Seeing The Beatles & Starting The Young Rascals - Felix Cavaliere
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025
- In this video Joe Chambers, Founder and CEO of the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN interviews Felix Cavaliere. They talk about how he got a deal with Atlantic Studios and played in the same studio as Ray Charles, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.
He also discusses songwriting and how he formed the Young Rascals band and the influence that The Beatles had on his career.
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Felix is a giant of the music business, a super talent who just happens to be a gentleman! His honesty is on full display here! I had the honor of touring with Felix and the Rascals on drums for one year in the late '80s... and what stands out is Felix' generosity, honesty and talent... a great guy!
That was beautiful!
Very cool! always loved the Rascals and Felix on keyboards.
The Rascals are so underrated. As a kid I remember hit after hit from them coming out of the radio. Such a regular guy too.
James Picklehead they made some great records, no doubt.
I agree so underrated the Rascals are, just like the 4 Seasons and both bands out of Jersey.
Cudahy 1960 I'm from NJ too. Exit 7A.
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James Picklehead Not underrated at all.
God, did I love The Rascals. They were soulful as all hell. Groovin is one of those songs that I don’t think ever has to end. So many hits, so many great songs, and Felix’ vocals. Loved those guys.
Felix is a very talented guy. Humble too, he seems happy with his life. Good to see!
I grew up with The Rascals, I'm 66 and listen to them all the time. Timeless beautiful songs.
Rascals played the songs of my life in the late 60's in New Orleans . fell in love with them, still are !
I saw Felix live in Woodstock Georgia . This was maybe 20 years ago. I realized at that time he is a musical genius and part of the sound track of my life.
Extremely underrated
Another great interview. Felix Cavaliere is one of the best song writers ever; not to mention his singing and musicianship and as revealed in this interview, production skills. The Chuck Raney contribution is a revelation. But Raney never played with The Young Rascals on TV that I can recall.
Hi Professor... yes... he was only in the studio... Thanks... Joe
i've loved his music since the Rascal's earliest releases, but this is honestly the very first time i've ever seen him....a true giant of American pop music.
Felix was a HUGE reason the 60’s were so magical. Some of the best music in history came out of that decade, and Felix defined it.
Best American band of the 60s
I love this band is this vocalist as a kid the pure soul came through their music just beautiful
Legendary group. Loved all their music. Fabulous drummer Dino. And great vocals from Felix and Eddie. Gene Cornish on harmonica in Groovin was truly magical. I always Felt Felix was one of the great vocalists in Rock History
One of the foundational rock singers of all time - a living legend!
I saw them play "Good Lovin'" on Ed Sullivan and bought their album the next day. A few months later, I saw them when they were on tour in West Virginia with Dick Clark's "Where the Action is". A few years later in 1970, I saw them in Miami Beach when they played for Danny Thomas' fund raiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and Danny told the audience that not only did The Rascals (formerly Young Rascals) not only donated their pay to the fund, they paid all their own expenses in travel and everything else. This is the kind of generous and loving gentlemen they were, in addition to being great musicians. Wonderful memories! They were - and still are - the real deal.
Thank you, Felix, for creating the spark that formed this group. I still have all of their vinyl albums which I bought new. Well, my daughter is in possession because she loves music as much as I do.
Every time I hear a Young Rascal song, it take me right back to being a teen, my husband and I were dating in those days, and we listened to The Young Rascals, we still do, we both have cd’s in our cars, and albums for our stereo... I never tire of hearing my favorite songs
Felix Cavaliere is one of my musical heroes.
One of the all time great bands!
Chambers is such a great host - this whole series is beyond informative. He asks the questions we music lovers really want to know then allows the artist ample opportunity to answer. Just a class act all the way.
He really gets it!...he lets the artists talk...so many interviewers want to be the star, and talk over the guest.
I saw the Young Rascals at the Brooklyn Fox Theater and there big hit was Good Loving
They were the only group in the sixties who constantly maintained chart position on both the pop and R&B charts.
I got to Meet Felix Cavliere at an R&B fest in Brooklyn in the 90's
Thanks Donald for sharing your comments... Joe
He had one of the best names in rock n roll history. Felix Cavaliere ,,way too cool
You gotta love Felix! A personality to match his phenomenal talent. And he almost forgot to mention my fave, People Got to be Free!
"A Girl Like You" the perfect Swing dance song. Thanks Rascals!
Damn, just my many artists and bands did the Beatles influence? Mindboggling.
Felix has a stellar voice and is great on keyboards. Wonderful!
JC, thank you for this interview.
Ken, thank you for your kind comment & support for the channel. It would have meant a lot to my dad Joe, and does to me too.
Hope you can visit the museum sometime.
All the best,
Britt
Thanks Sir. Felix for all the great music. Those songs of yours were great and to those of us who were there when they were first released they were magical.
I used to own , the best of the rascals ..I had good taste back then ..such good times!
was raised on 60s pop music, and the Young Rascals' songs were highlights of my AM radio.
One of the best bands of all time. The difference in their song is amazing and they are all great. Like from different bands.
The Rascals have been my favourite band for the last 40 years...nothing else even comes close. Felix is such an awesome singer/writer/musician. The rest of the band are all awesome too of course!
The Young Rascals! Up there with the best of the best! Their music has been a part of my human spirit since they came out in the 60s! Thanks, Felix! What a musician!
Joe, I met you in 2017. I told you "Dusty in Memphis" was my favorite album. You told me all about how you got American Studios. You gave me a hat. So generous and kind. One of the biggest thrills of my life. Thank you and God bless you! I'm a big Rascals fan, too. Nice to see that Felix is a nice guy, too. Another great blue-eyed soul pioneer!
Hi Zach.... thanks for supporting the museum and now the Backstage interviews. I really appreciate you too. Glad you enjoyed the museum and RUclips channel. I’m pretty sure we opened another section in the museum since you were there so when we get over this Corona deal hopefully I’ll see you at the museum. Best, Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Hi Joe! My visit was in 2017. it inspired me to write a book about the Dusty in Memphis album, which I would love to send you and Jay copies. Let me know where I can send it.
Felix the Man...every garage band in late 60's tried to cover The Rascals!!
First concert, 1966.They were amazing!
How Can I Be Sure is unmatched brilliance in my opinion.
That tune has such heartfelt emotional awareness to it!...I get emotional just thinking about the meaning behind the lyrics.
In those days, the music was great, and life was so much simpler.
Love the way the drummer handled the sticks Yeah Yeah yeah yeah
A huge musical influence on me as a kid. It became cool to play Organ! I had an opportunity to speak with him at a show in FL some years later, he is a really nice guy. Thank you Felix!
The best interview ever. You are the best. My favorite band ever.
Thanks for your support Timothy.... Joe
I was only 6 years old and knew i was hearing and seeing something special, and still listen too!
Great singer and great group the rascals
Loved them !! We played their music at our highschool dances 💖🐈
Friends talked me into going to one of their concerts in Houston in the late 60’s. Really didn’t want to go but thankful I did Great musicians. Great concert
sound track of my youth....great band, great songs
I met Felix in the late 80s. He was as nice and modest as could be.
What a great piece. Thank you!
Love The Rascals! Thanks for the musical history lesson Joe!
Felix, you and The Rascals changed MY life as well. Thank you for the music.
They were so much more than 'Groovin'.
have been loving the Rascals' music from the 60s & listen to it to this day!!
Rascals were a great band !
Fifty years later I gave a good listen to Danelli's work on People Got to Be Free. Just plain musical.
Dino D was a great drummer and showman. "I've Been Lonely Too Long" is another good example. And of course, "Good Lovin'".
This is great. Took awhile (I'm 62) but finally bought Time Peace about 10 years ago.
Ear worm tune for the last day or so before I saw this "I've Been Lonely Too Long".
Dang! Felix, Eddie, Gene, Dino. "Good Loving". Still play it today. Riding around with my friends, had just started playing guitar and the chords just popped into my head. Still have one of Dino's sticks from when they played at FDU.
Great to see Felix looking so good.
Much thanks for the vid.
Great songs, never gets old. "It's Wonderful", I saw the Young Rascals about 40 years ago in the Catskills, and Felix, 2 years ago in Westhampton.
Felix is national treasure
That was defiantly a great era of music growing up.
THIS MAN WAS AN INCREDIBLE VOCALIST. A GIRL LIKE YOU ONE OF HIS BEST. JUST ONE OF THE MANY MANY GREAT AND UNIQUE TALENTS OF THE TIMES. WE WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM ALL.
Listening to Time Peace brings me to tears every time with its beauty & groove. Felix is one of the great songwriters & the whole band was magic
I came up playing Rascals tunes in cover bands...STILL do "Groovin'" almost every night. Met Felix and he was gracious to me...i see him every time he comes to CLE...i dont play my B-3 on the job anymore, but share Felixs' love for the instrument...rock on, Mr. Cavilere...
Bill Kazen Great instrument. A buddy of mine here in Tenn. recently bought one from a church for $50.
They somehow caught the essence, the spiritual feel, of what was going down in the culture at that time...groovy, make Love not War-type of vibe, that many of us thought was going to change society for the better...Very positive music...innocent, idealistic, and soulful....but by the end of the decade, harsh reality took over...sad!
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN', I THINK I'LL GO OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE . . . AND JUST SMILE. BREATHIN THE CLEAN FRESH AIR. AHH!
That song is mind blowing
I was a big " Young Rascals" fan as a kid.....they were my 2nd "rock concert" in 1966, ( first was Herman's Hermits in '65). Met Felix in the 1990s....he was very nice and friendly. I was glad to see them included as a cameo in the Sopranos, during Tony's remembering his youth. The Rascals at one point in the 60s, were the biggest act in the country, second only to the Beatles.....3 Italian guys and Gene Cornish !! See.......DaVinci, Michalelangelo, Fermi, Marconi, Joe Pesci, Fankie Valli and Felix !!................FUGGETTABOUTIT !!!!!
John.... Thanks for sharing your thoughts... Best,Joe
They were one of my favorite groups.
Two of my favourite songs on my playlist are 'Beautiful morning' and 'Groovin'.
I am so into these interviews. Incredible 👍🏻😎
Thanks David.... joe
Loved The Rascals!
what a great sound they made !!
Great interview. I wish Felix had talked more about being "discovered" by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Ahmet was the originator of Atlantic Records -- of Turkish extraction -- and the son of the Turkish ambassador to the USA. He signed people like Ray Charles (and wrote Ray's 1st hit Mess Around). Later signed and recorded/produced for Led Zeppelin, Aretha Franklin, and Yes. Anyway, again, great interview of a band that is sometimes overlooked. The Rascals could really play and made it big with so much NYC competition in those days.
Thanks for watching daniel.... joe
The Young Rascals were a great group back in the day when I was in High School during the Mid to late 60’s. My 3 Favorites they did back then was “I Ain’t Going To Eat Out My Heart Anymore”, “Slow Down” and “In The Mid Night Hour”. That Hammond B3 in the later 2 with Felix’s Playing made this group. No one else had that sound.
I remember being shocked,when I found out he was white,i was ten first time I heard them,an instantly became my favorite,always on my list,They laid it down,american treasures,love you guys an thx for great music
One highlight in my life was **meeting & talking with Felix** at a Dallas gig!! Great guy!
We played the Young Rascals songs in the 60’s, my brothers a B3 master and loved playing Felix’s Hammond 🎹 parts.
First time I heard & experienced stereo thru headphones was a Young Rascals album. I stayed up all night listening to it. 👍😎👍
I love these interviews, well done!
Hugo Chavez many thanks Hugo!
GREAT interview! Only thing wrong is you've GOTTA cut away to Cavaliere & The Rascals doing a song!
The (Young) Rascals were the first rock concert I ever attended, at Brooklyn Tech. A friend of mine was a second cousin to Felix, so I always felt a third-hand connection to the band.
Is there any music more joyous or infectious than the Rascals string of 60’s classics which define the era. That the Rascals are confined to that decade and never took it to the next level doesn’t detract from the majesty of Groovin’, Beautiful Morning or A Girl Like You which are just waiting for future generations to discover. If that doesn’t give Felix Cavaliere a good feeling nothing will.
Great music and great time growing up in America. American music was the Envy of the world.
That was a great interview of a guy that has given the world some great songs. I remember them being on shows like The Ed Sullivan Show. I’m going to hit iTunes and grab some of their stuff.
The sound track of my youth! Thanks Felix &co.
Absolutely brilliant group what a guy
Thanks for watching Mark... Felix is a great guy and the band was great too. Production, Performance and songs. Best, Joe
groovin! one of my all time favs, sweet harmonica part
Soundtrack of my youth!!! Thank you Mr. C😍
These are the legends who knew how to write artists compositions unlike the mundane racket coming across the air waves today by talent mocking buffoons!
THE MUSIC ENHANCEMENT CHANNEL blah, blah, blah, there is still great music coming out today, you are just living in the past. I find great new bands all the time.
@@sspbrazil Disagree. These guys are before my time but yeah, the best bands are from this era. Are there good bands today ? yeah. Amazing bands ? no.
@@renorailfanning5465 plenty of amazing bands today, not true.
Seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan changed my life. I knew I wanted to be just like the Beatles. I got with several friends from high school and we started a band. The Beatles were our influence, but when the Rascals came out we covered a number of their songs playing at frat houses and life was good. We had a few new members from time to time and opened for a few big name bands and started recording songs for our first album then I received my draft notice and others in the band graduated from college and this ended our dream. But will always be grateful to the Rascals and their music letting me live a dream for awhile.
And more than that, you probably also made a positive difference in people's lives, as a result of all that hard work.
Just a quick glance at all of the kind-hearted comments under this clip..... it's easy to tell that the listeners take their listening very seriously.
And if that's true for songs on the radio, then it's even more true for the musicians who are present live-and-in-person.
@@RichieNorthAlabama Thank you for your kind words Sir.
@@oldguy9078 And that damned draft situation, really was such a terrible drain on our youth culture back then....it was either not pass the physical, join the military, or head for Canada...a couple of my friends did relocate to Canada...one of them really liked it, and lives there 50 years later...I reluctantly joined the military...while I did not mind serving my country, I have always resented that those years took away a vital part of my time as a youth!...You cannot get those years back!
Very cool interview.
Hey David,
My dad, Joe, passed September 28th… I know he would have appreciated you comment.
Thank you for supporting the channel. Hope you can visit the museum sometime, if you haven’t already.
Best,
Britt
My favorite band of all times. ❤✌
Thanks for the steer to this interview Joe. It's top notch just like all your other ones because you let the interviewee tell complete stories. You're the best!
Thanks Floyd......Glad you enjoyed it...Joe
Although at 10, with a musical brother, I was a seasoned battle of the bands attendee, the first real band I saw live wore knickers and blew me away at age 10. I still love the sound of a Hammond and sticks that double as batons. I heard later Felix and I were at the same English Invasion benefit concert in 05. Wish I'd seen him backstage to tell him.
In 1970 I had a 63 impala with an eight track tape player. The Rascals Groovin’ was stuck in the player. I listened to it for 2 years straight. I miss those days.
We boomers lived a special time...we do not know how good we have it, until Time changes everything.
They were fantastic!
go Felix!!!
The Rascals were great! Good Lovin' forever
Thanks Felix!!!!
A boat load of feel good music came out of that band. It seemed like there was a hit from the Rascals on the radio every couple months. I thought he was very respectful about not mentioning the turmoil among the members because their legacy as a group should prevail over everything. And I had the same feeling that Felix mentioned, as an 11 or 12 year old seeing Dino Danelli on tv the first time. Your eye couldn't help but go to that guy behind the drum kit having the time of his life.
Seeing The Young Rascals on Hullabaloo singing I Ain't Gonna Eat out my Heart Anymore absolutely knocked me on my caboose. The song, the outfits, the attitude....they had it all. Seeing them live at The Phone Booth in NYC made me an even bigger fan. They were still wearing knickers.
I have to agree with Felix about the Beatles....their early material wasn't that great but I did come to appreciate their song writing skills starting with Rubber Soul.
Groovin is a beautiful song 🙂
Excellent piece.
How Can I Be Sure is an amazing song and so glad to hear the guy who wrote it talk. Waltz pop songs aren't exactly common and some of those melody steps need great ear to sing. Also one of the most covered songs in history with some amazing artists covering it. If you haven't heard it check out Dusty Springfield's version.
Genius. Genius singer, genius songwriter.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Peggy... Joe
I loved it when Felix partnered up with Manhattan Transfer back around 2004 and they collaborated on an album called "Tonin'" Of course they did "Groovin' " and Felix sang the lead and the other 4 did the backups. IT was fantastic. Eddie and David Brigatti did a cameo with Donald Fagen on his "New York Rock and Soul Revue" live CD as well. Loved the Rascals and always will. I,too, had never seen his face until just now.
I love all their songs.
But I have to say that "How Can I Be SURE" is on a par with "God Only Knows", one of the greatest songs in R&R history.
Great interview Joe! Gotta love Felix & the boys. I grew up on L.I, N.Y & remeber when they first started playing way back when. I will be seeing him perform along with Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys in March 2020 at the Oakdale in CT. Should be a great show & I can't wait. I would really love to meet Felix. So, Felix if you read this, I will be sitting in the aisle seat Section 101 Row C Seats 1&2 which is located to the left of the stage (looking out at the audience) just one row back! 👍👍🤞🤞
Sapele Steve thanks Steve...