Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23" (Live 1977)
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2017
- PERFORMANCE: Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (1977)
SINGLE RELEASE DATE: July 1977
PEAK BILLBOARD POSITIONS:
R&B Singles…..#1 - August 6, 1977 (1 week)
Hot 100 Singles….#5 
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As a 100% white boy I can truly appreciate this!! Git da funk outta my face, I'll be good to you, Strawberry letter 23. Just absolute genius. I'm so glad this was my soundtrack growing up. BTW.. Don Kirshner's rock concerts were the SHIT!!!! Nothing will ever capture the music and the times like this program. If you don't think so, just look it up. Unlike other shows (Top of the Pops, any Merv Griffins/Dinah Shores) there were no dubbing or pre-recording. Just live music!!!
Phenomenal . . . this song is very difficult to perform live & have it sound anything like the recorded version!
That guitar break always reminded me of something Yes would do back in that era. Really cool to see them play this live...bass is deeply funky and the guitars are mesmerizing.
Cosmic and spacey stuff!
Arghh the seventies was such a flamboyant era
Louis Johnson is an effing monsta!
I believe not everyone knows but this song was composed by Shuggie Ottis and recorded on his 1971 album. The guitar was also created and recorded by him, who was only 17 years old. His classic anthological guitar riff, on the Brothers Johnson recording, was played by guitarist Lee Ritenour.
They dont make this shit no more kiddies...stone cold classic
Lighting Licks and Thunder Thumbs. Sooo much talent...
Much luv from Brazil....
I want this music era back .... Now.
Me too 😢
I just love the breakdown of this joint the guitar's are of the chain and the bass.
The studio version is a masterpiece
So if you ever Need a definition of the phrase “slappin that bass”. This is your instructional video. Also props to those amazing 70s jumpsuit LOL
I wish people still dressed this way
🔥🔥🔥 That bass in the pocket with the drums? Ohhh!! That's some NAStY sht!!! I played the first minute 50x. STANK!!!!
MASTERPIECE LOCK IT UP IN A TIME CAPSULE SEND TO THE STARS 🎉🎉🎉
RIP Louis Johnson...the baddest bass player ever! Gone way too soon.
i dig all the name basslappers but thgunder thumbs Johnson iz on top
I was just about to post the same comment. His playing was something very special.
Shannon K. Seriously, that music man bass is icon and will never be forgotten
💫✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🎶🎶🎶🎶👌💬💬💬💬💬💬💬🌜🖤🌛
I love James Jamerson, but Louis Johnson was a monsta!
This is my jam! And my man on bass was on fire!
*That Pacino trumpet playin pink jumpsuit bearded fella though...............*
It is crazy how they dressed back then. Like, that was NORMAL back then, ha.
😂😂😂😂
This song jayum to the 10th ! Black community staple music. If you’ve been to a BBQ without hearing this it didn’t count
Earth, Wind and Johnson
Louis steals the show!!!
George Johnson plays the guitar left handed , reminds me of JIMI HENDRIX.
Exactly! And he was so fine! Such a beautiful man. Awesome voice.
The bass guitar 🎸 intro is stone cold 🥶 🙌🏾
I have to give a whole bunch of credit to the Brothers Johnson!!!! What an excellent Performance!!!! GREAT bass line throughout (the guy is on fire), excellent guitars in the instrumental bridge, spot on backing vocals and overall, everything!!!! It's one thing to do it In the studio, but to replicate it live is where the real talent shines and these guys had it!!!!
Louis Johnson was a monstrosity! No one better.
OMG. Relax
When I try to imagine what heaven is like, I would have to say, it's probably like that guitar solo....floating....eclectic....euphoric...but most importantly....funky.
This is so amazing. Amazing song, amazing group, and an amazing live performance. Great talent on display. Nothing sampled or autotuned. This is how music should be. We'll probably never see it done right like this again in the R&B genre. So sad.
Childhood memories, hazy hot summer nights. Love it!
My jam from childhood! This is great! They sound the same live as in the recording! Excellent!
When I used to hurt us on the radio as a kid the guitar break seem like it came from Mars I completely didn't expect it but you actually hear them do it live was amazing
Louis Johnson one of the bass greats. Up there with Jamerson
Oldies School's music 🎵🎶🎵
Good Lord,this is SO freaking good.These guys were so underrated
I was 17 when this song first came out...I didn't care for it...but years later, I saw it for the masterpiece it was...
That fro was dope as hell.
A brilliant song. Love the original but the Brothers J added something (unlike most covers). Great live performance.
This was impressive.
This song exists yet there are still people analyzing Stairway to Heaven.
Great live performance!
WOW!!!!! This does the stunning record version proud! A little quicker, but performed so well. I'd have been buzzing with energy and pride had I been up there. The guitar break was spot on, even with added speed. A little hypnotic reverb swell at the end of the twin guitars would've been chef's kiss.
First heard this in Jackie brown and was blown away
I just loved these guys
Wish I was born during that time 🤩
Beating the shit out that cowbell!!!! Chris walken is proud
Other than the horrible horn sections, it was fascinating seeing the guitar riff live by the original artist and creator with accompanying guitarist: that is probably my all time favorite guitar riff on a song.
Pretty incredible guitar harmonizing live. You would never see that level of skill today
The epitome of cool!!!!
Louis Johnson should’ve had a camera dedicated to him for the entire song. RIP Thunder Thumbs!
when your own drummer amazed by your guitar solo and look to the other guy while playing and say "FIRE" !
Now thats talent
Absolutely beautiful!! Genuine musicians and artists, now why can't we have bands like this today?!!
THE KINGS OF SUPER COOL !
SMOOTH......
Brings back A LOT of memories! Great live performance!
OMG amazing live version. Grew up listening to TBJ. RIP Louis
Funky. That bass.
Don't call yourself having arthritis trying to play that guitar solo part lol.
Respect to Shuggie and George!
That guitar solo was my Dad Alex Weir
@@ryanweir365 your dad is a legend.
@@ryanweir365-Your dad is bad ass 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 !!!
George had the best fro ever
@Lamont Wilson So did Neal Schon!
Lamont Wilson That’s for sure! 😃
You can really hear that bass on this one. Love it.
Classics 💜🎶
dude on the cowbell knew he was apart of something big
Thought the breakdown at 2:09 was keyboards until I saw this. Wow. Great live version.
Some nice clean arpeggio work, isn't it?
@@chgreenewald Yes George Johnson
bro same here! but is it really the guitar on the album track?
Yeah that is pretty impressive, that they not only played all that on guitar but also SYNCED their riffs so perfectly.
@@exterminator_1986 Now that I listen to the original, all I hear is guitar. Pretty amazing!
Amazing!!
EPIC
(Sigh). when's the last time you saw a live television performance that featured this kind of musicianship? Rather than bemoan today's music and performers, pity them - and especially their fans - because they don't get to see the talent that so many of us 70s babies took for granted.
Lee Ritnour is a master
And me again.
Amazing!
Yeah "KEEP THE FUNK ALIVE"
Yes!
Loved them.
2 words.
Bad. Ass.
Awesome song
a shuggie otis CLASSIC
Thanks for posting!
Nice
does anyone have a stereo copy of this..kinda sounds like its behind a waterfall. very cool footage though. Don Kircschner should relase the whole vault imho like midnight special. Gotta Find the betamax stereo version of this performance. This is the only live version i can find on youtube before the band doubled the speed of the live version.
It IS cool!
I am one of the biggest fans of the Brothers Johnson and in the studio they could do no wrong but for some reason when they performed "live" they could never quite recapture that sound they created in the studio, My brother and i always have this argument about some entertainers when in concert, at first i thought it was because of them being live but after seeing Stevie Wonder,George Duke,The Isleys and especially Luther Vandross in concert then i knew for a fact that the same sound in the studio could be repeated live for the artists i just named sounded exactly the same on stage as in the studio.....may Thunder Thumbs always rest in peace and may his spirit continue to live on
They did great live. But this song is/was a Quincy Jones PRODUCTION I'm pretty sure. Born to Run is electric in concert, but turntable and headphones is where the 17 buried guitars and glockenspiels, and 50 other instruments mixed perfectly shoot it out the speakers like a rocket. I think Prince was influenced by this song, "Pop Life" in that songs production.In his vocal delivery too. I love these lyrics I bought 2 45' records in my life. This one of them. I heard it at the roller rink, knocked me out. Still knocks me out. I still have to play it on you tube once a year at least. There has been no other song like it before or since. It is it's own thing.
studio music is completely different from live performance. i have been to many concerts and i actually enjoyed live music mostly more than the albums.
A great song blueprint is when you can breathe more life into it live. You don't need to repeat the studio version. This is a sick version Epic funk.
Both Bothers Gone way too soon
Guy in pink: That feeling when youre the only white that got invited to the cookout 😂
😂😂😂😂😆
The drummer is also white though.
He’s actually Latino- his name is Ray Gomez.
Esa guitarra en el intermedio es para fumarse un troncho y volar..solo dejarte llevar
I think the word "underrated" is used way too often and I have never used it while commenting on YT, but I will say it here - This ensemble truly was underrated. Why just look at this performance, (objectively), and you can see and hear it. These guys were serious musicians.
one of the brothers - louis - recorded with michael jackson for thriller and many other famous musicians. quincy jones recorded their album. they were famous and had some chart hits. i would not call them underrated by any means. "Johnson also worked with Andrae Crouch, Angela Bofill, Aretha Franklin, Billy Preston, Bill Withers, Björk, Dave Grusin, David Diggs, Deniece Williams, Donna Summer, Donn Thomas, Gábor Szabó, Herbie Hancock, Hiroshima, Irene Cara, the Jacksons, James Ingram, Karen Carpenter, Kent Jordan, Kenny Loggins, Leon Haywood, Lesley Gore, Makoto Izumitani, Natalie Cole, Paul McCartney, Peabo Bryson, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Pointer Sisters, Rene & Angela, the Ritz, Rufus, Sérgio Mendes, Side Effect, Sister Sledge, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Comfort Band, Temptations, Toshiki Kadomatsu and The Supremes." that is the creme de la creme of music right there.
Written by the gteat Shuggie Otis!
Shuggys tune
Did George have the perfect Afro or what
Forgotten the guys name playing the Strat...??...But he also did a stint with Talking Heads...Great rhythm player...!!
Cliff, that's Alex Weir. He's a cousin to George and Luis. He played with both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club too.
@@gypsycat26 Alex Weir...Of course...I actually bought a video of Alex explaining his rhythm playing and even on the video he was talking and acting as cool as...Thanks GC...
Can somebody tell me where is the saxophone player and what's his name 🎷
What is the name of the idiophone at :10 , (not the cowbell) ?
Funk'n
In the year 1977 BR (before rap), when black guys could actually play instruments.
It that John 'JR' Robinson on the drums?
Richard “Brutal Noodle” ..........
Richard Diamond.
List songs that do not have their title in the lyrics . . Go.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" (the Beatles)
@@charlesscales1377 I should say, songs that people have ever heard :) That is a Beatles song I promise you 99% of the people have never heard. Here's a few more that are well known. Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Dog and Danny's Song.
Excellent piece played, who can give thumbs down to this
This is an example of when a cover is superior to the original. Sorry, Shuggie... it just is.
Air Zeus Shuggie didn’t mind, he was paided very well !!! I believe him & George are close to each other also !!!
Beg to differ. The original is the best. And the amazing thing is that Shuggie was a teenager when he composed his masterpiece.
@@paulfield1 Both versions are classic. For me though, this version is magical. The production is sheer perfection in my opinion.
Funky Town is another example. I love Lipps Inc.'s original, but Pseudo Echo perfected it.
...you're right. I didn't even know Shuggie existed or that he originally wrote Strawberry Letter until last year. ...but I do like Shuggie's version as well.
Dudes in back doing the Schomey and yall new kids that Bobby Schmurda invented something… shame.
This song belongs to Shuggie Otis and No One Else!!!!
they dont claim ownership and this is a good cover version. one of the brothers dated the cousin of otis and that is how he found out about the song that was recorded six years before this version which was produced by quincy jones.
Fucking awful audio. Why do so many people clutter RUclips with shit quality like this?
This sucks so bad ! Could not watch past 5 seconds !!!!!! terrible
Bro you're so wrong