Thankyou for paying homage to a great great guitarist Gary is a hero of mine. I bought a les paul from a recording studio and when I arrived gary was sitting drinking coffee and listening to Albert collins on a big leather Sofa he looked at me and said hi and I said hello I’ve come to buy a les paul but didn’t expect to see one of my heros to which he grinned anyway the guy got the guitar and I cheekily said to Gary what do you think he reach out for me to hand him the guitar and he plugged into a H/W plexi and let rip man I still get chills after he said “for what it’s worth I’d gig with and that’s what it’s all about right” to which I nodded dumbfounded I handed over £520 shook Gary’s hand and left with a guitar played by a GOD AND I STILL HAVE HER TO THIS DAY AND WILL NEVER PART WITH HER SHE MEANS TOO MUCH.
Only a few guitarist can give me goose bumps or make me cry, and Gary is defiantly one of them! He is the most emotional player I have ever heard, and he is as great live as he is in the studio. Not many people in the USA know who Gary is, and its a real shame. I saw him back up Rush in the 80's. I had never heard of him until that night, and I never forgot him. Saw him on his Victims of the future tour, and later in a small club in Chicago on his Wild frontiers tour. I feel blessed to have seen him live, and we truly lost a great one when he passed.
The thing about Gary Moore is that he had more heart than the metal players and more technique than the blues players and that's what made him so blisteringly soulful.
I am so thrilled you reacted to this Jim! I saw Gary Moore on every tour in England from 1985 onwards. Your insights are so valuable to me on this wonderful composer, singer and awesome guitarist. I met him twice briefly and I found him to be softly spoken, warm and humble. A real hero to me.
What a great story! I did this song on a suggestion from another comment, I had been playing it for a while on my TikTok live streams, and just loved it. Thanks so much for watching :-)
When I first heard it I thought it was a remake of an R&B from the late 60's to early 70's. I checked around, found out it was his...has a lot of Memphis in it.
So very sad that Americans are only just discovering him now. Great that they are though.! Not sure why they missed him the first time. There seems to be a small industry in Americans reacting to Gary (esp The Messiah Will Come Again) which is great! I saw him live many times and have never seen anyone to touch him in a live situation. Always left everything on the stage. Like many respondents here I am a Brit too. We were lucky to have him.
@@jimmclaren1 Sorry Jim I wasn’t referring to you or Canadians (currently visiting in Alberta) but noticing a trend. Gary had a huge musical hinterland and I remember his time with Colosseum II when he played brilliant fusion music that never gained traction. I do know that more than one “guitar god” preferred not to jam with him. His intensity on stage was immense. Had huge hands and other guitarists were amazed at the heavier gauge strings and relatively high action. Thanks so much for focusing on a legend !
No apologies necessary:) I’m from Lethbridge, Alberta - miss the big open sky! It’s definitely something that has happened to many Brits. One of my favourites bands, MUSE, would sell out Wembley 3 nights in a row, then play a 9000 seat arena in Vancouver, back in the mid 2000’s. I have in depth knowledge of my favourites too, it shows our level of interest and devotion to our guitar influences. Cheers:)
Lots of Mids and volume control in Gary’s sound too. The opening run has the volume backed off a tiny bit for less sustain and the song also ends cleaner with the volume backed off. Tone control on the Les Paul for neck pickup can also be around 7 for the warmer sound when volume is back to 10. 👍🏻
Hello! Wow - this is really cool and such an amazing song! We are a kids family band from NZ and hope you might like to see our version of Still got the Blues too :) thanks!
What a great analysis of Gary's tune. You so walk the walk...!! Well done and aside from Josh Smith I've not seen such accurate theory of what is taking place.
Mr Moore was one of the most versatile guitarist he did of course blues but started as a rock guitarist in thin lizzy then went to prog jazz with coloseum ll on to heavy rock actually he was ozzy's first choice when he went solo be Gary declined and helped ozzy find randy rhoads Gary did a good deal of solo work with sound from metal to instrumental even reggae and dance I my humble opinion he's one of the most underrated guys outside of the guitar industry
@@jimmclaren1 I've got a thing for the guys people tend to forget could mention Jerry Reed for instance people remember him as an actor but he's one of only a handful guitarist that got the label certified guitar player from chet Atkins try listening to the song "the claw" another is Glenn Campbell few people know that he was a session player of the famous wrecking crew used by people like Elvis if you preferer a little more rock randy rhoads and Mark knopfler is top of the game especially the technique of Mark is wow
@@jimmclaren1 BTW if you someday would like to dive in to Gary moore again try to find the 2010 Montreux live version of Parisienne walkway its a studio in what he could do with that les Paul guitar although it is 16 minutes it's a germ and one of his signature songs actually recorded back in the days with Phil lynott on vocals
On the live recording - there is NO rhythm guitar - look at the stage - the strings and chorus are done on keyboards. There is a horn section on it, though. Have you heard his version of "The Messiah Will Come Again?" If not you really need to check that out on your reaction channel.
if you listen you can actually hear him switch the pickup.. if you want an earlier version of still got the blues ,listen to parisian walkways by gary and phil lynott..... is not the same song sure but it kinda is the same song lol......
I think the production is much more timeless than if it had been recorded in the 70s and probably the late 90's. The 70s REALLY sound dated and vintage in comparison (although good in it's own way too, I love it) with the muffled/dead dry drums and bass sounds for instance...all the high end roll off from generations of tape etc....further removed from today's sound than this recording. The 70's carry a much bigger sonic stamp. And if this had been recorded in 95' or later, it would likely have suffered from loudness war syndrome, over-compressed and limited...removing the air and natural dynamics this recording has, and almost certainly have a sample replacement/argumentation on the snare. It only has a minimum of synths, and really isn't as 80's sounding as you make it out to be. Almost *any other* song from the 80's I can think of sounds more 80's than this. For instance the reverb on the snare, although it's there, really lays far "behind" the snare, with very little body to the reverb, allowing the dry snare to come out. Had it been recorded today, it's possible that it would have autotune on it, and it certainly would have clipped/over limited transients, making it a song you could listen to once before fatigue set in. It would have sampled kick and snare probably with very little space around it, making the song sound smaller than the material wants to be. But what we have is a song that breathes, that you can listen to over and over, and no pitch correction. I think it's hard to think of a better time for the song, the material, than when it was recorded.
Totally agree with you, perfect explanation. Eventhough I think 80’s were a good era of rock music this production does not carry that stamp on it. Cheers.
What a bewildering comment. Your inner Gary fanboy seems to have missed the fact that I’m not actually trying to compete with him. This is a breakdown and analysis of a song, nice try though?
Thankyou for paying homage to a great great guitarist Gary is a hero of mine. I bought a les paul from a recording studio and when I arrived gary was sitting drinking coffee and listening to Albert collins on a big leather Sofa he looked at me and said hi and I said hello I’ve come to buy a les paul but didn’t expect to see one of my heros to which he grinned anyway the guy got the guitar and I cheekily said to Gary what do you think he reach out for me to hand him the guitar and he plugged into a H/W plexi and let rip man I still get chills after he said “for what it’s worth I’d gig with and that’s what it’s all about right” to which I nodded dumbfounded I handed over £520 shook Gary’s hand and left with a guitar played by a GOD AND I STILL HAVE HER TO THIS DAY AND WILL NEVER PART WITH HER SHE MEANS TOO MUCH.
Never part with her this should be handed down through the family, cool story man!
Only a few guitarist can give me goose bumps or make me cry, and Gary is defiantly one of them! He is the most emotional player I have ever heard, and he is as great live as he is in the studio. Not many people in the USA know who Gary is, and its a real shame. I saw him back up Rush in the 80's. I had never heard of him until that night, and I never forgot him. Saw him on his Victims of the future tour, and later in a small club in Chicago on his Wild frontiers tour. I feel blessed to have seen him live, and we truly lost a great one when he passed.
The thing about Gary Moore is that he had more heart than the metal players and more technique than the blues players and that's what made him so blisteringly soulful.
And he is doing all of that whilst singing and slaying a crowd, Props Gary.
The live version of this song... Just beautiful, awesome video!!
Good breakdown and i appreciated ur theory lesson and playing in the pauses. May u continue. Can u do some Joe Bonamassa also
I am so thrilled you reacted to this Jim! I saw Gary Moore on every tour in England from 1985 onwards. Your insights are so valuable to me on this wonderful composer, singer and awesome guitarist. I met him twice briefly and I found him to be softly spoken, warm and humble. A real hero to me.
What a great story! I did this song on a suggestion from another comment, I had been playing it for a while on my TikTok live streams, and just loved it.
Thanks so much for watching :-)
When I first heard it I thought it was a remake of an R&B from the late 60's to early 70's. I checked around, found out it was his...has a lot of Memphis in it.
Gorgeous LP dude
Check out ANY live version of this 🤟🏽🤟🏽
So very sad that Americans are only just discovering him now. Great that they are though.! Not sure why they missed him the first time. There seems to be a small industry in Americans reacting to Gary (esp The Messiah Will Come Again) which is great! I saw him live many times and have never seen anyone to touch him in a live situation. Always left everything on the stage. Like many respondents here I am a Brit too. We were lucky to have him.
Well I’m Canadian, but I can understand your sentiment. I’m also a fan of Brits, so thank you for watching and commenting:)
@@jimmclaren1 Sorry Jim I wasn’t referring to you or Canadians (currently visiting in Alberta) but noticing a trend. Gary had a huge musical hinterland and I remember his time with Colosseum II when he played brilliant fusion music that never gained traction. I do know that more than one “guitar god” preferred not to jam with him. His intensity on stage was immense. Had huge hands and other guitarists were amazed at the heavier gauge strings and relatively high action. Thanks so much for focusing on a legend !
No apologies necessary:) I’m from Lethbridge, Alberta - miss the big open sky!
It’s definitely something that has happened to many Brits. One of my favourites bands, MUSE, would sell out Wembley 3 nights in a row, then play a 9000 seat arena in Vancouver, back in the mid 2000’s.
I have in depth knowledge of my favourites too, it shows our level of interest and devotion to our guitar influences. Cheers:)
keep em coming i dig it
LOL, "That's a lot of bending at 22" great video man. As always, love the content.
Thank you sir!
Wise guy!!
You are a damn good guitar player, your tone is really also amazing
I would love for you to be my guitar teacher
Lots of Mids and volume control in Gary’s sound too. The opening run has the volume backed off a tiny bit for less sustain and the song also ends cleaner with the volume backed off. Tone control on the Les Paul for neck pickup can also be around 7 for the warmer sound when volume is back to 10. 👍🏻
Hello! Wow - this is really cool and such an amazing song! We are a kids family band from NZ and hope you might like to see our version of Still got the Blues too :) thanks!
check out the live version...ua-cam.com/video/4O_YMLDvvnw/v-deo.html
Looking forward to you doing the same for many of his other songs, Jim. Then, Peter Green, maybe?
Good idea!!!
@@jimmclaren1 You bet! :-)
What a great analysis of Gary's tune. You so walk the walk...!! Well done and aside from Josh Smith I've not seen such accurate theory of what is taking place.
Thx for the video ..can you do Gary Moore Need your love so bad?
Mr Moore was one of the most versatile guitarist he did of course blues but started as a rock guitarist in thin lizzy then went to prog jazz with coloseum ll on to heavy rock actually he was ozzy's first choice when he went solo be Gary declined and helped ozzy find randy rhoads Gary did a good deal of solo work with sound from metal to instrumental even reggae and dance I my humble opinion he's one of the most underrated guys outside of the guitar industry
Very cool backstory. He’s flown under my radar for years.
@@jimmclaren1 I've got a thing for the guys people tend to forget could mention Jerry Reed for instance people remember him as an actor but he's one of only a handful guitarist that got the label certified guitar player from chet Atkins try listening to the song "the claw" another is Glenn Campbell few people know that he was a session player of the famous wrecking crew used by people like Elvis if you preferer a little more rock randy rhoads and Mark knopfler is top of the game especially the technique of Mark is wow
Mark’s amazing. My favourite underrated guitarist has to be Terry Kath from Chicago. Also my favourite guitarist of all time :)
@@jimmclaren1 BTW if you someday would like to dive in to Gary moore again try to find the 2010 Montreux live version of Parisienne walkway its a studio in what he could do with that les Paul guitar although it is 16 minutes it's a germ and one of his signature songs actually recorded back in the days with Phil lynott on vocals
trivia: i used this video to test my new cheapass Edifier 1280T, sounds okay to me ! good enough for a shop
I use Steely Dan’s “The Royal Scam” to check speakers and mixers:) thanks for watching
On the live recording - there is NO rhythm guitar - look at the stage - the strings and chorus are done on keyboards. There is a horn section on it, though. Have you heard his version of "The Messiah Will Come Again?" If not you really need to check that out on your reaction channel.
Sweet. This isn’t the live recording sooo…👍🏻
@@jimmclaren1 You might like to check out the live recording of Still Got The Blues - I think it's better than the studio version.
I’ve had a few people mention that. I almost always prefer live versions of songs☺️ will do!
You should check Alip Ba Ta
Still got the blues garymoore
if you listen you can actually hear him switch the pickup.. if you want an earlier version of still got the blues ,listen to parisian walkways by gary and phil lynott..... is not the same song sure but it kinda is the same song lol......
try a rather unknown song of gary moore called "she got you"
ua-cam.com/video/KK0PJryo900/v-deo.html
Simplest and most difficult lead to play right.
I think the production is much more timeless than if it had been recorded in the 70s and probably the late 90's. The 70s REALLY sound dated and vintage in comparison (although good in it's own way too, I love it) with the muffled/dead dry drums and bass sounds for instance...all the high end roll off from generations of tape etc....further removed from today's sound than this recording. The 70's carry a much bigger sonic stamp. And if this had been recorded in 95' or later, it would likely have suffered from loudness war syndrome, over-compressed and limited...removing the air and natural dynamics this recording has, and almost certainly have a sample replacement/argumentation on the snare.
It only has a minimum of synths, and really isn't as 80's sounding as you make it out to be. Almost *any other* song from the 80's I can think of sounds more 80's than this.
For instance the reverb on the snare, although it's there, really lays far "behind" the snare, with very little body to the reverb, allowing the dry snare to come out.
Had it been recorded today, it's possible that it would have autotune on it, and it certainly would have clipped/over limited transients, making it a song you could listen to once before fatigue set in. It would have sampled kick and snare probably with very little space around it, making the song sound smaller than the material wants to be.
But what we have is a song that breathes, that you can listen to over and over, and no pitch correction. I think it's hard to think of a better time for the song, the material, than when it was recorded.
Totally agree with you, perfect explanation. Eventhough I think 80’s were a good era of rock music this production does not carry that stamp on it. Cheers.
Live version is better.
Nice try sir but, you don't even come close to what Gary did! He was a master.
What a bewildering comment. Your inner Gary fanboy seems to have missed the fact that I’m not actually trying to compete with him.
This is a breakdown and analysis of a song, nice try though?
@@jimmclaren1 Your arrogance is sickening.
Have yourself a pleasant day Mr. Hunt.