/ kingsofstrings / kingsofstrings Here you see Tommy, Stochelo and Vlatko play the song Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues. They have formed an amazing trio called the 'Kings Of Strings'.
Brings back wonderful memories, Ive been playing this song since 1977 when I joined the navy. My best friend that I played it with for the last few years recently passed away. He had given me a 65 year old Silvertone guitar that had seen its better days and since his passing I have re glued, restrung, refretted and set up the action to a level that compares to the best anywhere. Every time I hear this song I wear out another set of strings playing that guitar. You guys sound great and motivate me even more to keep my buddy's memory and his guitar playing on and on never to be forgotten. Now my son is wanting to learn guitar and I gave him the Silvertone with the understanding that anytime he played it around someone new the story of Lemar and the guitars origin would be passed on again never to be forgotten, thanks for the great music.
Absolutely, I've experienced it and see it and hear quite often even from the "pros". Do you know what it means when someone says "he/she is stepping on the vocals or another player". If so, no disrespect.
In this version Tommy starts by stating the melody, then Vlatko and Stochelo take turns in doing their variation solos, then they finish together on the melody.
I'm holding tickets now for show #4 to see Tommy. The closer to the stage you get, the bigger the THRILL. Every song Tommy plays has his talent all over it. Every guest he has along is as professional as he is. Amazing musician and I can't get enough of him. "Tommy you make my world better to be in, Thank You so much!!!!"
Oh man! I sure would like to sit right in the middle of your jam session . Real surround sound! I like music of all sorts but this little melancholy song is one of my absolute favorites , and you guys really brought it. I’ve never heard it done so beautifully.
I associate this song with a very hard part if my life. I both love it and hate it at the same time. These men make me love and hate it more than ever.
vlatko is playing a planopy of allman bros. Clapton..and various blues and southern rock with some great expanded carl perkins style.. sliding hammers and trills.. a little tab benoit style albert king ..some syncopated prestipino rhythms....its really nice..i guess enough time has elapsed to make them sound fresh and airy in this new and vibrant context..love it
Vlatko Sefanovski is an incredibly talented individual, as is Stochelo Rosenberg. I miss the Kings of Strings, but Vlatko has gone on to composing more beautiful music for film and concert, many with a local Macedonian influence? He Is very under recognized in this country.
On the left Vlatko voted the best guitar player in former Yugoslavia for more than 25 years lives in Macedonia now a country on its own I have his second Marshall amp he used on the recording of "Aber dojde donke" song,Stochello is a grand grand son of Django Reinhardt lives in NL I met him too,He played with Steffan Grappeli,Grapelli played with his grand grandfather Django,so As you see it is all in the familly
Zdravo Vlatce,jas ja imam "stotkata" znaci 100 wattniot a ne peesetkata.On zbori za peesetkata.So prviot 50 watt Marshall e snimen samo prviot album.So JMP Series 100 MK2 e snimen Leb i Sol 2 i Rucni rad.Jas go kupiv pojacaloto vednas posle toa.Pocinatiot Trajko Karov me odnese kaj Vlatko.....
His name is Vlatko Stefanovski and he's the most prominent guitar player in the Balkan region for decades. Check his concerts with Miroslav Tadic, profesor of the guitar from L.A. They are both from Macedonia.
Each one has a different playing style. Tommy = country, Vlatko = folk, Stochelo = classical. The style matches which parts of the world they are from.
Like any music, it is derivative. All have been influenced, and all will influence. The arrangement is the definition of beauty. Great song. We are fortunate to have talent like this. Doesn’t matter to me where it came from, just that I got to witness it. Until RU-vid, one never saw Vlatko in the US. Stochelo is the quiet talent that always moves the project forward. Any player aspires to his level. Tommy should be thanked for his part in putting this together. His sense of melody is astonishing. A talented player might take this to “super noodle”, Tommy is above that.
