Johnny would be considered one of the best guitar players around just on the basis of his blues playing, but he's also one of the best, if not THE best country pickers too, with a simply outrageous chicken pickin' style! Truly staggering talent!
NEVER SAW ANYONE PLAYIN' SO CRAZILY ACCURATE, THE HARMONY, THE TECHNICS THE PERFORMANCE. SIMPLY MINDBLOWIN'. FOUND MR. HILLAND BY CHANCE, CASUAL. I ALMOST SHIT MY PANTS. HELL I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT. GOD BLESS YOU BIG MAN, GIANT!!
It's all so damn tasty! So many guitarists ramble on and seem like they are looking and he just goes there. Reminds me of SRV where slow or fast all the notes belong. Sweet.
unbelievable talent from such a humble, yet wise, personable role model...he's no slouch on anything he does, he's legally blind ..He's a real person...I've never heard him curse on any of his videos and his demeanor is compelling...just have to watch...I like to PRS tone better than the musicman though....probably only well-known in guitar enthusiasts circles because he's not a "pretty boy" appealing to the top 40 Justin Bieber crowd. Shame
Wow this guy is unbelievable! He deserves to have his own signature PRS! I hope I will still get to see him in my Lifetime! BTW.. 14.000 views only.. One of the best current blues guitar videos.. Talk about underrated
Right around 1:50 I was kind of embarrassed how he was all over the fret board nervously looking to play a note...that must have been tough. I do love this player.
Johnny Hiland has so much musical talent, feeling and versatility way, way beyond any of those "sofa-professionals" here who's giving him negative comments.
Holy moley, this guy has fingers that look like Vienna sausages, and yet he plays cleaner than a lot of slower guitarists I've heard. And every blues style you can imagine! Awesome!
He has both a website and CD's out. Also the guitar he's playing is a Paul Reed Smith "Johnny Hiland Signature" model. He' designed it to his specs and PRS built and marketed it.
He needs to be included in the 50 best players on here for sure. More versatile on guitar than probably 40 of the 50 that guy listed. All I can say after hearing this is....dayum!! In-credible!
Johnny sure can play!! his natural ability and pure talent sets him apart from most. And what a beautiful humble personality this man has. way to go Johnny you are an inspiration to many musicians in general not just guitar players :o)
I really look up to you Johnny....you are a wonderful person, who cares about your endorsers and your playing....you take it seriously just like hope to be doing soon.... Hope to have the privilege to play and hang out with you some day I'll get a album to you when its done.... God Bless you some more Tell you cuo over flows brother... See ya
Not Kiesel, not Music Man, not Fender. This guy never sounded better then with PRS. And I've been following him since the Don Kelly Band on Broadway Nashville before the world knew him.
I just love this guy.....great playing.....and his interviews...humble...soft-spoken.....really fun to watch...wonder if he'll ever be in the Jersey area....
really the sound is from a blues festival outdoors close to austin or dallas. the video's a different matter. youtube sometimes fools the shit out of some folks
J. H. World Heritage Site. Superhuman technique, capable of varying in all genres, always at the highest level. Furthermore, an exquisite person, very sweet, always available to the public. A great one!
He sounds great on that Paul Reed Smith, which I believe are the best. He plays Kiesels now, which he swears by, but, to be fair, he uttered superlatives about all of his sponsors, which, I guess, is the nature of the business, and it is always partly a business, no? A man's gotta pay his electricity bills so he can crank up his Mesa V amp. (Okay, I just had to plug them, but, granted, Friedman, Bogner, and EVH's amps rock like hurricanes, too.) I think Johnny plays guitar all day, every day, so much so that he's hurting his hands. (Been there, done that, eh?)
Johnny Can play it all, Blues, Rock, Country, Blue Grass and I feel he is as good as Roy Clark was and that is saying something. He is one of the best of the best players I have ever heard. What a pleasure to listen to someone that has mastered his craft!
Johnny kills like always, but what's with the bass player here? The dude is awful, completely noncomplementary and plain loud. Although Johnny could up himself a bit volume-wise, too.
Is that how the gray black finish looks? Kinda looks like a trans black - just wondering if it's a one-off for Johnny or if that is in fact how the gray black comes out. Would love that color for mine. Thanks!
Would someone please start a Wikipedia page for the extremely gifted young man? It's sad to think that so many people "hear with their eyes" and they overlook real talent because the artist isn't an underwear model, a freak or "sexually ambiguous". We need to rally around this man and show the world that we're proud of one of our own.
I'm addicted discovered this guy now I'm hooked he is absolutely inspiring I love guitar live for guitar he gives you the push to put in the hard yards
This guy is a phenomenal guitar player so many styles he can play
Johnny would be considered one of the best guitar players around just on the basis of his blues playing, but he's also one of the best, if not THE best country pickers too, with a simply outrageous chicken pickin' style! Truly staggering talent!
Danny Gatton and Doyle Dykes take the prize re country/chicken picking but JH comes very close ❤
I think they are both good but Johnny rises above almost everyone!
NEVER SAW ANYONE PLAYIN' SO CRAZILY ACCURATE, THE HARMONY, THE TECHNICS THE PERFORMANCE. SIMPLY MINDBLOWIN'. FOUND MR. HILLAND BY CHANCE, CASUAL. I ALMOST SHIT MY PANTS. HELL I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT. GOD BLESS YOU BIG MAN, GIANT!!
Guy is a genius.
All big names are here.
SRV ,Hendrix,Allman ,Clapton.
I really like him.
One of the best
how did i not hear about this guy until recently? i can't stop watching everything on youtube with him in it.he's incredible.
I heard him for the first time for half an hour and I went straight to iTune Store and bought two of his records :-) Amazing musician!
Steve Weichbrodt not bad for a blind guy
Who knew all those notes were there?...my guitar has the same number of strings and frets, but I can't find a half of those notes...😕
It's all so damn tasty! So many guitarists ramble on and seem like they are looking and he just goes there. Reminds me of SRV where slow or fast all the notes belong.
Sweet.
unbelievable talent from such a humble, yet wise, personable role model...he's no slouch on anything he does, he's legally blind ..He's a real person...I've never heard him curse on any of his videos and his demeanor is compelling...just have to watch...I like to PRS tone better than the musicman though....probably only well-known in guitar enthusiasts circles because he's not a "pretty boy" appealing to the top 40 Justin Bieber crowd. Shame
I agree 100000%
Wow this guy is unbelievable!
He deserves to have his own signature PRS!
I hope I will still get to see him in my Lifetime!
BTW.. 14.000 views only.. One of the best current blues guitar videos.. Talk about underrated
hey Barak, you need to declare this man a national treasure. damn he's good.
Wow soooo good, that feeeling ;) hes amazing :)
lol the "feeling" is there,...he's just that much ahead of the rest of us,...one of the best,...no doubt !!!
Jesus Christ. I knew he was good, but I never knew he could play like this. Wow.
I was sure glad Little Jonny got this down...he was one of my best students.
Right around 1:50 I was kind of embarrassed how he was all over the fret board nervously looking to play a note...that must have been tough.
I do love this player.
Johnny Hiland has so much musical talent, feeling and versatility way, way beyond any of those "sofa-professionals" here who's giving him negative comments.
Great but he needs to lose weight. We already lost too many great guitar players and they are needed as relief from the karaoke holocaust.
WTF are you talking about.Cut your ears off doppie
Holy moley, this guy has fingers that look like Vienna sausages, and yet he plays cleaner than a lot of slower guitarists I've heard. And every blues style you can imagine! Awesome!
He has both a website and CD's out. Also the guitar he's playing is a Paul Reed Smith "Johnny Hiland Signature" model. He' designed it to his specs and PRS built and marketed it.
OMG...Ear candy to feed my soul!!!sweet.
That's just pure blues pleasure woow...
Great good playing, but he should use the stairmaster more often, so we and he can enjoy it longer!!!!
So long!
we all know what a fantastic player Johnny is, but the sustain on that PRS!!! damn!!!
arpeemac , that's his compression pedal and harmony with a touch of echo
This guy is the best blues guitar player to come out since SRV died!
agree
Always loved johnny's chicken pickin but this is some of the best blues playin I've heard since SRV. He can play anything.
I'm french...." Slow?!!! " American guitarist humor i suppose ...;))
He needs to be included in the 50 best players on here for sure. More versatile on guitar than probably 40 of the 50 that guy listed. All I can say after hearing this is....dayum!! In-credible!
Super👍👍👍✌️🎸🎧
True master class... He’s the type of guy that can play any genre and make it sing...
Johnny sure can play!! his natural ability and pure talent sets him apart from most.
And what a beautiful humble personality this man has. way to go Johnny you are an inspiration to many musicians in general not just guitar players :o)
I'd imagine that the years of practice helped a lot too
@@phutureproofIts something any 6-year-old can do with 15 years of practice!
He's just amazing. Best player i've heard for years, so much feeling with astonishing ability and what a nice fella too.
That guitar is a Paul Reed Smith "Johnny Hiland" model guitar. Nuff said.
I really look up to you Johnny....you are a wonderful person, who cares about your endorsers and your playing....you take it seriously just like hope to be doing soon....
Hope to have the privilege to play and hang out with you some day I'll get a album to you when its done....
God Bless you some more
Tell you cuo over flows brother...
See ya
Johnny: one of the best in the business! Even with all those dazzling chops, beautiful phrasing and endless ideas.
Great Johnny, way better than a lot of more known guitar players.
I miss his PRS!
Go Johnny go!!!!
Not Kiesel, not Music Man, not Fender. This guy never sounded better then with PRS. And I've been following him since the Don Kelly Band on Broadway Nashville before the world knew him.
best of the best.. fantastic Player!!
I personally put Johnny up there with the best on this instrument, Vai, Satch, Malmsteen, Darryl, Johnny.. not necessarily in that order
I can hear SRV, Eddie Van Halen, Duane Allman, WOW!!
i hope that guitar has 18 years old
Nice to hear an amazing blues player with something besides a Strat.
I just love this guy.....great playing.....and his interviews...humble...soft-spoken.....really fun to watch...wonder if he'll ever be in the Jersey area....
Heeeeeyyyy, ladies >.> 3:31
9:28
Yeah, he doesn't need to tap or shred
Marvellous!!! Thanks for posting:)
Grandma Mary
Вижу Джони - ставлю лайк! 👍
really the sound is from a blues festival outdoors close to austin or dallas. the video's a different matter. youtube sometimes fools the shit out of some folks
Extra tasty speed at 2:24 . I've never heard anyone play like Johnny, Wow!
7:32 WTF was THAT!?
Wish SRV was still around...would have loved to see him and Johnny "Jam" on Austin City Limits....the Planet would have probably spun out of Orbit !
Johnny smokes SRV in every imaginable aspect of rhythm and soloing.
sr who?
Oh yeah.
SRV wouldn't touch his guitar after hearing this guy.
Srv was trash. Literally the same lick on every song
J. H. World Heritage Site. Superhuman technique, capable of varying in all genres, always at the highest level. Furthermore, an exquisite person, very sweet, always available to the public. A great one!
His played is unparalleled. But he should have never left PRS. That TONE!!!!!! wow
sounds like SRV if SRV practiced more, and had better tone.
Be good to see johnny and Jack Pearson jam.
He sounds great on that Paul Reed Smith, which I believe are the best. He plays Kiesels now, which he swears by, but, to be fair, he uttered superlatives about all of his sponsors, which, I guess, is the nature of the business, and it is always partly a business, no? A man's gotta pay his electricity bills so he can crank up his Mesa V amp. (Okay, I just had to plug them, but, granted, Friedman, Bogner, and EVH's amps rock like hurricanes, too.) I think Johnny plays guitar all day, every day, so much so that he's hurting his hands. (Been there, done that, eh?)
hmmmmmm....... better than Stevie Ray Vaughan any day of the week 🤷♂️...... not enough gain for those pinch harmonics though Johnny🤣
Johnny Can play it all, Blues, Rock, Country, Blue Grass and I feel he is as good as Roy Clark was and that is saying something. He is one of the best of the best players I have ever heard. What a pleasure to listen to someone that has mastered his craft!
Johnny could make my TENNIS RACKET SCREAM
This will dye you're skeleton blue by the sound alone
Johnny kills like always, but what's with the bass player here? The dude is awful, completely noncomplementary and plain loud. Although Johnny could up himself a bit volume-wise, too.
Is that how the gray black finish looks? Kinda looks like a trans black - just wondering if it's a one-off for Johnny or if that is in fact how the gray black comes out. Would love that color for mine. Thanks!
Есть несколько гитаристов, эталонов стиля. Джонни один из самых ярких для меня.
Holy crow! What a phenomenal guitar player. As good as it gets.
i was there, you can hear me screamin, one of the best guitar talents in history............
Better than SRV, BB king, not to mention one of the best country chicken picken guitarist ever....
awesome feeling!
keep bend!
Here's a kick in the head....He's legally blind...... wasn't expecting that..
Johnny, remember how Jimi Hendrix imitated the sound of a guitar?
Parhaimpia kitaristeja!
Johnny is a great gift of talent to all of us!!!!
I think Johnny is a very underrated slide player because his slide playing ability is very much overlooked.
Thing about it, Johnny could fit in w/anybody. SRV woulda said, " Yeah, let's hook up, Johnny."
True Master of his craft,with feeling!
I've seen it and it wails with no pedals! Amazing guitar, especially in his capable hands!
That lick at 1:31 kills me. I got to learn that!
Johnny Johnny I can also be crazy about sound, you're great
Always set to impress! Johnny H.
thats the shit right there
I don't think he's blind as in sightless, but he is legally blind.
That's the best bit of blues guitar i've heard in a long time. loved it!!!!!!!!
Amazing guitarist,slide sounds like Dianne allman..🎸❤️
Guy is a Wizard...makes that guitar his bitch!!!
Is there nothing this Ol boy can't do?,,,,,,,
Wow
An incredible lot of feeling!
One word: awesome !
a guitar legend in his time...Johnny Hiland. To name a few more...John Jorgenson, Will Ray, Jerry Donahue, Tommy Emmanuel, & Brad Paisley.
Dude makes this seem way too simple!! Clearly one of the best.
yeah
I don't like the drummer - too much cymbal bashing for a blues number.
This is Musical Bacon.
Amazing!!
Would someone please start a Wikipedia page for the extremely gifted young man?
It's sad to think that so many people "hear with their eyes" and they overlook real talent because the artist isn't an underwear model, a freak or "sexually ambiguous".
We need to rally around this man and show the world that we're proud of one of our own.
this vid or one like it was in sync at one point, it is him playing
Джонні Джонні Best excellent Guitar Man
so great. FIND YOUR TONE, PRACTICE AS A BEAST, ENJOY, DON´T GIVE UP, AND FIND THE INSTRUMENT FOR YOUR HEART. THAT IS THE KEY.
JH is a phenomenon....as is Rory Hoffman also from Nashville and also "blind" playes with the Gypsy Hombres...check them out
I'm addicted discovered this guy now I'm hooked he is absolutely inspiring I love guitar live for guitar he gives you the push to put in the hard yards
1:32 is sick!
I've been missing out on a real good thing
I love his phrasing, non stop.
WTF happened to the sync on this vid?Use to be dead on.