AirTap! - Later with Jools Holland

[ArcticHellfire]

I just trashed my guitar..

[newman015]

I could only ever dream of being this good

[Lastaccountgothacked]

...Oh, Les Paul for sale, anyone?

[BenjiKebab]

Awesome

[Pyrofreak321]

i think the "clearest" and best version is the one with 5 million views, i think the original.

[natescp]

Newton Faulkner actually killed himself hen he saw this..

[sfh113]

What kind of guitar and strings do you use that allows you to pull that awesome tapping on it? I feel like the strings may be looser or something?

[skywalke25]

@sfh113 its the tuning its quite a bit lower than standard

[neilss1]

@Loadedsumo That was the single funniest and creepiset comment ever lol

[Lozzyv1979]

Love it, love it, Love it!

[nevillegus]

fucking INCREDIBLE

the guys got serious talent !

[cassiogt]

A.......mazing.

[JoJoEE7]

I'LL SEE HIM TONIGHT :) Ohh hyeahh :)

[MrLeighton79]

this guy is pure talent. Simple!

[primussucks]

well done erik, getting on Jool's show! something original actually makes it! amazing!

[CJVthe1MB]

Tell me, what exactly is he playing? Guitar or piano? Ohhhh! I know! He's playing a guitar like a piano! Sweet!

[Flakman2k3]

Absolutley brilliant. What a beautiful mind

[quagmire475]

incredible

[hicksybaby]

giggity

[quagmire475]

lol

[josody]

@hicksybaby

..goo

[josody]

@hicksybaby

..goo!

[1ginner1]

I ,that is me, sent an E-mail to the BBC about 18 months ago requesting that someone at LATER think about bringing Eric over to play on the show and VOILA here we are,Coincidence, yeah probably,but if you see an artist that you think deserves a break in the UK please exercise you digits and send an e to anyone you think may be able to bring about the reality,otherwise we will be spoonfed the other reality that is, the winner of the X factory or Britain has got talent,

Felicitations.

[thumbfacenot]

yeah, i thinki the one with the man and woman introing him is a better live version, but like he says, he plays it diff every time. i cant believe i missed it, i never miss Jools,

[Rasterash]

You fucking legend, i cant believe you made it on Jools Holland, amazing stuff man

[saucyjenkins]

Not my favorite version of the song, but still just so so good

[muzimitsu]

i agree. i like the version where 2 hosts introduced him in the beginning of the movie.

[malloymalloymalloy]

Erik Mongrain, i love you.

[vos474747]

A better artist, composer, performer, musical innovator and person than you are or could ever hope to be?

[martingfarrell]

I saw this when it was first transmitted on the BBC and was blown away.I immediately went online and bought his album "Fates". Absolutely Brilliant!

[carrivera93]

This guy doesn't have to THINK he's anything... He just IS

[manrose58]

what are you on about?

[AlphaWinky]

He looks remarkably like Vin Diesel.

Lol.

Awesome guitar though.

[Nicklasjohanzzon]

Oh my god. I think i've just heard the best experimental guitar piece ever in world history.

it's a long time Eric and you're a young man..

talented is the least i can say.

[misteriousmaniac]

Amazing, simply amazing.

[Vortex42]

Wow - Yet ANOTHER victim of the TERRIBLE mixers at the BBC... Eric - The missing definition is NOT your fault... The BBC have SERIOUS problems with their engineers... That's why the nuance is missing from this recording of your piece.

[BigN0zZa]

love to see him play with Sungha Jung

[donPabloArturo]

Bravo Eric. Kicking Assess piece.

[Dom2497]

nice one for uploading this!

[SynthezX]

MONSTRRRR!!!

[juul1ette]

Amazing, no other word is good enough

[Loettje]

like.. wauw

[DaFuBaR1989]

love him ... nice work :)

[me700gnomes]

such a nice guitar

[CircusPenguin123]

he should arrange to play with sungha jung.

they are both good

[maclef70]

some publicity :D superb,  its about time your talents were more widely recognized erik.

peace

[lopycars]

i agree =D

peace

[Jorickhoofd]

love it, really beautiful

[scouseboymarko85]

fantastic, never heard something so good.

[spandexleotard]

Love this guy. The album is worth a listen...

[MichaelRMears]

Great to hear you got on Jools Holland man. It's about time you were recognised over here in the UK!

Keep it up, sick as always! 5/5

[vincemusicmaking]

Awsome dude,

but it does seem as if you tuned your guitar a little higher, and you used some diffirent notes didn't you?

Please forgive me if I'm wrong it's only what I thought to hear, maybe it's because it's 5 am and I'm still kinda sleepy.

Anyhow well done and keep on going ^^.

[FatMaro]

Awesome man!! I've been a fan since way back and I'm glad to see you get some well deserved recognition!!!

[Indieguitarist85]

Brilliant!

[geekhorde]

You make me want to cry. In a very very good way. Such beautiful music.

[DamnDexx]

From one musician to another, You are simply amazing and you will go very far in life. This is like love to ones' ears.

[guitar2adam]

such an inspiration man

[toysindahood]

FAIR PLAY!!!

I heard found Erik a few years ago on the random on killsometime, he was playing airtap on some french canadian (im guessing) show and ive followed him since, he's a fucking amazingly talented and down to earth guy and its good to see he's getting some recognition over here!

With any luck if more musicians like this get coverage in the main stream then we wont have to put up with talentless wank stains like Jay Z much longer!

[NickSayle]

I have seen a lot of tappers, but never one so musical

[mmMarco17]

I don't know exactly why, but this song makes me shed a tear.

[1stepklosr]

I am ALWAYS amazed when I see him play.

[fiatnutz]

Erik, when are you coming to SoCal? Soon I hope! ;-)

[LedZeppelinPage]

Wow!!!

[MaRK0849]

flawless performance... i saw him play in birmingham today and i have to say that he is the coolest and nicest guy. modest, almost humbling to be in his company.

thank you erik for the amazing show, music and Q n A session.

[sideburnsbob]

Well done Eric - keep on climbing and playing your beautiful music!

[itsnoneofyourconcern]

Very impressive.

[swellsy71]

Stunning, I was just falling asleep with the TV on and this made me site up in bed in Awe. I feel sorry for Jay-Z who had to follow the performance, he looked talentless in comparison.

[HughDaviesTheActor94]

probably cus he cant hold a tune for the three words he has to actually sing in his song. Erik rocks, Jay-Z sucks. I thought it ironic his song was called death of autotune, cus he sure could've used it lol :D

[stavros440]

Jools never fails to present the very best. I couldn't believe this when I watched it. He came up with this playing style and its a beautiful song. Top notch.

[HondaFife]

INCREDIBLE!

[YaGonk101]

It`s time u got this recognition......well earned !!! 5*`s Regards Ben

[iiiUntouchable]

Beautiful - stunning - amazing!

you have a new fan - Rock on Jools Holland for sharing such talent! Good Luck Eric xx

[NShukla]

Live at Later is huge! It's safe to say that you've come a long way from being an internet star, to being legitimately popular, in an "indie" way. I'm sure you'll be playing on Conan and Letterman soon enough!

[RamenNoodles22]

awesome! amazing skill

[DeathOfAFatMan]

Great job man, I'm thinking you, Andy Mckee, and Trace Bundy need to get together for the ultimate jam session!

[xxadamnxx]

Later with Jools? dude that's huge!

congrats and great job

[utubewankers5]

what can i say about your performance that hasn't been said already. awesome job either way.

[davz1992]

so happy you didnt muck up

awesome performance :)