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@Carmine12167 ай бұрын
Buddy’s backing musicians here are guitarist Steve Busfield and bassist Roland Robinson, both formerly of the hard rock band “Steel”, who released their self-titled LP in 1971 on Epic with Jimi Hendrix's sound engineer, Eddie Kramer, producing. In addition to Busfield and Robinson, the members of Steel were keyboardist/vocalist Duane Hitchings, drummer Jerry Norris, and lead/backing vocalist Carl Sims. Hitchings was also a member of the Buddy Miles Express, and Roland Robinson, in addition to working with Norris as session musicians for the Stax label, jammed with Hendrix (he is credited on the Hendrix “Nine To The Universe” album published in 1980). Hitchings, Robinson and Norris also joined guitarist Mike Pinera in a short-lived reformed version of the band Cactus for the 1973 album “Son Of Cactus”. Hitchings and Robinson would also go on to write the hit song “Infatuation” for Rod Stewart.
@TheTempleOfBoom7 ай бұрын
Thanks you answered a lot my questions I was asking myself . mostly who is that Guitarist ? On Fire !
@michaelleigh6 ай бұрын
Hitchings was also on the Cactus LP 'Ot 'n' Sweaty...
@sue-o82454 ай бұрын
Thanks. I NEEDED to know who the bassist was, always my listening orientation but rarely so rewarded. Nuttin like this era's 3-man bands! (Cream, Zep, Hendrix Experience...)
@ictengineer7383 ай бұрын
Nice write-up, exactly what I was trying to figure out as i was listening to Buddy Miles and company jam. -Much appreciated!
@robomaster48823 ай бұрын
Thanks. I was wondering. I never knew Buddy worked in a three piece band before. Aside from Hendrix of course. Do you know if they put out an album?
@DrSimon-wf6cf3 ай бұрын
When talent was mandatory.
@ImageLumumba3 ай бұрын
FACTS
@suzukiyesteryear2 ай бұрын
Very well said….
@earsuljordan96882 ай бұрын
Yup!
@ochocabra1542Ай бұрын
lots of it right here
@MosheHaMayim45915 ай бұрын
In the early 1970's, Buddy Miles came to town (Spokane, Wa) and played at the Kennedy Pavilion located on the Gonzaga University campus. I and my Bass player had no money so we stood by the back doors where right on the other side, the stage was set up. There was a break between bands and what do you know, The door opened up and out stepped Buddy Miles in his red white and blue flag leather jacket. Maybe for some fresh air before playing or maybe to have a smoke. He asked us what we were doing and we told him we were just listening to the bands from outside. He said, come on in and we suddenly had front row privilege right up against the very front of the stage. At the end of the show, someone else sat at the drums and he grabbed an old gold top Les Paul guitar and played a song and went in to a solo. He was slinging it hard and waving his head back and forth while playing and we actually got hit with some saliva or sweat flying off of him, not sure which. After the show ended, we stepped up on to the stage and we gave to him our thank you's and exchanged hugs with him. It was a different time and the big stars were still approachable. We also spent some time in a trailer behind a local night club smoking the bad stuff with Lydia Pense of Cold Blood, just her and us. It was surreal. What great memories.
@1stthink2363 ай бұрын
You sure you didn't dream that 😅
@KellyBusby-kq1zn3 ай бұрын
I love stories like this. Great memories, as you said. ❤
@alpha4ever4552 ай бұрын
Ah I’m jealous shit like that is so rare now
@jedwing2 ай бұрын
Wow. Thanks for that memory. I was right there with you.
@PonziZombieKiller2 ай бұрын
That's cool brah. 👍
@basicbreakfast7 ай бұрын
That man was a force of nature, an elegant and talented beast
@brotzmannsax7 ай бұрын
That's why he was the Buddy Miles Express!
@jayhendricks673 ай бұрын
Him and Jimi Hendrix along with Billy Cox Band of Gypsy's did it like no other
@mancan15313 ай бұрын
Buddy was so hurt by the way outside forces were gathered to tear apart A Band of Gypsys😢 30 years afterward and he would still be fighting back the tears.
@pgroove1633 ай бұрын
they were great..I preferred the first band sounds though..JHE
@gavanmarroquin92662 күн бұрын
I was lucky enough to know Buddy. He was a great guy and always positively critiqued my drumming. He always gave me great info and pointers. He is truly missed. Thanks Buddy, I'll never forget you.
@MsMiika136 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, lived for Midnight Special. Kudos Buddy!
@yancyjenkinssr18243 ай бұрын
Yeah I missed out. Pops was in the Navy and we were in Japan from '73-'77. The base got American TV after we left😢
@larryherbert2523 ай бұрын
Now that a drummer, accomplishes MUCH with less, not 50 million drums, what does Buddy Miles have here a 5 piece drum set if I’m not mistaken, love his drumming here those singles that he did, man were they smooth and clean. CLASSIC MUSIC!!!! Musicians could play and SING, not the junk that’s being put out today and the horrible singers on these shows today.
@justinwills1163 ай бұрын
Jazz drumming background, Jazz drummers are bad ass🥁🪘
@zombi39073 ай бұрын
dude, there are incredible, amazing musicians out there today, you just gotta stop looking for top talent on a freaking game show. I am assuming you like blues/Rnb/funk based on this being a Buddy Miles video. Check out Erykah Badu, Mononeon, Cory Henry, Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Knower, Thundercat, Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, Snarky Puppy, Larnell Lewis, The Fearless Flyers, Jacob Collier, Domi and JD Beck, Knower/Louis Cole, the list goes on, it's just mainstream media sucks for great music, but even someone like Adele is pretty awesome and she's on top of the world.
@byronjohnson79142 ай бұрын
そ@@zombi3907
@ellisedwards47152 ай бұрын
Midnight Special was awesome had to tune in because you never knew who you might see
@billyrayvalentine79723 ай бұрын
I had the 8 track in the 1970s. Then one day in the late 1980s we were doing a basement video for MTV at my recording studio. The band and tons of hot girls and in walks Buddy Miles. He heard what we were doing and came by. He hands me a cassette of his new project and as I'm playing it I say who is singing ? He says him. The vocal sounds like Steve Perry. I said no way. He turns down the studio monitors and proceeds to sing a capella. Just like Steve Perry. Blew my mind. Then we went into the studio where i played drums and my friend who was a killer guitar player jammed with Buddy and he played Bass guitar. What an incredible memory.
@Geoduck.3 ай бұрын
This amazing song came out when I was a young man it was a huge hit for good reason. It's almost never played on the radio or satellite anymore.
@DallasPix3 ай бұрын
Allow me to state, I play this song ever so often on my Real Oldies Show! A great song that was also performed with Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys.. Randy A Carlisle // DJ // KSGV-Seagoville Community Radio..
@waderichards13656 ай бұрын
LETS NOT FORGET..BUDDY MILES PLAYS DRUMMS AND SANG WITH JIMI HENDRIX.....NOW THATS AMAZING.....FACT AMEN
@billpoplin25345 ай бұрын
Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles live
@jedwing2 ай бұрын
His playing and singing on "Machine Gun" is an all time great performance.
@waderichards13656 ай бұрын
BUDDY MILES WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING..HE COULD PLAY DRUMS...AND HE COULD SING.....ABSOLUTELY AMAZING..THANKS FOR SHARING FACT AMEN 🙏
@thevoiceofamerica23895 ай бұрын
GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS AMERICA. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. AMEN
@americanpatriots48685 ай бұрын
God bless you too @@thevoiceofamerica2389 We need Trump to win. There is no other choice!
I always find it fascinating when someone is behind the drum kit and singing. Happy New Year! 🥂 Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing!
@StephanieJeanne7 ай бұрын
Me, too! It’s quite a skill to keep that rhythm and sing! Although, for me, I find it hard to play anything and sing.😂 Happy Friday!😊💜
@that70sgirl907 ай бұрын
@StephanieJeanne It is. That's why I was always a big fan of Karen Carpenter. Karen and Richard are both talented, but Karen was exceptional! Have a wonderful weekend! 💖
@deadringer287 ай бұрын
Especially doing both well. Not many can do it but if they can they are always recognized. Phil Collins comes to mind as well.
@that70sgirl907 ай бұрын
@deadringer28 Absolutely.... he should be mentioned 👌 Thank you for reminding us! 💖
@curtisphilumalee14477 ай бұрын
Gil Moore of Triumph comes to mind. But he wasn’t the only vocalist of Triumph.
@billyshane38043 ай бұрын
Buddy Miles- Champion & Legend This is Dynamite stuff. Right On.
@joeld53113 ай бұрын
The great Buddy Miles 🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥
@Jamko19707 ай бұрын
What a talent!!!!
@HOODCLASSICTELEVISION3 ай бұрын
Indeed
@carloseugeniocarlos428711 күн бұрын
amazing singer & drummer! R.ip Buddy Miles (1947-2008)
@KillerKev19615 ай бұрын
Classic. Underrated fo sho.....but those of us who knew, we knew what a talent he was.
@davidbutler88502 ай бұрын
Yes Buddy Miles he was one of a kind.... Always like the energy in his singing and playing🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@StephanieJeanne7 ай бұрын
Wild man, Buddy Miles!😅 He was a great surprise in that episode for me because I'd never heard of him. Great bass and guitar, too!😎
@themidnightspecialtvshow7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@BIZARBIES7 ай бұрын
The guitarist Steve Busfield. He played on the album Booger Bear that Buddy had just released.
@webbgems673 ай бұрын
Down by the river is my absolute favorite
@michaelmoss50402 ай бұрын
This is the Rock we love to hear!! 🎼🎭🎸😃
@rickeybillings92292 ай бұрын
Drummers that take the show rock !!!!
@saj83 ай бұрын
Straight out of Omaha, Nebraska. Rest In Beats.
@kjam42363 ай бұрын
WOW... what a classic one of the first songs some of us kids learned to play on guitar it never gets old.... Rest in Heaven Buddy Miles!
@sandraelena58593 ай бұрын
I love KZfaq, you can found jewel like this 💜💜💜
@flashflame49523 ай бұрын
Loved this song the first time I heard 'Band of Gypsys' Still good in 2024
@robdevaney65187 ай бұрын
Terrific performance full of energy. There is a great version on his live album with Carlos Santana 😊
@danhunt24254 ай бұрын
Used to love drumming along with that album back in the day... Many years later, Buddy came to a house party at my sister’s; he was blown away she still had a vinyl copy of this LP... Buddy autographed it for her...
@johnwilliams37163 ай бұрын
The album Buddy Miles and Carlos Santan live in Hawaii and the ass kicking jam on that album is Marbles❤❤❤
@joemitchell99813 ай бұрын
That was amazing. He was a fabulous musician.
@KittyGrizGriz7 ай бұрын
Love this song!! Go Buddy Go!! 😅
@scretching082 ай бұрын
As a child growing up in Philadelphia Pennsylvania my later brother Manny Scretching (RIJ) was a huge fan of Buddy Miles. He was a 2oth Century Master.
@chadjackson54707 ай бұрын
The sound of the 70's.😎
@vincentward51502 ай бұрын
Man! Never heard of this guy! But, I am A fan now! Will have to find more of his music. Being a drummer I love to see us singing and jamming at the same time! The guys playing with are baddass also!
@doctorpancake58482 ай бұрын
Besides founding bands like Electric Flag and the Buddy Miles Express, he did amazing work with Santana and Jimi Hendrix with "Band Of Gypsys" (which covered this song) and also on the Electric Ladyland" LP...his shuffle is legendary, check out "Rainy Day Dream Away/Still Rainin' Still Dreamin", you won't be disappointed.
@janicehughes43702 ай бұрын
Listen to down by the river 😊
@jabjones21652 ай бұрын
You missed some good music.
@grego52842 ай бұрын
@@janicehughes4370That's my favorite. 😎
@scottmihalsky36127 ай бұрын
I'm 46 now but I introduced Buddy Miles and so many others to my friends. And it blew thier heads off
@1BigDee696 ай бұрын
Really great to see young people getting turned on to great music and musicians! 😊
@derrickbrennan14783 ай бұрын
This was the jam back in the day I love me some BM yes. 😅Rick Brennan from CHANGE N Philly love always peace ✌️ 😌 333.Rick
@RichieBarron3 ай бұрын
A totally classic!! Only ONE Buddy Miles!!!! Richie Barron/“Dr Tequila”
@poempadgett46647 ай бұрын
*AWESOME!* 🥁
@poempadgett46647 ай бұрын
Who’s that guitarist? ☎️
@curtisphilumalee14477 ай бұрын
Jim McCarty Possibly
@ralphbenites13123 ай бұрын
What a talented musician I like that Rogers drum kit.
@alpha4ever4552 ай бұрын
Buddy’s so under appreciated It’s crazy. This song deserves to be in the national recording registry.
@leonardbrown22192 ай бұрын
Please Don't Say That.He is A Legendary Legend in his own right.I'm 70 years old and lived his run in music.And when he did his own rendition of (Down By The River) The big debut was who did it better.The Legendary Group Corby,Still,Nash, &Young or him.Thank You for paying Homage to him.Also google (Buddy Miles Wikipedia) and get Facts/Truth.
@xavierduraffourg4993 ай бұрын
Buddy is one of my favorite drummers: the funk in pop, pure soul and energy, spontaneous and gorgeous!!!!
@gumersindoreguera47573 ай бұрын
Pero ....excelente tengo que felicitarte tengo 73 años..y sigo escuchando todo lo que puedo Esto no lo habia escuchado...gracias..
@WJRAGGS3 ай бұрын
I love me some Buddy Miles!!!
@ChrisSmaller7 ай бұрын
Use to go see him when he played around Henderson, Louisiana Great Show every time
@Mo_Taser7 ай бұрын
This is a gift from God. There is no other decent live recording of Buddy performing this song. There's a Band of Gypsys version but the quality sucks. This is the first song I learned for my first band. I was about 12. It's still one of the most kick-ass songs ever written. Thanks Midnight Special.
@Da_Publick7 ай бұрын
You're right, this was Buddy's best known song, and there's zilch out there of him doing it live except this.
@Mo_Taser7 ай бұрын
@@Da_Publick I was 12 or so and my guitar teacher asked me if I wanted to come watch his band rehearse in his parent's basement. He wasn't that old either - maybe 18 or 19. That was the first song they played and it blew me away. Live music. I'd never heard anything like it on a record player. I remember he had this weird-looking Yamaha amp that was shaped like a wedge. I found out later it was a Yamaha TA-60. I didn't go with that. I went with what the Beatles used - a Vov AC30. I had the chrome stand and everything. Anyways, the next day I got some school buddies together and we started a band and Them Changes was the reason why. I bet there's never been another band in history that played Buddy Miles and also played the Monkees, "Not Your Stepping Stone." Hey, we were young. 😂
@brianwestervelt49197 ай бұрын
Quality sucks for the band of Gypsy’s version? Your outa of your mind.. or deaf
@Mo_Taser7 ай бұрын
@@brianwestervelt4919 I said, "There is no other decent LIVE recording of Buddy performing this song." Seeing as we are on a video site, I was referring to a live audio-video recording of this song. I'm not deaf, but you may be a moron.
@1BigDee696 ай бұрын
@@Mo_TaserNothing wrong with the Monkees!
@justincase22813 ай бұрын
There's nothing like a kick-ass 3 piece rock band!! 👍😁
@batouttahell4543 ай бұрын
Buddy Miles!!! Great Album!!!
@HikeColorado3 ай бұрын
Buddy Miles was the MAN. This is amazing 👍
@musicfofifo7 ай бұрын
Thank you Midnight Special for capturing this live performance of “Them Changes” in his prime as we get to relive this moment again and again!
@larrymartin96062 ай бұрын
He had a very nice voice.R.I.P. Buddy.
@maxwellgordon986820 күн бұрын
That was absolutely epic!
@andyc57297 ай бұрын
You don't get that potent mix of raw soul and energy in 2024, sadly.
@ryanschatzberg46514 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that Samuel L. Jackson was asked if he were walking into a room where there was a party, what song would he want to be playing as he walked in? He said “Them Changes” by Buddy Miles. That’s how I found out about this man and I’m glad I did. He’s exceptional.
@darioblady44803 ай бұрын
Geeeeeeniiiiiiiiuuuuuusss !!!!
@StevesSlideandJazz3 ай бұрын
My old band played this at dances. Everyone went through them changes!
@CasianoMarcos5 ай бұрын
Wow!! I was living in NJ at this time playing in an R&B band and this was are opening number!!
@nunyabusiness36663 ай бұрын
Never heard this before. It rocks.
@nitromartini14223 ай бұрын
Listen to Band of Gypsies, Jimi Hendrix.
@clarkewi3 ай бұрын
Great drummer.
@kennethross35673 ай бұрын
Yeah, Buddy!
@fasttimestr3 ай бұрын
Wow, just stumbled on this video.. This guy is amazing!
@spongebobsquarepants28786 ай бұрын
Excellent! And I loved that kit!
@russellholmes55463 ай бұрын
By the way Buddy Miles also had a three wheel chopper motor cycle that matches that drum kit as well
@paulbartlett32007 ай бұрын
Buddy Miles,that's a name I've not heard or seen for decades,TMS really had just about, yes, Everybody on stage
@ImageLumumba3 ай бұрын
Too funky...and talented.
@327JohnnySS3 ай бұрын
I will take " Best patriotic drum sets" for a thousand Alex.🇺🇸
@michaelgreen52065 ай бұрын
Love you Buddy, and miss you too! Rip my drum brother!
@WW-tg5pu4 ай бұрын
This is one baddass jam right here! Love it!
@galbaribeirodefaria61047 ай бұрын
It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!
@Mar.Escobar24Ай бұрын
I own this record. Caught my eye as soon as I saw the drums and the afro on the cover. Got that psychedelic rock sound but of course with a lot of funk and blues mixed in!
@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK13 ай бұрын
Still love this after all these years
@charlesrutledge6472 ай бұрын
Back in the day Buddy Miles Was Rocker
@clinterz5 ай бұрын
Dude was way underrated. What a powerhouse!
@mikebaron45257 ай бұрын
This is So Great To See
@ezup99453 ай бұрын
Don't you shoot em down, and expect to leave here. He ain't going nowhere He been shot down to the ground No way he can survive!!!! - Buddy Miles vocals at the end of Jimi Hendrix's song Machine Gun..
@texasfreedomlover47307 ай бұрын
I’ve met Buddy a few times, quite the character.
@PhilPankiewicz6 ай бұрын
Buddy is bringing the heat here!
@flicewatter7 ай бұрын
Awesome ❤️
@yellowmk116vt3 ай бұрын
Dang that was great!
@user-zs6tb4vi4w3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@user-gr8ok7qy3g3 ай бұрын
Omaha native sounds awesome!!!!
@neildavies437 ай бұрын
Awww, hell yeah!
@LuisRomero-uq1zw3 ай бұрын
Buddy Miles and band 👍
@djcoolcliff3 ай бұрын
RIP to Buddy Miles!! He did the California Raisins commercials back in the day which founded the group NWA to get started!
@marsailmar24 ай бұрын
Buddy's groove is impeccable.
@craigcole3852Ай бұрын
Damn, great crew.
@Bongofurry2 ай бұрын
Great album.
@KittyGrizGriz3 ай бұрын
Big Bad Sound coming outta a 3-piece Badass!! ❤ Band!! “Come On Y’all Everybody!”🎉 is correct - WHEW! 😅
@allfunkedupexperience5 ай бұрын
This guy is the reason I sing and play drums
@miguelangelmartinezaguinag99533 ай бұрын
These Drums, were bought by His friend "Jimmy Hendrix" on a Music store in New York!!! To give him... Because Buddy Miles were broke!!! And don't have Drums, for Playing in this TV program!!! Jimmy help his friend "Buying a New Drums" That's the story!!! 😮🤔😂😊
@texasfreedomlover47307 ай бұрын
Don Henley and Phil Collins of course are examples of singing drummers. Rare Earth comes to mind also.
@jimmiesmith58113 ай бұрын
Peter Rivera rare earth
@davidmerrill54293 ай бұрын
Levon Helm
@texasfreedomlover47303 ай бұрын
@@davidmerrill5429 absolutely, I love The Band and his solo work.
@barano97292 ай бұрын
Hard rock back in the days along with Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Humble Pie and many others.
@wilcox6607 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
@abaachi133 ай бұрын
Rockin' and Rollin'....❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
@JCGeisler672 ай бұрын
Always worked for me!
@garyaugustus6903 ай бұрын
Down By The River....
@bigdaddysugarcane28942 ай бұрын
Buddy miles was a legend, awsome.
@BourkeMedia3 ай бұрын
If you like this, check out The Electric Flag album Long Time Coming. It will knock your socks off. One of the best albums to come out of the sixties!
@jessegriffin8775Ай бұрын
Buddy rocks me now like he did 50 years ago.
@gregoryevans81793 ай бұрын
I saw Buddy and his band in 1972 at the Liberty Bowl Stadium in Memphis, probably hadn’t turned 18 yet. Black Oak Arkansas and Three Dog Night as well. Ticket probably cost $5 bucks.