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carlton, google prakash john , the lil kids dad, and see if his resume is good enough 4 u. and check out jordan johns solo discs. he's just what TOP needs at this point in time.

@@joeymyopiclmao. Nailed it

Thank you AL❤

@@peterantunes1153 Your more than welcome. Is it true that you're from North Dartmouth MA? I googled your name and there was an article from 1997 from the local paper "South Coast Today" or something along those lines and it had an article with your name as a drummer from the local high school. Anyway, if you are, I'm right down the road in Fall River. You're the perfect guy to fill DG's chair. I saw my first show in 1973 and I haven't stopped since. Time flies and welcome to ToP!

@@alcambrola2834 😂😂 That’s amazing!!! That’s me from Dartmouth. I’ve still got a bunch of friends out in Fall River. One of which, in particular, is Todd and Tammy from TJ’s music shop on main st. I don’t even think that he knows that I got the gig yet! 😂 I worked there for a while back in the day and actually ordered that Tama kit that I was playing through him.

@@peterantunes1153 Small world. TJ's music back in the 60's and 70's was Al Rainones music. At 12, I started trumpet lessons there and played in the high school bands and that's about as far as I went with it. I go by there all the time because my favorite Chinese restaurant "Number One" is right next door in a little strip mall along with a Dominoes. These days, I sing a little Karaoke and actually do "Down to The Nightclub."-lol

​@@peterantunes1153 Sounds really great, Davids place is in good hands

It sure is. I just found out; the drummer is from my area.

It certainly did,Robert.I'd appreciated a little more guitar in the mix,too.

Thanks,Donnie.If you get a chance,do check out my original instrumental "Disco Dreck".I posted several versions on here.

Thanks Ken.I do plan on uploading more TOP video.

Thank you.Yes,I would have appreciated video of this,too.51 years ago,all I had to save this historic musical event was a Panasonic cassette recorder and Asahi Pentax camera.There may be a few more 35mm slides of their set,which still have to be converted to jpegs.

@@VIBRATO1 I'd love to see anything you've got. These guys were one of a kind and will never be seen again so ANYTHING is great! Thanks!

Yes,I do.

Mike,Gentle Giant actually were well received with the Humble Pie and Foghat crowd..Freehand,Glass House and Three Friends are three of my GG favs..I have some more 35mm slides from the show..I just need to convert them..I will also post more from their short Hampton Coliseum set,when I get time..

Amen to your feelings..I felt like the luckiest sob,when Sunnylands' young,hot guitarist,Jimmy Williams,blew off a Cogans' live gig..I drove down Colley Avenue and got my equipment..That was such a scary,first gig..I had been following them and our other three,fine blues outfits for some time..I got the education of my life with these wonderful musicians and friends..Not a day passes,that I don't think of my treasured time with Mahlon, Bret,Dick,Walter and Jimi..I miss Mahlon and all those exceptional players from our initial four ,local blues bands..

Yes,it was John Weathers on those powerful drums at the Hampton Coliseum..

@@VIBRATO1 Thanks for replying! I got my first drum set in '72 and when I saw GG doing Octopus songs on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert TV show in '73 I was hooked, bought every album, learned every song, and traveled to see GG in L.A. and Phoenix.

Gordon,Wow.That is some extreme dedication..The Three Friends album was my fIrst Gentle Giant recording...I was then hooked...When I get a moment,I'll get more of their set in Hampton posted..I believe there was a big drum break that evening also...

It sounds Weathers but i'm not sure if Phil is still in the band. I hear two woodwind instruments in the middle section.

Gentle Giant was down to five members when my brother and I saw them at the Coliseum.Phil Shulman was no longer in the bands' lineup.

Absolutely..They had me at "Peel the Paint"..

​@@VIBRATO1Is this Weathers or Mortimer on drums?

Amen to all your spot on observations...Fans of the headliners that night were won over by GG's musicianship..The only downside of that evening was my brother Larry had his MGB ripped off from the Coliseum parking lot..

Travis,I hope to add more compositions from Gentle Giants' Hampton Coliseum show that my late,great brother Larry and I attended..I recall that I smuggled a Panasonic cassette recorder into the show that evening..The entire Gentle Giant set,I believe,was about a half hour...I still have the Humble Pie and Foghat sets on cassette,as well..As I have the strength,I'll attempt to post more of Gentle Giants' inspiring set.

That was my first Gentle Giant album.This excellent concert was my very first after coming home from the Canal Zone.

@@VIBRATO1Mine too! I love it!

I'll try to post more of Gentle Giants' nearly half hour of unparalleled music.

@@VIBRATO1Thank you! The only prog band I liked as much as YES

Along with Yes,I'd would add early Genesis with Peter Gabriel.I saw a magical "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" tour in Richmond,Va. at the Mosque..

Thank you.It was quite a moving appearance by the Yardbirds at The Tin Pan.

Yeah,but a lot of Monte M.🎸

Mike,Matthew was gone by the time of this Birchmere show...Maybe,the AWSOP lawsuit had something to do with it...

Thank you,Henry.

I hope that you are well too,Mike...With my recent chest CT scan,I'm now an 18 month lung cancer survivor.

@@VIBRATO1 wow - didn't know - been longer than I thought since last seeing you - I have about 16% lung capacity now - I invented the 12 sec song about 12 years ago ! Pet turtle walks faster than me - keep on picking' , sturmnin' n' shoutin' as needed

Thanks Mike...Are you still here in the 757? 🎸

@@VIBRATO1 still here, Bret's still in Chesapeake I don't know how to make a video anymore !

Thank you...

Thanks so much for the comments..We played Cogans,Celebrations,Hands Across America(Pungo),ODU,and a club behind Hofheimers on Little Creek and Granby Street..Around the same time(1984),we performed in my backyard for family and friends...As I recall,the police came that afternoon and shut us down for loudness heard over around Mayflower Drive... A couple "Shadows" buttons and Shadows T Shirt still remain here in a drawer with some old band photos...Yes,I was using an ADA flanger,cry baby wah,DynaComp compressor,Rat Fuzz box and a DD2 delay pedal...I still have them all,including my original Univibe,Tone Bender and Fuzz Face..After "Shadows" group retired,I was so fortunate to be admitted into the "Sunnyland Blues" Band as a guitarist...I continue to jam on my electric and acoustic instruments whenever I get the urge...

It absolutely was,Alan..

I've been a SB fan since the '60s...One summer 1969 evening in Chicago,I saw the original Savoy Brown while on boot camp liberty...The complete show also included Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull...I had to leave right after Savoy Browns' performance and hitchike back to Great Lake...I got a ride back from the train station and just made it back to the base before I'd been considered AWOL....I mentioned this to Kim Simmonds after the Va. Beach SB concert...He really remembered that gig...

Oh yeah....The group was spot on that evening...I'd seen Martin perform with Jethro Tull over the years in Hampton and Norfolk,Va. and even Holmdel NJ...

Me too,Jack...Everyone cared about the music and each other...Mahlon was always so special,always giving his all,in the basement practising or onstage at Cogans or Harborfest...

What a great evening for the blues...RIP Candye Kane...

Thanks Joel...Mahlon was such a good soul..

Are you referring to Dan Knorowski on keyboards and guitar?I think at the time(80s') he did have a dog...Dan just recently passed away...Rest in Peace old my friend and bandmate.

Hi Jimi...I do hope that you and your family are doing well during these trying times .As far as uploading more Sunnyland Blues,my longtime Sony cassette deck is presently down for the count...I'm going to look online for another player and software in order to begin converting my recordings to mpegs again...

@@VIBRATO1 Hey Al, thanks for the nice note. I hope you are well also and always thanks for keeping the band alive on your channel. I appreciate all you do and enjoy all your videos, shalom and Happy New Year, Jimi

Mahlons' dedication to the blues was truly something to watch and hear. It was always a musical education just being on stage and in "Sunnyland Blues" practice with him.The journey was so worth it.

So a bunch of joe rogan idiots went around and plastered his dumb name on every Daryl Davis video as if any of us care. How about we not credit everyone for every single thing you're introduced to? BORING. Just think about it before you respond.

@@nirv you sound dumb as shit. Daryl chose to go on jre to tell his story which goes much deeper than his love for music.

Thank you...

@@VIBRATO1 What ever happened to Walter, Alan and the rest of Sunnylannd?