30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie and The Blackberries | The Midnight Special

November 30, 1973
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[@st7728]

Loaded off his azz and still puts on a better show, than anything we have in this watered down world today, but that's just my "Humble" opinion.

[@darrensiegel6651]

Steve was a rock n roll savage mega talent

[@gregkiyuna6029]

Totally agree. Live rock and roll back in the day was so raw and spontaneous. Not perfect, but.. you know what I mean. Love this. Aloha!

[@Ian-bq7gp]

A great laugh and partying was infectious with Steve about. Cheers mate, you are so. So missed and clearly you did great tunes.

[@keviningles5580]

He is Higher than tin bears, but so are the girls.

[@midnightwriter9658]

Absolutely !!! I had the great fortune to see Humble Pie twice... summer of '72 at the University of Akron where they were on the bill with Black Sabbath, then again in downtown Cleveland the following year when Black Oak Arkansas opened the show. Nothing today comes close to the raw energy of that era, where Steve Marriot and "Pie" were the epitome of "bad ass!" ... and, joints were a mere .50 cents each

[@mattdylan664]

Steve Marriott always gave it everything he had. what a legend, love Small Faces and Humble Pie

[@jamessiebert9833]

Well said mate

[@guyfawkes6657]

❤ beautiful

[@carlmorell567]

I saw him in Youngstown in 1979. He had to cancel the show the first time because he fell and got hurt. And I don't think the air conditioning was working at the Youngstown Agora it was a Saturday night and it was hot humid as hell we were going to sweat anyway five dollars a ticket. He came out and came up to the microphone and said sorry about last time Youngstown but I smashed me f****** ribs and promptly launched into I Don't Need No Doctor. Man was drinking Jack Daniels from a fifth and I believe it was real I want to say I remember him spitting on the crowd too. And the first line he said I don't need no f****** doctor. The place went nuts it was a great show. And they were going to do an encore when these two dudes started fighting in the front row on the floor where I was. We all backed up and the cops came to bust them up and the house lights came up and that was it he came from the side of the stage and grabbed the mic and got right down in their face and said don't you motherfukers fight now and the show was over but it was still great

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Thank you for this. It is a shame that there is so little live footage of Humble Pie. God bless the Pie. RIP Steve and Greg....

[@skruloos1]

So much great music...so little time..

[@bigtone1348]

Drummer Jerry Shirley played on some of Syd Barrett's solo recordings.

[@mikeowen1192]

I think the Marriott live in London with pkt off 3 is brilliant where Steve does all the guitar playing shows how good he was eg 5 long years and love his interview,

[@joefive5266]

THEY STINK !!!

[@Allen-fi4ke]

@@joefive5266 As if you would know what good music is.

[@davidoran123]

Finally a live version of 30 Days. love it love love it.

[@martinbrenner6664]

The Dead Daisies do it better on the album Holy Ground. Glenn Hughes is the greatest singer in Rock today.

[@AlexBecket]

​@@martinbrenner6664 You're entitled to your opinion but their version is absolutely not better than Humble Pie's studio or live recording of this song

[@AREA_RC-51]

a P-Bass, a Bonham kit, Dual Les Paul's, a Crazy Vocalist and Soulful backup singers - YES! 50 Years after we it's still what we need.

[@Jet_Rod_94]

That kit is HUGE

[@louiebee6745]

Looks like a 16x16 floor tom Jerry's using for his rack tom!🥁

[@Allen-fi4ke]

No autotune, just pure, raw talent.

[@dwave81]

No prerecorded tracks or lip syncing, just bad ass rock and roll actually being played live.

[@Paul-fb1em]

Thank you Midnight Special for digging up this pure Gold performance!!

[@AbleBodied]

Rockin' out to this great band, in 2024. 💖

[@stephenstone8480]

Amen, sister!!

[@user-uu2jh4vd5f]

🎶❤️💕❤️🎶

[@CTHitcheson]

Makes me feel good

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

Fantastic just got Smokin on vinyl

[@AbleBodied]

​@@doodahdavesrecords4319 ain't nothing like being in the actual hole at the county jail, and hearing, "Thirty Days in the Hole," on the radio. Yes me way back then, for a little smoking. The hole, I requested it. It's much safer there. You can jam while reading the Bible in peace.

[@ChrisLahay]

I love seeing old clips of Steve Marriott. Legendary!

[@joefive5266]

MARRIOT STINKS !! LOUSY VOCALS !! DEPRESSING SELF-INDULGENT CRAP !!

[@Djin7Djin]

What a front man and musician! Sometimes I still get really sad that he's not with us, and so many people will never know his brilliance.

[@commentatron]

Don't be sad. Unless you knew him personally, he's as much here now as he ever was - on records, video tape and digital. A kind of immortality few of us get to experience.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

@@commentatron Well said. Thanks to KZbin we can relive all these great performances.

[@marccovell9734]

I was lucky enough to meet him in California, watched as he sang and played piano at a private party in the seventies, he was an extraordinary musician incredibly talented and beautiful human being.

[@DrTomoculus]

STEVE MARRIOTT WAS THE MAN

[@Knards]

Marriott, what a showman

[@RonaldJFrump]

Saw them in concert more than once. Marriott essentially sang his way through the entire show, including the breaks between songs. RIP.

[@darnrabbits1]

Steve Marriott, 130 lb man with a 200 lb attitude. Pound for pound, he was all rock and roll, every ounce!

[@trowerz]

👍200lb. Black woman🤘

[@MrDino1953]

Didn't know that Humble Pie was such a good soul band. And I like how the middle Blackberry does the high notes.

[@RickNBacker]

Their self-titled, Rock On and Smokin' albums all contain at least one soul song but Eat It was the first with The Blackberries and is loaded with soul tunes.

[@louiebee6745]

​@@RickNBackerBlack Coffee!☕

[@malcolmthornhill9165]

Forgot to mention ,saw humble pie in 1970 with frampton at Birmingham town hall and they came close to literally blowing the roof off,they played material from the white album and rock on and it ranks as one of the best performances ive ever seen,bit later on saw a three piece called trapeze and they came bloody close!!👍👍😁

[@nigden1]

Outstanding, brilliant, Steve Marriott was some Rock singer, and this band blew everyone away back in the day.

[@alanbell9171]

Thank you very much for these Pie songs. They really were a special band. Rip Steve gregg

[@tarkus4283]

Oh my Steve ...all these yrs later and I still get chills

[@joefive5266]

MARRIOT STINKS !! LOUSY VOCALS !! DEPRESSING SELF-INDULGENT CRAP !!

[@malcolmthornhill9165]

Great to see Marriott kickin aas with the blackberries and them coming straight back at him,when he was alive he was the luckiest rock guy around to posess a true one of a kind voice,no one had the chops Marriott had and no one ever since,he never actually needed a microphone!.... like I say, lucky man😊👍😁

[@johndavis3921]

There are no words specific enough to describe the beauty of this performance. Goosebumps.

[@weemac44]

Bit of trivia: If anyone is familiar with the song Seamus from Pink Floyd’s Meddle album ..: that was Steve Marriott’s dog.

[@thepoisonwhisky]

Nice, thanks!

[@coryroberts7519]

You gotta pay respect to the elder musicians that came before you. The generations of musicians that came before us sure were epic and Im glad to have their music today to study! What a great capture this was! Thank you for uploading!

[@gregpiazza7150]

Greg Ridley was a fucking monster bass player and Marriott was the best rock vocalist of his generation or any since.

[@RickNBacker]

Wish they would have turned Greg's mike up, his voice was an integral part of their sound.

[@frederickvanpelt6393]

Paul Rodgers and Steve Winwood were no slouches.

[@allrequiredfields]

​@@frederickvanpelt6393 Uh, don't leave Terry Reid off that list

[@rickyjoe3049]

Real rock band with the best of musicians doing what so many can not.

[@frederickvanpelt6393]

@@allrequiredfields thanks for the heads up, there are a few who stand out and Terry Reid is up at the top among them.

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

King Biscuit Flower Hour, Presents Humble Pie In Concert. 1973 @ The Winterland Theater in San Francisco. Is the best live recording of Humble Pie. The MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, recordings are my favorite of the show. Along with the Peter Frampton shows.

[@patrickdaly5068]

King Biscuit was a great show! I loved it.

[@patrickdaly5068]

I forgot to mention something interesting. I was on the Discogs site, and I noticed some ppl are selling King Biscuit vinyl albums. Apparently radio stations were supposed to either destroy or return the albums after airing the show, but some obviously didn’t. It’s pretty cool to see. I wish I could buy the one with Pat Benatar. I think there were also some records from “Off the Record with Mary Turner.”

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

@@patrickdaly5068 Loved both shows. To have them on vinyl, would be Heaven on earth. I bet they are expensive. I have both shows on CD. I heard both shows when they were a new broadcast.

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Some guys know how to play their Les Pauls and some don't. Humble Pie knew how.

[@nyobunknown6983]

Humble Pie was one of my favorite bands back then. It seems like they are somewhat forgotten now. Steve Marriott was singing this way before Robert Plant, yet Plant gets all the credit. Back then bands played with reckless abandon and never worried about making a mistake. This is never heard today where music is all about perfection with no feeling.

[@dirkevans3443]

2024 and this band is still Bad Ass

[@julianjeffbissette7238]

And will ALWAYS remain one of the most "bad ass" bands to ever walk out on a stage! I just turned 64 years young back on April 7, I've been playing guitar now for 57 years, and although I may be "older" now, but at least I got to see some of the best bands to ever exist!! I even got to see Jimi Hendrix when I was only 7 years old in 1967 and that one concert changed the course of my life, because before seeing Jimi I wanted to be a drummer and had already started learning some from my first cousin. But after seeing Jimi I knew that night coming back home that I wanted to ditch the drums and learn how to play the guitar so I did. I would rate Humble Pie as being in the top 10 bands that I've ever seen and heard!! When you listen to bands from the late 60's on up through the 70's and then listen to the modern music of today you've gotta ask yourself one question. What in the hell happened to music? Where are all the really good bands like put out one hit record after another?? Don't bands still exist that can do a live show without vocal "pitch correction" processors and without vocal harmonizer processors? Now days well over half the bands that you hear on the radio can't even play a live concert without their "crutches" for one simple fact. They will sound like pure shit!!!!!!! And that within itself is like a big slap in the face to all of the bands that sometimes practiced 12 hours or more per day just to make sure their vocal harmonies and guitar parts and the beginnings and endings of songs were perfect in every way possible! Most bands now days only care about one thing, "appearing" to look cool, "appearing" to sound great and "making loads of money" for themselves and the record companies!! Some of the bands these days have NO REAL TALENTS at all except for being a magician by being able to "fool" or "hoodwink" their listening fans who think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread!! All I'll say to all the REAL BANDS who've paid their dues, keep on rockin' because your music will live on LONG AFTER the FAKE good bands have been forgotten and are nothing more than a faded foggy memory!!!!!!!

[@dirkevans3443]

@@julianjeffbissette7238 agreed. Seems we have a lot in common Brother, I just turned 69 and happy to say still Rocking I also play guitar and have for years and as I have told many…. The later it gets, the better I sound Ha! Also, I too saw Jimi Hendrix as a kid at a concert in Charlotte, NC at my 1st concert Had gone to see The Monkess and Hendrix was the opening act Everybody booed him because we were kids there to see Davy Jones & the Monkees (LOL) Couple years later I bought Jimi’s album Are You Experienced? and I’m looking at the album cover and all of a sudden it was like WAIT! I KNOW THIS GUY!!!!!! Have told many this story thru the years and many called BS, told them to look it up on Google to see if Hendrix opened for The Monkees to only have them to reach back out & go damn, never would of thought that Strange but True Anyway, just had to respond to another “Old Rocker” Keep safe brother & keep on Rockin! Slow down and th’ Bastards’ll catch ya! Been my mantra for years and so far has served me and Keef Richards well! ☠️😉☠️

[@dirkevans3443]

@@julianjeffbissette7238 agreed 100% I’m 69 & still Rockin’ Saw a T shirt recently that I love, it said… “Yeah, I’m Old BUT I got to see all the Great Bands Live!” Ain’t that the truth??!!!! Safe safe Brother & Keep on Rockin’! Been my Mantra for years, Slow down and th’ Bastards’ll catch you! So far it has served me & Keef Richards well 😂 ☠️😉☠️

[@julianjeffbissette7238]

@dirkevans3443 kids these days haven't the foggiest idea what a REAL band with REAL talent even is or sounds like! Yes my brother, we may be older now but yes we did get to see the BEST BANDS to ever walk out on a stage anytime, anyplace, or anyhow, no if's and's or but's about it!! Like I said earlier, if you were to take away their pitch correction vocal processor and vocal harmonizer processor and make them have to do it the "old school" way like we used to do they would be completely lost and wouldn't be able to perform. These days, what used to simply be called a "concert" is now called a "show" because instead of concentrating on the music and how it sounds live they are more concerned about how they "look" and care more about the "spectacle" and now to entertain the fans is NOT about how their music sounds its more like a "Hollyweird production" and they even use tracks of them from 20 or 30 years ago while doing live shows and pandermining their live shows, and one very popular band that rose to fame during the 80's has gotten caught using pre-recorded music like Motley Crue. And there are MANY MORE bands that should have quit years ago are still touring and doing their "shows," and NOT live concerts which the fans are paying these outrageous ticket prices to go see! I remember when a good concert with 3 major name bands on the bill would cost you $4.50 to $5.50 per ticket to go see THREE (3) MAJOR BANDS, because I remember when ticket prices went up to $6.50 and $7.50 we all bitched and complained about the prices going up that much!! I'll keep on rockin' just as long as God will allow me to keep moving my fingers while holding my guitars and I'll NEVER stop playing if I'm able to but I'll NEVER EVER try to FAKE IT just to keep my "image" up as a rock star, which I am certainly NOT a rock star, never have been, I NEVER will be one either!! I'll just keep on keeping on just as long as the good Lord will allow me to do so!!

[@BassMisteress101]

Once again have been blessed by the Midnight Special🙌

[@vamooneyhan4295]

My all time favorite front man. I'll take this over ANYTHING, hands down.

[@karentarr8930]

Love Humble Pie true front runners of the time🎶

[@markharrls81]

OMG!!!! What a awesome group they were!!!!😎😎

[@dwaynewladyka577]

This performance is epic! Cheers! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

[@marcbolan1818]

Steve was all out and powerful.

[@ronaldknisley9792]

I was just a few years younger but really Jam to them now at 57 in 2024

[@boataxe4605]

Wow! Can’t believe that this was on tv.

[@edrader]

late night 🤣

[@act.13.41]

@The Midnight Special, Thanks for making these old shows available.

[@Bubdiddly]

what a performer he was, rest in peace stevie

[@paullevine1813]

And Greg Ridley as well , one bad ass Bass player & singer.

[@jogischulz2576]

@@paullevine1813 ...yes he was !

[@gregory5671]

Dang Stevie you are sooooooo missed rip friend

[@petedazer3381]

The universe misses you Steve and Greg.

[@joefive5266]

NO IT DONT ! MARRIOT STINKS !! LOUSY VOCALS !! DEPRESSING SELF-INDULGENT CRAP !!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

What. A. Performance. Yeah!!!🤘🤘🤘

[@RodCalidge]

Always loved the way this man would just "elbow" his way through songs. RIP Steve. Miss ya buddy

[@rebeccawagner4167]

An awesome group playing on the Midnight Special, and the group didn't get the recognition that they deserved 🎉🎉

[@bak-mariterry9143]

​@user-hz6vm7xh8m Agreed. 👍

[@Ian-bq7gp]

What i liked about Steve, Greg, Gerry and the fabulous blackberriesis that they did great songs making rock music such good fun and a laugh and party. His lyrics and message was spot on an d sadly many got banged up in a hole for a bit of red leb or nepalese templeball back then.. Thats the stupidity of those laws yet Saville and Glitter were the true demonic monsters not some poor toker with the giggles and munchies. RIP Steve, you were a true legend and beautiful soul who lifted up so mcany of us cat your great gigs and im glad i saw you at the Half Moon pub in Putney, one🎉 of the best nights ever and we partied all night. 😂

[@heimomoilanen9654]

The best line-up with The Blackberries

[@georgebrooks7809]

one of my favorite humble pie songs,great story behind this song,blackberries were the Iceing on the pie.

[@karentarr8930]

Love Humble Pie, front runners for sure

[@IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse]

Fantastic !!!!!!!!

[@edwardhassick5768]

All that and he plays guitar. This a diamond. Keep it you won't find similar, almost, tribute its one of a kind

[@andyman0231]

My favorite Pie song so cool to see a live version in their prime

[@SteveHoffman-ft5nx]

SMOKIN'!

[@ashlandwiseguy]

Absolute AWESOMENESS!!

[@PurpleRecords1972]

3rd instalment of classic footage 👏👏🎸

[@JohnLittle-ze7sp]

Little Steve Marriott with the big ole soulful heart... R.I.P. brother

[@funnydylan9834]

My favorite song by them. I jam to this song on my bass. ❤️👍🏻🎸🎼

[@gerrylavelle8433]

Gawd. I remember the Black Nepalese -- unforgetable even though it knocked you to your knees.

[@kajem575]

If when watching/listening to this performance and you don't appreciate/like it there's something definitely missing in your ability to discern quality musicianship/talent. RINGO sez-✌️❤

[@user-io7yb3kt9e]

No doubt these guys rockd

[@StephanieJeanne]

Rockin' performance! That singer really put his heart and soul into it! Great band and backup singers, too!🎉

[@paullevine1813]

Wanna real treat , find Humble Pies Live album called PERFORMANCE ROCKIN' THE FILLMORE 1971 . One of the best live records to date & right before Peter Frampton left the band. A double set record which I'm sure it is on YT .

[@stephenstone8480]

"That singer" is the one and only Steve Marriott...check out his work with the Small Faces as well. One of the greatest vocalists of all time.

[@stephenstone8480]

@@paullevine1813 Live at Winterland is a great one as well...a crime that Humble Pie and Steve Marriott never truly received the recognition they deserved.

[@1991LCR]

MARRIOTT. SAY NO MORE!

[@dekalbes335]

He sure was something. Amazing .

[@martinjefferies666]

So proud and grateful that this was the music of my generation.

[@joefive5266]

MARRIOT STINKS !! LOUSY VOCALS !! DEPRESSING SELF-INDULGENT CRAP !!

[@billyblanco8106]

A WAY BETTER version of this song from the vinyl album that I listened to as a kid...LOL...TY KZbinr...

[@chilledmonkeebrains]

Damn these guys are good❤❤❤

[@user-kb2ri6fl9e]

Gotta love Marriot

[@eaimperial1]

Omg! Best performance ever by any rock band!

[@kevinhodgins1811]

He was 100% boogie. RIP Steve.

[@jamesmartin7165]

Finally the live version of 30 Days! Small Faces or Pie, there's one & only great Marriott.

[@chrisnemec5644]

A very nice song. It's a bit sad though that the stuff about paranoia has only gotten worse since this was released over fifty years ago.

[@vikingoverlord857]

Wow. Just freakin' wow. How is Steve Marriot not revered as just about the greatest frontman in rock'n'roll history? I guess by people who truly understand he is, but wow 😊

[@joefive5266]

MARRIOT STINKS !! LOUSY VOCALS !! DEPRESSING SELF-INDULGENT CRAP !!

[@neil1390]

This is fantastic!

[@turbocoma]

I can't LOVE this enough!

[@gened9787]

I love this. It takes me way back. Great memories, great music.

[@lisadambrosio2255]

Saw Humble Pie at my first-ever concert at the old Boston GAH-den.

[@AnitaStraker-n8e]

Always loved him. x

[@KameraShy]

Imagine being in that audience.

[@klondike316]

Excellent

[@LarryGonzalez00]

Preach Steve.

[@jasonlee8497]

Soulfull!

[@Joefaf104]

Mesmerizing

[@AZwhiteflower]

Awesome!

[@geestrucken5009]

Fantastic!

[@strawberrybananapeel2538]

If I’m not mistaken here, I believe Peter Frampton was in Humble Pie early on, I’m thinking 1969 to 1971.

[@stephenstone8480]

You are correct. He was replaced by Clem Clempson.

[@billmiller9145]

Sure looks like the young Peter Frampton here.

[@ajwilson231]

That’s Clem

[@dwilson2548]

As he was and I remember when he left my uncle was so pissed off.. is still to this day says f*** Frampton and he ruined humble pie when he left

[@danajohnston2882]

Correct. See "ballad of Shakey jake"

[@dougwilliamson174]

What a great band.Influnced a lot of other bands.🎉❤

[@monmixer]

Steve was a super performer. He was a trained in acting, dancing, theatre etc but he wanted to be a rock star and he was a REAL rock star. So glad I got to see them in their prime. along with Peter Frampton with his own band. Black Oak Arkansas and J Giels band. All on the same bill in a big open natural amphitheatre in the hills of the upper Ohio Valley WV panhandle . It was like a mini woodstack. Vans sitting all over the place with signs as to what what they were selling. Shirts, weed, acid, Black flew a chopper over when they came and dropped a bunch of something into the crowd. Never got any so I don't know what it was but probably mescaline or acid.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Those were the days - LOL! I also saw many groups perform live in the early 70's. Still have my ticket stub for Zeppelin in '72 - $6 ! What are Taylor Swift tickets going for these days ??? I feel bad for the kids now days. Sadly, I never got to see Humble Pie - a huge regret....

[@chrissmela3051]

Now you see where Mick Jagger got his “hand on the hip” thing. This music rocks!

[@curtiskrammer8156]

It’s surprising to me how good a guitar player Marriott was since he earned his legendary status as a singer. Some fine harp playing too - what a fantastic dynamic range in display here. The Blackberry comments during his harp solo are hilarious. Straight from church.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Although Steve was an excellent guitar player, he preferred to have someone else on lead (first Frampton, then Clem) so he could walk away and get into singing from time to time. If you would like to hear more of his guitar skills, I recommend you look up on YT two solo performances: 'Help Me Through the Day" and "Five Long Years" with his later 3 piece band Packet of Three. He was a blues guitar monster.

[@johnkelly8416]

That was fucking awesome!! One of my all time favorite songs from the high school years!!

[@charlesking5328]

Driving out in country listening to Smoking , while Smoking and jamming to the 8 track tape ✌

[@scottfranklin1324]

Steve Marriott, what a voice!

[@ferminmugaguren4916]

It's impossible find any better than this. There is everything here. That's I like R'n'R.

[@spacerockerlightyears]

Fantastic, proper rocker Steve

[@phillippitts6294]

Definitely a fantastic band and song!

[@hamiltonburger4574]

Yea! Good solid Rock and Roll! I was fortunate enough to see them a couple of times in the early 70's and of course didn't realize then how damn good they were. Thanks for posting!

[@richrocketlll]

Steve delivered the best rock-n-roll ever.

[@joseph9061]

What a great band. I think this was the best line up.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I love Jerry Shirleys beard-mustache & long hair, what a fantastic time keeper he is!! ❤

[@fumanchu1977]

Wow!! THAT amp valves sound...

[@thewurm9177]

Yeah, cool sounding backline. Ampeg guitar combos and an Acoustic bass rig. Different and LOUD!

[@RickNBacker]

And notice, NO EFFECTS RACKS for the guitars, Clem's wah-wah pedal for soloing was the only effect.

[@fumanchu1977]

@@RickNBacker true

[@fumanchu1977]

@@thewurm9177 VERY loud!

[@kellylappin5944]

Steve Marriott’s voice rings like a bell!

[@MikeSrok]

If that November 30th 1973 is accurate, this was a mere 4 days after I saw them live in Seattle. Holey moley!