Ep 38 - The Midnight Special Episode | October 19, 1973
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Күн бұрынHosted by War with special guest appearance by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Climax Blues Band, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, and Danny O'Keefe.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:03 War - Cisco Kid
00:07:01 New York Dolls - Trash
00:10:43 Mott the Hoople - All the Way from Memphis
00:15:42 Danny O'Keefe - Good Time's Charlie's Got the Blues
00:19:26 Climax Blues Band - Shake Your Love
00:23:20 War - Me and Baby Brother
00:30:28 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Hold Back the Water
00:33:55 Mott the Hoople - Rose
00:37:58 War - The World Is a Ghetto
00:47:28 Climax Blues Band - Constant
00:50:45 Danny O'Keefe - Angel Spread Your Wings
00:54:21 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Gimme Your Money Please
00:58:55 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
01:03:10 Piper - Bungle Rye
01:06:36 War - City Country City
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@TeslaTales59 6 ай бұрын
WAR - so good. Great band and performance.
@maxthepupp 6 ай бұрын
MOTT 4 EVA!! 🤘😎🤘 Ian Hunter JUST released a new album last year! He's going be...84? Still writing excellent songs! Recommend! Thank you Burt! Rock on y'all
@ianman15 6 ай бұрын
Most people forget that War had the number one album of 1973. Quite an accomplishment back then.
@leestamm3187 6 ай бұрын
A great album. Most people alive today weren't around in 1973. Old geezers like me remember it well, particularly since I had that LP at the time.
@johnwelsh2769 6 ай бұрын
There was a lot of competition in the early 70's. Amazing groups.
@rockinrich90 6 ай бұрын
They really played the sounds that people loved ! Such a great group 😂 Their concerts were like a gathering of good friends !
@gregggoss2210 6 ай бұрын
Never listened to War until I saw the movie "Up In Smoke ". They are great. After watching this, I don't think people were quite ready for the New York Dolls. Mott The Hoople were awesome as usual.
@Skinnyorangemusic 6 ай бұрын
That's the same year as DSOTM best selling album of all time
@kemaniiwu8523 6 ай бұрын
The way I’ve prayed for footage of War in their prime doing The World is a Ghetto LIVE?! My prayers have been ANSWERED 🥹🙌🏾 That’s my favorite song by them
@sixstrings1063 6 ай бұрын
Yes amazing to see it live!
@acarterjazz 6 ай бұрын
I’ve been searching for a few years of footage of the original band performing this as well. Happy “we’ve” found it!! Wonder if Papa Dee was sick since he wasn’t there?
@dakotafarm1 6 ай бұрын
I recorded the two songs by Mott the Hoople and the N.Y. Dolls off the TV broadcast on 10-19-73 to my reel-to-reel recorder, and have listened to them for years. Great to be able to see the actual performances again. This was taped more than a month earlier on 9-11-73 and I believe was the first concert appearance by new guitarist "Ariel Bender", after Mick Ralphs left just three weeks earlier. I was at their last concert with Ralphs in D.C. on August 19, 1973. What impressed me about watching this now is Bender's strong performance, and I also noticed Buffin's drumming and appreciated it more than I did long ago. And it was great to see Buffin smiling and doing backup vocals. R.I.P. Buffin/Dale Griffin and Overend/Pete Watts.
@woodlanddrive8998 6 ай бұрын
That's wonderful that you got to see Mick Ralphs-era Mott The Hoople! Envious!! I caught Mott the following spring of '74 at Pittsburgh's Syria Mosque. And, yes, Ariel Bender killed it live! (Also traveled to London for their '09 reunion show at the Hammersmith Apollo (formerly Odeon,) and saw "Mott The Hoople '74's" tour in Chicago pre-covid.) When you saw Mott with Mick Ralphs in '73, was Mick still "bringing it," or did it appear he'd "checked out?"
@joannasunday 6 ай бұрын
World is a Ghetto was a gddam masterpiece! I was a 13 year old girl and i totally got it. Greatest song ever. Thank you War and Midnight special!
@fishyfan55 4 ай бұрын
It is absolutely the best album ever recorded. I was only 7 when it came out and I didn’t hear it until my early 20’s.
@bigmike4962 6 ай бұрын
World Is A Ghetto is one of the most underrated albums ever and it went to #1 !!
@richardalexander4300 6 ай бұрын
Their live LP with "Get Down" is excellent !! It's a 2 album set !!!
@woodlanddrive8998 6 ай бұрын
THE BEST EPISODE OF "MIDNIGHT SPECIAL" EVER?? HIGHLY LIKELY!!!!! What a line-up for this fall '73 show: Mott The Hoople, introducing themselves to America on TV (after touring here for years!) with "All The Way From Memphis" and "Rose." What a treat to hear & watch Mott play LIVE, as their UK TV appearances were mimed & lip-synched because of union rules: The New York Dolls, seizing their opportunity on national television and pulling out all the stops performing "Trash" and "Personality Crisis" (love the small contingent of Dolls fans at the stage's edge, with one fan mouthing the lyrics!); pre-hits Bachman Turner Overdrive, just workin' it; a revelatory performance from Climax Blues Band, showing they used to be a chugging rock band before morphing into MOR later in the 70's; because it's the early 70's, this week's singer/songwriter/guitarist is Danny O'Keefe, and he's wonderful; even the head-scratching appearance by Scotland's Piper brings a smile of appreciation for the variety Burt & The Midnight Special were providing (note: this is NOT the same Piper band fronted a few years later by Billy Squire); and, all of this splendor bookended by War, coming into their own as a major force in funk & soul. Watch War inspire the audience to get off their butts and dance! THANK YOU, BURT SUGARMAN!
@JQ127-c4e 6 ай бұрын
Dolls and Mott The Hoople!! Two huge inspriations for punk rock. Awesome!
@peghead 5 ай бұрын
Glam-Punk
@004752 5 ай бұрын
two of the boys.....just two of the boys
@johndelconte9915 5 ай бұрын
I saw Mott the Hoople 4 times through the 70s. The first time I saw them I was in awe. I thought they were great. Every concert after that just kept getting worse and worse(imo). Then they vanished. There were personality problems and all the other things that seem to take a lot of good bands down. They were still a very influential part of my music life in the 70s.
@moorlock2003 6 ай бұрын
Climax Blues Band would eventually have a worldwide hit with “Couldn’t Get It Right” in 1976.
@JohnHancotte 6 ай бұрын
Yes, as well as another big hit unlike any of their other songs: I Love You, written and sung by guitarist and later bassist Derek Holt (1981).
@kw2699 6 ай бұрын
They really rocked it here
@kbmemphistennis127 6 ай бұрын
Danny O'Keefe singing pitch perfect version of his great hit song Good Time Charlie.
@brunosarria3558 6 ай бұрын
B.T.O. Hold back the water. Amazing song.
@shawnm128 6 ай бұрын
this is the first time seeing this footage of Mott the Hoople, Amazingly great
@carlodave9 6 ай бұрын
Even though Bowie generously saved their career, you really see here how much he was influenced by them. Bowie was very Hoople-esque!
@jonathanjordan315 6 ай бұрын
Yes. The performance of Rose is incredible.
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
@@carlodave9He sure did! I love Bowie too, thank you for mentioning him! 🤩
@tomhart6962 6 ай бұрын
Who was the other keyboard besides Morgan Fisher?
@woodlanddrive8998 6 ай бұрын
That's Blue Weaver - not an "official" member of Mott The Hoople, but toured with them at that time. (Weaver would later join The Bee Gees band and work with them for many years.)@@tomhart6962
@MrMojolinux 6 ай бұрын
I wish this whole Midnight Special was all WAR! This group is so friggin GREAT!
@ronniefarnsworth6465 6 ай бұрын
Just a great Classic Rock show that we "All" watched every week growing up !!!! 🎶 God I miss those old days of youth, friends and good health !!!! ✌😌
@maximusindicusoblivious180 6 ай бұрын
Yup, and no dispensary weed.
@ronniefarnsworth6465 6 ай бұрын
@@maximusindicusoblivious180 😁 😄
@oneWASPfan 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting. Really enjoyed seeing Mott The Hoople.
@canogasnow 6 ай бұрын
Ian Hunter, and Mott The Hoople... Cool!
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
Yep! Loved when guitarist Mick Ronson played with them too.
@JQ127-c4e 3 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz I saw the Hunter/Ronson Band with Journey and Kiss opening. Hunter and Ronno were amazing. I thought Journey Kiss sucked. Still do. This was about 1976 or '77. Orpheum in Boston.
@KittyGrizGriz 3 ай бұрын
@@JQ127-c4e Wow! You were so very lucky and I’m very very jelly, I’ve had the maddest lady crush on Ronno, since 1st discovering his musical greatness & looks on YT vids, a few years back. Never cared for Kiss band but did see Journey about the same year as you, in Tulsa, OK 🇺🇸. Neal Schon & Gregg Rolie were my favorite band members, especially after seeing Gregg w/Santana, Gary Wright supporting Frampton Comes Alive in ‘76. What a great year for music!
@JQ127-c4e 3 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz Nice. Saw Frampton open for The Faces when he recorded various shows on that tour for Frampton Comes Alive. Contrary to popular belief he was the opening act when that album was recorded. He was good but honestly The Faces blew him off the stage. Simply amazing.
@KittyGrizGriz 3 ай бұрын
@@JQ127-c4e Oooo, you saw the Faces, too?! Omg I love them “Stay With Me”, “I Know I’m Losing You”, “Ooh La La” I wish they’d never broken up, didn’t know Peter was supposed to be the opening band, that’s so wild to think about now. Rod and Ronnie Wood looked so good with the “rooster” haircuts. Wish I’d seen them too! 🥳
@ABdancers 6 ай бұрын
Wonderful BTO footage. This is definitely early Bachman-Turner Overdrive with Tim Bachman in the group. The very talented second lead guitarist Blair Thornton was still a few months away from joining. Randy and Blair created such a fantastic guitar sound together.
@user-qq4ev6il2r 6 ай бұрын
Blair played the lead melody lines on "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet". Also great to see Mott doing "Rose" here, one of Ian Hunter's greatest songs
@rickcole6990 6 ай бұрын
Their 1st Album I think will Always be their finest in, my book!.
@paulj0557tonehead 6 ай бұрын
I turned 8yo Oct 13, 1973. How could a little kid from Hilliard, Ohio be so hip to the groove? THE MUSIC! THIS SHOW IS TIMELESS!!
@carlodave9 6 ай бұрын
Same here. Recently divorced & neglectful parents in 73 had something to do with it for me. Even at 8-9, I lived for this late-nite stuff.
@Skylarking00 6 ай бұрын
I almost forgot what real music on tv could be. War in particular is really good. Timeless.
@RustyCrawford-cc1zy 6 ай бұрын
Believe it or not, I saw a them in Dallas. Fifteen years ago playing black sabbath's Parinoid
@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc 6 ай бұрын
@@RustyCrawford-cc1zy haha not funny quit being sarcastic
@Piggy-Oink-Oink 6 ай бұрын
SO true..REAL musicians here. No computer tricks!!
@ShawnStradamus520 5 ай бұрын
The World Is A Ghetto…just as hauntingly beautiful today as it was 50 years ago
@riderzinc 3 ай бұрын
War is one my favourite groups, The level of musical talent in that band is elite
@SteveKraus 6 ай бұрын
Live music at it's best. Not a better decade of music.
@MrMeadfoot 6 ай бұрын
Ah, the mighty Mott The Hoople !!! Thank you for this 💚
@ttomgast1769 6 ай бұрын
LOVE Mott ❤ !!!
@Jukebox45s 6 ай бұрын
Another episode with a historic first as I believe this is first time we will see Danny O'Keefe performing his huge top 10 single, "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues", in the early 70s. Another one of those moments I have waited all of my life to see because I am a huge fan of the song.
@markhernden9472 6 ай бұрын
You can bet it's a song that made a lot of songwriters say "I wish I had written that." Great lyrics and melody.
@StephanieJeanne 6 ай бұрын
It is a good song!
@moorlock2003 6 ай бұрын
Danny O’Keefe was the opening act on The Hollies’ US tour of 1972.
@ianman15 6 ай бұрын
Some gotta win. Some gotta lose...
@janicetrimmell6897 6 ай бұрын
@@markhernden9472 Really excited to see him live.
@toekid7179 6 ай бұрын
Wow, War, BTO, Climax Blues?!? I will definitely show up to the livestream on time tonight.
@jpbliss1 6 ай бұрын
I haven't seen a ton of concerts in my life. However, I was fortunate enough to see the original WAR lineup twice in the early 1990s. They were amazing; positive crowd interactions, great talent, lots of charisma. Thanks for the great performances!
@leschab 6 ай бұрын
Cisco Kid " Eats the salted peanuts out the can" is my all time favorite song lyric.
@maximusindicusoblivious180 6 ай бұрын
For real, so is "Cisco came in blast them drinking port." Such an image.
@JimRyser 6 ай бұрын
War was one of the most amazing groups of the 70’s. Huge great memories of living in St. Louis MO when they were popular.
@anthonykimball7463 6 ай бұрын
Seeing the New York Dolls actually appearing on network television in 1973 must have been an incredible experience. For a very brief (too brief) time, they were hands down the greatest American rock and roll band...period. What a shame they didn't have any commercial success....sadly, that's often the price trailblazers like the Dolls had to pay for being ahead of their time.
@brianruyack7632 6 ай бұрын
They didn't have commercial success because they weren't very good at singing or playing their instruments.
@drbenway4 6 ай бұрын
Pioneers get the arrows. Settlers get the land...
@tomhart6962 6 ай бұрын
They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
@anthonykimball7463 6 ай бұрын
@@tomhart6962 Absolutely 100%.
@FYMASMD 6 ай бұрын
Scummy junkies
@kkampy4052 6 ай бұрын
Man did we have some great music back in the day...
@teeguy100 6 ай бұрын
WAR "World Is A Ghetto" is Masterful!
@BubblesJrJr 6 ай бұрын
Seeing War playing "The Cisco Kid" in 1080p is something I've been looking forward to for years!!
@markhernden9472 6 ай бұрын
The World Is A Ghetto is a great tune too.
@janicetrimmell6897 6 ай бұрын
"Was a Friend of Mine!"
@scottlarson1548 6 ай бұрын
Of course it's upscaled 480i from old tapes.
@BubblesJrJr 6 ай бұрын
The visual clarity and audio quality still beats previous uploads of this performance.@@scottlarson1548
@deanstanley2125 6 ай бұрын
There's a lot of stuff on here when Eric Burdon was playing with War, it's fantastic stuff.
@benjaminogdon3808 6 ай бұрын
Sign of the times that WAR was the headlining act on a network TV show. Man... And this was before Low Rider! Back then I don't remember even batting a eye. Now, it's just amazing to me.
@jeffh8999 5 ай бұрын
yeah they pretty much sucked but gotta luv thr bruthas even back then
@AldousHuxleysCat 6 ай бұрын
Climax Blues Band doing Shake Your Love Tonight. I remember this song getting a lot of AirPlay and being extremely popular and now it's almost impossible to find it on any radio station or even on KZfaq. Nice to see this great live version of it That double faults stop ending used to give disc jockeys fits
@oldkokochen1593 2 ай бұрын
I am new to the song, is that spoken lyric something about “custard?” With their name my mind went in the gutter.
@450Chicago 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this. What a gem of a show. What a great program!
@kincamell2 6 ай бұрын
Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed Looking at the sky, starry-eyed Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed Crying in the night, teary-eyed
@wheelgunner1970 6 ай бұрын
War were on fire!🔥
@janicetrimmell6897 6 ай бұрын
Darn it, if I didn't wake up this morning still thinking about Climax Blues Band. Wow, I loved seeing that!
@lilpoohbear653 6 ай бұрын
War tune is one of my fave live performances ever! Cisco Kid and Low Rider...oh my. Gonna watch this one...CBB and BTO too...YES please!!
@gregoryleo4640 6 ай бұрын
'Low Rider' is not on here. That song came out in 1975.
@bigmike4962 6 ай бұрын
Cisco Kid and World Is A Ghetto.....even better!
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
@@bigmike4962You’re Correct! I love War, so many great songs, and also when Eric Burdon fronted them with Spill the Wine song.
@GeeBee909 6 ай бұрын
FINALLY.....on October 19, 1973 I recorded on cassette off my t.v. both of Danny O'keefe's performances seen here. For 50 years I've been waiting to see the video again and hear his great performances again, especially Angel Spread Your Wings with Mike Finnigan's great organ work in the background, one of my favorite songs off Breezy Stories. The wait ended tonight. Still got my cassette (it still plays!!) however now I can put it away and SEE and HEAR his great performances again. Good things DO come to those who wait !!!
@dakotafarm1 6 ай бұрын
I was a Mott fan at the time and recorded their performances and the N.Y. Dolls from my TV onto my reel-to-reel machine. A couple years back I transferred the recordings onto CDRs and then my computer. I think the sound quality is about the same here as on my old reel-to-reel which I've listened to now and then over 50 years, but like you it's great to be able to see the original performances again. Watching the video of Mott I appreciate Ariel Bender's strong guitar work, and Buffin's drumming - and background vocals! Nice to see him smiling - R.I.P.
@janicetrimmell6897 6 ай бұрын
Just about ready to settle in. Sounds like a great line up (as always). I always loved BTO and Danny O'Keefe, but really looking forward to War and some of the glam like New York Dolls.
@idamcneal9382 6 ай бұрын
Got turned on to this group in 1973 in England. Happened to venture into a boutique and they had the record playing. That was it. I had to have their record and have bought several cents. Definitely a War fan!!❤
@skinnyman1434 5 ай бұрын
From Freshy to Diploma War, EWF, Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, Isley Brothers, Santana,Led Zeppelin, The Bar Kays, LaBelle, The O'jays, Etc,etc,etc, truly helped High School years and beyond to be some of the best years in my life. Real music will change the way you look at life and appreciate it. Thank you Lord.
@gordonspond 5 ай бұрын
6:58. Wow. Punk Rock in 1973. Learned something new today.
@Arasteele 13 күн бұрын
Some MS episodes were packed more than others. This one was packed to the rafters. War, Climax Blues, Mott the Hoople, NYD, and from my hometown of Winnipeg; BTO. What an absolutely stellar lineup.
@gregoryduncan3067 6 ай бұрын
Its the first episode with the neon letters in it. Something to look forward to. 😁
@ricklines4120 6 ай бұрын
Brilliant performance by The Dolls. Truly ahead of their time. Watch the shots of the audience. You have 5-6 young women in the front who are totally into the band and the rest of the audience is just staring in stunned disbelief at what they are watching 😂 5 years later half the new bands would be sounding like them.
@russellzauner 6 ай бұрын
Buster! Man what a beast!
@krysti2 6 ай бұрын
Check out the KISS style boots on Mott the Hoople! 🎉🎉🎉❤🎉
@user-ek7vx9rq2n 6 ай бұрын
Yeah I noticed those groovy chicks 😊😊😊😊
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
Women like men who dress-accessorize like The Dolls did here, it’s a proven fact. When Bowie tried to convince the Spiders From Mars to dress/wear makeup for their performances, at 1st Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder & Woody Woodmansey balked. That is, until they witnessed the ladies in audience reactions, then they were scrambling for the eyeliner-lipstick-clothes! 👍 haha! ❤❤❤
@maximusindicusoblivious180 6 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz True facts. Did you check out the guitarist with the shoulder sleeve bra, pistol and doll on the back of his guitar strap. Too cool. Then I saw it recreated on "The School of Rock" film.
@henryhoward8341 6 ай бұрын
One of the best episodes ever. A huge Mott The Hoople, Climax Blues Band and NY Dolls fan here. 1973 was a pinnacle year in music.
@chriskroll4166 6 ай бұрын
Have you seen the new New York Dolls doc . It's fantastic. It talks all about how they flew out to California to do the midnight special show and things like that. Because it was a big break for them. 😁
@kathyhuskins63 5 ай бұрын
But WAR rules the planet
@matthewclark9652 5 ай бұрын
WAR "All Day Music", "The World Is A Ghetto" & "Deliver The Word" are great albums!!
@cmberrian 6 ай бұрын
War was so damn funky. Ive always loved these guys so awesome to see and hear this performance.
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
War is a fabulous band!! Was glad to catch them a few years back when Grand Funk opened. I danced the whole concert, thank you for another great show! 🥰
@robmatlock7675 6 ай бұрын
The Whole Worlds is a Ghetto and Low Rider would be great songs to Cruise Brookside to. Slide down in the seat, pull into the shopping center across the street from the Camelot, crank the 8-Track up, set on the hood, lean against the windshield, roll up a doobie, and crack a 3.2 Coors. Watch the cars cruise by, Friday night after work. I miss it. 😪
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
@@robmatlock7675 Aww, yes, sweet memories of youth without a care in the world. With some “free” beer from QuikTrip thrown in haha. Funnily, my ex in-laws would always stay at the Camelot when they visited from Louisiana, can still picture the interior and a wall phone in the bathroom. I miss the good ole days of freedom, also. Peace Rob.
@robmatlock7675 6 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz Not only free beer, "free" chips and BBQ Burritos. As many times as I drove past the Camelot, but I never went in.
@mucock 4 ай бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
@themidnightspecialtvshow 4 ай бұрын
You bet!
@StephanieJeanne 6 ай бұрын
Coolest show yet!! Loved it all! Thanks so much, Midnight Special! I always have fun!✌️💜
@WilberWiley 3 күн бұрын
I REMEMBER BUYING PLATFORM SHOES AND A LEISURE SUIT LISTENING TO CISCO KID IN THE DRESSING ROOM. GREAT TUNE.
@brucegrossman3531 6 ай бұрын
New York Dolls oh yeah
@ronaldsmith2965 6 ай бұрын
War was a really fine band. Great songs and could really perform.
@kennethwilliams4725 5 ай бұрын
EVERYBODY playing live...so cool!!! Sounding great too!!!
@Neptuneman07 6 ай бұрын
What an incredible line-up. Excellent Progressive Rock show.
@jjalanj7318 6 ай бұрын
What a show!
@jonathanhandsmusic 6 ай бұрын
Great show! Really enjoyed seeing War play The World is a Ghetto, and Mott the Hoople.
@StormLaker 3 ай бұрын
Very epic episode.....so many greats here! David Johnanssen and the NY Dolls, Ian Hunter with Mott the Hoople, War, Randy Bachman, Climax Blues Band, WOW!!!!! I'm a bit more of a recent Mott The Hoople fan, I grew up knowing a couple songs by them here in the states. Being a 70's kid growing up in the 80's, one day I picked up All the Young Dudes album out of the used vinyl rack and took it home about 10 years ago. You can definitely hear the Bowie influence through the whole album (since Bowie Produced it), it blew me away, not one bad song on that album.
@JamieAndersonMusic 6 ай бұрын
Great to hear Bachman-Turner. This was the year before they released "Takin' Care of Business." Great to see Canada represented. (As a Canadian I'm a bit biased.)
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦, love Canadian Band’s and BTO
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
Oopsie, Jamie, forgot to add the Canadian bands I love in no particular order and you should be very proud! The Guess Who, April Wine-R.I.P. Myles Goodwyn who just passed away last month 😿. Rush-never liked them in their beginnings even though my friends did, that is until I saw them on 2010 Time Machine Tour, was utterly blown away! K.D. Lang, Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams, Gordon Lightfoot, Alanis Morrissette, The Band, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen - I’m a Mari Ann and his song “So Long, Marianne” … totally “gets to me” … right “in the feels” 🫶 ugh.
@mrezoul 6 ай бұрын
I can now DIE. New York Dolls TRASH Long Lost Video. Whoever you are Thank YOU and KEEP POSTING MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Maybe even Don Kirshner and ABC In Concert NEXT)
@Rockzilla404 6 ай бұрын
BB Dickerson had an incredible voice.. Rest in Peace Brother
@delmedeiros3570 6 ай бұрын
Waiting for The Climax Blues Band.
@BillyBongwaters 6 ай бұрын
WAR one of the best bands ever
@dtemplar21977 6 ай бұрын
The New York Dolls were the inspiration for Aerosmith as well as KISS, and new wave groups like Blondie, Talking Heads, and The Ramones. First time watching David in the group long before he was Buster Poindexter.
@48musicfan 6 ай бұрын
And Ghost of Christmas Past from the movie, Scrooged.
@MrPotatoesLatkie 6 ай бұрын
I remember reading an early 1970s book called Rock On that both groups were influenced by The Rolling Stones. Both David and Steven were listed as Mick Jagger knockoffs. That's likely how both bands and lead singers were viewed then.
@MrPotatoesLatkie 6 ай бұрын
Aerosmith and Dolls both had debut albums in 1973, so I doubt there was much of an influence. The Stones influenced both bands.
@thomaskeim1 6 ай бұрын
@@MrPotatoesLatkie Exactly. And don't forget Marc Bolin's sassy glam rubbing off a little bit here as well -
@kathyhuskins63 5 ай бұрын
They sound more like just pure punk than any other band in the US from that time period.
@jackiewallace6475 6 ай бұрын
The Danny O’keefe performance is insane!
@johnahearn7964 5 ай бұрын
I looked him up on Wikipedia & he’s never stopped releasing albums!!! He’s almost 81.
@NickRatnieks 6 ай бұрын
Danny O'Keefe- fabulous. I bought Breezy Stories in 1975- what an album!
@matthewclark9652 5 ай бұрын
The WAR song "Baby Brother" that they did is on "All Day Music" (recorded live & which is the last song on side 2). They did the studio version from 1973 "Deliver The Word"!!
@toastertwo1602 6 ай бұрын
BTO is just on fire🔥. Real men music.
@jeffh8999 6 ай бұрын
Not really CANADIANS! LOL
@loilt5091 6 ай бұрын
@@jeffh8999 🇨🇦
@ruslannunez4449 5 ай бұрын
My mom loves BTO. Especially the song Sledgehammer. Are you suggesting my 93 year old mum is a man?
@loilt5091 5 ай бұрын
@@jeffh8999 What’s your point❓ 🇨🇦
@KittyGrizGriz 5 ай бұрын
@@loilt5091His “Point” is bitchin’ about everything, here. Haha
@kbmemphistennis127 6 ай бұрын
OMG, Danny O'Keefe did the whistle part live spot on, amazing.......
@cherylreaves253 5 ай бұрын
Omg, Climax Blues Band. I still have this album. Such a great band. Haven’t heard them in years!
@bluebear1985 6 ай бұрын
The next episode after this from October 26, 1973, was hosted by Sly and the Family Stone, and it also features appearances from Mark Almond, Little Sister, Melissa Manchester, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Freddy Weller, and Atlee Yeager. Sounds like another good one.
@GMan38cal 6 ай бұрын
I'm looking for that one. Can't imagine the Four Seasons and Sly being on the same show.
@peterzang 6 ай бұрын
Mott is astonishing
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
Yes, I wish Mick Ronson was with them like he was in his later career. A fav guitarist of mine.
@moorlock2003 6 ай бұрын
Ronson joined later and essentially broke up the band, with his separate management and separate limo.
@daisywrabbit 6 ай бұрын
Climax Blues Band was incredible! I’ve been listening to Savoy Brown and Foghat, so CBB is right up my alley.
@johnshields6852 2 ай бұрын
BTO yeah, they had hits playing on the radio in the mid 70's , taking care of business, I was 13 when this aired, always looked forward to see who was on the show.
@ladismont8377 6 ай бұрын
The New York Dolls + Mott the Hopple = 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@thomasmartin2838 6 ай бұрын
I've REALLY been looking forward to Seeing these Mott the Hoople and New York Dolls performances in crystal clear quality. THANKS Midnight Special!
@benjaminabercrombie6807 6 ай бұрын
Same, been counting down for this ep. New York Dolls!!
@rix76r 6 ай бұрын
Wow!War really brought it,far better than typical radio played versions,Lee Oskar,whew!!
@StephanieJeanne 6 ай бұрын
Wow, what a lineup! I can't wait for this one! We got War, BTO, Climax Blues Band, Mott the Hoople and New York Dolls?!! Exciting!🤯🎉
@markhernden9472 6 ай бұрын
I distinctly remember watching this episode when it first aired. I bought the Mott The Hoople and New York Dolls albums the next day. I was 15.
@BubblesJrJr 6 ай бұрын
@@markhernden9472 dude...
@jackjill-ri8uw 6 ай бұрын
What a great time in music! Glad I was around for it!
@stevemccooleq 6 ай бұрын
Climax Blues Band sounded great. That "Shake Your Love" song had some heavy Bo Diddley influence.
@crlaw75 6 ай бұрын
BTO's "Gimme Your Money Please" would be an interesting listen.
@matthewbaduria 5 ай бұрын
Great to see Danny O'Keefe and Bachman Turner Overdrive on this episode.it's a great show.
@Hillbilly001 6 ай бұрын
Used to watch Midnight Special every Saturday night from like 72-76. Loved this show and it's never lost it's luster. I would buy the albums from the artists featured. Nothing like being the first 13 year old with a War album. Same with BTO. Thanks Burt. Cheers from Tennessee
@user-ek7vx9rq2n 6 ай бұрын
Never realized what fantastic musicians WAR were😊😊😊
@jeffh8999 5 ай бұрын
exactly NOT ROCK boring buncha "musicians" who were lucky any success just Eric Burdon's back up band
@ernestcruz6316 4 ай бұрын
This is a great indicator of what was happening in music in the early '70s. Real variety of acts here, not just faux variety with three or four genres of music that really aren't much different from one another, but REAL variety! East L.A. Latin-tinged funk, hard rock, glam/proto-punk, lite rock singer-songwriter, and prog-rock with a bagpiper, all on one TV show. And at least two of these acts belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
@harvey1954 4 ай бұрын
Very solid lineup of talent on this one. I taped Danny O'Keefe's 2nd number when I realize his first was live, not the record. Been waiting 51 years to see this again. Hope it comes out on DVD.
@outtathyme5679 6 ай бұрын
I’m almost crying
@Neptuneman07 6 ай бұрын
Incredible lineup. Rockin show.
@lauriebarnes2999 6 ай бұрын
Can't wait, The Midnight Special!
@Kram2525 4 ай бұрын
Always loved Mott the Hoople. I'd buy Creem and Circus at the local newspaper shop and they were always featured. I saw them again back in 2019 for their 1974 tour and thought they were great even though Ian was approaching 80.
@Rockerlady 6 ай бұрын
I find all 1970s music to have a haunting quality: pleasant and enjoyable, yet sentimental. My toddler years, haha
@kellter70 6 ай бұрын
dannnng "the world is a ghetto" got to my core/ soul. music unites. i love this sooooooo much. war is part of my spirit/ bear totem :) on same level as the Chambers Bros haha badasssss
@user-ux9bx8kc5y 6 ай бұрын
The New York Dolls were like an 80s band that time travelled to the 70s.
@vincentdavis3453 6 ай бұрын
Love this episode what a classic awesome. Thank you The Midnight Special
@gustaaf1892 6 ай бұрын
NY Dolls with a very early try at punk rock well before it became a thing. Ian Hunter belting out my favourite Mott the Hoople song was a treat, as was BTO rocking on.
@KittyGrizGriz 6 ай бұрын
Mighty fine slidee guitar & harp playing by the Climax Blues Band, never heard this “hot” - “shake your love tonight” song before, whew! First time seeing the band, love and miss long hair-sideburns on men 😍🤩
@robmatlock7675 6 ай бұрын
You know the hottest part of a man's face is his side "Burns", lol
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