I was blessed to have worked with him for 3 years. He was Amazing. He told jokes all the way to Muscle Sholes and back and never repeated one. I love him ❤

I met Thumbs, one night at the Palomino night club in North Hollywood.. Really nice guy!.. I'd been talking with him for about ten minutes..before a friend sitting at the table said, Hey, Rowland...I don't think I've introduced you!.. This is Thumbs Carlyle!.. My gosh!..My jaw must have dropped to the floor..LOL.. A really nice man and AMAZING!!.. guitar player.. He went on stage, shortly after I have the conversation with him.. I was there that night..it was crowded..and my friend, asked me to join them at the table. Thumgs' wife was sitting there, as well.. What a nice lady.. Both!.. were SO down to earth and real people!.. It was a really great memory for me.

I love Roger Miller's speaking (and singing) voice.

Thumbs was a great music artist who was known to the music industry, but not to the public. Roger Miller certainly recognized him when thumbs joined his band. I met Thumbs through Roger and both complimented each other. Both left us way too soon. I wish they had lived longer so we could have enjoyed them more. Both were music geniuses…

Stunning work from a forgotten hero of guitar. It can't be done but it was, by the genius of Thumbs...

There needs to be a 'love' button for this! I saw Thumbs in the early 80s and he blew me away for 90 minutes straight. The band was just as killer - Johnny Gimble, Roy Lanham, Tiny Moore, Bud Isaacs and Duane Eddy. Unforgettable!

Absolutely amazing to me! So great to see this, thank you! I'll be looking for more videos featuring Thumbs so I can learn more about him.

Great fun thank you.

Guess I've been holding the guitar wrong all this time. What a player

I love how the 2 camera (close up) makes the neck look like it's bent. that's awesome!

I am what one could refer to as a "post Van Halen (amazing player & innovator in his own right) player" nevertheless I have nothing but admiration for cats of Thumbs's ilk! The first time I heard Les Paul I thought "oh, that's where Jeff beck got some stuff from!" so I started digging back and listening to those cats, Chet Atkins, Joe Maphis, Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, etc. etc. and all those wonderful players, all of whom show true musicality, creativity and supreme technique, all the while sounding extremely "positive"! Not quite the same style of player but few years ago I bumped into Elliott Randal at the London Guitar Show and told him, "I do what I do, but it's cats such as you that I look up to"...

He plays the guitar pretty much the same way as Jeff Healey. Amazing.

@sherrybirchall8677

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you mentioned Jeff Healey. I wanted to look him up on KZread, but I couldn't remember his name.

@rockinredneck57

Жыл бұрын

Except Jeff used his thumb on the fretboard, giving him all 5 on top. I've seen others play like Thumbs, just not nearly as well.

Thumbs was truly a great guitarist, and influenced a lot of musicians including Danny Gatton.

I believe that song is called Alabama Jubilee

Got to give Roger Miller some credit on this one too!

@rileymerino6340

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think his guitar is actually being captured here 😬

Love Roger Miller’s very good work on rhythm guitar

@dirkbob

4 жыл бұрын

You shoulda heard him play fiddle.

@randybock82

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! He kept right up.

@rockinredneck57

Жыл бұрын

Roger was no slouch on guitar himself.

Roger's laugh at 0:49 is everything. Just lights up the room!

AMAZING TALENT.

That's the wildest thing I ever saw!

Goddamn that was great

Loved Thumbs since 60s, He did a tune quoting a lot of country guitarists []and pedal and then mimiced them. Springfield saturday social

@Robin-xi8db

3 жыл бұрын

"There was a guy sittin' in back, pickin' his geetar with a carpet tack" great recording, cheers

Dang. That's impressive.

My God he was good. So far advanced. Listen to some of these "Sweep Pickers" today & they gotta have on their "Buzz Box 20 Lb Deep Metal Grind Metal Man Man Box" before they can "Pick" a thing. They touch a string a for a split second before the Noise Gate cuts in its total Shit. Listen to this guy. Its a guitar (with what is probably shitty action & feel compared to today's guitars) an Amp & that's it. CLEAN

@maxroyle6750

4 жыл бұрын

So true, so many no-talent posers making millions off the generally POOR taste of 'American' society

@skiptracer2988

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, boomer....

@scotsman6712

3 жыл бұрын

@@skiptracer2988 stick to your talentless shredders who think sounding like a swarm of bees is musical, gen x'r

Wow that was truly amazing. What a technique Thumbs has!

Thumbs and I used to drink gin at the ol' gin joint near Debuke and Pine jus' outside Scratch Haven. Sometime he'd pick the ol' guitar and entertain us common folk, but sometimes he'd let me join in. Musta been at least 50 years gone by now. I still haven't washed my cheek.

That's actually helpful to me, thinking about getting back to learning guitar. It's more obvious visually with this finger style than the standard playing style, that he uses next to no pressure on the fret board. I gave up as a teenager because the only guitars I knew were my own two and they were crap with high action (but I didn't even know what "action" was) that hurt like hell. The real musician I gave them to on consignment decades later said "No wonder you quit." They were that bad.

Wow, amazing, unorthodox perfection.

Fantastic!

That was mindblowing

Great video.

THIS IS SO GOOD ITS CRAZY!!

They're with Tennessee Ernie Ford who was a very popular singer with my parents' generation here in the States, during the 40s, 50s and 60s especially.

Great.

Unbelievable!!!! 😮😮

Thumbs done it!

Fantastic vid, thanks for the upload

Damn!

Wow!

Roger Miller is such a nut. 😀

I don't think I knew that Tennessee Ernie Ford had a TV show.

Tuned in strait E.

@maxroyle6750

4 жыл бұрын

'Strait' ??

@maxroyle6750

4 жыл бұрын

strait ??

@westerntwang1642

Ай бұрын

In one interview he said he tuned down a half step. Of course, that could change depending on the song. He was a great, great player.

Ok, now that was crazy......

Have we been going backwards?

I'm sorry I don't remember Thumbs Carllile, but I loved Tenn. Ernie Ford. And I believe Roger Miller's talent got stuck in his funny songs but he was multitalented.

@rockinredneck57

Жыл бұрын

Thumbs played with Roger for many years.

'Strait'??

It's not Hank Garland it's Thumbs Carllile .

@stephenconvey7884

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome thanks for all the fabulous music !

Jeff Healey played that way. And he was blind.

@johnrodgers7003

4 жыл бұрын

Love the "C-clamp" being used for a capo.

Is that the TV or is his guitar neck really warped like that ? What tuning did her use and could Thumbs do chords ?

1:40 Is the film just weird or his guitar neck bent?

Is it me or does Thumbs guitar neck look bowed in the close up shots . Ive heard Danny Gatton say more than once that when Thumbs is around Danny couldnt play any thing Dannys words .

Rogers doin all the heavy lifting. Hes playing all 6 strings at once, Thumbs is only playing one string at a time😂

...........:)

Tom Bukovac brought me here.

But he doesn't use his thumbs!

@heyhey1956

6 жыл бұрын

He using his left thumb picking the strings if you take notice!

Anybody here come from the Fretted American Phil X video?

1:35 man, that neck action needs some WORK! :)

@mojotronix3994

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's amazing it even plays all twisted like that.

@jlr022159

5 жыл бұрын

the neck wasn't twisted... that was the way early TV distorted some images. if you lived back then, you were used to seeing that.

@mojotronix3994

5 жыл бұрын

@@jlr022159 um, I know it's not actually twisted. Iwas making a joke.

Great playing by Mr. Callile, but Tennessee Ernie strikes me as having been a slightly arrogant SOB.

@SADFORIAN

6 ай бұрын

To be fair, you have to be kind of full of yourself to reach the sort of heights that any of these three guys did.

@charleswinokoor6023

6 ай бұрын

@@SADFORIAN ​​⁠Chet Atkins and a lot of other very talented musicians and entertainers weren’t necessarily arrogant and annoying.