I first discovered STYX in 1978. Been a STYX fanatic ever since!!! So to find ANY vintage STYX is truly a sweet treat... They should have been in The Rock Hall of Fame aA LONG TIME AGO🎉
See here the proof I neeeded I saw Styx a few months before Tommy had joined. They did Lights Up for the encore. My friends were yeah right that’s more of a set opener. Matter of fact that night they played 3 or 4 songs from Equinox a full month before the album was released
@@rogermasa the lyrics and songs wrote by Dennis are personal. LIberace of the keyboard can sing about childhood friends and dreams they had, but they were no this, just empty words
Man what a great Show!! Listen to how raw they were. I remember this Tour. I saw it in Michigan. Been a Fan since Lady!! I still think Equinox is their Best Album!
Love this! Thanks! Saw them in ‘76, on this tour. *Note* Suite Madam Blue outro - 25:10 - 26:50; DDY is having big problems with the synth flute sound cutting out and not working right. After struggling with it, he gives up and seamlessly switches to organ around 26:04 to finish the part. He’s a damn good player and he handles the faulty gear like a champ! Impressive. Ahh, the joys of live music😅
I fwlt bad. I wanted to hear what was probably an oberheim 2 voice at the time? And it crapped out as i guess it wasn't reliable. Same thing happened to him when i saw him at Westbury in 2005. He had to play something else along side the other keyboard player for Castle Walls
@@knightrdrx It was an ARP Pro Soloist. It could have been just a bad 1/4" instrument cable from the synth to the mixing board, not necessarily a problem with the synth. A real shame, because this is the only footage of him using the Pro Soloist I've seen. This instrument was made famous about the time he started using it by Tony Banks of Genesis, as the main synth used in Genesis music between 1973 - 1977. It was also used by Steve Walsh in Kansas. I owned an original, and had Dennis sign it for me on stage in front of his audience which was really cool. His eyes popped out when he saw it like a flash back just hit hard. Tom Oberheim who developed the Oberheim was an ARP dealer. Some say he even had the schematics. The Oberheim had a similar sound to the ARP but it was much more advanced. It was a natural transition for Dennis, who used it starting 1977's Grand Illusion album. On Facebook I posted an article I wrote called "Styx synthesizer history" where I explained each of the synths used on the records.
He means that when we're young or beginner musicians, we can usually only play the simpler stuff,,which is also good music. When musicians we're listening to are highly technical, think Yes, and Styx, it can be discouraging because they're so technically impressive, and we can't play like that... hell for me, it's over 30 years since i picked up a guitar and i still can't @miraclehands9040
The awesome "Equinox" album - their best all-around - needs some sort of video released from the vaults - from here it started to tilt downhill, although "Crystal" and "Grand" had good tracks here and there ... Saw them before this at Myrtle Beach during the Wooden Nickle period
Many thanks for posting this! Did Winterland tape all of their concerts, in house? Lots of people forget that DDY was and is a king on the Hammond. This is great... also, check out "Young Man" and "Witch Wolf" for more Hammond bliss! 🙂
12:53, time to masterbate? But she’s moving in and “the way she moves” (ooo,ooo,ooo). Whatever! The guys were spectacular. It’s great to see these diamonds in the rough because we can see the early greatness of what they would do. Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this time capsule from I time I was too young to enjoy or access.
Great historic clip, but. I think the Sound Engineer finally wakes up at 3:20 to turn up the drum track inputs. Saw them a few months before this. They were the back up band for Foghat.
Saw these guys back in 1975 in Landover, Md at the Capitol Centre, spent the the day at a house party not far away, and it was festival seating, In order it was Mott The Hopple then Styx then KISS, was tripping my ass off, was about 15 feet from the stage and how I was not crushed to death is amazing (no floor seats) and they say acid gives you flash backs, well yes they do for this is a constant flashback, God just let me do it one more time
Sweet. Lots of good earlier Styx, especially Lorelei, Suite: Madame Blue, and Lady. Plus Light Up as an encore? Okay. Same song, after all. "The weather's just divine, so pass me 'round your wine, lovely one." Styx Equinox Tour pro shot? I'll take it! Too bad Curlewski isn't there to see his complete 5 album period in full bloom.
@Christopher Bingham Thanks for the info,i've really gotten into them since my initial comment. They are one of the bands who at first seem to have patchy albums, but when you go back , you relaise that its all good. Of course theres some "fillers" there, but you really can tell that this was the era where albums were intended to be listened to linearly, and not skipped through after the first 7 seconds doesnt hit you straight away. James young is my guitar hero (after 45 years of not knowing these guys) Miss america is one of the tightest riffs there is!
@@honved1 Now that you've entered the world of Styx fandom, you have to choose a side in the endless Dennis vs Tommy & JY battle. Just kidding. But almost every Styx discussion devolves into that topic. I just choose to love them all and continue to listen to the great music they made and continue to make. (Both the recent 2021 Styx and Dennis DeYoung albums are excellent.)
Old Styx is worth listening to, Styx II has some awesome tracks. Earl of Roseland, Lady. Man of miracles has some too. Rock and roll feeling, havin a ball, and of course the last track. I would heavily advised giving them a listen.
DDY was totally hot in the mid 70s. Don’t care what people say. I’m referring to their prog period mostly. In this clip, he’s the only one whose voice sounds the same live as on the album. Quite a feat. JY sounds bad (voice). And….I just caught that word substitution in Lorelei🤣
Pete Pardo's interview with Dennis brought me here and he was not far off the mark saying the sound was awful and he cringes at his appearance here. The only band in prog who didn't wear outfits or platforms or bell bottoms were Pink Floyd, they went on stage in jeans and T-shirts and sneakers from 1973 forward.
Dennis said in a 1979 interview "People want to see a show, not 4 guys in jeans jamming" . I still remember he said that but it was in a magazine. They were in almost every Magazine on the shelf back then because they were voted the most popular band in America with teenage girls taken by a poll.
My comment has nothing to do with the musicianship of STYX. I’m just discovering how great they really were…and are. I was only familiar with their popular radio hits. But OMGee…where did Dennis get that “blouse?” I guess he didn’t have time to pick out a more masculine version of whatever look he was going for..so on the way to the show, he popped into maybe Kmart? …the blouse, the boots and the choker pendant necklace…all such a classic 70s rocker/cool chick/dude in a hurry look. 😂😂😂😂 (Sorry Dennis, I just kept looking at your “top.”)
@@terrencesclassicrockcorner Thanks. I figured. Whoever actually picked out the blouse must have not noticed that it was made for a woman's chest and not a man's.
Decades later (2014?) , Dennis played a gig with his band, and introduced "Born for Adventure" by saying, "the last time sang this song, I was wearing leather pants…and a woman's blouse". Apparently it was the look he decided on for the tour. 1976, everybody!
Ha! Tommy committed to that solo, didn't he? ;). Live music can be fun. And, of course, it's always when shows get filmed that things suddenly head south.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel I meant that end solo that Tommy’s playing right after he and Dennis do the kick thing. We were talking about the same spot.
So no haters please…. Just watched Supposedly the best KISS performance from this same year and then this performance and it just hit me for the first time in my 56 years that when it comes to music, then or today…. It is what it is. There will always be better technical bands vs the lame 4 chord bands and both are just as popular for some reason and thats just history and what registers into the brains of individuals. I was going to totally dis KISS for being such a lesser more experienced and more technical band but i decided to not go there. I’ve learned that as i get older to give the benefit of the doubt, KISS had a following, stage presence and bombs and flame’s that STYX didn’t, Styx had better musicianship and technical playing abilities that KISS didn’t…… Whatever!! Its all music and I’m faded and going to bed!! Cheers!!
@@terrencesclassicrockcorner not disputing that, since I haven't heard about it, but I think it's mildly ironic that Dennis thought something might be too "showy." Not hating. Just noting that DDY was, by most accounts, the far more theatrical.
Why doesn't anybody hear how bad this is. Two guitarist playing too loud and doing their kown thing. I don't think this suits Dennis' voice. He even slips off key. It sounds like that's the same song time after time. Sweet Madame Blue, perfect. The guitars are playing two complimentary sounds and Dennis was perfect.
It's an acquired taste but he's an amazing singer. JY is awful. High harmonies only for him. This is trrrible mix. I would hope it sounded better in the room.
