Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt - two names you never see in a "top ten guitarists" list but - in my humble opinion - two of the greatest. Add John Coghlan and Alan Lancaster and you've got one of the best rock line ups of all time. Quo at their finest!
I'd say he was the best drummer of them all! He had an energy and a strength in his playing that no one else ever came close to. Of course, Charlie Watts is always... Charlie Watts (never missed a beat!) , but he lacked John's incredible force. (IMHO)
Loud good british rockn roll of the seventies, h watt amp in those days blow you away, status quo are still powerful today, overdrive in all their amps inbthis Performance.. Nice
its about time the quo management released the whole show on DVD, they are ace even now, but not so awesomely raw like this.....this is pure heaven kik ass rock.... it just says " eer get holda this!!" ave it ! And to the comment by MacFarline92.... Im working on that time machine.....i wish to I could be 18 from 1970 - 75/76 how cool would that be eh !
Best Quo song ever,as voted by their own fan club.They should have stuck with rock n blues.Would have been taken more seriously by rock pundits later in their careers.Can't get much better than this.People like Plant's singing went downhill by '75,as did many legends,these were still harmonising beautifully in the noughties.Much underrated band.When I was a kid,Quo,got the biggest reaction from the crowd.
I like this clip as it's not the over dubbed version the always roll out whenever Quo have a DVD comp out...... it's about time Quo management got their backsides into gear and release all these tracks from the Marquee gig !!!!
this is greate I listened to this songs back in the seveties when I grew up in sweden , My older brothers likedboring groups like Rare Earth and Moody blues, but I prefered pure hard simple rock music like this
it;s refreshing to hear a young person comment objectively on the subject , nice one rockstar i was pleasantly surprised how much i enjoyed their show recently , but hell it's not like this scorching stuff . cheers guys
I remember seeing a great photo of them around 1972 - Rossi, Parfitt and Lancaster, legs wide apart, hair hanging down, guitars nearly at floor level and a wall of Vox speakers behind them blasting out there tunes ! They were a great band ; Paper plane, Mean girl, Mystery song, great stuff.
Mid to late 70's, found the piledriver cassette quite my mistake, and loved it... still to this day! they might be older now, but i Would LOVE to see them tour Canada!
Besides Paper Plane and Dont waste my Time, there is footage of Roadhouse Blues at this gig. I saw it on New Zealand TV in 1976 SOMEONE PLEASE UPLOAD IT
P90 equipped SG Junior to be more precise. Quite a different animal than the typical twin-humbucking Standard or Special. ;-)) (I love 'em all, though, as long as they are a twin-horned beauty.)
...stumbled upon this...classic footage, thanks. I remember why I bought a few Quo albums some time back (a long time back actually!) Quo were quoted as saying once, 'We are THE band that plays 12-bar'...you can't argue with that. Shame about the '80s rubbish, but Quo were down, hard and heavy during the Piledriver era...Parfitt on an SG? Wow, says it all...love this track...gotta be the best they did...greta to see this raw stuff again...
Best Quo song by a mile. Didn't like anything after the Blue For You album. Like most bands, their best work is when they're hungry and still have something to say. For me, Quo became something of a cabaret act after '76. Pity, their first few albums still do it.
Great clip. I like the way Alan fluffs a little at 1:00 (thinking he has to play the bridge to the solo which comes a verse later...) and Francis almost forgets the text at 2:56 and smirking at Rick :-) Great band, will always be a favourite, no matter what line-up.
Ok Your Forgiven ;). What id reallylike to know is though. This Video was redubbed with the studio version way back on the RTTY video. and later on the XSAA DVD why? This is fantastic stuff. and both those releases had live songs on them ie Caroline and Down Down from the NEC in 1982
Hey IrelandQuo. I actually live in Co Kildare myself. Do you know which TV station or even the programme that featured Bye Bye Johnny. Who knows... Maybe its still in their archives. Hope they didn't do what the BBC did and wipe loads of rare stuff like the OGWT
I know in New Zealand when I saw them play Roadhouse Blues, it was on a TV show called Gizago hosted by an ex pat Pom called Stu Dennison. We only had 2 TV stations at that time TV1 and TV2
Was watching these videos after an excessive night at 3 in the morning, and now again worse for wear, but still works for me! It's well filmed and there must be a decent soundboard of this, maybe stereo or otherwise, so wondering if there's enough for a DVD. Would definitely buy that one.
Same happened to Hawkwind as Quo, Dave Brock turned it into a Tribute Band with no more real quality songs, all about the same time as Quo as well, the only two bands i really liked
'Cast iron' kinda makes him sound harsh or a b*st*rd. He is neither, worship the ground that man walks on. Such a professional, team player, very talented, businessman and looks after everybody's best interest, including the road crew.
Francis was heavy into Cocaine as were Alan and Rick. John didn't do drugs. I heard Francis mention how too much cocaine ate away his septum. Probably not as bad as Daniella Westbrook of EastEnders fame though.
@junkers290 he said he loves the tone on the SG Junior but it's not up to all that gigging and his style of rhythm guitar . Great sound - what happened to them ?
Superb!! Anyone who mocks these guys and calls then 3 chord wonders are fukin idiots. Theres plenty of bigger name bands that wont appear on the same bill as Quo. Quo grab the crowd and make them rock. Ace stuff.
yeah i know i was thinking of the bob young poem on the back of ma kelly for some reason rick frame nuff cog lib mabel no label etc course by this time 'libby' had left...
die beste Rockband der Welt.. naja, von 1967 (Pictures of mastic man) bis Februar 1977 "Rain", kann man das fast stehen lassen. (nach Purple, Sabbath und Heap), aber ab 1978 haben die mich mit ihrem komischen Boogie-Rock angeödet!! Dat war kein Rock mehr, da war Heino besser. (whatever you want, in the army now, oder Rocking all over the world) extrem slapper Rock für ganz alte Semester.
