I Can’t Comprehend What He’s Doing
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Wow guys! Honored and humbled by this. Truly.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼thank you so much for spending the time . All the best to you in all of your endeavors.💯💯💯💯💯🏅🏅🏅🏅🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️CH
Thanks for posting this! I found something to do for a while❤
Well...hats off sir. You truly are a unique talent. Nice discovery. I personnaly will stick to my bass player... not even trying to dream about matching your skills😂.
Cheers from France.
So glad to see you get this recognition. Your solo on “Molino Molero” is one of the reasons I learned guitar after being a bassist for five years.
Hearing you play changed the way I thought about guitar on a fundamental level. Your music brings me so much joy and enjoyment! You deserve all the praise!
You are the maestro, Charlie!!
Truly exceptional musicianship. I asked Pete Huttlinger how he was able to play Stevie Wonder’s Superstition on finger style guitar. He said he “just wrote all the parts out on sheet music and then sight read while he played it. “. OMG, amazing brain power! RIP Pete! We miss you.
Dang, didnt know he passed :( He was an absolute legend.
@worldwyn I wanted to mention Pete Huttlinger but couldn't remember his last name. Thanks for bringing him up in the comments.
I went to school with Pete, and remember his playing really coming together. What a wonderful person. R.I.P.
That's incredible
Always great to see new people giving Charlie Hunter his due recognition the guitar genius he is. he has been at it for years (speaking of which....anyone catch him at the Somerville Theatre back in 2002? What a phenomenal show!).
Side note: I am surprised you guys did not mention the "Leslie" tone he gets out of the higher strings (which I am pretty sure he gets out of an actual split to a Leslie!). I always found it super unique. What a gem this guy is.
I highly suggest the Josh Smith interview, Charlie really gets into his process there. its super fascinating, for him its a lifetime study and it shows. Great stuff
Everybody seem to forget the contribution of the late Joe Beck and his alto - Cort electric on that field ,,,, His 1997 Joe Beck And Ali Ryerson - "Alto" album & 2000 Jimmy Bruno / Joe Beck - "Polarity" are great examples .....Both amazing guitar albums !
Saw him in a college town (Athens, OH) in 2003. Still talk about that show.
Great take. I saw him live about 15 yrs ago. Absolute alien. Can't help but stank face the entire performance. So nasty and good.
I studied with a guy named Jack Grassel. He also plays bass and guitar at the same time. And he solos as well, its crazy. Hes been doing it since the 80's. Hes a big bebop guy. I haven't seen anyone do this till now, really cool.
It’s really cool to see accomplished professional musicians just stunned by someone doing something in a new and unique way.
Those fanned frets are trippy. Makes it look like the neck has a wicked twist 😅
Reminds me of Tuck Andress. His ability to play bass lines whilst chord soloing is very similar. I saw Tuck at NAMM and there was someone breathing heavily in my ear behind me watching and it turned out to be Steve Vai. Charlie seems like he is in that same upper plateau guitar playing level.
He does exactly what jazz organ players do like Joey Difrancesco but on strings! Insanely impressive! Thanks for sharing this awesome musician🎵🎸
When the two played the piece they just listened to I liked it much better than the original - because of the sound. A real bass guitar and a real guitar. Also they played TOGETHER, which is always more fun.
Got so much respect for Charlie Hunter, what can you say about this master. Great job guys, I’m so happy to see him get some of the appreciation he deserves. Cheers
This is just as he was doing years and years ago when he broke out with TJ Kirk! A really fun album!!!
Great video Rhett! Yeah, Charlie is a beast.
Just wow! Love his music too! Wonderful feel, rhythm, everything. Thanks guys.
And Charlie, you're brilliant. Truly fabulous. Good luck. 🤯
I've got a new guitar hero. Woah.
I've never saw anything like that before! That is crazy talent!
He's like, do I want to play bass, or do I want to play guitar? Screw it, I'll just do both at the same time.😂
I remember seeing him with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy back in 1993 I think, where they where supporting Sonic Youth. I hadn't seen anything quite like the way he played. I probably still haven't if I am being honest.
Check out Charlie Hunter and Leon Parker (drummer) on the "Duo" album.
I want to point Tuck Andress to fans of Charlie Hunter and Tosin Abasi. I think he started all that polyphonic multi-line guitar playing. Some of his clips are still impressive
I was listening his albums before I saw him playing on youtube. I had no idea he had no bassist.
His playing on D’Angelo’s Voodoo is incredible
The one and only!
seems like the same skill set organists use to simultaneous play a bass line with the foot pedals! see Jimmy Smith.
He’s really good, and literally using bass strings on the same instrument to capture both distinct tones is unique. Also unique thing he does is using classical technique to play blues/funk. Pretty cool. But y’all acting like classical guitarists haven’t been doing this for hundreds of years (managing three voices and using thumb and three fingers on the right hand).
Charlie Hunter is awesome, he learned his tricks by emulating organ players. I've seen him live 2 decades ago, but still I would prefer a separate bass and guitar player, one person bass and guitar has its limits.
Very Cool thx for sharing
Great show! I've seen Charlie a couple times - always a blast! Shout out to Novax Guitars (Ralph Novak) and Hybrid Guitars (Clay Conner and Wes Lambe) for making incredible instruments!
I saw him on Conan in the 90s and was blown away but didn’t think about him again until I saw him on John Mayer’s In Repair (the bass, organ sound, and turnaround are all him). Then I chased him down on RUclips. The man needs to be much better known.
Rhett, will you please make there is no plan b merch? I love the motto and it has seriously become something I try to live by now. Love the content and keep inspiring!
In my opinion the videos is fantastic
My guitar teacher Plays A Hybrid 8 string like Charlie Hunter. My Bass player room mate says he taking his job! Charlie is playing a 7 string here but also plays an 8 string. My teacher is a great guitarist who plays the Hybrid in a local band called Moonshiner Collective you should check them out. Great video!
Wow this guy is really a next level virtuoso that last song wow !! My brain hurts watching him do it
I had heard Charlie Hunter before but didn't know what he looked like. I expected him to kinda have a crazed look like Tom Waits.
As a bass player, I keep isolating the basslines like "Yea that's not too bad and then i remember the guitar is him too, and I hone in on that and think "Yea that's doable" but I cant process both at once. I have to turn off one part to grasp how the other is being played. I can sing too, but not while playing literally anything on bass or guitar. All my brain power goes into one musical instrument, and i just dont understand how people multitask, let alone this level. My brain hurts. This is witchcraft. I dunno./
I see Rhett talking about Charlie Hunter, I click. Didn't even have to think about it.
Rhett exposing an insanely talented little known artist.. AGAIN!
I recommend reading Haruki Murakami's Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's pure fantasy fiction but there's a lot of stuff about brain separation and interactions between consciousness, sub-conscious, unconscious.
Gotta practice your blues turnarounds, Rhett 😉
I get it and it's very clever but can you really replicate the true low end frequencies that a fatter string can bring to the table?
Really not that dissimilar to what a guy like Mike Dawes does. It just seems more dynamic because 1. It's electric and 2. The lead lines are a little more complex. Still impressive, no question.
Jose macario- taco groove.
I watched Getty Lee playing bass pedals with his foot, hammer on's on a bass with left hand, playing a keyboard with right and singing at the same time. Not from this planet.
Clearly super talented but I’ll take a bass and guitar anytime. What’s great about improv is playing together. Also as great as he is when he improvs the bass often is simplified
Just to let you know, Charlie came to the Panama Jazz Festival, and a drummer friend that sadly passed away, challenged him to do a foot clave while playing a tumbao, and he said "I've never done it, let me try"... effortlessly, he did it, which comes to now surprise, Charlie probably has the ability to swim and sleep like cetaceans, he can disconnect his brain hemispheres! And such a lovely person, to boot!
Warning he can play some drums a it also. hehe and a super cool cat.
I have seen him a couple of times live. He can carry a conversation while playing, too. I can’t do that 😂. And I just play like, regular-ass guitar.
@@trebleclefjones4899 Charlie is a good dude! Extremely talented!
I'm glad you compared Charlie Hunter to an organist, because my understanding is that that's what he was originally going for-to play organ-like parts on guitar. It's what led him to committing to learning how to play in this style with that incredible instrument. And he often even plays through a Leslie cabinet as well, just for that extra organ vibe.
Yes, Sam Yahel is amazing example. He can play great basslines with his feet, play chords with his left hand and a improvise a solo with his right hand - and all three on a extremely high level.
Nice to see someone finally do a deep dive on Charlie. He's been doing this for so long. The combo of feel, tone, taste, and stamina is unbelievable. Thanks for this!
no kidding on stamina
Listening to him for 30 years now. He is a pleasure to listen to, it's not gimmicky at all.
I forgot to let you play my Hybrid 7 guitar with Charlie tuning.
saw him first with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. He was kind of the whole band...incredible,and gets better all the time
Charlie Hunter's instrument alone is a monster.
I had an instrument I found on reverb where it was like a guy looked a picture of Charlie's guitar and said "yeah sure I can make something like that" for the past year but was even longer scale. Super exhausting. Charlie is part of Hybrid Guitars in Hillsboro NC you can actually get one, and despite the cost, it's the nicest fret work I've ever seen. I've been on the new instrument for a couple months, and am extremely happy.
I saw Charlie up close several years back. He is light years ahead, in all likelihood a alien from a nearby dimension. It is really fun to listen to how he's evolved thru the years. Even the configuration of his guitars have changed. And unlike some jazz guys who are all about playing obscure scales at warp speed, Charlie got soul.
He's just a kid from Berkeley who took lessons with Satrinani on during his formative years.
Charlie was the first show I saw at the Georgia Theater when I tuned 18. Incredible talent all around
I’m sure he’s heard this a million times, but does Charlie Hunter get paid three times at much for doing three jobs at once?! Because he’s like three band members rolled into one! Really amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I've seen Charlie Hunter live several times. Jaw-dropping is the only words that come to mind. I always try to sit as close to the stage and on the side where you can see his hands clearly. It's beyond amazing! And while watching him I go back and forth between thinking how is this possible? And just sitting back and enjoying the song. Very inspiring to watch, but kind of not at the same time because I know that I'll never play that good! He's beyond genius or virtuoso ... he's just Charlie!
Met Charlie a couple times up in greensboro at a house show. He is one of the most humble and kind people I have ever met. Combined with his infectious stage presence and guitar gusto, I truly cannot say enough good things about this man. A true guitar hero
Thanks for sharing his music with your following. Not enough people know the treasure of Charlie Hunter's music.
Return of the Candyman and Natty Dread are still in my phone. Hearing Charlie is like listening to two musicians who are respecting each other.
In the mid nineties he and Marc Ribot were my favourite contemporary guitar players.
Ive said that even if his bass and guitar parts were separate players, they'd be two of my favorite players.
Well, my mind is blown. I just mastered walking and chewing gum at the same time.
i would give a listen to John Mayer’s In Repair video, i didn’t knew that he played this song until i saw the making of, such a great one!!
I don't want to admit how long I watched this until I figured out there was no other bass player. 🤯
Charlie Hunter is so badass. One thing that makes it even more impressive for me listening as a bass player is the right hand muted/ghost notes on bass. All the chops and all the feel.
He is a proof there is no limit to great musical creativity. That was AWESOME!!!!
Charlie is truly remarkable and I have followed him for quite some time now. He seems to never run out of ideas, he's always got that sense of humor, he's as groovy as anyone could ever be and just straightforward musical. I like Rhett's mention of virtuosity, spot on!
Spanish Joint is must-listen Charlie Hunter, it's what inspired John Mayer to write Neon
I was lucky enough to stumble upon him in the 90’s with Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy’s William Burroughs collaboration Spare Ass Anne and other tales, and the amazing group T.J. Kirk doing a mashup of Thelonious Monk, James Brown and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
I had the good fortune to see Charlie Hunter play two nights in a row in wildly different settings and styles. The first night I saw him as the guitarist in Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy opening for Nirvana in front of 16000 people. The following night I walked down to my local night club, the Paradise Lounge just to grab a drink, and there was Charlie Hunter with his jazz trio playing to an audience of nine people. It was one of those epiphany moments a musician (me) has where you realize that for a great musician it isn’t about fame and screaming crowds. Here he was, playing for the nine of us with the same intensity he had given the night before to an arena full of people. Which is saying something, because the night before, between Hunters guitar playing and Michael Franti’s dynamic charisma as a front man,the Disposable Heroes had actually blown Nirvana off the stage.
I checked out Charlie years ago because I heard about the crazy technique, but I’ve stayed a fan for life because of that sick groove. I especially love his albums where he accompanies a singer (Lucy Woodward, Dionne Farris).
he did a great cover of More Than This w Norah Jones. i'll have to check these two out
I’ve seen Charlie a handful of times at The Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz Ca. with drummer Scott Amendola. Phenomenal.
The drummer is first class
He is a treat to listen too!!!
I was totally thinking the same thing.
omg, I listened -a lot- a couple of their albums, years ago, and I never realized that the band didn't have a bass player :O ...I'm in shock hahaha
Charlie Hunter … I discovered Charlie AFTER I thought it would be cool to develop a way to play bass and guitar simultaneously. I heard him and was like, “shit, he already did it”. He used to play an 8 string, but lately his Hybrid guitars are 6 strings. Hybrid Guitars is the name of the company, they’re out of Hillsborough, NC. I asked him about his influences in developing his style and he mentioned Joe Pass and Tuck Andress, and that he played a lot of bass and drums. I think he should get a Farmer Footdrum and just be a band.
So happy to see someone give him his flowers and shine light to how talented he really is
I first heard about Charlie when he played on “In Repair” by John Mayer. Incredibly gifted and such a diverse artist.
What's beautiful about Charlie's style is that his approach naturally creates space for both the guitar lines and the bass lines, which naturally suits his jazz/funk fusion style, IMO
He’s also a master of Country/Piedmont blues a la Blind Blake! (as mentioned at 4:00)
I saw Charlie in '95 on the "Bing! Bing! Bing!" tour and in '99 on the "Duo" tour - he took audience requests in '95 and I called out "Giant Steps" to be a wiseass and he just launched right into it. I got to talk to him at both shows and he said he was a frustrated organist and recommended Larry Young and "Boss Guitar" by Wes Montgomery. Great drummer, great at playing Blind Blake / ragtime / pre-war blues, just such a tasteful and inventive player.
This has been my favorite musician since 2000. I literally went to music school to try and one day play like this guy. I am now studying math lol. He is incredible!
Saw Charlie play back in ‘98 when he was touring with John Santos & Stefan Harris. It was such an amazing show back then and he’s just as solid a player 25 years later!
Charlie Hunter = amazing musician, who deserves to be much more widely known. Like a few others in the comments here, I first heard him with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in 1992 (the track was called Music and Politics, if I remember correctly). Already then, it was unbelievable that so much music could come from just one guy and his electric guitar. Not sure if he had an 8-string or a 7-string back then, but probably an 8-string.
What in the world? I wouldn’t at all be surprised if he was the only human ever to be able to play like that. Just astonishing.
steve vai - teeth of hydra would be one of a few who also do it right.
I saw him supporting his Ready Set Shango tour, at UCSB. You’re absolutely right, it’s dizzying to watch him do his magic.
His craft is indeed magical and not just a flex.
Great video bringing Charlie Hunter some well deserved attention.
What's amazing about CH is that even if he was playing just guitar, he would still be an insane player.
WOW so cool that Charlie Hunter saw this and commented!! I saw Charlie Hunter in Atlanta years ago and I had no idea what was going on. He is truly one of a kind. His work on That Spanish Joint on D'Angelo's album is one of the best things about humanity. He is on another level and it's just like you say, there is no gimmick, and when you close your eyes it's two instruments. Everything serves the song.
long overdue breakdown of charlie's amazing playing!! reggae, dub, montunos, tumbaos, funk and pretty much anything (incredibly challenging) he has ever done is a lesson in pocket , groove, tone and tasteful note choices. worth pointing out that he splits his signal between a bass amp (top 3 strings) and usually another setup for his sweet (mostly leslie like) guitar sound. huge thanks!! You rule!!
I wasn't aware of Charlie until I saw John Mayer's making of 'In Repair' (One song, one day) video. The man is just amazing!
He played guitar bass on Spanish Joint 😮
First person I ever saw play like this was Richard Thompson sometime around 1996. His song Vincent Black Lightning is still one of the most impressive things I’ve ever heard.
Guys like Charlie, Richard Thompson, Ichika, Tosin and Javier from Animas As Leaders… they’re beyond human. I can’t even begin to comprehend playing 2-3 parts at once, much less emulate it. It’s mind boggling.
Richard Thompson made a strat sound like a sitar, not just folk rock but sadly underated outside that genre
💯 Decades later I still can’t emulate guys like him and Charlie. Beyond just the raw talent, that’s a dedication to an instrument far beyond anything I was ever able to do.
I watched in interview with him a while back where he talked about how he spent a significant amount if time learning exactly how a drummer thinks and plays, and learning how to LOCK into it. he said in the interview this was a major part of his learning process how to play like this. also I think some of my favorite playing if his is with the singer Lucy Woodward. shes amazing, hes amazing and they seem to play with different drummers each of whom is amazing as well.
I've been a fan for a few years now. Charlie continues to impress me with his taste and style.
Wow, this guy is incredible. Thanks for turning me onto another amazing musician.
I’m struggling to hear the bass side of things, but his playing certainly looks phenomenal.
How can't you hear it?
@@HeavyProfessor phone speaker probably.
What came first for Charlie? Bass or guitar?
Charlie Hunter is amazing! Great video 👍👍👍👍😎
Thanks Rhett and Phillip for this excellent breakdown. I've been following Charlie Hunter's career off and on since the mid-90s and every time I check in on what he's up to, recorded or live, it's invariably something musically satisfying. As you say Rhett: the extraordinary technique is always in the service of the tune & the groove, and that combination makes him one of the most consistently delightful guitarists to listen to.
With all respect , Charlie Hunter looks like a great guy who is trying some new technical ideas with converging bass and guitar. However, this music sounds pedestrian at BEST and dull at its worst. Nothing is interesting or innovative in anyway structurally or harmonically that hasn't been done in the last 55yrs. I'm surprised that Rhett finds it so good. Those reading this I hope you'd look back into maybe Shuggie Otis. Be well everyone. Sorry, if you find it offensive.
Really fascinating, thanks for introducing me to Charlie! By the way, what is this quirky beauty of a guitar Rhett is playing?
Edit: Charlie's Album with Silvana Estrada (Lo Sagrado) is absolutely phenomenal, some of the best music I've heard in a long while!