I keep expecting the volume to drop and that resonant voice say 'TV on the radio, here'... After so many Friday nights at 10, that is a memory that will never die. Add the crackle of old medium wave interference - magic!!

@mrsdinosaur1009

Жыл бұрын

Yeah those were the days hey..

@PaulWilliamGibson

7 ай бұрын

Great memories!

@chrisg1234fly

4 ай бұрын

Grew up with him and Fluff!!!

@thehillsidegardener3961

18 күн бұрын

I was there. Magical times, 10-12 on a Friday evening. Along with tinkering with the Commodore 64 day and night, it was a golden age of my life, it's all been downhill since then, lol.

The American comments are about the track. The British comments are all about Tommy Vance!

@christopherwright8811

Жыл бұрын

We'd barely have heard of these guys otherwise! I was just lucky my drummer played it to me.

@adrianwalker1242

2 ай бұрын

And so they should be! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

This album changed my whole of music and guitar. Most underrated album and band ever!

/// Hi! This is TV on the radio.... And this is the Friday Rock Show..... Tonight we hear from..... (take your pick...) ..... With a live session from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.... Not forgetting of course.... The Friday-night connection.... But tonight we start with this.... (take your pick...) //

@emdiar6588

2 ай бұрын

Don´t forget to throw in "The music vendorrrrrr!"

@ShellacScrubber

Ай бұрын

Oh no no no, it was never "Hi" but always: "Well hello there, this is TV on the radio, Thomas Vance, the music vendor, Welcome to the Friday Rock Show....."

Rock on, Tommy! Friday night, 10pm, BBC Radio 1. This was where it all began for me, 1979. And it will be with me forever.

As with many here, memories of the great Friday night rockshow with the legend that was Tommy Vance - back when Radio 1 was great. An epic era!

@roymacdonald8312

Жыл бұрын

Tv on the radio

Absolutely the tightest, most well-rehearsed band I have ever seen live. Every one of them is a virtuoso at his respective instrument. Amazing to watch.

@peterww3106

Ай бұрын

Not a rock lover by any means but the quality of the music and the musicians is at the very top

Ah the anthem calling all rockers to the radio on a Friday night... R.I.P legend Tommy Vance! Hosting the Friday Rock Show from heaven since 2005 \m/

@cfurnell4115

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, can't hear this without expecting to hear the words of the great man come in with 'Well, hello there...'

@coolrocknroll

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know til I read your comment that the dregs wrote the music for the show. Thank you!

@thenightraven60

3 жыл бұрын

@@cfurnell4115 " this is TV on the radio, the music vendor."

@finfinnie1166

3 жыл бұрын

Takes me back.... RIP TV 🤘🍺🍺😃

@marklorne6790

3 жыл бұрын

TV on the Radio!

With no doubt ..incredible musicians..amazing music! "What if" ....what memories!

"On Medium Wave and FM Stereo this is National Radio 1, I'am Tommy Vance the music vendor and welcome to the Friday Rock Show"

@thenightraven60

3 жыл бұрын

The start to a perfect weekend.

@finfinnie1166

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god... that takes me back! 🤟🍺🍺😃😃

@johno4521

2 жыл бұрын

T.V - Play that rock and roll...

I saw Weather Report open for The Dregs. WOW, what a show at 14 yo. Had severall Dregs tapes, starting with "Freefall"

@peterww3106

Ай бұрын

Now that’s a line up. Some top musicians in that line up

This brings back memories!Sneaking the radio under the duvet on Friday late nights when I was a kid for BBC Radio 1’s Friday Rock Show with the excellent Tommy Vance.

'73 or '74.. my girlfriend and I got in my Rambler slant-six to drive down Highway 1 to Augusta,GA to see some friends. Went downtown to a bar called 'The Whippin' Post' (I thought oh god what have I got myself into) and there they were...the Dregs. Fan forever.

one of the most unique Jazz Fusion bands of all time......

@dwightburns6699

3 жыл бұрын

Also one of the best

@ChristopherDavis-uh1gq

3 жыл бұрын

They fused jazz, rock, blue grass, classical, country, funk R&B, etc. I might have missed one there.

@mikereiss4216

Жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherDavis-uh1gq Progressive rock maybe.

I love the Dregs. I saw them in 1979. I saw Steve Morse two other times. They were always great!

Saw them in back in the day with Little Feat...killer show..

This song gets better every time. Killer jam

TV on the radio! Love this piece of music especially when the percussion goes into the double bass drum roll! TV also used to intersperse the tracks with Cozy Powell’s version of George Martin’ Theme number 1. Also great piece of music with awesome keyboard opening

Used it as a jingle when I was djing in college early 80s. Superb piece of rock music and I’m definitely in the electronic camp.

One of the most phenomenal bands of all time that never seems to show up in my KZread feed

Saw these guys the first time in a tiny hall in Athens GA around in '76 or '77. I've been a big fan ever since. Steve Morse makes it look so easy, and he appears to be having a good time doing it. Deep Purple needs to take a break and let him put the Dregs or the SMB back together and tour.

I am British and love this track and album.

In October 1977 saw the Dregs open for Santana at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. They opened their set with this song. It hadn't been released yet. I was blown away.

@martinaddison4880

2 жыл бұрын

I was there too, I was an usher and I remember Carlos invited Steve out to play the encore. He said Steve was “soulful!” Great show!

T V on the radio R.I.P. Tommy Vance ,if it wasn't for you I'd never have heard this fantastic rock classic.

@akeel_1701

6 жыл бұрын

yeah I loved that show

The Friday Rock Show! 😁🥳🤘🏻

TV on the Radio ; Tommy Vance was the champion of the NWOBHM when rock was dead and he was the only DJ on Radio 1 who would play a guitar-based track. And the jingles he had ; Saxon, Samson spring to mind.

Best drummer I have ever seen is Rod Morgenstein... Saw Dixie Dregs at The Chance in Poughkeepsie NY back in the 90's. Old Opera house that has a balcony that actually has seats that are above the stage. We had seats right about Rod's drums. Me and my friend were it utter awe of his drumming. We would of been falling on the floor if our jaws already hitting the floor weren't keeping us on our chairs.

"Well hello there!" Doesn't seem right without Tommy breaking in. Still a blast though.

Hell, yeah! And the rest of the album is even more amazing........

For the rest of the World, we had Tommy Vance on the BBC World Service. Playing "Quality Rock Music"

signature tune to the friday rock show on radio 1 with Tommy Vance great times

The only band I ever saw live before they were recording artist. Augusta GA. 74,75. Local bars. Just as tight live.

LOVE the Dregs! Steve Morse is the man, especially the early stuff.

@omairsheikh3982

3 жыл бұрын

His best songwriting years were with the Dregs imo!

just bought this vinyl album, in perfect shape, at the local antique store for .25 cents!!!!!!!!! had one in the late seventies and let a "friend" borrow it, never saw that copy again....always loved it!!!! so happy to find it again.

@cckeach7

3 жыл бұрын

Never lend out albums or tools. Ever.

@allguitar3349

2 жыл бұрын

Rule #1...lol..glad u got your album back

So, it is 1980 and our sound company is supporting the Dregs in a run to Vancouver., BC from Atlanta. Mount St Helens is about to erupt. Just before the show, Scoots Lyndon. their sound man tells me he has to to mix the simulcast and I am responsible for the audience mix for the Dregs.

“…But we start tonight with this…by the Tygers of Pan Tang”

@GordonHeaney

Ай бұрын

I can just hear his voice saying that

Gotten two speeding tickets while listening to this!!!!!?

I saw them at Piedmont Park near the golf course. Cleanest sound ever. I still have my vinyl copy. This was my favorite song and it's great to listen to driving down the highway.

This song brings it all back, RIP Tommy.

Bloody hell it's been 30 years, take it to my grave though. Friday rock show

M A S T E R P I E C E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Incredible group, Steve Morse is unbelievable.

@tracyeaves4847

4 жыл бұрын

IN a league of his own - unmatched - even today

Good evening and welcome to The Friday Rock Show...tonight.....etc awesome memories

Not enough love for this....lemme add mine.

Well Hello there, it's Tv on the radio here Thomas the Vance and welcome to The Friday Rock Show!!

@ajones747

9 жыл бұрын

Love it

@mrbelcherful

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah !! Remember it well!!

@leonskum.5682

6 жыл бұрын

Great memories!

@iestyndavies7287

6 жыл бұрын

All we need now is a fill of 'End of the World' by Gary Moore and the next segment can begin!

@toddhunter2667

5 жыл бұрын

now give me some fucking Tygers of Pan Tang ffs! Friday Night Connection anybody? btw Steve Morse rules

Awesome post - TV on the radio!!!!! Friday night was the only way to hear decent rock music on the radio - God bless ya Tommy - we miss you man!

I am very proud that I bought this album when I was 16. Man the Jeff Beck was strong with Steve. Great tune.

I first saw them when they had just signed their first recording contract. They were celebrating with a free afternoon concert at Piedmont golf course, in Atlanta. It was 1977. They used the same stage that Jimmy Carter had recently used for a speech. All they removed was the presidential seal. It was a nice sunny day, a greatconcert and I'll never forget it.

Friday night, 10pm, Radio One, The Friday Rock Show with the much missed Tommy Vance (TV on the Radio!). An authoritive voice presenting the music he loved - when radio was RADIO !

@billt1954

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Putnam. Damn right!

Does anyone else notice the classical (and not just jazz) tilt of the DD's music? Ok, I'm sorry for the phrase "just jazz". I'm more a fan of jazz, but even as unsophisticated a listener as I am, I can hear classical influence. Listen to "I'm Freaking Out" from "Dregs of the Earth" if you don't believe me. Great tune, and I saw it live at The Great Event in Portsmouth,Va. in 1979. I even met the Dregs' pilot, who I recognized from the album's liner notes. Anyway, I "discovered" the Dregs when "Punk Sandwich" actually got played on the radio on WMYK (K-94) in Va Beach back in 1978. God, I miss the days when commercial radio was not so strictly formatted.

On 275 and 285 and also in stereo on VHF, this is national Radio 1....well hello there, Thomas Vance, TV on the radio here and welcome once again to the Friday Rock Show.

@petertraynor440

2 жыл бұрын

you ve nailed his intro mate...great stuff

Underrated group

The theme to my favourite radio show ever. Tommy Vance my favourite DJ ever. No one had a voice like him. A certain voiceover tries to sound like him but they just can't get it. Tommy's voice, his presence and his delivery, pure magic. No one can come up to him. The Friday Rock Show was my favourite ever radio show. I never missed it. It was a sad day when we lost Tommy. I got a mention from him on one of the shows. I requested Whole Lotta Rosie and he played it for me. I was about 15 or 16 at the time and was thrilled to bits my favourite DJ mentioned me. I hope you're entertaining everyone up in Rock Heaven, Tom. You were the best.

@VIDSTORAGE

4 жыл бұрын

Great story ,i live in the US so I never knew of him but you made me look up his vids of old radio shows and sure enough ,he spots this song right at the start of the show..Those old rock radio shows were the best ..

@johno4521

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Tommy and Fluff = my youth. And he always signed off "Good night & God bless". Even saying that's probably not allowed these days...

Mark Parrish lived across the street back in Augusta. All the other guys families were around the corner. Mark was in another band with my brother before DD. I am not totally sure but I believe they even asked him to join their little band. My brother was a drummer and was quite good ..full musical scholarship to UGA and all that but of course did not take it...and similarly my wise older brother decided he wanted a safe life and turned down a chance to be in one of the best bands in the 80's......yeah​ I I used to kid him all the time...we did let them practice in our shop in the back yard. It was cool to a squirt like me. Continued great success guys

Over the decades I've culled through the Dregs' work, and I must confess that the best album award goes to WHAT IF.

@stettan1

2 ай бұрын

I have listened to Unsung Heroes and Industry Standard so many times, since they came out, that they could be used as mosquito coils... I got my hands on this record last week. It's nice to have something left to savour when you are getting old.

Dixie dregs all the way since 1978 these guys holy crap

Been fortunate to have seen the Dregs and Steve Morse Band. Drop your mic and your pants 👖 🤪 it's on

@ONTHEEDGEFRED I listened to these guys at U.S.C. in 1984, the electric violinist has won many honors.

R.I.P. Tommy Vance, the man who wrote the playlist for my life.

This still rocks !!

I don't know what you are talking about tv on radio early 70s had ABC In Concert, Don Kirschner rock concert and Midnight Special featuring Wolfman Jack anyway this is a killer song along with Ice Cakes

@vmax4steve524

4 жыл бұрын

BBC Radio One in the UK had a friday night rock show with dj Tommy Vance and this was his theme tune, Tommy Vance (TV on the radio)

As great as a band as there ever was anyhere in the history of the world.

I wonder how many remember (or were around) ABC's "Wide World of Sports" in the late 70's & early 80's. Freestyle Frisbee was really taking off then and WWS did a segment featuring Jenz and Erwin Velasquez, using this Dregs tune as the music for it - TOTALLY AWESOME!! Makes me want to spin a Frisbee every time I hear it!

@jeremyc9593

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5iTtJJ9itW5ebA.html Here's part of it from the ESPN show Cheap Seats. Hilarious stuff.

Thomas Vance the music vendor ! brought me here ! RIP you absolute legend !

memories...man this stuf was ( and still is) the most awesome music.

Killer song and great for Frisbee Freestyling! I learned about this band back in 1980 at PSU, some of the guys on the Ultimate team freestyled. Pryor Hendricks (R.I.P.) was one of the best and loved the Dregs Good Stuff, thanks for posting!!.

@alberthill7536

4 жыл бұрын

Twigs approved!

7 years ago today - RIP Tommy Vance - you were the best!

I too agree with past comments, miss the Friday Rock Show and Tommy, this was a great intro to the show and a great album on its own.

A great Southern Jam

I'm sooooo happy to have found this, a heartfelt THANK YOU!!!!! One of the truly "league of their own" bands.

WZMF played this song during their last hour on air. Shout out to Menomonee Falls Wisconsin and a great radio station.

@mr.brenman2132

2 ай бұрын

Yo! Shout out Menomonee Falls. I never knew that station existed or was in Menomonee Falls.

@stumplifter

2 ай бұрын

@@mr.brenman2132 Got be a certain age to remember them - they went off the air in 1979. Their frequency (98.3) was a Classical Music station, no idea what they are as my radio is pegged to 91.7 WMSE (the only Non-Syndicate radio station in the Milwaukee area worth listening to).

TV on the radio

King Biscuit Flower Hour FTW!

Saw them back in the day at UGA with Sea Level and Randal Bramlett. Good Times.

Outstanding jam from an outstanding band!

Tommy Vaaaance, Tommy VAAAAANCE!

@Thrushlad

4 жыл бұрын

The music vend-or!

0:56 Boy, Joe Satriani's "Surfing With the Alien" owes a huge debt here, doesn't it?

@daltonjobson8402

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he was hip to the Dregs but I think he was more of a Jeff Beck/Hendrix guy

Saw them with Dream Theater at Toad's Place in Connecticut. Amazing show.

Wonderful track, and even better listening with all the great positive energy going on in the comments

Takes back to Radio 1 on Friday Nights with Tommy Vance

miss this... such a great band.... they always played in the groove...

Thanks Bubba, a lot of bass to dance while I vacuum

Take it off, the top!

I remember getting a mention on Tommy Vance's show after a request myself and some friends made, one of the lads had recently had an operation and had metal pins in his arms we knicknamed the lad Boltarm I will never forget Tommie's reaction when he read that out on air Boltarm hey Boltarm? R.I.P Tommy Vance

@Bobbythompson65 agreed , Bobby! I saw them live in '83 and was knocked off my feet by how tight they were in concert! They didn't drop a single note!

That SNARE is crack-a-licious

Ah man, the Friday Night Rock Show, those were the days.......

It'cool how the Guitar and Bass trade on the Drum breaks and Keys and Violin trade on the outro..

along with this and vandergraft generator`s theme one brings back great memories of the friday night rock show with the late thomas the vance!

TV play that Rock'n'Roll !

@LeroyKinkade

3 жыл бұрын

That was Rose Tattoo when payed Tommy a visit.

Friday Night Rock Show. (Rip Tommy Vance)

Killer Dregs Tune!!

Steve now uses ENGL amps and MUSIC MAN guitars and nothing beats the tone he used to get back in the day with the franken tele and AMPEG amps he used to use!

@berlinmitte10117 I'm with you on that one, Tommy Vance one of my hero's of radio along with Fluff Freeman, when R1 was worth listening to

when I was a child my Mother always told me DON'T DO DREGS !!!...Thanks for the cool post !!!

This kicks some serious ass.

just to add to the friday rock show comments what a joy to hear this oasis through the week at the time with tommy's dulcit tones promising a stunt filled show !

killer open!

Oddly enough, this came up on the Sirius "Deep Tracks" Channel this morning. RIP Tommy Vance.

First class musicians all