Guthrie Govan Improvisation with Fellowship

[NintendoSinceBirth1]

i love guthrie even more than he loves that mona lisa shirt!

[gpedraz1]

wtf!

[hihowareyouitsme]

i think he can play in any and every style ever now...

[Siggorillo]

@hihowareyouitsme He doesn't even play in styles anymore it seems like... he just plays music. It's so cool.

[Diakonov29]

3:22 his middle finger hehe

[H03Joe]

awweessomme

[TheRealrocker74]

2:30 the chicken!!!! FUCK YEA

[PGm0nkey]

I can't think of anywhere the Mona Lisa would rather be :)

[JEESherazi]

Is this just a jam or is there an actual name for the first minute part?

[CinemaVeriteSNM]

Guthrie hace cosas con sus dedos que van en contra de la física.

[TheNylonStrings]

"how about thi-"

:(

[AngelRiveroMusic]

dudes from other planets shouldn't come to earth and play guitar

[demytje]

Versatile

[radicalwerdsauce]

i bet he gets so much bum

[RazorDaveInc]

This guy hits to many right notes :)

[guitarsehole]

Love the trem flick at 1:18...subtle mastery!

[vaichild]

DAMN YOU VIDEO TIME so close to 4:20 joke 4:21

[raykostiainen]

Just amazing feel, phrasing, and control... wow

[johnnylifeson]

Killer !!!! I found another guitarist like Greg Howe !!!

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

wtf was 1:32? How do?

[johnjohnjohnnnn]

Definitely the idea of perfection in guitar playing.. Insane. Just plain insane...

[lfotmm]

Guthrie kicks so much ass that he got laid with Monalisa after all that.

[henryshomebrew]

@lfotmm As it turns out monalisa is a portrait of da vinci himself

[VHflyboy]

God, I fuckin love Guthrie Govan's playing. "the chicken" at 3:31 and the southpark theme 8 seconds later at 3:39. Who else would do that?

[simgeej]

@VHflyboy Who else COULD do that

[Fioremark]

Look at that high-hat....

[billytalentrocks10]

the video is 4:21 minutes long, -1 = 420!!

[zachjal]

@billytalentrocks10 Thank god. I was beginning to think simple math was evading the general public. Thank you for dispelling my fears.

[MsKrooster]

Was anyone else sorely disappointed when they discovered this was NOT in fact the Brian Blade Fellowship Band??

[rexasul]

@MsKrooster No.

[YAGGAAA]

@MsKrooster whats that... no

[philotze]

Now I want a monalisa tee

[chapkoark]

I wonder if he has a closet full of letters from artists begging him to join them...

[ishani859]

The messiah is back and now he's got a guitar with him.

[BobbyEshleman]

whats the name of the song with Govan harmonizing with the sax? The very first song.

[DemonBird]

@BobbyEshleman Seventh Heaven

[brickone999]

3:37 SOUTH PARK : D

[colouredfreeways]

holy shit, this guy is amazing, AHHHMAZING

[TheNuncFluens]

Guthrie is so cool that has Voldemort on the drums

[asoulfounddead]

He has feeling enough to let some wrong notes out, if posible..., but he doesn't.

[GuitarRoast]

single note phrasing is so much more realistic! Just look at Keith Richards. :-)

[gabarton2005]

Clearly Guthrie has ignored the "no smoking" sign on the door behind him.

[SEVENTHSON89]

@gabarton2005

what do you mean by that? Is he smoking or?

[algrand90]

@SEVENTHSON89

he is actually referring to the incredible talent guthrie was blessed with, in fact  smoking is an often used adjective to describe great guitarists

[MrNebelful]

@gabarton2005 ... no one says no to guthrie !!!!!

[JartBansen]

wow!! my guitar has 6 strings too!!!

[algrand90]

the best jazz fusion guitarist

[Dan1loBr]

0:35 he goes around his Wonderful Slippery Thing theme xD?

[dennoow]

@Dan1loBr It's the song "seventh heaven", hasn't got much to do with WST :)

[sanjaj83]

guthrie is like if JESUS playin guitar.. he has the divine touch

[GamerLandon]

3:36 it sounds like the south park theme song LOL

[misdirecteduk]

Whatever style - never a note out of place.

[Irideallamawithtoast]

He should be way more famous then what he is right now

[fmrat]

@Irideallamawithtoast he is getting famous everyday LOL the funny part is that when i asked him about it, he said "I have no control over that"... He doesnt really want to get famous!

[Mista117]

Ive met him!!!! and my tutor at college was taught by him ^^

[peterstrohm]

i just looooove his fingerstyle! and everything else in his playing, too.

[robsta974]

This is every thursday, A 15 min walk from my house and 4 quid to get in !

Thats proper value !! :0)

[Kingding6]

@robsta974 not a bad life man

[dzaijn]

@robsta974 15 years travel and 4 million quid would still be proper value

[IFulcrum]

@robsta974 Do they still play every thursday? In Chelmsford right?

[robsta974]

@IFulcrum Not sure as I hav'nt been for a while but will be going down there this coming thursday so I'll let you know. :0)

[Samprsguitar]

South park theme at 3.33!!

[brickone999]

yeah wright , you asshole... i' noticed it too !!! good for us :DD now let's all go and try to get at least as near as possible to this level of improvisation :)

[IsaacDeanMusic]

@Samprsguitar He's so happy with himself when he plays that!

[presvis20]

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[XxboVodxX]

Greatest jazz guitar player who isn't a black guy in the 40's and 50's.

[XAlphaZEROX]

It's like he's LITERALLY speaking with the guitar. Like how when we talk, we don't think very much about what we're saying, we just go with it. Guthrie does that very thing. It's so natural sounding and sounds like it's been rehearsed countless times but in reality, he's just making it up as he goes.

[totalcontrast]

I think that is Mike Caswell who is interviewing Guthrie....fair player himself actually.

[7immortal]

This guy is amazing ! looks like a dang spider dancing on his fretboard... lol

[TheAcidMetal]

just fun jazz 3:37

[Sagalusss]

he's using the power of his mona lisa shirt. fuck yeah

[rolybarone]

Es el Mesías que vino a mostrar buen gusto

[AyanRafique]

O_e

[youngun550]

2:20 my favorite part, so tight

[wandersonfcastro]

that's how Jesus would play guitar

[panamanian911]

i guess im buying a mona lisa t-shirt now.

[arsguitarrica]

1:34... that squeak is hilarious

[jemercury]

that Mona Lisa Shirt is a lucky charm.

[omatu1]

oh mai gash... he must be insane :d 

[spanktu]

does anyone know what the name of the first song is???

[Ronixis]

@spanktu It's called Seventh Heaven. You can find the studio version on "Guthrie Govan And The Fellowship - The Basement Club Band" record.

[OddworldMusic]

WAIT WAT, is the dissonant bit at 3:30 from southpark?

[BoogieEngineer]

Does anyone know what amp he's using in the first minute? Looks like a Roadhouse 30 head to me but I'm not entirely sure

[BoogieEngineer]

Drummer 2:22 "How the f#$@ can he do that?"

[feverlead]

lol perfect hand hes fucking good or not whether his hand is perfect or not

[arpeggios070590]

I wish the fellowship would come out with an album...that would be just as kick ass as Guthrie coming out with a new solo ablum...either way, if both happen, my library wont b without both of them...God bless 'em

[JoseStev]

@arpeggios070590 they did fairly recently but didn't work out well apparently so they weren't keeping. I think they might be giving it another go soonish.

[Sxrule]

@JoseStev Yeah I have that album, its awsome but the impact of seeing them live doesent come across, still good none the less!

[ecwicks]

3:00- 3:09 hes Amazed at what hes doing too. lol

[pierolivier111]

He wears that shirt all the time. He probably have several copies because it seems like it never gets old.

[Kingding6]

@pierolivier111 Its funnt looking in the sidebar thing and like half of the video tabs have him in this shirt lol

[shadowsong1]

his technique is so flawless, his note choice and phrasing so mature, evolved, musical, and different. you can hear a a little steve vai sometimes, some joe pass and a few others but he puts it all together so much more completely. I love to play and I think I"m pretty decent...advanced whatever but I feel MILES behind him.......I love to listen to alot of players but I really think right this minute, he leads the pack.

[D61664]

I love Steve Vai - Satch - Malmsteen ...but this guy is pure " MADNESS" !!!

[fanqueen]

La rompe este muchacho

[nclempark]

@TASGuitar7@ShreFever92Idk where ya'll are coming from with all this shit. I'm Just going to say that you have some misconstrued take on what i said. So fuck you...fuck you...and fuck you...i'm out.

[dingle1]

I had the privilidge of seeing the Fellowship twice at the basement. Paultry words like awesome, amazing etc just don't do them justice. One thought that I was struck by, was when we left. You realise you've just watched 5 of the greatest musicians on the planet for a fiver in a tiny little club amongst about 30 other people.

[Savatage420]

this guy needs to release more albums!!!!

[nclempark]

What the fuck is with ALL YOU TROLLIN ASS MOTHER FUCKERS ON YOUTUBE! I was just stating a fact. Having a certain type of hand can give you some advantages with playing any instrument. I was not by any means insinuating that Guthrie is good because of his hands. You have to be dumb as fuck to assume that and i guess my point is proven because some of you are dumb as fuck!

[ShredFever92]

@nclempark nah youre just a fag...

[metalhead326]

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[Whizzblitz]

Awesome, Guthrie's music is the Beauty andy the Beast in one mind blowing package! Anybody got the South Park reminiscence at 3:36?

Regarding the hands issue: It is true that everybody has different hands, but this should be viewed as individual sets of possibilities rather than limitings! Different people are capable of learning certain techniques easier than others. It can be useful to seek out licks that are more natural for your hands as a starting point, and find your own licks.

[truesound123]

What a pity I limited myself to metalstyle guitar playing when in actual fact all of this was out there which could have enhanced my metal playing

[Savatage420]

hes truely one of the best jazzy fusions style players....and he can improvis i think better than anyone else

[tburn66]

im getting lessons off him soon =] GG!!!

[immortalsoloist]

Its kind of weird when people compare John Petrucci and Guthrie Govan! They both are excellent in their own right! Petrucci is very out of the box and so is Govan. The way they express their musicality is different so learn to appreciate that and chill!

Enjoy the good music!

This is an awesome improv.

Cheers.

[mcchuff]

HOW CAN HE IMPROV THAT SHIT?! it takes me hours to compose something with even half the musicality of what he's playing and he's making it up on the spot and then forgetting it like it was nothing! GAHHH WHAT A GOD!

[Fr3etd4nc3r]

wish I had a normal lenght pinky :/

[Fr3etd4nc3r]

one question?...Guthrie plays lot of bluesy stuff....why the heck doesnt he sing? his voice sounds like he could do it....man,that would be MEGA

[NeckPickup]

one day he will pull a full rabbit out of the fretboard and not bat an eyelid.

[johnaiton]

@NeckPickup Indeed. Then some picky youtube bastard like me will say Paul Gilbert did it first.

lol. ya rly

[Nawa910]

this is killer!

[zooby11isbambam]

jesus, his musicality is off the charts! he knows exactly what to say and how to say with his instrument. honestly i don't care if you are the fastest guitar player on earth and you know every scale... if you don't play with musicality it doesn't account for shit.

[laza023zr]

@zooby11isbambam Damn right!!!

[ZEGO24x]

@zooby11isbambam -AND, he doesn't exactly suck in the speed department anyway!

[ShredFever92]

Guthrie Govan, Ron Thal, Shawn Lane..... best guitarists ever.

[ezequieles]

god I need to go there again!!!

[Kingding6]

@ezequieles Is it worth a trip to england?

[ezequieles]

for sure! It is worth every penny!! He plays as if being from a different planet!!!....

[Kingding6]

@ezequieles looks like its time for a eurotrip then!

[stanguitar]

This guy will never stop to amaze me.

[sild123]

where do you get these video? can i search it in utube?

[pinto4646]

tastiest shredder ive heard besides herring

[TheAndyLawrence]

@filipdinev1 Where did you saw that pedal in this video mate?

[filipdinev1]

@TheAndyLawrence Oh :D I opened too many tabs and I posted that comment... it's a mistake, cheers... :D

[nclempark]

@Andrexthor, where the fuck do you get off being an asshole to me man, why? Do you have some complex with superiority and get some sort of high by saying those things. I practice diligently every day for at least 2 hours, and play for about 4 hours. So go listen to so miles davis and chill the fuck out...Maybe a Zan-ex?

[roryrockssocks]

I swear that's Guthrie's favourite shirt! :P

[lighteningboy]

Improv? LOL

[paulynnex]

Does anybody if is he using the cornford roadhouse for his solo and adding some boost pedal? I am very interesting in buying a cornford roadhouse but i do not find any good reviews!!!

[guitarnoize]

@paulynnex check out Mark McGuigan's reviews and demos

[gmasterg13]

find a guitar that fits your grip and feels and sounds good and practice your fucking ass off to you want to throw it against the wall. play with a lot of different types of musicians and your on your way!

[nclempark]

@kingding6thats a good point maybe i have hope yet, i'm still young so i have alot of time to develp alot more dexerity and strenching capabilities, guthrie still has perfect hands for guitar. It is alot easier for him to do all of those crazy runs and tapping and freakish stretching as does holdsworth.

[tommie997]

@nclempark Thats bullshit its about how much will you have and practicing 4 hours a day is no where near good enough to be guthries standard.

[00Dakka]

@tommie997 honestly it's more about quality than quantity. I'm sure that guthrie played perposterous amounts of guitar, but he studied all the right things, transcribed all the time (and everything), and also TAUGHT, which had him playing for ages and ages every single day.

[andymcguitar]

@tommie997 4 hours of intense focused practice a day is good enough to reach guthries standard. it will just take a long time.

[Kingding6]

@andymcguitar I don't think so man, Petrucci said he practiced 6 hours a day all through berklee and his teenage years and he's fantastic, but def not at Guthries leval.

[AyanRafique]

@Kingding6 Haha you cant say that. Because John Petrucci has released some breathtaking albums that influence thousands and thousands of guitarists today!!

[mrpollack]

I love this vibe :-) I also use Cornford and love it :-)

[nclempark]

guthrie has the most absolute perfect hands for playing guitar. I'm so fucking jealous, their long and thin, but still have alot of muscle definition, a very flat and thick palm, a wide set thumb, and giant all together hands. My hands are just long and thin, so their are so many possibilities that people like guthrie and allan can do on guitar that i will never be able to do because of my hands.

[Kingding6]

@nclempark Shawn Lane had relativley small hands and he did things nobody has ever done, or ever will do for probly a very long time.

[cerelilqt]

@Kingding6 I was watching a video of shawn lane doing this insane stretching while I was drinking, I spat my drink over my laptop screen in shock.

[Kingding6]

@cerelilqt He tends to envoke that type of response

[Andrexthor]

@nclempark Stop bitching about your hands and go practice!!

[ShredFever92]

@nclempark wow you're a fag. guthrie's good just because hes fuckin good. not becaus eof his "perfect hands" if you had his hands, you would still not be good at guitar...

[Guitareben]

@ShredFever92 Why is he a fag? (the person you were insulting) Try and be nice, and help the world be a better place to be in :D

[Sxrule]

@ShredFever92 I have to say i agree with your first point, but guthries hand are abnormally big, and however you look at that, it helps in all manner of things!

[dchisey]

@ShredFever92 He's probably good because he practiced a ton, which all of us have the ability to do but don't. That shit is boring.

[TheCHILV]

@dchisey nah man i was in a masterclass with him the other day and he says that he never sat down for 3 hours and practiced a scale. he learnt everything by listening to records. and the reason hes fast is because hes been playing 25 years haha and he just developed the mind and finger strength to be able to do that

[xelad1]

@TheCHILV Well he never "practiced" in the traditional sense, but he definitely played a lot in his younger years (and probably to this day). Its like you said he used to spend lots of time transcribing, jamming to records/with musicians & reading music theory books to kind of put it all together. Essentially this is what were all trying to accomplish when we practice, its just most people don't like transcribing because its hard work. Guthrie definitely put many hours of "practice" in though

[metatronco]

@xelad1 Also how many of us REALLY listen to our own playing!

[zooby11isbambam]

@metatronco not many musicians realize that's the only way to reach the master levels of musicianship and, for most, is the only thing holding them back. if you just learn every run and scale perfectly then you're just a machine running scales all day. the day you start listening to your own playing is the day you understand where they fit and why they are important, and also, why they are not.

[vee125]

@ShredFever92 it has little or nothing to do with his hands, and most or everything to do with his beard. If we all had guthrie's beard, we'd all be fusion guitar gods.

[TASGuitar7]

@nclempark well build some muscle in your hands by practicing and stop bitching about how the people that have spent countless hours working on something are better at it than you

[NG21gt]

3:37-3:41 South Park

[guitarnoize]

@NG21gt much lolz

[hellookelly]

wish he would slow down and play something truly beautiful and tasteful already. Yes, guthrie, we know you are the best rock guitarist on earth...now please stop and take a look at yourself. Its time to play something that can make people cry and is so beautiful, we just dont know what to do with ourselves.

[TearTheRoofOff]

@hellookelly it will be interesting to see what crops up on his next album :P. In the meantime, however, I think these are quite moving performances:

Guthrie Govan and Andy Timmons playing 'Little Wing'

Guthrie Govan soloing on 'We Roll'

I'm aware you may have seen them already, and that you may also disagree :)

[kewl2006]

@hellookelly What if he doesn't feel like slowing down? I mean beautiful soulful music is one of my favorite kinds. But there is a mood for that kind of music, and there is a mood for in your face, bluesy, countrified, fusion-y shred, and I guess Guthrie is always in that mood. Who are you to tell someone else what kind of music to play? If you're not in the mood for this music then don't listen to it, and when you are, then listen to it. BTW, Eric and Uncle Skunk are beautiful in my opinion.

[TronicSpeedsta]

@hellookelly ....lol

[TheSpoonman00]

@hellookelly I've got three words for you. Cold...Winter...Blues.

Search it. Now.

[thegreatgarry]

tell me something that GG can't do ...

he's the best all around player right now ...