Blue Cheer live | Rockpalast | 2008

Blue Cheer live | Rockpalast | 2008 | Setlist
01. Parchment Farm 00:00:00
02. I'm Gonna Get To You 00:07:42
03. Rollin' Dem Bones 00:15:35
04. Out Of Focus 00:20:50
05. Just A Little Bit 00:26:07
06. Mallajusted Child 00:30:31
07. Summertime Blues 00:36:26
08. Doctor Please 00:43:23
09. The Hunter 01:08:25
Line up
Dickie Peterson - vocals, bass
Andrew "Duck" MacDonald - guitar, backing vocals
Paul Whaley - drums
The concert was recorded on 11th april 2008 at Crossroads Festival in Bonn.

[@patricialambert3110]

Before Lemmy...Before Geddy....Before Budgie....There was DICKIE! The original singing bass player in a metal trio! RIP

[@jakeshaw6827]

Fuck yeah man!

[@toneyisaiah408]

They could not be denied.

[@toneyisaiah408]

They're originally from California.

[@toneyisaiah408]

They'll blow your stereo speakers!.

[@toneyisaiah408]

They are one of the few bands that people have over looked.

[@donalddale4312]

Dickie Peterson, one of the best of all time.

[@michaelbruzik4188]

Blue Cheer rules! Sabbath rules!! HEAVY METAL!!

[@monkeyliver1986]

One of the most important rock n roll bands in history

[@HouseWashingRick]

Man I’m 50 years old will be 51 in October. How did I not notice or hear about this band before. I love them. Sounds like I need to listen to these guys on my old school Sportster 1200 next time I go for a long ride

[@thesandman4438]

My daughter asked me what the first heavy metal song was, and I played Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer for her. She's 26 and was shocked that the video was in black in white. I never felt so old. But she loved it. And it felt good to pass on the love of classic metal to another generation.

[@simplechronology2605]

Play her "Rumble" by Link Wray too, if you wanna expose her to the earliest roots of metal.

[@jamesjohnson-yu5fq]

That's great my kids loves great bands and the Rockin Blues. I call them kids because I'm old and I call all the younger people kids. When I Wake Up and crawl out of bed I'm Rockin to the Blues.

[@nobody53535]

first heavy metal song, 🤣 keep dreaming😂

[@nobody53535]

​@@simplechronology2605🤣

[@thesandman4438]

@@nobody53535 when you're opinion matters to someone, they'll let you know. Until then, stay in the basement.

[@rafehr1378]

My number "1" Band. 73 years old. Roll into Utube with "SATURDAYS FREEDOM". Own about every sound these Boys released. This was the last.

[@mateoik]

the fathers of heavy metal and stoner rock

[@rafehr1378]

Yes

[@MiserablePyre]

saw this lineup in portland oregon 2008. red fang and danava opened. it ruled.

[@mannyruiz1954]

RIP Dickie and Paul. Rock in Peace.🤘❤

[@oldmcmetal3688]

Long before Heavy Metal there was Blue Cheer.

[@MidnightMark12]

Bullocks to Black Sabbath

[@On_Dust]

They were metal before metal.

[@dextervortexsungte5348]

they're called stoner rock as well as heavy psychedelic hard rock, not heavy metal, black sabbath owned heavy metal

[@rafehr1378]

@@MidnightMark12 Ozzy said he wanted their sounds.

[@MidnightMark12]

@@rafehr1378 You think that Sharon got them behind the tour bus with the strap on?

[@Flaco-ip7cl]

The first metal band in the world is from San Francisco

[@HighOnFire1997]

Duck MacDonald absolutely shredding his way through this set like a knife through butter. This set is so fucking heavy. Doom metal paradise for my ears

[@lasjok3r97]

100% agreed. Duck is a fucking gem. And Dickies just beefed out in every way.

[@wrxstinyr]

RIP Mr. Whaley.

[@DTM-Books]

Would have been amazing to see this live, catching 2/3rds of the original Blue Cheer lineup. Even as old men, they could blast out the loud and heavy rock music. So sorry that Dickie Peterson and Paul Whaley is no longer with us. Somebody ought to release this concert on vinyl LP. Would be fantastic.

[@mavjimbo]

They had a crushing sound,crank it up

[@user-xy7lf1tx1d]

I was in a band back in 1969, still in jr. high school. We played a school dance and Parchment Fam was one of the songs we did. Everyone said it was groovy and far out.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

WHAT an EFFING performance! Gawdang, CRUNCHITY goodness!

[@dynjarren8355]

They delivered the Rock and sound pretty damn good! One of the first hard rock bands ever!

[@Sailor_Man_Music]

I love this band! Just discovered them and I love it.

[@tejaml]

i saw these guys in the 60s !!!!

[@reneemoriconi7003]

I know this was 15 years ago but they kicked ass!!

[@kentaylor7044]

i was never overly fond of too many of the hard-edged rock but for some reason i always really liked blue cheer

[@whweller]

Saw them live at Duke, maybe 1967-68. Wall of Sound - knocked us out of the stadium. Terrific aid too - little blue marshmallows. Crazy time - glad I (and they) survived!!

[@jarrettgardner0628]

Now that's a great story!!

[@ardypangihutan3653]

Blue Cheer is one of forefathers of heavy metal.

[@tassosvasiliades1325]

Hey Guys,i LOVE you since the Very First time i Heard you,back at the 1987...LONG LIVE BLUE CHEER!

[@4825ph]

The legendary Andrew Duck McDonald! Awesome

[@HighOnFire1997]

This is my first time listening to them and oh my god my brains are blown apart. Been a metalhead since the age of 3 I'm 26 now and I cant believe I never heard of them before.

[@On_Dust]

I love how they play some of their new stuff 🙂

[@johnmitchelljr]

They did a real good being Blue Cheer. Thank you.

[@mrbr4587]

Pioneers!

[@drivinsouth651]

Not according to The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[@hexenzsene2837]

@@drivinsouth651 the style of jimi hendrix is ​​not heavy metal, it is mainly psychedelic rock and acid rock, he only introduced elements that later would be a reference for heavy metal, however, undoubtedly hendrix together with cream and the who were water dividers for birth of heavy metal. every musical genre has its precedents and evolutions, and bands like blue cheer, Steppenwolf and iron butterfly sounded like the purest heavy metal of the 70s, the beginning of heavy metal "in its pure form" for that time

[@drivinsouth651]

@@hexenzsene2837 Woodstock`s National Anthem, Voodoo Chile (slight return) and machine Gun are definitely HEAVY METAL.! Sorry.

[@On_Dust]

@@drivinsouth651 and don't forget purple haze too. The combination between heavy blues and psychedelia gives us metal. This is what Blue Cheer did.

[@sevanewromantic7712]

Pioneers of Heavy metal

[@mathstar4176]

I'm strictly Classic rock n roll fan

[@magnoliapromotions1894]

I was lucky to have met Dickie in Germany in the nineties. He even played for me in Walthamstow when him and his wife, Ilka spent their honeymoon at my flat. Only saw them play twice though. I was also very lucky when I set up the Magnolia Promotions youtube channel and was given permission by Dr Peddicord to include two tracks. Check them out.

[@mathstar4176]

Sometimes one needs this kind of toughness to cope with all the negative people. I saw Blue Cheer Live in Fairmount park Philadelphia in 1970. They're just as hard here in 2008, that was a year of change for me.

[@michaelbrook457]

I was there, what a fantastic gig!!!!

[@wolfmei5ter]

Oooh. I like that. Plus they were on fire for this recording!!!

[@rafehr1378]

Live

[@charleswilliams8368]

The old expression that Blue Cheer turned the air into cottage cheese made sense after seeing them in 2008. The air seemed thicker when they were playing.

[@joemink890]

I think I also read that the music turned the listeners' brains into cottage cheese.

[@mathstar4176]

Heavy metal meets Punk rock meets Grunge. I once knew a Cat in London who was strictly Classic rock n roll but he had a kid brother who was a real Punk kid. I am not a Punk rock fan even though Mick Jones was my Art school friend. But I like Blue Cheer. 😄🌟😎🌎☮️❤️

[@user-cf4lo6in2v]

Отрыв башки!!! Кайфую от Дикки!!

[@jpab9201]

legend of hard rock and thunder riff for heavy metal music \m/!

[@joelhubaut5562]

Quel privilège de les voir, les écouter. Plus qu'un coup de foudre de jeunesse !

[@WillieEWoof]

The amazing band! The great inspiration for Black Sabbath/metal!

[@rafehr1378]

True. What Ozzy said about Blue Cheer.

[@keithchurchill3008]

Excellent,saw them at the round house many years ago.

[@celestelongway7315]

Never heard this! wow 20201 lockdowns vintage finds. Power trio heavy jamming!. A little bit like Motorhead. Cool! Cheers to Blue Cheer.

[@MidnightMark12]

Motorhead was like Blue Cheer.

[@impalaman9707]

Before there was Lemmy---there was Dickie!

[@paullevine1813]

Yes indeed but you have it backwards Motorhead sounded like them but still not as heavy. The apples don't fall far from the tree.

[@RQH781]

Oh. I like this band

[@Microtonal_Cats]

The first grunge album. 1968. (I said that and Jack Endino agreed.) I loved it as a kid in 1974. One of the only good albums at my local library (the other one was "switched on Bach.")

[@jarrettgardner0628]

Wendy Carlos (previously Walter Carlos) "Switched-On Bach" is an amazing album!! Moog Madness!!

[@simonkormendy849]

Really diggin these guys, they're awesome.

[@user-jq2di1ni7k]

👍 Aerobatics Hello from Rossia, Novosibirsk

[@rubentrejo3178]

One of the best bass players I played with laid back easy to work with Ruben Trejo San Francisco California USA

[@toneyisaiah408]

Crank it up!

[@wesworach7441]

Awesome Trio !!!

[@s11411]

Спасибо за всё, Дикки и Blue Cheer!

[@miguelbustos971]

presentes en mis primeros viajes al sol !!

[@juergeli1]

Da kommt Leben in meine alten Rockerknochen. Tönt besser als meine TV-Aufzeichnung damals.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you.

[@oscarbolanos4053]

¡Carajo! ¿por que hasta hoy 8-12-18 descubro este concierto???

[@Daniel-4077]

Dickie!

[@jannyrcobs]

Has this ever been released on double vinyl? If not, it should be. It sounds like it was played and recorded with a 2-LP release in mind, truth be told -- complete with a little break in the middle of 'Doctor Please' for the sake of flipping over from Side 3 to Side 4. RIP, Paul and Dickie.

[@msaintpc]

The creators of metal.

[@piscator57]

Blue Cheer was the name of a brand of acid....

[@MidnightMark12]

Blue Cheer and Grateful Dead were the Acid Test.

[@impalaman9707]

So was Deep Purple

[@magnoliapromotions1894]

Don't forget The New Improved Blue Cheer washing powder ad in 1959.

[@johnrichards1019]

Owlsley was pure acid, took it the night I saw the cheer, what a great memory

[@manowardefender4042]

Super long live rock n roll super

[@jakeshaw6827]

The Melvins must have been influenced by these guys Blue Cheer was like grunge 20 years before the Seatle scene hit

[@oscarsalinas8115]

Acá suenan mas rockeros que psicodélicos ...el grunge de los 60....PAPITOS DEL ROCK!!

[@canaldogalego.]

Firebird is a similar stoner rock band of Bill Steer

[@diegogimenez4412]

Excelente recital que bien suenan

[@tomburns70]

'Dickie Peterson' and his "Blue Cheer" are, were, always played in my Home. Check 'Yoder" in the band "KAK," a Blue Cheer Member. Vincibus Eruptum This video is later in their career. "They played sporadically until 2009" --Google Assistant

[@rafehr1378]

Same. I own all their music that I know of. 1967 was my first year of seeing them. 73 years old. Rock Festival Roadie 1968 -- 1970. 4 Festivals West Coast --- East Coast. West Palm Beach, Florida was the last one. Rolling Stones closed that one. The best act I saw was Johnny & Edgar Winters do; "TABACCO ROAD". Janis Joplin, Johnny , and Vanilla Fudge did a set

[@BranFlakes112]

We're all "just sitting here on the Parchment Farm" in one way or another.

[@user-wk6kh6ny2b]

КРУТО!🤘

[@toneyisaiah408]

They were before Triumph, Mahogany Rush and Budgie.

[@drivinsouth651]

But after Hendrix; coincidence?

[@impalaman9707]

Blue Cheer also influenced Pentagram. Those guys were Blue Cheer fanatics, and still are! They wanted to pick up where Blue Cheer left off!

[@jarrettgardner0628]

That's the truth!! Bobby Liebling all time favorite band after UFO & Wishbone Ash is Blue Cheer!!

[@johnlevison9552]

To the morons that said this was a shitty band, you don't know what your talking about.Blue Cheer was dynamite!RAWWWW sound, way before Grand FUNK,AND DURING WHEN CREAM WAS KING! These no comparison to the experience, different styles entirely great each in their own way.I remember seeing Blue Cheer on American Bandstand doing Summertime Blues.Get 1st album and second,I still own mine they still are great as when I first heard them.Rock On!

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Maybe...but at least Mark Farner could sing 🤣

[@HighOnFire1997]

​@hurdygurdyguy1 prefer Dickies gravel voice. Couldn't imagine anyone else singing for Blue Cheer. He's king and noone can beat him.

[@rafehr1378]

@@hurdygurdyguy1 as if that matters!

[@thorstenriedel3152]

Dicky rules

[@jaspchile]

Any chance to find Peace of Mind live, or at least the clip? I already saw it but only psicodelic effects. Doesn't the band playing it...

[@renerodrigues1343]

Muito top sensacional som.

[@drewstrom75]

Man just.... God DAMN MOFOS!!!

[@doomedandstonedlatam]

Gracias

[@mikelowrie8957]

Wow one the first acid rock band s

[@renerodrigues1343]

O que eu adoro no som do blue cher eo som alto no talo e muito peso vocal energetico brilhante mesmo.

[@coadmiller5010]

No offense to the Motorhead fans out there, but Dickie Peterson is pretty much the original Lemmy Kilmeister.. I was a big fan of the Cheer since '68 and Vincebus, I may have liked Outside inside even more... Liked New Improved, the Randy Holden side more than the Bruce Stephens Burns Kellogg side, but It has grown on me over the years... I envy the bloke who saw ' em w. Cream, I saw 'em (Cream the same year, and later saw Blue Cheer, opening for Iron Butterfly, ( all original members) but I was told by Randy Holden that Leigh Stephens had left the band only four days earlier, and he was the new replacement... I was bummed that with four bands on the bill. There were two stages on opposite sides of the coliseum and I was at the wrong end, and had to make my way through a huge crowd with general seating, once Blue Cheer started... I did have my brothers 35 mm. camera and managedto get some good photos of the group backstage, though I couldn't get the flash working for thier set which was oddly poorly lit.. Wish I'd had presence of mind to take pics of Iron butterfly, which was better lit.. also the Byrds and Standells were there...

[@miguelangelmartinezsarrio2010]

No les dieron la importancia que tenian..pero junto con motorhead.judas priest .gallaguer.zeppelin .hendrix y unos pocos mas ..para mi estan en un pedestal..seran inimitables...muy grandes..bueno...enormes,

[@joshbolton5624]

Cool! I got to see them around this time maybe 07 or so good shit👹

[@danielrose3434]

One hit wonders.

[@jordanpratt3821]

If you're the kind of person that worries about hits then you are in the wrong place all together. Wrong genre, wrong everything.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

🤣😂 Sure sux when you announce to the world how dumb you are!

[@thyagosouza3022]

Bom de mais 🤘🤘

[@ThomasMetal75]

Motorhead before Motorhead! Metal before metal!

[@mikebockey4125]

they were considered hard rock

[@Exterminate265]

@@mikebockey4125 Lemmy also considered Motorhead a rock band.

[@impalaman9707]

Before there was Lemmy---there was Dickie!

[@sharpdressedvan]

Snot dripping out of Dickie's nose. Gosh, what a great video, oh, and yet another nameless lead guitar player. Should have kept Leigh Stephens...

[@nathanlansford1882]

Some bands can sound rather thin with one guitar 🎸 player... NOT BLUE CHEER!

[@ambroulard]

Note,, guys got snot running out of his nose,, classic blue cheer!! Rock on derelicts!

[@scottbegonias313]

Coming from a guy that probably can't play a note on any instrument! I'd like to see what's coming out of you when you're 60 something years old touring playing under hot stage lights ! Disrespectful moron ,he died a year later!

[@ambroulard]

@@scottbegonias313 All of your suppositions regarding me are in fact WRONG, and he still had snot running out of his nose while playing, derelict, so you can put your foil hat on and go back to bed ;now.

[@Buzzramjet]

The great BLUE CHEER. I saw them half a dozen times and got to even go see them rehearse in San Francisco. Dickie was pretty cool and he and the band signed my VINCEBUS ERUPTUM album. WORST camera work ever.

[@carolwolf9614]

Fuck Yes Blue Cheer x

[@stevemortillaro7201]

Heavy, man….

[@lizardguy523]

Anyone know where I can find a guitar tab for parchment farm or any of there songs

[@billdaniels-vl6et]

You can probably find tablature on Blue chair online somewhere try tablature places that are you know about guitar and guitar only especially San Francisco ksan was the station that played them exclusively they're no longer around but tablets are for blue should not be that hard to find

[@hoedanook8181]

Jammie .....

[@user-tx5tq4wm5i]

мы так лабали в 1968 году в 6 классе

[@kakolykia]

He sounds like Tim Baker from Cirith Ungol

[@paullevine1813]

Other way around.

[@rafehr1378]

@@paullevine1813 TRUE

[@INFERNOsolo666]

Dikie reflash in me

[@happx2]

mono?

[@SenorZorrozzz]

His nose running!!!

[@joshbolton5624]

Yeah coke tends to have that affect😵

[@Kgio-2112]

Uhh ... He was a human being

[@HighOnFire1997]

Where is it going?

[@benoitEngel]

Traduction

[@matthewtopping2061]

Runny nose dad metal

[@paullevine1813]

Don't get much better than the old days where we let it all hang out at volume 12.

[@jordanpratt3821]

So the best kind

[@matthewtopping2061]

Personally I prefer vegan progressive deathgrind

[@androsbreuner9983]

leider keine lautstärke beim original material. scheisse.

[@user-nu1ot7po8p]

보컬 감기걸렸나 콧물좀딲고하지. 콧물이아니고 상처같기도하고.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Time had not been kind to Dickie's voice...

[@kvogel9245]

It'd be better without the closeups.

[@RQH781]

UTM. Good fucking luck. You will never cancel my comments.