Larry Carlton - Kid Charlemagne (11/6/2021)

[@tonya5468]

Here´s to aging gracefully, growing as a person, and still shining as a super cool dude and incredible musician...thanks for the inspiration and the music, Larry!

[@cribrebo7375]

Nicely said. 👍

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

Indeed. When he sadly passes away (as we all will), I will feel deeply because this man is easily one of my favorite musicians (and human beings for that matter). Carlton's mind and soul is just so beautiful.

[@Mr_Bio_Hazard]

The man is a machine. He's been shot in throat. He's been paralyzed down one arm and he came back from both episodes stronger.

[@Capfka]

One of the world's best solos - composed and played by one of the world's best guitarists. What's not to like?

[@ronsalmon5732]

How about his solo on "Don't Take Me Alive"?

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Sevant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@ronsalmon5732 Better

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@tabathastaples7884 Larry claims Christ

[@eggsmann594]

That its not the 70s anymore...well you asked :)

[@allenhonaker4107]

Steely Dan. Some of the greatest music ever made and played by some of the greatest individual musicians ever

[@carolschneider7830]

No kidding! THE. BEST. EVER.❤

[@clgreene2]

If you love guitar you have gotta love this solo. A masterpiece delivered by a master.

[@bindig1]

The Royal Scam was one of my favorite albums in the '70s

[@johnvickery8554]

Mine also. But alas, the critics, by and large, hated it. Ahh, what they know.😏😎

[@jlr022159]

I had the pleasure of meeting Larry in Indianapolis once… he was with Robben Ford and his son was playing bass that night. He was such a nice relaxed and humble guy… he made the entire experience of meeting a “guitar hero” fantastic. I’ll never forget that!

[@ninjavigilante5311]

His son is a awesome bassist.

[@robertmorley6866]

Saw Larry at the Troubadour in Las Vegas in the early 80s. Small venue, itty bitty stage and packed with people. We were sitting so close to the stage I could have reached out and touched him. I just remember watching his hands the entire time. One of the best concert-going experiences of my life.

[@nancyrainey9453]

Love you Larry! Thanks for all the great music!

[@thomashumphrey7395]

How many guitarists are so good that they might be able to stake their entire career or be known for a handful of timeless, brilliant solos. With Kid Charlemagne and Don't Take Me Alive, Carlton did this. He is truly one of, if not the best, rock/jazz fusion guitarists of all time.

[@davidhattman7649]

He is also a damn good blues player. kzbin.info/www/bejne/famkZHmpnb-Ad68

[@woodrowwilkins149]

One of my favorite is his work on the theme for Hill Street Blues.

[@kevincasson9848]

Crap guitarist, and boring compositions!

[@GottaHaveCars]

Larry is one of the very best, Steve Howe, is also on short list, Pat Metheny also.

[@guitartommo2794]

One of my favourite instrumental records is Only Yesterday from his Room 335 album.

[@APG2112]

The emotion of his solos matches the story of the lyrics. Like the perfect match of soundtrack and film. Absolutely beautiful and timeless.

[@radiok2ua]

It is impossible not to groove along with this, no matter how many times I've heard it! Awesome--I hope I can do anything that well someday!

[@BillySBC]

Larry Carlton is an inspiration to every last person who ever dreamed of picking up a guitar. Thanks for posting this.

[@kevincasson9848]

You, never heard 'Country Boy' by Albert Lee? You never heard of 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' by Buddy Holly. Wow! Now that's what ya call real guitar playing. And Oh! Check out 'Warming up the Band' by Heads, Hands and Feet' Wow! Wow! and Wow!!!

[@25dollarbill24]

@@kevincasson9848 Why? Why would we want to listen to crap recommended by an illiterate, toothless hick such as you, who clearly has brutish taste?

[@kevincasson9848]

@@25dollarbill24 Simply because i need to educate, intellectual, imbecilic tone death, halfwits like yourselves! Lol

[@25dollarbill24]

@@kevincasson9848 Ah, I see you're doubling down on continuing your demonstration of just how desperately illiterate, brutish and toothless a hick you are. Yikes! And now, thanks to your reaction, it occurs to me that a component of your brutishness is your shameful lack of self-awareness.🐽

[@kevincasson9848]

He would if he could play the dam thing!! Lol. He's absolutely crap!!

[@georgegouraud2709]

Saw him at the Playboy Jazz Festival in his first concert after his mugging in the 1980's. I have never seen any performer have a better time playing his music in my life. The sheer joy on his face was inspiring and I have been a huge fan ever since.

[@tangopaparomeo338]

Greatest jazz rock guitar solo of all time ... thanks for posting

[@bradboone4046]

I saw Larry Carlton play in Vegas a few years ago. It was like I died and went to heaven. It was the most wonderful experience that I've ever going to concerts! It was a small venue. The sax player from Joe Bonamassa's band sat in that night. It was truly like watch Art being perform in front of your eyes. Thanks Larry!!!

[@Buddythunder1]

That little secret smile he gives at 4:30 lights up my day nearly as much as his talent and soul.

[@PJS2136]

Seriously that was awesome. Killed it. Steely Dan love it!

[@g.k.dickenson9259]

Larry was my "First Guitar Hero" and remains one my all-time favorites.

[@garylove5475]

Been listening to this extreme talent for 4 decades and he never ever lets my ears and musical soul down. KC solo REALLY is up there with the very best. Early Crusaders stuff with Sample is just pure magic.

[@alcambrola2834]

Sample was on a lot of Steely songs also.

[@garylove5475]

Didn’t know that but not the least bit surprised.. LC on Spiral is just awesome..

[@alcambrola2834]

@@garylove5475 I know Joe was the premier keyboardist on Aja. When that came out, I was a big Crusaders fan and when I heard the keyboard solo on "Black Cow," I said man that sure sounds like Joe Sample. I saw the Crusaders twice, without LC and saw LC and his band at a Newport Jazz festival in the 90's. Great show also. How time flies.

[@garylove5475]

@@alcambrola2834 Going to re listen to the Aja album and pick out JS .. really in my top 5 keys players along with Oscar Peterson.. Tks for this

[@alcambrola2834]

@@garylove5475 Yeah, Joe is one of my favorites also. I've heard of Oscar Peterson but never really listened to him. I'll have to check him out. Another Steely Dan tidbit, even sax man from the Crusaders, Wilton Felder played bass on their song Doctor Wu. As far as Aja goes, there is some debate that Victor Feldman played the Fender Rhodes and Joe, the clavinet. Once you hear the solo on Black Cow, you know it's Joe. I know, I have a lot of time on my hands.-lol Larry did a lot of work with Steely. "Don't Take Me Alive" is one of my favorite solo intro's to a song. He owned "The Royal Scam."

[@hanspersson2015]

Larry Carlton is one of my top 5 guitarist based on this solo. The most beautiful, classic and legendary guitar solo of all times.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

One of my all time favorite Steely Dan songs. Larry is a Legend in guitar players.👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@larryaldama1673]

👍🎸

[@lonniesutter7064]

I am so proud that I am able to say that I saw Mr. Carlton at the Baked Potato back in the 80s. Tremendous performance by the man.

[@JoryGKenneth]

likewise!

[@stephenstephen1217]

Hey! Guess what? Larry is playing the Baked Potato next month, April 6,7,8,9, 2022!!!!!

[@michaelguernsey9494]

Lucky you! That seems to be a famous show for him. I am jealous.

[@jojobar5877]

Where is the baked potato

[@lonniesutter7064]

@@jojobar5877 LA somewhere around Hollywood and Vine

[@alcambrola2834]

One of my favorite songs and guitar solos of all time. Thanks Larry!

[@bobbydangler981]

That was awesome to watch!...smiling while he's playing,having a good time...greatness!!!

[@se2702]

I saw the incomparable Larry Carlton in the early 90's in concert in Winston Salem. One of those concerts you always remember. What a classy guy! 'Kid Charlemagne' remains my favorite solo/outro period!

[@nkhmd]

this is so cool of Larry to do this..wow, talk about "no ego" moments....along with chops and ears...thank you so much for this!

[@jefflewis5555]

STILL KILLIN IT LARRY.........ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES..

[@jefffelderman2409]

Larry Carlton has been an inspiration for 45 years and counting because of his true brilliance. Master of tone, taste, passion, musical knowledge......

[@kevincasson9848]

Just can't see it! I don't rate him! I really don't!!!

[@jeffpierce4626]

I was about 9 or 10 when Aja came out. Loved Josie, Peg, and the rest of the album.. It wasn't until years later in my 20's when I started going through Steely Dan's back catalog. The Royal Scam is hard to beat, and so is LC's playing.

[@jjoosneaphh]

My funny story with this is, I fell in love with this solo years ago (30 years) fast forward to 2020... I loved LC from jazz stations never knowing he was the guitarist I fell 30 yrs ago for...damn, sounds beautiful ❤️

[@arielspalter7425]

What a amazing musician he is. One of my all time favorite 😍

[@floyd49494949]

I saw this tour. He is amazing!!! Best live tone of the hundreds of guitarist I've seen.

[@ChrisChaney]

Check out the video on my channel - it's from the Cincy show last year!

[@clayrowden3916]

Absolutely beautiful stuff. Mr. Carlton made the lofty Steely Dan cut back in the day and still has it!!! Thank you LC and FRD for sharing this amazing performance.

[@Jake24378]

This man loves playing guitar. Look at his facial expressions. It is love, man, love!

[@Tomekkplk]

God bless punctuation.

[@HADJEE]

@@Tomekkplk I also use commas, generously. I want to incorporate semi-colons, also.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

Can't do it any better than that! Outstanding guitar work by the iconic Larry Carlton. Made my day!

[@rodneytruitt9566]

This is genius at work! I don't think I could re-play a solo note for note I'd done so long ago...least of all with an elevated sense of brilliance as did Mr. Carlton! Simply awesome!!

[@Walsh1502]

Love Larry

[@PJS2136]

You can tell after 35 years he’s still rocking to Steely Dan music and loves playing this so difficult song!

[@anthonysilva5312]

The world doesn’t deserve a guitarist like LC, but thank god we have him anyway!❤️🇨🇦

[@deestansbery229]

Cant wait 2 see Steelv Dan @Concord Paviljon in May. Hope he's with them.

[@kvmalley]

Just a class act, and with all due respect thank you MR Carlton! #fantastic

[@rickylewin3205]

You were one of my teachers at GIT in 1977, so cool to see you again. Way to go !

[@markmarsh27]

A good number of distinguished guitar players consider the Kid Charlamagne solo the best solo ever recorded. ... But you could say that about all kinds of Larry Carlton solos.

[@billarmstrong5568]

I go for The Nightfly as my all time #1

[@chrispaul9068]

I agree! Crank it up loud on some nice headphones, and the outtro? Jeesh…🤦🏻‍♂️

[@billarmstrong5568]

@@chrispaul9068 When I was 16 I bought a guitar and I actually managed to learn it by ear pretty quickly (albeit without LC's feel of course). But I could never suss the outro! So, 30 years later I guess I could still probably play it up until that point😉

[@billvill61]

While amazing, I don't even think this is Larry's best solo. Go Listen to the 'Strikes Twice' record. Truly amazing stuff!

[@billvill61]

Denny Dias on Bodhisattva

[@johnbarnett6924]

Glad to know that L C Still has His love for music❤ thanks for this ❤ revisted May 52024

[@greyjay9202]

Nuts to the L.A. Times. Carlton is pure gold.

[@fretnesbutke3233]

Sometimes a musician feels like a tightrope walker and the audience can't wait to see them slip. I still have a circa 1980 Guitar Player magazine with Larry on the cover.

[@stasshustov3443]

Fantastic guitarist !!🎉 He made a real masterpiece for my favourite band Steely Dan❤

[@Bananekopp]

Absolutely amazing, it's still a blast after all those years !

[@jonathanrodgers4893]

Saw Larry in 78' or '79 - when his first solo album came out - in a little (and legendary) club at Syracuse University called The Jab. I was in the first row, about 6 feet from Larry. Maybe the most blazing couple of hours of guitar I ever witnessed. Powerful, melodic, tasty, burning. He played with a fire back then then he could sadly never recapture after he was shot during a robbery in his home. But Larry Carlton at his best was as good as these ears ever heard, and these eyes ever saw.

[@Makumazahn77]

I love learning SD songs! This iconic song will challenge the best of us, that's for sure! Larry is an inspiration to all guitarists! Keep jamming Bro!

[@noternunstoned]

I love that little smile when he had that slight glitch in the third section of his solo. Than human touch added to the brilliant live performance.

[@walt1a]

Beautifully done sir! Love your work, Larry!

[@Michael-fn7iv]

Wow - his rhythm and fills in the lead up is just amazing

[@davidglabais4919]

Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting this. Larry is just a sensational person, musician and guitarist. There are but a handful of people on the planet that can conceive such epic musical ideas on the fly, under the pressure of being in a studio and then delivering such a jaw-dropping solo that could break AI.

[@destinyreturns4885]

Killed it....Such an amazing guitarist, but even more so just a really nice genuine man.

[@kevincasson9848]

An amazing guitarist??? Sorry just can't see it!! It bored me to death, it really did!. Din't want to be rude, however, could be that i just can't stand the song!.. An Albert Lee, or Eric Clapton he aint!!

[@destinyreturns4885]

@@kevincasson9848 And yet for some reason you felt "compelled" to "respond". Could you play this solo? There's a reason he has been one of the top session guitarists for many, many years.

[@kevincasson9848]

@@destinyreturns4885 how can you respond without responding lol, lol

[@turunturun]

Legend. TBH tho, hearing him nail the solo is emotionally satisfying but hearing him free form on the outro is better for me! The solo is pure magic from an iconic moment in time and it will only ever be a reliving of that iconic moment. On the outro there’s room to play, room to feel, room to explore, and room to discover and that can be fresh and iconic every time!!!!

[@66biker95]

After all these years he's still got the chops to play that iconic solo. But I think he left his distortion pedal somewhere back in the 70's... :)

[@rogerfox9028]

His Amp is too clean.

[@stigohara6593]

The original solo is probably one of the best melodic guitar solos of all time, sadly his work with Joni Mitchell is even better but few people even realize he played some of his best work on Joni' early albums like Court & Spark.

[@RonHeusdens]

Help me!

[@hannabaal150]

My favorite Joni album. I think that's where I first heard Larry.

[@danodonnell7218]

Or with The Crusaders!

[@h1strat]

Heading off to listen to some Joni. I didn’t know that

[@Marcus_C51]

@@danodonnell7218 That Southern Comfort album...phenomenal!

[@bevo65]

Such a cool dude. Glad I got to live during Larry Carlton's lifetime.

[@bryanfindley1438]

thanx for wonderful MUSIC.. Larry..

[@RobHoughton]

You could tell at the end his spirit was loosed when he was removed from the constraints of playing verbatim. The man's a jazz musician not a parrot! ;) Loved this to bits and thanks, Larry for recreating one of the worlds greatest rock/jazz solos!

[@brucesilverman7159]

Larry Carlton. One of the best guitar players, that everybody's heard, but most don't know...

[@qlyde1]

Even tho you know it is coming, and you've heard it before, it is still great to see it done live like this.

[@fatfreddyfreekowtski6896]

Beautiful, just lovely.

[@Michael-xj6qt]

Absolutely a legend, 🎸🎶🎶🎵🎸🎶🎸🎵🎷🎹🎺🔊🎸🎸

[@jimcoppa6946]

Larry Carlton is cool he's funny and he's a great guitarist got to love him

[@smokiebird06]

Mr. Carlton, you have the honor of having played one of the greatest guitar solos in the history of rock, and that list is very short.

[@pageluvva]

Well said

[@petestanton1945]

That's right. Crossroads, RedHouse, Stairway2H & KidC. Did I miss anything?

[@smokiebird06]

@@petestanton1945 Never heard of Redhouse or KidC. Who or what are they?

[@Haroun-El-Poussah]

@@petestanton1945 : about Hendrix, the Voodoo Child/blues version of 14:55 min is by far his best one. Page did a lot of way more interesting solos than Stairway. Clapton? C'mon, everybody plays better than him. Maybe should you start listening to prog-rock solos, e.g. Fripp's on "The Night Watch" or Steve Howe on "Nous Sommes du Soleil", not even speaking about what Holdsworth did while in UK (the band). I have huge respect for Larry, as well as for Hendrix ot Page... But if you believe these are the greatest guitar solos of all times, your ears assuredly didn't went further than listening to the mainstream on FM radios in your car. When it comes to Eric... Well, he's truly a nice bloke with great culture and a lot of humour, you can talk about everything with him, except about guitar. He once asked the Mahavishnu for guitar lessons, since John gave guitar lessons to Page, Blackmore, etc etc: John declined, despite being offered huge money: Eric is hopeless...

[@PJS2136]

@@smokiebird06 KidC= Kid Charlamange from Steely Dan, The Royal Scam album.

[@eljison]

Class act. I saw LC play at a winery in Temecula way back around the late 1980s, maybe 1990. Amazing player.

[@dustinash3708]

I had the opportunity to see Larry in Las Vegas several years back. I actually thought I was buying a ticket to see Larry Coryell. Best mistake I ever made. What a phenomenal musician guitarist. His version of the Lords Prayer on the guitar left a lasting impression on my soul. He and Tommy Emmanuel are the two best guitarists in the world in my humble opinion. If you get a chance to see either player don't miss it.

[@ThomasArcuri-tr8lu]

LC makes that $700 guitar sound as good as a $7000. Gibson 335! Master!

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

I first tuned in to Larry Carlton’s melodic guitar playing while listening to Michael Frank’s, “The Art Of Tea” album (1976). Check it out if you want to hear some of Larry’s most exquisite playing, ever!

[@ninod1502]

Classic

[@Leningrad_Underground]

Such a beautiful person. A truly unassuming "Superstar."

[@teamground0229]

My brother and I saw him in Brookfield, WI in August 2021. Amazing performance and super nice guy. Very enjoyable night.

[@CroTube5000]

Excellent! Cheers to you - and to Larry!

[@brianandrewlee553]

One of my favorite players and writer. 🎶👍

[@BrandonHoyt]

Sax and guitar playing the vocals. Absolutely epic

[@trx3264]

That is genius guitar work, period. Love your work!

[@ronfrey5327]

I cried when you wrote that song sue me if I play it wrong this brother is real so play what you wanna feel.....

[@michaelpfaff8280]

Wow...goosebumps from a non-guitarist but avid listener

[@johnkopchia2966]

My uncle Joe played ball for the LA Angels in the 60's and a bunch of the players would go hear Larry play.. I was fresh out of the Marine Corps and he asked me if I knew of Larry Carlton...Of course I didn't yet know...I was getting familiar with all the current heavy hitting rock and blues rock stuff... Larry did open my eyes and ears when I became familiar with his music

[@davidosborn146]

Good to see Larry doing well. I've seen him many times in the studios of L.A. working with my father, Joe Osborn.

[@illbarry]

His solo in Kid charl. was what got me interested in Steely Dan though they had hits before that especially when Skunk Baxter was in the band and his playing. When he started his solo career I 1st heard him on an early morning jazz show, and bought his cassettes and it wasn't until I read an article on him that I knew he was the one who played on Kid and a studio musician they hired. We are still lucky to have him and lets not forget he once got shot in his own home by an intruder!

[@GaryFox11000]

Larry your a true classic . Over 100 Gold R&R playing guitar ! Kid is the best most tasty solo . Virtuoso Guitarist ,,,,,,🏆 Bravo. 👏

[@909One92]

Best guitar solo in the history of guitar solos.

[@jstnxprsn]

It ties with his other solo on Don't Take Me Alive. They both still sound amazing.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Fabulous performance. Thanks for posting this!

[@christophermoran9649]

The talent and the genius...so amazing!

[@funklover24]

I never would expect Larry to play the solo in the way he did on the record, because a solo should be something spontanious reflecting the artist's feelings at the particular moment. Larry is a jazz-musician and jazz is about improvisation. Our feelings are different every moment and so jazz is different every moment. ❤

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

but that solo is one of the greatest ever. I don't know. Carlton has jazz chops, but sometimes a solo so defines a track it is almost like classic music.

[@funklover24]

@@MattSmith-iq1ld That's a never ending discussion, but to me it is Larry's solo and it's up to him, how he's going to play it. There is a similar discussion about Toto and Luke's solo on "Rosanna" and his solution is interesting: He plays the solo in the middle of the song close to the original and the solo at the end is different every gig. So may be there is no "one and only" answer. And even in classical music the masters play different every night, even though they play the same notes ... but the expression can be very different. Anybody who knows about critics of newspapers might agree, that these people often behave like judges, but don't know much about music.

[@RickMcCargar]

@@funklover24 he chose to replicate the original, so why are you questioning that decision?

[@funklover24]

@@RickMcCargar May be my english language was not sufficient ... all I wanted to say is: It's up to him, how he plays the solo. I am his fan anyway. 🤝

[@gabrielcaleb9277]

My favorite L Carlton concert, that I regularily listen to, incidentally happenned here in France, not too far from where we live . " Jazz a Vienne "With His son a Young organ player and a black drummer It s very very very nice✌️💝 not many performances have thé ability , like this one, to squeeze out some of my tears

[@brucegasboxingjazzandmore864]

I caught his show in Pawtucket Rhode Island in 89' just after throat surgery. Salute Larry Carlton

[@tomlatenite8348]

Love it!!

[@Seaquest112]

This man's unusually prolific mental process, created possibly the most complex, and musically genius guitar solos in the anals of all of music history

[@Robguitarjarvis]

Blimey he can play outstandingly well 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tomgio1]

Couldn’t stop watching his right hand. So fluid and effortless-looking.

[@arunviswanathan5555]

I actually saw Steely Dan do Kid C on Nov 6, 2021 in NJ! Funny how Larry was playing the same night!🤣🎸🤘🏽

[@cribrebo7375]

Larry is the perfect guitar player. When is drawing his playing for near fifty years

[@rogerplothow]

We named our dog. Charlie, after this song.

[@jorgejimenez-velez648]

Always great to see a top musician at work and working it great. Glad i found this channel. Hopefully there's by this top guitarist more of this great Steely dan sound by this great guitarist.

[@michaelguernsey9494]

This video has very very special meaning to me since I was granted permission to meet Mr Larry C backstage prior to the show and sign my Sire H7 guitar, which is the model he is using here. Normally I am not nervous about this type of encounter but I was both enthused and nervous and probably sounded like a bumbling idiot during my few precious minutes with him. Such a nice guy and if I had to be on an island alone and could take music with me, his collection and Pat Metheny's would be all I need...oh yeah, and my Larry C 335 model!

[@keymusic]

I was at that Steely Dan show in LA that he talks about. It was 8/25/09. I was really excited to hear the solo that night since it’s one of my favorites and I didn’t know he was going to be there. I was actually pretty surprised and disappointed, but he is human after all. It’s interesting to hear him talk about it.

[@Metalguitarpete]

It’s pretty cool to see Larry playing his Sire H7 guitar. These are really affordable instruments! Just goes to show you don’t need to break the bank to play professionally

[@Scott__C]

Indeed. When they announced this I thought he'd play one for one song live for the contractual obligation. Gotta give him credit for putting his money where his mouth is on these.

[@Marcus_C51]

I'm in the drawing for one on Tim Pierce's channel, fingers crossed! They really look and sound great!

[@joewilley7776]

All in the set up and feel, I have a Washburn Delta king that equaled an Es335

[@damonpoor9552]

Yes he is but guaranteed it has many upgrades in the electronics not on the commercially available instrument

[@Metalguitarpete]

@@damonpoor9552 probably but all guitarists change and up grade pick ups and pots on guitars that cost thousands so no difference really

[@RIEH54]

Still fantastic. Saw Larry at old IMAC Theatre in Huntington, now the Paramount. He autographed my CD and was really a nice guy. Been a fan since the late 70’s

[@MrPhotodoc]

We called that song "road music" back in the day.