Chris Peeler wins at B-ham's King of the Blues

[skylarandmya]

you are an awesome player!!

[speedstersaccount]

Nice Brother! Keep doin what your doin and forget the h8rs.

[markallen5]

Been watching various King of the Blues videos and of all the ones i've seen ,this without doubt, is the one played with the most feeling. Brilliant!

[Roroc]

How many guitar players do you need to change a light bulb???? 5 --- one to change the light bulb and 4 to say how they would have done a better job.

Fine playing my friend.

[ToadCharmer]

Blues has many genres. This is a genre of blues. Even with the mistakes this was nice.

[Peelick]

@ToadCharmer Ain't no mistakes, but glad U liked it...

[ToadCharmer]

@Peelick: They were subtle, but they were there. Like I said ... nice job.

[Peelick]

@ToadCharmer Whatever man...

[Esbenmad]

@Peelick How exactly do you define mistakes? This appears to me as an improvisation/composition by Chris. This might very well be the way it appeared in his mind, so how can you talk about mistakes? Music is about playing from your heart not about measuring what went right or wrong. What can seem like a mistake from one perspective can be an artistic choice from another. Have a nice day:-)

[guitarsrmine]

Hey Chris....AWESOME playin, man!!!!! I'd love to play bass, or trumpet, along side you!!! Your soul and feel was so cool,man!!!! Excelent playing, my friend!! If you are ever in the Franklin, Pa. area, send me a private msg.,and we'll jam!!!

[beachbum4166]

Beautiful, original, inspiring....etc.

[est101010]

This has a bossa nova feel into it.. someway somehow. idk.

[OtherRider]

this is REAL nice - thanks.

[robzbobz]

def a Gilmore fan... am I right?

[BERRYHILLDO75]

This is a beautiful piece of guitar work, my friend! 1:30 to 1:48 is my favorite part. very emotional, and a great couple of phrases as well! You can't really judge great tone on a youtube vid, but I'm sure it was excellent live! You are a great player, and yes it is the blues! It's your blues, and it was pretty emotional to me! excellent job! forget the naysayers and please don't stop playing your music!

[bassbeasty1]

That is some feelin comin at me! You keep it goin man, that is some beautiful music.

[chromaticking]

thats some great phrasing going on there man

[1013637]

Very cool.



[helferich2]

Has a beautiful Gary Moore feel if you ask, and its as bluesy as it gets. Well played.

[cesarmagara]

BB King ;)

[ztarz99]

Very nice playing Chris. All the best and keep doing what you do.

[EightmanVT]

THrill is gone...great track to jam over. Nice playing...really enjoyed it.

[Peelick]

@EightmanVT Thanks for watching & commenting...~C.P

[superiansuper]

BB king #2

[Peelick]

@superiansuper Only in stature....~C.P

[Rideandlively]

I dont care if you can pick faster that the speed of light or know every mode inside and out...This is music

[Peelick]

@Rideandlively Thanks my friend...~C.P

[Keepsu]

Such an amazing, soulful player!

[Peelick]

@Keepsu Thanks, it means the world...~C.P

[RandyC102055]

Great choice in music, no wonder hew won!

[tj118account]

Great playing! Keep up the good work and good luck in '12!

[jacktheguitarman]

good lord, why are people hating on this video? i sense so much soul in this, and doing some good ol fast licks help you get your emotion out, u just get this great rush over your body. thats feeling. this guy has a masterey of feeling. u guys haitn probably cant even play nearly as good as this dude

[nicholasfike]

This is awesome dude.

[Peelick]

@nicholasfike Thank U...~C.P

[joe1969812]

Blues has changed since l remember it. This is good playing, but it aint blue's. Nice tone also.

[Peelick]

@joe1969812 Everything has changed, Blues is a state of mind. This is mine...~C.P

[JigSteez]

@Peelick preach brother. preach.

[imola23]

@joe1969812 Too much echo.

[cesarvivas]

@joe1969812

i know what you mean. jazz right. guy can play tho.

[gearhoney]

Hey Chris....I could listen to you all day! Well done and well deserved! You are an inspiration!

[RDblues47]

beautiful brother !

[PwnEdgE1]

Sweet!!

[Peelick]

I would like to thank everyone who's defended my playing on this video. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for the support you've shown for me. I truly intend on stepping up the anti in 2012. Thanks again ...~C.P

[dougjwhalen]

haters gonna hate.. keep fucking rockin man!

[dougjwhalen]

I've noticed a trend with these idiots who say there is no soul in what artists like John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and others do... they need an excuse to cut other down. are you saying that because people like David Gilmoure milk every note for everything it's worth they put MORE emotion and passion into their music? I think this piece is FULL of soul and emotion. I can't stop listening to it. made my 12 hour shift much easier man thanks for putting out some fantastic tone!

[TheBanyanEmperor]

@dougjwhalen They are usually people who heard one or two things they didn't like from shredding artists and as a result, automatically condemn anyone who even loosely fits into that category. I can't imagine ANYONE who considers themselves a guitar music fan being anything but blown away after listening to The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology.

You CERTAINLY wouldn't be able to play the "no soul" card, and you'd realize what a moron you'd been for saying so previously.

[dougjwhalen]

@TheBanyanEmperor so much phrasing is lost with type... are you calling me a moron or are you speaking hypothetically

[TheBanyanEmperor]

@dougjwhalen You as in vosotros.

[dougjwhalen]

@TheBanyanEmperor I do not speak Spanish. I'm giving this man props for being a wonderful guitar player and just expressing my annoyance for anyone who bashes artists for simply being wonderfully skilled at their instrument

[Peelick]

@dougjwhalen Thanks my friend for truly listening...~C.P

[yuvalo1]

@dougjwhalen My friend , Steve Vai is nothing else then a Soul.

[dougjwhalen]

@yuvalo1 so are you giving vai props?

[HotRodSixString]

Bad Ass . Rip It

[HotRodSixString]

@HotRodSixString  And Then Some

[TubeFil]

I think they picked the worst backing track they could..

[deucemcallister13]

...how can these people not see the passion and feel this man has? Much respect Chris. I guarantee that you have inspired many and will continue to do so.

[Peelick]

@deucemcallister13 Thank you....~C.P

[josephgatlin]

Hello Chris !!!

[MrBluesdrummr]

het the dude is good

[MrCecilbag]

I don't know what some of these basement dwellers (you're mom said bring up the dishes) are hearing but this dude can just flat out play the guitar. His videos made me decide on Splawn amps and everything I see him play is just awesome. I work hard at the guitar and think Peelick kills it, killer job man

[bigrustydog]

I also think because maybe you don't look like what folks think someone who sounds like this should look, they are hating...Big guys can throw down too! I know because I do too!

[bigrustydog]

Man, I don't know what these haters are talking about. Only folks who can do this understand that he is milking so much feel out of this. Good job Babyboy

[SuperLongAssUsername]

Just cause he doesn't make weird faces while hes playing doesn't mean hes not feeling it lol I've seen millions of professional players play the blues and you can tell this dude loves playing and is feeling it.

Awesome job man :) i know that feeling you get when you do those bends its like a bolt of energy, i love it myself.

[DMB206]

Sounds a lot like Santana

[ChrisDevantier]

anyone who says this guy has no feeling have no idea what they are talking about

[guitarjeffmontgomery]

Sweet notes...

[MrMeatBullet]

Hell yes and playing on a Charvel!

[rickthrust]

technically this is blues, but it has almost no feeling. it could be good, but not to people listening to you who just want to feel your pain. i just hear your mastery of scales and technique. its ok though.

[Peelick]

@rickthrust Well U can't please everybody, i notice it's always folks with no video's of their skills that post these kinda comments. I won't be losing any nap time behind it...

[rickthrust]

@Peelick lol please dont. i guess it reads harsher than intended. and i am at least as critical of my playing as i am of yours. like i said, technically, it was real, real good. i just know that the blues is not about technical playing. it's gotta hit you, move you, groove you. i just wasn't feeling it. it reads as a dig but its intended as an honest reaction. some people find that useful. peace

[Jayakiran1]

@Peelick By that logic, music critics can't critique music, because they can't play music? I actually like this video, so I only commented to point out the fallacy in your logic. - [Someone who appreciates music]

[speedstersaccount]

@Peelick ding ding ding we have a winner! it's like telling your surgeon how to operate on you!

[seymore15074]

@rickthrust No feeling?! Sure buddy... I think it's excellent, by the way.

[arasu90]

@rickthrust You can't tell he has no feeling just by watching. Every note somebody plays shows his feeling whatever he's playing, and any way he's doing it. I personnaly found that tasty.

[DETE2197]

I like it!!!!

[biggibby54]

Dude...when you're good you'll have haters. I've been following your vids for years and you are exceptionally talented man. If you're in Georgia can you give a lesson to a fan?

[UrantiaMansion]

While shredding is not dead--what's the purpose of blasting scales at a dazzling speed other than pure flash? Who other than those with twelve year old Jimmy Page fascinated real speed metal freaks who don't care about anything other than flash. you in today's landscape are going to have to have complete songs and arrangement with a melodic line and hooks to stay in business. A whole concert of flash and solos alone with no strong songs to execute will have people walking out...

[Peelick]

@UrantiaMansion Stop it, you're cyber bullying me & the presure is just too much..

[thecarlygtr56]

@UrantiaMansion I'm trying to understand why you are breaking this guy's balls. First thing I notice is you have no uploads yourself.

Not many Jimmy Page fans into speed metal. You make no sense. WTF are you even babbling about? Dude is playing what he wants. No harm in that. I'm sure he has a day job and is not expecting to be the next Joe Satriani. Do you even play an instrument other than Skin Flute? Otherwise shut your ass.

[element5333]

@UrantiaMansion you are a complete retard. It's a fucking GUITAR COMPETITION. C. O. M. P. E. T. I. T. I. O. N.

[SASLEAD666]

you must play the kazoo

[UrantiaMansion]

Peelicker--I already saw you do a very mediocre performance a few years back in Chicago at one of the Bluesfests and as a friend of Stan with whom I've recently been in touch with I going to ask you nicely one time only to stop commenting or trying to contact me unless we are on a three way with Skibby...It's sad you are wasting your talent on eighties Van Halinism that twelve year olds have long mastered. Look in the mirror and reflect your true self instead of wishing you were white...Peace!

[Peelick]

@UrantiaMansion Look yal my 1st Hater!! Now I feel totally Big time!!

[thecarlygtr56]

@UrantiaMansion Dipshit, you drop Stan's name, but what ground is he breaking exactly? Jimi clone bands date back to the early 70's. Nothing new there.

[mindathlete1]

Speed had nothing to do with the win guys, listen to that vibrato. This is what separates the professionals from the amateurs. The young cats are generally too caught up in playing fast to even notice.

[Kangaxxter]

Sounds like that blues that you hear in the depressing part of early nineties movies. Thumbs up!

[rsanchez1986]

I think the hate people are having with your delay isn't the fact that you're using that particular delay. I'm thinking it was off tempo of the song you were playing and apparently it was throwing a couple of haters off. But honestly dude, of most dudes I've seen in this competition, I liked how you brought actually feeling and not so much technique and practice drills into. Good job!

[TheZimmy84]

AWESOME PLAYING!!!!!! i love this delay u got going on!! u fucking rock my brotha! kepp on keepin on.

[bobmango54]

really soul stirring

[StratGT]

It's good to see such a great guitar being used for different kinds of music. Hopefully some guitar stores will take note...I recently asked a major guitar center if they sold Charvel's and they told me shredding is dead.

[MegaMitcham]

LOVE IT!!!

[Tami3979]

sweet man, really rocks!!!

[gmbob22]

great playing and cool guitar just got you my subscription

[EJwannabe]

Nice feel. Given your chops, I think you showed a good deal of restraint, and I respect that for this kind of music.

[michaeltroke]

wow man i love your tone......... charvels are the best guitars ever.....i have a 1986 model3 charvel

[johncartelli]

great playin..wow...I gotta say though..I love delay but if it over powers your playin..it takes away instead of adds..to me..it should be there..and heard if you listen for it..but if its there so much that its distracting someone trying to hear what you are playin then its should be cut back a bit .JMHO..I wish I could play as well as you....great GREAT job...

[UrantiaMansion]

@johncartelli You are right John! He is actually a good player when he is on allbeit not much originality and very white rock in approach and concept which would be good if he mastered it in an original way. Peelick is thirty years too late with the speed metal which is on the decline except for a hand full of diehard guitar slingers, has done nothing to make Chicago Blues more progressive and market relevant and looks like a truck driver more so than an artist much less a rock star...

[Peelick]

@UrantiaMansion Hate on Hater!! If this is supposed to be your talent U probably need to brush up on it. Would the little girl like a sucker for her skinned knee..?

[flaphead325]

Congrats ! That was cool! :)

[UltimateGuitarist17]

Very lovely i would have perhaps cut the delay repeat times a bit and also have decreased the effect a bit but delay definitely suits this slow playing

[thenamesfrancisco]

delay works for this track

[Bluestouse86]

delay shouldn't be aloud. It gives a false sense of speed.

[Peelick]

@Bluestouse86 Actually JEALOUSY gives a false sense of being somebody period...F&$k off!!!!

[sublimenal23]

@Bluestouse86 learn how to spell

[69strathead]

@Bluestouse86 whats wrong with delay? it enhances and is a personal preference in expression of notes. tell that to Eric Johnson. Chris, sounds great man.

[davidrobinsonmagic]

@Bluestouse86 My friend, you can't hold a candle to Chris Peelers speed! lol

Delay just sweetens and fattens the sound. Why do you think Neal Schon uses it?

Jam on Chris!

[xblackiris10x]

@Bluestouse86 STFU you don't know what the fuck you're talking about hahahahah

[neffrocks]

Nice playing. Ditch the delay.

[Peelick]

@neffrocks I did, for a different DELAY. I happen to love delay, not really concerned about the players who don't. Thanks for the comment...

[RedSmoky]

You have a great feel/sound. Humbuckers and still sounds stratish.

Were you on both PUs or just one at a time? and were they split?

Im guessing maybe part of the tone is a bolt on neck,,

All I know, is you sound great !

[srvwannabe0892]

Hahaha thats the track I was gonna use.

[thebibleisalltrue]

You are really an amazing player Chris. Chops, feel, taste and tone. What is not to like? Great stuff man.

[kstrat]

Two thumbs waaay up! Chris are you still in the running?

[matrags]

To much delay imo. Nice playing though

[bigcalhoungruesome]

i truly respect your honesty,i'm already aware of how you feel about the subject. it is just that i was hoping to offer comfort in the best way I know how. i can't change anyone's beliefs(don't have the power to). despite the differences we have we still have a lot in common. your mom told me once that she considered me her"other" son, i guess 'cause we associated so much. haha. anywho, you just keep on with that superior "axe work" and "shout me a holla" when you do LENO. peace

[Peelick]

And also I meant to tell you to request to be my friend on youtube. That way the messages can be private. The world is reading all this...

[bigcalhoungruesome]

hey, chris !!! i see all you are doing is getting more proficient on the machine. it is a great outlet for the soul. anywho, i just wanted to touch base with you since i saw you last month, hope you were able to dig the info/brochure i left w/you. imagine, the folks watching you, me , and hendrix doing a jam. we could call it "ressurected who ?" think about it. we hollabak

[msceomedia]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (as usual)

[fujkami78]

Very nice, Chris. Come on up to Boston and play sometime. We have lots of nice clubs and in the summer plenty of outdoor gigs to play.

[MightyMo519]

Hey man congrats!!!!!!! U are awesome!!!!!

[JonyWadd]

As Alway's...since finding you up here...

U-ROCK!

[reaperpro]

Sounding great as always, Chris.

[Bendrobert2005]

YOU HAVE TO WIN IT THIS YEAR>>>>>!!

[carloswalter1975]

Very cool! Loved it. I imagine you are through to the store finals. Congrats!

[Kur0y4m4]

Get Some CP!!!

Way to go!!

[99voltsdotcom]

awesome chris. the competition should be crapping their pants right about now.

[6gpower]

All the best man. That KOTB is full of S-H-I-T...

[beatitbuzzkill]

wow that was really good :)

[Rick5150]

Cant get enough of your playing

[mrdsm]

Ain't nobody betta! Congratulations!

[HDYaqui]

The man plays with soul! That's what makes him soooooooo BAD!!!

[coulsonsam87]

Chris you are fantastic!

[MrCaribbean]

Lovin it my brother! nice chops! :-)

[SciFiBlues]

Very nice stuff. Very fluid and melodic. Actually reminds me a bit of my own version.

I am certain that will do well in this contest!

Good Luck!

[gtrjoe68]

Congratulations Chris. Great stuff.