Louis Stewart.Solo Guitar-Alone Together; Days of Wine & Roses.

[ericrob2112]

i like all the greatest ones like martino, lenny breau, benson,lagrene,wes... and (for me) louis is at the top of my list

[MOGLIDER]

Luthier John Moriarty sets up Louis' guitars. Working to Louis' requirements he has developed compensated bridges for improved tuning. Google Archtop.ie

[vitasiia4]

Very nice overall fine sensibility.

[HyneseyBoy]

As good as it gets is Louis......

[eamodevalera]

true story about louis. a guy in a bar asked him to give his son a lesson on guitar, so louis obliged. the kid went to his house. they both stummed a chord. the youngster horribly out of tune was told to tune up. two minutes passed, a string was broke, later replaced. mr stewart was losing patience. "It took Segovia 6 seconds to tune up", he told the youngster... "My god, some guys dont give a shit", he responded. True story

[NightinTusinia]

I guess it all depended on the kids attitude, if he had a "idont really care" attitude id be pretty fed up as well..

[ColmOSullivanRed]

That's actually an old Jim Hall story... When attributed to him (also as "true") the "kid" was Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, and the occasion backstage at an all-star guitar gala concert at which Segovia was also performing.

[fivenotechord]

Jerry never did manage to play in tune...

[nerddog]

Haha... Herb Ellis told me the exact same story 13 years ago but as a joke. Louis wasn't involved in his version.

[orlandoCF1]

Have not heard such great playing since Joe Pass. My first time hearing this master. Thanks for posting.

[donaldonohoe]

Quite simply a master of guitar.

[primeguy]

Louis is Ireland's greatest jazz player - plain and simple! He is so self-effacing and humble that I suspect few know of him. I fortunately have seen him playing dozens of time, with greats like Mundell Lowe, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Jim Doherty, John Wadham (RIP) et. al. I hope to see him for many more years to come!!

[jazzclarinet2006]

Wow

[violinoamore]

At least the same great as Joe Pass ...

[NyJazzGuit]

Great, but nothing beats his own version of this tune on "Louis the First" - that's a classic album. I wish it would get reissued.

[Banakaal]

Me too. I just about wore out the cassette I have! Great stuff

[NyJazzGuit]

I asked him about it once when I met him, and he brushed it off saying it was just a demo album. I think it's a landmark album.

[cj1982]

which album? i dont yet have any louis stewart in my collection. please let me know!

[MOGLIDER]

Thanks,Eclypso.

[eclypso]

Killer stuff from Louis. I just recently got one of his CDs, didn't know about him before that.

btw.. the first tune in this clip is "alone together" not Gone with the wind.

[deangelico]

Great clip of Louis, from a program entitled "Introducing the Guitar".Wonderful Guitar sound.great to see it after all these years. Many Thanks