@@FenceThis Hello Fence This…The very fact that Fanny was an all-female band, playing their own instruments on stage 50 years ago, made them ahead of their time! Back then, MALE rockers dominated the scene almost entirely. How do I know? I lived it, working as a radio DJ back then. As a woman, I saw it and experienced it myself. So YES…Fanny were ahead of their time in the male dominated musical culture of the late 60’s & early to mid 70’s…Take it from a woman who lived it: ME! Thank You! 👍👍👍👍
@@joannebeauchamp1169 I was there, they weren’t ahead of their time - they were right in their time, they were time typical. A lotta female bands existed then, in the US and elsewhere most of whom didn’t get much attention though. For a band to be ahead of their time, gender role stereotypes aside, you’d expect something musically groundbreaking which all their qualities regardless wasn’t exactly the case with Fanny.
@@FenceThis Good hearing from you. I think there may be a bit of a misunderstanding on this term…You are saying MUSICALLY Fanny was “of their time.” Yes, they fit right in musically back then. My point is, in a historical, sociological context, they certainly were groundbreaking…Simply by being WOMEN playing their own instruments in a MAN’s world back then, yes, they were ahead of their time. Very, very few other women were doing such a thing back then…Hope this clears things up. Musically, Fanny was, “of their time.” Sociologically, “Ahead of their time.” 😸😸😸😸
@@joannebeauchamp1169 well, I believe really many were playing, both there and in (particulacy northern) Europe, but that for the most part it went by without much notice from neither press nor public. A band like Fanny in that perspective were an exception even then as still more of these excerpts from TV and concerts in Europe reoccur to document it. I recall actually watching some of these broadcasts back then as a pre teen but there were nowhere go searching for further info in either magazines or anything. BBC program OGWT with host ‘whispering’ Bob Harris was one of the sources to draw from to broaden the horizon as well as French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian TV. There was a politically active movement among women in these countries rising from the counter culture to take possession of their own lives, including making music on their own terms.
Looking at interviews with Alice & June, she was source of a lot of conflict within the band and the reason why June left and why Jean eventually broke up the band.
Fanny was a rarity in their heyday: An all-female group that didn't merely sing, although all four members could do so, and far from a novelty, in spite of the way some people who booked them saw them. They were the real deal and it's a shame they were forgotten over the years. I hope someday when the next serious retrospective of women bands is made it doesn't start with the Go-Gos and the Bangles. It starts here.
I remember seeing them on kids' TV shows. It was as if they were being presented as some kind of novelty act or bubble gum group. I think that the record company did not know exactly how to promote them, and audiences weren't quite ready for them. Sometimes trailblazers have the hardest road. But there is no question that they played some kicking rock and roll.
Yeah, sounds like a tuned jet engine, doesn't it? A roadie with a Southern rock band named Blue John gave me a hint: remove the original speaker and drop in a 30 watt Celestion. A Leslie amp tops out at 100 watts, so: pedal to the metal and the damned thing sounds like a B-52 roaring down the runway. They can get pretty close to that sound these days with digital patches--I have four or five in my E-Mu Proteus6 that sound pretty good--but live, there ain't nothing like the sound of a Hammond B3 and a real Leslie. I had an M102 and a 147 Leslie that sounded pretty sweet but I was never able to get that growl out of it. Like Chasbo Daniels says, "Weighs a ton, but worth it if you can afford roadies."
@RogerWilco99 Before there was Heart, before there was The Go Gos, before there was Vixen, before there was The Donnas, there was FANNY. You are absolutely right. They were victims of a male-dominated music business. To make it as a woman in music then, you had to be "f---able". That was a crying shame, and very tragic. When Fanny was given the chance, they killed it. It is very tragic they were not taken seriously because of their gender. Helen Reddy did not write, and sing "I AM WOMAN" for nothing.
They paved the way for so many others..I just can't believe they haven't gotten more recognition for their incredible talent as the first all female rock and roll band
There's a new doc about them - Fanny: The Right to Rock on YT and PBS. They're doing some live shows for their new album. Got to see them in SF yesterday. Great show
@@DMSProduktions exactly… to say I’m pissed off I discovered them so late is an understatement… … to be able to call members of the band now genuine friends is a privilege.
The band is very accessible. June gave me her email address but I’ve never used it after our initial exchange. Alice sent me her autograph. I wish Nicky would come out of her self imposed exile.
Fanny - one of those whole-is-more-than-the-sum-of-it's-parts bands. And the parts are amazing - each player is of studio musician quality; when you put 'em all together, serious magic happens!
So great to see the joy when Nickey sings (and screams out), in the last song here. :) I have a wish for an interview with her, like the Alice-interview of her life.
Have you seen jean performance in video from BBC singing special care look like a clone of janis Joplin with emotional intense jean great vocalist but the band focused much on instrumentation.
@@titosarmiento8333 Not sure I see what you mean...about Jean.... I keep coming back to this clip to see the Nickey-performance. Love her energy, and the kick she seems to get from the scream, and/or someone she has eyecontact with (sticking out her tongue to some...) :) Also love the organ-sound.
@@titosarmiento8333 Didn't see that, but I've seen enough Jean performances to respect her singing ability, especially while playing interesting basslines. That takes a lot of work. These women clearly worked very hard on their arrangements and cues.
I had to go back and listen a few times because half-way through the last song, the drums stole all my attention and I missed so much of everything else. It reminded me of the time I first listened to Tommy and Keith Moon a little over 50 years ago. Nice work, Alice.
Thanks for posting this. The keyboard player has a great rasping soulful voice that reminds me of Janis Joplin but also the underappreciated Maggie Bell from Stone The Crows. So many people think of The Runaways as the first all female hard rock band, but Fanny beat them by several years and had far more of that early 70s blues/hard rock vibe. I believe none other than David Bowie was a big fan and supporter of the band.
But jean voice in special care from BBC video her face reaction like Janis Joplin but later on a saw Nickey rasping in this clip se as janis too.i appreciate first the vocal of jean and their lived performance why im on this thread.
Saw them open for some other band (don't even remember who) in L.A. in very early 70s. They were so cool I can't remember the other band. I know one thing, I went and bought their album during the very next week. They were mainstream hard rockers, not psychedelic or super fast nihilistic hardcore punk, very melodic rock and roll. Audience loved them, I think it was at the Forum.
@@BlazingShackles Besides that, they were the first all female rock band that wrote, recorded and produced their own music. They dealt with every issue that every other 60’s band had to deal with like bad record label deals, and had to deal with the constant criticism they were were surprisingly good despite being ‘Girls’. They paved the way for women like Joan Jet and Heart.
I am a big Fanny fan since their first album (I have to first 3 on LP, purchased near the time of release) and I never saw this before. This is a great video of them sonicly.. Jean was one of my inspirations to be a bass player. Her lines are up-front and critical to their overall sound. I find this recording particularly interesting. Jean's sound is quite good here, better than I have heard on other live videos I have seen. Still, my favorite is Badge on the French TV video. Just outstanding!
Don't remember where our band found that picture of that sweet drummer in the peach top and long hair back in 71. It hung on our wall for years, God Bless you ladies! You did exactly what the Beatles did for everyone behind you! Sometimes life is unfair, but you did so so much for the girls behind you! I was a bass player so I loved the perfect box patterns Jean played without looking at the left hand and sis had total mojo in her right hand. June was very gifted and she knew her sounds and were they lay. And the 88's, well I'm positive Carol King was super impressed with Nickey's playing! Actually Nickey was a MAJOR player in the group! Thanks for the beautiful memories...
Wow compared to them in 1970 they're wearing stage outfits and look and sound so polished and smooth. Don't know what stopped them from going truly big-time they were so good
They stopped when the music execs try to market them in sexy outfits and make them a pathetic live-action "Josie & The Pussycats" version of sorts to make them glammy and sexually apetizing. They are not even paid well for all their efforts, so they eventually decided to quit. I feel them for being pissed by the BS of the music industry. I would have done the same in their position.
There was no obvious glamorous singer to promote, and as the 70s wore on, less patience at the labels and radio for anything that wasn’t prefab for the mainstream. These ladies had no place in an arena rock world.
I discovered Fanny in 1972 as a young adolescent! I still have all their albums in my collection. It warms my heart to see them being recognized at long, long last.
What a band! Great that the video and sound quality is so good on these performances. I'd only seen "Last Night I Had a Dream" from this set before. Everyone was in such fine form! Refreshing to see a TV appearance where they're playing live instead of having to lip sync. Alice in particular has such amazing energy when she doesn't have to pretend to play on cardboard cymbals. The Millington sisters' vocal blend paired with their amazing playing is inimitable. "I saw the Wolfman... JACK!" Nickey at her most playful, soon followed by Nickey at her most ferocious and intense. Fanny rocks! 🎶🛸♥️
Jean Millington is among my all-time fave bass players. I class her right up there with Suzi Quatro. In fact, their styles are pretty similar. They both favor Fender Precisions, they both have that growly, funky groove that never stops, they both sing REALLY well, and they're both really easy on the eyes. There's a clip of Fanny on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert with Patti Quatro on guitar, after June left the band to do some solo work, somewhere out there in cyberspace. It's from about '74, somewhere in that era. I've been looking for it without much success. It's a MONSTER clip with Jean improvising a really killer bass solo. I'd just come in from a gig myself and caught the last few minutes of it at my gf's place. Jean was wearing sparkly black velvet and the closeups of her hands were amazing; those long skinny fingers of hers were just blurs all over the neck. If someone can locate that clip, I'd be eternally grateful. I LOVED Fanny! Such a terribly underrated group of seriously talented women! They didn't get beans for support from Reprise Records. They were the first all-female rock band to sign with a major US label and if their A&R team had possessed half a brain, they would have promoted them much more. Even David Bowie loved them! He said, "[They're] extraordinary... they're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time." If not for these ladies and the other trail blazers like Suzi Quatro and the Runaways, the presence of women in rock would have been far less. Girl power onstage is an awesome force to behold. We can thank these ladies for showing us the way.
they should be unforgettable, and these uploads are helping. if you search for female bassists today, many are in Japan, start with BAND-MAID. there are many others.
@Douglas Farshtey She was fuckin' FANTASTIC. One of the funkiest grooves this side of Larry Graham. I love watching the fingers on a great bass player. That's where the style originates. It's like a dance upon the strings. Jean's style was like a slender ballerina groovin' to the beat. Never misses a note or plays too much. "In the pocket" with the drummer. And she gets this LOOK on her face. I could watch that look all day.
Fanny was just a few years prior to my passion with music as I’m more into the 76-79 era so somehow I completely missed them. Listening now I’m blown away. Especially live performances. They were incredible rockers
‘76 HS grad…I DON’T KNOW HOW I MISSED THIS GROUP, FANNY! And just like all my friends & classmates, I was seriously into music, buying vinyls, etc. I have to believe that i maybe saw them on TV, or heard them on the radio. As a young impressionable girl, would have loved to have listened to this groundbreaking group! Recorded and watched the PBS documentary on the group this a.m. Just blown away! And they did have a level of acclaim, but they just didn’t go where they should have. Well rounded talent! Todays groups just don’t compare with respect to being musicians as well as vocalists, and damn good musicians at that! So glad I stumbled upon them and will be sharing their story & music with others for sure! Kudos ladies 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️…it is truly ashamed, but better late than never!
Another '76 HS grad here! When I was young I soaked up as much music as I could but, like you, I'd never heard of Fanny back then, either - but wish I had! I watched that PBS documentary, too, and I got the impression that they really weren't promoted properly (maybe because they were "girls" and might have been considered a novelty act by the record companies), but they certainly deserved a whole lot more recognition than they did. Yes, "better late than never"!! I'm now a big fan!
What a great video of this terrific band. I wish it was an entire show! Fanny should have been as well-known as any of the other male rock bands of the time. They were hugely talented. For those with an interest, there were actually many other all-female bands during the 60s and 70s, such as Birtha, The Hairem (also known as She), The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle (Suzi Quatro's band), The Sandoval Sisters (also known the The Girls), Goldie and the Gingerbreads, The Luv'd Ones (lead guitarist/singer Char Vinnedge later recorded an LP with Jimi Hendrix bass player Billy Cox), the Liverbirds....I could go on and on!
Ah, memories of my youth, Midnight Special & Don Kirshners Rock Concert! I do not remember this band, so mind blown. And I thought The Runaways were the 1st all women's rock band. Of whom the likes of Joan Jett & Lita Ford made their way. The rest was history! These gals have talent. Too bad we do not get this anymore.
A great group during a time of the male dominanted band rock scene. Great musicians, songwriters and performers. A tragedy they are overlooked and all but forgotten.
Wonderful.... I am 72 and I remember Fanny. I really like reflecting on this. This is so good. Fanny never got the recognition they deserved. All girls bands were just starting to be excepted. Thank you... I always remember June and Jean because my name is Gene and my Bday is in June...lol
Their only hit, "Charity Ball", was played in heavy rotation in the Philly area on the old WFIL and WIBG back in 1971. Still own the 45. They should have been superstars.
I met June Millington at a club in Pittsburgh, PA in the mid to late 1980s. It was a super small venue, and June was very approachable to her fans. Plus, June can shred the guitar , TWU
Most excellent! I remember buying the first LP when it came out! Kudo’s to a director that appears to understand music and left the shot on the entire slide solo! The Go-Go’s were great, too. Thank you for this post. Very much appreciated.
What a fantastic band- what a fantastic performance! They should have been much bigger- never knew they existed until a couple of years ago… discovered them via “ Beat Club” on RUclips…
THE LIVERBIRDS, the first all girl rock band from ENGLAND in the 1960s, They toured all over ENGLAND AND EUROPE and released albums and singles,you will like them also
I've seen this before, but this is great picture quality. "All Mine" is the best thing Fanny ever did. Should have been a hit. I love how June's guitar solo which was not on the studio version.
I'm 65 and discovered these girls only a few months ago! They were excellent in every way, but girl bands were not up to date in the early '70s. The ladies deserved more attention 👏🎶🇫🇷
Poor Alice…. made up to get the guys….if they only knew. Good on her for backing the group and getting “dolled” up for television. They’re all gorgeous gals. 👍🇨🇦🎸
Holy shit! So they could ALL sing and PLAY instruments?! Fanny should've been BIG and LARGE...just like their peers...oh, wait! There were none like them, an all-female accomplished musical band! Fantastic Fanny!
honestly, it’s such a shame they could never catch the same sound on the studio because the producers didn’t think women could make blues rock and they wrote their music too!
Saw this when I was 16 in 73’, should have bought their records back then, they are great live performers , incredible musicians, hey I’d Bowie knew it, we all should have known it, listening to the music now on Apple Music, I think the record company tried to polish them up too much because they were women , they could flat out rock playing live Fanny 4ever 👍🏻⚡️⚡️⚡️
Michael McLoughlin They are talented musicians,They all gave it their all & had a sense of humor. I saw them 8 times in the early '70s They never disappointed me. They played Max's K.C. in N.Y.C. I'd know when they were there. They would blast that place.
Their was a Christian all girl rock band called RACHEL RACHEL, they made 2 ALBUMS, They even did the song CARRY ON WAYWARD SON, their was aiso THE RUNAWAYS, an all girl rock band from the 1970s
4:04 Are you FN serious??? The voice, the guitar This is WORLD CLASS, timeless. That’s Janis level singing, Page level playing. The bass and drums are TOP NOTCH and they each shine in other parts. But that moment there at 4:04 to 4:30 is FN Zeppelin level stuff
These ladies are a treasure and deserve to be recognized by the rock and roll hall of fame.
100%
Hear here..!
100%!!!!! They were heavily praised by many of the best male rock acts of the day.
I couldn't agree more! However, the rrhof has turned into a shit show.
100% 💩 show !
Fanny was a band that was SO FAR AHEAD of their time in 1973, that the world has NOW FINALLY caught up with them in 2022!!! Amen to that!!!
they were an excellent and tight band but in no way ahead of their time
@@FenceThis Hello Fence This…The very fact that Fanny was an all-female band, playing their own instruments on stage 50 years ago, made them ahead of their time! Back then, MALE rockers dominated the scene almost entirely. How do I know? I lived it, working as a radio DJ back then. As a woman, I saw it and experienced it myself. So YES…Fanny were ahead of their time in the male dominated musical culture of the late 60’s & early to mid 70’s…Take it from a woman who lived it: ME! Thank You! 👍👍👍👍
@@joannebeauchamp1169 I was there, they weren’t ahead of their time - they were right in their time, they were time typical. A lotta female bands existed then, in the US and elsewhere most of whom didn’t get much attention though. For a band to be ahead of their time, gender role stereotypes aside, you’d expect something musically groundbreaking which all their qualities regardless wasn’t exactly the case with Fanny.
@@FenceThis Good hearing from you. I think there may be a bit of a misunderstanding on this term…You are saying MUSICALLY Fanny was “of their time.” Yes, they fit right in musically back then. My point is, in a historical, sociological context, they certainly were groundbreaking…Simply by being WOMEN playing their own instruments in a MAN’s world back then, yes, they were ahead of their time. Very, very few other women were doing such a thing back then…Hope this clears things up. Musically, Fanny was, “of their time.” Sociologically, “Ahead of their time.” 😸😸😸😸
@@joannebeauchamp1169 well, I believe really many were playing, both there and in (particulacy northern) Europe, but that for the most part it went by without much notice from neither press nor public. A band like Fanny in that perspective were an exception even then as still more of these excerpts from TV and concerts in Europe reoccur to document it. I recall actually watching some of these broadcasts back then as a pre teen but there were nowhere go searching for further info in either magazines or anything. BBC program OGWT with host ‘whispering’ Bob Harris was one of the sources to draw from to broaden the horizon as well as French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian TV. There was a politically active movement among women in these countries rising from the counter culture to take possession of their own lives, including making music on their own terms.
So far ahead of their contemporaries. So on their game. And their drummer, man is she solid.
The pianist, Nickey Barclay, has a really great great voice !!!
Yep, and terrific on the keys too.
I thought the same, and a crazy singer she was.
One band member and the band photographer said Nicky was very good, very smart, and a bit of a social path. I was in love with her back in the 70’s
Yes! She's great a musician like Elton John or Ray Charles.
Looking at interviews with Alice & June, she was source of a lot of conflict within the band and the reason why June left and why Jean eventually broke up the band.
Fanny was a rarity in their heyday: An all-female group that didn't merely sing, although all four members could do so, and far from a novelty, in spite of the way some people who booked them saw them. They were the real deal and it's a shame they were forgotten over the years. I hope someday when the next serious retrospective of women bands is made it doesn't start with the Go-Gos and the Bangles. It starts here.
I remember seeing them on kids' TV shows. It was as if they were being presented as some kind of novelty act or bubble gum group. I think that the record company did not know exactly how to promote them, and audiences weren't quite ready for them. Sometimes trailblazers have the hardest road. But there is no question that they played some kicking rock and roll.
Before my Wife "Ann" & I Joined "Kevin Bloody Wilson" we were with a Rock band Called Acid Road We di all the "Fanny" Songs From about 70/73
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Am curious. Which kids' TV shows?
If you don't know about them check out Strange Kind of Women. They're an all female Deep Purple tribiute band.
There is a documentary of the band coming out.
The Hammond B-3 organ slightly overdriven through a Leslie speaker has to be the most amazing sound in the world. 1:35
Weighs a ton , but worth it if you can afford roadies.
@@chasbodaniels1744 Luckily clonewheel organs are getting better and better.
Yeah, sounds like a tuned jet engine, doesn't it? A roadie with a Southern rock band named Blue John gave me a hint: remove the original speaker and drop in a 30 watt Celestion. A Leslie amp tops out at 100 watts, so: pedal to the metal and the damned thing sounds like a B-52 roaring down the runway.
They can get pretty close to that sound these days with digital patches--I have four or five in my E-Mu Proteus6 that sound pretty good--but live, there ain't nothing like the sound of a Hammond B3 and a real Leslie. I had an M102 and a 147 Leslie that sounded pretty sweet but I was never able to get that growl out of it. Like Chasbo Daniels says, "Weighs a ton, but worth it if you can afford roadies."
@@Trans909 Emerson’s techs took to replacing the stock drivers in Leslies with stouter ones and running them from Hiwatt heads with a crossover.
It is. Gets me immediately.
These ladies are incredibly talented musicians, and their vocals are on point!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
@RogerWilco99 Before there was Heart, before there was The Go Gos, before there was Vixen, before there was The Donnas, there was FANNY. You are absolutely right. They were victims of a male-dominated music business. To make it as a woman in music then, you had to be "f---able". That was a crying shame, and very tragic. When Fanny was given the chance, they killed it. It is very tragic they were not taken seriously because of their gender. Helen Reddy did not write, and sing "I AM WOMAN" for nothing.
From Massa-choose-its.
They paved the way for so many others..I just can't believe they haven't gotten more recognition for their incredible talent as the first all female rock and roll band
There's a new doc about them - Fanny: The Right to Rock on YT and PBS. They're doing some live shows for their new album. Got to see them in SF yesterday. Great show
They weren't the first, just one of the best. There was Suzi Quatro and the Pleasure Seekers in the 60s for example.
@@ericcarlson1709and the Liverbirds
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! I discovered Fanny in Feb 2020… I am so glad I did… they are THE greatest band I’ve heard in years…
Gees, what rock had you been living under dude?
@@DMSProduktions exactly… to say I’m pissed off I discovered them so late is an understatement…
… to be able to call members of the band now genuine friends is a privilege.
It happened the same to me, but its better now than never!
@@nigellangridge1975 Yes, indeed! I get a few replies from June now & then on her channel!
The band is very accessible. June gave me her email address but I’ve never used it after our initial exchange. Alice sent me her autograph. I wish Nicky would come out of her self imposed exile.
I don't know how I never heard of these ladies until just recently via RUclips! They're great and should have been much bigger back in the day.
Super talented musicians, the entire band ✌
David Bowie brought them in under his wing when his star was rising, and they opened for him on at least one tour.
Wow, the more I watch them the more impressed I am. Great slide work, great vocals, great rhythm section....Yuppers.
Fanny - one of those whole-is-more-than-the-sum-of-it's-parts bands. And the parts are amazing - each player is of studio musician quality; when you put 'em all together, serious magic happens!
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Just wondering. Why is this highlighted to me??
@@thirdbase6870 I don't know. I was obviously responding to another post. Deleted.
Absolutely 👏
So great to see the joy when Nickey sings (and screams out), in the last song here. :)
I have a wish for an interview with her, like the Alice-interview of her life.
Have you seen jean performance in video from BBC singing special care look like a clone of janis Joplin with emotional intense jean great vocalist but the band focused much on instrumentation.
Nickey is the real pi-ano man.
@@titosarmiento8333 Not sure I see what you mean...about Jean....
I keep coming back to this clip to see the Nickey-performance. Love her energy, and the kick she seems to get from the scream, and/or someone she has eyecontact with (sticking out her tongue to some...) :)
Also love the organ-sound.
@@titosarmiento8333 Do you mean this one?
ruclips.net/video/1EEsFZw_zEE/видео.html
@@titosarmiento8333 Didn't see that, but I've seen enough Jean performances to respect her singing ability, especially while playing interesting basslines. That takes a lot of work. These women clearly worked very hard on their arrangements and cues.
I had to go back and listen a few times because half-way through the last song, the drums stole all my attention and I missed so much of everything else. It reminded me of the time I first listened to Tommy and Keith Moon a little over 50 years ago. Nice work, Alice.
Thanks for posting this. The keyboard player has a great rasping soulful voice that reminds me of Janis Joplin but also the underappreciated Maggie Bell from Stone The Crows. So many people think of The Runaways as the first all female hard rock band, but Fanny beat them by several years and had far more of that early 70s blues/hard rock vibe. I believe none other than David Bowie was a big fan and supporter of the band.
But jean voice in special care from BBC video her face reaction like Janis Joplin but later on a saw Nickey rasping in this clip se as janis too.i appreciate first the vocal of jean and their lived performance why im on this thread.
The bassist also had near- Joplin-level vocal chops in the “Young and Dumb” video I just watched before this one
Jean Millington,the bass player, dated Bowie for awhile,but ended up marrying his lead guitarist,Earl Slick.
Saw them open for some other band (don't even remember who) in L.A. in very early 70s. They were so cool I can't remember the other band. I know one thing, I went and bought their album during the very next week. They were mainstream hard rockers, not psychedelic or super fast nihilistic hardcore punk, very melodic rock and roll. Audience loved them, I think it was at the Forum.
I loved Fanny back in the day and still love them now. Great musicians and singers.
This band should be in the R&R HOF.
why? cuz the songs were good? LOL
@@BlazingShackles Besides that, they were the first all female rock band that wrote, recorded and produced their own music. They dealt with every issue that every other 60’s band had to deal with like bad record label deals, and had to deal with the constant criticism they were were surprisingly good despite being ‘Girls’. They paved the way for women like Joan Jet and Heart.
@@scottbaxendale323 they sucked dude accept it.
@@BlazingShackles It’s a lot better than your music, dudette.
@@scottbaxendale323 what music is my music honey buns?
I am a big Fanny fan since their first album (I have to first 3 on LP, purchased near the time of release) and I never saw this before. This is a great video of them sonicly.. Jean was one of my inspirations to be a bass player. Her lines are up-front and critical to their overall sound.
I find this recording particularly interesting. Jean's sound is quite good here, better than I have heard on other live videos I have seen.
Still, my favorite is Badge on the French TV video. Just outstanding!
Get a bass boost.
Great performance ! So nice seeing these old Midnight Special shows.
Don't remember where our band found that picture of that sweet drummer in the peach top and long hair back in 71. It hung on our wall for years, God Bless you ladies! You did exactly what the Beatles did for everyone behind you! Sometimes life is unfair, but you did so so much for the girls behind you! I was a bass player so I loved the perfect box patterns Jean played without looking at the left hand and sis had total mojo in her right hand. June was very gifted and she knew her sounds and were they lay. And the 88's, well I'm positive Carol King was super impressed with Nickey's playing! Actually Nickey was a MAJOR player in the group! Thanks for the beautiful memories...
Nickey is the real pi-ano man.
Wow compared to them in 1970 they're wearing stage outfits and look and sound so polished and smooth. Don't know what stopped them from going truly big-time they were so good
They stopped when the music execs try to market them in sexy outfits and make them a pathetic live-action "Josie & The Pussycats" version of sorts to make them glammy and sexually apetizing. They are not even paid well for all their efforts, so they eventually decided to quit. I feel them for being pissed by the BS of the music industry. I would have done the same in their position.
There was no obvious glamorous singer to promote, and as the 70s wore on, less patience at the labels and radio for anything that wasn’t prefab for the mainstream. These ladies had no place in an arena rock world.
I discovered Fanny in 1972 as a young adolescent! I still have all their albums in my collection. It warms my heart to see them being recognized at long, long last.
Damn it. Glad I didn't stop watching and waited for the second song.... That's is really something
What a band! Great that the video and sound quality is so good on these performances. I'd only seen "Last Night I Had a Dream" from this set before. Everyone was in such fine form! Refreshing to see a TV appearance where they're playing live instead of having to lip sync. Alice in particular has such amazing energy when she doesn't have to pretend to play on cardboard cymbals. The Millington sisters' vocal blend paired with their amazing playing is inimitable. "I saw the Wolfman... JACK!" Nickey at her most playful, soon followed by Nickey at her most ferocious and intense. Fanny rocks! 🎶🛸♥️
"I saw the Wolfman... JACK!"
Soo glad you pointed that out.
You are easily impressed
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Practically nobody ever lip-synced on The Midnight Special, that was the great thing about it.
That's a Randy Newman song , Ry Cooder played on it .
Jean Millington is among my all-time fave bass players. I class her right up there with Suzi Quatro. In fact, their styles are pretty similar. They both favor Fender Precisions, they both have that growly, funky groove that never stops, they both sing REALLY well, and they're both really easy on the eyes.
There's a clip of Fanny on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert with Patti Quatro on guitar, after June left the band to do some solo work, somewhere out there in cyberspace. It's from about '74, somewhere in that era. I've been looking for it without much success. It's a MONSTER clip with Jean improvising a really killer bass solo. I'd just come in from a gig myself and caught the last few minutes of it at my gf's place. Jean was wearing sparkly black velvet and the closeups of her hands were amazing; those long skinny fingers of hers were just blurs all over the neck. If someone can locate that clip, I'd be eternally grateful.
I LOVED Fanny! Such a terribly underrated group of seriously talented women! They didn't get beans for support from Reprise Records. They were the first all-female rock band to sign with a major US label and if their A&R team had possessed half a brain, they would have promoted them much more. Even David Bowie loved them! He said, "[They're] extraordinary... they're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time."
If not for these ladies and the other trail blazers like Suzi Quatro and the Runaways, the presence of women in rock would have been far less. Girl power onstage is an awesome force to behold. We can thank these ladies for showing us the way.
they should be unforgettable, and these uploads are helping.
if you search for female bassists today, many are in Japan, start with BAND-MAID. there are many others.
If you can locate the clip, don't keep it to yourself.
@Douglas Farshtey She was fuckin' FANTASTIC. One of the funkiest grooves this side of Larry Graham. I love watching the fingers on a great bass player. That's where the style originates. It's like a dance upon the strings. Jean's style was like a slender ballerina groovin' to the beat. Never misses a note or plays too much. "In the pocket" with the drummer. And she gets this LOOK on her face. I could watch that look all day.
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Suzi also played a Gibson Ripper.
These ladies paved the way for a lot of girl groups. they where wonderful.
This band was awesome, they should have been huge.
Fanny was just a few years prior to my passion with music as I’m more into the 76-79 era so somehow I completely missed them.
Listening now I’m blown away. Especially live performances.
They were incredible rockers
Fanny was such an innovative band! Their style went on for decades!
So sad their studio work was so sanitised. They sound amazing live.
Wow! These ladies were so great!
Geez, this is great stuff!
‘76 HS grad…I DON’T KNOW HOW I MISSED THIS GROUP, FANNY! And just like all my friends & classmates, I was seriously into music, buying vinyls, etc. I have to believe that i maybe saw them on TV, or heard them on the radio.
As a young impressionable girl, would have loved to have listened to this groundbreaking group! Recorded and watched the PBS documentary on the group this a.m. Just blown away! And they did have a level of acclaim, but they just didn’t go where they should have. Well rounded talent! Todays groups just don’t compare with respect to being musicians as well as vocalists, and damn good musicians at that! So glad I stumbled upon them and will be sharing their story & music with others for sure!
Kudos ladies 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️…it is truly ashamed, but better late than never!
Another '76 HS grad here! When I was young I soaked up as much music as I could but, like you, I'd never heard of Fanny back then, either - but wish I had! I watched that PBS documentary, too, and I got the impression that they really weren't promoted properly (maybe because they were "girls" and might have been considered a novelty act by the record companies), but they certainly deserved a whole lot more recognition than they did. Yes, "better late than never"!! I'm now a big fan!
This band is Tight
Saw this on TV way back I still play there stuff to day Rock On
Girls Chicks Rule✌
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Saw them as support to Steely Dan - May 74 - Rainbow
I saw them as the opener for Chicago in 1974.
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What a great video of this terrific band. I wish it was an entire show! Fanny should have been as well-known as any of the other male rock bands of the time. They were hugely talented. For those with an interest, there were actually many other all-female bands during the 60s and 70s, such as Birtha, The Hairem (also known as She), The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle (Suzi Quatro's band), The Sandoval Sisters (also known the The Girls), Goldie and the Gingerbreads, The Luv'd Ones (lead guitarist/singer Char Vinnedge later recorded an LP with Jimi Hendrix bass player Billy Cox), the Liverbirds....I could go on and on!
I discovered them in 1971, saw them live in '72/'73, downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Love the song "All Mine".
Fanny is an amazing band with great talent as well
Ah, memories of my youth, Midnight Special & Don Kirshners Rock Concert! I do not remember this band, so mind blown. And I thought The Runaways were the 1st all women's rock band. Of whom the likes of Joan Jett & Lita Ford made their way. The rest was history! These gals have talent. Too bad we do not get this anymore.
A great group during a time of the male dominanted band rock scene. Great musicians, songwriters and performers. A tragedy they are overlooked and all but forgotten.
Love this band. June Millington is a great player!
Good old raw, unfiltered rock and roll with class and soul! Another art form lost to this digital, auto-tuned world.
Damn! That pianist was doing a Joplin. Really soulful voice.
Wonderful.... I am 72 and I remember Fanny. I really like reflecting on this. This is so good. Fanny never got the recognition they deserved. All girls bands were just starting to be excepted. Thank you... I always remember June and Jean because my name is Gene and my Bday is in June...lol
Brilliant 👍
The guitar player has some serious firepower. Some beautiful guitars in the videos I've seen.
She still has them and plays them , so cool .
I've only seen their Beat-Club channel performances; thanks!
I never knew they got a shot like this in America either.
I believe they were on the Sonny & Cher show as well.
Love Nickey's voice on this track so strong.
Their only hit, "Charity Ball", was played in heavy rotation in the Philly area on the old WFIL and WIBG back in 1971. Still own the 45. They should have been superstars.
I met June Millington at a club in Pittsburgh, PA in the mid to late 1980s. It was a super small venue, and June was very approachable to her fans. Plus, June can shred the guitar , TWU
Great music and performance. Just discovering them. To great appreciation.
What a strong sound, what talent and beauty.
Most excellent! I remember buying the first LP when it came out! Kudo’s to a director that appears to understand music and left the shot on the entire slide solo! The Go-Go’s were great, too. Thank you for this post. Very much appreciated.
These performances are stellar
Découvert depuis peu il y a la toute l'époque années 70 et une maîtrise chant effet instru je suis fan
Wow! Really good stuff!!! This is LIVE baby! No lip synch here!
and no autotune.
@@troubledsole9104 Yeah, how refreshing! Autotune: The tool of the truly untalented.
Jean and June Millington are awesome!
Absolutely , they all were ! 👏👏👏👏
Sounds great
So good! What a fantastic band!
69 yr. old classic rock fan & can't believe I'd never heard of these ladies until 2023 ! That's terrible ! Truly talented band .
Great band that got lost in the all of the great music of that time.
What a fantastic band- what a fantastic performance! They should have been much bigger- never knew they existed until a couple of years ago… discovered them via “ Beat Club” on RUclips…
i love it , this band i great unbeleable , the best
I just heard of these ladies. I hope it's not the last time I hear of them. They were talented!
Almost fifty years ago... 🤔
Just discovered this band. Great musicians. Unfortunate name.
Nothing wrong with their name 😊
Just perfect. On the first song they sound from time to time to J.Geils. Jean is one of my favorite bass player. Beautiful and talented
THE LIVERBIRDS, the first all girl rock band from ENGLAND in the 1960s, They toured all over ENGLAND AND EUROPE and released albums and singles,you will like them also
That takes me back a bit. Loved this group in the 70s - well, still love 'em! And Birtha was also pretty cool.
This band and a million other bands long forgotten, all had the brass ring in sight but couldn't reach it for whatever reason.
how precious artists you are!!
Great band. Hard road.
These women are all stellar players
I've seen this before, but this is great picture quality. "All Mine" is the best thing Fanny ever did. Should have been a hit. I love how June's guitar solo which was not on the studio version.
Nickey Barclay giving Melissa etheridge vibes!!! This group should've been bigger!!
I couldn't agree more! I bought their albums back in the day......they never got their due.
Except Etheridge was probably in grade school when Fanny was together.
Those are actually Janis Joplin vibes, not Melissa Etheridge!
Nickey much more versatile and talented than Etheridge.
So good dont remember them but now I can't forget them
Fabulous
Good to see, I love truly talented musicians
I'm 65 and discovered these girls only a few months ago! They were excellent in every way, but girl bands were not up to date in the early '70s. The ladies deserved more attention 👏🎶🇫🇷
Very rare performance . Great band .
Poor Alice…. made up to get the guys….if they only knew. Good on her for backing the group and getting “dolled” up for television. They’re all gorgeous gals. 👍🇨🇦🎸
Very talented band!!
AWESOME
I watched a lot of the Midnight Special but I don't remember this band. Good stuff!
Holy shit! So they could ALL sing and PLAY instruments?!
Fanny should've been BIG and LARGE...just like their peers...oh, wait! There were none like them, an all-female accomplished musical band!
Fantastic Fanny!
honestly, it’s such a shame they could never catch the same sound on the studio because the producers didn’t think women could make blues rock and they wrote their music too!
Very nice thanks for sharing that
Ever see a band play and feel yourself change a little when you realise that happened you were a freshman in high school
Wow, I don't know them but this is great...
Saw this when I was 16 in 73’, should have bought their records back then, they are great live performers , incredible musicians, hey I’d Bowie knew it, we all should have known it, listening to the music now on Apple Music, I think the record company tried to polish them up too much because they were women , they could flat out rock playing live Fanny 4ever 👍🏻⚡️⚡️⚡️
Exactly. Why live they sounded better. They hid the guitar on the albums so they didn't have a hard rock sound, for girls
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They are talented musicians,They all gave it their all
& had a sense of humor. I saw them 8 times in the early '70s
They never disappointed me. They played Max's K.C. in N.Y.C.
I'd know when they were there. They would blast that place.
Wow! Again, God bless RUclips. A Sam Phillips biography somehow led me to these cats. I'm in.
Thanks for posting, I had completely forgot about this band??
Wow, I didn't expect a Randy Newman song in this set! 3:17
Their was a Christian all girl rock band called RACHEL RACHEL, they made 2 ALBUMS, They even did the song CARRY ON WAYWARD SON, their was aiso THE RUNAWAYS, an all girl rock band from the 1970s
4:04
Are you FN serious???
The voice, the guitar
This is WORLD CLASS, timeless.
That’s Janis level singing, Page level playing.
The bass and drums are TOP NOTCH and they each shine in other parts. But that moment there at 4:04 to 4:30 is FN Zeppelin level stuff
Incredible!!
I never heard of these girls.
Born in 71'.
Missed it.....
By......
That much!
the only thing cooler than that Les Paul is how fucking great she plays it
WOW ...!!. FEELS LIKE HEAVEN !! 😍
They should be in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame for sure
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Does anyone else hear " People get ready" melody in the song?
Absolutely...
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Beautiful and talented...
I love Fanny! And the bands pretty good too! 😅👏🏻🎸😎