The Entertainer by RICHARD SMITH

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • After having watched his 2018 performance of this timeless Scott Joplin piece on RUclips about a million times, I was fortunate to have the front row seat for this one in Chattanooga on Feb.3, 2023. What a master! You have to come see him play.

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  • @AdamFerrari64
    @AdamFerrari64 Год назад +46

    Most underrated guitarist of all time

  • @stashedawayman1521
    @stashedawayman1521 Год назад +43

    I live in the UK and I consider my-self very lucky because I have seen him play on six occasions. Talk about hard work and dedication.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +6

      I know he has played since early childhood, but to me, this level of skill and consistency is still astonishing.
      You are very lucky indeed. I will continue to monitor his schedule and will try to see as many as I can.

  • @alanpartridge1385
    @alanpartridge1385 5 месяцев назад

    He makes it look effortless. What a fantastic player.

  • @Barn80
    @Barn80 Год назад +29

    Hands down the greatest guitar player on the planet

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +2

      I certainly have never seen a better one.

    • @supersecularboypants
      @supersecularboypants Год назад +3

      @Heikki Pankki As a big fan of Richard, you're right. Apples and oranges

    • @dermotmcglinchey282
      @dermotmcglinchey282 Год назад

      To change chord like that is incredible, have seen Richard play live and he’s an amazing guitarist while being very modest..

    • @stuartmatheson4746
      @stuartmatheson4746 3 месяца назад

      So tommy emmanuel is a lamppost?

  • @trainliker100
    @trainliker100 Год назад +10

    This is a good example of what can be done with a guitar in the right hands. I'd never heard this piece on the guitar. Really nice. I also like how he didn't put in a lot of embellishments since ragtime music is typically played "note for note" as written.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +2

      Great point!
      He does play this and other Joplin pieces as "note for note" as humanly possible with the guitar. Even from the way he talks about each piece of his repertoire, you can tell how much respect he has for the composers.

    • @davidwake6886
      @davidwake6886 Год назад

      Chet Atkins does a pretty good version too

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 Год назад

      @@davidwake6886 Chet Atkins version of everything was first rate. Stevie Ray Vaughan even played a short Chet Atkins riff buried in one of his songs to honor him.

  • @richardgratton7557
    @richardgratton7557 Год назад +4

    I was able to see him play last year. And was fortunate enough to chat with him. Incredible musician, great guy too, very personable and generous. I will remember it always.❤

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      100%. Funny, down to earth guy, sells his own merch at intermission and signs anything you want him to.

  • @carlosnapoletanoneto7688
    @carlosnapoletanoneto7688 Год назад +5

    Very nice Mr. Richard. I am from Brasil and I love your performances. Very well executed. Thank you so much

  • @startingfingerstyle
    @startingfingerstyle Год назад +2

    Richard Smith should be a household name! I was lucky to spend 4 or 5 days with this guy at one of Tommy Emmanuel's guitar camps a few years back (along with Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo and John Knowles CGP). A fabulous experience and watching Richard play individually and in combinations with the other world class players there, was the musical highlight of my life.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      Wow, I can only imagine what a thrill that was. What a great group of guys!

  • @douglasalan5783
    @douglasalan5783 Год назад +4

    The finest rendition of The Entertainer on guitar, hands down.

  • @Heffy90
    @Heffy90 Год назад +3

    absolutely beautiful! sounds like a full band.

  • @mykehyslop198
    @mykehyslop198 Год назад

    My late son could play this on guitar and piano when he was 11.My wife and I were amazed.He would never play being watched.We had to sneak up to door and listen.

  • @zepp2498
    @zepp2498 Год назад +4

    Magnifique. I love Scott Joplin's music. When I was young I played some guitar fingerstyle.....but was never able ( not good enough) to do music from this great musician. What a pleasure it is to listen to your fine performance. Bravo: Big like.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      It wasn't even intended to be a guitar piece, that's what makes these arrangements and performances even more mind-blowing. I can play The Entertainer on my piano, but Richard's play sounds a million times better.

  • @juleswins3
    @juleswins3 Год назад +3

    The man is astounding!

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +2

      This is what 100K+ hours of practice paired with amazing talent and love can produce

    • @juleswins3
      @juleswins3 Год назад

      @@PaulStrizhevsky A musical savant!

    • @pasqualeaccorinti1260
      @pasqualeaccorinti1260 Год назад

      Cantante napoletano

  • @underdarock7164
    @underdarock7164 Год назад +2

    Now that's some great talent!

  • @morgidvmw0mdv
    @morgidvmw0mdv Год назад

    He makes the guitar talk, wonderful. When I took up guitar many many many years ago I started with finger stile, wish I had persevered now !!!

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      Thankfully I don't even dabble with guitar, so I'll never know the depth of the abyss between Richard and myself 😆

  • @zapagoogas
    @zapagoogas Год назад +1

    beautiful

  • @loriendastafford1760
    @loriendastafford1760 Год назад

    Simply wonderful!!!

  • @stephen285
    @stephen285 4 месяца назад

    amazing!

  • @Chazb83
    @Chazb83 Год назад +1

    Extremely gifted 💯❤️😎

  • @JuaniceFloyd-vw7uj
    @JuaniceFloyd-vw7uj Год назад

    Great ❤

  • @rsosolitario3338
    @rsosolitario3338 Год назад

    Unglaublich! Bravo, Maestro!

  • @tandemwings4733
    @tandemwings4733 Год назад +1

    Wow..!!!

  • @bobyjack2
    @bobyjack2 Год назад +2

    A monster !

  • @rajoshusse
    @rajoshusse Год назад +1

    Lovley.

  • @alvaroromero4047
    @alvaroromero4047 Год назад

    Desde Bogotá Colombia admirando su espectacular talento mil felicitaciones

  • @spatialfrance
    @spatialfrance Год назад

    Bravissimo. I've a guitar signed by Richard, Tommy, Muriel Anderson, Tom Bresh and Doyle.
    Congratulations from France.

  • @JustMe-dr2ci
    @JustMe-dr2ci Год назад

    Very nice!

  • @musicalnoticarg.4375
    @musicalnoticarg.4375 Год назад +1

    Bravo !! Muy bien interpretado !!!

  • @siobhanlewis2706
    @siobhanlewis2706 Год назад

    Phenomenal ability!

  • @Yourlibrarian
    @Yourlibrarian Год назад +2

    I’ve always loved this version of this song. Thank you for uploading!

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching, very glad so many people are enjoying it.

  • @scottparmenter5783
    @scottparmenter5783 Год назад +1

    Great!

  • @ccrider3435
    @ccrider3435 Год назад +1

    Jaw Jopling!

  • @ghislaineberube2852
    @ghislaineberube2852 Год назад

    Yikes! Brilliant!

  • @user-xy7mc7ig4g
    @user-xy7mc7ig4g 9 месяцев назад

    令人敬佩的演奏家😊😊😊

  • @redryderaus
    @redryderaus Год назад +2

    I've heard him play it better with a lot less buzz. Way huge respect regardless, amazing rendition of a piano piece played on guitar.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      No doubt. I could listen to him perform it endlessly, noticing subtle differences. You can find at least a half dozen of these recordings on RUclips.

  • @rollmopspingo3552
    @rollmopspingo3552 Год назад +1

    Show demais 🇧🇷👌👌

  • @andrastimotheusgyori8284
    @andrastimotheusgyori8284 Год назад

    I like you very much!

  • @АлександрБобир-и4н

    you nice play !!!!

  • @АлександрБобир-и4н

    nice play !!!!!

  • @imeldaedicciaperezbaca2461
    @imeldaedicciaperezbaca2461 Год назад

    Amo esa melodía ❤️

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      You probably know it was written for the piano, right? :) Makes it all the more incredible to hear it sound this good on Richard's guitar.

  • @sylviedhancarville4486
    @sylviedhancarville4486 Год назад

    Chet Atkins version and this One are wonderful 🙏

  • @seichaman
    @seichaman 10 месяцев назад

    上手すぎる

  • @davidgarcia8782
    @davidgarcia8782 Год назад

    Legend playing guv

  • @jetsetter8541
    @jetsetter8541 Год назад

    👍👍

  • @TheKennethPaulsen
    @TheKennethPaulsen Год назад

    What is it called when you play the bass and melody simultaniously on guitar?

  • @freddiemercury4552
    @freddiemercury4552 Год назад

    There is some jokes from his previous video comment.. Got me everytime.. "I can't play like him but I look like him"

    • @moeszyslak5499
      @moeszyslak5499 Год назад

      "he made me give up playing guitar!"😅

    • @cobbhc
      @cobbhc Год назад +1

      "Now Richard is going to play something hard!"

  • @walterbriggs272
    @walterbriggs272 Год назад +1

    I love it! Even better, I think, than Chet Adkins version.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +1

      I would agree. Richard's is more technically advanced, and the arrangement is a definite step up from how Chet played it.

    • @walterbriggs272
      @walterbriggs272 Год назад +1

      @@PaulStrizhevsky Richard’s version reminds me of the original music, in The Sting by Joplin

  • @fernandopsnz9572
    @fernandopsnz9572 Год назад +1

    ¡Impresionante, Richard!
    Me atrevo a sugerirte esta otra versión de la pieza con arreglos de la propia artista por si acaso no la conoces, se trata de Paola Hermosín:
    ruclips.net/video/oJiT5N79KBQ/видео.html
    Es una versión bastante diferente a la tuya, pero también muy, muy buena.
    Gracias.
    Impressive Richard!
    I dare to suggest this other version of the piece with arrangements by the artist herself in case you don't know her, it's about Paola Hermosín:
    ruclips.net/video/oJiT5N79KBQ/видео.html
    It's quite a different version than yours, but also very, very good.
    Thank you.

  • @paolosuti
    @paolosuti Год назад

    Always thought Leo wijnkamp jr arranged this tune for the guitar; any credits?

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад +1

      I wish I knew for sure. Most of Richard's arrangements of famous pieces are done by him, so I don't know if this is any different.

  • @winn1549
    @winn1549 Год назад +1

    Does anyone have a tab by chance?

  • @Jonathan-yb7oz
    @Jonathan-yb7oz Год назад

    yeeheii

  • @DJTheTrainmanWalker
    @DJTheTrainmanWalker Год назад

    Frankly... I'm struggling to see what Lineker has supposedly done wrong.
    He made an observerion that was true when Eric Blair made note of it under his pseudonym of George Orwell....

  • @robertaccorsini4663
    @robertaccorsini4663 Год назад

    How did he do that?

  • @feldmannpaul
    @feldmannpaul Год назад

    Top draw.

    • @feldmannpaul
      @feldmannpaul Год назад

      Oh dear, I think it should have been "top drawer". What I meant was that's shit hot mate, perfect playing.

  • @davidtidwell8728
    @davidtidwell8728 Год назад

    Absolutely outstanding but he is not Chet Atkins

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      I would say he is even more advanced from the technical standpoint. Things like charisma and likeability are highly subjective.

  • @luatala8008
    @luatala8008 Год назад

    His other videonway better. This one sounds seems off and tempo sounds a tad too fast.

  • @vertyisprobablydead
    @vertyisprobablydead Год назад

    He spent all his guitar money on CHICKEN NUGGETS

  • @lowellfunk8974
    @lowellfunk8974 Год назад

    Sounds better on the piano.

    • @PaulStrizhevsky
      @PaulStrizhevsky  Год назад

      Not when I play it. 😆 Richard's performance sounds very much like the piece was meant for guitar.
      But yeah, piano was absolutely Joplin's intended instrument for this piece.

  • @nurbekkipchakov5869
    @nurbekkipchakov5869 Год назад

    Браво!!!!!!