The Midnight Special gave us so many iconic performances in the 70’s! It was one of those original gems that just can’t be replicated. I’m so glad I was able to see it! Loved the 70’s, you just had to be there and those of us that were are so lucky 💯
@loosescrews24406 жыл бұрын
And YES!! That was actually played LIVE . No lip synching . Using real instruments! no auto tune or computer enhancement. And that folks , is how it is done.!
@caracasboogie3 жыл бұрын
They can do it today but they are a bunch of lazy money grabbing ignoramus smugs
@viencellprice95322 жыл бұрын
We used to bump to this music 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
@dionnepadgett22252 жыл бұрын
I agree.Also they are in tune.No sour notes.Ive seen the Jackson 5 live and was disappointed.Flat notes and all.Being a musician myself with perfect pitch. How James Brown said" Can't Stand It.
@donnykohler7208 Жыл бұрын
Yeah unlike the shit these days. Music's the only thing has hasn't advanced since the 70s
@derbinhamler2103 Жыл бұрын
The epitome of tight!
@areguapiri5 жыл бұрын
Back when you had to be true, musically trained musicians to be successful. Great to see this.
@footballlegend82495 жыл бұрын
That was my daddy song, he loved those Ohio players R.I.P pops ! My dad had good taste for music he loved zapp & Roger more bounce to the ounces heard through the grapevine and there was one more song and it was Parliament night of the thumpasourus people with Bernie worrell on the keyboards !
@mmjaljs11 жыл бұрын
Sugar was a underrated guitar player 4 sure! mmj
@battleofthebeatswiththerealog5 жыл бұрын
Cincinnati's own Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner from the Evanston neighborhood! Klassik!! Dayton/Cincinnati ruled RnB and Soul in the 70's & 80's!!
@blackcosmos4 жыл бұрын
Ohio Players, The Isley Brothers, Earth Wind n Fire, Sly n the Family Stone all gave us nothing but Soulful, Funked out Psychedelic vibes.💕
@williamjackson53577 ай бұрын
Don’t forget PFunk, they took funk to heaven in 77
@ILoveGod064 ай бұрын
@@williamjackson5357 You mean they killed it or they brought it to even higher heights than it was already? 😂
@williewilliams67144 жыл бұрын
Just think of the Great Music OHIO has blessed us With..... Isley Brothers...Ohio Players.... Lakeside....Roger Troutman and Zapp... Bootsie Collins...The Dazz Band.... Midnight Star(1 of the founding member is from Cincinnati Ohio).... Heatwave...The O'Jays...Slave...Faze O....Bones Thugzs and Harmony...etc.. Shoutouts to Cincinnati...Dayton and Cleveland Ohio....
@williewilliams67144 жыл бұрын
@Marshall L Smith You've been Misinformed..The Dazz band began in Cleveland Ohio....As for Heatwave..the Wilder brothers(Lead Vocals)are from Dayton Ohio...
@deniseflores56372 ай бұрын
Ohio is Ohio
@crispycashchedda43504 жыл бұрын
I should of been born in 60s in of the late 90s..cause I'm a old soul,ya'll had real music to grow up to.
@rtgray41885 ай бұрын
Part of my fave top ten..Ohio Players, Commodores, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye.. to name some of my days of great memories....Loved to dance, still do..Great guitarist.. great music relatable. Their own band, all LIVE music! Who's left in 2024?
@imbees2Ай бұрын
One of the greatest Soul Bands and Singers of all time, The Ohio Players!!!!!!!
@anushanush22546 жыл бұрын
All instruments and vocals - little bit of wa wa pedal, Leslie amp spinning up on a beautiful big Hammond and that's it - no autotune, overdubbing blah blah - raw real funk - RIP Sugarfoot
@MikeHF10 жыл бұрын
The definition of "Cool" is Sugarfoot! He is a great guitarist as well!
@frankievernon993 жыл бұрын
Now this is the Ohio Players at their finest!
@VeraHannaford3 жыл бұрын
Capes, collars, and ruffled shirts with velvet bows. I ❤ the '70s.
@Antoinette7011 жыл бұрын
Where did the good music go?? Now, we have to reminisce the good old days when what is known now as old school funk was the best thing going. I will forever be an old school lover of the oldies but goodies in music.
@casualobserver31454 жыл бұрын
Sister....good music has left the building.
@Antoinette704 жыл бұрын
@@casualobserver3145 LOL!! Yep!
@mrtyreus03 жыл бұрын
Ohio Player's weren't even respected enough back in the day.
@emill6111 жыл бұрын
When funk ruled the airwaves. There was none better than SUGARFOOT. One of the coolest to ever sing or play guitar and as you can see he could do both at the same time with ease. The Ohio Players where one of the main reasons I picked up a bass and guitar. Sugarfoot stayed true to his art all his life. And his legacy will live on FOREVER. RIP.
@caracasboogie3 жыл бұрын
Many front men can't do that even with Rock bands...few were successful at it... Sister Rosetta Thorpe was Great at it; she was said to have pioneered American Rock & Roll
@mhm33lp11 жыл бұрын
What a band! Sugarfoot is a true genius, plus he is too cool for school.
@JerkVegas8612 жыл бұрын
WOLF MAN!!! R.I.P BROTHA!!!!
@supreme10963 жыл бұрын
This song popped into my head while I was driving. Some songs are just timeless. It was also great to see the Late Wolfman Jack on Midnight Special. Another one of my favorite tv shows growing up in the 1970s.
@noreik57 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for confirming that, I'm from UK, thought it was Wolfman Jack, wasn't sure
@tainyaross28424 жыл бұрын
OH My goodness Sugarfoot!! High school Memories ❤️❤️❤️
@catboyzee7 жыл бұрын
Sugarfoot, killing on lead vocals, guitar, chewing gum, and Afro. Respect and RIP...
@roquey447 жыл бұрын
Suga Foot, baby. Big tight 'fro with the left eye covered. Larry Graham, Michael Cooper copied his style as did Lionel Ritchie when he was with The Commodores. "Aww, aww gurl" He, I couldn't dance to save my life. Poor as hell. Lived in a house where dad abused Mom some. But I'll tell you what, I could always look forward to the music.
@mj82755 жыл бұрын
He's still living.
@fcrawford86155 жыл бұрын
YES! The Showmanship was Incredible...Second to None! Sugar Foot was Spectacular! Those Awesome Outfits!
@gixxer750cc4 жыл бұрын
@@roquey44 Let's not forget Larry Blackmon from Cameo too...
@patriciaoreilly89074 жыл бұрын
Afro is sure out there. Lol. Love it & fab musicians. RIP
@michaelvaughn90204 жыл бұрын
Absolutely one the greatest bands of their era. Not only musicians but song writer's. Never gave a bad live performance. A true rarity.
@madmikeastoria6 жыл бұрын
You'll never see this stuff again. Thats why Im stuck in it....
@feliciabutler46257 жыл бұрын
Even though I grew up listening to the Ohio Players, I STILL Get UP listening to them NOW. PHENOMENAL!!!
@annewoodcock85268 ай бұрын
Me too. Still think I’m 17 when I’m boogieing around the house 😂😂
@rtgray4188 Жыл бұрын
Ohio Players 💕 Love on tv! Live at concert 💕..that is me in front row with roses..lol 💕 Listen on radio 💕 listen at disco, dance club 💕 Loved them for years..Am sharing to Funk, soul and disco facebook group to get more coverage, sharing MY KIND of music. This white girl loved funk music :) 😊Funk from 1970s 80s and even today in 2024. Everlasting appeal to sing, relate to, dance to!! 💕
@DaddyKoolPop4 жыл бұрын
I still push this heat every day in my car... and it's still hot. Respect!
@keithfr70952 жыл бұрын
It really is STILL hot, I wish something would come up like this stuff. The talented live musicians even on the studio albums makes the difference. Band chemistry and live playing talent man!!
@jeannie200014 жыл бұрын
Damn it I couldn't have said it better. Nothing but pure funk. Sugar Sugar Sugar Foot and Ohio Players. 😎🎸
@ronstewart47497 жыл бұрын
sugar foot kicks ass
@cobbie00011 жыл бұрын
R.IP Sugarfoot! My wife was born in 74! Possibly because of Ohio Players music! Can never be duplicated!
@wrlpierce11 жыл бұрын
Just love the Players sound! Love the horns,, keyboards, bass and especially Sugar's voice and guitar riffs. He will be sadly missed, but will live on through his legacy!
@toddmitchell77015 жыл бұрын
This is what's missing in black music today these dudes was the truth
@Luevernon12 жыл бұрын
All you wanna be artists take note. This is how real artists perform!!!
@marquesgivens90486 жыл бұрын
Luevernon Cross oi
@caracasboogie3 жыл бұрын
Live too. Sounds better than the studio version
@Nu-Kreation3 жыл бұрын
@@caracasboogie Yes it does! U can hear all those instruments playing. Live music is the best way 2 listen 2 a song.
@bigdukepod10 жыл бұрын
Burt Sugarman had the wisdom to share this music with the world!! Thanks Burt!!!
@AdvocatePower10 жыл бұрын
Remember this song., and OHIO Players!! PLUS Wolfman Jack!!!
@madcurls96554 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when sporting the fro was boss and no one wore it harder than Sugarfoot.
@gumballrally42710 жыл бұрын
Sugarfoot ruled!!
@terencestrong751610 жыл бұрын
RIP Clarence "Satch" Satchell, The Original Ohio Player and one of the baddest on a saxophone!
@babayaga17674 жыл бұрын
pee wee was on sax. satch was trumpet
@barroningram72864 жыл бұрын
Terence you're right
@lonelyman19674 жыл бұрын
@@babayaga1767 Pee wee isn't even in the video. That's Satch on sax and Marvin Pierce better known as Merv on the trombone.
@allen69244 жыл бұрын
Satch was the leader of the group, named all their songs. Handled their finances, and lost all their money to the IRS (failure to pay taxes, because he was skimming). But he was a great musician.
@linbonn47494 жыл бұрын
@@lonelyman1967 Yes...thats Satch on the sax....he also played the flute...I think on Pain
@a.c.64753 жыл бұрын
I used to break my neck trying to play drums like "Diamond" Williams, the baddest drummer I had ever heard!
@gusmartins16603 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely killing. Great band. Great sound and superb repertoire. I’m so happy to have been old enough to consider them one of my favorites during their heyday.
@tronicvision-misic5 жыл бұрын
1974, in The Checkmate Club, Rochester NY. My band, "The Nth Degree Odyssey" opened for them for a week. Great times.
@dudeseriously574 жыл бұрын
Ohio Players were a great band. This is a great live performance. My favorite love song of all time is Angel.
@jrumm4 жыл бұрын
One of the groups who learned from James Brown and went on to teach others how's it's done. They should be in the Rock in Roll Hall Of Fame. Lesser groups have made it.
@WTBSLIVE Жыл бұрын
STRAIGHT FACTS !!!!!
@Blues.Fusion7 ай бұрын
At this point there is more honor NOT being in the RRHOF
@m.b.21532 жыл бұрын
Thank GOD for my sister that introduced me to all kinds of music when I was 10 years old ! She loved The Ohio Players and so do did my parents !
@m.b.21532 жыл бұрын
Seriously! Look at all those people just sitting there and Not Moving!! When it use to DON Kirshner's Midnight SPECIAL, All the kids were dancing !!! That's how I know im not from this world !!! But The Ohio Players still sound GREAT !!! 💃
@lisabradford81807 жыл бұрын
with cuts like this, old skool will never die.
@patriciadoughty77394 жыл бұрын
@@kellyholguin4208 Yes
@reynaldomadridi7238 Жыл бұрын
True musical geniuses! There craft spoke for it's self! I was alive and saw this original broadcast! It was definitely late and my pops... let me stay up to watch it! 1974! YES!
@whiketurner62499 жыл бұрын
Skin Tight "Skin Tight" is track #3 on the album 20th Century Masters. It was written by Bonner, Leroy/Williams, James L./Jones, Marshall/Pierce, Marvin R./Middlebrooks, Ralph/Satchell, Clarence. Yeah, yeah You are a bad bad Mrs. In them skin tight britches Runnin' folks in ditches Baby about to bust the stitches, yeah Skin tight, skin tight Skin tight, skin tight Hold tight You are a real fine lady Though your walks a little shady Step on the strip on time There's money you're bound to find, yeah Skin tight, skin tight Skin tight, skin tight Skin tight, skin tight Hold tight Gone, gone, gone with your bad self Walk that walk, talk that talk mama Skin tight Hold me barely back girl Keep on steppin' to me baby
@dingodizmal255 Жыл бұрын
I was in 5th grade bussed into a black school in 1979 OMG those black kids kicked me down the best records and fully ignored my Kiss disks. I'm honored to have grown up with this band, Richard Pryor and tons of other acts I would never have seen in my Texas neighborhood.
@jerbojones10 жыл бұрын
Those were some bad boys right there!!! Them mugs could play!!!
@bigfinewomanful11 жыл бұрын
I LOVED Sugarfoot....that cool as shit 'Fro, the way he sang., that funky guitar.......part of my teenaged years are pained again with the loss of this brother. RIP Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner.
@jeannie200014 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@jesussaves356511 жыл бұрын
Sugarfoot was real funky, I'm goona miss this brother. the only brother who played a double neck Mosrite ( I wonder if the guitar was custom made for Leroy). In this clip he's chewing gum...I think when you chew gum and play guitar your timing gets funky and nasty. RIP my brother..your playing was "Skin Tight". YA BOY!!
@Femalecommaman10 жыл бұрын
The Ohio Players are great! "Skin Tight" and "Fire" were two of my favorites in High School! Wolfman Jack was only 57 when he died of a heart attack. He wanted to see his wife, Lou after touring to promote his autobiography. He got home, went to hug her and collapsed. RIP Wolfman!
@Kemet3.08 жыл бұрын
I bet you were wearing those skins jeans back thing?
@jeannie200014 жыл бұрын
Lady Suzette thanks for sharing. I was working a 2nd shift job back in those day couldn't wait to get off on a friday night because wolfman jack was soon be on the tube I would shower eat get my glass if 🍷 my puff puff pass we be ready for wolfman jack to hear wolfman Jack to tell us who his guest going to be and wait for the howl. Let The Midnight Special Shine Its Ever Loving Light On You.
@janiceaviles22264 жыл бұрын
Thank You Very Much! For Sharing This!😢💔🙂✌
@randybarnett23084 жыл бұрын
Wolfman was one of a kind ,miss hearing the Wolfman👍😎
@davidmiranda78424 жыл бұрын
I remember them in jr high always loved their music i remember that girl that got stabbed at the love rollercoaster concert great soul music Ohio Player's best music that i still listen too
@tammystwilson17638 жыл бұрын
This always came on too late when I was young. I would be sleep by the time it came on. I would have stayed awake for this. I listened to all of their albums.l
@BKHoliwell Жыл бұрын
I so remember doing the bump( dance) on the dance floor often with two young lady students simultaneously at UCLA in the 70s to this song, and the OHIO PLAYERS cuts were many of my favorites as I commanded the record player at our housing parties/dances!!!!!!!
@jazzfusioner9840 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful witness....the bump.....the original busta move.....
@poopsieguillory741610 жыл бұрын
SugarFoot had that Fro SKINTIGHT!
@WFNKcom6 жыл бұрын
Listen to sugarfoot warm up and go off on that guitar about 4:00 in. play babah play
@Lstevens32410 жыл бұрын
God I remember The Midnight Special and Don Kirshners Rock conert
@adc23274 жыл бұрын
Don't forget In Concert. It didn't come on every week.
@detaipay11 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing!! Man I cried when I heard of his passing...dynamic frontman!
@PatriciaFlores-zb6vm7 жыл бұрын
pure talent and natural music. love it 🎤🎵🎶🎸🎺🥁
@KuttyJoe4 жыл бұрын
The lead singer had a really great voice.
@bigfrank10105 жыл бұрын
Gotta luv the funk great drums bass and oh my god the horn section
@FromUR2UB11 жыл бұрын
Sugarfoot's afro is still one of the coolest of all times.
@mconleymichaleconley1755 жыл бұрын
These song were really. Funky.i remember at the time most people were taking speed pills that make u freak out.and stay up few days at a time.those was getting high times. Never will forget the good old days. No more speed pills .
@lesliehuggins14234 жыл бұрын
I was so happy when this band came on the scene. Classic song "Skin Tight."
@SolomohnEnnis10 жыл бұрын
Beyond masterful! It fills me with pride. Thank you, brothers.
@areguapiri5 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@vickipatterson210 жыл бұрын
SUGARFOOT...come back today....miss you bro
@melodysanger1037 жыл бұрын
REMEMBERING BASS PLAYER MARSHALL "ROCK" JONES (JANUARY 4, 1941 - MAY 27, 2016) [05/27/2017]
@jyozao72097 жыл бұрын
Yes when talent was not fabricated.
@jeffhammers81846 жыл бұрын
I love the Ohio Players.....especially the cool lead singer with the double necked Mosrite!!!!!! To fu..ing cool!!!!!!!!!
@yvonneoliver45643 жыл бұрын
The one n only Sugarfoot...🤗
@amd77j11 жыл бұрын
Wait, it was almost forty years ago that I stayed up to watch this "Midnight Special" episode? WOW!!! WTF happened to music since then? Great to see The Wolfman and The Ohio Players in this video. RIP, Sugarfoot!!!
@shawnrollins70027 жыл бұрын
Love them groups back than.
@bigtee829697 жыл бұрын
Sugarfoot is da man
@priscillaramirez54987 жыл бұрын
Anthony Solomon
@priscillaramirez54987 жыл бұрын
Anthony Solomon
@thomasmalatesta73317 жыл бұрын
The best frontman ever -and a badass guitar player!
@michaelnorman29676 жыл бұрын
He sure is!!! The man is great!
@WillieBization12 жыл бұрын
Amazing group. And that was one serious afro the lead singer was sporting
@matsnilsson5659 жыл бұрын
OHIO PLAYERS are for me the group that alongside SLY & THE FAMILY STONE and PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC just changed everything when it comes to groove with an ROCK influence. Check out the groups WESTBOUND albums!
@dundadawassullol8114 жыл бұрын
Thank you Marshall. Jones sugar foot , and the entirety of the ohio players for the funk. The Master's of funk R.I.P. Marshall Jones and thank you for the music you will never be forgotten but always remembered.
@decacards525010 жыл бұрын
The platform shoes and 'fros they were sporting back then.
@viencellprice95322 жыл бұрын
We used to dance 🩰 our 👢 bootie's off this jam, great party 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 music, great musicians
@elnjay3310 жыл бұрын
Awesome! That groove and their pocket is Classic! Thanks for posting.
@wallieke7 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!!
@adrianmitchell85862 жыл бұрын
The way Sugarfoot turns his head to the right after he acknowledges the band and saying Skintight!!!!
@allen6924 Жыл бұрын
That's one bad ass band. Dude they're "skin tight" with the groove impeccable timing.
@davidhadley3708 жыл бұрын
Goddamn, it's so funky it hertz! ;)
@francofrogg8 жыл бұрын
One of the FUUUUNKIEST songs ever
@patriciadoughty77394 жыл бұрын
Oh yes
@tammaywilliams55134 жыл бұрын
Super funky. Raw sewerage funky
@jrumm9 жыл бұрын
True Talent
@ph03n1xamb1t11 жыл бұрын
Definitely in those outfits.
@mcfunk71412 жыл бұрын
Love Sugerfoot going into a full on Rock guitar solo. Now that's the FUNK!
@raymondbutler22611 жыл бұрын
When funk was funk,no lip sync just nasty jams
@alts39868 жыл бұрын
awesome pure funk without computer enhancement
@darhyllacy36714 жыл бұрын
I recently saw them fronted by Diamond..their original or nearly original drummer, in San Diego. Show was tight as hell!. Diamond made a point of saying that there were no computer or vocal enhancements being used!
@DWASHMUSIC4 жыл бұрын
THIS IS REAL BLACK MUSIC. NOT THE SHIT TODAY!!!!!! FACTS💪🏿🖤💪🏿🎶🎶🎶🖤👊🏿👊🏿
@yippee19999 жыл бұрын
omg...that opening bass!!!!!!
@whiketurner62499 жыл бұрын
Lyn Evans It's fun to play.
@babayaga17674 жыл бұрын
listen to the album cut. this tempo is a little fast funky AF on the record
@melaniepetrarca13539 жыл бұрын
This is when talent was real, notice they are actually playing instruments! Not pushing buttons! God l love the old way, the "REAL" way, music is played!
@whiketurner62499 жыл бұрын
Melanie Petrarca I'm a white rocker from this time. I started playing when I was 14, in 1977. When I was 45, I tried playing with kids, 19-25 years old - raised right, on gospel and funk. It was a university band at Tennessee State University. Those kids were so much better and knowledgeable players than me. This is a 13 piece band with 4 horns, bass, drums, 4 vocals, two keyboard players - all black and young and talented as can be in the most beautiful way, and my dumb ass on guitar. I was the weak link - and it stung because I had made money in rock. They were kind and nuturing, but not the teacher so much. That was 6 years ago, and now I can play a lot more, know my theory better, and will challenge myself harder always. This music is real. When you feel that funk in a big way, it lights you up.
@williamgibbs31998 жыл бұрын
+WhIke Turner Plus each generation seems to complain about the younger generations music. I'm 56 and my father thought I was out of my mind when I listened to music like this.
@melaniepetrarca13538 жыл бұрын
+WhIke Turner Sounds to me you really appreciate good music and have gifts, and talents of your own! Keep going, I think age is just a number!
@whiketurner62498 жыл бұрын
Melanie Petrarca I realized something a long time ago. All music is folk music - just depends on what kind of folks you are referring to. When the music is good, there is a reason. It's who is playing. It's the character and dedication. It's their story as well. Take Miley Cyrus. She's the spoiled brat daughter of a crappy 80s commercial pop-country asshole. She's also a child star. These industries are monumentally screwed up. And that is what spat out that brat. The Ohio Players, along with every other great act, worked their asses off and established an identity. But they had proper musical training, even if it was self taught. Sugarfoot, for instance, taught himself jazz theory - because he was hungry for it. Look at him go... It's a beautiful thing.
@rbagel558 жыл бұрын
+Melanie Petrarca You got that right Melanie. And that is why a lot of this modern "rap" and hiphop stuff doesn't have the same "feel" to it. These dudes were MUSICIANS. not plastic wannabees who are backed up with Synthesizers, sequencers, and digital drummers
@rubynovel2 жыл бұрын
One of The Best in Music History ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@tyroneprice66424 жыл бұрын
I remember this song Skin Tight 1974 the year President Nixon resign from the Presidency. Wolfman Jack I remember a legend in music.
@imbees25 жыл бұрын
Ohio players. Yes.
@djgiovanninsane5 ай бұрын
I still have all of my mom's Ohio Player albums on vinyl. I'm glad I grew up in that era.
@myklmusic3 жыл бұрын
Wolfman! Yeah, these Brothers were rockin' back in the 70's when We jammed at Jack London Square in Oakland, California. The keyboard Player on those slow jams made me want that Arp String Ensemble. Oh, yeah. Uppy's On The Square was the place.
@tropicvibe10 жыл бұрын
Those is some smokin' capes!!!! I love these guys
@mojobanks13984 жыл бұрын
This was one the Funkiest on the planet and they had one the sexiest album covers. Y' all know the one am talking. HONEY!!!!
@ericbush61244 жыл бұрын
That Band that started a movement The Ohio sound producing many Super Funk Bands OP the Godfathers of Ohio Funk
@dmcarden11 жыл бұрын
Damn, that base gets me every time!! Loved this song!! Do yo thang SugarFoot up in heaven!
@anaflaviapincernopouza92183 жыл бұрын
I`ve been recently rediscovering the Real Funk Music and I`ve listened to The Ohio Players. WHAT A SEXY THANG !!! ❤❤❤💥💥💥