Rick…..here in the U.K…you are the “Musicians Musician” when it comes to your style of interviewing all these greats. Intelligent questions and a relaxed air. Keep it up mate……don’t sell-out….the current format is perfect.
Is Clapton allowed to talk about his experience yet, on TH-cam? Not sure they let you stay monetized and talk about negative effects of the rhymes-with-sax. They could probably do a spaces thing on “X”.
I believe Slowhand is like a fine wine. He had the energy and the excitement of his youth with the Bluesbreakers and Cream but his songwriting and singing has taken a new meaning after all his life experiences. I agree those two bands were his best period but he is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. I adore Slowhand; you have to 🎸🥰
@@jimmycampbell78 r u sure? He was a beast in the Dominos era but because he was drunknin the 70s he lost it.he regained his muse in the 80s with Phil Collins.check Juan Les Pines 1986 live
@@weekenderTonepeople don't consider that when they criticise Clapton for starting to dress quite plain or being ridiculously casual but he just reacted to the crazy fame he had in a few years of his early 20s. Something a lot of people couldn't get over or deal with ever since.
All these great stories and much more are in Andy's book, "One Train Later". An excellent read along with Sting's "Broken Music". Two of my favorite music books of all time. Man, can the English write well! If you love the Police, both books are a must read.
No. He stinks. He is the most vanilla player ever. Dude can't write a song to save his life. Couldn't even write a song about his own son without a co-writer. "Forever Man" Are you serious? Wow. What a tour de force of the blues lineage.
Rick, you are one of my favorite interviewers. When you talk to musicians I learn so much. (I have zero musical ability, but I appreciated music). You respect the musician, but you're not overwhelmed by any of them. You are their peer, so you can ask these questions and they open up freely. Bravo, Rick.
Andy's autobiography is amazing- he has an incredible memory for detail. No personal childhood sob stories, just rock raconteuring ( if that's a word). He tells of buying a 335 as a teenager, leaning it against a tree for 2 mins and getting it nicked😢
Andy Summers has similar speaking mannerisms to me as Tony Banks of Genesis. When he talks to you, he kinds of mumbles to himself trying to recall these events. It's very funny. I wonder if they're from the same area of England and if it's a dialect thing.
Watch Andy playing at the Montreal Jazz Festival back in 1991. The Police are just a small piece of how well rounded a musician he is. Super talented and underrated!
Funny thing is, if andy would’ve bought that second les paul maybe eric would have used something different to record the bluesbreakers album, and those 59 les pauls would not be so valuable today as they are. Clapton gave those particular year and model guitars the meaning and the mystique they have currently just with that record.
I saw the Police on their first tour of America in 1978 in a small club, unbelievable. They were on the local radio station during the day and the DJ asked Sting why they called the band ''The Police'' and his response was ''every time someone sees a cop car we get free publicity'''.
I was buying a Gold Top Les Paul De Luxe back in '72 on HP (credit). Price was £240.00. Damn fool that I was, a romantic distraction made me leave his band, and let him take over the payments! How I've kicked myself ever since! It played like a dream!
Proper Serious Musician Is Andy Summers, can you Imagine what London was like for Music back then in the 60s-70s , it’s nothing like that now, Killed the music scene there Heartbreaking 💔💔💔very sad
@@parallaxcontinuum7898 Yes.He went on to reveal that going out on tour with his American colleague & jazz virtuoso Larry Coryell helped to break his inertia. ” Larry is a very enthusiastic person and actually, he was a catalyst - he brought me back to it. And I’ve, you know, played and toured with Larry, I started playing all the time again, and it’s never gone away again.”
Jack Bruce had Larry as his "new Clapton" in Feb.70. They were STELLAR.The same evening Jack invited Leslie West & Pappalardi ( Mountain ). to join the tour as the opener,replacing The Kinks.Each band was flawless.The rest is history.@@leoosiku
Sonically I like to think of Andy and Edge of U2 as coming from the same place - it is almost "Electronic Music" - partly of course because there is almost no other harmonic or melodic detail coming from the rest of the group - there's Sting's vocal (and Bono's vocal in the comparison)...,and that's it...,Hendrix obviously started this...,what the guitar+effects does is so far beyond the standard guitar sound that you start to think "this is not guitar...,this is soundscape"
What did Andy say Eric Clapton say in the Studio that carried over the PA into the foyer of the studio? Darn, I played it over and over but can't catch it. Does anyone here know? I usually can understand English accents with no problem but it's just the way Andy retold it, LOL!
Has ANY musician Rick interviewed NOT been referred to as being in “ one of the greatest (insert music style here) ever!”? How many “greatest” of a genre can you have?
Rick, I love your channel but you gotta edit that promo. “This will help me get better guests” is kind of a sleight to your previous guests. I know that wasn’t your intention but I suggest “This will allow me to continue to bring you great guests”
@@bernardoconnor5512 According to the inflation calculator¹, £200 in 1966 is equivalent to about **£1,868.55** in 2024. To convert this amount to American dollars, we need to use the current exchange rate of **1 GBP = 1.34 USD**². Multiplying these values, we get: $$£1,868.55 \times 1.34 = \$2,503.66$$ Therefore, £200 in 1966 is worth about **$2,503.66** today in American dollars. 💰
@@bernardoconnor5512 I asked chatgpt. Inflation calculator was switched automatically to $ even if I asked in £. So they took the $ inflation rate instead of £. And then converted it to £. I stand corrected. Chatgpt made a mistake. It's £4,669.31.
@@bernardoconnor5512When I asked Chatgpt, it took the American dollar inflation rate instead of the British pound, and then made the conversion. So I stand corrected. Chatgpt made a mistake. It's £4,669.31
That doesn't make any difference. Gibson Les Pauls are not indexed linked to inflation. Some of them are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, millions if a famous player owned it before hand.
Andy Summers is one of the greatest guitarists ever, his timing is impeccable, when Andy and Stewart Copeland played they were solid. His solo stuff is amazing.
Yep, Sting, regardless of his musical pedigree now, would have remained a high school teacher if he never hooked up with those other two. His solo records are mundane compared to the raw material the Police produced. I recall he did redid a Police track, the way he had ''originally wanted to record it.. and the nicest thing I can say about it was that it is vomit inducing.
@@PhilMcCrackin-f3n Sting was the one who provided the material, sang the songs and made them what they were......not decrying Stewart and Copeland - undoubtedly great musicians - but this was Sting's band in all but name, whether you like him or not....
The guy who stole Eric's guitar probably waiting for Eric to die before he could put that guitar to auction. After so many decades i think it's not yet been found. Eric's children should be vigilant about that to get that back and put it in its proper place, if they're planning to build a museum for their dad, that's the absolute place for it.
The "thief" to thought that commentary about the guitar would die down after a while. Or that Eric would not survive his addiction(s) and relapse(s). Speaking of "survive", Eric tragically has already lost a child.. . * ("Debbie Downer music" plays) *
An amazing experience, as the band was great, and Zoot Money was delightful. To add to the story, I played a solo in one number and Zoot asked me to keep going. After the gig, the sax player said he had never done that before with Andy! One of the highlights of my career!
@@uniqdzign2WOW! Hold your head up high!! Something really BIG and I am sure it was extremely well deserved. Never, ever forget that, kind Sir! Very Cool!
Although 200 pounds was about 4800-5000 pounds of today, back then neither Clapton not Andy were world known, acclaimed, multimillionaire musicians, just struggling, hardworking musicians (although Clapton was a minor sensation in the area) and those kind of instruments were kinda hard to find but not extremely overpriced, overvalued and overhyped like they are today so it's only fair to adjust their price to inflation to give us an idea of how much they costed.
The Beatles Interesting how Andy says you’d never see the four of them at once by the time he was performing regularly whereas Mick Jagger said they in the early days they were never to be seen without each other
andy was so good with the police ! but later he should never do jazz fusion ! lol ! ok he won a lot of money with police and he can do all that he wants ! but andy was not a soloist its a real fact ! but the guitar part on message in the bottle (a sting song ) was sooooo great ! and still great !
Andy's transition from jazz to rock has given him a certain musical sensibility that is geared more towards taste and minimalism instead of flash and volume. His guitar playing makes the Police's sound one of a kind..his tones are pristine and delicate. He is truly one of the best. As for Eric, well, one of the first guitar heroes. Love them both.
The jazz element gave him a lot more in common with Sting compared with Stewart. What’s surprising is that Sting hasn’t continued working with Andy throughout the last 40 years
Wonderful story, but please please, let's find out of a guitar player named Stewart Barnes, from yorkshire England, he was around in those days with beck clapton lee and menny more, he played with buddy Emmons, carel perkins., Carel perkins gives his guitar to Stewart Barnes, he was impressed by Stewart his playing, you find info about this in weekend magazine, som we're the 70 tis, menny fases of Wembley, Stewart passed away, but please find him on your TH-cam, love to you all
What would’ve happened if Clapton never bought that Les Paul? Never created the so-called Beano tone? Never played a Les Paul? Would all the Les Paul mania ever happen?
They may not have created the same sound as The Beatles however The Police changed the way musicians wrote songs. The Beatles popularised the minor Plagal cadence and The Police popularised add 9 chords. Andy brought Jazz chords into the pop and rock idiom. He wasn't the first to do so as Prog bands had been doing this stuff in the 70's, however The Police were known as a pop band really. Not only that but Sting is a very talented bass player and he would change chords by playing different bass notes over the top of what Andy did.
yeah...that's not how I remember it either. I couldn't get into the Police. Their sound was unique, and nothing like the Beatles. Only later was I able to appreciate their body of work. I still can't stand Roxanne tho.
I can relate, Andy. I sold an ANCIENT (in 1975) 345 cheap to a friend because there was a short somewhere and it was beyond my 20 year old brain, it was just broken to me. Get one that works.
Full Interview Here: th-cam.com/video/V67Fq47U4ng/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tiDV4WLAOXErTs_U
Rick…..here in the U.K…you are the “Musicians Musician” when it comes to your style of interviewing all these greats. Intelligent questions and a relaxed air. Keep it up mate……don’t sell-out….the current format is perfect.
It would be great to have something like this with Eric Clapton, I’m sure you could do it Rick!
Eric Clapton is a crashing bore. No. Keep Crapton away.
You know what’s next… Rick, you have to interview Eric and see if he still has it
Is Clapton allowed to talk about his experience yet, on TH-cam? Not sure they let you stay monetized and talk about negative effects of the rhymes-with-sax. They could probably do a spaces thing on “X”.
I believe Slowhand is like a fine wine. He had the energy and the excitement of his youth with the Bluesbreakers and Cream but his songwriting and singing has taken a new meaning after all his life experiences. I agree those two bands were his best period but he is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. I adore Slowhand; you have to 🎸🥰
There’s nothing wrong with Clapton’s guitar playing at any stage of his career.
@@jimmycampbell78 r u sure? He was a beast in the Dominos era but because he was drunknin the 70s he lost it.he regained his muse in the 80s with Phil Collins.check Juan Les Pines 1986 live
YOU get it!
Andy is 81 and 3 years older than Eric. I never would have guessed that!
It is strange when you consider that Eric was a legend in the early 60s.
@@weekenderTonepeople don't consider that when they criticise Clapton for starting to dress quite plain or being ridiculously casual but he just reacted to the crazy fame he had in a few years of his early 20s. Something a lot of people couldn't get over or deal with ever since.
My first thought was “They can’t be a similar age.” I didn’t realise he has 10ish years on the other members of The Police.
Great stories! Andy looks like a very humble, down to earth guy....❤
All these great stories and much more are in Andy's book, "One Train Later". An excellent read along with Sting's "Broken Music". Two of my favorite music books of all time. Man, can the English write well! If you love the Police, both books are a must read.
Two of my favorite guitarists! Summers and Clapton
Brother!
Count on me
Eric Clapton is incredible
Eric Clapton is God ! ( look it up , if you don't know about some graffiti on a wall in England )
No. He stinks. He is the most vanilla player ever. Dude can't write a song to save his life. Couldn't even write a song about his own son without a co-writer. "Forever Man" Are you serious? Wow. What a tour de force of the blues lineage.
Rick, you are one of my favorite interviewers. When you talk to musicians I learn so much. (I have zero musical ability, but I appreciated music). You respect the musician, but you're not overwhelmed by any of them. You are their peer, so you can ask these questions and they open up freely. Bravo, Rick.
What a great story. Andy is a cool guy.
Andy's autobiography is amazing- he has an incredible memory for detail. No personal childhood sob stories, just rock raconteuring ( if that's a word). He tells of buying a 335 as a teenager, leaning it against a tree for 2 mins and getting it nicked😢
4:20 - Rick, you now own an Andy Summers played Telecaster. Congrats!
Andy Summers has similar speaking mannerisms to me as Tony Banks of Genesis. When he talks to you, he kinds of mumbles to himself trying to recall these events. It's very funny. I wonder if they're from the same area of England and if it's a dialect thing.
I think it's an English thing! As we gather our thoughts!
Saw Andy live 4 months ago, one of the best experiences of my life
The best thing about your second channel is that it reminds me to go back and watch the interviews I may have missed on your primary channel.
Watch Andy playing at the Montreal Jazz Festival back in 1991. The Police are just a small piece of how well rounded a musician he is. Super talented and underrated!
I love Country Preacher by Cannonball Adderley. He was only 46 when he died in 1975. I recommend him to you.
Funny thing is, if andy would’ve bought that second les paul maybe eric would have used something different to record the bluesbreakers album, and those 59 les pauls would not be so valuable today as they are. Clapton gave those particular year and model guitars the meaning and the mystique they have currently just with that record.
Thank you ❤. The algorithms landed me here. I subscribed as I’m subscribed to your other channel. Brilliant interview.
I saw the Police on their first tour of America in 1978 in a small club, unbelievable. They were on the local radio station during the day and the DJ asked Sting why they called the band ''The Police'' and his response was ''every time someone sees a cop car we get free publicity'''.
£200 quid in 1965/66 would be the equivalent of about £5000 quid today! the average wage was about £10-£14 quid a week
I was buying a Gold Top Les Paul De Luxe back in '72 on HP (credit). Price was £240.00. Damn fool that I was, a romantic distraction made me leave his band, and let him take over the payments! How I've kicked myself ever since! It played like a dream!
Great memory/recall for his age. Probably avoided the drink and drugs or , at least, kept it to a minimum
Rick just subscribed! Didn’t know about this channel 😊
Andy has rubbed shoulders with everyone, even the Beatles!
You need to tell people on the main channel about “2”. A Beato subscriber for years, I was not aware of the second channel.
Andy! love this guy!
OK Rick, now you need to invite one of the best drummers ever... you know, Mr Copeland!!! regards from Costa Rica
Andy looking pretty good for eighty! The Flamingo must have been a great training ground with all those talents interacting.
It’s amazing that the GUITAR which changad the sound of rock is missing
First time I've ever clicked the notification bell and thats only because you got Andy. Sorry Sting.
Proper Serious Musician Is Andy Summers, can you Imagine what London was like for Music back then in the 60s-70s , it’s nothing like that now, Killed the music scene there Heartbreaking 💔💔💔very sad
T’was between him and Ronnie for the Stones gig, workout for them both in the end.
Wonderful story!
Very interesting and entertaining interview!
Everybody go and check out his phenomenal playing on Jon Lord's "Sarabande" Album! ❤️
Ill have to say if there was an 80's Beatle esque band it would go to U2 ❤
What I wanna know is which of the 2 Les Pauls did Eric use on the Beano album? Was it Andy’s? 😳
No. Andy's Les Paul was used on "Fresh Cream".
“Fuckin ‘ell, it’s great! WHAAAT? Oh”
😂😂😂
gracias señor beato
Much more interesting is Larry Coryell”s mentorship of Andy.
REALLY now ???
Larry Coryell spent a lot of time at Electric Ladyland while Hendrix was there.
@@parallaxcontinuum7898 Yes.He went on to reveal that going out on tour with his American colleague & jazz virtuoso Larry Coryell helped to break his inertia.
” Larry is a very enthusiastic person and actually, he was a catalyst - he brought me back to it. And I’ve, you know, played and toured with Larry, I started playing all the time again, and it’s never gone away again.”
Jack Bruce had Larry as his "new Clapton" in Feb.70. They were STELLAR.The same evening Jack invited Leslie West & Pappalardi ( Mountain ). to join the tour as the opener,replacing The Kinks.Each band was flawless.The rest is history.@@leoosiku
“I spy with my educated eye a Tivoli Audio radio…” i have one as well! Good taste Rick…..cheers!
I've got one too, had it for many years. And once I saw it I can't unsee it!
Sonically I like to think of Andy and Edge of U2 as coming from the same place - it is almost "Electronic Music" - partly of course because there is almost no other harmonic or melodic detail coming from the rest of the group - there's Sting's vocal (and Bono's vocal in the comparison)...,and that's it...,Hendrix obviously started this...,what the guitar+effects does is so far beyond the standard guitar sound that you start to think "this is not guitar...,this is soundscape"
as soon as Clapton, mayal etc get mentioned my mind jumps to Peter green..
The way I see it is that Clapton shafted him and then mocked him as he was leaving after the deal. I think that is what still rankles with him.
gold
Was he on the one zoot money hit in the uk , big time operator.
U earned a sub there, sorry, its just a lazy daze im always in.....anyway, andy is such a legend.
What did Andy say Eric Clapton say in the Studio that carried over the PA into the foyer of the studio? Darn, I played it over and over but can't catch it. Does anyone here know? I usually can understand English accents with no problem but it's just the way Andy retold it, LOL!
Eric says ‘Fucking hell…it’s great…’
@@dodgydave9651 Thank You!
The mic'd amp, just in back of their seated positions. What make please ?
Has ANY musician Rick interviewed NOT been referred to as being in “ one of the greatest (insert music style here) ever!”? How many “greatest” of a genre can you have?
I want to hear a story from some player of fame and talent about their friendship with a bus driver or a concreter ...
Rick, I love your channel but you gotta edit that promo. “This will help me get better guests” is kind of a sleight to your previous guests. I know that wasn’t your intention but I suggest “This will allow me to continue to bring you great guests”
Should have gone to Macaris
£200 in 1966 is equivalent to $4800 today.
@@galetinmWell actually, it's just over £3000 according to the Bank of England.
@@bernardoconnor5512 According to the inflation calculator¹, £200 in 1966 is equivalent to about **£1,868.55** in 2024. To convert this amount to American dollars, we need to use the current exchange rate of **1 GBP = 1.34 USD**². Multiplying these values, we get:
$$£1,868.55 \times 1.34 = \$2,503.66$$
Therefore, £200 in 1966 is worth about **$2,503.66** today in American dollars. 💰
@@bernardoconnor5512 I asked chatgpt. Inflation calculator was switched automatically to $ even if I asked in £. So they took the $ inflation rate instead of £. And then converted it to £. I stand corrected. Chatgpt made a mistake. It's £4,669.31.
@@bernardoconnor5512When I asked Chatgpt, it took the American dollar inflation rate instead of the British pound, and then made the conversion. So I stand corrected. Chatgpt made a mistake. It's £4,669.31
That doesn't make any difference. Gibson Les Pauls are not indexed linked to inflation. Some of them are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, millions if a famous player owned it before hand.
Stop begging rick
Hmmm. l thought Clapton went from John Mayall to the Yardbirds to Cream.
Why would anyone wanna hang around clapton?
Beatles of the 80's? Get over yourself. You weren't even the Monkees of the 80's. Plastic punks.
We're dying to see Eric Clapton interviewed by you, Rick!
Blimey can't believe Andy is 81, he looks about 60 .
I could listen to Andy reminisce for a whole day without a break
Same here. Read Andy's book if you haven't already.
Andy Summers is one of the greatest guitarists ever, his timing is impeccable, when Andy and Stewart Copeland played they were solid. His solo stuff is amazing.
Most certainly! I always enjoyed his tasty playing style in whatever the context was.
Yep, Sting, regardless of his musical pedigree now, would have remained a high school teacher if he never hooked up with those other two. His solo records are mundane compared to the raw material the Police produced. I recall he did redid a Police track, the way he had ''originally wanted to record it.. and the nicest thing I can say about it was that it is vomit inducing.
@@PhilMcCrackin-f3n Aye, I always found Andy and Stewart as the engine of the police.
Stewart says Andy is a genius and that he never got credit for most of his playing
@@PhilMcCrackin-f3n Sting was the one who provided the material, sang the songs and made them what they were......not decrying Stewart and Copeland - undoubtedly great musicians - but this was Sting's band in all but name, whether you like him or not....
It's just funny that he is the same age as Paul Mccartney. However, when I think of The Beatles I think 60's and when I think The Police I think 80's.
Great sense of humor and storyteller. Love it?
Man, what a fantastic conversation! Love Andy even more! Brilliant solo work. Thank you, Andy & Rick!
Rick, your advert for the channel needs subtly changing. You say , "Better guests", That's not a nice thing for previous guests to hear. :)
Fair enough, then again, Andy would probably laugh his balls off when he hears that one 😊
The guy who stole Eric's guitar probably waiting for Eric to die before he could put that guitar to auction. After so many decades i think it's not yet been found. Eric's children should be vigilant about that to get that back and put it in its proper place, if they're planning to build a museum for their dad, that's the absolute place for it.
One time Joe Bonamassa said it was in a private collection that he knew about, but then he kind of retracted it so who knows?
@samclemmoi I heard THAT too ns5373
The "thief" to thought that commentary about the guitar would die down after a while. Or that Eric would not survive his addiction(s) and relapse(s). Speaking of "survive", Eric tragically has already lost a child.. . * ("Debbie Downer music" plays) *
I remember his Zoot Money days with great fondness at the Flamingo Club,they were hot brilliant nights
Sub'd! When Zoot Money had a reunion performance of his band, Andy couldn't make it and I was asked to take his place . . a real honour!
Very, very cool!
An amazing experience, as the band was great, and Zoot Money was delightful. To add to the story, I played a solo in one number and Zoot asked me to keep going. After the gig, the sax player said he had never done that before with Andy! One of the highlights of my career!
@@uniqdzign2WOW! Hold your head up high!! Something really BIG and I am sure it was extremely well deserved. Never, ever forget that, kind Sir! Very Cool!
Wow! Great story! Great experience! Great memory!
@@clarkelavelle7303 Thank you so much, yes now at 74, it's those things that count!
Hey Rick. Just subscribed to your channel. Keep doing what you're doing. As a musician myself I really enjoy it. Peace.
Rick, is that a Tivoli radio on the table behind Andy?
Andy Is incredible
I love that his Jazz heroes also are mine. Grant Green!!
I love GG!!!
Grant is my favorite jazz guitarist!
I'm subscribed to BOTH...because you're Rick Beato 👍
So did I!!!
Although 200 pounds was about 4800-5000 pounds of today, back then neither Clapton not Andy were world known, acclaimed, multimillionaire musicians, just struggling, hardworking musicians (although Clapton was a minor sensation in the area) and those kind of instruments were kinda hard to find but not extremely overpriced, overvalued and overhyped like they are today so it's only fair to adjust their price to inflation to give us an idea of how much they costed.
First guy Hendrix met and played in front of.
The Beatles
Interesting how Andy says you’d never see the four of them at once by the time he was performing regularly
whereas Mick Jagger said they in the early days they were never to be seen without each other
I believe he said you wouldn't see all four of them walking down the street together.
Riveting. Thank you.
Two excellent guitarists
Imagine hanging out with so many famous cats as a kid/young adult you forget when you met The Beatles hahaha. Great stories
andy was so good with the police ! but later he should never do jazz fusion ! lol ! ok he won a lot of money with police and he can do all that he wants ! but andy was not a soloist its a real fact ! but the guitar part on message in the bottle (a sting song ) was sooooo great ! and still great !
Andy's transition from jazz to rock has given him a certain musical sensibility that is geared more towards taste and minimalism instead of flash and volume. His guitar playing makes the Police's sound one of a kind..his tones are pristine and delicate. He is truly one of the best. As for Eric, well, one of the first guitar heroes. Love them both.
The jazz element gave him a lot more in common with Sting compared with Stewart. What’s surprising is that Sting hasn’t continued working with Andy throughout the last 40 years
Simply amazing Rick...Thank you!
I fucking love Andy! his les paul story… he has me laughing so hard I can’t breathe. plus beer is coming out my nose 😭🤣😭🤣
Wonderful story, but please please, let's find out of a guitar player named Stewart Barnes, from yorkshire England, he was around in those days with beck clapton lee and menny more, he played with buddy Emmons, carel perkins., Carel perkins gives his guitar to Stewart Barnes, he was impressed by Stewart his playing, you find info about this in weekend magazine, som we're the 70 tis, menny fases of Wembley, Stewart passed away, but please find him on your TH-cam, love to you all
What would’ve happened if Clapton never bought that Les Paul? Never created the so-called Beano tone?
Never played a Les Paul? Would all the Les Paul mania ever happen?
Has Eric Clapton talked about Andy? Can't seem to find anything.
"We were the Beatles of the 80's" ??? Whoa, calm down there Andy...
His storytelling reminds me of the roadie in Wayne’s World 2.
Six degrees of Andy Summers...
We want the beano Gibson back !!!!
Not a big fan of Eric. Prefer Andy.
I’m 52 and look 81! 😪
Yeah, he WISHES the Police were the Beatles of the '80s. Not even close.
The Beatles were part of the British Invasion. The Police made it on their own. That's the biggest and best difference.
They may not have created the same sound as The Beatles however The Police changed the way musicians wrote songs. The Beatles popularised the minor Plagal cadence and The Police popularised add 9 chords. Andy brought Jazz chords into the pop and rock idiom. He wasn't the first to do so as Prog bands had been doing this stuff in the 70's, however The Police were known as a pop band really. Not only that but Sting is a very talented bass player and he would change chords by playing different bass notes over the top of what Andy did.
yeah...that's not how I remember it either. I couldn't get into the Police. Their sound was unique, and nothing like the Beatles. Only later was I able to appreciate their body of work. I still can't stand Roxanne tho.
Truth, the Police are far superior than the Beatles could ever be. You cannot even compare, the trio has more talent than all the others !
Yep you are right, The Police were sooooooo much better musically than the Beatles.
This man is 80 ffs
Subscribed. Rick, you’re the coolest. And I say that to myself every time I look into the mirror “Rick, YOU are thee coolest”
I can relate, Andy. I sold an ANCIENT (in 1975) 345 cheap to a friend because there was a short somewhere and it was beyond my 20 year old brain, it was just broken to me. Get one that works.
The Les Paul is now with Albert Lee: see 3min55sec video
“Albert Lee Remembers Amp Battles with Eric Clapton-Plus His Free Les Paul Custom"