Eric is an artist who reminds us that there is love and beauty in this world and his medium is his Fender guitar. It is such a privilege to share a spot on earth in time with him.
Imagine walking off the street into a tiny bar in Charleston, SC in 1984 & seeing this guy looking like he was all of 16 playing better than anyone I'd ever seen before, and I'd seen em all by that time...Zep, Stones, all the big names of the day. I didn't find out his name until the Tones album came out a couple years later. Truly a memory of mine for the ages.
I moved to the Austin, Tx area in 1977. I already knew his music from WGTB in Washington DC. I went to his shows as often as possible! (and SRV to!) I saw him and his dad in the audience at a "Windham Hill" artist concert at "Paramount Theater" in the mid 1980's. They seemed to enjoy it. And at a VERY early meeting of the "Austin Songwriters Group" in support of Jody L.
I was there! Myskins right? And I did the same thing, had already seen EJ in Columbia at Greenstreets but didn’t know he was playing there. Walked by the door and saw a line, asked who was playing, doorman said EJ. As it was also my Birthday I told the people with me, “we’re going in HERE!”
The fact that I just get to watch this is mind-blowing. When I first started guitar all I had was a cassette copy of Ah Via Musicom. No videos, no way to slow things down to learn them. I'm in heaven then and now.
Eric plays like hes painting a picture most talented gifted artist ever seen in my life Eric you bring us all to another play and time full of joy your music makes me feel so human thank you we love you god bless to you and your family Zorba NJ🎉
Seeing Eric's Austin City Limits performance for the first time was a religious moment for me. He's a gifted and inspiring musician. He will always have my respect.
Couple years ago,I got to watch him and Tommy and Kyle play "Ah via musicom" start to finish in a little club in Colorado Springs. I took my beer to the front and leaned on the stage and watched magic. Met him after and had him sign a ticket stub from 1993.He looked up at me and said "Man we're getting old."😂 Never forget that hero moment.
Looking forward to seeing him play this fall! I’ve been mesmerized since I saw him at the Austin city limits on PBS in ‘88. I was 10 years old all those many many years ago. Blew my mind then, and watching him play now… still blows my mind! 🤯 I’ve been in love with that Fender tone ever since.
You could say this was a tired performance and that the timing was a bit off here and there but in every 10 seconds of this there's still genius and he does improvise all over the gaps. He's still got it. He could wipe the floor with the other 99.99999%
Eric is one of those where the age is starting to show. He's not the lightning fast guitarist we all knew, but jesus those chord voicings are still so beautiful.
It's a testament to the standard he set in his hayday, he was so terrifyingly clean, fast and articulate that it's just not possible to stay at that level for forever.
Agreed. I’ve seen him live once in the late 80s and a few times in the 90s. He’s done so many concerts. He’s got an amazing heart and gentle spirit. To me, that was rough. Hard to watch, even. Unless we go like Jimi did, or so many other rockers, there’s a fading that occurs. I think that makes a case for reinventing yourself. Maybe the chops can’t stay, but musically and sonic creativity doesn’t always demand super virtuosic playing. Eric is still the best, in my mind. I remember hearing Cliffs of Dover the first time on the radio. I was driving a literally had to pull off the road because of how astonished I was.
@@MrJKCummings ya totally agree, i saw Eric first time in 88 or 89 in a small club and COD blew my mind. Its tough watching this, reminds me i aint so young either lol.
Im glad that even when he sadly passes away we can look back at how great and unique this man was he is one of the reasons why i own a strat because i hope to one day be as fluent with the guitar, Thanks Eric
Eric's chord thing is like Allan Holdsworth's to me. It goes so much deeper than the single note stuff which is also sublime. What a gift of a player to us all.
I recently did a Holdsworth deep dive and never realized how much inspiration EJ derived from him. He’s even starting to look a little like him as he ages.
I think he is also getting inspiration from Doyle Dykes. For the last 10 years or so they have been hanging out when Doyle records at Eric's place. Watch Doyle play "How Great thou Art". th-cam.com/video/g6yWAMfZ2H4/w-d-xo.html
When I saw him play in Dallas a couple of years ago. The two things I have always thought is he is one of the greatest guitar players in the world and that the tones and sounds he get's are phenomenal! What a great sound!
One of my all time favorite guitarists. His intros to this song are like sonic therapy. This would be my choice for a soundtrack in heaven. BTW....Bethesda should have tapped him for some Starfield music.
I saw Albert Lee recently, and people say he did the same thing. What's the cliche', these guys have forgotten more than all of us combined will ever know. Sit back and enjoy the sweet sounds of Eric Johnson...then go practice.
Sounds like he was having problems hearing either the band or himself. He's an almost pathological perfectionist I suspect it doesn't take much to throw him for a loop. After all he's done for the guitar community he's entitled to an off night. I'll still be listening
seems like he got a bit lost right before the band kicked in there - a little to much rambling should stay a bit more focused to structure cut down on the mistakes
@@steveweilhart2359 come on that’s nonsense. Anything EJ shares with an audience is gospel as far as true fans go. He is inside the music and it doesn’t always work perfectly when chasing ideas. You’re watching a man tell a story with his instrument, through which he has blazed a pioneering path music and still searches for the edge of the envelope. He’s never been a perfect player, and this is ragged as hell during the main changes. So what!
Where in Ft Lauderdale? Sunrise musical theatre? It's in Broward but it's close! Not the Swap Shop? I'm a native Floridian and lived all over Broward . Saw some great shows at Joe Robbie (pro player stadium) and the old Sportatorium out in Hollywood, that place was a party! Saw Rush when I was 11 with my older brother and his friends and, many until they tore it down. Just curious.✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
Awesome…love to see him reaching for it! Heard things I’ve never heard from an artist I’ve been following for 40 years. Love to see him letting go a bit more than usual.
I was coming out the Yadkin Gate from Ft. Bragg in 1990 when I heard this play on the radio. Almost ran a redlight due to being lost in that finger-style. I drove past the mall, to the lone record store, and asked if they had an album by some guitar guy named Johnson that played near SRV. I played that CD to death...
He's definitely at a tremendous level. Thanks for this upload. If our daily etudes are anything like him, we could finally perform on the pedestrian mall in front of Walmart without the security guards chasing us away... Anyway, everyone would think we were playing backing track.
Tones album simply blew my mind! I felt like the fidelity of my speakers was tweaked in a beautiful way. Went out and got his teaching tape and basically wore it out! Please check it out! Thanks for posting this! Sonic equivalent to a glorious sunrise!✌️❤️
What are you guys complaining about? There are so many amazing, creative, different and original lines flowing out on this example of this master of all things electric. EJ never ceases to amaze... I would never call this an off night.... clams happen. The last time I saw him, he was playing Ah Via Musicom straight through, tune after tune and flawlessly. I'm just grateful he's still here, still kicking it, still growing, doing what no one else can.
This is light years beyond typical "clams", and you know it. This performance is enough to raise concern about his health. I get it, things go on the decline with age, but don't pretend something isn't seriously wrong here.
@@distantstorm3808 Hard to say without knowing more, might just have been a bad night, fatigue, jet lag, a hundred other things, but of course we all wish him well and hope that he keeps inspiring us all. You might write to him with your concerns and best wishes... What else is there to do?
I was there too! 😁Thanks for posting. 👍 I've seen him several times now, and have never seen a mediocre show, always a great performance. And I FINALLY got to see he & Roscoe Beck together.
Best concert you will ever see is a Butcher Babies concert. That band brings the entertainment. Eric is just playing gigs based on the success of one single/album. 30 years later. For realz dawg. This Butcher baby shit be bangin' Straight up. No gamez. No pimpin. Just straight up gangsta pimpaz. And Eric is no gangsta. Especially with that crap tone at 6:13. Did you notice that only 1 or 2 fans clapped. 1 or 2 fans is not an accomplishment. I have 1 or 2 fans every time I take a dump at the Mall.
I saw him on back to back nights while in the Chicago area. First night he was brilliant, almost flawless. Second night while still brilliant, he was clearly struggling to play like in this video. I can only imagine the finger power it takes to play the kind of stuff he does, and how difficult it must be when fatigue sets in. Still my favorite player of all time!
Agreed, he can play this song while in a coma. I can’t imagine the strain touring places on the body and mind. I’ve been a practicing guitarist since 1974, today at 60 years old I struggle to play 45 minutes straight, what Mr. Johnson does is nothing short of amazing. I smile every time I hear him play.
@@hkguitar1984 to me it sounded like there was an amplifier issue with the lack of sustain. That can get into any players head! He's still the best Eric Johnson out there!
@@gregdewald Agreed. I've watched his Rig Rundown (an older one) and he uses a lot of vintage gear (echoplex and Fender Reverbs), any one of those components in the signal chain can cause a big problem. Like the Pro he is he played through it. Gosh, I just can't get enough of his phrasing and playing style.
Looking at him rushing reminded me of a poor Race Horse whos gate won't open! I think he wanted the band to pick up the tempo in Cliffs. IDK, Maybe he's fucking burnt on the song. God only knows. Iconic Improvisational genius of EJ always a pleasure. He was exploring some modes that fucked me up good here. I'll have to study this pentatonic mode of minorish madness some more! I wish I could be paid to practice. ;( Music is like a doctor. A practice. A discipline, and a endless search for and source of wonder, and exploration.
Oh my what a booboo he hit right at the proper start of Cliffs... this was not his best night, he seemed to have dropped a lot of notes, but still awesome nonetheless.
Getting older, it can happen but definitely an off night. Sounds like he is fighting the guitar a bit. This is when you need to gain it up more lol.. cover the mistakes. George Lynch also suffers from this from time to time.
Saw EJ & the band on 3/1/23 in Tucson & they were awesome! I’ve seen him w/ G-3 & solo along w/ the Hendrix Experience👍🏻. I felt the sound guy was off but the band was great! Dave Scher nailed it on a few solos & his guitar sounded great👍🏻. I would get a new sound guy for the rest of the tour…. It’s all about tone & sound when you’re at a live show👍🏻🤘🏻
No two live versions are the same. His note articulation is not quite the same and seems to do more pull off style runs but it still Eric. I've been a huge fan for 33 years.
Masterrrrr🙌🙌🙌🙌🎸❤️🤘👏👏👏
Eric is an artist who reminds us that there is love and beauty in this world and his medium is his Fender guitar.
It is such a privilege to share a spot on earth in time with him.
Imagine walking off the street into a tiny bar in Charleston, SC in 1984 & seeing this guy looking like he was all of 16 playing better than anyone I'd ever seen before, and I'd seen em all by that time...Zep, Stones, all the big names of the day. I didn't find out his name until the Tones album came out a couple years later. Truly a memory of mine for the ages.
I moved to the Austin, Tx area in 1977. I already knew his music from WGTB in Washington DC. I went to his shows as often as possible! (and SRV to!) I saw him and his dad in the audience at a "Windham Hill" artist concert at "Paramount Theater" in the mid 1980's. They seemed to enjoy it. And at a VERY early meeting of the "Austin Songwriters Group" in support of Jody L.
I was there! Myskins right? And I did the same thing, had already seen EJ in Columbia at Greenstreets but didn’t know he was playing there. Walked by the door and saw a line, asked who was playing, doorman said EJ. As it was also my Birthday I told the people with me, “we’re going in HERE!”
That must have been a special memory to have. Lucky you. I would have loved to have been there.
I saw him with the Electromagnets in Houston for my 18th birthday, back in 'July of '75. My brain is still fried from that night.
I lived in Charleston in the 90s. That must have been really cool! Great place to hear him.
Eric is too good for this world. I’m so glad he’s still with us. Phenomenal player.. Top notch!!
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The fact that I just get to watch this is mind-blowing. When I first started guitar all I had was a cassette copy of Ah Via Musicom. No videos, no way to slow things down to learn them. I'm in heaven then and now.
It’s a free concert, internet is wild man
That’s how we’d learn back in the day. Play, stop, rewind, repeat
Hey Mike, I'm a big fan! Thank you for your work! ❤
Eric plays like hes painting a picture most talented gifted artist ever seen in my life Eric you bring us all to another play and time full of joy your music makes me feel so human thank you we love you god bless to you and your family Zorba NJ🎉
Damn 68 and still ripping it, if only I could play this good at any point in my life I would be in heaven. Amazing talent.
he was a prodigy his entire life but yeah you can do anything man you just need to practice and believe
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This intro got me feeling really high, as you occasionally get without drugs, I love it♡♡♡
Such beautiful elegant chords in that intro... Whenever I hear this it makes me dream of a misty sunrise over the snow capped rocky mountains... 😃
I can watch and listen to this man all day long, somehow the notes just reach out,I cannot explain it. A gifted guitarist and a half.
Thanks for uploading!
In the day of pre recorded tracks at live concerts I’ll take this all day long, clams and all. Bravo for still plying live and being vulnerable live.
Astounding virtuosity, invention and in the moment creativity. Forever inspired by this great genius of the electric guitar. ❤🔥❤
Same, as well as another great guitarist in this comment section...
well done Eric. still going strong at nearly 70. national treasure.
Seeing Eric's Austin City Limits performance for the first time was a religious moment for me. He's a gifted and inspiring musician. He will always have my respect.
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Couple years ago,I got to watch him and Tommy and Kyle play "Ah via musicom" start to finish in a little club in Colorado Springs. I took my beer to the front and leaned on the stage and watched magic.
Met him after and had him sign a ticket stub from 1993.He looked up at me and said "Man we're getting old."😂 Never forget that hero moment.
That's cool!
Will be seeing him for the first time next week at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA. It only took me 30+ years to get to a show of his.
Looking forward to seeing him play this fall! I’ve been mesmerized since I saw him at the Austin city limits on PBS in ‘88. I was 10 years old all those many many years ago. Blew my mind then, and watching him play now… still blows my mind!
🤯 I’ve been in love with that Fender tone ever since.
💙💙💙Thank you for this post...
Thank You...
Nicest most pleasant person you'd ever want to meet. Cheers, Eric.
Nice tune,love that song!Groovy as hell,cool riff,just good as ….love it,greetings from Norway🤘🤘🤘
i was at this concert, absolutely beautiful and amazing player can believe how amazing he is no matter what age he is magnificent.
Loved hearing the Joni Both Sides Now quote.
So Amazing.. I was there in person enjoying this, and Love reliving it.
his guitar literally sounds like some kind of magic spell. beautiful.
Thank you so much for posting this. EJ is definitively one of the greats.
You could say this was a tired performance and that the timing was a bit off here and there but in every 10 seconds of this there's still genius and he does improvise all over the gaps. He's still got it. He could wipe the floor with the other 99.99999%
Eric is one of those where the age is starting to show. He's not the lightning fast guitarist we all knew, but jesus those chord voicings are still so beautiful.
It's a testament to the standard he set in his hayday, he was so terrifyingly clean, fast and articulate that it's just not possible to stay at that level for forever.
Agreed. I’ve seen him live once in the late 80s and a few times in the 90s. He’s done so many concerts. He’s got an amazing heart and gentle spirit. To me, that was rough. Hard to watch, even. Unless we go like Jimi did, or so many other rockers, there’s a fading that occurs. I think that makes a case for reinventing yourself. Maybe the chops can’t stay, but musically and sonic creativity doesn’t always demand super virtuosic playing. Eric is still the best, in my mind. I remember hearing Cliffs of Dover the first time on the radio. I was driving a literally had to pull off the road because of how astonished I was.
Yeah, he was definitely a bit off his game. I’ve seen EJ 6-7, maybe 8 times.
@@MrJKCummings ya totally agree, i saw Eric first time in 88 or 89 in a small club and COD blew my mind. Its tough watching this, reminds me i aint so young either lol.
まだ元気にステージでプレイしていてとてもよかった！素晴らしいです。みなさん言いたいこと言ってますが彼の曲がどれだけ難しいかコピーした人でなければわからないだろうと思います。いつまでも私の先生です。いつかライブで観たいです！
Your real fans will let you be human Eric. I love you and your humanness. ❤
agreed well said
Im glad that even when he sadly passes away we can look back at how great and unique this man was he is one of the reasons why i own a strat because i hope to one day be as fluent with the guitar, Thanks Eric
Wow, there are amazing guitar players and then there is Eric Johnson!
One of my favorite's. It's absolutely amazing.
he plays his inner world
god bless Eric.
Yesterday not today...
Some of the best tone I've ever heard in my life...
What a legendary composition from a living legend..and of course tone like no other
Amazing crowd - you really can sense the concentration and love towards the artist.
Eric's chord thing is like Allan Holdsworth's to me. It goes so much deeper than the single note stuff which is also sublime. What a gift of a player to us all.
Picking up Frisell too, without the detune.
I recently did a Holdsworth deep dive and never realized how much inspiration EJ derived from him. He’s even starting to look a little like him as he ages.
Also, the first album I bought as I was beginning to learn to play was After The Rain. You were a part of my musical formation. Thank you.
I think he is also getting inspiration from Doyle Dykes. For the last 10 years or so they have been hanging out when Doyle records at Eric's place. Watch Doyle play "How Great thou Art". th-cam.com/video/g6yWAMfZ2H4/w-d-xo.html
Yes, absolutely. His the improvisation is super reminiscent of the stuff off of secrets
Brilliant!
When I saw him play in Dallas a couple of years ago. The two things I have always thought is he is one of the greatest guitar players in the world and that the tones and sounds he get's are phenomenal! What a great sound!
The otherworldly tones and phrasings of a genius, soundtrack to a blissful state, EJ is.
Absolutely otherworldly tone. At times it's like you're listening to some kind of cello or viola.
I love how you can hear Eric's still integrating new vocabulary into his playing to this day
One of my all time favorite guitarists. His intros to this song are like sonic therapy. This would be my choice for a soundtrack in heaven.
BTW....Bethesda should have tapped him for some Starfield music.
i could envision a cd of EJ just noodling and it would be tasteful and great.
I saw Albert Lee recently, and people say he did the same thing. What's the cliche', these guys have forgotten more than all of us combined will ever know. Sit back and enjoy the sweet sounds of Eric Johnson...then go practice.
Well said! As i'm fan of both Albert Lee and Eric Johnson
Thank You ! For Sharing that Beautiful Moment , & The Sound is Pretty Good
Sounds like he was having problems hearing either the band or himself. He's an almost pathological perfectionist I suspect it doesn't take much to throw him for a loop.
After all he's done for the guitar community he's entitled to an off night. I'll still be listening
It's his song... He gets to play it however he pleases. I enjoyed it, and I love Eric.
That. Tone. A drummer here, and I can tell you that tone is amazing. I don't know much else...again, I'm a drummer 😀
You're a musician
@@alannicolle3361 thank you 🙏
Yes, me too
That tone is amazing
At 68 his playing just says I am EJ and I am still here!
While many guitarists gently weep with joy, admiration and envy.
can confirm!
I was at this show. It was incredible.
I haven't heard him play with this much abandon in ages. He sacrifices a note here and there for ideas none of us ever heard him play before.
seems like he got a bit lost right before the band kicked in there - a little to much rambling should stay a bit more focused to structure cut down on the mistakes
@@steveweilhart2359 oh wow listen to you. Id like to see you say that to his face. Telling the master how to play.
@@caprise-music6722 well, the master was making a few too many mistakes. At that level. You should be playing a little cleaner
@@steveweilhart2359 come on that’s nonsense. Anything EJ shares with an audience is gospel as far as true fans go. He is inside the music and it doesn’t always work perfectly when chasing ideas. You’re watching a man tell a story with his instrument, through which he has blazed a pioneering path music and still searches for the edge of the envelope. He’s never been a perfect player, and this is ragged as hell during the main changes. So what!
@@steveweilhart2359 his lost is way above most other musicians
Saw him a few days after this in Ft. Lauderdale. Amazing show! He still has it for sure.
Where in Ft Lauderdale? Sunrise musical theatre? It's in Broward but it's close! Not the Swap Shop? I'm a native Floridian and lived all over Broward . Saw some great shows at Joe Robbie (pro player stadium) and the old Sportatorium out in Hollywood, that place was a party! Saw Rush when I was 11 with my older brother and his friends and, many until they tore it down.
Just curious.✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
Awesome…love to see him reaching for it! Heard things I’ve never heard from an artist I’ve been following for 40 years.
Love to see him letting go a bit more than usual.
The intro its like hes telling a story.
Sounded like a bad cover of cliffs of Dover🤣
Man's a legend. One of the best to ever do it, sure is tough hearing those off notes tho.
I love how all his newer live performances of this song all sound like a sequel to the studio version
Master of tone, nuance and feel…..
Not on this occasion!
Awesome guitarist! Always loved this song! Loved it the firs time I heard it on the radio!
So Good!!!
I was coming out the Yadkin Gate from Ft. Bragg in 1990 when I heard this play on the radio. Almost ran a redlight due to being lost in that finger-style. I drove past the mall, to the lone record store, and asked if they had an album by some guitar guy named Johnson that played near SRV. I played that CD to death...
He's definitely at a tremendous level. Thanks for this upload.
If our daily etudes are anything like him, we could finally perform on the pedestrian mall in front of Walmart without the security guards chasing us away...
Anyway, everyone would think we were playing backing track.
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Tones album simply blew my mind! I felt like the fidelity of my speakers was tweaked in a beautiful way. Went out and got his teaching tape and basically wore it out! Please check it out! Thanks for posting this! Sonic equivalent to a glorious sunrise!✌️❤️
The light reflecting off his guitar at 1:23 was freaking divine XD
I just like the sound of the stratoblaster thru the tubes ( you can hear it breaking up ) in the masters hands.....
He's an amazing player, I'd like to see him be remembered for more than just Cliffs of Dover, even if it's a masterpiece.
entire Venus Isle record is a masterpiece...
People only remember catchy. Remember that . If it's not catchy than it DOES NOT COUNT.
love EJ, no matter what...
I always look for EJ's chordplay intro for Cliffs of Dover more than the actual song. I can listen to him play these ethereal chords all day
Those notes are gems
What are you guys complaining about? There are so many amazing, creative, different and original lines flowing out on this example of this master of all things electric. EJ never ceases to amaze... I would never call this an off night.... clams happen. The last time I saw him, he was playing Ah Via Musicom straight through, tune after tune and flawlessly. I'm just grateful he's still here, still kicking it, still growing, doing what no one else can.
This is light years beyond typical "clams", and you know it. This performance is enough to raise concern about his health. I get it, things go on the decline with age, but don't pretend something isn't seriously wrong here.
@@distantstorm3808 Hard to say without knowing more, might just have been a bad night, fatigue, jet lag, a hundred other things, but of course we all wish him well and hope that he keeps inspiring us all. You might write to him with your concerns and best wishes... What else is there to do?
@@distantstorm3808 bruh what parts are you talking about? Do you play a lot of guitar?
@@papa_pt not that I can do any better, but he's definitely playing ahead of the band enough to where its uncomfortable to listen to.
@@zentile the band only comes in the last 5 minutes I see what you're saying now. I was mainly focusing on the first 11 min of improv
I have tickets to see him in my tiny local venue soon. Can't wait
Absolute beast
I was there too! 😁Thanks for posting. 👍 I've seen him several times now, and have never seen a mediocre show, always a great performance. And I FINALLY got to see he & Roscoe Beck together.
Saw Eric in Albuquerque on March 4 and was mind blowing as usual. Never miss his show, best concert you'll ever see!
Best concert you will ever see is a Butcher Babies concert. That band brings the entertainment. Eric is just playing gigs based on the success of one single/album. 30 years later. For realz dawg. This Butcher baby shit be bangin' Straight up. No gamez. No pimpin. Just straight up gangsta pimpaz. And Eric is no gangsta. Especially with that crap tone at 6:13. Did you notice that only 1 or 2 fans clapped. 1 or 2 fans is not an accomplishment. I have 1 or 2 fans every time I take a dump at the Mall.
All the greats eventually tire out. But their names will always be on the credits.
Tony Rice and Eric Johnson are cut from the same cloth often imitated but never actually duplicated
I saw him on back to back nights while in the Chicago area. First night he was brilliant, almost flawless. Second night while still brilliant, he was clearly struggling to play like in this video. I can only imagine the finger power it takes to play the kind of stuff he does, and how difficult it must be when fatigue sets in. Still my favorite player of all time!
Agreed, he can play this song while in a coma.
I can’t imagine the strain touring places on the body and mind.
I’ve been a practicing guitarist since 1974, today at 60 years old I struggle to play 45 minutes straight, what Mr. Johnson does is nothing short of amazing. I smile every time I hear him play.
@@hkguitar1984 to me it sounded like there was an amplifier issue with the lack of sustain. That can get into any players head! He's still the best Eric Johnson out there!
@@gregdewald Agreed. I've watched his Rig Rundown (an older one) and he uses a lot of vintage gear (echoplex and Fender Reverbs), any one of those components in the signal chain can cause a big problem.
Like the Pro he is he played through it.
Gosh, I just can't get enough of his phrasing and playing style.
The tapping thing at 3:05 is unbelievably cool
Thought so to
❤
best hair of any guitar player.
Good to sleep by.
If I listen to Yngwie widdling, I'm bored within seconds, but EJ has me mesmerized here.
Interest of genre matters.
Even though it feels aged, it's still good...
We're all humans, I am not going to judge - he remains one of the greats
The Joni Mitchell quote!
This was a badass show
I could sit and listen to him noodle on the intro to Cliffs all day
Eric earned his life time pass years ago.
I heard some Jimmy hendrix in there for a few moments.
Looking at him rushing reminded me of a poor Race Horse whos gate won't open! I think he wanted the band to pick up the tempo in Cliffs. IDK, Maybe he's fucking burnt on the song. God only knows. Iconic Improvisational genius of EJ always a pleasure. He was exploring some modes that fucked me up good here. I'll have to study this pentatonic mode of minorish madness some more! I wish I could be paid to practice. ;( Music is like a doctor. A practice. A discipline, and a endless search for and source of wonder, and exploration.
Oh my what a booboo he hit right at the proper start of Cliffs... this was not his best night, he seemed to have dropped a lot of notes, but still awesome nonetheless.
Getting older, it can happen but definitely an off night. Sounds like he is fighting the guitar a bit. This is when you need to gain it up more lol.. cover the mistakes. George Lynch also suffers from this from time to time.
❤..still great😊
Thanks for posting this! His interval choices in his melodies always grab me.
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He enters into Clouds and summons his deep undying love for Joni. Hurts so beautifully.
Saw EJ & the band on 3/1/23 in Tucson & they were awesome! I’ve seen him w/ G-3 & solo along w/ the Hendrix Experience👍🏻. I felt the sound guy was off but the band was great! Dave Scher nailed it on a few solos & his guitar sounded great👍🏻. I would get a new sound guy for the rest of the tour…. It’s all about tone & sound when you’re at a live show👍🏻🤘🏻
He's dined out for a long time on this one!
No two live versions are the same. His note articulation is not quite the same and seems to do more pull off style runs but it still Eric. I've been a huge fan for 33 years.
I could watch him doodle in the key of G forever I think.
amazing ... i didn't know that Eric is already 68 years old .. still having that good old fingers ...