#4 - SHINDIG! - Sixties Superstars

[beekofly]

It is absolutely Billy. Check out some of his early album covers.

[saxmanager]

That's the original version of "Good Lovin'" BTW!

[rasputin63]

Who is the black group doing "Good Lovin'" ? they are hot!

[rasputin63]

Man, that Roy Head is one freaky dude. what a great hit, though.

[Keyboardman88]

The bass player of the Kingsmen is Norm Sundholm. He and his brother Conrad, who was the electronics whiz-kid, were the founders of SUNN amps and the SUNN muical Instrument Company.

[stans06]

Another advance that Shindig brought to US TV. Most acts preformed live and that was wonderful.

[Dukeoftruth]

did Roy Head invent break dancing?

[theonlyantony]

Doug Sahm !! 'Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day' is my fave

[rocklobsta1415]

this is amazing

[Gazolba]

They just don't make polyester suits like they used to !

[blinko7777]

I would have never thought the lead singer looked like a surfer. Whoa.

Your uploads are the very best!!!! I am having fun tonight.

[soltisimba]

Wow, I always thought Roy Head was black! I don't think he is lip-syncing. And he is quite the flexible guy. I dig it.

[MrBilgey]

Totally 100% Gay! Thank God for The Beatles and drugs! His trousers had a fight with his ankles!

[paleblue498]

Message to all (c)rappers & shit-hoppers: you can only dream of having an ounce of the musical talent these boys have. Back then, if you wanted to be taken seriously you had to be able to do it live; no voice filters, synthesizers or computerized effects.

It's unbelievable to me how low the bar is for real musical ability for this generation. How else could talentless bums like enemaenema or 15cents actually win Grammys? Thank God I grew up when real musical talent was the standard...

[lordkoos]

Doug Sahm rules.

[denniswilsonfan]

Mz Gabor was probably on the show looking for another husand lol.

[MRLIZAUD]

if kids today only knew how much they dress like kids from the early 60's

[boneypart]

jeez people dont u know a wig when you see it? Billy Preston is wearing a wig.

in fact, his big afro that he had in the 70s was a wig too, cuz i saw him around Hollywood without it.

[Veekator]

I didn't know the brothers sported the Moe hair cut. back then lol .I don't think it's Billy either Very cool anyway

[swimologist8]

Of course that's Billy Preston... great songwriter/keyboardist, coke-snorting homosexual pedophile.

[mcwhiteface]

of course this is billy preston

[caterermam]

that sure is Billy Preston on the keyboard!!

[WhiteCamry]

@caterermam Dig his Beatle haircut!

[soltisimba]

Don't think it's Billy Preston. He was not in the Olympics. But was he sitting in here? It doesn't look like him.  RIP Billy.

[nyrainbow]

It's Billy Preston. He was a regular on Shindig show

[stans06]

Billy P was definitely in the Shindogs the house band

[stans06]

The series house band, the Shin-diggers (later renamed the Shindogs), featured a young Glen Campbell, Joey Cooper, Chuck Blackwell (drums), Billy Preston, James Burton, Delaney Bramlett, Larry Knechtel (on bass) and pianist Leon Russell.[6]

[yoyohomey]

@soltisimba THAT IS BILLY PRESTON AT 628 FOR SURE

[174FIRST]

@soltisimba

definitely Billy Preston..thinner and with a different wig than during the Beatles days

[dandamagetoo]

does look like billy with a moe on keys. Louie louie is an old Jamaican sailors song, nothin dirty about it. and I think Roy went to a lot of James Brown shows. Had some good moves though, got to hand it to him.

[soltisimba]

Did you see my comment below and then listen to it? "I stick my finger.." is very clear, as is "I gotta, I gotta lay her again." All the rest of the versions are the nice sailor's version.

[CyTaggart]

Is that Billy Preston on the organ (Good Lovin)

[CyTaggart]

Is that Billy Preston on the keys?

[soltisimba]

That's funny -- I always thought Roy Head was black. Goes to show you. I have been hearing this song since 1965.

[soltisimba]

The Kingsmen's huge hit (Louie Louie) actually has dirty lyrics. YOu have to know what you are listening too. Find it and listen for example to the line after the guitar break. He sings, "I stick my finger up the hole of love." They sing the clean version here.

[rbehr53]

Whats funny about Treat Her Right is that I noticed right away that Roy Head substituted kissen for lovin which was on the radio version .I wonder if they had to appease sponsors?

[Veekator]

What kind of cut does the piano player have at 6:25 & 7:45? A moe? I cant recall a brother have that cut. Id say bring it back..

[likesspice73]

@Veekator lol, good one

[riviswim]

Sir Douglas... the ultimate garage band!!!

[WhiteCamry]

My God!  "Louie, Louie" with legible lyrics!

[zapdelivers]

@WhiteCamry Whoa! Where'd this come from?? I agree 100%.

[DJUncleMike]

@WhiteCamry But those weren't the actual lyrics from the record.

[gugg15]

I always thought Good Lovin was a Rascals original. I might actually prefer this version, where can I find it on CD?

[phildirt3]

saw the kingsmen in junior high they were from the northwest

[riviswim]

Portland, OR.

[spitoncat]

I saw Roy Head this year at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans. He still moves real well and even does the splits. Who was that black group at the end? I didn't recognize any of them.

[josephschillinger]

Good Lovin'is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a number one hit for The Young Rascals in 1966. The song was first recorded in 1965 by R&B novelty artists The Olympics, but was only a minor hit at best, reaching number 81 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The tale is told that Rascal Felix Cavaliere heard it on a New York City radio station and the group added it to their concert repertoire. Co-producer Tom Dowd captured this live feel on the recording

[VenusBlue4u]

They called the show Shindig but the broadcast was from Britain the bands were never here. People went into like a theatre and watched their performances on screen. It was called Simulcast...Abbey Road Studios.

[BigChiefLtd]

Bullshit! There were SOME episodes taped in London (including the one where the Beatles appeared and a number of the "British Invasion" groups. But the show was based in Los Angeles. Check Wikipedia and TV-dot-com if you doubt me. There was no way record companies were going to ship all those American groups to England for an appearance. Plus if you look carefully, there were a number of US artists as part of the Shindig bands and dancers, including Billy Preston, Leon Russel Glenn Campbell etc.

[BroadcastJohn]

BigCniefLtd is correct about Shindig being based mostly out of Los Angeles California. Is it possible that you are thinking about another similar show called Ready, Steady, Go? It began one year earlier than Shindig and was based out of London England.

[ratpackvips]

Groovey baby

[BCK]

Ah! The guy who wrote 'At the Crossroads' as recorded by Mott the Hoople in 1969.

[LeedsPaul92]

WE ALL LOVE SHINDIG!!!! HAHAHAHHA i was there in the crowd... (:

[1960jack]

I was 5 -6 years old when these great pop music show were on. I had older brothers and sisters that would watch these shows religiously. I remember Paul Revere and a few others. Great Stuff!

[blackngoldgal65]

Some of my favs from the 60s as a teenager!!

Louie Louie supposedly had immoral words because no one could understand the lyrics... even some radio stations refused to play the record at that time!

[supertonesurf]

shindig was live so it was the better of the two

[oldpatcole]

i was born in 1954 i dont remember this programme somebody tell me more

[FXTEX]

Which was better? Shindig or Hullabloo.

[CJurasin]

FXTX: Don't forget "Where the Action Is" (with Paul Revere and the Raiders).....all 3 were great shows to watch back then.

[jkoff76]

Sir Douglas Quintet.... Jesus this show is old. Doug Sahm RIP We love you guy!!

[Keyboardman88]

@jkoff76 Want to know something scary.....I remeber watching this on TV when it came around the first time. Guess that makes me old too.

[PeterVonRock]

Rah! Rah! ???

O YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!

[horacio0206]

Thank for your good explanation!!! I love the Sixties Superstars too!!!

Horacio

Buenos Aires

[JHINTON69]

Still a great party song!!

It did not matter what the words then and still doesn't!!

THANKS for the post!!

[hopefulever]

Thanks for posting this!! I used to watch Shindig when I was young (boohoo). Used to get so excited because it was the only program we girls would get to see every week. We saw everybody on Shindig.

[jhbitodfhitdfjbhgtfh]

Did The Olympics perform their most biggest hit : "Western Movies" on the "Shindig TV Show" ? And if so, could someone please post it ? Thanks.

[arnoldripkin]

I believe the melody came from an old Coasters song.

[andyinoregon]

Doug Sahm and The Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About A Mover" sounds like a barely disguised ripoff of The Beatles' "She's A Woman."

[arnoldripkin]

Shes a woman?

[justbecauseiaintu]

Yeah whats up with Kingsmens sound in this? Sure sounds lame compared to the studio version...this is kinda dorky.

[famouskaylasing]

the "white" james brown ... always liked song, but thought was a black singer. very limber, more so than j.b..

[moorlock2003]

Why do The Kingsmen sound so lame here? It doesn't sound at all like the studio hit.

[westpoint64]

The reason the Kingsmen sound so lame is because the lead singer here (Lynn Easton) sacked the original singer (Jack Ely), the words are clear and they're playing the song 'clean'...

[moorlock2003]

Whatever the explanation is, the outcome is the same....lame!

[westpoint64]

Agreed. It's real, real pale and lame compared to the great radio hit.

[horacio0206]

thanks NYRAINBOW for your good selection and your explanation, as I am not an English native speaker I was wondering what was the meaning of shinding, before I saw the video!!!

Horatius

Buenos Aires

[JHINTON69]

Shindig sort of means a noisy dance party.

A roudy , rip roaring hell of a good time.

Remember, there were no videos, no MTV, AM mono radio was the main sound. What a time..

[fgrod]

Man - that was back when the Dead used to open for Doug Sahm.

[lshaw17]

OMFG. WHY ISNT ROY HEAD A SUPERSTAR?

[moorlock2003]

Because being a one-hit wonder got in the way

[lshaw17]

Christ, people were dumb back then. He should have been remembered for his awesome crotch related performances

[moorlock2003]

Good songs count. I guess his other material didn't measure up. "Treat Her Right" is the only song I ever heard by him.

[dipsetmuthafucka]

Soundin' fine!!

[deckape1956]

Doug left the party at 58 a while back--great band!!

[kking3287]

We had the Kingmen play at our school in the 60's and they were fabulous.They were a great band

[elementboy1234]

damn, roy head must have had a lot of groin injuries in his day :-p

[jmen4ever]

Man, I LOVE SDQ!!

[larrydh2]

C'mon folks, Doug was a great singer and guitar picker. Listen to Mendocino, it's great. PS. he is dead now so give him a break.

[pkappel006]

what did he die of? and when?

[kylarietes]

Heart attack, I believe, a couple of years ago.

[doctordoowop]

THE late Richard Berry who wrote & sang this with his group(1957) told me he was called in

by the FBI to tell them the lyrics. The Kingsmen's lyrics were declared "incomprehensible at any speed."

[xtryd]

WOW! I love the sixties, even though my parents wan`t born at that time. Great music!!

[chippy783]

A lot of people I know really dig Doug Sahm, but I don't (get it)

[rudakai]

Doug Sahm and Freddie of the Dreamers could have easily subbed for each other!! I agree with Chippy.............Sahm was exceedingly overrated!!

[titostacos]

in this clip doug sahm is playing an incredibly catchy bluesy sexy Texy Mexy song with an iconic keyboard riff courtesy of augie meyers, a killer vocal, his band has a maracas player like Bo Diddley, and his showmanship is superb. now just what the hell don't you get, chippy783? Jerry Wexler got it, but you probably don't know who he is.

[turbo1964]

re: Louie Louie - Great documentation as to the lyrics of this song. The FBI actually investigated the lyrics thinking there were overt sex or drug references. Guess things haven't changes that much...

[Redheadedtroll68]

Yesh thanks for putting this on. Love this stuffs. Wowzer.

[gatoperezoso]

thanks so much for posting this...the 60's seemed like so much fun...i've long suspected this...this proves it!

[peoplecan1965]

Much better than that shit today,

[Aerick69]

..not only is 'Good Lovin' a cover, but if you look closely, BILLY PRESTON is the keyboardist....

[kickassfan]

Great sound the Kingsmen...

[griff57]

Didn't know the Rascals version of "Good Lovin"

was a cover. Learn something new every day!

[spacepatrolman]

Felix played the trumpet solo on the organ on the Rascals record.

[whoowndachiefs]

Just goes to show that the Kingsmen were singing the exact lyrics of the Richard Berry R&B classic "Louie Louie". Dirty lyrics? Hardly. I have the Kingsmen's live album version from late 1963 (Wand Records, NYC), and I feel it was due to poor acoustics and poor audio engineering in that nightclub that made it sound like the lead vocalist was singing the "f" word, and also "lay her again". Some imagination, huh?

[ForeverYoung58]

Actually there was some "profanity" on the Kingsmen's recording of Louie Louie. The drummer allegedly misplayed something, and you can hear someone blurting out a one syllable word in the background. Supposedly, it was the drummer yelling "f**k!"

[nosiestink]

I heard it!

[thesnazz]

theres no respect in

anything today,hence

the world's all gone

ta hell.

[nazztube]

Hey good stuff. We only got Shindig for one season down our way. That's the penalty for living south of the border way down past more than Mehico way.

[slowdancer77]

Thanks for posting these! i've seen the Kingsmen several times in Boise in the past few years, usually with Paul Revere!

The Sir Douglas Quintet played at my high school(in So. Cal.) with Three Dog Night in 1969! They were so awesome. Shindig was one of my favorite shows to watch back in the day! Thanks! And thanks for all your info, very helpful!

[nyrainbow]

In the '60s people were so lucky to have so many wonderful TV shows - "Shindig", "Hullabaloo", "Hollywood A Go-Go", "Shivaree" and others...

The best music was created in the 50s and 60s :)

[peoplecan1965]

Damn right, if only I had a time machine haha.