First heard The Pat Metheny Group c. 1984 as a teenager..........now I am 56 years old and this is as good as it gets....! Seriously raw talent from tbis band and at such a young age back then. Great to have such gifted people play music for us.....I'll die happy listening to Metheny...........
One of my favorite tunes by the Metheny Group. One of the first songs I ever heard by them, still takes me back to great times to hear it today. Man, their will never again be a duo like Mays & Metheny, a once in a lifetime deal. *RIP Lyle Mays!*
In 1978 I was a high school kid, a pretty good guitarist, playing the Hollywood venues like Gazzarri's and The Whisky, and a couple of the epic mansion parties in South Pasadena and Flintridge. Eddie Van Halan was the The One; he could scarf handfulls of qualudes and drink Jack lDaniels until his gaze was disconjugate and he could barely stand, but he could shred like nobody before; it was clear that he was a conduit, and his fingers were being moved by another force. Then one day while hanging out at a record/head shop in Glendale called The Sound Experience , the owner put on a record called The Pat Metheny Group. I currently own about 30 Metheny recordings. I have never purchased a Van Halen record.
@@johnthurlow8431 I was a huge Return to Forever fan and I saw Al front row center at the Santa Monica Civic opening for Weather Report. Al and Eddie and Pat are the reason why I went to college. Who could compete with those guys??
From the American Garage record. I saw them perform this entire record live onstage at the Paradise rock club in Boston early 1970's. I love that record, it was recorded here in Massachusetts at Longview Farms studio. RIP Lyle Mays.
I really enjoyed how Egan's aggressive bass sound kind of dominated the music, back then, but I can also understand why Metheny later decided he'd rather have the sound of an upright bass for his jazzier music.
It's kind funny that I first heard Pat Metheny when I sent in for one of the $1.00 records that advertised on the inside record jacket of another album. One of the songs was Airstream. I listened to that and I have been hooked on the Pat Metheny Group ever since.
My first Pat Metheny concert was in 1980 at the chapel on the UVermont campus in Burlington. He played this, Unity Village, Phase Dance, San Lorenzo - and an early version of As Fall Witchita, among other songs. Breathtaking - changed my musical life for good and I've seen Pat nearly 20 times in concert - Waltham, Philadelphia, Seattle, Raleigh....The Way Up, to me, is the peak of his art. I so hope that the PMG reunites, though the Unity Group is wonderful as well.
When did you see him in Waltham? I saw him there in about '81 at Brandeis. I also saw him at the Telluride Jazz Festival in 1978....with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Billy Cobham. I'm with you man!
This was the band that when we were all listening to Boston in college (78 or 79) we heard this long haired band and said "Wow...What a cool sound"......that simple....actually thought it was some new R&R format....We all went to see the the PMG in Buffalo NY......American Garage tour....it was LOUD....and awesome...and rockin...but soon the bassist left, drummer left, vocals came in...and many of us abandoned ship..
My first PMG concert was with this lineup of musicians, Pat, Lyle, Mark Egan (bass) and Danny Gottleib (drums) in Missoula, Montana of all places. Back in the day, PMG rocked it a little harder with their compositions like Airstream and other tunes in the PMG book and they never disappointed with their powerful, forceful, outstanding music and musicianship. Sure wish Pat would return to "group mode" again, their early performances were so fresh and astounding.
The PMG was fresher then, for sure. I hate to say it, but after 1983 - I'll give you 85 - the shows ceased to be interesting. Anyway, I'm glad to celebrate this video and the good old days.
I saw them play this in 1977 in Charlotte North Carolina at ovens auditorium. Shortly before that became my love affair with all things all groups of Pat Matheny.
If someone were to ask me to “Express ecstasy, but without using words,” I would dial up this extraordinary video, sequence forward to Metheny’s brilliant solo, and tell him to watch Metheny’s face as he seduces one joyous melody after another out of his guitar. “There,” I would say. “That’s ecstasy.” Ecstasy. Mystical exaltation. Oneness with the _Tao._ Joy.
And do you wonder, as I do, WHY everyone doesn't see this, hear this, in the music? It seems so beautifully apparent to me, to you . . . . yet others miss it completely. A wonder indeed.
This is not a good gig, the song goes wrong (Pat's amp goes wrong?) yet Lyle and Pat turn it into an incredible improvisation. These Cats were on the road 250 nights a year, there were some klunkers and yet in the midst of 'that night in Berlin when everything went to shit' they brought out some fantastic live music. Metheny probably loathes that this performance is on UA-cam for the world to see but it's actually an example of the best of what live improvised music can be. This is a special moment in time.
This gig was in Hamburg - 1980 - at a local club that I used to go see dixieland bands in on Sunday afternoon. Literally a local hang that attracted some good names including Al Jarreau - this is the place that launched Al. The music sounds good to me - even thought they would probably find piles and kaka - but what a gift to have been there. To have played this stuff - written it - and just been in it.
stupid question maybe but was Pat and Lyle influenced by Yes at all? A little bit here and there of this tunes sounds like it could be Yes playing on stage Anyway this tune is awesome and so cool to see them as young guys just out there playing their hearts out and tearing it up
A few more lessons and that guitar player will be pretty good. LOL Pat has a unique way of holding his pick, he looks like he could drop it at any second. Remarkable musicians.
they could have branched out towards weather Report's special Fusion recipe, but expanded, outside the very small American Jazz industry. South America, Europe, the world became his playing ground, and also worldly influences.
I noticed how important "Tone" is to Pat, already Master/player and performer at this point in his career. Looks like sometimes "it is the equipment"... being able to keep up with him (besides different venue acoustics as well..
Loved this album and followed PM afterwards, although I believe he said he hated the album because they were corralled into commercially viable songs by the label.
Tony Escano ...i bought tickets here in oslo to see his group this may 2017..yes every group with pat is good enough for me..solo, trio, quartet, unity...just miss his group with lyle mays and steve rodby.. :)
I'm so jealous! If things break my way soon I may find myself at the barcelona gig a week later...just not sure if i could get tickets by then...my son was at the temecula ca show in mid-sept and he was so glad he made it...
Kinda felt like they were struggling to stay in the pocket. Personally , I think the choice of a shower of cymbols throughout the song got in the way of Pat's chiming guitar. Would a bit more snare and kick drum helped?
That was most likely at Pat's instruction. Later, on First Circle and Roots of Coincidence Paul Wertico never hits a skin - it's all cymbals (though the percussionists do play some drum notes) for both those 9-min+ compositions.
If I had the super power of time travel, I would go back in time and enjoy the great artists and performances live. 😊
First heard The Pat Metheny Group c. 1984 as a teenager..........now I am 56 years old and this is as good as it gets....!
Seriously raw talent from tbis band and at such a young age back then. Great to have such gifted people play music for us.....I'll die happy listening to Metheny...........
It's getting late here in New York City and I feel like I will miss a big part of my life if I go to bed before I finishing listening to this...
One of my favorite tunes by the Metheny Group. One of the first songs I ever heard by them, still takes me back to great times to hear it today. Man, their will never again be a duo like Mays & Metheny, a once in a lifetime deal. *RIP Lyle Mays!*
These guys shaped me musically so many decades ago. Still makes my heart soar.
Thank you.
Everything good about MUSIC, and more (R.I.P., Lyle)
In 1978 I was a high school kid, a pretty good guitarist, playing the Hollywood venues like Gazzarri's and The Whisky, and a couple of the epic mansion parties in South Pasadena and Flintridge. Eddie Van Halan was the The One; he could scarf handfulls of qualudes and drink Jack lDaniels until his gaze was disconjugate and he could barely stand, but he could shred like nobody before; it was clear that he was a conduit, and his fingers were being moved by another force. Then one day while hanging out at a record/head shop in Glendale called The Sound Experience , the owner put on a record called The Pat Metheny Group.
I currently own about 30 Metheny recordings. I have never purchased a Van Halen record.
Give a listen to Al Dimeola's Elegant Gypsy.
@@johnthurlow8431 I was a huge Return to Forever fan and I saw Al front row center at the Santa Monica Civic opening for Weather Report. Al and Eddie and Pat are the reason why I went to college. Who could compete with those guys??
When did time begin to move so quickly? RIP Lyle.
The most amazing thing to me is that these guys were making this kind of sound/music in the 70s. Who else played like this in the 70s?
No one.
Nobody it's called being original.
They're as original as it can get. But beyond that and with Pat, it's also putting one's gift to good use by practicing like "crazy" - and it shows!
Exactly
They are amazing, but we have a bunch of bands playing this kind of music... Just to name some: Rush, ELP, Yes.....
"...and then there's Pat, a fountain of melody!"
-Mark Egan, bassist with PMG
I played the shit out of this record when it came out years ago. Amazing to see them here do it live during that era.
My first and favorite PMG album.
Something so wonderful watching young people play, so energetic. Beautiful.
Absolut unbelievable: one of the greatest bands ever is on fire and playing for their lives and the crowd reacts with: "nice to have".
They (PMG) are the greatest band, ever !!
Young and taking off into the stratosphere. These were wonderful times. 🎧
From the American Garage record. I saw them perform this entire record live onstage at the Paradise rock club in Boston early 1970's. I love that record, it was recorded here in Massachusetts at Longview Farms studio. RIP Lyle Mays.
Can't overlook Mark Egan on bass. Wow all around!
I really enjoyed how Egan's aggressive bass sound kind of dominated the music, back then, but I can also understand why Metheny later decided he'd rather have the sound of an upright bass for his jazzier music.
Shame, he was probably the best player in the band.
Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb sounded so Perfect with Pat and Lyle..
私はこのグループでは、マーク・イーガンが居た頃が一番好きだ。この音楽にはマークで無いと絶対出せない音と雰囲気がある。そして何よりも音楽に自由さがある。この自由さは、マークが居なくなってから失われてしまった。
It's kind funny that I first heard Pat Metheny when I sent in for one of the $1.00 records that advertised on the inside record jacket of another album. One of the songs was Airstream. I listened to that and I have been hooked on the Pat Metheny Group ever since.
It's so nice to see them playing on such a small stage. Makes you realize that they've been there too.
My first Pat Metheny concert was in 1980 at the chapel on the UVermont campus in Burlington. He played this, Unity Village, Phase Dance, San Lorenzo - and an early version of As Fall Witchita, among other songs. Breathtaking - changed my musical life for good and I've seen Pat nearly 20 times in concert - Waltham, Philadelphia, Seattle, Raleigh....The Way Up, to me, is the peak of his art. I so hope that the PMG reunites, though the Unity Group is wonderful as well.
When did you see him in Waltham? I saw him there in about '81 at Brandeis. I also saw him at the Telluride Jazz Festival in 1978....with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Billy Cobham. I'm with you man!
Pat and company is peace and deliverance for the soul
I saw them play this in St.Louis c. 1978 ! ~
70th bday to Lyle (Nov. 27, 1953), shares day w/ Jimi
Oh punaise ! On ne peut qu’apprécier ce génie ! Pharaoniquement !!!
I would not be surprised, if somebody saw him walking on water.
This was the band that when we were all listening to Boston in college (78 or 79) we heard this long haired band and said "Wow...What a cool sound"......that simple....actually thought it was some new R&R format....We all went to see the the PMG in Buffalo NY......American Garage tour....it was LOUD....and awesome...and rockin...but soon the bassist left, drummer left, vocals came in...and many of us abandoned ship..
Man these guys are really on fire!! Pat is playing his ass off !!
My first PMG concert was with this lineup of musicians, Pat, Lyle, Mark Egan (bass) and Danny Gottleib (drums) in Missoula, Montana of all places. Back in the day, PMG rocked it a little harder with their compositions like Airstream and other tunes in the PMG book and they never disappointed with their powerful, forceful, outstanding music and musicianship. Sure wish Pat would return to "group mode" again, their early performances were so fresh and astounding.
Pat & Lyle! This duo, never disappointed anyone
The PMG was fresher then, for sure. I hate to say it, but after 1983 - I'll give you 85 - the shows ceased to be interesting. Anyway, I'm glad to celebrate this video and the good old days.
Gottlieb was highly underrated. None of the later drummers compared.
Wau! Mark Eagan also on percussion!!! What a TALENT!!!
Was the best. The energy and joy is ......
I saw them play this in 1977 in Charlotte North Carolina at ovens auditorium. Shortly before that became my love affair with all things all groups of Pat Matheny.
If someone were to ask me to “Express ecstasy, but without using words,” I would dial up this extraordinary video, sequence forward to Metheny’s brilliant solo, and tell him to watch Metheny’s face as he seduces one joyous melody after another out of his guitar. “There,” I would say. “That’s ecstasy.”
Ecstasy. Mystical exaltation. Oneness with the _Tao._
Joy.
Of course Francis...i agree with you...."he's my poet...as using words"
And do you wonder, as I do, WHY everyone doesn't see this, hear this, in the music? It seems so beautifully apparent to me, to you . . . . yet others miss it completely. A wonder indeed.
For me it’s one word: Eargasm
Thanks for sharing, have listened to this so many times but have never seen it performed live in concert.
I just love the build up to the release at 9:16 - it almost brings me to tears...
Absolutely a musical climax!
Another one by him I love. Just want to dive into the song and float away.
Oh mein Gott. Das ist für mich das beste Lied überhaupt. Danke, Pat. Boooah!
A wonderful concert. I had been there through those sessions. It was in Onkel Pö, a legendary pub in Hambug. Sadly closed in the late ´80th
Look how happy Lyle is at 10:17
This is not a good gig, the song goes wrong (Pat's amp goes wrong?) yet Lyle and Pat turn it into an incredible improvisation. These Cats were on the road 250 nights a year, there were some klunkers and yet in the midst of 'that night in Berlin when everything went to shit' they brought out some fantastic live music. Metheny probably loathes that this performance is on UA-cam for the world to see but it's actually an example of the best of what live improvised music can be. This is a special moment in time.
This gig was in Hamburg - 1980 - at a local club that I used to go see dixieland bands in on Sunday afternoon. Literally a local hang that attracted some good names including Al Jarreau - this is the place that launched Al. The music sounds good to me - even thought they would probably find piles and kaka - but what a gift to have been there. To have played this stuff - written it - and just been in it.
Not sure there's any Airstream in here. But it's a lovely long Cross the Heartland.
Pat is amazing and Lyle's comping is fucking good!
I miss Lyle Mays so much.
Notice how from 10:38 - 10:42 Pat plays that phrase in "harmony". Wow!
Good ear! That is really cool!
stupid question maybe but was Pat and Lyle influenced by Yes at all? A little bit here and there of this tunes sounds like it could be Yes playing on stage Anyway this tune is awesome and so cool to see them as young guys just out there playing their hearts out and tearing it up
For me this is simply elation.
I am crazy of this ONE. Its a kind of piece a mind that help me thinking and keep my heart alert
¡¡¡ Que grande Pat !!! es uno de los mejores temas que he podido escuchar. Spectacular
similar to the club i first saw Pat..blew my frickin mind
Love this song. Did not know that John Holmes could play the bass.
Laughed my ass completely off after I read your comment about John Holmes playing the bass! TOO F-ing FUNNY!
youtube needs a HAHA emoticon
i'm sure it's too late now. but i just read this and can't stop laughing
Gli anni 70. Il migliore periodo per la musica.
Nice. Pat and Lyle and all the guys...so young and with hippie hair :D
A few more lessons and that guitar player will be pretty good. LOL Pat has a unique way of holding his pick, he looks like he could drop it at any second. Remarkable musicians.
Bravo🎼🎸🎻🎺🎹🥁🎵🎶
AWESOME !!! Wow !!!
This is public energy that some call jazz. I CALL it retribution to one who has called the end game of your fantasy.
Marvelous. Joyful!
Thank you!
MARCK EGAN AMAZING!
My youth
From American Garage... remember it well was living in Portsmouth NH actually staying at the Ceres Sreet Inn
Que maravilla!!!!!
LA MEJOR MANERA DE EMPEZAR UN CONCIERTO MARAVILLOSO
they could have branched out towards weather Report's special Fusion recipe, but expanded, outside the very small American Jazz industry. South America, Europe, the world became his playing ground, and also worldly influences.
Monsters.
I noticed how important "Tone" is to Pat, already Master/player and performer at this point in his career.
Looks like sometimes
"it is the equipment"... being able to keep up with him (besides different venue acoustics as well..
Anyone know if footage of this full set is available? I’d love to see more live stuff from the original lineup.
GENIO
Loved this album and followed PM afterwards, although I believe he said he hated the album because they were corralled into commercially viable songs by the label.
8:02 strange way to hold a pick (on its side). I think Steve Morse said he holds it that way too.
New Age, Country or Rock?
by god who force
...pmg original needs a reunion :)
Pat is currently touring on a guitar/piano quartet format. Not sure if it's good enough for you.
Tony Escano ...i bought tickets here in oslo to see his group this may 2017..yes every group with pat is good enough for me..solo, trio, quartet, unity...just miss his group with lyle mays and steve rodby.. :)
I'm so jealous! If things break my way soon I may find myself at the barcelona gig a week later...just not sure if i could get tickets by then...my son was at the temecula ca show in mid-sept and he was so glad he made it...
Wow....mesmerising solo. Made me stop and listen.
9:00
Maybe someone can confirm: this video was recorded in Hamburg Germany. And what year?
Yes Hamburg - at Onkel Pös - exactly 1980 - in the spring I think.
me gusta pero prefiero la versión en Estudio..😮
Kinda felt like they were struggling to stay in the pocket. Personally , I think the choice of a shower of cymbols throughout the song got in the way of Pat's chiming guitar. Would a bit more snare and kick drum helped?
That was most likely at Pat's instruction. Later, on First Circle and Roots of Coincidence Paul Wertico never hits a skin - it's all cymbals (though the percussionists do play some drum notes) for both those 9-min+ compositions.
Di sicuro questo non è il pezzo preferito da Pat..
Not to minimize the death of Lyle Mayse','but I think he may have played himself to death,just sayin'
Incredible !