Lord Rare Rock on Instagram: "BAM-BA-LAM - Ram Jam plays “Black Betty” in a backyard sometime in 1976/77. Ram Jam were a short-lived but electric rock band from New York City, and this was their only hit. Whilst the lyrical content is pretty standard folk/blues material - about a black woman from Alabama who has a “wild” child, Ram Jam took some heat because some civil rights groups felt the lyrics were disrespectful to black women. While the lyrics can be deconstructed, Ram Jam’s version is dri