Michael Hedges - Silent Anticipations

[VictoriDoveNSky]

Any ideas what tuning this is in?

[bigislanddan]

this is the song he wrote about a tornado coming while he was sitting on his porch watching it.

[robert1268]

Fluid articulation. ZOOm Zoom Zoom JUMP Zoom Zoom Zoom STOMP!!!

[melodic218]

Pure madness. Pure genius.

[IIIISolidSnakeIIII]

Excellent performance, hes really feeling it man!

[artiscool79]

One of my favourite Michael Hedges songs

[BallofBase]

This is eons better than the studio recording, and that's saying something, considering that the studio recording is completely mezmerizing.

[Meta1Head91]

This silent anticipations video sounds so much different than the one in my favourites. They are both awesome but performed quite differently.

[SittingDucki]

I love how this song has no structure at all.

He wrote this song while watching a tornado come into town. Tornadoes are unpredictable raw power and energy. Just like this song. Ever time he plays this it's a little bit different.

Simply amazing

[timmyjbone]

SItting you really said it right. This song is amazing

[CrazyEEEEEE]

This is the absolute best thing i have seen in the past 25 years ....i have this VHS tape and i am glad to see it here.....please tell ur friends of MH and the fund for his children.... I met him twice and both times he was as cool as a cucumber, i even carried his equipment with him and was stunned at the time ..... for all the BS on YT this is by far the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[mikemoseley]

Me too. ide of given anything to have been at one of his live performances. Small as hell crowd like at a pub or a bar and front row. I hear stories of people at his early gigs and having down to earth conversations with him. It just shocks me like as he had no idea of his impact on some people. Hes like a god legend :p

[maxruehl]

Yeah, I was lucky enough to have seen him live three times--once in a very intimate setting, The Bottom Line in NY. I was right at his feet next to the stage. I could have nabbed his set list if I'd been so bold--part of me wishes I had.:) He'll be gone 10 years in a couple of weeks. Hardly seems possible.

[Powercord23]

I got to admit I can't believe how fast he plays. I know he is and I'm not saying its sped up but I don't know anyone as phenomenal as Michael. I wish he was still alive.

[AlwaysAbiggerFish]

He even plays a faster version

[Morgaledh]

If this doesn't freak you the hell out, you are broken.

Oh, and this is from the 1986 Laserdisc and VHS release Windham Hill in Concert.

[x1firesoul]

nice!!

[1DavidSun]

That's nuts.

[conancito]

Gone far to early

[MoCatt]

Michael is my favorite acoustic player ever. Got to see him twice and feel very lucky for that much. Never thought those would be my last. Huge loss to music. Anyways - Preston Reed is very good too especially if you like the Acoustic 12 string.

[yourmomsbutler]

Preston Reed bites :( He is terribly repetitive

[MoCatt]

He's changed since I saw him. He used to play a lot more 12 string acoustic - and ripped at it. I just seached and watched some of his recent stuff and he seems to now be doing an "over the neck" type of thing (sorta like what the lap steel guys do) and it's very different than how I remember him. I saw him right after "Instrument Landing".

[therealkingfuse]

i love this track, but its insane timing makes it so hard to learn. the fretting isnt hard its just the timing.

[Christoafer]

amazing acoustic artist

[fooserjeff]

If not for Andy Mckee comments I wouldn't have known about this guy. He's brilliant also, taken from us too soon.

[therealkingfuse]

haha same here but reverse, thanks to hedges comments i got enlightened to mckee XD both unreal man

[HobNob33]

Reminds me of an acoustic Jimi Hendrix

[timmyjbone]

Michael is so good, all the best players have studied him.

[ChrisK7777]

this along with jitterboogie and because it's there are my favourites

[continentalpong]

One of my favorite Michael Hedges songs. If Michael were alive today, though, I'd have to ask him about his choice in pants for this show.

[Clint313]

Excellent.

[ilmlin]

How and when did he die?\

RSVP

[ChrisK7777]

car crash in the mid eighties

[orvar666]

Car crash in December 2, 1997.

[Christoafer]

i heard it was in the mid eighties :S

[badblooz]

A friend took me to a show of his in Boulder CO and said "you are not going to believe this guy" -- he was right. I was blown away.

[mickeyt86]

That literally gave me chills, absolutely inspiring... awesome stuff

[RexCarson]

OK, I'll say it: The Greatest Guitar Player of ALL TIME !

[hmurrieta]

He was a great performer, had awesome music.

[5678tyui5678tyui]

wwwwwwoooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww­ww!!!!!!!!!!!

[afrofunkadelic]

so beautiful...unbelievable...i have nothing to say...R.I.P micheal

[zambaza]

Maravilhoso!

[phratzs]

No words can describe what this one individual did for the world of acoustic guitar...he is deeply missed.

[edmanr2003]

All I have to say as a learning guitarist is that he is definatly a major insperation for me!

[SteakFetish]

The greatest guitar music composer to have ever lived.

[TonyMorris]

R.I.P, Michael.