1830. Brian Hyland encore

[@nickripostella7862]

I love that Lee "is not too into it" referencing the SuperBowl ! This is a great man !

[@wayneschafer2666]

Same here Leland. Ever since I heard that the Orange Thug was attending my interest in the game has gone to zero. I appreciate your posts❗️🇨🇦

[@FreedomRock44]

I think Many feel the same!!!!!!! Travesty!!!!!

[@brendascott9664]

Not watching it either. If the NFL has to remove the “End Racism” sign to appease Mango Mussolini, then I won’t be supporting the NFL by watching.

[@johnkleeman2801]

That version of Slow Down started out like a Fairport Convention number! Thanks, Lee!

[@KittyCarlile-490]

Fairport Convention!

[@artie218]

Really enjoy the videos and they give a rare glimpse to the life of a very successful gigging musician and a lot of what goes on in between the performances that no one is thinking about while enjoying the music and how often it seems like a much lonelier life than most would imagine ..Of course with your experience I am sure you developed many strategies to keep sane through all of it , not to mention the reward of an appreciative crowd .. I imagine even these videos are in some way a helpful exercise while on the road ..Thank you again , it’s a learning experience watching them as well as the many other band compilations as well as the documentary about you and Russ and waddy as part of the Section

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Hold onto your memory of playing this session, Leland.

[@user-mv5bu2kk8b]

Hey Lee good to see you thanks for letting us tag along some nice looking venues

[@Ian-Steele]

Hi Lee, enjoy your rest days between shows if you can. When listening to yourself playing over 50 years ago it must bring back memories. Do you ever think “I would do that track differently now”? 😊

[@lelandsklar6363]

I probably would but do not think about it.

[@lavatar3562]

Haunting strings on the first track filled with polytonal and chromatic mischief. The Bass Part on the second track is almost as loud as the lead vocal, beautifully busy with a crunchy edge. That Peace/Love Bass certainly has a lot of mids, probably caused by carving off half the body. Thanks for taking this deep dive into memory lane, very insightful!

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@splashesin8]

I hope you stay warm. I used to stop over in Amarillo a lot back when I drove, going up to Brighton, Colorado and back. I enjoyed Del Shannon. Was a sad loss. I like these songs. I wonder if your ride will be by way of the plains, or thru Raton Trinidad, & Pueblo to the Springs. Playing it again, to dance my way up and about to Better Slow Down. 💃 Careful out there❣️

[@TheGigmiester101]

Hello Lee….60 years ago today The Beatles on Ed Sullivan 👍👍👍😁

[@22lilac57]

Actually, 61 years. Cheers! 😊

[@TheGigmiester101]

Oh yes, correct you are.. what was I thinking 😵‍💫😵‍💫😂

[@AcHoSimian]

Hi Leland! Regards from Panama!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

wow dude 👍 you're blowing my mind.. what a career you're having ☝️

[@dwaynewladyka577]

One of my elder sisters and her husband was living in Amarillo, in the early 1990s, when she was doing her nursing, before they went back to Alberta.

[@bobtaetz5958]

How absolutely amazing that you can track down and replay and share one of your FIRST recordings! Awesome! Enjoy and appreciate that!

[@dsthorp]

Leland Sklar, You are a National Treasure. Please take good care of yourself.

[@47heritage]

Hi Lee!! Enjoying your venue videos as always. Interesting show as compared to the large band. It sounds like the books are selling well at the merch table and I'm glad to hear that. We didn't get the chance to do the second book signing at Norm's but you're probably selling more at the merch table after the shows. If you still have a lot of books yet to sell after the Fall shows are over we can see if Norm will let us do another one at his great store which I'm sure he'll be glad to. I never listened to a lot of Del Shannon back in the day but that first tune you played was pretty nice. Always amazes me how far back you and Russ go playing together!!! Take care my friend!! Bob Love

[@carolcorrigan3130]

Love the tunes . I remember del shannon . Thank you . Try to grab a nap . Love from a snowy , icy Cape Cod . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Very cool, Leland, to venture back to your very first recording with 'Bryan Hyland' 1970. Thank you! 😊

[@Barnzoid]

Cool tune - I was not aware of this one. Re-release it - it has legs!

[@kenrehor]

That classic Sklar sound was there from the very beginning!

[@brendascott9664]

Nice bass work on that first tune and interesting Stev arrangement

[@hanspeterlillese2225]

Amarillo means yellow in Spanish. Armadillo means "little one with armour". They don't live in Europe, but we call them bæltedyr, which means belt animal. 😄

[@m1nn1s]

Go' aften DÄNMARK 🇩🇰 ☮️🏈🇩🇰🇺🇸

[@m1nn1s]

Hej, Gul by 🇩🇰 💖

[@timokauppinen5238]

Good evening Lee and everybody! 🤘

[@m1nn1s]

Good evening, Finland 🇫🇮 💖🧙🏼‍♂️🇬🇧

[@SoundsFair--M-and-J]

👋👋. Interestingly enough, I also went on a wikiwander today. Did anybody know that Mungo Jerry's (no relation to Mungo Park, also interesting) "In the Summertime" is the best selling British pop single in history? Is that possible? Remember "... Yellow Bikini" and the other early hits you mentioned indelibly. The first one here sounded totally different and reminded me of Alan Parsons Project but must have been earlier. It also brought on an episode of our household game show "Are Those Lyrics Toxic?". The corrective for this one would be Bill Withers' "Whatever Happens." As for the second one, it also gets a 🥇: the first time I can recall bopping around while seated at the kitchen table eating my kimbap. Every time you pass through Amarillo it reminds of the first time I drove through with my Dad. Must be absolutely unrecognizable today.

[@hanspeterlillese2225]

Barrelhouse classic. Survival tip: in case of biker gang, don't play itsy bitsy teeny weeny, play Mungo Jerry. 👍

[@DublinesqueMusic]

Hi Leland!

[@iamoneofus4653]

HI you are the hardest working dude in show business , i love you Leland, I love your Bass performances. Thank you!!!

[@briangarrett6510]

Only in Texas can you drive for 12 hours and still be in state. 😄

[@williamdaly1005]

And still have a way to go…

[@melissaward6311]

Gypsy woman. Loved that song by Brian Hyland. Nice picks. Del was cool too.

[@stephenspencer4672]

Slowdown by Larry Williams , I thought I recognized his name. The Beatles covered this song.

[@kjbunnyboiler]

Evening Leland👍👍

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Hello! 🖐✌🏻

[@BRGKasumi77Main]

Hi Lee and be safe out there. My prayers for you 🙏

[@lelandsklar6363]

👋🏻

[@m1nn1s]

Evening KJ - BB 🧙‍♂️ ☮️ 💖 🏈🇺🇸

[@hanspeterlillese2225]

Hey there! ✋🤠

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Hello Hans! 🖐✌🏻

[@hanspeterlillese2225]

​@@dwaynewladyka577 Dwayne! 🤗

[@m1nn1s]

Hej, Hans-Peter 🇩🇰

[@adambower2677]

Lee did you use your piece love base on these

[@lelandsklar6363]

Yes

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Hello Leland and everyone! 🖐✌🏻

[@m1nn1s]

Hello Dwayne, Alberta 🍁 🇨🇦 💖 Andy ⛵ 🛥️ Whitstable 🧙🏼‍♂️ 🇬🇧 ☮️ 💖

[@dwaynewladyka577]

@m1nn1s Hello Andy! 🖐✌️

[@suecorrigan]

Happy Superbowl Sunday, Lee! 😃 Nice groove on these tunes. Thanks so much. 🥰 Nice to take a breather between shows. 🛌 🎸 We got about 5 inches of snow here on Cape Cod. I'm like a kid in a candy shop when it snows. 🌨🌨🌨🌨🌨😁 Love you bunches! 🥰🎸🎶🤗

[@Nipstersongs1]

Wow, great bass playing on "Slow Down"! Recorded by The Beatles in 1964. Del Shannon the pride of Coopersville, Michigan...30 minutes from where I am sitting. This was really cool. Thanks so much!😊👍

[@itgoestoeleven]

Hello Lee and Lee fans from one of your brethren in Alamo Heights, TX (San Antonio). I reiterate many of the notes in other posts, but also wonder: a 12-hour bus ride from Kerrville to Amarillo? Did the driver have to take five 1-hour-long breaks? If that's the norm these days, then OK, I mean no offence. Google Maps says it's a 7-hour drive at most. But, glad you're on your way, Lee. Another day on the road, closer to Pasadena, Maureen, and the dogs! Which dogs are still with you?

[@lelandsklar6363]

There was a 4 + hour side trip that had to happen.

[@pine3737]

HI Leland! If I had to guess you played the Peace Love JBass with flat-wound strings on that. However one could be wrong on any recording. But I like to guess. As always thank you for sharing.I still like the Beatles version of Slow Down the Best...___...

[@lelandsklar6363]

Was Peace/Love but had Roto Sounds in those days

[@timriley044]

Really enjoy your videos.

[@Auraa10]

daddy has the Michel polnareff record too

[@KittyCarlile-490]

Wow! This was your first recording ever? How cool to hear this! Thank you

[@Lavagemstomacal]

I know you from the Serious Hits album, pretty iconic beard man

[@doloresvelez3243]

Thank you and happy trails. Enjoy your day off ( lol ). ❤❤🙏

[@MichaelValadez-v6s]

STRATUS... !!!!!

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

You could watch the Uber commercial you recorded for last week for the Superbowl. Still, we all have things to do. My job is to sit on the couch and eat too much today.

[@terriblemook]

Very cool..never heard the first song before, love it. Fun bass. Thanks for the music. Enjoy your day off. 🖕

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

I know "Slow Down" from The Beatles. Thanks! Enjoy your day off.

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

HI LELAND, ❤

[@Auraa10]

my daddy had that record, maybe now he'll be inspired to get it back!

[@epet513]

It all starts here.

[@northsorrow4699]

John Nitzinger - You Know Me,Around, Jolly

[@northsorrow4699]

Great as well Whistler - Hello Lady,City Boy,Blind Man

[@dennis-1983]

Hi Lee, I might go see you up in Greeley

[@raybassman7536]

Lee, did you play on Gypsy Woman too?

[@lelandsklar6363]

Yes! Did a video about that some time ago.

[@xeode]

what a smasher

[@northsorrow4699]

This is from me to you Shotgun - Against the Wall

[@tobisimmons9889]

Nice

[@dsthorp]

I enjoy the chromaticism in accompaniment.

[@oscarbaranowicz5175]

***** Ellen Alaverdyan & Leland Sklar***** Great Meeting Bass Guitars, BravoBravooBravooo!!!

[@Larkpine]

Hello ! Yeah, Colorado! Will you also be in Greeley? Take care!! 💜👩💜 safe travels. Really enjoyed your share.

[@KittyCarlile-490]

I always have weird dreams when I hear Bryan Hyland. No idea why.

[@KittyCarlile-490]

The Luxembourg orchestra, as in Luxembourg? Id like to hear more about that.

[@dallaswright9249]

[@bradbloomquist]

Your first gig! That’s cool, Lee. 👍

[@tjsmith3741]

The glory and pageantry of Amarillo 😎

[@slipperynoodle20]

It might be blasphemy, but I think you guys did "Slow Down" better than the Beatles overall. Lennon's vocal sold it better. Anywho, Love and Thanks❤👍❤👍 Still mulling on what it would be like to have a Stooge as an in-law.

[@m1nn1s]

Hi Tom ☮️ 🤗 🧙🏼‍♂️ 💖

[@RalphOnofrio]

Trying to keep up with you.......Get any sleep in the bus?

[@lelandsklar6363]

No. Just watched Net Flix

[@thecollective1584]

Mr. Sklar- I have a truly bizarre question (and, my guys will tell you that's saying something): Back when I was watching.. Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, one of those... it would have been.. 78? 79?... I saw Jackson Browne playing my favorite song, at the time, "Running On Empty" and there was this guy playing bass for a rock star with a shaggy brown beard. And the TV had the name "Leland Sklar" on the screen. Obviously, that was you, Sir. The question I have: You were singing "Runnin' low" into the microphone. (Don't ask how I remember that. It was the 70's and I had just moved to SoCal and learned all about smoking a couple of joints a day). Anyhow, was that a recorded track everyone was playing to, or were you actually singing? I've not seen you do it since.

[@tobisimmons9889]

So on your days off, you should actually take a real day off and do nothing lol

[@joeperry9814]

Just wondering if you could share how you record tracks while traveling. What do pro's use?

[@lelandsklar6363]

Super simple. My lap top using Garage Band, SSL 2+ interface and bass. Record totally flat . That's it......

[@joeperry9814]

@lelandsklar6363 Thank you so much. Hoping you and your wife are doing well. As I've often said I'm amazed at the generosity of you and all the professional musicians who are sharing your insights with us amateurs. Although I started a project at the hospice where I worked called Jammin for Wellness that I hope one day can become worldwide no money just playing live music to stay well. Wishing you health and happiness and to all you love.

[@m1nn1s]

Evening Leland 🧙🏼‍♂️ 💖 ☮️ 💢 💞 Enjoy your day 🧙🏼‍♂️ Thanks for.. Brian Hyland.. 🎶 Healing energy ⚡ to Maureen ,yourself and the boys 🐾 🐾 🐾 🧙🏼‍♂️ 💖💞💖

[@KittyCarlile-490]

Del Shannon had quite a unique voice. Love Runaway. Unfortunately he suffered severe depression and killed himself

[@williamdaly1005]

You’ll be driving past the Cadillac Ranch tomorrow.

[@hanspeterlillese2225]

Totally irrelevant halftime show. Mickey Mouse Chiefs. Excellent opportunity for grumbling though. And snacking. 😁

[@splashesin8]

Eventually I'm gonna make it to the kitchen. Other things keep happening. 🧰