Michael Hedges - Jitterboogie

[guyblank]

With all due respect to Mr. McKee, I agree with unclegusyo's comment. But I put to fault Sony Records (who owns Windham Hill Records) and the Estate of Michael Hedges for not helping keep the work of the Jimi Hendrix of the Acoustic Guitar alive.

[boogahed]

Wow u can really see how he's influenced today....I hear a lot of Don Ross in this one

[newaver64]

veel loook andys jus this guy you know?

[HastieBusiness1]

Why is that: Only the good die young? I feel like Michael's death has created a void that has yet to be filled. There are a few with similar talent but the 'total package' that M. represent's can't be digitally copied. With each new clip I see the more I miss his talent.

[akinawanchu]

what a great man

[akinawanchu]

すげえ

こいつ天才だ

[SongHooks1993]

hes probally the only musician i can clearly say without a doubt, hendrix would have enjoyed this man

[PerpetualLifecycle]

Michael didn't play music, he was music.

[gitardoofus]

Flat picking, fingerstyle, rock & roll, fusion, progressive - what does ANY of that really MEAN after witnessing this heavenly voodoo magician play the guitar? I'm not even worthy of loading his gear in the truck, and I've played over 35 years. At least he set the bar brilliantly high during his short time, leaving us "Torched" by his beauty.

[Lokr12]

@gitardoofus You really couldnt have said it better my friend. He was and still is totally amazing. Truly unbelievable.

[TheTaoistdragon]

Sweet.

[sinnerbox]

That really agressive open D strum at 1:58/1:59 is possibly the most perfect thing I've ever heard, even with the poor sound quality..

[togue777]

I have tried to buy items through the Nomad Land website and the results were dissapointing . One item was shipped out of several that I ordered and numerous phone messages went unanswered. I find it very sad that ineptitude and legalities have kept such a beautiful artists work away from the general public. Thank God for Youtube.

[unclegusyo]

Why do all Andy McKee videos have 100x more views than this?

[mustanglp50]

bc michael heges was before youtube and andy mckee

[Sign213]

@unclegusyo Everytime you type guitar on youtube his videos are featured I´m

not saying andy is a bad player and doesn´t deserve the views and the attention , but it´s extremly sad to see micheal hedges which influenced andy and probably all the other players at candyrat , which praticly ( along with others) invented this style of playing and made a huge contribution to rejuvenate acoustic guitar being overlooked , where talentless so called musicians like justin beiber get millions of views

[stargate669]

@Sign213 totally dude. I can see how Britney Spears

and Justin Timberlake were influenced by Michael

[letaonmoderne]

@unclegusyo it os a pity that Michael hasn't the same "success", but Andy is really good too, both are genius and give me great inspirations... thank you guys!

[capriboy2o]

@unclegusyo Yeah this annoys me too. People think he was first...an original sound!! Youtube is good for finding old stuff but sadly it kills off that sense of achievement when you found a new artist pre internet days in a music store.What a guitarist......I heard of him at school age 15 ( 1995 )

[pinchosalcarbon]

@unclegusyo a pity

[Ca2roline]

I wish I could have seen this man play live...

[drewjovi]

lol i still to this day cannot get my head around how mental those chord shapes are.....and his dynamics!!!!!!!!!!!!! fucking increadable

[branciforte3241]

The chord shapes are actually very simple, mostly simple Barrs. It's just that the guitar is tuned weird. (DADGAC)

(well, actually DbAbDbGbAbB)

[gnarrwhale]

GOOD FOR YOU

[clueworm82]

I have never heard of this guy until this exact moment. May have just found a new fav

[themarco84]

RIP man.

[Albertan1956]

Thank you so much for uploading this video of Michael Hedges, who will go down in history as one of the best and most creative guitarists of all time.

[bluesvalerio]

This song makes me happy :D

[zRev1983]

kinda sounds like tubesteak boogie by zz top

[perlaSberla]

magic

[Tman4000]

This song beats anything that the electric guitar has to offer.

[EvanFingerstyle]

Maybe, but acoustic guitars provide a richer non-distorted tone in my honest opinion, and just all around feel comfortable!

[CryptonicHybrid]

Though I have just recently been introduced to Michael, I've been struck by his artistic innovation since the first time I saw this video. I really would have loved to meet him

[aschenbecha22]

Heaven is all around, translated to sound...

;)

[spudlad4ever]

That was ace!

[AnthemForOne]

Otherworldly. It pains me to think of all the beauty we've missed out on without his gifts in the world.

[victorolden]

*****

great!

5 stars

[LEozmaiden]

great

[PHBMax]

Dear Sanity Inspector, I was at this concert (and also saw him many times live) and there are no electronic gimicks, he was just flat out awesome. I miss him and his artistry. Keller Williams loved Michael too. Check him out (although he loops and Michael did not.

[TheSanityInspector]

Agreed: no gimmicks. Guitarists abound who simply wire themselves up with every effects gadget in the music store, and hope for the best. Michael was not one of those; he knew the sound he wanted, and he used his gear AND talent to get it. I just mean that, with all that sustain and flanging going on, advanced technology was obviously part of his toolbox. I once saw a show where he stopped, just noodled over a triad for several minutes, while he and his technician adjusted his gear. Details.

[branciforte3241]

It's definitely not straight acoustic guitar. He uses a FRAP pickup mapped through a parametic EQ. He also uses a Sunrise magnetic pickup that goes through an EQ and then through a chorus box. The two biggest differences you hear are 1) much greater amplification of the harmonics, and 2) the chorus effect giving him a chuka-chuka sound. The massive amplification also allows him to get subtleties out of the guitar that would require too hard of a playing style for an unprocessed guitar.

[pappsmeere]

OH YA.

[cemusicman]

Hi there every buddy.The tuning to this song is DADGAB every note is flat except B.

[gibbonskevin]

I think this was the "Somerville Theatre" Show, 2 months before he died. Damn.

[woltes90]

K TIO!!toca 2 guitarras con solo una, gran instrumentista donde los haya

[campanis]

Hendrix of the Acoustic.

[BCRSIX]

Anybody know what tuning he was using on this? Could be DADGAD, bu I don't know.

[branciforte3241]

I think it's DADGAC.

[BCRSIX]

Wow - I'm going to try that. Even if that's not what he's using, it still sounds pretty cool - I've never used that tuning. Thanks

[Ironclad35]

wow, Hedges can really cut it!

[werxx]

*could, and yes. best of the best.

[gwild40s]

Oh yeah, I saw him a couple of times at Humboldt State U and he was great....Sad he`s gone.

[Brendanthepimpshit]

Nice! viewer # 99,999! Plus this song is awesome-5 stars

[fargotube]

Hoped to have a lifetime listening to you. Miss you.

[alisagc]

Nobody like Michael - I sure miss him...

[maxruehl]

Damn, I miss Michael. Coming up on the 10th anniversary of his passing in a couple of weeks. Doesn't seem like it's been that long--I still feel the loss deeply.

[pinky0926]

I have a feeling Joe Satriani does a version of this - course Hedges version has to be better :D

[SillyBucky]

BIGGEST acoustic sound of all time(big talent, too) Check out that D to C# "dive" at 01:59.

[hackney22]

yeh thats awesome,, any idea how you do that? just pluck the string really hard i guess,, tons of practice and technique to get that right..

[TheSanityInspector]

Yes, plus he's hooked up to more electronics than Jimi's Strat was.

[schuey999]

Advancement always seems magical to idiots.

[JustWannaPwn]

dickface

[taproot7]

guitarsoul - Where and when was this concert? I saw him in Philly in November of 1997 right before he died. Thought maybe this was the show?

[toooberoot]

He uses a pick, yah, i was surprised as well.Remember he came from a regular background guitar-wise, learned and mastered classical technique, then integrated whatever he needed from all the techniques he knew and USED them-that is what made michael hedges. I learned classical and that for a while was all that i was about untill i got into this style.Now i mix and match techniques

[therealkingfuse]

i used to play metal and such but both my guitars broke kind of so i picked up an acoustic shortly after hearing michael, then i adapted this style from there.

[therealkingfuse]

although i do use a plectrum for a few of his tracks, i dont use one for this, i might try though

[tedward73]

wow, he's using a pick... ?

[therealkingfuse]

yup haha for once :P

[renderizer01]

I think he's also using a pick on Silent Anticipations.

[therealkingfuse]

yeh he does, im almost certain he does anways, i do when i play it and it sounds like he is by the crispness of the notes. he does in all along the watchtower aswell, but pretty much the rest of his tracks he doesnt :P

[marwatso]

One of the greatest guitar composers of all time! All players owe this man for progressing the great song. Amazing! There was a giant hole left in music when he died.

[bassslinger]

This is one fucking KICK ASS song. Play this at a bar and you're sure to get laid.

[SillyBucky]

I don't think it's supposed to be an insult. Mr. Hedges probobly would have laughed and said thanx.

[ohcomeonalready42]

Good God, I've got several of his CD's, so I've been a fan for a long time, but to see him live is AWESOME. It's hard to believe that one guy could get that many sounds out of an acoustic guitar. Kick ass!!

[MattDrummond89]

I figured this out, its not as hard as it looks... just akward. I tabbed it out in guitar pro. as soon as I post it on a tab site, ill let everyone know where to get it... much better than the one existing text version of the tab thats floating around the internet... kick ass song.

[capnbiggots]

I wish I had freakishly long fingers too =(

[verbalweaponry0]

Fuck me sideways with a king-size mattress. Hedges made that guitar HURT. Or orgasm. Or both. God damn, this man was 14 different degrees of kick-ass.

[dualresponse]

where is the tab on this?

[dualresponse]

holy god he is awesome

[capnbiggots]

Christ.

despite how fantastic he was, I can't help noticing his sick ass fingers. how can he reach from second fret on high E to 7th on low E?

[CosmicOsmo]

where exactly does he do that?

???

[capnbiggots]

I just realised, it's not 7th it's 5th, but that's still a long way. It's at 0:53/54

[Duane28]

too bad the music is faster than the video...but nice piece of playing.

[kenschube]

Sadly, of all the ways for an extraordinary person to pass on, Michael fell asleep at the wheel of his car one night on the way back from a gig :( -that's what happened!

[tjazmin]

Michael was/is the best music composer and guitar player. I just love his inventive melodies and his groovy spirit.

[kevinwcmi]

Another thing that always blew me away about Michael; He made all of these new, inventive sounds out of the instrument, yet his guitar of choice was as mainstream as could be: A standard, old, beat-up Martin dreadnought. I have every recording he ever made. I still miss him.

[wildeyed]

Do you have every recording, or just the released albums?

[pcahern]

He shaved his head, it wasn't cancer. He died in a car accident.

[prasiddha]

One of my favorite Hedges song. Beautiful!

[Smalltallvony]

what tuning is this in? I luv it!!

[tommyk77]

lowest to highest:

Db Ab Db Gb Ab Bb

[wildeyed]

it's tuned a half step down from DADGAC --> DbAbDbGbAbB

[cjaeckel]

hedges > preston reed > Michael Kelsey Midnight Voices

[ilmlin]

Looks like Cancer to me. So sad.

Thanks again G.Soul

[tommyk77]

car crash

[cmurino]

hedges > preston reed

[therealkingfuse]

best solo track ive heard for years :S shame hes dead

[MARSHALLNEY]

I saw him 7 times mostly in the 80's. He was great. I did not like his vocals or keyboard stuff, but his guitar work is superb.

[tiberiansway]

The man was master guitar player a Picaso of the strings Thanks

[Crazyfish66]

fuck me. Not heard this guy before. Can anyone fill me in on him, howd he die?

[Cdurr]

I think it had something to do with a bike accident, im not complete sure.. Well I know a guy who knows it for sure, I can post it later when I have talked to him

[kevinwcmi]

Car accident

[wildeyed]

He drove off a mountain cliff, by accident. :(

[Crazyfish66]

Well thats a bitch. Was he drunk or was it icy? and where?

[wildeyed]

Mendocino, California.

I do not know the circumstances such as whether there was another car involved, whether anyone else was killed, whether there was ice, etc

[derekfarreal]

hedges was great. if you like him, you should check out preston reed. not to short michael hedges, but preston reed went about 15 steps further in reinventing how the acoustic guitar is played. hedges said that reed was the most impressive/accurate guitar player on the planet in a mag interview b4 his death.

[tommyk77]

it's so hard to work this thing out. he does so many strange things. i've got the tuning sorted tho. Db Ab Db Gb Ab Bb! and the first few bars. does anyone know what he does before the theme with the vibrato?

[ilmlin]

He was obviously really drugged up from the morphine after Kemo therapy when he performed this tune.

[kevinwcmi]

You are either joking, or you are a moron. I will assume the former.

[tommyk77]

he didnt hav cancer, he died in a car crash

[wildeyed]

The first string is tuned to B, not Bb.

[TheSanityInspector]

I saw Michael Hedges twice in Atlanta in the 1990s. What a fun show he put on, especially at Halloween! I wish there was a good video of him playing "Rickover's Dream" available. Thanks so much for posting this!

[calchip]

OMG I remember the Halloween "trick or treat", where he came out dressed as a woman who was to be "introducing" Michael. I think I have an audio recording of that show somewhere...

[2manyguitars]

Can you say Tube Snake Boogie by ZZ Top? That's what I hear in this tune.

[Indist1nct]

just can't compare to this guy...

[groovehouse]

Rest in peace, Michael.

[123yasss]

hes pretty good, Eric Sardinas sounds pretty like him but hes a slide player you should check him out

[tommyk77]

yeh i like eric. especially on the vai live at astoria when he does his solo in the attitude song.

[RexCarson]

His technique was great, but what made him godlike was his composition and arrangement. You can hear the first 4 bars of his songs, then turn it off and still hear the whole song played out in your head. The Bomb!

[kevinwcmi]

Boy do I agree with that. He never let his technique - which was amazing - get in the way of making good music. There are many players out there with amazing technique, but who just don't seem to be able to say anything musically meaningful. This guy was the best.

[imapyro696]

it sounds like 2 or 3 guitars...thats absolutely amazing.

[lynchefc]

amazin

[ProtoCosmos]

Wow! Listen to those wonderful arrangements. I can totally hear an orchestra playing some of those phrases.

He was so incredible

[slackmaster2000]

he took alot of his stuff to the grave ; tunings and technique; kind of like Blind Blake he seems supernatural

[tommyk77]

this is like prog country and western. michael hedges is truly one of the greatest guitarists that ever lived!

[Xeahnort]

I don't see how I missed someone so awesome. There's no way I'd even be close to good enough to jam with him. Lol

[bloodlinedestroyed]

Very cool. Great harmonic techniques

[jbriendeau]

The hat says it all .... YES I'M A WIZARD !!!

[hamwinkie]

You ever jam with Mike? He was getting better all the time. His flute playing was getting to a classical level. Post more. Thanks