I was playing a gig in a bar in Barcelona at the end of the 90's. My band were playing 'Let Er Roll' By Sid King & the Five Strings and in Walked Sid King and his Brother Billy. I kid you not!! They got on stage and did a few songs with us. Surreal

@TopGreaser

10 ай бұрын

Wow, I wish I had memories like that!

@grouchosays

6 ай бұрын

What were they doing in Barcelona?

@TheSkarocker56

6 ай бұрын

They were on vacation. A mutual friend invited them over and brought them along to our gig.

@grouchosays

6 ай бұрын

@@TheSkarocker56 incredible!!

@TheSkarocker56

6 ай бұрын

It's a shame that cell phones were still those chunky old Nokias back in the 90's. Would've been great to have it on video :(

Sid King is a proud 87 years old! 😎

@xxxxxxxx3476

4 ай бұрын

If only he had been called Elvis .

@BIPPP1

4 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to interview Sid for Discoveries magazine in the 1980's. He is a great guy.I'm glad to hear he is still with us.

@uncledoug9934

4 ай бұрын

I am playing local open mics with an 83 yo rocker. Stories galore! Good player too!

@henryjames2484

3 ай бұрын

Sid is the bomb

I’m glad I clicked on this one !

@TheSharron

4 ай бұрын

Me,too…❤

@Haldogo

4 ай бұрын

Me too.

@user-jd1wp5pq3q

2 ай бұрын

Same here

@nevazegrati5543

13 күн бұрын

DITTO‼

Possibly the earliest television footage of a Fender Stratocaster being used in performance.

@antoniograncino3506

4 ай бұрын

Check out Buddy Merrill on Lawrence Welk. Don't know the date of the show, but it's early fifties, likely 1954, the year the Strat came out. Leo Fender gave Buddy a Strat to play and promote. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ln6MzLhvhbyfnMY.html and one of the best performances on Welk's show was Buddy and Neil Levang playing San Antonio Rose kzread.info/dash/bejne/i36jsqqbd6XPdKg.html and Buddy on a Jazzmaster kzread.info/dash/bejne/paNpzMl7Zbaxm9o.html

@marks7167

4 ай бұрын

Wish it were a telecaster

@sethtravins3647

4 ай бұрын

@@marks7167I too find telecasters and esquires more classic, but the sound that this guitarist gets on the Stratocaster is fantastic!

@antoniograncino3506

4 ай бұрын

@@marks7167 How 'bout a '51 Broadcaster ?🎸

@crackthefoundation_

4 ай бұрын

It is true they were considered more affordable guitars, pre-Hendrix?

My youngest son was about 5 when he said rockabilly was his favorite kind of music. When I asked why, he said, "it makes you wanna set something on FIRE!"

@mathewhale3581

3 ай бұрын

Live wire boy

@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE

3 ай бұрын

Gibson J-200 and a mid 50s Stratocaster. Big hats and off ya go!!!!

@SirMikeyD

3 ай бұрын

"Out of the mouths of babes" - how very perceptive of him!

@tinman7065

3 ай бұрын

@@mathewhale3581 he showed some talent on the drums, but after a few months of lessons we gave up. He can play a wide-open tempo really well, but has zero ability to slow the beat down. Every song is either 'Ace of Spades' speed, or nothing LOL. Now 12, he wants to learn guitar.

@ksrmk

3 ай бұрын

CLASSIC!!

Old is gold, really nice.

Man the kids would have gotten grounded for listening to this back in the day

@Exisles

4 ай бұрын

Rockin rockout

@RonJohn63

4 ай бұрын

Why? This isn't "negro music".

@curly8029

4 ай бұрын

Devil’s music !😊

@RonJohn63

4 ай бұрын

@@curly8029 nah, it's honky-tonk music. Proto-rockabilly.

@jamesladley9467

4 ай бұрын

boogie wookiee chords were the first I learned.

Love it. The presenter right at the end has a BIG grin on his face, guess he loved it too.

One of the earliest videos of the Fender Stratocaster, which debuted in 1954 Great sound through what looks like a Fender Super (tweed wide panel) amp.

Sid and billy played for me in 2001. Great guys and great show.

@TheSkarocker56

4 ай бұрын

Where was that?

@curtrod

4 ай бұрын

a private show yeah?

@CFAPA

3 ай бұрын

😂​@@curtrod

@oliviervece6121

3 ай бұрын

I used to organise rockabilly and 50 music concerts from the late 80 till the early 2000 in Lyon France. I used to have a small festival in peage du roussillon south of Lyon. I had many european bands plus original artists such as Ronnie Dawson, Ray Campi,Don and Dewey, Sonny burgess, Hayden Thompson, Sid and Billy....all of them gave us great performances and all of them were very nice guys. Nice times and nice memories. I remember Sonny burgess gaving me some money back when he realised that i lost some money as we did not break even. Very nice of him.THANKS TO THEM AND THANKS TO THE AUDIENCE FOR GIVING ME SUCH GOOD TIMES. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Great song, I love the old time rock abilly #Aztec73

I was born in 1955, and I'm pretty sure they didn't play this in the maternity ward. So this is the first time that I've heard this. Thank you!

@sammcrae8892

4 ай бұрын

You're one year ahead of me, and I've never heard OF these guys, although I may have heard them on the radio in my early days. All I can say is that this is not only a good show, but it's FAR SUPERIOR to anything being done today. Music seems to have died in 1980, or there about. 😮

These gentlemen are having a very good time. Still as energetic and joyous today as seventy years ago!

@wendybutler1681

4 ай бұрын

Lead guitar is holding his body back from really rocking out. The man wants to boogie!

@thrivinginNL

4 ай бұрын

The most fun u can have with an unplugged guitar! 😂

It's good to hear that raw sound.

Love this song & Sid King and the Five Strings.

Love Rockabilly❤ This is 2 years younger than me😊

@CapriciousCapricrn

4 ай бұрын

OMG me too!

@darkstar1568

4 ай бұрын

Same here. God bless the 50's.

The whole genre sounds like a blending of Guitar Boogie (Arthur Smith 1945) and Move It On Over (Hank Williams 1947). I love them both.

He got one of them new fangled Fender geetars...........

@jayhache5609

4 ай бұрын

Finally, someone who knows how to pronounce it correctly.

@garethjones9605

4 ай бұрын

He got HIM one...

@michaelward9880

4 ай бұрын

And he can play the dad gum Thang too!

@clickbaitcharlie2329

4 ай бұрын

Gettin' a good tune out o the dang thing!

@scottwiseman8015

4 ай бұрын

Yeah man, them things was keen back then.

That looks like a bunch of young men enjoying their day

Only 13 years later, "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin. Like moving from a covered wagon to the F-18 fighter jet in a little over a decade. Never again will we see such a thermonuclear explosion of talent and creativity as the 1960s were.

@tetedepoulet8651

4 ай бұрын

I count 14, but whatever. The original was released in '67

I was a little sprout back in 1955. I was one year old. Just a teeny little superguy. I'm sure I would have been toe tapping. 🤠😎

My name is Sid and I approve of this performance. I was 10 when this was recorded.

@cwegers3

4 ай бұрын

good on you mate.

@mikefults9309

4 ай бұрын

My dad just sent this to me! He was 10 also!! ❤️👍 Great stuff this was.

@crackthefoundation_

4 ай бұрын

My Man Sid! (Bjm song)

Mighty fine! Yes sir, that's some mighty fine footwork!

I "arrived" here in '55. When I was a kid my Dad used to sing parts of this while working on stuff around the house. I realize now that he must have caught this show on TV! Now it all makes sense 😎

@artsie8282

4 ай бұрын

That’s so cool

@stevehardeman7209

4 ай бұрын

That means your dad was 1 cool cat !

Man that slide guitarist was bustin some moves lol 😂😆🤣

@NiteDriv3r

Жыл бұрын

he was rockn with the og rock moves

@Lisbeth22250

3 ай бұрын

He was gettin it on!

Sounds like the start of something great that will outlive most of us. This is Pure Gold.

@joeblack8915

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. Rockabilly was invented by Elvis at Sun studios in 1954. You can argue till you're blue in the face to the contrary. It was, end of story.

@Bungaroosh

2 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

@bhollyfanhardin9627

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeblack8915 not true.....rockabilly/rock n roll was created by Bill Haley and his band in 1952 with the song ''Rock the joint''...that is way before Elvis even thought about stepping into and recording at Sun records...it is a fact end of story........

@xrocknrollrebelx2710

2 жыл бұрын

@@bhollyfanhardin9627 Fats Domino and other were doing rock n roll long before 1952

@diegos.loayza3706

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeblack8915 Blasphemy!

Great band. The guitar player is flawless and perfectly in tune. Great solo. He was more concerned playing great as opposed to showing off for the audience. That’s what singer is for! God love this band.

@DominicPandolfino-xu5ud

3 ай бұрын

No it’s not!If I was one of those cats I would be going crazy on stage.You are too much purist,not enough crazy cat dude!I’m glad that today we have the many dance moves and styles that owe origins/inspiration to rockabilly.I just love all the dancers going hell for leather in the harp vids.🎶🎶😍❤️😎😎🙃😊😋🤗😎😎😎🌺🖖

@daveberry3853

3 ай бұрын

Today’s dance is all RUBISH

Thank YOU 50s Rockabilly !!!! That is a GEM !!!!!

Good job...the guy on steel guitar playing and doing his crazy legs dance😊

Love it. Who cares if it's a Strat, Gretsch, a Gibson or an old Harmony. It's just great music.

@papadopp3870

4 ай бұрын

Mainly people interested in great vintage guitars.

@ocumstweezers

4 ай бұрын

I know a Gretsch when I hear one. It has a distinctive growl that makes if perfect for the rockabilly genre.

@jjohn341

4 ай бұрын

That Strat would worth an (absolute) fortune now

@joeypinterrockandroll3961

4 ай бұрын

@@jjohn341 that had to be a custom color.

@stevenvensko5789

4 ай бұрын

It looks like a Strat but it didn't sound like one, to me anyway. Now does anyone know if it's a Strat copy or an actual Strat?

Hell yeah! I love this song! I just love rockabilly! This is about 47 years before I was born!

That dude on the doghouse is rocking that thing 😁👏✌️

I never tire of this excellent record and wonderful video.

@devonmoors

Жыл бұрын

Never get tired of this music! It is real without any digital manipulation.Great stuff!

My 79 yo sister is convinced there's nothing worth seeing on KZread. The rest of the folks in our 55 and older community all chime in on what they go to KZread to see. The list is varied. I follow my curiosity and find gems like this. And cow hoof health. And puppies and kitties. And the details on replacing the tail light assembly on my 2001 Jeep. Unclogging the kitchen sink. Spatchcocking a chicken.

@alfandeddie

4 ай бұрын

Ya gotta stay current on cow hoof health!

@MichaelandCathy1999

4 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the “Pimple Popper” channel.

@delmedeiros3570

4 ай бұрын

​@@alfandeddieIt seems to me that he showed interest in knowing, in addition to many other things he finds on YT.

@AdrianBoyko

4 ай бұрын

KZread is seriously unappreciated as an educational tool. There are thousands of videos here better than any instruction you’ll receive from your friendly neighborhood school teacher.

@jamesspalten5977

4 ай бұрын

All that I can say is that your sister is mistaken and missing out on a lot. I've got a sister like her and I don't listen to her...

That's tight and in the pocket.

@robertlee4809

3 ай бұрын

8 ball, side pocket..they won the game. Excellent music!

I still have my 1966 Gretsch drum set with Avedis Zildjian cynbals!

@jameycarothers4721

4 ай бұрын

Believe it or not in I bought a Gretsch in 1968- a used Champagne Set with 2 floor and 2 mount tom tom and a 22 and 24" Z cymbals all for $200. A few years later my head was really big and I wanted a brand new kit. The new kit did not come close to have the warm, rich sound the older set did. Was just thinking about my old kit yesterday.

Has a western swing feel to it ... Bob Wills was the root of much of what we listen to today

@khangtran0822

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

Absolute Real music! Talent, genuine. No computer antics here!

This really rocks. First time i heard Aid King and the Five Strings. Thanks a bunch for the post !!

I was able to record this as a cover in the late 1970s. Great song. thank you Jim Colegrove

Never heard them before..excellent! ..Sounds a lot like 'Matchbox',written by Carl Perkins,released by Carl in 1955,also by by The Beatles in 1964...Looks like Carl was 'influenced' by this song..

Im not really into rockabilly, but this really swings. Great musicianship.

I love this band. I never heard of them. I will keep this and look to download their music. Thanks so much for sharing.

Wow. That's the very beginning right there, it rocks ...and it rolls! That's pure gold, thanks for posting! 👍

Man, I wish this was in color!! I would love to see that Strat in its true beauty!! Sounds incredible!!!

It’s the good ol’ boys!

@markhahn1091

4 ай бұрын

That's hilarious!

I was 2 months old when this was played. Now I know where Primus got their inspiration for "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"...

@mikejohnson-dl7vt

4 ай бұрын

Les Claypool is Genius 🎸🎵😎❤🤙

@youtubesucks8995

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately they weren’t as inspiring with their music.

@Workerbee-zy5nx

4 ай бұрын

What's a primus..😂😂😂

@gerauldvellabrincat6241

4 ай бұрын

Oh I see what you mean😅

@philc8575

4 ай бұрын

​@@Workerbee-zy5nx Camping stove.

Great sound .. 1955 that guitar player owned a Fender Strat . Earliest video of a Strat player ? 54 or 55 vids are rare . Sid King has a bunch of nice tunes .

@WinstonTexas829

4 жыл бұрын

I wish we could see the finish on it, it looks unusual maybe it's the lighting.

This is amazing. I had never heard of them before this. I am an old guy, and missed this? I will look into finding more of their music.

First Rock song in my life was Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets. We played it in band.

Here’s Sid King playing in Vegas in 2019. He comes on stage at the 2:00 mark. He is 83 during this show. Rock on! Respect!

@joescott8877

4 ай бұрын

Forgot the link, man, lol

Sid King & The Five Strings !! Thanks a lot for this jewel...

Joyful music, thanks!

My maternal grandfather had a band in the 30s and beyond. He had a pickup on his "fiddle". One of his guitarists was Ernest Tubbs. Tubbs rode around San Angelo, Texas, in a horse-drawn cart, (no, not his daily driver, 😅) selling shiner beer and playing for tips. He got mad at my Paternal grandfather for not bailing him out of jail when he and my uncle got drunk and hit a telephone pole.

@roadrunner3867

Ай бұрын

That is a good one.

My God! First time ever l've seen S King & Band performing as youngsters! This is a real gem! Very lucky to meet both, Sid & Billy! A million thanks for posting it! All the best!

@Newportman57

6 жыл бұрын

I also was able to see them perform at the Continental Club 4 years ago.Fantastic performance!

Used to love this song... Still do

Man!! Dig that crazy beat!! And moves!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎😎😍😍😍

Love this, far-out cool

Вот с этих ребят из пятидесятых годов начались все стили все мотивы здорово 👍 рок 🎸 ролл твист рокобилли буги вуги шейк навсегда здорово 👍

Tight band. This rocks. Never get tired of listening to these guys.

PIONEERS IN ROCK !! 😊

True roka billy rock.never heard these dudes

Du rockabilly dans la plus pure tradition des gars géniaux j aimerai revivre cette moi cette période 50 et qui sera rockabilly revival courant 70 et 80 et encore rockabilly a 64 balais aimé le rockabilly ça vous fera resté le même et jeune.

Very good 👍😃

Sid King reminds me of Hank the 3rd !!!

OMG, people. There are no bad guitars, and there is no bad music. There's just what you like and what you don't like.

@user-vw8rg6uu6z

4 ай бұрын

1 o'clock 2 o'clock rock...

@Tony32

4 ай бұрын

You can't deny there are bad hats 😂

@largemarge1603

4 ай бұрын

​@@Tony32 And occasionally, mediocre rhinestones...

@jayhache5609

4 ай бұрын

I see my fellow time travellers of 2024 are in the house.

@MrLefrog1

4 ай бұрын

Amen to that.

Does anyone out there remember the late great Eddie Cochran he was a wonderful performer who was tragically killed way too young,if you have no knowledge of him look him up,he was going to be the next Elvis,but he was his own.

@muffs55mercury61

2 ай бұрын

April, 1960 age just 21.

@dave-hp3rf

2 ай бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61 so sad a young musical genius,so sad.

@barbt.9211

Ай бұрын

He was scary good, what a shame, he was so young.

I’m good friends with Brian Setzer and he introduced me to a lot old rockabilly influences. He is a king to some extent. He inducted Carl Perkins in the RRHOF

I'd bet Mom and Dad had been dancing to that music the St. Valentines Day that I was conceived. That sound is in my genes.

We met Sid & Billy King at Greenbay rockabilly Festival a few years ago. Billy King has his own Barber Shop !

@isaiahvillarreal4512

5 жыл бұрын

Green Bay was the best Rockabilly show that hardly anyone showed up too. We went all 3 times. It was all free

Love the footwork of thr keyboard player.

@jamessmith-pf5zf

3 ай бұрын

John Travolta is playing a pedal steel guitar or lap steel guitar. very common in country music, not so much in rock.

Brilliant ❤

Sid King, Billy King & The Five Strings - "Sag, Drag and Fall" (1955)

The contrast of the black hats is killer!

@blogengeezer4507

4 ай бұрын

Hats.. Lucas McCain 'Rifleman' style... ;]

I still have the Columbia 45 of this-…and a few more

fantastic

Dig those krazy outfits!

How the hell have they stayed under the radar????????????? Should have been mainstream during one of the 7 decades!!!!!!

Cool Rockabilly...Awesome Band...Long Live Texas Rockabilly

@SuperChuckRaney

8 ай бұрын

Western Swing all the way.

@largemarge1603

4 ай бұрын

​@@SuperChuckRaney John Hughey on steel pedal!

Enjoyed it, thanks!

This Rocks!

They were always on the country side of things.

I agree! This is one of the Ultimate rockabilly bands ever!

Awesome hats!

I have all of their albums!!!!!!!

the country-side roots of rock n roll!!!

Wow, this is awesome. Never heard of them before; gotta tell Slim Jim to play on his Sirius #21 Station

@chevreherd

4 ай бұрын

Idk....i think the stray cats sounded way too much like this song

Badass

Incredible

The drummer was laying down the beat. Nice and tight.

Although they wore country clothes, Rockabilly music is the mixture of the" blues" or rhytm and blues music with "hillbilly" or country music.Great music! .The best!Saludos de una chica rockabilly a todos-as los rockers que lean esto.

@catalinamartinez891

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, a lot of singers and groups song country music in the 60s and they song less rock and roll music .Many singers song country- rock or country- folk since the 60s.

@richardortiz8704

4 жыл бұрын

💋💋❤❤❤👨👨😎😎😎😎

FANTASTIC BAND And RECORDING in 1955* ❗ HEADING TOWARDs ROCK N ROLL 👍😉😁😎😊😘😘😘

In 2002 I moved to Richardson Texas. I was driving around looking for a place to get a haircut, found a barber in a strip shopping center. The guy cutting my hair starts telling me that he used to tour with Elvis Presley. The photo of Sid and his brother standing in front of their touring wagon was right there on the wall. I didn't think much of it at the time. Twenty two years later, KZread suggests this video to me. I love their music. Just bought the album off iTunes. Great stuff.

@dave-hp3rf

2 ай бұрын

Please check out Eddie Cochran.

@gregmoore5905

2 ай бұрын

Sid Erwin (aka King) owned the barbershop in Richardson Heights Shopping Center, next to what was then Sun Rexall. Brother Billy cut my hair for over 25 years. He was the real thing when it came to playing guitar and was a pretty good composer, too. I believe they had another hit, "Who Put The Turtle in Myrtle's Girdle." We both enjoyed all kinds of music and I always looked forward to my haircut with Billy.

Awesome forever

They`re such much cool ;D !!!!!!

Awesome!

This band is badass and has some pre-rocknroll moves, too! They got it!

Great band and fantastic footage...

@gboard7

11 ай бұрын

I hope to pull this kind of stuff off.

Great stuff - well done boys! Regards from Blighty :).

@davidcantwell2489

4 ай бұрын

Iya, I say, would ya mind dropping a rose off at Rowden Hill, Chippenham, Wiltshire, tell Eddy we miss him, I'd much appreciate it mate, oh!, and say hello to the Rockers and 59 Clubers iffin you don't mind, much obliged mate.

1:48 The first two comments make this clip EVEN BETTER! Thanks for posting 😊