"Ragamuffin" by Michael Hedges

[carnwath]

I love this , looking forward to more

[SuperDiatonic]

Quietly devastating!

[bluesmusiccat]

that 1:34 smile is like "wow - this is actually me playing this well!" - it is definatley a knowing smile.... You're really good Macyn!! wish I had half your skill! Keep going! :)

[elionolson]

I've been playing for 25 years. Thank you Thank you Thank you. You are incredible. Please keep posting videos. Where can I buy your record if you have one. MIchael Hedges is one of the best. He was my Jerry Garcia.

[TheRecremisi]

amazing version...i love this song...many and very compliments for you...

[Cavin8r]

Too robotic 

[callingeuterpe]

That is tough piece and you played it really well. I'm so glad you included the final airy, rolling chords. I've seen others leave them off.

[JJF10101957]

Authentic and Well done.Great Job!

[jellyproxy]

The tech is perfect, but where is the soul?

[RubensTNT]

Beautiful song but more beautiful Macyn!

...WOW!! I've watched many videos with you playing and let me say (as a guitarist) that you're just .... beautiful! simply..... YOU'RE COOL!! ..lovin'you..

[enilegnave21]

I wish I had a great teacher around when I was learning in a small central american township.

You are a phenom, but you must already know this! I'm mega impressed!!! I can tell that you, like me, would race home from school, drop your books, and take up your guitar-friend to make music the rest of the day, long after Mom... AND Dad... had called you down to a cold supper. ;-D

[soulgonerogue9]

This is one of the best I've seen and heard. Great job!

[lowbornCO]

It hard to believe that this is humanly possible! She is so good!

[cochise380]

C'est vraiment excellent !

J'adore !

[abovebiscuitcrumbs]

you played this beautifully. well done, really, well done.

[andyafco]

nicely done

[emonse]

WTF!....the spirit of Michael Hedges is in you!....great work

[DaveZnoise]

Fantastic!!

[VonNashman]

11/10. So f good. Beautiful.

[giztau]

カッチョイー！

[jacecrawford]

10/10 wow

[johnhorneguitar]

Great performance! You nailed it!

[tourist54]

awesome, young Macyn,

You just did it right exactly as HE would .. or is it case of reincarnation I'm looking at ?

:-)

[mischahedges]

Nice rendition!

[3yamada]

very cool !!!

[hammer5475]

Just killer!!! I found your vid by mistake and really enjoyed it. Saw Hedges live way back when I was touring colleges, good luck with your endevours I'm sure you will do great!

[shredmunga]

wow! :)

[bathory1234567890]

Good flow and stroke!

[sonny1597]

Yes, very nice performance .. Thank you.

[jeffsech]

@1dionysius: I think she's smiling cause she's thinking of Stropes' advice about not breaking her thumb on the neck tap. ;-)

[Homertoeclipper]

Perfect, stunningly perfect.

Thanks for a great performance.

[hmurrieta]

Great work, I really enjoyed your rendition.

Cheers!

[petiteJulschy]

3 people need a hearing aid!

[TheTessTube]

Wow, this is great! You really cinched it! Beautiful!

[ThrashRoC]

great playing !

Martin guitars are AWSOME 

[schuey999]

This is dead on. Love it.

[togue777]

Kaki who? This is dead on. Pretty scary, I think shes haunted.

[bluesbros1]

Some of the best playing I've ever heard

[MrBadAssBoy123]

eddie van halen, yngwie malmsteen and steve vai tried to played this... and failed hard!

[sexynat50]

Holy moly! You rock!

[Mytcho]

so beautyful...!

[BrikSwoony]

MACYN !!! You've got Michael Hedges spirit in your Fingers girl ! Bloody Awesome sweetheart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sherryazaz]

WOW!!!!!

[nednedford]

You actually sound like Hedges...Great!

[keithmurraymusic]

man I love this version of Ragamuffin. Macyn Taylor you are already a phenomenal player and I look forward to seeing your guitar skills blossom, peace!

[Paboll]

Congratulation, girl!

[belalakaperal]

the smile at 1:34 is the "yeah, i'm the shit" smile

[hip142]

@belalakaperal i was sooo thinking that too lol

[itrombe]

Not as much heart as Brian Carlson's (IMO), but extremely well done!

[neibobber]

oh boy heres that girl again,,yea kickin ass with such strenghth yet graceful and subtle..better then most musicians ive seen ...congrats and hope to support you someday..ill watch milwaukee area music scene.is that your home area??jn

[guskuzel]

bravissima!! stupenda esecuzione, notevole studio. Ammirevole e dolcissima!

[jaegerhund]

very good

[FenderDude107]

Macyn > bieber

[SamuelZeitler]

WOW this was ENOURMOUSLY GOOD! i dont even know how to spell the damn word but WOW!!!!

incredible good work!!

[awwwyeaboyeeee]

Well done!

[rma913]

Wow...accelerated beings all around us. Great effort.

[MrFinger8r]

Really well done Macyn, I am soooo impressed. As a guitarist who plays in DADGAD on a regular basis, I know how difficult that song is to play and you just nailed it. Good on you Dahlin, you just made my day! I wish you all the best in your career as a musician. :-)

[bbilltthompson]

Sounds even better than Hedges's live version.

[bayokat0905]

O.K. - enough said - you obviously are very talented. Now we want to see some of your own compositions ... and then of course your own CD!

[learnaboutim]

Beautiful work...this is a wonderful rendition of a great song...im impressed!

[RockStudio2]

You make this look so easy!!! I know... the harder you work, the easier it gets!! All the best~ Rick

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

awesome

[epiphysis]

Watched again. I'll be your husband if you'll have me.

[epiphysis]

I'd be smiling the whole time if I could play any hedges song half as well as this. Great work Macyn.

[EricGlass1]

Probably the best rendition of this I've seen/heard. The chorus especially is very clean. The slaps are tight, without a lot of the incidentals that are present in most of the performances of this song, just sounds really clean and exact.

[lekgringo]

Yeah, you got there! Congratulations!

[chasmd]

I knew Michael when he lived in Baltimore and I would say that he would be excited & proud to hear your rendition of his piece. You OWN this....Excellent Job,

[Deusexmachinamusic]

I can see a smile just waiting to burst onto your face all the way through! Really enjoyed it, its definitely not an easy song to play, that chorus riff takes excellent coordination to get it right. :D

[oracledeveloper]

Outstanding! I tried playing this tune once and broke two fingers :(

[johntwilkins]

No offense, but you seem so young... I used to sit in the front row at Michael's concerts, and he was such a sweet and unassuming guy. I'm very happy to see to see that people have taken up the mantle. He was truly gifted.

[vahalexandr]

Yeeeee)

[eissaam]

You are doing GREAT...just let go...let it take over...let your body go...and your smile...let it go...look at the guy himself!

[jakebangswilliams]

Every time she cracks a smile you can tell how much she enjoys it.

[dad492]

I've been a fan of Hedges since the 90's. I've listened to several renditions of Ragamuffin. I truly think that this is the closest to MH's original album recording I've ever heard. Please keep up the good work! :)

[Don10eg]

so simply incredible ! completely upside down ! upset as it used to say by now.

[PerpetualLifecycle]

I'm just as old as this chick and play electric guitar, but i'm not half this talented!

Lovely harmonics... which Martin guitar is that?

[jingmo]

Awesome! Amazing cover Macyn!

[ariapro2wildcat]

amazing ! awesome ! cover !! i want to marry you ahahah anyway thanks you !

[timmyjbone]

heck yea way to goooo!!!!!!!! Very well played RIP MC we love you

[JsRacingS2k]

This is so good, I love how younger players are still inspired by MH and continue to learn his music...

[MrBoilermakerntl]

Maycyn This is one of the best renditions of MH I have heard yet. You play so clean and crisp. One of the most important things with Michaels playing style is his silent muting of strings(the ones that other players let ring) and the clean pull offs, and it sounds like you got it down.Keep it up. But don't be holding back those smiles. (you earned them)

[adihaz2]

i like that littel evil expretion at 0:54 and 1:54 :)

[MrMusicman1969]

Maycn, I am a guitar teacher and long-time MH fan, and I just want to say, Brava, madame! This was always one of my favorite tunes by him and you have inspired me to learn it! Your rendition was just beautiful. I teach a guitar class at a local high school and it is probably 2/3rds girls.. I plan on showing this to my class tomorrow. God's Peace and God bless Michael Hedges!

[MisterSheePz]

damn she can play...

[TheRealAndyMcKee]

Awesome!!!

[plod]

Great job!



[dononeworld]

what 2 haters disliked this?!?  This is great!

[Jewelrydude]

I may not know you, but I'm proud of you just the same.

Great Job!

[adihaz2]

i love how the tuners spark to the groove :)

[Stckmand]

Macyn....you rock. The best is ....it looks like you know it ;-).

[vmazzetta82]

wow... just wow..

[Jewelrydude]

Wow

I was worried about Hedges music fading away. but NOT :)

That sound-Isn't that a Martin?

Super job

[a30w11w53]

After watching this performance I'm feeling really inspired to learn this piece but I'm wondering how much punishment my HD28V will tolerate before something untoward happens...?!

An altogether beautiful, mesmerising piece played with such consumate ease and I love the way you get the percussive section and make it seem so easy.

A University for fingerstyle guitarists eh?...that was never on the agenda when I went to school...

[bobsolderbrother]

thank you Macyn love Michaels Music now for 24 years and you really do it justice.

Wonderful.

[zakclaxton]

Amazing job on this Michael Hedges tune, Macyn. I also started on guitar when I was seven, and I wish you all the joy its brought me in the many years since.

[older7P]

That was , fantastic love your smirk when you know u nailed it,great detail

[smartti1970]

best cover.. just amazing beautiful no words.. at 2.20 is magic sweet soft touch..

what an acouplished musician...

[jazzpsalti]

Macyn's been tearin it up! Great cover

[DreamersEmpire]

Oh this is great! I have been watching anyone willing to do Hedges for years and I'm always shocked to see new videos this good. You also punctuated some pulls very nicely. Do more Hedges :)

[spacecowboy2k]

YEAH MACYN! AWESOME!  It's obvious you really worked hard at it. TREMENDOUS!

[ob1ob123]

love it!

[babs4TLove]

Love your playing and especially this new style for you! Keep on posting!

[intomuse]

Nice how your feelings for the work drifted away at the closing of the piece, as if in a place where the sound of the music was the only thing in the universe, a closing reminiscent of David Crosby's gentle "Guinnevere" on the landmark disc 'Crosby, Stills & Nash'. I guess that's why we play music. It just takes us from here to there...tom.c., kenosha.

[rickittatin]

Rock on, girl!

[AlbertMustang]

Very very very good. Really well done to you. I have been slaving away at this song for well over a year and i can't play any where near as well as you. Brilliant!

[pachamama206]

Excelente!!!!

[IIIISolidSnakeIIII]

Perfect!

[milkyBK370]

Fantastic.

[olmmbill]

Totally awesome. Great technique and feeling expressed in your playing.

[staffansvahn]

That was fantastic Macyn!

Best regards

Staffan

[kabukabuwanwan]

Very nice:)

[sleepydood]

Beautiful, Macyn. Well played, well paced, well felt. Thank you.

[Xcalith]

Some light bounces of her tuners that makes a really cool effect.

[bertbouw]

That was excellent!

[JesseMathews]

wow fantastic performance went to my favorites !, you done this tune with all the little nuances, 5 stars Macyn :)

[121jigawatts]

Fantastic in the first 3 measures. I knew it was going to be special from then on!

Awesome playing (I admit my bias to Hedges here, but....that's ok. I think everyone has one of those!).

[Larsonhoopes11]

This is great

[CFLanger]

That was a real treat to hear. Thanks, I listened twice.

[BryanRason]

great playing

Bryan