Steve Marriott - Five Long Years | REACTION!! 

The voice AND the licks. Steve Marriot is THE MOST under rated singer, songwriter, guitarist in history.

As he sang in Black Coffee, "my skin is white, but my soul is black". Normally that kind of stuff would make me cringe, but in Steve Marriot's case you have to take him seriously. That performance came from more than just a precocious musical talent. Epic!

It warms my heart to see that younger people fall in love with mr. Steve Marriotts voice . I have had him as my favorit since i was a little boy. One lucky day i got to meet him in my own hometown, where he made a great preformance. I am now 68 years old, and still listen to his music.

I saw The Small Faces in 1967 as a 13 year old. I was hooked from then on. To me the finest voice of the 1960s and onwards. Big voice . Thank you! Sleep tight Steve and Rest in Peace.

No one could ever be fit to shine the man's boots. The original mod father, The great sweet Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott is a generational talent. Humble Pie Live at the Filmore is one of the greatest live albums of all time. RIP...

During the 60's there were so many talented guitarist. But the headliners like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Alvin Lee, Carlos Santana got all the publicity. Steve Marriott was so underrated as a guitarist and what a soulful voice, tragically he died in a house fire in 1991 while planning to record another album with his ex-Humble Pie team member, Peter Frampton. We'll never know what could have been. So sad RIP Steve.

The artful dodger himself xxxxx

Voices like that and Janis Joplin were incredible!!

Steve was one BAD ass talent . Fortunate to see him live ,changed my life

Steve Marriott was criminally underatted He was bad ass

He would sing the announcement of the next song, not just say it. He was one of a kind. May God rest his soul. Start on some of his Humble Pie stuff. 😉

Love, love, love your reaction! Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces.

Steve Marriott is in my opinion the greatest voice ever. I've been a fan for more years than I can count and even though I was aware he could play guitar I had no idea just how good until now. Thank you for all the great moments Steve. RIP

The blues is a sound that touches the core feeling blues people have felt always, from their youngest. We say, "We were born with the blues."

I saw Humble Pie at the Warehouse in New Orleans , just next level , Steve was incredible , he started as a child actor , HE WAS THE ARTFUL DODGER IN OLIVER TWIST, hes is very much forgotten these days , BUT I HAVENT FORGOTTON U STEVE , GOD BLESS YOUR SOULFUL SOUL.

Some people are born without color, they are just born with soul and gift of music.

I absolutely love watching people's faces when they hear his voice for the first time. Right? Just about the second you're going to underestimate ole Steve he starts to wail !!! It's a beautiful thing.

Steve was very sick at this time and passed away shortly after this video. Talk about talented. Steve Marriott was special. He was looking pretty old and tired, but he could still perform.

Anybody who reacts to Steve Marriott gets an instant like & subscribe. Thanks for reminding me how awesome he was.

You already gave him his "black card", he was the singer for Humble Pie "Black Coffee"

Thanks for giving Steve the props he deserves

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. They often reward mediocrity and ignore the greats. Steve was included as part of a Small Faces/Faces award which was ridiculous as the groups may have had some of the same members, but were totally different. Steve has also been ignored or derided by Rolling Stone who has never included him in any of the 100 greatest singers (or whatever else) lists. Can you even imagine?!? Steve Marriott is a legend for those of us who are lucky enough to witness and remember this great performer.

As Steve sang in Black Coffee - My skin is white but my soul is black. Greatest vocalist the UK has ever produced.....

Brilliant just brilliant

Thank you for reviewing this later Marriott performance (1985). By this time in Steve's life, he was in his late thirties and had been singing his guts out since he was 13 yrs old. His voice was a bit ragged from years of self abuse (smoking, drinking& snorting) and scream/singing to tens of thousands of fans in big sold out arena concerts. Even he admitted that he couldn't sing the high notes like he used to in such classics as Hot&Nasty. I think his gravelly, powerful voice suits singing the blues to a tee, he earned the right to sing the blues. By this time, he had also become an incredible blues guitarist. Another song from this same concert is also worth a listen: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XuRwIMnNaiw.html "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and interesting contrast to his original version with Small Faces (their 1st hit record in 1966). As a side note, you may have noticed how big Steve's guitar is. This great singer with the huge voice was only about 5'2" !! God Bless your Soul, Steve....

Stevie was on the streets at 12 years old. Live, he was even more stunning. He played until the power was cut off to the stage, I know I've seen it happen.

Excellent

It is always a joy to hear him. Faboulous.🧡💙🌈⭐⭐⭐

Loved this guy, he goes back to my HS days in the '60's - I am glad to see you Youngblood upstarts getting educated about my generation.

The one and only!

Loved seeing your reaction to the patron saint of soul !!! Steve was given a talent only God can bestow

Devon, if you want another Steve Marriot song, try STEVE MARRIOTT - Fool For A Pretty Face. It is more rock than blues, but Steve's voice is on full display.

Glad your liking steve, His story is incredible, and one that needs turning into a movie. As a young kid, he was spotted on the streets of London, busking for money. The great Lionel Bart, ( of Oliver, the academy award winning musical) Stood and listened, then invited Steve to play the art full dodger on stage, which he did. Bart said, marriott was the dodger In every way. Steve drifted into acting which he loved, but, big time escaped him. So with the faces, Ronnie wood et all He found fame. Later when rod became lead, Steve moved on. He auditioned for the rolling stones, but legend has it mick jagger vetoed it, as he felt Steve's voice would overpower his own. Steve auditioned for led zeppelin a new group being formed, but, the lead was given to Robert plant, who then used a hell of a lot of Steve's material. Steve moved on to humble pie, Then badfinger. Everyone around him was becoming megar rich, rod, Ronnie wood, Robert plant, bu not Steve. He incessantly pushed for a greater share of the humble pie royalties To no avail. I believe Sharon Osbornes (ozzys wife) father an impresario controlled most of Steve's finances, material, and rights. Their is a story, that while pursuing him for money, Steve while in New York was picked up at his hotel on the pretext of settling what he viewed as his, instead he was driven to a meeting, where no other than John gotti the mafia Don, Warned him off, Steve had no choice but to drop it. Bitter, and broke, back in England Steve earned a little money playing in pubs, and without a house or property, he lived at a friend's house Pretty destitute. Steve was an alcoholic, and became a coke addict, who can blame him. Late one evening, the fire brigade and police attended a fire at the friend's house he lived in. Steve's body was found wedged between the bed and the wall in an upstairs room. A stray cigarette had smoulder ed the bedclothes and started a fire which killed him, he died of smoke inhalation. Never has so much talent been lost And never was a man so ill served by those in the industry he loved, I'm grateful that we can still see him And the brilliant singer songwriter Musician Steve marriott was.

This man will make a preacher fall in love with the blues

That’s a beautiful thing.

I feel like you did Devon - how could I have not known all these years what a great guitarist and performer Marriott is. To me, and I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think that performance was up there with SRV and Gary Moore.

saw him play on a ferry as a one man band,incredible talent,he died in a fire 4 weeks later

Steve Marriott is one of my very top British rockers from the 1960s and 1970s. I only saw him once, in 1980, when he had the FM hit Fool for a Pretty Face. He came on after the opening act, with two bands after him. I don't even remember the headliner anymore. I was there for Humble Pie. His band The Small Faces had hits in the 1960s in the UK, but only Itchycoo Park hit in the states. Marriott them formed Humble Pie with 17 year old Jerry Shirley on drums and Peter Frampton on the other guitar. He died too young!

I liked your reaction so much)) Steve's live performances are something extraordinary😁 I really hope that you will record more videos with him🙂

I saw Steve around this stage at Ohio State. Muddy Waters had just passed and he played a tribute song to him. Yeah it was hot like this. As great and hot as he is here imagine him playing rhythm to Frampton's melodic leads. That is Humble Pie my favorite rock band of all time.

Well people, now u have heard Steve Marriott. Hell yes is all I have to say.🤯

I was lucky enough to see Steve live a few times before his sad departure.....what a voice and very underrated guitarist (self taught) from his early days with the small faces to humble pie and beyond. I saw you'd already picked 'black coffee' fantastic.....check out 'I believe to my soul' humble pie. Keep up the great work Thanks from Leicester, England.

What an artist! Take a few minutes sometime to read his history and everything he went through and how it ultimately ended. The man loved and understood the blues, and wrote it in his music because he lived it.

He was considered for The Rolling Stones but he upstaged mick jagger with his voice I think jimmy page considered him for zeppelin. He was just an amazing artist that voice the way he played guitar. The music industry and his addiction held him back a lot.

Love me some Stevie M!!!

I think he was about 5’ 4” 😂 Just pure DYNAMITE 🧨

His band mates would hide from him because he was so full of energy and always wanted to party, sometimes for days on end and would wear them out. Quite a character, a real live wire!

He was definitely quite extraordinary. The Small Faces, his first band did some great stuff.

Right on... as we used to say! Small Faces and Humble Pie, Steve's vehicles to make us happy and entertained. Nice going M&MR... good ear, good eye, respectful commentary. What's not to like?

His voice is making you so happy 😮❤

Hello from Cody wyoming! I am white 52 years old; and I'm so happy that you found this gem!!! keep on keeping on dude

You should check out I WONDER by Humble Pie. Steve’s vocals and the harmonica….MAN!!!

Big fan of Steve, never saw this one, WOW, Steve is in TOP form!!!

the small faces were brilliant and the talent of Marriott and Ronnie Lane was up there with the best ... should give Richmond by the faces a listen

It must be wonderful to hear Steve Marriott for the first time. He's so good. Have a listen to The Small Faces / Itchycoo Park. Genius

Bowie, Plant, Richards and a few others reckon Marriott was the best white soul RnB front man out there. His skin was white but his soul was black. When he was 13/14 Steve had a huge RnB rare record collection from the states, this is where he got his inspiration from.

Amazing talent

That Cockney lad Steve was the best

He s in the rock and roll hall of fame and rightly so.

An incredible performance and credit should also be given to the bass player, Jim Leverton, and drummer, Jerry Shirley, for their great backing, which allowed Steve to really cut loose on guitar😎

Thanks, dude, that was cool.

so underrated

Dat white boy got some soul! Love to blues have loved it 40 years! I call it belly rubbin music, get your baby and grind while you get into the groove! You wanna put a smile on my face, put on some blues!!!

I am sure you have been told this before but definitely check out Himble Pie - Live - Rockin the Fillmore - especially I Don't Need No Doctor

I'm sorry not more people have liked this dude. Good job!

Black American cats come up with some music, the cooler kids in Britain get into it, then export it back to the US where the white American kids get into it:-) It's a pattern!

Saw Pie in 75 with Robin Trower opening! What a gig! Check out the whole Smokin album, and the Rockin the Fillmore

Great blues singer guitar man hard to single out favourite maybe Roadrunner .🦊

Holy Hell

for me its a no-brainer... I love Joe Cocker, but Marriots guitar skills were out of bouds.

Plant said this guy was "too good". That, even coming from Robert Plant, is an understatement. The best. 3:39 Laughed my ass off. But true!

I'll ask again -- where did he come from? What special combination of elements produced a wonder like Steve Marriott? Yes, he was from East London, but from whence sprang his prodigious gifts? One of the mysteries of the universe, I guess.

holy crap and people only talked about stevie ray von in my days WTF I to my friend had never heard this before a doc on TUBI that a watched and just was floored. and were the heck did this video come from I need the name of the song and would love the hole concert please and thank you anyone?? big love from Canada, Québec.

Legendary RIP Stevie

Try Black Coffee by Humble Pie

It really sucks that him and Peter Frampton patched things up between them, and was going to work on something together, then Steve died. Imagine what that would have been. Peace

If I had to chose a British Blues Scholar above all others, that would be Little Stevie Marriott... and if you need confirmation on that statement, just ask Mr. Peter Frampton.

You need to watch him with Humble Pie brother...... Check out Black Coffee and Roadrunner man...... just effing epic fretwork! Another great reaction my friend!

React to Steve Marriot with humble pie, the song I wonder

Yes more Steve Marriott also check out The Nimmo brothers waiting for my heart to fall live at blues moose club it as one of the best guitar solos

Omg you just got to hear 99 pounds of natural born goodness.

What would it have been like if Stevesnd Janis Joplin sang together? I hear similarities. Have you reacted to Miss Joplin? Another blues great!

Brother of another Mother.

Gotta do the Winter brothers Tobacco Road live. You won't regret it.

Steve was not called the voice for nothing.

Lol your right bro love the BB box oh yea,dude have you heard him with humble pie doin black coffee If you haven't be good to yourself feed the brain and immerse yourself lol

The Stones wanted him and Jimmy Page offered him the Zeppelin front man gig before Robert Plant

Australian Dave Hole is one of the best blues slide players in the world, and way ignored in the states! Check him out. His song "Take a Swing" off the SHORT FUSE BLUES CD will blow your face off! ( By the way, I saw Steve Marriott, with Humble Pie, live back in '73 - I've had a smile on my small face ever since. )

Check out small faces, tin soldier, that was his band in the 60s

Rarely do get that kind of extreme quality of voice and guitar combined in the one package. Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore around the same time period, both better guitarists but although they have ok voices, Rory's is pretty descent, they're still not in Steve's league.

30 days in the hole please.

Love Steve Marriot? Thank You . Check out Buddy Guy and Jr.Wells live in New York 1984/1985 available on youtube from Ghentz R ootz.

Black Coffee next please

Only one thing to say, black coffee please

Great reaction and just think his prime was 10years before this, check out humble pie- rolling stone trust me you won’t regret it

Yeah. Exactly. lol

You should try "Dean" by Terry Ried

"she had the nerve to put this bald headed fat little has been down"...........never Steve (RIP - what a tragic end btw). You maybe never reached the levels of fame others with (imho) lesser talent did but you are one of the voices from the 60's that will live on

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