Theme From Andy Griffith Show by Tommy Jones

[JackKato1]

Tommy and I were close friends, we jammed together often. Clearly I was much less of a player than Tommy... Then again, so was most everyone that played guitar. He gave me a VCR tape with this tune on it and several others. I miss him a lot, always will.

Jack Kato

[Oskykid]

@JackKato1 Thanks for sharing your story and your great music.

[sawyerjaylo]

Can you add tabs please



[oldtimtoad]

When Tommy played, I'd go nuts watching his left hand. This vid gave me a chill. Tommy = greatness.

[b4uc2moons]

Beautifully done!

A great rendition.

[Customademan]

I love the flow.

[Oskykid]

@Customademan Tommy had a gift for great and unique arrangements. Thanks for your post.

[westerisbester]

TJ should be recognized as one of the greatest fingerpickers who ever lived. A natural with great creativity and fantastic feel. Sad that he died so young and is relatively overlooked.

[legato1bassman]

I had the great opportunity to sit next to Tommy Jones in a rhythm section in Florida off and on for three to four years. I am grateful that these vids are posted. Tommy was playing with us when he took the week to go up and do the Fingerstyle Virtuoso shoot, and he was nervous about how he would do. A kinder, more self-effacing fellow never lived, and I miss him every day.

[Oskykid]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a comment. I almost got to meet Tommy one year but couldn't get to Nashville because of work. My friend Jon Burchfield thought the world of Tommy and his talent.

[wayneandbibi]

Tommy was an excellent guitarist

[191747]

I stayed for a time with Lenny Breau at his little apt. on 16th Ave South, back in the 1970s. One day Chet stopped by, and with him was this kid, 16 years old or so: Tommy Jones. Chet asked if I had heard him. No, I told Chet. "Well", said Chet, "he is one of the best". That day I heard Tommy for the first time. Orange Blossom Special, he played, and Chet backed him on Lenny's Electra Les Paul. Those were great days. Tommy was out of this world, and that day is forever with me. JS

[mistaende665]

i love the way that chord sounds at 0:54

[PhilCLG4]

Awesome. I'm sure Tommy, Chet and Jerry are playing together somewhere.//Phil

[Matuzalem89]

Thank you for adding that video. I've learned this and "Goin' through the changes" from his DVD, but I haven't found anything about him in the Web (year before)... Now it changes.

[profpopsicle]

I am sick to learn from this post that Tommy died, I met him at a Chet Atkins Appreciation Society. He could not play as well then - about 2 years before Chet died- Chet I think liked him a lot and tried to provide guidance to him, sad to see him and quality fingerstyle music disappear. I used to play a couple of Tommys arrangements, not nearly as well, and really admired his playing. "Rest in heavenly peace Tommy, you were a great player" profpopsicle

[daffydoug]

Great moving bass lines, too, by the way!

[daffydoug]

This man had chops! I have to wonder what took him from this life so early?

It seems talent like this should go on for ever!

[Oskykid]

Tommy died due to his addiction to alcohol.

[daffydoug]

That's sad. Such a waste of great talent. Who knows what more legacy he could have left us if he had lived on?

[chetis2]

tommy another great unknown,too bad hes gone ,i learned a section of this years ago from fingerstyle mag ,r.i.p

[mikhailchetvertnikh1]

hey guy  i blessing you