John Bam Bam Morgan’s – Jody Watley Band_Live Arsenio Hall Show 1989
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This is me on the drums performing with the Jody Watley band. We truly had a great time performing this song Friends. Enjoy, Bam
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Jimmy Jam hired me to be the drummer in this great video in the summer of 1985. I was playing at my own bands house gig not 2 blocks away in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. So after this full day shooting I walk to my gig. lol I met a great woman at this filming, she was the makeup artist, her name is Andy Gilmore and i surely miss her. Wonder why she is these days. We were best friends. Anyway, The shooting was wonderful and I had the time of my life. Everybody was cool and light hearted. At the end of the video it was chance that they captured my drum stick twirling as i HIT the drum pad behind my head. I guess that shot made an impact around the country as something cool. It was just something I wanted to do live on my next tour with Andre Cymone. If he only knew the things i had planned i never told anybody. I was planning gymnastic mini trampolines and electronic drums placed side by side and me doing running flips off of the trampolines throwing my drum sticks to the beat of the music. LOL, LOL Perhaps my TRUE calling was to join a TRAVELING CIRCUS as a Stunt Performer. now I’m too damn old, dammit! lol Anyway enjoy. OH, David Ieland is playing Guitar on this video. he’s great! Bam
Trampolines and Drums?
Cirque De So Bam Bam presents Bounce Bang?
Vegas would never be the same.
Good idea though….it could be done….just not by us old farts.
Very nice beat and clip! You’re looking great there too! (kinda wild lol )
LOL You are really funny! lol
There U R, Bam!! At the 2;48″ and then the 3” mark!!
This was song back in the day. Wants me to put on that black and red spandex one more time.
Great party song, and he does look good!
I used to know the guy in the suit….does anyone know what happened to him? Hailed from Chattanooga, TN. And he did look good.
John, this song BANGS!!!
I like terry lewis and jimmy jam.. they worked with all my favorite singers. cheryl lynn….u can tell a song that they produce are explosive…
I saw Cherelle sing at a music festival last summer. She was so energetic. She even did a cover of Beyonce’s song “Crazy in Love”.
Anyone know where I can purchase or download the 12 inch version?
We used to jam to this song when I was in high school! So much fun! John you were rockin it! I still listen to this album.
They just do not make songs like this anymore!
My boy was getting his groove on at 1:46 lol
love this song!!! go cherrelle!!
@TheMariposaloca thats crazy beyonce should be singing a cover of HER tracks!
Bam Bam My friend and I were extras in this video. We talked to you during a break. I had on a whit t-shirt with pink letters, and you asked me what it spelled. It didn’t spell anything, LOL! Love Cherrelle, Where is she now?
@wblhoops23, How excellent. I was wondering if I’d ever talk to anybody who was in this video. I had a blast that day and became really great friend with the makeup artist for years. I have to contact with Cherrelle since the late 80′s. Still have that Pink Dress? lol That was long ago. I played at Felty’s that night after this video shoot, did you stop by? It was 1 Block away in the Butler Square Building. Good to hear from you. Are you still in MPLS.?
dAMM tHIS BRINGS BACK THE good times.
I (…tez) was also in the video, short guy doing all the barking. Did we change clothes during this video shoot. I think I’m in the video twice. Once in b&w and the other with my treed suit-coat. Anyway I had a blast!!!! Still here in alpolis. Will always love Cherrelle and her music. I also thought bam bam was great on the drums:). I wonder what he is up to these days.
My friend (char…) was also there for this video. She is the one that told me about the video. I hope she check this out. She made this really fun for me. Where are you? Great memories.
John, You still keep up with Jody? What is she doing these days?….Still married to Andre?
Great video! I love Jody Watley! So cool that you were with her on the ‘Larger than life’ tour! And on this show offcourse
I loved that Arsenio Hall show too!
Jody and I spoke last year concerning these clips.
She is doing quite well and still doing great music. Her and Andre split up sometime in the early 1990′s. I wish them both well, we had some great times on her first major tour in 1989. I’m just glad I was a apart of that musical history. I’d love to make a video telling about that day and the things that happened.
hey another video idea! LOL
Glad you liked it, I’d say this performance is my favorite of all national broadcast performances.
Bam
Woow, this is good music. What a groove….and Bam Bam on the drums…yeeaah…cool !!!
LOL, thanks Staffan, glad you dig it.
This performance means a lot to me.
Bam
how can i see Jody singing “Whatcha Gonna do for Me” on tour 1989 dressed in all that red, she was fierce!
i remember, she was awesome, that song is awesome, i remember all the diamond rings she had on her fingers, she was kickin it! we saw her in Dallas, TX…beautiful woman.
That big clap – man, I LOVE big 80′s MPLS Funk Claps, was that on the record? Looks like some other guy is hitting a Simmons in the background? What module or syth was that from?
Thanks for your insight. I did see further in the video that the guy was using a Roland SPD something, at the time then it was the Octapad, cool! Via MIDI to the LinnDrum LM-2, did that have MIDI? Also, from the drum sounds in the LM-2, I dont remember such a big splashy sound. I know Korg had a clap sound like this in their keyboards, sounds very similar now that I hear it. I dont remember the synth model though.
I use an SPD-8 and 20, SPD8 will fail, the contacts break with hard drumming.
I cant count about 4 or 5 times I had to take my SPD-8 to Rolands service center….!
Bruce Forat says the Linn – LM-1 and 2 can have MIDI capabilities as custom upgrades so perhaps his LinnDrumm (LM-2) had such custom MIDI capabilities.
YOu could install chips with samples but the Linns never sampled themselves.
Just greate
5/5
I simply love Jody Watley, I remmeber I cried when she won her 1st grammy…..actually it was 4 this song (if my memory serves me right)…..I felt she was FINALLY getting the credit she rightfully deserved.BAM BAM U are soooo HOT!!
A consumate performer, dancing and singing live proving it can be done. A True DIVA.
Bam Bam, great stuff!
That fellow on keys looks familiar. Who are the other people in the band?
@downwithutube , Tim Bradly, keys – Mike Baker, Guitar – Daryl Boo, Percussion – Shaun Labelle, Bass keys, all these guys are from my town, Minneapolis. Then there was Scott Mayo, Keys, Sax, he is from L.A.
Oh man!! This takes me back. Thanks, Bam Bam.
Youre a badass bam….funky! killer groove…..
what r i remember of this 89 tour were the back up singers/dancers . who are they? they were awesome
Gee she sure was great….great performer…she really knows how to work the crowd and Bam you’re awesome…that goes without saying.
@Ursugarspice , Awesome? Thanks. But during rehearsal for this show, i knocked the camera man off my drum riser flat on his back. I accidentally smacked him hard with my drum stick and hand doing high sticking. lol, I felt AWFUL, I’m just glad he was not injured.
@johnbambammorgan yes, awesome, amazing…you had to be close to prefection to be drumming for an entertainer like her and the camera man should have known better especially filming a live show even if they do retakes. I watched filming an episode for Boston Legal… my son was doing the lighting not a pin could drop I was getting a dry throat almost suffocated trying not to cough my son looked over at me. I saw the look on his face like ‘oh no’ and my face was red until the green light came on.
@Ursugarspice , There are NO retakes on this show. Before the show aired we rehearsed. That”s when the camera man went for a Bam Bam airlines Flight. lol
We were doing a different song too, L.O.V.E.R. i did way high sticking in that song. But Jody did an interview so we couldn’t not do the second song. BUMMER.
@johnbambammorgan THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS ONE!!! I’m a massive Jody fan, I just recently did a video on her and her work, check my channel. And man, if you do have a video for L.O.V.E.R. … that is one of my BIG favorites on the ‘Larger Than Life’ album
:) Have a good one, AMARU.