I remember being into Satriani, Malmsteen and Vai as a teen. Then I watched this G3 performance with Eric and it changed me. Now As a nearly 40 year old, with a music degree in jazz and a full-time music teaching job, it's a bit harder to knock my socks off. But this guy and this particular performance continues to melt my face every time I hear it, without fail. The most unique lead sound on a strat I've ever heard. Not to mention the most considered melodies. The more you learn, the more you can appreciate Eric.
Eric always has had a superb bassist. Kyle Brock is a badass and Chris Marsch is dang good as well. His best drummer is Tommy Taylor but Brennon Temple sounds excellent here and gets my approval.
Mariano Camacho on the 1997 G3 live in concert album, they’ve spliced together this song from different nights. You can hear the same voices in the crowd on some parts but the bass and solo is different in others. Check it out it’s still really good. I never would’ve known it though unless I’d found this video b
@@stratosaurusrex3399 you have a good ear and taste bro. Yes, I know the audio (CD version) and this video has a little different sound, even Eric's solo and some guitar in the last part is different. Both versions are good!
Watching this performance along with any of his other live shows, i just keep asking myself how does he do it. Ive been playing guitar for a long time so i understand what hes playing (to an extent), but he has such a nice feel to every note he plays. His control of tone and the master volume is just bang on. By far one of the greats
I'd be honored if some fans of Eric Johnson's vocal compositions would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of FORTY MILE TOWN on my YT in tribute to one of the purest musical artists that the USA has ever produced. Live acoustic with no digital enhancements. Peace & stay safe.
Pentatonic scales, if this is how you understand music I am sorry for you, this is musical expression, do you understand music is not an Olympic event?
@@Deliquescentinsight Correct. Majority of the great musicians don't think about what scale they are using. What they are doing is playing the sounds that are in their head through the guitar. Its amazing how so many people seem to bypass that.
Players like Eric are rare. He and guys like Robben Ford play in a way that is very deliberate and calculated while also managing not to micromanage the natural flow out of the riffs. I’m not sure if that makes sense but that’s the best way I can put it. Played beautifully and squeaky clean without sounding sterile.
I consider this the perfect guitar song. Not only for the inspired composition, but for the exquisite and perfect playing of this guitar master. It's so varied that it's impossible to get bored even after listening to it a million of times. Every guitar player should listen to this magistral song and will learn a lot! By the way, the clean tone of the guitar really kills me.
I know! I haven't watched many live videos of his playing, but that's the first thing I noticed; the precision with which he plays is incredible to say the least. Of course the second thing I noticed was that tone so clean you could bleach clothes with it.
Eric has intense feels the way he plays! Btw guys Our first track "inner dimensions" is out and we hope we did our mentor proud! ruclips.net/video/v20kKBgK8Hg/видео.html
I still remember when this came out. I was in high school, thought I was a great guitarist since I'd been playing for a couple years, and I bought this VHS to watch Satch and Vai play. I'd never heard of Eric Johnson and figured id have to forward past his songs to get to the good stuff. He's one of my all-time favorites, and it started with this performance.
I still close my eyes like I did when was 17 years old back in the 90s pretending to play the guitar in front of a huge crowd every time I hear this masterpiece.
The bass guitar is just smokin' hot!! I love that sound so much! What a great combination all around! Bass and drums in a great groove, and what can I say about Eric? Just phenomenal!!
The Wes/Jimi octaves, the pick hiding, strumming up the neck, God knows how tone, EJ composition and chops. Great drummer and Roscoe. So good. Imagine on your dying day knowing you’ve added this much to the world?
I have played '''at'''' the guitar for over 59 years.....this guy is at a level of another planet...why? '''many '''shred'''' but Eric not only can shred, he brings beauty, taste, and last but not least, a smoothness not may have accomplished....from the days of ''moonlight in vermont''' as only Johnny Smith played, to Eric...i stand and applaud him !!!
Some of the great pianists are as comfortable stating a melody using an inside voice of chords as they might be playing just the notes. I have always sought out such players in my productions. It’s a very special talent, making the same melody brand new. Bill Evans was superb at this, ditto Monty Alexander, and a good friend of mine, Alex Darqui. Eric is one of very few guitarists with that same facility. It never gets old.
christ, that solo is one of the most beautifully composed and executed ive seen. Eric is a veritable compendium of techniques, all of which he is a master. Insane lines.
My all time favorite EJ song! This live version is way better than the studio version, IMO. One of the best things about this particular G3 live was because of this song. Long gone are the days when I’d own G3 live DVDs, concerts, making attempts to play like Vai, Satriani and Eric. Good times with great music from these masters. Listen to the Masters of Acoustic Guitar CD(or if not CD now, see if you can find those on RUclips). Eric played this beautiful song called A Song For Life. I highly recommend!
Variety of different techniques, well developed harmony with sophisticated bass lines, outsides, melodies well defined....Eric surely was musically ahead of his time.
The reason I love this guy, apart from his style and musicality, is that his lead guitar tone didn't change over the years. Even if his fellow guitarists we're busy improving their sound here and there. He really claimed this tonal identity.
You can't help but smile whenever you listen to Eric Johnson. As a guitar enthusiast and hobby lead player myself, i smile to myself a lot when i listen to Eric. He knew the fretboard truly in his own way. Like Jeff Beck.
This version was the first I heard (by the way, the best G3), and, to me, it would never sound as fantastic as in this gig. Sometimes, this kind of things happen in music, the right place, the right moment.
Yes! This G3 version was the first I heard of this song, and this artist, so this is my sentimental favourite version (really enjoyed the Joe section at the beginning of the show too - wish I still had the DVD).
The only one that could surpass it is the G3 album version which is basically the same with a couple of changes, that in my opinion, make it even better than this one 👍
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The tone is so clean it can kill 99.99 percent of germs
And not a mask to ever be seen again......
Clinically proven to fight Covid AND germs that may cause bad breath
🤣
*What about the 0.11111111111111111111111111% hmm?*
You said that on a SRV video.. go wash your hands man.
Better than the studio version. Credit to the bass player and drummer. They compliment Johnson's performance perfectly.
Do you know the drummers name??
@@alexvaldiviadrummer Brannen Temple
I totally agree with u man.. their grooves are amazing.. what a masterpiece!
EJ at the height of his powers with Brannen Temple on drums and Roscoe Beck on bass. Mid 90s is when I discovered him. So grateful!
what about the keyboard player lol
His guitar leads are cleaner than my house.....what a perfectionist.....
@@Hotsport_RugbySimulations LOL
But what if your house isn’t clean...
clean,,,,very clean.........
@@Hotsport_RugbySimulations funk man! why? he deserve a Harpic
R D hahah
this is the tender surrender of eric johnson
More like Tender Surrender is Steve Vai’s Manhattan
@@adriankovacs4133 what came first? either way they are both masterpieces and truly define the potential of the guitar.
I’d say Lonely In The Night is EJ’s Tender Surrender more than Manhattan. But it’s still a killer track.
@@GDIEternal Amen to that, the whole track is “sultry” and the playing in it……unreal
Meant lead playing
This is by far, the best version of Manhattan. Pure Gold.
Pure gold, perfect resume
Check out Andrey Korolev - Manhattan :)
I absolutely agree
Also the version that made the album
@EJ fan onearth lol, you sound like kid... check his channel
I remember being into Satriani, Malmsteen and Vai as a teen. Then I watched this G3 performance with Eric and it changed me. Now As a nearly 40 year old, with a music degree in jazz and a full-time music teaching job, it's a bit harder to knock my socks off. But this guy and this particular performance continues to melt my face every time I hear it, without fail. The most unique lead sound on a strat I've ever heard. Not to mention the most considered melodies. The more you learn, the more you can appreciate Eric.
First time I heard Cliffs of Dover back in the early 90s I cried.
@@kennethrabin9556 I actually saw EJ on the Rush, roll the bones tour as their warmup. I have been a fan ever since.
eric is in my opinion, really the only dude that comes to mind who can make the pentatonic scale sound exotic and expensive
Try Joyce Cooling, she's got some serious chops
@@bobhampt Me too.
this is top level guitar playing.
this version is even better ruclips.net/video/LP5jKELGT4g/видео.html
@@drcl7429 this is version and jack's version are the bests versions..
@D Rcl Hoping seriously you’re just jokin. Though Thammarat is really a great guitarist of today generation.
@@drcl7429 Nah, it doesn't sounds as good as the original version.
@@drcl7429 unless tamarat can make it his own versions...maybe....???
the most underrated bassist of entire G3 universe. He killing it, the best Manhattan version ever.
One day I put this video, in the bar where I worked, Luis Mariutti (Bassist of Angra/Shaman) was there and was impressed with this bass player.
Roscoe Beck
Eric always has had a superb bassist. Kyle Brock is a badass and Chris Marsch is dang good as well. His best drummer is Tommy Taylor but Brennon Temple sounds excellent here and gets my approval.
03:58 wow
Catch Roscoe laying it down on several of robben Ford's albums , definitely underrated but his bio says otherwise !
1:08 The most beautiful pentatonic lick in history
absolutely agree
Agree!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That slap on the bass makes this song even better, simply the best version of this song
Amen dude, this is my favourite version, and the rhythm section elevates it
Yes Roscoe Beck has great feel.
sounds so much better here than in the studio version
Mariano Camacho on the 1997 G3 live in concert album, they’ve spliced together this song from different nights. You can hear the same voices in the crowd on some parts but the bass and solo is different in others. Check it out it’s still really good. I never would’ve known it though unless I’d found this video b
@@stratosaurusrex3399 you have a good ear and taste bro. Yes, I know the audio (CD version) and this video has a little different sound, even Eric's solo and some guitar in the last part is different. Both versions are good!
Most of us guitar players can only dream of ever achieving such a level of performance.
Let's be honest... There is only one who can achieve such a level of performance.
He's the original. Of course there are 10,0000 of classic guitarlists who play technically far better than him, but he's unique in his own ways.
Watching this performance along with any of his other live shows, i just keep asking myself how does he do it. Ive been playing guitar for a long time so i understand what hes playing (to an extent), but he has such a nice feel to every note he plays. His control of tone and the master volume is just bang on. By far one of the greats
@@munetoshiyamasaki7536 wrong
Why? Ｉam EJ fan and Ｉbought his recent record. My comment is nothing but compliament.
I first heard this age 15 now 35, it still gets me every time, he's a genius, nobody else sounds like him.
G3 was the first concert I ever went to, I'm turning 35 in a couple months so I know exactly how you feel.
@@Jonjzi that's cool, I remember not being able to go and was gutted, but I am hoping to see him on the new G3 tour 20th anniversary.
Exactly same story here! When I rewatch it I still can feel what it felt to be 15 and starting to discover such amazing music...
I'm with you. I 100% get what you write!
Good
the quality of the recording, the fat bass sound, creamy guitar, crispy drums.....this is one of the best live recordings I've ever heard in my life
Just like a fresh Krispy Kream Doughnut.
@@networth9151 exactly lol
Killer guitar work by Eric and Roscoe is just CRUISIN' on the bass. Magnificent!
Fdzz
Omg that freaking bass so delicious!!!!!!!!!
Yup! 2:25 is like… unreachable!
Eric Johnson rides a near perfect balance in his playing... he’ll shred your face off... and be downright polite in doing so. EJ forever!
I'd be honored if some fans of Eric Johnson's vocal compositions would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of FORTY MILE TOWN on my YT in tribute to one of the purest musical artists that the USA has ever produced. Live acoustic with no digital enhancements. Peace & stay safe.
I know Eric is the focus here ...but man ...those bass lines are just amazing!!!
Roscoe Beck.
The band is a pure finesse... makes me want to eat the sound... so smooth
I don't even bother in listening the studio version, this one is sooo nice, soo smoth!
"eat the sound" now that's an amazing and peculiar expression, totally agree!
Nearly as smooth as Eric's hair
The speed of Johnsons soloing along with the accuracy, timing, tone, he’s just flawless
Flawless. Unique way to play the pentatonic scales.. Great performance.
amazing technique and tone. eric johnson is one of the greatest. truly amazing.
And Lydian Mode.
Not just only pentatonic actually. Including Lydian mode etc.
Pentatonic scales, if this is how you understand music I am sorry for you, this is musical expression, do you understand music is not an Olympic event?
@@Deliquescentinsight Correct. Majority of the great musicians don't think about what scale they are using. What they are doing is playing the sounds that are in their head through the guitar. Its amazing how so many people seem to bypass that.
Players like Eric are rare. He and guys like Robben Ford play in a way that is very deliberate and calculated while also managing not to micromanage the natural flow out of the riffs. I’m not sure if that makes sense but that’s the best way I can put it. Played beautifully and squeaky clean without sounding sterile.
tastful shredding
Alan Holdsworth too id place in that category
Makes perfect sense...well put..🎵👍👍
Holdsworth needs a nod here too..
@@kikojavier3804 100%
masterpiece :-)
@Sumit ogah
Agree
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@ROBERTO ADRIAN GOMEZ MARTINEZ como que no? jajaja
masterofcake :-)
Eric Johnson, musical genius and one of the greatest guitarists ever, love this song.
He is about the best in my book.
Him and Steve Vai
I consider this the perfect guitar song. Not only for the inspired composition, but for the exquisite and perfect playing of this guitar master. It's so varied that it's impossible to get bored even after listening to it a million of times. Every guitar player should listen to this magistral song and will learn a lot! By the way, the clean tone of the guitar really kills me.
Totally agree.
EJの繊細で美しいギターサウンドが好きです。パフォーマンスではなく、あくまでギターでアピールする彼の一途な姿勢が私は大好きです。
His accuracy.. it's just not of this earth
and yet so smooth and so pleasing to the ears. Absolutely phenomenal
I know! I haven't watched many live videos of his playing, but that's the first thing I noticed; the precision with which he plays is incredible to say the least. Of course the second thing I noticed was that tone so clean you could bleach clothes with it.
Yeah it's of planet 9
Eric has intense feels the way he plays! Btw guys Our first track "inner dimensions" is out and we hope we did our mentor proud!
ruclips.net/video/v20kKBgK8Hg/видео.html
Nathan Ko "Not Of This Earth" is Joe Satriani song, lol..
I miss the prime EJ days of the 90’s-2000 era. I’m glad I was alive and got to see him often during this time. Such a classic song.
Best version of "Manhattan"
Ur right,better than studio records 👏🔥
The bass tone is just beautiful, and it complements the guitar very well. Eric's Beautiful and Great Song
The drumming is real smooth as well, accenting the right spots perfectly
4:40 gives me goosebumps every time
Me too Josh! I was feeling that just before I read your comment!
I still remember when this came out. I was in high school, thought I was a great guitarist since I'd been playing for a couple years, and I bought this VHS to watch Satch and Vai play. I'd never heard of Eric Johnson and figured id have to forward past his songs to get to the good stuff. He's one of my all-time favorites, and it started with this performance.
I still close my eyes like I did when was 17 years old back in the 90s pretending to play the guitar in front of a huge crowd every time I hear this masterpiece.
Silky Tones, boys got the groove. Cant be faked, Eric is a monster
Eric tells a whole story without saying a single word in most of his songs. This is among his best work.
How he makes the strat sound like that is beyond me. Thing sings like some jazz guitar and it's glorious
chorus,delay,reverb.compression and ofcourse ejs hands
You've got to have massive respect for how controlled Eric's playing is. It's an incredible thing to behold.
The bass guitar is just smokin' hot!! I love that sound so much! What a great combination all around! Bass and drums in a great groove, and what can I say about Eric? Just phenomenal!!
Roscoe Beck is the Bass Player
@@elcapitanneurona - Roscoe played with Robben Ford too, I believe. Outstanding player!!
@@soujrnr yes! He was his bass player! Outstanding player
참~이렇게나 얄밉도록 기타를 깔끔하게 칠 수 있을까~!!!
기타소리 하나 하나에 수정 구슬이 톡톡 튀어나오는 느낌~👍👍
I’m in love🎸🔥😻
22 years after, and still gives me chills.
No one could repeat that so clean)
Backbone is killing it. That drummer and bassist is serious.
I never get tired of listening to this. Everything about it is just sonic perfection.
The Wes/Jimi octaves, the pick hiding, strumming up the neck, God knows how tone, EJ composition and chops. Great drummer and Roscoe. So good.
Imagine on your dying day knowing you’ve added this much to the world?
03:58 Bass / batterie ça joue ultra bien aussi
Super morceau :)
What a gorgeous composition. That slide solo is divine. This guy is too slick
The Tone is clean his hairstyle is clean his outfit is clean, Mr Clean !
Still a benchmark album after 26 years. That thing was life changing for me.
Definitely one of the 2 or 3 most underrated electric guitarists on the planet!
Everyone bought tickets to see Vai e Satriani, but
were blown away by Eric Johnson's leads and stelar tones !!!
Scary performance, tone and accuracy is good that looks like a playback video of the studio version.
one of the best recorded guitar performances ever.
아름답다 ......녹아버렸어....
I met Eric many years ago. One of the most genuine and humble souls. An angelic guitarist.
The magic from his playing. I also love how much the bassist is getting down.
I was very much into Vai and Satriani but these days I only listen to Eric Johnson....
I have played '''at'''' the guitar for over 59 years.....this guy is at a level of another planet...why? '''many '''shred'''' but Eric not only can shred, he brings beauty, taste, and last but not least, a smoothness not may have accomplished....from the days of ''moonlight in vermont''' as only Johnny Smith played, to Eric...i stand and applaud him !!!
FC. From Thailand ❤
레슨쌤 자취방의 모니터링 스피커로 이 곡을 처음 들었을 때의 충격은 진짜 망치로 한대 얻어맞은듯 한 느낌이였음.. 톤이나 프레이즈나... 그냥 멍하니 빠져들어서 들었던 기억이 남
ギターという楽器がどれ位素晴らしい楽器であるか、
またどれ位可能性を秘めた楽器であるか、
知らない＆知りたい方々に是非観て欲しい動画ですね。
Pure Gold!!!
This is the reason why I started playing drums, thank you Brannen Temple.
the bass and drums sounds are even superb during this live performance, well done!
Bass player MVP.
Damn son, he got the muse in him.
Probably the best bass tone ive ever heard
The Bass Player was awesome. The slap part was just in the perfect time which made the song even better!
2020 has come and here we are listening to this again and again and again
Last day of 2020...listening today.
Hands down the best version of this song.
Some of the great pianists are as comfortable stating a melody using an inside voice of chords as they might be playing just the notes. I have always sought out such players in my productions. It’s a very special talent, making the same melody brand new. Bill Evans was superb at this, ditto Monty Alexander, and a good friend of mine, Alex Darqui. Eric is one of very few guitarists with that same facility. It never gets old.
His playing is flawless just plug in your headphones and close your eyes your soul will fly into another dimension ❤
bass player absolutely killer, that growl tone is awesome
Enamorada desde el primer momento que lo escuche!! 2:54 🎸
Una belleza
hadir 20 juli 2023, lagu pertama saya belajar gitar.
Timeless one of the greatest guitarists to ever touch a Stratocaster !
G.O.A.T
⚡🎸🔥#️⃣1️⃣
Eric is a rare breed, one of the few players that have a unique language
Can't get enough of this. This song simply takes me where I need to go....wherever that may be.
There are many "one-of-a-kind" players in music. Eric, is one of them
I remember watching this as a kid and instantly hooked on Eric's playing
Same!!
Magical performance here
So great!!! A magician on guitar AND the ability to make a slide appear and disappear without a trace!
So majestic.
christ, that solo is one of the most beautifully composed and executed ive seen. Eric is a veritable compendium of techniques, all of which he is a master. Insane lines.
smooooooth
My all time favorite EJ song! This live version is way better than the studio version, IMO. One of the best things about this particular G3 live was because of this song. Long gone are the days when I’d own G3 live DVDs, concerts, making attempts to play like Vai, Satriani and Eric. Good times with great music from these masters.
Listen to the Masters of Acoustic Guitar CD(or if not CD now, see if you can find those on RUclips). Eric played this beautiful song called A Song For Life. I highly recommend!
So that’s what a strat sounds like. ❤️
Variety of different techniques, well developed harmony with sophisticated bass lines, outsides, melodies well defined....Eric surely was musically ahead of his time.
Listen to the bass on this song really compliments Eric’s guitar 🎸
The reason I love this guy, apart from his style and musicality, is that his lead guitar tone didn't change over the years. Even if his fellow guitarists we're busy improving their sound here and there. He really claimed this tonal identity.
Two words to describe this. "The Best".
Absolutely beautiful guitar playing, not rushed nor a million notes per second. His style is instantly recognisable
8.44 at nite sitting at work in Boca Raton Florida listening to awesome music and thinking about how dam fast life is.
¡Celebro tu existencia, Eric Johnson!
Eric is the soul of guitar.. without him guitar is dead.
Eric always been one of my respectful guitar players of all time
Eric shredding us into the Unseen Realm !!!!!!
Nice touch he has. Reminds me of Mark Knopfler in some ways.
You can't help but smile whenever you listen to Eric Johnson. As a guitar enthusiast and hobby lead player myself, i smile to myself a lot when i listen to Eric. He knew the fretboard truly in his own way. Like Jeff Beck.
This is the definition of what perfect means!
What a song guys, this is the G3 tour in 1996 with Satriani and Vai. I’m still listening ❤️❤️❤️
This version was the first I heard (by the way, the best G3), and, to me, it would never sound as fantastic as in this gig. Sometimes, this kind of things happen in music, the right place, the right moment.
Yes! This G3 version was the first I heard of this song, and this artist, so this is my sentimental favourite version (really enjoyed the Joe section at the beginning of the show too - wish I still had the DVD).
The only one that could surpass it is the G3 album version which is basically the same with a couple of changes, that in my opinion, make it even better than this one 👍
@@elmarce1983 This song completely blows away both Joe and Steve's entire sets imo.
How does it work with the changes? Are pieces of the live recording taken out an re-recorded and merged?
Texas has some bad ass mfkin guitarists