JOE COCKER - With A Little Help From My Friends 1969 Woodstock

[@jesseroman3]

Joe sang like he’s life depended on it !!!!!

[@berndbuchsbaum9770]

When Joe Cocker died, Paul McCartney said about the cover version: "It was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful for him for doing that."

[@paulashanks3129]

I don't know why but this song and his performance has tears running down my cheeks. ❤😊

[@davidpeck9834]

Hammond B3 organ with Leslie speakers...THE organ of real Rock and Roll!

[@ajabbott8559]

I worked at a casino in Oregon in 2008. We had lots of shows there. I usually worked dispatch. I never worked the concerts. I saw that Joe Cocker was coming to do a show. I signed up for some overtime to work this one. When they were finished placing all the officers in their designated area, I still hadn't received where I would be doing security. They finally call my name and say, "We'll need you back in the green room with the artist." I was like, what?! Are you kidding me?! Needless to say, I greeted him off of his tour bus and showed him where he would be getting ready. I was freaking out! He was so nice and deeply humble. Right before he was going on, he asked me if it was ok if he held my arm on the way to the stage. It was dark, and he didn't want to trip and fall. Absolutely, Mr. Cocker!! After he went on stage, I was allowed to go out front and watch his show. Totally amazing. I'll never forget it. Even losers get lucky sometimes. 😉

[@bradwilliams2081]

This performance is legendary. The members of his band had to sing the backing vocals because the female backing singers got caught up in the chaotic traffic.

[@blueboy4244]

pretty funny how things work out - they sing falsetto back up vocals probably only once ever - and now probably over 100 million people have seen it

[@johndaarteest]

Joe Cocker's air guitar is worth a fortune now.

[@vicprovost2561]

No auto tune at Woodstock, just many of the best musicians of that time playing their hearts out and singing for eternity in that historic concert weekend in 1969. Any performance at Woodstock is worth seeing/hearing but check out Jimi Hendrix and his defining set there, do Voodoo Child and be amazed! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

[@spacemaker8760]

I still don't get it how people belive it woud be autotune. It wasn't introduced until 1997. That's how ruined music has got to be that people belive it's not made by a powerfull voice or realy good musicians.

[@elaine8013]

He's the reason that at 13 three girls ran off to Woodstock. I turned 14 at Woodstock. Watching these videos take me back to when life was so simple. This is the spirit that keeps boomers going.

[@WhizzingFish12]

Cocker was the best. His voice sounded like he washed down a mouthful of broken glass with a bottle of moonshine.

[@kenturner3268]

One of the few all time greats. Simply powerful.

[@mikemax9076]

Iconic Woodstock ,I was there in 69. 17 years old with no money, I ate every day I slept were ever I wanted . The music from that era will never die even when all who there pass away. Joe Cocker brought so much passion and soul to his cover.

[@vicprovost2561]

Totally agree, a couple years before I had a car so no Woodstock for me, I was 14 but we the tickets at the record store where they were selling them, totally envious! The music of the late 60s and the 70s will never die, just like Mozart and Beethoven, Classic Rock will always have listeners. The music of our youth was just too good, we hit the musical lottery for being Baby Boomers!

[@MrRoaminroman]

@@vicprovost2561 Poland

[@mikemax9076]

A few of my buddys showed up and asked If I wanted to to a concert said sure we got about 2 miles from fields and walked in no tickets. Missed about 1/2 half of the first day, after the last day we stayed around to help clean up.I got back home 2 days after and was grounded by my mom for a week it was well worth it lol. @@vicprovost2561

[@CliveAdlam-yn8uz]

Same age as me , you must have smoked some red leb and dropped a tab of acid , I did .Young beautiful days.Respect .Peace, Love .

[@markdecker6190]

My first smoke experience was hashish before regular weed. Then came acid, speed, mescaline, peyote, and who-remembers what else but never anything hard. By the time coke came around I was done with it all so never snorted. The worst thing nowadays would be edibles, don't like smoking it.@@CliveAdlam-yn8uz

[@arjaylee]

The smile on your face does this ol' hippie heart good.

[@stevewebster973]

From the UK ~ I grew up in Sheffield, same as Joe Cocker. The band had two beautiful back up singers caught in the epic traffic jam on the way to Woodstock. That’s why the band’s singing falsetto. Joe did wonderful covers of Bob Dylan’s I shall be released, Just like a woman & Catfish, and Leonard Cohen’s Bird on a wire & First we take Manhattan. A great singer.

[@mondeoman1954]

Hey Steve, I too was born and lived in Sheffield until I was 17, 1974. Went to schools there, saw Joe once in his later years. Still my favourite.

[@fournierro1]

Was our favorite. Every tried to sing and Dance like him after that.

[@danwilliams5867]

I was so blessed to have lived through those years,60,70,80'90's and the raw talent we had. We thought it would never end one great artist after another, sometimes so many at one time. There are some modern artists but so few as recording companies are just interested in most sales. So they could care less if the song is auto tune and no one goes out on tour

[@65cj55]

The Plumber from Sheffield, United Kingdom..

[@BillHallisey]

Maddie, I believe the organ used in the song and was ubiquitous in the 60's and 70's was a Hammond B-3. It was and still is an integral part of Southern church choirs. After my past comments about Peter Frampton' voicetube, I'm afraid to make any definitive statement about the 60's and 70's(even though I lived through It). I apologize to you and your viewers for making that now obvious misstatement. I the time I thought it was true. But in life, we live and learn. I'm not going to make any snide or snarky comments about those who corrected me. That's foolish. I just hope we all can have polite, respectful, and kind comments to each other. Maddy, I thank you for your curiosity of what went on before your time, what is happening in the world today, and what the future will bring. Unfortunetely, I was not at Woodstock, I was across the world at that time.

[@MaddyReactions]

Hug 🤗

[@89801wink]

Yes. It's a Hammond B-3.

[@weekendgolfguys]

I believe the Hammond B-3 is correct

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

The Hammond B-3 was a vital part of rock from the mid-60’s and forward. Bands like Uriah Heep and in particular Deep Purple used the Hammond B-3 in their music.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Yes used the B3 for at lot of sound effects.

[@715bambam]

A star was Born at that moment at Woodstock

[@kengunter6903]

1 of the greatest performances of all time. It's like opening a time capsule. Greatness at its finest!!!!

[@LifelikeFiction]

The special organ sound was created by the speakers. The speakers are working with a rotating double horn for the high tones. In the 80s I worked with a blues band in Hamburg (Germany) and our keyboarder had one of these - very heavy 😅😎 By the way - the speakers are Leslie speakers 🤪🤗

[@duncanmaclennan9151]

SANTANA at Woodstock,,,,SOUL SACRIFICE !!!! THANKS

[@tommyau2006]

so much heart and soul into a song.......................no one does it better than Joe

[@janlevani8824]

Vocals were awesome ❤

[@michaeldezego340]

Probably the best cover of a Beatles song ever. I was 10 years old when Woodstock happened. My brother was 20 years old and he was there. He came home all caked with mud and I was upset that I couldn’t go with him.

[@jimreedy1960]

I was at Woodstock for all 3 days. The music was legendary but the comraderie among the young people there was even more amazing. When I first got there I was concerned that there were so many people and nobody in charge. But I quickly realized that this was something different and special.There were no fights and everyone was helping each other. People collected food to distribute to people who didn't bring enough. People wandered from one part of the area to another just to interact with each other. I bought a hippie belt from some people who made them and were selling them. It was an unforgettable experience.

[@NightFogFilms]

@jimreedy1960 Really? All 3 days. I would've thought the 1960 in your name would be the year you were born and that would make you 9. LOL. But yeah I wish I was there but I was only 9.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

RIP Joe one of the greatest singers of all time, a staple of the rock and roll scene for decades.

[@muchkneaded]

I was stationed at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, TX when this historic event happened. In June, 1969, only 2 months before Woodstock, my roommate and I rode our BMW motorcycles up to Denver, CO to attend the Denver Pop Festival. We knew we were WAY beyond the mileage limitation from the base, but we didn't care. We both had the weekend off and we were going. Among the acts were Big Mama Thornton; Credence Clearwater Revival; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Joe Cocker; Johnny Winter; Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention; Poco; The Flock; Three Dog Night; and the headliner: The Jimi Hendrix Experience. All 3 nights while we were there, announcements were being made about which bands were signing up to play at Woodstock, and every night I was blown away by the number of THE BEST groups and soloists that were being added to the already impressive list! I couldn't go to Woodstock because I didn't have enough "leave" time saved up for the trip. But I totally enjoyed the Denver Pop Festival!

[@danevans5823]

Joe's voice is so iconic and he belted from his toes wherever he played.Try You are so beautiful or You can leave your Hat on

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

❤1969 Woodstock☮

[@MarissaM312]

Close to half a million people attended this festival. All roads leading in and out were literally shut down. Three days of peace and music. ❤️❤️❤️

[@jrsinsf]

Not that it matters now, but there were 250, 000+ people there... time and the internet tends to inflate the numbers.

[@doobiedave9686]

​@@jrsinsfit was closer to 400,000

[@FavoriteMovieDate]

Peace and Rock N Roll, yes! Along with debauchery, drugs and filth from mud and feces! 😂 I’m happy I was too young to go and got to enjoy the music from clips. But, I was always a square!

[@petergiffes1239]

Peace love and rain

[@nealfriend6797]

3 DAYS OF LOVE AND PEACE ❤☮

[@L.A55]

Legend RIP

[@marksmess136]

Joe did a terrific job. I felt bad for the off key backup singer. Even the other guy was looking at him like "get it together," to no avail.

[@tomatoseed1443]

I can't get enough of this Joe Cocker performance. Always watch when it shows up on my feed.😊❤

[@rayvanhorn1534]

One of the best live performances ever, just the soul that Joe oiured out is fantastic

[@gregleblanc9357]

There are documentary's about this concert. It was legendary along with most of the artist are legends.

[@dagmar.6954]

Joe Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice & dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. He recorded a few Beatles' songs "With A Little Help From My Friends", "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" & "Something". Other hits were "Up Where We Belong" (a duet with Jennifer Warnes), "Delta Lady", "Darling Be Home Soon", "Cry Me A River", "Feelin' Alright", "The Letter", "You Are So Beautiful" etc.

[@MrRoaminroman]

Absolutely love "Space Captain" by Joe, written by him and Leon Russell

[@doobiedave9686]

You Can Leave Your Hat On and Unchain My Heart are killer Joe Cocker songs as well. ✌️

[@stevepas1]

Woodstock was a giant moment in American history

[@jeffreymcghee7283]

People like Joe cocker come along once in a lifetime if your lucky, be grateful we were lucky, a total one off

[@kjellejohansson4000]

Ilove your work Maddy. old goldies.❣

[@cstovall0425]

Joe played a whole air band with his body! Amazing, soulful masterpiece of a cover.

[@dragonflyparade8143]

And conducted it too. ❤

[@alpetrocelli4465]

That’s the classic sound of the Hammond B3 organ. When paired with Leslie speakers, magic ensues. Great observation.✌️❤️🎶

[@GregCombs100]

Kudos to the cameraman here, attempting to keep Joe in the frame. A+

[@donkfail1]

Most artists get inspired my their muses. Joe Cocker got possessed by his. No exorcism is necessary, this was perfection.

[@larryg7126]

The organ is indeed the Hammond B3 run through Leslie speakers that had a rotating horn that gave the sound a doppler effect (a train whistle seems high in pitch as it approaches & deeper in pitch as it recedes past you) of seeming to advance & recede the sound of the organ, it had two speed. That plus the volume pedal created the characteristic Hammond sound in Jazz & Rock.

[@cindyweir9645]

I went to one of his concerts. Grande Ballroom 1968. He was amazing!🔥🌹

[@gareyt123]

That is the distinctive sound of a Hammond B-3 organ with Leslie Speaker.... There is no other sound like it when it comes to a keyboard instrument and you are correct, many Rock bands used the Hammond and Leslie. Good catch!

[@billtaylor3382]

I was only 11 yo and lived in Denver, But years later I was working with a co worker and he was from upstate NY he is 10 years older and he told me he was at the Concert and I laughed like sure you were. Well the next time I went to his house, he had the movie on VHS and he had it cued up to where the concert turned into a free event and people were knocking over the chain length fences and I will be damned if he wasn't filmed doing that with another buddy and his girl friend I was blown away. Of course that night he talked about the whole experience! while we smoked a few joints! 😜

[@bazkeen]

Such a unique voice. Noting wrong with his movements. He once said that once he got into the zone, that's just what his hands did 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@MaddyReactions]

He was fun to watch!!

[@bazkeen]

@@MaddyReactions Cool 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@eaglesfan0726]

My favorite version of this song. Joe Cocker did many great songs including for movies

[@1dognight166]

So unique. Definitely one of a kind. Woodstock was THE greatest rock festival of all time. Tons of artists. 3 days of mud and music. All 3 days were recorded and was a triple album !

[@alanFconrad]

SOOOOO GREAT JOE

[@jimcrawford3221]

Alas, I was still in junior high when this happened. But I quickly became a Joe Cocker fan. And after hearing songs from the Mad Dogs And Englishmen Tour, I also fell in love with Leon Russell. On a regular basis I'll play the video of the Tour doing both this song and Give Me A Ticket For An Airplane. :-)

[@JamesTrafford-zp1gx]

Cocker didn’t want to do the Mad Dogs tour because he’d been extensively touring and was exhausted. To cut a long story short he was blackmailed into doing it and his mental and physical health suffered badly. When he launched a comeback two years later his previously magnificent voice was obviously damaged.

[@scottallan6770]

I wasn't at this amazing festival, but seeing Joe live was a performance I'll never forget. SO FUN!!!

[@scottwontorski1274]

Awesome song. He is feeling himself in this one. I think Joe and his friends may have been doin something back stage😂

[@MaddyReactions]

Seems likely 😂😂😂😂

[@davidfrench5407]

@@MaddyReactions There may have been drug use, but Joe Cocker was always like this, he really FELT the music. Some folks thought there was something wrong with him, but no, it's just that he 100% immerses himself in the music.

[@spacemaker8760]

It's also that he wiched he learnd how to play piano or guitar. Knowing that in context hes clearly air-guitaring or playing air.piano with his fingers. So no hes not on drugs. The music is enough drug for him.

[@nicholasthomas3635]

Was too young to go then, but 40 years ago there was a thing called The Mid Night Movie where the local theater (no a mini plex but a REAL giant screen) played Woodstock w/a thing called Dolby Surround Sound. That is as close as you could get to recreating. Other movie concerts like The Song Remains the Same. Un cut, no breaks cranked to 11!.

[@markdecker6190]

Max Yasgur, owner of the farm where Woodstock was held, addressing the crowd (excerpts), "I’m a farmer…… I don’t know how to speak to twenty people at one time, let alone a crowd like this. But I think you people have proven something to the world ..........This is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place. ..........But above that, the important thing that you’ve proven to the world is that a half a million kids - and I call you kids because I have children that are older than you are - a half million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music, and I - God Bless You for it!”

[@clamdiggerdan8581]

You have to watch Santana playing “Soul Sacrifice”and so many more from the concert.Amazing

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 Actual estimates say there were over a million people thru the 3 days, and best estimates for any one band/group performance was half a million ! The boys backing Joe Cocker tried their best to cover for Joe's backup singers who were unable to get through the crowd in time to perform ! The song of course, was written and performed by the Beatles, before given to Joe who added Soul ! Another great Woodstock performance was " White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane !

[@KevinRCarr]

I believe that "that sound" that you refer to in the beginning is a Hammond B3 electric organ with a Leslie outboard speaker and a microphone. Also, there were supposed to be female backup singers doing those intermittent parts, but they got tied up in the traffic clusterf*** so other band members took those parts.

[@jaybo2023]

As documented in the Joni Mitchell song made HUGE by CSNY" Woodstock"....they shut down the NYS thruway sliding in the mud, running around naked and amazingly for the time getting along with the police... You should check out the movie Woodstock . The performance that I enjoy above Hendrix(,The Who, Santana , CSNY is ....Ten Years after " I'm Goin' Home" it is awesome. Alvin Lee shreds his guitar drives a beat and cuz it can get kinda chilly in upstate NY in August with his respiration flowing out of him.

[@jenfries6417]

The reason the camera kept focusing on his hands is because Joe Cocker was known for his wild, ecstatic movements as the music took him over. In fact, though, he wasn't out of control at all. If you watch carefully, you'll see he's not just playing air-guitar. He's playing air-bass, -drums, -keyboard, too. He's basically channeling all the music as it is played. And at the end, when he sings the line "I'm gonna bring it on home," he's letting the band, who are following his lead, know it's time to wrap up to that crescendo ending. Fun fact: Joe Cocker had female back-up singers, but they couldn't get into the venue, so the other musicians had to do their best to cover the girls' parts. I think they did okay. The falsetto was a choice made in the moment, but I won't argue with results. And yes, that was at Woodstock. It was about all the stuff you said, but not on purpose. It was a miracle, and it can never be repeated. The organizers actually planned for a crowd of about 50,000, but they ended up with about 500,000 people. That was the crowd you saw in the video. What happened was that a rumor started circulating that it was a free event, and that it was going to have this amazing roster of bands. So people started traveling in from all over the country and even other countries. They didn't find out that it actually was not free until they got there, but the people kept coming in such huge numbers that finally, the organizers gave up and threw open the gates. It could have been an absolute disaster on the order of Fyre Fest only bigger, but the cosmos seemed to take a hand, and it all worked out, somehow. The town of Woodstock, NY, is just a small rural community. The event went there because a local farmer, Max Yazgur had some pasture land he wasn't using and agreed to rent it for a 50K-person festival. 50K was already more than double the population of the town and surrounding area. 500K was more than the whole county could handle. The highways in and out of the area got clogged and shut down entirely. If there were 500K at the event, there were thousands and thousands more who never made it because the roads were all closed, paralyzed. The town was completely overwhelmed with people. The local authorities were alarmed, and the state of New York declared a disaster. Things could have turned very, very bad. But to their credit, the local residents and authorities responded calmly and with level heads. They cooperated to make sure bad things did not happen. Local people opened their homes for attendees to use the bathrooms. Local businesses donated equipment and food. There was a commune called the Hog Farm, led by a famous hippie who went by the nickname Wavy Gravy. He was so cool. Their thing was to spread universal love everywhere, and one of their activities was to provide support services to music and art festivals and events to help everyone have happy experiences. So they were at Woodstock to run the food tent for the festival. Well, the Hog Farm proved their worth that weekend. They reached out and coordinated with restaurants and grocery stores to donate food, which the Hog Farmers cooked continuously all day and night. They got sanitation companies to donate porta-potties. They organized and ran first aid care, and in an amazing show of enemies joining forces in a crisis, they cooperated with the state when they sent in a mobile field hospital unit, by helicopter from a nearby military base, to provide real medical services for people who got hurt, sick, etc. I do believe at least one baby was born there, because any woman who went into labor would be stuck. There was no way to get out of the venue. Meanwhile, the organizers had had incredible success getting bands to sign on to perform. That could have been a clue that something cosmic was going on because they contacted everyone, aiming high, maybe hoping 1 out of 10 would respond. Almost every band they contacted agreed to perform, and they ended up with the greatest music line-up ever assembled. The roster was full of top-tier bands, and the only ones who backed out were the ones who physically couldn't get in. For example, Joni Mitchell, who wrote the song "Woodstock" about the event, was supposed to be there but couldn't do it. It was impossible. The musicians who did perform reported seeing such a crowd and being terrified. Like, omg, what is happening? But they all gave some of the best performances of their concert careers. Woodstock can never be replicated, but I think we can all learn from it about how to handle a crisis and what it looks like when people pull together to solve big problems on the fly without wasting time on blame and hostility. Woodstock could have been a legendary disaster and even tragedy. It ended up being a legendary cultural high point.

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

the one and only Mr.Joe Cocker.we all can be glad that there are records of his many songs.someone like him was uniq and probably there will never be anyone like him again.RIP Joe

[@jono.pom-downunder]

We didn't have such thing as autotune in 1969 no computer enhancement at all. Pure talent.

[@kevincaulder20]

You should hear him break your heart with his rendition of YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. It is live and very true. Or the gutbucket growl he brings to UNCHAIN MY HEART. Enjoy

[@Jim-bx7vs]

You have that old shool soul flowing thru you ...grasshopper ❤

[@jibidishamrock]

He had such a horrible, beautiful inspirational voice. Still one of my favorite albums. John Belushi did a hilarious impression of him on Saturday Night Live by its almost impossible to find online

[@marvinsarracino116]

Now thats how you sing a song!!! Use your whole body to project your voice! Also a little help from my friends works too!! 😁❤️💛

[@MaddyReactions]

Right!!!

[@eaglesfan0726]

part of this song was used in the tv show "The Wonder Years"

[@hokiedoo]

Think about this the Vietnam war was in full swing,I was just a little kid in 1969,I can remember seeing it on the news and my dad was in the U.S.A.F.

[@karpatigeorges343]

peace and love

[@ed.z.]

I was playing near there in a resort hotel. Some of the staff ran off for three days . There was 500,000 people in the crowd for three days and nights, including in the rain. There was one stage. There were no fights, no violence and no one was shot with a gun.

[@joerivera46]

Buckeye, Arizona. A Hammond organ was a very prominent instrument used in the sixties and seventies and probably even the decades before.

[@chuckbowne5161]

you have to see and hear joe on the mad dogs and english tour. UNCHAIN MY HEART!

[@garymorse7249]

There are few people that could cover a Beatle song and make it their own, but Joe Cocker did.

[@farfromperfek]

That is a Hammon B3 organ. It was traditionally paired with a Leslie rotary speaker to give it the tremolo sounds. It was used in gospel churches even before it became a rock staple.

[@andimetrum]

Just getting to this.. but yes ma’am. That keyboard sound was iconic. The Harmon Kadron electric organ. It was replaced by synth organs in the 70’s (The minimoog) Lenny Kravitz revived both in the 90’s and I’ve been waiting for a comeback since then.

[@JamesTrafford-zp1gx]

That’s a Hammond B-3 and Chris Staunton is playing it.

[@robcannon9165]

HI MADDY GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND 🇬🇧 JO COCKER IS A TRULY GREAT SINGER AND YOU SHOULD CHECKOUT JO SINGING " YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL" THE LIVE BERLIN VERSION AS THIS IS A TRULY BEAUTIFUL SONG 🎵 AND A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE FROM JO COCKER WHO IS AN ICONIC ENGLISH SINGER

[@alanh.7668]

One of my favorite performances ever, for real.

[@rolandratz1]

Hi Maddy - everyone always said Joe Cocker (RIP) was a "spastic" because he was so exalted in his movements. In fact, he was quite "normal", he just lived his beloved music to the full physically. He never stopped doing this throughout his life, it was his trademark, so to speak, along with his grating voice. A great artist from the very beginning - here in Woodstock - until his death.

[@scottmatzeder9162]

Joe IS One of the Greatest Vocalists of all time...

[@kenpullig1652]

Joe Cocker didn't sing songs, he experienced them and let the rest of us in on that experience. This song, in particular, is often credited to Joe Cocker rather than to the Beatles, which is one hell of an accomplishment. It was written for the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album, but Joe brought a unique life to it, and this is the definitive performance.

[@marksklawer4596]

Btw 808s came out in the mid 80s. It was the sound of hip hop techno,acid house and the whole rave movement

[@245bennyboy]

From a proud West Yorkshireman about a proud South Yorkshireman absolutely brilliant performance I'm 63 and it still brings a tear to my eyes hearing him sing 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@spacemaker8760]

There is no autotune going on guys. Autotone wasnt invented in 1969. Autotone was introduced in 1997 so all singers prior to that used their own voices or played that good instruments.

[@robertlear2712]

I saw Joe Cocker sing this in concert in 1969 - just a few months after this performance. I didn’t know who he was at the time, he was a new artist at the time. Nevertheless he blew my mind.

[@jannaromine5908]

Great reaction! I was 17 that year..running with my friends and having a blast listening to all the great raw talent those days. I believe you would absolutely love "Unchain My Heart" by Joe Cocker...the official video in the barroom. He's older and hasn't lost his charm❤

[@stevekulich4440]

I feel so privileged to have been a 60's Woodstock love child who got to experience all the 60's groups you have reacted to when they were just beginning to be known. Great reaction as usual.

[@teekay874]

It's a Hammond B3 organ. This organ has a distinctive sound produced by Leslie (twriling) speakers

[@J0hnGalt73]

That is a Hammond B3 and is a staple of blues and rock n' roll.

[@keyboard_customs]

Hammond organ with a Leslie !!! That keyboard sound you love… we all love it too!!

[@PedroMFont]

incredible performance!!!! tearsssssssss

[@jeremyfagner6808]

Joe Cocker oozed soul. Some referred to him as the white Ray Charles. I love his version of You Are So Beautiful

[@johnwhite4991]

Iconic

[@Snakebyte70]

try listening to Ten Years After doin "Im Going Home" from Woodstock. They brought down the house with that performance from what I was told...I was born in 70 so I wasnt there...lol

[@robertjohnson5662]

all the big bands used a Hammond B3 organ hooked up to a Leslie speaker witch had spinning cones that the sound came thru that added reverberation!! that's what the organ sound yo hear.

[@Mal-r5q]

Legend!

[@georgevickery758]

I was a year old when this was recorded.

[@ed.z.]

This is a song written by The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney who loved this Joe Cocker version.

[@triewth]

1:00 Maddy - I think that's a Hammond B3 organ with a Leslie speaker . A good part of that sound is created by the Leslie Speaker that has a tube amp , speakers and a rotating drum . Suggest having a listen to "Whiter Shade of Pale " and Zeppelin's " Thank You " You'll recognize the sound instantly . . The Les Paul Guitar has "soap bar " pick ups , which also have a very distinct sound . Listening to this , its in 3 / 4 time , but with a strong 4 bar phrasing . And certainly there is a gospel influence . .

[@bstapylton-smith1940]

Still the absolute best ever cover version of a song in my opinion

[@tomatoseed1443]

I think the Beatles gave it to Joe, after hearing his version..

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Goosebumps every time. 🙏🍁