Mickey Thomas is one of the most underrated vocalists in rock. He is truly great.

@williambarnes4612

4 ай бұрын

Yup

@kenwatson5562

4 ай бұрын

No she's not!

@jackflash5659

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@142horizon

4 ай бұрын

I don't think he's Ever been 'underrated'🤷‍♀️.

@joycebruhn1346

3 ай бұрын

agreed

Elvin Bishop was born to write and perform this song and Micky Thomas was born to sing this song. My life has been blessed by that confluence of incredible talents

@tonybrown8006

5 ай бұрын

You are so right!

@jussitikkuri6991

5 ай бұрын

That's so true.

@RetroClipArt

4 ай бұрын

It's "Mickey" (not "Micky")

This is an amazing song. The more you listen to it the better it gets.

@russellchastain841

Ай бұрын

Amen brother, been listening since 1976

I gotta go back to the 70s and mail myself in a box to this guy

Can you imagine Mickey Thomas and Steve Perry singing to getter, WOW

Who's fooling around in 2024?

Elvin was to sing this and said,NO this song deserves a better voice than mine and they got THEE best voice...Mickey Thomas

@daphneduryea9136

9 ай бұрын

Agree. Mickey's THEE best but Rod Stewart does a great rendition of it & the lyrics are just spot-on for his image. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGiGz8l9kZjFlKw.html

Ahhhh......the incredible voice and vocal range of Mickey Thomas! Still one of my favorite voices of the 70's!

@vincentberte7675

11 ай бұрын

He's great isn't he?

@dandomangue3507

10 ай бұрын

Next to Steve Perry one of the best voices of the 70s

@michaelphillips8055

10 ай бұрын

Elvin Bishop sitting on a bail of hay he aint good looking but he sure can play

@tbartels9821

10 ай бұрын

Frankly, I was disappointed in his performance here. E.B. shows why he headlines the band.

@vincentberte7675

10 ай бұрын

@@tbartels9821 I read the story about this song, Elvin Bishop of course wrote it but didn't feel as though he had the chops singing wise to do the song justice, so he asked one of his backup singers to do it and that's how we have a very young Mickey Thomas singing this song and I think Mickey hit it out of the ball park, but Elvin's guitar licks and his overall playing I think he's awesome but this song Mickey killed it, there are a bunch of much better live ones than this one I found a few their definitely on here

One of the greatest voices of the rock era!!!!

@vincentberte7675

Жыл бұрын

That's Micky Thomas from Starship, it's an Elvin Bishop song but he knew vocally he couldn't pull off this song, but he sure knew Micky Thomas could and damn he hits a Home run with this TIMELESS CLASSIC

@vincentberte7675

Жыл бұрын

Nice share by the way, thank you

@andrewlonghurst5110

Жыл бұрын

Very reminiscent of an early Graham Bonnet while with The Marbles

@vincentberte7675

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewlonghurst5110 I'm so sorry Andrew I never heard of him before, my Godson's name is Andrew I call him Drew for short, thank you very much for sharing that as I like to learn something new like that, thank you very much and have a great summer

@stickman55100

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Mickey Thomas had an iconic Rock voice!

My GOD! Mickey Thomas' voice is UNBELIEVABLE!

Mickey Thomas waiting on a Starship

Mr Thomas had an amazing voice.

The song cut across America and hit every heart's sweetspot. How this impeccable song and vocal and band did not hit number 1 is simply tragic. Every kid knew this song if they were music lovers. It was certainly in contention for the song of the decade. I loved it than and I love it even more today. This performance was live folks and it sounds like a studio recording. You can't touch this song with anything today in my opinion because it's iconic!

Mickey Thomas……..Awesome singer.

@PizzaGuy93

Жыл бұрын

The person singing is actually Elvin Bishop, Mickey Thomas left for starship before ‘77

@markgonzales8302

Жыл бұрын

@@PizzaGuy93 Not so…. That’s Mickey Thomas.

@PizzaGuy93

Жыл бұрын

@@markgonzales8302 either way, both are phenomenal singers

@user-qn7hx2by1l

Жыл бұрын

Elvin Bishop is the guy on guitar Mickey Thomas is the singer.Mickey joined Starship in 1979

@carolmadden1152

Жыл бұрын

Mickey Thomas is one of the greatest singers of his age!

NO AUTOTUNE! PURE TALENT!

Just one of my many favorites of the 70's😊 We definitely had the best music and bands ... Still listening 🎧🎶 in 2023 😊

The year I changed boyfriends…the old was a player that discovered he loved me, but the new one and I fell in love fast! Engaged, then married…45+ years of making my heart flutter still💕💕💕

@daveweed2765

Ай бұрын

What did he play? Guitar? Bass? Drums? Keyboards?

@briansandefur5712

Ай бұрын

Fantastic

@CraigWilliamson-wm2zm

29 күн бұрын

He looked good theen

@DonaldFisher-df4df

23 күн бұрын

This tune gave me goosebumps at 15. Your hubby must be a pretty lucky dude!

@barbaranowman8031

6 күн бұрын

Omgosh that's such a great story

The smooth sound of Mickey’s voice and that dirty sounding guitar-pure Heaven!!

Well this song brings me to when I was 17 in1977 wow what fun I had

Micky Thomas has best voice period!!

@CMissShelleyMichelle

5 ай бұрын

One of the best voices. And so does Brad Delp.

@tracyperez1755

5 ай бұрын

@@CMissShelleyMichelle So many great voices of that era. Steve Perry, Freddie Mercury, now what do they have? Auto tune. These kids don't know what good music is if they don't listen to these old songs.

Often I fooled around and fell in Lust. I'm nearly 70 and still trying to figure out what Love is.

I definitely fell in love with many women. Love this song. Wish I was many years younger.

Elvin, another oklahoma talent, cant beat mickey thomas.

The vocals and range of Mickey Thomas are so incredible. I was an instant fan of his when I first heard this song. He also has incredible songs he sang with Starship including the mega hit from the movie Mannequin. He always seems happy and fun every time I see a performance of him. Keep it up Mickey you are truly awesome!!

Yes, Mickey Thomas is killing this. Honestly, why is he not lauded as one of the greats? And this guitar solo is next level. What an outstanding performance by this band. Playing it live and being better then the recorded version is an actual thing that only exception bands can do.

a lot of people Lost their virginity to this tune back in that Bicentennial Year 1976 😎

Warm and tender song for 💏 Lovers. Great rift.

ARE WE LISTENING TO THIS IN 2023 ? SHOULD BE.

@redspice55

4 ай бұрын

And 2024! 😊

@RonBroste

4 ай бұрын

2024

@kamuelalee

3 ай бұрын

2024!!!

Love this song meet my husband in 1977 this how I felt about him we have been 40 years still love this song

2023 and Mikey Thomas still does it, you got to love him, amazing!!!

@melissafarmer4149

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah My Brother!!!!!🥰♥️♥️

@phineasyoungs6643

Жыл бұрын

Great show in Tulsa last year

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

@@phineasyoungs6643Really?? Wow I missed out, darn it, very happy for you though…

This is real music, great musicians, a beautiful era where only talent was worth it and not technology.

@lewisc215

Жыл бұрын

Downer snark. grow up.

indeed. one of the best vocal recordings in rock history.

One of the greatest songs in the history of rock!! Just step up to the microphone and blast out a song... with pure talent and style!

I believe that's us on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert...been looking for this video for quite a long time.. my horn arrangement..

@amg.llghr.768

Жыл бұрын

Godbless

@dougmidkiffsr.2333

Жыл бұрын

Grew up listening to Elvin, always a pleasure 2 hear again.

@jamesdantonio7235

Жыл бұрын

Don Kirshner Saturday night loved it great memories Thank you 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉 back in the 70s Wow awesome 👌 👍 💖 😍

@lisamoroney3036

Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@jamesdantonio7235

Жыл бұрын

Thank you William you guys rocked it in the 70s and still today love this song awesome 👌 👏 👍 😊😊😊😊😊

Elvin Bishop was a underrated guitar player. I saw him in the 76 outdoor concert warm summer night. Excellent concert brought back good memories. Thank you for sharing

@vincentberte7675

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Sunny

@Teelirious

5 ай бұрын

Few people had the FEEL that deep. Many feelings in very few notes. Saw him every time he came near me in the 70s.

The 70s was the best that ever happened

I had the pleasure of seeing them at Knott’s Berry Farm, right after this came out. They rocked the house!

That guitar solo was so raw. It made this song. Soul music here.

@tjodogify

11 ай бұрын

I now understand the meaning behind “while My Guitar Gently Weeps”…..

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

Elvin Bishop is da bomb 🎸!! 😅

I was 19 living in Germany. So many good memories. People knew instruments, no autotune.

One of my favorite songs in 1976,10 us us forestry worker's went down Island to see Elvin Bishop in Naniamo, B.C. The show was cancelled as the plane was late,we went to drown our sorrows before heading home at a nightclub,half an hour later in walks the the Elvin Bishop group to play a few sets,what a night to remember. ❤ 🇨🇦 🍁

Don't know how many people would put Mickey Thomas as one of the all time best rock singers but after this performance I surely would. And EB just killing it on the lead is icing on the cake.

@user-cy1rq6tf1t

25 күн бұрын

Michigan Alvin on this song are just truly amazing I wish we could go back to that time and place

I am so thankful to have grown up as a teenager and then into my early 20's back in the day in the late 60's and early 70's to the best music, best bands, hottest looking and cool chicks ever to be seen in the whole wide world. Times I will always cherish and miss. Man, there was nothing like those times-babes-music and there never, ever will be again.

Mickey Thomas, the most underrated vocalist in Rock music !! The guy still has a great voice in 2023

@isabelbarragan2799

11 ай бұрын

Was he part of the 80's band Starship? He looks like him a lot and his voice as well.

@martron1962

10 ай бұрын

@@isabelbarragan2799 Yes, he replaced Grace Slick in 1979 for the Freedom At Point Zero album, and then Grace Slick rejoined shortly after and they made some iconic songs together, there’s voices blend amazingly well. Listen to Mickey’s voice on “Jane”

@isabelbarragan2799

10 ай бұрын

@@martron1962 Thank you Martron for the info and for pointing out to this "Jane" song, I've never heard it before and it's awesome. I love Mickey's voice. Cheers.

@janice369

6 ай бұрын

YESSS he was!!😊​@@isabelbarragan2799

@obscurecelebritynooneremem6876

5 ай бұрын

​@@isabelbarragan2799 Yes he was

Only Mickey Thomas can pull these vocals off the way the song was suppose to sound!!❤❤🎸🪘🎼🎤

@giles-df9yu

6 ай бұрын

The young lady backing him helps . She passed from cancer way too early

I loved Mickey in Starship!

When music was music and neighbors family and summer meant something

Please take me back to this time...I will behave , I promise .

@kathyshimata1202

2 ай бұрын

Well, then it won't be much fun, will it?

@helbitkelbit1790

2 ай бұрын

@@kathyshimata1202 umm , ah , well um , yeah , you gotta point there...

What a voice!!! Takes you right back to the AWESOME 70's

@loydkline

Жыл бұрын

Love ❤️ 1970s music greatest music era ever

@70sladyalways25

Жыл бұрын

Yep…best times ever!

My band Second Nature played for micky Thomas wedding at Cairo country club mick sat in and we played a lot of elven bishops band songs with micky what a great voice we got to harmonize with him it was a night to remember

Elvin Bishop was no one hit wonder.

@wayneu1233

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! One of THE GREATEST blues guitarists!

@user-il2pm4zn3e

9 ай бұрын

@@wayneu1233 I'm goin' fish fish, fish fish, fish fish fishin'. I'm goin fishin'; hook sinker and line! Now some folks say that fishin' on a Sunday's a sin. If a fish bites my line on Sunday, I'm gonna reel him on in...... Classic

Mickey is a bad ass. Can still sing

He is totally 💯 awesome in doing this beautiful song! This was one of mine and my husbands songs when we dated and got married back in 1977! He recently passed away and left me but these songs like this bring his presence even closer to me! Thank you elvin Bishop group this song put you on the map where I came from! ❤❤just totally beautiful ! This will forever be one of greatest songs ever! Just absolutely love it 🥰 ❤️❤❤

@darylhoskins5696

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss ,My wife and I Married in 77 also ❤

@jpcoll2011

9 ай бұрын

😢😢 At the end of the day all we have is our memories and damn it hurts.

@litedawg

9 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss….😢

@James-rr5xf

7 ай бұрын

Great song from a great lead vocalist & Elvin Bishop's sitting on a bale of hay,ain't good looking but he sure can play!!! Thanks & RIP CHARLIE DANIELS!!!

@janice369

6 ай бұрын

I completely understand.. Got married in 81. I lost mine too. For many years I couldn't listen to a lot of music. It just hurt way, way too much😪

This is my favorite song ever.. Mickey Thomas is amazing..

This is, and will always remain as my most favourite song of all time. The song, the band, Elvin Bishop on guitar, Reni Slais Simon super backup vocals and the most talented rock vocalist IMHO is Mickey Thomas. God bless you for this amazing song that takes me back to when life for me, was so much more honest and simple. ❤

It's amazing that most people who like this song think that Elvin is the singer.. He's the lead guitarist.. Mickey Thomas is the vocalist.. Just like Jeff Beck, Elvin understands his limitations..

Everyone thought Mickey was Elvin

So great to see an old classic like this with the real vocal and not something dubbed to the studio version...what a great performance, this takes me back .....

LUV it sweetie great song God bless you 💜💜💜

I was 13 riding in the back of our station wagon, no seat belts, the windows down, the smell of summer, this song on the radio. The absolute best memories of being alive.

An instant and enduring classic! Mickey Thomas is amazing!

My absolute favorite song of ALL time! Ahhh Mickey! That voice! (Swoooon) 😂

I've seen a few performances of this song, live, from the 70's to the 2000's and every time Mickey Thomas is solid and consistent in every performance. His voice doesn't seem to age. A lot of today's singers need to take notes on how he does it. That's how you sing live.

@dribobler

10 ай бұрын

Confidence and presence along with talent… incredible!

I was dancing with my girlfriend at the time at a bar and this song came and I said to her watch out this might happen to us. And we got married three years ago so be careful this is a great song

That red Gibson 355 is a legend! Guitarist is awesome!

@ApeLikeCreature

Жыл бұрын

That’s Elvin. 👍🏻

I was 16 back then and loved this show, it was rare to see bands unless you could see them in concert, so it was a real treat. Thanks for ride back in time.

Awesome live performance. This is music.

Mickey Thomas, one of the greatest voices. This song is very awesome along with the other songs he has sang.

A GEM …. I ♥️ this 😘 Mickey Thomas, Elvin Bishop.. Memories 🎉

Mickey's voice is still as strong as ever !!! From Cairo , GA !!

Great Song! Damm I love the 70's music one of the greatest decades of hits!

I hear this song and I'm 16 in my old Ford again. I absolutely love it!!

@jamesdantonio7235

Жыл бұрын

Amen Brother 45 years ago ahh memories Love it 😊😊❤❤❤🎉

I saw elvin bishop many years ago, 2 hours late and so drunk he could hardly walk but still played great and was an excellent show

I can still hear the roller skate wheels on the skating rink

This kid can sing he rates with the best of all time and lays it down, right he knows how to sing a song. Unbelievable.

@vincenzotesoro4211

Жыл бұрын

The extra you put in all the lyrics in the extra humming little vocals, it’s brilliant a lot of soul nobody ever will ever be able to sing, fooled around and fell in love like Mickey Thomas just like nobody will ever be able to say he ain’t heavy. He’s my Brother, like the guy in the hollies like nobody will ever be able to do behind blue eyes like Roger Daltrey and one of my favourite songs is Jane Mickey’s just a natural talent with a great vocal depth, and makes it look so easy

I was one of thousands who bought the album "Struttin' My Stuff" as soon as I heard this song on the radio, and then discovered that Elvin Bishop sang lead on most of the tracks. No other singer ever did more to sell another man's album than Mickey Thomas did for Elvin Bishop's "Struttin' My Stuff."

@slydogmania

Жыл бұрын

Excellent comment

Mickey Thomas before the Starship found him! Awesome!

fell in love then he passed away sad he didn't know how much he was loved by me david 💔 u rip baby

This was raw talent like it should be nowadays you take anybody with mixer board computers any body can sound like this.

what an amazing voice Mickey Thomas has!

Killer in every way. What a band!!

Great pipes, I saw him twice when he fronted Starship.

That one note he hit, oh my lord...

@patriciameyer8798

Жыл бұрын

It seems impossible, doesn't it? 😮

@cawilson5357

8 ай бұрын

incredible What a note from one of the greatest and super underrated singers. Love all his songs. Thanks Elvin you picked out the best......

Lord have mercy, soooo many memories! I was 18 and in love. Listening to this brings it all back. I can still see her in my mind.

@jamesdantonio7235

Жыл бұрын

God Bless memories 😊😊😊😊

What great looking guy...love the song..

Look there is just so much going on musically in this live version. Holy cow! You really can't single out anyone. They're all performing at extremely high levels they're on pitch. They're in time unbelievably playing well all in concert unbelievable.

@jamesdantonio7235

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 💯 💯 💯 💯 ❤❤😊😊😊

They don't make loves songs today like they used to 💞

Watched mr.Bishop and his show at a little place called Stateline, Idaho. A nice bar called the “Black Dog”. It was epic!

Reni just blows me away ❤

Elvin definitely wrote this and plays the heck out of his guitar but this song is just Mickey being Mickey, very Cool video

@mightyhearts1376

5 ай бұрын

They use to play at the Bodega night club in the 70’s. They were great live!

These are the kind of vocalists we had back in the S.F. Bay Area. Oh what a great time we had!

Here so much soul coming out of that voice.

What an awesome video, this is beyond Cool!!!! Thanks Micky Thomas and definitely thank you Elvin Bishop!!!!

What a voice. I grew up on this song but, astoundingly, this is the first time I've seen him live. I thought, maybe, how good he was in the studio recording was a fluke and he couldn't possibly be that good live; was I wrong! Chills went through me. I wasn't prepared for just how good he was, he was even better live. His stage presence amped it up exponentially. Again, I say, what a voice!

Saw them in Lincoln Montana 1979. Full horn section! One of THE BEST concerts ever. Saw Mickey with Starship in 1983

wow....THAT voice...omg

This is Pop. Elvin Bishop had plenty of other music to be more proud of.

I remember back in the 70's hearing that synchro guitar work just walking around and not really knowing what I was hearing but it was good. I really liked it back then .... I knew it was special.... The guitar work is still amazing .

omg that was so awesome. My ex husband that has since past away, use to sing this to me. R.I.P. Mike Moorehead 😔♥️🎶

Dear lord I love this song 😍

@jussitikkuri6991

Жыл бұрын

Me too hunnie... I'm gonna play it a few more times.

@loydkline

Жыл бұрын

❤️ this1970s song

@edandmjohnson8636

8 ай бұрын

because we did.

Elvin Bishop sittin' on a bale of hay. Ain't good lookin' but he sure can play.