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  • Лучший гитарист мира!!!!

  • I've always loved this tune anyway, and to have it arranged and played like this is a special treat. Thanks Andy. Come back to Belfast again soon. You're brilliant!

  • dont you guys notice he wears same shirt in all of his video????? and same background????? lol

  • @emjawz10 He's a real man, YAAAA.

  • 1:24 reminds me of another song. I cant think of the lyrics tho. any help?

  • @hockeydude36r Seriously? The entire thing is a cover. Africa, originally performed by Toto.  Kids these days....

  • 3:19 to 3:41 awesomeness

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  • This is some heavy shit! So EPIC and beautiful! :)

  • Absolutely amazing, I can honestly sit here for hours and listen to Andy play. It's so unique and he executes every note so perfectly. What a talent. I'll never be able to achieve the level of guitar/musicianship as this man has achieved thus far in his life.

  • Just saw this last night at the WOW Hall in Eugene! Front Row Center :)

  • @Mikitsubizunizu was an amazing show

  • @Mikitsubizunizu @elijahvandagrift I posted a vid of him playing this song. It's from my phone, so not the best. I have two more to upload.

  • pure raw talent at its greatest

  • toto would be proud

  • In their tongue he is Andy McKee, Guitarborn

  • Andy has insane skills. 

  • CARAMBA, I AM going to see this guy in March here in Orlando! LOVE IT!

  • My name is sam mcdonald and i play in a style similar to erik mongrain (by similar i mean the exact same) if you want to check out my vid just type in my name to the search bar...I would really appreciate it and i now you will like it if you like andy mckee or anyone who is innovative and original...please check it out:)

  • Wow!!! Andy, you're nothing short of amazing! My job dropped a little further with each layer of sound you managed to cover on the guitar! Your arrangement of the keyboard solo blew me away. I'm convinced if you had a MIDI pickup and a couple of MIDI drum triggers on the guitar body, you'd sound pretty darn close to the TOTO studio version!!!!

  • This is simply amazing! anyone know where i can get a decent tab for this?? would like to learn to play it at lest half as good as him.

  • This guy never ceases to amaze me. Such a talented player - all the more reason to puke at dub-step.

  • this makes me want to cry beautiful happy rainbow tears

  • Yeah so I thought Andy was good, and I thought ToTo's Africa was awesome, then I watched this and im not sure if what I had was an orgasm or a stroke. either way, REPEAT!

  • I have to admit, I actually preferred his earlier version. (He was wearing the red shirt). I think it had more energy and the tempo seemed livelier. I can't hear the melody in the Chorus as well in this one, also.

  • @grandcarriage1 I agree :( Fortunately you can still find it on YouTube.

  • The angled frets are because this guitar uses what are called graduated frets. Having flat frets, not every note is truly intonated. While this is not noticeable to the majority of players, it occurs on every guitar with standard frets. By using the graduated fret system, it allows the ability that every note on every string will ring at it's true tone. You really only see them used by virtuoso players like this.

  • fuck vevo??

  • esto es musica de los dioses para mis oidos ! *-*

  • awesome....

  • nice :)) wish i could play like that ..

  • @ChristineiLaoKaulitz indeed you can :D

  • i never liked this song untill i heard this guy play it.

  • can anyone explain to me why the frets are at those angles? never seen a guitar like this before.

  • @gthelegend100 It probably gives him some microtonal additions. Not sure though, but thats what it seems as the spaces between frets are bigger and shorter at different places through the guitar. Although it could be totally wrong, maybe someone else with more instrument knowledge could explain better.

  • @gthelegend100 probably more ergonomic and easier on the wrists

  • @gthelegend100 it's called a fanned fret system.

    Think about the fact that a piano has different string lengths for its different notes. The guitar does not.

    This allows for a different string tension setup than a standard guitar. the strings have a more even tension, and resonate more openly

  • @naazrael sounds fancy

  • so.. i heard Toto made a cover of this song..

    haha, jk :)

  • 26 people are deaf and want to hear what he is playing!

  • Woww! sensacional como tocaaa y, la guitarraa que bonito instrumento! 

  • Guy is a genius, but wtf with the banging ? i know you will say its just his style but it would be so much better without banging. Guitar is no drum.

  • @mgrzesiek982 sorry but i think that you don't know anything about guitar

  • @gaspaspas I know its not a drum

  • @mgrzesiek982 Are you a totally uncreative person?

  • takes the piss this fella ....he can play better with one finger than i can with two hands ...sickage skills,

  • that is better than totos original you rock dude

  • It wasn't until I heard ToTo's version that I realized you were doing a remake in your own style. I love the way you play. I've loved your music since the beginning. I love your harp guitar playing....just awesome. keep up the good work Andy.

  • I seriously just missed you in Chicago...i'm pissed

  • @fourthbrn Stupid asshole.

  • @iBaNezRG95 NBHNC

  • ive heard this song somewhere before, is this a cover or is this something he made that ended up in a movie???

  • @JordanGuitar11 Jonnet ei muista.

  • @GGov86 ES häiritsee muistia.

  • @JordanGuitar11 It's a cover from Toto

  • If I were a girl, I would so have sex with him.

  • LOVE the intro to this <3

  • what guitar is that? i want one!

  • @n1h0n greenfield

  • @n1h0n you must mean the way the frets are set.... it's called a fanned fret guitar.... and you can bet your sweet a** it's really expensive

  • one talented artist. thumbs up if you agree .

  • T-O TOTO

  • Holy shit! U are right up there with jimmy page and david gilmour!! keep that shit up!! beautiful rendition

  • Thumbs up if you were dismayed upon seeing that he shaved his beard...

  • do you have an album available for sale in stores?

  • Iggypres does it better..sorry dont care about the incoming hater comments

  • @nickbarnes8 I wouldn't say better, I actually really liked both.

    Andy's was really chill while Igor's was pretty energetic. I think this is just two different artists approach to the same song.

  • You lost your beard and grew hair. You made the ultimate sacrifice. Great playing by the way :)

  • this is so amazing

  • That guitar reminds me of one of those optical illusion videos

  • Nine months later the guitar gave birth

    

  • @KyleKleineMusic to what?.... I mean, it's not like Ukuleles eventually grow in size and spawn 2 more strings..... and that soundhole doesn't look as expandable as it's human equivalent....

  • @DarkLionInteractive dude shutup

  • @soccer6669 well said....

  • @DarkLionInteractive Ok how's this. They clearly weren't being literal so there was no need to make an obvious comment that doesn't help anyone. That better?

  • @soccer6669 I was aiming for funny.... as in slapstick comedy or something to that effect

  • @DarkLionInteractive Well done

  • @KyleKleineMusic andy's mum gave birth to a guitar and andy at the same time

  • @KyleKleineMusic that comment has to be one of the funniest I have ever seen posted about a music video! LOL

  • @KyleKleineMusic and its offspring delivered mankind

  • He played this song last night in the Sunset House of Blues, and made me fall in love with it in a way Axis of Awesome and Toto themselves couldn't do!

    Thank you so much for the wonderful night, the picture and the autograph, Andy. I'll cherish it forever.

  • I think most of you are failing to realize how fucking awesome this guy can play.

  • As amazing and mind blowing as it is a whole, theres something about the strummed part that just gets my eyes watering, so beautiful

  • What?!?!?! @CarLooSmosh are you serious??!?! BADASS!!!!!

  • does anyone know the tuning he is using here?

  • @mateo310892 D G D G A D

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  • No, Dream Theater closed for Andy McKee.

  • Simply put, Andy is an incredible musician and I would go far out of my way to watch him perform.

  • hopefuly you make your way to winnipeg in 2012 home of the jets

  • Sick!!

  • damn

  • i don't play guitar myself but man what i wish i could when i hear him. incredible (Y)

  • prima

  • Made me JUMP out of my chair @

    Andy Mckee is in my top favorite musicians in the WORLD ..

    Loved his guitar lessons @ Guitar World Magazine

  • I like it, I just think I prefer the energy in the earlier Candyrat version.

  • @shimanchunutakara i dont have a cat

  • Cool, this was posted on my birthday! This is a much better version, the other one was a little too fast, absolutely amazing!!

  • His guitar is wierd o.o

  • oh fuck! I'm flying right now

  • is there any tab of pdf for this?

  • What a beautiful chorus.

  • Strange... You're not asian.

  • You're kidding me....he plays the keyboard solo as well as accompaniment?!!! Truly superb ;)

  • Thumbs up if you love Andy's music and work and don't care even a lil bit what jealous people has to say!

  • Sorry, I can't hear your fight on youtube because I was listening to greatness

  • Now this is music.

  • Man I was looking forward to buying the G22-CR stonebridge model within the next 4 months... :( To bad I'll be living in Africa by then. Oh well, lives are more important than guitars.

  • We should all be watching this on the rpoland channel, not evil VEVO

  • Like this if you found shimanchunutakara's comment before 3:10!!!!

  • why does that guitar look curved? anyone explain?

  • @slipknotlovers89 It's called fanned fretting. It helps keep the intonation all the way up the fretboard, as opposed to a regular guitar, which gets somewhat out of tune around the 7th and 8th frets.

  • retard gutiarr

  • what guitar is he using?

  • @shimanchunutakara um I am not gonna read all youre comments. I read some and it was enough when you said Rylynn wasnt a good song. How can Rylynn possibly not be a good song? maybe its not your type of music but that song is amazing. Just relax and listen to it. I dont know why all the hate towards Andy cuz his music is not commercial thats why I consider this art. Like it or not... He is an artist.

  • @AilenMercu i don't have any real hate towards andy mckee or his guitar playing. i said those things to fuck with the assholes who couldn't take it when i wouldn't join the andy mckee cock sucking party. to the fags with his balls on their chins, that was a big slap in the face so they started talking shit. i don't like his techniques or the way he plays but he has skill. i'm not impressed but to say that alone is enough to piss off his fans. the rest is history. you fags got trolled

  • is it natural to have an orgasam from ur ears while listning 2 this song?

  • @georgelarbalest1i think someone nutted in your ear u faggot. it was probably your cat.

  • @shimanchunutakara Tu es vulgaire, tu es haineux. Tu ne mérites pas que l'on te cause , c'est pourquoi je n'ai pas traduit mon message en anglais. J'le ferais le jour ou tu feras des remarques constructives ! j'vais pas me fatiguer pour un idiot comme toi. Tu ne sais qu'insulter les gens pour te sentir supérieur."Suck my dick bitches !" t'as rien de plus polie ? tu crois que ça te donne un style ?

    Ton esprit et tes paroles n'ont vraiment rien à foutre ici. Tire toi de là et arrête la musique.

  • @MrGodzzila you're french. u wouldn't understand. i didn't say anything vulgar until people started calling me names and talking shit to me for not being on andy mckee's nuts. i'm not the kind of guy to give up paris to the germans without a fight so i definitely won't let these mckeetards talk shit to me without talking shit back.

  • @georgelarbalest1er perfectly normal

  • I saw Andy last month in Mesa AZ. He Opened up the show for Dream Theater. What a great performance. Andy has picked up where Michael Hedges left off after he passed away in the 1990's. Fine playing Mr McKee.

  • 24 people heard only whispers of some quiet conversion.

  • What the fuck is this? I want to watch Andy playing the shit out of something, not some fucking J-Lo advert. I know someone's got to pay for this website, but talk about ruin the mood.

  • the music award should be called ANDY MCKEE

  • GENIUOUS! BEST REGARDS FROM BELGRADE, SERBIA!!! ZORAN

  • to the major troll that i'm not even going to bother finding and replying to directly: please go away. why do some people have such a hard time understanding that when you call fans of this guy "mckeetards" it's not going to elicit a kind and thoughtful reaction. expecting that is retarded on it's own. if you don't like his music then get out. i like it because it relaxes me, reminds me of when i was a kid, and has got me interested in playing the guitar. you may not like it but we do. go away.

  • Lady Gaga isn't worth giving this guy a blowjob.

  • Thumbs up if you didn't even listen to the song because you were too busy looking up @shimanchunutakara 's dumb ass comment

  • @shredyourfaceoff42 you listen with your ears.

  • /watch?v=RdFeivLYZ1A

  • i love how much rich tone is in this video.

  • muito bom... esse é o cara!!! abração do Brasil...

  • Absolutely amazing!

  • Holy shit look at me I can write a novel too just like you guys, but instead of arguing like you two are, im here to enjoy to magical beautiful music Mr. McKee plays. Why do you guys find the need to argue over the internet anyway? Who gives a rats ass about what you guys think. No one. So just do yourself and everyone a favor and shut the fuck up. Im talking to you Schosmosis and Shimawhateverthefuvck. Anyways, I love this song, its so movies and filled with emotion, like all his songs! respect

  • He's already 10.000s times better then Sungha jung... only because he is NOT asian.That apart from his skills.

  • He's so flawless...makes it look easy, its going to take me decades to reach his level

  • Someone iron that backdrop.

    And those frets. Them be all crooked ;)

  • @shimanchunutakara dude what a lack of culture and education you have ..... even a kid with 0 knowledge of music will appreciate this piece of art...

    Andy you rock!

  • @deathraven123 and u suck dick

  • theres a 5:30 version of this song.... the last 10 secs was spent smashing the guitar through lady gagas face...............

  • @shimanchunutakara Why did he do it you ask? Because he thought it sounded nice, and a lot of people agree with him. Lots of solo guitarists use percussive techniques.

  • @PopaRocks sounds half assed. it's just a gimmick. i'm not impressed.

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  • @shimanchunutakara It's not as if I'm extremely impressed by it either. As far as percussive techniques go, even for guitarists, this is elementary.

    What guitarists do you listen to, by the way (not saying that as some sort of challenge - I'm genuinely interested)?

  • @PopaRocks jimi, santana, all the guys who played with allman bros band, muddy waters, ec, zepplin to name a few. those guys were great players but what i liked most about them is their creatons, not just how they played. anyone can play music, but not everyone can create it. sure this version of africa is decent but it pales in comparison to the original. some people are impressed because he's playing all the notes by himself and most likely those people never play any notes at all.

  • @shimanchunutakara there is absolutely nothing u can say to degrade or critique andys technique. ur also bashing him on one of his covers. to really hear andy's musical prowess u gotta listen to his originals. and of all the "guitarists" u named (oh and zeppelin isnt a guitarist, its jimmy page), none of them have created anything as beautiful as andy's rylynn. and none of them can come close to andy's fingerstyle technique. creating music with only guitar is ten times harder than rock. dumbass.

  • @shimanchunutakara of the guitarists u named, i only think jimmy page's bron-yr-aur comes close to any of andy's music. additionally u cant compare electric blues and rock guitarists to andy, completely different styles. instrumental acoustic guitar is on another level. they dont have a singer, drummer, bassist, and other looped guitars to create an impactful song, just their two hands and one guitar. i hardly believe u play guitar ir ur actually criticizing andy mckee. all of candyrat is boss

  • @spacecowboy5150 just cuz he plays shit that's difficult doesn't mean anything. i don't give a fuck how he gets there. rylynn sucks balls. just because he's plays with himself doesn't make his shit better. it becomes a gimmick. who cares how many musicians are playing? if the final result is trash then andy mckee is trash. i dub thee mckeetards. u can't take constructive criticism even tho it's not aimed at u. technique means shit if it doesn't create good music. suck my dick!!1

  • @shimanchunutakara andy mckee has been reverred as one of the best fingerstyle guitarists of our time. so if u genuinely think the allman brothers twelve bar blues are technically better than andy's music, ur either a super hipster who has to disagree with the majority on every category of music, or u have never played guitar. show me a song that is technically better than rylynn and sounds better and it has to be an instrumental acoustic, cause it doesnt make sense to compare a band's song

  • @shimanchunutakara Why are you even here? It's ok not to like Andy's music; if it's not your thing than it's not your thing. But if that is the case, why then waste your time making idiotic and nonsensical comments on his videos? The fact that you try to deny his musical prowess (his abilities put any of the artists you mentioned to shame), and insult his fans makes you the lowest of the low. I usually ignore trolls like yourself, but your utter idiocy cannot be allowed to go unchecked.

  • @spacecowboy5150 you're an idiot but u r right. u can't compare andy's music to any of the guys i named because he sucks.

  • @shimanchunutakara ur just flat out wrong. ur unintelligent and pointless defenses to ur argument prove it. as a guitarist who began my career playing zeppelin songs (which are easy to do) and is now trying to play andy's music, i have found that the level of difficulty and complexity of andy's songs are exponentially more insane than anyone u named.

  • @shimanchunutakara euhm... if you were born with a functional brain... why are you acting like a attention seeker most people with a good functional brain know better then that.

    and something else... why are you being so pathetic...? are you jealous tht you cant play music in the way he did..?and if you dont like it then leave the video and dont watch it again... see problem solved....

  • @Lessthenjake999 problem? what problem? just because andy mckee sucks doesn't mean i have a problem with him or his "music". and if u have have a problem with me saying that, u along with all the other faggots clinging to andy's nuts need to get a life. i don't have a problem with anyone here, i got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1. boooom! suck my dick bitches!

  • @shimanchunutakara haha you're a dumbass. oh and by the way, Jay-z references don't make good comebacks.

  • @postcanyonbike suck my dick then. boooom!

  • @shimanchunutakara saying you don't like Andy Mckee's songs are fine but saying he sucks, buddy you need to get all those cocks out of your ears and mouth and actually listen to him and the things he does, because its fucking beautiful!

  • @shimanchunutakara Its ok guys he likes bands like Dio and Wham

  • @hellishangel2444 that is a true statement.

  • @shimanchunutakara Dude....... -.-*

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  • @smitheemcricktits i was lucky to be born with a fully functioning brain unlike most of you retards. by your logic only another excellent musician can critique other musicians if that is the case u can stfu because until your faggot ass produces a video on youtube showing your awesome guitar skills, you are not in the position to say whether this andy mckee is an amateur or not. my guess is that you've never played an instrument in your life besides the skin flute.