Blues and the Tuning of the World: Gary Lucas at TEDxBergenCommunityCollege
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
- Dubbed "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero" by The New Yorker, "The world's most popular Avant-rock guitarist" by The Independent (UK), "One of the 100 Greatest Living Guitarists" (Classic Rock), "Legendary Leftfield guitarist" by The Guardian (UK), "Guitarist of 1000 Ideas" by The New York Times, "a true axe God" by Melody Maker, and "One of the five best guitarists in the world" by the national Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny, the British world music magazine fRoots recently described Gary Lucas as "without question, the most innovative and challenging guitarist playing today." Rolling Stone's David Fricke wrote: "Gary Lucas is one of the best and most original guitarists in America...a modern guitar miracle."
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Playing the blues is the best feeling ever when you play it!!
Gary is authentic in what he talked about and his playing. The purpose is to listen, think and make the world and your world better. Sometimes we quibble about little things that prevents us from being in a better place.
Loved that moment of Mississippi John Hurt
the blues/ blue grass part after the Chinese part sounded skipp James esque , very badass. this guy is a excellent unique artist
I think most of the people who commented on this video must be the opposite to soulful. Some (not all; but most of the persons who commented) of the persons in the young generation do not appreciate a meaningful discussion about anything, too busy to always look in the I-phone etc. for the latest shit in the Facebook, getting aggressive if they have to wait for a few seconds etc. if the connection is "too slow". This guy is just incredible good, so don't listen to all the idiotic comments from people who don't know first how to play guitar, and second how to do it with soul. /Erik
PS My uncle had to sit in the forest on the way from Valley View to Edmonton (in Canada) and wait for some machinery parts to his vehicle for about 12 days... and he didn't die. So... stop complaining if you have to wait for something good (in this case, something uniquely good; in spite of an old guitar) a few minutes. DS
How do you know they dont know the guitar. But otherwise right on. Wise words from a experienced guy is a bonus ALWAYS.. If you have something to argument about the subject then it would be very wise to comment and learn. if you dont have time now, maybe later but dont be ingnorant and leave a comment like that "booring" just shows how you work. But, Go and learn.
Great guitarist and world music appreciator
Someone wake me when he starts playing.
really duuno wat made him so special when he is playing guitar
blues is just fine ,love it///
@Gary Lucas I think your pronouncement of "sorrow" as being fundamental to the blues is genuinely misplaced. What's fundamental to the blues is suffering, not sorrow. As you know, suffering is universal, and what comes to mind for me are the Buddhist and Jewish traditions. The Buddhist's response to suffering is a learned response comprised of a complex set of ideas and actions that transcend sorrow. For the Jews, the proper response to suffering is kvetching, not sorrow. Suffering is universal to the human condition, and that's a big part of what makes the blues so potent. Of course, sorrow is universal, too; but sorrow is only one of a multitude of possible responses to suffering, and that, again, is what makes the blues a potent form of expression.
Yes yes yes!
the guitar player's player. Awesome sauce 🖒
always keep the beef in your ❤ !
I like the "Let It Ride" riff used repeatedly in the Chinese composition of yours. :-)
speed up to 1.25.....believe me you will thank me
why is his guitar so damn silent?
Christian Hoen it's a Gibson J160 some were like that, I have a 63 model the same, also it could have been miked up much better.
Can't beat a man in a hat!
Is he playing slide... Without a slide?
he is playing a glass slide;; only in that sense it is invisible
I think this guy has gotten an unfairly bad rap in the comment section here. Sure he talks alot, but that's because, as others have said, this is a ted TALK, not a ted concert; he's trying to make a point. Also his playing is good; if you don't like blues good for you, but his playing is good except for a few small errors like knocking the neck with his slide every now and again. However I think that can be attributed to the copious amount of alcohol this guy has clearly consumed. Which when you think about it actually adds to his impressiveness in that he's very well spoken for someone so clearly smashed.
Great speech, should of turned his mouth mic off when preforming less sniffs. DANCE OF DESTINY
Listening at 1.5 sounds the most normal
I was completely underwhelmed. And yeah, I thought it was a bit too much talk till he started playing.
Wow that sounds like a cigar box with strings on it. Tinny is right
It's a 1945 Gibson J-45
I hope they handed out handfuls of "No-Doze"...
18.40ish.... guns and roses anyone :P?
Mojave 🎶
It's funny how he teases us by acting like he's about to play by moving his hands around then keeps talking.
+Jack Chen all guitarists get itchy fingers when we got one in our hands, whats our excuse anyway :P
People on Ted Talk channel: Bit too much talking.
Great music but this clearly was WAY too long for a "learning video".
wise words but very thiny strings
Is this Jeff Ross? hahaha
josh ganos
just play that f**king song!!!
mourad khan ditto bud ditto .. lol
my wife hates when i do that
Well, all I hear is a endless talking followed by soulless Hillbilly Country playing. Can´t find any Blues feeling in it.
Why do you have what looks like a feedback buster in the sound hole and still being miked ? It sounds like crap . Also tune up !
***** Yeah, nah. Something rattling around in the sound hole sounds like shit. His playing his fine though.
If you can't hear something that sounds like random knocking on the guitar, and you don't think it effects the sound, then you are objectively wrong. His playing, like I said, is fine. I've liked the guy for a while. But if you'd take your head out of your ass for just a second, you might notice there are multiple technical errors with this tedtalk. The mic going in and out, the feedback, and whatever that is inside his guitar making that knocking. It wasn't on purpose. And my problem isn't with him, you moron.
The "knocking" was his slide hitting the neck, and his slide hitting the frets when sliding.
+TangeOrheen you can tell they commented without watching the whole video
tonyk playter Yeah, he did this a lot. I was very surprised.
talk too much he talk and more talk......... stop the talk maybe that why he only he have 20.
Tan desmond Because it's called 'Ted TALKS', it's not supposed to be a concert, nob head!!
That song sounds like a Christmas carol. Not impressed. You are right Tan, too much talking.
Well, that was so underwhelming.
HE may well be an excellent guitarist, but he is not a particularly charismatic public speaker.
this guy is the worst Tedx speaker... nothing great expressed through his mumbles, and I really couldn't take anything away from this...
The guy is a great musician but I'm sorry, that guitar sounds terrible.
I think the sound guy takes the fall for that one!
Let that be a lesson to everyone - never mike up an acoustic guitar with an sm57. You might be able to make it sound good, but that type microphone will mostly work against you instead of with you.
A condensor or ribbon microphone would have performed better without much potentially destructive tampering.
Yawn!!!
That guitar sucks!
Blues Man 63 you are a very unique person
So does your opinion. Blues is about singing from the soul, not playing on the finest instruments in the world.
speed up to 1.25.....believe me you will thank me