In my opinion they are one of the most underrated bands for 40 years. Seen them a half dozen times starting with Black & Blue and they always manage to give 110%
I got introduced to BOC in 1974 while serving in the military. I was immediately amazed at the awesome musicians and to date, they are and will always be my favorite. There's nobody like Buck Dharma on lead guitar, causes total goosebumps every time I listen.
I have to agree with your comment. I was also introduced in the military in 1977. I have heard it said that Buck Dharma and BOC are considered as pioneers as well as founding artists of the Heavy Metal Genre. I find the music exciting and I completely agree about goosebumps. Buck's guitar is so clean clear and complex. Like other great musicians , he has his own style that is easily recognized. Blue Oyster Cult are legends with the writing, they send me and my imagination to the highest of highs, in other words I dig them the most. Thank you for your service. Best regards, Mlke
I really like the complicity that we can see at the very end between Richie and Buck : A guitar legend and a younger virtuoso making great music together. What an awesome band !!
@@lonegroover a solo like that is bound to have some mistakes live. You don't get any studio fix ups. Most of those tough arpeggios are clean for a live shot.
One of my favorite bands of all time. I've been lucky enough to have seen them 5 times, and all of the concerts were great. Buck's guitar work is beyond fantastic.
Rush opened for them. Man, that must have been... I can't even imagine! I was 10 back then, and was listening to my parents' Nana Mouskouri albums! Imagine, real musicians with no auto-tune, no clicktrack, no mumble-rap, no drip-hop, no dropping the wub-dubs. I was privileged to finally catch BÖC in August 2018. They dedicated "Don't Fear The Reaper" to Aretha Franklin, who had died the week before, and "The Last Days Of May" was the showstopper.
The first time I saw them do this was with Allen Lanier (RIP). Since then it has always been the song I looked forward to at the next BOC concert. Probably seen them 20 times. My first concert was in March 16, 1975 at the Terrace Ballroom in Salt Lake City. It featured REO & BOC.
I've seen Richie & Buck perform those solos maybe three times the last decade as BÖC has passed through town. I put them right up there with Dave Meniketti's soloing on Y&T's "I Believe in You" for mind-blowing live performances.
Saw them as "Soft White Underbelly" back in the early 80's at a bar in Baltimore. (Hammerjacks) When they played this song, I weaseled up to the front to watch them.
Saw them yesterday at Epcot. They reached deep into their catalog to pull out some gems. Saw them for the first time Wollman Skating Rink,Central Park in '73. They still ROCK!!! They need to be in the HoF!!!
My uncle from US came to Germany and brought as present the venyl "On your Feet or on your Knees". It was 1977 and I was 15 and my collection was just about 5 or 10 Albums. So I did hear and hear it again and started to love BÖC. It blow away my ears. This love is still there and endless. They changed my musical mind.
bon dieu quel guitariste.....rory gallagher, ritchie blackmore, pat travers etc etc .vous faite partie MR BUCK DHARMA de mes guitariste préféré....ça prends aux trippes......merci merci
just saw them week ago and still the greatest are there two better guitarists in one band? been following this group live since their laser shows of the 70's
Saw BOC tonight in Derry NH They played this song and Richie killed it on his solo even more than this show which is amazing! Buck Dharma was amazing and Eric Bloom, Jules and Danny awesome! 🎸🥁🎶🤘
WOW AMAZING JOB !! WHAT AWESOME SOUND !!! This was always my favorite of the Cults' . , since the early 80s. Awesome song , awesome band , of the very best !!!!
Storytime: You all will laugh at me,but the first time I saw BOC was back in the summer of 1998 I had just turned twenty years old and I had just got into their music three years prior thanks to a low budget raunchy teen stoner comedy movie called The Stoned Age,well anyway back to the summer of 98 I heard on the Classic Rock station that Blue Oyster Cult was coming to town and I called up my well now former best friend,long story and we heard the local record shop in town was selling the tickets we arrived and were sold the first two tickets. Yes,you read right one and two so two weeks later I get home from work the day of the show I hop in the shower and get dressed the concert did not start until 9 pm but we arrived two hours early at the club they were playing in Fort Myers Florida we arrived while they were doing soundcheck and one of the DJs from the local Rock station was there giving away t shirts,hats and bumper stickers he let me and my friend in the club while BOC was doing soundcheck and minutes later who comes out the front door? Danny Miranda,Buck Dharma,Allen Lanier,Bobbie Rondinelli and we got to meet them and they were parked next to my car so by 7pm the crowd shows up we were the first ones there like The Grizwolds at Walley World and by 8pm the doors opened and 9pm BOC took the stage and kicked ass for two and a half hours and rocked us,I couldn't tell if it was the 70s,80s or 90s they on the Heaven Forbid tour at the time. What an experience that was.
Funny thing is... its usually just ONE humbucker at a time x) Buck is more often than not, playing with just the bridge pickup. Richie uses the neck pickup way more often, more often than MOST guitarists tbh.
I think that is one of my favorite BOC songs. I saw them at the Amphitheater in Chicago December 27 and 28, 1977. Both shows were awesome. I still remember Edgar Winter coming down from the 2nd floor in his white skeleton outfit.
Heard this in a meat processing plant in Burbank Washington when I was 22. This version is incredible. Saw them in Spokane in the late 70s. Great show with an onstage Godzilla with laser beam eyes.
Excellent live de ce superbe morceau que j'écoute depuis 40 ans la voix de Donald est terrible comme au début du groupe et çà c'est très rare :) et Richie Castellano. est juste dément dans ce solo !!
