I've seen him twice. Stood in first row all the time. He did not just play for money or himself - he loved the music and his audience. He made you feel close to him. Seemed to be a really nice person and an exellent musician.
I was at this show...Judging by the Benson and Hedges banner it could be later? I took over for J.T. Speed as guitarist in the Shadows when he injured his hand. (During the Benson and Hedges blues festrival.) Anyway I remember me John Campbell a couple of the Shadows and a couple of fans hanging at the bar till 5 am. He did the most amazing magic tricks for us that night!! Felix Reyes
mike, great comments... i wish id been at this show... i live in atlanta, but didnt then... i do have the whole show.. but its crappy quality sadly.... cheers mike
Used to see him at Monsoon (Thai place in Soho?) after their dinners were over, after seeing him behind the counter at Matt Uminov's guitar shop on Bleeker Street and then at Jazz Fest in NOLA in the late 80s or so. We'd take the train up from NJ while in grad school, I think it was Friday nights. Shocked when he died; and unhappy that none of his albums ever did justice to how he was live.
Took me years to realise he played a resonator in open tuning ... puberty, ghetto blasters and cassettes, it's a bad combination. But in the end I got the wild streak, that's all tha counts.
@punk4life1029 wow dude lol - yea i went here to see if this was the john from LoG. definitely it is - they look exactly alike..they even play the same genre.
I've seen him twice. Stood in first row all the time. He did not just play for money or himself - he loved the music and his audience. He made you feel close to him. Seemed to be a really nice person and an exellent musician.
One of the greatest blues men ever. Died way too long and a month before he should have played in my hometown. I would love to have seen him.
RIP John, you were great! Such a loss, I'd just love the man! We still listen to his music frequently. Thanks for posting!
I've just resurrected the two JC albums, hadn't listented to them in ages - pure class, classs classs, classssssss......
Just watched it again and it is just good stuff. There are only certain people that could play at that level and John Campbell is still amazing.
I was at this show...Judging by the Benson and Hedges banner it could be later? I took over for J.T. Speed as guitarist in the Shadows when he injured his hand. (During the Benson and Hedges blues festrival.) Anyway I remember me John Campbell a couple of the Shadows and a couple of fans hanging at the bar till 5 am. He did the most amazing magic tricks for us that night!! Felix Reyes
Wow, what a great perfomrance. It is amazing that he is using an accoustic but sounding completely electric
mike, great comments...
i wish id been at this show... i live in atlanta, but didnt then... i do have the whole show.. but its crappy quality sadly....
cheers
mike
Do you have a way to make a copy of the entire show?
This is the kinda thing SRV would have retired to ...Love this man
there was jimmy hendrix. stevie ray vaughn and john campbell,, campbells music is so energetic,, fascinating ,, king of guitar!!!
Used to see him at Monsoon (Thai place in Soho?) after their dinners were over, after seeing him behind the counter at Matt Uminov's guitar shop on Bleeker Street and then at Jazz Fest in NOLA in the late 80s or so. We'd take the train up from NJ while in grad school, I think it was Friday nights. Shocked when he died; and unhappy that none of his albums ever did justice to how he was live.
Seen him play there, this is some rare stuff
That's what I am talking about. You can hear the electricity on that one.
He was around before srv, but I agree with you, JC was delta. srv was texas. so kinda close.
Took me years to realise he played a resonator in open tuning ... puberty, ghetto blasters and cassettes, it's a bad combination. But in the end I got the wild streak, that's all tha counts.
I sure would like to have a copy of the show!
@punk4life1029 wow dude lol - yea i went here to see if this was the john from LoG. definitely it is - they look exactly alike..they even play the same genre.
I gotta figure out how to sent this to a friend....I'm such a guitar fan but a compidiot...
John always used a 440 tuneing. < x JC tech.
is this john campbell from Lamb of God?
@sirdunn11 You didn't just say that did you? without blues you wouldn't have metal or rock.
FYI his daughter Paris has his geetars. Well they were left to her anyhow.
Cheers!!!
thumbs up if u thought he was the bassist for lamb of god
yer welcome!
check out devilinmycloset DOT net for more info on John Campbell
definately jimi hendrix style can be heard
Acutally SRV was never delta...lol. Peace.
it's not THAT john campbell.