LINK WRAY - Midnight Lover (1975 UK TV performance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

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Komentáře • 383

  • @ShayneWray13
    @ShayneWray13 Před 13 lety +542

    Thanks for posting. Yea my dad was in his prime, theses years

    • @thomasfalbo9744
      @thomasfalbo9744 Před 7 lety +39

      Shayne Wray Hi Shane, do you still have that guitar? Your dad deserves to be the first thing you see when you enter the Rock Ball of Fame. Hopefully he gets there and the most bad ass man in rock history can be honored, and please let that blood stained guitar be shared for the ages.

    • @arfboucher3855
      @arfboucher3855 Před 3 lety +14

      Your dad was truly awesome. Hard working no messing around. Thanks.

    • @sandrapowell4072
      @sandrapowell4072 Před 3 lety +24

      I never heard of Link Wray until I watched a documentary on Native American musicians. I fell in love with him right away! So talented and so cool!!!!

    • @andyhawkins8022
      @andyhawkins8022 Před 3 lety +7

      Legend

    • @alejandrovilla2615blues
      @alejandrovilla2615blues Před 3 lety +13

      One of the coolest cats I've ever heard, definitely.

  • @deanmatthewclegg28
    @deanmatthewclegg28 Před 4 lety +46

    This is the sound of...walking in to a bar, the coolest vibe is the air you breathe, all your friends are there, and a drink is waiting for you on the bar...

  • @michaelduvall1964
    @michaelduvall1964 Před 4 lety +64

    Folks, this is what taste, style, feel, and attitude sound like.

  • @skswig1
    @skswig1 Před 5 lety +95

    If Link was not the coolest guy that ever walked the earth I sure do not know who was.

    • @joshuabloodsworth9495
      @joshuabloodsworth9495 Před 3 lety +1

      i know thats right...

    • @bmojo7118
      @bmojo7118 Před 3 lety +12

      I saw a Neil Young interview where he was asked about being the godfather of grunge. He said it's not me it's Link Wray.

    • @ichbin4122
      @ichbin4122 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bmojo7118 At least Neil's honist

    • @sickboy703
      @sickboy703 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bmojo7118 Yup, he also inspired a lot of early punk bands.

    • @Jonesy1978
      @Jonesy1978 Před rokem +1

      I am

  • @applechoral
    @applechoral Před 3 lety +69

    Link a legend...also this drummer is KILLING it

    • @cameronpatrickscott
      @cameronpatrickscott Před 2 lety +14

      Charley Charles from ian dury and the blockheads, legends

    • @thekingofelfland3294
      @thekingofelfland3294 Před rokem +3

      I very quickly noticed the drummer being very much in the pocket.... right tight riddim bass cuttin' it up too. Brilliant all round performance

    • @craigmackenzie2151
      @craigmackenzie2151 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I was thinking the same thing! The drumming is excellent!

    • @bobo3551
      @bobo3551 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Check out another drummer on other live video on CZcams

  • @thelastperfectman4139
    @thelastperfectman4139 Před 5 lety +57

    Until recently, I never realized how good Link Wray was. He was quite a smooth and subtle player with a lot of feel-as this performance demonstrates.

  • @ep9203
    @ep9203 Před 3 lety +17

    so sick!! i saw link at the horseshoe in toronto in the late 90's... that old guy played for an hour straight without rest... wrap around glasses, a todour that formed into a pony tail down to his waist and a leather jacket !! just the coolest thing i ever saw.... absolute legend

  • @Peter-rg4ng
    @Peter-rg4ng Před 4 lety +67

    Link Wray is in the top 1% of rock and rollers.

  • @JesusIced
    @JesusIced Před 2 lety +18

    this man is the king. period. one of the finest and most influential guitar heroes ever lived.

  • @stratmanjoe
    @stratmanjoe Před 5 lety +52

    Should have been a Hall of Famer a long time ago. I can’t believe he’s not there. Somebody needs to wake up!!!
    PLEASE !!!

    • @blackwingvalleylover
      @blackwingvalleylover Před 4 lety +10

      He's too good for it. Like a lot of people. The hall of fame is a joke

    • @toms4442
      @toms4442 Před 3 lety

      Somebody should start a MUSIC hall of farmland induct only the forgotten!

    • @toms4442
      @toms4442 Před 3 lety

      Farmland should be Fame LOL

    • @benkleschinsky
      @benkleschinsky Před 3 lety +1

      Now you know why Jerry Garcia wouldn't show for his own induction.

    • @SandyCheeks63564
      @SandyCheeks63564 Před 3 lety +2

      Just shows the HOF is irrelevant

  • @jlopez97122
    @jlopez97122 Před 6 lety +41

    That rhythm section! The drummer and bassist are so damn tight!

  • @billlong9606
    @billlong9606 Před 10 lety +49

    what a funky drummer!
    I love this song

    • @jasminereynolds5307
      @jasminereynolds5307 Před 9 lety +10

      Charlie Charles, in'it ! Later to join Ian Dury and the blockheads

  • @CircleOfTyrants666
    @CircleOfTyrants666 Před 6 lety +47

    great performance.... the drummer is phenomenal, RIP charlie

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 Před 2 lety +4

      Ian's dad was watching this and called him and told him that's the drummer you need

    • @frlango6082
      @frlango6082 Před rokem +1

      @@richardbranton7396 it was Norman’s dad…in the conservatory, with a spade

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 Před rokem +1

      @@frlango6082 supposed 2 b a joke ?

    • @ichbin4122
      @ichbin4122 Před 5 měsíci

      @@richardbranton7396nope. It certainly wasnt ian s father at al. Its norman watt roy i think talking to his brother or dad. He was playing with john turnbull in some shite band at the time and, i read…this came on the smelly and by jove Norman Watt-roy at a time of no internet managed to hook upmwith Charley Charles. Monster drummer

    • @richardbranton7396
      @richardbranton7396 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ichbin4122 if you say so but I read Ian's old man saw Charley on the box with Wray and told Ian ,I don't know you got " certainly not " from ,why would that be

  • @victorformosa228
    @victorformosa228 Před rokem +9

    Only just discovered Link Wray from a guitar lesson, this guy was awesome and coolness personified.

  • @SuperBuckwheat11
    @SuperBuckwheat11 Před 4 lety +12

    Saw this years ago late night on BBC 4 UK tv & was mesmerised. I now come back to it here every other few months & still get the same effect.

  • @Harlanmote
    @Harlanmote Před 4 lety +41

    The man could play sing and chew gum all at the same time. 😎

  • @FranciscoGarcia-hi3zx
    @FranciscoGarcia-hi3zx Před 4 lety +17

    Respects to the drummer and bass.

  • @taildragger53
    @taildragger53 Před 14 lety +20

    Fantastic film...Link sounds great and that drummer is one of the finest i've heard.

  • @markmoretzfishing
    @markmoretzfishing Před rokem +9

    Wow !!!!! I’m so late knowing who Link was Damn now I’m a fan forever 👍👍

  • @MamaJacqueroo
    @MamaJacqueroo Před 5 lety +37

    Link Wray was an indigenous native American. I'm just discovering him. Drawn in by probably his greatest hit: RUMBLE.

    • @jknuttel
      @jknuttel Před 4 lety +8

      Shawnee.

    • @clarkewi
      @clarkewi Před 4 lety +4

      You can hear the ancient rhythms in his songs. They go back thousands of years. To the beginning of time. That's what makes him so great, and so beautiful and so AMERICAN! Jimi Hendrix was also part indigenous native American.

    • @factsoverfiction7826
      @factsoverfiction7826 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, 'Rumble' ... and 'Fallin' Rain' (1971).

  • @anomn_feck3387
    @anomn_feck3387 Před 4 lety +16

    this guy is the business, I think he's one of the best musicians of all time, he influenced so many yet he's not very common, yet there, in everything, something he did is there....

  • @Davofl
    @Davofl Před 10 lety +19

    70's Groove..... Great Era for Link Wray to have traveled through....

    • @joshuabloodsworth9495
      @joshuabloodsworth9495 Před 4 lety +2

      the 70s were where Link released his best long player albums... S/T, Be What You Want & Stuck In Gear. Midnight Lover is the 1st track on the B-side of Stuck In Gear!

    • @Davofl
      @Davofl Před 4 lety +2

      Love this album... stuck in gear and also bull shot🚀

  • @ildeuraimundodasilva8230
    @ildeuraimundodasilva8230 Před 8 lety +31

    Drumming, Itis fantastic nothing compares. The best !!!!

  • @russwaynehoods6834
    @russwaynehoods6834 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Link Wray, sadly missed, RIP.

  • @woody816
    @woody816 Před 6 lety +27

    That rhythm section blows me away

  • @GhostRider_237
    @GhostRider_237 Před 13 lety +5

    i think this is an ideal song for coming back home in taxi from bar being drunk at late night. classic.
    link wray is the man.

  • @dinodeluca6210
    @dinodeluca6210 Před 5 lety +23

    Link Wray is the greatest! Charlie Charles on drums was equally awesome!

  • @mightymartianca
    @mightymartianca Před 7 lety +19

    What a great song. Had no idea Wray was that versatile. That's some smooth licks he's got there, so different from songs like Apache or Rumble.

    • @aquanetnest4709
      @aquanetnest4709 Před 7 lety +3

      He was not blind!
      I am friends with daughter and family

  • @doowopper1951
    @doowopper1951 Před 13 lety +8

    This has been one of my favorite cuts by Link for over 36 years.

  • @carloseugeniocarlos4287
    @carloseugeniocarlos4287 Před 4 lety +6

    Unforgetable Guitarrist! R.i.p Link!

  • @pipewelda
    @pipewelda Před rokem +2

    Wow! I’m so happy to hear this beautiful MUSIC!!!!

  • @matthewcusson6451
    @matthewcusson6451 Před 3 lety +6

    From 50s Rockabilly to 70s Soul...wow.

  • @keithdunn926
    @keithdunn926 Před 4 lety +3

    Retro Fuzzy Guitar- with a smooth jazzy touch almost progressive in my Mind!!!

  • @Corporations8MyBaby
    @Corporations8MyBaby Před 11 měsíci +3

    the feel of his rhythm. Chords or individual notes... is unique and magical. He's my favorite guitar player.

  • @TheJopor
    @TheJopor Před rokem +6

    absolute top classic tunes ....lyrics and performers , thanks for posting .

  • @skycircle9893
    @skycircle9893 Před 3 lety +2

    What a legend..he was sooo good. Less is more. A real natural. Love his his stuff with Robert Gordon..nothin' beats Flying Saucers Rock and Roll..

  • @freeseedfilms
    @freeseedfilms Před 11 lety +44

    The drummer is actually Charlie Charles who went on to become Ian Dury's drummer

  • @yetiswordplay3698
    @yetiswordplay3698 Před 10 lety +28

    The drummer is slick.

  • @krakenturdz
    @krakenturdz Před 13 lety +5

    I saw this the first time the other day, must be the 10th time I've come back, simply great.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 Před 5 lety +19

    Here's the recipe for ultimate cool---1 part Stevie Ray Vaughn, 1 part Joey Ramone, 1 part Lou Reed, 1 part Elvis. Remove a lung. Viola!

  • @christophertaylor9417
    @christophertaylor9417 Před 2 lety +3

    At 46 i just discovered this, holy crap

  • @henrypym4619
    @henrypym4619 Před 3 lety +3

    So underrated but what a damn fine guitar player. One of America's best, if not the world.

  • @jime6688
    @jime6688 Před rokem +2

    Loved his singing here. REALLY fits the groove.

  • @quillan7743
    @quillan7743 Před rokem +4

    Tune drumming on point link is killing it

  • @PeterBreum
    @PeterBreum Před 2 lety +2

    Brilliant man, brilliant song, brilliant feel. But that rhythm-section, man! Violent shivers up and down the spine.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 Před 4 lety +8

    For me the 1970's were Link's real flowering. He got cooler as he went. He's playing jazz here, amazing, dude put the bad-ass, one-lunged hillbilly in everything he did.

  • @lomemarsupial
    @lomemarsupial Před 9 měsíci +1

    Super cool to see footage of a future Blockhead playing with the legend Link Wray

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape Před 12 lety +13

    Fantastic clip! Very tight and clean sound, great band, and Link's playing here is very smooth. Never seen him playing funky like that. There was something really cool about the 70s, they knew how to mix funk and rock different back then, not like Red Hot Chili Peppers does it today, choppy sounding, much more groovy back in those days.

  • @crismoraes99
    @crismoraes99 Před 12 lety +7

    This drummer has a good touch!
    Nice cymbals work.

  • @MsAhmebah2000
    @MsAhmebah2000 Před 3 lety +2

    I was looking thru Link Wray videos, not finding any vocals. Thought maybe he did only instrumentals - this is great!

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape Před 9 lety +46

    This is so different than the stuff Link is famous for, so smooth and cool, so very 70s. Shows he was really pretty versatile. And as always, a complete badass. I mean, by this time Elvis was a fat caricature of himself, while Link was, well, look at him. Obviously cool. He should've got Lemmy to play bass with him at some point.

    • @tacomadc
      @tacomadc Před 6 lety

      Yes it sounds like Boz Skaggs or Steely Dan doesn't it?

    • @simpson-qk6yd
      @simpson-qk6yd Před 6 lety +3

      Elvis was into drugs, Link was clean

    • @Riddickisawesome101
      @Riddickisawesome101 Před 6 lety +2

      Lemmy would’ve wanted to steal the show from him

    • @JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et
      @JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et Před 6 lety +3

      Look up the Winterland show in 1974 with Link Wray. Totally amazing, real dirty tones, but sweet to the ear. Hutch Hutchinson on bass. WOW! One of the best hours of music you will ever see.

    • @jamesharan8225
      @jamesharan8225 Před 5 lety

      Helium Road

  • @nitrousninja882
    @nitrousninja882 Před 3 lety +5

    Link sounds like Jimi Hendrix when he uses the whammy bar. This song has a haunting tone that really reminds me of Hendrix.

  • @TONYFROMRANCHO
    @TONYFROMRANCHO Před 6 lety +5

    This is so Badass!!! Link was awesome!!!!

  • @jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712

    amazing rock track, link wray amazing performer. poor guy lost his eyesight to measles as a child, and lost a lung while in the army. but amazing guitar player.

  • @matthewwilliams7735
    @matthewwilliams7735 Před 3 lety +4

    Link is the epitome of cool the epitome of Rock n Roll. He did it all his way no compromise.

  • @dianamcquaid9619
    @dianamcquaid9619 Před 3 lety +2

    I am totally obsessed. Magic Native pain love beat.

  • @CommodusSPQR
    @CommodusSPQR Před 9 lety +12

    I've always said that if you distil rock n roll down to its purest essence you'd end up with 3 guys - Steve Marriott, Wilko Johnson, and the incomparable Link Wray. Just superb!

    • @woody816
      @woody816 Před 6 lety

      Quo Vadis really. That’s wat distilled r&r would b. REALLY

  • @anthonybate2662
    @anthonybate2662 Před 2 lety +2

    What a funky funky Groovy tune

  • @henryfrost8542
    @henryfrost8542 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember seeing Link Play in Camden, Town London at the Electric Ballroom. Absolutely brilliant, cool cat...

  • @thescarletandgrey2505
    @thescarletandgrey2505 Před rokem +1

    Cool and steady, in charge. Legend.

  • @rhiannonk9030
    @rhiannonk9030 Před 2 lety +2

    I wasn't expecting singing. Better quality mics and speakers probably made it easier to sing louder.
    This would have been satisfying as an instrumental, but hearing him sing pushed this into the stratosphere.

  • @guypierce6323
    @guypierce6323 Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful, music speaks for itself

  • @neilbillybob3065
    @neilbillybob3065 Před 7 lety +37

    Drummer is Funky Tight.

  • @mesaeddie
    @mesaeddie Před 7 lety +5

    Sure glad to find this gem.

  • @AndyMossMetta
    @AndyMossMetta Před 8 lety +24

    Great drumming.

  • @cheekyberd
    @cheekyberd Před 13 lety +3

    Love this guy. Makes it all sounds so easy.

  • @Danimal300zx
    @Danimal300zx Před 10 lety +47

    Dude had a good voice. Should have sung more!

  • @giulioluzzardi7632
    @giulioluzzardi7632 Před 3 lety +3

    What a fantastic band!!!

  • @cttxlv
    @cttxlv Před 9 lety +28

    This is the smothered pork chops of rock.

    • @stobbinsboy
      @stobbinsboy Před 8 lety +4

      +cttxlv lawdy ain't that the stone cold truth

  • @mikefoster9808
    @mikefoster9808 Před 3 lety +3

    This is freaking great.

  • @dianamcquaid9619
    @dianamcquaid9619 Před 3 lety +1

    Native American. Just found him after at least 400 years. Thanks for synthesis.

  • @BoogieKnight1976
    @BoogieKnight1976 Před 6 lety +3

    That's real badass right there.

  • @rodneysmart9774
    @rodneysmart9774 Před rokem +1

    Hall of Fame! Such a badass.

  • @pipewelda
    @pipewelda Před rokem +1

    Man that drummer yeah wow what a band.

  • @therapy188
    @therapy188 Před 6 lety +8

    he's like the embodiment of cool

  • @michaelv3340
    @michaelv3340 Před 4 lety +2

    Great. You have to feel like he never got his due. By this time, most of his contemporaries had become oldies acts. He was still making new records that weren't just rehashing what he did fifteen years prior.

  • @sandrapowell4072
    @sandrapowell4072 Před 3 lety +1

    You will always be my midnight lover!

  • @Meddled
    @Meddled Před rokem +1

    One of the most bizarre things here must be John Greaves on bass. From the arch iconoclastic noodling of Henry Cow to backing up Link Wray!

  • @tonyrice3348
    @tonyrice3348 Před rokem +2

    What a cool cat, amazing

  • @HughesMath1
    @HughesMath1 Před rokem

    Here because of Jason and the Scorchers. Respect Link Wray

  • @carloseugeniocarlos4287
    @carloseugeniocarlos4287 Před 5 lety +1

    he sings and play soo good and cool! Great!

  • @danielcm81
    @danielcm81 Před 12 lety +3

    drummer is amazing.

  • @ivanshipy1966
    @ivanshipy1966 Před 4 lety +3

    The BASS also folks ..just listen to it 👍👍👍

  • @rainius
    @rainius Před 3 měsíci

    Desde que la conocí, se convirtió en mi canción favorita ❤

  • @MegaSwan2
    @MegaSwan2 Před 12 lety +1

    Fantastic recording, Link was a top bloke and the late great Charley Charles on drums, who was spotted on this broadcast by members of Loving Awareness who he later joined and they went on to become the Blockheads.

    • @Fexobs
      @Fexobs Před 7 lety +1

      Great info, didn't know that !

  • @prschuster
    @prschuster Před měsícem

    You can tell a great performer by the way they own the stage, just by standing there. No need to jump around to command a presence.

  • @PeterKertesz2013
    @PeterKertesz2013 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Underrated tune 🎸🎵

  • @airkooled74
    @airkooled74 Před 13 lety +1

    Best Link Wray video ever...

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi Před 9 lety +12

    john greaves on bass, of henry cow, national health & so on.

  • @megaRoryy
    @megaRoryy Před 13 lety +4

    im lovin' that guitar! yamaha sg-2 'screaming red'

  • @jeremymillan
    @jeremymillan Před 3 lety +2

    Drummers on point too

  • @JoeMode213
    @JoeMode213 Před 6 lety +2

    This is honestly incredible!

  • @greglapointe1311
    @greglapointe1311 Před 4 lety +1

    Love the bass here

  • @nikolaosmosxakis3395
    @nikolaosmosxakis3395 Před rokem +2

    very good..........................................................................................................................

  • @rusty2222
    @rusty2222 Před 10 měsíci

    I like to think when Link looks back at Charles during the drum solo part, it's in appreciation.

  • @marksimonson7111
    @marksimonson7111 Před rokem +1

    I saw him in Ann arbor great show

  • @stevesheldon8616
    @stevesheldon8616 Před 7 měsíci

    Wow, I didn't know he did this sort of 70s style stuff. So good. I just had a crazy thought. I've been on a huge Steely Dan kick lately and I've always been unable to imagine anyone but Donald Fagen singing most of Steely Dan's songs, but Link Wray could've made those songs his own. Haha, I can imagine anyway.

  • @tpavan
    @tpavan Před 12 lety +1

    WOW! What a piece!!

  • @xoxb2
    @xoxb2 Před 7 měsíci

    I like the carrier bag next to the amp. Rock n roll!

  • @camptoursandthat4439
    @camptoursandthat4439 Před 4 lety

    Wonderful guy, great performance by all.