Don Ross - Jesse Helms' Night in Havana - www.candyrat.com

[SmayfieldPhx]

Ummmm, wow!



[skittletube]

Can I hear that again? This time, a little slower please. Thanks

[MrDonzINN]

@TheBideAdudes Then you need to grow some long ass fingernails on your right hand :D

[isthismyfault]

kevin smith rocking out!!!

[sophie7715]

Hello from france nice to hear u

amazing !!!!

[pokeymon89]

Does anyone know the brand and model of the guitar he's using?

[sejemandhaha]

@pokeymon89 google don ross gear, I can't be bothered

[Adeptmind]

I can totally play this...

.. at half speed.. maybe

[Orgonagon]

You're a wizard, Harry.

[arneely65]

A most excellent and delightful performance!!

[theeighthsea]

Rubeus Hagrid's Night in Havana?

[slutbucketism]

I now have to clean my keyboard and change my pants as I just jizzed all over my keyboard and myself.

[w35m4n]

It's really quite incredible that with one guitar, he can make a song that's just as engaging as a band (in fact, probably more engaging that most bands nowadays.)

[PaebloLeon]

Hahaha this is like Hagrid's soundtrack for his Cuba vacations!

[THEBEASTLEDAVE]

what a story this song!!!



[Lyreat]

IT'S POSSIBLE TO TAB FOR THIS? Oh my god!!!!

[GordoBrown1022]

when not playing guitar.... Don Ross enjoys playing chess and World of Warcraft.

[pelcad]

@GordoBrown1022 Yea, except that Don Ross is never not playing guitar

[AVanDeMortel]

i like every single one of his videos- like fuuuccckkkiinnn craaazzzyyy!!!!

[TranceTechnoSucks]

SIIIIIIIIICK!

[norhamdan1985]

I can picture bullying this LARP lookin' dude in highschool... meanwhile he is a BAMF guitar god.

I hope the evil music gods are kind to me when I go to musical hell.

[alexandert1977]

@norhamdan1985 Hey, don't insult LARP. Don't know how it goes in your country, but here I wouldn't bully a LARPer, because there's a good chance to get my ass kicked. Some of them are training in fencing, knife fighting, something martial or just passed military service. Of course, there are always some nerds disgaricng the idea...

Regardless, Dan Ross is just brilliant.

[norhamdan1985]

@alexandert1977 are you kidding me?

[alexandert1977]

@norhamdan1985 I'm dead serious when talking about Dan.

[ajvoniq]

hagrid reference is in every damn video of this spectacular artist.

[Laggalaggadingdong]

This guys kinda wier-- :o never mind

[BlessedOfficial]

Go Peter Jackson!

[munkymaster86]

NEED TAB!!!!

[ipungmalmsteen]

asekkk kerenn

[theguyMS]

this is sooooooo good dude! i will buy your CD. oh and who the f*** is jesse helms?

[BluntTheMan]

i love this so much

[Muzikman127]

easily one of the best things on rpoland.

Easily one of the most skilled gutar performances I've ever seen in my life.

[iVanHalen666]

Someone got Cuba and Brazil mixed when giving that title lol. This tune sounds way more Brazilian, listen to those bossanova rythim and lines, one after the other. Actually I'm not serious, maybe havana title doesn't have to see with the way the tune sounds, but I'm just saying :)

[zoegraceli]

Jesse Helms never had this much swing or soul. Or any soul. Seriously, stunning guitarwork!

[BillyWhiteAcre]

Badass tune & pickin' LOVE IT!

[whatsstandard]

the man has insane stage presence. you want to get up and jam right along with him!

[86kritos]

and think he directed lord of the rings! gj

[metalmetalvictory]

he is so jolly :D

[korvidkrow96]

is it just me or does he sound exactly like Kyle Gass o.O

[YoruTaro]

@korvidkrow96

Holy crap, I can't unhear~

[luv4ever16]

@korvidkrow96 haha he kinda looks like him too.

[ChadwickRyan]

Every time I watch Don play I'm left in awe

[thejakeyboi]

What's the next tune he's about to play and is it on youtube? If not, can I buy the DVD of this set from anywhere? Thanks :)

[BunniEXP]

i have a feeling that this level of awesome is probably the absolute highest jack black can get before he dies. idk maybe kung fu panda will be the high point of his career and i'm just high and this guy looks like he could be tenacious d's 3rd member haha

[Riddle8366]

HEEELP WITH TABS!!!

[m4tth3]

His voice is awesome ! I guess he could become a singer aswell :D

[ClassicTracks2]

@m4tth3 Don has done a few vocal songs, look up "Any Colour But Blue"

[cyulian89]

OMG I want to be at the beach at night drinking piña colada listening this...

[ThousandTimesBefore]

He made his guitar bow! How cute ^^

[LovePollyLove]

Compared to his skills, my are on level with Hellen Kellers sight...

[Pedafexifixifax]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Guitar! SO amazing !

[cookiesaregreat]

Wait... I thought Rowlf played the piano.

[cookiesaregreat]

Wait... I thought Rowlf played the piano. 

[breaksglass]

cut those strings Don on your headstock you would look way more pro

[roehee1234]

@breaksglass your missing the point and even if yoru not your making a null one

[DomTheRocker1]

@breaksglass Don doesnt need to LOOK more professional. When he is that damn good, he can look how-ever he likes haha.

[byange821]

no one has done this so far..

it's like a DREAM..

[byange821]

oh man...i love the feel of the rhythm..

[oasiejiun]

I feel like to dance~

[jk1320m]

hey its Mikey from American chopper

[jtdavin89]

It's crazy that this wonderfully complex song was written in standard tuning. I think after watching this video a million times that it is still the most amazing thing ive ever had the privilege of hearing. Thank you Mr. Ross. Thank you for making my ears have an orgasm...Multiple times.

[tobbe1hitman]

That dude needs an electric guitar man!! Thats the true spirit of a rocker no question about it. Great shit!

[PancakesoftheLove]

I love candyrat's artists. They're such brilliant shining gems in the rough of corporate music, and yet still they prefer to stay out of the limelight, which is amazing and so downright respectable.

[JumaruP]

he can definately cure cancer...

but should buy a guitar or new pickups...

[SuperGamer87]

Ross the Boss, master of heavy wood!

[bbguitar100]

as he defines it : heavy wood

[trimetaler]

CUT THOSE FUKING STRINGS AT THE TUNING PEGS!!!!

[MrIbanezExclusive]

@trimetaler WHY? THEN WE CAN'T HEAR HIS AWESOME MUSIC!!!!!!!

[SuperGamer87]

@trimetaler Genius does what genius wants!

[fuerstyaqub]

why most people do compare don to hagrid???.... compare hagrid to him, i bet he`s older^^ and plays guitar better than hagrid, without using some monkey business!!! thumbs up don!

[L4Z3R37H]

I'd like to teleport these guys back 100 years and have them play during that era. Just to see how much it would revolutionize our culture. if there was another age of musical enlightenment this would be it. I love candy rat records and what they represent.

[seanherbert1]

great playing! Very much like Tommy Emmanual and Joe Robinson.

Thanks for the Music Jesse!

[jshawn777]

what kind of genre is this??its kinda cool

[kyuteh]

@jshawn777 I like to call this acoustic fusion

[rockzorzlawl]

does candyrat only get fat guys to play for them?!?!

[theblackmanOyeah]

@rockzorzlawl

antoine dufour isnt fat, just the shit.

[TriviumFan15]

@rockzorzlawl And what if they do? They can play guitar a whole lot better than you can so I dont see where being fat is a problem here?

[HurricaneTBag]

I'm sure I'll get bitched at...but it fucking PISSES ME OFF when guitarists don't cut the strings at the top.  Just sayin...

[ihaveaverybadcold]

@HurricaneTBag no worries...youll just have to get over it i guess

[KrummyBear]

@HurricaneTBag Yes, you are just saying. Beyond that it's a pussy fart bitching basically. It doesn't effect the music.

[Vox572X]

ww.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQJsmG­oTcQ

too much to say

[simuko98]

Haha loved it :D

[kaysa0729]

Awesome !!!

[Vox572X]

ww.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CaTAG­BNFQ

[RAMSTERLORD]

I thought Hagrid wasnt aloud Magic outside of hogwarts?

[joemaestro88]

@RAMSTERLORD epic joke ftw : )

[Vox572X]

@RAMSTERLORD Nice coment^^ but I think this type of magic hogwarts aloud him too do, for be soo amazingggggggggggggggggggggggg­gggggggggg!

[wordthatscool]

@RAMSTERLORD ROFLMFAO

[BluntTheMan]

@RAMSTERLORD  this guys has magic hands lool

[pampampaaaam]

niicee

[filiodiputana]

this man is a legend

[Xenophanes21]

anybody know where Don Ross was educated? I assume he has at least a B.A. in music?

[fspoxee]

Ross studied composition at the music department of York University in Toronto with David Mott, James Tenney and Phil Werren. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music in 1983, he studied philosophy[1] at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby

[Xenophanes21]

@fspoxee really? York? ahahaha i didnt know he studied in Canada, thats awesome. thanks for the info

[XMitsuhideX]

@Xenophanes21 He used to live In Cannington, Ontario. I live a town over from there, I've been to his old house and his little studio too. :)

[pico11111]

Great Vids keep them comming

[FaddaWolf]

ok, this wookie is AMAZING!

[MrDJEscoBAR]

outstanding

[esktoto]

I think kevin smith may left movies and dedicate to guitar playing full time...

[esktoto]

I think kevin smith may left the movies and dedicate to guitar playing full time...

[Witig]

I want to play guitar like Don Ross when I growup.

[MorningEvil]

So what was that only Brazilian tune?

[asdertert12345]

@MorningEvil I think it may be "another island of Women"

[lcanhearmusic]

@asdertert12345 its actually never got to pernambuco..........

[lcanhearmusic]

@MorningEvil he's talking about never got to pernambuco

[ZacVrono]

holy crap i can't believe this. Its in standard tunning too.

[useruser1237]

@ZacVrono are you certain? I can't tell what its in.

[ZacVrono]

@useruser1237 well thats what several people have told me... so i think so, but i could be wrong

[yumpin]

@useruser1237 it says on don ross' website all the tunings for his songs. I'm working on this one, so I can confirm its standard tuning.

[abudi55]

he wrote a song for a bigband and then decided to play it all alone... awesome =O

[razvanpasca31]

insane....

[oopsLOOPS]

argh!! talent over load!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! such skills. his beard is more talented than chuck norris beard

[XDCHAOS]

His beard is more talented than all of Chuck Norris.

[Cityundersands]

@oopsLOOPS

Woah woah woah, think about what you're saying... I mean, you're right, but think of the consequences!?

[carlos8833]

you fan forever.. eso se llama desbloquear un mastil...

[SHELLO776]

I'm convinced, talent is stored in the beard.

i love the curly string excess, looks like a

butterfly. or something else super hardcore.

[astreocclu]

he cut it, and is still as good haha. See the kilmbim video haha.

[zackman333]

When santanati said he killed it im sure he meant it in a good way lol.

[billycox]

Awesome

[santanati]

He so killed it. Its like, what else can you say...

[ThaGearOfWar]

Man this is so good. It got me dancin.

[iixlateralusxii]

i wonder if that'd cure cancer?

[ox0Jason0xo]

@iixlateralusxii you no i think it just might, if not im sure it would make you feel like you wouldent care you have it, i no i dont care bout much when i listen to this...................... SHIT I NEED TO GO OUT i forgot, god dam you don you did it again =P

[ratchet20751]

@iixlateralusxii It's got a better chance than a doctor doing it.

[insightllc]

@iixlateralusxii The illegal enlightenment ritual of Jesse Helms a 33rd Degree Freemason shown that the 33rd degree secret is Tesla Earthquake No. 333 and was initiated with a predicted seismic event appearing divine at the time to an “idiot of the 33rd degree” -Mark Twain (Freemason)

[kai696]

@iixlateralusxii hahahahaha it totally did. amazing job Don Ross!

[Adavidson100]

@iixlateralusxii if that doesnt do it nothing will

[TheNextJohnyCraig]

@iixlateralusxii Possibly so

[hellomynameis151]

Now thats how you tame a wild horse!

[joojicf]

omg I think my brain exploded from all of the awesomeness! *-*

[dalu92live]

@joojicf ^^

[THCgoodness]

i only watch the strings!

[Manualasino]

of course don't u see it.. he's a guitar player not a magician(i'm actualy not shure of that)

[JoeyJizzable]

fuckin amazing

[Jayde4289]

he so funny!!!

[scrubsrules98]

holy crap, its Comic Book Guy (the simpsons) in the flesh!!!

and he plays awesome guitar!

[romanexplozion]

sounds really great!

one questions for those who know - why doesn't he cut the string's "left overs" at the headstock?

[JepMeKR]

because he could still use the strings when they break close to the bridge.

[THCgoodness]

anyone who doesn't cut the strings off is just lazy and bloody annoying! however could be the fact that he probably re-strings his guitar constantly, so just saves time. Still fucking annoying tho!

[robber235]

Why the fuck do you care so much, get over it. Listen to the music, don't nitpick.

[THCgoodness]

Regardless of who is playing or what they're playing it's still fuckin annoying and lazy. There's no fuckin need! You sir are a wanker - enjoy

[robber235]

Lul, you're some retard on the internet going around nitpicking for no reason, first off l2troll. Second, who gives a fuck? They never hurt anybody (theoretically) so may as well leave them.

[THCgoodness]

What? Ok, you obviously didn't read the comment a few more below mine, some guy asked a question - so I answered it! Cock

[jp0pz]

actually cutting off the strings is kind of stupid because if it breaks near the bridge you can reuse the string... smoke another one.

[yumpin]

i have never heard him say why, but firstly he changes strings a lot, so its a pain. secondly, when changing strings that often, you are bound to marr the finish eventually with the cutters touching the finish on the headstock, and thirdly, it gives him character!

[astreocclu]

he said wen i saw him in concert taht he use to prick his finger back when he was a kid, when he took the strings off if they were cut.

[XxBloodyWenchxX]

cosmic!! =D

[Dutranater]

the head-bobbing only enhances his fantastic sense of musical style!

[guitfrank]

woohooo!

I FINISHED THE TAB

it'll be on sale soon ! :-)))

[Trickstyle]

WHERE!

[guitfrank]

we'll put it up on both Don's website and the Candyrat website (tabs section)

[lowpro88]

It seems like it's not easy to video respond to this. That means really it's a master piece deserved to be played only by the masters

[rushy06]

love this kind of guys!!!

Fantastic

[8potta]

He looks like Hagrid from Harry Potter :D

[kevduderocks]

its the dude from LOST! they found him!

[lightmyfire55]

micheal moore on guitar

[nsantorello]

I would kill for the tab of this.

[Muzikman127]

@nsantorello

yes.

[KDewey92]

so epic. I throw my fingers to you xD

[bikeseth10]

2:48 - 3:06!

[DBoVolente]

ahhh :D this guy ownes :D wanna play like him someday;)

[skinnyhorse1]

better yet, create your own cool style of playing! :)

[DBoVolente]

ohh what could be better than this? :D ...well but i'll try xD

[Fuckmybum001]

omg, did he say what small fishing town his dad came from? i live in small fishing town on east of scotland, would be amazing if he ever comes over!!

[Fuckmybum001]

jesus, i actually looked at his left hand for a couple seconds and my head nearly exploded

[Daniel8Tolu]

I would love this guy as an uncle.

[ltcornflakes]

Seconded.

[Unwritten429]

Yeah its pretty awesome. he plays for us all the time.

[vzerli1]

Go Hagrid go :-D !

[ElliotTheMoose4]

I was just thinking that

I was like hey he reminds me of someone

...........

But I don't know if Hagrid could play guitar anywhere close to as good as this guy

[chris871]

sir you keep amazing me. ur music is great!

[SonataArctica6666]

yeah, i do agree.

Andy McKee is an excellent guitarist, and comes up with amazing and unique things, but Don Ross is on par with, if not better than, Andy McKee.

[swgnerd]

@ SonataArctica6666

yeah I agree, he's got amazing style and phrasing, he's got massive talent, I just don't particularly prefer his guitars over Andy's. and nice username \m/

[SonataArcti]

why is drifting more popular than this song?

this guy is definitely gods gift to the acoustic guitar, to quote a previous commenter.

Andy McKee is amazing, this guy is still better.