This is real music. My Grandparents generation. Being 26, in 2024, this is what good music is.

I love how Billy Preston turns a rock show into church. ❤

@popev3887

Ай бұрын

Amen to your comment! What a wonderful message, That's the way God planned it.

As a HUGE Steely Dan fan, I am so grateful that The Midnight Special shares with us such EXTREMELY rare performances of this group, specially since they are performed live. I didn't even know these performances existed until I started watching this channel. This is like finding a treasure. If it weren't for The Midnight Special, Steely Dan filmed performances from this era basically would not exist, as they only performed live for a couple of years, and almost never did television appearances. That's what makes The Midnight Special so SPECIAL !

@themidnightspecialtvshow

8 ай бұрын

glad you enjoy!

@KoolT

8 ай бұрын

❤

@Jessica_Roth

8 ай бұрын

And to have them doing "Show Biz Kids", which was the set-closer on this tour, but which has almost fallen into obscurity nowadays, is even more awesome. (Only thing better would be doing "King of the World", IMO.)

@GuiitarBilly

8 ай бұрын

@@Jessica_Roththey do Show Biz Kids in their current era, just not every tour. The version now has a cool funk groove. I agree it’s great Midnight Special is releasing these priceless performances of so many 70s (and earlier) acts. I recall seeing the Steely Dan Reelin/Do it Again performance on the first or second episode in 1973. Never thought I’d see the OG Dan band playing Show Biz Kids. Seems like they’d played some live shows between their first appearance earlier in the year and this one. They’re pumped up and taking some chances and its …Fun 😅

@GuiitarBilly

8 ай бұрын

Here’s a version from the 2006 tour that Michael McDonald sat in on. Lucky to see this one in Vegas. There’s also a video of them doing it in 2013 on KZread kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqRssdOYoZqonto.htmlsi=gkYDt0GgErEIBFWc

Damn I miss Billy Preston I loved his music so much

Great to see Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar with Steely Dan.

Buddy Miles and Billy Preston really took it to church on "My Sweet Lord."

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

They sure did & totally had the audience “in the palm of their hand”, amazing performance!! 😅

@chriscorman734

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@cornfilledscreamer614

6 ай бұрын

That's probably the best thing I've ever seen on MS - and that's saying a LOT. They absolutely COOKED!

I just finished 4th grade in the Philippines and preparing to move to the great USA. Arrived in Detroit, Michigan, and saw lots of cool soul people walking tall with full-blown afros. They were cool-looking wearing psychedelic clothes. Now, I'm retired at 63 years of age and back in the Philippines. I sure miss the cool good old days. Be cool 👍 😎

This reminds me of those all day rock and roll shows back in the day!!! Lord take me back!!

Tommy Smothers just passed away last week. What a treat to see him on here!♥️

Buddy Miles! Forgotten LEGEND! With Billy Preston? Best Harrison cover EVER ❤ And amazing Steely Dan too..

Billy Preston was having a blast up there!! Great song and great performance!!

Spiritual Revival !!! I remember this show specifically because Billy Preston was making the 'rounds' on the radio we got to stay up late because my mom was 'out with the girls' and we were old enough to take care of ourselves without a sitter. Nostalgia Nudge Number 304

Used to watch Midnight Special all the time in my youth; I was to be 20 years old in October when this particular episode showed, I’m 70 years old now!!!!! Great Steely Dan song💯

@JQ127-c4e

8 ай бұрын

Oh man I used to love watching The Midnight Special in my high school years! It was really exciting to be the only one up in my house and watching with the volume low so I didn't wake everyone else up. Hard to explain how much fun it was. I always felt I learned a little bit more about life in a way after every episode. We were lucky we got to experience that.

@Zoetropeification

8 ай бұрын

I was 11 years old then (parents let me stay up late on weekends 🙂) and 61 now. Glad that I have experienced the years that I have.

@jimmyguitar2933

5 ай бұрын

It took me a minute to find Walter. Musical genius, just playing rhythm guitar in the background. RIP Walter.

@mrtriffid

4 ай бұрын

@@jimmyguitar2933 Playing BASS! He was the band bass player in those days.

This line-up is unfathomable...Reelin' in he Years, Bo Diddley, Will It Go Round in Circles, and the theme from the Poseidon Adventure...what a show!!!

@chriscorman734

8 ай бұрын

I got to see Bo live the older I get the more lucky I know I am

Now THIS is one hell of a lineup and with Tommy Smothers crashing the show too!

@John60s70s

8 ай бұрын

What a funny surprise that was -Tom Smothers as Billy Preston😅. I love it. Great show.

@chriskroll4166

7 ай бұрын

Yeah but that acting stupid act that he does got real old fast . Enough 😁

So cool to see Buddy Miles doing Them Changes after so many years listening to Band of Gypsys.

Keep the episodes coming . This is a GREAT SHOW . THIS IS WORTH PRESERVING.

This episode sure exceeded all expectations and Billy certainly ended the show with an emotional moving performance.

Bo Diddley steals the show!

Billy Preston, has a conversation with his piano.....and suddenly he does these superhuman riffs .. and he is very humble and thankful to God for making his life successful through music.

These lineups for Midnight Special are incredible. What a priceless document of an era when musicianship and soul mattered. Thank you!

Steely Dan were absolute top notch talent/

@CoCotheTurtle

8 ай бұрын

Walter was the only member who didn't want David Palmer booted from the group. To punish him, they made him stand behind the two groupie singers, the last place on earth the cameramen would look to find him. Take that!

@GuiitarBilly

8 ай бұрын

@@CoCotheTurtle lol

@georgemoore8832

Ай бұрын

Steely Dan made music 4 people who were too cool 😎 4 this planet

@jeremyc9593

6 күн бұрын

Meh. Their first performance without the groupies was better.

The beauty of Midnight Special was the variety, all genre's represented.

Billy Preston is a musical legend!

@davidclements7696

8 ай бұрын

Legendary hair as well

@nathandodge665

6 ай бұрын

In your opinion

Amazing performance from Maureen McGovern.

The episode after this from September 7, 1973 is a good one as well. It was hosted by Mac Davis, and it also features appearances by Mark Almond, Chuck Berry, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Ravi Shankar, and Edgar Winter Group.

The Midnight Special There was only one and there will never be another. Brilliant

We didn’t know we had it so good back when. Fantastic music and outstanding live performances were the norm. It’s just what we … expected. We took it all for granted didn’t we. Just as we yawned at the last few moon landings.

I loved that the audience wouldn't let Billy and Buddy leave and pretty much demanded an encore. What a treat to be there for this episode. Throw in Bo and Steely Dan, and it's absolutely legendary.

Love the Donald Fagen youthful haircut.. Very few videos of those guys in 1973, so this is special.

Wow 50 years ago. Different world different time and all amazing. Midnight Special has become a national archive for music of that age.Thanks for posting.

I like the way the crowd is diverse sitting on the floor together.

@mikelair9144

7 ай бұрын

That was the 70s. If politicians and media stayed out of things it could still be like that.

The Skunk! Great performance!

The enthusiasm and talent in Steely Dan's performance in Reeling in The Years is incredible.

This is like a time travel for a guy born in 2000 jealous to all who got to enjoy this in real time back then what ever happened to music

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

Read something to the effect that, we had the music back then but today’s young people have the technology 😉, glad you’re enjoying yourself too!👏

I must have heard reelin in the years a million times yet it still sounds fresh every time

Thank you again Burt for sharing the MS full episodes. Love me some Billy Preston on my birthday!!!

This Steely Dan performance was just a couple of days before the Santa Monica Civic show where their road crewman infamously introduced them - "Mistah Steely Dan and whatevah...". This band was CRACKIN'!! Jeff and Denny were3 PHENOMENAL together. Thanks to Burt and the entire Midnight Special Channel team for this KILLER show - looks and sounds GREAT!!

@jimmyguitar2933

5 ай бұрын

I thought that guy was the actual MC of the show. He was extremely coked up, that's for sure!

It goes to show how fantastic music and musicians were back then that truly talented and fabulous people like Buddy Miles and Ned Doheny were not bigger stars!!

Always a blessing from Billy! The most humble of the super talented even as the fifth Beatle. This was great seeing this again.,.50 years later.,..... Thats been awhile

odd to stumble onto this tonight. RIP to the great Tom Smothers

Might be one of the best episodes uploaded yet. What a stacked line-up, especially Billy and Miles.

Heck of a show, I miss those great variety shows.

The morning after by Maureen McGovern is such a great song! The videoclip of this song in already on my wanted list since 2007! Thanks so much for sharing!

@eddiesantiago4434

8 ай бұрын

The LP is exellent from A to Z

Maureen McGovern is one of the most underrated performers of all time. What a great voice and performance.

@olddisneylandtickets

7 ай бұрын

She nailed it there!

Thankful these episodes of The Midnight Special have been preserved. I’m glad I experienced watching some of these episodes when they originally aired when I was a teenager.

Wow!! I remember staying up to watch this show every week. Thank you

I've been watching your videos for many, many years now. I would've never imagined that one day there would be a The Midnight Special channel on the internet. And never in my wildest dreams, did I imagine that I would get to see full episodes of this show. I never got to experience that era, that's why this is so special to me. I love this channel, because it gives us something to feel good about, specially in these hard times. A very big THANK YOU to everyone involved for being so generous by making these shows available to us fans. And it's good to know that Mr. Sugarman is alive and well, so that he can see how much we appreciate everything he has done.

@margowsky

8 ай бұрын

Right? I was too young to stay up that late when I was a little kid. Not until the late 70's could I watch it. Them uploading these is the greatest thing ever! I don't miss an episode.

Bo Diddley showing why he is OG!!!!!

Great show tonight! Steely Dan and Billy Preston were on fire!! So were Bo Diddly and Buddy Miles! I love hanging with the cool people in the chat! Thanks, Midnight Special! 🤩💜

Thanks for posting. August 31, 1973. The day that my cousin and her fiance tied the knot.

Love Billy’s song “Will It Go Round in Circles” 🌀🌀🌀

@lucid_747

7 ай бұрын

P e d o symbol

@KittyGrizGriz

7 ай бұрын

@@lucid_747Um, no. No it’s not. Weirdo.

@lucid_747

7 ай бұрын

@@KittyGrizGriz don't kill the messenger. I didn't make it up

Thanks so much!

@themidnightspecialtvshow

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, it is appreciated. You might want to join the membership portal for advance releases of special episodes.

Steely Dan SMOKES!! This whole episode is great! All played live.

Man this episode is absolutely on fire ! 🔥🔥🔥

Billy and Buddy sharing the stage red-lined the groovy meter!

A precious first television performance by Maureen McGovern is included here! Shortly after this concert, Maureen appeared on the "In Concert" television program performing with Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra providing the arrangement.

I’m LOVING the spring reverb noise when Bo jumps around!

This was also Steely Dan's 2nd & final appearance. The guitar riff of Jeff "Skunk" Baxter near the end of the song "My Old School" reminds me of the late Isaac Hayes "Do Your Thing" (long album version from the "Shaft" 1971 movie soundtrack). The song "Show Biz Kids" had to blank the "F" word!! The Texas group Gladstone song "A Piece Of Paper" went to # 45 (Billboard Hot 100) in September 1972 & their only charted song. Their next song "Marietta Station" charted but bubbled on Cashbox & Record World in January 1973. The album went to # 208 also in September 1972 on former ABC Records & their next album in 1973 did not charted. Singer songwriter Ned Doheny did not hit Billboard, Cashbox & Record World. The late Buddy Miles doing Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina's 1972 remake of "Thinking Of You" was great. Billy Preston "All Spaced Out" is almost exactly the song "Space Race" from 1973.

New year's day Hawaii 1975, Billy, sly stone, BTO, Cosby nash, front row still have my pictures!

@drfreud65

8 ай бұрын

I'm jealous! My parents weren't even letting me go to concerts yet in 1975- because they went to several with my older brothers. They were just sure I'd be getting in trouble. Guess who didn't get in any trouble?!?!

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@drfreud65Aww, I’m so very sorry 😞 to hear this, definitely not fare for you. I was luckily born the youngest of 4 sibs in just 7 years and my youngest~older brother was the lil’ hellion of the bunch, he got caught haha. I was sneakier & by the time I came of age parents were too tired & gave me too much free reign. 1st concert was Three Dog Night at age 11 with my friend~no parents etc… I was a great kid though 😉

@drfreud65

8 ай бұрын

@KittyGrizGriz I gotta ask- did you take mental notes from watching that brother get in trouble? I sure did. 😉

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

@@drfreud65 Haha, Guess I inadvertently did but honestly think I was born with more brain neurons. He talked me into jumping off of the roof of our house when I was about 6 or 7, after him, because we had umbrellas and could supposedly fly like Mary Poppins 😆, think that’s when I learned not to follow in his footsteps 🤣. Thanks for sparking a crazy memory and glad we weren’t hurt, it’s a wonder any of us survived the growing up years!

@shancan6328

8 ай бұрын

Wow. That's amazing. Wish I'd been there too.

Bo Diddley and the band - the ancient art of cookin'

Midnight Special wasn't shown in Grand Rapids, MI then, so cool to catch these decades later.

This episode is STACKED

I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying these videos! Thank you! All these years I always thought the lyrics to Show Biz Kids by Steely Dan went "You go to Las Vegas". 50 years later I find out that it was actually"....Lost Wages"!

Wow! This episode was amazing. Love Billy and Buddy taking us to church. Beautiful. Steely Dan live - a treasure.

The best show to date ❤

Love Billy Preston, totally forgot he played that Hooter on Will It Go Round in Circles.

@jamesmack3314

7 ай бұрын

And I always thought it was Willy goes round…lol

Big Bad Buddy Miles!!! 🔥🔥🔥

@CoCotheTurtle

8 ай бұрын

He was cookin'!

@AllTheBestCO

8 ай бұрын

That woman playing the lead guitar was awesome! She really knew her licks!

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

🎶 She had me runnin’ she had my cryin’ 🎶👌

First time seeing Gladstone perform after being a fan for decades. Such a talented group and one that deserved more success. How I wish they would have had more than one song on the program. I see the channel is posting unaired performances, so I will hold out hope more will become available.

Gotta love the original "The Poseidon Adventure". High corn from the 70's!

Buddy kills it...................nobody even close.....and the guitarist wow..

every episode of the Midnight Special I watch I end up wanting to thank Burt Sugarman for bringing us these special events and then again for re-releasing them on KZread for perpetuity. Thank you, sir. These shows you put on were incredible both the choice of performers and the performances and now will be timeless classics. I wish we had some kind of show like this now (2024) on network TV, hasn't been anything close really since Sunday Night with David Sanborn. The internet is great for finding new performers, but it isn't the same.

@brianordelheide4661

5 ай бұрын

If you run into him at a Dodger's game tell him!!

These new releases are absolutely priceless and absolutely AMAZING!!! Thank you SO MUCH for these!!

BIlly Maravilhoso

This is the one episode I've been looking forward to most. Steely Dan

awesome episode

I had just turned 9 years old when this first aired. So happy i can see it now. 😊

@88Musk

7 ай бұрын

Me as well.

@gordonspond

5 ай бұрын

This was ON my 9th birthday

I looked forward to every week watching The Midnight Special I also watched Soul Train and American Band Stand and Pop Goes The Country but The Midnight Special the one that I would stay up past my bedtime to watch

Nice surprise of Tommy Smothers in the opening.

@KittyGrizGriz

8 ай бұрын

I swear he always seems higher than a 🪁 haha! Have you watched him introduce band Moby Grape @ ‘67 Monterrey Pop Festival? If you haven’t, check it out!

@crlaw75

8 ай бұрын

I did see the opening, yes.

Buddy MILES & Bo Diddley!!!

The pairing of Billy Preston and Buddy Miles doing "My Sweet Lord" will be something to see. Did you know that Billy recorded this song on the Apple label before George Harrison had the huge record with it? Also, George produced the record as well.

@MisterBeauJanGels

8 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to the 'fro posedown before the song begins.

@chriskroll4166

7 ай бұрын

I don't know about that. George Harrison recorded the song in April of 1970 . Billy Preston recorded the song in December of 1970 . Where are you getting this shit from 😮

Good stuff!!! ❤

What a promising show coming up, Billy Preston & Buddy Miles, plus Steely Dan and Bo Diddley, let's rock n' roll!

@StephanieJeanne

8 ай бұрын

And right in the middle, we're gonna jam to Theme from Poseidon Adventure🤘😄 Haha, it will be a great show, I'm sure.

@brotzmannsax

8 ай бұрын

@@Royale_with_Cheeze USA TV would never put the original Mothers on although European TV did a few times. Ironically, 1973 might have been the best band Zappa ever had with Overnight Sensation and all those incredible musicians.

@brotzmannsax

8 ай бұрын

@@StephanieJeanne I thought you were kidding, I had to look, all I remember is Shelly Winters rolling around the water, ha.

@StephanieJeanne

8 ай бұрын

@@brotzmannsax 🤣🤣

@brotzmannsax

8 ай бұрын

@@Royale_with_Cheeze Sure, everyone loved the Penguin, Joker and Riddler, but King Tut, Ma Parker and Mr. Freeze were some cool characters.

Awe darn I missed the show tonight. This was my 5th birthday and I remember this Friday night like it was yesterday! Thanks MS

@gordonspond

5 ай бұрын

Hey, it was my 9th birthday!!!!

Wolfman is Back !!!!

thanks for the memories !

The Dan and The Skunk perfect.

@rustar00

6 күн бұрын

I played "My Old School" with an excellent horn. It is so much fun to play. They kicked the crap out of it here. Skunk was smokin'.

Thank you! I was only 10 in 1973 and missed out on watching these. Making up for lost time!

Hope you guys upload all 9 seasons Keep em comin"

Awesome lineup!!

It looked like Doc Severinsen on Trumpet in the band.

Thank you, Midnight Special! Love what you do!

❤GO BACK JACK DO IT'S AGAIN🎉🎉😅DAN THE MAN🎉❤🎉😅

The Instrumental Song "Space Race" is later use to give viewers a Break on the TV Long Running Dance Show "American Bandstand"

Steely Dan stole that show, amazing performace I had never seen!

Amazing talent

Thanks!

@themidnightspecialtvshow

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much dougbran, Burt Sugarman

Go Skunk

@richardmcelheney6430

8 ай бұрын

He was tearing it up!

I bought the Bitches Brew Album when it came out, thinking it was Buddy Miles. I’d never heard Miles Davis. What an awesome mistake that was! I have been a Jazz fan ever since.

We need to bring back this style of music series, whether streaming or live, it could be amazing!