It was a nice surprise as watching it live in Ireland starts at around 1am. Really really looking forward to the Foghat and Joe Walsh appearances in the next couple of weeks. Would really love it if you could upload the Foghat Home in my hand track from 1974 as a separate upload, as I cant wait that long to see their final track from MS... PLEASE ;-) Your weekly shows are a bit of fresh air and the earlier shows from 1973 to 1976 were loaded with Classics continuosly
I was born a decade or two too late, should been born in the 50's instead of the 70's by the music and things I love, lol. Jim Dandy was the man- and went they brought Ruby Star on board with her huge jugs and mile high pile of red hair and Janice Joplin vocals- wow man!
I skipped everything and just watched the Black Oak Arkansas Clips- they never got enough credit for the influence they had on 70's and 80's hard rock.
Welcome, but please speak for yourself. I believe you may be peaceful, but few countries, if any, can be labeled, 'peaceful.' In the end, the only individual that can be truly peaceful is the one without a self-preservation instinct.
that dude is fucking incredible on the drums. his work with ozzy and whitesnake in particular. while i much prefer what cozy powell did with whitesnake. aldridge is a close 2nd with no disrespect to ian paice.
Steve Goodman was as great a singer/songwriter of the 70s as his more famous peers (John Prine, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, etc.) and a heck of a guitar player.
Researching them I found they were formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1962. The members met in high school. In 1967 the band was backed by a large Kansas City horn band known as the Smokin' Emeralds and performed at a venue called the Place in the Westport district of KC. By 1971, the band consisted of Melvin Webb on drums, Roger Durham on percussion, Charles Love on guitar and vocals, Charles McCormick on bass, Harry Williams on percussion, and Willis Draffen on guitar. They moved to Los Angeles to secure a record contract. The band also replaced its drummer Melvin Webb with Eddie Summers, who they met at a recording session. They were called the Sinceres but changed to Bloodstone before the debut album was released. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984. Nearly all of the members have passed. They originally ended in 1986 after they broke apart. They later continued to tour and perform with original members Charles McCormick, Harry Williams and newer member Donald Brown. The hits include Natural High, Give Me Your Heart, Never Let You Go, My Little Lady, We Go Back A Long Way, and Go On & Cry.
@@alanvallazza9781 If July 20,1973 is the actual date of this performance, Roger Durham passed away the next week on July 27,1973 from injuries sustained from falling off a horse at the age of 27.
@@vernonandrews6310 I read about that back then. I think Roger was their drummer. Later I heard about singer Jim Croce killed in a plane accident on 9/20/73. He was scheduled to be the host instead of Seals and Crofts.
Great show. The highlight for me was Wilson Pickett. I saw him live a few years earlier. He really could kick ass. Best scream in the business. Thanks much, Midnight Special.
I had a friend in high school, himself an excellent drummer, who claimed that Tommy Aldridge was great. I never got it. It sounds like he can't tune his kit, and the band is just terrible.
The timing of this episode premiering with Joan Baez as host is perfect....since her new official biographic film premiered this week in select theaters nationwide. I have tickets to see the film tomorrow. :)
Bob's 82 and he is touring the country. It began after a long European leg of his Rowdy Ways Tours. He started this month on October 1 & 2 in Kansas City at the Midland Theater. Exactly a year earlier he was in KC at the Uptown Theater on October 4, 2022. It's been over 60 years of Bob and his friends including Joan Baez.
Love Joan Baez, especially her tune about Bob Dylan “ Diamonds and Rust ”. When she sings in Sing Sing Prison with her younger sister Mimi Farina, “ Viva Mi Patria Bolivia ” it’s spellbinding, gorgeous harmonies (check it out) and also the song written by Donovan but performed together “ Catch the Wind ”. Mimi’s tune here written about Janis Joplin-a huge favorite of mine is fantastic, what a story she weaves in our minds. Great show tonight!!🩵
@@KittyCarlile-490 Hi! Another “Kitty”! 😃Love it too, takes me far far away, a great song. I saw Donovan open for John Mellencamp, whew, talk about psychedelic 60’s trance induced gloriousness, he was fantastic! 😂
@@KittyGrizGriz The 1st time I heard diamonds & rust was on the radio in my VW bug, no ac in the hot Arizona heat. I had just left my gynecologist and found out I was pregnant. For the moment that the song played I didn't think of anything but the music. When it was over I drove home to tell my husband we were about to be 3. That was more than 45 years ago!!! 45!! yikes
@@KittyCarlile-490 Oh wow, what a fantastic moment-memory tied to a song, gave me chills reading this, Ty for sharing! My oldest (daughter) is 39, and oldest granddaughter is almost 18. I hear you about time-life passing by. So fast! I used to drive a ‘68 VW Bug, older brother gave it to me @ age 16 when he left for Germany-army, taught me how to drive the stick, fun cars.
Wow. I remember seeing this episode when it originally aired. 50 years ago. Joan Baez on the same bill with Black Oak Arkansas and The Pointer Sisters. Joan singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill". Steve Goodman, still young and in good health. Seems like a million years ago. Thank you for posting this.
Early Steve Goodman. He passed away from Lukemia in 1984. Most of his career he was ill. He wrote City Of New Orleans and performed a faster version than Arlo. John Prine was hired by a label in 1970 and refused to join if Steve, his buddy, didn't get hired as well. He played City Of New Orleans for Arlo Guthrie and let Guthrie record his famous version. He then co- wrote with John Prine You Never Called Me By My Name which was a song spoofing country music. David Allen Coe had a hit with it. He didn't have big hits himself on the charts but had critically acclaimed albums. He was from Chicago and he wrote two songs about the Cubs. A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request and Go Cubs Go. He kept his illness a secret, having first been diagnosed in 1974. He passed in 1984 at 36 years old. Some of his ashes were spread at Wrigley Field in 1988. He was primarily a folk, pop, country and singer-songwriter. Many artists recorded Steve's works including Jimmy Buffett. He once was opening for Steve Martin comedy tours. Kris Kristofferson was another act he toured with. Goodman was survived by his wife and three daughters.
I saw Black Oak in '75, I think, with Montrose and Foghat, and they blew everybody else off the stage. Whatta band! (tbh, I was already a fan, which made me more of a weirdo in my high school, lol)
Love Joan. I've seen her many times over the years and it's always a great show. As for the Midnight Special, you always got a blue plate special. Several courses, all of them great.
Back in the summer of 1973. I worked the midnight shift as a janitor at a mall. In Texas. Had to be there at 11 PM. And had to leave the house at 8 PM to be able to hitchhike 14 miles to get there. Missed every early Midnight special
My sincere condolences for the recent passing of producer/director Stan Harris. According to a quote from him in the 1997 documentary book by B.R. Hunter, Mr. Harris mentioned how this was the episode which the then controversial appearance of Black Oak Arkansas was cause for losing the show's original sponsor. I thank the late Stan Harris for that interesting mention.
Don't think I have ever seen video of Mimi Farina. She was Joan Baez's sister. In later years, she traveled with her because Joan had a lot of stage fright and Mimi could calm her down. When Mimi died of cancer some twenty years ago, I remember Joan saying how lost she felt.
I do not think sher appeared on any other US TV show...she did appear in several programs on The BBC in the late 60's and early 70s unfortunately..knowing the BBC the footage was probably erased. But I know she was on between 68-72
I have a movie on DVD called celebration at Big Sur and I think Mimi is in there and she performs. I remember watching the Woodstock movie and hearing Joan talk about Mimi's husband who was in prison at the time. 😁
Found one! Search for "Episode 16 - Rainbow Quest by Pete Seeger". Features Mimi and her husband Richard. This was filmed late 1965, or early 66 I believe. Richard died shortly afterward in a motorcycle accident.
Mimi Farina was a beautiful woman and her duet „Best of friends“ with sister Joan has to be the greatest women duet in 70‘s American music. Just incredible beautiful.
I remember hearing that 1st song by Bloodstone “Natural High’ as a young girl & loved it, so nice to see them in person such romantic lyrics 💘, the lead singers voice whew!
Yeah. I actually wondered if the guitarist with the wooly boots hair was real or a wig. All women would be proud to have hair like that. As to Jim Dandy? Wow....The hair znd the body, both putting Lee Roth in the shade 😎
Heard "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" when I was 6 years old (flip 45 B side "When Time Is Stolen") in late 1971 or early 1972 when my older brother got the mono 45!! Robbie Robertson R.I.P.. The late Steve Goodman song "Would You Like To Learn To Dance?" from his 1972 debut on Buddah Records (kaleidoscope label which became the maroon brown logo in late 1972) was also the flip B side of "The City Of New Orleans" which the late Johnny Cash said "The best damn train song ever written" & besides Arlo Guthrie in 1972, Willie Nelson did the remake in 1984!!!
OMG Black Oak AK with the singer doing the James Brown moves in yellow tights, and the insanely talented Tommy Aldridge on drums are off the charts. I have no idea what drugs it takes to have them on a Joan Baez show.
Have you seen Mimi & Joan singing together at Sing Sing prison? Love their performance of “Viva Mi Patria Bolivia” and the audience~prisoners reactions to it, heartwarming.
What a blockbuster talent line-up. A big thank you to the brilliant Burt Sugarman for creating this masterpiece of a show to which this bug-eyed teenager was glued every week and his kindness in making them available to us once again fifty years later. Wolfman Jack was a huge fan of Joan's and sang her praises at every opportunity. The rare footage of Joan and Mimi together was very poignant. A nod to the wicked wit who suggested that Joan could best serve her campaign to end torture by pulling the plug on Black Oak - right on! Poor Jim Dandy was still trotting the stage 40 years later with some 150 pounds added to his frame and minus his talented backers who had long fled for greener pastures.
Wow... What a show. Joan beautifully singing a now politically incorrect song about Dixie, and the Pointer Sisters knocking out some cool jazz scat... Doesn't get any better. Thanks Mr Sugarman!
starting around 41:53 I keep replaying over and over at very loud volume the song 'Best of Lovers/Friends' with Joan Baez and Mimi Farina, their singing voices are so amazing together, it made me cry several tears thinking about a former lover hehe. And also missing my dad, he said Joan was his favorite. So good!! Thank you so much for the fantastic audio quality, so crystal! Love this! Very awesome to see Steve Goodman in there playing his guitar for two numbers! Love the Pointer Sisters as well, awesome recording of them!
The Pointer Sisters I Was Only 14 and Fell In Love With Bonnie Pointer Poor Girl Lived a Tragic Life and Had Demons 😢 That The Sisters Could Not Keep Her in The Band Anymore She Passed Away At a Very Young Age We Miss You Bonnie We All Preyed For You To Release You From The Grip Of Her Weakness I Still Miss You 😘 I Had The 45 Single of BloodStone Natural High and Later The Album I Loved That Song 🎶 What a Great Song 🎵 Natural High is a Song Not For Everyone Yet I Enjoy That Tune 🎶 Too This Day… Tommy Aldridge on Drums in Black Oak Arkansas Who is Tommy Aldridge Well He Was on Tour With Ozzy Osborn When Randy Roads Was Killed in The Plan Crash and He Has Drummed in Some Amazing Bands Like WhiteSnake 😊 Joan Baez Just Super Talented She Was Right There in Greenwich Village With Bob Dylen in The 1960’s She and Bob Are Still Around Great Music 🎶 Wicked Wilson Picket Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour Stax/Volt Lard Bucket Funky Soul Music 🎵 Baby
Damn this is so good. Bloodstone crushed it and a young Tommy Alderidge behind the drumkit with Black Oak. Yeah. I still don't get Joan Baez and her attitude.
Well, it was a total surprise at this hour, but the show was entertaining as always! Joan was great, as was Bloodstone, the Pointer Sisters, Black Oak Arkansas, and all the rest! Thanks for the Friday the 13th surprise, Midnight Special! 😎✌
That episode was available for a month about 6 weeks ago in the Members portal. Unfortunately it will be a while before the episode is released again. We will see if posting just the song is possible. Thanks so much for watching!
@@themidnightspecialtvshow Thanks, I hope it's possible! My wife would be thrilled! There's a recent interview with Anita Ward online, where she recounts the whirlwind chart success of Ring My Bell, and the mad dash to hire singers and dancers, rehearse, and fly them to LA for the taping, all over the course of five or sixedays. I've heard my wife's version of the story for years!
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We made an error and premiered our episode at 5am not 5pm. Enjoy this week’s episode early and we will be back next week with the live chats.
I'm glad I viewed this historic event. I'm glad I live in the East. It was on at 8 AM Eastern time. 5 AM is a bit early for me.
1.00 PM on Friday afternoon is great over in the wee 6 (N.Ireland) better than 1.00 AM on Saturday morning.
It was a nice surprise as watching it live in Ireland starts at around 1am. Really really looking forward to the Foghat and Joe Walsh appearances in the next couple of weeks. Would really love it if you could upload the Foghat Home in my hand track from 1974 as a separate upload, as I cant wait that long to see their final track from MS... PLEASE ;-) Your weekly shows are a bit of fresh air and the earlier shows from 1973 to 1976 were loaded with Classics continuosly
@@groovedohg Ooh! Joe Walsh! Can't wait for that!
No problem! I am so HAPPY that you are bringing these out of the vault for us to enjoy again!!
I left my head at a black oak concert in 73 man I ain’t ever coming back
I was born a decade or two too late, should been born in the 50's instead of the 70's by the music and things I love, lol. Jim Dandy was the man- and went they brought Ruby Star on board with her huge jugs and mile high pile of red hair and Janice Joplin vocals- wow man!
@@StormLaker went to see Cisco pike at drive in with a fifteen year old girl who looked like Janis Joplin those were the days man
Did they sing JIM DANDY TO THE RESCUE???
I skipped everything and just watched the Black Oak Arkansas Clips- they never got enough credit for the influence they had on 70's and 80's hard rock.
Hello from Russia 🇷🇺 I like this channel, be friendly guys. From Russia with love. We are peaceful.
Don't pay no mind that nonsense. Many more than you might think get it. Slava Rossia❤ Slava Ukraina.❤
@@seanolson8246 better worry about what your own country has been doin, pal.
Welcome, but please speak for yourself. I believe you may be peaceful, but few countries, if any, can be labeled, 'peaceful.'
In the end, the only individual that can be truly peaceful is the one without a self-preservation instinct.
The Midnight Special was the greatest music show in TV‘s history.
Rock concert was better, as bands got to do full sets, imho.
The Pointer Sisters were soooo good right from the very beginning!
The fourth sister quit in 1980. When they had their well known 80s hits she was not involved.
Yeah but she was there for the late 70s hits. @@alanvallazza9781
Joan Baez. An utterly brilliant living legend.
Tommy "The Octopus" Aldridge laying down some way ahead of their time double-kick grooves.
Dude hasn't aged in 50 years!
@@Lance37a He seems old since those years, but never aged after that 😂😆
that dude is fucking incredible on the drums. his work with ozzy and whitesnake in particular. while i much prefer what cozy powell did with whitesnake. aldridge is a close 2nd with no disrespect to ian paice.
Saw him with Ozzy, Randy Rhodes & Rudy Sarzo, ‘81…Motörhead opened.
I believe Jim Dandy referred to him as "Dork Aldrige", lol
Steve Goodman was as great a singer/songwriter of the 70s as his more famous peers (John Prine, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, etc.) and a heck of a guitar player.
Yes. Great loss when he died so young
Wow. I didn't know Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap started out in Black Oak Arkansas!
I suppose I may have forgotten Spinal Tap...what's the punchline?
That was my thoughts too when I saw him first time lol. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I think I have already posted here on this
haha!
I've never heard of Bloodstone before, wow great harmonies. Great musicians as well.
Tarantino used this song in "Jackie Brown"
Researching them I found they were formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1962. The members met in high school. In 1967 the band was backed by a large Kansas City horn band known as the Smokin' Emeralds and performed at a venue called the Place in the Westport district of KC. By 1971, the band consisted of Melvin Webb on drums, Roger Durham on percussion, Charles Love on guitar and vocals, Charles McCormick on bass, Harry Williams on percussion, and Willis Draffen on guitar. They moved to Los Angeles to secure a record contract. The band also replaced its drummer Melvin Webb with Eddie Summers, who they met at a recording session. They were called the Sinceres but changed to Bloodstone before the debut album was released. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984. Nearly all of the members have passed. They originally ended in 1986 after they broke apart. They later continued to tour and perform with original members Charles McCormick, Harry Williams and newer member Donald Brown. The hits include Natural High, Give Me Your Heart, Never Let You Go, My Little Lady, We Go Back A Long Way, and Go On & Cry.
@@alanvallazza9781 If July 20,1973 is the actual date of this performance, Roger Durham passed away the next week on July 27,1973 from injuries sustained from falling off a horse at the age of 27.
They also performed Natural High on the PBS channel. Other 1970s artists were on the show also. PBS music shows are repeated also.
@@vernonandrews6310 I read about that back then. I think Roger was their drummer. Later I heard about singer Jim Croce killed in a plane accident on 9/20/73. He was scheduled to be the host instead of Seals and Crofts.
Joan Baez with only a guitar and her voice can sound so great !
Great show. The highlight for me was Wilson Pickett. I saw him live a few years earlier. He really could kick ass. Best scream in the business. Thanks much, Midnight Special.
Tommy Aldridge is one of the greatest double bass drum players ever & here he also displays incredible stick twirling.
One of the best drummers in Rock, deserves much more recognition
Laying down those sick grooves, as always.
I had a friend in high school, himself an excellent drummer, who claimed that Tommy Aldridge was great. I never got it. It sounds like he can't tune his kit, and the band is just terrible.
Good to see the great Steve Goodman getting some love in the comments.
Man, he could write some beautiful songs!❤🙏
Black Oak Arkansas. Talk about ahead of their time.
The timing of this episode premiering with Joan Baez as host is perfect....since her new official biographic film premiered this week in select theaters nationwide. I have tickets to see the film tomorrow. :)
Bob's 82 and he is touring the country. It began after a long European leg of his Rowdy Ways Tours. He started this month on October 1 & 2 in Kansas City at the Midland Theater. Exactly a year earlier he was in KC at the Uptown Theater on October 4, 2022. It's been over 60 years of Bob and his friends including Joan Baez.
Had no idea about Joan’s 🎥, thank you, she’s a favorite of mine!
Liked her songs in the movie Silent Running with Bruce Dern
RIP Black Oak guitarists Stanley Knight, Harvey Jett, and Rickey Reynolds.
I spent a little time with Stanley and met Rick once. Both those dudes were great chill dudes.
Let's not forget Jimmy Henderson. He's gone too.
Steve Goodman ! Wow ! He was a folk music treasure !
Yes! Huge fan here. He died too young.
A muscle, shoals man!😂😅
A real treat finding Black Oak Arkansas on this episode!
Great to hear Mimi and Joan together. Wonderful blend, as only sisters can have.
When I think of Joan Baez I say to myself...man oh man I hope one day she shares the stage with Black Oak Arkansas. Thanks. Bert.
HA HA good one! gonna get hot n nasty
She shared A bed with black martin luther king junior a decade earlier
She seemed delighted to introduce them.
Diversity
@@RustyCrawford-cc1zyYou saw them in bed, did you?
This is what music is all about, real singing, instruments being played by live passionate artists alive, with real talents 🤩
Love Joan Baez, especially her tune about Bob Dylan “ Diamonds and Rust ”. When she sings in Sing Sing Prison with her younger sister Mimi Farina, “ Viva Mi Patria Bolivia ” it’s spellbinding, gorgeous harmonies (check it out) and also the song written by Donovan but performed together “ Catch the Wind ”. Mimi’s tune here written about Janis Joplin-a huge favorite of mine is fantastic, what a story she weaves in our minds. Great show tonight!!🩵
I just heard May As Well Catch The Wind by Donovan on the radio today. Had not heard it in decades
@@KittyCarlile-490 Hi! Another “Kitty”! 😃Love it too, takes me far far away, a great song. I saw Donovan open for John Mellencamp, whew, talk about psychedelic 60’s trance induced gloriousness, he was fantastic! 😂
@@KittyGrizGriz The 1st time I heard diamonds & rust was on the radio in my VW bug, no ac in the hot Arizona heat. I had just left my gynecologist and found out I was pregnant. For the moment that the song played I didn't think of anything but the music. When it was over I drove home to tell my husband we were about to be 3. That was more than 45 years ago!!! 45!! yikes
@@KittyCarlile-490 Oh wow, what a fantastic moment-memory tied to a song, gave me chills reading this, Ty for sharing! My oldest (daughter) is 39, and oldest granddaughter is almost 18. I hear you about time-life passing by. So fast! I used to drive a ‘68 VW Bug, older brother gave it to me @ age 16 when he left for Germany-army, taught me how to drive the stick, fun cars.
@@KittyGrizGriz it's been nice sharing stories and meeting you. All owed to the name kitty 🐈
Wilson Picket! Yeow! His band was smokin'.
Black Oak, I'm like "Wow that drummer is sick, he looks a bit like Tommy Aldridge." Oh, It IS Tommy Aldridge!!
Joan Baez sings so beautifully! Loved seeing her play the piano
That 70's R & B makes me want to dance! Great to hear all those songs from Joan's best album, "Come From the Shadows." I still know all the words.
Wow. I remember seeing this episode when it originally aired. 50 years ago. Joan Baez on the same bill with Black Oak Arkansas and The Pointer Sisters. Joan singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill". Steve Goodman, still young and in good health.
Seems like a million years ago. Thank you for posting this.
The Midnight Special was very special. Great to see these complete episodes.
Early Steve Goodman. He passed away from Lukemia in 1984. Most of his career he was ill. He wrote City Of New Orleans and performed a faster version than Arlo. John Prine was hired by a label in 1970 and refused to join if Steve, his buddy, didn't get hired as well. He played City Of New Orleans for Arlo Guthrie and let Guthrie record his famous version. He then co- wrote with John Prine You Never Called Me By My Name which was a song spoofing country music. David Allen Coe had a hit with it. He didn't have big hits himself on the charts but had critically acclaimed albums. He was from Chicago and he wrote two songs about the Cubs. A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request and Go Cubs Go. He kept his illness a secret, having first been diagnosed in 1974. He passed in 1984 at 36 years old. Some of his ashes were spread at Wrigley Field in 1988. He was primarily a folk, pop, country and singer-songwriter. Many artists recorded Steve's works including Jimmy Buffett. He once was opening for Steve Martin comedy tours. Kris Kristofferson was another act he toured with. Goodman was survived by his wife and three daughters.
Thanks so much for the background.
Great show. Black Oak put the fun in Rock and Roll. Bloodstone and Steve Goodman were also great.
I saw Black Oak in '75, I think, with Montrose and Foghat, and they blew everybody else off the stage. Whatta band! (tbh, I was already a fan, which made me more of a weirdo in my high school, lol)
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I caught em 7 times in the 70's. Always a blast.
Steve Goodman was a treasure. He could do it all well -- write, play guitar, and sing. He never got the attention he deserved.
Good friend of John Prine...
@@MichaelRevis-qj6ix Yes. They hung out together in Chicago.
Love Joan. I've seen her many times over the years and it's always a great show. As for the Midnight Special, you always got a blue plate special. Several courses, all of them great.
Wonderful! Young Joan brings back memories of the early Folk years. They should never be forgotten! Cheers from Germany.
Back in the summer of 1973. I worked the midnight shift as a janitor at a mall. In Texas. Had to be there at 11 PM. And had to leave the house at 8 PM to be able to hitchhike 14 miles to get there. Missed every early Midnight special
Black Oak Arkansas for the win! ❤
such wacky bastards! (but a great band!)
Surprised to see cross-dressing so acceptable in Arkansas in the 70's.
I’ve got one of their albums; it has “Hot and Nasty” song on it 😹
They all had Talent 👍👏👏👏👏👏
The Pointer Sisters… oh my, that was incredible, wow. Never would have expected a wild jazz tune, such talent.
Natural High by Bloodstone was one of my favorite songs from the 1970s. I love that lead guitar sound 11:50.
Black Oak Arkansas was an underrated rock group...
I'm here to testify!
Jim Dandy to the rescue; Go Jim Dandy GOOO! 😂
No, they aren’t. Terrible vocals.
I agree. Totally ignored
So was his pants....
My sincere condolences for the recent passing of producer/director Stan Harris. According to a quote from him in the 1997 documentary book by B.R. Hunter, Mr. Harris mentioned how this was the episode which the then controversial appearance of Black Oak Arkansas was cause for losing the show's original sponsor.
I thank the late Stan Harris for that interesting mention.
in concert on ABC 7 @ 11:30 pm then Midnight Special on NBC 4 @ 1:00am. the 1970's.
Two of my all-time faves: Steve Goodman and Mimi Farina - with Joanie at the helm - what a gem! Thanks for posting.
OK I'm gonna make this work for me and watch this later on after I'm done with everything !!! But back to the schedule next Friday !!!!!
Thanks. It accidentally went live at 5am today instead of 5pm. Enjoy!
Another super-eclectic combination of great artists.
Don't think I have ever seen video of Mimi Farina. She was Joan Baez's sister. In later years, she traveled with her because Joan had a lot of stage fright and Mimi could calm her down. When Mimi died of cancer some twenty years ago, I remember Joan saying how lost she felt.
Wow! I never knew about that!
I do not think sher appeared on any other US TV show...she did appear in several programs on The BBC in the late 60's and early 70s unfortunately..knowing the BBC the footage was probably erased. But I know she was on between 68-72
I have a movie on DVD called celebration at Big Sur and I think Mimi is in there and she performs. I remember watching the Woodstock movie and hearing Joan talk about Mimi's husband who was in prison at the time. 😁
Found one! Search for "Episode 16 - Rainbow Quest by Pete Seeger". Features Mimi and her husband Richard. This was filmed late 1965, or early 66 I believe. Richard died shortly afterward in a motorcycle accident.
Thanks for the info. Will try to find it.@@chriskroll4166
Steve Goodman was a gem. Too soon gone. ❤️💜😭
Mimi Farina was a beautiful woman and her duet „Best of friends“ with sister Joan has to be the greatest women duet in 70‘s American music. Just incredible beautiful.
I remember hearing that 1st song by Bloodstone “Natural High’ as a young girl & loved it, so nice to see them in person such romantic lyrics 💘, the lead singers voice whew!
Joan Baez singing Joe Hill is timeless.
Jim Dandy is like if David Lee Roth was on HeeHaw
Aldridge is slaying as per usual though
Black Oak Arkansas, the original hair band.
Yeah. I actually wondered if the guitarist with the wooly boots hair was real or a wig. All women would be proud to have hair like that. As to Jim Dandy? Wow....The hair znd the body, both putting Lee Roth in the shade 😎
Heard "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" when I was 6 years old (flip 45 B side "When Time Is Stolen") in late 1971 or early 1972 when my older brother got the mono 45!! Robbie Robertson R.I.P.. The late Steve Goodman song "Would You Like To Learn To Dance?" from his 1972 debut on Buddah Records (kaleidoscope label which became the maroon brown logo in late 1972) was also the flip B side of "The City Of New Orleans" which the late Johnny Cash said "The best damn train song ever written" & besides Arlo Guthrie in 1972, Willie Nelson did the remake in 1984!!!
OMG Black Oak AK with the singer doing the James Brown moves in yellow tights, and the insanely talented Tommy Aldridge on drums are off the charts. I have no idea what drugs it takes to have them on a Joan Baez show.
What a delight to see and hear Mimi Farina--there isn't a lot of performance footage of her available.
Have you seen Mimi & Joan singing together at Sing Sing prison? Love their performance of “Viva Mi Patria Bolivia” and the audience~prisoners reactions to it, heartwarming.
We just had a Double Secret showing of the Joan Baez episode at 8 AM. Good times.
Joan Baez❤
Early show this week!
See you next week at 5 PST
Accidentally went live at 5am today instead of 5pm. Enjoy!
It was a pleasant surprise 😮.
Vibing with the midnight special In the early hrs sat morning tonight !!!! 🤘 space ace ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️
45:26 The great Tommy Aldridge on drums. He'd join Ozzy Osbourne's band in 1980 and later Whitesnake.
Joan Baez is pure magic.
What a blockbuster talent line-up. A big thank you to the brilliant Burt Sugarman for creating this masterpiece of a show to which this bug-eyed teenager was glued every week and his kindness in making them available to us once again fifty years later. Wolfman Jack was a huge fan of Joan's and sang her praises at every opportunity. The rare footage of Joan and Mimi together was very poignant. A nod to the wicked wit who suggested that Joan could best serve her campaign to end torture by pulling the plug on Black Oak - right on! Poor Jim Dandy was still trotting the stage 40 years later with some 150 pounds added to his frame and minus his talented backers who had long fled for greener pastures.
TBS this week. (The Breakfast Special 😎)
Accidentally went live at 5am today instead of 5pm. Enjoy!
Wow... What a show. Joan beautifully singing a now politically incorrect song about Dixie, and the Pointer Sisters knocking out some cool jazz scat... Doesn't get any better. Thanks Mr Sugarman!
Count me in. This is another great line up.
Bloodstone !!!! Never let u go babyyyyyyyy
The Pointer Sisters are doing the Lambert Hendricks Ross version of Cloudburst.
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross's version was much better. 😊
Oh wow, didn’t realize Spinal Tap was in this!😅
😂😂😂😂
"Naked Foot" was the Pointer Sisters' second song July 20, 1973 ep 25 before Joan & Mimi did "Best of Lovers"
My favorite show. Black Oak Arkansas is on this show.
Great to see again!
Can't wait, The Midnight Special!
You missed the 8 AM showing. Maybe they'll show it again tonight???
It’s out there
I was at work when this episode premiered so I'm playing catch up right now. Thanks for letting me know.
Someone needs to add the Pointer Sisters at 37:21 to the menu!
One of the classic moments at Woodstock was Joan Baez’s rendition of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”-sounded like it was coming from the Throne of God.
Black Oak Arkansas!
The Pointer Sisters, OMG! What is better than that? Nothing I know of.
starting around 41:53 I keep replaying over and over at very loud volume the song 'Best of Lovers/Friends' with Joan Baez and Mimi Farina, their singing voices are so amazing together, it made me cry several tears thinking about a former lover hehe. And also missing my dad, he said Joan was his favorite. So good!! Thank you so much for the fantastic audio quality, so crystal! Love this! Very awesome to see Steve Goodman in there playing his guitar for two numbers! Love the Pointer Sisters as well, awesome recording of them!
If there really is a Hell & you go there when you die. You can expect to listen to Joan Baez for all eternity
Ahhh. Bloodstone!!
I was wondering why it's on here already I'm like todays Friday right ok I'm not going crazeee I'm watching it now
Accidentally went live at 5am today instead of 5pm. Enjoy!
Naked Foot...Naked Foot...put it on repeat
Enjoyed! Thanks!!
Bruce lee died on the day this was aired live on TV. Great performances esp.Joan Baez.
Yikes Jim Dandy putting his vienna sausage on display for all to see LOL
Full Moose Knuckle alright.
It's still out there.
Smokie link to you, good sir!
Mister Hot Pants! Milton Berle musta have had a heartattack.
@@walterrizotto8668Omg! I read a story about Milton B. in Peter Frampton’s biography; had no idea he was so “proud” 🤦♀️
Joan Baez…sigh….❤
ikr? that voice!
Danke!
thank you!
Did Joan Baez write The night they drove old Dixie down or did she just sing it ? Where is she from?
No, she didn't write it. It's a cover of "The Band". They did it about 1969.
The Pointer Sisters
I Was Only 14 and Fell In Love With Bonnie Pointer
Poor Girl Lived a Tragic Life and Had Demons 😢
That The Sisters Could Not Keep Her in
The Band Anymore
She Passed Away At a
Very Young Age
We Miss You Bonnie
We All Preyed For You To
Release You From The Grip Of Her Weakness
I Still Miss You 😘
I Had The 45 Single of
BloodStone
Natural High
and Later The Album
I Loved That Song 🎶
What a Great Song 🎵
Natural High is a Song
Not For Everyone
Yet I Enjoy That Tune 🎶 Too This Day…
Tommy Aldridge on
Drums in
Black Oak Arkansas
Who is Tommy Aldridge
Well He Was on Tour With
Ozzy Osborn When Randy Roads Was Killed in The Plan Crash and He Has Drummed in Some Amazing Bands Like
WhiteSnake 😊
Joan Baez Just Super Talented She Was Right There in Greenwich Village With Bob
Dylen in The 1960’s
She and Bob
Are Still Around
Great Music 🎶
Wicked Wilson Picket
Mustang Sally and In
The Midnight Hour
Stax/Volt Lard Bucket Funky Soul Music 🎵 Baby
Damn this is so good. Bloodstone crushed it and a young Tommy Alderidge behind the drumkit with Black Oak. Yeah. I still don't get Joan Baez and her attitude.
Joan's not a pimple on Carole King's butt.
That for sure. @@MichaelRevis-qj6ix
I love Joan Baez, those are fighting words! haha 👊✊. Loved Bloodstone too, great band and the song ‘Natural High’ I remember as a young teen.
Cool! Looking forward! 😎
Well, it was a total surprise at this hour, but the show was entertaining as always! Joan was great, as was Bloodstone, the Pointer Sisters, Black Oak Arkansas, and all the rest! Thanks for the Friday the 13th surprise, Midnight Special! 😎✌
@@StephanieJeanneOh yeah, it is Friday the 13th today, isn't it? Oh well, that explains it. TMS are just being weirdees today, that's all😅.
@@gregoryduncan3067 Haha, yeah, that's my guess.😂
We will call it Friday the 13th… exactly. Thanks for understanding
@@themidnightspecialtvshow 😂No problem. It kind of made my day... interesting!✌️
Joans first guest- Apollo Creed, was awesome.
Wow those yellow pants leave little to the imagination.
That lead singer for Black Oak Arkansas...He's got, you know, an armadillo in his trousers. I mean it's really quite frightening.
My wife sang backup for Anita Ward "Ring My Bell" on Season 7, Episode 27, aired in 1979. Does that clip appear anywhere?
That episode was available for a month about 6 weeks ago in the Members portal. Unfortunately it will be a while before the episode is released again. We will see if posting just the song is possible. Thanks so much for watching!
@@themidnightspecialtvshow Thanks, I hope it's possible! My wife would be thrilled! There's a recent interview with Anita Ward online, where she recounts the whirlwind chart success of Ring My Bell, and the mad dash to hire singers and dancers, rehearse, and fly them to LA for the taping, all over the course of five or sixedays. I've heard my wife's version of the story for years!
What happened to the song/time list?
I was looking for it too
Why is this premiering at 8AM instead of 8PM?
12 hour difference with a mistake of time.
It was a mistake and once a video is public you can’t undo
@@themidnightspecialtvshow No worries. I figured it was something like that.
🌟🎶🎵♥️🎵🎶🌟
Whoa. Looks like Jim Dandy and the rest of the boys packed their noses but good back stage.
Friday night. Ready to party. Ready to get loose. Ready to let it all hang out. Ready for… Joan Baez?
Seems like yesterday