John Mc Laughlin | Crossroads Guitar Festival

[optimusdime]

the guy at 2:16 is overcome with groove

[KeithMoonIsALegend]

7:00 onwards is bloody amazing!

[omly85]

the musicianship is amazing...i just wish sound engineers had put some perspex baffling around mr chamber's drumkit..there's so much volume from his kit it's bleeding threw everything or at least turn zakir's tabla's...so they match there's some balance to the mix.

[gasparovsky1]

3 grandmasters together, wow. zakir and john together is always magic. there will always be people who dont get this but never mind them, their loss. these people who were there were blessed to witness this. i saw john in belgrade couple of years ago, and i still shiver ocassionaly :-)

[florafox]

very well said !

[matriosca74]

Simply the Grandfather of all shredders in the whole world.

[blitzspeer]

Johns' music is always a prized adventure up and down the fretboard;he proves that jazz can have a precise direction and give a punch something session converts seem to not have most of the time.Thank you John for not boring the crap out of everyone like so many do at jazz festival's.

[Prashantsonagra]

zakir hussain rox d stage

[josemidrums]

The tempo and groove by Dennis Chambers is crazy!

[1974romina]

Is John an autodidact or he studied jazz guitar in one specific school?

[1974romina]

John Mc Laughlin and Yngwie Malmsteen are not comparables.

[fiftycentjc]

Dennis is Amazing ! Oo

[ZeppelinRules]

Sadly I bet almost no one in that crowd knows who Elvin Jones was. 

[juanbarros88]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! the audience, with their frustrated ears, trying to dance to it, . they don't have a clue, they think everything must be in 4/4. 'how weird, why can't i dance to this?' this is some sort of 5/8. but with the shuffle(triplets) dennis is doing it might be an odd compound signature. compound 14/16(triplet sixteen) or 7/8(triplet 8ths).

[TheCal351]

@juanbarros88 actually the drummer is in 5/4. He resolves the tension every 5 beats with the hi-hat. It might have sounded like some sort of tuplet but thats only because of the way he's treating the inner beats (for lack of better words)

[juanbarros88]

what's w/ ppl n note values? it's in 5/8 unless the quarter notes were fast. those 5 notes u count as quarters I count as 8ths. in a sense we're both right. I suggest compound because he's using a lot of triplets most kinda ghostish. in compound time, it would be in 7/8. I tap my feet 3 times, in 1,3 and 5 and SKIP back to one. so it sort of 3/4 with an eight note less. now in compound you would have 123 for the first tap, 456 for the 2nd tap, 7 on the 3rd tap and SKIP back to 1st tap

[juanbarros88]

now you dont usually say that jazz is in compound time, one rather says triplet feeling, but you know that compound time means triplets, right... wait, i now suppose the inner beats are what i call ghost notes. yeah it sounds more like tuplet with triplet inner notes. sorry i know you're not wrong, we just count differently. sorry for trying to teach you what you already know.

[funkeemon]

@TheCal351 It 's 9/8.

[paisteguy799]

@funkeemon 5/4

[chevystu]

Wow.. Dennis Chambers on drums isn't it ?

[luthierjustin1]

Zakir Hussain on Tabla

[WimGrundy]

The Inner Mounting Flame

[ChrisHaspeck]

Legendary ! John McLaughlin was put on this earth to inspire every other guitar player on the planet. Look at him ... How old is John McLaughlin now ? in his late 60's ???!! I agree with Joe Szilagy .. ask ANY 'metal monster' guitar playig sweep picking guru to play like Johny Mc. WITHOUT all that distortion to cover up their mistakes. Very few people who can touch this guy or even come close to him.- DiMeola , DeLucia - pretty much the only 'worthy' ... Nicely done Johny Mc.

[keo774]

@ChrisHaspeck absolutely agree.

john's the best

[keo774]

@ChrisHaspeck but you forgot larry coryell

[ChrisHaspeck]

@keo774 touche I did forget that drunken fucker !!! lol 

[keo774]

@ChrisHaspeck wtf???????

[paisteguy799]

@ChrisHaspeck ur forgetting allan holdsworth, which in my opinion, is wayy beyond what john does, not compositionally, but no one can play a solo like holdsworth if u check his stuff out

[paisteguy799]

@ChrisHaspeck ALLAN HOLDSWORTH OWNS EVERY GUITAR PLAYER IN HISTORY

[algrand90]

@paisteguy799

seriously johny mc is technicaly better besides holdsworth can't touch him on acoustic

[hanzabass]

does anyone know anything about the guitar John is playing?

[HolyKatana]

@hanzabass Looks custom-made. I wonder if he's still using his Godins?

[ZeppelinRules]

@HolyKatana

I'm fairly certain he is. This video is a number of years old.

[lezerpiramis]

@hanzabass It's a Mike Sabre Custom Guitar

[bill0w]

Man, that is great. Thanks John.

[lateralus1007]

2:18...BAKED!!

[oatbuck]

You can't dance or sing along to it, the look on the crowds faces says it all.

WTF are you playing John ?.

[ybyainc]

@oatbuck What is he playing? If you don't get it, you don't get it.. so move on.

[keo774]

@oatbuck maybe youre just too ignorant to understand what he's playing. i hope the crowd wasnt so ignorant

[Fingerian]

Jeff Beck said that McLaughlin existed to piss off guitar players...or something like that...

I first ran across this guy when he was playing with Miles Davis in the late '60's, been a fan ever since...Wow!

I guarantee that all the guitarists in the audience didn't go to the concession stand during this set!

[boogster123321]

@Fingerian well jeff beck also said that john is the best guitarist in the world

[beau5375]

Does anyone know the chords to the vamp when the percussion kicks up?

[JoeSzilagy]

Ask one of the metal shredder, sweep king guys to play something like this, (especially without the use of tons of distortion, etc. to cover up the flubs)- good luck!!

[Dubaiman123]

one of the greatest still alive..

[NovaNeolith]

With no bassist either!! wow that is AWESOME!!!

[Minor8Flat4]

truly awesome . JM's phrasing/melody is the result of a life of improvisation. If you practice long enough one day the bird will come and sit on your shoulder and you will be an instrument , the music will play you . This is a total joy to behold. There arnt many great improvisers left becuase music has become so commercial !! yet again money talks and spoils all it touches, but thankfuly JM is still alive an kicking !

DJ

[MrSimart]

True Jazz Music!

[deepislandboy]

Ha, all those poor folks were expecting to be hearing some classic rock n' roll, im sure this is the point during the show when beers and snacks were purchased.

[RedPetrol76]

Ha ha, I can imagine....guys with their leather jackets and converses cursing..."F¤&k! three chords is 4/4 is the only way"

[BonzoMcBonzo]

gosh he looks just like Holdsworth

[lezerpiramis]

Dude, that's fuckin' true! Great comment!

[xgio1215]

John McLaughlin's improvisation is just great and also Chambers's rhythm!

[fabianidhesona]

what kind of amp he uses here?

cause his tone its very unique.

[RedPetrol76]

Actually he's got rid of amps many years ago because air companies had crashed too much equipment. Nowadays (maybe since 2007 or something) he uses Roland G20 synth through Apple Powerbook straight to PA.

Before that he used Sony M7 effects rack straight to PA.

[lezerpiramis]

Awesome!