Sammy Hagar - Montrose 1974

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  • Опубліковано 22 лип 2018
  • The Old Grey Whistle Test
    BBC Television Centre (Pres B Studios)
    London, UK
    May 21, 1974
    00:02 Bad Motor Scooter
    03:02 Space Station No.5
    Record Plant Studios
    Sausalito, CA
    December 26, 1974
    08:30 I Got The Fire
    The Midnight Special
    NBC Studios
    Burbank, CA
    January 3, 1975
    11:19 Paper Money
    16:02 I Got The Fire

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  • @ronturnis5606
    @ronturnis5606 2 роки тому +923

    The first Montrose album never got the recognition it truly deserved. Truly a rock masterpiece . One of my favorites to this day

    • @ACoincidentalLife
      @ACoincidentalLife 2 роки тому +17

      Agreed. I love it so much that I have three vinyl copies!

    • @ThrillingTwo
      @ThrillingTwo Рік тому +10

      Just listened to it for the first time this week. Tons of attitude on that record!

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer Рік тому +6

      My favorite and then Warner Brothers Presents was over the top

    • @crisrose521
      @crisrose521 Рік тому +14

      It did in later years . . Upon its initial release it did get some airplay but with bands like Deep Purple , Led Zeppelin , The Doobies , Uriah Heep etc this album got a bit lost in the shuffle at the time which was 1973 . Today some 50 years later magazines like Kerrang , Metal Edge and Rolling Stone all have this LP at the top of their all time great list . I would also like to mention that even though the follow up , Paper Money , sold well , it was nowhere near the great album the debut was and by the time 1976 came around bands like Frampton , Kiss , Zeppelin and many other hard rock acts ( including Heart ) we’re all over the airwaves . So short response is yes it finally gets the credit and recognition it deserves it just took some extra time , as in decades lol

    • @rexskiles6896
      @rexskiles6896 Рік тому +7

      One of my favorites, So many good guitarists at that time, He was one of the best,

  • @ERICF66
    @ERICF66 2 роки тому +1711

    I don’t always listen to Montrose, but when I do….so do the neighbors!!🔥👊🏽🎶🎶🤣🤣🔊🔊🥁🎤🎸

    • @rg2027x
      @rg2027x 2 роки тому +11

      true story!

    • @markrosenquist8259
      @markrosenquist8259 2 роки тому +8

      😂😂😂👍

    • @KentBuchla
      @KentBuchla 2 роки тому +27

      I don’t always use clichés but when I do, this one of them.

    • @turnanewleaf1
      @turnanewleaf1 2 роки тому +12

      I'd play live at leeds or damn the torpedoes at 10, all windows open.... My mom was pissed cause all the cars would pull up.

    • @larrygoodman610
      @larrygoodman610 2 роки тому +2

      Awesome 👌!!

  • @dougconley
    @dougconley 8 місяців тому +102

    I was 8 yrs old in 1974. Became a Sammy Hagar fan in the mid 80's and now I'm 57 in the year 2023 and Sammy is still rockin' it. 😊

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 7 місяців тому +7

      I was born in 1966 too. I somehow missed Montrose in the 1970s. Be well my fellow Gen Xer.

    • @DRILL-SGT.HARTMAN
      @DRILL-SGT.HARTMAN 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@rick3747Darn, I was watching this and was born in '66 also. What a coincidence, or was it?

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 7 місяців тому +5

      @@DRILL-SGT.HARTMAN
      Hey, crazy right.

    • @microbus99
      @microbus99 6 місяців тому +3

      I was 11 and learned quickly who they were!!

    • @dchampe66
      @dchampe66 6 місяців тому +1

      It's like you wrote my biography...word for word!

  • @richardhessian4725
    @richardhessian4725 Рік тому +250

    Everybody discusses how influential Montrose was, but few mention how critical Bill Church's hyper Bass playing and Denny Carmassi's aggressive drumming were to the sound of this band. They were the reason one guitar was "enough" in this band.

    • @jefferyroy2566
      @jefferyroy2566 Рік тому +4

      By this point, rhythm guitarists were unnecessary due to advancements in both guitar playing, effects technology and better sound systems. And the theremin in Ronnie's case.

    • @pierrepucheu
      @pierrepucheu Рік тому +1

      I'm hearing this band for the first time, but I dont see a virtuoso guitarrist. So, it makes sense what you say for a band like this one sound so powerful.

    • @Bunbunfunfun
      @Bunbunfunfun Рік тому +1

      All the bands that had this configuration that made it had strong to phenomenal rhythm sections .

    • @jefferyroy2566
      @jefferyroy2566 Рік тому +4

      @@Bunbunfunfun Hot shot guitarists can't drive the car if the wheels, aka rhythm section, are off-balance.

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane Рік тому +10

      Teenagers from the MTV generation will recognize Denny Carmassi as the drummer for Heart in all of their videos during the 80's

  • @mattsmitchger259
    @mattsmitchger259 2 роки тому +124

    Every time I start to hate the internet, I stumble upon a gem like this.🤯

    • @kurtsonafelt9124
      @kurtsonafelt9124 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly bro!! That's what I just did!! Even though I've seen it before it still had the desired affect!!!

    • @Qwazier3
      @Qwazier3 Рік тому +3

      You Tube is like a box of chocolates.

    • @Keytone1961
      @Keytone1961 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Qwazier3😊😂😅It REALLY IS.!!☝🎵🔥💯

  • @joelscheinzeit69
    @joelscheinzeit69 2 роки тому +189

    I met Sammy back in 1990 in Malibu where I was working as a chef, I made him lunch and told him how much I loved this album, his response word for word was ," THAT'S THE BEST ALBUM I'VE EVER DONE OR EVER WILL DO !!!! "

    • @dankowalski6925
      @dankowalski6925 2 роки тому +11

      Thats a cool story

    • @Ndefinitely
      @Ndefinitely Рік тому

      He also said that about 1013 as well.

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer Рік тому +1

      I could probably agree with that.

    • @deanwitt7903
      @deanwitt7903 Рік тому +4

      Then he went on to make music with van halen and blow that statement right out the water !

    • @foe11191969
      @foe11191969 Рік тому +6

      He left Van Halen in 1996, 7 years after your supposed conversation, but that's a weird admission if that even happened. I'm going to call Sammy now and ask if Joel Scheinzeit is full of Scheinzeit.

  • @SlipKid1975
    @SlipKid1975 7 місяців тому +20

    I met Sammy at his book signing in 2011 and told him that the first Montrose album got me through high school. He laughed and said, me too!!

  • @KOSMICKEN09
    @KOSMICKEN09 Рік тому +119

    Sammy is 75 this year and still rockin 🤘

    • @HanBaby82
      @HanBaby82 Рік тому +3

      Just saw him in Dallas in September. Fantastic!

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane Рік тому +6

      Sammy was 27 in this clip 😊

    • @russellwagner6924
      @russellwagner6924 9 місяців тому +1

      he hit on my mom after the summer jam concert in st.louis in the lobby of the Marriot .around 1979 ish

    • @geoffreylogsdon162
      @geoffreylogsdon162 8 місяців тому +1

      Is he the dude who ate the little skinny dude in this clip?

    • @dave4590
      @dave4590 5 місяців тому +1

      Sammy and Bill Clinton same age. Only one is aging well 😅

  • @rmartin7558
    @rmartin7558 5 років тому +715

    That first Montrose record is still my favorite Hagar recording of all time.

    • @beau8896
      @beau8896 3 роки тому +37

      Yeah no question. Every song on that album is bad ass!

    • @jkyles1000
      @jkyles1000 3 роки тому +25

      One of the great classic albums of all time!

    • @bill2527
      @bill2527 3 роки тому +11

      I agree but loved alot of those early Sammy records too especially Street Machine and the Red album

    • @ColtraneTaylor
      @ColtraneTaylor 3 роки тому +2

      OUThinkSo?
      I don't.

    • @alwaysopen7970
      @alwaysopen7970 3 роки тому +8

      That's a real 70s rock album. One of the very first.

  • @monkeystank5241
    @monkeystank5241 2 роки тому +336

    Ronnie Montrose, one of the most underrated guitarist of the 70s, as well as Robin Trower.

  • @papasquat355
    @papasquat355 5 місяців тому +15

    50 years later and Sammy is still killing it.

  • @davidfugere9370
    @davidfugere9370 11 місяців тому +25

    Just plain kick ass! The way rock was meant to be played! I was a sophmore in high school when I scored my first Montrose album! Definitely the greatest era where freedom still reigned and if I could go back in time when I was 15 years old I would! What more can I say!

  • @sunnyd6019
    @sunnyd6019 2 роки тому +315

    Sammy has been around forever and he is still kicking it today like he was 23. Cheers Sammy, keep on rocking.

    • @martinjacobs4272
      @martinjacobs4272 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah man when I'm at home and I wanna rock out to a true guitar legend i will reach for papermoney and put it on the platter. And pump it through my nine gx 1978 Kenwood stereo and I'm in heaven. God bless Ronnie montrose and r.i.p.

    • @godetonter4764
      @godetonter4764 2 роки тому +1

      I prefer Paper Money, and Warner Bros Presents but the debut is alright. I also like Sammy Hagar - 9 On a 10 Scale a lot

    • @godetonter4764
      @godetonter4764 2 роки тому +2

      Some great songs but why did Sammy Hagar adopt that Bea Arthur look to perform Paper Money

    • @martinlehfeldt6916
      @martinlehfeldt6916 2 роки тому +1

      I'm sure he'd appreciate the "forever" part of your complement. Lol. You know how old people are.

    • @dalemcalpine3008
      @dalemcalpine3008 2 роки тому +2

      Making it last- rock on Sammy!

  • @CollinAbbott1997
    @CollinAbbott1997 5 років тому +354

    Sammy has really done it all. Montrose, a badass solo career, Van Halen etc. he’s took great care of himself and looks great now at 71! He’s a true rockstar

    • @markgigiel2722
      @markgigiel2722 5 років тому +18

      Must be the tequila and island living.

    • @gristams3439
      @gristams3439 5 років тому +3

      im kinda meh about all his van halen stuff and alot of his solo stuff......im 45 so i wasnt around for montrose but this is perfect..nice and raw more soulful than anything else i seen him do. i HATED him trying to sing highway star awhile back.

    • @Longhorn.Rock_Roll61
      @Longhorn.Rock_Roll61 5 років тому +14

      @@gristams3439 this shit was killer back then every young guitar player i knew, in my teens learned to play rock candy , make it last and these 2 numbers. That les paul when Ronnie played chords and let them ring such sustain in that guitar

    • @gristams3439
      @gristams3439 5 років тому +3

      @scott in my day it was randy rhodes playing the les paul and we all learned (tried to learn) mr crowley and crazy train. but yea this shit rocks too...sucks how im freaken 45 and still never heard this much growing up.

    • @edwardmonsariste4050
      @edwardmonsariste4050 5 років тому +12

      Sammy is really old lol. But seriously, Van Halen used to jam with Montrose songs. Hard to get my head around that David Lee Roth use to sing Sammy’s songs.

  • @barrylevy4043
    @barrylevy4043 Рік тому +39

    Sammy, your voice is as strong today as it was when you were kicking ass at this time! Thank you for all your years of desire, talent, energy, love of music (food) and fans!!! You have never lost sight of your love of music, #1, and your love of the fans!

  • @toddklickovich6737
    @toddklickovich6737 Рік тому +41

    Bands like Montrose, UFO and Y&T, are all in my book, the kinds of bands that are timeless. They're in a different class than the "superbands" of their day. IMHO they're better - They all had top-notch musicians and vocalists - they put out multiple albums that you could listen to end-to-end and never get tired of, and they innovative in a different way than those other bands. To me their music is as fresh and original as the day it was recorded. These guys are the true bedrock of the genre.

  • @bearbryant3495
    @bearbryant3495 2 роки тому +159

    The first Montrose album is one of those few perfect albums, from start to finish

    • @jamesstevens5329
      @jamesstevens5329 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed, not a dud on that whole album!

    • @Nonconformistwilderbeastman
      @Nonconformistwilderbeastman 2 роки тому +3

      Yep I know I have it it rocks I play it more than ever, even more ever since I quit my job making toothpicks out of logs ,Hee Hee Hee Haw 🤠

    • @romanstar7550
      @romanstar7550 Рік тому +2

      truer words never spoken ! i will add a few more of mine : deep purple machine head ... ted nugent ted nugent ... grand funk live ...

    • @stevemann3080
      @stevemann3080 Рік тому +2

      @@Nonconformistwilderbeastman
      I'm short on toothpicks.
      Get back to work 🔊🤘

    • @aaronm.1998
      @aaronm.1998 Рік тому

      Is this song on the first album? Because it kind of sucks hairy balls.

  • @drjay73
    @drjay73 2 роки тому +470

    RIP Ronnie Montrose. Sammy still has one of the greatest voices in rock and roll history!

    • @williamattridge7187
      @williamattridge7187 2 роки тому +3

      He's not Robert Plant, but damn close!

    • @YouChwb
      @YouChwb 2 роки тому +9

      @@williamattridge7187 not even close!

    • @stevencochran4959
      @stevencochran4959 2 роки тому +5

      Dig The Slacks

    • @ravenstrange8466
      @ravenstrange8466 Рік тому +16

      @@YouChwb Yes because his name is Sammy Hagar, not Robert Plant

    • @YouChwb
      @YouChwb Рік тому +5

      @@ravenstrange8466 That was my point. Funny how some rocker know it alls are always quick to correct somebody because they don't read between the lines.

  • @patramirez5264
    @patramirez5264 Місяць тому +5

    Montrose is and always shall be an all star band.this is the definition of a rock band.

  • @ipwee
    @ipwee 6 місяців тому +11

    My first concert was Montrose at Winterland in SF in 1974. I was honored to see his last concert before his death in Napa Ca in 2011. My wife and I are even on the video during rock candy from that show. He will always be my favorite performer.
    RIP Ronnie.

  • @antoniopietrangelo6567
    @antoniopietrangelo6567 2 роки тому +231

    Played this album at least 1 million times. It is an absolute master piece. Montrose did not get the credit they deserved!!

    • @bigsky3072
      @bigsky3072 Рік тому +2

      1 million times... hmmm .. how many times per day is that?

    • @stevemann3080
      @stevemann3080 Рік тому +3

      @@bigsky3072
      My calculations equate to 67.4 times per day according to their age 😎

    • @m.vonhollen6673
      @m.vonhollen6673 Рік тому +4

      @@stevemann3080 Doable.

    • @romanstar7550
      @romanstar7550 Рік тому +3

      when you say '' absolute master piece '' , truer words never spoken ! a top 10 all time hard rock album from cover to cover !

    • @drockit7127
      @drockit7127 Рік тому +2

      @@bigsky3072 good one. But I think I know what he talking about. Ha ha ha. Wish I had that in me. But I do love montrose. Peace

  • @kft590
    @kft590 2 роки тому +240

    The first Montrose album should have been platinum many times over. One of my favorite Hard Rock Albums. Right up there with Zeppelin, and Aerosmith. Very sad that Ronnie never got the love that he should have.

    • @MrDuds1984
      @MrDuds1984 2 роки тому +3

      Warner’s didn’t give it the same push as it did VH but it was the blueprint for VHI which Templeman used

    • @ER-me1ii
      @ER-me1ii 2 роки тому +2

      @@MrDuds1984 cuz Warner is literally satan.

    • @stevenday9687
      @stevenday9687 2 роки тому +5

      He was well respected by his peirs & that's what is the true honor.

    • @dennycorvetto1566
      @dennycorvetto1566 2 роки тому +4

      denny corvetto
      0 seconds ago
      It still upsets me that NOT one of these records EVER got played on American radio. None of us had ANY montrose records in the mid 70s. And we were waiting for this stuff so bad. It wasnt til Maiden covered "I got the fire" a SECOND time on the B side of Icarus that we knew an American band was playing the shit we needed but we didnt know about it. There was NO UA-cam or Iternet back then and our Music stores didnt even have Montrose records.

    • @stevenday9687
      @stevenday9687 2 роки тому +3

      @@dennycorvetto1566 considering who was in the band makes it even more of a mystery it went without much sales. Guess they hadn't figured it out yet. Their 1st album is one of my top ten all time. Look at what the members became to rock n roll.

  • @davidhuyge8299
    @davidhuyge8299 Рік тому +8

    I went to a make out party back in 1974. Every one brought a album to share & play. I brought Montrose debut album! It blew everybody away, everyone said they never heard such heavy rock music before like that, that album is still in my top five. I don’t remember her name but I remember her face. Those were the best of times!!!

  • @marklacasse4684
    @marklacasse4684 Рік тому +12

    I saw montrose in 1974 at Cobo hall in Detroit, they opened for Arrowsmith. I was 16 and I will never forget that night. Montrose rock my soul and Sammy's voice was electrifying. There aren't many bands like that left.

  • @johnryan3913
    @johnryan3913 2 роки тому +37

    I saw Montrose in fall 1974, opening for Robin Thrower, and Foghat, at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston. They were terrific.

  • @lawrencearansaspasstx4374
    @lawrencearansaspasstx4374 5 років тому +332

    I am so glad that I was born in the late'50s and got to do my teens and early 20's during the '70s. All of the concerts and bands that we got to see! There isn't much out there now, and if it wasn't for UA-cam, there would be alot less!👁️🎸🎤😘

    • @jonmulack4226
      @jonmulack4226 5 років тому +13

      thumbs up brother.

    • @blackmagyclives
      @blackmagyclives 5 років тому +18

      I had my teens n 20s growing up in the 80s. Them hair bands tho! I’ve seen tons of shows. I wouldnt go see any of these current bands if the lived across the street.

    • @maxriptide
      @maxriptide 5 років тому +1

      so, curious.... are u a democrat?...but NO POLITICS right? love the jams

    • @nickyp8708
      @nickyp8708 5 років тому +10

      I agree - the stuff even to the mid 90s has a band feel to most of it . A lot of stuff this century is written on computers - it’s robotic.

    • @lawrencearansaspasstx4374
      @lawrencearansaspasstx4374 5 років тому +6

      MorbidManMusic-Sorry, Bro, but I don't get your meaning. The stuff that you have posted(Sly/Clapton) sounds like we're on the same wavelength. The '60s and '70s is what we have to come back to, to ROCK. The '80s were okay, but Motown was dead and a lot of the bands started looking and sounding the same. More experimentation in the '60s and the '70s(Hendrix, Stooges,Alice Cooper,ect).

  • @diaryofanaxeman539
    @diaryofanaxeman539 Рік тому +30

    Seriously, Sammy Hagar is Rocks most under-rated singers ever and during his solo career, proved to be a formidable guitarist and prolific songwriter !!!! .

  • @kerbygator
    @kerbygator 7 місяців тому +24

    Montrose/Montrose is one of the best albums of all time. Every song on it is great. No fillers.

  • @erwinroman4217
    @erwinroman4217 2 роки тому +90

    The ‘70s were the best. Great time to be a teen in high school. Awesome music. I have Montrose first album, a pre-release, not for sale demo for radio station promotional. Kicks ass.

    • @jonboy9912
      @jonboy9912 Рік тому

      I was 15 in 1970 and grew up on this music - just thought that the guitarist (as good as he is) is not the best in the band!

    • @marcduval748
      @marcduval748 Рік тому +2

      70’s were good. Saw Led Zeppelin for my first concert, but the early 80’s proved to be the best time of my life.

    • @mikehester1209
      @mikehester1209 Рік тому +1

      Upload that thing so we can enjoy it, and do it Pronto amigo 😏

    • @650JimmyG
      @650JimmyG Рік тому

      Priceless....I saw Montrose in the mid-70"s as a back up to Ted Nugent at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Ted asked the crowd "what about that Ronnie Montrose?" The crowd went wild....great memory

    • @ProMediaLLC
      @ProMediaLLC Рік тому +3

      Montrose, Trower, Foghat, James Gang, Mountain, Rare Earth, Creedence, Deep Purple, Zepplin, Uriah Heep, Kiss, Aerosmith, Rush, ZZ Top, Nugent, and many more in the 1970s. It was a fantastic time for sure!

  • @georgekoukos7721
    @georgekoukos7721 2 роки тому +342

    The world of rock and roll lost a true guitar legend when Ronnie Montrose passed away a few years ago. A true legend. Rest in peace Ronnie.

    • @stevenschocket1658
      @stevenschocket1658 2 роки тому +10

      totally forgotten master !

    • @DCB728
      @DCB728 2 роки тому +18

      @@stevenschocket1658 Totally forgotten? Hardly. Any older rocker out there knows who Ronnie Montrose is and what an awesome musician he was.

    • @stevenschocket1658
      @stevenschocket1658 2 роки тому +2

      @@DCB728 hey dcb -yaa think young folks into rock n roll Today 2021 know Ronnie Montrose ???? yurr in a Purple Haze ....

    • @DCB728
      @DCB728 2 роки тому +9

      @@stevenschocket1658 Hey Steven, maybe you should reread my comment. I said any OLDER rocker knows who Ronnie is. I think you're in a purple haze.

    • @chompooser
      @chompooser 2 роки тому +5

      One of my first guitar heroes. RIP Ronnie. Aloha for all the music.

  • @billiepulera1008
    @billiepulera1008 Рік тому +32

    This is killer! Montrose changed the landscape of Rock forever forward, Van Halen, Y&T and loads of other bands were inspired by that one first album. One of the top 10 hard rock albums of all time! Desert island worthy

  • @CommonSenseRevolution
    @CommonSenseRevolution Рік тому +28

    Ronald Douglas Montrose RIP. One of the best rock guitarists ever. Even listening today his riffs and licks are fresh and hook you in. Together with Sammy's vox....timeless.

    • @lauratanner8475
      @lauratanner8475 Рік тому +4

      Badass playing and tone to kill for!

    • @bluedeuce100
      @bluedeuce100 6 місяців тому

      Wish I Was is one of my favs. His Gamma 1 and 2 were tremendous. He makes you feel that guitar to your soul.

  • @drfiberglass
    @drfiberglass 5 років тому +413

    Now thats rock and roll kids...

    • @user-kh2no7xq8m
      @user-kh2no7xq8m 5 років тому +3

      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxzxzzzzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    • @josiahprofenno4136
      @josiahprofenno4136 4 роки тому +13

      @?????????
      Is that the sound of your ears ringing?

    • @Blueslicks321
      @Blueslicks321 4 роки тому +7

      an't that the truth!!!!

    • @Tony-pp6de
      @Tony-pp6de 4 роки тому +8

      Tight band playing

    • @corndog1868
      @corndog1868 3 роки тому +6

      Yes it is!!! Rock n Roll forever.

  • @dalemcalpine3008
    @dalemcalpine3008 2 роки тому +82

    No lip sync dribble, just raw synergy- brilliant!!

    • @MrLaurak12
      @MrLaurak12 Рік тому +1

      No dancing girls or backing tracks needed

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio Рік тому +2

      @@MrLaurak12 Yeah, but a lot of the shows of the TV shows of that era still required it.

    • @CousinCreepy
      @CousinCreepy 10 місяців тому

      No drivel either.

    • @AZOffRoadster
      @AZOffRoadster 9 місяців тому +1

      And no autotune or pitch correction.

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio 9 місяців тому

      @@MrLaurak12 Not a fan of Pan's People?

  • @timgrindstaff3984
    @timgrindstaff3984 Рік тому +6

    I had the pleasure of seeing this band in 74 or 75 at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. The playbill was Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie and Montrose. I became an instant fan.

    • @user-pu2cj3no5f
      @user-pu2cj3no5f 7 днів тому

      REO Speedwagon too I believe, Humble Pie smoked the joint.

  • @cranberrysuit7114
    @cranberrysuit7114 7 місяців тому +4

    First time I heard montrose(1980) sitting over at my buddies house smoked a bowl😮, absolutely blew me away. Life altering…

  • @raygamino6687
    @raygamino6687 2 роки тому +166

    This is just straight in your face rock. I miss groups like this. Great music by four talented musicians. The band sounds good but damn Church is tearing it up on the bass. 60’s 70’s and 80’s rock will never get old. Listen to this while driving. It’ll make you young again. Rest In Peace Ronnie. Rest In Peace Eddie Van Halen. I hope you two are kicking ass in the heavens.

    • @jonboy9912
      @jonboy9912 Рік тому +4

      It will lose you your license!

    • @phoenixjim0527
      @phoenixjim0527 Рік тому +1

      [edit - I was being silly and juvenile in my original post, so I deleted most of it. 😔 (Too much soda and caffeine)
      If I don’t believe in the afterlife, I shouldn’t rudely say so here, which is the wrong place. The OP was just expressing their appreciation for legendary artists who have passed away. I’m sorry.
      This part of the post, while juvenile, seems ok. So I’ll leave it.
      “They were lucky while alive. Good lives.”

    • @TheBent139
      @TheBent139 Рік тому +2

      @@phoenixjim0527 Truth. And no so called "spirit" would be strumming strings (or even holding an axe) without a physical being, not going to happen. All you would have is some angelic choir, and that is going to get old real fast.

    • @diaryofanaxeman539
      @diaryofanaxeman539 Рік тому +5

      I used to by my guitars strings ( in bulk ) and other gear from Bill Church when he worked at Sound Stage in Fresno, California .
      Bill"s brother used to work at Majestic Music in downtown Fresno and is an accomplished Drummer .... both guys are great guys and definitely have music in their DNA.

    • @diaryofanaxeman539
      @diaryofanaxeman539 Рік тому +1

      @@phoenixjim0527
      I bet you don't go out much .... not too many friends, I recon ?

  • @GaryPhelpsII
    @GaryPhelpsII 2 роки тому +116

    One of the best debut albums ever; Ronnie was a genius.

    • @marantz7783
      @marantz7783 2 роки тому +3

      Mensa-- clocked at 163

    • @youropionmattersnot
      @youropionmattersnot 9 місяців тому

      Yes but Sammy was the real genius as evidenced by where he is today and where Ronnie and the rest of this band is now.

    • @thomaskauser8978
      @thomaskauser8978 9 місяців тому

      He sold a song to Sanford Weill !
      Sammy put on a good show with his own band for years?
      Jimmy Buffett type!

    • @warrenledbetter358
      @warrenledbetter358 9 місяців тому +1

      @@youropionmattersnot Ronnie is dead.

    • @13druber
      @13druber 8 місяців тому

      Sammy wrote this song. Ronnie was jealous of Sammy.

  • @kimedmond5377
    @kimedmond5377 6 місяців тому +4

    Badass Album I had as a high school kid loved it. This album never got enough recognition I always loved it

  • @MrDrywaller1
    @MrDrywaller1 Рік тому +8

    I was born in 74. Sadly, this is the first ive ever heard this. Exciting to explore some new territory from the past though. I started listening to Hagar on his first Van Halen record when I was 11 or 12. Was instantly my favorite band. I got my first guitar when I was 13, have been playing ever since. Sammy and Van Halen were a big part of my life, now i have this to look back on. Love it. Thanks for sharing!

  • @richardwoodhouse6738
    @richardwoodhouse6738 2 роки тому +99

    I turned 13 in 74 and it was just an awesome time for music. Tons of great Bands all over the place. I am still rocking to it all. Even a few of the great bands still going. A unique time and never to be repeated.

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 роки тому +9

      Me too! The 70's was a great time to be young!

    • @duderama6750
      @duderama6750 2 роки тому +5

      Damn straight!

    • @calfolk7381
      @calfolk7381 Рік тому +1

      You know it 🤙🏼

    • @RC-gf8cs
      @RC-gf8cs Рік тому +2

      I was 18 by then i saw zep 71.73.msg nyc...elp.73.74...funk clser2hme tour..70 the best .yes 74 nj

    • @shitbox82
      @shitbox82 Рік тому

      I’m jealous, I wish I would’ve been a teenager/early 20’s in the 70’s.

  • @markjohnson9306
    @markjohnson9306 5 років тому +129

    Denny crushing that kit. This is pure gold right here!

    • @mikedudek7191
      @mikedudek7191 3 роки тому +12

      Pretty obvious Carmassi hates his drum kit.....he is beating the shit out of it.

    • @pmxl2004
      @pmxl2004 2 роки тому +7

      Sammy Hagar said it and I believe it also that this is the best drum intro ever!

    • @timidater4803
      @timidater4803 2 роки тому +7

      Denny was a beast!!!!!!

    • @mikeyt1987
      @mikeyt1987 2 роки тому +3

      Pretty amazing Denny’s resume after he left Montrose, impressive, to say the least……

    • @kennethsmith8968
      @kennethsmith8968 2 роки тому

      @@timidater4803 still is.

  • @doorkicker8507
    @doorkicker8507 Рік тому +17

    I GOT THE FIRE 🔥 Seriously Ronnie Montrose at his absolute best. Guy is the greatest guitarist No one knows about. Rip 🪦

  • @williambyars9921
    @williambyars9921 Рік тому +30

    One of the greatest debut albums of all time

  • @Anjohl
    @Anjohl Рік тому +101

    That first Montrose album is just plain *fire*. Best thing Hagar ever did, and will do.

    • @cl5619
      @cl5619 10 місяців тому +4

      True… but that album would be the best thing any rock musician would do.

    • @theresaakins2317
      @theresaakins2317 8 місяців тому +3

      Agreed

    • @RoryLynott
      @RoryLynott 7 місяців тому +6

      By far. Nothing else he ever did was close.

    • @lordofthestings
      @lordofthestings 5 місяців тому +1

      True

    • @kevinkinnu341
      @kevinkinnu341 4 місяці тому

      💯

  • @roofuss61
    @roofuss61 5 років тому +107

    Sweet!!!! One of the best hard rock bands of all time. The first Montrose album was ahead of it's time. Ronnie was an amazing guitarist.

    • @richardremick1639
      @richardremick1639 2 роки тому +1

      Definitely very ahead of its time this is amazing stuff wow! What a jam

    • @richardremick1639
      @richardremick1639 2 роки тому

      Definitely very ahead of its time this is amazing stuff wow! What a jam

    • @kaischroeder4473
      @kaischroeder4473 2 роки тому

      Sweet or Montrose? 😉 OK, just kidding.

    • @garyhamilton4600
      @garyhamilton4600 2 роки тому

      Fucking A!!!

    • @stevenday9687
      @stevenday9687 2 роки тому

      Sammy & Frampton hold their own too.

  • @DCB728
    @DCB728 Рік тому +28

    One of the best debut albums ever, by anyone.

  • @TerryMCarroll
    @TerryMCarroll Рік тому +8

    Sweet. This is the first band I saw live, right at about the time of this video. It was at Winterland, San Francisco. I was fourteen, and a few of my 8th grade friends got one of the dads to drive us out to the city. I don't know why any of our parents consented. We had a blast, though, in awe that we were in Winterland, and finally getting to experience a real rock show! And Montrose was so heavy. What a great, tight band. That first album was a masterpiece of hard rock. Just what young teenage boys thrive on.

  • @samkeepintherockalive
    @samkeepintherockalive 2 роки тому +56

    Montrose, what a great band they were! That debut lp is one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time!. It rocks!!
    R.I.P. Ronnie

  • @flyguyinmotion
    @flyguyinmotion 5 років тому +69

    One of my high school favorites. A must have album in any collection back then. I remember we'd turn "Rock Candy" on so loud it would threaten the windows in the house. Neighbors just loved it too. lol

    • @scottzappa9314
      @scottzappa9314 2 роки тому

      Same. Loved to try playing the drums on it too.

  • @dejen3303
    @dejen3303 Рік тому +19

    The 70's produced the greatest rock and roll... Period.

    • @kevingossett8881
      @kevingossett8881 11 місяців тому +1

      I don't know why this doesn't have thousands of likes

    • @stringtheoryguitars4952
      @stringtheoryguitars4952 10 місяців тому

      True but the 90’s also produced some fantastic Rock bands: Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, King’s X etc

  • @nancyforzetting8604
    @nancyforzetting8604 Рік тому +8

    Pure talent Sammy! Whatever band you land is Great 😘 most people don't realize how long you've been around. That's a compliment.

  • @AsphaltMan11
    @AsphaltMan11 2 роки тому +55

    If you haven't caught the tribute concert for Ronnie you need to, incredible line up, excellent hat tip to one of the greats, that being said, Sammy told the story of how Ronnie looked out for him, got him set up with a trusted publisher to protect his songs, he could have pulled a Gene Simmons or a Sharon Osbourne and steal his songs for his own personal gain, but he didn't, he set him up for a long and successful career, that shows what an awesome person, not just an awesome musician, he was. RIP in Ronnie, you are missed.

    • @endokrin7897
      @endokrin7897 2 роки тому +6

      Oh, but Gene Simmons is soooo classy 🤨
      And Sharon Osbourne was just there to take care of Ozzy. 😌

    • @bak-mariterry5180
      @bak-mariterry5180 Рік тому +1

      ​@@endokrin7897 🤣🤣🤣

  • @garylass2691
    @garylass2691 5 років тому +54

    The MONTROSE album was always my "stereo tester". If the set could rock that record on 10, then it was a keeper.

  • @spartacusromanus
    @spartacusromanus Рік тому +18

    Wow! What an amazing band! It looks like a mix of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and The Who... in a good way of course! It sounds very powerful!

    • @philburpalooza8
      @philburpalooza8 11 місяців тому +2

      It looks like Jaco Pastorius playing with a pic but that's actually Bill Church. A very nice effort!

  • @JohnStewart-lf2ix
    @JohnStewart-lf2ix Рік тому +12

    Ronnie Montrose is by far, one of the most underrated ROCK guitar players, such as UFO being one of the most underrated ROCK bands of all time, RIP Ronnie, we loved you then and still love you NOW!

    • @user-wj4nm3wp2n
      @user-wj4nm3wp2n 10 місяців тому

      UFO huge on my list, I'm old....lol. Phil still singing from a stool ....

  • @boblozaintherealworld3577
    @boblozaintherealworld3577 2 роки тому +81

    Ronnie Montrose was a MONSTER on guitar. The whole band was great....

  • @g.romano8642
    @g.romano8642 4 роки тому +29

    The first Montrose Lp is just about perfect. Denny is amazing!

  • @ronmiller4776
    @ronmiller4776 4 місяці тому +2

    I saw these guys in concert in '74...WOW! Montrose fan for life.

  • @BigCarmine
    @BigCarmine Рік тому +5

    WOW!! What a mountain of great memories that brings back!!!

  • @djm4457
    @djm4457 2 роки тому +136

    That was about as tight a group as you will ever see. Denny Carmassi (drums) and Bill Church (bass) were absolutely impeccable behind guitar god Ronnie Montrose. And Sammy's gritty vocals fit in perfectly. They should be in the Rock HofF for their iconic first album alone.

    • @Dan-zq5wt
      @Dan-zq5wt 2 роки тому +5

      Agree. When you talk about the great American hard rock bands, you have to include Montrose with Aerosmith and VH. I have to include Ted Nugent and Boston in that group as well.

    • @davidcharles34
      @davidcharles34 2 роки тому +2

      Truth !!! Criminally overlooked.

    • @jamesjwalsh
      @jamesjwalsh 2 роки тому +1

      Big sound trio. reminds me of Grand Funk Railroad.

    • @BloomingdaleTN
      @BloomingdaleTN Рік тому +1

      That video is actually Alan Fitzgerald on bass, but yeah, Church was great as well.

    • @berlin-west4651
      @berlin-west4651 Рік тому

      Hall of fame is a joke. woke idiots

  • @shawnwhalen1007
    @shawnwhalen1007 2 роки тому +26

    Sammy is timeless.... love when I see stuff from the archives. These guys were tight. First Montrose album is top 10 rock album of all time. Keep rocking Mr. Hagar!!!

  • @chuckmckee2741
    @chuckmckee2741 Рік тому +10

    What amazes me is how did this talent come together z Sammy still says this was the best album he made .

    • @stephen2934
      @stephen2934 Рік тому

      Sammy's house was close in the Sausalito bay area where Ronnie lived Ronnie had LOTS of great people or and on first Ronnie got asked to play guitar in mr.yes the man VAN MORRISON AND DID. FOR A GOOD SPELL IF YOU LISTEN TO WILD NIGHTS YOU CAN TELL THAT'S A CLASSIC MONTROSE RIFF HE PLAYED ON MANY OF VANS RECORD S TOURED AS WELL THEN ALONG CAME THE AMAZING EDGAR WINTER RONNIE GOT THAT JOB WOW FRANKISTINE WAS THE FIRST INSTERMENTEL TO STAY AND GO NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS FOR A LONG TIME THE RECORD THAY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT WAS A GREAT RECORD SO AFTER WORKING WITH MR WINTER HE WANTED TO FORM A BAND A THREE PEICE SAM WENT TO RONNIE S HOUSE WITH A LES PAUL AND LITTLE AMP THAY HIT IT OFF SAM HAD SPACE STATION NO. FIVE THAY WROTE BAD MOTOR SCOOTER THAT DAY SO ON PAPER MONEY WAS WHEN EVERYTHING BLUE APART IT'S A LONG STORY BUT NEVER THE LESS THAT MUSIC STILL. KICKS MAJOR AZZ RIP RONNIE ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR HEROES EVER ASK TESLA HE TOOK THEM UNDER HIS WING AND GAVE THEM SOME TIPS FRANK HANNON IS A NOTHER GUITAR HERO I LOVE THAT GUY HE'S AMAZING MAN ☮️

    • @paulcooper8818
      @paulcooper8818 Рік тому

      This is my favorite part of Sammy's singing career.

  • @johnminarik3442
    @johnminarik3442 Рік тому +3

    I saw them on the tour for this album in Northampton, PA. $2.00 concert at an old movie theatre with a big stage. Great show I will never forget. Never.

  • @davejones3434
    @davejones3434 5 років тому +72

    Montrose playing while cruising in my Mercury Comet with 3 speed on the floor, orange vinyl interior and Craig 8 track player. Those were the days.

    • @bigsky3072
      @bigsky3072 5 років тому +3

      Were u on Quaaludes also? That would be great!

    • @davejunior769
      @davejunior769 5 років тому +8

      I had a 69 mustang, same set up but black vinyl, Mandrax, Miller High Life, and Oaxacan was the thing around here. Oh, and big hairy bush’ hahaha

    • @davejunior769
      @davejunior769 5 років тому +2

      My favorite tho was “make it last”

    • @elixtido1448
      @elixtido1448 5 років тому +10

      don't forget the Jensen co-axials

    • @AndyBigDaddyWilkinson
      @AndyBigDaddyWilkinson 4 роки тому +1

      @@bigsky3072 Rorer 714...made falling down two flights of stairs fun....oh wow...what happen.?...we fell down the stairs....oh man....Wanna do it again.?..fuck ya!

  • @littlejohnny4470
    @littlejohnny4470 4 роки тому +28

    Montrose was the first album I ever bought back in the mid 70's, and it's still one of my favorites!

  • @bryanwillis7726
    @bryanwillis7726 Рік тому +6

    Growing up flipping through my parents albums and this was in the mix👍

  • @malcolmthornhill9165
    @malcolmthornhill9165 6 місяців тому +1

    Remember playing Montrose album and Paper Money, together with Aerosmiths Rocks and Trapeze, Hot Wire, wore all the playing copies out in Virgin b,ham and Coventry in 73 and 74,big hello to mike, mick and texan Dave❤👍👍👍😁🙃

  • @michaelarvin2859
    @michaelarvin2859 5 років тому +124

    Rest in peace Ronnie😢 You will not be forgotten

    • @rickycook445
      @rickycook445 5 років тому +6

      I saw him in the 80s. . HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT OVERRATED . DENNY WAS ATILL ON DRUMS TOO. Hard rocking

    • @WellDone..101
      @WellDone..101 5 років тому

      Who ?

    • @freebirdjackson5511
      @freebirdjackson5511 2 роки тому

      One of the best pure Rock albums of all times!

  • @scooderdude
    @scooderdude 5 років тому +16

    I saw Montrose at Winterland when Hagar was fronting sometime in the mid 70s. I stood at stage left in front of the monitor stack. I still suffer deafness from that one concert. It was the best.

    • @saltarmycrusader353
      @saltarmycrusader353 5 років тому +1

      Seen Sammy Hagar open for Boston at the Capitol Centre in Largo, MD. in '78,. and let Me just say,.. Sammy BLEW THE FRIGGIN' DOORS!!! off the Cap Centre that night with all their song from the Montrose years.
      Then,. Boston comes on sounding like someone put on their Album lol. No Dis against them,. to their credit,. they were simply wrapped that tight.....
      BUT!!,... Did I mention?,. that by then,.. Sammy Hagar had already,.. BLEW THE FRIGGIN' DOORS off the Cap Centre. LOL xD
      That was My first Concert at 14 years old. Had already been listening to Montrose, who I still to this day believe were before their time in their sound and style. And on that night,.. Sammy Hagar did NOT disappoint.
      Boston rocked too,. Great show!.. but was hard to compare the two,.. But the sheer ENERGY Hagar had already blasted the venue with by then,.. left a high bar for Boston to hurdle. LOL

    • @gordonlandreth9550
      @gordonlandreth9550 2 роки тому

      Saw that same show , but back near the mix board .

    • @timwilkerson1989
      @timwilkerson1989 2 роки тому

      Also saw Sammy at Winterland, but him & bass Player opened 3rd billing to Ronnie ,with drummer , who was headliner. Great show but kinda weird with Sammy opened show. Wish had seen them together.

  • @davidwilliamson2341
    @davidwilliamson2341 Рік тому +3

    Watched Ronnie Montrose few years before he passed in a small club in Houston Texas he played for three and a half hours straight blew the building apart literally his eyes were big around as silver dollars he never moved but he just tore it up!

  • @Thundergod-
    @Thundergod- Рік тому +2

    I saw Montrose in 1975 at Winterland with Journey as the opening act. Montrose and Sammy were great but Journey was on a different planet....🎼🎵🎶🎤🎹🎸🎸🥁

  • @georgespottiswood4660
    @georgespottiswood4660 5 років тому +62

    Sammy's voice and songwriting skills were unequaled......every band he has been in or helped start charted.......Ronnie Montrose was a fantastic guitar player and songwriter as well........rest in peace Ronnie.

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 5 років тому +46

    RIP Ronny Montrose, had great tone and we used to blast this gem back in the day, the whole album was good too. Just Rock Candy....loud, till the speakers blow

    • @alwaysopen7970
      @alwaysopen7970 3 роки тому +4

      He gets true vintage tone.....what the posers chase.

    • @jerrywoods4066
      @jerrywoods4066 2 роки тому

      Highway star lazy ,smoke on the water for me. Blow those speakers out

    • @scottzappa9314
      @scottzappa9314 2 роки тому

      You ain't blowing my speakers.

    • @stevenday9687
      @stevenday9687 2 роки тому

      Every song rocks

  • @konaweimaraners298
    @konaweimaraners298 8 місяців тому +2

    I saw them in 1982 in the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA. It was the best! Sammy and Ronny nothing better than that.

    • @OldDawg-mc3dy
      @OldDawg-mc3dy 2 місяці тому

      They do some sort of reunion? Sammy left Montrose in 1975

  • @joeburlingame4056
    @joeburlingame4056 Рік тому +6

    It's been almost 50 yrs since I first heard this It still rocks!!

  • @wheelinthesky300
    @wheelinthesky300 3 роки тому +72

    Sammy is the epitome of a rock star.
    The voice. the look, the attitude.

    • @nonexistenceisbliss9528
      @nonexistenceisbliss9528 3 роки тому +2

      Fuck yeah! 🤘

    • @kingrick5494
      @kingrick5494 3 роки тому

      Maybe not so much the look here, looks like he is still wearing his pajamas

    • @wheelinthesky300
      @wheelinthesky300 3 роки тому +7

      @@kingrick5494 Does anybody look cooler in pajamas than Sammy?

    • @erichegwood239
      @erichegwood239 3 роки тому +1

      Agree 100%. Sammy is a Rock God!!!

    • @kingzuna8007
      @kingzuna8007 3 роки тому +4

      And that’s why he’s become my favorite rockstar from the early 80’s I have a pretty big list of people that I love in this genre but Sammy is iconic.

  • @jamiepastman5594
    @jamiepastman5594 2 роки тому +20

    Perfect mid 70's rock, the gold standard

  • @MikeJohnson-xd1dh
    @MikeJohnson-xd1dh 11 місяців тому +1

    I had just graduated from high school. What a fantastic time to be alive

  • @arrowwaterable8008
    @arrowwaterable8008 Рік тому +4

    In 1992 a friend of mine from the US gave me this album on vinyl.I really loved it.But I lost it while I moved to another place and forgot about it.I opened my eyes to it again when I heard Rock the Nation at a KISS concert titled Rock the Nation tour.

  • @bill2527
    @bill2527 5 років тому +66

    How bad ass was that, those first 2 Montrose albums kicked ass and the whole band was on fire, Bill the electric Church was a hell of a bassist!! RIP Ronnie Montrose!!

    • @bongofury5924
      @bongofury5924 3 роки тому +2

      Umm, Alan Fitzgerald of Night Ranger fame played bass on Paper Money.

    • @davidleblanc9676
      @davidleblanc9676 3 роки тому +1

      I saw montrose in Lafayette la. In the 70s at the blacoum Coliseum

    • @bill2527
      @bill2527 3 роки тому +3

      @@bongofury5924 yeah well Bill Church still kicked ass, saw him playing with Sammy Hagar many times in the 80's

    • @alwaysopen7970
      @alwaysopen7970 3 роки тому

      2nd one was OK but not the whole thing like the first one.

    • @jackaction7077
      @jackaction7077 2 роки тому +2

      Those Gamma albums afterwards were bad ass too!

  • @robertmurphy4569
    @robertmurphy4569 5 років тому +28

    Sammy Hagar was quite a badass with Ronnie Montrose and those rockers of yesteryear , what a session !

  • @edbertrand8887
    @edbertrand8887 4 місяці тому +1

    My older brother (21)was listening to a record at his bedroom. I (14/15) was wondering what supersound it was because i didn't reconise this music. So i went to his room and asking from who these great music come? Hé gets up from his bed (where he always was lay when hé listening music) and turned up the volume to the max and screamed " this is Sammy Hagars album Montrose"! And we started together headbanging and playing the airguitar. Hahaha. I will never forget these day. Since this day i almost listening every month once or two times the full album (one of the best masterpieces ever) and remember the day i became a Hagar/Montrose fan.

  • @ae3898
    @ae3898 5 місяців тому +2

    This is the rock n roll music right here, kids. Having grown up in the ‘80s and never hearing Montrose on the radio, I’m not sure I would have recognized this as Sammy until the number that starts at around the 12:00 mark. That’s where I start to hear the familiar husky roar of prime Hagar.

    • @scottw5315
      @scottw5315 4 місяці тому

      I can't drive 55 was my first hearing Sammy. I didn't know of Montrose until right now. Awesome stuff. Love everything Sammy did and he's still rocking!

  • @oscarpicon7164
    @oscarpicon7164 5 років тому +20

    Jesus... thank you for rock and roll. I just don’t know what red blooded rocker fans would listen to if the electric guitar would have skipped our civilization. Thank you Sammy and friends.

  • @Tavignano
    @Tavignano 2 роки тому +18

    Montrose's 1974 " paper money" album is a masterpiece, one of the best rock records of the 1970s.

  • @jojorider812
    @jojorider812 8 місяців тому +3

    This Video Kicks Ass !!!!
    It will Never Get Old.
    This is Montrose at its Finest !!!
    Thank You for posting this Brother !!!

  • @russellbarnes7728
    @russellbarnes7728 Рік тому +2

    Got to see Montrose twice. Once in Oakland, and once in Redding, California.
    They were outstanding!
    RIP Ronnie Montrose!

  • @Mynamesalexa
    @Mynamesalexa 5 років тому +58

    I saw them.
    Rush
    Montrose
    Robin Trower
    Phila Spectrum
    Nov 1976
    Great concert

    • @bill2527
      @bill2527 5 років тому +4

      Great lineup wow!!

    • @glennhecker4422
      @glennhecker4422 5 років тому +4

      What an eclectic sonic feast you had that night! Stellar artists, one and all.

    • @marywagner3644
      @marywagner3644 5 років тому +4

      I regret never seeing Mr. Trower

    • @glennhecker4422
      @glennhecker4422 5 років тому +2

      @@marywagner3644 He is still recording and touring, so you may still have the opportunity to see him!

    • @Mynamesalexa
      @Mynamesalexa 5 років тому +3

      @@marywagner3644 He was great. The singer, James Dewar was strong.
      I think the drummer here Denny Carmassi plays for Heart now.

  • @haroldnelson3734
    @haroldnelson3734 2 роки тому +19

    Ronnie Montrose has a Theramin mounted on his guitar! That's crazy genius stuff!!

    • @CiscoDuck
      @CiscoDuck Рік тому +3

      Yeah, he was almost as fascinated with it as Joe Bonamassa is (or was for a while there..) Only Jimmy Page used it with finesse and restraint. LOL!

  • @stringbender57
    @stringbender57 Рік тому +2

    I remember playing 'Bad Motor Scooter' and 'I Got the Fire' in my band back in the 70's. I loved this song, and I loved the album. Montrose was Bad-Ass. Good memories!

  • @hoobeydoobey1267
    @hoobeydoobey1267 7 місяців тому +2

    Remember this song well. Perfect 70s jam.

  • @scottroberts7103
    @scottroberts7103 2 роки тому +16

    Montrose 1st album I one of the best debuts in rock history.

  • @DustOne13
    @DustOne13 2 роки тому +123

    Denny Carmassi goes criminally underrated as a drummer

    • @P51
      @P51 Рік тому +5

      yet he's drummed for everyone

    • @devildigger1404
      @devildigger1404 Рік тому +3

      I’ve said the same thing since this album came out !

    • @P51
      @P51 11 місяців тому +1

      naw. he's drummed for everyone. he's recognized as one of the best.

    • @dave3805
      @dave3805 9 місяців тому +4

      Didn’t he play with Heart

    • @louiebee6745
      @louiebee6745 4 місяці тому +1

      Rock Candy intro. Nuf said.

  • @caucasianbulldog6057
    @caucasianbulldog6057 Рік тому +3

    O yes. This brings back memories of the 70's when I was a teenager. It reminds me of just how good a guitar player Ronnie Montrose was.

  • @user-vi3qs1kf8e
    @user-vi3qs1kf8e 9 місяців тому +1

    I first heard Montrose when I was 17 years old at friends place. He just bought the album on a chance the music would be good. There was about 5 of us & we were knocked on asses by the music. I don't remember how many times we listened to that album that day but it was alot. Safe to say we were & still are huge Montrose fans. Unfortunate he was such an underated guitar musician along with Robin Trower. Execellence is to be savored.

  • @cliffordamey4822
    @cliffordamey4822 5 років тому +165

    I think Hagar's voice got even better as the years went by. His voice is still strong as hell.

    • @profd65
      @profd65 5 років тому +6

      No, Sammy Hagar was never cooler than he was in this video. He's gotten progressively lamer with every passing year.

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 5 років тому

      His voice is amazing here. It is just mixed too quiet and the gear sucks.

    • @rbagel55
      @rbagel55 4 роки тому

      Clifford Amey I am going to have to agree with you. If you listen to the 1st Montrose album you'll notice that Hagar's range isn't as much as any later album he was on.

    • @AndyBigDaddyWilkinson
      @AndyBigDaddyWilkinson 4 роки тому +1

      @@profd65 Agreed.....good voice...but no lyric writing skills.....NOTHING compared to DLR,,,,Davey Lee could tell a story man.....Sammy?...wondered if time could stand the test of time....WTF?

    • @kingrick5494
      @kingrick5494 3 роки тому +1

      @Andy Wilkinson he was saying “only time will tell if we stand the test of time” makes sense to me

  • @bill2527
    @bill2527 3 роки тому +8

    I saw 2 Montrose tribute concerts about 5 yrs ago here in the Sacto area where Ronnie lived. One was a outdoor Sammy Hagar concert with a special Ronnie tribute in the middle when Dave Meniketti came out and they played 3/4 of the 1st Montrose album and the 2nd show was Rick Derringer with Frank Hannon of Tesla in a small club playing Montrose and Gamma tunes the whole night...man both those concerts kicked ass hearing all those bad ass songs. I was in rock n roll heaven.

    • @bobmyknob8138
      @bobmyknob8138 Рік тому

      what,this bill missed,it,,,,,dolla,says,,,good for you

  • @tbarry4990
    @tbarry4990 Рік тому +2

    Wow .... never saw this before ...... incredible. Had the album since '76. Loved it then .... still love it now.

  • @pugmom1246
    @pugmom1246 Рік тому +1

    I listened to the first Montrose album over and over when I was in high school! BEST!!!!