Bobby & The Midnites ~ 1-26-83 ~ Easy To Slip
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Bob Weir - Guitar, Vocals | Dave Garland - Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals | Billy Cobham - Drums, Vocals | Bobby Cochran - Guitar,Vocals | Alphonso Johnson - Bass, Vocals
Bobby Cochran is a shredder
He was MEANT to play that solo. 🙏👍💙✌
When I first started seeing the Grateful Dead in the early 80s, I became slightly obsessed with what Bob Weir was doing as a rhythm guitarist. There was a lot of clicking and chucking and chiming, harmonics here and there and power chords too. Jerry got the crowd excited but Bob was working his fucking ass off up there. When I saw the Wolf Bros project a couple times last summer, he was still doing it. I turned to my son and said, "If you're wondering what Bob Weir's been doing up there for the last 55 years, this is it." It wasn't obscured by what a bunch of other musicians were doing. The guy is probably one of the most creative guitarists who's ever lived.
Bobby kicks ass , and he carried the band through the mid 80s. Yes he was called Rock Star Bobby , but he earned his way . Shit he carried the band through the 90s as well.
That Dew on Europe 72 is all Bobby. He's a mad genius.
Well said. As a guitar guy myself, you're right.
For about a year I questioned why Bobby was so revered as a guitar player. I never heard him, but that was because I had been SO hyper focused and lasered in on Jerry (or John). Then, I was listening to the Sugar Magnolia from The Closing of Winterland 12/31/78 and all of a sudden I heard him clear has day doing his thing. Clinking and clanging and jangling and it’s so wonderful. I’ve never heard another guitar player like him. God bless the Dead.
And dyslexic at that (can't read sheet music).
How fricken great is this?! best Feat cover ever I reckon...
Feat, for sure.
Seems like some have had the “Black/White” “thing” solved for years.
This is my favorite thing ever. Especially the giddy up guitar solo.
Ya it might be the greatest guitar solo of all time... History of humanity
Bobby and the Midnights are top 3 of best performance of all time in my music world. Its actually an 84 show, but these guys were always on absolute fire.
All-star rhythm section !!!!
Bobby Weir, Lowell George, same song, so different, so similarly perfect.
I agree. Ive easily watched this over 25 times in a few years. It really is a very solid version.
Little Feat and Lowell thanks❤️
So many comments...none about Lowell...😊
I did❤😊
Great lineup
yes thank you for posting this video! stuff like this gets lost...
Bobby and the Midnites Reunion 2024
Billy Cobham is fresh from Mahavishnu Orchestra....Imagine if Mahavishnu John were to sit in with Dead!
also the jack johnson record by miles davis. also billy cobham george duke band (legendary shit in montreux jf '76)
Actually he had been ten years out of the Mahavishnu Orchestra at this point and was about to regroup with John McLaughlin the very next year for Mahavishnu ll
Awesome.
Smoking hot. On time. Whole wheat shreddies indeed!
wish we could get a remastered release of this show
he played this a Jerry's funeral
really? Interesting... good choice.
Bruce Ware didn't know that
Sure miss Jerry.
“I don’t want to live forever in the shadow of your leaving me…”
great
Bobby should have eased back on those rails of snow. Sweating like a pig!
I agree!
must have been wierd to be bobby playing on stage and look at the crowd and no1 is dancing
haha i think every video you see a close up of bobby ever, show or not he looks super high. think its just permanant bobby's a space cake
It looks like they pulled the first white guy they saw off the street like he just finished mowing his lawn. I love it though this guy wails.
Is that an ibanez hes playing?
Very cool. Cochran makes Garcia look like an amateur.
Settle down! I was joking!!!!
he looks really high
Only Creed fans would downvote this.
I think all Bobby fans and most Dead fans are happy with the awesome professional level of performance with the players of Bobby and the Midnights.
Written by the great Lowell George!!
I didn't know that! Wow!
Bob's best ensemble ever. Seriously. Billy Cobham? Al Johnson? And Bobby Cochran's bluesy leads are insanely good! This should be re-released (internally by GD if necessary)...
Yes.. I made a comment can you answer it
Thank you, Lowell George!
Dear Ol' Dad
Right on Forrest!
Rip Paul Barerre
Simply one of the best videos on TH-cam. Great cover, great band. Bobby fans are people, too!
that was a fan freaking tastic solo
This is a Little Feat song and this crowd must be on tranquilizers
truth!
"Ludes man, ludes"
One can't dance when one can barley see. Although I remember being only able to dance and compliment the world on it's new tie dye.
Billy Cobham is by far the best drummer i've ever seen in my lifetime. There is no second place
Well, ya, if you only saw one that makes sense.
maybe Buddy Rich
Shit yeah
Well, I just had to watch this a couple of times after watching the I want to live in America music video! I do feel better now, hehe!
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It only took me 40 years to hear this… holy shit I’m so glad I finally did.
One of my favorite live performance videos of all time...
Hey now
Can you answer my comment
Bobby in his prime love these lyrics so relevent to todays world
Lowell George wrote this song
bobby is in his prime! such great vocals.
I think there are some songs Bobby "gets", a personal thing, This is one that is amazing. I also love to hear him play Stuck Outside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again. Looking for to 2016 Ratdog
I know he's old now, but darn. This makes me want to be a 60s 70s chick
You've got good taste in men. (And music, evidently.)
Not his Song..
Its Lowell you want lol
I know he’s old now, but darn. This makes me want to be a 60s 70s or 80s chick. And I’m a DUDE!
It was freakin great be a 5een in the 70's to catch a smile at cha
OK.. that solo was absolutely SICK!!!!
Dak TirQue You could not be more correct.
+Dak TirQue I think that every time I hear it. Then after that fantastic solo he just goes back to singing like nothing happened.
randall scott burress yes. It happens to everyone. But theres more. Its not gone forever.
Are you a player or just a critic?
Fuck you, Troll!
The dynamic control that this group had is absolutely amazing. This was played as if telling a story. Set it up, build it up, climax, recovery and epilogue. Wonderful
Rt Carolina I am very impressed by that line-up. As someone who likes jazz as well as anything Grateful Dead related, I would count Cochran, Johnson, Cobham, and Garland as one of the best jazz combo line ups ever!
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3:05 a perfect shot of Billy's triple bass triple snare Tama kit with custom paint... AWESOMENESS
Monster!!!!!!
Everytime I watch this, I get a chill right down my spine, and a tear or two drop. So beautiful. And then...You get to see the absolute JOY in playing music from Bobby Cochran! What a treat this is. I watch this at least once a year to remind me of what it's all about.
See you soon?
I come back to this song once every couple of months and lament the fact it is not on streaming services
I saw them a few times, and they were fantastic! Bobby Cochran is an amazing guitar player! Throw in Billy and Alphonso and you've got a supergroup. And no, that's not Brent, it's Dave Garland.
didn't they meet Brent through side projects though?
@@joshuajohnson8991 yes, Brent was in Bobby's side band Kingfish in late 70s and was brought in after Keith and Donna's departure, late 1979.
That might be the best guitar solo I have ever seen. Man he just lets it go and smokes it!!
That might be the best guitar solo ive ever heard in my entire life
Man, l totally agree,... Just an absolute work of art !!
Does it with ease too!
I love the original Feat version but in some ways I like this more. Bobby and the band seem to put more into it here.Always liked Bobby's singing since I saw the Dead back 100 years ago. ;)
Bobby's version of the Jerry Garcia Band. His own Amazing side project!
What an Incredible ensemble of musicians! God Damn Billy Cobham!
This is so Godamn good , been on repeat constantly Cobham crushing it
Listening to this brings tears to my eyes for all my friends who died suddenly...
Such a rippin' band; monsters. But I've never dug this arrangement of 'Easy To Slip' - far prefer Feat's straight ahead original.
I respect your opinion friend and obviously the writer of the song is what its all about, but you were never able to get into Bobby performing Slip at all? Not even a little bit lol?🤣✌🎶
@@bluecollar825 I dig the exemplary musicianship of his band, but far prefer the version on Sailin' Shoes.
I saw this show at Club Casino in Hampton Beach New Hamster. That's a few hundred miles North by Northeast of New Gerbil. Max Creek opened the show. Then we drove all night to get to Camp Creek in Richmond Maine. Labor Day Weekend Max Creek on the farm. 1983.
It's so easy to slip
It's so easy to fall
And let your memory drift
And do nothin' at all
All the love that you missed
All the people that you can't recall
Do they really exist at all
Well my whole world seems so cold today
All the magics's gone away
And our time together melts away
Like the sad melody I play
Well I don't want to drift forever
In the shadow of your leaving me
So I'll light another cigarette
And try to remember to forget
It's so easy to slip
It's so easy to fall
And let your memory drift
And do nothin' at all
All the love that you missed
All the people that you can't recall
Do they really exist at all
Man, those Lyrics are Real AF...
Ty forest
Ty Forest
This is the real Bobby and the Midnites I saw live in 81, not the brainwashed MTV imposters that recorded that horrific Living In America video. I'd like to hear Bobby explain how that debacle came about. Alphonso Johnson was a kickass bass player who laid down a solo at the show I saw that earned him a high five from Bobby. You can see and hear his greatness on this song alone.
"Living In America" was their version of "We Built This City".
3:29 😎👍🏿
So glad he covers a Lowell George song.
So different than the Little Feat original 1972 studio version. Nice!
Like the great Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir is a true rock and roll warrior.
Such an amazing jam......I wish I wasn't 6 when this was filmed.....seen Bobby dozens of times in my life but this is a special song.......hits hard and is still very relevant in weird world we live in today.
So much better than little feat original
That's why you gotta hit every show. Ya never know...
Came back for more....This song is so meaningful, so well played. Get goosebumps down my spine at about 4:30 on
Man, Billy back there. Amazing.
So I light another cigarette, and try to remember to forget
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALPHONSO JOHNSON!
One of my fav songs and top it off with how fantastic Bobby always looks in his periwinkle blue shirt makes this even more Heavenly.
I ❤️ this. This was an amazing set. I bought it when it came out on vhs (& promoptly taken off the market a week later after the Dead’s lawyer sent a cease & desist) . IMO the biggest highlight of this excellent set was “Bahamas Mama” an instrumental which was a showcase for Alphonso Johnson.
I love this set too lol. That BM is great but this one hits emotionally for me. Bahama is just fun!✌
Hey friend, is there more of this? Bombs Away, perhaps? Fly Away or Me Without You? This is effin' amazing! Those late 70's and early 80's Weir shows kill! And Bobby Cochran is way underrated on lead.
What a stunning Bobby version of a perfect Little Feat song. WOW! Thank you for sharing!
Squiggy Wigginz you couldn’t have said it any better
Love the guitar riff at 4:09 !!!
can't stop watching it either....it's so easy to slip...........so easy to faaaallllll......
It was wonderful picking myself and my girlfriend out in the 7th row on the aisle. A WONDERFUL show definitely!!
SO awesome. thanks for posting, rhis is a beacon !! so good thanks bob weir and thanks midnites and thanks for all who keep this alive
Love100%🤍💯 does anyone know where is ⁉️⁉️ I saw a little feet at the Warner theater in d.c. I love this gig w/ALFONSO JOHNSON DAVE GARLAND.. WISH THEY'D GET TOGETHER AND PLAY AGAIN I saw several Bobby in the midnight shows I saw another show in DC or Virginia ⁉️ I 🤔 it was by the water ⁉️ I can't find my 🎟️ it was like a bar n after nano babies came out cz I was wearin my daughter's nb.. also whn i was @ Warner theater in DC..they were playin a song n it didn't want 2end so... I could o sworn that Alfonso said " i gotta go to the 🛁🚿"BUT I COULD HAVE IMAGINED IT ⁉️❓⁉️❓ if anyone knows or taped the show let me know.. I think it was the Warner theater maybe it was 🎯 me up🖕I mean 👆 LoL sherry it rymes with Jerry Garcia 😜
Amazing the reverence the crowd has for the musicians
40 years ago sounds so good.
gotta love all the Peavey gear on stage :)
Billy Cobham on Drums
Lowe George the man who wrote this song was in mother's of invention with BL Frank Zappa...One day at a rehearsal George told Frank that he wrote a song that he might like to Re- herse.... Frank's reply...."I write the songs in this band))". George went and minted his own dollar...soul to s-peak...jajaja... This attitude Bobbwy exudes
Check out the awesome Cobham drum fill at 2:20.
Is that 6 pickups on Bobby Cochran's guitar? Why? My current favorite guitarist's (Charlie Starr) favored rig has one. Also, are both Bobs playing the same guitar?
I remember an interview with Jerry about Bobby. He said "Bobby just doesn't play the way most guitarists play, and we're good with that.
Bobby Cochran would be good with the Boys in Furthur!!! I'd love to see that!! GD Forever!!
I miss Further.
Bobby Cochran!!!
wtf is wrong with that crowd! they are sitting there, falling asleep
“…DID they EVER exist at all?” would have been my choice if I penned it. But I could never.
Listen too those drums and bass. This is one heck of a supergroup.
Anyone know where this was? I saw them around that time, Nassau Veterans Coliseum, Long Island.
I wish I could have have seen some of there shows. Bobby & The Midnites tour all the way. Pefect sounds way ahead of there time
Bob is so under-rated.
What an amazing performance. If i dont go back to it every once and awhile i wonder if it exists at all
Billy is the most powerful drummer I’ve ever seen. His drums are likely bolted down 😂
OMG I remember...THANK YOU FOR Postsing THIS..
Last night 9-10-2012 I saw Bobby do this again ,AT the TOWER in Philly it was acoustic but in The 80'S i WOULD see him play in cali At the Country Club in Reseda Cali or the Golden Bear in Hunington Beach...Bobby such mad love for you..
What a great ensemble this was. So lucky to have seen them
If this is the Warner theater in DC
I was there
Catfish hodge band opened
Bobby Cochran blew his amp
still rockin in 2016.... yeah bobby, keep it going brother!
He doesn't sound or look *this* young, but this tour he sounds and looks great, hope he keeps on doing whatever it is. And I wish they would rip this tune just once! haha
How do you feel about everything 6yrs later, all incarnations of Bobbys various groups. Company, Wolf Bros, solo, etc. Tbh I feel like he butchers Jerry songs. I love Bobby but so many other musicians sing Jerry songs better imho.✌
Billy Cobham!
Bill in the best shape of his life. Shoulders and Boulders man !
Wow.