Robert Fripp String Quintet Kan Non Power

[merzhin]

This tune was a radio hit in the 90's!

[Ylify]

Thanks for the video! One of my favorite bands:)

[HVYMETL]

Let's also give deserved credit to the three: Hideyo Moriya, Bert Lams and Paul Richards of the California Guitar Trio.

[newfuckingwave]

i picture they are all scared shitless of screwing up, as lord only knows what fripp would do to them. probably threaten 'discipline in the morning' and then just go back to channel-surfing. god fripp is a genius. the greatest guitarist ever, NOT jimi hendrix or, worse yet, eric clapton

[HVYMETL]

@newfuckingwave LOL - only a GC member would know that.

[derek4ur]

this tune aches for Bill Bruford to add percussion...

[greatjuanillo]

An Hairy Bert :)

[xXRoMpEcAmInOsXx]

which effect is fripp using to get that strange sound?

[AnotherHendrixFan]

@xXRoMpEcAmInOsXx

Robert Fripp created his own looping system called Frippertronics that he uses to get all kinds of neat tones. I'd assume he is using that.

[MrKatunes]

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[lafa2807]

we are all turkeys! fripp's also an aphorist.

[schobots]

Is that Harry Potter on the left in the psychedelic shirt?

[Ronaldologia]

I saw Fripp at NY City JR World store at lunch time (some years ago) ONE of a kind

[jimpedigo]

Brilliant!

[jamesnich99]

Very well done (Good going CGT)

.....And I'd like to meet his taylor.....

[FerranK68]

Great Fripp ! Great California Guitar Trio! Great Trey Gunn !!

They are cleary In a deep State Of Grace. Music transfigurate musicians

[psaionyx]

are there anymore videos of this concert anywhere?



[psaionyx]

ar there any more videos of this concert anywhere?

[PrimericanIdol]

Fripp is the Gaddafi of the music scene

[Marla107]

Lost for words, Fripp is genius.

[theguitarczar]

That Ovation 'tween' sound does NOTHING to AID the music....it doesn't make acoustic sound more electric, or electric to acoustic! It is a TRASH sound!It's like, "in this corner we have Fripp weighing in at...." and then, "....in this corner...." If i wanted a plastic guitar, I'd go to Disney World!

[Datzfunk]

Wow, California Guitar Trio looks very young at this time. Still playing well as ever though.

[jimdollar1]

I saw the League of Crafty Guitarists around 1986. Alpha Music, Norfolk, VA. The small audience sat on the floor in a lighted circular space while a darkened ring of approximately 10 acoustic guitarists played into the circle, creating spinning cascades of sound. Fripp led the ensemble. Fortunately, they were all playing decent wooden dreadnoughts instead of these plastic-ass tubs. As for tuning above standard, one simply uses smaller gauges. There wasn't an Ovation in the bunch that evening.

[BrommaExpress]

Can you buy this cd anywhere?

[DoubleNickels]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower From what I know, it seems like ovations around that time were the only guitars that could handle Fripp's prefered tuning system, which is also the one he teaches with exclusively now. It's C-G-D-A-E-G, with that C being middle C, as well as that G being a minor third higher than a guitar's e string in standard tuning. Lots of stress being put on the neck by the strings.

[Spyroid77]

Amazing. Is it just me or is Fripps playing on this....Eerie? There's something almost scary about it, but very, very good.

[sacredspirityes]

My favorite pics. I LOVE THIS !!!

[TMIAudio]

RE: Ovation guitars, consistency. You can get 10 guitars that sound and play the same with a minimum of gymnastics and they will continue to play that way. I've owned an Ovation since before Lark's Tongue's was recorded and they are very stable. The neck lends itself to a good setup with fast, clean action for an acoustic. If you wanted to make a separate project of supplying vintage instruments that could be set up like that I guess you could...... if everyone paid $10.00 more per ticket

[faunflynn]

@TMIAudio Ah ha an explaination. this I kind of get. Kudos for the explaination.

this machine is telling me I can't spell. Oh dear. never mind.

Thanks.

[pawellod]

great music, great playing, but the quality ...

[blackadder3]

When I feel like I'm in a rut as a guitarist either creatively or simply dedicated to playing I go to Fripp for inspiration, works every time. This upload is brilliant, thanks!

[crazyedd123]

i wonder if Fripp would be more or less famous if he didn't play sitting on a stool?

[psychoticmondays]

@crazyedd123 well lets face it the music is so good, he doesnt need to stand up and prove that he's got alot of energy!

[Timzurita020196]

Who's he playing with?

I know that Tony is on the bass…

[Davism38]

@Timzurita020196

that's Trey Gunn on stick. the others are the California Guitar Trio.

[spaden2112]

@Timzurita020196 that is not Tony, that is Trey Gunn.

[spiderbass65]

@Timzurita020196 Trey Gunn on the War Guitar (stick) and the California Guitar Trio to the right. CGT opened for King Crimson in '95, with both Tony and Trey in the band.

[mibrito666]

A true Maestro a true virtuoso, a genius for our time. I feel so lucky that I was able to see the first tour first incarnation of the league of crafty guitarists. A performance that haunts me to this day! Bravo Maestro Bravo!!!!

[MrDeviousraccoon]

this is tight as hell!

[skipmendler]

When the guys from Betelgeuse finally get here, and demand proof of why we featherless bipeds deserve admission into the Galactic Civilization, I might have them listen to some Robert Fripp.

[SirBuymoore]

tell me those aren't saucers in the background!

[drumrnva]

Yep. That's a Fripp composition.

[filker0]

Robert Fripp has been one of my favorites since the 1980s (actually, the late 1970s). I put him in his own category, and don't compare him with other great guitarists. He's not just a great guitarist, he's an innovator of musical technique and technology. He is an early pioneer of electronic music as well as guitar.

[loffe9]

@filker0 Totally agree and I've been listening to his music since 1968.

Interesting that he puts himself at the top of the second division of guitarists, rather than the top.

I think this is belied by the fact that he has played (and led) some of the most talented performers, over 4 decades. He is in a separate superleague, as far as I'm concerned

[hippomancy]

Robert Fripp puts me in mind of Miles Davis, and how he managed his career. They each had unusual range and capacity with their chosen instrument, and yet found themselves seeking out new collaboratorsto expand not only what they were doing, but to expand the impact of their musical habits. Miles Davis was always clearly Miles, just as you can hear Robert Fripp distinct from his collaborators. But Summers diff from Belew diff from Calif. Gtr Trio and Fripp is nuanced by it...

[nisanus]

Fripp und King Crimson sind technisch in diesem Genre konkurrenzlos. Wer ist denn z.B. Dreamtheater. Lächerlich.

[carlitoparadise]

I Cant Stop Watching 5 Stars and More *****

[nuaurea]

amazing.....

[Metalrulz7]

what's the wierd instrument, the one that has like a lot of strings and the guy is playing with 2 hands on the fretboard?

[lfradkin]

@Metalrulz7 It's a Chapman Stick played by Trey Gunn

[Metalrulz7]

@lfradkin Thanks man!! So cool, I want one now :P

[Murchadha215]

@Metalrulz7 Nope, that's not a chapman stick but a warr guitar.

[Metalrulz7]

@Murchadha215 wuts the dif?

[Murchadha215]

@Metalrulz7 The main difference is that despite both of them use tapping to be played the warr guitar has a wider range since it has more strings. Therefore it can act even as a guitar, not as the chapman stick that is only a 'tapping bass guitar'. Just type 'warr guitar' on the search bar and you'll see what I mean.

[Metalrulz7]

@Murchadha215 Ah ok yeah, thanks dude!

[Murchadha215]

@Metalrulz7 You're welcome =) and if you want to get one of those beauties be prepared to empty your pockets, it's very expensive.

[navespacial]

@Metalrulz7 even though trey gunn usually plays a warr guitar, the instrument on the video is a chapman stick.

[Metalrulz7]

@navespacial hmm... ok..... Well, now I'm not sure anymore :S xD

[TapesTree]

@Murchadha215 Chapman stick is also full range and this is definitely a chapman stick in the video. It's easier to tell the difference by simply looking at them.

[radiootoo]

Try Glenn Phillips: Hampton GreaseBand or Angel Spark... astral player!

[JackBlair2]

Why is Sulu playing with Fripp???

[cbr0oks]

this is great

[chaosIsTheOnlyPower]

As a big fan of Fripp's playing I have never understood why the Guitar Craft guys are restricted to playing Ovation guitars with mushy piezo pickups. It sounds like a wall of rubber band guitars made out of cereal boxes. Wouldn't it be cool to hear a bunch of guys wailing away on acoustic guitars with some depth and character to the notes? Just an idea.

[tgrahamhou]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower When Guitar Craft started, the only readily available acoustic-electric cutaway, with a normal scale length, and thin enough body was the Ovation 1867. It was desirable that everyone play similar guitars so the tone would match as much as possible.

[spaden2112]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower it might be the action, although there are some nice guitars out there like the Gibson Dove or Dreadnaught which have excellent action. I think that it also might the tone they are looking for.

[KentAllard]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower

well now it will never happen

[osihalcyon]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower listen to tuning the air... real guitars.

[faunflynn]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower It is something that over the years has struck me , as a sound engineer, as a tad odd.

I guess they have their reasons but as to what they are I honestly can't guess at. I'm with you on this.

It's Strange.

[davidfsnyder]

@faunflynn and @chaosIsTheOnlyPower:

For one thing, it's consistency of sound to have all players using the same instrument: the ensemble sounds like one big instrument, not a band of different guitars.

Another thing is that the Ovation supershallow bowl body allows for a certain type of playing technique, minimal effort.

Thanks to its construction, the Ovation also has less tuning problems when humidity varies.

And then again the Ovation was built to withstand the rigors of heavy touring.

[sdsmlcb]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower I totally agree and have always wondered exactly that myself. Especially considering how devastatingly beautiful his own tone is on the Les Paul. I'll never forget the first time I heard Evening Star - I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!

[dpersk]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower - go to GCE workshops and then you may find out : ) so many important things :) anyway - from simply practical to more sublime....it sounds great anyway...

[Grafkores]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower that's what they want dude.... wtf?

[willtodeath]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower personally, i think it is just as Fripp wants it to sound. He was always about making unconventional sound scapes. Being a pioneer of early electronic music, i think he desires the not quite acoustic, not quite electric sound of the ovations. I agree with you, i'd like to hear it with a full sounding acoustic, but this is Fripp's vision, not my own.

[Guitar777Geek]

I don't tire of this, lord knows how many times I've watched it. The one section from around 2:30 to 2:50 is sublime, he pulls out some really haunting melody that I find almost indescribable. Powerfull stuff.

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower He explains it himself in the Guitar Craft documentary someone's uploaded 'Careful With That Axe'. It's mainly for consistency of sound and construction. I agree though, they do sound a bit tinny. It doesn't take away from a great piece of music though!

[MorkaGraven]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower Probably a sponsorship deal or something limiting what they can use but providing them with instruments for a cheaper price.

[JamesBlevins0]

Does "a wall of ruber-band guitars made of cereal boxes" describe the California Guitar Trio here?

Try to focus on the cooperation of the Crafties. Typically a GC performance is a challenge to the players and to the audience, even more challenging than "Big Bottoms" (played by Spinal Tap and "every base player in the known universe" at the SOS/Live Earth show).

[JamesBlevins0]

The shallow bodies of Ovations (& the Guitar Craft guitar) reduce stress on the right wrist, which is important to any serious guitarist.

The mass production of Ovations has two benefits.

1. Their uniformity makes it much easier for a large ensembles to practice and perform.

2. Their frugal price allows low-income members to join the Guitar Craft community, which strives to welcome new members.

[Sawyed]

A band with a 27 and a half string bass, a mark of greatness.

[Lyktwz]

Great...

[JuddCaster]

Pretty awesome, but it kind of teases me. I keep wanting the drums to break in.

[amccann7]

this is so brilliant. Robert Fripp is such a Mastermind!!!

[juggalomak]

ovation for the win

[GuitarKylePlays]

He aged well.

[Smeerlappen]

Amazing stuff!

[greatjuanillo]

Don't do it a tech, creative or any kind of competition, just close your eyes and try to feel.

If you don't like it keep searching around, youtube's full of any kind of music you'd like.

[OXCerberusX0]

who is this fripp guy his is amazing, i feel left out.

[mortensen1961]

@OXCerberusX0 He is the founder of King Crimson, considered the first prog rock band. Check them out. . .

[OXCerberusX0]

@mortensen1961 wow, a nice bit of history there, yeah will do.

[Noy234]

Soundscapes!!!

[rubencortes]

Fripp is more creative thatn Page or any other, just because he doesn't work with traditional composition, he uses lots of atonal music, besides playing with a very different tuning invented by himself (even a whole school adopted that tuning system). Don't make me talk about his technique, just watch the Satori in Tangier video to see what I mean,

[raccoonlord]

@rubencortes woah, cool it.

"or any other?" Look, obviously he's more creative than Page, who uses almost exclusively blues scales. I say almost because i haven't seen every live recording, but every recording I've heard has been played inside blues scales.

But... regardless. Fripp is not more creative than "any other" guitarist. There are plenty of guitarists far more impressive and diverse.

[TheClassicQ]

Fripp has got that Beat-Nic Coffee house Vibe of the late 50's early 60's thing going for him. It's like "if you don't like this its Ok because opinion does not define me and you don't understand anyway" Bottom line is he is remarkable in what he has created for music.

[flaviabarrale]

Great!

[bensan21]

Really great stuff. I like what I hear.

[cormraa]

came right out of space, you can see it in his eyes

[Hoverfinger]

Beautiful and wonderful. Thank you poster and musicians. Music like this seems to stay with you.

[vlentino46]

ok. hope you enjoy

[DavidSandor]

A Mester és a Tanítványok. Csak erős idegzetűeknek. :-))))))

[socalkevinz]

is this on a cd or something?

[Lyktwz]

God bless Fripp...

[Wayavas1337]

This is pure genius, the guitar is only an extension of imagination and soul, all the musicians here are awesome.

[PazzoComeSydBarrett]

8-o ... sbav...

[ElxFarell]

these are coool dudes man

[Dead8Bird]

mmmm anybody knows where i can find the tab?

is that song is Tuned in the NST?

[Woubits]

Most of the tracks on the RFSQ CD were recorded at a live concert in Nottingham, England.

I was there!

[83king]

i see adams influence so plain ,put distortion on this and u got tools guitar

[Vestu]

Hmm this is the best stuff I've heard from Fripp. Perfect!

[srob1022]

That's Frippin-tastic!!!

[cmgill2]

The dude on the right looks like a 12th century monk!

[labtob]

also kinda like Moe from the 3 Stooges!

[cmgill2]

@labtob hahahahahahahahahahah!

[Sidar654231]

Actually, in his book Bruford describes Fripp as "One part Joseph Stalin, one part Mahatma Ghandi and one part Marquis de Sade".

Though it does say the description would leave Fripp himself roaring with laughter. No idea why, hehe.

[TheBelva85]

Fripp looks like Himmler here.

[Juggalo5588]

I thought i was the only one who thinks that, lol He does look like him doesnt he?

[TheBelva85]

Yep. And he is pretty weird just like the original :)

Also, take a look at the italian minister of economy, "Tremonti", you'll have a good laugh )

[FerranK68]

Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and CGT are possibly the best string couple in XX and XXI

They are MASTERS

[Ih8stupidhumans]

Why was this spammed?

[stevieVantanna]

Hi, can anyone give me any advice of Robert Fripp's picking approach? ....besides practice.

Is it usually strict alternate or some economy picking?

When he does his famous cross picking, is it down down up or alternate picked? thanks

[skipmendler]

great shot at 3:03

[cattubesyou]

Brilliant.

[billpeart]

you said it!!!

[implozija]

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

[musictec1]

great stuff

[DarkeningSkies1]

California Guitar Trio, Trey Gunn, Fripp- wish RF had made a couple more albums with this project. Love the sound.

[Juggalo5588]

The man is a genious, Marvelous!!!

[arundel213]

yes trey gunn is the genius here !

[kuzubass]

trey gunn playing a chapman stick :O

i never see this, only playing warr guitar

[syst3mofad0wnn]

This makes me wanna get an Ebow. Awesome performance :]

[westpalmscott]

Aside from Jimi Hendrix, perhaps the most creative guitarist of the 20th century, His electric lead is unmistakeable

[Bagas]

Agreed, and also as a composer Fripp is also of the greats

[paulyrich]

@Bagas Agreed, Fripp is one of the great composers. But this particular piece was composed by Hideyo Moriya, Bert Lams and Paul Richards of the California Guitar Trio. Those are the guys with the ovation guitars on the right side of the stage.

[Mikhail554]

@westpalmscott I couldn't agree more, this guy made is own fucking tuning system. KC's influence can be felt in bands like Tool, NIN and Primus.

[Ophiuchus123456789]

@Mikhail554 Especially Mars Volta. They took a page right out of King Crimsons book

[Carlosmr1984]

@Ophiuchus123456789 Rather than taking, I'd say the Mars Volta stole the whole 70's Crimson book pages. But anyway it's a matter of taste. I just wish Crimson get the appreciation it deserves. Would be sad that only when mr. Fripp is gone he'd (and Crimson, as a matter of fact) get the appreciation he deseres.

[jakesimmons815]

@westpalmscott jimi hendrix was good but i dont think he was the most creative guitarist of the 20th century

[54donny]

@westpalmscott - you're joking right? they're the most boring,unoriginal gutarists i've heard. jimmy page and even jeff beck are light years ahead of thgese phoneys

[westpalmscott]

@54donny Fripp's playing is not blused based and that is what makes him very different from Page or Beck I saw Zep 3 times in te 70's and Page was downright sloppy on 2 of those occasions. Beck is truly amazing, but he's no composer. He's an arranger without peer. Fripp didn't get his style by just buying electronic gizmos and playing with them. HE INVENTED THEM. I suppose you think Adrian Belew is a hack as well. .

[arundel213]

@westpalmscott - sloppy? maybe sometimes but then he doesnt sit on his boring arse for 3 hours - page will always be more creative than anyone and i think you'll find

he was responsible for a lot of gizmos fripp borrowed to make his own sounds. page came up with tons of stuff while working in the studio. i agree,beck is no composer but hey,belew tries to play like him so.......

[D0uggie]

@arundel213 hahahaha Page? Stand there "pulling poses while playing one chord for three hours Page"?

[elizaaax]

@54donny wowow, some people is deaf while still being able to hear

[arundel213]

@elizaaax - no,some people can distinguish music from this garbage

[boibad12]

@arundel213 if this is garbage why are you watching it

[boibad12]

@54donny fripp unoriginal, i mean, thats your opinion but i just think its stupid. compare fripp to almost every modern guitarist that just abuses distortion, there the unoriginal. fracture, for example has amazing guitar technique in it especially around the 3:00 mark, also the textures he creates with the effects he uses are usually on point

[arundel213]

@westpalmscott - wrong! jimmy page is more creative than both

[Sparkles713]

Ah yes, such sublime music-

But.....

pony tails and Sticks?

Mullets and e-bows?

Hmmm better call the fashion police.....

[thegongman]

I see knowledge being passed on. Great stuff!

[PetruBecker4Rusty]

I LOVE YOU!

[Ursulocrow]

BEAUT

[carlitoparadise]

Amazing (!) *****

This Concert is One of My Top Favorites of All Time