Les Paul & Chet Atkins 1978-07-05 NYC NBC Today Show Pt1

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Les Paul and Chet Atkins promoting their album "Guitar Monsters" on The Today Show with Gene Shalit. Part one of two.
1. Introduction
2. Avalon
3. Les Paulverizer Demo
Chet Atkins - Gretsch guitar
Les Paul - Gibson Les Paul guitar
Bob Sutton - drums
Henry Stilecki (?) - bass
Thanks to bpthree for the recording, which he preserved so well for all these years.

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@jimmyeray133 7 жыл бұрын

It's hard to comprehend the amount of badassery in this clip.

@tdw5933 5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@McFly-guitars-n-stuff 4 жыл бұрын

Well put....

@barrypuckett2488 11 ай бұрын

Lol

@johnkirk6252 7 жыл бұрын

There are no proper words. And wow is not even close. Chet Atkins is great but Les Paul is from another planet all together. truly a guitar genius.

@PatR2243 21 күн бұрын

IMO They're both from another planet.

@brianwhite4090 4 жыл бұрын

I am 76 and grew up listening to these guys. I’ve heard many great guitarists over the years and most of them would agree these are the kings!

@swacbro 9 жыл бұрын

Chester & Lester...who else could sit there holding guitars named after themselves?? 2 of the best & coolest pickers ever

@jesse8330 3 жыл бұрын

Two of the godfathers of guitar right here people I'm a millinial and I know it respect to these men

@rafasounds2010 9 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest guitar moment there's ever been. These two play like they're having a conversation in the kitchen while doing breakfast. This is how music shoud be.

@SysadminsWithGuns 4 жыл бұрын

What a delightful thing to watch. Two masters of their craft who know their way around the guitar better than anyone else.

@rubicon1983 10 жыл бұрын

There's more talent in those four hands than in 90% of all the rockers added together playing today.

@jayrocknurse5386 9 жыл бұрын

I somewhat disagree., They could't play like Clapton when asked who was the best said "who cares? Let's Jam"

@arthurs4240 9 жыл бұрын

Just Lester Paul. Technical-wise, there are death metal bands out there who play with more technique than les paul. But considering his era of music, he's probably the only one who can play like that.

@arthurs4240 9 жыл бұрын

Woah. Someone needs to learn English. I said technical wise. Anyways, I'm not trying to troll. So I can't give less shit if you pretend or not.

@DailyBrusher 9 жыл бұрын

Arthur Napolitano One thing to keep in mind, comparing Les Paul to today's metal guys, is that Les is playing with a clean sound, and with what kind of action? As you know, it's easier to play fast if you have a fuzzed out, super-saturated sound, on a metal guitar with a very low action. I've seen Television live, and Tom Verlaine and Richard Loyd work their asses off to play that stuff on Strats with almost no distortion.

@constantine7382 5 жыл бұрын

Your mouth to God's ear!

@Oklatucky_Guitarman 7 жыл бұрын

Les Paul just made some guitarists pack away their guitars for a long time. That stuff at the end was insane.

@eles2147 5 жыл бұрын

Les was getting sick there. I'm just sorry that I never saw his live shows at The Iridium

@robharms1659 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy how the guitar started playing the solo before he moved his fingers...

@mehermusic2154 4 жыл бұрын

@@eles2147 i did. he was the best. killer sense of humor to boot. great music AND COMEDY!

@RobertFairweatherMusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@robharms1659 The Paulverizer. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJ6jiayrsb3Foo0.html&ab_channel=MrAudioSoundImages

@MrMd5555 2 жыл бұрын

I think that stuff at the end was actually chet playing & les trying to keep up

@michaellucarelli 10 жыл бұрын

Gotta love youtube! going back in time to these great artists

@johnieschaber4040 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Lucarelli I

@S.R.Crnt. 3 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear!

@tedcabana 5 ай бұрын

Chet and Les were so cool, and funny, when they performed live. They were both music legends, great friends, performers. And they both had such an amazing sense of humor. They were funny together.

@camberwellcarrot420 6 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine this happening on television today with our 5 second attention spans.

@nickfoxx9310 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure people still play live music on TV, old timer. In your defense, it does usually happen after 8PM, so you're probably asleep and miss it.

@mehermusic2154 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickfoxx9310 YEAH, SHIT MUSIC A-HOLE

@pahwraith 3 жыл бұрын

Doesnt matter we have youtube.

@zengerz 2 жыл бұрын

not everybody is low iq sliding into degeneration becaue of a lack of intelligence overal in the family, so speak for yourself. If u went to school or church ur brainwashed and a follower of man, how low can u go

@alienair1748 5 жыл бұрын

modern shredders couldnt hold the same versatility and finesse as these old cats. Love the first loop pedal attached to Mr Pauls bridge. What a rare and humble individual. That crazy shit he was doing at the end, nothing to compare with, save perhaps Zappa.

@charlieisamonster 7 жыл бұрын

So Les Paul invented the looper pedal? Add that one to the long list of things we have to thank him for.

@TheScottJeter 5 жыл бұрын

Seems to work like a tape looper.

@michaelklump4566 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. He did.

@R3l3ntl3sss 4 жыл бұрын

He is a legend

@coldacre 4 жыл бұрын

what a legend!!!! 20 years ahead of everyone else, with that one

@lorenzolarue337 4 жыл бұрын

....Yes, and 'analog', not 'digital'......just mind numbingly brilliant....

@spazimdam 2 жыл бұрын

Les Paul and Chet Atkins are guitar monsters. Les Paul's speed picking is otherworldly. It's so on point and fast and with his "Paulverizer" doubling the guitar line it was just unreal. Bravo!!

@imjspaceman 5 жыл бұрын

Some excellent musicians, no doubt. A word to all the comments about "who's better" and "this guy doesn't hold a candle tot that guy" and all that ... It's not a competition, people. Each musician has their own style and skills and each one is pushing themselves to play the best that they can play. They may learn licks and tricks and get ideas from each other, but their goal isn't to play better than "___________", it's to enjoy what they're doing as much as they can and maybe inspire somebody else.

@shauntoole5356 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing out the inappropriate, competitive attitude.

@markmarsh27 10 жыл бұрын

that was beyond amazing...both playing the guitars named after them and Les Paul with the mind blowing fusion riffs at the end...he was and still is in a class of "amazing" all by himself

@jsk821 6 жыл бұрын

AAAAAaamen

@dinosoarskill17 2 жыл бұрын

There's no modern artists that can make me feel star-struck like how these guys do.

@jasondorsey7110 Жыл бұрын

These are the guys who invented guitar heroics, and their mastery of the craft never gets old

@polo339 4 жыл бұрын

The end is so incredible that's it's hard to believe they really play live.

@fredandpattychandler4130 9 жыл бұрын

The beautiful thing is, none of of us know more than these two greats. Huge fan of each. Chet is so smooth. Makes the ridiculous, look like child's play. Les was untouchable in his younger days. Always enthusiastic, brimming with new ideas. Simpler times, created one of kind musicianship. Be thankful you just watched this clip.

@MarkLumsley 10 жыл бұрын

"You'll play in the same key?" "I'll try - don't leave!" "I won't!" *leaves*

@ianrobins3828 9 жыл бұрын

I had an album years ago called "Lester & Chester" - some of the most brilliant playing I've ever heard. Now I get to see them together! Wonderful!

@toodie535 2 жыл бұрын

he also recorded one with Mark Knopfler that was as good

@thesoundpurist 2 жыл бұрын

LP was a hell of a prolific guitarist. Just discovered him few days ago. He's now in my list of best guitar players ever! : D

@robertswickard8355 Жыл бұрын

The speed of Les is of the charts , MIND BLOWING !!!!! Chet plays the bass line , melody and the vocal parts at the same time ... PERFECTION !!!!!!!

@tattoo134 2 жыл бұрын

Two of the most talented men to ever hold a guitar. Chet's quiet reserved personality and Les' outgoing fun personality make a great pair.

@hoardlydad 4 жыл бұрын

It's 2019, and the last 2 minutes of this video are still mind-blowing.

@larrygoldstein3481 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously what are we hearing...

@franksnyder1357 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this. Thank YOU TooleMan87.........OH YEAH.

@tonygutierrez5779 5 жыл бұрын

Such a great gem of a video. Watching both these guys play is like watching guitar gods jamming in heaven

@kitano0 10 жыл бұрын

Les Paul is such a "playful" guitar player. His playing has a sense of fun and humor about it. He so much fun to watch and listen to. 'Lester and Chester" is a fine album.

@etfox437 10 жыл бұрын

everything about that video was absolutely mind blowing!!!

@loloes335 4 ай бұрын

Incredible Les Paul plays his looper invention in 1978! What guitar masters with Chet...! Our poor technology of today has nothing to do with creativity...

@feebypeels2883 2 жыл бұрын

Les Paul never ceases to put a smile on my face.

@michaellucarelli 10 жыл бұрын

this should have more views

@alexplorer 10 жыл бұрын

I just added one.

@MickiB_Is4916 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Lucarelli. That's for sure but not many know who they are now..sad but true

@mistersphincter3986 6 жыл бұрын

The morons out there are too busy listening to J-Zee and Beeoncay!!! Don't you undertand? they give us great music!!!

@colingrimes2324 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Lucarelli ad

@Potus-he4sl 5 жыл бұрын

I know 2of the greats these guys was wow

@jesteronetime 10 жыл бұрын

holy cow. stumbled upon this ..utta madness ..where is the blown away button

@xtc1957 8 жыл бұрын

Young or old, if you do not recognize the pure talent and drive of these two artists, then you're just...well...dead.

@raysutton8185 5 жыл бұрын

xtc1957 Charlie byrd

@raysutton8185 5 жыл бұрын

Charlie Byrd

@raidacaipo 9 жыл бұрын

Les paul is a little crazy... but I like that lol

@sewagedump 5 жыл бұрын

He's a pretentious wanker. He wishes he was Chet so bad.

@Kedbuka 4 жыл бұрын

@@sewagedump Pretentious? No, he was an innovator and one of the giants of modern guitar playing. You're an idiot.

@jameshall1075 4 жыл бұрын

@@sewagedump You're joking right? You know what pretentious means? Les was the real deal and that's just a fact. Who are you anyway?

@mehermusic2154 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kedbuka he's also a moron and a sewage dump

@guyincognito320 4 жыл бұрын

@@mehermusic2154 Ok 10 year old

@kevindean6600 5 жыл бұрын

Damn this makes me happy. And I’m only 40. But i know genius and musical devotion when I see it.

@supahdupahplayahmacknumbah7791 3 жыл бұрын

What if I'm only 20?

@einalteshemd 7 жыл бұрын

this is insanely good

@georgezorn5338 7 жыл бұрын

These two greats were my reason for playing and teaching myself guitar and enjoying it all these years.

@GodInTheMachine 9 жыл бұрын

Les lived 31 more amazing years after this! Played up until the end. What an inspiration to anyone that ages!

@robharris6874 5 жыл бұрын

The drummer is the hero here being able to keep with the beat!!

@mystyguitarmusic 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing, brought tears to my eyes to see these two masters so young, in their prime, and absolutely awesome.

@oakenshanks 9 жыл бұрын

young? they were old as hell in this...lol... les paul was a hit in the fiftys with his late wife, late as in now shes dead.... but glad you liked it.

@mystyguitarmusic 9 жыл бұрын

oakenshanks I KNEW I was going to get called on the "young, prime" thing lol and yes I know very well who they are :) "Old as hell", maybe to your thinking. Not to mine considering they both played nearly to their last days, Chet was 77 when he passed and Les at 94... :)

@MrMnmn911 6 жыл бұрын

There are certainly many, many, many great guitar artists but the 2 "smoothest" players are Les Paul and Chet Atkins. Uncannily flawless, even between each note. Simply amazing. Thank you so much for posting this.

@bryanmannoia8410 7 жыл бұрын

wow, that was awesome. thanks for sharing!! I wish I had seen of one of les' weekly shows in n.y.c., I definitely missed out there. I would give nearly anything to have that guitar with les' delay pedal built right on. don't want to forget chet, just as amazing as the legend himself.

@cutypetuty 8 жыл бұрын

amazing...totally regret not seeing Les Paul play in nyc at his regular gig.

@TruthSurge 11 жыл бұрын

7:05.... Les wasn't expecting the prerecorded lick to come in then he hears it and goes OOP and starts to play along IN TIME so no, it's not a vid sync issue. Two great players and one awesome inventor.

@ironpirites 13 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of reasons why people like Jimmy Page, a genius of the 60's respected Les Paul, a genius of the 50's. Les had rediculously awesome chops on top of all the other stuff he did. Chet is one of the world's tastiest players and can throw in the dazzle when he wants to, as we see here. Thanks for the upload.

@Crackers2549 10 жыл бұрын

The absolute masters... My two all time favorites!... Les with that flashy style and Chet with his effortless finger picking style made for such a great duet! Awesome

@dianalemmon58 8 жыл бұрын

38 years later...still amazing!

@patriot9560 2 жыл бұрын

Two huge talents! Chet did not invent the guitar he’s playing. Les on the other hand DID invent the guitar he’s playing!

@Kedbuka 4 жыл бұрын

So fuc*ing awesome to see this. Thank you for the post.

@undignifiedable 11 жыл бұрын

My introduction to Les Paul was when I stumbled on the podcasts of the Joey Reynolds show in the year before it finished on WOR (all the way down here in Australia) - I just loved the friendship between those two from different generations and had no idea who either of them was.

@b.terenceharwick3222 8 жыл бұрын

We have some great contemporary guitarists, but Les Paul's black box aside, I'm not sure there's been anyone better and more versatile in the types of music they can play than Chet Atkins and Les Paul....

@tiffsaver 8 жыл бұрын

Greatness never dies.

@bigrobbyd.6805 7 жыл бұрын

Man, what a combination. They make it look so effortless.

@paulmcclung8185 10 жыл бұрын

Les Paul was a genius. He created music today. We are a great deal of debt to Les Paul. He invented electric guitar and feed back. Chet Atkins is amazing guitar player, he also invented much of picking today. Thank sirs I love and thank you.

@markfortin421 3 жыл бұрын

And when Les says: "Hold my beer and watch this!" You better have your seat belt buckled...he blows the mind of even the best guitarists...(Chet Atkins) I think Chet was a little perturbed on this set, but he just kept pickin'. Les was excited because he was actually on TV, and wanted to show everything he knew...God lovem

@jacka123100 10 жыл бұрын

Someone may someday equal them, but no one will ever surpass them, that would be impossible.

@H0neybaby_23 4 жыл бұрын

Garegh62 Campbell was good, but not Les Paul or Chet Atkins good. Les Paul could make a guitar do things others dreamed of.

@Magnetron33 4 жыл бұрын

@Garegh62 Glenn was in their realm so was Roy Clark

@Bobma0421 3 жыл бұрын

Tommy Emmanuel.

@cyjp0 4 жыл бұрын

I love les reaction to the interviwer asking if its only one person playing "OF CORSE ITS ONE PERSON!!!"

@gtrDan1963 12 жыл бұрын

Two of the guitar immortals... We'll never see their like again... Fantastic post ! Dan.

@ChadQuick270W 10 жыл бұрын

Good God! Gene and that hair and mustache, lol. Remember seeing him on the game shows that originated out of NYC in the 1970s as well

@jayrocknurse5386 9 жыл бұрын

Eric Clapton said it best when he was asked who he thought was the best. He shrugged his shoulders and said :"who cares?...Let's Jam".

@ApartmentKing66 9 жыл бұрын

Pip McSqueeza Well, I'm sure Hendrix, as good as he was, didn't think of *himself* as "God."

@ApartmentKing66 9 жыл бұрын

Pip McSqueeza I guess it bothers some more than it does others.

@hijtohema 8 жыл бұрын

+Pip McSqueeza He didn't. His fans did. In fact he hated it. His album "There's one in every crowd" Was originally to be called "The best guitar player in the world. (There's one in every crowd)." But it was changed because the record company feared that people wouldn't understand the ironic self deprecating humour.

@TraderJack641 8 жыл бұрын

+Pip McSqueeza Hendrix said he wasn't the best and that Terry Kath of Chicago was better than him.

@raymondfaron85 8 жыл бұрын

+Jay Rock Nurse .....Must have said it before Stevie Ray Vaughn made him admit and I quote "There's no way you're going to do better than him, if you are on the same venue together you just have to resolve to do the best you can"

@kleetus92 7 жыл бұрын

For 1978, my best guess for what's inside the 'LesPaulverizer' black box was a small cassette tape like we used to have in answering machines before they went digital... with a 4 channel recording head and it played in a loop. So you'd add sound as it went by, then it would play it back as you went. That is nothing short of amazing for that time. Digital delay lines were only for logic system, and it would be almost 2 decades before meaningful analog to digital - digital to analog systems would have enough capacity to ever attempt something like this. What a great catch of a video!

@Kohntarkosz 2 жыл бұрын

The Les Paulverizer was simply a remote control for a tape machine Les Paul had hidden backstage. There's no looping going on here. That demonstration is just a bit of showbiz schtick. The entire thing you hearing is just a normal tape that Les had done beforehand. As for digital delays not being able to do this kind of thing, maybe not in 1978, but 1982, I think it was, Electro-Harmonix had introduced the 16 Second Delay (and in 1984, they introduced the 64 Second Delay, but that was available for long before the original company went under), and several other companies were making delay units with 4 second delay times.

@kleetus92 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kohntarkosz Cool cool... I was thinking about the DIGITAL delays not the analog ones... I kinda forgot about those ones!

@deanrane1961 4 ай бұрын

@@Kohntarkosz Thanks for clearing that up, I was totally blown away before reading your comment. Much appreciated.

@taikoking1 9 жыл бұрын

Simply blown away! Incredible.

@Zarathustra.was.right2 9 жыл бұрын

Watch their feet, you can tell how differently they feel the music

@juansastre1729 4 жыл бұрын

great detail

@Ray199149 10 жыл бұрын

I like them both!!!

@toddswift6042 10 жыл бұрын

Les Paul! There should be a class for everyone who plays to watch this as mandatory. Everyone who plays today that is hailed as guitar god, is the progeny of Les Paul and Chet Atkins.

@darylhudson777 Жыл бұрын

WOW...i forgot what real talent was like...these N00B youngsters nowadays have no clue. I feel like crying that I have to suffer the arrogant ineptitudes of the modern day. I must go on and watching videos from the past I was blessed to have experienced first hand help me to remember how things can be instead of throwing up my hands in frustrating futility. Even listen to videos playing Muzak from recordings is delightful. Thank you for putting this gem on KZfaq. Keep up the good work. I Liked, Saved and Subscribed. 🇺🇲👍👏

@AllSpace 4 жыл бұрын

I love Les Paul, The Guitar God!

@thatbme35 10 жыл бұрын

The first guitar gods to grace us !

@TheBlueThird 5 жыл бұрын

Two masters of the guitar on live tv. It doesn't get any better than that.

@yourdrummer2034 6 жыл бұрын

This is an incredible piece of musical genius and history.

@docdeens4030 4 жыл бұрын

Les Paul is a mad genius, even by the standards of twenty years from now. I would like to have heard him and Oz Noy andaybe Guthrie Govan jam

@Schizophrenia222 10 жыл бұрын

How did he get that mad effect at the end!? Like a carnival organ on acid!

@blackfordoblique1965 5 жыл бұрын

Carnival organs do not use acid

@enzocostanza8202 5 жыл бұрын

From 6:22 to the end is one of the most beautiful and nonsensical things I’ve ever heard

@Novaheart1998 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure 🤔

@freecitizen2760 4 жыл бұрын

It’s the "Les Paulverizer". Les says so at 4:39, as does the video synopsis at the top. Wikipedia says that invention of his allowed him to access pre-recorded layers of songs.

@samthehikingman9484 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't need the layers.... what he played was very Django Reinhardt esk....(you can hear him play the same runs) . 😃.... and would have sounded great on its own......as he played it so well.... He was an incredible innovator of the guitar and it sound...... Carnival organ on acid..... is a great way to say what we heard lol.... 😃

@wolfhawk1999 4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest collaborations of all time

@barrypuckett2488 11 ай бұрын

Now...thats what legends are made of.

@BryantHarris251-518 12 жыл бұрын

3:28 Chet getting down with some sweep picking arpeggios

@davebowman8407 8 жыл бұрын

Oh my God !!!!!! Les Paul !!!!!!!!!!!

@ReAnnRing 14 жыл бұрын

NEVER will there EVER be another like LES PAUL!

@StuartwasDrinkell 2 жыл бұрын

Les is a brilliant innovator but also such an entertainer... they broke the mouldv with him.

@80sMeavyHetal 8 жыл бұрын

7:07 is insane

@9496TULL 4 жыл бұрын

80sMeavyHetal agreed

@bassbone52 9 жыл бұрын

Imagine this - talented people on a morning show. Don't see this anymore. Just super skinny women that laugh a lot.

@oofconnoisseur8025 6 жыл бұрын

And old white men around them that inevitably will be sued for sexual harassment.

@peteytwofinger 5 жыл бұрын

haha

@samthehikingman9484 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha haha 🤣🤣🤣 So true.... and very funny!...

@pumasgoya 4 жыл бұрын

and not so old white men who will go with anything those super skinny women say to bash all men.

@cartnhorse 4 жыл бұрын

@@oofconnoisseur8025 So offensive to all old white men who have NOT committed sexual offences.

@victoriadailey3745 5 жыл бұрын

Two icons of guitar picking. Having FUN!!!!! Love it.

@jsk821 6 жыл бұрын

Gentle people, all of this is TIMED made to make both of them look good...But it matters not... they are both geniuses!

@sethrichpanda5215 7 жыл бұрын

dam , he had a looper pedal on his guitar in 1978

@Exile0nMainStreet 12 жыл бұрын

Chet is holding back or being humble but Les. WOW! He IS a Monster! ⌒‿⌒

@Poetically_Incorrect 3 жыл бұрын

they possess the badassery that people didn't know exist.

@8bitization 12 жыл бұрын

Monsters, masters, geniuses... these guys are beyond cool, and Les Paul IS the electric guitar. Absolutely amazing. How have I never heard about his "paulverizer"?!

@charlesdjones1 7 жыл бұрын

Tony Hawk could always play Les Paul in a movie someday.

@Ghost_4c1 11 жыл бұрын

Any guitarist would love to have this record. The two great one's.

@daviddavidson8050 5 жыл бұрын

All three men were great, but especially Misters Paul and Atkins. Truly ones of a kind. May they all rest in peace?

@thomasstephenson9006 5 жыл бұрын

Just plain simple guitar playing from two of the greatest guitar players ever to pick up a plectrum a pure absolute master class In guitar playing 🎸🎸

@jonathanrarebit5129 8 жыл бұрын

Holy fro-stache!

@TheBluesJammer 7 жыл бұрын

Check out the sweep picking at 3:27!!

@psuengineer84 7 жыл бұрын

I love it.

@jysmtl 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@bikerpastor71 12 жыл бұрын

WOW. on the guitar looper in 1978!?! I am sure he developed it before then. Between the playing and that "little black box" truly awesome video.

@MrJbaker7 5 жыл бұрын

I love this. Two of the best ever.....This is Gold...Jack Baker NYC

@BeansMaskSheen 7 жыл бұрын

holy crap. that end jam with les playing 1000 mph is unreal. the paulveriser is a harmonist octave pedal too?

@dan0711123 7 жыл бұрын

7:02 Less Paul is tripping and Chet and Gene Shalit are taking it all in WTF

@CristobalCruyff 11 жыл бұрын

awsome jazzschredder that les paul is! i still cant believe what i just witnessed!

@Kohntarkosz 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone who's wondering, the Les Paulverizer is actually just a remote control for a tape machine he had hidden backstage. It was basically stop and start, and I think he may have been able to selectively mute individual tracks, depending on which part he wanted to play.