Thumbs Carllile Guitar Legend

[@malcolmball3148]

I was a fan of Thumbs since the early 70s. I was on the road for two years with his bass player Carrey Creasy in several bands. His Steel player Buzz Evans ( check out his videos on KZbin)was in Thumb’s band the “Cowboy Boogie Band” along with Carrey, Thumb’s daughter Tammy, and a drummer named Tommy. Awesome group they were. Buzz was gracious enough to send me a ton of tapes very few people will ever hear. Some of their full band, some with Thumbs solo( mind blowing!). Before he passed on he was working with a group of young jazz players in Atlanta, his version of Over The Rainbow still haunts me!!! I hope someday to be able to share these recordings with true fans of the man. Thank you for posting this video. RIP Thumbs, you are in my heart forever.

[@michaelmoore7975]

Jeff Healey unplugged! I wonder if Jeff had ever heard of this guy. RIP Jeff Healey

[@Datanditto]

Of course he did.

[@NicholasANappiNick]

Been playing 52 years never heard of him 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@popbattles7855]

Damn I bet he saw this guy and copied him. Being blind was all just a diversion. That sneaky bastard.

[@Datanditto]

@@popbattles7855 So your shallow mind thinks that as he progressed out of all the musicians he encountered no-one ever bothered to mentioned Thumbs Carlisle to him? 🫵🏻🤡👍🏻

[@popbattles7855]

@@Datanditto no you idiot I was being sarcastic.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

GOT 4 OF HIS LPS, on Smash mostly. Havent pulled em in decades. Now I must. Thx from 🇫🇮

[@williamhiggins842]

Everyone thought Jeff Healey was so innovative with his ability to play the same way.This cat predates Jeff by about fifty years, this cat has a very nice tone and sound.

[@3rdmm]

I've been playing for 50+ years and never heard of Thumbs before. Not improbable that JH hadn't either, not least because JH started playing that way when he was about 3 years old and blind.

[@stevenbaggett6549]

Wow never heard of this guy. Jeff Healey was the only one I'd seen playing like that. The backing band were some fine players

[@douglasscharnberg3883]

Thumbs loved to play jazz over country progressions. He preferred simpler harmonic structure because it gave him more relative freedom to improvise.

[@MarkMcCluney]

Wearing a Batman tee shirt in the first clip?

[@bluesriot2]

that was crazay

[@MarkLAsche]

Thumbs, Jeff Healey, and Rory Hoffman. You gotta wonder if these guys are onto something.

[@johnstrange880]

Amazing .❤❤❤

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

Gotta mention David Lindley...

[@dougsharp605]

Fab!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@skinfish8929]

Anton Karas , on concert zither , could have been an inspiration for Thumbs Carllile .Anyway , concert zither is played like this .

[@danschoenharl3856]

Clearly he wasn't "all thumbs".