This performance is a GOLDMINE for someone aspiring to be a soloist on guitar. His technique of mixing minor and major scales is nothing short of brilliant. Not to mention the licks, phrasing, and tone. Pretty damn special. SRV and Hendrix would be proud.
I was actually thinking this is a goldmine to learn how to overplay the hell out of a song. And ALSO how to cop Hendrix licks that mix minor and major scales. Mayer's a great guitarist, but let's not pretend he came up with any of these licks.
Alex Haggar , so essentially just Mayer doing Mayer! 👍🏻 He gets compared to others so much, but really he has taken the best parts of those other artists and used it to create his own unique, recognizable sound.
John was in the zone....big time...check out his guitar phrasing after the solo when he sings...dude is still soloing lines as he sings ....not easy to do and make sound that fluid and natural
love Jm and i have listened to this soo many times, and its only because of this i have noticed a mistake at 2:54 and im so happy as a guitarist.. first time ever caught jm with even a slight wrong note.. hes human!!
@@Sixto_Marley haha that I have not been able to do. I know how to do it but it is so quick and precise and for me the solo is a bit fast paced so i just keep it in the bb box and get a similar sound.
learn coudnt stand the weather including the solo parts an that will help get you at the same tempo. If i didnt play alot of srv stuff I probably wouldnt have been able to transcribe this as quickly as i did
adam levine did purple rain, whats interesting and what id like to know is which one of these went first because i'd be willing to bet john went first because adams solo seemed a little force and way over the top .
@@dylanbyrne01 Adam is extremely talented but John is next level. The music pours out of him. This performance is on the same level as when The Blues Travellers performed for Howard.
i love it when JM lets it rip. sometimes his playing is almost TOO tasty and refined. this is pretty bad ass tone and phrasing and attack, reminiscent of his Trio work.
I’ve seen his performances before and he’s one of my all time favorite artists and guitarists but this gives me a new found respect for him. this performance is killer!
I've been debating with myself whether I should get a stratocaster or a les paul. This convinced me to go for the strat. He really makes that thing sing..
I practice, and practice, and practice and see I’m making progress until I see John Mayer and understand I’m too old to learn even how to hold my guitar correctly 😢
When I heard this version I came there for bob, I remained for bob. And hendrix. Now I came hear for bob and jimi. I remained for Bob, jimi and john. Three wonderful artists. One of the 5 best songs ever
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This performance is a GOLDMINE for someone aspiring to be a soloist on guitar. His technique of mixing minor and major scales is nothing short of brilliant. Not to mention the licks, phrasing, and tone. Pretty damn special.
SRV and Hendrix would be proud.
I was actually thinking this is a goldmine to learn how to overplay the hell out of a song. And ALSO how to cop Hendrix licks that mix minor and major scales. Mayer's a great guitarist, but let's not pretend he came up with any of these licks.
@@BeauregardHall stay mad . Mayer is awesome
@@ChazzLawrence I agree I agree.
@@BeauregardHallcan prefer someone without hating on someone else. Mayer is a master. Hendrix is a god.
Mayer is dog$#1t
John guitar playing is just so out of this world.
Love his personality and flowing energy.
This is how greatness sounds.
Les saints sont parmi nous
mayer covering srv covering hendrix covering dylan
Don't forget the rolling stones!
Alex Haggar , so essentially just Mayer doing Mayer! 👍🏻 He gets compared to others so much, but really he has taken the best parts of those other artists and used it to create his own unique, recognizable sound.
Stolen comment for likes. Pff
Alex Haggar Sounds like Johnny Winters cover too
Bruh
The best modern guitarist covering the best all time guitarists version of a song by the best songwriter... for the best radio host!
Churned out for the scummiest viewers/listeners
@@johnschimmel7350 you’re illiterate
Write something that makes sense
Best of this generation.... No doubt
@@johnschimmel7350 hope you enjoyed watching and listening!
yes to everything but that last part lol
John was in the zone....big time...check out his guitar phrasing after the solo when he sings...dude is still soloing lines as he sings ....not easy to do and make sound that fluid and natural
Ed Bauer he and Kieth Urban are amazing at that
Look at that finger tap at the beginning of the solo oh my god
Playing from straight feel….. no thought at that point
Greatest guitarist this century
He is basically soloing through the whole song. Unbelievable.
Those note must have been running through his veins
Thanks to the Fender Strat. Great pairing.
hendrix baby
This performance is very impressive
His rhythm playing here is unbelievable
Bro it's NEXT LEVEL. Those little riffs he's throwing in between the lyrics are sick!
His lead runs are smokin as well!!
@@9AJW4 lol Hendrix did these licks decades ago
Yeh Hendrix was a great guitar player.
AxcivW almost the same level as Hendrix at Monterrey. Johns licks here between the chords are incredible
The harmonic squeal at 4:16 is some of the slickest shit I’ve ever seen.
I come back to this every so often and everytime it hits just as hard
it's amazing he hit that in the middle of all that finger traffic. freak'n slick.
I hadn't noticed!! INSANE!!
Beautiful mistakes, kids.
@@uglytuco3829 For you that is.
Wtf that solo! Mayer just never disappoints. Never. He makes sounds come out of that strat that I didn’t even know were possible
Respect to the opening riffs. I picture Jimmy at Montreux when I keep replaying it over and over. Wonderful.
He’s nailed it. The spirit and import of an iconic era
Im watching this every day to remind myself that John is only human after all.....2:52
Hahaha this might be your only proof tho
that's why he took a revenge (he was the zone)
And then you get to 3:58 and you realize that he is not!
He's the master of rythym and solo in one.
After all these years he just keeps getting better. He is incomparable.
I've watched this so many times. Love every time how much you can tell Howard just loves it.
Dam he's good at what he does, that intro was killer.
Great cover, wonderful solo (3.50) Thanks Maestro!!
How can music get any better than that ? Amazing
He’s still soloing while singing 🤯
One in ear monitor out so he can feel the groove. Absolutely in the zone.
Imagine John Mayer performing like that at your birthday party. Howard is the fucking king!!
So no one is going to mention that godly tap at 3:58?
It’s so nonchalant
Good eye! That was insane, I’d have never caught that
WOW thank you for pointing that out... it's just too easy for him
Sick...totally improvised as well...
Also that electrifying harmony/mute of 4:18 - 4:19!!! (I'm not him btw XD)
4:16 that’s by far the sickest lick I have ever heard holy shii
That pinch harmonic he throws in is crazy
Perhaps one of the greatest rock songs of all time
I can imagine Stevie and Jimi looking at this and just being like "Fuck yeah"
4:22 classic mayer hyperspeed pickup switch
Outstanding Performance! He’s so unbelievably good.
love Jm and i have listened to this soo many times, and its only because of this i have noticed a mistake at 2:54 and im so happy as a guitarist.. first time ever caught jm with even a slight wrong note.. hes human!!
He's human
Hendrix was copied so much he’d notice players copying his mistakes.
Alas, in this very moment, I have learned every note that he is playing here. That took me one full year lol.
bro your videos are mad funny
And that tap on 3:58?
@@Sixto_Marley haha that I have not been able to do. I know how to do it but it is so quick and precise and for me the solo is a bit fast paced so i just keep it in the bb box and get a similar sound.
Tutorial coming up?
learn coudnt stand the weather including the solo parts an that will help get you at the same tempo. If i didnt play alot of srv stuff I probably wouldnt have been able to transcribe this as quickly as i did
This had to have been THE performance of the night
This was amazing, but I have to give it to Steven Tyler’s Dream On.
adam levine did purple rain, whats interesting and what id like to know is which one of these went first because i'd be willing to bet john went first because adams solo seemed a little force and way over the top .
People seem to react more to Adam Levine’s cover of Purple Rain which is crazy to me coz this is much better
@@chandomapoma1392 because with all due respect to Adam Levine, most people didn’t even know he could hold a guitar
@@dylanbyrne01 Adam is extremely talented but John is next level. The music pours out of him. This performance is on the same level as when The Blues Travellers performed for Howard.
i love it when JM lets it rip. sometimes his playing is almost TOO tasty and refined. this is pretty bad ass tone and phrasing and attack, reminiscent of his Trio work.
I’ve seen his performances before and he’s one of my all time favorite artists and guitarists but this gives me a new found respect for him. this performance is killer!
omg that intro...that tone
One of the best all time performances. For? A 50's kid who listened to all of his Aunt's Dylan records on a small phonographs in the mid-60's.
It makes me feel better as a performer knowing that sometimes even John Mayer swings his head around like it's on a spring...
It's "Mayer the Player"! Thank you John for keeping Jimi's music alive, and Dylan's
Surely one of the best guitarist !
That’s how I wanna play
one of the greats of your generation. im 55 john is a brilliant player in the vein of hendrix and chuck berry.
Yes sir!!!!
He also does a pretty credible Jerry Garcia :)
Mayer making that strat look like a 3/4 size while I'm here making strats look and sound like a shovel
This made me laugh so hard!!!😂
wow this is one of the best covers I have heard, amazing, up there with Jimi's.
Most of all the fans loved this performance
commenting as a reminder that this isn't a band he'd ever played with before or since
Eric N How do you know that? Not trying to disprove any claim being made, just making sure this is legit
Eric N yea and I totally have absolutely no idea why😂I’m jk
Eric N Johns my favorite and that was my first thought
I was thinking that while watching it! Amazing
Some real good licks in this
One of the best living guitar players
John Mayer can really play some guitar. Kick ass.
I've been debating with myself whether I should get a stratocaster or a les paul. This convinced me to go for the strat. He really makes that thing sing..
Get both - then get a Telecaster and then get a 335 and then an SG
Cet homme a quelque-chose que peut de guitaristes ont, le génie, comme Clapton, merci
Great version. John Mayer is super talented!
Totally awesome guitar playing.....
I love john and bob now this is an overload of awesomeness
Incredible.
I remember hearing Gravity in Hawaii i was driving home, the song resonated that i waited in the truck with volume blasting.
Outstanding, respect, every time.
The complete package!
Such a great refreshening version !
2:54... JM is human after all!
strange how after listening to this version 10+ time I've come to think the note is normal and part of the song, even if he did stuff up on it
Brings jimmy to a new generation 👍🏻
On a pas besoin d'être un guitariste pour entendre et comprendre que John Mayer et le futur grand qui continue derrière ses pères
FIRST time i've heard John play The wrong notes of a scale, hes such a master.
"Ok girls, huddle up.... it's goes how does it feel two times then the lyrics change"
Sem palavras... John Mayer não tem comparação.... é o melhor 👏👏👏👏👏👏🎸🤘
John Mayer isn't a musician, he IS Music.
Izaki Lima true statement.
That's the goal.
Dudes a master. Simple as that.
Now that's what I call a cover 🤘
Dayum! Mayer is an animal on the guitar
Sounds like he bought a new Tesla. “How does it fuel”
Sensational comment 👍I wish I could like it more than once.
😂
Lol 😂
It must be using some kind of new gravity-based technology? 🤔
😂
3:58 That tap was lightining fast.
What a player
this is pure gold
John Mayer is a god-damn legend!!
I doubt God is doing any legend damning here.
Wow! John can SHRED
SUperD 007 the difficult level here is insane, not many on this earth can play on this level
He is so great
I think I already watched all John Mayer related videos on youtube
I thought so too
Também achava isso.
There's more than just a little Prince's style/ sound in this performance
This is definitely a cover of the Hendrix version, not the Dylan original
I didn’t know Hendrix covered this song?
No shit
@@nrffilms1740 the best version man!
It's a cover of a cover of the cover
NRF FILMS is there a Dylan song Hendrix didn’t cover?
My man was in the zone! Damn
That intro solo is so tasty god damn.
Hi John Mayer. Come to Brazil. I' m from Brazil. 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Quelle version magnifique
Can we talk about the pickup change @ 4:23?
One of my favourite performances
musical genius
I practice, and practice, and practice and see I’m making progress until I see John Mayer and understand I’m too old to learn even how to hold my guitar correctly 😢
Yes! Love his necklace.
Até hoje não escutei nenhuma versão dessa música que não fosse admirável. 👏👏👏💯
When I heard this version I came there for bob, I remained for bob. And hendrix. Now I came hear for bob and jimi. I remained for Bob, jimi and john. Three wonderful artists. One of the 5 best songs ever
That is some tasty guitar playing! Dude has groove! Very Hendrix like! 👍🏻👏🏻✌🏻
It defied the laws of physics the way that guitar didn't burst into flames.
Tom Scullin you win!
Soooo darn good! Wow!
4:28 you can see the background singer thinking "damn that boy can shred"
Super genius ❣❣❣
Best cover of this song ever
This is the type of guy that my daughter should of married, so he could give me free 🎸 lessons
Ed Wu RIP your son in law
@@ianstewart496 lmao 😂
They can’t all be winners man. It’s a tough world.
F for the son in law
not seeing any comments for that pickup switch at 4:23 ..... slick
Ottimo arrangiamento ed interpretazione ❤❤❤
Equally as fun to watch him play as to listen to!
Nobody is as impressed with John as John is impressed with John
That’s because he’s effing great. YOU pick up a guitar and do this. You’d be impressed. 😜
@@PandoraTheOriginal thats effing true...100x better than Clapton
I always loved this song but always wished it had some riffs and solos in it. This is perfect !