@@davidmesple I went to high school with Pat thrall. Not only has he always been one of the most amazing guitarists ever, he's an amazing person. An incredibly nice man. I always love revisiting those early years of his career, just spectacular.
He’s living proof that you don’t need to be young to really rock out. I was really shocked at just how great he was when I saw a few years ago in London, he hasn’t lost any of his spark.
Recorded in 1979. One of the best live bands to ever hit the stage. Aldridge on drums. Cowling on bass. Thrall and Travers on guitars. Didn't matter how big the venue was. These guys had no problem rocking out a full stadium of over 60k people all the way to the top of the rear of the stadium.
Had this on vinyl. Until I stupidly moved without my vinyl collection many moons ago. One of the best live albums. Tommy Aldridge played with so many people, including the famous Ozzy lineup with Randy Rhoads and Rudy Sarzo--heard on Diary of a Madman. Another great live album by a criminally-underrated guitarist is Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush LIVE.
Written by harmonica player Stan Lewis, it was originally recorded by another harmonica player, Little Walter, on Chess Records in 1957. Little Walter (real name Marion Walter Jacobs, 1930-1968) was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. In the Pat Travers Band cover, the harmonica was replaced with guitars. The song is actually about a taboo subject: spousal abuse.
You got it right Lex. It was around the mid-70s and they would turn off the lights when the crowd yelled "Out go the lights" and then turn them back on.
Pat is so great. Seen him twice in the last 3 years and he is not to be missed. And his backing band (drummer, bass) are amazing. Current bassist is David Pastorius, nephew of bass legend Jaco Pastorius. If you get a chance to see Travers live, GO.
Like I said in the comments section, its amazing how good Travers is right now. He hasn't played in my area that I know of but I'm hoping...saw him a few times, 40, 50 years ago, & loved him, but his new, hard blues-y style blows away the more straight-rock he used to play, imo. Not that he didnt rock like a sumbitch back in the day, too...
Damn,man...I almost feel pity for you. You know ,like when you show up to your local watering hole with a pocket full of money,and the bartender says"we got pitchers of beer for 5bucks tonight"....there's a part that is happy,and a part that is dread,for what's about to happen....😂😂😂
This is an OLD blues harp number, Pat Traverse was GREAT, slayed it. 70's tune. High school youthful magic moments. Thanks for playin' it. This guy put on a show, incredible live.
Been a big Pat Travers fan since the 70's. Other tracks of Pat's to give a listen to are Snortin' Whiskey, Heat In the Street, Makes No Difference, Makin' Magic, Freight Train amongst many others. A great unsung hero is Pat.
Saw Pat and band play on a bill with Vanilla Fudge and The Doors (of the 21st Century, with Ian Astbury of The Cult fame) here in North Bay, Ontario. Pat mentioned during the concert that he had lived here when he was younger. Just another musical to this city I've lived in for over 5 decades!
Bass line is absolutely sick on this song. Peter ‘Mars’ Cowling is in my top 5 bass players of all time. I was fortunate to see this line-up of the band
Saw him do this song at a show in Kansas City at Royals Stadium in late summer 1979. IIRC, there was a crowd of 30-40k there. The stadium was shaking.. and all those people were yelling "OUT GO THE LIGHTS!!!"
Blast from the Past for me! Thanks. Had the privilege to see him in concert once back in the early eighties. And yes the guitar is distorted along with A flanger and A Chorus pedal to get the distinct sound that he has. I use it every once in awhile myself. keep up the great work🍻🇨🇦
This cover came out in late 70’s, I saw them open for Foreigner. Pat Travers was not scheduled to play that show Ozzy was, but guitarist Randy Rhodes died in plane crash before show
Distortion started in the mid 60s, a story says Dave Davies of The Kinks cut the speaker on his amp and that gave his guitar the distortion (or fuzz) on You Really Got Me. This is urban legend, I don't know this as a fact but have heard it several times.
Distortion goes back to at least to Link Wray's "Rumble" in 1958 where he punched holes in his amplifier speaker with a pencil to achieve the fuzz tone. Some would argue that it goes all the way back to the beginning in 1951 with the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats(better known as Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm). In that song, Willie Kizart's guitar was distorted because his amp had been dropped and broken, and they tried to hold the woofer together by stuffing the cabinet full of newspaper. Last I knew the amp is on display at Sun Studios in Memphis.
As far as I know, Pat Travers is still living in Apopka, Fl...saw him back in 1981 at the Seminole Jai-Alai fronton in Casselberry, Fl and The Great Sothern Music Hall in downtown Orlando...
Hey guys what's up! This brings me back to my Middle School Days. There was a little Dairy Queen rip-off place called Dairy King where I lived. they had a jukebox there. And a rollerball football game, and a couple other arcade games. Every time me and my friends would walk in the owner of the place would smile . he was a big Pat Travers fan. And he knew that we were going to play boom boom out go the lights and Snortin Whiskey and drinking cocaine. Thank you! You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
Had the opportunity to see Pat Travers live when he opened for the Jimmy Crespo/Rick Dufay version of Aerosmith in Worcester, Mass. in 1982. He really got the crowd amped up and ready for A-smith, He played this number, with the lights going out, just like in the song, and the other big song was "Snortin' Whiskey and Drinkin' Cocaine", a story about drug and alcohol abuse, Natch.
I saw him in 78 at the Palladium, in Manhattan. It was a promotion by a radio station WPIX 102 FM, for $1.02. I just happened to be walking by and figured for a buck, why not? They were the opening act for a band with Les Dudek. The Pat Travers band blew the lid off the place with this song.
Brad and Lex you just brought this old metalhead back to his youth. I loved Pat Travers. I saw him live for the first time in Madison Wisconsin in 1981. They were outstanding. He wasn't Stevie Ray Vaughn but he ripped up his electric guitar. Thanks for bringing me back to my girl chasing days. Well done!
Good reaction, gang. I know that everyone thinks the music when they were a teenager was the best, but I truly believe that being a teenager in the late '70s WAS the best. We had the previous 15 years of rock music to listen to, and some of the new rock coming out at that time was really awesome.
I remember loving this song. Some great blues here. I actually saw him live, leading off for another band. He was fantastic. It's such a pleasure sitting with you guys and listening to some great rock'n'roll! God bless you and your family!
Back in the early 80s we were camping out in a field and doing some underage drinking listening to the radio. This song is playing and right when they say "out go the lights" the street lights turned off, perfect timing! I remember it every time I hear this song. haha
The drummer at this show was Tommy Aldridge, who also played on Edgar Winter's Frankenstien and many other acts. As for Travers, I always loved the extra soul he'd put in his playing. On a few other tunes from this LP he shows he knows how to get down with the funky riff as well as make his axe holler and yowl..An underrated guitarist for sure.
Originally, distortion was achieved by over-driving a tube amp. Guitar amps have a pre-amp section which has a volume control and, in addition, a "master volume". Players would turn up the channel volume very high which would over-drive the master section, causing distortion. Later, they started making foot switch effects that would create the distortion and gave more types of distortion.
Finally... a reaction to this epic rendition of Boom Boom Out Go the Lights! One of my faves. This was a cover of an old blues song, if I'm not mistaken.
Nerdy info about the guitar tones: Pat Travers and his other guitarist Pat Thrall were early users of the A/DA Flanger pedal, which became one of the most well known and sought after pedals of its time. You can hear its distinctive "jet engine" whooshing sound at various places on this track.
There were just so many great bands in the 70's and the 80's that were under the radar that it's not possible for me to list them here. Saw the Pat Travers Band a couple of times; they were terrific!
Pat Travers is a very underrated guitar player.
I thought that was Alex Lifeson. Blah blah. :-)
Pat Thrall was the lead axe
Pat Thrall kills it on this album.
Very underrated!
@@davidmesple I went to high school with Pat thrall. Not only has he always been one of the most amazing guitarists ever, he's an amazing person. An incredibly nice man. I always love revisiting those early years of his career, just spectacular.
I saw Pat a couple summers back...old guy played some melt your face off rock and roll electric guitar.
He’s living proof that you don’t need to be young to really rock out. I was really shocked at just how great he was when I saw a few years ago in London, he hasn’t lost any of his spark.
Recorded in 1979. One of the best live bands to ever hit the stage. Aldridge on drums. Cowling on bass. Thrall and Travers on guitars.
Didn't matter how big the venue was. These guys had no problem rocking out a full stadium of over 60k people all the way to the top of the rear of the stadium.
I did not know Aldridge was drumming. One of my favz!
@@alexjuvy475 He was doing his bare handed drum solo back then.
Had this on vinyl. Until I stupidly moved without my vinyl collection many moons ago. One of the best live albums. Tommy Aldridge played with so many people, including the famous Ozzy lineup with Randy Rhoads and Rudy Sarzo--heard on Diary of a Madman. Another great live album by a criminally-underrated guitarist is Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush LIVE.
@@thomasbrissee3251 I agree.
Released January 1, 1979.
The original version was older but Pat Travers was popular in the late 70's and early 80's.
Written by harmonica player Stan Lewis, it was originally recorded by another harmonica player, Little Walter, on Chess Records in 1957. Little Walter (real name Marion Walter Jacobs, 1930-1968) was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. In the Pat Travers Band cover, the harmonica was replaced with guitars. The song is actually about a taboo subject: spousal abuse.
Well, it's not like the meaning is really hidden, y'know. Pretty in-your-face lyrics.
"No reason? I can think about nine while being drunk!!!!" - Bill Burr
Gotta do Snorti'n Whiskey next
Most definitely !!!
and drinkin co-cane….
Audience participation at concerts back then was absolutely great. Loads & Loads of fun.
You got it right Lex. It was around the mid-70s and they would turn off the lights when the crowd yelled "Out go the lights" and then turn them back on.
Ima witness…1978….boom boom….
82 live for me Boom Boom
Pat is so great. Seen him twice in the last 3 years and he is not to be missed. And his backing band (drummer, bass) are amazing. Current bassist is David Pastorius, nephew of bass legend Jaco Pastorius. If you get a chance to see Travers live, GO.
Like I said in the comments section, its amazing how good Travers is right now. He hasn't played in my area that I know of but I'm hoping...saw him a few times, 40, 50 years ago, & loved him, but his new, hard blues-y style blows away the more straight-rock he used to play, imo. Not that he didnt rock like a sumbitch back in the day, too...
man i have not heard this in decades but used to hear it all the time in the '70s and into the early '80s. live music was such a big thing.
Snorting whiskey and drinking cocaine is another good Pat Travers song
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Yeah, love that one
That was our when we were partying back in the late 70s early 80s. We were bad boyz lolol.
4sure !!!
Ray " Boom Boom " Mancini used it as his walk up song . Lightweight champ
1976, hell of a party album I was 20 that year and just come back home from Thailand 😊
Damn,man...I almost feel pity for you. You know ,like when you show up to your local watering hole with a pocket full of money,and the bartender says"we got pitchers of beer for 5bucks tonight"....there's a part that is happy,and a part that is dread,for what's about to happen....😂😂😂
1979
This is an OLD blues harp number, Pat Traverse was GREAT, slayed it. 70's tune. High school youthful magic moments. Thanks for playin' it. This guy put on a show, incredible live.
I think this was my winner. My older brother had great albums, this was one!!
I’ve seen this live in concert a couple of times, boy does he really get the crowd going with this song.🥁💣🎸🔥
Ditto - Victoria Memorial Arena, Victoria BC Canada early 80's
It's the Blues. Original by Little Walter in mid-50s.
Man, I haven't heard this tune inn such a long time.
Been a big Pat Travers fan since the 70's. Other tracks of Pat's to give a listen to are Snortin' Whiskey, Heat In the Street, Makes No Difference, Makin' Magic, Freight Train amongst many others. A great unsung hero is Pat.
live version from 1979 live album.
Yes. This is exactly what the song entails.
Saw Pat Travers preform at an old Theater in Massachusetts back in late 70's, great show!
I saw Pat Travers in concern when they opened for Foreigner. Great show.
Yeah! Pat Travers always has been and always will be fabulous. 🤟🤟🤪🤣👍👍
That’s FLORIDA Rock n roll!
I seen him backstage when I worked in a concert venue and sat there around 20 ft from him. A sober and happy Pat Traverse
I saw Pat Travers live at the Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl. He rocked it!
Pat Travers does an amazing version of "Born under a bad sign" it's a must listen too !!!
Cover of Green Eyed Lady is killer.
Haven't heard this in a minute!! Good track 👍
Saw PT in 2021, still going strong! Got to meet him after the show and talk and take a few pics. So gracious! One of my favorite Candian rockers!
One of my favorites! This was played in the bars all the time in the early 80s.
Another great Canadian from Toronto Ontario
Another Canadian band listen to all the time
Yes & YES !!!…..This is the best Pat Travers version…Every instrument was blazing !
Pat Travers is the best! Very underrated guitar player and great voice. Been rocking with Pat since 1976!
I was in that bar in the 70's. He jumped from 2-top to 2-top while playing a.solo.
1976
Songs older than that but this great live version is from 1976.
Badass band,l saw them open up for Foghat back in 81/82,also saw them many times during Fiesta time down here in SA🤘🤘🤘
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Saw Pat and band play on a bill with Vanilla Fudge and The Doors (of the 21st Century, with Ian Astbury of The Cult fame) here in North Bay, Ontario. Pat mentioned during the concert that he had lived here when he was younger. Just another musical to this city I've lived in for over 5 decades!
Saw Pat in the late 70s, did a great show. 🎸🎶
Bass line is absolutely sick on this song. Peter ‘Mars’ Cowling is in my top 5 bass players of all time. I was fortunate to see this line-up of the band
Great reaction again. Thanks. You both are so spot on!
Seen this band in early 80's.
My ears been ringing ever since.
These guys are LOUD AF!
Saw him do this song at a show in Kansas City at Royals Stadium in late summer 1979. IIRC, there was a crowd of 30-40k there.
The stadium was shaking.. and all those people were yelling "OUT GO THE LIGHTS!!!"
I forget all about this song. And how good it was
Blast from the Past for me! Thanks. Had the privilege to see him in concert once back in the early eighties. And yes the guitar is distorted along with A flanger and A Chorus pedal to get the distinct sound that he has. I use it every once in awhile myself. keep up the great work🍻🇨🇦
I saw Pat several times in his hey day (and mine). He was always good live. Another great Canadian artist. Boogie Blues...
This cover came out in late 70’s, I saw them open for Foreigner. Pat Travers was not scheduled to play that show Ozzy was, but guitarist Randy Rhodes died in plane crash before show
They were probably playing in a large arena. Concerts were huge in the 70s and 80s.
Distortion started in the mid 60s, a story says Dave Davies of The Kinks cut the speaker on his amp and that gave his guitar the distortion (or fuzz) on You Really Got Me. This is urban legend, I don't know this as a fact but have heard it several times.
Michael Jensen: It's true. I remember him being interviewed in 1964, saying that he'd sliced his speakers and got the fuzz tone on You Really Got Me.
@@lukabloom409 he also experimented with putting pins in the speakers kind of like someone sewing puts pins in cloth to change the sound.
Distortion goes back to at least to Link Wray's "Rumble" in 1958 where he punched holes in his amplifier speaker with a pencil to achieve the fuzz tone.
Some would argue that it goes all the way back to the beginning in 1951 with the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats(better known as Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm). In that song, Willie Kizart's guitar was distorted because his amp had been dropped and broken, and they tried to hold the woofer together by stuffing the cabinet full of newspaper. Last I knew the amp is on display at Sun Studios in Memphis.
I love this tune! .. been listening to this very live performance for decades .. never gets old! .. absolute classic !! .. great fun tune !!
Like he said, this in an old rhythm and blues, boogie/woogie song….but totally rocked out!
This was the late ‘70s!
Great song !!!
Saw him in a bar in Portland Maine in 84. Good times
One of my favourite songs and he's Canadian to boot.
Pat Travers Band - Dedication, is a great song !
Bonham, Peart, Aldridge, for me. Loved this band!!!
and Mars Cowling an absolute monster on bass
@@TonyShepps he is from another planet.
As far as I know, Pat Travers is still living in Apopka, Fl...saw him back in 1981 at the Seminole Jai-Alai fronton in Casselberry, Fl and The Great Sothern Music Hall in downtown Orlando...
Thanks guys. I haven't heard this song in many years.
Great jamming band saw him several times in the early 70’s
Fing tight band, massive takent. Those jazz chords and timing are crazy. The bass, mindblowing.
I saw him in the early 80's, my favorite song ever especially when the crowd joins in
Hey guys what's up! This brings me back to my Middle School Days. There was a little Dairy Queen rip-off place called Dairy King where I lived. they had a jukebox there. And a rollerball football game, and a couple other arcade games. Every time me and my friends would walk in the owner of the place would smile . he was a big Pat Travers fan. And he knew that we were going to play boom boom out go the lights and Snortin Whiskey and drinking cocaine. Thank you! You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
The 70s was the era of no-holds-barred electric guitar. He does a version of Statesboro Blues that is incredibly awesome.
Had the opportunity to see Pat Travers live when he opened for the Jimmy Crespo/Rick Dufay version of Aerosmith in Worcester, Mass. in 1982. He really got the crowd amped up and ready for A-smith, He played this number, with the lights going out, just like in the song, and the other big song was "Snortin' Whiskey and Drinkin' Cocaine", a story about drug and alcohol abuse, Natch.
I saw him live when he opened for Rush. Super fun live act. 11,000 screaming "Out go the lights" was cool.
I saw him in 78 at the Palladium, in Manhattan. It was a promotion by a radio station WPIX 102 FM, for $1.02. I just happened to be walking by and figured for a buck, why not? They were the opening act for a band with Les Dudek. The Pat Travers band blew the lid off the place with this song.
I saw Pat Travers open for Foghat in 1980 and remember this song being played,he'd say Boom Boom the fans would stand and yell Out go the lights .
Oh yeah.
Great choice
I saw them in 1979 at a Day On The Green in Oakland CA with about 50,000 other people in the crowd. (Yes fifty thousand) straight up Rock and roll
Brad and Lex you just brought this old metalhead back to his youth. I loved Pat Travers. I saw him live for the first time in Madison Wisconsin in 1981. They were outstanding. He wasn't Stevie Ray Vaughn but he ripped up his electric guitar. Thanks for bringing me back to my girl chasing days. Well done!
this is one of the best live albums of all time. Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge were in the band at this point. The best line up with Travers.
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Saw Pat Travers many a time in, yep Lex, the mid-70s.
So fun to see a first experience!
She was spellbound.
Rock on Pat!
Banger 🤘🤘
Cowlings is a mad bass player!!! You guys are becoming my favorite reaction peoples!! Lex, never stop smiling!
This entire album is awesome 👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️🤘🤘🤘
My first rock concert as a kid in the late 70's.
The album "Crash and Burn" was a classic.
Good reaction, gang. I know that everyone thinks the music when they were a teenager was the best, but I truly believe that being a teenager in the late '70s WAS the best. We had the previous 15 years of rock music to listen to, and some of the new rock coming out at that time was really awesome.
Brad's stoned...😎🤩
This was on every juke box around!!!! Boom boom out go the lights !!!!!
I heard this 10,000 times growing up.
This is from a live album called Live! Go For What You Know released in 1979. It reached platinum status in the US.
I remember loving this song. Some great blues here. I actually saw him live, leading off for another band. He was fantastic. It's such a pleasure sitting with you guys and listening to some great rock'n'roll! God bless you and your family!
This is why I love your channel. You are the only channel reacting to songs like this from my teenage years! Keep up the good work ☘️✌️
Back in the early 80s we were camping out in a field and doing some underage drinking listening to the radio. This song is playing and right when they say "out go the lights" the street lights turned off, perfect timing! I remember it every time I hear this song. haha
Never heard this one before. Alot talent going on.
I met Pat about 6 years ago backstage right before a show. Never met a nicer guy.
The drummer at this show was Tommy Aldridge, who also played on Edgar Winter's Frankenstien and many other acts. As for Travers, I always loved the extra soul he'd put in his playing. On a few other tunes from this LP he shows he knows how to get down with the funky riff as well as make his axe holler and yowl..An underrated guitarist for sure.
I grew up in Youngstown Ohio where a famous boxer named Ray Boom Boom Mancini was from. This was his theme song for awhile lol
Originally, distortion was achieved by over-driving a tube amp. Guitar amps have a pre-amp section which has a volume control and, in addition, a "master volume". Players would turn up the channel volume very high which would over-drive the master section, causing distortion. Later, they started making foot switch effects that would create the distortion and gave more types of distortion.
That was a killer Concert. Nuff said.
we had a girl in our high school nicknamed Boom Boom.
I won’t ask 😂
@@rumien1383 you already know.
@@JuandeFucaU 😁😁
Finally... a reaction to this epic rendition of Boom Boom Out Go the Lights! One of my faves. This was a cover of an old blues song, if I'm not mistaken.
Nerdy info about the guitar tones: Pat Travers and his other guitarist Pat Thrall were early users of the A/DA Flanger pedal, which became one of the most well known and sought after pedals of its time. You can hear its distinctive "jet engine" whooshing sound at various places on this track.
There were just so many great bands in the 70's and the 80's that were under the radar that it's not possible for me to list them here. Saw the Pat Travers Band a couple of times; they were terrific!
I saw Pat Travers open for Foghat in 1980.
Straight up rockin' blues
This was a live performance and they were making the crowd a part of the song.
We named a drink after this song back in the late 70s. Only thing I remember about it is that it was green, and a lot of liquor.