Stevie Wonder 1974 concert on German TV show Musikladen/Beat Club

[CLEVELANDJOHNNY]

THE ONE and ONLY !!! THE LEGENDARY  STEVIE WONDER . LOVE TO YOU STEVE !!!

[sonicoutlaw]

I am pretty sure that is a young Kenwood Dennard on drums.

[rodrigolanceloti]

Great!!!

[Dominicfoneill]

Great copy of this, thanks for the upload buddy. I've never been able to find "the Sun in Late September' anywhere else, was it ever recorded?

[GoodCleanFilth]

Band line up is as follows: Deniece Williams, Shirley Brewer, Lani Groves (background vox); Reggie McBride (bass); Marlo Henderson, Michael Sembello (guitars); Ollie E. Brown (drums); and Stevie Wonder.

[Marcsince79]

I lust for the sound of an Orange amplifier of that era. It seems that music equipment was just so sweet and well made at that time... Musicians, you know what I'm talking about? I would only agree that microphone and recording with digital technology has gotten better at clarity, but my opinion stands.

[hankaaron1961]

It took guts to be a member of Wonderland. Stevie never gave them a standard setlist. He would just call out whatever he wanted to played at the moment. Watch how the guitarist is lost at the beginning of "Contusion".

[AydaKhan]

Ohhh yes... and a concert in Sweden too !!!

[starwarsnerd79]

For all who asked, if I remember reading correctly, Songs in the Key of Life took about two years to make, and "Contusion" was inspired by the auto accident that nearly killed him, which is why, in the beginning of this performance, he sings "I'm so glad to be alive."

And to the poster of this video, I soooooo wish I could hump your leg right now for gracing YouTube with this brilliance!! I always saw this in pieces; never all at once. Thank you, thank you, thank you...You're far too kind!

[THEPINKFLOYDIANS]

I first seen this in the late 90s on UK VH1.... Out of sight!!!!!

[nczempin]

I thought a nice Wah-wah solo was about to happen at 11.18.

[Docmananoff]

Denise Williams! And the singer in the middle is HOT!!!!

[hankaaron1961]

@Docmananoff That singer in the middle is Lani Groves. So I guess that leaves Shirley Brewer on the right.

[Docmananoff]

@hankaaron1961 Thanks! It seems that she only has 1 other video/song on here. That sucks.

[RoundMidnight111]

the drummer looks like sly stone

[felytone]

THIS IS SICK!! MAKE ME WANNA PUKE FUNK!!!

[classsclownnn]

the drummer OMG!!!!!!!! & the band with those orange amps!! and deniece williams!!!!! AND STEVIE!!!!!!!!!! HEAVEN!!!

[mehrswaggehtnicht]

if there are still some names missing i`d like to help,.... i think i recognized claire huxtable from the cosby show as one of the backround singers and famous german football player günther netzer on the guitar

[toyfigures]

Musikladen, RB Studio 3, Bremen, Germany, 23rd January 1974(alternate date is 16th July 1975)

Length: 31:02min

Personal:

Stevie Wonder: Vocals, Keyboards, Ray Parker Jr.: Guitar, Ralph E. Hammer: Guitar, Keyboards, Steven P. Madaio: Trumpet, Denny Mohouse: Horns, Scott Edwards Jr.: Bass, Ollie "Eugene" Brown: Drums, Keith Stevens: Congas, Shirley Brewer: Background Vocals, Lani Groves: Background Vocals, Delores Harvin: Background Vocals

[brettherrera7]

yes wow great jam

[radiofc]

Absolutely fantastic performance. Thanks for sharing...

[AdamBond7]

bad ass fro on the drummer

[neoautism]

German audience in the 70s had no sense of appreciation to music. Here we are, Stevie at his best in an outstanding performance and what does the audience do? Almost no one moves, some people talk to each other while he sings (07:14), and the others act as if they are paralyzed in some German disease of lack of rhythm.

@funkyflyy2 - *THANK YOU* for sharing with us this amazing performance.

[hankaaron1961]

@neoautism That what a sign of respect for German audiences back then. You didn't interrupt an artist's performance or draw attention to yourself an away from the artist.

[solidsnackumzzz]

How could this had been filmed in 1974, I thought contusion was from his 'songs in the key of life' album of 1976.

[Drivethebeat]

@solidsnackumzzz

I thought the same thing. But then I remembered that Stevie and Mike Sembello jammed a a lot. I don't know if you're a musician or not, but that tune is the epitome of something that comes out of a jam session. Back in that day when fusion was king with all of the "runs" (Chick, Mahavishnu, etc) it's possible that they collaborated on this. "Hey man remember that tune we used to play.. I want to put it on "Songs.."

[noreeaster]

Frickin' love this! :D

[PiruloLHR]

Esto si me encanta,, no como las hamburguesas de macdonalds........

[shookstylez]

It's really rare to see such an extremely high musical force in one room today. You certainly won't see this on MTV or what they call 'popular' music today. Everything has to be fireworks and half naked dancers. Where is the pureness today? This is where it's at, and people should take notice of how it was done back in the days. Less is more.

[prepostero]

whoops....and who's on bass??

[prepostero]

Great video - thanks! Ollie Brown was an awesome drummer!

Who is the rhythm guitarist?

[KWON138]

That's Denise Williams with the light brown Afro singing lead for the females.

[gelazso]

Thanx from Hungary

[1959child]

Weird crowd...

[1959child]

I have just reached a higher ground...

[nauka123]

Awesome, awesome, awesome, thank you so much for posting this!

[stilltrue2day]

Unbelievable what a find, much love 

[lysyrg25]

over 1/2 hour of no lip syncing,or auto-tuning.WOW,that's where it was.What happened to the music today?

[bartdogggy]

This was dope. Funny how Contusion doesn't show up on an album until Songs in 1976.

[TennesseeOwnsMyBones]

Ollie Brown, the drummer, is such a badass... Play that sucka!

[CSouthCac]

Sang Neicey!!!!!!

[josie3209]

Wow great post. Did you notice Denise WIlliams singing backup?

[maaikemuis]

Wauw! What a concert. Thanks for sharing. Just can't get enough of Stevie.

[BiancaReneeToday]

NOW THAT IS MUSIC FOR YOUR SOUL

[northerner50]

Last one to leave,close the door behind you please...this cannot be followed.Does not get any better than this.

[lukeb678]

bloody hell!

[JOHNDEEBANK]

Im so glad I stopped by.

John, Canada.

[Jkrome]

Holy shit. Stevie was not kidding when he told them to take it all the way on Contusion!

[melomane]

This is musical perfection in every way. It literally brings tears of joy to my eyes. What's wrong with those dipshits sitting down? Why aren't they dancing? Don't they know they are witnessing musical history in the making?

[gratzr]

America's Mozart in Germany.

[FanaticWonder]

@funkyflyy2 Thank you for posting, great show, really wonderful !

The Lady in the middle is Lani Groves, she was part of Wonderlove in

the early seventies.

[ant1vids]

who is this killing guitarist???? the one with the gibson archtop that looks like an L5 or a super 400. anyone??

[missfunkyflyy]

@ant1vids It's Michael Sembello!

[elvispreseli]

Absolute dynamite!!