Paul Pena was a genius.

@tlares5589

8 ай бұрын

Yes indeed!& live no less , I love original artists doing their thing !

Phenomenal song writing

Max is such a strong drummer. Just excellent. This song now has SOUL! So glad I heard this.

@user-fv7pd6cf4t

Ай бұрын

To bad miller band missed the soul in this song, they ruined it, Paul Pena 🙏

The guy could write a song, a mega talent, and even as an old man, and a shadow of his former self, his version is better than that other one !!!!

@glennsmusicchannel

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

One of the most under appreciated musicians ever.

Wow didnt know who he was love his version better

F---in' tight !!!

@101962mike

Жыл бұрын

F...IN "A" 💣

He was amazing. Rest in peace Paul

I do love this much better 2024

Damn im1976 man and I can dig it man. Way down in my soul.

When TV was great!

OR-GASMA-TRON !!!! SUPERB , SUBLIME , SERENELY SWEET SOUND !!! UNFORGETTABLE !

Having Max Weinberg drum for you is a dream come true. One of the greatest rock drummers of all time

@mchaelhron279

Жыл бұрын

And Jimmy Vivino on guitar! What a backing band!

@dirkkonings1282

7 ай бұрын

I'd guess that playing with Paul Pena was a highlight for Max and all of the band as well.

Holy Christ, the solo, the voice... THIS is the way to do it. Just the calm way his approach guides all of it & how easy is it to trust him. Third time & can't get enough of this.

@101962mike

Жыл бұрын

DITTO

i hate to say that growing up as a teen in the 80s i was into metal then punk and goth and the worst thing in the world was 70s style classic rock, and the Steve Miller band along with The Eagles in particular were two bands i really really REALLY hated and honestly still do, even though A LOT of other 70s and classic rock has grown on me and i love it. this particular song was one i especially hated whenever Millers version would come on the classic rock station at work in the 90s. i had NEVER even heard of or had ANY idea who Paul Pena was until i assume like many the "Genghis Blues" documentary came out, i watched it and it was great, i absolutely teared up all through it at the beautiful and kind soul of this gentle man and all the hard times he had been through. when they mentioned that he had wrote "Jet Airliner" i had to look it up because i didnt even know what song that was, i had heard hundreds of times through the decades on the radio and classic rock stations but never knew the name of the song, hell i didnt even understand what he was saying in Steve Millers version "here come venus dimilo" is just one of the many weird nonsensical things i thought he was saying during that line. but then as soon as i heard Pauls version i was just instantly blown away by the groove and the funkiness, it really is one of those times where you just think "why the hell was this version not a hit and getting played all those years instead. hoe come no one knows who this guy is?". then i got the album and from moment one i was hooked in, the sheer joy and exuberance of ""Gonna Move" then the beauty and soul of "New Train", what a great album and its only barely started. it breaks my heart that this wonderful man had so many struggles and i hope that something exists somewhere where he is happy and at peace.

@rugby342

8 ай бұрын

the "Genghis Blues" documentary is where I heard him for the first time also.

@Lucasisdemon

6 ай бұрын

I happen to love Steve Miller Band and a lot of the glorious, corny ass "classic rock" radio bullshit that you're referring to, but I appreciate the honesty and I know exactly where you're coming from. It's not a hill that I'll die on because a lot of it is, yes, mainstream record industry garbage. But when one does as you did, digging and researching, you'll discover with the original composers of a lot of these tunes, they put a lot more soul into their first cuts and demos than the industry stars who made them famous. Cheers 🤘🏼

Love how the Weinberg group applaud Paul at the end.

@sullyb23511

4 ай бұрын

That's how you know how good he was. Max was even calling to him, telling him how good he was.

ezt nagyon jó,, Pena csodálatos tehetség volt..

Never knew he wrote this. Wow. I love being an old fart & learning new things!

@rugby342

8 ай бұрын

check out his song Cosmic Mirror, it sounds like a Hendrix tune.

@Al_Camino77

4 ай бұрын

Yet more proof the original is almost always better!

I've only known this as Steve Miller's hit - so good to hear it from the source.

Outstanding!!! This rocks!!!

He played amazing guitar with his thumb.. wow

Just love the guy’s vibe, there is only one version, his own.

Thank you KR

Thank you, bet u spent some time remastering this … so important!

I discovered Paul today through The Professor of Rock channel. Now I'm sad that I was deprived of the beauty of his music IRL. What a talent!

@floatthecreek

3 ай бұрын

I always thought that Steve Miller wrote this masterpiece. I learned who actually wrote this on the Professor of Rock also.

Super sick. Best thing ever.

This is an incredible performance. No flash, no pitch correction, just total command, by everyone. I think Paul was pretty ill here, but he nails this anyway. His vocal is expressive and spot-on (should’ve been turned up in the mix). Max is not a blues drummer, so he’s righty on the beat as opposed to a little behind (compare to the studio version), but he’s so good that it works anyhow. The rhythm guitarist/bkgrd vocalist is also killer. They all clearly wanted to crush this for Paul, and they did.

Love this original by Paul! Steve Miller does it justice, imho.

@seaturtledog

10 ай бұрын

Paul made most of his income from writing that song. Sad story that his second album didn't get released until many years later.

I appreciate this being on here to listen and see Paul's originality within a live stage a billion props to the yourube channel💯❣️. I've been trying search the information to the original cut and why this isn't on Conan's channel. Does anyone know? I'd appreciate the info thanks🙏🏻💯.

Its like a JJ Cale joint snd this guy wrote the song.

Paul "Earthquake" Pena!

Magnificent! Sad we don't have more music from Paul Pena due to music business hassles in the 70's. His self titled album and New Train are fabulous in every way.

Is that Frank Carillo on guitar? What a original !!!🎸

Paul was so much more then what you saw, Earthquake, as he was called by the Tuvan people who were so impressed with his Throat Singing during the filming of the award-winning film Genghis Blues. I had the good fortune of running into Paul several times through PJ Norris, aka Big Bones the harmonica player out of San Francisco and bay area. Big Bones and Paul were longtime musical partners, they played together at the SF Blues Festival in 1990 and ten years later in 2000. I just published song #8 called "untitled", it was the from the independent release of Big Bones and Paul Pena - Giant Killers. Recorded at the Freight and Salvage in Feb 1991 it features Alvin Youngblood Hart on the mandolin along with Big Bones and Paul Pena. Check it out! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqB5p9lsmZfMf6w.htmlsi=x-WZGXvqFeiB-aBd

Too bad about the whole contract fuck'n he took.

RIP Legendary. F Steve Miller

@armandomelo8322

Жыл бұрын

RIP for sure ... but Paul survived on Steve Miller"s royalties at the end when he was totally blind and unable to perform so A big thanks out to Steve for asking to use the song

@seaturtledog

10 ай бұрын

Usually it is an honor to have a song you wrote covered by a major rock band.

Conan screwed up his name... LOL

@glennsmusicchannel

9 ай бұрын

Conan pronounced Paul's name correctly, in fact! He used the long E pronunciation in Pena.

Painya ,Gringos i swear

@glennsmusicchannel

6 ай бұрын

A common misconception. My father knew him personally. He pronounced it exactly the way Conan did. That's the correct pronunciation. It could be the Cape Verdian pronunciation, or perhaps he decided on it himself.