Larry. So many dissing Larry. Real lame. Larry's been making bands great for 45yrs, sitting in the background and adding so much. Chris is great, Larry is great. Both quite different in style and character. So many top bands have relied on Larry to get them to the pinnacle, and here he fills for Chris. Always the quiet giant, always unpretentious, unassuming. This wasn't a competition. Larry is a guitar God and plays anything and everything. Go look at his studio history and what bands have relied on his talent. To say stupid shyt like "Larry got his ass handed to him" only shows naivete and ignorance.
I knew Chris back in the day, back in the 80s. I'm extremely proud to see him playing with folks like Robben Ford and Larry Carlton, both of whom he held and holds in high esteem. So cool.
Been a fan of Larry since the Crusaders and Chris when I saw him at Larry Blakes in Berkeley- probably mid 80's. Nice to see them play together. Both are amazing players.
What these two great players obviously share is a deep and abiding respect for BB King who is the immortal foundation on which this kind of playing is built.Chris sings very much in the BB style as well.Great stuff.
Larry Carton(no e) isn't a showboater.He's a tasteful studio player thats done some beautiful fusion,instrumental work.He not an ass whipper or whipp(e}
GD...... these are two of my faves in the whole wide world ! playing great blues together ! why only 329 views ? 329 milllion would be more appropriate. ! Or at least 329,000. Thank you Chris, Thank you Larry, many thanks to your excellent rythm section! You guys rock !
I discovered Chris Cain in 1991 with his fantastic snd album Cuttin' Loose and fell in love with his playing instantly. If true talent was to be rewarded, CC would have sold millions of albums throughout the world. Sadly our world doesn't work like that ...
To say that CC is not in the same league as LC is like saying B.B. is not in the same league as Albert or Freddie King. Neither one needs to prove anything. They are peers who mutually respect each other. CC is a long time close friend of the Ford (Robben) brothers who hold him in the highest regard! LC would be so embarrassed that anyone would even suggest that CC is not in the same league as he is.I invite anyone to say this to LC himself in person & watch him cringe. Guaranteed.
For over 40 years Larry Carlton's name has been synonymous with tasteful Jazz-blues.In 1988 he was shot and suffered nerve damage and had to relearn playing the guitar he did and finished recording "On Solid Ground". Larry became the guitarist in "Fourplay" in 1997. Few musician's have had such a distinguished career. One part of his talent is putting the music first. He was on of L.A.'s premier studio Guitarist's and played on Hundreds of records in the 70's.
I saw Chris in a small club on 1st & Sal Salvador when he was only 20 somethin’ years old. He was just as powerful then as he ever is promoting his first album Late Night . I was forever a fan. I got to see him in Santa Cruz The Blue Rock It Review, Michel Osborn, Jerry Smith Charles Ford Band. Chris came on before the Ford brothers, big mistake not the holy ghost could have followed Chris that night. One of the guys that was in my party was driven to tears Chris was so moving. Chris Be Wel
Hope that getting to jam with the great Larry Carlton gets Chris some badly needed recognition , even with his huge B.B. King influences he is one of the greatest bluesmen going...none better...his solos are sublime , as are his vocals ....
well as Larry put it that night, he heard Chris on Sirius radio back home in Tennessee and decided when he was out this way (Santa Cruz, CA) he would get Chris to sit in a show. The next day Larry admitted this show and how it ended was way too much fun! Chris is the total package!
Larry C seemed almost deflated by CC's soloing and turned in a rather average two chorus's before nodding to Chris to come back in with the vocals. Normally the great players inspire and bounce off one another. Larry certainly doesn't lack the chops!
One aspect of his talent is making the whole sound good. He disappears ijnto the background and makes others sound good. Listen to Fourplay or any one of the 30 Album's he has released to hear really tasteful playing..This is not to Diminish Chris Cain but he is not in the same league as Larry. Larry does not need to prove himself as a soloist every time he plays. Don't overlook that it was Larry who invited Chris to join him and as always he was a tasteful and gracious host to his quest.
You're saying Chris Cain is a show boater and isn't tasteful? I'm saying you're only as good as your last riff and history don't help you play your axe.
Chris's great, but listen a little more closely to the whole piece. Larry's doing what he's done for a living for 50 years..helping make others sound good.
+Steve Stavropoulos - of course some ignoramus has to come along and say something like this. So Carlton chose not to cut heads. How is that getting his ass handed to him, genius?
As a musician you should know that it's not a freaking competition. You don't seem to know that very simple fact. Could it be that you're just talking straight out of your own ass?
