“Brother Louie” by Stories is a classic early 70’s tune that went to #1 for two weeks in the summer of 1973. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “Brother Louie” is a song about an interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman, and the subsequent disowning of the man by his parents because of it. The title was written and sung by Errol Brown and…
This is one of those infectious tunes from the 70’s that people either love or hate. It seemed to be on the radio non-stop from late 1972 to mid-1973 in the US. Which side were you on? Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Little Willy” is a song written by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and performed by the British glam rock band The Sweet, released in 1972…
What a great song! This thing jumps out from the opening cords and never lets up. I was always of a fan of “Loggins & Messina”, even had a couple of their 8-tracks back in the day. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: Full Sail is the third album by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43lzeuT1iQ Don’t know much about this rare video except I haven’t seen it before and it appears to be from a very early appearance on TV in the Netherlands for a two hour show/concert called Pop Gala back March 10, 1973. They performed many of their early hits, including this great LIVE performance of “Tequila Sunrise.’ The time-code at the top is a little bit annoying, and it’s a little…
Bachman-Turner Overdrive “Takin’ Care of Business” is another one of those 70’s hits that you immediately recognize within the first couple of notes. While this song gets a lot of air play on classic rock stations these days (as well as back in the day when it was hit in 1973) the video I found captures a LIVE concert performance with a audience of screaming teenagers that really seems to…
Let’s say this right off the top: “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple is probably the most overplayed song on classic rock radio. There, I said it! Seems like it’s on about once an hour, more often at peak drive times. On the other hand, how often have to seen it performed LIVE by the band, back in the day? Not as often? We found a great video from…
I looked and looked but could not find an early version of “Rock Candy” by Montrose performed LIVE. I found videos of Sammy Hagar without Montrose, and Montrose without Sammy Hagar, but nothing with the full band from the early 70’s. It may be out there–I’ll keep looking–but in the mean time, if you have a taste for a great Montrose song, sink your teeth into this modern take on…
UPDATED: We now have a new video link from YouTube, as the old one was taken down. Enjoy! So, who hasn’t heard that there’s an eerie coincident between the 1939 classic film “The Wizard of Oz” and Pink Floyd’s classic album “Dark Side of the Moon?” That if you start the album at just the right place all sorts of movie scenes and musical cues line up? And yet, like…
How I wish I’d gotten to see Zepplin back in those days! Here’s an unforgettable LIVE 1973 performance of “Rock and Roll” off their Led Zeppelin IV album which was released in 1971. This video is from Led Zeppelin’s 1973 North American Tour which was the ninth concert tour–and some would say the most popular–of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into two legs, with…
A couple of weeks ago we found some rare footage of KISS doing one of their first live performances at a place called The Popcorn Club in Queens back in January 1973! In that video, they played “Firehouse” and “Let Me Know.” We also found some other footage from that same gig, this time with the band performing “Strutter.” According to the band, they received $50 a night for three…