Echoes

[TranceTube1987]

just sitting here...beat audio monster headphones....blown away...truely epic...hat off to your sir...you should be knighted & entered into a hallf of fame for musicians...even if it is electronic...this is magical

[jakass317]

covering deep purple on a purple electric violin...... priceless

[crassazell]

Oh and if anyones bothered it's Deep Purples Sweet Child in Time. The best track ever.

[crassazell]

Why isn't there a sniper with a silencer there to work on the sound quality.

[TallPoe]

Deep Purple Obviously, lol at me.

[TallPoe]

People passing by is what you need when you are busking, lol

[TallPoe]

God I know the tune he is covering, but just can't dig it out.

[69pichulonko69]

I heard 'bout him at University of La Serena, Chile.... great musician...

[valerysgirl]

Gawd, I love this !



[LeonidaEllison800]

Download the audio from this song at soundnabber doht cohm.

[misfit13091]

Look at all those bastards just walking past. Stand and be amazed!

[JaredStud1030]

amazing he should get a job doing sound tracks for movies

[drags3840]

this is da shit seriously a mad violinist this guy needs to come to australia so i can see him live fuckin awesome

[JohnPurchaseArt]

I'd love him to play Vivaldi.

[danielruschel1]

The song is called "Child In Time" by Deep Purple, a big hit in the 70's.

Very Good version!!!

[LANN98]

where can i purchase this divine device?

also, where can i find an erhu of the same type?

[Bendermas1]

@LANN98 He carved it himself, with a kitchen knife (seriously). Former Oxford student.

[dancergrl1117]

i would totally buy a purple violin. my brother has a red one nut it isnt even half as cool.

he is so amazing a true violinist

[MrRaymondtoney]

ha the parents have the kids put money in....but truly amazing pure talent it is awesome to see people do what they love:) keep it up

[pyccy1]

I would take a bullet for this man, his music inspires me so much. When i feel down i'll listen to it, it'll bring me right up. Ready to face the days tests. This reminds me very much of war of the worlds.. and i love it.



[WELLBRAN]

Why should anyone watch or listen to this guy when we have Brits got Talent, and X Factor etc.....SIGH! thats whats wrong with our society today, adults are ignorant and kids do not know what is quality and what is crap, lets hope that Ed inspires a few people out there.....we live in hope, BRAVO ED Superb!

[Bendermas1]

@WELLBRAN I agree, but actually I think he'd do well on Britain's Got Talent, even in our idiotic, celeb- and royalty-worshipping society. Maybe I'm just in denial? Sometimes I'd like to imagine people just watch those shows hoping to see something like this. Instead they get a parade of half-wits, which the producers think will appeal to more people (a.k.a. the sell-to-the-lowest-common-deno­minator theory of marketing). Sad.

[steffan133]

@Bendermas1 i think there's a type of tranquility in playing for yourself. A true expression of feeling. Instead of feeling what you're told or the scales you're aloud to use to express it. If he studied music at oxford, the oppertunities were there for him. I think many musicians would argue, the commercialization of music is a bad thing...for music.

[dismay99oxon]

@steffan133 He studied Art, at Pembroke College Oxford. He is a hell of a painter as well.

[m3lyc]

Correction: Child in time is from his reflections album, not echoes.

[m3lyc]

By the way, to clear up any confusion, this is the cover of Deep Purple's "Child in time" from his album "Echoes" (hence the title of the video).

[m3lyc]

The 10:30 version of this on Grooveshark is simply amazing.

[abolicionante]

child in time 

[fafafini]

wonderful

[djAkySoundOradea]

good violinist. Great!!!

[colinmcb]

Superb!

[MrHolyDamn]

WoW

[chookisss]

!NICE¡ IT'S BEAUTIFUL

[99546144]

dude thats child in time from deep purple..

[misterchristian38]

great but that's not echoes that's child in time ..

[bobalazs]

what a bunch of ignorant bastards walking by instead of stopping to admire!

[WELLBRAN]

@bobalazs I'll second that comment!

[Gaudentic]

he looks so awesome with the wind in his face

[Master0fHamsters]

If i was there i'd interrupt my daily activities and send em to shit and sit by his side until he's done playing :D lol

[tpvlyrm]

$hit's as real as it gets.

[DvScruff]

Erm...

Is the sheer awesomeness of his music causing him to ascend through the skies or something? Whats happening with the hair? :O

[DwarfElfZombie]

@DvScruff

We call that the wind.

[leeHeggy]

This man and his music squeezes the heart...so beautiful.

[lilwill3104]

i wonder how much he makes from donations every day he performs! some videos you will see kids come up and dump handfuls of money into his donation tray thing...

[vanvulpenrex1]

Thats not 'just a man' lol, thats Ed Alleyne Johnson playing Deep Purples Child In Time!!! Great performer this guy.

[Angel0fSleep]

Dude, that's Child in Time by Deep Purple! OMG That's Incredible!!!

I Love This Guy! He makes me want to learn violin

[dale3858]

Nice!

[seangibson66]

seangibson66

2 minutes ago i was there and watched ed for 2 hours and bought two cds from him seen him in york before and its always an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to him hope to see him next time am i york i remember the days when he did a bit with new model army and loved his music since then fantastic ed keep rockin

child in time by deep purple its on the reflections cd

[seangibson66]

seangibson66

2 minutes ago i was there and watched ed for 2 hours and bought two cds from him seen him in york before and its always an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to him hope to see him next time am i york i remember the days when he did a bit with new model army and loved his music since then fantastic ed keep rockin

[Maxacob]

He is very good... BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!!

[talldiesel]

Ive listend to all eds vids on utube, and have concluded hes a fookin genius and im buying his music

[woofwoofcow]

dude... when his hair blows in the wind he looks like a god rocking out on a violin

[tomek127612]

Muy Bueno anque no es en mi gusto

[MetalHeadEarthling]

it is child in time by deep purple... He has done a fabulous job of it!!!! :-)

[Coatip]

GENIAL GENIUS MASTER

[Glitterfaysss]

You can see he really enjoys playing his music, he moves along with it. The kids dropping change for him is still cool, and his sound is great

[ZelenaBananaa]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAaaaaaaaaaa

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaa­aaaaaaaa

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[angimalchevez]

what song is this a remake of?

[petercr49]

@angimalchevez Deep Purple, Sweet child in Time

[buttondiet]

so impressive x

[whysofuckingbad]

He is such a great artist, a real artist!

[prowan]

He is amazing, saw him loads in Oxford in late 89 and early 90s, always had a crowd around him.

[Orenots1]

wow this violin sounds like an electric guitar :D rly nice song

[pricksqueen]

This guy is amazing !!

[dust286]

what a genius!

a true artist

[trebor5319]

this is one of his best

such a nice guy when i met him

in chester.

[jeannybates]

That's incredible he's such a good violinist. Great!!!

[plazov]

Genial, deberia hacer mas musica. Saludos de Chile

[bruntonblue22]

LEGEND !!!

[CARLOS62B]

my favourite local busker

[FordCortinamk3]

What a great piece of music!

[steffiedrees]

this song is not on echoes, but I really wish that it was on echoes.

[frodo0o]

Deep-purple, child in time, geniaaaaaal !!!!

lo toca maravillozo

[pinkmoonfox]

i am soo jealous!!

i love his songs

i bought his cd n im gutted coz its lost somewhere in my room...

i'd love to see him live!

[lukebates22]

I like how he just goes to a town and plays on the street to promote his CD. If only he had a list of which town he's going to, I could go see him live! :P

He's awesome!

[stickinabut]

ive seen him so many times i think imma go say hi to him O.0

[jarrythemaori]

i watch other people on the electric violin and they dont even come close to Mr Johnson, ur the man bro, your style is OFF THE HOOK

[outcastorange]

Alex Mitchell is pretty good though, but he's young and with time and practice some day he may be much better.

[yoboe7]

alex is good, but people are better. he is just really good at getting his name out there. but ed will always be one of the best cause he is pretty much the founder of this style of electric violin.

[outcastorange]

Really? I don't know much about Ed, but he's way to young to be the first person to start electric-violin looping. Especially contemporary tunes.

[yoboe7]

well alex mitchell says that ed inspired him, so...

and how many other electric violin loopists do you see that have the amount of modern covers that ed has?

[matrixgigolo]

I've been listening to this guy for ages, he is a true searcher!love his sound!

[Alvi316]

oooo

genial child in time

ke wen video

[seagullinwind]

de gustibus ...my dear..de gustibus...

[Badic]

Now why would you go and say things like that. I think a good chunk of techno and trance does not even come close to what Ed can do. Hell I could create some trance garbage by sampling and throwing in repetition and tada! you have E-tard music. You let me know when one of the techno or trance "artists" actually learn to play instruments.

[outcastorange]

Do you really think this song is completely garbage?

[armlesscorps]

iv seen this guy watched him for a while he is great

[bumbandito1]

argh ed how i love to see your buskin on the streets of york true legend makes me feel so alive in his presence, hair on neck standin and stuff nice that he comes to york .

[seagullinwind]

whatever is the title of this masterpiece...it's pure magic!

[ZelenaBananaa]

@seagullinwind child in time by deep purple

[richardhalo]

@seagullinwind The piece is "Sweet child in time" by Deep Purple.

[Gaudentic]

@seagullinwind echoes...

[Th1sWasATriumph]

@seagullinwind Sounds a lot like an arrangement of (Sweet) Child in Time, by Deep Purple.

[ZirconCode]

@Th1sWasATriumph Yep, it's the cover and it's beautiful =)

[ultranewb]

@seagullinwind

The song is called "Child In Time" by Deep Purple, a big hit in the 70's.

This rendition of it is amazing!

[hipster1966]

The song is "Child In Time" in case anyone wanted to know.

[JUKIO01]

wtf is your problem! i didnt want to know that