Adam Rafferty - Michael Jackson - Thriller - Solo Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar

[Rafaeloupacheco]

Fantastic!!!

[superkaruto]

Epic face from 0:08 to 0:25 xDDD

[01238272]

capoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[miqiee]

Fantastic, if I wasn't watching, I'd say there were two guitars playing. Mucho talent!

[lukalokos]

Just.... AMAZING !!!!!

[Lumix65]

Wow nice.

[sjorshonders]

dude, your face................ wtf.. however i love the way you play the guitar

[NPlancarte]

do you do guitar lessons?

[vinnothelizard]

same crap... all the time... boring!! listen to martin taylor!!! different class!!!

[dunco278]

Hey adam,

I was just wondering, are you planning on making a michael jackson instructional dvd? are you trying to get rights to publish michael jackson tabs? or have you given up on that?

I own both your jackson 5 and stevie wonder dvd, which are great. Would love to add a few MJ songs to my repertoire

[crescentridge]

@dunco278 Thanks for asking. I would love to, but the publishers have blocked the project! Really a pity. In any case - there will be a Stevie Wonder Vol II DVD coming in 2012 with: Isn't She Lovely, Higher Ground, You Are the Sunshine of my Life, and Cherie Amour. All the best!

[hijituso]

terrible mistake at 5:41!! but i still buy your dvds lol nice!

[sclarkguy]

ok.. so 14 people are just clueless or don't know how to work a mouse!

[TouchingGrey]

You're such a badass! lol

[p1v2w3]

he can play thiss but can he play smooth criminal? loved it lol

[divobij001]

Nádherná hra.Čistá neuvěřitelná práce stilu.Více talentu jako jste vy.Díky Petr Adam.ČR

[rarch1968]

Awesome, I just subscribed...very inspirational playing.

[TheWHEELS1952]

Brilliant arrangement - The Dogs!

[zionjunkie]

Haha awesome! Nice beatboxing too. You missed the dancing though...

[jmantico]

how did you record this video???? it have a very clean sound,,,thank you for the information,,please tell me if you can,,,

[sambobl97]

Just wanted to let you know that you are awesome. My dad saw you live and showed my the Billie jean vid. 17 years old and i appreciate your true musiciainship. Just Awesome

[tehjefey]

..............I hate it when it does that.

[tehjefey]

@jet7894561230

Epic Grammar is EPIC!

[tehjefey]

@jet7894561230 Epic Grammar is EPIC!

[MrTherstalker]

you're great man

[Navizurc123]

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[dj6ful]

love the intro :D

[maninscratch]

where does the snare come from? I really don´t know :O

[rafaelmiguelcruz]

Can you send me a tab of this?? Especially on 4:35 - 5:37 HHAHAHAHA!! JK

[cantsleepboavista]

Ah Adam! Please please release a DVD with how to play this on it!!! This is nothing short of amazing.

[untoter3]

I also play sometimes my steel string guitar and try to play your arrangements so close as i can, but i always fail on playing the TAP at same time with a note/chord can you help me ? Keep up your great work!!!

[doggedif]

so nice playing, this is among my favorists now!

[SCold619]

12 people dont know who Michael Jckson is.

[livinlife245]

just incredible!!!! i hope you didnt spoil yourself though, you must have listened to the song a thousand times while arranging it, hope you can still stand to hear it ;)

[crescentridge]

@livinlife245 Actually whenever I hear the originals, I get re-inspired....there's always so much I miss in the arrangements compared to the original....thank you!

[Annaic1]

Another HIT!! Just incredible and you just have so much FUN with play these tunes. I enjoyed very much!!! BRAVO!!

[crescentridge]

@Annaic1 Aw, shucks - thank you. I have a whole MJ playlist on my channel....enjoy.

[lu1s4ngel]

always that i watch your videos I pick up my guitar and beggin trying be as good as you could you tell me the brand of your guitar? plz

[jenniferteaches]

From my guitar students (who are teaching me more than they know...): "You are the awesomest guitar player EVER!" :)

[crescentridge]

@jenniferteaches Aw shucks, thanks!

[whosbad101]

Is some weird werewolf type of thing on crack?

[Nevyle]

Have you tried it in G? makes it waaay easier

[crescentridge]

@Nevyle Wow, sounds interesting. Is there a version here on YT in G?

[Nevyle]

@crescentridge

Stefano Mirando does (kinda) that I think.

I personally like to utilize the (nice low) open bass strings (with capo maybe)

something like 3 0 3 0 0 *slap* ( G A C D A ) for the base line.

Makes the melody end up in G Am C etc chords.

Trying to tab my own arrangment now, inspired by you and pearson. But for me the left hand just didnt go along, so I took to the open strings, haha :)

[buggld]

The beginning was ingenious!!!

[darrian80]

Adam you're my hero

[arthurtats]

my favorite part was from 4:26-4:35.....amazing

[nikolazindovic]

nice man...:))

[mattemioo]

haha so funny :)

[stealberry1]

luv it but teach it plz!thz dat song is popin!

[juansramirez91]

ITS WOOGIE FROM THERES SOMETHING ABOUT MARY!!!!

[1994AlexJohnson]

lol i thought he burped at the begining!

[mychemicalhardyy]

dude i'm in love with your vids

[TheJinkazama2010]

crazy head



[TheJinkazama2010]

crazy head

[drux186]

You are so fucking sick. I'm in love with your fingers.

[MrSevenQ]

awesome, but i think the volume so low :D

[MrBeatshit]

i was funny in the first hahaahahh

[sheepfrager]

how do you do his !!!! unreal. just amazing !

[wintersnowman]

Lovin all your guitared MJ tunes...Please do "Black & White" & "The Way You Make Me Feel" Heck, do his catalogue! :-)

[crescentridge]

@wintersnowman I am planning on both of those - stay tuned!

[crescentridge]

@wintersnowman Black & White and The Way You Make me Feel are up on my channel now, enjoy!

[wintersnowman]

@crescentridge I've seen those. You're incredible, wish I could play like you. How long have you been playing and how many hours did you put in a day when you started?

[geomango20]

btw: that part when you made a beatbox accompaniment at 4:12 was awesome :D love it !

[geomango20]

another stunning arrangement adam! well done :)

[aztiguzerss]

Good job! Nice.

[draivenn7]

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rlisiasmusic]

Brother, got to tell you: 5:40 of pure entertainment!!!! Brilliant. Just brilliant:) Seems like your house is haunted:)lol You got call someone to 'clean' it up loooool

[lorihompoth]

Very nice!

[wallooga]

4:39 - -got a touch of the Jason Stathams about you there.... (profile only - that guy can act!~ sorry!)

[goldensleeves]

Thank you so much for sharing your music with the world. Ordering some of your dvd's off your website.

I have a question...when you play the bass riff from 0:54 to 1:01 and you play the "G" note with your fingers, do you play that G note from the open G string or do you play that G note on the 5th fret of the D string???

[GabrieleFabian09]

I am agree with that commentator...... funny and amazing your playing.

[sunaJH]

Now that is hip

sunaj

[musicfamily]

Amazing and funny!

[biboygitarista]

unbelievably smooth! what's the secret? thanks for sharing your talent. =)

[DMob888333]

9 people should get eaten alive by the zombies in the thriller video!!! Rafferty is the truth!!! haha Very Awesome!! I'm glad you have more videos up now... A LOT more! I was jammin to Overjoyed for a long time (back when it had like 37 views hehehe); I come back and BOOM! keep it up bro

[stefan64sch]

Hello ,

really groovy and cool version of this great song!

And a nice surprise at the end! FANTASTIC!

Keep on groovin',

Stefan

[10oder5]

Wow, the intro is better than the original! Excellent performance and a good groove! Thumbs up!

[malbuono]

fantástico...genial como siempre.

[crescentridge]

@jet7894561230 Your english is excellent.

[tedzxavier2011]

@crescentridge maybe he used google translation which isnt accurate.

[fuel2obsessions]

have you ever played with Richard smith and Doyle Dykes?

I know you will love that they are as good as Tommy Emmanuel

[gtrrobster]

Hilarious intro faces! How very Vincent.

Lovely chord arpegios during the intro too.

nice RH rolling there, Vincent.

The whe whole arr. sounds awesome...very light yet very tight.

[sungwaileung]

Do a solo on BAD! Please! I want BAD so bad!

[malbuono]

:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluezman4]

Good work my man! I'm still trying to play along with my old Marcel Marceau records and you're pulling off stuff like that. Love your percussive technique and use of harmonics. Beautiful and fun!

[petermazzajazzguitar]

AWESOME, Adam! that the groove is so tight and you are so infinitely at ease with everything. Shows what a great jazz musician can do (cat's out of the bag :)) VERY fun, inspiring and burning! :) thanks!

[crescentridge]

@petermazzajazzguitar Oh dude, thanks. We gotta do another hang.  I got some hip info for you - shoot me an email.

[Ericejazz]

As usual Adam. You killed it! Wonderful! Love the ending too.

--Eric E.

[Ericejazz]

As usual Adam. You killed it! Wonderful!

--Eric E.

[SimplyLuo]

You had me smiling for a straight 5:40. I don't think that's ever happened before haha

awesome work!!

Jon

[MrStuClark]

As Awesome As Ever,

Looking forward to doing some gigs together again here in the UK April 2011.

[verdanamusic]

Really good... You got the groove... Keep on going...!

[JFAcoustic]

Awesome job! I liked the last bit of the video - it was hilarious. Watching videos of more experienced players is an incentive for me to keep practicing. What kind of guitar is that by the way?

[crescentridge]

@JFAcoustic Thanks! MATON guitar...now get to practicing!  I am....

[JFAcoustic]

Awesome job! I liked the last bit of the video - it was hilarious. Watching videos of more experienced players is an incentive for me to keep practicing.

[abotoft]

Hahaha, awesome intro, Adam! :D You are so great. I really like this. In case you haven't checked him out already I think you should check out Gareth Pearson and his MJ arrangements. You guys should do a show together!

[crescentridge]

@abotoft I nkow Gareth personally and he is an AWESOME player and all around cool dude.

[kevin777god]

yes man

[J0shuaChristian]

wow, you played with feeling, i wish i could play your arrangement like that

[kalavastro]

Viejo eres un músico excepcional, tus versiones libres son increibles, deberias editar un album.

[ezmiantz]

MAD fucking skills!!!

[travbrack]

WIN!!!!!

[TheSeungChanBeag]

Awesome Adam!!! I laughed and cried and wowed and.... WOW.... You're amazing!

[crescentridge]

@TheSeungChanBeag What part made you cry? :-)

[TheSeungChanBeag]

@crescentridge Because it was so awesome. Every part did! haha

[kevin777god]

gareth pearson the best!!!!

[RobertoColombo]

Fantastic playing and quite funny beginning and end! But at the end I was waiting to see Adam's eyes morphing into cat eyes... :-)

[manolismoumouzias]

ONE of a kind!!! AMAZING!!!

[AzBboy]

lmao me and my gf loved it, not only audio pleasing but wildly entertaining!

[porsche217]

You can be absolutely sure to be fully crazy when hearing the guitar is laughing ... ;-)) You are more than some steps in front of me. Mine is crying only ... ;-((

Hi Groovemaster, well done !!

Cheers from Lemgo/Germany

Bernd

[williamkok]

haha...LOL...i love it 100%...now i look fwd to see SungHa's version

[aidybop]

Another "jaw dropping" arrangement....your acting might not win any oscars though!!

;-)

[CHICAOSBAND]

WuauuHHH....,Adam !!! Spectacular, Fantastic !!!!

Gteat final cut...!!!

An embrace...

[davegillplaysguitar]

Another amazing Rafferty rant. In addition to the usual great playing, the scratchy intro and spooky outro had me cracking up. There are definitely demons in dat guitar of yours...

[Thoulable]

Awesome :D

[Thoulable]

Awesome :D

[MaSJRyu]

Argh! No matter how hard I try I can't play this song!! Your music speaks for itself. There is nothing more I could say

[johnyp321]

A DVD with this, Billie Jean, and Rock With You would be EPIC!!!!!!!!

[geebizzle38]

lmao love it man. The ending was soooo random

[FriggnDiggn]

Id say your getting very close to giving Leo Kottke and Tuck Andress a run for their money. Very nice., and damn those strings are NEW! lol

[Zed1967]

5 people born without ears or a soul down thumbed this video.

A fantastic performance as always and UBER entertaining to watch. The only down side for me personally is that I've played guitar for 25 years and wish I could do that lol.

[JayFresh93x]

What kind of headphones are those?

[crescentridge]

@JayFresh93x Very big ones, made by Sennheiser...

[primustig]

@crescentridge Sennheiser is the best out there have been for years.

[dopemcee]

adam for the life of me cant figure out how to get your so called free guitar lessons and tabs ...i do the subscription nothing happens..you're supposed to send links or something..?

[crescentridge]

@dopemcee Sign up - you get a link for Vitamin E...then in subsquent mailings I send links. I may revise this to make it easier sorry!

Adam

[guitaralex1]

great! :-)

[bathory1234567890]

I looooove your music!!! Please never quit playing guitar!!!

[jorggomes2]

Great ... you are the best... gretings from portugal.

[bentheled]

Brilliant usual,never fail to amaze!!!

[freddh2]

Was that Michael visiting you? Wow, now THAT is cool ;)

[immortalisblog]

It's amazing, again. But it's no surprise, this is what we expect from you.

[chaz23j]

oh yeh, groovin!!!

[godinlowden]

this guy is great !

[MikesGuitarWorld]

Can we hit the like button more than once??? Outstanding!!!! Your passion for music really shines through~

[MedMacoustix]

brilliant!!!!!

[BojaNoci]

OMFG! Another amazing job! I miss the old "star" rating system... You get 5+ stars anyways.

Not for nothing, but your videos sometimes make me want to quit the guitar, and other times, they make me woodshed like a maniac, lol.

And WTF is wrong with the 5 people that missed the "LIKE" button? Stop doing drugs children...

[JaMaZz77]

ingenious!

hilarious and amazing right from the start ... oh joyy :)

Mad props

[heoTheo]

This is insane.. Truely this man is a savant.

[VLombardi01]

Amazing! Cool arrangement.

[mondojack]

un artista!!

[euro2795]

hahahahahah!wow! it's awesome!! it is the only one thing today that made me smile!very very cool arrangement! and absolutely love your perfect and funny performing!! Thank you Adam!

[MissDanielaBarroso]

sorry my bad english .

[MissDanielaBarroso]

Ahah, very funny the faces :)

amazing job mr Adam :)

you sir are amazing :)

[TheGuitaristLory]

Really a good job! I like your version muc much more than the Gareth Pearson's one! :-)

My compliments!

[albertbox07]

:-) great work

[JTR7z]

Woww amazing!! haha I like your vidz :)

[RileyAcoustic]

Awesome job once again brother! I love all your MJ covers.. they are exactly what i am looking for. I am assuming this one is in Standard as well? Thanks Adam!

[crescentridge]

@RileyAcoustic Thank You! Yes - standard tuning!

[Tsutsomu]

Great job.

THanks a lot for your music.

STeph.

[okdansker]

Thats it! Go make the Michael Jackson dvd!

[Neosh88]

I'm a super fan of Mj myself and it's always exciting to see what you do with all the songs, in your own unique way!! I thought many of his songs would be impossible to do on the guitar but you prooved me wrong :D You have this amazing ear that captures the detailes... Continue to be great Adam <3

[crescentridge]

@Neosh88 Thanks! Everytime I start a song it seems impossible....it takes a while to get a concept for an arrangement!!! Thank You!

[StudioHough]

What absolutely wonderful playing.

Cheers Ian

[KalifUmestoKalifa]

Is this just acoustic guitar or is it amplified? If not, you have a wicked good recording device. BTW, Excellent job, with arrangement and playing, as usual and thanks for sharing with us.

[Privateer3000]

@KalifUmestoKalifa

i think the kondensmicros only for acouticas

[crescentridge]

@KalifUmestoKalifa Acoustic only - just teh 2 mics. But I have been working a lot on teh tone produced by my fingers. Recorded into a ZOOM H$ - mixed in Garage Band. Thank You!!!

[Privateer3000]

awesome...priceless :-)

Enjoy!

[PFR14]

Musical awesomeness.