Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group | The Midnight Special

[@bluebird925]

Rick Derringer playing bass, Dan Hartman playing guitar. WOW.

[@KingWilfred68]

My first thought was, "Hey, Rick Derringer's playing bass on this!"

[@craigplatel813]

Pretty sure that Harman is on rhythm guitar and Ronnie Montrose is to the right on lead guitar

[@sirlordsoul]

@@craigplatel813 I don't think that's Montrose, who was leading his own band at the same time --- plus he was a longhair. Having said that, can anyone identify him?

[@craigplatel813]

@@sirlordsoul yes this episode is Nov 73, Montrose formed early 73. The guy does look like him some with shorter hair, Montrose did have shorter hair in the early 70's so I wasn't for sure it was him .

[@knuteboy3778]

@@sirlordsoul Yeah Ronnie Montrose was gone by this point. Rick Derringer was basically his replacement. I have no idea who that lead guitarist is.

[@disands62]

Back when Music was Music.

[@gemdavey]

Amen!

[@holtridge7337]

Right on

[@my1vice]

Well, sorta..... lol

[@BrittneyCooper-yb3td]

Hats off to Edgar Winter for not being jealous to share the stage with Dan and Rick.

[@marktroiani5401]

Dan Hartman writes epic songs. Rick Derringer on base. This video hits 😊on all cylinders.

[@lindatober9580]

Edgar was a sharp dressed man!

[@NH-ox1gr]

Edgar Winter is a musical genius! He can share the stage with anyone.

[@watcher9987]

Huh?? That's called professionalism, only assholes get jealous, they make him look good

[@Edward-r6e]

It's The Edgar Winter Group. ??? Jealous of what? I think they're bros.

[@fjj1776]

I’m 62 and live in the70’s. Rock, folk, jazz, disco, Girls, hairstyles, cloths where all better in the 70’s.

[@dorklyasmr6017]

Dan Hartman was INCREDIBLE. He had such an amazing and varied career before his sad and tragic death. It's hard to believe sometimes that funk rocker guitarist who wrote and sang Free Ride also wrote disco hits and even the soft rock anthem "I can dream about you." Dude was amazing and died way, way too young.

[@groovedohg]

Yeah, my biggest memory of Dan Hartman was Instant Replay as a teenager in the 70s. I was an out and out Rocker, and that particular disco song turned me right off. There were other artists in the 70s who are best known for pop hits that do not represent their background. Another example is Elvin Bishop with Fooled around and fell in love. Not a bad song, but not one to make a blues boogie fan searching his back catalogue.

[@KingWilfred68]

I have to admit I loved/love "I Can Dream About You". Great song.

[@StephanieJeanne]

Oh wow! I had no idea. I loved their music, but I didn't know much about the members. I was young when this song came out. How sad about Dan, though.

[@donwarrington4916]

@@KingWilfred68 Written for Hall & Oates . They turned it down because their album was finished .....

[@edrader]

would you say he was...... underrated?

[@aschule5684]

I was unaware of this version of the band. I knew Ronnie Montrose played with him and Rick but I was unawre of the 2 guitar player's here. Never saw Rick playing bass 🤔

[@whistlerwind7422]

"They Only Come Out At Night" (That's the band.)

[@terancesmith7820]

@@whistlerwind7422 Edgar Winter Group lol

[@whistlerwind7422]

@@terancesmith7820 : Don't be a dumba$$.

[@sweetstevie]

Left to right: Rick Derringer, Edgar Winter, Chuck Ruff, Dan Hartman, Jerry Weems. Do not argue with me about this, I’m right.

[@Teleman73]

Yes Jerry Weems. Ronnie Montrose wasn't there. I think Weems was a friend of Chuck Ruffs.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

@@Teleman73 and apparently, Jerry was AWOL from the Army when this was recorded

[@markravitz1684]

@johnzucco3559 Ronnie Montrose played the original solo on the album version.

[@markravitz1684]

@@Teleman73 Weems was a friend of Chuck's from Reno and got him into the band after Ronnie Montrose, who got Chuck into the band, quit because he wanted a bigger cut and didn't get on well with Edgar's manager

[@MylesBrooklyn]

@johnzucco3559 An interview with Chuck Ruff reads .. "That was Jerry Weems, who by the way, just died recently of liver failure. I got him into the band when Ronnie Montrose quit. I kind of grew up with Jerry here in Reno, and I knew he could play and sing really good. A lot of people don't realize it, but we re-recorded "Free Ride" with Jerry and the band, and Jerry actually wrote the solo that you hear on all of the TV commercials where they use that as the background music. That solo that Rick Derringer plays on that was written by Jerry. He recorded it originally, and when Edgar and Rick re-recorded the song , and when Edgar just re-recorded it, and when Dan (Hartman) re-recorded for an album just before he passed away, they all used Jerry's solo"

[@rodewerk5034]

Whatever the reason The Midnight Special brought out the WOW factor in groups. The best live unbelievably good performances, this by The Edgar Winter Group is one of very many. Thank you, The Midnight Special for keeping the memory of great rock and roll alive.

[@michaelbirke6050]

The reason is because “it’s rock and roll”. 🎸 ✌️😊

[@sixtytonangel]

I was literally thinking the same thing. Seen some balltrearing performances from that show😊

[@kennethschweighardt4920]

One of the greatest and most notable opening guitar riffs, born in the 70's, and still rocking strong.

[@gretschguy864]

What the …! Rick Derringer playing bass? Great live version!

[@Lance37a]

I guess he switched with Dan Hartman for this song. Maybe it was difficult for Dan to play bass and sing on this song?

[@ethanreed8400]

Hartman came up with the guitar part for this song so it makes sense

[@777stroke]

In concert they often switched instruments between Fan Hartman and Rick Derringer on several songs.

[@charliesaucier3352]

@777stroke I watched the Edgar Winter Group perform on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert at around this same time, 1973. I watched in awe when Montrose and Hartman switched instruments. Dan Hartman played this mind boggling guitar solo that was very Hendrixesque! I remember my best bud and I were blown away. I've tried before to find that performance on YT, but have not located it (if anyone out there can find it, enjoy Dan's guitar prowess and let me know). Dan Hartman was a mega-talented multi-instrumentalist! It saddened me when he went disco just a few years later.

[@johnwoods1922]

@@Lance37a The bass part on this song is very busy! I've tried it. Even a pro like Dan would have found it hard to play bass and sing on it. Having Rick play the bass was a good call! (Dan Hartman didn't play bass on the studio original either - that was Randy Jo Hobbs).

[@Dan-zq5wt]

When you hear any band in 1973, including probably hundreds of good college and high school bands, it makes you weep over the state of modern music.

[@m.scottreeder]

What music? Is that what folks call that modern-day noise? I’ve got a four-letter word for it. Me? The mid 1960s all through the 1970s (without the disco) and maybe some ‘80s--that’s music. More specifically, the Eagles, Bad Company, and Blue Oyster Cult. 🇺🇸👨🏻‍🦳🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸🎵🇺🇸🎸🇺🇸😎🇬🇧✌🏻

[@jamesmack3314]

@@m.scottreederBOC was one of the best….Agents of fortune is an all time classic

[@joshleenall]

It's all subjective. Most everyone thinks the music they grew up with was the best and everything that came after is garbage. Every generation does this. I think we just attach the happy memories of youth to the music we grew up listening to. I don't see why people don't just enjoy the music and keep listening to what they like without taking a big dump over all other music because it's not what they like. There was great music in the 70s, and there is great music today. You might not like it but that doesn't mean millions of other people don't like it either. I feel like this subject has begun to trigger me, obviously.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

@@joshleenall please by all means make some recommendations. I don’t think your argument holds in most of the Top 40. At least in previous generations, whether my dad’s or grandad’s era, people played real instruments with real complexity (whether you liked big band, doo wop, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Beatles, Hendrix and Cream, Zep and Sabbath, the Dead, Boston, VH etc etc). Point is, all this music and so much more depended on real musicianship, composition, virtuosity, etc no matter the era. Don’t really hear that as much at least on radio. Even just a few years ago you’d hear musical pop bands like No Doubt and Paramore. Not too much of that going on now. I dunno

[@joshleenall]

@@Dan-zq5wt If you're judging all music today by what you hear on your local radio stations, you're being really short sighted. There's an entire world of music out there that you don't hear on the radio made by incredibly talented musicians. Again, it's all subjective. Think about how much you love the music you grew up with in the 70s... there are TONS of people today that feel the exact same way about what they listen to today. It's cool if you don't like it, I don't like a lot of it either, but that doesn't mean it is subjectively bad. Music changes and evolves based on what people enjoy listening to. I don't understand why so many people want to argue this. Music is subjective, period.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

This is a good one. Tavares did it a few years later. Dan Hartman was a great songwriter. He did "I Can Dream About You" in the '80s.

[@jchapman8248]

And the disco hit INSTANT REPLAY

[@timeportal8937]

He was awesome Left us too soon

[@gusperez6144]

Dan also wrote " Living In America " for James Brown

[@russblack443]

Wrote and produced the first couple of .38 special records too​@@gusperez6144

[@jasonmoore6187]

Yes he did

[@AFloridaSon]

Back in the day, this would come on the radio and at that first note, hands everywhere were cranking up the volume.😂🤘🤘

[@pixiendixie4211]

Every single time.

[@Jreb1865]

You knew instantly what song it was...lol

[@geerterri]

And you started dancing in the car.

[@agumperz]

So great to see music performed with joy!

[@MichiganRocker]

Edgar put a sensational group of musicians together. The ultimate party jam band!!!

[@dwightsills8785]

No lip syncing here. I loved this show because of that. Both the music and vocals are on point. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@MegaShiva1]

One of those clssic songs that never gets old.

[@eric_in_florida]

It's nice to see the audience up and boogie-ing instead of sitting cross legged on the floor.

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

Sitting Cross Legged On the Floor 25 OR 6 TO 4 ?

[@RobertErnestLewis]

Dan Hartman ... such a talent

[@AndresManosalvas]

I love this song and I can't believe that it there in perfect quality. Dan Hartman was the singer. Such a perfect classic

[@calzaondrums]

Dan Hartman is the most underrated musician and singer of all time! What a joyful voice he had, my favourite singer EVER!

[@SunFellow941]

I think I've died and gone to 17-year-old heaven!!! Rick on bass! Jerry Weems on lead guitar! Edgar actually sitting down at the keys!!! I WANT JERRY WEEMS' OUTFIT AND I'M STILL DAMN THIN ENOUGH TO WEAR IT. "You know all the answers must come from within": THANK YOU DAN HARTMAN!!!! 🤩😍😇😇😇💝💖💘❤‍🩹💜💙💥💥💥💥🌺🌹🌻🏵🌼🌼🌼🍋🍉🍇🍅🍑🌕🌞🌝☀🪐⭐🌈🌈🌈🌈🎇🎆🎨🎸🎸🎹🎹🎷🎷🌤☀🌝🌗🌕

[@gordoh7634]

Ah! Jerry Weems. Got it. Covering Ronnie Montrose.

[@SunFellow941]

@@gordoh7634 Montrose already had his first and best MONTROSE album out by the time of this Edgar Winter Group performance in November 1973. I would see Montrose as 3rd on the bill to Frampton and Spooky Tooth in Chicago on June 23, 1974.

[@gordoh7634]

@SunFellow941 So cool! I was only 11 when "They Only Come Out at Night" debuted. It was the Frankenstein single that drew us in. We circled back to Freeride and love that groove probably more. Pretty amazing talent he had assembled there, considering Rick didn't even play much axe on that album (if at all). It was all Ronnie and Dan, I think🤔.

[@davemathews7890]

In high school, we used to find a place to park in our cars, do bong hits, drink beers and listen to music like this on the radio. We were pretty irresponsible, but we were in our teens and it was the '70s.

[@alexthompson9516]

That's really the only kind of initiation rite our culture has left. Teens who weren't a little delinquent never really developed into well-rounded adults.

[@GaryClark-qy5yy]

Exellent point.

[@blueabattoir]

davemathews7890 Jeepers, I thought we were the only ones doing that!

[@davemathews7890]

@@alexthompson9516 I find the younger generation depressingly lame. Everyone in MY generation thought he would be dead by age 30. What's more, it didn't really bother any of us.

[@jameswebb9659]

We were doing that in Junior High. What a long, strange trip it's been Keep on truckin'😎✌️

[@holtridge7337]

This totally rocks!

[@babydaddy1930]

Killer band!!!! The great Dan Hartman...badassed Rick Derringer on bass...and Mr. Edgar Winter willing to take a back seat ....

[@JQ127-c4e]

Don't forget Jerry Weems on lead guitar!!

[@seansherrod8725]

@@JQ127-c4eTHANK YOU SO MUCH for this information, I was wondering who that bad ass guitarist was!

[@sweetness_5772]

A young 22, year old Dan Hartman.

[@brianaucuba230]

Still sounds fantastic fifty years later. They didn’t lip sync either, they actually performed for the show.

[@wallysmi]

I was there the night Edgar came to Harrisburg, Pa to see Dan Hartman play with his band The Legends. Not to long after that Dan was gone from the central PA music scene. We all knew he was going places.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Whew, love Rick’s Fringy Jacket and his gorgeous shiny hair; fantastic guitarist~bassist~singer. Plus he’s a very nice man. Great performance wish I was in the crowd!! 🤩

[@smashism]

The guitarist in the red shirt appears to be a time traveler from the future -- I'm gonna say mid-90s.

[@bsquared4604]

I thought the same thing. He looked more current than the rest.

[@mikeberg5003]

@@bsquared4604 Jerry Weems. If I recall he was actually AWOL from the army or navy.

[@markravitz1684]

​​@@mikeberg5003He was. Chuck Ruff knew him and got him the gig after Montrose left. Derringer took over after Weems went back to the Army after being AWOL

[@IamSkullrules]

Pat Smear

[@pitmezzari2873]

It's the haircut, he was in the national guard.

[@woodzeppelin3241]

I wish i was old enough to see this. It is one of no one gets out of here alive moments. RIP Dan, Chuck, and Jerry, you guys tore this place apart!

[@EricJTannenbaum]

Wow!!! Commenters below clued me in that Dan Hartman wrote and sang lead on this fantastic song!! HOLY COW!! I've loved this and Frankenstein since I heard it when it came out.. I loved Dan's I Can Dream about You but had NO clue about his past work. I then learned he wrote and produced James Brown's last Top 40 hit Living In America (Theme to Rocky IV)

[@mikeberg5003]

Hartman was insanely talented

[@drdavidjoneslacmsphdacm7225]

Don’t forget Instant Replay!!!

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

I didn’t realize Dan Hartman was on guitar, and Rick on bass. No idea. Very cool. Dan Hartman is such a talent.

[@that70sgirl90]

Great song! They used to play this song at the roller skating rink I used to frequent as a teen! Everyone would tear up that floor! We had the best of times! Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@rozzgrey801]

I was just gonna say 'all it lacks is some cowbell' but Edgar was already way ahead of me! What an amazing band.

[@janicetrimmell6897]

Great performance, and a little cowbell! Thanks to The Midnight Special guys for posting.

[@scottcooksey5284]

We need more cowbell!

[@cbotten106]

@@scottcooksey5284 🐮🔔

[@anthonyromayo6296]

One of my favorite songs of all time. It's got everything you could ask for. Derringers bass is unbelievable. Dan Hartman one of the most talented front men and music people ever.

[@Nivasi]

gods I'm feeling OLD

[@oneanddone7992]

When I was teaching drums in the late '70's, this is the first song I gave to my students to mimic. It is a great song, and even more so for beginning drummers. Also, Rick on bass!

[@jaidanmckeich6883]

Thanks heaps midnight special love all these guys do much RIP dan Hartman chuck ruff jerry weems

[@karmadave]

I saw Edgar do this on the most recent Ringo All-Star Tour and it was killer! 😃

[@budsodalsky]

Damn HOT rock NOW and at the TIME! 🔥That synthesizer was wonderful new tech at the time! It's SO hard to believe that this is the same guy (Dan Hartman) that was famous in the 80's for: "I can dream about you"

[@carlosbermejo5430]

That was pretty damn good. I think I will watch it again

[@vancegilmore245]

Free Ride is a song of joy and celebration 🎉😊

[@Dave-lq2le]

In the ninth grade I got kicked out of the library for carrying an album with a naked girl on the cover. It was They Only Come Out at Night, with Edgar on the cover!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@myearsloveit]

legend🏆

[@stephenlawson3161]

Edgar Winter is an awesome musician and the greatest screamer in Rock 'n Roll!

[@lovelacetunes]

still energizing us eons later. Midnight Special sure helped me through that common teenage feeling of alienation, w the huge generation gap and old fashioned parenting many of us had back in the day. First program I used to check the TV Guide for 😀🤘

[@avaritt]

Dan Hartman is 22 years old in this video. Insane.

[@ardiris2715]

My iWatch says I watched that at 117 dB. I love the 70s. (:

[@paulflanagan5395]

FREE RIDE IS ACTUALLY A "MESSAGE FROM GOD" BACK N THE DAY, (WHEN I WERE YOUNGER), & ME ALONG WIT MY OLDER BROTHER'S BROKE THIS PIECE DOWN & BEGAN 2 PERFORM IT, THE LYRICS (AFTER SO MANY MONTHS OF PERFORMIN IT) JUMPED OUT @ ME, IT WAS LIKE I COULD C BIBLE VERSES COMIN 2 LIFE. IF YOUS TAKE THE TIME & (HEAR INSTEAD OF LISTEN), IT'S A REAL LIFE SERMON. WHEN HARDCORE, ORIGINAL "HEAVY METAL" CAME OUT N THE 60'S, KNOWN AS "ACID ROCK" (THANK U LORD GOD ALMIGHTY) 4 BRINGIN THIS SOUND 2 LIFE THROUGH MR. JIMI HENDRIX, ALMOST EVERY SONG WAS ABOUT "SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT" (OUT OF THE BODY, NOT N IT), YOUS COULD C, HEAR, & EXPERIENCE GOD, NO SHIT, & IT WAS ALL BROUGHT 2 LIFE, FROM GOD, 4 ME, (IT'S TRULY THE ONLY SOUND ON THIS PLANET DAT CAN KEEP UP WIT ME. GEE WIZ, THANKS GOD). PS, THERE R ALSO 2 DIFFERENT STUDIO VERSION OF THIS SONG, & MR. EDGAR WINTER, WAS NOTHIN LESS THAN A TOP INNOVATOR ON THE KEYBOARD'S, FROM THE VERY 1ST TIME I SAW HIM, (ON ROCK CONCERT, LATE NIGHT TV SHOW), I WAS INSTANTLY HOOKED.1ST CALLED (IN CONCERT, THEN CHANGED 2 ROCK CONCERT, BEST FUCKIN SHOW ON THE TELLY/THEN CAME MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, W/YR HOST, WOLFMAN JACK. "I REMEMBER EVERYTHING, DO YOUS???". ( 3 )

[@paulvincer199]

Awesome performance of this classic. Can't wait to see the other songs performed on the November 2, 1973 episode by Edgar Winter with Rick Derringer: Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo & Dying To Live. Edgar Winter also performed 4 songs on the September 7, 1973 Midnight Speical episode. Looking forward to these as well. Great work Midnight Special channel! Thanks

[@SteveGuion]

Paul, I agree 100%. Hopefully they will eventually post them all. And that includes the appearance this band made in support of the Shock Treatment album.

[@terencem8795]

Damn, this kicks! What a treat.

[@henryhoward8341]

Most don't know the Edgar Winter Group started out with Hartman and Ronnie Montrose both on guitar. The guitarist in this video is Gerry Weems who replaced Montrose. His hair was short because he was AWOL from the Army. They caught up with him and Rick Derringer took over on guitar and Hartman when to bass. Edgar wanted to keep it a four piece band. RIP Dan Hartman, Gerry Weems and Chuck Ruff.

[@dailybackup8372]

Good to know the back story - I was confused :) thanks

[@SteveGuion]

The original line up was Edgar, Chuck Ruff on drums, Dan Hartman on guitar, Ronnie Montrose on guitar and Randy Jo Hobbs on bass. A five piece. But Randy Jo, who always seemed to be suffering from substance abuse, got too sick to continue, so he left and Dan switched to bass. Once Randy got well enough to play again, he joined up with Johnny Winter's band for a second time.

[@henryhoward8341]

@@SteveGuion Hi Steve. Actually Chuck Ruff wasn't the original drummer. The original 5 piece band that toured the summer of 1972 featured Hobbs and Detroit drummer Johnny Badanjek. When sessions for "They Only Come Out At Night" began that Hobb's problems became apparent. While Badanjek became non-committal. Yet, both recorded "Free Ride" and "We All Had A Real Good Time" before Edgar decided to strip it down to a 4 peice band. Can only assume Montrose recommended Ruff. They had played together in the SF bay area band Sawbuck.

[@ultrakool]

Come on and take a free ride...to Leavenworth🤔

[@markravitz1684]

You are correct. Montrose called Chuck who was playing locally in Reno and asked him to come to New York to audition. ​@@henryhoward8341

[@jeffgeorge3373]

Mr Edgar sometimes underrated... The man is a genius.... Vote for him in 2024 veep Rick Derringer 👍🇲🇾

[@ssmouse77]

Good Ol' Midnight Special and Wolfman Jack. I think everything about this time period is fabulous. It was a different vibe back then. Bands took pride in their apperance with the way they dressed and their hair too. No bed head hair dos or casual clothing. This is entertainment.

[@arnoldhenry]

The Midnight Special was like having a live concert every weekend. No lip sync, no taped music, just live performance from the top musical stars of the era. I don't think there would be or will be another show like The Midnight Special.

[@ronnieparker4311]

I do find that odd how you have Rick on bass and Dan playing rhythm guitar and the 3rd guy playing lead ! It sounds great ! Just kinda makes ya think! What a great way to start a Friday ! Edgar winter👍 space ace ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@ronnieparker4311]

@@larryn2682 👍

[@Callipygous1975]

​@@larryn2682 Maybe this is a "promo" video sent to TMS. It's not the usual studio setting for the show.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

that's not true

[@gregoryduncan3067]

TMS had oodles and oodles of background settings.

[@bluebird925]

Jerry Weems (the 3rd guy) played in the band Bonnaroo with former Doobie Brother Michael Hossack (who switched places with Keith Knudsen).

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I was very young when this song came out & older brother bought the album, it sounded so otherworldly like an actual spaceship was landing my lil’ mind was blown hahaha. Having 3 older sibs & their musical influences growing up was heavenly. ✊

[@julenepegher6999]

I was in the ninth grade when this came out. The first time I skipped a day of school due to my friend’s arm twisting 😅we went to another friend’s house an older guy, and partied to this album. I love this whole album. I have four older siblings. I know what you mean.

[@agneslong2323]

Know what you mean. I didn't have older siblings, but was around teenagers from the time I was 4; so I was exposed to R&R by the mid-60s. It was great.

[@stevefrasier8269]

I love it when the band loves it -- what a smash hit!

[@DonP60]

OMG I have never seen this live version !!!! Outstanding

[@zenmasterjay1]

It's always a free ride because you're infinite and eternal....but that's the answer you're going to have to find.... within!

[@Themanwhocameback2]

What joyous music! God bless the late Dan Hartman.

[@vudunof]

When rock n’ roll was just that🤘

[@beclairful]

Oh man!!! 1973-1974!! The memories of college house parties back in the day! Dancing our asses away to this song! ❤️👍🏻🤣

[@rsnell22]

Wow. I never realized it was Rick Derringer on bass.

[@RobDawg881]

And "Fez" from "That 70s Show" on rhythm guitar 😉

[@RIXRADvidz]

I'm so used to seeing Johnny Winter that when you see Edgar it's a Shock !! Musical Family with overflowing talent. I remember ''The Edgar Winter Group'' album coming out with him in makeup and a diamond necklace on the cover, my dad flipped out, thought I brought home some homosexual music, conservative christians are a load, yeah?

[@tinman8518]

No.

[@sean317]

First concert Edgar Winter Sept 72 with Ronnie Montrose on Guitar

[@psychodelicrock12]

I wish Ronnie Montrose would have stayed with the Edgar Winter group. Plus, they should’ve been a quintet with both Montrose and Derringer on guitar.

[@richsmith9063]

That's not Ronnie Montrose

[@brnrik500]

That drummer looked happy as a lark.

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

Absolutely stunning. More than a blast from the past. Thanks so much Midnight Special. You Rock!

[@larrygrant-hy8sk]

Watching "the midnight special" was a special time for me.

[@realalexfrozen]

I'm 23 and I really love it, peace to all!

[@grokeffer6226]

The perfect amount of cowbell!! 🔔🐄

[@NigelWelch-x3h]

Nigel in Canada 🇨🇦 "They Only Come Out at Night" what an album

[@davidthomas3725]

Derringer on bass and Hartman on guitar....priceless

[@rebeccawagner4167]

An amazing band on the Midnight Special 🎉🎉

[@gmallett7838]

Jerry Weem’s tone on that Gibson SG is absolute fire!

[@SheilaPhipps-fi9ds]

This is my happy song. Good times they were.

[@cherylb2008]

Dan Hartman was a great talent Left the world way too soon The entire band were musical geniuses Rick derringer was fantastic as well

[@jamesmack3314]

What happened to him?

[@Themanwhocameback2]

He died many years ago. @@jamesmack3314

[@crystalp7242]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@jamesmack3314I’m assuming you’re referring to Dan Hartman? Dan Hartman died of AIDS in 1994 at the age of just 43. Dan was gay, but never publicly came out during his lifetime (although several musician friends of his, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson, were aware of his sexual orientation). His sexual orientation and HIV status didn’t become public knowledge until after his death. Kind of understandable, considering that up until around the early to mid-1990s HIV/AIDS was pretty heavily associated with gay men, although several notable cases of the disease amongst those not part of the LGBTQ community did help to reduce that stigma: Arthur Ashe, Elizabeth Glaser (wife of “Starsky and Hutch” star Paul Michael Glaser), Eazy-E, and Magic Johnson. (Of those I just named, only Magic Johnson is still alive, and his continued presence and activism show how far HIV treatments and awareness have come since the 1980s and 1990s. Elizabeth Glaser, who contracted HIV via a blood transfusion she received while giving birth to her first child with Paul Michael Glaser, became an AIDS activist and was the one who encouraged Johnson to go public about his HIV status.)

[@SteveGuion]

Unbelievably awesome!!! What a great performance. Thank you for posting this. Rick Derringer filling in on bass so Dan Hartman could play that iconic guitar part. That band with Ronnie, Jerry or Rick on guitar was ON FIRE! What a band!

[@MikeNelson-s4o]

One of the seventies best songs!

[@Eltamir]

The deluxe Edgar Winter Group!

[@lauriesimonds9229]

The 70's had so much more use of the cowbell - and it was pretty awesome. Hope it makes a comeback 😅

[@Yankindc]

SNL skits, aside, I agree: more cowbell. I like the fact that "multi-instrumentalist" Edgar just bangs on the cowbell in the last verse. My vote for best use of cowbell in the 70s goes to Grand Funk's "We're an American Band."

[@minsterhill]

This is music this is rock and roll this is amazing!!!

[@davedillon1372]

Always a jumping Track. That's gotta add years to Edgar Winter's & Rick Derringer's Lives! Next, I'll be visiting 'Hang On, Sloopy' (what a Stunner) & 'Frankenstein' (the Great American Couple)!

[@bookbm]

Damn, that looks like a great show

[@mattmclean1306]

THATS THAT REAL STUFF. DAMN.... NO ROOM FOR SAMPLING THERE. ALL PURE TALENT & ABILITY. THAT'S LIVING THE REAL DREAM WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYING & PERFOMING MUSIC. DERRINGER EVEN TAKES THE BASS GUITAR, THIS IS BACK WHEN GENUINE MUSICIANS CARED MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC THAN A SHINING MOMENT FOR THEMSELVES.

[@MMMarvelous]

Edgar Winter on keys (also sax & percussion); Rick Derringer on bass here (normally guitar); Dan Hartman on guitar & vocal here (normally bass); Chuck Ruff on drums; Jerry Weems on guitar. Jerry took over after Montrose left. Edgar & Rick still with us in Oct 2023, but the other four are sadly gone.

[@StephanieJeanne]

Wow! Fantastic performance! They're so great! I loved Edgar's outfit! And that drummer at the end looked so animated. They had a blast, you can tell!

[@JQ127-c4e]

The immortal Chuck Ruff on drums. Guy was a monster!

[@RipCityJB]

So, so great. One of the greatest straight forward rock songs ever.

[@tommitchell8425]

Saw this band with Ronnie Montrose on lead guitar at Winterland SF back in '72 Still one of THE BEST shows I ever saw there.....that I can remember 😊🙃🥳

[@TheHiwattScott]

Takes me back! I saw the Edgar Winter Group in 73 or 74 one of my favorite concerts ever!

[@hanksnot191]

I had forgotten how good these guys actually were!

[@chriswalford9228]

Moments in life. Went on holiday with my family and family friends when this was out . Newquay in Cornwall. Hot summers day family and friends went to beach I sought out the record shop and bought this I was 16 . I don't have the 45 now but have the memories. Tunes like this started this English boy on his life journey listening to music.

[@CaptainVelveeta]

01:35 the guy in the red shirt looks like a 90's kid who traveled back in time to jam with the band.😅

[@Davidp1985]

Aw man this is what It was all about man back in the day when people and the world were free spirited and it was all about the music and the good times rolled!

[@aw-md6oi]

Watched this live and in color.1973.I was like floored.We all went out and bought the albums ,8 tracks the next day!

[@SwirlingDervish536]

and the crowd went nuts!!!!! love this song and this band!!!!

[@jimbauers9368]

Wow ! had my mind blown watchin this....i remember this song back in the day, Rick Derringer on Bass ? I always thought it was Rick playing the awesome lead.and always thought Edgar Winter was singing lead on the song, i knew Dan Hartman wrote the song

[@analogandroid420]

Amazing! More cowbell...

[@CowGirlKat8691]

Great way to get going!!