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I don't get the people saying John McLaughlin is better because it's just a fact. There are no facts in music. None at all. Music is about feelings and how you "channel" them through your instrument. Feelings have no facts.
Go and watch x-factor if you think music is a competition.
@snakeweirdo You have to be kidding right? I mean American Tv shows are purposely and intentionally written to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and it mandated in the writers contracts that everything must be written so that any 7th grader could understand it and here you are using it as evidence in an argument you have already lost. Isn't it a fact that feelings exist? So much for facts about feelings. Music is about music that's subjected to how it makes you feel when you hear it.
i will always think that john was the fastest guitarist ever. coryell was fast too but choppy. dimiola was fast as shit too. but mclaughlin was fast and clean.
can ppl STOP comparing apples and oranges...we know you like one more than the other,cuz prop you grew up listening to one and won't let go of your childhood...if JM wanted to be compared to Jimi or Holdsworth he would have been in a Hendrix cover band and done the same exact thing or covered someone else,but he did HIS OWN music...I love it,its like some ppl hear this and say,"no,Satch is way better"..what??TF...can ppl just appreciate each musician for what HE does specifically?
@cykoaudio777 John McLaughlin has said "I recall a concert of Allan in London some years ago, and after the performance I went to see him backstage only to tell him that if I knew what he was doing, I'd steal it!"
McLaughlin and Holdsworth are all technique and no soul. Prince, just one of many, is a highly underrated guitarist who can play these guys off the stage. Listen to his solos on "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain" and "Let's go Crazy."
@cadmiumblue262 yah but some of his solo's are just so removed from any other guitarist, totally different level, do wish his music was a little more accessible.
dont campare them, theire styles are different if you noticed....or if you know what youre taking about stupid! just enjoy the music. i dont think you really know the talent of john.
If anyone says that john had no feeling then you aint listening or you havent heard the song he did with santana called the life divine. I am a black man. . .so when i heard JM play. . .i knew he was the best (opinion) true jimi did have feeling. . .and i love him. . .but! John awoke the same emotions in me with his playing as jimi did.
@811masen Sorry, but hendrix could never dream to play with this type of accuracy or for that matter outside the box this much... Don't get me wrong, hendrix was a good guitarist, but no where near this guy. Actually not even close. Hendrix sold attitude just as much his guitar sound. Hendrix was a more complete package, but certainly not at the calliber of J. M. If all you hear is picking, then I can see why you would make such remarks.
@MrJro2 yes john has never been of the caliber of hendrix, i love em both, but hendrix can do much more with less, and well john doesn't have that many songs that make my foot move, and there are plenty of be-bop players that do. But music is a personal thing anyway, thats why i find any statements of this person is the greatest such a load. Tone, groove, personality and your like or dislike of them make such statements ridicules.
@shinybald36 Sorry, agree to disagree! JM is light years ahead of Hendrix IMO. I can honestly say I don't enjoy Hendrix music. It is the same rehash of the same pull off, tongue wagging style that never appealed to me. It is not a bad thing to disagree. I would also like to mention I did not bring up Hendrix in a JM video post. Just chimed in on the debate. My personal taste is Mahavishnu over Hendix anyday of the week.
@MrJro2 Just 'views' & 'opininons'...McLaughlin[yeah i saw the M'Vishnu 'live' in the '70's],Hendrix,Stevie Ray',Alvin Lee,Albert Lee,Mr.winter,Richie Havens,Leo Kottke,D.Chasca.......Just enjoy -and there are many more!!!!!XXXXXXcreashonrebel
Why is it so important to compare. Just enjoy the music of this brilliant guitarist. To compare a jazz/fusion guitarist to Segovia is like comparing Monet to Rembrandt. Their art is both priceless museum quality, yet completely different genres. (The next person that says Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time, I will personally put the claw end of a hammer in your skull.)
I've seen A.Segovia in concert. Also, J.McLaughlin. They're two different kinds of musicians. I saw AS put his guitar down, cough in hankerchief, then start playing again. He was demonstrating 'how to cough' for an idiot that din't know better! Too funny!
@jbarbri So you say something so obviously provocative, to the point of it being asinine, yet from your vid stream you seem well versed and evenly balanced. You would seem to be with it enough to know that neither Segovia nor McLaughlin would appreciate either side of this argument, and would find the op's title to be silly and you comment equally so. It is not a competition and at AS's and JM's level it is all preference.
I read all your comments and I must confess you write only bullshit ! You don't have any clue about music but continue. Reading your comments means dying due to boredom and ignorance !
I never heard this clip before - what a treasure. My first exposure to McLaughlin was the live album in Central Park - Between Nothingness and Eternity. That album literally ripped me from every previous notion I had about what was physically possible for a musician to play.
I saw Mavishnu Orchestra when I was at Ohio University, but it was outside of cleveland where i saw them. He is still a hero to me. I heard him the first time on Miles Davis Right off song from Jack Johnson album in like 1970 in art class of all places :D I wrote an article in college on Stanley Clarke :D. Boy were we fortunate to hear and experience real music :)
Beleive what you want, Johns been around for over 50 years, still playing and these others are doind what?? So who's playing Johns stuff now?? When you learn to pick out the notes you play then you may have the pleasure of playing guitar the right way!! I love hearing guys plating guitar like a violin, I allways say u need some more butter on those rolls! lmao
I understand people comparing guitarists, there are a lot of great ones out there. But, NOBODY comes near Johnny, that's just a fact. He is a 'once in a hundred years' musician. His picking is jaw droppingly stunning. Listen to his stuff with Shakti, where the timing has to be better than a metronome!! Lets see who else has managed it......yep still looking......hmmmm...nobody!
John is just so good at so many styles. There may be a couple guys in certain styles that are a little better but some styles, like fusion there is only 1 or two players equal and nobody better. Overall if I had to say someone is the best, I'd say he is the best.
@gh103 Timing is important for music, but it's not the music itself. What I am saying is: Good music is subjective. Shut up and listen to the piece. It isn't a championship.
@MrUsedBooks - Lets get to the point,who's better than who! These exceptional and gifted Artists would not say to each other-im better than you! i play legato,i play every note,im faster'etc. seems fair to say Allans your favorite and best gittarist, the one thing im certain and sure about is both Allan and John have alot more music to contribute and share with us.John is my favorite.
McLaughlin's dynamics really are some of the best out there... to able to play as fast and so sickeningly accurate WHILE gradually getting louder, then softer... and maintaining the same blistering velocity. As a guitarist, I've learned so much just by listening to the man play.
There is a high quality recording around of Hendrix and McLaughlin's legendary jam session at the Record Plant in '69. A few years ago I remember reading an article where Alan Douglas said Jimi cut John's head that night. I listened to it. I think he was right.
But JM could only play on the first five frets before it fed back big time. I think JM is in some way responsible for Jimmy's unrevealed late switch to Jazz.
you're forever hexed for even thinking you can compare prodigies. hendrix and mclaughlin had entirely different life paths. mclaughlin's involved a more wise approach, quitting drugs and staying alive to keep the light spreading. hendrix had a message to give in a time-limit, he was not meant to keep living because people became unworthy of his presence as a messenger. mclaughlin's message is less about caring about the world's crap & more about providing harmony where it is difficult to keep.
there is some stuff out there with mclaughlin and hendrix playing. does any body have it. hendrix had more soul.but john has the technique because he is musically trained. where hendrix didn't know how to read music. i still want to hear them together .
@zakcattack Hendrix (let alone Page) wasn't good enough to replace strings on jazz guitarists' guitars. The extent of knowledge required for jazz compared to that for rock is like a Ph.D. in physics compared to the 2nd grade science projects.
@gormarx Hendrix wasn't just R&R. If you really listen to Hendrix's music, he (literally) fused EVERY music that was out at the time. When i say every music, just think of one.. I mean EVERY music, including Jazz.
So to say Hendrix wasn't good enough to replace strings on a Jazz guitarist guitar is pure ignorance. You havent heard his catologue. I can tell...
@bigstU25 I should say Hendrix's TECHNIQUE - he was good for reasons other than technique, like most rockers: energy, vibe, groove, feel, etc. I know his opus, I can play his songs & style, like I can handle SOME jazz music, and that's why I know - replicating Hendrix's (Page's, Clapton's...) parts is easy, as long as you can do it with emotion; playing jazz parts can really hurt your fingers and THEN requires the feel on top of it. Simply, it's a way more complex music, nothing against Jimi.
@bigstU25 My reaction was triggered mainly by this silly "McLaugjlin is second to Hendrix" idiocy, since McL or DiMeola have the kind of technique way beyond Jimi's reach, even if their music is more often boring than not, and his gets you up & dancing in no time. I have this allergic reaction to comparison of guitarists in any way along the lines of "better" or "best."
@gormarx I c where youre coming from & i respect it but u have to put it like this. Technically, McL was better than Hendrix and feel, emotion creativity and sound wize NObody was better than Hendrix... People can probably reenact Hendrix's licks(thats easy to do w/ practice) but nobody can fuse the (sound picture) he painted w/ the virtuoso solo'n along w/ his soul & rhythm.. Plus stage performance. You better practice now and when u die and come back practice more and then u may get it.. Dig?
@bigstU25 I disagree with the idea that you can compare them. He was unique, impressive in many ways, great, beyond question, but there IS no "better" that objectively works except for "I like it better," which you're certainly entitled to. I do like Jimi's music, absolutely, but everyone has their different place. He wrote great songs but they're way simpler than any of Vai's pieces, and Vai is vastly superior to anything Hendrix could ever even aspire to. Is he "better?" No, just different.
@gormarx Well like i said, technically, most was better than Hendrix. But NObody could acheive the creativity, vertuosity and soul that Hendrix produced. As a side note, Hendrix pushed sound farther than any musician. He was the BIG influence for surround sound and 5.1 Digital technology. And Vai a better song writer than Hendrix? WOOOoow! That is DEFINITELY your opinion, not fact.
@zakcattack hm.. half true my opinion . hendrix was pure charisma.. extraordinary writing and performance.. but not so skilled . he was pretty good but.. how good you must be when you play the pentatonic . john is so massive.. so .. god..
@Flakevee Yeah, Hendrix pushed himself right through the guitar and forced himself out. John got some parts like that, but he had a much wider vocabulary to do it with. I adore them both, but no way Jimi could play in 9/8, maybe he would have been able to if he lived a little longer.
@zakcattack I'll say it again.. Jimi was NOT technically advanced as McL. But McL doesnt have the feel that Jimi had. If McL was to try to play like Hendrix did w/ the feed back, tremelo bar and soloing, he would look fail..
But i do agree that if Hendrix lived alil longer he would of learnt the technical side and he would of been a nightmare to any guitarist... He was already a nightmare to most..
@zakcattack how was there no way Jimi could've played in 9/8.. thats the dumbest shit Ive heard... 9/8, 3/4, and all the other odd time signatures arent necc. harder to play then 4/4.. they're just different.. if you can count it you can play it.. I think every musician knows that
@atl2maryland They Are more difficult because feeling a melody flow through them is much less intuitive then 4/4 or the half-time 6/8. I have no doubt that if a bassist laid down a thick groove in 9 that Jimi could jump on it, but he would have trouble with it. It is no coincidence that Jimi only played in 4/4 and 6/8 (when he wasn't going all free-noise that is). If he had lived longer I have no doubt that he would have gone there though.
@zakcattack I seriously doubt that Hendrix would have any trouble with any kind of rhythm. But it isn't part of the blues tradition, and Hendrix was a blues man. No half-decent guitarist would have any trouble playing and adapting to another rhythm, that is not the hard part. You would know that if you taught music.
@snakeweirdo Jimi progressed in a way that didn't involve strange time signatures in his lifetime. If given more time and while keeping the same rate of progress he could have reached for something like 9/8 or 13/8 etc. to express himself. As a drummer for 12+ years I know that many decent guitarists who are not used to playing in strange times have trouble with it. I really don't think we are arguing about anything anymore anyway, so please don't insult me.
@Flakevee who cares what skills these two have or had- JM is mostly very boring and hendrix just made a noise. Hendrix had All along the Watchtower and JM had Adventures in Radioland- Hendrix was a spectacle mostly. I mean you cant compare Hendrix with Jeff Beck. JM may be the most technically profficient guitarist ever, but he's mostly also the most boring.
@zakcattack Weird for me. That is w\here I started. My uncle bought Bitches Brrew for my 12th birthday and I was blown away but the tune that bore his name
Yep, you're right, John is brilliant on acoustic. But Holdsworth is really good at it, too. Just listen to a tune called "Kinder". You can find it here on YouTube. The fact that he scarcely plays without electricity, does not mean that he's not able to do it...
AH can play acoustic, of course, though he's not even remotely near John's level in such a context. Playing with an acoustic next to Paco, he'd certainly wet his panties. "Kinder" is nice, but there's a quantum leap in terms of sheer beauty as well as picking and fret hand complexity between something like "Kinder" and e.g.
watch?v=KO8hg5r-Ha4
In view of electric guitar, Holdsworth's surely one of the greatest notably when it comes to phrasing and chord voicings.
I think we can all agree that McLaughlin is on a different level acoustically compared to Holdsworth, but as composers and musicians in general, I don't think you can compare them. They're both so damn great.
Sure, JMcL is a god at his instrument, and he ist one of my all time favourites, together with Al DiMeola, but my guru is the almighty Allan Holdsworth. No one on earth can play like him and sounds like he does. I have seen him perform live several times - he is from another galaxy...
Well, Holdsworth and almighty, not quite. Allan shrinks to less than monad when he plays acoustic. For John its quite the opposite, "he's unbelievably strong on acoustic" (Holdsworth). And acoustic is what separates the boys from the men.
@feithusch Acoustic separates the boys from the men? What a ridiculous statement. What separates the boys from the men is picking the right axe for the kind of music you want to make.
McLaughlin is without doubt a fine guitarist. It's too bad he spent so much time using the guitar synth in my view. But that was the tool that he needed to make the music he wanted to make. Why he wanted to make it is, I suppose, the real mystery.
Kudos to pbanders below. McLaughlin has always functioned best as a conceptualist or catalyst. For my money, his " random improvisations' have always struck me as being a little too random. He has done some important work, but for pure guitar playing, I would much rather hear a whle bunch of stuff from Wes, Django, Joe P, Holdsworth, and quite a few others, now that I think of it. Sorry, but this is nowhere close to being "the best guitar playing ever".
This is an interesting recording. I'm a 40+year fan of McL, especially his composing skills. What I'm not as big a fan of is his more random improvisations. This one is a good example. Clearly there are moments of brilliance here, from a rhythmic, melodic, and technical perspective. What I find missing is a coherent structure, and also a ton of flat-out clams. I still love him, you can never fault a lack of passion in his playing, that's clear.
That's a matter of opinion. Some of us find Mclaughlin's random bursts of speed are annoying. He was much better with Miles Davis standing over his shoulder.
McLaughlin is among the legends. There are others like him, but he really stands out. Jimmy Page is just too sloppy. Alan Holdsworth is up there with McLaughlin. Rick Emmett is outstanding as well. Steve Morse is a phenomenon. And let's not forget about Gary Hoey. I could go on and on ...
There is no one NO ONE is McLaughlin's league, Pat Matheny, Al Di Meola are close, Steve Morse is great but he is not near Johnny, Alan Holdsworth is a whole different style completely, but that is where Van Halen stole all his licks. Van Halen admits it in interviews he's had.
There is Johnny, Chick, Bozzio, Stanley, Cobham, Walden, now Weckle, but other then that and Matheny, and Di Meola, everyone else is a copy cat 2nd
in 1975 the drummer is probably Narada Michael Walden, performance seems to be something closer to Inner Worlds period, than Visions of Emerald Beyond
Thanks for the post avs 002. You can rely on JM to bring everything to a performance. In my mind the 1st Mahavishnu was the better, recordings and band cohesion. I have some 1972 Concerts from Chicago and Cleveland when they were supporting Procul Harum. Also amazing experimental 1968 recordings & most of his major releases. There seems to be lots of arguments about who is better. Well, Miles Davis called JM over to NYC when he hadn't even cut a record to play on 'Bitches/Birth of C/Jack johnson
I had a guitar teacher who knew him back in the day.. apparently as well as breaking into a friends house ansd stealing and selling his guitar. He left his wife and kid to pursue his career once it took off in the states
trio of doom was sick, shakti was beautiful, mahavishnu was outstanding, and his classical stuff was awesome too. what happen to jimmy page?? john is still going. i am a led fan but jimmy page has mellowed out. he is not creative with is stuff, he does it for money and his fame.
i dont think led zepplin is anything remarkable, but i agree about the John Mclaughlin stuff. Shakti is probably one of my favorite bands, and MO is simply incredible.
Deep Sea Seamus, Yah, he does a lot of deep see gay noodling, to match the noodle that controls your brain functions. Let's hear you noodle like this maniac! Yes, you are pathetic, not Mr McLaughlin.
john is kewl sometimes but he sure loves to play a lot of gay throwaway noodling SHIT. Most of his noodling phrases are pathetic musically speaking, a child could come up with more musical
@Corilo91 Page was entertaining in the way that JM isn't, unless you are into indulgent licks at the speed of light. All JM stuff sounds the same- da da da da da da da da da da da da etc etc ad nauseum. I'm a guitarist and have a broad taste- I appreciate anything well done, but JM and hendrix I mostly have never got. Whilst I'm having a good moan, There's not necessarily any merit in being 'way out' or 'cool'
@Modonaut57 I can respect what you're saying, in reference to some of JM's music. In fact, I was disappointed after seeing him live with MO. It seemed like he had an ego about not having an ego, if that makes any sense. And that attitude was reflected in the music. But I still love Extrapolation and My Goals Beyond. I think they're hidden gems. If you've never heard those two albums, I would encourage you to check them out.
eric johnson is another name that should be in company with this gentleman! johnson learned so much from mclaughlin! thanks for the post... certainly the best guitar playing ive heard on Youtube.... best regards!
For the record, this was actually the very last concert any group named Mahavishnu Orchestra played in the 1970s. It is often confused with "the next to the last gig" the original Mahavishnu played in Toledo before its last show in Detroit in 1973.
The organ sounds like early Pigpen, and the effects on the guitar sound like early Jerry. In all, the middle of this song reminds me of a 1968 Other One.
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markmarktarmann 1 week ago
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DoctorEeam 1 month ago
I don't get the people saying John McLaughlin is better because it's just a fact. There are no facts in music. None at all. Music is about feelings and how you "channel" them through your instrument. Feelings have no facts.
Go and watch x-factor if you think music is a competition.
snakeweirdo 3 months ago
@snakeweirdo You have to be kidding right? I mean American Tv shows are purposely and intentionally written to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and it mandated in the writers contracts that everything must be written so that any 7th grader could understand it and here you are using it as evidence in an argument you have already lost. Isn't it a fact that feelings exist? So much for facts about feelings. Music is about music that's subjected to how it makes you feel when you hear it.
DoctorEeam 1 month ago
i will always think that john was the fastest guitarist ever. coryell was fast too but choppy. dimiola was fast as shit too. but mclaughlin was fast and clean.
jazzynet1 5 months ago
Man i was at ohio university in 75 and man Mavishnu was the shit :).
jazzynet1 5 months ago
The whole comparison is asinine. McLaughlin is better; that is just a fact.
Foosh222 6 months ago
can ppl STOP comparing apples and oranges...we know you like one more than the other,cuz prop you grew up listening to one and won't let go of your childhood...if JM wanted to be compared to Jimi or Holdsworth he would have been in a Hendrix cover band and done the same exact thing or covered someone else,but he did HIS OWN music...I love it,its like some ppl hear this and say,"no,Satch is way better"..what??TF...can ppl just appreciate each musician for what HE does specifically?
cykoaudio777 7 months ago
@cykoaudio777 John McLaughlin has said "I recall a concert of Allan in London some years ago, and after the performance I went to see him backstage only to tell him that if I knew what he was doing, I'd steal it!"
MrUsedBooks 6 months ago
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McLaughlin and Holdsworth are all technique and no soul. Prince, just one of many, is a highly underrated guitarist who can play these guys off the stage. Listen to his solos on "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain" and "Let's go Crazy."
joey23125 7 months ago
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joey23125 7 months ago
Allan Holdsworth may have been technically proficient but he couldnt compose his way out of a wet paper bag. Mclaughlin rules!
cadmiumblue262 9 months ago
@cadmiumblue262 yah but some of his solo's are just so removed from any other guitarist, totally different level, do wish his music was a little more accessible.
shinybald36 4 months ago
Allan and John were born in same town. Something's wrong in the water.
funkeemon 9 months ago
to compare john mclaughlin and jimi hendrix shows how inept and ridiculous your understanding of guitar is. suck a dick and tell mommy I said hello
Wamz1978 9 months ago
@Wamz1978
I am bisexual - which toilet can your dick be sucked?
SuperBipolarbear 5 months ago
dont campare them, theire styles are different if you noticed....or if you know what youre taking about stupid! just enjoy the music. i dont think you really know the talent of john.
jigerhappy 10 months ago
If anyone says that john had no feeling then you aint listening or you havent heard the song he did with santana called the life divine. I am a black man. . .so when i heard JM play. . .i knew he was the best (opinion) true jimi did have feeling. . .and i love him. . .but! John awoke the same emotions in me with his playing as jimi did.
ntrwda2 10 months ago
Oh yes, let us now reflect ;^) and compare Jimi Hendrix to John McLaughlin.
drj602 10 months ago
Stop comparing guitarist all the time!!
Jimi Henrix=Great guitarist.
John Mclaughlin=Great guitarist
Enjoy The music!
kontrapunkti 10 months ago 36
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@kontrapunkti
Does the comparison hurt the music?
OneBigRetard 7 months ago
@kontrapunkti i would disagree john mclaughlin greatest of all and jimi hendrix great guitarist
myeviec 5 months ago
@kontrapunkti apples are better than oranges. fast is better than slow. black is better than white!
jamesedwardtheobald 3 months ago
This is not music, its picking. Mr Jimi Hendrix have the feeling, john not. NO ONE TAKE MR HENDRIX
811masen 11 months ago
@811masen totally agree... Pffff so glad that I am not the onlyone with this opinion!!
Pan3405 11 months ago
@811masen Sorry, but hendrix could never dream to play with this type of accuracy or for that matter outside the box this much... Don't get me wrong, hendrix was a good guitarist, but no where near this guy. Actually not even close. Hendrix sold attitude just as much his guitar sound. Hendrix was a more complete package, but certainly not at the calliber of J. M. If all you hear is picking, then I can see why you would make such remarks.
MrJro2 11 months ago
@MrJro2 yes john has never been of the caliber of hendrix, i love em both, but hendrix can do much more with less, and well john doesn't have that many songs that make my foot move, and there are plenty of be-bop players that do. But music is a personal thing anyway, thats why i find any statements of this person is the greatest such a load. Tone, groove, personality and your like or dislike of them make such statements ridicules.
shinybald36 4 months ago
@shinybald36 Sorry, agree to disagree! JM is light years ahead of Hendrix IMO. I can honestly say I don't enjoy Hendrix music. It is the same rehash of the same pull off, tongue wagging style that never appealed to me. It is not a bad thing to disagree. I would also like to mention I did not bring up Hendrix in a JM video post. Just chimed in on the debate. My personal taste is Mahavishnu over Hendix anyday of the week.
MrJro2 4 months ago
@MrJro2 Just 'views' & 'opininons'...McLaughlin[yeah i saw the M'Vishnu 'live' in the '70's],Hendrix,Stevie Ray',Alvin Lee,Albert Lee,Mr.winter,Richie Havens,Leo Kottke,D.Chasca.......Just enjoy -and there are many more!!!!!XXXXXXcreashonrebel
Mangosunsplash 2 weeks ago
Why is it so important to compare. Just enjoy the music of this brilliant guitarist. To compare a jazz/fusion guitarist to Segovia is like comparing Monet to Rembrandt. Their art is both priceless museum quality, yet completely different genres. (The next person that says Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time, I will personally put the claw end of a hammer in your skull.)
DebrisHut 11 months ago 2
What a brilliant musician...it is as if he is making sentences with his phrases...not too much of that going on these days unfortunately.
56captvideo 1 year ago
I've seen A.Segovia in concert. Also, J.McLaughlin. They're two different kinds of musicians. I saw AS put his guitar down, cough in hankerchief, then start playing again. He was demonstrating 'how to cough' for an idiot that din't know better! Too funny!
ruralaircraftfactory 1 year ago
Hendrix could have only dreamed something this good.
MrJro2 1 year ago 2
@MrJro2
Totally agree.
skiinscubaout 11 months ago
Segovia on his worst day is better.
jbarbri 1 year ago
@jbarbri So you say something so obviously provocative, to the point of it being asinine, yet from your vid stream you seem well versed and evenly balanced. You would seem to be with it enough to know that neither Segovia nor McLaughlin would appreciate either side of this argument, and would find the op's title to be silly and you comment equally so. It is not a competition and at AS's and JM's level it is all preference.
geoPhaze 1 year ago
@jbarbri
You probably know better than Jeff Beck, Jeff commented John McLaughlin is the best guitarist alive.
TrioOfDoom 1 year ago
@jbarbri JM sucks..!
Pan3405 11 months ago
@Pan3405
I read all your comments and I must confess you write only bullshit ! You don't have any clue about music but continue. Reading your comments means dying due to boredom and ignorance !
jemp1965 5 months ago
@jemp1965 You(!) bore me.. anything else?
Pan3405 5 months ago
@Pan3405
I bore you...you bore me... I totally agree ! So we live in peace and I can now enjoy McLaughlin's "Open country joy" ;-)
jemp1965 5 months ago
@jemp1965 that's also boring..
Pan3405 5 months ago
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@jemp1965 By the way...Why did You read all my comments? Then You must have thought they were worthwhile..??
Pan3405 5 months ago
beautiful skill........
thefunkyphantom69 1 year ago
I never heard this clip before - what a treasure. My first exposure to McLaughlin was the live album in Central Park - Between Nothingness and Eternity. That album literally ripped me from every previous notion I had about what was physically possible for a musician to play.
donnellobrien 1 year ago
Thanks for not mention the guy, that i'm sure many of you know very well J.B.
pappysmp 1 year ago
I saw Mavishnu Orchestra when I was at Ohio University, but it was outside of cleveland where i saw them. He is still a hero to me. I heard him the first time on Miles Davis Right off song from Jack Johnson album in like 1970 in art class of all places :D I wrote an article in college on Stanley Clarke :D. Boy were we fortunate to hear and experience real music :)
jazzynet1 1 year ago
John McLaughlin was then and still is the great guitarist in history!
DrFeelsYou 1 year ago
wow fast licks! this dude is sick! 1975 too?
georgesorosisgay 1 year ago
Beleive what you want, Johns been around for over 50 years, still playing and these others are doind what?? So who's playing Johns stuff now?? When you learn to pick out the notes you play then you may have the pleasure of playing guitar the right way!! I love hearing guys plating guitar like a violin, I allways say u need some more butter on those rolls! lmao
mrski1954 1 year ago
(F1) I NEED HELP
BeTheDeathOfMe 1 year ago
you jocks get a clue ! .....Its an art form not a sport ..
moondog50002000 1 year ago
I understand people comparing guitarists, there are a lot of great ones out there. But, NOBODY comes near Johnny, that's just a fact. He is a 'once in a hundred years' musician. His picking is jaw droppingly stunning. Listen to his stuff with Shakti, where the timing has to be better than a metronome!! Lets see who else has managed it......yep still looking......hmmmm...nobody!
gh103 1 year ago 3
@gh103
John is just so good at so many styles. There may be a couple guys in certain styles that are a little better but some styles, like fusion there is only 1 or two players equal and nobody better. Overall if I had to say someone is the best, I'd say he is the best.
intervalkid 1 year ago
@gh103 Timing is important for music, but it's not the music itself. What I am saying is: Good music is subjective. Shut up and listen to the piece. It isn't a championship.
snakeweirdo 3 months ago
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is it true that Mclaughlin played a tribute to Egyptian musician Ryiadh Sunbati?
Geehumshriber 1 year ago
is it true that Mclaughlin played a tribute to Egyptian musician Ryiadh Sunbati?
Geehumshriber 1 year ago
next to FRANK ZAPPA he is a good vote for #2 on the best guitarest there b
crawdadfish 1 year ago
@crawdadfish I personally believe Allan Holdsworth is better then both John and Zappa. They both praised his playing.
MrUsedBooks 1 year ago
@MrUsedBooks - Johns notes are clearer and cleaner.
jg3nz 1 year ago
@jg3nz That is because Allan Holdsworth uses a legato technique because he prefers the sound where as John Mcalughlin picks every note.
MrUsedBooks 1 year ago
@MrUsedBooks - Lets get to the point,who's better than who! These exceptional and gifted Artists would not say to each other-im better than you! i play legato,i play every note,im faster'etc. seems fair to say Allans your favorite and best gittarist, the one thing im certain and sure about is both Allan and John have alot more music to contribute and share with us.John is my favorite.
jg3nz 1 year ago
@jg3nz I agree they are both exceptional guitarists
MrUsedBooks 1 year ago
McLaughlin's dynamics really are some of the best out there... to able to play as fast and so sickeningly accurate WHILE gradually getting louder, then softer... and maintaining the same blistering velocity. As a guitarist, I've learned so much just by listening to the man play.
megaladon73 1 year ago
There is a high quality recording around of Hendrix and McLaughlin's legendary jam session at the Record Plant in '69. A few years ago I remember reading an article where Alan Douglas said Jimi cut John's head that night. I listened to it. I think he was right.
DONDIVA1969 1 year ago
@DONDIVA1969
But JM could only play on the first five frets before it fed back big time. I think JM is in some way responsible for Jimmy's unrevealed late switch to Jazz.
OneBigRetard 1 year ago
John McLoughlin- the Father
Allan Holdsworth- the Son
Shawn Lane- the Holy Spirit
prinznevsky 1 year ago
@prinznevsky Ha! I agree!
zmanofwar3 1 year ago
you're forever hexed for even thinking you can compare prodigies. hendrix and mclaughlin had entirely different life paths. mclaughlin's involved a more wise approach, quitting drugs and staying alive to keep the light spreading. hendrix had a message to give in a time-limit, he was not meant to keep living because people became unworthy of his presence as a messenger. mclaughlin's message is less about caring about the world's crap & more about providing harmony where it is difficult to keep.
thasupremeoverlord 1 year ago
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thasupremeoverlord 1 year ago
@jeffbeckgeek1 Hendrix had REAL soul.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@jeffbeckgeek1 blah blah blah.. two different musicians.. different styles
atl2maryland 1 year ago
thanks avs002, John mc laughlin mastery on this tune!
Eyllloween 1 year ago
who gives a fuck whos best get yer heads out off your arse
ozrics62 1 year ago
What's the use of comparing?
walt7500 1 year ago
McLaughlin plays fusion, Hendrix played rock & roll.
That being said: McLaughlin makes Hendrix sound like a child :)
ilovesaget 1 year ago
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hendrix makes McLaughlin sound like a child.
McLaughlin's vibrato is ridicolously bad. His tone too.
laricxx 1 year ago
check out conrad simon
ogskeetdizzle 1 year ago
there is some stuff out there with mclaughlin and hendrix playing. does any body have it. hendrix had more soul.but john has the technique because he is musically trained. where hendrix didn't know how to read music. i still want to hear them together .
otnasnod 1 year ago
Lol How is he the best? Hes effin hella good but I wouldnt say the best.
TrueDarkLink 1 year ago
Nice project-amazing music, and adding the interview segments was a cool idea. Thanks for doing it!
Gregorypeckory 1 year ago
respect! :)
CabecilhaF 1 year ago
i agree with you avs002, this is some of the best
ThreeLeggedMongoose 1 year ago
Mclaughlin was the next step after Hendrix, too bad most people never heard of him
zakcattack 1 year ago 21
@zakcattack Hendrix (let alone Page) wasn't good enough to replace strings on jazz guitarists' guitars. The extent of knowledge required for jazz compared to that for rock is like a Ph.D. in physics compared to the 2nd grade science projects.
gormarx 1 year ago
@gormarx Hendrix wasn't just R&R. If you really listen to Hendrix's music, he (literally) fused EVERY music that was out at the time. When i say every music, just think of one.. I mean EVERY music, including Jazz.
So to say Hendrix wasn't good enough to replace strings on a Jazz guitarist guitar is pure ignorance. You havent heard his catologue. I can tell...
bigstU25 1 year ago
@bigstU25 I should say Hendrix's TECHNIQUE - he was good for reasons other than technique, like most rockers: energy, vibe, groove, feel, etc. I know his opus, I can play his songs & style, like I can handle SOME jazz music, and that's why I know - replicating Hendrix's (Page's, Clapton's...) parts is easy, as long as you can do it with emotion; playing jazz parts can really hurt your fingers and THEN requires the feel on top of it. Simply, it's a way more complex music, nothing against Jimi.
gormarx 1 year ago
@bigstU25 My reaction was triggered mainly by this silly "McLaugjlin is second to Hendrix" idiocy, since McL or DiMeola have the kind of technique way beyond Jimi's reach, even if their music is more often boring than not, and his gets you up & dancing in no time. I have this allergic reaction to comparison of guitarists in any way along the lines of "better" or "best."
gormarx 1 year ago
@gormarx I c where youre coming from & i respect it but u have to put it like this. Technically, McL was better than Hendrix and feel, emotion creativity and sound wize NObody was better than Hendrix... People can probably reenact Hendrix's licks(thats easy to do w/ practice) but nobody can fuse the (sound picture) he painted w/ the virtuoso solo'n along w/ his soul & rhythm.. Plus stage performance. You better practice now and when u die and come back practice more and then u may get it.. Dig?
bigstU25 1 year ago
@bigstU25 I disagree with the idea that you can compare them. He was unique, impressive in many ways, great, beyond question, but there IS no "better" that objectively works except for "I like it better," which you're certainly entitled to. I do like Jimi's music, absolutely, but everyone has their different place. He wrote great songs but they're way simpler than any of Vai's pieces, and Vai is vastly superior to anything Hendrix could ever even aspire to. Is he "better?" No, just different.
gormarx 1 year ago
@gormarx Well like i said, technically, most was better than Hendrix. But NObody could acheive the creativity, vertuosity and soul that Hendrix produced. As a side note, Hendrix pushed sound farther than any musician. He was the BIG influence for surround sound and 5.1 Digital technology. And Vai a better song writer than Hendrix? WOOOoow! That is DEFINITELY your opinion, not fact.
bigstU25 1 year ago
@zakcattack hm.. half true my opinion . hendrix was pure charisma.. extraordinary writing and performance.. but not so skilled . he was pretty good but.. how good you must be when you play the pentatonic . john is so massive.. so .. god..
Flakevee 1 year ago
@Flakevee Yeah, Hendrix pushed himself right through the guitar and forced himself out. John got some parts like that, but he had a much wider vocabulary to do it with. I adore them both, but no way Jimi could play in 9/8, maybe he would have been able to if he lived a little longer.
zakcattack 1 year ago
@zakcattack I'll say it again.. Jimi was NOT technically advanced as McL. But McL doesnt have the feel that Jimi had. If McL was to try to play like Hendrix did w/ the feed back, tremelo bar and soloing, he would look fail..
But i do agree that if Hendrix lived alil longer he would of learnt the technical side and he would of been a nightmare to any guitarist... He was already a nightmare to most..
bigstU25 1 year ago
@zakcattack how was there no way Jimi could've played in 9/8.. thats the dumbest shit Ive heard... 9/8, 3/4, and all the other odd time signatures arent necc. harder to play then 4/4.. they're just different.. if you can count it you can play it.. I think every musician knows that
atl2maryland 1 year ago
@atl2maryland They Are more difficult because feeling a melody flow through them is much less intuitive then 4/4 or the half-time 6/8. I have no doubt that if a bassist laid down a thick groove in 9 that Jimi could jump on it, but he would have trouble with it. It is no coincidence that Jimi only played in 4/4 and 6/8 (when he wasn't going all free-noise that is). If he had lived longer I have no doubt that he would have gone there though.
zakcattack 1 year ago
@zakcattack I seriously doubt that Hendrix would have any trouble with any kind of rhythm. But it isn't part of the blues tradition, and Hendrix was a blues man. No half-decent guitarist would have any trouble playing and adapting to another rhythm, that is not the hard part. You would know that if you taught music.
snakeweirdo 1 year ago
@snakeweirdo Jimi progressed in a way that didn't involve strange time signatures in his lifetime. If given more time and while keeping the same rate of progress he could have reached for something like 9/8 or 13/8 etc. to express himself. As a drummer for 12+ years I know that many decent guitarists who are not used to playing in strange times have trouble with it. I really don't think we are arguing about anything anymore anyway, so please don't insult me.
zakcattack 1 year ago
@Flakevee who cares what skills these two have or had- JM is mostly very boring and hendrix just made a noise. Hendrix had All along the Watchtower and JM had Adventures in Radioland- Hendrix was a spectacle mostly. I mean you cant compare Hendrix with Jeff Beck. JM may be the most technically profficient guitarist ever, but he's mostly also the most boring.
Modonaut57 1 year ago
@Modonaut57 everything you said could be very well said about Jeff Beck.. or any guitar player for that matter.. it depends on who the listener is
atl2maryland 1 year ago
@zakcattack and Fripp was the step after Mclaughlin
BenadrylAnnug 1 year ago
@BenadrylAnnug I don't see that progression, though I do love Fripp as much as the next guy
zakcattack 1 year ago
@zakcattack Mclaughlin was greaaat. But not anywhere near Hendrix in any way.
snakeweirdo 1 year ago
@snakeweirdo hes still great, and better yet hes still alive. Hes different from hendrix. Why compare two great men?
RainWiLLIDie 1 year ago
@zakcattack Weird for me. That is w\here I started. My uncle bought Bitches Brrew for my 12th birthday and I was blown away but the tune that bore his name
michaeljamsmith 1 year ago
@zakcattack Hendrix was 2 steps after Mclaughlin
dockaiser 10 months ago
@dockaiser Hendrix died in 1970, 1st mo album was in 71, so how was hendrix 2 steps after McL?
zakcattack 4 months ago
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bernieholland775 1 year ago
I don't mind Shawn Lane.
thanks for posting!
xTjPx 2 years ago
John is the greatest guitar player hands down.
I love Allan, however!
please don't mention Vai, Satriani etc.
in the same sentence with John and Allan.
xTjPx 2 years ago
Check out Shawn Lane on my saves-he's also extraordinary.
urheadonastick 2 years ago
Yep, you're right, John is brilliant on acoustic. But Holdsworth is really good at it, too. Just listen to a tune called "Kinder". You can find it here on YouTube. The fact that he scarcely plays without electricity, does not mean that he's not able to do it...
22fret 2 years ago
AH can play acoustic, of course, though he's not even remotely near John's level in such a context. Playing with an acoustic next to Paco, he'd certainly wet his panties. "Kinder" is nice, but there's a quantum leap in terms of sheer beauty as well as picking and fret hand complexity between something like "Kinder" and e.g.
watch?v=KO8hg5r-Ha4
In view of electric guitar, Holdsworth's surely one of the greatest notably when it comes to phrasing and chord voicings.
feithusch 2 years ago
I think we can all agree that McLaughlin is on a different level acoustically compared to Holdsworth, but as composers and musicians in general, I don't think you can compare them. They're both so damn great.
5amuu 2 years ago 8
Sure, JMcL is a god at his instrument, and he ist one of my all time favourites, together with Al DiMeola, but my guru is the almighty Allan Holdsworth. No one on earth can play like him and sounds like he does. I have seen him perform live several times - he is from another galaxy...
22fret 2 years ago
Well, Holdsworth and almighty, not quite. Allan shrinks to less than monad when he plays acoustic. For John its quite the opposite, "he's unbelievably strong on acoustic" (Holdsworth). And acoustic is what separates the boys from the men.
feithusch 2 years ago
@feithusch Acoustic separates the boys from the men? What a ridiculous statement. What separates the boys from the men is picking the right axe for the kind of music you want to make.
McLaughlin is without doubt a fine guitarist. It's too bad he spent so much time using the guitar synth in my view. But that was the tool that he needed to make the music he wanted to make. Why he wanted to make it is, I suppose, the real mystery.
acr08807 2 years ago 2
>Light years? Sure he is the best. Most
pros defer to him as the best. But Steve
Vai, has greatness of his own. The long
skinny fingers., stamina.Most of all
love of the art and the L-rd
xzizx77 2 years ago
Kudos to pbanders below. McLaughlin has always functioned best as a conceptualist or catalyst. For my money, his " random improvisations' have always struck me as being a little too random. He has done some important work, but for pure guitar playing, I would much rather hear a whle bunch of stuff from Wes, Django, Joe P, Holdsworth, and quite a few others, now that I think of it. Sorry, but this is nowhere close to being "the best guitar playing ever".
hanksteelbranch 2 years ago
I did not know McClaughin taught page....
Iam very in love with what i would call "a mystical tone" they both have
liverawkstar 2 years ago
my fav JML solo is in "do you hear the voices that you left behind?", similar to giant steps harmony, hard to play and with his mystical passion
johnjtheoriginal 2 years ago
yah man!
tribute to the trane!
I LOVE THAT SONG
skier123453 2 years ago
This is an interesting recording. I'm a 40+year fan of McL, especially his composing skills. What I'm not as big a fan of is his more random improvisations. This one is a good example. Clearly there are moments of brilliance here, from a rhythmic, melodic, and technical perspective. What I find missing is a coherent structure, and also a ton of flat-out clams. I still love him, you can never fault a lack of passion in his playing, that's clear.
pbanders 2 years ago 2
@pbanders yeah ienjoyed it but it was a little noodly
TheBrowndawg 1 year ago
the Inner Worlds studio CD features Miles Out and All in the Family. Two of most ripping Mclaughlin performances ever.
Miles Out in particular takes up where Hendrix's Electric Ladyland left off. Outer space!
1Delta 2 years ago
Brilliant guitarist. "the dark prince" from One truth band project is a great example of his chops as well.
SousSherpa 2 years ago
WOW...AWESOME recording..!!
John SMOKES..@^@
Thanks for posting this..!!
Does Anyone have this full video??
mrprogjazzgto 2 years ago
best guitarist, hands down.
xTjPx 2 years ago
That's a matter of opinion. Some of us find Mclaughlin's random bursts of speed are annoying. He was much better with Miles Davis standing over his shoulder.
ajdicks 2 years ago
My favorite JM record "Extrapolation"
Steve Vai is reaching near JM and
PDelucia skill. Maybe surpassing. Malmsteen is aimless speed. The second to last trck on Extrapolation
has a solo, that is the fastest circle
pckin Ive found from McLaughlin. Santana paired well with JM too
xzizx77 2 years ago
Steve Vai is years light far from John Mclaughlin and Paco's skil
fabianidhesona 2 years ago
jimmy page sucks hahahaha
DeliverTheSuffering 2 years ago
McLaughlin is among the legends. There are others like him, but he really stands out. Jimmy Page is just too sloppy. Alan Holdsworth is up there with McLaughlin. Rick Emmett is outstanding as well. Steve Morse is a phenomenon. And let's not forget about Gary Hoey. I could go on and on ...
BettyJuan 2 years ago
There is no one NO ONE is McLaughlin's league, Pat Matheny, Al Di Meola are close, Steve Morse is great but he is not near Johnny, Alan Holdsworth is a whole different style completely, but that is where Van Halen stole all his licks. Van Halen admits it in interviews he's had.
There is Johnny, Chick, Bozzio, Stanley, Cobham, Walden, now Weckle, but other then that and Matheny, and Di Meola, everyone else is a copy cat 2nd
drumhobo 2 years ago
Amazing
dacotv 2 years ago
Noble effort, but Open Country Joy is not the same without Goodman on fiddle.
stuporsession 2 years ago
holy shit
enlightenment in his guitar playing
ThreeLeggedMongoose 2 years ago
i saw them at Cortland State U up state NY with the Birds and Blue oyster Cult. who was the durmer?
jazzmanstore 2 years ago
in 1975 the drummer is probably Narada Michael Walden, performance seems to be something closer to Inner Worlds period, than Visions of Emerald Beyond
XanAxDdu 2 years ago
Both were Walden anyway. Great days for fusion!
GUITARDALI 2 years ago
i think "open country joy" is better on Birds of Fire, however the playing in this is still great. I think the 1st mahavishnu played together better.
drummerman558 2 years ago
Thanks for the post avs 002. You can rely on JM to bring everything to a performance. In my mind the 1st Mahavishnu was the better, recordings and band cohesion. I have some 1972 Concerts from Chicago and Cleveland when they were supporting Procul Harum. Also amazing experimental 1968 recordings & most of his major releases. There seems to be lots of arguments about who is better. Well, Miles Davis called JM over to NYC when he hadn't even cut a record to play on 'Bitches/Birth of C/Jack johnson
zonalGman92 2 years ago
I had a guitar teacher who knew him back in the day.. apparently as well as breaking into a friends house ansd stealing and selling his guitar. He left his wife and kid to pursue his career once it took off in the states
worriedaboutlife 2 years ago
> Well, Miles Davis called JM over to NYC when he hadn't even cut a record to play on 'Bitches/Birth of C/Jack johnson
He'd cut Emergency! with Tony Williams and I think he'd recorded his self-named solo album too.
Frisbieinstein 2 years ago
i may be a death metal musician
but i sure as fuck can tell when somebody has got talent
and this little shit has it!
i just dont like it,haha
skinnyjeans987 2 years ago
death metal gets old same old shit, nothing innovative after Gorguts...
AssyNipple 2 years ago 5
AUTHOR'S COMMENT: "Wildest and craziest" no longer...
I've found (and sonically revived) another tape of the tour. Look forward to "McLaughlin's Maddest Moment".
avs002 2 years ago
I await this.
TyShredder 2 years ago
trio of doom was sick, shakti was beautiful, mahavishnu was outstanding, and his classical stuff was awesome too. what happen to jimmy page?? john is still going. i am a led fan but jimmy page has mellowed out. he is not creative with is stuff, he does it for money and his fame.
amizzlehizzle 2 years ago 4
i dont think led zepplin is anything remarkable, but i agree about the John Mclaughlin stuff. Shakti is probably one of my favorite bands, and MO is simply incredible.
drummerman558 2 years ago
Deep Sea Seamus, Yah, he does a lot of deep see gay noodling, to match the noodle that controls your brain functions. Let's hear you noodle like this maniac! Yes, you are pathetic, not Mr McLaughlin.
Davechop54 2 years ago 4
Awesom intro solo. A lot of Django stylistically in there.
snouter 2 years ago
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john is kewl sometimes but he sure loves to play a lot of gay throwaway noodling SHIT. Most of his noodling phrases are pathetic musically speaking, a child could come up with more musical
DeepSeaSeamus 2 years ago
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I agree ....a lot of fast playing like this usually means melody and tunefulness take a back seat ...
lens2optic 2 years ago
lens2optic, are you melody and tune deaf? it might usually mean that, but it doesn't mean that in this case at all.
poliboardthemovie 2 years ago
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i am ahendrix devotee, but even i realise this guys technical abilitys are imeasurable, however he does lack the ability to play blues properly lol
paranorma1palace 2 years ago
That was totally wacked. Absolutely some of the greatest!
MartinUToob 2 years ago
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Page and Zeppelin have much better discography than McLaughlin. John can play fast - but zzzzzzzzzzzz.
His orchestra was cool - but his career had a short peak. Very very short. Bitches Brew and Mahavishnu. But lots of wanking !
avazbone 2 years ago
What are you saying?
Mclaughlin is extreamly better then Page. Page is so limited!
Corilo91 2 years ago 15
@Corilo91 Page was entertaining in the way that JM isn't, unless you are into indulgent licks at the speed of light. All JM stuff sounds the same- da da da da da da da da da da da da etc etc ad nauseum. I'm a guitarist and have a broad taste- I appreciate anything well done, but JM and hendrix I mostly have never got. Whilst I'm having a good moan, There's not necessarily any merit in being 'way out' or 'cool'
Modonaut57 1 year ago
@Modonaut57 I can respect what you're saying, in reference to some of JM's music. In fact, I was disappointed after seeing him live with MO. It seemed like he had an ego about not having an ego, if that makes any sense. And that attitude was reflected in the music. But I still love Extrapolation and My Goals Beyond. I think they're hidden gems. If you've never heard those two albums, I would encourage you to check them out.
LorenzoNW 1 year ago
JM can play all JP solos with his left foot!
kayopi4a 2 years ago 6
Beautiful!!!
shunyotube 2 years ago 2
eric johnson is another name that should be in company with this gentleman! johnson learned so much from mclaughlin! thanks for the post... certainly the best guitar playing ive heard on Youtube.... best regards!
captxxchaos 2 years ago
he was doing this stuff before ANYONE else
ljguitar91 2 years ago
For the record, this was actually the very last concert any group named Mahavishnu Orchestra played in the 1970s. It is often confused with "the next to the last gig" the original Mahavishnu played in Toledo before its last show in Detroit in 1973.
walterkolosky 2 years ago
you have to listen wes montgomery.
alebraxas 2 years ago
or Django who was blazing way before anyone else
Robokiller80 2 years ago
django's the shit!
Whatisthescore 2 years ago
this is unreal
woodros 2 years ago
This is a nice jam.
Is this on a record?
GaryNull 2 years ago
John M. Speedy fingers.Truely talented.havent heard im in years.Thanks for the posting.
vulvaguy 2 years ago
Oh, I get it now. How exactly>
avs002 2 years ago
The organ sounds like early Pigpen, and the effects on the guitar sound like early Jerry. In all, the middle of this song reminds me of a 1968 Other One.
cnyeas 2 years ago