The Story of Pat and Lolly Vegas

[@frankreynolds5282]

Redbone May be one of most under-appreciated gifts to music. I know that their work has not gone unnoticed but, How can such greatness be overlooked by the masses? How is it that they have not yet received the attention and respect they deserve as one of the most Purest and Greatest American Rock n’ Roll bands ever. Time to give them a tribute show and air it on live PrimeTime TV.

[@jschouten212]

I agree 1000 %!!

[@cathykirkland5237]

Way past due. Then again, this is how 'executives' behave. In my humble opinion, these men are national HEROES.

[@donnalombardo5061]

I've always loved their songs.

[@9087125498172345]

Redbone is still such an underrated and under appreciated band. Blows my mind that they’re not in the R&R Hall of Fame.

[@carolinagallegos3926]

This band was very famous and I agree with others who said Redbone must be in Rock and Roll hall of fame!!!

[@eileenmc4746]

lets do it. mom of a tribal enrolled alaskan native citizen who attends college and will work on this if they are not yet in it

[@luvdylanstar]

I just signed the petition a little while ago! ♡

[@joycerandall1935]

They were great and should be in Hall of Music. They had a unique sound. Lolly Vegas voice was beautiful.

[@lindaduke6751]

Absolutely! 💕

[@luvdylanstar]

I just signed a petition for them to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♡

[@ericwood2466]

This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO INCREDIBLE !!!!!!! What great history and unique insight this is such a hidden gem of a mini documentary🙏❤️🙏

[@dginlb]

Hello everybody. My name is David Glasband. I'm not sure how I stumbled across this KZbin post about Redbone, Lolly, and Pat Vegas. I became close to Lolly in 1987 when I was living in the Hollywood Hills in an apartment located under Christopher Huston. The same apartment where David Clayton Thoman wrote "Spinning Wheels". I produced (financially) 4 songs with Chris Huston managed the engineering and all aspects of the studio time and interactions, which I still have on a 2" 24 track analogue master. One of the songs is entitled "Custer Had it Coming", another is "You are Somebody" along with 2 other songs which I do not recall the titles of. Laurence Juber of Wings was a regular during our sessions. Due to the amount of time the 2" analogue master has been stored I need to locate a tech who is able to perform the delicate task of transferring the 4 cuts to digital media so all 4 songs can be re-mastered digitally. I lost contact with Lolly who I became close to, but heard he passed away some years back. Lolly was a wonderful human being and a good friend for a time we worked together. Everyone's paths went their own directions during the following years. In the last few years, I heard that Pat is around. I can be reached by typing my name, David Glasband in Google.

[@luvdylanstar]

I hope you find someone to transfer the music, would be grat to hear. ♡

[@mariacacchioni3612]

Great mini documentary! This is a real gem! Love Redbone! They deserve to be in the Hall of Fame!❤

[@e.a.rosales8838]

Growing up in L.A. in the '60s these guys were EVERYWHERE. He doesn't mention all of the local programs they appeared on L.A. TV. Also the clips really don't show how really good they were musically. Extremely underrated. When they created Redbone they were absolutely Funky. Their live show imparted a image of seasoned, first rate musicians and killer performers...FABULOUS!. They were the original L.A. band. Thanks for the posting...Eddie in Long Beach CA.

[@josemezatorrez]

Wish I could.have lived in LA in the 60's. I got to LA in the 80's which was a fun and exciting decade but the 60's and 70's looked like a lot of fun.

[@doughodges7422]

They are so cool I wasn't very familiar but they are EXCELLENT!!!!

[@mikelisacarb]

Yes! Their Redbone sound has it all, and whereas these songs honestly seem a little behind the times for 66, Redbone sounds a few years ahead of when it was done. That's my take, anyway.

[@steveriddle4458]

@@mikelisacarb Redbone's first hit "Maggie" was in 1970-not 1966.

[@DJMike-1000]

Amazing

[@tobynilsson6811]

I did a poster for these guys when they played in Calgary,s Jubilee Auditorium . Fabulous show and my friends Painter opened up . A night always to remember and I still got the poster ! Keep on rocking in a positive manner and may God bless

[@markconnorsmusic]

Didn't Painter record Country Man and Suzie Q, or am I thinking of a different band?

[@danielzugueibcoutinho5554]

Im from Brazil, was born in 1974, discovered their song on TV when i was just a child and loved their hispanic- american native looks, songs, attittude and power! They are one of the great real spirits of the South, Central and North America!

[@JillShaw]

This is great! Love Pat and Lolly 💙💜✌

[@donaldjohnlong5330]

I remember them first in 1963 when I was 16 in Artesia High School and Pat & Lolly Vegas were in a Surf Rock band called The Avantis. I grew up in L.A. in the 1960s and they were great musicians! They had one very groovy successful 45-rpm single on Chancellor Records, "Wax 'Em Down" / "Gypsy Surfer". Later in late 1965 I saw them at Gazzari's in Hollywood under their own name after The Avantis broke up.

[@stevenhair6156]

I did not get into music much until I was an adult. I do remember listening to Redbone on the radio while in the car with my mother. It was the 1990s until I learned Redbone was a Native American band. It is amazing what these two dudes accomplished during the 60s and 70s. RIP Lolly Vegas.

[@carljacobson7156]

What's great is that they persevered through the entire 1960's as a hard working musical act and session musicians - until they got their big break to fame as REDBONE. And they went through many musical phases and 'looks' until they hit the one that worked for them.

[@energyexecs]

I am originally from the Fresno area and remember these guys. Nice history.

[@LAVAROCK100]

THESE GUYS ARE SO UNDERRATED walk on should have been a hit song

[@haroldfridkis3536]

I totally agree. Walk On was in the movie It's A Bikini World.

[@royrush5374]

Can't thank you enough for posting this amazing vid!!!

[@kernjames]

I used to cover the song "Come and get your Love", in my band the "Jim Lee Band" which later became the Rumblebugs. People loved the Redbone song "Come and get Your Love". And it was a great bar band song because it was easy to do and it still could get some great vocalization going on it with the Hey-hey.

[@pward5207]

Pat had a hot body in those costumes with masterful guitar skills and a great singing voice. The info is priceless.🤘🏻

[@sandraatkins2539]

Lolly was one handsome manly man back in the day. LOL

[@annelousteau9799]

Pat's one sexy dude, for sure! ❤❤❤❤

[@craignehring]

Amazing, who knew? I surely had no Idea these guys are legends. Thank you thank you and THANK YOU

[@frendoman4327]

love these guys, awesome Pat and Lolly Vegas and Redbone

[@annelousteau9799]

Hooray for You Guys! Born and raised in New Orleans, and at 79 I just discovered Y'all! It must have been released while I was living in Mexico (Guadalajara) in the early 70s. I am thrilled with your music, Dawlin', been playing it for hours. Pat no kidding, you're still a great looking dude, but I miss your long wavy hair. Come and get your love, fabulous song. Now I am in Seattle. I wish I could hear you play sometime. Love and blessings on you and yours. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mickeynkay2]

Wonderful job on the video, Sandra. A historical treasure.

[@TheParamountPrincess]

Great freaking history lesson you got here. Well done

[@timerider1971]

I love your documentary. A very informative piece of work. To think that these brothers had accomplished so much and all I ever knew of them was "Witch Queen Of New Orleans" & "Come & Get Your Love". It just proves that you don't need fancy equipment to produce great entertainment.

[@lupeochoa2387]

I met Pat years ago he had gig in Poterville Ca at the Riz he is a very nice person glad I met him thaks at R.I.P. Lolly. Thanks for the great music.

[@MrOphachew]

Thanks for posting. You've preserved them for all time.

[@timfronimos459]

Rest in peace Thanks for beautiful music.

[@mikelisacarb]

Grea to see this! I must say, their competance amazes me! Fabulous playing and singing! Just a shame that they truly didn't beak out nationally. So many great ones just never get that final nudge that bring them into the full spotlight. To be truthful, though, their 1966 songs sounded a little behind the times. They were obviously suberb musicians, well produced and well recorded, but songwriting was just surging ahead so fast at that time.

[@DJMike-1000]

Just discovered Witch Queen Of New Orleans, omfg the groove on that song is out of control a masterpiece!

[@jimmysapien9961]

Yes great memories !!! R.I.P. LOLLY

[@bozzbiatch74]

Awesome Band Ever!!! Descansa En Paz Lolly Vegas🙏🏼!!!

Thank you for sharing your experiences. ! A nice follow up to this, is a book title RIOT ON THE SUNSET STRIP - by Domenic Priore which talks in depth about these clubs and owners, patrons, bands. There most certainly is a few pages in there about Pat and Lolly with beautiful photos .

[@royhogate]

Man I love that story as he mentioned richard Pryor of whom I hung with in High school and after the Army we hung together as he performed at Harold's club in Peoria that the Warner Brothers gave him a job as stand up comic during their break.

[@jodyphillips2646]

There should be 100,000 comments, thank you! This is where it all started! Peace - love.

[@skybluemarshall]

Wow! $2,500 per night was a ridiculous amount of money to split three ways in the mid-60s. We're talking about the purchasing power equivalent of about ten times that amount today. For example: In 1965, the average price of a new car was about $2,650. So, Pat, Lolly, and their drummer were basically making enough money for each band member to buy themselves two new cars (6 cars total) per week and still have enough money to rent an apartment together and pay for their food. As my younger son would say, they were ballers.

[@TheArtofBlues]

They were definitely not splitting it 3 ways. 2 brothers get it all and then give drummer some cash for gas and food :)

[@tradermama]

Nice documentary. I would have loved to hear about the VAST contributions that Lolly made as well as the hard working Tony Bellamy and maybe even a crumb of information about the drummer. What I liked about the Bee Gees is that Berry Gibbs made sure that all his brothers and friends got the appreciation and attention they deserved.

[@lindaduke6751]

Loril; you are exactly so right! And it's funny but I have compared cat to Barry so many times in the fact that Pat doesn't even mention Lolly or Tony or even act like they existed for the most part he talks mainly about himself. Whereas Barry can hardly do a concert without doing a tribute to Robin and maurice! The difference here is glaring, and I don't understand why!

[@lindaduke6751]

Loril; you are exactly so right! And it's funny but I have compared Pat to Barry so many times in the fact that Pat doesn't even mention Lolly or Tony or even act like they existed for the most part; he talks mainly about himself. Whereas Barry can hardly do a concert without doing a tribute to Robin and Maurice! The difference here is glaring, and I don't understand why!

[@moisesvargas7073]

Thank you , this information is very Important for me, and I sure Many More

[@lakcprimos1557]

That was pretty cool! I would have never known they were so accomplished prior to Redbone. 👍🏽

[@DA90027]

Great vid thanks for posting.

[@CherieDeCoto]

I wish to see you & your group play & hear you sing again.

[@renegomez9667]

Transmission erereeerte

[@leecabanas3284]

I would love to see them. Guess I'll have to wait until we're in Heaven together.🙏

[@lindaduke6751]

No one left but pat. Tony Bellamy died from liver failure in 2009. I only know of two drummers (there have been more naturally since Pat is still or was still performing a couple of years ago and he has a drummer and a piano player): Pete Depoe (later with the Beach Boys) and Pat and Lolly's cousin, whose name I can't remember, who was their drummer for a long time. He was part Filipino, and had the mustache and long dark hair. So if he's still around and playing, then he's probably with Pat; but it's just pretty much just Pat now.

[@BelieveNoGod]

And one of Redbones songs are in "Guardians of the galaxy" movie. Nice, they have a lot of good songs. Good to hear them again.

[@Mollidew]

+BelieveNoGod Yep, Come and Get Your Love from 1974 which became a number 1 song.

[@jimmysapien9961]

Simply Amazing !!!

[@ellenbout9704]

Thanx Redboneeurope for your time and dedication!

[@61soldiergirl]

Enjoyed!

[@palitsalagivickers4588]

Great history!! Jimi Hendrix advised them to be more American Indian in their approach.That was around 1969.Hendrix lived here to in Benedict Canyon.He recorded at TTG studio there and hung out at the Whiskey A Go-Go all the time.

[@crankswife7351]

He was right.

[@palitsalagivickers4588]

@Boom Diggaty F...k your advise.

[@rubenrubinos982]

Redbone Was A Great 70's Group, Awesome History Lesson For All (R.I.P. Lenny Bruce) A Real Trailblazer!

[@liberty5069]

I think the term Redbone started in Louisiana where there is a large melting pot of multi-ethnic/racial mixed people. Pat and Lolly forever!

[@zincfreud]

Redbone the first band I ever got into

[@clarkewi]

Amazing story.

[@pward5207]

Wow!! They ruled Hollywood Blvd.

[@lindaduke6751]

Like Lolly said, "We came; and we conquered!" (said with a Lolly laugh!)

[@gadeification]

INCREDIBLE shockumentary! WOW! All he says is TRUE! (I went to the Whiskey one night with Bumps Blackwell!!! 1978 ?) david john clare - Bangkok, Thailand SE Asia

[@kirkgaw6175]

I see the party lights and they are shining bright!

[@Rowenband]

Excellent work Sandra. Very interesting even if it's sometimes hard to understand (especially for a french guy). Would be great to have a link on the site…

[@bevtorrest4476]

They were awesome band back in the early 70s and 70 best era ever music clothes and the band's!!

[@thervers2140]

Thanks RED BONE.

[@carlettemoser3673]

Lolly was always "Hotty" Vasquez to me!

[@luvdylanstar]

Yes he was ♡

[@damiansandoval1301]

They’re from my super small town and i’ve never felt so proud to be from here😂

[@brendapatrick4623]

Where are you and the guys from?

[@carolmirelez170]

OMG! So Amazing!

[@alainalouestrella8246]

I was born later in time. 😤 I love Redbone and all there songs ❤💋

[@wandaruland]

I really enjoyed Pat Vegas Story - He’s the Real Deal 😘💓💗

[@risingfr]

thanks.

[@sheldonwhite124]

Great shout out @ 6:37 One bad apple song, was the Osmonds who started out trying to sound like the Jacksons....the rest is history !!!

[@DavidPerez-lo7qu]

Hooked on a feeling

[@bartlettohio]

Add one more great record from the psych-folk scene influenced by Pat....The Rose Garden....they produced one great album with songs by Pat and their other patron, Gene Clark.

[@Katy-ye1zr]

Really? oh my- Gene Clark is absolutely one of my favorite singers. Shame he died comparatively young. Another "underrated" but perhaps the circumstances just weren't right for the time. He wrote eautiful ballads

[@salmonkill7]

Two of the GREATS!!

[@lordritchie]

nice bio notes THANKS

[@samchannell9246]

Love you both ❤

[@robertvasquez3840]

It sounds like Lolly Vegas had died just several months before this video was made. What a shame. Such a loss.

[@ericwood2466]

💔😞💔

[@lindaduke6751]

I miss Lolly😥

[@guyaoki9651]

This is the 2nd Rebone interview I sat through half an hour for just to be pissed off. What, it just stops in the '60s and doesn't even get to "Come & Get Your Love?" Rambling, aimless, no mention of his brother's death, same old "Let's Get It On" repeated on and on... look at the description for this video. Why wasn't half of this incorporated into the documentary?!

[@ericwood2466]

Damn bro smoke a joint or something calm down you should be more pissed off at the government than a documentary

[@lindaduke6751]

I absolutely agree with you 100%! 😡

[@bhenderson7651]

I want to go back

[@laurac8659]

Cajun here from Lafayette, Louisiana ❤

[@SoulStrutter]

A big tune in England's Northern Soul scene is Danny Monday - Baby Without You [Modern 45xM 1025] from 1966 which has L.Vegas on writing and arranging credits but no one knows who Danny Monday is and it has been suggested that it may actually be an alias for Pat or even Lolly Vegas? Anyone know?

[@lindaduke6751]

Interesting! 🤔

[@rezmogm]

You also played in Minneapolis on the West Bank

[@emceesmith6665]

Redbone was amazing

[@PatPat-hn2jy]

Pat. You and lollie look like twins are you twins i thought come and get your love was your first music but you two ben around for centuries im now 77 yaw have ben aroung since are teen days then you came out with thebigest record ever who wrote it for you and us woman are still in love with sexy lollie smile love you both

[@surfcollector]

These guys were buddies with The Ventures too. The first 45 record they show of That Smile says "arranged by Bob Bogle". He played guitar and bass with The Ventures and started Unity Records.

[@michaelhocking3880]

surfcollector, Bob Boyle only played guitar with the Ventures. I worked with their producer Joe Saracen - Mike Hocking

[@Katy-ye1zr]

SO many musicians lives intertwined then as in now.

[@arthurkastler157]

Wait did he just say he was a teen ager playing Cajun music at that place with the line down the block?

[@ermagonzales2779]

I want that cap he has on

[@lapalmeal]

Too much background noise Wind , traffic? Can barely hear speaker.

[@guslulu4126]

Sounds fine to me. Sounds like you need to buy new equipment.

[@antoniopietrangelo6567]

Lolly Vegas died March 4, 2010. Lolly may have been already deceased.

[@lindaduke6751]

Lolly died December 5th, 2010. Tony was already deceased. He died in 2009 from liver failure.

[@ermagonzales2779]

Wow. Remember their Robot Walk vinyl record. Hmmmmm

[@AnthonyReichardt]

Not once in the film was there any mention of what ever happened to Lolly Vegas. Since the title of this short film is 'The Story of Pat and Lolly Vegas', that would have been a nice inclusion.

[@MrHandy1]

Just FYI, he died in 2010 according to sources quoted in Wikipedia, from lung cancer.

[@pward5207]

Anthony Reichardt There is no doubt Pat and Lolly Vegas were loyal brothers " If you can't keep up I become a blur" while he wanted the same attention as Lolly then, his time is now. #rip Lolly Vegas # Redbone

[@dvdg5979]

Now you know a little more about Pat.

[@jimmysapien9961]

True

[@lindaduke6751]

Lolly had a stroke August 5th 1995, which left him partially paralyzed on the left side and his left hand curled inward. He walked with a hand crutch in his right hand and was completely unable to play the guitar. He worked valiantly with physical therapy, vowing to be back in the band again. He did an interview with Baddest Oldies, I think sometime like a year before he died; I can't quite remember the date now. But I could tell by listening to him talk that he had a COPD problem; but it turned out to be much worse than that. Lolly died of lung cancer, March 3rd, 2010 on his home in Los Angeles. The curious thing for me, though; is that I know he had a wife and that they were married for 46 years; however, he never mentioned her one time during this interview nor was she visible in the home; and she was not mentioned in his obituary. ???

[@kieselsteinchen9795]

Where they came from? Where they learned music? Are they indians? What a nice guy walking away in the nearly last scene.

[@lindaduke6751]

Find the song Jericho. It's Lolly's biography, pretty much. It answers most of the questions you asked. They are mixed; Yaqui indian, from what I understand, and Mexican American; hence the name Redbone, which means mixed blood or half breed.

[@kieselsteinchen9795]

@@lindaduke6751 Thank you!

[@kieselsteinchen9795]

@@lindaduke6751 lmgtfy.app/?q=Jerico+Redbone+lyrics

[@lgfrades]

Very good story although Pat seemed to be grumpy at times.

[@capie44]

Get to be our age, and you will experience why. *humph* ;-)

[@jimmysapien9961]

Yes , nothing good about getting old 😞

[@lindaduke6751]

Yeah. I just don't think he had the personality of Lolly at all.

[@lindaduke6751]

@@capie44 😅😆😄😂🤣

[@lindaduke6751]

@@jimmysapien9961 I beg your pardon?? There's everything good about getting old! Thank God we lived to be this old and didn't die young! I know it must have really been hard for Lolly losing his guitar arm in the stroke and wanting to be up on stage and play his guitar so badly. He was working so hard with physical therapy and just determined that he would be able to play again. He said, "I'm wounded; I'm not slain!" "I'll be back!" Only to wind up with lung cancer! I just want to cry every time I think about it. 😥😭

[@jimfreyler2944]

Can anyone make out the name of the drummer mentioned at the :45 mark ? Sounds like Rollie or Raleigh _____________

[@Katy-ye1zr]

"played with Lolly & I -his name was "ED GREENE" "Ii believe he said, and mentioned he played with The Jackson 5. - " Their original drummer was Ed Greene, who went on to become one of the top studio drummers in Hollywood. "Wikip says "drummer Ed Greene has also recorded with Barry White The Carpenters, The Osmonds, Jeff Beck, Dizzy Gillespie, Steely Dan, Sparks, Hall & Oates and Leo Sayer, among others." - I'm pretty sure it's the same guy.

[@cecilialugo6188]

The old sromping grounds..my cousin is a professional guitarist and he played in many places way out yonder. L A is still in the blood

[@mariazermeno9688]

Por favor pongan subtítulos esta humilde mortal apenas hablo mi español,gracias

[@janeycoronado1419]

What is Pat vagas age now 2023

[@johnsexton4250]

"There were so many girls it smelled like feet" Pat Vegas

[@wandanowicki2267]

Right? I had to rewind and hear that again to be sure I heard right.

[@nancyoldlodge1654]

Eww! Sounds like some nasty girls.😝😂

[@muffadile]

I think I know what happened there. I once went to a concert at the former Hilton Las Vegas--to see Mexican band El Recodo--a few years ago. All the women looked like sausages stuffed into those tight bodycon dresses, and there was a 3 foot wall near the beer where quite a few were sitting, having removed their sky high heels to rest their feet, That whole area absolutely reeked of sweaty feet.

[@photojones1]

$2500.00 a night dam!

[@msvitles]

Who was the pretty girl dancing in the fringy white bikini? She reminds me of Candy from the Beach Party movies.

[@TheParamountPrincess]

If you cant keep up, I become a blur.... - Pat Vegas... lol.. fucking A

[@WuMusicGroupOfficial]

Follow Pat Vegas's son's rise to fame! Search PJ VEGAS !!! You don't want to miss this

[@1Phoebus]

Sandra...don't know if you were "limited" by Pat Vegas in this production...very redundant...he is heard repeating same lines in various locations. No continuity, no time line...no mention of what happened to Lolly? The title was about the "two of them" right? Did Pat see this film prior to distribution? It could have been much better...not "glitzy" as he detested...but "polished" like their music...fell very short of a good documentary.

[@tradermama]

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[@TheParamountPrincess]

Lori Lee Self centered??? He always had a very strong personality. Maybe your the wrong person to interview him. He gave us a great look into the past.

[@Munch-g7s]

I liked it. It's in his own words. I'm pretty sure what he says is backed up in the archives. It's an informal walk and talk outside where the old clubs used to be on the strip next to the pictures of how they were. Interrogation style journalism not required all the time. There are probably a few of those on the net. This is different.

[@sirwolfgang1]

There was a subtle sadness and a bit of anger at not getting their share of the money...

[@lindaduke6751]

It seemed to me that Pat wanted to pretend as if Lolly never really existed and that the band was his and he ran the show! The only time he mentioned Lolly's name was when he said the name of their act was Pat and Lolly vegas. I think he wouldn't have mentioned him then if he could have gotten away with it! Jealousy is a demon.

[@stevenking7352]

I didn't see no moon walk.

[@JonnyTheLeprechaun]

This wasn't the story of Pat and Lolly Vwgas at a;;.ll

[@raulangulo823]

the wisky,the meat,the fish,the cigarrets,alcolic drinks,grass is like one secta or bad religion

[@lindaduke6751]

Are you high?

[@Kabitzba]

Not much of a documentary. More like a long self promo. I'd have liked to have heard the story of their childhood, what got them into music and how Redbone came together. Too much "get it on" song and self adulation with b (or c) movie clips.

[@guitarbob63]

Jimmy Hendrixs ???????????????????????????????

[@lindaduke6751]

They were friends with Jimi Hendrix who was also part Indian.

[@gilbertsanchez3277]

No disrespect but I've never heard of Lolly Vegas just Redbone.

[@xbersox]

were mexican but ashamed

[@written12]

Sergio Bermudez Do you mean they’re Mexican-Americans and they fabricated a Native - American lineage? Or are you just saying they had some Mexican blood ?

[@jimmysapien9961]

Who cares

[@marinvazquez3749]

Sergio Bermúdez : Mexican means from the mexica tribe . But, in mexica territory there are dozens of tribes ; I’m one of those tribes not related to mexicas , I’m a hñahñu .and still consider myself native, because I speak my ancestral language ,And live in mexica or Mexican territory . So to your point ! Not exactly .

[@leecabanas3284]

@@jimmysapien9961 Mexican American, Native American? A combination of both? It doesn't matter. However I believe I remember hearing one of their Female Relatives on another interview state that Pat & Lolly's Father had Native American blood.

[@lindaduke6751]

That's not true! They were not ashamed of any of their blood!