Jason and the Scorchers - Absolutely Sweet Marie

[nickstout513]

Your vid is a favorite on Nicosia

[Wampusdude]

>mbearble, I *think* that the Rolling Thunder did this, with T-Bone, at the Astrodome. With Jim McGuinn and Mick Ronson and Santana and Stills laying out the sonic backdrop. With Scarlett Rivera, of course ...

[tsurugger]

Gonna walk those RR tracks with my kids, gonna listen to this song. and gonna let them know the importance of Cow Punk.

[jesusfields35]

This video went viral on Belmopan



[daylefreddie]

one of the best versions of a dylan song just love it

[cards680]

Funniest thing since sliced bread

[jbakerm]

Four people dislike this? What could possibly be their affliction?

[sufcok]

Best Bob cover in history!!

[bombardier2011]

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST VERSION OF THIS DYLAN`S SONG!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

[Bullovvic]

I saw them just last week in sweden. They've been doing their thing for a real while, but shit if they don't still look like they enjoy it, and do it well!

[MrPicroute]

Here we are ! That's what I call real music ! Great hello to all the fans from a Belgian fan !

[mbeaneable]

The bomb. I listened to the CD endlessly on a Walkman while training for a marathon.

I had a similar experience going to see T Bone Burnett live a couple of times in L.A. in the early 1980s. He has become much more well known as a producer but he and his band were really good. If you can find "Truth Decay", get it. The best part of his shows were the interactive parts. Everything including "These Boots Were Made for Walking", they knew them all.

[louiseduvee]

Memphis!

[Remeday]

Hell yeah good stuff. Good Ol' Cowpunk!!

[AngrySemite]

Saw them opening for SRV in, IDK, '85? Great band.

[strummerocks]

Best ever Dylan cover

[RockinRustle]

@strummerocks

idk, tied with mike ness's don't think twice it's alright in my opinion

[mikekadas]

Absolutely Sweet Marie - Jason & The Scorchers [Nashville, Tennessee] - 1984 - "AMG Pick. While 'Absolutely Sweet Marie' was exciting enough to gain MTV and alternative radio airplay, the six originals (Fervor EP-1983) are equally impressive,..." - EMI Years [Import UK] (Acadia Records) [Disc 1]-2008. NOTE: a frantic cover of Bob Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" that made the original sound timid.

[dakarlion1]

Is it country? Is it rock & roll? Is it punk? No, it's just great music!

[AwesomeSauce64]

@dakarlion1 I can't even tell, all I know is I hate country and I love this

[HugeGene]

My fav Cuntry-Punk band, mid-80's. Saw 'em in concert in 1986 in a Tequila- drenched stew in a sweaty, crowded club in Charlotte. BEST R n' R show of me life... " So where are you tonight, Sweet Marie???"

[avalancha13]

Saw the Scorchers in Raleigh, 1-8-11. They still kick ass.

[avalancha13]

Yeah the Scorchers still kick ass. I saw em in Raleigh, a couple of nights ago. I was into them in the 80's. And you hit it on the head thinking they are Nashvilles answer to the Ramones.

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

If The Ramones grew up in Nashville instead of Queens, New York, they would've been Jason And The Scorchers.

[mikewattdisciple]

I saw them last night for the first time in 15 years. Man, they still bring it as hard as ever! Jason and Warner have so much energy. And the new album is really good, too--they played a mix of that and the early stuff. Don't miss'em if they come to your town.

[Foxyarse2]

Kick ass good!

[FAKpietaster]

One of the best songs ever!!!!

[realchurchfolk]

there's a better version by The Blackhearts on their facebook page

[caniac29445]

I saw them at the Deja Vu in Raleigh back when they wer touring for this album. Jason & I had a discussion on American rock vs British rocker.  He was a cool and down to eath individual. Love these guys!!

[Yoth67]

I saw this lot in London in May/June 1985 - they were FANTASTIC!

Lemmy was at the bar in white cowboy boots. I was pleased to note that I was taller than him.

They reminded me of Dr.Feelgood.

[AudioFileZ]

Thank you Bob for writing a song that Jason and crew could take to stratospheric heights. Your song is the bomb, but this version is the de facto version, end of discussion.

[krz0188]

bought the lp haaaaaaa in the 80s LOVE these guys in 2010!!!!!!!!!!!

[HeyCro]

Love this song, an all-time great cover. You can read about this song at the music blog: Nightly Song

[bodhimeister]

from the Rock and Roll Encyclopedia Cat ...

[cerebrospodridos]

cow punk!

[oscarvestdijk]

whoooooooo....hahahahahahahaha­ha

[GrlLeastLikelyTo]

This is so 80s... it reminds me of being born.

[zorbazig]

Songs of the 60's revisited 80's style, but excellent !

[zorbazig]

Songs of the 60's revisited 80's style ! But excellent !

[hopsista321]

One of the best bands ever, this was listened at lake Saimaa beaches during summer '88 and since that :)

[brewhaha1555]

Lots of good memories of this band: waiting for the mens room at the Exit/Inn with a wild-eyed Perry Baggs, Jason strolling the crowd - attracting all the attention at an REM show at the Opry in 86, and seeing the band open for Stevie Ray Vaughan in Knoxville. Loved these guys.

[pavementchaser]

been into this band 4 years...inverness Scotland

[gotJenks]

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED them!!

I was lucky enough to live in the N'ville area in the mid-late 80's and saw and met them so many times. I remember sitting at the Goldrush eatting a grilled cheese with Perry. They just never got the respect they deserved. BEST LIVE BAND!! They gave it thier all.

[jdanmo]

back in the mid 80's at auburn we used to wear the vinyl out playin jason, also a great band called "The Crime" out of Memphis did a whole cover set of jns and we would go to their shows just for that set, i've seen a lot of bands and been to a lot of concerts, i agree none better than jns. later.

[8orwellish]

to wendalsbud. Nope!

[RisteardXD4]

Just discovered these guys while searching for different punk genres. They were listed as cow punk. Never thought I'd find a band that encompasses two different genres that I enjoy: punk and country! They remind me, in the way they mix two vastly different genres well, of The Pogues, while Shane MacGowan was the frontman.

[prayfortruejustice]

Dude they just came out with a new album -- go to their web site.

[wendalsbud]

bet im the only canadian guy lovin JATS!

THEY HAVE A GROUP ON fACEBOOK IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED!

[bobloblaws61]

@wendalsbud

Nope!~ I'm from Ottawa and I love 'em too.

Saw them at Barrymores in 1983.

Jason gave me some beer, and we had a grand old time backstage- what a great fellow he was.

I'd love to see them again!

[Gigolo59]

Warner playing in front of the flag. Hmmm, makes you wonder if Springsteen saw this video right before he released Born In the USA?

[louiseduvee]

I know them, I'm from Memphis...

[sacredo07]

These guy's played around the midwest when this was released quite a bit, and were really standup dudes...WARNER FUCKING HODGES!!!!

[ecksact]

I only recently discovered this band. They had a track (Self Sabotage) on a freebie CD I got and I thought I'd check them out. Thanks to everyone who's posted JATS stuff on You Tube for showing me what I've been missing!

[onechimpanzee]

Saw them open for the Fabulous Thunderbirds @ Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale IL~ Jason's then-hometown. Don't git in the way of his dancing, lol.

[paisleydiana]

saw them live once... they ROCKED!!! ..what a trip down memory lane...I feel a little old now..wonder if my kids would like them? Don't have their cassette anymore : )

[machias88]

thanks for the trip back in time! classic & killer.

[moondevil41]

I've never seen this before.

JATS were one of a kind!

Thanks for posting this.

[jayhawks69]

THIS IS my alltime Scorchers Fav- thank you so very much for posting!

[hopsista321]

Their lost and found was our summer music -88 in finland. Great!!

[chuckschilling]

I positively adore the guitar harmonic at 2:04. Magical.

[eldo500]

Oh man, this is amazing!

[louiseduvee]

The only Dylan cover I ever loved. I don't even like any other cover I've heard.

[tjmacjee]

Fucking brilliant version, and I love Dylan

[kristishreds]

Love that they filmed this in TOOTSIES in Nashville- Great place!

[arabiandrums]

i can't believe you all. good dylan cover? this doesn't even cut it. it's a sad excuse for a cheesy 80s pop song, video and that harmonica sounds like a cheap, scratched-up blue rodeo vinyl

[chuckschilling]

I feel sorry for you that you cannot appreciate a song like this. And, yes, it's a great cover of a Dylan song.

[formosahoney]

Smokin'!! Gots to get some!! What album did this song come off?

[mushy85]

fervor

[mushy85]

damn I want to dance with that girl in purple to this!

[d4nx2y]

wow! I'd never seen any of the vids till now! cheers!

[BeautifulDiamondSky]

wow they sux

[Patdog503]

God Bless Jason and The Scorchers!! What a fuckin' kick-ass band. One of the best Dylan covers EVER.

[JulbertJones]

@Patdog503

who is that guitarist?

[witchhunter81]

@JulbertJones Warner E Hodges

[caslu14]

i like harrison's version more

[tallkassie]

great

[RavynneMad]

Awesome!!! These guys are incredible!!!!!!!!

[plett410]

One of the best Dylan covers ever.

It is right up there with All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix.

[dj99surf]

Just got turned on to them. Great driving song!

[blindwilliehighlight]

Woooonderful cover!

[sts44]

La meilleure version à mon avis

[Raxacola77]

Saw them in Glasgow this week. Fantastic,high energy stuff. Very entertaining too!! Come back soon

[yotusboscrotus]

Thanks for this! I saw these guys at the long-defunct Howard Street Tavern in Omaha in 1983. There was no one at the show! We had a great time drinking beer and talking to the band between sets..........

[zephyrsmyth]

I bartended at the Exit/In in Nashville when these guys were a new band. They always melted the crowd but I remember the fun when they would hang out after closing and party with me and Bruce and a few of the select. Awesome band-Incredible people. But they shouldn't have let the corporation talk them into changing their name. Originally, it was Jason and the Nashville Scorchers. They thought it would make the rest of the nation think they were a country band.

[izzynoel]

Thanks for this video. I have never seen it before by one of my favourite bands ever.

[gouvyrock]

80's are great!!!!!

[Magicbrianwood]

Great song. Great vid. Cheers 'Dan

[mnmusician2002]

These guys played in Fargo, ND. in 96' Jason made some comment (after playing this song)about Dylan being from around here. Jason then asked the crowd "what do you want us to play?" I think he thought we didn't know much of their music in Fargo. I yelled "Help, There's a Fire!" Jason looked at Warner and then Perry, and Perry said "u didn't expect that did you Jason". Jason looked straight at me and said "if it's Help There's a Fire you want, it's Help There's a Fire you get! Great show!

[eldo500]

@mnmusician2002 Haha, love it!

[Poordumbcracker]

Kick ass version.

[raunchboy]

Saw Jason last night in Winston-Salem, NC. Awesome show!

[Verticalsk8er]

high school grad nite at disneyland, june 1984. They had all sorts of lame bands playing,like the dazz band and a bunch of other who knows and who cares. There were a few of us wandering round and we came across these guys playing at a "lesser" stage. We were immediately hooked on 'em and spent the better part of the night there. Since hardly anybody else was around, we got to hang with them during their breaks. Even though there wasn't a lot of us, they tore it up. I will never forget!

[deckape1956]

Jason ringinberg--- The best band around!!

[flailingerman]

A-men brother!! Got to see 'em twice, once in the eighties and then again late 90's I think. These guys started the whole cow-punk movement and this song was one of the keys!!!

[TEXASSURFDONKEY]

NOBODY TOPS DYLAN ON HIS OWN MATERIAL BUT THEY DID!!

I remember seeing these guys at the Ritz and Ventura Surf Club in Dallas and was always wiped out!

Nobody topped these boys live in the flesh and you never knew what material they would throw out..from Great balls of Fire to ...Hello Walls to Six days on the road!!

And Jason is an awesome writer.

They do not make music of this caliber today!!

[TEXASSURFDONKEY]

This is Awesome pure American Rock and Roll.

The quality of the sound is unbeleivable when you think it was recorded raw in a rented apartment!

Definitely one of the most underated and under appreciated bands in history.

Seeing these guys before the grind of drugs and alcohol damn near killed them as fresh faced kids is amazing!

HATS OFF TO DAN!

[igloo3232]

best live "bar" band in the world with the possible exception of Dash Rip Rock. But they deserved to be far more than what the record companies allowed them to achieve.

[GRUZZLIN]

Superb band, cliche but old stuff is the best, especially on this ep (Fervor) & 'Lost & Found' album. Also, check out earlier 'Jason & the Nashville Scorchers' stuff. Unfortunately never got to see them live...

[theonlytruepunk]

Great stuff, kids.

[clengquist]

Man did I enjoy seeing them WITH REM in Hoch Auditorium at the University of Kansas. Ah, to be 20 again!

[jjschultz101]

One of the most entertaining live bands that I've ever seen. The video is so dated, but captures some great Nash Vegas landmarks, like Hatch Show print in the beginning. But that dancing, LOL, OMG! thank goodness the 80's are

past us!

[Cativa]

great cover!

[thenauga]

Georgia Satellite really looked up to these guys.

[scrmadlica]

saw them at a roller skating rink in the late 80's.

this was a band that knew what music is supposed to be all about.

[Spiccatoarco]

What was that guitar player's name...Warner Hodges, maybe? Used to use these

great ESP Tele-Strat looking guitars.

Great sound.

[met66]

Yep. Warner. swung the guit around his neck. Dad played with Johnny Cash.

[llb123lg]

the last time i saw warner swing was in 1994. can he still do that? iam not sure if my ears drums have revovered.

[met66]

Oh yeah. Still does it with a cig sticking in the fretboard. Last time I saw them in Nashville in 2004 and I think he does it on a video to the right here. White Lies

[deluxeleisureking]

I loved these guys back in the day. BUT..who the hell told them to shoot this kind of video..dress like that..dance like that? Oh...right..right..big label execs. It looks like some kind of bad Billy Idol/Steve Stevens/Bruce Springsteen nightmare. Proof positive of why the record industry is lying in the hospital bed with the death rattle in its chest.

[scrmadlica]

dont forget benatar and her "love is a battlefield" crap.

[litmatch24]

not a bad attempt at all.

[dressagegal]

I LOVE the Scorchers. They are getting together one more time Sat June 2nd 2007, a benefit for the drummer who had diabetes and kidney failure. I'm goin! Nashvegas! Anyone know where I can get lyrics to "One Foot in the Honky Tonk"...I have looked everywhere and lost my cd!...hugs

[ILCIONI]

This is a Bob Dylan's Song....they are just covering a great song

[powerkor]

cool, these guys should be doing well in the rock/country biz today

[babylonbob]

saw these guys in 83 at Harolds in ATL. Jason fell off stage on top of my date and knocked her tooth out we been in love with them ever since no hard feelings it was rock n roll the way it was soposed to be Raw barebones and the greatest live act I ever saw except for Elvis and maybe The drive by truckers!P. Braggs your in my prayers take care brother I'll see you june 2

[woodgravy]

dylan 4 ever

[OpieAnthonyXMRadio]

love this song and this isn't a half bad cover of it either

[jfclay]

What was the advice Dylan told these guys? They needed to go more country.

[SitThisOneOut]

Got rock and roll,

got country music playin'

If you hate us, you just

don't know what you're sayin'.

[jayhawks69]

THANK YOU very much!!!

love the scorchers since 1983- never saw that video!!!