The "almost" official blog for everything Todd Rundgren Related........................................................................................................................................................................... Please visit the sister facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ma4utopia?ref=hl
Saturday, October 27, 2012
OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1977 Bearsville Picnic
Todd at the 44 min mark
AWESOME VIDEO TOUR OF BEARSVILLE'S ANNUAL PICNIC IN BEARSVILLE NEW YORK. PICNIC IS HELD AT THE BEARSVILLE THEATER, PERFORMANCES ARE AT THE STUDIO AND POSSIBLY OUTSIDE ON THE STUDIO GROUNDS. iNTERVIEWS WITH BEARSVILLE OWNER ALBERT GROSSMAN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, MICK RONSON PAUL BUTTERFIELD(SEEMS ANNOYED) JESSE WINCHESTER, TONY WILSON AND TODD RUNDGREN, PERFORMANCES BY FOGHAT, JESSE WINCHESTER, PAUL BUTTERFIELD, CORKY LAING, ELIZABETH BARRACLOUGH, TONY WILSON AND UTOPIA.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
What a great surprise to see. This is not as dramatic as an original performance due to over lighting for filming.For example the Dragon & Roger's Laser shots are not well represented.Photoshop those back in
One has to wonder if more is in the srchives of Whistle Test ? Was Willie's vocal cut for time constraints ? Could Full song run be re-assembled from un-used footage ? That would sell to the faithful.From: Circle-H To:H-Bomb
Wow, how great to be able to see Utopia perform that much from RA? I saw this show many years ago in Chicago, but not this close up. Many thanks to whoever posted this.
I saw this show in chicago. Wow what a trip. To not know that behind the cutrtain was a massive set while they were playing in jeans and t-shirts. When the curtain raised I was blown away. It was a great show. Turned me into a Todd fan for better or worse. Now it is all better. Roger Powell was the man! WILLIE was precise. Todd was talking through his chrome banjo. Kasim was damn young and laid down the bass. To bad the music public wanted pablum versus that radical crap. Ra is still a great recording. I would love to hear live version of the rape of the young. And it was all played live. Todd and band totally underrated at the time. Time will redeem this band. We
Post a Comment