Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Boston Tea Party

[@JPMulheron]

I picked this as the entrance song to my dads funeral a few years back. He was such a big Fan of TSAHB and the man himself. I’m so glad that his fantastic taste in music rubbed off on me.

[@JF-kv1gm]

What a beautiful tribute.

[@raycharette2505]

.8 moo

[@willgillies5670]

so am i

[@SAHB]

Well done 👍

[@andym28]

If you come to Glasgow they will by you a few whiskys that's for sure this band are loved so deeply there.

[@andyrichards9169]

The 70s. Possibly the best decade to listen to music. Great era.

[@darrensiegel6651]

Not possibly. Definitely.

[@michaelchallen]

before they started putting music into categories like country, rock, r&b, back when you could have Slade, ABBA, Crystal Gayle, Andy Williams, The Wurzles, Deep Purple, Madness and David Soul all on one programme. Today we miss some good sounds because it doesn't make the mainstream.

[@Bruce-1956]

From 1962 to 1976 was a great era.

[@wendyandrews9121]

This was my youth loved this band. Another singer gone too soon. Fell in love with Alex a bit x

[@lorrainebennett7528]

Oh I love this, I've lived in Ibiza for 17 years but never forget my roots🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@nickunderwood6175]

🎉❤

[@MakinMovies7]

My mate Dom, below, laughed his head off at me when I came to his house singing this. 39 years later we still laugh. Top song.

[@johnswan6274]

😂🎉

[@TheSupersparks123]

i was 26 when this was in the charts . im 62 now and it still sounds great............ brilliant

[@thekitowl]

Are you still with us John ?

[@johnmclaughlin1946]

How r u

[@javedriaz6862]

You are same age as my mum, she was 26 years old in 1976

[@dougieranger]

12 years ago. I hope you’re still with us and doing well.

[@williamsomerville-b6r]

I hope your still here and hail and hearty it's 2024 and I'm 72

[@ehollandbkk]

One of the best live acts ever … an this is probably the only rock song to reference George Washington’s wooden teeth. Alex flung his net far and wide when it came to lyrical inspiration. There can never be another.

[@markmurphy4667]

I Love this Band...may they not be forgotten...

[@geoffreycarson2311]

ROBERT PLANT REVERED thire STAGE ACT !!!!!! UNIQUE UNREPEATABLE THE FRONT MANS FRONT MAN !!!!KEEP ROCKIN ALEX FOEVER Hail SAHB FOREVER 😀😀😀😀😀g

[@geoffreycarson2311]

YOU AINT WRONG g

[@johnmclaughlin1946]

That'd be amazing

[@timothy790110]

Achually those dentures had slave and animal teeth in them

[@hebneh]

I visited the UK from the US in June 1976 and saw this performance on “Top of the Pops”. For some reason this song remained permanently in my brain even though I never heard it again till just now after finding it on KZbin 44 years later!

[@alancanham2956]

What great memories

[@jeanbrown2351]

yea he really was amazing we loved him

[@tenburywellsmartin7576]

Stage presence in bucket loads...Just a fantastic group...!!

[@pglogofilms]

What a song. What a band. Simply superb.

[@ouchmoo1223]

Shout out to my modern world history teacher, Mr. Patterson. He tortured us with this song in our class, and every single time before he would play this he would play this he’d ask “ WHO’S GOIMG TO THE PARTY??????”and everyone would groan. Thanks a lot, Pat. You’re the best.

[@williammain4769]

Brilliant track brilliant band... Alex oozes Glasgow.... Just has that look (do not mess with me) great music very cool stuff... Thank you for posting... Regards from Glasgow :)

[@terryharrison5185]

William Main Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant band 👍

[@marktreuge222]

great stuff

[@stewartnicol3028]

Love the comment, my friend. However, did you ever witness Alex live?

[@steveellis9004]

Reading festival. 1978 I think for me. Same weekend as Thin Lizzy.

[@audenabdelkader2236]

William Main greeting from Wales

[@rnstoo1]

Rrrrred coats in the village. As a Glasgow man I love to hear him pronounce the rolled "R"s

[@beboploo]

love it

[@michaelchallen]

he could roll his tongue around his arrrse

[@susanhunter4821]

Glasgows finest.Sir Alex.Musical Genius.RIP.

[@GILLY56ify]

Hadn't heard this song for many years; great band and wonderful voice of Alex

[@remedy9648]

Found these guys last week and am absolutely addicted and blown away by the heaps of talent I had missed. Zal is still kicking ass with his Sin Dogs - I’m in time for a taste at least!

[@JfK--OBJECTivE]

First record I ever bought - still never get tired of watching this.

[@jeffj9322]

Remembering Alex Harvey born on February 5, 1935. He was a Scottish rock and blues musician. He is best remembered as the front-man of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Harvey_(musician)

[@xxalaynaaa5479]

i’m related to him not to flex

[@daisychain3007]

@@xxalaynaaa5479 I believe that he died.

[@victoriamckenzie8193]

I remember the first time I heard this I actually also the remember the first time I DANCED to it. Back in my Club Days or Nights lol I can remember even walking while it was playing and watching others and aware of it or not people walked to the beat. Alex was incredible Talented and gave his all. His version of Brel's NEXT blew my mind. I wish I had seen them LIVE but Unfortunately not. But I feel privileged to be able to say I lived on this Earth at the same time Alex Harvey was creating. Thanks Mr A Harvey xxxx

[@alancanham2956]

That was a great post Victoria.I liked SAHB when I was a t,ager in the 70s and I've just rediscovered them. I can't believe what good taste in music I had!

[@pellenordwall1906]

One of the best bands ever!!!!

[@DavidTransformer]

Saw an Alex Harvey tribute band last night in Glasgow and brought back great memories. A brilliant front man.

[@grahamrothwell8236]

Heard it on the radio whilst in hospital last week. Not heard it for about 40 years. Always thought I must have imagined it. Didnt realise it was Alex Harvet band. Great to hear it once again Thanks.

[@TOMJONESTRIBUTE]

I went to see the original lineup in Liverpool stadium in the 70's brilliant band !! They Inspired me in my rock band years. Miss them :((

[@thescot86]

One of my all time favourite songs!!

[@madwhitehare3635]

Such a strange topic for a rock band....love it immensely...made me look up the subject and learn something...

[@peterdockrill9653]

remember buying the single from piccadilly records in Manchester and playing it on my Ferguson music center

[@rockinyouallnight]

Amazing

[@KevinPartington-c2s]

Every song a story brilliant band

[@jazzhastings3137]

What An Utterly Fantastic Band !!!!!!!

[@ChadBridges-h4m]

I had a couple of his albums donkeys years ago,very good

[@lewisgreen2957]

Absolute magic - timeless.

[@darrensiegel6651]

This should be required viewing for any USA citizenship course. He tells us why we drink so much coffee as compared to tea. Tells about our 1st president's wooden teeth. Terrific stuff!

[@brianfergus839]

Oich- it’s just AWFUL 🤦‍♂️

[@keithewright]

@@brianfergus839 Bawbag

[@brianfergus839]

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[@keithewright]

@@brianfergus839 Ah ok, a troll. Sorry to have engaged with you.

[@brianfergus839]

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[@usa4everandever1]

Great song,great singer,a total surprise! Got it in my head now and cant get rid of it!

[@johnletus7052]

Totally classic

[@beboploo]

a true story as well . sung by alex an the band wonderful

[@DerektheFan1]

Saw them at the Vetch Field Swansea in the Seventies ! Absolutely brilliant ! The Who topped the billing that night but to me and many others there that day , Alex Harvey blew the rest apart !! Nice Video 😊

[@richardbrown8099]

I was there that night, the great kieth moon was there as well. Alex Harvey band were brilliant, and Zal Cleminson a very spooky stage presence.

[@richardosullivan8102]

Cracking sunny day at the Vetch field The Who with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Little Feat among other bands, great day. The Alex Harvey Band were hard to out do that day.

[@3cliffsbay]

Swansea June 76, supporting The Who, what a day!

[@simonwiltshire7089]

I was 14 - I had no idea!! Haha

[@bluepowder2008]

Such an underated classic of a tune awesome band...

[@vibravoxa8631]

This is a message on behalf of a once great fan but now sadly departed; Wayne Vickory, stand up and be counted man for he loved this band when I didn't but I do now all the way from Bowen Island, BC. !

[@stenhedberg4437]

so ...the best❤

[@TheSpaghettihoop]

I remember watching "Tear Gas" many times in Lanarkshire doing the circuit, Trocadero Hamilton, Lanark Palace, Bellshill YMCA, Motherwell Late Night a Great Band then before they teamed up with Alex, a Sensational Band after teaming up with Alex Harvey, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a very fitting name for them.

[@josephberrie9550]

saw them quite a few times in the Electric Gardens and Burns Howff Glasgow late sixties and early seventies brill band

[@spurley-gi5sc]

this was in the charts just after I left school in 1976

[@carolmurray187]

I’d have loved to see them live, they were just a wee bit before my time. I’m sure your dad loved it❤

[@raymondbonington9355]

Saw them 3 times ,1973 1975 1976 , brilliant live .

[@semi422000]

A song AND a history lesson!

[@markwarburton6389]

Brilliant tune

[@frankstecker5675]

Great band...🎸

[@ValenciaDubstep]

So my U.S History teacher makes us listen to this song almost EVERY. DAY. so thanks a lot , KZbin e.e I memorized it all in one class period. D:

[@drg111yt]

Marvellous - I remember it well - thank you!

[@rabbitss11]

as a teenager I remember being repelled by the clown but attracted to the singer, you don't get bands like this anymore

[@janrobson9247]

rabbitss11 ha ha I was the other way around!

[@trfesok]

Covered by Fish in 1993 on the album "Songs in the Mirror". I put both in my Fish playlist. Thanks for the upload -- these guys aren't really known here in the USA.

[@minutes2memories58]

Showing my age, but i remember goin to watch 'Slade' in the early 70's in Hanley & SAHB were the support band, completely blew me away, what a band !, the best lead singer i have ever seen, RIP Alex.

[@electricleg207]

Slade 's Noddy said Alex was years ahead of his time hence SAHB were a influence on some of the early punk groups.

[@dosydinah]

Play now America..get rid of Trump

[@raymondbonington9355]

I saw them with slade in 73 at Earl’s Court .

[@FionaMacGregor-z9h]

Glasgow screaming at me ❤

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Alex was one of the innovators of British Rock 'n' Roll - amazing - died at exactly the right time to become a legend! Love Peace, Light and Truth!

[@Edman910]

SAHB could and did blow many a good band off the stage --they were without doubt masters of the live gig .

[@4dorno]

Brilliant song and great band!

[@3mondas]

Got all their albums! My favourite live band! Saw them a few years ago in Adelaide without Alex (RIP) loud and tight I remember sitting on Chris Glen's lap having a beer or two great night good blokes, love this song off the Stories album

[@leemathewson1785]

such a stage presence .

[@68blues]

Look at the way he pulls a face and says "partyyy" at 24 seconds.....that's personality.

[@nickunderwood6175]

Hello

[@nickunderwood6175]

Hello

[@andysneddon8288]

60+ rockers everywhere, MORE POWER to all of us.

[@jockmcghee4147]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@charlesandalan]

I saw them in 1976 with The Who in Wales in a football stadium. SAHB performed this song as their new single and there was Keith Moon with The Who. WOW what a combination. I walked 10 miles from the train station that night, like it was nothing. Brilliant.

[@barneytorr1]

+Charles Cross I saw the same gig at Celtic Park in Glasgow. It was brilliant. :-)

[@TaffmanGuyo]

+Charles Cross That might have been Swansea.

[@charlesandalan]

+TaffmanGuyo It was Swansea, football stadium. I went Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea by Intercity train.

[@julieb1433]

+Charles Cross 12th June, 1976 rode from my boarding school on the back of a Kawasaki 250cc instead of prepping for A levels. Worth it!

[@robertlewis6194]

Vetch Field , old home of Swansea City Football Club , that event is still talked about all these years later .

[@tomashartman4075]

Absolutely brilliant guy from Scotland. A big loss for the world. He inspired many others, including Bon Scott,another brilliant product of Scotland. Why am I born in Sweden?

[@andym28]

You guys have lots out excellent bands eg meshuggah, entombed eleven pictures the hives hypocrisy Truck fighters ABBA the hellacopters.

[@SAHB]

Your fault not mine 😜

[@geo6519]

Scotland...Centre of the Universe 😉😉

[@jockmcghee4147]

ALBANACH supreme! Ecosse!

[@GrrumpDaddo56]

Legends

[@stewartnicol3028]

SAHB perfectly captured Alex's love for J. Fennimore Cooper and the tales of the New World being stolen from the original people.

[@barrypearce898]

hot summer of 76 remember putting 10p in the juke box in my local pub great tune

[@FionaMacGregor-z9h]

Right Glasgow ❤

[@geoffreycarson2311]

I HAD Just Finished My Colege Term London City & Guilds. and This TRACK and the FRONT MANS FRONT MAN !!!!Blew ME and All THE CLASS Away 😳😳😳😳😳F!!!!KING BRILLIANT g

[@kopynd1]

can you remember when musicians were musicians al the finished in the late 70s

[@taffwales]

i was in my early teens,i drove my parents mad with SAHB,Frampton,Hoople,T-Rex - but they drove me mad with Sinatra,Elvis,Everley Brothers.Swings and roundabouts.Things really came to a head when i got into the NWOBHM in the early eighties,they loved Motorhead!!!!!!

[@portcullis5622]

Reminds me of my older brother watching The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1970s. It was on quite late, and Black Sabbath were on, so he turned it up. Our Dad was trying to sleep in the room above, and banged on the ceiling in protest. My brother turned it up to full volume, so Dad came down shouting "Fucking turn it down, I need to be up early for work tomorrow". My brother replied "Oh sorry, I thought you were joining in so I turned it up". To this day, Dad still hasn't forgiven "whispering fucking Bob Harris" for TOGWT!

[@gladyswhipple]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video.

[@tinaoxnam1756]

I remember jack Docherty & moray hunter from channel 4 comedy show Absolutely back in the 90s choosing this one to play on the radio when they were being interviewed about their show. I liked it then.

[@alancanham2956]

I remember Absolutely! Denzil I'm stuck in the hoover!! Haha.On the loo with Frank Hovis.Happy days.

[@danieldugan886]

B.T.P.,1/2 mile from where i grew up in the Charlestown section of Boston.Best joint i've ever had the pleasure to see many a great band before they hit the big time.Be good.

[@miltonpereira8444]

Sensacional mesmo!

[@jonnysimpson65]

I'd forgotten about this until I saw it on an old Top of the Pops re-run Last night. I love it as I did at the time. The Dogs Bollocks actually.

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

love this band

[@myoldmate]

First live band, I went to. Brilliant. All via their version of giddy up a ding dong. Their track, Faith Healer, is my absolute favourite.

[@nigelgreen3586]

I was 21 when this first came out still sounds as good today as it was back then great band .

[@nickunderwood6175]

Dennis the menace anyone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@domcullearn105]

very prophetic

[@DasTubemeister]

The king has said he's going to put a tax on tea And that's the reason y'all Glaswegians drink Buckie.

[@susieascroft5197]

He was a one off and really loved his style..

[@rosenpcj]

Brilliant. Lost but not forgotten 4 sure.

[@jamesmckenzie924]

Saw them at the Kursaal Southend '77 awesome

[@charlesboyle9223]

Zappa once said that The Sensational Alex Harvey Band was one of the two best live bands in the world. His,of course,being the other one. AHB were.indeed,sensational.

[@lawrencekeegan8147]

1976 - the best summer ever. Saw these guys live at Celtic Park and then spent a week in Torquay with five of my Glasgow mates - halcyon days indeed.

[@davebaxter6491]

Lawrence Keegan i was there as well at Parkhead. The Who headlined and there was also the (something something) Streetwalkers. A really good band. But there was a fourth band. Any recollection?

[@Federation125]

Dave Baxter I remember the day well. The band you're thinking of were called Widowmaker.

[@notsure6187]

did you see Mr Fawlty?

[@XbillabongjohnX]

What's the halcyon days?

[@bruce4083]

This doesn't date. Top class!

[@Ardoyne10]

left school in 76 one of my favorite songs

[@migsdemesa1083]

Love it

[@ianmlees]

Best band in the world at the time. Brilliant

[@mhgm777]

America needs another Boston Tea Party in 2016

[@JimBCameron]

I was too young to be 'into' music, but I've always liked this, not least because he sounds like he lives round the corner. :D

[@JackieLynch-b6x]

History as we are told it an..tea beat drink of the day

[@Abornazine]

I saw SAHB when they was the support band for Slade in 1972. When they did Delilah everyone went wild. They must have known they had made it.

[@SuperCalski]

never knew my grandads cousin was this famous

[@jounis]

Fifty years ago, tee party, let me tell you honey do not mess with you can not beat.

[@daninewman9544]

January 2021.. Well remembered

[@Zephyrus0127]

Happy 4th, from an Englishman :)

[@zappa099]

going, going straight to the TEA PARTY yweahhh ...I realy love that stuff....

[@FionaMacGregor-z9h]

Right Glasgow

[@brianmca3]

remeber this live in the edinburgh odeon we all jumped when they let of that bloody cannon miss ya big man you ruled whilst others just copied

[@missellendiane]

RIP Malcolm Gibson Bigley