Ep 30 - The Midnight Special | August 24, 1973

[@bunnylucky44]

This is what country music should sound like!.

[@betsysloan4619]

I agree! What talent on this show!

[@virginiadavis7713]

Absolutely!

[@patriciajoflint5948]

I love that banjo and steel guitar

[@LindaSCross]

ABSOLUTELY! I PRAY THIS STYLE OF COUNTRY MUSIC RETURNS SO VERY SOON...IT HAS BEEN MISSED BY MILLIONS

[@judithzunk1380]

Absolutely

[@MartaBerryhill]

It's 2024 and I still love this kind of Country Music. This is what you call Real Country Music.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Yep , that 's for sure !

[@anthonypepe5894]

Dear God, I apologize for not knowing how good we had it back then.

[@annoying6549]

Metal, Country, and Punk is better when it's just guitar bass drums and singer. New country production is an offense,

[@user-rr2eo7gb7z]

Yah we've LOST a WHOLE QUALITY LOT ..TOO BAD Ed

[@maryjoplin4206]

Yes, times have very much Changed 😢

[@Willene1950]

This is what I grew up on... The Best

[@lawrencebrissenden]

Hard to beat the power of the country singers - Loretta, Tammy, George, Charlie

[@jfjoubertquebec]

Legendary The Earl Scruggs Revue

[@loilt5091]

Wolfman's AW🚫L

[@MichelleCWeber]

Quite a line up.

[@JamesBrown-dv4ve]

Conway Twitty etc.

[@soldmeout]

No teleprompters, no auto tune, no pitch correction - just talent. My favorite was the Marty Robbins- Loretta Lynn duet on "Singing the Blues."

[@SimonJamesYoung-x7f]

Definitely

[@RickMahoney2013]

These were the good old days of Country Western Music not like the crap they have today.

[@virginiadavis7713]

VH6V+G5R Greenville, South Carolina , you are right about that.

[@dorothyhall3891]

​@@virginiadavis7713½

[@ElizabethCook-fh9pl]

Yep

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

I hope post Malone can breath some life into the genre, I just worry he’s gonna overproduce the hell out of it.

[@Sigma-INFJ.]

I feel like The Midnight Special picked up where shows like The Ed Sullivan Show left off. Showcasing musicians that are considered legendary, and performances that are considered historic today. Thank you Mr. Burt Sugarman for contributing to preserve music history.

[@franka7208]

Like Ed Sullivan without the corny side acts

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

@@franka7208 Some of the comedy on Midnight Special was pretty corny. Witness Marty Robbin's bad jokes.

[@franka7208]

@@JamieAndersonMusic lol so are those pants

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

@@franka7208 yes!

[@Sigma-INFJ.]

@@franka7208 That's why The Ed Sullivan Show stopped being popular. Times changed. It was time for something different.

[@honeychilerider]

Holy shit, this might be the single best episode of Midnight Special ever! This isn't really even my main genre not by a long-sight, but the concentration of legend-level talent here in one show, the one-after-another legend-tier songs performed by Pantheon names... this is truly Special.

[@eternallife9786]

70's country is top notch guy

[@honeychilerider]

@@eternallife9786 No doubt about it. And it's like they got an All-Star group to come on for this show, one after another. Even Don Gibson's set is gold.

[@eternallife9786]

@@honeychilerider I've always been partial to country music from late 20s up to the mid 70's but to be fair it wasn't really called country music until after world war II it was still being referred to as hillbilly music we didn't really get the term country music tell the later reincarnation of the Carter family

[@rrnabors1]

I agree . . . But the biggest surprise to me is Johnny Rodriguez sounding like a Tom T. Hall clone. Glad he developed his own style.

[@RickMahoney2013]

YEP

[@braddesaulniers6122]

❤ Some of the best country music ever. They don’t even come close to making country music like this today. I absolutely miss the music and passion from back then. God bless the legends from back then that created the music to set the standards we still love today ❤

[@darlenemstrommer7687]

Alan Jackson

[@TheNancypoo]

This is why I love the 70s! Best decade ever ❤

[@eternallife9786]

Eh, the best of unadulterated recorded music was recorded from 1890s to 1939 anything after that while it's still might be good music to listen to it was sure on a decline

[@flemingcourt]

SIXTIES, if you don't mind!

[@eternallife9786]

@@flemingcourt some of the biggest expansions in experimentalism at best and at worst the decline of smart pop the 60 song are weird era

[@sammychapman1730]

​@@eternallife9786you are not too damn bright are you?

[@catalinamargomyers9970]

Definetly one of them...I feel I experienced the best of 60's 70's 80's 90's✌️❤️

[@WPPCProductions]

What you see here on this show is a line up of REAL true Country music singers. .God bless them all. Thanks a million for sharing this with us..

[@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat]

Definitely none today.

[@WPPCProductions]

@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat Agree 100 percent.

[@eternallife9786]

​@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthatit exists

[@tigerboy245]

The performer who really emerges as the shining star here is Loretta Lynn--her multifaceted talent is remarkable.

[@ShaunComnerley-zi3xr]

That's 4 sure

[@KoloaKane]

She's The Coal Miner's Daughter

[@patriciajoflint5948]

I was one of them coal miners daughters and married to a coal miner he passed away he had black lung

[@darellsnow1480]

Loretta was awesome! I laughed out loud when she told Tammy "yeah, but I'm not sleeping with him". That was funny!

[@JamesHarman-cy8ub]

Loretta and Tammy plus Tanya the best

[@Jreb1865]

Loved Loretta Lynn singing "One's on the Way" as well as Tammy Wynette "Stand by Your Man". This was the Golden Age of Country Music...

[@supachaloopa3611]

Every episode is a gem, but now and then something magical happened when certain singers were brought together and the show unfolded like a dream. This is one of those magical episodes. Those were the days when record companies fought to sign real talent, not just T&A shakers.

[@sherrymartin2486]

❤💯 correct!!!

[@sheldonpenneypenney6469]

I love listening to Marty and Loretta.

[@sheldonpenneypenney6469]

George and Tammy were one the greatest duets.

[@patriciajoflint5948]

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were the best duet singers of all time ❤

[@cindypruitt9534]

My Goodness this was a monster show ! Little did anyone know back then that country would die and shows like this would age like fine wine. Thanks so much for this ! 😀😀😀👏👏👏

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

Country's dead? No one told me.

[@cindypruitt9534]

@@JamieAndersonMusic yep, the kind of country I grew up with. Except Sturgill Simpson, he's fantastic.

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

@@cindypruitt9534 That kind of country is still out there. Don't expect to find it on country radio, though.

[@paolo-n2000]

@@cindypruitt9534 - Sturgill Simpson carrying the torch these days....

[@edgregory1]

​@@JamieAndersonMusicSwift killed it.

[@user-yi7eu9pz1h]

This one hour show is about the best example of country music as you will ever find. It does not feature all of the genuine country stars, but it embodies the "soul" of country. It is truly priceless!

[@Ihopeaubrieghissafeinheaven]

Amen and Amen 😅

[@TanDawg58]

You don't know how long I have waited for footage of Conway Twitty singing on this show. Very much appreciated

[@cattlecreekphotographybyto8954]

I know right. I had to go back and watch him three times.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

(“Bum Bum Bum”) (“Bum Bum Bum”)🎶 whew what a sexy song, I need a cold shower now 😅 😂

[@EDCauthon]

I grow up in the 50 in the 60 so I got to enjoy all the good country music thank God I'm 74 years old now and I still enjoy the old music

[@wynettegreer3812]

No one sings like Marty Robbins ! Wow

[@johnjp5883]

Marty Robbins, one of a kind!!

[@patriciajoflint5948]

yes I love Marty Robbins he he was good he was a good piano player a good singer and a big jokester

[@johnjp5883]

@@patriciajoflint5948 no doubt!!

[@cmorales932]

So many of these artists were at the peak of their careers when this show was taped.

[@Amaberean]

I was 23 and in that audience. What a trip going down that road again. “They say you can’t go home again, but brother I was there…”

[@garykerkstra1067]

Marty and Tammy should have had their own variety show after this !! Great chemistry, hilarious banter. Marty was a huge talent that left us way too early

[@glennriddle285]

The best Midnight Special, EVER!

[@JackCooper-ix1su]

I agree

[@maryroberts9233]

Loved The Midnight Special. Great Collection of artists. True country singers. Real talent. No special effects or wild costumes, just great music and country stars. I grew up listening to all these country classics. The Midnight Special was the best. Waited for this show every Friday night. Always awesome.

[@missiontotransition641]

My Mom loved Conway Twitty. WOW.. I dont think i heard this song, You've Never Been So Far ....in 50 years! I can still remember her playing the record. Really enjoyed watching this. I was 8 when this was shown. Parents would watch these perfomers on TV. Had the records. SAD, to think almost all passed away. Only Tanya, and Johnny Rodriguez are still alive today, I believe. Great music never dies.

[@ruthkubicek2049]

❤😅😢

[@ruthkubicek2049]

I love all them songs they just hit me in my😅😅😅 it just touches my heart takes me way back I love them all

[@maryannvitale4384]

⁰

[@patriciajoflint5948]

Tanya Tucker was another one of my favorites . oh and she still is

[@shube3103]

There will never ever be a collection of live great Country Music on another TV show again like this episode. Thanks Midnight Special!!

[@peggysmyth6110]

Wow, what a memorable episode of The Midnight Special .

[@RockinEd]

The first series ( not counting Hee Haw ) to give country music a wider exposure

[@kirahastings9900]

I don't think of myself as a country music fan but I really liked this show. The country songs of the 60s and 70s are the best. They remind me of my youth. There was always a mix of country, rock and soul songs on the jukeboxes back in the day.

[@GeneRoberts1961]

This was an awesome show! Each performer was a heavy hitter ... a star. They are all gone now except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez ... and Country Music will never be the same.

[@margaretetetens6685]

We just don’t have this down to earth country music anymore! ❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️

[@jenbloom6848]

The lineup is a treasure trove!

[@davidospina5216]

Hi Jen how are you doing 😊❤ Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 😊

[@lawrence7511]

Finally!! Been waiting on this episode! God I love Loretta!!! The Queen ❤

[@suzannetessier5666]

I have most of her collection, love that woman

[@gregoryduncan3067]

🤠 Your weekly 🎁s of Midnight Special episodes are much appreciated 🤠 🤠 🤠.

[@ryanreese7949]

What a lineup of stars. Can't get much better than this. The producer of this show really hit a home run on this one.

[@addiemoose7935]

Ta,my and g3orge w3re greÀt love 5he. Rip 5hanks❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mattpenniall4951]

As a Brit from London UK and loving (always have) proper country music. And this is PROPER country music. ❤

[@mikecowan8762]

And Somebody Told Wolfman Jack "Why Don't You Do A Country Show Once. ??? And Likely He Went And Called Marty Robins .....And What a Show He Got. Couldn't Have Been Finer.!!!

[@BusyMagnaBee]

How wonderful that these programs were recorded live. I love hearing the performers voices …the beautiful gifts they were given and so generously shared with us.

[@Ibrian8888]

Marty Robbins on Midnight Special? Incredible… Thank you Mr. Sugarman 🙏🤗☕️cheers

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

You are very welcome, Burt Sugarman

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

25:43-Loretta and Marty doing a duet of "Singing the Blues" and 26:40, Marty moving his lips in time to Loretta's singing!

[@71rcode72]

Conway Twitty just takes it all to another level. Amazing intensity.

[@marciacorbin8847]

My mother loved Marty Robbins.

[@PatrickDoyle-n7q]

It tastes cold because it was

[@FelipeChavez-qe8sm]

Everybody loved Marty.

[@eltranellapusheen914]

Nothing beats old country music

[@nancydeshan4758]

yes sir! country music!

[@judithzunk1380]

Yes sir this is what real country music should sound like today

[@SuperBeachbum74]

This is classic country music , when the music has roots and connection with working class people, not the garbage today which is mainly jingles and frat party tunes. No connection to everyday folks.

[@janetyvon7601]

Priceless Music. Irreplaceable!!! Todays music is all about themselves. These people really care about pleasing the people that came to see them, not just for money!!!

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

Great show! All-star line-up. I especially loved the Twitty/Lynn duet and The Earl Scruggs Revue. What a treat to hear the greatest banjo player ever.

[@davidospina5216]

Hi Jaime how are you doing ❤😊

[@David-ch5zl]

Every Singer there are the golden age of Country Music! They sound as good live as they do on record! No Auto Tune just real talent! Regretfully all of them are deceased except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez, another fantastic singer! I’m glad I grew up on their music! The Eighties and even the early Nineties was still good! Very few traditional singers anymore! Maybe a few that carry the craft! George and Alan can’t get played anymore! It’s now pop music!

[@alwayssme]

20 years later he was gone, rest in peace conway

[@allanfranklin9615]

Back when singers had talent, and country music was real, not the crap show pushed on us today.

[@thetraveler2561]

Blast from the past! Thank you from a boomer!

[@JosephVAuchter]

Marty Robin agreat country singer and rest in peace amen.

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

"I've known him longer but I don't sleep with him." -- Loretta Lynn, introducing George Jones. "I hope not." -- Tammy Wynette, his wife. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@waylonvids]

The lineup on this show was insanely great!!!

[@michaelgibson3011]

Loretta is one of the greats of all time. And who doesn't love Marty.

[@JayBird911]

What a show! Wish I could have been there for this one!. Legendary.

[@SteveStalzle]

I love this! Wow. An all-Country music edition. ALL ARTISTS WHO I LOVE, AND I REMEMBER HEARING, 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD. Memories, this is the country music that I like, not today's stuff.

[@StephanieJeanne]

Wow! Many of the classic country greats! I love Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins! It'll be fun to see all the others, too! 🤩

[@davidospina5216]

Hi Stephanie 👋 merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 😊

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@davidospina5216 Happy New Year!🎉

[@davidospina5216]

@@StephanieJeanne Thank you 😊 So where are you from?

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Knew Marty very well miss him and ms Loretta knew the twins one passed lived next door to friend ..hung out with in the 80's...😢😮😊

[@anthonyflint7419]

Real Tru country music 💕🪗🎸🌺🌹

[@mzinns]

Wow! Heavyweights of 70’s country and all personal favorites

[@primroseharan9749]

Love this especially with marty the all time greatest singer and entertainer of all time just love him ❤️ ♥️

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Just got back from Nashville, TN & the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, was fantastic! Makes this segment all the more special to see. My favorite part of museum was the Los Angeles, CAcountry rock connection in the 70’s aka Poco, the Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CCR, Linda Ronstadt etc…fabulous musicians~bands.👌♥️

[@erinikeuchi6447]

I was born in 73 and love seeing these vintage performances.

[@WilFreeD68]

Wow ..Good old time i 've never known... ! I was 5 y.o in 1973 ! and over all i'm French ! 🤣😅 thanks for sharing anthological part of your musical history 🤩 God bless America 💙🙏 and Country Music 💝

[@rogeradams2536]

I Grew up listening to All these great Artists.So nice to see this.

[@haroldrose202]

Loved Loretta on this the true Queen of Country Music

[@PK-bh1ww]

Conway and Loretta's duet song is imo the best duet song ever!

[@Pamela-zu7hh]

Wow country music at its best😊

[@Ihopeaubrieghissafeinheaven]

Amen,how l miss this. I am died in the woolcountry always have been and always will be.

[@luciovids9208]

What a wonderful group of country stars all in one show. Watching the show as a kid I never realized until now that there were themes with each episode (50s-60s, country, soul, rock). Thanks for the upload

[@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat]

Great talent. Sad that most are gone now.

[@KoloaKane]

they all look so young

[@dreed7312]

Wow. I remember this. Only Tanya is left. This was country music. Today they all have hats bigger than they are and sound like pop singers with a steel guitar and a twang.

[@vtmiller63]

Damn! This show is STACKED!

[@DavidStanford-u5w]

I've Had Mini Pearl on My Mind Lately R.I.P MINI,I LOVE ❤️ Y'ALL, Peace ✅️ and Love ❤️ To Y'all!¡¡!!¡¡!¡¡!!¡

[@JWF99]

I keep coming back & watching this episode over 'n over, & sharing it also! It takes me back to the 1970s memories of my youth, and touches my soul in a way that only Classic Country Music can do! "Thank you" so much to this channel's creator! 🎸🎶❤☮✌

[@rooky55]

1970 grad and loved everything from Janis Joplin to Loretta ,Dolly ,Waylon and Willie, Dylon,Joan Bayez. What an amazing time to grow up.

[@mikebronkala9818]

Gosh darn,where do I even start? I'll just say this: What great talent we had.

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

Tanya Tucker was probably only 14 or 15 here. Amazing.

[@reneeeiier4818]

This brings my childhood back to life. On a side note.... other than those old Crisco commercials, i believe this is the only time i have ever seen Loretta Lynn wearing slacks. This is a fantastic collection of 70's country music headliners.

[@PeggyYoder-xt2fx]

Love Conway Twitty ❤

[@suzannetessier5666]

This is the first time I see Midnight Special. What a treat this is. Sure wish Country still sounded like this today.

[@user-rr2eo7gb7z]

Just love ch Rich' BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...!!!!

[@SanAntoneRose]

Tanya Tucker was just awesome ❤

[@melissafarmer4149]

This is amazing! True lyrics, true (no tech) sound! And the clothes…..I FRICKIN LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS EDITION of Midnight Special! Thinking of you, Moma and Daddy!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@melissafarmer4149]

No show Jones definitely showed for this show!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@user-rr2eo7gb7z]

Always a real TREAT WHEN MARTY SINGS !!

[@Tony-r7v]

Tanya Tucker was 15 years old. Amazing

[@harmonium8198]

Still fourteen, actually.

[@truthoverfacts9254]

I think she is the only one that is still alive here.

[@Tony-r7v]

@@harmonium8198 I stand corrected. Thanks!

[@ekiker73]

She had already perfected the signature billy goat voice warble.

[@sg-yq8pm]

@@truthoverfacts9254 Johnny Rodriguez is still working and recently recorded with Tanya Tucker

[@chriskroll4166]

Marty Robbins is the King 👑

[@markdeweese9288]

This is when just got up on stage and you either had it or you didn't

[@bwilliams463]

Now that was an A-list country roster. I never saw 'The Midnight Special' when I was growing up, and I'm really enjoying these full episodes.

[@drewspears-uh4wg]

Those are two of the best legendary artists

[@jmerrell1933]

Wow, what a treat! Thank you so much for this country edition.

[@sandigamble2584]

I was lucky enough to see Marty and Merle Haggard back in the seventies and my son just was fascinated with Marty's yellow canary suit and boots never will forget that night

[@romelovesdan]

Yeeeee-haaaaawwww! Some great variety week to week on these Midnight Specials.

[@jpdavis6042]

Did not realize how beautiful Tammy was at this stage in her life.

[@sailawaybob]

Unbelievable this was 50 years ago and to me probably one of the top shows of my lifetime - I was 17 when this aired. Marty & Loretta Super talented are my all time favorites but this night had major talent but that's what made the Midnight Special so great was the musical talent every weekend. I don't think any music shows has ever come close.

[@redbirdjams]

amazing episode, thanks for sharing this gem of a show

[@davidklippel2442]

A country music masterpiece

[@donnievillers9112]

I grew up on this music was once called country and western now just country I’m sure a lot of you know this the good music is gone can barely understand this music today called country. Mixing rap with it just not music anymore.

[@IggyM]

These uploads are great. Thanks Burt

[@TroyHoward-id6wx]

😂😂😂 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Tammy Wynette I had a major crush with you when I was a young boy...

[@conniew5045]

All I can say is WOW! That was a treat seeing this line-up.

[@Justmiss1]

18 years old in 1973, thank you for the memories! ❤