Gino Vanelli "Appaloosa" with Mark Craney

[danpage79]

Awesome! Daryl Steurmer too!

[landslug]

RAWK!! This is how to put on a show!

Mark Craney & the band are tearing it up

[nenelaz]

I saw a Gino's show in Las Vegas '79-'80 and it was an amazing musical experience to see it live. As a musician myself these type of music is for very especial tune ears. The drumming, guitar leaks and even the beautiful astronomic background voices of the "Waters Sisters". What a treat.

[GoldenSectionBanned]

I saw Mark in 1980 in Minneapolis with Jethro Tull on the A tour. You can find clips on here. He was unbelievable, playing different licks every bar and stealing the show along side Eddie Jobson.

[oldenmcgroen]

Gino always had excellent drummers (Casey, Graham, Mark etc.) I think the drumming is what attracted me to his music along with great melodies, vocals, and superior instrumentation for that era. Brother to Brother blew me away first time I heard it. Still blows me away. Gino was way ahead of his time and deserves much more credit for his contribution to the music scene. I would consider Gino Vanelli and Donald Fagen as my top two artists of all time. Both are geniuses in their own right.

[oldenmcgroen]

I'm a long time Gino and Mark fan (being a drummer myself). Craney used the Ludwig Cortex series kit in those days. What's left unsung are the incredible sound engineers (studio/live) that mixed Mark's kit so perfectly (given the limits of the sound equipment available in those days). That Cortex series didn't have bottom heads; a late 70's thing that went away and never came back. Crisp sound that accentuated every nuance that Mark created.

[blueanke]

Es ist mit das Beste, was Vannelli & Brüder in ihrer unglaublichen Art hervorgebracht haben. Macht nur Spaß... Danke Gott, daß es Vannellis zu unserer Zeit gab.

[DAVWAVE]

I saw Gino on this tour, and he was better than what you are seeing here. I went with my two best friends and we all had on white knit suits, the open shirt, platforms, ect, wow, I wish I had a picture, my kids would be impressed.

The band was killing it and Gino was too.

[RockbertoRocks]

Mark Craney played with out-of-this-world dynamics... what a drummer. Sorely missed. Awesome music!

[TheBrendadale]

My God, he's just so perfect! The most talented musician to ever come out of Canada! I'm kinda glad he's toned down as he has matured, it makes his music more relevant to the people who have been following him since square one.

[HEYBUDD]

I knew a guy that was Mark's room mate in college. He played drums as good as mark (imho)...way better than I ever will.........

The guy always said he was a keyboard player, not a drummer.

Mark was amazing.

[garyzdenek1]

Mark rules. hi-hat and tom work, unmatched...

[PlymouthVT]

@garyzdenek1 Yes you got it brother. Hi hat work unsurpassed in fill...cut....presence...dynam­ic....timing..

just sick.

Every song a goddamn drum clinic. You must be born with it I'm afraid.

RIP Mark. I wish I knew you.

[carlitosmedina]

Mark is one of the greatest...

[PlymouthVT]

Imag voyage is some of the best rock drumming ever. The kind that makes you stop and look at the label to see who the hell is that? And his work with Gino is amazing.

Brother to Brother is my all time favorite music. Cause' they mixed it right. Drums up front just like brother to brother.

Mark is sorely missed.

[hifive77777]

awesome awesome awesome

[EIStudent]

Mark was a total MONSTER on the drums.  Long live Mark!!!

[hieronomy]

@EIStudent

Listen to him on Jean Luc Ponty's Imaginary Voyage and I believe also on Tommy Bolins

album of 76 . I was at this concert 79 in NO.

[panoz360]

Anyone know IF... Gino will perform more concerts in the near future?

[krenzcar88]

My brother Markham went through dialysis with Mark Craney. They used to set up 2 kits side by side and let her rip. Last time I saw Mark Craney was at Markham's funeral. Healthy people should have such positive outlooks as those two. I was blessed to have known them.

[Funkdrums2]

@krenzcar88

Awesome krenscar88

Mark and I exchanged many gigs and had several "heart to heart" talks.

Casey Scheuerell, drummer for Gino & Jean Luc. 

[thedrumbeast666]

what a great song!!! thx for keeping Gino's 70's carrer alive man!

[TheSurrogateBand]

Wonderfully inventive drumming...RIP Mark.

[diaznelsonian]

I am frozen after listening to Apploosa the sound of the band and Mark Craney 's sound, " WOW" one of the greatest. Those Hi-Hats and Toms sound, unmistakable Craney. Totally forgot about Gino Vanelli. Back then the musicianship was over the top. What happen to the art of drumming and the legacy of Mark, Gadd, Cobham etc. Today the young ones don't take risks like these guys did. Instead we have idiot rapers and fools playing instruments. SAD!!! Gino and brother, you guys did it. BRAVO!!!!

[ettorpa]

Dio mio!!! ma chi verrà dopo Vannelli? penso nessuno...è un mostro sacro...è stato sempre molto avanti..ancora oggi i suoi mitici pezzi fusion,jazzrock sono "insuonabili" sia per il suond pazzesco che per la tecnica...Grazie di esistere Gino...Ettore

[lionlr1]

Dave Marotta on the bass.

[justatuch]

Mark Craney was a true drum genius, even though this wasn't his best performance, the man is untouchable. RIP Mark. Gino was way ahead of his time, much props to the group also.

[pietroberlusca]

MAMMA MIA CHE MUSICA !!!great gino!!!

[filstfn]

Used to tour with Mark Craney; original band form the midwest in the early seventies; also covered Chick, Frank, Miles, Steely Dan; awesome band; Mark was a killer drummer. we once played a prom in an obscure little iowa town. the band was unbelievable that night, but no one danced. could it have been that 7/4 time?

[bregues]

cool song  actually i have the dvd of the concert ,one question:carlos rios and jimmy haslip were not available?

[markwb0]

Hi I've tried to get the dvd of the concert for the last twelve months could tell me the number on the disk or were you got it. Many thanks

[bregues]

a 7/4 time ?on apaloosa?no it is a simple 4/4 but played much differently than the original album version

[tulliogiusi]

I mean,it is all perfect:Gino, his band .the sound,the way he naturally dances,his clothes,his music,his approach ..all the best . and this live is even better than the album. GINO,I MISSED YOUR CLINIC AT VILLA BAIANA-I WAS GIGGING THAT NIGHT,IN BERGAMO.. AND I'M SO SAD ABOUT,BECAUSE I GREW UP LISTENING "BROTHER TO BROTHER". ANYCASE I SEND YOU A BIG HUG. LOVE,tullio giusi

[letekro]

Mark Craney was an octupus on the kit. He is missed.

[doesnthurt2try]

sucks that this guy is probably ultra busted and meaty.. but this is high scale disco.. paul stanleys brother or sumpthin. they were fuckin jammin..

[joveeInNewEngland]

Is that Rod Ellicott on bass?