Donny Hathaway • “The Ghetto” • LIVE 1970
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2021
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One of the purest expressions of what SOUL music is.
Suspicious death ...his light. Was to bright ...powers that be took him from our future. His gift was pure. RIP
I love this song, it's 2024 still listening. RIP Legend
We can go all the way back to the twenties! Music is a way to leave all your troubles behind ❤
I remember playing instruments, taking them home for practice. Today, I see no children with instruments going home 😢
Demons in the world 😢
I can’t get enough of this man
Bruno Mars
Read Some where he wrote this song , the rapper Too$hort added words ❤️
One of the greatest black voices my ears ever heard hand's down 😢
I'm still listening in 2024🤠
For those who want to know,that is fred white on the drums. He is the younger brother of Maurice white of EWF!
Damn!!!!
Had the honour to promote concerts with EW&F in Europe. Fantastic people! Donny, a legend!
Amazing musical family….
That's Phil Upchurch on the guitar.. Didn't know Earl Delroy was white.. Not that it should matter.. He's got soul in those hands! He killed it!
@@Naesman1167 I thought the same thing! I was like he's white!? But you can see why he's a part of the band. I feel like there might be some deeper meaning to it too. I don't know
This is the first concert I ever attended!!! I was a Freshman at Queens College in New York in 1970 where he performed this with the tan "Apple Jack" hat that he is wearing! Wow how time flies!!! I am now 70 year old!!!!LOL!
Wow you are so fortunate to have witnessed such an impeccable talent!
This was at lincoln center in New York, my wife and I first date still together
That's fantastic that you were there. Amazing.
Wow 😂😂😂
Cheers!
That Song Is The BOMB
I AM 76 Years old ❤😊
... YOU'RE STILL A " YOUNG-TIMER".. GREETINGS FROM BRADFORD WEST YORKSHIRE.... ""FEELING DA RIDDIM"" 🏴🌄🌄🌄 2:47
I am 49 years old. This song has so much soul and drive ,the conga /cb solo is incredibly tight... it's hypnotizing...As an audio-engineer these days , I make a deep bow for the musicians and both the recording /mixing techs ..It sounds so good..still..
😮wow it’s awesome the best song …music yet 😊
I am an oldie but goodie 79 ❤albums of
All the crew of the golden days 😊
It's criminal that he didn't get the respect that he deserved. Too much talent ended the day he died. A musical H E R O !
I’m 73 and this song still gives me goose bumps after all these years..RIP Genius..
31 just got them when I started listening
34 and hearing this for the first time and I’m falling in love with music all over again.
@@Yooooo91 👌
@@robhill9989 Music exists and becomes INCREDIBLE when in the hands of genius. Enjoy and dont stop. 😊
I am 62, I grew up with this music. Love, peace and respect and rest in peace. Mr. Donny Hathaway. Thanks for MUSIC..... Nice to also see that kids respect Old school as ultimate music.
No autotune no computer pure voice
Other century
Masterpiece 🙏🥰
no loudness war compression either. overall way better sound production
So true, such a joy to hear
OMG!! Truth was spoken and I heard you loud and clear!! "Other century masterpiece"
now that's what I'm talking about that's the lick pure raw vocal an instrument doing what they do
These things happen when musicians jam together.
That drummer is outstanding,he's got the beat,the groove,and the move!!!
Fred White, brother of Maurice White also a member of Earth Wind and Fire
This might be one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen..
You can stop at Performance.
No, it's good, but Frankie Beverly and maze, at Red rocks in Colorado! Yo, you had to be there! Back in the eighties! Open sky, up hight in the sky, please, ❤
Me 2 they killed it great great band of talent
Donny is giving that piano hell he tearing them keys UP!!!
ohdefinitely the keys are dancing!!
It seems like nobody knew the Wurlitzer the way Donny did. I've heard many other folks play it but none like Donny
@@WillsJazzLoftI agree with you. In early 70's I had a Wurlitzer and it gave me a lot of fun. But Donny ways were great, he was a wonderful musician. Now I'm playing congas, bongo & cuban percussion, just for fun.
I see where his daughter got her talent from gone to soon!
@@WillsJazzLoft Only one close was Joe Zawinul
My father and my mother went to go see Donny Hathaway in concert in the early 70’s at the fisher theater in Detroit and my mother told Me Donny gave the greatest performances She have ever seen and my mother told me when played the ghetto the audience stood up and scream and shout and they were acting liked they where in church Donny is the goat.
All of this Music came out of the CHURCH!!! CAN you not notice that he didn't call women B&Hoes!
That's so true my brother
The same thing can be said when he came to Philly and played on the campus of Temple Univ back in the day.He also played/sung at the Legendary Uptown Theater.If you grew up in the Hood.This was the song that would (Lead You In To Battle And Show You How to Win The War To Make it In Life)
I'm a 62 year old white boy from Detroit and this is getting it big time rip brother Pete knows
Just one of the best soul voices ever!
I wish there was so much more footage of this man.
I’m hopeful.. it’s slowly emerging out the wood works..
This upload alone is about a third of all donny hathaway video available
Right? Keep asking. I’m an old guy with lots of resources for new old shit. Hadn’t seen this yet. Please keep looking and posting
Yesssss where is it all?
I'm totally with you, a true loss and tragedy!
But I must say, I'm so thankful this full performance is finally available in great quality. It's like an elixer; giving you what you need time and time again, but leaves you yearning for more 🙇♂️
That conga player is a beast!!!
Fr❤
Fred White is only 15 years of age here on the drum kit! Born in January 1955 .. Donny is probably 24 depending on the date of recording but he sadly died on Fred's birthday in 1979, when he turned 24 himself.
Thank you.
Wow
The Late & Great Fred White on Drums, Willie Weeks on Bass, Earl DeRouen on Congas, Donny Hathaway Vocals, Electric Piano & Cow Bell and a Guitarist performing Utter Bliss
Thanknyou 😊
dziekuę
TY!!!
One of the purest most beautiful voices I’ve heard in my seventy years. Breaks my heart that he ended his life in such a desperate way. His pain/state of mind must have been unbearable. I’m so thankful for the invention of recorded music and photography/video tape. His music will never die.
How did he die?
He jumped out a window of a fairly tall building.
@@paulbowers5995 I just read about it , thanks. So dad
Love the bongos. Great Artist. Love love.!!!
@@shelleyklien1261 ok
Genius. When he pulled out the cow bell. The precision on keys. The anointing in his voice. My God
And I remember when we would go to a concert, folk could bring cowbells, shakers,whistles /anythang, because there was such thing as bringing in something to HARM anyone, oh ,, but that was a long time ago, about 40 years ago maybe,, now, so called musicians can’t play shet unless it’s in C with a transpose,,,, not all,, but enough
Yes he was a talented brother that will be missed but not forgotten I watched a documentary on him what a talent
4sho
@@gearreasemarcus I need more cowbell!
I FELT THAT ...
51 years old - I got into listening to this via hip hop. This energy cannot be replicated. science doesn’t always have a formula. fingers are blurrin
Just the fact that this was captured live, and lives on today, is more than I can say.
“ Jam “ “ Donny “ “ Your “ “ Playing “ “ Is “ “ Fantastic “ “ And “ “ You “ “ Are “ “ Definitely “ “ Missed “
Donnie Hathaway was a genius the likes of which the world will never see again..
I was fortunate to hear him in real time -
never saw this video...I knew he was `great but his playing here is other worldly and his band is ridiculous!
ALL TIME LEGEND
For my friend Gary, who turned me on to "Donny Hathaway Live". I wish he was here to see this performance. R.I.P.
The groove in this is so incredible! Incredible musicians ! I can't belive this is what music used to be like. WOW!
60s/70s R&B, SOUL, JAZZY FUNK is the best. I wish it would come back but it requires something missing from today's music---- TALENT. No autotune, nothing digital, just SKILL baby!
Best version of "The Ghetto" I've heard 🙂
I’m very late to the Donny Hathaway party, His daughter Lalah Hathaway invited me because I find her to be an amazing vocalist, especially her scatting and polyphonic tone, (mind blowing!)
So I come to see who her father is and now I see that she comes from great musical genes. Wow he’s amazing!.
I've spent most of my life trying to understand "Donny Hathaway".... I strongly desire to be part of a biopic about his life.... I've admire his musicality, distinctive tone& texture vocally, and signature appearance for years.... During my journey in New York, I wish he could have tapped me on my shoulder to receive advice.....
Stevie Wonder was his most famous fan, he bought several donny albums and distributed them to his loved ones to share his passion for this great artist
PRAISE GOD
Now THAT is what I call music.
i wish i could be a time traveller and go back to see this man in concert. a rare talent.
Me too!👋🏾
We just did
Donny had one of the greatest voices ever. An extraordinary talent, great singer, writer, keyboard player, producer and arranger.
Donny is amazing and his music and voice is so soulful and authentic.
No artificial intelligence here!
The absolute best. Tears to my eyes. I am 67 years old. Memories 😉
Like wise - just sublime
My number one Male Vocalist of ALL TIME bar none!
Donny was a true genius vocally and instrumentally and left us with a daughter who is just as accomplished in lalah!
best groove i’ve ever heard. doesn’t get better.
holding back any Donny videos should be a crime. Priceless pieces of art these gems of videos are.
FOR REAL
Eternal
Oh Donny Hathaway. How good you were . it's awful how you left us. Ripx😊
Donny's talent transcends space and time, AMAZING!
DH was music and still is yo
His music was amazing and had so much truth ...gone much too soon
OOOOOO.....
That is so perfected. The way the artist would catch each others vibe... and ride... like navigating on a sled going down a hill. The '70's were soooooo good.
Absolutely sublime. Donny bleeds every ounce of feel that he can out of that old Wurlitzer piano, with his band fully in the zone behind him. This is just a great piece of soul jazz.
It's a Wurlitzer 200A he's absolutely killin 🔥
@@gcdavid7913 So it is, thank you for the correction.
“Band fully in the zone behind him” is a perfect description of that sublime event. We are so lucky it was recorded, we few that have the eyes to see it.
Yes he does, I believe they are blessed and got it out of their heart and soy ..Good job
Came out of high school in 1970. What a great time. Donny was a head of his time.
VLS 😎
That was a heck of a performance!
His daughter is a phenomenal singer Lela Hathaway he was a wonderful musician ❤
This is as close to the Live album performance as you're going to get.. God bless the poster!!!!
Word!
The bass player went on to become one of the all time greats. Mr. Willie Weeks!
Absolutely the best
Man, this is when music was IT. If we had music like this wouldn't the world be better?
This jam never gives old and the Congo player is doing his damn thing!😂
Earl deRouen from Puerrto RRRico 😁
I know it had to be something
I just had no idea about this kind of talent and showmanship. My mind is blown. What a groove!
My man Earl on them congas too, whew! Y'all this recording is the straight up bomb. I can't help but think of my guy Alfredo Mojica doin' the damn thing on percussion when we toured with Maysa back in the day. Live is the best!
Earl du Roy ? I would kill to have 1/10 of his chops. 😮 never heard of him before and never saw him again. 🤷🏼♂️❤️🔥
I feel you! This is the best time of my life. Music was music! Glad I made it through ❤🙏🏽👍🏾
A special gift we had such a short time. I'm 68 and I love this masterpiece!
same here - I feel so blessed to have grown up in those times with those giant artists and spirits!
2000 baby here I’m so glad I found this masterpiece sad that this type of music is gone
This is positively mind bending. The piano just takes you to another world.
I agree! 😊
Bro, in many years listening to this song I never gave the it proper listening, I think he infused gospel, blues and afro beats all seamlessly in one song, and this I say just as a music love with no music theory just a discerning ear
Nobody, NOBODY says that about a Donny Hathaway song. "Mind bending". Bots, get your chit together. At least say something that's real!
we found gold
Entire band members showing their best talent individually... Dedicated
What an era of music the 60s and 70s were. So happy I lived through them.
Music made by real musicians...💯👍
Exactly 💯
Musicians don't take improvisational chances anymore. Such a great band behind the greatest soul singer.
Thank you, yes sir! The greatest soul singer!
That's because most of the music "artists"/performers have no actual talent and,/or music training or background. Most of these young. people trying to make nusic now don't know the song, let alone who Donnie Hathaway is. There are wonderful exceptions like Kelsey Lu, Sudan Archives, Seinabo Sey, Kokokoro, Melanie Faye, Jacob Banks... Just sayin...
Check out Yusuf Dayes and his band
Listen to phish. They are improvisational genius’
Donny was a musician of a talent that there will be no other. His genius is unprecedented. Never to be duplicated.
I'm a bass player. I grew up listening to this and Willie Weeks has been a huge influence on me - his technique, drive, soul, taste are just stellar.
This video makes you feel like you are there. Love me some Donny. R.I.P my brother, your music will live on forever.
When I first heard this I ran to pick up the album and played the rings off it back in 71!!!
I was 10 years old when this song came out! My uncle used to play it all the time at his house!!
Real music
Real soul
Real feelings
Nothing like this era of music...And the artists who performed...No artificial anything...So glad this music was the backdrop to my youth...💯💯💯
Idk who the four solitary nimrods are that disliked this performance, but I think you four need to get your ears checked, cuz that right there, was pure, powerful, and perfect vocal prowess and musicianship. Don't ever disrespect this unparalleled talent, that literally inspired a whole generation of artists and continues to, and if you don't know why, I'd suggest you either go back and rewatch this performance, particularly the 9:09-20 or better yet, check out the man's catalogue.
Nimrods..fits very Well..🤣
Love ❤️ this man 👨 and his music. I did have a chance to see him before he left us. Best Show ever.
Who said something negative? They need at least a punch in the leg, geeze. lol ......They trippin'.
Rest in powerful peace 🙏
Donny Hathaway
1 October 1945 ~
13 January 1979⚘
You know when a guy sounds THIS FANTASTIC on a live show his voice, undeniably, goes down in history as one of the greats.
And major props to the band.
Go listen to jelous guy a john lennon cover. It gets me everytime like i want to fall in love and die at the same time. He really took it to next level in that live performance ❤
Reaches for the cowbell at 6:44, steps up, hits it a couple times off beat, then syncs magically with congas, so sweet
71 and still jammin'...
One of the most outstanding performances I've ever seen. I never knew this footage existed. I am so glad I got to live these ten minutes of my life to see this band.
Phenomenal piece of work ❤❤❤ The 70s was IT with live concerts and great music. I lived in Washington, DC during Donny’s time at Howard Univ; and seeing him and Roberta Flack perform together was absolutely out of this world!!!!
Don't forget. Didn't have to 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
I studied every note he sang on his Best Songs album. Tried to cop it note for note as a singer. Listened to it for years and years over and over. Still do sometimes. He's one of my favorite singers of all time.
I can Remember THIS...A REAL JAM SESSION....REAL MUSICIANS. A THING OF THE PAST. I MISS DONNY. HE WAS A MASTER ON THEM "KEYS" SHO NUFF NOW !!!!! 🎹🥁🎸❣💋❣
The best male vocalist that ever lived in my opinion!!!!!!❤
Scrolling through UA-cam shorts at 1am last night, I stumbled upon this set. 2am I was still there watching the short video amazed, full of goose bumps and shivering with excitement every time I re-watched it. This morning I have watched this full video on repeat for hours. Late to this party and now knowing what an influence this genius has had on the music I love it amazes me that I have not found him sooner. RIP Donny!
You are right on time shugga 🥂
God needed you to hear this at that appointed time!! Welcome 🎉🫶🏽
My head is still rocking. Wish my Dad was alive to see this. Knowing he probably already had lol.
I never seen this footage of Donny Hathaway. Just happened to click on this, so glad I did. Dude was beyond talented, one of the best voices ever recorded. I really wish I was old enough to see him live back then.
Or travel back in time 😁
Leon Russell is one of my favorite writers and when he handed a song for you to Donnie it changed my life and made me feel better
Donny is incomparable, his version of “song for you “ is sublime.
That is the truth. His duet with Roberta Flack on where is the love is priceless too.
Can't believe you put commercials in the middle of this song
😂😂😂😂
His voice moves my soul. I was just born in 1970. I hear his music today and wishing could have saw him live. It was ALWAYS something about when he wore that hat . Thank GOD he had someone to carry on his beautiful voice his beautiful and talented daughter... e
Sleep in Paradise sir....
Never knew Donny Hathaway was playing the cowbell along with Earl DeRoen on Congas all these years!! Masterful!! More Donny Hathaway videos!! Please!!
...Wow I LOVE this! Hey the writer of "This Christmas" by Nadine McKinnor just wrote a new Christmas song with Pete Peterkin (writer of Donny's "You Were Meant For Me" / Just for kids ...check it out>>> ua-cam.com/video/1BJXoCE1QN8/v-deo.html
He played the cowbell with his left hand?
@@raha4711 Yes
I got a fever and the only cure is more cowbell
Over 50 years and Donny just gets more popular 🎉God bless my guy this msg is straight from the g h e t t o
Donny Hathaway is the music of my era. "The Ghetto" is, like the kids nowadays say, tight.
First time I’ve actually seen Donny at work, Thank you, this man had unearthly talent , Man could he smack that Fender Rhodes Piano.
This is a perfect example of musicians “on it”
Yes, he could also smack the Rhodes piano, but in this case it was a Wurlitzer. 😉
@@1970piano Absolutely! cuz I hated the Wurlitzer. But because of this man AND Josef (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy), I respected it..
special moment in time
Although Donny usually played a Fender Roads. He is actually playing a Wurlitzer here
That pause at 9:08 shows both how tight the band is and how powerful a break can be in music...
He holds back until the last leg of the song
i was sooo lucky to be a kid and hear this playing on mom & dad's magnavox console back in the 70s. Hearing it now at 61 feels like a soundtrack to the past. I miss those times...good & bad.
I miss them ALL... OMG. I remember when this came out. Yes, I'm in my 70's from back-in-the DAY and this was the JAM. Yes. It was!
"Everything is everything"! The man was & still is an amazing musician. First time I hear this version, even better than his other one that I know.
Agree. I also enjoyed it a lot. Big thank you to everybody who saved this incredible footage and made it available. A time machine!
I remember this dude; back in the Day you could hear a long jam like this on commercial radio, especially late at night; great stuff here!
There will never be another Talent that will be able to match his originality. It's amazing how when entertainer' s are raised in Church and transition over to Soul Music, how you can still get a taste of it all blended together! Donny Hathaway a one of a kind Genius with his own style. R. I. P. Gone from us now, but you and your music will reign forever❤❤❤❤
That was one of the most remarkable music footages I've ever seen and heard regardless of genre. Simply outstanding.
Most certainly.
Heard this version in a club in Hamburg Germany 1984,I was eighteen then ...took me to with all its soulpower right into the heaven of funk. Most outstanding
Bot. The "heard regardless of the genre" tips you off.
holy moly the groove!?!?!?!?!?! the class, the dignity is supreme. What a champion this guy is! there are no words to convey what DH is doing here, what He is speaks so loud you cannot ignore what He is saying.
I've jammed on this groove so many times in the last 50 years . A personal favorite of mine .
Go Donny & The Gang! RIP and Thank You for dah Vibez
It's really hard to pick a favourite part of this particular live version of 'The Ghetto', but Donny"s vocal return at 9:10 is just the most soulful sound I can think of. Absolutely amazing as everyone here seems to agree!
A great vocal moment as well a great moment of Donny showcasing his performance prowess; notice how he pushes the mic closer before he belts so he's able to better project his voice.
At the beginning when he sings, "Don't you know that's alright, yeah!!" It took me back to sitting next to the mothers/grand mothers in church, and every time they spoke during the preacher's sermon, it would come out in song, just like that! I appreciate that through his music, he is giving everyone the opportunity to know that feeling of the black southern church experience, and being a little kid and sitting up under that grandmother with big/soft arms that shook and woke you up after you had fallen asleep on one of them, because she had to wave her fan and sing back at the preacher! All of his moans, the wails, the "Mmmm hmmm", all of it, comes from having that type of background. So glad we have this recording to enjoy. That experience is an American tradition which belongs to us all. Even if everyone has not lived it, we all have grown up and seen it somewhere in movies or on television, so it is OUR experience. Donny Hathaway gave everyone a VIP seat in the pews.
Thank God I grew up in this Era of music 🎶 Donny is a legend 🙌🏿 🙏🏾 ❤️ and his music will last forever. Lalah is the frosting on the cake, what a voice 😍!!!
OMG...yes she does🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Saturdays, records playing cleaning up before you went out to play, cats washing they cars bumpin the latest greatest, cut off shorts and pro keds going to the candy lady house for kool aid icys....good times!
@@brawlnation5194 Those were the days. I believe that 70's decade was the most Loving and the Best Music on Long Playing albums!!
🤗😘🎹🔊🎼🎸🎷🎶🎺
@@brawlnation5194 Yes! Living in Philly back in the 70s.
@Brawl Nation
I'm 66 and grew up in Buffalo. Same scene lol. Best music ever.
9:13 perfection. That lift in the voice and then the moving scale down of it 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 His tone is one in a zillion
I've had to go back and rewatch that so many times, only he could pull that off
Indescribable. THE one and ONLY MOST gifted male soloist and master musician of ALL time!! ANOINTED vocally and musically. The anointing gushes from his music blurring the lines of the Black church and R&B soul music. No one can touch him or compare to his rhythmic genius and incomparable voice EVER. My greatest inspiration and mentor as a gospel singer!
They vibrate as one at a frequency that quite literally feed our souls for years to come. What an amazing performance.