McGuffey Lane - 1979 

I cant tell you how much joy this brings me!!! Thanks original McGuffey Lane!

McGuffey Lane's first album is the perfect album. Not one bad song and has stood the test of time. The rest of the country do not know what they missed in this masterpiece. BTW, McGuffey Lane was my first concert ever at the Marion Palace Theater. It was incredible.

Good to see. My brother, now deceased Viet Nam Vet, went to school with John Schwab and John played a free concert at my brother's benefit. I am forever in his debt. I am now 78 and still listen to their music.

They opened for Marshall Tucker at Hara Arena in 1981. What a show. ❤

This is McGuffey Lane in their prime and complete with Tebes and Bobby. Thanks Monte for posting this incredible piece of Columbus music history!

These guys should have made it a lot bigger than they did. Damn good!!

What we need is more McGuffey Lane, it never gets old. Listening to this was one of the best hours spent. Thanks McGuffey Lane for taking me back to a better time in my life.

Followed the band literally all over Ohio, sometimes back-to-back nights, spending what money I had on gas, tickets, and beer. Felt like we were watching something special happening. Never a bad show, they were so talented and hard working. Ohio had a strong country rock streak and McGuffey Lane was hot hot. I had the music as albums and 8-track tapes. Favorite place to see them being the long gone Lost C in Frenchtown.

P.S. I’m 65 now and because of the virus, I was thinking ,..what music could raise my spirits! It’s Wed, Mar,25, 2020

My mom and dad graduated from Worthington HS in 1977 and 78 and told me all the times they'd go to Zachariah's Red Eye Saloon. They would tell me how my mom use to sneak egg rolls in from Phil E's. Tonight I showed this video to my mom and she teared up like I unlocked a memory. Thank you so much for uploading something like this. It's amazing that stuff like this is preserved.

Thankyou for ending my 40 year wait to finally see live footage of the authentic McGuffey Lane Band lineup that I enjoyed watching while at OSU in the late 70's. I was beginning to think it was never going to happen.

my god I never thought I would see this line up again, they sound amazing , Zachariah's was the center of entertainment in Columbus with McGuffey Lane on stage while the Godz were rocking the Alrosa across town , there were nights I caught both shows , unforgettable time to be young in Columbus

I worked at Dixie Electric Company back in the late 70’s and had these guys there many, many times! Knew them all personally! What s great band!

What a fantastic Concert! The songs never get old and take me back to 1979!!!

I saw these guys twice in Fort Wayne Indiana.... they were magnificent...

Being born and raised in Columbus, Zachariah's was our go-to place and McGuffey Lane was our own national treasure. OMG the memories of my younger days. Love you guys.

I grew up in Athens county hearing their music all the time. I did not appreciate just how f'ing talented they were!

I am so glad this has surfaced.... wow... I can't believe how good they sound here. THIS is the Magic that was my childhood. They were such a force to be reckoned with at this time. The songs, the singing, and the playing....stellar. They were such a REAL band. Everybody had something to bring to the table that made it it's own thing. THANK YOU for posting this.... please don't ever take it down....!!!

Watched them back in the day in beavercreek and Sinclair College! Just watched them LIVE yesterday at Freshwater Farms in Urbana Great music! Brings back fun memories! THANKS FOR SHARING!

Love my hometown band. Supported them and turned others onto their music since 1980. Great meeting John and the band 8 years ago.

McGuffey Lane's music just never gets old! We saw them at Charlie Bear's, Lancaster, Ohio

Thats my uncle..he lived with us in 1980s , Bobby McNalley...i miss him and my aunt so much ..so traggic a loss. And John Shawb bought my uncles Arrow head collection at his estate. Thank you John...i never was able to tell you bc i was 14 yrs old and never met you personally..

Monte Sanborn...thanks you so much for posting. some of the best times of my life Zachs Red Eye!!!

I'll be watching this many times now that I have stumbled upon it. The memories just flood back, all of them great ones! Thanks for posting this!!

The 2 encore songs show a great band at its pick. Really awesome to see and hear. Gree Country Mountains guitar/harmonica duel solo is one of a kind

There are no words for how this made me feel. I spent 7 years with Dick Smith, and this show brought back every wonderful moment of those days. Three of these talented men have left this earth, but their music will live on forever 💕

I got turned on to ML in 1981. I've spent the last 42 years turning anyone who'll listen on to them. Love this band!

Thanks Monte for video Dayton Ohio native here, Glad I got to see them once The Band that should have been a future top country band for sure was cut by tragedy What a great sound they had.

I spent five days in the hospital with Covid pneumonia, beginning on the day of the riot in Washington, D.C. Thank God for my phone. I had to have someone bring me a charger, but after that, I listened to these guys almost non-stop until I was released.

Sure does bring back the memories of nights at Zachariah's with good friends listening to this great music!

I'm 63 and this brings back good memories

I seen this Band at the Pataskala Stteet Fair. Took there 1st Album with me and had it signed by the Origanal Band Members. John Swabb said to me "Man it's been a long time since I have seen this album". This band was one of a Kind! After all these Years...It's been along time Loving You.

Thanks Bobby C for introducing me to your friends music, I still have their first album and that silly cassette tape of them playing in the saloon. You still have my heart Bobby C 😘 BH 💕

I loved seeing McGuffey Lane at Zachariah's when I attended OSU in the early 80's! Such good times, although I always said a prayer of thanks there was no fire after watching from the top floor, a chimney if there ever was one!

Thanks for posting. Great quality video for 1979. My brother was a decent amount older and had the first album on vinyl and frequented the McGuffey Lane concerts. I was about 10 when I used to play the heck out of the album when he wasn't around. Although I've seen them as an adult and still appreciate the group and their music, getting the chance to see them perform live as the original band through this posted video has been a great experience. Not many bands had two great singers like Schwab and McNelley. McNelley on Stay in Love With You is particularly a great performance.

Of all the albums I own (that's plenty!) Their debut album remains one of the few that is perfect. Every single track! OSU grad 1981

OMG..............THE MEMORIES !!!!!!!!! Used to stand in line at Zachariahs waiting to see them. And I was in High School (graduated in '79) at the time. So many good times.

I am blown away. I remember this band !!

In 1981 I live in Dayton Ohio and love going where this band played

McGuffey Lane played in West Central Ohio back in the day. Plenty of fans from Minster, Fort Loramie, marion Local, St Henry, Coldwater, Versailles etc....... never missed them ... thanks for putting this video out..... Memories from when i was 20 years old...

Happy music at its best! The three part harmonies were over the top. John, you need to bring back a couple of these songs that you haven't done like forever. Love it, love it, love it!!!

this is a national treasure....beyond thrilled to see all the boys...

Thank you so much for putting in all the work to bring this gem to all McGuffey Lane Fans. This really brings back wonderful memories of a couple of great nights at Zachariah’s and many more at Bogarts in Cincinnati. There was nobody that played and sounded better than these guys. Thanks again and please bring us more of this wonderful band!

Takes me back, way back. Miss those gone and love those still goin.

Wow, thanks for this. McGuffey Lane opened for the Marshall Tucker Band in Dayton, Ohio. That was my first concert as a high school kid with a date. Thank you for the stroll down memory lane with McGuffey Lane.

When I was a beer drinking college student at Ohio University, my friends and I would head over to club near the Southside dorms. Still jammin' in my car and at work. I was a student in the early to mid 1980's. I miss those day.

My wife and I saw the them many times at Sylvers in Dayton. People lined up down the street waiting to get in! Standing room only! They were GREAT back in the 70’s!

Remember hearing this band at the Memorial Theater in Mount Vernon Ohio with my bestie Gail. Great memories...have the greatest hits album on my iPod.

Going to check them out in Newport, Ky. on 3/24/2023

Brings a tear or 2 to my eyes...filled with love and joy!

Always have and always will be proud of them, Terry is my uncle

Nice find here! What I really remember is about 2 months later these same guys opened up Dixie Jam II at Legend Valley, Oh on July 3, 1979. Who can remember that day and/or attended it? I was there. It was ML, The Allman Bros, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet & Pure Prairie League. It had rained overnight, I remember navigating a lot of mud out in those woods to get there & we finally got there to see ML open up this concert gig about into their 3rd song . Overcast until The Outlaws started playing, The Sun finally came out & eventually started baking all these muddy people who had passed out earlier . Then so many others throughout the day succumbed. Muddied zombies when awoken, if they passed by us, we'd try & help them out. To me, it must have looked like "The Last Days Of Pompeii" out there, Mt Vesuvius revisited. A good time though, great bands & great music! I'd say 70,000 - 100,000 were there.

OMG! This is AWESOME! It's so cool to see and hear the original lineup again! It's blast from the past! It takes me back to my youth. Thanks for the memories, McGuffey Lane!

I will check the web site, thank you. I went to Worthington High School through tenth grade and graduated from Olentangy High School , in the 70’s!

Man such great times and memories!!! I still love em!! Missing the originals but I think our generation are super lucky!! We still have some of them!! Iconic yep!

This is just incredible! Love this band and always will! The memories come flooding back of great times spent with friends on High Street and at Zachariah's! Long live The Lane!

Thank you for sharing this video....music significant to my life....aaaaahhhhhhh....

Damn man, Just damn, Wish I could go back, Ya know.

We had the pleasure of getting to know ya'll at a little bar in Lorain you used to frequent, Surfside 6. I still pull out your cd's, and get my McGuffy Lane fix. Thank you so much for putting this up, and giving us a chance to re-visit those good ole days. All the Best to Members of McGuffy Lane, present and past!

Remember one special New Years' Eve at Charlie Horse in Lancaster, Ohio. They shouldn't have past out free champagne at midnight.

McGuffey Lane put on a great show at the Murphy Theater in Wilmington this past Saturday night (2/17/24). It was a full house for the second stop on the 50th anniversary tour. The place was jumping, no intermission - the band played straight through.

Fabulous memories of great friends and awesome music!

Wow... transported back to the good old days at Zach's... such good times and awesome music!

WHAT WONDERFUL MEMORIES!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

I have always Love These Guys and sang along with every song. I meet John Swab at the Pioneer Singing contest at the 94th Areo Squadron. I wanted to sing on the final night cause I was restless I was one of the Finalist. John told me Bret if I let you sing you will forfeit your place in the contest and he felt that I would Win as he said Bret there are a lot of good singers in the world but, few Entertainers and you have that, that's why I think you will wind this. I said I appreciate that John but, I just want to sing and entertain cause I love it. I sang "Friends in Low Places by the Garth" End of Story.

The first time that I saw them was at O.S.U. Campus,.. I was Drugged to it kick in’ and screaming!!! After three minutes I fell in love w/them !

Well worth the hour...miss hearing them out at Red Eye!

It would be great if the band would release this video on an official DVD. I'd be a buyer for sure.

Great video! Saw them every time they played at The Lost C nightclub.Also saw them at The She Nightclub in Dayton the night WTUE-FM radio presented an hour or so live on radio. i still have that on a cassette tape that i recorded off the radio that night.

I am so glad this is now available. I simply loved this band growing up in Central Ohio in the 1970s. Wonderful to watch again.

This is great music! I was listening to there first album all through my years in college at Ohio State.

Never gets old, that is exactly right. And it never will.

Blast from the past! Woah this is a treasure. My brother was friends with these guys in the late 70s, early 80s until he joined the Navy.

Stuck at home trying to entertain ourselves because of the stupid coronavirus and found this concert. OMG, just amazing. Takes me back to 1979. Thanks so much for posting this!

Great video and its so nice to see my buddy Dick Smith, I sure miss hanging with him!

Hi Monte, thanks for putting this together. I first saw McGuffey Lane open for Charlie Daniels with some friends at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh Dec 29, 1980. They were fully as awesome as CDB! Got to see them several times in the following years and they were always excellent.

"Be a friend of mine " is not on the any of their studio records . That song could of been a hit IMO . It was released in 1988 on a live album but it should had been on one of the first two records IMO . Is it a cover ? If not then whoever made the decision to pass on it needs a talking to LOL . Watching them play that song gave me chills . The harmonies are pretty damn good on this recording . I could imagine if it was recorded in a studio . John told me a few years back on fb that they recorded the harmonies to "Breakaway" with one mic they all surrounded it and dub it 3 times . Sounds phenomenal !

I was blessed to see them at Arbogast Performing Arts Center in Troy Ohio this year (2023). Two of the originals and it still brought that McGuffey Lane sound! It was wonderful.

It's hard telling how many times a group of us saw them at Zach's. We all graduated in '77, and sadly, the herd has thinned. Still great memories!

Awesome concert. I was stationed at Rickenbacker AFB 77-80. Brings back many memories seeing them in Columbus

Lots of Memories. This was back in my 2 stepping days.

Wow talk about bringing back some memories. I've seen McGuffey Lane over 💯 times in concert. Saw them at Hara Arena the night we lost Tebes. I often wonder how big the band would have been if not for the tragedy that happened. John, Steve and Terry continue to keep the music alive. Thank you so much for posting this. The best damn band in the land. I think this was the best hour I've had since this Corona virus stuff has us all stuck at home. Thanks again for making my day.☮️

Love these guys

My friend and I were regulars at Zacharias Red Eye every weekend

God, I miss Tebes and Bobby! But the Lane has survived and thrived...Love you guys!

Saw these guys during this time period at Ludwig's in Dayton. What a lasting impression, I have always felt fortunate to have experienced them in such an intimate setting due to size.

Brings back alot of great memories. I saw John at Gatsby's in Sept. and I sang Bartender with him on stage as I am a bartender in San Diego at the Kansas City BBQ. Thank you very much for the video!

I seen them in concert in the late 70s, they did a benefit concert at Groveport High school, was the first concert I ever seen and changed my life.

Brings back great memories !!!

Saw these boys open for Marshall Tucker at Dayton’s Hara Arena. I was backstage talking with Tommy Caldwell and told him he needed to listen so we walked up on stage to see them and Tommy sent someone to get Toy… they loved the music these boys were playin’…. Great show!!!!

Sure is nice to see such raw talent again...

I've having flashbacks Happy happy flashbacks!

Bought this when cassette tapes were the thing, years later cd's came out , had the tape put on disc, still listen to it at 63.

I remember these friends.... wow.. what a treasure

This is my "Happy Place" music. It never lets you down and reminds you of more carefree times and good people. I remember the blank sign the city put up on McGuffey Lane because every time they put up the real one, it went missing. I kept hoping for the real one, but never had such luck. At this point, 64 is a bit old to be stealing a street sign my favorite band is named after. lol. The Band was always friendly and hospitable to most anyone and would come and sit with you breaks to say hi. Thanks for putting this up it brings back great memories.

I just got a birthday card from my wonderful hubby and the phrases "people like you " and "people like me" were on the front. I found this and made him listen to McGuffey Lane. I too have worn out the first album! Saw them at the "Aquanaut" (sp?) near Salineville, Ohio several times. And in Youngstown, Ohio. Many wonderful memories of many happy songs dancing and singing along! Can't believe how easily the lyrics came right back! Thank you for creating this space on the interwebs for fans!!

Wow. Fantastic to see a full documentation of what they were. You watch this and you see what was so very special about them.

Good to hear them again!

This was the best band in Central Ohio during 70's; born in Athens, Ohio; tragedy struck with the loss of Stephen " Tebes Douglas and Bobby Gene Mcnelley; still play locally in Oho with original members John Schwab and Terry Efaw. This 1979 show has appearances by Chillicothe's own Tom Ingham. Tom opened for them many times.

Priceless! Thanks, Monte!