Robbie Hoddinott is the unsung hero of this band. His stinging leads and virtuoso licks are not to be missed in his glory days. He met a most tragic ignominious demise. I’m just glad I got to see a couple Kingfish shows before it dissolved.

@superorangeish

5 ай бұрын

So tasty, he should be a household name.

Torbert was so damn good!

Love Robbie's Tele tone and phrasing on Big Iron.

@superorangeish

5 ай бұрын

He's Killin it. Just like the l. p. !!!!

This is a rare gem…..Heard Big Iron on Deep Tracks Sirius and was blown away…..young band great set …Robbie Hoddinott greatest guitar I never heard before….good to have that chill down your spine one last time at 69….Kickin Kingfish

aaah ! Fun ! "Jump for joy" is a marvellous song and what a superb bass here on !!!

So great to have this recording! Big thanks to all who recorded, preserved, and posted this rarity. Wag wag wag wag wag wag wag wag wag wag wag!

Man Bobby sounds so good!!

I had forgotten just how good these guys were. Thanks for preserving some of the finest music of my past

@scottfabiszak8152

2 жыл бұрын

ALSO BOBBY AND THE MIDNITES WITH THE GREAT DRUMMER AND THE GUITAR WHO AT THE TIME I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAMES GUITFISH WAS ANOTHER BOB AND DRUMS WERE A BLACK GUY WHO DRUMMED IN TOTO I THINK SORRY JUST A BIT OF DRINKIN ON XMAS 2021 .... AND AT MY AGE I ALWAYS FORGET NAMES BUT I CAN HEAR IT IN MY HEAD ALSO LOVE THE NRPS ALSO

They were such a great band and Robbie Hoddinott was a real fine player

This makes my soul feel complete.

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

How long have you been a great fan of mine

RIP Robbie Hoddinott. Passed away last Monday the 6th of March, 2017, one day shy of his 63rd birthday. He was only 21 in this video!

@doncurtiss3527

7 жыл бұрын

that is terrible news. Saw Kingfish at Sounds of the City in Winterland for $2.50....They also played an ice skating rink in Modesto Cal, and opened a Day on the Green....loved this band.

@Rockstaralan

6 жыл бұрын

Such a loss. Apparently, he had fallen deep into drug and alcohol addiction at one point many years ago, and began experiencing an endless stream of health problems. I saw that he'd started a FB page about two years ago at the urging but never got around to friend requesting him. As someone who never knew or met him, but was always a fan of the work he did on the first KF album, I SO regret it now. Anyway, going by the status updates he managed to post up til his death last year, it would appear that he was more determined than ever to bounce back from all those health issues, and was itching to get out and play more.

@davidewing6149

5 жыл бұрын

He was a guitar savant at an early age. After KF, what the hell happened? Poof...

@superorangeish

5 ай бұрын

He should be known by every guitar lover on the planet!

Nice to come back to Kingfish and get that ahhhhhhhhhh....

Great band. Hoddenot was a fabulous guitar player. Glad I caught them live. It was an exciting show.

@AmericasChoice

5 жыл бұрын

You were lucky to see him live. It is really sad to think about what he could have done on that Telecaster over the years...

Kingfish just makes me want to sing and dance! What a fun band, two good singers, but Torbert has that velvet voice!

Fantastic! Loved Kingfish.

Just watched this on the big screen during COVID19. Outta sight, blew me away.

@TheRoafer

4 жыл бұрын

It was a "blew me away" night virtually every night you stepped into Winterland,...,because Bill Graham was a genius. Seriously a visionary promoting live music. Winterland has an iconic deep history, hence this concert. I was there. These were some very special times in San Francisco! BTW, it was really cool when Matthew Kelley would come out and blow some harp with the Dead.

@retiredguy7273

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRoafer I grew up in New England. In 1969-70 Bill Graham promoted some great summer time shows at Tanglewood in Western Mass. Full sets can be found on KZread, Santana, John Sebastian, It's a Beautiful Day, Early Chicago, more.

@TheMightyGreenEagle

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRoafer I did a favor for Bill in the early seventies, and he put me on the permanent Winterland guest list. I'm paying for it now with my hearing, but man, the music I saw. By the way, I saw the 23 of the first 25 gigs of Kingfish, and loved every single one.

Absolutely fantastic to find this. Amazing post

God bless Robbie Hoddinots soul and I hope he rests in peace ! I saw Kingfish with Bill Kreutzman on drums in the early 80's in a smal club and HOLYFUCK what a show !!!! The whole band was SERIOUSLY TIGHT !!!! And,Bily did THE MOST AMAZING JAZZZY DRUM SOLO !!!!!!! Thank GOD I have been a "mmewber" of THE "Grateful Dead faction" since I was a "pre-teeen" " (1974)

@namcat53

Жыл бұрын

I always thought Bill was a pretty good jazz drummer.

@bigbossman7991

Жыл бұрын

Your spelling is horrible though

@theloniouszappa

Жыл бұрын

Best era of the dead was the "one drummer era". Only reason I listen to anything later than that is because of Brent. Billy was all they needed

totally awesome show thanks for posting it ROCKS !!!

thank you so very much for posting this

Thanks for posting this! I loved the '76 debut album. Matthew Kelly's voice is very similar to Bobby's and I always thought that Bobby sang a lot of these songs.

The way Robbie plays the first song reminds me of tennessee jed + sugar magnolia. It's unfortunate that kingfish broke up due to their ties with the dead

Love Kingfish!! Down home rock! Thanks for posting.

THANKS! What a great band; I'm glad I saw them twice around this time.

We went to this. Elvin Bishop was the headliner. This best Kingfish of set as an opening band. They really play near perfect and very hip. Man I miss this stuff.

@BruceMcKinley

Жыл бұрын

Elvin Bishop rocks the house. I've seen The Elvin Bishop Group maybe six times. A friend of mine, blues piano legend Fred Kaplan, was playing with Elvin Bishop right out of High School in 1971. Fred went on to play with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and The Hollywood Fats Band, which included Larry Taylor, alias The Mole (John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Canned Heat, and Eric Clapton) on standup bass, and Richard Inness (considered by many to be the best drummer on the West Coast) on drums. Fred has recorded with damn near every blues great you can think of--including Albert Collins, Freddie King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Wells, Big Mama Thornton, James Cotton, Jimmy Witherspoon, T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Rod Piazza, Charlie Musselwhite, and Otis Rush, to name just a few!

Hypnotize is my favorite song been searching for it for at least 30 plus years heard it today on XM radio gratefull dead radio

@lionheartmerrill1069

6 ай бұрын

Same here. Saw them play it Live 3/16/76 at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA.

David Torbert was one of the best singers! Robbie is a great guitarist too!

@missujerry1

8 жыл бұрын

Indeed - truly one of my favorite bass players & vocalists - playing in two of my favorite bands...

@oswaldooswaldini7498

7 жыл бұрын

We could say that Dave Torbert was the keystone to the magnificense of NRPS's "Powerglide", isn't it?

@glitcherama

7 жыл бұрын

Dan McNamara Yes he was the backbone of the original NRPS, vocals, writing, and a very good bass player! I love him it is so sad that I believe he died of leukemia?

@albacorr5340

6 жыл бұрын

We all went to high school together!!!!!!

@ChoctawNawtic4

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah...he really made the band...he and Robbie. RIP!

This Band is alot of fun.the fact that they are talented only adds to it

Battle of New Orleans is my favorite Karaoke song to sing! I would love to sing this version! This is a gem of untold value!!!!

Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Transports me!

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been to any of my concert

Went to High School with Robbie back in the late 60's What a shame he is no longer with us. Really a great guitarist.

that bass player and drummer got grooves man. I was not even four years old when this went on..

Such an amazingly tight band. Robbie was just a killer guitar player. And Dave Torbert is so underrated. Listen to that bass lick at 30:01-30:02(towards the end of "Jump for Joy") to hear what an amazing and inventive player he is.

Great find!! Love this outfit. This is prime kingfish with video, count me in.

From Santa Cruz Ca. In 76 saw Les Dudek and then Kingfish on the same bill at Del Mar theater ( definitely less than 400 seater) KILLER SHOW!!!👍 After that I walked a block down and saw The Son’s of Champlin at the Catalyst Music scene in Santa Cruz was over the top in the 70’s. For anyone who remembers the summer of 77, could see The Ducks Neil Young’s band for like $3-5 bucks 3x a week at some local venues. Ah the good old days! Puff puff pass 😂

when the dead to a well deserved hiatus kingfish was an incredible connection to that 'bobby the kid' high energy country vide and along with that was torbert's splendid input from the new riders well this is the killer tunes are delivered....excellent musicians hitting the target.....

The first Kingfish album was great.

We used to see them at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach Ca. Small Bar never sold out. $

@Ched1952

4 жыл бұрын

Used to see them at the Golden Bear also! what a great venue. Saw Legion of Mary there several times

@howardstrauss1666

3 жыл бұрын

Also saw them and Legion of Mary at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. Great shows and a great venue.

There's nothing like well played Telecaster. I'm completely hooked more Telecaster.

@BruceMcKinley

Жыл бұрын

I agree!!!

Robbie you smoked those SF Boys bless you my brother!!!!!!

Jeez, I ain't heard this since back in the day!

Great band,, I got a CD, from the king Bisquet flower hour Of King Fish,, haven't listened in a decade, got to give it a shot

@bluecollar825

3 жыл бұрын

Got that one too!!!✌ I need to put it back in rotation.

@namcat53

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty good.

Happy Birthday, Robbie. I hope you're somewhere jamming with Torbert! RIP.

So glad I saw them twice in 1975 at the Santa Barbara County bowl. They opened for Jefferson Starship, and another time for Joe Walsh. Way, way to much fun!! Oh man!!

der absolute Wahnsinn echt wunderbar

Around 1972 I went to a jam session at a friends house planning on playing. It was outside near an orchard in San Jose. When I got there, there was a guy playing the guitar and I just stood there dumbfounded, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I didn't even get my guitar out. Around 1979 I went to my rehearsal studio and my drummer was jamming with some guys. I immediately recognized the guitar player as the same guy I had seen years before but he looked kind of bad even though he still had some fire. I ran into him again 10 years later at gig at a Moose Lodge in Sunnyvale I recognized him again but he was overweight and sounded wooden. I talked to him for a bit and he said he was now clean, he was very friendly and kind of humble. I was shocked at the change in him, he was so good when I heard him almost 20 years before. RIP Robbie.

@johngilmore6979

Жыл бұрын

Was this guy in the orchard Robbie H. ?

@larrygreensolo4630

Жыл бұрын

@@johngilmore6979 Yup

Magical. I keep coming back.

A joy to run into this! They canceled 4 or 5 times when slated to play St. Louis in the 70s.

The guitar in "Hypnotize" has very sweet jazzy "Tighten Up" flavor! nice!

I am extremely thankful that I got to live through this great era...just lettin’ my freak flag fly. You tube algorithms finally got one right.

@namcat53

Жыл бұрын

It was pretty cool, huh?

Big Iron rules

They were lots of fun live

Animal! Obrigado por compartilhar!

This is gold! Very rare. Thank you.

I was sporting my Levis Jean Jacket with the Kingfish Trident painted on the back circa 1977...wore it to the Capitol Theatre in Passaic every chance I got....good old days.

@AmericasChoice

5 жыл бұрын

RIP Robbie and Dave. Playing' their Telecaster and Travis Bean in heaven now.

@evanwolf6618

4 жыл бұрын

🥀 hello again

@evanwolf6618

4 жыл бұрын

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I've always enjoyed the "side" projects of Dead band members. But the truth is that these "side" musicians are anything but! They sound terrific.

Amazing show. Robbie shreds that shit. RIP!!

The Blues Brothers walked into a bar. They asked the bartender what king of music do you have here? Reply: We have both kinds, country and western. Shortly later Kingfish walked in and the rest is history......

@ThePhilmaywalt

4 жыл бұрын

@Gary Daniel Don't forget Bobby and the Midnight's and Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers

@greatganski8118

3 жыл бұрын

Leave it to deadheads to fuck up a joke!

@The93ssfd

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilmaywalt weir and the wolf brothers is boring music.

@staggerlee4979

2 жыл бұрын

@@The93ssfd Boring and WAAAAAY overpriced! 😒

3:20 - top shelf Tele stuff. Wow!

All I can say is FUCK YEAH!!!!

Awesome! Saw them at FUBAR at UCSB in 76, and many times in 75.

@scalemiester

8 жыл бұрын

+Russ D I live in Florida. In '80 I lived in Chicago, but I went out to visit a friend of mine in Santa Barbara. He took us to FUBARS on a Saturday night. What a rockin joint!! I wonder if it's still there. The name says it all!!

@rpdugoni

8 жыл бұрын

+scalemiester FUBAR is long gone. Nothing lasts! Especially in a college town....

@scalemiester

8 жыл бұрын

true dat. What pissed me off that nite was I had picked up this foxy little gal that I'd been dancin with all nite. She asked us to follow her back to her place. Mu buddy was driving. And since he had snagged a girl of his own, I was sitting in the middle of the back seat yelling at him to "Keep following the VW Beetle!!" But he was so busy playin giggly kissy-face as he drove, that he let MY girl get away!! The next morning he comes walking out with a blanket around him and his girl, smiling. I told him to go F*#k himself. Ha!!

De mis bandas favoritas en mis inicios del rock... Tengo un vinilo sin su carátula.. cuando era súper difícil conseguir música de estos locos...su sonido particular en guitarra, voz , armónica me engancharon para siempre...

I watched this, then looked at the date and realized I was there. Was visiting in SF for a week. Also remember Elvin Bishop with Mickey Thomas singing Fooled Around...”

love jump for joy !!!

Awesome stuff from Matthew Kelly and Co

I got turned on to Kingfish in high school late 70's. Played that first record over and over it was so good. First time I saw them was mid 80's in Marin I think. Maybe Oakland? Anyway drove down from Humboldt with my chica and a friend. They opened with a couple tunes without Bob, very mediocre, then Bob came literally running out onstage. He looked soooo coked up it was really bad. Two more tunes and it was so awful my chica and I decided to go back to the van and hang out wait for our friend and then head back north. Our friend had beat us on the early exit and was already at the van!!!! Anyone else see that show? Bobby had this really pink guitar, as a reminder. This video here is magic and what we were chasing, but not to be.

Caught them in '75 at Chicago Auditorium. An excellent and memorable show, everyone in rare form. Bob called the King Fish music 'prosaic' (had to look it up) & beg to disagree. I'd say brilliant jams by a bunch of back porch musical geniuses. *Plus the guy frisking at the door found my stash & let us both pass. Yowza (~);-}

@AmericasChoice

5 жыл бұрын

Really, a Strat?

And,"God" bless whoever saved and posted these nvideos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

34:29 one of the best songs I've ever listened to pure quality!

@BlueFoxAwesome

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Hypnotize is my favorite track off of their debut!

@miguel967311

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueFoxAwesome so is mine, both lead and rythm guitars sound perfectly fine in this one

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguel967311 How long have you been a great fan of mine?

@johnm3152

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobweir5833 no way...so glad I revisited my favorite side/solo project ever one more time. - as Always, Thanks and good fortune b.

@georgestrait9691

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnm3152 Do you mind me adding you to my special fans list where you get more update on my concerts, meet and greet with me and a shot conversation

This is such the real deal!!! Robbie was always up there shreddin n havin a grand ol' time... So sad that his life went in the direction it did.... Dave Torbert had -one of- *THE* best singing voice of all time... It was so subtle & natural... Lost way too soon!

Saw Kingfish at the Keystone Berkely. Their second-ever show. Ran into Bobby between sets and asked him if it was true they played the song Battle of New Orleans? They played it in the 2nd set, yes! Saw them a number of times after that

@TheMightyGreenEagle

2 жыл бұрын

I was at that show too. I loved Kingfish.

@namcat53

Жыл бұрын

If you ere old enough, you liked The Battle of New Orleans as a kid, so when the band played it, it got a huge response. It was a perfect thing.

I left youtube on autoplay and this came up randomly, I have no idea who these guys are but this is a smoking good performance

Mtn view-los altos Robbie could play blues and jazz with one hand dam him so gifted wow....

The song that starts at 23 minutes, listed here as “instrumental”, is actually titled “Juke”.

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been a to any of my concert?

@crawlinjohn

2 жыл бұрын

@Bob Weir (?) Uh, yeah….I liked Kingfish. It was fun.

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

@@crawlinjohn That's amazing how long have you been a great fan of mine

@crawlinjohn

2 жыл бұрын

@Bob weir You did not capitalize your own last name. You’ve got 10 subscribers. You’re English is a little rough. That’s not how I imagine Bob Weir participating online. I’m going to guess that you’re not the musician

A+

Heart love for Bobby❤️

Man what a Great year ⚡🤡⚡

Old school !

Robbie was so rippin.

@finarollerz

6 жыл бұрын

RIP Robbie.

Saw Kingfish open for Skynyrd at Cape Cod Colosseum in June 1977. Phenomenal opening set! Haddinot was en fuego! Would have liked to have seen them more but their appearances on the east coast were few and far between.

@frankietthatsme9372

3 жыл бұрын

they were in ny and jersey a lot ,i saw them many times

best ever

My favorite Bobby side project

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been to any of my concert?

@AnvilOfTheGods

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobweir5833 I have. I've seen Ratdog & Wolf Bros but never saw Kingfish

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing have you been added to any of my special fans club?

Saw them at the Golden Bear as well.

i'm so curious about this "Although it was Weir's Dead association that brought the big crowds, in the end it caused the band to fall apart." empty slate, so if anyone can share stories

I knew robbie as we both spent time in san quentin in the late 80s and 1990 when califirnia sent you to prison for weed. we had a band inside with equipment donated by carlos santana and I have a csssette of our band doing a gig on the lower yard in march of 1990 shortly befote we were both released. we connected on the outside in 1990 and 1991 and did some recording with Ira walker from billy sattelite band on bass. sad to hear robbie is gone as he was a incredible musician and a good friend. love ya robbie

14:46 This is what a guitar solo should to be

Robbie made that Telecaster sing! I have an album by a later line up. I think only Torbert and Matt Kelly remained from the original band, but it's quite good. Dave left the New Riders to start the original band. I got to see them quite a bit in the bay area during the original band's run. Talked to Bobby after a show. He was tearing down his gear. No roadie, he was doing it himself. I always respected him for that. I think I'm gonna work up "Jump for Joy" in a new band I'm playing in.

@paulhoneycutt6633

6 жыл бұрын

The later album was called "Trident."

@catdaddy3302

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Honeycutt you can’t go wrong with that.

@jonathanrubinstein6034

10 күн бұрын

Torbert founded the New Riders then left after they ended , the run with the grateful dead ...then torbert and Kelly founded Kingfish They had a Record Deal before Bobby Joined them Torbert Also play bas on Box of Rain on American Brauty ...Phil only does vocals .. Extremly Talent Writer ,singer and Bass player he had that xx Chemistry !!!! he played at mickey's ranch in 1970 as the family dog

Torbet playing a Travis Beam bass, I went to see this lineup several times I don't recall that.

Bobby!

Ads in the middle of songs? No I wont pay 11.99 a month to get rid of them! Ill just wait fir the next YT ptemium free trial. 😁✌ See ya then! 👋💨💨💨💨

@eletricnaneland352

2 жыл бұрын

😅😂 one time petulant always petulant 🤣🤣

@staggerlee4979

2 жыл бұрын

@@eletricnaneland352 I love it when you call me that! 💜😡😀😃😄😛😜😝😡💚

I've never heard another west coast guitarist play like what I would consider a marshall tucker or the outlaws style. So dynamic to have that style of tele playing with the rest of this band! Does anyone know where there is more video of Robbie playing like THIS?

@ceeweedsl

Жыл бұрын

yes, I hear that...good call. Marshall Tucker

Robbie you sing....

Hoddinott at 18:34

@written12

7 жыл бұрын

Brad Wright And that solo on Asia Minor is very fine.

Oh. Just saw Bob Weir come in.

best Bobby band other than the Dead of course

so good it should be illegal....jk....LOVE THIS, great memories...:)

@bobweir5833

2 жыл бұрын

How long have you been a great fan of mine

__________/these dudes had it goin’ 0n\____________

Robie can just play that tele man hes so good.He gets the best bends ever

@Martin-iv6lq

3 жыл бұрын

I saw them in Germany 1976 they opened up for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow! (Go figure I was in the front leaning elbows on the stage and was just blown away as a 15 yoa kid! 😁 I had never heard of them but went right out the next day to buy their first album.

@Martin-iv6lq

3 жыл бұрын

So thank you thank you thank you a million times over for whoever uploaded this concert! You made me very happy!

Anybody got the set list? Song before I Hear You Knockin..

Damm Robbie was ringing...