Eric Johnson at Saucer Studios, Austin TX

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
  • Footage is from b-roll used for Up Close interview in 2010. Eric is improvising and displays really super great guitar work throughout. Could not hide this in the vaults any longer. Enjoy.

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  • @pascalrouen
    @pascalrouen 3 года назад +125

    Just give me 10,000 hours of his clean tone chord changes. Pure musical bliss.

    • @michaelescareno7048
      @michaelescareno7048 3 года назад +1

      Exactly!!!!!

    • @frankalbertsson128
      @frankalbertsson128 2 года назад +1

      Exactly!!!! Eric`s clean playing is from outer space.....

    • @BobMaulucci
      @BobMaulucci 2 года назад +1

      Amen to this. Like Holdsworth, those beautiful chords make the songs and both can blaze, too!

    • @vi3686
      @vi3686 Год назад

      i could just have this be the soundtrack i live in and be completely happy with it T^T

    • @johnyoungblood2771
      @johnyoungblood2771 Год назад

      IAM with you on that LIFES DELIGHT I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT FOR JESUS CHRIST IN WORSHIP AND PRAISE 😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍!!

  • @Plymouthmusicschool
    @Plymouthmusicschool 4 года назад +54

    Had the pleasure of running into Eric before his show in Ohio about 16 years ago. He was so kind, I asked him to sign something for me he said he didn’t have the time but gave me the email of his tour manager and told me to ask him for the address to send our tickets for him to sign. Needless to say I did exactly what he suggested Emailed his manager then sent my ticket out. Four weeks later I had Erics signature on my ticket! What a great guy...

    • @alexlaris5069
      @alexlaris5069 4 года назад +14

      Isn't it faster to sign something than to tell you all that? lol.

    • @Plymouthmusicschool
      @Plymouthmusicschool 4 года назад +6

      Alex Laris he’s a lot like Chet Atkins a true gentleman not a rock star that must scribbles on a piece of paper and walks away

    • @bigelile07
      @bigelile07 Год назад +3

      He didn't have time to sign something but had time to give you an email address and what to do ? Sounds fishy. 😂

    • @Plymouthmusicschool
      @Plymouthmusicschool Год назад

      @@bigelile07 nothin fishy here. It was BEFORE the show. He wasn’t going to put a signature over ticket we needed to get in

  • @sbklein
    @sbklein 9 лет назад +284

    If I played that well I'd just quit work and listen to myself all day.

    • @tgerule
      @tgerule 8 лет назад +9

      +stan klein you could probably earn money as well doing it :)

    • @summershark
      @summershark 7 лет назад +4

      stan klein he did.

    • @cypan1
      @cypan1 7 лет назад

      Eric came to Toronto .......... last week omg hes so Awesome His Panto Scales are Friggin down to a T ya he was amazing !! Been to Austin in 2004 Went to golfSmith to learn club fitting should of found out where he was playing in Austin ?? Was a Amazing night @ the Rockpile ! in TORONTO CANADA !

    • @atznorbert
      @atznorbert 5 лет назад

      😂😂😂🤟🏼

    • @kevah94
      @kevah94 5 лет назад

      @@Byrddog17 you have to bend strings to be considered great?

  • @HardWorkingKat
    @HardWorkingKat 6 лет назад +46

    Every time I listen to this cat play, even if he's just warming up, my stress level goes down big-time.

  • @aliensporebomb
    @aliensporebomb 9 лет назад +183

    Most people warming up sounds like licks. Eric warming up is an unreleased song from somewhere.

    • @alecdawson1668
      @alecdawson1668 5 лет назад +4

      aliensporebomb that is so true!

    • @mrsnakepit
      @mrsnakepit 3 года назад +1

      True

    • @cars.796
      @cars.796 3 года назад +1

      U just have to know modes caged and 7ths

    • @AxemanMessiah
      @AxemanMessiah 3 года назад

      @@cars.796 do you really have to know modes? You can just play a major scale over it with emaphasis on the third...

  • @gsmeeuwsen
    @gsmeeuwsen 2 года назад +11

    His tone and playing are utterly gorgeous.....

  • @flyjoseph6355
    @flyjoseph6355 10 лет назад +33

    One of the very few players that can wield the strat like a magic wand

  • @MarkThomasMusic
    @MarkThomasMusic 10 лет назад +94

    I could listen to this all day

  • @S_Heavens
    @S_Heavens 5 лет назад +19

    His clean phrasing stuff is the best. This stuff, i can sleep to.

  • @Earlvis
    @Earlvis 4 года назад +5

    I met Eric in 2001 after a show and we actually had a great conversation. He is a humble soul and his music comes from a desire to heal people and to thrill them as well.

  • @cowsgobob3518
    @cowsgobob3518 8 лет назад +6

    I really wish he wasn't so underrated, he really deserves more fame

  • @Bodyknowledge77
    @Bodyknowledge77 10 лет назад +27

    The clean chordal /arpeggiated stuff he plays here is particularly sublime

  • @ErizotDread
    @ErizotDread 9 лет назад +11

    I love his use of his thumb, and how he utilizes pretty much most of the fretboard, even in a single run.

  • @beefcake0354
    @beefcake0354 8 лет назад +12

    his dynamic/phrasing are second to none.

  • @GreenDistantStar
    @GreenDistantStar 11 лет назад +73

    EJ is the proof that speed alone doesn't make a great guitarist. Eric can burn along with the best of them, but it's his awesome taste, tone and articulation that sets him apart.

    • @mariomessina6389
      @mariomessina6389 6 лет назад +3

      Peter D glad u are one of the people that see that ! Being a great guitarist isn’t all about speed theirs much more that goes into it to accompany other musicians well and play many styles . If it’s all about speed u are playing to a small audience . Eric is very unique and sets himself apart from other players !

    • @mrsnakepit
      @mrsnakepit 3 года назад +5

      But Eric's pentatonic is so damn fast...

    • @stingraybeach572
      @stingraybeach572 2 года назад +2

      I asked one (speed lover) guitarist I know: "Sure "X" is faster, but who has better songs?!" Eric's songs are also prettier, and prettier has a quality all its own!

    • @modsbeck
      @modsbeck 2 года назад

      Elton John?

    • @deanwitt7903
      @deanwitt7903 Год назад +1

      @@stingraybeach572nothing wrong with speed and plenty of guys who are blessed with speed and clarity can also play melodic and slow . Speed is compared to non speed players through total ignorance of the instrument.

  • @Tim_Forters
    @Tim_Forters Год назад +2

    Sound from another world

  • @mattrwilkins
    @mattrwilkins 4 года назад +18

    EJs chord work is so insane it beats out his single note stuff.

  • @johnhall393
    @johnhall393 4 года назад +8

    I've seen him perform twice and he's absolutely fantastic!

  • @catboyzee
    @catboyzee 5 лет назад +4

    I continue to revisit this video to be reminded of the tonal possibilities between the player, the guitar, the amps, and effects. Thank you Eric Johnson, you are an inspiration to us all.

  • @danknasty661
    @danknasty661 9 лет назад +14

    3:13 until 3:39, I had literal chills down my spine and goose bumps all over my arms because of that tone, dear god!

  • @Shho13
    @Shho13 10 лет назад +42

    Favorite guitarist of all time...

    • @TMWilson71
      @TMWilson71 3 года назад

      Not even a shard a doubt , people that sleep ok EJ are just not in the know.....

  • @ijjeklmcklmk6452
    @ijjeklmcklmk6452 5 лет назад +4

    His playing and sound takes me to the better place of this world :)

  • @audiophileman7047
    @audiophileman7047 5 лет назад +7

    This guy is really something. I would positively love to see him perform live. He's just so expressive and technically excellent, a true artist of the highest caliber.

  • @South3West77
    @South3West77 2 года назад +2

    Back in the day, them 80s, seen him, was amazing performance.

  • @florentvauxion3664
    @florentvauxion3664 3 года назад +2

    EJ is my inspiration for every day.

  • @BarbsWorld1
    @BarbsWorld1 10 лет назад +10

    What I want to know is who are the 7 uneducated deaf people that gave this a thumbs down??? Are you kidding me.... This guy stacks up with ANYBODY on the planet.

  • @JeffDaytonMusic
    @JeffDaytonMusic 7 лет назад +4

    He's been one of my lifetime faves since the 90s. Also had the invite to meet him and hang after a show here in Nashville... what a great, humble guy and a kind person. Amazing!

  • @bobgourley8731
    @bobgourley8731 6 лет назад +4

    Very tasteful and accurate guitar work. Could watch and listen all day!

  • @MrJst9b
    @MrJst9b 11 лет назад +4

    extraordinary guitarist and musician. my favorite of all time. in a class of his own.

  • @alexacosta2140
    @alexacosta2140 2 года назад +1

    This is the gold standard of guitar playing.
    Knowing you way around chords while being able to shred. Not one or the other.

  • @nunyabusiness8538
    @nunyabusiness8538 4 года назад +3

    most beautiful playin i’ve seen on a strat, and probably the most beautiful strat i’ve seen too. the flame on the neck is 🔥

  • @dallastoto3189
    @dallastoto3189 Год назад +1

    Probably the most , or one of the cleanest solo players EVER. Blazzzzzzn speed and musical phasing genius

  • @thepracticingguitarist
    @thepracticingguitarist 12 лет назад +3

    A true musician. A true gentleman.

  • @johnspina318
    @johnspina318 4 года назад +2

    Eric still one of my all time favorites.Listen to his cds all the time!

  • @eliyam27
    @eliyam27 2 года назад +1

    So many styles!

  • @ToddPritch
    @ToddPritch 11 лет назад +16

    Half these shredders don't know much about chord voicings or just chords in general. EJs got the best of both worlds

  • @robwatts657
    @robwatts657 6 лет назад +1

    Yeah Stan I agree with you and I am old hippie been playing since 1971 and listening to people like Eric makes me want to take up harmonica. He is great.

  • @johnyflorez5397
    @johnyflorez5397 4 года назад +2

    There are three guitarists i recognize with the first note
    Eric johnson, yngwie, santana
    I have seen most of the best guitar players live since the 70s
    Evh, gary moore, robben ford, yngwie, satriani, vai, vinnie moore, paul gilbert,santana, jake e lee, etc
    " Eric is the best of them all "

  • @linsk78
    @linsk78 8 лет назад +9

    He is the master- plain and simple.

    • @cypan1
      @cypan1 7 лет назад

      Grand Master lol Not so Simple But outstanding !! lol

    • @cmhardin37
      @cmhardin37 4 года назад

      Guthrie Govan is the masters master.

  • @speedfreakleo
    @speedfreakleo 11 лет назад +2

    His clean tone sounds as if it came from heaven

  • @nazmoking3171
    @nazmoking3171 4 года назад +1

    Now that is one thin dude!! Also a mighty fine guitar player to boot! I love his different pedals and tones - very beautiful.

  • @jghuntr
    @jghuntr 11 лет назад +2

    Hi is THE KING! I've loved him since he was 15!

  • @Ledprostate
    @Ledprostate 7 лет назад +4

    I want to be this good! This is pure perfect tone and licks

  • @albertdurden4209
    @albertdurden4209 7 лет назад +1

    Play Eric...I've always admired your uniqueness - love all of it

  • @Ledprostate
    @Ledprostate 7 лет назад +1

    What a magical world Eric lives and plays in! Tone to die for.

  • @filipefreitas1962
    @filipefreitas1962 22 дня назад

    his clean tone is absolutely insane, so damn good

  • @TheGreenKingdom
    @TheGreenKingdom 5 лет назад +1

    Wow, so awesome to hear him just "messing around". Could listen for hours...

  • @outoworkdreamer
    @outoworkdreamer 9 лет назад +12

    i can only shake my head in wonderment

  • @skateborg
    @skateborg 7 лет назад +2

    WOW. What a treat to find this here. Thanks Eric!

  • @patriotsquill
    @patriotsquill 10 лет назад +4

    Now there's a guy who was born to play the guitar!

  • @lapwiz
    @lapwiz 6 лет назад +1

    I worshiped Jeff Beck since I was a young player in the early 70's..challenging playing then, ground breaking in fact. for any kid lucky enough to get a hold of a good American strat or Tele. Eric just takes it all to a new level of sophistication only the truly worthy can follow. Eric found the holy grail and is behind the armor all a and the tilted vox ac amp.
    q

  • @pezi845
    @pezi845 5 лет назад +2

    i could listen to this while studying... lovely music

  • @melomaniacify
    @melomaniacify 6 лет назад +1

    For his music, Eric is one of my favorites guitar players of all time... Amazing!

  • @ConstantineJajas
    @ConstantineJajas 10 лет назад +4

    What a beast! You gotta love Eric...such a musical player. The man's got the whole package!

  • @giovanniwitjamulia467
    @giovanniwitjamulia467 10 лет назад +67

    that lamp has a big impact to the guitar tone, i have tried it

  • @pauloamw
    @pauloamw 6 лет назад +1

    Gorgeous strat and the most gorgeous playing there is.

  • @MrPhrygianmaniac
    @MrPhrygianmaniac 11 лет назад +1

    I can listen to him play like that all day, what a pro!! In one word: dreamy

  • @dennisking3975
    @dennisking3975 6 лет назад +1

    That clean tone is to die for,,,WOW

  • @Shho13
    @Shho13 3 года назад +1

    EJ puts me in my happy place! This guitarist virtuoso that ever lived hands down.

  • @leadchick
    @leadchick 5 лет назад +1

    I could sit and watch you rehearse and create new material for days. Beautiful.

  • @blkjakk
    @blkjakk 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful.

  • @RileyNagle
    @RileyNagle 10 лет назад +1

    Dat neck. holy crap. One of the best guitar players of all time.

  • @jamesm5744
    @jamesm5744 12 лет назад +1

    One of the best ever, a true original and a gent, superb

  • @danangputranto4697
    @danangputranto4697 Год назад

    can hear this all day

  • @danieljbdj
    @danieljbdj 2 года назад

    best clean I've ever heard in my entire life

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 6 лет назад +2

    This is so wonderful, a real master of his art and a real masterpiece as a result.....

  • @masterofmuppets86
    @masterofmuppets86 11 лет назад +1

    Besides all of that, his personality is so appreciable in the sense that he's so humbler besides his incredible playing that can often go to other players' heads

  • @michaelmorris2243
    @michaelmorris2243 5 лет назад +1

    This guy is the shit !! I can listen to him all day long

  • @chriswalkerband
    @chriswalkerband 11 лет назад +5

    Harp harmonics :)
    EJ is a master of this dazzling Lenny Breau technique, and has talked about it at length in his instructional videos.

  • @drums2go615
    @drums2go615 6 лет назад +1

    I don't play guitar I'm a drummer but I've been following Eric Johnson for years and if I ever got the chance to set in and play one song just one song with him I think life would be complete at that point I just think he's great

  • @MrHugosantos1982
    @MrHugosantos1982 10 лет назад +12

    His tone is always very soft and mellow, even when he's using the brightest pickup selections. This distinguises him immediately from the majority of guitar players, that seem to have so much hearing loss that they have to over-compensate for the fact that they can't hear the highest frequencies.

    • @eddievhfan1984
      @eddievhfan1984 3 года назад +2

      Ironically, he's actually a tinnitus sufferer, and had to use headphones during a G3 tour as a result.

    • @cgdoublezerorc
      @cgdoublezerorc 2 года назад +2

      @@eddievhfan1984 I work near this studio. I can tell you that it's damn loud inside. I can hear him when I walk by the building.

  • @Deliquescentinsight
    @Deliquescentinsight 11 лет назад +2

    Always loved this guy's melodic approach to his playing-sounds almost Celtic to me in places, lots of influences there, but he is a great example of a musical Guitar player

  • @zososhep
    @zososhep 12 лет назад +1

    I am going to see him on 9/27/12...Cant wait! One of my all time favorite guitar players...he is a complete player.Such incredible tone, feel, phrasing and soul! Thanks for posting! I have watched all of the other vids for the Up Close interviews so this was very nice to see...Thanks!
    Peace.

  • @charliejamz.
    @charliejamz. 5 лет назад +1

    The King of Improvisation!

  • @kelesays
    @kelesays Год назад

    Jaw dropped. Improvisation top level.

  • @jasonstallworth
    @jasonstallworth 10 лет назад +7

    One of my favorites!

  • @dsbobst50
    @dsbobst50 6 лет назад +4

    The man needs to make another album

  • @drkaplin98
    @drkaplin98 4 года назад +1

    Look at how low his action is and how it doesn't affect his tone. It just shows what kind of magic a great tech and luthier can produce. I've played some "legend's" guitars and some suck, but most play amazingly.

  • @billc6087
    @billc6087 Год назад

    So glad I saw him once in a little club in Davis, CA. Amazing.

  • @Janine.Najarian
    @Janine.Najarian 8 лет назад +3

    So soothing

  • @MClancer18
    @MClancer18 11 лет назад +1

    I could listen to this everyday =)

  • @giu.c.5080
    @giu.c.5080 8 лет назад +2

    Eric Johnson: un grande chitarrista!

  • @anitavassar1
    @anitavassar1 7 лет назад

    i love this series of YOU. this is all i have of you.

  • @dieselyeti
    @dieselyeti 10 лет назад +11

    Probably my fav guitar player today, I could listen to his noodling for hours. I don't recognize anything he's playing other than that triad from Cliffs of Dover's intro. I guess the rest is just straight improvisation? Wish I had a fraction of his chops. I love that chimey tone @ 9:22

  • @m00nchildblues
    @m00nchildblues 2 года назад

    Thanks Eric for making me miss my mint 1967 Fender Deluxe Reverb..😫😫😫

  • @JamesJLaRue
    @JamesJLaRue 8 лет назад +3

    Could listen to Eric free-flow jamming all day

  • @rafaval1162
    @rafaval1162 Год назад

    pure magic, my #1 fav guitarrist

  • @valve84
    @valve84 5 лет назад +13

    The first minute of this sounds to me like what Jimi would've gone on to sound like if he were still with us.

    • @williamwirt5609
      @williamwirt5609 5 лет назад +8

      Jimi was overrated...stop cupping his balls.

    • @LUckybones25
      @LUckybones25 2 года назад

      Jimmy was nowhere near EJ’s level.

    • @valve84
      @valve84 2 года назад

      @@LUckybones25 Cookies-n-Beer

  • @codjh9
    @codjh9 5 лет назад +15

    He might as well put this on his next album. Just call it "Random Shit', and I don't mean that negatively. It sounds great... probably would sound even better with repeated listens.

  • @pete540Z
    @pete540Z 5 лет назад +2

    Love the clean tone and reverb at 3:48

  • @kennyroadknight1771
    @kennyroadknight1771 2 года назад

    Incredible

  • @RickyLandi
    @RickyLandi 6 лет назад +2

    4:38 that E major chord played in that way it’s almost ipnotic

  • @4444jcm
    @4444jcm 11 лет назад +1

    Great Interview Good Questions EJ is So Humble Yet Such a Legend : )

  • @johnylopez
    @johnylopez 2 года назад +1

    This is the best

  • @dannygoode2255
    @dannygoode2255 3 года назад

    WOW... only need 3 letters to describe this.

  • @nokomisnichols
    @nokomisnichols 10 лет назад +1

    He's greatness. 100% texas great. Our guitarists are so unique here in texas. I play the best I can and sometimes it's great and other times not so great. Eric stevieray and dimebag among others.

  • @lucasjrl7748
    @lucasjrl7748 9 лет назад +5

    Eric Johnson tem o timbre clean mais lindo que eu já ouvi, esse cara é um mago da guitarra!!!

    • @AntonioSantos-ut4ik
      @AntonioSantos-ut4ik 8 лет назад +2

      pois é o cara executa com perfeição e com um timbre sensacional mesmo

    • @lucasjrl7748
      @lucasjrl7748 8 лет назад

      samuel antonio
      Eu to conseguindo chegar no timbre dele!!

    • @AntonioSantos-ut4ik
      @AntonioSantos-ut4ik 8 лет назад +2

      +Lucas Jardim parabéns ......um dia eu chego lá rsrsrs

    • @lucasjrl7748
      @lucasjrl7748 8 лет назад +2

      +samuel antonio
      Cara é só ter um bom ampli clean e ter uma strato de boa qualidade!!! sem muito segredo e o chorus pode ser qualquer um!!!

    • @lemuellira
      @lemuellira 7 лет назад +1

      Lucas JLR concordo 100%, o clean do Eric é o melhor que já ouvi também. Um dos maiores guitarristas de todos os tempos!!

  • @gyabki
    @gyabki 11 лет назад

    Best movie to learn his brilliant licks.

  • @vincentlussier8264
    @vincentlussier8264 2 года назад +1

    What it must be like to play like this. To be able to pull off things nobody in the crowd can go home and do!

  • @zz78504
    @zz78504 7 лет назад +1

    my hero...............