Sometime in the winter of 1967, I went to Joplin, Missouri, to see The Temptations in concert. After waiting for over an hour for them to come out, the promoter took the microphone and said that their plane had been delayed in a snowstorm and they weren't going to be performing. Well, the crowd, which was nearly all African-American, was understandably upset, as was I. I was a big Motown fan at the time. Still am+. The promoter said that they had been able to arrange at the last minute for another band to perform. Guess who? The Strawberry Alarm Clock. So these guys come out in their Nehru jackets and love beads and blow the audience away. It was a great concert and everyone loved it, black and white. I was a fan then and I still am. Still have their vinyl.
Reminds me of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show were playing in Tenn. A big snowstorm hit town. There was 8 or 9 people who made it to the show. Dr Hook came out played the entire show. Afterward came down into the audience and thanked everyone for coming to the concert.
My mom loved your band and liked when you came on the radio she passed away in 2006 her name was Kimberly Jean Barker she's Bob Barker's niece she lived next door to the Monkees in California when they were first starting out they lived in a green house down the street across from a park they used to play their music in and they used to push my mom back to her house on her tricycle they showed a vh1 documentary on the Monkees and at the end of it, it showed an old 8mm film of them pushing my mom back to her house on her tricycle and my uncle Tim was playing on a vacuum cleaner in the driveway and my grandma Donna is standing on the front porch
Many don't realize Ed King also played with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975, co-wrote 'Sweet Home Alabama' and it was him that counted the "one, two, three" before launching into his famous riff to start that song... Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington noted years later that King was also the most business-minded member of the group, relating a story of how King would stock up on food items during stops on tour and then re-sell the items to his bandmates at a 300-400% markup when they later got hungry on the bus! :D King was a bit of an outside in Skynyrd, being the only non-Southeasterner in the lineup; but was known for having brought a level of professionalism to the fledgling band.
I'm so much into psych and the 60's that this hurts me, different times..man. SBAC's members are old..the times will never come back. Peace and love to mother earth
Nice to hear these guys still going for it. Smiling throughout. Wish the recording had been better, but happy to take this. I hope you guys are still playing!
But that's not Ed King up there is it? I was still buying records in the 45 rpm format, other than the Rolling Stones and Beatles albums my uncle gave me. This 45 rpm, Incense and Peppermints, was one of my favorites. I also loved Pictures of Matchstick Men by the Status Quo. Later I started collecting albums and 8 track cassettes, compact cassettes to CD's and now it's flashdrives. What a journey !!!
Idk man- its 2 months exactly before he died, and he was pretty sick at the end. That guy has Eds body type, generally looks like an Ed King who isnt doing great
The original writers of the music were never given credit. And the lead singer on the record, a 16 year old was a visitor in the studio who laid the track down when no one in the band cold sing it. A great song, but another example of how the business of music works. In today's canned syndicated radio where D.J.'s play off a "set" set list, it would never had seen the radio dial and for those of us who lived in that era - it was a golden time when radio was diverse and free form due to Program Directors who gave their disc jockey's the ability of what they wanted to play rather than being told what to play for the most part
This would have been good if they had all the original instruments to create the original sound which made this song. It seems to fall flat with the current instruments.
Not the original lead singer of this song either. In fact, the singer of the original wasn't in this group. He was a 16-year-old singer for the studio.
From the time this song I first heard back in the '60's I still absolutely love the... can only describe it as almost devilment twists of the notes that still sends a tingle up my spine when listenining to this. Great song.
This song is the perfect descriptor of what vibration was being felt by millions of us all at the same time. Magic. Where did the magic go? Vietnam B52 strikes? Police state paranoia? Dunno, but for a while there was real magic going on, and this song was part of it.
This song is another case of a rock song's authors never getting credit nor royalties for their work. Band members Mark Weitz and Ed King were both denied songwriting credits by producer Frank Slay, despite the fact that the song was built on an instrumental track by Weitz and King. Then John Carter took the song and using a rhyming dictionary, wrote the lyrics. The song was originally on the B-side of Thee Sixpence's single before it became a hit and the group changed its name to Strawberry Alarm Clock. Also, the singer of this song was not the drummer, (who in this clip is miming the lyrics), but a visiting musician, Greg Munford who also never got credit nor any money for his efforts.
@steveturner. Let me see if I understand correctly. Didn't Randy Seol, (The drummer in '67) sing lead on the original recording? However in this clip, Randy is out front with Maracas singing "live"?... Thanks in advance. 😊
Funny...Al Kooper, Ed King's producer when Ed was w/ Skynyrd, never got a penny for Super Session w/ Steven Stills & Mike Bloomfield, or for the first Blood, Sweat, and Tears album. And Al started that group!
I feel that Incense and Peppermint ushered in the so called 'Hippie' movement musically. Small wonder that Russ Meyer saw it fit to have the Alarm Clock play it in his movie, "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls".
I was 13 ( and a half ) when this song penetrated the psyche of the cosmos. One of a kind. Every time I play it it literally is like I am hearing it for the first time....
These guys are unique and legendary. To think started out in a living room and a garage. The lyrics are awesome 😎💕 Love you guys 😘 I would run right out today and buy this like I did so many years ago😎
HIDDEN GEM?!? It literally topped the charts in '67. A #1 hit. Everyone around then will never forget it. It's been passed down thru the generations(just ask my daughter) and is an unforgettable part of those times.
Back in that era I told my folks I wanted to be a rock star. They said, there's no money in that and no future. You just can't make a living.... so I went out and got a real job.... and bought records to satisfy my bruised ego. I'm sure many bands started out trying to make money, but it faded quickly, and they also got other jobs, raised a family, and retired. Fast forward 50 years and hey, why not get the old band together just for a hoot? Yeah, that's happened a few times.
These guys played an assembly at my high school in LA in 1966 or '67. Brought the house down with this one-hit wonder...by contrast, the Byrds played another assembly - totally out of tune and sloppy. LA was fun to grow up in...
RIP Ed King. Not enough mention of Ed, an original member who co wrote this song. Yes, one of the coolest songs ever recorded. This version is not a memorable one however. A little out of tune and sour...lets be honest.
Actually no. Randy Seol was the lead singer in the video but Greg Mumford sang the original lead in the recording. Randy talks about it here at 3:15 ruclips.net/video/RjgPXFBlA2U/видео.html
That is NOT Ed King. Here's how to tell - He doesn't move like him and that guitar line he's playing is bush league. It's almost like an Ed King impersonator. Both had big fat round faces and stubby bodies but that's where the similarities end.
Life is life. Hate growing old. Just think, these cats were in there 20’s at one time. Smoking drinking women and partying their asses off maybe some lsd. They had their fun, no doubt. But you look in the mirror and see it all gone😥🤘❤️
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Sometime in the winter of 1967, I went to Joplin, Missouri, to see The Temptations in concert. After waiting for over an hour for them to come out, the promoter took the microphone and said that their plane had been delayed in a snowstorm and they weren't going to be performing. Well, the crowd, which was nearly all African-American, was understandably upset, as was I. I was a big Motown fan at the time. Still am+. The promoter said that they had been able to arrange at the last minute for another band to perform. Guess who? The Strawberry Alarm Clock. So these guys come out in their Nehru jackets and love beads and blow the audience away. It was a great concert and everyone loved it, black and white. I was a fan then and I still am. Still have their vinyl.
Reminds me of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show were playing in Tenn. A big snowstorm hit town. There was 8 or 9 people who made it to the show. Dr Hook came out played the entire show. Afterward came down into the audience and thanked everyone for coming to the concert.
Stop calling them African American you dweeb... besides they hate you
Thanks for sharing says this Missouri boy who LOVES the S Clock!
My mom loved your band and liked when you came on the radio she passed away in 2006 her name was Kimberly Jean Barker she's Bob Barker's niece she lived next door to the Monkees in California when they were first starting out they lived in a green house down the street across from a park they used to play their music in and they used to push my mom back to her house on her tricycle they showed a vh1 documentary on the Monkees and at the end of it, it showed an old 8mm film of them pushing my mom back to her house on her tricycle and my uncle Tim was playing on a vacuum cleaner in the driveway and my grandma Donna is standing on the front porch
Very late,but cool and sweet at the same time. Sweet cool! 😎
Glad they got to record this. Ed King died three months later. R.I.P.
Many don't realize Ed King also played with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975, co-wrote 'Sweet Home Alabama' and it was him that counted the "one, two, three" before launching into his famous riff to start that song...
Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington noted years later that King was also the most business-minded member of the group, relating a story of how King would stock up on food items during stops on tour and then re-sell the items to his bandmates at a 300-400% markup when they later got hungry on the bus! :D
King was a bit of an outside in Skynyrd, being the only non-Southeasterner in the lineup; but was known for having brought a level of professionalism to the fledgling band.
You are correct! Great guitarist!
That's Howie Anderson. Been with them since '86. Ed wasn't in this lineup.
But, Ed was an awesome guitarist! RIP
Ed actually passed away less than two months after this was posted.
@@majormadmax1 He stocked up and re-sold slim jims. funny
Whoever recorded this is a legend
Whoever uploaded this is a legend! For all we know this footage was found in a lake on a flash drive 😆
I'm so much into psych and the 60's that this hurts me, different times..man. SBAC's members are old..the times will never come back. Peace and love to mother earth
Nice to hear these guys still going for it. Smiling throughout. Wish the recording had been better, but happy to take this. I hope you guys are still playing!
“Still going for it” mate your thee years late.
@@jackwenn_9693 they're playing the Whiskey in November so, I'd say they are still going for it. 👍
The sound is amazing given the circumstances. And it confirms they still got it!
Amazing all the original members got to play this on stage one last time before Ed King died.
But that's not Ed King up there is it? I was still buying records in the 45 rpm format, other than the Rolling Stones and Beatles albums my uncle gave me. This 45 rpm, Incense and Peppermints, was one of my favorites. I also loved Pictures of Matchstick Men by the Status Quo. Later I started collecting albums and 8 track cassettes, compact cassettes to CD's and now it's flashdrives. What a journey !!!
I guess they should have left out the the lyrics "dead kings" when they sang the song...
Thats Ed all right...
That's not Ed
Idk man- its 2 months exactly before he died, and he was pretty sick at the end. That guy has Eds body type, generally looks like an Ed King who isnt doing great
The original writers of the music were never given credit. And the lead singer on the record, a 16 year old was a visitor in the studio who laid the track down when no one in the band cold sing it. A great song, but another example of how the business of music works. In today's canned syndicated radio where D.J.'s play off a "set" set list, it would never had seen the radio dial and for those of us who lived in that era - it was a golden time when radio was diverse and free form due to Program Directors who gave their disc jockey's the ability of what they wanted to play rather than being told what to play for the most part
Great "live" version! Takes me immediately back to Elementary School 1967!
Best song ever! The sixties best decade for music.
The lead singer use to play drums.
This would have been good if they had all the original instruments to create the original sound which made this song. It seems to fall flat with the current instruments.
Still sound Amazing after all These years 🤙🤘
yes, definitely agree with that assessment.
One of the coolest songs I’ve ever heard 👂
“Original”... without Ed King?
Everyone up there but the guitar player is original. Hard to have a dead guy in the band.
Not the original lead singer of this song either. In fact, the singer of the original wasn't in this group. He was a 16-year-old singer for the studio.
The great Ed King, went on to play for Lynyrd Skynyrd..wrote the lick for sweet home
@@steveprestegard5151 i didnt know that
You're right about that, Steve.
His name was Gregory Mumford, and aside from vocals, his instrument was drums.
From the time this song I first heard back in the '60's I still absolutely love the... can only describe it as almost devilment twists of the notes that still sends a tingle up my spine when listenining to this. Great song.
This song is the perfect descriptor of what vibration was being felt by millions of us all at the same time. Magic. Where did the magic go? Vietnam B52 strikes? Police state paranoia? Dunno, but for a while there was real magic going on, and this song was part of it.
You underestimate the vibration and magic of B-52 strikes . . .
This song is another case of a rock song's authors never getting credit nor royalties for their work. Band members Mark Weitz and Ed King were both denied songwriting credits by producer Frank Slay, despite the fact that the song was built on an instrumental track by Weitz and King. Then John Carter took the song and using a rhyming dictionary, wrote the lyrics. The song was originally on the B-side of Thee Sixpence's single before it became a hit and the group changed its name to Strawberry Alarm Clock. Also, the singer of this song was not the drummer, (who in this clip is miming the lyrics), but a visiting musician, Greg Munford who also never got credit nor any money for his efforts.
@steveturner. Let me see if I understand correctly. Didn't Randy Seol, (The drummer in '67) sing lead on the original recording? However in this clip, Randy is out front with Maracas singing "live"?... Thanks in advance. 😊
Funny...Al Kooper, Ed King's producer when Ed was w/ Skynyrd, never got a penny for Super Session w/ Steven Stills & Mike Bloomfield, or for the first Blood, Sweat, and Tears album. And Al started that group!
Always loved this song - it is like the theme song of an era gone by.
IM SO HAPPY I FOUND THIS OMG
Yep bombastic 😁👍💯
Ahh high school memories
Luv it all!😊😊😊😊😊
I feel that Incense and Peppermint ushered in the so called 'Hippie' movement musically. Small wonder that Russ Meyer saw it fit to have the Alarm Clock play it in his movie, "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls".
It's peppermints plural and that's not all the original numbers
If it wasn't for Ed King there would not have been "SWEET HOME ALABAMA"that was his guitar riff.
No Ed King....so NOT the original Strawberry Alarm Clock.
I was 13 ( and a half ) when this song penetrated the psyche of the cosmos. One of a kind. Every time I play it it literally is like I am hearing it for the first time....
Me2
“Tomorrow“ was great too!
@@Italy55 Wow, yes, I remember. Going there rught now
Randy Souel the original drummer is not the singer on the original record. Is it Greg Munford? Please educate me.
Correct. Randy Seol talks about it here at 3:15 ruclips.net/video/RjgPXFBlA2U/видео.html
Saw them live their show was unforgetable.
Love them ..at ANY age!!
Ed King played in this band before joining lynyrd skynyrd
Awsome still sounds rock in thay played at my sister high school banc in the day
AMAZING performance!!! Thanks for posting this.
Wish I could have been there. I'm 27 and love them.
I’m 71 years young!! This brings back so many school memories!! First kisses and first real love. 😉
Great song still loving it in 2021
Still loving it in 2024!
Didn't know they performed that late. Classic band.
These guys are unique and legendary. To think started out in a living room and a garage.
The lyrics are awesome 😎💕
Love you guys 😘
I would run right out today and buy this like I did so many years ago😎
everything in rock n roll started out in a living room and garage
That old man is still bangable! I cant believe I just typed that 🤣🤣🤣
I alwayed loved this song since I was like 7years old and still do
*Not original, Ed King isn't on guitar!*
The most psychedelic song going
beatiful , great, i love it.
The sixtiest song ever.
Most of the original members aswell .
Good version ofva tough song to do live especially at their ages
More cowbell!
Band is good...They deserve a better mix...
Randy Seol voice sounds amazing! As well as the other members🎉
Man they still got it. I hope i can be at least half as cool as them when i get to their age
Ah.
From the time of the Vietnam era.
Who could forget
What a Classic, It is now my phone ringtone and its a hidden gem of a song,
HIDDEN GEM?!? It literally topped the charts in '67. A #1 hit. Everyone around then will never forget it. It's been passed down thru the generations(just ask my daughter) and is an unforgettable part of those times.
Society can throw whatever angles or beliefs at it, but pure perfect artistic expression can never be betrayed.
Back in that era I told my folks I wanted to be a rock star. They said, there's no money in that and no future. You just can't make a living.... so I went out and got a real job.... and bought records to satisfy my bruised ego. I'm sure many bands started out trying to make money, but it faded quickly, and they also got other jobs, raised a family, and retired. Fast forward 50 years and hey, why not get the old band together just for a hoot? Yeah, that's happened a few times.
Thank You for posting this.
I love it and appreciate that you did it
I’m subscribing
These guys played an assembly at my high school in LA in 1966 or '67. Brought the house down with this one-hit wonder...by contrast, the Byrds played another assembly - totally out of tune and sloppy. LA was fun to grow up in...
That's not Ed King playing the Fender Strat on the far right.
anything with that groovy cowbell is ok by me
One of the great psych songs of the 60s. True legends if you ask me, even if they're not household names
Yep, I am another one from the sixties so I don’t remember them at all.
I believe that is the original singer there, but he is no longer on drums- he is playing maracas these days.
Music from my Moms kitchen radio
Peppermints. It's plural.
Is that Greg Munford singing
Mind-bending... They dished it out perfectly. The voices at the beginning were spot-on.
Ed King, the original guitar player isn't here. This is a cover band.
Some, but not all, of the members are original
Ist very good together the wonderfull band
THANK you for supporting City of Hope!
Pioneers that helped pave the way..
This was an interesting song at its time (Still is) A year later I would be in the military exploring San Francisco, Hawaii, Vietnam, etc.
The world was ripe for exploring then.
I had a Strawberry Alarm Clock and a Chocolate Watchband back in the day. I later became diabetic.
Who is singing?
Is that Ed on the far right?
Damn, lo que daría por verlos alguna vez! Pero jamás vendrían a México. xD
I didn’t know ed king die
No Greg Munford?
RIP Ed King. Not enough mention of Ed, an original member who co wrote this song. Yes, one of the coolest songs ever recorded. This version is not a memorable one however. A little out of tune and sour...lets be honest.
Is that Ed in the pink?
Another reason RUclips is Great, finding this Gem ! FAR OUT ! Thanks for posting
That drumset sounds like s**t
Wow! Amazing.
Yea that’s not Ed
Still got that mojo
LOVE IT
Thanks... much appreciated
Guitarist is spot on!
That would be Ed King.
@@spaceavenger54 Pretty sure that's Howie Anderson. Ed wasn't performing with them at that point.
Mcclane12000 Ed King died 2 months later 8/22/18. He was the original guitarist. Quite the chicken picker for Ronnie Van Zandt as well.
not Ed King.
Awesome ~~ keep performing!!
Heck yea!!!
I want to be in this band!
Randy Seol is de original singer....this is Randy.
Actually no. Randy Seol was the lead singer in the video but Greg Mumford sang the original lead in the recording. Randy talks about it here at 3:15 ruclips.net/video/RjgPXFBlA2U/видео.html
@@Vogeln 3:15 is the ending............
his voice is magnificant :)
#Clas-sic
So, is it Howie or is it Ed? Enquiring minds want to know!
It's Howie
A fantastic song.
People loved this song but wouldn't admit it.
I know ALOT of people who love and admit loving this song
That was awesome!!
That is NOT Ed King. Here's how to tell - He doesn't move like him and that guitar line he's playing is bush league. It's almost like an Ed King impersonator. Both had big fat round faces and stubby bodies but that's where the similarities end.
Life is life. Hate growing old. Just think, these cats were in there 20’s at one time. Smoking drinking women and partying their asses off maybe some lsd. They had their fun, no doubt. But you look in the mirror and see it all gone😥🤘❤️
Hell yeah!!
Iwas ten years old when this came out listening to it on the local pizza store on the jukebox sounds pretty good for old men
A yardstick for lunatics. Love it.
Wow, men, nice job! Thanks for posting this song!