Richie Kotzen - All Along the Watchtower

[thiagosds22]

I was there!!! It is a SHAME that the place was not even close to be full!! Fucking SHAME that people won`t go enjoy this level of musicianship!!!



[Imbo2007]

personal unlike from jonny depp. Reason : too gud to be pirate like jack

[gugusfu]

I just want my guitar to sound like this... I think the real tone is in the hands... Damn you Kotzen hehe

[BrunoSirilo]

holy shit this tone

[Druchy]

still watching this over and over again!!! is there a version that i can buy or download somewher??

[jbankens5150]

I've seen him live. Best living rock vocalist and guitarist. IMO

[porcupineplant]

stop talkin falsely now

[EC1000]

this guy just keeps getting better and better

[bitchobi]

Richie Kotzen is a god!

[TheMarcos772]

 sing like glenn hughes or similar

[magirecords2004]

Soul brotha! He & Glenn Hughes should collab.

[Sildnes]

@magirecords2004 they have, on Richie's record Wave of Emotion! check out the song Air, Hughes is singin' backing vocal

[magirecords2004]

@Sildnes Perfect! Thanks!

[awakened11]

8 people are clueless as to what BRILLIANCE sounds like!!!! This people, IS the 21st Century Hendrix, more talent and SOUL in this man than in a decade of the best American Idol could ever hope to produce.

Music by Richie is my soul food and rocket fuel for the day, this is why I listen to him every f***en day without fail!! Wicked talented and humble to handle being that great My # 1. role model NO QUESTION!!.... get him on Leno or Letterman!!!

[dreamwever87]

wow!!

[TheLuddie]

Arrgghhh matey walk the blank for disrespecting the might TELE

[VoodooChildsReturn]

From a hardcore Jmii fan, this is GREAT!

[leighguitars]

This was a great show. I remember after the show Huettman and I hung out downtown with George Lynch and discussed the name of his new album. Unfortunately it was the same name as one of Marks best songs. . Ritchie is a great guitarist., and a local homeboy.. BTW...Leigh guitars rule!

[Suckyea]

I understand that he is a very clean player, but thats surely partly due to his equipment. So does anyone know what makes his guitar sound so direct?

[filipequintas]

@Suckyea He basically plugs in strait to the amp. He only uses a delay sometimes, at least that's what he said. Also, I think I've heard him use a wah, but I'm not sure...

[Suckyea]

@filipequintas so youre saying he doesnt use processor and that stuff?

[filipequintas]

@Suckyea I'm not sure. Watch the video on the side with the title "Richie Kotzen Gear Tour" he explains all that stuff.

[ahvaimusicom]

@Suckyea now he is using some more gain boxes due to his 20watt marshalls he is using and building.

[lickthoseboobs]

@Suckyea His amps are fucking CRANKED!

[TimoSomers]

@Suckyea No it isn't, just good (amazing) technique.

[steveginfer]

@Suckyea I'm pretty sure the only thing he uses is some delay and reverb through his effects loop. At least that's what I've seen in a video of him showing his rig. As for overdrive, he just cranks his amps and uses the volume knob to clean up. You can see him doing it a little in this vid.

[mtnthai]

i know a lot of folks like this, and to each his own, but i have to say that this is the worst rendition of this song i have ever heard. this song has been covered so many times and this is the first time i have not liked it. no matter how hard or soft others have played this, they always made it sound sweet. to me this sounds like nothing but scratch. maybe its just a poor recording. but i think not.

[IamAlexG]

@mtnthai GTFO

[mtnthai]

@IamAlexG i specifically said, to each his own, and offered my opinion. your response is GTFO? i am so glad that you are so tolerant of differing opinions, your open mind is so refreshing. NOT! everyone has a bad day. i think this was a bad day for Richie. may be he needs to listen Dylan play it again, or Jimi, or Gary Moore, or Dave Mason, or ..............................­.. anyone else.

[iloveguitar84]

@mtnthai

I mean this honestly and whole-heartedly, if you cannot hear what is good about this particular performance by this particular artist then my advice to you is to listen to a lot more music. Forget what you think you know. Research by sound and by history absolutley everything from dubstep to Baroque. LEARN to appreciate EVERYTHING then in several years time listen to this performance again and post here once more. peace, John

[WyldeSlashHammet93]

how can you not like this youtube??!! i listen strickly to heavy metal, MetallicA, Megadeth, Children of Bodom, Killswitch Engage etc etc...yet this video is AMAZING!!! so much talent in this guy

[holyssun]

my hero

[paulojungmann]

Richie Sparrow.

[Druchy]

this is sooo awesome!!!!

[tubeonify]

id u kurac



[ahvaimusicom]

who new Jack sparrow could shred? lol

[RicardoDiazHimself]

His Telecaster is SO beautiful...but the neck on that thing looks freakin huge even from here!

[shwalton75]

@RicardoDiazHimself I have both his Tele and his Strat and the necks are indeed huge...almost like tree trunks scraped of all their bark. Lmao. He was quoted as saying that he opted for the thickest necks that Fender would allow on a production model while still allowing them to sell a few. Ha!

[JNKMTJP]

What a great sound!!

[POLDUSTLEAD]

I love this video

[POLDUSTLEAD]

What camera are you using? thanks

[MikeNvS]

What a killer voice

[williamwst]

pirate hahahaha... like jack sparrow

[tweenboxyeah]

@synthoo2. He´s always been like that. Like his playing, though.

[SuRihtanil]

@synth002 Any guy that would hope his friend's woman would def have to be one, but he is a good musician.

[synth002]

@SuRihtanil - Yeah he's is a great musican for sure, I have to admit I listen to his music most days!

[MUDSHARK111]

@synth002 the man has looks body and he is better drummer than most drummers better bass player and certainly in the top 20 guitar players .all that and the fucker can out sing most of the top rock vocalists .i can forgive him for being a dick, its hard to keep your ego in check with that much talent.

[FallenFreckles7]

@synth002 i can see how you'd think that, but i just met him and got to know him this past week and let me assure you, he's SO incredibly modest and down-to-earth. he's a sweetheart with immense talent. i love the guy!

[synth002]

@FallenFreckles7 - Thats good to know, seeing as I constantly listen to and take so much inspiration from his music! In fact, im gonna delete that comment.. not because anyone has complained, just because I would hate for him to think I ment it out of spite!

[athenscry]

fodaaaaaaaaaaa

[JD0x0]

he looks like a pirate, i like it though.

[laragunner123]

@JD0x0 wow

for me he looked a bit like jesus :P

[guiterry]

Great version of this tune. It sounds like the original, yet completely different. NICELY done!!

[POLDUSTLEAD]

em, stop with the spam buttom, there are good coments

[Zeeb7v]

@POLDUSTLEAD I think that might actually be a bad bug with YT, I am seeing this on alot of videos recently.

[ltuomela]

aweeeeeeeeeee haaa along the watch tower...Richie my man...jammin

[mtbDonaldDuck]

man he's stoned, but that's truely amzing...

[screwUPsketcher]

He´s absollutelly amazing, dude!

Nice groove, technique!

[PudWud1]

Fantastic guitarist, fantastic singer, fantastic song writer/arranger.

[andybanez]

this is really good ! he looks like captain jack sparrow here lol

[POLDUSTLEAD]

3 Piece band, pure majestic

[Lucasgratuidade]

Jimi hendrix ?

[5150machuk]

@Lucasgratuidade

Yeah ;)

[mynthon11]

@5150machuk

dylan ;-)

[Metalltool]

Ritchie is an amazing player and a really good singer too. great respect for that. This performance was very inspiring. thank you for uploading.

[docgoat3]

Personally, I've always felt Jimi's rythem guitar style was where he excelled. Oh, he could solo great as well, but come on, listen to Little Wing intro.  That's just a sample. As for Richie, yes he is a rock god of rock in his own right, and I love this version as much as Jimi's!!!

[unclexeres]

ROCK is back, thank god almighty!

[MrTibor777]

I love this version,Richies light feeling

[thisisphilipp]

best cover version..he plays his own style

[ClaudioMariola]

The best version I ever heard, soon after Jimi's of course.

[GONZO1226]

THIS IS A GREAT COVER HE ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE HE IS SINGING LIKE BOB DYLAN AND JOE COCKER COMBINED AWESOME

[AeroAngel09]

i love him!!!!!!!!! please come back to georgia

[HandOfStone]

why does everyone have to compare guitarists these days - every guitar player is good in their own way, it aint a competition !

[KISSALIVEROCK]

ritchie...so damn hot and a very good guitar player

[Manowar4life1234]

This is a million times better than anything Jimi Hendrix could have ever hoped to accomplish in his life.

[polvani2]

@Manowar4life1234

shut the fuck up, kotzen used some hendrix licks

[ahvaimusicom]

@Manowar4life1234 ooh yeah im sure! Hendrix only changed rock for ever! yeah Kotzen is more technical, but who cares,he is so cocky. and is good, but Hendrix will always be better.

[GrantDallas1992]

@ahvaimusicom i agree hendrix will always be musically more respected but not better kotzen is a better technical guitarist... they areboth amazing in their own right

[boocho1]

Jack fukkin Sparrow..except MORE ghey....acting..acting...flamb­oyant???..hammy???

[kipporeaper]

Richie Is The Best

[majjurach]

Coollll mannn

[sipalipa]

Whos the fucker giving everyone thumbs down?? Go wipe dipshit.

[buddaman1971]

RK is such a fantastic singer/musician.

Definitely not just another generic shredster.

He's a f'n rockstar who just exudes confidence and passion in his singing and playing.

[sipalipa]

Kotzen is without a doubt one of the most underrated players of all time. I like the way guitar player described him: "who the hell is richie kotzen? Well hes probably the greatest player youll never hear about."

[esphorizon]

SICK!!

[beatyourselfblind00]

this is the best version that i've ever heard of this song! after the original version of course..

[Account091027]

dylan?

I think hendrix' version is the best I've ever heard. just heard it too many times...

[MUDSHARK111]

@Account091027 try larry mccray version here on you tube .never ever liked the song till i heard him put it into higher gear.

[ThomasFrG]

Fantastic voice...

[muddywood]

Shred Soul........I like it

[khamus00]

i dont like his solo'ing techniqe

is the same kind in every solo.. i dont mean a bad one but he should change a little bit :P

[crimsondynamoo]

Which part? The part where he quoted Hendrix' original solo or the part where he did his own thing and was amazing? Keep sitting in your bedroom criticizing others. When's your next open mic gig, jerfkoff?

[beautifulmusical]

I like that Kotzen plays covers his own way..... too many dudes rehashing the original riffs too much.

[MUDSHARK111]

Its To much. looks feel speed technique voice it not fucking fair.

[Sc00btastic]

I didn't realise Captian Jack Sparrow could rock like that!!!

[meganecromancer]

xd!

[HuntforMusic]

Lmao

[AnguiheroSolo]

this guy is.... the man...amazing

[dlowshitemister]

I don't care whether he is Jazz, Fusion, Blues/ Rock. Whatever. I know what he is. One BAD ASS S.O.B.! Does anyone else get the vibe that Ritchie Kotzen is what John Mayer wishes he could be.

[slapitman]

So glad I'm not alone on it, you read my mind.

[skleung]

i totally agree...i tell my friends who like John mayer, that Richie is basically John mayer on steroids LOL

such an awesome musician

[keithsa41]

don't compare John Wanna be Mayer to Ritchie Kotzen.. Richie is the MAN.. mayer ...the chump

[AndyVerok]

I really like John, he is as good in his own thing as Richie is in his own, both of them are true musicians just with a different style

[Peelick]

@dlowshitemister yea i agree with you....

[vomit1976]

@dlowshitemister  I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that about Mayer.

[Crazyswedish]

he just keeps on getting better & better,awesome performence.AMAZING FEEL!

[beautifulmusical]

Has he done any DVDs of his shows?

[booligan7]

Live in Brazil from 2007(or 2008?) is the only one that i know of.

[beautifulmusical]

Thanks. His videos on here sound kinda rough since we can't much hear the bass line.

[hardhatarea]

Awesome vocals here.

[arcangel6]

Amazing!

[sauceman17]

Awesome version!

Richie is one talented dude! This guy should be a huge star!

[Timmonsec]

He is... its just that hes really underrated on the commercial stage... on the jazz and blues guitar shredding world, specially on jazz, hes one of the most renamed guitar players out there...

[MelodicDreamers]

I don't think he is considered to be a huge name in the Jazz world. In the Solo Rock Guitar world maybe, but not the Jazz scene.

[Timmonsec]

Dude

1.- He has a lot of compositions, jams and tone for the music,

2.- He has played with Greg Howe, Frank Gambale, Chad Wackermann, among other (all of them jazz guitar heros)

3.- He is absolutely even more gifted in that area...

Check his entire stuff and youll be surprised

[MelodicDreamers]

Hey, He has done a couple projects with Greg Howe which isn't considered a Jazz hero, but a Rock Fusion guy. To my knowledge he has never played with Gambale which is another great fusion player. I actually have Kotzen's entire catalog. He is more of a Rootsy Blues/Rock guy. He did do a slight Jazz/Classical/Fusion project called Vertu. He did one solo album in the vein of the Kotzen/Howe stuff which would be considered fusion. I love Kotzen's music, but he isn't a Jazz guy by any means.

[Timmonsec]

Well good points but i never said hes a jazzy kind of musician... obviously theyre not his basis, but he is renounded on that escene, very, thats why he has jammed with such great jazz heros... anyway hes an overall fantastic guitar player with a beautiful voice... Sorry if i was misunderstood, but anyway you know some stuff, glad to talk to someone with music sense and knowledge... have you uploaded something live out of that catalog you have?

[arcangel6]

While I would agree with your assessment I'd just like to add that any guitar player that could stand on stage opposite the legendary Stanley Clarke is worthy of note.

[guiterry]

So far, the coolest cover of this tune I've heard.

[jasaggio]

i like the soulfull take on the rythym....great tone....and some kick ass burning that is sympathetic to the songs chords. great stuff

[Timmonsec]

House of Richies blues...

[Timmonsec]

2.30... chills--- great voice... way to go richie!!!

[Alzapur]

richie has a terrific voice. much like hedges, richie continues to push the limits of his musical creativity. makes me almost wish he would put down the guitar all together though and be a vocalist primarily. it's not that he isn't good on guitar. his guitar playing is superb. it's because of hedges unfortunate accident several years ago. being a guitar player makes you drive yourself to the edge of what is both safe and sane.

[BrianMorrison71]

LOL, Jack Sparrow! Much better than his old look in the 90's..

[aparisk]

who are the bassist and the drummer in this video??

[MrBluesmanJunior]

David Filice on bass and Demian Arriaga on drums ;-)

[mrhodes777]

For me the best rock- funky-blues guitar player on earth.

[BlindEyeJones]

Sounds like the opening to Beast of Burden -- he's been hang'in with the Stones too long.

[shredacuda]

incredible vocals, cool arrangment. killer ending lick.

[shredacuda]

orangesu78=tool

[zeal0us]

Captain Jack Sparrow on vocals and lead guitar...

[orangesu78]

Oh! He looks very tired.

He isn't powerful any more.

It's a pity.....

[MrBluesmanJunior]

You should take into consideration this was one of the last shows of the tour.

Apart from that, I bet that, at his 'worst', Richie still sounds about a 100 times better than any of us at our best. Including you.

[jorgepetrucci]

really nice! i was on that concert in SD, i actually was on the opposite side of the guy who filmed this, infront of the bassist :) it was great, the 3 of them played really awesome

[whytotty]

I think he was perfect....

[BrianMorrison71]

I think it is awesome.

[OwnedRL]

i dig this cover. i like what he did with the chord prog, and missing the 7th.

[Samakar]

Actually he's using a mi7th. for the I chord, and he's switching between a major and a sus4 chord on the bVI chord.

[shystylzyt]

Considering that the bVI is a lydian mode, a sus4 would be the last thing it is. Maybe you meant to say sus2 since he's moving between sus2's and add9's there.

[schuey999]

He's obviously a great player but I don't think he captured the spirit and mystique of this song.

[hlmguitarsaxman]

hes so awesome, he like was an insane shreedder in the 80s now hes really exciting, hes so awesome at singing

check out his soul band.... i think its called Wilson Hawk

[guitarman46464646]

i saw the concert they did at the house of blues in anaheim and i heard paul gilbert and george lynch before, both great guitarists but i've never really listened to richie kotzen and he blew my freakin mind away! great guitarist AND a great singer. he would be a perfect guy to go on a tour with gilbert

[publikaband]

One of the best!

[emesammet]

He rocks it all the way! Can't wait for may 2nd!!!

[88Divine]

A Legend..

[hmmmwhatever]

Awesome! I love it!

[hlmguitarsaxman]

my new fav guitarist!!!

[luvisacigarette8]

check out his Electric Joy album if you haven't. it's a guitar players paradise

[lozzano]

Agree with you. Severeal of my ever-favorite Kotzen tunes are there

[ckrjms]

I agree with exsgt33! Wake up America. Kotzen really reminds me of Prince here. I saw him play at HOB in Los Angeles on Feb. 28. So good!!!

[eviltilt]

h`is nr. 1... !

Odd from Norway

[exsgt33]

Kotzen is an amazing talent. WAKE AMERICA!!!!!