Eddie Lang is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon , Pa. Look for the guitar headstone. If it hasn't been knocked over.

This is absolutely brilliant--what a rich, and sensitive accompaniment Eddie provides.

Beautiful song. And, as a guitarist, let me say Ruth Etting sounded (and was) beautiful.

Eddie Lang is My hero!! :-)

Happy Birthday to Eddie Lang, a supreme jazz guitarist and sensitive accompanist who here provides backup to the haunting, beautiful voice and persona of Ruth Etting. She has always been one of my absolute favorite singers of that or any era.

What a wonderful guitar player!

WOW! That was some jazz picker......1932....what a trail-blazer!

Two skilled artists.

this video shows how great eddie is with the guitar

What superb artistry!

Film was 19 mins in full, and released in June 1932.

Man. watch that guy churn out those chords. just beutiful. that made up for 300 rick roll videos!! God love ya!

@snorkelbda03: the L5 played by Eddie was the 16" model. The 17" model - the one we know better today - was introduced by Gibson after his death. It is also interesting to note that Nick Lucas (born Domenico Lucanese), a few year older than Eddie and an idol to him, was a Gibson artist too and used a round hole model guitar designed by himself. Eddie used a "Nick Lucas" very heavy pick on hard tension flat wounded strings.

this song is actually referred to as Without That Gal and it's on quite a few of Etting's albums titled as such. This is a beautiful version with Eddie Lang and very rare...thanks for posting...

Incredible document

Ruth, baby, You're terrific, listening in the year 2013

Great Ruth! Lemme see Eddie's left hand.

Eh certo! Così come l'altro grande padre della chitarra Jazz, Nick Lucas, si chiamava in realtà Domenico Lucanese. Anche Carmen Manstren altri non era che Carmine Mastrandrea... La chitarra Jazz deve moltissimo agli italoamericani! :-)

Infact Django said that Eddie was the more important player that helped him to find his own way in music.

Wow...he was so good!

Don't miss the other videoclip with Eddie's voice!

Everyone's complenting eddie...yeah he's great but Ruth..damn that beautiful voice of hers

Yeah I think I like her "live" better too. And Lang's guitar playing is so complimentary with her voice.

@zthetha: Eddie Lang was born Salvatore Massaro in Philadelphia. There is also a rumor that he was born in Italy or on the ship that brought his parents from Italy to USA. His guitar in that movie was an L5 with 16" body and not an L4. :-)

Etting sounds better here singing LIVE than she does on record. This is the first time she sounded like she could hang with Doris.

That was swell.

show the damned L5!!!!

Thanks for posting this. I have never seen a clip with Eddie playing.

THANKS !!

this is amazing..

que duo!!

Probably Eddie tuned his 6th string in D for that song, as often do classic guitar players.

It's a Gibson L5 with 16" body. Since the mid '30s Gibson switched to a bigger design (17") for the L5.

@TheRideArounds: "Without That Man" written in 1931 by Donaldson.

You are right! :)

Cool guy

this was soon before he died

Repetita juvant! :-) The song is "Without That Man".

That was swell!

the beginning sounds so much like Django's improvisation.

is it me or does it seem when Eddie played with Joe, Ed's guitar is easily underappreciated, almost unrecognizeably quiet

... only!!! ;-)

I question "flat-wound" strings pre-1933...just wondered where you found the info...

Mine too!

Ah that was swell!

Salvatore Massaro

I'm in love.

Sure thing! :-)

@Vegavox Grateful for your erudition -yours is the quickest response I've ever had on youtube - 3hrs - I'd always thought he played an L5 until someone said differently - incidentally how can you tell the difference?

Giuseppe Passalacqua!

@Vegavox i just realized after I asked that the song title is at the start of the video, thanx anyways though

Has Eddie worn all the finish off the neck with constant playing I wonder?

Beautiful

@Vegavox

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The composer of "Without That Man" is Walter Donaldson. I do believe that on the WEB you could surely find that chart. :)

I've listened to this several times...just to make sure...but on my speakers (and my earphones) there exists a low "D" from Eddie's guitar (at 150 and 205)..don't understand this phenomena...his guitar is tuned standard ("E" is the lowest note)...anybody want to explain?

That's a good shot, but his guitar is tuned standard (his low string is an "E")...no question...it's obvious from his first chords and the nice run he plays as he's entering Etting's sleeper. I just believe it's an acoustic glitch we're hearing.

Do you perhaps have on hand the whole soundie?

its probably been asked (and responded too) previously here but does anyone know the name of the song?

Just saw it! Enjoyed much, but I prefer the real Ruth's singing! (With respect to the great Day)

Do you know the title of the song?

:-)

:)

Sorry, I wasn't watching properly, just watched again and noticed the title at the beginning! Blonde moment :-)

song name?

That was the way white female singers sang then. Listen to Bee Palmer's rendition of Singin' The Blues! Perhaps Annette Hanshaw was better than Etting, while Connee Boswell (and her sisters) where really good. Perhaps because they where from New Orleans. Anyway, this videoclip is the only one where Eddie's skills are shown in the best possible way.

Joe pass...origini italiane!

I just saw that guitar center is selling a newly manufactured L5... only 21,000 dollars

I can just hear all the jazz guitarists shouting, "Get the fuckin camera off the old slapper and let's see what Eddie's doing!" If that L4 sounds so good through the most primitive recording gear what must it have really sounded like! Anyone know Eddie's real name?

How times change. In the early 30's the great guitarist (Lang) dies young from a botched tonsillectomy. In the early 70's, the great guitarist (Jimi Hendrix) dies young from dope.

@zthetha I have answered you with a private message.

That's how it worked, and not only among white female jazz singers, I guess obviously.

Not at all! An interesting movie even if costumes were more related to the '50s that to the '20s and '30s.

Don't miss the other videoclip with Eddie's voice!

:-)