"Stump the Band" - The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Jan. 1978 with Sandy Gennaro
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- I was randomly chosen to "Stump the Band' on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I sang a song that I wrote called "Tweezers of Your Love". Did I stump the Tonight Show Band? Watch this video and find out!!!
Great clip! I recently had the experience to hear Sandy speak about life lessons, leadership, and living in a world of opportunity. Outstanding speaker, first class guy, and powerful message.
Thanks so much for the kind words! I hope we cross paths again!
Holy crap Sandy Gennaro! Saw him with Pat Travers a couple times must have been around 81 or 82. Killer drummer.
Thanks!!
I’ve watched many of these “Stump The Band” segments from The Tonight Show over the past few weeks. Waxing nostalgic, I guess. Missing a time passed. I’ve got to tell you, yours is the best, in my opinion! Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much, especially for a "Stump the Band expert"! It was a very memorable moment being a huge fan of Carson for a long time! thanks again and Happy New Year!
Thanks!
Sandy, that was incredible. I don't know how you got that clip that you were on back then. I missed The Tonight show so much. Johnny Carson was the absolute best. What an awesome memory to have met him and talked with him for only a few minutes.
I eventually got that clip from a high-ranking employee of NBC whom I met when I was with Cyndi Lauper. Yes, it was awesome meeting JC. After that appearance in '78 I met JC twice more in '84 when I appeared on the tonight show w/ Cyndi.
1:53 love the guy 2 rows back w/ the 50s style haircut and threads!
When i was old enough to stay up late like this, I used to LIVE for “stump the band”.
"No S**t Sherlock!!" Worst yet...Get TV never carries any Carson shows with "Stump the Band" segments. I had to come here for some real fun!
This is brilliant, very catchy 👏
Thanks so much!
Holy cow, Sandy! I met him when he was drumming for the Monkees in 2001. What are the odds I would see this? I came on here trying to find an episode that my friend Liz is on, she sang Cosmic Charlie by the Grateful Dead.
You did a great job with Johnny and the band.
Thanks!
That was great, Sandy!
Thanks Lacinda!
As I understand it, Sandy’s first hit record session date as a drummer was on Benny Mardones’s “Into the Night,” one of the few songs to have two separate runs on the pop charts. Great to see him here.
I've recorded professionally before 'Into the night" but Benny's record was my first hit record!
@@sandygennaro333 kudos to you! Pleasure to swap messages with you. Cheers!
Cool song and gladI found this! I would have been 6yrs old when this aired. Good job!
Thanks mucho!!!
Thanks, Thomas!
This is awesome! I saw you play with Ace Frehley many moons ago. You. sound very New York here, too.👍
Are you originally from Rockford IL?
@@sandygennaro333 Yes
@@MarceloRomero360 would you mind communication via email? if so - here's mine: sandy@sandygennaro.com Thanks B
Thanks! You can't take the accent outta da boy!
woah that was great fun!
Thanks!
That was great!
Thanks! It was fun!
Excellent segment, and good song! I googled you after watching the video on my tv. I figured you probably became famous!
Thanks so much!! I appreciate it!
Thaks, Syd!
Daaaang.... And Johnny didn’t hire you on the spot? That was great!
Thanks so much!!! Happy New Year!
Awesome
You rock Sandy.
Thanks so much, Rolo!
Thanks!
“You are a gentleman?”
Goddamn you could NOT get away with that today.
It was all in good fun! I agree with you!
Drummer with good band named Blackjack, early Micheal Bolton (Bolotin) group who had a solid debut album back in the day.........that is you right Sandy??? Kulick played guitar, that first one was a solid release.
Yes it's me! Kulick, Bolotin and Haslip .
@@sandygennaro333 Blackjack is great, underrated stuff!
@@sandygennaro333 I thought I recognized your name. Blackjack was a great band..
Yes, Blackjack was my first pro record deal. 1979
What a cool bit of ones past to have. Who says drummers can't sing?
Not me!
Pretty catchy tune lol
Thanks!
You never knew who Johnny was going to pick out of the audience.
Yes he did!!!! The associate producer "auditioned" the songs outside while we were waiting in line! then picked 3 or 4 and sat us in designated seats!
Ya gotta stay ready!
WTG, Sandy and FUNNY, too.
Cool, I enjoyed
Thank You!
Not too hard to stump the band with a song you wrote lol! I was in two punk bands in the early and later nineties and they wouldn't have known our songs either!
Yeah - that's why I know I was going to dinner on Carson!
Thanks for reaching out!
That's the first time I've ever seen the band forcibly stop a "Stump the Band" song. Sandy wasn't done, he'd have just kept on going with another verse or two.
The Stump the Band audience members are pre-selected. I think they chose 3 for this segment to be performed within a certain time frame. "Tweezers" is about 2min 30sec in it's entirety. Thanks for your comment!
Funny I was going to google you and see if you were still involved in music then I noticed its your channel
I'll ALWAYS be involved with music!
@@sandygennaro333 it’s cathartic. I loved playing in high school and less during college. The Med school years wiped away any playing but now at 63 and digital technology I can play and record at home. All but the drums , I’ll go faster and slower. I have a medical channel on YT and now and then I post me doing a song. Patients get a kick out of it but the pleasure of making music is unsurpassed!
Ross Tompkins (on piano) picked that one up fast.
The whole band did - onceI gave them the chords!
Kind of makes you wonder why the guys doing the talk show hosts today don’t do this
I agree! I'll never forget that experience especially being a huge fan of Carson's.Thanks!
Johnny didn’t seem to know who Sandy was.
That was before I started to play with known artists.
He did, eventually - I went on to appear on Carson 2 more times w Cyndi and Leno once w the Monkees!
Do you have ANY regrets about your spunky tonight show debut?
Mark Malkoff needs to interview you!!
Do you know any Motown folks?
What is the story behind the song you wrote?
What did it feel like to touch Johnny’s hand?
Is your hair still long?
Have you written music recently?
NO REGRETS!
@@sandygennaro333 - Naturally! You NAILED the audition! May I interview you sometime?
Who the hell is Sandy Gennaro?
yours truly!
Probably some kind of liability issue