albert lee country boy

GRANDE ALBERT LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[@walmartluigi3352]

If you're listening to this in 2024, you are a God!

[@stevedrake604]

You're blessed by God. 👍

[@EJK1965]

Thanks team!

[@cairney0037]

why thank you ❤I'll take that, lol 😆

[@aymericdoucet6289]

I didn't expect such responsabilities... But ok with that 😂

[@murphymoe9220]

My bands have all stopped . No new decent bands..music has gone down the drain

[@barryharding7128]

So under rated. One of the greatest guitarist without a huge ego.

[@jean-paulderree845]

Please stop with « most underrated » or « the GOAT » !! You can see this kind of comment on any video of a famous artist. In the end of the day, are they all underrated or all GOAT ? Ridiculous. And I love Albert Lee ...

[@barryharding7128]

@@jean-paulderree845 easy tiger!

[@11Kralle]

There's obviously no time for Albert Lee to maintain a huge ego...

[@rodrigoneuman958]

there you go. the mandatory "underrated" comment present on every youtube video lol

[@williamjordan5554]

Guitarists*

[@Elite59]

I was just reading a list of Eric Clapton's favorite 7 guitarists. Albert Lee was one of them. That is what brought me here, and I am not disappointed!

[@llaucie]

Same Here! I'm ashamed I haven't known him before!

[@petrofsko]

Absolutely stunning to watch and listen to, fretboard on fire ripping single notes trills and double stops tour de force...Albert Lee of course.

[@japroctor]

When are people going to give this guy the recognition he deserves. Absolutely amazing. God bless you Albert!

[@milesmead2232]

Holding him back--I imagine--was the long hair and British roots.

[@davidgzesh5312]

Every time you see Albert Lee, no matter whose band he is in, he looks so totally happy to be playing. Great player!

[@jimmccarley9609]

The secret sauce ;)

[@richardworthington7071]

He can play faster than I can think!! What an amazing musician.

[@guitarpractice7782]

Take a bow. THAT is how you play the guitar. What a genius!

[@Pjaimeow]

you said it best....Genius!

[@coninater]

This man's skills are in a class of their own, properly the best guitarists in the world

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Accuracy - 10, Feel - 10, Musicality - 10, Interpretation - 10, Star Quality - 10! Albert was and is the real deal!!

[@minkuslaughs3257]

11s. Not 10s, 11s!!!

[@hippiepeace8614]

​@@minkuslaughs3257gazillions not 11 gazillions

[@RupertRossMac]

I saw Albert play last night in London. Mind blowing gig. 69 years old and he's totally undiminished - in his picking and vocally. Threw in a few Gram Parsons, Emmylou and Travelling Wilburys covers and a barnstorming version of Country Boy. One of the real all time greats and great to chat to afterwards.

[@MrPaulsnook]

He comes from near Leominster, Herefordshire England... right in the middle of some very beautiful countryside, in the most uninhabited county in England....I can assure you he is very much a country boy.

[@keith3205]

Everyone thinks they can play until you put on Albert Lee....holy shit could that man play.

[@therealawakener7]

"COULD" he 's not dead!

[@TrevorHamberger]

i hate country music and I'm gonna see him next friday

[@todharper3964]

Keith yes Bluegrass style picking is the hardest... timings gotta be right on! Great stuff!

[@immortalclass]

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[@johndublyoo8675]

Still can !!!!!!

[@pman1784]

Obviously his playing is incredible, but this is just such a phenomenal song! I love the vocal harmonies.

[@aymericdoucet6289]

Yes!!!

[@deecollins6174]

Happy 78th birthday Albert! Brilliant guitarist. Have been lucky to meet him twice, so friendly and down to earth, no 'big I am' about him. Great video.

[@richlinardy9852]

This guy is awesome. You'd never know one of the best country music pickers, EVER. Came from across the pond

[@thewildman812]

Further confirmation as to why he's my favorite guitar player. NO one can match him.

[@mixmixture7049]

Damm is hard to play like him. Don't know how to start. I could shred but this kinda thing🤦

[@idgievid]

This guy is phenomenal. I've had the priviledge of seeing him live on a few occasions and even meeting him once. He's the most unassuming guy, so nice and down to earth for a guy with such an amazing talent. This was a great vid.

[@pettsonse]

Had the opporrunity bo meet him once, between sets. The nicest and most helpful guy you'd ever come across...

[@JulesBurton]

I'm seeing Albert in Cardiff tonight, got a backstage pass too INCREDIBLE! Can't wait, especially for this number!

[@snowstargazer]

I live in a rural area. I've spent a lot of time off the grid, and hadn't heard of Albert Lee. Just came here to see what he's like because he will be playing LIVE just down the road in an outdoor venue. So what do you think, should I go see him? ;-) Yeah, I guess I will! Tommy Emmanuel played there two years ago, the most humble person I've ever seen on stage, very clear spirit. Loved him!

[@brandontrehearn2]

snowstargazer bet you didn't regret it.

[@M_Michel]

Albert is THE reference in country music guitar ! At this time ... (he was benind Emmylou Harris) some others asked to have their tapes accelerated in studio ! This one, played on stage !

[@rbagel55]

When I first heard Albert Lee play, I thought "well since he chicken picks this damn good, he must be another American player and lives in Nashville. Nope, he's a Brit like Jeff Beck and Keith Richards, but holy shit, he can play that fluid. Respect !

[@davidgzesh5312]

????? Albert Lee is a Brit ???

[@MrRufioooo]

@@davidgzesh5312 shure... no American looks like that.

[@adambooker01]

I don't think the point was to impress anyone, it's just one of his signature songs. It's part of his style and has a grace to it that's hard to beat. Keep in mind too the Albert Lee never really hit it big on his own but he was and still is one of the most sought after studio musicians in the world. The best of the current and previous generation all name him as inspiration, even Clapton and BB King look to him. Even if he never made Rolling Stones list of the 100 greatest guitarist.

[@roadrulz]

This is one of several videos I watch at least once a day. The more I watch, the more impossible his licks seem. When I think I'm getting pretty good I play this, and zonk down goes my ego. Albert YOU are the MAN!!! Period.

[@stevemorse108]

His picking is not just exceptionl dexterity and rapidity but also keeping the rthythm in his head and catching the phrases by the end of the mesure sometime in extremis.

[@straycat7247]

One of the guys that gets me real close to throwing away my guitar....bummer ! And a tone to kill for. No pedals, no BS, just guitar!

[@asleepinthealley]

No pedals, but he does use affects.

[@LennyJohnson5]

Saw him at the Globe in Cardiff a few years back; I still swear to God that he has afterburners..... incredible guitarist.

[@roadrulz]

MAN !!! I love Albert's picking, how could anyone listen to his music and not pat their foot! Great Great Great.

[@alannasser]

He closed with this in San Diego last night. Singing voice and playing as great as ever. Heaven.

[@kianyt5804]

Clapton's "Just One night" turned me on to this guy. All I can say is that it's a crime more people don't know about him.

[@dreyam]

Wow. I've been a fan of this guy since the Heads Hands and Feet days (1970s) and I STILL can't believe he does the stuff he does. It's like watching some incredible magic act. Just when you think he CAN'T get any better, he does.

[@dietvandermaden4615]

Sooo good.... THANK YOU Albert........ And yes, you keep getting better (as you yourself said in an interview) , the mind boggles, where will this end ? Also really enjoyed reading some of the comments, hope Albert will read them, too !

[@cholseykathy]

one of the best to come out of England!! Rock on Albert

[@LordAzai]

How the hell? I just watched him do this for a concert on the tv and my frame rate couldn't keep up with his hands! Damn, this sure beats the wind out of the metalheads, Albert Lee rules!

[@rbagel55]

Yngwie Malmsteen is just a pimple on Albert Lee's ass. And no Lee is a lot more interesting player too

[@randymack2972]

@@rbagel55 good call. . .but easy . . .Yngwie . . . .garbage. . . . .Satriano ? - amateur . . .but actually both Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs do this song really fking well . . . .but somehow Albert put alot more stocatto into it.

[@rbagel55]

@@randymack2972 I'd probably would like Yngwie a little more if he wasn't so fucking arrogant. Yngwie is a technical player. But all I ever hear from him is the same stuff he's been doing forever. I can only listen to him for so long before it bores me.

[@jeremyp8501]

@@rbagel55 so true lol, Yngwie is so arrogant it makes it hard to even listen to him. I love his playing but I can't not remember the arrogant shit he says constantly. Then on the opposite side of the spectrum you have a player like Albert Lee that just exudes class and humility.

[@madlypursuantsimone]

Just saw him tonight at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Phenomenal musician - guitar of course but he also sings really well - and a great band. Such a clean sound - just a Music Man guitar through a Fender Twin - no effects pedals. And a great storyteller. Told a long rambling story about his association with Don and Phil Everly and about how Eric Clapton fired his band (including Lee) twice in 5 years. 79 and still rockin'!

[@mairianncullen8753]

He is amazing! His biography by Derek Watts (which only goes up to 2007, when he'd been playing for 47 years!) tells the story of his astounding career.

[@John-ob7dh]

​@@mairianncullen8753 Hi .I was there at the beginning in 59.I still have a few black and white pics of Albert on his Hofner.

[@brucehansensc]

wow@@John-ob7dh

[@gordonrosenberg]

Albert Lee is the best there is!! And a nice guy too!

[@Pjaimeow]

he was once asked in an interview what was one of the highlights of his career? His answer? "I got to play with Emmylou Harris". Nicest guy I have met. AND, Eric Clapton bows to him.

[@moonwoofmars]

pam...yeah,but Steve Morse doesn't lol

[@shonc8338]

Next to James Burton I agree. But this is amazing. Hands down

[@petermillerawash]

DANNY GATTON!!!

[@AlfredoBoGu]

Man, I'm a metalhead and I've heard the name Albert Lee before, but didn't check him until recently... He totally blows my mind!! Does any of you know of other equally amazing country guitarists ?? I really like this now! ALBERT LEE FTW!!!

[@intensionality]

Jerry Reed

[@mgrg40]

It's almost frightening how easy he makes it look. Hail Mr. Lee!!!!

[@keithtpc1508]

What the f----------k how can anyone play like that. Eric Clapton rates this guy as the best guitarist in the world. Just press the go button if you want to know why! He was awesome with The Everly Bros and so were they. I saw them live and felt like I'd just been transported to another planet for the evening, they had to do three encores and the crowd went mental when it was all over.

[@vatsaakhil]

You're so lucky to see them live! Everly Brothers+Albert Lee=Magic!

[@miyukishijisha8540]

Albert was with Heads Hands and Feet (a great British band,) I bought their albums many moons ago and still love to play them, to me he is the finest of guitar players...just amazing talent.

[@stevesmusiccorner9105]

Eric says that about everyone lol

[@matthewmoran4158]

I saw Albert Lee with The Everly Brothers live as well, twice in the '80s. Wow you nailed it. Otherworldly for sure. They were all outstanding! And on top of that the opening band was the original Crickets with Sonny Curtis in Buddy Holly's place. Great show all around !!! One of the best I'd ever seen. The thing that struck me most about Albert Lee was how unasuming and humble he seemed while backing the Everlys but then they graciously left the stage for a few tunes ( Country Boy being one of them ) and let the spotlight shine on Albert. Then he ripped it up. Fantastic. He should be a household name.

[@John-ob7dh]

He has been buddies with them for years .He was also responsible for their get back together concert way way back .

[@dregsfan]

Classic Heads, Hands and Feet tune. The cut that turned me onto Albert.

[@fakecountry9407]

Holy mackerel, that piano player gets way up there with that harmony! Guitar pickin' is pretty good too.

[@dietvandermaden4615]

Fake Country, "That" piano player is nobody less than Swedish Johan Blohm. He played in "The Refleshments" , a gold and platinum winning band with Albert Lee. Also with Dave Edmunds, Eric Clapton, Vince Gill etc. He's also a vocalist and excels in playing Boogie Woogie. Check him out on KZbin, you'll find it worth your time !

[@simonbernal3934]

Holy moly 😮he’s totally unbelievable. No wonder he was the most sought after guitarist of his time…

[@ericashmusic8889]

I've heard & studied 'em all, going back to the 50's when I first played gtr, but my oh my, Albert takes the prize. I first met Albert-1979 @ Irish Club in B'ham UK, & 4 times since. None would ever know or suspect from his quiet & gentle conversation..A guitar genius, & any honest & sincere guitar players just have to admit the best. When he played in Emmy Lou Harris's "Hot Band" way back, she said, "folk try to emulate him but they can't" . ( NB * I think that's Sterling Ball on Bass- son of the strings maker EARNIE BALL.)

[@bashfulbrother]

Some players have said that they would prefer him playing a tele. I love the tone he gets out of that Ernie Ball. It's got the tele twang and strat out of phase sound. He is amazing.

[@Southernguitar74]

Why do people insist on comparing who's the best instead of simply enjoying the video and guitar player featured here? No matter if you like someone else better, this guy is phenomenal and will out pick any of us. If you would rather watch another player, then please go watch their videos and STFU.

[@Fitzliputzli23]

Unlike other country guitar monsters like Brent Mason and Brad Paisley Albert Lees soloing still sounds amazing when played real slow. Try to slow it down to half speed with any music editing software. It still sounds amazing! You can hear how ingeniously he chooses his lines!

[@mooronful]

Was just gobsmacked at seeing that guitar picking!!!.......AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@JulesBurton]

Sorry I haven't been on here for a while... Albert was on TOP FORM, Hogan's Heroes were brilliant too! I was right at the front, loved Cryin In The Rain with Albert on piano, so many fab songs, check out their new album called 'Like This'... Met Albert afterwards and he was as warm and friendly as ever, what a truly wonderful guy!

[@henrybyrd5402]

So easy to play like this. By the way, I have three hands with six fingers on each!

[@deeznutsonyourchin]

and 3 brains

[@bernardlauvray8703]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@James.ceta14]

Stfu no you don’t

[@nickpayne1641]

I got two hands fretting notes and my dick does the picking.

[@bigoccasionguitar]

i primarily listen to neoclassical,death metal, and jazz fusion, but i still think albert lee is one of the best guitarists of all time

[@bbooz]

heads hands and feet were so far ahead of their time . albert lee just keeps getting better and better ,,, if you can find any heads hands and feet vinyl pick it up and sit down and listen . I think the double album is by far the best

[@johnf5476]

thanks , definitely worth a try......... although my wife won't thank you for this as I now will spend my weekends searching it out

[@fabzacres-blackcat]

I listen to this guy and he is amazing ! Albert Lee is probably the only guy who can play Albert Lee at this tempo !

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Fabz Acres Arlen Roth said that in his Masters of The Telecasters book...and if he struggles to keep up, where does that leave the rest of us?

[@ralvarezguitar]

Albett Lee is the real thing, one of those artist that many other famous artist admire

[@kenpage1107]

Old Alberts bloody good, what a great performer!!

[@gmr366]

He's the best there is...Strange how he's managed to remain in the the shadows when the the very top guitarists alive today including Eric Clapton state Albert's the best guitarist in the world... Perhaps Albert's humble and unassumming demeanor and gentlemanly character get in the way... Regardless Albert is the master picker....and I should add he sings beautifully....

[@pauloates7472]

🎉

[@efhve]

fantastic guitarist! so sad that people still just listen to slash and hammett when there is great guitarists like this out there.

[@bdp24x14]

Good taste and talent never go out of style.

[@Music_Vids]

Isso é incrível,que som maravilhoso de se ouvir,por isso que guitarristas como Steve Morse por exemplo são bons no que fazem,por que se inspiram tbm em guitarristas como Albert Lee,sem dúvida o melhor de todos no "Chicken Picking!"

[@1sortedman]

Absolutely beautiful playing technique in this genre, the most excellent of country music guitar, style , does it get much better than this ?

[@lynnmorgan3283]

One of the best pickers ever! Keep goin Albert!!

[@markspahr242]

He's got the sound of everybody's style.......or is it everybody' style sounds like Albert Lee. Either way, he's an amazingly interesting player almost eclipsed by his clean playing and great tone! Wow!

[@John-ob7dh]

He started off listening and perfecting Gene Vincents guitarist ( Cliff Gallup ) Then he was perfecting Scotty Moore riffs.He could play them all as far back as 1960 I used to go round his house and apart from sleeping he never put the guitar down .Some times his dear old Dad would say Albert turn it down .One day his Dad ( who had the patience of a saint ) turned the power off in the whole house .That did not stop Albert he just carried on with no Amp .😂

[@chrissi3193]

Credit to Ricky Skaggs too, who wrote this masterclass in picking....and does it equally well. But we owe Albert for bringing it over to us British wannabes...and his Every Brothers show ,only shows us what a gracious ,modest and humble player he is Like Mark Knopfler. He serves the song!

[@Guardducks]

My fingers cramped up just watching him pick.

[@volkerh.2562]

is exactly what I feel 😊

[@IvoryTears1]

This is simply impossible, the man is beyond genius!

[@dazmeister2k7]

Gianibanez87 Two of his best albums (in my opinion anyway) are called Hiding and the other one is the self titled Albert Lee which this song is from. Hope it helps.

[@TheStratof1]

I saw Albert Lee with Heads Hands & Feet at the Bataclan, in Paris, in 1972 or 73, and... WOW!

[@geedus71]

Holy Moley! You cats can carry on debating soul, technique, Hendrix & licks til the cows come home, this is one fiiiiiiiiiine guitar. Hot damn!

[@Rouxloubac]

I'm THE fan of Albert Lee. I love his play.

[@musicol7489]

lmao, amazing! I loved this song so much when it was originally released - 1979?? It's the reason I wanted to learn the guitar, and it's also the reason why I gave up trying...

[@adamturner7436]

such an under rated guitar player! Wow!

[@stevendimmock4791]

The most annoying thing about the brilliant Albert Lee is that he is this good on the keyboard a well. You'd think that the devil must have made him, but the truth is that he's a lovely, humble and sweet man.

[@feargal75]

before all...an extraordinary guitarist !

[@joshjoshwins]

Saw this guy live in Liverpool beatles fest! FOR FREE! He was awesome. His band are so tight.

[@Snadistsiistii]

Had the absolute joy of hearing this live when Albert was touring with Eric Clapton.

[@jimmycooper9648]

What can I say? Albert is just the guv'nor , lightning in a bottle.

[@awtube869]

just saw albert at the iridium in nyc --- closed with this song --- great live song .....

[@madeleinehague648]

Sooooo happy to be seeing this geeeetar man again summer of 2016!!

[@unclebenadryl8232]

Albert Lee kicks ass. Makes me want to quit playing guitar - a common symptom amongst guitar players. Maybe when or if I ever live long enough, Id like to pick one quarter as good as Albert Lee by the time I'm 80. It's on the bucket list.

[@studonaldson1497]

And every note picked! Not a single ‘hammer on’ or other such ‘trick’ used! Amazing, Stu X

[@amaralcompositor5383]

Albert Lee still with long black hair. Magic fingers bombing your guitar. Wonderful to watch. Alberto receive a big hug from the Brazilian people.

[@Liozeris]

Wold Class Country Music. Whatever country you may be in.

[@michaelsissons5653]

This amazing playing surely couldn't be coming from a human being!??

[@dmnxCGi]

normally i don't listen to country, but ocassionally i listen to this guy cos he's really2 good guitarist

[@bigboijc]

if this was golf...it would be a hole in one...if this was baseball...that would be a homerun...but since it's great country music...we'll just say it's Albert Lee

[@petersamiutenki]

I fell in love with this song when I,ve heard Ricky Skaggs's version, but this is INGENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@guibox3]

Before there was Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Brad Paisley...there was the great Albert Lee.

[@user-jm7uy6uj1lAleks]

Великолепно! Очень виртуозно, технично. Грамотно. Большое спасибо Ли за такое прекрасное исполнение.

[@cttxlv]

a deep bow to the fine englishman.

[@cttxlv]

Interesting.

[@leocomerford]

+Rex Magnum Still an Englishman.

[@Guitar387]

The thing with Albert Lea which is really unique and what a lot of people don’t realize is that he’s not just got great technique and speed. The biggest thing that makes him stand apart from other players is his ability to improvise and play the piece of music completely differently every time he plays it, the endless ideas that he produces with speed fluency timing and swing is never the same on any song. I am not sure how he does this because lots of guitarists can learn a solo or a challenging piece of music note for note by copying it, but Albert will play it different every night and it will sound incredible.

[@michaelbismarckii9139]

I always see a throughline (flawed as it might be from Albert, to Danny Gatton (RIP), to Johnny Hiland.

[@Datanditto]

Its called improvising. Musicians do it.

[@TseliosG1]

Albert lee is absolutely amazing !❤

[@tomholm4456]

whoa. Albert Lee has forever been, and will forever be quite without peer. No brag. Just fact. And all the while, the kindest and most humble man in the room.

[@MrHormigablues]

I agree, Danny Gatton is also extraordinaire, he could play many different styles, the humbler telemaster...

[@robbb60b87]

Doesn't matter how many times I watch Albert Lee playing this song it never fails to make me smile from ear to ear as I watch in awe...F*CKIN AMAZING

[@MrJoeytony]

No kidding. Unbelievable.

[@pettsonse]

😁

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Blackmore said it so Inhad to check him out. Actually he did a jam with Blackmore called Green Bullfrog. Check it out.

[@hulldanfan]

@@thetruthhurts6652 Amazing Album that not many know about. Also with Big Jim Sullivan, Ian Paice, Tony Ashton, Chas Hodges and more !!

[@MrSkellum]

Just like tying your shoe laces eh Mr Lee? Great player and great footage.

[@josephramone5805]

His technique is possibly the most difficult to master, yet he does it effortlessly, without flaw and CLEAN! A true virtuoso.

[@nattapattimarat504]

Eddie van halen feared this man 😂😂😂😂

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

Every other guitarist adores him

[@rbagel55]

So did Yngwie Malmsteen

[@aleaallee]

@GW H That's not true, it sounds like albert lee uses chorus xD.

[@randymack2972]

and so should have Andre Sygovia and others . Albert may just be better than Les Paul and Chet Atkins were . . .it's arguable . . .

[@randymack2972]

@@rbagel55 it would stand to reason that the most ignorant , arrogant prick in all of guitarism would fear Albert . he knew he couldn't Cut Heads with him. which wouldn't be an isssue with even the Claptons of the world . . . .but Yngwie is too much of a puke to respect peers.

[@Bluesguitarman64]

Albert è un grande ! Non ci sono parole...... Ciao Rob

[@PokerEyeDid2]

YEEEEEHAAAAAW!! HAVE MERCY!! I'm not much on country...but this guy is the best picker I've seen! I think I saw smoke coming from them strings man! Thanks for sharring this sellen812!

[@Hello_there_obi]

those harmonies where perfect too

[@jacksmith4460]

as a prog metal mathcore loving guitarist....this tune fucking rules(not my usual genre)...crazy good guitar playing