I cannot express to you how utterly strange finding this video has been for me. This concert occurred on my birthday. Like, my _first_ birthday, the original one, at the hospital. I was approximately 2 hours drive away. Eleven years later, I would steal a Windham Hill CD from my Dad, I would play it on a Walkman I bought at Salvation Army. I dubbed it to tape and played it on an under-charged tape deck so it would be slow enough for me to work out what he was doing. I worshiped this guy, he's the reason I started playing guitar. Now 24 years later, and two days before my 35th birthday, I find this video on a random dive through the algorithm. I play Layover as a lullaby for my 1 year old daughter. The kicker? You posted this on February 6th. My mother's birthday. I have debated posting this at all, the experience is so strange I fear I may be dreaming. But I decided that since you, however inadvertently, caused this experience for me, you should at the very least be entitled to share it.
nice dude! it must have been a really cool trip of feelings. I envy you for learning to play the guitar and Michael songs. How much I wish I knew how to play Ritual Dance...
I first experienced Michael Hedges music at the Fox theater in St Louis Mo. It was billed as an evening with Windom Hill.I went to see Shadowfax, but was completely blown away with his style. I seen him twice afterwards. The last was a twin billing of Michael and Leo Kotke. After Michael's set I went to the lobby to get a drink and Michael was walking by himself.I said hello to him and we talked for 20 minutes. He was such a down to earth guy and made an impact on my musical taste and inspired me to play guitar more. He was a amazing individual and to this day one of my favorite guitarist. Thank you for posting this show. P.S. Thanks for the music,inspiration.RIP Micheal
Synchronicity aside, thanks for the recommendation. I got here from your link on Mastodon. With hair like that, you know the guitar playing's going to be good.
Michael has left a deep impression on everyone he performed for, and really anyone who has had the pleasure to hear his music. He's clearly a rare personality, with such presence, warmth and talent unmatched, unrivaled. We are blessed to have his music, interviews and the stories of those who performed with him to remember him. I miss you Michael, you'll forever live in my heart and mind.
My guitar hero, he invented the style many copied and developed later. I was lucky to see him twice live (in Baltimore and Annapolis). He was a composer first and player second, both guitar and flute excellent playing. Too many guitar players today just fool around on guitar and paste together a composition, he worked opposite (right) way: create it in his head and then decide how to play it, and on which instrument. Can't imagine what would he play today, if not for that late night accident ...
He was my suite mate in first year college, nice person. Works extremely hard, playing guitar some, mostly theory and composition from a particular instructor. This is a hard school too
Feel so fortunate to have seen Michael play in Sapporo, Japan in 1986. My fiancé at the time (now wife of 30 years) had choreographed some dance to Michael’s music. We went back stage after the show and found him to be one of the most genuine, engaging person we had ever met.
I a huge Hedges fan. Sat front row at two of his shows here in Phoenix. One was an outdoor show where everyone brought their lawn chair and ice coolers. There was a lot of beer drinking that night! That was the Taproot tour. After the concert I hung around and Hedges came out at sat at a picnic table. there was about five of us still hanging around. Michael came out and signed autographs and sat and talked for 30 minutes or so. It was down to earth conversation. Good times.
I saw Michael at Westport theatre in the round (St. Louis) revolving stage earlier in the year of his passing. Only two times got very upset of musicians passing, SRV and Michael. He looked me in the eye as he does some of the audience when playing hammer-ons. I just waved him off like come on man. What a player and human being!
I think he was just a visitor here, from the ones who left us here. He wanted to show us the potential of the human mind, and spirit. Thank you for posting it! Thank's for all your work.
I attended this show, I got his album the christmas before and sat with my guitar trying to figure out his tunings. I was lucky to be living in great barrington with my parents, I was back on college break. It was intense to watch something that you never would have thought to see again. My brother jon suters has become a local guitar legend in the berkshires and I believe his time listening to michaels cds helped influence the player he is.
Thank you for seeking it out. It took 18+ hours to upload this full concert but it needed to be here no matter what. I have more posted and more on the way, eventually.
heard him first in the 80s, and 25 years later, Aerial Boundraies still sends shivers down my spine. One of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar talent who ever lived
i saw Michael in the late 70's in Minneapolis, MN. I was so stunned by his performance that I purchased every record he made. Anyone who can see this man play and not believe there is something greater powering him, isn't sane.
this man... i just cant get enough of him, its been 4 years now!! i have watched any video on youtube like 100 times, some of them 1000 times... he just speak the language of god (or call it the way you want it). take a listen to "breakfast in the field" around 32:00, its just pure creation, like the creation of the universe...thats the sound. BOOM! :) hehe, im not crazy
I really want to thank you for posting this. When I was going to Rutgers in the late 80s, a friend of mine gave me an audio version of this show. I lost track of it some years ago and have been trying to find it ever since. Michael Hedges was one of the very best guitar players ever. He was incredibly innovative, totally fearless, and absolutely unique. People may forget, but he was revered by the great guitarists’ of his era. The fact that this is, without question, one of The greatest performances on RUclips of anyone playing guitar in any capacity and, in all the time it’s been up, there are not even 500 likes, just shows how few people even know of his existence. Being virtually forgotten is a fate he certainly does not deserve. If you’re into guitar, I highly suggest this video. I promise he will blow you away. Again, thanks for posting.
I saw him live here in Knoxville. I was in the fifth row center. He blew me away. I'll never forget that concert. On All Along the Watchtower, in my not so humble opinion, he puts Jimi Hendrix in the gutter. What an incredible talent. RIP. What a tragic loss. Aerial Boundaries will forever be one of my favorites. An incredible talent. He was one of a kind and I've never heard anyone come close to his talent.
If he was still alive, he would be one of the most talented guitarist of the world!! Imagine him playing in the Crossroads festivals nowadays with Eric Clapton and other great artists...
I remember reading a Guitar Player magazine in the late 90's and there was just a short paragraph about his passing away. I remember being disappointed that his passing was just a two square inch footnote on one of the misc. comment pages. When all my friends where into Heavy Metal I was spending a lot of time listening to Hedges "Heavy Mental!"
oracledeveloper hey me to. I used to get subscription to acoustic guitar magazine. I saw him on the front stating his passing. I read about him. I never even heard of him. Long story short I have become quite familiar with his music. I am learning a few of his songs. It's awesome. Your not alone man. Lol it's Hedges and Bruce Lee for me. Two greats who left to early.
Spellbinding. Beautiful playing. Such a distinctive style. What an awesome composer and performer. So sad that he left us way too soon. One of the all time greats, he deserves to be so much better known.
Love "Because its There". It is so arresting. I know the backstory is about the Japanese explorer. I feel that spirit in the song. Maybe Its saying something to me... I remember reading the insert dedication Michael left in his "Aerial Boundaries" album cd. Dedicated to Hans Lippershey the inventor of the lens used in the "Looker" looking scope. :^) Michael allowed himself freedom to walk inspired and stay in the creative spirit. Be free to be.
I'm only part way into the concert but I already know one thing. If a guitar had its own voice, if it could play what is inside of its wood and steel and workmanship, if it could play itself with no human intervention, it would be singing Silent Anticipations through Michael Hedges oracular fingers. Thanks so much to the poster. You have done a service to our species!
This is the second concert of Michael I’ve watched today. Interesting to see how his shows evolved from the years going forward to backwards. I used to cover some of his songs pre-Covid. Such an entertainer! I wish I had gotten into Michael while he was alive, my only regret.
Thank you for sharing this incredible concert. I never had the opportunity to see Michael in concert and it's amazing to watch him flawlessly perform tunes like "Rickover's Dream" and "Hot Type". I was always intrigued by his playing and this was the first time I was able to see how he performed such gems. His technique is so unique and original. Again, thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for uploading this. I had this in sections a few years ago but lost it in a computer crash. I lived two towns away from this theater but didn't discover Hedges's music until 20 years later.
[First Set] 0:00:00 Introduction by Susan Jameson 0:00:56 Watermelon Man (Willis Alan Ramsey) 0:06:27 The Happy Couple 0:11:33 Hot Type 0:14:21 Because it's There 0:19:44 Silent Anticipations 0:24:23 Rickover's Dream 0:32:35 Breakfast in the Field 0:36:00 Face Yourself 0:44:00 All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan) [Second Set] 0:47:51 I Believe in You 0:52:49 Ragamuffin 0:57:28 The Funky Avocado 1:01:37 Aerial Boundaries 1:06:56 I Want You 1:12:20 Follow Through [encore] 1:17:58 Come Together (Lennon-McCartney) 1:25:36 Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G Major (Johann Sebastian Bach)
i remember when michael did his first concert in dallas..great job..i was impressed with him as a solo artist..has a nice sound..would love to see him again here in big D
"This particular time of day when you can see the sun and the moon at the same time at different ends of the horizon and right just before dawn you can see some stars...so it made me write this next music..."Breakfast In The Field...." "Face Yourself" is also a brilliant song.
Wow. Great upload. I had the privilege of seeing Michael live three times before his death, once at Town Hall in NYC on a double bill with Leo Kottke (what a duet!), and once from about 6 feet away at the Towne Crier Café in Pawling, NY. Unforgettable. Anyone who loves "Ragamuffin" (52:53) be sure to check out Macyn Taylor's rendition, the best I've heard since Michael (search for "Maycn Taylor Ragamuffin").
Wow this was before tuners, and he was using multiple open turnings, You know Michael was doing some good shi* while he was playing this concert:) Never realized how much of a performance artist he was, besides being an incredible guitarist
i don't know why i didn't know that..wow..that seems so strange that he went off the planet and i didn't know it..i'm so sorry to hear that..he seemed to be a very nice guy..man oh man..thanks for letting me know..i've been bragging on him lately but i had know idea he had passed...i have so much going on i guess it just got by me..
A treasure indeed! Blessings on you. As you say, type3secretion's versions of this concert are lower rez, but the audio seems much better on his clips. Maybe you guys should get together...
His first concert? I would love to hear more about that. Could you tell that story? Also, you say you would love to see him in Dallas again. It seems you don't know therefore, I regret to inform you that Michael died in car accident in '97.
check out jonn gomm He's awesome and has the nomad tattoo in tribute "Aint nobody" There should be ample video as I saw Him at least 6 times and they seemed to video itJon Gomm - Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan)
Carolyn James this comment choked me up... I got to see him live once and it was memorable to say the least... I cannot think of him as gone... he is just jamming with Jimi, Django, and Chet!
I cannot express to you how utterly strange finding this video has been for me.
This concert occurred on my birthday. Like, my _first_ birthday, the original one, at the hospital. I was approximately 2 hours drive away. Eleven years later, I would steal a Windham Hill CD from my Dad, I would play it on a Walkman I bought at Salvation Army. I dubbed it to tape and played it on an under-charged tape deck so it would be slow enough for me to work out what he was doing. I worshiped this guy, he's the reason I started playing guitar.
Now 24 years later, and two days before my 35th birthday, I find this video on a random dive through the algorithm. I play Layover as a lullaby for my 1 year old daughter.
The kicker? You posted this on February 6th. My mother's birthday.
I have debated posting this at all, the experience is so strange I fear I may be dreaming. But I decided that since you, however inadvertently, caused this experience for me, you should at the very least be entitled to share it.
nice dude! it must have been a really cool trip of feelings. I envy you for learning to play the guitar and Michael songs. How much I wish I knew how to play Ritual Dance...
I first experienced Michael Hedges music at the Fox theater in St Louis Mo. It was billed as an evening with Windom Hill.I went to see Shadowfax, but was completely blown away with his style.
I seen him twice afterwards. The last was a twin billing of Michael and Leo Kotke. After Michael's set I went to the lobby to get a drink and Michael was walking by himself.I said hello to him and we talked for 20 minutes. He was such a down to earth guy and made an impact on my musical taste and inspired me to play guitar more.
He was a amazing individual and to this day one of my favorite guitarist.
Thank you for posting this show.
P.S. Thanks for the music,inspiration.RIP Micheal
Synchronicity aside, thanks for the recommendation. I got here from your link on Mastodon. With hair like that, you know the guitar playing's going to be good.
Michael has left a deep impression on everyone he performed for, and really anyone who has had the pleasure to hear his music. He's clearly a rare personality, with such presence, warmth and talent unmatched, unrivaled. We are blessed to have his music, interviews and the stories of those who performed with him to remember him. I miss you Michael, you'll forever live in my heart and mind.
My guitar hero, he invented the style many copied and developed later. I was lucky to see him twice live (in Baltimore and Annapolis). He was a composer first and player second, both guitar and flute excellent playing. Too many guitar players today just fool around on guitar and paste together a composition, he worked opposite (right) way: create it in his head and then decide how to play it, and on which instrument. Can't imagine what would he play today, if not for that late night accident ...
He was my suite mate in first year college, nice person. Works extremely hard, playing guitar some, mostly theory and composition from a particular instructor. This is a hard school too
Feel so fortunate to have seen Michael play in Sapporo, Japan in 1986. My fiancé at the time (now wife of 30 years) had choreographed some dance to Michael’s music. We went back stage after the show and found him to be one of the most genuine, engaging person we had ever met.
That is so true
I could just sit and listen to Micheal hedges play for hours. His melodic playing and soulful singer just carries me away to another place and time.
I a huge Hedges fan. Sat front row at two of his shows here in Phoenix. One was an outdoor show where everyone brought their lawn chair and ice coolers. There was a lot of beer drinking that night! That was the Taproot tour. After the concert I hung around and Hedges came out at sat at a picnic table. there was about five of us still hanging around. Michael came out and signed autographs and sat and talked for 30 minutes or so. It was down to earth conversation. Good times.
I saw Michael at Westport theatre in the round (St. Louis) revolving stage earlier in the year of his passing. Only two times got very upset of musicians passing, SRV and Michael. He looked me in the eye as he does some of the audience when playing hammer-ons. I just waved him off like come on man. What a player and human being!
I saw him twice at Westport; both times with Leo Kottke.
I think he was just a visitor here, from the ones who left us here. He wanted to show us the potential of the human mind, and spirit. Thank you for posting it! Thank's for all your work.
I attended this show, I got his album the christmas before and sat with my guitar trying to figure out his tunings. I was lucky to be living in great barrington with my parents, I was back on college break. It was intense to watch something that you never would have thought to see again. My brother jon suters has become a local guitar legend in the berkshires and I believe his time listening to michaels cds helped influence the player he is.
I could watch Michael tune his guitar for hours.
R.I.P. Michael. You are always the best artist in my mind.
Thank you for seeking it out. It took 18+ hours to upload this full concert but it needed to be here no matter what. I have more posted and more on the way, eventually.
Thanks from my heart Soun ... he was so special.
Thank you for this!
I love you for doing this (and for being a fellow human being, of course). Every recorded note he played is priceless :)
THANK YOU! I’ve been looking for this for years.
Thank you for your work. Michael was a true gift. His craft was heart strong and soul driven.
My name is Marty. I’m a 70-year-old attorney and I live in Louisville Kentucky. I’m listening to “Aerial Boundaries” as I watch this video.
heard him first in the 80s, and 25 years later, Aerial Boundraies still sends shivers down my spine. One of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar talent who ever lived
i saw Michael in the late 70's in Minneapolis, MN. I was so stunned by his performance that I purchased every record he made. Anyone who can see this man play and not believe there is something greater powering him, isn't sane.
He was performing in the 70s? Really?
@@therapyoutsidethebox5466 Yes, really. Michael Hedges.
@@AriKona He must have been a teenager or early 20s then?
@@therapyoutsidethebox5466 He was born in 1953, so my guess is that he was 25 or 26 when I saw him.
this man... i just cant get enough of him, its been 4 years now!! i have watched any video on youtube like 100 times, some of them 1000 times...
he just speak the language of god (or call it the way you want it). take a listen to "breakfast in the field" around 32:00, its just pure creation, like the creation of the universe...thats the sound. BOOM! :) hehe, im not crazy
Adi Hazan hey Adi hope you are well!
get a life
he is the reason I play guitar daily, thank you for making this available
I really want to thank you for posting this. When I was going to Rutgers in the late 80s, a friend of mine gave me an audio version of this show. I lost track of it some years ago and have been trying to find it ever since. Michael Hedges was one of the very best guitar players ever. He was incredibly innovative, totally fearless, and absolutely unique. People may forget, but he was revered by the great guitarists’ of his era. The fact that this is, without question, one of The greatest performances on RUclips of anyone playing guitar in any capacity and, in all the time it’s been up, there are not even 500 likes, just shows how few people even know of his existence. Being virtually forgotten is a fate he certainly does not deserve. If you’re into guitar, I highly suggest this video. I promise he will blow you away. Again, thanks for posting.
I saw him live here in Knoxville. I was in the fifth row center. He blew me away. I'll never forget that concert. On All Along the Watchtower, in my not so humble opinion, he puts Jimi Hendrix in the gutter. What an incredible talent. RIP. What a tragic loss. Aerial Boundaries will forever be one of my favorites. An incredible talent. He was one of a kind and I've never heard anyone come close to his talent.
If he was still alive, he would be one of the most talented guitarist of the world!! Imagine him playing in the Crossroads festivals nowadays with Eric Clapton and other great artists...
sir, this is the archive of a dream. the full show. uncut, undamaged. This here will never happen again, but we can live it thanks to you
One of the most creative guitar players that ever lived...
I just love to watch him play. He articulates his movements so much while not being pretentious. It looks like so much fun.
I remember reading a Guitar Player magazine in the late 90's and there was just a short paragraph about his passing away. I remember being disappointed that his passing was just a two square inch footnote on one of the misc. comment pages. When all my friends where into Heavy Metal I was spending a lot of time listening to Hedges "Heavy Mental!"
oracledeveloper hey me to. I used to get subscription to acoustic guitar magazine. I saw him on the front stating his passing. I read about him. I never even heard of him.
Long story short I have become quite familiar with his music. I am learning a few of his songs. It's awesome. Your not alone man. Lol it's Hedges and Bruce Lee for me. Two greats who left to early.
Spellbinding. Beautiful playing. Such a distinctive style. What an awesome composer and performer. So sad that he left us way too soon. One of the all time greats, he deserves to be so much better known.
Those were very exciting days...going to see Michael Hedges. Thanks for posting this wonderful video!
Still the one and only.
Love "Because its There". It is so arresting. I know the backstory is about the Japanese explorer. I feel that spirit in the song. Maybe Its saying something to me...
I remember reading the insert dedication Michael left in his "Aerial Boundaries" album cd. Dedicated to Hans Lippershey the inventor of the lens used in the "Looker" looking scope. :^)
Michael allowed himself freedom to walk inspired and stay in the creative spirit.
Be free to be.
I'm only part way into the concert but I already know one thing. If a guitar had its own voice, if it could play what is inside of its wood and steel and workmanship, if it could play itself with no human intervention, it would be singing Silent Anticipations through Michael Hedges oracular fingers.
Thanks so much to the poster. You have done a service to our species!
This is the second concert of Michael I’ve watched today. Interesting to see how his shows evolved from the years going forward to backwards. I used to cover some of his songs pre-Covid. Such an entertainer!
I wish I had gotten into Michael while he was alive, my only regret.
Thank you.
Still in awe of his talent!! Huge loss!!
great effort Soun Resinite! thanks for posting this!
amazing thank you so much.
truly a gift !
thank you so much for putting this up! more people need to know about the greatness that was and is Michael Hedges
great talent, his arial boundaries Windham hill release is a must have classic, one of the all time best guitar albums imo
It was played as background music on CBS EVENING NEWS
Thank you for sharing this incredible concert. I never had the opportunity to see Michael in concert and it's amazing to watch him flawlessly perform tunes like "Rickover's Dream" and "Hot Type". I was always intrigued by his playing and this was the first time I was able to see how he performed such gems. His technique is so unique and original. Again, thank you for sharing this.
Divine. Thank you for posting.
appreciated
Thanks for uploading this. I had this in sections a few years ago but lost it in a computer crash. I lived two towns away from this theater but didn't discover Hedges's music until 20 years later.
All you need to know is, we live in a time after Micheal Hedges.
The Great One at the absolute peak of his powers.
[First Set] 0:00:00 Introduction by Susan Jameson
0:00:56 Watermelon Man (Willis Alan Ramsey)
0:06:27 The Happy Couple
0:11:33 Hot Type
0:14:21 Because it's There
0:19:44 Silent Anticipations
0:24:23 Rickover's Dream
0:32:35 Breakfast in the Field
0:36:00 Face Yourself
0:44:00 All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
[Second Set]
0:47:51 I Believe in You
0:52:49 Ragamuffin
0:57:28 The Funky Avocado
1:01:37 Aerial Boundaries
1:06:56 I Want You
1:12:20 Follow Through
[encore] 1:17:58 Come Together (Lennon-McCartney)
1:25:36 Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G Major (Johann Sebastian Bach)
i remember when michael did his first concert in dallas..great job..i was impressed with him as a solo artist..has a nice sound..would love to see him again here in big D
what a gift! - thank you...
and thank you a million times, Michael
.-_-.
When music was so good even vid quality doesn’t matter
I'm a pretty darn good guitarist, but I have to admit, I love watching a genius do the impossible. Thanks Michael for the great music.
"This particular time of day when you can see the sun and the moon at the same time at different ends of the horizon and right just before dawn you can see some stars...so it made me write this next music..."Breakfast In The Field...." "Face Yourself" is also a brilliant song.
Poinient quote! Excellent
One of my mentors....one of a kind, trend setter in many ways.
yep... we'd all love to see him again!
one day...
Wow. Great upload. I had the privilege of seeing Michael live three times before his death, once at Town Hall in NYC on a double bill with Leo Kottke (what a duet!), and once from about 6 feet away at the Towne Crier Café in Pawling, NY. Unforgettable. Anyone who loves "Ragamuffin" (52:53) be sure to check out Macyn Taylor's rendition, the best I've heard since Michael (search for "Maycn Taylor Ragamuffin").
Such raw talent, man he gone way to soon.
Sad that so few people even know.
I've got it...he's like Kottke on mescaline!
huge hands!
Wow this was before tuners, and he was using multiple open turnings,
You know Michael was doing some good shi* while he was playing this concert:) Never realized how much of a performance artist he was, besides being an incredible guitarist
i don't know why i didn't know that..wow..that seems so strange that he went off the planet and i didn't know it..i'm so sorry to hear that..he seemed to be a very nice guy..man oh man..thanks for letting me know..i've been bragging on him lately but i had know idea he had passed...i have so much going on i guess it just got by me..
43:35 I've waited so long to see this back on here
Outstanding track -- great music and performance by any standards -- at minute 24. Really pushes the limits of open-string chord tuning.
It's a shame this is not a Crafted sound board mix. I remember the room used to boom with the bass coming out of that D-28.
The Jaco Pastorious of the acoustic guitar also Rip
Long before I experimented with hallucinogens his sounds led me to mentally n spiritually travel to other worlds
A treasure indeed! Blessings on you.
As you say, type3secretion's versions of this concert are lower rez, but the audio seems much better on his clips. Maybe you guys should get together...
Im 99% sure I digitized a tape that my friend made of this show
This is totally the show. My friend and his group busked some tunes outside afterwards. Thank you for posting this, I need to send this to him
His first concert? I would love to hear more about that. Could you tell that story? Also, you say you would love to see him in Dallas again. It seems you don't know therefore, I regret to inform you that Michael died in car accident in '97.
check out jonn gomm He's awesome and has the nomad tattoo in tribute "Aint nobody" There should be ample video as I saw Him at least 6 times and they seemed to video itJon Gomm - Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan)
Susan Jameson, please reach out to me!
Enid Oklahoma, wheat capital , Phillips University
Some songs like Silent Anticipations I almost have to watch to remember that it played on acoustic not electric guitar...
There's the Windham Hill Concert... Which is awesome! I really want to get some remasterized DVD version of it...
Fabio Guarita I have the DVD version. It is very rare but you can find it for sale online occasionally but it is pricey. Worth it though!
Is that even possible
Hot Type looks impossible!
What's the title of the tune playing at the very end over the tribute photo and quote?
That would be "The Magic Farmer". It's the closing track off his second album, "Aerial Boundaries".
Thank you:)
How does he get that sound?
Totally against His ethos, this video/tunes totally destorys (intentional) that robotic Polyphia carp (unintentional).
Fucking car accident... Really... why?
Fabio Guarita Very curvy road by the ocean, slick road, maybe bad tires, car over the edge. They said the crash was so fast, he didn't suffer.
Carolyn James this comment choked me up... I got to see him live once and it was memorable to say the least... I cannot think of him as gone... he is just jamming with Jimi, Django, and Chet!