George Benson On Broadway - Phenomenal Live Version
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- Live with Village Underground musicians. Bass: Ron Long. Drums: Eric Adams. Keybard: Vince Jackson. Guitar: Noam Dworman. Percussion: Jesus Perez. That's the great Mark Whifield introducing him.
“I can play this here guitar”.
That’s quite an understatement.
Of the century!
Amen!
All I ever think is "Yes, yes you can".
I went to George’s house to help setup a new keyboard with a producer I work for as an engineer and he showed us his guitar practice and a bunch of tunes for a couple hours and then we all sipped on some crazy expensive whiskey. One of the best nights of my life
Where there many guitars in his house?
Cool. Lucky you. Seems like a very cool guy.
Lucky you!
That’s what life is all about..Those awesome memories
I did this with a famous artist some years back when he sat in with us..
Some stuff tends to stick in the head for various reasons.
This is legend. IT only took him minutes on the other guy's rig to feel it out and then rip. Also how he pays attention to the bass solo. Absolute Master class.
Easy to see he is the real thing. No poser here just talent the rest of us can only dream about.
With a bunch of strange guys on a shredder guitar unlike anything he plays! This is an amazing performance!
He’s first class musician
Probably the best version of this by George and an impromptu performance, no less!
Amazing!
Ladies and gentlemen that is George benson, probably the best jazz guitarist ever. That automatically makes him the greatest guitarist ever.
On the R&B side of jazz, maybe, though Wes Montgomery led the way. For more straight-up jazz, Joe Pass is utterly phenomenal, very different.
Nonsensical statement.
@@robertlepper5460 I think your post made sense, it was wrong but it was coherent.
True
That's like saying the best jazz sax player is/was Chuck Mangione!
I'm a long time fan of George, and a guitar player.He got up without a warmup, playing somebody else's rig and just tore it up !This is proof of why I'm a fan, go George go !!
The look at 1:23…
I'm here to pay this (in tune) guitar! Kudos to the guitar tech.
The bass player gave it back to the legend. That is the way you do it.
Young mark whitfield was a sad broker in wall Street playin jazz in the nights. one day GBenson was in the club and was astonished by him, new contract and cd for MWhitfield. woww. ciao from italy.
Man that was great... and very kind of you to invite him up on the stage. Respect
What a treat for the audience, they will never forget this performance.
Those parts that could be heard.m,
It’s hard to believe anybody could be that good.
Artificial Intelligence is lobbying to get him cancelled .....
Phenomenal!
He will always be one of the greatest guitar players ever!!!
One of a kind, Super Great. You know who it is.
Huh! The spontaneous joy you stumble across in you tube.
Lol
@@valdatriegaardt6310 Thank you for bring me back to groove all the way down to my shoes on this toe-tappin' masterpiece again... George on a solid body, sends shivers down my spine.
Nothing but the best on rubber hits channel.
Amazing. Awesome !!
Getting fed up of adverts interrupting amazing music by brilliant musicians.
I was listening from the beginning and literally the moment George started to sing a fxcking advert appears - so ffff annoying !!
This is just fkn Magic!
I saw many of the greats perform live in concert in the 70's and 80's. Michael, Prince, Earth, Wind & Fire, U2, Bowie, Heart, Bryan Adams. All of their shows were spectacular. But my favorite all time live concert moment was George Benson playing "This Masqurade" at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. George and the band played the song down just like the record and when they were done the stage lights went down the spotlight hit George and his guitar and he proceeded to play the song again by himself using the craziest jazz block chords, scatting and guitar ad libs I have ever heard in my life. I could not believe what I was hearing!!! I remember looking at my girlfriend in shock I was so amazed at what I was hearing. I grew up listening to herbie, chick, weather report, etc... And my father was a well known tap dancer in 50's who performed with Duke, Basie and Nat King Cole and my Godfather is the late great Erroll Garner. So I had heard some amazing jazz musicians before that night I saw George. Hands down the best live concert moment I ever saw! 🎼🔥👍💥
You had the same concert experiences I did. My boss managed EWF, Prince and Weather Report'. A friend from Warner Bros records got us front row seats for George Benson st the Music Center in LA. 70s were the very best in live and recorded music. This is such a great video!!'
living legend
Every second of this more precious than gold. The world is a much better place directly due to this footage. A thousand thanks are not enough. George is a God, and the bass solo was superb - I'm sure even George's secret weapon, the great Stanley Banks would agree.
❤I watch this video at least once a week 😀 So good..😊
"Cuz I can play this here guitar " what a talent..astounding
@@bassmanbilly1969 me too, every Friday my husband grabs his guitar and plays along whilst I dance. Each time we simply agree Benson is AMAZING ❤
benson george
The Master....
The bass player is blistering on this too
I really enjoyed his solo..man!
That is the definition of a "session". George Benson is beyond a class act!!!! Thank God it was recorded.
No warmup. He just stood up, and this fluffed off of him… Too much! ❤❤👏👏
This song STILL makes me bounce and strut like it did when I was seven years old. I cannot give it high enough praise, it's just that great a song.
I was probably 11 or so. Amazing song and an amazing artist.
I am just blown away - wow!
The man can play the guitar like he’s walking and dancing on water. And dang, his voice is still as sharpe and fabulous as ever. Legend.
Gold
Shreds. He’s unreal
Justfor fun, watch George play guitar, sing and dance on rollerskates in his 80’s video Give Me The Night
George Benson was sooo smooth. Love the Breezin record.
So he was just chilling and then they called him up for a jam and he put on this astounding show? Just like that?! Dude's incredible, and the band's killing it, what a video!
benson is like michael jackson but instead of dancing he plays guitar.
I know. No freaking warmup. Just… BOOM! ❤️
He’d played that song a few times before.
Omg, I love this man. ❤
This just shows thatmost music and "musicians" today SUCKS! This is real music played with heart and soul!
It does no such thing. A lot of music and musicians in 1978 when George Benson recorded the seminal love "On Broadway" track sucked as well, TH-cam only surfaces the good stuff for your rose-tinted glasses.
It's not just that you're old, it's that your ears have shut down and you're not trying to find awesome new music. That's your right, the best from 100 years of recorded music will inevitably outclass whatever this decade can contribute, but spare us your dismissal of music made today.
It's almost a fear to do what they want, The Stones were surprised when they went back to their roots recently. They released the album with a slight warning it wasn't very rock n roll. It was loved by the fans.
Some of the modern guys judt need to let rip, stop trying to keep up an image. They are good enough I'm sure. That David guy who covered Simon and Garfunkle's sound of silence for example.
Caro George, ho avuto la gioia e l' onore di ascoltarti e vederti a Torino, quando quel genio di organizzatore, che era Sergio Ramella ( R.I.P ), era capace di portare in nord Italia, tutto il carrozzone glorioso si Umbria Jazz... una volta, in un concerto EPICO, suonasti con McCoy Tyner e ne venne fuori un momento indimenticabile... Sei un Grande, George, un musicista immenso.. ma questo lo sai già, ti mando tutto l' affetto e la stima del mondo.
Just watched Rick Beato's incredible interview with George and had to find this video I remembered watching. What an absolute masterful legend. Seriously, nobody compares to this guy. Hops up on stage sitting in on a metal shredder guitar and sounds exactly like ... George Frigging Benson! THE MAN!!!!!
Great experience surely!
To play like this on someone else’s rig on the fly, no words can describe the level of professionalism he exudes! Wish I’d been in that club when this took place, Holy Cow!
Amazing…..
I took my little sister to see George Benson in concert back in the 70's. Stellar performance and such a gentleman.
I would say he enjoyed that. He ripped it!!!
Simply "AMAZING"-- George Benson is the best. What a musician and the band is killing it. I Love this song. I still have the long 45 version. On Broadway 🎶🎶🎵
Thank you George!
A beautiful, humble, man of god. We love you George.
fabulous George !!!
Perhaps his best live version of "On Broadway" by the master of the guitar Mr. George Benson.
I think so and I love Geo Benson's music.
Every time he does this song it gets better. George truly is a S T A R. Just amazing hearing him jam, live and free.
Jeez, I,m sure that George could play this 10, 15 different ways, & as long as he has got that brilliant bass behind him, it will always sound fantastic.
Speechless .....dang good ....
Holy Mother of God!!! George Benson Ladies and Gentleman! So glad he was born.
Scat singer extraordinaire! and the Bass!!
I once met George Benson; he was unexpectedly in the audience at a Roy Ayers gig in Ronnie Scotts around the turn of the millennium. He went up & did an impromptu tune with the band much like this, borrowing their guitar... Afterwards I eagerly sought him out in the audience as a big fan to thank him for his music (loved his Cookbook era) & as a jazz guitarist myself ask for any tips at all. He was super nice & friendly, but said he only had a few minutes to spare as had to chat to friends & to advise any nuances on the guitar would take way longer than that for him to even begin... Was just an honour to meet him I thought... I was at the club with my brother & at that time we looked much alike... My brother had been missing for ages so I looked around & eventually went to the upstairs bar to find him looking very confused... He told me George had appeared just offering tips on the guitar & they'd gone aside for a long advisory chat... He was too bewildered to ask why Mr Benson had proffered to give him so many tips & too starstruck to question why or really take it all in (he's also a jazz guitarist however so it fit in a bizarre & cosmically intuitive way for him!)... Turns out George wasn't remotely giving me any brush off earlier & after catching up with his buddies had later pulled my brother aside thinking he was me to really help out with some advice. I'll always really really rate him as a legendary man just for taking that time for me even if I didn't get to share it first hand!
Wow, incredible story...
Wow...Such synchronicity...How serendipitous! What a great share!!! Thanks.
Great story. Love it.
Great story, thanks for sharing this
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Dude can really play that damn thang
I'm 63 an I've been listening to his music, His singing, "scatin' His virtuoso Guitar playing is Legendary, All I can say is Wow 🎸🎸🔥🎸🎸🔥🎸🎸
What a gift I just received!
Take a pop song, adapt it to a jazz riff, then enrich it with a rich timbre...this is genius. Viva George!
everything is so remarkable in this performance that even the slide at 1:20 starts in the guitar and ends in a girl's mouth it in the crow.
Still cannot believe this footage - he's sitting there trying to have a night off, and the next thing, he's up on stage giving it large; the absolute legend that is Mr George Benson - never off duty and the definition of professionalism. How lucky to be in the audience that night - if only ...
pretty sure that it was pre-arranged
@Nostalgic Lady Aaa but your here now connecting through time and space. What blessings we all have to connect to so many ages and artist and teachings that those with some Forethought and their willing sacrifice to hold still as can be many times just to provide for future generations like yourself right now or whenever now was when you heard this but again still not limited to only then but you can listen again and again and even share with others who can share O How glorious is that recorder or cameraman who many a times will never be known to those who receive their blessings from their sacrifice and there mercy to those of us who when listening to such great works of art feel filled with movement and spontaneous flowing thought movement, song and rhythm and harmony that to be still and not move and not sing and keep as quite and solid with not moving for a better experience for the future being like us who are so fortunate...I just really felt like i needed to thank the audio and video recorder and acknowledge their sacrifice for the future generations...would love to be able to search for the Roy Ayers show with George Benson here on you tube and to find the show you all are speaking of back there in comments💖💦🤲🙌🖖💃🤸♀🤹♀🧘♀🐯🐾🐉🌹🕸🛸🪐⚡🏳🌈☸☯⚛🌪🍄🛸♾🕉🧲🧬💹🎼🎧🎤🪗🎷📢📢🔊🎵📿🌩🌠🌟⛲🌄⛪🌐🗺🏔🏞🏝🎪⛺thanksdoc🧙♂🧘♂👣⚜🏳🌈🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣🏳⚧⬜⬛🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🔴🔺💱🔃🔄⚛🕯🎨🎄🌅🌏🌎🌍🌻🌱🐚🐢🐳🦋🦎🪶🕊🐄🐂🐮🦬🦁🫀❤🩹💗💓😹😻🥺goodvibesthanksdocchillwcatbufferingstayhomelearningsocialdist😂😇🤗🛌🍌🍋🥭🥥🫐🌶🥢🏡🏯⛪🗽⛲⛵🛰🚀🥗🥬🥑🫒🍅🥝🍒🍓🍌🍹🗾🏟🏯🛺🎭🧩🎯🧿🥽🥼🥻👘🩳📯🔔🕯🪙💵💴🖋✒🖊🖌📆📐📏📈🗝🔑⚒🛠🪛🔧🪚🪓🔨⛏⚙🛡🪐🕸🦬🦇🦋🕷♌♒🔱☯☸🔯☮☦⚛✡🕉🪘🪕🎻🪗🎷🎹🎸🎺🥁🖥📽🎥🎬🪔🪡🧵🪄🔮🔥🌀🌪🌈⚡🌊⛩🌉♨🌋🏘🛖🏕🌽🌴🌳🪴🌲🐝🦜🦚🐦🐤🐓🐔🧞♀🧚♂✊🤟❤🔥
George Benson is national tresure.
@@MrPete-pe6ukno it wasn't
Jeez, Even Genesis incorporated it in their "Lamb lies down on broadway", & it fits perfectly. Fantastic, Incredible, Wonderful, Amazing, Brilliant, double funk, a slice of jazz, triple cool. & just great.
First time I've ever seen GB play a Strat-style solid body guitar, and still killed it. A reminder that its the player, and not the gear, that makes the music sound and feel good.
Solid body's are no different than hollow body's, same 6 strings and same tuning.....lol My dad watched Wes Montgomery play a sears silver tone once in a show because his gear was held up at the airport. lol 1962, true story
It ain't the arrow...it's the Indian.
Damn right - it's all in the fingers/hands/body. He's wearing it considerably lower/strap-wise than he normally would, but still got that swing.
I once played Allan Holdsworth's actual guitar through Allan Holdsworth's actual rig. It did not sound even remotely like Allan Holdsworth.
Which was disappointing, but predictable, I guess.
As we say down here in New Orleans, yeah you rite.
somehow I just discovered this clip and am ...stupefied...this is magnificent stuff...
George Benson with a fucking super strat guitar! wow he gets his jazzy sound from any guitar!!! its in his fingers!!!
The first guitarist just loving it 🙂
There is no musician on this planet with more COOL than George. So friggin amazing.
Wah Wah Watson
2023. Wow!
Unbelievable. He is possessed of so much talent. What a lesson in just jumping up and giving it all up. God bless you, George Benson!
God Bless you George 🙏
Jaw dropping.😮😮😮This guy is barely human !!
One of the most natural guitarists the world has ever seen...remember Billies Bounce???
this is epic enough said
Me and a friend saw this man do a show in Dallas late nineties and he tore this song up for about 30 minutes. Never seen anything close to what they did just blew my mind. Tight, tight tempo changes and crazy funky riffs on his guitar.
Legendary musician and hero
One great video !1111
I am a big fan and I admire the fact that he has never said a curse word , what a genuine nice person!
Legend !!!!!!!!!!
I want to be there,phenomenal🌹
Don't know who the 102 people are who disliked this but they have more problems than I would care to address. This is what it's about!!! Please cherish this!! This kind of talent does not come around often and when it's gone, it's gone!! Remember when Prince left us? The ultra great George Benson!! Sir, you are one of the very best!!!
A true Legend and Master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are all still in awe of this man!!
I met george in 92 when he had a tour in argentina; he held a guitar clinic to a limited audience and I was there. I asked george about his picking technique, he said just play softly. well I have to say he is a very very very humble guy, I even took a photo and got his signature. It was just like a dream come true, as a jazz guitar student.
Eric Adams....he locked it down and kept it tight as...
That bass player is no joke either!
the guy is incredible! and the "camera man" turns his camera to him after 3 minutes in solo :)
That bassman have that monster groove...u the man
true
yeah i was like he can try, but he was there, very impressed
Glad he could deliver when George asked for it! :D
Please pardon my..." wholly shit...dude is OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!😮
Man was even his guitar and he rips it up. That's real talent. Ohhhh check out his great vocals too!!
Amazing!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Some of the happiest moments of my life were spent listening to music like this with friends and family.
This is priceless.
My brother Al showed my George Bensons music in the early 80s and it's still tight!
There is no argument George Benson is the greatest jazz blues guitar player that has ever lived
Martin Fisher not according to Santana, it is Gabor Szabo who showed new ways of playing( jazz) guitar. GB is phenomenal I agree but, as also being a Hungarian myself, and them both having been friends at one time in the past and attending the same school I heard that GB took some tunes that was written by GSZ.
I wonder if anybody has any comment or info about this...
One of the most talented people ever!!!
That was AWESOME❕❕❕
I've loved George Benson for 50+ years.
On Broadway is good but This Masquerade is my fav song. 😎👍👍
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Damn. Just Damn!
This is your favorite guitar player's favorite guitar player.
My man!
facts.....
This is true.
Amazing!
Wow..just wow! What a performer. 👌👌 "I can play this here guitar" Yes he can!
Every time I cross his name on my favorite song list!, mandatory listening time 👏🤌👍, d.whitley👋
Send this to a reactionary. I've always loved this song, but this is above and beyond they're killing it. Any George Benson is top of the heap!
Awesome!
Yes indeed......George Benson. A long long time ago George use to work for my uncle in the roofing business when George was just getting his start. The biscuit and gravy district of Downtown Pittsburgh. Ever since then, George Benson has been a household name in my family and my Grandfather always said that if you ever are in the presence of George...........you are in the presence of greatness...far beyond royality, you are in the presence of the right hand man of God. How true he was........................
Agreed. Never sell George short.
What a good thing man. You should all be proud, and I know you are. I'll send you a great big hug to all of you.
So f'n good ,Song ,guitar ,singing and great band ! Must have been awesome show
Damn, the man has always, always, always had the smoothest hands. He's like Roy Clark: impeccably talented and enjoys himself on stage so much, it's infectious. You can''t help but have a great time. Period.
Funny you mention Roy Clark. Look up a session where they played together.
@@clarenceconwell6183...and where Roy does Dueling Banjos with Glen Campbell.
Class personified, it really doesn't get much better than that folks...the man is a musical Legend.
Dude on Bass was astonishing….
I think that after the gig, when I got home, I would take that white guitar, put it on a stand in the living room and just stare at it for the rest of the night trying to understand how George could find the music he played on it! Took him all of ten seconds to get his tone out of it. The band's guitarist strapped on a guitar but then just took it back off and spent the rest of the song just watching George. Can't say I blame the guy. I think of George Benson walked on stage when I was doing a gig, I probably wouldn't be able to play Mary Had a Little Lamb. This must have been such an honor.
That bass player ROCKS!