Chris Whitley - Hotel Vast Horizon (live)

[rocktunes]

Pretty amazing!

[turbinevalentine]

About perfect imo... even in such poor health he was living his music.

[Whiteblodder64]

This is the true Blues as only a true Blues Man plays.

And you know it's the Blues if it moves you.Chris was a great Artist.

God Bless you Brother..

[joshmanson]

who cares if its i tune, his voice is enough and the guitar sounds amazing, this is a real perforance, from a real man, who really left us to soon.

[kingcriss]

This song ! I have been listening to it every day for a while now,He does that to you.....poor Chris ,light a candle for him .

[frankdialogue]

You know, I really like this guy's music, and the couple of albums of his that I have, the first one & 'Terra Incognita' are top notch and very individual...I know he's dead now, but WHAT DRUGS WAS THIS GUY FUCKED UP ON when all these videos were made?...Heroin?...Meth?...Comb­inations?...He looks like death.

[joeyfingers22]

@frankdialogue he had lung cancer.

[richardnixonisgod]

@frankdialogue

and herion

[mudshark6666]

@richardnixonisgod

Dumbass!

[richardnixonisgod]

@mudshark6666

Fuck you may he rest in peace. A fucking genius

[inflateablesoulmate]

@frankdialogue he wasnt a druggie. he didnt produce his videos. he was an artist however and a poet. nothing wrong with his videos either far as i can tell.

[spillandambience]

so sad he went so soon...his music is medicine for the rest of us x

[phiden666]

when was this?? Towards the end?

[elusiveenough4u]

What an amazing and awesome talent.... You are missed!

[inflateablesoulmate]

got up and needed to hear this, cracked a beer, lit a smoke, had a damn good cry looked at my dusty ole guitar. its been so long already but its a awesome day to feel the hearts this tune reaches out to. Cheers to everyone on this wonderful day.

[Dontknockmedown]

potentially my favourite vid on the whole web! :)

[jea1014]

That was awesome. The slightly out of tune guitar adds to vibe of the song.

[huwbag]

couldn't have said it better dz.

RIP Chris.

[UncleBubba]

Excellent.  What a sad loss he was.

[lawdog1918]

dz your kind words touch me.

[dzhaughnne]

Five hundred years from now, if there is anyone left capable of caring about anything that matters, Chris Whitley will be revered as the giant he was. R.I.P., Chris. You are missed, every day.

[dzhaughnne]

Five hundred years from now, if there is anyone left capable of caring about anything, Chris Whitley will be revered as the giant that he was. R.I.P. Chris. You are missed, every day.

[OlivierC68]

He's missing

[ogeskimo]

Chris is using the last version of the National Style O. Probably 1940 or 1941. Tone's in his hands. A true giant.

[mistyred8]

Underrated artist Thank you for the beauty Chris!

[FruscianteLaDes1989]

this is just beautiful, it makes we weep.

what make and model is the guitar? it has such a good sound

[ryangk1980]

i saw him live twice, still cant believe he's dead.RIP.

[moogus8000]

amazing

[kyyman]

This is unforgettable !!

RTL2 deservers big hand !!

this is probably his last hooray' ... still emitting his presence

[JimAdsit]

His music has grabbed me like few others. Haunting. Love his daughter's voice also.

[Spoonface370]

To all the people moaning about tuning: stick to Pro-Tooled, digitally 'corrected' crap, you'll be much happier. You'll be completely soulless, but happier. The rest of us, who know the difference between music and market positioning, will stick to this.

[mac135ca00]

@Spoonface370

Couldn't agree more!

[zr24X4ROCKS]

chris knew every nuance of tuning, and made many of his own , magical , dark & beautiful

[zr24X4ROCKS]

R.i.p. chris whitley , the most underated artist i have ever heard , some day people will get it .

[lawdog1918]

Chris is a legend and a god. I saw him live approx 15 times. He's a legend.

[rawdealdog]

how was that out of tune? it was whitley tuning. perfect!

[PollyX5]

that's a lotta dope between the nostrils

[heethun666]

I wonder how many people who are bothered by tuning issues have created their own songs with which to struggle.

[subtoxin]

gophertele, I know what you're saying, but speaking as a musician who has played Nationals have you ever tried to tune a vintage National in a lower tuning? And then keep it in tune during a performance where it can go out of tune after one song? Speaking of which, I would LOVE to see the rest of this session. Chris truly did take the reso to the next level.

[stevenwilson22]

"out of tune" you are missing the point. People can take an empty beer can and make music. Chris had the gift of making art. I would listen (and you did) to that clip. I hear the art in it. worry about in tune whene you are tring to impress your friends.

[HiFiApartment]

true words!! i totally agree!

[subtoxin]

You happen to be hearing a take where he didn't have the tuning completely under control...does that take away from the song itself? I never got to see him live but have been told Chris was quite embarrassed about his vintage Nats going out of tune during a show. Believe me, he was 100% aware if something was out of tune. You can't always stop in the middle of a song and tune your guitar when you're playing live.

[watchforfree34]

Man this is way out of tune. I understand soul & him being sick but dam. "I Go Evil" is still one of his best.

[gophertele]

I know everyone loves him and stuff but that is SO OUT OF TUNE!

You may now insert you "Hey man the tuning doesn't matter, it's the soul, man!"

You still gotta tune yer damn instrument.

[mynameisjflo]

Obviously you are not familiar with the use of alternate tunings. Maybe you should stick to traditional folk, you know the easy to get your head around stuff you were taught in nursery school

[ogeskimo]

The one and only.

Someone needs to make a movie about this guy. Took the reso to new heights and his best songs (like this one) rank up w/ anyone's.

[IAINTGOTNOVOICE]

I've got a totally sweet VHS that has a ton of his videos, interviews, live stuff. ton of stuff that's not on YOUTUBE but I have no way of transferring it to digital.

[xSh1nob1x]

Oh shit! There's tons of VHS to digital sites out there that'll do the transfer for like $15! Dooooo itttt!

[deltabluesman1]

:( oooohhhhhhhhhh :(

[Grumblemarc]

Amazing. Just purely amazing.

[thewhiteelephant]

The best.

[commment]

Strange,the guitar was in tune when he bought it.

Kidding Chris,RIP

[Kchnk789]

You don't wonder if that twang contributes to the overall ghostliness of the song? Me, I think the form is fitting the content perfectly in this case. Prior to seeing this I would have told you that only Hendrix (and maybe Zappa, although in only in a postmodern sense) could pull off an entire song with his guitar sounding this way. Chris's might even be better, since Hendrix more or less faked it when out of tune; whereas, again I say,it seems to work here aesthetically whether intended or no.

[docplux]

I think i'm finally going to get a resonator guitar for myself after seeing these clips. the tone is just unbelievable. and you're right about Chris making it work.. great video (synced or not) thanks for posting it.

[hombrerobaert]

thank you very much for posting this! i was looking for it over and over after removing from the rtl2-site. awesome...

[0HeartOn0]

This is beautiful. I will never be able to get enough of CW's music.

[rubentje69]

no abreviation man please...

[aballballball]

oh chris,we need you now.

[jlgeorge]

I look at this and it makes me sad again that he's gone.

[Pyskaty92]

He was so incredible skinny o.0

[prolpot]

he never was "big" ,but he died in 05 (20.nov.) on lungcancer - and this vid.was made maybe a year before...

Czesc

[SonicSilverAngel]

He writes rediculously good lyrics, my head's spinning from this one. WIP Chris (Work In Peace)

[subtoxin]

What a treat! I agree, resynch the audio, it could be done easily.

[MarshallJulio]

This is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[bargainbinman]

That's amazing!!! Would it be possible to resynch the audio?? Not that it's super-important, but it would make it all that more special.