Because it Rocks (pretty guitar)

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[DH]

Well, just because...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ9jrBg4Lwc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&NR=1
Happy holidays
Dan

[mathewjgano]

Well, just because...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ9jrBg4Lwc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&NR=1
Happy holidays
Dan
:drool:
Good stuff. Thanks, Dan.
Happy holidays to you and yours!
p.s. I finally found a place to use that drool icon.

[Josh Lerner]

The Bohemian Rhapsody was amazing - sounds like it was written for classical guitar.

Technically, this isn't a guitar, but it is what I would play if I had the time and money - a theorbo lute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJnJsPgss8&feature=related

Josh

[DH]

On the second clip- anyone notice the "C" clamp used as a capo for a single or double string??? :eek:
Happy Holidays
Dan

[DH]

The Bohemian Rhapsody was amazing - sounds like it was written for classical guitar.

Technically, this isn't a guitar, but it is what I would play if I had the time and money - a theorbo lute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJnJsPgss8&feature=related

Josh
Good stuff Josh

Same idea of course a much lighter feel and a little more contemporary ...from your neck of the woods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgGFXx4efA&feature=related
heart live
Two of my favorite gals. They are both very talented and well versed. I think they do a better Job than Jimmy and Robert! Listen for when the drums kick in at 3/4 of the way through. Real primitive counter rythm. Almost a Taiko like feel.

Dan

[Josh Lerner]

This clip was created entirely by editing together pre-existing Youtube clips. He has a whole series of them.

The Mother Of All Funk Chords

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA

Josh

[DH]

Well if we're going to get silly.
This is at least funny... go all the way to the end. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU00Q3RhDg
me

[thisisnotreal]

:d

[Josh Lerner]

Good stuff Josh

Same idea of course a much lighter feel and a little more contemporary ...from your neck of the woods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgGFXx4efA&feature=related
heart live
Two of my favorite gals. They are both very talented and well versed. I think they do a better Job than Jimmy and Robert! Listen for when the drums kick in at 3/4 of the way through. Real primitive counter rythm. Almost a Taiko like feel.

Dan

Actually, this one impressed the hell out of me -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8pwfw9LY6o&feature=related

I didn't know she could do that. There still isn't any replacement for John Bonham, but man, Robert Plant hasn't been able to sing like that in a few decades.

[Josh Lerner]

Well if we're going to get silly.
This is at least funny... go all the way to the end. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU00Q3RhDg
me

Hah! I was just about to post that one! It's been in my favorites (along with Impossible Guitar) for months now.

[DH]

Nancy Wilson again from 33 yrs ago
You can skip the song but listen to the intro by Nancy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4&feature=related
Me.

[Buck]

Since I was in the neighborhood and tis the season to be jolly, I find this a really sick cover of Stairway to Heaven, and Orion, and am not a guitar player. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CsLefLisE&feature=related

Ahhhhh....crap just seen that Dan beat me too it. :) You may have noticed this in the right hand column-while watching the vids and accidently come across something really interesting, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU00Q3RhDg&feature=fvw

[thisisnotreal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpVLlnQ08OA&feature=related

[Buck]

This clip was created entirely by editing together pre-existing Youtube clips. He has a whole series of them.

The Mother Of All Funk Chords

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA

Josh

That was sick too.

[DH]

Stairway to heaven!!!!!!! When I hear people play that I shoot them so they don't breed anymore.
But if you want some serious talent from the modern creator of two hand guitar........one of my all time favorites. Stanely Jordan
Make sure you watch till he uses his hands to play two guitars at once
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXN3OLgoqs

Wipe the drool off and listen to these.
For those who don't know: Jazz improv. is king on the guitar for difficulty, seconded by Bluegrass improv., everything else you just practice and perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gHtPLXQOI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOltVBgno0&feature=related

Dan

[thisisnotreal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFWVX_5DVy4#t=1m26s
D. Lanois

[Josh Lerner]

Since I was in the neighborhood and tis the season to be jolly, I find this a really sick cover of Stairway to Heaven, and Orion, and am not a guitar player. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CsLefLisE&feature=related



Those are really great. Very talented artists.

[Buck]

One more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmKL3uxbs8&feature=PlayList&p=182E1D1C4EBFE5F0&index=110

[DH]

That was b,e,a, utiful! very smooth and not choopy at all- which you see with so much of the tapping work. Melodic too.

Gimlets gone...good night all!
Dan

[Buck]

So I lied, not on purpose, this is good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAf_5nn9zNI&feature=related

But, I don't know who this guy is, he seems famous anyone know him? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgI5lol10Pk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[Josh Lerner]

One more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmKL3uxbs8&feature=PlayList&p=182E1D1C4EBFE5F0&index=110

Wow.

[Buck]

I am really impressed with what has been posted so far, I think music has a strong place in our psyche and society. The guitar being one of the most popular and versatile instrument shows how powerful it is on the psyche and society. Music has a great effect on the mind and our society that I think now goes unnoticed because music is so much part of our lives. A testament to that is this thread.

[DH]

Yawn!
I just woke back up.

Blah blah blah........it's just because it rocks. :D
I'm out.

[Buck]

Wow.

Sick isn't it, he does BWV 848 by Bach (Wow.) and other stuff. I noticed this guy sometime back doing a search on Bach. And like I said am not a guitarist. I do appreicate his musicanship.

[Buck]

Yawn!
I just woke back up.

Blah blah blah........it's just because it rocks. :D
I'm out.

Ok Dan, this one is for you when you wake up again. A real beautiful classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRz8Bv5Bto&feature=PlayList&p=2FF12790D45A8F04&index=8). :D

[Buck]

Stairway to heaven!!!!!!! When I hear people play that I shoot them so they don't breed anymore.
But if you want some serious talent from the modern creator of two hand guitar........one of my all time favorites. Stanely Jordan
Make sure you watch till he uses his hands to play two guitars at once
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXN3OLgoqs

Wipe the drool off and listen to these.
For those who don't know: Jazz improv. is king on the guitar for difficulty, seconded by Bluegrass improv., everything else you just practice and perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gHtPLXQOI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOltVBgno0&feature=related

Dan

That my might be so, but as the saying goes you gotta play the blues, and if you can't play the blues you ain't shieet. This is something you might be aware of, but as a blues fan this is what gets my chops going. These two are sick as it gets, and there ain't anythin' beautiful about it.

Rock and Roll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvBXqfOZiM&feature=related

[Buck]

Dan, let's not stop there, let's get to some real blues in the house. I know you gotta, gotta, gotta, give sum props. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFJuGGS_AWk&feature=related

[mathewjgano]

Since I was in the neighborhood and tis the season to be jolly, I find this a really sick cover of Stairway to Heaven, and Orion, and am not a guitar player. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CsLefLisE&feature=related

Ahhhhh....crap just seen that Dan beat me too it. :) You may have noticed this in the right hand column-while watching the vids and accidently come across something really interesting, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU00Q3RhDg&feature=fvw

Oh yeah! The first time I heard Tamacun on the radio I decided I would buy the album and I've never been so pleased with an album purchase. 100% great album in my book! I'm not sure what all they released, but the album I got had a great DVD showing them playing live and even had a how-to for excerpts of their music. I have a bit of a crush on them. Its not very metal to have a crush, but I don't care: they rock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYQMslOobw
p.s. Loved the Heart clip too! One of those few bands I've heard that can seriously rock and be beautiful...kinda like RyG :D
if you all keep posting this awesome stuff I'ma need a bib. It's inspiring and disheartening at the same time to know I'm probably never going to be "able" to play like those folks...ah! I wish I had me ax!

[Josh Lerner]

My favorite modern blues artist -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSh59vdSXJY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDT38rXJKiw&feature=related

And his cover of Gallows Pole, which is a bit different from Zeppelin's -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_T89f6IVxw&feature=related

Josh

[DH]

Oh yeah! The first time I heard Tamacun on the radio I decided I would buy the album and I've never been so pleased with an album purchase. 100% great album in my book! I'm not sure what all they released, but the album I got had a great DVD showing them playing live and even had a how-to for excerpts of their music. I have a bit of a crush on them. Its not very metal to have a crush, but I don't care: they rock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYQMslOobw
p.s. Loved the Heart clip too! One of those few bands I've heard that can seriously rock and be beautiful...kinda like RyG :D
if you all keep posting this awesome stuff I'ma need a bib. It's inspiring and disheartening at the same time to know I'm probably never going to be "able" to play like those folks...ah! I wish I had me ax!
Well, its rather simplistic but nice. Which is why I mentioned the Heart clip as simplistic by comparison as well.
Music is difficult to discuss with people; there is no good or bad and personal taste is highly subjective. But overall there is no comparison between a master class Jazz improv artist and three cord progression...specialists.
I say that as the guy who brought up heart AND Stanly Jordan Geroge Benson and Eddie VanHalen!
There is and always will be levels of technical brilliance to art.
Happy holidays
Dan

[mathewjgano]

Well, its rather simplistic but nice. Which is why I mentioned the Heart clip as simplistic by comparison as well.
Music is difficult to discuss with people; there is no good or bad and personal taste is highly subjective. But overall there is no comparison between a master class Jazz improv artist and three cord progression...specialists.
I say that as the guy who brought up heart AND Stanly Jordan Geroge Benson and Eddie VanHalen!
There is and always will be levels of technical brilliance to art.
Happy holidays
Dan

Oh I agree completely. Would you say the (improv) complexity of jazz is generally slightly greater than bluegrass because of the chord shapes/progressions? I usually think of bluegrass as being so complex because of the speed of the notes I hear coming in.
Most of my exposure to music comes through the radio or from friends and I only have a couple friends who are really into music with a passion so I tend to listen to more mainstream stuff (minus the metal I like...which for metal is actually still pretty mainstream). The most complex part of RyG as I can tell comes from the way Gabriella keeps rythm.

[DH]

My favorite modern blues artist -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSh59vdSXJY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDT38rXJKiw&feature=related

And his cover of Gallows Pole, which is a bit different from Zeppelin's -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_T89f6IVxw&feature=related

Josh
Argh
Reminds me of Larry Carlton too choppy.

Listen to the smoothness here
Great blues/ rock innovator with a couple of songs I used to Sing and play 5 night a week. Duane Allman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPdcjukAioI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIY8CoMILgU

Its interesting to juxtapose Betts's one string choppyness with Duanes more fluid voicing. You can spot the difference. I don't why but choppyness goes right through me.

Another great
"Little Wing" Stevie Ray Vaughn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M&feature=related

Many blues players are very repetitive and formula driven. There is a reason so many blues players highly respected Vaughn-to include slow hand himself -Clapton.

Happy holidays
Dan

[DH]

Another great from back in the day; Buzz Feiton; a little choppy but so sweet.
Malibu
Put your feet up and have a drink!
listen from 1:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os99vwDPemA&feature=related
Not to mention the Fender Rhodes paino solo that follows. What a ride. Feels like riding along Malibu.

Sweet solo at 2:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8tn2jK2wHs&feature=related
Dan

[Josh Lerner]

Argh
Reminds me of Larry Carlton too choppy.

Listen to the smoothness here
Great blues/ rock innovator with a couple of songs I used to Sing and play 5 night a week. Duane Allman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPdcjukAioI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIY8CoMILgU

Its interesting to juxtapose Betts's one string choppyness with Duanes more fluid voicing. You can spot the difference. I don't why but choppyness goes right through me.

If we are talking about Duane Allman, then we need to look at one of the biggest influences on his improvisational fluidity -

Kind of Blue by Robert Palmer:

Playing gigs at the Fillmore East during the sixties made it easier for you to get in and catch other bands, even if tickets were sold out. As a young saxophonist in a rock band, I played there several times and attended numerous concerts; the one group I never missed (unless I had to be on the road) was the Allman Brothers Band. More specifically, I went to see their guitarist, Duane Allman, the only "rock" guitarist I had heard up to that point who could solo on a one-chord vamp for as long as half an hour or more, and not only avoid boring you but keep you absolutely riveted. Duane was a rare melodist and a dedicated student of music who was never evasive about the sources of his inspiration. "You know," he told me one night after soaring for hours on wings of lyrical song, "that kind of playing comes from Miles and Coltrane, and particularly Kind Of Blue. I've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, I haven't hardly listened to anything else."

Earlier, I'd met Duane and his brother Gregg when they had a teenage band called the Hourglass. One day I'd played Duane a copy of Coltrane's Olé, an album recorded a little more than a year after Kind Of Blue but still heavily indebted to it. He was evidently fascinated; but a mere three or four years later, at the Fillmore, I heard a musician who'd grown in ways I never could have imagined. It's rare to see a musician grow that spectacularly, that fast; I'm not sure there's any guitarist who's come along since Duane's early death on the highway who has been able to sustain improvisation of such lyric beauty and epic expanse. But the influence of Kind Of Blue, even to the point of becoming a kind of obsession, wasn't unusual at all; it was highly characteristic of musicians of our generation, mine and Duane's. Of course, listening to an album isn't going to turn anyone into a genius; you can't get more out of the experience than you're capable of bringing to it. Duane brought something special, even unique to the table, but it seemed that everyone was sharing the meal. This was true among musicians categorized as "rock" or "pop" as well as among those labeled "jazz." In fact, the influence of Kind Of Blue has been so widespread and long-lasting, it's doubtful that anyone has yet grasped its ultimate dimensions. We know Kind Of Blue is a great and eminently listenable jazz album, "one of the most important, as well as sublimely beautiful albums in the history of jazz" in the words of Miles biographer Eric Nisenson. But there is more to it than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrUDAzlXzI

I discovered this album in my dad's record collection when I was a freshman in high school and had no idea who he was. But I was a trumpet player just getting into jazz, and all I knew was that I couldn't stop listening to it. Had my first mystical experience listening to it when I was half asleep once. If I had to choose just one dessert island album, this would be it.

Josh

[Josh Lerner]

African instruments and players -

Kora, played by Seattleite Kane Mathis. He studied for years with a traditional family of kora players in The Gambia. He's also an amazing oud player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkEebm9514o

[Jim Sorrentino]

Thanks for all the links!

In any discussion of great guitar artists, one must include Richard Thompson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhHbJo7PCE&feature=related

Jim

[mathewjgano]

(I tried to put this in its own thread...perhaps it was moved?)
Just wanted to share some of my favorites. These didn't exactly fit into the "pretty" category, nor are they examples of anything technically amazing, save perhaps some of Les Claypool's bass playing...and please no psycho-analysis for my choice in music here:freaky: :D On another day it might have been Louis Armstrong or Cab Calloway...hey...wait aminute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esnDnIK2v1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nTnawq6jk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc&feature=PlayList&p=784FD56A29DE725B&index=0
Please feel free to share your own.
Primus:
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jnhTDg4mk
Bass solo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_2Cu96AzU
Tommy the Cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4OhIU-PmB8
My Name is Mud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953PkxFNiko
Gnarles Barkley:
Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
Storm Coming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQ3UT01cT0
Rodrigo Y Gabriella:
Diablo Rojo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvMQCmUVv8
Juan Loco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdUq5GoCs-g&feature=related
Pantera:
Walk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
Ok before I'm here all night...late!

[Buck]

Just a raw vocal I like. It's not for everyone. But I have followed her from the start and glad to see her moving up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fawOrelje7k

I have really enjoyed all the links, with new sounds and artists I haven't heard before.

[Buck]

One of my favorite bands, the fusion is exquisite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVg-bqtSsw

Here is another unique salsa treat- even if you don't like salsa you will be amazed. they playing is flawless her voice and annunciation simply peerless, and stunning. It is prefection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqpMfFlAJzk

To see them live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qFy-UddRKM

[Josh Lerner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyLxVMNJNY&NR=1

This is a better clip of Kane Mathis. Stunning - it's worth it to watch the whole thing to see the rhythm changes.

Josh

[Buck]

Now a buddy of mine said, "What no one mentioned Ry Cooder!!!, you got to put him up." He suggest these YouTube vids:

Maria Elena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AszqfR6as8k&feature=related

Down In Mississippi (my fav)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKQlCQKtIg&feature=related

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efQ_GyQW3o&feature=related

Then he said, Dick Dale for his innovation and starting the genera of surf music

See the lack of hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk&feature=related

See the abundance of hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg&feature=fvw

Sick song. Noticed he plays left handed with the guitar backward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVxcLQVT8&feature=PlayList&p=333C9E5D3490C2CD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

and this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gskj1VQR0&feature=PlayList&p=333C9E5D3490C2CD&index=3&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL

[Buck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyLxVMNJNY&NR=1

This is a better clip of Kane Mathis. Stunning - it's worth it to watch the whole thing to see the rhythm changes.

Josh

I really liked this. THXS!
------------------------------------------
Let me tag this on: I am now a Dick Dale fan, I just got done listening to Banzi washout, Peter Gunn and sick doesn't do it.

[Buck]

Ok am obsessed, The stuff I watched on YouTube are incredible:

Dick Dale - Mexico / Esperanza (Classic Guitar Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqmi_7I-sog&feature=related

Spanish Kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RmfRWaVDUI&feature=related

*Another Esperanza which was familiar then I read on the vid it was remixed by Black Eyed Peas and in Pulp Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xse34IZbCPk&NR=1

Hey Dan,

He doesn't play stairway to heaven either :D

[mathewjgano]

Dick Dale IS the king of surf rock!
Nitro is one of my favorites of his, but since you beat me to it, here's another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SVqFTYNPXA

[BlueDevilfish]

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti has one of the most beautiful sounds I have heard. In this clip he plays with violinist Lucia Micarelli whose playing is incredibly expressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NN4fpdm40

[mathewjgano]

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti has one of the most beautiful sounds I have heard. In this clip he plays with violinist Lucia Micarelli whose playing is incredibly expressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NN4fpdm40

I liked the trumpet a lot, but I loved the violin (I'm partial to violin). Thanks for introducing me to a new favorite. I was checking out some of Lucia's other works and I really dig her style. Cool stuff!

[thisisnotreal]

does this qualify as 'pretty' guitar?
Happy, by Ned's Atomic Dustbin: < (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI)
. well. if not; i thought it rocked. a long time ago.

you know what; i tried to rent freaking the the big lebowski, breakfast club, ferris bueller, less than zero, 3 o'clock high, pump up the volume or gleaming the cube; and .. get this .. they didn't have a copy of any of those. not have as they were'nt 'in'. didn't have; as in; got rid of all that old stuffs. whew. reality check i thought.
a long time ago..

i'll say it. things were better way back when.

josh

[mathewjgano]

does this qualify as 'pretty' guitar?
Happy, by Ned's Atomic Dustbin: < (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI)
. well. if not; i thought it rocked. a long time ago.

you know what; i tried to rent freaking the the big lebowski, breakfast club, ferris bueller, less than zero, 3 o'clock high, pump up the volume or gleaming the cube; and .. get this .. they didn't have a copy of any of those. not have as they were'nt 'in'. didn't have; as in; got rid of all that old stuffs. whew. reality check i thought.
a long time ago..

i'll say it. things were better way back when.

josh

What!? No Gleaming the Cube!? Clearly a sign of the decline of our civilization!
Thanks for posting the Ned's Atomic Dustbin...haven't heard them in a loooong time! The hair styles alone were enough to bring back a flood of memories from Jr High School...ah...
I want my Crosscolors back!
...Nah...never mind

[thisisnotreal]

"Jonah" -Graham Stookey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECgoZEpIF50).
just some kid, you know?
..wish i could play like that.