I'm an Australian, and only just heard of her tonight (I'm 53). Her voice is like all the good bit of Tina Turner mixed with all the good bits of Dolly Parton. I hope her fans will consider this a compliment, because that's how I mean it. Wow. Such a shame she is not as famous as Joplin, but the world also never quite caught Wendy O Williams, and should have.
I saw Ruby Starr(Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak) perform at the Jacksonville Gator Bowl in 1976. She was performing with Black Oak Arkansas band as one of the opening bands along with Patti LaBelle for The Who during their "Summer Jam" tour while I was in the USN. Great concert, I enjoyed all of them, especially when The Who put on their laser light show at night during their show. Nice finishing touch.
Yeah, this girl had a serious set of pipes. I like your analogy of the Tina Turner/Dolly Parton sound of her. I'd not thought of that before, but it describes her well here! Certainly Dolly and Tina are heavy hitters, and one could do worse than to be mentioned along with their names, that's for sure. Cheers!
UNBEFRIKNLIEVABLE !!! I did not know Ruby ever toured outside the U.S. Boy they sure got a treat seeing Ruby. She was beyond dedicated to her craft. Thanks 4 posting, can't wait 4 more!
I've seen him with travers, ozzy, whitesnake and nugent. the last time i seen him was with nugent in a small pavillion and when they started and i realized who was on drums i just thought no freakin way.
She packed a punch..she should've been as popular as Janis Joplin..I met "Ruby" in the early 80's...very nice lady..even playing in bars she sang, screamed and strutted like there was a crowd of thousands. So sad she passed.
Found myself making same comparison..But Ruby is just better at everything..except being in the right place at the right time.Janis is an icon but her voice was already shot at the time she passed.Both grand ladies of rock. Respect.
@@geraldfriend256 you know..you may be right...Ruby had a bit more range..in her voice and genre. I still think she could have been more $$ successful if she had the right management.
I met her backstage after a concert once. We were so alike we just stared at each other. I had same hair, wore same nail polish, both wore star jewelry, same height/weight/body. It was pretty cool.
Sometime around 1982, I was in a band called Focal Poynt, and we opened for Ruby. She was a great performer and a wonderful and elegant lady! And her band was killing it!
no there is a stadium in the back, probably the florida gig that came after. Also Black Oak was on the way out at this point. Jimmy Henderson already has shorter hair
Judging from the front of the stage, this is August 7th 1976, when they opened for The Who at the gator Bowl in Jacksonville FL. My first concert! BOA kicked ass that day.
Saw Black Oak 1975 New Orleans. 1st Bayou Boogie Festival. Line up: Trapeze, Bob Segar, Montrose, J Gilles, Peter Frampton, then Black Oak closed the show. 12 hr. concert!! That's what I like about the south.
Ruby was best-known as a backup singer for Black Oak Arkansas, but also issued several recordings as a solo artist as well. Born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, in 1949, she signed to Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom label, recording “Ruby Jones,” her 1971 album supervised by Mayfield himself. Shortly after the album's release, Black Oak Arkansas’s frontman Jim Dandy spotted Starr singing in a club and persuaded her to join his band. She changed her name (once again), this time to “Ruby Starr.” She toured with the band for several years (appearing on the albums Street Party and Balls of Fire, as well as their lone hit single "Jim Dandy") before leaving the group to form the Ruby Jones Band in 1976. Diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumor, Starr died at age 45 with her family in Toledo. ```` 'Diagnosed with Lung Cancer AND a Brain Tumor ?!? Damn .. Talk about a 'Double Whammy' !! (rip) ..
Live musicians, rockin' out, and the singer, are all it takes to be interesting to me. These guys were an awesome live band from what I've always heard. No dancers. No moving stages. No video screens. No smoke. And I'd take this show over any 10 Beyonce/Bullcrap/Bieber/ type acts. I can't put those others down, they do what they do and earn millions, and no one just gave it to them. But, they are entertainers. These people were musicians.
Ah, Ruby! I got to hang out with her a couple times when she was still with Grey Ghost. She was so freakin' wild and crazy! Here's a little trivia: She never wore panties on stage
Was lucky enuff to see her a cpl of times w/BOA & also Grey Ghost at a small club in Tulsa,Ok where she handed me a 5th of Jack Daniels from the stage where I took a gulp & then the crowd grabbed it from my hands & passed it around till it was bone dry...good times.
I thought I have seen every video of Ruby. This is like the best unexpected gift I ever got except for my little red fire engine that I peddle the wheels off in the sixties. Ruby is the Redheaded Firecracker. What a blessing to see this Thank you so much!!!
As a kid owning several Black Oak Arkansas records, I read an article in Creem magazine about Ruby Starr and BOA. The photos of her were quite memorable, to say the least! I've always recalled the article referring to Ruby's "humid gams". I interpreted that to mean she had nice legs, but really never knew if that's what was meant!
Once upon a time, a pic of Ruby taken from below stage level in the front row was quite revealing when it appeared in Hustler magazine. That's all I'll say.
Jamesburg Tavern & Roahouse down the dirt roads, still, right by the prison... rowdy it was, a regular place for bands to surprise us.. Steppenwolf, too. Awesome.
I had no idea who Ruby or BOA were when I went to NYC to see Mountain. When she/they started to stretch out I wondered why other groups (other than Stevie N and Fleetwood Mac) weren't playing the "sexy card". Linda Ronstadt was sexy but she didn't need to lead with it.....she had a once or twice in a lifetime great rock voice. I enjoyed the immensely. That night was my 4th Mountain show and BAO was a real value-add.
I saw BOA sometime in the early 70s, probably at a minor venue in Fort Worth, among several more famous (and laid back) bands. Jim Dandy was strutting his "Jim Dandy to the Rescue" song, blasting out " Go Jim Dandy!" wearing tight white britches and no shirt. I think that was the only song I recall them playing, and I thought they were some sort of specialty act rather than a true rock band, Turns out either I was wrong, or they matured as musicians, or maybe both. Anyway, I heard some nice licks in this track, from drums, lead, and one fine bass riff. I'll have to look around to see what I missed all those years ago.
She's bringing it like a white Tina Turner with Janis Joplin pipes! One things for sure, a woman with that much beauty and charisma has definitely caused some fights in her day! 😂 On a side note.. that confederate LP is badass!
So My Ruby stories is a little bit different. Back in the Spring of '72, My Michigan Garage Band "Aunt Melissa's Strawberry Jam" got a chance to play a gig in a concert hall in the old Piano Factory in Toledo Ohio, Home of Ruby Jones. The Band was great and most gracious as 2 members of the band went joy riding and got back late, but Ruby's band let us play after they played plus we got to use their new Ampeg Amps. Their set was premiering their new album which was great stuff, but by July, Ruby was fluttering off with Jim Dandy.
There is a lot more footage of Ruby out there at various stages of her career ( I’ve seen snippets) THEY NEED TO BE POSTED TO KEEP HER LEGACY ALIVE!,,,,,,,,
It’s crazy how many bands have copied what these guys did now that I really think about it. Van Halen, Kiss, Monster Magnet, Marshall Tucker Band, Skynard to name a few.
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I'm an Australian, and only just heard of her tonight (I'm 53). Her voice is like all the good bit of Tina Turner mixed with all the good bits of Dolly Parton. I hope her fans will consider this a compliment, because that's how I mean it. Wow. Such a shame she is not as famous as Joplin, but the world also never quite caught Wendy O Williams, and should have.
Awesome I'm from Australia as well mate
I saw Ruby Starr(Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak) perform at the Jacksonville Gator Bowl in 1976. She was performing with Black Oak Arkansas band as one of the opening bands along with Patti LaBelle for The Who during their "Summer Jam" tour while I was in the USN. Great concert, I enjoyed all of them, especially when The Who put on their laser light show at night during their show. Nice finishing touch.
Yeah, this girl had a serious set of pipes. I like your analogy of the Tina Turner/Dolly Parton sound of her. I'd not thought of that before, but it describes her well here! Certainly Dolly and Tina are heavy hitters, and one could do worse than to be mentioned along with their names, that's for sure. Cheers!
@@chuckselvage3157 ANOTHER Australian here..... Saw her in the 70's in The U.S. amazing woman... GREAT voice!
Love Ruby and Wendy O Williams
UNBEFRIKNLIEVABLE !!!
I did not know Ruby ever toured outside the U.S. Boy they sure got a treat seeing Ruby. She was beyond dedicated to her craft. Thanks 4 posting, can't wait 4 more!
How could anyone not fall in love with that HAIR !!!!!.... O' yah, those vocals ain't too shabby either....Ruby was F'N incredible....
Great hair, great looks, and a beautiful body, that just won't quit! Ruby could sing like a house afire! Wow!!!!!
Hair is AMAZING! But my eyes were stuck just a little lower…
Man. How many legendary bands has Tommy Aldridge played drums for? So many.
That's when I saw Tommy 1st. With BOA in 1971. One of the greatest drummers ever. Also saw Ruby singing that one with BOA the same night.
I've seen him with travers, ozzy, whitesnake and nugent. the last time i seen him was with nugent in a small pavillion and when they started and i realized who was on drums i just thought no freakin way.
I know, right?
@bryanbennett6275 diary of a madman, incredible drumming.
@bryanbennett6275 diary of a madman, incredible drumming.
She owned the stage like no other what a voice good-looking woman to boot
She was just great , no matter from what angle you look at her art.
Gorgeous woman awesome voice one of a kind!
Ruby was absolute fire ! Dammit I wish we had that today
There’s so many bands that deserve so much more credit than they received, and this lady is definitely one of them
She packed a punch..she should've been as popular as Janis Joplin..I met "Ruby" in the early 80's...very nice lady..even playing in bars she sang, screamed and strutted like there was a crowd of thousands. So sad she passed.
I was just thinking that she was similar to Janis...two rockin' hot mamas! Except for the V.N.War, it was a fun time for music and our youth!
Found myself making same comparison..But Ruby is just better at everything..except being in the right place at the right time.Janis is an icon but her voice was already shot at the time she passed.Both grand ladies of rock. Respect.
@@geraldfriend256 you know..you may be right...Ruby had a bit more range..in her voice and genre. I still think she could have been more $$ successful if she had the right management.
Yeah, cancer sucks!
Blessed you are ❤
I met her backstage after a concert once. We were so alike we just stared at each other. I had same hair, wore same nail polish, both wore star jewelry, same height/weight/body. It was pretty cool.
Oh, and I'd never seen her before. It was purely weird coincidence.
So you are saying you were a hot foxy lady with great hair, clothes, and a killer body. I guess I have to ask...with meat pebbles like her?
@@raythackston1960 I'll bet no. The real ones are rare and far and few in between
Sometime around 1982, I was in a band called Focal Poynt, and we opened for Ruby. She was a great performer and a wonderful and elegant lady! And her band was killing it!
Wasn't your band a christian metal
Dude, it's gotta be ok to say: Was she as hot in person? (Edit: I came here for the music and was not disappointed but wow...)
@@IamScoHo Yes, but she was a real lady.
Ruby was so pretty and she could sing too!
The incredible Ruby Starr... R.I.P.
Ruby was born to entertain
This lady,she got a burning,boiling,shining,
smoking,voice.It's a pleasure to listen to that voice.
Boy, she brings it 110%
Saw Ruby and Black Oak down in Hollywood at a Don Kirshner's Rock Concert filming in the early 70's Mot the Hoople played too . Damn I'm old .
We didn't have 100's of channels back then.
Kirshner's show rarely disappointed.
Different times which I often wish I could go back and relive.
Same here MM. I saw Ruby/Grey Ghost + J. Geils + Doobie Bros circa 1974. Awesome show . . . but yep, it's been a while.
I remember the Don Kirshner appearance. I was just little kid. I remember them smashing their guitars together.
We might be "old", but we ain't dead yet!
Mr. Miller, all good sir, older and wiser, as long as we are above 6’ we’re good.
GREAT TONY ALDRIDGE ON DRUMS.....
This was at the Reading festival in the UK on 29th August 1976. No rain in sight, hallelujah!
no there is a stadium in the back, probably the florida gig that came after. Also Black Oak was on the way out at this point. Jimmy Henderson already has shorter hair
@@lordharry423 Yes, you're right, well spotted. The lack of rain should indeed have made me suspicious of my Reading assertion!
For those of you who might not know, the drummer has been in like 5 legendary bands besides this one. Tommy Aldridge.
Her talent is endless. LOVE IT !!! BRAVO !!! Music with Soul yes yes YES YES ......
thank u so much for posting this. ruby was awesome
RIP Ruby! Starr (1949-1995)
This is top rock & roll!
Ruby so damn great!
I was 10 in 1976 and Black Oak, Rush, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, Sabbath........ made that then insane Disco craze a lot easier to tolerate.
Seen them back in 1977 in st.louis.
That drummer is top shelf.
You know he was Ozzys drummer later, and Whitesnake
Judging from the front of the stage, this is August 7th 1976, when they opened for The Who at the gator Bowl in Jacksonville FL. My first concert! BOA kicked ass that day.
I was there too. Awesome day
I might have seen you there.
My god I envy you guy y'all got to see this live im a 98 model and wish I could go back in time to see this music live
@@roygeberth2923 why so many Brit flags there then?
@@tonecapone8392 The Who were the main attraction that day
This lady could tear it up
Thanks for posting this. This is a rare clip for sure. RIP Stanley Knight.
Ruby could kick ass! Thanks for posting this👍
Saw Black Oak 1975 New Orleans. 1st Bayou Boogie Festival. Line up: Trapeze, Bob Segar, Montrose, J Gilles, Peter Frampton, then Black Oak closed the show. 12 hr. concert!! That's what I like about the south.
Holy shit!!!
Cool-- We saw Black Oak and many others at the 3 day Ozark Mountain fest 1974 in Sedalia Mo.........
Kick ass!!!!!👍
Ruby was best-known as a backup singer for Black Oak Arkansas, but also issued several recordings as a solo artist as well. Born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, in 1949, she signed to Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom label, recording “Ruby Jones,” her 1971 album supervised by Mayfield himself. Shortly after the album's release, Black Oak Arkansas’s frontman Jim Dandy spotted Starr singing in a club and persuaded her to join his band. She changed her name (once again), this time to “Ruby Starr.” She toured with the band for several years (appearing on the albums Street Party and Balls of Fire, as well as their lone hit single "Jim Dandy") before leaving the group to form the Ruby Jones Band in 1976. Diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumor, Starr died at age 45 with her family in Toledo. ```` 'Diagnosed with Lung Cancer AND a Brain Tumor ?!? Damn .. Talk about a 'Double Whammy' !! (rip) ..
Wow have like this band a Ruby Starr for a longtime.
Ruby had a serious set of pipes. Tops in my book!
Live musicians, rockin' out, and the singer, are all it takes to be interesting to me. These guys were an awesome live band from what I've always heard.
No dancers. No moving stages. No video screens. No smoke. And I'd take this show over any 10 Beyonce/Bullcrap/Bieber/ type acts. I can't put those others down, they do what they do and earn millions, and no one just gave it to them. But, they are entertainers. These people were musicians.
Dam she sounded great. Died at age 45 way too soon.
Ah, Ruby! I got to hang out with her a couple times when she was still with Grey Ghost. She was so freakin' wild and crazy!
Here's a little trivia: She never wore panties on stage
I doubt she ever wore them offstage either, lol. I can just imagine that bright red forest leading to the entrance of the holiest holey.
I can testify from the front row that is true.
Damn fair skinned redhead.Ouch
🤤
Saw Ruby with her band Gray Starr in the early 80's. Excellent
She moves just like Jim Dandy
proud to be the thousandth to enjoy the video
Was lucky enuff to see her a cpl of times w/BOA & also Grey Ghost at a small club in Tulsa,Ok where she handed me a 5th of Jack Daniels from the stage where I took a gulp & then the crowd grabbed it from my hands & passed it around till it was bone dry...good times.
Ruby and Grey Ghost opened for Mahogany Rush and...wait for it...Sabbath in Aug ‘76, Sacramento, Ca...Ruby stole the show!
She's a live wire full of energy 😉💯👌
Great singer powerful ❤️
wow thanks - i had a cassette of hers that had "mass transit" on it - i was liking it
I thought I have seen every video of Ruby. This is like the best unexpected gift I ever got except for my little red fire engine that I peddle the wheels off in the sixties. Ruby is the Redheaded Firecracker. What a blessing to see this Thank you so much!!!
Yeah I couldn't agree more, thanking her for what she has done
No wonder she had red hair cause that woman is on FIRE!
As a kid owning several Black Oak Arkansas records, I read an article in Creem magazine about Ruby Starr and BOA. The photos of her were quite memorable, to say the least! I've always recalled the article referring to Ruby's "humid gams". I interpreted that to mean she had nice legs, but really never knew if that's what was meant!
Once upon a time, a pic of Ruby taken from below stage level in the front row was quite revealing when it appeared in Hustler magazine.
That's all I'll say.
@@IDONTCAREWYTI’m fixing to look that up. For research purposes
Tommy Aldridge on drums, baby.
He’s everywhere.
🤘🏻
I thought it looked like him. Awesome!
Damn, same as everyone else here, I had to look it up - “that guy looks like Tommy Aldridge! “
He was only a kid back then.
Never came to Oz but I remember her from ‘InConcert’. What a voice!! Sensational!!
Sorry to see she is not with us anymore.
Did not realize how good of a singer she was.
Damn what a bomb shell!!Hot damn sang that song RUBY!!!!
💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥
A calmer Janis Joplin; among the great female rock vocalists; RIP...
I never could get Black Oak Arkansas. Ugh. But she was pretty darned 🔥
The best!! Absolute heart and soul!!❤
Sexy fantastic singer. Look,no autotune or lip syncing. Not singer in rock,pop or hiphop of today could touch her.
What a voice and strut I am sold 🕺🕺🕺🕺❤️
We love you Ruby!!!!
I had no idea ruby started global warming back in the 1970s
Hot body
clever and funny!!
One of the best comments ever !
That’s the first thing I’ve heard said about climate change that I can’t deny!
She could melt any glacier.
A little bit of Janis Joplin here. She was quiet an action figure. If that don't light your fire your woods wet. 🐞🎧🎼🎶. Cheers 🥂. Thanks for sharing.
Love Ruby. Grey Ghost. ✌👍💎
Rip Ruby
Jamesburg Tavern & Roahouse down the dirt roads, still, right by the prison... rowdy it was, a regular place for bands to surprise us.. Steppenwolf, too. Awesome.
I saw these guys in 79 in rapid city SD. Jim Dandy was there don't remember if she was but i think she was.
I had no idea who Ruby or BOA were when I went to NYC to see Mountain. When she/they started to stretch out I wondered why other groups (other than Stevie N and Fleetwood Mac) weren't playing the "sexy card". Linda Ronstadt was sexy but she didn't need to lead with it.....she had a once or twice in a lifetime great rock voice. I enjoyed the immensely. That night was my 4th Mountain show and BAO was a real value-add.
GOOD CHRIST
What a score!!!!!!
Thanks!
Very nice. Very great. Very cool.
you can tell this is a 70's vid because of what she is wearing. later 70's just before the big hair 80's
She struts like Jim Dandy!
This is awesome.
Ruby Rock Icon!!❤️❤️
awsome!
Tommy smashing the drums ...
Amazing 👍❤
She was awesome.
I saw BOA sometime in the early 70s, probably at a minor venue in Fort Worth, among several more famous (and laid back) bands. Jim Dandy was strutting his "Jim Dandy to the Rescue" song, blasting out " Go Jim Dandy!" wearing tight white britches and no shirt. I think that was the only song I recall them playing, and I thought they were some sort of specialty act rather than a true rock band, Turns out either I was wrong, or they matured as musicians, or maybe both. Anyway, I heard some nice licks in this track, from drums, lead, and one fine bass riff. I'll have to look around to see what I missed all those years ago.
Tommy Aldridge on drums! Ladies and Gentlemen! Tommy Aldridge!
Undoubtedly, the most accomplished person on this stage.
Saw this combo 1976 concert rapid city south Dakota awsome show got lot s of pic s ruby wear in cub scout top shorts
Saw her live, she dragged me into the band, handed me a mic😅
I loved that girl……WOW
Tommy has always resembled Calibos from Clash of the Titans. Still this man rips those drums to Hell!
She's bringing it like a white Tina Turner with Janis Joplin pipes! One things for sure, a woman with that much beauty and charisma has definitely caused some fights in her day! 😂
On a side note.. that confederate LP is badass!
She was around way before Janis. Just saying. She had been making records since like 1961
Awesomeness!
So My Ruby stories is a little bit different.
Back in the Spring of '72, My Michigan Garage Band "Aunt Melissa's Strawberry Jam" got a chance to play a gig in a concert hall in the old Piano Factory in Toledo Ohio, Home of Ruby Jones. The Band was great and most gracious as 2 members of the band went joy riding and got back late, but Ruby's band let us play after they played plus we got to use their new Ampeg Amps.
Their set was premiering their new album which was great stuff, but by July, Ruby was fluttering off with Jim Dandy.
Just wow!
This kicks ass!!
There is a lot more footage of Ruby out there at various stages of her career ( I’ve seen snippets) THEY NEED TO BE POSTED TO KEEP HER LEGACY ALIVE!,,,,,,,,
@Steve Bassman And where might one find that?
Great norks.
Fantastic
She had a fantastic rock voice and was sexy as hell to boot. Saw her with Grey Ghost, opening for BOA, in Boston, maybe 1975? Thanks for sharing this!
Ruby❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Right on!
Nice
Wow!
Never knew she made an album.
dshe made 4or 5 as i recall
It’s crazy how many bands have copied what these guys did now that I really think about it. Van Halen, Kiss, Monster Magnet, Marshall Tucker Band, Skynard to name a few.