Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie

Enfin un morceau de légende joué par son compositeur de légende merci Arthur SMITH la magie de Guitar Boogie est éternelle .

Je pensais qu'il n'y avait aucune vidéo sur cette belle oeuvre qu'est guitar Boogie jouée par arthur Smith merci à tous ...

Oh yeah Arthur was good on the guitar, not a Chet Atkins but he wasn't bad ! I watched his show a lot when I was growinig up in eastern NC ...Never cared much for his brother Ralph though. Thanks for posting this !

Arthur Smith's "Guitar Boogie" actually broke onto Billboard's country charts Christmas week in 1948 on the MGM label and climbed to #8 in 1949 over a seven-week run. The flip side, "Boomerang,:" also reached #8 but faded after four weeks. Smith, born in 1921, ran a recording studio in Charlotte, South Carolina.

....still unbelievable...easy to see why it launched thousands of guitar players in its wake...

grande!!!

Tommy plays it better

Of course, because he improved it himself

Tommy may play it faster & improvised it alot. But even he'll tell ya arthur wrote the song.

This is basically a tune that every guitar player must be able to play. Pure and simple playing at its best. Good to hear a tune w/o all the electronics as normally is the case these days

@thijsderoo, does it matter to you that Smith wrote the song and originated the riffs and melodies? Being first does matter, doesn't it?

I am glad to say this man is part of my family!

oh! great

Tommy's version is NOT better just different. Arthur was the first To record a guitar version of the boogie. It sold millions. And on a D-28 too and not on electric. Thumbs up all the way. Ken, Toronto

the old man still can

Tommy's version is not better, just different. This is sweet after all these years I get to see Arthur Smith play the Guitar Boogie. Originally recorded with a D-28 so I've read. Ken, Toronto

i know some of the older folks around wilkes will enjoy this.this was the number one t.v. show on channle 3 back in the 50s& early 60s

@tommydapie123 FYI- The dude is Arthur's son Clay. Clay isn't as good as his Dad nor did he ever claim to be. He played with his dad for years and does a considerable amount for recording, producing and editing in Charlotte. The Smiths were members of Providence Baptist Church and entertained at church functions as did George Hamilton IV. Tommy Emmanuel played in Charlotte in July and although Arthur was unable to attend, Tommy acknowledged him before playing GB.

Arthur Smith was the original writer of Duelin' Banjos, which he recorded with Don Reno and called it Feudin' Banjos. Arthur on tenor banjo and Don of five string. He waited until the Deliverance movie came out and then sued because they thought the song was PD. He got a very handsome settlement I understand. Little man 1, Big movie moguls 0. Atta boy Arthur.

lol headbang 0:34

DAm first rock n roll song 1948

merci cher Arthur pour ce mythe musical et immortel "Guitar Boogie" qui m'a donné envie de faire de la Guitare très tôt et qui est devenu mon métier ....

@ArkRed1 I know the song very well, but didn't know that story. Gave my day a good start :) Arthur and Don are my two favourite guitar pickers!

@BoCorky Thanks for posting that. Makes me adore Tommy that much more. Gotta respect where it came from, you know.

I like Tommy's version od Guitar Boogie on his newest "Little by Little" album. Tommy used his Wayne Henderson guitar on the recording.

Fun to play on the guitar Arthur's version is much more to my liking mainly cause Tommy's is to much work.

Mr, Smith I have been a very big fan of your from way back when you had yours how .I still have some of your LP"s Of you and Tommy you to made a good pair. I love to play your music on my guitar. It brings me way back. My Mother has payed with you and Tommy at a Realstate way back in the day . I loved you then, I and I still am playing your music. Mother was Myrtle Schrimpsher she played a old Kent 12, string.Yoou may not remember it but as a boy I still do! A very big fan Mike Schrimpsher

tommy eats you for breakfast lol

Very nice ...

ça envoie du lourd ! de la muisque, de la vrai

a song has words this is a tune

he looks very old,but very young soul -.-

this song is wonderful and Arthur Smith is amazing... my pop used to play this song and it soon became a family favourite <3 RIP Poppy

There's nothing like watching "expirenced" people play the guitar...

Quagmire at 0:35!

lol comon guys this is just common 12 bar blues

GO GREASED LIGHTNING UR BURNING UP THE QUARTER MILE!

Reflex go somewhere else and critique . Leave us country people alone . We're not on your sights doing the "lol".

Awesome...! Mr. Guitar Boogie himself...!

Happy birthday, Arthur!

0:36 he's going quagmire! you can almost hear him doing "gigidigo" "gigidigo" "gigidigo" ...

I have been listening to Arthur Smith ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper!

You guys make contradictions from nothing!! Tommy even said that it's Arthur's, but he plays it in a more tasty way blues, bluegrass, country, faster, perfect!!