Tommy Crook "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"

Tommy Crook is one of the best living guitar players, period, in my humble opinion. Chet Atkins once called Mr. Crook the best guitar player he knew, on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, no less. Better yet, anyone can go check out Tommy Crook every Friday night for the price of a nice Thai meal in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Lanna Thai restaurant from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (as of March 2007). A lot of us play around on guitar, and more yet can really play the guitar, but few are in the league of this guy. Another guitarist I would put right up there with Tommy Crook is Gary Lucas, who is also featured on this channel.

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[AlienBeliever897]

This man is my grandfather :D

[jamsmi174]

I met Tommy while in the 8th grade .. he was at my girl friends home and I had called her to say Hi ...I was playin Honky tonk at the time ..she said he was there and was a player ...I told her to put him on the phone ...I thought i was a hot dude picker ....he said . over the phone .. 'what ya want to hear" .." I said .. how bout Tiger Rag like Chet does" ...he said hold the phone ....I have been a fan ever since

Jimmy Smith

Tulsa

[witchdoctorxxx]

WHEN CHUCK BERRY FIRST CAME TO TULSA, TOMMY AND HIS BAND BACKED HIM. AFTER LETTING TOMMY TAKE ONE SOLO, CHUCK LEANED OVER AND SAID GET DOWN KID, YOU PLAY GREAT GUITAR BUT THERES ONLY ROOM FOR ONE STAR ON THIS STAGE. THE CROWD WAS CHEERING GO TOMMY GO, NOT GO JOHNNY GO LIKE THE SONG DID.TOMMY LEFT AND SO DID ALL HIS FANS! A VERY TRUE STORY! I HAVE SEEN ALL THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND TOMMY SMOKES THIER ASSES LIKE A MARLBORO CIGARETTE! NO PROBLEM. I SIMPLY LOVE THIS MAN.

[busterbcw]

The best that has ever lived...Does he still play Casa Laredo....I left Tulsa a while ago

[damanfrom808]

wow!!! awesome!!! ughhh!!! umm!!! ahhh!!! just speechless!!!

[Drewster58]

Exuberant, fleet-fingered, fast, and fanciful pickin' by Tommy Crook.

[starkenekkid]

This is the part where somebody always will say, but,SRV was better.

[OdessaMcGregor]

Inspiring....unforgettable xx

[vinyljunie1980]

@jamsmi174 My dad, Jerry Murphy, and my uncle, Ray Murphy , were good friends with Tommy Crook in high school.

[cedarcreststudio]

wow

[zeramski]

@jamsmi174 great story. Tommy's truly an undiscovered legend.