Al Di Meola plays Race with the Devil into the Beatles Come Together during his Electric Years tour.

(This is an iPhone audience recording)
Al Di Meola and his band's encore of Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway then segues into Come Together at the Bilheimer Capitol Theater in Clearwater Jan 27, 2024.

[@basilclarke353]

Seeing this legend tonight!!

[@ChampionshipVinyl-Jiji]

And "Strawberry Fields Forever" at the beginning!

[@RickDanner]

all the scales picking alternate picking at high speed ,fusion and the beatles show how timeless they are

[@wrigman]

Still spin and love Elegant Gypsy suite. Return to forever still to this day…… one hell of a jazz band!!! Al’s music is so timeless….

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Wow, you did a great job recording that.

[@SVATTIMO]

That guitar solo was unreal in Devil!!! Good grief

[@CoolBreeze2016]

I was there! Who taped that, I was sitting front row stage right!

[@guitarhearo]

I was right in back of you, 2nd row.

[@ytwhite5930]

You recorded this on a phone??? As always,Al Di Meola is outrageous but I just can't get over the recording....

[@guitarhearo]

Yep, an iPhone SE! It helps that I was 2nd row!

[@GCKelloch]

The MEMS mics in phones since ~2012 make nearly perfect recordings with 20Hz-20kHz FR and 120dB+ dynamic range. The limit is in the file compression. Probably better on an iPhone than others, if at all compressed, but only 192kbps mp3 playback on YT.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Wow, one of the most iconic bass parts of all time and that guy couldn't get it right?

[@rickmeyers3241]

pretty obvious he wasn't trying too...

[@tunaficiency]

Anybody recognise the keyboard player from studio jams series he’s great

[@davidhahnbirds]

👂 💚

[@jeanlucchapelon]

All for Al!! Egocentric person !!

[@stevestephens8925]

cliff gallup, r.i.p.

[@gabrielgomori6086]

I am sorry, they are just jamming on Come Together... and @6:00 he is really fishing for the right tones, which are not forthcoming

[@condocord7544]

Advent of The Boo Boo KIng

[@AndrewTrappen]

The crows is DEAD... C'Mon - show your fucking appreciation!

[@paulcooper-n2v]

Sounds like santana.

[@chrispage2782]

used to be a HUGE fan of Al; back…..40 years ago? Jeez maybe 50….but I’ve just never seen him develop anywhere past his amazing technique; GREAT guitarist, obviously but musically, just does nothing for me……

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

That’s raw but true. I’m waiting to see what Matteo Mancuso does with that gift that he’s been given.

[@fredhurst2528]

By today's standards of electric guitar greats, he sounds dated, both in tone and technique. And I did own several of the albums from his Les Paul days.

[@JohnnyNation]

There wasn't much room for him to develop as he was already amazing at 19 years old/ had the natural speed in his playing to never need 2-handed tapping acrobatics and the ability to slow down and play beautiful melodies all with killer tone and recovering from an onstage heart episode nonetheless !!!###

[@ei5916]

He did develop since his days with rtf. He did his thing with McLaughlin and de Lucia and did some great stuff there on Friday Night and Passion Grace n Fire. He did solo albums after that, some of which were unique like ciello e terra and his piazolla tango pieces which were good. That's pretty much as far as i remember... He has his unique sound and groove when playing solo n rhythm, both on acoustic n electric, and he does produce some moving, musical material here n there. Personally, i like what he did on passion grace n fire, i think his solo on sichia is great, and orient blue is beautiful composition...

[@MikeMillerPhD]

Gotcha. But listen to him playing Norwegian Wood and other Beatle tunes. I never really was into him after RTF. Imo, he’s more than chops, at least at times.