Tommy - Chet - The Entertainer - Live in Phoenixville, Pa.

[@mateuszmattias]

Really nice seing him not only playing the song, but playing with the song, quite joyful rendition too.

[@vyvynylification]

love his constant solid happiness whilst playing the guitarrrrrr :)

[@unstoppablezone4980]

True mastery, love it.

[@Pewtooyou]

Check out Richard Smith's version.

[@young0804]

No word for this master. This is what they call 'elected one'

[@dedysunjaya5785]

Thats why he is a CERTIFIED GUITAR PLAYER 👍

[@paulash6732]

Indeed, he is certified.

[@GianPieroFerrini]

tommy is the best :)))

[@warivele1916]

Superman

[@UlyssesAlexandreAlves]

He makes it looks like it's so easy to play like THAT.

[@Zacharia503]

I'm pretty sure that it was Tommy who said, "If you can't make it look easy, then you're not practising enough". Even if it wasn't him, it's still true.

[@aussiedadreviews]

I liked it before I heard the song - because it's Tommy.

[@georgeb1364]

Well folks, reading through the comments there are many who don't like Tommy for many reasons and that's OK. However there are often too many "Masters of the Universe" out there who criticize just about everything. Cool it and realize how boring the world would be if everyone played something the same. Stop playing the role of the "Observer Critic" and realize the beauty of a Performance for what it is. Especially a live performance which is a one-time expression of art! Tommy is an entertainer, a showman, and a great on-stage personality. Oh by the way, up there with the best in the world players . The best, maybe yes maybe no but among them. Learn to enjoy the variation in the art form and appreciate the effort to produce it. A child banging on a pot or a performance in a grand venue, its all an expression of the art form and should bring a tear to one's eye rather than a critical tongue.

[@TIO540S1]

On top of all that, Tommy is a genuinely warm, generous, and good human being. The world needs a lot more of his type and a lot fewer of some other types.

[@minchrono24lover27]

Stop smoking meth.

[@Pickher]

Damn that was good!

[@nik11411]

Song at 00:52? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@nik11411]

Hey! Thanks a lot my friend

[@matthewsorbie4396]

What was the song called? Comment disappeared lol

[@kleandrokoka1645]

Saturday Night Shuffle

[@austinmawdesley1682]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to find this song for months!

[@kleandrokoka1645]

You are welcome

[@shawnalcorn9466]

5:03 what in the hell was that sorcery.......

[@Codycjhh]

He plucked the strings that go from the end of the frets to the tuning bits. Idk what they're called

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

@@Codycjhh *beginning

[@ильяандреевич-ь3щ]

отлично

[@DUGGER1947]

Early on, Chet always said his style was greatly influenced as a result of listening to 3 great guitarists from that era: Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, and Les Paul. As Chet heard great guitarists later on, he progressed his style to incorporate the sounds of the day, including rock, pop, jazz, and classical). This raises the question of how many great fingerstyle guitarists of this day (like Tommy Emmanuel, Richard Smith, Doyle Dykes, David Paul, Sean Weaver, among others), would be totally unheard of had it not been for the influence of Chet Atkins?

[@johnsilvester5061]

Doug Hendrixson i

[@robertlee8042]

Doug Hendrixson Chet’s sound was effortless. It was a total honoring of the song. Not a harsh note. Not a tasteless note. He was silk. Tommy plays too hard, too fast and he embellishes too much. Of course he’s talented. None of these dozen players is not. I could listen to Chet until I die. I can’t listen to Tommy for more than two cuts. Which doesn’t mean that I denigrate his talent. It’s his taste and ego that grates me. He’s a show off. It’s annoying. Now there’s probably an idiot that will now ask me if I can play it better. No. I can’t. I hope the idiot is now satisfied. I can’t sing opera either. So I guess I’m not allowed to say that Luciano Pavarotti gives me a headache while Giuseppe di Stefano does not. Idiot.

[@robertlee8042]

Yes. And Merle. And Mose Rager. And Ike Everly. And as you say, modern. But nobody played with greater taste and clarity.

[@MFDOOOOM]

@@robertlee8042 completely agree with everything you said.

[@Journeyman_101]

@4:39 I said the exact same thing

[@juliogaleano6400]

hola

[@peterhenrikpoulsen2026]

Dont talk.....

[@Walter-mr5hd]

The Entertainer - 2:45

[@ryanbrown7536]

Since this comment always gets thousands of likes, someone should make a piano rendition of this. Lol

[@DUGGER1947]

Who was the "horses patoot who said "whatever" at 1:08?

[@ElPepperoni]

He’s clearly joking… Tommy just says it so off-hand after playing something clearly so difficult, so this dude is like “you know…. Whatever [, just play this incredibly difficult thing like it’s nothing]”

[@ThePerro]

What kind of camera are you using? The quality is really good

[@FC-gl4ul]

Only read this comment today and thought it’s not that good then realised you commented yrs ago. This quality probably blew you awau

[@npa5838]

@@FC-gl4ul I was thinking about the same thing. How does this guy have crispy sharp 1080P quality in year 2012 ??

[@amongust69]

ngl didnt know tommy could play the entertainer

[@csnelling4]

Why do some people call instrumentals (Tunes) songs , songs have verses (words) !!! ?

[@Anonymous-gt9qp]

Tommy is very good indeed but for me Mark knopfler is one of the best ever

[@jameswieser483]

Audio is way to low. We are suppose to hear you pay.

[@aungck]

Talks a lot

[@coryCuc]

Janis Joplin would be amazed if she were alive to have listened to this amazing performance of her song!

[@MelvilleG]

Nope. That was another Joplin.

[@oddouriibit]

lol it was scott joplin. 2 of my favorite joplins though!

[@coryCuc]

@@MelvilleG I was kidding ;)

[@coryCuc]

@@oddouriibit Sarcasm my friend :). But yes, both Joplins are awesome.

[@thomasowen5785]

Is this bait? kinda funny

[@tedeggleston4895]

To the guy who at 0:27 says 'Yeah", and again at 1:09 says 'Whatever', once Tommy starts playing... you must be feeling like a goose

[@coryCuc]

What do you mean?

[@epipick]

Something to rival Chet's version.

[@MrFelleboi]

it is chets version

[@georgedavis8412]

Check out Richard Smith’s version.

[@derekhiggins9565]

Chet couldn't play it like that.

[@hart.6230]

@@derekhiggins9565 he was the one who inspired tommy so make of that what you will

[@robertlee8042]

You can tell why Chet got rich and Tommy didn’t. Chet honors a song. Tommy doesn’t. He plays everything fast and sloppy and uses every song as a vehicle to show off. It’s incredibly annoying. Plus his time is erratic.

[@aussiedadreviews]

I think you are greatly mistaken my friend. Tommy is more diverse. Your judgement is erroneous.

[@tylerwilson9515]

Lol what are you talking about?

[@DUGGER1947]

Chet got rich, in part, due to his role as head of recording operations for the RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studio. He got the name Mister Nashville along with the nickname Mister Guitar. He had a keen ear for not only the guitar, but everything it took to put out quality records for many recording artists for many years. Chet was a perfectionist. While many have copied him, I can tell an actual Chet recording every time. With all due respect, Tommy Emmanuel is a better entertainer than Chet, because live entertainment and mastery of a wide range of music is his forte. Chet was almost robotic and made it look so nonchalant and easy it was easy to dismiss the fact that what he was playing was extremely difficult, obtainable by very few. Tommy is one of those few.

[@daveedmunds4609]

I agree! Tommy's version of Classical Gas is an abomination. He rips the heart, soul, and beauty from the Mason Williams classic.

[@Geotubest]

Robert, I agree. Every time I see TE play a song, I feel it's more about him and his extraordinary abilities than the song itself. I feel the best musicians, or at least the ones I enjoy the most, make the performance more about the song than themselves.