Posted on 02/11/2020 9:22:14 PM PST by dfwgator
As those of you here may know, The Pat Metheny Group has been a big part of my music listening life for over 40 years now.
So when I heard the news this morning that he had passed on, to say I was devastated by the news, would be an understatement.
What he and Pat Metheny created together over the years was pure magic and cannot be duplicated. Pat has played with other Pianists, but it's just not the same.
See you "On the Way Up!" Lyle.
Love the 1, 2, 3 punch of Lyle’s piano opening “Here to Stay.”
Rest in peace, Lyle.
I know him from Joni Mitchell’s SHADOWS AND LIGHT tour DVD (which had Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, and Don Alias as well).
RIP Lyle, you guys were great.
Wonderful tour.
Thank you for letting us know and for the youtube. Pleasant sounds and memories I had lost, but will now revisit.
Love the 1, 2, 3 punch of Lyle’s piano opening “Here to Stay.”
RIP, Lyle.
Hard to find good samples on YouTube, but here are some of my personal favorites:
The Awakening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLMkIhOW1s
September 15th (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA3lSTDPPuE
Phase Dance (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zF8EMETIFQ
Ozark (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzNXWy8o1o
Must admit, I knew nothing about The Pat Metheny Group until hearing their music for the first time through the early days of The Weather Channel...
RIP Lyle.
Yes, they are remarkably good.
I saw Pat Metheny play back in 1973, when he was still a teenager. He did a concert with vibraphonist Gary Burton in Utica New York; I was at that time a senior in high school.
Lyle Mays wasn’t with him yet. Mr. Burton had discovered Pat Metheny in Florida, and had arranged for him to attend the Berkelee College of Music as his protege.
Yes, Pat and Lyle worked well together. Sad that Lyle died so young.
Damn. First Neil Peart, now Lyle Mays. We’re losing the great ones.
One of my faves is “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls.”
Here is a track from that album https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mIaU94SXj9Y
Yes, I have the “Passengers” album that Pat did with Gary.
Damn that’s sad news. I guess we’re going to have a lot of this now. I don’t remember when I found PMG, I’m just glad I did. Mays’ pieces apart from the group are also wonderful, some haunting.
I’ll dig out what I have and fill in more from the ether.
Lyle’s playing made up a great deal of the PMG sound back at that time, in their prime.
R.I.P.
FMCDH(BITS)
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