I saw Lee a couple times. One of the most memorable concert I have ever been to in 1970. He played a grand piano with Frosty on drums at the Shriner's Auditorium in LA. He got the crowed off our feet and things got crazy. The fire marshal shut the show down early and everyone rioted. The police were everywhere with copters over head. This was one of Lee's greatest songs. It stands up among the best blues songs out there.
@xk8ping4fun ; Frosty was gone at this point. The reason the audience rioted was 1. no Hammond B3. Lee had changed to grand piano. 2. No Frosty. This format change was the beginning of the end for Lee's career. We left as we knew the riot squad was soon to arrive and break heads, and ,they did,,they did
I recall listening to Lee's awesome music for my first time in 1970.
I later bought the vinyl album. It knocked my socks off back then, and still does, now. His version of Stormy Monday is iconic for me and reminds me of my youthful life in the 1970s. I still love cranking up the volume and running it at full blast. Thanks, Lee.
Is it just me but it seems like the music today really SUCKS big time. They just dont have any musicianship to what they play today. I'm thankful I got to live at the time when REAL music was around.
This is the apex treatment of a B3. Modern players take notice how he utilises both the Leslie switch AND especially the volume pedal. Dynamic as hell! No one does this today. He played bass with pedals too, just needed a drummer.Woul'd love to see live footage of this gig. I have it on both CD and vinyl.
Saw Lee twice in NY. Once at the Fillmore East (opening act was Humble Pie with Peter Frampton) just before it closed and the other at Carnegie Hall. He did not have his Hammond or Frosty with him. Audience was disappointed. However, at Carnegie Hall he did a great rendition of Stormy Monday on the piano. Wish he had his organ though.
Saw him once at the Ice House in Glendale (CA), and someone in the audience bitched about the volume...Lee got up, turned off all but one of the Dual Showmans (Showmen?) and one Leslie, went back, played about three notes, got up saying, "sounds like a f---ing toy!", went back, turned all the amps back on, and resumed to wild cheers!
@Rubberduck1st ~ That Leslie all by itself woulda sounded pretty dang good !! However, I am in agreement with his answer and this recollection of the night !!!
Thanx for the upload. I appreciate the time and effort you put into giving 'me' a tune I dig. ;) Looking forward to more archives ! Keep it up.... and, ..... Keep The Peace Up !!! Happy New Year !! ;))
I must've seen this guy in concert a dozen times...Hammond B3 organ, TWELVE Dual Showman amps and FOUR Leslie speakers! Oh yeah, and Frosty, his amazing drummer, who used to play part of his solo without sticks! What an amazing performer this guy was!
I saw him at Fillmore west when Bill Graham was operating it....Stormy Monday is great on CDs or Vinyl....But till you hear that Hammond in person....you just dont know how great he was.....at one point Lee got up and let Frosty play for about 15 minutes without stop....I am supprised he didnt break any sticks that night....I saw a lot of great groups and single stars out there but no one was better than Lee.....at High School basketball games I hear his song "Do you know what I mean" play a lot
I saw him at Fillmore west when Bill Graham was operating it....Stormy Monday is great on CDs or Vinyl....But till you hear that Hammond in person....you just dont know how great he was.....at one point Lee got up and let Frosty play for about 15 minutes without stop....I am supprised he didnt break any sticks that night....I saw a lot of great groups and single stars out there but no one was better than Lee.....at High School basketball games I hear his song "Do you know what I mean" play a lot
I still have the albums.......that's right ALBUMS..........VINYL.....And Stormy Monday still give's me the chills........lot's of feeling and soul in those finger's..........
A small group of mentally --emotionally limited rich people control most everything in America today. . In the 1960's there was some freedom. Much less today.I have a couple thousand records and listen to this wonderful Music all the time. It breaks my heart to know that the young people in America don't have it to listen to on the radio . Thank God for YOU TUBE!!!!!! and the Internet. Rappers can talk but that isn't music.
A small group of mentally --emotionally limited rich people control most everything in America today. . In the 1960's there was some freedom. Much less today.I have a couple thousand records and listen to this wonderful Music all the time. It breaks my heart to know that the young people in America don't have it to listen to on the radio . Thank God for YOU TUBE!!!!!! and the Internet.
The local rock station that is the oldest rock station in AZ. 40 years old won't even play this music anymore thanks to the "new" rockers. Get a grip "new" rockers THIS IS where rock came from not some dumbass rapper.
Their Version of Stormy Monday is unequaled. Frsoty and hon were like hand and glove. Frosty was as tight as tight could be with Lee on every single note and bass line. It was a phenonmena I was privileged to observe and hear. I for the life of me do not know why Lee or Drsoty do not come out and share some of this with their fans, They were truly loved. - Ohio
I saw Lee and Frosty at the Akron Ohio Civic Theatre in early 70's. Absolutely outstanding. He would hit the first chord in "Tell me How would you feel" and it banged agasint your chest! Great showman, and his B-3 Style was very inspiring to me and my friends. Also saw him in Cleveland and Kent State University.
There have been many versions of "Stormy Monday" over the years, but none have ever come close to Lee's rendition ! ! He had a way of bringing emotion into his music along with his outstandng keyboard work the likes of which haven't been duplicated since. One of my all time favorite musicians bar none !! And nobody can howl to bring the "HOOK" back like Lee. ! I saw him and Frosty at Pepperdine back in 70 and they were the shit ( 2piece group) Frosty doin his solo with his hands no sticks! !
I saw Lee Michaels in Philly at the Electric Factory with my friends in summer of 68 andI think I was 16yrs old. They nailed Frosty's bass drum to the floor .It took about 15 minutes just for the bass drum. Then the two of them came out and killed it! Ended with Ray Charles's "What I say"...They opened for Chicago.
I had the pleasure of working with Lee back in 1969. Two concerts as the light show company doing back up at UCR & UCI here in California. Turn it up. Nothing much better.
Not too much to add to the praise for Lee, especially his duo work with Frosty. I saw them three times--I don't think the show ever varied much, but it didn't matter at all. What passion. I hope he knows tat he is respected and loved by a lot of us who were just getting our start in music back then. It blows my mind that there is only ONE live performance video of him and Frosty on youtube that I can find--talk about a video worth watching, if it existed.
I saw Frosty and Lee perform this album on New Year's Eve cerca 1969..It was standing room only at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown LA. Frosty and Lee finally arrived around midnight from an earlier gig. There was no room to move, other than for everyone to rock back and forth together as one to these glorious sounds from the walls of speakers that seemed to go up to the ceiling. LOVE and Taj Majal and the Youngbloods also on same program.
holy shit, that was completely insane! how did he not become popular?! I just don't understand it. Did they not play him radio or something? This guy is playing if not at, far above the level, of some really great acts that were around in his time (such as Beatles, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Steppenwolf). He surely sounds like a vital complement to this period in rock music. I feel disappointed in myself for not hearing this before now honestly.
Michael's music was heard on what was known as underground rock stations. There were simply so many great acts at that time that many of them were unfortunately left behind. I saw Michaels open for Spirit and the Moody Blues in 1969. Definitely a great show yet all three -- even the Moodys -- are very underrated or forgotten by most.
Two other bands from back then you may not have heard of that you can hear on Youtube:
@RockRampage74 I just got an A100 for 120 bucks off of Craigslist, and the thing fully works, just search "Organ" On Craigslist, you might get lucky...
Still sounds great, He was huge in N. Cal. till that gig where he showed up and played guitar. Frosty was a legendary drummer with a killer rhythm (as is Johnny Bee, of course)
@TheSpooky93065 I don't know... I do know that after fourteen times sitting next to the stage with lee... my ears are not working well either in my old age!
@rchoop1 Man I wish that I would have seen just one show! These two "ROCKER'S made music that no one come's close to what they did together! Thank's for the reply.
@ghahandi Heyty hey... He lives in Venice CA, he has spiky hair dyed orange (dont know what's up with that) He is very nice, I dont know how the hearing rumor got started, I wish I had thought to ask him but I didnt
This is one my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years Eve. Thats was a long time ago it sure brings back memory's Thanks for the putting this on.
This was one of the my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years eve Wow !! Seeing Led Zeppelin as a back up band for Vanilla Fudge 5 encores that was one to remember too. enjoy I'm glad I found this Thanks for posting
This was one of the my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years eve Wow !! Seeing Led Zeppelin as a back up band for Vanilla Fudge 5 encores that was one to remember too. enjoy I'm glad I found this Thanks for posting
Pretty sure Frosty still drumming in Austin, TX. Last I heard, Lee had moved to Hawaii. He had owned some restaurants in CA called "Killer Shrimp", but I think they are all gone now. One thing for sure, miss the music they made together. Youtube keeps it alive for us older fans and I am guessing he is gaining some younger fans, too.
@MPOURNOUZIS Dude you'll never find it. but if you get lucky its just self titled Lee Micheals. but one side is studio and the other is live with frosty. It is GREAT.
@funkychick60 Used to see him at most of the great lineups in the day, he was AWESOME, and then there were the rumors of his hearing loss , as he seemed to have disappeared. Then I saw him years later in Humboldt County at Frenches Camp in 81 or 82. Those were not rumors as he played like he couldn't hear himself, and most of us who knew his music felt sorry for him. What do you know something like he regained his hearing?
@Akindone53 I wrote to him last year and asked him about his hearing. He wrote me back and told me it was a rumor that had been around since 73, and that his hearing is fine. I have since talked to him in person a couple times since then, there is nothing wrong with his hearing. At least not anymore. I dont know about before, but he told me it was always just a rumor. Maybe there was another reason he wasnt singing well that night
To the knucklehead who doesn't wanna hear too much B3 then don't listen to it go listen to your Sesame Street music because you're a child in a grown up's world!
Wow, you'll never guess what happened. My gilfriend just told me that some jerk wrote a negative comment about the the B3 on her Lee Michaels video(which we made together some time ago), so I came here to check it out and HOLY SH*T, it's you! Well, it shouldn't have surprized me anyway, since I should have known that there can't be more than one person on the world who would write a negative comment on the Hammond or Jon Lord for that matter. Cheers!
I saw Lee Michaels in Salt Lake City back in the day. Frosty wasn't with him. He had a different but competent drummer. His doctor told him he would have to tone it down or lose his hearing. His idea of "toning down" was to go to piano but he still had 20 double-stacked Sunn's on stage behind him. It was still great!
I bought his LP's new when originally released. (Was in my early 20's). I had also just bought my first stereo to listen to them on. Rectilinear speakers, a Fisher reciever, an Empire turntable and a Sony reel to reel. When I cranked up the volume, my folks mouths dropped! "My older sister (a lot older) went out and bought a Hammond. Music was great then. Now thanks to Youtube, this new generation can listen to what WE use to listen to.
It is hard to imagine in this day and age this power came from two people back in the early seventies. I saw him in the bay area and got blown away by the show. I was bloody deaf for two weeks. I think he is the loudest concert I have ever gone to in my life. I have been to 30 or so of the 70 and 80s rockers and no one played as loud as Lee.
What? Lee Michaels played the Hammond organ and piano, not the drums. He had a long-time drummer named Frosty who accompanied him. He never played with Led Zeppelin.
I heard Lee and Frosty on albums only, but I listened to them all the time when I was in high school. I don't give my contemporaries any chops for knowing music unless they remember him. Where is he now?
I saw Lee & Frosty in 1971, he came out on stage barefooted, there was just the Hammond, drumset & a wall of amplifiers in the small gymnasium we were in. Needless to say, he literally blew us away. Fantastic!
The 1st time I saw Lee Michaels & Frosty his drummer, was '69or'70 at a Palm Springs Drive In movie lot concert. It was so amazing for just 2 guys 2 make all that sound and be that entertaining, I'll never forget it ! Oh & the.Mescaline created a lasting Memory Tattoo also, I will admit
Saw him 11 times in Calif, all over. Couldn't get enough of Lee and Frosty. Insane wall of amps. I'm sure my hearing loss is partly due to Lee. I always was in front against the stage. The loudest music I ever heard LOVE IT!!! That hammond was unreal So much soul.
I never knew that I liked the sound of a Hammond until I heard Lee Michaels live. The guy could wail like a madman with a soul that didn't stop. Thanks for the post!
I saw him twice in Bakersfield, at the Civic auditorium. in the late 60s or early 70s. Once with Frosty and the B-3, then with a piano and some other drummer. He walked off the stage both times, half way through both concerts, after yelling matches with the audience. We did not care. He was incredible. His Stormy Monday is my all time favorite Blues tune. I have worn out this CD 3-4 times. This is TALENT!
I've heard a couple different people tell me what Lee was using to get those bass tones like that. One person said Lee had a Modified B-3 with the lower tones taken from the bass pedals. others say he used a DV with the larger range Tonegenerator. Maybe it was both.
Some nice stuff, now that lee's shrimp restaurants are closed....does this mean we'll see him on tour soon??? I hope!!!
cant believe this is just a keyboard and a drummer b3 the gas amazing sound i am a guitarist who needs a guitarist or a bass player when you can play like this guy check out my channel for more good stuff
A while back when I went to pick up my Hammond organ off a guy in Vermont, he threw me a bunch of Lee Michaels records, a lot of stuff was familiar, but after hearing his albums, man......amazing!! crazy man....crazy!!!
Lee owns a restaurant in Venice Beach these days. I saw him live in his hey day, the late 1960's. He used a huge wall of sound. . the back line was filled with huge speakers - LOUD. .
A great demo of the brutal power of the B3. Agree with the previous poster; no one out there today can touch Lee's talent. He is to the B3 what Tower of Power is to horns; no one can touch them either.
I didn't think anyone cared about Lee out there. I am so glad to see he still has fans. He had soul and best ever recording of Stormy Monday and has the greatest scream on How Do You Feel.
an Unknown?...huh, not round these parts...do you know what I mean...?
nakidsoul 1 week ago
perhaps one of the coolist rock muscians of that great period - obscure, whats he all about now?
jigln 3 weeks ago
OMG Incredibe key board!!!!!!!!!!
jackiejacobs27 3 weeks ago
people talk about "3-man power bands"...how about Lee and Frosty, 2 man power band
sirwob 3 weeks ago
Loved Lee Michaels...and the Hammond B3...oh yeahhhhhh.....thanks for the post!
iwillrocknroll4eva 3 weeks ago
meant badass :)
musicload 1 month ago
basass
musicload 1 month ago
to get out you must go in im white run on sentences arent comparable to bad grammer i like oats in my milk, and if you read you'll judge.
TRpimpness 1 month ago
ﾛｯｸ･ﾊｯﾓﾝﾄﾞの大鬼才、ﾘｰ･ﾏｲｹﾙｽﾞ～当時､全く驚いたT･ﾎﾞｰﾝ･ｶﾊﾞｰ,ｸﾞﾙｰヴにﾌﾞﾙｰｽ･ﾛｯｸした驚異の"ｽﾄｰﾐｰ･ﾏﾝﾃﾞｲ"
blackandtanful 2 months ago
Greatest scream of all recorded music. I have 7 different recordings of Stormy Monday by different artists. Lee's is the best. The most soul.
xk8ping4fun 2 months ago
I saw Lee a couple times. One of the most memorable concert I have ever been to in 1970. He played a grand piano with Frosty on drums at the Shriner's Auditorium in LA. He got the crowed off our feet and things got crazy. The fire marshal shut the show down early and everyone rioted. The police were everywhere with copters over head. This was one of Lee's greatest songs. It stands up among the best blues songs out there.
xk8ping4fun 2 months ago
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smokestanklightnin 1 month ago
@xk8ping4fun ; Frosty was gone at this point. The reason the audience rioted was 1. no Hammond B3. Lee had changed to grand piano. 2. No Frosty. This format change was the beginning of the end for Lee's career. We left as we knew the riot squad was soon to arrive and break heads, and ,they did,,they did
smokestanklightnin 1 month ago
I recall listening to Lee's awesome music for my first time in 1970.
I later bought the vinyl album. It knocked my socks off back then, and still does, now. His version of Stormy Monday is iconic for me and reminds me of my youthful life in the 1970s. I still love cranking up the volume and running it at full blast. Thanks, Lee.
Davett53 3 months ago
I saw John Mayall, Lee Michaels and Iron Butterfly at The Hollywood Bowl in 1969. Needless to say, Lee stole the show from the main act.
TheDane824 3 months ago
Is it just me but it seems like the music today really SUCKS big time. They just dont have any musicianship to what they play today. I'm thankful I got to live at the time when REAL music was around.
alphaomegastables 4 months ago 2
starting at the 4:00 mark his foot work on bass is a mind fucker
sirwob 4 months ago
fantastic! thanks for posting!
AZRacer2000 4 months ago
i remember the first time i heard this i was blown away
algthedrill 4 months ago
This is the apex treatment of a B3. Modern players take notice how he utilises both the Leslie switch AND especially the volume pedal. Dynamic as hell! No one does this today. He played bass with pedals too, just needed a drummer.Woul'd love to see live footage of this gig. I have it on both CD and vinyl.
henkehakansson2004 4 months ago
Cool!!!! Reminds me a lot of ELP - a similar sound in the beginning, to their epic version of Pictures at an Exhibition!!
altareggo 5 months ago
The glory of the Hammond B3
tacey505 5 months ago 2
u know somethin, ii found a couple of this guys records and decided to look him up.....and he aint half bad...not at all...
Microfussion 6 months ago
Lee Michaels, definitely the best rendition of this song I've ever heard (in my opinion)!
wgueits 6 months ago
VERY SOULFUL KAT. I got the blues listening to that.
Vinci336 6 months ago
当時のﾊﾓﾝﾄﾞB3が唸る!～ﾘｰ･ﾏｲｹﾙｽﾞ～ｽﾄｰﾐｰ･ﾏﾝﾃﾞｰ～貴方はﾛｯｸｵﾙｶﾞﾆｽﾄの最高峰でした､ﾄﾞﾗﾑと二人だけの熱い５分
blackandtanful 7 months ago
Lee's not gone, why spread rumors.?
zbestwun2001 7 months ago
I saw him at the Mosque in Richmond, VA in the 70's, Frosty was with him. .
dianneduke 7 months ago
My all time fav of theirs and one of Frosty's fab drum solo's is in - Would you Be Happy
nkm111 8 months ago
Amazing! I personally like the allman Brothers version the best...but this is still great! Blues is just the best kind of music!!
MasterGuitar777 8 months ago
@MasterGuitar777 I prefer the Allman Brothers version also but this one is fine, very fine.
96meimei 6 months ago
Oh yeah.
rmtmiller 8 months ago
My uncle played drums for Michaels when he was in central Cali. He went to my grandma's house and she said he looked like Raggedy Andy.
k9unitc 8 months ago
@k9unitc wow that's awesome! who's your uncle?
funkychick60 4 months ago
@k9unitc who's your uncle, if you dont mind my asking?
funkychick60 2 months ago
@funkychick60 Mike Figueroa. They were friends back in the late 60s.
k9unitc 2 months ago
EVER HEAR ANYBODY PLAY AN ORGAN LIKE THIS A OLS HAMMOND B3 AND ONE DRUMMER FROSTY I LOVE THIS
viccifarris 9 months ago
Saw Lee twice in NY. Once at the Fillmore East (opening act was Humble Pie with Peter Frampton) just before it closed and the other at Carnegie Hall. He did not have his Hammond or Frosty with him. Audience was disappointed. However, at Carnegie Hall he did a great rendition of Stormy Monday on the piano. Wish he had his organ though.
bt3405 9 months ago
Saw him once at the Ice House in Glendale (CA), and someone in the audience bitched about the volume...Lee got up, turned off all but one of the Dual Showmans (Showmen?) and one Leslie, went back, played about three notes, got up saying, "sounds like a f---ing toy!", went back, turned all the amps back on, and resumed to wild cheers!
Rubberduck1st 9 months ago 8
@Rubberduck1st ~ That Leslie all by itself woulda sounded pretty dang good !! However, I am in agreement with his answer and this recollection of the night !!!
Thanx for the upload. I appreciate the time and effort you put into giving 'me' a tune I dig. ;) Looking forward to more archives ! Keep it up.... and, ..... Keep The Peace Up !!! Happy New Year !! ;))
MicMacGrass1 1 month ago
I must've seen this guy in concert a dozen times...Hammond B3 organ, TWELVE Dual Showman amps and FOUR Leslie speakers! Oh yeah, and Frosty, his amazing drummer, who used to play part of his solo without sticks! What an amazing performer this guy was!
Rubberduck1st 9 months ago
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I saw him at Fillmore west when Bill Graham was operating it....Stormy Monday is great on CDs or Vinyl....But till you hear that Hammond in person....you just dont know how great he was.....at one point Lee got up and let Frosty play for about 15 minutes without stop....I am supprised he didnt break any sticks that night....I saw a lot of great groups and single stars out there but no one was better than Lee.....at High School basketball games I hear his song "Do you know what I mean" play a lot
marathonman225 9 months ago
I saw him at Fillmore west when Bill Graham was operating it....Stormy Monday is great on CDs or Vinyl....But till you hear that Hammond in person....you just dont know how great he was.....at one point Lee got up and let Frosty play for about 15 minutes without stop....I am supprised he didnt break any sticks that night....I saw a lot of great groups and single stars out there but no one was better than Lee.....at High School basketball games I hear his song "Do you know what I mean" play a lot
marathonman225 9 months ago
I still have the albums.......that's right ALBUMS..........VINYL.....And Stormy Monday still give's me the chills........lot's of feeling and soul in those finger's..........
DEZZIS51 11 months ago 10
@DEZZIS51 You lucky bastard. I was stupid and sold mine for 75 dollars in 1985.
pdxbiker2009 8 months ago
@DEZZIS51 I could have written the same thing! Awesome.
PSPhotoVideo 1 month ago
I got to see his stand-up tack piano, Lotus, and other stage stuff in storage back in 76. Great memory!
deards07 11 months ago
A word that wasn't used back then, but it sure fits the bill now.... Awesome
PaintCanPete1 11 months ago
WOW, GREAT MEMORIES, HAD THIS ALBUM,
stick935 11 months ago 2
Long Live Satellite Radio!
malabarjoe 11 months ago 2
just awesome !
skunkdad7 11 months ago
Carajo... Esto es REAL music, This came out directo from the heart and soul.
cantoresdefreites 1 year ago
A small group of mentally --emotionally limited rich people control most everything in America today. . In the 1960's there was some freedom. Much less today.I have a couple thousand records and listen to this wonderful Music all the time. It breaks my heart to know that the young people in America don't have it to listen to on the radio . Thank God for YOU TUBE!!!!!! and the Internet. Rappers can talk but that isn't music.
slipstream18 1 year ago 3
A small group of mentally --emotionally limited rich people control most everything in America today. . In the 1960's there was some freedom. Much less today.I have a couple thousand records and listen to this wonderful Music all the time. It breaks my heart to know that the young people in America don't have it to listen to on the radio . Thank God for YOU TUBE!!!!!! and the Internet.
slipstream18 1 year ago
The local rock station that is the oldest rock station in AZ. 40 years old won't even play this music anymore thanks to the "new" rockers. Get a grip "new" rockers THIS IS where rock came from not some dumbass rapper.
BREEZZPEARL 1 year ago
Yes Frosty is in Austin, playing up a storm. This rocks!!!!
brokerbarbara 1 year ago
@brokerbarbara -do you know where he plays . would like to see .
skunkdad7 11 months ago
Their Version of Stormy Monday is unequaled. Frsoty and hon were like hand and glove. Frosty was as tight as tight could be with Lee on every single note and bass line. It was a phenonmena I was privileged to observe and hear. I for the life of me do not know why Lee or Drsoty do not come out and share some of this with their fans, They were truly loved. - Ohio
jonathonlallo 1 year ago
I saw Lee and Frosty at the Akron Ohio Civic Theatre in early 70's. Absolutely outstanding. He would hit the first chord in "Tell me How would you feel" and it banged agasint your chest! Great showman, and his B-3 Style was very inspiring to me and my friends. Also saw him in Cleveland and Kent State University.
jonathonlallo 1 year ago
This is 'IT'! No one needs to waste time listening to other versions after this one.
lightlyone 1 year ago
There have been many versions of "Stormy Monday" over the years, but none have ever come close to Lee's rendition ! ! He had a way of bringing emotion into his music along with his outstandng keyboard work the likes of which haven't been duplicated since. One of my all time favorite musicians bar none !! And nobody can howl to bring the "HOOK" back like Lee. ! I saw him and Frosty at Pepperdine back in 70 and they were the shit ( 2piece group) Frosty doin his solo with his hands no sticks! !
slowtoker1 1 year ago
I saw Lee Michaels in Philly at the Electric Factory with my friends in summer of 68 andI think I was 16yrs old. They nailed Frosty's bass drum to the floor .It took about 15 minutes just for the bass drum. Then the two of them came out and killed it! Ended with Ray Charles's "What I say"...They opened for Chicago.
MrCudaddy 1 year ago
I had the pleasure of working with Lee back in 1969. Two concerts as the light show company doing back up at UCR & UCI here in California. Turn it up. Nothing much better.
droldvinezin 1 year ago
This is the best. Music today all sings the same...
TheJcfclark 1 year ago
@TheJcfclark I mean, music 2010 rarely is inspired -- it all sounds the same. Perhaps that's the culture. :(
TheJcfclark 1 year ago
Not too much to add to the praise for Lee, especially his duo work with Frosty. I saw them three times--I don't think the show ever varied much, but it didn't matter at all. What passion. I hope he knows tat he is respected and loved by a lot of us who were just getting our start in music back then. It blows my mind that there is only ONE live performance video of him and Frosty on youtube that I can find--talk about a video worth watching, if it existed.
Jazzooo 1 year ago
Nobody screams like Lee!
funkychick60 1 year ago
good
roicket56 1 year ago
I saw Frosty and Lee perform this album on New Year's Eve cerca 1969..It was standing room only at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown LA. Frosty and Lee finally arrived around midnight from an earlier gig. There was no room to move, other than for everyone to rock back and forth together as one to these glorious sounds from the walls of speakers that seemed to go up to the ceiling. LOVE and Taj Majal and the Youngbloods also on same program.
YardleySlicker 1 year ago
i broke out in tears hearing this...
10fingersofdeath 1 year ago
holy shit, that was completely insane! how did he not become popular?! I just don't understand it. Did they not play him radio or something? This guy is playing if not at, far above the level, of some really great acts that were around in his time (such as Beatles, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Steppenwolf). He surely sounds like a vital complement to this period in rock music. I feel disappointed in myself for not hearing this before now honestly.
gbaldwin23 1 year ago 3
@gbaldwin23
Michael's music was heard on what was known as underground rock stations. There were simply so many great acts at that time that many of them were unfortunately left behind. I saw Michaels open for Spirit and the Moody Blues in 1969. Definitely a great show yet all three -- even the Moodys -- are very underrated or forgotten by most.
Two other bands from back then you may not have heard of that you can hear on Youtube:
Ballin' Jack (listen to Hold On)
Mark-Almond Band (The City)
1948jay 1 year ago
What ever happened to Lee's zoo up in the northwest .If he moved to Hawaii?
PsychoRaii 1 year ago
@PsychoRaii I read that they gave his kitties to Lion Country Safari when his wife got pregnant. He's living in Venice, CA now.
funkychick60 1 year ago
saw him play at the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park NYC...what a concert
jimbronxny 1 year ago
Thanks! Lee Michaels is awesome on the B3!
MrBillski1950 1 year ago
He was pretty well-known.
mcmike100 1 year ago
When speculation begins over whether someone is dead or just off the map somewhere Then they are a Legend.
theseus93 1 year ago
The reason it's hard to listen to this is because hearing him play this is because I hear what I'm missing out on because I can't afford a B-3
RockRampage74 1 year ago
@RockRampage74 I just got an A100 for 120 bucks off of Craigslist, and the thing fully works, just search "Organ" On Craigslist, you might get lucky...
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
Thank you. I miss this man and his muse.
olddavid4 1 year ago
Still sounds great, He was huge in N. Cal. till that gig where he showed up and played guitar. Frosty was a legendary drummer with a killer rhythm (as is Johnny Bee, of course)
Bluesebert 1 year ago
"SIMPLY THE BEST"
TheSpooky93065 1 year ago
I heard Lee Michaels lost some of his hearing, that maybe why he seems to have just disappeared of the face of the earth? Anyone really know?
TheSpooky93065 1 year ago
@TheSpooky93065 I don't know... I do know that after fourteen times sitting next to the stage with lee... my ears are not working well either in my old age!
rchoop1 1 year ago
@rchoop1 Man I wish that I would have seen just one show! These two "ROCKER'S made music that no one come's close to what they did together! Thank's for the reply.
TheSpooky93065 1 year ago
@TheSpooky93065 I heard that's not true. He has a keyboard setup in his house, so he's not deaf. Dont know how that rumor got started
funkychick60 1 year ago
@TheSpooky93065 I met Lee a couple weeks ago, believe me his hearing is fine.
funkychick60 1 year ago
@funkychick60 Hey funky~ WHere is Lee living these days? Does he still have hair?
ghahandi 1 year ago
@ghahandi Heyty hey... He lives in Venice CA, he has spiky hair dyed orange (dont know what's up with that) He is very nice, I dont know how the hearing rumor got started, I wish I had thought to ask him but I didnt
funkychick60 1 year ago
can anybody tell me other great organ players like lee michaels? I love this music p
MPOURNOUZIS 1 year ago
uff, the B3
sayakecil 1 year ago
thanks Purple, for putting this up. This is one of those magic tracks in history that should always be remembered. Killer Lee and Frosty.
bluesist 1 year ago
white soul..pure and simple
bloozemc 1 year ago
Bartholomew Smith Frost.
hookalakah 1 year ago
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The best version ever of this song....saw him live in Bakersfield...lol, my ears rang for days...lol
popsvideos 1 year ago
The best version ever of this song....saw him live in Bakersfield...lol, my ears rang for days...lol
popsvideos 1 year ago
well i'm 15, this is great!
Gotobecrazy 1 year ago
thx for ur upload..
romanoben 1 year ago
This is one my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years Eve. Thats was a long time ago it sure brings back memory's Thanks for the putting this on.
mikchez 1 year ago
This was one of the my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years eve Wow !! Seeing Led Zeppelin as a back up band for Vanilla Fudge 5 encores that was one to remember too. enjoy I'm glad I found this Thanks for posting
mikchez 1 year ago
This was one of the my favorite concerts 38 years ago on New Years eve Wow !! Seeing Led Zeppelin as a back up band for Vanilla Fudge 5 encores that was one to remember too. enjoy I'm glad I found this Thanks for posting
mikchez 1 year ago
So Cool!!!
guitgeo 1 year ago
This guy is the best. This is a badass tune right here.
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
Pretty sure Frosty still drumming in Austin, TX. Last I heard, Lee had moved to Hawaii. He had owned some restaurants in CA called "Killer Shrimp", but I think they are all gone now. One thing for sure, miss the music they made together. Youtube keeps it alive for us older fans and I am guessing he is gaining some younger fans, too.
maida1982a 2 years ago 17
@maida1982a Frosty just played last night at the Saxon Pub with Tommy Shannon, Gabe Rhodes, and Dave Wright
apkbluesman 1 year ago
@maida1982a I became a Lee Michaels fan through Youtube! I'm 16 too btw!
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
@maida1982a I understand we lost Frosty.
rchoop1 1 year ago
@maida1982a I am one of them :)
PurpleSoulSziff 1 year ago
@maida1982a ...im 17 and love it! :) I always sit in the car with my friend, all the windows down and we listen to this music... :)
83MasterChief94 10 months ago
@maida1982a album please?
MPOURNOUZIS 10 months ago
@MPOURNOUZIS Dude you'll never find it. but if you get lucky its just self titled Lee Micheals. but one side is studio and the other is live with frosty. It is GREAT.
pdxbiker2009 8 months ago
@maida1982a Lee is living in Venice, CA and will be opening a new Killer Shrimp in June!!! Lee is so awesome!!
funkychick60 10 months ago
@maida1982a Wow saw lee and frosty in San Diego back in the day....so sad he lost his hearing
sharonalandis 9 months ago
@maida1982a Wow saw lee and frosty in San Diego back in the day....so sad he lost his hearing
sharonalandis 9 months ago
@sharonalandis Lee's hearing is just fine...
funkychick60 4 months ago
@funkychick60 Used to see him at most of the great lineups in the day, he was AWESOME, and then there were the rumors of his hearing loss , as he seemed to have disappeared. Then I saw him years later in Humboldt County at Frenches Camp in 81 or 82. Those were not rumors as he played like he couldn't hear himself, and most of us who knew his music felt sorry for him. What do you know something like he regained his hearing?
Akindone53 4 months ago
@Akindone53 I wrote to him last year and asked him about his hearing. He wrote me back and told me it was a rumor that had been around since 73, and that his hearing is fine. I have since talked to him in person a couple times since then, there is nothing wrong with his hearing. At least not anymore. I dont know about before, but he told me it was always just a rumor. Maybe there was another reason he wasnt singing well that night
funkychick60 4 months ago
@maida1982a Lee lives in Venice Beach, he and his kids opened a new Killer Shrimp, if you are in the LA area you must go.
funkychick60 3 months ago
@funkychick60 I'll have the organic killer shrimp with a little frosty beer on a Stormy Monday.
jeffthepoet7 2 months ago
@jeffthepoet7 hey now, that's clever!
funkychick60 2 months ago
@jeffthepoet7 and I am going to have some Killer shrimp next sunday!
funkychick60 2 months ago
It just doesn't get much better than this!!!!
shafterdave 2 years ago
@shafterdave Hell yeah man
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
To the knucklehead who doesn't wanna hear too much B3 then don't listen to it go listen to your Sesame Street music because you're a child in a grown up's world!
rogersdrums 2 years ago
I saw him opening for Credence and we cheered so hard he came back on after credence and for another set... yeah Frosty
gavinmacmounsey 2 years ago
Too much - the power B3 is boring after a while
anonymusum 2 years ago
Wow, you'll never guess what happened. My gilfriend just told me that some jerk wrote a negative comment about the the B3 on her Lee Michaels video(which we made together some time ago), so I came here to check it out and HOLY SH*T, it's you! Well, it shouldn't have surprized me anyway, since I should have known that there can't be more than one person on the world who would write a negative comment on the Hammond or Jon Lord for that matter. Cheers!
Sycsa 2 years ago
putz!
adelphi0 2 years ago
I saw Lee Michaels in Salt Lake City back in the day. Frosty wasn't with him. He had a different but competent drummer. His doctor told him he would have to tone it down or lose his hearing. His idea of "toning down" was to go to piano but he still had 20 double-stacked Sunn's on stage behind him. It was still great!
snoopyvulture 2 years ago
Haven't heard Lee's screaming B3 and Frosty's tight drums in so many years. This is sweet.
itsobvious2 2 years ago 3
I bought his LP's new when originally released. (Was in my early 20's). I had also just bought my first stereo to listen to them on. Rectilinear speakers, a Fisher reciever, an Empire turntable and a Sony reel to reel. When I cranked up the volume, my folks mouths dropped! "My older sister (a lot older) went out and bought a Hammond. Music was great then. Now thanks to Youtube, this new generation can listen to what WE use to listen to.
amceagle1 2 years ago 3
this guy's cover of Stormy Monday has no equal
hoodooyooluv 2 years ago
Allman Brothers is my favorite band and cover of this song, but this one by LM is sweet!
Longshotsblues 2 years ago
he and frosty were as loud as anyone-and nobody could scream like Lee.
maida1982a 2 years ago
It is hard to imagine in this day and age this power came from two people back in the early seventies. I saw him in the bay area and got blown away by the show. I was bloody deaf for two weeks. I think he is the loudest concert I have ever gone to in my life. I have been to 30 or so of the 70 and 80s rockers and no one played as loud as Lee.
badmoonryzn 2 years ago
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badmoonryzn 2 years ago
Lee Michaels was the best drummer Led Zeppelin ever had. Not counting Jimi Hendrix, of course.
spencor 2 years ago
What? Lee Michaels played the Hammond organ and piano, not the drums. He had a long-time drummer named Frosty who accompanied him. He never played with Led Zeppelin.
southpas1 2 years ago
I heard Lee and Frosty on albums only, but I listened to them all the time when I was in high school. I don't give my contemporaries any chops for knowing music unless they remember him. Where is he now?
Imisshell 2 years ago
For years he owned a restaurant in Santa Monica or Venice call Killer Shrimp. It closed about a year ago;
dougevansca 2 years ago
Wonderful!
pretze11ogic 2 years ago
I saw Lee & Frosty in 1971, he came out on stage barefooted, there was just the Hammond, drumset & a wall of amplifiers in the small gymnasium we were in. Needless to say, he literally blew us away. Fantastic!
tomy2na 2 years ago
Thanks ! Just proves you dont need a lot of equipment just a lot of soul
drmilo08260 2 years ago
The 1st time I saw Lee Michaels & Frosty his drummer, was '69or'70 at a Palm Springs Drive In movie lot concert. It was so amazing for just 2 guys 2 make all that sound and be that entertaining, I'll never forget it ! Oh & the.Mescaline created a lasting Memory Tattoo also, I will admit
hog2much 2 years ago
FERSHIZZLE
cherokeeboyy 2 years ago
I knew i liked Michaels for a song but i couldnt remember which one it was i bought his album for. This was the song. Kick ass.
RenoRaider 2 years ago 3
This is an absolutely smokin', killa bit of stuff!!
What pisses me off so much about corporate pop shit fucking radio these days is that stuff like this is never given a chance to see the light of day.
The world so full of three-note wonders. WTF is wrong with this picture?
oldsmobeaster 2 years ago 9
Saw him 11 times in Calif, all over. Couldn't get enough of Lee and Frosty. Insane wall of amps. I'm sure my hearing loss is partly due to Lee. I always was in front against the stage. The loudest music I ever heard LOVE IT!!! That hammond was unreal So much soul.
judidarnold 2 years ago 2
I never knew that I liked the sound of a Hammond until I heard Lee Michaels live. The guy could wail like a madman with a soul that didn't stop. Thanks for the post!
SoberGeorge 2 years ago 2
Great!
grosper 2 years ago
Yeah the OldBump was right
You are great
Congratulations
hammondfanatic 2 years ago
I saw him twice in Bakersfield, at the Civic auditorium. in the late 60s or early 70s. Once with Frosty and the B-3, then with a piano and some other drummer. He walked off the stage both times, half way through both concerts, after yelling matches with the audience. We did not care. He was incredible. His Stormy Monday is my all time favorite Blues tune. I have worn out this CD 3-4 times. This is TALENT!
sactown900 2 years ago
Funny thing but when I first saw Lee, opening up for JeffersonAirplane, he was playing a C-3. Then the next time a B-3.
Lord bu I loved seeing him, until he get rid of Frosty and went...well I'm not sure where.
Buzzramjet 2 years ago
A GREAT musician.
7855waldo 2 years ago
I've heard a couple different people tell me what Lee was using to get those bass tones like that. One person said Lee had a Modified B-3 with the lower tones taken from the bass pedals. others say he used a DV with the larger range Tonegenerator. Maybe it was both.
Some nice stuff, now that lee's shrimp restaurants are closed....does this mean we'll see him on tour soon??? I hope!!!
SathenMusic 2 years ago
I know hes gonna be in Indy soon enough. My uncle is going with him.
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hinata1316 2 years ago
cant believe this is just a keyboard and a drummer b3 the gas amazing sound i am a guitarist who needs a guitarist or a bass player when you can play like this guy check out my channel for more good stuff
trevmm 2 years ago
Love Lee! Killer Shrimp!!
sulldoggy 2 years ago
Love this!
Great blues!
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago
A while back when I went to pick up my Hammond organ off a guy in Vermont, he threw me a bunch of Lee Michaels records, a lot of stuff was familiar, but after hearing his albums, man......amazing!! crazy man....crazy!!!
SathenMusic 2 years ago
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Check out Angel Blue singing this song, way way better.
Search Angel Blue Stormy Monday, and be Wowed.
oldpinkfloyd69 2 years ago
Wish he was still performing--!!!----One of the greats-------Charlie
crazypainter56 2 years ago
Do you know that about the time this album emerged Billboard Magazine
rated Lee as "the worst musican in the
business".
I subscribed to the rag back then at $25
per year and being a B3 player was blown away by such a rash comment.
thanks
B3terter
B3TerTer 2 years ago
Gregg Allman plays a mean B3, and said he always liked how Michaels hit those keys!!!!
Hiikua25 2 years ago
Lee owns a restaurant in Venice Beach these days. I saw him live in his hey day, the late 1960's. He used a huge wall of sound. . the back line was filled with huge speakers - LOUD. .
74LesPaul 2 years ago
Loving this (:
slaghagslutbutt 2 years ago
A great demo of the brutal power of the B3. Agree with the previous poster; no one out there today can touch Lee's talent. He is to the B3 what Tower of Power is to horns; no one can touch them either.
spankervideo 2 years ago
Another Lee fan here in Atlanta
massage1 2 years ago
And Another Lee fan in NYC
stevestamp2able 2 years ago
I didn't think anyone cared about Lee out there. I am so glad to see he still has fans. He had soul and best ever recording of Stormy Monday and has the greatest scream on How Do You Feel.
xk8pingto 2 years ago