Otis Gibbs -Sputnik Monroe (Official Video)

[@jakthurmond]

My Dad and I are huge Sputnik fans. My great Aunt used to cut his hair here in Amarillo, TX. My Dad has a head shot of him he used to keep in the bathroom and we even named our cat after him. We love hearing this on the High Plains Radio station, thanks for keeping these stories alive man.

[@rickmcbroome]

Enjoyed the song, saw Sputnik several times in my hometown of Jonesboro, Ar. He was was my grandpa, and, great grandma’s hero.

[@thetreblerebel]

Because Pro Wrestling was and still is, BIG IN MEMPHIS!! Sputnik Monroe stood up for the black man in Memphis! Badass dood! Great wrestler as well..

[@latinthunder2707]

My very 1st match at the Sportatorium in Dallas the program said Sputnik Monroe would be there the next week. I asked Scott Putski who he was. I didn’t know but I learned his story as the years went by. Great song, great tribute!!

[@stretcherbearer1350]

I worked at the Sportatorium on the security and ambulance crew from 1963 through 1967 when I got my "greetings from Uncle Sam letter". Still got a strip of corrugated metal siding retrieved from its demolition in the early 2000s which has Skandar Akbar's and Killer Karl Cox' autograph on it obtained at the "Wake For the Sportatorium" we organized at a local watering hole in Dallas during the demolition.

[@whayneneal]

I live near Memphis and have never heard this story. Thanks for shining the light, brother.

[@dodolemagnifique]

Thank you Mr. Gibbs and Cornette for teaching us about Sputnik Monroe. The man should have his biopic. Great song ❤

[@catdaddy3302]

The first concert I ever went to was Brenda Lee at the Ellis Auditorium with my mom and dad. Sputnik made a guest appearance.I think he sang. I remember cheering and yelling at him and him yelling back. I was about 10. Of course I saw him rasslin in the Ellis Auditorium. “A Diamond ring and Cadillac kinda man! “

[@duaneellis2538]

I love music that tells a good stories that i can understand. Thank you Otitis

[@jjslate1433]

Very good tune! He was a polarizing figure! We need those from time to time!

[@eddiekeller4376]

what a amazing story and man. ty otis for writing this song. huge wrestling fan and now im a huge otis gibbs fan all because he took time to make such a kickass song for the leader of a revolution. the story proves that just 1 man can move a nation of men. all while being a wrestler who decided to headlock the belief that ppl arent equal. this was a time when it wasnt cool to be a fan of wrestling itself. looked down on those kind of ppl and ty sputnick for making ppl stop looking down at ppl and up to the top of the rafters where those fans had a voice also. wrestling to this day brings men of all races together in ways only sputnick could have seen. get them to disagree on a simple fake wrasling match but do it anywhere they wanted. and hell maybe they could find something out of that ticket, that seat by the other side could lead to common ground that today well never see. to lead men to be the first in something monumental is not what legends are made of but kings are made. ironically its memphis home of the king. think of that. it took a wrestler and his fans to do what the so called king of memphis elvis could never do. again ty sputnick monroe and otis gibbs for never letting us ever forget.

[@yann7kk920]

Well said.

[@kurt_uke]

I heard this song today on WEXT, 97.7 FM Amsterdam, NY. (February 7, 2017) Wow, just wow! Thanks for this song, thanks for being "On The Right Side of History". (Now I have to try and learn it, so I can use it as part of my repertoire as a ukulele player.)

[@justastrugglermovingforwar6209]

Your from my town

[@MLamar2]

I found this while searching an unrelated Sputnik Monroe video, but I'm glad that I did. Loved this

[@antientdude1100]

I idolized Sputnik Monroe when I was a kid in Tucson Arizona.

[@reded1905]

A helluva man singing about a helluva man.

[@otisgibbs]

Thank ya kindly, Jim! : )

[@Mantanhattan]

Man. I’m so old I grew up with Sputnik fighting hero Billy Wicks. Sputnik was our hero back then. Look for YT clips.

[@twoshirtman7096]

Very interesting story and a brilliant song, I really love this song about a legendary hero.

[@stevenorwood6164]

I'm from north Mississippi. I remember Sputnik. He got his name from Russia's satellite.

[@dannybrooks7209]

I saw Sputnik Monroe quite a few times in the Dallas territory in the late sixties. I didn’t know anything about his views on racism, I was just a kid. He certainly was a great heel, though, and could “put asses in seats.” He also had two “brothers” that wrestled, Rocket Monroe and Flash Monroe, but I’m pretty sure they weren’t actually related.

[@buddybeetle]

Beautiful song.

[@TheFesterhagood]

Elvis, MLK, BB, & Jerry Lawler... all Kings with Memphis ties. I like what you did there.

[@lonnieviar1753]

Awesome tune!! As a long time memphian, and rasslin fan (and Music lover) I sure appreciate your song about the "Diamnond ring and Gold cadillac baby!" Man himself-Ol Sputmnick!!. RIGHT ON!!

[@jamesbridgewater5582]

Great tribute to wrestling legend and definately a civil rights pioneer!!

[@fultzd]

Amazing song. What does that last verse start with? "You mighta buggy whipped bounce????"

[@aliciahager2961]

Today is 3/7/21 and I just came across your Sputnik Monroe. Appropriate song for today the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. "Standing on the ground where King stood". Sounds like hood trouble.

[@kennyculler2828]

I'm usually a hip hop dude but this is gnarly. Sputnik is the man

[@hankhendrix2779]

Otis Satanding Ovation ... I needed a modern day "Honkey Tonk Hero" "Bob Dylanesque" Your My new Musical and Creative hero Otis ... Bravo ... Hands Clapping.

[@lanehowell605]

Damn Good Song and Storytelling Wordsmithing, Otis~!!💜 H Lane Howell

[@timternes4764]

Go to see a good voice and like to hear more of your singing I enjoy your talking videos though also you have a great one take care Tim Colorado Springs Colorado

[@iansing5278]

Standing on the right side of history...

[@MrTriked]

Thanks Otis for sharing this story. I was unaware of it. I think we could use more people like this in today's society.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

A little bit of history. Great done

[@robertbrockway5478]

Good music my man

[@st1buchanan698]

Damn that's a cool song!

[@bjorntannberg1581]

Thanks for the lesson.

[@Galiuros]

This song was featured on KXCI 91.3 in Tucson

[@luckyhaskins69]

very cool song.

[@nickca420]

When the “crying wrestling fan” said “it’s still real to me dammit”, wrestling fans knew what he meant. Shit like this was real as it gets.

[@erindavis6488]

Thanks Otis

[@jerrycooper6033]

Fantastic!

[@Bjornlundstrom]

Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about, beautiful🎶👍

[@dhix2388]

Impressive Otis. Thanks.

[@simonerusso6920]

I like yuor songs

[@BenSHammonds]

sing it bud, you ever get down west of Texarkana sometime let me know

[@chaser21]

Meet Sputnik when I was a child, he and my Dad were friends. Wish I would've known him better.

[@MrTRIGGD]

Sputnik Monroe was The Hero During Jim Crow.

[@ramsnover3599]

Off the hook Otis...Thanku

[@ellomynameisjohnny]

NPR A couple weeks ago. Stuck in my head ever since

[@84SRVSTRAT]

Beautiful, period.

[@Rocky0021]

AWESOME Otis!

[@deanroderick611]

Look forward to hearing this live in 10 days... (Not that I want to dictate your setlist I must add, but if you were to do requests...)

[@deanroderick611]

Update - loved singing the chorus with the rest of the audience.

[@kurtfoulke5130]

"He would stoop to chicanery" do you think that phrase was ever used in a song before ? I sure as hell hope not !

[@N8Mattson]

God bless 🙏

[@BlakeHarneyComedy]

6:05 podcast brought me here

[@kennyculler2828]

The mothership

[@mickbradford3167]

Ian Hernandez - What difference does it make? English-speaking people throughout the world understands the meaning of wrestling, wraslin’, wrastlin’, rasling, etc.

[@aaronnaylor6129]

@Ian Hernandez rasslin, obviously

[@shawnstewart121]

@Ian Hernandez R-A-S-S-L-I-N that's Rasslin!

[@earugo2531]

Good efn tune!

[@madpuppy1000]

Love it, Otis.

[@pennysimmons841]

Have you ever heard of Lost John ? Saw him on a documentary,just real good folk fiddler. Look it up you’ll enjoy it.

[@BlakeHarneyComedy]

6:05 brought me here

[@archstanton9638]

Bravo!

[@charlesleeray4147]

Love it

[@gckelly68able]

If ever there was doubt to the difference one action can take ...

[@mnoorist8223]

2:30"REST ASSURED THAT EVEN DIRTBAGS LIKE ME CAN STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY". SWEET LINE.

[@scottabelli3406]

I lived in Jonesboro and saw him a lot-had that blonde streak in his hair and the girls were doing that to their hair

[@PriestJTrill]

🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾🎯🎯

[@samuellong2487]

Boom!

[@eddygreen3631]

Hear, hear

[@reded1905]

This song has very much a Bruce Springsteen/Seeger sessions feel. In meaning, music and song structure. From Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Otis Gibbs. Thank Guthrie some are still making real music.

[@Redcap-productions]

colt brought me here

[@bastardsonofretkillr]

Otis knows how to milk that Martin D-28