Les Paul with Joe Satriani

Les Paul with Joe Satriani and the Les Paul Trio 10/20/08

[@Galogalog]

That feeling when you show up to a Les Paul show with an Ibanez

[@derpmellow2]

Les Paul was friends with all the big names in guitar when he made his solid body guitar, in fact he showed it to Gibson they denied him, he showed it to fender and he made the first solid body lap string guitar befor les had his solid body guitar out on the market.

[@derpmellow2]

In fact the first one was built in the epiphone factory, made from a log

[@sheddski2942]

Jeff beck played fender and les would pull out the cord and say oh that sounds better

[@sketchyold]

Har har 🤡

[@sketchyold]

Joe needs more delay.

[@stoker20]

I've been watching a bunch of these. Brings me more pleasure seeing Les interacting with his guests and joking around than I can say. Joe was one of the very few I've seen so far that was able to do his thing and meld it with something that includes Les's playing. I don't understand the negative comments? Maybe they don't know who Les is? Seeing him having a great life into his golden years brings tears to my eyes. What a treasure and gift to the world he was.

[@pattyoneill91]

He was a great man. We all owe a lot to him. I feel the same way.

[@rovo7249]

You are so right. I felt it too. Les was happy. Joe knew how to bind both styles to create one of the best performances

[@rickrevoir1683]

If you don't know who Les was you must have grown up in a box. What a wonderful man , Joe is amazing in his own right. Watching these guys was a blast 😊

[@jimmorrison3830]

I must admit Joe looked very humble, super duper respectful to the man. I got to watch Les play in this spot. He was so nice to me we even shared a Heineken God bless Les. Few can play on his level

[@billmiller9145]

I was at the tail end of meet and greet and he really was a humble guy. Even after greeting fans for over two hours he treated the first and last people in line with appreciation for their support. A glass act.

[@Eddu13]

Les Paul was just amazed by it. He was just appreciating the amazing talent of Joe.

[@goldismoney5899]

So you are in Les Paul's head now?

[@sbonamo]

Watch the video...@@goldismoney5899

[@paulmakinson1965]

​@goldismoney5899 just listen to what Les says and watch his body language. Or maybe you are autistic?

[@tonysammons6374]

This is PRICELESS.. Les gives him a hard time - but he knows every bit that Joe is an amazing player.. Too cool

[@bitstorm1]

“What are you gonna do for us that ain’t gonna make me feel too bad if you don’t come back?”🤣 Les was truly entertained by Satriani’s playing.

[@georgestevens1502]

The clarity and feeling of Les' single note lines are so sweet. Joe's sustain made Summertime shimmer. Yet another special version of it. Amazing how Summertime is amenable to so many different renditions.

[@Jedizen07]

Most folks don't know this: Joe is playing several Eddie Harris lines here, especially in the beginning from, 1:49 to 2:11 ( Joe grew up listening to him through his mother who was an avid jazz and soul music fan ). Satch may not be a Jazz player but he's can swing when he wants to.

[@Stratokikay]

That lead me to check out Eddie Harris. Thanks!

[@Jedizen07]

Stratokikay His “ The In Sound “ is a great first entry to his records. But his live recordings features a lot more of that funky/Cannonball Adderley sound.

[@henryholt1359]

@@Jedizen07 Ive been on a revisit Eddie Harris/ Lou Donaldson thang the last 12 months, in the groove.

[@willrichtor]

You ever hear him do Cool #9? His transitioning from Wes Montgomery/ George Benson feeling lines to his signature sound and feel is flawless. Shows that the jazz portion of a "fusion" equation doesn't NEED to be progressive.

[@lal2235]

"Oh thats a shame". Hahahaha best comment in guitar history

[@bacckone]

but after that: "sounds good".

[@MrX-ny3jv]

Hilarious.

[@bitstorm1]

LA L 😂

[@heathcliff8624]

Then the viagra joke "It made me hard of hearing"

[@stewartkotler9024]

Soundproofed like good whiskey

[@guitarttimman]

I think Joe shows a lot of respect here. I love how Les is picking on him. LOL. He liked the guy or else he wouldn't done that. This was a lot of fun to watch. Good stuff man.

[@toogie555]

Joe: "but you guys have rehearsed, I think" Les: "but it took me 93 years to get it! 6:32 I only hope I could be as sharp as Le Paul at age 93!

[@tedcabana]

What an honor it must have been just to be in the same room with the inventor of 20th century guitar.

[@mickgatz214]

What an Awesome jamming session with these 2 great guitarists. (i'm in tears watching this) :)

[@stoker20]

+1

[@sowhat123]

"Atleast he's got a good head of hair. He just didn't bring it with him". what a trol. hahahahahahahah

[@destinyreturns4885]

RIP Les. It was a pleasure to have met you and I will always appreciate your wonderful conversation.

[@derpmellow2]

Les is so old here the way he talks he reminds me of my grandfather. I love it it makes my heart happy, he was one of my grandpas favorite guitarist

[@Fixingthingz4u]

Alot of Respect shown from Joe such a humble humble guy !!

[@jonrembo576]

Indeed..very humble rocksta

[@Bluezulu17]

No respect from les though 🤔

[@suprchickn7745]

He always did this, Joe was put on the spot and did the best in an uncomfortable situation. Les refused to give the direction.

[@Fixingthingz4u]

@@suprchickn7745 exactly chicken 😀

[@firstgeargreg]

@@Bluezulu17 Les Paul, you can tell he really likes Satriani because of the way he ribs him constantly. He's trying to get Joe to cry and find out what makes him tick.

[@hmcbride59v2]

I knew Les well. Some people boast having guitar greats on speed dial. Guitar greats had Les on speed dial. He could call Jimmy, Jeff , Eric, Billy or Paul and say busy Saturday? They would drop everything and fly across the world.

[@DolceBizLLC]

LP was simply amazed at JS's ability to transform a guitar note into 4 dimensions. Satriani exudes class and of course Paul is Classic Coke! Fun.

[@HolidayInGuantanamo]

Wow, Les Paul's banter is hilarious! Came here for the guitar, stayed for the cutting wit. Sharp as a tack. What an honour for anyone lucky enough to have been around at these shows.

[@ImproveYourMagic]

I'd say Joe played tastefully. He da man.

[@guitarttimman]

Yes he did.

[@RonHeusdens]

Les is well impressed.... another world apart. Joe is such a talent!

[@willrichtor]

Joe Satriani is to electric guitar what Segovia was to classical, so to see him not only starstruck but nervous, shy and intimidated by THE PROGENITOR of the instrument is priceless. You can tell he just wanted to roll his tone knob all the way off and just play some tasteful rhythm and watch Les do his thing but Les wanted to see a show. Amazing what Les could do with just a few notes, considering he was NEVER a minimalist player, except maybe when compared to Chet.

[@pauljordan4452]

Les Paul apparently had an arm deformity. Clearly, it never deterred him, as it doesn't me.

[@markusantonio4866]

Satch did great displaying his chops, but not getting too carried away

[@paulsimmons5726]

As I watched this I just had to imagine that all of Joe's effects and various stomp boxes were invented back in the 40's and 50's. It was fun watching these two guys make a great musical connection. It certainly looked like Les was enjoying watching his legacy of musical instrumental creativity come out of Satch's fingers. Great video, really enjoyed it!

[@willrichtor]

I don't know how he sets up now but Joe used to run with minimal pedals, letting an eventide harmonizer do the bulk of the processing of his tone since it could emulate pretty much any pedal or effect created up to the point of its introduction without having to worry about level/gain stacking like when you run multiple pedals. I read him say one time that there was even a setting to emulate a dying battery in a pedal. Pretty sure his old floor setup used to be the controller/ trigger for the eventide, a vox wah, a DS1 and not much else. Of course he's a pedal addict so no telling how long he rolled that way but I'm sure it helped out in live situations, considering the amount of processing needed for that tone.

[@sawdust6968]

joe is a ABSOLUTE MASTER!

[@lal2235]

The roast of joe satriani by les paul

[@FighterFlash]

Les just watching!!!

[@highatruthart]

Les was a character for sure !!. He designed & made the sexiest guitar shape of all time, period.

[@ronvonryan]

@@highatruthart Great guitar, but to my mind the best looking guitar ever is the Fender Strat', as a young English lad back in the 1950's I remember seeing an album cover with Buddy and his Strat', and thinking 'what is that'???, it looked to me like something that just flew in from outer space!! As an old man now I still play a Strat' and still think not only is it a great looking guitar but it's so comfortable to play!! I had a Les Paul once, great guitar, great sound, but not in my opinion the most comfortable guitar to have hanging round your neck on a long Gig.

[@richardharrold9736]

@@highatruthart the LP shape was the work of Ted McCarty...

[@sohailmaqbool6900]

@@ronvonryan i agree that les paul guitar is heavy. But strat is not THAT comfortable to play, i always hit that toggle switch while playing, its placement is very uncomfortable, thats my personal opinion

[@timothyduzenski1386]

Its just wonderful. Les is just so open to others no matter where they come from and they all just adore him and realize how he helped the industry and modern music.

[@jerryporter1700]

Great to see this...legend with a LEGEND...Joe showing so much respect and being humble as it should be...

[@thomasharhen2168]

The best guitar 🎸 in the wold!!! Thanx Les!!!! He made rock and roll ROCK N ROLL

[@AthenianHeretic]

Les is a legend with his own legacy well writen. Satriani is an extra terrestrial from a much more advanced civilization.

[@marions.120]

So Les was Surfing With An Alien?

[@gudluckskeleton]

that second jam was absolute gold.

[@SaintFredrocks]

Thanks Chris for more great fun with Les.

[@kabisikletamba142]

I always adore when old folks talk. They have this kind of language when they talk that felt like stories.

[@The_Philosopher_King701]

Well to hell with the haters in the comments. That was enjoyable. They linked across genres. It isn't about the gear, or the settings. It was about the jam. It is about music.

[@buixrule]

Right on. This was gold.

[@dylanzrim1011]

Joe satriani is blues and jazz based. Les is was jazz guitarist.

[@josephphillips9485]

Well said

[@EvilSean62]

what haters ... I scrolled down ... no hate ... or you did something right and they got buried

[@thememoryhole9355]

It was awkward, a roast, all the things they say it was .. but it was still awesome. I'm sure Joe felt the same way about it as well. It was still one of the most amazing renditions of Summertime I've ever heard! it was totally worth it.

[@EvilSean62]

two marvelous people being nice to each other and i could watch it all day ... also somewhere in there was some fucking amazing playing ... or is it just me ?

[@robertwoodward9231]

Just go for it and I'll pick it up" Uh no Les, few can out riff Joe. Les always with that great humor, got to love him.

[@keithmccabe4040]

Literally made me cry when they did summertime.

[@jonathanbyrd3396]

6:08-6:45 is legendary! "Oh one of those wise guys huh!" So amazing

[@paule.t.5728]

I can see Les Paul is actually enjoying this.. His amazed by Joe's playing i know

[@josephconsoli4128]

I love how Les was never intimidated about anyone. He was always himself towards anyone. Wow, this was really two powerhouses meeting.

[@guitarttimman]

I carry the same attitude. Music isn't about war. Rather, it's about bringing a good peaceful feeling to the soul.

[@guitarttimman]

My favorite one is Larry Carlton with Les. Now that's more up Larry's alley, but Satch was amazing too.

[@jeffd3331]

I totally agree. Some see awkwardness but I see a great amount of respect between them. Mutual admiration, nothing awkward about it.

[@josephjester4917]

If anyone was intimidated, it was clearly Satch being in the prescence of such a musical legend as Les. Hell, any guitarist would be.

[@DARKSIDEOFURANUS]

Give some people a groove and they're lost

[@brynjones7371]

You could go out humming that tune he just played. Killer line from Les!

[@josephjester4917]

"He's got a great head of hair, he just left it at home." Even better line from Les. LOL

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Les Paul is the original guitar god. I love to see him play with these younger guys. RIP.

[@dknj5962]

Les calls him a “helluva player” after some mandatory ribbing...Then they get together of “Summertime”. Great video, Mr. Lentz.

[@bitstorm1]

DK NJ Les respected the hell out of him. Les Paul is known for roasting people. If he roasts you, he respects you.

[@dknj5962]

@@bitstorm1 he lived in my town for over 50 years. Very nice and friendly to all comers.

[@beyondthis7]

Classic blues jam... no one knows what to play.... till they play.

[@h.farhad6176]

Les Paul is older than me but still got the sense of humor more than me. Its an honor to listen to you wherever whenever I can.

[@Mytyweav]

What a cool historical get together. Joe has Class and Respect... Just an outstanding period of time....

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Best drummer ever ! Doesn’t over drink, doesn’t over play, blends really well...

[@1973wildcatman]

This reminds me so much of the last conversation I had with my grandpa a great trombonist and composer who gave me twelve tons of crap for playing electric guitar!

[@harrypalmer3481]

Love Les Paul. Satriani is great & a Gent.

[@mickgatz214]

@Chris Lentz > thank you for your rare upload, much appreciated. :)

[@ChristinePihale-Daub]

Totally love this one. I have seen Joe live up in Saratoga and this just adds to the man.

[@chingasofarkaso]

Joe: "Ok guys. Badass jazz/blues jam in C sharp. Never rehearsed. Doesn't matter, boys. Fuck em. We got this." Right into the jam. That was smooth as molasses.

[@josephjester4917]

"What we play isn't exactly stoopid. It took me 93 years to get this!" 😂

[@alansturgess1324]

Speed is fine, but only when a guitarist plays slow can you really appreciate their musicality - brilliant version of Summertime with all the Satriani trademark licks and twiddles, but done tastefully and respectfully. Wonderful to see Les playing with him - so near to the end of that remarkable life.

[@dougharris6971]

Ibanez made the right decision on getting joe to represent them and there guitars

[@kheart8812]

_their_ guitars even

[@taterlysaladman9377]

He is the best in many ways

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Get the fuck out of here with your joe bullshit first off Les paul Admired Eddie van halen Not This turd as a matter you can tell Les is Annoyed because good ol joe Couldn't play the blues to save his Ass..

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

@Nick Costa coming out of the mouth of a 17 year old fucktard haul Ass kid..

[@hh4826]

Angelo needs to chill lmao. You're exactly what we don't need in the guitar community, some shit mouthed raving madman in the comments. Think before you type next time.

[@creatorjan]

Respect for Les and Joe Amazing Jam!

[@midwestcity1979]

Two of guitars greats. Amazing!

[@vhopes3917]

Joe makes all music beautiful / Les Paul’s soul shows even in simple notes.

[@rossco420]

I love joe he’s a fantastic human being

[@paulprice6330]

Valdemort roasted by Dumbledore. Absolute gold

[@peternewman3487]

Joe has got to be the absolute master of the electric guitar. I’ve seen him live loads of times and I met him at a cd signing at HMV in London. I had already bought his cd but I had a ticket for his show that evening at Wembley Arena which he graciously signed for me. A very nice man.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

A young guitar genius playing with a God! Awesome!!!

[@bluegrassreb1]

thank you Mr. Paul

[@shanemahler6830]

I love Satch and he shows such a calm attitude for something that would drive someone with his talent to curse! these styles don't mesh no doubt!

[@thebear1441]

did Les Paul just roast Joe??? 😂

[@deanmccaskill5495]

The Bear Ha ha. Burned him down!!!

[@strangher11]

Les loved to tear into his guests ... was just good natured fun

[@hootowl6354]

He's got a dry sense of humor. Everyone who plays there knows what to expect. They go anyway. I don't think it bothers them. It's just Les. Les is a-okay.

[@bacckone]

PRS an' Paul are legendary, but old farts...humiliate others...

[@jimbocurtain]

Pretty much. I always held Satch as an example of taste in his field. Man he misjudged this bout

[@FighterPilot1945]

I think Les was impressed...like the way les always tried to mess around with his guests!! here.

[@johndrake2729]

Les Paul's like, "I can't do that stuff".

[@Jeronimo.67]

Please turn of that delay. Les will do the echo!

[@MrRadko75]

Thank you Chris for this video ;)

[@bitstorm1]

Les put his guitar down to enjoy a front seat show. He kept telling joe to keep playing. Then he said to joe “you’re a mean man”. You can tell les respected him. That’s why he ribbed him so hard.

[@leemason5953]

Respect to joe,when les asked him to play some of his own music he declined with the excuse about rehearsing,but anybody who satch know he could of easily knocked out surfing with the alien without the backing track but that would of been disrespectful to les and i bet joe was thinking the same at the time.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

That's true, maybe if he was better prepared he could have done a real jazz rendition of Satch Boogie where he could have included the backing players here, that would have been badass. Still I'm mad how unprepared Satch was here...

[@stoker20]

@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266 You really get to see the talents of the artist. How well they perform outside their niche. EVH refused to play with Les. Watch the one with Brian May. I give him a lot of credit for having the balls to give it a crack.

[@blueson9943]

Two gentleman playing the Good Old Blues.

[@yeti8it396]

I saw Joe when I lived in Texas way back. It was epic.

[@ginaalwaysavip1177]

Wishing that I could have been there for this beautiful tribute to Mr Les Paul!

[@KipBrockett]

Awesome! R.I.P. Les Paul

[@maximum805]

Joe should have ditched the delay pedal. Out of sync with proceedings.

[@carlosstinechez5338]

why les invented it

[@SuperCyril2]

Sat is one of the top 10 best guitarist on this planet. Not to many guys can out match him in a showdown guitar rif.

[@keithmccabe4040]

Thank you Chris Lentz.

[@daniejames2591]

Two of my heroes.

[@jasonread5017]

BEST YOU TUBE CHANNEL IN THE UNIVERSE

[@sajateacher]

When your hero calls you a “bald Otto”.

[@bkzeppelin3215]

Gotta Love Les, my hero

[@JeffreyBurtonYT]

That's sort of cute. Les seems to like Joe enough to pick on him and JS's semi-Jazzy guitar noodles sounded appropriate. It's strange watching more shred type players with LP. They seem like a fish out of water.

[@theresecanminks5785]

J. Burton-Taube p

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

They shouldn't, Les was the precursor of shredding. Of coyrse all the shredders nowadays style is closer to DiMeola or McLaughlin, but if all they can play is fast metal that's their weakness, a good poayer should be prepared to meddle in any genre. Nobody is sking them to master a vastly different genre, but at least be good at the basics if you are so reverred for yoyr technical skills ffs

[@o-REDBEARD-o]

Blues is where most cut their teeth

[@Bluezulu17]

This is Joe's field as much as others... of you listen to satchs older stuff, it has some of this stuff in his albums... Joe's a master of many genres

[@suprchickn7745]

Joe sounds amazing starting around 9 minutes and is not remotely "shredding".

[@rickrevoir1683]

I absolutely love it. Joe is such a great dude. Les is pretty cool too

[@berfsk]

Couldn't agree more!

[@jimmyjimmy951]

The delay pedal killed the mood IMO..

[@classicvibes007]

Yea I think so

[@PlaviPD]

Means nothing. What matters is respect and joy to play with great Les. He also payed such respect to his guests. Amazing.( leave delay effect to ones that know hose to tune it properly.

[@80spodcastchannel]

man.... five notes in you can tell that's SATCH playing just by his bends and chords... and sitting in with a legend...too cool

[@josephjester4917]

Not many newer guitarists like that coming out of the pipeline in the last 30 years or so.

[@194919671982]

The best thing Joe did was call out Summertime. Les was all over that.

[@cenaakashakash]

Les totally roasted joe😂😂😂... Amazing person les was...

[@guitarttimman]

Check out Les Paul. It's like he's thinking, "I never heard those sounds come from a guitar before." LOL He loved it!

[@DP90263]

Awesome video and playing, love the “hard of hearing” joke!

[@mci695]

Sounds good, everything sounds like "Route 66"

[@ralfkochling1025]

What a band🙏

[@caratcranker5874]

May god bless DEAR Chet here. Such a gorgeous karma coming from him, looking at him here, it makes me sad and happy. [SAPPY]. What a totally beautiful man.

[@drivesideways6550]

Poor Joe, Les's banter slowed him down to a crawl on the last one.

[@dseldridge8360]

Chris t.y t.y t.y for posting, i don't know if you have any vids from the old Iridium Club but Les always had a piece of duct tape rite above him from a low hanging a.c vent he messed with.. And if you saw 'The Master' Les at either club it would've been strange if he didn't give his guests + band mates a few zingers... Remember he did 2 shows every Monday and i'm glad he could actually entertain himself for all those years, so folks ya had to know him, he didn't have a mean bone in him ! I feel nothing but honored to have spent the time i did w/Les, his son every iteration of the band and Tommy ~ They were ALL great guys and i miss Les somethin awful.. R.I.P my friend that arthritis was gone the second you got your wings ! 👏🎶🎸🌈🌟your new sub David🎵🏞🎸😎✨✨✨🎸⛥🎵✨🎸✨🎸

[@billhinsperger8120]

Ya pick on one of greatest guitar player’s ever to walk the earth

[@roycefayed3537]

Great stuff! Les Paul is a cool old Dude.It's all about the feel.

[@jfarinacci0329]

Thank you.

[@timwhite5562]

Oh Joe, great playing, but dial the delay back a bit will ya'.

[@deanmccaskill5495]

tim white I hear you.I remember getting my first delay pedal when i was 12. I had mine turned up to 11 also.Man oh man these shredder guys.........And that horrifying guitar!!!!!!!

[@timwhite5562]

But in the 80s his tone got so stale and devoid of any nuance that I just can't listen to it. I always find the fact that he plays through some vintage amps as to be almost superfluous since you can cop the sound from even the earliest digital modelers when they still were very easy to discern from a real analog sound.

[@deanmccaskill5495]

tim white I never understood how a guy like him( and he's not the only one) can be so good, but on the other hand he can't hear that he sucks to listen to.

[@timwhite5562]

dean mccaskill my theory is that players like him are early adopters of new technology. So they used it so early and so much that they got used to it and their ability to hear the nuances in tone deteriorates. Like when you're around a smell for a while and you just stop being able to smell it, or when you're laid up with an injury or sickness and your muscles atrophy.

[@deanmccaskill5495]

tim white I guess so. That's as good a theory as any. I mean when we were kids I had a guitar player buddy. We kinda came up together. He was all ibanez and metal pedals and delay( to this day I can't work a delay) and I was all ... work the master volume. Anyway he got really REALLY good. I chugged along and I'm ok too. Not like him tho. But I could fit in and entertain a group, have fun, and he could well... go really fast and play all the modes. Neither of us went farther than local bands and he probably had a better chance to go farther than I did. I lost the plot I think but I just think that most people aren't impressed by all that crap.

[@johnmorrissey3253]

RIP LES WHAT GENT MY GOD WHAT PLAYER IF THERE HEAVEN IT'S GOING TO BE ONE MIGHTY GIG UP THERE

[@boardmant]

These two were worlds apart