Adam Rafferty - "The Boogie Man" - Solo Acoustic Guitar - CAAS 2008

[stringhucker]

My fingers hurt just watching this... owwww haha. You got some serious chops Adam! I'm gonna go practice now...

[pworam68]

Hey Adam - way to tear it up!!! You make it look so damn easy, when doing that on an acoustic is damn near impossible (it's hard enough on an electric). What string gauge are using?

[rayes060]

I am looks Confused

[MyTurnOn]

I love you adam

[denisisus]

nice)))) really!!!!

[fejeren81]

3:01 sweetness - and u know it :)

[JargonSlick]

I am thoroughly impressed, and I'm not impressed easily. I'm a fellow guitar player who's passion is acoustics and blues, and to see someone deliver both at once is indeed a rare treat.

Two thumbs way, way up!

[XJumpstylorX]

WOW! youre coming close to the master

[nordine98]

ho la la !!!!! incredible!!!! yes man!!!! merci

[mrpaulka83]

wow, not enough space to rate with stars!

[teunv111]

If i can play this before I die, i could die happy :),, could you tab it out??

[think0902]

I like listen

[MikeConnehaye]

Incredible!

[coltranelovetrain]

Not only can other guitarists be heard in your playing (SRV, Benson I think) you sound like Bootsy Collins, Dennis Chambers rolled into one. You got rhythm white boy!

[taciturnme]

I don't know what is it that u do man, but u've made start loving the blues now :)

[misterno45]

une forme du bonheur,merci!

[nemanjaand]

absolutely amazing!!! :)

such a feeling for rhythm and guitar....how long do you play guitar? :)

[nemanjaand]

absolutely amazing!!! :)

such a feeling for rhythm and guitar....how long do you play guitar? :)

[corystakic77]

This is awesome... I only hope to reach this level of playing ability before I drop dead... LOL.... I'll have to just keep pushing away at trying to make my vids better... Long way to go, but with guys like you out there to watch as well, it makes it soo much easier... Thanx for posting like you do....

[corystakic77]

This is awesome... I only hope to reach this level of playing ability before I drop dead... LOL.... I'll have to just keep pushing away at trying to make my vids better... Long way to go, but with guys like you out there to watch as well, it makes it soo much easier... Thanx for posting like you do....

[corystakic77]

This is awesome... I only hope to reach this level of playing ability before I drop dead... LOL.... I'll have to just keep pushing away at trying to make my vids better... Long way to go, but with guys like you out there to watch as well, it makes it soo much easier... Thanx for posting like you do....

[Hatchock]

awesome!

[Creamyguitar1956]

Do you offer FREE tabs to this song?

[crescentridge]

@Creamyguitar1956 Yes, just the "head" with the crazy fast stuff. Often when I offer free tabs I do the main tune, as it's hard enough to keep ya working for a while. Enjoy.

[lilticklez]

You're the best adam!!

[SterlingRe]

For someone who isn't some commercially well known guy it doesn't get much better. Who cares if someone knows another guy they think is as good or better. I'm watching this guy right now and he's a certified beast.

[GodsgoodX]

... tabs please... seriously, this is amazing !

[poofypot]

MONTE MONTGOMERY!!  Adam is a pimp, don't get me wrong (love adam's music).... but check out Monte Montgomery!

[KB24akaRonald]

did. adam still blows him out the water

[SavantSvant]

Reminds me of scuttle buttin by srv.

[zakkattack99]

yeah pretty much a straight rip. i was gunna type the exact same thing till i read your comment

[carvetop01]

Damn that's good! Is there any style you can't play? You are a Renaissance man.

Cheers,

allen

[spresley61109]

f*#ck yeah! not often you get accoustic blues with speed acuracy and feeling, but you have here, nice job

[hashungah]

Whooohooo !

[Creamyguitar1956]

Did this guy take lessons from Tommy Emmanuel?

[phunkdified12]

No, Tommy Emmanuel took lessons from him... ;O lol

[poofypot]

@phunkdified12

BURN!!!!!

[flownomis]

a tabbed version would be soo awesome

[crescentridge]

This is tabbed out.  Sign up to the mailing list, link will be included with next mailing.

Adam

[flownomis]

GREAT, thank you so much

[bluesican]

nice! clean blues, beautiful...

[Tbonetardis]

Sorry, meant 'match' the excellence of Tommy, of course!

[AriM]

bahahahahaha.....totally awesome...almost fell out of my chair laughing...*thumbs way up*

[edzdan]

thats what I love about viewing your stuff - you always respond to tubers and you've never got a fat head - keep it up bro - I'm a fan for life

[crescentridge]

Oh thanks. I read every comment...I can't always reply, but I try to keep it human and real! :-) Happy Holidays...

[edzdan]

hi there - this style Adam plays here kind of reminds me of Stevie-Ray Vaughn

[crescentridge]

Yes, very much a SCUTTLEBUT kind of feel, which I heard after composing this. It was probably in my subconcious!!! Oh well....

[Tbonetardis]

Sorry spelt his name wrong! Tommy Emmanuel of couse....

[Tbonetardis]

I've never know such impeccable timing in any guitarist...blown away!

[jst1998]

That's one of the things that I admire about Adam as well. He has such a great sense of timing and rhythm. He is always in perfect tune with the essence of the song, almost as if he's channeling the original intent of the composer. Or maybe he's just having fun :-)

Either way, it's a very rare gift and I can't stop listening.

[Tbonetardis]

Hi jst1998, totally agree with you - he has amazing natural ability and clearly enjoys it! The only other guitarist who I think compares is Tommy Immanuel (type tommy emmanuel fast blues) if you haven't already - truly unreal too!

[crescentridge]

Guys, I am trying in my own way to match the excellence of Tommy, but with different tunes and a different voice. A tall task for any guitarist! To not imitate, but be influenced by, a master like Tommy! Happy New Year!!!

[Tbonetardis]

Hi Adam, nice to hear you do respond to comments - much respect to you! I don't think it's a case the excellence of Tommy - you already do. You have a great feel and that's what appeals to me. Funny how people tend to grade by technical ability. Some of my fav guitarists are the old blues guys, who are limited technically, but buckets of soul and feel!

[Desthechef]

Adam reminded me MIB movie - he's like an alien hiding under human appearance :)

[tianyou85]

naaaaaah, aliens can't play like this!! XD

[arrrang]

Wow.. I'm impressed! Hope to see you performing in Poland one day... You feel great what your playing my friend! :)

Best regards!

~Marcin

[rafybass11]

and he ends it with an upstroke! just amazing!! :)

[olemunati]

3:22 = The Rooster

[martinman87]

That was great and impressive. I love the end where they go "wow!" and start clapping. That's the reaction I dream about.

I love your stuff, man!

[IgorGuittar]

Awesome!!

[Hildebrandt86]

very cool!!

[headbanger623]

Your best composition yet

[121xzibit]

Bravo!!! &

amazing

[Geddz0]

pRO!

so nice love it!

and so beautiful ....

[yebdox]

Very Cool, Adam! What CAN'T you play? Most of these viewers don't know about your bop chops... for those new to my friend Mr. Rafferty, most of Adam's recorded material is post-bop archtop material, in other words, JAZZ. And here he is, making a name for himself in an entirely different genre! Tommy Emmanuel and Chet Atkins are/were both fluent in a number of different styles, as well, no wonder Adam gets high marks from Tommy. Adam is going to be very well known, if he keeps this up!

[ipeplov]

Bravo, Adam!

[penguinharry]

go adam!

[rastamcbob49]

man you have a nice Guitar Techniques...

[gifted26]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

[tadynn23]

Nice one Adam, I normally don't venture past your Stevie fingerpicking songs. But it's amazing to hear you flat pick. Amazing accuracy. Kudos to you, good work!

[crescentridge]

Oh boy, I put my time in with teh flat pick! Thanks man!!!!

[gitpa1]

I believe that is the first time i saw you use a pick... sweet.

What amp were u using?

[headbanger623]

The bose, it says on the top right.

[superflea72]

meh.

everything he played there except the short funkyi-sh break in the middle sounded like it came from his head not his gut. hardly a fitting tribute to two of the gutsiest players to strap on a guitar.

nice playing and all (could kick my ass any day), but I don't know......it just bored me.

[bigdood]

not as much as that comment bored the rest of us.... :-/ meh, indeed. you say this guy can kick your ass, but he is boring, what does that make YOU? Get a life, dude... this dude busts his guts playing guitar 10-15 hours a day, puts out free vids, tabs, and lessons -- what are YOU doing? Or NOT doing? (P.S. Were your parents lemon farmers?)

[superflea72]

this performance was meh, my opinion.

if you disagree, fine. who cares?

[bigdood]

well, we could get into the old back and forth -- but I ain't taking your 3rd grader bait.... BUT... to answer your dribble.... Who cares? Maybe Tommy Emmanuel cares... he has booked Adam TWICE this year to play with him in concert, once in Helsinki, and in Bangkok next October. I don't see TE or ANYONE booking your sorry ass. Nuff said. Get a life, moron.

[superflea72]

couldn't help yourself, could you? you HAD to be right.

get a life, lol. this coming from a 52 year old man flaming me on youtube. seems to me like you took the bait just fine....

[bigdood]

didn't HAVE to be right, just WAS.

that's the way the world works, moron! those of us who ARE right are constantly annoyed by those of you who THINK you are.

[superflea72]

the beautiful thing about music is that no ONE view is right, not even yours dickhead. so you think this guy is the mutts-nuts, well good for you. I happen to find this style of guitar playing formulaic (look it up) and insipid, pretty much like every one of your comments actually. my opinion obviously doesn't diminish it in your eyes though, and that's great!

golf-clap for you champ...

[TomEMaddox]

Gotta love when a video I shot shows up on my recommended videos list. Still a damn fun tune to listen to.

[WeAreBullets]

wow, u are so fast! that is so cool.

i love this song. yay. so fun. :D

do u play mandolin also?

[Roadkiller85]

Dear Adam Rafferty

thank you! Every note you play inspires and motivates me to practice and make music at all.

[geebizzle38]

i totally agree

[crescentridge]

Thanks. Actually watching this makes me realize "oh no, I have to keep playing it!" So I'm with you...gotta keep shredding!!!! ;-)

[geebizzle38]

AMAZING!!!!

[pepness]

tu veux venir dans mon groupe =D

[PanKrtcha]

nauč se anglicky a pak tu piš :D

[shaunhopper11]

Adam is the next big thing in guitar playing!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen to how clean that attack is!!

Adam you ROCK bro!!

[arose400]

Awsome! II played keys at CAAS a few years back for some various performers. Had a blast! That was when Buster B and Chet were both still alive.

[Dime79895]

Piff to easy! LOL Yea right!

[marcinw001]

amazingly crazy MAN!:) i hope you'll visit Poland someday, you're welcome

[froidalo]

I Love You

[GAJET490]

thanks you truly have talent  i very much enjoyed listing to your music

[virvalens]

rock'n'roll... YEAH! ;)

[bigdood]

holy s&%* dude! You are now the second best guitar player on the planet. my god, I gotta get online more. :-)

CAAS is tough -- Nashville is a closed-knit group -- but they cannot deny talent when they see it! I hope you got the chance to tip a glass with TE during your trip to Music City ... :-) Peace, my friend.

[iShaddad]

here's a tab request. so please tab it.. and great playing btw

[beertab84]

absoolutely freakin awesome man.. my jaw hit the keyboard... keep it up

[bluesugarmonkeys]

Astonishingly wonderful

[HairPeace]

Love to see the tab for this one, save me from hours of listening over and over to learn it. :)

[yipmicha]

i would like tabs for this,

but it's much too hard for me... so don't take this as a request, but it's very good!

[dlacr]

The only accompaniment is the sound of the audience's jaws collectively dropping on the floor. Love the sound of the artist, guitar and that sweet Bose L1 PA. I wonder if he is using a Taylor preset on the PA?

[flyhead2]

This isn't humanly possible to play. So clean and musical, I wonder who Adam met at the crossroads. Sheer brilliance.

[ortoPilot]

3:02 hahaha saweeeeeet :)

[ortoPilot]

precision at its finest

[ZammysMom]

Holy moly!! I'm speechless! Simply fantastic!

[elsofilms]

Very good, but it is electric guitar and their is accompaniment.Eddy.

[andres006gr]

accompaniment?? are you idiot?

[MattkNT]

just like stevie blues tommy emmanuel but little bit different

[crescentridge]

You're right! Blues licks answered by chords...but a slightly different lick and a fast funk groove instead of a swing groove. Great ears you got! Forgive me, I love TE as much as anyone....trying to follow him ain'tan easy task!!!

[GoFuckAHorseCunt]

The man is disgustingly talented

[relaxification]

is that a 314ce?

[Bluesguitarman64]

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT !

Rob

[megsinginglalala]

absolutely amazing!

[jnclassicalguitarist]

YEAH!!

[enyawix]

how can i buy his music?

[Vreci]

No surprise for me: YOU are the Boogie-Man! Haha!

Great as always !

best regards,

wolfgang

[MusicEd1]

That was great Adam. I'll tell ya man, as far as I'm concerned, great guitar playing is just a man or woman and his or her guitar, alone on a stage laying it down.

I love being a part of a band don't get me wrong, but being able to get down on your own, where you're the bass, melody, percussion, rhythm and everything inbetween and you're able to pull it off...whew, as far as I'm concerned, this separates the boys from the men and the girls from the women. Today you are a MAN! Peace.

[cdresaw]

nice, i just smoked a reefer, well chiled out 2 u , thnx ;-)

[bigdood]

Damn, Raf!! I didn't know you were at the CAAS this year... I am definitely planning a trip to E-town in February to see my favorite two guitarists ever -- The Swing Monster and the Great TE -- same stage, consecutive nights... what a treat! Looking forward to seeing you there, my friend... Watch for the big guy with the cane! :-) Peace, bro... keep following your heart, you are kickin' ass and creating your own genre, ala TE and Bela Fleck! :-)

[WesMetheny]

I've been waking up to this every morning with my coffee!! Such musicality, such groove....yeah cat, keep up the great work!!

Taylor

[Wuivert]

Just awesome Adam!

Last week I received my order for your latest CD -GRATITUDE- it truly is a beauty.

Thanks,

Jeroen

[MagicTouchMax]

yeah i really look forward to any new vids from Adam, you really kick this 1 m8!!! great job

[JMDenver]

You're something else. That is sick, Adam!

[crunkykong]

Adam is killin it! Thanks again for all your help in the email I sent - you're a great man with a big heart.

[ghyslain2]

You are a killer Adam, I can't stop listening to you. Keep goin

[WesMetheny]

Adam, you sound killin bro. Thanks for the constant inspiration. Cheers!!

Taylor

[philrafferty]

Oh yeah! The boogie oogie man is coming for you! Amazing.

[acousticguitar123]

Great.Cheers

[imranino]

BADMAN!!

[kbkesq]

You nailed it, boy! The Creature lives on.

[mida87]

STOP IT! I nearely got a heartattack! You totaly blew me away and actualy CARRY ON :3D ooo boy whooh

[fendermac]

Exciting times when a new video comes along from MrR...Brilliant.***** **

[gesunelson]

Excellent stuff! Any more videos of your CAAS performances?

[jawmunji]

Rockin' Adam, rockin'! I love the scat vocals :) ~~~~JAW

[JimmerSD]

F*ckin A!

[bluespower]

nice one!! stay koooooool

[Pkw101]

Savage! Loved it

[opten17]

brilliant adam!what a way to start the day! and mate i would love the tab of this.

[Boondockflyfish]

FANTASTIC!!!!

[stawney]

You just wow-ed me!

This stuff is so good!

Stanley