Iron Butterfly - Butterfly Bleu (live TV 1970)

[@davevogelar9965]

These guys were so intense I love them.

[@khh980]

I have been Mike's friend since 1970 in Miami as he was a Close friend of the group " Peach " Guitarist Chris Dieguez . Pianist .Bobby Wooley .Basest .Russell Smith who are all in Heaven and Drummer Omar Martinez who I talked to today and Prayed for Mike's total recovery Amen ,with Love from Khalid

[@erickennedy7021]

Mike Piinera is such a BADASS. Love him.

[@olly8]

Can't tell you how many trips I took with this album ✌🏼💯🟣🟠

[@johnnyp8979]

"Don't bring me down baby" What a line ! Been going on since apples and serpents and WILL continue till humanity ceases. That will be THE blues 😢 !

[@charlesatkins9215]

Been listining to several times a day. Got me intoxicated again. Broke up recently. Told her this was my love song to her ,you have sensitive moments , rebirth , and again free . I miss her. And there was no way for it to work anyhow . FREE IS THE WORD ..

[@kkfunkadelic70]

Just when I thought I’d seen all the old Iron Butterfly footage! Please post more of this show if it exists! This is really something special! Metamorphosis era Iron Butterfly was too short lived!

[@mrAlden100]

I agree. That album was a welcome turning point for The Butterfly, good recording studio, very good producer, and a great sounding album. Not to take anything away from the Erik Brann era, but this lineup was very tight.

[@daisywrabbit]

so incredible. I’ve been obsessed with the beat club performance of this, so I’m stoked to find this one. Mike Pinera is so hot. ⚡️💙⚡️🦋

[@MustangIVU]

I was 13 years old in 1970. At summer camp, I was put in the grown-ups' room. They had Abbey Road and In a gadda da vida. It was a shock to discover this music. At Christmas, I asked for the Iron Butterfly album. As there was a fairly similar, but very short drum solo on Abbey Road, I had confused the covers. My brothers received Abbey Road by the Beatles and I, by mistake, received the album Metamorphosis by Iron Butterfly. I've listened to Butterfly Bleu thousands of times. This track is a masterpiece that oriented the rest of my life towards music and everything that can be associated with it. At the time of Metamorphosis, Iron Butterfly is probably in its most masterful formula. What a pleasure to discover Butterfly Bleu live and in color today... Thank you very much. Chris

[@johnsturtz]

Fantastic band!!!!

[@lesphelps3741]

RIP Doug Ingle. Died yesterday. Age 78.

[@jonatanpinadulucmusic]

RIP, very sad.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

​@jonatanpinadulucmusic hed had Doug Ingle Jr.

[@riverlover]

Never hear the live version...incredible

[@joemysterymusic]

Just awesome. This was a great incarnation of the band, more blues oriented as opposed to the original. I like both eras, this one and the psychedelic Braun/Danny Weiss era. Band is so tight and song is great. Pinera delivers an emotional vocal and the band gives great performance. Can not believe people have this stuff to put up here. Like magic really. A curiosity for me is the amps. Damn they were big. I had one of those Ampegs. Brings back memories of hauling this stuff around to venues along with a Hammond organ. Lord. Anyway, if you wanted to know what bands were like back in the late 60s early 70s, this is a great example. Thank you for the super post. RIP: Rhino, Lee and Ron.

[@kevincooley5179]

Awesome!

[@suffolkmike1]

I bought this album when it came out and I still listen to it often. One of the best bands period.

[@paxtonmusic9864]

Such a great band. It seems Butterfly became trivial in the eyes of a lot of people because of their hit Inna Godda Da vida, but these guys could play. Along with King Crimson, ELP and a few other bands, Iron Butterfly were laying the foundation of prog rock. I doubt most audiences would have the attention span to sit through a concert of this type of material nowadays.

[@birdman5939]

This was the shit in it's day of 20 minute cool songs....I loved those concerts...If you wanted to hear a bunch of 3 minute songs in a row, you could listen to a.m. radio

[@daisywrabbit]

Ron Bushy is my spirit animal ⚡️💙🥁

[@jonathanaiglon5321]

peace of art

[@stephenmiller5023]

The late Ron Bushy on drums ….. 👍

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

This was my fav version of IB wish they could of kept together. They had great chemistry

[@jefferyfite7122]

They had toxic management at the time. A familiar story but for them it was much worse. The IRS was after them.

[@fz7091]

After seeing them play in a gadda da vida this might be the best lineup. They were actually having fun

[@randysalles2292]

Damn first time seeing this version, got tons of respect for Rhino, but Pinera is a beast! Priceless video...

[@daisywrabbit]

6:30 some major good guitar face ⚡️🎸⚡️

[@Crankerny58]

Whoa! That kicked major ass!!

[@jefferyfite7122]

This should be taken from a performance on The David Frost TV show that I have been looking for quite some time. Thank you very much!

[@jefferyfite7122]

This was originally broadcast Oct. 15th, 1970. It is in fact from the David Frost show season 3 episode 14. President Richard Nixon recorded and preserved many episodes of this show for the political content, and they were presumed lost for many years until discovered in the Nixon library. This may have been one of those episodes. Turns out Tricky Dick was good for something...LOL!

[@jefferyfite7122]

I was wrong. This is NOT from the David Frost Show. That means that footage may still be out there. If somebody finds it, please post it. Apparently a live version of New Day was also recorded at that same time.

[@richardmcginnis5344]

sweet an early version, i have the 1971copenhagen version in my mp3 player and it rocks, i never saw this before today though

[@Flieder31]

They are living the blues!!

[@KingOFuh]

Like the Doors, these guys were playing clubs on the Sunset Strip in 1966-67. What a fuh king great time to be in L.A.

[@progger53]

Sure was. I met Raymond Manzarek and shared a Joint with him at Dallas's Electric Ballroom 1977 with the band Nite City.

[@petercrisp-i5z]

& after so many years the legendary In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida amazing 30 million copies!

[@CapstoneTider]

I can hear this influencing a lot of stuff I later listened to growing up.

[@johnnyp8979]

Sorry about another almost instant post... But Iron Butterfly in 1968 was ahead of Peter Framton in the song DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO . But that's my observation, about 5 years ahead ... 👍

[@douglasholmes1868]

So tight

[@dobrofool]

When I was a Freshman in HS (79), my aunt was living in a commune with her husband. She left everything behind. One day I was down in grandmas basement and I found all her albums under the old console unit. This is where I got introduced to Sabbath, The Who, and a number of other groups, Iron Butterfly among them. Oddly this was the one group she had nearly EVERY one of their albums… except Sun and Steel (which I discovered years later at the Professor’s in Waterbury.. worst album ever!) I dig to every one of the their albums. It was really weird stuff, but there was something about them that drew me in (maybe it was the Mary Jane 🤔😆) Metamorphosis quickly became their pinnacle for ME, even more than Inna-Gadda. Years later, found out this album really did nothing on the market. Don’t know why. Nobody I went to school ever listened to these guys.. seems like I was the only one who knew about them. This album tracked most of the absolute best music this group ever pulled off. My aunt also had the Captain Beyond album with Rod Evans, Rhino, Dorman, and Bobby Caldwell! At the time I didn’t know anything about the Allman Brothers. Years later, after in switched from acid to Southern, The Allmans replaced Zepplelin in my newly discovered era of music appreciation, and I later realized that Beyond was a dedication to Duane Allman, featuring lots of slide. What an awesome album. Rhino did lots of overdubbing twin harmonies and stuff. Wild album. This was a real treat to see a piece of the concert. Any chance there’s another cut kicking around with them doing Easy Rider???? 😋

[@petercrisp-i5z]

one word stunning

[@annickborys2465]

Immense groupe! ❤.

[@bennydudkevitch]

So sad. Shalom & RIP Doug Ingle

[@progger53]

Metamorphosis is my favorite lp of them. The bass player went on to Captain Beyond. What a great band was that!

[@veggigoddess]

Rest in peace, Doug Ingle🌹 He passed away 2 days ago, at the age of 78

[@Formula-602]

Lee Dorman..always looking so cool!…

[@guymontag349]

Lee was one of the really great bassists.

[@Formula-602]

@@guymontag349 found him dead in his car..I recall..in front of his house?

[@charlesatkins9215]

More of this show ,please ...

[@olly8]

Yeesssss!!!

[@jamesmartin6709]

This is not 1969. I saw them in August 1969 and Erik Braun was still with them. In fact, the opening act was Blues Image, which featured Pinera.

[@Playback007able]

yup…this is later than 69’…BALL was released in 69’…the vocals were a proto-Gino Vennelli vibe…

[@chronicbackpain5934]

This is the most badass nitpick ever

[@c2itccase9]

It’s hard not to like Mike Pinera…

[@cliff8789]

I hope and pray Mike is doing well. Thank you Valerie for your post. I haven’t been able to find any news about him at all ( hopefully no news is good news).

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍🏻 dude

[@tomtrana3449]

The album Metamorphosis with Pinera & Rhino was released in August, 1970. This title is on the album. This concert is in 1970 and not in 1969.

[@asdemin27]

как же круто!!!

[@theo9952]

I love this song and the whole Metamorhosis album, but i always thought it is Doug Ingle who sings this. M. Pinera's voice sounds identical to his voice.

[@stephensmith799]

Hard to think of rockers as ordinary mortals.

[@chadkelham5034]

When Pineda gets on the talk box, that dude is on a whole other plane

[@joshuabraasch9174]

Rhino looks like he’s not playing the usual les Paul standard but a modified junior. Ironically it looks like rhino is using a sunn coliseum pa just like Leslie west.

[@masonallen3901]

Iron butterfly --- poor man's led Zeppelin....

[@LocoManuel]

Cada uno le hace el amor (salvaje) a lo suyo, y eso me es ORGÁSMICO.....💥🎸👍🏼

[@olly8]

Agree!

[@stephenmiller5023]

Doug Ingle on keyboards….

[@olly8]

The keyboard was such a magical part of this record 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@frankgarcia918]

Yes Doug Ingle the one and only, RIP Doug

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

About the talk box ingle said it sounded likd someone wss getting sick in the bsckroom.

[@petercrisp-i5z]

i thought so Iron Butterfly were one of the 1st to use the talk box

[@claudebuysse7482]

A great band and a great album without success...it's a pity !

[@eljusticieroenmascarado5696]

Que buen guitarrista era rhino! 🎸

[@Doug314-k4q]

Pinnera a monster

[@valeriemikepinera3828]

Thanks for posting . Do you have any more from this show?

[@kkfunkadelic70]

The one and only, Mike Pinera! You brought the fire on this one as you always do! Hope all is well!

[@valeriemikepinera3828]

Thanks brother! Everything is good.

[@mariocajina6570]

Mike Pinera number one rock musician!! I wonder if he's still doing tours? Did he also played with Blues Image? Best regard super guitar player man!!

[@impalaman9707]

Imagine if Deep Purple turned into the Allman Brothers Band. That's Iron Butterfly in 1970

[@ВячеславКочетов-ь2н]

Полюбил IB c диска ,, Live".

[@paulhubner4146]

When I first heard this in the early seventies I thought Tom Jones was the singer, 😂

[@sergiomalash682]

Metamorphosis... jeeez that was promissing to be bigger than Zepps, but...

[@thekopys3094]

Anyone know if this was from a PBS performance?? I seem to recall there being an interview with audience members asking questions, and also playing EZ Rider....

[@francisconietoguitar9868]

This is not from 1.969.

[@jefferyfite7122]

Oct. 15th 1970.

[@randysalles2292]

Any chance there's video of pinera with Ramatan?

[@jefferyfite7122]

There is a roughly 30 minute live recording on You Tube taken from their concert tour that exists, but I can't find any video footage.

[@randysalles2292]

​@@jefferyfite7122... Thanks Jeff for the heads up, that would be way cool if it could be found, any footage of ramatan would be greatly appreciated, April Lawton on guitar, man. She was way ahead of her time. There's one other band I'd really like to see if there's footage of and that is a band called White witch, they recorded under the Capricorn label I believe

[@one_wild_gopher3078]

Flying gray squirrel, screaming blue zonkers, yellow double domes, micro dots, blotter, DMT, PCP 💦 iron butterfly was a real Timothy Leary stretcher. Knock you on your butt. Wake up in the morning. Where am I? Who are you? What am I doing here?

[@petercrisp-i5z]

Larry El Rhino Reinhardt & Mile Pinera

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Pinera and Rhino replaced Bruann snd Dorman.

[@wbmeprograms4505]

Dorman is there playing bass with the hat on.

[@masonallen3901]

Bullshit, Lee Dorman is right there on bass...

[@sergiomalash682]

Get to see Mike without that stupid hat:)

[@georgebertozzi8267]

The weaker Iron Butterfly period but still ok.

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

It’s too self indulgent for my tastes. Though the playing is something else

[@franktaconelli9095]

what? they had another song?

[@impalaman9707]

You know what I always say about so-called "one hit wonder" bands? Check out their other stuff! You may be surprised you find you like it better!