One of the most underrated brilliant musicians ever. As his cousin, I thank everybody for their kind comments. Gone way too soon. I'm sure he's playing that grand piano up in heaven

@chipco5150

2 жыл бұрын

Janice, so that the mistakes get stopped, could you most kindly provide the proper pronunciation of 'Knechtel'? Thanks very much:-)

@Jano437

2 жыл бұрын

@@chipco5150 it's pronounced exactly the way Vince Gill pronounced it in the video. The k is silent. I guess if you were speaking and spelling it out it would be Neck toll. That's exactly how it is pronounced. But if you look at the video and when Vince Gill introduces him he pronounces it correctly

The piano arrangement by Knechtel ……what a work of art

@camiloflores8961

Жыл бұрын

He was a genius!

The unsung musician who's career is legendary and who not many know about. RIP Larry.

@jezebeljones659

10 ай бұрын

One of a kind.

Larry Knechtel has so much talent that it is difficult for him to keep it simple because there are so many creative phrasings, voicings, passing notes in his mind all SCREAMING to be heard!!

@MarkLAsche

Жыл бұрын

Yep -- constant invention.

Larry must be in the top five all time most underrated and forgotten musicians. Check out his BODY OF WORK. He MADE so many songs become classics !! Anyway, I know who he is and I'm glad for it. Rest peacefully, Larry.

@musicluver1958

2 жыл бұрын

♥️

@int53185

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. From playing on dozens of 60's hits, to the bass player for the Doors, to the brilliant pianist on BOTW, to the outstanding musicianship on all of the Bread hits. His career is almost untouched in scope and quality.

@jofinsky8400

2 жыл бұрын

Knechtel was proficient on other musical instruments, notably the harmonica, guitar and bass, which can be heard on "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, "Stoney End" by Barbra Streisand, "If I Can Dream" by Elvis Presley, and the Doors' debut album. In 1971, he joined the band Bread, where his contributions included bass, keyboards and the guitar solo on the hit single "The Guitar Man". He also played on sessions for Nancy Sinatra. -- Wikipedia

@titosrr2450

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@Jano437

2 жыл бұрын

As his cousin, I couldn't agree more on all the wonderful comments. Gone way too soon. Brilliant musician

Great performance from 2007. I knew of LK from his work with Bread back in the early 70's...one of the first albums I ever bought as a young teen was "Baby I'm-a Want You"...also recognized his name appearing as a musician on many other artists' albums over the years. Never realized until recently that LK played the piano part on the original BOTW recording....I fell in love with that song and album when it came out...I bought the sheet music and played BOTW at my 5th grade piano recital, back in 1970. Still have the faded sheet music, still play it to this day. Thank you LK for making all of our lives richer with your music.

There's nothing as Bridge Over Troubled Waters with Garfunkel singing it. What I love in this version is the piano playing. The feeling is awesome!!

Larry Knechtel's name is actually listed on the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 45. Nice that the "Crew" got some recognition!

Laryy played the wah wah lead on Breads Guitar man. Talented musician!

@gixxerboy555

4 жыл бұрын

i'm still in love with his guitarsolo on that song..he is the one and only..real guitar man..R.I.P. Larry...

Goes without saying...an ultimate signature piano intro.

What a gift Larry was to us "older" folks that grew up with his music. I especially like this version he "personalized" and the change at around 2:20 is awesome.

@chazinko

4 жыл бұрын

And see the heads turn on stage when he does that LOL!

What makes Knechtel's arrangement so perfect is it sounds like the simplicity of my mother knocking out a gospel melody, while providing the subtle embellishments which indicate sophistication in delivery and emotion.

larry played for my dad every once in a while but i only met him once, lively guy he will be missed forever in music. play in peace

My love for modern piano music comes from the first time I heard Larry Knechtel playing the intro chords for Paul Simon´s "Bridge over troubled water"...

@tacati2009

8 жыл бұрын

mine too! He was a great musician!

I worked on Larry Knechtel's farm, cutting trees, building fences, planting trees, feeding cattle. He recorded me in his studio, was very encouraging. I'm a proffessional musician now, living in Europe for most of my adult life. Fond memories, I'm sad to have lost contact with his family.

@shelliknechtel3080

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim-it’s been so many years! Dad always respected your talent-still miss him every day

@enilkmij

2 жыл бұрын

@@shelliknechtel3080 So nice to hear from you Selli. Grettings from the Canary Islands!

@abenavarrete7803

7 ай бұрын

@@shelliknechtel3080 I live in Yakima. I read that your dad's last day/s were at Memorial Hospital here. Bread was one of my top 3 favorite bands. Always admired your dad 's music whichever instrument he played.

Couldn't read music until later in life. What genius.

@arciefan

Жыл бұрын

Great ears like Glen Campbell. In fact all those wrecking crew members probably remain as a group the most elite group of musicians in history!

SOOOOOOOOO wonderful that the other musicians showed complete deference to Larry and let his playing shine through for the entire song. So tasteful. Wish the original could be that way...

@jezebeljones659

2 жыл бұрын

I dunno, Artie's great, but give Vince credit. His voice is like silver. Too bad they left out a verse.

Rest in the peace Larry..

Larry Knechtel was with David Gates and BREAD. He could play keyboards, bass guitar, lead guitar solo on "The Guitar Man."

@donaldpetersen3513

7 жыл бұрын

+Magicrick7425 I also believe Larry Knechtel wrote & played the Moog portions of "Clouds / Rain Suite" on "David Gates First" LP. Gates is talented but not "that" talented on keys. Knechtel was. Knechtel recorded the piano part of Rockin' Pnemonia for Johnny Rivers in ONE take.

@magicrick7425

7 жыл бұрын

I could kick myself in the ass for not going last year to meet David Gates. He was meeting with a bunch of fans last July in either Oregon or Washington state. I completely forgot because I just got a new job in June. Someone posted a photo on Facebook of David with his guitar at age 72 from the meet. I met David back in 1972 or 1973 after a concert when he looked like he did when they came out with the greatest hits LP.

@jrh11254

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget his bass guitar on The Byrds’ “Mr Tambourine Man!”

@jrh11254

3 жыл бұрын

And his bass playing on The Doors’ 1st LP.

I was there the night this was performed and have never forgotten how awesome it was to be in the room to see the Wrecking Crew inducted in the the MHOF and hear Larry Knechtel play those classic licks with Vince doing the vocals. AWESOME PERFORMANCE!

Bloody wonderful! Love Larry Knechtel!

That solo is a masterpiece on "Bridge"......... How cool is it that while with Bread, Larry took the wah wah pedal and just killed it, making The Guitar Man one of Bread's most famous songs. Just terrific talent !

So many times it seems like the greatest talent is behind the scenes and only the up front stars get all the credit. When really the stars are the ones we don't always see. Thanks for the video.

its crazy how easy it is for Vince to sing one of the most difficult ballads

@davidlewis4633

2 ай бұрын

Well. He makes it SOUND easy...

There almost isn't a song from the 1960s that Larry Knechtel DIDN'T play on! He was the bet.

I only learned of Larry and his immense talent recently, and I'm 71 years old. What an amazing musician!

As I was watching "The Wrecking Crew', I remembered one very special night when my friend Mike Finnigan took me to the studio and introduced me to Larry Knechtel. I was rarely awestruck but his Talent was profound. As I googled him, I was sad to see he passed and that today, August 4th was his birthday. Richard Tee would like him playing this song. God Bless Us All. formerly Cya

Vince was so good lookin.. and Larry here was a looker on some of Breads album covers

Vince you are so blessed to have met and sang with one of my piano heros the late Larry K

No One comes close to the Original, ART GARFUNKEL

@rman52

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Lake Agreed. Maybe along with Carl Wilson, the best male pop voices of the 60s, 70s.

Two things that I learned that really surprised me about this song: Paul wrote it on guitar (I know it really sounds like it was composed for piano, right?). After the song became hugely popular it became a bit of a burden for Larry because he felt it type cast him as the epic ballady Bridge Over Troubled Water guy and he disproportionately got called to recreate that role for other recording sessions at the expense of fully utilizing his vast musicality... Life is funny huh?

Yeah, I just found out he played bass guitar on The Door's debut album, too. And that's him playing that lovely, nifty harpsichord part on The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You". What a career!

@markg6860

3 жыл бұрын

He was actually going to join the Doors, but Morrison's death brought everything to a halt.

Larry always left the perfect spaces inbetween the notes...His passing leaves a giant empty one..

Im so impressed by people like larry. Dam id just love to have some musical skill. It pisses me off

R.I.P. Great keyboard master

rest in peace Larry....

VINCE GILL.

Should've known Vince'd taken a run at this one. With Larry on piano, who could lose? A winning combination indeed!

I love this song.I love larry too.

Jimmy Griffin does a wonderful version of Bridge, with Larry playing as well.

That's some good stuff...

That piano !! (Or, how to improve something that was already perfect).

legendary larry

Bridge over troubled water,official pianist.

Can't forget his piano work on Garfunkel's first solo album either - "Travellin Boy" "Another Lullaby" and several others ... still an underrated 'pop' pianist despite all ... I can't think of anyone that stands out more in the history ... Elton John maybe ...

RIP Larry

unseen the doors bassist in a few recordings.

The basic song was written on guitar (I think Paul Simon heard it in his head on piano). Not sure what key it's in (I play piano but not like THAT) ! Sure, Art Garfunkel sang the stuffings out of it. So did Paul Simon; (he wrote it) so does Vince Gill. His singing range is (to my reckoning) right in Garfunkel's range. Vince, like James Taylor, has a very distinctive voice and can sing ANYTHING in any musical genre and sound great. Vince singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" from "Oklahoma !" Absolutely. !

@lonnieknechtel1500

3 жыл бұрын

According to my Dad (Larry Knechtel), Paul originally wrote the tune with Aretha Franklin in mind... but she declined to record it. So Paul approached Dad about coming up with an arrangement that suited Art's approach. Dozens of recording takes were done, the one that was used was probably take 2 or 3... Dad had erred in inserting an extra verse, so Paul wrote a third verse to match the take ( 'Sail on Silver Girl'). Aretha eventually did record a version later on after the song became a hit.

It's gotta be larry

This is 3.7 in the Art Garfunkel meter. Paul Simon was 3.4.

@scotsman6712

3 жыл бұрын

i think your meter is broken.

Is this from a DVD that's still in print?

Can anyone tell what Larry play on besides bread bridge over troubled water's that we all would know? I know he played on the Doors first album such a gifted man he should not be forgotten ever!!!also I'm just now learning about this talented gifted man sadly gone play on the soundtrack of my youth thank's Larry I really love the guitar work on guitar man that and your piano work's are classics!!!❤❤😪😪😪

@rmelin13231

3 жыл бұрын

The answer to your question would more easily be answered if the question were phrased "What did Larry NOT play on that we all would know". Just about any studio album from the 60's is bound to have Larry somewhere; guitar, bass, mouth organ, and (of course) keyboards, and often all of the above.

@RubyBandUSA

3 жыл бұрын

He played on many of the Beach Boys songs starting with the Pet Sounds album.

@markg6860

3 жыл бұрын

Larry was a member of the Wrecking Crew, who backed so many musicians and bands. Google "Wrecking Crew" and you will see.

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