Erik Mongrain another great guitar player!!!

[VuTrongLong]

Fingerstyle Guitar???

[nansarekool]

@VuTrongLong no fingerstyle refers to the rockabilly sort of fingerpicking with many fingers used to separately pick the strings. Here he is using a strumming action and playing the majority of the notes with legatto and hammer-ons.

[awayandanywhere]

how is this guy not a great guitar player? this sounds awesome

[ninamemer]

wow...................... great!!!

[gretgen]

What a tune... marvellous, he's definitely a great guitarist...

[Blandified]

Oh man... Love that koustic! Anyone know what kind that is?

[antonius]

ive played it at gtar center. its around 3000 bucks. its made out of graphite and has shark inlays. i dont know the name though.

[GrahamMonette]

@antonius Its made out of Carbon Fiber, and the company is called Rainsong

[antonius]

@GrahamMonette ahh thanks. graphite what the hell was i thinking. is that really you in the small pic?

[GrahamMonette]

@antonius Oh sorry, Yes thats me in the photo

[antonius]

@antonius wow you are a babe and you know guitars. im in love.

[derekcraig05]

I listen to pandora on my blackberry at work. Heard this song looked it up! Very impressive.

[TheSinOfSins]

It's a beautiful song which is something i find that solo guitarists struggle to write

[stratfingers]

He is good but not great. In this song anyway. Maybe he plays much better in other songs.

[Malandrobuenciego]

His heart is all over the stage!!!

[UAclassico]

He really is a great guitar player. If you aren't impressed by this performance, check out the others under his name.

However, I wish he'd pay a better guitar. Those carbon fiber top "Rainsong" guitars don't sound very good no matter how good your technique.

[gnomeater]

Not true.

[dmd54]

And why is this guy a great guitar player?

[xilo144]

yeah i just head chords, some variations, nothing especial... =/

[Dolloze]

i assume you dont know much about guitar-playing?

[zdardenne]

yeah but can you do better? guess we'll never know.

[Cathonius]

@zdardenne

public pay not take money for performace

that's why public is not obliged to do better

a simple as this

[wraithster]

3 minutes of the same strokes and chords. blah.

[marathonman2000]

Dr Noel Brown kicks both their butts!!!

[SanMarin]

if anyone can tell me what kind of tuning is that it would be really helpfull.. tnx

[maronfive87]

Beautiful song!!

[renejr11]

sorry but this does not compare to Jose Feliciano!!!

[DrumTeknique]

every guitarist is different, have different sounds and different technique and skill...stop comparing guitarist and musicians to one another, you can't compare them they're just different from one another. There's no such thing as the greatest guitarist or greatest drummer or greatest this n that.

[UToobSuxAzz]

You wouldn't think that a carbon fiber guitar would sound good. I've played them in real life. Friggen sweet.

[stratosguitars]

Dose anyone know were i can find the music to this like a tab or something and what tuning hes in. i love this song

[Banzzzaai]

The song is called Fusion, he wrote by himself.. :)

[Walle86]

what´s the name of that song?!

[themopboy]

Real Good. Tommy Emmanuel is still the man.

[ibzartist]

its kinda poppy but shit its done really well

[Explendivle]

It is from my certainty, that i mention this increbible guitar-player, as one of the names "must be mentioned", in the fantastic soundexperience Historical Hallways! Eric is a tremendous inspiration to all musicians.

Nice flowing sound-style. Good work.

[Drackozhik]

i like it a lot!

[JosueAlba]

I like his music alot, I have purchased all his songs already .99 USD each worth it.

[armchairtheatre]

Wow that guitar is playing an awsome tune on its own... oh hang on! there is someone behind it. Erik is that you? ok come out now, we can see you.

Seriously though, good work. Envy pouring your way by the bucket load.

[HaggleBaggle]

WTF OMG you guys are serious Legend? My shit has just been declared as a prodigy

[2theunstop]

Hey all in the New York area Erik Mongrain Is Playing the in the City with another great guitar player named Matthew Nichols(look him up) at a sweet place called the Monkey on June 30th. Im not associated with them just a fan.

[judomouse]

Great groover.Shame about the poor performance,is his chin super-glued to the guitar or what????  :¬(

[acoustic9876]

type in "blues for tuck"

[dasuel90]

its a carbon fiber guitar, awesome love his style

[highoctane7836]

I really like that guitar. the finish is awsome looking.

[bocajbrumby]

It's called a Rainsong guitar. There like $3,000 dollars though.

[ChrisBMore]

In my mind its about the music not the difficulty. Eric is a pure guitarist, just happens to be incredibly talented. legend

[caltrof]

Exactly, it flows naturally from him even if it's not that technically difficult. Talent is evident if you have eyes to spot it. It's not about flash and tricks, it's about art.

[Willdutchbro]

I need this one's tab or ill go crazy plz someone do somoething

[julio120]

u make me cry!

[tenteties]

the best guitar player was SABICAS

[izan31]

Yes, he was great. Best in these days: Gerardo nunez!

[ZoraAurelia]

Its so pure....wonderful, makes me smile and cry at the same time....

[stephenbelanger675]

makes we wanna get back into acoustic

[dorull83]

One of the best guitar players i ever heard. You got amazing skills dude, hope u can really hit it off in the music industry, i know it's hard but i really hope u go far.

[kevinwcmi]

I love this guy. And the audience can actually clap in tempo, that's unusual.

[BYourself420]

you kick ass eric go canada

[tidus031]

was nice but antoine dufour kick the hell out of this 100 times

[dannyboomboom]

you are an inspiration

[erikmongrain]

Hey guys ! Thanks again for all the kind words ! Please do go on my website erikmongrain and hop on the forum if ya want any news regarding anything !

[Mocityspirit]

I still John Butler is better than this guy.

This guy is good I just like Butler better.

[girotube]

WWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWW

This dude is too much.

[TheKitchenNinja]

the tuning on this one is AADF#AA

[TheKitchenNinja]

Absolutely gorgeous playing.  And is that a carbon fibre acoustic??? sick!

[gillylfc]

This is just beautiful music, end of story.

I'm usually a rocker, but stuff like this, I could listen to all day.

[timmaaaay222]

awesome guitarist, i have the same question as FlamencoPassion. What is the tuning?

[robriani]

its impossible to disagree with peopple on youtube without gettin labeled as a freak of some sort, IMO this is not great guitar playin, im not jealous, i find it ok, thats all, get over it u sulkin little cry babies

[inanarchywetrust]

yes it's true,it gets boring afeter a while,but the melody is so sweet and the rythm so involving...

[OmegaFX]

is he making that drum beat thing also while he's playing or is that someone else?

either way this guy makes me almost wanna put down my electric and learn some of his tunes on my acoustic

[kennjad]

i bet u cry urself to sleep at nite

[dhurley05]

yes i do in fact. how funny.

[kennjad]

:) lol

[Busystagehand]

For all the negative comments about this astounding musician, go jump in a lake! This guy's really good, and in case you haven't figured out this yet, you're either jealous of his talents or you need to go practice more yourselves. Keep up the good work, Eric, and remember, non carborundum illigitimati sunt. (That's Latin, for, "don't let the bastards grind you down." Seize the day!

[Wimbledonwomble]

"Porcis ex grege diabolii"

there's some latin matey

[leejustin05]

his finger nails are so gross :P

[JustPlainDB]

Very Nice.... Micheal Hedges is sorely missed and this young man has just provided me with a surregote fix for my MH jones.... beautiful sounds from Wood, Steel, and hands...

[robriani]

whats so great about it?

[jbg86]

How does precision, groove, and artistry sound? :P

[robriani]

well most guitar players need precision and groove, i cud pat my hands on my legs and get groove, and i wouldnt say it has artistry seen as he plays the same thing through the entire song, its not great and it aint art, but its a nice little piece of guitar playin, no mor than that.

[jbg86]

It certainly is, I agree - IMO its great, you should check out his other stuff on here too, its all really uplifting, there's a good feel about it all. :)

[robriani]

fair enough, well its not like i can play it, check out a guy called claude bourben, not sure if u can find him on the net tho, i think he is a great player.

[huyiy]

nah, dont bother trying to understand... coz you're so dumb to recognize beautiful music

[unwisen]

AAGDAA I think...

[FlamencoPassion]

awesome groove, what tuning though?

[dhurley05]

your mum

[Monsterpop]

cool as fuck !

[RMCrew]

he has composed better songs

[theamazingrapist]

i agree with folkjokeopus

[folkjokeopus]

Oh macacoraivoso the guys a genius i don't see any videos of you playing the guitar????????/

[macacoraivoso]

Becomes kind of repetitive after a while... but good nonetheless.