THE EQUALS-LIVE IN GERMANY 66

[Kineticartist]

This is why youtube truly exists and will always remain so we can watch our history in music bravo to the poster!

[dmfeelings]

so sexy too!

[GeraldineMcK]

Dint know eddie was in this group

[LobitoBlaxer]

minute 1.54...Scooby dooo!!!!! jajajaja XD! bilma! 

[blossomsquirrel]

Where's the bass?

[63475313]

c bon ça souvenir

[cygnetUP]

Pat is indeed there, but he's clearly playing rhythm guitar not bass.

[supersondessixties]

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[superwesman]

who put these stupid graphics in this clip?

[kellyadvent]

my dad saw these in 1968 @ the royal ballrooms Boscombe Bournemouth he wants to remind you all derv Gordon is the singer. Eddie grant wrote the songs they were unique as they on stage did not use a bass guitar. He said great evening very impressed.

He heard of the equals first on an advert on radio Caroline for president records.

wanted to share a memory with you and wonder how many remember the major Minor record company advert for the Colored raisins and David mcwilliams adds

[ELLANDRD1966]

@kellyadvent

Well, they are on stage in this vid and I can hear a very strong Bass line.... oh yes, and there's Pat playing it.

[jeffkahl]

so is Eddie Grant on the lead vocals? or which one is he?

[superwesman]

@jeffkahl eddie grant is the guitarist on stage right - check the wikipedia entry for information about the line-up

[jeffkahl]

@superwesman cool, thanks for the info.

[superwesman]

@jeffkahl oops - I meant to say stage left - he's the skinnier guitarist with the weird guitar (the heavier guy on stage right with the semi-hollow is the lead singer's brother)

[jeffkahl]

@superwesman ah ok. thanks for clearing that up!

[mattyp3400]

great footage nice post

[martinkelting]

Eddy Grant macht Beat

[beatbands1966]

I don't even have this in my collection anymore. Let me hit myself in the head now,,,, ouch ouch ouch.

[pickabar]

Fucking awesome band.

[krdr]

A Gem! Truly!

[dix05069]

How bout' Louis Armstrong Allstars.......... and yeah this is some great stuff

[lewisldurham]

EDDIE GRANT WENT TO MY SCHOOL!!

[docmartin24]

early skinhead and true skinheads are never political!!

unfuck the world as i say!!!

[tez0lambretta]

hahahha i like that one

[pfordsq]

While everybody knows Booker T. and The M.G.s and The Jimi Hendrix Experience were some of the most important early mixed race bands , The Equals right in there with them , don't forget about Love.

[taqn]

watch out for the pyramids at my youtube-chanel, another great 1960`s black & white band!!!.

[pfordsq]

Good call. Pyramids were a great group , though , like almost everyone in the "Beach Party " movies(Even Dick Dale) , they could have had better material in their segments.....Also , they were "Skinheads" , but only in that they had shaved heads, nothing political , of course.

[MattHatter]

Hahaha! How funny you mention them, my mom saw The Pyramids back in the day. My Uncle Jerry Gordon Smith played rhythm guitar for Bob Vaught and The Renegades back in '62-'63, a So Cal surf band. Man, this footage of The Equals is KILLER! There were those bands that just had that extra EDGE when it came to their performing, making you wonder how kids didn't start going absolutely crazy! Another fav of my moms was a band from Canada called Mandala, look them up on here: "Mandala 1966."

[Khultan]

@pfordsq Yes, especially Love.

[markmacelhiney]

One of the very first integrated groups of the 60's was Booker T. and the M.G.'s on Stax records in the U.S.(also served as Otis Redding's back up group). A bit earlier than this and Hendrix Experience (r.i.p. Mitch Mitchel)and I'm sure an inspiration to both.

[AndreundSvenni]

great great great.

[retronostalgic]

Those frantic leg movements are comical to watch!

[CHURINFUNFLAIS]

The Equals, And The Jimi Hendrix Experience were the first "Interracial" Bands of the 60's and they were Awesome!!!!!

[taqn]

don`t forget geno washington & the ram jam band, jimmy james & the vagabonds,the del- vikings or

love.

[mattyp3400]

@CHURINFUNFLAIS how about the chamber brothers and sly an the family stone

[novapup2001]

Probably some of the best crossover music ever done. Love the style!

[riccles1960s]

ps. actually, this is 1968, but who's counting when a good time is being had?

PR

[riccles1960s]

Simplicity made into (live) energetic entertainnment - which is more than can be said for the audience!

PR

[seterk]

This -get back-song is often ignored on "best song ever" lists. I think it ranks right up there with Louie louie and twist and shout!

[orthopolus77]

EDDY GRANT- One of the most underrated artist ever, especially here in the U.S. I am still mad that they did not use "Romancing the Stone" in the movie even though they ask him to write it. Oh! well he still made a few bucks off it. Does anyone know if Eddy still lives in Barbados?

[MattHatter]

Just one more band and song to make you think "where the hell did we go wrong?" Oh wait a minute, I know where...when we allowed rap music to dominate popular culture and kids music collections!

[posthumanhero]

young kids are taught to follow and buy glorified auctioneeris singing over dummy beats because they have no choice.........quality/culture is and absent and any traces of it will be removed from their lives, sadly........wish them the best.

[feadthemachine]

they are cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MOTOPAC]

Is there no bass? I see three guitars.

[lakeviewviking]

I think the Jo-Boxers where going for this.

[chuckwagen]

Eddy's playing the bass line on that wild guitar.

Great clip!

[MOTOPAC]

This is great!

[Kammler03]

Thanx for sharing!It's great !!

[wowchmax]

"A kind of Mick Jagger in black"

thats the funniest/dumbest thing I've read on youtube.

[justjo910]

More like Jimmy Hendrix? (A Black singing like a White? (Please don't anyone get pissed, I'm not being racial!) Thanks Just Jo..

[creelump]

baby please come back!!!!bring this music back!!!!!!!

[moulinaie]

A kind of Mick Jagger in black

I sang this song so many times! Come back...

[danteschou]

Gran grupo, gran pena que desaparecieran. Pero claro, con una canción sólo, era sólo cuestión de tiempo.

Coreagrafía brutal, los chándales son de puta madre.

[llerapolin]

Bueno, yo recuerdo algún otro éxito menor: "Softly, softly", "Rub-a-dub-dub", "Green light". Al que casi no se le ve es a Eddy Grant.