Steppin' Out Paul Revere & The Raiders

[TheMustangsally75]

I do believe Paul had a B-Day last week B/C it is very close to mine. He is now in is 70's!! Now how old does that make me? HA!

[ptownsendc]

Take away the silly outfits, put 'em in jeans & teeshirts, & they'd be one hot punk band.

[galaxybeing101]

I like Abba a hell of a lot. But the Raiders is an earlier an totally different kind of ball game. The Raiders played honest rock just a few years before the hard stuff such as Cream and the Zep got popular. They did real music with a bit of an edge, but were not in the "bubblegum" category. ---for an enjoyable kick, check out "The Music Machine" a bit rougher, but from the same time period.

[MrRaiderfan1000]

Love that hard soulful drive from Mark. They did a song about 3 years later called "I don't want nobody to lead me on" with same energy and drive from Mark.

[Classicrocker72]

Those "roaches" running the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame keep their heads up their "ices" too often to appreciate and recognize good R & R history paving/making bands like Paul Revere and the Raiders. The R & R Hall of Fame has unfortunately become too much of a "payola" club rather than what it originally began as -- so the hell with them. Keep on ROCKIN' PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS -- YOU'RE IN MY HALL OF FAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dezziwood555]

A video like this gets them into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? They did some good stuff but I would give them an honorable mention. They were heavily controlled and had thier own tv show. They did not run it-the corporate guys told them what to do. I hope they made some money. Im going to see Paul Reveres raiders next week. I think it will be a good and funny show because they are still into comedy.

[gblueslover2]

What a fantastic tune- I remember this stuff when I was 16 years old, it was the baddest shit EVER! Um, it still is ! I always thought these guys totally ROCKED before groups like Kiss, Led Zep, Alice Cooper, Areosmith came out,-Loved them too, but Paul Revere & the Raiders deserve all the accolades as well !

peace

[nzmoores]

ABBA in the rock and roll hall of fame before Raiders? And the so-called United Nations does thing...

[skipper8257]

@nzmoores

They don't consider Abba a rock band but I agree that both ABBA, and P.R.A.T.Rs should be in. Also the Moody Blues.

[MrRaiderfan1000]

@nzmoores I understand ABBA, they outsold the Beatles in Europe. But, Doctor John...? I liked Doctor John I even bought his Album. Raiders should of been in the Hall of Fame decades ago!

[starlost1957]

@nzmoores A.B.B.A. are not Rock & Roll. They're Pop-Rock sugar coated!! I want Pull Reverse & The Radiators.

[1962drob]

Those toy instruments are funny!!! Paul Revere & The Raiders really knew how to make people laugh!!! Too bad bands today don't have this kind of class.  Pretty sad :(

[utubesux691]

these guyz not in the rock hof...it's a joke....brilliant band in every way shape or form..............

[Babyhowdy233]

@utubesux691

And with one of THE BEST vocalists in the history of Rock:Mark Lindsay.

[wouldntyoulike2know]

I love how rowdy they are in this video. :) Mark had the drop-sies on this performance. haha He dropped his saxiphone in another performance. I love him.

[arbmust]

'Hot, Wet - and Wanting More?"  et al.

[litlguy40]

I am originally from Norridge, Chicago-IL-near suburb-NW SIDE, and remember this song pretty well for being #46 on the charts then at 4 yrs old-this was the beginning of the punk phase in the '60's new mod-(rockers) as they were called-great song, as they were big in and around the Chicago area at that time!!

[Goods17]

The schtick is great. They are great entertainers and the schtick is part of it as well as the costumes. THAT IS PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS!!

Don't change a thing.

[motorcityquig]

If you can get past the costumes and their schtick, musically they were a great band.

[rvhawkeye]

all paul revere videos are lip synch, too bad, sucks

[snowconelove]

my uncle is in this video. He;s richard walker

[sjtom57]

I know it was merely a gimmick but I always thought those guys came off looking like silly clowns.

[motorcityquig]

I remember this appearance on Swingin' Time, which was an after school dance show in Windsor, Ontario. That evening, they played outdoors at the Arborland Shopping Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I think it was in March because there was still snow on the ground.

[pamkayvan]

What fun! 

[1962drob]

Another great Paul Revere & The Raiders Video. The toy instruments are real cool.

[mimikate1]

And to think today's kids think our generation wasn't cool! This definitely proves otherwise. Too bad the cameraman missed Mark so much of the time. Sigh ... He was my first crush.

[Aibajunno]

peetie25 mentioned that his kid was amazed to hear Mark Lindsay doing the "Ya ya uh" thing in the 60s...imagine the look on a kid's face when I told him about the slouching pants...being originated in the 40s by a BLUEGRASS HILLBILLY (the late Stringbean).

[TheBogband]

Mark Lindsy was one of the best singers of the 60's

[Cindykt720]

OMG. My teenage Heart Throbs. My dad and mom took me at 12!! to Chicago to see them. My rock and roll groupie launch!!!!

[stampedehero22]

The Raiders had an excellent sound. The lip sync video sets were corny but that was the way it was. For notwaiting: The R&R induction committee is Bogus They are biased without standards criteria. Since they did not induct bands like Doobie Bros, Little Feat , Los Lobos, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Raiders, Steve Miller,Deep Purple, etc..it would be an insult to be selected. Sid Vicious actually sent a letter berating them once he was considered..

[smeg27]

Great video!! You can see they're taking it oh so seriously!! (Yeah, right...) Love the toy instruments. A brilliant display of punk "don't give a f***" attitude YEARS before punk was fashionable. Funny as hell! Thanks for posting this!

[stumblemouth]

It would have been interesting to see Robin's response to this band of cut-ups.

[TheFallguy64]

YOU ARE RIGHT notwaiting, PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS BELONG IN THE ROCK HALL OF FAME, SO DO THE MONKEES

RAP & HIP HOP IS NOTHING MORE THAN NOISE POLLUTION

[headwall07]

zany young republicans?

[moodygal51]

I remember the crush I had on Fang and used to come home "sick" from school just to see him on Where the Action Is! And, to this day, I still listen to that gorgeous voice of Mark Lindsay on his solo albums from back in the day, what a voice!

[himycatsdead]

The song has the feel of a Dave Clark 5 song! Which all had the chance to be hits!

[potter719]

I love this song!

[moonchildiva]

god i love these guys, and used to watch that show all the time. is mark wearing a danzig LOCK?!?! he must've started it... but anyway, this video makes me happy, and thanks to charlie o'brien of CKWW windsor/detroit for letting me know it was on youtube!!

[tleparskas]

sadly, they erased the show video tapes as they went and used them again. there are hardly any Swingin' Time shows around. Good save here - where's it from? I know my friend Terry McDonald produced it for a while. Wonder if he took some home???

[pendodecahedron]

love the fat fuzzy bass thing they do

[drambuierocks]

I wish I could fin more episode of this show,"swingin time" < we loved it in Detroit

[flakbac]

one of my favorite early punk songs

[debabe7]

Yeah! This one and the Seeds' 'Pushin' Too Hard'. Great 60's punk!

[ScottWelchGuitar]

i saw the Raiders in 1964 with the where the action is road show and was completely blown away. I screamed like a girl and went out and bought a bass so I could be as cool as Fang, got in a band and taped the Abstracts on back of bass and rocked the Berry High School chess club parties-thanks Raiders-I will love you forever

[micksmydad]

This is Rock and Roll at its best. Dont confuse music of ABBA to be Rock music.

[franklinrocks1]

What happened to Mark's hair in this video? He looks like he;s going bald. He must have worn a rug back in those days.

[countryrockstar2008]

Saw this live! They even did a song for the hard of hearing! lol

[wichitaguitardog]

ABBA was NOT rock and roll... they were a POP group! PERIOD!!! the raiders were Americana!!!!

[DocWyoming]

@wichitaguitardog agreed, the raiders belong in the hall, way, way before abba should even be considered.

[notwaiting]

I have to say one more thing too.

I just heard today 12/15/09, that the R&R hall of fame(?) is inducting Abba this year.

I think Paul Revere and the Raiders did more for Rock & Roll than a lot of bands previously inducted, INCLUDING Abba!

WTF, who the f^%# qualifies these inductees.............14 yr. olds who have read an article from an old magazine?

[kingvidiot66]

I agree 100%, Hell even the Monkees before abba! Who sold more records than the Beatles & Stones combined in 67!!??!!!

[TheMustangsally75]

@kingvidiot66

Rely? Didn't know that.

[JJMFB1]

@notwaiting the control of the Hall of Shame is rolling stone magazine owner,he is the small god who says who makes the hall,very unfair and for a period if you were all white and male you were screwed,Raiders and Monkees should have made hall years ago,but likely never will or at least until most members are died like theDC5.

[notwaiting]

@JJMFB1 That explains a lot. Rolling Stone magazine ain't that great anymore either, but then those who shape the world of music we have available to us aren't on the same page with most of us anymore either.

[szukalski100]

@notwaiting Agree. I was just thinking about that-why aren't PR and R in the R&R hall of fame?

[TheMustangsally75]

@notwaiting

SO SO TRUE!!!

[gabbie44tex]

@notwaiting Very true.These guys are still out there giving good music to us.

[Babyhowdy233]

@notwaiting

Oh god, I couldn't agree with you more!

[Chiselnyc]

@notwaiting One word: politics.  Whatever Jann Wenner likes. The first decade, who got in make sense. Then it started not always making sense.

[iltdwngtd]

My favorite Raiders song!

[blueroad99]

Hellll Yesssss!!

[HappyChucklez]

MORE FAKE LIP SYNC CRAP!!! F -

[calvinbears]

GROOVY!

[bjorntooski]

These Boys Rocked the Evergreen Ballroom in Olympia more than once .

it was Dance Party galore

[himycatsdead]

They seemed to have to do a lot of mad cap stuff for the teens, but as long as they were making money for themselves and the record company along with having fun and writing some very cool songs then why not.......The Monkees made millions off doing the same thing!

[notwaiting]

himycatsdead, If you're going to compare this band to the Monkees, I suppose I'd have to say PR&R could stand up against any other band back then, Mark Lindsay's vocals were second to none, they could actually play their instruments, they had more of a raw edge and I liked their music better personally, as long as you got past the costumes! Check out both band's version of 'I'm not your stepping stone' and see what I'm talking about.

[TheBogband]

Best band to come out of America

[Klattu]

☮☮☮☮☮

[TMSgal]

This is good but you need to check out "She's Mine" on You Tube's " Nuggets from the Liverpool Five ( Part1)". PR and The Raiders borrowed a lot from that English Band who toured extensively in The Pac. NW.Others below have also noted this.

[Klattu]

RIGHT ON !!!

[msoong]

Awesome sounds. I think the lame costume cost them some street cred, but they are definitely one of the best Garage band from the 60's (and I mean that in a good way).

[Klattu]

Remember this was the 60s...think of what was going on in fashion and other bands.

Ever see the outfits from St Peppers?

[slimshine953]

The outfits didn't really bother me. In the 60s,band managers & record labels often called for the groups do something to garner attention,beyond the music itself. An image,albeit sometimes outlandish, that would set them apart from other bands. Of course,it was a gimmick...but these guys proved that their songs could hold up well in spite of the costumes. They later shed them in favor of the contemporary,mod/hip look of the day. Also,I didn't really think of them as a garage band per se.

[KOOLEO329]

Krazy Kool stuff from those Sixties bands based in the Pac NW , especially these guys and others mentioned here by others like the Wailers, Sonics and Liverpool Five.

[princess51212]

Mark also has tribute to Drake on his webside so check it out, it almost made me cry.

[GUIDOBRAT]

yeah, saw that..very emotional for kids of the 60's (like me)who grew up w/ Mark and the Raiders on "Where The Action Is" on ABC in the afternoons in '66/'67--been at Mark's site since '05. Long live Mark, Paul, Smitty, "Fang", Drake (and later Charlie Coe) PR&the Raiders will ALWAYS be dear to me

[elvidom2]

One of the best groups of the 60's!

[pussbuss]

Aww, sad so many are leaving us lately. Rest in Peace with the others Drake Levin July 7th, 2009. Hope heaven will be as we think it is.

[moxie96]

He (Drake) passed away on the 4th of July not the 7th. His memorial service was in San Francisco last month.

[radioman66]

RIP Lead guitarist Drake Levin 62 yrs old. He lost his battle against throat cancer. He could rock. He & Phil Volk were the two real showman they would stand up on speakers & dance. Drake played the guitar behind his head. Jimi Hendrix once saw them in 1965 in concert & watched as Drake did the behind the head bit. The rest of course is Hendrix history!

[moxie96]

Hate to tell you all this but Guitarist Drake Levin Had "Stepped Out" yesterday morning, on the 4th of July 2009. He was 62 and a fighter and will be severely missed by all.

Please look up the philfangvolk webpage for his memorial and say comments if you have them.

[Oddsman57]

I am from Tacoma, Wash. and I saw the Raiders play with the Liverpool Five prior to them recording this song. Coincidentally this and at least one other PR&R tune seems to have borrowed quite a bit from the LP5's tune " She's Mine" which can be heard on You Tube's " Nuggets from the Liverpool Five ( Part 1)"...Check it out for yourself.Despite this PR&R still blazed the way for other NW bands,

[ENS64]

Nice tip...I checked out the LP5 tune and love it too but only hear a slight  resemblance....never mind

[MB300TE]

Fantastic guitar sound on the LP5 tune but Drake is up there with MJ...RIP

[freedomthinker7]

Raiders are hall of famers all the way. Their hits were off the charts, well they were actually on the charts for many years.

[thePharoah90086]

What Year is This Clip from ??? ... Mark Lindsay was already losing His Hair ,, but hadn't started wearing-Wigs , yet !!!

[chookiechooks]

Mark has not lost his hair. He has combed his thick bang into a "glib" - in which the front fringe is combed from the sides to come to a point in the center. Although it appears earlier in history, it is "period" for PR&R. When I saw this hair style, I thought, way cool! - here's a smart guy, who takes chances! Great change from his usual heavy bang. He wears this style very well. Very very hot guy.

[Chon12490]

Sounds like green onions

[brightchance]

This is a classic!

[rabbitshirt]

These mothers were goofy.

[seymouro]

Dark Shadows and the Raiders!

What an unbeatable combo.

R&R Hall of Fame...pfffttt. If THIS isn't HOF rock, turn out the lights. Anyone that witnessed this act KNOWS we are talking about a HOF act. Who cares what all the other MORONS think.

They are morons.

[killjoytjp]

They were definitely underated!

[himycatsdead]

This song has all the standard hit making moves. The beat, vocals are just perfect!

If you don't start dancing to this song at a bar your deaf, dumb and blind.......

[6motion6]

They were a Pacific Northwest gift and their music still stands out. Too bad during most of their heyday they were classed as kind of teenybopper by oldest living teen dick clarkk

[alonenjersey]

They were the number one party back in L.A. way back when.

[Ballerfella2007]

coool song... I think these guys were underated there really good for there time. What album is this song on????

[Charlesvermont1966]

"Just Like Us" [released ca. Jan. '66], but the 45 and LP mix are noticeably different. The LP mix doesn't have the backup vocals in the chorus.

[JimDoris73]

In the the 60's Paul Revere and the Raiders used to be on this TV show called where the Action Is every Saturday. The were very underated as a band.

[NTEdge]

Where the Action Is was on daytime tv Monday through Friday. I rushed home from junior high every day to watch it! Dark Shadows was on during that time, too.

[slimshine953]

That dunce is wrong & you're correct. 'Where The Action Is' aired M-F at 4pm 1965-1967.

[ranchroper1974]

FANG is right...lol

[martygit]

These guys were musically underrated and they had a boatload of hits. They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they're not. Why?

[jesseinmontana]

Underrated perhaps but rock and roll hall of famers? That's a joke, right???

[Charlesvermont1966]

Maybe the rock and roll hall of fame itself is the joke. Joni Mitchell gets in over real rock and rollers like Paul Revere & the Raiders. What's with that?

[FUDGYPAUL]

I think hit songs have to count for something, not how a group is perceived by some people now (too gimmicky?)

[whodomaan]

Rock and Roll hall of fame a joke for the Raiders? Come on. Grand Master Flash and Run D M C made it and they aren't even rock

[JoeBeatle64]

they will likely not see the hof as few people vote for the hof and the fans haveOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOsay,the Beatles never made it the first time,go figure

[hihats]

FANG!!!!!!!

[Cheeztroll]

I totally wish bands would have fun and dress up in ridiculous costumes these days,too.

[JHallia]

I love the sound of the bass guitar on this record- I wonder was it Volk or a studio player (Carol Kaye?)

[fvshkatie]

At this point, it was probably Fang. He has always stated that it was them playing, but this may not have been the case later on as the touring grew more frenetic and it became more and more impossible for them to record and tour. But I think this is Fang playing here--awesome bass line!

[mingoroadman]

I LOVE the "YA-ya-uh" at the beginning! GREAT tune!

[peetie25]

preceded Lil John by about 40 years.

[mingoroadman]

Lil John? Who is that?

[peetie25]

Lil John is the noise my kid listens to. a rapper whose "Ya ya uh" is notable among that type of music. My kid was amazed at hearing Lindsay do the same thing 40 years ago.

[kingvidiot66]

Erase your kids Ipod and replace all his tunes with PR&R Yeah Yoh! Rap is a disgrace to music in general! Hell it's not even music!

[peetie25]

hey ,i agree,but whataya gonna do.these kids. they dont know good music anymore.

[TheMustangsally75]

@peetie25

explain further. Don't even know who Lil John is!!!

[gailleggett]

in '68 at ten yrs old was in luv with mark!!!

[grumpydave69]

this brings back lots of great memories, i had all of the vinyl, lost it through the years. They were a great northwest band. proud to be from the northwest, aberdeen to be specific, remember nirvana?

[guitargreats1]

Great post and i agree jerseyjoez

[Jerseyjoez1]

Snotty vocals and stinging guitar work by Drake Levin. A short Yardbirds style rave-up break. Nice post.

[muffdivinman]

Clip from BIG NIGHT OUT, probably 1965. The Raiders at their mesmirizing best! Tremendous band.

[kingvidiot66]

Nope this is not Big Night Out It is from the Detroit / Windsor in Canada show Swingin' Time with Robin Seymour.

[PamelaMorrison89]

Mark Lindsay's a hunk! Still is! Love these guys and the vid. It's fun to watch. Thanks!