San Lorenzo - Pat Metheny Group

I first heard this tune when I was only 17 years old. A million years later, it is still my favorite song of all time.

[@toddkobylarz4758]

This is nearly 50 years old. But it will never be surpassed. Some of the best stuff ever written. Listen up kids.

[@jazzer770]

sadly, almost all don't get it.

[@jamesbonde253]

These were men with talent on loan from God.

[@DenverTW]

I was gonna say, "50 years? You're crazy!" But, damn you are right. Wow, how time flies. I first discovered PMG in the early 80s when I lived in Miami. Every Sunday morning on radio station Love 94, it was jazz just like this. I would put in a fresh cassette tape (remember those) to record something to listen to all week until the following Sunday. Peace to you brother! Keep listening!

[@cooldebt]

@@jazzer770 There is a great little Australian jazz ensemble which is bringing the younger generations into the world of jazz through brilliant jazz covers - in a variety of jazz styles - of video games music (vgm). Although livestream audiences are small (we are often in daytime when elsewhere it is night), the global following is approaching 80,000 and the livestream audiences go wild in the chat when the boys solo. Be assured - the kids are getting it. They have covered around 400 tunes and this is a small taste of what they can do kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4CUdJlsZ7WSjpo (they also like to change 4/4 to odd meters like 7 or 11 eg kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6SngWx6pdWgiNk - guitarist subbed in last inute when the regular guy got covid)

[@paulhale2880]

I’m 69 I’ve loved Pat and Lyle for a long time. RIP brother

[@dme1016]

The late keyboardist Lyle Mays at his mind-blowing best. And me being a drummer, I live in Dan Gotlieb's head as he jammed here.

[@dan12959]

I was born in 59, and raised on rock and roll,and hung around mainly with my older brothers friends. One day in the late 70's, a friend of ours brought over the album I will never forget. Yes it was this one... San Lorenzo,Phase Dance,etc. I played this album over and over, I couldn't get enough of it. I owe my thanks to Pat and Lyle to this day! I love jazz because of them...I have all their music on remastered C.D.'s of course... They play with other talented musicians...Wow,I love them all...

[@rothwellaudio]

I think Pat was gateway drug for many rockers to get into jazz. I was one. 😁

[@jpcolonna]

This music connects strongly with so many people. I like that so many folks describe "the first time I heard it." They remember just where they were! It was over 40 years ago but I can remember clear as a bell walking down a common hallway in college and a guy was sitting at a table with the record playing and selling tickets to their concert that night. Wow...that unique, new, positive sound! I bought a ticket to the show and the rest was history. They made transporting, incredible music. Lyle was a major loss.

[@stevewalker7315]

This was the first Metheny tune I ever heard - summer of 1980. Been a big fan ever since. Awesome musician.........

[@kuuntelia10]

I am 62 and love this song

[@LauraMooCow315sDad]

In my living will that this be played as they lower me into the grave-and this version...Music as I knew it never sounded the same to me after this.

[@LauraMooCow315sDad]

Penny Gaiser aw shoot...hit a +1 but it said flag...sht..sorry man...

[@Arielflight-yy4wt]

Play Pat Metheny at my wake!

[@davidlawrence2508]

Wow. I get goose bumps.

[@twangbarfly]

I will - what time do you wake? :-)

[@dme1016]

Fred Sanderson It was played at my wedding. That was kinda like a funeral....no....it was a wonderful, happy day! This was our song.

[@StefanPaul5]

Lyle's solo never fails to bring tears to eyes

[@jaykong1128]

for real. This kind of music makes me cry too. The relationships......

[@DenverTW]

'Cause it's timeless!!

[@hasanchandan2865]

I heard this first in 1978, when I was 18 years old. And I'm listening to this marvelous piece after 40 years. Wow.... ! ! ! Just Wow... ! ! !

[@unfluster]

SAME HERE!!!! I loved this album, but lost track of Pat Metheny. I think this whole sound was closely linked to the light and easy 70's sound. It was where the California sound was going and then suddenly in the 80's music took a completely different turn.

[@funkster007]

These guys were still pretty young here, and it amazes me how they could write, arrange and perform a piece like this and make it sound effortless. WOW!

[@emexokezie7796]

Absolutely indeed... True talent never dies.

[@pigpen2891]

I heard this for the first time when I was having dinner at Jumbo's drive-in restaurant in mid-1978 after completing an experiment in the RF lab. It may have been on Jazz Album Countdown. Every time I hear it I see picnic tables and fluorescent lights, and I smell steamed rice and charbroiled ribeye. It would be nearly 20 years later that I would meet the woman I married. I wish she had been there with me.

[@herberthood5669]

Back in 1978 , radio station WRVR , in NYC turned me on to The Pat Metheny Group and I have been a fan of their music ever since. San Lorenzo open the foodgates for me and that flow continues to this day.

[@landshark2903]

In 1989 I drove with my crew from Moron AB near Seville, Spain to Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol. It was a sunny Friday morning and I was listening to San Lorenzo on my Sony Walkman. As we neared the coast our route took us through the hills above town. The hillsides were dotted with white, stucco homes sporting terracotta roofs. As we reached the top of one of the hills I looked out and there in the distance was the big, blue Mediterranean Sea. The picture is etched forever in my memory and it's what I think of every time I hear this great work by Pat Metheny.

[@hwschelke]

landshark2903 Beautiful.

[@Gateway24F]

This song and album also has special memories for me. Back in early 1978, before this album was released Pat Metheny came to American University and essentially rehearsd this album live for it seemed like hours and charged us $1 to attend. I can still remember him standing on the stage with his eyes closed and these long flowing melodies pouring out of his guitar. Also his keyboard player who was brilliant, sitting at the piano with his long hair and extremely skinny face. My favorite moment was when he opened his eyes and said "I realize I haven't been telling you any of the song titles. it's because most of them don't have titles yet." Funny how so many other events in life get lost but that one remains seared in my memory.

[@maddadram1]

I find it very hard to believe that anyone would click on the thumbs down on this song. It is a masterpiece in music.

[@teacherandyvipkid6605]

Some people don't have the patience to listen to a song of this length, complexity, and depth.

[@carlogns932]

someone likes it, someone doesn't. World is the sum of the parts. I think is absolutely pointless to use the thumb down: if you don't like stop listening and we are all in peaceful life. Beautiful decision stop to show the counter about dislike.

[@guillermogouldburn763]

Some people like junk food, some people like gourmet.

[@rdaikman8]

@ Guillermogouldburn763 Dom Perignon all day, all night.

[@robertmccluskey4386]

His music puts me in a place that is hard to describe, but it feels like a safe place, a beautiful place and perhaps more significantly a place of inalterable PEACE!

[@chuckebee]

I was 18 when I first heard Pat Metheny Group, in an instant Pat and Lyle's dynamic duo was my favorite. I will be 53 next week and they still give me goose bumps when I listen to their tunes. More Power.

[@101xaplax101]

i remember 1979 sitting in a tiny rented room in petaluma, ca. listening to pat metheny's new chatauqua album thinking "i could have written this" and then when i tried to learn it the subtilty of the timing completely confounded me and i realized that i was listening to a musical genius.........its 2015 almost 2016.........36 years later........still amazed by it all

[@rennovatti0]

+first; - I was attending College in Santa Cruz, CA. Lightly raining, a few leaves blowing around, an introspective Autumn day at the coast. Had just opened the door to the ?record store at the outdoor Pacific Garden Mall and stepping inside, - the sound of the needle coming down at the beginning of a record, and THIS began... sorry, a few tears... and I walked right up to the cashier and asked what was this incredible music?!? He picked up the record cover and handing it to me said, "It's the newest album from Pat Metheny. It just came in". So I immediately bought the first 'Pat Metheny Group' album sold in Santa Cruz, 1978. A vivid memory. Still my absolute favorite piece of music, period.

[@tiffanydouglas2686]

I love this song! This takes me way back in 1978. This is one of my favorites.

[@theresabrown8994]

Never, ever, ever gets old.

[@conrad03]

Very happy that this song is back on KZbin again. One of the best songs I’ve ever heard..

[@carlossoriagonzalez5996]

REALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaeldonohue6864]

Metheny is such a relaxing breath of fresh air. We have lost Charlie and Toots, but the Great Pat metheny just keeps on playing works of art and therapies for the soul. PRAISE THE GOOD LORD ALMIGHTY FOR PAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisclermont456]

What a life altering experience!! This is the first Part Metheny song and LP I ever heard. Beautiful. Intellectual yet childlike. Uplifting and inspiring. Thank you Lyle Mays for you musical genius and Kenny Hylton, Jr for introducing this to me!!

[@0rganfarmer]

@@chrisclermont456 You are in for such a treat. Truly soul lifting music.

[@hjoshv4067]

One of the best songs i had heard in my life,Thanks.....I love Pat Metheny songs.

[@galassomike]

First introduced to me when I was in high school. Could not believe what I was hearing. It was truly a musical inspiration and journey for me. It was like finding a missing puzzle piece in my life. Incredible the mix of talent between Metheny and Mays. I am a drummer and would play to this music for hours loosing my self in it. Playing to a journey that I wish would never end. For many of you, you understand what I mean. The truth is his music is electrifying. It will grab you, but you will not want to let go. Shut your eyes and let the music take you to a perfect world........crashing waves, the sun set, and a journey that only you can end. Enjoy.

[@christophergranozio8502]

BRILLIANT composition! First heard it on the radio by chance in 1978.I was all alone in the afternoon and a thunderstorm was raging. I just stared out the window and listened in total awe.

[@timmyneeley3913]

This song is so Happy! I just love it. It always reminds me of my wife's Aunt and Uncle who lived in San Lorenzo, Ca. . R.I.P. Uncle Tony and Auntie Mary.

[@randyjustrandy9937]

Lyle's piano solo at 4:40 is some of the best stuff I have ever heard. The way it builds and cascades is phenomenal.

[@carolynboyd3796]

Lyle Mays finds a way of bringing excitement to a song.

[@stefanjacobi5818]

it`s a rolling stone!

[@kenhoward3512]

And, arguably, Lyle brings an even more emotional build to his solo on the "Travels" live album version of "San Lorenzo."

[@robbrendel6049]

This song has got to be one of the best pieces of music ever written. (OK that's maybe over the top.) It goes through several distinct phases so naturally, it's almost like it chronicles a lifetime. The piano-centered part starting around 5:00 and going to about 8:20, when the theme picks up again, is so beautiful that it almost brings tears. The Pat Metheney/Lyle Mays collaboration yielded so much musical gold.

[@TheRodrocker]

awesome song, from a great record, there is not to many people that really appreciate the full extent of Pat´s Music, and how it can actually make someone feel relaxed and at peace, been listening to P.Metheny since i was about the same age (15) and now at age (37), a great album for riding a bike on a Saturday morning is " Watercolours " (1977)...

[@edwardg2003]

As I recall, I started listening to the Pat Metheny Group in 1985. Around the time "The Falcon & The Snowman" came out. I have a very good friend that I attended DeVry Tech with in Phoenix in the 70's and he'd already been listening to him. He turned me on to "First Circle", "Travels" and "Offramp". I've been HOOKED since then. I've seen the group in concert 5 times and once I went to Oahu to work and listened to "The Way Up Pt.1-4" during a rainstorm. OMG.

[@glennjones8987]

Still one of most profound piece of jazz music, thanks for the music Lyle Mays,😎😎😎😎😎🎧

[@markortiz1506]

One of my all time favorites from Pat, Lyle and the gang. It has followed me through a very happy life and it has contributed to alot of happiness for me. I am grateful for this peice.

[@chrisclermont456]

Exactly!! Russell Ferrante and The Yellowjackets pay homage to this composition on their very fir LP.

[@kimosueartiago1712]

Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful piano 🎹 passages around... BRAVO 👏 👏 Lyle This album set me on my PMG voyage RIP 🙏 Lyle... Aloha Kimo Hawaii Strong

[@adam872]

This song has one of the greatest piano solos I've ever heard. The way it builds and builds and then the rest of the band comes in afterwards. It's incredible.

[@kevin9559]

I believe this was the first Pat Metheny song I ever heard and I have been hooked on his music since then. Wow that was 1978!! Almost 46 years ago! For some reason I associate it with skiing, the beauty of an untouched blanket of snow, clean, crisp and pure. Thanks Pat, for filling my life with your wonderful music!

[@dannyruiz6868]

I don't know how Pat Metheny manages to compose songs that remind me of my child hood...but it does...all the way back to when I was 6 years old...magical.

[@twill4568]

Back around 1980 HBO used to play this and other jazz songs before they started their daily broadcast (back before they were broadcasting for 24 hours a day). I have been searching for this song since then, and just found it today! Sounds just as sweet (even better) that it has sounded rolling around in my head the last 35 years. Amazing. I almost cried! (but don't tell anyone!)

[@giuseppetebaldi954]

I got the heaven when I listen to this son.

[@lordjoscreener2564]

I always loved this title, but with the photos it becomes more and more... LOVE. ❤

[@missbalootie]

I'm pretty sure I'll be hearing this on my way to heaven on sweet day!

[@mikejenningsbates]

I hope we both do.

[@jvpansacola]

Metheny's music always has this ethereal quality, timeless and captivating - yes, even Song X. Truly one of a kind.

[@aecandy]

Wish I had heard this song, years before now, but I'm glad I found it and listen to it a lot.

[@robertdoles10]

WHEN I first herd this song, I knew there was love and joy.

[@gonfaraway]

I was about that age too when I listened to it first. it was so different to what we were used to. almost 40 years later I still love it. it kinda opened a door to a whole new world.

[@michaelmcinerney8259]

Gonzalo Herrera the same for me. Life changing.

[@gonfaraway]

and it's a big new world..:)

[@unclebill1948]

I was introduced to Pat Metheny by a Lebanese friend while we were living and working in Kuwait in the early '80s. I'm still a fan.

[@dianewills3454]

Pat Metheny is a genius and a blessing to the music world loved listening to him yesterday today and the tomorrows of my life God Bless you Pat Metheny Diane Wills

[@salvatoretambe284]

I have been following Pat's music since 1978. The music has taken me on a journey like a time capsule. I hear a song, and it just brings me to that stage in my life. I love him for that. Thank you Pat. You are and always will be a huge part of my life. Sal from Jersey

[@michaelgmitchell]

Heard this track live in Toronto when these young punks stole the show at a jazz festival, Ontario Place, maybe '80 or '81, not sure. Been a huge fan every since. Genius. Pure art. Never get tired listening to Mr. Metheny.

[@brentward5739]

saw him there at the Molson Ampitheater. It was awesome...met him after the show. He was so nice to me, gave me a guitar pick and signed his name on a piece of paper with the word "Best" on it.

[@CultureDivisionTT]

I was there. I think it was 81. I was introduced to Pat's music in 1980. Never regretted that introduction.

[@adgo22]

@@CultureDivisionTT Me too..!! '81 your right..Pretty sure UZEB opened for them..Ontario Place with it's revolving stage..nice memory..

[@MarcLWatts]

I've played thousands of hours of Pat Metheny music in my office over the years. He has a song for every life moment.

[@afrobluatlanta2380]

Marc L. Watts Yes!!! I've been saying all week his music is the sound track to my life. Never get tired of listening to his music.

[@Croydonjohnny]

Wish I worked in your office.

[@user-qk6jf4nh1q]

Merci pour cette magnifique composition musicale !! Et ces belles images !! Thank's so much

[@crescentsi]

Great solo by Lyle Mays! Pat Metheny's guitar harmonies and harmonics are sublime. The bass and percussion are great too!

[@joconnor57]

This was the first Pat Metheny song I ever heard. It was a late night in New York, lying in bed with my headphones on in early 1981 and I was so amazed at how beautiful it was. I went out and bought the vinyl the very next day. I have bought every album of his since and been a dyed-in-the-wool Metheny fan from that day forward. My life has sounded so much better as a result.

[@mosiprop]

my favorite Metheny song... Lyle's solo is brilliant!.. so beautiful !! Fantastic visual images which compliment the utter beauty of this music... I LOVED IT !!!

[@jakefromjuda5192]

living in L.A in the mid 80'ties a radio station emerge by the call signs 94.7 the wave and at that time I met Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Randy Goodrum and I found a different type of music

[@dr.dansullivan]

What a legend, love your music Pat! Thank you!!!

[@squonkdh]

Ok here is my story on the 1st time I heard this song. I was driving home from Mammoth Lakes Ca after a week long backpack trip with my mom and dad. It was late about 9pm and I am driving down the 241 toll road in OC ca, and it's dark but off to the right I can see the lights of the city and this song comes on, and I was simply mesmorized by the tranquility and peacefulness I felt at that moment. It sent chills through my body and hence what I believe these guys were feeling when they 1st played this song. It remains one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life. Thanks PMG for this masterpiece!

[@claudiorga3231]

HERMOSA PIEZA ARTISTICA DE PAT Y SU GRUPO, ME TRAE BELLOS RECUERDOS DE1980, VEZ PRIMERA QUE OI SAN LORENZO EN RADIO BEETHOVEN EN FM, SANTIAGO DE CHILE. DESDE AHI EN ADELANTE QUE HE ADMIRADO Y SEGUIDO SU OBRA, SIEMPRE INNOVADORA EN ESTE VARIADO Y BELLO GENERO QUE ES EL JAZZ. GRANDE PAT Y TODOS SUS INTEGRANTES SIEMPRE POR SIEMPRE

[@rodolfofonseca-larios5176]

It is a great coincidence, but "San Lorenzo" was the first song I heard from PMG in 1977 and after this moment, it really CHANGE my entire life...!!! The sound from Pat & Lyle was so unique and cautiveting that I immediately call to the Radio Station asking for information about the musicians (group) to run to the record store to get it asap...!!! It happened 37 years ago and since then Pat, has been the biggest influence in my whole life, learning from his infinite talent, sensibility, professional approach to music and of course for the unlimited inspiration that his music and performance mean to me since then..... Thanks for all the great music you have share with all us.....

[@lauramontenero440]

❤

[@cameronrobinson2616]

Back in October, 1978, I was in my dorm room on a Sunday afternoon in Apt. C-3, at the Triad Apts, on the campus of Glassboro State College listening to Radio Station WDAS Philadelphia and San Lorenzo started playing. My LIFE changed FOREVER!!!! THANK YOU Pat Metheny Group!!!!

[@MrAllanfry]

Me to brother, me to. :-)

[@amarbyrd2520]

I think all of us have one of those "What IS that??" Pat Metheny moments :-)

[@dme1016]

mara byrd Many of those moments. Remember your first time hearing Last Train Home?

[@davidlenzen7996]

WAER, Syracuse University- August 1978....Ditto you comments. Life changing!

[@blairhelsing630]

September '78, visiting my friend Terry O'Brien in Ocean Beach, CA. He put this on the turntable and it changed my life, too!

[@gaspo2180]

It's a shame that people don't listen to this today like we did in the 80's with GREAT BIG STERIO COMPONENTS and a/d/s SPEAKERS, played LOUD. I still get CHILLS !!

[@hamiltonmays4256]

Getting ready to re-foam and refurbish a pair of AR-2ax's. Can't wait to play this whole album through them...

[@mrkwst22]

JBL-100's were studio speakers of choice from about 1975 till almost 1990. Nothing wrong with the AR's except a might to bright on the high end.

[@avatacron60]

Who said that people don't listen to this today?

[@dinodev78]

Don't forget the 901's by Bose or Klipshe, either.

[@brucebenson4330]

Or Magnaplanars

[@davemackenzie8343]

Best album ever, bar none. Could not stop playing when it came out. Still love it! Thank you, Pat and Lyle for this masterpiece ❤️

[@brentcrawford7423]

It still astonishes me that this guy was in his early twenties when he did this. Its mindboggling.

[@DougTaylorBand]

He and Lyle Mays are musical GODs- and whoever they choose to play with are too,

[@danmccreedy5424]

An absolute masterpiece!

[@liranziv]

agree

[@cecilia1194]

Oui! J'écoute ce morceau depuis mes 18ans (1979) j'ai toujours de grandes émotions chaque fois que je l'entends! J'ai eu l'occasion de l'écouter en live lors d'un concert de PM Group à Toulouse (France) en 1987!!!

[@gaspo2180]

STILL one of my all-time favorite jazz LP's, along with George's "Breezin", Miles' "Blue" and BS&T's 2nd LP. Great songs, musicians and feel. Timeless. Makes you feel good.

[@profesormiguel8440]

Beautiful music forever , Thanks Pat Metheny.......

[@daliwongarasmeni7805]

I first heard this in late 70's and grew into it till now.

[@wolfpak8322]

he takes me where I want to be.

[@stevestoecklein8806]

Your spot on sir without getting too lovely......

[@garythegman9680]

Being swept away again with the great sounds of Pat..

[@jamestomkin8784]

If there was ever a tune you would want stuck in your head, it is surely this one!

[@JGlassy]

This timeless piece is so worth coming back to. And Lyle’s solo (4:45..) is just otherworldly good.

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

Music.... The All Natural High, Laughter is the greatest medicine...But, Music sure Soothes the Soul

[@lytebassist]

Bret Willmott and I were fortunate to know from friends that had been at Coral Gables Pat was coming to Berklee when I was 22. I was there at the time just starting school in an excellerated 1-2 (2 semesters at once, finished 4 semesters in one school year). No one knew who this kid with the big smile and incredible talent was. I asked to be the bass player in a guitar ensemble he was teaching. I am so incredibly lucky to say I played with Pat for that whole semester and do another class he taught. That ensemble was where he brought in a series of exercises that were to become tunes on many of his early albums. I am 67 and he still brings forth the same joy as he did back then. At the time I discerned a very midwest sound to his tunes. To this day I hear that influence, his roots. I love this man and his music. He shaped the player I am today. He was to jazz what the Beatles were to pop music. A new sound for a new generation of musicians that held in respect the roots of their music. David Sahadi

[@Dedepasta]

i love this song so much...thank you...so many nights..so much love waiting for the sun to come, 20 years old...it was the theme of fandango...i was so in love, so young, so proud...

[@jmg5998]

I was 21 when it came out, but did not come to know Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays blissful, brilliant music until 1985 with "First Circle". Been an "addict" ever since!

[@regolo960]

Il più bel pezzo di Pat. Arriva dagli anni 70 con la stessa freschezza del primo momento. Ciò significa che è un pezzo immortale.

[@mkoprc]

This song just wets my eyes every time... In a good way. I can't seem to help it. One of my all-time favorite pieces of music.

[@MGstaR17]

So beautiful. :D 80s rules!

[@hudijana]

Pat & Lyle are both genius , brilliant ,

[@flexstrat]

Pat's work has been the soundtrack to my life. I bought "the white album" in 1979, after listening to all of American Garage on a late night college radio program. I know of no other musician that has the range of emotion, dedication, amazing skill, and creative soul that Pat does. Lyle is almost right there with him in talent and depth. Their music has enriched my life in more ways than I can describe. And this is one of their pieces together that can still bring me to tears, listening to it in a dark room. Thanks, SomethingReal. Chat any time.

[@johnbryant6610]

Hard to believe this was done in 1978! Truly timeless!!!

[@JianLakerson]

Thank you! For almost 40 years I've only known this music by it's signature riff. I heard it on tv in 1978... I'm celebrating!

[@jstringer213]

My all time favorite Metheny composition...and...got it on vinyl in the 70s and devoured many books with this playing in the backround...thanks for a classy post!!

[@investorart58]

I have probably listened to Phase Dance and San Lorenzo thousands of times since this first came out. Spectacular. This tune is so amazing with it's "journey-of-life" feeling. At the 8:58 mark - Lyle comes in with that long sustain note on his Oberheim that carries us to the end of the tune - while Mark Egan lays down some of the warmest bass playing I've ever heard. Mesmorizing.

[@IvanTerreroDDS]

1978....fresh, clean sound, instant classic

[@pennygaiser741]

I don't think I would still be alive without his music

[@craigroulhac74]

The ultimate top down, sun glasses on, wind in your hair & I don't care about s##t jam. Love this!

[@nogblokeable]

Craig Roulhac I'm with you on that one brother! I bang on the PMG early stuff right through the Vasconcelos, Aznar phases, take the roof off my SLK and hit the road without a care in the world! I love it! It's for you, Have you heard - fantastic driving tracks!

[@craigroulhac74]

Yes indeed, Long Train Home, Jaco, but my favorite is Eighteen from the Offramp album

[@nogblokeable]

Oh Yes! You are bang on! There's so many to mention! I was just flicking through you tube just now and I must say that my preferences lie with the stuff 70's to 90's and when he had the South American influences. They're my favourites. They're all roof down tracks! Even in the English winter, people must think I'm nuts driving through London with my coat and scarf on with PMG blasting out with the roof off! Y'know what, I don't give a S### ha ha! Is there a UK fan base?

[@craigroulhac74]

I have a Pat Metheny Group playlist on KZbin and Spotify.

[@nogblokeable]

I'll subscribe to both. Can you send me the links please? Or how do I go about it? I'm a premium user on Spotify so should be able to do it

[@keitaatkins6286]

His music is so mellow

[@avatacron60]

Lmao!

[@2Chron20]

Thank God for Pat Metheny.. heard this for the first time when in Cornish, a Jazz School in Seattle.. probably heard this tune and album a few hundred times since .. never gets dull.. And to know Pat played w/ Jaco and dedicated that song to Him. Love what Lyle did on piano too on this!!

[@emilsabatini4038]

Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Danny Gottlieb, Mark Egan. Perfection Personified!

[@garythegman9680]

Pat is one of a kind,he did the soundtrack to the movie Fandango,truly a great artiist..

[@damon1717]

Had the great pleasure of meeting him while standing in line at Catskill Art and Office Supply in Woodstock,NY years back. I asked him if he had any plans to play locally,and he said he didn't think so. A few months later,I saw him play the Secret Story album in Albany,NY. One of the most amazing concerts I've ever been to. He's probably my favorite musician of all time.

[@user-bm7in5oo7g]

First heard his music on WJZZ radio in Detroit, MI. Rosetta Hines brought me to jazz and Pat Metheny Group. Been a follower ever since. Sad that we lost Lyle but his music and influence lives on.

[@MsBROWNIEBABE]

This hard! How am I only just discovering this song. My childhood consisted of pat metheny.

[@lenorem.7889]

First time I heard this piece was in the 1980's. It put me in a trance. The piano.......I imagined I was playing it. This beautiful piece came out in 1977.

[@davidjenkins3854]

this song brings me back to seeing pat at harper colledge in 1980......mark egan was there.....and i got backstage to meet pat...lyle and mark....PRICELESS!!

[@arthurenzo3075]

I saw ten guys ´82 in Germany when I was 16 year old. They played for 3.5 hours, including this piece. It was overwhelming. I still won't forget the concert to this day.

[@edwardbronston1099]

This is the album that turned me on to Pat back in 1979. I went back and listened to Bright Size Life and Watercolors and a love affair was born! But this album (I call it The White Album) is still my favorite almost 40 years later. It's one of my "desert island" albums! Few musicians have touched my soul like Pat.

[@bitnize]

Words can almost not describe how i feel about this tune. When I discovered/listened to it (1st track on the album Pat Metheny Group from 1978) the first time in 1997 in a record store in Copenhagen, I was overwhelmed with a special emotion. I got the feeling that this tune can represent life in general (the whole record is great). I often get that spiritual feeling when listening to my now favorite musicians Metheny/Mays music. Thank you guys!

[@Tharavn1]

There's something about Metheny's tunes....they are haunting...never seem to leave you.

[@liranziv]

neverrr

[@greeneyes0078]

Absolutely but a goooood haunting:-)!!!!

[@brentward5739]

It was during this era -- the 80's when I connected the most with him. As with many creative people, he has ideas all over the map (a great quality) -- Trio work, solo work, quartet work, Pat Metheny Group (my all-time favorite incarnation of his ideas), orchestrion, Unity Band, and the list goes on and on and on. This is probably my favorite of all his tunes, along with a few on Speaking of Now...

[@cecilia1194]

Oui,tu as raison Thara! Presque toutes les musiques de Pat sont tellement belles qu'elles te hantent, te poursuivent mais surtout t'accompagnent toute au long de ta vie! J'ai moi aussi écouté ce morceau lorsque j'avais 18ans! Quel choc!!!

[@ConservativeAnthem]

PMG was Pat at his best. He and Lyle were the McCartney and Lennon of Fusion.