I have the honor of knowing Adrian. A humble and unassuming English gentleman. When people who first meet him hear his playing later on, their minds are blown. In passing, he's Clark Kent. When you put an ax in his hands, he becomes Superman.
Adrian Legg! Fil, yet another great analysis this morning. Mr. Legg makes this look so easy, yet it’s so very difficult! I like your comment of this song being a journey. Very appropriate, Fil. A great song is just that...
What a coincidence that you have Adrian on tonight. I went to a little Open Mic session at a place called Tobias Music in Downers Grove Illinois a few weeks ago and they told me that Adrian was coming on November 3rd this weekend for a little concert Clinic. A few hours ago I got a reminder on Facebook about it so I'm definitely going. Another great video my friend. Thank You.
As soon as I can find it I will post this wonderful man's columns in Guitar Player magazine. A great intellect let alone fantastic guitarist. Thanks,Fil.
When I was in my early 20's and thinking all the fast picking metal guys were THE GREATEST , I happened to catch a documentary about the guitar on PBS. They were showing some guys that were ... pretty good but stuff that I had heard before and didn't really phase me. Then , about 2/3's the way through , they showed a clip of Adrian playing " Midwest Sunday" and I swear to you I LITERALLY considered quitting the guitar on the spot. If you haven't watched what he does on this song , WATCH IT ! To this day it's one of the most insane things I've EVER seen anyone do on the instrument. He is the perfect storm of technique , taste, and tone.
So glad you did this video. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Adrian at least a dozen times. He comes to the states every November. He rents a car and drives across the country doing a varied mix of concert venues and coffee shops. I’ve seen him perform in all kinds of places. I saw him in the first G3. And I’ve seen him in a coffee shop in Duluth, Minnesota with 30 people. Not only is he an amazing guitarist, he’s a delightful story teller. He spends as much time telling stories as he does playing guitar. He’s got a great, dry, British wit!!!!
The first time I saw and heard Adrian play Live, he was the unannounced opening act for a Leo Kottke show. The second I saw him walk onstage I already knew who he was, but I didn't expect to hear him playing that night. I've seen him several times since. Delightfully droll sense of humor, and serious guitar chops.
Another new artist I haven’t heard til now……such a unique sound/style! I can’t even fathom the incredible amount of dedicated practice it takes to get to the level he is at!……and he is doing it, seemingly SO effortlessly, oh yes but I know better, Fil!!… I could definitely enjoy listening to this piece as background music as well……thanks!…🤘
I was luck enough to see Adrian at a small bar in Columbus Ohio, Byran's, he is amazing live, just him a few guitars and a small amp. His detuning stuff is amazing too.
Fil, - years ago I was having a chat with Adrian at a Manchester club he was playing, Band on the Wall, a magnet for guitar masters back in the day, met a lot of the greats there, Herb Ellis, Louis Stewart, Stefan Grossman etc, - anyway Adrian was having a drink at the bar, I'd had to quit drinking by then, - it's no secret Adrian has quit since, but the convo got to the columb he used to write in a guitar mag in the late seventies early eighties after he won a contest for the mag, the prize was a Harmony Sovereign guitar. At that time he was playing pretty much straight acoustic before switching to electro-acoustic, - he'd reviewed an album by tonights feature player, Merle Travis which on the liner notes mentioned it was cut totally solo with no over-dubs. Adrian wrote in his review there was a bass player on Bicycle Built For Two, - not so, it was his thumb, but Adrian did admit he'd written the article a little worse for wear ;) Nice guy, and he's never stopped improving his playing, really admire his work ethic.
Back in the early 90's I was driving around and heard this song on CBC radio where I've been introduced to many great artists. Shortly after he was in Vancouver for a guitar clinic at a local music store where me and a dozen-odd guitar heads were treated to a private concert with the man himself. He rubbed his hands with talcum powder first so when he played there appeared to be smoke coming off the guitar, which isn't far from the truth! Been a fan ever since and just this past week returned to a few of his tunes I've been trying to learn over the years (this isn't one of them), so what a pleasant surprise to see it featured here. Thanks Fil!
The first thing I love about your channel is your enthusiasm for great performances regardless of genre. The second thing I love is introducing me to players I haven't heard of before. Thanks!
Somebody else mentioned it below, but it's worth mentioning again. If you think this song, Chicken Lickin's Last Ride, is some crazy playing, then you should hear Midwest Sunday, on which Adrian's left hand is flipping back and forth between the guitar neck and the tuning machines on the headstock, changing the pitch of the strings *as he plays* and making the guitar sound like a harp, a pedal steel, and an acoustic guitar all rolled in one. There's a video on TH-cam titled "Buster's funky fingers", that's the one you want to watch. The song is titled Midwest Sunday. The original guitar tuners have been replaced with Scruggs banjo tuners* that have preset stops where apparently you just flip a lever and change the pitch of the string by a preset amount, and he works those tuning levers like nothing you've ever seen! *Adrian has also been a guitar repair and modification tech for years and wrote one of the very first do-it-yourself books about the subject.
@@wingsofpegasus , I, and probably many other people, will be waiting to watch your "reaction" to a video of Adrian playing "Midwest Sunday". I fully expect to see a look on your face that basically says "holy crap"!
Adrian is my biggest influence by far as a guitar player. Not that I'm anywhere close to being in his class, but I was able to learn some of his stuff in the days before the internet became widespread. Only trouble is having to tell everyone that the guitarist I admire is this bloke called Adrian. "Adrian who?" "Adrian Legg" "Who?!" It's really tedious. And then of course people don't appreciate why he in particular is such a guitar titan over more contemporary guitar gods. And you can't really play the stuff you know by him yourself because they go on a bit and a lot of people don't like fingerstyle stuff that goes on for 8 minutes. And as you say, it doesn't really have that sort of hooky melodic stuff you can latch on to as just a regular person listening to music. You kind of HAVE to already know why he's great before you can appreciate him. I'm happy to be somewhere right now where we all appreciate him.
So many people argue about the " best" guitar player. Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Segovia, Atkins, Clarke, you get the picture. I've given that up. I now go by who I consider most complete and the reason is simple. WHO is REALLY going to outplay this man? Or Atkins, or Page, or Malmsteen? These people have reached an amazing( and totally UNFAIR) level. I first heard of Legg after seeing a video on television. Went out and bought " Miss Crow's Blue Waltz" and was stunned at the sounds he could coax from one guitar. STUNNING and have been in awe ever sense! Great video, by the way and great choice!
I agree and liken it to people who play piano. Can the person understand the fret board and possible right hand notes available to them? All I can say is wow this man is fantastic!.
Absolutely agree! I've been in bands for a long time and the only thing I am certain of is that they are better than me! But I'm still in there, though if I keep watching the guys you put up I may have to reevaluate.
I saw adrian do a clinic once. He was doing crazy inventive stuff with his “magic tuners.” I was blown away! Not to mention everything else! I would love to hear what you have to say about Richard. Thompson “black vincent 52”. I think it’s stellar. Please keep up the great fun videos!
Wow...! He’s unreal my god to be able to play like that! And he makes it look so bloody easy. He’s technically brilliant but how melodic he is just amazing! Really enjoyed this! Unreal Fil brilliant vid!!😀😀👌👌👌
Awesome analysis Fil. More recently he’s playing a customized one of a kind electric with special tuning pegs so he can use the tuners while he is playing and often changing the tuning during the song and quickly changing the tuning in a few seconds between songs. It sounds leg pedal steel. Here it looks like he is reaching to change the tuning at the end.
@@wingsofpegasus Fil, have you thought about doing a post about Candlebox guitarist Peter Klett off their first album simply entitled Candlebox. Lĺrtt has the best vibration have ever heard Fil. Very wide, bug and even vibrato and some killer solos. He has great feel and excellent rhythm guitar and blazing solos. Give it a shot Fil!
You keep picking the cream of the crop. Back in the 1980s I had to go down to London from the North to find one of his records. I think the track was Pass the Valium, and cant remember the album but it was worth the train ticket.
The album title was Technopicker, starts with Pass the Valium, ends with Reckless Love followed by Dying Embers. Chicken Lickins' Last Ride is on there, as well as Kalahari Blues which I quite like.
I love your diversity! Interesting sound - sounds kind of banjo-ish. The amazing thing with his bends is they are at the top of the neck. I play a little - that's a hard place to bend, at least for me. Awesome! Thanks Fil!
I saw Adrian Legg in London back in the early nineties (I think), when he supported Joe Satriani. The crowd was quite bemused when this rather ordinary, unassuming looking gentleman walked out on stage; even more so when he sat on a chair an picked up an acoustic guitar. Within minutes, jaws were dropping everywhere as it became very clear that this guy was one hell of a talent!
what a find. i saw him back in the late 80's; i have one of his albums on record somewhere. i saw him at the thekla in bristol - he was majic. people in the front kept talking but i manged to shut them up. pass the valium is a great track
Awesome! When you watch him, you start to forget he's actually playing an acoustic. What he's playing is way harder on acoustic guitar, than electric. He's definitely good!👍😎🎸🎶
"There's so much" AWESOMENESS "going on here." --Fil Well, this is the second guy you put me on. How the fuck has someone like him managed to slip by me over the decades? Welp, better late than never! Unbelievable.
Because most often, in entertainment disciplines, fashion matters more than talent to most people, in fact a lot of people, musicians included have a hard time recognising great talent when they see it unless it occurs in a form familiar to them
It's just the way of the industry unfortunately, guys like this are too wise to how it all works and keep it about the art. Big labels tend to look for image and an artist they can manipulate into what they think is 'cool' for the current period 😅
@@wingsofpegasus true, but if it weren't for the herd mentality (a less flattering definition of "cool") of the general public the industry wouldn't be able to manipulate to the extent they do. A survival instinct turned against a species once again. "And so with gods and men, the sheep remain inside their pen until the Shepherd leads his flock away".
Great to see that today you do one of the guitarists I tipped. Adrian is such an impressive player with a book full of tricks and technique. Just like you said it all looks so effortless and easy. That's a the trademark of all the greats. Like all other great guitarists Adrian can take you on a journey while he plays a song and comes up with surprises that you never thought of. My favorite song of Adrian is Pass the valium of the album Technopicker, really a mindblowing track; th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=adrian+legg+pass+the+valium
Never heard of him B4. You're really good at doing that! It must feel great to know you're so good. Do you agree he was born with a great gift? So cool. ✌🏼🎃🕸
Yeah! Legg opened the original G3 in Denver in '96. Great stuff, spot on analysis--you nailed the reasons Legg sounds like Legg. In the interest of bending minds, here's Frenchman Raymond Boni and his weird combo: th-cam.com/video/b-5GiK7cwAE/w-d-xo.html
@@wingsofpegasus I would speculate he uses nylon and steel. I know I do. With that said the double stop bends sustain like steel strings. If he can do that with nylon strings I am more than impressed. Thanks again for turning me onto another great musician/guitarist.
@@abfranklin8492 , nope, steel strings. Adrian wrote one of the very first, earliest books about fine tuning and modifying guitars, before it really became a "thing", simply titled "customizing your electric guitar". He has done a lot of consulting and guitar Clinic work for Ovation.
Yo, Great job again Fil. You have just introduced me to Adrian Legg. Dude's definitely a picker. Fantastic talent. I abhor his headstock however. I don't know gear all that well, but that IMHO is the ugliest headstock I've ever seen. And are those felt dampers on the strings above the nut? Sorry.
The guitar headstock is ugly on purpose. The original tuners were changed to Scruggs banjo tuners, they allow Adrian to reach up with his left hand while he is finger-picking the guitar and actually change the pitch of individual strings as he is playing. Listen to the song Midwest Sunday. What he does with that guitar and those special tuning heads will blow your mind!
Back in 96 I went to the very first G3 tour (Satriani, Vai, and Eric Johnson) and Adrian opened for them and blew us all away.
I have literally learned so much about technique from watching your videos. Thank you for your time, and your articulation.
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I have the honor of knowing Adrian. A humble and unassuming English gentleman. When people who first meet him hear his playing later on, their minds are blown. In passing, he's Clark Kent. When you put an ax in his hands, he becomes Superman.
Yep!
Jealous.
Adrian Legg! Fil, yet another great analysis this morning. Mr. Legg makes this look so easy, yet it’s so very difficult! I like your comment of this song being a journey. Very appropriate, Fil. A great song is just that...
Thanks!
What a coincidence that you have Adrian on tonight. I went to a little Open Mic session at a place called Tobias Music in Downers Grove Illinois a few weeks ago and they told me that Adrian was coming on November 3rd this weekend for a little concert Clinic. A few hours ago I got a reminder on Facebook about it so I'm definitely going. Another great video my friend. Thank You.
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See if you can record a little video of it and share with us.
@@johnleonard3806 if I go I'll try. But not sure how I'd do it on this thread.
I love your channel! You have turned me on to dozens of guitar greats I've never heard of! 👍 thank you 😎
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I was fortunate enough to see him in a small bar setting once.
It was absolutely amazing!
The smile on his face at the end, pure joy.
Yeah!
As soon as I can find it I will post this wonderful man's columns in Guitar Player magazine. A great intellect let alone fantastic guitarist. Thanks,Fil.
No problem!
Did those GP articles ever turn up? I'd love to read them.
This is right up my alley but i can't get off the bus with Adrian... He's amazing.. Brotherrrrr
When I was in my early 20's and thinking all the fast picking metal guys were THE GREATEST , I happened to catch a documentary about the guitar on PBS. They were showing some guys that were ... pretty good but stuff that I had heard before and didn't really phase me. Then , about 2/3's the way through , they showed a clip of Adrian playing " Midwest Sunday" and I swear to you I LITERALLY considered quitting the guitar on the spot. If you haven't watched what he does on this song , WATCH IT ! To this day it's one of the most insane things I've EVER seen anyone do on the instrument. He is the perfect storm of technique , taste, and tone.
Cool!
So glad you did this video. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Adrian at least a dozen times. He comes to the states every November. He rents a car and drives across the country doing a varied mix of concert venues and coffee shops. I’ve seen him perform in all kinds of places. I saw him in the first G3. And I’ve seen him in a coffee shop in Duluth, Minnesota with 30 people. Not only is he an amazing guitarist, he’s a delightful story teller. He spends as much time telling stories as he does playing guitar. He’s got a great, dry, British wit!!!!
Cool!
The first time I saw and heard Adrian play Live, he was the unannounced opening act for a Leo Kottke show. The second I saw him walk onstage I already knew who he was, but I didn't expect to hear him playing that night. I've seen him several times since. Delightfully droll sense of humor, and serious guitar chops.
Oh yes, he's a master storyteller as well as master guitarist. He's quite the act.
Another new artist I haven’t heard til now……such a unique sound/style! I can’t even fathom the incredible amount of dedicated practice it takes to get to the level he is at!……and he is doing it, seemingly SO effortlessly, oh yes but I know better, Fil!!… I could definitely enjoy listening to this piece as background music as well……thanks!…🤘
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I was luck enough to see Adrian at a small bar in Columbus Ohio, Byran's, he is amazing live, just him a few guitars and a small amp. His detuning stuff is amazing too.
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Fil, - years ago I was having a chat with Adrian at a Manchester club he was playing, Band on the Wall, a magnet for guitar masters back in the day, met a lot of the greats there, Herb Ellis, Louis Stewart, Stefan Grossman etc, - anyway Adrian was having a drink at the bar, I'd had to quit drinking by then, - it's no secret Adrian has quit since, but the convo got to the columb he used to write in a guitar mag in the late seventies early eighties after he won a contest for the mag, the prize was a Harmony Sovereign guitar. At that time he was playing pretty much straight acoustic before switching to electro-acoustic, - he'd reviewed an album by tonights feature player, Merle Travis which on the liner notes mentioned it was cut totally solo with no over-dubs. Adrian wrote in his review there was a bass player on Bicycle Built For Two, - not so, it was his thumb, but Adrian did admit he'd written the article a little worse for wear ;) Nice guy, and he's never stopped improving his playing, really admire his work ethic.
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Original approach.
Original Technique.
No one sounds like Adrian Legg.
Back in the early 90's I was driving around and heard this song on CBC radio where I've been introduced to many great artists. Shortly after he was in Vancouver for a guitar clinic at a local music store where me and a dozen-odd guitar heads were treated to a private concert with the man himself. He rubbed his hands with talcum powder first so when he played there appeared to be smoke coming off the guitar, which isn't far from the truth! Been a fan ever since and just this past week returned to a few of his tunes I've been trying to learn over the years (this isn't one of them), so what a pleasant surprise to see it featured here. Thanks Fil!
So interesting to watch this man's fingers , it is an amazing thing !!! Thanks Fil !
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The first thing I love about your channel is your enthusiasm for great performances regardless of genre. The second thing I love is introducing me to players I haven't heard of before. Thanks!
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Fantastic Fil, Love you’re break down commentary
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Just found your channel, and I have to say that you’re incredibly talented🤟🏼
Thanks!
Adrian is literally the master! The fact that he makes it look so easy...Brilliant! Excellent video Fil! Rock✌🏼😊
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You really have an amazingly diverse channel Phil..I love it and one of the few channels I check on and watch daily...keep rockin bud!
Thanks!
Somebody else mentioned it below, but it's worth mentioning again. If you think this song, Chicken Lickin's Last Ride, is some crazy playing, then you should hear Midwest Sunday, on which Adrian's left hand is flipping back and forth between the guitar neck and the tuning machines on the headstock, changing the pitch of the strings *as he plays* and making the guitar sound like a harp, a pedal steel, and an acoustic guitar all rolled in one. There's a video on TH-cam titled "Buster's funky fingers", that's the one you want to watch. The song is titled Midwest Sunday. The original guitar tuners have been replaced with Scruggs banjo tuners* that have preset stops where apparently you just flip a lever and change the pitch of the string by a preset amount, and he works those tuning levers like nothing you've ever seen!
*Adrian has also been a guitar repair and modification tech for years and wrote one of the very first do-it-yourself books about the subject.
Thanks!
@@wingsofpegasus , I, and probably many other people, will be waiting to watch your "reaction" to a video of Adrian playing "Midwest Sunday". I fully expect to see a look on your face that basically says "holy crap"!
Thx for this one Fil. Another great player I’ve heard about but never actually heard until now. 🎶
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Adrian is my biggest influence by far as a guitar player. Not that I'm anywhere close to being in his class, but I was able to learn some of his stuff in the days before the internet became widespread.
Only trouble is having to tell everyone that the guitarist I admire is this bloke called Adrian.
"Adrian who?"
"Adrian Legg"
"Who?!"
It's really tedious.
And then of course people don't appreciate why he in particular is such a guitar titan over more contemporary guitar gods. And you can't really play the stuff you know by him yourself because they go on a bit and a lot of people don't like fingerstyle stuff that goes on for 8 minutes. And as you say, it doesn't really have that sort of hooky melodic stuff you can latch on to as just a regular person listening to music.
You kind of HAVE to already know why he's great before you can appreciate him.
I'm happy to be somewhere right now where we all appreciate him.
So many people argue about the " best" guitar player. Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Segovia, Atkins, Clarke, you get the picture. I've given that up. I now go by who I consider most complete and the reason is simple. WHO is REALLY going to outplay this man? Or Atkins, or Page, or Malmsteen? These people have reached an amazing( and totally UNFAIR) level. I first heard of Legg after seeing a video on television. Went out and bought " Miss Crow's Blue Waltz" and was stunned at the sounds he could coax from one guitar. STUNNING and have been in awe ever sense! Great video, by the way and great choice!
There is no best, only different!
@@wingsofpegasus totally right
I agree and liken it to people who play piano. Can the person understand the fret board and possible right hand notes available to them? All I can say is wow this man is fantastic!.
Absolutely agree! I've been in bands for a long time and the only thing I am certain of is that they are better than me! But I'm still in there, though if I keep watching the guys you put up I may have to reevaluate.
We all use the same notes. But I can't seem to put them together like this man does. Totally unfair!
Phenomenal skill. Great video!🤘
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Really like how you explained the structure. Nice!
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When I saw Heart in 1978 Nancy was playing a blue Adamas.
I saw adrian do a clinic once. He was doing crazy inventive stuff with his “magic tuners.” I was blown away! Not to mention everything else! I would love to hear what you have to say about Richard. Thompson “black vincent 52”. I think it’s stellar. Please keep up the great fun videos!
Yeah Richard is coming up soon!
Another vote for 52 vincent!
Love Adrian. I was doing a double take, trying to see if he was playing nylon. What the hell!
Yeah I thought it had to be nylon, but apparently not! 😅
Wow...! He’s unreal my god to be able to play like that! And he makes it look so bloody easy. He’s technically brilliant but how melodic he is just amazing! Really enjoyed this! Unreal Fil brilliant vid!!😀😀👌👌👌
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Awesome analysis Fil. More recently he’s playing a customized one of a kind electric with special tuning pegs so he can use the tuners while he is playing and often changing the tuning during the song and quickly changing the tuning in a few seconds between songs. It sounds leg pedal steel. Here it looks like he is reaching to change the tuning at the end.
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Fil, excellent choice, he's a much underrated guitarist with his own style. Thanks for posting Fil. "Let's see how he gets on!" Hellyeah! 🙂🙂
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@@wingsofpegasus Fil, have you thought about doing a post about Candlebox guitarist Peter Klett off their first album simply entitled Candlebox. Lĺrtt has the best vibration have ever heard Fil. Very wide, bug and even vibrato and some killer solos. He has great feel and excellent rhythm guitar and blazing solos. Give it a shot Fil!
Vibrato I meant not " vibration" Lol!!
He was the opening act forJoe Satriani a while back ,and Joe used to watch him ,from the wings,fascinated by his style.
You keep picking the cream of the crop. Back in the 1980s I had to go down to London from the North to find one of his records. I think the track was Pass the Valium, and cant remember the album but it was worth the train ticket.
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The album title was Technopicker, starts with Pass the Valium, ends with Reckless Love followed by Dying Embers. Chicken Lickins' Last Ride is on there, as well as Kalahari Blues which I quite like.
Masterpiece! Legg is a legend!
Awesome chicken pickin’ effortless melodic phrasing and impeccable timing....total package. He makes it look so easy🤯🤟🏻
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Wow Fil. That was incredible. So much talent. Good God.
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What a delight! Many Thanks!
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I love your diversity!
Interesting sound - sounds kind of banjo-ish.
The amazing thing with his bends is they are at the top of the neck. I play a little - that's a hard place to bend, at least for me.
Awesome! Thanks Fil!
No problem!
I saw Adrian Legg in London back in the early nineties (I think), when he supported Joe Satriani. The crowd was quite bemused when this rather ordinary, unassuming looking gentleman walked out on stage; even more so when he sat on a chair an picked up an acoustic guitar. Within minutes, jaws were dropping everywhere as it became very clear that this guy was one hell of a talent!
Cool!
Great pick, Fil. Another player i've read about for years (about 20 in this case) but never heard. Sounded good. That's why i like it here.
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Got to hear (i don't like to say see, because that's not important) him in concert back in the 90s, first act for Satriani. Man! We were in tears!
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Let’s get it on 😬🤘🏼
he's great 🙌🏻
Gee, Fil.... thanks for sharing a video of ANOTHER guy who just makes me want to lock my guitar in its case forever....
How do you think I feel? Can't even play!
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Very good pickin' . I've been a fan of Adrian Legg for a long time.
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Mental skills, great analysis.
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Now there's a guy you don't hear much about! I first heard of him years ago on an ad for Christmas music, I was captivated!
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Finger pickin' good!
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Wow! Thanks, Fil!
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Playing in my house for the 5th time in November!
what a find. i saw him back in the late 80's; i have one of his albums on record somewhere.
i saw him at the thekla in bristol - he was majic. people in the front kept talking but i manged to shut them up. pass the valium is a great track
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Thanks,Fil.
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Thanks for bringing these talented guitarists into our homes. Fil, have you or do you want to put guitar lessons taught by you online?
I have 4 lessons on Patreon just teaching the basics, about 40 minutes each lesson. Unfortunately I don't have time to do any more at the moment!
That was sick.🤣
Great Video
I wondered what that black box was. A timestamp from today's live stream. Chicken pickin' is great to listen to. Great cover.
👍The black box is just the software being stupid! 😅
Awesome! When you watch him, you start to forget he's actually playing an acoustic. What he's playing is way harder on acoustic guitar, than electric. He's definitely good!👍😎🎸🎶
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To be fair, he does use electric strings.
Excellent. Thanks.
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🎸🤘🎼great video 🎼🤘🎸
that guitar style 🤘👍🎸
🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
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Well that’s some quality picking.🎶
Great picking!
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Those bends.... seems like he's muting real well. A lot of control.
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Don't know if you can find much video but check out Leslie West.
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Further to my comment above, in September he'll be playing in my home for the 10th time!
"There's so much" AWESOMENESS "going on here."
--Fil
Well, this is the second guy you put me on. How the fuck has someone like him managed to slip by me over the decades? Welp, better late than never! Unbelievable.
Yep! So much talent out there!
Wild man!🎉👍
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I like how this silly basterd smiles all while he's playing. He's obviously having as wonderful time, as we are listening to it.
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Good stuff! Love your faces :)
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please do a video for jerry reed Georgia on my mind live, or are you from dixie live in country carnival!!
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(Guitar Player lessons from the 80's I meant to say....)
I'd like to see you react to Heavy Metal fiddle player Mark Wood.
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Fil, you do find some "should be better known" monster players.
Why don't guys like Adrian (not that there are many like him) get the recognition?
Because most often, in entertainment disciplines, fashion matters more than talent to most people, in fact a lot of people, musicians included have a hard time recognising great talent when they see it unless it occurs in a form familiar to them
It's just the way of the industry unfortunately, guys like this are too wise to how it all works and keep it about the art. Big labels tend to look for image and an artist they can manipulate into what they think is 'cool' for the current period 😅
@@wingsofpegasus true, but if it weren't for the herd mentality (a less flattering definition of "cool") of the general public the industry wouldn't be able to manipulate to the extent they do. A survival instinct turned against a species once again. "And so with gods and men, the sheep remain inside their pen until the Shepherd leads his flock away".
@@wingsofpegasus Makes me happy that I am not considered "Cool" by the majority :-)
This guy adrian legg is amazing I could not do that with 4 guitars and 27 hands.
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Had to watch this twice.....
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I have a question about the tuning. Is it standard? This sounds so weird to me. Not in a bad way and I don't think it's the fx. Maybe it's the fx?
He likes to change his tuning a lot so could be that!
The tuning on this one is D-B-G-D-G-D.
Great to see that today you do one of the guitarists I tipped. Adrian is such an impressive player with a book full of tricks and technique. Just like you said it all looks so effortless and easy. That's a the trademark of all the greats. Like all other great guitarists Adrian can take you on a journey while he plays a song and comes up with surprises that you never thought of. My favorite song of Adrian is Pass the valium of the album Technopicker, really a mindblowing track; th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=adrian+legg+pass+the+valium
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Please do Prince. Love your channel by the way.
Have done!
Never heard of him B4. You're really good at doing that! It must feel great to know you're so good. Do you agree he was born with a great gift? So cool. ✌🏼🎃🕸
It's hard to say sometimes! He certainly has a good ear, and has put in his hours and hours every day for many years!
Would you give your reaction to Alip_Ba_Ta guitarist from Indonesia? Thank you
Only if I could do that.
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My issue is pressing too hard.. I’ll figure it out.. 🎸🤘🏼
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Chicken picken finger style...
I definitely need work thanks professor ...
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Yeah! Legg opened the original G3 in Denver in '96. Great stuff, spot on analysis--you nailed the reasons Legg sounds like Legg. In the interest of bending minds, here's Frenchman Raymond Boni and his weird combo: th-cam.com/video/b-5GiK7cwAE/w-d-xo.html
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Carl Perkins, George Harrison, Eric Clapton - Medley - 9/9/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Official
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Is that a 12 string?
hi, do you know Czech guitar legend Michal Pavlíček? th-cam.com/video/cMfrd8B69yw/w-d-xo.html
Looks and sounds like nylon strings...
I know, I thought they must be! But then a lot of players mentioned the fact he didn't use them!
@@wingsofpegasus I would speculate he uses nylon and steel. I know I do. With that said the double stop bends sustain like steel strings. If he can do that with nylon strings I am more than impressed. Thanks again for turning me onto another great musician/guitarist.
@@abfranklin8492 , nope, steel strings.
Adrian wrote one of the very first, earliest books about fine tuning and modifying guitars, before it really became a "thing", simply titled "customizing your electric guitar". He has done a lot of consulting and guitar Clinic work for Ovation.
Second.
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No it’s a 6 string.
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Those bracelets would annoy me while playing
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all I hear is a bunch of pull off .with some ass saving blues
He's got a bit of a timing problem. Sorry; I can't play that fast, but I can play in time.
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@@wingsofpegasus he had a good run though..for sure
Yo, Great job again Fil. You have just introduced me to Adrian Legg. Dude's definitely a picker. Fantastic talent. I abhor his headstock however. I don't know gear all that well, but that IMHO is the ugliest headstock I've ever seen. And are those felt dampers on the strings above the nut? Sorry.
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The guitar headstock is ugly on purpose. The original tuners were changed to Scruggs banjo tuners, they allow Adrian to reach up with his left hand while he is finger-picking the guitar and actually change the pitch of individual strings as he is playing. Listen to the song Midwest Sunday. What he does with that guitar and those special tuning heads will blow your mind!