Thread: What are you listening to?

Thank you for introducing me to Roy Clark. I had never heard of him but boy can he play!That was a great rendition of Malaguena.

Mark, if you like Roy Clark, give Glen Campbell a listen. He did a fair amount of his own music and was one of the very respected session guitarists. He did almost all of The Beach Boys and played on a plethora of other albums.

Pete <:-}

Mark, if you want to see something good my wife just showed me a video of Roy and Glen doing Ghost Riders in the Sky...It's worth look.

Pete <:-}

Yup, Glen Campbell never could read music. A natural.
Both were/are truly Enigmas.....Mold was broken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kb...nnel=breautube

Glen Campbell was indeed a very under-celebrated guitarists. I have to say though that not reading music is more common than you might think especially among guitarists. You would probably be surprised at how many can't. Among them that I for sure know of are Phil Keaggy, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt. In fact, there is a famous story told that Andre Segovia heard Django play and was particularly moved by one song. Afterwards he went to Reinhardt and "demanded" that he tell him where he could get the sheet music for it to which he replied, "I can't, I just made it up."

How many guitarists do you see with sheet music in front of them?

Originally Posted by 32t

How many guitarists do you see with sheet music in front of them?

Outside of classical and a few school jazz band guitarists I can't think of any. Chord charts and tablature on the other hand are a different story. I started to learn how to read clefted sheet music but honestly found it stifling. I had already learned to play by ear so that may have discouraged me also.

Its hard to imagine someone not knowing or hearing Roy Clark. Not that i dont believe you. It just seems strange to me. Even this old metal head grew up with him on the TV

Originally Posted by Gasman

Its hard to imagine someone not knowing or hearing Roy Clark. Not that i dont believe you. It just seems strange to me. Even this old metal head grew up with him on the TV

Yes, Jerry. rock, country, even pop was all I miight be interested in back when. Still, 'Yesterday when I was young' resonates with me as much or more than ever.


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