Status Quo - Roadhouse Blues, Live 1970

The Quo on Granada TV's Doing Their Thing show

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Heads down, no nonsense, hard rocking boogie from the Quo... how can you not love this?!

[@Carstensenson]

ask my dad, he hated it. Maybe my bad, i plaeyd it very loud when he wasnt around, but then..

[@mavjimbo]

Totally impossible

[@jj-pi9cu]

It's just not very good. It's like music-lite. All the ingredients are there, the guys can obv play, it's in tune, the words are correct and in order. And yet ... there's nothing there. This is not far off being classed as muzak - if it played in a lift, I'd not be surprised, but still get off the next floor

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@jj-pi9cu long rant… “and yet, there’s nothing there”

[@jj-pi9cu]

@@tattyshoesshigure5731 For you tatty, it's just not very good

[@johanbergman3166]

This is a song from my youth, great to hear Alan Lancaster sing again!

[@fenderstratocaster3974]

Oh my god, that was 50 years ago, now I'm 76 and I'm still into the status quo and play their tracks even when our old-man band has a gig.

[@diegopio5986]

Fender stratocaster. I.m 54 l.m still rocker forever. 👍✋🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@damom9554]

Dude. In a three piece band ranging from 58 to 67 and keeping the dream alive. 👍😂

[@vonquichote1577]

Me tooo

[@Pedro2706]

Indeed it was!!!!I was 14 at the time and clearly remember watching the whole series (Friday at 6pm I think)-Deep Purple/Argent/Free-all classic stuff-pity about the audience though-the walking dead.Don't berate yourself for still listening-why woudn't you-Its brilliant!

[@1946nimrod]

Boomer rock!!!

[@oskarklang8616]

R.I.P. Alan

[@hcafc1904]

Rest in peace Alan, a true legend, originator and inspiration 💔

[@johnpelletier7641]

Great cover from the Quo. Alan was a very talented and creative bass player, and also a great singer.

[@markmiwurdz2248]

Apparently the bass line on this song is difficult to play. Ray Manzarek of The Doors played it on keyboard and it is tricky to play on the string bass. And Alan Lancaster sings! Thank you for all the great music sir, Alan Lancaster RIP.

[@glory777]

Still fucking rocks 50 YEARS LATER!!

[@jacobmassey3897]

This is music from the dirty sweaty clubs. No rehearsal no bullshit just hardcore rockin 🤟

[@mavjimbo]

How music should sound

[@marty6779]

Well...lots of rehearsal, actually.

[@jamesanyon1760]

RIP Alan Lancaster.Saw them at Liverpool Empire in the early 70s.Been deaf ever since.Brilliant Band.Jim.

[@frankhornby6873]

Hahaha...it was worth it though, wasn't it...

[@BennyTheBusker]

Bob Young on harmonica. ‘Bob Young is Status Quo's unofficial fifth member, their roadie, tour manager and harmonica player as well as co-writer on many of the band's biggest hits with Francis Rossi. Bob is steeped in Quo history, having been a key cog in the mechanics of the group from 1968 until 1981.’ PRS For Music

[@markmiwurdz2248]

@BennyTheBusker. You may already know this. See if you can find Bob Young’s album “In Quo Country” released in 1986. As the title suggests Bob and some excellent session players cover some Status Quo songs. Outstanding tracks that I remember are “Mean Girl” with some blistering guitar from Albert Lee and a real “countrified” cover of “Dirty Water”. Stay safe and well.

[@frankhornby6873]

I used to love all that Quo stuff back in the 70's...(still do).....in my Seventies now and still have the hair to do a bit of head bangin'.. when I listen to the lads...I looked a lot like Rossi back then...love the Quo!...

[@eustacetuttle470]

Sounds like a mad jam session.all instruments competing with each other.Terrific stuff.

[@elizabethcanavan3755]

Best version of the Doors original.All the elements of the classic Quo are present here.Brilliant band.R.I.P Rick and Alan.

[@mavjimbo]

They made it their own

[@jj-pi9cu]

@@mavjimbo In the same way that Dairylea popularised the cheese market 🤣🤣🤣

[@frankhornby6873]

...er?....

[@wallacecollect]

This takes it to the level of meditation! Excellent - and Jim Morrison was still alive at this point.

[@JorgeLopezEssmann]

My first live concert ever was Status Quo. I think it was 1977 in Cologne/Germany and it's still one of the best experiences. This song is one of my favourite ones.

[@colincampbell4261]

Good first gig.

[@gnerco]

I think Alan's vocals front some of the best Quo tracks - passion for the job in hand.......especially the earlier stuff.

[@Unclemoparman]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nooziterp1]

This track plus Bye Bye Johnny and Junior's Wailing. Not to mention his own songs. The best I think being Over The Edge.

[@Wayland444]

Nice to see them in colour. Kudos to the director using multiple cameras. rare for the time.

[@OICU-go8bf]

That’s just amazing!!! Well done! WOW!!

[@gbsailing9436]

RIP Alan and Rick 🤔🤔🤔🙏

[@mikeowen7526]

Status Quo and the blues What more can I say The Doors should be proud

[@dongordon4464]

There is nothing else like good clean R&B. no auto tuners no glitzy light show

[@archieflatface]

Saw them at the Mile End Odeon in East London in early 70's - been deaf ever since!

[@eulaliogonzalez8898]

P

[@leesloan8216]

eh?

[@alanjones6359]

@Batphink Reynolds I was at that slade gig - in the front with all the teeny boppers got eye contact with noddy holder put 2 fingers up to him gave me 2 back laughing - shared the joke !!

[@spikedee1538]

Yes saw them at the roadhouse about the same time. My first gig, you are right my hearing never did recover. I had long hair and I remember just standing swinging my head from side to side. Great times

[@reedread58sofus24]

RIP Alan!

[@javlagi7919]

great live performance STATUS QUO

[@Basman59]

The nexus of rock and blues - the Quo and Led and 1971 start of secondary school wireless on playground playing footy bloody brilliant. Long live the Quo!

[@tonywright8294]

Led Zeppelin couldn’t wipe there arses

[@frankhornby6873]

...come on get real....

[@zeppelinmexicano]

That was one groove and a half, right there, folks.

[@Nooziterp1]

It's sobering to think that of the five in the band here two have now passed on. To that great rock gig in the sky.

[@zackabarca4340]

Amazing. Real sound real stuff and I like.

[@mikebrown600]

And another Great gone. RIP Alan L.

[@neilmustow368]

Love the 70's Quo getting the Legendary Quo sound on Ma Kelly's Greasy spoon album from 1970

[@reedp44]

That is a great album

[@chocodiledundee1]

I saw the Quo alive in Sydney Australia 2003 ... with Ben Collins who owned Bondi Rock shop and Rob Taylor the lead guitarist of Dragon .... they blown my mind , they had the Chuck Berry sound I bloody loved it !

[@Afrikacorps1943]

Best ewer ...Gretings from Germany ...

[@Bruce15485]

Great to see Alan Lancaster up front and singing. The band was never better !

[@brendanjones528]

Awesome stuff, listen to that raw and grunty sound, killer rhythm and bass tones, they sound so heavy for the time. Classic old Quo. 🤘🤘

[@lucilovecraft1621]

Brilliant 🤘🏻💕

[@tariksba]

OMG , they were young , and we were too ... ;)

[@juliavonw2060]

No.. I was not born

[@ellenr.3409]

tariksba. . . and we are much kind older people with a lot of experience of life ;-) Yes, the Quo-boys were also young like me in 1970. I was 11 ys.

[@bertmaanders6679]

@@ellenr.3409 Keep on rockin,Elli!!

[@ellenr.3409]

@@bertmaanders6679 U2!

[@baynesstreetblues]

Great camera work featuring everyone in the band, including Bob Young on blues harp. He was Quo’s roadie and tour manager in the 70s. What a metronomic driving force they all were, smashing this Doors’ classic song. John Coghlan’s no frills drumming is relentless and pinpoint accurate.

[@BlackCrowNavajo]

I tend to be overly critical to any Doors's covers, and I've got my reasons for that. But this time - just excellent!!!

[@junkduma]

TOTAL CLASS!

[@walterdoerler6791]

I loved the 70's. Why? I was fucking young

[@hubertgunpowder]

Fantastic !!

[@JackDaniels267]

They are fucking magic. End of.

[@patevasarainen6626]

classic track from classic BAND ! 👍🎸🎶

[@rikvee]

Alan told me himself this song set them off on their path.... amazing!

[@MsZOOTOPIA]

Just brilliant 💕

[@igorigor7947]

Молодые, дерзкие и не скатились ещё на попсу. Класс!

[@Galina_57]

Попса это сленг, но это тоже очень , очень популярная музыка, определённого направления !!! Классная !!!

[@nels3881]

Original line up the best 👍 🤘🎸

[@Tunsgate]

absolutely fabulous!

[@Игорьстарыйдобрыйрок]

Сильнейший состав вокалист сила

[@MrKitkennedy]

great cover

[@andreaspeix9498]

Best Cover doors ever ! Andreas Hamburg Germany

[@lucifersixsixsix4225]

Effing awesome.

[@Browneye2566]

Still amazing after all these years.

[@haraldssongs264]

Lieblingssong von Gerd aus Jechtingen in den 70er . RIP Gerd .

[@papybernard4471]

Super groupe j’adore çà depuis mes 15 ans j’en ai 64

[@craig39605]

They played this superbly on both of the reunion tours.

[@robfun5942]

The birth of what we got to define as 't The Quo'

[@elkepluntke3024]

great ... damn good performance with Alan Lancaster on vocals

[@ellenr.3409]

Alan was a member from foundation to 1985. Yes, they were great.

[@noelmajers6369]

back when Status Quo were actually not bad. They progressively sucked more and more after about 1980 onwards....

[@jaydenys1104]

Pure dope.

[@akaski777]

The early stuff rocks the house.

[@mandolingrass]

Jim morrison saw quo at the whiskey, he said they were good but just too damn loud! ( apparently so legend has it!)

[@bluesrocker91]

mandolingrass Haha... I hope that's true.

[@oliverreedslovechild]

Quo's version beats the crap out of the Doors one.

[@mikespurgeon3345]

​@@oliverreedslovechildnow that's funny

[@reedp44]

Can’t beat the original line up

[@GianniGullo]

il beat anni Settanta un legame con l'arte e il rock... e poi... alla base il blues sempre...

[@garyharty3108]

Back in the better times of modern life no political crap no covid no worries having a few drinks and go home anyway you want can go the bar and order more than 1 drink and can order more than 1 drink after 10 and if you have already had 6 drinks you can have 6 more and the music had feeling and was not pre re recorded on some dumb machine will remember Alan RIP as of 27/09/21

[@ЮрийКузнецов-д5с]

100% Rock'n'Roll Group! С любовью из России!

[@MrMymusic25]

quo at there best 😊

[@Unclemoparman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@deniscarolin4087]

Good old fashioned toe tap. You need to get something done, Status Quo is the answer. Great cover.

[@josebautista1365]

Chida musica daludos desde gdl. Jal. Mex

[@Drewfive]

Jim Morrison apparently saw them at a club in L.A. but thought them too loud

[@Unclemoparman]

Meathead and potatoes

[@1946nimrod]

Huge credit to the camera gang - did anyone ever do better closeups?

[@antoniocarlosteixeira6996]

😊😊❤❤❤❤ amo Dors e Status😊😊i

[@juliavonw2060]

Who can dislike it ???

[@harwoods11]

seven strange anti Quo people it seems!

[@bendream544]

No its like sampling before sampling was a thing. They've just mastered two half-ish riffs, it doesn't go anywhere farther. Oh of course that's Status Quo all over......there still only playing two riffs

[@jj-pi9cu]

It's flat - not flat notewise, but flat as in 'without feeling'. There's a noise, and they're looking the part, but sounds like a band just going through the motions. They later did something similar with Rocking All Over The World, but had maybe learnt by then to at least give it a bit more

[@michaelrogerson6838]

Fantastic stuff!What drive,I can why I've always loved this band.

[@donaldellis8952]

Saw them open for Sly And The Family Stone back in 1974

[@Michael-di5cl]

alan ..love quo

[@factorylad5071]

Going to paint my telly green now lol.

[@eduardogonzalez1910]

El legado de Jim Morrison bien ejecutado por el status Quo

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Рок 🎸 навсегда здорово 👍

[@MichaelCampin]

RIP ALAN LACASTER & RICK PARFITT

[@topspin4456]

Wtf ! Fantastic version with Alan...

[@petalguru5432]

They have definitely all washed their hair before this performance, all so fluffy🥰 - they must have known someone was going to be watching in 50 years time lol

[@ChrisJones-wu5cw]

Play it Sunday

[@jovicadavidovic9508]

SJAJNO!!!

[@vandalking8341]

Jovica Davidović Jeste

[@matthewfinlay5583]

Awesome

[@jfk5star]

cool stuff

[@MichaelCampin]

Francis with his trademark green axe

[@speedyeg-guitars-playlists4800]

They did it 🤗🙏🔥🎵🎸

[@zlobelgreen498]

Telecaster Telecaster and again again Telecaster

[@jj-pi9cu]

After watching this, YT recommended Do The Hucklebuck by Coast To Coast. Can defo see the connection

[@archmccallgreenockscotland]

quo at their very best

[@heinzlindenmann4752]

Great

[@sarahekman6235]

Jim Morrison would be proud ❤

[@richardlloyd170]

Fucking brilliant!!!!!!!

[@richardhebden5603]

RIP Alan Lancaster

[@leightonhaberfield4813]

and Roy Lynes on keyboards just before he famously got off the train mid journey saying I quit

[@23rdjune]

In Crewe, I believe?

[@oliverreedslovechild]

Not forgetting Bob Young showing what a great harmonica player he was.

[@StatusQuonald]

Bet he wished he would've stayed 3 years later when the gold records came in

[@algonquinlive6522]

Powerful, wow.

[@AdrianManfong-lh2ow]

I like the that

[@tinajaneoxnam8132]

time to stop going in the pass about quo. i just got a text from quo television earlier telling me that. hahaha!.

[@jimikelly7380]

class the quo and doors lol

[@keesprak53]

Dit is veel beter dan het originele nummer van De Doors