1954 Gibson ES-175 played by Joe Robinson [fingerstyle version of Misty]

YouTube ^ | February 2022 | Carter's Vintage Guitars

[Yardstick]

Beautiful version of Misty played by Joe Robinson for the Carter Vintage Guitars shop in Nashville. He's demoing a 1954 ES-175 they were featuring for sale but the star of the show is his amazing take on the iconic jazz standard, which he plays in Chet Atkins finger style taken to the next level.

[Yardstick]

Joe Robinson is an Australian born guitarist now working in Nashville. I wasn't aware of him until seeing him by chance in this YouTube video. Some really great playing here!

[Yardstick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X00zEK4AKO4

[Jane Long]

PING! 🎸

[Dr. Sivana]

Veery nice. I was wondering if he was going to do it slow, like Johnny Mathis, or fast like Ray Stevens.

He started out slow and added a lot of embellishments as it picked up in speed that even Ray Stevens didn’t do.

[iontheball]

Just pure talent on display. Absolutely wonderful. Challenges Chet’s guitar mastery. And I just read that guitar playing is diminishing. If this beautiful guitar creativity does not inspire new guitarists, nothing will.

[SunkenCiv]

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[dfwgator]

I just hope Jessica Walter didn’t request for him to play it.

[left that other site]

Thanks!

[left that other site]

Pinging the Guitar List.

[rktman]

Thanks.

[Yardstick]

You’re right, he does a nice job of building it. It would be interesting to know which versions he has most in mind when he plays it.

Johnny Mathis, Misty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkC9bCuahC8&list=RDDkC9bCuahC8&start_radio=1

^^definitely one of my favorites

[MotorCityBuck]

The Fretting hand. I will die trying to master that! LOL!

Well done.

[left that other site]

My Pleasure!🎸

[Yardstick]

Yep, exactly. Chet would be impressed. I about fell out of my chair when I watched it.

[rktman]

My fingers don’t stretch that far anymore. 🙄👍

[ConservativeMind]

That was beautiful.

[gibsonguy]

I don’t know which is more beautiful the guitar or the cover

[rktman]

One of my friends has a 175. Nice.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Wow, that’s nasty!

[dayglored]

Fabulous rendition — I was completely spellbound.

And now if you’ll excuse me I have to go out to my studio and burn all my guitars. :-)