I bought the first Little Willies album and I could NOT believe the amazing Telecaster work on there. I've been a huge fan of Jim's ever since. I have to say that he's my favorite Tele player alive. What a fantastic musician!!!!
Used to open for Jim whenever I sat in with Eric McFadden for his happy hour gig every Thursday at The Paradise Lounge in S.F. He basically does to Country Swing what Hendrix did to blues tiny room and plenty loud... When he's trading eights with his pedal steel player, it's like you walked into a cartoon. One of a kind.
I worked the door at the Paradise for a couple of years and used to see Jim several times a week with the Ten Gallon Cats, Mental Revenge, or Gary Claxton band. Probably one of the greatest pickers most people don't know..
@talpajam I loved that lick so much I had to learn it... now I just have to try to teach myself the rest of the song (ya right!!!).
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Woah. Just now hearing it for the first time and I'm thinking… Danny Gatton… I mean, neighbor of the beast kind o' thing. But this one is alive. Geez how sweet that sounds.
is he using the neck of the guitar as a Floyd Rose? thats insane,i have never seen someone doing it live, i did it once at home but always thinking that it wasnt good for the guitar so i never did it again, and he is using it like a whammy bar, so awesome
I think the bass player might actually be playing through the California Blonde just in front of the big rig, but you're right just the same - players who know what they're doing can work big sound out of anything.
Frank Allotta get it by ear...download Transcribe slow it down work section by section and eventualy u will get it.....tabs are bad for guitar players :)
JC - custom shop. I guess a '58 clone. the most remarkable feature is probably the toploader bridge and the removed edges. straight into a princeton reverb. c'est tous :-)
Amen. I can't believe the number of educated, artistically sensitive, professional career friends I have that don't for one second think there is anything wrong with screwing their favorite artists out of a living so they can get their work for free.
This guy plays 9 gauge strings and it sounds amazing. We always sacrifice musicality and playability for the tone and that stupid idea of sustain. As if you need 3 minutes of sustain to play blues. We are all marketing victims.
And each album might buy a 1/5th of a meal after all's said and done and he's getting paid. best thing to do is go see him and buy merch from his band in person. f**k record companies!
a hamburger?? it's crazy to think that he's gotta live in NY or LA to make a living playing such unique and off the wall guitar music. aint no .99 cent hamburgers in NY and LA. each album might buy a meal! good thing most decent bars feed us starving pickers! never play in a bar that wont feed you for free! we cant support BS like that! I dont care if you cant play anywhere else! f**k anyone that wont feed a musician!
I appreciate his mastery and command of the tele. But his playing is choppy and unappealing to me. This is consistent across the several videos I've watched. it's a matter of taste. It's like my friend Jimmy from Arizona once said of my hero Neil Young, "Other than his writing, playing and singing, Neil Young is a hellava guy." I kinda feel that way about Mr. Campilongo. He likes to show his ability to command the Telecaster. But his playing is like sour candy to me. Again, it's a matter of taste.
Thomas McCoy Each to their own taste. Some tastes are acquired, and Jim's style would probably have to be counted among those...he mixes influences from Jimmy Bryant and Chet Atkins to avant-garde jazz, and it comes out as recognizably JC. The fact that his takes on timing, meter, and harmony are all as fluid as they are may be jarring to some, but to others, they are a much needed dash of spice to an increasingly bland menu. Don't force it, but I'd advise further sampling until something 'clicks'...you may find it rewarding.
It seems like an endless combination of disjointed, rudimentary tricks with no respect for tuning or melodic concepts. I would-be curious to hear him play a song "anyone" knows just to hear his interpretation and harmonic treatment.
Why does playing a song that everyone knows mean a damn thing? he's different and created his own style. Show me where it is written that a man can not do just that.
> "I would-be curious to hear him play a song "anyone" knows just to hear his interpretation and harmonic treatment." Well, then go and listen to one. He did cover a few tunes. By the way, to say he lacks melodic concept is one of the most unqualified comments to make about Campilongo.
This guy is probably the most musical Telecaster player I've ever heard. Total nuance....total control.
Jim is freaking an amazing player. Truly inspirational and that Tele has some serious mojo going on.
Highly respect what this guitarist does on guitar! Phenomenal guitarist, very inspiring Jim!!! cheers
i agree
I bought the first Little Willies album and I could NOT believe the amazing Telecaster work on there. I've been a huge fan of Jim's ever since. I have to say that he's my favorite Tele player alive. What a fantastic musician!!!!
I am a rock guitar player and this is the first time i see Mr Campilongo and I have to say that this guy is a magician!!!
JUST discovered him as a player in his own. ACE!! I love it when you can feel the player's love for the guitar.....
Used to open for Jim whenever I sat in with Eric McFadden for his happy hour gig every Thursday at The Paradise Lounge in S.F. He basically does to Country Swing what Hendrix did to blues tiny room and plenty loud... When he's trading eights with his pedal steel player, it's like you walked into a cartoon. One of a kind.
I worked the door at the Paradise for a couple of years and used to see Jim several times a week with the Ten Gallon Cats, Mental Revenge, or Gary Claxton band. Probably one of the greatest pickers most people don't know..
great guitar player ,knows a good tone and doesn't overplay ...also lots of humor ...just excellent
Fantastic stuff! I only recently heard about Jim through his duets with Joe Gore. Looks like I have a deep dive ahead of me!
And......done! They've all been bought. Love you, Jim. You're what inspired me to pursue music.
Jim and Les Claypool would be awesome.
I never saw a guy play with the tuning machines so much. IT was awesome to hear him turn to note after note after note. An experience I won't forget.
Yea, Campilongo signature is a real new thing....Fender is finally realising what a player he is! He was promoting princeton reverb reissue too!
Only just discovered him a few months ago (by accident). What a great player !
…& this was probably at 9.00am in the morning! Respect to these guys.
That chord Growl @2:49 :) love it!
I never get tired of this video - Jim is great, and so is this band!
I used to go see him play the living room on Ludlow Street my apartment was right down from there those were great days
@GravityJim Your reply made me go out and buy the whole album off iTunes. Heaven is Creepy, thank you for this sir.
the more i listen to this guy the more i really start to like him.......
This guy is genius. Master of the tele- sounds great!
Saw him recently and he played his tele into a tuner into the amp. Can't get much simpler than that.
I love it, he is realy a big sound magician
Brilliant performance
What a player and gent. 🙏
Crazy music for a crazy world.
My current Telecaster hero!
Jim is an absolute master tele player...
Mighty fine playing
This Cat's musical Talent is way - way Off The Chart...... So enjoyable..... bends me mind !!!
It's a '59 top loader. Sweet guitar.
Well done! I like the vibe of that second song. Sweet upright playing and drumming. Thanks.
Go Roy Buchanan! Luv it!
Really enjoy his playing, very unique & tasty!!.
Great Tele and a kick ass guitar player.
jr & jim need to get TOGETHER and tour!
still love it!!
The most revealing signature of his tone is that simple 2-beat Emaj lick at 2:41...man that is a deep and lush rig. Simple is always better.
@talpajam I loved that lick so much I had to learn it... now I just have to try to teach myself the rest of the song (ya right!!!).
Woah. Just now hearing it for the first time and I'm thinking… Danny Gatton… I mean, neighbor of the beast kind o' thing. But this one is alive. Geez how sweet that sounds.
I LOVE THIS!!!!
Impressive!
pretty cool!
is he using the neck of the guitar as a Floyd Rose? thats insane,i have never seen someone doing it live, i did it once at home but always thinking that it wasnt good for the guitar so i never did it again, and he is using it like a whammy bar, so awesome
The low e string is definatly stretched! Great jams!
Great Stuff!
Ah! Put it on iTunes so I can buy it!!
Great playing!
When are you coming to Portugal? Hope soon!
Visceral, twangy, stinging, humerous, creepy, biting, shimmering, great.
Does anyone know the name of either of the 2 pieces he plays in this clip? So good, I'd like to get them. Thanks!
I think the bass player might actually be playing through the California Blonde just in front of the big rig, but you're right just the same - players who know what they're doing can work big sound out of anything.
I love how the drummer is dressed like an inmate.
wow..i was amazed....i need to dust off my telecaster...this is just wicked! :)
this guy makes me
wanna get a tele
muito bom
Does anyone know where I could get the tabs for this? This guy is a freakin genius!!!!
Frank Allotta get it by ear...download Transcribe slow it down work section by section and eventualy u will get it.....tabs are bad for guitar players :)
His TrueFire course breaks this down. It's called Twister in the course.
Frank Allotta You'd probably be better off just listening and watching to learn it. I bet this hasn't ever been tabbed out.
Levi Clay transcribed it recently!
I just saw this.... th-cam.com/video/qKLWti1ZIQI/w-d-xo.html
Killer guitar player there. I'd like to hear him play a B bender. I bet he could really create some seriously strange tunes.
Jim's signature Tele is due out soon.
thats crazy
my great grandfathers name is
Jim Campilango
Watching in 2019
Wow, it's now 2021!!
Does anyone know the name of the song at 3:29?
Jimmy P Thanks!
The song is ''Monkey in a Movie''. It's from ''Heaven is Creepy'' album.
@@НиколаТомић-з2х Thanks, that's one of the most impressive riffs I've ever seen.
i couldn't just watch the thing
i had to grab my guitar and strum along
It's called 'Twister.'
Does anyone know what album these two songs are from?
How much of those 99 cents go to Jim? I don't know how iTunes operates regarding artists comission.
fuckin awesome
jazuz his hands are huge...
What kind of tele is this??
what was the second song called?
Monkey in a movie
JC - custom shop.
I guess a '58 clone. the most remarkable feature is probably the toploader bridge and the removed edges. straight into a princeton reverb. c'est tous :-)
Do it - get a Tele!
Amen. I can't believe the number of educated, artistically sensitive, professional career friends I have that don't for one second think there is anything wrong with screwing their favorite artists out of a living so they can get their work for free.
it seems like Bill Frisell guitar playing isn't ?
Chicken Pickin' from Mars.
WooF!
I hate to say this but....
I have Eric Clapton in Stratocaster world.
And I have Jim Campilongo in Telecaster world.
'59 Telecaster...
A country player on acid???
Sounds like something Jerry Reed would play
@GravityJim
Well he could afford that vintage Tele...
just convert this video to mp3 :P and you dont needa pay anything
my tele doesn't want me to play it anymore after hearing this... poor thing....
The camerawork is making me seasick.
This guy plays 9 gauge strings and it sounds amazing. We always sacrifice musicality and playability for the tone and that stupid idea of sustain. As if you need 3 minutes of sustain to play blues. We are all marketing victims.
FOH!
1st
And each album might buy a 1/5th of a meal after all's said and done and he's getting paid. best thing to do is go see him and buy merch from his band in person. f**k record companies!
a hamburger?? it's crazy to think that he's gotta live in NY or LA to make a living playing such unique and off the wall guitar music. aint no .99 cent hamburgers in NY and LA. each album might buy a meal! good thing most decent bars feed us starving pickers! never play in a bar that wont feed you for free! we cant support BS like that! I dont care if you cant play anywhere else! f**k anyone that wont feed a musician!
No mames jim. Knonke parando culoS
GREAT COUSIN I K LIKE SO MUCH BUT I PLAY SO BETTER!!!!!!
I appreciate his mastery and command of the tele. But his playing is choppy and unappealing to me. This is consistent across the several videos I've watched. it's a matter of taste.
It's like my friend Jimmy from Arizona once said of my hero Neil Young, "Other than his writing, playing and singing, Neil Young is a hellava guy." I kinda feel that way about Mr. Campilongo. He likes to show his ability to command the Telecaster. But his playing is like sour candy to me. Again, it's a matter of taste.
Thomas McCoy Each to their own taste. Some tastes are acquired, and Jim's style would probably have to be counted among those...he mixes influences from Jimmy Bryant and Chet Atkins to avant-garde jazz, and it comes out as recognizably JC. The fact that his takes on timing, meter, and harmony are all as fluid as they are may be jarring to some, but to others, they are a much needed dash of spice to an increasingly bland menu. Don't force it, but I'd advise further sampling until something 'clicks'...you may find it rewarding.
@Thomas McCoy this is like saying you hate metal cause it has bad tones unlike your favorite jazz genre.. 😅
@@rionn9 You are speaking to genre, I'm referring to a specific musician. This is a false equivalency.
It seems like an endless combination of disjointed, rudimentary tricks with no respect for tuning or melodic concepts. I would-be curious to hear him play a song "anyone" knows just to hear his interpretation and harmonic treatment.
It's country Jazz.
Why does playing a song that everyone knows mean a damn thing? he's different and created his own style. Show me where it is written that a man can not do just that.
You do realize Jim is a master of tuning and melodic concepts, right?
> "I would-be curious to hear him play a song "anyone" knows just to hear his interpretation and harmonic treatment."
Well, then go and listen to one. He did cover a few tunes.
By the way, to say he lacks melodic concept is one of the most unqualified comments to make about Campilongo.
This is like saying you hate Japanese language cause it does not sound like your beloved American English..