Les Paul with Lou Pallo and Gary Mazzaroppi , Steve Howe from the group " YES" has fun on the guitar and Les at Fat Tuesday's 5/16/94 Lespaul.org and Les at Fat Tuesday's 5/16/94 Lespaul.org
I love Steve a whole bunch and when I found this performance I was just stunned. Okie-d I so respect that you said " In my opinion". Thank you for saying that....I have to tell you why thats so important to me and my opinion. It stems from people wanting to make a competition out of music, people will say things like this guy leaves that guy in the dust....things like that....I absolutely hate that.....music is NOT a competition!
This is the first time I've heard Steve Howe play a pentatonic blues lick! Pretty good after 44 years of listening to him. This video is a gem in many ways.
Good observation. I was teaching in the 70's and some of my students wanted to learn Steve Howe licks. I told them that I couldn't really pin him down to some licks, but we'd write out (some) of his parts and then see how they related to the musical structure of the song. (As much a lesson for me as for them.) At that time I could play Mood for a Day, but I couldn't do the Chet Atkins style required for Clap.
@Satanic Panic Fun and Games And it appears that most of the rock/blues scene still does the same licks. It kind of gets boring hearing them all the time. Of course not everyone does them but it's still there.
This is why I love Steve Howe and Yes and Les Paul. Steve is humble and happy like a kid to be there playing with Les Paul in the style that pays homage to Les' style. Wonderful stuff.
@@michaelhogan6770 Have you seen the video where Les yanks out Jeff Beck's cord on stage?!! Ha ha. Les looked like he was loaded for bear when he came out!!!
Steve Howe is an absolute monster on Guitar. Love his versatility. Guy can play anything. Steve has-Music-Theory for days. Criminally under-rated guitar player. Try learning to play Close to the Edge album . . . Good Luck !!!
Steve Howe is probably the most versatile guitarist out there. He can play rock, blues, jazz, classical and he can play some mean country licks as well.
First of all, thanks for liking this page. Few guitarists could cover this stuff - never mind guitarists that have developed world-class reputations as Howe has. This music style is actually his child-hood music and he caries it off immaculately well. With respect to "Close to the Edge" if you listen to Yesshows live version I have always believed that Howe's guitar is semi-improvised and is one of the most powerful song introductions ever. I would seriously put it with Beethoven's 5th, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
The adoration and respect Steve Howe showed by covering two mind blistering Les Paul masterpieces NOTE FOR NOTE brought tears to my eyes. ... I think if you asked him right now what the best night of his life was he would say this jam in Les Paul's New York Jazz Club.
No pedals. Really no distortion. If you’re learning how to play, gotta watch. These are masters. Les inspired many including Steve Howe. Anyway this clip is a musical nirvana.
@MrLizardisle great players don't always require effects. Steve Howe is a guest here, so no he wouldn't bring his pedal board to Les Paul's gig. Fripp is all about effects and ambience, and he's great at what he does.
Insanity...I've never heard so many voicings in a blues jam before!!! Steve looks so happy and humble to be in the presence of someone who stands on a far higher plane than he does.
I've watched this over and over and still just so amazed!! I mean, the great Les Paul was indeed great. But "Stevie" is just something else....and he's so joyably humble when they play together. Tks Chris Lentz for posting this treasure!
I've seen Steve live and on video solo and in various groups since YES became my favorite band in 1976, and I have never seen him looking happier! He looks like he was having a ball. I play guitar and Steve is my idol, but it is obvious Les in one of Steve's idols.
@@hughmoss9884 If only there was away to put some soul into him, would be far more accurate. When you have musicians composing songs with the main aim to show off their virtuosity then they have no soul. Comparisons with Beck are plainly ridiculous, he never did an Asia or GTR or produced the dross that Howe was involved with. It is well documented that this is the music he grew up with along with the music of Atkins and that comes across on this performance because he is clearly enjoying himself. Very good guitarist, but not particularly an important one and one that lives off of the reputation from his early years.
@@ascending1965 Oh, I completely disagree. The thing that made him amazing was the lack of soul. Or blues playing, as I'm sure you would say. His approach was more classical. That's what sets him apart from a Clapton, et. al. THAT'S what I find interesting in his composing/playing. It doesn't have to be all bendy, bendy, bendy soulful stuff. The technical creativity is FASCINATING. Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, all incredibly different ways of approaching rock music. Never been done before. Or since. Sometimes you don't need soul. Sometimes you don't need to be able to dance to it. Like bebop. Just need ears and a brain. Thanks for listening.
Every now and then, people find each other and magic and joy just happen. It's so nice to see two men enjoy each other's skills and company. Music for our ears, great facial expressions for our eyes, fun and music for our souls. Thanks Les, thanks Stevie. "Just pick a key, I promise we'll follow." Me too!
Wow. Les must have had a blast listening to Steve's "impersonation" of him. Steve was just crazy creative here and having such a great time. Thank you so much for posting this.
What a reminder of Steve's thorough grounding in various American styles of music and guitar playing. They inspired him right from the start. Listen to his first two solo albums "Beginnings" and "The Steve Howe Album" and then early Yes' ten minute version of Simon & Garfunkel's America. He is a wizard, always making the guitar serve musical composition in his playing and soloing, instead of the other way around, as too many guitarists eager to show off their technique do.
The chance to play a Les Paul tune on stage with the man who first wrote it? Priceless. Great Homage. When I die I want to spend all my time playing with Les!
So grateful - for lack of a better word - That Steve Howe recognized the Genius of Les Paul, and ( I'm assuming ) made an effort to want to take the opportunity to play with Les . Without the likes of Les, there would be no Steve Howe.... What an amazing video, each Artist acknowledging the others' gift .
Alot of people don't take YES serious. They think their music is too long winded and pretentious. Like alot of progressive bands, their short songs pop songs got them really noticed.
Steve's jazz and Wes Montgomery influence is so obvious. So great to see such great guitarists having fun. It's not a competition - it's about making music. And this was beautiful. RIP Les Paul.
You don't realize that Steve was in the audience until the end, and Les must have called him up to jam! Oh my, what a privilege to listen to 2 master craftsmen! I'm glad that I wasn't there that night only because I would have died, but what a way to go! Amazing doesn't describe it!❤
This is absolutely crazy amazing ... I had no idea Steve Howe's (Yes) playing is remarkably similar to classic Les Paul (banjo like at times ... so is Pete T's strumming at times too.)
Sure some Les Paul in Steve Howe's country licks, but a whole lotta Wes Montgomery and Jeff Beck too. Steve Howe takes it to another level compositionally. Those guitar solos move Yes songs from one section to another, while most country and blues just jam in one place.
This is easily the best of all these "Les Paul with so and so" videos that I've seen... If you couldn't tell before, you can certainly tell now just how large of an influence Les Paul was on Steve Howe... ! Unbelievable chemistry on display here.
Wow, it was news to me he even met Les Paul, Steve is super versatile with no boundaries in music, I see him play his classical like piece Mood For A Day effortlessly, I can’t get all the way through it without scuffing up a note here and there, He is incredibly consistent and creative.
In the 60's he used to play (British branch of) rhytm 'n' blues before moving to psychedelia. In the 70's he was already in Yes when he helped out bluesrock group Stone The Crows to fill their tour contracts after Leslie Harvey died to electric shock onstage due to faulty amplifier.
I love this video so much, thanks for posting! Steve's playing makes me so happy, unusual to see him in this jazz jam club setting just having a bit of spontaneous fun. Two masters on stage.
as i get older and wiser im moving from my 1st love ... the bass .. to other instruments ...and im happier for it , learning so much stuff its scary lol.. this ... this is just magical i could watch les every day with a new partner and he always matches him in some way ... never noodles over shit ... thats just class proper and truly a gentleman ... much love for you les i wish more musicians would be as talented and as human
I have to leave one more comment. I always loved Steve's playing in the band, but I didn't know that he can play ANYTHING in any style. Right now, when I talk about the guitar masters, I MUST mention this man. He's one of the world's best. 👍
Stove never fails to surprise me he can play anything from Blues, rock, country, Jazz, folk to classical he is the musicians musician and very underrated!!!
Well, I just started thinking Mr Howe is an incredible human being. Holy smokes - and basically reviving what Les and Mary used to do, but fully improvised. That's the best 13 minutes I've spent on UA-cam EVER!
I just love this clip! Les Paul's style was always playful and technically perfect. What a treat watching and hearing these two guitar masters, jamb. Les and Steve, you the best!
And this is why I think Steve’s the best guitarist , period ... I’ve seen lots of people that played at the club , but Steve really honors Les ! The only other one is of course , the fantastic Jeff Beck , who did that show after Les died with Imelda Mae ... Jeff is well , Jeff ...
You read my mind! Les, Howe, and Beck are 1-3 in my book (in no particular order). Jimmy Page and Django have got to be in the convo as well. Derek Trucks has become quite godly as well... And don't forget Zappa! But they all play different styles so I won't bother comparing, I'll just be blessed that we have all of them to choose from!
In all the recent, terrific LP vids Stevie is the closest to LP's playing, style and skills. And LP lets us know. Thanks again Chris. Any more to come?
And yet all the music media hacks do is fawn all over Jimi, Jimi, JIMI as if there has never been nor will there EVER BE, anyone higher. Steve Howe IS and always will be ‘The Maestro.’
There can't be anyone "higher". Jimi took the electric guitar further than anyone else has, every electric guitarist is playing in his footsteps. That's not to say there can't be "better" guitarists. John Mayer plays "Wait Until Tomorrow" "better" than Jimi, and I think Steve could outplay Jimi on pedal steel, classical, dobro, flamenco, ... ;-)
Wow, ol' Steve does a great Les Paul! It would've been too cool if they could have worked out some studio time and followed up what Les did with Chet... That would have been incredible!!!
Who remembers early YES photos of a young Steve Howe playing a Gibson es-175 or Birdland that looked like he was wrestling the guitar as it was almost bigger than him, he was fuc**** phenomenal back then, such a versitle guitarist, Look at all his material Yes, Asia, GTR etc. Great great player. And not to forget Les was the god before we had guitar gods, Les and Edward Van Halen were good friends it would have been something to see them play together !
FANTASTIC!! here I am in 2021, I'm dying of cancer and I run across this absolute GEM, Thank You for uploading this hidden masterpiece!!
God be with you.
hope you are still among us!, and not suffering
sending love man!
It is the little moments in life that seem to make it worthwhile,bless you.
Sorry to hear you are dying of Cancer. Your in my prayers !
what an absolute treasure - Steve is clearly so excited to be there with his hero and honors Les by playing in his style. Loved this
Funny enough he did not even wanted to go up there. He talks about it in is book.
Definitely accomplished you got to llck It
Steve Howe is absolutely the most amazing guitarist of all time, in my opinion.
100% agree. A genius.
I agree cause Steve Howe can play all styles on guitar
One of the most versatile at least.
I love Steve a whole bunch and when I found this performance I was just stunned. Okie-d I so respect that you said " In my opinion". Thank you for saying that....I have to tell you why thats so important to me and my opinion. It stems from people wanting to make a competition out of music, people will say things like this guy leaves that guy in the dust....things like that....I absolutely hate that.....music is NOT a competition!
@@tefenstrat music is NOT a competition!
Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway?
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Steve Howe, a virtuoso, technical guitarist.
He doesn't make extravagant sounds with the guitar, he plays.
Excellent guitarist.
I always knew Steve Howe was amazing but now I know he is a genius. So absolutely fun to listen to and watch.
One only need listen to The Yes Album to know Howe was a genius.
@@fantasypgatour : My thoughts exactly!!
Les must have been flabbergasted hearing someone that could play his style about as good as he in his heyday. Way to go Steve.
Les was in fact much hotter than . ua-cam.com/video/oNENAklQHOY/v-deo.html
@@sambac2053 Mary Ford was the hottest!
@MorbidManMusic Could Les splay Clap or Soon?
This is the best Iridium jam ever
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That's some mighty fine speedy shreddage !
This is the first time I've heard Steve Howe play a pentatonic blues lick! Pretty good after 44 years of listening to him. This video is a gem in many ways.
New to me too, and I'm a big fan.
he does at the end of starship trooper actually but thats one song out of hundreds
@@AdewStudios1 Humm...well, in that case, let me rephrase. This is the first time I've ever NOTICED Steve play a blues lick...ha ha.
Good observation. I was teaching in the 70's and some of my students wanted to learn Steve Howe licks. I told them that I couldn't really pin him down to some licks, but we'd write out (some) of his parts and then see how they related to the musical structure of the song. (As much a lesson for me as for them.) At that time I could play Mood for a Day, but I couldn't do the Chet Atkins style required for Clap.
@Satanic Panic Fun and Games And it appears that most of the rock/blues scene still does the same licks.
It kind of gets boring hearing them all the time. Of course not everyone does them but it's still there.
There are 12 notes in an octave, Steve Howe can play all 15 of them.
If you consider the 1/4 tones in blues and Indian music, there are in fact more than 12 tones in an octave. And _Yes,_ Steve can play them all. ^-^
You all seem to forget the notes that Steve Howe has discovered but mankind has yet to. LOL
YOU ALL MISSED THE POINT -.-
Mosters!
there are 7 notes in an octave lol
This is why I love Steve Howe and Yes and Les Paul. Steve is humble and happy like a kid to be there playing with Les Paul in the style that pays homage to Les' style. Wonderful stuff.
I bet he taught Les a lot.
Very good that Steve asked Les what key he preferred but after 3 times Les sounds like he's getting pissed!
And Steve actually played a Les Paul guitar unlike many of the other Les and guest videos
@@michaelhogan6770 Have you seen the video where Les yanks out Jeff Beck's cord on stage?!! Ha ha. Les looked like he was loaded for bear when he came out!!!
You nailed it
"Les Paul with Steve Howe"...Five of the most exciting words in music.
Steve Howe played such an awesome tribute to Les Paul.
It was subtle, but clearly he had done his homework.
So damned good!!
Well said friend.
I think Steve Howe is one of the few living guitarists who could have kept up with Les Paul before Les's arthritis got so bad.
Steve plays this style of music far better than any other guest on these Les Paul segments. He's an extraordinary fingerpicker for a "lead" guitarist.
Steve can play anything well, but much of his style is based around Travis fingerpicking. He's not the lead guitarist of Yes, he's the only guitarist.
He's an Extraordinary finger picker And lead guitar player.
He may be the one of the best guitarists except when playing the solo to "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
Steve Howe is an absolute monster on Guitar. Love his versatility. Guy can play anything. Steve has-Music-Theory for days. Criminally under-rated guitar player. Try learning to play Close to the Edge album . . . Good Luck !!!
ues good luck well said lol steve is a monster i saw him live with asia,one of my favourite guitarists
5 time guitarist of the year😎
Steve never studied music he even said himself he is self taught
Can't no one touch this guy. He can do it all.
@climey yes correct❤
Steve Howe is probably the most versatile guitarist out there. He can play rock, blues, jazz, classical and he can play some mean country licks as well.
Craig Parse YES YES but he's only the 74th best guitarist according to Rolling Stones rag what a freaking joke.........
Search UA-cam for Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter. He's cut from the same mould.
He can destroy Clapton any day. And also rollling stone ranked Alex lifeson at #98 or something like that
First of all, thanks for liking this page. Few guitarists could cover this stuff - never mind guitarists that have developed world-class reputations as Howe has. This music style is actually his child-hood music and he caries it off immaculately well.
With respect to "Close to the Edge" if you listen to Yesshows live version I have always believed that Howe's guitar is semi-improvised and is one of the most powerful song introductions ever. I would seriously put it with Beethoven's 5th, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Jeff is a great player but not in the same league as Steve. Not even close.
Amazing playing by Steve and he looks so joyful too. Like a kid with his hero.
and innocent looking like butter wouldnt melt ... from the person who brought us siberian khatru lol !!!
The adoration and respect Steve Howe showed by covering two mind blistering Les Paul masterpieces NOTE FOR NOTE brought tears to my eyes. ... I think if you asked him right now what the best night of his life was he would say this jam in Les Paul's New York Jazz Club.
Haha--well said, paulr555!
This was probably the best night of his life.
Steve joyful!!! Yeahhhhh!!!!
Steve Howe and Les Paul - a meeting of two of the all time greats, LOVE IT!
BluesLicks101 sure nuff
I bet Les learned a lot.
No pedals. Really no distortion. If you’re learning how to play, gotta watch. These are masters. Les inspired many including Steve Howe. Anyway this clip is a musical nirvana.
#fantasticness
@MrLizardisle And your opinion is relevent, why??? Also its Steve HOWE, not HOW.
@MrLizardisle great players don't always require effects. Steve Howe is a guest here, so no he wouldn't bring his pedal board to Les Paul's gig. Fripp is all about effects and ambience, and he's great at what he does.
He is so cute to very talented young man
Ehh they are definitely using pedals but I agree that there is nothing wrong with a very clean sound.. as long as you are good enough to pull it off!
I've seen a lot of guitarist play with Les Paul but this is the happiest I've seen Les Paul playing with another guitarist. Wow!
I've never seen Howe having so much fun!
Insanity...I've never heard so many voicings in a blues jam before!!! Steve looks so happy and humble to be in the presence of someone who stands on a far higher plane than he does.
Howe is a musical genius which is why he can play any style and play it extremely well. A master and guitar monster!
I've watched this over and over and still just so amazed!! I mean, the great Les Paul was indeed great. But "Stevie" is just something else....and he's so joyably humble when they play together. Tks Chris Lentz for posting this treasure!
Yes, thanks Chris Lentz for sharing this gem! Makes my day watching it!!
I've seen Steve live and on video solo and in various groups since YES became my favorite band in 1976, and I have never seen him looking happier! He looks like he was having a ball. I play guitar and Steve is my idol, but it is obvious Les in one of Steve's idols.
Amazing!!! This is the most unique "father and son" session!!
The only person in the world who could call Steve Howe "Stevie" was Les Paul.
I loved that, and thought the very same thing.
You forgot stevie ray vaughn
Steve Howe...greatest guitarist ever.
Agree
he is such an inspiration. If only there was a way to put some more soul into him
@@hughmoss9884 If only there was away to put some soul into him, would be far more accurate. When you have musicians composing songs with the main aim to show off their virtuosity then they have no soul. Comparisons with Beck are plainly ridiculous, he never did an Asia or GTR or produced the dross that Howe was involved with. It is well documented that this is the music he grew up with along with the music of Atkins and that comes across on this performance because he is clearly enjoying himself. Very good guitarist, but not particularly an important one and one that lives off of the reputation from his early years.
@@ascending1965 Oh, I completely disagree. The thing that made him amazing was the lack of soul. Or blues playing, as I'm sure you would say. His approach was more classical. That's what sets him apart from a Clapton, et. al. THAT'S what I find interesting in his composing/playing. It doesn't have to be all bendy, bendy, bendy soulful stuff. The technical creativity is FASCINATING. Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, all incredibly different ways of approaching rock music. Never been done before. Or since.
Sometimes you don't need soul. Sometimes you don't need to be able to dance to it. Like bebop. Just need ears and a brain.
Thanks for listening.
@@ascending1965 But Beck couldn't play/finger pick what Steve just did in the first 2 songs, let along Travis style picking pieces like Clap
Every now and then, people find each other and magic and joy just happen. It's so nice to see two men enjoy each other's skills and company. Music for our ears, great facial expressions for our eyes, fun and music for our souls. Thanks Les, thanks Stevie. "Just pick a key, I promise we'll follow." Me too!
Fills my heart with joy every time I watch this,Les obviously realises Steves massive talent & Steve is like a starstruck kid with his idol,so special
Wow. Les must have had a blast listening to Steve's "impersonation" of him. Steve was just crazy creative here and having such a great time. Thank you so much for posting this.
What a reminder of Steve's thorough grounding in various American styles of music and guitar playing. They inspired him right from the start. Listen to his first two solo albums "Beginnings" and "The Steve Howe Album" and then early Yes' ten minute version of Simon & Garfunkel's America. He is a wizard, always making the guitar serve musical composition in his playing and soloing, instead of the other way around, as too many guitarists eager to show off their technique do.
The chance to play a Les Paul tune on stage with the man who first wrote it? Priceless. Great Homage. When I die I want to spend all my time playing with Les!
The minute I think Steve is the perfect mix of country and jazz he switches it up again! Amazing player.
Steve has obviously been to the Les Paul School of guitar playing.
every once and a while there are special moments like this that turn up and perk my ears
Yes, this one made me slow down and soak it up. Very impressive.
You couldn't have said that better.
Been a Steve Howe fan for decades. He never ceases to amaze me.
Of all the Les Paul videos
This one is the best
steve just innately knew how to give les the room he needed to play. it looks like they are having so much fun together.
So grateful - for lack of a better word - That Steve Howe recognized the Genius of Les Paul, and ( I'm assuming ) made an effort to want to take the opportunity to play with Les .
Without the likes of Les, there would be no Steve Howe.... What an amazing video, each Artist acknowledging the others' gift .
PM C U should check out Steve Howe,Chet Atkins and Liona Boyd(classical guitarist).Amazing!✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🌚🌝
One of the very best of the rock era. The man can play anything!
Wow...just Wow! Learned something new about Steve Howe...he can play the blues too!
Holy shit, that was crazy! I'm an old geezer and had no idea Steve Howe had this going on!
try ANY YES album...Yessongs-Yours in No Disgrace is his tour de force
Alot of people don't take YES serious. They think their music is too long winded and pretentious. Like alot of progressive bands, their short songs pop songs got them really noticed.
Turn of the Century from Going for the One
Steve's jazz and Wes Montgomery influence is so obvious. So great to see such great guitarists having fun. It's not a competition - it's about making music. And this was beautiful. RIP Les Paul.
Now that's some real fine picking, ladies. Two legends just having some fun.
Steve is such a brilliant player. One of those who seem to have been born with a guitar in his hands.
Two of the GREATEST guitarists ...playing together...Les Paul and Steve Howe...What a treat. Absolutely Amazing.
Seeing Howe and Les Paul play together, having such an obviously good time - awesome! Thanks for sharing!
You don't realize that Steve was in the audience until the end, and Les must have called him up to jam!
Oh my, what a privilege to listen to 2 master craftsmen!
I'm glad that I wasn't there that night only because I would have died, but what a way to go!
Amazing doesn't describe it!❤
Steve is such a humble man. I smiled when Steve reached out to pat Les on the shoulder and then they hugged. Les was such a major inspiration. Bravo!
If this is not the BEST guitar jam you've ever had the pleasure of witnessing you are truly not human...
it's amazing that there is so much garbage on UA-cam getting millions of views and this has only 227 views ! It's a mad world !
Bo Lerkins Two of the most amazing guitarist who have ever lived playing together for the joy of it.
greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA
As our old bass player, brother and dear friend likes to say, "SOME PEOPLES TASTE IS ALL IN THEIR ASS".
Bo Lerkins I absolutely agree with you. This video is amazing
Fast Eddie said it best, "Oh well, checkers sells more than chess."
Yeah! Surprising. Les Paul the innovator of guitar technology is unsurpassed.
Steve is a virtuoso saw him solo in Detroit and his playing litteraly moved me to tears
Saw Steve dozens of times in the 70s 80s 90s etc. Truly phenominal player
Correct since him many times with yes
This is absolutely crazy amazing ... I had no idea Steve Howe's (Yes) playing is remarkably similar to classic Les Paul (banjo like at times ... so is Pete T's strumming at times too.)
Howe incorporates so many different styles with his music.. it is why I love Yes so much....
Sure some Les Paul in Steve Howe's country licks, but a whole lotta Wes Montgomery and Jeff Beck too. Steve Howe takes it to another level compositionally. Those guitar solos move Yes songs from one section to another, while most country and blues just jam in one place.
This is easily the best of all these "Les Paul with so and so" videos that I've seen... If you couldn't tell before, you can certainly tell now just how large of an influence Les Paul was on Steve Howe... ! Unbelievable chemistry on display here.
Wow, it was news to me he even met Les Paul, Steve is super versatile with no boundaries in music, I see him play his classical like piece Mood For A Day effortlessly, I can’t get all the way through it without scuffing up a note here and there, He is incredibly consistent and creative.
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Steve Howe playing blues? Now I've seen it all!
In the 60's he used to play (British branch of) rhytm 'n' blues before moving to psychedelia. In the 70's he was already in Yes when he helped out bluesrock group Stone The Crows to fill their tour contracts after Leslie Harvey died to electric shock onstage due to faulty amplifier.
All the greats started with the Blues. Frank Zappa was playing the blues till the day he died but nobody noticed
Blues are the lifeblood of ALL good music..
I still love love love stevie ray vaughn
I love this video so much, thanks for posting! Steve's playing makes me so happy, unusual to see him in this jazz jam club setting just having a bit of spontaneous fun. Two masters on stage.
Steve is a well rounded player, and would also play solo Country guitar shows. We do know that Les loved to play Country,too.
as i get older and wiser im moving from my 1st love ... the bass .. to other instruments ...and im happier for it , learning so much stuff its scary lol.. this ... this is just magical i could watch les every day with a new partner and he always matches him in some way ... never noodles over shit ... thats just class proper and truly a gentleman ... much love for you les i wish more musicians would be as talented and as human
Steve Howe is fearless in the presence of such greatness :) Steve is my favorite all time guitarist
I have to leave one more comment. I always loved Steve's playing in the band, but I didn't know that he can play ANYTHING in any style. Right now, when I talk about the guitar masters, I MUST mention this man. He's one of the world's best. 👍
This was fun! Steve Howe one of the top 3 rock guitarists ever!
Stove never fails to surprise me he can play anything from Blues, rock, country, Jazz, folk to classical he is the musicians musician and very underrated!!!
Amazing, simply amazing. Steve Howe is such a versatile guitarist. And he blended so well with the legend Les Paul
Well, I just started thinking Mr Howe is an incredible human being. Holy smokes - and basically reviving what Les and Mary used to do, but fully improvised. That's the best 13 minutes I've spent on UA-cam EVER!
Every once in a while I somehow stumble upon something I've not seen before with the older guys. This was pure joy to find today.
LOVE this video... thank you.. I had no idea Steve played with Les..GREAT combo!
Thanks Chris!!!
I just love this clip! Les Paul's style was always playful and technically perfect. What a treat watching and hearing these two guitar masters, jamb. Les and Steve, you the best!
Steve Howe is one of the greatest Rock guitarist !
I’ve watched this a hundred times, and always amazed at two legendary guitarists just riffing.
Howe is a really tasty player - they both compliment each other really well.
Whenever I get the blues I watch this and feel blessed to see it!
Never saw this clip before. Thanks so much for sharing. I like how Steve busted out D-Natural Blues by Wes Montgomery.
Les had to have been proud of the legions of guitarists he inspired.
Absolutely genius and so much joy. Thank you for posting this
...two of a kind,... very soulful,... very artistry, ...two of the greatest guitarist in the world.
...thank you very much, that´s my point.
New found respect for Steve Howe. I already knew he could play, but what a gentleman with the ole master!
You can tell how great they were, they LISTEN to each over, NEVER OVERPLAY, when Les started a phrase Steve ended it with so much fluidity.
And this is why I think Steve’s the best guitarist , period ...
I’ve seen lots of people that played at the club , but Steve really honors Les !
The only other one is of course , the fantastic Jeff Beck , who did that show after Les died with Imelda Mae ... Jeff is well , Jeff ...
You read my mind! Les, Howe, and Beck are 1-3 in my book (in no particular order). Jimmy Page and Django have got to be in the convo as well. Derek Trucks has become quite godly as well... And don't forget Zappa! But they all play different styles so I won't bother comparing, I'll just be blessed that we have all of them to choose from!
YES HE IS
In all the recent, terrific LP vids
Stevie is the closest to LP's playing, style and skills.
And LP lets us know.
Thanks again Chris.
Any more to come?
My favorite guitarist of all time. He can play anything with strings
No greater guitar player ever than Steve Howe. Just unreal
Say Yes to Steve Howe
The maestro himself, Sir Steve Howe!
Markus Antonio The greatest guitarist to have ever lived.
Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA
Laurie Guirguis Sounds good.
And yet all the music media hacks do is fawn all over Jimi, Jimi, JIMI as if there has never been nor will there EVER BE, anyone higher.
Steve Howe IS and always will be ‘The Maestro.’
There can't be anyone "higher". Jimi took the electric guitar further than anyone else has, every electric guitarist is playing in his footsteps. That's not to say there can't be "better" guitarists. John Mayer plays "Wait Until Tomorrow" "better" than Jimi, and I think Steve could outplay Jimi on pedal steel, classical, dobro, flamenco, ... ;-)
Wow. That was great! Steve is a legend.
I always watch this video, performance for years, never get tired, so much to learn, from this to legends.
Whole new level of respect for Steve Howe.
I'm a big fan. Superb playing!
I didn't know this Steve Howe could play jazz so well !!!! 😮 I was in the past never a Yes fan.
There's far more to Steve Howe than what he plays with Yes!
Thanks so much for share this video.
Great, 💯👏🎸🎼
Love you Steve! Thanks for posting Chris! I got a guitar after watching Steve play! Imagine, taking up guitar at 59 yrs old!.
Wow, ol' Steve does a great Les Paul! It would've been too cool if they could have worked out some studio time and followed up what Les did with Chet... That would have been incredible!!!
Steve Wow!
That was one HELL of a musical conversation! Playing a Les Paul no less. Does Les love Steve Howe, YES.
Who remembers early YES photos of a young Steve Howe playing a Gibson es-175 or Birdland that looked like he was wrestling the guitar as it was almost bigger than him, he was fuc**** phenomenal back then, such a versitle guitarist, Look at all his material Yes, Asia, GTR etc. Great great player. And not to forget Les was the god before we had guitar gods, Les and Edward Van Halen were good friends it would have been something to see them play together !
Fantastic!!! Love Steve Howe's playing!!! Thank you for uploading this video!!!
no dought steve howe is a true great
Had the honor of shaking Steves hand,truly a versatile guitarist and gentleman
My friends who have seen SH play outside of YES! always told me that I needed to see Steve play jazz. I’m blown away.
Where's the love button?
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She’ll let you know when you hit it
You’d think he was born in Austin Or Nashville, and not England. His playing style is SO Americana. Amazing!
This is racism.
Chetr Atkins is his hero
What a joy watch these two tear a hole in Stormy Monday!
Simply fucking amazing playing by Steve.