Ram Jam – “Black Betty”

I associate the hard hitting “Black Betty” from Ram Jam with the year 1977*, when I was in my second year at university, and my first year flatting after being on campus in 1976.

This is actually the first time I have seen a video of it, I had no idea what Ram Jam looked like.

In this fun video out on the lawn in front of the house they definitely look VERY 1970s:

It turns out the song (and the expression)  “Black Betty” has quite a history, which you can read about here.

Whatever, the Ram Jam song “Black Betty” is clean cut Seventies rock music with a sound that stays with you for years!

Nuff said…

Paul

* No wonder – just found out here that the version of “Black Betty” we know, though recorded and released earlier by Bill Bartlett’s previous band Starstruck, was released by Ram Jam in 1977.

Tags: Bill Bartlett, Black Betty, Music of the Seventies, Ram Jam, Seventies Rock Bands, Starstruck

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