Speaking Freely: Felix Cavaliere
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- Founder of the Young Rascals and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Felix Cavaliere describes his career and the path he took to success: “My mom wanted me to be a classical pianist, and my dad wanted me to be a doctor. I said ‘well, music heals, so maybe that’s what I should do'”.
S03 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on April 2, 2002
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The day of my discharge from the Marine’s in the summer of 1969 Norfolk VA, I began my drive home to Massachusetts in my 1964 Chevy Super Sport. When I turned on the radio Beautiful Morning was the first song I heard and after surviving Viet Nam it was a beautiful morning that day.
Paul McCall thanks for your service & sacrifice.
Semper fi dude
@PMC -- serendipity -- good for you! Thanks for your service!
That's a beautiful story.
Thank you for your service .. that sounds like a big memory moment
How many current “artists” could sound as good within an interview situation, no Autotune, no reverbs, just pure talent.
Bless you, Felix!
My first reaction too.
Gifted man.
I like his live performances as much as his studio recordings.
Honest and genuine ...
No phoney bologna
Now I know why some of my... slightly older...friends liked him .... here in South Western CT ....an honest Joe
It’s crazy that he still has his original voice and tone after 50 years!
I am a 69 year old musician and, honestly, I'm not surprised. He has had healthy habits and hasn't done anything to degrade his voice. My voice at 69 is richer and more nuanced than it was 30 or 50 years ago. And I have greater control. He's a pro and hasn't allowed drugs, booze or cigarettes ruin his intrument.
His voice has soul, not so much for his keyboard.
Joe you’re bang on point here mate! Great to hear. Felix’s voice is like sunshine.
I know I'm quite randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream newly released series online ?
@Lucian Grayson Flixportal :P
The Rascals still don't get enough credit. One of the all time great bands.
You've either got it or you haven't. This man has more soul in his little finger than this year's Top 100 "singers."
@Toni Sumblin Yeah I heard the boys had fist fights on occasion,,,,,its the Italian blood ya know? Fight for a minute and back to friends 2 minutes later,,,,
@@daviddoyle4516 Gene Cornish is not italian
I thought he was black for my entire childhood!
Agreed, too many singers nowadays are from American Idol backgrounds...all style, little substance. Felix and his Rascals music are a national treasure!
Although we bought Beatles records as a kid, I was given a transistor radio on Christmas 1964. That radio was working until the late 1970s I remember listening to the Rascals. I bought the Rascals 45 singles How can I be sure and People got to be free. This was in New York City.
Man, his voice is still as wonderful as it was 50 years ago! I could listen to that all the time.
The Young Rascals, yes, full of energy and soul. Their songs are timeless. Great to see Felix C both interviewing and performing (still sounds amazing and soulful) here.
One of the best bands of all times, this guy had a tremendous voice also did Eddie Brigati .
Louie Colon As of this interview he still had his voice. As a musician myself, that’s an unusually incredible feat!
Have you seen Little Steven's speech at The Rascals induction into the R&R hall of fame? It's amazing!
I keep catching myself clapping after Felix sings. He's that good
Our Lady of Hope Queens NY 1965 66? OMG great concert church auditorium 😢brings a tear to my eye Thank you Rascals thank you Felix!,
This was the beauty of our music back in the days. it never dies The Rascals was one of the best band in the late 60" Felix hasn't lost his talent as a singer still sounds the same.
What an absolutely lovely, intelligent, motivated man!! Congratulations, Felix Cavaliere, on your prowess, your lyricism..your melodies, on the pleasure you brought to so many fans in Australia, and Worldwide. My mother was a Lyric Soprano who sang Billie, Ella, Sarah..When she heard Beautiful Morning, she would sing this all the time! You have a fan..the host!! and,, you have so many more fans who owe you, and the Rascals, so much more than we can repay!!Thanks you, Felix!!,
I love Felix Cavaliere!! This man has created show me the most beautiful music rock ‘n’ roll has ever had to offer. He and the other members of the Rascals deserve more credit than they’ve ever received. Just can’t say enough about the beautiful songs they’ve written and performed. Their entire collection stands the test of time, and will never go out of style.
This is an outstanding show. Felix Cavelieri is one of the major performers of the last fifty years and quite clearly a great and powerful thinker.
Felix, your voice is timeless and your spirit is awesome...like the vibe of the 1960's all over again.
Felix's vocals are awesome - just awesome!
Rascals contributed immensely to the soundtrack of my youth.
Nice Interview!... I like how he gives Felix all the time he wants, doesnt interject or cut him off. Felix --- totally Fascinating- better than MTVs behind the music.
What a consumate Pro Felix Is!!... see that SIR label on the side of that Korg Triton keyboard?.... thats Studio Instrument Rentals... it's so musicians dont hafta lug an instrument across the states to play a gig across the country....... so even on a rented piano / organ he STILL sounds like A MILLION BUCKS!!
I really miss turning on the radio & hearing the Rascals. I was 10 years old when Groovin came out. They were the greatest.
Felix: One of the all time great voices in music.
i really love this interview; yes, for Felix, but Ken Paulson is a great host - calm and appreciative. good job, both of you!
It's amazing that Felix still has a great singing voice, what a talented guy! I love all of the music from The Rascals!
I've been a fan of the Young Rascals/Rascals for a good 50(!) years now. Felix: PLEASE write a book already with (if possible) the other Rascals. Always wanted to know more about the Rascals,their writing, their lives,influences, etc. The 60's was an extraordinary era.
One of my 2 favorite vocalists of my teenage years, Felix was always great. The other, BTW, was Levi Stubbs of the 4 Tops.
THIS GUY IS TRULY MY FAVORITE MUSICIAN, SINGER, SONG WRITER....I LOVE THIS GUY AND THE RASCALS
Joe Easter me too!!!
So true Joe Felix c is great hell Bruce Springsteen was able to bring the rascals back together 🗣〽🎹
WLS + WCFL Chicago summers late 60s listening for the latest Rascal record. Long time ago still in my memory.
Wow... Felix's voice hasn't changed A BIT over the years! Amazing.
Well actually, he has clearly lost some range. He could hit some incredible high's back in the day! But yeah, he still sounds good, great to hear him. I love all their classics.
I don't think he ever smoked. Google his name and ''smoke'' after it and you can't find it. Do the same with Paul McCartney or David Bowie and you can find hundreds...yeah it looked cool, but one is dead from smoking and the other can't sing today because of smoking. Lol
@@willsomervell8246 the parts he is singing don’t necessarily have anything to due with him loosing vocal range. I’ve been a working, live and studio, musician for more than 50 years, working with groups that focused heavily on vocal harmonies. The parts you heard him sing in this video may very well have been the parts he sang in the original recordings. The higher parts you heard were sometimes harmonies that were done by Eddie Brigatti and Gene Cornish. In well blended harmonies you can’t always tell who is singing which part. You hear a high note and assume it’s the singer who is singing the lead. Your brain tricks you into thinking that. And, at times, Eddie’s voice sounded very close to Felix’s.
One of the premier pop/rock vocalists of his era. And with Eddie a great songwriter.
Felix is an under appreciated gem. I love his music and his political compass. Each song he touched on in this program is classic. People Got To Be Free strikes an emotional chord. Great words!! Then, Felix ends it with my favorite, A Girl Like You. Perfect!
God bless you, Mr Cavaliere. You, Mr Cornish, Mr Danelli and Mr Brigati take me back to my high school years and bring back memories of the best four years of my life.
@ Eddie & Toni! Had to go to Summer School every year for four years, I was just having too much fun to concentrate in High School! Best years of my life as well. (although I did have good ones in every decade!)... LOL!
The Rascals are true American greats. Felix you are a wonderful humanist and incredibly talented artist.
The Rascals were the best band......Soul to the Max!
Felix, Fantastic singer, musician, song writer a real legend.He played with the Rascals a great group and I was the drummer for The Vagrants and we opened alot for them alot.
God Bless you Felix.
EVANGELIST Roger Mansour
Missionary to Haitt
Cavaliere, had such a unique voice. Young Rascals were BADASS back in the day...
I can listen to groovin’ 100 times a day, and will play it one more time
We Love you Felix !...Thanks for the music !...I will be 72 tomorrow and your music has been a hit with me since my freshman days in college. What Great hits and Great memories....Again....Thank You ...
Wow crazy, the second he started singing "A beautiful morning" I started crying. That song is a soundtrack to my life
This guy is a talent all those soulful hits, singing and playing that Hammond and kicking those bass pedals all at the same time.
. Big part of my young years when I was playing music myself.
I'm turning 68 soon, & all I could say is what wonderful treat it is listening to Felix speak his soul & share his phenomenal playing & singing like this. I've been a fan since their inception, & today I'm an even bigger fan & admirer of Mr. Cavaliere. Greetings from NY, & continued blessings amigo !
Genius on the 88's and voice, and blue ink,,thank you Felix,,,,you changed our lives an you were the soundtrack for our lives,,,,,
I’m 62 soon to be 63 and I get a magazine and they were in it, and when I heard the story of how Groovin came about, I just couldn’t get the song out of my mind…didn’t even know who sung it!…. It’s been a month now and I still can’t get it out of my head!
I appreciate art of any kind once I know the story behind it, it creates the complete pic and then you get an idea of what they’re trying to express to the audience.
I'm an army veteran myself Captain Afghanistan I'm 26 now and of course I I love the '60s music through now because my grandparents are 74 they were in Vietnam my dad was in Desert Storm 1990 I think it was and I guess it come from military family and it's but getting back to this music I'm a vocalist and we do 60s and up and there's you know keyboard, once we have a keyboard we're going to do some of these songs and it's just fascinating to hear this guy from the 60s . God bless you Mr Cavaliere !
Felix "Genius" Cavaliere!
"Good Love" ,,,,,"Good Love" ,,, that was enough Felix,,,,that was the fuse that lit the dynamite,,,,,We love you Felix,,,that dynamite blew the shit up,,,,BIG TIME,,,,
Felix - you are my musical hero. Back in the 60's, living on Long Island, listening to your hits on the radio, my band would try to figure out all your hits.
His voice is amazing! I love it! It's A Beautiful Morning is one of my top favorites and I've Been Lonely Too Long and Groovin.. the Young Rascals and Rascals sound, Felix's voice..... Amazing.
Felix Cavaliers freakin'rules!
Love this man and the beautiful and positive music he and his band produced. The best ever!
I saw the Young Rascals mid 60's in Hawaii... one of the bands that pushed me into a musical career!... Thank you Felix, Dino, Eddie, Gene!...
Yup, I was there also. Hawaii luvs the Rascals..4ever! Aloha 2 them.
My first concert about 1967 in Houston. Dino inspired me to learn drums.
Amazing guy with a killer voice.
Growing up in the sixties was a great time for music and this group was one of my favorites!
This music evokes my teenage years. I hope to listen to it for the rest of my life.
I have had the good fortune to see & hear Felix twice this year (2020). At one of those shows I was in the front row and can honestly say that at 77 years old he still has the energy, the voice and the spirit to play as good as ever.
One of the best musical interactions/interview that I ever heard between a Musicians and Announcer. Very strange that I came across this on 01/15/2023 M.L.K Day.
I saw him and the Rascals ( in their knicker outfits ) at Mountain Park in Massechusetts in 1967.
They were great.
Man, I wished that I had known Felix when we were both at Pelham Memorial High School, NY. He was Class of '60 and I was 3 years behind him. Love The Rascals!
We saw Felix at the Infinity in Connecticut last year (2019). Never lost a step. What a tremendous voice and great entertainer. One of top voices in rock and roll still today.
God's gift to music!
THE RASCALS PLAYED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL PROM!
omg sounds as good as he ever did, god bless
wow what a spiritual man. always loved Rascals, great songs great playing. a part of my formative years that still take me back
Unbelievable, he only needs his keyboard and it's such a full sound
How wonderful was this, man did I love the Rascals and Felix Cavelieri had one of the greatest voices ever.
Such insight into such a thoughtful and well spoken superstar and still sounds great.
All the Rascals and their great music, such a joy listening to him sing, A Girl Like You, one of my favorites....thank you for this. 🎼❤
for this 67 year young man, People Gotta Be Free is my all time Fav song
No questions why The Rascals are still one of my all time favorite groups.
Met him at a concert in Portland Oregon about 6 months ago....had a chance to talk with him after the performance and he was like a long lost friend...a special moment for me. He was one of my favorites when I was a teenager.
parker bergen x
How lucky you were to meet him!
My favorite "Gotta Be Free" verse:
"They'll be shoutin' from the mountains all out to the sea, / There's no two ways about it, people got to be free / Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be / it's a nach'l situation for a man to be free." Great, rhythmic, exuberant speech -- spot on. Perfect.
"A Rainy Day" one of the most underrated love songs that no one seem to have heard. Great lyrics.
Right on Larry. Right on!
What an impressive human being! Wow. I grew up with his music over the years but never had an opportunity to see his warmth, depth, and humanity. Bravo Felix! A life worth celebrating!
This song is as good as any Beatle composition. It is the magic of music like this that can set reality.
Love this guy and the way his music makes me feel. You can’t think of the 60’s without thinking of his (and the Young Rascals) music. The sound of a generation. This was fantastic!
I love, love “it’s a beautiful morning”. It’s the best, best song I ever heard.
The rascals live,...hard rocking shredders,.. Every instrument ,..genius ,..!!!
About 50 years ago....I went into a bar behind Fenway Park, no cover charge, no advertisements, and it was Felix and his band, I guess it was early or mid 70's. The bar held maybe 75 to 100 ? People. They did all thier hits...how could I have been so lucky. I'll always remember that night.
Love The Young Rascals - but hell! WHAT A VOICE!!! And, what a fantastic, intelligent, loving person.
One of the greatest bands ever.
This feels like being back home again...
"Groovin" is one of the best "feel good songs" of all time. You have to love the Young Rascals.
A Sagittarius like me, no wonder I’ve always loved him for the past 50 years.
Oh I LOVE them.....good from the start......what fantastic songwriters.....and one of the best singers ever, Felix........sound as good today as yesterday. Carry on.
funwithFred ft
" 1, 2, 3 Good Lovin " Love the way he started off that song. Brings you right in. I've been listening to the " Time, Peace " CD the last few weeks and these guys could rock and then they shifted to a more soft rock sound. Very interesting. I can just imagine the record company saying "guys, what are you doing ?" But this change made their greatest selling songs, so there. Take that !! Felix has always been his own man, he's a happy guy I'll bet.
He sounds so good....hasn't lost a bit.!
i could listen to how can i be sure 10 times in a row if im in that mood
It was great meeting Felix a few years ago at Phred's... getting that autograph and that first Young Rascals vinyl LP cover signed.... 46 years later. BTW, Felix sure can play a Hammond B3. Awesome!
Absolutely love this interview. Felix is the best!!
The power of a solid melody just never fades away .... thanks Felix for the memories ...
Saw Felix a few days ago.He sounds as good as ever,and put on a fantastic show.Thanks Felix! 👏👏👏👏👏
My favorite band and it hit my soul every time,being a Cuban refugee ,it inspired me as a New Yorker we gotta be Free.
New Yorker greeting from another Cuban refugee in Chicago, came to this great country in the 60s...What a great talent.
I bow before this great poet and musician. God bless you Felix.
Always loved watching Felix in High school and in his great career. Still proud of you Felix!
Wish there were more Felix Cavalieres here today!!!! Soulful dude!
Very Blue Eyed Soul.
Always loved his voice and still do. Rock on Felix - a major, major talent .
Great voice and he wrote all his hits. Loved the Rascals.
Felix Cavaliere, always part of my music!
One of the great song writers of my generation.
First concert I ever went to in Sacramento 1966, thank you for the experience. His voice hasn't changed after all these years!
You still got it Felix xoxo
Just the opening Beautiful Morning uplifts right away. Then Good Lovin' grooves out. That left hand in Lonely Too Long - amazing. And the left hand on Groovin' intro and the song - wow. Felix had it all right - very intelligent and talented individual. People Gotta Be Free - just hits it here.
OMG I love this guy to pieces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable talent!!!!! Notice he doesn't do much bass on left hand...but watch his feet. He's used to paying the bass with his foot on that organ he used to use. I wonder if he was ever influenced by Gene Chandler/ He has so much soul.....I just wish they had touched upon who he listened to vocally.