Melvin Taylor - Blues Comin' Home Baby

[fastsfingersfatjaws]

Whats up Melvin Taylor this is fatjaws

[jazzjanne1]

Awesome version of this tune!

[ianadels]

George Benson much?

[klo2421]

Very good

[thisisminorityrule]

this is amazing. blues has never been one of my favorite types of music to listen to, but i've always liked it. So i made a playlist on pandora and heard him. As soon as he started playing i decided i had to look him up.

[keroine9]

Someone tune that SNARE!

[tataso]

amazing performance !!

[roygift]

he gets a bit lost at higher speeds. 

[georgica303]

guitar's a little out of tune, but otherwise this is awesome

[cef988]

great thing !

[Vincejoecool]

@fretbuzz59 I was just saying everybody has their own style

[fretbuzz59]

Please...all those fast, sloppy licks don't mean much. And too bad he can't tune his gtr. I've watched 3 clips of him here...out of tune in all of them.

[Vincejoecool]

@fretbuzz59 quit hating he just playing

[fretbuzz59]

@Vincejoecool Here's an idea...quit acting like a dumbass with stupid, overused terms like "hater." I don't care for his playing, and people shouldn't be impressed by lots of fast notes. Expressing one's opinion is not hating. Nor is pointing out that his guitar is out of tune. That's a FACT.

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 I think you are just jealous. Melvin doesn't emulate any particular style. That's what some guitarists seem to do a lot. They find a genre, then feel they have to stick to that genre NO MATTER WHAT. I even find myself doing it. This guy just plays what sounds good to him. I find it quite tasty, the mix of jazz chords in between quick licks. The wah was my favorite, it was so smooth. Just my opinion.

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 So you can express your opinion, but when I express mine, I'm jealous? Why would I be jealous of someone who's playing I don't like? Your assessment is totally wrong. My favorites have always been eclectic players, like all the great guitarists on Steely Dan records, who mixed rock, blues & jazz, to today's jazz greats like Scofield, Metheny, Henderson, who bring a mix of influences to their playing. I find Melvin too flashy & lacking in taste, AND his gtr is out of tune.

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 Oh I wasn't serious about that haha I like Scofield too. If you find him flashy, then I'm sorry, I just see a guy who enjoys what he does. And no he is not out of tune. Your ears are out of tune lol

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 Glad you were kidding out the jealousy. I've seen that remark a lot by people who mean it. I hope you're kidding about the tuning, too. Listen to the descending chords at :19-:23. Yikes!

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 Not kidding about the tuning, but in a friendly way. I don't like to try and make enemies on the internet unless they are really idiots. The fact that you even made your way across Melvin Taylor and his music means you at least have some kind of good tast in music haha and yea I thought that sounded fine but then again especially when I listen to this tune I'm really more admiring the style and trying to absorb it than listening to the particular sounds.

Peace :D

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 "I'm really more admiring the style and trying to absorb it than listening to the particular sounds." Well, ok, but really...it doesn't require any real focus to hear that he's painfully out of tune. It's even noticeable on single notes! Take care.

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 Still don't notice haha. Maybe I'm just tone deaf.

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 Maybe, as I saw someone on Facebook post yesterday, you're "tone death". haha ;)

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 I would rather be tone "death" and listening to melvin taylor than have to put up with most mainstream music today....haha

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 Most of today's music is tonally and rhythmically dead. It's barely music.

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 Agreed. Particularly hip-hop. Since beginning to listen to guys like Hendrix who were extrememly open to a lot of new music a few years ago, I've been trying to listen to some new types of music that I don't normally listen to. Maybe I'm just an old soul inside. I just can't stand any of it.

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@fretbuzz59 By the way, I know it has been quite a while, but I came across this video again, and as it pertains to tuning, for the record:

I hear what you mean now. Haha.

[fretbuzz59]

@ZeppelinFan6980 Better late than never! ;)

[WrestlerFRK09]

"Ya!" haha thats really all u can really say after this

[dzaneh]

hell yeah!

[ios1970]

Just like Jimi Hendrix. Unbeliviable. I can't find any more words.....

[Takinos]

My Buddy.Melving Taylor.Melvin Taylor is one of the greatest guitarists in the history of rock, blues and jazz. He is reputed to be as good a rock guitarist as Jimi Hendrix, as good a blues guitarist as BB King and as good a jazz guitarist as George Benson. Anyone that has not seen Melvin Live they miss big time Imo

You can never be Tired seen Melvin play live.Fire works Guitar playing.Keep on playing hard Bud.Greetings from Your long time good Friend TAKIS.

[SRVMOE]

Until you have witnessed him live and in your face keep your criticism

zipped !!!!!

[preciousthing85]

I sat next to him on a 8 hour plane flight and had no idea who he was.. we talked the whole time though and he played with my kid.. hes a nice guy.. and now i see hehas skills. LOL

[rdmtb123]

wow wow and wow again!

[bossou5555]

this guy will give buckethead a run for his money

[jtomasik]

Wow. This guy kinda knows his way around the fretboard. lol

Kicks butt!!!

[aniagniech]

..beautiful...

pozdrowienia z Blues Club z Gdyniiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raphael0729]

What is with that part where his hand goes over the neck?

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@Raphael0729 It's kind of a classic gimmick guitar players have. It was really popularized by Jimi Hendrix who would often slide up the neck with his palm over the top of the neck then flip it around and descend back down. See tracks like Foxy Lady @ Royal Albert Hall and Fire at Woodstock. It's got nothing really to do with sound, it's just really sick, especially how fast Melvin does it.

[MarioMoreno]

thats sooo awesome! best blues guitarist ive seen in a while

[WhiteDwarf18]

Obama?:D :P anyway he has great guitar style...

[HectorTsolodimos]

i really like him

[FPMIII]

Wow, that's pretty funny, you just completely plagarized the Pandora bio for Melvin. Hysterical.

[garminpink]

Melvin Taylor is a star in Europe, but it may take some time for U.S. audiences to catch on to just how phenomenally talented a bluesman he is. Part of the problem for Taylor may be his own natural eclecticism. He's equally adept playing jazz or blues, but in the last few years, he's forged a name for himself as a blues guitarist with a slew of releases for Evidence Music.

[donottawaguitar]

nice guy plays like the wind

[donottawaguitar]

the king of blues

[V1nc3nc0]

@donottawaguitar

do you know Stevie Ray Vaughan,B.B. King,Eric Clapton or Robert Johnson? I don't think so ...

melvin taylor is a very good guitarist, but not as good as SRV,B.B. King,Robert Johnson or Eric Clapton!

[zenradio]

02:49 - 03:10 settle down Beavis

:-)

[crayhead]

Just saw Melvin at Poconos BluesFest...He's rediculous!!!!-----An incredibly great sounding SG-----How a Gibson should sound...

[Scorsese13]

the best

[zukk87]

I love how that man plays..

[Bluezking]

Cool tune.

Is he the son of a legendary Blues men?

[182AVA44bcr]

yeah got it now .. thx ;)

[182AVA44bcr]

can anyone give me the bass tabs for this, i need it for tomorrow xD

[WrestlerFRK09]

its not to hard, if u dont kno what he's playin, just jam over Gmi for 4 bars then go to Cmi or Ebmi for 2 bars, then back to Gmi for 2 more and after that its just Bb, A Ab, then back to Gmi.....SImple blues haha

[gpolenik]

can anybody give me the guitar tabs for this song?

[torturer6067]

learn it by ear, i dont think there are tabs on the net, maybe sheet music...its pretty straight forward stuff

[papatom609]

nice style, I have the same axe but it doesn't play as good as melvins.

[vosvolvlinders]

i saw him in belgium this sumer on a little festival, everybody was laughig with him, they don't know 'bout music, the concert was so geat! like his guitarplaying..!!

[torturer6067]

i saw him one year ago and he was a big disappointment. Constant guitar wanking. If its blues than play slowly and with feel. Seems like hes not the one as in 2000 or 2001 than he was amazing

[espresso50]

Melvin Taylor is one of my favorite guitar players and a good guy. I miss him on MySpace.

[BigMaxLeoParis]

yes miss him on MySpace too !

[ACUTEFAILURE]

Where blues and jazz come back together as one. Tis beautiful, to be sure.

[deepdiverlove]

Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[loremar2]

Simply great!

[toptech88]

this and in the mood were the first songs i played in my school jazz band and they were very fun, but the way this guy does it is unbelievable. it puts a whole new spin on the song!

[emericask8r420]

my jazz band plays this and it is very fun

[cdwelltodo]

He is possessed by the guitar spirits of Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, b.B. King, Carlos Santana... so many influences all blended into one. This is genius!!! How do you classify this type of talent???

[axiluss]

as one unbelievably underrated one. he's suuposed to play with f.e. Eric Johnson, but somehow he doesn't. and it's pretty sad

[cedmundsCTU]

I love the six string bass! He is an amazing guitarist.

[RiZsho]

I think te intonation makes him unique :D you gotta love his version of this blues standard! Melvin keep on rockin'!

[michaelpietzsch]

guitar bad intonated.... sadly but one of the best alive

[bubbabumpy]

I use to see Melvin Taylor in a little dive bar on the south west of Chicago ,it was called rosa's or roses?He is one of the best gutarists I've seen and I'm in the biz!

[DeSmetownescbc]

thats simply amazing.. great playing

[Lahed92801]

Holy crap O_O THIS IS AMAZING. WHY isn't he famous?

[cdwelltodo]

Heard he's with a new management team and they're putting things together.

[jjeffj008]

Shredded, jazz & blues in one guy. You desperately need some marketing Mel. I have followed you for years.

[andigalguitarmansg]

the best blues guitar player.. <3

[bram603]

one of the best there is....thanks melvin