Ram Jam

Howard actually comes back in way later in the 70s.

He helped start the band Ram Jam, Black Betty.

Weird tie in there.

I don't know.

I used to play this on WIP.

It is Ram Jam.

Here are two different versions of Chambertin by, uh, Colin and Sterling.

Well, we're gonna start off, I brought two bottles.

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From the San Francisco Bay Area, I'm gonna play Metal Church and their cover of Black Betty, originally done by Ram Jam.

Fuck yeah.

But wait, this just in.

Uh, so two things.

First, I meant to, I meant to ask it last time I was here, but is the, is the, is the Harris brothers' theme a Ra- Black Betty/Ram Jam soundalike?

I thought it was supposed to be more Iron Man.

I, I, like, every time I hear it I go, "Oh, it's, it's, it's, it's Black Betty by Ram Jam." [laughs] And I don't know if, uh, that's just me.

Um, and-

No, I, I hear Iron Man.

she said the song first it's by a band

ram jam never would have gotten that so thank you for putting us out of our misery ram

jam

ram jam that's

gonna be a new episode of something

yeah ram jam was my nickname in high school

nobody wants that nobody wants their ram g i went

to southeast polk

Whoa, Black Betty, bam-a-lam.

Ah, yes, Ram Jam and Black Betty.

Also covered rather memorably by Motorhead and indeed also by Joe Brown.

So there we go.

Back in the game.

Vic's favorite band, Ram Jam.

Ram

Jam.

What

else do I have in here? Ram Jam.

Like, when you're sitting around making up a band name, it's like...

What

much else.

Ram Jam Black Betty.

Banger.

Yeah, banger.

Then we're going to play that funky music because when that bass line kicked in, you already knew the party was about to really get started.

And finally, we're getting a little rough around the edges with Black Betty by Ram Jam.

Five songs, five different sounds, five stories, and five reminders that sometimes you don't need a dozen hits to make music history.

You just need one song that people never forget.

Few songs from the 1970s remain instantly recognizable across generations.

The opening groove, the unforgettable chorus, and the story behind its creation have allowed Play That Funky Music to survive as one of the defining songs of the decade.

Next up, few songs explode into popular culture with the force of Ram Jam's Black Betty.

Released in 1977, the song became one of the most recognizable hard rock singles of the decade.