The Old Grey Whistle Test recordings of ‘Give My Compliments to the Chef’ and ‘Next’ are beyond belief. Harvey’s performance had me hooked, lined and sinkered at 13 years old ☺️ I’ve loved them ever since
This is great for old Alex fans. I heard that Cleveland, OH bought more Alex Harvey albums than any other city? Never forgotten... Thanks you tube/Alex/Friends Rick POHL
I discovered Alex Harvey on the internet as a young man. He was performing with his rock band playing a song called I've been Framed at a festival,and it blew me away,big time!!!!😎
The first SAHB song I heard was "There's no lights on the Christmas tree mother they;re burning big Louie tonight" after that I was hooked. I had seen Tear Gas several times in Buckhaven Miners Welfare in the late 60's probably and knew that they were a good live band but this took them to a different level. Rip Alex you are sorely missed.
I saw Teargas around the same time (1969/70) in a small hall in St Andrews. They were good. Then six years later the big one!! - The Who and SAHB playing at Celtic Park in 1976.
Having grown up in the same town as Ted and Hugh McKenna (and briefly going out with their cousin as a teenager) , I had the wonderful good fortune of meeting Alex in the Ivanhoe Hotel , after one of his many gigs I went to at The Apollo , Glasgow . He was full of knowledge and advice about the music industry . It was truly a wonderful night . RIP, Alex , Ted , and Hugh 🖤
What a memory, after SAHB broke up Alex reformed a band, the drummer, Paul, played in a band at my 21st birthday, my best mate at the time, Mick, became tour manager and called me to say: " we need a roadie and minder". So off I went on a tour of Germany, Plus gigs in London and back to Germany to Nurnberg. Great times I'll never forget.
He was very charismatic. People would obey his commands without question. A bit like being around Hitler. Or Jesus Christ. But he was unfailingly kind, to fans.
First band I ever saw …live supporting Slade . stoke on trent Victoria hall . My god that was a baptism of fire , then at stoke city ground and trentham gardens …top band
I saw them twice and cherish those times and days. Brilliant and unique. A sad evolution but never to be forgotten. Vambo, Faith Healer, Last of the Teenage Idols,Roman wall Blues.........Next live on.
i love alex harvey but iggy was first. i think he'll be more appreciated in the future. younger people do some serious deep dives for music.. how do you think i found him?
Good ones, check out Vic Chesnutt too, I guess he's not a "rocker" ir you wanna get genre specific, more singer / songwriter, but man his band rocked once in a while. the live version of 'Everything I Say' gets really heavy. And 'Flirted with you all my life' is one of the darkest songs I've ever heard. Also he was in a wheelchair, and still rocked as hard as he could.
Alex Harvey & Roky Erickson who headed the 13th Floor Elevators were both unique & extraordinary brilliant musicians. Sadly I totally missed seeing Alex Harvey live but I did see a late version of Roky Ericsson’s band live in London. An incredibly woke & joyous event it was.
Probably best talent scotland ever had. To Maggie Bell;must have.been traumatizing see that young man lose his life on stage Ive always rated you as a singer,every bit as good as lulu.All the best from portglasgow❤🏴
I saw SAHB open for Jethro Tull,here in Jackson,MS,in 1975. I had never heard of them. I was so impressed and in awe,that I walked out of the Tull set 3 songs in...SAHB could not be topped in winning the crowd over. Bought the live album he next day.
Me too, but saw them with Tull in Mobile. And same here…also had never even heard of them prior. What a great show! Went right out after that and bought the album “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.” I’m about to turn 67 next month, and still have it in my vinyl collection. 😊
i remember my uncle who was in the alex harvey band showing me a poster from hamburg and it was Alex at the top then gerry and the pacemakers and blah blah and at the bottom were the silver beetles .. ... The beatles to come
Alex was never a name dropper. He knew loads of famous people but never mentioned it. I asked him if he liked David Bowie and he replied "Some". He never mentioned the fact that David Bowie stayed with him in Finchley.
Alex Harvey doesn't need any "Hall of Fame" to justify his fame - anyone who ever saw SAHB knew he was unique and above such trivia! Earl's Court 1973 The Master "supported" Slade. Make no mistake - Slade were a a decent band. But they could never equal SAHB. xxxx
Hmmmm. 5:34 HAIR After an off-Broadway debut on October 17, 1967, at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and a subsequent run at the Cheetah nightclub from December 1967 through January 1968, the show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances. Simultaneous productions in cities across the United States and Europe followed shortly thereafter, including a successful London production that ran for 1,997 performances. It's odd how they jump from Alex supporting The Beatles in Scotland and then Germany, then suddenly jump to 1967. It's 1960 that he opens up for The Beatles (then known by another name) --- that's a 7 year jump in this biography.
Does anybody know the name of the guitar tech who organised Ted's memorial concert in Wales? I met this guy at the police station in Reading three weeks ago but he left before I had a chance to get his number.
And every time Alex wrote a song about a girl, that was me. He wrote Dance to Your Daddy, for me. Because I was the first person to run to the front at a SAHB gig, and dance.
Hi Thomas, my uncle is Andy McMaster from the motors, my mum was best friends with jimmy.. back in the 60s , 70s ., good times ,my mums names is Betty McMaster .
"A broken antler points the way to the still pond Where reflections of Bonnie Prince Charlie lie wounded in the Shallow water...." - The Tale Of The Giant Stoneater. / SAHB.
@@gordonhume4891 I went to see him performing in Manchester - must have been not long before he died. Small venue and not many there. And no-one seemed to much notice when he died
@@myfairhands There are many tributes to him in Glasgow , including a large oil painting of him at the side of the stage in the Clutha Bar , a small bust statue , and a memorial bench in The Peoples Palace Museum , and a memorial childrens playground on the site of the house he was born , in Govan. There is also an annual one day festival (SahbRock) , currently in its 14th year , held every October . It's current venue is Ivory Blacks in Glasgow .
Yes I had no problem with the ‘Next’ cover, it was brilliant. Delilah doesn’t have enough substance as a song to warrant Alex Harvey’s attention. Just my opinion of course.
I think people generally liked seeing ‘Delilah’ played on TV etc. A) It was done in a humorous tongue in cheek way, and B) It was a kick in the pants to the old 'heartbreak' songs sung seriously by the likes of Tom Jones etc . That song by Alex probably kicked off the punk era.
This sadly starts with Alex in vaudville mode (Delilah).Which was a harbinger of worse times to come and eventually the breakup of the amazing SAHB...Tomorrow Did Belong to him,but sadly for a short while.Could've used a faith healer.Rip in peace.....
Alex went to pieces when Bill Fehilly was killed in a plane crash. He said "My Captain, is dead". After losing the brother whom he taught to play guitar, and so feeling to blame for this, it was just too much sorrow to take, losing Bill as well. He took to drink in a big way and I feel that he just wanted to die really. I visited him after his first heart attack and he decided just to get up and to carry on working until he died. I did not like the way Trudy spoke to him sometimes. If he said something a bit paranoid, she would say, "We believe it because you believe it Alec". Like some holier than thou psychiatrist, you know? She was a mother figure, like Yoko Ono was with John Lennon.
You can view my orignal music and me playn Harvey you tube my music dif but was born same place as Harvey Scotland..my song first upload called crying to the sun...on you tube
Duh! It was the 1970s, many UK bands and solo performers (including Bowie) 'used theatrics to get noticed'. SAHB's worldwide sales of albums and singles speak for themselves.
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Cleveland Agora 1974. I was hooked for life
I was there! WMMS best radio station ever!
The Old Grey Whistle Test recordings of ‘Give My Compliments to the Chef’ and ‘Next’ are beyond belief.
Harvey’s performance had me hooked, lined and sinkered at 13 years old ☺️ I’ve loved them ever since
I just watched Faith Healer on OGWT after reading your comment. It never gets old.
BTW. Anyone else noticed Mrs Harvey looks like Paul McCartney?;-)
@@Ren-g6q 👍 Give my Compliments to the Chef is even better on OGWT .....
in my opinion 🙂
@@joethelion6016 I get the feeling you quite like that song :)
@@Ren-g6q Oooooh yes I love it, especially that performance.
@@Ren-g6qShe was an alcoholic.
This is great for old Alex fans.
I heard that Cleveland, OH bought more Alex Harvey albums than any other city?
Never forgotten...
Thanks you tube/Alex/Friends
Rick POHL
I discovered Alex Harvey on the internet as a young man. He was performing with his rock band playing a song called I've been Framed at a festival,and it blew me away,big time!!!!😎
The first SAHB song I heard was "There's no lights on the Christmas tree mother they;re burning big Louie tonight" after that I was hooked. I had seen Tear Gas several times in Buckhaven Miners Welfare in the late 60's probably and knew that they were a good live band but this took them to a different level. Rip Alex you are sorely missed.
I saw Teargas around the same time (1969/70) in a small hall in St Andrews. They were good. Then six years later the big one!! - The Who and SAHB playing at Celtic Park in 1976.
Having grown up in the same town as Ted and Hugh McKenna (and briefly going out with their cousin as a teenager) , I had the wonderful good fortune of meeting Alex in the Ivanhoe Hotel , after one of his many gigs I went to at The Apollo , Glasgow . He was full of knowledge and advice about the music industry . It was truly a wonderful night . RIP, Alex , Ted , and Hugh 🖤
That's a great story. Thanks for sharing.
What a memory, after SAHB broke up Alex reformed a band, the drummer, Paul, played in a band at my 21st birthday, my best mate at the time, Mick, became tour manager and called me to say: " we need a roadie and minder". So off I went on a tour of Germany, Plus gigs in London and back to Germany to Nurnberg. Great times I'll never forget.
Alex was a total one off. I would imagine it was never boring when he was around? RIP legend.
He was very charismatic. People would obey his commands without question. A bit like being around Hitler. Or Jesus Christ. But he was unfailingly kind, to fans.
This Dutchy saw them in Glasgow, Apollo in the seventies, great, great and great !
First band I ever saw …live supporting Slade . stoke on trent Victoria hall . My god that was a baptism of fire , then at stoke city ground and trentham gardens …top band
There could only ever be one....ALEX HARVEY.....
The Faith Healer is my favourite track ever, RIP Alex
I saw them twice and cherish those times and days. Brilliant and unique.
A sad evolution but never to be forgotten. Vambo, Faith Healer, Last of the Teenage Idols,Roman wall Blues.........Next live on.
Vambo was on my sleeveless denim jacket
in studs on m back : )
Sensational just sums this man up♥️👏👏👏♥️
SAHB -they call Iggy the godfather of Punk. Bollocks Alex Harvey was and well supported by the rest of the boys. RIP Alex and long live SAHB
Also RIP: Ted and Hugh.
Stay free. 🍻😎
i love alex harvey but iggy was first. i think he'll be more appreciated in the future. younger people do some serious deep dives for music.. how do you think i found him?
The Ramones invented Punk the pistols in The Clash came after Alex is too classy and talented to be Punk
No…The Godfather of Punk is Brian Eno.
anyway, there’s nothing punk about this
Alex Harvey & Roky Erickson are the 2 most under-rated rockers of all time. Big up to 'em!
Good ones, check out Vic Chesnutt too, I guess he's not a "rocker" ir you wanna get genre specific, more singer / songwriter, but man his band rocked once in a while. the live version of 'Everything I Say' gets really heavy. And 'Flirted with you all my life' is one of the darkest songs I've ever heard. Also he was in a wheelchair, and still rocked as hard as he could.
Amen
TRUTH
Alex Harvey & Roky Erickson who headed the 13th Floor Elevators were both unique & extraordinary brilliant musicians. Sadly I totally missed seeing Alex Harvey live but I did see a late version of Roky Ericsson’s band live in London. An incredibly woke & joyous event it was.
As the whole bad were such great band
the sensational Alex Harvey band Live album was my first intro!
the more I listen to Alex the more I like
it's a shame he's gone... saw them live in NOLA opening for Jethro Tull. great concert.
Probably best talent scotland ever had.
To Maggie Bell;must have.been traumatizing see that young man lose his life on stage
Ive always rated you as a singer,every bit as good as lulu.All the best from portglasgow❤🏴
Pure quitlity and that's just Ted's cool drum skills!!
RIP Ted, Hugh and Alex.
Stay free. 🍻😎
I saw SAHB open for Jethro Tull,here in Jackson,MS,in 1975. I had never heard of them. I was so impressed and in awe,that I walked out of the Tull set 3 songs in...SAHB could not be topped in winning the crowd over. Bought the live album he next day.
Me too, but saw them with Tull in Mobile. And same here…also had never even heard of them prior. What a great show! Went right out after that and bought the album “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.” I’m about to turn 67 next month, and still have it in my vinyl collection. 😊
CLASSIC!
Can't say no more!
i grew up hearing my dad tell me a story how he played alex harvey in a game of pool in a hotel. i love it. cool documentary.
wow coould i hear more story of this please
Programme titled "Vambo Rools", of the EX:S series, broadcast BBC1 Scotland on 6th February 2001, narrated by David Hayman.
i remember my uncle who was in the alex harvey band showing me a poster from hamburg and it was Alex at the top then gerry and the pacemakers and blah blah and at the bottom were the silver beetles .. ... The beatles to come
Alex was never a name dropper. He knew loads of famous people but never mentioned it. I asked him if he liked David Bowie and he replied "Some". He never mentioned the fact that David Bowie stayed with him in Finchley.
Thank you so much for posting these videos. Absolutely loved it!!!
Alex was the Real Deal. Vambo Rools Forever!
Alex Harvey was a true genius rip
Talented and braw man; got his good looks from his dad.
I met Les Harvey. He was really kind to me.
Yes, thanks very much for the upload! It's great!
legend just bought the Alex Harvey and his soul band LP
Which one ? - There were two .
I remember these EX.S documentaries but i dont recall this one on Alex. Nice one.
Sensational!
No shit he had charisma. He was an absolute genius.
His eyes were mad as!
Aurthur5432 is spot on! Stayed true to his Scottish heritage! Great band!!
Remember next only the old Grey Whistle test like it was yesterday day Christ how time flies
Never had any idea Alex had a soulband in the sixtys and backup band for the beetles thats awesome!
THANK YOU ... THANK YOU .. THANK YOU !!!
The story of an often unknown performer around since Elvis
Alex Harvey doesn't need any "Hall of Fame" to justify his fame - anyone who ever saw SAHB knew he was unique and above such trivia! Earl's Court 1973 The Master "supported" Slade. Make no mistake - Slade were a a decent band. But they could never equal SAHB. xxxx
Hmmmm. 5:34
HAIR
After an off-Broadway debut on October 17, 1967, at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and a subsequent run at the Cheetah nightclub from December 1967 through January 1968, the show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances. Simultaneous productions in cities across the United States and Europe followed shortly thereafter, including a successful London production that ran for 1,997 performances.
It's odd how they jump from Alex supporting The Beatles in Scotland and then Germany, then suddenly jump to 1967. It's 1960 that he opens up for The Beatles (then known by another name) --- that's a 7 year jump in this biography.
Alex was rocking Hamburg when the Beatles were still going wee-wee in their pants.
'Don't pish in the water supply' - Alex Harvey.
Stay free. 🍻😎
Wee wee and poo poose.
Wee wee on MAMA!!
So good to hear Ted such a great man
Does anybody know the name of the guitar tech who organised Ted's memorial concert in Wales? I met this guy at the police station in Reading three weeks ago but he left before I had a chance to get his number.
And every time Alex wrote a song about a girl, that was me. He wrote Dance to Your Daddy, for me. Because I was the first person to run to the front at a SAHB gig, and dance.
Alex was the star, the music was simple and all those got a living off it may not agree.
The frontman and songwriter is pretty much *always* the ‘star’.
My father was from Glasgow and knew Alex Harvey and was a Tommy Steele contest when he won
Nice for sharing this,I do like a bit of SAAB!!! Rock on Alex
" I was framed...... do you believe me...???
It was obligatory to shout NO! Just for his reaction.! Great stuff, great times.....
Next...?
my uncle jimmy grimes on the left playing base
He was in the original Alex Harvey Big Soul band
Exactly!
Hi Thomas, my uncle is Andy McMaster from the motors, my mum was best friends with jimmy.. back in the 60s , 70s ., good times ,my mums names is Betty McMaster .
Saw SAHB @ The Apollo 1975, twice. What a band and their xmas shows were phenomenal! Vambo rules. OK!
"A broken antler points the way to the still pond
Where reflections of Bonnie Prince Charlie lie wounded in the
Shallow water...."
- The Tale Of The Giant Stoneater. / SAHB.
Holy shit this is brilliant
that was sensational, loved SAHB
still got a bit of the wall he breaks through on the show
less the polystyrene : )
zal clemenson without makeup is crazy! hes so normal looking
Why did they skip Rock Workshop. That was the band Alex was in before SAHB. They released an good album in 1970.
Way cool.....thanks..
Why is Zal never regarded as one of the Uk's guitar heroes ? 🤔 very unappreciated
Perhaps bc he is scottish ...
🚀🏴☠️
Why would that make a difference?
@@joethelion6016 English media controls all.
had no idea he was that much older than me. I would have guessed he was born about 1950. wow
1935 actually . He died the day before what would have been his 47th birthday , on 4th February 1982
@@gordonhume4891 I went to see him performing in Manchester - must have been not long before he died. Small venue and not many there. And no-one seemed to much notice when he died
@@myfairhands
There are many tributes to him in Glasgow , including a large oil painting of him at the side of the stage in the Clutha Bar , a small bust statue , and a memorial bench in The Peoples Palace Museum , and a memorial childrens playground on the site of the house he was born , in Govan. There is also an annual one day festival (SahbRock) , currently in its 14th year , held every October . It's current venue is Ivory Blacks in Glasgow .
I’ll never understand why they recorded ‘Delilah’.
Their own songs were phenomenal.
They covered everyone from Tom Jones and Jacques Brel to Alice Cooper. Nothing wrong with that een if your own material is first rate.
Yes I had no problem with the ‘Next’ cover, it was brilliant. Delilah doesn’t have enough substance as a song to warrant Alex Harvey’s attention. Just my opinion of course.
I think people generally liked seeing ‘Delilah’ played on TV etc. A) It was done in a humorous tongue in cheek way, and B) It was a kick in the pants to the old 'heartbreak' songs sung seriously by the likes of Tom Jones etc . That song by Alex probably kicked off the punk era.
Thanks for this..takes me back!
8:49 Chris Glen has the Zoolander family hair.
What a shame. Will be sadly missed.
This sadly starts with Alex in vaudville mode (Delilah).Which was a harbinger of worse times to come and eventually the breakup of the amazing SAHB...Tomorrow Did Belong to him,but sadly for a short while.Could've used a faith healer.Rip in peace.....
I care as much about your opinion as you care about mine. So fuck off.
Stop humping my leg, boy.
Good.See if you can keep your 14 year old mouth shut long enough to fuck off.
After you Dave
There's a reason the Rock Hall is in Cleveland, however, why Alex Harvey is not in the Rock Hall is a disgrace.
SP M the rock n roll hall of fame is a joke anyway.
Jim Kerr good on your tribute. You couldn’t lace Alex’s shoes though mate.
Midnight Moses, how does it feel.
A pal of mine Jim condren played bass a few times ( sadly he died 2 weeks ago in southampton
I also play Harveys music to.Canadians...only Torontonians were hip.to what I was doing
Alexandre est beau.
AleX at the top of his game was untouchable.Didn't care much for the fizzled out late 7t's incarnation though.
Alex went to pieces when Bill Fehilly was killed in a plane crash. He said "My Captain, is dead". After losing the brother whom he taught to play guitar, and so feeling to blame for this, it was just too much sorrow to take, losing Bill as well. He took to drink in a big way and I feel that he just wanted to die really. I visited him after his first heart attack and he decided just to get up and to carry on working until he died. I did not like the way Trudy spoke to him sometimes. If he said something a bit paranoid, she would say, "We believe it because you believe it Alec". Like some holier than thou psychiatrist, you know? She was a mother figure, like Yoko Ono was with John Lennon.
Funny as anything, Stephen.
I've written a movie based around them.
No link ? 🚀🏴☠️
"Hea thiss..."
Martin Kraus, of Krausberry, must certainly have been influenced by Alex Harvey.
Learn about Alex before punk same time as Elvis toured with Beatles etc!
He was great
‘Elvis toured with Beatles’ ….. ahem
What a great BIO here he's so underrated it's not even funny
You can view my orignal music and me playn Harvey you tube my music dif but was born same place as Harvey Scotland..my song first upload called crying to the sun...on you tube
Haha yeah you are right.
top gadgey
We had wmms 100.7 fm cleveland doing alot to give sahb alot of airplay this was before they became the bone buzzards
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F*kcin Legend!!!
Alex is Punk
Danny Wylie singing Action Strasse, completely de-balled Alex's song. Limpy.
😁
The cosmic rough riders, bless them, they're no SAHB ..they have all the charisma of a wet shoe.
No talent, but used theatrics to get noticed. 🤣
totally clueless
you are
Duh! It was the 1970s, many UK bands and solo performers (including Bowie) 'used theatrics to get noticed'. SAHB's worldwide sales of albums and singles speak for themselves.
Brilliant video