I just noticed the guitarist on the left on the South Korea version of Hot Cha is not playing a Tele. Sorry about that.
Here is the version of Hot Cha we danced to in the mid 1960's. My apologies for it being a saxophone version.
Here is the late Danny Gatton. He was a Telecaster man and man o man does he find slick notes on a Tele I didn't know existed. Danny was a magician on a Tele!!
@robertdee Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton are two of my favorites - two of the absolute greatest ever! You can see Danny just getting lost in the guitar at times in that clip. I think both possessed some sort of innate gift. Not many typical mortals ever get that good no matter how much they study and practice. The two tragic Telecaster brothers!
Grateful Dead guitars
@bill_graham Enjoyed the article. I saw Jerry and Dickey jamming together about 1973. They were playing off each other and answering each other's phrases. Jerry on the Alligator Strat and Dickey on the Les Paul sunburst with zebra pickups Dickey played about 2 1/2 years right before he got Goldie.
Dickey always had nice things to say about Jerry and the Dead. Dickey loved the way Jerry just let the music and notes flow without thinking about it or planning something. He and Duane tried to play like that too.
G. E. Smith playing exciting and excellent guitar live at the Winery. Duane Allman would stand an applaud this!!
What a nice sound for a Sunday morning.
And a full set from the masters of the Telecaster. G. E. Smith ( remember him in the house band on Saturday night live? ) on the left.
@robertdee The singer/guitarist is Larry Campbell - played with Dylan and Levon Helm for a while. I think most of the players are from Levon's last touring band (The Ramble?). I saw GE with Moon Alice in Macon ... 10 - 12 years ago (?). We met GE, Pete Sears and Jack Cassady outside their tour bus. I don't think any of those guys were a hair over 5' tall! Great players, though!
Jimmy Reed!! Plays the mean lowdown blues!!!
Let's be clear here. That some dude calling himself Li'l Jimmy Reed. THE Jimmy Reed died in 1976.
@porkchopbob There was a movie several years ago called Cadillac Records. It was a very good movie! It depicted (somewhat loosely) ... among other things, the relations between the Chess brothers and several of their artists (notably Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters). There was a scene where a character named Little Walter tracks down and then SHOOTS another bluesman who had adopted the same moniker. I'm not sure if "Little Walter" was a real bluesman or not, but this type of thing - somebody stealing another players name - is a popular trope in blues lore. FYI - I am not - in any way - suggesting that someone find this "Li'l Jimmy Reed" guy and cap his a$$. Not at all. 😉
Little Walter was a pretty famous harp player in the 50s and 60s. Yeah those blues dudes all adopted stage names to capitalize on other successful musicians (see Albert King) but I think that anecdote was an adaptation of the two Sonny Boy Williamsons. L'il Jimmy Reed is probably just paying homage to one of his heroes.
Hendrix at his best
@porkchopbob Yes you are right. I thought it was the same guy but this Jimmy Reed is still living. His name is Leon Atkins. He was a seasoned blues player from Louisiana and was at a Jimmy Reed show in Little Rock, Arkansas and Jimmy couldn't make the show and soon passed away. Leon knew Jimmy's style and material and took his place with Jimmy's band that night. When Jimmy then past away, Leon Atkins became Little Jimmy Reed and is still touring.
And I read about Albert King using the last name King because of B.B.'s fame. It said at first B. B. didn't like that but later after he got to know Albert and found out he was a nice man and dedicated to the blues B.B. warmed up to Albert and they became good friends.
Here is the fake Jimmy Reed on Hoochie Coochie Man.
I bought the first album by this band and knew about Jimmy Vaughn before I ever heard of Stevie.
@rusty Yes that is Doyle. Doyle joined the Fabulous Thunderbirds when he was 18 and has been a very close friend of Jimmy Vaughn since he was a teenager.
His page on the internet says he is best known in recent years as part of Eric Clapton's touring band but has worked with top performers Elton John and Roger Waters.
Looks as if he is playing that red guitar upside down but I think he plays actual left handed guitars now. Says he mostly plays Strats but also plays Les Paul and ES-335 guitars from Gibson.
I think Doyle joined Arch Angels after he left the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Doyle has a net worth of $4 million dollars. That ain't bad for a musician who seems to be in the background of every band and group he has been with.
He is good friends with Derek and Susan too.
Well Doyle is upfront here. Has a better voice than I expected.
@bill_graham Speaking of a Gold Top, here is Dickey jamming with Randy California. Randy I believe is the guy who sued Jimmy Page and Robert Plant claiming they stole his song and renamed it Stairway To Heaven. Anyway Jimi Hendrix gave Randy the last name California the same time he gave another Randy Texas for a last night. Where they were from and easier to remember.
Bob Dylan's infamous Newport Jazz Fest Fender Stratocaster story
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bob-dylan-newport-folk-festival-fender-stratocaster
Slash inducted into the RnR Hall of Fame
@bill_graham Great story! Makes me wonder why : 1) - Bob didn't immediately seek the guitar that he'd left on the plane and 2) why the airline/pilot didn't immediately seek to return the article (a relatively expensive article) left behind by a passenger. Is there a statute of limitations on how long - or a reasonable amount of time can pass before a person can decide that something that they basically discarded (or left on a plane, in a cab etc.) os their rightful property? Most of my guitars are basic "off the rack" models - but I can't imagine just leaving one of them somewhere. The sheet with lyrics might be the most valuable part of the abandoned treasure. After realizing the HUGE profit from selling off his catalog, maybe Bob now suddenly sees the abandoned guitar and lyrics as an untapped goldmine? Bob says that he still has in his possession the actual Newport 65 guitar. Several "guitar experts" opine that the axe in this woman's possession IS the Newport Strat' - based mainly on surface appearance. A '64 sunburst looks pretty much like any other - especially if you're using photographs as evidence. A genuine 1964 Fender Stratocaster values in at anywhere from $10K to $24K ... unless that guitar belonged (belongs?) to a legend like Bob Dylan. Something tells me that this guitar is bound for a shadow-box frame on the wall of one of the wealthiest people on the planet - and never to be played again. Shame.
@bill_graham Here is that MILLION DOLLAR GUITAR!! Mike Bloomberg is actually playing all the hot licks on a Telecaster.
This is regarded as one of the most important moments in popular music when Folk music which was incredibly popular with young people and in college campuses was pushed aside by Dylan by going electric!!
And many of the young fans BOOED the performance. They didn't like it. They began looking at Dylan as the best poet of the 20th century with harmonica and acoustic guitar and total beauty and simplicity. This hit that in the head with a hammer.
I think it's all overblown and it's silly a Strat used for rhythm guitar ( Dickey said in a 1974 interview a Strat " is a hell of a rhythm guitar) is worth over a million dollars and Bob Dylan apparently didn't even care enough about it to make sure he didn't leave it on an airplane. It is a fun story and moment in musical history.
@robertdee With Mike BLOOMFIELD in the band - there was never really a need for another electric guitarist! Bob actually played (plays?) quite a bit of electric lead guitar. He seemed to have stopped playing guitar at his shows about 10 years ago (blaming carpel tunnel syndrome, I think). Even when he had both Larry Campbell and Charlie Sexton in his band he played most of the actual solos - leaving the other two incredible guitarists to play fills and incidental lead. I'm not saying that he was a great guitarist, but he did play the guitar, rather than "wearing" it like so many songwriter/frontmen.
@rusty Thank you for the information. Yes Dylan was an acoustic with harmonica around the neck guy in his early years. And electric guitar much of the time later but apparently didn't want lead players on his stage to do too much.
I remember around 1969 or so Dylan was asked what he thought of what Jimi Hendrix did to All Along The Watchtower. ( Dylan's version of course was on acoustic guitar) And Dylan said " All Along The Watchtower is Jimi's song. All I did was write it".
Checking a bit ago Bob Dylan won the 2016 NOBEL Prize for Literature and as of 2022 has a net worth of $500 million dollars.
I don't know Randy here. Never saw him but I know a guy at the big music store here who is always talking about him.
This dump truck driver does a nice acoustic version!!!
British cover band with an excellent version!!!
The very good guitarist with the British cover band is Howie G. Here he talks about his favorite players and they are all we know.
I'm not familiar with Howie G beyond the cover band but he is interesting to check out on guitars, amps and gear.
Acoustic guitar porn by the great Nashville session man Grady Martin playing acoustic guitar on EL PASO BY MARTY ROBBINS.
