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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
  • March 22, 1974
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Комментарии • 656

  • @user-tl7mj2bm4m
    @user-tl7mj2bm4m 3 дня назад +4

    That first album is just an absolute rock & roll masterpiece....if you don't own it folks...GET IT!

  • @peterconklin
    @peterconklin День назад

    I'm 66 years old and this is the music I grew up on!!! The very best of the best!!!🎸🎸🎸

  • @kerbygator
    @kerbygator Месяц назад +314

    The Montrose/Montrose album is one of the best albums, in my opinion. Every song is good.

    • @rickl5596
      @rickl5596 Месяц назад +17

      It's true! Bad Motor Scooter?? Space Station #9?? This list goes on.

    • @dannyfisher6681
      @dannyfisher6681 Месяц назад +11

      Every song blew the doors off!

    • @ANationalAcrobat-qj2dl
      @ANationalAcrobat-qj2dl Месяц назад +10

      I have TWO copies of that album on vinyl.

    • @liberalslayer9831
      @liberalslayer9831 Месяц назад +13

      The best rock album ever recorded.

    • @guysiemers2116
      @guysiemers2116 Месяц назад +4

      Start with the son and move on out! Great tune.

  • @georgebirch5635
    @georgebirch5635 Месяц назад +62

    Montrose's self titled debut album is ONE of the best guitar driven albums of the 70's and I don't feel Ronnie got the recognition he so easily deserved. RIP Ronnie 🕊🕊

  • @timguzz8844
    @timguzz8844 Месяц назад +103

    One of the greatest debut albums of all time...the original Montrose was the shit

    • @sjs1555
      @sjs1555 Месяц назад

      I agree. It was shit. Never made it big.

    • @mjrydsfast
      @mjrydsfast Месяц назад

      The same guy that brought you that one, Ted Templman, brought you VH's debut as well.

    • @thetequilaprofessor
      @thetequilaprofessor Месяц назад

      Hell yeah.

  • @theyrekrnations8990
    @theyrekrnations8990 Месяц назад +45

    I wore out the grooves on this album Space station number nine stood out to me, and Bad motor scooter, Rock the Nation

    • @toddvandell85
      @toddvandell85 16 дней назад +2

      Thank you. Agreed. This song is kinda just meh for me. I love Rock Candy, Space Station No. 5, Bad Motor Scooter, Rock the Nation. Way better harder rocking songs that present the band in a much better light. This seems kinda blah. Really not that interesting to me. Sorry guys. It's maybe too poppy and watered down but it doesn't really represent Montrose the band in their best light. Songs like Space Station #5 with that killer opening riff and some of Sammy's most blistering vocals. Rock Candy with that deeply funky Denny Carmassi drum groove kicking in just punches you right in the face. And Bad Motor Scooter with Ronnie's guitar as a rip snorting fire breathing motorcycle? Hard to beat that for punch you in the face power. Basically? For me? This doesn't have any of that. Just dreadfully underwhelming, really, for me. It's a cover of an old Jump Blues song written and recorded in 1945 by Roy Brown and since then covered by just about everybody. So obviously the song has a history going for it. I just didn't feel like it was Montrose's history. Rock The Nation definitely would have been better than this. Just didn't rock hard enough. For me. (Sorry Roy.) Montrose were hard rock on the verge of heavy metal. And this song? Just isn't.

  • @drummersagainstitk
    @drummersagainstitk Месяц назад +198

    Ronnie was killer on guitar. RIP

    • @TowManDave00
      @TowManDave00 Месяц назад +14

      I agree!... try Gamma 2 if you haven't already...Enjoy!

    • @BIGLON-cf1ul
      @BIGLON-cf1ul Месяц назад +3

      When did Ronnie die?

    • @drummersagainstitk
      @drummersagainstitk Месяц назад +5

      @@BIGLON-cf1ul 10yrs ago...cancer.

    • @BIGLON-cf1ul
      @BIGLON-cf1ul Месяц назад +5

      @@drummersagainstitk Sammy is an amazing guitar player too! Do you think Ronnie was a better guitarist than Sammy?

    • @drummersagainstitk
      @drummersagainstitk Месяц назад +9

      @@BIGLON-cf1ul NO SAMMY was a supplemental player. Ronnie was considered in 1973! the 1st shredder esque guy on guitar. You must be Gen Y or Z.

  • @bobkish824
    @bobkish824 Месяц назад +40

    I saw Montrose at the Nassau Coliseum 50 years ago with Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth. What a great evening!

    • @donmeder2530
      @donmeder2530 Месяц назад +2

      Saw same show same year in St. Louis. Sammy still going strong!!

    • @eddietruly8807
      @eddietruly8807 Месяц назад +2

      Wow..would have loved that ..Shrooms and tunes

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +2

      Omgoodness! What a fantastic Three some show that must have been, wish I’d have seen them, too, 🤯 WHEW!!! 😍

    • @Transterra55
      @Transterra55 21 день назад +2

      Saw the same show… Montrose opened for humble pie in Memphis, Tennessee 1974 …front row

  • @thecarolinashreds196
    @thecarolinashreds196 Месяц назад +32

    Let’s all go back to the 70’s and stay there!!! This was one of the best albums from then.

    • @thetequilaprofessor
      @thetequilaprofessor Месяц назад +1

      The best music no matter what the other decades say. Best cars too!

  • @dbc105
    @dbc105 Месяц назад +57

    I was watching Sammy then, still watching him now. Man I'm old.

    • @frankmiller7721
      @frankmiller7721 Месяц назад +3

      Yep, me too. If I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself 🤣.

    • @thetequilaprofessor
      @thetequilaprofessor Месяц назад +1

      He's cool as hell. Always responds on Instagram. We're only old on the outside. Still 15 on the inside!

    • @consco3667
      @consco3667 11 дней назад

      Me as well. 63!

  • @Gratefulman1965
    @Gratefulman1965 Месяц назад +28

    My wife and I will be at his Best of both worlds tour stop on 8/14/2024. Been a fan of Sammy since 1973!

  • @crlaw75
    @crlaw75 Месяц назад +214

    Nice to see Sammy in his Montrose days.

    • @lorigibson9189
      @lorigibson9189 Месяц назад +4

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @lorigibson9189
      @lorigibson9189 Месяц назад +7

      I could recognize his voice anywhere

    • @pb12661
      @pb12661 Месяц назад +3

      @@lorigibson9189 yeah but his looks sure changed quickly.

    • @carystorm1863
      @carystorm1863 Месяц назад +2

      The strawberry blonde rocker

    • @davidadams5280
      @davidadams5280 Месяц назад +3

      Man aging sucks. He sounds so much better hear. And he was looking like quite the rockstar. His hair etc only surpassed by The Golden God himself

  • @riblets1968
    @riblets1968 Месяц назад +69

    Sammy Hagar is instantly recognizable no matter what his age. His voice has remained consistent over the years also. He's really a great singer.

    • @joeyhumphrey4536
      @joeyhumphrey4536 Месяц назад +1

      A rock N Roll Icon. Still kickin at 74 or 75!

    • @user-tl7mj2bm4m
      @user-tl7mj2bm4m 3 дня назад +1

      Saw him a few years ago with "The Circle"...helluva rock & roll show. They played a LOT of Van Halen too....Got the live album from that tour...it rocks your socks off.....

  • @scottroberts3011
    @scottroberts3011 Месяц назад +28

    Gee, that singer looks awfully familiar. Thanks Montrose for giving us one of the best debut albums of all time !!!

  • @ericwright8177
    @ericwright8177 14 дней назад +7

    Fabulous record. Top 10 best albums Ever

  • @bruce2357
    @bruce2357 Месяц назад +165

    That singer's got potential.
    He might just make it in the music business.

    • @geraldbellamy8750
      @geraldbellamy8750 Месяц назад +7

      Sammy Hagar
      He was rocking way before van halen/van hagar

    • @frankmiller7721
      @frankmiller7721 Месяц назад +2

      Yeah, he might make it...😆😂🤣.

    • @frankcarlone5130
      @frankcarlone5130 Месяц назад +4

      @@geraldbellamy8750 Yes he was...and it was still somebody else's name on the marquee!! lol

    • @dmitryowens
      @dmitryowens Месяц назад +3

      ​@@geraldbellamy8750
      That was a sarcastic comment, dude 😎

    • @davpanable
      @davpanable Месяц назад

      Call that singing, that guy is horrible, the other 3 sound ok

  • @michaeljames6817
    @michaeljames6817 Месяц назад +75

    I literally just watched an interview with Sammy Hagar and Roger Daltry where Sammy tells him he completely stole Roger's style in the Montrose days and was basically just doing an impression of him. As soon as it's over this video pops up and you can see exactly what he was saying.

    • @eric_in_florida
      @eric_in_florida Месяц назад +16

      Very similar look. Some Robert Plant in there too.

    • @rosskstar
      @rosskstar Месяц назад +8

      But can he relate to the pain behind blue eyes, damit ?!!

    • @timguzz8844
      @timguzz8844 Месяц назад +2

      So did Plant

    • @mikeys7536
      @mikeys7536 Месяц назад +7

      Looks like Ronnie was stealing some of Townsend’s moves too with the windmills.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +3

      Sammy, Robert & Roger, man, they all 3 had it goin’ on back then. Robert & Roger especially, are such bombastic frontmen. Visually as well as vocally, a rare treat. Daltrey stands out because of the swinging mic, like a bull whip. No wonder Sammy zeroed in on Roger, he just needed some more practice in that department.

  • @markhamanderson2656
    @markhamanderson2656 Месяц назад +47

    I won a KLOL Houston Radio contest back in late 90s called "Singin With Sammy!" It was right after he left Van Halen he had a Hispanic female bass player. I got to sing on five songs at the Woodlands Pavillion. It was Sammy's 50th birthday weekend. That guy could put away some tequila. Such a nice dude.

  • @bobturnley2787
    @bobturnley2787 Месяц назад +34

    Great performance of a song written and first sung by Roy Brown in 1947.

    • @GenXParanormal
      @GenXParanormal Месяц назад +1

      Pretty sure most know this LOL

    • @bobturnley2787
      @bobturnley2787 Месяц назад +7

      @@GenXParanormal Pretty sure most people have never heard of Roy Brown's name. LOL

    • @dogman5680
      @dogman5680 Месяц назад +1

      Roy Brown was also credited with shooting down the red baron in 1918… Although it’s been disputed and instead attributed to ground fire. Look it up.

    • @bobturnley2787
      @bobturnley2787 Месяц назад +1

      @@dogman5680 I would but I've got to go trim a fingernail. Maybe some other year.

    • @Transterra55
      @Transterra55 Месяц назад +4

      Also covered by Elvis on sun records.

  • @Gavin_Volure
    @Gavin_Volure Месяц назад +30

    Sammy still sounds great 50 years later

    • @mightymartianca
      @mightymartianca Месяц назад

      He really is one of the Wonders of the World.

  • @BuckBarker
    @BuckBarker Месяц назад +2

    I saw Montrose in 74 at Charlotte Rock Festival . It was at the Charlotte Speedway. There was 200,000 people there. Also, were the Allman Brothers , Emerson Lake and Palmer, Marshall Tucker, Foghat, Eagles, and ZZTop.
    We camped out in some woods that was close by. It was an amazing time. Cheers !!

  • @kelllyfostier984
    @kelllyfostier984 Месяц назад +17

    Montrose was one of my favorite all time bands Montrose’s first album was a classic that album rocked so hard that album was ahead of it’s time Warner Brothers presents,Paper Money,Jump on it all fantastic albums Montrose did not get the recognition that richly deserved and Ronnie Montrose was one of the most underated guitarist ever he is one of the best guitarist in the world and his guitar work on his solo albums were amazing

  • @musicalSFCat
    @musicalSFCat Месяц назад +13

    The original early era of Montrose with Sammy Hagar. That was the best lineup. Before Ronnie started his new group in '79, Gamma.
    As a native S.F. Bay Area rocker...this is a fantastic surprise to post on 4th of July. Thank you, M.S.! 💖
    R.I.P., Ronnie Montrose. Your stellar concerts, music released in the Bay Area...will never be forgotten. Timeless. 🎸🎤🎶

    • @elkeism
      @elkeism Месяц назад

      I opened for Gamma at the old Waldorf S.F. Maybe you were there?

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 Месяц назад

      I saw Montrose and Journey at Winterland in the mid 70's.....probably 1975. Great show. I was a big Journey fan back then and my girlfriend was a big Montrose fan.

  • @gwvest
    @gwvest Месяц назад +13

    Sammy has played with some of the best rock guitarists of all time!

    • @runeshadow
      @runeshadow Месяц назад +1

      Yes, he's a lucky man. Like Ozzy, he was able to rebrand with an excellent new sound more than once. Ronnie James Dio also.

    • @delaskae9769
      @delaskae9769 Месяц назад +1

      Not this guy

    • @ronaldwilson9525
      @ronaldwilson9525 13 дней назад +1

      Sammy ain’t no slouch on guitar himself

  • @tobinharris8107
    @tobinharris8107 Месяц назад +6

    That 1st LP is superb. Brings back great memories of high school ! Love seeing Sammy back then, what a good singer (and guy). 👍

  • @markwilliams5606
    @markwilliams5606 Месяц назад +12

    Saw them with the James Gang in Detroit and Cleveland. Ronnie tore up the Les Paul Standard. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏁

  • @newfiecanuck1960
    @newfiecanuck1960 Месяц назад +60

    Sammy at his best when he was with Montrose.

    • @Left_hand_clapping
      @Left_hand_clapping Месяц назад +7

      He was awesome but his solo work once he left is solid too. And Sammy is a hell of a guitarist in his own right.

    • @mikesteelheart
      @mikesteelheart Месяц назад +1

      This is crap, his solo stuff and VH suits his voice better. Stop your Boomer mindset of "the original stuff is like always the best man cuz I was 17 back then and drove my Camaro to the show in '74!"

    • @newfiecanuck1960
      @newfiecanuck1960 Месяц назад +6

      @@mikesteelheart His solo stuff was good and his VH days not to to bad, but i still think his Montrose days was his best.

    • @Left_hand_clapping
      @Left_hand_clapping Месяц назад +6

      @@newfiecanuck1960 It's all personal preference. It's like arguing what's better; oranges or apples? It's true for me but not for everyone. Sammy kicks butt, there is something I think we all can agree on. Long live the Red Rocker!

    • @peterconklin
      @peterconklin День назад

      I always enjoyed Sammy with Montrose or on his own. When I think of my favorite VH stuff, it was with David Lee Roth!

  • @stevefoudray487
    @stevefoudray487 Месяц назад +21

    Those Ampeg amplifiers sound great!

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele Месяц назад +3

      They do have a cool tone. Compressed, dark, chunky.

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 Месяц назад

      @@TheSteveSteeleMichael Anthony used them early on with VH, before the Peavey endorsement. Great tone.

    • @Dave_Mayberry
      @Dave_Mayberry Месяц назад

      They were rented from S.I.R., otherwise, Montrose used Marshall guitar amps. Ampeg’s guitar stacks were mud.

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 Месяц назад +54

    Four giants. Ronnie and Sammy are deservedly famous, but Danny and Bill were a legendary rhythm section. Bill is a personal hero of mine, too.

  • @frankmiller7721
    @frankmiller7721 Месяц назад +7

    I followed Ronnie when he was in the Edgar Winter Group. And got his debut album when it was released in 1973... A must own rock album. IMO.

  • @markstevens1106
    @markstevens1106 Месяц назад +17

    Crowd appears to be comatose. Montrose was a great rock and roll band. Space Station Number Nine, Paper Money, Bad Motorscooter. and more were blasting out over the airwaves on the FM rock radio stations back in the day. Fun Times.

    • @hammer44head
      @hammer44head Месяц назад +1

      Most of these performances on Midnight Special were done in the morning so not surprising the audience are still dazed and confused from the night before.

    • @tbd-1
      @tbd-1 Месяц назад

      It also has a lot to do with the filming format. Bands didn't go out and do a set-they just did one, maybe two songs before they were ushered off for another band. By time the audience got into it the band was done & gone. Bands who knew played their longer songs to maximize their exposure.
      Still happy to have the footage we have. I for one am into it 🤘

    • @shanefsr6609
      @shanefsr6609 Месяц назад

      WE take that Montrose sound as being good as anything that came out in the 80s,
      they put this out in the early 70s with all that hippie stuff and the music scene wasnt ready for it,
      they had no appreciation for that "new" sound,

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +1

      @@shanefsr6609
      1973 to be exact.

    • @thetequilaprofessor
      @thetequilaprofessor Месяц назад

      The crowd was like that many times. Guess they didn't toke or drink enough!

  • @saj8
    @saj8 Месяц назад +2

    Sammy Hagar and Ronnie Montrose.
    Two Legends.

  • @ronjon5386
    @ronjon5386 Месяц назад +7

    Sammy sounds just as good today. He’s a ROCK Legend. Ronnie Montrose was a great guitar player as well. Montrose is one of my earliest Rock & Roll influences.

  • @curtisphilumalee1447
    @curtisphilumalee1447 Месяц назад +35

    Ronnie should have put his feelings aside and just should have played the crap out of his guitar. Montrose was destined to be a rock and roll machine.
    RIP Ronnie
    Thanks for the upload MS.

    • @timguzz8844
      @timguzz8844 Месяц назад +3

      I knew he was flighty but until the Sammy Hagar doc, I didn't know it was Montrose that blew the whole thing up

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +2

      @@curtisphilumalee1447
      I just read, that Ronnie was plagued by depression for most of his life. That’s very sad and could have been a “reason,” behind his behavior. Who knows?

    • @curtisphilumalee1447
      @curtisphilumalee1447 Месяц назад +2

      @KittyGrizGriz I wasn’t aware of that. I remember reading an interview (Ronnie) back in early 80’s most likely Guitar Player mag as that was my only subscription I had back in the day. He basically said Sammy was getting most of the attention ie; radio interviews, on tour. Having a band named after your last name he probably felt like the leader. My take away back then was he had an ego and was jealous of Sammy getting all the attention. Ronnie also talked about having a problem with alcohol too. You know this was all to much of a common denominator musicians had back in the day. Drugs alcohol and egos broke up some talented bands. Very rarely was it a change in musical direction. ( Styx )
      It’s sad that he took his life. Mental illness is a terrible condition.

    • @timguzz8844
      @timguzz8844 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@KittyGrizGriz I see a lot of Ronnie bios saying he died from prostate cancer, but as I'm sure you know, he actually shot himself in the head. Nothing more depressing than that

  • @billyz5088
    @billyz5088 Месяц назад +33

    ~~ me thinks even Roger Daltrey was envious of Sammy's hair ..

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +5

      And more than likely, the “Golden God” Robert Plant? Gosh, they all 3 lucked out in the “glorious hair” genes department! 😍🤩😁

    • @redhorse6652
      @redhorse6652 Месяц назад +1

      Montrose got their stage mannerisms from the Who, obviously.

    • @trajan6927
      @trajan6927 Месяц назад

      Sammy admired Daltrey, like most young frontmen. Daltrey was singing professionally since 1961 in his first band. The Mighty Who opened for The Beatles, and Stones in 1962, 1963, 1964. By this time of the video, The Who were mega players on the world stage. Sammy has always been great.

  • @IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse
    @IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse Месяц назад +16

    This is just amazing !

  • @mletrout7942
    @mletrout7942 Месяц назад +24

    Sammywas what? About 18 years old on this stage? Loved that album back in the day. Just fun rock ‘n roll. What time we had…

    • @d.nakamura9579
      @d.nakamura9579 Месяц назад +7

      He was 27 (born in 47, this was in ‘74). He looks great for his age now

    • @d.nakamura9579
      @d.nakamura9579 Месяц назад +7

      This is some great footage of a great band. Love the clarity of the video. Ronnie was hungry back then

    • @jayfagerlie3369
      @jayfagerlie3369 Месяц назад +3

      @@d.nakamura9579 He's the same age as Bill Clinton- Sammy looks fantastic :)

    • @highwaymaintainer
      @highwaymaintainer Месяц назад +3

      Sammy was born in 1947 and this has to be 1973…….definitely not 18 but around 26………just pointing it out

  • @texasfreedomlover4730
    @texasfreedomlover4730 Месяц назад +8

    I saw them live at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in 1975, opening for The Rolling Stones, also on the bill were Trapeze and the Eagles.

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele Месяц назад +2

      Trapeze was amazing. After Glenn Hughes left to join Deep Purple they weren’t as good. Hughes wasn’t replaceable in that band. You Are the Music, We are the Band is my favorite album of theirs. Just awesome. They were really popular in Texas too.

  • @mr.snicker-doodles7081
    @mr.snicker-doodles7081 Месяц назад +5

    The Blueprint for Van Halen!!

  • @bluesrocker6l6gc8
    @bluesrocker6l6gc8 Месяц назад +4

    Bought the first album right after it came out - became one of my most played, every song was a winner!!

  • @tracyb38
    @tracyb38 28 дней назад +2

    Sammy channeling his inner Roger Daltrey. He is the spitting image of Roger at this time in his life. Amazing singer!!

  • @johnapplegate1289
    @johnapplegate1289 Месяц назад +9

    Ronnie Montrose was a monster! No pedals!

    • @EsausHeel
      @EsausHeel Месяц назад

      no, as in no, pedals? Astonishing. Maybe that's why Montrose never got further? I have an instrumental lp of Montrose which was okay, but not exactly riveting or moving. Maybe it lacked some Hagar energy.

    • @jammer70s
      @jammer70s Месяц назад

      Listen closer to the intro riff, there's clearly a phase shifter working.😉

  • @Rubytheblueeyedwolf
    @Rubytheblueeyedwolf Месяц назад +39

    Sammy still going strong today ❤❤
    Absolutely LOVE that man. Also, Ronnie Montrose 😉

  • @fastdave56
    @fastdave56 15 дней назад

    I saw Montrose with this lineup twice. Once opening for Leslie West and Mountain, the second opening for Humble Pie. I did not have the first album when I saw them the first time. What I do remember is all the Montrose t-shirts after the show and the song they played, "Roll Over Beethoven." The second time they became my favorite band. What a surprise when I saw them at the LA Forum in March of 1975 between Mott the Hoople and Aerosmith. Sammy and Bill were both gone and they added a keyboard player. Still a Great Show!

  • @charleneinman3625
    @charleneinman3625 Месяц назад +2

    I just love Sammy! He has made some great impact on the music world!

  • @dbwindhorst1
    @dbwindhorst1 Месяц назад +5

    A couple cover bands I was in back then played this arrangement.
    But I have to say, having grown up around farms, that I've never seen an alley behind a barn.

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Месяц назад +12

    He has gorgeous hair, and that's some smokin' hot body he has! 😍
    Happy Fourth of July!! 🧨🎆
    Happy Rockin' Thursday... thank you for sharing! ❤️🤍💙

  • @Meddled
    @Meddled Месяц назад +11

    You can hear the influence of this band on Van Halen 1.

  • @srvuk
    @srvuk Месяц назад +4

    A legendary band that still doesn't get their due recognition. And one of the perfect architype voices in Sammy, who was also a consummate composer and guitarist in his own right. But on this evidence, most certainly never a fashion icon.

  • @thomasmurphy9348
    @thomasmurphy9348 Месяц назад +5

    The first Montrose album remains one of my favorites...not a bad song on it..great production...wish I could have seen that lineup in concert.

    • @larryeckerdt9750
      @larryeckerdt9750 Месяц назад

      Saw them as an opening act at Winterland, 1972 or 73. Bought the album as soon as I could! Now my son loves it!

    • @tededuncan2306
      @tededuncan2306 Месяц назад

      They were great live!

  • @bepriceless
    @bepriceless Месяц назад +5

    I had to click just to see what song Montrose did. I was a teenager in the 70's and Montrose was never on anyone's radar that I knew. Good guitar.

    • @tombrittingham1023
      @tombrittingham1023 Месяц назад +3

      Yeah Montrose was a name you pulled out of your back pocket to show you knew real music. Just like pulling out Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush. When you knew these words... you were in.
      Now... Pass that doobie
      Eeere

    • @leemercure2194
      @leemercure2194 Месяц назад

      @@tombrittingham1023 ~~~

    • @timmy707707
      @timmy707707 Месяц назад

      They were a big deal here in the SF Bay Area...best debut album from a 4 piece .

    • @KenMac-ui2vb
      @KenMac-ui2vb Месяц назад +1

      I remember going to Cobo Hall, in Detroit back in the 70's to see Humble Pie. Montrose backed em up and I have never been so blown away by an unknown band. They were spot on, incredible.

    • @frankmiller7721
      @frankmiller7721 Месяц назад +1

      I had a friend that introduced me to Joe Satriani and I introduced my friend to Ronnie Montrose, the debut album...he just sat there and was astounded.

  • @ludedude5228
    @ludedude5228 Месяц назад +5

    Montrose definitely listened to Jimmy Page , the influence is overwhelming "

  • @tankhalffull
    @tankhalffull Месяц назад +2

    Saw these guys open for Humble Pie in the early 70's, in Louisville, KY.., they firggin were incredible...

  • @thekivster
    @thekivster Месяц назад +6

    Hope there are more songs of them on here

  • @jonathanfloming1045
    @jonathanfloming1045 16 дней назад +1

    RIP Ronnie Montrose...I loved everything Ronnie did....From the Sammy days...through Warner Bros Presents.. to Open Fire...all the flavors

  • @carlosbriseno3939
    @carlosbriseno3939 День назад

    Best line up ever for Skynyrd have all they did in this time ,R,I,P brothers missed their music lives on in my home loud an proud ✌️🤠

  • @MrPercussionPete
    @MrPercussionPete Месяц назад +3

    Wow... Long time gone... But it still sounds cool. Rock & roll never dies. Wish I could turn back the clock and attend this concert. Such a different time... No internet, no social media, no smartphones, no AI, no "Taylor Swift"... Just real musicians playing real music for real people. I think we were better off then. Really.

  • @DidYouReadEULA
    @DidYouReadEULA Месяц назад +11

    Denny Carmassi and his fellow Maestros! Amazing drummer.

  • @totallyunmemorable
    @totallyunmemorable Месяц назад +4

    Yep, when I saw Montrose I was shocked: "Is Ronnie Montrose playing through an SVT?!" It sure looked like it.

    • @bretfuzz925
      @bretfuzz925 Месяц назад

      Probably not an SVT as Ampeg had some other awesome guitar amplifiers, but stranger things have happened.

    • @bretfuzz925
      @bretfuzz925 Месяц назад

      I did a web search and you are correct! SVTs through EV SRO loaded cabinets.

  • @IamME-id8mg
    @IamME-id8mg Месяц назад +1

    Saw these guys in west Michigan at Grand Valley State college just before they released 'Paper Money'. They played almost everything from both LP's. (1st & PM), and I was close to the stage. To this day, it's one of the best shows I ever saw. Ronnie Montrose was an amazing guitarist!

  • @HardAndHeavyChannel
    @HardAndHeavyChannel Месяц назад +1

    Awesome hard rock history in great quality - many thanks!

  • @vdbdg
    @vdbdg Месяц назад +21

    Ronnie swinging a recently acquired 59 Les Paul (later stolen)

    • @ifihadsmesumchicken6276
      @ifihadsmesumchicken6276 Месяц назад +5

      Is that the one Gary Moore ended up with?

    • @claraboomday
      @claraboomday Месяц назад +1

      Yes...but it's not this one...this his 58 STP model ..the one that was stolen was the one he played with Edgar​@@ifihadsmesumchicken6276

    • @musicalSFCat
      @musicalSFCat Месяц назад +8

      @@ifihadsmesumchicken6276, yes indeed. Ronnie filed a lawsuit, when he found out Gary was the current owner of his rare stolen vintage guitar. Gary refused to return it (upon Ronnie's request). It was stolen during the '70s, after playing a gig in New York. Ronnie Montrose lost in the lawsuit. Gary Moore had sold his main '59 Les Paul (Greeny), to pay off an outstanding overdue tax bill. That was Gary's only vintage '59 Gibson Les Paul left in extensive guitar collection. Before both legends unexpectedly passed away.

    • @69zenos1
      @69zenos1 Месяц назад

      they weren't "sought after" then. It was just a used Les Paul. Unless he bought it new that is

  • @jamminjohn-bd2io
    @jamminjohn-bd2io Месяц назад

    Man everybody that was in the Music Scene then was on the Midnight Special. I remember watching some unbelievable bands when I was still very young.

  • @ImaDogTrainer
    @ImaDogTrainer Месяц назад +1

    Saw Montrose twice. Kicked butt both times! Saw Sammy's fist solo tour too, opened for Journey (introducing Steve Perry half way through) and headline Boston. What a show!

  • @karlmadsen3179
    @karlmadsen3179 Месяц назад +77

    This is the outfit that you select when you interview for lead singer of a rock band in the 70s. It also happens to be what I wear to bed. It's my pajamas.

    • @69zenos1
      @69zenos1 Месяц назад

      fashion sucked back then. Disco

    • @radarstationalexchiander4285
      @radarstationalexchiander4285 Месяц назад +4

      Sammy Hagar !!! Yes sir !

    • @markgray6982
      @markgray6982 Месяц назад

      I thought it was the Marlboro man,,,,,,,,,,,,beware the INVERTS !!!!!!

    • @TopRevs
      @TopRevs Месяц назад +2

      @@69zenos1no it’s awesome, so cool

    • @trubluoak
      @trubluoak Месяц назад +1

      I'm sure you've bought some of the singer's tequila

  • @darrylelkins681
    @darrylelkins681 Месяц назад

    Sammy has been up and around the ole rock block....Keep on rockin Sammy

  • @guitarman6632
    @guitarman6632 Месяц назад +1

    I seen them in Columbus Ohio. Vets memorial. I have to check the ticket stub for the date ! I saved all stubs ! And wrote all band names down. I knew I would forget when I get old ! Now I am old ! Priceless memories 👍

  • @mindeloman
    @mindeloman Месяц назад +3

    Ronnie had tone. As Billy Gibbons once said, "If you're gonna enter the town of tone......you'd better be wearing the right guns."

  • @runeshadow
    @runeshadow Месяц назад +3

    Ronnie always had a precise, clean sound. He switched to solid-state amps late in his career. Rest in peace, buddy.

  • @mikeduquesne3630
    @mikeduquesne3630 Месяц назад +2

    One of my favorite albums definitely Hagar’s best record he’s ever done completely

  • @eddietruly8807
    @eddietruly8807 Месяц назад +3

    Freaking Ronnie and Hagar..awesome underrated band in 70's ..Rock Candy is as solid balls to wall rock and roll jam

  • @user-ej7xs2zd7x
    @user-ej7xs2zd7x Месяц назад

    Love the live music of the seventies!

  • @wjb111
    @wjb111 Месяц назад +1

    First concert for me was 3/14/1974 at the IMA Auditorium in Flint Michigan. Montrose and Humble Pie. 👍🏻

  • @HomelandConspiracy
    @HomelandConspiracy Месяц назад +4

    that 1st Montrose lp was a monster!!!

  • @InnerLightDimension
    @InnerLightDimension Месяц назад +1

    This really takes me back. I saw Montrose in 76 opening for Yes in Houston.

  • @daltonpoff5051
    @daltonpoff5051 Месяц назад +2

    Montrose the name says it all!❤

  • @ringoliverpond965
    @ringoliverpond965 21 день назад

    Ive never been a huge fan of Sammy but he deserves props for his longevity and contribution to rock and roll. He's been around a very long time.

  • @kevinlewis6541
    @kevinlewis6541 11 дней назад

    Montrose really was good rocking !! I had it on 8 track !! 😎

  • @Brian-pf7qq
    @Brian-pf7qq Месяц назад +3

    Great version,

  • @frankd.4528
    @frankd.4528 Месяц назад +1

    Great guitar hero poses.

  • @MrFchank
    @MrFchank 18 дней назад +1

    Ronnie Montrose and Denny Carmasi. Two greats!!

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Месяц назад +1

    “Angels Flight” brand pants anyone else remember them? They look very nice on Sammy here & got their name from the 2’ 6” narrow gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill District of downtown Los Angeles, CA.

  • @theroadking547
    @theroadking547 Месяц назад +1

    I love seeing these old videos on RUclips

  • @johnlong9778
    @johnlong9778 Месяц назад +2

    Best Hard Rock Album of all time!

  • @rosskstar
    @rosskstar Месяц назад +2

    Saw him with DLR on the Sam & Dave tour couple decades back ~albeit free tickets

  • @kevinmartin1204
    @kevinmartin1204 22 дня назад

    Great video and the crowd goes wild

  • @dustzza123
    @dustzza123 Месяц назад +4

    Sammy has been and always been an epic frontman

    • @trajan6927
      @trajan6927 Месяц назад

      Sammy, Daltrey, Bob Segar are great frontmen.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 Месяц назад +2

    yes upload more montrose live at midnight special

  • @steveconnolly7129
    @steveconnolly7129 16 дней назад

    The 70s shows were rockn hard mns

  • @brianwaskow5910
    @brianwaskow5910 Месяц назад +3

    Sammy's voice hasn't really changed.

  • @willspies5869
    @willspies5869 Месяц назад

    OMG Sammy Hagar!! Its about time this channel is actually uploading some ROCK performances (this one and the Foghat from a couple days ago)!

  • @toonsthatrock
    @toonsthatrock Месяц назад +1

    When I was 11 up all night spending the night @ Grandmas couch in St. Louis! A huge Zenith TV, a deli Ham and Swiss Cheese sandwich and huge glass of Granny's sweet iced tea. That how I discovered Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush!

    • @Itelkner
      @Itelkner Месяц назад

      Bringing back memories... I was sipping my grandma's iced tea at her house around this time, too, watching shows like this. Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush was my first concert, too. Opening for Aerosmith.

  • @sixstringhans-tone5574
    @sixstringhans-tone5574 Месяц назад

    First I heard this album was god, I was in high school, it had to have been 1990-91 I went to a friends house and they had all kinds of CD’s layin out an I’m like where did ya get all these CD’s, an my other buddy goes we went car hoppin last night, you want any of these, I saw Montrose first album and I’m like that’s Sammy Hagar, I didn’t know he was in a band, I always thought he was a solo guy cuz I remember the song 1 2 3 lock box and Can’t drive 55 and then when he joined Van Halen so I snatched that CD and definitely don’t regret getting that CD. Can’t remember if they gave me any other CD’s but I remember this one. But then again I was born this same year this song aired. My birthday is comin up so hopefully there’s a good band that played on the day I was born, on the Midnight Special. But knowing my luck…………😂 ✌🏼

  • @sandyhanson6082
    @sandyhanson6082 Месяц назад +3

    What a great hard rockin band!!

  • @karencline614
    @karencline614 8 дней назад

    I freakin love this song. They were great together. Gotta love Sammy

  • @barrysmith8920
    @barrysmith8920 Месяц назад

    Absolutely KILLER audio, video, song and performance!!
    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @rebeccamcdaniel1033
    @rebeccamcdaniel1033 28 дней назад

    I remember when this was on tv. I wanted to climb inside the TV because I couldn't turn it up loud enough.

  • @MMMarvelous
    @MMMarvelous Месяц назад

    Man I loved the 70s, the decade I grew up in. Guitarists with little or no pedals, playing exclusively pentatonic scales with borrowed Chuck Berry licks, singers with big whacked-out hair, bass players who stood by the drummer & didn't sing harmony and used an American amp bigger than them, drummers who broke a stick on every song, and keyboardists carrying around instruments that weighed hundreds of pounds that cost as much as $20,000 to $50,000 in today's dollars, per instrument.
    Notice the crowd sat there in awe & with total respect, no dancing or talking or trying to draw attention to yourself, or reading/watching something else.
    I paid $3,100 for a Yamaha Electric Grand in 1979, which is like $20,000 in 2024 dollars & in the middle of one of the worst recessions ever, and paid $425 for a new stock Les Paul Deluxe, which is like $2,500 in 2024 dollars. We had 500-watt stage lights that would set your amps and your hair on fire. They used concussion pyrotechnics that were so dangerous they would sometimes explode like a grenade. Nothing wireless. Our vocal effects were made by an Echoplex tape-driven unit & plate reverb, and our tuners were large strobe tuners that sat on top of the amps.
    Most club musicians in the South were making $300 to $500 a week, which is like $1,800 to $3,000 a week in 2024 dollars, and we would play a club 4 to 7 nights in a row instead of one-nighters & there were 100s of clubs that paid good money. We wore outlandish clothes. We all had hair down to our ass, drinking cases of beer or bottles of Jack every night. Everybody smoked pot & cigarettes. It was a constant commitment to have sex with as many women as possible. We were like mini-regional Rock stars.

  • @user-jn3vg3ts4f
    @user-jn3vg3ts4f Месяц назад

    I remember watching this show!, only a couple months before graduation 🎓 from high school 😮😢😅❤❤

  • @tmurra2
    @tmurra2 Месяц назад +1

    A young Sammy, awesome!