Eric Johnson at Saucer Studios, Austin TX

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
  • Footage is from b-roll used for Up Close interview in 2010. Eric is improvising and displays really super great guitar work throughout. Could not hide this in the vaults any longer. Enjoy.

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  • @pascalrouen
    @pascalrouen 3 роки тому +127

    Just give me 10,000 hours of his clean tone chord changes. Pure musical bliss.

    • @michaelescareno7048
      @michaelescareno7048 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly!!!!!

    • @frankalbertsson128
      @frankalbertsson128 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly!!!! Eric`s clean playing is from outer space.....

    • @BobMaulucci
      @BobMaulucci 2 роки тому +1

      Amen to this. Like Holdsworth, those beautiful chords make the songs and both can blaze, too!

    • @vi3686
      @vi3686 Рік тому

      i could just have this be the soundtrack i live in and be completely happy with it T^T

    • @johnyoungblood2771
      @johnyoungblood2771 Рік тому

      IAM with you on that LIFES DELIGHT I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT FOR JESUS CHRIST IN WORSHIP AND PRAISE 😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍!!

  • @sbklein
    @sbklein 9 років тому +284

    If I played that well I'd just quit work and listen to myself all day.

    • @tgerule
      @tgerule 8 років тому +9

      +stan klein you could probably earn money as well doing it :)

    • @summershark
      @summershark 7 років тому +4

      stan klein he did.

    • @cypan1
      @cypan1 7 років тому

      Eric came to Toronto .......... last week omg hes so Awesome His Panto Scales are Friggin down to a T ya he was amazing !! Been to Austin in 2004 Went to golfSmith to learn club fitting should of found out where he was playing in Austin ?? Was a Amazing night @ the Rockpile ! in TORONTO CANADA !

    • @atznorbert
      @atznorbert 5 років тому

      😂😂😂🤟🏼

    • @kevah94
      @kevah94 5 років тому

      @@Byrddog17 you have to bend strings to be considered great?

  • @Plymouthmusicschool
    @Plymouthmusicschool 4 роки тому +54

    Had the pleasure of running into Eric before his show in Ohio about 16 years ago. He was so kind, I asked him to sign something for me he said he didn’t have the time but gave me the email of his tour manager and told me to ask him for the address to send our tickets for him to sign. Needless to say I did exactly what he suggested Emailed his manager then sent my ticket out. Four weeks later I had Erics signature on my ticket! What a great guy...

    • @alexlaris5069
      @alexlaris5069 4 роки тому +14

      Isn't it faster to sign something than to tell you all that? lol.

    • @Plymouthmusicschool
      @Plymouthmusicschool 4 роки тому +6

      Alex Laris he’s a lot like Chet Atkins a true gentleman not a rock star that must scribbles on a piece of paper and walks away

    • @bigelile07
      @bigelile07 Рік тому +3

      He didn't have time to sign something but had time to give you an email address and what to do ? Sounds fishy. 😂

    • @Plymouthmusicschool
      @Plymouthmusicschool Рік тому

      @@bigelile07 nothin fishy here. It was BEFORE the show. He wasn’t going to put a signature over ticket we needed to get in

  • @HardWorkingKat
    @HardWorkingKat 6 років тому +46

    Every time I listen to this cat play, even if he's just warming up, my stress level goes down big-time.

  • @aliensporebomb
    @aliensporebomb 9 років тому +183

    Most people warming up sounds like licks. Eric warming up is an unreleased song from somewhere.

    • @alecdawson1668
      @alecdawson1668 5 років тому +4

      aliensporebomb that is so true!

    • @mrsnakepit
      @mrsnakepit 4 роки тому +1

      True

    • @cars.796
      @cars.796 3 роки тому +1

      U just have to know modes caged and 7ths

    • @AxemanMessiah
      @AxemanMessiah 3 роки тому

      @@cars.796 do you really have to know modes? You can just play a major scale over it with emaphasis on the third...

  • @gsmeeuwsen
    @gsmeeuwsen 2 роки тому +11

    His tone and playing are utterly gorgeous.....

  • @MarkThomasMusic
    @MarkThomasMusic 10 років тому +94

    I could listen to this all day

  • @flyjoseph6355
    @flyjoseph6355 10 років тому +33

    One of the very few players that can wield the strat like a magic wand

  • @Bodyknowledge77
    @Bodyknowledge77 10 років тому +27

    The clean chordal /arpeggiated stuff he plays here is particularly sublime

  • @S_Heavens
    @S_Heavens 5 років тому +19

    His clean phrasing stuff is the best. This stuff, i can sleep to.

  • @Earlvis
    @Earlvis 4 роки тому +5

    I met Eric in 2001 after a show and we actually had a great conversation. He is a humble soul and his music comes from a desire to heal people and to thrill them as well.

  • @cowsgobob3518
    @cowsgobob3518 8 років тому +6

    I really wish he wasn't so underrated, he really deserves more fame

  • @mattrwilkins
    @mattrwilkins 4 роки тому +18

    EJs chord work is so insane it beats out his single note stuff.

  • @danknasty661
    @danknasty661 9 років тому +14

    3:13 until 3:39, I had literal chills down my spine and goose bumps all over my arms because of that tone, dear god!

  • @beefcake0354
    @beefcake0354 8 років тому +12

    his dynamic/phrasing are second to none.

  • @catboyzee
    @catboyzee 5 років тому +4

    I continue to revisit this video to be reminded of the tonal possibilities between the player, the guitar, the amps, and effects. Thank you Eric Johnson, you are an inspiration to us all.

  • @ErizotDread
    @ErizotDread 9 років тому +11

    I love his use of his thumb, and how he utilizes pretty much most of the fretboard, even in a single run.

  • @ijjeklmcklmk6452
    @ijjeklmcklmk6452 5 років тому +4

    His playing and sound takes me to the better place of this world :)

  • @GreenDistantStar
    @GreenDistantStar 11 років тому +73

    EJ is the proof that speed alone doesn't make a great guitarist. Eric can burn along with the best of them, but it's his awesome taste, tone and articulation that sets him apart.

    • @mariomessina6389
      @mariomessina6389 6 років тому +3

      Peter D glad u are one of the people that see that ! Being a great guitarist isn’t all about speed theirs much more that goes into it to accompany other musicians well and play many styles . If it’s all about speed u are playing to a small audience . Eric is very unique and sets himself apart from other players !

    • @mrsnakepit
      @mrsnakepit 4 роки тому +5

      But Eric's pentatonic is so damn fast...

    • @stingraybeach572
      @stingraybeach572 2 роки тому +2

      I asked one (speed lover) guitarist I know: "Sure "X" is faster, but who has better songs?!" Eric's songs are also prettier, and prettier has a quality all its own!

    • @modsbeck
      @modsbeck 2 роки тому

      Elton John?

    • @deanwitt7903
      @deanwitt7903 Рік тому +1

      @@stingraybeach572nothing wrong with speed and plenty of guys who are blessed with speed and clarity can also play melodic and slow . Speed is compared to non speed players through total ignorance of the instrument.

  • @audiophileman7047
    @audiophileman7047 5 років тому +7

    This guy is really something. I would positively love to see him perform live. He's just so expressive and technically excellent, a true artist of the highest caliber.

  • @South3West77
    @South3West77 2 роки тому +2

    Back in the day, them 80s, seen him, was amazing performance.

  • @johnhall393
    @johnhall393 4 роки тому +8

    I've seen him perform twice and he's absolutely fantastic!

  • @MrJst9b
    @MrJst9b 11 років тому +4

    extraordinary guitarist and musician. my favorite of all time. in a class of his own.

  • @BarbsWorld1
    @BarbsWorld1 10 років тому +10

    What I want to know is who are the 7 uneducated deaf people that gave this a thumbs down??? Are you kidding me.... This guy stacks up with ANYBODY on the planet.

  • @JeffDaytonMusic
    @JeffDaytonMusic 7 років тому +4

    He's been one of my lifetime faves since the 90s. Also had the invite to meet him and hang after a show here in Nashville... what a great, humble guy and a kind person. Amazing!

  • @Shho13
    @Shho13 10 років тому +42

    Favorite guitarist of all time...

    • @TMWilson71
      @TMWilson71 3 роки тому

      Not even a shard a doubt , people that sleep ok EJ are just not in the know.....

  • @alexacosta2140
    @alexacosta2140 2 роки тому +1

    This is the gold standard of guitar playing.
    Knowing you way around chords while being able to shred. Not one or the other.

  • @florentvauxion3664
    @florentvauxion3664 3 роки тому +2

    EJ is my inspiration for every day.

  • @Tim_Forters
    @Tim_Forters Рік тому +2

    Sound from another world

  • @dallastoto3189
    @dallastoto3189 Рік тому +1

    Probably the most , or one of the cleanest solo players EVER. Blazzzzzzn speed and musical phasing genius

  • @linsk78
    @linsk78 9 років тому +9

    He is the master- plain and simple.

    • @cypan1
      @cypan1 7 років тому

      Grand Master lol Not so Simple But outstanding !! lol

    • @cmhardin37
      @cmhardin37 4 роки тому

      Guthrie Govan is the masters master.

  • @Ledprostate
    @Ledprostate 7 років тому +1

    What a magical world Eric lives and plays in! Tone to die for.

  • @patriotsquill
    @patriotsquill 10 років тому +4

    Now there's a guy who was born to play the guitar!

  • @johnspina318
    @johnspina318 4 роки тому +2

    Eric still one of my all time favorites.Listen to his cds all the time!

  • @speedfreakleo
    @speedfreakleo 11 років тому +2

    His clean tone sounds as if it came from heaven

  • @bobgourley8731
    @bobgourley8731 6 років тому +4

    Very tasteful and accurate guitar work. Could watch and listen all day!

  • @nunyabusiness8538
    @nunyabusiness8538 4 роки тому +3

    most beautiful playin i’ve seen on a strat, and probably the most beautiful strat i’ve seen too. the flame on the neck is 🔥

  • @thepracticingguitarist
    @thepracticingguitarist 12 років тому +3

    A true musician. A true gentleman.

  • @lapwiz
    @lapwiz 6 років тому +1

    I worshiped Jeff Beck since I was a young player in the early 70's..challenging playing then, ground breaking in fact. for any kid lucky enough to get a hold of a good American strat or Tele. Eric just takes it all to a new level of sophistication only the truly worthy can follow. Eric found the holy grail and is behind the armor all a and the tilted vox ac amp.
    q

  • @jghuntr
    @jghuntr 11 років тому +2

    Hi is THE KING! I've loved him since he was 15!

  • @michaelmorris2243
    @michaelmorris2243 5 років тому +1

    This guy is the shit !! I can listen to him all day long

  • @filipefreitas1962
    @filipefreitas1962 Місяць тому

    his clean tone is absolutely insane, so damn good

  • @TheGreenKingdom
    @TheGreenKingdom 5 років тому +1

    Wow, so awesome to hear him just "messing around". Could listen for hours...

  • @RileyNagle
    @RileyNagle 10 років тому +1

    Dat neck. holy crap. One of the best guitar players of all time.

  • @outoworkdreamer
    @outoworkdreamer 9 років тому +12

    i can only shake my head in wonderment

  • @robwatts657
    @robwatts657 6 років тому +1

    Yeah Stan I agree with you and I am old hippie been playing since 1971 and listening to people like Eric makes me want to take up harmonica. He is great.

  • @albertdurden4209
    @albertdurden4209 7 років тому +1

    Play Eric...I've always admired your uniqueness - love all of it

  • @giovanniwitjamulia467
    @giovanniwitjamulia467 10 років тому +67

    that lamp has a big impact to the guitar tone, i have tried it

  • @dennisking3975
    @dennisking3975 6 років тому +1

    That clean tone is to die for,,,WOW

  • @melomaniacify
    @melomaniacify 6 років тому +1

    For his music, Eric is one of my favorites guitar players of all time... Amazing!

  • @MrHugosantos1982
    @MrHugosantos1982 10 років тому +12

    His tone is always very soft and mellow, even when he's using the brightest pickup selections. This distinguises him immediately from the majority of guitar players, that seem to have so much hearing loss that they have to over-compensate for the fact that they can't hear the highest frequencies.

    • @eddievhfan1984
      @eddievhfan1984 3 роки тому +2

      Ironically, he's actually a tinnitus sufferer, and had to use headphones during a G3 tour as a result.

    • @cgdoublezerorc
      @cgdoublezerorc 2 роки тому +2

      @@eddievhfan1984 I work near this studio. I can tell you that it's damn loud inside. I can hear him when I walk by the building.

  • @johnyflorez5397
    @johnyflorez5397 4 роки тому +2

    There are three guitarists i recognize with the first note
    Eric johnson, yngwie, santana
    I have seen most of the best guitar players live since the 70s
    Evh, gary moore, robben ford, yngwie, satriani, vai, vinnie moore, paul gilbert,santana, jake e lee, etc
    " Eric is the best of them all "

  • @ConstantineJajas
    @ConstantineJajas 10 років тому +4

    What a beast! You gotta love Eric...such a musical player. The man's got the whole package!

  • @MrPhrygianmaniac
    @MrPhrygianmaniac 11 років тому +1

    I can listen to him play like that all day, what a pro!! In one word: dreamy

  • @dsbobst50
    @dsbobst50 6 років тому +4

    The man needs to make another album

  • @pezi845
    @pezi845 5 років тому +2

    i could listen to this while studying... lovely music

  • @charliejamz.
    @charliejamz. 5 років тому +1

    The King of Improvisation!

  • @Shho13
    @Shho13 3 роки тому +1

    EJ puts me in my happy place! This guitarist virtuoso that ever lived hands down.

  • @Ledprostate
    @Ledprostate 7 років тому +4

    I want to be this good! This is pure perfect tone and licks

  • @eliyam27
    @eliyam27 2 роки тому +1

    So many styles!

  • @nazmoking3171
    @nazmoking3171 4 роки тому +1

    Now that is one thin dude!! Also a mighty fine guitar player to boot! I love his different pedals and tones - very beautiful.

  • @drums2go615
    @drums2go615 6 років тому +1

    I don't play guitar I'm a drummer but I've been following Eric Johnson for years and if I ever got the chance to set in and play one song just one song with him I think life would be complete at that point I just think he's great

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 6 років тому +2

    This is so wonderful, a real master of his art and a real masterpiece as a result.....

  • @skateborg
    @skateborg 7 років тому +2

    WOW. What a treat to find this here. Thanks Eric!

  • @chriswalkerband
    @chriswalkerband 11 років тому +5

    Harp harmonics :)
    EJ is a master of this dazzling Lenny Breau technique, and has talked about it at length in his instructional videos.

  • @pauloamw
    @pauloamw 6 років тому +1

    Gorgeous strat and the most gorgeous playing there is.

  • @masterofmuppets86
    @masterofmuppets86 11 років тому +1

    Besides all of that, his personality is so appreciable in the sense that he's so humbler besides his incredible playing that can often go to other players' heads

  • @leadchick
    @leadchick 5 років тому +1

    I could sit and watch you rehearse and create new material for days. Beautiful.

  • @jamesm5744
    @jamesm5744 12 років тому +1

    One of the best ever, a true original and a gent, superb

  • @Deliquescentinsight
    @Deliquescentinsight 11 років тому +2

    Always loved this guy's melodic approach to his playing-sounds almost Celtic to me in places, lots of influences there, but he is a great example of a musical Guitar player

  • @ToddPritch
    @ToddPritch 11 років тому +16

    Half these shredders don't know much about chord voicings or just chords in general. EJs got the best of both worlds

  • @MClancer18
    @MClancer18 11 років тому +1

    I could listen to this everyday =)

  • @m00nchildblues
    @m00nchildblues 2 роки тому

    Thanks Eric for making me miss my mint 1967 Fender Deluxe Reverb..😫😫😫

  • @blkjakk
    @blkjakk 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful.

  • @jasonstallworth
    @jasonstallworth 10 років тому +7

    One of my favorites!

  • @JamesJLaRue
    @JamesJLaRue 8 років тому +3

    Could listen to Eric free-flow jamming all day

  • @giu.c.5080
    @giu.c.5080 9 років тому +2

    Eric Johnson: un grande chitarrista!

  • @zososhep
    @zososhep 12 років тому +1

    I am going to see him on 9/27/12...Cant wait! One of my all time favorite guitar players...he is a complete player.Such incredible tone, feel, phrasing and soul! Thanks for posting! I have watched all of the other vids for the Up Close interviews so this was very nice to see...Thanks!
    Peace.

  • @billc6087
    @billc6087 Рік тому

    So glad I saw him once in a little club in Davis, CA. Amazing.

  • @drkaplin98
    @drkaplin98 4 роки тому +1

    Look at how low his action is and how it doesn't affect his tone. It just shows what kind of magic a great tech and luthier can produce. I've played some "legend's" guitars and some suck, but most play amazingly.

  • @pete540Z
    @pete540Z 5 років тому +2

    Love the clean tone and reverb at 3:48

  • @dieselyeti
    @dieselyeti 10 років тому +11

    Probably my fav guitar player today, I could listen to his noodling for hours. I don't recognize anything he's playing other than that triad from Cliffs of Dover's intro. I guess the rest is just straight improvisation? Wish I had a fraction of his chops. I love that chimey tone @ 9:22

  • @danangputranto4697
    @danangputranto4697 Рік тому

    can hear this all day

  • @kelesays
    @kelesays Рік тому

    Jaw dropped. Improvisation top level.

  • @danieljbdj
    @danieljbdj 2 роки тому

    best clean I've ever heard in my entire life

  • @anitavassar1
    @anitavassar1 7 років тому

    i love this series of YOU. this is all i have of you.

  • @Janine.Najarian
    @Janine.Najarian 8 років тому +3

    So soothing

  • @rafaval1162
    @rafaval1162 Рік тому

    pure magic, my #1 fav guitarrist

  • @valve84
    @valve84 5 років тому +13

    The first minute of this sounds to me like what Jimi would've gone on to sound like if he were still with us.

    • @williamwirt5609
      @williamwirt5609 5 років тому +8

      Jimi was overrated...stop cupping his balls.

    • @LUckybones25
      @LUckybones25 2 роки тому

      Jimmy was nowhere near EJ’s level.

    • @valve84
      @valve84 2 роки тому

      @@LUckybones25 Cookies-n-Beer

  • @nokomisnichols
    @nokomisnichols 10 років тому +1

    He's greatness. 100% texas great. Our guitarists are so unique here in texas. I play the best I can and sometimes it's great and other times not so great. Eric stevieray and dimebag among others.

  • @TheBeanmachine2011
    @TheBeanmachine2011 9 років тому +1

    06:55-08:18 That clean tone..awesome!

  • @RickyLandi
    @RickyLandi 6 років тому +2

    4:38 that E major chord played in that way it’s almost ipnotic

  • @codjh9
    @codjh9 5 років тому +15

    He might as well put this on his next album. Just call it "Random Shit', and I don't mean that negatively. It sounds great... probably would sound even better with repeated listens.

  • @johnylopez
    @johnylopez 2 роки тому +1

    This is the best

  • @lucasjrl7748
    @lucasjrl7748 9 років тому +5

    Eric Johnson tem o timbre clean mais lindo que eu já ouvi, esse cara é um mago da guitarra!!!

    • @AntonioSantos-ut4ik
      @AntonioSantos-ut4ik 8 років тому +2

      pois é o cara executa com perfeição e com um timbre sensacional mesmo

    • @lucasjrl7748
      @lucasjrl7748 8 років тому

      samuel antonio
      Eu to conseguindo chegar no timbre dele!!

    • @AntonioSantos-ut4ik
      @AntonioSantos-ut4ik 8 років тому +2

      +Lucas Jardim parabéns ......um dia eu chego lá rsrsrs

    • @lucasjrl7748
      @lucasjrl7748 8 років тому +2

      +samuel antonio
      Cara é só ter um bom ampli clean e ter uma strato de boa qualidade!!! sem muito segredo e o chorus pode ser qualquer um!!!

    • @lemuellira
      @lemuellira 7 років тому +1

      Lucas JLR concordo 100%, o clean do Eric é o melhor que já ouvi também. Um dos maiores guitarristas de todos os tempos!!

  • @robertphillips597
    @robertphillips597 5 років тому

    Eric Johnson is an amazing guitarist!

  • @dannygoode2255
    @dannygoode2255 3 роки тому

    WOW... only need 3 letters to describe this.

  • @renzogo6747
    @renzogo6747 5 років тому +2

    6:56 what a great tone

  • @vincentlussier8264
    @vincentlussier8264 2 роки тому +1

    What it must be like to play like this. To be able to pull off things nobody in the crowd can go home and do!

  • @gyabki
    @gyabki 11 років тому

    Best movie to learn his brilliant licks.