I saw Al at the Blue Note in Manhattan in the early 90s, almost by accident - walking by and saw he’s playing -“OMFG we have to go!!!”... and did! 💥👍😃😱❤️ He is the true octopus of wildly crazy cords and progressions. How he keeps it all together is beyond me. Among the greatest of Al time!👍🍿🍿
Al has his own unique style I love all of his albums absolute world class to get up there and play acoustic to all those people better jazz better Spanish bit of rock bit of everything all mixed up great stuff still one of the best today
I was at the show. I can't remember where it was but I can see a friend and myself in the audience, it's in Southern California, that's all I know. little help please.
and this is before Malmsteen's first album lol, also amazing how he hasn't changed a bit since this video, i just saw him two weeks ago and he looked the same and played the same as well, Al is Amazing.
here we are, this is the place where art meet metaart; here we have the angel of sounds,every styles toghether for magic frequency ;superior armonics as God gift. for people who loves music.thank yuo!
In the early 90’s when I started to get into really practicing guitar and learning how to play fast, this dude was my inspiration for technique along with many others! I even bought his signature Dimarzio pickup (neck position) for one of my Fender HM Strats, in that same guitar I bought th signature Steve Morse (bridge) pickup, let me tell ya that guitar was a beast after that! I had friends who were signed to guitar companies that played that guitar and they could not believe how great the Al Di Meola neck pickup was, not only did it sound great, but everyone mentioned when you played fast (picking hand) it actually made you sound better! I had one friend mention it almost felt like cheating haha! Also the pickup was really well made and looked great. It was black with gold pole pieces. Damn I miss that guitar!
Esto es de lo máximo que se ha visto en guitarra acústica SOLISTA... Empieza tipo Reggae AL DI MEOLA y es el preámbulo para una muy sentida y lograda manifestación del espíritu através de una guitarra❤️🎸🎶🎶🎶☮️❤️
sparkdog 494 Lol yeah play this to almost anyone who isn't a guitarhead and they probably will think it's impressive but won't want to listen for more than 3 minutes
Ha his music is so hard! The chords and stretching of.fingers to accomplish has left me frustrated. Traces of a Tear is my fab acoustic that and the World.Sinfonia cds
Well let's see I think I have seen Al at least 25 times over the years some of the years 4 to 6 times a year later on once a year but through all of those years he became more efficient more in control and yet he remained happy it seemed to me and more and more effortless and as a guitarist I found that inspiring. I have talked to him a few times especially at a guitar clinic before he played at Sarasota. I asked him if he ever thought about playing with Larry Carlton and he said are you his producer and of I said no just thinking about what that might sound like and being Al he just smiled and I was left with my Dreams..........
World-class guitar playing. Among other things, Al here demonstrates the superiority of the pick-style of guitar playing, as opposed to the finger style.
@ Ron Hoover. Thanks so much for posting this. I was surprised by the recording date of 1981. There is a segment in there that clearly was in his album Cielo E Terra from 1985, 4 years later.
I love your playing Al, it's a long story but my mom found your album Casino in a college dorm room that she was working cleaning at and gave it to me. It changed the whole way I played, I played that album over and over and learned most everything on it as best as I could do but you were a SUPER influence on my playing thanks brother. Your still a monster and I would like to hear you playing the LesPaul again as I went to your concert at the Virginia Beach Pavilion back in 1981-2 and still have the tickets stubs ahhah. I think Simon Phillipps was your drummer and he is playing with Toto now monster drummer as well. All of these shredding players have no fucking idea what real style is, playing from the heart.
@johnthecoolestkid Dude I've heard Zakk himself say that the Trio is one of his biggest influences. It is sad on so many levels. Al and Paco are 2 of the greatest guitarists and composers of all time. Yet hardly known outside of fusion circles. The music business is a crock
choku97 he is not only a master of the fretboard but I have a lesson from Guitar Player magazine and.I swear he's just trying to piss off other guitarists. Lol. His chords and almost impossible! It's a great lesson but makes you wanna launch it into a wall out if frustration 😁
I hv tried a few e-nylon acoustic guitars, the expensive high end ones hv a perfect intonation with high quality wood, plus a good condenser pickup n strings will get u a beautiful tone...it makes playin so much easier n less stressful compare to the low end ones..i was surprised i be able to do fingering on a 7k guitar that i couldn't do properly on a 2k guitar.
Al was the first concert of my life. With Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin. It is forever embedded in my brain.
God level alternate picking. Love Al's ability to combine speed with beauty.
He and Steve Morse are what I aspire to reach
@@michaelbismarckii9139 Steve Morse on another level!
I love how seamlessly he reaches those high notes at incredible speed despite not having a cutaway on his guitar
1981... Absolutely unbelievable perfomance and ahead of it's time imho. Now I see why Al Di Meola is so infuental and respected by guitarists
In fact, John Petrucci's technique derives directly from Al's influence.
Al Dimeola is in a class by himself ,
he was my favorite guitarist from the moment i heard him. 1977. so happy to have met him in 1989. hes also the reason I play an ovation.
The guitar players' GUITAR HERO.
one of the best alt pickers alive today!!!!
Absolutely. His picking technique is astonishing.
One of the best alt pickers....hmm....I mean who would be even close?
Al and his spaghetti fingers. I've seen him probably half a dozen times in various venues and never get tired of his inventive precision.
I saw Al at the Blue Note in Manhattan in the early 90s, almost by accident - walking by and saw he’s playing -“OMFG we have to go!!!”... and did! 💥👍😃😱❤️
He is the true octopus of wildly crazy cords and progressions. How he keeps it all together is beyond me. Among the greatest of Al time!👍🍿🍿
Kept waiting for his fingertips to burst into flames! So good! And, he's still gorgeous in 2015!
Hair transplants from Mr Bosley works wonders!!
Al has his own unique style I love all of his albums absolute world class to get up there and play acoustic to all those people better jazz better Spanish bit of rock bit of everything all mixed up great stuff still one of the best today
The secret of his technique: those boots.
actually says the secret to his technique is his foot
Still unbelievable all these years later.
I've been listening to Al for about 26years now and I don't think that there is anyone that's the best, cause of individuality, but Al !!!
Paco de Lucia is the best
i have always counted him as 1 of the best guitarist's i've ever heard, thought so almost 50 yrs. ago & still do
Acoustic genius!
There was no corona, no terrorism, no economic struggle, no internet, it was a good time to be able to listen to music with just pure feelings.
wtf are you talking about? There was terrorism as well as plenty of economic struggle going on.
@@barackobama9552 in Japan
I was at the show. I can't remember where it was but I can see a friend and myself in the audience, it's in Southern California, that's all I know. little help please.
Wow. That run from around 7:00 is incredible.
Can you get that many people to appreciate a great acoustic performance like that in this Gaga/Bieber day and age? What great times those were!
The crowd is stoned out of their gourd. Makes listening to great music even greater.
Loved the Harmonics at the end, a great final touch
and this is before Malmsteen's first album lol, also amazing how he hasn't changed a bit since this video, i just saw him two weeks ago and he looked the same and played the same as well, Al is Amazing.
John Galt
who is john galt?
And he played like this 10 years before this was filmed when Yngwie was in his diapers just saying..
@@rorycunningham5457 I'm googling John Galt right now
and bluegrass players were picking years before al
here we are, this is the place where art meet metaart; here we have the angel of sounds,every styles toghether for magic frequency ;superior armonics as God gift. for people who loves music.thank yuo!
The dissonance and resolve resonate my core - this is incredible -tension wow !!!
Unbelievable
I bought on record in the eighties and today just as damn
Impressive
Under appreciated guitar master.
Excelente guitarrista completo.
The Best Jazz and Fuzz Virtuos. Super
This guy will just keep going on been around forever true guitar
Passion Grace and Fire is literally the Best composition Ever.
It’s exceptionally well played crap. Fantastic random pieces never quite coming together. Virtuosity w/o content.
IL PIU' GRANDE DI TUTTI, DI SEMPRE, DI OGNI STRUMENTO E DI OGNI GENERE MUSICALE.
In the early 90’s when I started to get into really practicing guitar and learning how to play fast, this dude was my inspiration for technique along with many others! I even bought his signature Dimarzio pickup (neck position) for one of my Fender HM Strats, in that same guitar I bought th signature Steve Morse (bridge) pickup, let me tell ya that guitar was a beast after that! I had friends who were signed to guitar companies that played that guitar and they could not believe how great the Al Di Meola neck pickup was, not only did it sound great, but everyone mentioned when you played fast (picking hand) it actually made you sound better! I had one friend mention it almost felt like cheating haha! Also the pickup was really well made and looked great. It was black with gold pole pieces. Damn I miss that guitar!
Astounding, particularly on a steel string acoustic guitar
Esto es de lo máximo que se ha visto en guitarra acústica SOLISTA... Empieza tipo Reggae AL DI MEOLA y es el preámbulo para una muy sentida y lograda manifestación del espíritu através de una guitarra❤️🎸🎶🎶🎶☮️❤️
Claro que hay combinación de estilos: es guitarra Fusión... De ley escuela flamenca con rumba
Beautiful guitar music!
One of the best in the world.
What a performance! Truly the greatest guitarist to have ever lived. Loved it when the pooch went trotting across the stage LOL!
This is Music!
Still the best picker and Rhythm player ever
The best!
How have I never heard of him until today? I've been missing out...
I guess he was afraid of being too famous. Liked playing small venues. The crowd was selfish not to spread the word either.
Still my favorite guitarist of all time, but ive never met a fan that doesnt play
sparkdog 494 Lol yeah play this to almost anyone who isn't a guitarhead and they probably will think it's impressive but won't want to listen for more than 3 minutes
Been a huge fan since the time of this video. Saw him back then, and I don't play :)
Ha his music is so hard! The chords and stretching of.fingers to accomplish has left me frustrated. Traces of a Tear is my fab acoustic that and the World.Sinfonia cds
¡¡Único!!
Well let's see I think I have seen Al at least 25 times over the years some of the years 4 to 6 times a year later on once a year but through all of those years he became more efficient more in control and yet he remained happy it seemed to me and more and more effortless and as a guitarist I found that inspiring. I have talked to him a few times especially at a guitar clinic before he played at Sarasota. I asked him if he ever thought about playing with Larry Carlton and he said are you his producer and of I said no just thinking about what that might sound like and being Al he just smiled and I was left with my Dreams..........
Unbelievable fast passage !
There are a lot of fast players out there but Al played with such authority. I listen to every note.
am fortunate to know a woman that bore children with this man, just hope he was man enough to stand by them, though I LOVE HIS TALENT...
dimi kap Fortunate? why?
When in come to rhythms Al is untouchable. Still.
Me before watching this:
I think I’m good at guitar now.
After:
Never mind
Unreal!
LOVE the way he starts casino! :D
incredibile!
It's like a short tour of Electric Rendezvous the album.
¡Fantástico!
Esse pra mim é o melhor vídeo dele.
World-class guitar playing. Among other things, Al here demonstrates the superiority of the pick-style of guitar playing, as opposed to the finger style.
Not sure his buddy Paco would agree about picking being superior. Gives you only 1 point of contact. Although Al doesn’t really need more than 1...
Any thumbs down or negative comments, means you know nothing about master class musicians. Nothing. Go listen to your killer 3 chord players.
@ Ron Hoover. Thanks so much for posting this. I was surprised by the recording date of 1981. There is a segment in there that clearly was in his album Cielo E Terra from 1985, 4 years later.
+Joshua Foy Corey Electric Rendezvous (1982) and Passion, Grace & Fire (1983) were later as well ...
fabuleux !!!!
I think there's a reason why he's alone up on that stage. Don't really need no band when Al's playing guitar
What a show..
Another Hoover that likes Al is family either by blood or by music. Thanks for sharing. My name is Chuck Hoover ;)
No one else can play like that...
Astonishing
I was sure his fingers were going to burst into flames around 3:00 forward! Watch the master perform #WowjustWow
I love your playing Al, it's a long story but my mom found your album Casino in a college dorm room that she was working cleaning at and gave it to me. It changed the whole way I played, I played that album over and over and learned most everything on it as best as I could do but you were a SUPER influence on my playing thanks brother. Your still a monster and I would like to hear you playing the LesPaul again as I went to your concert at the Virginia Beach Pavilion back in 1981-2 and still have the tickets stubs ahhah. I think Simon Phillipps was your drummer and he is playing with Toto now monster drummer as well. All of these shredding players have no fucking idea what real style is, playing from the heart.
This is why nobody is doing Al Di Meola covers.
so much Wonder-Beautifull, want to relearn it, after having rebought a very good guitar
@johnthecoolestkid Dude I've heard Zakk himself say that the Trio is one of his biggest influences. It is sad on so many levels. Al and Paco are 2 of the greatest guitarists and composers of all time. Yet hardly known outside of fusion circles. The music business is a crock
I found Gypsy Suite by my friend who happens to play guitar and I think I've had Race on Highway with Spanish Devil stuck in my head for a week
He's... not... human. But so musical.
so true....
Toca muito!
Love the boots!
Yea I need to practice more
magic
this is killer
someday I will play this
Great! So perfect and fast....can I have notes sheets for my pupils for practising ...hehe!
Love
The number of chords he uses is infinite.
choku97 he is not only a master of the fretboard but I have a lesson from Guitar Player magazine and.I swear he's just trying to piss off other guitarists. Lol. His chords and almost impossible! It's a great lesson but makes you wanna launch it into a wall out if frustration 😁
@Aimo Ikonen lol Ohh yeah! I'm not even gonna attempt his music. That man was an alien just visiting! I'd bet my life on it😁
wow
👏👏👏
3:15 to 3:25...nuff said.
27 years old
Just how...........that's all.
Why is the crowd so amazing?
Please ...one of you 27 thumbs down...please explain/ how? Why?
Right at 4:28 is where Jimmy page got his idea for pride and joy with David Coverdale
He was a hero for me 35 years ago , but when I listen to him today , I feel this music is shallow without any depth.
A real fire burner.
WOW
6:00 "Prèlude" de "Quatre pieces breves" de Frank Martin.
The first part sounds like "Where the Eagles Dare" by Iron Maiden
✌ & ❤
The complete show needs a official release...i have this bootleg
Al di Meola playing Manuel de Falla. Viva España!
Hey man, could you tell me the name of the song?
I guess the dudes who were sitting next to him were blown away
@jlehmann2407 it has a ton to do with this
Nice. There's the "Passion, Grace & Fire" riff going on there at some point ^_^
I had one of those Ovation guitars. Didn't sound like this so I'm guessing it was probably defective.
I've his signature ovation 1769ADII, and for some reason it doesn't either.
I got lucky with mine. People commented on how rich they sound.
I hv tried a few e-nylon acoustic guitars, the expensive high end ones hv a perfect intonation with high quality wood, plus a good condenser pickup n strings will get u a beautiful tone...it makes playin so much easier n less stressful compare to the low end ones..i was surprised i be able to do fingering on a 7k guitar that i couldn't do properly on a 2k guitar.