Leslie West .. the King of Tone. That is all.

Why isn't this concert better known? It's excellent.

@Thadmotor1044

11 ай бұрын

it is well known . they get to high number and start over

@SelectCircle

11 ай бұрын

@@Thadmotor1044 If I don't know it - it's not well known.

@MrLinki1212

8 ай бұрын

So it's stay special

@catabaticanabatic3800

Ай бұрын

@@SelectCircle It is very ,very well known. By those who know about these things. If you haven't heard about it, you don't. It is the stuff of legend.

@SelectCircle

Ай бұрын

@@catabaticanabatic3800 Woodstock is "very very." This concert veers more toward "hardly whatsoever."

I was there that night, simply because I saw it advertised somewhere and thought "why not?". Thank goodness I went - one of the best shows I have been lucky enough to witness. Whilst I have seen Ten Years After, Wishbone Ash and Yes many times Robbie Kreiger, Randy California and Leslie West were musicians I was not likely to see in any other context and certainly not all on one night. The unsung heroes of this show were Derek Holt - he played keyboard, bass and sang - Livingstone Brown (also on bass and keyboards) and Clive Mayuyu (drums) because they provided a really powerful rhythm section. And as for Alvin Lee that night ....sensational.

@jublaim

3 жыл бұрын

+1 to you mentioning the rhythm section. Been to these videos before and did only recognize the obvious. The others maybe should be the ones to star?

@MrDlatto24

3 жыл бұрын

Great write up. So amazing that we'll have this little piece of history forever!

Remember watching this and being blown away as a 9 year old kid when my Dad recorded it off the tv, onto VHS! Awesome!!!

@ritche79

2 жыл бұрын

me too

@markwilson8503

4 ай бұрын

Yes I still have it on VHS. Bought the CD of the gig too. Vinyl version has more tracks as the cd version was edited down. Don't know why they didn't just make it a double CD. There was a Night of the Guitar 2 tour with a different line up. Searching for it now.

Pete Haycock...criminally-underrated! 🎸

@dbrien7101

10 ай бұрын

R.I.P Peter Haycock ❤

Steve Howe makes your Heart Shine . Music is good for the Heart

I saw this show in may 1989 in milan....what an emotion to see robby krieger and steve hunter sharing the stage in front of me!

That Hendrix story from Randy California blows my mind every time I hear it! How different would the Hendrix story have panned out if Randy's parents had allowed him to go to the UK with Jimmy?

Thanks so much for posting! haven't seen it since my teenage years! Lucienne is beautiful, Lesley West's 'Theme from an Imaginary Western' is still the best version I've ever heard. Goosebumps. Awesome.

@Thadmotor1044

Жыл бұрын

Jack Bruce's brilliant tune, and Soundtrack for A Western film that did not exist

Alvin Lee, what a shredder. Oh, how he can make those strings talk.

@michaelwertzy9808

3 жыл бұрын

A "shredder!?" WTF?!

@VisionStance

3 жыл бұрын

RIP Alvin Lee

@crowhaven200

3 жыл бұрын

Alvin Lee was an opposite of a shredder. He was just a lightning fast blues player that loved to Rock. He was so fast, his "critics" critics called him Captain Speedy Fingers". Alvin said "I never tried to be the fastest, I even tried to slow down. A lot of these new guys can play ridiculously fast, but there's no light and no shade, and most of them run out of licks in a few minutes anyway." I couldn't agree more, Alvin could play blues at any speed all night long and never miss a lick. One of the best of all time. May he RIP. And keep on Rockin.

Pete Haycock R.I.P. he was one of the best !!!!

The guitarists! Randy California - Spirit Pete Haycock - Climax Blues Band Steve Howe - Yes/Asia Steve Hunter - Lou Reed/Alice Cooper Robby Krieger - The Doors Alvin Lee - Ten Years After Andy Powell - Wishbone Ash Ted Turner - Wishbone Ash Leslie West - Mountain (Re-ordered? , but here is the listing so you can figure out if its right) 1. Dr. Brown I Presume - Pete Haycok 2. The Idler - Steve Hunter with Pete Haycock 3. Lucienne - Pete Haycock with Steve Hunter 4. Groove Thing - Randy California with Steve Hunter 5. Hey Joe - Randy California 6. Love Me Two Times - Robby Krieger with Steve Hunter 7. The King Will Come - Ted Turner & Andy Powell 8. Theme From An Imaginary Westren - Leslie West 9. Sketches In The Sun - Steve Howe 10. Wurm - Steve Howe with Pete Haycock 11. No Limit - Alvin Lee 12. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' - Alvin Lee 13. All Along The Watch Tower - All Artist

The live version of Steve Howe's "The Clap", from the first Yes album, is really amazing... twenty years after! The rest is unbelievable too.

@SFCBenny57

6 жыл бұрын

Actually that wasn't the first Yes elpee. It was the first that Howe played on however.

@ianmcgahan7316

Жыл бұрын

Because this concert was unique the fact that you had the greatest 9 guitar players of all time altogether in 1 place at 1 show. It speaks for itself

@randalldavis3251

7 ай бұрын

RIP Peter Banks.@@SFCBenny57

Excellent stuff.RIP Randy.

Ah. The rendition of 'Lucienne' will remain one of my all time favourite things to listen to :)

This version of All Along the Watchtower (50:30) - with Randy California on vocals, and some kick-ass solos from Howe, Krieger and Powell - is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time

Owned this on cassette. Lost or taken can't really remember how it went AWOL An old friend rang me and mentioned Randy California which set me searching and thank the lord I did .SO much talent under one roof .

Amazing guitarplaying! Steve Howe (Yes, Asia GTR.) Steve Hunter (Alice Cooper) Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) d. Mar. 6, 2013 Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash) Leslie West (Mountain) Robby Krieger (Doors) Randy California (Spirit) Peter Haycock (Climax Blues Band, ELO) d. Oct 30, 2013.

@martianshoes

9 жыл бұрын

+Harry Rönnberg Randy California died, 1997, right? Drowned off the coast of Hawaii.

@Qlamart

9 жыл бұрын

+martianshoes He died saving his son. Not such a bad way to go.

@martianshoes

8 жыл бұрын

Or-Grullû, der Schöpfer No one with any decency would argue that. California (ne Wolfe) left a much bigger volume of work than most realize. Thanks to KZread it is even bigger.

@TheHumbuckerboy

7 жыл бұрын

A great concert. I remember watching it on TV at the time and my favourites then were the Wishbone Ash guys playing 'In The Skin' and Pete Haycock playing 'Dr Brown I Presume' ... good memories and all of the guitarists deserve credit .

@hapax87

5 жыл бұрын

I saw Randy Califonia with Spirit back in the mid-70s. Man I was blown away . His guitar playing reminds me a bit of Frank Marino , not the same style necessarily, but both intense and fluid .

Un concerto da brividi!,veri miti della musica ,oggi scomparsa!Grazie jimi Hendrix per quello che hai lasciato!

I remember watching this at the time and thinking how old everyone was looking. Now they seem incredibly young to me! I guess the guys were mostly around forty then, but time sure has played some tricks...

@TheHumbuckerboy

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly ! I also hoped that I would turn out to be as good on the guitar as they were when I had reached their ages. (LOL)

@hellochicago2

7 жыл бұрын

And yet they already were that good at half the age. Amazing how all those guys got to be so proficient so fast. Natural talent I guess.

@TheHumbuckerboy

7 жыл бұрын

True.

@____xD

6 жыл бұрын

about 40 they start hitting the peak skills + knowledge + execution and have enough blissful ignorance, piss & vinegar and pain to blister out some of the most blazing and amazing sounds.

@BigMac58

3 жыл бұрын

I was 31 when i was at this concert and remember wondering how people, after a life on the road, and who were at least 10 years older than me, could look three times in better shape than me.! Now, of course, we have lost Alvin Lee, Randy California, and Pete Haycock.

I never knew this concert existed. Incredible! Thank you!

Was at the Manchester gig of this tour. So many styles. Guitar heaven.

Wow. Just wow. So happy to see it again after all these years! As a teenager I'd randomly found this on UK TV late one night and partially recorded it on Betamax. Even though I only had one tape to call my own, it eventually got overwritten by someone else in the family, and I've thought about it for decades! Being a drummer, Clive Mayuyu's fantastic, dynamic performance had a profound effect on me and the way I play to this day- I wonder what he's up to these days?!

This had a huge effect on me when it was on uk TV in the 80s, taped it on VHS and watched it every day for months. Leslie West, what more can you say, that tone!

Magnifique pete Haycock!

Robbie Krieger goes full Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years for this Roadhouse Blues solo!! Am I the only one hearing this?

@JdoubleU1222

3 жыл бұрын

Nope!

Steve Hunter,,,,so underrated!!

@tobyjenner2924

Жыл бұрын

very much so.

@Guitaroverkill

Жыл бұрын

The Deacon. Smooth player. Never got his props.

I was there with a couple of friends , this is the 1st time I have seen it since then , didn't even know this was on Video

Mamma mia che ricordi unici, avevo una musicassetta in quel lontano 1989, ricordo che un mio amico fraterno mi aveva fatto sentire questi artisti. Praticamente a forza di ascoltare per carpire ogni accordo, nota, assolo, praticamente l'ho consumata. Cristo adesso vederli veramente quello che facevano è un tuffo nel cuore, cazzo Leslie West quasi alla fine del video,, fantastico, Alvin Lee super. Un Grazie immenso a te per averlo postato. Adesso lo condividero' con questo mio amico, chissà se lo ricorderà ancora e spero di fargli cosa gradita.

Andy Powell is one of the best guitarists of all time!!!

Als ich es das erste mal hoerte, wusste ich schon, das ist eines der Besten Konzerte der Welt. Das ist nicht mit Worten zu beschreiben. Danke schoen, Gott.

I was 13 year old when I gatechrushed to the Lochem pop festival and stood first row to see the whole concert of the Climax Blues Band! And that made me HOOKED ON OVERDRIVE GUITAR ASWELL AS RYTHM BLUES! THAT WAS FANTASTIC GIG AS SOON AS I WAS BACK IN AMSTERDAM I BOUGHT THE FM LIVE ALBUM OF THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND

Saw this Tour in Edinburgh.Fantastic memories. All the Player's were amazing. What a night! Out in the Alley after the show Randy California and Krieger asked me and my mate if there were any cool Clubs to go and hang out and party in! Unfortunately we had to split if we wanted a lift back to Glasgow. Wish we'd stayed, I so wish we'd stayed. Bless them all. 🎸🎶🖖💜

amazing night

This could never happen again. All those amazing players from the golden era of electric guitar all under 1 roof. I went to the town and country club concert they did a few months later. So glad I did.

Ronnie Montrose...a legend lost too soon!

Thanks for that great post of our guitar legends!

Leslie ‘The Tone’ West!!!!!

had this on casette nice to hear it again

Merveilleux Steve Hunter!

I got given this on VHS tape in the 80s when I was a keyboard player in a band. Happy days.

Alvin Lee is amazing too! I was lucky enough to see 10 Years After in the late 80's...

WOW WOW Bring it on back these guys are the real deal . Keep on rockin. I can't stop smilin during the finale . Great stuff.

thanks.

What a show!! Time goes so fast....

oui;un grand merci pour cet excellent concert indispensable pour les gratteux merci encore

Thanks A LOT for posting this!!! I've played the grooves out of this cd and never knew there was actual video footage of this event. It is quite a treat to me to now see the tunes as they were performed. Much appreciated!!!

@noahfence4493

7 жыл бұрын

And what CD was it?

@lafforsigh

7 жыл бұрын

Night of the Guitar :) www.amazon.com/Night-Guitar-Haycock-Climax-Blues/dp/B000MDK4II

Gig just blew my mind.

So wanted to see this again. Thanks!!!!!!!!!! Some great players here :)

Quel concert fabuleux, Leslie West quel morceau c'est exceptionnel je pourrai l'écouter en boucle.

All of these guys are SO Talented !...what a joy to listen to such excellence.They compliment each other so well and really enjoy playing together.Very hard to pick a favorite here but, if I had to pick one, it would be Randy Calif., perhaps because i spent so many of my younger years living in Southern Calif. and visiting Northern Calif.

@duffgordon9005

7 жыл бұрын

No feeling sorry for Randy C. "No greater love than this- to lose your life to save another" If it had been the other way- very very bad. I hope his boy is ok- "Survivors Guilt" is ruinous no matter what the facts. My dad lost a good friend that came off the Titantic at a year of age and even then,in his forties carbon Monoxide.

Thank's Harrie SukkyYakky for upload this video. Finaly I can see the show. I bought this double album Night of the guitars on vinyl in 1989. It's great to see it.

Theme from an imaginary western by Leslie West Starts at about 1 hr 30 minutes.

@bertvanstaveren3178

3 жыл бұрын

Bruce, Papp and West RIP

Best concert finale Ever. They be Jamin. Fantastic.

I was lucky enough to be at this show! They almost blew the roof off the Hammersmith Odeon! I saw them again the next year at the Town and Country. They were joined by Jan Akkerman from Focus and Phil Manzanera from Rozy Music. Also saw Wishbone Ash, Spirit and Ten Years After not long afterwards. These are all top class musicians.

Wow...I seen this tour at the royal court Liverpool £6 ..price of a pint now ...still have the ticket ..unreal night Steve Howe was brilliant randy .doing hey joe forgot how good ..this night was ..thank for putting up

@uapuat

8 ай бұрын

I was there too. Fantastic night!

I saw this tour in 88'/89' in Liverpool and me and my younger brother (rip my bro) we're blown away esp Robbie Krieger and Randy C told the Hendrix story live on stage then blew us away with Hey Joe and i must admit i was under the influence of Purple Haze ha ha memories baby and I'm sure Jeff Healey played too or maybe i saw him earlier and gettin muxed up ha ha also i cud swear it was late 88' and not 89' as 'advertised'

2023 now but back in the early 90s my childhood memories, when I was a teen my dad showed me this, back then to me it wasn’t much……but now more than ever such a great line up of masters 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻GOD BLESS MR WEST 😍

Exceptional group of musicians and an absolute treat to be able to watch this, huge thanks for sharing.

Randy California! R.I.P.

@SFCBenny57

6 жыл бұрын

He died on my birthday. :-(

@maxinemckenzie5765

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah Randy was a total Hero of mine, seeing the Spirit Man play was just the ultimate Trip. God bless you wherever You are,somwhere along the Timecoast.🎸🎶💜🖖

fkn beautful

@TheBorjamz

7 жыл бұрын

OK I am Listening

Took me back to the night i watch it. Lesley west awesome moving love you felix. So happy it’s on you tube. I did record on vhs. Very very happy memories of watching this again ❤️

This is great! Thank you! So much talent on that stage. I saw Randy California at a free festival on Venice Beach, California (of course), early 1990's maybe. It was the annual summer Festival of the Chariots (Ratha Yatra) organized by the local Hare Krishna Temple. Randy and his band performed a stirring rendition of Hendrix's "Red House". He sang one of the lines as " ...if my Baby don't love me no more, I know darn well that Krishna will!" Ha ha, funny Randy. Afterward, he was walking through the assembled beach crowd like an average Joe, a regular everyday Harry Krishner. I was stunned when I heard the news of his drowning from Chris Douridas on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic Show several years later. Long live Spirit (and JoJo Gunne)!

What a great recap off the tour 1989. Legendary guitar players and better than the tour of 1991. And what a tight rhythm section with Clive Mayuyu and Livingston Brown to back them up 👏🏻

AWESOME, that duet @ 25 min mark was UNREAL!

@Gallagherfreak100

8 жыл бұрын

+James Price Andy Powell and Ted Turner from Wishbone Ash. Ted left the band in 1974 and was replaced by Laurie Wisefield. They got even better

@jamesprice6381

8 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH., just blown AWAY! :)

@Gallagherfreak100

8 жыл бұрын

+James Price You're quite welcome. Check out /watch?v=fJZOiIpccjE

@davegrohl8624

6 жыл бұрын

James Price superb band

The finale brought the house down Rock & Roll at it's best live

Wow Alvin Lee was amazing in my opinion the best on here.

@andrasczehlarik9180

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Keep on rocking.

Thx, great concert with great guitarists from yesterday. Very cool very real. Long live Rock n Roll!😁👍 Leslie West and Alvin Lee 😂

So sad to know that too many of these guitarists are now no longer alive!

Great!

Many thanks for the upload - It was great to see this concert again, what a show of talent !

I saw them in Verona, Italy on the 12-04-1989, the best concert ever!

the guy I like best now after almost 30 years of listening to this (I have the vynil too) is, without any doubt, Steve Hunter. He choses to back other guitarists most of the times but if you pay attention, what he does is always excelllent.

@stoofbuis

9 жыл бұрын

yeah man, his intro-solo with dick wagner on sweet-jane (lou reed) is legendary

@terrypussypower

9 жыл бұрын

Vinyl not vynil.

@ladyblackstardust390

8 жыл бұрын

+stoofbuis And Hunter's work with Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill (Car Album #1 Solo) is legendary, plus his solo output is phenomenal.

@ghostdog7575

7 жыл бұрын

terrypussypower Mmmkay,now the world is a better place I suppose...

@terrypussypower

7 жыл бұрын

ghostdog7575 It's a step in the right direction, and that is a good thing.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Leslie West and Randy California were absolutely amazing

Great to hear en see this again! Thank you a lot for posting this!!

I remember having a ticket to see one of these shows at the Paladium in NYC in 89 and when I went to the place to see it, I found out it had been cancelled. I was so disappointed. That was the first time I was gonna see Robby Krieger. Watching this video now, it's amazing to see how young he was. Only in his early 40's. At the time, I was 17 and these guys seemed so old. Now I'm older than they were there. Lol It's crazy...

I was at the Manchester Apollo Gig on this tour. Such a blast from the past!! 👍

The best performance ,ever Thank you for uploading

wow ... great concert ... thanks for the upload

Since I bought the vinyls with the concerts when they came out back then I have loved the Pete Haycock tune "Lucienne" (5;25). I had not heard that before. And of course the Wishbone Ash tune "The King Will Come" (25:10) is one of my favorites too. Andy Powell is still touring as Wishbone Ash with a finnish guitarplayer named Muddy Manninen and they do a great show in small clubs as Ducsaal in Freudenburg in Germany where I saw them 14.2.2014. Martin Turner will play Wishbone Ash tunes there as well 21.11.2014 and I hope he will do that one as well.

I remember when I was supposed to see a show from this tour in 89, at the Palladium in NYC. I was 17 years old. A friend and I took the bus from Jersey and showed up at the Palladium with tickets in hand, feeling good and ready for the show. When we got there, we found that the show had been cancelled for some reason. I still have no idea why. I can't even tell you how bummed out I was. Especially after the CD came out and I heard what I missed out on.

@keithrulong6172

10 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me in Baltimore MD. I was so disappointed. Thankfully I have the LP and both VHS tapes. I would love to see and hear alll the music that didn't make the LP and Video. 4 songs by each artist. Instead of 2

@JoesDreaming

10 ай бұрын

@keithrulong6172 It would be cool if they made all the Night of Guitar performances available. It's hard to believe it's been over 30 years since these shows. There's not gonna be any of these legends left before long.

Super......

Orginal twin guitar team of Wishbone Ted and Andy always my favorite.

WOW STEVE HUNTER!!! AWESOME

Great version of Hey Joe by Randy California, one of my favorite guitarists! Great concert with so many great musicians, check it out. I have the CD of this.

1989-Ero Giovane per capire che mi avevano portato al único concerto in Itália dei 9 chitarristi + famosi dela storia del rock.Dopo anni a sentirli i ricordi tornano....erro li e non me ne sono reso conto, ora il mondo dela musica e cambiato..... 1989-I was young to understand what had brought me to the only concert in Italy of 9 + famous guitarists in rock history. After years to hear the memories come back .... I was there and I did not understand, now the world of music and changed ......

@seesaw1969

10 жыл бұрын

you are very lucky...it was fantastic. great post.

@elizabethdougherty6112

10 жыл бұрын

io non c'ero ma a 9 anni impazzivo gia per alvin lee.

magnifico!

Krieger was awesome on this.. in both songs. He's great doing Love Me Two times on the CD too. I wish there was video of that available.

Guitar players (actual and air) especially, there's a lot to enjoy here, check it out.

Legendary show.

Uno dei concerti piu belli inassoluto.

a differenza dei virtuosi di oggi,questi facevano l'amore con la chitarra!

Randy is just the best. Love him and miss him

Wow, Leslie West nails Theme From an Imaginary Western!

sinto a anfetamina entrando nas minhas veias e dando um pega do caralho quando ouço esse dvd.

Great concert,remember seeing this on TV about 1986, thanks for uploading.

Leslie West such a Bad ass guitarist

Wow! Didn't even know this existed! Amazing. Puts Joe Satriani and Stevey Vai to shame (almost!)

Also should mention, you have Randy California, Robbie Krieger, Steve Howe, Alvin Lee, Leslie West, and Pete Haycock here.