DONNIE IRIS & THE CRUISERS: AH LEAH! Live 1981
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- Donnie Iris & The Cruisers: Ah Leah!
Live In Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 1981
Donnie Iris: Lead Vocals
Marty Lee: Guitar
Mark Avsec: Keyboards
Albritton McClain: Bass Guitar
Kevin Valentine: Drums & Percussion - Hudba
I am just an old-school soundman. Been in the business for over 35 years. Shows like this were done with analog equipment and tube amplifiers. That is why so many of older live music fans will never forget Bonn Scott singing and Angus killing chords, Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, Blue Oyster Cult and tons of others like Donnie Iris, Rush, and Cheap Trick. The feedback of mics and big monitors made the shows. They melted together on stage and we melted with them. Great times.
So right, when I think of some of the best live performances Donny Iris is one that comes to mind, although this video performance sounds about a quarter speed too fast, I seen them on a monsters of rock tour in 1989
Good point
This is why digital music sucks. Music ended in 2000 or so.
@@bobgomez9481 I don't know about it sucking....tremendously changing I will give you!
I saw every one of those bands before I was 18 in Tulsa between 1976 and 1980! And I have the hearing to prove it. Those were the days!
My mother named me "Leah" after this song. She said she was at the car wash and this song came on and she knew immediately this was going to be the name of her daughter if she were to have one. Needless to say, she popped me out. I'm am very happy and proud to be named after a Donnie Iris song!!!!
I love it, love it, love it!!!
What a great name to be called after such a great song! I named my daughter Paige, after Jimmy Page! It all comes down to rock n roll. GOD Bless You!
That's about as weird a story as I ever heard. Naming your kid after a song you heard while in a car wash.
We have an Aliyah
Priceless
When people ask how to pronounce my name, I start singing Ahh Leah!
YES!!! 😎🖤💛🤘
That is so sweet. Fab.
It’s been a long long time
My Doctor was named after this song!
Awesome
I get so depressed for rock n' roll when I listen to today's music. Thank God for these videos.
Anyone who can stand up in a tweety-pie yellow suit and pull off this rock song gets my thumbs up. Quality performance.
lol
The entrance and the arm gestures were perfect along with the primal screams down on his knees in the floor and the outstretched arms!
Dudes bad ass
What's next, some dude in a schoolboy uniform? ;)
This song Still Rocks in October 2019! This IS Real Live Music! 80's Forever!!
Donnie Iris outdone himself here in this live setting, it's one great song that's stood the test of time, and we listen to this song everyday, Thank You Donnie for this great memory!!!
Right on Pittsburgh Pa man as I am grew up with this still love it
This is a masterpiece imo🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just saw Donnie at his 80th birthday bash Saturday night! Still Rocking after all these years.
Never disappoints at any of his shows!
The thing I love most about this performance is Donnie Iris himself. Look how much he's loving doing this song.
He's very vibrant here, and not just the suit, either! To catch that bowtie in he crowd.
Donnie and the boys are still around. They gig regularly around Pittsburgh and the Great Lakes area. They can still rock!
Blooze RockJunky Where around Pittsburgh❓. I'd love to see and hear them again😊♥️😊♥️😊
They are now Warming up for STYX!!!
@@janeelliott2779 going to see them in Greensburg at the Palace next month!
Just saw them last night at the Palace in Greensburg. 79 and still rocking! Awesome.
over 10 years since ....now, after Covid shutdown too.... I'd like to see him team up with Tubes' Fee Waybill since they seem very similar
Pure awesome, anyone else miss our wonderful past?
all the time Robert
everyday. everyday, my friend. my youth...
Indeed
Music today sucks.......
Robert Hanson everyday my friend 💙
I'll be playing with him tonight, and he can STILL hit those high notes at almost 70!! He's a super nice guy, too!
This tune is definitely on the soundtrack of my teen years. I was 14 when it came out, living what I now realize were the some of the best times of my life.
Great performance of a timeless classic.
We are the same age and yes those were great years!!
Killer backup singing!! So nice to see it just like the record!
This song is standing the test of time. Still love it now as much as when it came out ♥️
That tone that guitarist has an unreal tone, that Les Paul was screaming. And that 3 part harmony, what a talented band.
yeah and he gets no credit on the video. Marty the caveman was not the lead player.
Everybody in that band played their hearts out. Don't see that stuff anymore
From my town
Not missed but there's a fourth harmony part that was absent, it's lower pitched and has an arpeggio (ramp) to it.
I've loved this song ever since it came out.
This song and their dress code launched Miami Vice and never got recognition.
I first purchased it on a 45 single now that being said I’m stating my age as prehistoric
This song is the most underrated rock song of all-time!! I'm going to request this on my classic rock station in Charleston S.C.
As a girl named Leah. I have to say, this song it great ;)
Leah Marie yeah...
Aaaah! Leia! When’s it ever gonna end?
Our Love we can’t pretend!
Leah Marie ahhh, Leah!
Your beautiful leah!!!
What a classic from my younger days. Always cranked this one up.
Me too. My neighbors always heard it too.
@@ohioguy215Soooo original. 😐
@lemurianchick
Well leperchick ... it's true. We have neighborhood parties and play loud music. Try not to be such a glum wallflower ... no one will ask you to dance.
Hey Brother,,, I am 70 yrs old and I still crank up my record player and Donnie Iris is still a household word,,,Ahh Leah's is my favorite,,44 years later and us old rockers deserve to keep rockin
One of the coolest rock video ever recorded....👍
This dude just turned 75 fucking years old in February. He is still performing and still kicking ass.
When I listen to this song, all my neighbors are too.
Original.
They are right now! 🤣🤣
I have become convinced that Donnie Iris was one of the best singers in his day (although he still throws down at nearly 70), and this line-up of the Cruisers was one of the best touring bands to ever grace the stage. I wish we could rewind the clock and give them the success they deserved.
One of the greatest tunes,,,,,,HANDS DOWN. 🍺🎻🎸🎺🎷🎵🎶
The minute I discovered this song I knew I had to find a live version too, and this did not disappoint. I had chills in the middle, his voice is absolutely incredible. I wish more people knew about him.
radio in Minnesota played him so I for one, knew
Hell yeah👍👍🥰🥰
He's an absolute legend here in Pittsburgh!
At age 58, they did this song live in 2002. Check it out on CZcams.
This is 1 of the 1st MTV Saturday Night Concerts
this song, more than any other, represents the 1980s for me.
Donnie...you are the man!!
Band and song are on fire 🔥
Goosebumps
Any thumbs down for this is pure disrespect. This is KILLER live music!
Yes folks, this is LIVE,
What an amazing concert this must have been..
It was!!
Yes, it was.
I saw them in Akron last night and they still rocked the house with Donnie, Mark, Kevin and the rest of the band . King Cool is gonna be 80 soon and can still hit those high notes. Great show for sure...
Saw them at the Canton Civic Center years ago. Kevin on percussion blew me away and Donnie with his range. The contribution of the rest of the band made it sound like straight outta the studio.
Donnie: Making Leah the best name in rock since 1980.
I have always loved this song. Reminds me of a guy in college. I can put this one on repeat and play over and over.
2024 and Donnie Iris still rocking us!!!
This sounds exactly like the studio recording, man they're tight. Great performance.
Complete with microphone feedback- That’s how you know that’s real singing, not lip-synching!! 👍🏻👍🏻
The backing vocals are absolutely amazing live. Not a missed note by anyone.
Ah! Leah! I like singers who dance and prance and rock around the stage. Donnie Iris! This is one of best songs ever, it really is.
Ah Leah!
Ah 1981!
Thanks for tune.
Saw Donnie Iris and his band twice in the early 1980s, and both times they absolutely rocked. He used to wear this long dinner jacket with tails, and always left every bit of energy on stage. Gotta love performers who give it their all each time they perform.
He hit it out of the park with this song.
A classic for the ages, and those PIERCING ULTRA HIGH SCREAMS....?! TRULY EPIC! Well done to Donnie & The Cruisers!
Donnie and the Cruisers thank you for such a good tune I will be listening to it till I die!
0:19 really cool how the audiences explodes when they recognize the guitar chords.
Back when being your individual self was encouraged and celebrated. Oh how I miss those days
Good point!
I spoke with the sound engineer Paul for the recording of "Ah, Leah". He said that the layers of vocals during the interlude after the second refrain was all done by Donnie on multitrack, which was mostly ab libbed and spur of the moment produced. He said there was a feeling of excitement in the room when they played back the final produced song, and everybody knew it was a hit record!
This is a great song and sounds better live
The comments alone are worth the price of admission... :)
Donnie Iris still rocking!!!!!!
Dudes are rocking. Donnie is one of a kind. The whole band is great.
Donnie Iris for prez!!!! Remember the dayz all loaded up and heading out on saturday night? mannnnnn I wannna go back!!!!!!!!
What a Bitchen Voice! And he still has it in his 70's!
One of my all time favs...
The keyboard player is Mark Avsec. He still knows how to rock, but he's been one of the top entertainment lawyers in the music business for several years now!
Many years ago, when I started doing studio session work in LA, I had the pleasure of meeting Donnie Iris and two Cruisers members, Mark Avsec and Kevin Valentine. I was a relative newbie and they were seasoned veterans. Very kind and gracious and gave me a lot of support.........and a few pointers about the professional music biz.
Seen Donnie with Pat Benatar, Eddie Money, Lover boy and American Grease at the Super Bowl of Rock and Roll, Dover, Ohio. It was like 80 or 81. Great concert. Good times!
this song kicks ass still love this song after all these years
Timeless and as it gets older it gets better
Still here with you, Donnie, September 2022 and digging you as always. A spectacular song and performance for the ages. Thank you and God bless you. BTW, you have a beautiful body...lol...
I just can' t enough of this song!
boy, this takes me back.......
Awesome!!
One of the tightest band of the 80's--kicking butt and taking names.
38 gave this a thumbs down, SERIOUSLY?? What's not to love about this. Just great rock and roll here people. This IS music, not the bullshit radio gives us now. Imagine, guitar players that can ACTUALLY PLAY! THERE IS NO TALENT out there anymore. It's sad. You still sound great today Donnie! Oh and for all you people saying 1 hit wonder, he had 2 big hits! Love Is Like A Rock, Ah Leah. Do your homework before you post here!
mrlionel1965 you got that right !
The 38 who voted this tune down think today's so called music is great.
Remember MTV one hit wonders?
Today wouldn't be airing anything no hit wonders.
When ever radio has listener call ins for greatest guitarists, drummer,vocals and so on., everyone is of the classic rock era, they used the blues for influence other guitarists as role model. Now with all the greats no matter if on list or m as they made their mark in music.
So then why do today's so called bands suck? Only four in my opinion make the grade, if I even that many.
Our local radio station plays new rock has changed adding Zeppelin, Hendrix Van Halen Floyd and other greats
You forgot one! He had 3 hit songs! Ah Leah, Love is Like a Rock and Do you Compute! I can't believe that no one called out Do you Compute? He recorded this album right down the street from where i lived. It is still there. It was an old, quite large house. Possibly it could be called an old Mansion in the town of New Brighton Pennsylvania. He still lives in the next town up from New Brighton. He kept it local!
That one I don’t remember. I will have to go look that one up. I have the CDs here. I only remember those two on the radio.
What a show to be at or even better, to be on stage playing! This is pure gold! The sound, the musicianship and the flat out good time they're having! 80s music at its best!
1981 - rollerskating - I ****OWNED**** the rink when this one played! LOL
still do lol
I KNOW THAT FEELING. Awesome!
Hell to the YEAH! I remember the speed kicking up when this song came on,,, or Joan Jett..... it wasnt safe in the rink
Hell yeah!
I grew up in this era!!! The 80's are the best!!!!!
Donnie used to play all over the place but not much these days. He's based in Pittsburgh. I used to live in Youngstown, OH and he played there A LOT over the years.
Heard this song when it came out and loved it. Didn't know who it was and didn't hear it again for 34 years.
I love this song 🎵🎶🎵🎶♦️
What an overlooked brilliant song. Nailing these vocals live is extra KUDOS!
Im from las vegas and first time i heard these dudes was when i was visiting my sister in a little town in ohio called warren.
All other Rockers should have took notice of Donnie, he sure knows how to engage with his fans, this guy is great 🎸👍✊✌
I really wish I could tell him how much I love both this song and its stage performance!!!!!
I want to go back
Let's find a time machine Bart
Bart Simpson me too !
Sort of, to know soon musical ability like this will soon fade. Then listen to today's barely musical acts.
Bart Simpson me too!!!
Soo 80s, I love this song so much! Thank you!
Wonderfully entertaining version of Ah Leah. Word on the street has it that, on the original studio version, Donnie did ALL the parts. Think about that.
Donnie Iris he so good! He sing great songs!! I love him!!
An authentic performance by a band that doesn't seem self-conscious or concerned about preening for the cameras. How refreshing. Damn, I miss the 80s!
Opened for MSB in Ashtabula, Ohio at the old Sheas Theatre in 1980. Hard to believe two great bands in our little town together for one night. Northeast Ohio knew how to rock.
WOW!!! this song takes me back,great make out tune for my camaro, Ah Leah...
For Donnie to sing like he is here, the vocal range of at the time been mid 60s and that teen age energy.
I managed bands not one could touch Donnie's ability ev n the 17 year act they just stood on stage like country singers.
This was shot at Blossom Music Center in 1981. I used to love to go to concerts there!
104.7 wtue in Dayton, OH still rocks this from time to time. Still rocks 30 years later, and will rock in 30 more! a classic.
So happy I grew up in this time period.
He pours every ounce of his being into this song. Amazing showmanship. 👍🏻🥁🥁🥁
One of my favorite songs of the 80ties!!! Heard it on the radio today and had to go back and watch this. What good memories in So Cal in the 80ties!
Lesson: Never judge a book by its cover!!
Still own this album circa 1980 on the cover he’s wearing this yellow suit,,,,,song still kicks it 2022!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
YES! A great American classic! Even better LIVE!
killer harmonies. rock bands cant sing like this anymore.
What, it's illegal now!?
LOL good one!! Illegal...LOL you're killing me!!! No, it's that no one sings like this anymore.....ILLEGAL you say...LOL you're HILARIOUS!!!!
Killer song man. My band's going to do it.
Buzby J
Listen... I'm 61 now, back then...we drove from Latrobe Pa. to some town in in Ohio, it had a weird name... something "falls"...he kicked it, left nothing in his tank! Ya, most of those dudes on stage where hammered...but that didn't stop them from throwing down!!! Wish all could have been there, dam, it was so fucking sweet...
Newton Falls or Nelson Ledges maybe?
Cuyahoga falls next to Cleveland?
Ludlow falls?
I dont think he can recall😂😂
I know all those places though
Blossom music center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohii
He is the most awsome screamer. To this day can scream just like he did in those days, at the age of 79 today.
How King Cool is that!😎
pure teenage passionate fun. Takes me back 40 freaking years
AH LEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Donnie nailed it!
I love this song. It still rocks after all these years. It was fun seeing Donnie and his band in concert. He was like the energizer bunny. LOL!
dude was having a ball for sure. living the dream for a min....on top of the world....good show here. and the guitar was on fire in this song as well
Im in my late 50’s , I heard these tunes years ago on WPLJ before I moved out of the area, and great to put a face, entire band and band name to songs I didn’t even know who they were by. Really good stuff! By the time we got cable in spring 82 and i watched MTV for a year, I had had it with the garbage by mid 83 and started listening to 60’s and 70’s again and quit watching or listening to the new shit music. This is good stuff!
Holy sh*t!!!! I usually hate watching live clips of old songs I use to love but this band f***ing RIPPED IT UP! Solid band!!! Tight backing vocals from that keyboardist!!!! Solid bassist that synced it up with the drummer! And Donnie nailed it. They don't make bands like this anymore and if they do they're not allowed into the mainstream.
This and "Love is like a Rock "are 2 of the best songs ever recorded. Great energy and the band loves to play.
Can you imagine being there ....... what an amazing live performance!
Although I'm named after Roy Orbison's song Leah, I love this song too. Donnie is amazing.
oh, man I sure miss the 80's...
The sound quality is amazing. Incredible mix.
Just saw a vid of a 77 year old Donnie sing this on his birthday. Those pipes are timeless
I just watched that. It is unbelievable. How at 77?
Luv that era, times where awesome!!!
Just a great rock song for all ages!!