Much respect to Mike Douglas (and Merv Griffin). Check out the earlier You Tube videos......These guys really showcased a lot of Black entertainers as well as Comedians long before Midnight Special and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Peace.
These comments.... Not lip synced I got the lips. So you want to compare Larry Graham & Graham Central Station to The Commodores Kool & the Gang and such in that case I could compare also Stanley Clarke Return to Forever Jaco Pastorius and weather report evidently you don't know dit about Funk how about the group Slave or Radio or George Duke da funk.....Tina Weymouth.... JB and The Flames...The Meters...Pleasure ..Mass Production ..The Ohio Played yourself...AWB...GET LIFTED by KC and The...well you kno....Herbie Handed yoastoya.... don't funk wit my funk or you might get funked up....so get the funk outta my face.....
Ketter Betts... Abraham Laboriel...Sting.... Brick...Brass Construction....A Taste of Honey....Entwhistle....Lee..... THE GAP BAND... ZAPP... Tom Browne okay ohay I'll stop....
* I meant to say, "Long before anybody heard of Prince, Larry Graham was making his lengendary status known by being a guitarist with Sly and the Family Stone and eventually showing off his own talents with his own group Graham Central Station. Their albums were wonderful. Graham Central Station didn't get the credit I think they deserved. There was so much to choose from in the '70s.
@@69TTDid you mean GRAND CENTRAL? Prince formed that band with a cousin of his. Great thing is Graham went from being an influence of Prince to playing in his band.
Bought that album in the summer of 76' "Mirror" Played it till the wheels feel off! Great year! My favorite band and album at the time... And the Raiders won the superbowl!
Oh my God.. This is INCREDIBLE!..I didn't know this existed..A super funk medley with "The Jam" "Your Love" and "It's Alright". Graham Central Station.. one of the greatest bands ever.
I think Graham is highly rated as a player and bassist innovator.. His work with Sly is hailed and legendary!! Now maybe his GSC work is overlooked/overshadowed by his Family Stone days as well as his solo work!! But those of us(there's a Lot like you and i) that were into 1970s funk,soul,r and b,jazz funk etc music are fully aware and appreciative of this group!@!!! Be cool...
I loved the Mirror, I've got a reason great vocals especially at the end of song Larry hold a falsetto note for ever, Love Larry he's also a great human being and a nice guy. Legendary!
Songs: The Jam, Your Love, It's Alright. These are the first 3 tracks off their Ain't No Bout A Doubt it album. Odd that they didn't play any off the Mirror album.
Larry Graham started a new era & phase in music. His style of playing bass was and is still over the top stupendous & great, but it also changed the emphasis on how music was constructed, in just about in every R&B group on the current scene. LARRY GRAHAM's bass playing style is copied by millions of bassist on the earth & his influential sound is still present in today's R&B & Funk & Soul music. Graham is an icon & innovator. And if he had a nickel for every bassist & music derived from L.G.'s innovativeness he'd be a billionaire many times over & over again!!!😄💯/💯
Yes, first sly, then Larry were adding the Pentacostal Church vibe grooves harmonies in they music.. Thus, the creating what I call the wave of the Funk.. First James Brown, then Sly, and then Larry..
This jam is what you call a funk medley guys. Yeah nice set and all in 4 minutes. Larry Graham central station is an unsung funk testiment but his affiliation with Sly is undeniable. Graham has the same spirit today,working with Prince. He's the best when u get down to the bass slap.
get down wit ur bad self!! love the energy and the polished look, they always look like they're enjoying themselves when they perform. u can just feel it! wish i coulda seen them live in concert!
Bad enough that Larry's playing is so tight but he sings while playing. Ridiculous. Not fair. Trivia: after Mike Douglas show moved from Philly to LA guess who bought his house? The one and only Teddy Pendergrass.
Prince and Flea from RHC agree!!!! I do too. But I also love his deep, sexy baritone oh yeah, from the Sly & the Family Stone days, to GCS, to his solo period in the 80s. Love Larry!!!!
Larry Graham and Graham Central Station one of the greatest funk band's ever saw them in Rochester Newyork in the 70s still one of the best concerts i have ever attended
Never seen this clip before pure Funk,I remember getting "Aint' no bout a Doubt it" for Xmas of 75......Larry Graham and G.C.S always Funkin" hard..........
Sly Influence So Much Funk For Real....!!!!!!!! Graham needed to break out kinda the the Funkadelic and Goerge Clinton....to much FUNK for one group..........
OH-OH-they're KILLIN' IT-THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT PEOPLE! But why is the video footage and sound skipping throughout? To whoever posted this please go back and add the missing parts and then re-post this; this is just f_cking amazing! 9-16-24.
She's originally a Broadway performer. She can be excused because she doesn't know shit about this or and type of funk. Hell, one of her first movies was "Pennies From Heaven" with Steve Martin. Can't get any more "white bread" than that. Peace.
Man a lot of personnel changes in the group so early must've been the downfall of CGS and Larry's dictatorship lol Patrice Banks 'Chocolate ' is gone and The drummer who was amazing Willie is gone however, they are both on the Mirror album very bizarre
The funk box is what the band sang it was. When as a young white teen they opened for Billy Preston. I'd never seen anything like them & they made eye contact with us all. Took me years. Later to learn to play that style. Very inspirational turning point for me as a bassist. I'm a rocker, but Larry was the 1st I'd seen play like that. Blew my friend & I away!! That's how they giged, full throttle.
Larry Graham is the Godfather of slap bass, truly great funk bass!!!
He slapped da funk out of his bass❤😊
Larry dancing while crunching the funk on that bass....absolutely amazing.....
Much respect to Mike Douglas (and Merv Griffin). Check out the earlier You Tube videos......These guys really showcased a lot of Black entertainers as well as Comedians long before Midnight Special and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Peace.
These comments.... Not lip synced I got the lips. So you want to compare Larry Graham & Graham Central Station to The Commodores Kool & the Gang and such in that case I could compare also Stanley Clarke Return to Forever Jaco Pastorius and weather report evidently you don't know dit about Funk how about the group Slave or Radio or George Duke da funk.....Tina Weymouth.... JB and The Flames...The Meters...Pleasure ..Mass Production ..The Ohio Played yourself...AWB...GET LIFTED by KC and The...well you kno....Herbie Handed yoastoya.... don't funk wit my funk or you might get funked up....so get the funk outta my face.....
Ketter Betts... Abraham Laboriel...Sting.... Brick...Brass Construction....A Taste of Honey....Entwhistle....Lee..... THE GAP BAND... ZAPP... Tom Browne okay ohay I'll stop....
@Arthur Workman One performance I will never forget is Richard's routine about Rumpelstilskin on Sullivan's show.
This band was on fire and at full power... very impressive yet easy to dance to!
* I meant to say, "Long before anybody heard of Prince, Larry Graham was making his lengendary status known by being a guitarist with Sly and the Family Stone and eventually showing off his own talents with his own group Graham Central Station. Their albums were wonderful. Graham Central Station didn't get the credit I think they deserved. There was so much to choose from in the '70s.
Prince performed with them back in those days at a young age!
@@69TTDid you mean GRAND CENTRAL? Prince formed that band with a cousin of his.
Great thing is Graham went from being an influence of Prince to playing in his band.
Bought that album in the summer of 76' "Mirror"
Played it till the wheels feel off!
Great year! My favorite band and album at the time... And the Raiders won the superbowl!
REMEMBERING GUITARIST
DAVID "DYNAMITE" VEGA
(November 7, 1953 - November 10, 2007)
[GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION]
**11/07/2021**
Graham I never knew he had such range with his voice. He can get high beautifully and low just as much
For real
it's What his Mother,
Taught ,him from play
Ing in CHURCH !, AMEN!.
Look up "I Got A Reason" and listen to the last minute or so. One of the longest and highest notes I've ever heard.
Oh my God.. This is INCREDIBLE!..I didn't know this existed..A super funk medley with "The Jam" "Your Love" and "It's Alright".
Graham Central Station.. one of the greatest bands ever.
I never knew that Larry Graham sang lead vocals on the song Your Love! WOW, what an amazing voice he has!!
Yeah. I thought it was da girl singing
There ain't nobody as cool as Larry Graham. LEGEND !
The most underrated funk band (and MAN) of all time.
Miko Montgomery i met him a few times personally and i love this man!!!!!
I think Graham is highly rated as a player and bassist innovator..
His work with Sly is hailed and legendary!!
Now maybe his GSC work is overlooked/overshadowed by his Family Stone days as well as his solo work!!
But those of us(there's a Lot like you and i) that were into 1970s funk,soul,r and b,jazz funk etc music are fully aware and appreciative of this group!@!!!
Be cool...
I have to disagree with that comment... GCS was NEVER underrated!!! Larry always shined even with SLY
Totally agree
@@1970sBestMusic But he walso with warner Brothers and ended up touring with Prince......
I honestly see why Prince LOVED Larry Graham as a bass player....
The brother was bad!!!
So was Mark Adams(Rip) from slave!☺
❤can u dig dat?🎉
This is 🎶 Musica ❤
I loved the Mirror, I've got a reason great vocals especially at the end of song Larry hold a falsetto note for ever, Love Larry he's also a great human being and a nice guy. Legendary!
Mike Douglas and the crew did not KNOW what was being established! This is history in the making! This music is like a live textbook!
Imagine flipping through the channels in the mid 70’s and seeing this.
A sample of why Graham Central Station was one of my favorite groups of the 1970s. Can you handle that, baby? Jam!!!
Your Love always sounded like a song Prince was clearly influenced by!
Was just about to type the same thing! GCS is his best kept secret. Also, Partyman is clearly his homage to It's Alright
Definitely Dedrick.!!
I also hear GCS Today in some of Prince work too. Dang they were good live back in the day. I was just in elementary school then. Choclet was fine too
Larry Graham and GCS were the baddest band from east to west!!!!!!!
Yeah! I saw that show in 1978 @ HCC! Was chanting that for WEEKS!😆
Songs: The Jam, Your Love, It's Alright. These are the first 3 tracks off their Ain't No Bout A Doubt it album. Odd that they didn't play any off the Mirror album.
I love Prince, but, to me Larry Graham was a good, before anybody heard of Prince. Hail, Mr. Graham, your royalty becomes you.
The BEST!!!! I LOVED ME some Larry Graham back in the day and STILL DO!!!
Me2❤
Larry was Killing that Fender Bass but I do have to say he looks like Sammy Davis Jr when he makes that Face hahaha
Larry Graham started a new era & phase in music. His style of playing bass was and is still over the top stupendous & great, but it also changed the emphasis on how music was constructed, in just about in every R&B group on the current scene.
LARRY GRAHAM's bass playing style is copied by millions of bassist on the earth & his influential sound is still present in today's R&B & Funk & Soul music. Graham is an icon & innovator. And if he had a nickel for every bassist & music
derived from L.G.'s innovativeness he'd be a billionaire many times over & over again!!!😄💯/💯
Yes, first sly, then Larry were adding the Pentacostal Church vibe grooves harmonies in they music.. Thus, the creating what I call the wave of the Funk.. First James Brown, then Sly, and then Larry..
Look at that Bass, Looks like what Marcus Miller is selling now....
This jam is what you call a funk medley guys. Yeah nice set and all in 4 minutes. Larry Graham central station is an unsung funk testiment but his affiliation with Sly is undeniable. Graham has the same spirit today,working with Prince. He's the best when u get down to the bass slap.
The best bass player on the planet Earth....
i would have a two-way tie betwee him and Louis Johnson
dbd1353 I'd like to add Kirk from Aurra to that list.
Mark Adams (Rip) from slave is the best to me!
PRINCE rips this off 100%. Shame there were never any SLY + The FAMILY STONE/GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION shows. Oh...GEORGE CLINTON took care of that.
Da Familia lives on.....
get down wit ur bad self!! love the energy and the polished look, they always look like they're enjoying themselves when they perform. u can just feel it! wish i coulda seen them live in concert!
Bad enough that Larry's playing is so tight but he sings while playing. Ridiculous. Not fair.
Trivia: after Mike Douglas show moved from Philly to LA guess who bought his house? The one and only Teddy Pendergrass.
They were JAMMING on this performance especially with the choreography and dance moves.....Wonderful performance.....
LG is was and always will be the baddest!!
My bass idol as a youngster in 1975.
that shit was BADASSSS
This is one of the funkiest, tightest and freakiest performances i've seen!
Called "It's Alright"
On that song your love, he looks alot like Damon Wayans with hair.... KICK BUTT BAND though
The best bass player on the planet
Prince and Flea from RHC agree!!!! I do too. But I also love his deep, sexy baritone oh yeah, from the Sly & the Family Stone days, to GCS, to his solo period in the 80s. Love Larry!!!!
Mark Adams (Rip) from SLAVE is the best to me, Larry Graham is my second favorite!☺
Larry Graham and Graham Central Station one of the greatest funk band's ever saw them in Rochester Newyork in the 70s still one of the best concerts i have ever attended
Check out keyboard player at 3:06 -- so funky he had to come out to dance!
David Dynamite!!!!!!!! Look at my man at :40 seconds lol
LAWD!!! How was one man so freaking gifted by God?!?!?
Amen 🎉😊
This is The Real GCS! The Original Band ! The Best That Evet Did It
No its not
Patrice Banks & Willie Wild on drums two original members are missing here
Nobody out-funks Larry Graham
You got that right sister✊🏾💯
Mark Adams (Rip) from slave!☺
Classic!! The original band..
The intro sounds like Billy Preston’s Outta Space.
That's from The Jam....
Dude... awesome! That was smokin'!
Mike Douglas had the best of 70's on his show, including Rufus, and Chaka without Rufus, playing drums.
Roger dat ❤
He spiced up Jimi's outfit from Woodstock a bit
Graham and Prince and Maceo.....great music!!
This is so good!, I'm going to funk so.funkin, ~ Junkie ,.~
Did They Run Thru Them Songs Like WHUT ? ! ! !
Also appeared on Soul Train without the hair on his face in 1977.
Yes!!! Thank you!!! 1Nation4Life
Where Patrice .... ?and Willie Wild on drums ...
Yeah i noticed that too
LG got vocal range tho
Amazing 🤗😇🤔🍎
Never seen this clip before pure Funk,I remember getting "Aint' no bout a Doubt it" for Xmas of 75......Larry Graham and G.C.S always Funkin" hard..........
I still post it like dat. No bout adoubt it 😊
Unusual clothing and people.
oh, my GOD, that pocket at 3:08......................Larry just crunching the funk!
Sly Influence So Much Funk For Real....!!!!!!!! Graham needed to break out kinda the the Funkadelic and Goerge Clinton....to much FUNK for one group..........
David Vega passed way too early. We lived across the street from his family.
Wow
The literal offshoot of Sly and the Family Stone.
A lit of Sly influence, 4sho
3:07-3:20 funkiest 13 seconds in the history of funk
Best funk band ever!!!
Graham Central Station big up to them man.
OH-OH-they're KILLIN' IT-THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT PEOPLE! But why is the video footage and sound skipping throughout? To whoever posted this please go back and add the missing parts and then re-post this; this is just f_cking amazing! 9-16-24.
Funkier than a hot stanking pot a chittlins.
Lol..you are fun nee!
Preach and teach 😅
They killed it
GCS the baddest band from east to west.
I Wish I Could See What David Dynamite Plays On The Jam Lick for Lick ! ! !
The one and only Mr. Thumb Funk Plucking soul man Larry Graham with a full touch of Sly Stone Feel the need to express yourself. Yhea
いやあ～～～音もビジュアルもカッチョイイーーー！！！LARRYになりてーーー！！！❤❤❤❤❤
Legend!
Mr. Larry Graham.
why does bernadette peters have that look on her face???
She's originally a Broadway performer. She can be excused because she doesn't know shit about this or and type of funk. Hell, one of her first movies was "Pennies From Heaven" with Steve Martin. Can't get any more "white bread" than that. Peace.
+Roger Nelson I was thinking the same thing...she looks like she has to fart.
I was thinking the same thing.
+Roger Nelson She was high!! lol She still was fine.
+Superfoot - Looking at it a second time I believe your right.
Larry Graham and his wife are Jehovah's Witnesses today and he also studied with Prince and brought him into the Truth 😁
DAYUM!!!
OutStanding Performance ! ! !
This is when Larry Graham shaved his bread just like Billy Preston did in 1976. They looked better without it.
And Prince used this song, or at least the beginning, when he'd do bass jams.
Larry graham is to the bass what jimi Hendrix was to the guitar!
Behold Prince's mentor and Drake's uncle!!!!
That doesn't look like Patrice "Chocolate" Banks!!
That's Jimi Hendrix not Larry Graham
Legendary
Go GCS, Go !!!!!!
Man a lot of personnel changes in the group so early must've been the downfall of CGS and Larry's dictatorship lol Patrice Banks 'Chocolate ' is gone and The drummer who was amazing Willie is gone however, they are both on the Mirror album very bizarre
There was just one thing I didnt like,the guitar player`s tone of his guitar when he solos....
yeah...pretty cheesy tone
Larry Graham is a Jehovah's Witness
His brother is Drake's father!
Hey that wasnt patrice "chocolate" banks nor the original drummer though!
The rapper Drake's Uncle...
What instrument is she playing?
It's a drum machine called "FunkBox"
The funk box is what the band sang it was. When as a young white teen they opened for Billy Preston. I'd never seen anything like them & they made eye contact with us all. Took me years. Later to learn to play that style. Very inspirational turning point for me as a bassist. I'm a rocker, but Larry was the 1st I'd seen play like that. Blew my friend & I away!! That's how they giged, full throttle.
!!!!!!!!!
GCS the Baddest group from east to west....... GCS the Baddest group from east to west........
So much blow....
Звук ...😢
L.G. be da man! Too bad he's married!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
That’s my dear ol friend David Dynamite Vega on guitar 🎸
RIP
Haa! That's what ahm talkin bout !