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  • this guys voice is awesome! 

  • I love Philip Sayce's style. It's also about being able to put your mojo in your play, this is why a lot of younger players can be so fierce and wild like this (like his solo there). Also, not having to play the same old tired song over and over and over and over again as with the Juggernaut of Bon Jovi (as Richie *has* to do all the time) enables you to have edge on the songs...

  • never mind john mayer! this guy is the best young blues guy about at the minute and think he is gonna be big soon.and i read an interview with him and apparently melissa would encourage him to solo as long as he wants and she would just step back

  • ha ha I always love uncomprimising guitar players who are always like "fuck you" to the lead singer and just wail.

  • i think some people on here need to listen to philips own stuff ,then judge him ,when you have watched him perform over my head ,you will see what a great singer and guitarist he is in his own right

  • @pez570 He is a very talented man. One of the best Strat mangler's out there and one of the few who could hold a torch to the likes of Hendrix and SRV. What some people don't seem to understand is that Richie Sambora is a very different kind of player to that making any comparisons difficult to say the least. Melissa Etheridge and Philip Sayce 'interpreted' a couple of Bon Jovi songs in a way that they felt comfortable with. Some people don't like it, which is fine.

  • Love ur stuff Phillip ... You and Ian Moore along with Bramhall 2.0 have been inspiring my musical endeavors .. Thx for 4being strong enough to bare your heart & soul

  • Can someone tell me what Jon say at 0:10 about Philip? He says "who the fuck..."?? Thank's!

  • @MAcAMP86 He said, "I want to give a special nod to Philip, who...I immediately opened the program and said 'who the F&^k is that guitar player? Pretty great, pretty fabulous, Phil.'"

    I don't know how Melissa Etheridge does it, but she always has the most amazing musicians in her band. The first time I saw her in concert, John Shanks was her lead guitarist. Mark Brown on bass totally rocks. And this Sayce....well...just wow.

  • the guy is twice richie's age and rocks twice as hard as him. aha huge bon jovi fan and that was cool!

  • @theguitarguymike You mean 1/2 Richie's age?

  • nov 19th at Boerderij Zoetermeer Holland!!!

  • Well Until you can get up there yourself and play then you can talk. If you noticed even Jon said who the F**k was this guy so that tells you everything. Oh and I've seen a great guy play Richie still waiting on the other guy.

  • Nope Richie all the Way. AAAYYY they just killed the Bon Jovi songs please no more from this band

  • this guy reminds me of richie in the old days. 

  • Bon Jovi -Top Selling Tour for 2008 and 2010 speaks volume...and after 25 years!! That's what's up...the rest is just a joke in comparison. Guitar players are a dime a dozen --but standing the test of time is the bottom line here for any artist. Longevity happens like less than 1% of the time. Ahhh but there have always been jealous Bon Jovi haters because Jon is so totally hot on top of it all!! Of course having all these great tributes is bound to cause a stir.

  • Better than Bon Crappy by far

  • X Q DIABLOS CORTAN EL GUITARREO DE PHILLIP

  • Gearbox jon is and has always been A prima donna!! Only a fucking retard sues his own tribute band????

    Hey fag boy, your done!!! you couldnt even sell out a puny stadium in regina!!!!

    Bye Bye!!!!!

  • Im sorry but this band just insulted Bon Jovi and that guy on guitar can't play a tune in a buck. Richie's the BEST

  • @Handorgeous you have got to be kidding me...

  • @Handorgeous The day you can play better than this guy, you might be justified in saying that, but until then why don't you just shut the fuck up and let a great guitarist get on with what he does best.

  • Sayce's intesity and Mayers feeling together still isn't halv way to Stevie Ray's musicmanship.

  • This guitarist has NO little change against richiee !..

    Bon Jovi is the best band in the world.

    and noone can play like the god of guitar-playing .. → Richie Sambora.

  • @EndWtihoutAStory09--Your making a joke . Sayce wipes the floors with Sambora

  • @EndWtihoutAStory09 ha! you wish...

  • Great but he's just playing and sounding like SRV. Just like Mayer. Another SRVaughanabee.  No disrespect to him - great playing no doubt, but yeah, strongly strongly SRV flavored.

  • ahahahahathis stupid @rocco11510 jajaj are so idiot look what he said...you are a retad??had you see riche plays wanted dead or alive in cincinatty??? jajajajajajaja how some poeple put stupid thing on youtube like he

  • Richie is still clearly the best. No-one can beat Mr Bluesman!

  • dude is feeling it

  • I have just discovered Philip's work and I am hooked. Many guitarists can play the notes, but few can play with the emotion some guys do, such as Phil. Great job.

  • @BamBamsCrimsonTide john mayer.........

  • @jgl2222 Mayer is weak. That is all.

  • @mojo292 i'd say better than Sayce because he has gotten into guitar more than him. After his guitar solos he has really phat grooves along with guitar playing that actually sounds like MUSIC. it's like people have forgotten that guitar is a musical instrument not a competition

  • @jgl2222 I'd say Sayce would blow him off the stage with his amp on standby. I agree music isn't a competition, but I'll tune in to someone who plays with soul over someone who plays to get laid any day.

  • @mojo292 so I guess you'd tune in to John Mayer cuz he does the first and the rest is his business. John would blow Sayce off the stage with just his Acoustic guitar

  • @jgl2222 Actually Mayer would probably try to blow Sayce.

  • Philip easily does the guitar work better than Bon Jovi's original.

  • richie sambora is 100 % better than philip!!!!!!lol

  • Sayce is a great great great guitarist

  • Wow! Phil rocks harder on Bon Jovi songs than Richie does (these days)! Richie, take notice....

  • @Rocco11510 Phil's style is so much more dirty and impressive than Richie's style, i think. But both are pretty good.

  • this guy fucking rocks !!!!

  • great playing by Phil,reminds me of Richie's style around the Undiscovered Soul time.I was at both nights at shephards bush and richie on fire.Totally different player when out of Bon Jovi.

  • never agreed so much.. Undiscovered Soul still one of my top albums ever! Richie is simply the greatest!

  • philip is the real deal - so deserving of wider recognition

  • I dunno 'bout you guys but this dudes playing does it for me.

  • I could do without the whole 'I took a beltsander to my guitar' thing... giving me Kenny Wayne flashbacks but at least this guy is more fluid and fresh.

  • It's what happens when you use a forty year old Strat a lot. But he's a great player whatever guitar he's using.

  • Richie sambora plays better!!!

  • phil sayce you rock bro, play the blues bro awesome

  • 1:46 holy hell

  • Phil and Melissa are both incredibly talented, and good people too. That is all :o)

  • What a feeling in the second solo!!!

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  • he aint no sambora thats for sure richie has his own style even though he loves hendrix page srv he dont try to sound like them sambora is unique sambora kicks ass!

  • its not srv that drives him people. yes Im sure srv is an influance but damn it, recognize Jimi Hendrix when you see and hear it. He moves like jimi and plays like jimi and so did Stevie Ray Vaughn.

  • i like the guitar playing but i'm not that big into her vocals.

    shes an amazing singer son't get me qrong but not right for these songs.

  • Philip is great because he emerges out with a different emotive sense, distinguishing him from plainly following the "SRV legacy", that so much players do with sometimes careless cliche. He puts extra effort in it.

  • Phil plays with so much emotion. He almost bleeds for every note, especially with those string gauges 13 to 62 ,wow!. Great plays from the kid from Scarbro ,who used hang at Daves Encore music , What great playing, Phill, don,t stop.

  • no wonder hes got such great tone with string guages that thick, fiar playyyy

  • Yes, he is a monster.

  • Awesome!!! Thanks for posting:)

    Grandma Mary

  • I think Philip desevers all the credit he can get because iv been to 2 melissa etheridge concerts and hopfully more in tha future and Philip plays his damn heart out. So unless you have realy seen him in person you dont no how good he is. I mean he aint no Pete Townshend but Philip is damn good at what he does.

  • I'm 99% sure this guy comes to my store once in awhile. Kinda crazy.

  • How can you compare Vai and Satch with him?

    And I'm don't mean that like Sayce is so much better that Vai and Satch can't match that but their styles are so much different!

    Vai and Satch are great in their style of playing but I think they're less good in playing blues with this feeling/emotion etc.

  • try to learn something about guitar playing...please

  • people just dont get it, its all about the music and the emotions it spreads:) Satch and Vai are guitar giants in technical side, but i like this dude here better:)

  • Killer guitar player. I absolutely love the Hendrix - Machine Gun reference in the last solo part. Awesome

  • I LOVE this Bon Jovi songs....and i love this guitar solo...He rocks!!

  • Sayce is killer, he deserves his success.

    Long way from playing Grossman's on Spadina Ave!

  • Definate SRV fan fore sure..but he has passion and that will go a long way..those who play know the notes he's hittin..but playing in the moment..which is what he's doing, opens up endless scenarios for note placement..bends, slides, vibratto length and strength..all of it, touch and feel..he has it,,because he obviously loves to play..

  • id say hes got more style and flavor than the last few SRV jr's (mayer, KWS)

  • so.. you think this guy likes SRV or what?

  • Pentatonic maybe, but hardly "average." And the second solo demonstrates a modal tendency before going into the Albert King/SRV stuff (which is always fine by me, anyway, if you can play it, which he can). Though there are great players everywhere and your point is taken, generally speaking, weekend warriors make war on the weekends for a reason.

  • LOL to think this is weekend warrior stuff, I'm a weekend warrior myself. This is more than pentatonic wank. Yes Sayce has tone,vibrato,and timing and he plays outside of the box effortlessly which can be heard locally. However, his ability coupled with his spiritual personal power of playing that guitar with authority is what we are watching. It is not wank,It's CHARISMA my friends with the power to influence,give it up,he isgood, very good with a gifted talent. He is more than just okay :^)

  • y dont u post some video's of you playin guitar then and show us this average pentatonic wank if it's so easy, typical person criticising with none of ur own fuckin videos

  • Phillip, You are truly dazzeling! That old Strat cries & sings to your touch! We are so infused by your energy! Than you!

  • how the f**k is that guitar player man he rocks

  • why do you people ( who give bad comments) watch these videos. If you don't like Melissa then why are you f'n watching her videos. As much as you want to hate..you can't possibly think Sayce sucks on the guitar. He f'n rocks and you can't really argue that point. Of course Bon Jovi does the songs better because they are his songs...duh! She still rocked them out though and you can't deny it. Well, you can try, but your point really isn't valid. We do have ears and we can hear they both rocked.

  • Dude, I love that Bon Jovi gave you props on stage. That was gr8 for u!!

  • bon jovi is the best

  • I was there, her Living on a Prayer was flawless and made the hair on your arms stand on end.

  • busts into machine gun.. aha phils damn great

  • Does anyone have this whole performance? I'd like to hear Melissa singing Livin' on a Prayer.

  • n response to kalapatapu. . . are you friken kidding me?? bon jovi is like th best thng thts happened in this world and i personally thought she killed the bj songs...

    i love bon jovi

    keep the faith

  • The beginning of that Living on a Prayer solo gives me chills. I can't stop watching it. Time to practice. Keep up the awesome work Philip!

  • integrity vs money, gee i wonder which one will win?

  • You do have a good point, but the music still sucks.

  • jons eyes is not blue!they braun.

  • AAAhhhh... the are the bluest of blues. I have seen him from close, I used to work in a hotel concierge in London and I had the chance to see him every day for about a week... and his eyes are blue. Intense blue. When you are in a dimly lighten room,the eye pupils go wider and eyes do not reflect their color.

    At least, human eyes don't.

  • o you luky..

  • Its blue mate.

  • i thoght htis was gon ashow him getiing pissed off or something. waste of my god damn time and urs to prolly

  • OMG Richie is the best way better then this freak and who the hell is that girl...she cant Replace Jon Bon Jovi! BON JOVI IS THE BEST BAND EVER AND NO1 CAN EVER CHANGE THAT!!!

  • philip sayce is like the cleaner, more talented samboras.

    mle = love

  • Yukk!

  • Haha I didn't notice it at first but watching his solos I was making the same face he was :-)

  • wow - tremendous playing.

  • Goddamn man, you have to come out to NC, SC, VA, or even GA. Your playing is fucking magnificent. I would put you up on a pedastol with the Gods! Hendrix, Vaughn, King.

  • how awesome, by now even Melissa Etheridge rocks harder than Bon Jovi...and that Philip guy is fabulous, no doubt!

  • could you put the last part of the melissa sing her voice it's great and of course yo're a great musician

  • Philip you and Alan Mirikitani are my favorite guitar slingers right now hope you two do a album together, so many out there dont know how good you guys are period!

  • totaqlly deserving wider recognition...philip is due to explode....

    ROCK

  • not sure if it's phils guitar or other instruments but something doesn't sound 100% in-tune - That side it is still great playing

  • Philip Sayce is truly an amazing guitarist, his tone his feel his energy....he's definately among the best blues/rock guitarists out there, damn he's GOOD!

  • ugh melissa etheridge, absolutely terrible.

  • ugh, you suck.

  • All I want to say is HAPPY BIRTHDAY JON BON JOVI 3/2/08 HE IS THE DARLING OF DARLINGS.

  • THIS IS GREAT !!!!!!!!! to SEE john AND mALISA PALYING TOGETHER IT'S SOTHING GREAT!!!!!!

  • apparently not everyone listened to what JBJ said... he gave a nod to Philip as the guitarist playing for Melissa, which means that he was extremely impressed with his talent! So for those of you who are slamming the guitarist, you might pay attention to the fact that you are indirectly slamming JBJ who recognizes true talent when he hears it.

  • first of all jon is sooo much better

    second that riche wannabe SUCKED he could't do a good solo for hi life!

  • Damn that woman fucked up some classics!!!

    That is NOT Ritchie Sambora, by the way!

  • and it's not Richie Sambora either ;)

  • The guitar player is philip sayce, I have 2 of his studio albuns. I'm a brazilian guitar player, and I recorded one of his songs on a CD. Search for Engels Espiritos, Philip knows him, a great Harp player from Brasil.

  • Hi, do you have more? I'd like to hear her singing the whole songs. Two of my favourite artists together, Bon Jovi and Melissa Etheridge...:-)

  • where did that happend? how come i didnt saw it on the grammy award?

  • masanting ya talaga ing bon jovi

  • why did he get a hair cut?

  • ahhhhhhhh she killed the song

  • the giutar players name is Richi zambora stupid

  • That IS NOT Richie Sambora playing with Melissa Etheridge!

  • it's philip sayce !

  • richie sambora retard

  • I liked the guitar player! (Y)

  • Melissa's SUCKS!!!!  She BUTCHERED those. What a way to ruin some of the best songs ever....

  • dios mio que os hacia padres de nuevo!!!!!!!!!!

  • the guitar player is excellent but melissa ethridge ruins the songs

  • Older Jon Bon Jovi looks WAY better!

  • oh god no...The 80's rocked and too bad you can't go back.

  • whos that bitch

  • oh great! now we need all the video, I was looking for it for months!

    thank you very much!

  • that guy was good but not a patch on our richie

  • This is so utterly fantastic !

  • Bon Jovi rox!

  • thankyou philip,you are great,some day i would like you hear my music!!!!!a embrace from ARGENTINA.

  • Fantastic performance! :) I think you really did a great job breathing new life into those songs. Bon-Jovi should be flattered.

  • Man, to be that good !

    You make me dream ;O)

    Thanks for that !

  • Thank you Philip for shareing this video.

    It's so Great!

  • with all the resect that i have for her BON jovi do it much better!!!

  • Hey where's the rest of the video...please??? :-)

  • Great clip. one of the best Guitar Players out there. Hope to see you on the road with Melissa this summer.

  • thank you philip, i watched them all, i can always count on you to make sure i don't miss a thing, i stay in front of this computer so much and catch tv in bits and pieces, hey theres the title for your next album love ya connie/cricket

  • Great!

    So SRV on it!

  • OK- I don't understand- mellisa and philp perforemed this at the grammy's?

    this year????

    and where did Jon give this reaction?

    someone please explain

  • bejt, it wasn't the Grammy's it was at the Recording Academy tribute gala at Cipriani in New York City in September 2007...Melissa played a tribute to Bon Jovi :-)

  • thank you Philip for sent me this video ...i have your albums except first(sigh!i can't found it)...when do you come in Italy?i want see the full video of this perfoming...cool guitarist cool singer cool songwriter...

  • This was a great job Philip!! Wow! Those solos in a Bon Jovi song, amazing! I feel Stevie's soul in your playing and this is great!

  • Philip.. you are a perfect example of just 'BEING'

    Thank you for sharing and for being such a great example for all of us out there.

    ~Jarah Jane.

  • Jon, IT'S PHILIP SAYCE!!!! If there's anyone you should know it's PHILIP SAYCE!!!

    Very cool! I wanna see the complete video too! Definitely a great tone! YOU'RE PERFECT DR. SAYCE!!!!

    You Philip Sayce fans need to check out the Zack Rosicka Band too, definitely climbing fast and sure to be a favorite amongst the Philip Sayce fans!

  • guys tone is fuckin amazing!

  • truer words could not have been spoken..way to go Philip! we are all so proud of you! from Connie Scriver and the Gang....

  • Oh My God. This rocks! Congrats on the kudos.

  • YES! Show them what your all about Philip!!

  • hope philip still plays with melissa when he more famous

  • Way to go Philip!! Now send the whole clip!!

  • it was such a great night of music. MLE and the band kicked royal ass that night.

    now where's the complete video? it's gotta be out there if this clip exists.

  • That Rocks Philip!

    Looks like Sambora is worried

    Hahaha...

  • Yesss...Philip and Melissa, two amazing, unique soul! You really rock!!! Best wishes for this year! Music&love, Sibyll

  • Cool!

  • congratulations philip!!

  • :-))))) That makes me SMILE!!!!

  • Shine On Shine On.

    :)

  • PRETTY FABULOUS !

    I'm so glad for you man!

  • Go Philip!!