20 Bottle of Wine - The Fireballs - Jimmy Gilmer, featured vocals; George Tomsco, lead guitar

The Fireballs & Friends - Live Performance 2019
Santa Fe Bandstand, Santa Fe, NM, July 2019

The Fireballs --------------
George Tomsco, lead guitar and vocals
Jimmy Glimer, featured vocals

Friends of the Fireballs -------------
Pat Carter, rhythm guitar
Mark Clark, drums and back-up vocals
James Wheeler, bass and back-up vocals
Charlie Lopez, back-up vocals
Bill Dimas, back-up vocals; featured singer on La Bamba (see other video)

A legendary band hailing from Raton, New Mexico, The Fireballs are New Mexico's first Rock & Roll recording band to become internationally known with their 1963 #1 hit, "Sugar Shack".

[小林新一-jy]

Oh! there’s Jimmy Gilmer and George Tomsco.
It’s an undeniable fact!!

[stCenturyRasselas]

Raton, New Mexico!!!! Driving through and read the Wikipedia on it. These guys (fireballs) started here. Cheers, Raton!!!!

[cindymalone]

I met Jimmy a few months ago.He sang me part of this song.Told me I it was his favorite Fireball song.He's older now, but he's still cute.

[budderkupp]

First heard this song in Feb. 1968, while on vacation with my parents, in Daytona Beach, Florida. I was 13 yrs old. Loved the song then..still loving it now!! Great job!!

[johngjesdahl-xxgb]

Drummer has the groove, sound, attitude, ears, taste, rock insight.

[plutoplatters]

oh my I can smell 1968 had forgotten about this one

[ronaldplesz]

Come on, React was a fave of mine too!

[RosanneOshirak]

This was my brother Gary's favorite song I use to play it when he was a little bugger 😅

[maryevelynpace]

This song is SOO fun to listen to !! A great party song !!😊🎉

[TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Those guitar harmonies always blew me away.

[davehopping]

Not sure, but it looks like original drummer Eric Budd is playing. Hope so, anyway. The first lineup doing mostly instros (with a few Chuck Tharp vocals) were the heroes of my youth, but I was just tickled pink when they hit the charts again with Jimmy later on... In a way The Fireballs were "everyband", going from late Fifties instrumentals, jacket-and-tie, and choreography all the way through full-blown late Sixties psychedelia. George is now the "last man standing", but still maintains the website and plays praise music with his church group.

Great job, and a good long run, guys. Y'all have been in MY Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a very long time.
Can I get an "AMEN"!

[CanadaAstro]

Absolutely the best. Grime, and threadbare jeans trademarked. What a sound !

[park]

This was a nitty gritty, dirty rock and roll song!

[pmccachren]

Nothin better than old rockers still rockin.

[davidmack]

great song!!! learning it now on guitar for family catchy tune.... great sing along.

[sueb]

I lived in New Mexico where they lived George went to same Church would play guitar during services loved it there! Stan Lark another original guitar player passed a few years ago.

[AlmostReady]

Me and the champ used to sing this swinging on my swing set as a kid in the 60s.

[raykrocker]

Grew up on these guys and the Ventures. Fantastic.

[josephkondrat]

This song came out the month my old friend R. Lavine went into the U.S. Army Airborne. It brings back some good memories.

[rudynarciso]

Wow! Just travelled back to my late teen years!