Jonny Lang, Tommy Sims, & Phil Keaggy - "When Love Comes to Town"

[peacenikkie]

Wish I'd been there!! ~0;-D



[PULSEJETVALVE]

This was Avalanche!!!!

[Revelator7137]

does noone recognize keith urban backing them up on the right hand back line?

[TNStevieRayfan1]

@Revelator7137 that's NOT Keith Urban!

[MrArtist1971]

6:32 flat unlocked some magic 'something' man - the crowd went nuts!

[shawnuel]

As to who is better....well..... subjective of course, but also depends on the medium. For this type of Blues, I think Lang's feel is better....Phil is almost too legato (smooth) and refined. Not dirty enough. But I'll take Keaggy on acoustic and doing pop or jazz any day.

[MrArtist1971]

Lang was the quake but Keaggy was the Tsunami.

[wileypayote]

I love how the bass player just decides he's gonna end the song prematurely while Phil is still doin a little run and lang looks back at him like "what the bell are you doin?" And then laughs

[poobumm78]

its like these guys didnt even know who phil keaggy was! they dont let him go until the very end, and then he proves he's the SHIT! man that guy is versed. jonny's great too tho, dont get me wrong.

[cashewvideos]

Jonny Lang's feeling is awesome...his is a fantastic musician.. just love his voice and guitar feeling

[MegaMelodica]

U2 eat your heart out !

[misizjackson]

insane talent, wish I could have been there for this one!

[MikeHF]

Phil Keaggy was better than that kid 40 years ago!!!!

[Lessolinie]

This kid is so talented, since he first showed up at 16 he has been special.

[maleruher]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[1510Ronald]

this version is the best - no other

[m2mcassady]

Great song and Phil punk'd the kid!

[vagabondrecon]

keaggy blows the punk away, LOL

[vagabondrecon]

uh why spotlight the kid that can't sing and you have keaggy in the back????????

[jessicamekeller]

Great version of this song! It's a shame the end was cut off.

[Bonnermp1]

It was only on the soundtrack until U2 released it on their Greatest Hits double CD.

[miranduxt]

პირდაპირ სულში <3

[1510Ronald]

the bester version is on Herbie hancock "Possibilities"

Love you all, Ronnie

[777strongcoffee]

Keaggy giving Mr. Lang a guitar lesson - LOL... Good stuff.

[jaymat954]

Johnny freaking does look a little intimidated by Phil, he seems to do simple licks and phils just owns. Johnny is good as fuck tho I guess he'd do better under a little less pressure

[humdrumfeast]

Cool stuff! 3 amazing guitarists!

[gpriller]

one word Johnny, Straploks.

[STR8JACKET23]

did any body catch that 6:07 langs strap pops off he should no better strap locks duh

[theozzman67]

This is AMAZING!!!

[messton420]

Was this a sit down show WTF it took the song 5 minutes before peeps started dancing.....lame.

[zorlez]

phils great johnny kinda sad he judst goes so far, as a player, white boy tryin 2 have de bluesssssssss haaaaa ha no bb! only 1 bb

[scottiequilter]

beautiful!!!!

[levitheguitarplayer]

ye the one with herbie is nice to its on his cd possibilities 2

[1510Ronald]

@levitheguitarplayer yes I have this CD - and the verson on this CD is the best, no other...............Greetings

[JeevesMorris1]

Phil totally owned Jonny in this LMAO!

[smeaglerG]

heh johnny can play guitar very well, but phil in opinion is better

[jeffreyclarencebrown]

Thanks for posting this....simply amazing!

[patero77]

Jonny is a nice looking guy and sings fine but he CAN´T PLAY GUITAR !

[avirostick]

Phil Keaggy smokin

[wmsharpe]

Just enjoy.

[BradAdonis]

The very best version, go Jonny

[1510Ronald]

The best vrsion ever and together with Herbie Hancock.

Ronnie from the Lake of Constance

[shellsman33]

i think jonny is a little intimidated by one of the best, good ol phil from youngstown, ohio. if u dont know of him look him up on youtube or billboards top 100 guitarists of all time i believe he is in the top 5, like up there with clapton and hendrix

[janebar1]

Jonny was opening for BB King when he was 16. I dont think he was intimidated ..but I think he knows excellence when he hears it...but then Jonny is excellent also...they just have different styles

[hometownvideos]

does anybody know where to find Phil Keaggy's guitar solo and vocals for a Christian song he did in the 70's simply called Hallelujah?

it is hypnotic the guitar, the layering. I've talked about his guitar playing for years and most people were snobby about it, but now, you all know, Keaggy, he rocks! with any music. anybody know where to find that particular song. loved the guitar so music on it. Hey Phil, if you still have a copy of it, please send it to me. mine was lost a long time ago.

[gondorfge]

you can get the song on How the West Was Won with 2nd Chapter of Acts

[berettaNZ]

I like Keaggy's lead on this. Obviously he's capable of much more (the guy is incredibly blessed), but this was nice - subtle and quirky.

[avirostick]

paxpaul. What are you smokin?

[paxpaul]

These guys are all awesome musicians, but I think they just didn't make this song work at all. Maybe it sounded better live, but this just doesn't have the punch or drive of the original. The pieces are there, but they don't add up.

[philWynk]

@paxpaul I think perhaps your disappointment stems from hearing the show recorded on a mediocre, off-the-shelf camcorder by someone standing in the audience.

Also, the arrangement of the original was a freight train in full steam, while this is more like a black Camaro sneaking into town with no lights on. It's going for something different. And I think it works.

[CarlosKBaker]

salm37... really, why would you be impressed by a kid in his mid 20's absolutely killing it vocally, musically and with amazing stage presence. He is only sharing a stage with 2 incredibley talented and seasoned musicians like Keaggy and Sims?

You must really know your stuff man...please share with us who you are impressed with- oh Guru of music!

[laftrick]

@CarlosKBaker  Look at the faces on the other musicians, the smiles, they KNOW the kid fits in.

[poobumm78]

@CarlosKBaker haha! word. some monsters on stage! i wanted keaggy to sink his teeth in the whole time!

[salm37]

Not to impressed by Lang sorry

[Losassaman]

Phil Keaggy. . . yeah. . .but TOMMY SIMS is the man!!! And you can see it on Jonny's face is enthralled to be playing next to a legend like Tommy!!

[mikolasa]

It must have made Jonny's day to jam with Phil Keaggy. Phil has some of the coolest licks I have ever heard, and like BB, he has a very contageous inner joy that defies description.

[CarlosKBaker]

The ability of great muscicians to create waves of energy and "feels" within a tune is amazing...effortless, and I'm quite certain this group had never even thought of rehearsing together before! You have to appreciate the muscicianship on that stage!

[mudeye]

What a great group of muscians.They all seem to be having fun.

Keaggy was the icing on the cake!

[mikeblueskid]

jonny lang and joe bonamassa are both great players its like comparing stevie ray and jimmy vaughan!

[PunkieFunkieBabz]

i flippin love jonny lang

[kirbyfranklin]

phil is the man.

[guidav123]

lang needs to get some strap locks or something...lol

[revdge]

It's called restraint... it's an amazing tool... really. This thing is smoking with subtlety. This is everything the blues should be...

[safinkey]

Amen revdge.

I agree with the restraint, subtlety, "letting the song breathe" approach. Let the tension build...I like it just the way they did it. Jonny's squaky Les Paul and Phil's seamless runs sounded great to me.

[ChadizzleFoshizzle]

Restraint is only enough til' you let lose...then you show what you're really made of.

[kdheithaus]

I'm just disappointed by this song...I keep waiting for one of these incredible musicians to go off!! ... but the never do...I'm not sure why

[Canewillow]

I thought this Video was ok. however saying that Jonny Lang is one of the greatest guitarist is pushing it. Now I would love to see Joe Bonamassa and Phil Keaggy. As Phil Keaggy is my all time Favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChadizzleFoshizzle]

Joe Bonamassa and Jonny Lang are about in the same playing field...But Phil Keaggy can just do everything. So I'd say Get Phil Keaggy out with Andy Timmons, see the contrast of those two styles but the amazing technical abilities of both would just burn the house down.

[Canewillow]

I suggest you go see Joe Bonamassa Live. Jonny Lang can't hold a candle to Joe Bonamassa. Phil Keaggy however is Still My Favorite guitarist.

[BGarcia02]

Awesome version of the song. It's actually a BB king song, not U2. They did a version of it with him and actually in my opinion it really doesn't have the feeling of blues. This version and another featuring Lang, Herbie Hancock and rather embarrassingly Joss Stone is also really top notch.

[RadarRadioDave]

BB King might have been the first to release it -- but the song was actually written by Bono... so I think it's fair to call it a U2 song. The first time it was ever performed in public was by U2 (with BB joining them) in 1987.

[lhawk28988]

bono and the edge wrote the song for BB KING

Your another one of those types that would call U2 shit but actually know fuck all about them

There skill is writing a song that perfectly fits the artist they are writing for so that people like you make moronic comments about it being written by the actual artist ... same with wanderer which they they wrote for Johny cash and mystery girl for roy orbison

[BGarcia02]

I'm sorry but i actually quite like U2, I'll thank you not to make assumptions as to my musical taste, I had been lead to believe that the song was originally written by BB king when it was first shown to me by a friend . I simply feel that the U2 version of the song doesn't do the writing justice, where as a traditional blues style does. I'd already been told it was actually written by Bono, so quite frankly your comment was just unnecessary and annoying.

[lhawk28988]

Fair enough but there isnt really a u2 version of the song. you can see from the meeting with BB king when they first show it to him in the film rattle and hum that they just said here it is do your thing. They havent recorded a version on their own let alone release one

Maybe if you bothered to find out the history of the song before making stupid comments you wouldnt get people making pointless ones would you.

[BGarcia02]

For heaven's sake. I've just said I'd already been corrected on the writing of the song, which was an honest mistake. As for my "stupid comments" as you so eloquently put it, they are merely my opinions, I never said anything about a recorded version of the song, I was referring to the live version on youtube, they may be playing with BB king however they still play and sing like U2, which I feel isn't the best I've heard the song played. Why is it you feel the need to insult me about this?

[rockinredneck57]

@BGarcia02 from Wikipedia: "When Love Comes to Town" is the 12th song on U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, where it was recorded as a duet between U2 and B. B. King. It was released as the album's third single in 1989 and reached #6 in the UK singles chart, #10 on the Dutch Top 40 and #2 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Written by: Adam Clayton; Dave Evans; Paul David Hewson; Laurence Jr Mullen

[irenewontquit]

@BGarcia02 , You're wrong the song was written by U2 with BB King in mind and they performed it together. The best version is by Jonny Lang/ Joss Stone from Herbie Hancocks CD Possibilities

[1510Ronald]

@irenewontquit yes, I have the CD and its the best version. Greetings

[JephyrX]

@BGarcia02 U2 saw BB perform in Dublin and afterwards they met him. Bono wrote WLCTT with BB in mind. Later BB said he was amazed that Bono could write such mature lyrics at such a young age. I agree!

[soulkiss1001]

@BGarcia02 --BONO SINGER OF U2 WROTE THIS FOR BB KING...ITS ON THE MOVIE RATTLE AND HUM

[1510Ronald]

@BGarcia02 yes, exactly, this version on "Possibilities" from Herbie Hancock is for me the best version until this time. Greetings from Germany south, Lake Constance

[saq428]

@BGarcia02 Bono wrote the song with BB in mind to sing it.

[checkerboard12345]

haha, his strap came off :)

[FortunateOreo]

Be that as it may, it's also been said that it was misquoted about Eric Clapton too...

Funny thing though, I went to Google & typed in "I don't know, ask " & before I could even type in Phil Keaggy, his name popped up; Rory Gallagher was the 2nd runner up (out of 2 suggestions).

Eric Clapton didn't even make the list. Yikes.

Looks like majority rules! :D

You can also snopes it...although there's nothing too solid there either... ;)

Good ol' Phil!

[deeblooz]

Lang needs straps locks

[bassjocky]

Hendrix said i don't know, ask phil keaggy... This comment is bullshit,,it has been misquoted so many times, he actually said it about Eric Clapton.

[marillionjenn]

phil is the MAN! thanks for posting this!!!!! :)

[Rhology]

Such an awesome performance. I'm thankful Lang didn't let his messed up guitar strap (fell off twice) interfere with his attitude or the play. Sweet stuff.

[pedroypunto]

why do this song has only two chords when a standard blues base has 3 chords? 1srt - 4th and 5 th, can somebody please answer this? and what is the key for this song?

[kdheithaus]

a traditional 12 bar blues, yes 3 chords...but the blues is a feeling not a formula.... and whats the key? do u own an instrument? it's the note the bass is playing 99% of the song - figure it out

[oilwise]

Why is it that I get the funny feeling that Phil is just "toying" around,,Testing the other persons skills, and then in the end unloads big time?

One thing I know about him, he has a thousand tricks up his sleeve!

[Rhology]

Wonder why Sims isn't playing bass. The guy's great on bass...not that he's bad on guitar.

[mudeye]

Wow I watched again and the host was great! nd the Phil Keaggy guy was freakin Awesome!

[Nen171091]

So Bad!!!

[mudeye]

The Phil Keaggy guy was awesome!

[robinmaej]

That was absolutely amazing!!!! You can tell there was no rehearsal and they ROCKED it. I've seen Jonny in concert 9 times and he keeps getting better and better. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[virtualguitarist]

I love it when Phil comes to the secular world to jam!

[mhougan]

Two Words......  Strap Locks LOL

[Psoodoekko]

unreal, awesome

[JohnnyGuitarEdwards]

Phil Keaggy is a great guitarist that guitar players dig. I 'll catch him next time I go to Nashville !

[anexiole]

omg he's a les paul man now!!! hehe Good stuff! Come over to Australia, Jonny! Keep rockin' :)

[Troldegarn]

My opinion: Jonny sings way better! Awesome voice!

[liberoj]

Phil makes me smile. If you get a chance to see him live it will be one of the best nights of your life.

[susiefromomaha]

There should have been a LOT MORE CAMERA on PHIL...that's my only complaint. STELLAR performance as is usual by all the guys.

[joedodge1]

I like Johnny Lang, but the boy better not throw down with Phil. Phil's bag of tricks is a little bit bigger...

[bigbadbob58]

Phil is in a different league that Lang will never quite make it to. Not enough camera on Phil, agreed!

[joedodge1]

One nit picking comment.... I believe this is actually a B.B. King song that U2 did..Other than that Thanks for such an awesome vid. Phil is a favorite and a master.

[woolyDawg]

You are incorrect. It is a U2 song. The words were written by Bono and the music by U2. Bono wrote the song with the intent of having B.B. perform the song with U2.

[wileypayote]

Um! no.This is an old blues standard. I don't know if B.B. King, Bo Diddly, Buddy Guy, or Muddy Waters or whoever wrote it, but U2 most certainly did not.

[tinindian1955]

The old man show the kid how it is really done. Unreal what Phil can do.

[kpuc2006]

Get Jonny some straplocks!! :)

[jwt0bos]

kid lost his strap

[vikster10259]

This had to be an OUT OF THIS WORLD show - Love Tommy Sims! Thanks for posting!

[mygrassizblu]

i hate that they stopped!! I cant get enough of Phil !!!

[sirflyguy2000]

Coolness prevails!

[jeltrevo]

This is absolutely ridiculously awesome.

I am really kicking myself for not going to that ERACE event.

Love that part at about 3 min. where JLang kind of messes up and smiles at Phil as if to say.. "Yeah...I'm soloing in front of Phil Keaggy, I think I'll just let you take over now."

[josanj222]

HAHAHAHAHA SO TRUE