"Leona"- Wet Willie (1975)

[@danford7918]

Saw them in Mobile opening for the Allmans. Stole the show. 1974 was good for me

[@sargeGXP]

Unreal southern rock. Jimmy hall was one of the best performers

[@ethanstanfield7124]

American only hell of a harmonica player

[@MusicMattersEnt]

He's still performing and kickin' butt!

[@mr.breeze8796]

The most underrated band in the history of music

[@upscale5150]

I can’t tell you how much this band has kicked ass, thank you god I got to live in mobile alabama, it doesn’t get better than this

[@bearnurse1]

So did I! Teenager there in the 1970s. This song was on the jukebox at the Hiway Host Motel in their Restaurant

[@mr.breeze8796]

Mobile here brotha . Born and bred

[@Redshoes51]

They were SO good!!! Ricky Hirsch rocked!!!!!

[@leonaspence4579]

My name ... I was freshman when this song came out. It got me a lot of attention, and I liked it 😎

[@edwardmadrid9800]

saw wet willie twice at the whiskey in hollywood in the seventies,was there when they recorded left coast live at the whiskey..my favorite southern rock/blues band ever!

[@upscale5150]

This is the best of southern rock, kick ass all the way

[@lauriepavero2255]

Long post summed up: I have fond memories of this song as a little kid because of my dad. When I was a little kid (four years old) my brother (who is four year older than me) would dance our asses off to this song. I couldn't tell you what it was about this song, it just made us want to dance so hard and so long and nothing in the world mattered at that point. I remember being so out of breath, so hot and sweaty, and I remember wiping myself out. I would beg to hear it one more time and mom and dad would say "no, go to sleep." But I'd go to sleep happy. There were also a handful of other Wet Willie songs that we liked, but this one was our most favorite. I went looking for this song last night, but I didn't know the band name, and searching what I thought was "Leonia" and a couple of key words and phrases (chicken, gotta find something to eat, joy) got me nowhere. Tonight I was spending some time with my mom and told her how I couldn't find the song. I told her some of the words I knew and I'm also fortunate that I remembered the melody nearly 100%. 20 minutes of searching and we finally found this song! She played it for me and in the first few notes I suddenly felt four years old again. But then thirty seconds into it I felt like I had just heard it yesterday. "I'm a time traveller," I thought. I felt so many emotions in four minutes and thirty nine seconds. Tonight was magical. Mom and I were spending time together because the COVID-19 pandemic is stressing us out. Brother was at work in a grocery store. Dad died in 2015 (I was 18, I just finished high school) and I just turned 23 a few days ago. Yet, I feel so close to him when I hear this song. I can see the exact way he danced with us, I know what shoes he was wearing, which hat he was wearing (trick question: he always wore the same hat), and I can smell the coffee and cigarettes. I can imagine the scratchy texture of his beard.

[@Redshoes51]

Great memories… Your Dad is always with you…

[@ms21075l3]

Brings back college memories

[@dixieken]

Got this Southern boy wantin' some home cooked groceries!!!!

[@hudson3535]

Great stuff. Still listening to Jimmy in Nashvillee,Tn.

[@robertmccall3450]

Long live Southern Rock..

[@JamesHipps]

Got to Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop join bands and play till two in the morning.

[@kimmartin7024]

Great song

[@tommymann69]

wet Willie is still the best in the south.

[@stevekelly3138]

Jimmy plays occasionally with the best of the South (and north) right now in Blackberry Smoke.

[@cynthiaearls7392]

Love it.🥰

[@kimmartin7024]

Love it

[@robertlavine1690]

Had the album

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Gotta play it today...July 6 2016 it is National Fried Chicken Day👏🍗🍗🍗🍻

[@mr.breeze8796]

I STILL drink my iced tea outta mason jars... that's ALL I drink from

[@kimmartin7024]

Rock on

[@joetillman3806]

preachin!

[@beeamerica5024]

The original Jay geils Band

[@gogoyubari366]

J. Geils not Jay Geils.

[@beeamerica5024]

@@gogoyubari366 I know man sorry using talk text

[@miketheshanmanmangan]

JIMMY HALL "Y'ALL"Say no more!

[@robertlavine1690]

Had album

[@robertdunham5677]

had album

[@rickykirby6915]

Robert Dunham I still have it!!

[@beeamerica5024]

Yep me too

[@TheRomundus]

The vittles sound almost as good as the music.

[@tommymann69]

Come join wet Willie family and friends on Facebook

[@sebastianwelcome2080]

there lead singer sounds like mick jagger man.

[@DawgDaddy]

Jimmy Hall resembles him too. Hall was the best live performer of all of the Southern Rock bands BITD. I live 30 miles from Macon Georgia so I saw all of them multiple times. If you don't know who I am speaking about google Macon Georgia Southern Rock bands and you will be amazed.

[@hudson3535]

I think it's the other way around....

[@robertlavine1690]

Had the album