Black Betty (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)

Original by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
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Hi there, my name is Leo and run a studio on the westside of Norway where I do music and video stuff for youtube. I also have a band called Frog Leap, where we do my metal covers live.
For my covers I play everything myself as well as record, mix, master, shoot and edit the music & videos.

[@mr.hoppelelefant2350]

Thanks to the guy who did'nt stop suggesting this

[@smlpkg82]

You think secretly it was the bunny?

[@iak0pa]

Rofl

[@mr.magoot7294]

Indeed! This cover rocks 🤘

[@cameronmoore3674]

It would be really sweet to hear a cover of Todd Snider's Can't Complain. watchin this with the sound off, so i don't wake everyone up. But i'm gonna listen later. 🤘🏿🤠✌🏻👍🏾😁 Ministry &Co-Conspirators...

[@bodawgone]

Leo RULES!!!!!

[@newcarpathia9422]

"So, how are the new neighbors?" "They're alright. Just a metalhead with a miniature drum set and a vespa plus a six-foot white rabbit with a banjo. Same ol' same ol."

[@m.l.tankesly2665]

So Harvey moved to Norway to hang with Leo. Harvey is a great Jimmy Stewart movie about a giant rabbit, on case you are wondering. A great classical movie.

[@ganjaph]

This is the ukulele :) not a banjo ;)

[@TheTinyrobot]

soo.. i forgot for a second foot is a measurement.. after reading this comment.. "what do you mean six he has 6 feet??"

[@stevenhaines9489]

I just damn near spit my beer out reading this!! Lmao!!!! Brilliant!!!

[@AndreasViklundOfficial]

This is not just a cover. It is a tribute, and a heavy one as well. Nice work as always!

[@chadwill3542]

How does Leo make EVERY cover better than the original?? Pure Mad Talent!!! He has become part of my Friday ritual

[@melindaroop1346]

Because everything sounds better "metaled".

[@daynechastant]

I'm kinda torn. The Spiderbait cover of this seems harder, more frenetic.

[@maddog8004]

I did enjoy the original a bit more (a lot more)

[@jopetrov]

Unfortunately the original is better than this, but it's ok

[@zakk7516]

because metal is awesome. duhh

[@wighty5860]

You know shit's about to get wild when the Rabbit pulls out a banjo.

[@rsluggy6485]

This is my newest email signature....

[@ComteDeGracey]

Loool :D

[@leolego]

Yes, let´s get retro with this classic! What do you wanna hear next? Let me know in the comments:)

[@BradyBredovich]

Social Distortion or Mike Ness' songs - Ball and Chain, Winners and Losers, No Man's Friend, etc. You're the best, Leo! Good luck!

[@magdalensmy8814]

Very nice.. now for something by The Hives?

[@shotaholic1]

how about a theme song: Back to the Future “Animaniacs” and/or “Pinky and the Brain”

[@itspronouncedhaze]

The Blasters - Dark Knight

[@gemma9023]

Ini kamoze- here comes the hotstepper Reef - place your hands I monster - daydream in blue. Bruce Springsteen - dancing in the dark Aerosmith - pink

[@ericthompson3982]

Whoever storyboards these things deserves a freaking Oscar.

[@ShanghaiSix]

Imagine being Leo’s next door neighbor? “Hon, come take a look at this!”

[@krystymorton3503]

*ma, the bunny man's doing weird shit again!" "Shut up Timmy they're making music"

[@deathfromabov38]

" Crazy neighbor youtube guys at it again "

[@leijensen11]

Awesome!

[@annoyingneighbor4928]

Do you think he'd let me work the puppets if I was nice?

[@dominickcoleman2846]

I'd b over there in a squirrel outfit ....tossing acorns around like glitter

[@jamesrogers1554]

What Norwegian sorcery is this? Just two days ago I did a search for Black Betty Cover and Leo only to find nothing. Now here it is? Get out of my mind you beautiful Scandinavian devil!

[@bea4156]

It’s not Friday without Leo!! 🤘🤘

[@VME-Brad]

I like that you stuck to the "Shot in someone's backyard on a budget" look that the original music video had.

[@crypticvideo5471]

Yes, there's definitely some heavy homage to Ram Jam's version going on. Including the motorcycle.

[@mordredcarver8214]

I love how Leo (and friends/family) clearly love making music, it shows in each video and makes them worthy to be watched and listened to repeatedly!

[@guyvizard549]

Can we all take a minute to appreciate the fact that Leo actually does something every week and works his butt off for it. He doesn't just react to Tik-Tok videos and judge people while trying to look "cute" in fake glasses and saying vapid, stupid stuff to get more followers. He doesn't sit in front of a wall of toys and comics in his basement and tell people whether or not he thought the new video-game movie was any good or throw shade at female celebrities. He just rocks! (and yes, I'm poking fun at 'can we all just appreciate' comments under bad youtubers, but I mean it when i say he rocks.)

[@skulijakobsson5116]

He rocks.

[@thattomguy91]

Damn I feel personally attacked 😂 but I do agree with you, the guy absolutely smashes it every time!

[@guyvizard549]

@@thattomguy91 Oh, I'm totally making fun of myself with this comment, too...

[@emanuelmayer]

I suppose, the raw material is at least 5-6 hours and the editing is the true horror. I truly appreciate this hard work!

[@hiwayhighway9925]

Yes an OG you tuber that paved the way for many for sure. Love him.

[@paulspring]

Leo's neighbors: oh look honey, he's out playing with his friends again. Wait, is that the Easter Bunny...?!

[@Erk350]

bahahhahhahah!!!!

[@krystymorton3503]

And SATAN!

[@shotaholic1]

more like Easter Island Bunny…

[@torstenraab532]

Fun fact: the original music video by Ram Jam was recorded in their yard, too... ok, without an EASTER bunny, but bunnies were present...

[@HeartlandNewsfeed]

@@torstenraab532 And that it was based on the folk song by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter.

[@malindabryant6433]

YES YES YES!! Black Betty is my Jeeps name. Now I can blast this version too!!

[@Tim-57]

One of my favourites to date.

[@DownUnderPunk]

The Boys of Summer by Don Henley would sound damn incredible coming from you mate! 🤘🏻

[@thesamster5859]

I agree that would be an excellent choice. My wife loves that song.

[@mrtonyvillagomez]

Good choice

[@gregbondar5947]

The Atari’s made a pretty sweet cover of this

[@tanner1300]

I wanna hear "ain't no rest for the wicked"

[@StellaSirenSongs]

Me too!!! I thought he already covered it

[@nilnine1231]

Hell yes!!!

[@FewNewReasonss]

Solid suggestion.

[@shotaholic1]

if you’re talking the Cage the Elephant song, then I definitely agree. good call.

[@sebastianwilms1610]

Yes please this would be awesome

[@jpbaril4105]

WE BEGGED FOR IT THANK YOU LEO!!!!!

[@MrPassy4u]

BLAMMAAAAALAM BABY!!!!!! Nailed it!!!!

[@myleschiarello]

This is fire, because Black Betty is a classic old-school rock song, and I'm here for it🤘🤘🤘

[@bdryan33]

Fuck yeah been waiting for him to do a cover of this for years now. Outstanding!!!

[@camdenwhite2846]

If you like this you should listen to spiderbait's version

[@ukp42]

One of my first singles I bought with my pocket money back in the 70's 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@sterlingmarsh7999]

About damn time Leo did this! 😁😁😁

[@BelRigh]

Love the respect you gave to the original...

[@ScottieBibble]

Just when you think it can’t get anymore mental... Leo outdoes himself 🤣🤣🤣

[@shotaholic1]

that last picture of Leo & Bunny reminds me of the Beastie Boys last frame of Sabotage!! great cover, excellent video...love the bloopers

[@davena4Jesus]

This has to be the most fun one to headbang

[@Afterworkinhours]

Beautiful yard, neighbors must love you…Great cover…

[@ghostofchurch]

LEO IS OUT OF THE STUDIO!!!! Rock on dude!

[@philly7558]

Just do every song ever made, they all would be outstanding.. in my opinion !!

[@alwaysupneverdown5840]

For real though. I look for songs expecting for leo to have already done it and a little saddened when it's not there

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

Philly in 1975 and 1976 were awesome as a 6 year old!! Red white and blue everywhere

[@mrkid460ify]

Truth 🤘

[@rickdc7968]

Word to my mother I blasted some Weasel today.

[@philly7558]

@@rickdc7968 HAHA, I love some S.W. if you can't tell. I got to see the Riverdales back in the late 90s but never WEASEL. Guess not much different just no Jughead unfortunately.

[@engishgerman610]

Yes! Please don't ever stop doing these

[@SilverBulletStreaming]

wow lets take a minute and check out those mountains in the background.. what an amazing view in his neighborhood. pretty sweet setup for a yard also. 8/10 id live in a place like that

[@Drahven]

Bunny looking like the guest fighter in Tekken

[@kaptainskarlett9927]

I have a virtual meeting in ten minutes- I need this to put me in the right frame of mind. Happy Friday All!!

[@hehaw4147]

That guitar solo shreds \m/

[@davena4Jesus]

You brought the teenager right out of me. A whole new reason to fall in love with pure rock again❤

Old, but gold. Great version, Mr. Moracchioli and misterious bunny!

[@The_Speed_of_Darkness]

I heard this song at a bar the other night and thought to myself, Leo should cover this. Get out of my head please.

[@Vextrous41]

one of the greatest 21st century artist, at least top 5

[@keithnorton6090]

He just made my favorite song even better

[@chrispile3878]

Well done, Leo and crew!

[@MattDaBoneless]

Now I'm waiting for Lowrider. Please please please with a metal cherry on top?

[@wolfgangwillis9057]

Jeez look at that landscape and beautiful weather. Looks like a neat place to live! I bet kids there cracked their heads a lot growing up near rocks like that! Peaceful looking and if ya have neighbors like Leo and his gang I bet it's an even more fun place live!

[@D3epb1u3]

Beautiful scenery.

[@davidk1563]

Black bunny 😎🖤🎸👍 sounds great, love it 😎

[@randigeiger9939]

Finding this was a complete accident but I’m loving it 😍

[@shotaholic1]

welcome to the best underground club on KZbin. tune in every friday for more. 🤘🏻😁

[@offdagrid877]

We need the summer classics they play all summer Leoized.

[@ROKZLEON]

Love the throwback backyard video vibe!!!

[@chrisdarrow1980]

Hell yea. Cover Surfing USA

[@sirlordepicname8692]

Yes!!

[@saeedrezaeiafshar1734]

Now a days I do not listen to any original song, I search for a Leo cover only.

[@michaelhuetten8210]

Me too he makes all music just lovely. Even the songs I love the original he doesn’t do covers he does perfect adaptations in my opinion.

[@imprimis430]

Your best outro yet.

[@robb3633]

This kicks all the ass in the room.

[@epicfail9271]

The kind of jam to get my Friday started on a good note. Great job leo! I think you'd slay Roxanne, by the police

[@CyberNinja6969]

Norway looks nice. I bet its awesome to be Leo's neighbors and hear all that awesome music lol

[@amylarusso76]

HA! Loved the making of/bloopers at the end!!!!

[@jackson051172]

Super Leo!!!😉👍

[@thepayne7862]

Really glad you started showing these behind the scene shots.

[@jessicaharris8782]

LOVED THIS!!!!!!

[@Muthaphucka5150]

Lol. Classic, lookin like Ram Jam, soundin like Spider Bait with Leo's extra bit on the solo. Love it.

[@verenavolling2300]

He can do everything. All is good😍🤘

[@mschellberg]

In Germany we say „du hast so herrlich en an der Klatsche“ and i think that‘s biutiful 🥰🥰🥰

[@erinjackson6243]

OMG the Bunny splitting his pants made me laugh so hard I almost fell out of my chair! Fantastic job as always sir!

[@Crackrzz]

Do they capture that moment? Gotta wonder if he noticed it getting drafty...

[@erinjackson6243]

@@Crackrzz I'm not sure if that's the exact moment it happened, but in the outro it looks like it happened around then.

[@randalstiles6285]

I'm 63 years old and I love every minute of it you're fantastic wish I could play like that

[@desastermaster2010]

Leo is a f...ing music genius !

[@SithCats]

This may be a Lead Belly original, but we all know you're covering Ram Jam.

[@calebcleland8716]

I don't think Lead belly actually wrote it either, I think it was a prison work song before

[@denisemarie2985]

SithCats@@calebcleland8716- I was curious about the originality too...according to Google: Performed by James "Iron Head" Baker & Group - First recording in December 1933 -Released more than 10 years after its recording

[@calebcleland8716]

@@denisemarie2985 yeah, that's what I found too

[@justacardude6016]

its more spiderbait :)

[@Sydney2for2]

A Spiderbait cover 🇦🇺🤟

[@lovebirdsrockforever]

Metal cover of “steady as she goes”🖤

[@SerialDelta]

Pure Gold!!!!

[@jachudjenintira6594]

Thank you very much.. for introducing me to old songs.

[@dirkboing4219]

Allways fascinated what incredible good sound this little drum kit makes!

[@kyrragarrison3811]

The little drum set is just a toy, just like any other music video he sings it in the studio and then does the music video, I'm guessing lip singing over it, that part I'm not sure about.

[@misterx5949]

This man never disappoints 🤟

[@48reb]

That last frame in your outro should be embossed on tee shirts and printed as a poster. You will sell millions!! The song was groovy!! Love the get up and rolmao on the blooper reel.

[@joshuac568]

Great version of the song. That is a gorgeous neighborhood, those mountains are amazing!

[@gleipnirrr]

Looks like Shaggy used more than 1% of his power and invaded the donnie darko universe

[@daemonprinceazriel9113]

I'm not the only one who thought of Shaggy.

[@metalmassacre3144]

Thank god I'm not the only one who thought Donnie Darko

[@Lockdheart]

The guy in bunny suit isn't named Frank... BUT THE CAMERA MAN IS.

[@BoojumFed]

I'd ballpark it at about 3-3.5% ;^)

[@johndavidson2365]

I deem this the Best Comment

[@quig4800]

Leo I remember getting High ..... NOW! .... Awesome keep kickin ass

[@XzouzouX]

Oh the rock walls in the background. Since one gets directly desire to come climbing.... oh yes... Super made the song and the video

[@jeremysellers1384]

Every time I get a song stuck in my head, Leo releases the metal cover the following Friday :D

[@jeanfrancoisleclerc9649]

So??? What's next??? ;)

[@zombieninjasquirrel]

I bet the neighbors were saying “that damn rabbit is riding that moped on the streets again”

[@spasticlabrat]

I was thinking the same thing--his neighbors must either love him or think they're living next to a complete nutbag!

[@RyanGribble]

Not a moped, scooter

[@TheNinjakat2010]

@@RyanGribble you stand on a scooter you sit on a moped. Alteast in the usa

[@RyanGribble]

@@TheNinjakat2010 incorrect. A moped is short for motorpedal which means if the engine dies you still have pedals. A scooter, is something you ride like a motorcycle but your feet are in front of you inside the frame of the bike vs to the side of the frame line a motorcycle. The scooter you're referring to is a kid's toy.

[@TheNinjakat2010]

@@RyanGribble yup you're correct my bad forgot about scooters like that. Most I see now are mopeds and those kids toy scooters have motors as well now. Edit: thought back to go-bots when you mentioned that

[@Drekt666]

yesssssssssssssss, one of my fav songs as a youth.

[@BrunoMoggia]

Excellent!! Greetings from South France

[@justingoforth370]

Leo you're music is amazing!! I really wish youd give us a metal version of all along the watchtower!! Keeping doing what you do brother.

[@chrishendrix5943]

Damn!!!

[@Madboy208-z6z]

love this song from underground 2 ❤️

[@publicguy1664]

Foreigner - Jukebox Hero! Awesome work here.

[@colesmith3050]

Didn’t know I needed this

[@DanielEckert63]

I find the outtakes music is the best. Don’t forgot to listen until the end.

[@ScrtyGrd]

BEST COVER EVER!!!!

[@MrKris286]

Best breakdown solo!

[@bea4156]

Also I Touch Myself by The Divinyls please! 🙏🙏

[@jadel92]

I'd love to know what the neighbors are thinking when they look out their window and see a guy dressed in 70's clothes, a puppet, and a bunny dancing around a backyard.

[@tiberius1837]

Dude, I love the scenery. Wish I could live there...

[@darrylbl11]

Rare miss this time. To convoluted the greatness of the song was in its simplicity

[@jaru13rapper]

YEEEEEEHAAAAAWWW! The last time that i enjoyed a metal cover was from Spiderbait... well done Leo, you gave the Black Betty a new metal essence! i really enjoyed it!

[@Hailfire97]

I admit, I was afraid. I saw what this song was and thought "well yeah, Spiderbait did such a good job though, this is a softball for Leo"... aaaaand he then proceeded to do something entirely different.

[@shaneducholke364]

In Hell I'll be in Good Company - The Dead South This would be a killer metal cover!!

[@Dwendele]

Hell yeah!

[@christophermenn2393]

I second this one

[@yeahright255]

I third it

[@Greendude1117]

4th

[@dieseltech7_358]

Or banjo odyssey

[@shawnobray2202]

Another great one. Ram Jam should be impressed.

[@tirtaadisurya4570]

Finally this song got performed by him

[@louisyoung1916]

Banjo Bunny was a surprisingly large reality shift for me. Rabbit on scooter, fine. Rabbit with water hose, fine. Rabbit doing choreography, fine. Rabbit with banjo, wtf? 😀 Great video! 🤘 👏

[@blunderbass851]

Mannfred Mann's 'Blinded by the Light' would be soooo sick!

[@28GramsOfLead]

💪👌👍

[@magicrat74]

or how 'bout Bruce Springsteens "Blinded by the light"!

[@thedeaforc]

I remember that in school.

[@fateish69]

awesome idea

[@theyetilines5648]

I came for the music, but that backyard is beautiful.

[@armandomartinez2291]

I love the outtakes thanks Leo

[@Caipiranha89]

Damn, that rabbit must work out. Even his pants are ripped.

[@aundso]

I was thinking the same :D That Rabbit is packing some serious Biceps, 10/10 wouldn't steal it's carrot!

[@brucethompson7214]

Gold!

[@nfspbarrister5681]

Alrighty there, you degenerate punner. #TossTheLike