Guitar legend Red Shea performing Jerry’s Breakdown and The Claw with Brian Sklar and the Prairie Fire Band
Red Shea pickin’ and grinnin’
Gordon Lightfoot’s guitarist is caught in a rare video on YouTube.
His playing was legendary for style, speed and humor. Shea, who passed away in 2008, played on most of Lightfoot’s early recordings. He left the road band in 1972 and became a TV studio musician for Tommy Hunter.
Jerry’s Breakdown
The Claw
It’s God given talent and practice, practice, practice.
For more about Red Shea, see Six degrees of separation from Gordon Lightfoot
Stephen Pate
Thanks for sharing your kind words, music and memories. All the best to you as well.