ohio express

[MegaJudithB]

If you dont know Willgus, then you don't know Ohio Express. This guy is hot.

[begborrowandsteal]

To make the Ohio Express history even more complex, we were The Conquests when we recorded Beg Borrow and Steal, later released under the name The Rare Breed, and then released again under the name Ohio Express. We did it live on YouTube a couple of years ago. Anyway, enjoyed this, so thanks for posting !

[oatstao]

jus' go on down to the sonobeat website, and you will find out this is 10cc

before they were even called Hotlegs while the original band was in Texas basically on vacation, but they recorded some sides at Sonobeat.

[Dawn1959]

Ahh the mysteries of Ohio Express.Well,gotta say my crush was always on Doug and no one can ever deny his style.That man rocks when he plays..,Will always love ya Doug!!!!!

[muziclover1952]

Good job last nite in Mansfield guys!..Really enjoyed it!,especially the finale!

[Mr60smusicfan]

Summer of 1969 classic that should have been a hit.

[MikeBlitzMag]

The history of the Ohio Express is about as complex as a band's history can get. But suffice to say that Sausalito was one of the highlights of the summer of 1969. A classic!!

[gibcenet]

definitely ohio express

[MrZol]

i love this !! high on the mountain, it snows there !!

[WhatAboutThemApples]

@MrZol

the part before it seems like a drug reference as well.

You got to go there, everything grows there. When you get High on a Mountain, it snows there

[MrZol]

i love sausalito !!

[abdo1]

This was the line up which toured mainland Europe in 1969 and recorded this performance for a German television show. The programme also featured PP Arnold, Maxine Nightingale and Raymond Froggatt.

To fit the programme format some switching of instruments among the group took place. From left to right the group members are: Chris Brown on bass (normally the keyboard player), Wilgus Hicks on guitar and lead vocal (normally the bass player) and original member Doug Grassel on guitar.

[franklinrocks1]

Dude, this is Graham Gouldman - that is ME playing lead guitar. Who is WILGUS HICKS?

[begborrowandsteal]

While not the guys who recorder "Beg Borrow and Steal", they have a great sound. Thanks for posting it !

[videogeekin]

I have this 'old hippie' friend (Peter) that is a 'street musician' and he is about 60 years old..he plays guitar with his little dog by the Sausalito ferry dock and so he never heard this song so I put it on CD and took it down to him...he thought it was a good song! It should be the theme song played all over that town..but few people have even heard of it!

[LunaCat59]

very cool. the singer is a total doll!

[videogeekin]

This was not the usual 'borrowed' vocalist (Joey Levine).. this singer is Graham Gouldman later to join '10CC' in the early 70's. This 'promo video' probably never got any 'airplay' on television in 1969... I never even heard about it!?

[ottowes]

Graham wrote some great hits-For Your Love; Heart Full of Soul; Evil Hearted You; Bus Stop; Look Through Any Window; No Milk Today; Listen, People, among them. Check him out on Wikipedia.

[dbwindhorst]

Any idea if that's Graham on bass (on the recording, not the vid)? It sure sounds like him.

[ottowes]

Most likely. According to Wikipedia, the (soon-to-be) four members of 10cc- Kevin Godley; Lol Creme; Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman comprised this edition of Ohio Express, with Graham singing lead and the other three playing instruments and singing back-up. 10cc was formed a short time later.

[twolaneblacktop70]

if i ever take acid again i'm gonna listen to this record! out of state man!

[truethought62]

One of their best tunes--it rocks(and pops)..you know what you could have found in Sausalito..so I was, er, told...

[XMIR10B]

Indian Giver clone

[LivengoodTodd]

Which one is Chuck Lindencamp? Was there a Chuck Lindencamp in this band?

[itsrolled]

HEY! I know that guy playin the bass. Man is he a burnout.HE'S COOL! JOEL

[jonrickly]

i remember when they were "sir timothy and the royals"...

they rocked...doing the yardbirds and stones..

they all had vox amps...

i thought they were cool...untill yummy, yummy,..

[muffdivinman]

Who is the dude in the middle? He's dreamy. Catchy tune too

[likesspice73]

back in the 60's a lot of bands signed contracts to get their records out and then found themselves no longer in charge of their own band and then finally replaced. this is not the original band or any of its members. it is a nice tune. it just says something about corporate greed versus the urge to create, and why so many good US bands never had a chance.

[56Mercgal]

What happened to the "Chewy,Chewy" video by the Ohio Express? Last time I saw it was two weeks ago now it's gone! Was it copyright problems? Just curious!

[john66]

i guess. yummy yummy, a decent-quality version, was taken down a few months ago. too bad.

[Moxxie202]

Is this video old or new? I have a lot of ohio express 45's but dont remember this one. the bands today look like bands of yesterday!!

[videogeekin]

"This was a 'promo video' from about 1975..not sure where it got any 'airplay'??...I never saw it on tv in the 70's!? Maybe:'Don Kirchner's Rock Concert/'Wolfman's Jack's Midnight Special', I must have missed, I am 47??

[Koyama54]

"Sausalito", a #86 US hit credited to Ohio Express, and released in July 1969. In reality, the song featured Graham Gouldman on lead vocal, and vocal and instrumental backing by the other three future 10cc members.

[moorlock2003]

Thanks for the chart info. Now the question is, who are these guys? They obviously are not 10CC.

[tubbyknuffel]

sweet singer^^ :-*

[hecklongtree]

This is actually 10cc, though they're billed as Ohio Express.

[sunra67]

are you sure? i'm almost certain the guitarist on the right was on their early stuff. i know graham gouldman wrote the song, but he also wrote for the yardbirds, hollies, and herman's hermits.

[hecklongtree]

Yeah, some or all members of 10cc played on some of the later records for the Katz-Kasenetz bubblegum rock stable including Ohio Express and Crazy Elephant.

[sunra67]

i just scored a copy of the 45, it has a real freaked out instrumental on the flip called "make love not war" which sound like late period animals.

[friendlier]

This isn't 10cc in the video, although yes they did do a lot of the Ohio Express stuff in the studio.

[pauliem]

I also heard the Shadows Of Knight did a lot of Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Co. music in the studio.....

[sunra67]

fantastic track, i never heard this one before. the first record i ever bought was chewy chewy in 1968, they made some great psychedelic tracks like first grade reader and turn to straw, a very cool group for sure!

[buckeyegirl32]

The Ohio Express is a great band. I love their music. Thanks for posting this video of them.

[56Mercgal]

Sounds cool in my 56' Merc wagon! Luv the Ohio Express!!

[chevyno63]

great clip,one of their best i've seen so far.cheers!