Mr. 335 Larry Carlton playing a 1962 Gibson ES-335 at Norman's Rare Guitars 

...and is playing WES chords and sounding like Wes..... never go wrong doing that.

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Well said

Absolutely 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Thank you jellyfish! Your words are so heartfelt and I agree totally

I’m from Lomita California originally like Larry, I never knew that until now. I remember the day he got shot as I was living down the road from him at the time.

Yeh, what was that all about? Some asshole shoots him in the throat! His Left arm paralyzed for a while. He was working on an album at the time...

I've been a fan of Larry's for years but I had no idea he'd been shot, what on earth was that all about ?

I heard he was shot point blank with a 357 magnum. it might have had 38s in it but he's very lucky to survive. I loved his strikes twice album back in the 70s.

that attitude is part of how you get as good as he is.

What about the incredible Jimmy Sakurai?

Agreed, I've heard that Large Mouth Bass and Perch fear him!

Evan Gart Nice, bro. Let music move you! (Let great music change you...)

Can't decide between his work on Kid Charlemagne and Don't Take Me Alive as my favorite Larry Carlton offering. They're both amazing.

third my ass...Ill take 10 percent

Larry is an institution in Carltonisms who had us hostage in the late 1970's! Clearly my favorite guitarist total respect.

di meola Gambale Holdsworth Mclaughlin Henderson Shawn Lane Kotzen Becker Gales Via Satch Johnson too name a few

not a patch on the real players, people like joe pass

yes, that's what struck me...that beautifull tone was there ..instantly!!

I too have noticed, Rick Beato did an interview with Mr. Carlton, you can watch it for yourself. We all get old (myself included), hands don't work the same way they did decades ago. It's been said "Getting old is painful and expensive, but still better than the alternative". I can't say enough good things about Mr. Carlton that haven't already been spoken/written, he truly is a gift to us all. Myself, I consider Larry Carlton the Guitar Players Guitarist. May we be Blessed with his music and inspiration for many, many years to come.

A frikin men brutha.

CLINTON DUNN bonamassa?

Well...it’s pretty much the *only* guitar solo intro....as it should be. Any other will end up being compared to Larry’s and fall short

a couple of us are actually interested in his anecdotes

Barnaby Wylde Well, many weren't. I didn't make you skip.

god's work

boring pair of old farts... 6:05 is when the real talking starts for oooo about 12 seconds.... ffs not getting that time back

You apparently have no clue who Larry Carlton is then.

What it is, is, Larry always deflates his own ego,, as others build it up! That's the sign of a humble man! It's funny though,, when I first heard Larry play on the radio in 1980 or so, playing "MIDNIGHT PARADE",,, off of his "STRIKES TWICE" album, I was knocked out! I had never heard guitar playing quite like that before! And the very next day I went and bought that album, and IMMEDIATELY got to work on learning his technique(s). When ever I would listen to Larry play, I would get goose bumps! No other guitarist did that to me! And years later, when I jam with my local musician pals on both the blues jam night, and the jazz jam night,,, almost always the audience and even the musicians look at me very intently, and at times it bothers me, which I'm sure is what Larry feels as well, because of his humility. And people always tell me things like, "wow, you have such emotion in your playing",, or, "hey, you gave me the shivers",,,,,,,, to which I always reply, with MUCH gratitude,, "Thanks to Larry Carlton"!!!! And always try to get them to start listening to Larry's music! Larry Carlton may be the best overall guitarist of all time!!!!

That can happen when you play by feelings. Trust me, I know.

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Yeah, suddenly every song you know shoots straight out of your head and you have to force yourself to relax until you get a feel for something... often ad-libbed. It has happened to me a thousand times.

Makes me admire and appreciate even more the people like Mark "Million Tunes" Agnessi, and the guys over at Anderton's. They just grip it and rip it!

You are right - the man is a legend, but, exactly what is it that "we are not worthy" of ?

@@BernieHollandMusic You didn't see Wayne's World?

Kent, I remember Mr. B's! Bob Knight worked there, and was the man that sold Larry that 335!

Isn't it Robben Ford? Or another guitarist.. just sking humbly.