The Bar-Kays Live 1997

[Cerl84]

No horns?

[FunkyDebob]

one is not able to find the like button... I 'll send an optician for new glasses. James Alexander one of the most underrated bass players and musicians and yet he wrote history with his bar kays

[FunkyDebob]

one is not able to find the like button... I 'll send an optician for new classes

[Buckeyecat2002]

I always drop my jaw in awe in the way that Big L.D. and the Bar Kays keep it raw. There is funk after def-most definately! P.S.-Sinbad is a clown.

[midnight12amful]

sinbad really knew how to open a show i miss him

[MKPesich]

This is Live, Man. Live,...

[MrAlex0262]

How is the name of the song at 7:20 ?

[afrosensuous]

Notice there's no chicks up there distracting this art of FUNK!!!

[KeepersMusic]

all i can think about is the intro to the movie super bad lmao

[beberdos]

Why exactly Michael wanted to turn white ? Damn I want to turn black wright now...

[freein2339]

I saw then live several times and they always turned it out....

[nickpelkey]

Larry's so good I tear up. He's got funk and style.

[red2500hemi]

This and Motown - some of the best music EVER... WTF HAPPENED????????

[kwesi01]

Wow - I loved them in the 70s, and to see this...the ESSENCE of funk, and how the guy has the audience in the palm of his hand. mesmerising, breathtaking, true musicianship. I'm in awe. You can feel what a positive, uplifting, celebratory performance this was - the crowd must have been on that natural high for years :-)

[spjfly]

Oooh Wee!!! Larry Dodson, my man can't be faded!!! Larry can still move and sing!!!

[seand67]

@spjfly REAL music from the old school is amazing

[bluesandroots2008]

@seand67 ahh this is REAL OLDSCHOOL !

[furateo]

who is drummer ?????

thanks!

[boogie6543]

i could not tell if that was james alexander on bass with the blond hair, if it was he did not get much air time and thats tragic being one of the original barkays that started with otis redding comming out of south memphis. he wrote alot of those jams.

[butelezi00roman]

@6.56 some 3 women hope from the audience messing up the dance rhythm

[myfunkyway9]

What's my funky brothers and sisters,do anyone know or have a song by exBar-Kays band called Focous song 'Hotter than July" 85-86 it came out,It think that's the name of the band or song I'm not sure of either but I'm close I was corrected b4 but once again I 4got so can someone help me out thanks I'm trying to find that song Ilove that song it's funky thank SAY I CAN"T GET ENUFF OF THAT FUNKY STUFF SO RUFF SO TUFF GIVE JOE JACKSON HIS MONEY

[boogie6543]

@myfunkyway9 the song i think you are talking about is zero in july and i think it is by the barkays themselves

[myfunkyway9]

@boogie6543 Yes..Zero in July.....thanks but the band name is Focus at least I that's what the radio dj used to call'em but u know the song thanks and HAPPY YEARS THE YEAR FOR ME TO MAKE MONEY

[nickeyparadise]

Listen to Mark "Bubba" Bynum playing the Moog Synth Bass on Freak-Show...Solid as a Rock...Go Bubba

[Ediniz7]

Maravilha pena que não estava lá...

[razorbacker63]

MAD NOTES! saw them early 80's along with maze roger gap band bootsy parliment SSF lakeside cameo. whatever happened to the funk? i miss it and im a white boy who likes southern rock.

[Funkypeople1111]

Oh boy, feels soooo sweet Da Bomb of Funk!

Thanks for posting,

Uncle Jam

[CherylJ7501]

Dammmmm, I wish I was there!!! Awesome group with Awesome music!!!

[MoGreen69]

The goosebumps say more than any words!!!

[JudischerWolfsmench]

Where did the old organ player go?

[thepunisher1953]

BADDDEST BAND IN THE LAND ************

[sony197]

to megakeyboardist - too hot to stop

[sony197]

to megakeyboardist - too hot to stop

[pjrow]

THIS is (for REAL!!!!) THE FUNK!

[tumrani]

I was at that concert. Brings back some good memories.

[Lonewolf36]

@tumrani I too was in Aruba this week and did not miss a single show. Now it is 2010 and I am seeing this video for the first time in years. And like you the memories are flooding my mind. For that matter I was at everyone of Sinbad's Summer Jams back in the day. I was also at the Wattstax Concert in LA in Aug. 20th 1972 to see the Son of Shaft. Not forgetting the tragedy we call 1968, including the riots in Chicago @ the Democratic Convention. What a year I had in 1968...

[hrebing]

Ben Cauly(Trumpet) was on the plane which killed Otis Redding and 5 other original Bar Kay members.Cauly was the only one to survive the crash.James Alexander was the original bass player ,but did not fly on that plane(no room).

Alexander and Cauly reformed the band...only Alexander still plays with the band.....

[tedkay]

Saw them live back in the day~ always and still funky!~~

[Edalrela]

What a opening, fantastic Funk.. ! From the good old days....

[MegaKeyboardist]

whats the name of this first song?

[KewazingaBabinga]

music that counts

[MrDweber1980]

It couldn't get no better than this, u can't compare 2day's music 2 real music like this. Sorry youngstaz!

[fretdoctor7]

Ooooo to the Oooo-Ooooooweeeeeee!

The Bar-Kays sho nuff (that's right...I said It!) are puttin it down! They always hit the stage goin for broke! I love this band and always have for as long as i can remember. This is what real music and musicianship should sound like! Take a lesson new school...sit back and get schooled!!!

[molder6843]

Funkayyyyy

[mrthundaboots]

Why does Sinbad have a spotted top and striped pants?He looks like a "teopard". lmoa!

[davionbattle1]

I wish I could find this and 95, 96, and 97 on DVD!

[ogstyle4]

Just wanted to say that you guys really do know old school, and this is it. I share your feelings about this vid. The Bar-kays brought Phat. Damn it is funky.

[planetrokka]

Love it. Thanks for posting & input

[Angbow3232]

sinbad makes one UUUGLY woman!

[MrKoolkh]

Man if you guys only new the real feelings of this music..........Twenty yrs. later and this is the sounds of yesterday....Dude this Real Music. Thanks For the memorys.

[bigsexyblondiedreads]

okay for the youngsters pay attention to one of the greatest showmen to hit the stage other than roger troutman (RIP) and Michael Jackson (RIP)!!!!!!!!!

[123powells]

come to australia i need to party hearty my little girl whose 9 years old started dancing when she heard this! funkin forever oz pete

[BluntedBeyondBelief]

LARRY D! haha, he comes out with the fireballs and everything. hell yeah

[kidacid03]

I keep forgettin there is only 2 memebers left from the original bar-kays

[Genteelness]

nope! the only original Bar-Kay member is James Alexander (bass player). The rest died in a plane crash with Otis Redding (his band).

[kidacid03]

No look it up on wiki 2 original members are left they missed the plane

[Genteelness]

okay, I stand corrected if you're saying there are only 2 members "alive" from the original Bar-Kays versus 2 members "left" in the band from the original Bar-Kays. Your statement was left open to interpretation.

[menef71]

Actually,only one guy(James Alexander)didnt make the flight....Ben Cauley survived the crash.

[jkramer5]

Holy crap, they sound HUGE! 10 out of 10

[1funkydrummer4]

4:02 is vintage old school.

[aaahlexB]

The fattest funk on the planet! Bar-kays forever. Wish I'd seen them live back in the days. Where did this music go? Bring it back!

[Sybenett]

Is that Larry Dodson? Nah.

Sy-

[Wefunkyou]

Yes it is. Larry and Alexander are the remaining members from the great era.

[Sybenett]

So true.

Sy-

[salinagrrrl69]

Love The Bar-Kays! I only saw them once in Little Rock at the convention center waaay back in the day. The show didn't last looong 'nuff fer me.

[scooterbeanie]

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[djnewsom2002]

Please contact I would like to order

Does this include Roger Troutman and Zapp?

[reeltight]

love to buy a copy..contact me

[pip66wis]

I would also like to purchase the entire set. Please contact me

[pearlthesurfer]

this is cronic

[ericcraig5150]

Tommy is so funkin cool

[friedmonkeyface]

I bet if they put a tour together with the Bar-Kays, Con-Funk-ion, Cameo and others it would sell MILLIONS!!!

[Dellerss]

Foonkay!

[nastyx704]

My brother and I use to play our guitar to ALL this stuff in our parents garage !! KEEP ROCKING !!!!

[ericcraig5150]

thats how we all learn to play by listening to other peoples stuff. I've played them all growing up and still doing it

ive

[ericcraig5150]

I miss them blowing the horns and is that Shelton from EWF on guitar?Somebody tell me

[DPhiM1]

Naw thats Michael Anderson. He also play on the United We Funk tour

[czeka2]

3:58 OMG, real funk!!!

[rodojev06]

Is this on DVD somewhere???? Please help me out!!

[seand67]

Sorry, my set of DVDs was made by a friend. Hopefully all 5 of the festivals will be released one day.

[raquelwashington409]

@rodojev06 it on amazon. com 14.99 4 this one

[patco63]

Memphis funkateers. Larry Dobson was a former doo wop singer.

[nastyx704]

Larry done gained some weight, DAMN !!! But that voice is still straight !!

[ericcraig5150]

we all get old and gain weight with sucess

[homemdodeserto]

EXCELLENT! HD...

[fabibass]

awesome - i wonder if they are still playing live...

[glenrich84]

he need to do another summer jam. i miss those concerts.

[Cameo5150]

SERIOUS FUNK! here

[TrinaStone]

Anyone have X n Yo Sex from the 48 hrs CD by the Barkays

[vitopetroni]

i watch this almost everyday, and im in a metal band. yeooooh hey oh yeaaaaahhhhh.

[spyderj1999]

Like Quincy Jones said, "It's ALL the same 12 notes!!" Whether its metal or soul it's all about the "soul" in the music!! Play on Playa!!!

[jkoff76]

me too!!!

[bankebrum]

Smörgåsbord!!!

[e37a]

Now that's what I call talent!!!!!! Unfortunately, what passes for talent today ain't even close!! FYI for all these new school acts if you have aturntable and 9 or 10 dancers onstage, that ain't talent!!!!!!!

[FireitupBedford]

You got that Sh** right. The last time that I saw Rick James live the Barkays opened for him at the Robin Hood Dell in Philly back in 2002. Also Larry Dodson was very cool he came to the room to meet my family and signed a few of my Barkay's CD's. Dude is so down to earth. 6 months before Roger Troutman The Barkays were with them in Hampton Va.

[seand67]

I agree 110%

[lightninsam]

@e37a AGreee 5000%

[Leftjab1]

Oooooohhhhhh Damn....That some serious FUNK

[kennycass]

Sean67.... your a pimp bro... thanks so much for that... love the old school funk.....wish the youngins today would get down like this insted of rappin about dope and killin cops....kennycass !

[GuitarPlaya2000]

O-o-o-h W-e-e-e! The Bar-Kays still sounds good and funky as ever - after all these years!

[seand67]

Thanks for the comment!

[Buckeyecat2002]

Who is the lady at 2:58? Damn she is fine!!!!!

[cllamont]

She was with me that night. I am standing to her left out of frame. I fucked her later that night. It was worth the grip I dropped on the trip.

[Niconte07]

So funking good !!!

[seand67]

Yessir!

[t1i9n6a2]

ummm........ the Bar Kays RULE!!! Thanks for posting!!!

[seand67]

You're Welcome!

[carolinasown]

This IS Great!!

[seand67]

Yessir...Old School Music!

[RhythmMiles]

tHE bAR-kAYS tore that shit UP!!!!!

You can literally hear a lot of the history and changing trends over the years of R&B while listening to their music!

[FAMUMarching100]

Yes! This is what I am talkin about Ol School Bar-Kays. Thanks for posting

[seand67]

Thanks for the comment!

[ogstyle4]

This is what real players do when they hit the stage. PHC will be doing a couple of these songs, Cali style. And if you want Old School, this is how you do it.