is still think this is one of the absolute greatest rock songs ever..a real Legend for Rock & Roll..great job guys, thank you.

[OWickedOne88]

That awkward moment when a song from the 60s is infinitely cooler and more badass than most songs from the current era. And by awkward, I mean awesome.

[haynamarshall]

Jimmy Page on guitar :)

[TL250Rider]

One fantastic Song

Thank you I got to listen to this great song on KRTH FM101 H2 Too bad that Regular KRTH Fm 101 does not play this Great song

[Carvinter]

At 2:07, "I despiiiise you 'cause your filthay"......., listen to this one part carefully, because it's "tone-perfect" harmony!

[brandon888ize]

i'v listen to it befor and its BRILLIANT !!!!1

[TheWhitehall]

I saw the "Teens" in November 1969 they were on the same bill as Gene Vincent and the Wild Angels. The Teds in the audience gave the "Teens" a rough time.

[Schubertination]

teens, are you gonna really listen bieber or something after this one? if answer will be yes, i really dont know if you have any kind of taste.

[hungryherbie]

WOW what a great song from the 60's haven't heard it in years and still sounds great

cheers

[lee8264]

Holy shit i am older than this song WTF!

[MrRogue1111]

@lee8264 Haha Alzheimer :D

[TheFightwear]

" SHITHOT!!!! love it !!!!

[deliriouscouture]

thumbs up if you were listening to this before it was on "mad men".

[centralparocker]

I like rolling something too....

[jazzandshayneUK]

i like hand rolling tobacco 

[JOLENE2008]

beyond awesome of a song :) good driving song :)

[LedWilde]

Definitely Jimmy Page on guitar.

[emmaaum22]

Early blues influence, which was lost in the US white population. It was the Brits (these guys, Animals, Yardbirds, etc) who brought blues home to America. Look up John D. Loudermilk, who wrote this.

[90hitman]

This song took that episode of Mad Men to a new level. 

[brunop541]

Was it Jimmy page on guitar ?

I heard this group, only behind Jerry lee Lewis on an Lp in Hambourg 1964 ?

[barryjohnson26]

Jimmy Page on guitar.

[lonrgrrl59]

Remembered hearing this song as a hospital residential patient at age four or five and was played on some radio station which one I don't remember, but over the years, I heard it played on oldies radio.

[Farrah300]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[Olbuford]

This was one of my all-time faves--as the original poster notes, it really foreshadowed the hard-driving sound that would later dominate the music of the late '60s and early '70s we now designate as "Classic Rock."

[Olbuford]

This was one of my all-time faves--as the original poster notes, it really foreshadowed the hard-driving sound that would later dominate the music of the late '60s and early '70s we now designate as "Classic Rock."

[terrafirma91]

What?!?! The old pic @ 1;21, and 2;06, of the Nubel Theater on Bellflower Boulevard, in Bellflower, Calif. blew my mind. I recall going to this theater when I was a tot. What a huge dejavue.

[haberdasherism]

So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and said "Fire us"

[jsteelman1000]

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[speedskiff2]

young jimmy page as studio musician on lead guitar.

[Farrah300]

AWESOME SONG!!!

[mythicalness]

fire us.

[jsteelman1000]

where is Tobacco Road ?

[Jeannie1844]

@jsteelman1000 E Durham, NC

[coltkitt]

@jsteelman1000 I always associated tobacco road to the tobacco farming areas of North Carolina and Virginia but I think the phrase "tobacco road" was originally from the novel "Tobacco Road" about an tenant farming family in Georgia

[LegZoff]

Sounds as good today as it did when it came out. You can't say that about a lot of old tunes.

[bluesmahn]

this bass is so funky........I heard this on CKLW-AM..Me and Steve were riding around looking for girls and the tailpipe fell out of the falcon.....that should tell you how long ago that was!!

[queenmother123]

Mad Men :D

[blaxbird2]

So I walked into Lane Pryce's office and I said "Fire us !"

[sweigart2]

Edgar Winters did this song to.

[seshu240cc]

how many Mad Men here?

[swine74]

I have Bill Wyman's and David Lee Roth's version.

[bondurango]

I swear to God, David Bowie ripped this off to make "Jean Genie".

[jocko259]

Jimmy Page supposedly played on this session --check wiki

[BloodyCatastrophee]

wooooooooooooooooooooo rock 'n roll! and mad men!!!

[MRG2112MGV]

I could draw you a map... been there many a time.

(everyone under the sun did this song, but this IS the Best version.

[ISISJoness]

the bassline and the piano are fantastic !

[spacepatrolman]

@ISISJoness mike hawker went on to play an odd electrified grand piano with renasaince at the fillmore east

[sallyofseattle]

I believe this is the correct version played at the end of the Season 4 premiere episode I referred to above..... I like it.

[disgrl4]

MAD MEN!! Hell, yes.

[adjustedstone]

I love this group and this song!!

[daveibukun]

I heard it on Mad Men at the end and i thought it was the beatles.

[disgrl4]

@daveibukun That's likely because this group as well as so many others in 1964-1965 wanted to sound and be like the Beatles. However, nothing will top the Beatles themselves. They're one of a kind.

[bfahlgre]

Mad Men Season 2 premiere ended with this song, great.

[disgrl4]

@bfahlgre Huh? Um, it ended the season 4 premiere. Not season 2.

[chili212]

anybody here for mad men? haha

[RemusRomulas]

@chili212 yes me lol this song is amazing and ahead of its time 

[disgrl4]

@chili212 YEP!

[IggyHazard]

Dig it, daddio!

[johnnythunders78]

- Long Live Don Draper -

[jimwalsh2001]

Sounds like the Yardbirds, pre-dating Clapton, Beck and Co. by several years!

[mcp6453]

@jimwalsh2001 Jimmy Page is playing guitar on this track, according to Wikipedia.

[SarahConnorRocks]

heard this on Mad Men last night

[loveoldsongs]

@SarahConnorRocks I did too! I said to my Dad and brother when they were watching it: "I know that song, It's "Tobacco Road"; "It came out just about the early 60s!"! My early-thirties daughter always gently teases me about remembering songs no one else in the family remembers! LOL

[normajeantbs]

Mad Men! hehe

[unionguy36]

Played over the closing credits of Mad Men season 4 premiere, July 25, 2010.

[Squibfire]

l just heard this track off of the season premier of Mad Men and fell in love, thanks for posting

[coloradobob1]

@Squibfire I want to be Don Draper when I grow up .

[Squibfire]

@coloradobob1 who doesnt? lol

[spirtw72]

@coloradobob1 Cool. I came to post about this being on Mad Men too! It's a good choice. It fits in well with the Dick Whitman/Don Draper story. Plus, it's a British Invasion hit and Mad Men is now in late 1964 and you'd expect the song at the end to start reflecting the new era. Always liked this song. Great that it's linked now to such a good TV show.

[coyotesong]

@spirtw72 Yep, I heard it last Sunday to conclude the kick-ass premier of Mad Men. I vaguely recall the song from way back then, but never knew the name of the group. The song was perfect for the Mad Men ending. What a great great show!!!!!

[KellyGreen5555]

@coloradobob1 Perhaps Don Draper wants to be you.

[berretaboy357]

@KellyGreen5555 only in soviet russia

[mjw9363]

All Europeans secretly strive to be American

[barslo933]

pics not tobacky road

[boothl232]

The version done here is the Nashville Teens but your first pic doesn't have Art Sharp & Ray Philips in it - since they sang it they should be in the pic

[barbj7121]

AWESOME AWESOME SONG HEY IT MAY BE OLD BUT WHENEVER IT COMES ON I TURN THIS BABY UP!! WHEVER I AM ON THE ROAD!!!

[cshargeit]

big fat underwater plumage called tobacco oil corporation- you aint got no brains--- you will never know how much we kill. suck up another cigarette you fuckin nicotane junkie. one has mastered the ignorant of this world- over and over generations- george bush oil company.

[chuckhahn47]

great energy/one of the best Brit Invasion groups from the '60s/ check out "Google Eyes on U tube, same band

[9erfandex]

One of the absolute best introduction guitar riffs in the musical kingdom! Yhe accompanying visuals were also excellent! Instrumental and vocal perfection, this song is on a very short list of the best songs to cross the Atlantic during the British Invasion of the sizzling Sixties! John Loudermilk's "Tobacco Road" was simply too good for its era! Thanks Y T, 74sodapop and The N. TEENS! Just too damofino fine, so ROCK ON SHINDIGGERS!

[speedskiff2]

@9erfandex Jimmie Page playing as a studio musician.

[9erfandex]

One of the sweetest intro riffs in Rock History The nashville Teens Jammed!

[rw5791]

interesting combination of raw memphis blues and english music hall?

[reddyredder]

seen these guys at the 1963 World's Fair in Flushing Queens with Pat Gianotti,that was her name then, this was rock n roll this "driving beat"  alot of fun.

[4string59]

I downloaded this song a few months ago, thinking that it was this version, but it wasn't. Not as "heavy" sounding. I was disappointed. I like THIS one much better! Thanks!

[TheMagmagoblin]

This song is NOT "pre-Beatles". The only pre-Beatles (pre-) British Invasion hit was "Telstar"!  This is totally not the best version of this song, also, sirs! Although it is pretty good, I think its more a heavy recording than a heavy performance.

[thiaanthony]

Easily the best version.

[kaninz]

I think this was one of the first "British Invasion" songs....pre-Beatles.

[coleopter]

Boy this one split a lot of eardrums!

[4933juju]

I was in highschool when this song came out...I didn't have a clue these guys were British.  Judy, Indianapolis

[Ilovemyoldguitar]

Good to see that they are still touring after 45 years!!, next gig is Monday December 28th 2009 at the POKEY HOLE, Moira, Leicestershire

[cshargeit]

one of the first times i heard the lyric,"the only life i've ever known". that bass snorts like a pig. the only snorting pig bass i ever heard.

[NickKelly1]

Have a listen to The Yardbirds Over Under Sideways Down, particularly the end.

[NorthTulsaBoy]

@cshargeit

Ha, ha, great comment.

[brcr29]

They were the backup band for Jerry Lee Louis when he toured in England in the early 60's.

[recordmans1948]

1964 summer hit good times

[olivermcummins]

Great number ..............cheers for posting

[slobomotion]

This was the first kareoke song I ever sang and it was in Iceland!

Great recording.

Thank you for posting.

Greetings from France.

[bluesmahn]

I grew up in Detroit...if you were black and wanted to play bass,you would have to learn upright and then bass gutiar..I knew the first time I heard jack bruce at the Grande Ballroom that I wanted to play ball. I heard this song on CKLW and I thought this was sooooo funky.I love this bass....!!!!!!!!!!!

[tipptoes70]

yeah, that was when all music was good music, black and white.

[slobomotion]

I sang karaoke for the first and only time in Iceland in 2000 to this song and this version. This version is in my opinion the best. The Icelandics were amazed by the song -- they didn't know the Teens version. It is easy to sing along with, but their timing, you have to listen to a lot to copy.

Thank you for posting.

[moondogs61]

loved this at the sockhops at school!!!!

[iswc27]

Man, what a cool, fun and awesome song! That guitar/bass/piano combination totally rocks! It really grabs your attention!

Thanks for sharing with us, 74sodapop!

[laggie24]

After so many decades...Great to hear to to-day. At the time being this on the top 10s I got fed up with it, cause it was blowing in all radio waves and alsorts of goups played it as well. Even when ya opened the tap ya could hear this tune...ha

[GahDub]

"Cause it's home the only life I've ever known

I despise you cause you're filthy but I loves ya.... cause you're home"

Yep. I love this song. These English kids back in the day did have that great pop/rock sound that we all loved. I have no idea how the original style was intended but their particular style was way different than the proceeding heavy blues covers that Lou Rawls and Edgar Winter did....but it was still very cool.

[Ken4Pyro]

Build a town be proud to show

Give the name Tobacco Road

God damn do I love this song!

[1EleanorRigby]

One of my favourite songs!

[wisesatyr72]

Hey Jimmy Page played on this..

[dragonzep]

Just wanted to add that a young session player who played on this track was the one and only Jimmy Page who would go on to make quite a name for him self.....

[funkytv77]

Is that true? Some damn good licks for 19 year olds.Damn good licks.

[thespeez]

A cool song that I think might've been ahead of its time (hit #14 in 1964). Does anyone agree that these guys sound a little like Paul Revere and the Raiders?

[74sodapop]

I always thought so.You can hear the whole classic rock that would come later in this song.Pretty hip for some teens.

[GentlemanTony]

Of course, in the 70's, the Raiders did cover Tobacco Road with a blistering version.

[coloradobob1]

@thespeez They beat Paul Revere to the punch , so the question is , " Does anyone think Paul Revere and the Raiders sound like the Nashville Teens ?

[thespeez]

@coloradobob1 - Sort of; Paul Revere and the raiders did have a brief entry in the top-40 in 1961 with an instrumental called "Like, Ling Hair", which sounded like your typical late '50s-early '60s rockin' instrumental. It's true though they didn't re-enter the top-40 until 1965 with their trademark sound. Sadly, though, the Nashville Teens never hit the top-40 again.

[weenyone]

@thespeez America and white. Pop yep

[franklinrocks1]

@thespeez Like PR & TR? Yes -good observation. I think Lindsay's vocals are in general stronger than here but yeah....good call. Also like The Standells - or The Sonics. Nice 60s Dick Dale-ish lead.

[spacepatrolman]

@thespeez yea they do there is a song called tin town by seals and crofts that has the same theme as this

[MVillani1985]

@thespeez I think it has a quintessential mid-60s sound myself (a 60s sound mixed with some 50s elements), but in some ways it is a bit ahead of its time. 1964-1966 was the time period when the "50s" sound, still exemplified by Del Shannon, Lou Christie, Major Lance, etc was being replaced by the sounds of The Kinks and The Beatles. I think the mid-60s was a huge changing time for music, 1963 was still innocent (like Monkey Time) while 1967 was full blown psychedelic (like White Rabbit).

[sunnskyy]

@MVillani1985

Harmonies are Everley-esque, no?

[MVillani1985]

@sunnskyy Very much so, yes. Kind of a cross between the Beatles and the Everly Brothers.

[TheEarl666]

@thespeez yes they do sound like paul revere

[mustachelip]

LEFT ME HERE TO DIE OR GO

[CILDAD]

But it's home - The only life I've ever known.

[newporter42]

There's an audio effect or an instrument blend in this song like no other -- almost like playing tuned anvils or something. Maybe it's upright piano in unison with a guitar or bass. And the vocals these guys did. What a flashback this vid gave me ! Thanks for posting it !!

[74sodapop]

Definitely,this song always freaked me out.One of the first metal songs and they were teens too.Very influental record.

[NODISCOonkrth]

What a Great Song Why can't Los Angeles Radio Play this Song?

Answer.

Everyone in LA except KLOS Has Disco Brain Dead People Running them.

YES KRTH Kearth Played this song.

[cjthemusicman]

Thanks for your time and effort in making this great vid for a great song!