Steely Dan live plays "Kid Charlemagne"

[CaptnHampton22]

that solo made me forget everything i know

[BLKBETE11]

Why not just play 4 steps down.. Sorry, it's just bad..

[nor888vast695]

For these younger guys they have found a spot in the 2Guys world. A singular honor I would say. They are simply the best at what they do & the do it all no matter what your tastes are.

[florange00]

I wanna know why Larry Carlton didn't make Rolling Stone's Top 10 guitarists list..

[JMikeVisser]

"Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car!" Seen these guys a few times at Pine Knob. Great place to see them.

[drohegda]

@JMikeVisser hey just want to say that this song is supposely base on owlsley the sound man for the gratful dead and a chemist. who drove around in a portable lab makeing the purest psycedelics out in california in the late 60s. they say he go caught eventually when one day he ran out of gas and the police searched his vehicle. 

[jmcc42uk]

Jon Herington @ 4.47. That is all.

[Botzisattva]

Majestic

[tapehead004]

Dont like the low B string on the bass...Chuck Rainey didnt need it.

[kwakky]

Ugh, this version is bad. Conflicting tempos and pitches.

[skipper8257]

I think Herinton does a great job here, but there is only one Larry Carlton and one Jeff Baxter. But, if I could play anyways like this guy I,d be making records. I was a lead quitarist for ten years in the same band. People said I was good. Compared to this guy I should hang it up.

[perilousRelish]

sick outro licks from Herington - 4:40 or so on is tearing it up.

[SaxyDan54]

Steely Dan's Rent Party '09 12-piece bandwill be enlarged by one with the legendary guitarist Larry Carltonfor six special setlist showsin New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago

Jul 31 Beacon, NYC - The Royal Scam Aug 1 Beacon, NYC - "Internet Request Night"

Aug 24 Gibson, Los Angeles - "The Royal Scam

Aug 25 Gibson, Los Angeles - Internet Request Night

Sept 3 Chicago Theatre, "The Royal Scam

" Sept 4 Chicago Theatre, "Internet Request Night"

[filmlawyer]

Herrington does a terrific job! And with "My Old School" as well. But didn't they use to tour some years back with a young player named Blues Sparacino?

[emjee]

careful what you carry...did you realize-

You are still an outlaw in their eyes...get along

[Sussablimp]

If you don't like Steely Dan, you don't like music....PERIOD!

[drhey19]

right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rbgtr]

whew, double right on!

[scatmando]

@Sussablimp I'm with you on that one mate, great music is great music.

[Krompirjevc]

Well, there's people there are better on stage rather than studio and viceversa. I like that one, too. They're not so young anymore, some people fade a little bit with fage, know a couple of them personally...

[choppas67]

everybodys a critic....

[MusicJew158]

The truth is Steely Dan were special because they managed to write great songs and be amazing musicians, alot of bands have great musicianship and can't write a good song to save thier lives. Thier needs to be a balance and if a band is able to overcome thier relatively shoddy musicianship in creative ways and still make great songs especially in the beginning then thats great too

[MusicJew158]

Look Steely Dan are ESPECIALLY amazing musicians with that said thier is much great music now if you look beneath the radar of mainstream shit, which unfortunatley is what is representing us. Radiohead though is fucking amazing and happens to have great musicianship

[icedick21]

Mr. Pugh....World class trombonist. Enough said....Really.

[Resevil]

Great song, and Jon played a wonderful solo. Very tasteful.

[Harry427]

its good that he didnt try to compete with larry carltons solo aswell. liked it :)

[THEBossSound]

Love the music and Steely Dan!!! Too bad it is painfully obvious the video director doesnt know the music that well. He is missing key cut points and angles.

[blackhullcharters]

One of the best groves ever to be recorded!

As for the guitar solo comparisions,

Larry Carlton set the bar so high with his brilliant playing, John is/was in a no win situation.

Balancing enough of Larry's GREAT licks to keep the spirit of the songs origin and mixing enough of his own GREAT playing so he dosen't look like a clone !

[blume137]

jon's version of the solo is so great that it could actually be on the album....

fantastic work

[niksumalm]

I prefer the album solo. This one has no feeling at all..

[emjee]

Think, just for one minute about the tremendous shoes this guy has to fill...

think about how much work this guy put into makung the solo his OWN without trying to sound like he is just copying LC..

give the guy a break. I think he did a tremendous job

[Kirok]

Amen! That progression is challenging enough to play through without having to avoid certain phrases lest one be accused of simply plagiarizing Carlton's iconic solo. I've listened to several clips of this guy doing very impressive work on 'Dan tunes. He's an ace.

[heybash]

Top solo Jon, perfect!

[patbox1]

reply to 3rdsne. I agree, the rubbish thats released in the charts, thats forced upon us. this isthe real thing, one of the greatest bands of all time. the killer melodies and structures, with brilliant lyrics.

[keithpas]

The groove in this tune is killin!!!!

[TexuusBoy]

so this is the song kanye sampled from

[dogofman]

Who's kanye?

Are todays musicians totally unable to make music of their own?

I almost wrote modern musicians but I'm not totally convinced that the world of today is wholly modern.

[3rdsne]

the question today, really should be.....Can we REALLY call a lot of today's musicians,...Musicians ?.....I would have to be the first one to weigh in on that, by giving a resounding, NO ! They're not.

[agsmd793]

wow!!! nice one. is that an ES 339? great tone and great solos. both were based on Carlton's, JH used these as "target notes" and put his own stamp in there, even the tapping part. JH=mr. 339?

[blume137]

i think jh is mister 336

the 339 was introduced in 2007 i think

im pretty sure that it is a es336

[drgonzoguitar]

Carlton played a 335

[blume137]

yes sure but we are talkin about jon herington...

[wwr1959]

it is a 336 the new 339 has a slightly smaller body still, the same size as a Les Paul. Carlton (orMr335) uses a 335 and has a signature model.JH is the closest I have seen to Carlton,s playing style.

[CaptainJazz92]

Jon uses a CS-336 with a customized pot/pickup selector setup, really cool guitar.

And I agree, Mr. 336 for the win!

[hmkim2112]

I love the guitar solos. JH is no Carlton but I love his solos!

[JayM0001]

Is it me, or are the vocals (Fagen & backup singers) totally off key? Fagen always did have sort of a monotone voice, but he always managed to make his vocals sound like they were on key. What I just heard makes me think there were serious problems with the stage monitors, resulting in a bunch of singers who couldn't hear themselves.

[jazztenor71]

Yep. Fagen is off as he starts off. The backups seem off when they start off too. I think you're right about the feedback speakers not working. It sure sounds like the backup singers are still off before the before the bridge.

[likepatsandGTOs]

Gotta agree...love the Dan man though.

[kevinherbert]

He floats around the vocal energy..he's got a unique style..wot a writer!!!!!!!!

[doedoe1]

Jon Herington had Achieved GUITAR GOD status after this solo..... He's great....

[likepatsandGTOs]

Yeeoww! Harrington nailed it...nice job. Thanks for posting!

[kamcey659]

Where the hell is Michael Becker?

[TheElPajero]

If you're thinking of Walter Becker the guitarist, he's standing next to Donald Fagen.

[OnAbenderAgain]

Michael BRecker was a great sax man but unfortunately pass away last year.

[OnAbenderAgain]

Who's the drummer?

[ratedrsuperstar81]

Keith Carlock. He is one BAD ASS drummer! My brother took me to see Steely and Michael McDonald on the last show in St Louis on the Sugartooth tour in 06. AWESOME show! We got rained on as soon as Kid Charlemagne started, it was my first real concert experience so this song leaves me with the great memory! I hope to see Steely one more time at least!

[OnAbenderAgain]

Thanks! This is the best live version of this song i've heard. The Mr. Carlock grooves the sh@t out of it! I'm invious. I love these guys but I've never seen them live. Maybe one day.

[sne3rd]

This performance with Jon's solo, is his best yet....Its closest thing to the way the song was recorded by Larry C ....Nice work, nice work indeed !

[fatriani]

i love LSD, and this song makes me love it more

[yobnez]

Love it...but doesn´t Fagen play that bloody keyboard?...or does it just prop him up?!

[flahprius]

The guitar player took Carlton's already incredible solo and took it to another level!!

[slinker001]

Though a good guitar player JH is no Larry Carlton (Guitar World magazine 100 greatest guitar solos 88. song: Kid Charlemagne guitarist: Larry Carlton band: Steely Dan

album: The Royal Scam). LC's versions is one of the top 100 guitar solos of all time so it's not fair to compare the two. JH is good but LC is GREAT!

[JayM0001]

While Larry Carlton is a master of the instrument, I really like this guitar version. It is close enough to the original arrangement to give the listener what he/she expects to hear, yet JH puts his own, very pleasing, stamp on it. I say well done!

[dogofman]

On what album did Carlton play this tune and regarded as number 88 greatest guitar solos?

Responding to slinker001 that posted 7 months back

[3rdsne]

the royal scam....was the album.

[dogofman]

Good news. Think could get a listening to that one.

Thank you.

[3rdsne]

Yur Welcome, Bro !

[matsou10]

Saw them at Molde jazzfestival, and they were fucking amazing. The band is really incredible!

[m2rql]

I saw them in molde too, great concert! Mr. herington has been one of my favourite guitarist ever since.

[mommymayi]

SD is the best concert I've ever been to. Thanks

[rccolabutt]

Outstanding filming. Thanks, I love this band and I cannot afford to buy seats that are this close. It is good to see what they are doing on stage and not be miles away....

[boerni1976]

Are these 5 minutes the best of modern music since the last 50 years!Perhaps, YES!!

[rooster120]

sick vid bro...sick

where can i get a copy of this?

[carlospc]

Maybe in the Trader's Den someone would help you find it.

[rooster120]

thanks...i've gotten some stuff off there before

great upload

[boerni1976]

gas in the caaaar!!

[zephrah]

awesome...gets better with age!!!!!! love steely dan!

[oddball6227]

Grrreat