Sonics Rendezvous Band-City Slang

[garikk77]

does anyone have tabs for this?

[oldhorse02]

hell yes

[marla141]

@sixaxle it didn't belong to Wayne

[dbackyardb]

love it!

[jthomas666]

WOW, Thanks for the upload

[raukzenta]

I was there!

[TonySlug]

Scott looking young :)

[aloiso]

Bonita opinión que no aporta NADA. Aprende a escribir y a no obviar a Gary y Scott, simplón.

[elsykilmister]

@aloiso

Es algo muy positivo el que menciones el asunto de la ortografía, sobre todo cuando somos personas de habla hispana. Además creo que nunca se valora lo suficiente a la guitarra ritmica y al bajo: Scott Morgan y Gary Rasmussen son miembros excepcionales de esta banda.

[dryrubribs]

looks like the gig was at 2nd chance, vid shot from the balcony?

[Pjaynes781]

I cant figure out why these guys didn't get signed to a, "Major." They're freakin Awesome!

Peace,

[kevinrocks1]

primitive

[elsykilmister]

un buen video de una de las mejores bandas del protopunk

[marla141]

He only used the epiphone with the MC5, not with SRB.

[marla141]

Rickenbacher also.

[badfoot9]

epiphone wilshire guitar

[marla141]

Moserite

[tamworthy]

Same guitar Sonic was using with the MC5. Can anyone tell me what type it is?

[HawkeyDetroit]

The guitar in this video is Fred's 1960's Rickenbacker 450. He bought it while in the MC5.He removed the Rickenbacker pickups and replaced them with Gibson Humbucking's.This 450 is also a twelve string model that Fred used as a six string .This makes it quite rare with fewer than 300 made.

[videoportfolio]

FRED SMITH ROCKS !

[specialfreakingk]

One of the greatest rock songs of all time!

[888Sabo888]

quite possibly the best.

[mlcumming]

One of the great songs.The Bluff Spider

[punkrockxzz]

amazing. RIP sonic

[iamprov]

so awesome

[zincalloy1]

Rock Action is always on time. If anybody has any type of feed from SRB backing Bowie during his European tour in the 70s- POST IT! Fred kicks out the jams to the highest order known to man.

[aloiso]

Bowie? I guess you meant Iggy...

[marla141]

Bowie was along.

[marla141]

Bowie was on boardfor parts of that tour

[elwele]

grande Sonic! lo mejor! muy wen tema!

[leadfinger]

Thanks for posting the video .... best song ever written!!!

[detroitrocker68]

Wish there was more SRB footage.

[marla141]

There is..

[mikeydrumz]

RIP Sonic Smith! Great Song!!

[royloney]

ese fred sonic!! que grande!

[TheJuice]

Maximum Rock n Roll

[nicoletti]

INCREIBLE!!!! no tengo palabras.... muchas gracias por compartir esto!!!

[ChrisRoyale6]

its awesome!!!! one off the best songs ever!!!

[tagomago91]

no friggin way...

[mathryders]

GARCIAS!!! DESDE ARGENTINA!!!

[stevecityrocker]

Man this song moves! I saw SRB about 30 miles outside of Lima,Ohio in the late 70's. Somewheren in the sticks.The joint was like a converted barn. They were so fucking loud and ON IT that I was ecstatic for the next month or so.

[klasse645]

This like finding the holy graal of rock n roll. Thanks for posting this! Truly awsome.

[999ej]

I saw SRB about a dozen times. Fred & the band were Ultra talented. Positvely one of the best bands to come out of Michigan. Thats one hell of a compliment considering the amount of great musical talent that Michigan has produced.

[commonthings]

great song who got the lyrics of it?

[marla141]

There never were really any set lyrics, it was sort of sang off the cuff phoentically. Fred was light years ahead of the rest of the world.

[ProfessorLonghair90]

what? i thought scott morgan sang.

[marla141]

he sang half the tunes

[Brokeniano]

i think sonic sang his tunes and scott sang his ones

[marla141]

That's right! And they both sang some of the covers as well. About half and half.

[ProfessorLonghair90]

monumental...speaks for itself, that is all.

[StDominicsPreviewCA]

Thank you for posting. It's wonderful to see FSS in this incarnation, as I especially loved his contribution (lyrics/lead vocals) to MC5 tunes (like Shakin' Street, which rocks!). All the best ~

[deckape1956]

I like 16 with a bullet, played it good dancer, scott and kathy deschane good stuff!Scotts Pirates? Any one know?

[marla141]

Yes there is Scot's Pirates music on a couple of CD's they did with Gary Rasmussen and a few other musicians. Revolutionary Means also had Bobby East on it (was in Kid Rock's band) and Rock Action on those albums as well. Schoolkids Records if you want to buy one.

[kirkdavidbowen]

hi marla those guys are all good old freinds of mine ....i want them all to come play in alaska!...kirk

[marla141]

You should ask them then....

[toke21]

@Marla141 and kotj444:

It's funny, SRB opened for The Ramones, Patti Smith, Johnny Thunders and others at the Second Chance, and you can find bootleg videos of many of many of those bands performances @ the 2nd Chance. Did they just not hit the record button for SRB? Or did the tapes disappear/disintegrate?

[marla141]

Don't have any video of those shows.

[madcaplaughing]

Best single to ever come out of Detroit, this side of a Motown 45. I really don't think one could find a more sincere band than SRB. Truly only about the music, no thrills other than Fred's Sonically Speaking guitar play. Rock Action is always on time as well.

Also, I would hardly say that the MC5 never got this close to perfection. That band also had Fredrick Smith on guitar, remember? Kick out the jams.. Best. James, proud owner of an officially licensed SRB hoodie, I told ya'll.

[everestthunders]

WOW! Grande marla 141! TX a lot.

[chuckdee121]

That was fantastic! I never got to see them, as they never got down south, but I am proud to say I have a copy of City Slang, and consider it a prized nugget! There is a group called Flamin Groovies who did a song "Slow Death" you'd all like. I'd love to see more SRB and Flamin Groovies, so post em if ya got em!!!

[electrophonic]

hell yeah Marla, great video! where is the rest of this show?! does Gary have it stashed away somewhere?

[marla141]

yes but this was the best of it.

[denimdemon]

Thank you marla141 for uploading this fucking great video!

[ogeskimo]

Hell no the MC5 never got close to this - this is the purest distillation of Detroit rock EVER. All props to big-mouth Wayne but none of his solo stuff can touch SRB. The great Scott Morgan is still out there w/ Powertrane and EVERYONE who has a chance should see them and Gary Rasmussen plays w/ Alvin Hart and is a great guy to talk to. We all know what Scott Asheton's doing (bringing it home in a wheelbarrow...). I've been waiting 10 years to see this clip - thanks.

[raukzenta]

touch

[reknawfiend]

if i could have gone to any one concert, this would have been it. The 5 never got close to this...

[Brokeniano]

thanks very much for posting, i knew this had to happen some day, specially with the box set that has came up and that stuff

THANK YOU

[microdot]

what a find! my wasted teenage years in detroit...MC5!

Rationals! finally a Sonic Rendezvous video!

Merci Beaucoup!

[Brokeniano]

wasted! are you kidding? you cant waste your time with one of the best rock scenes ever. I feel like wasting my time growing up without any chance to see those awesome bands (well you can see the MC5 with that almost-ridiculous bald wyne kramer)

Think about it twice after saying that man, haha

[robzero08]

wayne kramer ridiculous? shut up you dick.

[srvtheman]

yeah wayne kramer is possibly the coolest motherfucker ever. and these guys are good, i'm glad i finally get to hear them. thank you.

[MercuryJones1]

"UNFUCKIN' BELIEVEABLE" Please tell me, why would you just do the 1 song at a gig? Is there more from the same show? Thanks for putting this up.

[marla141]

This is the only video from that gig that was a whole song, or a song that wasn't cutting in and out, cut off or distored beyond belief. It took me over a month to find someone to cynic this well enough to put this one up.

Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI

Gary

[yxan]

thats a video !

[saykids]

UNBELIEVABLE! GREAT! THANX!

[shesdarkwhite]

****wow****

[KOTJ44]

Thanks for posting. Was this at the Second Chance? I saw them twice there. Once with Patti Smith, once with the Ramones. Great shows. RIP F"S"S

[marla141]

Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI

[ebt0604]

I saw SRB open for Patti Smith at Masonic Temple. There was some other opening band whose name I won't repeat.

A couple photos of mine are on the City Slang CD jacket. Do you more film of this concert?

[ebt0604]

Nevermind my last comment, I didn't see your earlier post about cutoff and distorted film.

It is really too bad there is no more decent footage of SRB. Every show I saw, I always felt like I'd been run over by a train, and I was very happy about that. I can't say enough about those shows at the second chance, the student union, and masonic temple.