Back in the summer of 1973 when I was in High School , I took a 5 day jazz guitar class with Johnny Smith. This took place in NJ. There were 15 of us in the class. I got to eat lunch with him and play with him. He walked us through his jazz guitar books. What was most memorable was he gave me a private performance of Golden earrings. What makes him stand out is use of chords mimicking piano voicings. He is a super guy. He was also a licensed pilot. I still have his personally autographed guitar books.
Venant de mr atkins cela reste un compliment modeste dans le monde guitaristique jazz,mr joe pass était inégalable, le génie absolu de la guitare jazz, ont trouve parmi d'autres guitaristes excellent comme Jimmy raney, Chuck Wayne, lenny breau, ank garland, Oscar moore, Charlie Christian, René thomas, billy bauer, george VAN eps, tal farlow erb ellis ,mais incontestablement joe pass était au-dessus de tout les autres mr Oscar peterson, ainsi que mr erb ellis ,dizzy guilespie, ray brown et beaucoup d'autres géants du jazz l'ont admis, joe pass la classe absolue vive le jazz, ils y ont n'a pour tout les goûts et niveau 🎺🎷🎸🥁🎻🎼🎺🎷🎸👍👍👍❤
Without a doubt, one of the most gifted guitarists of all time. Technically highly advanced and so lyrical. An absolute master , so pleasurable to listen to.
My father took lessons from Johnny Smith back in the 80's. He still lives in our town (Colorado Springs) but he is 100% retired from playing. An absolute legend.
Thank God for this. I have finally seen the best Guitarist in the world. I have listened to him my whole life and never seen him. Thank you for this post!!!
Johnny was a giant of jazz, his voicing and legato chords few could emulate. I have listened since Moonlight In Vermont and have loved this man since then. RIP Johnny Smith.
Had no idea this even existed. He's one of those guys where just the name says it all. "...and then of course, there's Johnny Smith..." The epitome of class, sophistication, musical chops and one of the most beautiful guitar tones ever.
To have this film clip, you must have direct line to God. Thank you so much for posting it. I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to finally watch Johnny Smith playing, after all of these years of studying and listening to his music. Thanks again. Best wishes.
I just now discovered this guy, and I'm glad I have! I've listened to all the jazz guitar greats, and this is the best jazz guitar player I've ever heard. I can't believe he isn't more famous!
I had the great pleasure of playing with Johnny Smith while I was in service in Colorado Springs. My all-time favorite guitarist. He can play fast & clean and then play a ballad with the greatest voicings ever on the guitar.
LEGEND. It's silly to try to rate the great ones, isn't it?. They each conveyed their own unique voice through the guitar. We all have our favorites, for whatever reasons. When you see and hear something this good--when the playing and technique disappear and you hear only beautiful music--you know you are in the presence of someone who has mastered the instrument.
Fantastic Guitar interpretations, flawless melodic tones, Johnny Smith was the master. So beautiful! Thank you for posting this rare performance. God bless!
Just beautiful! The entire band was fantastic and Johnny’s playing was superb. I heard about him awhile back and am amazed at his playing. A real master.
I've admired this guy for years but am only now seeing video of him playing. Excellent, this tune almost brings a tear to your life, without a single lyric. my favorite type of music
The most melodic player I have ever listened to. He was a true giant and is missed by all who were fortunate enough to hear him. Words are inadequate to describe the experience of his music. To hear him is to be healed. Never to be forgotten!
My grandfather was fortunate enough to be good friends with Johnny Smith in Colorado springs I met him numerous times and before my grandfather passed away Johnny Smith came and played right in the living room
Eh, he's okay. I'm just kidding! What a PHENOMENAL player! So clean, fast, yet lyrical and emotional too. Stunning dynamics and voicing, pace, you name it. That chord "grab" at 2:36 is something! Thank you for posting this wonderful performance.
Although he is one of the very few guitarists of his generation who can truly be said to shred (albeit quietly), he's also one of the very few jazz guitarists who can make me cry. Masterful stuff. I could sit and watch his hands for hours.
I was fortunate to see johnny Smth play in Denver at Emerson Street East restaurant on colfax and also recall seeing him play with Chet Atkins at the Paramount
The Legendary Johnny Smith doing what he does best! Stunning us with his amazing guitar technique and uncomparable sound. He's so clean and yet quick but always tasteful. The best of the best. Thanks for posting this!
I was very fortunate to see him play. My father was a local jazz guitarist in Trenton New Jersey and he took me to a Sunday afternoon jam session in Camden, New Jersey. From that time on, my father and I were Jonny Smith groupies and purchased every album his performed on. Jonny called my father on dad's 80th birthday and sent him a coy of the album Johnny recorded with Ruth Price, which my father had misplaced. I was at the tribute to Johnny Smith at the Smithsonian. He said he had stopped playing because he could find the time that it takes to practice and keep the level of perfection he need to play publicly.
I first heard a Johnny Smith recording in the late 50s. He became an immediate favorite, and he still is. This is technically impeccable and so lyrical. He was a master.
@@hunterandrus3320 I think he got that ine for free.Thr other one was stolen and when he went back to d'angelico and told him what had happened he would'nt take the 275 dollars what he had paid for the origininal one.Well i dont want to get too smart but inflation aside these instruments nowadays go ..................
I never got to see him play so thanks for posting this! I met him, he was sitting in the audience at a concert of great guitars in St Louis. At this time not much of his stuff had come out on CD, you had to hunt for his records, and I said, "would you believe I sometimes Drive 180 miles round trip to look for your records?" And he replied, "well you might try the Salvation Army." He gave me his autograph and posed for a picture with me one of the nicest professional musicians I've ever met
I come back to see this every once in a while. The rippling arpeggios, the close voicings, the crystalline sound. I've loved Mr Smith since first hearing him in 1975, when I was 19.
Thanks for this post, and I am so happy to see all these wonderful, adoring comments acknowledging his greatness. Not long ago I thought that he might have been forgotten in this day of fast and furious,,,,, made my day!!!!!
My father was friends with Johnny in the Colorado days, I remember Him as very kind and modesty was a trademark! Nothing but kind word's..... view a master with the guitar play and harness a very fine hand made D Angelico
This is real quality - delivered by a true gentleman and consummate musician. Thank you for allowing a bit of dignity in the crass world we now have to inhabit.
I took guitar lessons from Johnny and his brother Ben in the 1960's. He was a wonderful person, very kind and patient with his know-nothing teenage students.
a fine guitar player and a teacher. One of the very best of his time. I found the studies in his " Complete approach for the Guitar" very comprehensive, particularly for chordal harmonies. A book that can very well serve as a study and reference to both the serious student and the teacher of the guitar.
He taught me most of what I know about how to play the guitar. I spent the most memorable hours of my youth moving the needle back a groove at a time learning one note, one chord at a time. I sure would love to meet him some day.
Rare footage of a rare talent. Thanks so much for posting it. I was an eleven year old kid when 'Moonlight in Vermont;' was in all the jukeboxes. It seems like I have spent my whole life trying to play that tune the way Mister Smith played it.
One of the only guitar masters i know of that could play root postion chords w/o drop 2 and 3 voicings. What a beautiful sound he created. What rare footage this is. Thank you so much for posting it.
joni achenbach My grandfather was fortunate enough to be good friends with Johnny Smith in Colorado springs I met him numerous times and before my grandfather passed away Johnny Smith came and played right in the living room
Johnny Smith used to run a music shop in Colorado Springs. Back in the 70's my grandpa traded him half a beef for a trombone for my dad. I never met him but he always seemed like a real gentleman and class act. My god that tone just slays me.
Aside from the bozo MC and that woman with the tee-shirt, this was great. Johnny Smith is one of the classiest musicians around. While this was obviously after his prime, you can still here the precision and elegance in his playing. His tone was like velvet and his phrasing was always cool, smooth and sophisticated. Johnny Smith...one of the all-time giants of music. Thanks for posting.
Johnny Smith was a top notch Jazz guitar player but never achievded the fame and recognition that he so deserved. After the tragic death of his wife in the early 1960's he stepped away from performing and led a reclusive life for many years. His playing style is creative effortless and smooth.
The Ventures led me Johnny Smith. Wow. I'm sure he would be gain special induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame if he were alive today. Perhaps he should be posthumously, although he might not have been too happy about that.
How wonderful! I've been a Johnny Smith fan since I was introduced in the early 70's when I studied guitar with Stacy Mckee in a little studio in downtown Denver. Stacey McKee toured with Les Brown, played with Louie Armstrong and, was friends with Johnny Smith whom I hadn't heard about. Stacy showed me how to play several JS chord melodies, I saw Johnny play at Shanners and at a women's college and I was hooked. Your video just made my day. I'll put down the uke and pick up the arch top.
After all the various guitars that were designed, built and given to him - famous Guild and Johnny Smith Gibson models - he just still played the D'Angelico those where based on!
My teacher knew him. When I was taking lessons, I saw Johnny Smiths signed autographed picture. This was 50 years ago. My teacher had ordered a Johnny Smith model direct from the Gibson Factory. I got to try out this guitar. The neck was so smooth, the best guitar I ever played! Back then, it cost $2000!
not to many live vids of Johnny...what a superb player ...so fluid & pure-moonlight in vermont is a tremendous disc...sounds like lots of guitars sped up!
And I thought "Moonlight on Vermont" was great ! And it was but This "What are you doing the rest of your life " just blew me away ! RIP Johnny Your talent will never be forgotten but it will sadly be missed !
@pizza351 I would agree. his rhythm is so free yet everything is right on. saw him up at smalls in new york. one of the young guys that's really pushing jazz forward.
Joe Pass and Herb Ellis also did a great duet of this, hard to say which I like best. Out of the four I've only seen Mundell Lowe live - great player. I wish I'd been able to see all of them.
There are many great players, past and present. Johnny combines all the best features and meshes them into his own unique, unequalled style. And he is an originator. Guild, Gibson, Heritage and other top makers all named their TOP of the line guitar after him. Django knew him and loved his playing and other legendary players like Tal Farlow and Chuck Wayne said that they were inspired by him. That says volumes.
Carvetop,I was thinking of learning it too most of it seems possible for me,but those descending chromatic things sound really tricky.Johnny is really an inspiration.Dan
Maybe the greatest pick virtuoso ever. He is in his last phase on this video, but you can still hear the Johnny Smith of yesteryear in his playing. He is amazing.
Johnny Smith!The harmonys - unbelievable.He is one of the true originals. With Danny Gatton,Lenny Breau,Howard Roberts, Ted Greene, Ed Bickert he can play in the guitar olymp.Pardon Ed Bickert is still with us. Greetings from Germany
Back in the summer of 1973 when I was in High School , I took a 5 day jazz guitar class with Johnny Smith. This took place in NJ. There were 15 of us in the class. I got to eat lunch with him and play with him. He walked us through his jazz guitar books. What was most memorable was he gave me a private performance of Golden earrings. What makes him stand out is use of chords mimicking piano voicings. He is a super guy. He was also a licensed pilot. I still have his personally autographed guitar books.
I'm so jealous! His playing was thing of cascading heavenly notes.
His wife that died was my mothers cousin (from Sweden). I met him at his home 1989 and he played for me. Very skilled.
R.I.P Johnny S
Chet Atkins told Paul Yandell that Johnny Smith was the greatest musician he had ever met. Says a lot.
Venant de mr atkins cela reste un compliment modeste dans le monde guitaristique jazz,mr joe pass était inégalable, le génie absolu de la guitare jazz, ont trouve parmi d'autres guitaristes excellent comme Jimmy raney, Chuck Wayne, lenny breau, ank garland, Oscar moore, Charlie Christian, René thomas, billy bauer, george VAN eps, tal farlow erb ellis ,mais incontestablement joe pass était au-dessus de tout les autres mr Oscar peterson, ainsi que mr erb ellis ,dizzy guilespie, ray brown et beaucoup d'autres géants du jazz l'ont admis, joe pass la classe absolue vive le jazz, ils y ont n'a pour tout les goûts et niveau 🎺🎷🎸🥁🎻🎼🎺🎷🎸👍👍👍❤
Coming from Chet, that means the world!
He also said that Lenny Breau was the greatest guitarist walking the earth!
Without a doubt, one of the most gifted guitarists of all time. Technically highly advanced and so lyrical. An absolute master , so pleasurable to listen to.
My father took lessons from Johnny Smith back in the 80's. He still lives in our town (Colorado Springs) but he is 100% retired from playing. An absolute legend.
Thank God for this. I have finally seen the best Guitarist in the world. I have listened to him my whole life and never seen him. Thank you for this post!!!
I guess you have never listened to Allan Holdsworth, have you?
Johnny was a giant of jazz, his voicing and legato chords few could emulate. I have listened since Moonlight In Vermont and have loved this man since then. RIP Johnny Smith.
Had no idea this even existed. He's one of those guys where just the name says it all. "...and then of course, there's Johnny Smith..." The epitome of class, sophistication, musical chops and one of the most beautiful guitar tones ever.
To have this film clip, you must have direct line to God. Thank you so much for posting it. I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to finally watch Johnny Smith playing, after all of these years of studying and listening to his music. Thanks again. Best wishes.
I just now discovered this guy, and I'm glad I have! I've listened to all the jazz guitar greats, and this is the best jazz guitar player I've ever heard. I can't believe he isn't more famous!
Another guitar great was Eddie Lang! He died so young!
I had the great pleasure of playing with Johnny Smith while I was in service in Colorado Springs. My all-time favorite guitarist. He can play fast & clean and then play a ballad with the greatest voicings ever on the guitar.
LEGEND.
It's silly to try to rate the great ones, isn't it?. They each conveyed their own unique voice through the guitar. We all have our favorites, for whatever reasons.
When you see and hear something this good--when the playing and technique disappear and you hear only beautiful music--you know you are in the presence of someone who has mastered the instrument.
Fantastic Guitar interpretations, flawless melodic tones, Johnny Smith was the master. So beautiful! Thank you for posting this rare performance. God bless!
Just beautiful! The entire band was fantastic and Johnny’s playing was superb. I heard about him awhile back and am amazed at his playing. A real master.
I've admired this guy for years but am only now seeing video of him playing. Excellent, this tune almost brings a tear to your life, without a single lyric. my favorite type of music
The most melodic player I have ever listened to. He was a true giant and is missed by all who were fortunate enough to hear him. Words are inadequate to describe the experience of his music. To hear him is to be healed. Never to be forgotten!
A comment worthy of the great man - thank you !
My grandfather was fortunate enough to be good friends with Johnny Smith in Colorado springs I met him numerous times and before my grandfather passed away Johnny Smith came and played right in the living room
This and Johnny Smith's "Moonlight in Vermont" are two of my all-time favourites ...
Eh, he's okay.
I'm just kidding! What a PHENOMENAL player! So clean, fast, yet lyrical and emotional too. Stunning dynamics and voicing, pace, you name it. That chord "grab" at 2:36 is something!
Thank you for posting this wonderful performance.
Although he is one of the very few guitarists of his generation who can truly be said to shred (albeit quietly), he's also one of the very few jazz guitarists who can make me cry. Masterful stuff. I could sit and watch his hands for hours.
I was fortunate to see johnny Smth play in Denver at Emerson Street East restaurant on colfax and also recall seeing him play with Chet Atkins at the Paramount
The Legendary Johnny Smith doing what he does best! Stunning us with his amazing guitar technique and uncomparable sound. He's so clean and yet quick but always tasteful. The best of the best. Thanks for posting this!
I was very fortunate to see him play. My father was a local jazz guitarist in Trenton New Jersey and he took me to a Sunday afternoon jam session in Camden, New Jersey. From that time on, my father and I were Jonny Smith groupies and purchased every album his performed on. Jonny called my father on dad's 80th birthday and sent him a coy of the album Johnny recorded with Ruth Price, which my father had misplaced. I was at the tribute to Johnny Smith at the Smithsonian. He said he had stopped playing because he could find the time that it takes to practice and keep the level of perfection he need to play publicly.
I first heard a Johnny Smith recording in the late 50s. He became an immediate favorite, and he still is. This is technically impeccable and so lyrical. He was a master.
What a treasure this video is. An absolutely brilliant performance of a beautiful song. We're lucky to be able to view it. Thank you for posting.
One of the most beautiful sounding D'Angelico's ever ... Damn
It sounds otherworldly
@@hunterandrus3320 I think he got that ine for free.Thr other one was stolen and when he went back to d'angelico and told him what had happened he would'nt take the 275 dollars what he had paid for the origininal
one.Well i dont want to get too smart but inflation aside these instruments nowadays go ..................
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I love when a virtuoso musician not only impresses you but also reaches you on an emotional level. Great tune too!
I never got to see him play so thanks for posting this! I met him, he was sitting in the audience at a concert of great guitars in St Louis. At this time not much of his stuff had come out on CD, you had to hunt for his records, and I said, "would you believe I sometimes Drive 180 miles round trip to look for your records?" And he replied, "well you might try the Salvation Army." He gave me his autograph and posed for a picture with me one of the nicest professional musicians I've ever met
Gawd,,just too beautiful..technique is so precise but the feeling coming through hits you in the chest.
THIS IS MY FIRST LISTENING TO THIS GUITARIST MAN HE WAS AMAZING ,I TIP MY HAT TO THIS PERFORMANCE AND-BOB HARDY THANKS FOR VIDEO.
I grew up in Colorado Springs where Johnny had a music store for years....what a wonderful and humble gentleman he was....turns 89 tomorrow!
I come back to see this every once in a while. The rippling arpeggios, the close voicings, the crystalline sound. I've loved Mr Smith since first hearing him in 1975, when I was 19.
If I make it to heaven can I sit and listen to Johnny as long as I want?
Gorgeous. He's my favourite jazz guitarist.
I had to remind myself to breathe while listening to this piece. Gorgeous.
Me too. It's the 'effortless-ness' of the way he plays that is so incredible. A delight.
Same!
Thanks for this post, and I am so happy to see all these wonderful, adoring comments acknowledging his greatness. Not long ago I thought that he might have been forgotten in this day of fast and furious,,,,, made my day!!!!!
What a Player.He has his own Sound.Nobody can copy him.
Greetings from Germany.RIP!
beautiful. absolutely. i feel like i am melting.
I was playing this video for my mom at the Apple Store and she absolutely fell in love with his playing. I did too =) Johnny Smith is amazing!
My father was friends with Johnny in the Colorado days, I remember Him as very kind and modesty was a trademark! Nothing but kind word's..... view a master with the guitar play and harness a very fine hand made D Angelico
This is real quality - delivered by a true gentleman and consummate musician. Thank you for allowing a bit of dignity in the crass world we now have to inhabit.
How awesome is this? Wonderful!
OMG!! Thought I'd never see a video of him.
Thanks so much!!!!
I took guitar lessons from Johnny and his brother Ben in the 1960's. He was a wonderful person, very kind and patient with his know-nothing teenage students.
I SURE MISS HIM.MY GOD WHAT BEAUTY.
a fine guitar player and a teacher. One of the very best of his time. I found the studies in his " Complete approach for the Guitar" very comprehensive, particularly for chordal harmonies. A book that can very well serve as a study and reference to both the serious student and the teacher of the guitar.
No one on this planet played the guitar better than Johnny Smith.
Amen Brother!
Johnny was one of the prettiest pickers ever! Such a beautiful style!
No one is the best period.I love Johnny Smith as well as many others.People like you make me feel sad.Dan
He taught me most of what I know about how to play the guitar. I spent the most memorable hours of my youth moving the needle back a groove at a time learning one note, one chord at a time. I sure would love to meet him some day.
Johnny Smith-of the crystalline arpeggio, splendor of tone, and impeccable taste. A treasured album of mine is "Johnny Smith" on the Verve label.
Rare footage of a rare talent. Thanks so much for posting it. I was an eleven year old kid when 'Moonlight in Vermont;' was in all the jukeboxes. It seems like I have spent my whole life trying to play that tune the way Mister Smith played it.
I'm stunned to see this after so many years admiring Johnny Smith as the epitome of jazz guitarists. Thank you very much for posting this video.
One of the only guitar masters i know of that could play root postion chords w/o drop 2 and 3 voicings. What a beautiful sound he created. What rare footage this is. Thank you so much for posting it.
the master at work, out of this world jazz playing
Wonderful! Thanks for posting!
The greatest jazz guitarist ever?maybe-maybe not---the greatest "musician" that ever played jazz guitar- ABSOLUTELY!!!!
I also saw him Colorado Springs, in the 90's, what a treat.
joni achenbach My grandfather was fortunate enough to be good friends with Johnny Smith in Colorado springs I met him numerous times and before my grandfather passed away Johnny Smith came and played right in the living room
Johnny Smith used to run a music shop in Colorado Springs. Back in the 70's my grandpa traded him half a beef for a trombone for my dad. I never met him but he always seemed like a real gentleman and class act. My god that tone just slays me.
Wow!! Great - thanks so much for sharing this clip. Johnny Smith - an American Icon!!
How wonderful to see the Great Johnny Smith. Thanks for Posting.
Lost for words - utterly outstanding!
Aside from the bozo MC and that woman with the tee-shirt, this was great. Johnny Smith is one of the classiest musicians around. While this was obviously after his prime, you can still here the precision and elegance in his playing. His tone was like velvet and his phrasing was always cool, smooth and sophisticated. Johnny Smith...one of the all-time giants of music. Thanks for posting.
Checkmate, rock guitarists! Let's see you do that.
(Louie Shelton led me here, btw. Don't know he is? Look him up. You've heard him play, often)
I love Johnny Smith!!
This is the first time I saw him on video, thank you very much!!
Yes, he's really great!!!
beautiful playing and beautiful DA.
Thankyou Johnny
A true master. I got to see him twice back in the late 70's when I lived in Denver.
What an amazing clip! My favorite video on youtube!!! Thanks!
Beautiful....
Thanks for posting this
RIP Allan Dawson
Johnny Smith was a top notch Jazz guitar player but never achievded the fame and recognition that he so deserved. After the tragic death of his wife in the early 1960's he stepped away from performing and led a reclusive life for many years. His playing style is creative effortless and smooth.
The Ventures led me Johnny Smith. Wow. I'm sure he would be gain special induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame if he were alive today. Perhaps he should be posthumously, although he might not have been too happy about that.
rip Johnny. Such touch, such tone..Just the perfect note every time...
They used to have this full concert on here but they took it down and it makes me very sad.
This is wonderful music!
Such control. Masterful with his dynamics.
How wonderful! I've been a Johnny Smith fan since I was introduced in the early 70's when I studied guitar with Stacy Mckee in a little studio in downtown Denver. Stacey McKee toured with Les Brown, played with Louie Armstrong and, was friends with Johnny Smith whom I hadn't heard about. Stacy showed me how to play several JS chord melodies, I saw Johnny play at Shanners and at a women's college and I was hooked. Your video just made my day. I'll put down the uke and pick up the arch top.
Thank you, what a great guitarist.
Johnny was such a very modest and kind person, not to mention the Best of players.
After all the various guitars that were designed, built and given to him - famous Guild and Johnny Smith Gibson models - he just still played the D'Angelico those where based on!
My teacher knew him. When I was taking lessons, I saw Johnny Smiths signed autographed picture. This was 50 years ago. My teacher had ordered a Johnny Smith model direct from the Gibson Factory. I got to try out this guitar. The neck was so smooth, the best guitar I ever played! Back then, it cost $2000!
this man is a master of the guitar
not to many live vids of Johnny...what a superb player ...so fluid & pure-moonlight in vermont is a tremendous disc...sounds like lots of guitars sped up!
And I thought "Moonlight on Vermont" was great ! And it was but This "What are you doing the rest of your life " just blew me away ! RIP Johnny Your talent will never be forgotten but it will sadly be missed !
@pizza351 I would agree. his rhythm is so free yet everything is right on. saw him up at smalls in new york. one of the young guys that's really pushing jazz forward.
OMG, seeing this just gave me chills. Johnny Smith, what a god.
What a treat. Johnny is one of the greatest ever...
Wow, such beautiful lines!
just beautiful!
Joe Pass and Herb Ellis also did a great duet of this, hard to say which I like best. Out of the four I've only seen Mundell Lowe live - great player. I wish I'd been able to see all of them.
My teacher´s teacher. A legend. "The man with the Blue Guitar"... God bless his soul.
There are many great players, past and present. Johnny combines all the best features and meshes them into his own unique, unequalled style. And he is an originator. Guild, Gibson, Heritage and other top makers all named their TOP of the line guitar after him. Django knew him and loved his playing and other legendary players like Tal Farlow and Chuck Wayne said that they were inspired by him. That says volumes.
Carvetop,I was thinking of learning it too most of it seems possible for me,but those descending chromatic things sound really tricky.Johnny is really an inspiration.Dan
The one and only Johnny Smith! What a treat!
Masterful work RIP Johhny
Maybe the greatest pick virtuoso ever. He is in his last phase on this video, but you can still hear the Johnny Smith of yesteryear in his playing. He is amazing.
That was fantastic
Johnny Smith!The harmonys - unbelievable.He is one of the true originals.
With Danny Gatton,Lenny Breau,Howard Roberts, Ted Greene, Ed Bickert he can play in the guitar olymp.Pardon Ed Bickert is still with us.
Greetings from Germany
Fantastic! Rare indeed thanks!
Buy his method books if you can find them and if you are willing for a challenge. I love Johnny's playing and demeanor.
That was most excellent.
Happy birthday Johnny Smith! RIP!