George Worthmore - ragtime blues guitar in Mississippi

[Sonnyvguitars]

George AKA Frogman? I believe that i used to see him in the long island area in the Late 70's and Early 80's

[georgeworthmore]

Dallas Rag by the Dallas String Band and Docs Guitar by Doc Watson

[paultasker6]

Just a bit clever - awesome talent!

[bassbob42]

Awesome George. Way to pick!

[jimsterjam]

...Great Stuff George... but last I saw you was downtown NYC back, what, `84 or so, John Dugan humming on the Sax... yea maybe about `83 or `84...?

...whatever became of Goat~Face>...?

You were always one-a-the great one-a-the Greats & from and in the Sayville area and as you know that one goes with much accomplishment, Say-ville especially being no slouch for great musicians with great talent & being born from that area as well..!

... you look well, still playing beyond well,what-else needB

[jimsterjam]

...Great Stuff George... but last I saw you was downtown NYC back, what, `84 or so, John Dugan humming on the Sax... yea maybe about `83 or `84...?

...whatever became of Goat~Face>...?

You were always one-a-the great one-a-the Greats & from and in the Sayville area and as you know that one goes with much accomplishment, Say-ville especially being no slouch for great musicians with great talent & being born from that area as well...!

... you look well, still playing beyond well,what-else needB

[seafan54]

this guy rocks!....and he's hilarious too. What a player.

[grantpeeplesjr]

sweet. i heard a scream.

[lynnkeswick]

I'd know your guitar playing anywhere! Good to hear you again....old friend of mine from NYC. Your sounding better then ever.

[irjustintaylor]

NIcely done George!

[wordtide]

great stuff George!!

[ntrimm]

Sure is pretty. Forgot just how pretty ragtime was.

[TonyFranciosi]

George Worthmore we're waiting for your return to NY!

[mark4tk]

yeah , ladies night at manny's car wash with arthur and george worthmore

good times

[ramblindanstevens]

Wow dude, you are awesome. Learned that song from Van Ronk himself and you are doin it proud... Rock on.

[Rocketscience1971]

Great stuff George get yourself a beer after that!!

[donottawaguitar]

very nice check my blues riffs

[texasdan78606]

Fun music to listen to and looks like he has a ball playin it. Thanks for sharing. Great video.

[quinoacat]

OMG he is good....thank you so much for posting this Adam. I love this style. 5*'s

[cyberfan5]

Excellent!!!

[missmymissy]

great music and some pritty womens...

[ckinzelf]

dallas rag!! great music

[jleoblues]

Nice thumb work. reminds me of the early Dave Van Ronk stuff like St. Louis Tickle. Thank you Adam

[denman1953]

very cool stuff! you're a great picker and I'd love to hear you and Adam jammin' together. 10*'s!

[gworthmore]

I was having fun with Adam. The first piece is the Dallas Rag. The second is Doc's Guitar, as Akab6, so astutely pointed out. Only this arrangement is one with a more complex, syncopated bridge from "The 1970 recording "Doc Watson Live". There is no tab for it, as there is for the much simpler version everyone else does.I had to listen to it a zillion times, even slowed down, to figure out how he did it, .....basically banjo rolls, i am still working on getting it right.

[strawwoodclaw]

i loved the 2nd bit - amazing guitar playin

[afrisbeetom]

but ? worth it!

[Muzikman127]

fantastic!

[Akab6]

He did not make up that second song! haha I know I've heard it somewhere before....

Quick search through my music...

Oh thats right its 'Doc's Guitar' by Doc Watson from his self titled album, 1964. Haha and I was just listening to some Doc before watching this video...

Great stuff as always Adam.

[Geetar2112]

What a great video! It has everything even comedy, and a London bus to remind me of home:) Any footage of the two of you playing together Adam?

Cheers!

[gronki1]

I've always felt that this was the kind of music I wanted to play. Very similar to Chet Atkins style.

[aeroarte1]

This great-red dress, and of first class music!

[ivebeenthere1]

this might be "Mainstreet Breakdown" by Chet Atkins later covered by Jerry Reed as "Jerry's Breakdown"

Django influences....awesome tune

[ivebeenthere1]

I'm sure I have this somewhere in my dusty archives with Merle Travis & Chet Atkins covering this

mind you this is soo much better live...awesome

many thanks Gazza

[zenith911]

This is just great! Love it! Hope you're making a lot of money.

[boufgreg]

That was great. My fingers hurt just watching him play that big acoustic guitar

[StopTheMoti0n]

"aah yeah!"

*applause*

"hey what's that song called?"

"eeah i don't know!"

[StopTheMoti0n]

WOW incredible fingerstyle!!! dang!! that is so much harder on steel string than on nylon..

[Muzikman127]

But worth it for the sound

[camilo862]

Loved the first song. very catchy. 5 stars, its cool to see this, specially in countrys where you will almost never see a blues jam in the street.

[MarkTheHarper]

Thanks for the posting! I remember the first time I saw GW & The Divebombers. They were opening for the Fabulous T Birds at NY's original Lone Star cafe in the very early 80s. I remember his white socks/black shoes, gray suit & pork-pie hat and kick ass guitar.

[ilutzio]

I loved the rag. Thank you for these reports from the streets. =D

[scootersalih]

oh man, he rocks!