Omar & The Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty

Music video by Omar & The Howlers performing Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty. (C) 1987 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[@WiredNow]

My wife of 46 years and I saw them in San Antonio when we were dating in 1977. Back then we watched Omar do handstands on stage.

[@gerarddelmonte8776]

One of the best driving down the road songs ever. Kicks ass up and down the block and never stops.

[@jeffwall3867]

Was great live also. I caught them live on this tour opening for Stevie Rsy Vaughan... awesome fucking Nighy of rock and roll... I'll never forget it.

[@dannyoznick7585]

First time to ever see him he opened for SRV and Double Trouble in Dallas in the 80's . Wow how time flies!

[@heliumkid104]

this song should have been big

[@soakupthesunman]

Album sold 500,000 copies. Not small.

[@paulcarr3355]

I love this band . Saw them live with the Fsbulous thunderbirds. Best double bill ever .

[@louiem337]

Super bill!

[@davidsingleton7679]

Me too...I'm sure it was called the Texas Blues Cruise and i still have the remnants of my ticket somewhere.Town and Country venue in Kentish Town London!

[@jeffwall3867]

I saw Omar open for Stevie Ray Vaughan.... Soooo... and I caught the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray and the Who.

[@sidneysmith8787]

I hear Omar. This is the best Texas Hard Rocking Blues song you can find!

[@rustymorgan6494]

I hear the Brian Johnson, I also hear some John Fogerty and CCR.

[@joegongora2200]

It's great that you all have the performance of this cool Texas Blues Band. If in the 80's you checked out a live performance of this cool Texas band. You were privileged especially if the performance was free. Especially if some type of celebration took place and they'd agreed to do it for free.

[@SuperTexasBlues]

even better when they stayed at your house (when i was a kid) and a family member was in the band!

[@mkoenecke]

Omar and the Howlers played a fundraiser for my rugby club (Austin R.F.C.) way back when I was in law school. Awesome and fun band!

[@TATER1971]

This. Kicks. Ass.

[@bobnoon253]

Loved it in my 20's, love now @62

[@drmodestoesq]

This guy's ducktail belongs in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

[@Cyan3031]

Back in the early 80s they would play pretty often and a night club called "The Backroom" and on Thursday nights there was no cover to see live music and the first time I saw that band play I was amazed. He's one of the best rhythm guitar players I have ever seen. He plays rhythm so well and fast that it actually sounds like he's playing lead guitar.

[@airdriver1460]

"Nobody knows you when your money's gone."

[@fiestygnome]

Timeless tune. Good stuff!

[@Billytool]

Man i cant believe i just heard this open supernatural ...my dad was rockin this album for 20 sum years ....mississippi hoodoo man is awesome tool go sam and dean

[@saspinks3001]

As well as Dancin in the Canebreak

[@TheBlestmomof2]

Sounds like ACDC

[@johnphillips4788]

Very nice thank you

[@DaemonicNimrod]

This song's got a deep enough groove you could probably play it at any cemetery and raise the dead into dancing..Awesome!!

[@alanpilon6259]

Lol

[@georgebg639]

Directly from a great eighties movie called "Like Father, Like Son (1987)", the essence of the 80s in this movie, Oh and the soundtrack is spectacular

[@ChristinaChandler]

Yeah he has the Brian Johnson thing goin on. Damn good tune! Cant keep my feet still when i listen to it.

[@harrysaenz8938]

Looks like Omar had it figured out a long time ago!!!!!! Truth in music!!!! Rock on Omar and the Howlers!!!!!

[@dougburns1038]

Close your eyes and this is AC/DC doing Texas blues.

[@jeffwall3867]

Having seen both that is an interesting comparison but only on vocals.both had great energy in the 80's though.

[@dougburns1038]

@@jeffwall3867 yes vocals only. Not sure if the band is more double trouble or los lobos

[@martinguerrajr.7593]

saw them in austin '85, damn good times...

[@michaelsix9684]

saw him at UT in 84, later in Houston, incredible band

[@daver2725]

This guys got it all, great guitar hooks, iconic voice

[@rkirschner7175]

Got 4 CD 2 vinyle. Fan for long time.

[@AustinTeutsch-ow9sy]

Omar is Kent Dykes a super cool dude I knew in Austin, Texas in the 80's. I think me passed on if I'm not wrong.

[@bonniekeating9565]

I remember back in the late 80's hearing this song on a classic rock station in DFW Texas. Back then the classic rock stations would sprinkle new releases in between the well over played classics. Bought the cd in a cut out bin for 2.00. Boarder Girl and Shadow Man are two other great tracks. Wall of Pride 1988 was the follow up again found in a cut out bin for a 1.00. Sad Sad.

[@jimbyk2395]

Love Omar!!!!

[@jenst190]

+Jimby Kaufman f y gay

[@jimbyk2395]

But not quite as f y gay as you Jens based on what I've been told.

[@donaldmurphy3148]

I was at a hotel in Pampa, TX the other night. Heard them for the first time. Good music. Bad-Ass music!

[@calvinhogue8497]

My most excellent song for having a beer chasing my dream

[@gnotmardor]

Omar for life.....You guys rock the world big time. Thanks for all the wonderfull music ! :)

[@smittysmith21]

Been listening to Omar and the Howlers since the early 80s. It's truly sad he is unable to sing anymore.

[@sidneysmith8787]

It's not that he can't still sing. He has some unknown disease in his arms an d he can no longer play more than 3 songs and he becomes exhausted, He says his forearms look like T-Rex now, Sad.........

[@barefootrecords]

I didn't know that ... got to meet Omar after a gig at the sidetrack Cafe in edmonton back in the 90s ...

[@jasonblodano9203]

Kick ass!!!!

[@TRHOG]

Hell yea!!!!!!

[@tomcooper6108]

Saw these guys at a blues fest, and they kicked some ass! But I only remember three of them that night. But I may have had a beer or two.

[@mickeymousebiker1]

The song about the American Midwest since the late 1970s. Party on the patio music here.

[@paulcarr3355]

First time I heard anything by them was this song because they played it on q107 and I thought he would be bigger here . I did luck out seeing them open for the fabulous t birds in Toronto and I can honestly say it was one of the best double bills I ever saw .

[@user-hp9mv6vv9s]

BisMan been kicking ass for 20 years

[@69pinkmeat]

I found this album in a discount bin at a local department store in 1987 fell in love with then and is still in my album collection today and in fact it is still at #3 in my collection ! sad they were most unsung southern rock bands people that have not heard them are really missing a real treat they just have such a wonderful Delta sound with such drive ! also a must hear is Omar&the howlers 2nd album monkey land ......kudos as well !

[@johnnewcomb2151]

At 71 yrs old.....your music will on....after our death

[@redfishradical]

Oh! And that gravelly whiskey voice is the real deal! It's a bit deeper when he's just talking. In fact, even just talking he made Lou rawls sound like Bing Crosby or something! But one hell of a gracious, great guy. Just a down to earth Mississipi boy!

[@mariowallingford9036]

I knew this band when they broke out and they have been in my top ten all these years. I guess you could say his voice resembles Brian Johnson, but clearer in the gravel!

[@erinwilmott8279]

One of my all time favorite bands!! Still to this day❤️

[@acdc5579]

Great song with true lyrics......

[@MrSmooth273]

Kickin`

[@Darstrom]

just found an old vinyl record of "Wall of Pride" never heard of this band before new favorite for sure!

[@alanpilon6259]

Good love it

[@davenett1]

One of my best buds at school... Look at him go !!!

[@alanpilon6259]

Cool

[@DDSRdds]

Thanks for all the times you guys visit Denmark 🎼👍just awesome still in 2018

[@chrisgiebler6779]

Time takes its toll on our mind and bodies give it all you got cause it dont lsst forever rock on dudes😅

[@redfishradical]

Saw them as an opener in the 80s before this got airplay. Omar was the coolest of the cool! We sat on the sidewalk behind the Paramount BSn about the Austin scene. He was schocked I knew Luanne Barton, SRV, Eric Johnson, Sarah Hickman et al. After about an hr he & the band invited us back to the hotel for dinner! Of rockers I've met, he's as cool & nice a guy as it gets. I've been a devoted fan ever since. Thanks for sharing this American classic! Them Southern rockers sure know their stuff!

[@barefootrecords]

So cool a great story

[@art23428]

I highly doubt that actually happened but keep dreaming about it it'll never happen

[@whitefish2]

I saw Omar open for the Fabulous Thunderbirds 30++ years ago. Blew them away on that night anyway.

[@westoaklandtee]

Like Father, Like Son brought me here

[@philly8462]

I had this cassette. I listened too it over & over won it from a radio station😊The whole thing was wicked good.

[@JohnLee-ui5gd]

35 people don't know a good song when it's kick'n their ass.

[@Allagi22]

Hey it's 12/25/22 and this song is still relevant.

[@mike4796]

Good timing music! makes me wanna drive fast! Go for it Omar!

[@Isuyoas]

The Sabinas Beer sign in the background is awesome. That brand would go on to become Lone Star Beer. Of course, Omar also rocks. Check out his other videos to hear how good this guy really is on the guitar.

[@siiwy]

what a song and performance,,, full throttle (vollgas...),, great bluesman and guitarplayer,, like that drive he plays,,, grrrr like a jaguar ready to jump... this song even fits for these days,,, used to stand straight and now to crawl or something like that,, my english ... whatever... great song,, could see him life once in switzerland,, a blast

[@ravenshadow1969]

This song was off the 1987 movie called Like Father, Like Son with the late Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron and I have always loved this song.

[@SunnnyDay]

A few great artists were on the radio around the same time ..This one, Henry Lee Summer, Drivin' N' Cryin' , and Eric Johnson

[@davem5308]

I love this tune, message is applicable today as in 1987. Somethings never change.

[@louispistoni8480]

Yes Dave M see my comment

[@samlowest299]

Omar toured with SRV the place was rocking The keyboards would join Double Trouble ,Those were the days of SRV, rest in peace Steve!

[@SilentKnight43]

Bought this on vinyl back in the day when it was released. Killer track.

[@biggtomm2000ut]

I heard the voice & thought is that Brian, but the guitars were not Malcolm or Angus, so I had to find out. Omar & the Howlers, WOW! How did I miss this?

[@Lowgun5]

Still as relevant and rocking today as it was back in the day.

[@VeronicanPlay]

I love this song, loved it since I was a little kid and my mum owned it on an LP. Omar and The Howlers - Hard Times in the Land of Plenty for life!!!

[@chiptmcc8656]

Omar could could get down and dirty..... What a voice!

[@Lauen]

My aunt sat on his lap once in Norway! that's the reason I'm listening to this, and now I love it!

[@art23428]

Yeah that happened doubt that highly but ok 👍

[@kkz2916]

Great tune Omar and rocking Howlers.

[@rosamoreira1588]

c vraiment genial sa c de vrai musique

[@mattconnor8677]

I always thought Omar looked and sounded sorta like Wolfman Jack. I was a big fan when he and the Howlers broke out in the early 80's.

[@tims4768]

I saw Omar and the band at the Bachannal (sp?), San Diego, in about '87 or '88. He made me miss TX. He and the Fabulous T Birds, and, of course, Stevie Ray Had. It. Going. ON.... Great hard edge Bluesy Rock and Frickin Roll...Nobody seems to have picked up the torch for Stevie...I know it's heavy, but I hoped someone would....

[@ttrocks5985]

Yeah. Nobody has really picked up that torch, have they? Is it just too hard to be able to plug in to something way down deep and play from the soul and, at the same time, handle those heavy gauge strings that helped produce that incredible tone? There are some who come somewhat close, but SRV seems to be sui generis.

[@MarkMcPeak5895]

Everyone notices the Brian Johnson parallel. I detect a little Howlin' Wolf in there also.

[@triv_trov]

Also sense some John fogerty in his voice too

[@brianbruce8398]

I detected a little Wolfman Jack in there too.

[@tedmueller7892]

Awesome! Driving beat. Got that Nazareth sound.

[@micjakes1]

man this song hits hard!!! drunken dancin stupor!

[@enternameder]

Supernatural S15E10 brought me here.. i thought it was an old forgotten ac/dc song at first, i love it! Allso, tips on similar sounding music is highly appreciated

[@Rohit-vd6ms]

i also thought how did i missed this ACDC song, but it wasn't ACDC 😀 still gives the goosebumps.🔥

[@stevenduval6898]

Saw them open for SRV in Pensacola. So much treble was like an ice pick to the ear. They were great!

[@coverside10]

I thought when I was watching Supernatural: omg , is this song the new album? But soon I sought that it wasn't AC/DC. They're really good. Really liked!

[@blues999z]

Omar & The Howlers --- major league Great Stuff --- Super-Star !!!

[@edhelium6931]

Howling along with Omar!

[@julian55115]

working man sorrow will never end;if the work won't kill ye the goverment will greetings from the haque keep on rocking .............

[@rosamoreira1588]

super rock genial

[@wordhurler]

If the Howlers thing doesn't work out, the lead singer would be fantastic in an AC/DC tribute band. :)

[@jefff2009]

When I heard this on the radio, figured it was another Nazareth song i never knew about.

[@campbellbossier]

me too brother

[@a_missippian]

this was in my feed & i'm shocked - in the mid 70's they often played at a roadhouse in north missippi, sardis i think, that looked a lot like this place, & they were a ton of fun - i didn't know he was even still alive - or is he? anyway seeing this video made for a fantastic trip down memory lane - many thanks y'all and a big cheer from the delta

[@kvylone1]

Cool Very cool song !

[@specialized29er86]

better late than never, only heard of these guys tonight

[@kvylone1]

Great rock is great forever

[@kvylone1]

Hello !

[@werkerfurn]

I think what he meant was... Great Music is Great Forever... and I agree!

[@lauraqwerty1196]

the road so far

[@robertohuancapillco4528]

UFF

[@deathmachine6376]

Spn

[@bunnythompson8587]

OWCH!!!! NO not red hot more like WHITE HOT is Omar and the Howlers!!!!! This guys raw, edgy voice is probably one of the BEST I have encountered in all of my years the band itself just my thing that Southern Rock BIG time sound love love LOVE them soooo damn much!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@renee-mariekrugkrug3989]

Hey Rollin Stone Magazine missed these musicians and so many more...eh

[@rayc1692]

End credits to "Like Father, Like Son"! Awesome movie and song!!!

[@robertschaffer6284]

Ray C hilarious movie

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, and I think this song is perfect for the ending of that movie, the way it enda with Rick, Chris' bully at school and Chris' dad's colleague and nemesis Larry getting THEIR turn for a brain switch(which could even be interpreted as their comeuppance or karma for being perpetual foil and trouble for Chris and Dr. Hammond(Chris' dad,played by Dudley Moore.) Hilarious,as Chris' friend Trigger(played by Sean Astin), upon noticing Rick in pain: "Oh, Riiiiiick, I have a little present for you!"(sneaks the brain transfer serum into Rick's mouth, and bugs out of there,) as Larry shows up and Rick asks of him,(in Larry's voice), "Do you have insurance, son?" Larry(in a tone like Rick),"No, dickhead!" and an almighty scream from the pair of them is then heard, as Chris and his dad clasp their arms around each other in harmony and understanding, as the end credits appear and this song starts playing.

[@calnonhardy4002]

An original. Voice and guitar player.

[@darrellmassey2237]

Damn when this came out I thought rock n roll was coming back!!!

[@mvs784]

if you close your eyes . i'll bet you think it is brian johnson from ac dc singing !

[@VicodinMA]

+Martin Scholz Yeah in the early 80's though :)

[@bigroy38]

Martin Scholz Song sounds a lot like Heat Seeker,huh?

[@michaelharling3977]

Z zzaq

[@jasonhochman3750]

More like John Fogerty

[@kylehartley1995]

Nope...he sounds like Nazareth's lead singer[to me anyway]..whoever that was .

[@rickiegb777]

once again, all of the great music has already been written. none of the crap now days can compare.

[@alanpilon6259]

You have that right

[@bombteacher]

From the movie "Like Father, Like Son"...cool movie and song.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Right-during the end credits, is when this song is heard.

[@youmoush1]

the beat of this song is amazing

[@michaelanderson3602]

God bless Omar and the Howlers. They all deserve it.

[@raykohnert2588]

I remember seeing them in Gastown Vancouver in the 80’s.They played at the Town Pump. One of the best bars around, always with great bands

[@barefootrecords]

The Yale was always great too !

[@michailaspentiochinas882]

Very melodic GROUP-Best Rock-FULFILLING YOU MAN

[@kevinadamson6830]

That's takes me back 30 plus years ago. Great hearing it again