They should called themselves The Ohio Players Review Featuring Billy Beck & Diamond
@waynefoote37813 ай бұрын
Kenny Anderson on trumpet and sometimes keyboards from Slave! Incredible horn player and my bandmate from Slave.
@uanbee9 жыл бұрын
Okay I Did see Diamond on Drums, and Billy on keyboards. As long as I see some surviving Original Members, I won't Trip!! LOL!
@SHAQTV9 жыл бұрын
+buggz YES WANT TO SEE SOME ORIGINAL
@unique74muzik4 жыл бұрын
Facts!!!
@unique74muzik4 жыл бұрын
Chet on guitar too!!
@chrisclermont4563 жыл бұрын
Sugar, Jones, Pee Wee, and Satch have all crossed the rainbow bridge
@geraldthomas8241 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisclermont456 and Marvin Pierce lives in Australia I believe.
@alextrujillo25545 ай бұрын
This is Alex from Las Vegas I enjoyed when the Ohio Players are out here in Las Vegas playing at the wind Encore they gave a hell of a show come back and see us again in Las Vegas Alex and Myrna Trujillo in Las Vegas love you guys
@TonyLoveRecords8 жыл бұрын
This is the best sounding version of "The Ohio Player's" that I've heard so far. I was feeling the lead vocals on Skin Tight by the keyboardist, the horn's sound great, the two guitarist along with Chet who has been with OP since way way back in the early 70's, so the originals are of course Diamond, Billy, Chet & Kuumba the percussionist. My opinion, but I feel that Diamond and company have managed to keep the torch burning, because one thing is absolutely certain in this life,and that's death & taxes. We have to all accept that some of the originals have gone on to meet their maker, but this group sounds great to me.
@TurboMan517 жыл бұрын
I agree the music is on point but the lead singer not so much..they need to find a Sugarfoot.
@davelloyd90797 жыл бұрын
TurboMan51 There was only ONE "Sugar". That's a once in a lifetime experience. If you are blessed, you watched him n the OPs rock during their best days. "Sugarfoot" was absolutely pivotal. He completed that group as a front man. That's rare. .. very rare. In his absence, the OPs just have never been the same. Time to let that horse rest I think. They'll certainly never get back that pure, old style funk. I was blessed to watch Sugar do his thang as a teenager!!
@TurboMan517 жыл бұрын
Yeaa I agree with ya..that is a by gone era.
@anthonygert7 жыл бұрын
On point!!! ITS DONE............Atleast search for a sugarfoot type. Go to any homless shelter in the world,and you can find a sugarfoot! Thats where most of the talented musicians ended up! No joke Hip Hip Rap Thug Culture destroyed the black musician! The worst thing that ever happened. When hip hip was just something to listen to,that was one thing,but when it became a way of life,talk and culture,we went all the way back to the slave boat,and had a groove to go along with it! Ohio players was the best ever in the 70's and most creative. They held their own.........
@mrsmusiclover5 жыл бұрын
Band sounds great but all of the real originals, meaning started with the band from the start and started the band are all gone
@gralen3 жыл бұрын
I use to love them. I was in a band and we use to learn their songs. To be clear they were that easy to learn by ear. Skin tight we learn in about 10 minutes. I loved to learn them because they were one of the few bands that had a trombone player(both there brass players played trombone and trumpet). But it not the same as Sugar foot singing.I understand most of them are dead. May they rest in peace
@7chunker8 жыл бұрын
THERE ARE 4 ORIGINAL MEMBERS CURRENTLY TOURING TODAY. DRUMMER - JAMES "DIAMOND" WILLIAMS, GUITARIST - CLARENCE "CHET" WILLIS, KEYBOARDS - WILLIAM "BILLY" BECK AND PERCUSSIONIST - ROBERT JONES KUUMBA.
@TurboMan518 жыл бұрын
+Cynthia Howard Heyy all this is kool but they need to find themselves a Sugarfoot..they are on the Soul Food Festival Tour coming to Augusta/Evans Georgia May 7 2016.
@SHAQTV8 жыл бұрын
Cynthia Howard
@7chunker8 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree
@TurboMan517 жыл бұрын
I was at the Soul Food Festival and saw them live in living color and they need a Sugarfoot real bad.
@tiha67087 жыл бұрын
TurboMan51 No Sugarfoot = no players!
@fraupollo71383 жыл бұрын
My group favorite my best band in the world I grou up with hes music my song love role custer!!!! Fantastic!!!
@weluvmusick4 жыл бұрын
Led Zepplin called it quits when they lost their drummer it looks like only 2 of the original members are left in the band the new music is fair at best in my opinion it’s the vocals that could use work the Ohio players were mainly known for Sugarfoot RIP those beautiful high harmonies and that real kick ass horn section
@thepromiseman77456 жыл бұрын
The Ohio players ain't the same anymore ...most of the original members are not here with us anymore
@leonwright86433 жыл бұрын
Nothing in life! Enjoy it while U can with no regrets.
@thepromiseman77453 жыл бұрын
@@leonwright8643 you right
@leonwright86433 жыл бұрын
@@thepromiseman7745 😃 we still funky tho! Blessings and stay safe!
@thepromiseman77453 жыл бұрын
@@leonwright8643 ohio players may not have All the same original members but they are still my greatest hard core funk band of all times I've been buying there albums since I was 9 years old and I got all there music I always been a big fan of them and seen these guys play in concert and met them backstage ... memories I keep forever. Thanks for the blessings. You stay safe too and keep jamming ......O.P.
@KR-vk2wx3 жыл бұрын
@the promise man.... I hear ya bruh just like WAR, I don’t know any of the musicians now. Only Lonnie Jordan is left from the original band.
@tiha67088 жыл бұрын
Not the same without Foot. Like the Family Stone with no Sly. You concentrate more on who ain't there than who is.
@Purplecolors887 жыл бұрын
omg very true but they doing a good job
@davelloyd90797 жыл бұрын
Ti Ha agreed.
@anthonygert7 жыл бұрын
Right!
@KillaKevProd9 жыл бұрын
Awesome man!!
@beverlyhoward35122 жыл бұрын
Sooo many great memories♥️♥️♥️
@uanbee9 жыл бұрын
I Know Satch & Pee Wee & more recently Sugarfoot are Passed on. But Diamond, Jones, Marv, & Billy Beck are still Kicking. Any of them still preforming?
@davidtilley22626 жыл бұрын
Marshall Rock Jones pass way too
@rondmc445 жыл бұрын
You still got Kuumba and Chet!
@TheBluesmanBlue11 ай бұрын
I was feeling this just like the bass player was he was handling his business 🎸🤜🏽🎶🤛🏽
@faithbassed49 Жыл бұрын
Nice! Those horns are killin’.
@vin-r53846 жыл бұрын
Of course it’s not the same but what can you do. For a newer version I love it!
@le_bam77 ай бұрын
That vamp around 8 min had me SHOOKETH!! 🔥🔥🔥
@skinnyman14344 жыл бұрын
White guy was not impressed. Whelp, the original Ohio Players set the bar so extremely high anything BUT them will fall shy. Now watch this same video again after the disappointment wears off and you'll see these Brothers are tight as heck. Diamond and Billy be serious with their music,Chet and Kuumba are still bringing the funk. Can you imagine the pressure of trying to sing SkinTight and Fire knowing everybody still wants Sugarfoot up there? I would love for ole boy to pull a Little Richard and Midway through Skin Tight just turn to the band and shut it down.Turn back to the audience and "Yeah, got yo face all lemoned up... Ain't no mo Sugarfoot, he's gone and there'll never ever be another,but the legacy is forever" then one of the horn players yells out "hell yeah and Marv,Pee Wee nor Satch is up here,but we're playing the heck outta these songs" then Billy says yeah you guys are doing that as the lead singer says " don't make no sense" then Diamond counts off 1 2 3 4 Hit it!! and they go back into the song.
@sunflowerlove64893 жыл бұрын
This is wat i'm saying this is real music i grew up on the ohio players my all time fave group in the mid 70's wow i miss sugafoot !!!!!!
@anthonygert7 жыл бұрын
No................The lead singer is tired. He looks like a karoake singer. Sugafoot was very unqiue. The ohio players were unique,when you get some other players,you have to be careful. For white folks,it don't matter,all they see are blacks on stage with instruments. But when you are black from that time. It has a different meaning. They sound good,but just another band. No Magic... Sorry! Sugarfoot left an impression
@anthonygert7 жыл бұрын
Right on Kelly lol
@Diviaful6 жыл бұрын
Sugar was the Players. He was the ish.
@russblack4435 жыл бұрын
Your comment is racist, I'm white and love the Ohio players and have been a fan my whole life and it does matter to me. There can be no Ohio players without Sugarfoot
@jimy08034 жыл бұрын
anthonygert You MUST be referring to the lead vocalist on "Skin Tight" in this performance because Billy Beck was actually the lead vocalist on "Jive Turkey" just as he was here. The problem was his mic was TERRIBLE on this particular show.
@geraldthomas8241 Жыл бұрын
I loved how they threw in What The Hell in between.
@lorettabooker51162 жыл бұрын
I Love the Ohio players ❤️
@christopherreed26942 жыл бұрын
Well Chilli 🌶 thought they learned too its good to do your home work wen your heros are involved is all ill sayn
@weluvmusick4 жыл бұрын
The horns are not as tight as the original section the guitars are fair but just not quite the same and what happened to the beautiful high harmony vocals I believed were originally performed by Billy Beck Diamond and Chet Williams
@Onlythetruth2476 жыл бұрын
LOVE me some Sugarfoot.
@robinsss5 жыл бұрын
with the new group is more like orthopedic foot
@TurboMan513 жыл бұрын
@@robinsss 😀👍💯
@MrOdisj9 жыл бұрын
SKIN TIGHT !!!!!
@mofourth4thchild752 жыл бұрын
Legendary!!!
@bmuhamad11 ай бұрын
So, this appears to be Billy Beck's version of The Players...
@anthonygert7 жыл бұрын
Okays kids,trivia time! Back in the day,what was The Ohio players last album,when Mercury dropped them? Don't look it up on google,if you are a true fan ....Guess?
@adrianlyord53006 жыл бұрын
Jazzy a Lady
@beverlyhoward35122 жыл бұрын
That's. What up !
@MichaelWhite-yr2ei9 жыл бұрын
Waiting for that Music😊
@ifunk4ucgb7 жыл бұрын
...Really just a cover band now. No disrespect meant but come on..Sometimes when you lose the core,Satch & Pee Wee & more recently Sugarfoot and Jones,its just time to be done perhaps.
@creatinepowder3534 жыл бұрын
which of these band members of The Ohio Players here are the originals members ?
@skinnyman14344 жыл бұрын
creatine powder None of them really, but Diamond the drummer joined on the Ecstasy album,Billy Beck the keyboard player wearing tie joined on the Skin Tight album, Chet, guitar player sitting down wearing glasses joined on Fire album(I think,maybe right before) and Kuumba,the conga player joined around the same time. Bass player has been with the group since late 90's.
@KR-vk2wx3 жыл бұрын
@@skinnyman1434 .... Their lineup on the Westbound label, produced some of the best, if not underrated songs in the OP catalog. Pain, Pleasure, Ecstasy, Varee Is Love, Silly Billy and Funky Worm.
@skinnyman14343 жыл бұрын
KNOWyouright!! I still don't know if that's all Sugarfoot doing the guitar-talk on "Sleep Talk" or is that him and Junie going back and forth. "Our Love Has Died" with those background vocals probably inspired Bootsy when he went solo.
@goodamericanjeansstylist2 жыл бұрын
🔥
@mibooth18524 жыл бұрын
THIS IS NOT THE OHIO PLAYERS ! Let it go
@yvonneoliver45643 жыл бұрын
🤭🤣
@uanbee9 жыл бұрын
All Do Respect, but are there any original members?
@SHAQTV9 жыл бұрын
+buggz yes 2
@mickiesftown75338 жыл бұрын
Nope the last ''Original'' Member died this year May! Marshall "Rock" Jones The rest are supporting Band Members just keeping the band going as wellas newer singers.
@alfredoalfini6538 жыл бұрын
get funky
@SHAQTV8 жыл бұрын
YES 3
@thepromiseman77456 жыл бұрын
Diamond James Williams billy beck ..Marvin Merv Pierce ..chet and Robert are the original members left
@ivanbell60502 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@queenofswords88883 жыл бұрын
SCRATCH/Drag the needle across the record- (RRRrrRRT, STOP)!!! EXCUSE ME UUM!!! WHERE IS SUGARFOOT??!!! DONE HERE.
@davebarbosa28173 жыл бұрын
is the main singer there? ...........from kim ..............love you all
@gordonlewis42802 жыл бұрын
Hell naw..
@markg68603 жыл бұрын
I hate to say it, but give it up boys! With no Sugar or Junie Morrison, the magic just ain't there.
@staceyfromkc Жыл бұрын
AWW MR BECK IS N D HOUSE
@yvonneoliver45643 жыл бұрын
Go head silver Foxx yes...
@davidlynn38308 жыл бұрын
Fake Ohio Players you got to be kidding
@davidlynn36313 жыл бұрын
Ohio Players Review is Right their no where close to the Original Players in fact Sugars OP was better.
@chriso81937 жыл бұрын
Ohio Players never had a front man, so I cannot grasp it.