The original Blues Brothers, Sam and Dave couldn't be better. What a spectacular lineup.
@TheGravygun29 күн бұрын
The great Steve Cropper on guitar.
@dwightclark7627Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave with new footage of Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn (with pipe!) was incredible, and all these acts really held up well in 1974. However, the jaw-dropping segments for me were Lou Christie! He had a few bubblegum hits in the 60's that were memorable, but...HOLY MOLEY! This guy shows up looking like sex god Jim Morrison, with a soul-sister backing trio, an armadillo in his trousers and knocks his hits out of the freakin' park! No dubbing, just all his genuine vocals, spot-on, absolute perfection! I don't know why there was a guy there playing the violin, but I digress. How the airing of this episode did not result in a Lou Christie rebirth is beyond me!!!!!! Honest to goodness, it floored me!!!! Just amazing.
@MackermanesqАй бұрын
I think it's even Al Jackson, Jr. playing drums with Sam and Dave. (And Steve Madaio, from Stevie Wonder's band, playing trumpet).
@dh6035Ай бұрын
They know their audience. We're not staying up til Midnight anymore. 😂
@fernandoperdomomusicАй бұрын
Playing guitar with Sam Moore at the Centennial of Miami Beach a few years ago was one of the highlights of my life!
@Greggery_Peccary28 күн бұрын
His too!
@deweygill1973Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave smokin’ out of the box
@SamGainesinGboro18 күн бұрын
TRUTH!!
@gregoryduncan3067Ай бұрын
Lou Christie does "Lightning Strikes" in this. That's enough reason for me to watch it.
@recordguy4321Ай бұрын
that clip of Lightning Strikes is already on you tube from Midnight Special, but maybe this is a different show
@gregoryduncan3067Ай бұрын
@@recordguy4321No, I don't think so. It's nice to see the whole package.
@recordguy4321Ай бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 yep i just watched it , and this clip is from that show
@dwightclark7627Ай бұрын
This is the Lou Christie version of Elvis' 68 Comeback Special. The guy shows up and kills it! Honest to goodness, I was floored!
@covers_girlАй бұрын
Lou Christie played by Rick Moranis
@garyhenson117Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave! 🎉 "Soul Man" has such an unforgettable guitar intro, improvised by the legendary Steve Cropper for the studio recording. I'm looking forward to seeing if Sam Moore gets to say "Play it, Steve!" to the real McCoy in tomorrow's KZbin premiere of this TMS episode. 🎸
@garyhenson117Ай бұрын
"Come on, Steve!" is close enough! 😁 Bassist Duck Dunn (d. 2012) and drummer Al Jackson Jr (d. 1975), too - a rhythm section made (and now playing) in heaven. 🙌
@jondufresne6624Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave, The Fleetwoods, Lou Christie, Frankie Ford, Shirley and Lee bring forth the pure joy of the human voice.
@duradim1Ай бұрын
I love these old shows highlighting mostly established talent.
@briangallagher5371Ай бұрын
This is an incredible episode. I had never seen any of these songs performed live.
@matthewbaduriaАй бұрын
Frankie Avalon is another golden oldie, and so is Sam Christie and Royal Teens in this episode, is a throwback to the Malt Shop era.
@llraven6357Ай бұрын
I love Frankie as much today as I did as a kid. I remember watching this when I was 11. Thanks so much for sharing!!
@TheGravygun29 күн бұрын
That was quite the perm he had
@pamharris990Ай бұрын
Oh my. Songs from when I was a wee one! I forgot them until I watched😂
@tonyhill1141Ай бұрын
Steve Cropper with the rosewood Tele new to the market then and extremely limited. Just awesome.Duck and the horns. You can’t not love this stuff.
@kevinhodgins1811Ай бұрын
I LOVE these old episodes of this amazing show. Keep em coming, please!
@musterionsurlyАй бұрын
Sam and Dave.... so righteous, so beautiful and smoking hot. whole damn band is catching fire.
@robmatlock7675Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave, the original "Blues Brothers", Jimmy Rodgers, Fabian, Sherry and Lee (🚨 Obscure Alert!) Lou Christie, The Fleetwoods, as well as Frankie Vallie, a great trip in the Way Way Machine, I will have to bring a can of gas to make it back to 2024 (Of course, if I got stuck in 1974 that would be ok). This show is like going through my mom's 45 collection, great line up Midnight Special, I can hardly wait!
@kevinsacks3185Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave even have Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn backing them up.
@robmatlock7675Ай бұрын
@@kevinsacks3185That's what I love about the discussion section, I learned that not only did I get to see Blues legends Sam and Dave, but they were backed by Blues legends. This channel is the college of musical knowledge for me 😊
@redhorse6652Ай бұрын
1974 was the year the show Happy Days came out. So they got the originals to do a show.
@lauriebarnes2999Ай бұрын
Can't wait, The Midnight Special!
@Greggery_PeccaryАй бұрын
Look out for my weekly Mystery Moniker again. Tonight pays tribute to our elder statesman, Brotz. See you there!
@deja75mАй бұрын
Frankie be a genuine artist..survived in a hostile environment ...and is an example of God's Grace
@theargus7324 күн бұрын
When the Mob ran the music industry.
@moddie67837 күн бұрын
It's still " organized".
@brenearsАй бұрын
I am amazed by Lou Christie! Gonna look him up on spotify.
@dwightclark7627Ай бұрын
I remember his songs from the late 80's revival of the 60's music, but that guy killed it this taping in 1974! Just amazing.
@rich56caАй бұрын
Simply wonderful.
@markvonwisco7369Ай бұрын
Nice to see Sam and Dave backed up by Booker T & the MGs!
@kirahastings9900Ай бұрын
Jimmie Rodgers, Fabian, both crushes of mine. Most of these songs remind me of 7th and 8th grades. Wish Lou Christie had sung "Two Faces Have I." Great show.
@OWR0406Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave give the fully Stax blow up 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
@luvbasses5487Ай бұрын
The incomparable Donald “Duck” Dunn…w Sam n Dave. I’ll tell ya folks it really don’t get any better - as far as an electric bass session man goes. Check out his discography to be completely spellbound. I mean, the list just goes on and on….
@michaelmitchell509827 күн бұрын
Shirley & Lee baby!!!😊😊😊
@TWayneD1020Ай бұрын
Extreme talent, and so polite !!, thank you so much !!!! This brings back wonderful memories !!! Time machine please ❤❤❤❤❤❤!!! Fabian was also acting, and very good at that as well !! Saw him on several westerns !!! Of course we knew Frankie was also acting, both Great!!!
@jfjoubertquebecАй бұрын
Shirley and Lee 🥰
@fernandoperdomomusicАй бұрын
43:35 that was quite the guitar solo buddy!
@TuckerSP2011Ай бұрын
FANTASTIC show! Hit after hit 🎯
@DidYouReadEULAАй бұрын
Duck Dunn destroying that bass!
@fretfix1Ай бұрын
The James Jamerson of Stax Records. Duck was off the chain, before there was a chain...
@DidYouReadEULAАй бұрын
Hadn't heard that one before, going to steal that phrase!!@@fretfix1
@dwightclark7627Ай бұрын
Puffing that pipe like there was no tomorrow!
@AlexHarrison99Ай бұрын
Everything on this channel should be free. People didn't pay to watch back then, we shouldn't pay to watch now
@antkn33Ай бұрын
You have to pay?
@leestamm3187Ай бұрын
Good show. In the 60's, when he had his big hit with "Lightnin' Strikes," the then clean cut Lou Christie criticized the shaggy appearance of long haired/bearded rockers. Ironically, here he is a few years later sporting much the same look. 😁
@AdrianDeVore22 күн бұрын
Ironically. 😂
@vitoaugello167729 күн бұрын
Frankly I think I would sound that great with that band behind me. Just fabulous, real talent.
@JismIsm-en4kz29 күн бұрын
Sam & Dave backed by Booker T's back up band - Donald Duck Dunn (bass), Steve Cropper (guitar)
@lamsantosАй бұрын
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!! LUIZ MONTENEGRO - BRAZIL.
@luciovids9208Ай бұрын
Fantastic. Love all the music on this episode
@fretfix1Ай бұрын
I came for Sam& Dave. I stayed for the Pier 6 brawl between Avalon ad Fabian!!
@davidf3883Ай бұрын
Sam and Dave were so good..just an awesome episode and Frankie did a great hosting job.
@bluebear1985Ай бұрын
Looks like the next episode after this from May 24, 1974 was a pretty good one as well. It was hosted by Richard Pryor, and it also features appearances from Bobby "Blue" Bland, Marvin Hamlisch, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Olivia Newton-John, Melvin Van Peebles, and Boz Scaggs.
@dinocrocetti2950Ай бұрын
Great Miss the wolf man
@DannyHaralson-ol1ioАй бұрын
Got the 12s on and ready!
@kc0lif15 күн бұрын
lou christie wow.
@StephanieJeanneАй бұрын
Another stroll down my parents' music memory lane! 😊 There's some good golden oldies on this one! I'll be sure to wear my poodle skirt and saddle shoes! ☺️💜
@Greggery_PeccaryАй бұрын
Just two more nights away!!! Also (not to make it about me, but...) we get the unveiling of this week's mystery moniker, a nod to our elder statesman Brotz. Last week was a great episode. Puzzle was a great band who died on the vine. Shame.
@gregoryduncan3067Ай бұрын
That's the spirit, Stephanie 👍.
@gregoryduncan3067Ай бұрын
That's why I call it The Baby Boomer Nostalgia Fest but Stephanie wouldn't know anything about that because she's a Gen X-er.
@StephanieJeanneАй бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 Now, wait a minute! I didn't say I didn't know anything about it...😂, but yes, I relate more to the Xers. That's what I said. Lol. Are you gonna wear a white sport coat and a pink carnation? 😁 You might not get that reference, being that you're a Zer. 😹
@gregoryduncan3067Ай бұрын
@@StephanieJeanne I've heard that reference but I don't know it. I'm an X-er just like you but a late X-er. You're a VERY early X-er.
@DannyHaralson-ol1ioАй бұрын
Monday's episode will be a good one. Host Helen Ready, Frankie Valli. KISS and Barry Manilow. From November 28,1975. I think it's worth the $4.99 per month I pay for membership to get an extra episode on Monday.
@ronaldolaquidara64Ай бұрын
Yeah looking forward to see early KiSS w/ the original 4 although my younger brother liked KISS and my other brother liked Aerosmith and while I liked the Eagles 😹😂😹
@logantyrelle97Ай бұрын
Hey there!! I just skimmed the live chat playback and saw you'd said hi to me! I'm so sorry I didn't see it, I was out all night tonight so I only hopped on to say thanks to TMS team about the upcoming Monday episode. Please don't think I was ignoring you! I so appreciate you reaching out! I really hope they will feature more Helen episodes during her run as the permanent guest host from 1975-76, she's such an underrated artist. I'm looking for specific episodes that feature performances of my favorite songs of hers ("Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), "Angie Baby", and "I Am Woman"). I was excited to see on the episode guide that Monday's episode includes "I Am Woman"!!! From Wolfman and me, have a fabulous weekend!😁😁😜
@DannyHaralson-ol1ioАй бұрын
@@logantyrelle97 Not hurt at all. The comments move so fast it's easy to miss one. Hope you have a good weekend.
@logantyrelle97Ай бұрын
@@DannyHaralson-ol1io Thank you!!😁
@user-tm1bq9rd3wАй бұрын
좋아여~
@SuperBeachbum74Ай бұрын
Clydie King singing background with Lou Christie
@thouston0Ай бұрын
Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn playing with Sam & Dave!
@neilyoungfanАй бұрын
And Duck was killing it on bass!
@odnamraortsacАй бұрын
And Jim Horn on sax (possibly wearing the same shirt he wore when playing at George Harrison’s Bangladesh concert)
@bene.divinocordeiro6196Ай бұрын
❤ Na expectativa
@JismIsm-en4kz29 күн бұрын
Great days, er, I mean NIGHTS - back in 70's; Damn, this world changed for the worse
@gerrydooley951Ай бұрын
Fabian was renowned for his bad singing
@AccurateCrabLegsАй бұрын
The Fleetwoods trashed their dressing room, stole Frankie’s wig, and challenged Lou Christie to a whiskey drinking contest
@Moo-cs3xnАй бұрын
man, the Fleetwoods were hellraising lunatics
@JamieAndersonMusicАй бұрын
Sam and Dave with a live band! Especially love the horn section.
@kenmadzia735424 күн бұрын
Good Lord ! I'm only 53 and love this kind of jam ! Phones nowadays , can't believe I came across this. How long has this been going on?
@xeropunt5749Ай бұрын
I always assumed the Sam in “Sam & Dave” was Sam Cooke..😂
@Music--ng8cdАй бұрын
Is that Booker T, Al Jackson, Cropper & Dunn backing up Sam and Dave?
@CineMolluskАй бұрын
Not Booker T but the rest of the MGs are there sounding fantastic
@boogie02130Ай бұрын
Think it's Willie Hall on drums and Joe Arnold on trumpet!
@hojo70Ай бұрын
Frankie Ford had an amazing afro
@williamengler321Ай бұрын
S&Ds band went on to many of the Blues bros Cropper Duck Dunn ect
@Moo-cs3xnАй бұрын
Frankie Ford is Will Ferrell 🤣 Lou Christie is Rick Moranis
@katec7033Ай бұрын
Interesting chords played by Jimmie Rogers.
@ronnieparker4311Ай бұрын
🤘
@Slenderman629Ай бұрын
The Fleetwoods performance turned me 🌈
@michaelrochester48Ай бұрын
Is that Steve Copper and Donald Duck Dunn behind Sam and Dave?
@boogie02130Ай бұрын
Yes
@Herro750Ай бұрын
Shirley and Lee brilliant…and only one song 😮
@deja75mАй бұрын
Frankie Avalon...Blessed..sir...
@patrickmccarron5059Ай бұрын
70s people singing 50s music?
@AdrianDeVore22 күн бұрын
Nostalgia from the 1950s was very popular in the 1970s.😊
@deja75mАй бұрын
Father of 8 beautiful catholic souls..wears a toupee?...YUP
@DavePlaysTromboneАй бұрын
16:02 Frankie Ford was known for ONE SONG and he botched the 2nd line. Brutal.
@AdrianDeVore22 күн бұрын
😂
@iamtoothewalrus25 күн бұрын
Sam and Dave and the band stealing the show.
@EdKazO-VisionАй бұрын
Frankie Ford! What is up with that ‘do?
@deja75mАй бұрын
Da pink and blue whales...look away..sound great..but..looking gives me early Lizzo seeds?
@BRINABOO-s2k17 күн бұрын
SAM AND DAVE KILLED IT SO DID FRANKIE AVALON WHO IS EVERYONE FAVORITE. THE RESTS ARE BORING ASF AND LOU CHRISTIE SOUNDS LIKE POTATO STEW JUST AWFUL!! WTF?! LIGHTNING STRIKES DIDNT COME OUT IN 1963 BUT MID 60’s/LATE 60’s.
@EdKazO-VisionАй бұрын
Fabian never did learn to sing, did he.
@gerrydooley951Ай бұрын
poor Frankie Ford wearing a Bozo wig
@AdrianDeVore21 күн бұрын
This '74 TMS episode was so cringey to watch. 😳🙈
@deja75mАй бұрын
I am censored in commie kanada...my gubmint hates me..cuz I love TRUMP
@karlsinclair9918Ай бұрын
Thanks God for Sam and dave with booker t and the mgs. That was the worst episode...utterly awful.
@recordguy432129 күн бұрын
only thing worse is your comment
@MrCarltonjsmithАй бұрын
Frankie Ford has an official Jackson Five Afro!
@RustyCrawford-cc1zy14 күн бұрын
Special square ediitionr For maw and paw
@jeaniemuenster978827 күн бұрын
Guys this is such good music. Share it. This is live. Share, share ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 🫂
@deja75mАй бұрын
Sam n Dave wit da man..Steve Cropper..legend
@deja75mАй бұрын
Jimmy gots a toupee..too..neat geetar chords!
@deja75mАй бұрын
Notice the bassist with a cigarette and holder?..classy
@deja75mАй бұрын
CIA...why the fleetwoods?..a mr rogers song clone?..anemic
@deja75mАй бұрын
Did Richie Havens adopt this chording style...?
@deja75mАй бұрын
Let's bring back a buncha old losers an make a show...these grandpa's love the 11am spot..yum..yogurt and porridge before the show..yumm