Sixteen Tons sung by the bearded one...

[pilottj]

Billy Gibbons of ZZ TOP with Jeff Beck doing Sixteen Tons....good stuff:jump: Stop the video after the song ends as there is about 3 mins of blank recording until the clip ends. It's funny, Billy Gibbons does fit the attitude of this song for sure. Tennessee Ernie Ford reminds me of the guy you would probably see in a 1950s cocktail lounge sipping a martini, flirting with the high society ladies...not a coal miner. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aqvKY6zLc

Here is the same set with them doing Jimi's Foxy Lady. Jeff's backup band is excellent, with young Tal Wilkenfeld doing her thing on the bass. Vinnie Colaiuta on Drums. Search Beck at Ronnie Scotts for some great tunes by this group too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhgPu6PBJh0


Enjoy
TJ

[Naki]

Wow great stuff.. Especially 16 tonnes. Thanks for the links

[Jagdflieger]

Thanks for that!

When I was a kid, we watched the Tennessee Ernie Ford show every week on TV.

[KellyB]

Thanks for that!

When I was a kid, we watched the Tennessee Ernie Ford show every week on TV.

Well, bless your pea-pickin' heart. So did I. And George Gobel, too.

ahh the good ole' days........

[Jagdflieger]

All in glorious black and white with rabbit ear antennas.

[brad kaste]

'Sixteen Tons',....first 78 record I ever bought. It was great to listen to back then,....still great to listen to today.