Jesse Johnson's Revue - Live At First Avenue (1985)
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- A video of Jesse Johnson's Revue live at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1985. The quality isn't the best in the world but it's the best that I have.
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Jesse Johnson's Revue:
Jesse Johnson - Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar
Michael Baker - Guitar and Background Vocals
Jerry Hubbard - Bass Guitar and Background Vocals
Rocky Harris - Drums
Jamie Chez - Percussion
Timothy Bradley - Keyboards and Backing Vocals
Mark Cardenas - Keyboards and Backing Vocals
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0:00 - "She Won't Let Go'
2:47 - 'She's A Doll'
5:20 - 'Special Love'
8:37 - 'Jungle Love'
11:17 - 'Can You Help Me'
15:20 - 'I Want My Girl'
24:10 - James Brown's "Licking Stick" cover
27:17 - "Let's Have Some Fun"
29:17 - "Just Too Much"
31:18 - band introduction/'Just Too Much' groove.
45:04 - "The Bird" groove/"The Bird"
1:02:46 - "Ice Cream Castles"
It would be nice if u had a cleaner video of this concert go Jesse much Love to u and the Revue
Pretty sure the song at 24:10 is James Brown's Licking Stick
@@rewdbway Thank you!
@@wrldonwill You're welcome. Thanks for time-stamping this amazing video!
@@rewdbway IT IS GOOD GAWD
I was there that night!!! It was Jesse’s birthday. We ended up going to the after party. What a blast! Those days were the best!!!!!💖
This grainy video got Jesse Johnson looking like Little Richard.
Fun fact, Morris Day said Little Richard is who they were all trying to look like.
I can definitely see where RFTW got some influence!!!! Jesse “ oh lawd” Johnson!!!! Thanks 🙏 for sharing this video with the world and…. Good God almighty!!!! 😊
Haha, just saw this comment after basically writing the same thing up thread. Definitely. "I Want My Girl" would be right at home on one of the earlier RFTW albums.
I seen him about the same year in Fresno California, and it was a great concert, I'll never forget
Got damn Jesse killin that Special Love guitar solo at 07:32 WHOOOOOOO!!!!!
They should've done a Reissue of this album in 2015 with a hi definition DVD and Liner notes and maybe a interview with Jesse on The process of Making his first solo Debut
Jesse Johnson guitar solo: 👍
Jesse Johnson solo: 👎
Awesome! Ive been waiting 30 yrs to c this show!
Bryndon Jefferson I'm glad to know that I did something that made your life better.
Observations:
- Jesse Johnson's funk guitar chops are ridiculous.
- Gerry Hubbard could give Brownmark a run for his money on bass guitar.
- Seeing this further reinforces how big an influence James Brown and his bands had on a lot of young musicians coming up in the Midwest during that period: Jesse, Morris, and Prince.
Very informative, thanks for posting this incredible footage.
This needs to be remastered in 4K
He's so beautiful
He really is... so talented
17:56 just wow... This is so kuul i can't tell u how thankful I am for this ♡ this really made my day
Bass Player no problem. I'm looking for the Time reunion show from 1987. If you know anyone with that, let me know.
This is an amazing show thanks Jesse
Jesse made sure us dark skin brothers can be just as sexy with makeup on as well lol
Damn right
Gay
Yes indeed 👍😘💋💕
@@zippitydoodah8771 - Gay is good.
:-)
Just say he got us dark skinned guys represented cause this comment gay af🤣
A true master at his craft much respect jesse you will always be the man keep doing your thing
Prince taught him well but he needed no help with that guitar. This is the best I’ve heard of I Want My Girl. That solo was absolutely on fire
U kidding. He didn't keep jessie around because he was a far better guitarist.
Jesse johnson was the only guitarists Prince was scared of so what that tells you
Prince didn't teach him nothing jesse j. Already knew how to play
Lol You're funny. Jesse was a better guitarist than Prince.
Jesse himself said Prince taught him to be a rock star. That’s what I meant by saying Prince taught him well but didn’t need no help with that guitar. I do think that JJ gives P a run for his money
@@jaymatic23 🤣 Right ✅ I knew where u were going on what u said! Ppl make laugh on Who's betta or Prince being scared 😳 First of all 2 diff type of playa's Jesse being a Killa Blues/Funk-Rock type v Prince being tha same BUT MORE melodic and creative color-wise ! There's a plethora technical guys out betta than both BUT hands down when it cums 2tha flavor type of solos or gruuves of song 🎵 PRINCE ALL DAY! Prince came in tha game/industry wit a body of work jus hoping 2 get recorded. I know it 2b that they learned a few thingz from ea. otha n terms of both having different 🎸influences. IT wasn't Jesse Prince's was afraid of IT WAS tha Tha Time in whole (he created em') trending 2 his alter ego as those guys were SUPER TIGHT as he found out as let me kut there tour dates, keep control of their name etc. But check 4me as far as guitar I say depends on tha type of song WHO I wud pick 😂 Plus y'all kno Prince he will battle u but aft awhile he'll get bored/hyped n jump on anotha instrument n KILL IT !😉✌
Jesse is the best! He knows his scales. Amazing!
No Melody, no feelings only thé noise and pedal effets Guitar and Pentatonic scale...small guitar player
@@BenjiNgimbi-xe8yuI agree 👍🏿
JESS WAS TRULY JUST AS GOOD AS PRINCE ON THAT GUITAR 🎸
Would B nice if Jesse brought back The Revue again! Love that he had his own TIME, and/or The Revolution,it was like a mashup as both, the Minneapolis sound is the BEST at it's FINEST FUNKIEST MOMENTS!
#SEXYCHOCOLATE
#TheManInPinkWithThePinkGuitar
B4 there was even the singer Pink.
Jesse was and STILL IS IT!!!
He’s working on a new album I heard.
Yes Jesse at his best ..the chills this gives..🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶
Prince was frist
They need to put his music on youtube I can’t find a lot of songs anywhere
Damn He wrote the song Jungle Love Wow!!!!!!👍🔥🔥🔥🔥💪
very good quality video lol
Been having this show on dvd 4 at least 10yrs. He is not 2 b fucked with
TIGHT show, just as 1 would expect of JESSE in his prime. CAN WE PLEASE SEE AN INFINITIVELY BETTER VIDEO QUALITY ? ? ?
If you can find it, post it.
@@UNDFTDGordon had it on vhs.....stolen...
Their version of The Bird was awesome - Jerome shows them how it's done !
Damn. That She's A Doll solo was so sick!!
I don’t know who owns the master of this, but why spend the money and time to record this professionally, Then never put it out for us fans to buy? If it came out now In 2019, I’d buy it immediately!!👍🏽😎🎹🎤🥁🎸🔊🔊
A lot of artists recorded their performances for their own personal review and critique. Someone else probably had a copy and put it out on the internet.
Heard he working on a new album.
FUCK!!!!... that "Special Love" solo is a Beast!!! 🎸 🎸 .... A musician partner of mine's made me a CD with some of this show on it like 20 yrs back on the westside of Chicago, when we had killer bands and Guitar Players like Jesse 🎸
The problem with Jesse surely wasn't his guitar chops. But i sense he was more of an introvert that couldn't quite turn that into becoming a true showman on stage like Prince could. Also if you compare him to Prince, the overall sound palette of his records was quite limited whereas Prince created a whole new world with (and within) each new album. Anyway, it is what it is. To this day i think "I'm Just Wanting You" and DaKrash's "Uptown" (which Jesse produced) are the two ballads that empodied the Minneapolis sound the most for me.
Prince was an introvert too, but not on stage, but was extremely private
I absolutely love "I'm Just Wanting You" and "Uptown". I think those showed some range and a bit of growth for Jesse, but to me they were about as far away from typical Minneapolis synth sound as imaginable. "I Want My Girl" is a ballad that always brings me back to that Minneapolis place real hard though (I feel like RFTW swiped that sound for a lot their material.)
This is incredible footage. How great to have preserved this!
Thank you for posting this monumental performance. i only wish 'Free World' would have been on the set list though. 😎💯
'Free World' - awesome track! The B-side to the 'Can You Help Me' 12 inch - I had this on Vinyl back in the 1980's!
I had my mom buy me the Jesse Johnson Revue album great memories
Me too. I was 10.
Thanks for posting this always cool to see shows people talk about
Rare Footage here. Thank you!
AMAZING!
Extremely rare! I loved Jesse's first album and always wondered how he and the Revue sounded live. This video answers that question. FUNKY with lots of guitar! Jesse carried influences of both The Time and Prince while doing his own thing. But he didn't play "Be Your Man"...or did I miss it?
The groove Jesse plays at 24:10 is "Lickin' Stick" by James Brown.
1985 opening up for teena marie& the whispers at the forum in L.A. good times. I was 17.
He play better than Prince in my opinion. If not,he every bit as good. Nobody fucking with him on solos. And he sing pretty good
Jesse is BAD ASS. Excellent guitarist!
I did catch his live show in Beverly Hills in the 80s great show forgot the name of the club🤔
Still listening to it tell today 2019
What an amazing find! Before lenny kravitz, there was Jesse!
After Lenny Kravitz there still Jesse
@@siepip I get you.
@@siepip I just wanted to let anyone seeing this for the first time, who may not know Jesse or perhaps those who know him from playing for d'angelo, that before lenny burst onto the scene 30 yes ago, Jesse was the guitar man!
@@keithroberts4952 i'am with you dude i saw Jesse with the time in 1983 live and he's the man just like you said trust me i feel the way you do
@@siepip Wow! That must have been a rocking show!!
The Eighties Greatest decade ever. !!!!
I used to get amped on the music of that time especially the Minneapolis sound .
SOOOOO SEXXXY
That version of "The Bird" with Jerome joining the stage was the bomb though.
Crazy how he nailed this solo of I want my girl.
I find it profound that he took full artistic license on performing those songs by the Time even happily singing the lead vocals on Morris's Spot. I know he co wrote songs such as Jungle Love but it makes it even more bold he would do all this in 1985. Please don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Jesse fan, but just saying, this was quite bold given the era.
You can sing whatever you want to in concert,, you don't need permission for that,, long as nobody rerecord your music without permission is wrong
Did you even hear what he said,, he said couldn't be there,, listen to what he said before you degrade him
I’m almost 90% sure this is the video I directed at First Avenue. I can’t believe I’m seeing this - it’s such poor quality. As a close friend of Jesse Johnson, I was hired by him to direct the shoot using First Avenue’s in-house camera gear and switching system. Unfortunately, I got caught in the middle of a profit-sharing dispute between Jesse’s manager and the club’s accountant, Jack Myers. This ultimately led to my dismissal from my longtime position as the main VJ at the club.
Jesse’s manager was demanding more than he was willing to pay, while Jack (who wasn’t exactly a fan of musicians) was looking to contribute as little as possible towards the event’s financing. To add to the chaos, the old Ikegami tube cameras we used hadn’t even been white-balanced until just before I got the go-ahead to start recording-right as the big screen was rising to kick off the show.
Fortunately, my career took off after that, and I remain good friends with Jesse to this day. In fact, three years later, in 1989, Jesse hired me to direct his live shows at the Yokohama Bayside Club in Japan.
I truly hope someone comes forward with a cleaner copy of this concert. I doubt there would be any copyright issues, as none of the original parties are involved anymore.
Wow even though the video is fucked up you always enjoy some Jesse! Haven't seen this boy in concert ever♥️ (whewww shockadelica)
This dude ALWAYS shreds the shit out of a guitar.......... I still can't figure out why artist speeds up their songs when they play live. it makes the songs sound like crap
Mark Cardenas and Jerry Hubbard were in The Time together with Jesse at one time as well.
That's why i said "at one time" :)
Correct.
And Tim Bradley was in Andre Cymone's band
Indeed
Vicious funk...🎸🎙🎶🎼✊🏿
Sweet!!! jesse Doing his thang!!
I was at the first Ave when jesse johnson doing this show. I gotta asked are u selling any. Copys of this show jesse johnson revue at. The first ave. ? I would like to buy this do u have anything else
Stanley Powers I'm not selling it but I can direct you to who sold it to me. ThePoppalace.com. Another good seller is funksoulmusic.tyabo.com
@@UNDFTDGordon i want to order a dvd morris day live in Cleveland 1986. I have a pay pal acount. I live in the U.S.
Stanley Powers I don't have it. Check that tyabo site and send him a message. He's in Japan so he may take a little time to get back to you. Maybe he has it.
Just want to let you know that I'm jealous that you were there and I wasn't even a thought yet.
Did anyone else watch this just for I want my girl
I need a clear copy a or even the sound high quality does anyone have this.
That was a nice show wish he would have did Be your man
Classic!!
Wow Ice Cream Castles live...
I think he's a better guitarist than Prince, Jesse's no joke.
Known fact prince has admitted Jesse was the only one he feared on guitar
They are both outstanding guitarists as well as real musicians. I find it hard to say who’s better because they both grew each other as well as took from each other. What I can say with all truth is that they all shaped and influenced the 80s
almost not quite! but, Damn good very very underrated, Jesse has always been a awesome guitarist. 1love
You're right !.. Prince was a musician who can play a 🎸 but he was no guitarist... Jesse intimidated the fuck out of Prince. Jesse is a blues, jazz and Hard Rock guitar player and will play on stage with any recording artist that comes through Minneapolis when they were on tour on the spot but Prince won't.. it's not because of pride or money it's because he needs to rehearse his Guitar playing or their songs before he plays with any other musicians , he only could play his songs while a true player or guitarist can play by the feel of the song and hear chords changes & notes called out like Jesse and many others do.
jessie is definitely top tier but way less versatile than Prince.
MAN its weird 2 C Jesse walk around the stage without a guitar LOL
I know the Sound would better If you were there! Never saw my Jesse or the Time play live ain't that a kick in the face!!!
Darryl Wilkerson Sr./ Thee Attic Boys/1979-1986 / The Awesome's Forever💰💰😍😭😁😆👌
SAY WHAAAAAAAAT
I have seen this concert many times on film. However, why do l always have the feeling Prince will walk on stage and make a guest appearance.
yessir..
Did he perform _Be Your Man_ ?
Can you please give us a link 2 the audio?
Brandon McCollough I only have video for this one.
You could convert it using this = www.flvto.biz/en3/
Jerome at 52:04 🙂
He didn't play Be Your Man ?
Set list?
Come on TH-cam you can do better than this can we get a better quality video please
If you can find the video in better quality, by all means post it.
Just too Much!! Tight band.
little richard make up
It all sounds like Prince at the end of the day. Prince G.O.A.T
man there has got to be a cleaner video copy of this some place.
tun3tym3 if you can find it, post it.
@@UNDFTDGordon - Thanks for this upload. I doubt it. I meant this more for the team at First Ave.
Maybe they have an archive of tape somewhere.
tun3tym3 Maybe they do. I'd be happy if they did. I know that BET is sitting on some great footage from The Time's 1987 reunion. Who knows if the source material is still around much less in good condition.
This is who taught Prince the funk
No I don't think so. Prince had more funk background that Jesse. Jesse had that Hendrix and others influence. Both were unbelievable to be around. Both could crank out most any style with ease. Masters of any style of music. Just my opinion... I was there as there tech guy.
@@xyzzy117 awesome Don. of course you are right. I was thinking about when prince said that Jesse was the only guitarist he feared. can't imagine being able to hang out with prince or jesse let alone be in the same room. I'm a bit of a hardcore fanboy. lol
@@xyzzy117 with all do respect...Prince had more funk background than Jesse ????? HOW ???...they're only 2 years difference in age. When we think of Funk music, Prince name don't come to mind. Who's comes to mind are the JB's , Bootsy, the Parliament, Sly Stone, Bar-Kays, Gap Band, Cameo, Rick James and many more other artists. And all of those artist are well established before Prince and Jesse started their career, and these are some of the same people that influence Jesse & Prince on their own music. It's just Prince have more songs than Jesse. Jesse grew up in Chicago, So yes his funk background is way more greater than Prince Minnesota background. Blues, Soul and Funk music was barley was heard of in Minneapolis in the 1960's & 70's because Prince's city and state didn't have black radio programs, but of course Chicago had it all and Jesse was exposed to it. Just recently in a Jesse interview he mentioned how he introduce a lot of songs and artist to Prince, and that he played on a lot of Prince records with no credit or recognition on the albums. He did Andre Cymone the same way and other musicians like that. Jesse shared that he played the wah-wah pedal on the 1999 song. But they both plays and created some funky music.
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Minneapolis enough Jesse is a little bit better 😢 this ant no Bull little Richard put it on his own 🎉 25:02
Fonky ass bass!
Acting to much like Prince
I see him and Prince was cut from the same cloth talent
No - he cut from Prince's cloth
Jessie get sick with the guitar man
Jesse Johnson 🎸 solo: 👍
Jesse Johnson solo: 👎
Jesse bad boy if only he did try to copy prince so much
Jesse wanted be Prince so bad....
He sure does want to be Prince and always has❗
Kinda corny. Sounds similar to Ready For The World.
Y.T. Sobriquet Correction...RFTW bit off the Mpls.Sound
No, I was there when RFTW join the 85 tour. One of them came up to Jesse and proclaimed on how he influenced them and was there inspiration for RFTW. RFTH was the best warm up act that we had on the tour that year. in 85 Jesse was a big star... I think RFTW was just getting thing rolling.
LCarre I didn’t say Jesse sounded like he was biting off the Minneapolis Sound...duh...he was there when it was being created and also contributed to its creation. I simply said this sounds like RFTW...a band that sounded like watered down kinda corny Prince.
Don Batts My reply above this one applies to your comment as well.👆🏼
@@LSqwr Yes. I had a listen 2 oh sheila. The retuned side stick and so on. But I think it happened because of a deep respect for all. Got the vibe they really respected the Mpls sound. In the future hold the use of duh, ok? It is rare that I surface and make comment. Peace all! Just to note the Mpls sound started with PRN and round 1982 The time was born 2 cover the R&B side of the market as PRN as moving more mainstream. Who would have known the talent that came into play with Jesse, Jam, Lewis, Morris and more. At the point of 1982 it was PRN. He wrote and played on most Time stuff. They all were amazing and we all were blessed to get this musical gift. RIP PRN with love and respect!
Too much of a Prince wannabe !!
He was trying to hard to be Prince like or maybe his lable want him to be a Prince Clone.Jesse was still a bad dude.
Prince and Jesse are both Gemini’s …. Prince was June 7th and Jesse is June 1st I believe. I’m a Gemini and we Rock!
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