Blue Cheer - Feathers From Your Tree (1968)

[@runningfree4606]

We can change the course of music today, right now and forever by recommending this band to all the kids in the family. Let's do it!

[@RoRo-vr6wx]

I like that quote

[@impalaman9707]

I think this was right after they played one of the loudest gigs of the 60s: A triple blitzkrieg of deafness and hearing loss from the MC5, The Stooges, and Blue Cheer at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit in June '68.

[@myrrhakerenko5553]

Uff

[@michaelszczys8316]

This reminds me of watching bands on tv as a kid in the 60s. They first used to put 95% of the camera on whoever was singing, then maybe the other 5% you might get a quick blip of the rest of the band. Then it progressed to getting all artsy with a lot of effects and you might not really see the band much at all. I remember watching local tv show with local bands and my sister getting mad because all the camera was on ugly creepy lead singer and none on the cute guy playing guitar

[@elvissorna8861]

Man that must have been a heavy heavy night

[@johnharris1812]

I bet your ears nose and eyes were bleeding from that lineup? Must have been awesome!

[@craigdewolf4813]

"Blitzkrieg" would be an understatement, that would have done what WWII couldnt: take London Down. That would have been an intense show! I had the poster/centerfold from OutsideInside on my wall through college. This guy is why I bought Rogers drums

[@Dougdenslowe]

I was on LSD at the Fillmore,Whaley's arms turned into Thor's hammers!The good old days!

[@michaelsena7445]

That's so fucking cool. I was in Albuquerque n Dickie Peterson took off his tophat tosses what was inside of it to us in the front sure wasn't mnm's

[@towhee89]

Dude, he pounded the crap outta those drums!

[@On_Dust]

This isn't possible. This type of drug doesn't cause that type of illusions. Except for colours shifting and changing you won't see any other difference.

[@ThePhoenixcompanies]

@@On_Dust You most likely have never viewed life through a windowpane.

[@On_Dust]

@@ThePhoenixcompanies Is this supposed to be something sad?

[@MrLewisFloydHenry]

All I can say after finding this is: thank fuck there is some footage of Blue Cheer playing some stuff off of the great second album. This tune is killer.

[@monkeyliver1986]

One of the most important bands of all time

[@mavjimbo]

They were phenomenal

[@allenthemadman]

blue cheer needs more radio play. they are that good and their drummer kicks ass!

[@hardyharhar9]

To say the second album is great is an understatement!

[@David-mo5jw]

It realy ,realy is

[@NintendoGameTube1]

My favorite album of theirs.

[@impalaman9707]

To me, this was the record that should have been called "New Improved" Blue Cheer. The one that came out a year later with that title was actually a MAJOR step back in sound quality--not to mention--False Advertising!

[@buriedverydeep]

Yes, OutsideInside is Legendary ...❤️🔥❤️

[@gms9655]

Not only was it their best LP musically, but the album cover was the best one I ever owned. It had cartoon pics of the group with all types of paraphernalia and it also opened twice, with a pic of the band playing onstage.

[@claryscat]

I saw these guys at the Cow Palace in '68 with Canned Heat, Credence Clearwater and a Haigh-Ashbury band called the Wedge. The ticket was a buck and a half. Summertime blues was getting played on Top 40 AM radio and the brand new underground FM format on KMPX played whole album sides. These guys were loud! Hendrix loud, Who loud... with virtually no PA... just a monster stack of amps on stage.

[@Hemimod]

claryscat You probably mean '68, not '86. Saw them in 2008 or so, groundshaking...

[@paistecat]

Saw them at the Hollywood Palladium in ‘68.....

[@itookallthenames]

You lucky bastard

[@Roxxy1987]

love these guys,been listening to them for almost half my life

[@MrMaricopa100]

Me too

[@shadowwalkeralephshadow8438]

Used to date Paul's sister long ago

[@whyalwaysme2522]

+Shadowwalkeraleph Shadow yeah shag baby yeah!!!

[@bennybongosbigolebonanza894]

I’ve been listening to them for more than half my life. I bought their album when I was 17. All that work though and you guys are still cooler than me because I bought their CD in 1994! Hey, I was close! LOL I did see them live in 2006. And they were nice enough to do a meet and greet. Very nice dudes.

[@annzeannieorannzeannaschot4361]

This is a band not candy asses like today's junk

[@cragman8]

SF Psychedelic Music has long been a part of my life. These guys were part of what made it all happen. Love it.

[@derekbeattie5845]

Another 45 i got from friends in the US in exchange for UK singles,. helped me build a collection most of which no one had ever heard of, Blues Magoos, Electric Prunes, Strawberry Alarmclock, Grateful Dead and my hero Captain Beefheart etc. Yellow Brick Road was a revelation ...then he really got down to it .. Clandeboye Forest nr. Newtownards in N.Ireland used to rock with a whole new set of sounds back in the late 60s and early 70s all played on a battery powered record player ,... MAD

[@jakeshaw6827]

Do you dig some Frank Zappa mate

[@reacguru]

These guys were amazing, just a power trio, and everybody notices what a monster Paul Whaley was, but Leigh Stephens was creating a wall of sound like no other guitarist at the time, and Dickie Peterson established a standard for bassist/vocalists that nobody has exceeded. The various incarnations of Blue Cheer produced some great rock and roll that was never as widely recognized as it should have been.

[@On_Dust]

I wanna be in a power trio. Except for better money. You don't need to practice all the time for other band members changing their parts. And if all 3 members of the trio can sing in tune, you'll end up with some pretty good harmonies.

[@songsamsung]

Wow! Can't believe what I've just seen!!! My all time favourite Blue Cheer song. Thank you so much!!

[@elvissorna8861]

Their music always makes me want to roam the forests in the countryside tripping on acid, or even sober

[@metrakos]

Discovering this band over the last week has been a real revelation for me. This Outside Inside album is just fantastic. How could it be so unknown when it is easily as good or better than the Experience or Cream

[@mavjimbo]

Masterpiece

[@richardl3720]

While I really like this the Experience was in another league altogether. Are Your Experienced might just be the best album ever made.

[@jaredkushner5024]

@@richardl3720 It's not really in another league. Not sure why you're claiming that, it sounds similar. The fame it's received is dictating to you that it's better, it isn't necessarily, though.

[@richardl3720]

@@jaredkushner5024 I understand where you're coming from but completely disagree.

[@floydvaughn9666]

Maybe if they'd have named themselves Whale? Haha. I don't know, but if the front man had gotten a style that showed his face then maybe the right people would've paid attention?

[@3sandlot]

Wore out both albums in 1968... Finally saw them in 2006 -- one of the best small hall concerts ever. Was five feet away from them. BS'd with Peterson after the show. Answered all my questions. ... TV cameramen rarely got the shot right during a guitar solo for any group back in the day -- didn't do their homework.

[@Enevan1968]

Dickie Peterson was the nicest guy to BS with... They don't make them like him anymore.

[@monkeyliver1986]

One of the only bands that were better live than in the studio

[@user-mu4bf5rm7x]

The Byrds were much better live too.

[@777certain7]

me and my two buddies went to see blue cheer in 68 and dropped a ton of acid right before they went on and it was and incredible show...i don't know how long they played but it felt like 12 hours

[@oldguy9078]

These guy's were so far ahead of their time during this time in music, critics and people had no clue. Blue Cheer started it all metal, heavy metal. psychedelic you name it they started it.

[@davidepalmas5500]

Amboy Dukes di Ted Nugent e Mountain a Woodstock erano selvaggi e rudi. Leslie West re del tono

[@hardyharhar9]

Paul Whaley is a beast.

[@ZavnorZ]

Yes....that was hot shit stuff in 1968. Still is....

[@tutoch]

yea its no wonder Niel Peart was a fan

[@DAGDRUM53]

tutoch Good for Neil. Whaley always sounded like an amalgam of Mitchell and Moon to me; later that is, I'd heard Hendrix first, of course, but was listening to Blue Cheer long before The Who. And the Cheer still gets me off.

[@loudmind68]

No... He is *_THE BEAST_* there are no other

[@klinkerkk]

Was :'(

[@bobbyneal6322]

Holy Moly!! Now here's a real gem!! Man!! What a period in time this was for BLUE CHEER!! Their 2nd LP..."OUTSIDEINSIDE" really broke some new ground!! This is absolute DYNAMITE!! Wow!! Wish I had a complete DVD of them at this time!! Thanks-a-million for posting this!! More! More! More! Bobby Neal

[@Planktontwo]

Exactly what I was thinking. I mean there has to be very few film footage of Blue Cheer period. This is a treat.

[@myrrhakerenko5553]

+ bobby Neal. Same opinion. Same wish. Great psychedelia, they were carrying acid rock elsewhere...

[@philiphoward1731]

They didn’t have really good video Quitman back then it was too expensive the film all the time but I Wirly would’ve been great if they would’ve videotaped blue cheer

[@jameskinkead2456]

This was LSD music. The Acid we got was made by Owsley , pharmaceutical grade and almost 8 times stronger than it is today. Blue Cheer was a special batch of Acid Owsley made for them. That's how they got their name. You wouldn't believe what happens to this music on a full blown Acid trip........I can't describe it but it's wayyyyyyyyyyy beyond mere music. Genuine Psychedelic music from that era is like arcane texts you have to have the key to read.......@@myrrhakerenko5553

[@eastwest42286]

Great song. Whaley was killing it. He literally looks like a time traveler from the 90s stuck in 1968. He gives me that stoner rock vibe. One of the most sinister sounding songs of its time.

[@On_Dust]

Maybe the best drummer of his generation. Iron Butterfly's was also good

[@eastwest42286]

@@On_Dust Blue Cheer Iron Butterfly Vanilla Fudge Black Sabbath Blue Öyster Cult MC5 Sir Lord Baltimore and Leaf Hound were proto-metal pioneers.

[@talpajam]

what is sinister is Whaley's intro to Just A Little Bit..pre-Peart, Bobby Caldwell, even Bonham. that drum riff is so pre-every drummer in '68...just sick stuff. the tell is, on YT there is not one drum cover of Paul Whaley playing JALB..not one.

[@jameskinkead2456]

There's nothing sinister about it. It's Acid Rock made by people taking LSD for people who were into LSD. And I mean pure doses around 350-400 mics. The average dose today is 50 mics. You couldn't listen to anything evil or scary sounding back then or you'd freak out...........This was brain wave music and turned into something beyond music when you listened to it on a trip.

[@TheDrummerman1951]

Nice the original Blue Cheer

[@davizzyus]

Wow! Incredibly delicious rarity!! Didn't know there was any footage of them from '68, other than the 'Summertime Blues' on Beat Club!! Thanks a million for the upload!!

[@philiphoward1731]

davizzyus Is somebody in pencil time machine I’m going back to 1968 and I’m gonna videotape blue cheer in 4K high definition and while I’m back in 1968 I’m gonna buy a bunch of Marshall amplifiers a bunch of Sunn Amplifiers hey Sunn PA System a bunch a Rogers drums and bring them all back to you today

[@On_Dust]

@@philiphoward1731 i have a better plan. I would go back to '67 to teach them some Sabbath tunes and some Lucifer's Friend songs. I would do it for everyone to say that they are the first heavy metal band. But even if i did, people would again say that Blue Cheer isn't metal. 😂😂

[@mavjimbo]

Huge surprise

[@americanpatriot9865]

Excellent band. Grandads of heavy metal!

[@mavjimbo]

This band was not fucking around

[@realityfrominsanity]

RARE! Thanks for sharing. Blue Cheer forever!

[@NicoMalcolm]

Wow! Thanks so much for this upload. What a rare find! Fantastic band! R.I.P. Dickie Peterson

[@01skynyrdfan01]

Thank you for this post even though the sound sucks I loved watching it, wish I had had the chance to see them live...

[@jmgmarcus808]

I wish the quality was better wow I love this record outside inside is a must hear for any proto metal lovers super heavy record before Black Sabbath wow I didn't think they had footage of this thank you!

[@monkeyliver1986]

Musical geniuses

[@jeffthrow6892]

Wow......this is pretty awesome to see this old footage!! One of my favorite B.C. songs to boot, very cool......

[@Adriana-ts6hw]

Favorite song. And that hair! 😍

[@DaveFurgess]

bought this in Bridgeport, CT 1968, at 8 years old!

[@ricjan58]

An awe inspiring performance by this pivitol influencial band. Thanks for posting.

[@johnbuysdimes]

I seen them three times I got the party with them and they cared in their gear once

[@The_Klystron7]

Bought their first album when I was probably 17 or 18. (Along with MC5 live album) Was in a heavy punk band. Loved the Grateful Dead. Smoked tons of weed and dosed a lot. Circa 1984-5.

[@stomachlining]

love blue cheer

[@On_Dust]

All of us do.

[@rjc7289]

I wonder if this is the first time in recorded history that the word "heavy" was used to describe a band? Either way, we are witnessing the origins of heavy metal right here!

[@SteelCitySH]

I was wondering the same. I didn't know they were using the term "heavy" back in 68.

[@KeizerHedorah]

they'd been saying heavy since atleast 1965

[@jameskinkead2456]

Yeah, we were..........It's heavy, Man......... We got it from black street jive. Iron `Butterfly's first album was called "Heavy".@@SteelCitySH

[@farmhand6524]

Thanks for this rock relic upload... Heard them first in '68 on American Bandstand

[@TMCMR]

Damn. These guys are great live. Wow

[@mavjimbo]

Unfortunately this version of the band was only around briefly

[@rickytrux]

just want to second that emotion man......right on brother! can't believe this is on here!! Outsideinside is one of the all-time greatest rock l.p.s, and when i saw them in 2006 they opened up with Babylon....with Whaley on drums it was so killer! R.I.P. Dickie!!

[@pfordsq]

....."Flying , through the wonder , now you see , now you see , finding you this way , as the breezes blow , breezes blow. You know I wanna thank you , for being just that way , you know I'm gonna love you , every minute of every day , you know I could'nt stand it , could'nt stand it any other way...." . Dickie did'nt get his just due in this life , I don't believe that's the case , now. Thanks for posting a unique and rare clip , one I'd never heard of.

[@iconicshrubbery]

Beauty in the face of Onslaut

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Priceless. And a good live band they were too.

[@Hellon999]

Amazing live version.

[@hudent]

I forgot, thank you for posting this good shit I don't know how you got it but you did and that is all that matters....God Bless

[@rogerbousse6642]

Love it

[@HiddenScars]

I would be VERY interested to see how this audio could be improved upon (if possible) when processed through a noise suppressor, a limiter, possibly some tube or tape saturation and a master buss compressor.

[@spamlambam234]

Long live American music!

[@paistecat]

LOVE IT!! Paul Whaley was great!!

[@johnbuysdimes]

My friend Mark Peterson and I checked them out several times in Chicago. ass kicking every time

[@martyswaney1098]

Beyond cool.

[@dansmith5774]

Drummers a kicking Ass!!!!

[@billkranz8035]

Thanks for posting this gem!!

[@FF-so3su]

Thanks

[@MyEndymion]

The godfathers of psychedelic, blues-based heavy metal!

[@metalheadgamer80]

MyEndymion, Blue Cheer weren't Metal. They were Psychedelic Hard Rock, or Heavy Psych in BC's case but not particularly Heavy Metal yet.

[@TheAnonymousJohnSmith6969]

MyEndymion yeah but I think it was more stoner rock sounding than heavy metal

[@TheAnonymousJohnSmith6969]

Joshua Ibarra seems like Outsideinside was more like stoner rock

[@On_Dust]

Heavy metal is blues based for the most part anyway.

[@jameskinkead2456]

Acid Rock or Psychedelic was what we called them. If you were into Blue Cheer you were into serious high dose LSD. They were absolutely a renegade , underground outfit.@@metalheadgamer80

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very well.................................................................................................................................

[@DavidWarrenArchivedChannel]

Thank you! One of my favorite Cheer songs :)

[@ARock-cb1pw]

lm finally getting a chance to hear B C and I luv'em since 6 grade in 68

[@jeanninemeilman760]

I think I saw this "show". It was free at the Avalon Ballroom. Blue Cheer did two songs {Out of Focus was the other} over and over as it was being filmed for T.V. Steve Miller Band also played two songs a number of times.Is this film from that show? It's been 50 years!

[@TheRockandroll420]

Im 15 and I love this groovy band

[@iconicshrubbery]

This is an Apparition from a purple-hazed bygone era ! In blazing technicolour, with a stoned cameraman, just 3 far-out guys creating an incredible mood.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Ok, the first real sludge metal heavy shit I think is a song called Dropout Boogie on Captain Beefhearts first album safe as milk, I think it's 65-66, check it out people.

[@TDghf]

dude never heard that one before, damn heavy came out in 1967. u heard The Flies "stepping stone" that's from 66 has some pretty stoner riffing for that time.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Original beginning of metal!

[@dagnabbit6187]

I am starting to equate bands like Blue Cheer and the 13th Floor Elevators with the Sergio Leone Westerns . How ? Well simply groundbreaking and timeless

[@bodegakyh1200]

The first band of Heavy metal was born in 1968 with Blue Cheer in the Balcebu Eruptum

[@dreyxxyz]

As soon as I finished watching this, I hit Subcribe to your channel. I couldn't believe that someone actually had a video of my "Heroes" in their "Golden Age" Thank You so much for posting this-It's a Dream Come True! Try to find more footage from this time period-The 2nd Album "OutsideInside" (I played a Black Rogers Double Bass Set in a Midwest Band called, "Travelore" in the 1980's).

[@marcoantoniodeluca19]

gracias!!!

[@JohnBGood-ry9wj]

Heavy Blues.....the birth of heavy metal

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

Fuckin' Awesome!!!

[@thegreatchain7112]

I saw the Jerry Garcia band at the bottom line NYC 1973, I was tripping & John Khan made funny faces and it looked like he was a horse 🐴 on quick draw McGrare's 2 wheeler scooting along ! Jerry Garcia was smiling ear 👂 to ear

[@Dick_Weasel]

Roots of metal right here

[@user-fg4hk8lx6k]

Весь рок с 50 60 годов начелся сильнейшая группа

[@user-hn5sq2wl6k]

Игорь Воронин согласен

[@hardyharhar9]

wow I think I'll favorite this one!

[@BetoKaosZDejavu]

Very hiper good Band. Super soud

[@chuckpaul2663]

They should be in the Rock n Roll hall of fame

[@jameskinkead2456]

It's an outrage Madonna, Michael Jackson and Eminem are and genuine pioneers like Blue Cheer, MC5, Big Brother among others, are not. Nauseating and absolute bullshit.

[@robin7771]

PAUL WHALEY!

[@hudent]

Dickie Peterson is at his clearly young best thanks for posting this video I have not seen much live footage from this great band.

[@michaelsena7445]

I do believe any nite with Blue Cheer was. Heavy Heavy nite or day.🎸

[@thecandyman9308]

Sick tune

[@D.Norton]

A psychedelic masterpiece !!!!

[@Billvis77]

Awesome! What a find, glad the tape still plays! Wish Dickie could have seen it.....

[@bobquack1]

Wow, this was heavy for that show. This was obviously taken from the unedited tapes with the time cues. This is the only live performance video I've seen for this song. There is another video performance for a song from this album (The Hunter), but Randy Holden is on guitar and I can't remember if it is lip synced. There is a video of Summertime Blues from American Bandstand but quality is very poor.

[@econoroller]

if you dig this there's word that the Owsley Stanley Foundation is in possession of some dynamite live Blue Cheer from their heyday, engineered by Owsley, or at least blasted to the max through his primo sound system, which was the best at the time. You can search them on the web and bug them about it, I did. The foundation is presently going through thousands of recordings from Owsley's archives, they are restoring and digitizing them for official release YAY!!!!

[@stephenkane2464]

you know i don't wanna goooo

[@edithvaler4708]

That drumm is fuckin' awesome

[@fleetwoodbrawm]

ooohhhhh yeah!

[@cranialcompany]

righteous find!!

[@madmikeastoria]

Good shit!

[@sirfrancisdrake4285]

Chit Man Dis GOOOOOOd.

[@hudent]

Guys I love this shit as bad as the video sounds who cares I just love to see Blue Cheer doing their thing..I just love Dickie he had so much soul..God Bless him wherever he is.

[@josephevans4217]

Wow! Cool from height Ashbury's feather's step nephew JJ

[@steveamaya6477]

The Best

[@paistecat]

Man what an album OUTSIDEINSIDE was...

[@NintendoGameTube1]

Yes, really a great album.

[@TheeMikeForce]

I never seen this early Mudhoney performance!

[@superjudge555]

AND...Dickie did see this video. He even remembered the time when it was filmed....

[@paulceniceros5514]

GOOD👍STUFF!

[@connorbliss8669]

Possibly from the upbeat show.

[@blackzeppelin6028]

Considero (muy personalmente) que todo aquel que se precie de ser fanático del heavy metal debe tener o por lo menos haber escuchado alguna vez el Vincebus Eruptum, para mi, la piedra fundacional del heavy metal ;-{D

[@cabezadehuevo3117]

Concuerdo. Una obra maestra clave para el género.

[@chiquitibumbombita8564]

Estas en lo cierto. Ellos estaban muy adelantados para su epoca en cuanto a la musica

[@pfordsq]

You're right , Randy Holden is on "The Hunter" clip from Geman TV , and "Summetime Blues" from Beat Club(German TV) , he's just miming Leigh's parts , as they did a tour of Europe shortly after he joined , and they were still promoting "Outside Inside". The Bandstand clip ,I have a VHS copy , but , there is a better copy on You Tube. This thing , here , tho' , seems live to me...Could have been assisted , but , does'nt seem that way.

[@mantid138]

What kind of cretins give this a thumbs down?

[@Planktontwo]

Dorks. Morons. Hip Hop lovers, etc.......

[@ARock-cb1pw]

probably lovers of rap where their main musical instrument is the microphone :)

[@daveceaser13]

ones with ears

[@myrrhakerenko5553]

+daveceaser13 ...but no brains.

[@WolfLuGer]

THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EPOCH OF TIME WE WERE LIVING - I WAS 14 IN THAT TIME - I'M 64 NOW AND BLUE CHEER WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST BANDS IN THE ROCK WORLD ... PURE ENERGY, POWER, VIOLENCE ... A SPECIFIC BAND FOR THOSE VIOLENT AND REBEL YEARS ... A UNIQUE BAND SPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL TRIO !!!