This man was the complete guitarist - technique, emotion, intensity, melodic sensibility - all in one package. How people still slag him off is just plain ridiculous - this man has way more talent in his little finger than most of us have in our whole bodies. RIP Gary, one of the greatest guitar players to have ever lived.
agree man, actually we've forgotten the real sensibility and feeling to play guitar and many unknown ways to express it to the nature around us, I'm so excited to train and practice blues more than I was trainning before know him
@@DeadSensei8269 distortion is as common as it gets, reverb is as common as it gets, wah and delay are the only 2 things you mentioned that really counts as effects. But like you said everyone uses them. So nothing special or out of the ordinary about any of them, its all very basic and common stuff.
@@DeadSensei8269not distortion in fact overdrives in his blues era if I'm not wrong, could see tube screamers and bad monkey pedals alongside a fuzzfaces with his strat tributes
I was driving when I first heard "Stll Got The Blues". For the sake of public safety I had to pull over and wipe the tears from my eyes. Gary Moore was the complete package: monstrous technique guided by pure unadulterated feeling. A true legend.
You can't fake pure talent. This guy was brilliant, like srv & rory Gallagher. Ppl always so concerned about tone by using fx etc, those guys just plugged in, turned up the tone/volume pots & let their talent talk.
Because things need to move forward. There's only so much you can do with these licks and a LP into a marshall/vox. Guitar lost a lot of relevance but if it wasn't for innovators it'd be as dead as the lute.
@@fredriksvard2603 That's irrelevant. Playing the same licks is enough to kill any style, on any guitar or amp. You can be innovative on a gibson straight through a marshall in 2023, and it would probably sound better than half the guitar recordings today which all use digital software to emulate it. I'd do anything to hear an unreleased album from led zeppelin using the same gibson+marshall combo.
@@jayyy1041 It's relevant. You can't sound like Berried Alive, Henson or Meshuggah through a 6 string Gibson straight into a Marshall. You may not like these new styles personally but the point stands - if guitar stagnates it won't draw new generations in. Right now it's somewhat relevant in pop culture as it's used by artists like Sheeran and Swift, and by prog/tech/death/core bands doing the club gig circuit.
Yh, I agree. As players, we would all love to play blues licks like Gary did, or Clapton etc.....but audiences may not love hearing only that....because we've all heard it a million times. Much as I love hearing him play this, or billy gibbons jamming just him and an amp.....I'm glad that's not all there is. I'm glad there's polyphia trying something different, something new. If blues goes the same way as trad jazz and its just old folk digging it, I'm fine with that too. You can't really force anyone to like or appreciate something. I'm sure we all remember music class at school....
My personal favorite guitarist ever. He was given the ultimate gift of the guitar. Dynamics, power, control, and anything else that would describe the ultimate greatness. RIP Gary.. you live in our hearts
I bumped into Gary a few times as we lived fairly close and he was a lovely, warm & genuine human being. He also happened to be a great guitar player too! R. I. P. Gary.
Lived in belfast for 4yrs and learnt about his passing when i moved, gary inspired me to pick up the guitar though ill never be able to play close to his level, his inspiration will forever be cherished..RIP Sr Gary Moore 😢😢🇧🇳
@@fredriksvard2603 There has always been super fast and technical players but faster and more technical doesn't equal better. 80 years ago, Barrios was shredding stuff that the kids of today couldn't do. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sUSknJSDiME.html Normally that song is played a little slower but because of the wax recording technology of the time, he had to up the tempo a little. Today kids would thing who is playing the bass part and who is playing the lead. Lightweights...
@@Swampster70 Also why even look to blues or even metal for virtuosos, pretty arrogant to think some selftaught kids are gonna leapfrog classically trained world class players. It's not what i look for in rock and metal, the whole neoclassical thing is pure cringe to me. Hendrix and the rest of his kind are massively talented in various ways but let's not pretend for a second they're technical players.
Gary Moore. A true guitar player. He was so pure. One the best guitar players of all time. He could make you feel the blues!! WOW!! GUITAR PLAYING @ it’s BEST RIP.. GARY.
@@trentmason009 No he wasn't. Jimi will always the number one. Jimi had it all, never repeated himself and was an incredible improvisor and songwriter and played the deepest blues and he was funky and reinvented himself constantly. He had music flowing out of him like no one before or since. The Moore's and SRV's may have been a bit faster and cleaner but the were repetitive and far less creative and not nearly as good at the most important aspect, namely songwriting.
There's no one else whose guitar playing has the feel, ability and balls of Gary Moore. Played guitar all my life and I don't know why but there's just something about his playing, I always find myself trying to emulate him. One of the GOATs truly great guitarist and massively underrated. RIP big man
Gary was actually left-handed but played right-handed just like Wilko Johnson and Michael Angelo Batio (a bit of useless info) he truly was a savage player and sadly missed, I can understand you trying to emulate his style but you have to remember as players we all have our own style, tone and sound and we all seem to end up being the players we're supposed to be 😎 you mentioned Gary and SRV you forgot the other GOAT that was taken too soon....Rory Gallagher I reckon Gary and Rory were probably the two best players Ireland ever produced....may their gods be good to them, peace and love to you Brother Man ✌️❤️🇮🇪😎
@@DocRockBaby Didn't know he was left handed, Knopfler is also, not a coincidence they both have the touch and emotion in a note that Clapton/Slash etc don't have. Also play lead using their thumb and little finger with the left hand, because it's the dominant hand I suppose, it's more natural.
At least you know him now. I went to the Marrillion Milton Keynes ´Garden Party´ in 1986 just to see him. I could not have given a fuk about the rest of them. All I wanted to see was Gary.
It's really a shame. That I can pick Hendrix as # 1 without question - if Page and Clapton say so, whom am I to disagree - , Page, Beck, Clapton tied for # 2, Gilmour, Kath, and Blackmore tied for # 3, and at least 20 tied for # 4 (King, Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Van Halen, and on and on) . I've seen in concert all of them except for Hendrix and Johnson. And yet, I've never heard of this guy.
Oh, and Al DiMeiola, if you can stand to listen to him for two hours, he may have been as talented as anybody. In any case, there have never been four more talented musicians on a single stage than "Return to Forever." And Townshend is somewhat underated. He should be in my top 3.
I agree. I enjoy listening to Gary even without a band, just playing alone. I enjoy listening to Gary play the electric guitar with the volume turned off. Electric guitar acoustically played, Gary still sounds great.
Never ceases to stump me how often I see "underrated" and "overlooked" used to describe a number of clearly top-level players...pop media exposure means absolutely zero regarding how good of a musician they are. Players like Gary are/were monsters, and it's never been a secret...
I’m not religious but he’s another artist in my God played through him list. I think the blues label did a bit to dampen his fire. If I was putting a studio session on, I’d easily call Gary in my first five calls
Thumbs up for those who know Gary was so under rated and looked over compared to his peers back in the day. I always thought Gary was a monster player and so over looked and under appreciated.
@@raefpickens1154 I saw Stevie twice, Gary and Rory once each..back in day. I went to record signing for texas flood and took a neck for a parts caster which I was building. he was stoked to sign it..such a gentleman .. he wrote "see you soon" and signed it, thinking we might bump into each other at his gig the next night...didn't link up. I stupidly put floyd rose trem on it..sold it few years later for $400..a life time ago
steve flynn Thats amazing wish I woulda had the chance to watch him play in person let alone meet him but I’m fortunate to have discovered him at all thank you for the story ✌🏻
He's not an Irish hero, they never talk about him here, I never hear his music on Irish radio or TV except with Lizzy but thats ALL about Phillo and not about Gary, ...and he is WAY down the list of great Irish musicians. You want to hear an Irish guitar legend? Ask your dad about Rory Gallagher.
@@johnc3403 Im Irish and a life long fan of Rory Gallagher, i regard Rory, Gary and Phil and everyone else from respective bands as legends equally! no need for shite radio or lists!
This guy was the most complete guitarist in the world when he was alive, among know musicians obviously because there are always hidden gems in basements we'll never hear about.
I’m a lifelong Gary fan, since the mid 70s. I don’t think he was ever underrated. Maybe he didn’t get the commercial or international success that he deserved, but he certainly wasn’t underrated. Just read the influences of most rock and blues rock musicians and he’s usually near the top of the list. ✌️🎸
Keep coming back to this 9 min chill session with Gary Moore, maybe you do too? Wish this guy could have been around a little longer. Really unique player and incredible performer, zero time wasted as he started so early on and just played his way through life, truly amazing.
No one could touch Gary Moore!! Tone, feel, technique, dynamics, musicality... It's all there! Not to mention a great songwriter and a decent singer too!
WTF are you guys talking about? he's renowned worldwide, respected by the original blues players, just because he is not on peoples wallpaper doesn't make him underrated. What is your benchmark for 'Rated'? being in rolling stone magazine? eat my trousers!!!
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Even when playing Jazz (which I really didn't know he was so adept in), he permanently seems too have to restrain himself from exploding (...even more). It's not only his speed (and damn, can he play fast...), but I don't think there are many other guitarists with that immense level of pure energy. Maybe Yngwie, but as much as I like him, too, he is not nearly as versatile.
Sean Duggan that's what made him so special. His playing was all his own and no part of it was copied from anyone else. Who else has dared to play the blues in such an aggressive style. He was amazing
He was recognised by the people who matter and enough of them to make a very good living doing what he loved, who gives a shit what the average foot tapper thinks.
Best there’s ever been, just a pleasure and inspiration to watch him make those guitars sing and without all the gadgets that are being used today,so sad he’s gone but he will never be forgotten 🤘🏻
Jimi Hendrix was asked how does it feel to be the best guitar player in the world? Hendrix replied," I don't know You'd have to ask Gary moore. wow could do Jazzy too Blues 😂💙🙏. heavy / melody tone baby Jesus im😢a believer sound definitely reminds me Hendrix his advantage is that he was great Song writer an Singer as well.
I still do! As long as his Music is played and we Guitarists play his songs, he will never be forgotten! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hXtHPknsu7Y.html
I spent a lot of time with Gary when I lived nr Newtonards. He was a great man for racing pigeons and usually he lost. They were much quicker than him. But I liked him a lot. We shared a love of cream scones.
Check out gary performing res house at a les paul event. Greatest performance I've ever seen. Beat jimi at his own game for that one. Guy was a freaking monster. Criminally underrated.
lol - you mean Fender event? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pvu7Y91xUKM.html starts with too much fuzz. then starts to sound more like BB King than Jimi. too many runs sounding like Jimmy Page. when Jimi played long versions of Red House, Jimi told a story rather than just played runs & licks. while Gary was/is a superb player. cannot be compared to Jimi on Red House...
I picked up a 2000 reissue of the 1961 335 block in translucent blue. He's right, the sustain is just mind boggling, and then you plug it in... My 1968 Superlead brings out all of the nuances of the guitar. Hearing Gary get his '59 Les Paul wailing in "I've still got the blues for you" is so sensual, but anyone who says that the guitar doesn't make the player has never played anything as sensitive as these. I use .38 picks and you have to refine your touch to suit the instrument. Then, it comes alive.
Crotchet Try dorian superimposed over your boxes, and include the flated 5th. Now don't just play any note like a pentatonic, but hear where it leads...those 'off of the pentatonic' can work like passing tones and if you listen well, you'll have more to use. Also play with the 6th for major/minor or dorian over the V in minor. Easy to hear and follow in blues. Oh yes....practice, practice, practice...LOL! If you're talking about Jazz, forget it, take theory!
I check back on this video from time to time. One, so I don’t forget how incredible he was. And two, for inspiration. What emotion and attack in his playing...no matter the style.
This video is truly an eternal guitar lesson, which will be for posterity. Technique, feeling, grip, melodic sense… all in one guy! It didn't even get the recognition it deserved. Gary, the uncrowned king.
Without a doubt one of the best and most versatile guitarist's EVER. To bad most people in America have no idea who he is. I got to see him live twice on Victims of the Future and Wild Frontier tours, and they are 2 of my favorite concerts ever. A 6 string genius!
