Johnny Hiland and Sammy Hagar at Tahoe Wabo

[TheKurtcarter]

Johnny My friend, I see your doing good..okay GREAT..Give me a shout out when you come home to Maine..

your friend Kurt

[Jplent1]

Sammy sounds like a child.

[dclan86]

This mother fucker can jam! Enough said

[rockinredneck57]

Just watched SRV do this one.Second best to Johnny, and I LOVE Stevie Ray, but Johnny just flat tears it up on this.

[LOPRESTI68]

Dam he played the shit Outta that guitar

[puertoricanfl15]

he could give van halen a run for his money...damn

[rockinredneck57]

Just proves you don't need a "Frankenstein" guitar to rock hard. Just talent! A simple Telecaster will do just fine, thank you!

[woodros]

@rockinredneck57 to be fair its not a simple tele its a custom shop with joe barden pickups

[rockinredneck57]

@woodros No, but there is a video of him on YT playing an off the shelf Tele and tearing it up with Luca Oliviera. Just because it's a custom shop doesn't mean everyone can play it like this!!

[woodros]

@rockinredneck57 he is awesome thats for sure

[woodros]

@rockinredneck57 just seen that video, its a prs he's playing not a tele. its not some cheapo guitar

[JohnnyHiland]

Man this was a fun night!!!

[oilkills]

@JohnnyHiland

Hey, I was blown away when you subbed my channel so I... like Sammy,

would flip if I met you in person!!! It would go like this, "um, hi... sir um

hommina hommina." Then I'd extend a trembling hand. Lmao!

Johnny Hiland = Legend!!! Peace!

[yayashua1]

@JohnnyHiland Johhny, My God you can tear that axe up! God bless you son!!!!

[44mechanic]

@JohnnyHiland I bet the hell it was!!!! AMAZING!!!!

[44mechanic]

@JohnnyHiland I bet the hell it was!!!!  AMAZING!!!!

[44SuperShredder]

Love Sammy

[stringbender69]

Is that Stevie Salas with the hat?

[gratslogic]

Crazy talent - Johnny ! 

[siepip]

johnny looks lke he just got off a tractor and started kicking ass



[GTRJohnny66]

Well damn... he can do that style, too...

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@GTRJohnny66: That's the amazing thing about JH - he can play with the best country and country-rock Tele guys in the world one minute, and the next, get up and shred like this. Amazing. And he sings well, too. The man got extra helpings in the talent dept., that's for sure...

[rockinredneck57]

Another large rocker is Meatloaf. Maybe not as big as Johnny, but still big. Johnny is no longer with PRS, he slings an Ernie Ball/Music Man. Sweet axe probably half the price of the PRS. He could play a 4x4 with strings and rock hard!

[guitarkis49]

As a fellow Maine-ah.....way to go Johnny!!!! Holy crap....that's some great playing!

[rwm48]

Yep.....it's definitely over when the fat man plays. Johnny rocks with the best of them and more + he pretty much can play most all styles excellently. Outstanding!

[SuspiciousBulge]

Sammy needs to shut the hell up and let the guitar sing

[scottfree6]

@SuspiciousBulge lol, fuckin A right, johnny makes that guitar sing, he's just amazing!! period, the guy could get up there with anyone, literally unrehearsed and just take over, he's just that good, oops GREAT would be the correct word here.

[ShreddFly]

Awsome ! Thanks for entertaining me !

[sullivan1228]

NICE!!!!!.....................­..........

[poppyseller1]

too bad for sammys regular guitar player, how do you follow that?

[whocares1694]

I'm very fortunate to see his evolution here at the Nashville Honkey-Tonks, shows, etc. New "Chicken Pickin'" CD will be released this July on Shrapnel Records!!!

[MrAdammassacre]

awesome! the dude can play :D

[guenduen2]

Hagar told him: johnny boy, you kick ass in my show and I'll get you a 24oz steak after the show, what you think? he said: hell yeah!!!

[beyondalohas]

the man burns it up and smokes it out... Wooooo

[unaibeasko]

do they continue making his prs signature guitar?

[MrJimmyBain23]

LIKE VAN HALEN ONLY GOOD LIVE!!!! HAHA

[Bluesbarri]

Lord have Mercy !

[Mrlifto1000]

big johnny's from up north, maine. he's also legally blind, which doesn't appear to put a hitch in his styling. name someone else who's played with les paul, chet atkins and the wabaristas. monster player

[smokinbluzvalv]

I like the bass guitarist's hat, but seriously folks Johnny and Sammy together equals 'rock your nuts off'. Ronnie and Eddie were/are good but Johnny is awesome. I always loved Johnny with the Tele but now he slings a PRS... hmmm

[sdfitzpat]

@smokinbluzvalv The guy with the funky hat is playing guitar.

[smokinbluzvalv]

@sdfitzpat Yeah, looks like a Custom Shop of sorts but he might as well be playing the bass... right? Chili peppers and tequila man.

[callasexperience]

thanks for taking the time of sharing this cool video

[1JAT1]

i love sammy. chillest motherfucker ever. and this johnny hiland guy can really rock that tele!

[beatmonkey5]

wayyyyyyyy coooolllll

[shredemigod]

johnnny is such a badass...breath-taking stuff right there.

[fleafarteasy]

Does tequila keep you young?!?!?! Sammy just doesnt age. Hiland kills it as usual. So much better than the formulaic, predictable "new" cuntry artists rotting Nashville at the core.

[Videowatcher76]

I give a High 5 to Johnny he's a fantastic guitar player but I still like the live version of this song that was done by Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jef Beck , although if you watch it you can see that Beck had a tough time keeping up with Stevie.

[rockinredneck57]

@Videowatcher76 I watched that one and both of them would struggle to keep up with Johnny on this. Everyone is used to hearing the greats play and it's refreshing to hear someone like Johnny who comes along and just astonishes everyone.

[holdemstacy]

Wow! This guy is great. 

[rockinredneck57]

Clapton and Beck can't watch this video. It makes them cry. Cry great big crocodile tears wishing they could play like this. Sorry boys, it ain't gonna happen. I've listened to hundreds of guitar players, lots of really fast ones, some will killer tone, others that can play SRV and other big names note for note. None have the originality and overall guitar chops like Johnny. He doesn't copy anyone. he doesn't need to,. Country, rock, blues, jazz, bluegrass, he's got it all.

[maxmoves64]

i`d like to see him run around on stage like those lee roth boys:) No doubt this is a top guitarist. Brilliant:)!!!!

[bluesmills]

Johnny for G3

[chunter5100]

Hagar is typically obnoxious in this vid, but at least he is showcasing Johnny Hiland...like toomanygittars said, a master who combines chicken pickin with van halen, satriani, Vai, you name it...absolutely amazing musician...and a hero to fat guys everywhere...

[toomanygittars]

Wooohoooo! A master country picker who throws down Eddie Van Halen licks like there's nothing to it. An absolutely great musician.

[tothatextent]

Johnny is my fav . He is too cool

[psychomonkeyman]

I have never heard ANYONE get that kind of tone out of a Tele. This guy is absolutely amazing!

[tothatextent]

Where is the bass player?

[downer12256]

@tothatextent There

[tothatextent]

@downer12256 The guy with the white hat is playing a guitar - not a bass.

[downer12256]

@tothatextent 3:51

[bigdaddy1001rules]

from what i understand hes partially blind too!

[MistyMountaineers]

Like Johnny needed an intro full of swearing from that selfinflated vocalist.

[IamTheLordGodJehovah]

@MistyMountaineers yeah sammy is a boring lowlife but johnny is great  he can play anything

[DLRisVH]

@MistyMountaineers

Hagar: Narcissistic Douche who ruined Van Halen

[speck444]

caant drive 55 how about 555

[plumkzy]

I got a chance to meet Johnny at his mothers house a few years ago. He is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet and one of the best guitarists I have ever heard.

[mdwayne74]

Man, this guy is amazing... Didn't even know who he was until I got my Guitar Center catalog... great talent this guy!

[guitardomontebon]

Fukin" fine version of Goin" down. Hiland is excellent..

[Scottbot101]

...who are you

[sergeant137]

Sammy Hagar and Johnny Hiland playing Goin Down?!? COOL!

[scrimmerman]

Damn, that brought tears to my eyes!

[rockinredneck57]

O'Brian....jew? Mnn, Catholic, maybe, but probably not Jewish. It's a fine Irish-Catholic name.

[hauulakid]

just keep your babbling nonsense up there fool.You aren't impressing anyone and it further proves what an idiot you really are.

[Hazafi4life]

damn dude..you shouldn't put yourself down like that...it'll give ya a complex...lol

Your P.O is probably coming to give ya a U.A anyway..so better get YOUR litmus paper's ready

[slinkydinky999]

Johnny Hiland is probably the most versatile guitar player out right now. He can do it all. Tap, pick, blues, metal,bluegrass, I mean all of it. If you ever get a chance to see this guy play you won't regret it. Well, your seeing a sample of him here. To me, he's opened new doors to guitar playing.

[kdogksw]

Wow, this guy is amazing. So much more impressive that he is a master of all styles~

[redderknick]

I fucking hate Sammy Hagar, but the big guy sure as hell knows what he's doing.

[billybarr3]

i used to watch johhny down on lower broad in nashville...the man is without a doubt the best i ever seen ...possibly the best in the world...put him up against anyone..any style and he will smoke them...he is so good he could duplicate malmsteen..johnson..van halen..satriani...u name it..in fact he plays them...BETTER then they play themselves...lol rock on johhny

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@billybarr3: Steve Vail signed him to his label, which was one of JH's biggest breaks, and Steve was carrying on like he'd seen the second coming. Johnny smokes 'em all. He can even play Danny Gatton's stuff note for note, and that isn't easy.... Danny was nicknamed "The Humbler" for a reason. Guess there's a new "Humbler" in town now. When I see ans hear Johnny play, I either want to stand up and cheer - or throw my guitar in the river... can't decide which! Maybe I'll do both.

[samborac46]

Fuck this shit! Johnny is toooooo goooood for Bette Midler jackass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he he he

[tonchav]

johnny is a very well rounded guitar player. He could play like dimebag or Brad Paisley.A Monster he is

[helpmetony]

bad ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[turntapzap]

Hiland is a sick bastard!

[jester92345]

I know Johnny. He is a awesome dude. Super cool and humble man. I dont think John would want to be compared to EVH, but I would love to see them play together.

[wahyeh]

I beg to differ-johnny hiland doesn't have 10x the talent of evh. evh wouldn't make a pimple on johnny's ass! And johnny has 100x evh's talent!

[brianwurst1234]

Prob pretty weird for sammy to be playing with a guitarist that has x10 the talent of eddie.

[ubershredder1989]

he doesnt have 10x eddies talent retard

[super63strat]

Met .Johnny at PRS ..what a geninue great ,guitar man ..mega talent ."standing O at the PRS Experience 09 show ".Johnny Rocks

[savagesnephew]

hhah i was there, the Experience ROCKED!!

[ultradian7]

Great playin. Sammy is cool like that in having no ego and playing with greats.

[sebarequiem]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM­MMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG­G

I RECENTLY FOUND THIS GUY BLOW MI FREAKED HEAD, is like van halen, shawn lane, vai, hendrix, and srv melted

[ThreeChordGuitar]

Johnny is the man. Period. hot dang!

[agcatdriver]

Johnny's one of , if not THE most versatile guitarists around! he can literally play any style, and play it WELL.

[storymagic]

Met Johnny at Roberts in Nashville. He would Torch the place every night! So good you couldn't breathe. Played Orange Blossom Special and warped space/time continium! NICEST guy in Music City!

[witchman1]

I/m sold, he is by far the best guitarst in the world, and will be for years to come.

[BigHomieJet]

Since I discovered Johnny I've always been so bothered that probably one of the greatest guitar players to walk the earth today is so underrated and it fills my heart with joy to see a big name like Sammy Hagar give Johnny due. I have to disagree with Sammy though, I think Johnny does need hype. Nothing should be hyped more than Johnny because when the time comes he's going to pay off ten fold. JOHNNY HILAND IS A BEAST!!

[3rdPR]

read him his rights at 2:58

[stoneimage1999]

I have only heard Johnny Hiland play country, which he is killer at! I had no idea he played other genre's. Not sure what rock i have been hiding under not to know this..... This has made my day! What talent!

[xPotenx]

Johnny always manages to impress me.

[Spaceman1968]

Johny is really incredible. He can also play any style of guitar.

[Jerry10151957]

Johnny burned the frets up. Cook'in.

[rockinredneck57]

Hiland is probably as good as Sammys former boss! Without the drugs or the drama!

[TheDistortionist]

Haha too true, man! Johnny is way more tasteful than Eddie is today imo.

[MelodicGuitars]

One of the most under rated guitarist of our day. This guy just has 'it'.

[gbastow]

that pretty much kicked ass!

[SuperMegatron9]

What a sweet fucking jam!!!

[hulk0484]

omg! friggin awsome!!!!

[shearn666]

little snippet from "Eruption" at the end there - nice touch

[smitty54017]

And who says you can't ROCK on a tele!!

[sexyduck69]

how says you need eyes to rock either

[rockinredneck57]

Jeff Healey didn't need them either! Johnny can see some, but he's condisered legally blind. Healey was blind from birth. Hiland is one helluva guitar slinger in any music!

[trainteeth]

hes like eddie van halen without all the alcohol

[smitty54017]

LOL!

[kuhchicken]

All that, and he is even better at country!

[rockinredneck57]

That was incredible! Things I've never,ever heard a Telecaster do before! Wow! Johnny Hiland rocks! There is a new Sheriff of guitar town and Hiland is his name!

[sudeman48]

This dude johnny Hiland commands respect! He

one Bad Moe foe!!!!

[classicaltechnique]

Nice work Sammy!

[theshipsdrummer]

I'd love to be the drummer in this lineup

[maltomario]

As a big guy myself, I give props out to Johnny for being a true musician. This despite the constant negativity men of size face from society for not conforming to a certain image, or style. This cat can play . Johnny thank you for your gift of music and sharing with the world. You are an inspiration to me and many others. Keep up the good work!

[margotmm]

And Johnny is legally blind !!

[TadRapidly]

and Sammy is legally deaf!

[mandop1]

hahaha.lol. you gotta love it

[dhand34]

Yeah Johnny spends most of his time with his guitar and works on playing, instead of looking at himself in the mirror and worring about his hair.

[ekdikeo]

@maltomario He gets out and plays enough high energy concerts, he'll get some weight loss in, anyway. Look at the guy from Blues Traveller. What happened to him when he got famous? He disappeared. :D

Come to think of it.. are there any really big also really famous rock-n-rollers?



[cohuttaboy1069]

@maltomario dude you would apreciate matt andersen... he is pretty awesome himself



[bluesjamman]

best performence ever! go Johnny go!

[mindovermatter1979]

Johnny is great! I like his fusion of country and jazz and blues and rock (all the stuff I'm into) I love Eddie to, but comparing them is not fair, eddie is older and different, and this is a NEW era.

I also think Sammy is a class act, 110%. He always seems gracious, humble, and just a true gentleman.

[rjs05c]

Love Jonny but Ed is an inovator. i dont say whos best or not because its guitar no ones best sept me lol. But i think Ed has given more.

[CUF85]

Damn! This guy can play any style!!!! Thumbs up Johnny!!!!

[deweymhoke]

He Blows EVH away haha

[2manygitars]

He should be in the next G3 with Satch.

[bluesjamman]

zjada sach'a na śniadanie, a vai mógłby być jego technicznym

[MutantLarva2008]

sammy got johhnny laid....sammy is good people..but david lee is better with van halen.....

[Timerrin]

hmmm...very very nice :)

[johndenner]

Johnny is rockin on this video!!!

[dhand34]

I saw Johnny last week and he told me he is doing a blues show at the Nashville Palace Nov 1.

[rockinredneck57]

@dhand34 I need to check that out! Should be an awesome show!

[Gitarmorten]

This guy is one of my new favourite guitarists!

[rvbarnesboy]

well. this dude is just a fine musician. and happens to be possessed of technique such as I have seldom seen. good god

[sexyduck69]

for all those that dont no johnny is blind

[mafuzzkixyoazz]

Are you sure dude? I know he was "legally blind"  a couple of years ago, but I hadn't heard his condition had worsened to full out BLIND.

[2manygitars]

I've met the guy. He can see and walk around on his own.

[mindovermatter1979]

Legally blind dosent mean outright blind, it just means cant see well enough to read or drive, even with glasses. My cousin is legally blind, she can still see, just not very well (like being really really far sighted really bad).

[MUDSHARK111]

all credit to Johnny hes a tidy rock player, even though hes not a rock player.

[codyleppo]

Go Johnny

[HeyYouItsMike]

You two guys arguing here, why don't you take this up over AIM or something? You should realize that you both sound like complete jackasses - after all, real tough guys don't talk smack on the Internet.

[xms32]

and get a hair cut, the 80's are over.

[xms32]

my offer still stand tough guy. any fuckin time you wanna meet up just say the word 'tough guy'.

[xms32]

LOL, also Johnny Hiland is an amazing guitar player. Something you'll never be. You probably think he's a rocker. LMAO.

[xms32]

put it this way, as long as you keep worshiping dimebag, you'll probably end up playing just like him. Making my job very safe because you'll never pose a threat to me you fuckin guitar idol worshiping hack wanna be. LMAO.

[xms32]

I'm over 40 years old. I'm not your son you long haired fuckin hippy, rocker wanna be, bandana and leather pant wearin, journey tribute band playin, probably never heard of Django Reihardt, can't play worth a shit, guitar player magazine subscribing fucking dork. Stick to selling pizza's hippy fuck.

[xms32]

Why don't you come to St. Louis and give it a try yourself? I'd be more than happy to oblige ya. lol. Everyone I know that worked with dimebag personally all think the same thing that he was a great guy but a overrated guitar player that played allot of sloppy notes and was known to have possibly the worst guitar tone in history. So little faggit, I knew the guy. Now go worship your hero and please do come up to St. Louis anytime you feel tough. I've met allot of 'tough' guys in my life. LOL!

[twin1dad]

My point is that I think Johnny Hiland can play anything great. As for Dimebag Darrel, my comment had nothing to do with him being dead, just like my comment about Stevie Ray Vaughn, who, by the way is dead also. There are many great guitarist that are accomplished in many different styles.

[twin1dad]

This guy is amazing, he sounds like Stevie Ray Vaughn/Eddie Van Halen/with a little Dime Bag Darrel squeling mixed in.

[xms32]

Dime bag sucked. Just because he's dead people now say stupid shit like you do. When he was alive, everyone considered him a hack. Nothing has changed.

[RuleBySecrecy007]

Dime didn't originally suck though i think it was just that death metal scene that made him look crazy... but in all fairness he was an awesome guitarist,

[f1badude]

Best ever live guitar performance of a living artist.

[Redrocker23]

give that song as mp3 ?

[sexyduck69]

johnny is blind how can play that gud legend

[acacia70]

is the other guy vernon reid?

[freakystyley73]

EXCELLENT stuff!!! Johnny is superb here. (jesus didn't know he was legally blind)

[Thumbshifter]

Fab stuff. I like the way Johnny puts in a few Eddy-isms for fun. After all, he doesn't need to show off - he's already a legend.

Why does Sammy use karaoke-levels of echo though? He's not THAT bad at singing :-)

[daparsonshsc]

Man Sammy needs to have this guy play with him more.........!

[sudeman48]

this dude kicks ass and is to busy to take names.he doe's do some good shit. he doesn't play guitar he kicks that guitars ass. i mean that in a good way.

[IStoleYourPotatoes]

Johnny Hiland. What a badass M.F.! What style does he play? Whatchya got? He can bring it.

[phatsbwoy]

u fuckin rock johhny that was so gud

[joecruzguitar]

these guys kick ass man, sammy, wabos, and johnny are awesome guys ! cool video, thank you for upload this !

[emeraldxm]

Johnny Hiland's a guitarist's guitarist. What an amazing talent.

[TheDistortionist]

my new favorite. he embodies all the talents i strive to gain.

[RAWDOG1021]

Hiland sounds like a guy Sammy used to rock with, his name eludes me...oh yes...EDWARD VAN HALEN!!!

[thatsmell1]

Hiland can sound like anyone he wants.

[RAWDOG1021]

it was a complement, not a put-down. Of course most people would consider that a complement!

[thatsmell1]

sorry i guess i misunderstood