Chris White ("Isto") plays the Fats Waller classic. istomusic.com / istomusic / lumberjackisto Jazz Guitar Cover Ragtime Fingerstyle Stride Fingerpicking Acoustic Picking Piano Fats Waller Andy Razaf Loar LH-600
Man, oh man, if I was a young girl I'd be swooning, right now! I was impressed with your picking, and then you began to SING! I couldn't help but believe that you loved me... oh, well...
When I first started listening to this, I was still in college and I particular remember living in an apartment walking to the train to go to a part-time summer job. In the afternoons, coming back, I would sit down at my favorite pizza shop, get a slice, plug in the headphones and listen to Isto. This song brings me back to those moments. Thank you.
Isto, I commented earlier about how wonderful this rendition is. I just played it for my wife and she asked me to tell you she is swooning! Again, just wonderful and you play much of the music I want to play on my Loar archtop too. Thank you so much
There's music, and then there's MUSIC. This music needs to come back and folks like you help that process (and some other crap needs to crawl in a hole). This was an era when music said something kind. Kindness used to be the standard, not the odd one out. Chris, great job brother man!
I think Fats would have loved this performance if he could have seen it. Some of the quirky little expressions like the one at 1:20 really remind me of his personality and it breathes a whole extra layer of joy into your performance. Love it :)
hey isto, i've been watching all your videos for a while now. really great stuff. this one was particularly nice -- love when you get a bit silly with the voice. cheers
Nice! But you look so sad man... OK, I got a smile peekin' out occassionally. This song is perfect for scat and whistling - that's how I do it. Really cool falsetto at the end! I'm hooked.
Man from my personal experience Loar guitars are ideal for fingerpicking sort of ragtime style contrary to the popular belief! Extraordinary cover as usual!!!
So glad I found this damn channel. I've been wanting to learn this style of guitar for a long time, and the way you play + camera angle couldn't be better. Subbed man, you deserve more exposure.
Beautiful vocals! A wonderful surprise. (totally not jealous at all... >.>) I'd love to hear you play this on a steel string, or maybe get a recording where the guitar was a little cleaner/clearer, 'cause your arrangement is awesome.
Dude picks them up by ear and plays them. There are no TABs or notation. He did some excellent transcribing for some songs he taught in classes I've taken with him. I'm quite sure you could hire him to transcribe to TAB anything you wanted.You can find scores for many songs by adding 'pdf 'at the end of the title of the song you search. But if you can't find it, Isto can do it.
Thanks for your kind words, Kenny! You're one of my favorite people. Hope you're doing well! Other folks, if you're interested in lessons or transcriptions of what play in some of these videos, please email me at lumberjackisto@yahoo.com. Also, I've been posting video lessons on my patreon account (patreon.com/istomusic), and also teach group lessons at Brooklyn's Jalopy Theatre (jalopytheatre.org).
