Ep 52 - The Midnight Special | January 25, 1974

Hosted by the Steve Miller Band with special guest appearance by Brownsville Station, Tim Buckley, James Cotton Band, Genesis, James Gang, and Wolfman Jack.

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:13 - Steve Miller Band - The Joker
00:05:09 - James Gang - It Must Be Love
00:09:52 - Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room
00:14:09 - James Cotton Band - Rocket 88
00:17:33 - Tim Buckley - Dolphins
00:21:02 - Steve Miller Band - Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
00:27:38 - Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
00:35:20 - James Cotton Band - Big Boss Man (with Steve Miller)
00:38:50 - Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
00:47:03 - Genesis - The Musical Box
00:55:22 - Tim Buckley – Honey Man
01:00:42 - Steve Miller Band - Sugar Babe

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[jonncockrell]

A different time and place. A different world. The 1970s . If you weren't there you don't know. But if you were there you wonder where did all the music go? There is nothing going on like this today. We have lost something that can never be replaced. But we have Midnight Special to remind us! Thanx to all responsible persons!

[leokimvideo]

Honestly, Steve Miller is a musical genius. He flew slightly under the radar and could do any style of music. I loved his later early 80's material. The song Keeps Me Wondering Why is one of the best rock / pop songs ever written.

[dynjarren]

We used to have bands! Playing original types of rock n roll. We didn’t know how good we had it!

[Zoro]

I was so lucky to have lived my youth in the 70's the most fantastic I miss those days and my long lost

[rebeccawagner]

This brings me straight back to my teenage years. I loved to watch the Midnight Special every Saturday night. I lived for watching my good old rock and roll. The Midnight Special had the best of rock and roll on their show. It was when we had great music 🎶 🎵 and good times.

[wtaylorg]

Steve Miller is so good. His mastery of the blues and then using parts of those riffs in his songs. It’s amazing.

[FrankieTheDog-psik]

Dang...Genesis, Steve Miller, Tim Buckley, and Brownsville Station...This one should totally rock. What a lineup.

[mrhalfstep]

Too bad kids today don't have anything like this on TV today to get them excited about music like we did back then. Better times, I say.

[westrokker]

You just never see this raw talent anymore, let alone a live show!

[johnsmithsonpercussion]

I never missed The Midnight Special during its original run, and I watch it every week now. Thank you so much for making these available to us. It's truly a high point of the week.

[wtaylorg]

Steve Miller is a phenomenal guitarist. Great sense of melody. People don’t talk about how really good he is.

[SoawNyce]

Great Episode. Amazing YT. At 8 yrs old I would stay up and watch these being too young to really to know how iconic these concerts would seem, now. So happy to watch them in my older age. Steve Miller is still, one of the all time great American rock Gods.

[impalaman]

Any TV program in America in the early 70s that can showcase the talents of Genesis, the James Gang and Brownsville Station is on the "cutting edge of cool" in Western pop culture in my book, and the Midnight Special was just that---also with the coolest rock host in the world, Wolfman Jack, bringing them all in!

[lorenzomm]

This is the best line up ever on the
Midnite Special. The year I graduated from High School. 1974. Every thing about
The early Seventies culminated to a
fantastic year to be young and all be.
1974. Steve Miller wrote some great tunes
In these days.

[shyman]

A couple years before "Fly Like An Eagle" was released and became a staple on radio. Here we have an early rendition as Miller continued to refine and perfect it until he was ready to unveil the iconic version in 1976.

[MikeGervasi]

Genesis classic lineup doing a full version of Watcher of the Skies and Musical Box? Priceless. The audience weren't ready for that.

[t.seank.]

Damn, James Cottons drummer is killing that Shuffle on Rocket 88. That guy is definitely a Jazz drummer, he’s left hand is blazing on that shuffle beat.

[mitchie]

Buckley, one of the best ever voices.

[IronForged]

I remember watching this live when it first aired when I was 8. Our babysitter was excited to see Steve Miller and allowed us to stay up to watch the show. Seeing Genesis amazed me at that age and I have been a fan since.

[BarbMo]

Thank you to the channel for allowing those who didn't live at that time to experience a little how magical it must have been to turn on the television and come across these artists. This episode in particular moved me with Tim Buckley singing Dolphins, one of the most beautiful songs in his voice!