Widowmaker - Old Grey Whistle Test

[@JonHawaii2003]

Who knew Bob would go on to write some of the best songs ever written? What a legend.

[@InterestingStuff888]

He wrote all of Ozzys big hits.

[@garyschartz3023]

I saw Widowmaker open the show for Rough Diamond (terrible) and Ted Nugent Group touring Cat Scratch Fever. Enjoyed Widowmaker. Bob Dailey made an impression. Saw him a few years later with Rainbow.

[@martinhowe1422]

I assume you are being sarcastic? The geezer is a fuckin' ledge - wrote albums worth.

[@Scion-cy6wj]

I don't think anyone would ever, ever say that the Ozzy solo albums had "some of the best songs ever written" - bloody hell, come on!!

[@JonHawaii2003]

@@Scion-cy6wj joking, right?

[@TomGuerra1]

Huw playing some nice slide and Steve Ellis sounding like Marriott.

[@roytaylor6559]

Ellis actually sang at a couple of Small Faces nights at the legendary Ruskin Arms in East Ham, performing Marriott songs.

[@Kohntarkosz]

Huw's work with Hawkwind during the 80's really threw me for a loop! He and Terje Rypdal really reshaped my thinking about "lead guitar", and pretty much ended my teenaged interest in "shredding".

[@jimiaxe]

The 2 Windowmaker albums are still in regular rotation in my home. Loved that band!

[@starkjanne]

Brilliant!! Didn't even know there existed any Widowmaker live footage!

[@jimcharles651]

Really cool imaniginative intervallic jumps in the bass playing and Entwistle-type feel. I like this guy Bob Daisley!!!

[@MrMjp58]

Thanks for making this available to view. I saw this band in early '76. They were a strong, tight band, typical of that era. This is only the second time I've heard them! I really enjoyed their performance - and the whole night as I recall, was pretty good. The iconic and legendary venue they played at [Nelson Imperial Ballroom], burned to the ground only weeks later. The site is some sort of social housing now. Little did any of us know that the dreaded punk/new wave nightmare was lurking around the corner. Looking back, the tragic fire seemed like a symbolic portent of the end of a great 'rock' era.

[@johnludlow8237]

Just fantastic. I saw them at the Marquee just a few months later. What a great bassist Bob is.

[@davidlomax4028]

Im here coz I'm a Huw fan!!

[@simonjohnston8448]

One of those OGWT nights. I remember watching this performance and going out and buying the album. Still sounds fresh nearly 50 years on

[@toddhuber8989]

saw this group in Columbus, OH around '76 at the Agora... Luther wasn't happy after the show... walked right off the stage through the crowd to the entrance/exit of the building

[@SteveJones379]

Bob Daisley excellent lyricist!!! Ozzy lyrics.

[@geoffreycarson2311]

BRILLIANT !!!!I CAN'T BELIVE IT !!!!ALL those Yrs ago !!!!Great BAND 😊This track & Hobo's Son 👍✌✌✌👏g

[@paulquinn9353]

I remember Widowmaker being on the bill on the 'Who Put The Boot In' tour in '76. I was still at school and wasn't allowed to go to the Parkhead gig in Glasgow, just up the road from where I lived at the time. I was gutted because my favourite band, SAHB, were on the bill. I would have loved to have seen these guys too.

[@ggaa111100]

That would have truly been epic.

[@garethhawkins4710]

I saw the same gig at Swansea

[@susannadominguez739]

I ❤ this video clip!! Early holiday gift 🎁 Thanks Santa❄(Bob Daisley💋)

[@miteyoak]

Nice 70’s vibe!

[@km52141]

Thanks for uploading. This is great! Pay no mind to the haters on here, their self-titled debut album & Too Late To Cry are criminally underrated records.

[@ianashleigh]

Yep totally agree. The loudest band I ever saw live, in a small venue just near Piccadilly Circus in London.

[@stardust_memories2260]

Wow, pretty good. Heard of them but the first time I've actually heard them. Exactly the kinda stuff I was listening to back in the 70s. And still today🤘⚡✨

[@ianbrown3304]

Both "Ellis" albums are brilliant too, buy on sight.

[@TomGuerra1]

Huw’s slide sounds great on this!

[@DavidB.Rockin]

Sounds amazing

[@BUZZELLIOTT]

I was at the Newcastle City Hall gig in 1976 when Widowmaker supported Uriah Heep, that was a loud night, heheheheheeee .....the band sounded brilliant, nice upload Bob.

[@genekersten7165]

That first album is fantastic. Glad I found this here.

[@johnf6288]

Nice, i have only heard Bobs, stuff from Rainbow onwards

[@fletchrocks1155]

Totally Brilliant.

[@JoeFlynn-r5n]

I am reading Bob's book so I had to check this out.

[@machinehead6564]

Saw these Glasgow 76 Great Stuff

[@POTTYPHIL]

BRILLIANT!!!!.....LOVE IT!!!

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

I remember this band, but I never checked them out. I will now!

[@Twotontessie]

Knew nothing about them until I read Daisley's book. Thanks for posting.

[@williamthomas267]

Loved this band ever since I heard them!

[@ChrisOttaway]

Saw them at Folkestone Leas in the 70's - great live band

[@jules646]

Brilliant

[@Crichton51]

Thanks for posting. Always loved these two tracks. They should have been massive!

[@matthewmatt5285]

Boy you can tell what a damned fine Bass player Bob was at an early age,.He's all over it~

[@DylanWhite-k5j]

Another great band that should've ended up in the charts.

[@jaquel8380]

Steve Ellis underrated singer.

[@Scion-cy6wj]

probably because he was mediocre - their next singer, John Butler, was much better

[@dplzkc6713]

Good singer

[@RG-od8ri]

A bit like Burke Shelley

[@zog97xy]

@@RG-od8ri ???????

[@davidholman3470]

Remember it well and it still sounds good.

[@maggycamardella9035]

This is one of the 25 albums I kept when I sold my collection before moving a couple of years ago.

[@burntoutwreck]

Bob you should've said man, I did'nt know that! Saw the band in the Glasgow Apollo a few times I think? Great times 🤘😎

[@williamwallace5857]

Saw them as a 15 year old at Celtic Park in Glasgow in 1975 along with Alex Harvey Band, The Who and a few others.

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

There must have been some smell of shite in there

[@williamwallace5857]

@@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251 I'm a Rangers man but I was there for the music. Who gives a fuck where the event was held ?

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

@@williamwallace5857 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@geoffreycarson2311]

LUCKY Buggee you 😁g

[@williamwallace5857]

I'm also a Rangers man but YOU seem to give a fuck.

[@davidoran123]

so cool to see them live. been a fan for almost fifty years.

[@seanmulroy6897]

very underated band , top stuff

[@jimistheman9732]

Sorry I missed you boys back in the day.

[@VinnieBlues1]

Awesome

[@johnr2507]

I recorded this on a cassette tape from the tv, with others like Hendrix form the Lulu show, jo jo gimme, just love this band!

[@77heavensgate]

I love it I love that hat you’re wearing good groove I like the good band Singer reminds me of Steve Marriott and kind of a lot of ways and I love the groove Look at you 💋

[@garyunsworth726]

Class 👍

[@TomGuerra1]

This is so GREAT!

[@timballard27]

a Happy 75th Birthday to Luther on 23rd December.

[@Scion-cy6wj]

Mark II with John Butler as vocalist was the best line-up - their "Too Late To Cry" 1977 album has several really strong songs / guitar playing .... but, no video of this line-up :-(

[@bombsawaybob3]

Saw Widowmaker in support of Uriah Heep & ted Nugent in Springfield,MA. summer of '77, i believe. Great show.

[@keithwalding6090]

I saw them at Charlton football club supportingThe Who. I still have the vinyl LP

[@prokesuk]

That's the second time Huw was on OGWT. He was on it with Leo Sayer previously.

[@Kohntarkosz]

Seriously? Does the footage still exist? I'd like to see him playing with Leo Sayer.

[@JohnHope-ex1sf]

So grateful for this KZbin stuff....I only saw them one time at Parkhead in Glasgow on the the Who tour 1976

[@garethhawkins4710]

Ditto for me but in Swansea. I think Alex Harvey band and Little Feat were on the bill too.

[@PalmBeachDog]

Steve Ellis. Wow.

[@frankgonzalez7079]

Fantastic.

[@marct7813]

Saw them supporting Nazareth 1976 - Close Enough for Rock and Roll tour, Birmingham Odeon - My first ever gig. I had no clue who they were back then. Since bought the remastered Widowmaker CD when it was re-issued.

[@clausm2203]

Great clip

[@BassGuitarInstrumental]

Wonderful

[@firecriss1392]

"Whispering" Bob Harris.

[@maddog8621]

A genuine super group.

[@martinhowe1422]

Saw you guys at the Marquee in '76 - a great night. But then again wasn't every night at the old Marquee f'n brill hahahaha

[@wgnation351]

The host really fires you up before the show.

[@christophergordon7433]

Hahaha!!!

[@krisscanlon4051]

Hahaha whispering Bob is a real Knute Rockne

[@DANCEDWAT]

Pretty good mix.

[@glennolley5387]

Awesome.

[@FLYJLM]

Great song ☺

[@croogytude]

Which one?

[@williamwallace5857]

Thought this was gone forever knowing that the BBC in their infinite wisdom wiped loads of footage from both Top of the Pops and the Old Grey Whistle Test.

[@christown2827]

Most Whistle Tests still exist it's just BBC is so protective of copyright that anything usually gets taken down from KZbin pretty quickly if put up. The Germans are more generous and there are a lot of Beat Club's and Rockpalast (Televised gigs) on KZbin.

[@williamwallace5857]

@@christown2827 No, the BBC deleted many episode's of both the OGWT and TOTP - fact.

[@christown2827]

@@williamwallace5857 Well VH1 seemed to have a wealth of OGWT to broadcast in the 1990's so they must have got it from somewhere. Recently unseen TOTP's were added to KZbin and quickly taken off. I would argue the truth is somewhere in the middle.

[@williamwallace5857]

@@christown2827 I'm talking about episode's of OGWT and TOTP from the 60's and 70's BEFORE the BBC decided to cease deleting the shows. It's common knowledge that the BBC deleted many episode's of those shows. It's not really up for debate since it's a FACT.

[@vernonallen3370]

To save money , the Beeb used to recycle the tapes especially of sitcoms after their repeat airing, unaware at the time that there would be any potential interest from future audiences. Many classic episodes gone for good, however I think most of the Whistle tests survived

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

This band were ace

[@dean828]

Steve Ellis ( born in 1950) is now 74... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ellis_(musician)

[@interact48]

I saw Widowmaker in 1976 (the support act was Quartz) Luther Grosvenor “Ariel Bender” was well lit before he took to the stage and had to be carried off at the end , good show though.

[@peroduanippa]

I liked the second song.

[@mikebarker7626]

Bob Daisley on Bass

[@MojoMedicineMan]

👍

[@martingorman9099]

Following in the grand BBC tradition of great live sound recording but camera unerringly focusing on the wrong guitarist

[@misscoutts6193]

Reminiscent of David Coverdale.

[@detlefmorrison3316]

Who’s the other guitarist

[@vernonallen3370]

Huw Lloyd Langton , best known for his time in Hawkwind

[@robsco1249]

1:52 Robert Plant on vocals...ops I want to say Steve Marriott...

[@Crichton51]

Plant, Marriott and Ellis were all contemporaries with unique styles and voices. Plant and Marriott could never have delivered "Everlasting Love"

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

A real mystery here. Two amazing albums. Had the chops to go far and nothing happened. United Artists really screwed this up

[@spoonful1018]

Nice band - should have had better recognition

[@johnhagan582]

Singer sounds like Rod Stewart a little

[@raysciarratta2381]

From all accounts ,Ellis became a pain,what a shame

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Not really too different from Rose Tattoo.

[@Paul-n2j5q]

They're better than Rose tattoo 100 times better

[@Paul-n2j5q]

Rose tattoo is a rip-off of ACDC

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@Paul-n2j5q Toss off fool.

[@guitarchannel5676]

The sound guy cut Luther's guitar about 1/3 of the way into the tune. Shame on him. The slide guitar is dialed-in, so no big deal.

[@williamwallace5857]

Annoying video counter.

[@DjangoThunders]

The host of this show always annoyed the hell out of me. Barely watchable.

[@danielspain7231]

Yawn

[@captbss]

You ain't telling me that first song was good 🙄. I can see why you left this band Bob. No chemistry happening here

[@goingnowherefastman]

This is very very boring...a typical example of the sorry state of British hard rock in the mid-70's...The 2nd album improved things a bit not much....what a waste of talent....

[@crimsonrush]

There were some good bands out there, but this is, as you say, a waste of talent. Thoroughly unmemorable songs. Snafu (on their debut album at least) were way better.

[@goingnowherefastman]

@@crimsonrush Absolutely

[@dean828]

The bands wikipedia... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowmaker_(UK_band)

[@Martin-iv6lq]

These guys opened up for Ted Nugent in Mannheim Germany when I was in 8th grade, 1976 👍 They were good. Ted Nugent was great!