Eric Clapton | Change The World | Dean Parks | Tim Pierce | Performance | Talk

[@allancrow134]

Man, I can't believe how Dean Parks just slays that song on the Acoustic. Tim sounds awesome as well, what a performance. I've watched this about 20 times.

[@MatthewDuminy]

Tim always looks like he’s having the best time of his life whenever he’s playing. That’s when you know you were made for something.

[@rogermartin8844]

Know what you mean

[@edgoswick1271]

This version is so good it made me forget there were vocals on this song.

[@Producelikeapro]

WOW!! This is a HUGE treat Tim!! Thanks for getting Dean to do this!

[@DBMorris]

Yes! Thank you all so much!

[@vhollund]

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[@geraldkovach520]

Definitely! I have watched this video numerous times. Dean’s playing is amazing

[@AntarcticGuitarEnthusiast]

2 super modest great guitarist, humbly thanking each other, while setting the bar as high as possible. Peace and Maximum Respect

[@PebblesChan]

2:08 - Gotta love the synchronized hand wave!

[@teecee3866]

That is so cool, thanks for pointing that out!

[@WayneMcCartney]

Tim we share a similar story. I worked in Hollywood for years doing small studio production and had seen Dean around town over a twenty five year period but we never meet. Back in 2009-2010 I had a Guytron 100watt head and the two open and closed back 2x12 Cabs for sale in Craigslist O.C. Dean called one day and said he wanted to check it all out. He drove down to our house and I suddenly realized Dean Parks was in my living room and I had to demo the amp for him. Thank God the wife got a picture of us together .He is a lovely man and is so humble and down to earth. He used the new rig on the Crosby Stills Nash tour I believe.

[@PerseusSpur]

I love the little shy acknowledgement of how big a part of your life Dean Parks was. Sometimes I think that he doesn't get how big he is in the scheme of things! Thanks for incidentally showcasing him!

[@mjf1036]

It’s amazing to sit in the room as two music legends jam and then chat about the old days. Thank you Tim.

[@deanmlshredder]

He left the tuner on the headstock. Beato's havin a STROKE!!!

[@benzakonium]

That tone he gets with his fingers. To die for.

[@itsTHURSDAYagain]

One of my favorite songs when it came out. Great to hear it again after years, from the guy that actually played it.

[@phillybri]

Tim's tone is absolutely gorgeous...

[@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld]

I'm a vocalist ...this is what we call a "singy song" ... it is absolute joy for the vocalist... but not so easy for guitar..."if i could change the world ...You would think that i was really something good" ..Probably the most relatable lyric every put to paper.. Beautiful work, Mr Parks... You are def. In your authentic purpose. thanks Tim

[@truce11]

More Dean Parks, please! Love watching two masters go over the classics. Life is short, take advantage of opportunity. There is not enough Dean Parks on youtube - Dean and You make an Awesome masterclass

[@stickman55100]

I NEVER tire of listening to and watching this clip. It’s inspiring to watch both of you playing together.

[@markusfrieauff5651]

Two real gentlemen. So nice to see how friendly they are.

[@shadowsong1]

the minute his fingers touched the strings you can hear its the fingers and guitar that played that part. *goosebumps*

[@MM-rr1kp]

such beauty in the simplicity of dean's solo. that quick little dissonant couple of notes these guys have such perfect time tim sneaking in and out all over the place what a pro

[@mensahs1271]

Wonderful. The sheer humility of these two is something to behold. Tim's smile at 'The Master's' harmonious G at 2.15 is priceless. Obi Wan Parks needs no flamboyance...the magic will find you!

[@mintlp]

Dean sounds and feels incredible on that acoustic guitar track!! His articulate touch makes his tone sound so beautiful on that acoustic!

[@Ruudis9er]

Tim you're a national treasure, thank you for sharing. That was really amazing hearing/seeing you and Dean playing.

[@martingrant6598]

Thank you Tim for showing the brilliance of Dean Parks musicianship and mastery of this great song.

[@samlob]

WOW!! such a pair of humble musicians!!

[@jerrystephenson1172]

Wow indeed! The "legend" Dean Parks, so smooth ( playing) & so unassuming. I am humbled, just watching.

[@markjohnson7243]

I've been a big fan of Dean for many years. Suprised to know he did this tune...a true masterpiece thanks Tim

[@CAGraphics-z1c]

Thank You Dean, this was a rare treat to watch this being played by The Man and the guitar that laid it down.

[@chrisclermont456]

After all of my years in LA, I met Dean Parks at Winter NAMM in Anaheim in 2019. We hung out for about an hour. Nobody recognizes him!! Great guy!!

[@drins.ishmaku9483]

Brings out sweet memories. A good song from real musicians, never knew it's origin like this. Thank you both!

[@suemadsen3782]

The guitar music is absolutely beautiful. I've listened to it about 50 times. Thanks.

[@rolandjgutierrez5839]

I can't believe this 2 masters man I wish we had these videos in the early 80s...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA.

[@chris33513]

2 of my long time heroes playing this wonderful tune. Divine.

[@brooklynboy1000]

humble, and a huge talent. the two guitars sound great together. thats 2 people listening to each other and giving the song what it needs. superb

[@soulshouter109]

I love the work of these two awesome guitarists with JOE COCKER!

[@Eduaro2U]

Great track - stunningly well performed. Thanks for sharing such wonderful skill and talent.

[@djkolcun]

You win the internet with this one Tim and Dean! Magnificent!!!

[@michaelhoward7009]

Dean is a brilliant player. So under appreciated. His solo was great- beautiful and understated. .

[@R3TR0R4V3]

What a legend! Glad to see he's still around and playin' up a storm. Great episode! 👍

[@derrickholmes2586]

Tim and Dean....just fabulous. Many many thanks for posting.

[@calnonhardy4002]

Beautiful, deep , mellow acoustic guitar sound.

[@1962stratcat]

Really great to see Tim and Dean playing together. Awesome!

[@scottlupus7837]

Dean Parks! Is THE Man.

[@mikegoldthwaite4331]

I've learned so much from this one song....both in ear training and applied theory. It really makes you a better guitar play, if you just stick to it. Amazingly, its also very forgiving----lots of things work even if you're not playing it exactly like these two great professionals.

[@vividrecordingstudio]

Very much enjoyed this video. I love the humility of both of you as players, it's why you have lasted in the industry!

[@PabloPazosGutierrez]

the electric is so subtle it creates a magic feeling complementing that acoustic, amazing

[@simonmaton]

Thanks Tim, truly a honor to hear Dean talk and play.

[@jelopezmusic]

So cool to hear the story behind my favorite song. I've always loved the sound of the acoustic guitar in that song and man oh man you can tell right away it was him. Incredible.

[@swooshcdl]

Wow this is magic! A gift to all who appreciate. Cheers !

[@MagruderSpoots]

I could listen to that all day.

[@pablocabrera9956]

Oh lord! that was amazing. So relaxing heard you guys. This is an example of perfection.

[@jesseserna8424]

3:30 am can’t turn it off …I am trying to learn to play guitar at 59 and I always discover a great (guitar)song in the middle of the night,but cannot practice it bc every one in the house is asleep..thank you 🙌🏼🎸

[@JosephDunegan]

@Time Pierce Guitar, there is nothing like that sweet Tim Pierce tone, period. I loved the Michael English Gospel album you played on. I was absolutely sold that you were an amazing musician and did that album so much justice!

[@edwinsamuel7625]

Oh My God.... What an amazing musical treat by the amazing musicians...... MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE MUSICIANS AND THE WHOLE WORLD..... May the world be filled with love, beautiful music and beautiful peoples.....

[@idbrn4u]

Musical and elegant , open, and simply sophistication

[@muthapluckinnathan]

i feel like i took a masterclass looking at their hands, dean parks left and right hand are honed like crazy. good stuff.

[@ddpphoto]

I have long been a fan of Dean Parks and really enjoyed sitting in on this graceful catch up.

[@jojojosmart1]

this is the ultimate kind of video for working dog guitar players who just want a glimpse into a real guitar players world. Thanks for this upclose, personal, and instructional video.

[@samsonmorrell]

One of my most favourite tracks ever

[@haroldglynn9260]

The lead line from 2:30-2:40 is just dripping!

[@andrewhenderson6219]

Agree Harold. Do you know the Notes I can’t work it out🤔

[@greyklopstock7155]

Dude, Dean absolutely KILLS. You can just hear, like, if you were to make an algorithm that played acoustic guitar backing perfectly every time, you'd basically model it after Dean Parks. Seeing this is all I need to know why he's a legend

[@yodajazzcat]

I watched this when it first came out and am watching again because it's so good. I love the D#-E lick Dean plays in his solo. It's perfect and sounds awesome.

[@MattyK-USA]

So great when I can see a legend and take a lesson at the same time... I must have rewinded 50-ish times working on the song before I actually watched the (excellent) video all the way through. Thanks, Tim. P.S. I am one of Tim's Masterclass students, and I can tell you all firsthand - the content is SO worth it. So, one guy's endorsement, FWIW.

[@charleshoernemann8661]

Dean Parks! What a Legend! I met Mr. Parks in 1982 when he was playing with Koinonia at the Backed Potato...a true gentleman and fantastic musician. Thanks for this Tim & Dean! 😊

[@beastlybombers]

Thank you both. I'm very grateful

[@philiphall9609]

I forgot how beautiful that song is. Also Nathan Easts bass line on this. Is about as perfect a line gets.

[@TheLordLeviticus]

I can't understand why this channel doesn't have millions of followers! Tim's playing, dynamics and feel on guitar is amazing!

[@funkystudiocat]

Great video. Props to Gordon Kennedy and Tommy Simms for their writing skills on this song.

[@viniciusmarcilio3194]

What a great guy. An inspiration as a musician and human being.

[@SteveSeagerStorywise]

Amazing to see. And really interesting how Dean totally sits _inside_ the pocket, while Tim sits slightly _ahead_ of the beat. At times the gap is huge! (Relatively speaking)

[@timpierceguitar]

Yes and if I could have re-done my part I would’ve laid it back absolutely

[@marekvollach7831]

A thang of musically inspired Artistry and beauty...this vid made miy day as I struggle w living in a homeless shelter and turning 71 in March...while still awaiting my first job as a psychotherapist- having graduated in 2017 at age 65

[@cironicholas526]

I was 10 years old when this song came out and those opening chords were one of the things that inspired me to learn guitar. 27 years later I'm finally getting around to learning it!

[@Bsquared1972]

Watched Dean Parks vid years ago where he showed off his Strat with DeTemple pickups...the next day I sent my Strat to Mike DeTemple and had him go through it...that guitar sounds as good now as it did then, only need to change strings. Dean is great!

[@Deliquescentinsight]

I always thought that Eric Clapton song was unusual, not really his style of lyric writing, so this reveals it - Great post and how wonderful to be able to see inside the esoteric world of session playing.

[@allthingsclassicrock]

That had to be a great gig, come in and sing and play lead over a great rack. All the work is already done!

[@JGlassy]

Nice track, and really appreciated the interview chat at the end. Great and yet humble story about Dean playing guitar for James Taylor in South America too, what an honor.

[@stuartbradley2692]

DP is not what I expected! These are gentlemen both, and huge talents. It's great to see mutual respect.

[@johnvalente2907]

OMFG! I think I just looked back into a time window of history and melted in awe.

[@Tomsdrawings]

Music, wisdom, love, life. Thank you guys.

[@punkassparker]

This is one of those that you can't help but watch over and over. Truly inspiring artistry

[@punkassparker]

3:02 is where my mind gets blown every time. I don't have an electric guitar and I always think that I can't play cool licks on an acoustic that still sound awesome and powerful, but this proves me wrong.

[@bassaniobrokenhart5045]

Oh, my God! Even as a life-long fan of EC, I never thought much of this song (this was in the soundtrack of some John Travolta movie) until today. Beautiful.

[@PeteThorn]

So great Tim! Masters!

[@IDontTalkToCops]

Love your playing too Pete! Much love man. One of the best going around today

[@Bmanhaas]

This is the real talent behind all those take my money records... thank you Tim for letting us in the musical wonderland. God bless you and stay healthy.

[@bc1301]

What a dream it would be to just jam with either of these two geniuses.

[@PickettMusic]

This feels so good I almost want to cry. Brilliant stuff...

[@DlmlZ]

This is so full of music, technically not overloaded with thousands of notes but still brilliant. Well I am bit jealous of those guys having one of you guys as a personally guitar teacher. Thanks for sharing, it is always a pleasure to watch your videos, showing us what it means to do music while playing guitar. God bless you guys!

[@navasaband]

Two masters of the instrument.

[@timwood958]

Thank you so much, it's so hard to find good information about how that song is played. Then to have you post a session with the original guitar player...So much simpler than how I noodled it out. You made my day, Tim.

[@Vigilant_Guardian]

definitely changed the world... not even Chett Atkins thought of that kind of composition ... so wonderful that this can be done from home these days with the technology in the living room..

[@ekko808]

Jeez. Some of the names casually dropped in the discussion are the heaviest you could hire. Nathan East, JR Robinson, Greg Phillinganes...then "a mutual friend James Newton Howard". As in legendary composer James Newton Howard who co-composed the Dark Knight soundtrack with Hans Zimmer.

[@peterobb2083]

Brilliant! Always thought it was Clapton's acoustic.Dean is an absolute legend, great video thanks.

[@raydanielz9408]

Two masters that played on almost all records in my collection. 🙏

[@EMPTYCUP111]

Sooo goood!! Tone, pocket, playing! Fascinating watching pros work.

[@paolo-1283]

Beautiful, Tim please have Michael Landau as guest guitarist next time!

[@JimPoston1]

Two great guitar players!! I can see the admiration of one another's guitar abilities!! Great Playing!! Thanks Tim for posting this! Best always, jp

[@Cre8tvMG]

Dean, thanks for all the great music over the years. I’ve enjoyed so many of your tracks and additions to favorite songs.

[@cherylhall8002]

I can understand why Dean is the go to guitar man, he has just such a wonderful laid back and lovely relaxed style of playing, I think as singer I would just Trust his musicality without question, you know what I mean ? he obviously instils a trust that's almost telepathic from musician to vocalist, musician to musician. As a person that plays and sings and I get to play and sing with some of the best in my regional area in Australia. That truly is hard to find. Thank you guys I just learned how to play this lovely song along with you.

[@andrewhenderson6219]

Hi Cheryl . I saw and liked you Comment . I am from Australia 🇦🇺 Also . Can you help . I need know how Dean Plays those little Turnaround Bass runs . Notes Ect . It’s to quick for me to work out . ,. ? Thanks

[@cherylhall8002]

@@andrewhenderson6219 really? theyre not very hard. you know you can slow you tube down aye? on your phone or ipad

[@andrewhenderson6219]

@@cherylhall8002 Thanks for that I didn’t realise there was such an option.👍

[@helenekennedy6576]

One of my favorite songs-love this!!

[@fiddlefolk]

So awesome to have this Legend on your show.....More please! Great job Tim...Thanks!

[@fiddlefolk]

Tim, I just wanted you to know that I wasn't leaving you out in the Legend category! Dean is the mentor of us all!

[@_MOORE_1986]

I discovered Tone-Talk just about a month ago and it is how I discovered Tim. Great episode that was! I didn't want the music to stop on this video! I could listen to it for hours

[@sbingham1979]

OMG. This is such a treat to watch and study.

[@richfowlie7862]

Saw Dean Parks with Crosby and Nash about 13 yrs ago...blew my mind...all the riffs were perfect CSN and Y sound..it was like Stills was there! What a player!