Wow -- so crazy how great these guys still sound! Their songs have lived in my head since 1967 and never left! They're part of who I am. Great job Beki!
Thanks !! Yeah it was a blast.. !! that girl on lead was ME, by the way! I appreciate your complimetn! I'm RAlph's wife, by the way .. the whole family is Pyschedelic ;-) Thanks again.. I will pass this on to Ralph! Watch for more Magoo gigs, recordings, etc! Love, Beki!
The first time I heard WE AINT GOT NOTHING YET...I ran to the store to buy the LP. Then discovered so many more gems like ONE by ONE, Gotta Get Away, etc etc...kick ass album. I always loved Scala's lead vocals. Cheers to one of the pioneers of Psychedelica. Thanks to Beki for putting up this video clip of the band's reunion.
But it is so nice to have it all now! I was too young back then but now.. it's a blast to see these bands play!! Thank the powers that be for keeping these guys around and in good shape! They can go the distance and they, like fine wine, only better with age!!! :-) Bek!
I love these guys. Saw them 3 times live when they used to play a club in Detroit called the Chessmate. They put out three great albums that still get regular play in my house. Love that Basic Blues Magoos LP especially.
i randomly bought a worn out, mold damaged copy of psychedelic lollipop at thrift store last month, cleaned it up and loved everything on it! last night my brand new stereo copy of psychedelic lollipop on vinyl came in the mail. "sometimes i think about" is already one of my all time favorite songs. i love this video, so up close and down to earth. thanks for posting it! Evan
Got to see these guys play again just last month ago in Woodstock at the Bearsville Theater during the 40th anniversary weekend of the Festival, and they were really tight and polished with high energy. But they're playing with a replacement guitar player so their original lead guitarist (who was there) only played the Theremin. Great show!
Just read about this band in Ace Frehley's recent book 'No Regrets'. Ace was friends with Peppy Castro, who was one of his mentors! I'm 51 now, and have heard of The Blues Magoos, but never heard their music until today. I may have heard their hit on the radio a long long time ago, but really don't remember. Anywho, you gotta love 'RUclips'!
sweet, real nice, my friends band opened for them in a local club in 69 or 70. they were as cool off stage as their throw down on, if memory serves me.
One day way back in the early 1970's I was selling my used 1950's Fender Duosonic guitar. I was living in NJ back then. The doorbell rings and standing there was Pepe from the Blues Magoos and his girlfriend was with him. He bought the guitar. I wonder if he still has it. Vince
Ralph looks & sounds the same, & Espo, that was innovative guitar for that time. One of the best pop songs of all time! Seeing you guys together makes me what to call some old friends.
Is that Mike Esposito playing the lead on We Ain't Got Nothing Yet? I would like to know what kind of amp, amp settings and effects he is using to get the reverb/echo sounds during the solo? This is one of my all time favorite guitar solos and I wish the Blues Magoos would get together for a gig in Western NY.
Thanks for reply on that. I'll have to look into buying a tape echo unit. I should have gotten the Guild Echorec I acquired fixed instead of selling it. Kicking myself!
One of my top five favorite bands. Especially loved Basic. Very sophisticated music. Their version of I can hear the grass grow was much better than the Move’s original. One of the best songs on there is Scarecrow’s Love Affair. But I have been trying for years to figure out the lyrics! Does anybody know what they are singing???
I am RIGHT there with you on this! Basic... is one of my favorite albums of all time, certainly one of the most psychedelic. Also right there with you on Scarecrow's Love Affair - that is a dark and adventurous number. I wrote to Peppy and asked if he could tell me the lyrics since he's one of the co-writers. Unfortunately, he could not!
@@davidpanzer1166 Most likely. I mean, I guess I could try and pressure Peppy to investigate further, but he was already gracious enough answering my other questions, and his reply to about this track was something along the lines of "That track is from 54 years ago, I co-wrote it when I was 19, most likely on some kind of hallucinogen, with someone who later kicked me out of the band and sued me, and you want me to remember the lyrics? LOL!" Unfortunately the other co-writer, Ronnie Gilbert, is kind of off the grid and not as easily contacted. Peppy is at least still pretty much accessible online - but he also has done a ton of other work after this album, so I'm sure this one isn't at the top of his priority list. So...short answer, yes, this track's exact lyrics might never be confirmed. But, in a way, kind of adds to its mystique.
I was listening to that song tonite. The challenge is the vocals have got multiple effects added, it doesn't matter much if you tweak the EQ - all I could make out in the sonic soup is the song's title which is a repeat chorus. And I guess the Magoos never played/ recorded a live version.
Beki...Thanks for this insightful video and the clever editing. Wish it was longer and we could hear more of the set list. The guys sound amazingly good and tight for being apart for three plus decades (it is the original five, right?). I wonder where the electric suit is now. Did they do anything from "Basic" at Cavestomp!? Please keep us posted on any forthcoming details on a new reunion.
It's great to see the Blues Magoos are still around and playing. Showing them at practice is a great idea. You could see that the still love playing. The only drawback was the recent live performance - to capture their essence, I would have turned down the snare drum, bring up the farfisa and add whigged out distortion on the guitar with echo on the vocals.
I DESPISE the way they always mix the drum so loud especially the snare. They just do it for every band no matter what kind of music it is. Keyboards are never audible. Makes me fuckin sick. Won’t go to any live shows.
@@davidpanzer1166 ha, ha, David, I agree with you. For the last 30 years or so, there has been an annoying tendancy to have the snare and bass drums way louder than they need to be. I did see one rare exception to that at a recent concert by French prog rock band Magma. Being that leader/founder Christian Vander is an incredibly powerful drummer, maybe the sound technician decided he didn't need "help".
The main effect comes from an Echo-plex tape echo unit. I don't know what the timing is. Maybe you can detect the slap back timing in the audio. But as he's playing triplets, it's probably be something relative. Looks like he was playing out of a Fender 60's era blackface.
I will ask Ralph .. all I ever hear about in the Village is The NIGTHOWL CAFE! ;-) I know there where more but that is where they were playing regularly when they were discovered and signed! :-) Beki!
Oh great, disabled audio on the sections that are TV video clips; probably in result of a copyright complaint. But isn't this video a historical documentary that is teaching people, who were alive to see it first hand, the history of rock? Doesn't teaching music history constitute fair use?
![Blues Magoos- “We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet” 1967 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/noTV6s8JzTM/mqdefault.jpg)
4 of the original 5 Magoos, really great. They seem to be enjoying playing together again. This is my favorite Magoos song. Well played.
We Aint Got Nothing Yet inspired me to learn to play bass. One of my all time favorites.
Wow -- so crazy how great these guys still sound! Their songs have lived in my head since 1967 and never left! They're part of who I am. Great job Beki!
Thanks !! Yeah it was a blast.. !!
that girl on lead was ME, by the way! I appreciate your complimetn! I'm RAlph's wife, by the way .. the whole family is Pyschedelic ;-)
Thanks again.. I will pass this on to Ralph! Watch for more Magoo gigs, recordings, etc!
Love,
Beki!
What "girl on lead"?
Psychedelic is the only way to live...
Hello...love these nostalgic vids .This post 13yrs ago, the future is now, things change ik, but how goes it ✌🇺🇸
The first time I heard WE AINT GOT NOTHING YET...I ran to the store to buy the LP. Then discovered so many more gems like ONE by ONE, Gotta Get Away, etc etc...kick ass album. I always loved Scala's lead vocals. Cheers to one of the pioneers of Psychedelica.
Thanks to Beki for putting up this video clip of the band's reunion.
roxio69 “Gotta Get Away.” Yes!
GOD BLESS THE BLUES MAGOOS FOREVER - -THANK YOU GUYS - LOVE FROM JOE NANIA - A.K.A. HOLLYWOOD JOE
Saw this guys every weekend at the Night Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village, NYC. What a blast to see this! Thanks!
Their sound never left me. "Psychedelic Lollipop" ad infinitum!
I LOVE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BANDS!
I LOVE PSYCHEDELIC ERA!
I LOVE BLUES MAGOOS!
...what a nyce surprise....they sound great...thanks for posting....
But it is so nice to have it all now! I was too young back then but now.. it's a blast to see these bands play!! Thank the powers that be for keeping these guys around and in good shape! They can go the distance and they, like fine wine, only better with age!!!
:-)
Bek!
I love these guys. Saw them 3 times live when they used to play a club in Detroit called the Chessmate. They put out three great albums that still get regular play in my house. Love that Basic Blues Magoos LP especially.
Great job, thanks for flooding my memory cells.
My mom bought me this record when I was in 6th grade and I wanted to be these guys. Good thing I already had a guitar.🙏😷😷❗👀
i randomly bought a worn out, mold damaged copy of psychedelic lollipop at thrift store last month, cleaned it up and loved everything on it! last night my brand new stereo copy of psychedelic lollipop on vinyl came in the mail. "sometimes i think about" is already one of my all time favorite songs.
i love this video, so up close and down to earth. thanks for posting it!
Evan
Thanks for sharing this awesome video!!
Very kool to see this.
That was a tune I d blast on the AM radio while driving my 1961 Morris Minor.
ain't got nothin yet et gotta get away,
des morceaux extraordinaires.
et les Blues Magoos grands !
The first rock concert I attended. Blues Magoos, Who, and Herman's Hermits. Dane Co. Coliseum, Madison, Wi
This is great!! Hope a tour is still in the cards!
This tune was my anthem back then. Thanks, guys! You guys are still king tone!
Got to see these guys play again just last month ago in Woodstock at the Bearsville Theater during the 40th anniversary weekend of the Festival, and they were really tight and polished with high energy. But they're playing with a replacement guitar player so their original lead guitarist (who was there) only played the Theremin. Great show!
Great to see this!...Hang in there fellas!
thanx for posting and including Mike and other extras!
hey this was fun met these dudes in wichita in 1966 great fun rock on dudes god gave rock n roll to you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just read about this band in Ace Frehley's recent book 'No Regrets'. Ace was friends with Peppy Castro, who was one of his mentors! I'm 51 now, and have heard of The Blues Magoos, but never heard their music until today. I may have heard their hit on the radio a long long time ago, but really don't remember. Anywho, you gotta love 'RUclips'!
Loved it then & still love this song.Greatness lives--Bruce in Oregon.
FABULOUS They still got it
Very cool.
!!!!!!!!! Right on!!
Can never understand all the words in We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet, but LOVE the song. Have the album.
Peppy's still as peppy as can be! he can't stop...
I first saw this group in the 60's in a shopping center playing outdoors and thought they were good!
THESE DUDES CAN JAM! LOVE IT!
sweet, real nice, my friends band opened for them in a local club in 69 or 70. they were as cool off stage as their throw down on, if memory serves me.
That was pretty good guys
holy shit, this is history right here
Had no idea any of these guys were laying together. I'd love to see them in the Detroit area.
I love you guys
One day way back in the early 1970's I was selling my used 1950's Fender Duosonic guitar. I was living in NJ back then. The doorbell rings and standing there was Pepe from the Blues Magoos and his girlfriend was with him. He bought the guitar. I wonder if he still has it. Vince
Ralph looks & sounds the same, & Espo, that was innovative guitar for that time.
One of the best pop songs of all time!
Seeing you guys together makes me what to call some old friends.
Love them.
Pipedream!
“Pipe Dream.” Two thumbs up!
Is that Mike Esposito playing the lead on We Ain't Got Nothing Yet? I would like to know what kind of amp, amp settings and effects he is using to get the reverb/echo sounds during the solo? This is one of my all time favorite guitar solos and I wish the Blues Magoos would get together for a gig in Western NY.
Thanks for reply on that. I'll have to look into buying a tape echo unit. I should have gotten the Guild Echorec I acquired fixed instead of selling it. Kicking myself!
Can hear them in my Jukebox!!
I LOVE THEM I AM 35 Y/O AND I LOVE THEM!!!!
One of my top five favorite bands. Especially loved Basic. Very sophisticated music. Their version of I can hear the grass grow was much better than the Move’s original. One of the best songs on there is Scarecrow’s Love Affair. But I have been trying for years to figure out the lyrics! Does anybody know what they are singing???
I am RIGHT there with you on this! Basic... is one of my favorite albums of all time, certainly one of the most psychedelic. Also right there with you on Scarecrow's Love Affair - that is a dark and adventurous number. I wrote to Peppy and asked if he could tell me the lyrics since he's one of the co-writers. Unfortunately, he could not!
@@mickeysmind5789 Oh no! Is it possible that we will never know???
@@davidpanzer1166 Most likely. I mean, I guess I could try and pressure Peppy to investigate further, but he was already gracious enough answering my other questions, and his reply to about this track was something along the lines of "That track is from 54 years ago, I co-wrote it when I was 19, most likely on some kind of hallucinogen, with someone who later kicked me out of the band and sued me, and you want me to remember the lyrics? LOL!" Unfortunately the other co-writer, Ronnie Gilbert, is kind of off the grid and not as easily contacted. Peppy is at least still pretty much accessible online - but he also has done a ton of other work after this album, so I'm sure this one isn't at the top of his priority list. So...short answer, yes, this track's exact lyrics might never be confirmed. But, in a way, kind of adds to its mystique.
I was listening to that song tonite. The challenge is the vocals have got multiple effects added, it doesn't matter much if you tweak the EQ - all I could make out in the sonic soup is the song's title which is a repeat chorus. And I guess the Magoos never played/ recorded a live version.
Agree On Their SUPERIOR Version of "Grass" Over The WONDERFUL "Move's" David!!
Cool ...
very cool !
My two favorite New York bands are The Chesterfield Kings and The Blues Magoos!
Beki...Thanks for this insightful video and the clever editing. Wish it was longer and we could hear more of the set list. The guys sound amazingly good and tight for being apart for three plus decades (it is the original five, right?). I wonder where the electric suit is now. Did they do anything from "Basic" at Cavestomp!? Please keep us posted on any forthcoming details on a new reunion.
It's great to see the Blues Magoos are still around and playing. Showing them at practice is a great idea. You could see that the still love playing. The only drawback was the recent live performance - to capture their essence, I would have turned down the snare drum, bring up the farfisa and add whigged out distortion on the guitar with echo on the vocals.
I DESPISE the way they always mix the drum so loud especially the snare. They just do it for every band no matter what kind of music it is. Keyboards are never audible. Makes me fuckin sick. Won’t go to any live shows.
@@davidpanzer1166 ha, ha, David, I agree with you. For the last 30 years or so, there has been an annoying tendancy to have the snare and bass drums way louder than they need to be. I did see one rare exception to that at a recent concert by French prog rock band Magma. Being that leader/founder Christian Vander is an incredibly powerful drummer, maybe the sound technician decided he didn't need "help".
@@marcfedak Ahhh...."Magma" Giorgio's Band!!🍻🕶
The main effect comes from an Echo-plex tape echo unit. I don't know what the timing is. Maybe you can detect the slap back timing in the audio. But as he's playing triplets, it's probably be something relative. Looks like he was playing out of a Fender 60's era blackface.
awesome......
anyone have a tape of that wesbeth night? with all the bands?
Mike magoo still rocks, but where is his Theremin?
Are there TABs available for WE AINT GOT NOTHING YET?
I will ask Ralph .. all I ever hear about in the Village is The NIGTHOWL CAFE! ;-) I know there where more but that is where they were playing regularly when they were discovered and signed!
:-)
Beki!
gratefuljeff1 asked: Are any of the other guys from the original lineup?
There's also Geoff and Peppy. The only one not in the video is Ronnie (bass).
Ralph! Where's that Vox Continental!
Oh great, disabled audio on the sections that are TV video clips; probably in result of a copyright complaint. But isn't this video a historical documentary that is teaching people, who were alive to see it first hand, the history of rock? Doesn't teaching music history constitute fair use?
Just a thought here -- maybe these guys could get together with The Mermen (for a East Coast/West Coast retro/nuevo- psychedelic thing).
Simply Stated:
Just a KICK-ASS BAND"...."Psych'/Lollipop" LP Was a TREASURE
Start-Finish!!....Bless Ya Gentlemen!!👊🔥
The BLUES MAGOOS originally from The BRONX, N.Y. USA! yeeeaaahhh! '=oD
What do you do when your sixty from the sixties..........ONE MORE TIME!!! thank you.
The 60's was a great time...now we have nothing but shit.
Those haircuts... XD
San Francisco turnout could be big, with lots of screaming girls.
*LOL*