TERRY REID - Montreux 1971

[@NickEnchev]

Holy shit, a Terry Reid video I haven't seen!

[@CharlieHoliday369]

Oh to win the male singer’s lottery and be blessed with a tenor voice !

[@triffidgrower]

You can say that again. No matter how good a hard edged baritone you might have been, the drummer never rated you because you couldn't hit the high ones all night long. Can laugh about it nearly 50 years later...

[@calebrose7739]

Chris Cornell was a baritone

[@triffidgrower]

@@calebrose7739 ...blessed with the odd octave or so more range than most.

[@calebrose7739]

@@triffidgrower Cornell was blessed, but not with range. He used a technique called mixed voice to hit powerful high notes. Any baritone can learn it, but most just don’t.

[@duendeguitar]

Alan White on drums who went on to a stellar career drumming for Yes.

[@__Patrick]

Superlungs indeed. Terry Reid is a legend...

[@Penekamp11]

Incredible band when you realize who they went on to play with. I saw Terry Reid at Ebbets Field in Denver in 1973. Loved him since I heard his first album in 1969. Totally underrated.

[@lloydgruber138]

I was there also. Great venue and concert !

[@freespiritsuzy]

Otherworldly vocals. I love him so much

[@kahlesjf]

Session musician and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley on slide guitar before he went on to work with Jackson Browne and many, many others. This is the earliest video I have seen him appear on.

[@goodun2974]

Lindley actually played some duet gigs with Jackson before moving to England; and when he returned to the States he became a frequent contributor/collaborator with Jackson's recording crew and touring band. It was in England that Lindley got bit by the reggae bug and finally became the Mr Dave we all know and loved.

[@ytnsanw]

RIP Alan White...

[@manfredwei4015]

incredible voice!

[@neuronix65]

Very well, Mr. Alan White, now in heaven...

[@mogadon7]

An almost forgotten GREAT of 60's music - T E R R Y superlungs R E I D !!!

[@muratgurelmusic]

My favourite singer/songwriter! I actually told this to Terry when i met him in Ronnie Scotts Club

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

An exquisite human being! I envy you for meeting him in person!!!

[@wildatlanticman128]

This guy was a phenomenon....why wasn't he a household name and up there with the great? Gonna check out his gig dates, believe he's still going.....

[@2damnoldforUtube]

Because there needs to be a backwater in music that is sacred, secret and personal. KZbin is fucking up that whole vibe, and at substandard sound.

[@jhawk53]

It blows my mind how some audiences can be so dead. This band is throwing down this tight groove and 90% are sitting unmoving. I sure wouldn’t be if I was there.

[@SuperMcabral]

They were all stoned and grooving!

[@ReasonablyArsenal]

They were spoiled! Didn’t know at the time what greatness they had in front of them 😂

[@greigskyless334]

They're actually listening to the music and watching the band perform.

[@jhall6693]

Blows my mind too! Im able to listen AND dance I mean c’mon how can this not MOVE you?

[@toddmoney8921]

It was a different time and audiences were much more sedate. I think we probably paid closer attention to what was happening onstage as we were really taking it all in. 71 was still very much a pot and psychedelics influenced time. Later on as alcohol and probably downers became more prevalent the audiences got wilder.

[@n1kojay793]

I can't believe i'm discovering this man at my 35 just because a Yelawolf's song (Daydreams) where he uses a sample of Terry's Seed of memory. I was doing some research and I founded he rejected to join Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Anyway I'm really enjoying his music. Love from Argentina

[@thesongremainsthesame76]

He didn't really "reject" Zeppelin, he was contractually obliged and could not leave to join the band even if he wanted to, but he did the right thing in recommending Robert Plant to Jimmy Page!

[@scottmccandless8111]

@@thesongremainsthesame76 Yes, he was about to go on tour in the US with the Stones and told Jimmy he'd do it when he got back but JP said he couldn't wait he had to get a band together to honor the Yardbirds tour dates still scheduled in Scandinavia....I think. There are so many twists to the story...I think Steve Marriot and Steve Winwood were also considered. Page was also supposedly trying to steal Keith Moon and John Entwistle at one point and that's when one of those two said that band would go over like a lead balloon...leading to Page naming them Led Zeppelin and dropping the "a" from the spelling so people wouldn't mispronounce it as Leed Zeppelin. After recruiting Robert Plant and John Bonham, Yardbirds bassist Chris Dreja who was still with Page at that time decided to drop out thinking they weren't gonna be any good and that's when John Paul Jones jumped in. Sorry, got on a wikipedia roll of info there that has been well know way before computers were a household item. Great story though. Wonder what LZ would have been like with Terry he is a great blues rock singer AND guitar player. Led Zeppelin with two guitarists...hmmm. And speaking of Steve Marriot...who I saw in concert twice...I think Terry Reid sounds a little like him with a hint of Janis Joplin raspiness, imho.

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

@@scottmccandless8111 Reid, Marriott, Paul Rodgers, greatest. Plant not. Sorry

[@scottmccandless8111]

@@dr.krinkleweldon5934 Everyone has their favorites. Plant is not my favorite vocalist but he was a perfect fit for what Page wanted in LZ. The guys you mentioned are all great singers and would have worked too if Page went with one of them I'm sure. I have to say my favorite singer is probably Greg Lake. Top 2 or 3 for sure. Ian Gillan is up there as well.

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

@@scottmccandless8111 Lake and Gillan are tops. Plant never impressed me. My opinion but many agree. I'm not alone.

[@dianestrauss9699]

Lee Miles on bass, Alan White on drums

[@wayneblanchard97]

...and David Lindley on lap steel.

[@dianestrauss9699]

@@wayneblanchard97 yes indeed. Thanks for that, I hadn't meant to leave him out.

[@aaronmartinez6621]

Is the guy on base the one who played with Crosby Stills Nash & Young?

[@dianestrauss9699]

@@aaronmartinez6621 No, that was Greg Reeves. Lee Miles previously played with Ike and Tina Turner as part of their Ikettes.

[@aaronmartinez6621]

@@dianestrauss9699 oh right on

[@clouddog2393]

Saw Terry and this band with the great David Lindley supporting Procul Harum about the same time The other band on the bill was Stone the Crows Great gig .

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

An unbelievable gig! Tell me more! YOU saw Les Harvey?!!!

[@clouddog2393]

@@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044 l remember S.T.C. were on first . Performed most of "Ode to Jon Law" album which is a great L.P. Maggie Bell was stomping around the stage and was in great voice .So underrated just like Terry .Les Harvey was great and once again so underrated a guitarist . Procul played most of the "Broken Barricades" album their best one in my opinion . Got two encores . Terry and the band played a selection of material mostly from "The River "album which had just been released . David Lindley was excellent on pedal steel guitar and l recall he come on stage wearing a pair of wellington boots !Terry was great as you'd expect . One of my favourite Rock singers along with Jess Roden . A brilliant early 70's gig .,Can't remember the date but it was probably 1971 and was in Brighton . Cheers .

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

@@clouddog2393 Thanks for the memories dude!

[@goodun2974]

​@@clouddog2393, Lindley played Lap steel ---- no pedals!

[@donkeyshot8472]

concert recorded may1st, 1971 at the old theatre, montreux. six months later almost to the day, on december 4th 1971, the old theatre was razed to the the ground in a fire immortalised in deep purple`s "smoke on the water".

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

By some stupid with a flare gun

[@ohsweetladyjane]

Well...I have to say that Alan White is incredible❤...

[@SuperMcabral]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I discovered his music in 1969 and have listened to him all these years. Maybe the audience was stoned and just vibing internally. I would've been dsncing!

[@scottdouglaslaxier2549]

David Lindley; a unique musician, dresser, and Human. His wit & talent in person just floored me every time. Point Reyes Station was a great venue for such a man. I'll look for you Sir one night down the road amidst the Tiki torches. At Twilight!

[@goodun2974]

I was scanning down the comment field in hopes that somebody would recognize Lindley. He was unique, a 1 of 1, a singular talent the likes of which we will never see again. I saw him 4 times with El RayoX and a bunch of times doing duets with a percussionist or with Ry Cooder or Jackson Browne. I got to meet him at a gig and talk to him for a bit and he let me handle some of his instruments. I had a pair of teenage musicians with me and the kids got free picks and drumsticks, snare brushes and autographs. He was a kind and generous man. Henry Kaiser posted a heartfelt "Requiem for David Lindley"on KZbin that has home movies of their trip to Madagascar, playing and recording with the locals. It brought tears to my eyes! Otis Gibbs also did a remembrance of him on his own channel. When Lindley passed, even comedian Steve Martin and author Steven King expressed their regrets on Twitter and Facebook. BTW, it was during his time in England that Lindley got bit by the Reggae bug!

[@scottdouglaslaxier2549]

@goodun2974 how blessed we were to enjoy DL's music, whimsical presence on this planet. And my, how some of his lyrics cut right through bs!

[@jimnagel5611]

saw him with Jackson B play before the deluge -- he absolutely brought tears to my eyes -- he was a master

[@blastfuzznace2001]

RIP David Lindley

[@johnmitchelljr]

Yes, Mr. Lindley too. Thank you.

[@soundmannh9790]

David Lindley being brilliant, as usual.

[@NickEnchev]

Can we talk about this drummer?

[@labitapopol5297]

ALAN WHITE ✨

[@andrewcandler8371]

oh just so so beautiful, SUPERLUNG !!

[@roofermarc1]

I've just heard of this Terry Reid guy. He could've sung with any band if he'd wanted. He must have known how good he actually was to turn down Zeppelin and Deep purple as I've been told.

[@ИринаСмирнова-л4в]

Зато все узнали о талантливом Роберте Планте!👍💙💛

[@tutubeas10]

I can see why Jimmy Page called him to join his band, and also why Reid, with other commitments at the time, recommended Robert Plant instead.

[@ИринаСмирнова-л4в]

А я не могу понять ни одного , ни другого! Рид очень классный, но я не могу себе представить LZ без Планта.

[@dianestrauss9699]

This is worth purchasing, I've gotta say.

[@jasoncrump1886]

Terry was a beast . Can you imagine what Zepplin would've sounded like if Terry had took that gig? Plant is awesome but Terry and Page would've been a wild combo.

[@peterharvey4151]

Bloody awesome..sh*t hot Superlungs

[@JoyDivision88]

For me the finest British Rock vocalist ever. I bet Plant Thanks The Lord every night for Terry Reid. Plant was decent, but Terry is the real deal, and no mean guitarist either.

[@oktootsie]

No. Plant much better, sorry...

[@reemclaughlin4260]

Terry Reid is awesome, but Plant was meant to sing for Zeppelin. Plant has always used his voice as his instrument and has done it extremely well. I’m really old and was around back ‘then’. Robert was, is, and always will be Zeppelin. I wish Terry was more commercially successful in the States for his own talent. ☮️♥️🕊

[@JoyDivision88]

I was a huge Zeppelin fan late Sixties. Saw them live in 1969 just before the second album came out. I was so excited about seeing them but I was totally underwhelmed to the point where I was bored at times during the show. Although i bought the next two albums Vol. 3 ended any great interest in them as I thought it was and still is awful. Borrowed Zeppelin IV to see if I could still get back into them and that album finished me off. I know I am in the minority of probably one but i just don't get it. And yet I can listen to Page with The Black Crowes doing the Zeppelin catalogue and really enjoy the songs. Must just be Plant I suppose. I can't listen to his solo work either.@@reemclaughlin4260

[@tomwright7418]

@@oktootsie he was Page’s first choice for Zep, he turned him down and recommended he check out Plant and Bonham as he was booked for tours supporting Cream and the Stones. Had he not done so LZ would not have existed.

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

Steve Marriott and Paul Rodgers. Plant the squealer not

[@langlopaniflax5597]

Suchhhhh a legend!!!!

[@TR-yi8up]

This is my fav live footage of Terry that isn’t from Old Grey Whistle

[@van-gabondramblinrose6398]

Have you seen 'Dean' at Glastonbury '71? Awesome.

[@themarvelousone7415]

Terry Reid ❤

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Great voice reminds me of Oz Rock legend Billy Thorpe

[@reemclaughlin4260]

A little trivia: Rob Zombie used several of Terry’s song on The Devil’s Rejects soundtrack. ☮️♥️

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

Oh fuck yeah! Gimme my Terry!!!! #TerryReid #TheVoice

[@joshbaker5403]

Is that David Lindley on Slide? Damn!!!

[@dennisjohndreher7258]

Yes it is

[@hippydippy]

David Lindley on lap steel too... Wow!

[@kenvelickoff4275]

Glad to see the audience is into it

[@charliecoutts3003]

I know! Bunch of wankers mate.

[@waynebuzzell2483]

The great David Lyndley on slide too.

[@rememberistanbul05]

Man he is something

[@Queenmayhem_0717]

He’s was such a handsome and talented man ❤what’s wrong with this crowd 😂

[@freakzone09]

So like why haven't we got an official super deluxe release for this..? ! Sort of wonder if the record companies do actually know much about music (!)

[@danielnavio]

INCREIBLE

[@n.senada]

GREAT thank you!

[@williamdavis2756]

Fuck yes. Just found this heat. Some supa sick grooves in here. Yessssssplease

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

An interesting observation;after leaving Reids band,Lindley was actually planning to form his own band with Jackson Browne joining as a member. As it turned out Lindley became a sideman for Browne.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Terry Reid in his Chris Robinson phase or is that the other way around??? Btw why he never made it the first time round is bizarre! His voice is crazy good...like this singer songwriter blooze thing...not clapton not zep but both

[@kenneymusic]

Definitely the other way around, by about 20 years.

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

WOW, is that David Lindley on slide..??

[@barryeaton4785]

Wonderful. Is this all that there is? Would love to see a complete set from those early missing years pre River

[@dokmdk]

fucin incredible

[@23rbarrett]

Didn’t know the Black Crowes have been around so long…

[@marcuspedrosa9742]

What has Terry Reid been doing all these years?

[@danielmoore7953]

Great video and great performance! Reid reminds me of Steve Marriott: both had powerful tenors and were good guitarists; both had good bands. I think Reid was the better songwriter. I wonder what Led Zeppelin would have like with Terry.

[@Auntkekebaby]

Go off.

[@stewarthigginson8136]

better get this recoerded before youtube ban it ,like theyb did with glastonbury fayre,,,be warned ...and forearmed

[@wildatlanticman128]

Anyone know the name of this amazing song....?

[@helentomlinson5801]

This guy is incredible and I'm disgusted I've only recently heard of him!!! Where were you BUZZARD??? If you played his music I never heard it😠 clearly ahead of his time

[@jr13227]

Great band! Looks like Alan White on drums? He would’ve had a busy year doing this then drumming for John Lennon on imagine, then going on to join Yes the next year

[@kenvelickoff4275]

Bob Seger was at Ebbets that year

[@BillSchwab]

David Lindley!

[@enyjuan]

superlungs indeed

[@michaelachambers7870]

Cannot see the drummer clearly but wasn't keith webb playing then. I have never heard this song before

[@dianestrauss9699]

It's Alan White on drums.

[@michaelachambers7870]

@@dianestrauss9699 thanks DIANE as you know the Micky Most debaclemeant that Terry had to form a new group. Keith Webb went with the others to form Paladin. His composition" dance of the cobra" is a marvel to witness his performance.It is on you tube. Enjoy.

[@dianestrauss9699]

@@michaelachambers7870 great info, thanks for this! I am listening now! Mickey Most's actions not only hurt the careers of Terry, Keith, and Peter but also took them away from their fans. Keith's brother Julian commented on one of my Terry videos; it was very exciting to hear from him.

[@michaelachambers7870]

@@dianestrauss9699 thanks for the reply.look for a video of the performance.The musicians individually walked of stage leaving Keith alone only to return at the finale of the track.Ginger Baker used to come and play with Keith where they were living.As it was a remote manor house the sessions went late into the early morning. The house is pictured on the inside sleeve of the LP cover.l believe the group were all graduates from the Royal College of Music so they knew their stuff. I was very honoured to have lived in the same village as them where they performed at the local pubs.

[@dianestrauss9699]

@@michaelachambers7870 Wow, you remember them from way back! Great info on the manor house. And Ginger, how remarkable that Ginger and Keith played together. Keith was some powerful drummer for sure. He must have absorbed some of Ginger's magic tricks. I can't find the video you speak of, so if you have a link, let me know.

[@robmoore7708]

Is that David Lindley on the steel lap guitar?

[@goodun2974]

Yes; After the kaleidoscope broke up Lindley did some duet gigs with Jackson Brown but no recordings, and then moved to England with his wife and young daughter where he played with Terry. He was in England for a couple of years and that was the place where he got bit hard by the reggae bug. When he returned to the States he was fully formed into the Mister Dave we all know and love.

[@getbackjojo9700]

Great！ alan white on drum!

[@kenvelickoff4275]

Is that David Lindley on slide

[@goodun2974]

Yes!

[@beastieboy9286]

Anybody know the song titles?

[@taddy666]

blimey

[@tomsanders5584]

This is great! Where can I order a full master version?

[@joanbaezOnFilm]

send me e-mail (address on video)

[@moisesnani7462]

Hola, tenés el show completo?

[@loriflynn78]

I was 6 😊

[@tmck2000]

I was 4.5… 👶

[@onoyudont]

sure , we all dig Zeppelin. but you tell me that with TERRY they wouldn't have left Hendrix AND Cream in the dust.

[@NoelLandicho-xc7xh]

Terry Reid as i knew endorsed Robert Plant to be the main vocalist of Led Zeppelin.

[@harveythompson1756]

Wheres the rest of it ??

[@ekayaniperforms]

Who’s the brother on the bass?

[@labitapopol5297]

LEE MILES ✨

[@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr]

@jhawk53 ils ont trop fumé ha ha ha 😂( Guy platteau Marseille France)

[@henrywag52]

David Lindley?

[@ohannesburger89]

05:00 song name pls ?

[@labitapopol5297]

Here is the orignal lineage for the die-hard collector as well as the average listener 😊 1. ? (the female vocalist is probably Linda Lewis) 2. To Be Alone With You ? 3. C'mon Mary (w/ David Lindley on violin) 4. Things To Try 5. Dean 6. Dean (reprise)

[@ohannesburger89]

@@labitapopol5297 Thank you very much. But this list doesn't include that song unfortunately. :(

[@myanbeach]

I can see why Page wanted this guy to sing with his new band; Led Zeppelin.

[@nancyfoster4599]

No way Terry Reid is going to Jimmy Page's

[@van-gabondramblinrose6398]

Tough F****IN crowd!!

[@marcuspedrosa9742]

Jimmy Page still has a chance

[@helentomlinson5801]

Yeah this crowd is weird... what's wrong with them?

[@rafaeln1354]

Si, muy olvidado..esta iba a ser la voz de led zeppelin por compromisos de terry no se dio. que para opinion muy personal, esta mucho mejor la voz de terry y si estaba a la altura del grupo. lastima.

[@singularseeker]

audience is stoned..

[@paullevine1813]

1971 , yes we were all stoned but a a much more receptive audience than this one was. Terry does one fine set from what we see as a part of the whole set. He was always giving 100% & he knew he did not need to dump his solo career to join Zeppelin but he was gracious enough to suggest to Page his friend Robert & for both it worked just fine .

[@michaelachambers7870]

See drummer now not Keith Webb Lee Miles is great

[@rafaeln1354]

Si, muy olvidado terry, que seria la voz del zeppelin pero por compromisos del mismo no se logro. a gusto personal la voz de terry estaba a la altura de la banda y no le pedia nada a la voz del griton de plant.......lastima.

[@michaelk5507]

Led Zeppelin were Jimmy Page's band, his vision. He wrote the music, produced the music and played lead guitar. Where would Terry Reid have fitted into all that, because, obviously, he's a visionary too, a band leader too, a lead guitar player. Also he's a blues singer, mixed with a lot of jazz phrasing, he sings blue notes and he's not into bombast. I think his advice to Page to have a look at Robert Plant, and, as he's said, don't forget the drummer (John Bonham) was handing Page, on a silver platter, what he really needed for his Zeppelin project.

[@tiborzkarate1]

Terry Reed is a great singer but he's too country sound he would not able to carry Led Zeppelin hard rock dynamics therefore Robert Plant was the right choice.

[@moveonupcb]

Great voice but sometimes it's hard to work out what words he sings. His diction isn't brilliant at times

[@TR-yi8up]

His lungs are on the mic, so it’s a bit muted

[@chriskroll4166]

Terry 🙏

[@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr]

Pas bon et son crade ( Guy platteau Marseille France)

[@MrRoundthetwist]

Wasted talent

[@TR-yi8up]

Perhaps…but can you really blame a guy for cultivating a drinking habit when you’re that good, and kept from recording for a good chunk of your best years? I’m not trying to offer excuses…He clearly hurt his own chances of having success of the level he should have. I think Marriott was a better guitar player, and I love the Small Faces as much as any band ever, but I’d still take Terry over Steve if push came to shove.

[@paullevine1813]

I can't agree on that as Terry has had a great career & made his mark even without joining Page in his new band at the time . Still playing in 2023 as is Plant so no i don't think for a moment Terry wasted his time , he's still as good as ever & he's done what we musicians aspire to & that's do well & leave a legacy of great music. One of the best rock vocalists along with Steve Marriott .

[@steveludwig4200]

Yawnnnnnnnnnnn

[@treasuremuch9185]

Come back when you've got a better musical education. A naturally talented vocalist is before you.