Delicate Steve Is The Anti Guitar Hero

[@MintyBitesBack]

‘ I don’t really care about gear… this is a 1966 Strat’ 😂😂

[@FOCUSFADE]

i was just about to type this lol

[@giuseppefabbricatore4314]

Exact

[@dave_d_i_a_l]

I was thinking the exact same thing 🤣🤣🤣

[@ymelfilm]

like a snobbish New Yorker - LA the same lol

[@bbmade]

Compared to Rhett who has TONS of gear, this guy seems sincere about not being into gear, at least to me. 🤷‍♂️

[@fathuman]

With so much guitar olympics going on on the internet, its so refreshing to hear somebody who just wants to play like a singer.

[@flolopoly]

Guitar olympics - nice one, you‘re right! :D

[@shanesonksen1515]

For real. I couldn't care less about technical shreddy guitar playing. Delicate Steve makes soulful melodies on his guitar.

[@dcamnc1]

Shred is borderline unlistenable.

[@maeyer]

Yeah I feel the same way, that's my current goal.

[@johntorres5363]

Same here. I just found a very listenable and melodic guitar player, you should check him out. His name is Eric Vera. Listen to his Greatest hits album. Thank me later.

[@paulgrogan8032]

Thank Rhett, I'm not super fast or super technical so this episode is a reminder that simple can be super tasty. I am re energized.

[@gthreetimes]

this is the takeaway

[@TheRealCowlick]

I think most musician-first guitarists out there think and play like that and find great success. I think a certain image of what a good guitarist should be becomes quite inflated by certain people within the guitar community.

[@SenorGermaine]

Shits purple, super sticky

[@joeytrev5507]

we got a live one

[@djthingsmaker]

"We seriously lucked out with good weather this weekend Here let me pack you a lil Scooby snack"

[@deztruct0823]

Sire

[@derekmitchell4264]

How many of us have been in that same glorious situation? That one brought back some fun memories

[@Wee_Ewan]

Somebody say scooby snacks?

[@gdawgs101]

Crazy to think we're just a small speck

[@EdwardBandicoot]

Holly Sh*t!, there was a meteor that cross right through Perseus straight into Draco´s tail... I thought it was gonna hit earth

[@mr.autumn]

Delicate Steve? I like it!

[@Kittle1]

...sire...

[@Mitchell-vk4zy]

"The glass was just in the small pocket."

[@gdawgs101]

Super sticky

[@JonathanAcierto]

This reminds me of all my favorite jazz guitarists talking about listening to horn players more than other guitar players. I love technical guitar playing, but when it comes to just pure musical expression that stays with you, a really good melody/song/composition beats technical skill hands down.

[@lorelei2002]

I agree. I love fast riffs but typically the best fast riffs are based on really impactful slow riffs. They tell a story still and aren't just to show off arpeggios and such

[@keiranbradley3238]

Hendrix was obsessed with horn players, Sun-Ra, Coltrane and cats like that. Makes sense when you think about it as it's very "non-linear" and angular.

[@justinguitarcia]

Hometown hero. Last time I saw Steve, it was a duo gig, him and a drummer, playing live loops, going through an orange tiny terror through a 412. Wild live guitar sound and super lyrical

[@Emperor.of.Organos]

We got a live one

[@saintrhoads3375]

Crazy reference

[@IanSmith-sf5ro]

I knew someone said it already

[@joshuabenton3785]

there was a meteor that just cut through Perseus straight into Draco's tail....I thought it was gunna hit earth.

[@Emperor.of.Organos]

@@joshuabenton3785 who are we listening to?

[@cartilagehead]

….Is that Delicate Steve?

[@michaeldmytriw1047]

Another inspiring video about a distinct and unsung hero. Rhett, creativity, appreciation, and musicality somehow seem to have totally enveloped you. I’ve always seen you as an exceptionally talented guitar player, but your creativity, openness, and humility make these videos truly special. I get the sense that you really know how you are distinct and part of something much greater. Something ineffable. Thank you 🙏

[@RhettShull]

Thank you so much Michael!

[@nickmartin812]

I disagree, nothing great here.

[@michaeldmytriw1047]

@ hahahahahaha

[@derekmitchell4264]

LOVE Delicate Steve! Never expected to see him chum it up with you. Too cool!

[@josephbard7663]

That cellphone into the pickup is a cool way to get a lofi track behind the guitar. I'm sure its been done, but it would be a cool way to add a ghost radio vibe to a song.

[@businessofrhythm2315]

Lofi 😂 words I never want to hear again. It's like the metal zone pedal of the 2000s.

[@frishdaw]

Discovered him through Joe Cappa and ended up really enjoying his music, just like Rhett said it really resonated with me as a guitar player

[@MustafaShaheen]

Thanks for featuring Steve! He's been a fave for over a decade now and still inspiring.

[@benchilds2374]

Which album would you recommend starting with?

[@MustafaShaheen]

@@benchilds2374 I really love his older work, especially "Positive Force". Check out his 2015 "Delicate Steve Live in Las Vegas" album. It's a sample platter of a lot of his work and you might find stuff that resonates with you that has you going to the albums those songs are on!

[@MichaelMYouTube]

Rhett, loved this. I gotta take my hat off to you for the way you create original and compelling videos. I am a nerd and love the gear content but the videos about vibe, living life, and the power of music!!! Man, that’s what sets you apart. Thank you.

[@PecktheTownCrier]

Great interview, Rhett. Thanks for highlighting such a thoughtful musician. Amazing moment here when he plays along with Aaron Neville.

[@Nowandthen-zen]

The Harry Dean Stanton of vibrato✌🏻🎸🎶

[@robertmdel]

Yes!

[@juicetin616]

Delicate Steve’s catalog is one of my favorites to just chill with or play along to. Love his tones and simple approach to making guitar oriented music

[@robertlukens734]

I came across Delicate Steve's music a few months ago. I don't even remember how, but I do remember I was reading and the music was in the background and something about it pulled me out of the pages and into his zone. A beautiful incursion and since then, I've put a least one or two of his songs on every playlist to keep things interesting and joyful. Thrilled to see this interview come on (again unexpectedly!!) and loved it.

[@mojofuzz5634]

Thanks 🙏 Not sure how I would have found this - can’t normally take instrumental for long - but this stands up. Something special about the vibe.

[@rjibieta]

Been a Delicate Steve fan for years. Awesome to see him on your channel.

[@nickrouse8426]

"Sir. How DO you get that godawful sizzly DI sound?" "...DI..."

[@andretoyo]

Great talk❤. Thanks for sharing it. Totally agree w him. Soon i played his songs i’ve felt someone was singing in my head his melodies. It was great. ❤. Cheers. Saludos from Japan.

[@15or20]

This was great! I love meeting folks behind their art.

[@flolopoly]

Thank you for introducing. ‚I‘ll be there‘ is such a beautiful piece of music.

[@BrentSends]

Thanks for shedding some light on new artists. This was a cool interview format. Felt like I was just chilling in the room with yall.

[@eric52564]

Great interview and introduction to Delicate Steve

[@blakedoingthings]

One of my favs and been such a huge influence on me, stoked to see this.

[@JasonClute]

Since we just passed the holidays, his Christmas album from 2018 is one of my favs. That long version of frosty is so haunting. Just puts your mind in this bleak wintery landscape but with a little magic on top

[@andresgaron]

Thanks for share this of this artist. I really admire him and his music. The drone videos are amazing, the music the landscape the electric towers...

[@gabrieldesouzateixeira2360]

Thank you. Great video! ❤

[@joeyp1028]

DUUUUUUDE I love this so much. Was just making my annual consideration of DS and how he's doing

[@marcelodellamea]

Loved his playing! 🔥🔥🔥

[@lachaineguitare]

Very cool discovery for me!! Thanks for the great video.

[@Dorachagi1]

I found Delicate Steve's music a few months ago and have been really digging it, stoked to see this interview pop up. He's a really cool human too!

[@ShadeCandle]

Wild to hear him reference the Daniel Lanois/ Neville Bros album. I haven't heard that in years, but I remember their rendition of Amazing Grace completely changed my life and my approach to music.

[@qlyde]

Thank you Rhett! These videos are so damn good.

[@RufusKSala]

Thank you Rhett for using your platform to share the artists you’re being inspired by. I am still especially grateful for your shout out of Mark Speer of Khruangbin, thank you brother!

[@Jimbodiddley1]

I love Delicate Steve. Been listening to him since his great "This is Steve" album (2017). And, yes, he plays like a singer. That was my first impression of his stuff. It's like everyone is at the session, but the singer never showed up, so someone says, "Okay, you, guitar player, you're playing the singer's parts."

[@danielwetzel7777]

Wow thanks for showing us this guy he’s awesome. Very relieving

[@Guitar_jd-w8x]

Thank you Rhett for turning me on to Steve's work. Bravo !

[@johnbohland]

Great interview. Will be checking out Delicate Steve. Love his style. ❤

[@fritz3620]

Thank you for doing this video! Did not know of Steve before this video. I find it very interesting to hear what musicians are thinking when creating. Went to a workshop where Chris Thile(mandolin) was showing how he plays sometimes thinking his favorite drummer(forget who that was). He went through how he thinks of adding each piece of the drum set to what he is playing. It was very enlightening and motivating. Very enjoyable to learn about musicians that take an instrument different places then what we typically hear.

[@GDT1124]

Use to watch this guy play at my high school and the library in town with a couple of friends. Great to see him go so far. Such a cool dude, so chill, great music.

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Thanks for introducing me to this musician. Great playing and compositions but the thing I love the most is the mixes. They all feel so spacious and 3D.

[@stoyanovasparuh4990]

discovering Steve through you and happy I have a new favourite guitar player!

[@1964vintage]

When Hank Marvin meets Jeff Beck at the ‘Pearly Gates’, Hank will ask ‘what you been doing Jeff?’ Beck replies, ‘just chillin listening to Delicate Steve’. ❤

[@madsenamplification]

Rhett thanks for making this video, I’m listening to Delicate Steve while doing college algebra homework and it’s awesome!

[@StompinGroundChannel]

Love this, great interview

[@allenmitchell09]

Thanks for turning me on to this guy. I love his subtractive approach.

[@billsmello]

I thought he was made up for that Joe Cappa animation. I didn't know he was a real guy but I'm glad he is.

[@IAmChrisFleming]

I came here to say this! Happy to have come across this video today.

[@mitschiewaldmann9450]

Rhett, thanx for exposing us to such greta musicians! 👍 if it wasn’t for I would have probably never heard of delicate Steve. His music is awesome!

[@Neville-0000]

Steve is like all of my music and art friends in Philly. Hell yea Steve. Great energy in the air with your music.

[@WilliamHaisch]

_“Who are we listening to?”_ 😂

[@keiranbradley3238]

That '66 is just gorgeous looking/sounding, Jimi-city!.

[@scottkidwell3601]

Well, thank you, Rhett. Looks like I have some listening homework to do. I'm glad I have a three-hour drive ahead of me this afternoon 🙏🏻🤍

[@michaela2664]

Cool space and camera set up 🤘

[@RichardFelipeMendez]

hey rhett, that buzz your getting into your DJI Mic is from the wireless transmission to the receiver connected to your camera. i know recording directly to your camera is convenient but this is that method's fatal flaw. turn off the receiver. put it away, record audio internally with the dji mic, and just be happy you'll have a backup audio source from your camera's microphone. i shoot weddings, and learned this the hard way. DJI needs to seriously do something about this.

[@benbradley1475]

Thank you for bringing him to us.

[@petethedutch]

That was such a cool interview. I'm a fan of Steve's for a while now, but I didn't know he played on Jessy Wilson's album. The moment you mentioned his influence on your playing, it made sense. Plus his Tell It Like It Is live cover was so cool.

[@The_Rodge]

I've watched some Joe Cappa stuff, which is simultaneously bizarre, heart-warming, and hilarious, and I thought Delicate Steve was totally fictional. Ha!

[@ohmthepoet8428]

Same!!! Glad I’m not the only one, I totally thought the same 😂

[@bryanbytes]

Delicate Steve played at our wedding

[@ManojKumar-ss8ki]

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[@joelshields8807]

I've recently started playing in an instrumental band as a lead guitarist. Mostly originals, but some covers to pad the set. For the latter, I've been picking out the vocal lines for guitar on two songs, "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison, and "I Only Have Eyes for You" by the Flamingos. It's been a nice change of focus for my playing and is starting to influence my phrasing on originals. Guess I'm in good company with that approach. :D

[@fp.chattanooga]

One of my favorite musicians the last few years 🔥

[@Barry101er]

His Tiny desk from 2017, with Jessica Pavone on bass, is sublime!

[@adamstaysick]

I just saw him he was excellent. Bought a 1959 champ cause the one he played with the strat sounded great!

[@madsenamplification]

I really want a 60’s strat! I recently got to play Davy Knowles ‘66 tele and that was an awesome guitar!

[@dreamsR4real]

Love this dude's personality and playing... He's insouciant but yet he actually does care about the details... It is refreshing; I haven't heard of him before or his music except this video but he seems to be an Artist more than someone who learned how to play to get chicks or to be blinded by a spotlight.. Glad you had him on Rhett.

[@Mark_Bayer]

His work with Amen Dunes is magic

[@Zip_Tykzoo42087]

I use this mentality in my metal playing. Less is more and work with others to fill the space sonically

[@trevorthomas5552]

I saw Steve at a really cool club in Pgh called Bottlerocket a little while back. Super vibey. Highly recommended.

[@aschneider70]

Thanks, Rhett! Like me, I think many of us are a little tired of this massive content on all social media and channels with scales, techniques, equipment aimed at guitarists and forgetting about the music, the simplicity, the melody.

[@matta.4816]

Very interesting musician. Thanks Rhett!

[@FilipeJere]

instant click, instant like. delicate Steve is like no other!!!

[@greyklopstock7155]

Look a shooting star! I thought it was gonna hit earth

[@JohnnyForte]

11:02 is the best part of this video! It perfectly describes Delicate Steves style of playing.

[@trebleboost7]

Nice! Along the lines of my favorite’s - David Lindley, Rick Vito, Mike Campbell, Mike Rutherford, Lindsay Buckingham, Earl Klugh, Peter White…

[@caelenselke-minogue]

I play a shitty squier stratocaster that I got off of craigslist for $100 bucks. The trem is shot so I stuck a piece of wood in to block it, I replaced the stock neck for a cheap reverse-headstock Chackson neck that I ended up with after a duplicate delivery from Amazon, the action needs to be lowered and the nut height needs to be adjusted. I also replaced the bridge pickup for a rail humbucker from amazon that was around $15. It's a piece of shit that still needs a ton of love that I don't have time for right now, but I love it.

[@DropeVougher]

Did I hear somebody say scooby snacks?

[@thomasdequincey5811]

Dude was interesting and I enjoyed his guitar playing.

[@blikketty77]

I wasn't really feeling his idea of playing along with how vocalists move around the beat and melody, until he started playing with the Otis Redding track.

[@ForTheLoveOfGuitars]

Cool video. Good to get different perspectives on how to approach the guitar.

[@RiperSnifle]

Can you really say you dont know/care about gear yet own a 60s strat and an old champ?

[@bbmade]

Rhett is into gear. Look at all the gear he has and how many different things he uses. Now, compare it to this guy saying he’s not into gear. Seems to hold true to me. 🤷‍♂️

[@RiperSnifle]

@@bbmade yeah I get that, just sounds a little funny when you've got a 25 thousand dollar guitar in your hands to say that 😂 Either way, dude seems cool, I like how he approaches things differently on the instrument.

[@gschmidtmusic]

It might be a guitar that he got from a friend or something on a good deal

[@beautifulguitars3158]

😂😂😂😂😂. Absolutely 💯 no😂😂😂😂😂

[@billysuter]

He literally says he was advised what to buy like he didn't know what was good

[@Alex-eo9of]

Never heard of him before. Surprised to hear he's played with Paul Simon before. Guess I gotta go check out Steve's music

[@landonbailey]

I love his song 'Tattered'

[@illitero]

I was wondering why "Delicate Steve" sounded so familiar for me, and the _moment_ theopening music video credits showed the director was Joe Cappa, it clicked.

[@TheDarivan]

Great and ilustrative interview, thanks.

[@deebojones]

I love delicate steve. he's the sound track to all of my scooby snacks

[@tonesmith6406]

Hadn't heard of this guy, killer vibes though, will check him out for sure.

[@RealFeelsTrip]

I saw Delicate Steve maybe 7 or so years ago. I had never heard of him before but I was blown away by his lead playing (and the tones he was able to get live)!

[@ToneRangerAudio]

Thumbnail is sick!

[@kevdev01]

Rhett: great job! This should get a lot of play! Thanks!

[@rasm0225]

2:12 Is it just me, or does the strat have some fret buzz? Seems like it needs to be set a little higher?

[@GuitarBeard]

That was my first thought too

[@WilliamFeryll]

Agreed

[@asentz]

Seems like Rhett just plays a lot harder than Steve (for whom it’s set up). Steve plays it later in the video and it’s fine for him. There’s no ideal setup for all players.

[@guilhermeazevedo4076]

I love the Cuíca on the last song!

[@KalmeshGurav-uj5ct]

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[@billybudd45]

Cool 😎

[@Jon-nt8sx]

"This is when you'll find i dont know anything about gear." (purchases a vintage Stratocaster AND 1969 Fender Champ to play theough.)

[@LMacNeill]

Whoa -- that's the fastest vibrato I've ever seen on a guitar! Wow!

[@gangnamchild6310]

Danny Kirwan

[@edwinfokke222]

Wow!😊