I met Ray Flacke and sat down and had a drink with him at a small bar in Massachusetts many years ago. I was in another band playing in the same club that day. Charming fellow, besides being a monster guitar player. I had taken some photos of him, which he incidentally needed for some promo stuff. He was a hero of mine, as we were doing some Skaggs tunes in our band at the time. Phenomenal player.
I'm going to put my ignorance out there on display for everyone to read by saying that I sadly have never heard of Ray Flacke. Now that I have I am a massive fan, that cat tears it up.I will be looking up everything he has done.
I love Marty Stuart because he is first and foremost a humble lover of music. He can't take his eyes off Ray Flacke's guitar playing or hide his appreciation of what he's seeing.
Wow... Marty and the entire band was smokin'! Larry Marrs is awesome on that Bass. Ray Flacke was a huge influence on my playing. I got to meet him and steel guitarist Bruce Bouton at Six Flags in St. Louis, MO. They were touring with Ricky Skaggs about the time 'Highway 40 Blues' was a hit for Ricky. Ray is awesome and he doesn't get the credit he deserves for starting a whole new style of Tele picking.
Marty has been playing professionally since he was about12 or13. I’ve never seen anyone else who loves country and bluegrass music like he does. Investigate and listen to him.....you’ll be hooked for life.
I had the great pleasure of seeing this iteration of Marty's band in Lebanon Pa then Columbus Ohio in either late 90 or early 91. I can confirm Larry Marrs was indeed the' King of Hillbilly Bass' and that Ray Flacke just nailed everything he played. Can't remember the drummer's name but he was off the graph and of course what can one say about that hasn't already been said about Marty? What I remember most was in Columbus they played the best cover of 'Who Will The Next Fool Be' I've ever heard and Ray and Marty soloed like angels. That show might have been the best concert I've ever seen. Finally, I can't recommend 'Untitled Island' enough for its blistering Tele virtuosity and 'Songs Without Words' for its awesome acoustic vibe.
Ray is one hell of a picker & grinner and Larry Marrs on Bass. love the Tele picking first rate but as a guitar player myself ,if I could I'd have Larry Marrs playing bass any day of the week.
@@dale116dot7 At the end there he should have pointed to his highest frets and said "That's all I've got!" (Reference to Marty's "Mando Rip" solo piece.)
Raymond James Flacke is a country guitar session player of exceptional value. th-cam.com/video/ScAgYdrN67w/w-d-xo.html *YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE* Guitar solo version in the style of *Johnny💘Cash*
Ray Flacke doesn't have the polish and speed of Brent Mason as well as a few other modern guys that could probably pick circles around him But there is something about his playing that makes him my #1 favorite country guitarist. He's got a lot of taste and I love how he executes his double stops. He's a bit easier to emulate then someone like Brent Mason. Although I did buy his star licks video back in the 80's and learned all his licks. I've got instructional videos from Brent Mason, Bryan Sutton, Albert Lee, Tony Rice among others and I have to say that Ray Flacke is the best teacher of all of them. He really knows how to break down his style and teach it in an understandable way.
Ray In my opinion is one of the best Telly players on the planet....! He’s a heckuva nice guy also I got a chance to drink beer with him at the Jack Daniels bar at the Opryland hotel the night before Ricky Skaggs was hosting the show got a chance to talk to him and Charlie Daniels, and get autographs....!
He always has been. He used to come and sit in with the band I was in on our Sunday lunchtime gigs in west London back in the early '70s. This was a while before he moved to Nashville and he was a blindingly good player even then.
I saw him with Meal Ticket, Steve Simpson & co, in a Shepherds Bush pub in the 70s and my jaw dropped, I'd thought Albert Lee was the only clawpickin' shitkicker at this level in the UK. He finished the evening by smashing a chair over a guys head for trying it on with his girlfriend while he was on stage, proper Texas roadhouse stuff, an unforgettable night.
Fat in the 80's is slender today. Fat people we would notice then, appear just regular now. My t-shirt size has gone from an adult men's large to a men's medium over the last 40 years. I haven't gotten thinner though. Suit jacket has remained a 40R and fits still. But what about that telecaster! Awesome awesome playing.
And here's ol' Ray in circa 1977 before he became famous in Nashville and when we used to see him play in London pubs. th-cam.com/video/fBWPbsQDegE/w-d-xo.html
My band opened for Marty BEFORE hillbiily rock went through the roof got to hang with Ray and we've kept in touch over the years . Great picker and teacher and no he doesn'i have extra fingers just fast ones and A LOT of baby powder to slick up the neck
Kevin Murphy, I hope that's cornstarch-based baby powder and not talcum-based baby powder, because talc almost invariably contains asbestos. Great for preventing the fingerboard from catchin' fire when yer playin' hot, perhaps, but not so good for your lungs.
A long time ago i saw marty stuart with these excelents musicians in a performance in austin city limits that was the first time i heard Ray flacke¡ i been looking for that concert in youtube but i haven´t had luck :(
Laughed when I heard that Emmylou Harris picked Frank Reckard over Mr. Flacke to assume lead guitar duties in the Hot Band way back when... all respect to Reckard, a fine picker.
@@rockinredneck57 I understand that. It's just that when I heard this I seemed to immediately recall 'Matchbox.' That rarely happens with the other songs. Either way, Ray is a monster player. And that was my main point. Blew me away watching him play on this!
Ray Flacke really does deserve greater recognition for showing so many of us how it's done.
He really cooked on Ricky Skaggs' records in the early 80's!
Yes he does! Such a bad ass
No doubt
To this day him and Ritchie Blackmore are the best and most memorable guitarists I've seen live. Seen a lot of the greats from a lot of styles/genres.
I met Ray Flacke and sat down and had a drink with him at a small bar in Massachusetts many years ago. I was in another band playing in the same club that day. Charming fellow, besides being a monster guitar player. I had taken some photos of him, which he incidentally needed for some promo stuff. He was a hero of mine, as we were doing some Skaggs tunes in our band at the time. Phenomenal player.
The magic of the Telecaster!!!
Ray Flacke one of the absolute greatest ever....in my humble opinion....
I agree. Ricky Skaggs was a fool to let him go.
I'm going to put my ignorance out there on display for everyone to read by saying that I sadly have never heard of Ray Flacke. Now that I have I am a massive fan, that cat tears it up.I will be looking up everything he has done.
Ray Flacke one of the all time greats.
I love Marty Stuart because he is first and foremost a humble lover of music. He can't take his eyes off Ray Flacke's guitar playing or hide his appreciation of what he's seeing.
Marty is a world class picker himself, but yeah, he is always surrounding himself with extraordinary talent.
A musician without an ego.
I guess that this is before he hooked up with Kenny Vaughan...
Marty is a CLASS ACT!!!! True country music! He is a legend!!!!♥️♥️♥️
Wow... Marty and the entire band was smokin'! Larry Marrs is awesome on that Bass. Ray Flacke was a huge influence on my playing. I got to meet him and steel guitarist Bruce Bouton at Six Flags in St. Louis, MO. They were touring with Ricky Skaggs about the time 'Highway 40 Blues' was a hit for Ricky. Ray is awesome and he doesn't get the credit he deserves for starting a whole new style of Tele picking.
Marty’s my favorite musician! ❤ Great video! Thank you for posting it! 😊 I like how he highlights how well other’s play, too!🎉🎉
I live outside the US and I'd never heard of this guy ! He's terrific !! Thanks.
Marty has been playing professionally since he was about12 or13. I’ve never seen anyone else who loves country and bluegrass music like he does. Investigate and listen to him.....you’ll be hooked for life.
Now that is music.............what a band....
There's "The Mullet" and then there's "The Marty Stewart" and I think only Marty Stewart can do The Marty Stewart...
I heard Marty‘s hair has its own Tennessee area code… it‘s even bigger than his and Ray’s guitar playing talent combined.
I had the great pleasure of seeing this iteration of Marty's band in Lebanon Pa then Columbus Ohio in either late 90 or early 91. I can confirm Larry Marrs was indeed the' King of Hillbilly Bass' and that Ray Flacke just nailed everything he played. Can't remember the drummer's name but he was off the graph and of course what can one say about that hasn't already been said about Marty? What I remember most was in Columbus they played the best cover of 'Who Will The Next Fool Be' I've ever heard and Ray and Marty soloed like angels. That show might have been the best concert I've ever seen. Finally, I can't recommend 'Untitled Island' enough for its blistering Tele virtuosity and 'Songs Without Words' for its awesome acoustic vibe.
Ray Flacke is a monster player. Wow. First time I've heard him.
100 percent right, first time i have heard of him, he is fantastic.
Ray is one hell of a picker & grinner and Larry Marrs on Bass. love the Tele picking first rate but as a guitar player myself ,if I could I'd have Larry Marrs playing bass any day of the week.
I'd have Larry's boots.
Great band and performance.
Ray Flacke. Great guitarist. And the bass player ain’t all bad either!
Larry Marrs. He’s also great on harmony vocals.
@@dale116dot7 At the end there he should have pointed to his highest frets and said "That's all I've got!" (Reference to Marty's "Mando Rip" solo piece.)
Saw Ray playing with a band called Meal Ticket back in the seventies, he was a great guitarist.
Also saw him waith "Prairy Oyster" in the '70's
Saw Flake with Ricky Scaggs band in mid 1980s....awesome.George Grantham of Poco on drums and vocals, too
Here is a Ray Flacke demonstration of good pickin' . The entire video is outstanding !
Raymond James Flacke is a country guitar session player of exceptional value. th-cam.com/video/ScAgYdrN67w/w-d-xo.html *YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE* Guitar solo version in the style of *Johnny💘Cash*
he's right up there with Albert
❤️ wonderful video
Ray Flacke doesn't have the polish and speed of Brent Mason as well as a few other modern guys that could probably pick circles around him But there is something about his playing that makes him my #1 favorite country guitarist. He's got a lot of taste and I love how he executes his double stops. He's a bit easier to emulate then someone like Brent Mason. Although I did buy his star licks video back in the 80's and learned all his licks. I've got instructional videos from Brent Mason, Bryan Sutton, Albert Lee, Tony Rice among others and I have to say that Ray Flacke is the best teacher of all of them. He really knows how to break down his style and teach it in an understandable way.
No they couldn’t pick circle around him. I too have seen those videos. It’s his style. They have theirs. Shhh
You're full of crap!!
All of those guys are on the same level of guitar playing. Some, like Ray, aren't as flashy, but they still have the world class chops.
You are talking shite , he’s as good, if not better than Brent mason
I think Ray has a few extra fingers.
Great playing and a very good mix. Good stuff.
i really enjoyed that. new guitar hero Ray Flacke
First time I have seen a Spector bass in that setting! And of course it sounds great and that guy is kicking ass on it!
It seems low end in a mix.. as a bass player it does not seem like a stretch other than visually.
Ray In my opinion is one of the best Telly players on the planet....!
He’s a heckuva nice guy also I got a chance to drink beer with him at the Jack Daniels bar at the Opryland hotel the night before Ricky Skaggs was hosting the show got a chance to talk to him and Charlie Daniels, and get autographs....!
He is hands down my favorite on the planet as well
My face is melted! What a picker !
One of The Best Tele Pickers!!!!
Awesome bass
Vocês são muito bons.!
Ray Flacke, what a man! Cool and then some. Jealous.
Trust and Believe. Marty Stuart is the star in this video
He is so great and humble ☺
Wow there's Chet Atkins to the right of the host at the end, showing his appreciation!
The host is Ralph Emery.
Ray Flacke is amazing
Would it be safe to say that Dwight Yoakam picked up some of his stage moves from Marty Stuart?
They certainly went to the same School of Rock...
It's okay but it's not the Fabulous Superlatives.
Just plain awesome
This is priceless
Ray Flacke is the star of this show!
Wasn't Ray with the Amazing Rhythm Aces & later Sawyer Brown?
@@gearmeisterNo. That was Duncan Cameron.
ray flacke is bad ass
He always has been. He used to come and sit in with the band I was in on our Sunday lunchtime gigs in west London back in the early '70s. This was a while before he moved to Nashville and he was a blindingly good player even then.
I saw him with Meal Ticket, Steve Simpson & co, in a Shepherds Bush pub in the 70s and my jaw dropped, I'd thought Albert Lee was the only clawpickin' shitkicker at this level in the UK. He finished the evening by smashing a chair over a guys head for trying it on with his girlfriend while he was on stage, proper Texas roadhouse stuff, an unforgettable night.
Was the greatest county guitar player born in Milford on Sea, England?
Love that bass!
Fine fine musicians ❤
Hey, why isn't anyone fat in this video?
lol
It’s not real americans
@333jas lol
Fat in the 80's is slender today. Fat people we would notice then, appear just regular now. My t-shirt size has gone from an adult men's large to a men's medium over the last 40 years. I haven't gotten thinner though. Suit jacket has remained a 40R and fits still. But what about that telecaster! Awesome awesome playing.
Ray flake is killer...
Marty and Pail McCartney are the only two people to ever look good in a mullet
Marty is the man
Awesome...but is it really rockabilly?
Looks like he's playing Lester Flatts Martin guitar.
Marty was killin' it back then!!
Just saw him and his Fabulous Superlatives a couple weeks ago. Man, they were better than great.
And here's ol' Ray in circa 1977 before he became famous in Nashville and when we used to see him play in London pubs.
th-cam.com/video/fBWPbsQDegE/w-d-xo.html
Great stuff. That bass player is a sharp dresser!
Larry Mars... incredible singer
My band opened for Marty BEFORE hillbiily rock went through the roof got to hang with Ray and we've kept in touch over the years . Great picker and teacher and no he doesn'i have extra fingers just fast ones and A LOT of baby powder to slick up the neck
Kevin Murphy, I hope that's cornstarch-based baby powder and not talcum-based baby powder, because talc almost invariably contains asbestos. Great for preventing the fingerboard from catchin' fire when yer playin' hot, perhaps, but not so good for your lungs.
@@goodun2974 Can't ya just fuckin let it go, killjoy?
Who fuckin cares?
Bless ya Kevin and Marty too.
When you're tired of walkin' . . .
There's a Red House over yonder . . .
marty stuart is the real deal :) btw, is ray flack flat picking n finger picking at same time?
I think they call that hybrid style.
Like 'em both, Country and Western.
Knew Ray when he played with Skaggs. The late great Bobby Hicks on the 5 sting fiddle. Talk about your greats in one place.
Geese! That Telecaster playin'!
Geese is birds.
You mean jeez!
What’s amazing, is that Ray is laying back here.
Dang! Larry Mars is ripping the bass apart! WOW! I'll go and crawl back in my hole now!
Look at that hybrid picking!
Class act.
Ray, Ray, and Ray!!!!!!!!
hey jimmy tank you for sharing this video¡
+dave noxville - Thanks for watching, Dave.
A long time ago i saw marty stuart with these excelents musicians in a performance in austin city limits that was the first time i heard Ray flacke¡ i been looking for that concert in youtube but i haven´t had luck :(
Marty 🔥🔥🔥🔥
My guess is that the bass player now regrets his getup for that there show.
leftchicago or maybe not... he might wear to the auction on Saturday nights
Or maybe not... he might be gay
Was it Oktoberfest?
leftchicago: Looks like a blind hippie got dressed in a snow-globe
At a distance he kinda resembles a revolutionary war soldier
Hey anybody know why Marty always ware a scarf?
Superb
Lord have mercy!!!!
Forget Ray Flacke.......the bass player's outfit steals the show.
What's the name of the tune?
Laughed when I heard that Emmylou Harris picked Frank Reckard over Mr. Flacke to assume lead guitar duties in the Hot Band way back when... all respect to Reckard, a fine picker.
What year was this?
The song sounds a hell of a lot like Carl Perkin's 'Matchbox.' I wonder how he got away with it. Ray Flacke is a monster guitar player.
It's also the same basic tune as he Rocky Road Blues. Tons of songs with the same chord progression and tempo.
@@rockinredneck57 I understand that. It's just that when I heard this I seemed to immediately recall 'Matchbox.' That rarely happens with the other songs. Either way, Ray is a monster player. And that was my main point. Blew me away watching him play on this!
@@rockinredneck57 P.S. I might add, I'd rather see that kind of playing than the EVH style players out there!
@@justiceforall6412 if you haven't, check out Redd Volkaert. Former guitar player for Hag. I think you'll like his style.
@@rockinredneck57 Oh I know who Red is alright. He's another great player!
He’s something!
Who is playing bass?
sweet jam
Ray Flacke is a bad ass.
I hear a bit of James Burton, Brad Paisley and a few Danny Gatton licks in there.
Smoking hot country guitar licks!!
Good Lord
Ray Flacke is one bad cat!
RAY FLACKE!!!
dayum
Marty's playing Porter Wagoner's old Martin
Flacke is smokin!
tucking jeans in to boots is where I draw the line.
Ditto!
close your eyes and listen then
Boots are tall so you don't get shit on your pants when you're working. Don't forget the reason we wear jeans and boots in the first place...
@@clint.ontherange Somehow Clint, that doesn't explain it on stage playing in a band. :)
Then why have fancy boots if you can't show them off?!
Marty's hair has its own dressing room.
oohwee!
wouah la coupe a Marty stuart !!!!
Bass player got great boots on
He needed to turn up his guitar
Talk to the sound man
Better band than what he has now
This is not Rockabilly its sheet . . I like some of his stuff but not this, Honky Tonk Crowd Rocks and that guitarist ain't no Danny Gatton.
The bass player is excellent, but I don't know about the boots...
Man I’m pretty !!! Johnny Bravo😂
is that joe lo truglio in a wig? jk.
That didn’t suck