Fred Neil, Vince Martin & John Sebastian - "The Dolphins" 8/2/76

[msviolich]

What a great video! Bob Ingram (in blue on the right) is my wonderful neighbor. Shortly after I bought my little Grove bungalow, I rolled into my driveway. It was a beautiful winter day and my windows were down. I heard someone playing sweetly on the guitar on their front porch...it was Bobby. I knew then that I had picked the right house! Bobby and his wife Gay are now our dear friends.

[skipwaytube]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this! This s priceless, but it's sad that this is the only video of Fred available. He is obviously well into his "retirement" to Cocoanut Grove. I've been a Fred Neil fan ever since his album with Vince came out ('61?). Back then, I was checking out every new Elektra release. RIP, Fred. You were one of a kind.



[Cobia75]

Does anyone know if Peter Childs is still around, & does he still play?

[Esterina67]

la sua musica mi comunica tranquillità

[andybmunro]

COOL AS FK, PSYCHEDELIC MAN;) QUALITY IS AGELESS,REPLAY,,,,

[jpwonkie]

Wow, after all these decades I finally get to see film of the man playing! Thanks so much for posting this. I hope the rest of this performance sees the light of day sometime.

I know he also did sets in Japan & Montreux around this era, I hope those tapes emerge sometime as well.

[oldbrentwood]

Im blown away finding this...........thank you

Ken Neil (Morlock)

[DuneAquaViva]

Fred was a huge Influence on me...I was there when he recorded his live Album at the Elephant in Woodstock NY..with Monte Dunn on 2nd guitar...Karen Dalton also performed that night..

[triptoheaveandho]

nice stuff



[dainin123]

Wow, it's amazing to be able to see footage of him performing live after all these years!

[psirou]

What's that 12 string beauty fred is playing?

[psirou]

fred neil, vince martin and john sebastian... funny they all have given names as family names.

Great video btw!

[funnytoo]

lets get 5million hits!!!

[Sulaewesi2]

what happened to Decembers Dream?

[eddthefolky]

Thank you, man. Fred Neil was an enormous talent with a career that was - sadly- too short.

[soundbodycenter]

Soooo nice! Thanks you- warms my heart...

[TheDave107]

Thanks for posting this!

[NoRosesForMe]

John Sebastian is a very under-rated musician. As a harmonica player myself, I can tell you that honestly. I think he was stuck into that pop category for too long. Not that its all bad. Fun fact: he played on the Doors Morrison Hotel album. Not many people know that. Jim Morrison admired his playing. Fact. Lovely lovely performance thank you so much. Fred makes me cry x

[stickypatch]

Just Beautiful wish I had been there,always been a fan of the Spoonful and John so nice to see him on this.All the Best Vivienne.

[baltimorebob]

saw Vince at the Grove in the 60's. Sang "Tear Down the Walls" Remember it as if it were yesterday. Vince had the voice.

[edrice22]

Oh my god... you just gave me back part of my youth.

Wish with all my heart we could go back to those days, and all be as we were.

It was so good. Absolute, pure magic. Ah Freddy, wish you were still with us.

Thank you for this. It means a lot to me. Priceless.

[excoc]

thank you so much for sharing this footage - i finally got to see my hero fred neil perform and i just had a true spiritual experience.

[luke8250]

sitting in my shed in leafy Surrey watching this its 'The business' thank you so much,

Who said 10,000 dollars at the drop of a hat, i'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that..................again.

[3kencloud]

Many many many thanks!

[hjboy523]

Wow!!! So great to see Fred like I used to see him in NYC during the early sixties. An added note ,that is indeed Pete Childs playing dobro!!

He DOEs look happy. I listen to him daily to this day!

[metesky23]

No words can describe the utter joy of seeing this man perform after all these years. YouTube was created for these four minutes. Just about everything else is filler. Maofoam, whoever and wherever you are, thank you so much. [Shivers and tears.]

[snihplod24]

Thank you thank you thank you. never saw Fred live but am a long time fan.

Can't believe there's no more footage somewhere but thank God for this.

[sharonnyc]

I think that's Pete Childs on the dobro, but I could be wrong -- it's been a long time.

[murffie2]

What an extraordinary gift for all who loved this man and his music. "Sessions" was one of very few LPs that got messed up around here from too much play! This is truly the icing on the cake....thank you and please, please never take it down!

[fureyfamily]

This is awesome, I have been checking on youtube for a long time to see some live Fred Neil...He looks so happy

[bagimin]

from south Fl...I am just blown away. I heard this existed but doubted it...till now. Whoever holds the rest of this footage might want to share while it will still be meaningful to some people.

[organicfamilies]

awesome! i can't believe there is no more footage of this guy!!!

[adriemeijer]

A big thanks from the Netherlands!

[Kingscrib]

Fred Neil's 'The Dolphins' was a seminal moment for me. Between he & Jacques Brel, my musical life was turned upside down - thank heaven! (still have his vinyl) :)

[TheElectronicottage]

Precious and rare. The only film I've ever seen of Fred. Great to see Bob Ingram, Pete Childs, John Sebastian, Pete Wade and Vince Martin, too. Everybody looks so young!! I guess they were. Relatively speaking, of course.

[brianmcleod]

Wow... my grove kid childhood from the 70's right there. Playing guitar with Fred in his living room, breakfast at Monty's, Bobby & Gaye, Joe Bike... I remember it all.

[john9594]

Rare, Rare, Rare!!... Actual film of Fred Neil and Vince Martin...to good to be true!! And with John Sebastian, Pete Wade, and Bob Ingramand at Coconut Grove. This is great, I hope who ever posted this film can find some more footage. Thanks!!

[maofoam]

@john9594 Unfortunately that's all I got! Happy to share to the world!!

[posthumanhero]

@john9594 yea really.i like the album they made together LOT......but i guess alot of younger people didn't get martins sweet voice...they juxtapose so nicely i think.different time, real people..........don't read too many reviews always with good music......the masses never get the good stuff (i think).....this brand of music is not something u sit around discussing like dylan.........u [feel] it.