I used to live in Seattle and I would see Skerik and critter's buggin just jamming at house parties! He did quite a lot of Hendrix back then too! (1994)
I go back and watch this at least every couple months. The only time music is Great music is when the players are doing it for their next day's meal and not just regurgitating a recording they've already gotten full from. Charlie Hunter & Co are The Truth!
Looks like the top 3 strings are a bass with the lower 5 as the guitar, along with different pickups for each as well. Makes it that much better seeing him play the guitar and bass part at the same time.
That guy is was amazing when he did the funk rhythm plus syncopated bass lines 10 years ago...Now he is at the point when he can play Hendrix lines and the bass? That's a gift...and a lot of work!
@jadrummer110 Agreed and Agreed... This guy is UNREAL to see up close and in person... WOW. I think that the Sax player is Skarrick who also plays in The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (les Claypools band) and he is SICK too.
I revisit this at least once a month....I wonder if they felt that way up there playing it? I remember a few times with these couple players, usually at practice, where it was ELECTRIC, MAN! And this ONE TIME where where we were diggin' on stage (should've did a LOT MORE) man and it was like my feet weren't touching the floor....Everybody -musicians included- don't have that capacity and I MISS IT!
One of my favourites. You can hear the main lyrical theme for If 6 was 9 ("If 6 turned up to be 9, I don't mind, I don't mind") in a few places. Skerik uses it at 4:26. Charlier Hunter uses it at 7:31. They don't waste any time assuring the listener that's what they're playing, but it definitely is!
i don't remember how many times i got goose bumps on my brain while this video going on. that was too impressing. my head even hurts now. totally dig it.
I like how he clowns with the group and has such an excellent repoire with them. He exchanges some hillarious looks with them. They push the envelope and have fun doing it.
That sax is by far the highlight to a walk in the park blues jam. I kept waiting for something to happen. A time change perhaps? Maybe half the band playing in 6, half the band playing in 9. But nothing, nothing happened.
yeah man.... "Jimmy" would be very proud... this version of this song if wonderful. Don't know much about this group, but from this clip, they are awesome
As I clicked on the video, I thought to myself, "I wish Charlie Hunter and Stanton Moore would collaborate on something, that would be sick..." Just then, the video loaded, and I soiled myself.
This man truly understands Hendrix music!!! (3 exclamation marks - the sign of a true madman) I've never thought that of a musician before. "Go ahead on Mr. business man - you can't dress like me"
He's playing with "fanned frets". They allow the lower strings to stretch farther out so you can get extra low strings without much buzz. Don't forget the guitarist is playing an 8 string in this. There's no bass player in this video, the guitarist takes care of both parts.
@greenmachinevivi i think the sax just begin the voice melody at 4:26 " if the sun... refuse to shine" wathever they jam with the hendrix spirit :D thw for sharing : )
@Zappatalist How are you not hearing the bassline and the chord changes? It's If 6 was 9 with a 6/8 groove, and the melody is embellished, but still there.
Pointless? What's the point of any music? This is just fun as hell to listen to. These guys can all play any style they want. I heard Skerik do a dead on Mingus arrangement with himself and a tape looper a few months back. If you don't like it, why even comment?
Jimi took over Charlie's spirit after Jimi died far too early. Charlie was only a 3 year old toddler at the time of Jimi's death (September 18, 1970). Soon after, Charlie changed and started showing amazing talent as a young musician. Coincidence???? Jimi's work must go on.
@HendrixIsGod47 Same chord changes. Both Charlie and Skerik start their solos with the melody that hendrix sings. They just take the song and jam it though. They're not gonna repeat it note for note or anything.
Sherik is one of the better sax players i have heard though, I think he's getting that sound by cranking up the mic gain so as to produce a "dirty" sound. I know he uses a couple of mic effects also but not exactly sure which ones. This in my mind is probably one of the best tunes ever recorded.
While I agree that John Ellis is a hell of a sax player, this is not John Ellis. Ellis plays with the old Charlie Hunter Trio, Quartet and Quintet. This is Garage a Trois, with Skerik on the sax. John Ellis plays alto, while Skerik plays a tenor.
Yean sherik is great on sax and everything but let's face it...... Charlie is the true musician here. Playing rythym guitar, lead, and bass simultaneously is no easy feat and that guitar sound is legendary !!! I myself, though sherik was "spiraling" a little too much on this tune. "
Jeeze Louise. Nobody mentions the drummer. He beat the crap out of those things like little miss Reepeet's mama's business leprechaun. The sax dude plays the best penguin ever. Take a look at the fretboard on Charlie's guitar.I need a peanut.
well put ohchaaase I completely agree, lots of jazzheads get really hung up when something that isn't "jazz" is called jazz. I swear...jazz enthusiasts are the most pretentious people ever hahah
Hendrix would shed tears of happiness if he saw this.
I used to live in Seattle and I would see Skerik and critter's buggin just jamming at house parties! He did quite a lot of Hendrix back then too! (1994)
I go back and watch this at least every couple months. The only time music is Great music is when the players are doing it for their next day's meal and not just regurgitating a recording they've already gotten full from. Charlie Hunter & Co are The Truth!
I would have KILLED to be at that concert.
Ive seen Charlie dozens of times - never herd him play like that - wish id been there.
Cool jam. Great sax solo.
didn't hear "if 6 was 9" anywhere in this, but it's still one hell of a jam.
I was all grown up when Jimi released this and (duh) wore out several copies...
I DID hear 6/9!
At 4:27, you have the song theme :)
This is an awsome session! I agree with you
Looks like the top 3 strings are a bass with the lower 5 as the guitar, along with different pickups for each as well. Makes it that much better seeing him play the guitar and bass part at the same time.
That's just about the coolest sax solo I've ever heard. Raw! I love that.
That guy is was amazing when he did the funk rhythm plus syncopated bass lines 10 years ago...Now he is at the point when he can play Hendrix lines and the bass?
That's a gift...and a lot of work!
Love this. Wish I could have caught this band. I used to see Charlie all the time in the bay before he moved to NY over a decade ago.
I love when he shouts in his mic on the sax there, sounds so gritty!
glad i stuck around for the whole song. killer sax solo/jam
@jadrummer110 Agreed and Agreed... This guy is UNREAL to see up close and in person... WOW. I think that the Sax player is Skarrick who also plays in The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (les Claypools band) and he is SICK too.
A moment in Time!
cya tomorrow at Half Note, Athens, Charlie!! You are amazing!!!
Sax with distortion... love it!!!
Skerik's phrasing on this song has some of my favorite lines ever, seriously. He tore that solo up.
I revisit this at least once a month....I wonder if they felt that way up there playing it? I remember a few times with these couple players, usually at practice, where it was ELECTRIC, MAN! And this ONE TIME where where we were diggin' on stage (should've did a LOT MORE) man and it was like my feet weren't touching the floor....Everybody -musicians included- don't have that capacity and I MISS IT!
OMG, I've never heard anything like this!
One of my favourites. You can hear the main lyrical theme for If 6 was 9 ("If 6 turned up to be 9, I don't mind, I don't mind") in a few places. Skerik uses it at 4:26. Charlier Hunter uses it at 7:31. They don't waste any time assuring the listener that's what they're playing, but it definitely is!
Skerik is an awesome sax player, you can also catch him on Colonel Les Claypools Fabulous Flying Frog Brigade albums, some great stuff there.
WOW!!! I nice guitar playuing and i have never ever seen that gadget the sax player is using to get it sounding like a lead guitar! Amazing
i don't remember how many times i got goose bumps on my brain while this video going on. that was too impressing. my head even hurts now. totally dig it.
that is a wicked guitar he has.
That "& co" is Garage a Trois, one of the best jazz-fusion bands in existence today.
that's some crazy ass shit! an electrifying performance indeed!!!
That was one of the sickest things I've seen in a long time....and I've been a CH Trio fan since about 1997
That was the baddest sax playing I've ever heard. And I mean bad in its totally cool and awesome meaning.
I like how he clowns with the group and has such an excellent repoire with them. He exchanges some hillarious looks with them. They push the envelope and have fun doing it.
Just saw the O.G.G.A.T. at Tips during Jazzfest 2016. Sick as ever. They're #trois!
That sax is by far the highlight to a walk in the park blues jam. I kept waiting for something to happen. A time change perhaps? Maybe half the band playing in 6, half the band playing in 9. But nothing, nothing happened.
Skerik is beyond insane. And I like it.
the sax solo is incredible:O never EVER heard anything like it
yeah man.... "Jimmy" would be very proud... this version of this song if wonderful. Don't know much about this group, but from this clip, they are awesome
This is nuts! I would love to see these guys live...
This is actually Garage A Trois with Charlie, Stanton Moore, Skerik and Mike Dillon.
Love it when Charlie gets aggressive and just lets it rip.
Sweet vid. Snagged some gold, too.
great stuff, nothing like playing your sax through an effects unit like that, it opens the door for new creativitiy, that's for sure!
As I clicked on the video, I thought to myself, "I wish Charlie Hunter and Stanton Moore would collaborate on something, that would be sick..." Just then, the video loaded, and I soiled myself.
Yea that was sick
This man truly understands Hendrix music!!! (3 exclamation marks - the sign of a true madman) I've never thought that of a musician before.
"Go ahead on Mr. business man - you can't dress like me"
WOW..this is nuts..I love it.
Wow!!! Amazing!!
damn. thank you
Stanton Moore, Charlie Hunter, Skerik, Mike D... This is ridiculous!
He's playing with "fanned frets". They allow the lower strings to stretch farther out so you can get extra low strings without much buzz. Don't forget the guitarist is playing an 8 string in this. There's no bass player in this video, the guitarist takes care of both parts.
Oh my god this is so sick 😱🤣
MOTHER OF GOD.
SAXOPHONE SOLO.
i saw galactic in dallas with some guys from jurassic 5. Amazing show!
Sax is Skerik. He's a nut. Played with Les Claypool and many others. The man.
that guitar sounds killer
When he screamed into the sax mic, I think my head exploded.
Charlie is talented as hell.
DAMN.
Is that a Sax Wha??? I didn't know they had those. Fu$%ing Sick!!
Wow!
@greenmachinevivi
i think the sax just begin the voice melody at 4:26 " if the sun... refuse to shine"
wathever they jam with the hendrix spirit :D
thw for sharing : )
@Zappatalist How are you not hearing the bassline and the chord changes? It's If 6 was 9 with a 6/8 groove, and the melody is embellished, but still there.
sick
Damn!
Pointless? What's the point of any music? This is just fun as hell to listen to. These guys can all play any style they want. I heard Skerik do a dead on Mingus arrangement with himself and a tape looper a few months back. If you don't like it, why even comment?
nice !...
Jimi took over Charlie's spirit after Jimi died far too early. Charlie was only a 3 year old toddler at the time of Jimi's death (September 18, 1970). Soon after, Charlie changed and started showing amazing talent as a young musician. Coincidence???? Jimi's work must go on.
Every one is saying they don't hear "if 6 was 9". I get it. Maybe they were going for "if 9 was 6" here.... Heck of a jam!
I dont recognize it at all here
@HendrixIsGod47 Same chord changes. Both Charlie and Skerik start their solos with the melody that hendrix sings. They just take the song and jam it though. They're not gonna repeat it note for note or anything.
He can go as fast as needed - yes it`s Stanton Moore from Galactic
HAHA the sax is overdriven!? awesome!
novax, one brand of fan-fretted guitar.
holy crap! that is the hipest shit i have ever seen.
Sweet mother of God.
that distorted sax is hot shit
I Like it where does he play? Ilike the bluesy Feel , Reminds me of Nawlins
is that stanton moore on the drums?maan he grooves ....and jumps around behind his set! :D
Because he can.
Holy Shit
The dude is channeling Coltrain. Oh yea.............
@0oTHEJACKo0 ......That is indeed Stanton Moore,....what a groove-cat he is, eh?? :)
thats skerik on sax and this band is called garage a trois
Yes, it is. That's Skerik.
Fan-fucking-tastic !
Skerik is the man!
john ellis is the sax guy. he is sick as shit.
WOW
Sherik is one of the better sax players i have heard though, I think he's getting that sound by cranking up the mic gain so as to produce a "dirty" sound. I know he uses a couple of mic effects also but not exactly sure which ones. This in my mind is probably one of the best tunes ever recorded.
Garage a Trois for the win!
Nasty.
Oooooooooooooh, i see, my bad! :)
Six guitar strings plus three bass makes nine.
At 4:14 where they all 'trill' -THAT IS IMPROV! That is what I got to find, man!
While I agree that John Ellis is a hell of a sax player, this is not John Ellis. Ellis plays with the old Charlie Hunter Trio, Quartet and Quintet. This is Garage a Trois, with Skerik on the sax. John Ellis plays alto, while Skerik plays a tenor.
Yean sherik is great on sax and everything but let's face it...... Charlie is the true musician here. Playing rythym guitar, lead, and bass simultaneously is no easy feat and that guitar sound is legendary !!! I myself, though sherik was "spiraling" a little too much on this tune.
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Virtuoso guitar
Jeeze Louise. Nobody mentions the drummer. He beat the crap out of those things like little miss Reepeet's mama's business leprechaun. The sax dude plays the best penguin ever. Take a look at the fretboard on Charlie's guitar.I need a peanut.
the beginning of the sax solo sounds more like Sabbaths Planet Caravan
no, man.... his right thumb is plucking the bass strings.
He's obviously not wrapping his left thumb around the top of the neck.......
Iz dat sax player the guy who plays with Les Claypool Now? I may be wrong but it def. looks like him.Not sure his name....
John Mayer!!
well put ohchaaase I completely agree, lots of jazzheads get really hung up when something that isn't "jazz" is called jazz. I swear...jazz enthusiasts are the most pretentious people ever hahah
Charlie get down! Please record a ablum like this?