I met these gentlemen in the early 70's when my partners (at the time) brought Johnny Mathis to Australia). I took Johnny to see the Adelaide Festive Theatre and they were walking out when we arrived. Johnny knew them all and had a brief conversation with them. Charlie wasn't too engaging but Herb and Barney were. Johnny asked Herb if he was enjoying the new found fame touring as the "Three Guitarist's". "Shit yes" was enthusiastic the reply. Lovely gentlemen.
These guys! Whew! At the top of their game; new respect for all three. Wow. And Barney Kessel starting around 6:30, whew!, so many "I wish I'd said that" moments, or rather, "I wish I could say that!"
I'm very glad I saw these guys several times in the S.F Bay Area. Think it was at The Great American Music Hall when they played The Flintstones Theme at a blazing speed. They went around and around trading riffs one amazing one after another. The place went nuts!
Salve dove li ha ascoltati?Al festival di Pescara Jazz?Lo chiedo perche' sono della citta' ma disgraziatamente sono nato con una cinquantina d'anni di ritardo.
@@maxswing78 Lì ho ascoltati al cinema teatro Circus, nell'ambito della stagione invernale dei concerti. Seguo il jazz da fine anni '70 e appena mi capita vado a concerti; possiedo numerosi dischi, non solo di jazz 🍀🎶😄
Charlie Byrd has a big red dot on the side of his fingerboard around the seventh fret. I have trouble visualizing positions on my classical so I gotta try that. Also, looks like he's going through a Peavey amp. Years ago I did that with a cheap nylon string guitar with a preamp and it sounded good.
They used only the speakers in whatever amps the venue could provide. The amps used by everyone were Walter Woods, which were compact and could be easily packed for overseas gigs.
Charlie Byrd is playing the Acoustic. He toured in Australia somewhere between 89-92 and performed with his tour band in the Footbridge theatre at Sydney University to a lunchtime crowd of about 10 people but played like he was in a mega stadium. This concert was my conversion to Jazz, it was sublime. Such a privilege to hear him and his band play.
@@melquaidesskunduglio3830 Not like those guys. There is a difference between playing "jazz chords" chords and something other than a minor pentatonic scale and what these guys are doing. If you pulled anyone of these guys out and put SRV in their chair and the playing began SVR would be lost after the 1st measure. Could he learn this style...probably...but playing a Gflat 7 flat 5 add 11 chord does not make you a jazz player. That's like listening to Glen Campbell playing Malaguena (which he did wonderfully) and concluding that he could play like Segovia.
