Bob’s son here… I generally try to stay out of comment sections, but happened to scroll through some here… shaking my head at you fools taking him down, and stoked to see the good memories of those who witnessed these shows and “got it”. Sammy is badass, no doubt. They were different vocalists… Ronnie wanted to keep the band going, but in hindsight him and Bob should probably have instantly started writing new tunes together instead of being a damn tribute act. Go listen to Rich Man, or Whaler.. then tell me he was unlistenable or just serviceable. Pops got an unbelievable opportunity to join this band after being a huge fan, and was just a kid at the time. I mean, you can’t ask for much cooler history. Guarantee he could sing figure 8’s in his sleep around y’all haters too. 😂
True Ronnie Fans don't limit ourselves to just two of Ronnie's 20 releases as a band leader. True Ronnie fans absolutely positively love the Bob James era GAMMA with Davey Pattison and all the instrumental jazz rock fusion records, the acoustic instrumental tour de force, the video game soundtrack the music he made with Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Tony Williams ALL OF IT!!! TODAY is exactly two years since Bob James died. REST IN PEACE BOB JAMES!!!
I agree with you - I saw them open for Kiss here in San Diego at the Sports arena - I love the Warner Bros LP! Love Whaler!!! and all the rest of the songs! Sammy was great too. @ great singers to me!
I happen to like the earlier stuff with Sammy and yes he is badass, but the stuff with Bob James has some really great stuff too so anybody that knocks it just doesn't appreciate good music and some really good lyrics as well, Whaler is great but so is Matriarch - Dancin' Feet - O Lucky Man. c'mon that stuff is killer too, so any haters I got a one finger salute for you.🖕
Saw them in '76. I camped out for tickets. Walked 5 miles home after they decided to hand out numbers for the next day...we got dropped off and had no ride home in the middle of the night! Absolutely awesome show. 🙏
I was at this concert, my first ever concert. Think about this lineup. UFO opened the show, then Montrose came on, and Journey headlined. This was way before Journey completely changed their sound with Steve Perry on vocals. The only downside was, no Sammy on vocals with Ronnie.
I saw this guy as the singer for Montrose in Wheeling WV at the Capital Theatre about 75 or so.He tried to be cool and strutted out to edge of the stage, stuck his leg out, and someone pulled him in to the crowd. Funny as hell!! Ronnie Montrose was great. Another strange thing about the show, Golden Earring was going to be the opener, they cancelled and were replaced by Bob Seger, before Live Bullits. Seger was awesome, little did we know how big he get to be. Anytime I hear the live Katmandu, I remember the sax player on top of the stack of loudspeakers. What an unexpected lifelong memory! I almost forgive him for allowing his song on that truck commercial.
On October 16th of 1975, I attended a concert at the (then named) Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama which was headlined by Black Oak Arkansas, along with Foghat (as the 2nd-billed band), and with the opening-act Montrose. UNFORTUNATELY, my arrival there was delayed, and I totally missed Montrose's set. I have LONG BEEN bummed-out that I wound-up missing them play, and (as it turned-out) I never got a chance to see them again. On the night that I am writing this "comment", it has been 40-years to-the-day since that evening -, and I had come here to UA-cam to VERY BELATEDLY get an idea of what I missed on that long-ago occasion. Thank you "Winterland Official" !
October 4th, 1976 I saw Ronnie with Black Oak Arkansas and Styx in Regina Sask Canada. Very few bands made it there and this concert was super special to me.....Still a teenager at the time.
True Ronnie Fans don't limit ourselves to just two of Ronnie's 20 releases as a band leader. True Ronnie fans absolutely positively love the Bob James era GAMMA with Davey Pattison and all the instrumental jazz rock fusion records, the acoustic instrumental tour de force, the video game soundtrack the music he made with Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Tony Williams ALL OF IT!!! TODAY is exactly two years since Bob James died. REST IN PEACE BOB JAMES!!!
My feelings to the family and friends of Robert "Bob" James, exceptional vocalist and person! Montrose: Robert "Bob" James, singer who replaced Sammy Hagar in the band, dies Robert "Bob" James, a former Montrose singer, apparently died of complications from a stomach ulcer. The information was released by producer and composer Dino Maddalone via facebook, who says "shocked and saddened by the death of Bob James", who would be 68 or 69 years old. Robert joined Montrose in the place of Sammy Hagar, who recorded the band's first two albums and left in 1975 to pursue a solo career, having subsequently joined Van Halen. Meanwhile Robert records two albums with Montrose, "Warner Bros. Presents ... Montrose!" from 1975 and "Jump On It" from 1976. After the end of Montrose, Robert went on active composing and playing with members of bands such as Cheap Trick, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot and Humble Pie. Shocked and very sad my life long friend Bob James has died .. Bob replaced Sammy Hagar in the band MONTROSE. Incredible Rock singer ... RIP my friend
Awesome!! Opening for Journey and UFO on this night. Bob James: Powerful voice! Denny Carmassi: The foot!! No stupid double pedal needed. Ronnie Montrose: The reason I play guitar.
Me too. Saw him open for old journey at Winterland. Was blown away! I played Town Without Pity at a guitar player radio station event in San José. Unbeknownst to me, Ronny was sitting by the mic with Lamont and Tenelli. He signed my Kramer guitar! Still have it. Cloud nine!
@@motorcitymanman7711 Well Nazareth had just released Razamanz which was in 73 and I saw them the first time after that, the last was in 75 or 76. thereabouts. I saw a lot of concerts back then and Montrose was at many of them, including the Star is Born concert at Tempe Stadium in 76 and with Deep Purple around the same time frame. A guy I knew who sold guitars in Phx was a good friend of Ronnie.
Ronnie Montrose - so underrated He just rocks and such good blues/jazz licks... My favorite guitar player of all time. Loved our 70’s rock... and I’m a jazz trumpet player
I saw a few shows in Winterland back in the 70's. I am looking for a Montrose, Journey, UFO. I was right in front and a girl asked if she could set on my shoulders, she handed Sammy or Steve the cane she had, he danced around with it. I want to see it, nobody believes me... GOOD SHOW... :)
i Remember , thats a true story brother , and ive got photo-graph memory ,- no BS, not kodak - but that was a Kodak moment,ya just did me a rewind / memory bank flash back film, a walking cane - not cocaine ! WOW
Warner Brothers Presents, that was my favorite Montrose album. I am totally floored and am playing my strat along with this video even though I should be in bed, I have a bad cold.... In the spirit of Neil Young, I heard he wrote 3 classics in one day while he had the fever of 103 on his countryside farm...... I'm gonna rock til I die! Thanks for posting this!
Though James is not up to par with Hagaar, he does a gud job here... The band, especially Ronnie are tearin it up in frisco that night... I dig the vibe... Doesn't sound discoish or tired to me at all... Love Ronnie's tone on that Les....Adding a keyboard live was a cool dynamic too...Weird seein vids in black n white that I could have gone to as a teen .....getting oooooolldd....
Ronnie Montrose was one of the greatest guitar players on the planet! I saw them with Sammy Hagar doing vocals. I'm not real impressed with this guy on vocals! He doesn't have the chops that Sammy does! Montrose as a band was a fantastic Rock band! Extremely underrated!
First song I learned? Rock the Nation.. Miked my first amp and ran it straight into an amp right next to the first. It had a bite and an edge. I was gain staging before that term came to be...AND that first guitar had a wammy bar.. In 1973..First song I learned in 74, Finding My Way
Bob James sounding dam good on I got the Fire! Come on Bill Graham presents where is the whole concert! Where were Bob James, Jim Alcivar & Alan Fitzgerald at the Montrose memorial concert? Nothing was played from the two lps they released. No "Matriarch" "O Lucky Man" "Lets Go" "Jump On It" etc..
The correct date of this show is either April 4th or 5th 1975 and marked the debut of keyboardist James Alcivar and new vocalist Robert James who replaced Sammy Hagar. This video represents about a third of their full set which featured one new song, 'Matriarch', which would end up as the lead track of the band's third album "Warner Bros. Presents... Montrose", released five months later in September 1975. The remainder of their set was comprised of material from the first two Hagar-era albums and various covers as heard here. There were no contractual issues preventing the band from performing Hagar-era material. Other bands on this bill included Man and Thee Image.
Ronnie was shown to be a fool when he fired Hagar. That would be about the same thing as Townshend firing Daltrey. Or Page firing Plant. In other words a BAND killer....and it was.
Very cool seeing this Bob James era video. Always loved Sammy and especially the first 2 Montrose albums,but also thought Bob James was a great fit following Sam's departure.
YES MAN GREAT idea BOB WAS a great FIT HE fit LIKE a glove i think sammy wouldn't of fit for some of THE iconic songs on wannerbros presence MONTROSE GREAT SHOW IN SACRAMENTO RONNIE NEVER PUT ON A BAD SHOW HE WAS A MAN ON FIRE what a COOL Dude he treated me like a brother i never had playing those shows was the best times in my MUSICAL endovrs ronnie your missd i wish you were hear to jam i took your advise i play guitar now too rip brother see yoj one day
Agreed on Bob James (who died back in February). We went to see Montrose open for Nugent (before he turned into an asshole) and they stole the show. They played much of Jump On It which is such an underrated record.
Unlistenable because of the singer. First saw Montrose open for jo Jo Gunne and Black Oak Arkansas in Sept of 73 and they were AWESOME. this seems like they serously regressed after Sammy left, err got fired. Dumnest move Ronnie ever made,
Man ! There were No better KILLER Rock-n-Roll hairdos for both men and women during the 60-80's... Especially "The Shag" ! Wonder why they called it that 😎
Montrose's chances at becoming a heading act went right out the window what Hagar was fired. Bob James was the wrong choice for replacement, even if the next couple of albums were ok. "Jump On It" even has some interesting material and good production. But they were building on that first 1973 album. To kill that momentum dead in it's tracks is a bummer. I can see why Ronnie would be depressed. He walked away from the Edgar Winter Group as they were going right to number one, and then fires Sammy as that album is going gold. You only get one of maybe two chances for a dance to the top of the bill.
The following includes a short silent (so far) 8mm movie of Montrose at the Schaefer Music Festival in NYC in 1975. Now there is one youtube link, from which you can get to all of my synced and unsynced 1970's rock music movies. (Be sure to click on "show more"). Thanks to Adam at genesismuseum.com for scanning the movies in HD, creating this youtube link, and adding all the links there to the movies! The hope is this will lead to more folks helping to sync sound to the movies that remain silent. ua-cam.com/video/m6BXIBSi1nQ/v-deo.html
"All I Need" one of my favorite songs, still. Bob is still alive. I guess he was one of those death hoax victims. Wonder what he is doing now? Love his voice! I did have the honor of seeing Ronnie one last time shortly before he passed. So sad to hear that he suffered from depression. Such a genius!
you should try to find a copy of Martin Popoff's book on Montrose, he interviewed Bob and the story of how he became lead singer is priceless, he literally just asked Ronnie out of the blue if he could sing for Montrose and Ronnie was like yeah ok sure. That easy. How many times does that happen in rock and roll? lol
I was front row at this tour in 1975 I was 15 , Montrose blew off stage the other 2 groups . I won't mention them but alot of people know who they are ; one of the singers has a scratchy voice & sings song with his name in the title
Incredible! Every Montrose show I saw was spectacular! The second time I saw him in late 70's, he replaced Lynyrd Skynyrd after RVZ rolled of the stage at a concert and broke his collar bone. I think it was Aerosmith, Montrose, Deep purple and Ted Nugent
Drove 6 hours to see him at remote casino ,in what turned out be one his last shows . Small venue , maybe 50 people lounge setting ….he was still great . Too me he was who Van Halen used as a foundation for their act. It was inevitable that Sammy would end up in Van Halen…
What about the first 2 Montrose shows at Winterland. They opened for 2 bands that made no impression like montrose. There was 2 cameras so there must be tapes somewhere. it was historic. They leveled the place both nights
My second show at Winterland was Jefferson Starship, 1975.05.16 , and before the first band (Sons of Champlin) came on, they played black and white video of Montrose, taped live at Winterland sometime previous. Where is that video, I wonder? I haven't checked setlist fm website but those Montrose shows might be there. Sometimes it just the headliner, date and venue, sometimes the other act(s) are noted, and sometimes even the actual setlist!
Actually their first show at Winterland was april 5th 75. And whoever opesed the show the blew them off the stage. I'm guessing you lived in the bay. Do you remember KSAN. The greatest radio station of all time. There will never be another
@@lindsaycrawford6540 Check out Wolfgang's Vault. They recorded most concerts promoted by Billy Graham, which I'm sure this show was. They have a live concert by Ronnie from November 30, 2011, just months prior to his passing. An article I read is Bill Graham recorded and kept them all, but don't know if they have them ALL available, but would be worth it to check it out..
Should note here that Journey was the support and UFO (Force it tour?) opened...so I guess you got a pretty good dose of guitar playing that nite...LOL.
I was at that concert and this one seems different, like they are wearing different clothes, and then I remembered that it was a two night show, so this must have been the other night that I was not at.
Funny to note that the keyboard player favors Tony Carey of Rainbow and if Ronnie was wearing black and donned a strat, he would favor Blackmore -- lol
+Danny Hood stfu you wannabe ... tired of seeing your ignorant drug fueled ramblings on every montrose video....if it is not drugd you are just too stupid for internet access.
+QrystalQlear - personally i hate, hated always, rock stars dressing up to jam out. never understood why ya need a gimmick if your music is good enough, but i can see where its useful in some applications. lol some bands NEED all the gimmick they can get. talent is whats real. but dressing up like women, aint gonna be happnin for my shows. we rock yer world anyway. dressed like humans
always thought that this Bob James sounded much like Mr. Big's Eric Martin - luv it! Anyway, of note is Alan Fitzgerald on bass -later became Night Ranger's keyboard player .....
I can't remember if it was Ronnie Montrose or Rick Derringer who said they wanted to be the best guitarist in the world - but found out it was a big world. Big world meant 1977.
For anyone looking for old concerts from the San Francisco Bay area, search Wolfgang's Vault in the youtube search bar or go to Wolfgang's Vault for concerts by most bands that played there around that time. Wolfgang's Hard Rock. Here's one not from the Vault Sausalito Record Plant 1973 - ua-cam.com/video/uVh8Y_8ANVc/v-deo.html
I was there, the first of many Montrose concerts at winterland. Still listen to all his old music and try to follow where Davey Pattirson plays cause he always sins a few Montrose songs. Good times!
I saw a few shows in Winterland back in the 70's. I am looking for a Montrose, Journey, UFO. I was right in front and a girl asked if she could set on my shoulders, she handed Sammy or Steve the cane she had, he danced around with it. I want to see it, nobody believes me... GOOD SHOW... :) :)
+Perry Bourgeois I was there. It was UFO, Journey, Montrose. That girl with the cane almost killed me with it when Aynsley Dunbar through his stick at her, which I caught and still have to this day.
Joe Lee: ~ What you see in this video was the "short set" that Montrose was playing, when they were on-tour during mid-to-late 1975 as the "opening act" for Black Oak Arkansas and Foghat. This was ALSO right after Sammy Hagar left the band; and I have the impression that the band Montrose was somehow "contractually forbidden" to play songs which Sammy had co-written with Ronnie Montrose. (If you are adequately familiar with the "Montrose" debut album -, the ONLY song from that album that is featured on this video is the 1940s-era song "Good Rockin' Tonight".) I personally was disappointed, though, that "Rock the Nation" (which was solely written by R. Montrose) and "Dancin' Feet" (which was the "single" released from their then-new album) were not included in this set.
The correct date of this show is either April 4th or 5th 1975 and marked the debut of keyboardist James Alcivar and new vocalist Robert James who replaced Sammy Hagar. This video represents about a third of their full set which featured one new song, 'Matriarch', which would end up as the lead track of the band's third album "Warner Bros. Presents... Montrose", released five months later in September 1975. The remainder of their set was comprised of material from the first two Hagar-era albums and various covers as heard here. There were no contractual issues preventing the band from performing Hagar-era material. Other bands on this bill included Man and Thee Image.
"Servicable" is ofcourse not enough...... this guy had some shoes to fill though. No surprise this went nowhere. His pompous '69 boufant hairstyle was old hat by '75 also. Seems he was itching to join "Angel" ........
@@tomslick2058 He sounds like it. Had pipes pushing into Steve Marriott territory. Can't believe these tards are making fun of his hair and comparing him to Sammy. Sam's version of Montrose excellent but they went nowhere also. People just love to rip on the underdog.
Saw this show,Journey blew them off the stage. Saw Sammy at the show, powder blue polyester suit. Hot chicken on his arm. SFPD hauled someone out of winterland,never saw that happen before
had the fortune of seventh row at the palladium , seen them a few times back then..they were up there with led zepplin...ronnie played better than page...page used to hit a lot of sour notes ,,ronnie always shines
Many guitarists are better than Page... but none can do what Page does. OH yes, Jimmy is sloppy live... and my favorite of all time. It's not technical ability that matters to me, it's emotion. AND him and Robert and JPJ and Bonham created songs that are the most diverse I've ever heard.
Saw this very band ( this lineup) in Redding, 1976...at the Cascade Theater. i was 16. Love me some Denny Carmassi. wow....... only wish they had better lighting, back then. jesus....Denny is literally, 'in the dark'. you can see the front of his kit...and can't even see the bloke, playing it?..... crap lighting, in the mid-seventies.
Actually, Montrose headlined. My only enduring memory of this show is Michael Schenker. Also, Sammy Hagar (and Dustcloud) opened for ZZ Top soon after...LOUDER than ZZ Top.
Bob James? Never heard of him. What happened to him after Montrose? He wasn't with Montrose that long was he? I think Sammy had a better "thicker" voice.
Bob’s son here… I generally try to stay out of comment sections, but happened to scroll through some here… shaking my head at you fools taking him down, and stoked to see the good memories of those who witnessed these shows and “got it”. Sammy is badass, no doubt. They were different vocalists… Ronnie wanted to keep the band going, but in hindsight him and Bob should probably have instantly started writing new tunes together instead of being a damn tribute act. Go listen to Rich Man, or Whaler.. then tell me he was unlistenable or just serviceable. Pops got an unbelievable opportunity to join this band after being a huge fan, and was just a kid at the time. I mean, you can’t ask for much cooler history. Guarantee he could sing figure 8’s in his sleep around y’all haters too. 😂
True Ronnie Fans don't limit ourselves to just two of Ronnie's 20 releases as a band leader. True Ronnie fans absolutely positively love the Bob James era GAMMA with
Davey Pattison and all the instrumental jazz rock fusion records, the acoustic instrumental tour de force, the video game soundtrack the music he made with Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Tony Williams ALL OF IT!!!
TODAY is exactly two years since Bob James died. REST IN PEACE BOB JAMES!!!
I agree with you - I saw them open for Kiss here in San Diego at the Sports arena - I love the Warner Bros LP! Love Whaler!!! and all the rest of the songs! Sammy was great too. @ great singers to me!
He did an awesome job on "Warner Bros. Presents" - Montrose's 2nd-best album.
I happen to like the earlier stuff with Sammy and yes he is badass, but the stuff with Bob James has some really great stuff too so anybody that knocks it just doesn't appreciate good music and some really good lyrics as well, Whaler is great but so is Matriarch - Dancin' Feet - O Lucky Man. c'mon that stuff is killer too, so any haters I got a one finger salute for you.🖕
Saw them in '76. I camped out for tickets. Walked 5 miles home after they decided to hand out numbers for the next day...we got dropped off and had no ride home in the middle of the night! Absolutely awesome show. 🙏
Montrose. Only one of him. No substitute. RIP dude. Wish you could’ve found the joy you shared with us all-you needed it.
Bob James AMAZING vocals on warner bros presents MONTROSE R.I.P Bob James & Ronnie Montrose 🎙🎸
I was a twenty-year-old at this concert and I still remember it 47 years later. I remember Montrose and UFO unfortunately I forgot about Journey
Yes alot of people out to forget about journey but remember UFO
I was at this concert, my first ever concert. Think about this lineup. UFO opened the
show, then Montrose came on, and Journey headlined. This was way before Journey
completely changed their sound with Steve Perry on vocals.
The only downside was, no Sammy on vocals with Ronnie.
My first concert! Just turned 15. Thank you for posting!
I was there too, no Sammy but UFO blew me away.
I saw this guy as the singer for Montrose in Wheeling WV at the Capital Theatre about 75 or so.He tried to be cool and strutted out to edge of the stage, stuck his leg out, and someone pulled him in to the crowd. Funny as hell!! Ronnie Montrose was great. Another strange thing about the show, Golden Earring was going to be the opener, they cancelled and were replaced by Bob Seger, before Live Bullits. Seger was awesome, little did we know how big he get to be. Anytime I hear the live Katmandu, I remember the sax player on top of the stack of loudspeakers. What an unexpected lifelong memory! I almost forgive him for allowing his song on that truck commercial.
I wish Ronnie was still around, making music like this and taking a band like Rival Sons out on tour as his opening act. Musical heaven!
Wow. A rival sons recommendation. Kudos to you good sir🤌🏼
On October 16th of 1975, I attended a concert at the (then named) Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama which was headlined by Black Oak Arkansas, along with Foghat (as the 2nd-billed band), and with the opening-act Montrose. UNFORTUNATELY, my arrival there was delayed, and I totally missed Montrose's set. I have LONG BEEN bummed-out that I wound-up missing them play, and (as it turned-out) I never got a chance to see them again. On the night that I am writing this "comment", it has been 40-years to-the-day since that evening -, and I had come here to UA-cam to VERY BELATEDLY get an idea of what I missed on that long-ago occasion. Thank you "Winterland Official" !
I saw that concert, and what you see here is the same set when they opened for BOA.
@charliebe28 - There are no coincidences in life ! -
MONTROSE - For me one of the best Rock acts ever. -
October 4th, 1976 I saw Ronnie with Black Oak Arkansas and Styx in Regina Sask Canada. Very few bands made it there and this concert was super special to me.....Still a teenager at the time.
@ron8947 Same here. Still think about how cool that lineup was.
I was there also saw Montrose in guntersville town hall
This was a great concert. I was there.
True Ronnie Fans don't limit ourselves to just two of Ronnie's 20 releases as a band leader. True Ronnie fans absolutely positively love the Bob James era GAMMA with
Davey Pattison and all the instrumental jazz rock fusion records, the acoustic instrumental tour de force, the video game soundtrack the music he made with Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Tony Williams ALL OF IT!!!
TODAY is exactly two years since Bob James died. REST IN PEACE BOB JAMES!!!
😳😳😳
My feelings to the family and friends of Robert "Bob" James, exceptional vocalist and person!
Montrose: Robert "Bob" James, singer who replaced Sammy Hagar in the band, dies
Robert "Bob" James, a former Montrose singer, apparently died of complications from a stomach ulcer.
The information was released by producer and composer Dino Maddalone via facebook, who says "shocked and saddened by the death of Bob James", who would be 68 or 69 years old.
Robert joined Montrose in the place of Sammy Hagar, who recorded the band's first two albums and left in 1975 to pursue a solo career, having subsequently joined Van Halen. Meanwhile Robert records two albums with Montrose, "Warner Bros. Presents ... Montrose!" from 1975 and "Jump On It" from 1976. After the end of Montrose, Robert went on active composing and playing with members of bands such as Cheap Trick, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot and Humble Pie.
Shocked and very sad my life long friend Bob James has died .. Bob replaced Sammy Hagar in the band MONTROSE. Incredible Rock singer ... RIP my friend
Thanks for the love!
Awesome!! Opening for Journey and UFO on this night. Bob James: Powerful voice! Denny Carmassi: The foot!! No stupid double pedal needed. Ronnie Montrose: The reason I play guitar.
Me too. Saw him open for old journey at Winterland. Was blown away!
I played Town Without Pity at a guitar player radio station event in San José. Unbeknownst to me, Ronny was sitting by the mic with Lamont and Tenelli.
He signed my Kramer guitar! Still have it.
Cloud nine!
cloud 9? maybe you meant space station 9
UFO and Journey? Damn! I saw Montrose 4x, all with Sammy H. I think starting in 76 or 77
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I think Sammy was solo in 77.
@@motorcitymanman7711 Well Nazareth had just released Razamanz which was in 73 and I saw them the first time after that, the last was in 75 or 76. thereabouts. I saw a lot of concerts back then and Montrose was at many of them, including the Star is Born concert at Tempe Stadium in 76 and with Deep Purple around the same time frame. A guy I knew who sold guitars in Phx was a good friend of Ronnie.
Ronnie Montrose - so underrated
He just rocks and such good blues/jazz licks...
My favorite guitar player of all time. Loved our 70’s rock... and I’m a jazz trumpet player
Ronnie Montrose is not underrated. Anyone who know anything about rock guitarists, holds him in high regard.
How did I make it to 55y/o and not get into Montrose when I loved Zep, Foghat, Canned Heat, Nugent, Bad Co, Taste, Piper, Yes......
Well now you can 😉enjoy these shows, right here right now!!
I saw a few shows in Winterland back in the 70's. I am looking for a Montrose, Journey, UFO. I was right in front and a girl asked if she could set on my shoulders, she handed Sammy or Steve the cane she had, he danced around with it. I want to see it, nobody believes me... GOOD SHOW... :)
i Remember , thats a true story brother , and ive got photo-graph memory ,- no BS, not kodak - but that was a Kodak moment,ya just did me a rewind / memory bank flash back film, a walking cane - not cocaine !
WOW
What an exciting performance!!
Always loved the 1970s album quartet and ALWAYS will!
Montrose rocks! Great band
Warner Brothers Presents, that was my favorite Montrose album. I am totally floored and am playing my strat along with this video even though I should be in bed, I have a bad cold.... In the spirit of Neil Young, I heard he wrote 3 classics in one day while he had the fever of 103 on his countryside farm...... I'm gonna rock til I die! Thanks for posting this!
Though James is not up to par with Hagaar, he does a gud job here... The band, especially Ronnie are tearin it up in frisco that night... I dig the vibe... Doesn't sound discoish or tired to me at all... Love Ronnie's tone on that Les....Adding a keyboard live was a cool dynamic too...Weird seein vids in black n white that I could have gone to as a teen .....getting oooooolldd....
MetalheadYA and the strat too....haha
Ronnie Montrose was one of the greatest guitar players on the planet! I saw them with Sammy Hagar doing vocals. I'm not real impressed with this guy on vocals! He doesn't have the chops that Sammy does! Montrose as a band was a fantastic Rock band! Extremely underrated!
I agree about the vocals. I saw Ronnie in Eugene Oregon 2012. So much fun to listen to.
Great memories
Amazing stuff! Ronnie really changed physically as the years went by. Still could play though!!! RIP Ronnie
Just watched the tribute concert for Ronnie : Sammy, Denny, and Billy, with Satriani
First song I learned? Rock the Nation.. Miked my first amp and ran it straight into an amp right next to the first. It had a bite and an edge.
I was gain staging before that term came to be...AND that first guitar had a wammy bar.. In 1973..First song I learned in 74, Finding My Way
Bob James sounding dam good on I got the Fire!
Come on Bill Graham presents where is the whole concert!
Where were Bob James, Jim Alcivar & Alan Fitzgerald at the Montrose memorial concert? Nothing was played from the two lps they released. No "Matriarch" "O Lucky Man" "Lets Go" "Jump On It" etc..
nice little concert from montrose. 4 good songs here. yes bob james is the singer here still good. live winterland san francisco 27th october 1975.
27th September, 1975
The correct date of this show is either April 4th or 5th 1975 and marked the debut of keyboardist James Alcivar and new vocalist Robert James who replaced Sammy Hagar. This video represents about a third of their full set which featured one new song, 'Matriarch', which would end up as the lead track of the band's third album "Warner Bros. Presents... Montrose", released five months later in September 1975. The remainder of their set was comprised of material from the first two Hagar-era albums and various covers as heard here. There were no contractual issues preventing the band from performing Hagar-era material. Other bands on this bill included Man and Thee Image.
Good knowledge. If anyone knows, it's probably this guy.
jonsilence i love the Man band. how were they received at this show?
I wasn't at the show so I don't know, but I was also a big fan of the Welsh 'Man' back in the day....'Daughter of the Fireplace'!
Only good album was the first one.
Ronnie was shown to be a fool when he fired Hagar. That would be about the same thing as Townshend firing Daltrey. Or Page firing Plant. In other words a BAND killer....and it was.
Look up Montrose live in Cleveland 1976 doing Black Train. The band is just smoking and Bob James' vocals are killer.
This guy is horrible. Sammy was the perfect singer for this band. Ronnie was a dumbass for firing him.
Saw this version of the band opening for Foghat and Black Oak Arkansas, that night they ruled!
Oh hell yeah!
the album I liked with THIS lineup was 'Jump on It' which also had a GREAT cover-
Very cool seeing this Bob James era video. Always loved Sammy and especially the first 2 Montrose albums,but also thought Bob James was a great fit following Sam's departure.
YES MAN GREAT idea BOB WAS a great FIT HE fit LIKE a glove i think sammy wouldn't of fit for some of THE iconic songs on wannerbros presence MONTROSE GREAT SHOW IN SACRAMENTO RONNIE NEVER PUT ON A BAD SHOW HE WAS A MAN ON FIRE what a COOL Dude he treated me like a brother i never had playing those shows was the best times in my MUSICAL endovrs ronnie your missd i wish you were hear to jam i took your advise i play guitar now too rip brother see yoj one day
Yes I was front row at this show in Tampa , They took the show from Foghat & Black Oak Arkansas
Agreed on Bob James (who died back in February). We went to see Montrose open for Nugent (before he turned into an asshole) and they stole the show. They played much of Jump On It which is such an underrated record.
Unlistenable because of the singer. First saw Montrose open for jo Jo Gunne and Black Oak Arkansas in Sept of 73 and they were AWESOME. this seems like they serously regressed after Sammy left, err got fired. Dumnest move Ronnie ever made,
@@jaysantos536 it was a lousy move Ronnie never liked vocalists but in the long run it sure did work out well for sammy.
Seen Montrose in Flint Michigan, don't remember the year but definitely in the 70's. He rocked the building into submission for sure
I could be wrong but that looks like Tony Carey (Rainbow, Planet P, solo) on keyboards.
It is .
Pretty sure it was Jim Alcivar on keys.
I was there....this was a great Concert....
Man ! There were No better KILLER Rock-n-Roll hairdos for both men and women during the 60-80's... Especially "The Shag" ! Wonder why they called it that 😎
First off rest in peace Ronnie Montrose him and Sammy kicked ass
Montrose's chances at becoming a heading act went right out the window what Hagar was fired. Bob James was the wrong choice for replacement, even if the next couple of albums were ok. "Jump On It" even has some interesting material and good production. But they were building on that first 1973 album. To kill that momentum dead in it's tracks is a bummer. I can see why Ronnie would be depressed. He walked away from the Edgar Winter Group as they were going right to number one, and then fires Sammy as that album is going gold. You only get one of maybe two chances for a dance to the top of the bill.
1st winterland Montrose show (w hagar) opened for moot the hoople and joe walsh. People were still yelling montrose! after the show.
Ronnie is badass in this performance!!!! He hit this one out of the Ball Park!!!! Rock N Roll!!!! At its finest!!!!😊😊😊❤❤❤
How about this?? 1976...Montrose, James Gang and Robin Trower at the Spectrum in Philly. Awesome show
Ah, the WB Presents era. I was probably at this show but....should have kept the stubs. Thank you for posting..
Wish i still had my stub also, that was strange , yet Bill was in control of the Show
The following includes a short silent (so far) 8mm movie of Montrose at the Schaefer Music Festival in NYC in 1975. Now there is one youtube link, from which you can get to all of my synced and unsynced 1970's rock music movies. (Be sure to click on "show more"). Thanks to Adam at genesismuseum.com for scanning the movies in HD, creating this youtube link, and adding all the links there to the movies! The hope is this will lead to more folks helping to sync sound to the movies that remain silent. ua-cam.com/video/m6BXIBSi1nQ/v-deo.html
I saw Montrose in ‘74 when they opened for YES!!! Awesome concert all around.
Made 34 seconds, that was enough for me. I saw the real deal in 1975. No comparison.
Seen sammy open up for boston august 77 and ronnie 78 in pittsburgh open fire tour two great shows
"All I Need" one of my favorite songs, still. Bob is still alive. I guess he was one of those death hoax victims. Wonder what he is doing now? Love his voice! I did have the honor of seeing Ronnie one last time shortly before he passed. So sad to hear that he suffered from depression. Such a genius!
you should try to find a copy of Martin Popoff's book on Montrose, he interviewed Bob and the story of how he became lead singer is priceless, he literally just asked Ronnie out of the blue if he could sing for Montrose and Ronnie was like yeah ok sure. That easy. How many times does that happen in rock and roll? lol
With all due respect, I think Ronnie should've said "no thanks, think I'm gonna get a headstart on that instrumental album i'm thinking about"
THANK YOU , REALL HOT TRACK OF THE old MONTROSE, nd , RONNIE , start real up on THIS funkie sound , BY - KISS
LOVE THIS !!! Thank you
I was front row at this tour in 1975 I was 15 , Montrose blew off stage the other 2 groups . I won't mention them but alot of people know who they are ; one of the singers has a scratchy voice & sings song with his name in the title
DENNY CARMASSI IS A TOTAL BADASS
Saw Sammy with Montrose early 1975 in Sacramento.
Incredible! Every Montrose show I saw was spectacular! The second time I saw him in late 70's, he replaced Lynyrd Skynyrd after RVZ rolled of the stage at a concert and broke his collar bone. I think it was Aerosmith, Montrose, Deep purple and Ted Nugent
I highly doubt Deep Purple was part of that concert. Nugent, Aerosmith and Montrose all played at Texxas Jam 1978.
this my 1st rock concert at winterland it was Automatic man /mothers finest then montrose
Denny Carmassi...and Brian Downey - 2 of the best ever.
they both are in the bonham style, rock solid. carmassi had the best foot in rock and roll post bonham, just an anchor on the kick drum.
Ian pace cozy Powell peart
Drove 6 hours to see him at remote casino ,in what turned out be one his last shows . Small venue , maybe 50 people lounge setting ….he was still great . Too me he was who Van Halen used as a foundation for their act. It was inevitable that Sammy would end up in Van Halen…
Unfknreal❤
Great 😃👍
Gamma 2 and open fire were his best!
What about the first 2 Montrose shows at Winterland. They opened for 2 bands that made no impression like montrose. There was 2 cameras so there must be tapes somewhere. it was historic. They leveled the place both nights
My second show at Winterland was Jefferson Starship, 1975.05.16 , and before the first band (Sons of Champlin) came on, they played black and white video of Montrose, taped live at Winterland sometime previous. Where is that video, I wonder? I haven't checked setlist fm website but those Montrose shows might be there. Sometimes it just the headliner, date and venue, sometimes the other act(s) are noted, and sometimes even the actual setlist!
Actually their first show at Winterland was april 5th 75. And whoever opesed the show the blew them off the stage. I'm guessing you lived in the bay. Do you remember KSAN. The greatest radio station of all time. There will never be another
@@lindsaycrawford6540 Check out Wolfgang's Vault. They recorded most concerts promoted by Billy Graham, which I'm sure this show was. They have a live concert by Ronnie from November 30, 2011, just months prior to his passing. An article I read is Bill Graham recorded and kept them all, but don't know if they have them ALL available, but would be worth it to check it out..
Awesome
Should note here that Journey was the support and UFO (Force it tour?) opened...so I guess you got a pretty good dose of guitar playing that nite...LOL.
+Tom McCarthy ya think ?
I was there, Legendary concert! UFO 1st show in the USA
I was at that concert and this one seems different, like they are wearing different clothes, and then I remembered that it was a two night show, so this must have been the other night that I was not at.
@@cuninglinguist Just a little bit I'd say...lol.
Not UFO's first show in the US.
I was there what ever you had you passed it
Like many here, I was at this concert. Could have sworn Montrose was the headliner.
saw Montrose from the 3rd row at the Los Angeles forum 1975...opened for aerosmith awesome show but wished I'd seen Ronnie with Sammy.
Damn great...
Funny to note that the keyboard player favors Tony Carey of Rainbow and if Ronnie was wearing black and donned a strat, he would favor Blackmore -- lol
Love all of his music, Sammy was his best singer!!
Sammy, Sammy, Sammy was the missing link to the greatness of this band
This is pre Sammy I assume
@@jamesjoslin7586 post Sammy
From when rockstars understood that they needed to LOOK like rockstars!
+Danny Hood stfu you wannabe ... tired of seeing your ignorant drug fueled ramblings on every montrose video....if it is not drugd you are just too stupid for internet access.
+QrystalQlear - personally i hate, hated always, rock stars dressing up to jam out. never understood why ya need a gimmick if your music is good enough, but i can see where its useful in some applications. lol some bands NEED all the gimmick they can get. talent is whats real. but dressing up like women, aint gonna be happnin for my shows. we rock yer world anyway. dressed like humans
OH YEAH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
always thought that this Bob James sounded much like Mr. Big's Eric Martin - luv it! Anyway, of note is Alan Fitzgerald on bass -later became Night Ranger's keyboard player .....
+Larry Tucker do you remember Eric Martin in 415 ?
I dislike Janis joplin and I dislike this bob james cat.
He dug Eric actually. I can totally hear that!
@@jasondotson he woulda said, who the f are you? 😂
I can't remember if it was Ronnie Montrose or Rick Derringer who said they wanted to be the best guitarist in the world - but found out it was a big world. Big world meant 1977.
For anyone looking for old concerts from the San Francisco Bay area, search Wolfgang's Vault in the youtube search bar or go to Wolfgang's Vault for concerts by most bands that played there around that time. Wolfgang's Hard Rock. Here's one not from the Vault Sausalito Record Plant 1973 - ua-cam.com/video/uVh8Y_8ANVc/v-deo.html
I was there, the first of many Montrose concerts at winterland. Still listen to all his old music and try to follow where Davey Pattirson plays cause he always sins a few Montrose songs. Good times!
Bob James, very menacing in that shirt!
I was there. I think Thin Lizzy was on the bill too.
this.....was a good ass album. my old ass dug it then and now. presents is tight as hell.
my first concert wo wow
Only montrose with sammy on vocals.
I would hardly call 17 + minutes a full concert
Hair splitter
Always loved Bob James. The 'Jump on it' album from Montrose was actually my favorite over any of the Hagar albums.
hahaha
@@jaysantos536 where’s the joke here Jay?
Thought it was very disappointing.
I saw a few shows in Winterland back in the 70's. I am looking for a Montrose, Journey, UFO. I was right in front and a girl asked if she could set on my shoulders, she handed Sammy or Steve the cane she had, he danced around with it. I want to see it, nobody believes me... GOOD SHOW... :) :)
+Perry Bourgeois I was there. It was UFO, Journey, Montrose. That girl with the cane almost killed me with it when Aynsley Dunbar through his stick at her, which I caught and still have to this day.
Money!In and out deliver bang.
Bell bottoms ,feel like a kid when I watch this
since when is 17:40 a full concert ?
Joe Lee: ~ What you see in this video was the "short set" that Montrose was playing, when they were on-tour during mid-to-late 1975 as the "opening act" for Black Oak Arkansas and Foghat. This was ALSO right after Sammy Hagar left the band; and I have the impression that the band Montrose was somehow "contractually forbidden" to play songs which Sammy had co-written with Ronnie Montrose. (If you are adequately familiar with the "Montrose" debut album -, the ONLY song from that album that is featured on this video is the 1940s-era song "Good Rockin' Tonight".) I personally was disappointed, though, that "Rock the Nation" (which was solely written by R. Montrose) and "Dancin' Feet" (which was the "single" released from their then-new album) were not included in this set.
The correct date of this show is either April 4th or 5th 1975 and marked the debut of keyboardist James Alcivar and new vocalist Robert James who replaced Sammy Hagar. This video represents about a third of their full set which featured one new song, 'Matriarch', which would end up as the lead track of the band's third album "Warner Bros. Presents... Montrose", released five months later in September 1975. The remainder of their set was comprised of material from the first two Hagar-era albums and various covers as heard here. There were no contractual issues preventing the band from performing Hagar-era material. Other bands on this bill included Man and Thee Image.
That music had a magical chemistry that I haven't found since.
True that, not a full concert.
Not to mention starting half way thru a song
Denny Carmassi 🙌🙌🙌
This guy is a serviceable singer but doesn't match up to the power and passion of Sammy Hagar.
Saw Bob James in a small club
Guy was the real deal
"Servicable" is ofcourse not enough...... this guy had some shoes to fill though. No surprise this went nowhere. His pompous '69 boufant hairstyle was old hat by '75 also. Seems he was itching to join "Angel" ........
Did you service him? 🤣
@@tomslick2058 He sounds like it. Had pipes pushing into Steve Marriott territory. Can't believe these tards are making fun of his hair and comparing him to Sammy. Sam's version of Montrose excellent but they went nowhere also. People just love to rip on the underdog.
@@PAULLONDEN
Was Angel even a band in '75?
This dude seriously sounds like the singer for LA Guns.
Saw this show,Journey blew them off the stage. Saw Sammy at the show, powder blue polyester suit. Hot chicken on his arm. SFPD hauled someone out of winterland,never saw that happen before
This guy sucked
12:20: Look at those wide bell bottoms on Ronnie. Yep...that was the tend/style back in the '70s. ;-)
The Warners Bros Presents tour! There!
had the fortune of seventh row at the palladium , seen them a few times back then..they were up there with led zepplin...ronnie played better than page...page used to hit a lot of sour notes ,,ronnie always shines
Many guitarists are better than Page... but none can do what Page does.
OH yes, Jimmy is sloppy live... and my favorite of all time.
It's not technical ability that matters to me, it's emotion. AND him and Robert and JPJ and Bonham created songs that are the most diverse I've ever heard.
Saw this very band ( this lineup) in Redding, 1976...at the Cascade Theater. i was 16. Love me some Denny Carmassi. wow....... only wish they had better lighting, back then. jesus....Denny is literally, 'in the dark'. you can see the front of his kit...and can't even see the bloke, playing it?..... crap lighting, in the mid-seventies.
Actually, Montrose headlined. My only enduring memory of this show is Michael Schenker. Also, Sammy Hagar (and Dustcloud) opened for ZZ Top soon after...LOUDER than ZZ Top.
No one mentioned Alan Fitzgerald of “Sister Christian” fame.....
Search wolfgang's vault concerts
Bob James?
Never heard of him.
What happened to him after Montrose?
He wasn't with Montrose that long was he?
I think Sammy had a better "thicker" voice.
How can you not remember Journey? Aynsley Dunbar ! Sorry, but Journey back then was a powerhouse…..