Keep On Smilin' - The Wet Willie Band | The Midnight Special

July 5, 1974

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[gilgillis]

That is true talent! Great musicians! Great song! My senior year in High School I was singing along- 1974

[Windsong-]

The hair!
The overalls!
The platform shoes!
Love it!

[mikestillwagon]

For those who are interested, Blackberry Smoke did a cover of this song with Jimmy Hall (this guy in the video) singing and playing harmonica. It’s well worth your time.

[streetlevel]

Groovy song and always loved it and now for 44 years been smiling that I was set free from drugs and emptiness to an amazing relationship With Jesus 😊

[redbarchetta]

Great band that doesn't get their due. That song is as fresh today as when it was first released. 50 years on, it still rocks.

[Skynyrdforever]

The Midnight Special was the best show ever. Especially for those of us who dearly love music.

[chevyvandweller]

Watched Wet Willie perform and play this song at the Tampa Stadium opening for Grand Funk March of 1974 when I was just 16 @ the time:)

[Dr_Paul_Proteus]

I love The Midnight Special for introducing me to so many great artists that i was unfamiliar with.

[sgg]

Good vibes positive message. I love 70s music

[JimAlderson-cnek]

During the housing market crash was laid off for a while having trouble keeping my new house vary dark times this songs was my anthom it pulled me through any time down I put it on I'm retired and still have my house thank u wet willy 😊❤

[wildwoodandonyx]

My wife had never heard this song. We are both around 60. How was that possible? It was one of my favorites as a kid. We grew up in different radio markets 180 miles away from each other. Unreal.

[rgsx]

16 years old and playing this on my am transistor radio doing my paper route. What a great live performance!

[thomasleblanc]

I sat on side stage monitor for Wet Willie in 1978 at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis. I was 11 years old. My father was in Jerry Jeff Walker band playing Steel, and they played a triple header that night. Marshall Tucker, Jerry Jeff, and Wet Willie. What a night! Spent my life re-living that night! Wet Willie was amazing, and this song got me through my toughest times.

[artisticbloodflow]

Freaking love this song. Thank you for posting so many amazing performances!

[coinneachmaclellan]

This is one of my all-time favourite Southern Rock songs...stands with the best of the genre...

[dougconley]

Love seeing all of these live performances of songs I grew up listening to on the radio. What a treasure Midnight Special is!

[rickyf]

This song brings me back to the 70s. Real musicians performing live, and great vocals, with no autotune. The backup singers are outstanding!

[lovemytide]

Still play this song at least 3X a week while driving around doing errands. What a fantastic song from a fantastic generation of musical talent. Long before the Freak Off parties, auto tune and favoritism in music.

[fredziffel]

Met Jimmy Hall a few years ago in Muscle Shoals Alabama. Still puts on a GREAT show and a true hearted, truly grateful man. As down to earth as they come.

[dewaynewofford]

The duo of women singing background vocals dubbed "The Williettes" were a staple of the classic Wet Willie sound that featured Jimmy and Jack's sister, Donna Hall, and Ella Brown Avery.