Come on now. Who of us still Tunining Into Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. Now in 2024.

@kenvelickoff4275

Ай бұрын

Mitch is the Bomb, DETROIT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TWayneD1020

Ай бұрын

Oh Yeah!!

@adrianmonk4440

15 күн бұрын

Motor City Madhouse, Rock On FOREVER !!!

@philbrown1474

13 күн бұрын

Yessir

@dennisvalentino9244

4 күн бұрын

Two chicks my buddy and I picked up in Lake Geneva stopped at the Chevy Chase country club to see those guys on the way back to Chicago but they door guy said our dates were too f’ up😂❤️

Put this band in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame for Christ sake!

@mikefleming676

22 күн бұрын

What a redneck reply ....

I don't care how old this song is, this guy and his boys were BAD ASS.....Just plain BAD ASS....

Lead guitarist Jimmy McCarty just celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday (6/1/2020)...still looks great today! Happy Birthday, Jim!

@jamesweldon9726

2 жыл бұрын

I’m really digging listening to him and Johnny “Bee” Badanjek. (Drummer) I am a fan of their band, the Rockets. I’ve been on a Detroit jag today.

@rteleman1

2 жыл бұрын

Great player.

@mikelair9144

2 жыл бұрын

Love you Jimmy! Thanks for the licks!

@ReneeKnightYogaRani

2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday dear Jimmy!

@charlesbrown8555

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesweldon9726 I didn't know Jimmy and Johnny played with Mitch... but I did see them when they had the band The Rockets... Royal Oak Music Hall circa 1982ish..... fun times!

saw Mitch in 70 in Sarasota Fl. I was a live recording enthusiast and wishing I had brought my 2 track equipment to record the show. I hooked up with the sound engineer touring with Mitch and I got him to allow me to record the show through the soundboard. Needless to say I was blown away. I set up back stage and at the end of the show with the audience stomping for more Mitch approached me backstage and asked me what I was doing. Told him 'recording your show, and with that he asked to put on my head phones so he could listen. BIG smile on his face saying it was fantastic and had the audience wait for a few minutes while he listened. Will never forget that evening! Thank you Mitch!

@rh6761

5 ай бұрын

What did you do with the recording?

@adrianmonk4440

15 күн бұрын

Mitch was a real Gentleman and Great Musical Talent. Bro, send me the postcard, wish I'd been there.

Mitch real name is Billy Levi and he was a regular person from the warrendale neighborhood in Detroit where I grew up. That's what made him who he was. His upbringing.

nice..probably the best band ever.. the Wheels... they helped Mitch develop this style and sound...this band was the hardest hardest band to come down the pipe in the mid-sixties.. I saw a show in 1967 and Mitch blew a way the Who and Cream who opened for him. Also the Rascals, Wilson Picket, Blues Project, Chicago Loop and Ronnie Specter on the same bill. It was one continous show from morning till night.. General admission $3.50....

Being from the Detroit area, we were so proud of them back then!

@mikeloghry9521

Ай бұрын

Being in Oklahoma. We Still Are Today in 2024.

One of the greatest voices in rock and roll. Great band & energy that just explodes off the record or live.

@lightningfisher8177

2 жыл бұрын

ditto!!!!!!!!!

@uveepoppy

2 жыл бұрын

I was 14. Whew, they were hot, I mean smokin'

@user-fu2lh7up2i

2 жыл бұрын

@@uveepoppy Yes they were and what a great singer Mitch was & still is. Those were the days my friend ... we thought they'd never end

This is one of those songs that never gets old. In fact, if C.C. Rider came out today, it would top the charts.

@WilliamsElaine

8 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@juliestrauss5988

8 жыл бұрын

Jenny Jenny Jenny!!!

@dc10fomin65

5 жыл бұрын

No, the Democrat controlled media would not distribute it, the band is toooo white, not enough diversity!

@adrianluca4984

5 жыл бұрын

This isn’t CC Rider. This is Jenny take a ride.

@thenevadadesertrat2713

4 жыл бұрын

@@dc10fomin65 Leave it alone already. Leave politics out of it, please.

THIS was REAL rock and roll! nothing like it these days. detroit wheels. top that. dare you.

@patrickkelley6212

8 ай бұрын

No way to top this!!!😀😀😀

@Kevin-jt6zy

4 ай бұрын

There's plenty that tops this...Where the Hell have you been hiding? Smh.

@peboblank2786

4 ай бұрын

This is fabulous I also love everything that came out of Detroit at that time stooges MC5 Nugent Bob seger

@johnjarou2357

4 ай бұрын

​@@peboblank2786The Woolies and the Rationals were great Michigan bands of that era, also.

@davidneidel436

3 ай бұрын

I would pick the Doors with Light My Fire. They even made Ed Sullivan angry at them.

Saw them at the Ann Arbor Armory back in 67. It was my first concert and they SLAYED IT !!!! I had blisters on my feet from dancin' my ass off. I was 14 and will never forget that Mitch was so nice and talked me during the bands break. Jim McCarty even let me play his guitar. Mind was blown then and even now.

@Lehmann108

2 жыл бұрын

That is some epic shit!

@hmackie6823

2 жыл бұрын

I was in Ann Arbor twice this week.I deliver stuff.

@solerso68

Жыл бұрын

sounds like a great memory

@johntrojan9653

Жыл бұрын

@@hmackie6823 Do you mean stuff or "'STUFF'" ? 🤔

@zills2

Жыл бұрын

ooo yeah! saw them in Roseville MI !!

From a 62 yoa black man this is the best example of "blue eyed soul" that I have ever heard!!! Ryder's singing is superb. This is "the shit" right here!

@kendee2749

9 жыл бұрын

It IS the shit, ain't it? That's cuz it has nothing to do with skin color...what it is is the sound of The Motor City in the 60's. That's exactly what that is right there....comin' thru loud, clear and with a whole lotta soul.....

@VrgniaMailman

7 жыл бұрын

Charles, I was from Greater Boston. And for YEARS!!! maybe even more than a decade -- I thought that Mitch WAS black!!! Fabulous voice. Sounds like a baritone with a brassy tinge to it.

@popoahi99

7 жыл бұрын

wasnt rider latino?

@davidrmoran

7 жыл бұрын

You ever see Geils live? (Not sayin' better.)

@mikehuff9148

6 жыл бұрын

Charles Watts how about the righteous brothers hey I am brother who even listen to country music has no colir

I wrote Sock it to me baby with the late Bob Crewe. I worked with the band several months prior to Crewe bringing them into the studio. He knew what he had in Mitch and his brilliant band. this track was by far my favorite. I loves have a smash and selling millions of records but this was the best record Mitch ever made. L.Russell Brown

@janetstearns5968

6 жыл бұрын

Lawrence Brown 0

@harryknackers7892

5 жыл бұрын

Sock It To Me Baby was no slouch either, sir.

@tjthedj4816

5 жыл бұрын

Nice to meet you, man

@jerrybarbier4612

5 жыл бұрын

brother thank you for being born!!! wish we had more like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@JdoubleU1222

5 жыл бұрын

@jason royale Yes, Jim McCarty of Cactus fame (later in the seventies). It's a shame they were never as popular as the Detroit Wheels. Well, they were with me anyway. One of my favorite guitar players.

America’s Eric Burden, Mitch Ryder; great voice!

@rodmcdonough6111

3 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that, but you nailed it!

@chrisanthony7552

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right.

@dc10fomin65

3 жыл бұрын

Burden is American as Russian borscht, he is English, Mitch is the original but even he is not from Detroit, but from somewhere in Michigan, take care Bud, greetings from Chicago, but this s probably the greatest " screaming rock " ever recorded, have a great Memorial Day! See See and C C ryder, check it out!

@chrisanthony7552

3 жыл бұрын

@@dc10fomin65 We know Burden is English. richwiz2's point was that Mitch is the American version of of Burden the Englishmen.

@larryleitch3803

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is a answer to many young gal's dreams.

no one compared to Mitch back then was the epitome of a live singer

@hmackie6823

Жыл бұрын

the Blacks in Detroit called him Blue eyed soul

@hmackie6823

Жыл бұрын

it was a compliment

@mikeloghry9521

Ай бұрын

YEP ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.

This is the best version of this song. Amazing drummer and bass.

@ricksoto1025

Жыл бұрын

Spot on 5981! The rhythm section was solid!

@johnlennon8653

11 ай бұрын

My youngest uncle who's about 14 years older than me gave me the original album in the early 70s. I still have it and play it regularly. He got me into Zep and others when my dad only played country . Love that ol' Hank and Lefty Frizzel ,Pastry Cline though.

@jutkalegendi3193

8 ай бұрын

for me The Animals's version is the best ever

@markfreemantle7608

5 ай бұрын

The invisible organist is fantactic! ;-)

Mitch Ryder had some great songs that were great to turn up in your muscle car if you were lucky enough to have one of those beast like a 69 roadrunner etc.

@dennisvalentino9244

4 күн бұрын

Or a 68 396 SS 375 HP… you’d know it probably by the taillights you would see when I blew the doors off everything on the street ❤️😂👌

Man does this thing cook.....all the way across!!!! Damn. That drummer is trucking down the road. Good stuff.

@ramblerdave1339

3 ай бұрын

I believe that was John Badanjek, who played with Jim McCarty on guitar, in their band the Rockets, in the seventies. Used to dance with their ladies, while they performed at the 24 Karat Club. They rocked, too!

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Mitch and The Wheels live back in the 60's. Jim McCarty was one the hottest guitar players in The Detroit Wheels that Mitch ever had. One of the most exciting groups to see in person ever!

The introduction has such a driving rhythm. It moves.

Geez at 15 years old, this is the best music I ever heard..... Was lucky that the parents bought a console. When they were not at home I cranked the volume. Devil with a blue dress sent me into a trance. I used one 9v battery a day... Stones etc under my pillow. Life was good !

If this song doesn't make you feel good nothing will. I wonder what would happen if they brought it back today

Saw Mitch in a little dance hall in Louisiana about 30 years ago and believe it when I say he was still the man. He did the most _amazing_ slow bluesy Soul Kitchen. I’ll never forget it. His voice was more growly than it is here...sounded even more perfect for the material.

I saw these guys do this song live when I was about ten. It was a huge open air stage in Maryland next to the ocean and wasn't even a real concert, they had just been hired to provide some music as people walked around but I've never forgotten how excited I was when I heard this, I couldn't believe what I was hearing and seeing. They were the end of the world.

Once again the bass is driving this song. Just an incredible job laying down the essence, the heart and soul of the song. YET, the camera gives him not one second of face time.

@paulturnet4572

5 жыл бұрын

Bass....RELENTLESS here !!!!

@richardjohnson4682

3 жыл бұрын

Earl Elliot was on bass

@jefferzone61

Жыл бұрын

And the B3 (or some facsimile) is always a good idea!!

@user-uv7mz8sn6q

5 ай бұрын

You are so correct about ignoring the bass player as was so common back in the day, the camera work was horrible. Sometimes it was due to stationary equipment and the positioning of the musicians, but most times the camera was focused on the lead singer, or wrong musician because the cameraman was either a knot-head or caught up in the energy of the performance.

Kids went crazy when this song came on in the sixties. Fun...

@trismegistus7758

4 жыл бұрын

Mitch and the Wheels...burning down the house!

@jameslawless9819

4 жыл бұрын

Rock and Roll as it should be. Never like that the guitars are not plugged in. If they wanted us to believe they were actually playing they should of had a cord plugged in.

@josephfeldman562

4 жыл бұрын

The comment that kids went crazy when the song came on in the 60s is 100% correct. I was around 17 years old at the time, and my brother was 15. We had a close friend and his name was Mark. He was about 15 or 16 years old. When the three of us were together in my car going someplace, and if this song came on the radio, Mark would reach over and turn the volume up maximum. And that was only the beginning. His body would be moving back and forth so much that he would make the car rock back and forth. He would sing along with the lyrics. But really what he really liked doing, was to scream at the appropriate moments in a very soul or funk fashion - and man, was it loud. We tended to have all of the windows rolled down and people would stare at us from all directions. One of the things that I also vividly remember, was my fear of being pulled over by the police. This was extremely prevalent in my mind. It seemed like such chaos going on inside my car with this song blasting and Mark screaming like a lunatic, it was inevitable that sooner or later we would be stopped by the police and asked to get out of the car. Fortunately, that never happened. And we never turn down the volume when this song came on - we loved to hear Mark go completely crazy, and in reality, he simply could not control himself. Honestly, even though I enjoyed this tremendously, I was always frightened that I would see the blinking red lights in my rear-view mirror. And had the police ever been within hearing distance, I know they would've yanked this right out of the car. So, when Jack says that kids went crazy when the song came on, it is the absolute complete and total truth. There must've been hundreds of thousands of listeners around the world that responded the way in which Mark had - he simply became possessed by Mitch Ryder. It was truly magical.

@1computernew

4 жыл бұрын

I was one of those kids.

I was 12 years old when I used to pretend I was a gogo dancer dancing to this song. My favorite band, even more than The Beatles! Their music is still great music - who knew I had such good taste as a little kid?

@johntrojan9653

Жыл бұрын

ME ! - ✋

I was raised in the Pentecostal church. This was the kind of music we had. Happy and joyful. Lots of hand-clapping and dancing in the aisles. Substitute a Hammond C3 and a Steinway for the lead and rhythm guitars and you're there.

This is the song that my friends and I jumped around to back then! Mitch Ryder always gave the most electrifying live performance!

What a smokin band they were...Jim's solo is nuts, Johnny B is a freakin machine on the kit and, Mitch had a busload of soul and, an amazing and powerful voice...Sweet Baby Jesus

Mitch Ryder rules. I saw an interview with him and he wrote a book recently and he is so intelligent and knowledgeable it was a pleasure to listen to him and he still performs. They were a very exciting band, and Mitch's voice is so unique. Could listen to him sing just about anything.

Great 60’s music

This song came out when I was 8...even at that point I was watching all the after school music and dance shows...and 50 years later, just a month ago the Trifecta of Rock...Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, and Mitch Ryder came through town. It was a great show...the next day, I left early for work and happened to drive past a hotel--where they were staying apparently...and there was Mitch himself sitting on a bench waiting for his airport ride. I jumped out of my vehicle and sat with him for about 20 minutes. The conversation was real and genuine. I think we covered most major social and cultural issues locally and nationally! It's a treat to have that kind of discussion with anyone, and to have it be with an icon of early rhythm and blues rock and roll...well, I would enjoy it again! Rock on!

@curtandoscar

11 ай бұрын

Incredible. What an awesome story.

I was lead guitarist in Collectors a soul band in central Kansas and we played gig in Hays Kansas in 1967 at the Dark Horse club. We were loading our stuff and Mitch Ryder was bringing there stuff in at same time. That was a Kodak moment but no Kodak. He was my favorite then and still is. My son and I went to hear him at Cotillion in Wichita about 10 years ago. I got a pick from Jim. Loved it.

One of the all time great bands. Saw them at Winterland and they blew the place down.

Wish there was a similar clip on KZread of Devil With The Blue Dress On. It was a massive hit in the States but sadly did nothing in the UK. I think it's an amazing track.

@larrysuekov5830

4 жыл бұрын

THERE IS. LOOK HARDER.

@SuperBodd

4 жыл бұрын

@@larrysuekov5830 It can be heard but the clip shows them performing Jenny Take A Ride.

@larrysuekov5830

4 жыл бұрын

Dave: I've looked at the Jennny Take a Ride clip. There are several versions done by Mitch Ryder. I've also listened to Devi With The Blue Dress On and it was Devil With A Blue Dress ON. It's there. I promise. I hope you can find it. Try searching for the song itself, or Mitch Ryder. Good luck my friend.

@SuperBodd

4 жыл бұрын

@@larrysuekov5830 There are 2 clips where it's listed as Devil etc but they're miming to Jenny. You can tell by the drumming for starters. Those brilliant fill-ins aren't there and i can tell by his snare drum work that it isn't Devil. I'm an ex-druimmer. Also you can tell that Mitch isn't singing Devil. Watch his lips. Over to you.

One of the rock-i-nest tunes ever! Can't over energize it!

This song gives me the chills! That gospel intro piano, drums and bass with lead guitar let's go to church!

These men were an integral part of our Wilson Jr. High Youth Club. It was like a completely goofy unorganized uncoordinated 7-8-9 grade friday night gym dance. It was and will always be a highlight in my life. Thanks for memories Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

If you truly love rock n' roll you recognize it the instant it hits your ears. This is the real thing.

I saw Mitch Ryder at the Illinois State Fair as part of an oldie show. He looked like George Wallace with a ponytail. It was a great show!

First off, as a "transplanted" Detroiter, I LOVE Detroit. I'm originally from Toledo, but "the D" is my adopted hometown, and I love it. Great blue collar work ethic, great, proud attitude, very gritty, diverse ethnic pockets, restaurants, etc, great sports teams & fans, . It's a very maligned American city, which is a pity / crime. I used to see ALL the Detroit bands either "live", or on Detroit TV ( Robin Seymour's "Swingin' Time"). Mitch Ryder always had great musicians around him. Jimmy McCarty ( talented enough to play on the Jimi Hendrix "posthumous" album, made up of charts Hendrix never got to finish: "Nine to The Universe" ), and Johnny B, an absolutely smokin' drummer. Mitch's band, Detroit: , which had a hit with Lou Reed's "Rock & Roll". All these musicians, in addition to Mitch Ryder who was a great singer in the "white soul voice" mold, always reinforce my sense of "Detroit pride" when it comes to contemporary music. I've listened to this track hundreds if not thousands of times, but it still makes me move,and makes me stir with Detroit pride. Absolutely timeless, and powerful!!!!!!

Played on the Wolfman Jack show from Rock Radio XERB from Tijuana, Mexico. 50.000 border blastin watts, heard all over Canada and the U.S.A. Thank god for the state of MICHIGAN, gave us Mitch and Bob Seger, plus all those great cars of the 30's 40's 50' 60' and early 70"s great accomplishment that!!!!!!!

I can still remember hearing it for the very time in the 60’s. It was shocking, because it was so different than listening to a Beatles song. Jim McCarty the guitar player was already a legend in the 60’s. He would go on to form the rock group Cactus. They are widely considered to be one of the pioneers of Heavy Metal loud music.

Excellent bass line. The guy deserved a lot of credit for their success.

Such great memories. Remember going to the Village in downtown Detroit in the early 60's. Mitch was Billy Lee then, singing soul and R&B. He later formed Billy Lee & the Rivieras, which became Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

Roller Skated regularly to Mitch Ryder & the D Wheels & this song was a favourite!

Saw him when it was the Mitch Ryder Show with his full brass section touring with him! Whoa!~ Still gives me chills just thinking how good the music was!

@larrybuxton4614

10 жыл бұрын

One of my best memories is seeing him in Va Beach, VA in the mid-60's with that horn section. I was a teenager, never seen a show with so much R & B power, swaggering horns, high energy.... Blew. Me. Away. Still think of that show almost 50-years later!

God Bless Detroit! It so sad that a city that has over and over again given it's heart and soul to everybody is now outcast. To have so many turn their back on this city. Shame! Detroit will survive in spite of you all.

@durango8882

3 жыл бұрын

Born and raised there but after 3 cars stolen, robbed twice I sad Fuk it and moved away.

@TJrider.

2 жыл бұрын

The results of how you vote

@timneff1928

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been to Detroit lately, and not just listened to the naysayers? It IS a thriving city, and it loves ALL its many musical influences, from Motown, to blues, gospel, jazz, blue eyed soul, even techno....it has problems, but don't all cities?

I was 9 yrs old , and now that I'm 66 yrs young still remember hearing this on Philly's Famous 56 WFIL

Man I love this song, it moves everything in your body !!

the all out Rock explosion. Mitch gave it all. he's legendary and true Detroit Motown phenom

@mike67006700

7 жыл бұрын

The whole Michigan crew from the 50's 60s and 70s, were all legendary. Bob Seger, Iggy Pop and the stooges, frijid pink, MC five, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, and many others including, Bill Haley and his comets. I put Bill up there because many people don't know he was born in highland Park Michigan. But the explosion of rock'n roll in the 60s and 70s, al better part of that explosion was coming out of Michigan. And many people didn't realize it back then just as today not many know of the rock history out of Michigan. PS it's a damn shame. These Michigan musicians were not just rock'n rollers,, they were creating new genres of rock'n roll.

@rowlffffff

7 жыл бұрын

I'm about to turn 66 and I was there for all of it!

@juliestrauss5988

7 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday 🎂🍸

@mike67006700

7 жыл бұрын

So was I, I just can't remember most of it.rowlffffff

@johnjarou2357

6 жыл бұрын

Ami Young you bet!!! this is DETROIT rock and roll! nothing like it in the whole wide world!

If this song doesn't make you move than you're dead!

@tomlumsden3636

9 жыл бұрын

dam right

@dicklong8275

9 жыл бұрын

***** Grew up watching him as well as Seger and many others in Detroit watching Swingin Time and club 1270

@arrowjsmith153

7 жыл бұрын

If this song doesn't make you move THEN you're dead!

@jerrybarbier4612

5 жыл бұрын

stevie just bring the shovel and cover the MF up!!! life is made to live get up and boogie!!!!!!

@richardfurlott4243

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right squared. I met Mitch 30 years ago with Dick Biondi what a great show !!!!!

Saw them in 1966 in a suburb outside Chicago playing in a like a parking lot. Was the greatest music I'd ever heard!

My parents and their friends a,ways played his songs!,, I still love all his songs and fond memories

As an innocent teenager at the time I liked this, but I have to say that since then I have discovered 50s & 60s R&B which has so many numbers of equal greatness..Credits to these guys for picking up on it.

Oh... uh oh... here it comes... I'm gonna dance.... holy crap, I'm dancing like a spinning top. Oh how I do miss good ole music like this!

U said it!! Always liked Mitch Ryder! I’s in Detroit at the time! Motown!

This song reminds me of college, I was the Devil with the Blue dress On. This is a great song ,has a great beat . I love dancing to this song.

Saw him play with "his" band 20 years later in a small no-name Chicago bar and he put on a brilliant show.

mitch ryder doing a little james brown dancing action Love loved LOVED this group you will never see these types of awesome groups again we were very very lucky to have lived to enjoy

@MrMike-fm8bp

6 жыл бұрын

Killer

@johnjarou2357

6 жыл бұрын

you bet jojo that's damn right!

@hmackie6823

6 жыл бұрын

Blue eyed soul

@hmackie6823

6 жыл бұрын

they were the best

@kennyhansen7146

6 жыл бұрын

jojo z

Transistor radio, berry fields, dancing not picking berries...bought 45 on the walk home from the field (after C.C.Rider I did pick berries) and played it on my crummy record player in my room...music will never sound that powerful or liberating again.

Love this music brings me back to my elementary school days in NYC Dyckman street beautiful days johnsitico

Truly one of the greatest songs of all time

@doningram5145

6 жыл бұрын

lollmfaoff.

@frankalegria5041

5 жыл бұрын

this is what rock and roll is all about

My buddies and I saw him in 1966 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was a "Battle of the Bands" and he sang "Mustang Sally" as well as "Midnight Hour". Mitch was a big part of growing up days in Pontiac, Michigan. I listened to his records over and over until I nearly wore out the record needle.

A melhor versão que realmente representa o som e o balanço de uma diversão, uma festa, um estado de espírito... vale lembrar uma canção que me recordo quando dou minhas voltas boas de moto....

The drums on this awesome. John (Johnny Bee) Badanjek could really whip up a storm. The guy was relentless! Mitch had others fill in for him sometimes, but it was never the same.

I saw him back in the 70's he was my first concert and I was in love....he's awesome

Love this song.

This song is AWESOME!!! And unluckily for me, I was not only alive but 15 years old in 1966 ..... so I remember when it first came out.

Aug 7, 2024. I’d like to go back then. Today sucks!

I met him when he played here in Winnipeg. He was in the can in a blue track suit taking a breather between sets.We were the only 2 in there. We talked for an hour. He came by and sighned ny record along with his manager. This was at the first Get Together Festival. I was working at a record booth for The Autumn Stone record store. I still have it. That was so cool.

Tuned in to see Jim McCartey on guitar. They opened up with a close up on him. One of thee most underrated guitarist ever.

@rmick66

4 жыл бұрын

And he’s still rockin’ to this day. A living legend.

@peach495

4 жыл бұрын

@@rmick66 Yup, I see him 2-3 times a year.

@dsparkman6315

Жыл бұрын

This was his masterpiece!

Detroit!!! Loved the Wheels!!! Went to their concerts all the time. 1970 grad.

Used to love, wait...for this to come on the radio

This is actually called Jenny Takes A Ride, because it's a medley. Johnny Badanjek is one of the great drummers, and yes, this band kicked everyone's asses.

@lynnallenyoung6389

6 жыл бұрын

Johnny Badanjek . I have wondered who these cats were since I first heard this record back in the sixties. A kick-ass record to be sure.

@hmackie6823

6 жыл бұрын

do we know you?

@chazhernandez3106

5 жыл бұрын

You right about Johnny B as a drummer. I use to see in Hollywood when he was with the Rockets.

@masterofdisaster2272

4 жыл бұрын

Idk...maybe because they were musicians and she a singer? Do you think the contestants on those insipid singing shows are musicians? Frank Sinatra always said he was lucky he could sing, because he wasn't much of a musician. "A good musician is a treasure, good singers are a dime a dozen." Fame does NOT equate to talent and that is the point others are making.

@arvantis

4 жыл бұрын

No question, Johnny B, was / is the MAN!!!!!

Classic! Saw them in the 70's live at the Avalon Ballroom in Chicago. Go Detroit!! Go Mitch and your Wheels!

didnt get the recognition they deserved they were a great band

i wish i was back then, fantastic music, enjoy

the real home of rock n roll Detroit city!!!! I'm a white boy from just outside the city but man this is the greatest rock n roll city with the best fans too!!

@Flashbackjacko

8 жыл бұрын

+Toni Paradise Me too, Brighton Michigan. After the rollerskating on Saturday night they had a dance and we would see many of the top Motown groups and it was all free. After the dance there were usually fights in the parking lot. That was in 1964.

@sandsoftime1954

8 жыл бұрын

+Flash Back Ah Kids ! Just having a good time . Is Brighton Mi. anything like Brighton Ma. I wonder.

@Flashbackjacko

8 жыл бұрын

When I was young, Brighton Michigan was a small blue collar town surrounded by farms, now it is the place to be surrounded by mini mansions. Nothing stays the same.

@sandsoftime1954

8 жыл бұрын

Flash Back I got to tell ya, the town I grew up in was the same type of place ,14 miles south of Boston and it too is not the same place either. Fyi Brighton is actually a section of Boston. A place onto itself though .

Loved these guys! I'd just joined the Navy when this came out. Only problem for a band like this was there was so much great competition at that time

Wonderful lineup of great recordings! Love 💕 them very much!!

absolutely amazing ,what a band .

What a cookin band!! I was in high school in the 60s, and am having so much fun finding these great tunes on videos here! Wow!! Most of the "videos" from that time were from TV shows. where I grew up only had 1 channel so TV was never a big thing for me, so it's great to see them now! The 60s and 70s were such a great time to be young! We had so much fun in those days, the music was great - inspired by mind expanding substances and plants haha!! And there was so much of it, every week some great new band or song coming out!! Everyone danced! That's why I don't lie about my age today. I can die happy with my memories!

Oh, man, I was "spinning like a spinning top" on the dance floor when Mitch & the Detroit Wheels played in a huge bar on Lake Erie. The band was high energy, and the place was jumping. My sister's boyfriend took me when she got sick at the last minute. Almost 50 years ago now.

@Austin-hw5gf

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you were respectful and remembered that he was your sister’s boyfriend.

CC Ryder is a classic blues number that somebody rocked up!

awesome.....love the bass line , and back grounds....and of course the leads...

Sowas Geiles... man bedenke, wie lange das her ist! Der Mann kann singen mit ganzer Seele, super Stimme, und tanzen kann er auch.. Als man seinerzeit mehr zufällig solche Musik zu hören bekam, ging die Sonne auf... Es war einfach eine Offenbarung für junge Leute mit Gefühl für echte Musik, und das hält bis heute an. Thx Mich!

CLASSIC. I still love this song. Another of my favorites. I remember listening to this song back in the 70's. Great soulful music for the heart and mind.

Mitch Ryder had a superb voice for rock and roll. The band must have a great time doing this song live too.

Love that guitar intro and this song rocks!!!!

I'd love mitch he has one of the best voices loved all of his songs and this video is amazing thank you for uploading this awesome video and song 😍🌹💜🥀🌻👍🌻👍💜🌹👍💜👍👍

One of the very best of American rockers. More authentic than most. Should receive much more recognition.

The great Jimmy McCarty on lead guitar.

@jjzuc

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@stratmanjoe

4 жыл бұрын

touchdownten I thought that’s who that was. I remember him being real tall and could absolutely play his ass off !!! What a treat!

@danielmccurdy9948

4 жыл бұрын

And Joe Kubert

@gragor11

4 жыл бұрын

So do you know who that base player is? He's the one that elevated this song from good to great.

@EatAPeach72

4 жыл бұрын

My first question and you answered it right off the bat first comment (6 years ago after your post) lol

THE KING OF BLUE EYED SOUL, MR. MITCH RYDER!

@WilliamsElaine

8 жыл бұрын

+Kirk Kimball-Martinez Don't forget to add Bill Medly, Bobby Hatfield, Michael MacDonald to the court.

@mike67006700

7 жыл бұрын

Van Morrison, bob Seger, rusty day ,mark farmer.

@Mr1Gitrdone

7 жыл бұрын

Farner.

Born to sing Rock N Roll. He was a GREAT singer, without a doubt. Didn't like seeing him sing when he got older. With his kind of voice I think it kind of blows out after not to long a time. I was just thinking of him the other day after hearing one of commentaries of the rock god Robert Plants voice, and how great it was and all that. Then I started think about all of the rock singers I could think of who's voices I thought were better. MItch Ryder came to mind.. Yeah, I know they are different styles. I still think MItch Ryder is better and,oh yes, cooler too.

Saw him (only time) way late in his career w/ young lean'n'mean all black 4pc 'Detroit Wheels' outfit. Snowy freezing Monday night in some converted bank downtown St Louis. NOBODY turned out .. couldn't've been more than a dozen plus staff. He, and they, played their assess OFF .. two solid sets. What struck me was something I'd never known about him, having never really bought his albums just what I heard over the years on radio, that he had 3 distinct singing voices. I just knew his raspy blues shout stuff but he had a really nice straight up singing voice *plus* a drop dead beautiful BALLAD crooner voice. Those guys put a SHOW on for us that cold miserable night when they could've just cancelled.

Great cover of a great song that I've liked since first hearing it on AM rock back in the mid 60s. I also love the Animals version.

I love 'em. The production of these songs is usually overlooked as an important reason for their excellence.