Masterpiece of a master piece.

@PeterSokol-bl5vz

24 күн бұрын

Last thing this is.

@jagfromtexas

22 күн бұрын

This was a great performance.

@PeterSokol-bl5vz

22 күн бұрын

@@jagfromtexas it’s so so…certainly not a masterpiece of a masterpiece….liked Foreigner better…much more my cup of tea….until Jones ruined that band by being greedy.

@jagfromtexas

21 күн бұрын

@@PeterSokol-bl5vz Foreigner was great! Saw them in 1978 , Tarrant County Convention Center, Ft Worth, Texas.

@felixvandijk5440

13 күн бұрын

@@PeterSokol-bl5vzhow was he being greedy?

First heard this on the Island Records sampler Bumpers way back in 1970 and it blew me away. Bought the album The Last Puff shortly after, a great band who should have been more successful.

@publicanimal

24 күн бұрын

Ah yes, the record with the best mix of Thunderbuck Ram by Mott the Hoople.

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

@@publicanimal mott the hoople, spooky tooth and humble pie: what more could you possibly ask for?

@yurikostyk745

24 күн бұрын

I had that album.

@NoWayOut55

24 күн бұрын

​@@donkeyshot8472Right???🤜🤛

@danielcombs3207

21 күн бұрын

Spooky Tooth was a favorite band of mine when they released Spooky Two. They had a bad misstep with their next album Ceremony but bounced back with The Last Puff. I followed them until their final breakup. I was fortunate enough to see them live when they toured to support the album You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw. They were fantastic, most of the band was still intact Mike Harrison,Gary Wright,Mike Kellie. Mick Jones was the guitarist I don’t remember who their bassist was. They opened for the J.Geils Band it was a very good night of music.

Absolutely beautiful.

Mick Jones- sensational lead guitar. Gary Wright plays a smoking Hammond organ. Mike Harrison- powerful lead vocals. Mike Kellie on drums and Chris Stewart on bass make a solid rhythm section. Great remake of a great song.

@antrygis1

21 күн бұрын

Thanks. I was wondering who the other guys were. I remember some Spooky Tooth albums. Wright had that great Dream weaver hit. Outside of that? Thanks.

Fantastic cover of this song! I loved the tempo change in the middle...Another great sounding band I discovered on The Midnight Special! 😎💜

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

spooky tooth`s albums "two" and "the last puff" (with "I am the walrus") are both must-have purchases.

@StephanieJeanne

24 күн бұрын

@donkeyshot8472 I'm definitely looking those up! Thanks!

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

@@StephanieJeanne always happy to help. vocalist mike harrison also had a superb solo album called "smokestack lightning" (1972) with an absolutely stunning, almost side-long rendition of the howling wolf track of the same name. also highly recommended.

@StephanieJeanne

24 күн бұрын

@@donkeyshot8472 Cool! He's excellent!

@KittyGrizGriz

24 күн бұрын

@@donkeyshot8472 I love psychedelic 60s San Franciscos band ‘QMS’ rendition of “Smokestack Lightening,” too. John Cipollina & Gary Duncan’s lead-weaving guitar duals are Da Bomb. Thank you for another great 😌 musical tip, you’re very knowledgeable! - 😉 We (I) like it!

I don't care who done it furst. But this guy got pipes. Drums 🥁, guitar 🎸 & organ !!

Luther Grosvenor(Ariel Bender) was the lead guitarist on the Last Puff album that gave the goosebump rush with his second solo. I still have the vinyl after all these decades!

@recordguy4321

23 күн бұрын

yep that was Luther's last LP with Spooky Tooth, he released a briliant solo LP on Island label and shortly after joined Mott the Hoople as "Areil Bemder".Mick Jones who replaced him in Spooky Tooth was nowhere near Luther's qualoty, but with toreigner his payday came in.

Spooky Tooth is the most criminally underrated band .

@kascade9145

24 күн бұрын

They dont rate because they are shite.

@NoWayOut55

24 күн бұрын

Wrong! But what do I know with 60 years of playing and recording? I think you're broken​ and unclear on the time.@kascade9145

@kascade9145

3 күн бұрын

@@NoWayOut55 . Their first two albums were shite . I bought them back in ealy 70s. Money wasted.

This is damn brilliant!

Mick Jones (founder of Foreigner) on guitar.

what an amazing surprise! One of my favorite bands, and this is such a great song they really put their stamp on. Mike Harrison, Gary Wright, rest in peace. ⚡️🌟⚡️

Fabulous upload.I love the series very much thank you

WOW!!!!! Thanks for posting this gem. Spooky Tooth were one of the first bands I ever saw live, opening for Procol Harum at the Pravillion in Flushing NY, summer of 1969.

THIS is how that song should have been sung in the FIRST PLACE!!!! Man,I thought I took a full hit of acid and traveled back IN TIME!!!!

Quite enjoyed this version! Thanks for posting. Love Spooky Tooth; "Spooky Two" is a true classic. And one of the best band names EVER.👍

Their 1973 album was called "You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw"...probably cant do that anymore

I saw Spooky Tooth in concert with Black Oak Arkansas in 1973, Laurel, MS at - dig this - a junior high gymnasium! My friend, JTM and I journeyed from Southern Miss to see them and the place was filled with teenagers! It was an amazing concert with both groups performing for the small audience no different than had it been in a huge venue. Those were the days of true rock music.

Gary Wright Dream Weaver 1976. I was 14. What a great time to be in America.

I always thought that SAHB would have loved to do this..imagine Alex singing Semolina Pilchard in a Glasgow drawl..

@brotzmannsax

24 күн бұрын

Especially with Zal Cleminson doing the guitar solo in his clown getup!

@NT-fo3me

23 күн бұрын

@tonycallen The crowd I ran with was all into SAHB bitd. I'm sure the acid helped A LOT, but whatever. Everybody else thought it was weird and that we were crazy and they were right. But that's OK. And yes, them covering this would have been a fucking trip.

Brilliant cover of an already brilliant song.

Mick Jones pre Foreigner 👍🏼🍻

@davidstepro7486

24 күн бұрын

thanks for giving context to this vid!

@slinkysurfer

23 күн бұрын

@@2AChef-n-BBQ Mick didn’t play on the actual recording of the song, he joined the band a couple of years later after the album was released, along with Gary Wright.

@2AChef-n-BBQ

23 күн бұрын

@@slinkysurfer true, the album came out in 70 but he is playing guitar in this video which is all I commented on

@blutomindpretzel1735

22 күн бұрын

@@2AChef-n-BBQ Holy crap that is Mick isn't it?!

@2AChef-n-BBQ

22 күн бұрын

@@blutomindpretzel1735 its Mick back in 74

This is wild! It sounds like Joe Cocker’s version of “With A Little Help From My Friends”: a goofy Beatles song turned into hard blues rock!

RIP Gary Wright, Mike Harrison and Mike Kellie.

@jagfromtexas

20 күн бұрын

I believe, Chris Stewart also passed away.

@Sargebri

20 күн бұрын

@@jagfromtexas from what I read he did. Also original bassist Greg Ridley passed several years ago.

Mike Harrison.........awesome

Wow !

I LOVED Spooky Tooth

Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊😊🎶🎶

I have never heard this before. Love how they play it heavy and bluesy rather than psychedilic.

Mick Jones is top notch!

@NoWayOut55

24 күн бұрын

Foreigner did alright!😂

@KittyGrizGriz

22 күн бұрын

And SO handsome, here! 😅❤🎉

Love Spooky Tooth and this song, homage to the Beatles is Kool. Too bad the lighting is so dark here, I can barely make out the musicians. Who’s on bass - don’t believe it’s Greg Ridley as he’s one of my favorite bassists, lead singer & drums? I recognize Gary Wright on keys and Mick Jones on lead guitar.

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

spooky tooth`s "last puff"-era bassist was alan spenner, who also played with the likes of david coverdale, joe cocker, kokomo etc. the drummer is of course (and as always) the inimitable, magnificent mike kellie. the lead singer is mike harrison, life-long member of spooky tooth. the band was famed for the twin vocalists harrison (low register) and wright (high register) sharing vocals in one and the same song (e.g. in the incredible "evil woman"): a one-off in rock music at the time.

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

I stand corrected on the bassist: while alan spenner recorded the studio version of "I am the walrus" on "the last puff" (july 1970), by march 1974 the bass player was of course chris stewart; also of the frankie miller band and ronnie lane`s band, slim chance.

@KittyGrizGriz

24 күн бұрын

@@donkeyshot8472 Thank you for your informative answers I appreciate it! I’m gonna have to check out “Last Puff.” My youngest-older-brother turned me on to ST when he gave me his VW Bug along with 8track tapes when he left for Germany-army. Can’t remember what album title it was but their band name was intriguing and I liked their music. I was a very happy 16yr old girl in ‘76 - had wheels and music! Loved having older-sweet brothers. Oh yea, Ronnie Lane of the Small Faces & Faces, great guitarist-bassist-singer in his own right I’ll have to check out his album also. 😀

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

@@KittyGrizGriz yeah, I remember, too: those were indeed the days! no older brother here, so I had to navigate my way on my own: got into pop music at age ten after hearing about the death of one jimi hendrix (over a PA system at a shopping center) and how that somehow seemed to be a momentous occurrence. spooky tooth were one-of-a-kind in that in the pre-metal era (apart from sabbath), they were just about the heaviest, most doom-laden band around...enough to merit careful inspection and a resultant lifetime "spookies" addiction.

@KittyGrizGriz

24 күн бұрын

@@donkeyshot8472 Ha! Love the way you put that into “words”. Eloquently. Being the youngest of 4 kids (in 7 years) had its advantages, parents were tired & let me ‘spread my wings’ a lot more than older sibs, yea! My sis and I still lovingly argue about it. Saw Van Halen open for Ozzy/Sabbath on their 1st US tour ‘78/79. My friend, Angie, & I left our guy friends there (we drove separately) after BS played a couple songs. They were way too “heavy” for our li’l ears! 🤭 Wish I’d appreciated them back then, as I love their music now. We had nose bleed seats so don’t even remember getting a “look” at the band - believe me, I’d have remembered seeing DLR & EVH for the 1st time! That’s why I enjoy smaller intimate settings for shows, happily, here in Tulsa, OK we’ve got a plethora to choose from. The “Tulsa Sound” is a mecca for live music.

Fantastic. Super after all these years.

Favorite album---- The Mirror.

This is fantastic

VERY COOL!! I like this remake better than STYX.

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

spooky tooth`s remake of "I am the walrus" arguably surpasses the original in much the same way as joe cocker`s woodstock version of "with a little help from my friends" pulverises the original take on sgt. pepper..

@recordguy4321

24 күн бұрын

anything is better than STYX

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

@@recordguy4321 lol. at least styx define "second-tier rock band", though.

Excellent cover of this tune...and that's very rare!

REALLY MISS the SHOW..... ALWAYS had GREAT TALENT with NO BS filler or lip syncing.... what you Saw was the musicians playing their music ‼️👍

If you were forming a band in the seventies and needed a guitarist, a great option was to steal one from Spooky Tooth, just ask Ian Hunter, who stole Ariel Bender from them or Paul McCartney who grabbed Henry McCullough and then there's Mick Jones (featured here) who went on to form Foreigner.

Tooth on Midnight Special no crap!

☮

Not there best moment, but the two albums with Mick in 1974 smoke!

Line up:March 8, 1974 Mike Harrison:vo RIP Gary Wright:key/vo RIP (Wonderwheel, solo) Mike Kellie:dr RIP (Three Man Army, Parrish&Gurvitz, Peter Frampton’s Camel, The Only Ones) Mick Jones:g (Wonderwheel, Foreigner) Chris Stewart:b (Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance)

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

chris stewart (1946-2020) RIP

The great Mick Jones rockin' lead guitar. The great Gary Wright on Keys. Awesome.

Gary Wright on keys

My Favorite Spooky Tooth Album I Got Free From The Columbia House Record Club You Broke My Heart ♥️ So I Busted Your Jaw

Gary Wright on keyboards.

Better than the original for so much.

Mick Jones.

My Favorite Spooky Tooth album I Got Free From The Columbia House Record Club You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw

I always dug their version on "The Last Puff" and although these are a different bassist and guitarist than on the original recording as mentioned below, they perform a great live version. RIP Mike Harrison.

This is about as good a cover as it gets. It even rivals Vanilla Fudge’s you keep me hangin’ on

I've never liked this song, and always thought you really *needed* to be baked off your gourd to enjoy it. :D

@samwisethebrave288

21 күн бұрын

Your mom liked it.😁

anybody recognize the guitar player? Mick Jones, the future boss of the band Foreigner.

this is "witness"-era spooky tooth, with mike harrison (vocals), gary wright (keyboards), mick jones (guitar), chris stewart (bass) and mike kellie (drums) doing an almost note-for-note faithful rendition of their own "I am the walrus" remake off the earlier "the last puff" album (1970). arguably one of the best beatles covers ever made, capturing lennon`s cynicism about the british "way of life" and its underlying mendacity and despair in exemplary fashion.

Mick Jones!

Right out of er

One can already hear the classic guitar tones to come from Mick Jones in Foreigner.....

There is a god!

Awesome but unfortunately camera operators always try to create art by constantly zooming in on a face or fingers, future camera operators let us see the band more, stop zooming in so much, At least this much was saved

Damn! ❤

Gary Wright 🎹 Ansley Dunbar or Mike Kellie 🥁 Mick Jones 🎸 Quite a Group, Just Couldn't chart a Hit Song?

@montag4516

22 күн бұрын

It's Mike Kellie on drums.

One of the best cover with quality Players, who knew the atmosphere of the time. A great rendition!

Másters

Not sure if this is a cover, If they a doing a cover. But this is the fucking Walrus!

Different. Better than the Beatles one?

@Lance37a

24 күн бұрын

Different

@curtisphilumalee1447

24 күн бұрын

I’m going to say better version

@StephanieJeanne

24 күн бұрын

It's damn good, I'll tell you that!!🤯

@johnnymarinarasauce

24 күн бұрын

Not better. Big Spooky Tooth fan but let’s get serious people.

@donkeyshot8472

24 күн бұрын

in a word: both.

Wow

So-so.

I’ve heard this live in 68 at the Fillmore west and was great …. This particular version is horrible

Soooo much better than the original. Harrison’s vocals out of this world…

This is one of those songs ya don't cover...sorry but it's true.

Love all the musicianship but this guy's vocals bug the f@*k out of me.

@duradim1

24 күн бұрын

He was struggling, and the sound man had him amped up a bit much.

@efarnswor

24 күн бұрын

One of the best blues rock vocalists out of the UK!!

Dreadful

Absolutely horrible! Compare that to the Beatles! What drugs was this dude on!

Sorry, that was terrible.

HOLY FRIGGING CRAP!! THAT'S TERRIBLE!!

This is awefull.