I saw them around that time. That Tubes concert was the first concert I been to and still one of the very best. A year later I went with my dad to buy a used Ford radiator off a guy parting out an LTD, he was the Tubes manager.
Wow that was a couple of days before I saw Cheap Trick for New Years Eve of 1978! I saw them again in 1979 to rign in 1980. I can still hear Rick Nielsen saying 4 years till 1984!❤❤
Roger Steen, Bill Spooner and Rick Anderson are the best two lead and bass guitar trio tied with Dick Wagner , Steve Hunter and Prakash John . The later trio backed up over rated Lou Reed in legendary recorded live concert in nyc 1973 , broke up into two albums "lou reed live" and "rock n roll animal " and after went to Alice Cooper (for the bigger money, who can blame them)
Awesome show. No other bands that I know of did the types of things The Tubes did on stage. Plus they sound just as good if not better live than in the studio. At least that's my opinion.
@@robertocbishop That New Years Blues Brothers show was shown live on local tv. Me and my friends trashed the rented house I was living in. My roommates were pretty upset about that.
One of the BEST Shows anyone could have ever experienced in their life........Thank God for Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club. Right next to the stage..........
Why do these early live videos seem to to turn the camera away from Bill Spooner when he is playing lead guitar ? When Steen is playing lead , camera is right on him . Steen was faster and more technical but Sputnik Spooner was also good and seemed to have more of a variety of tone colors and play the blues better
I was at this show and enjoyed The Tubes and their opening acts, The Ramones & SVT. A couple months later they put on a completely different show promoting Remote Control at the Santa Cruz Civic.This must have been a transitional performance while the Remote Control show was in rehearsal. General Admission, open floor, & tickets always available at the door will never happen again like it was at Winterland. It was really fun seeing four shows that last month at Winterland, Van Morrison, Tower of Power and the final evening including "breakfast served at dawn" with The Grateful Dead and The Blues Brothers. My life was changed 12/16/1978 seeing Bruce Springsteen from the balcony. The scales fell from my eyes when I saw the savior of Rock & Roll. Nobody before or since had the energy or stamina like Bruce. it was also the first time I saw stage diving done safely with a loving, trusting audience. Of course with his now middle aged fans he can pull that trick off every night.
If I were a music god, this would be my festival lineup: Frank Zappa Todd Rundgren Parliament/Funkadelic Sparks The Tubes Not in this order, but this would be a killer festival.
Despite the controversial vulgarity(especially for 1975), Fee's "Sacramento Monologue" shit-kicker caricature is hilarious. Other than a few Sierra foothill outliers, there aren't *any* people like that *anywhere* in Sacramento, since 1982 or so. A cowtown, no more.
What I like about Fee's humor is that he makes fun of himself or his character . At that time so many comedians would make fun of others and audience members . Im talking about Howie Mandel , Robin Williams , even the unknown comic with the bag on his head . recently 1996-2003 Conan O Brian brought back some of that self denigrating humor . O'brian certainly had a big ego but even he would also make fun himself . Since he started his show with TBS his show really sucks . He had more comedians(and "characters") beside himself when Conan was in New York . bigger budget i guess when O'Brian was in New York i guess....
+cbh440 That's a nice comparison, but I personally find it hard to really classify the Tubes in any genre. One thing for sure, a good group of musicians.
Todd Rundgren probably belongs in there. Queen too. As for being prog, mostly they were way too "American" sounding - lots of Midwest boogie riffs, and their bar-band roots showing in how accurately they could play covers.
Very grateful for this upload video . I just wish audio was better . But in those days well recorded audio was rare , i know . Is there any way to remaster the audio on this video ?
29:30 Rick is both paul simon and woody allen's distant cousin, lol . Rick was the fake Elton John in the legendary the tubes 1975 New Year's eve concert in San Francisco
Love this band, the musicianship and especially the humor! Legends. The 70s were just a million times better than 2024
Seen them 6 times ~ Incredible SF Band. Superb musicians w/ a twist :o)
Luv the Nelson Riddle take on Route 66 :-)
I saw them around that time. That Tubes concert was the first concert I been to and still one of the very best. A year later I went with my dad to buy a used Ford radiator off a guy parting out an LTD, he was the Tubes manager.
Words cannot describe this amazing percussion performance 1:08:46 - Remote Control / Drum Solo , Prairie Prince - drums , Mingo Lewis - percussion, vocals , Guest: Aynsley Dunbar - drums
good to see you again Bill, thank you for all the great bands you put under the the spotlight🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
Wow, wasn't expecting the two Who songs. This was just a few months after Keith Moon died.
Wow that was a couple of days before I saw Cheap Trick for New Years Eve of 1978! I saw them again in 1979 to rign in 1980. I can still hear Rick Nielsen saying 4 years till 1984!❤❤
I was at the show me and two buddies tripping on acid it was wild I think I got a flashback watching this thing😮
Roger Steen, Bill Spooner and Rick Anderson are the best two lead and bass guitar trio tied with Dick Wagner , Steve Hunter and Prakash John . The later trio backed up over rated Lou Reed in legendary recorded live concert in nyc 1973 , broke up into two albums "lou reed live" and "rock n roll animal " and after went to Alice Cooper (for the bigger money, who can blame them)
Awesome show. No other bands that I know of did the types of things The Tubes did on stage. Plus they sound just as good if not better live than in the studio. At least that's my opinion.
Yep. I LOVE The Tubes. One of the best rock bands of all time in my book. They beat the crap out of the Rolling Stones.
First concert I went to was The Tubes. They were incredible!
Yeah besides Alice Cooper I don't know any other bands that went all out with the stage props the way The Tubes did.
@@MrWeisbrodtdavid bowie ?
Was at this show at Winterland after playing the grooves off the first album. Ramones were on the ticket as well.
Was there
@@Grovesgeo me too - just before the Blues Brothers, NRPS and the Grateful Dead closed it out on New Years'
@@robertocbishop That New Years Blues Brothers show was shown live on local tv. Me and my friends trashed the rented house I was living in. My roommates were pretty upset about that.
the ramones, wow...saw the sex pistols there...great old place
Ramones and the Tubes? Damn what a Phenomenal show!!❤❤❤
Saw them that year in Cleveland
My very first concert
Wild!!
Quaaludes for life!
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Thank you.
would like to see more films from winterland especially the shows I went to like Rainbow and mahogany rush
There's Robin Trower shows out there from Winterland 1975. I was at that one as well. Skynyrd in 1976.
One of the BEST Shows anyone could have ever experienced in their life........Thank God for Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club. Right next to the stage..........
Synthesizer! Cool! The Tubes are cool!
Brilliant
...more youTubes gold right here folks
Why do these early live videos seem to to turn the camera away from Bill Spooner when he is playing lead guitar ? When Steen is playing lead , camera is right on him . Steen was faster and more technical but Sputnik Spooner was also good and seemed to have more of a variety of tone colors and play the blues better
I was at this show and enjoyed The Tubes and their opening acts, The Ramones & SVT. A couple months later they put on a completely different show promoting Remote Control at the Santa Cruz Civic.This must have been a transitional performance while the Remote Control show was in rehearsal. General Admission, open floor, & tickets always available at the door will never happen again like it was at Winterland.
It was really fun seeing four shows that last month at Winterland, Van Morrison, Tower of Power and the final evening including "breakfast served at dawn" with The Grateful Dead and The Blues Brothers.
My life was changed 12/16/1978 seeing Bruce Springsteen from the balcony. The scales fell from my eyes when I saw the savior of Rock & Roll. Nobody before or since had the energy or stamina like Bruce. it was also the first time I saw stage diving done safely with a loving, trusting audience. Of course with his now middle aged fans he can pull that trick off every night.
Oh yea, forgot about SVT. I was up in the balcony for this one
I was there too
I love their early days! Then they had to go commercial in the 80's unfortunately.
the guy singing neil diamond's Sweet Caroline is so cool ! I must have missed this famous stage superstar at that time .
15:33 harmonica and music they are playin sounds like the the first scene from the movie "Once Upon a time in the West" .
It is exactly that, pretty much as accurately as they can manage with no orchestra.
If I were a music god, this would be my festival lineup:
Frank Zappa
Todd Rundgren
Parliament/Funkadelic
Sparks
The Tubes
Not in this order, but this would be a killer festival.
Damn even the sparks? Hell yeah!!
First time I was ever front row at a cconcert was Parliament Funkadelic. It was life changing.
I'm there!! ❤❤❤
It looks like jawn Hammer playing the violin and the melody sounds like when he played with Jeff Beck some jawn hammer and Jeff Beck music?
I make a point of boycotting companies whose ads interrupt good viewing.
They started off a little rough, but Wow, what a great show!
Classic Bill Graham intro
Despite the controversial vulgarity(especially for 1975), Fee's "Sacramento Monologue" shit-kicker caricature is hilarious. Other than a few Sierra foothill outliers, there aren't *any* people like that *anywhere* in Sacramento, since 1982 or so. A cowtown, no more.
Fucking Amazing :)
Fee Is one of the best perfomers ever ,And never gets the credit He deserves
Best to look more closely at the DickFallOut before, during and after the Stand Up & Shout number.
What I like about Fee's humor is that he makes fun of himself or his character . At that time so many comedians would make fun of others and audience members . Im talking about Howie Mandel , Robin Williams , even the unknown comic with the bag on his head . recently 1996-2003 Conan O Brian brought back some of that self denigrating humor . O'brian certainly had a big ego but even he would also make fun himself . Since he started his show with TBS his show really sucks . He had more comedians(and "characters") beside himself when Conan was in New York . bigger budget i guess when O'Brian was in New York i guess....
Am I outta line by saying the Tubes were a cross between Frank Zappa, Roxy Music and every early 70s prog rock band??
+cbh440 That's a nice comparison, but I personally find it hard to really classify the Tubes in any genre. One thing for sure, a good group of musicians.
And definite rock parody. At least early on. GWAR definitely took alot from The Tubes.
Todd Rundgren probably belongs in there. Queen too. As for being prog, mostly they were way too "American" sounding - lots of Midwest boogie riffs, and their bar-band roots showing in how accurately they could play covers.
Very grateful for this upload video . I just wish audio was better . But in those days well recorded audio was rare , i know . Is there any way to remaster the audio on this video ?
29:30 Rick is both paul simon and woody allen's distant cousin, lol . Rick was the fake Elton John in the legendary the tubes 1975 New Year's eve concert in San Francisco
Who was the "special guest" that sang Sweet Caroline?
+Adam L It says Dick Bright up in the info. Whoever that is.
+Fasthouse A talented multi instrumentalist from the SF area.
Dick Bright. lol Another stage name, just like Fee and Sputnik. Great Band.
Adam L
he looks a combination of Paul Simon and Woody Allen
Itss
LMAO "4 of 'em"
my uncle in the mafia wheres a suit just like that
“Gimme gimme glove shoes”