Blues Guitar Lesson Larry Carlton @ Videoguitarlessons.com

[bluebrowne13]

The bass note at 1:57 just about spilled my coffee

[gotcalves]

always epic !!!

[cramaaaaaa]

His Son travis sitting next to him playing the bass.

[nickerz65]

Probably some of you dont know that Larry is well capable of pulling off the pyrotechnics of Vai,Satriani,etc. Larry just chooses a more meaningful,soulful path.

[zodiacbluesbaby]

I never thought I liked Larry's playing, but I saw him with the Sapphire Blues Band a few years ago and he was wailing this kind stuff. Great!

[mchar69]

He MISSED a note! - oops, no my bad:)

[mchar69]

He MISSED a note!

[STORYTASTIC]

never liked this guy and his fusion crap..BUT THIS IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL SOULFUL PLAYING....thank you for this

[perovaas]

Beware! Larry Carlton is not only a genius with great taste. He can shred whatever he wants, producing a zillion notes per sec...

[rick00770]

different than clapton, not better, more into blues jazz fusion, he,s one of the greats.

[danlovesnan]

good stuff

[OriginalNightStalker]

Larry is the ultimate taste player - he doesn't have to shred a bazillion notes. He can just play one note in a bar - but it's the perfect note, played the perfect way, at the perfect time. He plays from the soul more than from the brain. And Travis is uber tasteful here too - just laying down the floorboards for Larry to work over.

Beautiful stuff!

[bhuj89]

imo larry carlton has much more soulful taste and is more of a blues man than eric clapton. having played with the crusaders must have been a great experience

[MrNEKMATI]

shades of BB...

[MELLSBAD]

Wo! Ohno.....Hell naw! No, no, no! I can't believe what my eyes do see. Delila thought she set Sampson free. Now you look like all the other fools. I got the Larry chopped his mullet blues.

[76Soco]

Carlton is one of the best!

[Typkonstig]

well carlton can shred. But its not in hes way of playing. For me it dosent matter, its all about feeling. Fast or not. Carlton is Carlton.

[MeinFiesesEgo999]

Larry is one of the most tastefull players i ever heard.

I'ts all about phrasing and tone.

[foxybrown2]

Don't ever think larry can't shred. shred is nothing but a lot of arppegios sweep picking

and believe you me he knows alot of pattersons to choose from probally more the the average head banger

[arfurlife]

Amazing timing, feel, soul and immaculate phrasing. larry's solos get better when you replay them..I find that is rarely the case on improvisations. He s never gonna win a shredding competition and i bet he loses so much sleep over it... bet he d swap all that taste if he could tap and sweep at number 11 on a Marshall stack. Keep up the great work king larry.

[qtip1064]

Man is he kill'n it! Wow dude, is just bad! great stuff dude!

[StSimonOfTrent]

One of the all time coolest Blues Ive ever heard

Billy Gibbons is a close second.

Very nice indeed

[someonebigman]

awesome

[miguitplay]

1:17 was just Magic..this guys unbelivable

[cabenavisson]

que bueno

[exposurejd]

Hey drfeelnothing...Dude, you're preachin' to the choir! Mr. Carlton is the patron Saint of Steely Dan. With his talent and guidance, he graced us with some of the best music ever created...IMHO.

Peace To All...

[drfeelnothing]

Now...this is classey...smoooth...BTW...this is how we used to learn before the internet and VHS tapes...go over to your buddies house and throw on the records..then go see if we could sneak into the nightclubs...if we got thrown out we could still hear from outside.This is some of the cleanest playing anywhere...if you can`t learn something here..hang it on the wall

[Panufo]

Asking ubershredder to appreciate Larry Carlton's genius is like asking a Muslim to critique a great wine. Forget it. There's nothing to see here...move along, folks...

[bluesatbirth]

@Panufo Sorry--you are SO WRONG! You shredder guys have no concept of how to play a solo that belongs to the song--everything is based on a meaningless pile of notes--like a pile of ____--(fill in the blanks.) This guy has more going for him than you could ever imagine in that closed mind of yours. His mastery of nuance picking, articulation,phrasing, space,dynamics--where are you guys at--distorted,effects,shred--e­quals--emotionless NOISE!

[Panufo]

Read my post carefully. I'm not a 'shredder guy, I'm a huge Larry Carlton fan. I'm just saying that if you can't appreciate LC, it's because your vision begins and ends at gnat notes. Now LEARN TO READ before you make another horrible blunder like that.

[drwinkle101]

@Panufo

As Hurree Jamset Ram SIngh may have said, the blunderfulness was terrific!!

[Fulltondano]

@Panufo ha ha ha well said,

[bulenterdem1977]

@Panufo hey i'm a muslim and enjoy drinking wine :)

[Jazzguts]

@Panufo Darn right my friend, the only great difference is: this is deep Soul Music,Larry plays to express not to impress. Blues is about "Feeling" not a bunch of meaningless show-offing technique, this is a mature man who always plays in service of the Music not the other way round,greetings Vic.

[Rickyyy001]

Legend!

[cekstedt]

Thanks for this..now at 61 I've decided to learn to play...and it's all Larry's fault!

[quantumthink]

uberdoofus.... go jack off with your whammy bar

[Reachingoutagain]

@ubershredder1989 Yes you are....well said ubershredder...noy go shred your anus!!

[maartenvanderpoll]

@Reachingoutagain "shred your anus" hehehe. that's rich :-D

That's why i love to read comments ! thanks hehehe

[Semach4444]

How is this a "Lesson"?

[archtopbrownie]

Ever heard of just sitting at the foot of the master and absorbing what is happening... well, to me anyway, that is lesson enough. You can spend months just soaking in these three minutes that took him a lifetime to learn how to do. Good question though. Hope I went a little ways toward answering it.

[sambo75420]

I hear ya about sittin at the feet,I would take any scraps he would throw!

[feelingproject]

..yeahh!! very seXy note to note touch ..C'est trop bon!

[12caanis]

Larry is ridiculously good at putting the right notes in the right spaces.

[Timmonsec]

thats called phrasing my friend, and hes the best at it... no wonder Andy Timmons and Steve Lukather look up to him so much...

[andiluvius]

he´s the man!

[attributionerr]

awesome

[mudeye]

Have you watched Phil Keaggy Agora(marketplace)

The recording bites.

But the Man playing the guitar is awesome!

And Larry is aesome!

[creekster52]

Great split screen...

[peelopuu]

Larry's own son playing bass with him allover the world. Now how cool is that!!!!!¤%"#"#"¤

[philippaps44]

bass is bored to death

[archtopbrownie]

In the blues, the bass should do no more than give the soloist a plain white canvas to work on. He can show his stuff later. He's doing a good job of supporting Larry as he flies his kite. Why should he be trying to upstage what is going on? He's a solid supportive side man. Too often side men are trying to steal the spotlight from the soloist. So many jams have every guy on the stage is trying to solo at the same time. Drives me crazy. I like this guy. He knows where the blues are at.

[tonestar100]

The bass player is Larry's son, Travis. He's obviously learned well growing up playing with his dad. Truly a fine player in his own right.

[mudeye]

He reminds me of phil keaggy.

Watch "Phil keaggy ebow" on you tube.

These guys must be brothers.

They are both now bald.But legendery.

Their body language is very similar.

[ghendric]

FREAKIN' SWEEEET!!

[fiddlefolk]

hell. yeah!

[mihirmaiden18]

awesome stuff!

[mitscan]

Does anyone what amp he is using in this performance?  Great tone at a normal volume level for non-arena players!

[blueilive]

You call this a lesson? LOL

[dyson85]

Hell yeah. Killer.

[bluesbrotha420]

simply beautiful man

[jazzyblues12]

The master!

[brutaco]

very very good, de lo mejor que hay en el planeta...

Larry eres el mejor...

[BluesRocker52]

Does anyone own a Larry Carlton Signature like this? I would appreciate you giving your opinion. I have one on order from M.F.

[thesarge828]

i have a boner

[strateiro]

Really GREAT !!!!

Thx for post, Larry is wonderful.

Cheers

[Em1nenceFr0nt]

Soul, Flavor, and a sack of Reefer.......Thanks for the education...

[leanintolife]

Larry doesnt move me, in fact he leaves me cold.

[quantumthink]

Lean, you did say you were cold. If Larry didn't move you, you may already be dead

[Blackcountryjohn]

Thank you so much that was superbly wonderful

[MagnusLindblOOm]

Wonderful, great playing=)

[djoe1961]

Thanks for sharing your skill Larry. I always have heard Vince talk about you, but now, I can see for myself, you are great. Keep putting them up.

[maldrighi]

ORRIBLE

[LilxMissxAlicex]

You are superb!

[CyCoChili]

I stood twenty feet from you as you were to begin your solo @ the Playhouse in Altanta. Someone shouted out ... don't hurt 'em Larry. Useless request ... I was impaled! Thank you Larry!

[sportsportsport]

I learnt FUCK ALL!

[wakold]

learn about music first then maybe you will learn something when youll watch this video again. or try to pick this impro by ear and youll learn a shitload. most people dont understand that the best way to learn a style is to listen to it...

[sportsportsport]

O ryl!

[trackocean]

sounds great

reminds me of roykey creo

[chooseyourblues]

Slow blues at it's finest!

[LucaRonin]

I just discovered that Kid Charlemagne is a Rock and Roll track...

[RocknRollTribute]

larry is god!

[santyrush]

Larry hello from Madrid-Spain, I saw you last year on concert... sincerely m Santy

[mudeye]

He reminds me of Phil Keaggy.

If you haven't watched phil then do it.

They both have similar manerisms.

I think Phil is most definetly better at the blues though.But both are great!

[skleung]

phil must be one of the most underated guitarists ever! Definitely one of my favs:D, but agreed, larry is awesome too

[rixills]

phil is great, but he is no larry carlton.

IMHO of course haha.

[chooseyourblues]

That's his son, Travis on Bass. I saw him play with Robben Ford. The kid knows how to groove!

[BrannonMcConkey]

I saw them both as well, in Nashville (with Travis and Gary Novak). That was the guitarists' show of the decade. Unbelievable show.

[bluesbren]

Well, that's the beauty of opinion I guess!

It is the feel and phrasing in my opinion - just listen to Peter Green and of course BB - I'm not disputing that you don't need technique, as it's this that allows you to inject feel.

I just think too many guitarists focus on this too much - at the expense of space and timing...

[joegitara]

Is there a tab of this playing in a PDF, please..PLEASE!! Can someone post it!!

[BlueRoseRocketBand2]

just do your homework and listen to the blues greats and unknown greats from the pass (40 yrs back) AND you'll get it.

you will not find it in a scale book.

[rautibo]

lol dont copy it, just make your own solo it is better!

CREATIVITY IS WHAT WE NEED

!

[Obelisk2290]

thats pretty bright for the neck pick up

[TLSB43]

Less is more? I love his minimalist playing; he says a LOT with a few notes.

[bluesbren]

Let's not forget one thing here - it's not the notes, it's the feel. I hate to categorize blues because there are so many variations. Larry is a total master of feel playing and phrasing - something a lot of Pentatonic widdle-merchants forget.

[gratefuljeff1]

Larry is a master of many genres. Straight blues? Give me your definition. So if he ventures out of the pentatonic box it doesn't qualify as real blues? Hmm. I think not.

[lukePaulNorman]

Superb!!!Larry is going for total feel,phrasing,dinamics...His blues influences comes from B.B.King and Clapton,feel players...Of course he's a jazz player that CAN play his ass off,but he can play blues as great and totaly tasty as the best out there!!!

[ADDIElilqueenie]

Gary Moore is my fav.. his blues is the best besides SRV.. I love Larry but I don't think straight blues is his thing and I been listening to the guy since The Baked Potato gigs on Ventura ave in Hollyweird..

so I have heard him forever.. this ain't his thing..

just my opinion

[Cruzvega]

i kind of know what you mean. his blues is great...but a little bit off compared to the straight up players. I'm still a huge fan though.

[AlabamaAxeman]

Hmmm....I would have to disagree. The man's playing lead to only a bass....no one else. Tough to make that determination unless you stick a full blues band behind him.

[funkifyyourlife]

Gary Moore is a rock player that plays over blues tunes. He couldn't hold his own in a real blues band to save his life. Larry knows more about blues than Moore will ever understand. He and Robben Ford are blues personified, with a slight bit of jazz sensibility and phrasing.

[ADDIElilqueenie]

Exactly my point.. Gary Moore is more of a blues player. Larry Carlton is a fusion/jazz player and he is one of my favorite guitar players. Robben ford is wayyyy over rated.. I can not stand his playing. Just my opinion. I played the blues in Chicago with all the greats for years..I know them from first hand experience. Remember , These are only opinions.

And we all have them.

[dashande2007]

The voice is very wonderful!!

[rongtr]

I don't think there's anything wrong with his guitar tone- there's some phasing going on with the mics. As usual, fantastic playing!

[ShammShamm]

I think instead of saying "best", people should say "their own personal favorite/s". Jimmy Page and Neil Young are mine, thank you,...and if you don't like 'em, you don't know sh/t!JUST kidding,thank god for yer ears.

[blueschica]

Nice!

[ESmithStringSlinger]

Reply to 60thstrat.A "thin" sound can be dialed in on a Gibson by rolling off the volume on either pickup and/or coil tap.500k pots add bass around 80-100%.

[marcus38447226]

pure class and style...and LarryRickenbacker, i think we all would show off if we clould play like that!

[LarryRickenbacker]

Darn show-off! :)

[60thstrat]

LOVE the playing and the style, but does it sound a bit 'thin' for an ES? Yes, I have a speakers and a subwoofer hooked up to my computer....

[guitarhero4jesus]

Yea, it does sound really thin for a Gibson.

[bigtophalloween]

Sounds like the bridge pickup to me, which always sounds thin on a vintage 335 compared to other Gibbys.

[60thstrat]

Yes but look and see that the selector switch is on the neck pickup...

[bigtophalloween]

Wow, I didn't notice that. Must be that crappy Dumble Larry insists on playing through. Maybe he has a brighter tone cap installed in the guitars or something...

[Aliksmyth]

Ahem...

I'm not going to say anything...

[scottspianist]

here, is that carltons son playing bass?

[rjseorlwkd]

Travis carlton,

[scottspianist]

haha, that guy has the coolest dad on earth

[christrealized]

Fantastic..! Great job to both the guitar player and the Bass player.. Excellent!

Very inspiring..!

Thanks for posting..

Kudos from Vancouver Canada

Christopher

[Martudutzi]

classic :-)

[GuitarFloat]

real master class!

[jjbennett123]

Im not even going to attempt it mate, its too cool for me.

[V8MeatHead]

wow I learned so little

[Myakmyak]

Amazing. Nothing less than pure genius from the great Larry Carlton. His playing has always been an inspiration.

[tripleheshy]

He's so damn smooth he would make Mrs. Butterworth jealous!!! I beginning to think he has some brutha in him somewhere cause he has waaaay to much feel to be completely white!

[deathlesshorsie]

There is no Brutha in Carlton he is pure.

[wcrimi3]

LC is not even primarily a blues guitarist but he's the best blues guitarist in the world bar none!

[apkbluesman]

Where did you find such good mind altering drugs? And where can I get some?

[AllknowingGuitarGuru]

wcrimi3: I think you were misunderstood... I agree with you. Larry is not primarily a blues player, e.g., BB King, etc... and I'll have words with anyone that thinks differently. Larry is a well rounded jazz/blues/rock/studio GIANT! To say he's ONLY a blues player is to not know Larry. But given his full range of talent and musical interests AND considering he's still at the top of the heap for blues players, Larry an extraordinary player.

I think you gave Larry very nice compliment.

[wcrimi3]

Yes, Larry plays a wide variety of musical styles. When I think of him, I don't even think of him as a blues guitarist. I think of him as a great all around guitarist that also happens to play the blues very well (among other things).

Perhaps I shouldn't have called him the best blues guitarist in the world. What I should have said is that after listening to hundreds of blues players, no one's note selection, technique, and feel moves "ME" more.

[AllknowingGuitarGuru]

Very well put... you have a great way of looking at music!

[luminositymusic]

correct

[geisterbahn1]

wake up and get real! nnnnnnobodys the best blues player in the world .thats like saying my girlfriends the best looking piece of pussy in town .wake up.hello! LC is a fine guitar player, but he,s still learning .all top players know their is no top!just adventure and improvement

[jjbennett123]

How the hell does he play the harmonics at the end!

[iseslc]

I think he does pinch harmonics, but I'm not sure... Try picking the notes first with the thumb nail and then with the pick.

[iseslc]

It was an answer for jjbennett123...

[funkifyyourlife]

He's playing a 9th chord, which is *almost* all 4ths, meaning that it's close to having all the notes in the chord across one fret. An octave higher than where the chord is fretted, he is laying the "karate chop" side of his hand across the frets and strumming on the neck side of the strings. Harmonics work on both sides of the fretted hand.

If you play, for example, a D9 chord at the 4th/5th fret, you can lay your hand across the strings at the 17th fret and strum behind it to get harmonics.

[marquesjunior]

awesome music ! 100 stars

[mifski]

amazing..amazing player(although he does look like larry david)pr e taaaay awesome!

[nAmC222]

beautiful love the bass

[Strat85]

holy smokes!!

see guitar players, this is much more difficult to play then freaking shredding, a true guitar player knows the difference between a wanker and player this video proves it absolutely

[xXshred4lifeXx]

exactly! thats why i love Joe Satriani, because he doesnt always just rip and burn. but on the main track this video is genius i love Larry

[dantro78]

I believe that's Carlton's son on bass. I think his name is Travis, although I could be wrong.

[manduker]

more fast guitar players do not understand the true music, larry is sensei

[roby62gtr]

A wonderful lesson from a Maestro!

Many fast guitar players must to hear this performance.