The Beans 1969 (Pre Tubes) Bill Spooner, Vince Welnick, Bob McIntosh, Rick Anderson live in AZ
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2021
- From the Vince Welnick site by Sharon Porter:
. . .The original Beans were the coolest group of guys this 14
year old had EVER seen!.. We went to see a friend play
in the recreation room of a Methodist church in August of '69. They called the rec-room the"Eccelesia." (The church had bands play there on weekends to raise money.)
"Beans" were the other band. (They went by another name that night... they
hadn't decided on the name Beans yet... that came shortly after... inspired
by "Beans were here" written on the wall of a rest stop bathroom).. Bill
Spooner,lead guitar/ vocals, was obviously the man in charge. He had a
beyond shoulder length brown ponytail, beard & mustache... Vince Welnick,
Keyboards, very thin build with (lots of) shoulder lenghth red curly hair,
beard & moustache. He struck me as refreshingly brave, wearing pink pants
and walking with a white cane, which he didn't appear to need... Rick
Anderson, bass, long brown hair past the middle of his back, beard &
moustache... and last, but by no means least, Bob MacIntosh (Golder Boy), drums, blonde,
past shoulder length hair, beard & moustache.
Our freind Bob's band opened. Beans came on second. It was love at first
sight! Beans jammed & played (kick-ass) rock like no band I had ever heard!
We never looked back!! They quickly became the "Grateful Dead" of Phoenix,
with many loyal followers. We were there for every show for one year. They
did their regular music for most shows... and then they started doing little
"specialty .. theme shows." Their "farewell to Phoenix" was a 50's
spectacular extraveganza, featuring (themselves in character as) "Philly Dog
& The Pontiacs." Then they packed the "truck" they mention in "I Was a
Punk Before You" and moved off to the Coast, where they met up with, and
merged with Prairie and Roger (who were from another former Phoenix band...
Red White & Blues). They started writing songs together ... like "Wonder
Bread" and went for a tour of Mexico (where they developed their version of
Maleguena Saleosa as heard on the first Tubes LP.) They returned to
Phoenix as "Complete Beans" for a week in 1971. Fee was one of their roadies
at the time. (We were there every night.) Then New Years 1972, they
returned as "The Radar Men from Uranus" and did a really off the wall space
rock opera called "Hot Dog" in which their "God" was an Oscar Meyer wiener.
... From there we need a San Francisco historian to pick up the ball. They
didn't come back to Phoenix until 1976. (We had to go to Tucson to see the
show that went with the first album.) Then, the "Young & Rich" tour was
their "official" return to Phoenix......It was the biggest extravaganza I
have ever witnessed on any stage anywhere (even to this day)!
The Beans
Phoenix, AZ
December 31, 1969
01 Unknown Song Title
02 Heartbreak Hotel
03 Willy’s Lament
04 Protest Song
05 Precious Secret
06 Reputation
Eventually, The Beans merged with the “Red White and Blues Band” which consisted of:
Prairie Prince Drums
Roger Steen Guitar
David Killingsworth Bass and Vocals
Fee Waybill Roadie
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Saw them many times back in the day. Including the Hot Dog NY show. Even crashed a night at their house once when I lived on the streets. They were my favorite live band in those days. Broke my heart when they left Phoenix. I wish there were some bootleg live cds.
really awesome music! - i knew the Beans (later the Tubes) manager John Speer, who was also the first drummer with vince furnier's bands, until 1967, when vince became Alice Cooper, with neal smith on drums - as folks know, vince welnick would later become the Grateful Dead's keyboard player in Fall 1990 until Jerry died in 1995 - thanks for posting
Oh those years in Phoenix! Then San Francisco. What great memories and MUSIC. ❤
Cool gator and spooner
Phoenix Finest!!
this is fabulous! And historically significant that Jimi Hendrix was performing what would become the Band Of Gypsies record at the Fill more East that night.
Thank you so much for sharing. Love hearing my brother play. And not to be picky and I'm guessing the other way is more common with an a, but it's actually McIntosh.
Back then Phoenix bands would occasionally show up on “the Wallace and ladmo show” I know the spiders (Alice Cooper) were on there a lot ,I wonder if the beans ever made an appearance?
¡Muchas gracias! Me encantan los Tubes, siempre quise escuchar a los Beans...Ya eran muy buenos, por lo que se puede escuchar aquí.
I was at almost every show, and especially the HOT DOG NY Eve
Fee, the best singing roadie ever!
Bill Spooner's singing , not Fee.
Rip Gator
Awesome
Thank You for sharing this. This is great.
The first song is Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan)
Rick Anderson with long hair..omg.lol
Yeah, he looks kinda fierce.
I remember seeing The Beans on KAET-TV, channel 8, playing several songs, maybe a whole show of 30 or 60 minutes, around this time. Is there any chance that show survived?
This is great late 1960s rock man ! I assume Sputnik was the only guitarist in this lineup . Is that true ? please any and all replies !
Yes
Anyone know if live recordings are available? My fave live band back in the day!
This is the only one on CZcams, enjoy.
Thanks. Sure wish there were more.