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  • great Video...grew up on Travers...Mars Cowling made that band...made it TIGHT....if you see Travers now...justa lil loose...no Mars...

  • Wow, first time listening to pat travers and i gotta say he is awesone!

    Also cool to know that nicko and tommy played the drums in this band as well.

  • not tommy on drums!! nicko mc brain

  • INCREIBLE¡

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  • is true the drummer is tommy aldrige?

  • @charrabata Look under the video where it says "Nicko McBrain (pre-Iron Maiden) on drums" and then ask again, lol

  • @kottmeier yeah you right but i made the question because i read from somebody else,the drummer is tommy aldridge,and i thought,i miss his hear,but thank for your help.

  • @charrabata:...around the "Heat in the Street" and "Crash & Burn" period

  • Pat Travers, Mars Cowling, Pat Thrall, Tommy Aldridge and his 24inch Boomers

  • Age Shall not weary them?

  • The gosh damn crowd from Germany just don't get it, do they??? Stupid, and I can say that, I'm from Germany,by God....

  • @clocktime11 what makes you say that?

  • Man does this bring back some 8 track memories!

  • I love youtube.. for gems like this.

  • This guy was always 1 of my favorites.I was lucky enough to see him 4 times in concert.Once in the US Navy recruit training command Enlisted club in orlando fla,, wow.I was 20 feet away from him.Never forget that.

  • @Bonesnapperr That is soo cool .Did not know the navy would be hip enough to do a booking of the PTB . must have been a real treat for the crews to see the band .

  • Pat is a great muscian and guitar virtuoso.

    He's too much underrated.

  • i love yoy pat...

  • Excellent . Superb !

  • Um,This is not Tommy it's Nico on drums.

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  • Is this Rockin' or what, Crushing.

  • @ mikevod ~ you are 100% correct; a hall of famer for sure!

  • Nicko 35 years ago... oh my...

  • it is nicko

  • Good God , is Tommy Aldridge amazing or what????

  • i'm hooked on this video!

  • That looks like Nicko McBrain on drums.

  • I saw Pat Travers in 1980 and in 1983. The concert in l980 was with Pat Thrall on guitar and it was way better than in 83. Can't even remember who was playing guitar then (other than Pat). @randallcaster....you've got it right on the line up!!

  • superb but dont you ever turn your back on a friend

  • First band I ever saw. Blew me away, and continues to do so every time I see this guy play!

  • i like this version, but if you listen to the live album go for what you know, that is better, tommy's best playing is on that album

  • i think the audience is totally baked,

  • smokin fuck! i've seen pat 25 times! so tight. he shall rain in the top tier.

  • Big props to who put this video on here. very rare footage of a mighty bass player that you don't hear or see everyday.

  • @rickschade feelin right and need love rock, but the audio is off, pat travers fans need a good copy of this, anyone know where we can get it

  • lol that "crowd" musta been on ludes! If I was there I'd a been all goin' Woooooooooo n shit!

  • What cool music! Seen him play a dive-bar up in North Texas in the late 90s and, needless to say he rocked the joint! Had this chiick up on my shoulders during "Snortin'" lol!

  • until you tube, i had never heard of Rockpalast, but there are some great gigs there, a german tv show i guess?  PT Rocks!

  • fabulous trio ,so nice ,great song , they got the FEELING ! 

  • I go to the same High school as his son. Elijah Travers. Pat Travers came to our school and gave a presentation with a PRS and a fender G-Dec. Pretty sick.

  • I met him at a Holloween party, I asked what kinda stuff he played, He said " I can play some "Pat Travers" stuff. Cool, I said, let's hear it.

    Ten years later I find out that it was him. Pat Travers! What a small World we live in. Great guy. I played for about, yeah he was hard to follow. 1 song. then he was back on. Hired to play before he was huge popular. A night (Boo) I will never forget.

  • groove man..not the same as today..3 beasts McBrain,Cowling,

  • Fabulous musicality and musicians in this video. THIS really shows the mastery of Pat's musicianship.. It's a minor blues with all kinds of intelligent jazzy choral stuff to add tension. He really is a musical genius above all else. Yes, he's great axeman, a real soulful singer.. BUT, it is his compositional skills that really get under the listener's skin in ways that very, very few other bluesy-based rock bands will ever be able to. My opinion of course .....

  • Pat is still touring. GO SEE HIM!!!!

  • This is what I love to see. Panama Jack on the drums and Ron Jeremy on bass!  YEAH!

  • This is what I love to see. Panama Jack on the drums and Ron Jeremy on bass! YEAH!

  • lol its obviously nicko on the drums for u noobs out there who dont know anything. Seriously, does anyone set the ride like that? nope...I can just tell by listening to those fills and triplets here and there

  • Nico Ain't Jack!

    Tommy Aldredge "OWNS" This Song......

    Go Find His Version,Then You'll See A "REAL" Drummer!

  • @Hurricanesidwell Tommy Aldridge Is the MAN!

  • Great- Another classic on You Tube. God I love finding these vids!

  • Jam on PT, your a rockin fucker....

  • I didn't know Nicko could groove like that. Damn he's a versatile drummer.

    And not enough words to describe Pat. Simply amazing.

  • good version, but much better with tommy aldrigde

  • @vanhalen515084

    best line up: pat, cowling, aldridge, thrall.

  • @randallcaster  agreed

  • The Industry did em dirty!

  • I saw Pat at Bike Week at the old Jackson Hole...Awesome! ...but I told him that he was too damn good for that place. He really was great.

  • i saw pat in early 80's at a small club, he was great! what a show.

  • PAT TRAVERS

    A CLASS ACT ...

    HAVE A PHOTO OF ME AND PAT AFTER ONE OF HIS SHOWS

    ON MY DRESSER ...TOTALLY COOL WHEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD TAKE THE PHOTO WITH ME....

  • "AWESOME BAND LINE UP"!!!!!!!!!!

  • I agree, PT should be in the R&R Hall of Fame. As should Peter "Mars" Cowling, that dude shreds on bass.

  • that marshall plexi tone... love it :)

  • anyone who can distinguish drummers playing styles and knows anything about drummers and listen to their favorite bands enough can close their eyes and tell the sound of a favorite drummer Nikkos style was definitely a lot more jazz

    oriented here but he was fitting the style the way he plays high hat and when it

    hits a fast run he plays just like he does in maiden it's obviously his style.

  • His later line-up with Tommy Aldridge and Pat Thrall really kicked ass, but I still think the magic combination for Pat was this one, with Nicko behind the drums. Mars Cowling deserves to be mentioned with the great bass players in rock. . Awesome band. Awesome vid.

  • NICKO!!!

  • This song is featured on one of my favourite albums,"Makin' Magic". I saw Pat Traverse open for Aerosmith in 1984ish while Rick Dufay and Jimmy Crespo were in that band. For you beginners check out "Puttin' It Straight"

  • PAT TRAVERS SHOULD BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

  • @mikevod YES

  • @mikevod

    ABSOLUTELY!

  • @mikevod I saw him open up for Foghat when I was 15 and was completely blown away....haa, and it was only my 2nd concert. I agree, he should be in...!

  • @mikevod so should be kiss and deep purple and should i go on...no rush. pun intended rock and roll hall a fame a shame. how long for alice?

  • @mikevod haha U2 GRRRRRRRRRR

  • @mikevod i only know 2 song of his, but yes he should. i don't understand why he didn't become more famous... maybe he was born in the wrong time....still his playing is great and more unique then the playing of many so called guitar heroes....

  • too bad he was so full of himself...i saw him in cleveland in the '80's and he got booed out of the place after only playing about 35 minutes...had some great moments here...

  • The drummer doesn't look like Tommy Aldridge. Is it really Nicko?

  • who's drumming,Topper Headon?

  • Hey bad boogerfinger...Fuck you man...I was there...Portland ,Or..They played with Sammy Hagger and Blue Orster cult....You must be a young dumb shit man It's fucking music.......

  • the more i listen to this the more i appreciate how killer these cats are.

  • 3 piece, no frills, just talent. Not any of this around anymore. Pat rocks.

  • @badboogerfinger

    The Black Keys, son. 2 piece band bad as hell.

  • @silverado669 they are alright. Not too into the thro-back redo thing. If you are going to take the blues thing on, try and take it in a newer direction. ie...zack weisinger. In my opinion.

  • omg i cant belive what i am hearing!! he is amazing!!! long live rock and roll

  • The reason for all the removals is I was trying to come up with the right words for this performance and it's, fast ,furious and phenomanal!

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  • what guitar is he using :p ?

  • @AnarchyAlleyCat He is using a Fender Telecaster Custom.

  • Had the chance to see them live back in 78 , great band, just great !!!!

  • Damn the Canucks! Helix, Pat; Frank; killer Dwarfs, Triumph, Rush, BTO, the only bad Can Rock band i got is Anvil and I still don't know why I have 3 albums from them.

  • is he using a tape echoplex? killer stuff.

  • is it rock? is it funk? IT'S PT !!! amazing musicians, all of them!

  • I remember when Tommy Aldridge quit the band. When he was asked why he said " there isn't enough room on stage for two bass drums and Pat Travers head " I had to laugh, but Pat is still great in my book. saw him many times in the 70s always a great show. 

  • @yahreet

    I don't care who you are, that is funny. :)

  • the great lineup was with Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge if I remember it right

  • kinda looks like spinal tap guy - I like the sound of his guuitar

  • Great groove!! First heard this on the live "Go for What You Know" back in '79.

  • Well, if he has MS, he didn't seem like it when we were diving last weekend.

  • Nico is not nearly as good as tom aldridge

  • @lysyrg25

    Aldrigde...I swa with ozzy in 81 Il think with Rhandy

  • I saw them open for ACDC in Charleston WV in 79 or 80 with in my opinion, one of the greatest bands ever, Pat Travers, Pat Thrall, Mars Cowling and Tommy Alldridge. That was Bon Scott days too. Killer Time.

  • @ledboots2009

    you lucky bastard... Never seen Travers or Scott...but saw Bonham with Ledzep..hows that ??

  • @beermad68 Seeing Aldridge with Randy was awesome because all the members of Blizzard of OZ ,and the opening act Def Leppard...both had 1 album out,,but now I'm jealous cause I never saw Zep. was going in the winter to see them but Bonham died,crap

  • Saw him and the Outlaws at Warner Theater in Washington DC (1200 seat OLD venue with a balcony!) Stones played there too. Very cool!

  • Pat Travers is the most underated guitar player,singer,songwriter,fathe­r and truly a very nice guy . He has a new 2010 cd available on (Alexus record label) called "Fidelis" that once again proves that he still has the right stuff !

  • Ed's Guitars!!!! Now there is a blast from the past. Kent Sonneberg is still in the biz. He was the main guitar guy at Thoroughbred and now has his own store once again in Tampa called Legends. So do you any of you remember when Travers filled in for Ozzy at the Orange Bowl after Randy Rhodes died and not only trashed our ears (LOUD!!) but also Foreigner's PA system? LOL I saw him with Mars Cowling in 88-89 for free on Clearwater Beach, That has to be right before Cowling left.

  • Love the Pat Travers guitar tone!...ADA Flanger's rule!... And Mars Cowling is a beast on bass!

  • I'm glad to see this. I can't remember anything from seeing him in Seattle in 79 or 80.

  • what a tight lineup. you got 3 amazing players. I got this show on dvd. It rocks.

  • Pat has gotten ZERO airplay and/or recognition... but all it took for any of us is to see him once...I've seen him in coliseums (Jacksonville) and bars (the Bacchanal SD)...he went his own way and stayed true to the rock...PT...we salute you!!!

  • @SolarTiger I remember seeing him open for the Outlaws in Jacksonville coliseum back in the day and when the Outlaws came on people started leaving. Pat blew the Outlaws off the stage. Pat is the man !!!

  • @rebelyell1962 ...I bet this was the same show!...It just floors me that this guy has had 10+ albums and no one knows who he is...I agree w/ the leaving...I think I was one of them!...1 guy with a guitar sounded better than 3 guitarist that were with Outlaws (sorry fella's)...

  • Truly one of the greats, so great to see people discovering how awesome music was in the early 80s

  • I believe that Pat Travers is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, and excellent vocals on top of that. Shit these Germans must have drank too many beers or something because they look out of it.

  • Wow! I had no idea how good this guy is. And I was 18 when this came out. Was into prog rock back then but now....things are different.

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  • lol Nicko McBrain lol

    Awesome

  • Whom proceeded to stuff his bank account with "Iron Maiden".

  • Nikko McBrain

  • Thats It Nico! Thanks!!

  • As indicated in the info box, upper right hand corner!

  • Who is the drummer in this piece not Tommy Aldridge? anyways...THIS IS A CLASSIC!...Just a note...this could have been enhanced with Pat Thrall playing in the back-ground. Thanks

  • The drummer is Nico McBrain, later Iron Maiden

  • Give credit where credit is due. Pat is a great player. He's playing tastefully and with great tone. I don't think that he needed Pat Thrall........

  • It's nice to be able to see Nicko behind his kit...the one he uses in Maiden is absolutely huge!

  • Pat was 22 years old here.

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  • @hystat  I'm 22 tomorrow...this shit rocks.

  • Nicko McBrain!

  • Between 76 & 79 I was lucky enough to see The Pat Travers Band 4 times and I can remember bits and pieces of each show for obvious reason. Can't really count how many concerts I saw in my late teens but these really stand out. In my opinion Pat Travers was, and maybe still is, one of the most under rated guitar players around.

  • Pat used an ADA Flanger back then, not an MXR: I know cause I bought one for that very reason; still an incredible pedal!

  • I had one of those too! :-)

  • At 1976 one of the greatest Bluesrockbands in the hole wide World, that´s a fact, listen to Mars !!

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  • Tommy Aldridge played with him as well. Pat has always had a good band. Still going strong after all these years. God Bless him

  • No resonant heads for Nicko! Drums still sound awesome, tho.

  • Nicko is sooooo good!!

  • yeah yeah

  • Love PT, even though he used the god awful flanger way too much. Kind of like Zak Wylde does with the wah wah pedal. LOL. J/K GREAT BAND.

  • he wasnt using flanger......he was using a chorus pedal.

  • pilot, the chorus pedal wasn't invented by 1976 yet. The flanger was something brand new around then. That sound is unmiatakable flange.

  • it is flange yeah

  • MXR Phase 100

  • MXR Phase 90 with an MXR Phase 100 - seems I read that somewhere - like the back of Makin' Magic

  • This band line-up just kicked royal ass! Nicko is the best! Love hearing him without the screaming Maiden vocals and 3 piece.

  • good music!!!!

  • I saw PT twice, first opening for Aerosmith on their 'Rock and a Hard Place' Tour 1982, I believe, they played after Rose Tattoo opened the show. The second time was 1994 in a small club in Rochester NY they rocked both times! :) Very underrated, I like the 70's stuff the best, thanks for posting this!!!

  • Pat Travers best guitar player of the 70s.

  • Pat Thrall didn't come along until 1979. This video is the band that made Pat's top 2 albums (IMHO) Makin' Magic and Putting it Straight. I saw the pre-Pat Thrall band in San Jose twice and they were an awesome trio. At one gig Pat played with the Russian Flu. What a trooper!

  • where's Pat Thrall?

  • KILLER STUFF!!!

    Funny to see Nicko on a normal kit.

    Brilliant power trio, theywere.

    Lousy audience, though... :-)

  • Thats Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden on drums.

  • Pat Traversa SHREDDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • ROCK-nnnn-Rollllll///////////.­.......!!!!!!!!!!!

  • omg! this brought a huge smile to my face! saw him a couple times back then. wasn't he good looking? jeez, he was awesome!

  • FUCKING AWESOME! Now I see where Paul Gilbert learnt from some of the cool things he plays on guitar, Quality!!

  • i have never seen travers to know what he looked  like. i've always liked his voice and smooth guitar sounds. but yea this is 70's roots rock. as a keyboard player i get asked who my influences are, and usually i pick guitar players like travers lol.

  • Hell Ya

  • awesomeee

  • lol at nicko

  • @ .58 Pat says "look out". Shit!! That is so badass!! Long live 70's video!!!

  • For all of you kidz that stumble upon this.. REALLY just listen to how good this is..

  • you really 48 blevedved350 ? Me too. Well in approx. 3 months anyway.

    : D

    PT is da shit.

  • It doesn't get any

    'Betta" than this... thank you for posting this gem...

  • Gettin' Betta anyone ?

  • Life In london:) AMGWANAKICKBOOTY:) Hell Yeh!.

  • PT lived in coconut grove south florida, he'd stop in a few Grove bars back in the 70s-early 80s and sit in the with guys from Ed's guitar shop-Not Just guitars- Larry-Ron-Glen, it was so cool. He got a cool sound from the double cut gibson Melody Marker 67, Mars Cowling was with him a few times, Pat Thrall also.Black Friday was rockin-Life in london SHEESH!!, I miss those nights:) Gone forever!.

  • I still live in the grove~I remember seeing him~one of my first shows. I bought my first vintage guitar from Ed's Guitar!

  • @deane1968

    you mean Ed's in Miami off Bird Road?

    surly Ed... good times... Carroll Music on Bird... Miami still rocked in the early 80's... the Hut... Button South (FTL)... the SPORTATORIUM... Marlins Stadium... we saw Pat many times!

  • Absolutely awesome! A raw vid diamond!

  • Rock Me!

  • fuck me...nicko is one funky motherfucker man...i already knew how much ass he kicked in maiden but listen to this shit...he is comin out appice style.