@@donnaclinton991 I met Ric(Doc) Wilson 1 yr prior.. he informed me Mandrill was auditioning Bass Players! They chose me over 7 Bass Players..auditioned for Mandrill 2005…wrkd with them 7 yrs…
Oh, Man!! Najee, Fareed, Lee, Steve B, Travis....CAN YOU HEAR ME??!!! This is the music of New York in the '70s....this is the music that Springfield Gardens grew up with-my speakers made sure of that! This is the music that gave birth to Grammy Winners, teachers, Doctors, Lawyers and Educators!! Give me poly-rhythms, harmony and counterpoint-with da FUNK!! Show more kids that classical music training ''can get down''... and does!!! Thank you for this! Nothing but Kudos and Love!!!
One of the BEST pure live Bands of ALL TIME in the 70's and 80's. They would give U true Live music concerts for 2 - 21/2 hours straight. Mandrill are classic Musicians, and will always be a Favorite of mine 4 ever. They can never be duplicated. 1 LOVE MANDRILL!
This was one of the best concerts I've ever attended along with Quincy Jones and Earth Wind & Fire! Funny thing is last week, I found my 10 year old daughter rockin Mandrill's Greatest Hits on my stereo....
My God those GUYS can PLAY!!! I'm soooooo GLad I got to grow up with these great funk bands, the musicianship but more importantly, the JOY!! that they played with was up lifting and pushed you to want to be more than you were. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!
Git It All, Ape is High and Fencewalk are some of my all time fave songs. They would be part of my desert island disks. I still have all the vinyl albums too.
Look at these masters in Mandrill show every funk band how it is done. My band studied Mandrill to the max, and we used to kill "Get It All," "Ape is High," and "Fencewalk." We would open our set with with "Get It All," and get everybody's butt on the floor just like these master's did on this episode of "Soul Train!" I played keyboards, so Claude "Coffee" Cave was my favorite in Mandrill. He would make that B-3 scream, and chop it up on the Clavinet, big time. I'm so glad they were allowed to play "live" instead of being forced to pantomime this incredible groove. Thanks for posting this Neftali. You were smoking on those drums bro. Mandrill forever baby!
+freein2339 No, I don't play music in public with a band any longer, freein2339. I still kick it at home every now, and then because I still have my keyboards. My crew and I had 7 great years with our band, back in the day. The 70's was the shizzle!
I love u guys... I saw this show at the Ritz in NYC in about 97 & they weren't going to let me & my friend in cause we weren't 21. We stood outside for 2 hours & begged that we just wanted to watch music & wouldn't touch any alcohol & then the guitarist brought us in hidden in his trench coat. What a fun night & amazing show.
The director to this show was soooo damn spot on with the camera. The way it started on the guitar player and eased out. So cool! I’ve done a technique like that with filming.
Ecstaic Euphoric and Edifying Mandrill the Gospel will not be forgotten PEACE to NEF for the funky azz drums Bring on home baby!!!! Babap bababop rapp tatat what happen to good muisak???
That is insane!! What a groove, what a band and the sound quality is awesome. Thanks for posting this Mr Santiago, your legacy lives on. muchisimas gracias Michael Watussi
Claude is my first cousin and, to the best of my knowledge, he and his wife are still living on the West Coast. Haven't seen him in many years, but we speak sporadically and I keep up with his brother and sister in NY...
Last year I got to see Mandrill with the OG's of WAR, now called the LOWRIDER BAND. So glad I didn't miss out as Louis "Sweet Lou" Wilson of Mandrill, has left this earthly plane in January. We as fans of these funky bands need to RECOGNIZE these music legends while they are still with us. Respect originality.
mandrill was nasty- they had funk,latin,rock,soul,and they had a vibe that kicked mf ass...............the early 70's were a singular mind blowing time.
@KewazingaBabinga So true. I've been hangin' on TH-cam for a while, bringin' it all back, just to keep my own sanity. The scene was so full of great talent that knew how to GROOVE! Mandrill, Tower Of Power, Chicago, to name a few I've been listening to lately. I noticed TOP is touring again. Unfortunately, Chicago is a mere fraction of what it used to be in the early 70's. I really wish Mandrill would do a reunion tour; you know they'd get the draw!
@neftalisantiago Man! You was SMOKIN' on them drums. So much great energy.! Back in 73 0r 74 I caught you guy's gig at the old Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood...GREAT show, everyone was on point that night. Really miss the days one could catch a great funk act on the Strip. Wish you guys were all together, getting ready to jam at the House Of Blues...!
You got to see Mandrill and WAR!! Thats so awsome lowriderbandfan!! Also,I couldn't agree with you more.We need to RECOGNIZE our OG's while there still with us!! And yes,the original WAR is called The LOWRIDER BAND today folks! :)
Very cool vids! I jammed several times w/ you guys in your loft in Manhattan. :) Don't really remember where the loft was now, maybe between 14th and 23rd Sts somewhere. Omar Mesa was and still is an awesome player. Awesome!
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Mandrill. I loved this group.
Sick! I love how absolutely immersed the members are while they're screamin' along the chorus parts. Music this soulful is just NOT created anymore!
This my Sh**t right here. We use to be Jamming off Mandrill music. I always had a crush on tbe dude with the black cowboy hat on!!!❤
I had the pleasure to wrk with Mandrill for 7 yrs.. 2005-2012… loved playing Get it All..
YOU are a big part of what is Awesome about America,
Thax for your contribution!!!
Lucky you; really. Can you share details?😊
@@donnaclinton991 I met Ric(Doc) Wilson 1 yr prior.. he informed me Mandrill was auditioning Bass Players! They chose me over 7 Bass Players..auditioned for Mandrill 2005…wrkd with them 7 yrs…
Oh, Man!!
Najee, Fareed, Lee, Steve B, Travis....CAN YOU HEAR ME??!!!
This is the music of New York in the '70s....this is the music that Springfield Gardens grew up with-my speakers made sure of that!
This is the music that gave birth to Grammy Winners, teachers, Doctors, Lawyers and Educators!! Give me poly-rhythms, harmony and counterpoint-with da FUNK!!
Show more kids that classical music training ''can get down''... and does!!!
Thank you for this! Nothing but Kudos and Love!!!
One of the BEST pure live Bands of ALL TIME in the 70's and 80's. They would give U true Live music concerts for 2 - 21/2 hours straight. Mandrill are classic Musicians, and will always be a Favorite of mine 4 ever. They can never be duplicated. 1 LOVE MANDRILL!
i loved this song, graduated from high school in '73, and we would play this song to death, Go Philly!!
This was one of the best concerts I've ever attended along with Quincy Jones and Earth Wind & Fire! Funny thing is last week, I found my 10 year old daughter rockin Mandrill's Greatest Hits on my stereo....
That means you're an A+ parent! Peace.
My God those GUYS can PLAY!!!
I'm soooooo GLad I got to grow up with these great funk bands, the musicianship
but more importantly, the JOY!! that they played with was up lifting and pushed you to want to be more than you were. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!
Perfect title. This song was always in the atmosphere. They just grabbed it!
The Golden Age of Funk. So new and inventive back in the day. And it still sounds so, so good to my earhole.
Git It All, Ape is High and Fencewalk are some of my all time fave songs. They would be part of my desert island disks. I still have all the vinyl albums too.
They still do. I saw them two weeks ago. They still rock non-stop!
The Ultimate Compliment, performing on SOUL TRAIN, LIVE!!!!!
these guys rock...found em on tape 20yrs ago & appreciate em more each yr
Mandrill was my first concert. White Plains, NY 1971. I was 15. Outstanding performance. Love those horns.
Look at these masters in Mandrill show every funk band how it is done. My band studied Mandrill to the max, and we used to kill "Get It All," "Ape is High," and "Fencewalk." We would open our set with with "Get It All," and get everybody's butt on the floor just like these master's did on this episode of "Soul Train!" I played keyboards, so Claude "Coffee" Cave was my favorite in Mandrill. He would make that B-3 scream, and chop it up on the Clavinet, big time. I'm so glad they were allowed to play "live" instead of being forced to pantomime this incredible groove. Thanks for posting this Neftali. You were smoking on those drums bro. Mandrill forever baby!
+Nicholas J Hey Nick...are you still playing...????
+freein2339 No, I don't play music in public with a band any longer, freein2339. I still kick it at home every now, and then because I still have my keyboards. My crew and I had 7 great years with our band, back in the day. The 70's was the shizzle!
+Nicholas J I hear you...I played in a few bands in the 70s and early 80s but I just write now....
Nicholas J you
👏 wow 👏 just came across this .... back when you KNEW you were gonna be entertained ...this is pure raw funk soul ...!!
I only recently discovered this band and I am ashamed I never knew of them before...they are now one of my favorite bands...so amazing
I love u guys... I saw this show at the Ritz in NYC in about 97 & they weren't going to let me & my friend in cause we weren't 21. We stood outside for 2 hours & begged that we just wanted to watch music & wouldn't touch any alcohol & then the guitarist brought us in hidden in his trench coat. What a fun night & amazing show.
The director to this show was soooo damn spot on with the camera. The way it started on the guitar player and eased out. So cool! I’ve done a technique like that with filming.
Thanks for posting this one! Mandrill LIVE in their heyday! WOW!
Ur Guys are Amazing Greetings from Brazil!!!
Da roots of Funk, real muuzick from a real band, turning Soul train out . It don't get no better than this!!!!
I like it when Carlos Wilson
Picks up that Gibson Les Paul & plays it. Toney Tillery Isaiah.
Ecstaic Euphoric and Edifying Mandrill the Gospel will not be forgotten PEACE to NEF for the funky azz drums Bring on home baby!!!! Babap bababop rapp tatat what happen to good muisak???
Great, great band!
WOW, NOW THAT WAS FRICKIN BAD-ASS & FUNKY!!! I've gotta watch that again!!!
Your drumming has always been solid brother!!Always will be a fan of the group, Peace.
One of the FUNKIEST BANDS EVER!!!...
Real music, Real instruments, Real music Men!!! Funky Stuff!!!
In alotta ways Mandrill reminds me of a latin Funkadelic.
Said it before and will say it again, what a badass band!
Miles an miles of groove.........
loved this jam..
Ya'll moving this ol head to move my feet to that funky beat!! Those were the days ya'll !!
That is insane!!
What a groove, what a band and the sound quality is awesome.
Thanks for posting this Mr Santiago, your legacy lives on.
muchisimas gracias
Michael
Watussi
If you can't bump to Mandrill, then your soul is dead.
Music can't get better than this live perfomance, MANDRILL is for me like EINSTEIN is for any physicist. THIS IS THE TRUTH!
Seen then at Randles Iland NYC back in the 70's awsome!
Git it now Mandrilll. Yes indeed Yes!!
Claude is my first cousin and, to the best of my knowledge, he and his wife are still living on the West Coast. Haven't seen him in many years, but we speak sporadically and I keep up with his brother and sister in NY...
..."the ULTIMATE funk-band..."
Nice footage, great to see Carlos playing guitar live!
Michael ,
Many thanks to you.
@@neftalisantiago I’m happy that you are reviving Mandrill though Funkadrill.. wish you much success..
Mandrill was and still is one of baddest bands out there,,,these guys were Sly & The Family Stone,Average White Band and War rolled into 1.
NEFTY rocking the drums and a big FRO....
more people should know about this band. Fabulous...
brilliant!
Last year I got to see Mandrill with the OG's of WAR, now called the LOWRIDER BAND. So glad I didn't miss out as Louis "Sweet Lou" Wilson of Mandrill, has left this earthly plane in January. We as fans of these funky bands need to RECOGNIZE these music legends while they are still with us. Respect originality.
Saw these guys in Norfolk, Va.in the late 70's , they blew the headliner off the stage, Rare Earth !!!!!
classic!!!
mandrill was nasty- they had funk,latin,rock,soul,and they had a vibe that kicked mf ass...............the early 70's were a singular mind blowing time.
@KewazingaBabinga
So true. I've been hangin' on TH-cam for a while, bringin' it all back, just to keep my own sanity. The scene was so full of great talent that knew how to GROOVE! Mandrill, Tower Of Power, Chicago, to name a few I've been listening to lately. I noticed TOP is touring again. Unfortunately, Chicago is a mere fraction of what it used to be in the early 70's. I really wish Mandrill would do a reunion tour; you know they'd get the draw!
My god that was awesome. The Clavi at the end was the shit!
CLASSIC 'Drill! I think this was the first song I ever heard from the band. by the time Composite Truth came I was ready!
Sly and The Family Stone on STERIODS...I love some of the Progressive Funk.
DAMN Mandrill is something TUFF I tell you!!!
Mandrill used to bring the Funk!!
Una super banda, me encantan!!!!!!
Neftali was having a lot of fun on this song !!!!
They were some bad dudes!!!
MANDRILL STAYS IN THE CD DRIVE....................ANN ITS NICE TOO SEE THIS LIVE VERSION
That's the great John Seigler on Bass !!!
@neftalisantiago Man! You was SMOKIN' on them drums. So much great energy.! Back in 73 0r 74 I caught you guy's gig at the old Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood...GREAT show, everyone was on point that night. Really miss the days one could catch a great funk act on the Strip. Wish you guys were all together, getting ready to jam at the House Of Blues...!
Keep posting, Neftali. Cannot get enough.
You got to see Mandrill and WAR!! Thats so awsome lowriderbandfan!!
Also,I couldn't agree with you more.We need to RECOGNIZE our OG's while there still with us!! And yes,the original WAR is called The LOWRIDER BAND today folks! :)
THis is my new favorite band. I am spreading the word!
Right on! I remember this era, back when you actually needed talent to be famous! By the way: that is some vicious BASS!
9/2/2021 may GOD's peace be unto you and your house
Sickness!!!!!
as funky as it is, it also has that Mark Farner Grand Funk ' 70s rock feel to it through the midsection
NO . . . They Can't stop like that NO . . .That's 2 funky 2 funky
Very cool vids! I jammed several times w/ you guys in your loft in Manhattan. :) Don't really remember where the loft was now, maybe between 14th and 23rd Sts somewhere. Omar Mesa was and still is an awesome player. Awesome!
Back when Don let the bands come on and put down a live groove!
Diggin' the drummer's 'fro! LOL This is DA FONK!
Wheew I'd do some thangs to the one on saxophone 😁
brother...you are a freakishly good drummer...damn straight!
Love
right on everybody get it on are u ready get it on
Just cant get enough of the guy in the left at 2:31 lol. He's like the twin of MJ (R.I.P) :)
real funky stuff
Neftali Santiago, un auténtico maestro.
Mandrill's finest; Can You Get It (Suzie Caesar)!!!! I call it HQ Funk.....
Dear jsladersr,
No the bass player now is Michael B. Holden from New Jersey.
Wow, I never knew about this band until now!
Funkgasmic!!
Classic!! We saw them live at Fisk University...what a show!!! Seldom do you see a live performance on Soul Train!!! #MikeJohnsonJazz
Damn, this is back before they started lip singing on Soul Train!
Junkman2000 They were lip-syncing on Soul Train since the its beginning. There were some exceptions tho, such as this.
Dear pedrogas79,
It's all about the fans at this stage of music. Thank you for your kind comment.
freakin gooood shit! amazing! hat down kings!
Skinny white boy rocks the house on bass!!
damn they jammin
Mandrill used " Shake some Booty" first in a song. K.C. used " Shake your Booty" later. Long live the True Funk
So fucking good and crazy funk!!
FUCK YEAH MUSICIANS!! what a pressure! veeery gooood
Ah Yeah!
Those were the days, "puff-puff", give,lol
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!
Come on everybody....everybody come on.....!!!
la musica de mis sueños ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
MUN7001,
We didn't let Omar go he left.