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Louie Shelton Part Two: Talks about John Lennon, Boz Scaggs, Lionel Ritchie, The Jackson 5 and MORE

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This is part two of of the interview we did with Louie Shelton.

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20 Comments

@VanAllenBelts 9 days ago

Imagine bumping into him in line at a grocery store, ‘Do I know you?’
“No, but you’ve heard my music a million times”
So amazing.
Legend.

@patrickmcdonald2958 5 years ago

It's crazy for me to reminisce about getting to know Louie back in my Nashville days and becoming his friend and really not truly understanding what an iconic guitarist he was! I played on one of his smooth jazz projects back in the early 2000's and did some shows with him in town with Dash Crofts (I actually sang the high harmony with Dash on all the Seals And Crofts stuff we did because I was the only guy in the band who sang at all. I'm not anywhere NEAR a singer so it's still mind boggling to me that I was singing "Summer Breeze" with him!). Louie and I used to play a lot of golf together---just he and I riding around in a golf cart all day and me not really knowing how huge an influence he was on so many guitarists back then! He's a sweetheart of a guy and I'm honored to call him a friend.

@chrisjelley6899 5 years ago

Killing it! It's a dilemma: he simultaneously makes me want to play all day, or throw my guitars away.

@writereducator 3 months ago

These musicians were in the stratosphere. No words.

@BernieGarzio 5 years ago

What a humble amazing man. This guy is like a real life musician super hero. Thank you Louie!!

@whitemellon 5 years ago

Holy shit. He say's "something like that" yet he nailed a solo he did 20 or more years ago. Truely amazing guitar player.

@pattidonohoo1952 5 years ago

What a great interview with such a first class musician!

@CosmosMarinerDU 5 years ago (edited)

Watching this reminds me of how the great guitarist Barney Kessel responded when asked "What was the most difficult part of being a studio musician?" and he replied "Finding a good parking space."

(BK was the guitarist on Julie London's Cry Me a River!)

These guys are not like you and me! They play like we breathe.

@ricktaylor1548 5 years ago

A great interview by a great interviewer. Really good job, Joe. You ask the right question, then let the interview flow naturally without interruption. Nice work!

@billducas 5 years ago

Some of those chords he's playing I didn't even knew existed. Louie is incredible!

@crazybeatlefan 5 years ago

Louie Shelton is a great player..I click whenever I see him, and as always on this channel...great stuff..keep it up!

@tuskedbeast 5 years ago

Louie has such a sincere, serious approach to the conversation- it's really endearing.
What a treat to get a second helping of this conversation! Thanks, Joe.

@1carlex 8 months ago

Legendary rock and roll history interview!!!

@Vlasko60 5 years ago

$125,000 in 1969 is $885,000 today.

@pedrodiaz5540 5 years ago

I’m big Boz Scaggs and I’m happy to meet mister Louie Shelton

@robmiller3464 1 year ago

Louie is a great person with excellent character and humility. Really enjoy him. Nice talent he has.

@dennisjohndreher7258 5 years ago

Love his work with Boz, Lowdown never gets old.

@marcd7543 5 years ago

Such a great interview ....and such a humble man.

@joepalooka2145 5 years ago (edited)

Great interview. Louie Shelton is a guitarist's guitarist and a musician's musician, the kind the rest of us all look up to. I've been checking out his YouTube channel and his website for a while now and listening to his latest musical efforts, as well as his past work. I first heard him when I was a teenager and "Last Train To Clarksville" came out. Like most people I never knew who he was till all these years later. It's great to learn about him personally and find out more about his amazing musical career.