Oh man, I love stumbling across these performances. There's good, and then there's Greg Koch and Josh Smith good. And when Josh Smith is impressed by your playing? That's a whole other level, son.
@@JasonHobbsGuitarist What I meant is that his "unconventional" or unpredictable attitude of playing sort of reminds me of Monk's piano playing sometimes. And "serious" means that sometimes his obvious love for making jokes (musical and otherwise) possibly tends to obscure his "deeper" abilities as a musician in general and as a guitarist in particular. I was actually very impressed when the first album of his organ trio came out which convinced me that he can be a much more "coherent" musician than I thought up to then. A bit like when a standup comedian you really like suddenly surprises you by really shining in a serious drama movie - If you get what I mean...
@@hkrause9166 Yeah, it's hard to tell sometimes. Being just a listener not knowing him as a person one has to decide for oneself whether that's actually himself or if he's just hiding behind some of his clever tricks (which he can pull off admirably, however...). There's a fine line sometimes, too, between a true hommage to and/or just making fun of some "idol".
Greg's a beast but there's a thousands of talented musicians out there that work hard that have comparable skills. I don't think we need to elevate someone above others to appreciate their awesome skills. Greg's got a unique voice in his guitar playing and I like it. Antoine Boyer is technically more adept than Greg as are most gypsy lead players yet who cares? Music is good and not a competition.
@@timkirchhof747 Antoine is great but gets boring after a few tunes, with Greg you just don't know what's coming next, Hendrix, johnny cash, joe Pass, Led Zep, BB, Beck or just plain Kochery silly madness.
@@ceolsen2884 Agree! I'm not familiar with Antoine but you would be hard pressed to find someone at Greg's level who constantly puts so much of his own personality into his playing.
Two of the most original voices on guitar and in blues. Their mastery of time is breathtaking. And you can tell how witty they both are, all while taking things seriously too. And so much of their playing perfectly balanced their influences along with their own original voices. Just incredible.
HOLY SHIT! I could not think of two guitar players alive that I would rather see perform together. Greg is just all round amazing, I've never not smiled while watching him play or listening to his one man banter. He has a style of playing all his own that I can only describe as playful virtuosity. (Even Josh cracked a few smiles watching him play). Josh is IMO the greatest traditional blues guitar player alive today. Amazing video to stumble onto this sunday afternoon.
Greg & Son, the Keys by Toby and Josh all a jealously guarded government secret of the warm Blues Wars... Thanx for yet another winner Lynda and... cheers
@@bobaldo2339 I agree i like to put the mic so its comi g down at a slight angle and then I can lean my head back slightly and real l y belt it out if thst makes sense.
Roy kock is as boring as watching paint dry. he’s run out of licks so he just tries to sound weird and gimmicky. he ran out of licks and music 20 years ago. everyone sucks his greasy micro pecker because his double stop wannabe country jazz is only found in a room full of old dudes who spend the weekend at guitar center trying to tune their e string.
God Bless Lynda LaHue... hon, you are awesome beyond any application of the word. Having captured so many amazing musicians in their feral animal best is a testament to your dedication to great blues and amazing video. Two thumbs up!!
At first watching Greg it's hard not to wonder if he just picks notes at random and then tries to fix it later. After a while it becomes apparent that he actually has an unbelievable understanding of what's going on. Some of the little bits I pick up on when he's just playing rhythm under Toby's solo or whatever are really pretty amazing. I think there are a quite a few things that slip by under the radar while everyone is focusing on the blazing fast licks, chicken pickin, etc.
He's got a unique way of voicing chords and phrasing and timing his lines. There's just a weird thing going on there, like at the first half of his solo here. He's going for some almost atonal licks with weird bends and feel etc, but the way he resolves it just makes it sweet, like laying a sleeping baby down in a crib. He's kinda like the old funk cats who knew that you want to make it nasty sometimes, just for the taste.
Lord. Have. Mercy. My two favorite guitar slingers on the same stage is just too much! Thank you for capturing this. It's so good I can barely stand it!
Greg is the greatest player I’ve every seen in my life , watching him gave me a full on anxiety attack and palpitations- I thought if I die I die a happy man
"What key are we in?" -Josh Smith 0:16 Josh proceeds to burn it as if he's played it his entire life. Master guitarist. Greg is in a league of his own. He is incomparable.
A deep Master demonstration of a blues conversation between musicians. THAT performance would impress any of the founding father, blues geniuses, and give them heart, that the Blues ain’t gonna die.
just saw this by accident while looking up Kingston Ingram stuff.. just shows you what is hidden out there.. you guys are f..king excellent !! and look like your loving the blues... love and best wishes from Leeds England, and fellow guitarist and lover of the blues.
This is just so tasty. Two true blues men stretching their Tallys so incredibly, it makes my skin crawl. Thanks so much for the share. Love and blues from Denmark.
@@iknowright6090 As long as we're having a good time getting in touch with our emotions, everything else isn't that important. However, gracias for the grammar lessson 🙏
Watching this now on Xmas Eve at 17.23 pm in Newcastle upon Tyne , Whitley Bay In the UK . Loving this and having a chill with a cool beer after a day of preparation . 🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
I've watched so many guitar review videos for shit I'll never be able to afford just because of his playing (he reviews guitars for Wildwood). I legit just watch the videos for the tasty playing and hilarious antics. He could be playing an Estaban acoustic and I'd still tune in....
Thanks Jeff Black for sharing this video of your friend! I want to hear more! Absolutely awesome!!!! God, I love when you can "feel" the music in someone. :-)
Anyone unfamiliar with the Koch Marshall Trio and the story behind 'Toby Arrives' owes it themselves to look back at how that match made in heaven came together as a fortuitously timed 'jam session' that almost wasn't. Good stuff and now, here we are.
Greg plays funny even when he’s serious. Irrepressible and unmistakable.
Oh man, I love stumbling across these performances. There's good, and then there's Greg Koch and Josh Smith good. And when Josh Smith is impressed by your playing? That's a whole other level, son.
I agree Matty!! See ya on Greg’s. Live sessions
Speaking of stumbling across, lol ;)
Not often you see a master get schooled by a monster!
My father wrote this song.
@@garyhalliday2140schooled? What a silly way to think. Both great in their own way.
Playing leads on the organ while also playing the bass line also is incredible.
Yes!
Ray Manzerek 🤓
@@leftyzappa Ray was the Best! RIP Ray.
@@leftyzappa Yes! Rest in peace Ray Manzerek.
Toby is an animal!
Greg is so unpredictable in his playing, that’s what is so different and great about him. master! Can’t be touched on the guitar. \m/
Once he gets serious he's very good indeed, almost like Thelonious Monk on guitar...
moreorlesslikeso he sounds like himself, nobody else. The very best these days!
@@JasonHobbsGuitarist What I meant is that his "unconventional" or unpredictable attitude of playing sort of reminds me of Monk's piano playing sometimes. And "serious" means that sometimes his obvious love for making jokes (musical and otherwise) possibly tends to obscure his "deeper" abilities as a musician in general and as a guitarist in particular.
I was actually very impressed when the first album of his organ trio came out which convinced me that he can be a much more "coherent" musician than I thought up to then.
A bit like when a standup comedian you really like suddenly surprises you by really shining in a serious drama movie - If you get what I mean...
@@moreorlesslikeso agree. Certainly impressed by Greg Kochs playing-abilities...but sometimes one just dont know if he is seriouse..or joking!?
@@hkrause9166 Yeah, it's hard to tell sometimes. Being just a listener not knowing him as a person one has to decide for oneself whether that's actually himself or if he's just hiding behind some of his clever tricks (which he can pull off admirably, however...). There's a fine line sometimes, too, between a true hommage to and/or just making fun of some "idol".
wtf....that was nuts. Even josh was going .....dude you are sick .I love you guys. Probably as good as its ever gonna get....
Well said
I can't even imagine what it would be like to sit down in a bar not knowing who these guys are and listen to this. I'd be tripping out lmao
Greg is just unbelievably connected to his instrument in a way that IMHO very few are...I think you can count them on one hand.
Greg's a beast but there's a thousands of talented musicians out there that work hard that have comparable skills. I don't think we need to elevate someone above others to appreciate their awesome skills. Greg's got a unique voice in his guitar playing and I like it. Antoine Boyer is technically more adept than Greg as are most gypsy lead players yet who cares? Music is good and not a competition.
lol, “thousands of players with comparable skills”, right...
@@timkirchhof747 Antoine is great but gets boring after a few tunes, with Greg you just don't know what's coming next, Hendrix, johnny cash, joe Pass, Led Zep, BB, Beck or just plain Kochery silly madness.
@@ceolsen2884 Agree! I'm not familiar with Antoine but you would be hard pressed to find someone at Greg's level who constantly puts so much of his own personality into his playing.
here is a list of the thousands of players with comparable skills: danny gatton
Two of the most original voices on guitar and in blues. Their mastery of time is breathtaking. And you can tell how witty they both are, all while taking things seriously too. And so much of their playing perfectly balanced their influences along with their own original voices. Just incredible.
Love when Greg sings.This is a barroom masterclass .Gregs comping is limitless
HOLY SHIT! I could not think of two guitar players alive that I would rather see perform together. Greg is just all round amazing, I've never not smiled while watching him play or listening to his one man banter. He has a style of playing all his own that I can only describe as playful virtuosity. (Even Josh cracked a few smiles watching him play). Josh is IMO the greatest traditional blues guitar player alive today. Amazing video to stumble onto this sunday afternoon.
The band keeps the Music alive like it used to be.....their own styles and great to listen to....
Greg & Son, the Keys by Toby and Josh all a jealously guarded government secret
of the warm Blues Wars...
Thanx for yet another winner Lynda and... cheers
Josh Smith found another galaxy for Blues playing. Organ cat sounds sweet.
Everybody talks bout his playin, but Greg's got some pipes on him too! Cheers.
He sounds very good. The mic level should be a little higher if I can offer an opinion. Then he would not have to crowd the mic so much.
Was thinking the same thing, brother 👍
@@bobaldo2339 I agree i like to put the mic so its comi g down at a slight angle and then I can lean my head back slightly and real l y belt it out if thst makes sense.
Greg has some of the best vibrato in this genre
My favorite part was watching Josh Smith trying to keep a straight face when Greg starts ripping up those licks on his solo !
The best blues playing I've ever heard. Both these guys seem to be the best thing going.
Dear Lord, Koch is just on such a completely different level. NO one can even enter his world.
Roy ill give you one guy who is easily as good as Greg and thats George Marios
Roy and yes Josh Smith is easily as good
Roy kock is as boring as watching paint dry. he’s run out of licks so he just tries to sound weird and gimmicky. he ran out of licks and music 20 years ago. everyone sucks his greasy micro pecker because his double stop wannabe country jazz is only found in a room full of old dudes who spend the weekend at guitar center trying to tune their e string.
Roy George Marios on one fret can outplay 10 greg kocks
Roy BRAD PAISLEY has greg beat at his own game and the bank account to match
There's about two years worth of "how to play 'outside' blues solos" lessons in Greg's playing here. Phenomenal.
The triplet Greg plays at 2:25 then smiles when he hits the sweet spot. Ugh. F yes.
Damn near like the G spot
Greg is always amazing ! Unique , and wicked with any axe . There is no other like him !
God Bless Lynda LaHue... hon, you are awesome beyond any application of the word. Having captured so many amazing musicians in their feral animal best is a testament to your dedication to great blues and amazing video. Two thumbs up!!
ken sheldon I really appreciate that. Thank you very much.
@@LyndaLaHue yes I set up and ran sound for a long time I salute you unsung hero
thank you, lynda!
"Fucking awesome "no other words for these men of the blues playing right outside the box . Love them both
At first watching Greg it's hard not to wonder if he just picks notes at random and then tries to fix it later. After a while it becomes apparent that he actually has an unbelievable understanding of what's going on. Some of the little bits I pick up on when he's just playing rhythm under Toby's solo or whatever are really pretty amazing. I think there are a quite a few things that slip by under the radar while everyone is focusing on the blazing fast licks, chicken pickin, etc.
He's got a unique way of voicing chords and phrasing and timing his lines. There's just a weird thing going on there, like at the first half of his solo here. He's going for some almost atonal licks with weird bends and feel etc, but the way he resolves it just makes it sweet, like laying a sleeping baby down in a crib. He's kinda like the old funk cats who knew that you want to make it nasty sometimes, just for the taste.
Lord. Have. Mercy. My two favorite guitar slingers on the same stage is just too much! Thank you for capturing this. It's so good I can barely stand it!
These two are so great and they both really have their own voice on the guitar. Two of my favourites ever easily
Greg Koch is just unique!
...healing blues music !. good for my soul !.
Masterclass!
I always appreciate a gentle touch with taste
Greg is the greatest player I’ve every seen in my life , watching him gave me a full on anxiety attack and palpitations- I thought if I die I die a happy man
I hope these people realize who they are witnessing
Living legends
2 great guitarists...who need a singer.
Greg and Josh 2 of the greatest players of this time! Love it!!!
Hells yeah, got them teles smokin' (organ too) !
Nice video, great sound, thanks.
These live performances in small clubs let the musicians cut loose, let it out. 😎👍
Thank you!
3:20 how does he do that? he's some kind of wizard of the tele
Smith and Koch Are „Monsters“! The phrasing - the chops - the tone - the taste! Amazing - BIG LOVE! ps: And the band sounds f.....g awesome!
This is some of the best blues guitar ever captured.
Became addicted to those live sessions! 😎👌💯
Only way to fly
Gregory Kochery, your joy for playing is a blessing to hear
Man, Greg Koch must be one of the most underrated GOAT (Guitarist Of All Time). Love it! lol.
Holy Koch ..... what sustain on that Tele. Greg is a daredevil. Never takes shortcuts.
First time I've ever heard of Greg Koch. I like his style. Great hearing something new instead of all the same old chops we hear in blues.
I love Josh , he’s unreal………but Greg is an alien , kinda like Gatton was , whole other level
WFO
"What key are we in?" -Josh Smith 0:16 Josh proceeds to burn it as if he's played it his entire life. Master guitarist. Greg is in a league of his own. He is incomparable.
When you're insane you can create unique liçks. Thanks Greg!
Epic playing by both of these monster players...
Think I’m listening to guitar heaven. Unbelievable 👍
A deep Master demonstration of a blues conversation between musicians. THAT performance would impress any of the founding father, blues geniuses, and give them heart, that the Blues ain’t gonna die.
100%
It does not get any better than this......really.
Greg was something diffrent, we can see that he search his sound, and those bendings burn my head ahahah. What was that ??!’
Yeah dude! His playing is awesome, Josh’s playing too, love both
What do you mean was?? He ain’t dead, don’t scare us like that!
Greg chock solo is killer. I saw Josh smith play when he was a kid in 1999 plantation Florida still played about the same but Greg is at another level
Greg *Koch*
Whoever filmed and posted...thank you Thank you THANK YOU!
...keep comin' back t' this healin' balm.
just saw this by accident while looking up Kingston Ingram stuff.. just shows you what is hidden out there.. you guys are f..king excellent !! and look like your loving the blues... love and best wishes from Leeds England, and fellow guitarist and lover of the blues.
Damn Koch can freakin play baby....so unique I love it
I think I've just been Tele-ported to another dimension!! 😎👍
Fantastic blues
Greg is a good Blues singer.
Can't believe I missed this gig SMH.
Love that added burst into. I would like to play like that
This is just so tasty. Two true blues men stretching their Tallys so incredibly, it makes my skin crawl. Thanks so much for the share. Love and blues from Denmark.
makes my skin crawl = makes me feel uncomfortable
gives me goosebumps = positive uncontrolled emotional response
@@iknowright6090 As long as we're having a good time getting in touch with our emotions, everything else isn't that important. However, gracias for the grammar lessson 🙏
Very Stormy Mondayish.
Does it get any better ? ....... 🙏 thanx so much
awesome I love it
Greg has a very free spirit! I want to try to play some of your stuff, with respect. Have a good time.
Oh you big Sasquatch you are full of surprises! Had no idea you could sing like that, too!
He cant
Watching this now on Xmas Eve at 17.23 pm in Newcastle upon Tyne , Whitley Bay In the UK . Loving this and having a chill with a cool beer after a day of preparation . 🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
Greg Koch, rhymes with Chalk. Great guy!
Absolutely awesome Guitarist 2 of the greatest 🎸🎸👍👍
Now yet another reason Maui is heaven on earth.
Well now I know about Greg Koch, this is exciting.
I've watched so many guitar review videos for shit I'll never be able to afford just because of his playing (he reviews guitars for Wildwood). I legit just watch the videos for the tasty playing and hilarious antics. He could be playing an Estaban acoustic and I'd still tune in....
Such incredible guitarmanship!
Blues is the best because you can play absolutely anything and still sound amazing!
I never heard better than this
Message in a bottle! Great find
really nice, fellas
sublimely beautiful performance of a sublimely beautiful song
Man..... Gregory can sing goodly 😮
thanks for capturing 1 of the greatest performances
Holy cow, that was incredible
Bravo guys....2 of the best guitarists...period.
Solid!
Two of my favorite modern day musicians. Jayzus that was good
No distespect at all, in any way, but I'd love to see, seperately, Jimmy Smith and Jon Lord sitting in here!
This was great a group of guys doing what they do for the rest of our enjoyment Thanks if no one said thank you.
Thanks Jeff Black for sharing this video of your friend! I want to hear more! Absolutely awesome!!!! God, I love when you can "feel" the music in someone. :-)
Glad to see Phillip McKnight on the keys.
Looks nothing like him, Stevie Wonder.
Andrew W. G ha ha ha. Holy crap you had me laughing my ass off. What a good catch.
kommi1974 👆🏽Don’t be so sure.
amazing great playing
Two of the best playing ...... currently.......nice job boys......reminds me of Duane and Dickey......with a little of Danny Gatton thrown in....
Thanks for posting this! It's magic!!
Love listening to real good musicians....
Smokin'!
Tele and blues!! Love it!!
Anyone unfamiliar with the Koch Marshall Trio and the story behind 'Toby Arrives' owes it themselves to look back at how that match made in heaven came together as a fortuitously timed 'jam session' that almost wasn't. Good stuff and now, here we are.
Keyboard guy, makes them all sound better, his backing is great. He also plays great lines.
this old bean plays like a BOSS !
Outstanding!
Two masters! Great soulful solos👍🙏
Greg and Josh play so well together, they should do a tour. The band is solid as a Rock!