When you have the feeling that the Chambers Brothers, Hendrix, Funkadelic and the old Santana Group are performing together on one stage, then you know it´s Mandrill !
Back in the 70s, Philly used to have a "Battle of the Bands concert ft Mandrill, War and New Birth. Although they were all great band, somebody had to win, and IMO Mandrill always won! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Saw this amazing group in 70-71... it was amazing. There was a two day concert at Randall's Island featuring Mandrill, Rare Earth and Parliament Funkadelic. I will never forget it. I had never heard of Mandrill before but I tel you, they blew everyone away.. Fence Walk, Hang Loose, Get it all.. it was too much for the crowd. I have been a fan ever since.
This is the part yo! Peeps don't get it and only Real heads know. Groups/Bands back then incorporated EVERY musical 🎼 instrument available to mankind 🤯🙉. Today's genre will never have the pleasure to enjoy this combination of musical treats. One ☝️
Played with these guys in Atlanta, GA. in the seventies. We opened for them and they were awesome!!! My band was "The Chapparrals" and I still have the original poster "Mandrill" with special guests "The Chapparrals" here in my collection. Wish there was some way to post it!
You, my friend, must just be the one I envy the most. I was born when MANDRILL was at its height, therefore this kind of shows was before my time. But since, I have thoroughly dug and found that MANDRILL about 71-72´ must be the epitome of raw energy mixed with funk EVER!
Fudgie Kay's playing on Get It All made me want to start learning to be a bass player again in '74 - 3 years after quitting. I'm 62 years young now and still playing. Thanks for bringing the memories back, Neftali
LOL,I`VE BEEN LISTENING TO MANDRILL SINCE 1970 WHEN WITH MY SUMMER JOB MONEY,BOUGHT THEIR 1ST ALBUM,I NEVER HEARD OF THEM,I JUST SAW THE ALBUM,LOOKED AT THE BACK AND MADE UP MY MIND TO BUY IT,I WAS HOOKED BUYING MANDRILL ALBUMS EVER SINCE...
+Terrence Miller K.C. and the whole catalouge from HENRY STONES T.K. label (more or less) were some cash in label (for me), it wasn't just a catch phrase they thrived upon, T.K. were DISCO and they were good at it! HENRY STONE with his hundreds of labels also got some serious FUNK recordings, check this cat (notice the reference) out!
WHATS THE BAME OF THE SONG WITH THE LYRICS; IF THE WORLD SHOULD END TOMMOROW WOULD WE GAVE LIVE TO GIVE ? IRS A NEW DAY; YOU GOT ME I GOT YOU ? IS IT TITLED LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
Somebody has to say it, so I might as well do it: MORE COWBELL!! Now that THAT'S outta the way...man, I swear these cats NEVER cease to amaze. Tough act to follow!
Talk about music that blew away a then 16 year old. Listening to stuff like this helped get me kicked out of catholic high school. My son just discovered them the other day and like father like son was blown away. Thanks for posting this.
Fudgie Kae Solomon had to have been the most talented bassist in the business in his time. I have their discography and I crank up the bass and just get chills listening to that man play. He was gone far to soon. Mandrill made an appearance during DC's summer in the parks program which introduced me to them. DUFF was just icing on the cake.
Course they do! I can tell that from my experience. In the last 15 years I´ve been DJ´ing Mandrill tunes in virtually all of my sessions & they always provoked a very good response from the people (most of them in their early/mid 20´s) Man, I must tell you: in my Club -which I owned here in Spain from 2000 to 2010- you were ABSOLUTE CLASSICS! I introduced Mandrill to a lot of people, many of them younger than me & with no background in Soul/Funk at all, & they all liked your music THANX 4 THAT!
@@DEPARTUERS19 Hi there! No, I´ve never recorded any session. Neither at my own club, nor as guest DJ at other venues. It never occured to me to do so (we didn´t even have any recording device at the club). I guess I saw a DJ session as something that can only be fully appreciated within a specific context (time, place, audience, atmosphere, your own state of mind,...), and which, if removed from its context, ceases to be a "session" to become a "selection of tunes". Something like that, hahahaha!! Greetings!
Wow, how did i miss this clip! Mandrill is far beyond everybody else in the funky free soul spirit of 70'. This group just blows every other great (the seventies where a goldmine) acts aside when it comes to grooves that are FUNKY with global grooves. This is the group along with THE METERS that got my blood pumped up to level "critical". People!!! can you feel the groove?
No doubt, I've seen my brothers many times & regardless, whether opening or main, the show would always begin and end with Mandrill! They just blew everyone out the venue!!
Wow! The opening, and the entry of the horns is amaaaaaaaazing!! And you guys were eating those instruments, not just playing them! Daaaaaammmnnnn!!! Love Mandrill!!! Respect and love! Thanks for sharing Neftali! Elders like you guys inspired millions with those vibes man! Much much respect!
was a fr(1971) in hs when cuz returned from Nam. being 4-5 years older than me, it was surprise one Sat when you ask did i want to ride over friends house. cool. said let me hip you to something and put in the 8 trac of Mandrill (Fencewalk). been a true fan since. thanks cuz MH.
Thank you for posting this Neftali!!! My band used to kill "Get It All", (and a bunch of other songs in Mandrill's catalogue). Your music made us look and sound so good. Back in the day, you'd better not cover a song if you couldn't play it well. And believe me, we studied you guys to the max. We discovered a secret early on, and that was this, if you wanted to get the people up and jamming, play some Mandrill music. Hence, our sets always had Mandrill songs in them. Mandrill's music transcends time.
I'm with you and what you say. In High school (71-73) I was with a band and the 3 bands that we really enjoyed and played some of their music in our sets was, of course, Mandrill, WAR and Osibisa. To this day I get real excited when I find music by either of these bands that are either lost or stolen from my collection and library. With Osibisa I have found that over the following decades they have been putting out albums including as late as 2021. The bands I have been working with since the 80's all have had a big influence by Parliament/Funkadelic/Bootsy whereas I go back farther than they do. Never fear, I am schooling them on these other artists. Just a few days ago we were in the studio recording with Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks who happens to be my 3rd cousin.
When REAL MUSIC was played by REAL MUSICIANS... live and not with pre-tape tracks, turn-tables, some cat spittin; into a mic-- and 50 'dancers' on stage.
Man Neftali, you guys ROCKED back in the day. I love how this performance starts out with all on the horns and keys and half way through it, its like not one but two cowbells and a tambourine.
Oh man.....lovin' this one!!!.....saw Don Kirshner's Rock Concert many times, but somehow missed the mighty Mandrill when they played the show. Glad you posted the vid Neftali.......much continued success to you man. Mandrill has always been a true fav of mine.
Damn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Know they stole that show
@neftalisantiago From your tall son in Philly Ralph we met in 97 at your show in jersey you all signed my poster I was with sis Ahilia Love we met again at a club at 7 th & arc, with ButterBall I was shocked you guys remembered me Peace and Blessings
@peterbonner Yea Peter your reading way too much into this. First of all Dougie is not white and yea on TV the artist doesn't even know whats being fimed till you watch it on tv.
Mandrill Is released in 1971 was sensational, a combination of funk, soul, jazz and Latin music, but this band lacked greater publicity in other countries, including here in Brazil. Santana ended up occupying this space. But Mandrill was the best, without a doubt.
This is great. Is that Doug Rodriguez (formerly of Buzzy Feiten and Santana) on lead guitar? I never thought there would be footage like this. This is great!
Oh sooo cool love it. love this mixure of instruments and slyles, yea would to dance to this music. I think its music with fits with the zeitgeist of the jears we will have in nearer future....A lot of changes....
Radio didn't like long , instrumental solos . They want short repetitive hooks . THATS how they 'rated' bands , so stop it!.and given demo Afro-Cubean Rock should be prevalent but eastern europeans had different plans .
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When you have the feeling that the Chambers Brothers, Hendrix, Funkadelic and the old Santana Group are performing
together on one stage, then you know it´s Mandrill !
Back in the 70s, Philly used to have a "Battle of the Bands concert ft Mandrill, War and New Birth. Although they were all great band, somebody had to win, and IMO Mandrill always won! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Whoaaaaa. Would have given my eye tooth to have witnessed that! Too young!
Underrated I hope they got a rock and roll Hall of Fame there so underrated.
Saw this amazing group in 70-71... it was amazing. There was a two day concert at Randall's Island featuring Mandrill, Rare Earth and Parliament Funkadelic. I will never forget it. I had never heard of Mandrill before but I tel you, they blew everyone away.. Fence Walk, Hang Loose, Get it all.. it was too much for the crowd. I have been a fan ever since.
Sounds good, together with Funkadelic.
que afortunado eres ---you are looking man
For fiction story purposes, I would love to hear more about this concert.
This is the part yo! Peeps don't get it and only Real heads know. Groups/Bands back then incorporated EVERY musical 🎼 instrument available to mankind 🤯🙉. Today's genre will never have the pleasure to enjoy this combination of musical treats. One ☝️
Played with these guys in Atlanta, GA. in the seventies. We opened for them and they were awesome!!! My band was "The Chapparrals" and I still have the original poster "Mandrill" with special guests "The Chapparrals" here in my collection. Wish there was some way to post it!
you guys were nothing to sneeze at either with Anthony Lockett on guitar
The Wizard saw them blow "Rare Earth" off the stage in '71 or '72 at SCOPE in Norfolk , Va. Incredible energy onstage !
You, my friend, must just be the one I envy the most. I was born when MANDRILL was at its height, therefore this kind of shows was before my time. But since, I have thoroughly dug and found that MANDRILL about 71-72´ must be the epitome of raw energy mixed with funk EVER!
Welcome to the school of F.U.N.K.
Yes,Mandrill,The Meters and the Neville Brothers. Daaaaamn!!!
Fudgie Kay's playing on Get It All made me want to start learning to be a bass player again in '74 - 3 years after quitting. I'm 62 years young now and still playing. Thanks for bringing the memories back, Neftali
LOL,I`VE BEEN LISTENING TO MANDRILL SINCE 1970 WHEN WITH MY SUMMER JOB MONEY,BOUGHT THEIR 1ST ALBUM,I NEVER HEARD OF THEM,I JUST SAW THE ALBUM,LOOKED AT THE BACK AND MADE UP MY MIND TO BUY IT,I WAS HOOKED BUYING MANDRILL ALBUMS EVER SINCE...
Mandrill used " shake your booty" long before K.C. and Sunshine ever did. However, K. C. made the Millions. Long live The Mandrill Funk !!
+Terrence Miller K.C. and the whole catalouge from HENRY STONES T.K. label (more or less) were some cash in label (for me), it wasn't just a catch phrase they thrived upon, T.K. were DISCO and they were good at it! HENRY STONE with his hundreds of labels also got some serious FUNK recordings, check this cat (notice the reference) out!
Pirates used the term Booty.
How could a show called
Don Kirschner's Rock Concert miss those
guys?
@@toneyisaiah408 well yea, but not in a recorded song
Let's remember that pirates
used it first.
Mandrill put the musicianship, the groove and the fun right up front where they belong! Timeless excellence, so glad I've discovered them.
One of New York's finest bands ever (and we've had a few)!
WHATS THE BAME OF THE SONG WITH THE LYRICS; IF THE WORLD SHOULD END TOMMOROW WOULD WE GAVE LIVE TO GIVE ? IRS A NEW DAY; YOU GOT ME I GOT YOU ? IS IT TITLED LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
Brooklyn in the house
Denise Green the name of that song is "love song"
Isn't Doug Rodriguez
Mexican American?
Have you heard of the
compilation album called
Giants? Originally released on the MCA Distributed label Far Out,
1978.
Somebody has to say it, so I might as well do it: MORE COWBELL!!
Now that THAT'S outta the way...man, I swear these cats NEVER cease to amaze. Tough act to follow!
What a band!! Thank you for sharing your love and gift of music. One of ”THE BEST BANDS.”
Talk about music that blew away a then 16 year old. Listening to stuff like this helped get me kicked out of catholic high school. My son just discovered them the other day and like father like son was blown away. Thanks for posting this.
@Odawg96,
Well thank you bro. We dominated the night every concert no matter who we played with. We where and are tuff to follow.
Mandrill is one of my favorite groups right there with war and Carlos Santana and Earth Wind & Fire and all their music is still great
Fudgie Kae Solomon had to have been the most talented bassist in the business in his time. I have their discography and I crank up the bass and just get chills listening to that man play. He was gone far to soon. Mandrill made an appearance during DC's summer in the parks program which introduced me to them. DUFF was just icing on the cake.
+notxtoshi You my friend got it all together, BASS is the true and only instrument that can keep it all FUNKY!
Frederick Solomon(aka)
Fudgie Kae played on albums Mandrill Is, Composite Truth,Just Outside Of Town & Mandrilland.
Pirates used the term
Booty means treasure.
You are absolutely talking about real bass playing.
I was at that duff festival , mandrels got dusters by thr other bands that were in attendance.
Seen Mandrill this same year in Pittsburghs Syria mosque with Funkadelic. Awesome show.
Wow thanks dude I was there too
DOUGIE RODRIGUEZ blasting on guitarra!!
Course they do! I can tell that from my experience. In the last 15 years I´ve been DJ´ing Mandrill tunes in virtually all of my sessions & they always provoked a very good response from the people (most of them in their early/mid 20´s)
Man, I must tell you: in my Club -which I owned here in Spain from 2000 to 2010- you were ABSOLUTE CLASSICS! I introduced Mandrill to a lot of people, many of them younger than me & with no background in Soul/Funk at all, & they all liked your music
THANX 4 THAT!
Wow awesome.....did you ever record any SESSIONS at the club ?
@@DEPARTUERS19 Hi there! No, I´ve never recorded any session. Neither at my own club, nor as guest DJ at other venues.
It never occured to me to do so (we didn´t even have any recording device at the club). I guess I saw a DJ session as something that can only be fully appreciated within a specific context (time, place, audience, atmosphere, your own state of mind,...), and which, if removed from its context, ceases to be a "session" to become a "selection of tunes".
Something like that, hahahaha!! Greetings!
@@apataye I understand.... hope your well..are you still in spain ?
@@DEPARTUERS19 Yes, still is Spain. That´s where I´m from & where I´ve spent most of my life.
@@apataye lot of history there....
Wow, how did i miss this clip! Mandrill is far beyond everybody else in the funky free soul spirit of 70'. This group just blows every other great (the seventies where a goldmine) acts aside when it comes to grooves that are FUNKY with global grooves. This is the group along with THE METERS that got my blood pumped up to level "critical". People!!! can you feel the groove?
No doubt, I've seen my brothers many times & regardless, whether opening or main, the show would always begin and end with Mandrill! They just blew everyone out the venue!!
No other band had their musical sound and harmony of that DAY.
Yeah The 70s it 💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow! The opening, and the entry of the horns is amaaaaaaaazing!! And you guys were eating those instruments, not just playing them! Daaaaaammmnnnn!!! Love Mandrill!!! Respect and love! Thanks for sharing Neftali! Elders like you guys inspired millions with those vibes man! Much much respect!
Man that was smokin!!! The one thing I love about Mandrill is they make you want to play and especially after watching that. Thanks for sharing.
was a fr(1971) in hs when cuz returned from Nam. being 4-5 years older than me, it was surprise one Sat when you ask did i want to ride over friends house. cool. said let me hip you to something and put in the 8 trac of Mandrill (Fencewalk). been a true fan since. thanks cuz MH.
That fuzzed guitar is fukkin awsome!!👍👍
Thank you for posting this Neftali!!! My band used to kill "Get It All", (and a bunch of other songs in Mandrill's catalogue). Your music made us look and sound so good. Back in the day, you'd better not cover a song if you couldn't play it well. And believe me, we studied you guys to the max. We discovered a secret early on, and that was this, if you wanted to get the people up and jamming, play some Mandrill music. Hence, our sets always had Mandrill songs in them. Mandrill's music transcends time.
I'm with you and what you say. In High school (71-73) I was with a band and the 3 bands that we really enjoyed and played some of their music in our sets was, of course, Mandrill, WAR and Osibisa. To this day I get real excited when I find music by either of these bands that are either lost or stolen from my collection and library. With Osibisa I have found that over the following decades they have been putting out albums including as late as 2021. The bands I have been working with since the 80's all have had a big influence by Parliament/Funkadelic/Bootsy whereas I go back farther than they do. Never fear, I am schooling them on these other artists. Just a few days ago we were in the studio recording with Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks who happens to be my 3rd cousin.
When REAL MUSIC was played by REAL MUSICIANS... live and not with pre-tape tracks, turn-tables, some cat spittin; into a mic-- and 50 'dancers' on stage.
Amazing Cowbell playing man!!
This is exceptional!!! Energy & execution.
💯🎯
This guitar is so nasty, I so freakin' love it.
Take care Neftali, and thank you again
Masters. Even the cowbell sounds better than I've heard it before.
Man Neftali, you guys ROCKED back in the day. I love how this performance starts out with all on the horns and keys and half way through it, its like not one but two cowbells and a tambourine.
yall was killin' it!! i came back over to get some Mandrill funk
Oh man.....lovin' this one!!!.....saw Don Kirshner's Rock Concert many times, but somehow missed the mighty Mandrill when they played the show.
Glad you posted the vid Neftali.......much continued success to you man.
Mandrill has always been a true fav of mine.
the best band ever.
WOW! THIS IS THE REAL MUSIC!
Man this is unreal, Neftali do you remember DUFF Washington DC 1972 RFK Stadium - Mandrill!?! I have the poster!
been a fan of Mandrill since Composite Truth in 1973, they used to and still do "throw down"
Used to love covering this song with the GB band I used to be with here in Boston. Funky, Fun, and Powerful......Luv It!!!!!
gracias otra vez Neftali~ lo aprécio todo
of course I remember. A poster great!
Damn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Know they stole that show
Fantastic! So glad to have discovered Mandrill! :)
Thanks for posting, I had a ball watching these guys have a great time doing their thing. Great energy!!
Verdaderos músicos de antaño;una joya de documento audiovisual.
A crazy and perfect jam !!!
@jody808
Hi Jodi is it? Well Composite Truth was my first album with the band.
So I take that as a complement. Keep in touch.
I'm surprised that this vid only has 29K views. I should be a gozillion!! I watch it about two to three time a month.....
Wicked! And Live! From Blewfoot......
love the threads man, especially ric's hat!
Yes!!!! Thank you!!!
@cohojg58
That's very cool. I have found a lot of teens really dig our music.
@neftalisantiago From your tall son in Philly Ralph we met in 97 at your show in jersey you all signed my poster I was with sis Ahilia Love we met again at a club at 7 th & arc, with ButterBall I was shocked you guys remembered me Peace and Blessings
How the hell do you follow this
Future Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Famers!
RIP&L LOU WILSON!!!!
Great performance...!!!
THE MASTERS! My Soul music Men!
Salute!! Killer line up!!
On shows like Don Kirschner's rock concert, did bands play a full show or just the few songs broadcast?
Downright funky!!!
I'm going to play their '73 album
Just Outside Of Town
on my computer.
It wasthe worst of times but you made itthe best of times.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING POWER
CT I like he is one or the founding fathers of the funk . I Remember seeing CT at the old 22nd street show amazing performance.
@peterbonner
Yea Peter your reading way too much into this. First of all Dougie is not white and yea on TV the artist doesn't even know whats being fimed till you watch it on tv.
Oh Yes!!!!
FAMU’s Marching 100 plays this in the second half of Backstabbers. Original the staple selection was a halftime drill arrangement.
They definitely don't need more cowbell.
AWESOME! thanks!
nice 'fro Nef
If you don't like the anthology, start with The
Polydor albums.
Back in the 1990s, I went to Godfrey where used to
sell records.Tunes Unlimited.the albums
were a box.
A box of albums and many
other things.That's when I
purchased the album.
I still have the original album that came with the
booklet.
Mandrill Is released in 1971 was sensational, a combination of funk, soul, jazz and Latin music, but this band lacked greater publicity in other countries, including here in Brazil. Santana ended up occupying this space. But Mandrill was the best, without a doubt.
New York Funk! From Blewfoot....
@illuminatijews ,
Well your talking to the drummer oh young one. Enjoy our music!
This is great. Is that Doug Rodriguez (formerly of Buzzy Feiten and Santana) on lead guitar? I never thought there would be footage like this. This is great!
@horacechenry2
Send your poster jpeg to me at my email address. I will post it with all the other posters from Mandrill.
Thank u Neftali
Pure talent
Neftali you look a bit like your cousin in Santana Michael Carabello on this video... With the huge FRO.....
Claude Coffee Cave yes indeed..... Git it all 🔥👏🔥🚀
Oh sooo cool love it. love this mixure of instruments and slyles, yea would to dance to this music. I think its music with fits with the zeitgeist of the jears we will have in nearer future....A lot of changes....
I miss you brothers ofthe sun.
Linette,have you lost your
groove? You should
have Mandrill in your collection.
Radio didn't like long , instrumental solos . They want short repetitive hooks . THATS how they 'rated' bands , so stop it!.and given demo Afro-Cubean Rock should be prevalent but eastern europeans had different plans .
Dougie Rodriquez? Is that the same Dougie Rodriquez that played on Lenny White's Venusian Summer album?
Yes! Doug Rodrigues.
Tuskegee University band would play this song during the games in the 70s
righteous!
You know how radio stations are these days.
IF HENDRIX HAD KIDS ALL BOYS
RIP Claude Coffee Cave ====
@djntt69
You are very welcome my friend.
Neftali Santiago it's like the XML skit said...,'MORE COWBELL! '
Sir, How old were you
when you joined the group?
Died decades ago of a drug overdose.
STANKY DOUG on guitarra- NEFTY on drums...BAD!!!!!
I had gone to war, 71
You know how radio stations are these days.