Old School Guitar Pickin' And Strummin' Sick Chops YouTube Thread

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Jim Stafford plays "Classical Gas" on Carson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9AYOHPSXlw

James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:55 (seventeen years ago)

Chet Atkins plays Beatles medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQluGByi4tc&feature=related

James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:56 (seventeen years ago)

TS Chet Atkins vs. Jose Feliciano on "Zorba The Greek"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCo8RsaV7PI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeriTXdLfZk&feature=related

James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 03:02 (seventeen years ago)

Pretty much anything by Chet Atkins over there. I wonder if they have any Homer and Jethro?

James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 03:42 (seventeen years ago)

That Chet Atkins Beatles medley was great.

Here's Roy Buchanan playing Sweet Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOptDDU3rOo

St3ve Go1db3rg, Sunday, 30 March 2008 15:03 (seventeen years ago)

Very nice.

Another Chet Atkins melody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIOODDsGdRE&feature=related

James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 31 March 2008 21:02 (seventeen years ago)

And one of the songs from that medley as performed by the composer.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 31 March 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSYzFdloqY

James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 31 March 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

Ah rainy new york evening, here's to some geetaring!

Lenny Breau:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQ6SIQT0w4

George Van Eps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfTtjBpIE5E

Tal Farlow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIaseicCzFk

I love his outfit!! And the grin. And the glasses. He seems really nice.

Jubalique die Zitronen, Friday, 16 May 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

Tony Rice, with his brother Wyatt, doing Manzanita

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z5VayE24CFI&feature=related

B.L.A.M., Saturday, 24 May 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Just came across that George Van Eps "I've Got A Crush On You." Very nice.

the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 January 2010 23:41 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP6Iz6xbC5A&feature=player_embedded

scott seward, Monday, 4 July 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago)

maaaaan that ruled

just posting this one just outta the surprise i'm experiencing at the moment. had no idea steve young's playing approached anything v chopsey (his rhythm drags a little at point or two i think). or anyway always thought of him as more of strummer/songwriter type.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_n5KH7OcrY

arby's, Monday, 11 July 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago)

Think I almost housesat for that guy once. He was going to Mongolia or somewhere.

Let Them Eat Rickroll (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

check out this dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxk1dycOz5w&feature=player_embedded

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 January 2013 15:19 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

This is pretty nuts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-T0eBr31w

earlnash, Monday, 25 March 2013 22:46 (twelve years ago)

eleven months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0yOSa28ldU

We Shield Millions Now Living Who Will Never Die (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 March 2014 20:00 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qhrxlGlG_o

We Shield Millions Now Living Who Will Never Die (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 March 2014 20:08 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

This is pretty killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28HM-_P_3E

earlnash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 00:21 (nine years ago)

six months pass...

Chester and Lester and Gene Shalit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xut3N2O42Ho

Green Dolphin Street Hassle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 January 2016 23:57 (nine years ago)

four months pass...

Glen Campbell- "Ain't No Sunshine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8AKbrEjUmQ

The Pizza Underground Is Massive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 May 2016 00:12 (eight years ago)

Although this "Guitar Boogie" guitar duel with him and Phil Baugh may be even apropos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYE9U3-pcR8

The Pizza Underground Is Massive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 May 2016 00:15 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

This guy can really play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUFGsz5QSMQ&feature=youtu.be

earlnash, Friday, 17 June 2016 06:18 (eight years ago)

three weeks pass...

Check out the conductor once it really gets going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHc5i4O2tc

earlnash, Sunday, 10 July 2016 22:29 (eight years ago)

wow, that was truly awful

socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 11 July 2016 01:57 (eight years ago)

Doctor my eyes.

Blandings Castle Magic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 July 2016 02:08 (eight years ago)

And ears. Was compelled to watch until the end though.

Blandings Castle Magic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 July 2016 02:08 (eight years ago)

a+

niels, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:49 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

What's the deal with scalloped fretboards?

marcos en los angeles (lpz), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:14 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

This Gatemouth Brown clip is pretty hot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y41jsG_fVY

earlnash, Sunday, 4 March 2018 04:41 (seven years ago)

five months pass...

This is some killer picking and grinning. There is a good video of how Marty Stuart came to get Clarence White's B-Bender guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH1u5j-1QZw

earlnash, Sunday, 12 August 2018 00:15 (six years ago)

so good

niels, Monday, 13 August 2018 15:37 (six years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBgIHx3RUCU

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:02 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9-FfwwXRDg

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:47 (six years ago)

Aargh. Was not trying to post The Blue Shadows, sorry

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:48 (six years ago)

Or the Wrecking Crew that was for another thread

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:49 (six years ago)

Meant to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvF7RJAbtys

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 September 2018 21:51 (six years ago)

great stuff! original vid is here, that is indeed some amazing chops, rip glenn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio

niels, Sunday, 16 September 2018 10:28 (six years ago)

Maybe not for this thread but check out the video from the show of Glen singing Roy Orbison’s “Crying.”

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 11:23 (six years ago)

This time the British guitarist reacts to Roy Clark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPtyOeJTORg

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 12:11 (six years ago)

This Albert Lee clip is also pretty choice if you're a chopsaholic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNPcvLaloo

know-it-some (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 16 September 2018 13:45 (six years ago)

damn

Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 16 September 2018 14:48 (six years ago)

fwiw I can't really get with these "reacts" youtube videos, just don't see the point of them

Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 16 September 2018 14:49 (six years ago)

thread delivers

niels, Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:02 (six years ago)

Xxxp

Good lord

Thanks for that

Had me boppin my head and gettin ready for a hoedown

F# A# (∞), Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:08 (six years ago)

fwiw I can't really get with these "reacts" youtube videos, just don't see the point of them

Find them sort of charming but yeah, I know what you mean

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 19:17 (six years ago)

It just seems like a way for randoms to glom onto the popularity of a musician/song without actually contributing much.

Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 16 September 2018 21:45 (six years ago)

the lost in vegas ones are 💯

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 16 September 2018 22:23 (six years ago)

Them Nashville guys will cut your head off.

https://youtu.be/2njlqzIKhgI

earlnash, Saturday, 29 September 2018 05:23 (six years ago)

holy fucking shit that is great (the Kenny Vaughan one). And I HATE "chops". That's just playing what the song wants, incredibly well.

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 29 September 2018 06:01 (six years ago)

oh hell yeah, telecaster doing some jazzy pickin!

niels, Saturday, 29 September 2018 08:29 (six years ago)

six months pass...

Not quite what the thread is about but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3-3V-ASXvw

Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 March 2019 03:55 (six years ago)

four weeks pass...

Back to the mainstream of this thread, in case this wasn't already posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-sExIVBVaw

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:20 (six years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-b-bender-a-guitarists-ultimate-secret-weapon

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 July 2019 18:30 (five years ago)

https://www.vintageguitar.com/16889/parsonswhite-stringbender/

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 July 2019 18:44 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Rx-zaBjow

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:35 (five years ago)

Well, also wanted to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BQwPrWpB8

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:36 (five years ago)

Sorry that last was a little generic perhaps. You might prefer this one instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9lg-JZvxs

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:57 (five years ago)

Featuring Bob Warford on the second-ever B-Bender, the one after Clarence White's that is now owned by Marty Stuart, as is mentioned ten months ago upthread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiKHaSRMeg

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:32 (five years ago)

Also, wow at that Albert Lee "Country Boy" posted by YMP last year/

Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:38 (five years ago)

Yeah I am normally bored by "chops" per se, but that performance is INSANE

Velcromancer (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 6 July 2019 10:42 (five years ago)

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEy0icrsNcA

TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 February 2020 02:48 (five years ago)

four months pass...

Roy Buchanan got some love upthread, right? This perfomance right here is from another PLANET.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcjPZgK9GM&feature=youtu.be

Tawny Kitaen in the membrane (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 12:22 (four years ago)

or maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcjPZgK9GM

Tawny Kitaen in the membrane (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 12:25 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clfJ0JodteA&list=PLVDzPYULUtKXgulHWqThUtVTNui05Tj_9&index=35

Josh Zee of the bands The Mother Truckers, Protein, and others is a serious picker

24tracks, Thursday, 11 June 2020 04:54 (four years ago)

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10U3qO3lvQ

"Play a little music, meet some people...they might be in bathing suits, but once the music starts they are there..."

This is pretty epic smoothe.

7 String bass

Drummer is really killer.

earlnash, Friday, 13 November 2020 02:22 (four years ago)

Interesting how in that clip, Ritenour sounds more versatile, like he has more range, but Carlton is bringing more rock edge.

They play very well together - very conversational. I like Carlton a lot (not least because of his work with the Dan).

Ritenour is very skilled and inventive but for some reason I have never felt any special connection to what he is doing. It's a "wow, but also... why?" reaction.

To be fair my reaction to most chops-centric music is "wow, but also... why?"

coupvfefe (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 13 November 2020 03:05 (four years ago)

i remember seeing some incredibly dorky photos of ritenour in the 90s--thread for discussion of guitarists i have only heard of because i read guitar magazines in the late 90s but he's pretty good here! agree that they have a nice chemistry. could be listening to a lot worse things on a nice day in newport.

call all destroyer, Friday, 13 November 2020 03:22 (four years ago)

There is definitely some life style going on in the crowd.

It immediately reminded me of the Balboa Island scenes in Arrested Development.

"ITS THE CALIFORNIA WINE SPRITZER!"

No doubt all these cats can play and it is pretty much perfect soundtrack for that particular scene.

I bet it got pretty swanky if they did those back in the 70s.

People at the Newport festivals all seem way more hip, laid back and traditional.

Montreaux is probably a pretty slick scene too.

earlnash, Friday, 13 November 2020 03:35 (four years ago)

one month passes...

RIP Tony Rice, who I just started listening to, sorry.

Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 02:59 (four years ago)

two weeks pass...

Attn James, do you have any recommendations on a book for someone starting on jazz guitar? Truly asking for a friend.

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:51 (four years ago)

would this be for someone self-teaching? And how much other guitar experience/knowledge do they have, and how much more general musical experience/knowledge do they have?

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:53 (four years ago)

Let's say pretty knowledgeable musically and an accomplished electronic music producer, but picking up the guitar again after a long absence

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:57 (four years ago)

Like can they read? Do they know scales? Theory?

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:02 (four years ago)

Sund4r knows of some good Berklee books, I think. I really like Mick Goodrick’s The Advancing Guitarist, but it’s not quite a method book, more of a deep, how-to-think-about things book.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:03 (four years ago)

I love Ted Dunbar's books, but I think they are out of print. They're also a little out there and not 100% user friendly. I think there are pdf copies floating around on the internet.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:10 (four years ago)

Ha, I almost posted a few minutes ago “Well, Hurting studied with Ted Dunbar, so...”

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:15 (four years ago)

Do they already know how to play guitar and want to learn jazz?

Anyway now I remember the very first book I found useful was Arnie Berle’s
Chords and Progressions for Jazz and Popular Guitar

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:18 (four years ago)

Thanks all. Scales & theory yes, idk about traditional notation, but I passed these on.

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 14 January 2021 16:26 (four years ago)

A lot of that stuff can be learned from non-guitar books tbh

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:12 (four years ago)

And is probably better done so

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:12 (four years ago)

Chords on the other hand....

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:18 (four years ago)

Hey, here's a new interview with my hero that just came out: https://jazzguitartoday.com/2021/01/jazz-guitar-today-discussion-with-paul-meyers/

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 January 2021 23:25 (four years ago)

There is just some really good guitar instructional videos out there. There was one Italian jazz one I found that had a thing on just not moving position or hand and working on intervals right where you are at that kind of opened up some things about the instrument for me.

This one is entertaining. Playing these chords on a guitar are a bitch, but I was messing around doing some jamming with a drum machine having the bass line play the root and playing off it to get this sound.

Hendrix uses this a bunch but he plays it as a arpeggio lick doing that slide up to get the 9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jmREPDEU5Q

earlnash, Friday, 15 January 2021 03:31 (four years ago)

three months pass...

Posting this even though it says fantastic in the title and therefore I shouldn't. I don't know if it's even that chopsy but I am just a fanboy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxoJkDQdNBI

A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 01:29 (four years ago)

excellent

corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 07:10 (four years ago)

Yeah that's probably not super high on the degree of difficulty scale but very nicely played

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 6 May 2021 01:53 (four years ago)

Just discovered Arianna Powell (apparently Halsey's guitarist, among other things):
https://www.instagram.com/p/COgnc8Wnutg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 6 May 2021 01:54 (four years ago)

two months pass...

Watch this guy, he's going places IMO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLKEZ4JiMQ

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 26 July 2021 15:59 (three years ago)

He has a lovely record out right now, does not seem to have caught fire yet (<1000 play counts on spotify). He's only in his early 20s though and I have a feeling he will become a mainstay of the whole Americana/Bluegrass circuit if he sticks it out.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 26 July 2021 16:00 (three years ago)

Billy Strings' solo in this is downright psychotic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmzS_Redh8

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 30 July 2021 03:39 (three years ago)

wow love that

is it using a weird scale?

corrs unplugged, Friday, 30 July 2021 08:24 (three years ago)

a lot of it is phrygian I think

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 31 July 2021 16:52 (three years ago)

three weeks pass...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS9aWC1gGRt/

insane

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:27 (three years ago)

wonderful

corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 07:20 (three years ago)

ten months pass...

Jimmy Herring can really play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loji__B-Vds

This one is pretty nuts too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWoMj0e5xLk

earlnash, Sunday, 10 July 2022 11:50 (two years ago)

ten months pass...

i got sucked into this and had to watch the whole thing. chris scruggs is a walking museum of country guitar history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVoT3t1gXcg

budo jeru, Monday, 5 June 2023 16:40 (one year ago)

Def gonna watch that later. I've spent a couple years now learning bluegrass flatpicking and I've been thinking I'd like to add country picking to my skillset.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 5 June 2023 20:13 (one year ago)

i didn't realize this thread was on IMM; wish i would've posted the video on ILM. because it's just as interesting to non-players, i think, and was a blast to watch even for somebody not trying to master the history of 20th cen. electric guitar

budo jeru, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 03:01 (one year ago)

sorry, electric guitar in country music

budo jeru, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 03:03 (one year ago)

nine months pass...

I love Jim Hall so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8unEVgBji0

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 April 2024 02:52 (one year ago)

92 year old Libba Cotten travis-picking upside down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 April 2024 03:19 (one year ago)

Loved it, a breath of fresh air.

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 5 April 2024 05:42 (one year ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgtsS7rj3HM

Jake Workman on this, good lord

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 July 2024 01:29 (ten months ago)

five months pass...

While better known on ILM for his unintentionally absurd record cover, Dan Crary is an absolute monster on guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyHoEbELzI

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 29 December 2024 20:45 (four months ago)

last week I saw 15-year-old phenom Wyatt Ellis play mandolin and the the boy could cook. he’s already played with Billy Strings, with Marty Stuart, the Grand Ol Opry etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdy7F6kZjFY

he also has a new single co-written with Peter Rowan, the boy takes no prisoners

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 December 2024 04:12 (four months ago)

Yeah I've followed him on insta for a few years, incredibly talented kid

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 2 January 2025 20:00 (four months ago)

Pretty chill vibes here from AJ Lee (not the wrestler)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml22cp4ojHg

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 January 2025 00:19 (three months ago)

I saw a really cool Danny Gatton documentary the other day on my local pbs station. I think it was called the anacostia delta or something

Heez, Thursday, 16 January 2025 00:34 (three months ago)


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