Comments on: Black Betty https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/06/black-betty/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:05:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/06/black-betty/#comment-34432 ER Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:33:36 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=53361#comment-34432 Some remarkable licks on that guitar. Wham-a-lam. One of my all time favorites. Ram Jam's version is the definitive one, as far as I 'm concerned, although the tune has been covered by lots of people, including Welsh blues man and lounge lizard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXl98QQcVxM" rel="nofollow">Tom Jones</a> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXl98QQcVxM Its an old Negro blues (Ledbelly?) number, and it may go way back to the slave time (Black Betty is reportedly slang for the bullwhip.) Some remarkable licks on that guitar. Wham-a-lam.

One of my all time favorites. Ram Jam’s version is the definitive one, as far as I ‘m concerned, although the tune has been covered by lots of people, including Welsh blues man and lounge lizard Tom Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXl98QQcVxM

Its an old Negro blues (Ledbelly?) number, and it may go way back to the slave time (Black Betty is reportedly slang for the bullwhip.)

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