Larry Carlton Interview (Guitar Lesson MA-002) How to play

[outoworkdreamer]

oh crap - i think i'm startin to like jazz

[pepakake27]

good interview! there´s a lot of interview stuff out there where you don´t get so much insight. this one is a good one instead.

[peteski321]

Great interview, justin, sooooo jealous,well done thankyou..

[Fishstixj4l]

He's an old man but has the mind of a young artist.

[peppercar]

Thank you Justin and thank you Larry Carlton! What a humble and giving man Larry is! Very pleasant!

[Stevieraylittlewing]

Great interview Justin .. thanks so much!

[AllUrUtubeRbelong2me]

Dude's got tone.

[jonny3692]

Brilliant interview.

What's so great about the interview is imo, the fact that you're having a conversation with him, you ask him stuff you are interested to know from him.

And coincidently there's a camera.

It goes from there, the interesting questions, and really caring for what he has to say, not interrupting him.

Just great.

[jensenbell]

Justin, he seems like a gentle and generous musician - but just like a guitar really only "sounds good" in the hands of a good player, perhaps your very clear and thoughtful questions gave us this video's quality. This is perhaps the best conversation with Carlton yet recorded. Great work Justin.

[yuriynyr]

very very inspiring. thank you.

[ratfinkdc]

amazing. thank u!

[squonkdh]

Brilliant interview by a brilliant artist. Thank you for posting this gem, it is amazing to hear where musicians get their inspiration from and I applaud you for finding this and putting it on youtube for all of us Larry Carlton fans to enjoy!

[JoeGancher]

Not quite ...The story is that Coltrane complained to Miles "I don't know how to stop playing". Miles responded "Try taking the Mother F'r out of your mouth". It's on Youtube somewhere. I think a documentary on the life of Coltrane.

[tommyluiguitar]

nope - this is a straight es 335 dot, could be an old original or reissue, cuz the signature has block inlays and says "mr 335" on the trussrod cover :) - google!

[SuperShood]

Damn 5 people don't like this.

Shock me

[FranticRock]

wow what an insightful interview. love larry carlton

[MrKoreanese]

Larry Carlton is hecka cool

[junka22]

he's a fantastic player and seems like such a nice guy too, great interview

[PogoSlaw]

09:30

[PogoSlaw]

10:23 - ...

that's it :)

[lydianguy]

Wow, such an insightful person. It's quite a strange thing for me to comprehend, that Larry Carlton is actually playing at my old guitar college!

[callasexperience]

great interview

[musicbymax]

a very nice interview!

[Guilddude2]

That was an awesome interview! What a genius Carlton is.Figuring out those kind of concepts as a teenager.

He's seems like a really cool guy. Very approachable and down to earth. I think his playing is clearly better than alot of the more popular pros. I'm sure he's pretty happy with his career he never tried to play the commercial pop scene he kept more to his heart. I'll remember that G13 Flat9 now.

[gamerska]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[wazenbee]

Hi justin, thanks for this Larry has always been my greatest influence, how grateful you must feel after talking to such a humble and legendary player.

[univibe23]

If Sir George Martin is known and accepted as the "Fifth Beatle" then Mr. Carlton should have equal honor with Steely Dan. What an amazing player!

[render66]

Nice Justin, a great interview, and What a gentleman is Larry!!!

[Coolcutting]

What a wonderful and honest guy !!

[CTrane88]

Is there more to this interview? If I was interviewing Mr. Carlton I'd be talking all day...

[obiwankezoro]

great interview; for me this means 'teaching' without doing the teacher

[lespaulordeath]

What a great and kind man.

God bless ya Larry!

THX for posting this!

[bikerpastor71]

as someone just getting into jazz this was a great interview. I will have to research Mr. Carlton, I am sure, judging from this I will be impressed.

[arnikki]

thanks justin thanks again ;-))

[Jhey172]

Great Questions!!

[getupanddosomething]

that's so awesome you got to interview larry carlton!!!! what a legend! lol i'm 21 just getting into diminished and harmony, and larry was in middle school figuring it out on his own! lol that's friggin great

[borlotta]

thanks to share with us,i had a great time. thanks a lot.

[picchaz]

Excellent interview, great questions ! .. along fantasic tips from Mr. Carlton ... cheers

[BluesRocker52]

Also, Larry's signature guitar has block inlays. Sorry to sound blunt, but just didn't want to have disinformation passed on. Doesn't matter in the end, I guess, as this is about Larry, not his guitar.

[BluesRocker52]

This is NOT the Larry Carlton signature. I am very familiar with it. This is just a sunburst dot. Larry's sig guitar is more yellow and redish/orange tint. The bridge is also back a little more than the other 335's. Larry could play a brick with strings on it and sound great!  Though I am not a real jazz fan, Larry Carlton can flat rock and play blues as well as anyone! Reference:

You Tubed: "Cold, Cold" Larry with Robben Ford. (Actually Cold, Gold)

[mudeye]

I wonder if Larry ever played with Phil Keaggy?

Mr. Keaggy I understand has 52 albums.

I'm not sure about Mr Carlton.

Larry is humble,admitting that better guitar players have taught Him.

Keaggy is the same.

Great video!

I've noticed that all good guitar players compliment each other.

[hendrixkixas]

Shit! Justin! You got an interview with Larry Carlton!?!!

[attributionerr]

That whole G in the bass and move your dim. chord a minor 3rd up the neck and then choose solos from the each triad is genius. but I have no clue man.

[Jpkrao]

Young Larry was a genius! Still he is! Great explanations!

[peteskoni]

not only a brilliant guitarist a great man as well thanks justin

[TrisPuri]

total pro, great advice, gives it to you stright. Love it!

[taku221]

This 335 is Dot Maker.

What year......?

[stevie128]

it`s a 1968.

[taku221]

Why?

1968 is Block Marker.

Changed neck or finger board?

[JustinSandercoe]

Nope - the guitar was the Larry Carlton signature 335! We chatted about it for ages. It was lovely. But didn't sound as good when I played it :)

[taku221]

thanks.

I didn't know there is this sig. guitar...

[fischbonz]

Jeez man He let you play his guitar ?

Now THAT IS FUCKIN COOL

[Howardsend88]

@JustinSandercoe

its not the 335, the 335 sig has mr 335 on th truss rod cover

[TheTaxiProject]

the best.

[nunobarata15]

kind man ; )

coud be my teacher one day : o

[ESLover7]

Thanks, but doubtful. 68's had small block inlays, short pickguard, and trapeze tailpiece.

[guitartroy67]

Great interview, I could listen him all day long

[fiddlefolk]

what a great man besides being one hell of a musician! thanks for posting this and thanks larry for all the great music!

[ESLover7]

Larry is awesome. Anyone know what year this 335 is?

[tripleheshy]

It's a '68.

[gr00veN1k1]

Yes i know. It's a 1876 :))))

[LifesonFan4Life]

One word sums this man's musical genius .. LEGEND !!!

[dompascarella]

his story when he was young is sort of like mine..

[Kjems95]

Just hear the harmonies Larry is playing. Amazing!

[KudzuRunner]

Fantastic, Justin! And thanks, Larry. LC was one of my guitar heroes as a teen; he's got chops to burn, but it's really all about his sound, his touch, and his tastefulness, which make him one of the very, very best.

[keithoven]

Larry is a Musical Giant and a Gent...

[RixGuitar]

Nice harmonic thingy at 5:21 never saw that tech before

[tripleheshy]

Cool sound huh. That was Barney's calling card.

[bungaecong]

Thank you.  It was informative and fun to watch.

[leonardo3560]

nice Gibson (Y)

[shreddingjake]

you know you're a great player when you can play the simplest of chords and make them sounds beautiful, as larry did at :59

[senhorpatrao]

lol its just a chord, ofc it sounds nice, but its just a chord..

[JaePlaysGuitar]

lol

[shreddingjake]

i know its just a chord, thats what i was getting at

[bruisedwee]

thanks so much for the video Justin! this is just awesome.

[Jakov77]

He is a great guitarist and a cool person too.

[jbholland2]

Thanks for the interviews Justin, hearing the story of these great musicians really inspires me to take my playing to the next level. I also have the feeling that you are trying to get us to transcribe by showing how transcribing help these great musicians.

[squiffy000]

Larry Carlton is too much of a gun player to have people talkin jive in the text below his interview video. It's funny that he never once mentions intervals?

[dannybighair]

im stealing his thing about the E triad

[squiffy000]

Yeah but do u know how it functions as part of a diminished chord?

[dannybighair]

ye

he explained that...

[petar870602]

ITS substitude for diminished chord!

[elfiss]

is that a London subway going by in the background (around 1st minute)?

[TheUKImperial]

I believe it is

[expertATmusic]

Tim Halcomb made the finals for GI.

uh, isn't that in England? LOL

[ibanezbloke]

uh, arnt you tim halcomb, expertATmusic? Thats 6 fake accountsyou have so far, at my count.

[TheVirginMarysClit]

Yes he is.

[JesusChristsCock]

guitartimman is a homosexual.

[guitarttimman]

this is an awesome interview. Larry Carlton is still my favorite guitarist. He has an amazing historical background and knowledge of music and feel for it like nobody I've ever seen. 5 stars :-)

[RocknRollTribute]

i love room 335 that song is fn awesome. cant believe he actually got to talk to larry

[tomponstone]

Keep it up Justin! Those interviews are greate

[DontFeedTrolls]

Larry Carlton is magnificent. Tim Halcomb sucks LMAO!

[grrrpoop]

Love how you sat out of shot and provided genuinely interesting questions that gave some insight into Larry's development, which got him talking and smiling. I'm not even a fan but watching him talk about his learning process has me wanting to go play with chords now. Great stuff, well done.

[expertATmusic]

grrrrpoop, you're not a fan? yet you comment like you like the guy? you're weird! and I AM A FAN. Larry Carlton is awesome and it's wannabes like you who crack me up man :-)

[tserhey]

There's a difference between being a fan(atic) and being inspired by someone. You don't have to know anything about Larry to like this interview. Heck, you don't even have to know anything about playing the guitar to be inspired by great guitarists...

[bluesbren]

To DeepSea - please go and find yourself a life....

[commment]

Thank you. That was great.

[wyattroberts]

Larry is such a class act.

[expertATmusic]

class act? Larry Carlton is STILL the best guitarist out there. Oh, but you're probably one of those idiots who think fast playing and tapping makes a good musician! :-)

[phlizmo]

i see you dont know the meaning of "Class Act"..

google is your friend. :)

[VOODOOCHILDJORDAN]

wtf does that mean?

[phlizmo]

exactly what i said. expertATmusic was flaming wyattroberts for calling larry a "class act" misunderstanding the meaning of the phrase to be a pejorative. In reality as most people know "class act" means someone who is of a high or superior quality. So I was pointing out that in these cases google is a friendly source of reference. :)

[mazz1234567908]

wow what a great guy

[Rozq87]

Wow, incredibly nice and entertaining that was. Thank you very much :)

[windoes98se]

verry inspiering!

[RadioTom103]

Nice interview Justin. Larry seems like a great guy.

[DickPanhandler]

very good and well organized interview

[mickm001]

Not only was Larry interesting to listen to but your interview technique was great to observe.

Unobtrusive, relaxed, no hint of "hey, I'm a star because I'm talking to a star!"

This is the first interview I've seen you do and I reckon you could teach some "broadcast profssionals" a lot about making interviews relevant and interesting.

[JEKJazzer]

Fantastic interview! Larry Carlton seems like a very down to earth and nice person. Thanks for sharing that!

[Burgerflipp]

Every time I see Larry interviewed...I'm always

struck by how nice and down-to-earth

he is.

[Rdelmer]

saw larry in austin texas in 1978 or 79 with Joe Sample and the Crusaders. Guy is incredible

[MarkLeeCenter]

I love Larry! Thx Justin.

[ccsitaround]

why are so many people in music (players, music stores, etc.) so nice? just my imagination, maybe?

thanks J.

[bongslad]

great ,f cord to learn ,we've all been there,

[pajector]

Brill stuff,great to hear about a legends journey with his guitar.Thanks Justin,you are the tops!

[jimocarroll]

Carlton is the real deal. You brought a lot of good information out of him.

[lbarzin]

I saw Larry C.play at a corporate event around 1997 out in CA and just couldn't believe how great his tone was. - everyone in the band was amazing, I heard a tragic story about him being shot in the head a few years later by a burgler and (obviously) surviving through a very close to death experience - if true, that makes his great recent playing even more wonderful.

[Grayling57]

This is great! What a nice man Larry Carlton is and very interesting what he has to say.

Great interview by Justin, skilfully executed. The questions where extremely well thought out and relative. He really made the most of the 10 minutes. Thanks again Justin.

[zumajim]

Now that is just a killer interview. Lucky you, getting Larry to not only share some of his background but to go into chordal theory. That whole bit with the triad shapes over a G pedal blows my mind. Justin, thanks for posting this.

[watfordkev]

Fantastic

[TrueMusou]

Holy crap, its Mr. 335

[MercutioUK2006]

Nice one Justin - absolutely top notch as usual :)

[herbiesnerd]

That was a real gem!

[theflyingapple]

cool

[guild618]

that was great, you did a great interview with a master of guitar. It was really helpful.

[juindjmj]

AWESOME.... NO WORDS

[lardsah]

Been learning for 4 months now. It would be a dream to play anywhere near what these guys can play.

[tripleheshy]

Dedication, passion, and practice..practice..practice WILL make your dream come true my friend.

[quincy451]

Totally accessable...nice to hear him detail how he got to where he is.

[deadlaughter2]

Always interesting to listen to LC.

[oaker80]

nice!!

[TheEarthBlues]

What an awesome interview with a legend. Thanks Justin.

[HateToWin]

cool

[XVeriandomNess]

What a nice man :)

[Jakov77]

Sweet.