81-Year-Old Nashville Guitar Player Goes Viral

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  • @danwillis2671
    @danwillis2671 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    News reporters just love to hear themselves talk.

    • @stephanbuth8195
      @stephanbuth8195 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      yup! And there seems to be just one "news reporter elementary school", because they sound all the same...

    • @cmet8280
      @cmet8280 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think that's their job.

    • @ramonmoreno8014
      @ramonmoreno8014 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cmet8280 folks trigger easily now

  • @steveslate3601
    @steveslate3601 ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    Had the pleasure of knowing and playing with Bob for around 15 yrs. He passed at 88 October of 2022.
    I miss him everyday. I miss playing and all the long phone calls. He was a very interesting man. It was a joy to know Bob!! He never acted his age and was a blast to play the music he wrote and loved!! Bob Wood was a very special man!! A tresure to those who knew and loved him!!

    • @tattoodude8946
      @tattoodude8946 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I'm glad he got a taste of the fame he so deserved. My grandfather played mandolin in a band his entire life and basically looked like Bob, though a tall skinny version. Those old timers would blow you away with their finger work and the whole time just stand stark still, staring down like it's just another day at the office!

    • @Apex-1962
      @Apex-1962 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      He does sound like an amazing man. Sorry for the loss of your friend.

    • @steveslate3601
      @steveslate3601 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Apex-1962 Thank you!! BTW, He has a TH-cam page.

    • @george_2172
      @george_2172 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That’s very nice! God bless him and may he be remembered for his music and personality 🙏

    • @bobs5596
      @bobs5596 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you're young at heart...

  • @ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204
    @ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204 ปีที่แล้ว +783

    NOBODY could shut up for even ONE minute so we could hear it?

    • @PMurray2694
      @PMurray2694 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      OMG if only there was a separate video of him playing 😭😭😭

    • @kentherapy7022
      @kentherapy7022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Journalists are blinded by their own importance. Not even for a moment did they stop talking into masterful playing. They didn't really care about the music at all. This shows that they are only interested in watching themselves. Or someone else. It is journalistic disrespect for art. Disrespect to the elderly. Disrespect to the viewer.

    • @rotunda_
      @rotunda_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn't even link the original video in the description. Self-centered douches

    • @pauljordan4452
      @pauljordan4452 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@kentherapy7022There is a separate YT video of Mr Wood playing.

    • @kentherapy7022
      @kentherapy7022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@pauljordan4452 Thanks

  • @Geeksmithing
    @Geeksmithing ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Thanks for talking over the music

  • @geemann8021
    @geemann8021 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Thanks for NOT LETTING us HEAR him Play.

    • @richardscally694
      @richardscally694 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      100%

    • @dendon3384
      @dendon3384 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Was going to post the exact same thing. You said it better.

    • @georgewalker03
      @georgewalker03 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I know. You would think they could keep their trap shut and just listen.

  • @G1951-w1y
    @G1951-w1y ปีที่แล้ว +457

    He could join the Stones as the youngest member.

    • @ronboerste1813
      @ronboerste1813 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hahaha and probably the only sober one also 😆

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT ปีที่แล้ว

      No.

    • @echols441
      @echols441 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice.

    • @prithuadhikary720
      @prithuadhikary720 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually its good that they talked so that we all can search the video out ourselves and probably improve the numbers even more. For which he probably would receive credit.

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@prithuadhikary720 No, he won't.

  • @noself1028
    @noself1028 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    As a 62-year-old beginner, I am inspired by this. Thanks for sharing!

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Good for you. That’s rather fearless of you but I know you’ll have a great time.
      I’m 62 and a retired guitar player so I’ll pass along the mantle to you. Have some fun. That’s what matters about music anyway.

    • @dougfredricks2017
      @dougfredricks2017 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🎶🔊⚡

    • @Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward
      @Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

    • @zalle1
      @zalle1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I play bass in a band. My drummer is 66, he started when he was 62... He has 2 bands now 😂

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zalle1 My kind of man. Takes courage to do that.

  • @Buoyant_Thoughts
    @Buoyant_Thoughts ปีที่แล้ว +762

    You know what would have been great? Being able to hear him play.

    • @hiker64
      @hiker64 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @Bosscheesemo
      @Bosscheesemo ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I know right?

    • @willymueller3278
      @willymueller3278 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Right ! 😂

    • @prod24583
      @prod24583 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and talk

    • @ladyhawk2727
      @ladyhawk2727 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There IS audio are you deaf ?

  • @pamelarhodes7898
    @pamelarhodes7898 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    We lost my wonderful Uncle Bob last year but he was still playing in the hospital. Yesterday was his birthday , miss you lots .

  • @rossmilligan5873
    @rossmilligan5873 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Sure & then all you did was blab, drowning out what he played, priceless. You didn't even give the courtesy of the link on the segments completion. Priceless.

    • @haroon1957
      @haroon1957 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah ...they are so so desperate for their own recognition...

  • @MrJacks1959
    @MrJacks1959 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    What makes this even more special is that he's a real sweetheart of a guy...

    • @steveslate3601
      @steveslate3601 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely!! Bob was as authentic as it gets!! He was a jewel!! One of a kind!!

  • @jaykayzed5213
    @jaykayzed5213 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    Shame they decided to talk over the entire piece. Love to actually hear it!

    • @cpg8000
      @cpg8000 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. Stupid windbags

    • @bullfrogpondshop3179
      @bullfrogpondshop3179 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, I clicked on the video to hear the schmuck newscasters talk.
      Freaking idiots

    • @StillAliveAndKicking_
      @StillAliveAndKicking_ ปีที่แล้ว +41

      100%. Bloody journalists, it’s all about them.

    • @Adam-yx4hi
      @Adam-yx4hi ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Correct!!!!!!!!

    • @godofrainbows
      @godofrainbows ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes! Jesus That is aggravating.

  • @stewartwakefield1236
    @stewartwakefield1236 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Could you shut that woman up so we can listen

  • @lindawilson5734
    @lindawilson5734 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for talking over it!

  • @beatekreuzer5025
    @beatekreuzer5025 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    My 83-year-old father still stays at my little farm for 3 to 4 weeks every summer, helping with repairs and building new things. He really enjoys it, not only because it is something else than sitting at home at the computer screen, but also because he can once again use and show off all the skills he aquired in his first work as a ship builder over half a century ago.
    We started this tradition 23 years ago when I just bought the farm and we repaired the old barn, just the two of us, putting up 15 foot poles with the help of only some rope and two car jacks.
    Also a great way to spend time together and listen to the stories from his youth.
    Hope he'll be around for many more years.
    Listen to old people. They have the knowledge and the wisdom that so many lack in today's world.

    • @johnlandis2343
      @johnlandis2343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another deceptive title! I thought I was gonna hear him play! I did'nt like or subscribe

  • @LL-bl8hd
    @LL-bl8hd ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I've seen 80-year-olds who can play, but to play that fast and smooth is something else! It proves that joint and nerve problems are not inevitable as we age. We can keep doing what we love!

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Keith Richards just came off a world tour.

    • @curtzeek8818
      @curtzeek8818 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Trower, Page, Clapton, Gilmour are all 77-79 years old. Will we see postings of them when they're 81? I think so.

    • @TitanicConcerts
      @TitanicConcerts ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Being able to play with that much speed and accuracy is like having great athletic ability. There are 20 year olds who could practice 8 hours a day and never play that fast. So I guess you could say he’s got great genes for guitar playing. With a killer ear to boot. I’m just jealous cause I never had either.

    • @TommyPleasure
      @TommyPleasure ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TitanicConcertsYes, a lot of the ability to play fast is genetic. I started playing when I was a young child and people always told me that I had fast fingers, esp on piano. I remember once when I was much younger and before I had developed my repertoire of tunes this lady told me that I could play much faster than alot of people who’ve been playing for years.
      I also think it’s one of those things where you either have the capacity for fast play or you don’t. Because I’ve seen plenty of fine musicians who can play but could never play very fast. And of course fast playin on its own, doesn’t mean anything to musicality of it LACKS soul, feel, time and rhythm.

    • @BarrackObamna
      @BarrackObamna 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TommyPleasureno it’s not strictly genetic. You can build your finger dexterity but just like anything you start with a natural baseline and some people have more composition of fast twitch muscle fibers genetically. But that doesn’t mean anyone can play up to 220 bpm if they’re able bodied and put their mind to it

  • @aixpert291
    @aixpert291 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for talking over his playing the whole time.

  • @ubergeek1968
    @ubergeek1968 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful man when lived in Nashville as a pre-teen/teen. He would often play at the the Blue Plate Special on Music Row (long since gone). He was the nicest person I ever met.

  • @jennifer9047
    @jennifer9047 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    So great that the lady wouldn't shut up for three dang seconds to let us actually HEAR WHAT THE WHOLE NEWS STORY WAS ABOUT.

    • @GREG62944
      @GREG62944 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rock your blues away.

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    What great playing by Bob, so very well done Sir and saddened to hear of your passing.
    RIP Sir, we are still listening and loving it.

  • @Mark-u2b3f
    @Mark-u2b3f ปีที่แล้ว +23

    God love him..my dad is 91 years of age and still plays bass and drums and banjo..all best from Australia 👍

    • @pauljordan4452
      @pauljordan4452 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amazing. My late psychotherapist was a jazz bassist for 72 years.

  • @francoisbouvier7861
    @francoisbouvier7861 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You go Bob. Amazing talent that should get every bit of recognition possible.

  • @mattnobrega6621
    @mattnobrega6621 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    A timeless classic. They dont make em' like that anymore.

    • @mikekelly9851
      @mikekelly9851 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah they do.

    • @mattnobrega6621
      @mattnobrega6621 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mikekelly9851
      I was talking bout the old man. It was a figure of speech anyway 🤦‍♂️

    • @philgray1023
      @philgray1023 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@mattnobrega6621True, they stopped making that model back in 1935! I raced against a fellow made in 1927 last week. First time we've beaten him in a while. Apparently they'll get that yacht wheel out of his cold dead hands and he shows no signs of going anytime soon.

  • @stevencurtis-uf2es
    @stevencurtis-uf2es ปีที่แล้ว +8

    BOB THANKU FOR SHARING REAL MUSIC WITH US!!! TEACH THEM ANGELS HOW IT'S DONE! R.I.P.

  • @BernieHolland-w4l
    @BernieHolland-w4l 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What a lovely - lovely - lovely man ! Bless him xxx

  • @edgardtorres6162
    @edgardtorres6162 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Keep on rocking sir 🎸🎸🎸 age is just a number 👍

  • @faizanmckagan2827
    @faizanmckagan2827 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Such a great clean tone. Rest in peace sir!

    • @djizzah
      @djizzah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Couldn't tell I couldn't hear a thing

  • @BobBrunetti
    @BobBrunetti 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Music connects people of all ages! Talent like this needs to be recognized and appreciated!

  • @thecentralscrutinizerr
    @thecentralscrutinizerr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Well it would have been nice to, you know, hear him play instead of all the commentary.

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Rest in Peace, sir. He seems like he was a great person.

    • @harryjackson4759
      @harryjackson4759 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am in 80,s just started playing guitar wish I can do half as good at least.

    • @YogsenForfoth
      @YogsenForfoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @
      Well, I’ve been playing for about 24 years and I’m not anywhere near as good as him (if that makes you feel any better). I bet you make that guitar sound just fine, sir. I have no doubt that you’re able to make that guitar do the boogie woogie! 😂

  • @Lpmgato1
    @Lpmgato1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wow, Awesome gentleman! Blessings and happiness, Sir!!

  • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
    @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Trying to listen to the guitar, and all we get is news reporters flapping their pie holes

  • @tedunguent156
    @tedunguent156 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Now there's a great feel good story. I'm happy that people can still appreciate great music no matter who is playing.

  • @angelawoodham3535
    @angelawoodham3535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We love you Bob here in Kentucky may God Continue To Bless You! ♡

  • @laidsgpr63
    @laidsgpr63 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Good on you Bob ! There should be more
    guys like yourself in this crazy world !!
    Keep going mate !!! God bless you !

  • @KeithMather-r4g
    @KeithMather-r4g ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow !!!! What a guy !! Love & Respect from Scotland. Bob. You are the man. !!!! 👍🫶❤️🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @njgl2010
    @njgl2010 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope whoever knew this man soaked up every ounce of his generational knowledge. When that particular generation dies out, Life as we know it will change forever. To any person his age reading this, please know that you are loved and appreciated, and you will definitely be missed one day!

  • @furyiiiplate
    @furyiiiplate ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Been greater if actual guitar work was shown, but newsreaders can never STF up.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    SUPERB! Well played sir!

  • @snakedoktor6020
    @snakedoktor6020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And you never stopped running your yap the entire time he was playing...thanks!

  • @justiceforall6412
    @justiceforall6412 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember seeing this when it first came out. As one player to another, this ole boy can really play!

  • @donnale3881
    @donnale3881 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Music touches the soul, and keeps you young, no matter how old you are ❤❤

  • @johnpentney816
    @johnpentney816 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just reinforces the thought, when you've got it you never lose it. You were a legend Bob.

  • @stevem7571
    @stevem7571 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for letting us listen to his playing the guitar

  • @landrodomingo981
    @landrodomingo981 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great musician. Keep playing your guitar Bob. You're an inspiration to others.

  • @JanetScourfield
    @JanetScourfield 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My AWESOME DAD was 82 when he passed away he had been playing the drums since he was a boy and was still playing right up to the end his great grandson now has them it’s something you don’t forget how to do is to play music so to ALL the old timers out there who love playing any instrument keep it going guys and be PROUD of yourselves

  • @martyfoster7053
    @martyfoster7053 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Isn't it WONDERFUL, that the reporter rapped her trap, the entire time, over the music? THANKS!

  • @davidmonteforte485
    @davidmonteforte485 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What humble and genuine man! God Bless you sir!!

  • @masterkaruna4013
    @masterkaruna4013 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Missed the part that he passed into the spirit, well he can now entertain all the beautiful souls who share the sppace with him! 😊❤🙏

  • @patty4709
    @patty4709 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Music is music regardless of one’s age. He’s a very talented artist. Hope he keeps playing right thru heavens door.

  • @boogiemorgan
    @boogiemorgan ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's amazing, how some folks live a full life vertically unnoticed, and then just by coincidence, the whole world opens up for them! I say it is a blessing from heaven. You are great Sir, and I admire your work, God Bless you and your family forever! 🎸🤠☺️💤👍👏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙏♾️

  • @jamesmonahanmusic
    @jamesmonahanmusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful guitar man.😊

  • @DanO530.8
    @DanO530.8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This man is so cool I wish I could be like him at his age what a great man GOD bless him

  • @communityradiowales9639
    @communityradiowales9639 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant! Your TH-cam channel is the best go to instructional / informative golf sense series ever!

  • @rickeguitar9086
    @rickeguitar9086 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well, Bob on this very day, is still inspiring us older players that age is never an excuse for losing good chops! I am sure Bob must have been a wonderful mentor to those he came in contact with.

  • @frankmiller7721
    @frankmiller7721 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Having talent is ageless 🙏.

  • @scantech58
    @scantech58 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Would of been nice if everyone would be quite and let us actually hear the guy play 😅

    • @godofrainbows
      @godofrainbows ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The news does this all the time. Recently, on my local news station, they had a story about a kid who played the violin real well. But no one would ever know it because they talked over the clips of him playing the entire time. There wasn’t a single second of audio that didn’t have them speaking over him playing. The producers are very very very very stupid people.

    • @spaghetti9845
      @spaghetti9845 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@godofrainbows how bout those music 'competitions'.. they can't even keep a camera still for 2 seconds without doing a jump cut or sweeping pan over the audience

  • @CJ-ph6zk
    @CJ-ph6zk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am watching this from Estepona Spain at 12:41 am. Unreal and very impressed

  • @JFRCadets
    @JFRCadets ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Way to go Bob, nobody can play like a Tennessee boy. Sounds like some Joe Pass licks, awesome Bob.

  • @dogofwar2524
    @dogofwar2524 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, brother..when I can afford one that's what I'll do push it outside.. this is my 3rd week at woodworking and I only sold 1 Thang pray for us that it will pick up because i love doing this and thank you for all that you share that you come up with .. i got some really good ideas about some brid houses but can't figure out yet how to build them if but when i do if you like them i would send a video to you maybe you could help me get them out there.. if you're not too busy anywhy thank you again from a old mountain boy from Tennessee brother good bless

  • @BKBbryan
    @BKBbryan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m glad they talked over his whole performance 🙄

  • @DavidMelton-r7l
    @DavidMelton-r7l 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You're never too old to do things. You can always accomplish things. Never give up on your dreams

  • @johnhartley3022
    @johnhartley3022 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Might have been good if the talking head would have shut up long enough to let us hear it

  • @janetcommanda9723
    @janetcommanda9723 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Age is just a number.
    Music keeps our souls happy.
    God Bless
    Amen

  • @sKraat528
    @sKraat528 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reporters need to shut up and let us hear him PLAY 😂

  • @justanaussie37
    @justanaussie37 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done Bob. Love your layed back approach to all the hype. As I type this I realise your now strumming your sweet guitar in a better place. Thanks .🙂

  • @michaelt.wardlespider2496
    @michaelt.wardlespider2496 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    To me it is ridiculous that people are stunned to see an older person with talent... If I'm not still playing music at 81, or however old I someday become, I would rather be dead.

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Considering how many of us old guitarists develop arthritis,it’s not ridiculous to be stunned when one doesn’t.

    • @michaelt.wardlespider2496
      @michaelt.wardlespider2496 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@boataxe4605 I'm 56, suffered a severed tendon in my fretting hand at 24, have arthritis, and play everyday. Surrendering to the pain only makes things worse. As the old adage states, use it or lose it.

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 ปีที่แล้ว

      You nail it Mike.
      I've played shows where my fretting hand seizes up and I have to slap the damned thing against my leg to get it to loosen up.
      And surprise, surprise, I just bought a back up for my Acoustic!!
      To top it off, I'm facing shoulder surgery in September...my 6th(?)procedure!

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelt.wardlespider2496 I still play despite arthritis,but no where near as well as when I was younger. I’m not surprised that the old guy is still playing, but I am surprised that his fingers are still as fluid as a 20 year old’s.

    • @arconeagain
      @arconeagain ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah it's ridiculous all right. Where's people's common sense? It's a redundant report, really. What's next, old man dies of old age?

  • @low_re8094
    @low_re8094 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool, thanks for talking through his entire performance. I'll find the actual video elsewhere.

  • @SBahamondes
    @SBahamondes ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Riviera is a fitting guitar for such a great guitarist

  • @Gentile108
    @Gentile108 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you can play.. you play until you don’t have vital signs. That’s the great thing about music. Even after you leave this life… your music still lives on. Thank you Eddie.. thank you Les Paul.. thank you SRV!! Thank you so much Danny Gatton

  • @heatherallingham7120
    @heatherallingham7120 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He's amazing! Plays that good like it's the most natural thing in the world ~

  • @gilbertberlanga338
    @gilbertberlanga338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome keep on rocking my friend 🎸

  • @Jodyrides
    @Jodyrides ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I fast forwarded through the video to hear him play. I heard about 99% some woman’s voice, and about onepercent guitar playing.
    The only thing missing, was that woman standing in front of the camera, talking into a microphone blocking our view of bob completely..
    The day after I saw the Beatles live on Ed Sullivan back in the early 60s when I was in grade school. I woke up the next morning and there was a guitar on the kitchen table. Here 60 years later, I am still trying to learn how to play the guitar…
    I have been in bands, one band was a three-piece band, and I met the bass player for the very first time at our first gig at some bar/restaurant.. I’ve been in rock bands, I tried a country western band, that was not my favorite music, but a coworker friend of mine asked me just to stand in because his guitar player quit. That was the only band I was ever in that I didn’t need furniture movers to move my equipment to and from the site… and we could’ve worked five nights a week if we didn’t have day jobs. The bar owners prefer the country western crowd to the rock band kids. Because the kids will nurse a draft beer and they start trouble. The country western gang drinks, Jack, Daniels, and they are no trouble…
    but here almost 60 years later, the better I get, the more I realize I don’t know how to play it all. When I go into a music store to check out the new Guitars. I would never humiliate myself by plugging in a guitar and trying it out in the store on a Saturday when it’s full of kids in their late teens and early 20s. those kids learned from watching videos on TH-cam from guitar gods that teach how to play. Guys like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai,/, Michael, Angelo, YINGWIE.
    I could get by doing the stones or Led Zeppelin, kiss, Ted Nugent call my guys like that if I did, they’re simple stuff. But these guitar gods today., They make me realize that I have no idea what I’m doing

    • @flynnstone3580
      @flynnstone3580 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have Trap Adapters in the plumbing department for cases like this.

    • @TommyPleasure
      @TommyPleasure ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop it! I’m sure you play just fine.. stop being so hard on yourself brother!

  • @WBlues-Blues-Musik
    @WBlues-Blues-Musik ปีที่แล้ว

    It's just nice to experience something like that. Thanks for sharing guys.

  • @jcc2c22
    @jcc2c22 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can tell you for certain that this gentleman has never made the mistake of quitting for an extended period of time and then starting up again. I did this and at the age (then) of 67, I had completely lost the mind/muscle connection that's necessary to play. I knew what I wanted to do but my hand wasn't listening.

    • @JoeKoOhNo
      @JoeKoOhNo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Nashville cats been playing since they babies..." John B. Sebastian.

    • @jcc2c22
      @jcc2c22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JoeKoOhNo I saw John Sébastien in concert at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in 1969 along with my younger brother. I can't recall a thing about the concert except that he was complaining about a cold that was keeping him from performing as well as he could. I thought he sounded fine.

    • @Wichitan
      @Wichitan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are players who have quit for extended periods. Peter Green was one.

    • @jcc2c22
      @jcc2c22 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wichitan I'm sure there are plenty. I'm sure that in my case, a layoff of over 30 years was most of the problem. Only myself to blame.

    • @mr.d.572
      @mr.d.572 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I quit for 14 years and did not think I would ever pick it up again. To my great surprise I started playing again about 2 years ago - different type of guitar, a different type of music that's better suited for me, and I'm playing better than ever now.

  • @LoveLife-yh7ke
    @LoveLife-yh7ke ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sad world when you work your nads off for 60 years as a musician, and you receive more attention in one day from a viral video

  • @mikehsmith1
    @mikehsmith1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shame the interviewer talked over his playing every time 🤨

  • @robertmckee4074
    @robertmckee4074 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is evidence of the "Disc Jockey Disease". 'My voice is way more important than a tune when no-one is singing. Instrumental song intro? That is where I do my best radio patter!' It drives me nuts!

  • @gregdolecki8530
    @gregdolecki8530 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Bob Wood, age 88
    (Robert Orville Wood Sr.)
    September 5, 1934 - October 29, 2022

  • @jamesfideli3500
    @jamesfideli3500 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bob I am a musician as well and it's such a joy to watch you perform thank you for sharing peace ☮️ and love 💞 my friend 😎🎵🎶😎

  • @easternyellowjacket276
    @easternyellowjacket276 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope he is making some money off of this popularity. He deserves that respect.

    • @caseykelso1
      @caseykelso1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was 7 yrs ago.😮

  • @tezelkington5257
    @tezelkington5257 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    would've been nice if you actualy friken feature him playing this did absolutely didly for me

  • @LA.Guitar
    @LA.Guitar ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I know, let’s do a piece on a guitarist but talk all over it so you can’t hear and appreciate him actually playing

  • @69segway
    @69segway ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm 73 and I play the guitar and he is a truly great guitarist but ta hell with the guitar gi-me that head-o-hair he's been able to hang on to.

  • @kennyblackbird5674
    @kennyblackbird5674 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Mr. Bob has a technique even Hendrix would've worshipped! Bob is a fast picker!! His choice of guitar is great, a vintage Epiphone Riviera that needs no Varitone because of the brite mini humbuckers you can just use the one tone control for a wide tonal sweep.😊😊

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT ปีที่แล้ว

      No, he doesn't. You don't know what you're talking about.

    • @NoWayOut55
      @NoWayOut55 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some people just have to screw up a great story.
      The other commenter here hasn't a goddamned clue.

    • @kennyblackbird5674
      @kennyblackbird5674 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoWayOut55 😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennyblackbird5674 Crashbox didn't know it, but he was actually referring to you.

    • @kennyblackbird5674
      @kennyblackbird5674 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eatsmylifeYT yeah, you guys are crap!

  • @agalgonzalez
    @agalgonzalez ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad that the gentleman was captured on video for TH-cam to inspire and entertain people for decades to come.

  • @EricMySelf990
    @EricMySelf990 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At the music store I worked anyone could try out anything for as long as they wanted. We didn't breath down their necks, etc. while they used guitars and amps but the result was a cacaphony. We had this one old guy, though, named Spider who came in regularly and sat down and played for an hour or even more and this guy was a virtuoso so suddenly it was a concert and everyone else stopped playing to give this guy the room. We'd make requests. He could play anything. Amazing I'll never forget him. Too bad posting videos to the internet easily from a phone wasn't a thing back then. He would have been a sensation, as well.

  • @brownpunk1794
    @brownpunk1794 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a 93 yo beginer..its inspiring❤❤

  • @dennismanlangit3806
    @dennismanlangit3806 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The only thing I heard were journalists talking

  • @peteathans3230
    @peteathans3230 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well God bless Bob and everybody who made this wonderful video what a great story !!😍😍😍

  • @xbman1
    @xbman1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That lady talk too much and doesn’t know when to shut up😂😂😂

  • @LeafMobbMusic
    @LeafMobbMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "as long as you spell my name right"
    The level we should ALL aspire to. 🖤

  • @georgesheffield1580
    @georgesheffield1580 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Supprisingly there are alot of older musicians out there . There are many professionals that preformed well into their 90's . Keep it up BOB ,do a concert .

  • @PickinPal
    @PickinPal 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We love your playing Bob, thanks! 🎸🎸💚💛😎👍👍

  • @johnmanning4339
    @johnmanning4339 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It would have been nice for them to quit yacking so we could hear the gentleman play.

  • @robertberryhill4033
    @robertberryhill4033 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got to sit and play with Bob and this man was amazing.

  • @timothyj.bowlby5524
    @timothyj.bowlby5524 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's NOT the equipment... it's what Mr. Wood has IN HIS HEAD that counts.

  • @Gary-xg9px
    @Gary-xg9px ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty cool video of Bob. OMG, what a musician at 81yrs. You could tell he really loves playing.

  • @sergeybogdanovich7019
    @sergeybogdanovich7019 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Super guitarist 🙏🍀🎼❤️🎶👌🎵🎸✌️

  • @dpmedhurst
    @dpmedhurst ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful… Keep on rocking mate