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Music: "Just Let Me Ride" by Ms. Jody
**** Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Southern Soul singer Ms. Jody, with a focus on her 2012 song "Just Let Me Ride".
This post showcases five YouTube videos of African American young adults line dancing to Ms. Jody's "Let Me Ride" record. Four of these videos feature the follow the leader, single file formation. The remaining video features people dancing in the standard soul line dancing formation that consists of horizontal lines.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/information-about-queen-of-southern.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a YouTube video of Ms. Jody singing "Let Me Ride" and presents two excerpts of essays about Ms. Jody that I found in Southern Soul R&B.com but which that editor indicated were originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Album Reviews.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ms. Jody for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the the videographers and the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
**** ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS
The videos in this pancocojams post are presented in no particular order. Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Southern Soul singer Ms. Jody, with a focus on her 2012 song "Just Let Me Ride".
This post showcases a YouTube video of Ms. Jody singing "Let Me Ride" and presents two excerpts of essays about Ms. Jody that I found in Southern Soul R&B.com but which that editor indicated were originally published in Daddy
B. Nice's Album Reviews.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/five-african-american-soul-line-dances.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Four of these videos feature the follow the leader, single file formation. The remaining showcase video features people dancing in the standard soul line dancing formation that consists of horizontal lines.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ms. Jody for her musical legacy. Thanks to Daddy B. Nice for his writing and thanks to https://www.southernsoulrnb.comwhere I found these essays.
**** TWO EXCERPTS OF ESSAYS ABOUT SOUTHERN SOUL SINGER MS. JODY From https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/artistguide.cfm?aid=699 "Just
Let Me Ride": Ms. Jody: The New Generation Southern Soul, March 23, 2025: Originally published in Daddy B.
Nice's Album Reviews
ESSAY #1
June 26, 2021: Daddy B. Nice's Profile [of Southern Soul
singer Ms Judy]
“In 2005 Dale Pickens, the brother of Vertie Joanne Delapaz (Ms. Jody), took
her to her first blues show--Denise LaSalle--and the experience inspired Vertie
to consider performing herself. "I can do that," she remembers
thinking. That fall in 2005, a still young O. B. Buchana and his band, Total
Control, were celebrating a CD Release Party in Meridian, Mississippi, just up
the road from Bay Springs. Pickens knew some of the band members, and he
introduced Ms. Jody to them and the band's manager, William Day.
Day was so enamored of Ms. Jody's talent that he asked her
if she'd like to travel to Memphis and meet John Ward and Morris J. Williams of
Ecko Records, who were also impressed, and Ecko released Ms. Jody's first
album, You're My Angel, in March of 2006.
The first single from the album was a Lillie Pickens-composed
song entitled, aptly enough. "Ms. Jody," and the upbeat number,
although diverting, wasn't strong enough to make an impression. Soon after,
however, deejays discovered a country-influenced song on the album called
"I Never Take A Day Off (From Loving My Baby)."
"I Never Take A Day Off," with Ms. Jody's
unaffected, Nashville-inflected vocal riffing over John Ward's solid
instrumental track, sounded almost revolutionary in a soul context, and the
record soon caught on across the South.
[...]
Ms. Jody hit the scene around the same time as Nellie
"Tiger" Travis, and your Daddy B. Nice remembers singling out the two
of them amongst all the divas from that period as the surest bets to survive
and flourish. Both had good songwriters behind them, Travis with Floyd
Hamberlin and Ms. Jody with John Cummings (composer of "I Never Take A Day
Off") and Ecko's extended stable of writers.
Ms. Jody and Nellie "Tiger" Travis have remained
linked together at the top of the female division of the chitlin' circuit for
almost two decades, like T.K. Soul and Sir Charles Jones at the top of the
males.
But of the two (Nellie and Vertie), Vertie---aided and
abetted by her Ecko cohorts---had her career concept down. Travis may have had
a more intense triumph or two, but for quality and volume no one compares to
Ms. Jody. As her first single proclaimed, she was the female version of Marvin
Sease's "Mr. Jody". She was Mizzus Jody. She could cheat, lie, party,
dance, cajole, prevaricate, pontificate, and oh---by the way---f-ck* like
an angel, and do any of it without a whiff of self-consciousness.
And Ms. Jody's still doing it after all these years. If she
hadn't filled the "Jody" vacuum and braved its minefields of cliches,
someone else would have had to. But who? Who could have done it with her
common-sensical demeanor and oft-times brilliance?
At her best, Ms. Jody shakes those old cliches like Raggedy
Ann dolls, transforming them into universal truths as she does in her
mid-career classic, "When Your Give A Damn Just Don't Give A Damn".
By the end of that anthem, Ms. Jody has morphed into Every Woman's Woman, a
dispenser of wisdom, equal parts confidante, psychiatrist, therapist and
spiritual advisor.
The dominant track of her later career has been the
indefatigable, rollicking and frollicking, Jody-perfect, double-entendre-ing
"Just Let Me Ride," in which she "saved the horse and rode the
cowboy"... And when that "(chestnut brown) cowboy left the stables,
he was wearing a smile."... -snip- *That word is fully spelled out in that sentence.
**** ESSAY #2 "About Ms. Jody: The New Generation Southern Soul
Vertie Joanne Delapaz (Ms. Jody) was born on November 10th
in Chicago, Illinois. Two years after she was born, her parents--contractors in
the Chicago area--returned to their former home in Bay Springs, Mississippi,
about 65 miles southeast of Jackson, where they continued to live (and listen
to a lot of Delta-flavored R&B around the house) through Ms. Jody's
childhood.
Ecko Records in Memphis released Ms. Jody's first album,
You're My Angel in March of 2006, and it immediately drew air play on legendary
WMPR, Jackson, Mississippi, and other southern soul stations of the deep
south.. Prominent singles from the debut included the country tune that would
become one of Ms. Jody's all-time classics, "I Never Take A Day Off".
[...]
Ms. Jody's In The Streets Again (Ecko, 2010) returned Ms.
Jody to the top of the Southern Soul singles charts with the
throwback-sounding, mid-tempo "The Bop," but there was little else of
enduring value on the set, and the follow-up, Ms. Jody's Keepin' It Real (Ecko
2011), failed to generate much enthusiasm, gaining a rare two-star rating from
Daddy B. Nice.
2011's Ms. Jody's In The House righted the ship in
resounding fashion, showcasing a revitalized Ms. Jody negotiating some of the
finest material since her early CD's. In actuality, the music was even better.
The centerpiece of Ms. Jody's In The House was a song that
both broadened and amplified the musical virtues of Ms. Jody's signature hit,
"I Never Take A Day Off." The song, recorded in both a radio version
and a long, voice-over (talking) version spanning over six minutes, was ”When
Your Give A Damn Just Don't Give A Damn Anymore”.
The album represented a career-defining pinnacle for Ms.
Jody, with almost every selection garnering airplay and acclaim. Memorable
singles included: "Southern Soul Dip," "I Did It," "I
Never Knew Good Love Could Hurt So Bad," "Something I Want" (a
duet with David Brinston), "Just A Little Bit Won't Get It," plus
excellent covers of her own hits ("Ms. Jody's Thang Zydeco Remix")
and others (Lorraine Turner's "You Lost A Fortune" and Brenda
Williams' "Let Me Be The Shoulder").
Still Strokin', Ms. Jody's eighth consecutive Ecko-published
CD, arrived in 2013. While not quite as strong a set as MS. JODY'S IN THE
HOUSE, Still Strokin' was nevertheless a disc of very high quality, notching
another series of popular radio singles, led by the propulsive "Just Let
Me Ride," closely followed by the title tune, "Still Strokin',"
"Another Get Drunk Party" (a remake of an early Ms. Jody tune),
"Where Can I Find A Good Man," "You Didn't Appreciate What You
Had When You Had It," "Good Love," and two more well-executed
cover songs, "Ms Jody Don't Mind Breaking Up Somebody's Home" (from
the Ann Peebles standard) and "Dance Party" (from the Quinn Golden
standard).
[...]
A greatest-hits compilation, The Best Of Ms. Jody (Ecko
2015) was followed by I Got The Feeling (Ecko 2016), a veritable triumph. Blues
Critic, in a blurb, gushed that, "At this point in time it's safe to say
Ms. Jody is the "Queen Of Southern Soul Blues," and Daddy B. Nice
awarded the album five stars ("southern soul heaven"), noting that:
Is there any sight in southern soul more rewarding and
reassuring than Ms. Jody slipping out of her shoes and singing and dancing
barefoot onstage? How lucky are we fans to have such a natural woman at the
helm of our musical ship? Earthy, sexy, unfailingly scandalous yet somehow not
obscene, Ms. Jody accommodates all the onstage, "grown-folks-only"
shtick that LaMorris Williams and other male artists indulge in to make the
audience howl--flirting, lap-dancing, grinding and rolling with a member of the
opposite sex beckoned onstage for the fans' vicarious delight--and yet she
endures as a country girl, humble and practical, an "every-woman"
whom all women and even the "mens" can identify with.
803Fresh, May 15, 2025 -snip- This video includes the lyrics for this song. -snip- Statistics as of May 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM EST total # of views - 3,810,778 total # of comments - 4,438
**** Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision- April 9, 2026
This pancocojams post showcases the official YouTube music video for 803 Fresh's song "Boots On The Ground" (When Them Fans At?").
This post presents information about 803Fresh, the composer of that song and presents information about his megahit song "Boots On The Ground". In addition, this pancocojams post includes some of the comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread that answer the question "Why did "Boots On The Ground" ("Where Them Fans At?") become a Black American anthem?"
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remains with their owners.
Thanks to 803Fresh (Douglas Furtick) for composing and singing "Boots On The Ground" and thanks to Trè Little (Jaterrious Trésean Little) for choreographing the dance that is associated with this song. Thanks also to all those who are associated with this song and this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
**** INFORMATION ABOUT 803 FRESH https://awesomedjproductions.com/artist/803-fresh/ "Douglas Furtick a.k.a. 803 Fresh was born in Augusta
Georgia on February 19 1990. He grew up in Hollow Creek, a place in the
Wagener-Salley area. At 8 years old, Douglas started singing publicly at the
Union Hill Baptist church with the persuasion of his mother.. Upon his father’s
passing at 14 , he joined a local community choir called The Cedar Brach
Association Youth Choir, where he toured the most part of the east coast. Soul
music was always present in his life so as time progressed, Douglas slowly started
coming into his own."...
**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" SONG & LINE DANCE From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_on_the_Ground_(song) " "Boots On the Ground: Where Them Fans At?" is a
dance song written and performed by Salley and Wagener, South Carolina native
Douglas Furtick (stage name 803Fresh) in 2024.
The song is strongly associated with the "Boots On the
Ground" soul line dance, with Jaterrious Trésean Little, aka Trè Little of
Newnan, Georgia credited with creating the dance steps.[1] [2] [3] The
popularity of the song was enhanced by a TikTok challenge.[4]
On the week of April 26th, 2025, the song was ranked Number
1 on the Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales chart and has remained Number 1
for five weeks.[5]
The official video for the song, shot at South Carolina
State University[6] featuring their Marching 101 band, debuted May 15, 2025 on
the Sherri Shepherd Show. As of May 26, 2025, the video had 3.7 million
views[7], and the song posted to the 803Fresh YouTube channel had 5.6 million
views[8].
Celebrities and public figures filmed performing the dance
to the viral song include news anchor Robin Roberts on Good Morning America[9]
with dancers set to perform at the Library of Congress[10], former First Lady
Michelle Obama[11], singer Beyonce on the Cowboy Carter Tour,[12], 2024 US
Presidential candidate and former Vice President Kamala Harris[13], performers
with UniverSoul Circus[14], and the Atlanta, Georgia police department[15].
Numerous 2025 high school, college and other graduations also featured the song
in their ceremonies.[16] [17] [18]
Cultural experts and journalists have identified a love of
community and a need for connection[19] and resilience in a time of political
change and uncertainty as contributing factors in the popularity of the
"Boots on the Ground" dance and song.[20]
[21] [22] [23]"... -snip- "Miss.Shirley" is the name of the 4 year old girl dressed in pink who is dancing in the official YouTube video for "Boots On The Ground".
**** WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORDS "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" AND"WHERE THEM FANS AT" IN THIS SOUL LINE DANCE? The words "boots on the ground" refer to the cowboy boots that the [African American] trail ride dancers are wearing while they perform this four wall soul line dance.
The fans that are referred to by the words "Where them fans at?" are a certain type of hand held fan that makes a clacking sound when people holding them flick their wrist. In an interview that was reported online, 803 Fresh- the composer of this song- shared that he remembered line dancers (steppers) holding and flicking these fans at one trail ride he attended, but didn't see them at a later trail ride. Hence his question "Where them fans at?" -snip- Click https://genius.com/803fresh-boots-on-the-ground-lyrics for the complete lyrics for 803 Fresh's song "Boots On The Ground".
**** INFORMATION ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN TRAIL RIDES from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_trail_rides [This is the complete write-up except for the references] "African American trail rides, or Black
trail rides, are rural parade-like celebrations that commemorate the traditions
of Black cowboys and formerly enslaved Black Americans who were skilled in
caring for and training livestock.[1] The tradition is most prevalent in the
African American communities of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama.
Creole trail rides in Louisiana and
Texas typically feature a "procession, zydeco music, dancing and
feasting."[2] The annual Step-N-Strut trail ride in St. Landry Parish has
been described as "the Creole Woodstock."[2] Trail rides are
increasingly popular in Mississippi.[3]
These trail rides can include hundreds
or thousands of riders, often organized by trail riding clubs.[4]"
Pinned by 803Fresh 1. @803Fresh1 "To Everyone Who’s Been Rocking With Boots On The Ground…
This record started with us. With the culture.
It came from trail rides, from backyards, from real life
moments , not marketing.
It’s spreading because of the joy it gives people.
As it grows, I just want to say: thank you.
For dancing. For sharing. For seeing yourself in it.
We know how this goes.
When something from our world gets big, people try to take
it, flip it, water it down.
But not this time.
Because this moment , this joy, this win, belongs to US .
And we’re going to protect it.
This is for the aunties, the steppers, the kids, the OGs.
This is for anybody who’s ever been told we don’t have
nothing.
Boots On The Ground is proof we’ve always had something, and
now the world sees it too.
Keep moving.
Keep loving.
Keep showing up.
– 803Fresh"
** Reply 2. @OpinionatedOG184 "Hey Fresh, this song is way more than a song. Your extremely
popular and powerful song is now a movement. It’s us moving back to that place
of togetherness, loving each other and relearning collective respect and
appreciation for each other. No more sharing our things, gifts and talents with
those who may not desire to just share only. Our culture is ours! It belongs to
us. While others may appreciate it, the movement is us not selling our stuff to
be claimed by those who mean us no good. We’re back to fully and completely
being TOGETHER AND UNIFIED. And Fresh, you can proudly take some credit for
being a unifier with your artistry. Nobody could have done this but you! You
and your song did this! And that’s why it worked! We needed you. You stepped
up. And you understood the assignment! Thank you 803 Fresh. You delivered!"
** Reply 3. @shortydowop6534 "Love this!!❤. Thank you for bringing us so
much joy with song!!!😍😍😊. Lord
knows….. we need it now more than ever!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾"
** Reply 4. @natashabra "Perfectly stated! We have nothing but love and support for
you. Thanks for letting people know SC has always had great talent too!
Congrats on the success and continued blessings! 🎊👏🏾❤❤
#columbiasc"
** Reply 5. @snickypeewright833 "I am so proud to see my hometown get recognition for
something good. Orangeburg SC home of South Carolina State University Bulldogs.
Born raised and still live in Bulldog country."
** Reply 6. @GoddessYemaya "ASÉ & Thank You we love & support you & we
riding with our boots 👢on the ground all the
way to the TOP as a BLACK PEOPLE as a COMMUNITY & as a VILLAGE AS ONE/
TOGETHERNESS 👌🏾💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥🖤✊🏿❗❗❗"
** Reply 7. @Carolyn-vh4nz "This is for anybody who’s ever been told we don’t have
nothing.".....and the ones saying we have no culture!!"
** Reply 8. @maatembracing "This!!!💯‼️💯‼️💯‼️💯
yessssssss!!! I declare and decree the narrative is now set for us to go forth
in Unity with Peace, Love, Light, Happiness, and Abundance!!! This is OUR
TIME!!! OUR BOOTS ARE NOW ON THE GROUND!!💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾💃🏾🕺🏾🥾👢🥾👢🥾👢🥾👢"
** Reply 9. @nenee5243 "I love your spirit…thank you for giving us something to
groove to forever! Love from ATL 💙🥂"
** Reply 10. @Cnspeace777 "Video was dope ! You represented !"
** Reply 11. @xtrextrex "Feels good that this global moment came
right out of SC! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
** Reply 12. @SFE25ive2 "This a banger though country Vibes for
sure"
** Reply 13. @tita8202 "Let's not forget to give Tre Little from Georgia a shout out
for coming up with the steps for the song/dance.."
** Reply 14. @Neferditie23 "Inspirationally and beautifully well said! Thank you for
your contribution to our culture and our music.❤❤❤"
** Reply 15. @ms.collosal9086 "👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
South Carolina stand up!!!!!"
** Reply 16. @ranib3678 "❤❤❤❤ We thank you!! Thank you
for the POSITIVE IMAGE OF US! Amen protect this brother!
** Reply 17. @keshiamischelle69 "A mic drop moment. As
a native South Carolinian and two-time graduate of my beloved SCSU, I’m
extremely proud of you!!! This song and
the choreography that accompanies it is a movement! You have provided something that expands
across generations. WE support you 💯!!!
SALUTE! ❤💙"
** Reply 18. @charlesrodgers2862 "You did the damn thing.
Sho nuff cookout, family
reunion, backyard party 🎉🎉🎉🎉"
** Reply 19. @sheshowoutmedia "Keep this soulful music going. God is blessing me with visions of my mom
dancing 💃🏾 in heaven to Boots on the Ground."
** Reply 20. @b.hopetoday "Love you and we support you. It brings people together with joy."
** Reply 21. @carefuld9779 "I am dancing in my kitchen in Canada 🇨🇦
💃🏽Congratulations,
on the success of the song and uniting us as one. ❤❤"
** Reply 22. @bbutler7158 "❤❤❤ we going global! 👌🏽
This song can only spread love. 🤩"
** Reply 23. @AndreaCallahan "You gave it to us at a time when we
needed it most. Thank you 803✊🏽🫶🏽💪🏽"
** Reply 24. @ladyhawk9126 "Thank you for this reminder and
statement!! Thank you for everything you are doing to spread joy and encourage
loving ourselves and each other for what we bring 💖💖💖🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽"
** Reply 25. @oneofone9552 "This song, the video, the movement!
Thank you for keeping us lifted AND rooted! No matter where we hear it, we
unite and celebrate each other in the moment, that is powerful. In uncertain
times, you gave us an anthem that we will never forget and a video that just
shows who we are, Black Joy is all of us and nothing can take it away. Boots on
the Ground, kicking up some dust in Florida ❤"
** Reply 26. @Moshechild "Certified us…can’t be gentrified!!!"
** Reply 27. @lamontwhite7752 "We love that you gave us something so
enjoyable and it's allowing people to create good memories please continue to bless us as the Lord blesses you"
** Reply 28. @justisiempre4105 "Bless you! You have said and done it all! Just folks being real, dancing, and having
fun! Sharing love and their joy every
time folks "put their boots on the ground" is tremendous! Thank you!
We're loving this "cookout"!
Peace and blessings! 💙💙☮☮☮"
** Reply 29. @brentduanefoster "@803Fresh1
Checkin' in from San Diego, CA!
You gave us an ANTHEM, Fresh!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
** Reply 30. @dympiece "This song gather our culture together
so quickly lol. Nothing but great vibes! This easily the top song at trail
rides now"
** Reply 31. @heyg0ld "Seriously, thank you so much for this
medicine I didn’t even know I needed. Success and blessings to you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼"
** Reply 32. @blessedhighlyfavored2132 "I'm enjoying this coming togetherness ❤ and everyone having a ball dancing ,grilling, with their boots 👢 and fans hand and hand in Anderson SC."
** Reply 33. @iamNell "Proud to say I've been supporting from
Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 so happy to see how far this has reach.
All the best to ya"
** Reply 34. @prometheous318 "Its the black anthem!!! I love it❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉"
** Reply 35. @L810aveKD "The ancestors are smiling on you my
brother ✊🏿🫡"
** Reply 36. @latashafarmer1609 "Thank you for this video!! I just love the celebration of us
and our culture. We are such a beautiful and resilient people. I wish every
last of us understood that we should always look at ourselves with pride. We
don’t just survive. We flourish!!"
** Reply 37. @AhmariSloan-w6p "We are doing this dance for one of are family members that
passed"
** 38. @jeremiahgilmore32 "He kept this so black, South Carolina, and just positive.
Thanks for giving this song to the world. Congratulations"
** Reply 39. @jaybee4307 "True, but this song is crossing all color lines and unifying
everyone. It's lovely."
** 40. @DrBeauHightower "Bro just casually made a generational classic in 2024"
** Reply 41. @Vivaciouslight730 "For sure, I saw the attendees grooving at this at the VSU
commencement May 2025, shout out to all of those future Engineers, Teachers,
Doctors, Nurses, Scientists! Glory be to your God🫡!"
** 42. @Blakeness-x3t "Love this! No cursing, no over sexualizing black women, no
criminal talk, no drug talk, just good ole fashion fun like we used to have."
** 43. @ChrisOConner "So honored that I was chosen to Direct this music video. I
love reading the comments, and I’m proud that everyone loves it. I LOVE seeing
my people have a great time together, and I’m proud to have been able to
capture it on camera. What an honor. 2 Millions and counting!! 🚀🚀💪🏾💪🏾"
** Reply 44. @mrsmusic6985 "You did a beautiful job! This video embodies the authentic
black southern experience."
** Reply 45. @ChrisOConner " @mrsmusic6985 Thank you!! I’m a southern boy myself, so I
had to make sure we got it right! Lol🙏🏾"
** Reply 46. @TheRonnieaj "I get so much joy watching this. Thank you for capturing
Black joy in its purest form. 🙏🏽🙏🏽"
** 47. @OhDatsJaVion "Love how he’s displaying the BLACK BELT
REGION OF SC (majority black American rural counties, which is most of South
Carolina ) from the original cowboy life (black cowboys) to HBCU’s,D9, fish
fry, black Americans owning LARGE amounts land/summer soul food kick off’s etc
! It’s just a beautiful to see"
** Reply 48. @johnwebb2442 "Facts"
** Reply 49. @KendyK_All_Day "Periodt. ❤❤❤❤❤"
** 50. @juswolf22 "I ain’t seen generations of black people in sync like this
over music in a long time."
** Reply 51. @his1day "Sooo true! I hadn’t even thought about it like that. From
the young to the old. The saints to the aints 😂👢"
** Reply 52. @donneiacaprice "That's the best part about it!!💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾"
** Reply 53. @thebestdanaever3396 "Since the electric slide😆🤣"
** Reply 54. @8tre-z "I’m talking I ain’t seen it since the
Cupid shuffle 😂😂💯"
** Reply 55. @fillgap9694 "Really, every line dance in America, you gun see that"
** 56. @Leogirl1-q8d "I love it!! Congrats to 803 Fresh!! No supermodels...no fly
dudes...its just normal beautiful people and black culture enjoying
themselves!!!"
** 57. @johnwebb2442 "The Summer Anthem for Black Family Reunions and Cookouts."
** Reply 58. @madisonpyles774 "This is one of them, timeless songs that we gonna carry on.
I’m a play it when I’m old. I’m like you don’t know nothing about this."
**
Reply 59. @feliciaglover8521 "Classic this song is going to be right up there with the bus
stop and the electric slide every cook out and wedding lol"
** Reply 60. @teeharrison2928 "U know it."
** Reply
61. @mribbon89 "This will be played at cookouts for the next 30 years and
beyond. Instant classic."
** 62. @EastwoodEdgewood "SAY IT LOUD..I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD!!!!!❤💃🏾🕺🏿❤🙌🏾💯"
** Reply 63. @srvgjohnson "James Brown- native South Carolinian!"
** Reply 64. @TamaraGarrettAlpha "❤️🖤💚💫👑"
** 65. @Ms1001k "This song is a reminder that no matter what “they” say or do , Black folks have the gift of joy!!"
** Reply 66. @bribri8042 "Amen! No one taking that away."
** Reply 67. @cherietillman "❤❤❤❤you are absolutely right ❤❤❤"
** Reply 69. @lucillestoudemire387 "Yes put the right song on and all tension leaves the area
and the body gets to moving!!"
** Reply 70. @marybrewer782 "Nothing can keep us down❤❤❤"
** 71. @nessiezee8887 "Is it weird that I cried?
I so love this. We got our frats, educational institutions, sororities,
grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, celebs, and real people and we
in the south!!! I love this so much!
What a great video!!! And the vintage car on top of all that."
** 72. @Motivational-Paradise1 " "Boots On The Ground" is like that first shovel
breaking dirt on a new foundation – it's all about the raw effort, the
groundwork, and the relentless belief that if you put in the work, the crowd
will eventually find you. It's the sound of the ambition before the applause,
asking "Where Them Fans At?" because the hustle is already happening.
#motivationalparadise1
** 73.@theoldschooldiva374 "This song is so uplifting!! Thanks to all involved in the
making ....along with the dance 🙌🏿💪🏿🙏🏿"
** 74. @MaryDavis-x4q "Congratulations 803 Fresh
I love this dance and watching everyone smiling and having
fun! We have so much talent to share, this is our summer fun anthem!
"Boots on the ground summer! Thank you 803 Fresh, you will make the
difference for all the summer parties! Dance for all ages!"
** 75.@rockoblue1011 "I’ve genuinely never been so happy for a stranger ! This man
is putting southern soul on the map. The whole south reaping the benefits of
this hit. Southern soul has never gain this much attention. BB king once said “
The blues don’t die, it just gets better & better” I LOVE MY BLACK PEOPLE 😍🥹"
This pancocojams post showcases seven YouTube videos of the soul line dance "Work It" that is performed to West Love's 2022 Southern Soul record with that title.
The line dance moves that are performed in Showcase video #1 were choreographed by Marty K. The line dance moves that are shown in all of the other showcase videos in this pancocojams post were choreographed by West Love.
A few comments from Showcase Video #1's discussion thread are also included in this pancocojams post.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to West Love for this record. Thanks to Marty K and thanks to West Love for this line dance choreography. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JdAjhgKww for a Sep 19, 2022 YouTube video of the premier West Love's record "Work It". That video isn't allowed to be embedded on another online site.
**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF SHOWCASE VIDEO #1
2023
1. @deesartin9248 "❤️❤️❤️Ayeee get it y'all"
** 2. @cobrakai65 "We always turn up and turn out!"
** 3. @olufemilewis5104 "Where is this? I wanna go🤩"
** Reply 4. @jerogreen5217 "Tampa Florida next event all white Party May 4th 2024 come join use
**** 2024
5. @bettylashley9321 "Love the music and dancing, everyone is so dressed up❤"
** 6. @dottieandroh3178 "Love to see my people having fun"
** 7. @bluediamond4662 "love the song!!! the steps are almost identical to the wobble. 💜💜"
** 8. @quietstorm6488 "That was HOT!!! Everybody looked FABULOUS.😊"
** 9. @francesiadams7723 "Ok ladies & gents get it , I see all of you, love the fans , everyone doing there thing. :Love the music"
** 10. @deroldlewis760 "Work IT out ❤"
** 11. @lisasavage6527 "I love this dance"
** 2025
12. @wrhaskin4972 "Looking good. Love it"
** 13. @CharletteCooper-z2z "That is so cool.❤❤❤❤❤" ** 14. @irmapugh6497 "The wobble"
**** ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS WITH SELECTED COMMENTS These videos are given in chronological order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
VIDEO #2 - Work It By West Love - #breastcancerawareness #wearpink
And 5678 Soul Line Dance Class, Oct 15, 2022
Song: Work It
Artist: West Love
No Copyright infringement intended. I do not own anything. All rights reserved to the respective labels. This is for exercise purposes only.
**** VIDEO #3 - WORK IT LINE DANCE
Jero Green, Nov 14, 2022
Work it Line Dance
Choreographed by WEST LOVE
Artist WEST LOVE
Song WORK IT
**** VIDEO #4 -Work It Line Dance Created By West Love .😍
Lady Snapshot, Dec 18, 2022 TAMPA BAY
Music By West Love • WEST LOVE-"WORK IT" FULL VIDEO PREMIERE
This video is for entertainment purposes only I do not own the music that is being played in the background. No copyright Infringement intended.
**** VIDEO #5 -Hosea Mccain 70th Birthday - Work It LineDance lead by Carolyn Reeves and Super John coaching Hosea
.
Rashid Ali, Jan 20, 2023 CHEVERLY
AMERICAN LEGION
American Legion, Cheverly - DMV Senior Hand Dancers - DJ
Ernie “G” -snip- Notice (at around 1:48 in this video) Hosea Mccain has birthday dollars pinned to his jacket.
Country Girl (Line Dance Challenge) #Trending #LineDance
#TonioArmani
Song : Country Girl
Artist : Tonio Armani
Use this song for your next reel.
****
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases Tonio Armani's 2023 hit Southern Soul song "Country Girl".
This post showcases five YouTube videos or YouTube video short examples of Tonio Armani's song "Country Girl". Selected comments from the discussion threads for several YouTube video/YouTube video shorts for that song are also included in this post. (The video/video short sources for some of the comments in this compilation may not be showcased in this post.)
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/tonio-armani-country-girl-trailride.htmlfor Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases the YouTube sound file of Toni Armani - "Country Girl" (Trailride Version) (feat. Jeter Jones). This post also presents my unofficial transcription of the lyrics for that song.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners Thanks to Tonio Armani for composing and performing this song and thanks to Jeter Jones for his collaboration with Tonio Armani. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these showcase videos and thanks to all the publishers of those videos on YouTube/YouTube short. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. **** ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS These showcases videos/video shorts are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only. SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Country Girl Line Dance (beginner, easy and sassy!)
Donetta 'Doni' Gunnells Hall. CardioSole, Aug 21, 2024
Choreographers: Julia Nelson and Wanna Lloyd
Song: Country Girl
Artist: Toni Armani
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Country Girl Line Dance Challenge in Sparta, GA
@iamtonioarmani, December 21, 2024 (South Carolina) We just wanted to take a moment to express our deepest
gratitude to each and every one of you who has supported my new song,
"Country Girl"!
From sharing, streaming, liking, and commenting, to simply
spreading the word, your support means the world. It's because of YOU that
"Country Girl" is reaching hearts everywhere, and we’re so thankful
for your energy and dedication. God bless you.. 🫡💯
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Tonio Armani - Country Girl (Live) Darlington, South Carolina
Tonio Armani, Dec 24, 2024
I Can't Tell You Who Cut Up More.
The Crowd or The Stage? 🤔 You Tell Me..
🎵 Song : Country Girl
🎤 Artist : Tonio Armani
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #6 - County Girl Line Dance
Smooth Flava Dance, Gainesville FL, Aug 27, 2023
GAINESVILLE
(New) "Country Girl" Line Dance
Smooth Flava Dance, Gainesville Chapter
Artist: Tonio Armani
Song: Country Girl
Choreography: Julia Nelson and Wanda Lloyd
Beginner One wall Line Dance
(Moves)
Hip twist 4
Cha Cha up & step Turn
Hip Rock 4 (use fans)
Side cha cha and turn 2
Kick 2x and slide
Step turn
Hip right/ hip left
(Start over)
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #7 - Country Girl (Trail Ride) Line Dance
Line Dancing With Terressa, Jan 24, 2025
Choreographers: Essence Bone & Jai Knight
Song: Country Girl
Artist: Toni Armani
**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM SEVERAL VIDEOS/VIDEO SHORTS OF THIS SONG These selected comments are from several discussion threads for YouTube videos of Tonio Armani's "Country Girl (Line Dance).
This discussion threads are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only. With the exception of the video that is showcased in Part I of this two part pancocojams series, the video numbers refer to the relatively arbitrary placements that I gave for the videos that are showcased in this post.
1. @iamtonioarmani, 2025 "I am so grateful and blessed to see some many people
participating in this new dance trend. Thank you for all of your love and
support. God bless you.
Tonio Armani - Country Girl
Add This Song To Your Playlist!!
** 2. @alishiamcdonald1, 2025 "Let’s get this algorithm right. Smooth Flava Dance,
Gainesville Chapter and Choreographers Julia Nelson of now J Elite Dance and SF lead
instructor Wanda Lloyd created the original and official Country Girl linedance
with the artist Tonio Armani performed in the linedance community over a year
ago. The new and popular version is the trail ride southern soul version
created a few months ago by Mr. Smooth. Always refer to the new version as the
trailride version and the original as the official linedance. Both dances are
awesome and folks should enjoy both. We support all versions and hope that the
popularity expands the artist Tonio Armani and his song. Making the difference
should assist with clarity.
** 3. @ygterio3241, January 2025 "He made a new anthem for barbecue now 🔥🔥🔥"
** 4. @aires76113, January 2025 "They ate that dance up, love it."
** 5. @natashachosebygodclark9616, January 2025 "Ayeeeeeeee they getting down ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤"
** 6. @FrederickWhite-g8k, January 2025 "I love too see my country folks show the world how we get down.... uncle Freddy Mac x said so....🙏☮️🤠 Giddyup cowboys and cowgirls...."
** 7. @ValMoss-d7t, January 2025 "Whoever created this Line Dance 💃🏾🕺🏽 I take my hat off to you and this couple is getting down , there fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 and very smooth with there steps . Love it ❤️💯👩🏽🦳😇"
** 8. @velvetoasisevents4647,January 2025 "Hats off to the original creators of the dance! Yall did that 🔥🤠💃🏾"
** 6. @ShondraJenkins-hg3lm, January 2025 "This is an old dance and song. He just
put new words to it. Used to do this in the 90's and early 2000's 😂😂😂😂.
" There's some girls in this house ". I like Dem girls 😂. Lil Jon."
** Reply 7. @yvettefisher3456, January 2025 "I thought some of the moves looked
familar."
** 8. @TheChocolatecream83, January 2025 "🎯🎯🎯"
** Reply 9. @ShondraJenkins-hg3lm,January 2025 "@TheChocolatecream83 Song and Dance over 20 years Old🤣🤣🤣"
** 10. @JosiahBrownSr, January 2025 "Do It my Sistas!!❤❤❤"
** 11. @PamelaTwymon, January 2025 "Y'all doing this ❤❤❤❤"
** 12. @CoastalGent-s4c, January 2025 "I love bumping this one"
** 13. @tynettabrewster383, January 2025 "Killed it. Trying to learn this
immediately!!!"
**
14. @patriciahorton6674, January 2025 "I like this❤ I am practicing now"
** 15. @danaglass1265, January 2025 "Braids is showing out!! 💃🏾"
** 16. @CLance-mo7bo, January 2025 "Y'ALL ,JUST SHOWED OUT!!😂❤❤❤😂❤ NEVER HEARD THAT
SONG BEFORE,!! I LIKE IT!!"
** 17. @barronthomas41, Januuay 2025 "This how we used to dance back in the
early 90's"
** 18. @ArtMack-b6f, January 2025 "I just love when they hit 🎯 that
slow motion move. The More I watch this video the more I learn!!!"
** 19. @LadiFai, January 2025 "I love how they all was in it to win it.
Get it y'all ❤❤❤❤❤❤. I also love how they all gave each other room to show they
selfs off. Cause there's always that one who covers up the main girl getting
it. But not here. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Much love"
** 20. @marlonjames8670, January 2025 "❤ beautiful ladies dancing to country
girls, these ladies really getting into it.They done kick off there boots and
winding it up country girls having fun
beautiful smile. look out now."
** 21. @gratitude1181, January 2025 "AYYYYYYYE WE SEE Y'ALL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#blackgirlmagic"
** 22. @gailmason4861, January 2025 "I'm a country girl!
That's how we party!"
**
Reply
@stellaantley3227, January 2025 "me tooooo WELCOME TO THE DIRTY DIRTY SOUTH"
1. @bernardfarrell7311, 2023 "TrailRide music is where it's at 🫡👍
** 2. @leighleonard5391, 2024 "Here cause of tik tok ❤"
** 3. @feliciayoung9450, 2024 "Okay 🔥🔥🔥the
beat hit right off the first note!! 👏🏾👏🏾"
** 4. @TheMelaninWarrior, 2024 "Nice way to sample I like them girls. This ride hard 🙌🏾"
** 5. @dprimetimeinc, 2024 "TikTok told me y’all was over here"
** 6. @shaneldubose6725, 2025 "🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤
u better kno it …"
** 7. @jordanlove8602, 2025 "I'm having a cow girl bday may 2025 and
I will learn this line dance if it kills me
🎉"
** 8. @Miuiscman, 2025 "Yesir !!! I like Dem gals in Cowgirls Hat. Dem be them
Country Girl's. He did that!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕👊👊👊👊🎤🎤🎤🎤
Mr. Voice jamming."
** 9. @chanecak, 2025 "I’m gonna light the dance floor up when this comes on!!"
** 10. @David-sd5xo, 2025 "Anyone old school knows where this
beat sampled from"
** Reply 11. @friesandcrabcake, 2025 "@David-sd5xo The sample and structure come from the song "Play it at your own risk" from the group Planet Patrol. This is from the era when we were break dancing in the 1980's."
** 12. @eromlemedia8487, 2025 "Please somebody ANYBODY what is the
original song this beat is sampled from?? Just can’t think of it but eye
remember the beat!"
**** 14. @yvonnelagrone-mcintye8971, 2025 "This is a jam!"
** 15. @siso033, 2025 "This jam is hot hot 🔥"
** 16. @ArthurHadley-vk8yf, 2025 "He ain't playing on this track!!!"
** 17. @nubiancutiee, 2025 "I’m so glad that I found a class! Juneteenth I will be
ready! In the front line Jammin! 💃🏾"
** 18. @dlb3131 "If you went to HBCU you know the beat
from SRRAFE SET IT OFF 😂😂😂😂😂😂" -snip- HBCU= Historically Black Colleges & Universities; The musical group Strafe's "Set It Off" is widely used as a stroll record by historically Black Greek fraternities and sororities.
** 19. @maniemane1030, 2025 "This beat go crazy"
** 20. @Jesussaves32, 2025 "This get me moving before boots on the ground ❤❤❤" -snip- This comment may be a referent to "Boots On The Ground" ("Where Them Fans At") which is another very popular Southern Soul (Trail Ride) line dance song. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/80s-freshs-boots-on-ground-soul-line.html for a pancocojams post about that song.
** 21. @ariannadavis4964, 2025 "Its on YouTube tutorials videos on how
to do the line dance" ** 22. @infinityskys4688, 2025 "This song is so 🔥🔥🔥 the
line dance!! Omg!! 🤦🏿♀️ I need to
learn that!!"
**** This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.
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Country Girl (Trailride Version) (feat. Jeter Jones) · Tonio Armani · Jeter Jones
Country Girl (Trailride Version) (feat. Jeter Jones)
℗ Armani Music Group
**** Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that showcases Tonio Armani's 2023 hit Southern Soul song "Country Girl".
This post showcases the YouTube sound file of Toni Armani - "Country Girl" (Trailride Version) (feat. Jeter Jones). This post also presents my unofficial transcription of the lyrics for that song.
In addition, this pancocojams post includes a roll call of some of the United States cities and/or states that are mentioned in comments in this video's discussion threads.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/seven-youtube-video-examples-of-tonio.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases seven YouTube videos or YouTube video short examples of Tonio Armani's hit song "Country Girl". Selected comments from the discussion threads of several YouTube video/YouTube video shorts for that song are also included in this post. The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners
Thanks to Tonio Armani for composing and performing this song and thanks to Jeter Jones for his collaboration with Tonio Armani.
-snip-
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/02/803fresh-boots-on-ground-where-them.htmlfor a pancocojams post about another very popular Southern Soul (Trail Ride) line dance record "Boots On The Ground" (Where Them Fans At?"). ****
LYRICS - COUNTRY GIRL
(Toni Armani, featuring Jeter Jones)
(Show me a country girl And that’s a fact)
Can I tell you my story Let me tell y’all
Well I never thought that I would see this
Way far back in those woods
I saw something that I like
I never knew I would
I like them girl in them cow boots
I like them girls in them Daisy Dukes
I like them girls in the cow girl hats
Down in the country
That's where they at
Love me a country girl
And that's a fact
Down in the country
That's where they at
Love me a country girl
And that's the fact
Down in the country
That's where they at
(Love me a country girl)
She’s from the bottom
But they on the top
(top shelf)
If you don’t believe me
come and see for yourself
(Come and see)
Somebody please call 911
(Help me please)
‘Cause Imma need some help
(Love me a country girl)
Oh my God I’m in love
(with a country girl
Yeah)
And they all around the world
(Yes, they is y’all
They all around the world)
They all around the world
(They all around the world)
They all around the world
(They all around the world)
Brown skin, light skin, dark skin, white
All the pretty women
With different body types
So many women in play
(right)
Lemme tell y’all what I like
I like them girl in them cow girl boots I like them girls in them Daisy Dukes I like them girls in the cow girl hats Down in the country That's where they at (Yeah yeah)
Show me a country girl
And that's a fact
(And that’s a fact)
Down in the country
That's where they at (Where
they at)
Where they at (Where they at)
Where they at (Where they at)
Where they at
Down in the country
Where they at (Where they at)
Where they at (Where they at)
Where they at
Where they at
Down in the country
Pretty in the face And in all the right places They the kind that lights up a room You look so good to me Yeah Can’t get enough of you.
I like them girl in them cow girl boots I like them girls in them Daisy Dukes I like them girls in the cow girl hats Down in the country That's where they at (Yeah yeah) Show me a country girl And that's a fact Down in the country That’s where they
at Show me a country girl And that's a fact Down in the country That’s where they at -snip-
This unofficial transcription is based on several YouTube video/video short captions and transcripts with spelling corrections as well as additions and corrections based on the lyrics that I heard in those videos. I haven't come across any official lyrics for this song online as of the publishing date for this pancocojams post.
Additions and corrections are welcome.
****
SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments document some examples of a roll call of United States cities, states, and areas that are mentioned in the discussion thread for this showcase video of Tonio Armani's "Country Girl" (Trail Ride Version featuring Jeter Jones). These comments are given in no particular order. This compilation includes at least one example of every city, state, or area that is included in that discussion thread during that time period. Almost all of these geographical shout out comments that are quoted below were posted in that discussion thread from January 2025 to Feb. 9, 2025 when this pancocojams post was published in this blog.
These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9atPZBiArQ
1. @lovinlifetoday33
"Georgia girl ❤ country roots"
**
2. @oldenoughtoknowbetter8851
"Mississippi baby! ❤"
**
3. @EricMartin-m4x
"Tennessee here 🔥"
**
4. @jamariushewitt9235
"Shreveport Louisiana is in the building 🔥❤"
**
5. @njohnson1238
"I'm a city girl with country roots (South Carolina).
This song is a vibe with or without the line dance. ❤🔥🔥🔥🔥"
**
6. @1blkbeauty79
"Leaned this dance yesterday, because I gotta represent for NC and SC. ❤" **
7. @rhondamcdaniel3745
"Evergreen,Al. Show me a country gurl"
**
8. @tarshagreene4661
"Florida ❤💃🕺"
**
9. @JermaineHarmon-dg2bl
"Saw some ladies kill this line dance in Petersburg Va last weekend 🔥🔥🔥" **
10. @Richgirl54
"🔥 Little Rock, Arkansas taping in"
**
11. @monascott2576
"Maryland here!"
**
12. @hassantisdsle3254
"I’m from Philly in this sh-t* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
-snip-
*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
**
13.@nikkig8055 "Alabama babyyyy🎉❤"**
14. @qmotley
"Georgia Girl!🎉"
**
15. @mommiemode
"I'm from CALI by way of LOUISIANA..... IT'S IN MY BLOOD!!!"
**
16. @martystarks2651
"Mobile Al Taping In 🔥🔥🔥"
**
17. @lakerdrawhite7949
"New Orleans La" **
Reply
18. @terrancesanders4397
"Nola 504life"
**
19, @chriscartwright6919
"Cousins in Newton, tx told me I need to learn this. Lol"
** 20. @truck4593
"Gadsden alabama right here front row"
**
21. @mekajones7273
"Roll tide... Tuscaloosa, AL" **
22. @jedi49er1
"The DMV approves this 🔥🔥🔥"
-snip-
"DMV" = Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area
**
23. @velmaartis6243
"I'm real country from chuckatuck suffolk virginia."
**
24, @orlandoleonard6226
"Chicago Chi-Town is in the house❤❤🎉🎉"
**
25. @alliem6126
"NORTH CAK (NC) CHECKING IN❤"
**
26. @smokinfirechick12
"We trailride in Birmingham AL fo sho!"
**
27.@lynnissotogether9610
"Florida stopping by 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌟🌟🌟🌟"
****
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