Albert Lee - Just Because

Albert Lee playing this great tune as an intro to his Virtuoso Techniques tutorial video.

[@reed8521]

I could watch Albert play the guitar 24 hours a day. What a treasure.

[@nickride108]

That piano is the most understated and brilliant solo and backing I have heard. Albert Lee turns everything he does into gold.

[@Miguel...160]

So true and well spotted ....

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

Damn right, sir! The great Jim Cox on piano here!

[@timhird8427]

I agree, but just listen to him on Eric Clapton Unplugged, brilliant

[@krisztinaapathy2352]

True

[@Bream243]

He would have continued to play that solo but the key were starting to smoke.

[@chrislawson7983]

He's is 80 now. Time Flys. Thanks, Al, for your teaching, brother. You are one of the best.😊

[@johnfair62]

Albert Lee is the best, I didn't know he could sing so well. His solo licks are a libaray of licks.

[@Smoothways]

This piano solo was something else!!!!

[@tylersnortum-phelps1504]

Yes! Anybody know who that was?

[@francoisfeat1828]

Jim Cox, played with M. Knopfler for a while...

[@MrCpatenall]

@@francoisfeat1828 on his latest tour, too

[@Theweeze100]

A B That is no lie! Are used to have this teaching video, and just took for granted how off the scale this piano player is!

[@pabloperez4063]

Great musicians eventually get together. Since Cream times, and long before, to nowadays. (and viceversa! 🤔😅

[@laine218]

How can you not love this man and his music????

[@edwardmorford2202]

@@juanachares1123 Albert Lee...one of the best guitarists ever....copied by many of the greats and an absolute gentleman...don't lower yourself with those sort of comments...you should be better than that...

[@JoseJimenez-427]

Just want to add my kudos to Albert and Jim Cox. I've listened to this piece literally hundreds of times over the years and I never get tired of it. One of the best piano solos of all time. Leaves me hungry to hear more. Albert Lee's best solo I've ever heard and it showcases Albert's wonderful voice, not what he's best known for, but a great voice even compared with many famous singers. But most of all, I see many comments in agreement with a friend of mine who took Albert's master class. My friend said, "He's like the coolest Grandpa a person could imagine." By many accounts, a genuine, lovable guy.

[@ebay9302]

He's a genius as a musician, one in a million as a person!

[@kevinjconroy]

I can never, never get tired of this....albert lee is beyond good

[@toddhall1018]

Great

[@Miguel...160]

Sweet little lisa from same vid is unreal

[@chestermoof2410]

I've played it like 50 times today he makes me want to burn my telecaster for fire wood.....

[@chestermoof2410]

I've played it like 50 times today he makes me want to burn my telecaster for fire wood.....

[@Miguel...160]

@@chestermoof2410 my Tele is in a right strop , just sat there saying nothing.

[@JazzRadioFfm]

Good people draw good people towards them.

[@JolleyRick]

This is a STANDARD for all mid-west country & pop dance bands!! The surprise is that Albert didn't grow up doing this song... a Brit... he had to learn it from scratch!! And of course, he does a Great job. Rick Jolley Playing since 1949 Colorado Springs

[@thendrjazz]

Started as a country tune 7 versions in Tony Russell's Country Music Records 1921-42. 2 of those are by cajun bands. The big national hit was lat 1940s as a polka by Frankie Yankovic. As you say, its stayed in lots of bands books.

[@andys9337]

I like Albert lee too....I only recently discovered his stuff....better late than never...

[@WildPhotoShooter]

Get some of Emmylou Harris albums when he took over from James Burton, he does some awesome stuff in the hot band......its all on youtube too.

[@stans8863]

Albert was with the Everly Brothers a longass time

[@zodiacbluesbaby]

A guitarist's guitarist, guys of all genres dig Albert Lee.

[@mf5202]

Indeed. Yours truly, a guitarist.

[@joecburke]

Well, first that piano just SHINES...and then comes ALBERT! HOLY ####!!!!

[@stevemorse108]

Albert is a unique genius of his genre!!

[@VanKEbarra]

Oh, man ! That was great, what a musician!

[@multilinkacs]

I tried playing like Albert but failed as I dont have the same amount of notes on my guitar ! Brilliant as ever.

[@ericgendell8874]

Rookie mistake... you need to buy the preloaded guitar with the extra note package.

[@guitarreilly]

gotta say that piano solo is killer

[@pretendtobenormal8064]

I will never tire of this particular recording of this tune. I heard it for the first time more than 20 years ago and it still sounds amazing! Albert Lee is pure treasure!

[@davidpatterson1574]

A pure master class in music

[@timmyboy1970]

Nothin better than a guitar virtuoso who hasn't lost the idea of what a great song is. Not surprising considering his past with Everly Brothers, Clapton, Harris....etc

[@pabloperez4063]

He teamed up with the best

[@marymiller7865]

Love the piano playing in this song!

[@pabloperez4063]

not only plays, his singing is very soulful to me. In the five years he toured with Eric, he used to sing wonderfully powerfull. Both

[@JackTheSkunk]

Loved that piano player....his playing was so perfect for this song.

[@briggsquantum]

I first heard Albert on the album "Luxury LIner" in 1977. Emmy-Lou had assembled what has to be one of the finest bands for that album, and Albert was the rock on which it was built. And he sang back-up with Emmy-Lou!

[@mikecutright5916]

Everyone in the band was interchangeable except for little Albert!!!

[@flbe6000]

JIm Cox on piano is now playing in Mark Knopflers band.

[@Nash4Nashville]

That makes total sense to me after what I heard

[@jeffworcester7496]

The 12 people who put thumbs down to this are just tone deaf or jealous! Albert Rules!

[@WildPhotoShooter]

The people who put thumbs down are not really into music are they ?

[@pabloperez4063]

It's impossible for me to figure out the reason why. Because you might not like it, but you just don't do it. But doing it means that you really got mad after hearing it.

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

I´m just a big Albert Lee fan. What a great musician and sympathetic guy he is.

[@pabloperez4063]

Sympathetic or funny-nice-likeable?...

[@audiophileman7047]

Albert just kills it on this song. What a delight it is to hear it! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ernestlafontaine4000]

I've been listening to Mr. Albert Lee since 1979 fell in love with his playing the first time I heard him truly one of those rare great guitar players who doesn't use any kind of guitar gadgets boxes he plays clean right from the amp and his god given fingers. He's my over all best guitar picker and he has a pretty good voice to... Never met him but he sure seem like a really down to earth guy...

[@musiclover9361]

+Ernest Lafontaine Naga Munchetty of the BBC asked Albert, "Are you a better singer than you are a guitar player?" Albert (nonplussed): "Er, no."

[@WildPhotoShooter]

Naga Munchetty is a good journalist but she asks some stupid questions just to fill time when she hasn't done the research, she makes herself look dumb.

[@musiclover9361]

WildPhotoShooter She's good at her job, I'll grant you that - but that stunning faux pas aimed at Albert was pretty ill-advised.

[@waynespeirs1024]

Man can this guy cook!!! I didn't know he could sing but he does a great job of that too.

[@Fitzliputzli23]

Some git-heroes hesitate surrounding themselves with high class musicians - they fear someone might steal the show. Not so Albert: He loves having outstanding piano players in his band. This video is an example.

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

Pretty hard to steal the show from Albert though.

[@workdevice7808]

Love the bass player, totally enjoying it.

[@michaelfridayable]

They're all monster players. I love this stuff.

[@pabloperez4063]

Indeed, the bass player looks like FRANKENSTEIN, the real monster

[@kevinjconroy]

haha I just can't stop listening to this song over and over....you have to see it to believe it that somebody can play guitar this fast and so clean...I love this

[@feathermerchant2102]

Exactly!

[@bassbob42]

A great group of brilliant musicians. Thank you!

[@mikecaldwell4442]

i love his singing.....its perfect for what he does....cherish his two early solo records....my style

[@wealthcreation845]

incredible piano playing!

[@TheAlgyboy]

Saw Albert in Leek Staffs, in 2011. As good as the first time I saw him in Hackney in 1963. Brilliant

[@krisztinaapathy2352]

No word only,this is music all that music is about ...amazing ,thank you guys very much .

[@badgerman2010]

Saw Albert on Saturday at hebden bridge, yorkshire. A tiny venue only about 100 people there and he & his band were great! Thanks Albert for still doing the small gigs! Looked like the whole band enjoyed it as much as we did.

[@lorenzomcnally6629]

I dream of seeing Albert Lee in a small UK venue. Must have been heaven musically so close !

[@Rodmiller55]

Love this version, great musicians! Can't stop listening!

[@PaulO-gx2bn]

Albert Lee is simply marvelous!

[@pabloperez4063]

I would go even further - - - - >WONDERFUL player, sir!

[@nickx2148]

Saw Albert last year. Amazing! Got to meet him after the show, very nice man. Going to see him again in November at Hunstanton. Lots of tickets left. Treat yourself!

[@mikecutright5916]

I've been an Albert fan for decades but, THIS PIANO MAN is a monster!!!

[@ajbeastbass]

So melodic and well played..love that picking style

[@HeartcoreBass]

Mr Sterling Ball on the Bass? Awesome!

[@jamestoomey2413]

Albert must sleep with this guitar cause it really puts out for him.....He's one of the greats!

[@pabloperez4063]

He sleeps!!!

[@djangolittacker8508]

Guitariste de génie + mec sympa = la marque des tout grands ! Exceptionnel !

[@ecl1psePT]

those musicians are in the top of their leagues. I'd already seen the pianist (Jim Cox) playing with Mark Knopfler in the A Night in London DVD so I already knew the guy was amazing. As for Albert Lee... it's impossible to get better than that

[@UKGeezer]

Albert, are you ever going to learn how to play that bloody thing? Don't even get me started on the piano solo. Seriously, that was friggin' awesome. Nice to see Sterling Ball there to on Bass.

[@glenmoore9977]

.Nobody any better than Albert Lee. I will take him over Clapton every time. A great guy and legendary guitarist.

[@pabloperez4063]

Instead of comparing, enjoy both. Albert is more "fingerish", while Eric is a better songwriter and singer, and plays more styles. Enjoy the 5 years they were together (79-83), there are many gigs bootlegs in Yt

[@FendsLine]

So wonderful, Albert!

[@brianerichouse935]

Albert Lee what a sleeper. A giant in the land of giants.

[@krisztinaapathy2352]

Gulìver

[@danielcrook9504]

How in the world could anyone thumbs down this video ? Every time he plays, Albert Lee gives a master class...and I always watch, I love it, the song and the playing,all of it !

[@derekstocker6661]

So very well done Albert, fantastic playing and also by the other members of the group too! Love this and thank you.

[@nazariotompong7748]

saw this genius guitarist in the video of concert for george then searching him in google.my God this guy is so talented

[@kcdurkin8498]

Abert Lee has long-been the go-to guitar picker. Playing with every Good player known. And he is a nice man to boot !

[@Don.Camillo.und.Peppone]

Einfach fantastisch, was dieser junge Mann da hinlegt - BEWUNDERNSWERT !!!!!

[@johnwade1134]

Saw Albert live back in the 90's. Just mesmerising, fantastic.

[@johncole118]

Thanks 'kicking ass' for sharing. Foot tappin love it.

[@Ledprostate]

Too good for words. God, to be able to play like this!

[@freedomination2]

Awsome player! WOW. A true natural

[@ajsmusic2561]

Don;t know anyone that walks through the keys like Albert with a great splash of melody in and out. No one better!

[@richardreichow1969]

Unbelievable ! Fabulous guitar work ... And he can sing too.... WOW !

[@sanityatlast]

absolutely brilliant

[@Donna-mk9ib]

Wow! Love this! Albert you are sheer pleasure to watch.

[@danielcrook9504]

Another Great picker and guitar hero. Gets it done nicely!

[@jackyd61]

That keys solo was something else.. And of couse Albert was pretty damn good too!!

[@ratta2006]

Fantastic fantastic fantastic!

[@axocaster]

Albert Lee is the finest guitarist in Nashville as far as I'm concerned. All these guys playing new country are fine players but every one of then is trying to be Albert Lee and there's only one of him. And what a wonderful tune. Someone commented that this sounded a little jazzy and on this version, it likely just the changes. I've seen Albert do this tune jazzy and it would have a lot of jazz players quaking in their boots. He can play anything and everything and play it well.

[@jelleneyt9141]

i consider this ragtime

[@WildPhotoShooter]

When anyone talks of greatest guitarists Albert Lee has to be mentioned alongside, if not above every one of them.

[@stans8863]

It's country swing jelle

[@raysom2740]

it's a polka dudes!! originally played on accordion! do a google search!

[@madeleinehague648]

And, he is just the sweetest guy ever. Sometimes, it's like he doesn't even recognize what a musical genius he is. He just wants to get out there and play.

[@stevegroot5347]

This is one underrated performance by some incredible musicians.

[@densely]

An uptempo rockabilly number that never feels rushed. The guitar part has a lovely old-timey feel. Very sweet!

[@claraannhudson8962]

Love it & So Well Done!!

[@larrybushell1196]

Albert Lee is one of my all time favourite guitar players in the world. Wish I could play like that. Think I'll go burn my guitar now... Lol... Keep up the good work. Albert.

[@coreyferguson401]

Please don't do that Larry! That's the way I used to feel about great musicians miles ahead of me. Just think about it as something inspirational instead.

[@pabloperez4063]

Don't!!! Hold it!!!

[@jeremyyoung3034]

And.....Albert is a fantastically GREAT singer!!😁👍

[@billc6087]

Gawd, here I am am sittin' at my desk, boppin' like a maniac!

[@lgomez222]

Awesome rendition!

[@mrdavevernon]

this is fantastic

[@johnf5476]

This guy is just amazing .... one day after a few more years practising i might be able to play this

[@jeanniebell9493]

I have played for 50 years----- and I couldn't shine his shoes !!!!!!!!!!! Gonna see him him in August !!!

[@TheGel69]

could be but, I could be shining yours....

[@richarddemayo3376]

Awesome Oldie! 🎶

[@T18skyguy]

A great classic song written back in 1929.

[@dunskie]

The sign of a truly great player is when you can say that no one else sounds like them. You know it's Albert when you hear those loose strings. A monster and I love him. Just crazy about all the shit he loves to cover too. The SHIT.

[@krisztinaapathy2352]

My favorite music ever day I have to listen to it, Love this music,

[@MCGguitar698]

Albert is so good, all class as well.

[@musiclover9361]

"Well, you've obviously read my guitar playing manual" - Nick Lowe.

[@mikekim5135]

Albert's guitar playing is out of this world, but I'm also very impressed by his singing. He is definitely no slouch in that department.

[@pabloperez4063]

I love his singing too. It is very energetic. And his piano skills are remarkable as well!! He has always lived for and from music and rock

[@wanderleybarbosamachado3790]

Espetacular Albert Lee

[@sergiopaim7884]

Os músicos desse conjunto , são Alienígenas 👍. Gancho, praia grande sp 2023

[@joanfont]

Came here for Albert Lee, stayed for Jim Cox

[@krisztinaapathy2352]

Master of Guitar Solo

[@Retro.Studio]

One word only...LEGEND!

[@TheGuitarMule]

Most excellent !!

[@jean-lucbersou758]

Musical perfection !!!!!!

[@jamessmith6395]

Outstanding!

[@114786906]

最喜欢的吉他手之一，钢琴手演奏完美！

[@glendanewton8632]

Terrific! Just TERRIFIC ‼️

[@robertrodriguez5354]

Outstanding drummer!

[@maritkarin]

Super i love it 👍👍🎶🎶