The not too long ago launched YouTube channel from iconic US TV collection The Midnight Particular continues to put up footage that hasn’t been seen in many years, and Standing Quo are the most recent beneficiaries.
The newest clip to look on the channel options the Frantic 4 enjoying Massive Fats Mama, and is taken from the present broadcast on April 19, 1974. It is an uncommon selection: the observe wasn’t from the band’s present album, the earlier 12 months’s Whats up. Nor was it a preview of fabric from Quo, which might launched the next month. As a substitute, the band performed a stay favorite from 1972’s Piledriver.
We’ll in all probability by no means know why this observe (the one one they performed on the present) was chosen. Rick Parfitt’s voice is basically shot, and Francis Rossi’s guitar solo definitely is not his finest, however when all of it comes collectively – because it does on the 2’50” mark – it is a vivid reminder of how highly effective Statius Quo might be.
Quo’s episode was hosted by soul legend Curtis Mayfield – who carried out 4 songs – whereas the opposite performers included two extra soul acts in The Impressions and Gladys Knight & The Pips, plus folks musician Phil Ochs and Inexperienced Eyed Girl hitmakers Sugarloaf.
Standing Quo would return to the US in August 1974, enjoying a mixture of small membership gigs and bigger reveals, sharing the stage with the likes of Montrose, Rory Gallagher, Todd Rundgren, Little Feat and Sly & the Household Stone.
Different artists who carried out on The Midnight Particular – whose appearances will presumably change into obtainable over the approaching months – embrace Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss, Elton John, AC/DC, Badfinger, The Automobiles, Low cost Trick, Peter Frampton, Genesis, Coronary heart, Little Feat, Prince, Roxy Music, Steely Dan, Skinny Lizzy and ELO
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