"The Entertainer" played by Chet Atkins
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2007
- This 1975 clip features guitar great Chet Atkins performing Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." From the DVD "Legends of Country Guitar." More info at stefan-grossmans-guitar-works...
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I'm surprised we can hear anything over that shirt
Well played, sir.
pplpilot Words can not properly express the joy that comment brought me!
Hahahaha
That’s how we rolled in those days!
Ha! So funny . . . But what a musician
Somebody should make a piano arrangement of this.
I hear Ed Sheeran is working on one
U shittin me son
@@buhramyou 😆
@Samuel Currey what's wrong with it being funny
@Samuel Currey oh 😆
I just got the Smoke on the Water riff down cold. This is next
Teach me your ways
Really? I can’t seem to even get Smoke on the Water down. They keep kicking me out of the music shop before the second verse.
A+
lol
Did you do it?
See now this is a guy who really understands the soul of the guitar. On piano this sounds like a party, but he makes it sound lonesome and soulful.
Irgendwie stimmt das
Depends how you play it on the piano.
Lonesome? Because he’s alone?
Great comment, very insightful
Played properly, it sounds lonesome and soulful on the piano too.
This was so good I didn't even notice Chet's crazy-ass, polka-dot, humongous-collared shirt till the very end.
Chir0n you had to point it out for me
Holy shit
Chir0n i
And matching handkerchief in breast pocket...
Can just see all the boys now wearing that so they can be just like Chet... hehe
As a Metal player, who is pretty proficient, fingerstyle players intimidate the shit out of me. It takes a whole other type of talent to play stuff like this. When I hear a guy shred a solo or play a riff, I can at least grasp what they're doing in real time. I see guys like Chet play this, and I'm completely lost. Their knowlege of the fretboard, left hand dexterity, and right hand control, being able to comfortably play rhythm and lead at the same time, is incredible.
I'm the same way. I've been playing metal / rock guitar for many years as well. When I see these people get up on stage and work their fretboard magic I'm totally blown away. I'm always amazed at how they do this. And to boot, most of them can pull off highly articulated, melodious sweeps and triplets, HOs, and POs in ways I hadn't ever thought about. I especially love the voicing of a three part harmony done by one master player.
Tommy E described it like rubbing your tummy and patting yourself on the head at the same time. But its really more like rubbing your tummy, patting yourself on the head, hopping on one leg, while reciting the alphabet backwards at the same time.
Have fun checking out Tommy Emmanuel on youtube.
Well in his defense, Chet does that to us fingerstylers, too. The man is just good.
Andrew york is a great player/composer too
It's no secret why almost every decent guitarist of the last 50 years cites Chet Atkins as an influence. His skill with tone and timing were unrivalled and the humble of the man was legendary.
Can't get enough of a mans humble
The word is humility. 👍
mark knopfler rivals him in fingerpicking
Christopher Parkening started his career in the late 60s and has retired recently. Parkening is a classical guitarist and blows Chet Atkins out of the water, but since classical guitar isn't as popular nobody knows about him.
@@virtualpilgrim8645 not true. Chet could play what classical players played. They couldn’t do what he could do.
His sense of tempo interpretation for this was awe inspiring.
Just natural allargando, that was invisible.
He is a legend for good reason.
yet completely 'visible'
You’ve been waiting decades to drop “allargando” on us and you’ve finally done it.
Good for you.
I love how even though he has probably spent countless hours learning this he is still is just really enjoying the song when he is playing it.
No I'm sure he didn't spend that kind of time. A guy like that knows how to play the song and from there he improves vastly on the sound.
As a Joplin fan I am just impressed by the longevity, freshness and brilliance of his music :)
If you know how to read Sheet Music 🎼 It’s actually not that hard to rearrange Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” 🎹 version to 🎸
ol chet spent about 30 minutes
orange70383 he had to spend that kind of time somewhere to get that good
The fact that this was composed 120 years ago this song still slaps
Songs from a million years ago still "slap", my dude.
@@chadroederI did a research that most people who like classical music are below 35 and, music like this are the piece that i still play on the piano lol
@@j4mes547 Some masterpieces from Bach are 300 years old and still played nowadays.
This is what I love about music : when a tune is perfect, it goes through the ages.
@@j4mes547 very interesting, can you share a link to your research?
Still slappin
I looked at my guitar and my guitar said "don't even try"
🤣
I picked up my guitar and said "now that is my goal". Got the intro and very, very first part down after 3 days. It's all in the mindset my man
And then Achilles said, “that’s why no one will remember your name”.
You also were probably the millionth person to copy paste this comment onto a guitar video
@Online Radio School Haha thank you but i can't read music. I barely even know chords by name, I just know where to put my fingers to make nice sounds lol. I can play guitar, don't get me wrong, i just have a weird style. Self taught and never taken a class in my life, same with the uke. But thank you for the thought my man
I think Chet was born with a guitar in his hands. I’ve never seen anyone play so effortlessly and beautifully like him. What a talent.
A true talent!
He used to play until he fell asleep playing.
If that's the case then I hope it was a c-section birth, for his mother's sake.
@@hardv8 😆
His poor mother.
The economy of motion in his playing is an art form all in itself. It's no wonder he's always listed among the greatest of all time.
I was going to make the same comment. It’s the same impression I get watching an Olympic swimmer swim. The economy of motion and the apparent easy is incredible.
Paco de Lucia would've given him a run for his money on economy and speed
@Rykehuss. Not a contest. Both can have their skills .. art isn't football
I'd bet if you saw this video muted first you'd never guess how rich this sounds
He hit the bass notes with his collar...
I was so fixated on his hand movements that it took 90 seconds to notice the shirt he's wearing, lol. An absolute master, so impressive.
😀 Thanks! I enjoyed the video again just to see the shirt...but this time I noticed his facial expressions, too.
literally the same!!
Well... spotted!
What's great about watching this as a guitar player, I ended up watching his face more than his hands. You can tell exactly which parts gave him trouble when he was working this out in the first place, and you can see the joy in his face when he not only gets past those points, but when he finishes the song. Chet was not just a master of the instrument, but also a person who enjoyed pushing himself beyond his limits. That shows not just in his playing, but his expressions as he moves through each passage in every video you watch of him.
I truly thought I was the only one to watch the facial expressions of musicians. So nice to see your post.
Thanks for pointing that out. I was only focused on his hands the first time. After reading your comment I watched it again just to watch his face. The emotions and strains really show. At 1'10" he starts to make a particularly tense face but then they fade to the fret board. Fascinating.
I really don't think any of the parts are giving him trouble😂 Does he concentrate? yes
@@johnmccarthy727 Watch his face, dude. Watch what he does. Even the most talented of us fight with our projects.
He always looks like he's pleased with the guitar when it does what he asks it to.
I wish someone looked Me the way Chet Atkins looks at the neck of his guitar.
as a finger picker myself, I just have to comment on how unbelievably brilliant this arrangement is, and how difficult to execute. The greatest of all time, ladies and gentlemen...
easily Chet is the best ever
He does it like he's guitar syncing or someshit,...Deceptively easy
it's not that hard. Compared to things like Mister Sandman its super simple
Those saying its easy i look forward to seeing your videos. Otherwise shut the fuck up you fucking weapons
Until you watch Richard Smith's version....and he plays the ENTIRE piece with an even more complicated arrangement.
The entertainer he was. RIP Chet
this man should be studied for generations to come on his playing
Really nice pacing on this song. Not just right notes precisely played, but no rushing it along either.
Agreed. The feeling he adds to what he's playing is what's missing from many of today's young players.
Being technically perfect doesn't come across as well as feeling does. I wish I could do this!
You can't learn good taste. Or maybe you can, I don't know. But Chet Atkins had it
chet atkins sense of time is unmatched. the greatest guitar players have the greatest rhythm feel.
And so perfectly, perfectly clean. Not a single buzz or sound of fingers sliding up and down strings. Great stuff.
Ye
The real GOAT.
When he does something awesome you see the slightest smirk sneak across his face.
yeh i love that smirk of yeh thats sweet man ...sweet :)
What he's really saying: Fuck Yeah!
What's a GOAT? Like the farm animal?
@@makearunat Guitarist Of Aspiring Titillation
makearunat a stupid overused acronym
This Scott Joplin piece is so complex that it was years before anyone would even try to put it on manuscript paper. We miss you Chester!!!
lol
Honestly i have heard it about 100 times and still can get over the fact how good this is
I was carrying my ukulele in its case at school and my friend asked, "You play an instrument?"
I replied, "Yeah, I play a little guitar."
Thank you, you made me laugh out loud. I love this kind of jokes.
Very good joke indeed.
Accordion to research, 9 out of 10 people don't notice when you replace words with random musical instruments.
Big Zed what the trombone are you talking about
@@sean-zl6dy Yeah good try but it's spelled oboe, not about.
Without music like this, life would 'b flat'
Sharp comment!
Or even real e flat.
G sus
We will C
@@ValdaXD B sharp! Ha ha ha!
I can play this piece fairly decently. So I am amazed at how easily Chet makes it look and sound. He's a real master of the instrument
That’s a seventies shirt. Authentic and true, just like Chet’s playing.
Played with bottom E tuned down to a D, for those wanting to try this. He makes it look so effortless. Wow.
Na fam I think we're good
Dave Cochrane yea seriously. That's the part that blows me away. It's so easy to make fingerpicking sound like mush if you aren't practicing it a lot.
Dave Cochrane drop d how metal of him
@@anirudhnavin4568 you've bodied him there to be fair. Decent work.
Open D tuning?
Piano player: you can't play that on guitar
Chet: hold my beer
*Chet: hold my pick
all those little subtle nuances and soft plucks at the strings. Beautiful stuff. The technology of music production is at an all time high but I can't help but feel a lot of that soul has gotten lost along the way. What a master.
Chet could play just about any tune, fast or slow, but the intonation of every note was always so expressive and deliberate.
I was lucky enough to see him at a fairly small venue back in the seventies. Best two sets of solo guitar I've ever seen.
A.J. Green you lucky devil!
Lucky you!
…and they were played at the same time
The transition from aggressive to soft passages is pure genius.
It’s contrived really.
A true professional that always delivered.
Come on! Did you see? Did you hear? Such sensitivity and precision! Amazing awesomeness!
I'm always amazed when an artist arranges a piece that was composed for one instrument and plays it on another, without missing a note or nuance. Scott Joplin I'm sure would be happy and impressed with Chet Atkins' work here. Thanks for posting!
Ragtime piano isn't easy to do on piano - it is an intricate and demanding style which asks much of the pianist. The style is even tougher to do well on guitar. It takes some arranging skill, too, since guitarists can't use two hands to play notes as a pianist can. We have one hand devoted to playing the strings - sounding the notes - whereas the other must fret them. Chet was a real genius. I was fortunate enough to see him live a few years before he died, and was pleasantly-surprised at how well-rounded an entertainer he was - singer, humorist, story-teller, as well as world-class guitarist. They don't call him "Country Gentleman" for nothing!
(@@GeorgiaBoy1961) Agree 1000%. Saw him twice myself. Do ragtime pianists often play with time variations like Chet does here (slowing down, then speeding up when the passage changes)? Masterful!
As a finger-style guitarist myself, one who has performed solo as well as with others - you can make changes to the tempo of the number according to your taste and what you think is called for. Rags in the Joplin style often change keys and feels by section or movement, which might be a logical place to change the tempo (if necessary). I just learned of another utterly amazing guitarist who takes Joplin possibly to an amazingly high level - namely Richard Smith. Smith plays Joplin tunes on his nylon string and makes them sound so good and effortless that you'll be amazed. Getting back to Chet, I sure am pleased I had the chance to see him live before he passed. Another favorite Chet memory is the LP he did with the great Doc Watson, entitled "Reflections." RCA was the label, if memory serves. Two musical titans playing like they are on the front porch.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 spot on dude. Richards full version is something to behold.
@@drfunken7653 agreed 100000%
Boy could play.
When I miss my Daddy playing the guitar I listen to Chet Atkins, When I miss him playing his banjo I listen to Reno and Earl Scruggs. I close my eyes I see him playing. My daddy was very talent he could not read sheet music, but he could pick up any instrument mess with it and start playing. He would give that grin say I knew it had a song in it. I wish I had his talent.
Hello Teresa, how are things going with you?
Reminds me of my Grandpa. He played Chet Atkins records all the time. Rest In Peace Grandpa.
Tens of thousands of hours playing . . . and it shows. Atkins is still one of the most jaw-dropping guitarists ever. How could anyone give this a thumbs down?
It’s the people who are jealous. Not me of corse I gave a thumbs up
They're dyslexic.
Triggered pianists
I didn't think it was all that great
@@jeremyphillips3087 lmao u must be a triangle player or something
Country guitarists like Chett, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell are some of the best yet underrated guitarists of all time.
Heard Glen Campbell play Duelling Banjos once...
Add Doc Watson, and Jerry Reed to that list and you have a H.O.F. group.
"underrated guitarists"??!! What a hell do you mean? I think they are/were very appreciated and celebrated.
@@oldtimer7635 they were and still are. i see these same kind of comments whenever i watch a video of an 80's band, stuff like 'george lynch was so under-appreciated!' (dokken guitarist) and, it's like, oh, nonsense, he wasn't under-appreciated at all.
to say chet atkins, of all people, was *ever* underrated is just plan silly. when people think guitarists, atkins and clark have to be mentioned among the greats, and even in their own time were considered stellar performers. i might say campbell doesn't get the modern reverence he deserves, but the other two most definitely do.
@@manlymcstud8588 Totally agreed.
This song is something else. Otherworldly. Most especially when a world class musician like Mr. Atkins offers their skill to share it with us. It never fails to bring me peace like I'm floating down a lazy river on a nice sunny day.
Smooth, soft, and excellent tempo!
Yes, I like the tempo.
Makes it look so easy. Like anyone could pick up a guitar and do it. Beautiful!
as a guitar learning kid (15), I thought Chet was nuttin but a country picker. Once I developed to be a competent guitarist (60), I realize he was a true genius. So sad he has gone, but so great that he has inspired so many.
A case could be made, this is the greatest acoustic performance of all time.
don't know how this came up on my screen, but happy it did. this is the first time in a lifetime I hear Atkins perform on a nylon classical guitar. I had no idea he could do this. makes me wonder what was the true extent of his talents.
It's 2019 and I now just get this? Probably the best flawless performances doing a piano piece on a guitar, live and in front of a audience. To do that as graceful as he did is nearly impossible. Not one missed note or one look of concentration. This guy is a legend and until it is duplicated, he is the goat.
Check out The Claw by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. It is amazing
I thought him more sheepish
Guitar arrangement tour de force.
JS Bach - Variaciones Goldberg - Guitar - Kurt Rodarmer
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@@mikecimerian6913 Arranged by John Knowles - look him up.
@@DGT64YT I will ty. For a while I had twenty recordings, from harpsichord to free jazz. Canadian Brass did a fine take too.
This guy was a beast, playing fast and clean when he felt like it. Doesn't matter which music genre one likes. This man is a true musical legend.
As a young kid learning guitar Chet Atkins was great to have and learn from
One of the cleanest and more precise players of all time. He could have played anything he wanted to.
He could make any song the best one you've ever heard.
True. One of the signs of genius. Chet had it.
Beautifully put.
Damn that's so fuckin true
Chet Atkins is one of the greatest guitar players in this century!
Alex G you mean in the former century...
lol dude Hes the greatest of all time period.
Main Character This century could refer to the 21st century or just the past 100 years. Since he's talking about someone who lived in the 20th century it's not hard to understand what he meant.
Maybe Wes Montgomery was the greatest?!
Tru dat
Yes, I will keep watching this Everytime YT recommends it
Mr. Guitar. One of the best ever. As well as producing some of the most important songs in country music history: Patsy Cline, Waylon, Elvis, etc.
That's how The Entertainer sounds like to a child who missed the ice cream only by a minute
Leave it to Chet to play something so difficult and just look like he's reading a newspaper.
Chet Atkins guitar skill is off the chart. Nobody even comes close. The greatest guitarist of all time.
Check out Richard Smith's version of the entertainer and you might be convinced otherwise,
How can anyone give this a thumbs down?
When I first saw the title I thought 'no way can someone play that as well as on piano' I'm very happy to eat my words as that is the best version of the entertainer I've heard. Truly Beautiful!
check out Richard Smith's version. I prefer Chet's but his one the complete length and is more complicated.
Damn! He looks like he is not even trying. What a Master of the classical guitar.
I think this is the best version of this song on CZcams. And there are a LOT of good versions.
Better than Richard Smith's?
can you imagine a network giving 2 minutes of airtime to a guy masterfully playing a guitar in 2021?
I don't really have a world for this; the best one I can come up with is: flawless.
+Sheane Crane world
+Sheane Crane What in the word are you talking about?
Grupo lndio
Fastidious.
I do agree, this is one fine world!
A very talented musician. I still remember as a child my mother bought us kids an album called Chet Atkins Picks In The Beatles. It was even endorsed by George Harrison.
Over fourteen years later and he's still warming hearts and souls with this song 🥲
This was in the 70s 😂
He does it so flawless that it looks like he isn't even hitting the strings. 🎶
I guess I'll just grab my guitar and make a flower planter out of it.
I can deflate
My guitar refuses to come out of the case.
😂
Anyway Here's Wonderwall
Underrated comment
A perfect rendition, of course, and an AWESOME polyester shirt.
Every so often I come back here and the world is alright for two minutes and fourteen seconds.
I saw him live in concert and was always a fan, His guitar playing is perfection, And that is why I started playing years ago, I was able to talk with him and had a picture taken with him.
It's so important that he played it at this tempo. Most pianists play it way to quickly, and it was never meant to be. Chet has a great sense of the music here, and of course his musicianship is bar none.
2 congruent melodies played at the same time - ala a piano. He was a total class act, as a musician and person
The man is like a whole freaking orchestra!
The older I get the more I appreciate the understated talent of musicians like Chet. No bombastic bravado just great music.
Chet Atkins Could make any guitar sound like it came from heaven
Les Paul and Chet Atkins are an awesome duo!!!
Hello Irene, how are things going with you?
You dont hear or find new music like this anymore Folks.. So simple, yet so complex and deep at the same time.. Just beautiful... One Man, One Acoustic, and beautiful Melody.
That bass line whilst also playing the melody is so crazy. My brain cannot think like that. I can play one or the other but not both.
How is this even possible!?
Magnificent player. Wish it took this degree of talent to be on TV nowadays.
its crazy how its the simplest things that can end up being the most beautiful
One of the most skilled guitarists ever to hit the stage. Hats off to this master
That last chord has got to be one of the happiest chords of all time.
Brings tears to my eyes.
mrshow1 mine too. He was my daddy’s favorite artist and my brother is named after him.
My daddy passed when I was 10 and I’ll never forget listening to Chet Atkinson vinyl records with him.
mrshow1 brings eyes to my tears
Crystal Hawley
Thank God for music, Crystal!
Crystal Hawley God bless chet
Same
Learning this song at the moment, brutally hard.
Did you continue with it?
@@Grindstaff09 Yes, but I went a slightly different route, got an arrangement for standard tuning. I’m nowhere near as stylish as Chet Atkins but I enjoy it anyway!
Thank you, Uncle Chet.... (that's my nick for him).. 'm also a piano, and I just can't begin on this guitar version. Oh how I miss his playing. A few LPs is all I have of Chet. I bet he practiced 40 hours a day! An inspiration to all of us.
Master of the impeccably clean execution.
He could blow the doors of as far as speed if he were so inclined, but pretty much everything he ever played was a reminder that there's so much more to making great guitar music than just velocity...
Achingly beautiful. Every note, every progression is so clean and pure.
Probably the greatest guitarist of all time. Even metalheads acknowledge ol chet
he is great, but the greatest, no
@@arturobelano6243 😁
He was doing this stuff in the 40's. He is the GOAT.
Beautiful times, weren't they? This is music at its finest.
So fluent that i feel as light as a feather and am floating in the air🤗🤗🤗
I can play this, and felt like I was doing a good job until I came back here and saw how effortless Chet makes this look, he is the master!
Chet was a canny guy who did offered his amazingly skillful version of the tune after it was back in the marketplace in the early 1970s, because Marvin Hamlisch's version was used in the hit movie "The Sting." Chet was always on the lookout for an excellent melody that had some previous public receptivity.
Master of his craft.
This is simply incredible genius at the best a human can be and provide.
only the Greatest guitarist of all time
This is in the running for the most soulful thing I've ever heard
Guy had such a touch..flawless!
This man is absolutely unreal !!!!! I’m afraid that His kind of talent is all but gone and forgotten..... Thanks for sharing.....
Not gone and certainly not forgotten.
There are plenty of talented musicians around today.
You don't hear many of them in mainstream music media, but if you seek them, they're easy enough to find.