man....I was going to Slave practice in 1983 as lead singer and I ran right into Brotha SATCH...he said hey man ....who is you? You look like someone I think i know man....and i almost had a heart attack at age 20 man, I said I am the new lead singer for Slave and he hugged me and gave me a slap me 5 .........said good luck young man...he then said ..you go on to practice young man. now THAT is an unbelievable experience! I had just moved to Dayton OHIO from Daly City just outside San francisco California. I went on to sing and co-write "Steppen out" on bad enough album then all of the lead vocals on "new Plateau" album Thank you so very much SATCH!
Cool story! Y'all brought the funk too. I'm from Michigan, but I gotta give Y'all props when it comes to the funk. Y'all, The Ohio Players, Lakeside, Zapp. Even Bootsy is from the Natti. Must be something in the water there. Funk on!
Who in the hell could hate anything OHIO PLAYERs does??? They are awesome! This is REAL music.....nothing fake here! Real voices & instruments! This is how it was done!
Grew up in the lily-white 'burbs of Cincinnati during the 1970s; all my buds and I loved the 'Players and idolized Leroy Bonner. We would go around saying, "Say What?", trying to sound like Leroy and imitating those dance moves like Re-Run on "That's my Mama". :-) Miss those years dearly.
For those that don't know, Maurice was a snare drummer in high school marching band. Through his career ended up becoming the drummer for the "Ramsey Lewis trio" . Then founding member of "Earth wind and fire". So the drums are a big influence on their style, with horns brother Fred on drum set, brother Verdine on bass, Philip and Ralph on Congos. The greatest group I've ever seen in concert. Awesome 🥁🥁🎵🎶!
I was in Aruba and got a ride in a taxi with one of the locals who couldn’t speak much English. He ask us where we were from. I said Ohio. He said oh yea the Ohio players
We've now seen the proof-that one dude did the 1st version of the robot on TV 1972! I didn't think that style came out until the later 70s like 78-79 or until early 80s,but guess Idk sh...
OMG.......that was effin' awesome! Back when musicians could actually play their instruments AND sing! And a horn section to boot! That was a great performance!
@@cabezadepija7318 Yes, but odds are it won't be your types of music and then it's difficult to see past that bias. There are great writers, singers, guitarists, composers. What's your genre?
@@fredriksvard2603the difference is back in the 70s these types of musicians/bands were prominent and mainstream. Not all the case today. I 100% believe u can find one today but it will be niche and underground not prominent and mainstream
The music is tight, the sequined outfits look terrific even decades later, and that drummer's 'fro is nothing short of cosmic - what's not to love, folks?
Man I would always get sleepy and fall asleep trying to watch Midnight Special Saturday nights back in the 70s eyelids was getting heavy Millenniums you Miss some of the greatest prolific R&B soul artists of all time it was my pleasure to be a kid during this era
I remember having their 8 track tape and my 8 track portable player. Listening to this song. Great vocals and instrumental. I could take the Ohio Players to the beach and funk to the tunes.
I had that 45. By The Guess Who. Flipside was Road Food. I didn't know what that was when I was 11. I thought they were having a picnic in the middle of a street.
Kudos to the Midnight Special, for putting on an awesome group 🎉🎉. I loved watching this show on Saturday nights 🎉🎉. They showcased all kinds of fabulous talent 🎉🎉
Oh God ! I ever dancing fun this music! And now ,discover the unique and awesome Ohio Players! Great ,amazing and unique ,trully funk ! Thanks for the posting !!
Absolutely love this takes me right back, along with BEEGEES and ABBA, disco was AMAZING, so was our lives back then, how wonderful would it be to experience this all again, 😊 makes me smile.
The one, the only, The Ohio Players! I'm so glad that I grew up during this incredible era of great music...Funk! The impact it had on me not only as a listener, but as a musician, is undeniable and speaks volumes. Groups like The Brothers Johnson, Cameo, Parliament Funkadelic, Con Funk Shun, Graham Central Station, etc. Leroy "Sugar Foot" Bonner (Lead Vocalist and Guitarist of The Ohio Players) had one of the most unique and recognizable voices in r&b and funk ever. His voice was the "Pure Personification of the sound of Funk in and of itself period! Other than "Larry Blackmon" (Vocalist and Drummer for the group) "Cameo", which I'm sure his vocal style was "heavily influenced" as a direct result of "Bonner" which came before him. It saddens me that "Sugar Foot" didn't get his just due and accolades as a guitarist and musician. Whether he played great rhythm guitar riffs (Love Rollercoaster) or hot rock guitar solo's (Fire) or even great jazz guitar (Sweet Sticky Thing), he played it all and very well I might add. James "Diamond" Williams was and still is one of my favorite all-time drummers. Brotha Man had a "Foot" that sounded like it was gonna "Blow Up Your Speakers" when he played! Those "Tasty Quadruple Kicks" he would "sneakily" implement somehow within the groove was truly a thing of beauty. Or how he would masterfully "reverse the groove" and then get back into "pocket / sync" without you even realizing it, (he did this on "Love Rollercoaster" as well as other songs). His innate ability to do this always left me absolutely "Awestruck", as to how "tight" this brotha'z "skills" were. I laugh because he really played like a "Rock Drummer" in a "Funk Band". His completely over the top drum solo's on the slow r&b classic jam (I Want To Be Free) has become legendary / signatory to his "fiery" playing style. Last and certainly not least, my main man Marshall "Rock" Jones always held down the "bottom and groove" with some great "Sly" funky bass playing. As a bassist myself I love playing the bassline from (Skin Tight) because it's so "smooth, funky and rhythmic". Round off the band with a killer horn section and keyboardist, and The Ohio Players has truly gone down in the annals of Funk History as one of funks greatest bands.
@@TurboMan51 Oh yeah... I love the Bar-Kays as well, some serious funk! Not to mention they were the band playing on most of the tracks on Isaac Hayes "Hot Buttered Soul" album. 😀👍
That's not the robot that they're doing. It's actually a dance called Funky chicken. First popularized by Rufus. Look up "rufus thomas do the funky chicken"
It's called Locking or Campbell Locking......invented by Don "Campbell lock " Campbell of The Lockers ...L.A. 1971-72 .....original Soul Train Gang dancer !!!!!
@LaShawn H are you serious, you should have grown up in my generation. That move was a typical Friday, Saturday night house party move. Nothing great about that.
@@HolyRollerTV Pantomimus, plural pantomimi, nonspeaking dancer in the Roman theatre who performed dramatic scenes, acting all the characters in a story in succession using only masks, body movement, and rhythmic gestures.
The Ohio Players were one of the best bands of the 1970's regardless of genre but I always felt that they never got the recognition they deserved. R.I.P. Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner, Clarence Satch Satchell,Ralph Pee Middlebrooks,Marshall Rock Jones.
Robert Brown for me I always thought of them as like trailblazers in the funk community if you will. Those Kat's paved the way for a lot of other good bands. I don't think they got the recognition they deserved either.
This is raw talent! The best! I am so glad that I grew up in an era where people were just naturally talented, super creative, and original! This was a super great group! I loved the Ohio Players!❤🎉
@Nyanator Didn't you know all music is made by AIs now? And those music videos and recorded concerts you might see... it's all CGI! Nothing's real!!! ;)
Saw them at 6 flags in Dallas in 78 their guitar player had a brown telecaster deluxe just like one I just bought from my brother. They opened with this song.
I know I wasn't born but just like a lot of other stage shows, the camera shot is well organised because I like the part where around halfway through the song when the extra dance performers from backstage come in and entertain the fans and as soon as they go, at 2:53, the camera starts concentrating back on the band itself straight away which is my favourite part.
I was born in 81, so I guess the 90s were "my decade" but the more music I here, and old TV shows I watch, the more I wish I could have experienced the 70s.
People today don't know how innovative the Ohio Players were back then. They were the first to do this new style of "FUNK" and it was amazing. We couldn't get enough of the Ohio Players back then. Everywhere you went to party, they were playing the hell out of the Ohio Players, and not to forget Sly Stone. Both were funky as hell. Before the Rick James and Cameo's and even before Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton hit it big in the early 80'. These guys were doing funk in the 70's on another new level. It was a great time for music in the 70's
I remember watching this on SoulTrain and I loved the way Don Cornelius would introduce this band and many others with that deep booming bass voice of his. I was 3 or 4 when I first saw this! I'm 52 on 7/23 this year. Wow.....
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY November 15, 1975 - 45 Years Ago: Ohio Players debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with their single, "Love Rollercoaster." This was the 9th chart entry for the R&B-funk band and it became their 6th Top 40, and 2nd No. 1 when it when to the top of the Hot 100 on January 31, 1976. It also spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B Chart and was their 4th single to be certified Gold. It was written by all members of the group. (November 16, 2020)
Back when music was fantastic, men wore their hair long and sexy, fashion was dazzling, flattering and creative, and I was young.....this brings it all back🔷🔷🔷
This has everything, great music to dance to, musicians who put you in the mood & of course, Wolfman Jack! TY for sharing it. God Bless You & stay safe.
man....I was going to Slave practice in 1983 as lead singer and I ran right into Brotha SATCH...he said hey man ....who is you? You look like someone I think i know man....and i almost had a heart attack at age 20 man, I said I am the new lead singer for Slave and he hugged me and gave me a slap me 5 .........said good luck young man...he then said ..you go on to practice young man. now THAT is an unbelievable experience! I had just moved to Dayton OHIO from Daly City just outside San francisco California. I went on to sing and co-write "Steppen out" on bad enough album then all of the lead vocals on "new Plateau" album Thank you so very much SATCH!
Cool story! Y'all brought the funk too. I'm from Michigan, but I gotta give Y'all props when it comes to the funk. Y'all, The Ohio Players, Lakeside, Zapp. Even Bootsy is from the Natti. Must be something in the water there. Funk on!
Turn on those party lights!!...loved Slave, got the girls dancing. I play it for my grand kids now!
@@louiscooks7457 Thank you so much!
Who in the hell could hate anything OHIO PLAYERs does??? They are awesome! This is REAL music.....nothing fake here! Real voices & instruments! This is how it was done!
Say it honey
love you too baby from an old white guy lol
What you talked about I have African American in family dummies
I live in sc got Spanish black frein don't get mouthful with me female dog
No talking no more dummies
I grew up in the 70s. Loved dancing to this song.
Love th❤😊
We skated like demons to this song!!🎵 ❤❤
@@Revfar10 lol 😆 yes we did
Wish I grew up in the 70s lol I've always said I was born in the won't era I'm a 80s baby
Real music, real musicians, they don't make bands like this anymore. Long live the Ohio Players!!!
Right on! There was no faking this. You had to PLAY!
@@mariotarradell9553 friend, in the famous words of Fonzi..."Exactamundo!" 😆👍
@@jdrosy4414 Haha! Oh yes!
Ohio Players...most underrated band of the 70's!! Pioneers of funk!
Not true , they were one of the most popular funk bands of the 70s .. Don't have that type of complex .. They were gigantic .
Sugarfoot has arguably one of the most unique voices I have ever heard! I love the way it sounds! Rest in Peace Sugarfoot!
He is the pied piper. He is mesmerizing
I used to have a crush 😻 on him. Big time 😊
His voice is the definition of FUNK!
Bobby Proud 😂
@@nickhamlett3583sure do😂
I miss the horns that was in much of the 70's music.
+ 80's ! 🙂🙂🙂
Much better than the 💩in today's music!
@@don64 you are 100% correct.
Every band should have a horn section. It should be a law.
Yes nothing like live instruments music at it's hype!
Grew up in the lily-white 'burbs of Cincinnati during the 1970s; all my buds and I loved the 'Players and idolized Leroy Bonner. We would go around saying, "Say What?", trying to sound like Leroy and imitating those dance moves like Re-Run on "That's my Mama". :-) Miss those years dearly.
RE-RUN was not on That's my Mama. RE-RUN was on What's Happening
@@JAMESMOM1989 Oh, that's right! My bad.
Who's still enjoying in late 2024? Love it!
Loke Crazy Tuco says, you can't touch this groove with a hundred mile pole!! That horn section is fucking INSANE!!!!!
This song was fun to dance to in the day and today! Even at my age! WE NEED MORE FUNK IN THE WORLD!!!!!!
+miVoYC5 more than you know...
+Weed Addicto Fazz
+miVoYC5 i agree even if i am a metalhead
What's that got to do with anything? I'm a metal fan too yet I've been into funk and hip hop for years.
DEFFINATLY GONNA NEED MORE COWBELL!!!
Great performance!!! The Ohio Players should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. God Bless!!!
It is 2024 and the Ohio Players are still not in the HOF
WHY THE HELL NOT?!WHO DO WE GET IN TOUCH TO CHANGE THIS?
For those that don't know, Maurice was a snare drummer in high school marching band. Through his career ended up becoming the drummer for the "Ramsey Lewis trio" . Then founding member of "Earth wind and fire". So the drums are a big influence on their style, with horns brother Fred on drum set, brother Verdine on bass, Philip and Ralph on Congos. The greatest group I've ever seen in concert. Awesome 🥁🥁🎵🎶!
You're talking, Earth,wind& fire.
Yes he's born in Memphis tn
That is awesome info.! I did not know that!😎
Let me say it's 2024 who else is listening to this classic sweet song
Me too. And in 2034 as well.
I am a 59 yr, old still listening to My Favs
Better question: Who is still playing GTA SA?...
Here. Hope to listen to it in 2034 and 2044 just like everyone else in this comment section
@@louseveryann2181me, right now, passing the d**n driving school in San Fierro
I was in Aruba and got a ride in a taxi with one of the locals who couldn’t speak much English. He ask us where we were from. I said Ohio. He said oh yea the Ohio players
Hahaha 🤣 do you feel like a ride hahaha 🤣
Optimize your time hahaha 🤣
Love the free styling dancers at 2:20! Early hip-hop dancing and the horns are incredible!
The pop locking breakdance
U
NeedED 2 have sun glasses 2 watch this performance.
In The Dark.lol
Remember...
Door Dash.u keep
1000% of ur tips
( new slaver,,,
We've now seen the proof-that one dude did the 1st version of the robot on TV 1972! I didn't think that style came out until the later 70s like 78-79 or until early 80s,but guess Idk sh...
Stage manager: "Who does the lead vocals in the band?"
Ohio Players: "Yes."
Leroy "sugarfoot" Bonner
LOL!
The Ohio Players was and still is one best funk bands. 70s Baby
I loved the Midnight Special. Saw many great performers and heard the best music.
I always loved this song for its arrangement. For this kind of genre this was definitely quite wild and unconventional. So much energy - I love it!!
Funk!!
@@SteveCarras Sure, funk! But also has a kinda proggy feel to it in my opinion. :)
Agreed, songs like this and Fopp highlight the kind of songwriting muscle OP were working with
kkkk
OMG.......that was effin' awesome! Back when musicians could actually play their instruments AND sing! And a horn section to boot! That was a great performance!
You took the words outta my mouth friend
People can play and sing today, arguably better than in the 70s
@@fredriksvard2603 can you give me some names/bands as good as or better than this?
@@cabezadepija7318 Yes, but odds are it won't be your types of music and then it's difficult to see past that bias. There are great writers, singers, guitarists, composers. What's your genre?
@@fredriksvard2603the difference is back in the 70s these types of musicians/bands were prominent and mainstream. Not all the case today. I 100% believe u can find one today but it will be niche and underground not prominent and mainstream
Grew up on this song back in the 70s love this song this when music was good
I got chills listening to this especially when the trumpets kicked in.
My favorite part. Gotta love those trumpets.
I got chillies LOL
Our band has to try this song -- we will crush it. But the real question is "Where did they get these amazing threads?"
Highlight of my childhood was beig able to stay up late to watch Midnight Special!! GOOD GOD Y'ALL!!!!!
After all these years this guys rules. Singing and playing instruments with no playback....100 % pure talent.
The music is tight, the sequined outfits look terrific even decades later, and that drummer's 'fro is nothing short of cosmic - what's not to love, folks?
@Nic C o.i you on point
Gotta love Ohio Players. Still good 40 years later!!!
Back in the day, always good TV programs. No cable???? What happened? Pay TV and nothing to watch.
summrs solos
@@lorij6796 Bingo!
47 years later
Still good at 50 years as well👍
Love this band.. 70’s good times!!
Man I would always get sleepy and fall asleep trying to watch Midnight Special Saturday nights back in the 70s eyelids was getting heavy Millenniums you Miss some of the greatest prolific R&B soul artists of all time it was my pleasure to be a kid during this era
FUNKADELIC!! Long live the 1970's!!!!! Still grooving this song in 2020!!
Still in 2023!!
SUGARFOOT!! Rest in paradise brother. My dad always played their albums when I was a kid
I was in the Army when this song first came out. Every weekend at the EM/EW club, this and "Fire" was blasting on the juke box all night!!
60 70s best black music ever
Throwback songs .heard it on the
The commercial had to look this song up it's hype...😊☺⭐
I remember having their 8 track tape and my 8 track portable player. Listening to this song. Great vocals and instrumental. I could take the Ohio Players to the beach and funk to the tunes.
Clap for the Wolfman!
I had that 45. By The Guess Who. Flipside was Road Food. I didn't know what that was when I was 11. I thought they were having a picnic in the middle of a street.
Hilarious.
He was crazy but lovable !
Instated of clapping for the wolf man go on the love roller coaster
🌕🐺owooooooooooo
REMEMBERING LEROY "SUGARFOOT" BONNER
(MARCH 14, 1943 - JANUARY 26, 2013) [03/14/2017]
LEGEND
Melody Sanger May he rest In Peace and may Light Perpetual shine upon him.
The dude had a style all his own, Damn what a cool band.
Yup
This is beyond awesome. Bring back the '70s.
Kudos to the Midnight Special, for putting on an awesome group 🎉🎉. I loved watching this show on Saturday nights 🎉🎉. They showcased all kinds of fabulous talent 🎉🎉
Hanging out in the 70's, my clock radio, my bedroom, dancing that funky shit out!
Oh God !
I ever dancing fun this music! And now ,discover the unique and awesome Ohio Players!
Great ,amazing and unique ,trully funk !
Thanks for the posting !!
Great music from my time.... going back a few years on this one.... Ohio Players... Love Rollercoaster.. I wont some funk tonight!!!!
Absolutely love this takes me right back, along with BEEGEES and ABBA, disco was AMAZING, so was our lives back then, how wonderful would it be to experience this all again, 😊 makes me smile.
We lived through the greatest music era of all genres.
People from the 80s, 90s, and 00s say the same thing.
Love the 70's aesthetic....I was 10 years old in 1975 and remember this very well. Very nostalgic!
The one, the only, The Ohio Players! I'm so glad that I grew up during this incredible era of great music...Funk! The impact it had on me not only as a listener, but as a musician, is undeniable and speaks volumes. Groups like The Brothers Johnson, Cameo, Parliament Funkadelic, Con Funk Shun, Graham Central Station, etc.
Leroy "Sugar Foot" Bonner (Lead Vocalist and Guitarist of The Ohio Players) had one of the most unique and recognizable voices in r&b and funk ever. His voice was the "Pure Personification of the sound of Funk in and of itself period! Other than "Larry Blackmon" (Vocalist and Drummer for the group) "Cameo", which I'm sure his vocal style was "heavily influenced" as a direct result of "Bonner" which came before him.
It saddens me that "Sugar Foot" didn't get his just due and accolades as a guitarist and musician. Whether he played great rhythm guitar riffs (Love Rollercoaster) or hot rock guitar solo's (Fire) or even great jazz guitar (Sweet Sticky Thing), he played it all and very well I might add.
James "Diamond" Williams was and still is one of my favorite all-time drummers. Brotha Man had a "Foot" that sounded like it was gonna "Blow Up Your Speakers" when he played! Those "Tasty Quadruple Kicks" he would "sneakily" implement somehow within the groove was truly a thing of beauty. Or how he would masterfully "reverse the groove" and then get back into "pocket / sync" without you even realizing it, (he did this on "Love Rollercoaster" as well as other songs).
His innate ability to do this always left me absolutely "Awestruck", as to how "tight" this brotha'z "skills" were. I laugh because he really played like a "Rock Drummer" in a "Funk Band".
His completely over the top drum solo's on the slow r&b classic jam (I Want To Be Free) has become legendary / signatory to his "fiery" playing style.
Last and certainly not least, my main man Marshall "Rock" Jones always held down the "bottom and groove" with some great "Sly" funky bass playing. As a bassist myself I love playing the bassline from (Skin Tight) because it's so "smooth, funky and rhythmic".
Round off the band with a killer horn section and keyboardist, and The Ohio Players has truly gone down in the annals of Funk History as one of funks greatest bands.
With that being said, I'll have to second that motion. These guys were the real deal!
Larry Dobson of The Barking Bar-Kays had that Sugarfoot vibe also..take a listen to "Cozy" "Spellbound" ect..love me some Bar-Kays.👍💯😎
@@TurboMan51 Oh yeah... I love the Bar-Kays as well, some serious funk! Not to mention they were the band playing on most of the tracks
on Isaac Hayes "Hot Buttered Soul" album. 😀👍
This is not an easy song to perform live: That's one big, beefy slice of funk steak. And the robot dance still cracks me up!
That's not the robot that they're doing. It's actually a dance called Funky chicken. First popularized by Rufus. Look up "rufus thomas do the funky chicken"
Horns, strings, drums, vocals....
Don't forget the wardrobe.
The melody of the goes up an down like a rollercoaster
who is watchin in 2020?
Me!!
We is!!!!
Me
THANK YOU FOR GTA SAN ANDREAS FOR THIS!!
2021 Dawg :)
My favorite live performance ever, this is absolutely insane. I will never forget watching this.
I still have my 45 - I was blown away by this sound at age 12 (& still love it)
I have the album and a record player that works
The dudes poppin on stage was dope stuff. Very solid
Yeah, but the guy doin' The Robot 2:33. Don't see a lot of robot work these days. Doesn't exactly go with the Ho-smacking rap music.
Say what?
It's called Locking or Campbell Locking......invented by Don "Campbell lock " Campbell of The Lockers ...L.A. 1971-72 .....original Soul Train Gang dancer !!!!!
Rerun from What's Happening was a Locker but he is not in this clip. Probably couldn't fit on this stage. God rest his soul
1975 back in the day I remember when this song came out I was 20 years old when this came out how old where you then
I was 14.
these guys rocked - bring back the 70's
The band rocks! those dancers tho was awesome!!
And decades will pass and this song will continue to be heard by all generations, enjoy it as I have since its launch
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
excellent drummer!
singing and playing a good kick
Covid-19 quarantine. I am retracing my life's steps. I forgot how fun it was to watch these guys.
It's December 21, 2024. Still here digging this jam.
@ 2:36 that's the best robot moves I've ever seen
.. ... for that time, may be.. but not today... ;)
Take a look at Popping John & Marquese Scott, for example ;)
Look up Michael Jackson’s “Dancing Machine” . Nobody could do the Robot like Michael.
@LaShawn H are you serious, you should have grown up in my generation. That move was a typical Friday, Saturday night house party move. Nothing great about that.
Shields & Yarnell.
@@HolyRollerTV Pantomimus, plural pantomimi, nonspeaking dancer in the Roman theatre who performed dramatic scenes, acting all the characters in a story in succession using only masks, body movement, and rhythmic gestures.
The legendary James "Diamond" Williams on the drums. That fill at 2:02 my goodness
The Ohio Players were one of the best bands of the 1970's regardless of genre but I always felt that they never got the recognition they deserved. R.I.P. Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner, Clarence Satch Satchell,Ralph Pee Middlebrooks,Marshall Rock Jones.
Robert Brown for me I always thought of them as like trailblazers in the funk community if you will. Those Kat's paved the way for a lot of other good bands. I don't think they got the recognition they deserved either.
Strings courtesy of the ARP Solina String Ensemble keyboard. Fantastic sound.
This is raw talent! The best! I am so glad that I grew up in an era where people were just naturally talented, super creative, and original! This was a super great group! I loved the Ohio Players!❤🎉
So much fun to watch these guys . Solid pros and such dedication to their respected craft.
2:28 I love this, the drum-part together with the dancers, it`s so cool..
I like this, it just shows that back then, real musicians made real music with real instruments.......
wtf? how can music not be "real"? and musicians? so many questions
@Nyanator Didn't you know all music is made by AIs now? And those music videos and recorded concerts you might see... it's all CGI! Nothing's real!!! ;)
Only reason number one thousand why I miss analog everything -- forget this digi synth crap ...
I think you mean groups of that day had talent.
YEAH NO AUTO TUNE AND ASHLEY SIMPSON IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LIP SYNC
Saw them at 6 flags in Dallas in 78 their guitar player had a brown telecaster deluxe just like one I just bought from my brother. They opened with this song.
Happy Friday night to anyone that loves this song!
I know I wasn't born but just like a lot of other stage shows, the camera shot is well organised because I like the part where around halfway through the song when the extra dance performers from backstage come in and entertain the fans and as soon as they go, at 2:53, the camera starts concentrating back on the band itself straight away which is my favourite part.
"Say what" .... RIP Sugarfoot. You were one of a kind.
I was born in 81, so I guess the 90s were "my decade" but the more music I here, and old TV shows I watch, the more I wish I could have experienced the 70s.
Had this album back in '74 and played the he// out of it! Still awesome stuff!!!!
It sounds like 5 different songs all blended beautifully together
OMG those dancers 🤩
If I’m not mistaken, the pop and lock goes back to World War One when black bands played for French audiences and they loved it.
@@suzannesellers7383😂😂
First off the midnight special was great Wolfman Jack was it love them one of my favorite songs thank you for the good times ❤️❤️
Thanks. U
Had my first Ohio Players album in 70's I was 14....Earth Wind and Fire followed
Likewise, and also Earth W and F before I even knew what R and B was...
I was 7 when this came out and we were jamming this in elementary school!!✌🏾✊🏾
People today don't know how innovative the Ohio Players were back then. They were the first to do this new style of "FUNK" and it was amazing. We couldn't get enough of the Ohio Players back then. Everywhere you went to party, they were playing the hell out of the Ohio Players, and not to forget Sly Stone. Both were funky as hell. Before the Rick James and Cameo's and even before Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton hit it big in the early 80'. These guys were doing funk in the 70's on another new level. It was a great time for music in the 70's
That's a lot of talent packed on one stage.
This was tight. For live music. Crazy.
I remember watching this on SoulTrain and I loved the way Don Cornelius would introduce this band and many others with that deep booming bass voice of his. I was 3 or 4 when I first saw this! I'm 52 on 7/23 this year. Wow.....
My cousin liked soul train
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
November 15, 1975 - 45 Years Ago:
Ohio Players debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with their single, "Love Rollercoaster." This was the 9th chart entry for the R&B-funk band and it became their 6th Top 40, and 2nd No. 1 when it when to the top of the Hot 100 on January 31, 1976. It also spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B Chart and was their 4th single to be certified Gold. It was written by all members of the group.
(November 16, 2020)
Honey was great album!👍🎵🎸🥁
Unbelievable LIVE musical performance...and great Locking!!
Back when music was fantastic, men wore their hair long and sexy, fashion was dazzling, flattering and creative, and I was young.....this brings it all back🔷🔷🔷
Friday night your friends would spend the night and stay up real late for The Midnight Special.
this group came long befor the peppers, they showed the way ! Funk like this you hear no more.... so original too.... makes me smile big time !
Sugarfoot with the Afro of Life and Billy with the Perm of Life. Good Lord.
This song was played every year at the county fair in sw fl on one of the rides. Over. And over. And over again . And I still can’t get enough of it.
This has everything, great music to dance to, musicians who put you in the mood & of course, Wolfman Jack! TY for sharing it. God Bless You & stay safe.
Wolfman is dead 💀 so is sugarfoot
R.I.P. Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner.
Bill Lynn lol, Boner
I would go back in time to meet these fellas
Oh, wow i saw your i want to die comment
Roy Garcia lol
Union Blacksmith Damn.. Your Cool, Lol wish I Was there
They still play, Not all originals Players. and still great
whats with your profile pic
I didn't think I could, but I like this even more than the studio version.
They can sing, play instruments and dance. This is music!
A wonderful abundance of self expression!
This brothers were off the hook! Funky, good vibes!
1974 Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster This My Jam!! 70's Phonk!! 😎🤎🖤✊🏾🎸🎷🎤🎶🎵
This is real music
I grew up this era. I miss the funk bands of the 70’s. They had skill, style, and class. And they could get the party started!