Michael Hedges - Because It's There

[bigden229]

HOW THE F&%K CAN YOU SAY THAT IS NOT TRUE TALENT ......GODS GIFT TO WHAT MUSICAINS AND MUSIC SHOULD BE

[lonewarrior69666]

Way more classic! The new harp guitar by andy sucks, this one sounds way more authentic! !1913 or something!

[Mechelkip]

yay, now i can do on hand harmonics too :D

[fredrikolsson]

@Kornd0g8 spot on.

[Manuipe]

Crystal sound!

[chrisghorton]

Harp guitars are so badass. Too bad Hedges was dead when I was 11, I woudl have loved to see him play :( Aw well at least we still have Andy McKee rocking the h-guitar

[Cavin8r]

@chrisghorton He died when I was 2... And there's tons of others like McKee, try Trace Bundy/Joseph Stotzem/Michael Waters (but not much good stuff of Waters) and Don Ross :)

[malafaze]

OMG......yes i agree michael hedges best guitarist ever.

[gypsyqueen1964]

I had never heard of Michael before today. Its so sad. Its like finding your best freind and then loosing them all in one day. ; (

[Cavin8r]

@gypsyqueen1964 Try Andy McKee - Friend I Never Met... great song, tribute to this song, same tuning and everything.

[KamenRiderNecro]

Whaaat?? He died?? Damn...what a pity! This is an enchanting piece that really opened my mind to this kind of thing when I was a teenager back in the 80s. I love those harp string notes. RIP, Michael, and thanks for the music.

[savemyplaylist]

@KamenRiderNecro

Yeah he died, drove right off a cliff here in CA

[artiscool79]

Best guitarist ever!

[frenchyalex]

I'm going to crash and burn my f....g guitar and just after that, kill myself ! What a monster...one of the best guitarist ever...Too bad he left us...

[gypsyseagod]

another dead friend- why do we always lose the good ones??????????

[randomstuff3201]

If I could play such awesomeness, I'd be smilin' too...

[paoao]

yes he did, and that's part of becoming a great artist. stop making music a contest coz its not. they're all great, thats it.

[movin2israel]

Right on bro. Andy McKee doesn't compare to Michael. Not even close. Andy got his ideas from Michael. So did many other great guitarists.

[JackFlemingFan]

Excellent!

[fatboyz4202000]

My friend turned me onto Andy Mckee. I'm gonna show him who he should be listening to.

[ruckerd2324]

Tell ya one thing. It was this guy Hedges that inspired Andy Mckee and most of the guys on candyrat , so without you knowing that. You are quite accurate in telling your friend that! And I couldn't agree more! I saw Hedges live at least a dozen times . His untimely death was tragic to all us guitar players that he influenced. Trust me though... Andy is no slacker! The boy has talent galore! RuckerD

[fatboyz4202000]

I saw a video from McKee live playing 'the friend I never me' he announced that it was about Hedges and that he regretted not getting to meet him. That's when I found this video. I see where Andy got the inspiration for the friend I never met.

[jkshoujk]

Hey! You guys should be listening to both ;)

[IKevBot]

As a piano player I have hardly ever really enjoyed guitar, mainly because ive not listened to much acoustic stuff, but this just blows me away, its phenomenal. I've never compared them, and I never will. But if I ever had too, with this in mind, it would be close :P

[TREJ66]

saw Michael with Leo Kotke *(sp) at the Warner Theater in DC mid-80s.

absolutely amazing show

RIP

[mmorpgczar]

he utilises all aspects of this guitar so wonderfully it brings a tear to my eye that this man has passed. i just hope andy mckee can play as good as this man one day

[tcthomas40]

lol... i got all kinds of flames on a mckee utube vid for saying something similiar.. there simply will never be another Michael Hedges.. and apparently trying to compare them isnt cool.. whatever.. Mckee is great and all.. but MH speaks to me.. he always considered himself a composer first.. wasnt using amazing technique to impress you.. it just happened naturally... miss this guy so much

[ehsanul]

andy mckee also thinks of himself in the same way, as a composer first, not using fancy techniques to impress, but to play music. not flaming you, just saying :)

[gking407]

My parents used to play his albums on vinyl(back in the day) and I always loved the music but never paid much attention to the man playing it. Now that he's gone I feel like he was stolen from us too soon. Andy McKee's song called "Friend I Never Met" couldn't be more poignant. I think I know how he feels.

[jelangton80]

coolest instrument in the world

[ehsanul]

Yeah, I want one so bad... But they're way too expensive :(

[Tman4000]

Around 3 grand....damn it...

[ehsanul]

Yeah, and I just bought my first acoustic guitar for $130, having played electric for so long, so $3000 or even half of that is way out of my league. Great value for money though, Kona K1E.

[Tman4000]

Hope you stick with this path, Hedges style. It's so much more rewarding.

[ehsanul]

Yeah, I have been sticking with it for almost two years now.. Practicing on my electric or friends' acoustics cos I've been too cheap to get my own acoustic! Haha! But it's great that I have my own now. Learning Aerial Boundaries currently :)

[jkshoujk]

I also find it pretty impressive that his dreads don't end up muting the harp parts! xD

Sensational player, RIP

[Bass5el]

I really miss this man.

[just6822]

I love how much he enjoys himself

[MetalAddict247]

One man emanating shockwaves of pure emotion.

Pure bliss!

R.I.P Mr Hedges

[cutiemac]

he isnt playin

[antiserialist]

You serious?  Yes he bloody-well is!

[pappsmeere]

Nice.I wish I could have seen this man live.

[McMinnManiac]

This guy was just intense ,reminds me of being in a planetareum for some reason , Trippy stuff

[GuyNextGen]

must be adny mckee's inspiration for his song 'friend i never met'

[xantheman0120]

Yeah it is. Andy McKee picked up where Hedges left off. they're both great. i love this song! it's amazing what one man can do with a guitar!

[Hobejo]

and a harp. ;D

[lintball]

wow..this is incredible..look up "IDIBITS" by Bob Kilgore..it's a song he wrote about michael hedges..it sounds very similar

[maxgrant]

I saw this video, or a video of Hedges playing this song, probably about the time this recording was made. It had a profound impact on my playing and I was a fan of his from then on. I've yet to see a guitar player quite like him. Learning of his death was devastating.

[fappriut]

divino!

[DanteJoseCuervo]

Rest in peace man, you are one of my heroes man!

[pascalorie]

FYI:In late 1997, Hedges died at the age of 43 in a car accident along California State Route 128 in Mendocino County, near Boonville (about 100 miles northwest of San Francisco).He was driving home from San Francisco International Airport. His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120 foot cliff. Hedges was thrown from his car and appeared to have died nearly instantly. It was a few days before his body was found.

Sad isn't it?

[Thirdgen83]

Rest in peace, Michael...

[STICKSnSTRINGS]

Interesting how his right hand never conventionally plucks the 6-string guitar during any part of the song. He either taps or does pinch harmonics.

[lazur1]

Is that a helpinstill piano pickup?

[bluemacdaddy]

the lead guitarist of the pumpkins played one in tonight tonight,in the video in any case i love waching michael playing,so much feeling pure class

[rocknrollfingers]

symphony HARP GUITAR

[AnthemForOne]

The instrument is called a "harp-guitar."

The one time I saw Hedges play live, he had an electric one with a whammy bar...he called it a "whammy-harp." Brilliant, poetry in motion, music moving beyond description...but Hedges was also a great story-teller and comedian onstage. Uncommon. Uncommon.

[guitargem1223]

Beautiful music. Does anyone know exactly what that instrument is?

[therealkingfuse]

i believe it's a harp guitar, couldnt tell u the make the i have no idea.

[Rocinantex1]

The harp Guitar

[mwhdvm]

PART 2: There's a poster with a bunch of Japanese signatures of a team who went up to find Naiomi Kirasawa's body - the famous Japanase explorer who climbed many of the world's biggest mountains - but sadly died on Mt. McKinley. This song Michael is playing, "Because It's There" was written for a movie about Naiomi's life.

[mwhdvm]

PART 1: If you're ever in the small town of Talkeetna, Alaska, you've got to stop in at the famous Talkeetna Roadhouse and checkout the climber's posters on the walls. It's the place most people stay before the are flown out to attempt to Summit Mt. McKinley.

[arrow23]

car crash...such a shame

[imapyro696]

how did he die? cancer?

[erikmongrain]

This song changed my life in so many ways..

[imapyro696]

i hear that... when i first heard it i was mezmerized...its just such an amazing song. no words, just really ambient, great music.

[tommyk77]

this tune is amazing! wat a shame. didn't get the chance to see him live

[anhzor]

sham he pass away

[mtfine]

Miss, you, your music lives.

[nnoobbooddyy1234]

Michael Hedges is amazing. End of story.