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Fortunately, Tommy is one of the best serial killers out there. And he won't see anything behind bars. He's too good! Thank you for this masterpiece! *We all love you, too!* _With love from Sweden._
Tommy is a big fan of Gary Moore's work. He had admired him since childhood, and it was Gary Moore who inspired Tommy. As far as I remember, Tommy played this song on a copy of Gary's guitar. In addition to electric guitar, Tommy also plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, keyboards, keytar, banjo, accordion, flute, harmonica and Jew's harp (possibly violin). And what great guitar solos he has! Besides, Tommy is always very careful about the original. And Tommy mixes everything himself. Tommy now has Gary Moore's guitar, and I hope he will perform some of his idol's songs on this legendary guitar. Thanks for the great review.
Tommy does it all by him self, filming, playing all instruments, editing and so on.... He plays somewhere in the neighbourhood of 15 instruments. And it get more all the time since he likes to buy new instruments and learn to play on them. He played leadguitar for Sabaton for 7 years. But he started his own band Reinxeed 22 years ago. They changed name some years ago and goes by the name Majestica now a days
Thank you so much for reacting to Tommy again! Great reaction! Tommy's band, Majestica, dropped a new video A New Beginning, you should check it out and their other videos. #tommyjohansson
I say it again on this channel, as I have to do it on almost every channel, this cover, great indeed, is an almost 100% rendition/tribute to one of Gary’s best performances, namely the Stockholm concert in 1987. If you watch that you will immediately recognize this version here. Gary was simply one of a kind!
Why in the world would anyone think that the melody can't (or even shouldn't) be played on the bass? You could also have a look at a different Victor (Victor the Guitar Nerd). He can play anything on any type of guitar, plus being able to play any available keyboards that might be lying around. Not only that, but he loves to take broken, discarded guitars (of any type), and meld them together to make something that nobody else has ever played...in any way he wants to. Also, one of his best music videos was created when he was messing around with new ways with which to TUNE his guitars. It's called "Harmonics." If you go and watch it, you will also get to see his face!!! I was born in 1949, and have the honor of having been born in the year that guitars with electric "pickups" began to be a different beast than just having a hollow guitar having a small amplifier installed inside its box. A major difficulty for the first electric guitars (with pickups attached inside their hollow bodies) was the acoustic phenomenon called "feedback," where the amplified sound causes the instrument to resonate, creating a strange MIX of sounds. It wasn't too hard to understand that the way to solve this issue was to somehow remove the hollow cavity from the guitar body, making it difficult for sound to resonate. This led to the creation of the solid-body guitar (the body is carved from a single piece of wood). People had already been thinking about solid-body guitars by the beginning of the 1940s and had begun working on creating them. However, the first such instrument to actually make it onto the market, was designed by Leo Fender, the famous manufacturer of guitar amplifiers (HOORAY!!!). Released in 1949, his Fender Esquire is now regarded as the first solid-body guitar. {References gleaned from "The Fun Guitar Encyclopedia" (Yamaha Music Media)} When I was growing up in Valdez, Alaska (in the 50s and 60s), amidst Mom and her fellows playing all sorts of different music in their little group, nobody HAD such a guitar. In fact, there was not even an acoustic guitar player in the bunch (which was usually five or six people, but could expand at any given moment, or could be as small as just Mom, or maybe only one or two others...as I grew older, I would play at LEAST something...like a tambourine, bongo drum, a recorder, or a small accordion (mostly I sang). The cellist also played the string bass, and I'll tell you what!!! He could play full tunes on THAT, which even now is still not really common. Still...it definitely CAN be done! In the reverse, instruments that are generally considered ONLY melodic, can be used in all sorts of percussive ways! Nobody really should limit ANY type of instrument, unless they have a LOT of experience with it, and have tried something that simply is never going to work. I remember the first time I got to mess around with a REAL electric guitar. I was babysitting for the couple down the street from us, after the earthquake, and before we moved to the new town, and the dad saw me eyeing his guitar, and simply handed it to me (with a wink) before he left. He knew I could play other instruments, and he had played with Mom's band many times, when I was included. I had only experimented a tiny bit with acoustic guitars at that time, and didn't know much about chording (on a guitar...pianos & accordions, yes...guitars, no), BUT...I could play a melody and harmony, on ANYTHING, just by messing around (even without knowing the correct fingering techniques...I just played what I knew was right, any way I could make it happen). So that night was a LOT of fun. I can still see it in my mind's eye, and remember how much I wanted to steal that guitar when I left (grin). 😀 It wasn't until 1978, as we were working our way down the highways from Valdez, to Southern California, and we had stopped off in the suburbs of Bakersfield, to visit friends who had previously lived right down the street from my mom, in Valdez. I ended up staying there for a little over a month, while Mom went further south (I caught up with her later). The dad gave me one of his old (acoustic) guitars, and taught me the basics of simple chording, and I went from there, to playing that very guitar as the worship leader in our church in Porterville, California, five years later, where David and I met and married (in 1983). I did buy a better guitar a year or so later, but I never did like it as much as that first one. Sorry...another soapbox for me...I really do get tired of people placing limitations on what other people can/can't or should/shouldn't do (musically, or any other way). Even if someone has tried and not been successful, that doesn't mean someone ELSE can't do it, and be HUGELY successful! 🥰
@@GrandmasGotGraceLW Excellent points indeed! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, most people will tell you something can’t be done instead of encouraging you to go after it. You are the rare exception my friend!!! Have a blessed day and glad you enjoyed the reaction! Tommy played this beautifully!
@@setonhillstudios I think it comes from basically living the life of a pioneer, in rural Alaska, with parents who lived through World War II (Daddy having been in the thick of the battles). GRANDMA HUGS!
Gary Moore is Tommy's favorite and Tommy will tell you his inspiration!!! Love this!!! Can't wait until he gets back from vacation!!! I miss him!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ about 15 instruments I have heard.
Amazing cover 😀 Tommys bandmate from Majestica, Chris David are a wizard on bass, and he are also quite an amazing vocalist. Chris has his own band , Wizdoom with some groovy great bass tunes. Doomed Fleet and Way of the lost are great to start with 😀🇸🇪
A Gary Moore cover..? I am dubious, but for your channel? I'll give it a whirl. I'm not familiar with the name, but he's sure got the work in, and his vocals are strong to boot. I'd def look into more from this young man. Love your channel!
YES!!! Love your reaction Steve! Tommy records and produces in his little studio Every Friday he brings out a new video live! Tommy plays multiple instruments I’ve personally seen him play Guitar, bass,drums,piano,banjo, recorder and piano accordion ❤️🔥🤘The bass solo is awesome it takes me somewhere else! Thanks Steve best reaction 😁
Gary Moore was 'like a idol for' Tommy.. The instrument Tommy play is: 😮guitar, bass, drums, keybord and accordion🇸🇪 (Maybe more) He own one of Garys PRS guitar
There is a fretless bass solo in the original version of Empty Rooms on 1984’s Victims Of The Future album. The song was re-recorded by Gary a couple of times (eventually becoming a hit single in Europe) and this version appears to be largely based on the live version Gary played in 1987 in Stockholm on the Wild Frontier tour (it is on TH-cam) and which is even better than Tommy’s great version.
Some covers are super, like this one, I love it. But I would say the original is always best...because someone did some out-of-this-world creative work and thinking coming up with it.
Hi Steve, I'll leave a link to the tribute they did 4 months ago where Tommy played this song live, Tommy acknowledges that he doesn't want to be like Gary, but he loves him passionately. And his career is based on this love. There was a problem with the guitar cable, but it was resolved.th-cam.com/video/-KXnjLCvK1Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MqUaNB6S9bFjuMwY
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Tommy is such an amazing artist! He absolutely killed this one! What's next from him?!
@@setonhillstudios Who wants to live forever,Show must go on or Aces high..🙏
Fortunately, Tommy is one of the best serial killers out there. And he won't see anything behind bars. He's too good!
Thank you for this masterpiece!
*We all love you, too!*
_With love from Sweden._
You should check out Above the sky by Majestica, Tommy’s own band for over 20 years. Amazing bass solo by Chris.
Tommy is a big fan of Gary Moore's work. He had admired him since childhood, and it was Gary Moore who inspired Tommy. As far as I remember, Tommy played this song on a copy of Gary's guitar. In addition to electric guitar, Tommy also plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, keyboards, keytar, banjo, accordion, flute, harmonica and Jew's harp (possibly violin). And what great guitar solos he has! Besides, Tommy is always very careful about the original. And Tommy mixes everything himself. Tommy now has Gary Moore's guitar, and I hope he will perform some of his idol's songs on this legendary guitar. Thanks for the great review.
Tommy does it all by him self, filming, playing all instruments, editing and so on....
He plays somewhere in the neighbourhood of 15 instruments. And it get more all the time since he likes to buy new instruments and learn to play on them.
He played leadguitar for Sabaton for 7 years. But he started his own band Reinxeed 22 years ago. They changed name some years ago and goes by the name Majestica now a days
Love when Tommys guitar weeps, laughs. and talks, and he is a master handling the whammy bar.
Thank you so much for reacting to Tommy again! Great reaction! Tommy's band, Majestica, dropped a new video A New Beginning, you should check it out and their other videos. #tommyjohansson
Gary Moore. What can I say. Tommy is a fantastic player in his own right!❤❤❤❤
What a song.what a cover, what a musican, what a guy 🔥🔥🔥it's Tommy ❤
I say it again on this channel, as I have to do it on almost every channel, this cover, great indeed, is an almost 100% rendition/tribute to one of Gary’s best performances, namely the Stockholm concert in 1987. If you watch that you will immediately recognize this version here. Gary was simply one of a kind!
Why in the world would anyone think that the melody can't (or even shouldn't) be played on the bass? You could also have a look at a different Victor (Victor the Guitar Nerd). He can play anything on any type of guitar, plus being able to play any available keyboards that might be lying around. Not only that, but he loves to take broken, discarded guitars (of any type), and meld them together to make something that nobody else has ever played...in any way he wants to. Also, one of his best music videos was created when he was messing around with new ways with which to TUNE his guitars. It's called "Harmonics." If you go and watch it, you will also get to see his face!!!
I was born in 1949, and have the honor of having been born in the year that guitars with electric "pickups" began to be a different beast than just having a hollow guitar having a small amplifier installed inside its box.
A major difficulty for the first electric guitars (with pickups attached inside their hollow bodies) was the acoustic phenomenon called "feedback," where the amplified sound causes the instrument to resonate, creating a strange MIX of sounds. It wasn't too hard to understand that the way to solve this issue was to somehow remove the hollow cavity from the guitar body, making it difficult for sound to resonate. This led to the creation of the solid-body guitar (the body is carved from a single piece of wood). People had already been thinking about solid-body guitars by the beginning of the 1940s and had begun working on creating them. However, the first such instrument to actually make it onto the market, was designed by Leo Fender, the famous manufacturer of guitar amplifiers (HOORAY!!!). Released in 1949, his Fender Esquire is now regarded as the first solid-body guitar. {References gleaned from "The Fun Guitar Encyclopedia" (Yamaha Music Media)}
When I was growing up in Valdez, Alaska (in the 50s and 60s), amidst Mom and her fellows playing all sorts of different music in their little group, nobody HAD such a guitar. In fact, there was not even an acoustic guitar player in the bunch (which was usually five or six people, but could expand at any given moment, or could be as small as just Mom, or maybe only one or two others...as I grew older, I would play at LEAST something...like a tambourine, bongo drum, a recorder, or a small accordion (mostly I sang). The cellist also played the string bass, and I'll tell you what!!! He could play full tunes on THAT, which even now is still not really common. Still...it definitely CAN be done! In the reverse, instruments that are generally considered ONLY melodic, can be used in all sorts of percussive ways! Nobody really should limit ANY type of instrument, unless they have a LOT of experience with it, and have tried something that simply is never going to work.
I remember the first time I got to mess around with a REAL electric guitar. I was babysitting for the couple down the street from us, after the earthquake, and before we moved to the new town, and the dad saw me eyeing his guitar, and simply handed it to me (with a wink) before he left. He knew I could play other instruments, and he had played with Mom's band many times, when I was included. I had only experimented a tiny bit with acoustic guitars at that time, and didn't know much about chording (on a guitar...pianos & accordions, yes...guitars, no), BUT...I could play a melody and harmony, on ANYTHING, just by messing around (even without knowing the correct fingering techniques...I just played what I knew was right, any way I could make it happen). So that night was a LOT of fun. I can still see it in my mind's eye, and remember how much I wanted to steal that guitar when I left (grin). 😀
It wasn't until 1978, as we were working our way down the highways from Valdez, to Southern California, and we had stopped off in the suburbs of Bakersfield, to visit friends who had previously lived right down the street from my mom, in Valdez. I ended up staying there for a little over a month, while Mom went further south (I caught up with her later). The dad gave me one of his old (acoustic) guitars, and taught me the basics of simple chording, and I went from there, to playing that very guitar as the worship leader in our church in Porterville, California, five years later, where David and I met and married (in 1983). I did buy a better guitar a year or so later, but I never did like it as much as that first one.
Sorry...another soapbox for me...I really do get tired of people placing limitations on what other people can/can't or should/shouldn't do (musically, or any other way). Even if someone has tried and not been successful, that doesn't mean someone ELSE can't do it, and be HUGELY successful! 🥰
@@GrandmasGotGraceLW Excellent points indeed! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, most people will tell you something can’t be done instead of encouraging you to go after it. You are the rare exception my friend!!! Have a blessed day and glad you enjoyed the reaction! Tommy played this beautifully!
@@setonhillstudios I think it comes from basically living the life of a pioneer, in rural Alaska, with parents who lived through World War II (Daddy having been in the thick of the battles). GRANDMA HUGS!
Gary Moore is Tommy's favorite and Tommy will tell you his inspiration!!! Love this!!! Can't wait until he gets back from vacation!!! I miss him!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ about 15 instruments I have heard.
Amazing cover 😀 Tommys bandmate from Majestica, Chris David are a wizard on bass, and he are also quite an amazing vocalist. Chris has his own band , Wizdoom with some groovy great bass tunes. Doomed Fleet and Way of the lost are great to start with 😀🇸🇪
A Gary Moore cover..? I am dubious, but for your channel? I'll give it a whirl. I'm not familiar with the name, but he's sure got the work in, and his vocals are strong to boot. I'd def look into more from this young man. Love your channel!
Oh...by the way (after my rant)...I love this song, and I love the way Tommy produced it. Thanks for the GREAT reaction, Steven!!! 😀
@@GrandmasGotGraceLW Thanks so much! 😄
Wow! I remember now how much I love this cover! It is going on my favorites list (which is very long!) Love hearing his older stuff! ❤
Everthing in this cover is beyond fantastic but the 🎸 solo is...i have no words to describe the feelings everytime i hear it.🥰🔥
Tommy!🏆💯🎸🤘❤🔝👑💎
YES!!! Love your reaction Steve! Tommy records and produces in his little studio Every Friday he brings out a new video live! Tommy plays multiple instruments I’ve personally seen him play Guitar, bass,drums,piano,banjo, recorder and piano accordion ❤️🔥🤘The bass solo is awesome it takes me somewhere else! Thanks Steve best reaction 😁
Thanks Sal! Absolutely loved this performance! Great production from Tommy and the fact he does it all “in house” is awesome! He was on 🔥 for sure!
Gary Moore was 'like a idol for' Tommy..
The instrument Tommy play is: 😮guitar, bass, drums, keybord and accordion🇸🇪
(Maybe more)
He own one of Garys PRS guitar
I have seen videos of him playing piano, guitar, bass, drums, accordion, mouth harp, recorder, keytar and banjo
😳😳
There is a fretless bass solo in the original version of Empty Rooms on 1984’s Victims Of The Future album. The song was re-recorded by Gary a couple of times (eventually becoming a hit single in Europe) and this version appears to be largely based on the live version Gary played in 1987 in Stockholm on the Wild Frontier tour (it is on TH-cam) and which is even better than Tommy’s great version.
Some covers are super, like this one, I love it. But I would say the original is always best...because someone did some out-of-this-world creative work and thinking coming up with it.
I think he plays 11 instruments.😊
Wooten and Charles Berthaud for all the bass idols :-)
Please check his cover 'the loner ' by gary moore ❤😂
We want Moore 👍
Cute!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hi Steve, I'll leave a link to the tribute they did 4 months ago where Tommy played this song live, Tommy acknowledges that he doesn't want to be like Gary, but he loves him passionately. And his career is based on this love. There was a problem with the guitar cable, but it was resolved.th-cam.com/video/-KXnjLCvK1Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MqUaNB6S9bFjuMwY
Tommy plays all instruments except for violin and he cant whistle.
😂🤣
I have to say, why watch T Johansson when Gary Moore is the originator? Tommy hasn`t got halve of the soul and heart of Gary Moore.
🤷🏻♂️ I enjoyed the performance!
@@setonhillstudios Me too!
@Mr.Holmgren194...thanx, you´re totaly right...everone react to Tommy without checking respectful the original from Gary...
Bass solo is original
I would recommend you watch the original live with Moore
Get Ready for your head to explode