Richard Smith - He's A World Class Picker
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2022
- Richard Smith was born in Beckenham, England. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of "Down South Blues". He begged his father, a longtime Atkins admirer, to introduce him to the fingerpicking style. Smith soon became a child prodigy on the guitar. As a kid he could play the entire discographies of Django Reinhardt and Chet Atkins. At the age of 11 he shared the stage with his idol when Atkins invited Smith to play with him at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. He was also influenced by guitarist Big Jim Sullivan and briefly studied jazz guitar with Shane Hill at Warlingham School, Surrey.He formed the Richard Smith Guitar Trio with his brothers Rob and Sam before marrying American cellist Julie Adams and moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. He founded the Hot Club of Nashville, a jam band with a varying lineup that included John Jorgenson, Pat Bergeson, Bryan Sutton, and Stuart Duncan, combining gypsy jazz and western swing. Smith performs as a solo act and a duo with his wife. His repertoire includes country, bluegrass, blues, ragtime, folk, jazz, pop, and classical music.A 2018 video of Smith performing Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" went viral on UA-cam, amassing over 12 million views as of April, 2022.
I've seen Richard numerous times and all over the place over the last 25 years. I've always found him to be very friendly easy to converse with.
This man is a full band and a half. Super talented. I'm impressed.
Move over Chet Atkins! Your torch has been picked up, and carried on in great style. 🥂🥂🍺🍺🥰
reincarnation
He's the best in the business, no doubt about it. And he's got a wonderful sense of humour.
Richard Smith is superb, and a friendly guy. He played Houston folk club ( Just outside Greenock) twice several years ago. Wonderful see that he is now getting the recognition he deserves.
Saw Richard in Fayetteville NC a few years ago. Must say..no doubt. He's one of the Greats!
Richard is a musical genius and a helluva nice guy too. He played where I worked as a sound guy and was my favorite show in my 7 year tenure at that club.
I could listen to him all day long.
All these years an I honestly never knew he was an Englishman. Incredible what happens when you focus on their playing more than anything else
Fantastic playing. He is definitely one of the best!
Truly world class. Bravo Richard.
The rendition of Eddy Arnold's Tennessee Waltz was outstanding skips and all. What a talent and sense of humour.
So fantastic! He is so spectacular!! One of a kind!!0
10/10 musician and person he just gets better every time I listen
He,s a genius a prodigy,he was probably playing almost that well when he was 12 years old.
Wow! What a performance 🎭, muy especial the last song ….
Absolutely incredible!!!
Highly creative and talented. Kudos!
Incredible chops and great personality - thanks for sharing this!
Genious....I love it!
Just awesome. Stunning.
Amazing Play!!Richard is very grate guitar player.
Incredible talent - a joy !
Simply amazing.
Fantastic
Wow!!!! Just WOW!!!
21:19 - funniest thing I've heard in a LONG time! Saw him do this live, and almost lost it! BRAVO!
Love your guitar work,the best paul.
Amazing!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
He just keeps on getting better and better!! Love the way he tweaks these old standards in new and tasteful ways..
Ordinary name, extraordinary player.
tremendous playing. thumbs up just ain`t enough. I think you need to be a guitar player to truly appreciate how good he is
Wow!!👍👍👍
Very talented and accomplished
Counted Richard's fingers, he has the number as everyone!! Totally amazing and funny. An true guitar genius. Thank you. Kudos.
Yes, maybe, but I'm sure some of them must become detached from the rest of his hands briefly without us noticing...
This man may have been a child prodigy, but he has worked so hard on his technique over the years. Simply amazing. Glad he started to sing, not a bad voice. Hope he lives a long time.
No es un estúpido se cree de raza superior ,por k jazz
Awesome skill
Very nice
What else can you say, Awesome, loved the skipping record, hahaha!
Wonderful. I do believe you might have even made Segovia blush. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Segovia was stuck up so much if you didn't play the piece correctly, every note and with his style he frowned upon it.Sad really ,Django played for him , he didn't like it ......John Williams will tell you more
He is one of the best giutar players. 👍
tHANX tED, MADE 2023 A BETTER YEAR FOR ME. CHEERS.
Very Reminiscent of Roy Clark!! Very good style!!
He does a great job of The Entertainer, on guitar.
right on the money with every strum/pick. jezzz
Fantastic guitarist.👍👍🇨🇦
Better than segovia
Amazing, perfectly clean playing! Even in the quickest picking parts there's not a single buzzing from the strings.
I can hear buzzing. Lots of it. The nonsense people tell themselves.
Amazing!!!Bravo!!!new subscriber here.Guitar playing is superb👏👏👏❤️❤️🎸🎸
Thank you Doyle that was fantastic and very informative. I am still enjoying my Godin Doyle Dykes guitar Eric Armstrong
Sabe o q me impressiona no Richard Smith?😮 A suavidade com que ele toca. Ele não ataca, acaricia as cordas
Still blowing and going! Well that’s what us truck drivers do- keep on rolling until we can’t get behind the wheel. Love you Richard keep on pickin! God bless
WOWWWW!!!!
Nemam riječi fantastično
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Nice
Yes yes
nice you bast!!!
World class is right
The mostly Mozart cover at 22:20 is breathtakingly smooth
It is variaton of one theme in "Magic Flute".
@@superhepu Indeed. He plays what seems to be his version of Fernando Sor's Variations on a Theme by Mozart Op. 9
I used 2 say when I first heard Tommy Emmanuel I wanted 2 burn my guitar 🎸 now I really want 2 burn it after hearing Richard
Just practice and enjoy your guitar
6:15 most number of notes ever played in 5 seconds
Nice melodic approach and great tone. What amp do you use?
Anybody know the tunes he just played, in order? THE BEST!!!!!
East Wind
Walkin' The Strings
So Round,So Firm, So Fully Packed
Mister Lucky
The Watkins Man
Tennessee Waltz
Variations On A Theme Of Mozart
Thanks for sharing the question and answer. This teaches me song titles...
It has a Tango feel 2/4
what's the name of classical piece played at 23 minutes?
Holy cow, Batman!
whats the name of the first song he plays?
East Wind . Jerry Reed composition
@@robsmith8052 i liked it so much that I learned it! ua-cam.com/video/4j8jzw4kebk/v-deo.html
Please , advise , what is the name of the first composition ?
East Wind, a Jerry Reed tune.
@@michaellewis9578thank you .
whats the name of the first song?
East Wind by Jerry Reed.
@@gidbiddy7091 thanks - its so hard to find this song!
Britian's Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins style
Better than Chet Atkins. Love his version of many songs.
A product of Chet's influence. He learned from Chet's ability to play rhythm and melody at the same time, but on steroids! Look for him playing with Tommy Emmanuel. Two of Chet's greatest prodigy's.
He even looks like Segovia
And he also sings like Sinatra! Please somebody find a flaw on this guy
Catch him on video with Tommy Emmanuel and guthrie Trapp Bryan Sutton and pat Burleson playing Johnny Cash song 🎵 ♥
Richard is one of a handful of guitar pickers that Tommy enjoys playing with!
OMG! I was just gonna post; "What if this guy and Tommy Immanuel got together and wrote something?" Very few pickers could follow them! I need to see that video!
Great player, ugly pieces!
No matter how articulate this man is on guitar, all he's doing is getting his one leg moving. I don't see anyone
in the audience getting up to dance, what music is all about. I could unplug my guitar and jump off the stage
onto the dance floor or into the audience to move around and get back up and everyone's getting off on it.
I also think he should have dressed a little nicer, being a style-setter or at least more formal than his audience.
Nonsensical statement, my man. How he dressed for the concert? Scheeez..
Dancing, is what music is about? This is a seated concert! People have come to LISTEN to him perform..not jump up in an aisle, and make spectacle's of themselves! It's NOT dance music..it's a musical PERFORMANCE of skill and humor. Man...get a grip, instead of a critical opinion as to what shoes he's wearing!
A Master Guitarist. Saw him in Plant City,FL........Wow!
I'll bet that the last song Richard played here can not be played by any other guitarist on earth. Superb! If you think you are this good then try it and we will see who the real master of the guitar really is, It's... of course...Richard Smith! Damn, I swear I saw smoke coming out of his guitar as he played the literal hell out of his instrument!
Very nice