The Sundowners-Always You 1967
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- The Sundowners were a music group from Lake George, New York. The original line-up included Bobby Dick (bass & vocals), Dominick DeMieri (guitar & vocals), Eddie Placidi (guitar & vocals), Eddie Brick (lead vocals), and Kerim "Kim" Capli (drums).They opened for the Monkees famous tour in 67 with Jimi Hendrix. The lackluster sales doomed this single but it makes a good vehicle for Jenni. Enjoy!
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Wait folks ... i'm Dominick Demieri the producer of this gem !! and i'm still around too..well preserved at that ... playing Atomic lead guitar. and recording other vocalists and music projects.. in sunny rumbling California, i wrote & co wrote 9 of the the songs on this gem... and performed on most of the songs doing the guitar works with Eddie Placidi the other lead guitarist in the Sundowners. anyway thanks for listening ...also Eddie Brick is doing well too .. great times . great music ... this LP was actually ahead of it's time ... opened for many hit back in the daze ..thanks .osta la veesta babee .......
Domenick this song is fantastic! I don't ever remember hearing it played on Boston radio near where I grew up but did it chart in the U-S and was it ever played on your 'hometown' music station? Best wishes, Ross
Are those Italian names that I see in your group's roster?
I always thought this was done by Orpheus or the Association but could never find it. I heard it on the Boston stations also.
GUITARARENA Glad your still around Dominick. Nice guitar sound.
+GUITARARENA Thanks what a great song.Love the blond on the video. The essence of 60s innocence and love. An ideal to pursue. Innocence and love, not the young blond LOL, I'm 59 in a week! Seriously, this song and others like it, plus Motown, with its sincere songs of everyday life and love, made me the black hippie revolutionary anarchist-minded freak that I am. Creativity, love and free spiritedness, that's how I roll, and happily. Thanks again. This song puts one is place of child-like joy! Congrats, man. What a contribution. Peace, love and Soul.
We went to the Monkees concert that year in St. Paul where the Sundowners and Lynne Randell opened for them. I'll never ever forget hearing Sundowners, who I had never heard of, play this and having it resonate deeply within. Beautiful! I tried to find it on a 45 but was unsuccessful. I was fortunate to remember the musical parts, and enjoyed what I remembered until I found the recording years later. Sundowners were very gifted. They never really got the recognition they deserved. I'll always consider this to be one of my favorites during the 60s. Those were the best days. The kids today with their technology are missing out on so much. Creativity, laughter, and dreaming were important to us and evidenced in the music we hear from that time. It's not visible in today's youth. It's tragic how kids have lost out. We need to return to what we had back then and help youth tap into that dreaming and creativity.
GREAT story and thanks for sharing!! Lucky you to see the Monkees and Sundowners in concert at that time. I was a young teen back then but we were too poor to attend any concerts. This is a GREAT song that should have been a BIG hit and wow, how wonderful that you got to see them perform this song LIVE!!
What a excellent, thoughtful post. You are fortunate that you got to see them in person.
I was only 7 when this song was released, and didn't hear it until years later. Thank you for sharing your memories of this time, it creates a picture for those of us who were too young to have remembered it.
I love the pictures on this video also, and the sound quality is outstanding.
Thank you from a San Francisco flower girl.
This song has me so captivated. The chords, the harmonies, the production..It is all making butterflies happen in my stomach. This piece of music feels like a portal to a spirit world. I love this song. Hearing this for the first time....in 2020. Proof that music resounds and captivates through time.
Beautifully put.
Me too.
Produced by Bones Howe of Wrecking Crew fame. Lyrics by Tony Asher, who collaborated with Brian Wilson on "Wouldn't It Be Nice."
"Thank God, there's you." For My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife, My Eternal Love, My Lady Barbra Rose (RIP) You gave me so much love in the 2 years we had together in this life. I'll be waiting for you, Barb.
+Walter Fechter WOW!!! What powerful and touching words and thanks for sharing!! I am so sorry that you and Barbara Rose had such a brief time in this life but there is always tomorrow in another life to look forward to when you will be together again. I hope that thought gives you much comfort and inner peace to help you live in this life.
+Doug Celeste wow what an amazing way of puting things i dont believe in anything but you have a way of puting actuality in a whole new light(": thanx
+archie977 Thank you so much for your very kind words! Much appreciated!! I was VERY touched by Walter's post and from what he said, he and his true love, Barbara Rose, shared so MUCH love in the short time together in this life and all couples should be blessed like that. And I also know what real grief is with the loss of loved ones and the deeper the love, the deeper the pain. And while Walter had to deal with so much pain, the main thing he believes is that the love that he and Barbara Rose shared will never die!! And all this reminds me of a quote from Thomas Bailey Allsworth: 'What is lovely never dies, But passes into another loveliness.' And it is wonderful that this Sundowners' VERY underrated song gave him all these powerful feelings of love and memories to forever cherish and that is what is so great about this song for him and for all of us!
there's something about the sound...horns violens..and then this rejuventated rock beat..that brings me to a special time as a kid growing up in the sixties...actually grew up in the 70s...but this music resonates in my heart!
Wow. What a great song. Never heard it before, but it evokes memories of the 60's. Should have been a hit.
I hear this, it's 1967 again; my youth FINALLY appreciated.
Should have been one of the BIGGEST hits of 1967! What a GREAT song and thanks for sharing!
I know, I remember. I almost completed two tours in Vietnam, '68 - '70 and also experienced the animosity from those not fit to wipe the boots of men returning from Southeast Asia.
My point was different and was more on the level of being young and having a life in front of you in an America that was decidedly better than the one we have right now. We were more 'grown up' and had a better sense of right and wrong in spite of what was going on around us. It was a stronger society with backbone.
Halo101st Thanks for your service, brother. 101st here also. 2/501st. Nam 71-72.
Amen Brother >>> 3Jan 69' - 21Dec 70' ... Rangers lead the way!
Dittos and thanks for your sacrifice and service. 82nd 3/325 B Co Recondo 1971-74.
Halo101st xxx
@@robertbeaty7510
Airborne brother! 2/327th Phan Thiet and 2/502nd Phu Bai '68-70.
im 46 years old and im hearing this for the first time - what a fantastic composition
Amazing song. Even played in those hip northern soul venues. Magical!
THERE WERE MANY AWESOME SONGS FROM THIS TIME PERIOD.....THIS IS ONE!
I love this song. Perfect pairing of passionate arrangements to go with the poignant lyrics. Has to be the best version, Bones Howe is truly an unsung legend.
actually I'm the producer of this...Bones did the basic tracks then i took over after that and finished it
I lived through the '60s & was not priveleged. But the troublesome events you outlined were made tolerable by the wonderful music of that era. The music was more than a palliative for our pain, it was an escape from our sorrows, our anger, our despair. It also gave voice to our joy. The music was, ultimately, an escape from the troubles of that time. And, yes, there were many joyful moments during that era and listening to that music takes me there...to a place far away from today's sorrow.
I'm happy to report that Bobby Dick is still around, still alive and well and works 4-5 nights a week performing in the Lake George area. We get together every now and then when I'm in his neighborhood and do lunch. A most excellent musician / entertainer.
yep and also the producer of this gem Dominick Demieri lead guitarist of the Sundowners hey that's me !! I'm in Florida now music is my thing
Could it be... a 49 year old song that is far superior to any current "hit" songs on the radio.
It could very well be!
its light years better than anything today.it KICKS ASS!!!
Tom Campbell .
Tom Campbell happens ALLLLLLLLL the time
You CAN'T be surprised. The stuff on today's radio is why I'm on CZcams in the first place. And mostly watching Asian music vids.
This is a great song. The entire LP is awesome! Some of the best sunshine pop ever! Thanks for sharing this.
This song is awwwwwwwwwwwwwesome!
First time Ive ever heard this one.
Love it!
+RatBatSpiderCrab
I remember when this first came out... back when songs were creations and not decibels of nonsense.
+Halo101st You said so much in so few words and thanks for sharing your words of wisdom! And I cannot agree with you more!!!
+Doug Celeste
Thank you. I see we are of the same mind if not also peers.
+RatBatSpiderCrab classy song(":
+RatBatSpiderCrab i was listening to sundowners into the light song in the car i l;ike that song is good one to (":
Just when you are going thru daily life a gem like this one pops up. Love the intro with the horns and violins !
Wow, this GREAT song should have been one of the BIG hits of 1967!
It was, I used to look for it on the radio, especially FM.
@@halo101st9 I lived in the Bay Area at the time and NEVER heard this GREAT song on the radio that should have been a BIG hit!!!
I'm from Rochester, NY and I saw the Sundowners a few times in 67-68. They were unbelieveable!!!!!!!
I saw these guys a few times back in the 60's. AWESOME!!!!!!!!
This amazing song, and a fabulouse chorus
The Sundowners did just as good as Roger Nichols and his small circle of friends did !! Both did a great job at this song !! ALWAYS YOU !!
beautiful artwork to go with a beautiful song. I had the privilege of knowing these guys way back then and am in contact with two of them still...............
To All ~ This IS the very best music of MY life. I'm thankful I was there and in my youth. I would not trade a memory of THAT time that THIS time has to offer.
Great song and Beautiful woman !
what a beautiful intro, so special, so beautiful a song, so than you The Sundowners, from yesterday too today
WHOA !!!, Where have I been ? I'm almost embarrassed to say. " I've never heard this beautiful until 50 years later.
I agree with that 100%. It's a beautiful but sad reminder of when life has it's extreme ups and downs and there's someone there to pull us away from it all.
Thank you. My students (high school seniors) keep me young. They think I am about 49 ( their last guess).
I put her face up on the overhead in class as an example of the pristine beauty of my era. The boys were stunned into silence. She is quite beautiful, isn't she?
Love everything 60's !! Nice showcase of The Sundowners.. will look for this one.. great video, thank you !!
The kind of song which brings back all those nice memories. Thanks, old buddy.
If not for that thumbnail pic, I wouldn't have discovered this song. Thanks 👍😊
Such a powerful beautiful song, unique this Group
This song suffered from lackluster sales? I must have lousy taste. This is the first time I've ever heard it and I love it.
Thanks, derby. That is nice of you to say.
I teach at a major university and, without being boring or obnoxious, try to pass on memories with humorous anecdotes that parallels what we are covering at the time. The faraway stares from the students as they think about what I told them is my reward. It was wonderful being an American in those days when peer pressure and common sense was the order of the day.
I'm ONLY 50 and I agree with you- America and life in general was SO much better back in the 60's and 70's! I think we are going to see a huge revival of nostalgia for that time period in the future.
Fantastic song and Chorus
Such a beautiful Song.....I love this... The Sundowners I spelt it right being half pissed, such a Beautiful Happy song the Music.... the Words The Brilliant Singing...The Sundowners
I too grew up in the 60's and never remember this song or group. But when I heard it, I couldn't help but think of the resemblance to the group, The Association.
always you and then this beautifull face of joy comes upnice touch thnx for posting
A beautiful song with a gorgeous woman as well !!!!!
God I just love this song.................
The 60s were full of superbands like the Beatles and the Stones, yet those who had just one chart records somehow makes for the best memories. :)
I saw The Sundowners a few times in the Rochester, NY area. They were very good!
Did you go to Don and Bobs afterward?
I'm from Rome, NY and saw the Sundowners many times. I also knew Ed Placidi who is also from Rome, I was in a touring band called the Aftermath and in 1968 met up with Ed somewhere in upstate NY. Our band did a song by the Beatles called Paperback Writer and we did it with Ed. It was amazing as his voice sounds exactly like John Lennon's. It was and is a great musical memory for me. I don't know where Ed is these days but would like to know.
I have to admit that I was unaware how in vogue the Sundowners' type of easy listening was in their day. Everyone who wanted to get into music had to do some kind of thing that felt like this. And it was valid, justified and long-lasting. Nobody but a few die-hards still wants to hear Sugar Hill Gang nor MC Hammer, nor will Nirvana and Green Day be widely tolerable in 40 more years, but this stuff is legend, and will still be praised and sought after.
I hope Nirvana from GB will still be heard in 40 years. You think in 40 years the taste of people will be better? Who knows? But I don't have much hope.
If I could recommend this reply 100 times, I would.
wow the sixties are back this transports me to another level....!!!!!! thank you so much!!!!
I am now 70. When you are 70 you will know what I am talking about... no offense meant.
I remember when this song came out and how much I had ahead of me. It brings a nostalgia that is pleasant with memories of an America now past. Too bad, too. It was better then.
This needs to be re released, seriously.
My go to sunshine pop song. Thank you.
They were a house band in Lake George in the late sixties/early seventies. They pretty much packed the house every night..
One of the best songs i have had the pleasure to 'find' on youtube.
Still is!!
Unique Beautiful, such a song
Rest in peace Kerim Çaplı (Kim Capli)...
Beautiful song, hd never heard it before. Kinda wish I hadn't, brought back some tearful memories.
BEAUTIFUL SONG, BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
We grew beautiful women back in the '60's, didn't we?
Halo101st I thought it was a doll. :)
MrLundsbye No sir, she is living flesh and bone.
HOWEVER, I saw where she went on to become a porno star... seriously. Her name is Jenni Gregg and she has done films for some outfit called Pornohub or something like that. Talk about crushed dreams and fantasies if that were true.
MrLundsbye Thank you! My God, she is gorgeous, isn't she?
I just can't tell you what goes into my head when I see her.
MrLundsbye I can. "Why the hell aren't I younger and where was she when I was younger?"
I never heard of these guys till the other night and I have been to Lake George many times and thought that I was up on the local music scene. Very good song!
One I had forgotten from the 60s. I really like it! Thank you for posting!
Hi Ross .. Thanks ...I mixed the end result with the strings at the intro...
And finished the LP back then ..mixed all the songs and completed the LP
In LA and NY at Decca Studios NY ......now its on CD with a ten page booklet
insert on cherry red records UK London
Been looking for a copy for months - Cherry Red say they don't know anything about the CD. Any other info about where I can get a copy? Stunning record by the way, just stunning. Thanks
I am Eddie Bricks nephew sad to ,he passed last year. He was the best uncle!
Perhaps, except our youth. That was what would have been the most fun, sharing our youth and finding things out together. Not a lot of surprises left any longer, including that gorgeous face of hers...
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Never heard this before.I quess not enough exposure. I lived in Corpus Christi,Texas, 1967.Thanks for posting.
This song crossed my mind, couldn't figure the lyrics, then I remembered The Sundowners.
Absolutely love it!
One of the band members played as a dj at my high school 50th reunion in 1968. They started out as a house band in Lake George, NY. This was a local hit in the Schenectady NY area in 1967. Talking to the dj he told me the sundowners opened at a concert in Long Island NY for Jimi Hendrix and the Monkees. Because the crowd was mostly trendy bopper Jimi walked off the stage half way thru his set and went to England. And as they say the rest is history
That was supposed to be 50th reunion in 2018. My bad lol
I would target live in the 70's,80's and early to mid 90's than to live in this time now.Life was so simple and easy.I love music like this real smooth and mellow.
hi
i am the former lead guitarist of the sundowner i wrote 8 of the songs on this LP
and a memeber of the band and producer of this gem
yes i lie what you did with the always you video thanks
im here if you want yto reply and ask any questions about the sundowners
Donny burton
GUITARARENA did u meet Jimi Hendrix? If so what was he like?
GREAT WORK LOVE THIS SONG!
i like this version best its fun to read all the coments to beautifull song beautifull woman thnx for posting
This wonderful song sounds so much like the Association!!! Should have been a much bigger hit than it was but alas, the music scene was rapidly changing in 1967 and the radio stations were playing a lot more of the psychedelic music that was becoming more and more popular at that time. Anyhow, thanks for sharing this gem!!!
+Doug Celeste But since the 1980s retro 60s stations have been playing nothing but Motown and ignoring polished music like this and the psychedelic and surf music.
+Davin Dx Great points and nearly all oldies stations----including the national shows----play the same songs over and over and that has been my biggest gripe with them since they are so boring to listen to. Scott Shannon and Dick Bartley's national shows are prime examples. Very little doo-wop, those rare classics, and other great forgotten oldies and they concentrate way too much on the overall boring 70's and 80's music. But if you want to find a REAL oldies station, try KDSK.com!!! Rock on!!
Doug Celeste Live365.com just shut down in 2016 if you were not listening to it the last 10-15 years you missed the 2nd best thing on the internet after CZcams. I like this song and have come to hate Motown because all all the politically correct trash that results in good music like this never being heard anywhere. 60s retro radio has been around since the early 1980s yet I never heard so much good 60s music.
+Davin Dx Thanks for your comments! I never heard of Live365.com and I guess it is no longer available online from what you are saying and that is too bad. But I LOVE KDSK.com online and on the radio here in New Mexico where I live. And I agree with your points about the overall VERY boring format of oldies stations in this country. They play the same songs over and over and do not touch the rarities and doo-wop much. Several years ago, I had an online disgreement with Scott Shannon about his oldies show and I sure did NOT like his arrogant attitude. And he was wrong when he said that the oldies stations that play the rarities do not last since KDSK has been around already for about 17 years but not sure why Live365 went offline. Too bad but in general, oldies stations have not touched songs like this GREAT one by the Sundowners on its airwaves and listeners have missed out for years on wonderful songs that never get played.
Great Group, Great song !!!
THIS MUSIC MAKE ME FEEL GROOVY!
after watching the video, I know what an angel will look like when I get to heaven!
This is the kind of 1960s music I want to hear not the same Motown crap.
@GUITARARENA *Thanks so much for this song.* It has *literally* been my favorite song of all time. Not kidding. A local band called 'The Revised Edition' in my hometown in upstate NY used to play it at high school dances.. and I just loved it but had never heard of 'The Sundowners'. This was back about 1971-72. So I went to the nearest record store called 'The Record Rack' in Glens Falls, NY about 15 miles away and asked the helpful man in the store.. did they have an album by Captain Nemo and the Sundowners? (I thought for sure I'd stumped him!) He smiled wryly. Turns out I was talking to Eddie Placidi!! I ended up taking bass lessons from him. Always You. *Still the best song of all time.*
Great song!
I love the song its great
Hey...thanks for putting this up...I had never heard of it before and I thought I had heard of everything that came out in the 60's-70's...we had it made in our era...music then was so so much better than it is today...!
I've never heard this song before. This is a really fun song to listen too. This group does sound similar to groups like The Association and other 60's groups. I like the video presentation too, thanks for posting this. Here is another group I'd like to find out more about.
I´m build in 1966...thank God, our engines are still running and ready for take off...!
Davey Jones died today and I remember this band, The Sundowners, as a back up band to the Monkeys. I saw the Sundowners several times at a club called Gold Street which was located in Garden Grove, CA. and they were amazing. Davey Jones RIP.
Sweet, soft, and innocent as this song makes Jenni sound...she sells it, XXX.
+rainbowranddy great song and besides a beautyful body she has one of the prettyest faces i ever saw(":
Can you please tell me her full name and any other details? ❤️❤️
thank god for this song and whoever that cute girl is in the video.
+dusty gibbons i like to obsess over beauty every now and then but she is a looker aint she?(":
It's girls like Jenni that made me want to become a songwriter.
I first heard this song in the C-fun station in 1967 - Vancouver BC. The DJ was a friend of a friend. He was so handsome. Remember both fondly. Blades of Grass version was best.
1:13 is still an incredible and fitting photo. This whole video is an incredible body of work.
Mmm good tune. I don't remember it in NYC back in '67 though. Wish I did.
Not surprising you didn't remember this tune; that year was one of the greatest in pop music history, so it was buried under the Beatles, Stones, Doors, 5th dimension, Motown, etc. etc.
True that. Don't forget the Rascals, Monkees, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. It goes on and on. What a year!
Oct. 2019 still traveling from one Cosmo to another!
I'm just a 'youngin' here at 44 years old, and have never heard of this song until today (yet the Beatles, Stones and 70s rock are my all-time favorite), but what a great song this is...And the woman in this clip is beyond stunning. 'Halo101st', was that you?
They kind of remind me of The Association.
GARY: You got that right! Sounds SO MUCH like the legendary Association!
Very much so!!
pure a sincere a song..ACE....privileged 2019 and forever more
Never heard this one before. Thank you for the education.
excellent track
oh this song made my day beautifull song and video thnx for posting thumbs up
Jenni Gregg is a beautiful women and great song.
ayyy...Dominick ...this is Tim McGovern...I played drums with you guys for two weeks right about the time y'all broke up, i want to say late '69...I remember you had a manager who kept a penny tucked under his upper lip...we used to watch you guys in awe a few years before that...amazing vocals n guitar work that I remember well...anyway, you're in my Drum resumé