SLEEPERS - Live at HURRAH - with Ricky Williams

This is the last song in a 30 minute set of THE SLEEPERS performed and recorded at HURRAH on April 10, 1981 from 2 separate camera angles. Produced & Directed by Merrill Aldighieri.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• SLEEPERS
• Ricky
• Williams
• Michael
• Belfer
• SanFrancisco
• PostPunk

[gleetus]

ricky stole my leather jacket and a bunch of pills....

[endlesshyenas]

(one of?) Ricky's kid (son) in now the guitar player in the 'current' Negative Trend line-up

Just sayin...I met RW a few times myself...a true freak, not a poseur. R.I.P. Ricky

[streetrepair]

Can someone ID this song - amazing!

[rrenfro12]

@endlesshyenas Hey there! I'm Zack's mom, Rebecca! Zack did some of his dad's songs with Negative Trend. No guitar, but he's working on it. :) He's a great kid. Looks just like his dad, but a healthier, happier veriosn. We still miss Ricky greatly. I'm so glad to see him still remembered for the good stuff, too.

[mikeisamovie]

too bad they couldn't show the entire band performing - but it is a tribute to ricky...

btw, that show was the straw that broke the band's back. ricky was laying down on the stage early in the set. his singing spotty that night, almost a howl. ron and brian macleod, along with benjamin bossi quit the band and headed back for california. we thought being out of state would make a difference performance-wise. too bad - the first show at bond's was a killer, but our audience was small. mike w.

[verdwijnsel]

Indeed fascinating!

Also want to see more - can you help me to it?

regards,

[Pin33]

Fascinating! So the entire set was filmed? I'd love to see more.

[kabardinka1]

I remember seeing the Sleepers in the late 70s. Amazing, amazing band... Michael Belfer was incredible. Sorry to hear about Ricky Williams but, realistically, I was always shocked he hadn't already OD'd every time he appeared on stage.

[rubymerv]

Thx for sharing this! Please post more if poss. Also, someone has to have all the Target footage or more from the L.F.S. show...we need more.

[VJnumber1]

Thank you for sharing that. I wondered if this was characteristic or a particular moment, I only saw him this one night. Sorry you had the sad news, but at least you had a bubble of him in the present a bit longer.