April Wine - Sign Of The Gypsy Queen (Live) 

I'm 52, Big hair bands 70's & 80's, early 90's rock.

52 and love the hairbands.

54 here we all lived in a day and age that will never be repeated. The era of the best music and bands. 70 80 90 rock on.....

Still lives in his mom basement...never mind him. As a musician myself April Wine is one of the best rock bands period to learn from and listen.

Randy Miller you saw was still are old man

There still tours

I'd like to think they will know

I don't know what it is about this band but it almost gives me Def Leppard vibes. If that makes sense

Or know this is a cover song (Lorence Hud?)

sort of the definition of underrated, no?

So So True a better time for sure . We spent a whole weekend dedicated to April Wine lol. I am sure everyone in town showed up at one time or the other .. Lol

no shit................

That's true nothing like the past amen Dave huneke

It was a cooler place then

Amen brother!

I didn't know this!!! How sad!!! They still tour. I wonder who has taken over for him with Vocals?

RIP😢

His book is very good too !!! r.i.p.

😢

Yea, i just heard this song is a remake. April Wine, Myles, did not write it. I was very suprised when i heard that.

I listen to them every day and I'm not kidding.....they are a fantastic classic rock band!!

I'm 54. Yes you damn right !!!!

@@bigsky3072 The version that Lorence Hudd sings is pretty damn good too !!

@Dan Kelly yes, i just listened to that one! Also, at the 2:20 mark. U will notice that Myles forgot the lyrics.

Cranking this song with my stock 12 watt 8-track player, cruising at 23 mph down a residential street in my '75 full size buick station wagon.

ME TOOOOO !

‘84 senior year, ‘77 Chevy van April Wine in the 8 track

@@bigsky3072 '76-'77 Cruising in the Buick Estate Wagon down the Lakes HWY Jammin'

72 Nova😊

Think of all the great music he gave us.

@@TheMctrog Just between you and me.

R.I.P. THANK YOU. For the music. God speed brother.🙏

Same for me. 💔😢

Same here

Same here, one of the most amazing concerts I've been to the drummer was turning over it was awesome.🤘🇺🇸👍

Brian Swezey Keep it up. Just think. We got to live it as well. Nothing fake back In The day.

Me too.

why would you want too''

Brian Swezey you’re absolutely right Brian because there’s nothing else ever will be made like this again

Brian Swezey I AM 57, DUDE YOUR SO RITE! Don’t know what these kids are listening to now.THIS is MUSIC,growing up in the 70’s was the BEST!!☝️☝️SKYNYRD,NUGENT,AEROSMITH,the list is ENDLESS! THE BEST OF TIMES HUH!✌️✌️👍👍☝️

I'm 55 missing my younger days and how much better the music was! .

Lol that's a damn joke. They were an average band that noone ever talked about.

It's one of my favorite bands they only had 4 albums

I was listening to them in 77 or 78 I'm 58

@@charlielemmel311 I believe you meant KNOWONE, an yes they were UNDER RATED!

Explain to me how they were underrated. Also is it just standard for people to randomly say this band or this person was “underrated” that is on every damn video on RU-vid someone says that same exact comment.

@@manicboy76 What was your rate? I was a MM, hole snipe, 1987-1997.

I traded styx grand illusion album for it

Saw them in the Soo! Back in the day! Good times!🇨🇦🎼🎹

@@ralphyization April wine. And eagles long time ago

I like to rock and say hello ARE GOOD tuens too la roo 😅📀🐦

Today's artists are graduates from the Disney channel.

why wud 401 stupid people down this group?

@@aman4peace Because they are stupid lol

Anything that makes music is a "real instrument", arsehole.

Like, are you saying Jerry's fire alarm bell (5:37) isn't a "real instrument"? Better never listen to "Oowatanite", then!

OH THAT WOULD BE ------ THE BEST OF TIMES ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤

It's not Possible = But l would certainly Pay some Good Coin to relive Some of them Days 😊

LOL!

ROFL 😂 😂 😂

Remember that beating, it will keep you in touch with good music. Anything close to a beating and you will remember April Wine. Beating with a smile.

LOL! Absolutely worth it.

Agreed. Top 10 rock vocalist easy

Me too 🎉

Same here

@@gypsyrain369 Thank you.

Nicholas Monsarrat Exactly

Amen🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Listen to them every week. Hunted down the "Vintage Wine" Disc Set (4 CDs) a couple years ago.

Charles Brown --Stay healthy and keep rockin'

This gives me the hangover during lockdown

And Triumph.

Love all three bands.

Actually, if people enjoy it then I suppose that's all that's important. But subjectively speaking, IMHO, April Wine was certainly not a lot more than a standard mainstream band (no offense to Canadians), but certainly they really weren't anything special. More in the same genre with Def Leppard, Triumph, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, big audiences, big shows, big sounds, but entirely pridictable and boring. I'd put Journey in that group, too even though it had some the best musicians of the time. AW may have had fine musicians, but it's music don't not break new ground nor was it terribly creative. More formulaic, standard stuff for commercial markets. It's really can't compare to what Bands like Rush, Elvis Costello The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Lods Triadores, YES, ELP, Queen, VH, Pink Floyd, The Stones and the Talking Heads, the Clash, The Angels, and even ACDC (with Bon Scott), were putting out at that time (Zeppelin was already in a death spiral since '75). Therr is GREAT music today, you just might not be accessing it, but certainly The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Noir Desir, Portugal the Man, Spoon, Beck, The Killers, among many others. Very few rock bands have their zenith extend beyond 1 or 2 albums, and 4 or more is very rare. It's the nature of the beast. So one needs to continually look for new music and inspiration even if it means looking outside North America and the British Isles.

YES !!! I TOTALLY AGREE !

April Wine and Rush were my 2 top Canadian bands ever. Listened to their music to no end back in my youth, and actually still play both a decent amount to this day. There are not many that can even come close to this perfection these days. These 2 bands made me fall in love with rock music. Myles will be soo missed forever

@@tonymeehan7859 What about Triumph, Saga and Loverboy?

Rush/Triumph/April Wine/Guess Who

Gordon Lightfoot

@@SKRooU2 wHaT aBoUt fReD pEnNeR 🥴

Agreed

Me too man

Me too. My neighbors hate me for sure

Same here, still rocking it

Hi I'm 62 = SEEN these guys 3 or 4 yrs ago = SIMPLY PUT IT WAS MARVELOUS

54

Still have it, the album, in a plastic tub in my garage.

@@buggy6550 you do know you can get a turntable/cdrecorder right? My exwife took all my albums in the divorce and then laughed at me when she put them on cd after getting that thing I mentioned. Then you can continue to keep it safe while listening to the album sound which is like no other.

@@buggy6550 I still have it too

Me too!

@@radroofer that sounds great! Sorry about your divorce problems.

Just emagen what they could've done with today's technologe

I wouldn't call them underrated, they were really big back in the day . Underrated is a group like the Gary Seidell Project , one of the greatest bands ever yet I can bet you never heard of them.

@@bigrigJim No I have never heard of them!

April wine is the best in 2021

There's always one of you aint there...

just gotta love that screamin' guitar lickin' good!

Well Carl, that's The Nature of the Beast! :-)

Rush, Triumph and April Wine. The Canadian Trifecta of classic rock👍

yep,its your opinion.everyone in Canada who like hard rock know and love april wine,they are definitely loved and appreciated as shown by the millions of albums they sold

This is one of my all-time favorite rock songs!

Your gawd damn right

Golden age of rock

You mentioned Zebra. Not many know of them. Great band. Fondly remember them from back in their heyday the early 80s.

Michael Schenker,SRV...all early 80's . Great music,good times.

I to did Sturgis for some yrs = l even road out with wife and friends when no Rally was going on = Just to inform the Roads and the hills = lt was always Awesome and a treat = Unfortunately l have suffered some injuries = And had to Sell bike = Last Road at 58 = But memory's are there of Good times and fun that we all had. = l started Riding bikes at 6 yrs old & Road dirtbikes to enduros and crotch rockets to Harleys & everything in-between = lm 30 different bikes of all kinds = Close to 200,000 miles = l didn't get Cheated on my my time Riding = Body just Started to get Old on me = lm very Thankful for the Freedom & the Time given to me to do what l loved = l still Ride Even if it's just thoughts in my head of Great times in the Wind = thanks Paul

Overlooked by no one who has ever HEARD HIM. Why do people say such silly things? He is a ROCK GOD!

@@notmyname3883 I said he is overlooked because when reading about great rock drummers, he is almost never mentioned. Of course I've heard of him why did you think I was here in the first place.

@@notmyname3883 April Wine ruled but sadly were barely known outside Canada. Even drumming magazines barely mentioned Jerry compared to many drummers out there; the average Canadian and especially the average American or British listener would not have known his name. April Wine regrettably got very little radio time in America and UK. I was lucky to see them three times in concert.

@@johnkeller5163 on the bright side, when they were played, it was exciting

He was a great drummer!

AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bleh.. they weren't even that good then.

Most bands? Hell they are better then all the bands of today there is not a new band that came out recently can touch these guys

Easily

Have any of you fuckers ever listened to Ghost?! 👻 shiiiiit

Hey thanks mate!

So wish I'd known about them earlier when I lived in a remote part of Africa

That right reminds my of thin Lizzy. Same set up, also nova also. Those bands found away to not only make it work but compliment each other

Iron Maiden has entered the chat.

because if you care about the music and not yourself...it works.

My l on L ok

They were not underrated in Canada, they were simply not marketed in the USA, until the very late 70's

Caught them San Bernadino Swing 1971 with Triumph killer show fuc yea I'm 70 good times grew up in Detroit Rick city adopted Angleno.

Wish I was around during their prime, they've become one of my favourite bands!

I will never forget being 14 years old and having a 80 year old lady passing joints around at a acdc concert very early 80s lol can't imagine that happening today

@@richbennett2639 I know, now they are all pushing 80.

Ahhh yes, the good ole days! So glad there was no internet or cell phones to catch all of my nefarious deeds! People knew how to pass the doobie back then, too💯😎😉

Ahhhh sense a million

Ageed🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

AND no AutoTune.

*AMEN* on BOTH!!

Thank YOU!

Cigarette Lighters are all we had back then.....

The most annoying thing in those days was the couple who had the girl sit on the guys shoulders blocking the view of the band. She would usually get hit with various objects such as clear plastic beer cups with a swig left in them, until she decided to get down, unless of course she was up there to show the band (and the rest of us) something more entertaining than the stage show. Those climbers were mercifully spared for some reason.

Jerry Mercer!!!!!!!!

Me too saw them a few times🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Dual and triple lead guitars are somewhat rare and usually done mostly by Southern rock and long jam bands like the Allman Brothers, the Outlaws and Thin Lizzy. Thin Lizzy actually had a 3 and sometimes even 4 leads at some of their concerts.. also 2 drummers are common..