Scotty Anderson & Bob Saxton - It Don't Mean A Thing

[MattAlexan]

Only recently just heard of "Scotty Anderson" - and I thought at my advanced age I had actually pretty much heard almost all the great players. How wrong was I again!!!

I really thought Richard Smith & Tommy Emmanuel were front runners ! Now I'm not so sure......I also can't help thinking Joscho Stephan too with gypsy jazz (exceptionally talented) and there must be still unheard of talent eg. in Russia. Goes on and on..... So pleased to have 'found' Scotty....

[andybrck]

ok I'm going to have my hands chopped off !!

I'm going to show my ignorance here probably, but my question to anyone is.A..is this a rehearsed performance..B..is he pulling from an arsonel of licks. and C.. is he coming up (inventing) these riffs as he goes?

[dreamwever87]

bob is the damn man!!!!!!!

[WJMaynard]

Folks you are witnessing perhaps the greatest picker of the guitar in the world today. No one comes close to his execution of notes on any tune he picks. Bob is truly in awe of this pickers talent. He is great too and the two of them put on a great show. Scotty is truly underrated in today;s music world....10 stars forever great job...Keep up the great work Scotty America loves you.......10 stars

[ancientastronomer]

Dam! I'm REALLY Pissed off !! I'm taking the Guitar I purchased for myself last Christmas back to the store where I bought it and get my money back!!

It did'nt come with ANY of these notes or Chords !!!!!!!!!

[thevgmk1]

The right hand technique is brilliant. Switching from pick to fingers at speed is a skill in itself. Brilliant playing...

[ChiTown7721]

(continued) knew about. I'm not just referring to technique either. Look at Django Reinhardt. He created a whole new sub-genre of jazz called "gypsy jazz" by taking the sounds of the Gypsy bands he grew up playing with and combining them with jazz. Then there were other great guitarists like Paco de Lucia that blew my mind as well. I just needed to open up my eyes and see what else was out there because at the time I was listening to nothing but rock and blues. So glad I did.

[beautaillefer]

SCOTTY'S A BEAST

[646879]

Scotty amazes me whether playing lead or rhythm.....loads of talent. The interplay between these two is wonderful....what guitarzans should aspire to.

[raiphdude7]

So where's that bonfire I'm going to throw my guitars into?

[ancientastronomer]

WOW.........Uh..Wow..Um..Dam..­...........WOW

[sarribas11]

Es una joya!!!! MARAVILLOSO!!!!

[RDblues47]

they are both great

[270Gmoney]

I love that little crazy lick that Bob does that sounds like it doesn't fit ant the people laugh when he plays it...Ive only heard him and Brad Paisley do something like that.

[funkywhitebassplaya9]

@270Gmoney I think what he is doing is playing double stops (2 notes at the same time) and they are only a half step apart, causing a wavy vibration effect because the pitches are so close. I could be wrong, but thats my guess

[GJproduct]

any tabs just for the chorus or verse, i love this song, and theres no music or tabs posted?

[ancientastronomer]

@GJproduct Dude, If you need tabs, then I'm sorry to be the one to tell you,

but, this is WAY FAR OUTTA Your reach......for now anyway. Keep Practicin.

[SIXSTRING63]

Wow ! that is amazing. You don't have to be a rocker to be a shredder !!

Mike

[JILLMOL]

true masters;).......sigh!!! grtz from Amsterdam.....where?...ahh shucks, never mind!!

Grtz JILLMOL

[Hammerfoot72]

humbled

[MrGuitaRKing]

You guys are awesome!! Gr8 job!! For another cool version click on my name to see a 9 piece guitar ensemble play this song!!

[allendale1962]

You guys have it going on!!! Please check my piano Playin out!

[redSuikoden]

Why don't these kind of video's get featured on the main page of Youtube!?

I already know he answer, but the answer is just not logical. :(

[646879]

If we who appreciate this would just forward the links to all our guitar playing friends....we might get some love from the search engine gods!!!

[pleic]

ace playing! love it!

[robroy234]

Scotty Anderson is unreal!!! So clean and fast. I've never heard anyone else play a Tele like that!

[leoncioviolin]

técnica impecable, bravo!!!

[fawnridge]

My three all time favorites guitarist are relatively unknown to the general public. Brent Mason, Danny Gatton and the best guitarist that I have ever heard in my lifetime. Scotty Anderson. Words like virtuoso and genius seem to somehow miss fully describing the totality of Scottys talent. Im just very happy that we have this medium so that we can get a small taste of his brilliance. Thanks Scotty, and keep those clips coming.

[vip01]

Bob Saxton performed before Scotty that day and now he is Assisting Scotty in his show. Bob is a great player and has really been around. Go to Bob's myspace page and listen to Goodbye World Goodbye.

[kissyxander]

oh man you've named some special guitar players there, and I agree with your conclusion, if there were such a thing as a world guitar player competition, you'd get very short odds on Scotty. Brilliant right off the scale.

Al

[nilhy]

these guys' technique is phenominal but i'm not a huge fan of their soloing "feel" and i think they underestimate the value of slow notes and solos accasionally

[JackWayneKato]

Blown away! These guys are at the top of the world's best guitarist!

Proud to know you Bob... :O)

[eetfuk75]

Well...back to the drawing board! At 2:31 the old dude was like "here, I got something for your ass you little whipper snapper..." lol!

[andrewjon]

2:31

[KatieEvoxx4]

soooo nice

very nice =) GD

[kissyxander]

like you guys say, Scotty is really a guitar players guitar god

Al

[fanqueen]

WOW this is fantastic

[AnnihilatingAngel]

This is the absolute summit of guitar artistry: only a tiny handful of supreme masters have ever matched it (Gatton, Breau, maybe Atkins) and none has surpassed it. The knowledge it takes to finger-pick those incredibly complex lines with that kind of fluidity & feel is truly vast. Not for kiddies, baby!

[gattonmaster]

AnnihilatingAngel, been studying all the guitar greats for 40 years. Have made many audio and video best ofs as well. I have been telling people for many years Gatton, Breau, and Scotty are the best and right behing them are Wes Montgomery, Johny Smith, Jimmy Bryant, Bola Sete, Tal Farlowe, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Joe Maphis, Chet Atkins, Mchael Hedges, and Charlie Christian, Jerry Reid, Stevie ray Vaughn, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Hendrix, Winter, A.Lee, G. Moore, & Bonamassa.

[AnnihilatingAngel]

Yes, and if the music business were run by music lovers with a sense of justice, rather than by a tribe of camel-faced desert shysters, geniuses like Scotty & Gatton would be thr superstars selling out arenas - rather than no-talent, beef jerky-faced old whores like Madonna.

[gattonmaster]

agreed, it seems like a popularity contest to be rich and successful in the music business. Danny Gatton couldn't even make enough money to fix up his old farmhouse. People would tell him how great he was and he would say "ok then pay me. And Scotty to does not make that much for appearences. . Today I would like to find the people who paid Danny for gigs in his lifetime and give them some audio and video/dvd best of and see what they say now?

[Frank5133]

@gattonmaster Just been reading your well researched list.

I have a lot of catching up to do.

Would like to think Hendrix was really out on his own in developing new technique and sound.

Also another guitarist worth checking out is Kazumi Watanabe.

[ancientastronomer]

@Frank5133 Hendrix was in NO way in this league. Don't get me wrong. Hendrix was great at what he did. But, I'm afraid ole Jimmy was NEVER

at this level.

[Frank5133]

@ancientastronomer After listening to Frank Zappa I would put him ahead of

JH, Frank has been overlooked as a creative and unique player.

Best guitar work I have ever heard in 50yrs is Gregor Hilden on his 1959 Gibson Le Paul;if you know anyone who can produce the same sort of sweet sound please let me know.

[ChiTown7721]

@ancientastronomer Totally agree. I love Hendrix, but guys like Scotty Anderson, Stochelo Rosenberg, etc. are in a much higher league than Jimi. Even earlier guitarists like Django Reinhardt were far better guitar players than Jimi Hendrix.

[ancientastronomer]

@ChiTown7721 Please RE-read my original Comment. ALL of it.

[beautaillefer]

@ChiTown7721

I completely agree that Scotty Anderson/ tonnes of other people were better guitar players than Jimi. But the idea with Hendrix is that he was making an 'artistic' statement that no one had before that.

thats why he is treasured and adored, not because of his technique

if it was technique everyone was after people would only listen to joe pass and john williams play guitar!

[ChiTown7721]

@beautaillefer Oh, I adore Jimi's playing as well. I wasn't trying to diminish his playing in any way. He was a brilliant guitarist, and highly influential. It's just that a lot of people refuse to even entertain the notion that there were better guitarists than Hendrix. Trust me, when I was a teenager I thought nobody could touch Hendrix. However, when I started expanding my spectrum of music that I listened to, I realized that there were a LOT of great guitar players out there that I never

[spiroth10]

@ChiTown7721 what? hard to play fast on hendrixs guitars? wtf are you talkin about man, I shred the hell out of my strat all the time. tons of players play fast on strats, some fingerstyle even. I study classical guitar so I have to do fingerstyle, and really, im surprised how its coming from flatpicking. a couple months in and I can do a bit of tremolo. im trying to learn recuerdos del alhambra. different music is different, but its all guitar playing you either know what your doing or you dont

[SevenCircles]

@ChiTown7721

Hendrix was a bluesplayer, you can´t really compare players that belong to different genres. Scotty can play the blues well too but not up to Hendrix level.

It should alson be mentioned that it is really difficult to play fast on the guitars Hendrix used.

[Chordwayze]

Jazz Jazz! This is great. I can hear the 'country roots' too. Superb soloing. Why is this duo comparitively unknown? It don't make no sense. Mark Knoplfer and Chet Atkins were great together, but either of these these guys would make them stop and think! Wow! More!

[iggypopster]

Bob Saxton is awesome too. I think his solos were more impressive "feel" wise. It was his era after all! It just swung and there were some cool holes which Scotty (the master) does not know how to leave it would seem. it must be great to be able to play like that and still manage to have fun.

[Skjoldvall]

This guy is pretty overrated, I've seen stuff more impressive.

[Gaddsmusic]

You are joking right.

Scotty is virtually unknown, like how can he be over-rated? Virtually no one on this planet can finger-pick an electric like he does. The only way he will get his due though is if he does a duet album with Tommy or some other big name. Personally I think he is great.

[retsofnalanosaj]

Overrated by whom? What is it with people who can't recognize talent and creativity for what it is. And I'd like to see what you would consider "more impressive". Could you please enlighten us with evidence of why Scotty is overrated, technique?, musicality?, creativity?...please elaborate. Or is it that you have nothing better to do than make baseless assertions on youtube comment sections? Links to the "stuff" that is "more impressive" would be quite interesting.

[Modes9]

Scotty is doomed to be a "player's player". He's so good, you almost have to be an accomplished guitarist yourself to really appreciate what he does.

[scottycaster]

my eyes are bleeding,my brain has exploded and my fingers fell off...whoa

[aguitas404]

Exelente interpretación del güerejo se vé que es un maestro. No dejemos a un lado a mi abuelito que en verdad toca muy bien!!

[anamexxx]

omg this is great

[Notelova]

wow! Really enjoyed that, will look for more now. Thanks for posting

[LadyDpraying]

Excellent... loved it!

[onlyanyone]

this is really fuckin good!!!!!!!

[111weedman111]

from what ive heard this guy is one of the best guitar players ive heard. i cant believe he isnt a house hold name.

[JohnnyGoo]

Definitely agree. I think he's a household name, just in certain circles. It really is a shame that he doesn't get more publicity, though. Everyone should know how great this man is.

[gaforfun1960]

I love this song it is my fave out of all his songs

[111weedman111]

i love this song! anyone know where i can find the same tempo but with words?? everyone elses covers seem to be at a slower tempo.

[clarabus]

tommy emmanuel is not even close to this.

who said that?

[stevelaxton]

wow!!! turn me on dude!!!!!!!!

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

This is the kind of stuff that got me into playing guitar. Chet must be smiling from Above. As for the post about Emmanuel not coming close....well, you're a bonehead and obviously not a player. There is no "best" in this world, just alot of gifted, awesome players like these two.

[cybergal00]

WOW is all I can say! Very very very good!

[BenjiHero7]

wow, i had no idea how good bob saxton was. he started talking to me at guitar center today and gave me one if his custom made thumbpicks. he's awesome :)

[sbrickles2003]

Has to be one of the best I've ever heard and that goes for Bob also.  Makes it look so easy. In the same class as Tommy Emmanuel.

[MoGiMaL]

There's no Way Emmanuel comes close.

[sbrickles2003]

They're both excellent supper pickers and very few even come close. I don't like to compare because everybody has their own style but I have seen Tommy in person several times and many others including Jerry Reed, Chet to name a few and Tommy has to be the best all around player/entertainer. If you haven't seen him in person you are missing alot. I plan to see Scotty as well. I know some people that have done some gigs with him and I'm sure it would be a treat to see him live as well.

[MasterCollecter]

entertainer Emanuel; pciker scotty anderson PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mast­ercollector

[MasterCollecter]

picker

[MasterCollecter]

shut up to myself, man alive!!!

[MasterCollecter]

mogimal agree no way Emanuel!! mastercollector

[Lahed92801]

So cool! Love the contry influence on both these guys, i must say

[pegxxx]

Would someone please post more Scotty Anderson Video Clips? lb

[Fanofscotty]

This was a show featuring two great guitar players. This is from Scotty's session. Bob played earlier. These two men have been friends for years and as you can tell thoroughly enjoy and respect each other.

[ColinPRS]

Impressive, but gets a bit repetitive after a minute with the Scotty Guy trying to outplay the old guy, who I'd would rather listen to anyway.

[guitarpkr76]

You must be watching a different video than me. Neither guy is trying to outplay the other. They are taking turns playing lead and chords changes.

[WaterMelonTown]

most enjoyable... professional.

[lsld222]

I do live in Cincinnati. You wouldn't believe some of the cool places to see Scotty play. Clubs now and then, dinner theaters, partys.

[mmannaxx]

This one of the two most amazing guitar performances I've witnessed. Very unassuming gentlemen. There are lots of great guitar players. There are few that reach the plateau of skill exhibited by Scotty Anderson.

[MasterCollecter]

Aree, in their own way Johny Smith, Wes Montgomery, and Lenny Breau are among the finest. And Jimmy Bryant will surprise you too from the 50's. Danny Gatton in the 70's was incredible. Check out the 77 Live Humbler stakes his Claim, it's awesome!!!

[cnutjazz]

I much preferred Bob Saxton's playing. He was tasteful, simple and had a nice laid-back swing. That lick he did around 2:30 was sick! Scotty should take notes and leave some space here and there.

[646879]

tremendous version both guys rock....er swing!

[simojames]

I love this vid at around 1.16 when Bob Saxton stops playing....... and its still sounds as though there's three guitarists playing together, even though its Scotty Anderson on his own.......

[domers827]

i luv dis song iittttt dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing du ap du ap duap it makes no difference if its sweet or hot jst give dat rythem everythung un got ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhh

[646879]

perhaps the Paganini of the telecaster....It must be intimidating to play with this guy....Bob is very good though.....Can anyone comment on his hot licks tape?

[SevenCircles]

You mean his "red Hot guitar" tape? It is brilliant, he explains most of his tricks in a great way. Very hard to actually learn to play them uptempo to say the least but we all knew that.

[eggie62]

I'm sorry, but as great as Brent is, he can't play like this. This guy is a freak like jaco! I mean that in a nice way of course.

[bbsuzi23]

Anyone that does not appreciate Scotty's playing or contributions to guitar playing needs his/her head examined.

[bobandhenry]

omg i LOVE it!!!

[lrvp99]

Man!! I'm moving to Cincinnati!

[zerobrockman]

dude i love this song and the guitar makes it ten times better

...im gonna learn to play this lol

[noahRed]

Ya, but can he play Jimii Hendrix? LOL

[osiruskat]

Yeah by the way the can. Check out some of his cds. He can play jazz,country,and heavy blues.

[SevenCircles]

He did a cover of ZZ top´s La Grange and yes he can play distorted blues too.

[steelguitar7]

Congratulations.. Marcelo maya.. Brasil.

[bbenge2003]

I am crying. These guys are skunks! I must admit I've never seek anything like Scotty's playing.

[vladgromek]

I'm struck with awe - the best "unknown" guitarists I've seen and listened to for ages... that Tele guy is positively unbelievable!

[KJS666]

it's real shame that scotty anderson probably puts on a tie and works a 9-5 shlump job, when he should be the biggest thing on earth, brent mason eat your pea pickin heart out.

[lazur1]

Being a great player and making money in showbiz has historically been ,mostly, mutually exclusive. The exceptions to the rule draw a lot of attention, but 99% of the greatest players that I've ever heard were 'uknowns' , and most of the money the 'successful' players make is playing sessions for some hack. Taking instructions from jerk producers is where the money is.That said, I don't think there's anything Brent can't do.

[SevenCircles]

"I don't think there's anything Brent can't do. "

Can he play double and tripe-stops like Scotty?

[lazurlazur]

99% of what I've heard Brent do has been in the service of embellishing country-pop hits: no particular technique is at issue. From what I've heard theres no reason to doubt he can achieve what he puts effort into.

[lazurlazur]

Aside from that, my real point was that talent and ability have little to do with show-biz. If they did, Lenny Breau ,Tal Farlow, and a multitude of others "should be more popular/richer, whatever". It's not part of the equation. I brought Brent up as a player who has both ability and success, ie, the exception to the rule. I don't 'get' why you look at that as some kind of challenge.

[646879]

there seems to be a freedom and spontaneity to Scotty's playing that just amazes...every time I listen to clips like this. So many players sound like a compendium of licks to be strug together....this guy is playing anything that pops into his head and that is a true improvisor....not many of these guys around....

[preavis]

I'm tempted to cut off my fingers! Ahh, to dream of such skill...

[ancestor]

Love the expression on Bob's face.

[beachhutblues]

WOW! Absolutely amazing! Shades of Django there.

The Tele guy has CERTAINLY been watching the Manouche/Gypsy Jazz players.

One of the best guitar clips on You Tube.

[mop16761]

superb!!

[zoowarboy]

Great merciful crap...All my guitars are now on Ebay

[dreg691]

Holy mother...

[117clydebank]

oh wow - what can one say !!!

[bobgure]

I can't stop watching these two fantastic players!!

Double Stop Madness!! Yahh!!

[KitsuneChan66]

THat was exceedingly long-winded

[KJS666]

your exceedlingly retarded

[confusedandbemused]

Amazing Playing and such sweet tones out of a tele.

[twangkenstein]

wow

[bluespower]

just jealous!!! REGARDS BLUESPWER

[tmoodyband]

Good Lord! That is crazy... crazy I say!

[daemonbarbeque]

wow!!!Butter smooth fingerwork with perfect finger pickn'

Awesome!!!