Feeling Alright - live - Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Jim Price, Bobby Keys

[TheJascal]

It always seemed to me that Joe's hand motions were like 'antennae feeling the vibe of the music' and he was uninhibited enough not to suppress them.

[clovelace1]

@TheJascal a conductor of a symphony

[skontch1]

it would be nice if cocker was a little more passionate with his vocals. oh, and could leon be any cooler? he's like the other side of the pillow..

[rfmitchell7]

@skontch1 :D seriously!

[ladyheather82]

He is SOOOOOO on LSD!

[privatebollocks]

sometimes it just doesn't get any better than the old hippie days. the original theory of free love and peace. leon is SO underrated. SO underrated. thankfully elton john saw that and just did 'union'. and about joe being spastic. come on,man...didn't good music spazzzz you out????.i was grooving the same way with all the festivals woodstock to kickapoo that year.....i was all over the place. lsd ADD OCD whatever you call it, it ROCKED!!!!!!!!!

[privatebollocks]

get that red thing outta the way, man. i can't see thru it! i wanna rock not look at some weird freeeking 'thing'. take it OFF!!! let us feel the music!!!!!

[tvaflhtcu]

Joe isn't spastic... he's conducting!

[BoomMelonshot]

WOOHOO!! LOVE THIS!! JOE COCKER FOREVER!!!

[willeng84]

Leon Russell is just a monster! To know how great he plays piano and sings and then to hear him play LEAD GUITAR!!!! Super nasty! Not too many people that sing, play piano, and play the shit out of lead guitar live! Really really really good stuff!

[judecreek2]

@willeng84 He also plays drums!!!!

[six9one2000]

great video, is the devil character really necessary? Just a thought.

[TheIntruders]

Nice pants Leon.

[bambina1229]

wtf is up with that smoking Beelzebub??? distracting garbage!!

[mollylin11]

I agree with all of the others The sound and music is awesome but that red devil is disturbing ruins the whole think please remove it and reload! sad to see such greatness ruined thanks

[curtb47]

Sure would be a great video if that red devil wasn't there...hmmmm..yea,help me out

[kingpleasure]

yeah, the cartoon sucks and detracts from the historical footage.

[ubavecmamin]

From Macedonia: This is it!! We too are feeling allright at listening this!! Wow!!...

[AbbyNormal777]

move the red satan doll..please.

[JCDennis62]

This would of been so good...but theres stupid crap on the screen that just screws up the video

[videopauln]

please repost without the cartoon

[scrabtree1]

Amazing. Leon. Wow.

[inatizzy2]

Jou Cocker and Leon.. I think are soul brothers. They both have the heart and SOUL!

[FISHERBALL]

You may think of James Belushi but it was his brother, John, who did the Cocker impersonation.

[whosCats]

I can't watch Joe Cocker without thinking of James Belushi

[SmileyGarrish]

@whosCats try thinking of Jim instead

[Incomplete6230]

Ther uploader comment above is right.The only issue is that this same retard also put inaine garbage on a brilliant vid!=MORON!!!

[tejaspics]

get that fucking shit off the screen.  This ain't your goddam video

[January2454]

The Mad Dogs and Englishmen concert . . . everybody who's saying it was the best ever is RIGHT. I saw them all back in the day, and this was the BEST.

[jcantrell7]

i forgot that Leon Russell was such a fantastic guitarist in addition to being a great pianist (...among other things)

[nopreocupas]

Fantastic! When was this taped?

[judecreek2]

@nopreocupas This was in March-April of 1970, during the famous Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour. There will NEVER be another one like it ever.

[funkydrumr51]

@judecreek2 I hitchhiked from Long Island to New Paltz so I could see them twice. Glad I did. :-)

[Syzygy60]

hey were weak in the auditory

[camusmuse]

5 people are deaf.....



[duffman61089]

I believe he must be on somas he cant move to good ! love his music !!!

[wendywhite1000]

would have been better without that stupid devil in the screen...totally ruins the effect for me.

[judecreek2]

@wendywhite1000 Try watching the version posted by AbbassoTe----there's no devil!

[reelden]

Seen this at Fillmore West back in the day Spectacular show

[saculvad]

man, now tha's how you grooved............

[stalkingwolf1954]

@judecreek2, Before i die i would love to see the mad dogs together again for one last concert!! JOE,LEON, CHRIS <RITA CARL, PRICE N KELTNER ETC the BEST live rock tour in history!! This lp is in the top 5 live albums of the 20th century!!!

[thumlyly]

Wait a minute, wait a minute -- Leon on guitar, doing a fine solo, and someone else on piano?  What madness! And great music too. Cocker looks totally insane.

[Adzakhan]

The cartonn on the video is just...useless and even disturbing. But thanks for sharing.

[rdv040]

What's the stupid cartoon image doing superimposed on the video? Get it off!

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

@rdv040 That's the first thing that I thought of...crazy stupid

[wikkid61]

@rdv040 YES! Begot with thee Satan!

[trextrudel]

@rdv040 bad leon



[coyotesish]

I didn't know Leon played guitar, man, the guy's a freakin' genius!

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

This is your brain on ROCK n ROLL !

[db95018]

@AvirtualSwitzerland how wonderful huh...the best of mussel schoals and friends huh it doesnt get much better.

[MsLaura721]

Loved the music, although they kinda looked totally stoned. Air guitar sounded funny, too...lol. Thanks for the laugh.

[70banksia]

Best of the best - how can you compare this to the feral music played by talentless twits of today. Just glad I was born at a time to experience this wonderful era. Thank you Mum and Dad!!

[metallica36]

Something tells me things get real strange for joe right around 4:27. Leon to the rescue 4:32

[suzupetals]

Carl Radle....bass



[TravelerNTime]

Jim Keltner drums....

[marylhere]

don't now how i know this...read it on the album jacket perhaps...the hat leon is wearing is from the wizard of oz...bought at an auction by mick jagger and given to leon.

[judecreek2]

@marylhere No disrespect meant in any way, but the top hat belonged to Al Jolson from "The Jazz Singer" and was given to Leon by one of The Flying Burrito Brothers.

[marylhere]

@judecreek2 may not be this particular hat...maybe the one worn on the cover of Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Was one of the hats worn by the carriage driver of "the horse of a different color, you've heard tell of"....the green one. Glad to know I'm not the only one in the world to remember useless trivia...if only I could remember where I learned it...for proof. It's like quoting someone and not knowing their name...."someone said" sounds so Fox News like...aka made up. 

[unclebobunclebob]

Agree...the cartoon is a negative.

[kathleenb1947]

Wow! Go, Leon!  So used to seeing you at the keyboard, didn't know you could wail like that! Rock on!

[prdwilson]

i'd love this a whole lot better if the cartoon thingy was out,,,,,,,,,

[judecreek2]

@LaylaGordon Actually, Bonnie Bramlett co-wrote "Superstar" with Leon. It's about Eric Clapton and the shabby way he treated his female fans.

[dollcakes]

Joe Cocker and the backing vocalists are sensational .... Mad Dogs and Englishmen would be a lot more enjoyable if you didnt have to stomach Leon Russells showboating and climbing all over Cockers unique talent !

[Areseesee]

@dollcakes If I recall correctly, Joe was not always at his best at his concerts so Leon had to be the professional and entertain. I don't think Leon was a showboat - he got the tour together in a couple weeks, kept it together when Joe was drinking and made some incredible music that we're still talking about today.

[Claudius131]

@Areseesee I wasn't always "at my best" at his concerts, either (LOL!). For a long time I felt that Leon took over the show, however I've come to appreciate his role. He has been in the biz since he was 14, had toured with big names including Jerry lee Lewis, and been session pianist of choice and arranger for too many names to mention, so he was used to getting a group together. I don't believe Joe was in any state to do that. I'm a big fan of both guys and love seeing them together like this.

[dollcakes]

Joe Cocker and the backing vocalists are sensational .... Mad Dogs and Englishmen would be a lot more enjoyable if you didnt have to stomach Leon Russells showboating and climbing all over Cockers unique talent !

[dangremillion]

wish leon woulda been on the piano

[minicar3]

The best version of this song, by far. Great guitar work!!

[judecreek2]

@minicar3 I agree. Leon is as good on guitar as he is on piano!

[bxbuff]

Too bad back-up singer Pamela Pollard doesn't get too much "face time" on this video! Great, nonetheless!

[DINOLOVER6717]

Does anyone know what guitar leon is using in this video? IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD. Love it!

[Fr3etd4nc3r]

@DINOLOVER6717 its a Gibson ES 335 I believe :) and yes it IS out of this world, mostly thanks to Russel...otherwise its just a piece of woodwork ...Long live Good Music!

[DINOLOVER6717]

@Fr3etd4nc3r Oh wow thanks! It looked like a Gibson but i wasn't sure of the model.

And this question is for anybody: Does anyone know if there is a mp3 song for this specific version of the song? Like a live cd from this concert because I think this is the best version of this song! Better than the one on the LP for Mad Dogs...

[debiedog1]

What a great group of players!!!

[gruvqueen]

As good as it gets.



[sunny8275]

@TREYOLDHIPPIE comment says it all. Saw CSN last year, and had the privilege to see Neil Young's Solo (not accoustic) Twisted Road tour, He rocked it out..it was exciting to see old black, his white gretsch *correct if I'm wrong*, hank's guitar. Some still say accoustic, they weren't there. Keep on rocking. took me 40 yrs to see him. Felt like I was 17 again. Who's gonna fill the living legends shoes. I don't like aging, but the music will live on to eternity

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

the greats ONLY get greater..

just kids back then.. all that and more NOW 

[gimmesomelovinband]

Woo hoo! Thank you so much for this! We do it in our band, and this is just the best to get inspired from! Thank you thank you thank you!

[worldofoutlaws9]

Yeah, all rock bands ought to have a couple horns.

[donr1954]

@worldofoutlaws9 Sly And The Family Stone had 2 realy good horn players. The way Joe changed The Letter by using horns made the song supper . The work by Bobby Keys durning his solo is great. It was shortened on youtube. On the cd it is much better. My baby wrote me a letter.

[worldofoutlaws9]

I remember seeing this concert on the big screen almost 40 years ago (not sure the year it was released to theaters), in Mandan,N.Dakota. Had only been to a couple concerts, think they were country concerts, thought this show was greatest I'd ever see. Has been! Went to 2nd showing. Remember thinking, who are all those people on the stage---friends and relatives and roadies? Never saw a concert to this day with a stage full of stoned people watching. Mad Dogs & Englishmen!!!

[donr1954]

@worldofoutlaws9 I also saw it on the big screen. It was about 1970 or 71. There was only about three or four of us in the theater. I discovered Joe in the woodstock movie. When this movie came out it was a must see. The Grease Band was very very good, but I think Madd Dogs was better. Just love Bobby Keys on sax. Rock with a sax is just a great combo.

[aarfeld]

@worldofoutlaws9: The tour was in 1970 so the film was probably released in '71.

[swill5191]

Zee Mad dogs, Zee Englishmen, and Joe Cock-air! God damn, this album is the worst case of obscurity... In my opinion the greatest live rock album ever.

[judecreek2]

@swill5191 you speak the truth! Even none of the oldie stations play Joe or Leon. This "band" was arguably the BEST one tour,one album group ever assembled, and it should be mandatory listening for everyone over the age of 13.

[donr1954]

@judecreek2 Thank you jude, I will dig out my movie and watch it this week end. I can not remember the last time I saw it.

[donr1954]

Leon is so smooth.

[DINOLOVER6717]

@donr1954 Leon Russell is the king of cool and smooth. I'm surprised he played crazy fast and complex chords cuz most of the time he doesn't move too fast. He usually looks like he's got no pulse! LOL

[donr1954]

@DINOLOVER6717 I just love Leon's guitar work at the end of this song. They are the best all star band ever. I have seen the movie on the big screen in the early 70's then bought the movie. It is got to be very hard to find now.

[DINOLOVER6717]

@donr1954 I love the end too. I haven't heard too much of his guitar work, but his piano skills are out of this world. The Letter is a really good song too with Joe Cocker.

[donr1954]

@DINOLOVER6717 Is that Leon playing piano during superstar I haven't seen the movie for quite some time but I seem to remember it was him. You are right He has great skills.

[judecreek2]

@donr1954 Yep, that's Leon. He wrote the song "Superstar" with Bonnie Bramlett when he played with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. Those friends included George Harrison and Eric Clapton. The song was written about Clapton and the shabby way he treated his female fans.

[Bombeni]

I live in Tulsa. Never got to see Joe Cocker but came close. He was booked at a nightclub downtown Tulsa, but was too drunk to perform. Dang I have racked my brain trying to remember the name of that club. Any Tulsans reading this recall? It was owned for a few years by "Mike" the guy with multiple dystrophy. He had worked there a couple years then managed to buy it. Had a lot of good times there.

[ytbmrd2]

por qué no quitas esa mierda de demonio fumando superpuesto??

[ConKing]

Saw Joe and band in concert in the Summer of 1971. . .this song blew the roof off the arena we were in. . .absolutely mind-blowing. . .probably one of the greatest songs of all time. . .and Joe's version with this awesome musical interpretation is still the absolutely best of all. Thanks so much for posting this! ;p

[mikekadas]

Feelin' Alright (Live) - Joe Cocker [Sheffield, Yorkshire, England] - 1970 - "AMG Pick. Propelled by an incredible piano hook and solo from session great Artie Butler and some excellent bass guitar from Carol Kaye,...Cocker also recorded a smoking live version on the classic Mad Dogs & Englishmen album." - Mad Dogs & Englishmen [Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Live] (A&M Records)-1999.

[SuperXavier30]

Awesome!!!

[xntreek1]

Such Music Genius. They reach inside you, Grab your heart. Take you with them on the Ultimate MagicMusicTour.

[843johnny52]

I've had this album on vinyl, 8- track, cassette, cd and now i-pod.......can't leave home without it !! Saw the movie at the at the rivierra theater on king st.

[mattro44]

Hell yes. Thank you for uploading this video.

[biggee316]

This is one soul-ful, bad ass white boy! Very few artists today know what soul means... they need to see this, watch and learn!

[WestLAGuy]

@biggee316 Yeah, man bad ass white boy is right. I was a DJ in Tokyo doing my military service and Cocker's first album with the Grease Band had some weird ass cover and I thought he was black for a long time. Just shows you it's what you're exposed to in music and how early that can make a big difference in how you play /sing.

Leon Russell was a top LA session guy with The Wrecking Crew - From The Beach Boys to The Wall of Sound it was Russell & Hal Blaine and on guitar Glenn Campbell. Really

[MrJojogun]

@WestLAGuy Leon Russell was a bagboy at a grocery in Okie Land playing weddings on the side... till a record company's exec. daughter got married.

[WestLAGuy]

@MrJojogun

Could be...one of things almost all musicians at least at that time went through was playing weddings, working as delivery guys, all for the chance to play and maybe get better. All I know is what I related from a friend who was the drummer on all the sessions of The Wrecking Crew- Hal Blaine.

[judecreek2]

@WestLAGuy amazing isn't it when you try to unravel the road to success? Everybody has a little piece of info to add which makes for fascinating reading. My addition is that both Leon and Glen Campbell were "shindogs" in the early-mid 60's. The show was "Shindig" and there are even videos available here. God, they were young!

[BeyondTheDay]

Leon Russell sounds like Allen Collin's goofy, retarded cousin.

But even at that, it sounds amazing

[otonchu]

やばいもーこのれおんらっせるけっこんしたい…(涙)

[detweilcny]

The Mad Dogs! The Englishmen! And Joe Cocker!

It was never a Dave Mason song again after Joe wrapped his vocal chords around this one! And that band and those backup singers! Smokin', simply smokin'

[P2ak47]

1,098?? this is the song i play to friends, who then, INSTANTLY fall in love with Joe Cocker. what a song

[kbaugherful]

thanks so much!!!

[terrazzoburns]

Cocker, Chris Stainton and Russell

[missantropica]

@terrazzoburns

yes you are right, thanx

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