I bet Neil and Chet Atkins would have made great music together. I can tell Chet had a big influence on him, as he did on thousands of guitar players. Neil is great on this tune.
Chicken cackle my foot............this guy was the reason my Daddy finally relented and got me an electric guitar.I had to promise I'd learn to play like this. What a great player!
@LeDoctoer Whats funny was, back in that time you just bought strings pretty much. It wasn't what 'Gauge' you want? Strings like Black Diamond (still made today I guess) were the norm, if someone wanted lighter gauge strings they had to get them off a banjo, (sometimes done by the early rock and roll guys). I've seen on one of the sites this might have been a proto-type Jazzmaster or a early example at least. They were cool guitars though!
@DynaflowDonnie Yeah, I used to use Gretsch flatwounds back then. Later on we discovered that you could move the b to the g position, the high e to the b position, and use a tenor banjo high a in the high e position. This allowed bending notes without tearing your fingertips off.
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This is fantastic! And what's fun to know is that before the Beatles came
around - the only time you got to see/hear electric guitar on TV was Neil
LeVang & Buddy Merrill on the Welk Show . They certainly inspired me
and I couldn't wait to see them play each week and check out what kind
of guitars and amps they were using!
Mike Pachelli
TheMikieP 2 days ago
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TheMikieP 2 days ago
Seeing these old clips has been an inspiration to work harder on my guitar playing. Amazing footage!
johnellick63 3 months ago
WOW this is really cool! would to play like that.
1062venturesfan 3 months ago
I bet Neil and Chet Atkins would have made great music together. I can tell Chet had a big influence on him, as he did on thousands of guitar players. Neil is great on this tune.
bgdenham 4 months ago
Soooo nice!!
PeterPug007 4 months ago
I have just discovered Neil LaVang and I love his music, amazing musican.
tribalbutterfly1976 6 months ago
influencia para el creador de mario bros?
eloyramone 7 months ago
Just great.
therollerdoor 10 months ago
awesome ! Even the whole band is smiling. I'm going to listen to this each morning. This Makes me feel happy.
oOPhilippOo 10 months ago
I am still enamored by this video of dad. His time feel is sublime. His technique is off the charts and his smile is infectious!
Thanks again for posting TVC! ~ Mark LeVang
momsfudge59 10 months ago 4
@momsfudge59 That's your Dad? That's awesome! Does he still have that guitar?
TheCurvedEarth 10 months ago
@momsfudge59 I hope you still have some of your dad's guitars.
lordkoos 2 months ago
Jazz on a Jazzmaster? Cool!
transtremm 11 months ago 3
Chicken cackle my foot............this guy was the reason my Daddy finally relented and got me an electric guitar.I had to promise I'd learn to play like this. What a great player!
MrJacklips 1 year ago
His little finger is longer than my index.
ddayiv 1 year ago
@ddayiv he really has thin long fingers.perfect for playing guitar or piano.
Picsie 1 year ago
Looks exactly like my old jazzmaster. Neil has some seriously heavy gauge strings on that thing.
LeDoctoer 1 year ago
@LeDoctoer Whats funny was, back in that time you just bought strings pretty much. It wasn't what 'Gauge' you want? Strings like Black Diamond (still made today I guess) were the norm, if someone wanted lighter gauge strings they had to get them off a banjo, (sometimes done by the early rock and roll guys). I've seen on one of the sites this might have been a proto-type Jazzmaster or a early example at least. They were cool guitars though!
DynaflowDonnie 10 months ago
@DynaflowDonnie Yeah, I used to use Gretsch flatwounds back then. Later on we discovered that you could move the b to the g position, the high e to the b position, and use a tenor banjo high a in the high e position. This allowed bending notes without tearing your fingertips off.
LeDoctoer 7 months ago
Neil is amazing! He always looks so happy.
snoflaked 1 year ago
Welk was a jerk but LeVang and Merrill were super talents.
tomnanD3 1 year ago
Just too cool!!!!!
JazzEthics 2 years ago