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highplainsdem

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5. I just checked a Golden Earring fan site that I thought might've been the one with the info about how

Thu Mar 20, 2025, 08:59 PM

Mar 2025

nervous George was during that TV appearance, but it wasn't. Not sure where I read that.

I did find out that Barry's laryngitis might've gotten worse as they toured the US that summer, though. That TV appearance was filmed in early July (aired in August). They returned to the Netherlands on the 23rd and were supposed to open for Rick Wakeman in England at his first solo concert on the 27th, but had to cancel for health reasons.

Wakeman wasn't doing very well, either. From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman

On 27 July 1974, Wakeman headlined the Crystal Palace Garden Party concert, performing selections from Six Wives and Journey in its entirety.[82] By this time, his excessive smoking and alcohol consumption, a lack of sleep five days prior to the show, and a wrist injury from a fall, took a toll on his health, and he needed morphine injections to get through the performance. Soon after the show, he suffered a minor heart attack.[83]

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Golden Earring - Radar Love (The Midnight Special, July 5, 1974 - when lead singer Barry Hay had laryngitis) [View all] highplainsdem Mar 2025 OP

I saw it too. Loved Midnight Special Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #1

Same here. So glad they started uploading videos to their own YouTube channel a couple of years ago. highplainsdem Mar 2025 #6

Pretty Cool ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #2

They'd had guitarist Eelco Gelling playing (slide) with them when they recorded the song, and he highplainsdem Mar 2025 #3

That's Very Possible ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #8

Just realized you've probably never watched their 1982 Rockpalast concert, which I posted in highplainsdem Mar 2025 #13

I just checked a Golden Earring fan site that I thought might've been the one with the info about how highplainsdem Mar 2025 #5

Wakeman was amazing in concert. Saw him with Yes either 73 or 74 Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #7

Brilliant musician. Hey, did you ever see this thread and videos? A little-known chapter in his history: highplainsdem Mar 2025 #14

Rick is proud of being a Earwig 😀 Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #17

Loved that video he did about it. highplainsdem Mar 2025 #22

Same Here ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #15

Tales is a favorite... Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #16

Greg Lake? ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #18

So funny I got ELP mixed up with Yes DOH! Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #19

I Saw ELP, Too ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #20

Keith is definitely my favorite in ELP and as a keyboardist. Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #21

One of the best pure rock and roll pieces ever (after their "Twilight Zone"). Think. Again. Mar 2025 #4

I agree. And Twilight Zone is my favorite Golden Earring song. Especially love this performance, highplainsdem Mar 2025 #9

Wow, that's an excellent version. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #10

You're going to love the entire hour-and-a-half concert in the video below highplainsdem Mar 2025 #11

Thanks! There's my evening's viewing for tonight! Think. Again. Mar 2025 #12