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Thanks for watching and also for your comment. I invite you to compare this live performance with any 1976 live performance of this song by any band other than Queen. In fact Queen themselves rarely sung the entire song without tape backup for the operatic part. These 4 guys sing it with no overdubs or technological help of any kind.

Ann was dear to me as well. Several years before her death, she brought me a DVD containing videos someone had shot during a show in Illinois. Since she lacked internet and the time to do it, she asked me to post the videos on RUclips to help her get gigs. Now they serve as a memory of Ann in her prime.

I'm glad you asked, because there's a lot more to this than meets the eye. From 1973-77 I played Wurlitzer Electric Piano in a band called Inner Light, which was booked by Washington Talent Agency. In 1976 their partner Omega Studios purchased a Panasonic High-Band video rig, which was one of the first experimental video tape machines. Everything was self-contained; the rig even came with its own microphones and video cameras. [This was before standards were set, so you could only play the tape on the same model of machine on which it was recorded.] The agency wanted to show prospective customers what their bands looked & sounded like without sending them out to gigs to see them in person. In October 1976 they rented out the Bastille, a night club in suburban Maryland in College Park, near the U. of Md. They had purchased one 1" open reel tape, which was just enough to record their two top bands, which included my band plus "Sixpence." One year later Omega upgraded its video rig and sold the old one. I purchased the tape reel for $25.00, but it took 38 years to find a guy in Burbank CA who identified what it was recorded on and found a machine that could play it, thanks to a happy coincidence. It turns out that one week prior, he had spoken to a colleague in PA who owned probably the last working model of the Panasonic Hi-Band, of which less than 200 were made in 1974. Sixpence and Inner Light were Washington Talen's top bands, and we played regularly. During my 3 1/2 years with Inner Light, we played 362 gigs, and that we while working a full-time day job and raising a family. So we were both prepared to play the songs we had chosen from our repertoire. Since there was only one reel of tape, there were no do-overs or overdubs. Everything was recorded live. Postscript: One month later Inner Light was chosen to play for the Democratic National Committee's Election Night watch at the Statler-Hilton hotel in Washington DC. It was a highlight of my time with the band. You may want to view the video playlist of both bands: Inner Light (The last 2 videos document Election Night 1976 plus a slideshow about the tape saga): ruclips.net/p/PL1O5w_w6TcCbkX_QfkPaSfInL8lYot11h&si=F0eSv6Hg7_JrOHrf Sixpence: ruclips.net/p/PL1O5w_w6TcCZx9kOINA0WKBJGpIvZi-Am If you like live videos of bands performing, subscribe to my channel and start browsing more than 2,500 such videos. ruclips.net/user/ArnieReed

Thanks for your gracious comment! I recorded this in 2010 while playing keys with Two-Bit Eddie. That double-keyboard rig allowed me to play different voices at the same time, but it was a lot to carry around. I hope you will consider subscribing to my channel where I have over 2,500 videos of live band performances awaiting you if you like this kind of thing. ruclips.net/user/ArnieReed

Спасибо! Мне всегда нравилась партия фортепиано в версии Big Joe Turner 1954 года, и теперь я могу ее сыграть. 😀 Если вам нравится слушать живые выступления групп, подпишитесь на мой канал на RUclips и просмотрите тысячи подобных видео.

Sixpence era una banda del área de Washington DC que trabajó para Washington Talent Agency en la década de 1970. Toqué el piano en otra banda de la misma agencia llamada Inner Light.

Thanks for watching! Come see us if you’re in Nashville.

Thanks for watching! Gordon is an excellent songwriter, and I’m proud of the band I put together for him.

The band plays around Nashville several times a month. Come see us live!

Rock on!

Means a lot coming from you! By the way, we are playing back-to-back shows this week: Springwater on Friday Aug 2 from 5-7 and Bobby's Idle Hour the next day from 3 to 5 pm.

@ArnieReed My work schedule on Friday makes it nearly impossible to attend. I may be able to attend on Sat briefly as I have a steady commitment and chores and a possible gig. I will do my best bro!

Thanks 👍I acquired the Alesis QS-8 (lower) not long after moving to Nashville in 1998. I got the Roland VK7 in the spring of 1999 and toured the US with it that year. Played the rig during my Two-Bit Eddie years (2008-14). I now gig around town with a Yamaha MX88, which weighs only 30 lbs.

On this song I get to play both Ike’s piano parts and Jackie Brenston’s sax parts. I like being busy!

The mics were part of the Panasonic video rig. Back then video formats changed with each make and model. All the components including the video cameras, came together in one package. Because Panasonic made only a hundred or so of these machines, it took me 38 years to find someone who could transfer this material to digital so we can enjoy it.

No doubt about it! And this was the perfect venue, open air with plenty of room to move around. I got some good videos with the help of a hand held gimbal.

I agree 100%! Thanks for your gracious comment!

Low-tech artistry