I never saw him play in concert and now regret it. The days after he died I was amazed to not see more articles in the press. He was, in my opinion, the greatest electric melodic, Celtic-based guitar player who ever lived.
Yeah, we’ll I’m the best acoustic, harmonic, Prussian guitarist born on a rainy Friday afternoon in February 1977 who ever lived. Bro, so I guess what you’re saying when you categorize it like that is you prefer him to Rory Gallagher right
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 I know that the lowest common denominator often emerges in online commentaries. Being precise in my stylistic references results in sarcasm for you but I think that they are accurate and a compliment to Gary Moore. Rory Gallagher has other qualities.
Saw him live in a 2009 and expected a bit of a lower key blues performance. He totally took the roof off. Blazingly loud with great feel and so articulate in his playing.
I saw him back in the day when i was just a teenager (52 now) when he was still rocking and already one of THE BEST players in the world. RIP mr Moore. Must be a hell of a party in heaven!!!
I played his live version of parrisienne walkways in my car everyday on my way to work. I'll never get tired of them. It's like listening to it for the 1st time everytime.
Always missed..and never forgotten, by anyone who truly hears the notes..and the soul behind them. What he says about learning to play not just the notes..but the inflections and feelings behind them, to make them yours alone, is a lesson all guitarists MUST learn to become something more..or in this case..Moore R.I.P. Gary, you are missed.
That look on his face when handing him the Explorer. Like handing him his old vices and he is thinking 'i do not trust myself with that thing, it makes me want to party'.
No one in the world could play like this he was one off a kind and he made every other guitar player that has been playing for 30-40 years sound like beginners.
Eric Presley - I love Gary’s playing,too, but your statement is a bit over the top. He did not make Johnny Winter sound like a beginner. Or Guthrie Govan or Uli Jon Roth or Michael Schenker... I could go on and on.
have followed gary ever since he released wild frontier album and have everything he has produced and undoubtedly for me the greatest ever his feel his tone the power of his playing made me feel like no other musician could
I can barely believe what he could do with a guitar, it almost defies logic? mindblowing, speed, power and dexterity?? just unbelievable, and surely THE best guitarist EVER?
Yes , I play his music every day, a lot from his 'Skid Row' days, very raw stuff but I love it. I honestly dont know what I'd do without it to look up to.
i listened to Gary here and watched his absolute mastery of the stringed instrument .i applied what he said now and from now forward because it makes brilliant and perfect sense .im suddenly better and more aware of making notes count instead of counting notes. god,i miss Gary Moore
You're so right. There must be millions of pretty decent guitarists out there, me and you included, who despair of not ever getting our sound together, yet part of playing is finding our own unique sound, bringing our own thing to the table. I now firmly believe it's far better to play something really beautifully well, instead of trying to be the best or fastest or most articulate etc. Those things come with practise, but I want to make beautiful music first. 😎🎸
His tone was so intimate. I miss Gary. You can tell by listening to him speak, what a nice man he was. Anyone who listens to him play is moved by his music.
It was bob geldof who said that gary's playing is so "exceptionally beautiful". These words got stuck in my head and I still think thats what its all about in his playing. Each time I saw a video of him, he just explodes with ideas, variations and notes, because he just loves to make it sound sweet or sour, right for his taste at that specific moment ... thats what he was mastering perfectly.
My heart literally aches because he is gone. I know it seems cheesy but there it is. His advice about putting feeling into the notes to get your own unique sound is quite profound.
I remember seeing a pub band doing a Deep Purple (Richie Blackmore) cover. It was all speed, but zero feel. Same with an AC/DC covers band, not the remotest bluesy note anywhere! Completely missing the point.
00xanawolf00 it’s not cheesy at all I really miss him too he went way before his time and for me he really is in the top three great blues/rock guitarists of all time.
And echoes what the great Bobby Womack RIP said about soul music - its got nothing to do with colour, if you feel the song and the music in your heart it shows in your performance. All the greats display this intuition and feeling, including Gary Moore.
What a Great Guy and friend Neville Martin was to Gary Moore , Why has it been so quite since Gary's Death he was just as important as Brian May , Slash and Jeff Beck , Eric Clapton etc . No documentaries about him , not even half hour on BBC about his life , I don't think there has been any tribute gigs for him , if any of the above Pass Away we will be inundated with News and Tributes possibly Films to. He needs to be recognised . R.I.P.
My brother went to see thin lizzy in the 70s. Brian Robertson had been in a fight and couldn't perform. My bruv thought the gig was gonna be cancelled but no, they had a replacement at short notice. MR Gary moore. What a stand in!!
If you do not relax and spend less energy executing each movement as you play faster you can't reach higher tempos, but will level out at some point and then tire out. That's like a given of fast playing. Besides notes played at speed do not necessarily sound good if played simply as a faster version of the same way of playing that note at a lower speed.
exactly, it seems he even wants to shred the slower blues stuff, also the way he attacks the string makes him look and sound more like a heavy rock player than your gentle blues soul ;)
Gary was incredible, but that sustain comes from his equipment. It’s nothing he did, except to make it part of one of his signature songs. I can do it, too, and - trust me - I’m no virtuoso.
@@SK-kb2wc - It’s a combination of gear, starting with the wood the guitar is made of, pick-ups, a saturated tube amp and most likely a compressor or sustainer of some kind. The proximity of pick-ups to the amp can also be a factor. I’ve got a couple of videos of Gary playing Parisienne Walkways and that one long note dies far sooner than it should and he has to hit the string again. If it was all Gary’s technique that allowed him to sustain that note for so long on most occasions, that would never happen.
@@SK-kb2wc - You’re welcome. I want to be clear about Gary, though - he’s been one of my three favorite guitarists since the 70s, along with Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker. Take care, man and happy new year!
AuH2O - I don’t view it as a problem. That’s the thing about opinions, they’re personal. I didn’t say the other guys suck - they’re all great and I grew up on their music; I just happen to like more stuff that Gary played on. No need to be a dick.
I've always had trouble placing musicians at a specific "number" in terms of great to better to best I honestly cannot say that "so and so" is the second best of all time and so on but it saddens me so much to see one of the greatest guitarists ever to have been and still be so underrated. I sincerely believe that Gary is easily, and I mean easily among the Top Ten best guitarists ever and it's so sad...believe me that if he'd been born American it would not be the case....bit he was Irish so that's how it works which is sad.
Being kinda young and dumb. I only found out about Gary Moore 6 months ago or so and the first month I didn't know he died. that was a very sad day. He was such an amazing guitarist and his songs speak to me like no other. He inspires me to play guitar again and stop playing metal music and go by head first into the blues. I want to write a song inspired by that sad day called all my heroes are dead.
Moore's playing can make me cry, sweep my legs away, mindblow me, inspire me, make me angry and happy all in a matter of minutes. I LOVE his music! Hendrix is the best ever, but the choice between a gig with one of them Moore will be the one for me.
Yes sir. Speed with definition, clarity and intention..Gary was just untouchable when he went into pentatonic domination. I can't think of any other guitarist being able to do that.
You got that right! when I watch him play I just want to quit playing lol, Just kidding the inspiration and I love how when I ask the young generation about Gary and most respond Gary who? And I say let show you who Gary Moore is!!
chief wiggums I don’t know you but that has to be the most dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Gary was-sloppy, that’s like saying Lil Wayne is the greatest guitar player ever! Dude his picking from a Chord pattern to a fill or a scale run is so fucking smooth! Who Gary influenced Randy Rhodes, Vivian Campbell, John Sykes, Me, and many others they would tell you ur fucking crazy
Oh man this guy was a master of all styles on the guitar. I'm just discovering his music. I thought Gary was just blues player but then I saw some of his 80s concert footage.
quit293 Enjoy your journey, Gary Moore is my favourite by far. He can do metal, rock, blues and singing ballads like no others. His "Blues for Jimi Hendrix" is worth a watch too.
He was amazing! If you put the speed setting on .25 you can see how he's playing these incredibly fast licks. 90% or more is done with just two fingers, his index and middle finger. In the passage that starts at 7:15 I counted only three times he used his ring finger. It's a bit like Django. The middle finger is the largest and strongest finger and many guitarists don't tap into what it can add to their repertoire.
Explorers and flying V have absolutley anazing middle postion tones which make them great for blues and thats why you see blues players using explorers and V's quite often . Its the middle position tones of those guitars that appeal to blues artists.
Once things had soured between Brian Robertson and Phil Lynott in Thin Lizzy, there were several great guitarists who stood briefly in Robbo’s shoes. Snowy White was ludicrously good and Midge Ure’s heroic musicianship should never be forgotten, but I do think Gary was perfectly match. At the time, Scott Gorham said of him “Gary is a guitarist so good that if he gave it up for 10 years and I practised every day, when he took it up again he’d still be better than me!”
The interviewer is Neville Marten (Guitarist/Guitar Techniques Magazine Editor). He is one of Britain & Irelands foremost blues Guitarists himself (and historian) and an incredible player in his own right!.
last time i saw him was 2003 7:40 monsters of rock tour last two shows Glasgow Scotland live cd and Newcastle got the band to sign a dressing room sign that was on the dressing room door in Scotland also got a Gary Moore Pic from Garys gtr tech vary cool.ynt was the opening act then gary and white snake was the headliner.gary opened his set with shapes of things the classic yard birds tune r.i.p.gary was second to none killer tone and great feeling straight from the heart so much emotion.clapton said gary was the best gtr ever comings from him that's quite a complement check out evil love on the jim capoldi tribute at the round house 2007 he only played that one song and brought the house down with it thanks for all the great music over the years you rock buddy cheers to you my friend you are the best
I have many idols who play Gibsons, but Gary is the reason I got a Les Paul. It sure sounds great, but now the challenge is to try and play like the man himself which is an impossible yet fun task. Truly one of a kind.
chances are, if you are not happy in your current state, you wouldn't then either. Happiness is not something to attain by reaching a certain goal, happiness is the way. It's internal, not external
the comment was more of a salute to Garys guitarist skills, not really a confession about my well being, but I suppose if I did have issues I don't really think I'd seek advice from my throw away comments on youtube, but thanks for your concern. just to clarify: if I could play just half as good as Gary I'd still be a very good guitarist.
lop00pollop00pol - I knew what you meant, bud - and I couldn’t agree more! Everyone thinks they’re freakin’ Yoda these days. Your point was obvious to anyone with half of Gary’s brain!
From 5:04 onwards what you see is absolute on the spot one take dangerous guitar playing .in an age of over editing guitar videos everyone should watch this
I never saw him play in concert and now regret it. The days after he died I was amazed to not see more articles in the press. He was, in my opinion, the greatest electric melodic, Celtic-based guitar player who ever lived.
Yeah, we’ll I’m the best acoustic, harmonic, Prussian guitarist born on a rainy Friday afternoon in February 1977 who ever lived. Bro, so I guess what you’re saying when you categorize it like that is you prefer him to Rory Gallagher right
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 I know that the lowest common denominator often emerges in online commentaries. Being precise in my stylistic references results in sarcasm for you but I think that they are accurate and a compliment to Gary Moore. Rory Gallagher has other qualities.
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 seen them both , Moore wins hands down
I was lucky enough to see Gary at rock city he was the best guitar player I ever saw and Ive seen Satch, Schenker and Eric Johnson. 🤘🎸❤️💯
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 well randy Rhoads was the best Californian based celt guitarist in the world mate
Gary had more soul in his body that set him apart from ALL of the others. Even now, in 2024. RIP, beautiful man. ❤😢
Saw him live in a 2009 and expected a bit of a lower key blues performance. He totally took the roof off. Blazingly loud with great feel and so articulate in his playing.
What an amazing talent he was. The man was a chameleon, he could play anything on the instrument. His versatility was phenomenal.
The man with not only the fingers but, the voice too. Thank you for your haunting blues Gary Moore.
RIP my hero of rock and blues
1 of my top 5
2021…still here listening to you shred 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 RIP GM
Honoured to have seen him play live a dozen times. Still makes me want to pick up a guitar every time I hear him play. So brilliant, so inspiring.
I hurts me so much knowing I'll never see him live.....
He still inspires me to play to this day.
5:20 ...Jesus Christ. I have NEVER seen anyone doing that at that speed and with that fire going on.....he was a true master
yeah, Steve vai is an amateur next to him.
, yeah he doesn't shred that's all articulate alternate picking.
@@francescolavilla271 Vai is no amateur and has his own thing, but no one touches Gary when it comes to 2 string pentatonic licks
I saw him back in the day when i was just a teenager (52 now) when he was still rocking and already one of THE BEST players in the world. RIP mr Moore. Must be a hell of a party in heaven!!!
I gave guitar lesson to gary
so fast and skilled without even trying, a huge loss...sigh......rip Gary
Gary “hold my beer” Moore
What's sad is I've been playing guitar for 27 years and I'm only just really getting into Gary Moore now. Like WTF have I been doing all this time?
@@kmustacal haha
One of the Greatest Guitarist Ever to grace this Planet ♥️♥️♥️.
Melbourne, Australia.
He was ridiculously great. Taste tone and Talent!
He hits 3 chords and you know he is amazing.
The player's player.
I'm still here in 2020 missing him so very much
Do you think he will come again? ;)
yeah, I still got the blues.. and thanks Gary,for the inspiration,fire,and emotion.. you are missed..
Man I was so late finding out about this guy.... he is the real deal !!!love the feel and tone, I can't get enough !
I played his live version of parrisienne walkways in my car everyday on my way to work. I'll never get tired of them. It's like listening to it for the 1st time everytime.
Always missed..and never forgotten, by anyone who truly hears the notes..and the soul behind them. What he says about learning to play not just the notes..but the inflections and feelings behind them, to make them yours alone, is a lesson all guitarists MUST learn to become something more..or in this case..Moore R.I.P. Gary, you are missed.
He could wring so much emotion out of a single note but My God, the incredible finger speed.
That look on his face when handing him the Explorer. Like handing him his old vices and he is thinking 'i do not trust myself with that thing, it makes me want to party'.
Never got the chance to see Gary. What a hero ❤️🇮🇪
No one in the world could play like this he was one off a kind and he made every other guitar player that has been playing for 30-40 years sound like beginners.
Eric Presley - I love Gary’s playing,too, but your statement is a bit over the top. He did not make Johnny Winter sound like a beginner. Or Guthrie Govan or Uli Jon Roth or Michael Schenker... I could go on and on.
Eric presley it seems to me that you are a beginner.
@@crusheverything4449 please do but it might get boring.
have followed gary ever since he released wild frontier album and have everything he has produced and undoubtedly for me the greatest ever his feel his tone the power of his playing made me feel like no other musician could
I can barely believe what he could do with a guitar, it almost defies logic? mindblowing, speed, power and dexterity?? just unbelievable, and surely THE best guitarist EVER?
yep. Never heard anyone better
Still sad that Gary is gone, but still play his music nearly every day to inspire me to play better:-)
Yes , I play his music every day, a lot from his 'Skid Row' days, very raw stuff but I love it. I honestly dont know what I'd do without it to look up to.
I borrowed so much from him! He inspired me to pioneer my sound with the equipment I had in the early eighties. Great vocalist too.
i listened to Gary here and watched his absolute mastery of the stringed instrument .i applied what he said now and from now forward because it makes brilliant and perfect sense .im suddenly better and more aware of making notes count instead of counting notes.
god,i miss Gary Moore
You're so right. There must be millions of pretty decent guitarists out there, me and you included, who despair of not ever getting our sound together, yet part of playing is finding our own unique sound, bringing our own thing to the table. I now firmly believe it's far better to play something really beautifully well, instead of trying to be the best or fastest or most articulate etc. Those things come with practise, but I want to make beautiful music first. 😎🎸
His tone was so intimate. I miss Gary. You can tell by listening to him speak, what a nice man he was. Anyone who listens to him play is moved by his music.
It's all about HOW you wish to EXPRESS yourself through your art - Gary was truly an accomplished musician...
The great Irish Bluesman. Tragic loss. R.I.P Gary, we will always want Moore.
Don't think Gary thought himself as being Irish, he was an Ulster Prod!
And of course, the incomparable Rory Gallagher
For sure!
That was Rory not moore.
@@dannymcmince I believe you're talking about Rory Gallagher.
One of the best guitar players ever! R I P!!!
It was bob geldof who said that gary's playing is so "exceptionally beautiful". These words got stuck in my head and I still think thats what its all about in his playing. Each time I saw a video of him, he just explodes with ideas, variations and notes, because he just loves to make it sound sweet or sour, right for his taste at that specific moment ... thats what he was mastering perfectly.
such a sad loss,a truly gifted player, and very much loved and missed. RIP.
One of my favorite guitarists on every level. SO UNDERRATED. Gone too soon...
...there's the old underrated again..Is it down to cheesy Rolling Stone Magazine to tell us who to like?
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
My heart literally aches because he is gone. I know it seems cheesy but there it is. His advice about putting feeling into the notes to get your own unique sound is quite profound.
I remember seeing a pub band doing a Deep Purple (Richie Blackmore) cover. It was all speed, but zero feel. Same with an AC/DC covers band, not the remotest bluesy note anywhere! Completely missing the point.
00xanawolf00 I totally agree with you
00xanawolf00 it’s not cheesy at all I really miss him too he went way before his time and for me he really is in the top three great blues/rock guitarists of all time.
And echoes what the great Bobby Womack RIP said about soul music - its got nothing to do with colour, if you feel the song and the music in your heart it shows in your performance. All the greats display this intuition and feeling, including Gary Moore.
Such an amazing influence. I miss this guy.......
What a Great Guy and friend Neville Martin was to Gary Moore , Why has it been so quite since Gary's Death he was just as important as Brian May , Slash and Jeff Beck , Eric Clapton etc . No documentaries about him , not even half hour on BBC about his life , I don't think there has been any tribute gigs for him , if any of the above Pass Away we will be inundated with News and Tributes possibly Films to. He needs to be recognised . R.I.P.
What a humble man and an amazing Irish guitarist like Rory Gallagher, died way to young. Love his music
My brother went to see thin lizzy in the 70s. Brian Robertson had been in a fight and couldn't perform. My bruv thought the gig was gonna be cancelled but no, they had a replacement at short notice. MR Gary moore. What a stand in!!
Just a brilliant guitar player and really down to earth! Liked the songs he did with Thin Lizzy. RIP Gary
Gary's demos how his sustain goes to infinity at 2:18!!
As you see here Moore was as fast and clean a player as it is possible to be in ANY style
one of the all time greats,so amazingly good
...agreed, Gary Moore was simply brilliant!!
4:37
So much feel! Was in a blues band in the nineties and played about half the songs on that album- “Still Got the Blues for You”. Great songs.
that dexterity on those three fingers, holy crap man. wow. he spends more energy NOT playing fast than the other way around. what a talent he was.
Also had hands like a bunch of bananas - look at the size of them!
If you do not relax and spend less energy executing each movement as you play faster you can't reach higher tempos, but will level out at some point and then tire out. That's like a given of fast playing. Besides notes played at speed do not necessarily sound good if played simply as a faster version of the same way of playing that note at a lower speed.
exactly, it seems he even wants to shred the slower blues stuff, also the way he attacks the string makes him look and sound more like a heavy rock player than your gentle blues soul ;)
A negative reality inversion.
One of the dearly missed late greats.
2:19 Gary Moore hits a note and sustains it for what seems like eternity.
Gary was incredible, but that sustain comes from his equipment. It’s nothing he did, except to make it part of one of his signature songs. I can do it, too, and - trust me - I’m no virtuoso.
@@crusheverything4449 well what part of the equipment is creating that monster sustain?
@@SK-kb2wc - It’s a combination of gear, starting with the wood the guitar is made of, pick-ups, a saturated tube amp and most likely a compressor or sustainer of some kind. The proximity of pick-ups to the amp can also be a factor. I’ve got a couple of videos of Gary playing Parisienne Walkways and that one long note dies far sooner than it should and he has to hit the string again. If it was all Gary’s technique that allowed him to sustain that note for so long on most occasions, that would never happen.
@@crusheverything4449 thank you for replying!
@@SK-kb2wc - You’re welcome. I want to be clear about Gary, though - he’s been one of my three favorite guitarists since the 70s, along with Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker. Take care, man and happy new year!
Seriously fast left hand! Insane!
With a right handed guitar
Not even funny how fast his trills are..
Genius and blues/rock god! Greatly missed!!! :(
Amazing style, tone, innovation, and vibrato. Not to mention passion! The greatest ever!!
Hardly the greatest ever. Hello? Mike Bloomfield? Jimi Hendrix? Johnny Winter? Eric Clapton? Duane Allman? But yeah, he was good.
AuH2O - I’ll take Gary over all those dudes, as good as they were/are.
@@crusheverything4449 Well, that's *your* problem.
AuH2O - I don’t view it as a problem. That’s the thing about opinions, they’re personal. I didn’t say the other guys suck - they’re all great and I grew up on their music; I just happen to like more stuff that Gary played on. No need to be a dick.
@@crusheverything4449 this! He/she is the best player a person personally loves the most
How great was Gary Moore. Just awesome! :)
I've always had trouble placing musicians at a specific "number" in terms of great to better to best I honestly cannot say that "so and so" is the second best of all time and so on but it saddens me so much to see one of the greatest guitarists ever to have been and still be so underrated. I sincerely believe that Gary is easily, and I mean easily among the Top Ten best guitarists ever and it's so sad...believe me that if he'd been born American it would not be the case....bit he was Irish so that's how it works which is sad.
Such a wonderful interview. Relaxed but on point. Thank you for posting.
RIP Gary Moore 👍😁
Being kinda young and dumb. I only found out about Gary Moore 6 months ago or so and the first month I didn't know he died. that was a very sad day. He was such an amazing guitarist and his songs speak to me like no other. He inspires me to play guitar again and stop playing metal music and go by head first into the blues. I want to write a song inspired by that sad day called all my heroes are dead.
Did you ever write you song (all my hero’s are dead) ? (*_*)
sadly missed one of the all time, all time greats!
the benchmark rock guitarist, imho.
he was so right about phraseing
Ive still got the blues.
my biggest inspiration..truly missed forever, me , my yellow Les Paul and my Marshall..playing with him in mind...thank you for your music
The best guitar player that ever lived!
And...he was even a father...I’m sorry he didn’t get to see his son grow up. RIP Gary. Thank you for teaching me.
Mark Samson - His son is grown up and Gary was there.
ЛЕГЕНДА!!!!
Not only a great player but a great teacher too. So many good ideas about guitar and gets his point across well
Moore's playing can make me cry, sweep my legs away, mindblow me, inspire me, make me angry and happy all in a matter of minutes.
I LOVE his music! Hendrix is the best ever, but the choice between a gig with one of them Moore will be the one for me.
„Many players are „Jack of all trades, master of none“ guys. Gary was a master of all trades.“ (Bob Daisley)
amazing tone ...great heart !
Amazing talent....Love ya Gazza...R.I.P.
The breed of great blues rock guitarists is dying out. We have nobody coming through of the same calibre to take the place of Gary Moore.
Well said Phil....YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD MATE.
Phil Priestley What about Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Joe Bonamassa? There's also the Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation.
Well, not on the Gary Moore calibre but check "kingfish" with only 17yo, really worth it
@@eduardoalcala8310 KINGFISH IS THE NEXT GREAT
of all the Rock and blues greats that have passed in recent years....i miss him most.....
5:20 there’s speed, and then there’s SPEED...
Yes sir. Speed with definition, clarity and intention..Gary was just untouchable when he went into pentatonic domination. I can't think of any other guitarist being able to do that.
You got that right! when I watch him play I just want to quit playing lol, Just kidding the inspiration and I love how when I ask the young generation about Gary and most respond Gary who? And I say let show you who Gary Moore is!!
The greatest ever in my opinion
Ryan Ferris yes he was, to me he was Hendrix on steroids
chief wiggums I don’t know you but that has to be the most dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Gary was-sloppy, that’s like saying Lil Wayne is the greatest guitar player ever! Dude his picking from a Chord pattern to a fill or a scale run is so fucking smooth! Who Gary influenced Randy Rhodes, Vivian Campbell, John Sykes, Me, and many others they would tell you ur fucking crazy
Miss U Gary..Amazing Talent..
Oh man this guy was a master of all styles on the guitar. I'm just discovering his music. I thought Gary was just blues player but then I saw some of his 80s concert footage.
quit293 Enjoy your journey, Gary Moore is my favourite by far. He can do metal, rock, blues and singing ballads like no others. His "Blues for Jimi Hendrix" is worth a watch too.
quit293
Check out Wild Frontier album, my fave.
gjw45 - Don’t forget jazz! Colliseum II is on par with Return to Forever when it comes to fusion.
A giant guitarist!
The most underrated guitar player.
He was amazing! If you put the speed setting on .25 you can see how he's playing these incredibly fast licks. 90% or more is done with just two fingers, his index and middle finger. In the passage that starts at 7:15 I counted only three times he used his ring finger. It's a bit like Django. The middle finger is the largest and strongest finger and many guitarists don't tap into what it can add to their repertoire.
Gary moore was a guitar legend.
Explorers and flying V have absolutley anazing middle postion tones which make them great for blues and thats why you see blues players using explorers and V's quite often . Its the middle position tones of those guitars that appeal to blues artists.
Agreed. Too many people believe "odd" shaped guitars are for Rock and Metal only.
best player ever fast accurate top of the bill no one comes close to him
Rory Gallagher
@WhatSideOfTheBed DidYouWakeUpOn pahahaha van halen? seriously?
R.I.P. Gary Moore.
Jesse Williams Some mental issues Jesse ? Oh ! Let me guess. You're American ! That's right ! So it's mental issues...
3:38 The reason this man is on the short list for greatest guitar player of all time.
Over the Top
Gary Moore
Brian May
and two of my favorite band Ever Europe - Kee Marcello and John Norum
he was always modest, considering his level of playing, and to me personally, a total visionary, they broke the mould when he arrived, yeah, Ace
Rolla Coasta Ride
Amen brotha.
Joe Jackson constructive criticism??
amazing Guy
I love the phrase: "The kids learn a lot of notes but they can't play one properly".
Once things had soured between Brian Robertson and Phil Lynott in Thin Lizzy, there were several great guitarists who stood briefly in Robbo’s shoes. Snowy White was ludicrously good and Midge Ure’s heroic musicianship should never be forgotten, but I do think Gary was perfectly match. At the time, Scott Gorham said of him “Gary is a guitarist so good that if he gave it up for 10 years and I practised every day, when he took it up again he’d still be better than me!”
The interviewer is Neville Marten (Guitarist/Guitar Techniques Magazine Editor). He is one of Britain & Irelands foremost blues Guitarists himself (and historian) and an incredible player in his own right!.
last time i saw him was 2003 7:40 monsters of rock tour last two shows Glasgow Scotland live cd and Newcastle got the band to sign a dressing room sign that was on the dressing room door in Scotland also got a Gary Moore Pic from Garys gtr tech vary cool.ynt was the opening act then gary and white snake was the headliner.gary opened his set with shapes of things the classic yard birds tune r.i.p.gary was second to none killer tone and great feeling straight from the heart so much emotion.clapton said gary was the best gtr ever comings from him that's quite a complement check out evil love on the jim capoldi tribute at the round house 2007 he only played that one song and brought the house down with it thanks for all the great music over the years you rock buddy cheers to you my friend you are the best
Best I've ever seen live. The most natural freestyle blues guitarists I've seen since are billy walton and Laurence Jones. Check these two guys out.
Awesome!
Hes Insane good.
The greatest.
he certainly was
no, he was playing on neck pickup on purpose.
I have many idols who play Gibsons, but Gary is the reason I got a Les Paul. It sure sounds great, but now the challenge is to try and play like the man himself which is an impossible yet fun task. Truly one of a kind.
one of the greatest guitar player`s of alltime.
Best guitar player who ever ever walked this Earth Mr Gary Moore 💯🤙 RIP Mr Gary Moore
My favorite.
RIP LEGEND.... RIP
if I could play just half as good as him I'd be a happy man.
chances are, if you are not happy in your current state, you wouldn't then either. Happiness is not something to attain by reaching a certain goal, happiness is the way. It's internal, not external
That's a wise comment if ever I saw one!:)
the comment was more of a salute to Garys guitarist skills, not really a confession about my well being, but I suppose if I did have issues I don't really think I'd seek advice from my throw away comments on youtube, but thanks for your concern. just to clarify: if I could play just half as good as Gary I'd still be a very good guitarist.
Stefan Vass Yeah alright Buddha
lop00pollop00pol - I knew what you meant, bud - and I couldn’t agree more! Everyone thinks they’re freakin’ Yoda these days. Your point was obvious to anyone with half of Gary’s brain!
From 5:04 onwards what you see is absolute on the spot one take dangerous guitar playing .in an age of over editing guitar videos everyone should watch this
this guy was a music machine !
Sure would have loved Gary to teach me for a couple of days!! I've been working on his sound and style since the 70's
Now that is how you need to play the guitar my friends!!!!