What a lovely song, dedicated to Jenny Ryland (Rod's ex, his wife at the time, a pic of her is on Steve's T-shirt). A shame their relationship was already on the rocks then. I heard she came to his funeral. Bless her!
@jfttvbhy if you kook carefully he only has 4 strings on it so the set up could be anyones guess - just to say the man could play not to mention that voice from heaven
It may be a baritone uke with the first and third strings doubled with an octave string. Steve played the ukulele from a very young age, so it wouldn't surprise me if he had one around. It's a cool little instument, that.
This is one of the absolute gems of all time. Never heard it until the day before yesterday but it's allready part of me. I love how he messes up the lytics on the first verse, that's a great performe left alone songwriter.
Love this tune! Kudos to Utube because this particular tune is impossible to find anywhere and it is by far my favorite Humble pie tune...Takes me back and I love it.
This is great!! I've just become a Marriott / Humble Pie / Small Faces fan over the last year or so. Steve definitly hits a nerve (in a good way) when he sings/ plays. So much soul in his voice! It's great to see so much respect and love for him in the comments on his vids. Humble Pie will be a mainstay in my music listening for as long as I'm around.
@adamramoth Yeah. Steve's voice was scary good. I'm more of a Small Faces fan than a Humble Pie fan (although in the 70's I knew HP well and had never heard of the SFs. Thank you, Youtube) but from his days as a child singer in Oliver straight through to Packet of Three, his voice was extraordinarily powerful and his timing always perfect.
20 April 1991- Saddest day in rock music period. No one will ever top Marriott to me, his crazy unnatural talent & presence in all his bands was amazing. Kicked around & disrespectred by the suits, hanger's on & all the ick from the iindustry it may have helped him decline but thru it all Marriott NEVER COMPROMISED HIS MUSIC OR SPIRIT.!Play on Steve - out there under dreaming spires, perhaps somewhere out in the Universal, all too beautiful, all too talented & all too missed... ever always MMG
This music will always be relevant. When we're all dead and gone and nobody remembers what a Kanye was, Steve Marriott's music will still be here. Talent like this just doesn't go away. This guy makes me feel things when I listen to his music and I am sure I'm not alone.
Formidabili, purtroppo non ci sono più questo tipo di musicisti, ho se ci sono in qualche modo sono legati allo stile anni 70 quanto ci fu la rivoluzione giovanile e il grande rock era quella forma di comunicazione rivoluzionaria del mondo giovanile.
Beautiful. His instrument seems to be the size of a baritone uke, but there are six pegs and four strings. I play a baritone uke and also did the same thing to a small guitar. I restrung it with four strings so I could play it. Maybe that's what he did? Steve is plugging his nose and blowing a little to clear his ears. A common practice after playing the loud stuff and switching to the soft stuff. Don't you think? Also getting his guitar fingers ready for the "uke" maybe?
I thought i knew why i sang, but over the past two years this man's voice and music have given me more reason to open my mouth and tell the truth more than anyone else I have ever heard. A blessing in disguise. Gone too soon my man x x x x
Those of you who wonder about Steve's relationship with Jenny should check out the promo video for The Universal. You can see his love for her in his every move and breath-she just stands there with her arms folded. Says it all.
@frazzledparrot : I thought the same thing when I saw the clips of him with Jenny. He was head over heels for her but it doesn't seem she returned the feelings. He was never the same after the marriage broke up. Very sad.
What a wonderful comment wrote by SuperLmcc. I could not agree more and I also listen to Steve every day . There never will be another like him but he did leave us a fantastic legacy of his music. Anyway where ever his soul may be, I hope he knows how much he is still loved by his fans. Cheers Mates!!!.
Wow, what a gem this video! I literally grew up with Steve's music, and I've always been mesmarized by his songs, lyrics and incredible voice.
Later I discovered his soulful way of playing the guitar. I'm sure he must have been influenced by soul artists from the sixties/early seventies. His whole attitude and approach towards the guitar is testimony to that.
A good way to know if a person doesn't have a f***ing clue about rock and roll is if they have one bad word to say about the amazing, incomparable Steve Marriott.
@acoustictherapy, yes, I think it is an 'ukulele. You can see the first and third strings are doubled. Steve's first busking gig when a kid was playing 'ukulele at the bus stop near his home for the folks and conductors. (Hawaiian pronounciation is ooh-ku-lay-lay, not you-ku-le-le). Aloha!
@acoustictherapy definitely not a miniature steel string. look at the way the strings are spaced especially on b and d. Its similiar to the way strings are on a twelve string or a mandolin. But your right, he plays it like a god. Marriott lives on!
This performance just brings tears to my eyes. I just don't know the words to explain how I feel about his voice and musical magic. I am just blown away by the pure perfection.
just discovered steve marriott in the last 24 hours.
Life takes some twists and turns, don't it? Here's a genius I never listened to before and I thought I knew so much about music....
For all who want to connect to newer bands, this duo is reminiscent of a current band called "Two Gallants". Try their song "Steady Rolling" on Youtube.
@Bumptiously Congratulations on finding Steve. Be sure to check out his work in the Small Faces. He was in his prime then and an incredible front man.
Steve was in his 20's when he went way downhill. Same as Sly, Green, and many others, regardless of few who managed to get away with the same self-abuse and continued to make good music. Oh and btw, Steve didn't any kids when he went off the cliffer, but he did have enough coke-snorting buddies around in his home studio, to the extent that his wife split. So much for the age/family bit.
Wow - awesome recovery in the beginning. Only Marriott could have pulled that off and leave you thinking that you're kinda glad he messed up. Superb performance at Steve's peak. A year later and the coke/booze had pretty much done irreparable creative damage, his vocal range not too far behind. True innovator in any event. All rock vocalists should bow at his mention. Rock bands would do themselves justice to study his 1965-73 work. Amazing, exciting stuff, and no, I'm no boomer.
spazzed off its tits but.........this fella is the real deal..this vocal performance is incredible..his body of work is up there with anyones..he could handle his partying as well which most of these pretenders today cant..amy winehouse has one album drinks a can of lager and starts self harming...marriott is a genius..a true one off..great clip..nice one!
It's spelled 'ukulele - Steve started out busking in London at the bus stop near his home where the conductors gave him spare change... the start of a career. Love him, miss him, and glad to have utubers putting up clips like this... Mahalo!
Also, there are 4, 6, and 8 string versions of the 'ukulele. This one looks doublestrung on 1st & 3rd strings -looks to be a custom stringing - will ask friends here on Maui. Mahalo hou, thanks again! Aloha
@wouldntyoulike2know lol, no worries! It's funny because the Hawaiian pronounciation is oo (like you) ku (rhymes) lele, but people say "yuke" for short... go figure! Btw, an 'uku is a flea, and lele is to jump (in Hawaiian) so the name the Hawaiians gave to the instrument that came over with the Portugese "paniolo" (cowboys) mean "jumping fleas" because that's what all the fancy fingerwork looked like!
I wonder who has the 'ukulele that was in that video clip!?
I found out today that Steve is playing a 6-String Ukelele. :) I am going to get one and this will be the first song I grace upon it. Say No More. I love you Steve!
Wow, what a beautiful little song. So sweet how the lower parts he sings are the most endearing, especially the line "if I'm a key then your the lock, so open up.' Sweet.
@spoocyguy Took a closer look. It has 6 strings. Odd for a Uke. Ukulele have 4 strings. There is a closeup of the strings at the beginning of the video and it looks like a couple of the strings are probably there for a chorus effect. Might be a Baritone Uke. Would be easier for a guitar player to play as its tuned to the same as the last four on a guitar. The tuning DGBE.
I think Steve is great on all counts and one of the most amazing performers .. put Jagger to shame. However, he could write some great song but they were far and few between. This is not a bad knock I am just trying to explain what I feel is true. IMO. His best song is still Itchykoo and he was a better writer with the Small Faces.
@11xzxzxz He didn't write Itchycoo Park. They officially shared songwriting credits, but that one was nearly all Ronnie Lane's. Although I do agree Steve's best songwriting, and his best singing, was during his SF days. As far as the writing goes, he and Ronnie were a great team, and the great songs were not "far and few between" during their time together. They had an amazing run right up thru Ogdens.
@MrsSuratt I really didn't even know who Steve was until a couple years ago so I shouldn't write stuff I didn't check. As I imagine you know, Itchycoo was the small faces' only hit in the US. I only like a few of his early blues songs and tin soldier on utube but they are not great songs imo but just watching Steve's kinetic energy or is that ADHD? on utube is great. I also do not like any Humble Pie songs .. is 30 days in the hole the best they got? I love hate mail and it's a good thing.
@11xzxzxz You won't get any hate mail from me, although I think Tin Soldier is one of most perfect rock songs from the 60's. Three minutes of sheer brilliance. As for Humble Pie, they were huge in the US in the early 70's, but you can just look at Steve here at 25 years old and see that things weren't right with him. He probably did have attention deficit disorder, which may have led to self-medicating, but he also had incredible natural talent.
@MrsSuratt I didn't think I would get hate male from you but I know when I am honest on utube passersbyers like to write me and call me something bad and not even try to mount a decent debate. I will listen to Tin Soldiers again. Yeah I guess Humble Pie was big but just not my kind of band. For me it's the introspective or so-called literary types like Neil Young, early Costello, Graham Parker (he never got his due in the US either) or heartonyoursleeve poignancy of the Replacements.
Ok. I saw Humble Pie twice in the UK in the '70's (1973 Edmonton Sundown and 1974 Charlton Football Ground) and Steve in his Packet Of Three days at tiny little Walkern Sports & Social Club. This mans live singing voice was better than the studio recorded efforts. Best album? Easy - "Rockin' The Fillmore". He is on my all time top three song writing, musician front men alongside Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and Stuart Adamson (Big Country). I have seen them all live - RIP all of them.
@skidco1 I rarely comment on the internet..but I was backstage at Charlton. remember Montrose with Sammy hagar there?? Then before the Who came on...on came Steve with Humble pie and blew the show away..absolutely stold it from the Who.. they even said so! It was a great day..a great line up of bands and Steve played and sang his heart out, and put on an extraordinary..the Who were my favourite band and they were great that day...but Stevie was better...
ha! 'clear me ears'....you are high as a kite steve. he's 25 here and looks so much older, cocaine, hard liquor and incessant touring will age you terribly. still....he sings like an angel and retains a youthful energy although a little tired and a little sad. i love this man and he deserved a better life.
@firefairy007 exactly looks a tad more like speed to me I was watching this remembering the nasal flavours - but hes off his cake but good days and such talent. I'm lucky I guess I came through it all I'm old now but god do I miss the drugs it would be great to get hold of some clean speed for just one night awwwww.
Great Track from the "Eat it" - album from Humble Pie - but my personal favourite is the "summer song". They were a great band - sorry that they played so less acoustic. Greetings from slideede
How is it that you Brits produce some of the best (if not the best) Rock acts in the world? We Canadians are to compare and we probably have a lot more in common than we have with the States. And a lot more in common with the U.K than you think...
There seems to be a bit of a drug-problem confession in this lyric with "What I put up my snout, didn't help me none" Did I hear that right? He's obviously high here with playing with his nose and the coke sweat stinging his eyes.
Doesn't change my view of the guy. Just making an observation. Shit, it's hard to think of a seventies entertainer who DIDN'T snort piles of cocaine.
to me Marriott is the finest ROCK PERFORMER period, hands down. He had great insecurity & much sadness true but NO ONE had a voice like him, no one ever will. He was a raw natural talent w/crazy amazing stage presence, a great guitarist, great songwriter & lived truly for his music. He quit SF's as they wouldn't hire Frampton. He never recovered from Frampton dumping him after he brought Frampton to the fore. He was a one off & he was the best, I miss him.
"MrYouBill", I think Mariah Carey has sold more albums than the Beatles (or at least certain ones) so that must mean that the Beatles sing just fine but have "no magic with any songs" compared to Mariah, After all, world-wide sales prove that!
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One more thing, Frampton obviously was able to go beyond Humble Pie and never look back. I can't understand the love-fest with Marriott; he seems very likable, lays well, sings fine, but just no magic with any songs and world-wide sales prove that!
@MrYouBill Wow dude...taylor swift's worldwide sales proves she has magic. So did world-wide record sales for the spice girls. Frankly, I love lady gaga's stuff myself...but to use criterium like worldwide sales to legitimize someone's talent is pretty shallow. He has no magic for you..that's fine. Whatever.
I agree that sales are not the primary issue here and after re-listening over and over to Say No More and Song of a Baker, I do see and hear lots of potential; maybe I need to give it time, but .. the majority of stuff by Small Faces was not "classic" or memorable. If there are more gems out there like, show me!
And another thing, the only reason I'm here posting a message, is because this song blows me away,so if there are any more songs like this, that would be amazing! BTW, found this small gem last night:
DOGS charlie was a good boy 1977 Talk about no sales!
@MrYouBill@MrYouBill Understood. YOu've found two of my favorites, anyway Try SF's tin soldier If I were a carpenter cover HP's cover of desperation (choose the BBC live version on youtube). Happy hunting.
@MrYouBill Frampton went down artistically after Humble Pie. If you judge music by sales then you are missing out. You a Spice Girls fan based on their sales?.
@MrYouBill I'm wondering what you don't like about him. Besides the obvious vocal and multi-instrument talent, he was a killer songwriter and had tons of charisma. Many bands tried to recruit him: it's a fact that Page tried to get him into Zeppelin but was refused. The Stones considered him to replace MIck Taylor. Frampton has huge respect so why are you dumping on him? Do you know better than all these top artists?
@12stringsforme Well said & you have your facts straight as well! Steve was the epitome of white soul singers and Plant was his protege. It was Steve who referred Plant to Page.
@MrYouBill "world wide sales prove that"?! so acording to you Hanna Montana and Jonas Brothers are the greatest, most talent artists since the beatles?
@MrYouBill You probably never saw Steve perform live back in the day so would go some way to explain your view. And for the record, Peter Frampton still performs Humble Pie songs in his set to this day, so a bit of looking back there I think.
@MrYouBill - No magic? You must be one hard to please dude with a hearing issue thrown in, and very little in the way of musical sensibility. A truly awesome voice, could play just about any instrument he picked up, wrote high class, inventive songs. Define 'magic' so we know what you mean. And as for 'world-wide sales ...' Are you really so dumb and shallow as to think that 'sales = ability'? Yes, you probably are.
@MrYouBill "No magic with any songs and world-wide sales prove that"
"World wide sales"? The same "world-wide sales" that show Nana Mouskouri selling more than the Rolling Stones? Or... Celine Dion and Mariah Carey selling more than Bowie? "World-wide sales" are proof of one thing and that is that the tastes of the masses are all too often prone to infantile mediocrity. You could quadruple Frampton's "sales" and still be short of the "magic" Marriot possessed in his little finger.
I've just spent 30 minutes going over Small Faces and I'm very unimpressed and can understand why The R&RHoF has said no! This song here is about the best I've heard by him and the other is Song of a Baker ... the rest is all crap.
@MrYouBill Mate, you are a fucking cunt. Enough said. So, entirely based on a meager 30 minutes of listening, you understand the logic behind the HOF's decision? Fucking 30 minutes? It's fucking people like you that stop The Small Faces from being massive. People who skim a couple of tunes and are 'unimpressed.' I usually keep my thoughts to myself on music, but the faces and Marriott were hugely influencial and probably influenced many of the bands you listen to today. Dick Head, listen proper
@MrYouBill Why, are you paying them off or something? There's no rhyme or reason for the decisions as to who gets in or not. They should definitely be in, period. There is always someone who has to dump on everyone's joy, probably because that person is a miserable sot in his or her own life, and this is the only way to make himself feel better. But you know what? You're only perpetuating your own misery, so try to keep all your negativity out of everyone's day; maybe you'll catch OUR mood.
@MrYouBILL ,In 41 years in the game of music Steve marriott was best I've ever seen.The man had more talent
than anyone.And the voice no one can copy.People have been trying for 40 years.That includes every lead singer I've ever work with.Bill maybe you were not hugged enough as a child.OR you just might have really bad ears.Either way your way off on this one....
..the greatest crime in in rock&roll is that this guy isn't honored in any way by the musical powers that be. It's absolutely incredible to me that the music business, much like the film world has chosen to promote crap and has forgotten just what real talent is.....
@Sendeshi ,I'm sure you figured out the guitars are tuned down toEflat or D. This may help you figure it out, it's a beautiful song. Steve had an awesome voice,no one did it like Him!
thanks soooooo much for putting tis up. It's finally a Steve Marriott I hadn't seen before. He is my favorite singer and my band covered "thirty days in the hole" which i'd love for you to check out here for the video or on Itunes. God bless us all!
The best male singer of all time. The most sincere simple rocker soul of all time. In heaven, if we get there, Stevie will sing fo us. God bless Stevie.
Steve was the best singer of his generation and after he left the best rhythm section in the business (Ronnie, Ian and Kenney) he opened the door for Rod (who was amazing) but a tenth of the singer that Steve was!!
What a smile ! I am a 57 year old lady & saw Steve when I was sixteeen at Blackpool on the pier ! I wanted to scream at him but my mum wouldnt let me ! Miss him.
Steve lives
tad449 2 weeks ago
I actually made an mp3 of this live performance, it's so beautiful.
MayhemII 1 month ago
What a lovely song, dedicated to Jenny Ryland (Rod's ex, his wife at the time, a pic of her is on Steve's T-shirt). A shame their relationship was already on the rocks then. I heard she came to his funeral. Bless her!
palladin1969 1 month ago
so much better a singer than Robert Plant!
steenje 2 months ago
Anyone know what tuning he is using?......i don't think it is standard uke tuning (gCEA).......
Cassidy253 2 months ago
His ukulele IS A: tenor 6 string ukulele made by kamaka. End of story
jfttvbhy 3 months ago 2
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Cassidy253 2 months ago
@jfttvbhy if you kook carefully he only has 4 strings on it so the set up could be anyones guess - just to say the man could play not to mention that voice from heaven
adders45 2 months ago
It seems to be tuned (like the guitar) down a step, except for the 4th i.e. G Bb D G
nibla1000 1 month ago
it's a tenor uke
hdbass 4 months ago
@highschoolmusical841
It may be a baritone uke with the first and third strings doubled with an octave string. Steve played the ukulele from a very young age, so it wouldn't surprise me if he had one around. It's a cool little instument, that.
jamesstephenlee 4 months ago
damn....that was so good.
ultraroadmap 5 months ago
I wonder which hair she cut!
Tornfreedom 5 months ago
Wonderfull.
IdleAl 6 months ago
natural brilliance you dont see these days
megaEDWIN3 6 months ago
Every once in while a genius comes into the world, say no more.
troutseeker1 6 months ago 8
This is one of the absolute gems of all time. Never heard it until the day before yesterday but it's allready part of me. I love how he messes up the lytics on the first verse, that's a great performe left alone songwriter.
miserablerottensmurf 6 months ago
What Beauty.So Sweet
maceonenyc 7 months ago
Love this tune! Kudos to Utube because this particular tune is impossible to find anywhere and it is by far my favorite Humble pie tune...Takes me back and I love it.
azeljones 7 months ago
thank you!!!! great Steve!!!!
souzzza 7 months ago
how on earth can anybody dislike this ?
bubbledick 7 months ago
goddamn that's awesome...I've read where Steve would come up with lyrics that great right off the top of his head.
ryancole90 7 months ago
fuckin love him!
modsheff1 8 months ago
This is great!! I've just become a Marriott / Humble Pie / Small Faces fan over the last year or so. Steve definitly hits a nerve (in a good way) when he sings/ plays. So much soul in his voice! It's great to see so much respect and love for him in the comments on his vids. Humble Pie will be a mainstay in my music listening for as long as I'm around.
Uzzerrrname 8 months ago 5
Best white male voice from the UK ever
adamramoth 9 months ago 3
@adamramoth Yeah. Steve's voice was scary good. I'm more of a Small Faces fan than a Humble Pie fan (although in the 70's I knew HP well and had never heard of the SFs. Thank you, Youtube) but from his days as a child singer in Oliver straight through to Packet of Three, his voice was extraordinarily powerful and his timing always perfect.
gropingwithastoker 8 months ago
20 April 1991- Saddest day in rock music period. No one will ever top Marriott to me, his crazy unnatural talent & presence in all his bands was amazing. Kicked around & disrespectred by the suits, hanger's on & all the ick from the iindustry it may have helped him decline but thru it all Marriott NEVER COMPROMISED HIS MUSIC OR SPIRIT.!Play on Steve - out there under dreaming spires, perhaps somewhere out in the Universal, all too beautiful, all too talented & all too missed... ever always MMG
mrmarriottsgirl 9 months ago 3
This music will always be relevant. When we're all dead and gone and nobody remembers what a Kanye was, Steve Marriott's music will still be here. Talent like this just doesn't go away. This guy makes me feel things when I listen to his music and I am sure I'm not alone.
Peace.
quig66 9 months ago 5
@jmjackknife, Thanks for your memories, Peace Thru Music"
kodiak11755 9 months ago
Beautiful.....simply just beautiful..........'nuff said
MrVuvuzaala 10 months ago
clear my ears - decent speed more like huge talent 4 octave voice range amazing
adders45 10 months ago
Formidabili, purtroppo non ci sono più questo tipo di musicisti, ho se ci sono in qualche modo sono legati allo stile anni 70 quanto ci fu la rivoluzione giovanile e il grande rock era quella forma di comunicazione rivoluzionaria del mondo giovanile.
spydy181 10 months ago
omg this is beautiful that I'm shedding a tear, this is so honest and true, I love Steve Marriot (r.i.p.)
mysticmachine 10 months ago
Thanks for posting this video - what a rare treat!
sandarsed 10 months ago
If I'm foot then you're my sock..
PurpleApril1 10 months ago 2
Beautiful. His instrument seems to be the size of a baritone uke, but there are six pegs and four strings. I play a baritone uke and also did the same thing to a small guitar. I restrung it with four strings so I could play it. Maybe that's what he did? Steve is plugging his nose and blowing a little to clear his ears. A common practice after playing the loud stuff and switching to the soft stuff. Don't you think? Also getting his guitar fingers ready for the "uke" maybe?
snappydesigns1 10 months ago
who hell was the lady who cut his hair this day! WOWee girl step foreward!
LastTree 10 months ago
@LastTree His wife Jenny Rylance. She's on his T-shirt.
gropingwithastoker 10 months ago
@LastTree Well love inspires of course!
LastTree 10 months ago
@LastTree Jenny Rylance, his wife.
eturfrey 9 months ago
I thought i knew why i sang, but over the past two years this man's voice and music have given me more reason to open my mouth and tell the truth more than anyone else I have ever heard. A blessing in disguise. Gone too soon my man x x x x
bay500 11 months ago
Dr hackenbusch's video colour promo clip fo the Universal
frazzledparrot 11 months ago
Those of you who wonder about Steve's relationship with Jenny should check out the promo video for The Universal. You can see his love for her in his every move and breath-she just stands there with her arms folded. Says it all.
frazzledparrot 11 months ago
@frazzledparrot : I thought the same thing when I saw the clips of him with Jenny. He was head over heels for her but it doesn't seem she returned the feelings. He was never the same after the marriage broke up. Very sad.
lkmits 6 months ago
Class ... if you click Steve Marriott Interview 1984 there's a pang of sadness ... but here ! Class !
ilsonowl 11 months ago
SuperLmcc , 1968tjg, sjmorris1966 yeah, I feel the same :)
thanks for the lovely comments!
xJayWalkerx 1 year ago
What a wonderful comment wrote by SuperLmcc. I could not agree more and I also listen to Steve every day . There never will be another like him but he did leave us a fantastic legacy of his music. Anyway where ever his soul may be, I hope he knows how much he is still loved by his fans. Cheers Mates!!!.
1968tjg 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Steve! 20 years may have passed but the afterglow remains as bright as ever! forever remembered for all you brought to the crazy game!
sjmorris1966 1 year ago
what a lovely song. marriotts givin it some facials like.
bin on the sniff i think.
TheFunktipus1 1 year ago
Yep. Gem Video.
solarflares1058 1 year ago
Steve Marriott was just incredible. Even my 7 year old Twin Boys can sense that. God Bless him! Too bad he never received the credit he deserved! :)
1bermudian 1 year ago 3
Wow, what a gem this video! I literally grew up with Steve's music, and I've always been mesmarized by his songs, lyrics and incredible voice.
Later I discovered his soulful way of playing the guitar. I'm sure he must have been influenced by soul artists from the sixties/early seventies. His whole attitude and approach towards the guitar is testimony to that.
Love you, Steve! Always done, and always will.
divolt 1 year ago 19
@divolt ...great comment*****
unviciouscircle 10 months ago
A good way to know if a person doesn't have a f***ing clue about rock and roll is if they have one bad word to say about the amazing, incomparable Steve Marriott.
milossarian 1 year ago 4
That voice! That face!
rainspirit100 1 year ago 2
God rest his sweet soul. He was a diamond in the coal.
troutseeker1 1 year ago 3
MrYouBill..you have no clue about...anything do you?
Steve Marriot was a great musician....!!
RIP Stevie!
rdety 1 year ago
The real deal. Beautiful.
beandog100 1 year ago
got into steve in my old age. He was so energetic and fun to watch i regret not gettin into it when I was young. Shame on me
lukemanify 1 year ago 2
Just BTW, it's not a ukelele. It's just a miniature steel-string guitar, and he plays it like a virtuoso.
acoustictherapy 1 year ago
@acoustictherapy, yes, I think it is an 'ukulele. You can see the first and third strings are doubled. Steve's first busking gig when a kid was playing 'ukulele at the bus stop near his home for the folks and conductors. (Hawaiian pronounciation is ooh-ku-lay-lay, not you-ku-le-le). Aloha!
likooMaui 1 year ago
@acoustictherapy definitely not a miniature steel string. look at the way the strings are spaced especially on b and d. Its similiar to the way strings are on a twelve string or a mandolin. But your right, he plays it like a god. Marriott lives on!
HoldenMcmurphy76 5 months ago
Pure and beautiful
columba67 1 year ago
This performance just brings tears to my eyes. I just don't know the words to explain how I feel about his voice and musical magic. I am just blown away by the pure perfection.
1968tjg 1 year ago
Damn, those arms...
herrnenne 1 year ago
I want to see the rest of the show!!!!
abraxas90046 1 year ago
just discovered steve marriott in the last 24 hours.
Life takes some twists and turns, don't it? Here's a genius I never listened to before and I thought I knew so much about music....
For all who want to connect to newer bands, this duo is reminiscent of a current band called "Two Gallants". Try their song "Steady Rolling" on Youtube.
Bumptiously 1 year ago
@Bumptiously Congratulations on finding Steve. Be sure to check out his work in the Small Faces. He was in his prime then and an incredible front man.
padraiggillon 1 year ago
Fantastic !!!!
SNOWCHILD1011 1 year ago
Fecking brilliant performance of a beautiful song, glad the BBC didn't wipe this. Now future generations can appreciate real live music.
JohnnyTheWolfLupino 1 year ago
I just love him. I really love him,
wouldntyoulike2know 1 year ago
Steve was in his 20's when he went way downhill. Same as Sly, Green, and many others, regardless of few who managed to get away with the same self-abuse and continued to make good music. Oh and btw, Steve didn't any kids when he went off the cliffer, but he did have enough coke-snorting buddies around in his home studio, to the extent that his wife split. So much for the age/family bit.
rlipil 1 year ago
@rlipil Are you ever correct about anything??????
gigawilly1 1 year ago
Wow - awesome recovery in the beginning. Only Marriott could have pulled that off and leave you thinking that you're kinda glad he messed up. Superb performance at Steve's peak. A year later and the coke/booze had pretty much done irreparable creative damage, his vocal range not too far behind. True innovator in any event. All rock vocalists should bow at his mention. Rock bands would do themselves justice to study his 1965-73 work. Amazing, exciting stuff, and no, I'm no boomer.
rlipil 1 year ago
spazzed off its tits but.........this fella is the real deal..this vocal performance is incredible..his body of work is up there with anyones..he could handle his partying as well which most of these pretenders today cant..amy winehouse has one album drinks a can of lager and starts self harming...marriott is a genius..a true one off..great clip..nice one!
MrFitzek 1 year ago
sorry, meant to include that Steve's first busking was playing 'ukulele at that London bus stop... back to his roots in this clip. Mahalo!
likooMaui 1 year ago
It's spelled 'ukulele - Steve started out busking in London at the bus stop near his home where the conductors gave him spare change... the start of a career. Love him, miss him, and glad to have utubers putting up clips like this... Mahalo!
Also, there are 4, 6, and 8 string versions of the 'ukulele. This one looks doublestrung on 1st & 3rd strings -looks to be a custom stringing - will ask friends here on Maui. Mahalo hou, thanks again! Aloha
likooMaui 1 year ago
@likooMaui forgive my misspelling.
wouldntyoulike2know 1 year ago
@wouldntyoulike2know lol, no worries! It's funny because the Hawaiian pronounciation is oo (like you) ku (rhymes) lele, but people say "yuke" for short... go figure! Btw, an 'uku is a flea, and lele is to jump (in Hawaiian) so the name the Hawaiians gave to the instrument that came over with the Portugese "paniolo" (cowboys) mean "jumping fleas" because that's what all the fancy fingerwork looked like!
I wonder who has the 'ukulele that was in that video clip!?
Aloha!
likooMaui 1 year ago
I found out today that Steve is playing a 6-String Ukelele. :) I am going to get one and this will be the first song I grace upon it. Say No More. I love you Steve!
wouldntyoulike2know 1 year ago
Wow, what a beautiful little song. So sweet how the lower parts he sings are the most endearing, especially the line "if I'm a key then your the lock, so open up.' Sweet.
wouldntyoulike2know 1 year ago
Thats not a Uke. Its a Tenor Guitar.
tikigirl 1 year ago
@tikigirl It's a tenor ukulele.
spoocyguy 1 year ago
@spoocyguy Took a closer look. It has 6 strings. Odd for a Uke. Ukulele have 4 strings. There is a closeup of the strings at the beginning of the video and it looks like a couple of the strings are probably there for a chorus effect. Might be a Baritone Uke. Would be easier for a guitar player to play as its tuned to the same as the last four on a guitar. The tuning DGBE.
tikigirl 1 year ago
I think Steve is great on all counts and one of the most amazing performers .. put Jagger to shame. However, he could write some great song but they were far and few between. This is not a bad knock I am just trying to explain what I feel is true. IMO. His best song is still Itchykoo and he was a better writer with the Small Faces.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz He didn't write Itchycoo Park. They officially shared songwriting credits, but that one was nearly all Ronnie Lane's. Although I do agree Steve's best songwriting, and his best singing, was during his SF days. As far as the writing goes, he and Ronnie were a great team, and the great songs were not "far and few between" during their time together. They had an amazing run right up thru Ogdens.
MrsSuratt 1 year ago
@MrsSuratt I really didn't even know who Steve was until a couple years ago so I shouldn't write stuff I didn't check. As I imagine you know, Itchycoo was the small faces' only hit in the US. I only like a few of his early blues songs and tin soldier on utube but they are not great songs imo but just watching Steve's kinetic energy or is that ADHD? on utube is great. I also do not like any Humble Pie songs .. is 30 days in the hole the best they got? I love hate mail and it's a good thing.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz You won't get any hate mail from me, although I think Tin Soldier is one of most perfect rock songs from the 60's. Three minutes of sheer brilliance. As for Humble Pie, they were huge in the US in the early 70's, but you can just look at Steve here at 25 years old and see that things weren't right with him. He probably did have attention deficit disorder, which may have led to self-medicating, but he also had incredible natural talent.
MrsSuratt 1 year ago
@MrsSuratt I didn't think I would get hate male from you but I know when I am honest on utube passersbyers like to write me and call me something bad and not even try to mount a decent debate. I will listen to Tin Soldiers again. Yeah I guess Humble Pie was big but just not my kind of band. For me it's the introspective or so-called literary types like Neil Young, early Costello, Graham Parker (he never got his due in the US either) or heartonyoursleeve poignancy of the Replacements.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
greatest British singer, in my opinion anyway, whether it be small faces or humble...live forever Marriot!
be1here1now 1 year ago
Little Stevie WONDER!! R.I.P x
see4miles67 1 year ago
Ok. I saw Humble Pie twice in the UK in the '70's (1973 Edmonton Sundown and 1974 Charlton Football Ground) and Steve in his Packet Of Three days at tiny little Walkern Sports & Social Club. This mans live singing voice was better than the studio recorded efforts. Best album? Easy - "Rockin' The Fillmore". He is on my all time top three song writing, musician front men alongside Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and Stuart Adamson (Big Country). I have seen them all live - RIP all of them.
Paul.
skidco1 1 year ago
@skidco1 Bang on the nail with those three. RIP all of them.
What a lovely song this is [:{D>
STEViEmando 1 year ago
@skidco1 I was at those gigs and many others, including Hyde Park 1971. I agree with your comments.
stratoman2004 1 year ago
@skidco1 I rarely comment on the internet..but I was backstage at Charlton. remember Montrose with Sammy hagar there?? Then before the Who came on...on came Steve with Humble pie and blew the show away..absolutely stold it from the Who.. they even said so! It was a great day..a great line up of bands and Steve played and sang his heart out, and put on an extraordinary..the Who were my favourite band and they were great that day...but Stevie was better...
jmjacknife 11 months ago 2
ha! 'clear me ears'....you are high as a kite steve. he's 25 here and looks so much older, cocaine, hard liquor and incessant touring will age you terribly. still....he sings like an angel and retains a youthful energy although a little tired and a little sad. i love this man and he deserved a better life.
firefairy007 1 year ago
@firefairy007 exactly looks a tad more like speed to me I was watching this remembering the nasal flavours - but hes off his cake but good days and such talent. I'm lucky I guess I came through it all I'm old now but god do I miss the drugs it would be great to get hold of some clean speed for just one night awwwww.
adders45 1 year ago
unbelievably beautiful plain and simple..
maceonenyc 1 year ago 2
Mick Jagger aka mryoubill. lol
fornicatingtauruspoo 1 year ago
Great Track from the "Eat it" - album from Humble Pie - but my personal favourite is the "summer song". They were a great band - sorry that they played so less acoustic. Greetings from slideede
slideede 1 year ago
steves voice is just beautiful on this
harrysgirl11 1 year ago
"Eat It" was my favourite Humble Pie album, and this song I played many many times... Thanks for posting it!!!
gleemen 1 year ago
God rest your sweet soul Steve.
gonetubing99 1 year ago
great love song sweet as a nut x
innocentearth 1 year ago
Marriott makes Plant look like a tea boy. God bless him!
smoovegittar 1 year ago 2
you forget the song 30 days in the hole? lol.. i think there was worldwide magic felt in that timeless classic.. donk
jeffclarkemusic 1 year ago
stevie was tremdous.a fantastic tallent,guitarist,writer singer,charisma by the bucket
hotbuelick 1 year ago
Love this tune...Been looking for it for years. Amazing what people consider popular. Easily one of the best tunes they ever did...
azeljones 1 year ago
How is it that you Brits produce some of the best (if not the best) Rock acts in the world? We Canadians are to compare and we probably have a lot more in common than we have with the States. And a lot more in common with the U.K than you think...
"Keep on rockin in the free world"
DAZEOFTHESTONED 1 year ago
Nice'♫'Sweet
PAULLONDEN 1 year ago
Steve Marriott was the real deal. No artificial ingredients added. He sang with soul and style.
duncanstpt 1 year ago
I watched this and could not hold back tears. Steve Marriott. What a musician, actor, entertainer, song writer. RIP
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
@ 12stringsforme...absolutely...in addition, Jagger didn't want him in the Stones because he didn't want to compete with a superior singer. True.
munkiman2 1 year ago
There seems to be a bit of a drug-problem confession in this lyric with "What I put up my snout, didn't help me none" Did I hear that right? He's obviously high here with playing with his nose and the coke sweat stinging his eyes.
Doesn't change my view of the guy. Just making an observation. Shit, it's hard to think of a seventies entertainer who DIDN'T snort piles of cocaine.
knuteboy36 1 year ago
Seeing Steve smile as he turns to Clem and says "alright" as they change chord patterns... can't help smiling myself.
sanjuro0518 1 year ago
A real gem - thanx.
dav900id 1 year ago
i always return to this video. beautiful.......
kidn 1 year ago
to me Marriott is the finest ROCK PERFORMER period, hands down. He had great insecurity & much sadness true but NO ONE had a voice like him, no one ever will. He was a raw natural talent w/crazy amazing stage presence, a great guitarist, great songwriter & lived truly for his music. He quit SF's as they wouldn't hire Frampton. He never recovered from Frampton dumping him after he brought Frampton to the fore. He was a one off & he was the best, I miss him.
mrmarriottsgirl 1 year ago 11
"MrYouBill", I think Mariah Carey has sold more albums than the Beatles (or at least certain ones) so that must mean that the Beatles sing just fine but have "no magic with any songs" compared to Mariah, After all, world-wide sales prove that!
ApickinandAgrinnin 1 year ago
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One more thing, Frampton obviously was able to go beyond Humble Pie and never look back. I can't understand the love-fest with Marriott; he seems very likable, lays well, sings fine, but just no magic with any songs and world-wide sales prove that!
MrYouBill 1 year ago
@MrYouBill Wow dude...taylor swift's worldwide sales proves she has magic. So did world-wide record sales for the spice girls. Frankly, I love lady gaga's stuff myself...but to use criterium like worldwide sales to legitimize someone's talent is pretty shallow. He has no magic for you..that's fine. Whatever.
tryprz 1 year ago
@tryprz,
I agree that sales are not the primary issue here and after re-listening over and over to Say No More and Song of a Baker, I do see and hear lots of potential; maybe I need to give it time, but .. the majority of stuff by Small Faces was not "classic" or memorable. If there are more gems out there like, show me!
MrYouBill 1 year ago
@tryprz,
And another thing, the only reason I'm here posting a message, is because this song blows me away,so if there are any more songs like this, that would be amazing! BTW, found this small gem last night:
DOGS charlie was a good boy 1977 Talk about no sales!
MrYouBill 1 year ago
@MrYouBill @MrYouBill Understood. YOu've found two of my favorites, anyway Try SF's tin soldier If I were a carpenter cover HP's cover of desperation (choose the BBC live version on youtube). Happy hunting.
tryprz 1 year ago
@MrYouBill Frampton went down artistically after Humble Pie. If you judge music by sales then you are missing out. You a Spice Girls fan based on their sales?.
steveletford 1 year ago
@MrYouBill I'm wondering what you don't like about him. Besides the obvious vocal and multi-instrument talent, he was a killer songwriter and had tons of charisma. Many bands tried to recruit him: it's a fact that Page tried to get him into Zeppelin but was refused. The Stones considered him to replace MIck Taylor. Frampton has huge respect so why are you dumping on him? Do you know better than all these top artists?
12stringsforme 1 year ago 46
@12stringsforme Well said & you have your facts straight as well! Steve was the epitome of white soul singers and Plant was his protege. It was Steve who referred Plant to Page.
radiosandclocks 1 year ago
@12stringsforme thats all lies , probably homosexual propaganda .
nerdflanders8710 1 year ago
@nerdflanders8710 what's all lies?
12stringsforme 1 year ago
@MrYouBill you=fail
jeffclarkemusic 1 year ago
@MrYouBill "world wide sales prove that"?! so acording to you Hanna Montana and Jonas Brothers are the greatest, most talent artists since the beatles?
PindamonhaMAN 1 year ago
@MrYouBill You probably never saw Steve perform live back in the day so would go some way to explain your view. And for the record, Peter Frampton still performs Humble Pie songs in his set to this day, so a bit of looking back there I think.
stratoman2004 1 year ago
@MrYouBill - No magic? You must be one hard to please dude with a hearing issue thrown in, and very little in the way of musical sensibility. A truly awesome voice, could play just about any instrument he picked up, wrote high class, inventive songs. Define 'magic' so we know what you mean. And as for 'world-wide sales ...' Are you really so dumb and shallow as to think that 'sales = ability'? Yes, you probably are.
prescient8 1 year ago
@MrYouBill
His loyal fans prove that.
Kilroy1983 1 year ago
@MrYouBill
oh you must understand that steve marriott is probably the most underrated singer/songwriter ever.
spider18241 1 year ago
@MrYouBill Frampton is cool though , right ? Stop it
Tecumseh1812 1 year ago
@MrYouBill since when do sales relate to talent? He lays well?! Another string to your bow Mr. Marriott, good in the sack...why thank you.
cottageorgan 1 year ago
@MrYouBill "No magic with any songs and world-wide sales prove that"
"World wide sales"? The same "world-wide sales" that show Nana Mouskouri selling more than the Rolling Stones? Or... Celine Dion and Mariah Carey selling more than Bowie? "World-wide sales" are proof of one thing and that is that the tastes of the masses are all too often prone to infantile mediocrity. You could quadruple Frampton's "sales" and still be short of the "magic" Marriot possessed in his little finger.
blackmore4 1 year ago 3
I've just spent 30 minutes going over Small Faces and I'm very unimpressed and can understand why The R&RHoF has said no! This song here is about the best I've heard by him and the other is Song of a Baker ... the rest is all crap.
MrYouBill 1 year ago
@MrYouBill Mate, you are a fucking cunt. Enough said. So, entirely based on a meager 30 minutes of listening, you understand the logic behind the HOF's decision? Fucking 30 minutes? It's fucking people like you that stop The Small Faces from being massive. People who skim a couple of tunes and are 'unimpressed.' I usually keep my thoughts to myself on music, but the faces and Marriott were hugely influencial and probably influenced many of the bands you listen to today. Dick Head, listen proper
theroyalwe1989 1 year ago
@MrYouBill something's happening here and you don't know what it is, do you...
levmysjkin 1 year ago 2
@MrYouBill Why, are you paying them off or something? There's no rhyme or reason for the decisions as to who gets in or not. They should definitely be in, period. There is always someone who has to dump on everyone's joy, probably because that person is a miserable sot in his or her own life, and this is the only way to make himself feel better. But you know what? You're only perpetuating your own misery, so try to keep all your negativity out of everyone's day; maybe you'll catch OUR mood.
musicfan5044 1 year ago 2
@MrYouBILL ,In 41 years in the game of music Steve marriott was best I've ever seen.The man had more talent
than anyone.And the voice no one can copy.People have been trying for 40 years.That includes every lead singer I've ever work with.Bill maybe you were not hugged enough as a child.OR you just might have really bad ears.Either way your way off on this one....
SuperSoundman77 1 year ago
what's that instrument Marriott is playing with four strings?
fanofprotopic 1 year ago
Steve Marriott is all too beautiful...
RensStella 1 year ago
This is beautiful!
I love discovering songs like this that I probably might never have if not for youtube.
I swear it almost sounds like orchestral strings come in when Clem Clemson starts playing his guitar
knuteboy36 1 year ago
Such a fantastic voice from a small white cockney boy.
He has obviously listened to lots of early soul and if you compare his phrasing, you can hear Etta James running through it.
Loved him then, love him still
hammerboy56 1 year ago
..the greatest crime in in rock&roll is that this guy isn't honored in any way by the musical powers that be. It's absolutely incredible to me that the music business, much like the film world has chosen to promote crap and has forgotten just what real talent is.....
forbiddenvalley 1 year ago 3
wrote this song this morning? simply amazing!
2468oldschooltimes 1 year ago
He didn't actually write it THAT morning, he meant he wrote the song for his wife, who trims his hair in the mornings :)
ChrisXRachel 1 year ago
Steve Marriott! Sign the petition to induct Steve Marriott into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
freekoss 1 year ago 74
where to sign?
salesius1976 1 year ago
@freekoss No Doubt! How ironic that the insipid john mellonhead was inducted yet Steve Marriott isn't! Paul Rodgers isn't even in yet!
radiosandclocks 1 year ago
@freekoss
Steve Marriott is not in the Hall of Fame? Good Lord!!! Maybe the pipe will put it's self down...
hallcharlie74 1 year ago 2
Very cool. Romantic, too.
schizzie345 1 year ago
love steve marriott! ledge
aryanstallyan 1 year ago
Oooh What a beautiful song...really sweet :-)
Mariekesone 2 years ago
Can anbody tell me the guitar chords for this song please?
Sendeshi 2 years ago
@Sendeshi ,I'm sure you figured out the guitars are tuned down toEflat or D. This may help you figure it out, it's a beautiful song. Steve had an awesome voice,no one did it like Him!
cnkolorz 1 year ago
Simple Brilliance x
bubbledick 2 years ago 2
happy birthday steve.
collibosher70 2 years ago
Happy birthday. I always loved the Jenny Rylance songs: Tin soldier, A song for Jenny and Say no more.
DickyGilbersMusic 2 years ago
Steve would have been 63 tomorrow!Always missed! Have a ball up there Groovin' with Jesus!
sjmorris1966 2 years ago
thanks soooooo much for putting tis up. It's finally a Steve Marriott I hadn't seen before. He is my favorite singer and my band covered "thirty days in the hole" which i'd love for you to check out here for the video or on Itunes. God bless us all!
kathena bryant
thehippynuts 2 years ago
sounds like he swallowed an effects pedal, what a voice
dengie75 2 years ago 4
Goddamn this is good. Thank you. Humble Pie. The Faces. Early Stones. Real Rock 'n' Roll.
HumblePie76 2 years ago
This is so beautiful.
kidn 2 years ago
just wonderful thank you.
tegmills 2 years ago 2
Amazing !
jmfcritter 2 years ago 2
Beautiful soul with a most amazing soul voice.
squirrel1612 2 years ago 3
tout simplement génial!!!!!! thanks
MrSuedehead72 2 years ago
What a treasure...God bless
TheDonnag001 2 years ago 3
The best male singer of all time. The most sincere simple rocker soul of all time. In heaven, if we get there, Stevie will sing fo us. God bless Stevie.
RockerBobK9 2 years ago 13
Steve was the best singer of his generation and after he left the best rhythm section in the business (Ronnie, Ian and Kenney) he opened the door for Rod (who was amazing) but a tenth of the singer that Steve was!!
billyconnearly 2 years ago 6
boy, see him bolt off the stage!! Looks like he was sweating a lot at first. Would like to see more of this footage, looks '73 HP. miss you bud
chippy783 2 years ago
What a smile ! I am a 57 year old lady & saw Steve when I was sixteeen at Blackpool on the pier ! I wanted to scream at him but my mum wouldnt let me ! Miss him.
squirrel1612 2 years ago 4