Adam Rafferty - "Sup*er Fre*ak" by Rick J*ames - Solo Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar and Human Beatbox

[Segura99]

c'est culte

[thedavisgroup]

He's playing Rick James B*tch!!

[MrBassakos]

Holly muffin...

[slyme1711]

outstanding you are a grandmaster !

[MrAk2308]

amazing :)

[ginnyrode]

yeah man!!!!!! aaammmaaazziinngggg!!!!!

[crimsonhawk52]

really great, but watch the tempo. going that fast always pushed one to speed up even more, and you gotta fight it. the beatboxing probably helps with that. if you can hear the drums in ur head, its easier to stay in time

[crescentridge]

@crimsonhawk52 Thanks!!!

[MrBigbean64]

Damn and he beatboxes

[NashvilleFingerstyle]

Adam... tuesday night i was at the factory in franlin TN for Chets annual tribute show where tommy emmanul was the master of ceremony. Unreal with such great guitarsist as johnny knowles and so many others . any chance you performing there next year at the factory in Franklin tn for chets tribute concert? would be a great pleasure to watch you perform live.

[crescentridge]

@NashvilleFingerstyle I'd love to!  I saw the guys at CAAS...thank you!

[01Musicguru]

..you are just ..BRILLIANT..as a Musician myself..I assure everyone what you are doing here is not easy ..and certainly NO JOKE!

This particular act requires a lot of stamina and practice !!

Keep it Up.!

[sinahsta7]

I LOVE U u make me want to play guitar everyday of my life i gave up on playing the guitar but watching u made me want to pick it back up again so I THANK YOU :)

[sgsanders1966]

What is your recording set-up (equipment wise) for these videos?

[steveshowse]

man that is sick, all I can say is I need to keep practicing my fingerstyle, it goes much further than old time blues and jazz doesn't it? nice work Adam.

[metalica09]

fuck yeahh!!!!! you are one of the best things ever see in my life

[2patero]

Badass beat box!!!

Who needs a drum machine!!!

[WheelsontheBus3]

I'm not exactly sure how many parts of his brain are actively keeping track of all these different beats...but its gotta be at least 3 :P

[stringhucker]

oh shit. my face just melted.

[xxxmanpure]

This is skill.. he beatboxes while doing the base and the singing part!! Genius!

[TheFatboy109]

adam this is mad! (: , stuff all you haters ! :P keep at it, hope your doing heaps of gigs. Take care, Matt

[david1guitar1]

awesome man

[FreddieSoul]

muito bom parabens

[Ricky092570]

Simply Amazing. I think u should go America's Got Talent.

[equirneh]

"The kind of tune you don't play for you mother" LOL

[deutschmaerchen]

Thank you - it sounds very well to me!

Greetings

Philipp

[mason2904]

I want to be you. :(

[carvetop01]

Very clever and creative. You are one of a kind Adam.

Cheers,

allen

[Henders100]

This rocks lol

[GingerC4]

Agree with 'stugravs' i came to see you in oxford, you must come again! this time i wont turn up late and miss the begining. Love the CDs btw

Keep grooving and Inspiring us all!

Thanks agin Adam

[DoublePenetration0]

There is some witchcraft going on in here... This is just an impossible feat. I really wanted to believe the beatbox was recorded in a separate track 0_0! It's really hard to comprehend the works of the gods!

[jesseroggaa]

Unbelievable. Wow. My mind is blown.

[dynamomoskva]

The beatbox is just amazing, punchy enough for me at least. And somehow you manage to breathe as well, or maybe you get oxygen pumped through a cable somewhere, not shown in the picture though. =) Keep up.

[JensHausmann]

Hi Adam, Jens here. Thanks for your email, hope to see you soon again.

This is a real cool arrangement, great groove as always, love it.

The Maton sounds great as you said, can't wait to see you on stage with it!

[misira80]

@crescentridge speachless again!

[sanskrt1984]

man, ur beat is really great ;;

[jawmunji]

Heh, good one A, and welcome back. Good fun in there, nice work :)

JAW

[jeanmarc81300]

Hi ! FFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNTTTA­SSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTIIIIICCCCCCC­CCCCCCCCCCC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[toosikkid123]

Wicked, nice post, respect the talent. peace

[mataxdead]

OMG¡¡¡¡¡¡ Latinoamerica tambien se impresiona¡¡¡¡¡

[HanoverrrFist]

Excellent work, as always! I've been loving your stuff since I discovered it (by way of Sungha Jung's cover of your Superstition arrangement).

You had me cackling loudly with the vocal line near the end. ;)

[gazoscreek]

Amazing. I don't know what else to say.

[OldSchoolMusicCovers]

You are incredible! Your soul songs were amazing, like the stevie wonder songs. Billie jean made my jaw drop. Can you think about doing "A change is gonna come" by sam cooke?

[SouthpawGuitarman]

Hey great job. I assume you know "U Can't touch this" was the MC Hammer rip off of Super Freak.

[CHICAOSBAND]

I believe that we are very similar ... you do not get bored only .., not??

[carvetop01]

One man band! Excellent Adam.

allen

[StevenJonWest]

Loving the beatboxing with the tune... And Dave Chappelle rules - "I'm Rick James B****!!"  :D Good work!

[berryguitar]

great job.. super !!!!

[CindyPeress]

good fun!

[Jazzguts]

Fantastic, Adam you're a hell of a player and I know what labor it takes to reach such a level of playing. Suggestion: I'm sure you do arrangements, don't give away your work (Tabs) for free,for such quality work a reasonable fee should be paid,else you'll be spoiling this bunch to the bone and you'll remain a poor church mouse, cheers Vic.

[crescentridge]

@Jazzguts Vic, I do tabs of originals for free but pop tunes always requie licenses. The publishers are hungry for lawsuits and selling tabs with no licenses is blooy meat for sharks~!!!! All the best - AR

[Softsillmusic]

great job !!

[MrSlimfinger]

You're the friggin man-machine!

[nericko28]

Great groove once again

[kentfgunn]

Man, you often just . . . make my day. Thank you for putting up all your great arrangements to listen to!

[lloydpopp13]

finally another FUNK trackkk!!! :) funk yeah!

[proe59]

adam you are so amazing =)

[RTGFromIFK]

can't touch this lol nice stuff

[BlackMambaPANIC]

adam you are wonderful

[Pleiadiansoul]

This is best you ever posted on YT. Bravo!

[nickoobrian]

adam youre so amazing im a filipino fan of yours... keep up the good work...

[CHAxmusic]

Woow.. !

[shatnershairpiece]

Adam, I hope you are playing live somewhere and getting paid, and not just sitting in the bedroom. :)

[crescentridge]

@shatnershairpiece No worries, I just got off an 8 week tour. Now that I am home I can catch up on YT stuff...thanks for commenting! :-)

[z454]

Love that Beatboxguitar

[SplinterCell37]

Dude, I am in love with your skill. I've seen other genres converted to solo acoustic but it never sounds half as good as this.

What make of guitar is that? It has such a strong tone!

[chaz23j]

wow, totally awesome!!! :)

[imranino]

aaaaaaaaaaaah wow that amazing!

[Juliusbachmann]

youre just incredible in making it look so easy.

[cosy123]

Adam, your style is so awesome!

Can't wait till next time you come to Austria!

Cheers, Dominik

[roryrockssocks]

Hah, this is insane! Keep up the good work!

[walnutpearl]

FUCK YEAH!!!!!

CANT TOUCH THIS!!

great stuff fella

[chechi666]

One more time, amazing!

[stugravs]

Hi Adam. Stu here. You're such an eighties child, I love it ! So when you gonna do Waiting for a star to fall then ? :-) or Critisize ?!? Still buzzing from the Oxford lunchtime session you did btw, and, hoping you come back to the UK in the not too distant future. Until then, please keep entertaining us, and thanks..............You are officially, a dude.

[crescentridge]

@stugravs Thank you so much!!!!!

[stugravs]

Hi Adam. Stu here. You're such an eighties child, I love it ! So when you gonna do Waiting for a star to fall then ? :-) or Critisize ?!? Still buzzing from the Oxford lunchtime session you did btw, and, hoping you come back to the UK in the not too distant future. Until then, please keep entertaining us, and thanks..............You are officially, a dude.

[redgroove]

Dear Adam, full respect from here! Very original and fresh. Nobody can touch this :)

[thezappi]

Great Job, love it. :D

If I can express a wish: 'Brick House' and the absolut lovely 'Maryjane' will be very cool on Fingerstyle Guitar.

I think that Rick James (rest in peace) would love this too.

[HanzP]

Great performance, Adam!

Cheers,

Hansel

[smokeyjoe713]

you are officially my hero

[MrChenMusic]

You are Awesome!!!

Made my day...

It's musical, Groovy, and Entertaining...

You are a Fun guy...

Nobody can Touch This ...

[bluesgurugod]

Hey Adam I've listened to this several times and it's marvelous work. I really like your funky playing - you do it so well. Very unique this style of playing; I can't think of any other guitarist who beat boxes and plays so fluidly simultaneously. Keep it up dude!

[gabo1604]

Love it and everything, but I think your beatboxing needs lots more body. I know it's a challenge to just beatbox and play at the same time, but try giving it a bit (or a lot) more "oomph"

[crescentridge]

@gabo1604 Thanks for your input.

[mssandrabae]

How coordinated do you have to be to beatbox and groove like that?!?

[TWinterMusic]

Awesome song, awesome playing, awesome beatboxing and an awesome poncho-like shirt.

What more could you possibly want?...

[rednef71]

Adam, you are a Super Freak on guitar..beatboxing while playing that is impressive and inspires me to get better as always.

[jherr5150]

Awesome man! Read about you in Acoustic Guitar Magazine a month or so ago - you rock!

[AzBboy]

VERY creative, awesome job man! Just great!

[janludvigsen]

as amazing as always Adam! :-) You know, you should come to norway, prefferably tomorrow! ;-)

[dima666]

Adam, this time no comment from me because I`m absolutely speechless! this groove is dangerous!! ;)

btw, do you have a video of you and sabine, playing "tag am meer" ?

(you played that @ musikmesse) from a german hiphop band!

Greetings

Dima

[ziklight]

trof fort !! 5 étoiles mec .... Bravo

[kevinbognot]

That's .. extremely difficult, NICE! haha.

[BryanRason]

just when I think your funky enough .......you pull the grand master of funk......:)

you are so entertaining brother.......love it......

Bryan

[PuttyNathan]

She's a super freak...super freak!

Sweet performance as per usual, top notch.

[chewy217]

i really enjoy watching u play, great work!

jasper

[illonaguitar]

wow !

[VLombardi01]

pretty interesting.

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Great job, Adam!

Cheers,

Bernd

[crescentridge]

@BoeckmannLudwig Thanks Bernd!

[crescentridge]

@gbarnes1129 Not sure what you mean Gareth. Yes I have Bach, Coltrane and original compositions too. But that's not this tune. This is Super Freak. Not supposed to be anything else. You can't touch this. :-)

[Dejital]

Great, Adam. Great great great!! :D

[alioalice1111]

u r genius mate

[trevorm1]

She's a very kinky girl.....waaa waaaa

lol

[maurobater]

Buena onda adam, Desde Argentina Un abrazo Grande.

Nos han comparado pero tu siempre seras el mejor.

[Guppypants]

WOW!

[johnhorneguitar]

What's next? Hammer Time? Great job!

[dermannderskann]

do you gue any lessons...? just some small fingerstyle tricks or the tabs of some songs... that would be awsome

very well done =D

[crescentridge]

@dermannderskann I plan to do mint tips and tricks type lessons...let me know waht interests you...Thank You!!!

[TheJuliusJT]

cool!!

[DonPohlino]

Ha, Sungha eat this! Na, I am waiting for his video response xD maybe next year or so :D

you go Adaaaaaaam!

[Dia3lot]

I was like this the whole song:

O___________O"

[crunkykong]

Ohh man! That ending killed me!! You're a hero.

[Caralhofodassepaisto]

Omg this is too awesome :O

Congrats 5*

[guitarrasco]

Cant touch that. AMAZING. What a great Performance.

[junka22]

Wohoo! Hehehe, that was awesome

[Velninieks]

This is great! Rythmical and fast, all precise and perfect! :)

[fransgreg]

Wow ! But you're singing aswell ! We want more ! We want more !

[Musicmyvideo]

play th@ funky moosic mon, sweet sound thanks

[MrChemify]

you sold your soul to the devil? :D

[TommyTrueMaster]

very nice man!! love it..

[cebfolk]

always magnificent playing, bravo!

[rafybass11]

thank you so much for posting more beat boxing vids.. they are all excellent!!!! keep them coming please

[LizPastora1]

Havin a freakin ORG**M

[LennyAndMike]

haha i liked the MC Hammer reference

[19aalbertpereramw]

mindblowin ... absolutely amazing ... outta this world ... one f a kind ... \m/ .. :P

[guitar2adam]

It's great to have an Adam to aspire to!

-Adam

[raggafury]

You're a madman! Freaky!!!

[Xelanderthomas]

It amazing me the stuff you hear in your head on acoustic guitar. Who would have thunk it? ;-)

[blake1405]

Awesome man, never disappoint.

[Musicsavedmysoul1]

thats gotta be hard top perform!

[tylerdwells]

please tell me you didnt loop any of this. that would be totally awesome! your the man either way

[crescentridge]

@tylerdwells It is all live, no loops. Thanks.

[gtrrobster]

@tylerdwells

Loops? Adam don't need no stinkin' loops! But a badges is well deserved :)

[gtrrobster]

@tylerdwells

Loops? Adam don't need no stinkin' loops! But a badges is well deserved :)

[gtrrobster]

oooops...sorry for double post! didn't see it...couldn't touch it.....

[Strongsound9]

Enormous, fantastic, really like Adams playing. Being so rhythmical, interesting to see that Adam is not tapping his foot. Can we call this beaboxpicking? Cheers...

[spooner1957]

now that was not something i was expecting. completely blew my mind! instant favorite

[ddanze]

way cool dude

[Mariekesone]

Superfreakantastic!..:-)

[heoTheo]

that ending was hot!

[ghiengame]

haha kick ass !! you're so awesome Adam.

[tman916x]

sick dude!!!

[SimplyLuo]

Wow... and to think that I have trouble just talking while playing

[gabo1604]

Can't touch that. :P

[troubleclef]

I am super freakin out right now.

[crescentridge]

@troubleclef Hey Man!!!! Thanks...

[electricwave]

You are absolutely AWESOME! Thank you Adam. Greetings from Puerto Rico.

[Khaddar]

One day I will figure how and the hell you get such a friggin awesome deeeeeeeppppppp grooove! Swing Swing Swing!!!

[bluesgurugod]

Great stuff Adam. I really like your beat boxing. How do you manage your breathing with that and playing? Really impressive.

Take care.

[crescentridge]

@bluesgurugod Practicing this was exhausting actually...:-)

[Knavey]

You made my day. This is great.

[acousticboy17]

i like it

[patrickdickesonsmith]

this feels like you have a silent chorus singing in the background. loved every second of it

[sylvain54000]

incredible... as usual :)

[win2kguy]

Awesome, keep them coming, Ordered your book the otherday off Amazon can't wait to get it and start with this stuff. Looks very very fun.

[ThinkingDog06]

Bad ass funky sh**t! You've evolved the beat-box, bass-melody, percussion-slap acoustic genre to new levels (actually, you own it!). Wonderful stuff... always inspiring. Thanks! PS: shirt is as funky as the tune...

[crescentridge]

@ThinkingDog06 This will be the new YT shirt for a while :-)

[basilebl]

You're a bad man. lol. You should do a cover of Stevie's "As" and MJ's "Lady in my Life" i think you'd do those well. "Lady in my life" has a lotta intricacies and stuff to it so i'm sure you'd have fun with that one.

[ladybret]

I loved it. lol!

[ShaneFoxX]

I love it, its very catchy and great, I had to favorite it!

And now I dont understand how somebody as good/talented as you doesnt have more views and subscribers, thats pretty indecent, a big shame!!!! I'd give you all my subscribers if I could !!!!!

[crescentridge]

@ShaneFoxX Well, I have almost 11K subscribers....tell yer friends all about it! Thank you!

[ShaneFoxX]

@crescentridge - I do tell my friends about you, but to me 11k is not balanced to the amount of your talent.

i'm not trying to be nice, just honest.

[poolph01]

Heysup Adam,,, This was great .... GREAT I say!!! are you hearing me? I love watching you play, but it exhausts me.... thanks for posting PJ

[ThePsh07]

Do you have CD's of your most popular covers or something like that?

[napness]

damn thats awesome!

[pasha355]

Adam!!! now i have such a great mood! Thank you friend!

Pasha

[7680joe]

holy crap that is AWESOME! Killer groove, man! I gotta try and learn this! :) Love the Maton, too!!! Gonna be humming this ALL WEEK!

[connortimoti]

shes a super freak, super freak shes super freaky!!! yow