51 - Adam Levy

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2017

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

A versatile, super-tasty jazz cat who found his way onto huge-selling crossover records by star singers such as Norah Jones and Tracy Chapman, ADAM LEVY is one of the chillest, most thoughtful and grounded pro guitarists you're likely to meet. I had a wonderful time jamming with him on everything from John Coltrane's "Equinox" and Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" to Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" and Adam's own solo song, "This Is Our House" (off his stellar EP, Blueberry Blonde). We explore many different musical worlds in this super-size episode, and I learned a lot. Hope you do, too. —JUDE GOLD, host, No Guitar Is Safe

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0:00.0	No guitar is safe.
0:07.0	Hey there, welcome. It's no guitar is safe. Episode 51, thank you so much for listening. My name is Jude Gold and man, do I love to sit down with world-class guitar players of any genre and have a guitar hang, jam, trade licks, trade stories, bounce ideas.
0:25.3	And what a fantastic hang I had today with Adam Levy.
0:28.9	And first of all, if anyone is wondering if they've heard Adam Levy, well the answer is yes, you probably have.
0:34.2	Give me one reason to steer and like that one, from Tracy Chapman.
0:58.0	That's him on lead guitar.
0:59.8	The song has Give Me One Reason.
1:01.8	Adam also played all over this huge, 18 million selling debut.
1:06.8	Come away with me and I never stop loving you.
1:20.6	That's Nora Jones's debut album. Only a few albums. I'm talking like the likes of Thriller and stuff were bigger.
1:33.3	Oh, by the way, Adam on this episode is going to show you how to play the awesome Jesse Harris guitar part on Nora's biggest single. Don't know why.
2:01.5	But I'll tell you what. But I tell you what, even if Adam hadn't done these huge record dates,
2:05.1	I would still be thrilled to have him on the show
2:06.9	because his energy is so refreshing.
2:09.3	He is so mellow.
2:12.7	I love that about Adam.
2:13.7	He lives between the notes.
2:16.1	He's so thoughtful.
2:19.8	He's just always just checking out the tune and really listening man the guy knows how to listen he's so grounded you may be the king of the
2:27.5	world seven jewels in your crown you may have queen who calls your name.
2:37.2	And I think that's a really nice yin to the yang of other guitar players who are really
2:41.2	aggressive and hyper and live in life at 200 miles an hour.
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