Suzi Quatro deserves FAR more recognition than she has ever received, especially here in the States. Back in the mid 70’s, I played her songs like “Can The Can” at a dinky little college radio station, WGVU-FM in Dubuque, Iowa. Our listeners would often call up & request her songs, saying how much they liked the sound of her bass playing. Maybe NOW, in 2020, the rest of the world will FINALLY catch up with Suzi!
Growing up in the 70s, she certainly was a reason why knew I was going to be straight. Even now that she’s older, she’s still got that spark of intrigue and mystery that is attractive.
eh, well I guess I'll get smacked here :\ ...ok, as much as I wish I could agree, I cannot...Ozzy is on another level, Suzi is her own level, they can't be compared. Both rock, but come on...Ozzy?, get real :P
@@pyrmontbridge4737 I'm in the us...in the 70s she was big everywhere...but mainly due to magazines like Circus and hard worked touring...but not to the levels she was in places like Australia.
She's NOT a girl who just happens to be a musician. She's a kick-ass musician who just happens to be a great gal too. Loved Canned Heat, BTW. Love ya Suzi. God bless you and yours.💜☺🙏👍
@Randolph Hillert Did you watch the video? She says she was categorized as "a girl" by the other boy musicians, but she didn't see herself that way, just as a musician.
The very first concert I attended was Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare with opening act Suzi Quatro. My friend wasn't much of a Cooper fan but he loved Quatro. We both knew every song on her debut album when we went to the concert. I was on the floor and got fairly close to the stage. I was start struck. Plus I must say, Suzi was a bit of a looker. I have not heard those songs in years so I just played the whole album, I don't remember all the words but I certainly remember all of the songs. Thanks for the memories. Was fun to catch up.
Saw Suzi and her band in an open-air concert in Norfolk a few years ago; blown away; so much energy, enthusiasm and fun rolled into a fantastic evening. Thanks Suzi!
You are still stunningly gorgeous ! And you are one of the most talented artists I have ever seen. Your duet with Chris Norman "Stumbling In" drives me outta my mind. You were the sweetest thing that ever hit a stage with a guitar in your hands. Both the late James Robison and you have given me a new respect for bass guitar !
I was totally in awe of Suzi Quatro when I was a teenager (late 70s). She's still awesome (and I'm now 55 years old!). Thank you so much for this. What's so apparent is that she still lives and breathes music. Gotta admire that!
Suzi,, you are the inspiration for me becoming a bass player after seeing you at Melbourne's Festival Hall Australia on December 6,,, 1974 as an 11 year old and I totally understand about us and the drummers in the engine room and May I say,, you drive an incredible vehicle time and time again. I have your dvd Suzi Q and all your albums from Can the Can through to No Control. This is one of your best albums with great musician ship and song writing with your son Richard. Thanks for making us feel good whether it be playing your records or seeing you on stage hitting us hard in the chest with that driving thumping bass of yours. Please do more videos like this Suzi and above anything else,, thankyou and thanks for sharing and thanks for being you 😘
Stephen Costello I was at that gig too as a 12 year old at my first concert! I made my own bass 2 years later and still play now 44 years later! Learnt to play by listening to Suzi’s songs and Paul McCartney. Loved this video!
@@julianjones9074 Wow Julian and maybe we crossed paths exiting out of that great building and that's so fantastic about your bass and bass playing. Absolutely perfect mate and keep rockin' 👍
Can the Can was the first album i ever bought , i was 7 years old . Later i became a Bass player . Savage Silk is still my favourite song . Been playing guitar now for 25 years , and it all started with Suzi .
P-Bass. Original. 1957. She still has and plays the original 57 Fender Precision bass given to her by her father when she was 14. Let's take a moment for that all to sink in....
We have adopted her here in the U.K she is unofficially ours🤘😁🤘.. but seriously she truly is "A LEGEND" and the U.S. should show her a lot more appreciation than i think she gets from her own country, very overlooked talent and she still rock'in. For a woman in the 60s/70s singing and playing bass in a rock band, i mean come on!!! Paved the way for many who followed her...she still enthusiastic about playing (as you can see in this vid) and seem like a genuinely nice person.. also shoots a mean clay pigeon/skeet😆
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET SUZI, YOUR PERSONA, AND ATTITUDE WITH PEOPLE IS GREAT !! AND YOUR BASS PLAYING IS OUTSTANDING ! YOUR JUST A GREAT,GREAT PERSON WE ALL LOVE YOU 🎸👍💛💚💙
Suzi Quatro my first celebrity crush. My jaw dropped when I saw her on Top of the Pops singing Can The Can. “Who is this fresh faced tousled-haired rock goddess?” That was it. I was in love. So glad she’s still around.
yup, without having to say it! She lives it. And when she plays, you don't go that's pretty good for a girl, you say, wow, that's a good bass player.....
@@johnnyrotundo6483 Spot-on. It wasn't even weird that she was a girl. Girls were accepted as musicians for years then suddenly they start pretending like they weren't.
The bass and the drums are the engine. We're so lucky to hear her music.. man that was entertaining. My gosh she gets to the point fast. And I can't believe it. I understood her.
It would have been the expected thing at the time she started out for her to stand in front of a mic, look pretty and sing with a band behind her. But no, she was part of the band. Suzi was, for me, the first 'Rock Chick' and she's a far better bass player than I'll ever be. A true rock icon if ever there was one.
Happy belated cakeday greetings to Miss Suzi Q. A great favourite here in Australia. Chinn and Chapman may have given her her recording start, but Australia turned her into a superstar- at least here! The first album I bought with my own money was a copy of "Can the Can" on cassette in Canberra.
Oh, Suzi! Loved you back in the day and so happy you are still out there doing it! Got your autobiography a few years ago - which I still have get around to reading!! As a bassist myself, I totally agree with you in that it's the bass and drums that "drive" a band! Keep on rocking, girl! Much love xx
thankyou 😊 incredible lady so ahead of her time (in the '70"s..... very much a man's world in the music industry) stunning looks still too should be in the hall of fame 🎼 first time I saw her was when I was about 7&a half/8years old.... just an incredible voice and talent 🎼
Great video. So real and she says it all out. Didn't realize her history. I remember her appearance on Happy Days and her duo Stumblin In that came out when I was in 7th grade. Cool Suzy!
Anyone Ever see the episode of "Happy days" Where Suzi quatro plays the character of "Leather Tuscadero" who dated Ralph malph and was the younger sister of "Pinky tuscadero" Fonzie's old flame. lol
You are correct. That black piece is called a tug bar. It was designed so that you anchor your fingers under that bar and pluck the strings with your thumb. There are many videos of Brian Wilson playing this way.
I am probably the only guy in US that knew who she was before Happy Days. Edit around 6:30 think that riff is on Alice Cooper Schools Out album someplace. If you are into bass that's another great one, Dennis Dunaway
Thats a shame actually; that her success in the UK and Australia didnt translate into success in her homeland. She should have been just as big in the US.
Dirk, I hate to break your soul like mine was thrashed, but not everything you THINK is Dunaway was actually Dennis on record. Studio musicians (the same guys that recorded The Partridge Family and The Archies albums) were pretty much the entire School's Out and Muscle of Love albums' staff, except for Vincent Furnier, of course...
Ha! Not the only one! My family was stationed in Izmir, Turkey in 1974 and they played "48 Crash" and "Can the Can" in the discos (Turkish version of a night club w/ dj) as well as "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet and "Burn" and "Might Just Take Your Life" by Deep Purple. This was my sr. year of high school--I graduated in '75, came back to the states, and it was right in the middle if the Disco era---aaaccckkk!!
I already played bass when Suzi became famous in Germany, I was maybe 14 years old and played my first bass, a Hoefner 182 short scale. The Precision on Suzi looked so big, but I had more eyes for the girl in leather clothes than for the bass. She is a legend, and I would lie if I'd say, that she didn't have some influence on my playing.
Donald Cummings I have small hands and I play bass. I had some trouble at the beginning, but now (after 7 years) I can play it almost easily. My teacher gave me a lot of stretching exercises to do week after week
@@donaldcummings8407it does not matter really, look at Carol Kaye. Its the left hand thumb pivoting on the back of the neck of guitar that gives huge travel distance for the other fingers. Try it, believe me, it works.
Her voice was way deeper than I expected! Love her so much and it's super cool her first instrument was bongos, very underrated instument. And what a gorgeous bass guitar! Love Stagger Lee.
Legend - Remember seeing her on Top of the Pops first time round in the UK. Now live in Michigan , just down the road from where she grew up. Suzi - I still have a crush on you :)
You are so right Suzi about the Bass and Drums relationship. With the right drummer our partnership would be the backbone and subliminal driving force of the band.
