As much as the guitar world is changing, more and more new guitar players popping up in social media with amazing speed and techniques, this guitarsolos are living proof that what matters the most is the feel, the touch and the note choices. I will never be tired of coming back to this solos, i keep getting goosebumps every single time! 🔥☄️
It’s easy to think that Tosin, Mateus & Matteo, or Tim Henson -spectacular guitarrists for sure - are “the best players” (or Guthrie and Mayer a few years ago)… But if you listen to these two or guys like Scott Henderson and Gambale, you find a new depth of musicality that only comes with experience.
Larry sure knows how to make the guitar sing in a solo, great tension and release, and Robben and him play and compliment each other so well together ! Bravo.
Larry and Robben bring out the best in each other-- I hope they play together a lot more often. They have been digging each others work for decades. I used to go see them play together at Donte's in North Hollywood back in the '70s and they kicked ass back then! They both had 335s and Boogies but you could always tell them apart if you listened. This track is so good its sublime, it probably goes right over some peoples' heads. Two masters still digging each others craft 30 plus years on THANKS!
It never ceases to amuse me that rather than appreciate the contributions made by guitarists, so many use the opportunity to compare & criticise. Why??? What is accomplished by this? Apparently it is in our nature to descriminate and to criticise rather than celebrate.
OH JESUS! I've just discovered out this amazing player Larry Carlton and now I feel like my day is complete!! He's now one of my influences to play the blues!!
Larry dropped down some organ licks at the end...and he and Robben both laughed because they KNEW it was a Jimmy Smith( or McDuff,etc) lick! Great seeing two friends with such ability jamming together and supportive.
I've seen Larry so many times live, and have blown away every time; but this solo is most definitely the pinnacle - even Robben is impressed!! But seriously, Larry is almost always "on", but when he's really on, he brings me to tears. Mind you, I love Robben too, but Larry just burned through this.
Around the time a lot of bluesmen were gravitating towards funk, Clapton's work with John Mayall revived the popularity of the classic sound and helped pave the way for blues to continue being popular clear through the SRV revival and up until today. Without Clapton these two might not have been on that stage, in that environment, with that reception.
more than anybody else these two gentlemen- (together with BB King)- formed the way I play and the tone of my music. They are ridiculous great musicians and guitarists
This guys are really true blues players,Larry played for a while with the Crusaders and Robben with Yellow Jackets,L.A scene,for the people that did't know. They are my favorites since 1980.
In the first minutes of the jamming thought that Larry had killed Robben on stage but when Robben began to develop their improvisation I knew that he was coming with his own. Two guitarist , diferents styles and attack and two outstanding musicians. Great show!!
Well, Dan, you have to remember, Larry was, and still is at heart, a session player, and everything he has done is absolutely great, because Larry plays from the heart, always from the heart! Dan, I still get the chills after almost thirty years! No other player has done that to me, except Robben Ford! Ditto, on the chills! Over 100 GOLD records! L.C's got it! Take care! GEETARNUT
Geezus!!! Saw something on a forum recently: "Play like you have something to say, not like you have something to prove." Between these two, I think they've just about said it all. They proved you can play your ass off and STILL be saying something.
They look like they're having a good time which reminds me of an old old saying; "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life".
Oh man, this is the sh!t!!! These two should play together all the time. Larry's 335 sounds beautiful as always. The subtle interplay between these two great guitarists is truly inspiring to watch and listen to.
There are so many masters of guitar. NO way to compare them - just enjoy them , maybe learn and earn some inspiration- to excel your own way- make your own path... tx. for posting this... amazing musicians - all of them !
Just this past august i saw Buddy Guy and BB king in LA and I was blown away..especially at their age..and now I am equally melted by these 2 guys....truly does not get any better thanks for postin this!
I play an Epiphone ES-335 myself, and I really love the thick sound of the neck pick-up - both clean (for jazz primarily) and distorted (for dirty blues :-)
Two of my favorite artists. I've seen Larry at the Concord Pavilion and Yoshi's. Outstanding! I'm a harmonica player and jam to Robben's CD's all the time. You guys rock.
It really amazes me how they talk and laugh in the first two minutes while still playing this amazing music, wonder what they are saying to each other. Anyway, Carlton´s tone is nothing but superb, great vid.
I saw these guys yesterday, except Larry and the keyboardist, at Umeå Jazz Festival. It was awesome, cool and rough at the same time! Wonderful music indeed!!
That is the funniest comment I have ever herd about Larry " he is country" Larry as a guitar player is about one of the BEST all around alive today .......Period! Country...HA HAA HAAA FUNNY SHIT !!
You know,I've been real sad for many years about the type of stuff Carlton has decided to get involved with.He was my hero when he did all the Steely Dan records.I have not been moved by him in years...........then I saw this! Really great!Ford is always great and how about that gold top and all those Dumble amps!!Dan
+Dan Martinazzi the build up he does is some of the finest I've heard in blues for a long time... that solo of Ford never climaxes the same way Larrys' did.. stellar players both.
The thing I love about these two and this performance is the dynamics.. The song breathes like its alive. Take 6:02 - 6:15; all the instrumentalists including Robben gradually rise, and fall away into nothing again so smoothly.. Dynamics is something that gets downplayed in modern music I think, but it is a powerful thing. These guys have mastered light and shade (amongst many other things) and their performance is both amazing sonically and visually powerful. 2 of my favourite guitarists!
335 into those old Fenders. Died and went to heaven! Tone! I'm usually a big fan of Robben Ford's tone, but Larry beat you here. Anyway, the description says "live in Osaka" but that looks like the Blue Note in Tokyo to me, unless Tokyo and Osaka Blue Notes are identical (which wouldn't surprise me). Thanks for posting this.
Did you not listen to what Robben played? I swear some people are simply without a clue. Robbens solo was a wonderfully building, both subtle and raw, reply to what LC played. Buy LC's LIVE IN TOKYO CD and listen to it. LC solos are on the left channel and RF solos are on the right channel. After you have listened to it, ask yourself: Who played the best solos?
why can't more guitarists out there learn that sometimes, you only need 4 or 5 REALLY good notes as opposed to 100 fast ones... the phrasing here is PERFECT! this is so good it hurts...
I've improved my skills a lot since the last comment. Now this tune ain't a problem for me! I forgot to say: i've had guitar lessons in 2006-07; i also still have piano lessons for nearly 12 years now, my theoretical knowledge and the guitar lessons i had ensure, that i don't crap my technique as bad as complete beginners. Just great to see how oneself developes his own style, and they both influenced me very much! Maybe i'll be able to up a Cold Gold vid when my exams are done! cya!
I heard these 2 when they started playing together. 1970's, Dante's in LA. I stood no more than a handful of feet in front of them dead center. Pops on bass, Sample on keys, Stix on skins. I swooned. For young'uns: LC was the first to perfect this style (Mesa Boogies (pre-amped amps) were freshly fresh). Check out the The Crusaders and LA Express (also his sound was a cornerstone of Post/Carpenter TV themes). He was THE nexus of jazz, rock and pop -- a minor musically historic figure.
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As much as the guitar world is changing, more and more new guitar players popping up in social media with amazing speed and techniques, this guitarsolos are living proof that what matters the most is the feel, the touch and the note choices. I will never be tired of coming back to this solos, i keep getting goosebumps every single time! 🔥☄️
It’s easy to think that Tosin, Mateus & Matteo, or Tim Henson -spectacular guitarrists for sure - are “the best players” (or Guthrie and Mayer a few years ago)… But if you listen to these two or guys like Scott Henderson and Gambale, you find a new depth of musicality that only comes with experience.
I saw this tour live when Larry and Robben toured together for it unbelievable
Larry sure knows how to make the guitar sing in a solo, great tension and release, and Robben and him play and compliment each other so well together ! Bravo.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Larry Carlton has never hit a bad note.
As Victor Wooten explains, there are no bad notes.
Sign of a good band with the right kind of musicians.....the space they give eachother speaks volumes.
Larry and Robben bring out the best in each other-- I hope they play together a lot more often. They have been digging each others work for decades. I used to go see them play together at Donte's in North Hollywood back in the '70s and they kicked ass back then! They both had 335s and Boogies but you could always tell them apart if you listened. This track is so good its sublime, it probably goes right over some peoples' heads. Two masters still digging each others craft 30 plus years on THANKS!
it seems that every time Larry Carlson plays it's like a lesson to all the other guitarists on how to do it...............just killer!
It never ceases to amuse me that rather than appreciate the contributions made by guitarists, so many use the opportunity to compare & criticise. Why??? What is accomplished by this? Apparently it is in our nature to descriminate and to criticise rather than celebrate.
OH JESUS! I've just discovered out this amazing player Larry Carlton and now I feel like my day is complete!! He's now one of my influences to play the blues!!
Larry dropped down some organ licks at the end...and he and Robben both laughed because they KNEW it was a Jimmy Smith( or McDuff,etc) lick!
Great seeing two friends with such ability jamming together and supportive.
I've seen Larry so many times live, and have blown away every time; but this solo is most definitely the pinnacle - even Robben is impressed!! But seriously, Larry is almost always "on", but when he's really on, he brings me to tears. Mind you, I love Robben too, but Larry just burned through this.
Around the time a lot of bluesmen were gravitating towards funk, Clapton's work with John Mayall revived the popularity of the classic sound and helped pave the way for blues to continue being popular clear through the SRV revival and up until today. Without Clapton these two might not have been on that stage, in that environment, with that reception.
These guys were already big favorites for me. Larry from his work w/ Steely Dan and Robben w/ the Yellow Jackets.
more than anybody else these two gentlemen- (together with BB King)- formed the way I play and the tone of my music. They are ridiculous great musicians and guitarists
These guys might simply be the two best blues players that ever freakin walked the planet. I can't get enough of it.
that transition from ford with the volume pedal at 4:47 after larry's awesome solo is the smoothest shit i've ever heard.
This guys are really true blues players,Larry played for a while with the Crusaders and Robben with Yellow Jackets,L.A scene,for the people that did't know.
They are my favorites since 1980.
I'VE NEVER FELT SO BLUE!!
Two genious! One of my favorite ones . Best of the best! The real guitar souls!!!!!
In the first minutes of the jamming thought that Larry had killed Robben on stage but when Robben began to develop their improvisation I knew that he was coming with his own. Two guitarist , diferents styles and attack and two outstanding musicians. Great show!!
I love Larry he is just awesome,but this Robben guy is bad ass too!
Well, Dan, you have to remember, Larry was, and still is at heart, a session player, and everything he has done is absolutely great, because Larry plays from the heart, always from the heart! Dan, I still get the chills after almost thirty years! No other player has done that to me, except Robben Ford! Ditto, on the chills! Over 100 GOLD records! L.C's got it! Take care! GEETARNUT
Geezus!!!
Saw something on a forum recently: "Play like you have something to say, not like you have something to prove."
Between these two, I think they've just about said it all. They proved you can play your ass off and STILL be saying something.
Oh my gosh...this sure makes me smile. You are two incredibly gifted men.
Such a fantastic moment with two monuments of guitar playing and feeling way up high they could touch the sky limits
They look like they're having a good time which reminds me of an old old saying; "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life".
Oh man, this is the sh!t!!! These two should play together all the time. Larry's 335 sounds beautiful as always. The subtle interplay between these two great guitarists is truly inspiring to watch and listen to.
I saw them play lastnight in Chicago .... Robben , Larry , Larry's son Travis on bass , Gary Novak on drums.... they were just amazing.
There are so many masters of guitar.
NO way to compare them - just enjoy them , maybe learn and earn
some inspiration- to excel your own way- make your own path...
tx. for posting this... amazing musicians - all of them !
Just this past august i saw Buddy Guy and BB king in LA and I was blown away..especially at their age..and now I am equally melted by these 2 guys....truly does not get any better thanks for postin this!
I find myself watching this video at least once a week. what great music
I play an Epiphone ES-335 myself, and I really love the thick sound of the neck pick-up - both clean (for jazz primarily) and distorted (for dirty blues :-)
Larry's killing tone as usual! just wonderfull
robben's having a great time too lol two giants indeed
Outstanding!! Larry's having a little fun near the end of his solo, and Robben seems to be enjoying it too. Fingers on fire. :D
Two of my favorite artists. I've seen Larry at the Concord Pavilion and Yoshi's. Outstanding! I'm a harmonica player and jam to Robben's CD's all the time. You guys rock.
I have even read about 17s...what is insane, he was a pure legend . R.I.P Stevie
Larry's son Travis is playing bass. I saw him play in Robben's band over the summer. He is a kick ass player in his own right.
How can they have a little chat and at the same time play so amazing. Their timing are spot on
These are the TOP DOGS..wow! what a solo by Larry.....Robben always good...
It really amazes me how they talk and laugh in the first two minutes while still playing this amazing music, wonder what they are saying to each other. Anyway, Carlton´s tone is nothing but superb, great vid.
Awesome two of the greats of today.
I saw these guys yesterday, except Larry and the keyboardist, at Umeå Jazz Festival. It was awesome, cool and rough at the same time! Wonderful music indeed!!
I thought I didn't like the Blues until I saw Robben at Anthology in San Diego. I can't wait to see him in Austin tx in April. What a talent!
I have seen Larry a bunch of times over a 15 year period....HE LOVES TO PLAY THE GUITAR !
Just love watching & listening to these guitar Gods...
That is the funniest comment I have ever herd about Larry " he is country" Larry as a guitar player is about one of the BEST all around alive today .......Period! Country...HA HAA HAAA FUNNY SHIT !!
まあ、この二人が揃ったら、敵無し
最強です!
ギターを鳴らす事にかけては、文句無しの二人ですね!
真の天才二人に献杯🎉
These guy's took me there and brought me back... What a trip!
Hell yes. I'm still in shock. Larry OWNS.
That's gotta be one of Larry's best solo's!
....yet when i told it it was fantastically well received. I'm glad you take these things seriously though. There isn't enough seriousness around.
You know,I've been real sad for many years about the type of stuff Carlton has decided to get involved with.He was my hero when he did all the Steely Dan records.I have not been moved by him in years...........then I saw this!
Really great!Ford is always great and how about that gold top and all those Dumble amps!!Dan
Holy crap! Every hair on my body is standing up. What a tour de force!
excellent. gotta love the sound larry brings out of a 335. robben is great as usual too. awesome duo.
I went to one of their shows in nashville this year.
It was amazing man!
2 enormes guitaristes ,que du plaisir ,une sensibilité ,un touché ,
Two with tone, taste, mucho chops and SOUL.
Sublime. Timeless. Two Masters. Two Gentleman.
Wonderful
Cold, Cold is Great, Great!!
thanks for posting this!
Great video. There's about a quarter million dollars' worth of Dumbles on that stage. Saw Carlton a few months ago and he tore my face off.
Two of my favorite guitarists..
Most awesome. A couple of TrueFire Artists jamming away.
Carlton's solo is magical
+Dan Martinazzi the build up he does is some of the finest I've heard in blues for a long time... that solo of Ford never climaxes the same way Larrys' did.. stellar players both.
Yeah Carlton's tone is absolutely incredible!!!!
These guys were great live, especially larry carlton
It's great to watch pros having fun doing what they do best. Love the guitar tones.
ahhh feels good to listen to this again after so long!
Everytime I watch this IT BLOWS ME AWAY !
this has got to be one of my all time fave. videos. bsolutely superb stuff
neillian
such a kick ass solo from larry.
Carlton is just on fire.
Splendido !
This is frickin GREAT!!! I have not seen either guitarest play too much with others! Thx 4 sharing.
Made my day ! LC is plain awesome! SHREDMASTER !
Sublime playing, from two masters.
This is the stuff I really like from both, more than the jazzy. Seems like they are really feelin' it.
Mr.Larry Carlton master guitar player woe man!
Thanks for posting this.
That's Jeff Babko on keys, Toss Panos on drums and Larry's son Trevor on bass.
Superb!!!! Absolutely superb!!!!!!
Larry .BLOWS IT UP at 3:30......way cool look at Robben also he can't beleive it!
Master work!!
The thing I love about these two and this performance is the dynamics.. The song breathes like its alive. Take 6:02 - 6:15; all the instrumentalists including Robben gradually rise, and fall away into nothing again so smoothly.. Dynamics is something that gets downplayed in modern music I think, but it is a powerful thing. These guys have mastered light and shade (amongst many other things) and their performance is both amazing sonically and visually powerful. 2 of my favourite guitarists!
335 into those old Fenders. Died and went to heaven!
Tone! I'm usually a big fan of Robben Ford's tone, but Larry beat you here.
Anyway, the description says "live in Osaka" but that looks like the Blue Note in Tokyo to me, unless Tokyo and Osaka Blue Notes are identical (which wouldn't surprise me).
Thanks for posting this.
SPECIALISTS IN MUSIC !!!!
Now I'm smilin'!!!
beautiful performance !
Did you not listen to what Robben played? I swear some people are simply without a clue. Robbens solo was a
wonderfully building, both subtle and raw, reply to what LC played. Buy LC's LIVE IN TOKYO CD and listen to it. LC solos are on the left channel and RF solos are on the right channel. After you have listened to it, ask yourself: Who played the best solos?
As a guitarist I'm drawn to Ford and Larry, but I gotta say, that drummer is incredible!
I love Larry's finger plucking tone. What a show that must have been. 2 of my heros. I noticed Robben messes up 1:23.
why can't more guitarists out there learn that sometimes, you only need 4 or 5 REALLY good notes as opposed to 100 fast ones... the phrasing here is PERFECT! this is so good it hurts...
With ya there Bro! I have an 02' PRS Santana 3 and love it!
I've improved my skills a lot since the last comment. Now this tune ain't a problem for me!
I forgot to say: i've had guitar lessons in 2006-07; i also still have piano lessons for nearly 12 years now, my theoretical knowledge and the guitar lessons i had ensure, that i don't crap my technique as bad as complete beginners.
Just great to see how oneself developes his own style, and they both influenced me very much!
Maybe i'll be able to up a Cold Gold vid when my exams are done! cya!
Carlton is mesmerizing, Ford be meanin' bidnezzz... yes sir...
Larry Carlton's one of those "one note" guys...by which I mean he hits one note and you go "oh hey that's Larry Carlton"
Smoooookin'....w/soul!!!
Couldn't agree more. I thought, 'holy cow, how's Robben going to follow *that*?' And then, well... there you go.
Wow, who knew Larry David could play like that ?
The girl is pretty good too.
lmfao :)
LOL LOL...you crack me up man!!!!
Awesome!!
omg larry carlton lit it up
amazing!!!!!!!
two of the best ever
I heard these 2 when they started playing together.
1970's, Dante's in LA. I stood no more than a handful of feet in front of them dead center. Pops on bass, Sample on keys, Stix on skins.
I swooned.
For young'uns: LC was the first to perfect this style (Mesa Boogies (pre-amped amps) were freshly fresh). Check out the The Crusaders and LA Express (also his sound was a cornerstone of Post/Carpenter TV themes). He was THE nexus of jazz, rock and pop -- a minor musically historic figure.
Sometimes I think I'm bored with blues-based guitar playing but performances like this show there's life in it yet.