Phil "Fang" Volk and Jim Valley from Paul Revere and the Raiders at the Aladdin Theater Portland, Oregon for the Celebration of Mike Mitchell's Life and Music of The Kingsmen. Sept. 26th .2021
You went to school with him?Well,You should know!! I have always enjoyed this song and you can do it Very Very Well!! Everyone take care and I am Glad Fang was and still is kind! It’s not right to be a show off and act snobby short way up Fast way down and your true will remember you and how you treated them! Much wiser to be with God and Jesus!
On 4/13/2022, Who's still listening to this song and to Paul Revere & The Raiders? In 1966-69 I was in Elementary School and will still be listening, I'm 66 Yrs old. This was one of my favorite groups because they looked cool in their outfits from the 1700's.
I met Jim in Walla Walla when he was with the Viceroys. We were a jr HS rock band The Satellites. They came to listen to us when they were heading back to Seattle after their gig at the recommendation of Al Lentz the booking agent. Good guys. They gave us encouragement to keep at it. Jim, I'm still playing at 73 years old. Fond memories.
That shows talent that they can sound like this after all these years. Speed was excellent and instruments were all in tune. Voices were … well, pretty damn good, no matter what their age. A real treat, thanks.
Phil Volk came into my gift shop in Key West and we sang Kicks together. What a nice guy he is. His daughter was so sweet too. I was thrilled to meet them💚
Nice to see these original members still playing their music. Paul Revere and the Raiders music brings back many fond memories from the late sixties. 😍
Way back in 1976 I was working part- time at Disneyland and Phil had a group called the" Friendship Train" that played at the Tomorrowland Terrace. I used to go watch them every chance I could and I think his sister was also in the group at that time. He continues to be a great ambassador for the Raiders and and all the epic music that came out of the 60's !!
Used to watch “ Where the action is” their own TV show!!!! I also saw Paul Revere & the Raiders in Reno in 1990 and Paul Revere signed one of his junk rock T-shirts for me I still have it vacuum sealed. Good job fellas!!!!! Lots of great old times!!!👍👍👍
At 14 yrs. old, I saw this band in '65 at the Long Beach Arena in California, a daytime show that ended way before dark. The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Paul Revere and the Raiders, a few other acts on the bill also.. The Raiders, far and away, had the best stage presence. Dancing the pony while playing, super long curly cords to their amps so when they turned sideways they could make them wave up and down while playing, just a great stage act. They played perfectly... it was a great show. Of course the Stones were the Top Bill. First time I saw any of these acts live. I think the tickets were around $4.....LOL
I saw Paul Revere & Raiders live way back when with Freddy Weller played with them; he didn’t use a twelve-string, GREAT to hear the twelve string here.
They were friends long before the Raiders. They perfected those moves as teenagers and it just became natural to them. To the rest of us, no way. Dancing, singing AND playing in rhythm is off the charts hard.
I first saw Paul Revere and the Raiders in 1964 my first R&R concert in Huntsville Alabama. I went with my two older sisters, I was eleven years old and was their $-*block!! Lol
Glad to see "fang" alive as i heard he passed a few years ago..thanks for posting this very good..Im a big Raiders fan from wayback then..they dominated A.M. radio for a time and hit after hit..helped me growing up in a rural area far from the maddening crowds of people where I wanted to be but..radio was my touch stone for being part of it all but the electricity and magic of that time was felt and i can't understand why the 60's is neglected as this is where the music today grew from..even rap was done by Lennon way back and I still can feel it when hearing music like this and Im pretty old but...yeah yeah yeah..thanks to all those bands as many has passed over even Freddie of the dreamer's..so many
Sadly, the first one to pass away was Smitty, then Drake, then Paul. Mark and Phil are still standing from the original group. I love their music; always have, always will.
Sadly, Phil lost his beloved Tina, a year ago. The Volk family has always been close, & were fantastic when they performed together. My friends & I were blessed to have been able to attend many, of the "Where The Action Is" tapings. The Raiders were always kind & gracious. Spoke with Paul & Phil the most, & they couldn't have nicer. Tina was a complete sweetheart, & we were thrilled when she & Phil got together. It was so refreshing to be on the "Action" sets, & find everyone to be as friendly as they appeared on TV. 🎶Sure miss that show, it's great music, & genuinely good, wholesome fun🎶
(ok to click on 'leave' when that pops up....just goes to the site for the shows)...Happy Together Tour 2022 featuring The Turtles, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Association, The Buckinghams, The Vogues, and The Cowsills etc
This is great....I was SO in love with Phil...he kept me out of a lot of trouble as a teen... No real boy could hold a candle to Phil... he looks and sounds great... SO GOOD TO SEE JIM VALLEY!
And don't forget that Phil "Fang" Volk was able to forgive Paul Revere for a nasty lawsuit which postponed (by more than a year) the launch of Fang's post-Raiders group "The Brotherhood". There was long-term damage to Fang's career.
I got to see the Raiders playing down in the creek at the Renaissance Pleasure Fair in Agoura in about 1969 when I was just a tyke. Then, about 30 years later, Mark Lindsay played at our local Concerts in the Park where he told a great story about that show. I don't know, it kind of made me feel special, as I was probably the only one there who saw him the first time!
I believe that "Kicks" was the FIRST anti drug song too...they were the bom! No wait, it may be "Mother's little helper" from the Stones, I don't remember which came first. Both AWESOME songs. I'm SOOOOOO thankful that we lived in this era of music 🎵! It will never be as it was!
How come Mark didn't join you guys here?? That would have been GREAT!! I've seen you guys in concert at least 3 times including Spokane at the old Coliseum and the concerts were always great!!
@@valerieteti1755 hey, it's cool, thanks. Mark does like my comments on FB and the Paul Revere and the Raiders Instagram account. Once he even responded to me. When a gentleman named Tony Rice passed away, Mark posted a video of him playing Freeborn Man. I said that I'd seen two old veteran country singers on TV sing that one. At the end, one said, " That was written by a couple rock and rollers!" "Mark Lindsay and Keith Allison." Mark replied,"we're always getting,' We want to license this, but, you *can't * be the right people!' " 🤣 RIP ,Keith.
Phil Volk left the Raiders in 1967, and has spent the rest of his life playing up the fact that he was a Raider for 2 years. Should have stayed with the group, but he and Drake and Smitty thought they were gonna be stars with their own band. Harpo at least had a successful career doing children's music.
I fully understand the biding time to catch his breath.....but there's something called "editing" in making videos. Cut the cr*p and get to the song!!!!!
WOW, what did they do with the money? The money their mom's gave them for singing lessons when they were kids.......Fang wasn't the original vocalist on this song. It was Raider Mark Lindsey.
