Isaiah Sharkey on the Gospel Vamp and Spanky Alford Riffs | Reverb Tips and Tricks

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  • Poised to take center stage as he fuses together his background in rock, gospel, jazz, R&B, blues, and funk to create an original sound with an unmistakable dose of soul, Isaiah's First Digital Album is Now Available. Check out his debut release entitled Love.Life.Live. Click here for details: bit.ly/2zLur3p
    Here, Isaiah reminisces about his time working with the great Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, and how borrowed concepts (such as the Gospel Vamp) have given him new paths to explore as a musician.
    Read more on Isaiah here: goo.gl/HXA3Sg
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  • @spicyjuniormint
    @spicyjuniormint 6 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Crazy, he makes the guitar sound enormous. So rich.

    • @moxiemusic3739
      @moxiemusic3739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      RICH like being home on the holidays with everyone you love. Like eating too much birthday cake. His playing and the gear sound like how my mom's cooking tastes!

  • @sighteternal497
    @sighteternal497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Saw him with John Mayer in 2019 - literally had tears in my eyes when he played his solo - I can honestly say it was historic guitar playing! Thanks Isaiah - for everything!

    • @jeremiasjustus383
      @jeremiasjustus383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i realize it is pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online?

    • @2ndDayRiffs
      @2ndDayRiffs ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw Isaiah with John in Pittsburgh spring 2022. An unbelievable show.

  • @flatheadcatfish9
    @flatheadcatfish9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    thank you Reverb for profiling the next school of players, Isaiah Sharkey and Cory Wong etc. So cool to hear them.

    • @turoniner
      @turoniner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      flatheadcatfish9 Cory wong is meh. This guy is insane.

  • @grosebud4554
    @grosebud4554 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why am I just hearing of this guy now? He has a great laid back way of teaching

    • @andrewjackson829
      @andrewjackson829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Rosebud idk he’s been around with D’angelo and some other groups but he’s still pretty young. I guess because he comes from gospel groups. He’s well known to them. I came across him before Mayer and found him on someone’s Facebook. And I had no idea who he was but I was like who is that? Next thing I see him on stage with John Mayer. Although, I know him now thx to John Mayer. You should check out his rendition of Eric Clapton’s Sunshine of Your Love. I’ll see if I can find it and copy paste it for you. instagram.com/p/BLJNZExBsLX/?igshid=qulpk5m7xnwl that’s from his Instagram page. Couldn’t find it anymore on utube.

  • @patrickedwards2158
    @patrickedwards2158 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    👏 This guy is crazy good

  • @significantnobody823
    @significantnobody823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He's doing this effortlessly....this is childs play to him

  • @ChrisSkinner1
    @ChrisSkinner1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This dude also plays with John Mayer and he is 🔥🔥🔥

    • @juka421
      @juka421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I like to think Mayer plays with Isaiah.

  • @hearpalhere
    @hearpalhere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy's talent is insane! I can't believe the speed he can play with and how clean it is.... just wow!

  • @markowalski1
    @markowalski1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    He is honestly one of the smoothest players I've ever heard. As an engineer that's saying something

  • @RobFlaxMusic
    @RobFlaxMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I keep watching this again and again. The effortlessness... the tone... damn!

  • @DroneCorpse
    @DroneCorpse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    holy moly, the man's got great taste for voicings.

  • @CaberraTV
    @CaberraTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool invitation! One of the most creative guitarists. When you transcribe his stuff you always learn new tricks and techniques

  • @DRGR25
    @DRGR25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Spanky's heroes were Joe Pass & George Benson. Use to spend many hours hearing him play. Miss my guy.

    • @jpaulmusic8389
      @jpaulmusic8389 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is Spanky’s Music on iTunes at all? I can’t seem to find anything.

    • @DRGR25
      @DRGR25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      JPaul Music He never finished his own project. You can find him playing on numerous people’s recordings such as: A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, D’Angelou, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Eric Benet..etc.

    • @jpaulmusic8389
      @jpaulmusic8389 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @DRGR25
      @DRGR25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also, Al Green's last project..

    • @quickstep2408
      @quickstep2408 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      the one and only, spanky

  • @JosePineda-jn8jk
    @JosePineda-jn8jk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow just got so many ideas a sweet licks from like a minute and a half. Excited to keep watching! Just had to share

  • @yoyartube
    @yoyartube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like the music is just kinda happening and flowing through him, and he's enjoying the ride. Amazing.

  • @coleemmersonhallman5329
    @coleemmersonhallman5329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I love the Black Messiah record but I had no idea he is such a killer guitarist

    • @torsteinmusic
      @torsteinmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And I think the fact that what you say is true makes him an even better guitarist, he knows when to play, but even more when not to. Know what I mean? hehe

    • @MitchLyskKane
      @MitchLyskKane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A lot of those 'shredders' who are called the best guitarists should take note from this guy.

    • @andrewjackson829
      @andrewjackson829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jason Blaha Fitness FYI he was also D’Angelo’s guitarist.

  • @terranceturner7972
    @terranceturner7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is goooooood stuff. Loving this channel right now.

  • @PatrickJohnsonGuitar
    @PatrickJohnsonGuitar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Speechless!

  • @daviddavisproject
    @daviddavisproject 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy is STUPID good!!! Straight up STUPID good!! Get it Sharkey!

  • @philcolvin4058
    @philcolvin4058 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful stuff

  • @tfjzz
    @tfjzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i met him once, such a cool down to earth guy and a phenomenal player..

  • @rodolfoperez7239
    @rodolfoperez7239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Buenísimo!! Saludos desde mexico! Viva el gospel!

  • @JohnEAdams
    @JohnEAdams 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!

  • @AFaceintheCrowd01
    @AFaceintheCrowd01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like his personality.

  • @iansnyder274
    @iansnyder274 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marvelous player...true artistry here!

  • @ezrabatte7978
    @ezrabatte7978 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is amazing!

  • @GobiPup
    @GobiPup 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!

  • @stratcat7162
    @stratcat7162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love it

  • @isaac_rodriguez17
    @isaac_rodriguez17 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is this guy even human. Amazing

  • @GiovanniBottaMuteWinter
    @GiovanniBottaMuteWinter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Joe Pass all over the place! He was great

  • @lemalu91
    @lemalu91 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much guitar wisdom in one dude...

  • @Music2myearholes
    @Music2myearholes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this dude imo is one of the best guitarists

  • @Mr.A_LDN
    @Mr.A_LDN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great playing and great Mike Tyson t shirt too!

  • @anthonyhughes4642
    @anthonyhughes4642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful

  • @zshwn
    @zshwn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @anthonyaccurate
    @anthonyaccurate 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    so clean

  • @DJDJ-zm6tr
    @DJDJ-zm6tr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lessons Bro!

  • @darrenharris4309
    @darrenharris4309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sooooooo sweet

  • @Immeka_Media
    @Immeka_Media 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this boy

  • @Nicolas-im8eg
    @Nicolas-im8eg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    good bless you! grazie

  • @adamledrew
    @adamledrew 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy is so good!

  • @baptistewxpolpodcast3339
    @baptistewxpolpodcast3339 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    incredible

  • @ZacBarnesMusic
    @ZacBarnesMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beast

  • @jacobmoux5235
    @jacobmoux5235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tips and tricks: Alford played like this. I took it and play like this.
    Wisdom

  • @dwalker112
    @dwalker112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First off R.I.P Spanky 🙏🏾

  • @arjunjsatheesh8899
    @arjunjsatheesh8899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never let my guitar watch such TH-cam videos..

    • @laminebaazi4376
      @laminebaazi4376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ahahahhahhahhahhahaahhaahhahah

  • @Terryomalleyonline
    @Terryomalleyonline 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This gentleman plays very well..

  • @iwillnevergetone5
    @iwillnevergetone5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    young master

  • @slimbohernandez2827
    @slimbohernandez2827 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    sick chops.

  • @renhoek3851
    @renhoek3851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The guitar has to be up there as the most versatile instrument. The things you can do on it are endless

    • @nigel5634
      @nigel5634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ren hoek that’s why it’s so hard to master, so much diversity in one instrument and so many ways to express yourself

    • @laminebaazi4376
      @laminebaazi4376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and then theres guthrie

    • @williambednar8880
      @williambednar8880 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woody or Govan?

  • @jakehoff52
    @jakehoff52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:13 "you know tooooniiighhht...."

  • @christiancarollo2433
    @christiancarollo2433 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That guitar/amp is so clear

  • @wyndymequine9206
    @wyndymequine9206 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That quartet vamp sounds like sections you might hear in about a dozen Little Feat tunes live....such a drive :)

  • @Add__1
    @Add__1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    His right hand is fantastic

  • @rickrolfe9090
    @rickrolfe9090 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet.

  • @d.thestylist
    @d.thestylist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:13 ......🗣”IGHT, IMA GONE HEAD OUT”🚪🎸🏃🏾💨

    • @juka421
      @juka421 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. Save some of that g minor for the rest of us

  • @michaelottoguitar
    @michaelottoguitar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish there were more lessons by Sharkey

  • @forester057
    @forester057 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude has some baby soft/smooth looking hands and arms. Lots of notes. Yep. Impressive.

  • @mikodelosreyes9883
    @mikodelosreyes9883 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg! Now thats guitar playing

  • @IMONFIREPLEASEPUTMEOUT
    @IMONFIREPLEASEPUTMEOUT 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Joe!

  • @randalllogan5806
    @randalllogan5806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:03 blows me away even at.25 speed

  • @Will3PK
    @Will3PK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was cooking and this video came on automatically and at some point I was like "wait... WHAT is going on here??"

  • @kevinkinnu341
    @kevinkinnu341 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is cool

  • @ladarrellcheatum8787
    @ladarrellcheatum8787 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude!!!!

  • @jodiallardice1500
    @jodiallardice1500 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo this guy is the shit!!!!

  • @meleepinata
    @meleepinata 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @BubbaBellin
    @BubbaBellin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He literally goes from elite pro level jazz to elite pro level chicken picking as smooth as silk.

  • @SuperKui87
    @SuperKui87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe used similar stuff to sing her gospel songs. She in turn influenced Elvis and the 1_3_5_6 rock and role riff became a hit!

  • @StompL7
    @StompL7 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can Someone please give me some music with this kind of" Drive feel". Isaiah inspires me so much to play guitar !

  • @zanelli9273
    @zanelli9273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is great, almost a chord melody in the joe pass style... Sharkey rocks

    • @quickstep2408
      @quickstep2408 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      he learned alot of jazz theory and had good teachers. started getting instruction when he was quite young i think

  • @ianfuhr8905
    @ianfuhr8905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    and his voice its crazy too. i mean the guy its tuned even when he talks

  • @moshirazi
    @moshirazi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So for the slow simple blues riff he spells out the tabs but when he shreds on jazz progressions it's just "something like that"

  • @dakotacheung9785
    @dakotacheung9785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:04 defiantly not coltrane

  • @jonunderscore
    @jonunderscore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is the weirdest looking best sounding strat I have ever seen or heard!

  • @jakemf1
    @jakemf1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    killer

  • @JimAndcco
    @JimAndcco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi, What the name of the guitar he is playing?

    • @tfjzz
      @tfjzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that is a framus

    • @JimAndcco
      @JimAndcco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank you

    • @tfjzz
      @tfjzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      very welcome :)

  • @rodneycampbell3825
    @rodneycampbell3825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who are some gospel guitarist like him I can listen to

    • @Jay_Khalil
      @Jay_Khalil 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rodney Campbell Eric Walls, Jairus Mozee,Jabari Johnson

    • @rodneycampbell3825
      @rodneycampbell3825 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jay_Khalilik them, where can I listen to them though they have like nothing on spotify

  • @wonderingwade1802
    @wonderingwade1802 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody know what kind of guitar he's playing?

  • @LiveAliveWithABMartin
    @LiveAliveWithABMartin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WHAT PLANET IS THIS GUY ON?!

  • @alexandergallant6444
    @alexandergallant6444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah this is playing the axe.

  • @rodrickgivens2565
    @rodrickgivens2565 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do he mean 3rd and 5th

  • @BACCHANDHT
    @BACCHANDHT 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    .........I came

  • @kevinthompson8201
    @kevinthompson8201 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quartet=rock and roll

  • @qotsa007
    @qotsa007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:45 to 01:00 are those all just different modes of the same chord?

    • @mr.wizard3024
      @mr.wizard3024 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Inversions

    • @qotsa007
      @qotsa007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tenks wezurd Mememegek

  • @gabbishleegifted4752
    @gabbishleegifted4752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:13 must tackle that riff 🤔

  • @jeffreytomy5254
    @jeffreytomy5254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Does anyone understand what he’s doing

    • @laminebaazi4376
      @laminebaazi4376 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i do but to do it so soulfully is incredible

  • @colemanchin8785
    @colemanchin8785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:13

  • @nathandavidzipf
    @nathandavidzipf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This dude is good.like chicken picked rockabilly

  • @kobajumakuziwa9976
    @kobajumakuziwa9976 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    it is better to keep the chat to make it easier to learn than to watch you strike you are hard to understand

  • @TheArtofBlues
    @TheArtofBlues 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The blues stuff is so much more fun i dont care what u say. #blues

  • @timothydalton007
    @timothydalton007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:42 ohhhh is this even real ??

  • @tomjohnson2001
    @tomjohnson2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What does he mean the 3, 5, 6?

    • @zachrollins9034
      @zachrollins9034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The numbers refer to notes in a scale cause there are seven notes in the major or natural minor scale. For that riff in E he was demonstrating when he mentioned it, you can think of the open 6 string as 1, the fourth fret of the 6 string as 3, the second fret of the 5 string as 5, and the fourth fret of the 5 string as 6. So in E major, E=1, F#=2, G#=3, A=4, B=5, C#=6, D#=7.

  • @smooth_jazz_escola
    @smooth_jazz_escola 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The only guy who can be better than him on guitar is Cacau Santos.

  • @nickbossi7630
    @nickbossi7630 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the f*ck did I just see