I took my dad to see both Chet Atkins and a solo Garrison Keilor perform on a Summer Saturday night back in the 80’s at the Spokane Opera house. It was just Chet playing his guitar and GK telling stories, it was a great night for both of us.
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Nice to see decently dressed men with talent.
Pleasant sound and easy listening….
When I was a wee tot, my parents bought a Zenith stereo/record player. It was always Chet Atkins, Les Paul/Mary Ford, country/western, jazz, classical, pop and every other kind of music playing in our home. I got into Leo Kottke, Eric Clapton, Adrian Legg, SRV among others over the years. Plenty of Narada, too.
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There’s a video on YT of Chet Atkins and Mark Knophler playing together. Do a search.
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Ooohhh, this looks good… (Reminds me: did I mention Mark Knopfler when we were listing awesome male singing voices recently?) Looking forward to listening but I’ll have to check it out tomorrow, as hubby is playing the accordion at the moment.
In the midst of all our current dread and politics and dark nights of the soul, music is one of the small but perfect joys of life. Along with beautiful scenery, good food (and drink), and the camaraderie of sharing all of the above. For whatever system or situation we may all soon be facing, practice and prep accordionly.
Guitar George knows all the chords.
And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene.
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I agree. Dire Straits’ is the best.
Knopfler is an amazing guitarist with a wonderful voice.
They helped introduce people to more of a jazz sound.
Between them and Manhattan Transfer jazz made a comeback.
Knopfler’s guitar riffs were outstanding, especially in Sultans of Swing. When I first heard it back in 1980, I thought of it as an advanced iteration of rock & roll.
He had/has a style all his own. If you heard a recording of one of his songs but didn’t know who the guitar player was, you could figure out pretty quick it was Knopfler.
That can be good or bad. The good was being able to ID him from his technique. But I heard a recording of him a couple years ago and his style hasn’t changed at all. Could be he is in a rut. That may be bad for an artist.
Well done but this is the gold standard of live versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY&list=RD8Pa9x9fZBtY&start_radio=1
I taught them how to play.
Bringing up Marc Knopfler makes me think of Chet Atkins. I’m a diehard rocker, but Chet just amazes me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzsvN5HpYh8
Here’s the 41st finger…
Yup, that’s the ONE Loco.
Brilliant.
I took my dad to see both Chet Atkins and a solo Garrison Keilor perform on a Summer Saturday night back in the 80’s at the Spokane Opera house. It was just Chet playing his guitar and GK telling stories, it was a great night for both of us.
Nice to see decently dressed men with talent.
Pleasant sound and easy listening….
I’ve always been a Ventures fan…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eC9DXqSWUx8
When I was a wee tot, my parents bought a Zenith stereo/record player. It was always Chet Atkins, Les Paul/Mary Ford, country/western, jazz, classical, pop and every other kind of music playing in our home. I got into Leo Kottke, Eric Clapton, Adrian Legg, SRV among others over the years. Plenty of Narada, too.
There’s a video on YT of Chet Atkins and Mark Knophler playing together. Do a search.
Ooohhh, this looks good… (Reminds me: did I mention Mark Knopfler when we were listing awesome male singing voices recently?) Looking forward to listening but I’ll have to check it out tomorrow, as hubby is playing the accordion at the moment.
In the midst of all our current dread and politics and dark nights of the soul, music is one of the small but perfect joys of life. Along with beautiful scenery, good food (and drink), and the camaraderie of sharing all of the above. For whatever system or situation we may all soon be facing, practice and prep accordionly.
Now here are 40 Fingers playing “Jump!” 🙂
https://w ww.youtube.com/watch?v=FhGdA-1Htk0
40 fingers to do what only takes Mark Knopfler ten!
Knopfler & Atkins acoustic duo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTVLIZaxMk&list=RD8Pa9x9fZBtY&index=5
Guitar George knows all the chords.
And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene.
I agree. Dire Straits’ is the best.
Knopfler is an amazing guitarist with a wonderful voice.
They helped introduce people to more of a jazz sound.
Between them and Manhattan Transfer jazz made a comeback.
Phil and Tommy Emanuel’s version. https://youtu.be/zW1w1PbqkCQ
Knopfler’s guitar riffs were outstanding, especially in Sultans of Swing. When I first heard it back in 1980, I thought of it as an advanced iteration of rock & roll.
He had/has a style all his own. If you heard a recording of one of his songs but didn’t know who the guitar player was, you could figure out pretty quick it was Knopfler.
That can be good or bad. The good was being able to ID him from his technique. But I heard a recording of him a couple years ago and his style hasn’t changed at all. Could be he is in a rut. That may be bad for an artist.