Blackfoot Interview with Shorty & Rick Medlocke 

I love this so much. I wish that we could have heard more of Shorty. wisdom

Truly, Blackfoot was and are major contributors in creating and perpetuating around the world the popularity and success of our very own idiom of Southern Rock music from it's very roots right here in Jville, FL.

Warmed up for Rickey in Blackfoot, about 6 months before joining Skynyrd... Smokin' player and singer !!! Shout out Thunderfoot !!! Steele Horse Cafe, Elkhart IN '94'ish, from the gig to the bike party after got home about 7AM lol...

amazing! Shorty Medlocke..........thank you SO much for posting this! The man that led Ricky to being one of the best rockers out in the biz! Nothing but love the the rattlesnake rock and rollers!

I saw Blackfoot rip up the Reading festival in 1982 - never forgotten it. Superb rock'n'roll band!

I used to know Jakson back in the early 90's. He was one hell of a nice guy. Truly one of a kind. RIP "Thunderfoot".

Rickey Medlocke thank you for being you. God bless Shorty for rasing a man a man like Rickey

You can definitely hear shorty in ricky, especially years later when ricky had stories to tell. Shorty was a great influence. And gotta love that juice harp.

love shorty medlocke

Priceless! I saw Blackfoot on the Marauder tour, 1981, The Fox in Atlanta. The Danny Joe Brown opened up for them. Shorty did the harmonica into to Train. I remember him saying, "You boys play too damned loud!" I'll cherish those memories forever.

Shorty Medlocke is one of the greatest blues harpists of all time.

Absolutely beautiful gentelman. Can't wait for the release of the full album.

That's wonderful, thanks for posting this rarity. Never knew what Shorty looked like until now.

words of incredible wisdom from shorty medlocke, thank you so much for posting this

That was a cool moment in music history for sure. RIP, Shorty.

Just an amazing Band, pure and honest Rock n Roll. You became a fan for life once you got that Rattlesnake Bite!

Man this is so cool.....ive seen blackfoot rip through indy a few times. They will ALWAYS be one of my favz. THANKS FOR THIS UPLOAD.

Yes a lot of shorty in Rickey love how Rickey calls shorty daddy so much respect to his grand daddy

Not too many country Pa folks like me can say this. But I hung out with Jakson Spires all day and most of the night back in 1999. He taught me the correct way to play highway song on the guitar. I’ll never forget it. The stories I could tell. OMG! RIP my friend.

so cool hearing shorty do that intro, good stuff man.

Shorty (Curtis lowe)influnced all southern rock Rickey was blessed to be raised by him

thanks brings back a load of old memories

wow ! great interview show!! loved it..Shorty Medlocke is great!!

That's cool seeing Shorty playing that intro.

I promise I could listen to Shorty all day long love him ❤️💕🎶🎶ttt24

I was young when I last saw Blackfoot. and that was a long time ago. you guys look as great as you sound.

Walker and Medlocke absolutely beautiful cats.

Shorty was a real BADASS! what a true bluegrasser...amazing harp player

Tomcattin, the album I bought with my first wage packet at 16. Then came 1981 castle donnington monsters of Rock.( just a mile away from me) and then the lads kindly released a donnington single on vinyl.It rained that day but no one cared when Blackfoot (and slade) hit the P.A.

I met Jakson back 2003 and he was the greatest guy. It's mind boggling to see them this young! I was jammin' on Train, Train when it was new! Damn, I feel old. God Bless em' all.

It was awesome they brought Shorty along .. Shorty was a big part inspiration to Skynyrd and Blackfoot and many bands here in J-ville

Years ago I saw black foot open up for ozzie the blizzard of ozz, with Randy Rhodes, great concert ..

Blackfoot and Shorty. Awesome stuff. Shorty sends out words of wisdom.

I am so thankful for youtube to be able to see old footage like this.

I like that rematk Shorty made. anything you do or say will come back on you. karma

Ole Shorty a national treasure ,Rip Shorty and Jackson.

That was awesome thanks for sharing. Of course it's 13 years ago but first time I have seen this and honestly forgot about it being Rick's dad Shorty.

Gold!

Shorty! just listen to that old man wail on that harp.........sure miss those days

wow that was priceless thanx !

cool video, wow that harp of Shortys ! takes me back to early 80's listnin' to blackfoot. Donnington 1981.......people who know how to make boogie bubble.... Saw Rickey with Skynard this week @ the Apollo Manchester, he's still got it. Thats how i ended up lookin @ this stuff. Cool tunes. !!

The last Band Members NEED TO DO That LIVE One Foe US!

I always loved Shorty's voice, still do , he was awesome !!!

Love it

One of he greatest albums ever by Blackfoot was "No Reservations". That was some awesome music.

Glad he did this interview.. just 1 year before he passed.

Thank you so much !!!

Saw these guys in 81- or 82 ! Opened for nazerath ! Binghamton ny ! Never herd of them ! My jaw dropped when the started playing ! Wow great band ! So I have seen them about 15 times since !!

I've seen this interview years ago I mean years ago in 1982 ...late nite rock and roll, show ..can't remember now..I do rember hearing on a j ville radio signal.....They were a class 1 act...I saw Ricky at Blount co .Alabama at a amphitheater in 1994 I think it was north of Bham ..50 miles.of course Ricky was playing his best.He was telling the crowd how he liked north Ala...And then some red neck threw a beer can at Ricky's guitar....Rick told him.....THANKS U FREEKIN RED NECK .FOR SCAR ING MY 1958 LES PAUL.....RICK SORRY FOR THAT DRUNK RED NECK ..THANKS FOR PLAYING THE GIG. YOUR A GOOD MAN....THERE IS ALOT OF GOOD Spirit HERE MY Friend...peace pipe. Mushrooms native spirit here...native Americans live here in the Mts....Thanks

Jackson Spires on the right of Mr. Shorty.

Thanks to Rickey and guitar player magazine I bought my first good guitar, 1976 Ibanez Destroyer. It took ten months to pay off at $3.35 an hour. Still have it.

Very cool interview and clip! Blackfoot and Rickey are the best - also cool to saw Shorty.

Kerrang!!! magazine did a well received article with Ricky on the cover of one of their early issues!!!

Wow, to put a face with the sound. My Mom bought my brother that album in about 1980 and remember shorty talking and playing before launching into the main riff, too cool

Shorty , what a cool dude! Love Blackfoot🎸

You DO know my band. We (in the beginning) opened with either train train or ‘ol ring, ‘ol tig and ol’ rover. either way, if you saw us WAY back then, we always played these two songs. I LOVE them still. God Bless Blackfoot.

wow shorty medlocke and rick truely an honor to watch this

I'm a damn Yankee but I love the Jacksonville R&R!

Awesome video!!! Thanks for uploading this!!!

One of the most exciting band i have ever seen saw them live twice when they played Ireland prize vinyl in my record collection miss the original band Rickey is an amazing singer front man pity he doesn't sing in Skynyrd

Is that Ricky talking? Man he was young. This is the year I was born. Wow. Makes remember just how old I'm getting. I never thought I'd turn 40. You feel like you'll be young forever. 😔 Because those first 18 years takes forever to go by as a kid...my daughter would be 8 yrs old already. Instead she's forever 1 yr, 9 months and 20 days old. I miss her terribly. It's hard to believe we'd already already be halfway to her being 18 yrs old. Makes me so mad and sad when I think about it. 😥

LOVE BLACKFOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Wise man.

Shorty Medlocke's guest spots were always a welcome surprise when playing a Blackfoot LP the 1st time!

Helt fantastisk intervju!

Underrated band. Love them

Who wouldn't love this band? Man, I wore out their LPs when I was growin' up!

Shorty is younger here than Rickey is now

thanks for this video Shorty is kickin' at the end!

He played it just like the tape.

RIP shorty one hell of a human being!

He was and still is a great performer...and he was good looking and still is...We just seen them ..Sknyrd in Durant OK show 2016..

Jamming black foot

Man, this brings tears to my eyes... what a man, what a grandpa! There he was still doing it at 69 y/o, then less than a year later he was gone. R.I.P. Shorty 😢 What a wonderful legacy he left in these guys - who are still kickin' it as old (or older) now than he was then 🎸🎵🎶

This is a great video.

OMG, Shorty is so cute. What a character! RIP!

I wonder where Charlie was during this interview?

Florrida World Music Festival (this spelling is correct!), 1979, Shorty plays the opening intro on the harp, Blackfoot follows by tearing up the Tangerine Bowl with 'Train, Train!!!.'

"Fox Chase" Rules

Damn !! Rickey was hot !!

Saw them the first time in 1981

Just bought Skrikes today on cd. Way too good album to only listen to on Spotify. Buy it you too.

That is right, his grandparents raised him...

Ol shorty raised rickey

I can't say enough about these guys. Love Shorty's attitude towards life. Anyone know what key that harp shorty was playing is in. C maybe??

yep he rock

Yeah buddy

I always wanted to see shorty. He was younger back them than I thought he was...

that WAS blackfoot.. INDEED!

Listening to Shorty play the intro to "Train Train" reminds you of how superior Blackfoot's version of that song is to that piece of crap version Warrant did on their second album.

You know you know

i wish he record some video lessons teaching the greatests hits of the Blackfoot

They were at their peak here. If they had continue on this vein could have been as big as John Cougar

Rickey medlocke is a genius never got the credit he deserved his grandfather shorty medlocke was one of the most inspiring and knowledgeable I felt blessed after I talk to shorty medlocke so many times he was full of spirit and soul I guess that's why Rickey medlocke it's such a big influence on me I play drums in a band called spearfinger we got the name from The Old Cherokee urban legend we are from Asheville and Clyde North Carolina Mountain Music but enough about us you can check us out on RU-vid or something if you like I'll just wanted to give a shout out to Rickey medlocke for making my life much better he was kind of like my Elvis Presley hero LOL he probably doesn't even remember me but we met on several occasions in Asheville North Carolina he did some shows for some friends of mine he was always so nice and inspired me to play music buy ear I just feel it deep down in your soul and makes you want to move wanted everyone to know how thankful I was for the inspiration to play music and the influence Rickey medlocke had on me he helped make my life great thank you Rickey medlocke may God bless you and yours keep on rockin your true friend probably your biggest fan Randy Schultz Asheville North Carolina rip shorty medlocke I will never forget you God bless all

@lastofthewild1s also to Lynyrd!If you recall,i think it was "made in the shade"was Van Zants tip of the hat to Shorty!

Wow, Shorty Medlocke...that old man not only raised rickey and inspired him, but also who many consider to be the "chairman emeritus" of Southern rock..Mr. Ronnie Van Zant....was the inspiration and dedication of the "Ballad of Curtis Lowe".. to have been a fly on the wall while these guys were growing up around characters such as this man...

Charlie wasn't present. Ken Hensley also joined around this time.

Wish I had a fraction of the common sense Shorty has.

Does anyone know if someone has posted tracks from Blackfoot's two RCA LPs here on RU-vid? They were titled "No Reservations" and "Flying High", and they predate "Strikes" by a few years.

I believe it was 1977 or 1978 I saw Blackfoot the Scorpions and Ted Nugent who was the headliner at the main stage in Milwaukee Wisconsin on Lake Michigan it was an outdoor concert and believe it or not it was only $5 to get in