Jay Graydon, on Solos and Beyond 

I can’t take this! I can’t take this! This guy is so fucking good, it’s melting my brain! He sounded like Steve Lukather before Steve Lukather sounded like Steve Lukather! 🕺🏻

I really don't know anyone else, then Jay that is so easy to recognize in recordings. Because they are unique, beautiful and so outstanding. Don't get me wrong. I love Luke, Larry, Landar and a few more, but Jay... well, it's something unique.

Look, anyone who could play the "Hawaiian" solo on Peg has my vote on anything he plays. Jay, Dean Parks, Larry, these guys are the best.

So, it's been Jay Graydon playing on all those great leads. He is a master for sure.

Jay has amazing technical ability. He's incredibly self aware of his process - almost describing his technique like an observer ("I don't even know what I played"). To have such a command of an instrument is rare. To deconstruct exactly how he does it from another prospective is mastery.

He just seems like a great dude… You can see how he would look out for Luke in the early days… He has that self aware, confident, unselfish master vibe…

You sure can hear his influence on Lukather! Awesome!

That solo in Roxann is the ultimate solo. Just brilliant

"you need to be what you are"... right on, Jay 👍

Tone, touch, musicality is just incredible.

I love that Jay's playing is so original (and yes, melodic) ... he seems to have come from another guitar galaxy ... go Jay! Plus he wrote some of the most beautiful ballads of all time ... wow ... if you told me he discovered a new law of physics, I'd believe it ...

Beautiful solos! Jay and Luke are cut from the same cloth!

Had the pleasure of working with Jay on two albums for The Memphis Horns on RCA................EVERYTHING HE DID WAS AN INSTANT CLASSIC.........and such a lovely unpretentious bloke.....

An intelligent player who is so conscious of what he does !

The man can sing almost as well as he plays, he could give us all singing lessons.

Such well thought out fantastic solos!! Really love the way he chooses what notes to play!

This guy's cool - I like the way he teaches.

Thanks for his contribution to Gino’s masterpieces.

Jay' s solos are so melodic! Really beautiful tone!

Jay seems a really nice guy . Such a good guitar player and singer also.

A truly gifted Musician 🙏🏼🤘🏻👍🏻

Studio sausage Mr Graydon...one of the very finest ever.legendary guitar player

I loved Jay's big fat tone and his phrasings. He sounds like good mix of Carlton and Ritenour!

A great guy and a pro's pro. Big respect.

if he did nothing else in his entire career other than the solo on peg I would still be in awe.

Jays a great guitarist ... I remover his work with Gibno Vanelli , so many great songs and classic albums by the greats ... what a player at that time I was listening to him , Carlton , al dimeola. , benson , metheny , larry coryal Some many great musicians , and just hearing the electromagnets a three piece from Tx. Featuring a young Eric Johnson they used to come to Dallas a couple times a year All these greats ... what a blessing to the ears and soul

His solos w gino vannelli are awesome...what a great versatile composer, earth wind n fire,george benson,al jareau,david foster,mahanttan transfer,to name a few

I'm so glad I'm not a guitar player!! I love his playing!! great Jay!!

💥You are a great and awesome singer.🎵 Greeting from Canada🍁

Man is brilliant. Just happens to show it on the guitar. Thanks Jay.

Amazing, after almost 10 years of playing and thinking "how bad is this technique that I have?!", Jay sheds light that bending the string such that my finger goes under the string above is perfectly fine as a way to avoid unnecessary noises. If Larry Carlton does it, it's cool with me!

Music today is unrecognisable! This guy comes from a time when you had to be talented period!!

Incredible. I pretty much agree with Everyone. Sure hear Luke’s inspiration. 🙏 thank you for this

Great tone - and great hair!

LOL! You can really feel his frustration of playing slooow. XD Love this guy.

I love to listen to Jay Graydon

the King of west coast music..

Very musical..just love it

i LOVE his solos on the Christopher Cross albums!!

Jay is The Man Handsdown !!! :) (y)

"I don't even know what I played"... 🤣 I love his honesty!!!

A true guitar genius.

Epic soloing and hair - still !

I bought an EVH Music man guitar because this guy uses one, I love his solos and compositions. I am however still crap. I learnt about shapes years ago, and glad he uses the same methods, it’s a good way of remembering and developing a style without having to learn every scale. Allan Holdsworth used shapes also.

Cool video for sure....

Great guitarist.

PEG !!!👍

Who knows Jay is My kind people

Love the buzzsaw tone he got throughout his career. I could always tell when it was Jay Graydon on a record.

So this is where luke got his licks! His phrasing is virtually identical in places.

This is the influencer RU-vid needs….

G flat 9 or whatever!!! Ha! The guys on fire and he’s doesn’t care!!!!

He reminds me of marty friedman for the way he talks and says "don't copy me"

You can see bits and pieces of the Peg solo throughout. Great player, or whatever ;)

His set at Holiday inn during happy hour is good too. He seems down to earth and drinks are half price.

you're my favorite guitar player (Oscar age 9)

Luke sounds so much like him...

'I'm a camera'

Here after hearing Luks interview w Beato

could you post the whole thing?

THINK....BLUES!!!

I only heard the shape of the shapes at one medium speed where it sounded like a gallop to me. At super fast or super slow speed, forget it. Just sounds like a blur to me

Before Pro Tools there were Pros. And this guy was one of them. Awesome musician.

Does anybody know what efects is his using in order to sound like that? Does that distortion have Chorus?

It would have been nice to post somewhere what year this was.

Now I see where Matt Berry got inspired

Nice Rivera amp sitting there....

My ears are so wet right now.

Grayson and said that he wanted toreleas the 90s video explanation of his peg solo. I wonder if anyone knows where that is?

This is cool I wonder if he still owns that guitar. A Telecaster with a Floyd Rose interesting

i wish they have twilight zone here

WADA TELE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any idea when this DVD was recorded or released? They always seem to leave that info out, but its always helpful to know, even if just for curiosity.

10:07

jay graydon, kevin dukes, neal schon, very similair.

I know where Steve L. Got his cool stuff.

you know jay steve lukather could've also done this one. i really never knew you even though we're about the same age. i also played bass with alot of groups./people . i can tell that since you and steve [whom i love] are from the same state you're friends.i will listen more to your stuff as i know you're very good and a decent guy. we all know as it was over 20 . you signature solo was on what yes you got it right peg.,BUT I KNOW YOU'RE WAY MUCH HIPPER THAN THAT.ANYWAY I CAN SIT HERE ALL; DAY AND TALK. IF YOU EVER SEE THIS IN BETWEEN DATES AS YOU HAVE TONED THAT DOWN A BIT DO YOU LIKE MIKE STERN AFTER HE CLEANED UP.

'God is typing...'

E.W.F ...

Terrible left hand technique, lifting the fingers so High, but the best musicians are often like that, check out Michael Brecker, the coolest saxophonist since Coltrane, awesome technical player but dreadful technique!

telecaster is probably the worst sounding guitar in history

this guy is so arrogant for a guy who is not known and never really got any real fame for his work