Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (live) 

i was in the Army in 1968 and saw these guys in Germany along with Canned Heat and my soul was psychedelicized for ever.

George Chambers who played bass passed on Oct. 12 at the age of 88. RIP George

I am 75 years old & first heard this 'psychedelic bonanza of a tune', in 1966, pouring out of a home in a side street of my 'quiet' neighbourhood (in Cohen Avenue, Glenwood, Durban SA), while walking home one afternoon. I was immediately rooted to the spot & stood outside the house captured, until the tune had ended. Little did I know that 2 guys inside that house had just bought that Chambers Brothers album, smoke a joint & decided to listen to the ultimate track on the album, full volume. As the tune ended, one of them happened to glance out of the window to see me still rooted to the spot. I guess he recognised a 'fellow traveller' & came onto the front balcony to chat. Noticing that U had snapped out of my 'state of capture' he burst into laughter & invited me inside. Needless to say, a replay was required, which cemented a friendship which lasted until my folks & I moved into a different suburb. An experience which I am reminded of, everytime I listen to this track. One of the first 'Freak out bands & tracks of that era'. Hooray for the Chambers Brothers & psychedelic music which was to follow. 😂🎉❤

This tune still kicks ass ! As relevent today as it was in 60`s

"And my soul has been psychedelicized". Great line!

One of the most underrated voices in rock, soul R&B…period. Incredible musicians as well.

The best cow bell banging song of all time !

When I first heard this song I was 15. My soul will forever be psychedelicized!

I graduated from high school in 1969. Looking back, I think we (My Generation) even underestimated how good the music was back then.

these guys were soooo far ahead of their TIME!!!!still one of the greatest songs of that era!!!

Because GREAT MUSIC never dies, kiddo! We were the luckiest generation ever when it came to music!

When I returned from Vietnam, I worked at the Hotel Dixie in Manhatten, and an older fellow who lived there gave me their album.

As a musician, author and song writer, words fail me. Can you imagine having to follow this band? Pure rockin' power.

Real music in a surreal time let us never forget. Veteran of the Vietnam War Era 1973-75

The lead vocalist is explosive. I hear some Hendrix in that voice!

Remembering the 1968 original concert at Fillmore West. They performed Time for 25 minutes. The lead in group was.....Santana....TIME such an iconic song of the 60's.

Everything about this song is incredible, but the vocals are otherworldly.

"I don't care what others say, they say we don't listen any way"..........timeless!

They came to Buffalo and played the Tralfamadore about 15 years ago! Bad snow storm, total of 25 people showed! They played TWO hours! Sat next to the stage! I always refer to this as my private concert! ❤🎉

I was already old lol,22 got back from NAM damn good original MUSIC !!!! LOVE YAH...

Listened to this song over and over again while getting high in the jungles of Vietnam while serving with the US Army in 1969. This was one of our favorites while 'under the influence.' LOL!!!

This was real music for real times. Not like today's stuff.

This song came out November 1967 and has been fantastic ever since…

I want this song played at my memorial service. Amazing song.

And that kids is one of the most epic sounds of the '60s.

And, just like that, it's 1969 and I'm back in Vietnam. I'll bet I listened to this song a thousand times then...

Man we were wild ! Never be another generation like ours! We lived !

Time has been good to me at 78 and still jammin'.

My father played the albums of Canned Heat, The Chambers Brothers, Melanie and many others on high. I was very young but I still love these bands and the music of this era.

Willie Chambers and the Chambers Brothers and they paid me right nice for PA rental and gave great thanks for getting the echo plex right on "Time Has Come Today" They made me feel like I was part of the band. Just love them guys !

This wasn’t played on AFVN in Nam, but we still got tapes from home.

Saw these guys in 1974...what a show! One of the best rock songs ever.

LIVE AT THE FILMORE CLIP WAS THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG. IT WASNT JUST A SONG IT WAS A PSYCHEDELIC TRIP THROUGH TIME

I had this on 4 trac not 8 but 4 trac. That was so good on mushrooms or LSD. I'M 67 SO COOL!!!!!!

One of the greatest cowbell songs of all time!

This song is featured in the movie “Edison” with an amazing cast, including Morgan Freeman. Brings back so many memories! I graduated high school in 1971.

One of my all-time favorites. In my top 5 of forever. Way ahead of it's time.

My soul's been... PSYCHEDELICIZED ☮️✌️❤️✊

Music of the ERA. Nothing else comes close. I wonder if they had any idea how much significance or STAYING POWER this song / music would hold.

God I love this fucking song, and you can't get any more cowbell than this.

First time I smoked weed was with my oldest brother and he played the long version of this tune on his 4 speaker quadraphonic set up. What a trip, the sound was everywhere, back and forth, jumping and swirling around the room. Man those were the Dazes.

The great thing about this song is that you can derive so many permutations from it and still sound great…. As we see here!…. A true classic!

This is still a great band and song.

When musicians actually played their instruments. What a time it was then.

I could never forget this song, it's a trip!

I was 18 yrs. old when I first heard this. Will never forget how it changed me. The only other band that changed me was the BLUES MAGOOS. Both so unique, the beginning of psychedelic music. Awesome 👍👍👍✌️

I can't even imagine the talentless rock bands of today coming up with anything 1/100th this good. Rock bands today are totally lacking in creativity.

One of the greatest songs of all TIME. I heard them do an extended version at the Electric Circus.

All time song, group.

This is one of the very first rock groups I got into back in the late 60s. They were my favorites for a long time. I listened to everything Chambers Bros. I could find.

Absolutely incredible performance! This video gem landed in my feed so clicked on. And who do i see; Bill Graham, local concert promoter extraordinaire. I grew up SF Bay Area California during the Graham era and attended many a rock concerts he produced. Unfortunately, my loss, as this show wasn't one of them; it was good to see him at the start of this video, a true Rock n Roll Icon. Thank you for sharing, subbed and shared.

I love these groups from the 1970's who were integrated without being forced to do so.

i heard the general say give me the army and i will rule this land and the musician said give me music and i will rule the world music is one of the ties that bind

A very Classy group that can't be reduplicated today. The talent today I think is lost. I was raised in the right era.

Loved the Chambers Brothers, this song ( the studio version) takes me back to the carrier days in yankee station up in north Vietnam

The "jazzy" part in the interlude was "sweet icing on the cake." This 1980''s live version was awesome.

Nighttime concert on the Washington Mall, a week or so before 1968's election. My girlfriend and in sleeping bags, and they played this. That decade would have been far better had Nixon lost.

I’d forgotten all about liquid light shows. I’m having a flashback now. Acid flash.

I can't get enough cowbell.

This song still rocks my soul !

Per: www.legacy.com {10-15-2019}... George Chambers, bass player for the pioneering psychedelic soul rock band, the Chambers Brothers, passed away on October 12th, 2019 at the age of 88... George and his brothers, Lester, Joe, and Willie started singing in church together as children in Mississippi and formed the band in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s... They started out as a gospel group but later became known in the LA folk music community and were invited by Pete Seeger to play at the Newport Folk Festival. The band went electric, adding drummer Brian Keenan, making them one of the first interracial bands... They embraced psychedelic soul music and had a huge hit in 1968 with “Time Has Come Today"*. They continued to perform and record as the Chambers Brothers until the mid-1970s. George would go back to gospel music and he would occasionally get back together with his brothers and perform... May he R.I.P. * "Time Has Come Today" just missed making the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, it peaked at #11 for five weeks {wonder if this the record for being at #11} on September 15th, 1968. ..

What a beautiful band! The wonderful singing and instrumentation coming right from the soul! Beautiful, wonderful! Thank you

BEST LIVE VERSION YET!!! GREEEAAATT ROCK BAND, BROTHERS... HOW COOL. NAM SHIT... DIG IT! THEY WERE UNIQUE AND BAD MOFOS.. :-)

Man, those were the days -- the 1980s celebrating the 1960s. Groovy and totally rad at the same time.

Cuckoo!! One of the best parts of the song.I was 10 when song was popular and my oldest sister to scare the crap out of me locking me in her room and turning this on.

A BAND SOO AHEAD OF IT'S TIME .... TIME HAS COME

One of the most amazing film captures of any live show.

Bill Graham served me a yogurt at the Fillmore some time back in the 60s. We had a few words about the bands. He thought "Ten Years After" - a band on the bill - was very up and coming.

outstanding, transcendent, completely wonderful!

I love the liquid projection in the background. So 60's.

The Dead did great mid song jams, but these guys were awesome! Greatest psychedelic soul song ever!

What a great way to put it: "Going away for a while..."

Saw them in the 60s or early 70s. Never forgot it. With the Alman Bros. Blew the roof off.

Still sound as fabulous as they did in the 60's !!! (One Day)

Happy 2021! Time has come today!

Watching a tv show last night, the main character kept waking up late at night with a song in his mind, and this was one of them. I remember listening to the Chambers Brothers 'Time has come today' when I was young.

Yes, you have a home, in Scott County, MS. where your family came from, your vibes are from here wherever you are.

they were having a great time, both band and audience. sounded damn good.

Check out the black & white 15 minute live tv broadcast video from when this was current, it is great.

This is fucking incredible.

1970 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC homecoming dance. I was there with a lot of gate crashers who took over the place. I don't think they knew who they booked for the homecoming dance. A really wild time.

They were the opening act at Philadelphia's Electric Factory on February 2, 1968 (day after my birthday which is why the date sticks with me). Absolutely great group of guys who were very open, laid back and down to earth.

Window Pane, Chambers Brothers and Quicksilver Messenger Service live in concert 1973. Psychodelicized!!!

A simple object like the cowbell sounds so cool in music.

Way back many moons ago, I used to work at the Electric Circus in the East Village in Manhattan as a painter--Imagine that! I was privileged to be there when the Chamber Brothers did a few shows. I got to know them and they were great people... The time has come-----

An absolute timeless classic.

Never forget this song. 1968 riding in an O.D Green bus from Racine to Milwaukee, WI to the Army Induction Center, somebody was playing this.

I have always loved this song and this was an excellent live version of it. Great Job Guys!!

Love this song! Takes me back to being 15 again and knowing it all.

I saw them in 1970 at wadena rock festival. I took some Psyilocbyn w bali hai wine...best time ever

Oh man, that was one of those songs. So out there, so different, and so awesome.

THIS.. WAS THE ENERGY THEY HAD IN THE EARLY 70s

A great impactful song. Classic rock n roll

I saw these guys in Hawaii in 1972 when they did a 10 minute "Time". They haven't missed a beat. They're still awesome.

saw these guys in 69 at the atlantic city pop fest. They stole the show during a rainstorm on the opening fri. night. I'll never forget it.

these guys are cool they spent summer on orleans cape cod with dr. Arnold comins so cool! and cruised all over town meeting and grinnen with everybody!!

1st time for this version for me. Thank you for posting. ❤😎

Had the pleasure to meet and hang out with Willy Chambers upstairs at the club Nicholbys yeah

Those guys nailed it 20 years later! Incredible song

I so love this song ;D This song was played on Ken kesey's 'Further' bus on the way to Timothy Leraries last big party only a couple of months before he died after battling cancer joyfully for a few year. He decied to use his death enthusiastically to breakdown the last taboo. What a HERO of consciousness!!! God bless & RIP vale Dr Leary