It's great to be middle-aged and have the internet to finally make connections I never made back in the day. I knew of Gary Wright from the mid 70's for Dream Weaver of course, and I was aware of this band too from various TV appearances, but I never connected the two. Who knew? Next you'll be telling me that Judas Priest covered one of their songs, or something equally outlandish.
@wardka Gary Wright, also plays what is, in my opinion, one of the best piano riffs in a sixties single in U.K. Nirvana's "Oh What A Performance" ~ May 1969 . Spooky Tooth were their "Island" stablemates along with Traffic. Praise be for 'Beat Club', and the fact they didn't reuse their tapes like a certain U.K. 'global' media organisation.
Gary Wright i very important man in rock and roll history Dream Weaver was one of the best songs 1976 i remember the midnight special when he made it to that
guys if you like them listen to the V.I.P'S who was the early spooky tooth,in particular,i wanna be free and late nite blues......i forgot the incredible i'm the walrus
Great comment Pyannaguy. I stumbled on to this album at one of those "trade your 8-tracks and album" places in '72, just home from Nam I was buying all the stuff I'd missed out on. But this album was like finding Gold nad another group called KAK. Never heard of either one of them. But THIS band was really short changed on the airwaves, 'Electric Sailor Man' is hallarious and ingenious*. I still have the LP! lol
@1stonegrooved Sorry Stonegrooved, do you see any wires from the (electric) guitars? Do you see any microphone at the drumkit? All though I'm a Spooky Tooth fan I unfortunately have to admit a lot of bands in those days didn't mind to playback, also due to undeveloped live TV sound equipment.
@m1kewithaone: Thanks for the note, youtube has put me back in contact with sounds and names that had completely excaped me for a long time... Man, I had no idea I loved and missed these recordings and perfomances so much.
What I want to know is how does a guy from New Jersey manage to make friends with some other guys from the far north of England--enough to make two albums with them? Wouldn't there be some real cultural barriers there?
@notfragile33 Maybe, but think of Fleetwood Mac, and to a lesser extent Eric Clapton and Delaney & Bonny - there may be barriers, but there is also a chance fro creative alchemy that you might not otherwise have access to...
@kurtmanerz1 The difference there is that Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Eric Clapton were all "Londoners", so they were more 'world-aware'--the guys that Gary Wright played with in Spooky Tooth were from remote areas of Britain like Carlisle near the Lake District! That's almost akin to playing with someone from rural Poland! I'm thinking of the possible misunderstandings, communication problems...
@dannysfreind you know, i've been looking for this song for a couple of years now. i couldn't remember the name, or who it was by, so i didn't have any luck. now talk about luck, here i am, reading comments on a spooky tooth song, and why i'm even here is beyond me... to find YOU giving me all the information i needed to finally find that song. ... unbelievable!!! ... lol ! oh, i wasn't putting spooky tooth down, they are from my time, i just couldn't remember any of their songs...
@jonmont41 Yes, they were great and I have all their records. Funny thing is they turned into an LSD favorite band down here in Florida. Loved to listen to them. Lamar (65)
oh yeh this is music proper.. it reminds me of humble pie, the band especially richard manuels voice.it has that country feel too. and weller must have taken some mojo from these guys.trafiic too..really great sixties sound..surprised aint heard it before..
I totally agree today's music is Corporate shit the music industry today is run by accountants and lawyers and Simon Cowell they are ruining the music
I'm the bass guitarist on this video and would like to get hold of a copy of it to use at the launch of a re-issued solo album I recorded in 1969 called Magician. If anyone can help please email andymleigh@aol.com
great song to listen to listen to when you hav e just been stuffed by your better half but keep the bottle of pills and the bottle of booze at arms length but life goes on albeit in a strange manner always forward and never backwards
@sixsixxsixxxx You only get old if you're lucky (and smart enough to not fall prey to lots of stuff that can take you out). I hope the generation behind you doesn't think you're a video game hologram and snuff you or put you in a concentration camp.
Trust me: being young is just a phase you're going through.
Also, I'm curious why you're spending time around an old "dinosaur' video.
this just doesn't sound like your typical 69' song, its so upbeat and 70's sounding, definitely one of the bests the beat club could offer the late 60's in my opinion.
@starqz I'll try to answer by saying, possibly because 1969 was just such a stellar year for rock music that the competition was just too much. Look at was on the charts that year and it may be clear why some bands had to be overlooked. Again, this is pure speculation on my part. Also, they had many lineup changes in the band and they tried experimental stuff that didn't really work. A great band that just wasn't able to stay together.
Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll. Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll
Greg on bass & the incredible Luther Grovesner of guitar soon to become the powerhouse behind Mott the Hoople , anyone ever see him live when he played with Widowmaker ?? Stunning
The Tune stars off and has a Country Motif to it ;w/ Harmonica -& [Country Gtr. Riff]something noone is using much anymore. Listen to the Beatles, Rascals, etc. and how they used Harmonica And simple ideas. Look where Spooky takes This. Today Music sounds more like a Flush /
One of their most haunting tunes - never got enough play. The whole thing is somewhat inspired by old Western movies...very cinematic. The harmonica, the high lonesome guitar licks, the country piano - it's a movie for the ears...and the imagination - a semi-obscure little gem of a masterpiece.
I hope even all these years later, they get some satisfaction out of being a part of such a class act.
Oh, did I add that 90% of today's music is corporate shit? Sorry to insult shit, by the way.
@GreatBigSlide Okay, lay a couple of groups to check out on me, and tell me where to find them. I'm game.
You know when I said 90%, that leaves room for more than a few skilled songwriters and performers, by the way. If I meant there were no bright, skilled young people out there, I would have said so. Even in Spooky Tooth's day, a large percentage of the music was contrived product or immature pap.
I still maintain that that era was a somewhat Golden Age for substantive music.
@pyannaguy - Agree totally on your Spooky Tooth comments, they never got their due despite being such a great band! There were others in the same category. I feel that the Zombies were also under rated as well as Spencer Davis. A young Steve Windwood singing who sounded like a Southern black man. Surely he made a deal with the devil for that fantastic voice at that age! I'll end off by leaving you with one the greatest rock songs in history by Benny Mardones.."Into The Night"..Play it!!
@brown4810 Agreed...I do know that The Zombies have gotten a nice 're-run,' so to speak, with original vocalist Colin Blunstone, brilliant organist and founder, Rod Argent, et al. And speaking of Spencer Davis: Winwood went on to form the brilliant "Traffic," of course, with Dave Mason. I'm getting carried away...
But Benny M. - OMG - I think i may actually have a connection, there, through a friend. I'm going to check...
And I'll check out the tune you reference - Thanks!
@brown4810 Yes the Zombies are underrated but to even mention them in the same catagory as Spooky Tooth for being underrated is wrong. The Zombies actually received a fair bit of attention. You will actually hear a Zombies song on the Radio actually a few of them once in a while. However Spooky Tooth are practically obsolete and rarely got air play even in their so called heyday let alone today.
@pyannaguy very cool astute observations, who are you? True songwriting talent,performance with such ease (in spite of lip synch). Great harmonies. 'left town on a late nite train' - very '50s
@socrates1818 Thanks, soc. Given your namesake, I'm guessing that your "Who are you?" has a whiff of the abstract or philosophical about it. I ask myself that heady question often. I'm a lover of the arts for sure.
But, back to the song and the band - Yep, no doubt about it : there's a paradox there: the sentiment is about being vulnerable and wounded, but the power in the chorus hints of endurance and wisdom, or at least bittersweet knowledge born of experience. We keep on rolling, Eh?
@pyannaguy Absolutely PG, well put about the chorus, reminds me of Mick Taylors' best song 'Leather Jacket' when he sang ' I gave her love and I gave her my money, but I said no thanks, I can't get hooked on ya honey.' Like a life without too much care (cf Thomas Merton, the great Trappist monk) that was the best of the 60s nonattachment etc. And the beautiful thing is you can see it in these tunes. Anyway, you're a player or writer huh?
@socrates1818 Player, etc. I'm into the Arts. I say, I'm a dilettante ...among other things :-)
That Mick Taylor lyric is cool. And, the 60s? You bet - the best of it was brilliant and deep. In re: non-attachment: Yep, the more you got, the more you got to lose, but we all attain it one way or another. I heard Monty Python genius, John Cleese, in a slightly serious moment as he touched on mortality, quote a Buddhist idea: "Death is the final 'letting go." - Take it easy -
well said man ,, i hate shit like oasis - u2 take that and cunts like justin biddy,,, and all this x factor turgid nonsense , its either rock and roll or it aint,,
What are you on about you faggot u2 and oasis and Justin helmet sucker,, are all shit and utterly irrelevant like you,,, now go fuck your mommas ass and don’t bother me again,,
@pyannaguy awww, old and bitter? still living in the 60's? don't like the gray hair and pot belly and need to put down today's things like bitter old farts have done since adam and eve walked the earth? Oh, and did I add that most hippies were dirty, useless phonies who self-importance is ridiculous and who sold out years ago to the "establishment" they supposedly hated? sorry to insult the establishment
@sixsixxsixxxx Actually, I was young and bitter - now I'm older, in good shape and enjoying life.
Maybe all you know about hippies is what the revisionist historian media gatekeepers have told you, for the most part.
Btw, who's the Hendrix of 2011's new crop of 'innovators?' Who's the John Coltrane? Tell me who to check out and I'll listen. Also, I guess you're heading toward that old fart stuff with each tick of the clock, Right? Will you be different than everybody you just knocked?
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
@lacheyre1 Yes, our age means we have more references and experience. As I said to someone, here, "You only get old if you're lucky - and smart enough not to not fall prey to lots of stuff that can take you out."
@pyannaguy Yes my friend, I agree with you. Having said that: was I lucky or smart or both to survive if you like. I don´t know. I became what I wanted to be. For me what counts is that I´m still here. Could have been a lot worse. I´m very curious about where this world is going. It´s frightening and at the same time it´s a challenge to see the world around you try to seek it´s place!!! Thanks Brother, wherever you may be.
@pyannaguy Yes my friend, I agree with you. Having said that: was I lucky or smart or both to survive if you like. I don´t know. I became what I wanted to be. For me what counts is that I´m still here. Could have been a lot worse. I´m very curious about where this world is going. It´s frightening and at the same time it´s a challenge to see the world around you try to seek it´s place!!! Thanks Brother, wherever you may be.
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
@MONNTANNO Yes, "Product," indeed. That's what they actually call it. The Communists were way off on a lot of things, but they did say that when you put money guys in charge of the Arts - you get shit.
With the way they chop attention span into nano-seconds, now - I'm surprised anybody even listens to a 'song' all the way through, anymore. At least they still allow somebody onstage, now and then, who can play an instrument a little.
As was pointed out earlier, the bass player on this video is Andy Leigh. He had played with Denny Laine's Electric String Band, and after Spooky Tooth did his own solo album, 'Magician', and joined Matthews Southern Comfort for the two 'band' albums, and remained with Southern Comfort after Matthews splt. After the demise of Southern Comfort I don't know what he did.
I remember this song when i was young lad.My older uncles that lived next door played this album for me..I remember like yesterday...Beautiful...Full of intensity...
I remember this song when i was young lad.My older uncles that lived next door played this albumfor me..I remember like yesterday...Beautiful...Full of intensity...
Spooky Tooth: Gary Wright (voc, key, p), Greg Ridley (b), Luther Grosvenor (g), Mike Harrison (voc, key) und Mike Kellie (dr). Produzent; Jimmy Miller, bekannt von "Beggars Banquet" von den Stones, Led Zeppelin etc..
Song aus "Spooky Two", eines der besten Alben jener Zeit.
@CanyonProg I will come kick you in the ass, then you can kick me in the ass. I was turned on to this at Sam Goody's in 69. I gave my LP to a ex girlfriend.
From this to "Dreamweaver" - who can tell the roads we may travel, when first we begin to think and dabble. Great years for Rock : Tull, Uriah Heep, Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, Ten Years After, Fairport, Pentangle, ELP, Floyd, etc. Then is Now. What was good, is good. Same as it ever was, ditto, - Talking Heads
Every song on this album has some kind of spooky atmospheric. Most of it is lost when played "live," but somehow, much of it remains. Much of it seems embedded somehow in the song itself. That's the mystery here and the reason this group is somewhat different, and wonderful.
Great tune / terrific sound! Really exemplifies the late 60s. 1st time for me to see the band. Very nice haunting harmonica (even though there are a couple of missed plays to match the track; funny). Thank you Fritz.
this is the best Spooky lineup in their varied history. "Spooky Two" for me is one of the best ten rock albums of all time - not a bad or weak track on it
@hufferz Oh ya, They Both were Produced by Jimmy Miller; Before, Traffic Jim Capaldi and Luther G. were in a Band Together,DEEP FEELIN...you know it. Both Great Bands.
Saw them in '74. Really good show.
OldeFarquer 1 week ago
@OldeFarquer You lucky *** ;)
jesuswasntafascist 2 days ago
Listened to Spooky Tooth on 8 track in my boyfriends mustang. Good times!
laniecross 1 week ago
The drummer was Mike Kelly would later become a member of The Only Ones "Another World, Another Planet"
soupdee 1 week ago
I'd listen to Spooky Tooth, but I get scared.
lifelessvoyeur 1 week ago
You broke my heart, so I busted your jaw....
jfcr88 1 week ago
i just like it..
TheJosapappa1000 1 week ago
You didn't mention in the intro that Luther Grosvenor went on to be Aerial Bender in the post Mick Ralphs Mott The Hoople
RAMBR0 1 week ago 2
wow-did gary wright change his image!
HSECMAN 1 week ago
This song was from Spooky 2, their great second album.
sportster16301 1 week ago
Also recorded as Art And Vip's
48trixie 1 week ago
If ever there was a heavy band, Spooky Tooth was it.
Puseye2 1 week ago
waooowww this song has a real Rolling stone touch
BohemianConspiracy 2 weeks ago
It's great to be middle-aged and have the internet to finally make connections I never made back in the day. I knew of Gary Wright from the mid 70's for Dream Weaver of course, and I was aware of this band too from various TV appearances, but I never connected the two. Who knew? Next you'll be telling me that Judas Priest covered one of their songs, or something equally outlandish.
wardka 3 weeks ago
@wardka Gary Wright, also plays what is, in my opinion, one of the best piano riffs in a sixties single in U.K. Nirvana's "Oh What A Performance" ~ May 1969 . Spooky Tooth were their "Island" stablemates along with Traffic. Praise be for 'Beat Club', and the fact they didn't reuse their tapes like a certain U.K. 'global' media organisation.
SuperNevile 2 weeks ago
@wardka
not quite, but JP covered Fleetwood Mac's Green Manalishi!!
Xtubelis 2 weeks ago
he look alot like jimmy page of d great led zeppin
drex2012 1 month ago
:)
alectraproject 1 month ago
gary wright sang dream weaver ! pretty cool i guess u learn new things everyday
mscuteymonkie89 1 month ago
Never tire of this great music after 40+ yrs :-)
mustang18705 1 month ago
How did the name "Spooky Tooth" originate? Perhaps it's a English term?
yowzephyr 1 month ago
What kind of bass is that ?? !
jimdep1 1 month ago
@jimdep1 More than likely a Burns bass. English guitar/bass maker.
darthstaib42 1 month ago
@jimdep1 looks like Fender Jazzmaster.
003andyt 1 month ago
in the creepy music part of youtube....again.
bethmariew 1 month ago
@bethmariew you're cute
animascat 1 month ago
Gary Wright i very important man in rock and roll history Dream Weaver was one of the best songs 1976 i remember the midnight special when he made it to that
nicholasomesfilms 1 month ago
a very young looking Gary Wright the only yankee in the group
Utubestir 1 month ago
I was very lucky to see the original lineup live at gilligans in Buffalo
Utubestir 1 month ago
guys if you like them listen to the V.I.P'S who was the early spooky tooth,in particular,i wanna be free and late nite blues......i forgot the incredible i'm the walrus
musiclouis47 2 months ago
guys if you like them listen to the V.I.P'S who was the early spooky tooth,in particular,i wanna be free and late nite blues......musiclouis47
musiclouis47 2 months ago
had a spooky tooth but got it pulled because it was scaring me........so many music experts so little time to learn from them all
marbleheadband 2 months ago
Great comment Pyannaguy. I stumbled on to this album at one of those "trade your 8-tracks and album" places in '72, just home from Nam I was buying all the stuff I'd missed out on. But this album was like finding Gold nad another group called KAK. Never heard of either one of them. But THIS band was really short changed on the airwaves, 'Electric Sailor Man' is hallarious and ingenious*. I still have the LP! lol
72demons1 3 months ago
I'm only 46 but I love Spooky Tooth.
ChrisYonts 3 months ago 11
@ChrisYonts
I hope you have heard their version of 'I am a walrus' - it is the best beatles cover ever.
mccon59 1 month ago
@ChrisYonts I'm 15 and will have to agree.
Enjo1mydeathwish 1 month ago
@ChrisYonts hahaha im only 46 gotta love that im 53 and my mind is 20 ....
spudone1000 3 weeks ago
@ChrisYonts I'm only 40 and I'm with ya!
FortyGordy 1 week ago
@1stonegrooved Sorry Stonegrooved, do you see any wires from the (electric) guitars? Do you see any microphone at the drumkit? All though I'm a Spooky Tooth fan I unfortunately have to admit a lot of bands in those days didn't mind to playback, also due to undeveloped live TV sound equipment.
Rubduck54 3 months ago
@m1kewithaone: Thanks for the note, youtube has put me back in contact with sounds and names that had completely excaped me for a long time... Man, I had no idea I loved and missed these recordings and perfomances so much.
dannysfreind 4 months ago
awesome song from one of the most awesome projects of all time !
GreenhouseEffectGE 4 months ago
What I want to know is how does a guy from New Jersey manage to make friends with some other guys from the far north of England--enough to make two albums with them? Wouldn't there be some real cultural barriers there?
notfragile33 4 months ago
@notfragile33 Maybe, but think of Fleetwood Mac, and to a lesser extent Eric Clapton and Delaney & Bonny - there may be barriers, but there is also a chance fro creative alchemy that you might not otherwise have access to...
kurtmanerz1 4 months ago
@kurtmanerz1 The difference there is that Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Eric Clapton were all "Londoners", so they were more 'world-aware'--the guys that Gary Wright played with in Spooky Tooth were from remote areas of Britain like Carlisle near the Lake District! That's almost akin to playing with someone from rural Poland! I'm thinking of the possible misunderstandings, communication problems...
notfragile33 4 months ago
This is where Gary Wright (DREAM WEAVER) came from.....
dannysfreind 4 months ago
@dannysfreind you know, i've been looking for this song for a couple of years now. i couldn't remember the name, or who it was by, so i didn't have any luck. now talk about luck, here i am, reading comments on a spooky tooth song, and why i'm even here is beyond me... to find YOU giving me all the information i needed to finally find that song. ... unbelievable!!! ... lol ! oh, i wasn't putting spooky tooth down, they are from my time, i just couldn't remember any of their songs...
m1kewithaone 4 months ago
Luther Grosvenor Ariel Bender awesome
ninelivecat 4 months ago
One of the great Classic rock bans with great vocals and songs. Mike and Gary had such a unique sound.
jonmont41 5 months ago
@jonmont41 Yes, they were great and I have all their records. Funny thing is they turned into an LSD favorite band down here in Florida. Loved to listen to them. Lamar (65)
emeraldfrog1 4 months ago
Fuck i remember this
DeadJesus100 5 months ago
@DeadJesus100 I'm a musician too. the uploads on my channel are music I wrote. Tell me what you think.
Daddyo930 5 months ago
@Daddyo930 ok
DeadJesus100 5 months ago
What kind of bass is that guy playing? I've never seen anything like it. Looks like one of those Italian guitars thaey uased to make.
BCRSIX 5 months ago
i like the microphone
skitch88 6 months ago
Can't fool me that's Jimmy Page.
A good song!
paperbacknovel 6 months ago
this is shitty
Kingofmean 6 months ago
I did my first hit of heroine listening to look into the mirror and by the way gary wright rocks
sheldon50able 6 months ago
Waitin' for the wind . . !
Kryp2ni8 6 months ago
Sitting on a cornflake..waiting for the band to come..
TheBluesguy62154 6 months ago
you broke my heart,so i busted your jaw
MrJailbird32 6 months ago
used to love spooky tooth--thanks for reminding me of how great that band was!
marthaella 7 months ago
oh yeh this is music proper.. it reminds me of humble pie, the band especially richard manuels voice.it has that country feel too. and weller must have taken some mojo from these guys.trafiic too..really great sixties sound..surprised aint heard it before..
richyfitz10 7 months ago
hemp hemp hemp
bluebudgie21 7 months ago 5
excellent as always.brings back only great memories
elmhurstgrubb 7 months ago
I totally agree today's music is Corporate shit the music industry today is run by accountants and lawyers and Simon Cowell they are ruining the music
BRU11ROAD 8 months ago
nice miming, Spooky Tooth. but seriously, good music
EyMeng 8 months ago
I'm the bass guitarist on this video and would like to get hold of a copy of it to use at the launch of a re-issued solo album I recorded in 1969 called Magician. If anyone can help please email andymleigh@aol.com
andymleigh 8 months ago
What a great track Luthor/ Ariel Bender is a nice guy I met him a couple of times
ninelivecat 8 months ago
Errrm prog rock!!?? You dont know what prog rock is do you? Thats RnB or blues at best.
daftweebrush 8 months ago
Ariel Bender, And yes he did join "Mott The Hoople", after joining "Steelers Wheel" for a short time.
joehodeho 9 months ago
I think that Luther Grosvenor changed his name to Ariel Binder, And joined " Mott The Hoople".
klwtlaw 9 months ago
Man, I heard this song in the car today, since a very long time.
Great!
Timmy1107 10 months ago
great song to listen to listen to when you hav e just been stuffed by your better half but keep the bottle of pills and the bottle of booze at arms length but life goes on albeit in a strange manner always forward and never backwards
scarnish1 10 months ago
heeheehee...graybeards....hahahhaa!
sixsixxsixxxx 10 months ago
@sixsixxsixxxx You only get old if you're lucky (and smart enough to not fall prey to lots of stuff that can take you out). I hope the generation behind you doesn't think you're a video game hologram and snuff you or put you in a concentration camp.
Trust me: being young is just a phase you're going through.
Also, I'm curious why you're spending time around an old "dinosaur' video.
pyannaguy 10 months ago
Jimmy Page on vocal lol :DD
69Bloodsucker 10 months ago
this just doesn't sound like your typical 69' song, its so upbeat and 70's sounding, definitely one of the bests the beat club could offer the late 60's in my opinion.
TheCannabisKing 11 months ago
These guys came up with one of the best album titles ever. "You broke my heart so I busted your jaw!"
Zzyyxxyyxx 11 months ago
Gary Wright was a good songwriter, organ player and singer, Spooky Tooth should be more known.
metacosmos 11 months ago
We hit it off so well after another visit busizz4me.info
vmasaatukorala 11 months ago
What a cool name for a band! What a cool song!
looknleap 11 months ago
This guy had a cool voice! 1969 banner year for MUSIC. Ain't got no music in 2011, HIP HOP shit and other assorted garbage. Lady Ga Ga, all ZEROS.
cengeb 1 year ago
Gary Wright looks like Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club
tp10488 1 year ago
Jimmy Page!
2Funky4me 1 year ago
So very cool.
schizzie345 1 year ago
What bass model is that?! Looks evil
tobbelobbe666 1 year ago
@tobbelobbe666 Its a Burns Bison.
bobbitcat 1 year ago
This is one of the greatest albums of all time. Spooky Two. Emminently listenable to this day. Light years ahead of its time.
davidoran123 1 year ago 2
"Spooky Two" is the best rock album of 1969 - not a weak track on it
haworthhoarder 1 year ago
Happening Hit hammering harmonious rhythms!
Rings a Bell............................Yesterday!
zorazen2 1 year ago
This band is AWESOME, why have I never heard of them before??
starqz 1 year ago
@starqz
exgroupiefromelmont1 1 year ago
@starqz I'll try to answer by saying, possibly because 1969 was just such a stellar year for rock music that the competition was just too much. Look at was on the charts that year and it may be clear why some bands had to be overlooked. Again, this is pure speculation on my part. Also, they had many lineup changes in the band and they tried experimental stuff that didn't really work. A great band that just wasn't able to stay together.
Jellogel 1 year ago
This is the first time ive ever heard them and wow... just wow
fatas412 1 year ago
Sounds Like Greg Ridley on backing vocals and Bass as well.
rsthompson 1 year ago
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jordanmacintosh702 1 year ago
fantastic burns guitar!
moxie96 1 year ago
How about the great Greg Ridley on base! Super with Spooky Tooth and then Humble Pie!
3king5 1 year ago
This was off one of the best albums of the 60s. I played it until the grooves rattled!
rockdad3 1 year ago
man what a band!
I own that record, brilliant
hhdacount 1 year ago
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Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll. Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll
supersondessixties 1 year ago
BTW that haunting harmonica riff was used in busch beer commercials during the 70's.
thoughtsofmany 1 year ago
Greg on bass & the incredible Luther Grovesner of guitar soon to become the powerhouse behind Mott the Hoople , anyone ever see him live when he played with Widowmaker ?? Stunning
chromemutt 1 year ago
Greg Ridley, soon to bo of Humble Pie on Bass?
superbeavo 1 year ago
This from german TV show The bEat Club
palteonato 1 year ago
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palteonato 1 year ago
The Tune stars off and has a Country Motif to it ;w/ Harmonica -& [Country Gtr. Riff]something noone is using much anymore. Listen to the Beatles, Rascals, etc. and how they used Harmonica And simple ideas. Look where Spooky takes This. Today Music sounds more like a Flush /
DYNODRUM 1 year ago
this is when music was MUSIC
sebia12 1 year ago 51
@sebia12 you got that right! they don't make music like the good old rock and roll songs anymore
Oceabrz 1 year ago
@sebia12 oh bullshit
sixsixxsixxxx 10 months ago
One of their most haunting tunes - never got enough play. The whole thing is somewhat inspired by old Western movies...very cinematic. The harmonica, the high lonesome guitar licks, the country piano - it's a movie for the ears...and the imagination - a semi-obscure little gem of a masterpiece.
I hope even all these years later, they get some satisfaction out of being a part of such a class act.
Oh, did I add that 90% of today's music is corporate shit? Sorry to insult shit, by the way.
pyannaguy 1 year ago 73
@pyannaguy Excellent observation.
maceonenyc 1 year ago
@pyannaguy And apparently you live under a rock and only listen to the radio I'm guessing?
GreatBigSlide 1 year ago
@GreatBigSlide Okay, lay a couple of groups to check out on me, and tell me where to find them. I'm game.
You know when I said 90%, that leaves room for more than a few skilled songwriters and performers, by the way. If I meant there were no bright, skilled young people out there, I would have said so. Even in Spooky Tooth's day, a large percentage of the music was contrived product or immature pap.
I still maintain that that era was a somewhat Golden Age for substantive music.
Peace...
pyannaguy 1 year ago
,,your wrong, It classifies to 99.9% and the only good ones that might pop up are far and few, I can't remember the last one with a catchy melody.
PupuTheClown 1 year ago
@pyannaguy - Agree totally on your Spooky Tooth comments, they never got their due despite being such a great band! There were others in the same category. I feel that the Zombies were also under rated as well as Spencer Davis. A young Steve Windwood singing who sounded like a Southern black man. Surely he made a deal with the devil for that fantastic voice at that age! I'll end off by leaving you with one the greatest rock songs in history by Benny Mardones.."Into The Night"..Play it!!
brown4810 11 months ago 5
@brown4810 Agreed...I do know that The Zombies have gotten a nice 're-run,' so to speak, with original vocalist Colin Blunstone, brilliant organist and founder, Rod Argent, et al. And speaking of Spencer Davis: Winwood went on to form the brilliant "Traffic," of course, with Dave Mason. I'm getting carried away...
But Benny M. - OMG - I think i may actually have a connection, there, through a friend. I'm going to check...
And I'll check out the tune you reference - Thanks!
pyannaguy 11 months ago
@brown4810
totally agree, well said , thanx for that and will check out Benny!
MegaSqrl 10 months ago
@brown4810 Yes the Zombies are underrated but to even mention them in the same catagory as Spooky Tooth for being underrated is wrong. The Zombies actually received a fair bit of attention. You will actually hear a Zombies song on the Radio actually a few of them once in a while. However Spooky Tooth are practically obsolete and rarely got air play even in their so called heyday let alone today.
hermygagala 4 months ago
@pyannaguy very cool astute observations, who are you? True songwriting talent,performance with such ease (in spite of lip synch). Great harmonies. 'left town on a late nite train' - very '50s
socrates1818 11 months ago
@socrates1818 Thanks, soc. Given your namesake, I'm guessing that your "Who are you?" has a whiff of the abstract or philosophical about it. I ask myself that heady question often. I'm a lover of the arts for sure.
But, back to the song and the band - Yep, no doubt about it : there's a paradox there: the sentiment is about being vulnerable and wounded, but the power in the chorus hints of endurance and wisdom, or at least bittersweet knowledge born of experience. We keep on rolling, Eh?
pyannaguy 11 months ago
@pyannaguy Absolutely PG, well put about the chorus, reminds me of Mick Taylors' best song 'Leather Jacket' when he sang ' I gave her love and I gave her my money, but I said no thanks, I can't get hooked on ya honey.' Like a life without too much care (cf Thomas Merton, the great Trappist monk) that was the best of the 60s nonattachment etc. And the beautiful thing is you can see it in these tunes. Anyway, you're a player or writer huh?
socrates1818 9 months ago
@socrates1818 Player, etc. I'm into the Arts. I say, I'm a dilettante ...among other things :-)
That Mick Taylor lyric is cool. And, the 60s? You bet - the best of it was brilliant and deep. In re: non-attachment: Yep, the more you got, the more you got to lose, but we all attain it one way or another. I heard Monty Python genius, John Cleese, in a slightly serious moment as he touched on mortality, quote a Buddhist idea: "Death is the final 'letting go." - Take it easy -
pyannaguy 9 months ago
well said man ,, i hate shit like oasis - u2 take that and cunts like justin biddy,,, and all this x factor turgid nonsense , its either rock and roll or it aint,,
spadge321 10 months ago 3
@spadge321 its either an a-hole or it's not and boy are you an a-hole...comparing oasis and u2? what a schmuck
sixsixxsixxxx 10 months ago
What are you on about you faggot u2 and oasis and Justin helmet sucker,, are all shit and utterly irrelevant like you,,, now go fuck your mommas ass and don’t bother me again,,
spadge321 10 months ago
@pyannaguy awww, old and bitter? still living in the 60's? don't like the gray hair and pot belly and need to put down today's things like bitter old farts have done since adam and eve walked the earth? Oh, and did I add that most hippies were dirty, useless phonies who self-importance is ridiculous and who sold out years ago to the "establishment" they supposedly hated? sorry to insult the establishment
sixsixxsixxxx 10 months ago
@sixsixxsixxxx Actually, I was young and bitter - now I'm older, in good shape and enjoying life.
Maybe all you know about hippies is what the revisionist historian media gatekeepers have told you, for the most part.
Btw, who's the Hendrix of 2011's new crop of 'innovators?' Who's the John Coltrane? Tell me who to check out and I'll listen. Also, I guess you're heading toward that old fart stuff with each tick of the clock, Right? Will you be different than everybody you just knocked?
pyannaguy 10 months ago
@pyannaguy This young man is 16 now, check out the future....Fredrik Strand Halland
sturgismom13 10 months ago
@sturgismom13 Speaking of the future: The 16 yr. old of today is the old man of the future ....again, if he's lucky and smart enough to get there.
Every generation produces some brilliance. To dismiss those before you or those coming after is a mistake in my opinion. Peace...
pyannaguy 10 months ago
@pyannaguy
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
I like your last remark.
lacheyre1 9 months ago
@lacheyre1 Yes, our age means we have more references and experience. As I said to someone, here, "You only get old if you're lucky - and smart enough not to not fall prey to lots of stuff that can take you out."
Keep on rolling, Brother!
pyannaguy 9 months ago
@pyannaguy Yes my friend, I agree with you. Having said that: was I lucky or smart or both to survive if you like. I don´t know. I became what I wanted to be. For me what counts is that I´m still here. Could have been a lot worse. I´m very curious about where this world is going. It´s frightening and at the same time it´s a challenge to see the world around you try to seek it´s place!!! Thanks Brother, wherever you may be.
lacheyre1 9 months ago
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@pyannaguy Yes my friend, I agree with you. Having said that: was I lucky or smart or both to survive if you like. I don´t know. I became what I wanted to be. For me what counts is that I´m still here. Could have been a lot worse. I´m very curious about where this world is going. It´s frightening and at the same time it´s a challenge to see the world around you try to seek it´s place!!! Thanks Brother, wherever you may be.
lacheyre1 9 months ago
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@pyannaguy
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
I like your last remark.
lacheyre1 9 months ago
@pyannaguy
Oh how I do agree with you brother. I was born in The Netherlands in 1947 and experienced the 60`S and 70`S as magic for music. Could it be also be our age maybe?
I like your last remark.
lacheyre1 9 months ago
@lacheyre1 I relate to and agree with you and the 2 other guys on age, experience, surviving etc.
coltkitt 9 months ago
@pyannaguy Just saying, 90 percent is a total understatement
dandycandyman 9 months ago
@pyannaguy Exactly..... An Indie artist (like myself) creates from the heart.
Today's "artists" are literally corporate products.
MONNTANNO 8 months ago
@MONNTANNO Yes, "Product," indeed. That's what they actually call it. The Communists were way off on a lot of things, but they did say that when you put money guys in charge of the Arts - you get shit.
With the way they chop attention span into nano-seconds, now - I'm surprised anybody even listens to a 'song' all the way through, anymore. At least they still allow somebody onstage, now and then, who can play an instrument a little.
Good Luck, my friend...
pyannaguy 8 months ago
the drumer looks so happy...
catvamp13mishka 1 year ago 3
@catvamp13mishka LOL yeah just THRILLED!
thebjm1967 1 year ago
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Jellogel 1 year ago
Mike Harrison reminds me so much of how Robert Plant looked in 1969. They even stood the same way.
Sweet bass too.
LedHeadTillDeath 1 year ago
anyone know a tab for this? (guitar)
imgonnaknifeyouu 1 year ago
anyone know whos supplying backing vocals?
imgonnaknifeyouu 1 year ago
@imgonnaknifeyouu I know, it should be Gary Wright, but it looks nothing like him
Jellogel 1 year ago
@imgonnaknifeyouu One of the voices if definitely Greg Ridley, the bass player
kingharvest1988 1 year ago
As was pointed out earlier, the bass player on this video is Andy Leigh. He had played with Denny Laine's Electric String Band, and after Spooky Tooth did his own solo album, 'Magician', and joined Matthews Southern Comfort for the two 'band' albums, and remained with Southern Comfort after Matthews splt. After the demise of Southern Comfort I don't know what he did.
Hipper34 1 year ago
nah, thats not prog, its soul
gtr1359 1 year ago 2
@gtr1359 Prog ? agreed- no way sunshine ! soul ? Maybe the bj thomas "raindrops keep fallin' " variant :)...
EKJunction 1 year ago
perfect melody of melow and intensity. So much feeling into this song. Wonderous band.
bassgroove21 1 year ago 2
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I remember this song when i was young lad.My older uncles that lived next door played this album for me..I remember like yesterday...Beautiful...Full of intensity...
maceonenyc 1 year ago
I remember this song when i was young lad.My older uncles that lived next door played this albumfor me..I remember like yesterday...Beautiful...Full of intensity...
maceonenyc 1 year ago
wonderous song friends.
bassgroove21 1 year ago
Spooky Tooth: Gary Wright (voc, key, p), Greg Ridley (b), Luther Grosvenor (g), Mike Harrison (voc, key) und Mike Kellie (dr). Produzent; Jimmy Miller, bekannt von "Beggars Banquet" von den Stones, Led Zeppelin etc..
Song aus "Spooky Two", eines der besten Alben jener Zeit.
hofalfred 1 year ago
who is gary wright? is he playing the piano?
tbuzby 1 year ago
@tbuzby Yes he plays the piano.
inatizzy2 1 year ago
Oh my goodness! Thank you for posting this! Brings back so many memories!
JohnFredC 1 year ago
Love that bass line too!
pdorn777 1 year ago 2
I'm a motherfucker! !!!!! I sold my Spooky Two album,original LP version! Regret is my payment...
CanyonProg 1 year ago
@CanyonProg I will come kick you in the ass, then you can kick me in the ass. I was turned on to this at Sam Goody's in 69. I gave my LP to a ex girlfriend.
fanfestdhl 1 year ago
@fanfestdhl Ok.brother,but you can kick me in the ass first... :)
CanyonProg 1 year ago
From this to "Dreamweaver" - who can tell the roads we may travel, when first we begin to think and dabble. Great years for Rock : Tull, Uriah Heep, Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, Ten Years After, Fairport, Pentangle, ELP, Floyd, etc. Then is Now. What was good, is good. Same as it ever was, ditto, - Talking Heads
arhatyellow 1 year ago 2
AWESOME
LVEMEDO 1 year ago
Great chord progression...
Oxbloodred 1 year ago
Every song on this album has some kind of spooky atmospheric. Most of it is lost when played "live," but somehow, much of it remains. Much of it seems embedded somehow in the song itself. That's the mystery here and the reason this group is somewhat different, and wonderful.
vcx9dfne 1 year ago
Spooky Two! Must have album. All the songs are great... some are even spooky!
brohio1 1 year ago 2
Great tune / terrific sound! Really exemplifies the late 60s. 1st time for me to see the band. Very nice haunting harmonica (even though there are a couple of missed plays to match the track; funny). Thank you Fritz.
Querencias 1 year ago 2
this is the best Spooky lineup in their varied history. "Spooky Two" for me is one of the best ten rock albums of all time - not a bad or weak track on it
haworthhoarder 1 year ago
This is a great song... especially the chord changes in the chorus
tripleleo 1 year ago
Is that rascal playing guitar Luther Grovsner later Areil Bender with
Mott the Hoople ,he is still playing and still brilliant anyone see him play with
Steve Ellis & Widomaker? He was up there with best , oh by the way that bass guitar
is a Burns
chromemutt 1 year ago
@chromemutt Luther is a local legend here in Streatham
ninelivecat 1 year ago
I wonder if they were hanging out with Stevie Winwood?
hufferz 1 year ago
@hufferz aha ahaha same air
PoireauMan68 1 year ago
@hufferz Oh ya, They Both were Produced by Jimmy Miller; Before, Traffic Jim Capaldi and Luther G. were in a Band Together,DEEP FEELIN...you know it. Both Great Bands.
DYNODRUM 1 year ago
This was the band that would later be Foreigner.
lookathernl 1 year ago
@lookathernl not entirely true. Mick jones was not in the original Spooky Tooth. Spooky Tooth was much more about Mike Harrison and Gary Wright
westpalmscott 1 year ago
@lookathernl Does anyone know what happened to the black bass player, Val Burke, next to Mick Jones on the I'm Alive album?