Doug Smith solo acoustic give live at the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Feb
09
Feb
09
Doug Smith solo acoustic give live at the University of Kentucky’s Singletary Center
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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colotron says:
February 9, 2012 at 3:42 pm (UTC 0)
@BarerMender Limited?
Chet mastered near? enough every style of guitar.
samjemb says:
February 9, 2012 at 4:38 pm (UTC 0)
I first heard Guy Van Duser play this piece thirty-odd years ago at The Bottom Line in NYC. (He was performing with Billy Novick at the time.)
Doug Smith’s performance of “Stars and Stripes Forever” is, in my opinon more fluid and? whimsical than that of Guy Van Duser (whom I still greatly admire.)
markweeg says:
February 9, 2012 at 5:09 pm (UTC 0)
Great control of instrument. Nice left-hand thumb work too. I enjoyed this more? than I can say.
misterarthur says:
February 9, 2012 at 5:36 pm (UTC 0)
Amazing? piccolo trills in here. What a great transcription and player.
UlisesVictoria says:
February 9, 2012 at 5:42 pm (UTC 0)
Indeed! I have been a hardcore Chet fan for so many years, and I? have never heard of this guy here before, but his performance is better than Chet’s. (Never thought I would say something like that!!!)
tobiashrng says:
February 9, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC 0)
Guy Van Duser wrote this arrangement on guitar over 30-40 years ago. A very? difficult piece but it’s easier to copy it than to write it. Still a very good performance but Guy should get all the credit!
moreme40 says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm (UTC 0)
A couple of weeks practice and I’d have this piece down with? no problem. My nose just grew a couple of inches Lol. That was some amazing picking…
LaroldC says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:31 pm (UTC 0)
I just attended a workshop with? Mark Hanson, who avidly touted Doug’s playing, and this video was my first exposure to it. So I sit here, my jaw between my shoes for the second time this week.
You get a great shot of his execution with the thumb pick, pinky firmly planted. Pickers like these guys are a species all their own. They bring a dynamic to the instrument that almost redefines it for us rock people.
BTW, Mark played an axe almost identical to Doug’s except it seemed less “jumbo”.
BarerMender says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:41 pm (UTC 0)
This is an advanced piece for a? self-taught country picker like Chet Atkins. Chet is limited by his picking technique.
Jazzguts says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC 0)
@carvetop01 Ha,ha great sense of humor, and I agree with you? he’s very good,very orchestral on 1 guitar, thanks for sending Allen,Vic.
carvetop01 says:
February 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm (UTC 0)
What planet is this guy from? Amazing.?
loveloveme93 says:
February 9, 2012 at 8:43 pm (UTC 0)
amazing? <3
MrJtrues says:
February 9, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC 0)
No? doubt playing this on a steel string vs. nylon is much more difficult……not that I could play it on either….just saying.
s1nyc111 says:
February 9, 2012 at 8:57 pm (UTC 0)
Gawd bless America!!!?
detergent87 says:
February 9, 2012 at 9:07 pm (UTC 0)
simply wonderful. would someone please convert this to mp3? and upload on 4shared?
owlet1963 says:
February 9, 2012 at 9:58 pm (UTC 0)
now I understand the comment of one of my online musician pals after he watched this, He sent it to me with the following words…”Oh how i? watch this & weep !!”
Well, Dave, the rest of us mere mortals is weeping along with you, haha! GREAT performance!! hats off!!
bhm0814 says:
February 9, 2012 at 10:19 pm (UTC 0)
2 people were were? still dazed after being floored.
welcometourf says:
February 9, 2012 at 10:31 pm (UTC 0)
ridiculous?
Degagnewest says:
February 9, 2012 at 11:10 pm (UTC 0)
very clean,accurate version.tough piece to master.i? agree with ricman67
fingerstylefan says:
February 10, 2012 at 12:01 am (UTC 0)
This? is by far the best version I’ ve ever heard.
chomazu says:
February 10, 2012 at 12:57 am (UTC 0)
move? over chet..this guy just won first chair on this tune!
ShadowCloud143 says:
February 10, 2012 at 1:33 am (UTC 0)
A true master of? his craft.
theaws0m3guy says:
February 10, 2012 at 2:28 am (UTC 0)
I think this is just because it’s a more advanced recording guys.? I mean the 70s to now, the technology has changed…
sunaJH says:
February 10, 2012 at 2:43 am (UTC 0)
How could I have missed? this guy, he is F great, I agree, his performance is the best I’ve seen yet, as much as I worship Chet:)
sunaj
IbanezArtist85 says:
February 10, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC 0)
Chet’s version doesn’t have fret buzz, because he’s using a nylon string classical guitar. They don’t produce fret buzz.
Doug Smith is playing a steel string regular acoustic. Metal strings against? metal frets tends to be noisier than nylon strings against metal frets; it’s just the nature of the beast. Both are great performances!