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Ohio Players "Skin Tight" LIVE on U.S. TV 1974

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  • @loosescrews2440
    @loosescrews2440 6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    And YES!! That was actually played LIVE . No lip synching . Using real instruments! no auto tune or computer enhancement. And that folks , is how it is done.!

    • @caracasboogie
      @caracasboogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They can do it today but they are a bunch of lazy money grabbing ignoramus smugs

    • @viencellprice9532
      @viencellprice9532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We used to bump to this music 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

    • @dionnepadgett2225
      @dionnepadgett2225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree.Also they are in tune.No sour notes.Ive seen the Jackson 5 live and was disappointed.Flat notes and all.Being a musician myself with perfect pitch. How James Brown said" Can't Stand It.

    • @donnykohler7208
      @donnykohler7208 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah unlike the shit these days.
      Music's the only thing has hasn't advanced since the 70s

    • @derbinhamler2103
      @derbinhamler2103 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The epitome of tight!

  • @derekgharris
    @derekgharris 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    The Midnight Special gave us so many iconic performances in the 70’s! It was one of those original gems that just can’t be replicated. I’m so glad I was able to see it! Loved the 70’s, you just had to be there and those of us that were are so lucky 💯

  • @areguapiri
    @areguapiri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Back when you had to be true, musically trained musicians to be successful. Great to see this.

  • @blackcosmos
    @blackcosmos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Ohio Players, The Isley Brothers, Earth Wind n Fire, Sly n the Family Stone all gave us nothing but Soulful, Funked out Psychedelic vibes.💕

    • @williamjackson5357
      @williamjackson5357 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Don’t forget PFunk, they took funk to heaven in 77

    • @ILoveGod06
      @ILoveGod06 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@williamjackson5357
      You mean they killed it or they brought it to even higher heights than it was already? 😂

  • @footballlegend8249
    @footballlegend8249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    That was my daddy song, he loved those Ohio players R.I.P pops ! My dad had good taste for music he loved zapp & Roger more bounce to the ounces heard through the grapevine and there was one more song and it was Parliament night of the thumpasourus people with Bernie worrell on the keyboards !

  • @battleofthebeatswiththerealog
    @battleofthebeatswiththerealog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Cincinnati's own Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner from the Evanston neighborhood! Klassik!! Dayton/Cincinnati ruled RnB and Soul in the 70's & 80's!!

  • @williewilliams6714
    @williewilliams6714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Just think of the Great Music OHIO has blessed us With.....
    Isley Brothers...Ohio Players.... Lakeside....Roger Troutman and Zapp... Bootsie Collins...The Dazz Band.... Midnight Star(1 of the founding member is from Cincinnati Ohio).... Heatwave...The O'Jays...Slave...Faze O....Bones Thugzs and Harmony...etc..
    Shoutouts to Cincinnati...Dayton and Cleveland Ohio....

    • @williewilliams6714
      @williewilliams6714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Marshall L Smith You've been Misinformed..The Dazz band began in Cleveland Ohio....As for Heatwave..the Wilder brothers(Lead Vocals)are from Dayton Ohio...

    • @deniseflores5637
      @deniseflores5637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ohio is Ohio

  • @mmjaljs
    @mmjaljs 11 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Sugar was a underrated guitar player 4 sure! mmj

  • @MikeHF
    @MikeHF 10 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    The definition of "Cool" is Sugarfoot! He is a great guitarist as well!

  • @frankievernon99
    @frankievernon99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Now this is the Ohio Players at their finest!

  • @crispycashchedda4350
    @crispycashchedda4350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I should of been born in 60s in of the late 90s..cause I'm a old soul,ya'll had real music to grow up to.

  • @anushanush2254
    @anushanush2254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    All instruments and vocals - little bit of wa wa pedal, Leslie amp spinning up on a beautiful big Hammond and that's it - no autotune, overdubbing blah blah - raw real funk - RIP Sugarfoot

  • @emill61
    @emill61 11 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    When funk ruled the airwaves. There was none better than SUGARFOOT. One of the coolest to ever sing or play guitar and as you can see he could do both at the same time with ease. The Ohio Players where one of the main reasons I picked up a bass and guitar. Sugarfoot stayed true to his art all his life. And his legacy will live on FOREVER. RIP.

    • @caracasboogie
      @caracasboogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many front men can't do that even with Rock bands...few were successful at it... Sister Rosetta Thorpe was Great at it; she was said to have pioneered American Rock & Roll

  • @supreme1096
    @supreme1096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This song popped into my head while I was driving. Some songs are just timeless.
    It was also great to see the Late Wolfman Jack on Midnight Special.
    Another one of my favorite tv shows growing up in the 1970s.

    • @noreik57
      @noreik57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for confirming that, I'm from UK, thought it was Wolfman Jack, wasn't sure

  • @Antoinette70
    @Antoinette70 11 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Where did the good music go?? Now, we have to reminisce the good old days when what is known now as old school funk was the best thing going. I will forever be an old school lover of the oldies but goodies in music.

    • @casualobserver3145
      @casualobserver3145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sister....good music has left the building.

    • @Antoinette70
      @Antoinette70 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@casualobserver3145 LOL!! Yep!

    • @mrtyreus0
      @mrtyreus0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohio Player's weren't even respected enough back in the day.

  • @feliciabutler4625
    @feliciabutler4625 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Even though I grew up listening to the Ohio Players, I STILL Get UP listening to them NOW. PHENOMENAL!!!

    • @annewoodcock8526
      @annewoodcock8526 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too. Still think I’m 17 when I’m boogieing around the house 😂😂

  • @catboyzee
    @catboyzee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Sugarfoot, killing on lead vocals, guitar, chewing gum, and Afro. Respect and RIP...

    • @roquey44
      @roquey44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Suga Foot, baby. Big tight 'fro with the left eye covered. Larry Graham, Michael Cooper copied his style as did Lionel Ritchie when he was with The Commodores. "Aww, aww gurl"
      He, I couldn't dance to save my life. Poor as hell. Lived in a house where dad abused Mom some. But I'll tell you what, I could always look forward to the music.

    • @mj8275
      @mj8275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's still living.

    • @fcrawford8615
      @fcrawford8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      YES! The Showmanship was Incredible...Second to None! Sugar Foot was Spectacular! Those Awesome Outfits!

    • @gixxer750cc
      @gixxer750cc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@roquey44 Let's not forget Larry Blackmon from Cameo too...

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Afro is sure out there. Lol. Love it & fab musicians. RIP

  • @rtgray4188
    @rtgray4188 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Part of my fave top ten..Ohio Players, Commodores, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye.. to name some of my days of great memories....Loved to dance, still do..Great guitarist.. great music relatable. Their own band, all LIVE music! Who's left in 2024?

  • @michaelvaughn9020
    @michaelvaughn9020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Absolutely one the greatest bands of their era. Not only musicians but song writer's. Never gave a bad live performance. A true rarity.

  • @wrlpierce
    @wrlpierce 11 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Just love the Players sound! Love the horns,, keyboards, bass and especially Sugar's voice and guitar riffs. He will be sadly missed, but will live on through his legacy!

  • @madmikeastoria
    @madmikeastoria 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You'll never see this stuff again. Thats why Im stuck in it....

  • @DaddyKoolPop
    @DaddyKoolPop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I still push this heat every day in my car... and it's still hot. Respect!

    • @keithfr7095
      @keithfr7095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It really is STILL hot, I wish something would come up like this stuff. The talented live musicians even on the studio albums makes the difference. Band chemistry and live playing talent man!!

  • @mhm33lp
    @mhm33lp 11 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What a band! Sugarfoot is a true genius, plus he is too cool for school.

  • @VeraHannaford
    @VeraHannaford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Capes, collars, and ruffled shirts with velvet bows. I ❤ the '70s.

  • @tainyaross2842
    @tainyaross2842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    OH My goodness Sugarfoot!! High school Memories ❤️❤️❤️

  • @bigdukepod
    @bigdukepod 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Burt Sugarman had the wisdom to share this music with the world!! Thanks Burt!!!

  • @JerkVegas86
    @JerkVegas86 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    WOLF MAN!!! R.I.P BROTHA!!!!

  • @lisabradford8180
    @lisabradford8180 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    with cuts like this, old skool will never die.

  • @cobbie000
    @cobbie000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    R.IP Sugarfoot! My wife was born in 74! Possibly because of Ohio Players music! Can never be duplicated!

  • @jeannie20001
    @jeannie20001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Damn it I couldn't have said it better. Nothing but pure funk. Sugar Sugar Sugar Foot and Ohio Players. 😎🎸

  • @terencestrong7516
    @terencestrong7516 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    RIP Clarence "Satch" Satchell, The Original Ohio Player and one of the baddest on a saxophone!

    • @babayaga1767
      @babayaga1767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pee wee was on sax. satch was trumpet

    • @barroningram7286
      @barroningram7286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Terence you're right

    • @lonelyman1967
      @lonelyman1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@babayaga1767 Pee wee isn't even in the video. That's Satch on sax and Marvin Pierce better known as Merv on the trombone.

    • @allen6924
      @allen6924 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Satch was the leader of the group, named all their songs. Handled their finances, and lost all their money to the IRS (failure to pay taxes, because he was skimming). But he was a great musician.

    • @linbonn4749
      @linbonn4749 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lonelyman1967 Yes...thats Satch on the sax....he also played the flute...I think on Pain

  • @jerbojones
    @jerbojones 10 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Those were some bad boys right there!!! Them mugs could play!!!

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the greatest Soul Bands and Singers of all time, The Ohio Players!!!!!!!

  • @Luevernon
    @Luevernon 11 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    All you wanna be artists take note. This is how real artists perform!!!

    • @marquesgivens9048
      @marquesgivens9048 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luevernon Cross oi

    • @caracasboogie
      @caracasboogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Live too. Sounds better than the studio version

    • @Nu-Kreation
      @Nu-Kreation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caracasboogie Yes it does! U can hear all those instruments playing. Live music is the best way 2 listen 2 a song.

  • @ronstewart4749
    @ronstewart4749 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    sugar foot kicks ass

  • @AdvocatePower
    @AdvocatePower 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Remember this song., and OHIO Players!! PLUS Wolfman Jack!!!

  • @Femalecommaman
    @Femalecommaman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    The Ohio Players are great! "Skin Tight" and "Fire" were two of my favorites in High School! Wolfman Jack was only 57 when he died of a heart attack. He wanted to see his wife, Lou after touring to promote his autobiography. He got home, went to hug her and collapsed. RIP Wolfman!

    • @Kemet3.0
      @Kemet3.0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I bet you were wearing those skins jeans back thing?

    • @jeannie20001
      @jeannie20001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lady Suzette thanks for sharing. I was working a 2nd shift job back in those day couldn't wait to get off on a friday night because wolfman jack was soon be on the tube I would shower eat get my glass if 🍷 my puff puff pass we be ready for wolfman jack to hear wolfman Jack to tell us who his guest going to be and wait for the howl. Let The Midnight Special Shine Its Ever Loving Light On You.

    • @janiceaviles2226
      @janiceaviles2226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank You Very Much! For Sharing This!😢💔🙂✌

    • @randybarnett2308
      @randybarnett2308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wolfman was one of a kind ,miss hearing the Wolfman👍😎

    • @davidmiranda7842
      @davidmiranda7842 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember them in jr high always loved their music i remember that girl that got stabbed at the love rollercoaster concert great soul music Ohio Player's best music that i still listen too

  • @gusmartins1660
    @gusmartins1660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was absolutely killing. Great band. Great sound and superb repertoire. I’m so happy to have been old enough to consider them one of my favorites during their heyday.

  • @gumballrally427
    @gumballrally427 10 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Sugarfoot ruled!!

  • @madcurls9655
    @madcurls9655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Back in the day when sporting the fro was boss and no one wore it harder than Sugarfoot.

  • @Lstevens324
    @Lstevens324 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    God I remember The Midnight Special and Don Kirshners Rock conert

    • @adc2327
      @adc2327 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget In Concert. It didn't come on every week.

  • @reynaldomadridi7238
    @reynaldomadridi7238 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    True musical geniuses! There craft spoke for it's self! I was alive and saw this original broadcast! It was definitely late and my pops... let me stay up to watch it! 1974! YES!

  • @tammystwilson1763
    @tammystwilson1763 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This always came on too late when I was young. I would be sleep by the time it came on. I would have stayed awake for this. I listened to all of their albums.l

  • @m.b.2153
    @m.b.2153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank GOD for my sister that introduced me to all kinds of music when I was 10 years old ! She loved The Ohio Players and so do did my parents !

    • @m.b.2153
      @m.b.2153 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously! Look at all those people just sitting there and Not Moving!! When it use to DON Kirshner's Midnight SPECIAL, All the kids were dancing !!! That's how I know im not from this world !!! But The Ohio Players still sound GREAT !!! 💃

  • @tronicvision-misic
    @tronicvision-misic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1974, in The Checkmate Club, Rochester NY. My band, "The Nth Degree Odyssey" opened for them for a week. Great times.

  • @jrumm
    @jrumm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of the groups who learned from James Brown and went on to teach others how's it's done. They should be in the Rock in Roll Hall Of Fame. Lesser groups have made it.

    • @WTBSLIVE
      @WTBSLIVE ปีที่แล้ว

      STRAIGHT FACTS !!!!!

    • @Blues.Fusion
      @Blues.Fusion 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At this point there is more honor NOT being in the RRHOF

  • @rtgray4188
    @rtgray4188 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ohio Players 💕 Love on tv! Live at concert 💕..that is me in front row with roses..lol 💕 Listen on radio 💕 listen at disco, dance club 💕 Loved them for years..Am sharing to Funk, soul and disco facebook group to get more coverage, sharing MY KIND of music. This white girl loved funk music :) 😊Funk from 1970s 80s and even today in 2024. Everlasting appeal to sing, relate to, dance to!! 💕

  • @toddmitchell7701
    @toddmitchell7701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is what's missing in black music today these dudes was the truth

  • @dudeseriously57
    @dudeseriously57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ohio Players were a great band. This is a great live performance. My favorite love song of all time is Angel.

  • @BKHoliwell
    @BKHoliwell ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I so remember doing the bump( dance) on the dance floor often with two young lady students simultaneously at UCLA in the 70s to this song, and the OHIO PLAYERS cuts were many of my favorites as I commanded the record player at our housing parties/dances!!!!!!!

    • @jazzfusioner9840
      @jazzfusioner9840 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful witness....the bump.....the original busta move.....

  • @PatriciaFlores-zb6vm
    @PatriciaFlores-zb6vm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    pure talent and natural music. love it 🎤🎵🎶🎸🎺🥁

  • @whiketurner6249
    @whiketurner6249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Skin Tight
    "Skin Tight" is track #3 on the album 20th Century Masters. It was written by Bonner, Leroy/Williams, James L./Jones, Marshall/Pierce, Marvin R./Middlebrooks, Ralph/Satchell, Clarence.
    Yeah, yeah
    You are a bad bad Mrs.
    In them skin tight britches
    Runnin' folks in ditches
    Baby about to bust the stitches, yeah
    Skin tight, skin tight
    Skin tight, skin tight
    Hold tight
    You are a real fine lady
    Though your walks a little shady
    Step on the strip on time
    There's money you're bound to find, yeah
    Skin tight, skin tight
    Skin tight, skin tight
    Skin tight, skin tight
    Hold tight
    Gone, gone, gone with your bad self
    Walk that walk, talk that talk mama
    Skin tight
    Hold me barely back girl
    Keep on steppin' to me baby

  • @elnjay33
    @elnjay33 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Awesome! That groove and their pocket is Classic! Thanks for posting.

  • @SolomohnEnnis
    @SolomohnEnnis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Beyond masterful! It fills me with pride. Thank you, brothers.

  • @decacards5250
    @decacards5250 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The platform shoes and 'fros they were sporting back then.

  • @detaipay
    @detaipay 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I said the same thing!! Man I cried when I heard of his passing...dynamic frontman!

  • @poopsieguillory7416
    @poopsieguillory7416 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    SugarFoot had that Fro SKINTIGHT!

  • @WFNKcom
    @WFNKcom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Listen to sugarfoot warm up and go off on that guitar about 4:00 in. play babah play

  • @bigfrank1010
    @bigfrank1010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gotta luv the funk great drums bass and oh my god the horn section

  • @bigfinewomanful
    @bigfinewomanful 11 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I LOVED Sugarfoot....that cool as shit 'Fro, the way he sang., that funky guitar.......part of my teenaged years are pained again with the loss of this brother.
    RIP Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner.

  • @dingodizmal255
    @dingodizmal255 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was in 5th grade bussed into a black school in 1979 OMG those black kids kicked me down the best records and fully ignored my Kiss disks. I'm honored to have grown up with this band, Richard Pryor and tons of other acts I would never have seen in my Texas neighborhood.

  • @shawnrollins7002
    @shawnrollins7002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love them groups back than.

  • @WillieBization
    @WillieBization 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing group. And that was one serious afro the lead singer was sporting

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    REMEMBERING BASS PLAYER MARSHALL "ROCK" JONES
    (JANUARY 4, 1941 - MAY 27, 2016) [05/27/2017]

  • @vickipatterson2
    @vickipatterson2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    SUGARFOOT...come back today....miss you bro

  • @jesussaves3565
    @jesussaves3565 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sugarfoot was real funky, I'm goona miss this brother. the only brother who played a double neck Mosrite ( I wonder if the guitar was custom made for Leroy). In this clip he's chewing gum...I think when you chew gum and play guitar your timing gets funky and nasty. RIP my brother..your playing was "Skin Tight". YA BOY!!

  • @TJLSUDAD
    @TJLSUDAD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Rest In Heaven MJ - Thank You for the funk bass lines. I am one of your students for ever!

  • @a.c.6475
    @a.c.6475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to break my neck trying to play drums like "Diamond" Williams, the baddest drummer I had ever heard!

  • @lesliehuggins1423
    @lesliehuggins1423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was so happy when this band came on the scene. Classic song "Skin Tight."

  • @jyozao7209
    @jyozao7209 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Yes when talent was not fabricated.

  • @adrianmitchell8586
    @adrianmitchell8586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The way Sugarfoot turns his head to the right after he acknowledges the band and saying Skintight!!!!

  • @KuttyJoe
    @KuttyJoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The lead singer had a really great voice.

  • @davidhadley370
    @davidhadley370 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Goddamn, it's so funky it hertz! ;)

  • @FromUR2UB
    @FromUR2UB 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sugarfoot's afro is still one of the coolest of all times.

  • @alts3986
    @alts3986 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    awesome pure funk without computer enhancement

    • @darhyllacy3671
      @darhyllacy3671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I recently saw them fronted by Diamond..their original or nearly original drummer, in San Diego. Show was tight as hell!. Diamond made a point of saying that there were no computer or vocal enhancements being used!

    • @DWASHMUSIC
      @DWASHMUSIC 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      THIS IS REAL BLACK MUSIC. NOT THE SHIT TODAY!!!!!! FACTS💪🏿🖤💪🏿🎶🎶🎶🖤👊🏿👊🏿

  • @yippee1999
    @yippee1999 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    omg...that opening bass!!!!!!

    • @whiketurner6249
      @whiketurner6249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lyn Evans It's fun to play.

    • @babayaga1767
      @babayaga1767 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      listen to the album cut. this tempo is a little fast funky AF on the record

  • @amd77j
    @amd77j 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait, it was almost forty years ago that I stayed up to watch this "Midnight Special" episode? WOW!!! WTF happened to music since then? Great to see The Wolfman and The Ohio Players in this video. RIP, Sugarfoot!!!

  • @wallieke
    @wallieke 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    AWESOME!!!!

  • @mconleymichaleconley175
    @mconleymichaleconley175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These song were really. Funky.i remember at the time most people were taking speed pills that make u freak out.and stay up few days at a time.those was getting high times. Never will forget the good old days. No more speed pills .

  • @djgiovanninsane
    @djgiovanninsane 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still have all of my mom's Ohio Player albums on vinyl. I'm glad I grew up in that era.

  • @melaniepetrarca1353
    @melaniepetrarca1353 9 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    This is when talent was real, notice they are actually playing instruments! Not pushing buttons! God l love the old way, the "REAL" way, music is played!

    • @whiketurner6249
      @whiketurner6249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Melanie Petrarca I'm a white rocker from this time. I started playing when I was 14, in 1977. When I was 45, I tried playing with kids, 19-25 years old - raised right, on gospel and funk. It was a university band at Tennessee State University. Those kids were so much better and knowledgeable players than me. This is a 13 piece band with 4 horns, bass, drums, 4 vocals, two keyboard players - all black and young and talented as can be in the most beautiful way, and my dumb ass on guitar. I was the weak link - and it stung because I had made money in rock. They were kind and nuturing, but not the teacher so much. That was 6 years ago, and now I can play a lot more, know my theory better, and will challenge myself harder always. This music is real. When you feel that funk in a big way, it lights you up.

    • @williamgibbs3199
      @williamgibbs3199 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +WhIke Turner Plus each generation seems to complain about the younger generations music. I'm 56 and my father thought I was out of my mind when I listened to music like this.

    • @melaniepetrarca1353
      @melaniepetrarca1353 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +WhIke Turner Sounds to me you really appreciate good music and have gifts, and talents of your own! Keep going, I think age is just a number!

    • @whiketurner6249
      @whiketurner6249 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Melanie Petrarca
      I realized something a long time ago. All music is folk music - just depends on what kind of folks you are referring to. When the music is good, there is a reason. It's who is playing. It's the character and dedication. It's their story as well.
      Take Miley Cyrus. She's the spoiled brat daughter of a crappy 80s commercial pop-country asshole. She's also a child star. These industries are monumentally screwed up. And that is what spat out that brat.
      The Ohio Players, along with every other great act, worked their asses off and established an identity. But they had proper musical training, even if it was self taught. Sugarfoot, for instance, taught himself jazz theory - because he was hungry for it. Look at him go... It's a beautiful thing.

    • @rbagel55
      @rbagel55 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Melanie Petrarca You got that right Melanie. And that is why a lot of this modern "rap" and hiphop
      stuff doesn't have the same "feel" to it. These dudes were MUSICIANS. not plastic wannabees who are backed up with Synthesizers, sequencers, and digital drummers

  • @jrumm
    @jrumm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    True Talent

  • @matsnilsson565
    @matsnilsson565 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OHIO PLAYERS are for me the group that alongside SLY & THE FAMILY STONE and PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC just changed everything when it comes to groove with an ROCK influence. Check out the groups WESTBOUND albums!

  • @jakorihollinger785
    @jakorihollinger785 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I remember the Midnight Special!!!! Had to beg my mom to let me stay up!

  • @tropicvibe
    @tropicvibe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Those is some smokin' capes!!!! I love these guys

  • @bigtee82969
    @bigtee82969 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Sugarfoot is da man

  • @jeffhammers8184
    @jeffhammers8184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love the Ohio Players.....especially the cool lead singer with the double necked Mosrite!!!!!! To fu..ing cool!!!!!!!!!

  • @backsweet
    @backsweet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Them collars lol...I remember my pops with shirts like that (R.I.P. POPS). I was a young teenager in JHS when this come. It was the shit too!

  • @dundadawassullol811
    @dundadawassullol811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you Marshall. Jones sugar foot , and the entirety of the ohio players for the funk. The Master's of funk R.I.P. Marshall Jones and thank you for the music you will never be forgotten but always remembered.

  • @viencellprice9532
    @viencellprice9532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We used to dance 🩰 our 👢 bootie's off this jam, great party 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 music, great musicians

  • @rubynovel
    @rubynovel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of The Best in Music History ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @VirgoCatleesi
    @VirgoCatleesi 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Smiling through tears right now. Rest in Peace, Sugarfoot...

  • @mcfunk714
    @mcfunk714 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love Sugerfoot going into a full on Rock guitar solo. Now that's the FUNK!

  • @francofrogg
    @francofrogg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    One of the FUUUUNKIEST songs ever

  • @squarenupe1753
    @squarenupe1753 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Sugar had the afro-in-the-eye look!!

    • @whiketurner6249
      @whiketurner6249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** He knew how badass he looked and played it perfect. Dude is a Funk Icon.

    • @antoniostubbs9962
      @antoniostubbs9962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That would be controversy in today's time.. one eye exposed etc...

    • @brotzmannsax
      @brotzmannsax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@antoniostubbs9962 He's wearing a Pentagram around his neck as well, it goes way back, especially transgendering.

  • @tyroneprice6642
    @tyroneprice6642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember this song Skin Tight 1974 the year President Nixon resign from the Presidency. Wolfman Jack I remember a legend in music.

  • @largemarge2073
    @largemarge2073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bands like this made kids dream of being in the school band, so much talent

  • @dmcarden
    @dmcarden 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn, that base gets me every time!! Loved this song!! Do yo thang SugarFoot up in heaven!

  • @sboyd4723
    @sboyd4723 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love that valve trombone!

  • @puertorico4637
    @puertorico4637 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Takes me back way back to my basement parties. RIP