It really triggered a feeling of "what what what?!" When Josh said that. But I also think it is healthy to not consider yourself so important you know and go the other extreme. There's a balance obviously because no artist should devaluate the importace of the work, especially when you deliver consistently over and over meaningful and sincere material throughout the years (not thinking of anyone in particular here haha) (Josh Turner I meant Josh Turner) Also its nice seeing you in the comment section David, I really enjoy your videos.
1000x this. We don't need to equate our value as people and what we do creatively in terms of "usefulness". How about "meaningful"? How about "enjoyable"? There's doctors watching this video wishing they did something less "useful" and more meaningful.
500 videos, of which I've watched possibly 300 (?), and I don't recall ever seeing even a single instance of clickbait or cynicism. I love that you've stayed authentic, treated your audience with respect, and made art on your own terms. May you continue to inspire us all. P.S. Video 328 may have been the best, at least if we're ranking by number of vanishing bags. ;-)
I love that this little slice of the internet exists, to see kind words to a creator I admire from a person who made a gypsy jazz cover of a mario song that I learned with a friend in college.
Oh and I should really add... I love that arrangement, have also enjoyed your work since then, and I also enjoyed the video you did with Josh, disappearing bag and all! I've even interfaced with plenty of Django APIs despite never worked with it directly myself.
I’m not sure you fully appreciate just how much your little channel has meant to so many of us. Your talent and love for music shines through in every single one. Thank you ❤
Josh, you and Carson and Alison and the others are so refreshing. You treat the music of other generations with such great respect and look like you enjoy doing it. And your talent is amazing! It's why you don't need some phoney persona and all the gimmicks that many of us are so sick of having shoved in our faces. Just keep doing what you're doing, please!
Doctors help people, but so do you. More help than you really know or can even appreciate. So thank you for sharing your talent. Thank you for the hours of your life arranging and playing such songs. Thank you for writing wonderful music. Thank you for introducing us to your wonderful friends, partners and fellow musicians. Thank you for being a wonderful part of my UA-cam experience. I know if must be a burden at times, but I speak for hundreds of thousands of people when I say "we appreciate it so much. Please don't stop"
Howdy from Texas! I’m a 67 year old guitar picker (since age 8). Started in a Bluegrass band in the early 80’s & play different genres. Thank you for what you do. I’m happy that your generation is carrying and creating great music! You and Carson and all the wonderful musicians you collaborate with are superb & the level of musicianship blows me away! If you ever play in San Antonio, I will definitely go to your concert! I’m also a disabled desert storm vet. Thank you and your fellow musicians for inspiring an old man enough to get back to playing live again. Barney ❤️👍🏼🇨🇱🎸☮️
"prepare so that spontaneous things can happen" ! The definition of creativity. Maybe I borrow this quote from time to time. Thanks, Josh. I gotta go prepare..
Oh, I definitely need to borrow that phrase!! It's applicable to so many things in life, both creatively and being ready for normal life opportunities that come your way.
Man, the hits of sudden emotion I got from seeing these tiny snippets of videos I have watched over the years, some of them again and again, some of them just once, over a decade ago, now again reminded of them. You've created something real special here, I must say, even when compared to all the other big music channels out there, this one stands out by being so humble, so unlike any cult of personality or ego trip. The focus is and has always been music, and I think everyone understands this instinctively when watching these videos. That being said, the way to integrate other fantastic musicians of such wide ranges into your work, or even let them have the spotlight and just sitting by playing base is amazing. So much passion for the art people got to enjoy because you shared these artists with us. I hope you continue to have fun doing this for a good while, because we certainly are.
Here since your teens, I can say that your channel has kept me hooked since the beginning. Subs have come and gone but your channel gets better and better. Thanks for your music and innovation.
In praise of #90. I first found this channel when our choir started singing “If Ye Love Me”. I searched for a UA-cam performance of the piece and found Josh singing all four parts. I found the video to be moving and magnificent.
I was 18 when I started eyeing your channel, I remember watching a video of you and Carson and thinking "Damn, these dudes are good, it's like watching Paul & John". Today I'm closing in my twenties, and for sure not a kid anymore. Been quite the journey, but somehow your channel always has been there, like a lighthouse in the distance, a constant and soothing light which doesn't change, which always provides. I'm really proud to have seen you, and the musicians orbiting arround your channel, grow and change. This channel deserves all the success. And as some mildly famous swedish band once said, thank you for the music.
Josh I’m 73 y/o working as an ER doc for 42 years You have reignited joy, creativity and hope in an otherwise bland music environment throughout the past several years. YT although a wierd platform can be authentic; you have succeeded. Stay free, be real! I’ll keep waiting for your next wave of goodness.
I discovered one of your solo videos when you were a kid playing acoustic blues and it blew me away. With all of the millions of channels, yours is the only one I’ve ever subscribed to. I’m in awe of your multi-instrumental virtuosity and love the silly fun you have within the context of your serious musical obsession. And I always look forward to how the creativity of the video presentation is going play out. So you got me on two levels: the music and the video arts. (And I love the inner peek into the technical side of the sound recording, too. So, three levels). Yes, your joy in bringing your music resonates. And in these dark and strange times, it’s a silly, fun, serious, joyous, creative beacon of light that feeds the world. Keep at it! 🤙
Congratulations Josh, on the 500 videos milestone. As a 65yr old fan in London, I never cease to be amazed at your musical and technical ability. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say you are the most versatile musician I have ever seen - for playing in so many genres and on multiple instruments, whether your own material or covers. Please do not ever think that what you do is "not something useful, like a doctor or a teacher." There are plenty of those. What you do has entertained hundreds of thousands of viewers and listeners. That is important too. I enjoyed this recap of your 500 videos, with Carson, Larkin, Kami, Mary and Allison and many others. I have seen you live several times in London. My "reviews" of your shows on Fountain pen blog, still get many views per day! I look forward to seeing the Bygones here in London in September. Best wishes. Rupert Arzeian.
In lots of little ways that add up to big ones, finding your videos changed the trajectory of my own life as a musician on the internet. Happy 500 Josh! Thanks for doing what you do❤
Certainly, being a doctor, you are helping people more acutely. But on the scale that you are making art, you make peoples life better, and this is what the world needs. A happy doctor is better than a sad doctor, and you might not be the doctor, but you're the one making the doctor happy (statistically speaking). If you didn't have an impact on a significant number of people, it would be a different argument, but you do.
I found your channel 5 years ago, at the age of 15. The covers got me first, and then I listened to 'As good a place as any' and from that point it was obvious to me, that I'd like to have this musical being called Joshua Lee Turner in my everyday life. You taught me a lot of things, you showed me pieces of music I've never heard before, shaped my taste in music, surprised me with something unexpected, kept me excited through weeks while releasing 'Public life', introduced me to other amazing musicians like Carson or Allison, gave me ideas, what songs to play with my high school band, and so on... Some of your songs are so close to me, they are the only things I want to listen to when I feel sad. When I'm really sad, your music creates some kind of "home" feeling and gives me calmness. At other times it makes me enthusiastic to see you having fun with your friends and play music you love. Maybe your influence had a little role too, when I decided to study music and become a professional musician. It's good to hear that many things weren't clear for you at the beginning, because I'm still not sure, what I should choose exactly from the huge world of music... but until it turns out, thank you for giving us your music, see you in the real world!
As Josh’s Mom, all I can say is Wow. Thank you for sharing your life experience with Josh and the world. Follow your dream whatever that looks like and enjoy the journey.
Like many I found you during Covid and you are one of the few creatives I’ve stuck with. I’ve learnt so much from you - playing, harmonising, collaborating, recording. So thanks. Here’s to another 500 and I hope to come see you in Robin Hoods Bay
Not many tickets left now for the Robin Hood's Bay show (around 20). If you haven't got yours already, and you want to come along, you'd better be quick 🙂
Hey Josh, I don't tend to comment on videos often but I just needed to let you know that your love and passion for music shines through in your videos and it resonates with so many of us watching. You have an incredible talent that you get to share with us and others you collaborate with and I know for me, it brings a smile to my face always. I haven't been here for your whole journey as I only found you around a year ago, but I will support and follow you for the rest of it. Keep doing what you love man and keep making people happy in the process, all the best Josh. Love from the UK.
The fist bump made the cut!! Let's go!! It's beautiful to see all these moments back to back. The sheer scope of the things you've accomplished. You outta be proud, man. Your impact on your peers is just as great as it is on your fans. Can't tell you how many times your videos have inspired me to try different things in music and recording. Congrats on 500 videos, dude!
Josh ….and Kelly…. And Allison… and Carson…. and everyone else… thank you all so much, for so much enjoyment you’ve provided over the years. So much heartwarming music and memories.
Got a bit emotional watching this! I've been following along religiously since 2012 when I was just 11 years old, learning Swept Away by the Avett Brothers. So many of these video snippets trigger really strong memories for me, because each and every video you've posted has impacted my guitar playing, my music taste, and my desire to create music in some way. Watching this, I see my own growth in yours. I genuinely cannot understate the impact you've had on my life, Josh!
Man, all I gotta say is thank you. I've been following you for 9 years now, almost a decade. Thank you for bringing all this wonderful music to us. I found so many new artists through your covers, and so many amazing people and their channels through your collabs, it's crazy. And I'm not even mentioning all the wonderful people I met and became friends with because we shared love for the music you play. Makes me super happy I live in the time of youtube.
Where do things go from here? Please just keep following your joy! Because your 500 videos have brought more joy to more people than you can imagine. And what more noble and lovely endeavor does one need in life if it is also enjoyable to you!? There is Not another YT channel that I look forward to every single new video that is rendered and the times I have been able to see you perform live have been highlights in my life. Keep doing you Josh! With much love and admiration, Jim.
Thank you for the recap of these past 17 years. I, too, have been here since the start of this channel & beyond. The growth & experience you’ve attained not just in playing a variety of instruments, but in singing, in producing and arranging music is phenomenal. Can’t wait to see what you & Kelly produce in the future.
Happy 500! Never underestimate the importance of providing entertainment and creativity (whether it be an original song or a new take on someone else's) to the world. We are all just trying to get by and your contributions make things a little brighter.
Everyone has doubts Josh about whether they are are doing the right thing but your music and your collaborations, has brought so much joy to all your followers. You should be rightly proud of your achievements and here's to your thousandth video. Best wishes to you and Kelly, Allison and Carson. Long may you reign.
Josh, you're probably my favourite musician in youtube. I love your dedication both in your original music and in your covers. Your videos definitely make a lot of lives better :)
It's been a pleasure t.o watch you, I can't believe I've been watching and enjoying you and your videos for so long. Keep on going and I'll keep on loving it.
I can't remember when and I can't remember what specific cover brougth me here: i was looking for a song to play and I needed to see someone playing it. Then i thought "this guy is amazing" and years of gratitude came. I bought Unamericana without even listening, just for gratitude. Public Life helped me during a very tough time facing the loss of a dear friend. Both covers and originals have been a series of wonderful gifts. I keep spamming your channel to friends and such, they keep thanking me for that. I'm a very bad guitar player but your channel (and Carson's, Elle's and Toni's) gave me back the joy to play and sing whenever I can. I'm very grateful, thank you so much. Greetings from Napoli, Italia.
I'm almost 80, a grandmother, and music has been a constant source of joy for me, both playing and listening to people like you. My son who is now 52, found you on UA-cam close years ago and immediately sent me the link to your work. We saw you in Middletown CT a few years ago and in hearing you in person was an epic experience. Your talent is unparalleled...well maybe Mozart or Debussy are up there too. Good Luck. You've brought such joy to so many.
I’m 31 and have a great life now, but, your videos helped get me through my early twenties, terrible addiction, rehab, then getting clean and flourishing. One of the few channels that fits with all phases of my life. Probably thousands of listens on some of your songs. Thanks Josh!
Congratulations, Josh. I watch you regularly. If you post it, then I watch it. Some of what you post, I watch on repeat all day long . . . can't get enough of it. There are about half a dozen or so of your videos that I go back to over and over and over so I can enjoy the magic they contain. You have a fanbase out here, Josh. A group of strangers who are your friends. The honesty, curiosity, dedication, and generosity you exude in your videos is addictive. What you create with your friends is beautiful. Thank you. Please don't stop. Peace.
I studied music in college and loved it and it didn't kill my love for music. I studied cello, singing, piano, theory, orchestration... My Obi Wan Kenobi guided me toward teaching and when I started doing it full time I knew that that was what I was born to do. I've never taught in college or public school but privately my whole career. Your musical journey is great Josh. I love your work.
You’ve been a big inspiration to me for so many years. I am from Scotland and will be seeing you play in Glasgow later this year. Thank you for all you do and congratulations on reaching this milestone!
Josh, for me, music is the one thing that transcends all the crap that we experience throughout our lives. I found your channel from your Sultans of Swing video and have followed you since. The genuineness that you show us in your music and with your collaborations reminds me often that there are things that are good and pure. I really enjoy your music (and through that, you) and I hope you continue down this road and grace us with your incredible talent and continue to share the purity of music. Thank you.
1:55 Legendary video. For sure where many of us got to know of you. Congrats Josh, and I hope I can keep listening to the music you make for many more years!!
Thank you for continually sharing your journey with us. You've brought (and continue to bring) so much enjoyment to the world! Your efforts and talents have paid off and you should be proud. I hope to catch you play/sing irl one day, but until then, I'll still be here for every video. Thanks, Josh.
Josh (Kelly) thank you for all that offer us on here. It's so well received and appreciated. I share your tunes often and I wish you both well with your future endeavours on here and out there!
Thank you so much for going on this journey. You have brought joy and entertainment to so many. It has been a pleasure to see your growth and meet so many other talented people you've brought in along the way. I always look forward to what's coming next knowing I won't be disappointed. And just have to add that your attitude and smiles are infectious and fun. Bravo!
this is awesome! i am so late to the party but just caught the bygones in april and have been working backwards. this vid is perfect for me to see the timeline. uber talented with an eye for other uber talents.
thanks to this vid i saw the added concerts once they get back from the UK!!!! just bought tickets for World Cafe Live in Philly in December. so pumped they are doing well!!!
Oh wow, you are in for a treat! I worked my way through the back catalog when I subscribed and it took awhile even though it was "only" about 200 videos then. UA-cam doesn't make it a real easy process, but there are many terrific songs and collaborations-- it's well worth it! Keep an eye out for Josh's songs with Larkin (from WAY back)-- she has the most similar voice to Allison, IMO, and I'm sure you'll love their collabs.
Josh, I don't know what number video it was, but a long time ago someone posted you doing Eleanor Rigby and instead of clicking past, I watched it and it seriously changed my life. I became obsessed with watching everything you had done and have until today watched all of them. I'm a 70-year-old guy with a wide-ranging taste in music and I can honestly say that you're one of the most talented musicians/collaborators I've ever come across - ever! Keep it up!
Josh I've been watching you for quite a while now and saw you when you came to the UK and played in Leicester on the Graceland tour. I am 72 and one of my sons is a professional musician so I sort of know the difficulties and uncertainties that you face. But with your skill, talent and application I'm sure your career will go from strength to strength and this new UA-cam thingy is part of that. All the very best.
Thank you, way more than 500 times!! You ARE doing something that matters! I can't remember exactly when i stumbled upon your channel, long before "JoshTurnerGuitar" for sure, but its been at least 14-15 of these years. It stemmed from the Gillian Welch cover of Miss Ohio. I've shared the channel with music loving friends countless times, experienced a wide range of emotions watching, and discovered some new tangential trails along the way. The montage definitely brought back memories of when or where i first saw that video, or of who i shared it with. The countless collaborators (Carson, Elle and Toni, and Myles being some of my personal favorites.), the joy of playing music you all exude, the fun covers and the sheer near perfect musicianship kept me here. I thought i could list a Top 5 of the 500 but damn, thats TOUGH. Anxiously awaiting 501 and beyond!
Found you from the Operator cover. You guys play music my dad got me into and yet at the same time the music is timeless. 33 now. Still love this the way I did 15 years ago. We saw The Bygones in Chicago earlier this year. We’re coming to see you again in December. We love what you do. Love what your collaborators do. Side note. VW BEETLE! Man I’d love to see more of it. Thanks for all the beautiful music.
I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but you’re a huge inspiration to me. I haven’t been here since the very beginning, but Josh Turner Guitar has always been present in my life. From the early days of UA-cam, I remember coming across your videos as a wee lad and looking up to you. I deeply cherished the fun, carefree dynamic of the videos you had made with your friends - from the creative brilliance of your videos with Carson, to the lighthearted cover of Seven Bridges Road… and the historical masterpieces displaying your technical abilities through videos like your Sultans Of Swing cover. I’ve adored watching you grow as I’ve grown myself. Keep at it, Josh. Cheers!
500 videos!! Yessss! I started watching you in 2017-2018 when I bought my first guitar. I’m no musician, I still can’t play anything other than chords, but I still watch some of your videos. My family and love “Have Mercy” the best. Keep on doing what you’re doing.
You and Carson have been instrumental to my music preferences and personal playing. Not only is your music incredible, you have also spring boarded me to so many other wonderful musicians and songs that I never would have known about. Thanks!
Art heals. The comments here demonstrate how you've been a balm to the soul for so many. Thank you for all you've shared with us! Here's to much more to come.
There a little 5 seconds in the video we need to talk about… No you are not a doctor, no you do not save lives, but you do save people… After doctors did their best but it did not work and somebody we love dies, you and other musicians take over helping us survive. It is a different role, but as important. Never underrate what you bring to this world. There a reason you are at your 500th video, you do serve a purpose…
I discovered you when some of the videos of you touring with the Simon & Garfunkel story. As someone who grew up in the 60s listening to them, Sloop John B & many other things you covered, I enjoyed seeing a new generation appreciate my music. I enjoyed your covers as well as new stuff you did by yourself, or with Carson & others. Congratulations on this milestone. I am looking forward to the next 500. There is 1 thing you said that shows how the times have changed from my day. Back then an album was recording on vinyl & then the artists went out on tour to promote the album. You said you toured to promote what you did on UA-cam. Same general idea, record & promote that has been there from long before my time, just using a media they didn't have in my day to record on.
Josh, Your channel has been a source of joy and inspiration for me over the past several years. Also-I’ve been enjoying the crap out of my D’Angelico Josh Turner Tammany guitar and spreading the word about how great an axe it is! Keep up the good work.
and this doesn't count collaborations released on other channels. gotten so much edification, inspiration, and joy from Josh's musical family. thanks y'all.
Been listening to your music for almost 10 years and love what you do. Great originals and fantastic covers. Awesome guitar work and all the excellent vocal harmonies. Thanks for introducing me to all your collaborations with, to name but a few, Reina and Toni, Jim, Gabe, Taylor, Alison and last but definitely not least, the man with the smoothest voice on the planet Carson. We're probably in days or weeks rather than hours I've spent listening to you guys....can't thank you enough. A real poignant notable occasion was about two years ago remaking contact with my mother (who passed last year) after a long absence and showing her your Sixteen Tons vid, something she listened to in her youth in the 1950's and seeing her face light up. Please keep doing what you do, looking forward to the next 500. Awesome stuff
Don't sell yourself short. I think I stumbled across your videos about a decade ago, and you've brought a lot of joy and lovely music into my life during that time - both by yourself and with the people you've surrounded yourself with and featured. Your work is every bit as important as a teacher or doctor, it's just different.
You are loved Josh. 712K subscribers, that speaks volumes. Very much an inspiration to many, thank you for sharing your gift with the world! It does make it that much better!
Josh, I am a 60 year old Canadian and love what you are doing. Thoroughly enjoying your Journey, and I hope you are finding Joy (although I am sure it's been hard..) in sharing it with the world. God Bless..
It's been great to watch you explore the path of life here on this channel, Josh. You're greatly appreciated. Congratulations on the milestone. May it be the first of many.
Hi from London! Josh, we hugely appreciate the time, effort and artistry you inject into your music and your videos. It's the cherry on top to get to see you live, as I have done a couple of times here in the UK. You have an old soul but a youthful vigour and sense of exploration which is refreshing and rejuvenating for those of use at the other end of the (You)tube. I'm proud to be a Patreon of yours and would encourage others to follow suit in order to support your great work. Keep on trucking and see where the road takes you - and us. Thank you.
9:09 never think that being an artist isn’t an important thing to do with your life. Artists drag beauty into existence so others can enjoy it.
Yesss
It really triggered a feeling of "what what what?!" When Josh said that. But I also think it is healthy to not consider yourself so important you know and go the other extreme. There's a balance obviously because no artist should devaluate the importace of the work, especially when you deliver consistently over and over meaningful and sincere material throughout the years (not thinking of anyone in particular here haha) (Josh Turner I meant Josh Turner)
Also its nice seeing you in the comment section David, I really enjoy your videos.
nicely said!
Artists also tell a kind of truth that can’t be spoken any other way.
1000x this. We don't need to equate our value as people and what we do creatively in terms of "usefulness". How about "meaningful"? How about "enjoyable"? There's doctors watching this video wishing they did something less "useful" and more meaningful.
Please don’t ever quit Josh, as a 70-year-old senior I’ve thoroughly enjoyed you and all your friends for quite a long time now …❤
76...ditto
You...highly underestimate what you give/do 💛💛💛
66.... ditto
Totally agree and I won’t stat my age but it’s up there.
😀Ditto!!
500 videos, of which I've watched possibly 300 (?), and I don't recall ever seeing even a single instance of clickbait or cynicism. I love that you've stayed authentic, treated your audience with respect, and made art on your own terms. May you continue to inspire us all.
P.S. Video 328 may have been the best, at least if we're ranking by number of vanishing bags. ;-)
I love that this little slice of the internet exists, to see kind words to a creator I admire from a person who made a gypsy jazz cover of a mario song that I learned with a friend in college.
Oh and I should really add... I love that arrangement, have also enjoyed your work since then, and I also enjoyed the video you did with Josh, disappearing bag and all! I've even interfaced with plenty of Django APIs despite never worked with it directly myself.
@@ScottPenick Small world! We're all just humans. Thanks for the nice comment. :)
I’m not sure you fully appreciate just how much your little channel has meant to so many of us. Your talent and love for music shines through in every single one. Thank you ❤
Amazing to have witnessed your journey dude, thanks for everything!
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Thank you, Kelly, for giving him the push he needed!
Josh, you and Carson and Alison and the others are so refreshing. You treat the music of other generations with such great respect and look like you enjoy doing it. And your talent is amazing! It's why you don't need some phoney persona and all the gimmicks that many of us are so sick of having shoved in our faces. Just keep doing what you're doing, please!
Well said, friend! Well said. ☺
Ditto what you said!!
Doctors help people, but so do you. More help than you really know or can even appreciate. So thank you for sharing your talent. Thank you for the hours of your life arranging and playing such songs. Thank you for writing wonderful music. Thank you for introducing us to your wonderful friends, partners and fellow musicians. Thank you for being a wonderful part of my UA-cam experience. I know if must be a burden at times, but I speak for hundreds of thousands of people when I say "we appreciate it so much. Please don't stop"
Howdy from Texas! I’m a 67 year old guitar picker (since age 8). Started in a Bluegrass band in the early 80’s & play different genres. Thank you for what you do. I’m happy that your generation is carrying and creating great music! You and Carson and all the wonderful musicians you collaborate with are superb & the level of musicianship blows me away! If you ever play in San Antonio, I will definitely go to your concert! I’m also a disabled desert storm vet. Thank you and your fellow musicians for inspiring an old man enough to get back to playing live again.
Barney ❤️👍🏼🇨🇱🎸☮️
"prepare so that spontaneous things can happen" ! The definition of creativity. Maybe I borrow this quote from time to time. Thanks, Josh. I gotta go prepare..
Oh, I definitely need to borrow that phrase!! It's applicable to so many things in life, both creatively and being ready for normal life opportunities that come your way.
I'm not borrowing - I'm stealing this...
Thanks Josh. You make a difference.
every musician and creator should watch this
Proud to be here since the beginning! ❤
Man, the hits of sudden emotion I got from seeing these tiny snippets of videos I have watched over the years, some of them again and again, some of them just once, over a decade ago, now again reminded of them. You've created something real special here, I must say, even when compared to all the other big music channels out there, this one stands out by being so humble, so unlike any cult of personality or ego trip. The focus is and has always been music, and I think everyone understands this instinctively when watching these videos. That being said, the way to integrate other fantastic musicians of such wide ranges into your work, or even let them have the spotlight and just sitting by playing base is amazing. So much passion for the art people got to enjoy because you shared these artists with us. I hope you continue to have fun doing this for a good while, because we certainly are.
I've watched the vast majority of your videos and always get tremendous joy out of them. Thanks for all your hard work!
Thanks for letting us ride along... Congratulations on the 500 mark, and the flash through memory lane! ❤
Here since your teens, I can say that your channel has kept me hooked since the beginning. Subs have come and gone but your channel gets better and better. Thanks for your music and innovation.
It’s not the quantity, it’s the quality, and you’ve got both! Congrats and thanks, Josh, carry on!
In praise of #90. I first found this channel when our choir started singing “If Ye Love Me”. I searched for a UA-cam performance of the piece and found Josh singing all four parts. I found the video to be moving and magnificent.
Thanks for all the great music and good times! Can't wait to see what's next!
Peace, brother!
I was 18 when I started eyeing your channel, I remember watching a video of you and Carson and thinking "Damn, these dudes are good, it's like watching Paul & John". Today I'm closing in my twenties, and for sure not a kid anymore. Been quite the journey, but somehow your channel always has been there, like a lighthouse in the distance, a constant and soothing light which doesn't change, which always provides.
I'm really proud to have seen you, and the musicians orbiting arround your channel, grow and change. This channel deserves all the success. And as some mildly famous swedish band once said, thank you for the music.
I couldn't have said that better!
Josh
I’m 73 y/o working as an ER doc for 42 years
You have reignited joy, creativity and hope in an otherwise bland music environment throughout the past several years. YT although a wierd platform can be authentic; you have succeeded. Stay free, be real!
I’ll keep waiting for your next wave of goodness.
I discovered one of your solo videos when you were a kid playing acoustic blues and it blew me away. With all of the millions of channels, yours is the only one I’ve ever subscribed to. I’m in awe of your multi-instrumental virtuosity and love the silly fun you have within the context of your serious musical obsession. And I always look forward to how the creativity of the video presentation is going play out. So you got me on two levels: the music and the video arts. (And I love the inner peek into the technical side of the sound recording, too. So, three levels). Yes, your joy in bringing your music resonates. And in these dark and strange times, it’s a silly, fun, serious, joyous, creative beacon of light that feeds the world. Keep at it! 🤙
Yes. Keep having fun, Josh. We will keep watching.
An inspiration to us all!
Watching you grow and mature has been a pure joy! You are a very soulful individual and an artist that I am proud to follow
Just keep doing what your doing, and we'll keep watching. One of the best channels on UA-cam period!!!
Congratulations Josh, on the 500 videos milestone. As a 65yr old fan in London, I never cease to be amazed at your musical and technical ability. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say you are the most versatile musician I have ever seen - for playing in so many genres and on multiple instruments, whether your own material or covers. Please do not ever think that what you do is "not something useful, like a doctor or a teacher." There are plenty of those. What you do has entertained hundreds of thousands of viewers and listeners. That is important too. I enjoyed this recap of your 500 videos, with Carson, Larkin, Kami, Mary and Allison and many others. I have seen you live several times in London. My "reviews" of your shows on Fountain pen blog, still get many views per day! I look forward to seeing the Bygones here in London in September. Best wishes. Rupert Arzeian.
In lots of little ways that add up to big ones, finding your videos changed the trajectory of my own life as a musician on the internet. Happy 500 Josh! Thanks for doing what you do❤
Josh, you inhabit a space beyond just 'useful'. You bring immense joy, please never stop what you're doing!
Thank you Josh! And all those wacky, wonderful, creative musicians that show up with you and make all of us smile. A lot! Congrats on 500🎉
Certainly, being a doctor, you are helping people more acutely. But on the scale that you are making art, you make peoples life better, and this is what the world needs. A happy doctor is better than a sad doctor, and you might not be the doctor, but you're the one making the doctor happy (statistically speaking). If you didn't have an impact on a significant number of people, it would be a different argument, but you do.
I found your channel 5 years ago, at the age of 15. The covers got me first, and then I listened to 'As good a place as any' and from that point it was obvious to me, that I'd like to have this musical being called Joshua Lee Turner in my everyday life. You taught me a lot of things, you showed me pieces of music I've never heard before, shaped my taste in music, surprised me with something unexpected, kept me excited through weeks while releasing 'Public life', introduced me to other amazing musicians like Carson or Allison, gave me ideas, what songs to play with my high school band, and so on... Some of your songs are so close to me, they are the only things I want to listen to when I feel sad. When I'm really sad, your music creates some kind of "home" feeling and gives me calmness. At other times it makes me enthusiastic to see you having fun with your friends and play music you love. Maybe your influence had a little role too, when I decided to study music and become a professional musician. It's good to hear that many things weren't clear for you at the beginning, because I'm still not sure, what I should choose exactly from the huge world of music... but until it turns out, thank you for giving us your music, see you in the real world!
As Josh’s Mom, all I can say is Wow. Thank you for sharing your life experience with Josh and the world. Follow your dream whatever that looks like and enjoy the journey.
#1 channel on YT for me. The joy radiates from your performances and from those of your friends/collaborators. Thanks so much!
Like many I found you during Covid and you are one of the few creatives I’ve stuck with. I’ve learnt so much from you - playing, harmonising, collaborating, recording. So thanks. Here’s to another 500 and I hope to come see you in Robin Hoods Bay
Not many tickets left now for the Robin Hood's Bay show (around 20). If you haven't got yours already, and you want to come along, you'd better be quick 🙂
@@markhetherington4187 thanks for the heads up!
Hey Josh, I don't tend to comment on videos often but I just needed to let you know that your love and passion for music shines through in your videos and it resonates with so many of us watching. You have an incredible talent that you get to share with us and others you collaborate with and I know for me, it brings a smile to my face always. I haven't been here for your whole journey as I only found you around a year ago, but I will support and follow you for the rest of it. Keep doing what you love man and keep making people happy in the process, all the best Josh. Love from the UK.
The fist bump made the cut!! Let's go!!
It's beautiful to see all these moments back to back. The sheer scope of the things you've accomplished. You outta be proud, man.
Your impact on your peers is just as great as it is on your fans. Can't tell you how many times your videos have inspired me to try different things in music and recording.
Congrats on 500 videos, dude!
Josh ….and Kelly…. And Allison… and Carson…. and everyone else… thank you all so much, for so much enjoyment you’ve provided over the years. So much heartwarming music and memories.
Got a bit emotional watching this! I've been following along religiously since 2012 when I was just 11 years old, learning Swept Away by the Avett Brothers. So many of these video snippets trigger really strong memories for me, because each and every video you've posted has impacted my guitar playing, my music taste, and my desire to create music in some way. Watching this, I see my own growth in yours. I genuinely cannot understate the impact you've had on my life, Josh!
I have been with you for a long time, not from thee very beginning, but for quite a few year! Well Done!
Man, all I gotta say is thank you. I've been following you for 9 years now, almost a decade. Thank you for bringing all this wonderful music to us. I found so many new artists through your covers, and so many amazing people and their channels through your collabs, it's crazy. And I'm not even mentioning all the wonderful people I met and became friends with because we shared love for the music you play. Makes me super happy I live in the time of youtube.
Where do things go from here? Please just keep following your joy! Because your 500 videos have brought more joy to more people than you can imagine. And what more noble and lovely endeavor does one need in life if it is also enjoyable to you!? There is Not another YT channel that I look forward to every single new video that is rendered and the times I have been able to see you perform live have been highlights in my life.
Keep doing you Josh!
With much love and admiration, Jim.
Thank you for the recap of these past 17 years. I, too, have been here since the start of this channel & beyond. The growth & experience you’ve attained not just in playing a variety of instruments, but in singing, in producing and arranging music is phenomenal. Can’t wait to see what you & Kelly produce in the future.
Happy 500! Never underestimate the importance of providing entertainment and creativity (whether it be an original song or a new take on someone else's) to the world. We are all just trying to get by and your contributions make things a little brighter.
You’re awesome, Josh. Thanks for everything.
Everyone has doubts Josh about whether they are are doing the right thing but your music and your collaborations, has brought so much joy to all your followers. You should be rightly proud of your achievements and here's to your thousandth video. Best wishes to you and Kelly, Allison and Carson. Long may you reign.
ENDLESS LOVE & RESPECT ❤️ ❤ ❤
Josh, you're probably my favourite musician in youtube. I love your dedication both in your original music and in your covers. Your videos definitely make a lot of lives better :)
It's been a pleasure t.o watch you, I can't believe I've been watching and enjoying you and your videos for so long. Keep on going and I'll keep on loving it.
Your scrambling around trying to figure yourself out has brought countless hours of joy -enJOYment- to me and zillions of others. Good on ya!
Congratulations! These videos are a delight and something to look forward to on a Friday. Thanks for the gift of music!
I can't remember when and I can't remember what specific cover brougth me here: i was looking for a song to play and I needed to see someone playing it. Then i thought "this guy is amazing" and years of gratitude came.
I bought Unamericana without even listening, just for gratitude.
Public Life helped me during a very tough time facing the loss of a dear friend.
Both covers and originals have been a series of wonderful gifts. I keep spamming your channel to friends and such, they keep thanking me for that.
I'm a very bad guitar player but your channel (and Carson's, Elle's and Toni's) gave me back the joy to play and sing whenever I can.
I'm very grateful, thank you so much.
Greetings from Napoli, Italia.
Congratulations! I found your channel during the pandemic and told all my friends and family that they just had to listen to you.
I'm almost 80, a grandmother, and music has been a constant source of joy for me, both playing and listening to people like you. My son who is now 52, found you on UA-cam close years ago and immediately sent me the link to your work. We saw you in Middletown CT a few years ago and in hearing you in person was an epic experience. Your talent is unparalleled...well maybe Mozart or Debussy are up there too. Good Luck. You've brought such joy to so many.
Agree with you Joanne. I'm glad to see that 'older' people like us appreciate Josh's work. I'm 82 BTW and still trying to be a 'musician' . Cheers
Congratulations, we are grateful you stayed the course! Looking back, it is easy to see you have collaborated often appear repeatedly.
Thank YOU Josh!
I joined you on video 96 and have never once thought about unsubscribing. Such a great journey we've been able to watch. Here's to 500 more!🥂🥂
I’m 31 and have a great life now, but, your videos helped get me through my early twenties, terrible addiction, rehab, then getting clean and flourishing. One of the few channels that fits with all phases of my life. Probably thousands of listens on some of your songs. Thanks Josh!
Congratulations, Josh. I watch you regularly. If you post it, then I watch it. Some of what you post, I watch on repeat all day long . . . can't get enough of it. There are about half a dozen or so of your videos that I go back to over and over and over so I can enjoy the magic they contain. You have a fanbase out here, Josh. A group of strangers who are your friends. The honesty, curiosity, dedication, and generosity you exude in your videos is addictive. What you create with your friends is beautiful. Thank you. Please don't stop. Peace.
Congratulations Josh!
Keep up the good work!
Cheers!
I studied music in college and loved it and it didn't kill my love for music. I studied cello, singing, piano, theory, orchestration... My Obi Wan Kenobi guided me toward teaching and when I started doing it full time I knew that that was what I was born to do. I've never taught in college or public school but privately my whole career. Your musical journey is great Josh. I love your work.
You’ve been a big inspiration to me for so many years. I am from Scotland and will be seeing you play in Glasgow later this year. Thank you for all you do and congratulations on reaching this milestone!
Keep having fun! Sounds good to me, Josh. At the same time, you're bringing a lot of joy to others and not everybody has the opportunity to do that.
Josh, for me, music is the one thing that transcends all the crap that we experience throughout our lives. I found your channel from your Sultans of Swing video and have followed you since. The genuineness that you show us in your music and with your collaborations reminds me often that there are things that are good and pure. I really enjoy your music (and through that, you) and I hope you continue down this road and grace us with your incredible talent and continue to share the purity of music. Thank you.
1:55 Legendary video. For sure where many of us got to know of you. Congrats Josh, and I hope I can keep listening to the music you make for many more years!!
One the first ones I ever saw maybe even the first. I seriously can't even remember it's been so long lol
Thank you for continually sharing your journey with us. You've brought (and continue to bring) so much enjoyment to the world! Your efforts and talents have paid off and you should be proud. I hope to catch you play/sing irl one day, but until then, I'll still be here for every video. Thanks, Josh.
Such a pleasure to be subscribed to your amazing channel. Grateful to you and all the gang for making my life a little bit brighter! ❤❤❤
Long time follower. Keep up the great work. Making our lives just a little better
Josh (Kelly) thank you for all that offer us on here. It's so well received and appreciated. I share your tunes often and I wish you both well with your future endeavours on here and out there!
Yep..keep on keeping on! ❤
Real Fans in the Real World! Yes, that's it! Keep on Keeping on! :)
Thank you so much for going on this journey. You have brought joy and entertainment to so many. It has been a pleasure to see your growth and meet so many other talented people you've brought in along the way. I always look forward to what's coming next knowing I won't be disappointed. And just have to add that your attitude and smiles are infectious and fun. Bravo!
Big journey, Josh. As an early viewer and admirer I want to thank you and gratulate you for this milestone.
this is awesome! i am so late to the party but just caught the bygones in april and have been working backwards. this vid is perfect for me to see the timeline. uber talented with an eye for other uber talents.
thanks to this vid i saw the added concerts once they get back from the UK!!!! just bought tickets for World Cafe Live in Philly in December. so pumped they are doing well!!!
Oh wow, you are in for a treat! I worked my way through the back catalog when I subscribed and it took awhile even though it was "only" about 200 videos then. UA-cam doesn't make it a real easy process, but there are many terrific songs and collaborations-- it's well worth it! Keep an eye out for Josh's songs with Larkin (from WAY back)-- she has the most similar voice to Allison, IMO, and I'm sure you'll love their collabs.
Josh, I don't know what number video it was, but a long time ago someone posted you doing Eleanor Rigby and instead of clicking past, I watched it and it seriously changed my life. I became obsessed with watching everything you had done and have until today watched all of them. I'm a 70-year-old guy with a wide-ranging taste in music and I can honestly say that you're one of the most talented musicians/collaborators I've ever come across - ever! Keep it up!
Josh I've been watching you for quite a while now and saw you when you came to the UK and played in Leicester on the Graceland tour. I am 72 and one of my sons is a professional musician so I sort of know the difficulties and uncertainties that you face. But with your skill, talent and application I'm sure your career will go from strength to strength and this new UA-cam thingy is part of that. All the very best.
Thank you, way more than 500 times!! You ARE doing something that matters! I can't remember exactly when i stumbled upon your channel, long before "JoshTurnerGuitar" for sure, but its been at least 14-15 of these years. It stemmed from the Gillian Welch cover of Miss Ohio. I've shared the channel with music loving friends countless times, experienced a wide range of emotions watching, and discovered some new tangential trails along the way. The montage definitely brought back memories of when or where i first saw that video, or of who i shared it with. The countless collaborators (Carson, Elle and Toni, and Myles being some of my personal favorites.), the joy of playing music you all exude, the fun covers and the sheer near perfect musicianship kept me here. I thought i could list a Top 5 of the 500 but damn, thats TOUGH. Anxiously awaiting 501 and beyond!
Found you from the Operator cover. You guys play music my dad got me into and yet at the same time the music is timeless. 33 now. Still love this the way I did 15 years ago. We saw The Bygones in Chicago earlier this year. We’re coming to see you again in December. We love what you do. Love what your collaborators do.
Side note. VW BEETLE! Man I’d love to see more of it. Thanks for all the beautiful music.
I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but you’re a huge inspiration to me. I haven’t been here since the very beginning, but Josh Turner Guitar has always been present in my life. From the early days of UA-cam, I remember coming across your videos as a wee lad and looking up to you. I deeply cherished the fun, carefree dynamic of the videos you had made with your friends - from the creative brilliance of your videos with Carson, to the lighthearted cover of Seven Bridges Road… and the historical masterpieces displaying your technical abilities through videos like your Sultans Of Swing cover. I’ve adored watching you grow as I’ve grown myself. Keep at it, Josh. Cheers!
Been watching you since around 2016! Your music is a bright light!
How many of your videos have I watched for the 6th, 7th, 8th or more times! Continue to find joy in what you do... It gets spread around the world.
500 videos!! Yessss! I started watching you in 2017-2018 when I bought my first guitar. I’m no musician, I still can’t play anything other than chords, but I still watch some of your videos. My family and love “Have Mercy” the best. Keep on doing what you’re doing.
You and Carson have been instrumental to my music preferences and personal playing. Not only is your music incredible, you have also spring boarded me to so many other wonderful musicians and songs that I never would have known about. Thanks!
Art heals. The comments here demonstrate how you've been a balm to the soul for so many. Thank you for all you've shared with us! Here's to much more to come.
There a little 5 seconds in the video we need to talk about… No you are not a doctor, no you do not save lives, but you do save people… After doctors did their best but it did not work and somebody we love dies, you and other musicians take over helping us survive. It is a different role, but as important. Never underrate what you bring to this world. There a reason you are at your 500th video, you do serve a purpose…
I discovered you when some of the videos of you touring with the Simon & Garfunkel story. As someone who grew up in the 60s listening to them, Sloop John B & many other things you covered, I enjoyed seeing a new generation appreciate my music. I enjoyed your covers as well as new stuff you did by yourself, or with Carson & others. Congratulations on this milestone. I am looking forward to the next 500.
There is 1 thing you said that shows how the times have changed from my day. Back then an album was recording on vinyl & then the artists went out on tour to promote the album. You said you toured to promote what you did on UA-cam. Same general idea, record & promote that has been there from long before my time, just using a media they didn't have in my day to record on.
Josh,
Your channel has been a source of joy and inspiration for me over the past several years. Also-I’ve been enjoying the crap out of my D’Angelico Josh Turner Tammany guitar and spreading the word about how great an axe it is! Keep up the good work.
and this doesn't count collaborations released on other channels. gotten so much edification, inspiration, and joy from Josh's musical family. thanks y'all.
You have been doing a great job Josh - Sincere CONGRATS ❤
The amount of quality and good taste you have been giving us is IMMENSE. Thank you.
Big Fan Josh!!! Keep up the great work!!! Love your channel and your music!!!
Been listening to your music for almost 10 years and love what you do. Great originals and fantastic covers.
Awesome guitar work and all the excellent vocal harmonies. Thanks for introducing me to all your collaborations with, to name but a few, Reina and Toni, Jim, Gabe, Taylor, Alison and last but definitely not least, the man with the smoothest voice on the planet Carson.
We're probably in days or weeks rather than hours I've spent listening to you guys....can't thank you enough.
A real poignant notable occasion was about two years ago remaking contact with my mother (who passed last year) after a long absence and showing her your Sixteen Tons vid, something she listened to in her youth in the 1950's and seeing her face light up.
Please keep doing what you do, looking forward to the next 500.
Awesome stuff
It's crazy that Carson is there basically since day one
hope they get back together
Don't sell yourself short. I think I stumbled across your videos about a decade ago, and you've brought a lot of joy and lovely music into my life during that time - both by yourself and with the people you've surrounded yourself with and featured. Your work is every bit as important as a teacher or doctor, it's just different.
You are loved Josh. 712K subscribers, that speaks volumes. Very much an inspiration to many, thank you for sharing your gift with the world! It does make it that much better!
Josh, I am a 60 year old Canadian and love what you are doing. Thoroughly enjoying your Journey, and I hope you are finding Joy (although I am sure it's been hard..) in sharing it with the world.
God Bless..
I’m 71 and have watched you for years. Keep going, keep trying. We love you. I can’t think of a single video I didn’t enjoy.
As long as you keep enjoying what you do, we will enjoy it, too, and keep watching.
It's been great to watch you explore the path of life here on this channel, Josh. You're greatly appreciated. Congratulations on the milestone. May it be the first of many.
Hi from London! Josh, we hugely appreciate the time, effort and artistry you inject into your music and your videos. It's the cherry on top to get to see you live, as I have done a couple of times here in the UK. You have an old soul but a youthful vigour and sense of exploration which is refreshing and rejuvenating for those of use at the other end of the (You)tube. I'm proud to be a Patreon of yours and would encourage others to follow suit in order to support your great work. Keep on trucking and see where the road takes you - and us. Thank you.