i was a huge badfinger fan back in the day...then shit went sideways....got to see joe and the band back in 2000...met joe...great, nicest guy you'd ever wanna meet...joe's a helluva musician, and a better guy... i love the man...and the band...
LISTEN to Joey's guitar playing. Watch and listen. He's very very very good. Are you listening? He's awesome. Just the playing on "No More" is amazing enough.
We just saw Joey 2 nights ago in New Buffalo, he was amazing. At 77 he shows his age but his voice remains strong and he's keeping Badfinger alive. Baby Blue is possibly my favorite song of all time, and I had a lump in my throat hearing him sing it. If I closed my eyes it was like Pete was singing it because also the backup singers nailed the sound. The rest of the Happy Together show was also great but Baby Blue completed my evening. I hope to be able to see Joey Molland perform live again!
@@stevehauk the Beatles are better and will always be better, they along with their hero's Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent... 300 years from now they will be discussed....not criticizing you just mass opinion here sir, ask the masses
Honestly, this band gave it EVERYTHING they had and MORE! Doing pre-Joey songs shows the respect they have for the band's ENTIRE career. This show is OUT OF THIS WORLD! They look so happy here.. The definition of "amazing!" You made my day! Thank you! 🙂
The Magic Christian, No Dice, Straight Up, Badfinger, Wish You Were Here, Ass, where do I start, so many great albums! Molland is the only one left now. Mike Gibbons the drummer died in 2005 in his sleep in Florida of a brain aneurysm. This band will never be forgotten!! RIP Mike, Tom and Pete.
I noticed Joey Molland exited very quickly after a quick gracious thank you. I’m guessing he meant it when he apologized and said he wasn’t feeling well. So cool how he still managed to finish No matter what, strong. I didn’t realize till I checked out Joey’s Bad Finger, what great vocalist he truly is, as well. I had the good luck of meeting his brother in a barber shop in my home town. Luckily the line up was long so had a good chat. I play guitar and the fellow next him asked him if he’d been playing much guitar lately, so I asked him if he played a lot. He said, well I used to back in England, in the pubs and universities, but my brother was much better, I don’t know if you know Badfinger? I’m my jaw dropped. I happened to be on a huge Badfinger kick at the time. The young barber hadn’t heard of them by name and he and I sang a verse of No Matter what to her. Which she recognized right away. Not to drone on to long here, but I got the chance to have an email exchange with Joey and he was super gracious. In fact he sent a second email when my response was slow...was a little star struck and was over thinking what to say. He always seemed nice in interviews, I would say he is very genuine and his brother sure was nice. 👀 big moment for this fan....
Ive always loved theses guys as well as the beatles in the 70s was the things to sing theses bands songs learned all the words as all of us sang all there music i never got to meet jhon i was born in NY being married has its draw back cant just get up and go as we did back in the day i d love to meet joey before i kick the bucket you knw we only live once good people good music thanks for all you gave us joey, pete, tom, paul, jhon, george,and both drumers of the bands we love you all
Man I love this video. I was so glad to hear "I Don't Mind" live as it's one of my favorite Badfinger tunes. I still listen to that one a lot after all this time. Thanks for posting this one. Love it, man!
Glad Joey is keeping Badfinger going...I was 15 when I bought WISH YOU WERE HERE Lp...thought it was the greatest album by anyone at that time...even better than their own previous records...happy to see him doing g some of it Live !! You're the best Joey !! Long Live BADFINGER !!
I don't know what more could be expected "without you" Tom and Pete. Definitely the most under appreciated band of all time. Hopefully Stan will get to explain himself to the both of them soon!
I got hooked listening to "Magic Christian Music" back in the 70s. Badfinger timestamped the next many years of my life until their untimely end due to their evil manager Stan Polley. RIP Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Mike Gibbins. Your music will live forever. And thank you, Joey.
Great concert! Keep rocking Joey!! Saw him at Beatle Fest in Chicago several years back. He was one of the guest speakers. Funny and a real great guy! My friends and I were drinking some beers. Joey comes out of the bar with both hands full of booze. I said Joey, he turns around and smiles and says, what y!
What a terrific band and setlist here! All the old classics get a nice and subtle remake on stage here. A must-listen for any Badfinger fan. Thanks for filming this and posting; it really is a historical document in it's own right.
@@BobbyGeneric145 I say as long as there is an original member its close enough. 👍👍 Joey is Badfinger. Now Bob Jackson on the other hand, goes around booking his band as Badfinger, THAT is just plain wrong!
A band with a lot of talent and interest with it, played at Concert For Bangladesh, had George Harrison and todd Rundgren as producers, Paul McCartney wrote "Come and Get it", I feel for this band, get upset and want to cry to learn of the bands problems. Joey is so lucky to be apart the band, glad he is keeping thier songs for new generation to hear and enjoy. Mr Molland is a talented man as well as the rest of the band. Sure miss them all.
Thanks for posting this Joey and Band were cooking id love to see him play and sing. Better yet spend about a week learning guitar and songwriting and harmonies its so cool to see real music and what pros. Nillson tune was no easy piece to sing much less play and sing nor the others always loved the bEaTlEs and Badfinger they were gonna be the closest thing id get to see something like that I missed the beatles also born in 61 and grew up singing this music wore it out I give them credit for teaching me pitch and to sing, Joeys tone reminds me of Bill Nelson who is also a great musician and Rocker. Id mow yards to see his pedal setup there and know what pickups are in that burst. Hey Joey show me how its done sir..
My favorite Badfinger,I do wish he'd play more of his own stuff but understand it's expected that he plays the hits. His voice is so iconic. Gotta love Molland. He has aged incredible well at this point.
Joey Molland is the only original member of Badfinger still living. He was in the luckiest and unluckiest band ever! Lucky, in that they got to play backing up the Beatles and recording at Abbey Road. And Macca even gave them a hit song he wrote. They have several million selling hits including the monster seventies hit Without You. I personally still like Day After Day and Baby Blue the best. Unlucky because they got no Royalties from their hit songs because their manager embezzled their money and disappeared. Tom Evans the lead singer couldn’t support his family and hung himself in the seventies. Then the bass player Pete did the same thing a few years later. So the band was finished then. But they made some great music. RIP Tom and Pete and Mike
@@noelharris1177 It’s really a tragic shame because Molland is finally getting paid with Royalties and if only Tom and Pete could have hung on they’d have gotten paid finally! Life sure can be unfair though and it’s a survival game they both lost. Sadly. RIP Tom and Pete💐
@@dynjarren8355 Molland won a lawsuit in 1985.That paid Ham n Evans estates.He himself n Gibbons also got paid,finally that year also.Joey,who wrote half of the Straight Up album,has been getting 50% of the royalties of that record.I thot Badfinger was,on any given day,what the Beatles wished they sounded like! They were that good!
Whoa!!! Meanwhile Back at the Ranch/Should I Smoke??? They did very well. Nice solo at the end Joey. Pete would have been pretty proud I think. Nice job.
Just to be clear...Pete wrote and played meanwhile back at the ranch, joey wrote and played should I smoke. The outro on the album is Joey. He wrote it and he played it. 👍👏👏
Toney Isaiah Peter him said that he would take Polly with him, but I guess that never happened. How was he planning to do that when he was killing himself?
I think his hope was that the investigation into his death, and reference to Polley in the note, would lead to the discovery of Polley’s illegal doings and that would, in turn, “take him down”. Sadly, no one gave a damn enough to make that happen.
I always wondered how they played the guitar parts to the song live . It’s sounds like on the studio record they put a capo on the main guitar parts . but he played this standard no capo A 440
The playing is great, but "I can't live" needs an aggressive scream like a wake-up. We're happy to find your Gig. Retired Symphonic and Jaz Flutist Lina and Geo Adams
It's a blessing and a curse to be forever linked with the Beatles...their several well-known hits are hardly representative of the bands' depth, nope. Pete was a world class slide guy, and as you can see Joey's no slouch, Tommy not only wrote, but doubled on bass and guitar, and Mike's as solid as they come. Shit, George Harrison picked these guys as his backing band, c'mon. They could really 'kick out the jams' on stage, somewhat similar to the Allman Bros or the Dead, going on for 10 + minutes frequently, certainly a far cry from the sugary pop of "Come and Get It" which is obviously a McCartney number A tragedy of greed for the ages, you go Joe....
Nice job by original member Joey Molland of Badfinger, if not for Stan Polley may of had more hits or at least songs to enjoy, he was their band manager read up on him see what conclusion you draw. When 2 members commit suicide because of his doings, he should be jailed for his actions.
I don't view these as Badfinger "covers" at all. That's Joey Molland!...to me, he deserves to be and is Badfinger. 🤩🤩🤩🤩 He's all we have left. A True Original!
@@fab4nut777 when i searched for Badfinger covers to see if anyone would honor their music and keep it before todays listeners and music lovers. It is in complete error I made the post. It was a band with a lot of talent and had setbacks along the way. When Apple records signed them, Paul McCartney writing a couple of songs, George Harrison guiding them, Todd Rungren producing their music, should of been as big as any act in the era. I do fully apologize for the post above, will make a correction, thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Can’t see his face, but seeing the top of his head, I’d say that’s John Richardson. Has his own studio for drums. He toured with Joey for years, then went on to tour for several more years with the Gin Blossoms. In my estimation, an excellent drummer! Mark Healey has also toured with Joey for decades. Steve Wonzy and Nilly David joined more recently and were excellent additions to the band. Unfortunately, Billy succumbed to brain cancer a few treats back, but Steve successfully best the cancer he was fighting. Have known Joey since 1971. All great, great fellows and musicians.
@@Babybluecary im in Texas play guitar and try to sing Born in 61 missed the Beatles and Badfinger but was just working on singing with this show to see if I could and its still there. I would very much like to know what Joeys setup pedal and guitar wise was this day and what pickups and year that burst is.. Best Neck tone since Bill Nelson what ever those pickups are id like to know. I would like to See Joey on Rick Beatos channel someone should be speaking to him about songwriting and gear and playing hes a great player and singer. That music is timeless I was gutted the Beatles broke up and really double fucked when Badfinger got screwed. Im the guitar player of the family though and it does matter. Give anything to jam and sing with Joey like to ask him his influences and where he learned to play... It would be great to see how the tunes are played correctly I see some of it but also gear amp guitar all of it matters to get that sound. Think I hear a good old phaser on that also. I never use one but hes using it on that neck pickup and with some dirt kinda mixes between that and a chorus type sound or univibe throb .. Ill be 60 in April ive been listening and singing to Badfinger since the 60s id love to see an in depth interview with Joey about song writing and showing how to play the tunes correctly and explaining the harmonies vocally over the guitar parts. Thats Genius stuff I know Pete wrote that but all the great guitar parts Joey played. Id love to know the tunes correctly and work on the vocals like band camp. Ill look at this again see what hes playing or where on the neck that is. Great thank you
Poor Joey probably got sick from the mix.. Whoever was running sound did a bad job. Vocals too dry, too 'mid-high'' etc. No depth which causes the vocals to be 'harsh' and the singer(s) try to make up for it by 'overpowering notes' ( reaching ) and it's obvious his voice was getting beat up, no doubt from a stage monitor mix that was just as bad...
As I said in the description, Joey was sick by the end of the show and promptly ran off the stage after No Matter What and threw up. No encore because of that.
was just listening to a live version from '74, which was also a faster tempo than the original. It's a matter of having heard the original a gazillion times, that makes this seem rushed.
