JONA LEWIE - TERRY DACTYL On a Saturday Night - Brett Marvin

'On a Saturday Night' shows a line-up for Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs (AKA Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts) that was not usual. Jona Lewie (singing) is the only original Terry Dactyl member to have taken part in this 1973 broadcast for the German TV show 'Hits A GoGo.'
After the recording of 'On a Saturday Night' guitarist Graham Hine left Terry Dactyl / Brett Marvin; Jona Lewie (John Lewis) was soon to leave too.
The mandolin player here is Tim Branston. As Terry Dactyl's Keef Trouble and John Randall didn't make it to Germany, it was Jona Lewie who fronted this song with the members of Tim Branston's own band, 'The Jawbone Jug Band.'
Tim tells the story of how they were met at the airport by a limo complete with young ladies, provided by the studio. Apparently the rehearsal for this broadcast produced a better performance, the silly dance being suggested by the studio director. Unfortunately, copious amounts of alcohol were available.
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs was the 'popular' name given to 'Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts' for promotional purpose. Jona Lewie was a Brett Marvin vocalist, and their keyboard player, later replaced by Taffy Davies from The Jawbone Jug Band. Graham Hine eventually rejoined Brett Marvin, and the line up remains as it was, including:
Graham Hine: guitar/vocals
Pete Gibson: percussion/vocals
Taffy Davies: keyboard/vocals
Keef Trouble: percussion/guitar/vocals
Jim Pitts: harmonica/sax/vocals
John Randall: percussion
Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, playing for 40 years, is one of the longest still-performing blues outfits with original line-up.
Jona Lewie's web site:
www.jonalewie.com
Jona Lewie's MySpace page:
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Special thanks to Jörg Günther for providing this video.

[@KevinBenecke]

This is such a catchy tune. I love it. I like the look of amusement on the lady's face when he went down to play the tuba.

[@adrianburnemdown5313]

fantastic.....joy joy joy...what a good hearted song....love it.

[@MrTimBranston]

We had a great time! Tim Branston, mandolin.

[@BROADTRAIN1979]

ive got this on single oh oh 1973 where has it gone THE 7OS BRILLIANT DAYS ULTRA TOP MUSIC !!!!!

[@jocksmen]

THANKS 2 ALL 4 PUTTING THIS HERE

[@davidleehoss]

I'll never forget hearing this song in Europe in the 70's.

[@theflyingmat]

Go Tim Go! Thanks for the help at the Alabama Showboat Peterhead.

[@paulmason6281]

Unknown in the early 1970s this was almost ZYDECO. Although not a USA hit I can imagine this going to be a hit in Louisiana or Cajun country.

[@gazsmash]

LOVE jONA TO BITS! LONG LIVE JOHN lEWIS :)

[@TerryDactylDinosaurs]

WOW! about time somebody uploaded this one.

[@1wolfoutlaw]

get back in the charts , way better than the false crap played today.

[@axelluth2371]

Heut zu Tage würde sich kein Musiker trauen so eine geile Scheibe zu produzieren! LG Axel

[@numberonejette]

So nice to see this again after 35 years(is it that long already??)i had the song on tape ,played it over and over again and drove my mum absolutely nuts :-) Thanks for uploading!!!!!!!!

[@UlyssesCrab]

OMG thats my uncle (The mandolin player: Tim Branston) Thats soo kewl wow hes changed since then lol he owns a postoffice in scotland now! Anyone read the story The magic dinner?

[@MrTimBranston]

Thanks Johnny! Luv uncle Tim!

[@RicTic66]

Oh the irony, German audiences sat around like stuffed shirts, but Germany had the vision to save so much 60s and 70s pop music, while we in the UK who made most of it. Deleted all the tapes. A big thank you to Germany for saving our pop history on film. 👍😊

[@thefamilycat]

Terry Dactyl & the Dinosaurs were about the closest thing to a Cajun hit in the U K when Seaside Shuffle made No 1

[@mrindecisive100]

'Seaside Shuffle' spent two weeks at #2 behind Alice Cooper's 'School's Out', so just missed out on the top spot unfortunately.

[@keeftrouble]

Great miming on the zob stick.

[@SCLux]

What a funny little tune - follow up of "Seaside Shuffle" - Back in the 70's (1972/73) - music pure, simple and handmade - "ok.. ... stop the cavalry, Jona ...!" Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs !!!

[@SamirAbuLina]

Who else searched for dactyl keyboard, got here and listened to the end?

[@lemonlegend02]

my uncle too, yay for tim haha my dad showed me this i thought he was to good to just mess around with instruments but hes pro and yes he definatly looks different

[@ThePantryMaster]

This is fucking great. I need a button apron.

[@kenrobinson8832]

A bottle top stick thing would be better !

[@13towerofpower]

ON A SATURDAY NIGHT druhý hit skupiny TERRY DACTYL AND DINOSAURES, ktorý bol v UK rebríčku štyri týždne od 13. januara 1973 a obsadil 45.m. Jug skupinu tvorili Jona Lewie vl.m. John Lewies nar. 14. marca 1947 v Southamptone spev, akordeon, Keef Trouble vl.m. Keith Trusell nar. 13. septembra 1949 v Greenwich perkusie,Graham Hine gitara a John Randall bicie. Autorom piesne bol Jona Lewie. Bol to druhý singel skupiny na b strane so skladbou Going Round The World. Po nahraní tretieho singlu She Left I Died sa skupina rozpadla. Jona Lewie pokračoval ako solista. Zvyšní členovia sa objavili v skupine Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts. Najväčším hitom skupiny sa stala pieseň Seaside Shuffle, ktorá bola v rebríčku 12 týždňov od 15. júla 1972 a skončila na 2.m. za piesňou School´s Out Alice Cooper, ktorá bola na vrchole tri týždne ako 317. hit od 12. augusta 1972.

[@davidleehoss]

It is out there somewhere, but difficult to find plus cajun is not what I had in mind. I meant trying to preserve the integrity of the song and present it in different styles. I would buy the ringtone of the original if it's not already out. The melody is very 'catchy'. Remember that the Writer still gets paid even if Weird Al records it or if a video game wants to license it. Thank You For allowing me to babble, and the prompt response. DMH

[@MrTimBranston]

Have a look for Zydeco. Brought to Louisiana by French setterlers driven out of Canada by the British.

[@keeftrouble]

Hi Clair.I seem to remember that Lewie and Hienzy fell out over(MONEY) who was going to write B'Sides'a big contention in those days because,as a writer you cop half the royalties of a hit record on the B Side.Lewie got some mates in (Jawbone Jug Band) to mime to the rest of us. Regards Keef

[@MrTimBranston]

Hi Keef! Cheers Tim

[@keeftrouble]

Yus Lochy007, I never 'ave been right.

[@stusixtyone]

YEEEEEEEEHAAAAARRRRRRRR

[@TamasSzabo-ql6wf]

1973 bán a Komjathy lejátszotta. Akkor vettem magnora.

[@TerryDactylDinosaurs]

Let me have a copy pleeeeease!

[@MrTimBranston]

I bet you'd find one on the net. Tim Branston, mandolin.

[@davidleehoss]

Best song I EVER HEARD on Radio Monte Carlo (1975'ish). What are the lyrics on 3rd verse .........kissing with...... The whole line. I produce music in America. Who is the band publisher/producer or manager for possible Re-take or Re-mix for American release? Thank You. You can still Rock in the states "on a saturday night"

[@MrTimBranston]

Kissing with your mamma. Tim Branston I'm on mandolin

[@brettmarvin]

Point taken. I suppose this kind of thing wasn't such an issue back then :)

[@larryofearlscourt]

MY MUM SWEPT UP THE STAGE WHEN EVERYONE WENT HOME, SO THERE...

[@star-beat]

HAllo, ganz toll - habe ich früher in den 70ern schon mal auf dem 3.Programm gesehen. Wollte ich immer schon mal wieder sehen. Die Wiederholung habe ich dann ja wohl leider verpaßt (oder wo kommt sonst eine Videoaufzeichnung, die über 30 Jahre alt ist, her?). Kann man da noch irgendwie in besserer Auflösung drankommen? gruß

[@xeokym223]

where am I?!

[@keeftrouble]

Lewie and Tim look like their legs are made of rubber.

[@M4DDISON]

yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaw dozy doe ur partner

[@UlyssesCrab]

shuh? what do you mean where do i stay?

[@CLPyros]

funny

[@keeftrouble]

Pip.