Ed Alleyne Johnson Sweet Child Of Mine

[koskapiano]

slash on the violin :)

[LIGHTNICK625]

Who come noone taught you to shut up and stand in attention when you witness this?

[jamster251]

Ah, 240p!

We meet again!!

[copavida]

Genius...

[TLPhoto1]

Man that is so talented - and what a fabulous instrument!

Ed - come and play in New Zealand and let me do a photo story on your visit!! I'm a photographer living near Wellington and would love to cover it.

[hawt4pancakes]

Ed you fucking beast

[storm1110]

Freakin EPIC!

[TheTephgirl18]

Brilliant! This is amazing. He plays the electric violin in the same genius way that Jimi Hendrix played the guitar!

[kcp77777]

Ed,

cover Maggot Brain...

It would be SICK

[KurisuKurai]

This is pretty sweet :3

[kevindn41]

wtf? i have to constantly remind myself its sweet child o mine otherwise im "wtf is he playing?" SUXXX!!!!!

[sidneykylebowman1]

@kevindn41

Do better then.

[MrPhotoshop101]

That's sick

[hihowareyouitsme]

i wanna see him play live with The Who and play the end solo of Baba O'Riley

[tpstrat14]

holy shit... this shit if so goddam sick..... i shat myself hearing this...

[eatnwild]

hey he looks like jesus....... who knows?

[Betty761]

it's juste so amazing what he made with this violin..........look like a guitar!!!!

I love what he play !!! (sorry for my english if it's no good, I'm french!! lol)

[Spankabuttux]

@Betty761 Never apologise for bad english- about 95 percent of us speak only english. My French is just "Je regard le Rolling Stones" from a very old schoolbook. Although we did once learn "I le ne le devine enfant"(sp). We should apologise to you for not even trying to learn a second language.

[mmtigan]

@Spankabuttux No one should have to learn French... Well, actually, no one should have to learn Swedish, but... whatever.

[pingu1994]

i have met him and shook his hand :)

[UsedBananaBox]

he plays it so perfectly. he even shreds on certain parts. really good and cool :)

[theswaggerist]

Dudes a violinist...who is more hardcore than most guitar players. Truly original

[VIIRise]

yeah thats right ppl in the background you better stop and appreciate his talent.

[Sirlie08]

i love him

[ronaldkoffski]

his violin looks cooler than my guitar....

[guanato92]

how!!?!!

[tripfaggable]

@guanato92 loop pedals and talent

[meNtor890]

copyright infringement? damn u suck. so what if guns n roses made the song? he's just spreading music and joy. he's not saying "I wrote the song", he just plays it. and ofc he plays his own version so it's all good.

[kevincostnermyhero]

Fuckin' brilliant!! And his sunglasses rock too, lol. :)

[JLFC14]

I'm from Chester whoooooh

[dziebuszadziedym]

Owned that song totally!

[chrisrocks1235]

this guy takes music and makes it into something beautiful, such that it cannot be described with words

[lilredpunkette]

fucking amazing :)

[megmmy]

great!!!

[coldlmy1]

wow dude good job ..

[Netantix]

he actually makes it sound like an electric guitar in places - simply amazing. I am very impressed.

[Daftbananana]

5 strings??? WHAT?

[talldiesel]

@timothybsiger thats his interpretation of the song, hes not trying to replecate the song exactly

[timothybsigler]

I'm sorry what song was that supposed to sound like? I love his violin playing, but it sounded nothing whatsoever like the song.

[LordNazgulKing]

@timothybsigler Are you trying to sound unintelligent? The brilliant thing about Ed Alleyne Johnson is that he can take a well known song and make it his own.

[happymand]

@timothybsigler Ha I love how you say,"what song was that supposed to sound like?... It sounds nothing like the song." sounds to me like you really do know but ur just trying to be a troll.

[kroulkane]

@timothybsigler so you have never heard sweet child of mine? go listen to that song and tell me if the riff sounds ANYTHING SIMILAR to this

[Keysforjourney]

these people around are looking like "what the heck"....this is magic!

[DoctorSweets]

Six people were dropped on their heads as children... and have never heard of Guns 'n' Roses...

[dichotomy14138]

@DoctorSweets a lot of people in my school haven't even heard of guns n roses. and yeah i live in america so the ignorance just stripped me of my faith towards my generation.

[fullstrutn]

5 strings eadg what??? that is amazing!!!!

[lilwill3104]

omg, he made it with a kitchen knife?  EPIC!

[1brotherAC]

this guy is insane, i would love to see him live

[PINALITAS]

Esse cara é fera top muito bom ta d parabens

[BathoryRequiem]

WAW

[pianotuner0]

found him again in chester after doing tour of york.sepember 2010 .very nice chap very talented and very down to earth.go have a chat with him...due to be on tv soon keep a look out and the other guy in chester is andy with the semi accoustic guitar soz andy......

[coldfury8]

loving the purple shades :D i wish i could play violin and sound half as good as him :P

[pianotuner0]

where is ed havent seen him for 18 months very nice chap enjoyed a chat with him very tallented.missed in chester we have just dave on semi accoustic guitar he has not seen ed either

[peacenikkie]

Discovered him on LastFM Can't get enough!!

[RoboTekno]

epic

[GarlandFraser]

this guy doesn't play his instrument, he makes love to it.

[sclerocarpets]

It'd be funny if his string thingy got stuck in the railing above him

[sticknthemud1]

@sclerocarpets ...seriously..get the fuck out of here....

[evaaldana]

maravilloso !!!wowwww

[finkployd4658]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

[sk8r2000]

Saw him today, finally on a stage for the Chestival, and then later on in this very spot :D

[HunterGN]

I want see this guy play live so freakin bad

[sk8r2000]

@HunterGN

Come to Chester or York, he normally performs there :D

[HateHateHateSuckSuck]

I wish I was a rich man so I could shower people like this with money every day. You make my days better, the skies bluer, and the sun brighter. I wish you nothing but health, love, and a ridiculously long life.

[ILLEG4L21]

@HateHateHateSuckSuck get a fuckin life

[BezzasMachinimas]

I just saw this guy on saturday and got his newest album. hes epic!

[jakeraiseborough]

i love this guy he highly talented and i have never really cared mush for violin but i can listen to this and just smile cause he is just brilliant. i may even go down to york to see him play.

[lexichronicle2]

@jakeraiseborough York is kick ass. Ed fits in well there.

[lionfang12]

freaking amazing, this guy has GOT to go on some kinda talent show.

[flowerdove2168]

Kick AAA~AASS!! Man, dude...you should have recorded the applause, too...you KNOW there's some comin' after THAT amazing performance!! Flawless. Love ya', Ed-ster>>>

[zimzaderk]

**** the guy who says music copyright infringement, greendayaremyheros is f n right music is music its meant to be remastered learned and composed upon changed in your own image while keeping faith to the original masters of the song.

[mean440]

which cd is this song from? id like to buy it since its been stuck in my head for nearly a week now

[mean440]

which cd is it that he released that has song on, its been stuck in my head for nearly a week so if anyone knows could you tell me the name of it so i can buy it

[DANGEROUSchicka]

WoW!!!

[frankns]

Please check out a video I posted of Ed on frankns

[garglingcatfish]

saw this bloke today in york fantastic...

[PeterObi]

the violin is such a beautiful instrument.... almost makes me want to let my guitar go and pick one up lol...

[CRFhonda13]

Fuck me! That's better than the original! Haha! :)

[Val0n]

where do i get tickets?

[KazzaTV]

That made me high O.O

[friendofsyd]

greetings from flagstaff az , dude you are amazing, brings tears to my eyes .  Awesome

[iluvcats59]

sweeeet!

[Dorito95]

the Slash of violinists!

[rafal48]

that's heavy man, respect!

[FlabbyCelt]

Rather like it....

[blackjack2722]

oh man! he's a god at this! my mom is gonna buy me 1 of those cant wait till i get it XD!!!!!!!

[sct73]

@blackjack2722 Your mum aint gonna buy you one of those! Ed carved that violin himself with a kitchen knife!!!

[ecosnipers]

Ed is amazing, he was playing in York last year and I got him to sign my CD....

And for the noob that says on video "do him for copyright2 you cant because he has "Remastered" the song, because it is his own writing of the song there is not copyright infringement !

[rogueangel2k]

wow......... umm.......... wow

[CadillacMatt95]

It's amazing how he makes the violin sound like guitar shredding

[4yalltube]

i been hear a lot of version of this song, this is defintly one of the best!

[scaryvisionary1]

Ed was the first guy i saw using delay pedals to loop back in the day when he was touring with new model army. He was really cool and showed me and a few buddies what he was doin after the show.he was using the yellow digitech delay to loop back then. looping has sure come a long way.

[greendayaremyheros]

that is fuckin awesome

[tagel55]

love this man and his music -- bought two of his albums 20 years ago perhaps and lent them to a cousin and never saw them again -- was sooooo f'n pissed off... One was colours but I can't remember the other one -- I only heard it once...

[kjcsk8r]

Chills....

[duncanius]

I'd like to know what pedals he uses to get that guitar distortion tone. I've never been successful getting a good sound on my electric violin.

[meidinperu]

What would think Slash about it??? !! Ed u are absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crewka]

Well, given Slash hates this song, I don't think he would be amused...

[wegeling]

Waiting for you in the netherlands, LEGEND

[m0ngm4n]

Waiting for you in Denmark!

[ikutololita]

whaaaaaaa he's coming to gentse feesten but I'm on vacation !! aaahhh hate it, I wanted to see him sooo bad ='(

[txupsullivan]

vaya cover buenisimo eddy

[bruntonblue22]

waiting for you in york, LEGEND !

[Harostan]

When will he be in New York?? D:

[bluefire427]

just york.

the original one.

[garishjam]

When will he be in the original york? I would travel the 40 miles to hear him!

[GayGayGayGirl]

please come to philly!! u rock

[HIGGLEFORTTOPALIS]

B E A S T

[malvaron]

he is the coolest rocker ever :P

[scoobyonline2000]

this man has talent....one of the best covers i've heard/seen so far for this song.... amazing...

[AGJTony]

I wish i would play half as good guitar as you play violin*awesome!!

[Sly49LOL]

insanity nothing like him!! love it! never have i heard something so amazing in my life!

[ItalianStalion1991]

I didnt know it was possible to shred on the violin!! This was GREAT!!

[ninjafinity]

freaking awesome use of effects.

[laurenriethoff5675]

I like this version even more!

[MajorMarth]

This is badass on so many levels

[Nagikama]

In fact, I'd go so far as to call it Dangerously badass ^^

[hayat1811]

amazing!

[Sumner113]

This guy rocks. Awesome.

[sonnyjimm]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WOW shit thats awesome favourited

[SNOOPLOTTY]

he rocks!!

[XxKiBax]

thats tight

[hmunkey]

This guy is amazing!

[bambangpamungkas]

who said violins are for gals?

[SGwizard1]

probibily a guy lol

[scoobyonline2000]

your probably right....

[Kamizilla]

I'm probably going to start saying prob-a-billy instead of probably now...

[umpalumpa2oo7]

WOW, that's awesome

[rebeccawilde]

Got to love Ed! :)

[lateintheday2007]

Whoa!  He rocks the violin!

[rjjrbrem]

lol he never carved his violin with a kitchen knife

[hmunkey]

yeah he did.

[thardus]

that's

:O

wow!

[TheZorroWithin]

this rocks! omg he is immense!!!

[numpty1972]

Philip Glass or Michael Nyman should really hire this guy! Or Hawkwind!

[yorksingingsensation]

He has toured with New Model Army back in the early 90s check out their Vagabond material thats Ed playing

[yorksingingsensation]

Ah Ed my favourite York busker. Ofen see him as I head into and out of town centre. Always stop for 5-10 minutes just to hear him. Great guy and friendly too.

[kuroiblack]

wow thats cool! wish i cud be like him in my own neighborhood O.O

[OGoncho]

I saw this guy playing today in York near the City Screen cinema and he was fucking excellent. Going to buy a few of his albums right now.

[DasGreenCow]

I'm going to go to York just to see this guy live

[kshitijuy]

respect!

[wegeling]

hes my idol

[MiraMcB]

BTW, we weren't able to find his CD's in our local U.S. stores, but found him on Rhapsody, so we could at least buy the individual cuts. He has a really elegant collection of pieces he performs.

[brendonlpiche]

this has to be i think the greatest player around bar none.

[MiraMcB]

As if you could remotely do what he does.

Wanker.

Greetings from the U.S.

[rhys132]

a* = A+ he's saying the guy rules and people who say he sucks are wrong

[MiraMcB]

ooops... sorry. Didn't look like it to me or the other 6 people who gave him bad marks. LOL! I'd say it was a language barrier, but we all speak English, right? :p

[xXJaeFaceXx]

MiraMcB, lets just accept the fact that you were foolish enough to misunderstand what he said and were trying to cover up the fact of the matter, im only 15 and yet i still understood it the first time round, and about the other 6 people, they must have thought the same as you to think what he put was disregarding to this amazing violinist. i feel sorry for them for being even remotely like you. may i just say... WOUNDED by a 15 year old?

[MiraMcB]

Oh, wow... I'm just... crushed. Cut to the quick... by a little smartass. I may never recover.

LMAO!

[xorroxibanga]

amazing.. this guy is awesome! :D

greetings from portugal btw ;D

[twigglesjworth]

They stopped him selling his CDs? That's a load of wank.

[pikaslave]

those ppl going downstairs in the beginning are missing out the fun! D:

nice job! :D

[steffiedrees]

Ed is amazing! I did buy his record echoes, it's soooo beautifull! If you like his covering of wellknown songs, you have to buy this record!

[PunkR0ck18]

greeting from New York i'd love do go to Chester and see this guy play!

[jhontyrhodespegasus]

havent seen ed in ages

has he moved from chester to newer pastures

he should do britain's got talent, he'd own on it.

[jhontyrhodespegasus]

you know, even though he's a pro

[derfal2003]

He was in Chester on Saturday, he is mainly in York now. Chester Council banned him from selling his CD's whereas York Council approve.

[MiraMcB]

Chester Council are planks.

[dyziekdyziek]

This guy is now in York.I`ve seen him on several occasions playing here and there and finally I`ve got myself a double album with the autograph.This guy ROCKS!!!!!

[obliquedirect]

rockin :D

[LittleRatedR]

SICK TOTALLY SICK!

its like i wanna give him ten out og five

[juyran]

BRAVO!

[keanoster]

bravo! freakin amazing!

[Vertigo688]

Ed Alleyne-Johnson is nine million different kinds of awesome. It's like rocking out on the violin is second nature to him.

[NatyJareth]

ohh he is the best! i loved it

[thisdudesacoolguy]

i saw this guy in nottingham in the mid 1980s ware else have ppl seen ed ?

[pyrofiliac]

This guy is awesome. I hope one day i can play like him. And, for that matter, afford all those pedals :D

[yuri63f6]

This is absulutely AMAZING!

[klistarf]

Ed is awesome!! I've been into his work since the 'Purple Electric Violin Concerto' days (15 or so years). A mate of mine has seen him busking in Southport, which is where i work, but i have yet to have the honour of catching him. Hopefully one day! An incredible talent!! (:o)

[FIS0000]

WHY is he busking? Heard him on Radio 2 (yeah, I'm that old) and was blown away by this very cover. Fantastic sound.

[hockey693]

absolutley fantastic its gr8!!

[venezuelasinchavez]

this is the s.h.i.t , damn, that dude is awesome

[larrya10]

Awesome sound---York 30-12-07

[eStringz]

Is it really carved with a kitchen knife? Cuz this is the second place I've read that.