That was fun to watch. A guy over to the side in the audience seems more interested in gnawing on his girlfriend.  

51 years ago. Where did the time go!!?

I think that is a Les Paul Junior. Always liked the tone of those little guitars.

That was fun to watch. A guy over to the side in the audience seems more interested in gnawing on his girlfriend.  

51 years ago. Where did the time go!!?

I think that is a Les Paul Junior. Always liked the tone of those little guitars.

Great version of a great tune

thanks  for posting 

Great song. Love both the vocal and guitar work.  Remember seeing this Cincinnati show when it was first televised. As I recall, Traffic also performed.  Think they did a nice version of Empty Pages.  Doesn't look like it is available on YouTube.

Invisible keyboardist, Steve Knight?  The guy nobody talks about!  Great song written by Jack Bruce:

Was just going to inquire about where that baseball stadium was, dzobo🤙 - so that must be Crosley Field do we know?
a kind person years ago here on the boards sent me this, on VHS & included the Dream Sequence from this show
Along w/other Mountain clips
& a treat beyond compare, the 1972 Captain Beyond footage from Montreaux - yes precious is the word
Could go on & on - Mountain’s 20 min improvs of NSride & SMndy from The Road Goes Ever On & Atlanta Pop
Anyone familiar w/Live n Kicking, WB&Laing’s live one
Leslie went big in all that he did - RIP, sir
🤙Thanks for posting that robslob

@rusty:  Thank you for posting Jack Bruce at the piano doing this tune which as you mentioned, he wrote.  Damn, I never knew Bruce was such an accomplished pianist!!  And yeah, as you mentioned, Steve Knight never gets ANY mention when the subject of Mountain comes up.  I just saw a 15 minute interview with Corky Laing in which says Pappalardi was the one who recruited Knight into the band, they were in a band together before Mountain.  Now when Felix Pappalardi pulls you into his new band, that says a LOT about your musicianship............

@stephen  I actually loved West, Bruce and Laing - and "Live and Kickin'".  I remember they took their own tune, "Love is Worth the Blues" and substituted the 'Stones lyrics of "Play With Fire".  I still don't know why.

Yeah - there’s Powerhouse Sod too, which I guess has a bass solo by Jack - have never heard a note of Live n Kicking - Why Dontcha floored me - but for whatever reason didn’t hear that same magic on Whatever Turns You On, the followup
REALLY dug that TFAIWstrn w/Jack, I too never knew he was that good a pianist

Was stoked to hear Mountain’s 1985 comeback album that they dedicated to Felix (Steve K wasn’t on it)
Same 3 years later when Theme, Leslie’s & Jack’s live one from 1988, came out
Alas....
However, the exploratory 30 minute workup of NSride that appeared on the 1974 live release Twin Peaks, is good w/cool twists & turns - it’s a Mountain release but w/out Corky or Steve - Corky is the last one now, Steve left us 8 yrs ago, Jan 2013
He was usually an afterthought, esp onstage, where he’d often be drowned out - but I still really like what Steve Knight added to those early Mountain records - never had a solo but blended in great & fleshed out the sound

grand funk was also included in that concert footage from that ohio show.

Very cool - hadn’t heard of a rock festival b4 from 1970 at Crosley Field - if this is Cincinnati, that looks like it’d be the venue - 1970 was also the 1st year the Reds played at their brand new Riverfront Stadium - this isn’t that venue
Flipped thru Nantucket Sleighride, the name of the book Leslie & Corky co-wrote in 2003, to see if any mention of this show - didn’t spot any - yes precious footage indeed

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@rusty:  ...Damn, I never knew Bruce was such an accomplished pianist!!  ...

Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were both accomplished JAZZ musicians.  Clapton was the "star" of the Cream.  THE Cream - Ginger was very emphatic about that when the name of the band was mentioned to him.

These guys were so much better players than anybody else in any of the 1960s rock bands - who usually played songs (some GREAT songs) that usually consisted of three chords and a basic back-beat.  The Cream were so much better and ahead of their time than most fans could grasp.

In the documentary film, "Beware of Mr. Baker" - the drummer from ... Metallica (I think) "credited" Ginger with (the) Cream as having been the founder of "Heavy Metal" - which angered Ginger ("If that were true we should have had an abortion!")

Someone posted a story here a while back where Buddy Rich had challenged Ginger to a "drum-off" and declaring that he would kick his @ss.  Buddy may well have been the superior drummer, but for a guy in a rock band to even be noticed by him speaks volumes of his talents and abilities!  

By all accounts, Jack Bruce was a kind and gentle soul.  I wish that Ginger had been nicer to him in their earlier days.

But, yeah - Jack was a phenomenal player!  

@50split:  Here you go, I didn't even know this existed on youtube until just now.  It's a one hour 15 minute clip and I believe this is the exact same segment that was broadcast on network TV in 1970 ("network" was about all that existed then other than maybe one PBS station).  I was 15 and I still remember watching it.........it's what got me excited about Grand Funk and caused me to go see them the following year, my first concert.  This clip has Grand Funk doing Inside Looking Out, Mountain doing the video I posted here but also a long Dreams of Milk and Honey, Iggy and The Stooges, Alice Cooper and Traffic.  As I said I just now found this, I'm very interested in watching the Iggy and Alice segments.  Very early incarnation of Alice Cooper of course, I remember someone throwing a piece of fruit or something and hitting him right in the face.

@stephen:  You are correct Sir, it was Crosley Field.  Here's a little history.........Bob Seger, Ten Years After and Mott The Hoople also appeared but didn't make the TV broadcast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer_Rock

Stel-Lar robslob - great find - I mean this lineup of bands, unreal - how could I possibly have never heard of this festival b4 - sure looking forward to watching this!!😀🤙

I remember that among bands in the Mountain, Iron Butterfly, Uriah Heep type approach to rock music assuming you agree they are loosely in my sub genre, the most popular and successful was Grand Funk Railroad. I was in New York City most of the summer of 1972 and they were huge. There was one billoard on Broadway promoting Grand Funk Railroad that was about 10 stories high and half a city block long. But it seems Grand Funk Railroad's enormous popularity didn't last long. I never got to see them but I was told back then they were not especially great musicians.  They seem to rock good on the stuff played on the radio.

Loved Grand Funk, saw them in college when they were backed up by Wet Willie.  Think it was during the Shinin' On tour.  I think I still have the yellow vinyl We're an American Band album. Ran into Jimmy Hall in an elevator at GabbaFest one year, and mentioned I had seen that show.  He said that was the most fun they had on tour, and he still talked to Mark Farner and the other members......

@sang  Trivial Pursuit stuff:  Jimmy's sister, Donna was married to Mark Farner for a spell.  I believe they have a son together.  

"But it seems Grand Funk Railroad's enormous popularity didn't last long. I never got to see them but I was told back then they were not especially great musicians."

I'd love to hear someone play guitar who goes around saying that Mark Farner is not a good guitar player.  

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I'd love to hear someone play guitar who goes around saying that Mark Farner is not a good guitar player.  

... I'm not ... gonna ... go there.  Fighting so hard ... resisting the urge ... not ...gonna ... go there.  😉 

Alice Cooper’s set was only Slightly off the wall I’d say - that pie in the face might’ve been for a reason😮 - avante garde stage theatre is one thing, this.....they probly played their songs too

& the Iggster, who else but - cool to see a live STHimself too - JBMDie is such a special record
Great Stuff, Thx Again