Just amazing. Always felt that GP & The Rumour were every bit as brilliant as Springsteen & E Street Band or Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes. Parker is such a genius songwriter, fabulous singer, and that band was so damn rockin'!
I saw the first 2 uk shows by Southside J & Ashbury Jukes when they supported GP & R in London and Canterbury back in late 70’s Absolutely stunning shows
First time i saw Graham Parker & The Rumour they were supporting Ace, saw then quite a few times after that (mainly 'cos i was sure GP was Bob Dylan "incognito"!! Lol!) - one of the best nights ever was seeing them at Oxford with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes! What a night!! Thanks for posting!
What an amazing band. They are all fantastic players and the twin guitars of Schwartz and Belmont is one of the best ever. I know they care nothing about the R&R Hall of Fame, but when you see some of the groups in there, it's criminal they're not.
Agree 💯 about Brinsley and Martin! Former played tight and tasty, and the latter had a wilder and more emotional style. Perfect balance! Also love the interplay between Brinsley and Bob Andrews’ on the keys.
If you are GP and the Rumor fan, you NEED to see the movie "This is 40". He played himself and it was AWESOME!!!! It was no short cameo....Hilarious sub plot and he was great!
You too? That was a magical time for breaking the flood of new music beyond what the commercial stations would play in a medium market. Such cool memories, and so many media passes to shows.
Saw them play one afternoon in my small college (University of Louisville) auditorium/lecture hall in 1977? Couldn't have been 100 students there that day. He and the band just rocked that place! What a show....what a fabulous band!
loved parker-he was really great fun- i was at cardiff uni in 79 and saw him loads of times-the best artiste of that time-christ almighty i musta been about 21 in 79-long way back! parker mate-you were awesome
Graham Parker and The Rumour were about for a short time and if you'd seen them live, as seen like this video they wer spot on as a group and singer. Bruce Springsteen and other singers at the time were impressed fans of Parker. He has arrived again
Saw the boys at Bfd St.Georges hall in '77 supported by Glenn Phillips.Was only 15 and didn't know much but knew a great band when i heard one.... thanx GP.
I too have this DVD, it has some 13 tracks. There was a majority of tracks from this DVD that wern't included, like lady doctor (my personal favorite GP song). I have the audio for the entire show though. UW2
I was in a record w/ Graham when he heard the UP ESCALATOR for the first time in a public place. He was really excited & said to us, "sounds f***'n great."
BBC TV Sight and Sound caught this frickin genius at his best. Should have been so much bigger imo than Bruce Springsteen or most artists who found a big audience. Costello turned crooner, Jackson was probably always a crooner. Parker is the only one who can still write new wave or whatever you want to call it. Pick up his best of "1988-91 best of" for later gems. You think it's easy to stay pertinent for more than 10 years ? Neil Young did it (but after 1996 he's not), Dylan did it and Graham is doing it, I guess? If anyone mentions Bruce Springsteen his last good song was around 2000 ( Lonesome Day) and most of his cds are good for 2 or 3 songs. Billy Joel should have been a crooners on Broadway or the Catskills. Nobody cares but Parker has 26 good-great songs, Neil Young has 34, Costello has 22 (but he's rust that never sleeps), Curtis Mayfield has 15 (all with the early Impressions), Marshall Crenshaw - 12, The Replacements have 20, Paul Westberg of the Replacements has 7), The Move have 8, Mary Wells has 9 but she had Smokey writing his best stuff for her). No artists of this century have 5. I guess the Beatles have the most but these other artists hit me more emotionally and personally. Oh and the Eagles have 3 songs i like. I didn't want to get nasty but Chris Martin of Coldplay has a couple good songs but the rest are really annoying. Saw Coldplay on a tv special and it was sickening. Saw Jeff Tweedy of Wilco Fame (14 good songs) on a similar tv format and he was very impressive.
'Lady Doctor' was played right before this track , but was unreleased. I have this whole concert (incl. lady doctor)on audio and all the video that has been released too. A great show!!
STICK TO ME is still one of my favorite albums.....and impossible to find, beg, steal, borrow, buy....it's easily as important an album as "This Year's Model" by Elvis or "Pure Pop For Now People" by Nick. I agree with you all, it makes no sense this music didn't catch on in the US - I mean, J. Geils was trying to do the same thing in the 70's and people bought it, why not buy it from someone 100 times better??
Closer to Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes here really. But they're all pulling from similar sources -- 60s soul for starters. And oh yeah Graham Parker and the Rumour were effin amazing.
Anyone wanting to read a right slagging off of the "Heat Treatment" album ("it's rubbish and apart from 2 or 3 songs, most are clunkers") should read the sleeve notes of the re-issue CD - written by Parker! I still think it's a great album but it can sometimes be difficult being a Graham Parker fan!
The British E Street Band, the Rumour....
Just amazing. Always felt that GP & The Rumour were every bit as brilliant as Springsteen & E Street Band or Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes. Parker is such a genius songwriter, fabulous singer, and that band was so damn rockin'!
couldn't agree more
I saw the first 2
uk shows by Southside J & Ashbury Jukes when they supported GP & R in London and Canterbury back in late 70’s
Absolutely stunning shows
First time i saw Graham Parker & The Rumour they were supporting Ace, saw then quite a few times after that (mainly 'cos i was sure GP was Bob Dylan "incognito"!! Lol!) - one of the best nights ever was seeing them at Oxford with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes! What a night!!
Thanks for posting!
Saw him in 1975 , great first 3 albums, classic songs and brilliant live.
My favorite band ever and a great, smokin' band to see live in the late 70's. Looking forward to seeing them again this Sunday, Apr. 14, 2013 in NYC.
What an amazing band. They are all fantastic players and the twin guitars of Schwartz and Belmont is one of the best ever. I know they care nothing about the R&R Hall of Fame, but when you see some of the groups in there, it's criminal they're not.
Agree 💯 about Brinsley and Martin! Former played tight and tasty, and the latter had a wilder and more emotional style. Perfect balance!
Also love the interplay between Brinsley and Bob Andrews’ on the keys.
If you are GP and the Rumor fan, you NEED to see the movie "This is 40". He played himself and it was AWESOME!!!! It was no short cameo....Hilarious sub plot and he was great!
A favorite from my college radio daze!
You too? That was a magical time for breaking the flood of new music beyond what the commercial stations would play in a medium market. Such cool memories, and so many media passes to shows.
Saw them play one afternoon in my small college (University of Louisville) auditorium/lecture hall in 1977? Couldn't have been 100 students there that day. He and the band just rocked that place! What a show....what a fabulous band!
'77. Wow. Thanks for posting this.
They were a serious showband.
I love the love our UK post-punk scene had for the Motown sound - cf. The Jam's cover of 'Heatwave' on their Setting Sons.
loved parker-he was really great fun- i was at cardiff uni in 79 and saw him loads of times-the best artiste of that time-christ almighty i musta been about 21 in 79-long way back!
parker mate-you were awesome
Graham Parker and The Rumour were about for a short time and if you'd seen them live, as seen like this video they wer spot on as a group and singer.
Bruce Springsteen and other singers at the time were impressed fans of Parker. He has arrived again
Saw Parker a few times in LA, once at the Greek when John Hiatt opened up for him. Great freaking show!
Saw the boys at Bfd St.Georges hall in '77 supported by Glenn Phillips.Was only 15 and didn't know much but knew a great band when i heard one....
thanx GP.
Great song, great band. Thx for posting.
My favourite band ever!
wow the memories... I used to follow hs shows round the country. Great live band thnaks for the clip.
Been a fan since I was 13 in 1978. Perplexed as to why he is not much better known
I too have this DVD, it has some 13 tracks.
There was a majority of tracks from this DVD that wern't included, like lady doctor (my personal favorite GP song).
I have the audio for the entire show though.
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I was in a record w/ Graham when he heard the UP ESCALATOR for the first time in a public place. He was really excited & said to us, "sounds f***'n great."
Freakin' Fantastic.
BBC TV Sight and Sound caught this frickin genius at his best. Should have been so much bigger imo than Bruce Springsteen or most artists who found a big audience. Costello turned crooner, Jackson was probably always a crooner. Parker is the only one who can still write new wave or whatever you want to call it. Pick up his best of "1988-91 best of" for later gems. You think it's easy to stay pertinent for more than 10 years ? Neil Young did it (but after 1996 he's not), Dylan did it and Graham is doing it, I guess?
If anyone mentions Bruce Springsteen his last good song was around 2000 ( Lonesome Day) and most of his cds are good for 2 or 3 songs. Billy Joel should have been a crooners on Broadway or the Catskills. Nobody cares but Parker has 26 good-great songs, Neil Young has 34, Costello has 22 (but he's rust that never sleeps), Curtis Mayfield has 15 (all with the early Impressions), Marshall Crenshaw - 12, The Replacements have 20, Paul Westberg of the Replacements has 7), The Move have 8, Mary Wells has 9 but she had Smokey writing his best stuff for her). No artists of this century have 5. I guess the Beatles have the most but these other artists hit me more emotionally and personally. Oh and the Eagles have 3 songs i like. I didn't want to get nasty but Chris Martin of Coldplay has a couple good songs but the rest are really annoying. Saw Coldplay on a tv special and it was sickening. Saw Jeff Tweedy of Wilco Fame (14 good songs) on a similar tv format and he was very impressive.
Still love him!!!
God, this is awesome! I wonder if the original footage still exists. They need to put out a DVD...
'Lady Doctor' was played right before this track , but was unreleased. I have this whole concert (incl. lady doctor)on audio and all the video that has been released too. A great show!!
UW2
Great stuff!
Hell yeah! Great show tonight.
GPR and Dr Feelgood the 2 best bands of the 70s
"When you come, you know I'll follow..."that's the best line and means so many things...
immense!!
round and round xx love GPxx
Iva is on it. Freakin' Fantastic.
Hell of a suit on Bodnar.
Can't get enough "mighty Rivers"
CLASS
STICK TO ME is still one of my favorite albums.....and impossible to find, beg, steal, borrow, buy....it's easily as important an album as "This Year's Model" by Elvis or "Pure Pop For Now People" by Nick. I agree with you all, it makes no sense this music didn't catch on in the US - I mean, J. Geils was trying to do the same thing in the 70's and people bought it, why not buy it from someone 100 times better??
@dm3830 it must be at LEAST based on the jag. but the pick guard and electronics (etc) are more elaborate than even the jaguar. hm.
I saw him back in the 70's at the Reading festival and bought an album, I wonder what he's doing now and what happened to that album.
It's called having eclectic taste, which can only be a good thing!
Bruce wants his sound back, Graham.
insipid comment tullster
Closer to Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes here really. But they're all pulling from similar sources -- 60s soul for starters. And oh yeah Graham Parker and the Rumour were effin amazing.
Fucking tight, mate. GP rocks.
The guitar is a Fender Jaguar, you can tell the difference from a Jazzmaster by the thin single pole pickups,
Timeless soulrock as fab now as then. That was GPs fate - one year too early for punk and ten years too late for Tamla Motown. But as great!
well it seems that "Squeezing Out Sparks" is in heinsight or something like that
why isnt the song Graham Parker - The Heat In Harlem on here?
Anyone wanting to read a right slagging off of the "Heat Treatment" album ("it's rubbish and apart from 2 or 3 songs, most are clunkers") should read the sleeve notes of the re-issue CD - written by Parker!
I still think it's a great album but it can sometimes be difficult being a Graham Parker fan!
FAB U LOUS
what kind of guitar is the lead guitarist playing? Must KNOW!
@95jokerman I have a vivid and highly developed imagination.
im wasting away xx
@rmacdad
I have the whole dvd- Private message me and I can send it to you.
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