Everyone who was anyone had the "Strikes" album when it came out in 1979, along with the 1979 "Flirtin with Disaster" Molly Hatchet release!! Some great times, right on the dawn of the magical 1980's!!!
BlackFoot Ricky Medlocke and Band sounds really really great!!!!- 03/21/2024/Richard Bishop Spartanburg South Carolina!!!!!-zyxwvutponmlkjihgfedcy a...srq.
Agreed. It was BS they didn't allow him to be inducted along with Lynyrd Skynyrd, he was their first drummer & in the band , helped write songs with Ronnie, & sang lead on some songs, etc. 😒
I played in a band called Boulder, which warmed up Blackfoot in Prestonburg KY. around 78. We got through our set, and then they played for about 10 minutes and the power went off. Our extension cords were burning the wooden stage floor. Evacuation ensued. Our singer found $40 in a wallet that had been left behind. He's the only one who got paid
This is great! Even thought he played all those years in Skynyrd, I was hoping he would come out with a band and do his Blackfoot material. Saw them in 1979 and 1980 in Iowa. BLACKFOOT was One of best live bands ever in the day! What an inspiration, 74 and still ROCKIN!!!
I remember on any given night seeing Ricky with Blackfoot, Pat Travers, Molly Hatchet, members of The Outlaws, 38 Special or Rosington Collins’s playing or just hanging around Fern Park Station. What a great time to be a kid with a fake ID. I believe all those guys knew I was only 15 and let me hang out anyway but they also looked out for me. I’m so grateful to all of those guys.
Then you should check out Greg T Walker's band "Two Wolf". They absolutely smoke on the old Blackfoot tunes, including 'Diary Of A Workingman'. It's a shame Ricky won't reunite with the remaining three members of the original Blackfoot.....
@@moparmarkstpac well hell ... I worked with most of them back then. Riggs did part of the sound track for the movie "Heavy Metal". Bradley Station moved to Cumberland Ave across from "Pickle U University" bar. Another big bar was "Uncle Sam's" out on the turnpike. Lawd if we could go back ...
I've seen Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet so many times. First time must have been around 79 or 80 and the last time I got to see them was in 2008 at the Hot Springs Motorcycle Rally. I remember seeing them in North Carolina in 83 when I was stationed at Ft Bragg. I've seen them more but those are the ones I remember.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 😢 is an extremely strange organization. !!! Why advertise Rock and Roll when any single artist or non Rock bands are entered ??? Ricky M. flipped the Bird at how he was excluded from the L S band entry, for it really doesn't matter !!! Hey, why not JellyRoll or Post Malone with the tat faces ?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I saw Blackfoot 1979 in a little bar called Signorelli’s (known as Slicks) in Saint Martinville, Louisiana. No stage. My buddy and I walked right up to about 2 feet in front of the microphone and watch Ricky Medlocke play and sing at floor level lol Never forget it. 😎
I'll never forget hearing this the first time on house intercom radio throughout the house it was cool and amazing who are these guys ? I thought, and it was 1980 ?
I met Ricky back in 2001 at a Lynyrd Skynyrd backstage meet and greet. He sat down and ate dinner with us, he was so nice. What a great guy. Ricky, Hughie and Gary Rossington signed my Fender Strat. It was one of the greatest moments in my life. Thank You God!!
Man, are you referring to Hughie Thomasson? If you are, (he passed in 2007, I think) then two of the three signers are deceased. If I were you, I'd put that Stratocaster behind bulletproof glass in a display case!
One night I pulled up next to some young kids at stop light. They were blaring Rap music. I started this song from the beginning, they were yelling Hee Haw or some crap like that, then they got punched in the face when Blackfoot started jamming. I laughed as the light turned green and I drove away.
Great band. Back in the day I remember when the radio in my 67 GTO convertible was the best part of the car. You could turn on the radio to any rock station, and you didn’t have to keep searching every song pretty much was great.. This song was one of the ones, you would crank up the radio for. The only problem was, it made me want to drive faster.
Yeah no crap I loved it when Rickey flipped off the Rock Hall of Lame come on who they got picking these people Unbelievable Sade come on now she ain't rock and she ain't roll like I said Lame!
All yall saying Blackfoot belong in the hof. Come on. Really. Be honest wirh everyone an yourself. So Blackfoot made a impact like iron maiden Black sabbath the who. Cream. Megadeth Slayer. On an on. This is why the hof is a flop. People like you. Letting whoever in
First of all thanks for listening!🙂 Actually, "people like us" don't choose who gets in or who doesn't. It's the judges that aren't even musicians themselves. You are correct, it has become a joke. Its integrity has been compromised by many of their selections & for the exclusions. It's really too bad.
Cool! Yes, they mentioned that, but we were at another show across town, so we missed it. When Rickey is between Skynyrd shows he does that. They become the Rickey Medlocke Band. He'll be back! 😉
Yeah, I had all those Lynyrd Skynyrd gold platinum, Molly Hatchet for disaster, my brothers, the outlaws green grass and high Times. I graduated high school in 1981 so all this shit was new to me. It was just coming on. I became in 1978 still today every album they ever did, including the Christmas album, Santa is going to get some loving, have seen many times of concert Ricky Medlock is awesome. Maybe I’ll see you again when they come to Mansfield I think it’s July 2 if I remember correctly but it is this summer I’m 61 so I tend to forget, I just don’t pay attention, one of the other go, let’s go Skynyrd nation
In 1976 Blackfoot and Ted Nugent R O C K E D the Randhurst Ice Arena like nothing I had ever heard before. And the warmup band Angel in their all white glam outfits got booed off the stage. As I recall it was well deserved. After all that was a 70s Chicago style concert. No snakeskin cowboys allowed.
I Loved the song since I first heard it when it came out on L. P. I was at my friend's house in the Alabama, swamps in New York and yes, we have swamps. And we have country.
I don't know if they would let you bring a camera with sound settings but there Are some and a 7 sony That does not. Have a lens that removes, but it's a procamera.The object is you can set the sound. The videos I made from a football field a way of eddie money at the lilac festival in Rochester New York I did with a Canon SX20. It has sound settings. I'm surprised anything can take that close. It must be Is blow your head off loud. But you can tell it is red Lining past ten. And it won't be able to be fixed on sound program. Or if it is really quiet. Man I can't wait to move to rochester new york.
Hi Ricky yur as wonderful of an entertainer as we’re,thirty yrs ago! Soo happy yur on that great,train, train again! Luv ya! Yur friend Mark in Daytona,,sure miss you around here?
What an unsung hero of rock. Original drummer of skynyrd ,leader of Blackfoot and returns as long term guitarist for skynyrd. Can’t take my eyes off him when he’s onstage
He wasn't the original drummer for Skynyrd that would be Bob Burns Rickey filled in for a short time, when Bob came back they played with 2 drummers for an even shorter time, there are pictures of the band with Bob and Rickey in them like on Skynyrds First and Last but Bob was the original, him and Gary were playing together before they met Ronnie
@@donaldhopper8197 Actually it was very loud, but the camera mic was protecting itself. Plus the crowd (to my dismay) was singing along & being raucous.
Have no idea as to where this tune originated but, my now deceased dad use to play it on his harmonica way back in the 1960's when I was a kid. The first time I heard Blackfoot play this tune, I about fell over!!!!! remember daddy singing train... train... and then rolling in on his harmonica. Way cool tune!
An absolute feet that at age 74 Rick is able to do what he does consider he only has one lung and has dealt with Covid I think a couple of times. This man is a national treasure and must be protected. What a talent.
I’m a big big fan of his and I really hate to say this but this just doesn’t sound up to par for him. Sounds kind of flat to me until towards the end it finally goes. I know I’ll get a bunch of hate comments and that’s ok. Like I said, I’m a big fan of his and even met him on a plane one morning leaving Phoenix. He was such a really nice guy. Probably a lot more energy live in the room.
First of all, thanks for listening! I can appreciate what you're saying, but to be fair, we've seen quite a few rock stars & actually none of them have totally maintained, (much less improved), from their peak years. It only stands to reason, our rock heroes have been doing countless shows for 30, 40, 50 years. I'm just thrilled their willing to continue, otherwise it just becomes a memory. From all the comments & crowds, people want to keep on rockin'. Rickey said he's keeping his Blackfoot music alive & creating new music with the proceeds going towards a cause that's close to his heart. (follow his website for details). Touring & performing is tough & takes its toll. Some actually should give it up, as they're definitely not able to do well anymore. Rickey still brings it! Just my two cents. 🙂
@Schef61 Exactly, that's what I was saying. No one does. Drive a car 200k miles & wonder why it doesn't drive like a new one. 🙄 it can still be an awesome classic car! 😉
