Johnny Smith- Full Concert with Bing Crosby

[sgcim]

There have been parts of this, but here's the full concert:

Great chance to see JS' picking- any comments as to whether he uses his forearm and/or wrist?

[Bluedawg]

Cool

I'll have to try and fire this one up when I get home tonight

[wintermoon]

started out w/Eddie Lang and ended w/Johnny Smith.
Der Bingle obviously knew a good guitar player when he heard one.

[neatomic]

and had les paul on his radio show fairly often..and flipped over george barnes!..heard a bing radio show out of chicago and he was talking up barnes like crazy..he supposedly wanted barnes in his road band..but barnes turned him down

that opening cut ^ with johnny smith is the closest you'll ever get to hearing johnny playin to a boogaloo beat!! haha...

cheers

[entresz]

I'm at work at the moment but I am watching this first thing when I get home. There's not a whole lot of footage of Johnny Smith around.

[nick1994]

I'm at work at the moment but I am watching this first thing when I get home. There's not a whole lot of footage of Johnny Smith around.

not to derail the thread but if you haven't seen it you should check out this interview with him its great insight into his playing

[Cunamara]

Fun to hear Johnny live for an extended set, but musically playing what is essentially an endless medley would not be my cup of tea. But jeez- Jake Hanna, George Duvivier and Johnny Smith. What an impeccable trio of musicians (I could do without Joey Bushkin just to be able to hear Johnny more clearly).

[neatomic]

agree...jake hanna was herb ellis' fave drummer too..duvivier always stellar on so many great recordings..and johnny s..well

cheers

[Doctor Jeff]

What little I was able to listen to sounds great--super tasteful player with great tone.

Another one of my role models...

[Cunamara]

Jeff that's a good point. I watched the whole thing and one of the takeaways was that he never got in the way of the singer or the other musicians, despite having boatloads of chops. He served the songs.

[Stringswinger]

Johnny Smith had a powerful right hand and had a loose wrist. Superb technique.

[Bluedawg]

Pulled this up and listened to the whole thing at home ...

Good stuff!!

[PMB]

Full set of Johnny Smith in Alabama, 1984:

[snailspace]

Great stuff -- Johnny Smith always made it seem so easy.

[guitarcarver]

Man oh man, this is very cool. Most enjoyable to hear some live Johnny that I have not heard before.

Apparently Johnny didn't get the memo about playing norlin era instruments. Or, did he just change the tailpiece and truss rod cover?

I dig the clown barf pickguard too.

[MarkRhodes]

I really like that opening tune, "Feels Good." (I guess that's the name of it.)

Great band, and Bing was a great singer. Good stuff.