These segments with Louie are gold. Love his work.  Thanks John!

I did not realise that this is the  guy who was playing on hundreds of these hits that we all have been listening to for so long.. Genius.

That intro and hard days night intro. Hard to forget.

A truly gifted player. I'd sell my kidney to have half his talent.

Thanks for decades of sharing your amazing talents Louie. One of the best guitar players of your generation....no doubt!!! 👍

Maybe my favorite song by the Monkees. This riff is LITERALLY the ringtone on my iPhone. Thank you, Mr. Sheltonn. And to you John, for the interview and video.

Last Train to Clarksville is a wonderfully crafted song. Like the perfect song to catch your ear.

One of the best studio guitar stories I’ve ever heard was Louie Shelton creating the guitar part for the song ‘Valerie’. From what I heard, the first take was the one they kept.

Sitting here at 72, can remember this stuff like it was yesterday.  This guy was the guitarist on Glenn Campbells' stuff! Think about that.

Last Train To Clarksville is one of my favourite songs ever & a lot of what I love is the guitar sound & playing. Some people are touched by God & Louie is one of those people!

I can explain it... It is a gift and he  lets it go through him and he blesses us with it.

We (our generation) heard it first and passed it on to our children and grandchildren.

Thanks Louie . You are wonderful playing of guitar is incredible. Thank you for your wonderful talent and emotional talent.

So interesting. He’s such an incredibly talented guitarist. I love him. Humble and caring. Great channel! Thank you.

Great song !!! Great stories please keep them coming.

Love that opening

man myth legend louie

Thank you so much for this fantastic interview with a guitar hero I will begin to research more thoroughly.  I am 70 now and was a teenager who liked the Monkees for the comedy and the music, but felt totally ripped off by learning they used studio musicians for virtually all instrumentation. Today you corrected an incorrect 'fact' I have believed since I heard it on our local classic rock station when the song was replayed in the late 1980's. The DJ stated the lead guitar on this song and on "Valleri" was played by Glen Campbell. Glen was a studio guitarist with the Wrecking Crew at the time & definitely had the chops to play astounding lead guitar. So thanks for updating my poor rock education; and great praise to Mr Louie Shelton.

great job louie. i used to think that was Michael Nesmith playing guitar.

Thank you Louie!