Neil LeVang & Buddy Merrill - San Antonio Rose - 1966 - Lawrence Welk Show
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2009
- Neil Kenneth LeVang Passed Away January 26th 2015.He Was Born January 28th 1932. He Went Peacefully In His Sleep. He Was 83. Neil was one of the true all time great artists that played guitar. Heaven has gained a great talent.
Here Is My Favorite Vintage Clip From The Guitar Twins Featured On The Lawrence Welk Show!!
Fender Guitars Never Sounded Better!! Two Of The Very Best Guitar Pickers Ever!!
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Vai and Satriani are commercial successes because they found their market niche. I have heard them both play and unfortunately, what they are best known for represents only about 50% of their actual talent. If you can imagine that seeing these clips only represent the same of my dad's talent. He was constantly being told to tone it down for the listening public! Here's to you dad!!
Your dad was one of the best, Mark, and a great guy as well.
Mark LeVang props to you bud. One of the greats
Fantastic playing!
Your father was a very adept musician. I have no doubt that his real talent extended beyond what he did on the Lawrence Welk show.
I'm discovering more about your Dad, really interesting history & talent!! Today I'm trying to find recordings of his more jazzy stuff♡
As a youngster, Neil and Buddy were the first performers to inspire me to play guitar. May they both RIP. Also, love that Buddy is playing a Strat and Neil has a Tele.
Just goes to show the amazing tone you can get from a Fender when in the right hands.
As a kid before the Beatles and Beach Boys were around, I thought Neil Llevang was the coolest man on earth. He makes it look effortless.
REAL guitar skills never go out of style !!
REST IN PEACE NEIL YOUR MUSICS WILL BE PLAYED OVER AND OVER ...
How many of us watched Lawrence Welk on TV when Grandma had it on?
Exactly!
Had to!
I enjoyed watching the show as a kid.
These two guys were the earliest influence on me when I was a kid watching Lawrence Welk.
Great players!
Total masters at their craft so great!
Just wow!! This is pure talent at its best. The world needs more of this.
Real pickers, especially when Neil hit that Travis lick!!!!
Heck yes! One of the mainstays of original Texas swing has been those twin guitar solos. Love it. I used to play this on my Danelectro Les Paul styled guitar on an old amplifier. Nothing beats that vintage warm tone.
Buddy Merrill is amazing.
Just too cool . A lot of work was done in preparing this classic Bob Wills tune. Not to mention a Telecaster and a Stratocaster .Two very distinct sounding instruments blended very well .
I was thinking the same thing.
Instead of leaving a comment of my own, I'll just say I agree with all the comments I read. Fender guitars with thick flat wound strings and no effects (except maybe some reverb). We're so fortunate to have these videos to watch and learn from!
Neil was my favorite. He could play anything with strings and always had a smile.
I love how smug he always looked
Grandma and Grandpa used to watch Lawrence Welk every week. As a kid I used to just ignore it. But looking as some of these old clips I now realize he had some really great players on the show.
Obra de arte mundial 👏👏👏👏👏
Great stuff 👏
I just bought a tele!
I always love to listen to Neil and Buddy. Excellent musicians!
GREAT GUITAR DUO BLESSED WITH THE GREAT MUSICAL MINDS WHICH PRESENTED AND PROVED WHAT GREAT MUSICIANS THEY BOTH HAD.
Love buddy
Wow! A sky blue Strat and a Mahogany Tele. Rare guitars!
It doesn't get much better than these two guys working together. Neat that Welk found room for the two of them.
What most everyone is really missing is that Welk's show was taped live.
Unlike the variety shows, (Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, etc.),
with pre recorded rhythm and orchestral tracks....these boys did it "Live".
They were well rehearsed, in front of a live audience and did it one take.
Regardless of how "easy" the arrangements were (and they were easy) the reality the musicians and the singers HAD to well rehearsed to do these in only one or two takes. We will never again see a generation like them. :)
Actually you are completely wrong. Everything was prerecorded in a studio one to two days before the airing of the show. If you watch almost any documentary on Welk you will here that mentioned. Mind you it was in the sixties and seventies when this was done. It was to ensure flawless movement of the show. Research it. You’ll see. It wasn’t necessary though because these guys were excellent musicians.
@@FYMASMD I was referring to the shows that I mentioned in my post.
Roy Clark and Buck Owens owned Hee Haw. They never taped in front of an audience and could tape 13 episodes (half a season) in just two weeks.
THAT was the way "to do business". :)
Sweet and enchanting sounds.
Great performance, this is the reason I love to now watch reruns of Lawrence Welk
Fantastic playing and tone!
These two player had such amazing talent and professionalism! As a kid I got SO excited when the guitar players were featured on the Lawrence Welk Show. Thanks for posting this treasure!
Neil LeVang was Endorsers of the Fender company.Wrote 1967's Fender Catalog
Heard Buddy play in the orchestra but never heard him solo. People call me a musician but I always say, "I'm no musician, I'm just a guitar player". Having also played 2nd trumpet in high school band, I knew the difference. Buddy & Neil were musicians. They knew if they didn't see sharp they'd be flat (get it?). Our church organist, Bob Ralston, went on to play for Lawrence. He's the one who played the organ on the song "Baby Elephant Walk" in the movie "Hatari" starring the Duke.
If Les Paul is considered father of the electric guitar, these guys are the GREAT uncles!!! So influential and prolific. Buddy's still making music and Neil until his death. You just don't know how many things they played on! Made me want to play...for the pure joy of it! Opened the door for guys like Glen Campbell and Roy Clark to host their own shows. True pioneers in entertainment!
When real talent walked this earth as a day job.....
Just absolutely love it !!!..way ahead ahead of the world at the time.
I'm happy you enjoyed the clip. I have been playing guitar since I was 13. These guys had a great deal of influence on me.
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Thanks,
Don
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Carefully avoiding anny kind of distortion! AHEAD OF THE OVERDRIVE STORM! 🎼🎵🎶🎸
The definition of perfection, sounds great-
I miss you Neil, wherever you are you know how I feel
Excellent!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼♥️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎶
I haven't seen much of this style of guitar playing, but the level of skill is amazing. Thanks for posting such a great clip
Excellent....
The two guys that brought me upon the Welk scene.
I love this :) Thanks for uploading
Flawless!
Thank You Sooo Much
Thank you so much for posting this! I have missed this clip.
Fantastic!
Great stuff!
Just makes me smile all over every time I hear it.
GREAT!
Wonderful stuff.!!
So good!
Thank you, Dyno! Floyd Cramer has a great version of this song, as well!
Great performance!!!
One of my grandmother's favorite shows.
I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Thanks for posting this. Major, MAJOR like. If I could give it ten thumbs up, I would.
Neil is Mr amazing!!!!!!
Smooooove!
One day, Buddy arrived a little late for rehearsal with the band. When Lawrence asked him why he was late, Buddy said "I'm sorry, I'm just late, I have no excuse". Lawrence responded "that's NO excuse!" Only Lawrence Welk could pull that one off.
perfect
Thanks!
Hope y'all don't mind, but here is a copy of what I just posted on the other version of this ('68 Welk show). I didn't realize this 1966 version was there along with the '68 Welk show appearance:
I just happened to stumble on this gem. What a treat! I've been a lover of music as long as I remember first crawling around while Mom cleaned house listening to rockabilly and country on the little radio back in the late fifties. I've fooled around with a guitar for 40 years, and I play and sing in an oldies 50s/ 60s rock and country band. This is the first time I have heard of these guys. Thanks a million for posting it!
Hi Max,
Thanks for the reply. It's nice to know this video still draws mostly favorable comments. Where is your video post?
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Happy New Year!
I think it's great these guys are being listened to. Neal LeVang did a ton of session work on movie & TV shows. Buddy did a bunch of albums using the multi track method of recording. Both were excellent musicians. Vintage guitar magazine did articles on both guys. Buddy Merrill in February 2003 and Neal LeVang in December 2009. Look them up online at Vintage Guitar magazine.Look us up at www.x-chromatones.com My e-mail address is on the site.Dyno Don Ressler
Great harmonies! Makes me wonder if Phil Lynott got the Welk Show in Ireland. Tom Scholz prolly did.
Steve Harris too.
sweeeeet!
Thanks for the note to me. your cousin Buddy and Neil LeVang had a great deal of influence on my life. I started playing guitar because of Buddy & Neil and of course the Ventures & Duane Eddy. The Beatles came later. I'm still playing all of those great instrumentals with my band.
I hope you will drop me a note on my you tube page.
@mythicg20011 im actually Buddy Merrills grand daughter
Must have made Leo Fender very very proud. Look at that Lake Placid blue Stratocaster pre CBS and sounding great in buddies hands. Not sure about that Telecaster finish as I didn't think they offered that back then. Anybody got any information on it?
That's what i call real guitar music.
so sad that this is no longer the America of this particular brit's dreams. Fender guitars, Lawrence Welk, 45 inch Harleys.
both are still living
Yes. Buddy does not play at all, and Neil plays at home a little. Two of the best from the past.I don't see anyone like them.
***** I am sorry to say that Neil Le Vang died in his sleep January 26, 2015 at age 83. A great talent and a real gentleman, he will be missed.
Thank you very much for the terrible news.
Neil was a huge influence on me picking up the guitar. He will be missed.
I must contact his son.
Buddy still plays, but rarely....
Neil was mr LA session man in the 60's I am willing to bet that if it was if anything Vai or Satriani had was written note for note on sheet music that Neil could play it back just like it should sound, check out all of the videos and watch all of the different styles and and string instruments that neil could play masterfully, nothing against Joe and Steve but Neil was a musician and those guys are noise makers
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They can really play!
Best version this time, just a bit better than the version with the cowboy hats.
cool shit !
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Sure would like to have the Strat and Tele guitars they are playing.
A nice BIG Car!!
"Outstanding KETAR MAN".......
Here Buddy is playing a fifties era necked Sonic blue Strat while Levang is playing his own mahogany bodied Telecaster, later stolen and never recovered.
Levang, as a younger player also used via rental, the original Bigsby prototype standard guitar.
There is an onstage photo bof him with the guitar.
Levang would eventually become the sole keet,uh, guitar man on the Welk show after Merrill's departure.
Levang had been brought on to fill in during Merrill's military service in the early sixties.
Although Levang stayed on the show for years,
Levang and Welk didn't get along and Levang didn't mask his distaste around Welk.
Buddy's 50's strat would probably bring in enough by itself to buy just about any car in the 60 - 100K range (considering it's condition)
cool sh#t !
Neil hardly ever looks down at his fret board, Very great player. Ditto with Buddy.
Cool arrangement . I like the harmonized leads like the Allman Brothers 😊
Not a bad musician in the band.
HYBRID PICKIN' HEAVEN
6 people don't know what music is !
Don't get any better...
Thanks! I'll pass that on to the guys!
:)
;-)
Fender on Fender
ironically i'm friends with neil levang's grandson.
Hi, Neil married my great aunt. Hello from Nebraska whomever you are.
Is this not "Texas Playboy Rag"?
It began as "Mexican Two-Step, and eventually was developed into "The New San Antonio Rose".
no crazy clothes, antics, crotch grabbing, guitar smashing...
look out duane and dickie..
They're wearing suits and they didn't even kick-in the speakers!
i'll bet both those guitars would be worth enough today to buy a damn nice new car
For once in this clip Buddy is playing a better axe (strat) although Neal (the guy with the tele) is the better player of the two welkies. It seems like Neal is usually the lead guy, and Buddy is the rhythm.
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I think Buddy was just younger and had to defer.
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Outstanding talent playing cheesy earwash for dumb ass TV masses. But then these guy could play anything and frequently did regardless of whether it was worth playing. Fortunately Merrill has put his incredible talent to good use elsewhere.