I still have my Gallagher G71 Special SN# 1043 which I bought directly from J.W. Gallagher around 1975 for $475 with case. First I wrote him a letter, which he replied to with a personal typed and signed response giving prices and models. Then I ordered the guitar and received it a few months later. It's a wonderful, fantastic, beautiful guitar that has never ceased to give me great pleasure every time I play it.
Got my Doc Watsom custom in 2007 personally constructed by Mr Don Gallagher and he graciously added my personalised embellishments that makes this guitar a one-off. I requested the guitar had a cutaway body and a sunburst finish as well as my stage name engraved on the pickguard and out of the total number of guitars built at the original New Wartrace shop mine is the only guitar with this feature. A beautiful instrument with an out of this world tone. Marty Rivers ( Australia).
Wow what a trio, you done Doc Watson right J.P I am sure he was smiling down from heaven when he heard this lovely tribute. Thanks to so much J.P., Jeff, Darryl and Gallagher guitars big smile here and hitting the rewind right now to listen again :-) :-)
Those Gallaghers sound exactly where they came from , the South . Beautiful, authentic, focused and sparkling. I played a friends one years ago briefly in Tennessee. The one guitar that left a lasting impression on me to this day . Great concert
@@tmichaelcoleman7407 man oh man!! You’re one of my heroes. I love everything you ever did with Doc, BCH, you name it. You’re one of the best bass players who ever held the instrument. I am super stoked that you saw our little video. Thank you for messaging. A means everything to me. Doc was my lifelong hero, and I suppose he always will be. There’ll never be another.
Well, I bought a DW off Don Gallagher in 1997 over at Wartrace and then I played it on the open mic. Then Scott Rouse said 'Do you want to meet Doc?' I almost fainted but did meet him. Wow!!! Took the guitar back home to UK, still have it. Lovely people, really great.
Oh My God, Jack, I'm sure you don't remember me. There was an upstate NY college gig you and Doc did, in like '88, or 89'. I was walking down the hall and I saw Doc through a door window. Being a guitarist, I couldn't help but go in an introduce myself. He shook my hand and we talked for a short time. Oh, my god, to meet someone like this! Later, after the show, I talked with you a little bit. I asked you how are you doing as a musician playing this kind of music which we both loved. You replied, "Well my house is paid off." Righteous...I was so happy to hear that a trad guy could make a living! Eric PS you were a little slimmer then. 😀 I got the same problem.
Hey JP---- your tribute to Doc Watson and Gallagher Guitars is exceptional. In 1973 I saw Doc and his son Merle live in performance at McCabe's Guitar Store in Santa Monica, California. I sat in the front row about six feet away. Doc and Merle were fantastic. I'll never forget it. I'm sure he would approve of your great video.
J.P. , absolutely stellar. Loved your story at Stompin' Tom's 80th birthday about how he gave you $500 to buy clothes when you first started out, and have been searching all things JP ever since.
I was looking for my first nice guitar and visited Gallagher Guitars in 1974 and Don took me and my friend on a tour of the shop. My budget was about a months salary for a teacher/coach and the guitar I wanted was about $200 more than my budget. I bought a very nice guitar (not a Gallagher) which I still have today. I have had a couple of very nice guitars but have always wanted that Gallagher. Beautiful guitars!
FORCE YOURSELF MY FRIEND……I USED TO DREAM OF J200s AND MARTINS…..EVENTUALLY I GOT THEM ALL EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK 40YEARS! YOU WONT BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU GO FOR IT. GOOD LUCK.
Had to watch it again, just to make sure that this wasn't an illusion. It's not, just the very best in music. What a frigging band this is. There is no better than these masters!!!!!!!!
About 18 years ago I played a Gallagher and always thought it had the deepest bottom end I've ever heard in a guitar. I haven't seen one in any guitar store I've gone to since then. Not a common guitar up here in my area of Canada. I would love to have the opportunity to play another one again.
J.P. , I only became aware of you very recently and I confess I had underestimated you as a player. I stand corrected. That was some really fine playing, sir. What I didn't miss, though, is that your love of this music is heartfelt. Major props to you!
I heard Doc several times in the ‘60’s….he amazed and inspired us all. And the original sound of his D-18 and then his Gallagher G-50 imprinted indelibly…
Thank you guys, second time watching it through and it just gets better! Incredible versatility, crazy flat picking at its best 👉 Jeff and JP ! Nuff said.
That made me so happy. I love old doc and the boys. Love the flat Picken I'm going to have to learn how to do that some time soon. Thanks boys for putting a smile on my face. 🤠
Guys, what a performance, I thought I was down in Tennessee, sit-in on the grass listening to The master himself Doc Watson. Great video guys, I enjoyed that very much. Thankyou!!
I've watched a few of JP's videos, but they were basically guitar reviews, I never actually heard him play-play. Oh my gosh, what a player he is. I was blown away, and Jeff and Darryl were great too. Terrific tribute to Doc, thanks fella's.
Really great performance. I listened to Doc guitar from imported records in ‘70 in Japan. I didn’t understand how he picked his guitar while singing songs because no movie then.
Holy crap was this good !!! 👏👏👏👏 I like bluegrass but I’ve been mostly a punk rocker my whole life. so I don’t know whose who, I don’t know chords or guitars, but what I do know is it sounds amazing, and puts an instant smile on my face. 🥰if you put the top bluegrass people in a line up, I wouldn’t know anyone. But thanks to covid I had ALOT of time to watch you tube. It’s given me the opportunity to sit and listen, and welI one doc video and it was “see ya later I’m jumping in this rabbit hole for awhile”😂😂 I don’t know you guys but I can’t wait to dig in and learn about you all. What an amazing tribute!! He’s upstairs playing right along with you all and Merle’s sitting right next to him. I don’t have enough words to say how blown away I am. 💕💕💕 edit: my dads in hospice right now, and seeing you guys play with such joy and laughter reminds me that along with sorrow can come joy when we remember those that are gone from this world. 💕💕
That was great 👍
Encore!!!! Deep River Blues
I still have my Gallagher G71 Special SN# 1043 which I bought directly from J.W. Gallagher around 1975 for $475 with case. First I wrote him a letter, which he replied to with a personal typed and signed response giving prices and models. Then I ordered the guitar and received it a few months later. It's a wonderful, fantastic, beautiful guitar that has never ceased to give me great pleasure every time I play it.
Crazy good pickin’ on this. And those guitars sound incredible.
Got my Doc Watsom custom in 2007 personally constructed by Mr Don Gallagher and he graciously added my personalised embellishments that makes this guitar a one-off. I requested the guitar had a cutaway body and a sunburst finish as well as my stage name engraved on the pickguard and out of the total number of guitars built at the original New Wartrace shop mine is the only guitar with this feature. A beautiful instrument with an out of this world tone. Marty Rivers ( Australia).
This was one goddamn incredible show! I watched it three times already
Iv watched this minimum 200 times. Love ya bro.
Saw Doc and Merle in the Bottom Line in NYC. Right across, less than 12 feet away. Pure magic.
Best tribute to Doc I've ever heard! J.P., you have captured Doc's special sound, so fast, smooth, and that impeccable definition at blistering tempo.
Wow what a trio, you done Doc Watson right J.P I am sure he was smiling down from heaven when he heard this lovely tribute. Thanks to so much J.P., Jeff, Darryl and Gallagher guitars big smile here and hitting the rewind right now to listen again :-) :-)
The expressions on Jeffs face was worth the price of admission.
What an awesome tribute, a real privilege to be in the room 🙏
come Back to Kingston Ontario as fast as you can.... Please....All the Best.....Dan Gratto.
Got a Gallagher in 1971 played it loved it till 2005. Now it sits and waits. Haven't played for 16 years.
Wow! When you boys play a song, it stays played!!!
Those Gallaghers sound exactly where they came from , the South . Beautiful, authentic, focused and sparkling. I played a friends one years ago briefly in Tennessee. The one guitar that left a lasting impression on me to this day . Great concert
Great job boys. Especially Darryl. I played a Jazz bass when I first started with D&M.
T Michael
Holy crap!!! Is this really you???
@@JPCormier yes sir.
@@tmichaelcoleman7407 man oh man!! You’re one of my heroes. I love everything you ever did with Doc, BCH, you name it. You’re one of the best bass players who ever held the instrument. I am super stoked that you saw our little video. Thank you for messaging. A means everything to me. Doc was my lifelong hero, and I suppose he always will be. There’ll never be another.
I posted your video on the group I administer on Facebook. Pick It Son. Keep in touch. I appreciate your kind words.
I had to the album The Essential Doc Watson.....nice to hear Alberta again. O0--:::
Saw Doc and Merle at an intimate concert in Toronto at the Harbourfront. A very magic evening, so lucky to have been there! Thanks JP.
Well, I bought a DW off Don Gallagher in 1997 over at Wartrace and then I played it on the open mic. Then Scott Rouse said 'Do you want to meet Doc?' I almost fainted but did meet him. Wow!!! Took the guitar back home to UK, still have it. Lovely people, really great.
Thanks JP! & Gallagher! Just sensational!! WE ARE SO LUCKY!!
Doc sure could tear it up.
So can J.P. and Jeff.
Darryl is no slouch on the bass either.
I could listen to an hour of just harmony pick’in !
Awesome boys ! 👏
A really fine show thanks so much. A great tribute to Doc by excellent players who are clearly into the music
Oh My God, Jack,
I'm sure you don't remember me. There was an upstate NY college gig you and Doc did, in like '88, or 89'. I was walking down the hall and I saw Doc through a door window. Being a guitarist, I couldn't help but go in an introduce myself. He shook my hand and we talked for a short time.
Oh, my god, to meet someone like this!
Later, after the show, I talked with you a little bit. I asked you how are you doing as a musician playing this kind of music which we both loved. You replied, "Well my house is paid off."
Righteous...I was so happy to hear that a trad guy could make a living!
Eric
PS you were a little slimmer then. 😀 I got the same problem.
Hey JP---- your tribute to Doc Watson and Gallagher Guitars is exceptional. In 1973 I saw Doc and his son Merle live in performance at McCabe's Guitar Store in Santa Monica, California. I sat in the front row about six feet away. Doc and Merle were fantastic. I'll never forget it. I'm sure he would approve of your great video.
J.P. , absolutely stellar. Loved your story at Stompin' Tom's 80th birthday about how he gave you $500 to buy clothes when you first started out, and have been searching all things JP ever since.
God bless you guys!
This is a marvelous thing to come home to after a *very* long day - thanks guys!
10000 thanks guys. The best all
I was looking for my first nice guitar and visited Gallagher Guitars in 1974 and Don took me and my friend on a tour of the shop. My budget was about a months salary for a teacher/coach and the guitar I wanted was about $200 more than my budget. I bought a very nice guitar (not a Gallagher) which I still have today. I have had a couple of very nice guitars but have always wanted that Gallagher. Beautiful guitars!
FORCE YOURSELF MY FRIEND……I USED TO DREAM OF J200s AND MARTINS…..EVENTUALLY I GOT THEM ALL EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK 40YEARS! YOU WONT BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU GO FOR IT. GOOD LUCK.
always the Best Thankyou.
Great job! Jeff Nauss and J.P. What a wonderful collaboration.
Boy, those guitars look and sound so beautifu.l
Yes, incredible....What a nice tribute to the great Doc Watson....great playing
Thanks for the show JP, your love for playing pumps us up!!!
Wonderful concert and tribute. Thank-you JP, friends and Gallagher.
Great job guys! Doc's singing was also terrific. Thanks for the memories.
oh gawd, can't WAIT for this!!!!!
That made my morning. I don't know much of Doc's work, but what I hear here is pretty great. Thanks to JP and Gallagher Guitars!
Son!!!
Had to watch it again, just to make sure that this wasn't an illusion. It's not, just the very best in music. What a frigging band this is. There is no better than these masters!!!!!!!!
Absolutely AWSOME
Many thanks. Alberta on a Vangaurd album was an early memory for me.
just outstanding
Young Jeff was on fire , boys ! Look me up if you come to Bridgewater.
Brilliant....
So awesome! Great concert guys! 🤩🤩🤩
About 18 years ago I played a Gallagher and always thought it had the deepest bottom end I've ever heard in a guitar. I haven't seen one in any guitar store I've gone to since then. Not a common guitar up here in my area of Canada. I would love to have the opportunity to play another one again.
Hebb! What a pleasant surprise 🙂
Fabulous show. Amazing...
Excellent!!!!!
Awesome is too small a word to describe this display and collection of Doc Watson tunes
Doc quality guys !!!
J.P. , I only became aware of you very recently and I confess I had underestimated you
as a player. I stand corrected. That was some really fine playing, sir. What I didn't miss,
though, is that your love of this music is heartfelt. Major props to you!
Thank good way to spend a Saturday night.
Awesome !
Bought me a doc Watson Gallagher last month. It has become my favorite guitar. A true cannon
I heard Doc several times in the ‘60’s….he amazed and inspired us all. And the original sound of his D-18 and then his Gallagher G-50 imprinted indelibly…
Such wonderful inspired playing! The spirit of Doc is alive and well with you guys. God Bless!
Super concert
Marvellous boys, great playin JP, Jeff and Darryl.
I watched Texas Gales/Billy In The Low Ground 6 times ... wow
39:30 ➡️ wooooowww
CHRIST JP!!! You are really really good...this is sick!!
Brilliant playing. What an evening of entertainment, thanks to you all.
Wonderful program!
Thank you guys, second time watching it through and it just gets better! Incredible versatility, crazy flat picking at its best 👉 Jeff and JP ! Nuff said.
JP that was amazing!! All I can say is wow Doc would be so proud! That was some fantastic playing I'm blown away!
Great picking, love the sound of these guitars, great vocals too, thanks for posting.
Great show! Thank you J.P. Jeff and Darryl!
Excellent guys!
That made me so happy. I love old doc and the boys. Love the flat Picken
I'm going to have to learn how to do that some time soon. Thanks boys for putting a smile on my face. 🤠
Looking forward to watching this performance!
love the bassist
Outstanding pickin’ fellas. Doc would be proud!
Nice sounding guitars and well played.
The closest thing to Doc since he passed. Great job guys and thanks for keeping his memory and music alive.
Ring old fiver....Sorry. Great show boys. Doc's spirit was in the room for sure !
Guys, what a performance, I thought I was down in Tennessee, sit-in on the grass listening to
The master himself Doc Watson. Great video guys, I enjoyed that very much. Thankyou!!
Sounds amazing on the stereo!!! Thanks and cheers!
Why does picking like that make me smile so much. Joyful I guess. Top drawer stuff guys.
I sure enjoyed this!
well i think i'm just gonna faint, that's all.
You are a superb music man sir ...sean mcghee from glasgow scotland doc watson fan
Nice to see Darryl again. I haven't seen or heard him since he was traveling with the Spinney Brothers. Brilliant playing by J.P. and all.
Brilliant Brilliant playing. Just fantastic. wow!
Great great concert really enjoyed all you playing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Now that is some nice playing . . .
Great stuff .....and yes wish I'd known about Doc in my early years..
I've watched a few of JP's videos, but they were basically guitar reviews, I never actually heard him play-play. Oh my gosh, what a player he is. I was blown away, and Jeff and Darryl were great too. Terrific tribute to Doc, thanks fella's.
and your other compatriots are darn fine players as well
Wow. This is flat out friggin fantastic!
Wonderful.
Awesome picking and singing from this trio....did doc proud...love it!!!!
Have my reminder set...
Great playing as always J.P. Almost as good as the man himself.
Amazing!
Doc would be proud to hear this.
Really great performance. I listened to Doc guitar from imported records in ‘70 in Japan. I didn’t understand how he picked his guitar while singing songs because no movie then.
Holy crap was this good !!! 👏👏👏👏 I like bluegrass but I’ve been mostly a punk rocker my whole life. so I don’t know whose who, I don’t know chords or guitars, but what I do know is it sounds amazing, and puts an instant smile on my face. 🥰if you put the top bluegrass people in a line up, I wouldn’t know anyone. But thanks to covid I had ALOT of time to watch you tube. It’s given me the opportunity to sit and listen, and welI one doc video and it was “see ya later I’m jumping in this rabbit hole for awhile”😂😂 I don’t know you guys but I can’t wait to dig in and learn about you all. What an amazing tribute!! He’s upstairs playing right along with you all and Merle’s sitting right next to him. I don’t have enough words to say how blown away I am. 💕💕💕 edit: my dads in hospice right now, and seeing you guys play with such joy and laughter reminds me that along with sorrow can come joy when we remember those that are gone from this world. 💕💕