The Dream Weaver('75) was a blessed break-thru album for Gary Wright. The entire album was well produced and written. The title track was written by Gary under influence of the writtings of Paramahansa Yogananda. He was a master showman- full of energy in live concert performances. Wright unfortunatly wasn't able to top the sucess of this album- but the follow-up release,"The Light Of Smiles"('77) came close.
Gary looks like he just stepped off a UFO to play some funk for the galactic space federation with those silver boots and jumpsuit. H's squinting and sweating like the stage has been hit with a tear gas bomb. Its great, better than anything else nowadays by far. Nobody takes chances like this anymore.
@kja427 He had another hit in 1981 called "I REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU", then resurfaced in Ringo Starr's All-Star Band with Billy Squier, Edgar Winter and others too numerous to mention.
@11Stucat Ha! Well not sure if you are just exhibiting sarcasm or for real but uh, that ain't no casio bro its a controller for the minimoog and he used those a lot...this was way before midi and that is the long cable you see coming out of it going to the minimoog...so it's just basically a minimoog keyboard minus the guts..I think he and edgar winter(&keith emerson) were among the first to do this-running around on stage with a primitive type keyboard controller..they were heavy as hell too!
One of the backup singer's mic needs to be turned way down, but I'm completely down with this performance. I love the rawness of the Midnight Special performances--nothing prerecorded and no lip syncing. It's flawed, organic, and completely REAL! Love it!
tell those girls in the background to shut up, they are ruining the song........their voices are too high.....its like that one is trying to sing over him
i hate people who get on here, and tell you to thumbs up, if u like something on the video (desperate for validation) the only thing worse is the suckers who go ahead and do it. people, c'mon ur better than that. dont feed the fire of mental midgets.
In Facebook recently there was a group-page titled "you know u grew up in cresskill when..." and many people joined and they were all commenting about Cresskill from the good old days and lo and behold just about the whole town were posting about Gary his sister.Cresskill is proud of them. I was proud,too, that he is my favorite. They had funny anecdotes going way back. Then the FB page disappeared 4 no reason.
hey "multi-lizzy-dizzy". I was on a Cresskill New Jersey facebook 'group' discussion and many of the people who were from Cresskill said they knew Lorna and she and her 2 friends in Cresskill HS were the most popular- one had an italian last name and her other friend had an Irish last name everone said extremely positive things about her. I saw her @ Gary's concert last year however I was too shy to introduce myself but it was the Tambourine Girl for sure. My friend Hugh is her friend.
i will avoid the obvious cowbell coments. (or gary's very tight white ensamble) i never get tired of veiwing this video. i especially like when gary is performing under the lit up "Y" in gary wright. it kinda looks like he has horns. i spoze if you were 46, you couldnt let go of this sound from the 70's either. i listen to everything, but this song is the holy grail of k-tel.
Yes the beautiful girl playing tambourine and singing her heart out is indeed Gary Wright sister LORNA. I sang with her in a group called the Doodle Town Pipers in the 70's. She is a Soulful sweet generous and very funny girl who I miss dearly. We had so much fun in that group. Love Lorna Dunn where ever you are in this world.
I had to come back to this classic. I freaking loved this song and Dream Weaver back in the day.. Still do!!! nothing more to say except MORE COWBELL BABY!!! Haha love it.
Hey "Lancetop" i gess you're right. I think that Gary's sister is the gorgeous one playing the tambourine 'koz I was @ a concert of his and my friend who is Gary's friend from Cresskill and a girl who looks exactly like the girl playing the tambourine were right next 2 me and they were invited backstage. Thats how my friend became friends with Gary- 'koz he was friends with Lorna first.That's what his brother Don said to me.
I know I've posted a lot here, but idea I just had: when Gary and his managers were coming up with this arrangement and TV stage show, I bet they were thrilled beyond belief to get Steve Porcoro onboard. But I bet neither one had any idea the show was gonna be STOLEN from them by two GORGEOUS PERCUSSIONIST/SINGERS! LOL Let's face it, those two gals stole the show, in one of the most enormous robberies ever seen on Midnight Special! I bet Midnight Special was never the same again LOL
Hey "lancetop" The one playing the tambourine is Lorna but maybe you are right. Back in the summer of '75 they had a party in Cresskill 'koz the album was already successfull and my friend Don went and he said "(Cresskill) was like 'dream-land'" if I'm not mistaken the tambourine girl was there and Don's brother who played on many of Gary's earier albums.
Gary played in Englewood NJ last friday and many fans and friends from Cresskill and Demarest were there from the 1970's and he played unreal it was fantastic. Someone keeps on posting comments about Steve Porcaro on Gary's video. Toto was a commercial band from a commercial decade. Steve is great but we like Gary the best.
this is truly a classic piece from dem good ole 70's!! what talent there was all about you only need tune up a little transister radio back then. those keyboards look exactly like moogs, i saw them demonstrated in the early 70's and the sound is still unmatched even to this day, of course time goes on and other talent replaces what we hold so dearly to our hearts!! PEACE
You see Gary Wright has the deluxe keyboard with the pitch benders on it. His poor band mate has virtually the same keyboard, but with a blanking plate where the pitch benders should be. He gets the cheap version. ha ha
@at90percent I believe those keyboards were modified Mini Moogs with the control panels removed and placed elsewhere on stage. The umbilical cord for the keyboard is quite a bit bigger than the usual 1/4" guitar cord.
@Keyboardman88 You definately nailed about the keyboard controllers being elsewhere though. I remember that in the 1980s a 16K memory board was the size of the top of one of those folding tables. There is absolutely no way that the sound processor could be on board those little (by 1970s standards) keyboards. Good call.
Remember "Pecoe" used to post all those rediculous comments on this video. Everyone knows that the guy from Toto is also playing in this video. He's great but we like Gary the best.
Thumbs up if you think this is the most stellar COW BELL performance in all of rock history! That gal isn't just striking it, she's also dancing and singing up a storm! And the tambourine gal is fabulous too. Man oh man was Gary lucky to have those two gals!
was this concert in january 1976(?) inthat year there was skateboards,vans w/mag wheels 2 hav fun in, cb radios. i had a cool one with a good antenna. mood rings were popular and sunglasses that got darker in the sun.also, the watches became numbers rather than the old fasion type watches. love is alive was the #1 rock song and "afternoon delight" was the country music hit.Kiss was getting popular,too.
This is without a doubt one of the best songs of the 70s and perhaps even more than just the 70s. There is some real rockin' going on here. Such energy. It never gets old. Sometimes it is hard to believe that Dreamweaver and Love is Alive come from the same person!
I love the cables he has to drag around. Some things are better now, but not necessarily the music. Musicians were just getting their hands on some synths, but digtals were a ways off. Now you can get sampled real instrument sounds as well as synth on a keyboaard.
looks like Gary is trying to be a space cadet with the silver boots..lol...notheless..the song never gets old..what a great jam..those synthesizers hanging off the neck never really worked..and the jump suit just cracks me up!
Great to see this live - wore out 2 Dream Weaver albums playing them so much (thank goodness for cd's). That bass Moog / cowbell combo is too much, man!
Those backup singers are hot! I was a kid in the 70's and I developed crushes on my babysitters, teachers, random women in the street. Those backup singers were not exceptions, there were hot women all over.
Its natural for women to put on a few pounds after having children but looking at todays young women...the obesity is sad.
wow talk about nostalgia!..i remember when midnight special was somthing you waited all week for ...this was b4 MTV..there was no rock on tv then....cool vid...im kinda drunk rite now...lol
Yeah this is pretty good. I still like the album version so please upload somebody. No question back then you had to have some talent. Well done Gary and the background singers held it down too.
Gary Wright played the RFK stadium in DC back in '74, I remember walking down the street and hearing this song welling up out of the open stadium like it was a gigantic speaker horn -- sounded good
@tonybklyn Right on...Live concert, music that would keep you high for weeks..months sometimes! Nothing satisfies the soul & stimulates the mind like the REAL DEAL you know? Today generation got cheated big time
@RICHMOND94114 Come on man, people still play "real" instruments. There's a ton of more music out there than just what gets played on the radio, and even with that there's just about every kind of station out there. Gotta be open minded. It seems like so many people past the age of 40 think there is only classic rock on one side and hip hop on the other.
@surf4food You're exactly right...there is a great wide world of music out there beyond the radio. Take some time to look, people...Pandora, SiriusXM, YouTube, and others all have it. Not all of it is good, and not all of it will suit your individual taste, but I guarantee that one of your 10 favorite bands/artists of all time is out there waiting for you to find them.
How do 27 people dislike this? No taste. Midnight Special was a great show , always came on after SNL, back when that show was hilarious. Ahhh the good old days.
That guy is the youngest brother of drummer Jeff Porcaro. STEVE don't need no stinking pitch bend wheel--he creates patches outta thin air. *lol* ;) Steve's one of those alien keys genius kinda fellas. He, Mike and Jeff Porcaro were ALL on Boz Scagg's tour at the same time back in the day. It's Steve's synth work you hear on "Lido"--and, he's also responsible for the Farfisa loop in "Dirty Laundry" (Henley). Neat, huh!?
The Dream Weaver('75) was a blessed break-thru album for Gary Wright. The entire album was well produced and written. The title track was written by Gary under influence of the writtings of Paramahansa Yogananda. He was a master showman- full of energy in live concert performances. Wright unfortunatly wasn't able to top the sucess of this album- but the follow-up release,"The Light Of Smiles"('77) came close.
gemini16th 22 hours ago
I came for the cowbell and stayed for the kimonos
zambetis 1 week ago
Kool!!
robumland 1 week ago
More Cowbell !!!
TheRealBozz 3 weeks ago
Love this!! Could listen to this once a day and never get tired of it!! :)
LandE520 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
"This is Coast to Coast Am..."
RideMyBMW 1 month ago
Gary looks like he just stepped off a UFO to play some funk for the galactic space federation with those silver boots and jumpsuit. H's squinting and sweating like the stage has been hit with a tear gas bomb. Its great, better than anything else nowadays by far. Nobody takes chances like this anymore.
kcran5671 1 month ago
one of my favorites! YEAH!!
shinyapples67 2 months ago
Third bass (a late 80's early 90's) rap group used this beat for there song "steppin' to the A.M. and that rap song was the shit.
iam916 2 months ago
Gary wrote the whole album The Dream Weaver.I was listening to Blind Feeling live @ an october 1975 concert and it's unbelievable the way Gary plays.
ubelieveinme2oo 2 months ago
I remember the night that was broadcast. Ye Gawds, we had no idea how good we had it.
FarginBastiges 3 months ago 2
@FarginBastiges - Man, ain't that the truth!
stratovani 3 months ago
Gary wrote the whole album The Dream Weaver
ubelieveinme2oo 3 months ago
motherfuck good tune.
cujo9 3 months ago
Great white funk, this man was da bomb with dat bass! :) love dis song, reminds me of being a young lad back in da day.
dfwjtm 3 months ago
Will someone put out an APB for Gary Wright please? It's that he had one good year, 1976, then he disappeared. What Happened To Him?
kja427 3 months ago
@kja427 He had another hit in 1981 called "I REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU", then resurfaced in Ringo Starr's All-Star Band with Billy Squier, Edgar Winter and others too numerous to mention.
Hope this helps.
MDCSWildcats86 3 months ago
more cowbell please
albyroblejo 3 months ago
Jammin' on the Casio!!!!
11Stucat 3 months ago
@11Stucat Ha! Well not sure if you are just exhibiting sarcasm or for real but uh, that ain't no casio bro its a controller for the minimoog and he used those a lot...this was way before midi and that is the long cable you see coming out of it going to the minimoog...so it's just basically a minimoog keyboard minus the guts..I think he and edgar winter(&keith emerson) were among the first to do this-running around on stage with a primitive type keyboard controller..they were heavy as hell too!
Dino0469 2 months ago
@Dino0469 Yea it was, I was yelling out a generic answer. Casio was THE brand of keyboards everyone knows. So, it was all in jest.
11Stucat 2 months ago
70s funkalicious , was there and i danced like hell to it
brb0713 3 months ago
Gary Wright wrote this song and all the songs.steve porcaro was a session musician for Gary.Toto was commercial.
sunshineshine77 3 months ago
i wish silent fury was on youtube i think it was the best song by gary wright
PlatinumVFX 3 months ago
We need more cowbell!!!!
constantrvlr 3 months ago
Adidas jump suit... Classic!
MrTimalex1 3 months ago
Man I love the bassline to this song..........these mugs are getting down!
jerbojones 3 months ago
It looks like he is superimposed on the screen
mizzury54 4 months ago
I Have a Fever and the only Perscription is MORE COW BELL
yendor1232 4 months ago in playlist Liked 3
Coast To Coast AM reminded me again of how bad ass of a jam this is!
JTX44 4 months ago
I'm 102 years old and I went deaf listening to this song....it was worth it
booyahmike 4 months ago
Keyboard SUPREMACY.
OgreMageBand 4 months ago
One of the backup singer's mic needs to be turned way down, but I'm completely down with this performance. I love the rawness of the Midnight Special performances--nothing prerecorded and no lip syncing. It's flawed, organic, and completely REAL! Love it!
xylowave 4 months ago
MORE COWBELL!
hellmutt1969 4 months ago in playlist hellmutt1969's favorites
I agree... More Cowbell!!!!
VicGar668 4 months ago
MORE COWBELL!!!
CSXer 4 months ago
I'm 28 years old, and I ALWAYS blast this on my iPod when I'm driving!
CesMan83 4 months ago 3
Porcaro on the keyboard..........yeah :)
bartolemeo 5 months ago 7
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rg2027x 4 months ago
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cadoey 4 months ago
Respond to this video... I Love This Jam,Go Steve Porcaro ,You Get Down With The Keyboards.
cadoey 4 months ago
@bartolemeo Thats Jeff Porcaro from Toto? Wow!
shadoworld58 3 months ago
@shadoworld58 No, that's his brother, Steve Porcaro, also from Toto!
palatica 3 months ago
He was 17 at the time.
chizmo7 3 months ago
I love this song. Thumbs up if you think Gary Wright banged both those back up singers!
Alpha7xxx 5 months ago
This song is all about drivin' your girl doggystyle all night. Slap slap slap! My heart is on fire, baby. Now stick that ass up!
Alpha7xxx 5 months ago
" NOw could...be...ForeveVR" !!!
justaman6972 5 months ago
I agree get them outa there
franticfred1811 5 months ago
tell those girls in the background to shut up, they are ruining the song........their voices are too high.....its like that one is trying to sing over him
morgankitty1 5 months ago
Bloody Awesome, i remember back then, Gary and his boys were like the 1st Syn Rock Band that charts the billboard in '75?
eisenyeo 5 months ago
thats R&B wailin rite there!
kmars21 5 months ago
rock that jumpsuit Gary...boots and all...love it...
cindygibbsbarfield 5 months ago
i hate people who get on here, and tell you to thumbs up, if u like something on the video (desperate for validation) the only thing worse is the suckers who go ahead and do it. people, c'mon ur better than that. dont feed the fire of mental midgets.
flyvibe71 5 months ago
Real musicians, real singers. no pro tools at work here.pure god given talent.
wellingtonian 5 months ago 4
Dayum this is funky as hell. Totally live and super tight...yeah!!!
shadoworld58 5 months ago 6
@shadoworld58 yah it's awesome : )
rg2027x 5 months ago
In Facebook recently there was a group-page titled "you know u grew up in cresskill when..." and many people joined and they were all commenting about Cresskill from the good old days and lo and behold just about the whole town were posting about Gary his sister.Cresskill is proud of them. I was proud,too, that he is my favorite. They had funny anecdotes going way back. Then the FB page disappeared 4 no reason.
ubelieveinme2oo 5 months ago
Amen!
tekis0 5 months ago
That backup singer chick has a blackbelt in cowbell!
mightyboemker 5 months ago
looks like 27 peoples love is dead.
plasmazombie1 5 months ago 6
@plasmazombie1 or their hearing went out
rg2027x 5 months ago 8
hey "multi-lizzy-dizzy". I was on a Cresskill New Jersey facebook 'group' discussion and many of the people who were from Cresskill said they knew Lorna and she and her 2 friends in Cresskill HS were the most popular- one had an italian last name and her other friend had an Irish last name everone said extremely positive things about her. I saw her @ Gary's concert last year however I was too shy to introduce myself but it was the Tambourine Girl for sure. My friend Hugh is her friend.
ubelieveinme2oo 5 months ago
I never heard the cowbell when I heard it on the radio. The power of you tube !
takemeback70s 5 months ago
i will avoid the obvious cowbell coments. (or gary's very tight white ensamble) i never get tired of veiwing this video. i especially like when gary is performing under the lit up "Y" in gary wright. it kinda looks like he has horns. i spoze if you were 46, you couldnt let go of this sound from the 70's either. i listen to everything, but this song is the holy grail of k-tel.
powerwindow2 6 months ago
Yes the beautiful girl playing tambourine and singing her heart out is indeed Gary Wright sister LORNA. I sang with her in a group called the Doodle Town Pipers in the 70's. She is a Soulful sweet generous and very funny girl who I miss dearly. We had so much fun in that group. Love Lorna Dunn where ever you are in this world.
MultiLizzydizzy 6 months ago 4
@MultiLizzydizzy ....that's what I love about YouTube music videos; sometimes you get to hear personal experiences like yours. Thank you!
6superb9 6 months ago
@MultiLizzydizzy Hey, I left u a reply. Tell me if you read it.
ubelieveinme2oo 5 months ago
hey, i left u a reply. tell me if u read it
ubelieveinme2oo 5 months ago
a cowbell stays crunchy in milk!
MoltenGoodness 6 months ago
I had to come back to this classic. I freaking loved this song and Dream Weaver back in the day.. Still do!!! nothing more to say except MORE COWBELL BABY!!! Haha love it.
MaryMRevis 6 months ago
Hey "Lancetop" i gess you're right. I think that Gary's sister is the gorgeous one playing the tambourine 'koz I was @ a concert of his and my friend who is Gary's friend from Cresskill and a girl who looks exactly like the girl playing the tambourine were right next 2 me and they were invited backstage. Thats how my friend became friends with Gary- 'koz he was friends with Lorna first.That's what his brother Don said to me.
sunshineshine77 6 months ago
Oh yeah...great performance of a great song. This is his best, IMHO.
superbuick 6 months ago
watch joe cocker do this, i think gary would even admit he did it muvh better
ratlrbil 6 months ago
I know I've posted a lot here, but idea I just had: when Gary and his managers were coming up with this arrangement and TV stage show, I bet they were thrilled beyond belief to get Steve Porcoro onboard. But I bet neither one had any idea the show was gonna be STOLEN from them by two GORGEOUS PERCUSSIONIST/SINGERS! LOL Let's face it, those two gals stole the show, in one of the most enormous robberies ever seen on Midnight Special! I bet Midnight Special was never the same again LOL
lancetop 6 months ago
Hey "lancetop" The one playing the tambourine is Lorna but maybe you are right. Back in the summer of '75 they had a party in Cresskill 'koz the album was already successfull and my friend Don went and he said "(Cresskill) was like 'dream-land'" if I'm not mistaken the tambourine girl was there and Don's brother who played on many of Gary's earier albums.
ubelieveinme2oo 6 months ago
Not enough cowbell.
sldl04 6 months ago
Why doesn't Gary get credit for a very early synth pop hit? This is 10 years before the Human League. A pioneer!
bzzzzap 6 months ago
Isnt this guy touring with Ringo Starr????...
thechainzter 6 months ago
Gary played in Englewood NJ last friday and many fans and friends from Cresskill and Demarest were there from the 1970's and he played unreal it was fantastic. Someone keeps on posting comments about Steve Porcaro on Gary's video. Toto was a commercial band from a commercial decade. Steve is great but we like Gary the best.
ubelieveinme2oo 6 months ago
Gary played in Englewood NJ last friday and many fans from Cresskill came you should have seen it he was fantastic.
sunshineshine77 6 months ago
Cowbells, keytars, fine haircuts, great singing.
What more could any man want?
pbrick6301 6 months ago
My only complaint, MORE CLOSE UPS OF THE COWBELL & TAMBOURINE CHICKS!
717mienbao 6 months ago
this is truly a classic piece from dem good ole 70's!! what talent there was all about you only need tune up a little transister radio back then. those keyboards look exactly like moogs, i saw them demonstrated in the early 70's and the sound is still unmatched even to this day, of course time goes on and other talent replaces what we hold so dearly to our hearts!! PEACE
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rg2027x 5 months ago
@stblase2 If anyone finds out please post here : )
rg2027x 6 months ago
You see Gary Wright has the deluxe keyboard with the pitch benders on it. His poor band mate has virtually the same keyboard, but with a blanking plate where the pitch benders should be. He gets the cheap version. ha ha
at90percent 6 months ago
@at90percent I believe those keyboards were modified Mini Moogs with the control panels removed and placed elsewhere on stage. The umbilical cord for the keyboard is quite a bit bigger than the usual 1/4" guitar cord.
Keyboardman88 6 months ago
@Keyboardman88 Cool. The red shirt guy still doesn't have pitch benders though and Gary does. lol
at90percent 6 months ago
The guy in the red shirt is Steve Porcaro from TOTO
Bpa62 6 months ago
@Keyboardman88 You definately nailed about the keyboard controllers being elsewhere though. I remember that in the 1980s a 16K memory board was the size of the top of one of those folding tables. There is absolutely no way that the sound processor could be on board those little (by 1970s standards) keyboards. Good call.
at90percent 6 months ago
Isn't he the sales guy from WKRP in Cincinatti?
at90percent 6 months ago
Classic.
supersix54 6 months ago
Saw him perform this song at The Greek tonite. Awesome song, love the words! He was ahead of his time when he came out with this.
Infiniteraps 6 months ago
just saw him do this live, AMAZING
RockNfuckinRoller97 6 months ago
Words alone cannot describe this awesomeness.
frantictrader 7 months ago 3
@stblase2 It's a great instrument....Very effective in a musical context. Especially when played by talented women : )
rg2027x 7 months ago 2
Remember "Pecoe" used to post all those rediculous comments on this video. Everyone knows that the guy from Toto is also playing in this video. He's great but we like Gary the best.
ubelieveinme2oo 7 months ago
AHHHH The 1970s.
johnny10301968 7 months ago
I think this is a Donald Trump dream when he's asleep. hahah
grubeci 7 months ago
this was it sounds like to be on an import motorcycle in the future on coffee.
grubeci 7 months ago
The Tamborine girl is " driving me CRAZY " !
The6949891 7 months ago 2
The cowbell is EPIC, I need MORE cowbell.
kavokod 7 months ago in playlist MidNight Special 5
man this jam is still funkier than funky...& i can dig it :)
djw80158 7 months ago 5
Thumbs up if you think this is the most stellar COW BELL performance in all of rock history! That gal isn't just striking it, she's also dancing and singing up a storm! And the tambourine gal is fabulous too. Man oh man was Gary lucky to have those two gals!
lancetop 7 months ago 28
@lancetop They made the jam...And that cowbell...Maan...PURE BLISS! !
I wish we had cowbell in todays music..*sigh*
rg2027x 7 months ago 8
@lancetop thats Lorna,,(Cowbell) Gary's sister
stevebeagle 6 months ago
@lancetop And the girls look like black belts too. Backup singers, percussionists, dancers and BODYGUARDS!
And yes... that is a hall of fame cowbell performance!
br549sample 5 months ago
@br549sample We totally need a cowbell hall of fame!
rg2027x 5 months ago
@lancetop No Auto-tune, no lip syncing,no BS-just people playing their asses off!
tekis0 5 months ago
@tekis0 As it should be!
rg2027x 5 months ago
@lancetop all because they're blacks belts in Rock & Roll! HA
justaman6972 5 months ago 3
@lancetop - And they're wearing sexy silk Karate uniforms!
alanproaudio 4 months ago
That cow bell fucking COOKS!
lancetop 7 months ago 4
Why do they always use this song for Pornos...
I hear it so many times in skin flicks
that, now I even use it myself when i get busy.
cool jam!!
ellitestar 7 months ago
Yes, more cow bell!!!!!! Woot! Woot!
berthajoadams 7 months ago 2
People actually had talent!
Ktelrecord 7 months ago 21
@Ktelrecord Totally. No cowering behind 'autotune' either you had to ROCK IT real or GTFO!
rg2027x 7 months ago 8
Tambourine lady..... please call !!!
The6949891 7 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this! This was my favorite song on the album--vinyl, by the way. Wonderful memories.
Artaud1957 7 months ago 4
was this concert in january 1976(?) inthat year there was skateboards,vans w/mag wheels 2 hav fun in, cb radios. i had a cool one with a good antenna. mood rings were popular and sunglasses that got darker in the sun.also, the watches became numbers rather than the old fasion type watches. love is alive was the #1 rock song and "afternoon delight" was the country music hit.Kiss was getting popular,too.
ubelieveinme2oo 7 months ago
@magnumshifter this song was a cross between hard rock and funk.
Rholt71 7 months ago
@magnumshifter....Christopher Walken Saturday Night LIVE "I NEED MORE COWBEL!!!" ..Lol!!!
Rholt71 7 months ago
MORE COWBELL!!!!
magnumshifter 7 months ago 2
This is a Fuckin cool song. possibly the 1st hard rock disco song... let's debate
manfromregina 7 months ago
This is without a doubt one of the best songs of the 70s and perhaps even more than just the 70s. There is some real rockin' going on here. Such energy. It never gets old. Sometimes it is hard to believe that Dreamweaver and Love is Alive come from the same person!
mjhale1 7 months ago 2
I love the cables he has to drag around. Some things are better now, but not necessarily the music. Musicians were just getting their hands on some synths, but digtals were a ways off. Now you can get sampled real instrument sounds as well as synth on a keyboaard.
gracesuzi 7 months ago
Just the right amount of cowbell!
UBUPUP 7 months ago
0:55 he has demon horns lol
Cool song, 76 is the year I was born :)
ShawnX3 7 months ago in playlist MidNight Special
looks like Gary is trying to be a space cadet with the silver boots..lol...notheless..the song never gets old..what a great jam..those synthesizers hanging off the neck never really worked..and the jump suit just cracks me up!
Shadofx 7 months ago 2
more cowbell
steveclm 7 months ago
35 years later, and this song is still GREAT to listen to! :)
Hobbes1025 8 months ago 2
Great to see this live - wore out 2 Dream Weaver albums playing them so much (thank goodness for cd's). That bass Moog / cowbell combo is too much, man!
tarkushead 8 months ago 5
@tarkushead It's a match made in heaven :0)-~
rg2027x 8 months ago
@tarkushead Yeah that Bass Moog and cowbell is something else isn't it? heh heh heh they don't make either like they used to.
chilirich 7 months ago in playlist #3
Those backup singers are hot! I was a kid in the 70's and I developed crushes on my babysitters, teachers, random women in the street. Those backup singers were not exceptions, there were hot women all over.
Its natural for women to put on a few pounds after having children but looking at todays young women...the obesity is sad.
717mienbao 8 months ago 4
This song would be really badass w/some thick, heavy, distorted guitar and guitar solos.
tchimmerroks 8 months ago
wow talk about nostalgia!..i remember when midnight special was somthing you waited all week for ...this was b4 MTV..there was no rock on tv then....cool vid...im kinda drunk rite now...lol
kmars21 8 months ago
Tambourine Girl will you ever return to me ?
The6949891 8 months ago
Yeah this is pretty good. I still like the album version so please upload somebody. No question back then you had to have some talent. Well done Gary and the background singers held it down too.
Analisa416 8 months ago
@Analisa416 I am uploading the original version right now for you to listen to.
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MrVeesworld 8 months ago
Does anyone have the original album version. This is cool but that one rocks.
Analisa416 8 months ago
More cow Bell!
gahloot 8 months ago
THE FIRST HOOTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
69ardentartist 8 months ago in playlist The Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack
May I have some more cowbell please? Love this tune!
phonecop 8 months ago
Gary Wright played the RFK stadium in DC back in '74, I remember walking down the street and hearing this song welling up out of the open stadium like it was a gigantic speaker horn -- sounded good
SupernalOne 8 months ago
Still waiting to hear from the Tambourine girl !
The6949891 8 months ago
Real music
thebizthebothebo 8 months ago 3
killer synth-bass lines!
nobodady1 8 months ago
Man, I gotta have more cowbell!
gellerkyahoo 8 months ago
spooky tooth. what hast thou spawned? great stuff.
animascat 8 months ago
this is when people played real instruments. i miss my music.
RICHMOND94114 8 months ago 32
@RICHMOND94114 Me too...I am constantly wondering where it all went.
rg2027x 8 months ago 20
@rg2027x And why people stopped enjoy the absolute RUSH of a live concert and REAL music.
tonybklyn 8 months ago 9
@tonybklyn Right on...Live concert, music that would keep you high for weeks..months sometimes! Nothing satisfies the soul & stimulates the mind like the REAL DEAL you know? Today generation got cheated big time
rg2027x 8 months ago 8
@rg2027x Schools cancelling their music programs, because they're not money makers like the football games.., would be my guess!
Hobbes1025 7 months ago
@RICHMOND94114 Amen. And I remember this episode. Man, he hit this one right on the head!!!
amd77j 8 months ago 3
@RICHMOND94114 Come on man, people still play "real" instruments. There's a ton of more music out there than just what gets played on the radio, and even with that there's just about every kind of station out there. Gotta be open minded. It seems like so many people past the age of 40 think there is only classic rock on one side and hip hop on the other.
surf4food 7 months ago
@surf4food You're exactly right...there is a great wide world of music out there beyond the radio. Take some time to look, people...Pandora, SiriusXM, YouTube, and others all have it. Not all of it is good, and not all of it will suit your individual taste, but I guarantee that one of your 10 favorite bands/artists of all time is out there waiting for you to find them.
superbuick 6 months ago
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@RICHMOND94114 Yep, and to think people once looked down their noses at synthesizers! If only those same people knew then what is going on now... .
prospectus91 6 months ago
Gotta love the cowbell chick.
JSparks99 9 months ago
How do 27 people dislike this? No taste. Midnight Special was a great show , always came on after SNL, back when that show was hilarious. Ahhh the good old days.
JSparks99 9 months ago 2
More cowbell, please.
Noonan425 9 months ago
The dislikes can eat donkey dick.
darthmaul33 9 months ago 3
DIS SONG DONT GEN ENOUGH AIRPLAY
LACraig621 9 months ago
Gary hit #2 in Billboard, 7-31-76. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 9 months ago
Its like Buck Rodgers in a Karate movie! Pure Awesome.
skatan22 9 months ago 3
EPIC!!!
skatan22 9 months ago 3
Dig those groovy karate chicks!
GuitarMirth 9 months ago 3
27 people's love is not alive. :-(
GuitarMirth 9 months ago 2
The guy in red with the same keyboard as Gary has the stripped down version. No pitch bend wheels.
at90percent 9 months ago
@at90percent
That guy is the youngest brother of drummer Jeff Porcaro. STEVE don't need no stinking pitch bend wheel--he creates patches outta thin air. *lol* ;) Steve's one of those alien keys genius kinda fellas. He, Mike and Jeff Porcaro were ALL on Boz Scagg's tour at the same time back in the day. It's Steve's synth work you hear on "Lido"--and, he's also responsible for the Farfisa loop in "Dirty Laundry" (Henley). Neat, huh!?
RaincloudmusicTFS6 9 months ago
@RaincloudmusicTFS6 Had no IDEA. Now at least I know I'm not insane! I always though