I have heard this man in person at a local church. He is a master of the instrument and is just getting better and better. A piano in his had. Great Guitarist.
live doyle is absolutely amazing. i met him and bought a T5 at one of his guitar shows and he signed it and played it a bit for me too. when you meet him he is the most happy and laid back guy ever. made such an impression on me. i totally recommend seeing him live he is insanely good at the guitar.
I totally agree Cowfister. The T5 is amazing. I own the Koa top version and it is completely awesome. I am not a fan of the dual humbucker model Doyle is using but it really depends on what you do. I do alot of acoustic so that is why I like the single humbucker better. I must warn anyone going to test drive a T5, you wont want to leave it at the store.
You can just feel the emotion reverberating off from this music. Unbelievable...best finger-style player in the world. Tommy comes in 2nd. Long live doyle
@lumberjackphil ; Great point. Let me add the fact this may NOT have anything to do with Doyle's settings, and may have everything to do with circumstances it was recorded under. Myself, I feel fortunate that RU-vid has introduced me to literally hundreds of pickers, and players I would have never known about without RU-vids forum. Last...Anyone who feels the tone, tune, or taping is beneath them----TUNE OUT !! ----
That's gotta be the sickest freakin' guitar piece I've ever heard in my life man! WTF! I've been playing for forty years (and I'm pretty damn good), but I feel like throwing my guitar off the George Washington Bridge after hearing that. Holy cripes!
Hi Junky, Im well aware of the original, I play jazz myself. I was just referring to DDs rendition of the tune (with a few other oldies mixed in). The guy is a freak! Ive read some previous comments, and some folks dont have a clue. Nobody - I mean NOBODY can pick like that. No one even comes close (even Chet himself). I know he didnt write as much as some other players, put as far as pickin; no one is even in the same ballpark; hell - not even the same sport, and I've heard them all.
Tommy Emmanuel is my hero. I have all of his dvd's and books. Ive been listening to him since I was 8. Saying that either one of these guys is "better" is just ridiculous. The type of picking that they do transcends any label of so called "goodness" that you could pin on either man. They are the BEST of the best of the best. Its that simple. I grew up listening to TE. He is deffinately my favorite artist by a long shot. However, he isnt any better or worse than DD.
@Jer1400 ; Great point !!! I'm just old enough to remember life before the internet & RU-vid. I'd like to have temporary access to the way back machine--for you youngsters a reference to Mr Peabody from the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, I'd say the mid-eighty's is far enough back. If you wanted to hear a Doyle Dokes or better yet see him play, you could just wait until he comes to your town-whenever that might be, or buy his record. The moral of the story---just cool it whippersnappers !!
That's funny, I've played some of DD's recording for a guy I know and he can't accept that it's one guy picking the tune. We've lost touch buy I hope he catches these posts if not Doyle live.
Hmmm, lets see, sounds like dennismp is an expert. Mayby he should give Taylor a call and get them straightened out? I'm sure if he would take his $300.00 "Tak" down there they would want to take some measurements, take some pictures, and see if they can figure out what there doing wrong? I will be waiting for the first "TakaTaylor" to roll off the bench!! I here ebay has a nice 1966 "Airline" acoustic from Motgomery Ward with a "buy it now" for $14.88. Might want to jump on that mr. expert.
Doyle is freaking awesome !!! Taylors on other hand and entirely over-rated guitars. i have two and they're both broken (one has had to go back to the factory 4x)...God Bless Doyle...!!!
You need more exposure to his catalog. Soulful? While my guitar gently weeps Nothing's too good for a Friend White Rose for Heidi the list goes on and on.. His voicing on the instrument in perfection. Definitely catch him live at your first opportunity.
One of the most ridiculous things you could ever do is to judge a guitar's tone of any brand, based on the sound you hear from a video recording from who knows where using who knows what equipment, streamed off of a compressed, lowquality video on youtube. I've heard Taylor guitars live, and own one myself. They are awesome. As are many other brands. With all the dumb comments, I had to say that so someone isn't duped by stupidity.
doyle is one of the best pickers out there... he just needs to rid himself of that T5... i just traded mine in for a used Olsen. I love Taylor guitars, but that T5 is just clunky and annoying.
Boy, that would have sounded really good with a good guitar and a good microphone. Taylor cracks me up. Buy a Taylor with the "incredible" Expression System for 2 to 10 grand. Oh, but if you want it to sound good, buy the Taylor/Neve-who-ever-the-hell-he-is T4 pre-amp for another 800 bucks. Then, waste a couple months trying to get a DECENT live sound, then go back to a 300 dollar Tak and say hello to ebay. Sheesh. Repeat after me: Taylors sound great unplugged.
