Ricky Skaggs & Albert Lee - Hummingbird

[TheSkaggs54]

@cactusjim1By the time Kentucky Thunder came out Ray Flacke was gone for about 5 or 6 years the last Album he played on was Don't Cheat In Our Hometown which was 1983 Ray Flacke was gone before Live In London which was 1985 Kentucky Thunder was 1989 so Ray Flacke was long gone by this 89 he was playing with Kathy Mettea so to sum this up to everyone he was gone by this time.

[lucmc123]

No it was not Ray Flacke it was Albert Lee that was playing Lead Ray Flacke has a total different style of playing

[brettkramer]

Notice how much better the Telecaster sounds than his Ernie Ball, "Albert Lee" model?

[mandoaaron]

Is it just me or does that look like a vintage Martin guitar going backpack style? WINCE!!!

[drummermarcel1]

wow he's a amazing picker love Ricky he is still good at it i saw another video he's older it was a concert in 2009 he has long  gray hair and got fat but still amazing on picking anything

[jazzmaster1948]

When the song hummingbird was brought out who was the lead guitar player that played hummingbird. Was it Albert lee or ray flack ?

[BluegrassLibrary]

@jazzmaster1948

It was Ray Flacke.

[BigBoiJC]

@BluegrassLibrary Flacke was never on that album. it was albert lee.

[smuffjules]

@BluegrassLibrary Bo...it was Albert on the session. Ray was on records before that

[cactusjim1]

@BluegrassLibrary Nope, that was indeed Albert Lee on the Kentucky Thunder album. Flacke had been gone from the band for at least 2 years by then, with Skaggs playing most of the electric stuff himself on the live shows. The other electric player on the track was Steve Gibson.

[65bluzman]

@jazzmaster1948 actually the song was recorded first by restless heart greg jennings was the guitarist

[jwatchorn]

@jazzmaster1948 Actually according to the liner notes on the Kentucky Thunder album Albert Lee was the lead guitarist on this song.

[TheSkaggs54]

When is Ricky gonna make another album with Albert Lee it's been since 1989 and i think they need to make One more reuion Don't Y'all think!!!!

[dannyman60001]

This series of TNN gold should be out on DVD!!!!!

Real Country music.

[Wes64A]

For the record @boxer8929.... 

Ricky drops the pick @2:44 because he uses a different gauge pick for mandolin than he does for acoustic guitar

[FenceThis]

Ricky Skaggs looks like the piglet from Vinnie the Poo as a grownup

[1974romina]

The Greatest talent of all times (Roy Buchanan also). ALBERT AND ROY!!!!!!

[stevesewall]

can stop watching this, it is so great.

[ztoneish]

Albert Lee is sooooooooo badass!

[DaveWollenberg]

Ricky's studio version hit #20 in Billboard, 6-30-90. God bless ya, brother Ricky!

[okkcomputer]

im gonna share this on my facebook, but people is stupid so they wont even watch it

[okkcomputer]

perfection

[stevesewall]

@okkcomputer bout sums it up.

[tangerine1490]

good god! albert lee and ricky skaggs! absolutely fantastic! what a smoking riff! i love seeing this come full circle, with a british guy nailing the guitar part. ricky is coming to a festival in my town in a few weeks, and i hope like crazy he's still picking on this kind of stuff, and not only gospel. he's the man!

[pbyardh]

A Brit fitting in so well...well, I guess they invented it, innit?

[trooper553]

I *rarely* blindly defend any other person, but everyone would be well advised to pay attention to, and accept comments of BigBoiJC re: Ricky Skaggs and his band. I don't know of anyone, other than Ricky, more knowledgeable of the facts of the transistion from "The Boys In The Band" to "Kentucky Thunder" and the facts leading up to the changes. It's' *my* considered opinion that "Big's info is sufficiently "inside" that he speaks with authority.

[w3i4l5s6o7n]

Why can't folks just enjoy the talent and stop trying to start a war over every posting. Grow up.

[stratprs52]

@w3i4l5s6o7n I agree with your sentiments entirely.

[donnyoh]

it's a treat to listen to Albert play a Tele.

[StratPMan]

Thanx for this!!! been waiting for years!

[JVernon83]

X L ENT!!! I love the guitar work on this song. This song was written by a great guitarist named Greg Jennings who is the lead guitarist for the great country/rock

band Restless Heart. It was co-written with Restless Heart's record producer Tim DuBois. They recorded this song on their outstanding 1986 album 'Wheels' . Ricky Skaggs is friends with Restless Heart and I read that Ricky has performed this song with them;I'd love to see that performance! Thanks for putting this great performance up!

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Not just anyone can trade bars with Albert Lee - on a mandolin! What amazing musicians both of these giants are!

Ricky plays a mean Tele himself, by the way.

[musicianforjesus]

One of my favorite songs from the Kentucky Thunder Album

[bernieholland775]

Both Albert and Ricky are great in their own unique ways - this is the magic of music - we don't need to argue and fight about it - just dig the sounds man !

[joescout]

@bernieholland775 no doubt albert and ricky together were a awsome force

[Chromatype]

I think I like Albert's tone better on the old Fender Tele than on that Ernie Ball...he's using that out of phase sound these days.

[rhinobassdude]

So much talent on one stage, Thanks for putting this up, Incredible.

[elletsco]

yes mickeymoose... us americans have no talent. ricky skaggs, vince gill, marc oconnor. we suck. frankly, i'm embarrassed. let's forget other weak u.s. shows like otis rush, freddie king, stevie ray vaughan, jeff healey, jimi hendrix, danny gatton, chet atkins, jerry reed, tony rice, steve morse, roy buchanan... can i stop trashing our crap players now? you sir, are an idiot. and if you want a hotter tele smoker (maybe) than albert lee, doug seven is another american punk who isn't too bad.

[lanerant]

jeff healey was canadian, but i dig your sentiment nonetheless!

[SIXSTRINGER757]

ALBERT LEE IS THE BEST!!

[pegxxx]

Great video !!

[mickeymoose76]

You can certainly tell who the american is and who the english guys is cant you... the americans full of bravado but not much talent, and the englsih guy is just quietly playing superbly in the background!!

[BigBoiJC]

Moose that is a foolish statement. In an attempt to make Ricky look foolish you have done no more than make yourself look stupid.

[mickeymoose76]

I havent tried to make anyone look stupid at all, I was merely pointing out the differences in cultures....

[BigBoiJC]

sorry friend, it just kinda seemed like you were taking a shot at Ricky. sorry again mickey.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Mickeymoose, get a clue mate. Albert Lee is a giant among country guitarists, but he learned it off of records by Americans like Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West, and would say so. The hottest country pickers on the planet choose to reside right here in the USA - not London. You might want to bear that in mind before blundering in here making an ass of yourself next time.

[PeckerwoodSmith]

tell ya this douche bag - we might not be the best guitarists - although lee did learn from country rock and yes he is one of the best - here's a clue - when ya criticize learn to form cohesive sentences - us secondary U.S. guitarirsts would appreciate it - "english guys are" not english guys is" just knitpicking like you are

[2handsforchrist]

@mickeymoose76 BigBoiJC may apologize for disagreeing with you but i won't. Ricky isn't a blustery swaggering type of gentleman. He is just enjoying the great music he and albert are making. as BigBoi did say before, you did nothing more than make yourself look foolish.

[Record208]

A Great video and watch the solo of Albert and Rickie on mandolin.ouf.....

[tangerine1490]

i could listen to this one over and over! so glad i got to see him do it live!

[PhilippeGallant]

anybody who doesn't like these guys are probably just jealous. they wouldn't know good music if it bit them in the ass!!!

[peppeplayer]

ladys and gentleman MR ALBERT LEE!

[fusion2000]

perfectg...

[ChristRulz14]

Hey twangman1974. I am sensing some jealousy here. I know if I played guitar, I would be envious of either one of these two. Both are just outstanding pickers.

[BigBoiJC]

then don't bother looking up his videos. plain and simple.

[rotolo]

both perfect and amazing

[foulkes52]

Do you think Brad Paisley took this Albert Lee tele technique to the woodshed for about 3 years? Spot on Brad but maybe Albert knows when to let up a bit better. Thanks for this posting! Got any more Albert?

[stipecountry]

foulkes52: I just wanted to let you know, in case you didn't already, Albert Lee will be playing on Brad Paisley's next album...in fact, the song that Albert Lee will be playing on will also feature Brent Mason, Vince Gill and various other country guitar greats! It should be one great song!

[dragknuckle]

I think everybody who has aspired to play country guitar in the last 30 years has tried to copy Albert Lee. I know I wore out my "Hot Licks" instructional video that Albert put out in the 80's.

[imw50]

"You've obviously read my book 'play-guitar-in-a-day'"

[MikeB43]

The transition years for Ricky. Isn't it funny how we always come back to where we started.

[BigBoiJC]

i find it's funny because Ricky went to London first with Emmy and then he came back to london back in 85 to do his Live album doing his music...he kinda went full circle there and now he went full circle again going back to where he started...with Bluegrass.

[CadillacL]

This makes me miss TNN SO much. Back when there were good shows, country/bluegrass on tv.

[musicianforjesus]

@CadillacL I couldn't agree more.