Johnny Farina of Santo & Johnny

[Hortonjosue]

excelente interprete de la guitarra hawaiana!!

[antohall2007]

thanx johnny,you are a genius.sleepwalk had a big impact on the likes of george harrison and brian setzer

[nimbadarkanime]

very good! hey

[MrPj74]

the greatest pedal steel player of all time . I wish he would bring his act down to st. Petersburg , Fl.

[pamindoc]

He is both ALIVE and ACTIVE.

PUT ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE

TONIGHT AT THE KESWICK THEATRE

IN GLENSIDE,PA.

[bushey26]

extraordinary!!!  The best!

[kikelenon]

viva México ca...

[kikelenon]

Johnny es great no doubt it, but where is Santo?.

[crazyk1553]

He died

[starr522]

good question I d like the answer as well

[nanofrog]

He is definitely alive. However, to my knowledge, he is no longer playing.

[ChristopherMele]

i think there's a delay on his monitor... or what happened to his time and feel?

[WandaStan]

Thanks, so much, very interesting sounds

[iguinhoww]

great *-*

[gangerollo]

They did another tune around same time and as good as "Sleepwalk". I forgot the name on that one. It was a hit I believe. Any clue what I'm hitting at?

[dougmidi]

I think you're talking about the song, "Teardrop". I still play it. Great song and thanks for remembering it!

[JODIMAR45]

I think it was TEARDROP.

[Redmilitiageneral]

steel slide

[fitinshoe]

I think it's called "steel guitar"...

[Chabelo54]

Thus guy is a real Johnny Farina or just try of copy to Santo & Johnny, SUCKER, IDIOT, other thing what fuck instrument is playing?

[MartaLover1977]

He's the real guy... Santo is his brother...I did an Elvis act in the 80's with him....he's johnny Maestro's best friend....and I never WAS sure what they CALL the guitar he plays....but HEY...it's a Fender...can't be TOO bad...

[stemystem]

it's a Steel Guitar

[billfishoc]

@MartaLover1977

Johnny is playing a Fender Steel guitar (non pedal), sometimes called a Hawaiian guitar.

[billfishoc]

@billfishoc

Sometimes called Hawaiian Steel guitar.

[shelly10538]

What tuning is he using?

[bushey26]

How great you are. Loved to dancing to Sleep walk.

[basilhenriques]

A poor copy of the original...and opportunistic blatant misdirection, leading the public to think he was the one who played the steel guitar on the original, when in fact it was SANTO..

[msteeln]

So what? Now we have them both playing steel!

Two, two, two steels in one.

The world is a better place.

[Artokaas]

Santo & Johnny are the very top of the best

[basilhenriques]

A poor copy of the original..and opportunistic blatant misdirection, letting the public think HE was the one who played the steel guitar on the hit, when in fact it was SANTO..

[jesusisapyschobilly]

damn damn wats that song at 3 09?

[homstar]

Did you ever find out what the name of that song was?

[KATHYGIL]

sleepwalker

[kanjaan]

I think you're talking about 'Europa' by Santana (followed by 'Ebbtide').

[lollysheep]

ebb tide (jOE HARNELL and many others)

[ElizabethGS]

No, kanjaan is right: the song playing up to 3:22 (well past 3:09 IS Europa (by Santana). Gato Barbieri plays an incredible sax version of it (even with Carlos). THEN EbbTide comes in.

[geboner]

saw him in 98 in syracuse,he signed my encore record.great guy!

[PyePye7]

Hey, this is Santo, Johnny stole my steel guitar while he was sleepwalking!

[stratele]

Wow, that's awesome steel stuff. Gonna have to take up pedalless steel guitar.

[bandito7x]

what happend to santo???

[Hawaiiennio]

YES IS LIVE

[koi20010]

Truly...Amazingly surreal

An evocation to a different era...yet timeless

[gatherer47]

Johnny is still alive and still performing.He recently did an oldies cruise on Carnival .

[jaymcdermott]

Bad Bad Bad on you - Santo Farina was the steel gutiarist and author of Sleepwalk, Johnny just strummed stndard guitar and in face they broke up because Johnny refused to develop his skills.

[nanofrog]

You are correct, Santo did play Steel on the original. But your facts are sadly incorrect about who wrote the song and why they broke up. Johnny's skills seem just fine to me. Are you a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame???

[basilhenriques]

Neither is Johnny on the strength of his own mediocre playing, he got there on his brother's back.

[benja007373]

muy bueno

[shushangs]

the ventures rocked heck yeah

[Falgor73]

does anyone know if he is still alive?

[themaltesebippy]

I met this guy in the 80's, he was very cool.

[samson970]

The song is "Pipeline" in Em. Enjoy.

[ledfingers1]

This dude was around when all these songs he is playing were new. He's the original sleepwalker too. 5 stars...Excellent!