Ep 50 - The Midnight Special | January 11, 1974

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  • @batwithglasses
    @batwithglasses 6 місяців тому +29

    Dennis Locorriere is 3 sheets to the wind, surprised how well he could still play and sing.

    • @djgene5621
      @djgene5621 Місяць тому

      They all had something going on.

  • @dutchcanuck7550
    @dutchcanuck7550 6 місяців тому +21

    Go Jo Jo! What a scorching set.
    P.S. You can't be a '70s hard rock guitarist without the electric blue satin trousers! Even Jay Ferguson's leopard pants have to take a back seat to those threads.

  • @northmanlogging2769
    @northmanlogging2769 6 місяців тому +20

    ya think of Dr Hook these days, and ya think lol, joke band... but then you watch these guys play live and realize they are all really good musicians and actively change song structure at the drop of a hat, takes a boat load of talent and faith in the band to even attempt that and these dudes pulled it off flawlessly.

  • @shyman99
    @shyman99 6 місяців тому +31

    Jay Ferguson & his group Jo Jo Gunne were the highlight for me. What a great band.

    • @StormLaker
      @StormLaker 6 місяців тому +3

      I kept wondering why the singers voice sounded familiar, lol. So I googled it.....great singer.

    • @caryheuchert
      @caryheuchert 6 місяців тому +3

      Me too! Jay is one of rock’s greatest vocalists.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +1

      Somehow, I just knew, yours would be the top comment as I’m a very curious…kitty…🐈‍⬛…wink wink…🐈‍⬛…

    • @shyman99
      @shyman99 6 місяців тому +2

      @@KittyGrizGriz - All credit goes to Jo Jo Gunne. I simply stated the obvious.

  • @vincentdavis3453
    @vincentdavis3453 6 місяців тому +17

    Leo Sayer - Tomorrow that voice rocks what a voice. Best performance of the night. This song should be re-released for 2024, especially in hard times when humanity could do a spiritual uplift right now. Great show. Great bands.

    • @rustar00
      @rustar00 4 місяці тому +1

      I saw Leo in Atlanta after he released “Long Tall Glasses”. My brother and I were the only people in our crowd who knew who he was. He was great.

  • @pamharris990
    @pamharris990 6 місяців тому +14

    Dr Hook does harmony pretty good when stoned.

  • @Michael-nf1ej
    @Michael-nf1ej 6 місяців тому +15

    Jo Jo Gunne just rocked it!

  • @henryhoward8341
    @henryhoward8341 6 місяців тому +15

    Jo Jo Gunne "killed it"!

  • @Dr_Paul_Proteus
    @Dr_Paul_Proteus 6 місяців тому +17

    Wow, this is one of my favorite entire shows so far. Love Dr. Hook.

  • @runtt01
    @runtt01 6 місяців тому +24

    I wish there was a full concert video of Dr. Hook. they were such an amazing band. Super underrated musicians as well. Daaaaamn, Dennis was lit for this show. LOL

    • @GreenManalishiUSA
      @GreenManalishiUSA 6 місяців тому +9

      It seems that they were pretty baked in just about all of their shows from that era. There are some clips of them performing on Shel Silverstein's houseboat where they all look pretty wasted, but their singing and harmonies are still spot on and gorgeous. Wild and crazy times.

    • @loraa3873
      @loraa3873 2 місяці тому +1

      Just high on life man✌️

    • @howardlevin2753
      @howardlevin2753 2 місяці тому

      Dr. Hook did do an episode of PBS' "Soundstage." Now I'll have to see if someone uploaded it.

    • @djgene5621
      @djgene5621 Місяць тому

      They were more fun to watch than most any other show bands, and they were just goofing around.

    • @garyrasberryjr.552
      @garyrasberryjr.552 25 днів тому +1

      @@howardlevin2753 They also did the West German show "Musikladen" (the successor to Beat Club). They may have been the drunkest group of the 70s

  • @FreakersBall
    @FreakersBall 6 місяців тому +14

    It lived up to expectations and even more.
    This is Dr.Hook at their very best again, the way they sang together is just awesome.
    I was very excited about "The Loneliest People In The World", that was just great , the music, the band and the vocals harmony - Nobody does it better then these guys 🙂

  • @jerrysdancer3769
    @jerrysdancer3769 6 місяців тому +14

    Thank goodness for the Midnight Special. Can't get enough of this music 🎶🥲💞🙏

  • @katherineyanagihara2909
    @katherineyanagihara2909 22 дні тому +1

    Aloha 🌺 Thank you Midnight Special! Love Wolfman! Great job!!!! 🌺🥰♥️♥️♥️

  • @rich56ca
    @rich56ca 6 місяців тому +9

    El Chicano…whatever happened to these guys. Such a great sound.

  • @kevingoins9858
    @kevingoins9858 6 місяців тому +12

    Philippe Wynn of the Spinners giving props to the soul legends on How Could I Let You Get Away.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому +1

      He's now considered just as big a legend as those he imitated.

  • @thomasrose7713
    @thomasrose7713 6 місяців тому +12

    So fantastic to see El Chicano!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Ibrian8888
    @Ibrian8888 6 місяців тому +11

    Thank you Burt!
    Another home run
    🤗🙏

  • @covers_girl
    @covers_girl 6 місяців тому +14

    Henry Fambrough started the song. The last original Spinner RIP earlier this year 😢

  • @SteveKraus
    @SteveKraus 6 місяців тому +27

    The 70's gave us the best music and Midnight Special brought it live to us

    • @marceldagenais1893
      @marceldagenais1893 6 місяців тому +1

      Don Kirchner was great too both at midnight and Friday Saturday night

    • @marceldagenais1893
      @marceldagenais1893 6 місяців тому +1

      They need to bring back the symocast too!

    • @dotell3359
      @dotell3359 6 місяців тому

      The 70s where the best time of my life.

    • @marceldagenais1893
      @marceldagenais1893 6 місяців тому

      @@dotell3359 If you don't remember the seventies you were probably there !Lmao

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 2 місяці тому +4

    Dr. Hook yeah!❤!

  • @sirlordsoul
    @sirlordsoul 6 місяців тому +9

    Wow, those El Chicano clips are killer! Perfect, tight instrumentation and (on "Tell Her She's Lovely") vocals as well. Also love the Spinners' two performances. Poor Canned Heat: After Al Wilson's death, they struggled to stay relevant and you can tell they're just barely hanging on here if they're reduced to doing medleys (not that Fats Domino wasn't great).

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      Third appearance on the show, right? How did they wangle that?

  • @JeffSummerfield
    @JeffSummerfield 6 місяців тому +2

    damn.... these guys were BAKED!

  • @peringolfgjvag4681
    @peringolfgjvag4681 6 місяців тому +11

    Can,t wait to see this have been waiting for years to hear Dr.Hook sing Joe,s bar the best live band ever

  • @beatles1000
    @beatles1000 5 місяців тому +20

    I think Dr. Hook took a little too much “medicine”before coming on

  • @tomgebarowski8156
    @tomgebarowski8156 5 місяців тому +2

    Dr. Hook and Medicine Show guys were always so stoned, but also always very entertaining. Plus they were good musicians. "Cover of the Rolling Stone" was a big hit for them in 1970's. They showed on a lot of tv shows then & were so fun!❤

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 6 місяців тому +11

    The next episode after this from January 18, 1974 was hosted by Smokey Robinson, and also features appearances from Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Grin, Eddie Kendricks, Ann Peebles, Edwin Starr, and Johnny Taylor.

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому

      That Edwin Starr performance on that particular episode when they did war that was a trippy performance the way they ended that wow

  • @JayBird911
    @JayBird911 6 місяців тому +15

    I kept waiting for the guitarist for Jo Jo Gunne to burst into flames with that blistering guitar work...so good.

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +4

      I was waiting for a string to break!

    • @StormLaker
      @StormLaker 6 місяців тому +2

      Or break out onto playing Barricuda. Lol. There's a reference there.

    • @JayBird911
      @JayBird911 6 місяців тому +2

      @@StormLaker Ah!...Thanks for the clue!

    • @edsanders9605
      @edsanders9605 6 місяців тому +3

      Not the original line-up- Mark Andes- bass, Matt Andes- guitar. I have to say the new guitar player is equal if not an up-grade! He played Matt's slide part perfectly!!!

    • @Carmine1216
      @Carmine1216 4 місяці тому +1

      Jo Jo Gunne lineup seen here is Jay Ferguson, Curly Smith, Jimmie Randall and John Staehely.
      Bassist Mark Andes left the band after the first album, and was replaced by Jimmie Randall. Guitarist John Staehely (a former member of Spirit) replaced Matt Andes after their third album, “Jumpin' the Gunne”, and would prominently featured on their fourth and final album, “So...Where's the Show?” (my personal favorite). Both Randall and Staehely contributed to an overall harder rocking Jo Jo Gunne than the original Andes brothers version.

  • @PeterGriffin-lh6wp
    @PeterGriffin-lh6wp 3 місяці тому +4

    The most underrated group ever !!!

  • @rick6699ca
    @rick6699ca 6 місяців тому +4

    This was awsome Love Dr Hook Thank you

  • @lqdxoni1
    @lqdxoni1 6 місяців тому +8

    loved the Dr.

  • @matthewbaduria
    @matthewbaduria 6 місяців тому +7

    I like Leo Sayer he's one of my favorties.he had an amazing voice.

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому +1

      You make me feel like dancing dance the night away

    • @aarongoff1111
      @aarongoff1111 4 місяці тому

      I like this version of the Show Must Go On, just as good as the Three Dog Night version and a cool little scat part thrown in!

    • @raymondbonington9355
      @raymondbonington9355 Місяць тому +1

      @@aarongoff1111he wrote it and had the hit in uk with the original,

    • @aarongoff1111
      @aarongoff1111 Місяць тому

      @@raymondbonington9355 He also wrote another TDN staple "One Man Band". Very talented songwriter and singer👍

    • @raymondbonington9355
      @raymondbonington9355 Місяць тому +1

      @@aarongoff1111 he had loads of hits in the uk , moonlighting from 1975 his second biggest hit when I need you early 77 a number one and years later thunder in my heart a big one .

  • @HarrietteSucher
    @HarrietteSucher 6 місяців тому +3

    Thx for the memories! The Spinners 🎉

  • @khj8716
    @khj8716 6 місяців тому +13

    Dennis Locorriere from Dr Hook was either drunk or high, or both! 🤣🤣🤣He’s still with us though as of 2024 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому +1

      That's good to know that he's still around cuz we've lost so many musicians from that era I grew up in the seventies so I know

  • @mxxjss
    @mxxjss 6 місяців тому +3

    Ya gotta love Dr Hook!

  • @bonkousmcnaughty4604
    @bonkousmcnaughty4604 6 місяців тому +1

    “You’re gonna hear a whole lot more of this guy - Leo Sayer”. They got that damn right didnt they😂

  • @JorgeCarlosGómez-r9n
    @JorgeCarlosGómez-r9n 6 місяців тому +5

    Fell here fot just another night of old MS, 5-IV-24. Some of the acts, never heard before. Was there ever a bad performance in MS? Anyone? Not tonight again!!

  • @ranchokitty1
    @ranchokitty1 6 місяців тому +1

    I've said this before but I feel Dr Hook between 1972-74 were the best rock, soul and country band out there, for reasons I don't want to list here and now, but they never were allowed to reach their potential.
    thx Bert!

    • @bonkousmcnaughty4604
      @bonkousmcnaughty4604 6 місяців тому +2

      They were a fantastic bunch of musicians who looked like they were a joke band of stoners but seemed to nail it every time

  • @peringolfgjvag4681
    @peringolfgjvag4681 6 місяців тому +3

    Midnight spesial rules!!!

  • @OWR0406
    @OWR0406 6 місяців тому +5

    Leo Sayer fabulous

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 2 місяці тому

    What a lineup!

  • @marceldagenais1893
    @marceldagenais1893 6 місяців тому +1

    They should bring shows like this live proformances !

  • @sergiooliveira7778
    @sergiooliveira7778 6 місяців тому +2

    EL CHICANO arrebentou mano parabéns pra todos vocês !!!! From BRAZIL 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @salvadorcastanos5834
    @salvadorcastanos5834 6 місяців тому +1

    "...Live music it's always better..."...Burton Cummings...🇲🇽🤝🇨🇦✌😎

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 4 місяці тому +2

    That lead guitar player is great, you ppl know who im talking about

  • @klfprankster
    @klfprankster 6 місяців тому +9

    Been waiting for this one for years particularly looking forward to seeing Dr Hook hosting and singing "The Loneliest People" unreleased song from "Fried Face"

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 6 місяців тому +2

      That was outstanding.. first time hearing that.

    • @klfprankster
      @klfprankster 6 місяців тому +3

      The wait was well worth it. At last we have a great version of "The Lonelist People". That song would have worked well as part of thier live concert shows. Just a shame it wasnt released on a studio album along with the other songs that were being considered for the "Fried Face" album.

    • @MozillaFireFox1967
      @MozillaFireFox1967 6 місяців тому +2

      @@klfprankster- how was that song never released on an album?! I’m surprised they didn’t even try and redo it in the late 70s or early 80s unlike Atmore. Beautiful song, and this performance is, in my opinion, better than the studio recording we have.

  • @Carmine1216
    @Carmine1216 4 місяці тому +2

    Jo Jo Gunne, what a great performance! Lineup seen here is Jay Ferguson, Curly Smith, Jimmie Randall and John Staehely.
    Bassist Mark Andes left the band after the first album, and was replaced by Jimmie Randall. Guitarist John Staehely (a former member of Spirit) replaced Matt Andes after their third album, “Jumpin' the Gunne”, and would prominently featured on their fourth and final album, “So...Where's the Show?” (my personal favorite). Both Randall and Staehely contributed to this overall harder rocking version of the Gunne!

    • @aarongoff1111
      @aarongoff1111 4 місяці тому +2

      I want to say Staehely joined his brother with Locke and Cassidy for one of the manifestations of Spirit. Their "Feedback" album surprised me how good it was, without Randy California. Also huge fan of Jo Jo Gunne and Ferguson's solo work!

  • @JamieAndersonMusic
    @JamieAndersonMusic 6 місяців тому +13

    El Chicano burned it up! GREAT musicians.

  • @bryanwadebarney
    @bryanwadebarney 6 місяців тому +13

    Talk about rolling stoned! Man those guys in Dr Hook were f'n lit!

  • @curtisphilumalee1447
    @curtisphilumalee1447 6 місяців тому +10

    Sylvia's Mother. Now this brings back some memories.
    And the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes
    It’s amazing how times have changed. Using a pay phone and scrambling to get more change out just to keep an argument going. I remember back before Katrina the removed the last pay phone at one of the towns gas station / mini mart.

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +2

      They were my only way home sometimes, that's what I got for driving a Pinto!

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 6 місяців тому +2

      I hear you. I remember calling friends saying come get me too. I had a 72 Torino which would suck the gas down quickly. And how many times you give them the number for a call back cause you was running out of change. I hated waiting for my girlfriend to call me. She would leave me hanging for a good five minutes and then want me to kiss her buttock. Lmao stupid games

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      We always made sure to wear clean underwear in case of a car wreck, haha.
      & to keep a quarter to call home in case of an emergency, boy, how times have changed.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Royale_with_Cheeze😂 🤣 😆

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Royale_with_CheezeYep, Bill hawked Jello Pudding on tv commercials 🍫, 😝 😂

  • @HoorayTV21
    @HoorayTV21 6 місяців тому +8

    I love seeing these archive shows being let loose and seeing slight tape damage. Lets get this material out for the people to see. This page is doing gods work and others should follow suit.

  • @TheSquirrel72
    @TheSquirrel72 6 місяців тому +13

    Another varied song list of great 70's songs and artists.This was when music meant alot to us Baby Boomers,thanx MIDNIGHT SPECIAL!!!

  • @eddie-nk4jk
    @eddie-nk4jk 6 місяців тому +1

    Of Course they nailed this live.

  • @peringolfgjvag4681
    @peringolfgjvag4681 5 місяців тому

    Hope for more episodes with Dr.Hook they were soo good back then.

  • @teeceemoo
    @teeceemoo 6 місяців тому +1

    Seen Dr. Hook backing up Boz Scaggs at The P.N.E Gardens June/70, VERY entertaining

  • @MACIEJBLUES
    @MACIEJBLUES 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you especially for these two songs Canned Heat. I would like to watch their entire concert without Alan but still with the energetic Bob Hite.

  • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
    @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 місяців тому +18

    Looking forward to Friday. Love me some Dr. Hook.

  • @cynthiamcgee4829
    @cynthiamcgee4829 4 місяці тому

    I love the Detroit spinners my favorite song was rubberband Man. I love them all and JoJo Gunne was phenomenal as well.

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 6 місяців тому +6

    I think Dr. Hook "Bankrupt" album from 1975 is their best album!!!

  • @InsignificantSpeckOfDust
    @InsignificantSpeckOfDust 6 місяців тому +13

    El Chicano were unreal here...sooo perfect...live with no effort...sooo underrated...love this song!!

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +1

      Smooth as queso dip!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +1

      Yep! My 1st time hearing/seeing them. “Tell Her She’s Lovely” was over the top Great, a pretty song! 💘
      Their music is so darn relaxing…ahhh

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 6 місяців тому +1

      I saw them live in L.A. right around that time. They were terrific.

  • @parrisfranklin9401
    @parrisfranklin9401 6 місяців тому +9

    Dr. Hook

  • @FreakersBall
    @FreakersBall 6 місяців тому +4

    Can`t wait. Must be a great show with them as host 🙂
    When they were guest at this show they performed Insane Asylum just " AWESOME" - Hope they did a great version of the rare and almost unknown song Joe`s Bar also knows as (The loneliest people in the world)
    Was that song written or co-written by George ?
    This must be the best show ever.....

  • @donovansdenofgames4573
    @donovansdenofgames4573 6 місяців тому +3

    First episode with the new set

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp 6 місяців тому +10

    The great Henry Fambrough was the last surviving member of the original Spinners.
    He passed in Feb of 2024. RIP to the last of of my very favorite Philly Soul bands❤🙏

  • @DeptOfRevenue
    @DeptOfRevenue 6 місяців тому +5

    Skipped directly to El Chicano - Viva Tirado Pt. II - never thought I'd ever see them do it live..

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 6 місяців тому +3

      I saw them live in L.A. around that time. They were terrific.

    • @John60s70s
      @John60s70s 6 місяців тому +2

      I saw El Chicano perform in LA during the 1980s and 1990s along with Malo.

    • @John60s70s
      @John60s70s 6 місяців тому +1

      I also saw El Chicano perform that song live on a Latino awards show in the 1980s. Martin Sheen and Edward James Olmos were on the show also.

  • @GreasyFilms-qc1xo
    @GreasyFilms-qc1xo 6 місяців тому +4

    I don't know what Dr. Hook are on, but I want some!

  • @notinmyUSMC
    @notinmyUSMC 6 місяців тому +6

    El Chicano stole this show. Tell her she's lovely!

  • @KerrieCrafter
    @KerrieCrafter 4 місяці тому +1

    Dr Hook still touring. Myself and my sister would love to see them in Australia. No they are only touring Europe and elsewhere. Damn. And what a shame Ray is no longer with them.

    • @loraa3873
      @loraa3873 2 місяці тому

      How many of em are even alive😂

  • @peringolfgjvag4681
    @peringolfgjvag4681 6 місяців тому +10

    Fantastic love Dr.Hook soo much

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +6

      My dad said, "You'll never do anything with your life stoned", Dr Hook shot that out of the water!🤣🤣

  • @tmx63
    @tmx63 6 місяців тому +10

    Leo Sayer? The "You Make me Feel Like Dancing" guy? Wow....he was a lot more interesting in this incarnation.

    • @AdrianDeVore
      @AdrianDeVore 6 місяців тому +3

      Same dude.

    • @coalhair99
      @coalhair99 6 місяців тому +2

      I thought the same thing. Wondered also if he took the Peter Gabriel look from early Genesis lol

    • @rmz5667
      @rmz5667 6 місяців тому

      💯%😮

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому +2

      That rare occasion where the chrysalis is beautiful, then a moth emerges.

    • @fododude
      @fododude 5 місяців тому

      @@coalhair99 Or Todd Rundgren's.

  • @scotthardie388
    @scotthardie388 6 місяців тому +11

    Leo Sayer was brilliant!

    • @Dr_Paul_Proteus
      @Dr_Paul_Proteus 6 місяців тому +1

      Word!

    • @Dr_Paul_Proteus
      @Dr_Paul_Proteus 6 місяців тому +1

      I keep coming back to watch him in this episode.

    • @tcidolfan
      @tcidolfan 6 місяців тому +3

      Leo Sayer?? The "You Make Me Feel Like Dancin'" guy??

    • @gordonspond
      @gordonspond 6 місяців тому +1

      Didn't know he could rock like that.

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 6 місяців тому +1

      Great performance!. Love it..

  • @robmatlock7675
    @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +11

    I wonder if I can still pass a drug test after watching Dr Hook? Jo Jo Gunne and El Chicano look like those forgotten goldies I love. A wide variety of music styles looks like a wonderful trip in the Way Back Machine. 😁

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +2

      😂 Nope!
      I don’t believe that’s possible, it’s seeping through the tv screen.

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +1

      @@KittyGrizGriz But I'm feeling it!

    • @janicetrimmell6897
      @janicetrimmell6897 6 місяців тому +2

      I'm guessing a couple of breaths would mellow you out a little.

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +2

      @@janicetrimmell6897 Depends on the quality, took a half of bag of Breaths back in the day, 😁

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +11

    Jo Jo Gunne! LOVE them!,
    especially 1972s “Run Run Run”🎶
    🎶💗💗
    “Oh welcome to the party,
    We're all just papers in the wind
    Run
    Run” 🎶✌️

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +1

      I can't believe as good as they were, I never saw them play Tulsa!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +1

      @@robmatlock7675Mark Andes original member-bassist w/Jay Ferguson is very talented & handsome (don’t think he’s playing here though/he’d already left band) darn it I wanted to 👀 him! He was a founding member of Colorado’s Firefall band & played with Spirit & Heart, he’s still alive @ 76yrs young.
      Yes, I wonder if they ever played Tulsa now?
      There’s a cool vid of him on YT playing with Randy California & he’s wearing fantastic clothes w/long blonde hair, believe his strap was red-white-blue with stars. Matt Andes his brother is a guitarist, very talented bro’s.

  • @parrisfranklin9401
    @parrisfranklin9401 6 місяців тому +6

    The groupie song, the roadie song

  • @Royale_with_Cheeze
    @Royale_with_Cheeze 6 місяців тому +4

    1:01:21 Got Damn! That's smooth. Makes me want to crack a Dos Equis and scarf down a few tacos.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому +1

      Their take on a 50's jazz classic about a Mexican bullfighter!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, it’s so groovy & Latin Esse - belly dancing - music 🔥🔥🔥

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      @@KittyGrizGriz What are you on about?

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому

      @@CoCotheTurtle
      Excuse Me? Come Again?
      Your Highness, I wasn’t responding to “you”.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      @@KittyGrizGriz Come again? You are insatiable!

  • @JeffreyTheTaylor
    @JeffreyTheTaylor 6 місяців тому +8

    Leo Sayer's R&B-Peter Gabriel mashup was quite the surprise.

    • @AdrianDeVore
      @AdrianDeVore 6 місяців тому +4

      He was rocking as the clown mime! 🤡

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 місяців тому +5

      Yes he was! I didn't know he could sound that way! Far cry from When I Need You!

    • @GuiitarBilly
      @GuiitarBilly 6 місяців тому +4

      In early 1974 glam rock and makeup was still a thing. Leo was trying different things early on and flirted with the look via the mime thing. He straightened his visuals out, went pop and sold about zillion records a couple years later

  • @garyt7855
    @garyt7855 6 місяців тому +15

    All the members of The Spinners have passed away. Henry Fambrough was the last original member

    • @Mackermanesq
      @Mackermanesq 6 місяців тому +3

      He died in February of this year, just a couple of months ago

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +2

      So sad, so talented!

    • @Jamarkus-
      @Jamarkus- 6 місяців тому +2

      The back up members who used to be in the group then left are gc Cameron & John Edward’s

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      Love the Spinners too, dang this sure hits “home”, doesn’t it? 😿.
      Great musicians/performance artists, love their outfits!

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому +2

      Wow that I did not know I thought at least a few of them were still alive

  • @TWayneD1020
    @TWayneD1020 6 місяців тому +10

    Wonderful memories !! Thank you so much !!

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +5

    33:30”Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Livingston Taylor is so pretty, was listening w/o watching & could hear James Taylor’s vocal, anyone else hear it?
    Is he his brother? Think I read something about this on another episode, hmmm. Ty

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +4

      Livingston is JT's Brother. Though he's less know, he has a large discography. He, JT, and their sister all have recorded albums, and occasionally play together.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      @@robmatlock7675Thank you, that’s very interesting, wow.

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 6 місяців тому +15

    We finally get to hear Sylvia's Mother! And Canned Heat and El Chicano will be cool to hear! 😎 💜

    • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
      @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 місяців тому +3

      I was hoping they would do, " Carry Me Carrie". love that song

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 місяців тому +5

      Well, I was disappointed they didn't sing the complete Sylvia's Mother😢Oh well...they were still good! El Chicano was good, too, and Canned Heat. Thanks, MIdnight Special!✌💜

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 6 місяців тому +3

      @ronaldolaquidara64 Oh they were definitely under something! Baked quite well done!🤣 But, yes, I would rather have seen each of those separately.

    • @DannyHaralson-ol1io
      @DannyHaralson-ol1io 6 місяців тому +2

      @@StephanieJeanne I was disappointed as well. Maby next time.

    • @Royale_with_Cheeze
      @Royale_with_Cheeze 6 місяців тому +1

      @ronaldolaquidara64
      Ronald, any relation to Charles Laquidara?
      Anyway, I think for Dr. Hook to perform the mashup between two songs and not screw it up is pretty impressive.
      I think it would be hard to pull off if they were really baked.

  • @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
    @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw 6 місяців тому +9

    OMG!
    This is like a scrapbook of my wayward youth!🎶💕

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +1

      The soundtrack of misadventure!🤣

    • @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
      @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw 6 місяців тому +3

      @@robmatlock7675
      Yeah, what I can remember of it.🤪🤣

  • @terrygarcia897
    @terrygarcia897 6 місяців тому

    Man I can't believe I don't remember this. They had the most fun then any band. Good night Graceland. Texas peace

  • @GuiitarBilly
    @GuiitarBilly 6 місяців тому +12

    Viva Tirado Pt 2, El Chicano 💯

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому +2

      Their glorious version of a 50's jazz classic about a Mexican bullfighter!

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому

      ​@@CoCotheTurtleI like how they redid Herbie Hancock's catapult Island

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      @@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc Cantaloupe Island

  • @davidf3883
    @davidf3883 6 місяців тому +9

    the guy with the beard in Dr Hook is so high...the 70's

    • @crlaw75
      @crlaw75 6 місяців тому +4

      The guy's name is Dennis Locorriere, the last original member left still around today.

    • @MozillaFireFox1967
      @MozillaFireFox1967 6 місяців тому +1

      @@crlaw75- band founder George Cummings is also alive, right? As well as original drummer Jay David (not in this video) and Rik Elswit, although he was added later on.

    • @crlaw75
      @crlaw75 6 місяців тому +2

      Yes, all three mentioned are still alive.

    • @mcraft2240
      @mcraft2240 6 місяців тому +2

      Handsome group. 😂

    • @stephencarroll230
      @stephencarroll230 6 місяців тому

      Basically a put on. Most musicians are high. You want to see the real thing… watch Marianne Faithful on the Bowie episode. That is what a fucked up person really looks like… barely conscious!

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +7

    Never accept a ride nor park next to a guy…
    “In a Van”, or from the “Dr Hook Band.”
    I love them!!!
    😂 😘 😜

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +2

      Or Kitty's 🐻🐻 will come out, lol

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      @@robmatlock7675Hissss-Grrrr you bet,
      claws & teeth! Hehe

    • @DeboRah-bj8ps
      @DeboRah-bj8ps 6 місяців тому +2

      Ray was everything🖤

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +2

      @@KittyGrizGriz LoL 🤣🤣

  • @traceycombs3220
    @traceycombs3220 6 місяців тому +5

    Jo Jo Gunne! There's very little live video of them - what a treat! I was so in love with Jay Ferguson! That's a moustache!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      Those leopard pants too, whew!! 🥵

  • @pejaguilar30
    @pejaguilar30 6 місяців тому +9

    Fantastic episode Thanks Midnight Special.

  • @franciscovaldivia3088
    @franciscovaldivia3088 2 місяці тому

    Una cara de bolao pero buenos lo w.aoui ese programa lo dava El Pirincho C. En las tarde no me lo perdia media hora pero no era completo chile

  • @russsmith1252
    @russsmith1252 6 місяців тому +3

    how stoned were Dr. Hook? yes.

  • @ivettemoux2924
    @ivettemoux2924 6 місяців тому +6

    I'm 75..this was my music..yet I ca barely hear this video😢

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +2

      Hello, I’m so, sorry,,,😿❤️‍🔥

  • @delmedeiros3570
    @delmedeiros3570 6 місяців тому +5

    Jo Jo Gunne with Matt Andes, one of the best slide guitarists I've ever heard.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      You bet!! Love his slide playing here.
      His brother is founding bassist Mark Andes who’d already left by this time, darn it as I’ve got a major crush on him haha. He started the Colorado band “Firefall” & played with “Spirit” & “Heart”. Very Talented Brothers.

    • @traceycombs3220
      @traceycombs3220 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@KittyGrizGrizThis is not Matt Andes - he had left the band at this point. This is John Staehely playing lead.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +2

      @@traceycombs3220Maybe direct your comment to the original poster also, thank you for the information. I was speaking about the founding bassist Mark Andes who’d already left by this performance, it’s kinda confusing.
      I think Jay Ferguson is a major hottie too! Loved them both in the band “Spirit”. Cheers! ; ) …

    • @razor7394
      @razor7394 6 місяців тому +3

      Matt Andes had left the band at this point. That's John Staehley on guitar

    • @traceycombs3220
      @traceycombs3220 6 місяців тому +1

      @@KittyGrizGriz I think we'll get to see Jay again on the Midnight Special, solo, but have to wait a while...

  • @crlaw75
    @crlaw75 6 місяців тому +2

    The word "cocaine" was omitted in here.

  • @christinacrocker9917
    @christinacrocker9917 6 місяців тому +11

    Can't wait for Canned Heat!

    • @MACIEJBLUES
      @MACIEJBLUES 6 місяців тому +4

      On this day, April 5, 1981 Bob Hite, founder of Canned Heat died.I m waiting with you for CH

    • @christinacrocker9917
      @christinacrocker9917 6 місяців тому +2

      @@MACIEJBLUES Remember me, I'm Christina, we used to trade Canned Heat recordings many years ago.

    • @gerrydooley951
      @gerrydooley951 6 місяців тому +2

      it is not the same group without Al Wilson

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      ⁠@@gerrydooley951”Blind Owl” was so special, gotta love him 😿 ❤

    • @MACIEJBLUES
      @MACIEJBLUES 6 місяців тому

      @@christinacrocker9917 Of course, I have trade Canned Heat with some wonderful women and you were definitely one of them. Nice to meet you again. Regards.

  • @patrickburch3723
    @patrickburch3723 5 місяців тому

    El Chicano rolled through like a laid silver/purple Mark V on 560s passing gypsy caravan flatbeds a V Dub and a clean, whiewalled Bonneville.

  • @fernandoperdomomusic
    @fernandoperdomomusic 6 місяців тому

    James Litherland of Mogul Thrash on guitar for Leo Sayer

  • @TWayneD1020
    @TWayneD1020 6 місяців тому +7

    Leo Sayer and his glam rock outfit. This tells me where the glam rock get-up crap came from , England !! Influenced by David Bowie, no doubt !! Disappointed in his looks and performance here. Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show appears to always have fun on stage, always outstanding, high or not !!

    • @sg-yq8pm
      @sg-yq8pm 6 місяців тому

      His outfit was not in any way "Glam Rock" you twit

    • @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc
      @RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 місяців тому

      ​@@sg-yq8pmwhy do you have to be disrespectful and call the man out of his name come on now there was no need for that just speak your opinion and that's it no need for being rude !

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker 6 місяців тому +5

    DENNIS was baked😅

    • @robmatlock7675
      @robmatlock7675 6 місяців тому +3

      I know, it's a shame they wouldn't let Dr Hook namecheck Cocaine Katy! 😂

  • @terrynolan5682
    @terrynolan5682 6 місяців тому +6

    Classic Spinners….keep the cameras off the dead audience…

  • @sharonbowers9929
    @sharonbowers9929 6 місяців тому +2

    Leo Sayer is underrated. Great singer and song writer. But I really liked The Three Dog Night version much better.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      Agreed. I mean, you can't write a song called "The Show Must Go On" and then get mad when 3 Dog Night sings, "I must let the show go on!"

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp 6 місяців тому +3

    On an upbeat note - Jay Ferguson NEVER spent one night alone that he didn't want to!😂😂
    Every girl I knew thought he was the best looking dude of all time.
    Hate that guy.😁

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 6 місяців тому +3

      Whew! You’re not kidding, he’s very hunky! 🥵 in those leopard pants and heeled shoes. 😂

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 6 місяців тому

      Well, yeah, especially when standing next to bass player Freddie Frentón!

  • @jellison7
    @jellison7 6 місяців тому +10

    Jo Jo Gunne!