Tony McManus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

[tonycusack1]

Find the tune all over the net .... What tune? It's a meme.

[joebassplayer]

Nice arrangement including part of the original solo. good job!

[DrBass6]

Gorgeous!

[ricbrug]

stupendo



[TheNhecks]

Absolutely wonderful!

[nerodollinger]

RED FACE......RED GUITAR.......NICE.....

[nerodollinger]

I have one word to describe this music. SHITE!

[haroliyk]

WTF

If you think this is good, you need to check out Steve Vai. You can see his vids here on Youtube!

[RafalNitkaBialek]

@haroliyk To find out he's also a fine player?

[Innercynic]

@haroliyk Steve Vai blows...listened to nearly everything hes done and it sounds annoying more than anything. Try some satriani if you want a real electric style fix.

[LapRound]

TABS please? =)

[funkendub]

@LapRound You can find this old Mingus tune all over the net. Work out your own arrangement. Don't miss Jeff Beck doing this tune.

[johnmacward]

I like the slightly sped up version that this is. I'm glad that this was released because I'm able to make a stab at playing it now.

[photopicker]

Maybe the guitar is perfectly tuned, the aliasing from the recorder (listen to the applause) is most likely the culprit for the less than pristine sound ... Tony's a great player and great guy ...

[changeofseasons71]

I went to one of those gigs too. I love their style of playing. Such a good gig. Might upload my videos of it soon.

[johnmacward]

Please do.

[GManAcoustic1990]

this song is great saw him play this live on the 16th of this month he was playin with andy mckee and another guitarist cant remember his name but at the end they played together playing tears for fears '' everybody wants to rule the world ''

[TWinterMusic]

Johnny Dickinson perhaps? they are touring together at the moment i think, saw them all last night. fantastic stuff no doubt.

[glendarome]

bloody 'ell!!...had forgotten about the mcmanus!!...ur cd was playing in the royal oak in edinburgh...beautiful music as usual...will buy cds of urs when hav enuf cash...rowena from edinburgh

[shnagabad]

fantastic playing and nice chord voicings! but i wish the guitar was more in tune!!!! :)

[amosgarret]

nice but what an odd feel for this tune. Doesn't quite work for me.

[spydersweb2]

Unfortunate that his guitar is so far out of tune. This alone removes the luster from his superb playing. Perhaps the poster of this video could produce a better (in tune) performance?

[gurra9]

Yeah I agree. The out-of-tune guitar is about the only downside I see in this clip. Well it happens to everyone. Especially with a capo and the guitar tuned down.

[lenaspieltblues]

Very fine! :=)) ... (thanks fendermarc for show me that)

[mizzissippiblues]

great playing! 5*****

[joshcoleman1]

amazing!

[hanseatus]

Amazing ,superbe great, großartig , first class ,klasse .....

[TheDreadPirateJack]

is he playing this in open G?

[McMonster65]

DADGAD

[samirberardo]

Well yup, they're great!! But what I meant, actually, was it was the best jazz solo guitar, instead of jazz guitar solo! I don't think there's such "best jazz solo" but well, anyway, I mean I loved that rendition for solo guitar. :D

[McMonster65]

great. glad you enjoyed it. I think of this piece as a player of traditional music applying that knowledge to a tune outwith that tradition. it's not really jazz in the sense that there's really no improvisation but it's such a great melody how could one resist!

As the player in question I'm flattered that you rate it highly. my point about the metheny solo is that I DIGESTED every note of this only to recently hear another gig from the same tour and Pat's solo is totally different!

[samirberardo]

Great!! Yup, you're right, it's not exactly a jazz interpretation once there's no improv (I actually wouldn't ever think of jazz otherwise). I should think a little more and chose words better, right? :D

As for Metheny's solo, I'm already in search for it, this song's so great! I've already heard McLaughlin's once, but somehow it didn't catch me. I'm used to listening to Jeff Beck's version and... woah, I love it!

[samirberardo]

So beautiful.

[samirberardo]

By the way, I think this is the best jazz guitar solo I've ever heard. Wonderful song, wonderful rendition.

[OnSugarHill]

It's not really too jazzy, but a very nice guitaristic way at expressing the song. I give ya 5/5.

[LittleRedKing]

An awesome arrangement of a one of the major works of the 20th century. Played with such emotion and expression. I am inspired by this. Wonderful!

[DAVEY500MUSIC]

Have you had a chance to play a LSV11 larrivee if so how did you like it tks dave

[McMonster65]

No, but there are lots of great guitars being built these days and Larrivee has a great legacy both from their own output and from former apprentices; Manzer, Laskin, Morgan, etc.

[DAVEY500MUSIC]

what is brand of guitar  tks dave

[McMonster65]

it's a melville OM Custom from Brisbane Australia

[pathammond]

its a pity the sound quality gives the impression of a casio keyboard, or a sega megadrive! Very obviously genius guitaring!

[glaoud]

SUPERBE*****

[dungennn]

perfect! has he released this on any album?

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Hi dungennn, this one is on the album "ceol more". His third solo album, 2002. Bernd

[SImon1986]

tony mcmanus is a master at finger-picking. This song is so complex.Love it

[pgroenland]

nero, its obviously the sound quality of the camcorder thats making the guitar sound so tinny not a lack of quality. although the guitar is slightly out of tune in my opinion...

[Jazzeerun]

Fantastic. I'd like to hear you play this on an archtop with some flat wound strings through a Carvin Nomad combo. Very nice job.

[werxx]

ow.. your comment gave me a headwound.

[nerodollinger]

apologies. I was just throwing a wobbler. It's not that bad.

[gtrrobster]

ha....yeah dude...like i totally agree....some people just should give up and not play giittar :)

[nerodollinger]

probably a bit harsh, give Tony some room. After all, he is very successful at his craft.

[gtrrobster]

uh.....I guess my sarcasm was too convincing.

I think Tony is up there with the very best players in the world, on par with guys like Emmanuel, Juber, REnbourn, Dykes just to name a few.

Had the chance to take sessiosn with him at a camp and watch him just tear it up at night.

[keyehaw]

Wowee wow! Gorgeous. And nice to echo John Handy's sax solo on the original.

[2882890]

I thought a double bassist did the bass notes on this track - Not by the looks of things, I have seen plenty of fingerstyle guitarists yet I have seen none with such confidence, dexterity, perfection, with such slick solo work than I have seen now. That was awe inspiring. Nice one Tony.

[McMonster65]

Ah....the lovely Ewen Vernal did play bass on the album version so you're not wrong.

[leirbag23]

this is so beautiful

[musicmumbler]

What an amazingly dexterous take on one of my favourite Charlie Mingus tunes. Makes me wonder what I did with the thirty + years I been playing guitar!

[stevecr223]

yip, it's DADGAD. I think his "It's tricky" comments at the start refer to "It's tricky to play jazz in DADGAD"

[RDblues47]

awesome

[HoochieCoochieMan13]

I attended a masterclass and a concert the last time he came to Toronto (front center for both). Absolutely amazing...

[scawa1952]

I took a class in Celtic Guitar from him at the Swanannoa gathering last summer ( and am going to take another one from him his summer). He's amazing, funny and a great teacher, too.

And like DesertChild said... Wait till he gets a few brews... he a god.

[cujimi]

It's definitely DADGAD man - a tuning invented by one David Graham Esq. specifically to lay some jazz/blues/eastern tones on top of She Moved Thru The Fair - an old Irish tune. I usually hate pork, but I'll make an exception for just this once.

[10tealeaf]

Sounds like standard tuning to me. Great Stuff.

[desertChild]

You should here him play after a few brews...he's a legend

[Rexicano]

DADGAD will work for any music; already proven a thousand times over by Maestro Pierre Bensusan.

[rubberbandiv]

Tony is so, so awesome. I had the great fortune to learn from him at camp last year, he is amazing, hands down.

[lewood1204]

It's beautiful, sensitive and very fluid. Love it. Does anyone know the guitare is tuned?

[jimmyahmgonnipanelye]

he's no bad by the way but.

[yyuryyicicuryy4me]

Ahh.. I remember when he was but a boy. Just goes to show what you can do if you stick to it. I'm so please to see Toags on 'ya tube'. aye now you're famous you can pay for all those windscreen wipers you broke. ;0)or was that yer big brother??!

[laguitarraesbien]

Tony McManus is my guitar hero, I love his music.

[BuckCurran]

Elegant! One of the finest players alive!

[mikegolay]

an amazing player. has some relation to the mcmuffin clan too, or so i hear. isle of egg? yes, i'm sure of it. beautiful stuff.

[batterman321]

great guitar playing there sir

[case76ct]

I'll miss that pork pie hat.