Allman Brothers guitarist on better guitar tone "I could hear every note in the chord"
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2010
- Jack has played guitar for Jimmy Buffet, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Hall, the Allman Brothers and many others. In addition to his guitar licks, Jack contributed several co-written songs to Jimmy's 1996 recording "Rendezvous With The Blues", a must have for your collection.
In 1993 Jack received a phone call from friend Warren Haynes, a member of The Allman Brothers Band (ABB), who asked Jack to sub for Dickey Betts during a tour. ABB was Jack's favorite band when he was young and now it would pay off that he had learned both Duane's and Dickey's parts from all of their recordings because there was no time to rehearse. Jack flew to Dallas, Texas where he and Warren met in a hotel room to work out the harmonies and the next night he hit the stage with The Allman Brothers Band before a crowd of 20,000. 
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Jacks work on Searching for Simplicity was insanely great. The music world is a better place with Jack alive and well.
What a great musician and human being. So humble, so committed and so dedicated to his craft. Despite boatloads of success, he's still seeking, still learning, and positive. A mistake is not a mistake. It's going to a new place to play. Insightful. Double thumbs up. Tx for posting.
Humility always shines out of a truly great man
I saw him a few years back with govt mule..dude is beyond great
Great guitarist treat every note like it were their child, not just a passer by.
This guy should get more accolades as a great player. He can play anything. He's amazing.
Dickey Betts told Gregg Allman if we don't hire Jack I'm going to take lessons from him.
"What a blessing to sit in the kitchen with Chet Atkins and have him show me a chord..." His gratitude is inspirational, really. Saw him play with Colonel Bruce a couple of years ago and he kicked ass. Thanks, Jack.
I remember those days learning from records. I think it made us better musicians over all because we really had to listen . All the utubers got it too easy now!
@kc4e841 - I never got particularly good on the guitar (I do work on it every day), but I got to be really adept at lifting that stylus and moving it back a groove or two to re-hear something. I marvel at all the resources on this here RUclips. Keep plugging and Be Cool.
I saw Jack with The Allman Brothers. That was my first time ever hearing his name. He blew me away with his playing and the tone he got. He mentioned something here that hit home with me. He learned to play how we all did back in the day. Put the record on and try and learn from it. I am 64 and started playing when I was 10. I couldn't count how many guitars I have owned. I am one that doesn't really pay attention to the name on it. If it feels good and plays good, then I want it. I can always upgrade it at some point. To me, music is in your soul. That's where the start of your tone comes from. And Mr. Pearson definitely has it in his soul.
Jack is such a gentle soul and so unassuming he gives of himself from the heart and i am so blessed to be able to call him my friend. His playing touches me in a way that is just plainly from Heaven.... an amazing player for sure but such a awesome human being...
Got to speak with him once at a show. What a class act. Great guy!
wish we all got to see Jack more with the Allman Brothers Band....Great --underrated--guitar player. He was as close to the original Allman Brothers Band members as one could get....really enjoyed his stellar slide work..
this is the most young old guy I saw.......top player too
Jack Pearson is a fantastic player and a wonderful person. He plays with passion, authority, and skill. His playing moves you.
First time I saw Jack was 1998 with the Allman Brothers. He was a perfect fit as far as I'm concerned and boy could he play!
The gift of an artist or athlete comes from the heart. I am hearing impaired since birth with a lot of sound challenges. The youngest of six I was given total freedom to enjoy whatever came across my ears, so just like Jack Pearson said it’s the sound that we enjoy hearing which is where the heart is.
This guy is ridiculously great. A friend of mine told me to go see him at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville about 2006. I had never heard of him. He was the most unassuming guy in the whole place, looked like an accountant or a fan milling around. Then he gets up on the little stage there, which is only a few inches up from the floor, if any at all. Suddenly, we were all blown away at this virtuoso player, makes it look easy and effortless! As has been said, so humble, quiet and soft spoken, yet incredibly gifted! A great player and a great guy! Glad he's been able to make a living. So many great players never get the chance.
Shane... thank you so much for sharing those thoughts and comments. I'm so glad you had a chance to see Jack, especially in that room. He is without question one of the great players of our time, and I'm proud to say a dear friend. He's musically gifted beyond words, and much of that comes from his amazing spirit and soul. Thanks - dr
that's what rock / blues guitar should sound like. What a beautiful tone. Great player.
This is one cool dude and a real gentlman
Jack is one very nice man and one hell of a guitar player love you my brother peace love feathers and music forever
"...I really try to view something that, yesterday, I might have viewed as a mistake-- I try to view it as, it's NOT a mistake; it's leading me to play something I've never played before. I like that part of improvising." Thanks a million, Jack.
Jack has only gotten even better.
Fantastic Jack... soothing guitar playing
That sounds Supercool
Massively underrated artist dude is and national treasures far as I'm concerned..
His brother gave the entire world a gift. What a great fantastic always on player.
Id quit but ive invested too much.. there aint wrong notes on his guitars but mine there are....
:P
i saw jack pearson with the allmann bros.. twice in chicago...my impression was......i love duanes playing with dickey........BUT JACK AND DICKEY WERE LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.....FANTASTIC.....ILL NEVER FORGET THOSE GIGS WITH DICKEY N JACK!!!!!
Jack's not just a guitar player....... "certified" guitar player as Chet Atkins would say. Man I would love to take private lessons from JP, he's one of my favorite players
The more that i listened to him play , the more i understood and deeply appreciated his incredible ear as well he is execution in playing of marvelous sound !
Don't get irritated like some folks here do when I give the answer. He simply plugs into whatever is provided and rarely takes his own amp to gigs like this interview. He rarely uses any effects other than a tube screamer for compression when playing slide. He will also occasionally use a flanger for a wah-wah sound. After that, the only other device is a tuner. The rest is his hands. He can walk onto a stage and plug into whatever is sitting there and make it sound incredible.
jacksfan08 he also plays ANY style and never lets his virtuosity overrun the tune.
Yeah but he sounds better on a better guitar!
He can make a Wah sound with only his fingertips. I've seen it in an interview that I watched recently. I couldn't believe my ears.😮
So profoundly stated... and true!
Very cool…sounds good
what a southern gentleman! Talented too!
His fingers know what they're doing, that's for sure! He seems to be a very humble guy.
His playing on the "Searching for Simplicity" album is amazing. He plays a killer slide version of Whipping Post on that album.
One of my favorite players, love his music!
Thanks for the interview,very well said
Legend
saw him sit in at Roberts in Nashville round 130am yesterday; played three songs, and fuckin rocked it. humble guy with amazing talent. was a site see.
+Trevor Rohwer Does his family still live around Murfreesboro. I went to school with some of his kin I believe. Coming from Murfreesboro, but, I haven't been round there in 30 years so don't know anything about it. Glad to hear he s still abig part of music in the area. especially the likes of the brothers. you were fortunate with the local talent being all big on Nashville. thanks for the post
+JED TAYLOR yes, they are still in Murfreesboro!
Proof of "The Pudding "! . THIS IS HOW VERSATILE,a Les Paul can sound. ! . Of course in the hands of "A Master" ! . So many folk think this particular Instrument can only make " Rock and All Points West" Sounds . Dear Oh Dear ! . "Now Hear This"! . Hats Off !. Marvellous!.
true guitar hero bro we are blessed with your playing and sounds
Real valuable insights - Thanks!
Met him the other day, really nice guy! Impressive and a man other guitarists should appreciate a lot!
Jack’s laugh is his best instrument.
Jack is the greatest, man.
lol..i can relate to scratchin' up all the lead tracks...rest of record would be like new..i was a member of the Columbia Record Club for many years..sold all my albums..for 75 bucks..little did they know..they were not getting anything over on me..got my belt-less record player too...i love this guy..he is the real deal self taught..before the inter-net...inter-net is a wealth of info..guys lucky these days to have..Thank you Jack for sharing your experience .
super cool, humble dude...and a hell of a musician
What a nice guy. Sounds like a guitar player with Jesus in his heart. Amen, Jack ... Amen!
But he plays like the devil, hahahaha !
Yeah, he can smoke it!
Jack. This is very very cool!
Jack is a good guy
This guy, right here, has got it, all these musicians talkin about this and that he's talking about the music, despite all success and accolades, he woulda been doin this no matter what, im 20, never was around for my music, but I look up to guys like this so fuckin much, god bless em
Sounded good!
Im Jack Peirson and im a guitar player.NO, your Jack Peirson and your a humble Bad ASS guitar player
go listen to this guy play slide guitar with ABB and Taj Mahal on Statesboro blues live. Beyond incredible
That's cool. I don't get irritated I get inspirated! LOL!! Man, it took me years to realize what I needed to get the vintage tone I was looking for. And the funny thing was it right under my nose. Yah. some players find it with a flip of a switch. I earned mine. One thing these guys get to do is CRANK THEIR AMPS. That's half the tone right there. Rock on!
01:33 "I'm Goin' Home" 😄
J.p. is amazing
Helluva guy, helluva guitar player
Sounds Real Awesome, Man!! Blues On, Bro!!
- Big Will / The Blues Universe
I love to hear him play and I love to hear him talk.. Just not at the same time..
J P. is that anomaly, a musician with wicked guitar chops...
I met Jack Pearson....he's good!!!
i first heard this guy on the pbs tribute to greg allman. man there was a whole lot of talent on that stage but this guy really stood out. killin it!, just killin it! i wondered what was the name of this guy now i know...he has got that country rock pentatonic scale thing down. not only technical but real creative with a whole lot of feel...i play a little...and this guy is scary!
holy shit, that guy can play!!
I went on a buying spree for high end cables about a year ago, and the once I had gotten everything I wanted to try, I decided to get an Asterope just so I didn't leave any stone unturned. A very good friend of mine and I put all the cables through the paces, and he, like me thought all the Asterope stuff was hype. How could a guitar cable be directional? How could it sound much clearer than the rest? Well, we didn't set out to prove their point, but we were made believers. Certainly clearer sounding cables with very transparent highs.
Pretty good re su me.
Can you even imagine learning from a vinyl record ? Put the needle down play lift repeat never mind searching for a passage. Til you just play. This guy takes the most modest Fender squire and makes it sound like the most expensive Fender ever made.
That's how Montgomery learned, by copying solos from a record.
Yes ... that is how I learned Freddie King and Paul Butterfield Band songs :-)
this guy gets amazing tone out of a cheapo squire strat....great player
That's because the higher end Fender guitars are 100% marketing. I have two Fender Squire Minis (3/4 body size - cost me $125 each). These sound as good as any Strat I have ever played, including a $1500 Fender American Professional Stratocaster. But don't tell anyone :-)
I need a neighbour like you brother!
we all do!
Beast-Monster!
Getch yer torch an pitchforks!
What amp are you playin through? What are you using for overdrive? Sounds sick!
Arguably (or NOT) and subjectively .... the best guitar player on the planet . One thing I know for sure. If I had discovered Jack 20 years ago instead of 2 years ago, I would be a better player today,
Oh yaeh!~
I didnt know it at the time, between the mushrooms, and just bein a dumb kid, but I also saw him for the first time with the ABB at the Meriweather Post pavilion in Md.
Whats the name of the finish on that LP?
I think he replaced Warren for a bit '96 ish. Was killah whoever it was so was Dickey.
For you people that dont like chambered LP's take note.
Billy Gibbons has all his newer ones chambered.
+don rutter theyre getting old. need lighter guitars
You know he ain't using a Mesa Dual Rectifier.
No, but the Mesa Mark 1's had a awesome tone for lead and rythym fo sho.
Les Bros
"Jack Pearson"
never heard of any of them
+terrion devine DAMN!! feel so sorry for you.. you never heard of Chuck Berry? The guy that basically invented rock and roll? How about Elvis? Beatles? Hendrix? This is the REAL stuff.. Rory Gallagher? maybe you should check some stuff out.. get some other sounds in your ears.. check it out,..its good for you.. seriously I am not putting you down in any way.. you dont know, until you DO.. we all need to keep learning, myself included..Check out some early Allman Bros. maybe some Robert Johnson.. so many.. Django Reinhardt..
thanks
aee you serious?
+Michael Craig Lmao he's trolling or course he's not serious.
obviously
I wonder what kind of hollow-bodied guitar he was talking about.
I hear Jack left tha ABB cause Dickey wouldn’t turn down and Jack was starting to have hearing issues
That is true. Dickey insisted on using 300 watt amps for his normal backline. That's enough to give any mortal tinnitus.
Check out Mellisa on Gregg Allman and friends - Greggs duet w/ Jackson Browne and Jacks guitar... Epic@@danielstoddart
He is a great guy,with nice tone.But he has low energy for an A.B.B gutair player.
Tazer Face you ever listen. To Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes talk? You have no idea about what your talking about.
It's hard to tell because the lighting is not great, but I would say that it looks like a tobacco sunburst or a desert burst. Play on.
Can't understand why Jack has never grown his hair out long and gotten into drugs and alcohol. Everyone knows that is the only way to rock. Just ask Gregg Allman, Jimi Hendrix, Bon Scott, Janis Joplin, etc. Jack, WTF is wrong with you???
jaxflfreebird Boi
Sounds so much better than that squier
Duane may have been a bit more of an innovator, but Jack Pearson was the best guitarist the ABB ever had. Period.
Please show me Jack's original innovative recordings at 24, the age Duane died. Jack was 37 when he joined the Allmans.
@@tedschmidt3288 If you actually knew anything about playing guitar, you'd have a better understanding of what I said.
Duane Allman is what made me pick up a guitar over 40 years ago, so don't think for a second that I'm selling him short.
@@cornfilledscreamer614 👍
@@cornfilledscreamer614 I wished he didn't have hearing problems and could have stayed with ABB.
@@tedschmidt3288 Yep. I actually heard the main reason he had to leave was pretty much Dickey's volume!
Derek is the greatest guitarist in allman history. Warren is very close. Everyone else ain’t even close including Duane fact
😂Duane died at 24. Please show me Derek's songs at 24 equivalent to "at Fillmore East" and Eat a Peach". Thought so. It's all subjective and I love Derek's playing.
Dickey Betts was no slouch. I have seen Jack Pearson many times, he is an amazing player.
Jack should be top billing at Claptons crossroads festival … why no invite?