Josh G I saw The Sonics in March when they headlined for Robert Plant. They were pure energy! My husband walked out of the concert wanting to resurrect his old high school garage band! Seriously, young musicians and bands could learn so much from them. And yeah, the drummer never quits!
Dude... he is Dusty Watson of Slacktone! Of course he is killin it... he is one of the best drummer in surf/garage/punk of all times... search for him... i really meant it...
SUGAREE!! Charles Edward "Rusty" York (May 24, 1935 - January 26, 2014) was an American musician and singer, and member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. He is mostly known for his rockabilly song "Sugaree".
I know right! I play them on our FM (and live streaming) radio show, The Church of Rock. We play ALL genres. Check it out sometime @ www.kskq.org or if you're in s.OR/n.CA, 89.5/94.1 on FM radio. We play all the awesome stuff you never hear on the radio.
I am glad they are still alive and kicking! for some reason in the early1990s as a teenager I discovered their album (only one really), I consumed the vinyl, I listened to it CONSTANTLY for years, just my vibe I guess
0:00 cinderella 3:52 money 6:42 he's waiting 10:21 boss hoss 12:39 keep a knockin' 15:18 you get your head on backwards 19:29 have love will travel 22:22 leaving here 25:51 the hard way 28:29 psycho 31:18 sugaree 33:58 be a woman 36:33 the witch 39:34 i don't need your doctor
I still remember very well, it was in 1972 in Paris (France), I was a kid and I asked my older brother: Elvis, The Stones, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, but tell me, what is Rock N Roll?. He came back with a vinyl 45 rpm, put it on the record player and... "Have Love will travel" changed my life, my vision of Rock. I never got over it. Thanks to all of you guys for this incredible performance. You are amazing. Cheers. Zep.
UnFREAKINGbeleivable. Early 2000s our lead singer Nick Curran sounded like both Sonics' singers. *Thank you* *Sonics* and KEXP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~ Love from the 1st. Portland; Portland Maine ~ ...wow...
Oh how I remember them! I was friends with Jerry Roslie and Bob Bennett back then. Saw them all the time playing all the dance venues and community halls all over the Northwest WA ...they were kick ass then, no other band sounded like them. When this was filmed 2015 they could still lay it down although Jerry could not scream like he could back in 63, 64, 65 got to give him his due cuz he was 71 when this was filmed.
This combination of special guests, original members and (comparatively) youthful replacements totally rock the joint at Easy Street Records. If watching/listening to these Sonics fails to raise your blood pressure or get you fired up, see your Doctor (or maybe undertaker) immediately---'cause there's something terribly wrong with you. This is what actual Rock And Roll played with passion by a bunch of sweaty guys who don't give a damn about the year on their birth certificates is all about. If just the audio/video of this event rocks this hard, imagine what it was like to be in the room!
This is el primo example of how incredibly important it is to have a kick ass drummer. The songs and singing is great, but if the drummer isn't on THAT level, it would never work. Rock and roll has always always been a drummers medium
It all ties in. Great drummer, a guitar player that knows how to rock, singer who belts it out, all of it. A combination of which no one part can be left out. Put them all together and you got a rock n roll band that kicks ass.
@@UberLummox The heavy emphasis on the drums, particularly the hard pounding bass drum,were (are) a key part of the Sonics sound. But all of their instruments hit it hard. The first time I heard the Sonics version of Louie Louie back in about 1966 I was blown away. Much harder edge and completely different sound than the Kingsmen or PR&R. I was really proud that the Sonics were a NW band.
I keep coming back to it. I kick myself for missing them at the Neptune theater in Seattle about a year ago. Who knows when they will be back around again.
0:00 cinderella 3:52 money 6:42 he's waiting 10:21 boss hoss 12:39 keep a knockin' 15:18 you get your head on backwards 19:29 have love will travel 22:22 leaving here 25:51 the hard way 28:29 psycho 31:18 sugaree 33:58 be a woman 36:33 the witch 39:34 i don't need your doctor
@@MsFreshadenu Very true. I don’t mean to sounds ungrateful or anything, but to me the three definitive Sonics tracks are Strychnine, Psycho, and the Witch… I suppose you could throw Have Love Will Travel in there too. Call ‘em their Four Bangers.
I saw them about 10 years ago in Melbourne, OZ. I was in the punk scene the right though the 80s and still go to see lots of gigs of all sorts of different stuff. Anyway we went to see the Sonics not sure what to expect, as we're thinking these guys are getting on a bit. Well it was one of the best gigs weve ever seen. They rock hard. Hang your ageism at the door and be prepared for a lesson in garage rock .
Imagine a show featuring original garage rock bands like The Sonics and The Kinks as well as the new age garage bands like Oh Sees, Ty Segall and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. What a show that would be!
I just found this and I'm floored. Finding pure gold concerts every now and then on YT is like fishing and catching a prize and this concert qualifies. Being 62 and growing up with some truly fantastic rock music I thought it was close to being done at this late date. The Sonics here have turned all that up-side down. This is exactly what rock and roll is about and should sound like at it's most primal inner-core. That this amazing example exists should be like a siren's call to the Youth of America: get back to the heart and soul of reall rock and roll. It doesn't get better than this.
Tacoma is right although in the 60's The Sonics played plenty of gigs in Seattle and all over the state of WA and Oregon. Tacoma had something about it that brought out the best in NW rock musicians. Rockin Robin Roberts and also the Wailers (had to change their name to The Fabulous Wailers due to competing bands with similar name) were from Tacoma. Rockin Robin recorded Louis Louis with the Wailers and I think it is the best version out there. Tacoma was the $hit when it came to NW rock n roll.
What a gig... If these guys can rock at that age, I can rock too. If these guys can rock at that level, I still have many years to come banging my head while I scream "Have Love, Will Travel" or "Psycho". The Sonics are definitely one of the greatest bands ever. I love this concert.
I am thankful to have seen & heard the sonics live at least 3 times, once in 65 & twice in 66. They opened the show at Green Lake AQA THEATRE with you got your head on backwards & the guy on harmonica playing down on one knee. They were GREAT !
I cannot believe I missed these guys in the 60's! The opening bars of "You Really Got Me' changed my life, and I would have LOVED them then. The Downliner Sect & The Pretty Things became my favourite's the, and to see the Sonics playing like this now ..oh Fuck it is just wonderful!!
this great and very important band in history of music are from Tacoma, south from Seattle and are over 55 years old... and still rocks heavier then back in 1965 !!
This is the most amazing KEXP's Live Performance i've ever watched in youtube. When i saw the thumbnails then decided to click it, i was like "for real?... WHAT?... the SONICCCC? oh, maaaannnnn, the SONIIICCCC.... ..... ... ... THE SONiiiiiC..". I just could not stop saying 'The Sonic'.
The Sonics are one of the hardest rocking bands from the sixties with their brand of R&B Rock. The original hard rocking band out of Seattle. Years before Grunge. It’s good to see them do their thing after all these years. They still have got their intensity and edge. Thanks KEXP, whoever posted this and RU-vid!
I live a 3 minute walk from here ... and MISSED THIS. Can never roll that back - but thank-you for publishing. What a great concert. Vibrantly played, beautifully recorded, and what a cast of guest performers. I #$*&ING MISSED THIS!!!!!
That was Amazin! Gerry's vocals.Got to be one of the best of all times!!! And d'you know what's good. It's like the 70's thing where the songs and sounds came first and the names of the bands or musicians passed by but the songs were large. What a sound to come out of those guys!
For some reason I fell over the song Shot Down. Couldn't stop smiling when those drums hit. Now I found this, so raw, so tight. And the drummer is out of this world.
listening to the AM radio 'rock' of the day ,circa 1966 or so and suddenly cutting to an ad for the Groove Yard ...'live this Friday and Saturday night - THE SONICS' with the witch playing as background music....yeah it was a bit of a shock ....
