Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[uwe]

That Springtime clip is just so lovely and lot more venomous than the later remake. Sheer brilliance. Love it.

Back to ze sübjekt, meine Herren, he is still the man on the TBird:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK_OfVhQa4M&feature=youtu.be

[TBird1958]

I'm never shy about liking The Crue!

Check out Nikki's Sparkly Red 'Bird (Painted by Marty Bell) and the flamethrower?! ( I know WTF!) equipped Mk.II 'Bird - Looks pretty beat up! Plus a pretty cool bit with a fan's 8 y.o. daughter!

[Stjofön Big]

This one been around yet?

[gearHed289]

Cool! Nice Rics too.

[uwe]

Audio signal distorted, video signal blurry, but then there aren't a lot of vids around with Craig Gruber of Elf and his white Non-Rev (immortalized on that inner sleeve of the Rainbow debut). You can tell how tiny he was, the bass looks huge on him!

[Highlander]

What I find fascinating about this one is that (minus the guitarist) this band recorded one of the truly great rock albums of all time...

[uwe]

Well, they were an experienced, played-in unit from years of hard gigging (not least as Purple's often enough opening act on endless US tours, by the look of it, that vid is also from a Purple gig) and just replaced their guitarist (Steve Edwards was a nice guy, said Craig Gruber in an interview, but he never had any ideas unlike his Elf-predecessor Rod Feinstein and was generally a "less is more" Clapton-acolyte).

I always found that Rainbow's debut sounded more organic and grooving than the overrated, and even harshly-teutonic in its merciless beat, Rising 2nd album. The only thing better on the 2nd album was Carey's synth playing, mainly because his predecessor Mickey Lee Soule considered himself foremost a piano (and he was excellent in that) and not an organ, much less a synth player. However that is exactly what Blackmore wanted as that was what he had gotten from Jon Lord (who never played much piano within Purple) all these years and obviously wanted to retain. Blackmore doesn't mind a little piano, but let's not get carried away.

The Elf albums Carolina County Ball and Trying to Burn the Sun were excellent and are in dire need of a worthy remastered reissue (their debut wasn't bad, but still a little raw and formative). I loved the way Mickey Lee Soule's ivories and Gruber's bass playing embellished the songs and Trying to Burn the Sun did of course feature the great Mark Nauseef on added percussion. Hah, as I type this, my random CD function on the office hifi plays the IGB's Scarabus with Nauseef's formidable drumming!!!

[Highlander]

I've still to replace my vinyl for them, and my Planet P Carey material - Why Me is still cemented into my psyche...

[uwe]

"Why me" ruled the airwaives and the discos one summer long in Germany.

[gweimer]

That Springtime clip is just so lovely and lot more venomous than the later remake. Sheer brilliance. Love it.

Back to ze sübjekt, meine Herren, he is still the man on the TBird:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK_OfVhQa4M&feature=youtu.be

I can tell you that my Embassy through my Ashdown is just a rich and wondrous sound.

[uwe]

I played the Ashdown JAE pre-amp for years, no complaints whatsoever.

[Highlander]

Still running my Ashdown with no complaints (Hiwatt has bit the dust at present )

[Nocturnal]

Saw Drivin' & Cryin' way back when and the bassist used a black TBird. They put on a good show.

[nofi]

ah, atlanta's perennial almost made it band. they are still around.

[Basvarken]

Pete Way sporting a Bicentennial Tbird and Paul Chapman with a non reverse Firebird
(none of them are plugged in...    )