Dan D I have never heard of those guys before, and that's what makes John so good. He can bring killer guitar playing to the mainstream and introduce many people to a whole new range of music. He is how I got into playing guitar. His combination of listenability and skill makes him a powerhouse.
Dan D im sorry but saying there is nothing original and good about mayers playing is plain ignorant. He is very fucking good. I can't tell if you dont realize this because you have never picked up a guitar or just because you dont realize what makes a good guitarist.
Dan D Guthrie govan is no doubt the best but john mayer is john mayer, he's a bluesman with a sprinkle of jazz and later country. Why are you bringing guthrie in this conversation
Dan D dude those guys are killer, but if you say mayer has nothing special, you really dont understand guitar. Neon and stop this train is really hard at guitar, and he play those songs while singing, and yet he is one of the guitarist who makes complex riff sounded so simple, it is so hard to do.
Those are the songs that he wants to play vs the ones that make him millions and score the highest quality Poon on the planet ! Which is why every 14 yr old picked up a gutiaar in the first place !
I'm actually glad we have an artist like him today. He isn't just some singer who writes earworms or anything, you can tell that he's pretty passionate about his art (particularly the guitar) and I guess that it can even be said that he's inspiration to others as a musician. Idk that's just me.
You might wanna listen to Gugun Blues Shelter/Gugun Power Trio and Davide Panozzo for the Jimi type of guitars. If you wanna have some of the more jazz, you might like Tom Misch and Melanie Faye. Still a lot of _hidden_ talents in the internet.
Was talking to my dad about a John Mayer concert, he said: Half the guys go there and take their gf with them, the other half gets taken there by their gf's 😂
Probably one of the best guitarist of my generation. And I will admit I am slowy becoming a fan. Especially after I have seen the many Dead songs he covers.
Pawel Habrajski Sounds to me like melonhead34 is referring to the Grateful Dead; hence the capital letter at the start of 'Dead'. He's played with surviving Grateful Dead members in the band Dead & Company too so I'm guessing that's the reference
LOL I can imagine the fan girl's faces full of confusions, trying hard figuring out what the hell was he even playing, if only these people had remotely any ideas what were they witnessing. I know John Mayer is not SRV or Jimi, but he was pretty damn close. Truly one of the most brilliant guitarist in our generation.
I cant even imagine a girl hating this music if shes there to see mayer. She would already be into him enough to pay attention to the art. This cover id sooo good that shes bound to jam!
what a legend. doesn't even change out of his pajamas to go to a show where he shreds like an alien, and changes his amp settings in the middle of the show, still shredding. and all of it was for jimi. my respect is unmeasurable
@@Matheus.Richard His last couple tours had both Pino and Steve in them and on a few they did entire Trio sets. He's doing these things but people arent seein em bc they arent Top 40. His stuff with Dead and Co is amazing...
Amazing. Some 55 years later and this tune is still juicy delicious meat for a competent guitarist to truly express himself. Thank you Jimi and God Bless you Mr. Mayer for honoring our brother Jimi
This song has so much soul, energy and aggression to it, u gotta dig deep to pull it off. I don't think people realise how good John is, he really is a master guitarist.
Jack O Exactly.. those lily white bubble gum chewing little girls were all looking at each other in absolute shock.. Who's Jimi Hendrix and what's a Voodoo Child..they obviously didn't get it, they only came hoping John would possibly make eye contact with one of them.. OMG.. did you see that he actually looked directly at me..LOL oh well
Jack O "Like, I feel like I've heard this before but whatever I'm sure it's his." Also, notice how only like 10 people cheered when they heard the wah strum intro. If that concert were full of guitar players they would've flipped out the second he turned the wah on.
Clay Hadley Agreed.. That giant Hendrix Wah Wah intro too voodoo child is so legendary and universally recognized.. Damn if that was the 80s or 90s the entire audience would of stood up and applauded... Oh well...Looks like the new selfie generation has reared its ugly head.. talk about.music ignorance personified...
Anybody whos used a whammy bar will know how much it puts tuning out of whack, it ony makes me appreciate this set that much more. Say what you will about john mayer he sure is one hell of guitarist...
Abhinav Ramesh lmao if you set up your bridge right(not Floyd Rose style) you can totally abuse it without it going out of tune. Hard work but it pays off
People love to forget that musicians are people. They have songs they love to hear and love to play. Somehow people who don't like John's version believe they're entitled to decide what he does and doesn't get to play. Okay, so I guess next time you decide you'd like to play some Hendrix in your bedroom by yourself, I should come in and say, "actually, ur not allowed. It doesn't do Hendrix justice and it just sounds bad. Sorry." Like seriously lol. John LOVED SRV and Jimi. Those were influences. He's not covering them to impress people, he's covering them because he fucking loves playing their songs. Stop thinking you're allowed to decide how people express themselves through music.
@@HalenJolley101 he has said multiple times that srv is his biggest idol, hes not trying to be him but he obviously likes his style, he isnt ripping him off anymore than whatever srv ripped off in his times
@@subhasishpam426 Can you not tell the difference between Hendrix and SRV's playing? You can copy, but you gotta grab your own sound. John Mayer has a hard time with that, I think.
Lol haters never fail to say anything else besides "he's not as good as Hendrix or stevie" like he's not trying to be? He's just doing him. And he's doing it fucking well. He's a monster and any REAL musician would understand that. Listen, joe from down the street, the man made money off of pop hits cause he likes to write all types of music. If you even bothered to listen to his other songs you'd probably be impressed. They're good stuff
I tried really hard foe some reason to be an asshole hater but the more of his stuff I saw live, the more I became a fan. I’ve seen Dead and Co four times now and I’m heading back to Boulder this summer to see two more shows. He’ll melt your damn face off!!
Agree!! And Mr. Eric Clapton loves doing covers. He talks about John a lot and likes him. He plays with him, among others, and there's lots of others. So if U think John is a teen idol, U might want to listen to an unprecedented , 3 time, inductee into the RRHoF, a man who's played with everybody , no attitude , living legend/icon , who not only plays and has played with too many greats to mention, is the best guitarist , barr none, of the 20th & 21st century , and hear what he has to say about John . Don't compare anyone to Jimi or SRV, cause their not here. And it doesn't really matter how they would have turned out if they lived, cause they were pretty awesome exactly how they were. With my musicality, before I will ever take a step forward , I dig deeper right where I'm at. If u realize that there r only 12 sounds in all of western music, and you can internalize them (u probably have them stored in ur sub- conscious brain along with so many other songs, melodies, harmonies that go all the way back to when u first heard music, child songs, nursery rhymes , all generes), any exercise u do becomes that much more powerful. Even singing the sounds after playing them ,to get familiar with them, is internalizing ! And u want to internalize them to improvise (friends,2-3 people, jams , open mic) , so if u walk into a setting where's there's jamming happening, and somebody runs up to u and says "ok, here's the key and here's the chord progression ", and u say , "forget all that. Just let me listen for a minute and I'll follow u." U listen and then u play 1 sound and you'll know exactly where your at and the key and the chord progressions. Me ,I do that but I'll improvise . And that's where the fun is and that's what musicality is all about. Music theory is redundant . Play scales isn't improvising . Play some (which all come from the 12 sounds in western music)at 250 bps might impress ur friends, but it'll do nothing for ur improvising . The concept is how slow u can play each sound , then improvise with them and that will give all the info u need to play in any situations . You'll eventually forget about keys, and progressions and you'll always know where ur at, always! If you've ever been on a plane and u walk thru and ur greeted by the flight attendants and then u glance into the cockpit and look at the dashboard , u probably thought,"there's got to be a zillion buttons on there, how's the pilot know what buttons to push!!!!", Cause he knows what they do.........
When Mayer was on the Rolling Stone cover years ago with Trucks and Frusciante, I laughed to myself. Now I begrudgingly accept that Mr. Wonderland is a tremendously gifted guitar player and totally deserved to be on that cover.
This song has always been amazing to watch people play live. The way it feels like they are just trying their hardest to fit as many complex blues licks they can in between every motif feels more like a game than simply playing an instrument. Musical cramming. Not to mention the way it feels like he has to catch the motif lick before it escapes his guitar. It's sonically spectacular
its not that good. The original is light years ahead. The solos are weak, and the rhythm is pretty weak too. But its good enough to fool people who don't know
I remember when he opened the show with this. I was blown away. This was one amazing concert. I love you John!!! Get well. I am going through withdrawls!!! This was the last concert I saw you at.
There are four you could argue for or against IMO: Trucks, Bonamassa, Frusciante or Mayer. They are each WILDLY different though. Slide, straight blues(-rockish), blues-pop and straight rock.
I just started listening to John. Also i was living under a rock. I loved this soo much. He also seems to be a super cool, lovely and wise dude in interviews. I was always more drawn to less popular musicians because i'm a snob sort of. Forgetting that someone can be popular 'just' because they are amazingly great musicians. It's truly a joy to find more and more contemporary artists with this elegance, feel and love for music and life.
Hendrix’s Voodoo Child is one of my favorite songs of all time. Maybe this isn’t quite Jimi but I am shocked at how good it is. I am totally a John Meyer fan now.
this was the video that made me discover john mayer. i was in a hendrix/srv phase already, and hadn't heard any covers as accurate as this one. the moment i heard him play, i went "who IS this guy?". little did i know, from that moment on, *his* music would change my outlook on music forever.
I honestly don't get why this comment section is full of grown men putting young girls down by saying that they don't understand or know classic rock music. Sure, there are girls like that - but to generalise every girl as a 'pop fan' and every boyfriend as a rock lover is a bit much. Even if many got introduced to classic rock by listening first to his pop, they at least did learn of it. At 14-15, all of my friends and I were hugely into rock music of the 60s-80s, and took immediately to John's virtuoso playing.
Hated this dude growing up in early 2000s til I heard neon a few years after he blew up and was like "wow that guitar riff is like impossible to figure out" then realized he is an absolute savage as a blues guitarist. And appealed to the mainstream audience. Can't lie. Lot of respect for this guy in my adulthood.
Whether or not you’re a John Mayer fan, this is an awesome testament to his talent. I was looking forward to hearing his version of this classic. It doesn’t need to be compared to anyone.
tyler borders hi would love to know what you think of my 17 year old grandsons acoustic attempt at this. Hoping to find him some subscribers 😜 th-cam.com/video/xC2hcwXot-k/w-d-xo.html
He is one of maybe the best guitarist of this century so far. He just doesn’t do it on his albums which is a shame. You should listen to where the light is, he does many blues songs on it
you can tell how excited he is to play like this, he doesn't get a chance to that often while live. Every time he's singing you can just tell he can't wait to get back to soloing over this lmao. He is doing exactly what he wants on that guitar
What's crazy is he's one of the greatest guitarists ever, but most know him for his top 40 hits. Saw him live, it was very impressive, but I'm a huge Hendrix fan so I always appreciate the talent.
Unfortunately he's too handsome to be taken seriously playing tunes like this - most of the audience (girls with hearts in their eyes) have no clue what what he's playing here
RobX- the only people who care what he looks like are the pre-teen girls in the audience. It is clear from many of the comments here that many of us do take him seriously.
+Honda Harris Are you trolling??? This is a complete rip off of the Stevie Ray version of this song! Every lick played by Mayer in this song is a SRV lick. And Stevie played it "different" every time he played it live, as he did with all his songs--no two performances were the same. So I suggest looking at as many SRV versions of this song (as I have). I don't have a problem with Mayer (before I get accused) as he seems to have a pretty good grasp on the whole SRV version of the blues-style guitar playing, but I hear and see people saying he is the greatest guitar player of our generation, which is a gross overestimation--in my opinion of course.
Hate when i tell people that I like John Mayer and they assume it’s because Body is a Wonderland is my favorite song. Nah, it’s because the dude absolutely shreds and makes incredible music
I never knew before that Mayer also did this one. This is a standard for me, and one of the Hendrix masterpieces. Stevie Ray Vaughan did a great rendition, and now, add John Mayer to the list!
Gotta admit: That was probably the best VCSR cover I've ever heard. He really had something to say. Don't know why he gets so much hate, the man can play.
How has this been up for over a decade and I'm just seeing this? WTF TH-cam, I thought you knew me! Alright, better late than never, this is awesome. John Mayer is legit, he should have been alive in an earlier decade when guitar rock was more widely appreciated.
Meanwhile, 1 hour prior at Soundcheck.. JM: “I want to play differently tonight. I don’t know, maybe Hendrix...” [soundchecks Voodoo Child] Tiffany, Rock Stylist: “cute. Let’s stick with the golf outfit. Also please play Daughters right now.” [soundchecks Daughters]
Kids this is what you call a fender stratocaster its an ancient device that makes music its made of wood iron copper wires and a little plastic there's no screen mouse or keypad on this it gets better the more you use it
Ok. I'm like a lot of ppl here that never gave John Mayer a second thought. This was impressive and having seen a couple other videos of him jamming, i've gained respect for this dude. A real musician.
One of the best voodoo child covers I’ve ever heard. Most of them just sound too messy but John nails every lick and perfectly combines Jimi and srv licks.
Imagine being there, seeing all those 9 to 16 y.o. girls that don't know WTF is this and just watching disappointed the good old john playing his favourite, while their dads are singing along with the soul of 🅱ig 🅱oy Jimi Hendrix and having a good time after all that "Pop Rock" and girl things. In poor words, i wish i was there
both songs appear on Electric Ladyland . track 4 Voodoo Chile is a more straightforward blues 15 mins long track 15 Voodoo Chile ( slight return) is the 5:13 variation on the theme we all know and love and do cover versions of
If I could go to a John Mayer`s concert, I would never be the kind of girl with hearts in the eyes. I`m not a girl, I`m a grown old woman, and I would be there expecting to listening to his astonishing music, paying all the respect Mr. Mayer and his band mates deserve.
Was not expecting to land on this. But glad I did. I have always respected his guitar playing, but this just makes me respect him. Well done. I can play this song and need to do more of it. If you are reading this break out that guitar.
John almost rips trem off guitar
His guitar: Perfect Intonation
I lightly use my trem once
My guitar: C# F Ab E F# D
Exactly
Get Rene Martinez as your guitar tech, that might help👌👌👌
He’s got them ever-tune Bridges equipped lmao
Fax
Your shit isn’t setup right that’s why.
John has the best troll game in history. They show up expecting "Wonderland" and "Daughters", and John hits them with this.
ElDuderino502 Mayer actually hates playing Wonderland
Pope Raisin I don’t blame him i hate playing it too
Acoustix i never even bothered to learn it
well a wonderland replaced by voodoo child actually is not a troll...its a must 😂😂😂
Facts love the looks on the college girl's faces too
Let's be real... He did it for the dads. Respect.
He did it because he is a guitar player
No he did it for the dads
And because he’s a guitar player
Grandads*
He did it for dad: Jimi
@@tylerblackman6476 Stevie version of this song will always be my favorite
John Mayer: *plays the guitar like an absolute madman*
Girls:
John Mayer: *touches whammy bar*
Girls: *woooooooo*
Its all in the feel
Let that be a lesson to you.
Hey girl, wanna see my whAmMy baR???????
@@bucaro5336 😳😳
estupidos generalizando y creyendo que un género de una cancion es mejor que otra que cacas
And just like that...everyone in that audience thought John Mayer wrote voodoo child
Yeah thank god ive grown up listening to hendrix(im 14)
Ha-Ha! I doubt that!
@@alwayssomething8572 what? i have, my dad and i used to cruise down town in our 68 firebird, usually listening to foxy lady😆
@@luremainstream9521 my reply was to dubnesslll. I don't doubt you are familiar with Hendrix.
@@alwayssomething8572 ohh ok sorry🤦♂️
He is honestly insane at guitar
Dan D I have never heard of those guys before, and that's what makes John so good. He can bring killer guitar playing to the mainstream and introduce many people to a whole new range of music. He is how I got into playing guitar. His combination of listenability and skill makes him a powerhouse.
Dan D He's great at blues
Dan D im sorry but saying there is nothing original and good about mayers playing is plain ignorant. He is very fucking good. I can't tell if you dont realize this because you have never picked up a guitar or just because you dont realize what makes a good guitarist.
Dan D
Guthrie govan is no doubt the best but john mayer is john mayer, he's a bluesman with a sprinkle of jazz and later country. Why are you bringing guthrie in this conversation
Dan D dude those guys are killer, but if you say mayer has nothing special, you really dont understand guitar. Neon and stop this train is really hard at guitar, and he play those songs while singing, and yet he is one of the guitarist who makes complex riff sounded so simple, it is so hard to do.
hes not trying to play it better than jimi. hes paying tribute to him as an inspiration.
no one can play like jimi
It's more of a tribute to Stevie Ray imo
he literally directly copied the stevie ray vaughn version of this song
He's trying to sound more like SRV than Jimi
He's paying tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan definitely... It's a Hendrix song on SRV style.
when you have a gig at 3 o'clock but got to golf at 4.30 -
Carl Fredriksson JAJAJSJJSJSJJJAJAJAH
Haha 👍
I just lol, for real. Fantastic comment!
lmao
there you go, 1 thousand likes
Can we just take a minute to appreciate the guy drumming? So solid the whole way through
Keith Carlock he's amazing
Unsung hero, his playing was stupid tight the whole way
He's not really 'unsung' - in the drumming world he's considered a monster with unfair amounts of talent. Check him out playing with Wayne Krantz 😃👍
I discovered john mayer through the drummer lol. Keith Carlock was one of my top drummers I studied.
John Mayer : this next song goes out to all the dads and bfs forced to come
Lolz
Those are the songs that he wants to play vs the ones that make him millions and score the highest quality Poon on the planet ! Which is why every 14 yr old picked up a gutiaar in the first place !
My wife dragged me to one of his concerts and I was blown away! This guy is a blues rockin kick ass guitarist, no ifs and or buts.
buddies wife had too get him too go lmao
@@Sergeant_UWU_best wife ever period
Love how he added the hey Joe riff in there too.
yeah that climbing riff is sooooo good
that's part of the song
Its part of a different jimi song
I'm actually glad we have an artist like him today. He isn't just some singer who writes earworms or anything, you can tell that he's pretty passionate about his art (particularly the guitar) and I guess that it can even be said that he's inspiration to others as a musician. Idk that's just me.
You might wanna listen to Gugun Blues Shelter/Gugun Power Trio and Davide Panozzo for the Jimi type of guitars. If you wanna have some of the more jazz, you might like Tom Misch and Melanie Faye. Still a lot of _hidden_ talents in the internet.
If you want blues listen to kingfish, Eric gales, and Samantha king fish
@@TheIndogamertom misch is pretty great
Was talking to my dad about a John Mayer concert, he said:
Half the guys go there and take their gf with them, the other half gets taken there by their gf's 😂
there are a small portion of people who realise he is the best guitarist in popular culture right now.
flyde popular culture I said
spot on lol john mayer is THE guitarist of my generation
flyde John is probably better skill wise
I’m part of the guys who take their gf with them
He’s doing it for the all the Boyfriends in the crowd lmao.
F u
Think I found a triggered feminist.
@santiagoisokay and?
There’s some pretty damn good female guitar players out there mate. That are definitely fans of Johns
@Wakanda thats just facts
Probably one of the best guitarist of my generation. And I will admit I am slowy becoming a fan. Especially after I have seen the many Dead songs he covers.
melonhead34 Eric gales
melonhead34
Try the try album or continuum
The "dead" songs aren't dead at all you twat
Pawel Habrajski Sounds to me like melonhead34 is referring to the Grateful Dead; hence the capital letter at the start of 'Dead'. He's played with surviving Grateful Dead members in the band Dead & Company too so I'm guessing that's the reference
Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child a “dead song”? That’s a crazy assumption.
LOL I can imagine the fan girl's faces full of confusions, trying hard figuring out what the hell was he even playing, if only these people had remotely any ideas what were they witnessing. I know John Mayer is not SRV or Jimi, but he was pretty damn close. Truly one of the most brilliant guitarist in our generation.
Meanwhile every guy whose girlfriend made them go was rocking out lol
+AdamWStudios Yesss!!
lol
Dai Young I know I'm a huge fan of jimi Hendrix I would've died
I cant even imagine a girl hating this music if shes there to see mayer. She would already be into him enough to pay attention to the art. This cover id sooo good that shes bound to jam!
Sad how the crowd probably had no idea what song this is.
Haha that is so true!
Sad how he thought he had an idea what the song is.
Reiss
Why are you making assumptions??
That's a lie! You can't say that man
So true! And he plays it so damn well!!!
I love how you can hear influences from both the Jimi and SRV versions.
John mayer is pilky27
Change my mind.
edd stowe Ah! I see you’re a man of culture.
I CAN'T UNTHINK IT THIS WAY
I think your onto something
@@liamdewhurst9127 he is he figured it out
John Mayer has a tattoo on his left arm that continues until his wrist, pilky27 has no tattoos on either arm. Have I Changed your mind?
0:54 when you don't want to teach your friend how you do it.
anonymous solver @ eddie van halen
It low key looks like he was mimicking what Jimi Hendrix was doing during his live show
🤣
@@salvadorfindley3555 he's actually using a technique called feedback which jimi was famous for using
@@leonschick2895 so whats that about?
what a legend. doesn't even change out of his pajamas to go to a show where he shreds like an alien, and changes his amp settings in the middle of the show, still shredding. and all of it was for jimi. my respect is unmeasurable
Honestly John should just start making rock.
QuAGOtH Official he’s in dead and co dude
The JM3 really brings him to his best. I don't know why he doesn't play as much in that formation
@@Matheus.Richard His last couple tours had both Pino and Steve in them and on a few they did entire Trio sets. He's doing these things but people arent seein em bc they arent Top 40. His stuff with Dead and Co is amazing...
@Guitar Dudeo yeah no it created rock
Owen Miller it’s called the blues
Amazing. Some 55 years later and this tune is still juicy delicious meat for a competent guitarist to truly express himself. Thank you Jimi and God Bless you Mr. Mayer for honoring our brother Jimi
This song has so much soul, energy and aggression to it, u gotta dig deep to pull it off. I don't think people realise how good John is, he really is a master guitarist.
all the 13 year old girls there were like WTF is this??
more of them probably thought he wrote the song
Jack O Exactly.. those lily white bubble gum chewing little girls were all looking at each other in absolute shock.. Who's Jimi Hendrix and what's a Voodoo Child..they obviously didn't get it, they only came hoping John would possibly make eye contact with one of them.. OMG.. did you see that he actually looked directly at me..LOL oh well
Jack O "Like, I feel like I've heard this before but whatever I'm sure it's his." Also, notice how only like 10 people cheered when they heard the wah strum intro. If that concert were full of guitar players they would've flipped out the second he turned the wah on.
Clay Hadley Agreed.. That giant Hendrix Wah Wah intro too voodoo child is so legendary and universally recognized.. Damn if that was the 80s or 90s the entire audience would of stood up and applauded... Oh well...Looks like the new selfie generation has reared its ugly head.. talk about.music ignorance personified...
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S Yup, it's pretty sad. Things like this don't get near as much appreciation as they should in this day and age, unfortunately.
2:05 little bit of hey joe
That was so tasty...
Jimi sometimes did similar in live performances. I love how he could take parts of one song and play them over another seamlessly
And at 4:57
Anybody whos used a whammy bar will know how much it puts tuning out of whack, it ony makes me appreciate this set that much more. Say what you will about john mayer he sure is one hell of guitarist...
Abhinav Ramesh lmao if you set up your bridge right(not Floyd Rose style) you can totally abuse it without it going out of tune. Hard work but it pays off
All you need are locking tuners
it's not the tuners dude its a variety of other factors as well. for example if the nut sticks to the strings they over stretch and drop tuning
Abhinav Ramesh if u add two more tremolo springs then ur straight
i did that on my 89 telecaster with a bigsby dropped tuning all strings had to switch guitars
Not only is he technically amazing, but he plays with a lot of feeling, and it’s brilliant
People love to forget that musicians are people. They have songs they love to hear and love to play. Somehow people who don't like John's version believe they're entitled to decide what he does and doesn't get to play. Okay, so I guess next time you decide you'd like to play some Hendrix in your bedroom by yourself, I should come in and say, "actually, ur not allowed. It doesn't do Hendrix justice and it just sounds bad. Sorry." Like seriously lol. John LOVED SRV and Jimi. Those were influences. He's not covering them to impress people, he's covering them because he fucking loves playing their songs. Stop thinking you're allowed to decide how people express themselves through music.
He did amazing loved this version of voodoo toooo
arguably the greatest guitarist of his generation
Samuel Padua there are much better players
name some...
Synyster Gates
zach webster nah
Mark Tremonti
Is John headed out to the golf course after the show?
he has the ball to
Johnny Botts yes in a time capsule to 1972
I'm prety shure he is going to bed
between the preppy shirt and the pants he looks the next to tee off
Hahahahaha
To every guitarist who said Mayer is not blues enough or just regular mainstream pop guitarist : you just jealous
TheMetalrap619 Tries too hard to be SRV.
Halen Jolley didn’t srv rip off hendrix too?
@@HalenJolley101 he has said multiple times that srv is his biggest idol, hes not trying to be him but he obviously likes his style, he isnt ripping him off anymore than whatever srv ripped off in his times
@@HalenJolley101 whats wrong with wanting to be SRV? Thats a blessing that he idolizes him
@@subhasishpam426 Can you not tell the difference between Hendrix and SRV's playing? You can copy, but you gotta grab your own sound. John Mayer has a hard time with that, I think.
I'm a simple man, when John Mayer cover Jimi Hendrix, I click LIKE.
No one giving credits to the drummer? Ok
Yes, great job all around.
Keith Carlock! He‘s an absolute master 🔥
Easily one of the greatest living drummers. Gotten to see him live 3 times. Twice with steely dan and once in his own trio. Incredible
HONESTLY MAN !
Lol haters never fail to say anything else besides "he's not as good as Hendrix or stevie" like he's not trying to be? He's just doing him. And he's doing it fucking well. He's a monster and any REAL musician would understand that. Listen, joe from down the street, the man made money off of pop hits cause he likes to write all types of music. If you even bothered to listen to his other songs you'd probably be impressed. They're good stuff
I tried really hard foe some reason to be an asshole hater but the more of his stuff I saw live, the more I became a fan. I’ve seen Dead and Co four times now and I’m heading back to Boulder this summer to see two more shows. He’ll melt your damn face off!!
Agree!! And Mr. Eric Clapton loves doing covers. He talks about John a lot and likes him. He plays with him, among others, and there's lots of others. So if U think John is a teen idol, U might want to listen to an unprecedented , 3 time, inductee into the RRHoF, a man who's played with everybody , no attitude , living legend/icon , who not only plays and has played with too many greats to mention, is the best guitarist , barr none, of the 20th & 21st century , and hear what he has to say about John . Don't compare anyone to Jimi or SRV, cause their not here. And it doesn't really matter how they would have turned out if they lived, cause they were pretty awesome exactly how they were. With my musicality, before I will ever take a step forward , I dig deeper right where I'm at. If u realize that there r only 12 sounds in all of western music, and you can internalize them (u probably have them stored in ur sub- conscious brain along with so many other songs, melodies, harmonies that go all the way back to when u first heard music, child songs, nursery rhymes , all generes), any exercise u do becomes that much more powerful. Even singing the sounds after playing them ,to get familiar with them, is internalizing ! And u want to internalize them to improvise (friends,2-3 people, jams , open mic) , so if u walk into a setting where's there's jamming happening, and somebody runs up to u and says "ok, here's the key and here's the chord progression ", and u say , "forget all that. Just let me listen for a minute and I'll follow u." U listen and then u play 1 sound and you'll know exactly where your at and the key and the chord progressions. Me ,I do that but I'll improvise . And that's where the fun is and that's what musicality is all about. Music theory is redundant . Play scales isn't improvising . Play some (which all come from the 12 sounds in western music)at 250 bps might impress ur friends, but it'll do nothing for ur improvising . The concept is how slow u can play each sound , then improvise with them and that will give all the info u need to play in any situations . You'll eventually forget about keys, and progressions and you'll always know where ur at, always! If you've ever been on a plane and u walk thru and ur greeted by the flight attendants and then u glance into the cockpit and look at the dashboard , u probably thought,"there's got to be a zillion buttons on there, how's the pilot know what buttons to push!!!!", Cause he knows what they do.........
Meanwhile Clapton admit that he is one of the best guitarist ever
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Yep. Neon is my favorite original from him. It’s pop, but it’s just as complex as stuff Clapton. Hendrix, or Vaughn composed.
It's easy to hate him! But after seeing this performance I'm sold, what a guitar player!
Drummer plays, using the "traditional" grip. Badass!
When Mayer was on the Rolling Stone cover years ago with Trucks and Frusciante, I laughed to myself. Now I begrudgingly accept that Mr. Wonderland is a tremendously gifted guitar player and totally deserved to be on that cover.
This song has always been amazing to watch people play live. The way it feels like they are just trying their hardest to fit as many complex blues licks they can in between every motif feels more like a game than simply playing an instrument. Musical cramming. Not to mention the way it feels like he has to catch the motif lick before it escapes his guitar. It's sonically spectacular
excellent comment, well put
He plays more like Hendrix than SRV, lots of feedback and wah stuff. Kinda cool to hear Stevie tone with a dash of Jimi.
And a bit of Bieber's stage presence!
Professor Musica With none of your stupidity.
***** Mayer even has an SRV tat on his shoulder.
he plays and sing like a pusy
nivdavid177 you for real gonna say that after seeing this performance?
This is pure witch craft guitar playing , unreal
Yea the songs simple, but the man is man handling it in his own way
Drew Zaio like to see you try...
You should see Hendrix when he's live
@Drew Zaio: Well I tried the wah wah this morning, and it won't do all the crazy licks, must be broken or something...
Not witchcraft...it's voodoo
he is a monster here
monster?!
He is a monster guitar player
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This version of Bold As Love aint bad either!
its not that good. The original is light years ahead. The solos are weak, and the rhythm is pretty weak too. But its good enough to fool people who don't know
@@Barefoot67 it's Go0D enOugH foR pEopLe WhO dOn'T knoW
you clown
One of the most underrated guitarists ever.
overrated*
@@jimmysquire6242 no.. underrated
@@jimmysquire6242he is better version of Stevie John’ vocal and guitar both
@@jimmysquire6242no he’s underrated
I love John's guitar's Yoko Ono impression at 5:32
I went to high school with the guy on the drums..Keith Carlock..one of the best drummers on the planet.
I remember when he opened the show with this. I was blown away. This was one amazing concert. I love you John!!! Get well. I am going through withdrawls!!! This was the last concert I saw you at.
Best guitar player in the last 30 years.
...dude lol.
@@lmaosd7701 Name one better?
Your profile picture is you in a mask. Wtf is wrong with you cult members? Embarrassing soy boy
@@huelerhuelin3334 you don’t have a picture. Must break every camera in sight.
There are four you could argue for or against IMO: Trucks, Bonamassa, Frusciante or Mayer. They are each WILDLY different though. Slide, straight blues(-rockish), blues-pop and straight rock.
I just started listening to John. Also i was living under a rock. I loved this soo much. He also seems to be a super cool, lovely and wise dude in interviews. I was always more drawn to less popular musicians because i'm a snob sort of. Forgetting that someone can be popular 'just' because they are amazingly great musicians. It's truly a joy to find more and more contemporary artists with this elegance, feel and love for music and life.
I'm speechless ...that solo around the 3 minute mark made me love this song even more
pretty cool that he threw in the walking line from Hey Joe in there too
John Mayer is a great guitarist!! Underrated for sure!
Hendrix’s Voodoo Child is one of my favorite songs of all time. Maybe this isn’t quite Jimi but I am shocked at how good it is. I am totally a John Meyer fan now.
Love how John feels music & how enjoys every note coming out of the guitar, just fabulous.
Until this day I did not know how awesome a guitarist Mayer is. Wow jus WOW!!!!!!!!
this was the video that made me discover john mayer. i was in a hendrix/srv phase already, and hadn't heard any covers as accurate as this one. the moment i heard him play, i went "who IS this guy?". little did i know, from that moment on, *his* music would change my outlook on music forever.
3:55 *girls expecting to hear your body is wonderland and daughters*: “mom can you pick me up I’m scared”
That's funny!!! Love it
I honestly don't get why this comment section is full of grown men putting young girls down by saying that they don't understand or know classic rock music. Sure, there are girls like that - but to generalise every girl as a 'pop fan' and every boyfriend as a rock lover is a bit much. Even if many got introduced to classic rock by listening first to his pop, they at least did learn of it. At 14-15, all of my friends and I were hugely into rock music of the 60s-80s, and took immediately to John's virtuoso playing.
Hated this dude growing up in early 2000s til I heard neon a few years after he blew up and was like "wow that guitar riff is like impossible to figure out" then realized he is an absolute savage as a blues guitarist. And appealed to the mainstream audience. Can't lie. Lot of respect for this guy in my adulthood.
Dude was fearless back then! My gaawd! Love his Hendrix/SRV covers.
Whether or not you’re a John Mayer fan, this is an awesome testament to his talent. I was looking forward to hearing his version of this classic. It doesn’t need to be compared to anyone.
I think it's safe to say Mayer is not completely bitch made.
The way he made the guitar match his voice is insane
He don't know how good he are - Eric Clapton talks about John Mayer
The one time him being conventionally attractive was a problem lol.
Most people in the audience had no idea what they were listening to
I respect Mayer. Not for his songs but the covers. It’s like he’s trying to bring back good music!
I had no idea he could play guitar like that, that sounded great
tyler borders hi would love to know what you think of my 17 year old grandsons acoustic attempt at this. Hoping to find him some subscribers 😜 th-cam.com/video/xC2hcwXot-k/w-d-xo.html
He is one of maybe the best guitarist of this century so far. He just doesn’t do it on his albums which is a shame. You should listen to where the light is, he does many blues songs on it
you can tell how excited he is to play like this, he doesn't get a chance to that often while live. Every time he's singing you can just tell he can't wait to get back to soloing over this lmao. He is doing exactly what he wants on that guitar
the joy in his face puts a smile on mine
OK John Mayer...I see you
TheSocratesReborn he doesn't get as much creditas he should for his skill from most because he is commercial successful as a pop artist
John Mayer should make a Rock album
He honestly should, he's got the talent. It would be a nice change from all the poppy bullshit
Listen to the John Mayer Trio
Yeah I’d kill for a heavy rock album by Mayer
@@OmegaMarioMaster poppy bullshit is what sells nowadays sadly. he still should tho as just a passion project id definitely listen to it
He's been in Dead and Co since 2015. Where have you been?
What's crazy is he's one of the greatest guitarists ever, but most know him for his top 40 hits. Saw him live, it was very impressive, but I'm a huge Hendrix fan so I always appreciate the talent.
How is that crazy? By definition way more people listen to top 40 hits. How would not more people know him for them?
This is the first video that any JM fan should watch - just to grasp what a truly incredible guitarist he is.
I love the fact that John Mayer can play any genre
Unfortunately he's too handsome to be taken seriously playing tunes like this - most of the audience (girls with hearts in their eyes) have no clue what what he's playing here
A friend told me once “if you’re not good looking, play guitar, if you are good looking, nobody gives a fuck about anything else.”
A random shot that’s not what I said
Taken seriously? He’s one of the best blues guitar players on earth!
But yes, I agree about his audience lol.
A random shot thats a good point lol
RobX- the only people who care what he looks like are the pre-teen girls in the audience. It is clear from many of the comments here that many of us do take him seriously.
Tough to pull off with that outfit on.
Doug Shanahan hahahaha
Even better. 😂
I was thinking the same thing,
His out seems tame compared to Jimi and Stevie's.
But he definitely did it lol...
The best cover of this song done by any artist...this is as close to Jimmy as anyone could've gotten. Go on John!
+Honda Harris you havnt seen Stevie Ray Vaughn then
I have, and I wasn't exactly thrilled by his version. Too soft.
+Honda Harris Are you trolling??? This is a complete rip off of the Stevie Ray version of this song! Every lick played by Mayer in this song is a SRV lick. And Stevie played it "different" every time he played it live, as he did with all his songs--no two performances were the same. So I suggest looking at as many SRV versions of this song (as I have). I don't have a problem with Mayer (before I get accused) as he seems to have a pretty good grasp on the whole SRV version of the blues-style guitar playing, but I hear and see people saying he is the greatest guitar player of our generation, which is a gross overestimation--in my opinion of course.
+Matthew Harris you get the picture
@ Honda Haris "as close to jimmy"... who is jimmy? Do you mean hendrix? Because if you do, you just learned that his name is spelled Jimi not Jimmy
Hate when i tell people that I like John Mayer and they assume it’s because Body is a Wonderland is my favorite song. Nah, it’s because the dude absolutely shreds and makes incredible music
Jimmy is up in heaven looking down at this performance... loading 22 tabs into his headband and 3 under each eyelid as a nod to a great performance..
A good cover of a awesome cover of a god's song
I never knew before that Mayer also did this one. This is a standard for me, and one of the Hendrix masterpieces. Stevie Ray Vaughan did a great rendition, and now, add John Mayer to the list!
Look up Gary Moore’s version, one of the best !!!
Gotta admit: That was probably the best VCSR cover I've ever heard. He really had something to say. Don't know why he gets so much hate, the man can play.
How has this been up for over a decade and I'm just seeing this? WTF TH-cam, I thought you knew me! Alright, better late than never, this is awesome. John Mayer is legit, he should have been alive in an earlier decade when guitar rock was more widely appreciated.
its awesome the way he mixes voodoo child and hey joe's riff sometimes, John Mayer rocks!
Meanwhile, 1 hour prior at Soundcheck..
JM: “I want to play differently tonight. I don’t know, maybe Hendrix...”
[soundchecks Voodoo Child]
Tiffany, Rock Stylist: “cute. Let’s stick with the golf outfit. Also please play Daughters right now.”
[soundchecks Daughters]
Kids this is what you call a fender stratocaster its an ancient device that makes music its made of wood iron copper wires and a little plastic there's no screen mouse or keypad on this it gets better the more you use it
Impressive! Well done sir. I'm sure Jimi and Stevie Ray would approve.
Negative!
KWS is theirs!
I have no idea what "KWS" means.
Thank you.
Ok. I'm like a lot of ppl here that never gave John Mayer a second thought. This was impressive and having seen a couple other videos of him jamming, i've gained respect for this dude. A real musician.
half of the audience have no idea what pure genius they have just listened to
Man, apparently I need to go to a John Mayer concert.
Anyone notice all the best guitar players are tall with pretty big hands? Dang. Puts me at an immediate disadvantage lol
SeemsLikeSomething Stevie Ray Vaughan was 5’5
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Ok. I’m sure it’s not a strict rule. Just saying most are tall.
SeemsLikeSomething I know. I’m just playin brotha
Large hands makes access to the top end of the finger board much easier.
Get a smaller guitar if you need to dude, my hands aren't massive but it's just practise man
He hit us with a few licks from ‘hey joe’ at 2:00
One of the best voodoo child covers I’ve ever heard. Most of them just sound too messy but John nails every lick and perfectly combines Jimi and srv licks.
いやーほんとすごいわ。ギターヒーローですあなたは
Imagine being there, seeing all those 9 to 16 y.o. girls that don't know WTF is this and just watching disappointed the good old john playing his favourite, while their dads are singing along
with the soul of 🅱ig 🅱oy Jimi Hendrix and having a good time after all that "Pop Rock" and girl things.
In poor words, i wish i was there
😂
both songs appear on Electric Ladyland .
track 4 Voodoo Chile is a more straightforward blues 15 mins long
track 15 Voodoo Chile ( slight return) is the 5:13 variation on the theme we all know and love and do cover versions of
Andy Hamlett would've been cooler if Voodoo Chile was track 5 so there would be this interesting reverse in numbers.
*insert lame joke about the crowd*
Stefan Palicki no matter where you go there is a boomer talking about how younger people don’t know the song
69th like lmao
@K A yup man those boomers had great artist at there time even there pop is good
K A yea but do why they gotta be so annoying and cringe about it lmao. Just enjoy the fucking song and worry about ur self lmao
If I could go to a John Mayer`s concert, I would never be the kind of girl with hearts in the eyes. I`m not a girl, I`m a grown old woman, and I would be there expecting to listening to his astonishing music, paying all the respect Mr. Mayer and his band mates deserve.
Was not expecting to land on this. But glad I did. I have always respected his guitar playing, but this just makes me respect him. Well done. I can play this song and need to do more of it. If you are reading this break out that guitar.
and all of a sudden, the girls in the audience went silent and the boys took over and started screaming.