The Potato Song (Lâche pas la patate) , Jimmy C. Newman , 1974

[@bluestarlighting29]

Love this classic hit song thank you.

[@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic]

You're welcome Julie, thanks for commenting

[@kalani4423]

Had lots of fun dancing to this music in Lafayette, La.

[@innocenti22]

Johnny Rebel(Clifford Joseph Trahan) who to compose the lyrics of this beautiful song interppreter superbly by Jimmy c newman!

[@FkOntario]

Didn’t know destroying my record thanks !

[@yy19aos]

wait until you hear Volkswagen was created by nazis

[@jrmbusa]

What a good uniting song and a big hit in early 70's . Memories!

[@drakul4732]

Love the song from Belgium! We have some country american style pubs here.

[@jpboileau5473]

Psst, c'est pas country, c'est cajun! :D

[@breezysemler5572]

I want this played at my funeral

[@fuckugplus]

la patate a lache

[@Cherrybomb510]

Have them play it as the pall bearers carry you out. 😂

[@marryannlamb9853]

Great song bill . Have a great night

[@mikeguillot3002]

Bring back memories of my Grandmother dancing in her kitchen to this song.

[@antonioaccogli1014]

the fun fact is that this is one of the few songs of Trahan, also known as Johnny Rebel, which weren't about white supremacy and KKK support

[@mariopoulin7346]

Faut pas lâcher Bonne soirée

[@de4531]

Ne lâchez pas la patate les amis! Salutations d'un cousin français!

[@TheMoneyMane0]

Merci beaucoup, Votre ami de Lousiane!

[@weenttaguy223]

WOW! I use to hear this song quite often at the old Western Gardens in Edmonton, AB back in my early honky-tonk days of the early & mid 70's, it was played quite a bit too along with Doug Kershaw's "Diggy Diggy Lo" tune, this place was about a block over from the "Klondiker Hotel", back in the day when a glass of beer was .20 cents, a bottle .45 cents.

[@youtube-user2170]

Cajun Country

[@ERH1453]

hoooooo weeee!!! dont dat good, yeah!!!! from Hebert in the woods.

[@michaelluhrman5780]

Great song

[@ruthboykin9873]

Mais Non! Lache pas la patate! Keeeeeee Yawwwwwwww! Brings back many memories! Thanks for having it Bill!

[@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic]

Hello Ruth,...yea, the flip side is the same song sang completely in french. I've thought about posting it..what do you think?

[@ruthboykin9873]

If you have a lot of Canadian fans they love this kind of stuff..go ahead put it on here, I love it will share with my La friends on Facebook.

[@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic]

okie doke...thanks Ruth. I'll give it a shot (soon as i find where i put it), will be moving on to 70's real soon.

[@ruthboykin9873]

In 1976, his recording of the Cajun French song, "Lâche pas la patate" ("The Potato Song") earned gold record status in Canada. In 1991, Newman and Cajun Country earned a Grammy Award nomination for their album, Alligator Man.

[@jrmbusa]

@@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic Please do it, On aime ca!

[@jackiejoy7276]

Yee-hah """!!! And hot dang""""😉 finally a song even I can dance to thank you so much

[@lornebain3831]

No complaints....

[@shermg5479]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COMME CA

[@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic]

Don't drop the potato Sherm.

[@shermg5479]

@@WickerBillVintageCountryMusic The only potatoes dropped in my house are in the boiling pot with them mud bugs, sha. Keep on keeping on my frenn.

[@greglivaudais4516]

What came first, the French or the English version?

[@jeanfrancoisgagne9869]

1973 et non 1974 mon vieux je lavais ca en 45 tours wow les canadien compte le 1er but la patate est gratuis chez mc do participant allor on lache pas la patate

[@1959hogryder]

" Don't touch the hot potato , my friend " is what I'm pretty sure it translates to ..... Good song . Thanks for posting !

[@conniegiovanetti3404]

The words mean Don't drop the potato, but the message is to never give up or never stop trying

[@toddufojuggalorider9947]

He says don't drop the hot potato my n word. It shouldn't be on KZbin. Pretty offensive if you ask me.

[@rtauzin64]

It means don't give up the potato

[@alix0143]

lâche pas la patate veux simplement dire dont give Up

[@yy19aos]

@@toddufojuggalorider9947what about all the racist rap songs? they use the n word plenty more times than this

[@sirpiginton1460]

lache pas la patate

[@sandratrahan6962]

I need a dancing partner.

[@rayblanco5204]

Here I am Sandra DANCE TILL YOU DROP !

[@antonioaccogli1014]

the fun fact is that this is one of the few songs of Trahan, also known as Johnny Rebel, which weren't about white supremacy and KKK support

[@anthonyweir6572]

hot hot bill🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@shanemarcotte2062]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEEEEEEEEEE fi pa sa mon fete' putanh!!

[@ghislainouellet4288]

Ja dor sat merapel les trai bonne a née

[@DaWizard11]

C’est dla bonne musique

[@Dripxo]

how is no one discussing this is written by probably the most racist musical artists of all time, Johnny Rebel

[@dariosmagata8481]

This isn't the only song he wrote for Jimmy C Newman, either. They must have been friends... just blows my mind to think that such a well-known artist like Newman had anything to do with Johnny Rebel.

[@RavioloComboli]

He made many songs outside of racist songs, he did a cover of White Lightning by George Jones. He wasn’t a bad singer or anything, what really sucks is how he used his talent for bad. I wish he went the route of just making nice songs that everyone could listen too.

[@dariosmagata8481]

@@RavioloComboli True, I’m actually a fan of his work, he did a lot of great country and rockabilly songs. I’m just surprised that he got that close to the mainstream, nowadays it would destroy someone’s career if they had anything to do with someone like that.

[@RavioloComboli]

@@dariosmagata8481 I like his work too. Ofc not all of it. But even his racist songs are catchy, which… sounds terrible saying. But outside of that whole genre he really did have mainstream potential.

[@waffleswafflson3076]

Yeah but Rebel was pretty good ngl

[@marycagney1718]

Great song