Great tribute to Eric, Michael! I thought I had sufficiently scoured the web for actual live footage of The Raspberries, and especially "Go All the Way," but had repeatedly come up short! Thanks for this clip! Most of what I was finding was live footage, but the studio recording superimposed over! It was fun seeing that it was Eric doing that quick guitar glissando (aka "fret dart," as I guess it could be called) at various points!
I was on The 'Berries from the get-go (I was 17, and a high-school junior in '72 when "Go All the Way" dropped), and only wish I could've seen them live. Your description of hearing "Overnight Sensation" was classic! Eric was such a rarity: Original creator/songwriter, while being fully aware of rock history, his place in it, and still being able to create original songs that evoked, but stopped just short of parody or self-consciousness (lest they become Sha-na-na)!!
We've got to share radio horror stories (are there any other kind?!?😉) sometime, Michael! I just subscribed, and I'd heartily encourage my FR&B subscribers to follow suit!
Great tribute to Eric, Michael! I thought I had sufficiently scoured the web for actual live footage of The Raspberries, and especially "Go All the Way," but had repeatedly come up short! Thanks for this clip! Most of what I was finding was live footage, but the studio recording superimposed over! It was fun seeing that it was Eric doing that quick guitar glissando (aka "fret dart," as I guess it could be called) at various points!
I was on The 'Berries from the get-go (I was 17, and a high-school junior in '72 when "Go All the Way" dropped), and only wish I could've seen them live. Your description of hearing "Overnight Sensation" was classic! Eric was such a rarity: Original creator/songwriter, while being fully aware of rock history, his place in it, and still being able to create original songs that evoked, but stopped just short of parody or self-consciousness (lest they become Sha-na-na)!!
We've got to share radio horror stories (are there any other kind?!?😉) sometime, Michael! I just subscribed, and I'd heartily encourage my FR&B subscribers to follow suit!
Thanks for the kind words!
Yes, agreed - radio stories I have plenty of, and most of them are of the horror variety. We are definitely not alone on that front.
Looking forward to digging into FR&B - looks great on first glance!