I'm a big fan, however, John is an artist I would not enjoy seeing live. He improvises way too much, to the point his compositions are almost unrecognizable.
He the first three minutes playing the melody.... and then spends the rest of the tune outlining the changes and then only gets away from it a bit around 6 minutes in. The tune is easily recognizable instantly, so I really don't understand where you are coming from.
Russ, I offer you absolutely free of charge,a course in musical enlightenment. After which you will,beyond doubt ,have the ability to recognise genius when it's presented to you . John McLaughlin is probably the greatest musician alive today let alone guitarist. Sadly we have lost Wayne Shorter ,Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Micheal Brecker and many more of our living legends . John may be the last of the true greats . Would be a great shame for you not to realise this and never see him play live . I've been a musician all my life and worked at the famous Ronnie Scotts club for many years . I've seen all the greatest instrumentalists and composers there are . To stand in such company needs something very special indeed and John McLaughlin most definitely has been blessed with such special abilities. Remember ,the masses , often only realise greatness when it's gone . Try his albums Adventures in Radioland and The Heart of thing's for a starter. Peace.
You are absolutely right, Ken. I've seen McLaughlin three times over the years, at a concert hall venue in Glasgow, (Heart of Things tour) The Barbican in London for the Now Here This tour, and Remember Shakti experience at a leisure centre in Kendal, Cumbria. In relation to the latter gig, the Indian musicians surrounding John, chose to play the equivalent of a drum solo at a rock concert, patting and striking earthenware pots for 15 minutes. At the end of this mind bending display, the audience clapped loudly, most probably in gratitude for sparing us from more of the same. All told, in a two hour gig, our hero guitar player touched the strings for a maximum of 15 minutes, if that. It's not funny. It's not clever.
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I'm a big fan, however, John is an artist I would not enjoy seeing live. He improvises way too much, to the point his compositions are almost unrecognizable.
He the first three minutes playing the melody.... and then spends the rest of the tune outlining the changes and then only gets away from it a bit around 6 minutes in. The tune is easily recognizable instantly, so I really don't understand where you are coming from.
@@brianlabbie Agreed wholeheartedly!
Russ, I offer you absolutely free of charge,a course in musical enlightenment. After which you will,beyond doubt ,have the ability to recognise genius when it's presented to you .
John McLaughlin is probably the greatest musician alive today let alone guitarist. Sadly we have lost Wayne Shorter ,Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Micheal Brecker and many more of our living legends . John may be the last of the true greats . Would be a great shame for you not to realise this and never see him play live . I've been a musician all my life and worked at the famous Ronnie Scotts club for many years . I've seen all the greatest instrumentalists and composers there are . To stand in such company needs something very special indeed and John McLaughlin most definitely has been blessed with such special abilities. Remember ,the masses , often only realise greatness when it's gone .
Try his albums Adventures in Radioland and The Heart of thing's for a starter. Peace.
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I'd surely be whoop, whooping, after the first few bars and no doubt, beyond! Wonderful version...👍
You are absolutely right, Ken. I've seen McLaughlin three times over the years, at a concert hall venue in Glasgow, (Heart of Things tour) The Barbican in London for the Now Here This tour, and Remember Shakti experience at a leisure centre in Kendal, Cumbria. In relation to the latter gig, the Indian musicians surrounding John, chose to play the equivalent of a drum solo at a rock concert, patting and striking earthenware pots for 15 minutes. At the end of this mind bending display, the audience clapped loudly, most probably in gratitude for sparing us from more of the same. All told, in a two hour gig, our hero guitar player touched the strings for a maximum of 15 minutes, if that. It's not funny. It's not clever.
I love McLaughlin, but I can't stand the overuse of the vibrato bar. At times, he just seems bored to me.