john mclaughlin jonas hellborg

[lalbruiz]

This is awesome, but the part that is just ruining it for me is precisely in the most interesting part, the solo, beginning at 2:14...I just can´t enjoy it with that bearded idiot behind Hellborg, the one with the sweater, trying to watch himself on the monitors, watching the camera, the monitor, the camera, the monitor...I can´t stand it, AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

[OscarCommie]

The audience in this is the worst....

[OneBigRetard]

@OneBigRetard

Oh sorry, JH? You meant Jan Hammer? Yes he fell out with him. He and Goodman wanted to be rock stars. Billy didn't take it that way, too experienced and used to hard times. JM played with Billy afterwards many times. The others he never did.

[bazonics]

@OneBigRetard

BC fell out with Mclaughlin in a big way in the 80's. According to Cobham, he was supposed to go on tour with the Mahavishnu band and was at the point of packing his bags when JM dropped him in favour of Danny Gottlieb. Thankfully they seem to have made things up as they did a set in montreux recently.

[JohnCarter104]

sounds like mark king at 6:21

[noonward]

how did they get this video on youtube from then

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

it's very awkward watching the audience do the white-man-groove behind the band 

[lklkhjhjdfs]

someone told me that practically all the bassists who played with Mc Laughlin has fallen in depression . Mac Laughlin always demand more and more .

[SynclavierMPDR]

Incredible sound!! stereo video tape in 1987! Great performance!

[dustyroot]

@SynclavierMPDR - Yeah and JH's tone is KILLER!!

[SynclavierMPDR]

@dustyroot John & Jonas the best duo!

[mrkrud]

my only complaint about this video is that they had tina turner sitting around with them in the audience and they didn't make her sing along

[totoledjay]

2 great tunes + 2 great musicians = 1 AWESOME POST!

thx bazonics

[rmwaller]

Has someone ripped the audio, 'cleaned' it up using 'Audacity' or some other sound-tools program, and re-dubbed the video? Sounds very good, except lack of synchronisation is a little bit of a bummer.

[vzsozs]

these men do THE SICKEST SHIT I EVER SAW!!! 5 stars.

[gutebrandao]

none, portrait of tracy jaco, schol days S.Clark

[MarkWilson1987]

He meant which song of Jonas's is equivalent to Jaco's Portrait of Tracy, or Stanley's school days.

[bonfirejovi]

ok let me rephrase that, what was his signature song.

[bonfirejovi]

can someone tell me what jonas hellborg's best song was... what was his portrait of tracy or school days?

[gyta00]

pillese al man de barba cuando jonas esta empezando el solo jaja buenisimo parece que estuviera en un partido de tennis no sabe pa donde mirar,

check out the dude behind jonas when he is starting his solo he doesn't know where to look jajaja

[Corilo91]

Wow! That's right!!

[jazzmanbob1]

lol 6:47 the chick looks pissed.

[sidhrtha]

that dude didnt get any that night, it was either brittany or mcglauphlin, oh well.

[vodkaman696911]

i love the smile he gives her lol

[willmunroe]

this kinda reminds me of his work with jaco, does anyone have a video of the Trio of Doom performance? the one with Tony Williams, Jaco, and John?

[toxicity28]

the people love 2:24

is there more to say

[DRGasMoney]

either that guy at 2:24 just realised he went out in public with that sweater, or there was a brown note in all that bass soloing.

[Jockswing]

que lo pario!

[lovekurt]

I loooove this video. I watch it all the time. You should search MP3 of this gig on the internet, it's easy to find. There are about 7 tracks and really enjoyable.

2:24 lol

[EpiPeavey]

I LOVE YOU PANDAH!!!!!!!!!!

[EpiPeavey]

OMG AT 2:24!!!!!!!!!!!

[freshtalent26]

Ha! lol, the dude at 2:24 looks like a terrorist scopin the place out!

[weddingcam]

Funny! So true :)

[StrategicCreative]

He looks like a Terry Gilliam cartoon character from Monty Python :)

Great music

[agaton99]

@freshtalent26 Haha!

[FractionsOfInfinity]

@freshtalent26 hahaha dude thats funny as hell

[dhebdheb]

the man at around 2:24 give me creeps!

no wonder all of them have no idea about the thing that is going on..

[Theogibsonfreak]

Lol. Looks like a serialkiller.

[nickwellings]

00:40: Even Tina Turner loves Jazz.

Great video!!

[lovekurt]

It is great! I absolutely love it. Look how young and fresh Jonas is. lol

[I3lackArrow]

the part that starts at about 05:24 is just amazing, incredible feeling, love them, I've actually met Jonas hellborg at the anually swedish guitar show "Fuzz guitar" , he played with Mattias IA Eklund from Freak Kitchen

[mikerowland1]

I met Jonas at Shawn's funeral and all that I can say is that he has an Obi one Canobie like zen-ness about him that can't be explained. A perfect gentleman and amazing musician to say the least. I sat in my pickup in front of Shawn's grandmothers house on Stacey St in Memphis with Shawn for about 1 hour listening to him talk of Jonas. I have kicked myself a thousand times for not having a recorder. An amazing conversation from a true genius as well as one beautiful human being.

[mastercallec]

And also with V Selvaganesh now.

[I3lackArrow]

The jonas hellborg trio will play in my town (gothenburg) August 1

[ahpinhed]

love it, now judging by how ugly the hair styles are in the background, it must be 80's. what album can i find these two together?

[seanpeterlynch]

Why is everyone so serious, hahahha

[alivonal]

This is the inherent problem with this great music. It intimidates people. They feel like they have to cross their arms, rub their chins and think, when they should just try and feel it. As a guitarist that's how I began to listen to this, but now I get it. This stuff rocks. Let go and rip!

[ifightaliens]

2:38 - 2:44... DAMN! Tasty as hell.

[bigtoine45]

WHOA.. what a duo...

[MikeInTheValley]

music like it should be heard. Love the bass and John's interplay and vica versa. No room for any other instrumentation. Not on this one. Just let it be. Thank you for the upload into bliss.

[boxermanchris]

Probably the best concert I have ever been to was JM & Jonas Hellborg at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon in 1985 or 86.

Incredible!

[llafutaal]

HAVE YOU SEEN the concert in FABRIK CLUB of this duo? It really made me believe in JM´s musical visions.

[jucamo007]

I better go and call that guy who offered me a job in real state...damm.////

selling my guitar from now on...anyone interested????

[ifightaliens]

Haha, don't be discouraged brotha, be inspired! Nothing wrong with watching another dude hand you your own ass once in a while. Keeps the ego in check!

[Jacoisms]

Can't agree more....We all need to revisit the bassics.. e.g., Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorious, Paul McCartny..

Jaco

[noonward]

jmforums dot net

Check it out guys!

[dorian411]

Was part of the tech crew that set up for a Mahavishnu Orch concert in 1973, and during the sound I stood and stared in front of him while he played solo for the audio folk. After a bit he stopped and asked if he could help me with something. I merely asked him how he did what he did (you have to realise that over thirty years ago his work was so advanced and beyond the reach of all others). He answered that he knew all the musical scales and PRACTISED!

JM is simply the best!!

[dorian411]

Did lighting design and light board ops for a SHAKTI concert in about 1978 at San Diego. JM was reserved but intense during sound check. However was very particular about his sounmd and was very vocal about audio feedback. Really critiqued his sound person.

[llafutaal]

I have been with JM during a sound check in 1992 in Getxo Jazz Festival with JOHN MCLAUGHLIN TRIO (with Di Piazza) and I was surprised for John´s modesty and normal way of being! I think one thing is to be a kind person and other thing is working everyday during 2 ó 3 years making music. I´m not always in the same humour with my group´s musicians. Remember how Lennon and Mcartney made some time bad words one each other.

[JackKapral]

There was that reportage on Mezzo TV about Jonas Hellborg, with interviews and stuff, and Hellborg told few things about McLaughlin. I have that thing recorded on VHS (pity i don't have possibility to get it onto my pc, cause it's a great thing), and he was quite warm for John. That may be McLaughlin's problem for the most :)

[prasiddha]

I read that John Mac and Jonas Hellborg don't really like each other now. I read that JM was too domineering when JH was in the new Mahavishnu.

Can anyone help clarify this?

[bazonics]

I haven't heard about bad blood between JM and JH but to be honest I wouldn't be surprised. JM has fallen out with Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer (both unresolved after all these years) L.Shankar, John luc Ponty and Kai Eckhart at some point or other. He's said to be a great guy but is renowned for being stubborn as hell.

[prasiddha]

Odd isn't it? On one hand, I always read from reporters and articles on how sweet and kind JM is. When doing interviews, he always makes the interviewers laugh. And people always describe him as a cheerful and modest person.

[prasiddha]

But on the other hand, it seems that a lot of the people working with him always come out with a story or two about bad relations. Santana for example, wasn't on good terms with JM until recently.

I don't think it's ego. I think it's him always wanting to have things "his way or the highway".

[zmanofwar3]

@bazonics why is Shankar mad at him? Also, though I know your comment is 3 years old, I'll have you know John played with Billy this year. It was cool

[dirtybuttwipes]

@prasiddha John Francis Pastorius the 3rd, didn't like John Mclaughlin, either, Hellborg & Pastorius got along well {who legacy is More Legendary? John or Jaco?  hmmmmm... ?}

- cheerz!

[dirtybuttwipes]

Bella Flec, "LeRoY" Vic Wooten's sound was inspired by this type eh?

[Jack458111]

that is the DANKEST bass sound ever. hell yes.

[Petalittia]

Very nice. Love the sound of that bess. Hellborg`s ever wearing some decent clothes :-))

[smilzator]

In the original one there was Jack bruce on bass...all another story....

[basoofka]

MAN! I was pretty drunk, came back from a show AND!

I realized he uses FLANGER. How stupid i was not to came up with that earlier. I was pretty angry at myself that evening :D

[basoofka]

I think fretted is also with chorus. Man, sound of that bass kills me every time i hear it. It's a pity Jonas does not play it anymore :<

[diablofn]

it's nice to see this in color :)

[basoofka]

Hey anyone knows what kind of effect is using Jonas on his bass?

[Poparad]

The fretted one sounds clean, and the fretless one sounds like it has a mild chorus effect on it.

[diablofn]

wal basses have an INCREDIBLE mwah to them, that's all it is.

[neolithicness]

really neat!!