The Tubes, Jesus Bongo, 1973

An early Tubes performance on KEMO TV San Francisco.

Early Timeline for The Tubes

*1969, Prairie Prince is accepted to the Art Institute in San Francisco. Moves with his band The Red, White and Blues band which includes guitarist Roger Steen and bassist David Killingsworth. Michael Cotten also is accepted to the Institute.

*1970, Red, white and Blues Band changes name to "Arizon" and performs at The World's Fair in Osaka, Japan.

*The Beans; Bill Spooner, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson and Drummer Bob Macintosh move to San Francisco. Crash at the Red White and Blues band house, the "Noriega Hilton" after getting booted from their house.

*David Killingsworth leaves RWB band, Roger, Prairie and roadie Fee Waybill join Beans onstage as "Radar Men from Uranus" during several gigs at the Art Institute.

*1972-73 The two bands join forces with roadie Waybill as different characters, perform themed sets at Chatue Liberte'and Uncle Sams. Themed sets of music include a Country set as "Cowboy Fee", a Rock set as "Rod Plant" and Funk set as "Jesus Bongo"

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[lilnetty2]

All you idols....this is Fee....a frontman. A REAL frontman. Look and learn. It doesnt matter how good looking you are , if you ahve star power. People cannot take their eyes off you, and Fee is the shit !!!

[hashysh13]

Absolutely too cool. Keep 'em comin' Mike! Cannot wait for the finished film.

[MrGziss]

@lilnetty2 hell ya...!!

[oxeslevy]

@halag his moves arre so natural they nourish my eyes and suddenly the world is a brighter place. thank heavens for fee. x

[MattHatter]

I've known about The Tubes for a good part of my life, but watching this early footage just blows me away. And here I got exposed to them via "She's A Beauty" back in the early days of MTV which was NOTHING compared to their legacy of stage performances and superb musicianship.

[mozartfx1]

@halag This is how bands are supposed to work. They play gig after gig and grow and learn and then they hit their stride. Nowadays, if a bands first album isn't a huge success, they're written off and not given time to grow. Say what you will about record companies in the 70's, but they signed bands to 3 album deals, put them on the road, and got their songs on the radio.

[drbocker23]

adam lambert and perez hilton.. mmmm

[drbocker23]

@halag if you can't see genius when it's placed in front of your very eyeballs i think perhaps you'd be happier lookin' at justin beeeber vids kid -

[halag]

they're a lot better if you dont actually watch them and just listen. The singer is NOT moving naturally, thats why he looks so bad, he's trying to be something he isnt. And sorry his vocals are mediocre at best. The band is tight tho and frankly he does nothing for them

[ignoxious]

WTF There ain't no Jesus or Bongos in this...I've been had!

[AORCrazy]

You all don't understand, they play like academics but they don't care and think how they'll look, they're natural and having fun, that's the point!

[Paulsworks]

@lilnetty2 Well put dude/dudette.......ALL true......I've been learning from Fee's performances since 1973. He truly is the SHIT.