The Hellecasters - Back on Terra Firma & Sweet Dreams

[Goergebenson]

What the fuck is this shit?

The audience is like 'what the fuck is this shit'

[154rjr]

I don't see the need to mention Danny Gatton's name, Sweet Dreams was Roy's song. I know

Danny was a great guitar player, but most of the stuff he gets credited for, Roy actually

pioneered.

[surfco]

@154rjr Idiot, he mentions Danny Gatton because he died that year (1994).

[154rjr]

@surfco It was not my intention to offend or be disrespectful about Danny Gatton's passing. I did recognize Gatton's brillance on guitar but I stand by what I said. I have never heard a guitar player emulate another guitar players style as much as Gatton did Buchanan.

[seiceps1]

Excellent !!! These are 2 of the tracks that kick off my weekends. others are Rory Gallagher's Brute Force and Ignorance 1979 and Johhny Winter's Johhny B Goode from 1984

[jonal335]

For all the people who say these guys have bad tone - blame utube not the Hellecasters. If you are ever lucky enough to see and hear guys like this live you will never be the same after.

[birtcher11]

jefftri it is a slide but it's a just like a ring that u can keep on while ur playing and use it when u want to. so it's always there.

[walleycleaver]

very nice

[jefftri]

Is that some sort of mini slide on Will's second finger? Never have seen that before.

[Rikk303]

apart from the fact that there are 3 really good pro players here who give each other loads of space, there are no vocals to get in the way...just music! Yay

[being719]

wow ! these great guys are playing nice shot ,beat on !

its guitar sound have musical instruments flavor,

earthy,law tone! keep goin' !

[repairedham]

I've always loved these guys. I wish they would put out some more.

[Gregorypeckory]

@repairedham You wish they'd "put out more"? Maybe you have to get them drunk first. ;)

[Fawn1023]

John Jorgenson is the best living guitarist on the planet. Lucky are those who know this - and hopefully some fine day John will get the recognition he has truly earned.

[mgaskill182]

Roy and Danny, great guitar legends two of my favorites great performance!!

[Dust6chap6]

Will Rays Version of sweet dreams is sweet!!! It's the 2nd tune on this vidio.

[intrepidsinger]

Please tell me why John Jorgenson is not mentioned in the same breath as Luke, Vai, Satriani, Santana and dare I be so bold, Clapton, Page & Beck? JJ is the most versatile guitarist/musician of our age. As great as he is playing here, he can do the same in a variety of genres & on a variety of instruments. To top it off, he is one of the most genuine souls on the planet - the real deal as a human and a musician.

[sleepcyclemusic]

whoever put a "dislike" doesnt know what the fuck they are talkin about and never fucking will lol

[JoshuaRowGuitarist]

hang on, did these guys write this? or was it Tommy and Phil Emmanuel?

[haggismuncher]

I met John at a small venue in Perth Scotland & he was a very humble & inspiring man...he played a Django medley that was absloute perfection he was so laid back & actually listened to me unlike some guitarists i've met that are famous...only wish i could play half as good as these guys Jerry is my fav tho....lol

[fendermac]

For what it's worth I quite like his tone....open and transparent with a nice bit of edge when required.I gotta say I absolutely detest humbuckers though.Lol

[wendalsbud]

lol....these guys should just bow in jimi page's presence!

[macaius]

GREAT

[rockn0329]

You gotta be kidding...these guys are probably three of the finest pickers on the planet, licks, tones, taste, and musicianship.

[JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

Awful guitar tones.

[jakehadlee]

@JusticieroDeLaMuerte You being serious???

[JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@jakehadlee Yes, I am. Check Michael Landau, Eric Johson, SRV, Robert Cray, Danny Gatton, Robben Ford... that's tone.

[jakehadlee]

@JusticieroDeLaMuerte Yes, they've all got great tone (apart from Danny Gatton who was a great, great player but had a tone like a wasp in tin can) Eric Johnson's slightly over-processed, but it's still a lovely tone. These guys have great tone too - you might be the only person in the world who thinks this is bad tone, but hey the world's about different opinions so you're entitled.

[JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@jakehadlee IMO the sound thin and too crunchy, with no body. They don't sound round. Know what I mean? When I listen to Michael Landau I think "THAT'S TONE, MAN!"

[jakehadlee]

@JusticieroDeLaMuerte He's got a great tone, there's no denying that. I happen to like thin and crunchy though, comes with the territory with a tele!

[telecaster24]

I learn, I aspire, I long to be as great as these Immortal GODS of guitar..And the other comments of others being great...Always remember in Life we Hate what we want the Most of........This may sound silly but don't forget Bucket head who can play with anyone, I know I know from one extreme to the other but they are all PHENOMS in the world of GUITAR..

[telecaster24]

I learn, I aspire, I long to be as great as these Immortal GODS of guitar..And the other comments of others being great...Always remember in Life we Hate what we want the Most of...

[JakeSkate1020]

post rock! sick!! no words is sometimes better. especially terra firma style! these guys rock!

[morgainekrichyya]

Wow! Thanks for posting this. I've loved these guys from the first time I heard them; it's a shame they're no longer performing together. I saw John Jorgenson when he came through here a couple of summers back, but he was doing his Django-inspired stuff ( which I also love ). Sure would have liked to have seen these guys perform together--love that one album cover with the 3 guitars casting shadows like gunslingers in the old west :)

[telecaster24]

Zeus the Greek God made his group with these kats, the Immortal TeleBro's,,Taste got be with these Players...EPIC, Thank You

[Satanhimselv]

WTF who da fuck considers Cobain to be the greatest guitarist? o.O, his songs are all power chord based. Personally i think those guys are insanely better at guitar playing then Cobain, however in my opinion Andy Timmons is the greatest guitarist around (don't hate, just an opinion :))

[eugeneconrad]

@Satanhimselv Fair enough. Andy Timmons is a great player, great tone. For me, Will Ray is mind blowing. Between the bender and the slide, I really think he is untouchable.

[runningsquirrel1]

@mikepowerline Guys let's not waste our time by degrading 3 relatively unknown legends who have p*ssed in more studios than every other mentioned guitarist in these posts has even walked by when we can enjoy what little video there is of them!

Sorry I ran on, but WTF listen to the CDs!

[andyturnermusic]

What staggers me is the ignorance and stupidity of people saying Curt was a better guitarist - and before you jump down my throat - listen. Curt was an awesome, brilliant, song writer but he was nothing more than average as a guitar player. You can not make objective statements about the work of someone like Curt, whos writing was of a purely creative and song based nature. This kind of music is incredibly technical and these guys are far superior guitarists. It's a totally different thing.

[andyturnermusic]

Brilliant stuff

[nickothompson]

Can't stand the first guys guitar playing, but the second guy I will say has some talent... much MUCH better. Still, and this is jut my opinion, I can't understand why someone would want to play everything this clean? Come one man, give it some dirt, some buzz, just a bit, and it would sound a whole lot better.

[telecaster24]

man and guitar one SPIRTUALLY....God sent this down thru the hellecasters

[BluesMan88]

This is how shred should be.

[tiffanycardenas]

LOVE this song!!!

[engeljakob]

is this on guitar hero?

[MrRBeast]

I love Will Ray and J.Jorgenson, these songs should always be played back to back.

[theZoen]

OMG Will Ray's tone during sweet dreams... Slides on both hands... What a genius... Really hope they all get back together someday, they are all totally amazing... But GOD DAM, Will Ray during sweet dreams, simply brilliant...

[elliezzer]

I really like this show. I would like to know if there is any website that I can download this presentation with video quality and better image?

Thank you all!

[JerryVmika2]

@elliezzer I dont know about a down load available but I have a dvd you can look for, It is

FANTASTIC the title is Helecasters Live Raw In

Germany.

[elliezzer]

I really like this show. I would like to know if there is any website that I can download this presentation with video quality and better image?

Thank you all!

[thecupdidit]

i love the the main line! its got an actual melody!! cant believe im in the best guitar school in the world and only one person told me of these people. its not good lol x

[ciccone39]

ESPN used to use this bands music for Nascar.

[bingefeller]

I remember when waistcoats were in fashion in the 90s.... those were the days, man.

[ffscunt]

thats pretty cool but check out the Phil and Tommy Emmanuel version, they played it at the sydney olympics

[G2034]

That's NOT a Tele. It's a G&L Asat (JJ Model).

But you're right, great tone!!!

[blahman178]

I love John's tone. Tele + Vox sounds awesome.

[glburgess]

How do you not just get a little misty and have goose bumps listening to their version of "Sweet Dreams"??? Sheer brilliance!

[nachito007]

That viking looking dude is John Jorgenson?

[prospectorman]

What kind of sneaky little slide is that?

[Tycho114]

Those are Will's "stealth slides". He sells them on his website, along with an instructional DVD. Well worth picking up a couple. They're pretty cool, and not as hard to use as you might think.

[pubjamsessions]

I see a very young Alan Thomson on Bass

Gibby

[pubjamsessions]

Cool

Gibby@pubjamsessions com

[skaedis]

This is called Guitar music at its best.

[xyzkerry]

Just amazing - great posting, many thanks!

[Arttuonline]

Man I love teles and Vox amps ;)) Lucky enough to own both!

[paaltely]

G&L INCCOMPARABLE just like these lads are in their music abilities PHENOMS....

[ckiepper]

G&L custom made me a Thinline "Tele". The fit and finish is the finests I've seen in 40+ years of playing. The rosewood neck is so smooth and buttery even on my toughest days my hand feels to be floating. I've had three other costly custom "Relics made to high specs. Along w/ many Fenders and a Musicman. Nothing and i mean nothing even comes close

[Rikk303]

Sounds like you've found your ultimate guitar. No excuses now huh?!

[MarioMoreno]

sounds like you got plenty of money, can i have some?

[impavitus]

I think Jerry Cantrell also played a G&L, Haven't been able to play one myself but they seem good. (This band has an amazing good sound, love it!)

[coltranelovetrain]

Goyd Daymm Will Ray is so underrated.

[12groney]

Anybody know what the bridge pick-up was in those guitars?

[tchpandy]

They'd be a pair of G&L "Magnetic Field Design" pickups.

I tried to post a link here but obvious YT didn't like it. Punch "G&L MFD Pickup for ASAT Special" into Google and the first link should be the G&L website.

I can confirm G&L guitars are some of the finest playing/sounding guitars you're ever likely to find.  I got a Japanese one, I chose it over the recent made in USA Fenders that I tried out which cost 2.5 times as much...

[johnakos16]

back on terra firma...this song gives me life it's so cool and so hard to play at your guitar

[metallicapc]

Dont think there can ever be a best ever guitarist... too many styles/genres of guitar playin to just pick one.

[Grigpig]

Nice hair John! I mean come on...

[BLaZe071775]

lovely!

[schrumpfl]

I'm not really familiar with these guys but boy can they play....i gotta check 'em out

since some of you guys are mentioning some great players dont forget Steve Morse

[rockinaviator]

COBAIN??? seriously?Someone has said he is the best EVER? What a joke! He is not even in the top 100! Yngwie was impressive to watch live and up close when i saw him,but to listen to his albums,they get very boring very fast.These guys are awesome!Still like Roy Buchanan better,and Walter trout.Don't bother to reply and call me a pinhead (or probably worst) it is all just a matter of OPINION!

[JARZO8]

I think i was at this show, i forget the year but i'm pretty sure it was the Galaxy Theater in Costa Mesa California. It was a great venue for concerts, great sound and every show seemed to be packed. But i guess they couldn't get the acts they needed to stay open or maybe it was poor mgmt. Anyway they closed this year, to bad.

[proevowakkandr3]

this is a good song to get on guitar hero haha :P

[coltranelovetrain]

Does any one know the venue here? Seen loads of great guitarists play behind fluorescent sign.

[TheGame4ever4]

Great version...but Tommy is Tommy!

[The4andtheDrummer]

kindo f like mark knopfler the song but worst playing he is a bit out of tune on the bendings

[voodoo778]

Stunning playing, beautiful tone.

Thanks for posting :)

[ckleinespel]

This actually is not a Fender but a G&L, right?

[supermuffalo]

Will and John seem to have G&L asat specials (correct me if I'm wrong), but Jerry's guitar looks like an ordinary tele...

[ckleinespel]

I don't know their names, but the green and the white tele are from G&L for sure. The SB one is probably a real Fender ;)

[ih8thishit]

Will & John both had G&L custom shop guitars back then, and were the lead endorsers for G&L. There was a 4th Hellecaster, cant remember his name..dark hair, thin guy, he too was G&L man. Jerry had his own signature series Fender Tele, in fact he had TWO of them, a import and a USA model. He could play kite string strung on a barndoor... what a player. His version of Jerry Reed's "The Claw" was the highlight of their album for me.

[toetunz]

I believe Jeff Ross is the 4th Hellecaster.

[crossroader]

Impeccable musicianship, style and positively killer tone! John Jorgenson is the master of the Telecaster!

[shredbaron]

These guys are the best, period. If you don't have their albums, go buy them...awesome chops, technique and tone to die for....not to mention listenable, enjoyable melodies. GREAT BAND.

[gereed2]

I love his playing,never too much,always with a lot of feeling.And please do not bring up Yngwie here,after 5 minutes I've had it with the same tricks he uses over and over again.John is a inspiration for all of us guitarplayers.

[nickothompson]

@gereed2 This guitaraist sucks, i'm sorry, but he's way over using that lead line, and it's not even good, I can't stand this type of music, there are 1000's of lead guitarists better then this guy.

[gereed2]

@nickothompson Who the fuck is Kurt Cobain?

[surfco]

@gereed2 Kurt Kobain was a punk who could only play power chords.

[gittarplodder]

@nickothompson But I bet he knows the difference between "then" and "than". You illiterate fool.

[shanehennessyguitar]

Terra Firma was originally the Emmanuel's song wasn't it?

[SplitTony]

John Jorgenson wrote "Back on Terra Firma" Tommy and John are friends.

[GunsNTeles]

You never know what to expect when will plays. Will's personality is very entertaining as well!

[bluesborn]

Its very hard to match the original Buchanan version of Sweet Dreams off the second album,but Will does a valiant job.

[buster52]

they're all some of the best players in the world, but will ray owns the stage for this tune, don't you think?

yngwie? how can he be mentioned on the same continent with these guys?

[campbellu2002]

what awesome guitar players!

idiots who tell me that cobain was the greatest guitarist ever need to watch things like this

[4skin]

@campbellu2002 there are many different forms of great my friend

[nickothompson]

@campbellu2002 LOL, this guitarist sucks! I'm sorry but I could play this without any issue, he's playing the same lead line repeatedly! and it's not even a good one. I think Kurt is BY FAR more talented then this NO TALENT ASS-CLOWN. (had to throw in the office space term).

[Megazord24]

@campbellu2002 cobain only knew to play chords. this guys know how to play awesome solos and ballads! awesome band!!

[Gregorypeckory]

@Megazord24 Really-someone actually brought up Kurt Cobain's name here? His wealth and icon status proves you can be a musical hero, having attained the instrumental skills of a first week, exceptionally lazy guitar student, and the vocal skills of a screaming baby with no interest in learning to talk. Whereas, the Hellecasters are great players in a great band, which I suppose, is a commercial liability.

[cajunstrat]

Thanks for posting this.

[artillery666]

dude post some more of this. john jorgenson shreds. saw him play with his quintet about a month ago and it was amazing.

[jamesha175]

the sustain of john's vox amp is awesome!

[mcelrath1978]

Jerry Donahue is my personal favorite of the three Hellecasters. His style, tone, the whole nine yards. He is one of my biggest guitar influences. However, in my opinion, Will Ray's performance of Sweet Dreams here is the standout performance of this entire show! His tone, his licks, the whole performance is actually BETTER than the CD.

[jamesha175]

will ray's 1/2 slide is on his 2nd finger.

put that with his B-bender and he becomes the 1st chair guitar.

[cjpatz]

They're really playin the Hell out of their Telecasters.. I would love to see them play "Valley of the Pharaohs."

[Bartolomeus9]

Oh man! This is so good! I only knew one song of them form tape before, beautiful to hear and see this!

[jamesha175]

you know what? it is all in the tone!...listen to the sound that their amps reproduce....

yngwie with his thousands of notes per minute could not begin to compare to this....

[ksmithdc]

Yngwie's great in his own way. Why do you have to diss him?

[jamesha175]

yngwie is awesome!

he is not being dissed.

[freepatriot]

all hail the VOX AC30

[jamesha175]

hey, way cool vests and haircuts though, ya?

[scottiebrea]

These guys are great!!!....but to base a band entirely on a type of guitar is kinda wierd. At least its the Tele!

[roseband1]

I work as a Musician in Austin Tx,and

met these guys at SXSW-saw them twice at the

continental club,went backstage talked to them a

bit-What a night,nice guys,superb players,Will with the B bender and ring slide,Jerry and his nut bends,and John-Fantastic-these guys are the shit and tasteful,creative,humorous at times,and I really want a 5th album....

[jamesha175]

these guys are indeed the shit!

i would like to say that will ray is the best but J.D. and J.J. are also the best...is it possible to place one over the others?...not.

[jamesha175]

way cool vests!

hippie rednecks power!

[Andymartin1983]

i love tommy emmanuels version of this at the sydney 200 olympics its on you tube check it out

[patrissimo]

Three masters who each bring something to the table and who compliment each other so well.

[pmachao]

Heard Jorgeson and Donaheu before and of course they are great but never payed to much atention to Will Ray before, he´s really amazing, truly a great version of Sweet Dreams, maby better than Buchanan´s, I´m thinking about getting one of those half-slide tubes for my middle finger.

[kik1251]

wow wow wow

[sjuozhunki]

their first album [the return of the hellecasters] is the best of all of them-orange blossum special!!!!

[ssilver996]

The teal player is Will Ray

[packingten]

Sadly I think the guy playing the teal asat is Danny Gatton and he left us several years ago, HE WAS TRULY GREAT!,

[sickb2200]

Uh...hello. If you'd watch the entire vid, you'd know that is NOT Danny Gatton with the teal ASAT. 4:38 - 4:58 will explain when he dedicates "Sweet Dreams" to the late Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton. Awesome band here.

[BetterThanU123]

Will Ray plays his signature sparkly tele. C'mon, guys.

Still, all great :)

[kermsroomy]

Absolutely, three of the finest guitarests ever!

[garytelecastor]

John, Will, and Ray, they just RULE!!!!!!

[kermsroomy]

Absolutely 3 of the finest guitarests ever.

[microcrubeguy]

i have seen will ray

[nerolf11]

Everything they touch becomes live orgasm.

[peacheater711]

Where the HELL have I been?

never heard these guys...NICE!!!

[haggismuncher]

I think Roy wud have been very proud of that version of sweet dreams;)

[kinggimped]

Beeeeow beow beow, biddy beow beow beow beeeeoww, biddybiddybiddy

Beeeeow beow beow, biddy beow beow beow beeeeoww, biddybiddybiddy ...

The Hellecasters RULE. I still wanna see a live version of Major Troutage...

[BUCK3TH3AD]

man that riff made me happy inside :D

[SumnerMurrayRedstone]

Great stuff. Why they took down a clip? Because Google are wiping Viacom's butt.

[ThomasRiekki]

I just listened to Tommy and Phil Emmanuel's version of this song and loved it...Loved this version also...great song :D lol...does anyone know who wrote it? (Terra Firma that is)

[yankeeG]

John Jorgenson wrote this- Tommy and Phil covered it for the closing ceremmonies at Sydney.

[musicfunkydude]

Wow, got a wire for the Hellcasters from a mate and he was right!!,some of the sweetest,tasteful and above all else hot geetar music played with such feeling, its official, I LOVE THE HELLCASTERS, George from Scotland.

[spooki123]

The tone they get with their telecasters is fucking sweet. Not sure which the effects the lead guitar uses in BACK IN TERRA FIRME are. Sweet guitar playing.

[Spiccatoarco]

It's good single coils through a good AC30.

Great tone until the AC30 blows up. Or melts.

[lhousemu]

I LOVE THE HELLECASTERS they can put so much emotion in music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stalbot46]

Sweet Memories are made of this......

[turks22]

I love this!

[jtaylor664]

why the hell they take off the roy buchanan version of sweet dreams?? i had it for my myspace vid and now its gone?

[rotpaulette]

me too,what is going on?

[Streetballer4907]

the Departed A Martin Scorsesse Film

[paeper]

There are two ohne filter tapes.This one is the oldest

i think.I recorded them from German television.Forgot when though.

[telerocker5150]

are there two different ohne filter tapes? i bought one recently at a dollar general recently(the last copy they had!) and they look older. jorgenson played through a matchless amp and donahue played a blue strat throughout the entire show. and jorgenson had glasses on. if this was 94 who knows what year i have?!?!?!?!?and they all had custom fenders with HELLECASTERS engraved on the twelve fret

[guprheu]

Well, I got some mixed impressions from this video. The interpretation for Roy's Sweet Dreams is quite courageous (imagine that!) but it was too mechanical, no REAL SOUL in it.

[Mick175d]

I don't know how you think that this rendition lacks soul. Not only does it pay homage to both the guitarists to whom he dedicates the piece, but he puts his own stamp on it, as well. Pretty soulful playing IMO.

[sloiselle1]

I love these guys! It works so well because all three are so different. I keep wanting to get a Will Ray ASAT until I remember that having the ax won't give me his chops! I'd love to see EJ sit in on this song!

[RandyECombs]

Most excellent.

[beachhutblues]

JJ is a great guitar player, but he does look like that lion-man who lived underground in that old TV programme from the 80's/90's here!

[Adiguitarbuddy]

This is cool! can u upload anymore of these? :D

[snouter]

Great stuff! G&L should use this on their website.

[rockvirtuoso]

Notice will Ray's slide ring on his middle finger haha

[LeovonKlenze]

Does anyone know, what's the blonde guitarrists name is?

[besallen]

That'd be John Jorgenson (back in the day).

[LA90004]

Nice,nice,nice.

[bluespro]

What DVD is this from. I know its not from Live Raw, I have that DVD. I also know this is not available from John Jorgenson's website. Could someone give me more info about this. Great video. Thanks.

[kggerbills]

did anyone mamage to get hold of this fantastic video.I cannot find it anywhere.

[adkhiker]

these guys just blow me away. john jorgeson is playing in homer,ny 12-9

[OutlawSteph]

Folk, you can purchase this entire show from John Jorgenson's website.. go get it! Support artists.. spend money on their cds and dvds!

[CedricIII]

Great! Hope they get together again and put together another album soon!

Thanks for the vid.

[DuffyF56]

Certainly some Roy Buchanan licks in there on "Sweet Dreams".

[jammasterquo]

woohoo! ma fave hellecasters song!!!