Tim Lerch and Bruce Forman Blues for Barney

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  • Опубліковано 23 лип 2022
  • Bruce is such a fantastic guitarist and a friend. He stayed with me for a few days and we had a great time playing, talking, eating and solving all the worlds problems. Although it wasn’t documented, I also played Barney’s guitar of which Bruce is now the steward. In this video we improvise a blues, talked about Barney’s guitar and then we wraped it up with a nice version of Softly as in a Morning Sunrise. Thank you Bruce for your great company and for letting me spend some time with this iconic guitar.
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  • @joenania
    @joenania 2 місяці тому +4

    I met BARNEY KESSEL in NEW YORK CITY at the VILLAGE VANGUARD - I recall it was summer of 1985 - HE sat with my mom and I in between sets - wow - I held and played HIS 1946 Gibson guitar that night - !

  • @freddymclain4955
    @freddymclain4955 Рік тому +17

    I met Barney in 1968. I visited his shop in LA, and when I entered the store, I saw him talking with a guy. I didn't want to just walk up and introduce myself, so i grabbed a blonde
    L-7 and parked myself on the other side of the shop. I played 'Our Love is Here to Stay' as I learned it off of his Kessel Plays Standards album. When I finished, he was standing there and he said, 'That all sounds very familiar.' He laughed when i told him the story about how i happened to learn that particular tune. IN 1961, an associate who worked at a big music store in Houston gave me the 'Standards' album and said he'd give me an amp (which i didn't have) if i learned one cut verbatim! I worked on 'Our Love' for weeks but never got the whole thing exactly right. Barney thought that was hysterical. He made me play it again for his friend. I told him that i didn't get the amp, but i did get a course in 'jazz guitar 101.'

  • @AdlaiAlexander
    @AdlaiAlexander Місяць тому +2

    Bruce and I are playing duo gig together 7/29 at Corkscrew in Portland OR! He's the best!

  • @mattayars4915
    @mattayars4915 Рік тому +37

    You guys are a gift to the guitarists of the world. Your humility, friendliness, warmth, and passion for the art inspires us. Thank you.

  • @martin.verreault.musique
    @martin.verreault.musique Рік тому +29

    An album together? This happiness is audible and contagious.

  • @RossHelmot
    @RossHelmot 2 роки тому +11

    2 of my favourite guitar players,, teachers and people...

  • @mykhelderian
    @mykhelderian 5 місяців тому +2

    Dont you wish you could have as much fun as those two obviously are? Can't help but smile watching it.Those 13ths hit you right in the dimple.

  • @shuhudtjia2270
    @shuhudtjia2270 Рік тому +16

    I can't believe it. I always follow and watch each of you and today you're just playing together! You both are definitely top guitarists around and I've been blessed seeing you playing beautifully.

  • @banjomandan7199
    @banjomandan7199 Рік тому +3

    I had the great privilege of seeing and hearing that great ES-350 in a number of Barney's performances in the SF Bay Area in the '70's. Thank you for keeping that guitar and Barney's incredible spirit alive!

  • @Timothy-remembers
    @Timothy-remembers Рік тому +1

    Gosh dang! We got some ripping jams here….!~

  • @johnny.musician
    @johnny.musician Рік тому +3

    The joy is palpable, thanks for this you two.

  • @joeblakeukeman
    @joeblakeukeman Місяць тому

    Johann Sebastian would have loved be here, listening to this, especially the simultaneous improvisation near the end of Softly As In … Maybe he IS here, inspiring these delicious and delightful musicians, whose joy in each others creative outpouring is our joy in watching. Thank you, guys! 👏👏👏

  • @TimLerchGuitar
    @TimLerchGuitar  Рік тому +4

    Please consider clicking on the “Thanks Button” to show your appreciation ..

  • @reddvolkaert1374
    @reddvolkaert1374 Рік тому +11

    Absolutely wonderful playing and nerdy information!
    Thank you

  • @orlandobonzi2607
    @orlandobonzi2607 Рік тому +3

    This is one of the best duets I hear in a long time, you guys consider to make an album together, the tone you guys got is just amazing 🙏🏻 thank you for the beautiful music

  • @RickMcCargar
    @RickMcCargar Рік тому +15

    Loved this, thanks guys! So cool that Barney's guitar isn't sitting in some collector's house behind glass. Let it do what it was meant to do..so awesome!

    • @roughcutguitars
      @roughcutguitars Рік тому +3

      Yes, yes, yes - AND doublely blessed it's in the right hands. (I imagine Barney putting a curse on a less-deserving pretender :-) )

  • @bobkabala8407
    @bobkabala8407 Рік тому +1

    cool I have a lot of fun and remember barney you have a cool drive

  • @vincentkowski8466
    @vincentkowski8466 Рік тому +2

    Barney is smiling down from Heaven for sure 😇👍

  • @roughcutguitars
    @roughcutguitars Рік тому +1

    When Bruce played that opening phrase to "Cry Me..." ALL the feels!

  • @jeroenhuijts3597
    @jeroenhuijts3597 Рік тому +3

    Manny manny years ago I met Barney Kessel in a small club in the Netherlands. He showed me the guitar and told me about the plywood and the special dials etc.etc. But he also told me that on the inside the pick up was wrapped in tinfoil to prevend noise. He said he had a lot of problems with it on TV shows were there was a lot of light and and consequently a lot of electrical buzz...

  • @Jimi_7-7-7
    @Jimi_7-7-7 Рік тому +4

    YEESSS 🤝😎 … and with Barney’s guitar… just awesome guys! Thank you very much for Videos like this one 🙏

  • @KristopherCraig
    @KristopherCraig Рік тому +2

    Love the chord chatter. Like a Hammond player. And also everything else about this post. I love how Bruce is just going around getting people to play Barney’s guitar and just being himself! So much life lessons on how to be your best self from your posts and his posts. I’m leaning more then just guitar from you thank you.

  • @JamesHindsW5ATJ
    @JamesHindsW5ATJ Рік тому +6

    Awesome! Two of the best. Thanks for posting 🎸

  • @faisletoismeme
    @faisletoismeme Рік тому +1

    WOW !!!!

  • @JosephusDalrymple
    @JosephusDalrymple Рік тому +2

    I just love hearing two masters play these irreplaceable jazz artifacts.

  • @6StringsTheory
    @6StringsTheory Рік тому +1

    Are used to go hear Bruce play in San Francisco during the late 80s. He was great then and he’s great now.

  • @frakognome4434
    @frakognome4434 Рік тому +1

    I met Barney Kessel some 30-31 years ago. He told me that Charlie Christian playied downstrokes only. I'll never forget when I could touch (just touch) his - THAT - guitar.

  • @toreilly100
    @toreilly100 Рік тому +2

    Blues Power...yeah!!

  • @bernardbourget9273
    @bernardbourget9273 Рік тому +1

    Hé les gars, c'est un vrai plaisir de vous voir jouer ensemble et de voir votre propre plaisir. Merci à vous deux .
    Hey guys, it’s a real pleasure to see you play together and see your own pleasure. Thank you both

  • @stratocaster1greg
    @stratocaster1greg Рік тому +1

    Beautiful instruments in loving hands. Old guitars are my favorite guitars. When I grow up I wanna play like ya ll.

  • @FriendsofMusicOnlie
    @FriendsofMusicOnlie Рік тому +2

    Loved the electrified and amplified “ dark brown” sound and voicings of Barney with this guitar.
    Saw and heard him playing several time in the Netherlands, with a trio and together with Charly Byrd and Herb Ellis. I myself play a Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery what is a horrible instrument to perform with on stage due to terrible feedback with the amplifier even on low volume. I searched for solutions and a luthier suggested to fill the body with foam. No way !
    Well played you guys. Keep the good things going on . Regards from the Netherlands

    • @wheaty64
      @wheaty64 Рік тому

      Try semi inflating a party balloon inside the upper F hole. say covering a third to half the F hole. You can tame the feedback, and it creates a drier tone,

  • @barrysebastian9584
    @barrysebastian9584 Рік тому +2

    OMG - the cover of Softly - two masters killin’ it on improv and trades🤯. This is just wonderful!!!👏👏👏🔥🔥😁 Two of my favorite players swinging and hanging (with Barney’a spirit watching over things blessing each note 🎶😁). Obviously having a ball… this should somehow be a regular thing❗️

  • @joeblakeukeman
    @joeblakeukeman Місяць тому

    Thanks

  • @jorgetenamusic
    @jorgetenamusic Рік тому +2

    Wow!! What a privilege it is to listen to you.

  • @alexandergriggs9934
    @alexandergriggs9934 Рік тому +1

    So cool

  • @johnvassos82
    @johnvassos82 Рік тому +3

    So many lessons here all jammed into one video! Thank you!!

  • @pmaybank
    @pmaybank Рік тому +1

    killer

  • @robertomacheda592
    @robertomacheda592 Рік тому +1

    yeahhh very nice sound

  • @FlaxeMusic
    @FlaxeMusic 2 роки тому +7

    Kick ass fellas, that was on fire. Learned a lot from those first 16 choruses of the day haha.

    • @roughcutguitars
      @roughcutguitars Рік тому

      RIGHT? Those 16 choruses are gonna be my next 16 weeks (whom am I kidding? MONTHS!)

  • @fouroutoffour
    @fouroutoffour Рік тому +3

    Awesome playing by two legends!

  • @BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL
    @BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL Рік тому +2

    Bruce such an unruly beast! Great playing .

  • @stevenblakeborough4706
    @stevenblakeborough4706 Рік тому +1

    Boy am I glad UA-cam recommended this to me today. Wonderful treat at the end of working day.

  • @kenji3389
    @kenji3389 Рік тому +2

    Right person to have Barney’s guitar!

  • @marcwhy
    @marcwhy Рік тому +2

    Two masters who always play with such joy! Love it -- thanks for posting!

  • @jasonkeisermusic
    @jasonkeisermusic Рік тому +3

    Absolutely swingin’ and superb interplay, Tim & Bruce! Highly inspiring duets and info. Thanks to you both and glad to support y’all!

  • @BernardGlorian
    @BernardGlorian Рік тому +1

    fantastic meeting ! only pleasure !! great great thanks

  • @telebob5983
    @telebob5983 Рік тому +1

    If there are two more down to earth, personable and infectiously joyous practitioners of the Jazz guitar idiom on this earth, where might you find them? Thanks for making me smile throughout as you so generously share the joy.

  • @daegabmusic59
    @daegabmusic59 Рік тому +1

    The crown on the headstock ("what's it called?") in Europe we call it "the tulip"! 😀 BTW, so exciting to see Bruce and you together!

  • @kentwilliams8559
    @kentwilliams8559 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the jam session

  • @davemassie3726
    @davemassie3726 9 місяців тому +1

    Took me on a music vacation! Felt every note. Thank you.

  • @drno2141
    @drno2141 Рік тому +1

    lovely to hear from bruce still..remember pearl's..and sausalito jam

  • @jaytea42
    @jaytea42 Рік тому +2

    Great seeing you guys together! Awesome to see BK's guitar too.

  • @matthewzadow2083
    @matthewzadow2083 Рік тому +1

    A beautiful start to my day by two wonderful musicians. Thanks for posting! Glad to hear that Barney's guitar is still singing.

  • @KS-pj8rk
    @KS-pj8rk Рік тому +1

    I can't watch more than one and a half minutes at a time, it's just too beautiful. They set each other free. Magical. Album please.

  • @NickGranville
    @NickGranville Рік тому +4

    Great playing! You two sound wonderful together

  • @JazzRockswithAdam
    @JazzRockswithAdam Рік тому +2

    You guys sound great. So much fun in that room!

  • @audiquattros6
    @audiquattros6 Рік тому +3

    You should be a guest on Guitarwank Tim!

  • @frankbolam7812
    @frankbolam7812 Рік тому +1

    Thank you to both of you for your fantastic inspirational playing best wishes and good health to you and your families from Glasgow in Scotland

  • @adamfalk92
    @adamfalk92 Рік тому +2

    Been waiting to see these two greats together for a long time. Thanks for all the great work guys, keep it up. A Bruce Forman, Tim Lerch duo album would be awesome!

  • @JeffHGuitar
    @JeffHGuitar Рік тому +3

    Really beautiful music. Thanks Tim!

  • @torontolarrivee7965
    @torontolarrivee7965 Рік тому +1

    Wow that sounds great, fellas.

  • @jonbirmingham6005
    @jonbirmingham6005 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for making me smile and laugh at how incredible both of you are individually and together. Wow!

  • @hardertokillbjj5403
    @hardertokillbjj5403 11 місяців тому +1

    A joy to watch and listen to

  • @geoffmichaelasmith2944
    @geoffmichaelasmith2944 Рік тому +1

    Unbelievable, thanks so much guys , wonderful soulful, audacious playing!

  • @maggiewagmore8778
    @maggiewagmore8778 Рік тому +1

    Fine playing! I was watching a video of Barney playing a trio gig in Paris in 1969 with that guitar, before he painted over the headstock. Dot board and the Charlie Christian pickup. He was one-of-a-kind.

  • @steveburchfield5576
    @steveburchfield5576 Рік тому +1

    Great Sounds!!!!!

  • @roughcutguitars
    @roughcutguitars Рік тому +2

    Don't know if it was being near that axe or Bruce, but you were especially inspired on this one Tim. Sooooo tasty & Bruce's chord run at 1:47 - gonna be studying that one for weeks ( who am I kidding? MONTHS :-D ) It's beyond wonderful that he's keeping the queen of guitars from the king of players alive.

  • @puravida1949
    @puravida1949 Рік тому +2

    Wonderful playing!! Both you and Bruce are marvelous improvisers!

  • @TheloniusJ
    @TheloniusJ Рік тому +1

    Absolutely amazing musicality and interplay.

  • @eliekleiman
    @eliekleiman Рік тому +1

    Such a treat... THANK YOU!

  • @Lieturon92
    @Lieturon92 Рік тому +1

    Soo joyful, thank you both!

  • @AxelBalke
    @AxelBalke Рік тому +2

    This made my day. Thanks!

  • @frankybebop2913
    @frankybebop2913 Рік тому +1

    Dudes! Yeah!

  • @EmilioConesa
    @EmilioConesa Рік тому +1

    More!!!

  • @robgreene1776
    @robgreene1776 Рік тому +1

    This is just too cool...What an opening jam ! Grumps got the Jump !

  • @stargatewv
    @stargatewv Рік тому +1

    Really Great Playing. My 2nd cup of Joe, and away we go. Copy this kids, and you will go far on the jazz guitar. 👏👏👏👏👏☮☯⏪

  • @russjazz52
    @russjazz52 Рік тому +2

    Great stuff Gents and killer guitars

  • @roughcutguitars
    @roughcutguitars Рік тому +1

    Definitely an album guys! I'm down for a pre-order as long as Bruce weilds that axe :-)

  • @ozguitar50
    @ozguitar50 Рік тому +1

    That's what I'm talking about Willis !!!

  • @theblueguitars
    @theblueguitars Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

    • @TimLerchGuitar
      @TimLerchGuitar  Рік тому

      Thank you!

    • @theblueguitars
      @theblueguitars Рік тому

      @@TimLerchGuitar Hoping you and Bruce will reprise your partnership at Arvada at RMAF. We'll be setting up a place to record, and you guys just sound too good together to not do it again!

    • @TimLerchGuitar
      @TimLerchGuitar  Рік тому

      Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend the Arvada Archtop show. I very bummed but my band has gigs that weekend that I can’t miss.

  • @To.Si.Ma.
    @To.Si.Ma. Рік тому +1

    Thanx, great playing and guitars.

  • @mikerupsch7918
    @mikerupsch7918 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for your offering so we can hear aboutp a n two performlngabout am

  • @michelnaone9342
    @michelnaone9342 2 роки тому +3

    Nice hat !!🤣

  • @sgazzz
    @sgazzz Рік тому +1

    Thank you guys for sharing this, so good 🙏🏼

  • @archtop
    @archtop Рік тому +1

    I kinda lost my mind at the end- those dual solos, so good.

  • @harrodsongs
    @harrodsongs Рік тому

    Really nice.

  • @3r1cratpool22
    @3r1cratpool22 Рік тому +1

    This is like a gift to me 👌👌👌👌👌

  • @archtop
    @archtop Рік тому +2

    Holy Cow coach, I'm onely three minutes in and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much, that shit is swingin' cat.

  • @DojoOfCool
    @DojoOfCool Рік тому +1

    I went to see Barney Kessel at McCabe's in Santa Monica do a solo guitar show. Barney about halfway thru the night stopped to do a Q&A. Someone asked why the name on the his guitar was taped over. Barney said because some guitar maker don't respect Jazz musicians, but for $5 I'll write you name on a piece of tape and put it up there for the rest of the night. Then Barney went back to playing.

  • @brianwiese4367
    @brianwiese4367 Рік тому +1

    Just great!

  • @3r1cratpool22
    @3r1cratpool22 Рік тому +1

    Thank you!!! This is so great

  • @seattlevegas66
    @seattlevegas66 Рік тому +1

    Happiness!

  • @ChrisBiesterfeldt
    @ChrisBiesterfeldt Рік тому +1

    Beautiful playing guys! And cool guitar history too... A great way to start the day!!!

  • @pallhe
    @pallhe Рік тому +1

    Great feel and interplay. You guys should make a record together!

  • @gregmock6808
    @gregmock6808 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for making jazz blues fun for those folks who are new to it...you guys swing...enjoyed the hell out of this. Great sounding P90 and I believe that's a Charlie Christian pickup on Bruce's guitar? (never mind...Bruce answered that question)

  • @stevenrosenberg9195
    @stevenrosenberg9195 Рік тому +1

    I love seeing you guys together -- great interplay! The sound is great on what I think is an acoustic-only recording.

    • @TimLerchGuitar
      @TimLerchGuitar  Рік тому +1

      We both had amps on but lots of subtle turning up and down mixed with the acoustic sound of the guitars.

  • @brownmonkeybananayellow
    @brownmonkeybananayellow Рік тому +1

    this s awesome

  • @BrianKlobyGuitar
    @BrianKlobyGuitar Рік тому +1

    Most awesome :)

  • @Korsaro1
    @Korsaro1 Рік тому +1

    Bravissimi

  • @jooyoungpark6903
    @jooyoungpark6903 Рік тому +2

    13:36