I mourn his loss with every video I see. Was fortunate enough to see him perform once in a very small club. About twenty people there. It was fantastic.
I don't know too much about Michael Hedges but around 1997 I bought a cd that liked so much. "Aerial Boundaries". It was an incredible musical experience. I never knew that this musician has gone truely a sad thing. I like so much his style to play the guitar.
This guy fucking rocks my world. What a great voice, great sense of humor, great guitar playing, great presence. It's really sad that I never got to see him live =(
Had the good fortune of seeing him play twice (once with Leo Kottke). Such an amazing artist and performer. Sad he's no longer with us, but glad we have his music. RIP MH
i never saw someone making the audience literally sing a bassline to any song...BRILLIANT !!! and then later also other parts,how cool is that ??? if you can do something like this you'r doin' yo shit right :) what an awesome dude with awesome voice !
In late 1997, Hedges died at the age of 43 in a car accident along State Route 128 right here in Mendocino County, near Boonville, which is about 100 miles northwest of San Francisco. According to his manager Hilleary Burgess, he was driving home from San Francisco International Airport after a Thanksgiving visit to a girlfriend in Long Island, New York. His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120-foot. Hedges was thrown from his car and appeared to have died nearly instantly. His body was found a few days afterward. After his death, his record Oracle won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Hedges' unfinished last recordings were brought to completion in the album Torched, with the help of his former manager Hilleary Burgess and friends David Crosby and Graham Nash
Only saw him live once, in London, supporting Suzanne Vega at the Hammersmith Odeon sometime in the late 80’s. It’s rare that a support act brings the house down but Michael Hedges wowed the crowd that night with an amazing performance. It was a superb night all round.
dang i miss this young man thanks John for tellin folks i live 3hours from where he was born he was to young to get gone but thats what lifes is about aint it
this is such a wonderfully playful version of this song...thank you for all your posts on this supreme and greatly missed musician...what a joy to be able to see him here for those like myself who missed seeing him live...
Thanks for sharing this! Michael went to the same HS in Enid as I & played locally with many friends of mine. He was definitely "gifted" as you can see in this performance of his commanding himself while entertaining & commanding the audience. Tragic to have him leave us at so young year of age.
A friend made a compilation tape up in the late 80's of loads of guitar stuff but never told me who was on it. I've been inspired to play & write songs on my guitar over the years by it & now know 1 of those main influences is Michael Hedges. I'm playing & singing one of my songs inspired by you Michael, Andy Mckee & Eric Mongrain among others. Thanx, Rob
Uno de los más grandes músicos del final del siglo XX , Virtuoso guitarrista e innovador , divertido en directo , es ya una leyenda , LO AMO ! su estilo con la flauta Alto en Sol , no es muy conocido y también genial su trabajo con ella , después claro de su impresionante legado con la guitarra .
im only 21. i stumbled upon Hedges' masterful reincarnation of All along the Watchtower over a year ago. i will admit that much of my generation has terrible taste. however, i was only lucky enough to escape it due to my being immersed in 80s and classic rock as a child. if i hadnt been given that initial jumpstart of musical enlightenment im afraid i wouldnt have found Hedge's great gifts to the world. my only wish is that i could be able to experience the synergy that this crowd surely did.
@Confusingish Very very true! I was lucky to have seen him 7-8 times late 80s--97.....a few times within 10 feet or so at a small club like The Ark in Ann Arbor.....very electric event. Funny as hell and joyous. Got to meet him for a few just before he dies...back then I only sort of realized his brilliance.
in addition to type3's explanation which is a good one, it is also helpful to hear a non-standard tuning to help me tune correctly for the composition being played. And also, there is the nostalgia of being back in the garage with friends tuning up, it kinda makes the performance feel more personable.
Daaaamn, it's is a shame this is the first Im ever hearing of him...talk about pure artistic talent; JyayZUS hev mercy he's got some skill! how has he slipped under the radar--of the masses--with his 100% absolute RAW TALENT and his UNIQUE as HELL, MUSICAL STYLE!?!?!? Not to sound cliche or corny...but that shit was some f@cking visionary, ahead of his time type of genius sheeit goin' on. '97 sure as hell lost some of thee most all around lyrically and instrumenally talented musicians if ALL TIME. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, and In *several* *GENRES* of music
@peacebeuponyou70 This video isn't a parituclarly good example, but my experience of him tuning was that he was so incredibly musical that listening to him tune was a pleasure and a show in itself. HIs banter was often amusing as well. I never once found myself thinking "why do I have to listen to this?" Often you could hear the song he was about to play gradually emerging from the tuning process, something you hear around 1:30ish on this video.
Holy shit! this is amazing! This guy is a GOD!!!!!!!! ` Too bad I'm sooo young. When he died I was stuck in a boring school learning basic math and being bullied by fatties :(. Thanks type3 this videos is wonderful (^_^) 5/5
this is 1987... check out michael kelsey, modern stuff like this.... also, vocally... check out brandon whyde. solid musicians trying to make it today. both from indiana.
Hey Type3, thanks for uploading all these Michael Hedges clips, they're beyond amazing! It's such a shame UA-cam pulled the All Along The Watchtower from this performance as it was the best version. Is it available anywhere else?
@peacebeuponyou70 heat can have a lot of effect on strings....that and humidity can alter wood no matter how well it's seasoned and lacquered. Just a quick pull on a string can stretch it to flatless areas......that and the fact true players piss on AutoTune
07:00 - he sings a top D falsetto and holds it for 24 seconds..not bad for one of the worlds great guitarists..Shawn Lane was another guitar genius with great vocal ability - check out his Indian style scat singing..
@peacebeuponyou70 They are constantly rechecking the tuning to make sure the song sounds good to you. Little strings are strummed and pulled out of tune during the performance.
@peacebeuponyou70 About the tuning in general: Guitars tend to go out of tune also just by playing them. So it can easily be that your guitar is a bit out of tune after you played a song. Good guitars don't go out of tune much, bad guitars de-tune all the time. But all guitars go out of tune to a certain degree anyway. Also changes in temperature will make your guitar detune most of the time. And for Michael, it's just what type3secretion told you, he uses different tunings everytime. Regards!
In respect to tuning, all musicians usually DO tune beforehand... but, the guitars are affected by sitting there under those hot stage lights, and usually need a little tweaking.
that was just stunning... especially how he includes the listeners to join him in his performance ;D so funny :D boh-boh-boh-booooooooh-bo boh-boh-boh-boh a AaaA aaaa SSSSHHP! ;D
yo man any way you can send me the audio or video of the All along the watchtower? That was the first video of hedges i saw. its been 2 years since i seen it.....need that stuff.
@communistfriend Michael told (1983?) that he's taking voice lessons from Bobby McFerrin. Bobby appeared as vocal on Michael's "The Streamlined Man". His name some times appeared on CD credits (other times, not - weird). Cheers Chief
I mourn his loss with every video I see. Was fortunate enough to see him perform once in a very small club. About twenty people there. It was fantastic.
What a performer?
Solo and has the crowd onboard and contributing.
He was a legend.
Luv and Peace.
I saw him twice, in small venues in Atlanta, and with each passing year I appreciate how lucky I was to do so.
I don't know too much about Michael Hedges but around 1997 I bought a cd that liked so much. "Aerial Boundaries". It was an incredible musical experience. I never knew that this musician has gone truely a sad thing. I like so much his style to play the guitar.
What! 17 people didn't like this. Craziness! Brilliant from a Brilliant artist.
JT
It's so beautiful. Tears...
This guy fucking rocks my world. What a great voice, great sense of humor, great guitar playing, great presence. It's really sad that I never got to see him live =(
I love how he makes the audience included on his performance on a whole new level. It must have been magical to watch him perform live before he died.
Dude's a natural born musician and it's enjoyable just to watch him having fun. I've seen artists forget the words to this song more than once.
Saw him at the Oregon Country Fair. Just walking along the path and bam there was this shredding an acoustic.
Without Michael we wouldn't have players like Andy McKee, Kaki King, Mike Dawes, or Jon Gomm. He was a true pioneer
@Rob Bigs Superhuman.
Andy McKee, Kaki King, Mike Dawes, or Jon Gomm.... forget about em
this guy deserves a movie!
Man, he made everyone come together wow :*)
made me cry man :)
Had the good fortune of seeing him play twice (once with Leo Kottke). Such an amazing artist and performer. Sad he's no longer with us, but glad we have his music. RIP MH
Same once in Chicago ... I was also lucky to catch a piece of that short tour with Leo
in St. Augustine Fla.
Michael Hedges and Leo Kotter together? That must have been amazing. I bet it was hilarious too. They are both funny guys.
Wooooooow. That was one of the best performances I've ever been to, and I wasn't even there.
A true genius taken from us way to early! His music will live on forever! May you rest in peace my friend......
His performance of this song gives me that feeling that you can't put into words.
i never saw someone making the audience literally sing a bassline to any song...BRILLIANT !!! and then later also other parts,how cool is that ??? if you can do something like this you'r doin' yo shit right :)
what an awesome dude with awesome voice !
In late 1997, Hedges died at the age of 43 in a car accident along State Route 128 right here in Mendocino County, near Boonville, which is about 100 miles northwest of San Francisco. According to his manager Hilleary Burgess, he was driving home from San Francisco International Airport after a Thanksgiving visit to a girlfriend in Long Island, New York. His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120-foot. Hedges was thrown from his car and appeared to have died nearly instantly. His body was found a few days afterward. After his death, his record Oracle won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Hedges' unfinished last recordings were brought to completion in the album Torched, with the help of his former manager Hilleary Burgess and friends David Crosby and Graham Nash
Only saw him live once, in London, supporting Suzanne Vega at the Hammersmith Odeon sometime in the late 80’s. It’s rare that a support act brings the house down but Michael Hedges wowed the crowd that night with an amazing performance. It was a superb night all round.
What a riot live! Love it.
dang i miss this young man thanks John for tellin folks i live 3hours from where he was born he was to young to get gone but thats what lifes is about aint it
i love his music
RIP Michael Hedges
Hedges was a prophet.
this is such a wonderfully playful version of this song...thank you for all your posts on this supreme and greatly missed musician...what a joy to be able to see him here for those like myself who missed seeing him live...
Thanks for sharing this! Michael went to the same HS in Enid as I & played locally with many friends of mine. He was definitely "gifted" as you can see in this performance of his commanding himself while entertaining & commanding the audience. Tragic to have him leave us at so young year of age.
A friend made a compilation tape up in the late 80's of loads of guitar stuff but never told me who was on it. I've been inspired to play & write songs on my guitar over the years by it & now know 1 of those main influences is Michael Hedges. I'm playing & singing one of my songs inspired by you Michael, Andy Mckee & Eric Mongrain among others. Thanx, Rob
A God in human form he has now ascended to where he belongs amongst his kind! RIP and god watch over his children
Uno de los más grandes músicos del final del siglo XX , Virtuoso guitarrista e innovador , divertido en directo , es ya una leyenda , LO AMO ! su estilo con la flauta Alto en Sol , no es muy conocido y también genial su trabajo con ella , después claro de su impresionante legado con la guitarra .
wow! i would have loved to see him live!
Thank you so much for posting these michael hedges videos, his music will live on
Wow, that was the single most impressive solo performance I've ever seen. There's so much more to performing than mastering your instrument.
Wow... incredible guitarist, and he's hiding away a cracking voice like that! Wish I was 15 years older so I could have maybe seen him play live...
amazing guitar playing and amazing vocals!!!
Fantastic how he deals with the public here! Hedges was great on all sides.
How have I missed his playing I've read of him & I play in modal tunings in a similar style & just heard him today.
This really was unbelievable!
Like, it was so amazing!
this is just great. makes me laugh. gave this song some humor. i love it.
Speechless.
Wonderful! Great cover of a great song.
im only 21. i stumbled upon Hedges' masterful reincarnation of All along the Watchtower over a year ago. i will admit that much of my generation has terrible taste. however, i was only lucky enough to escape it due to my being immersed in 80s and classic rock as a child. if i hadnt been given that initial jumpstart of musical enlightenment im afraid i wouldnt have found Hedge's great gifts to the world. my only wish is that i could be able to experience the synergy that this crowd surely did.
Unbelievable. I would love to have been there.
This guy has a good sense of humour.
BRILLIANT!!!
Awesome man, just awesome!!!!
Man, the last part is awesome, just like professional matured singer.
Entertaining the Troops in Heaven! R I P My brothers.
That's the best thing ever!
@Confusingish
Very very true! I was lucky to have seen him 7-8 times late 80s--97.....a few times within 10 feet or so at a small club like The Ark in Ann Arbor.....very electric event. Funny as hell and joyous. Got to meet him for a few just before he dies...back then I only sort of realized his brilliance.
Outstanding, the mans got soul and that's a fact.
what a musician! very entertaining
Thats real passion! You don't see that so much these days.
god, this is amazing!!!!
Ah--- God, that was truly spectacular.
meraviglioso!!!!!Un grande!
Amazing
Он cамый лучший!
The Best!
Der Beste!
Fuck man...Micheal Hedges is amazing like always......
That is world class stuff
this is ..magic
The tuning's DGDGGD but half a step down by the way. Love this performance.
in addition to type3's explanation which is a good one, it is also helpful to hear a non-standard tuning to help me tune correctly for the composition being played. And also, there is the nostalgia of being back in the garage with friends tuning up, it kinda makes the performance feel more personable.
fantastic
Great Style, Great solo artist.
so nice
Very Good point. Right On
RIP Michael
Now thats how you play to a crowd
Gainesville FL 87 Amazing!!! R I P
So jealous. Didn't expect to see Gainesville.
That was sweet
bravo...interpretazione ottima...
WOW he held that last note for a long time! It's funny, I always think of Hedges as a guitarist and sort of forget what a great singer he was....
Daaaamn, it's is a shame this is the first Im ever hearing of him...talk about pure artistic talent; JyayZUS hev mercy he's got some skill! how has he slipped under the radar--of the masses--with his 100% absolute RAW TALENT and his UNIQUE as HELL, MUSICAL STYLE!?!?!?
Not to sound cliche or corny...but that shit was some f@cking visionary, ahead of his time type of genius sheeit goin' on.
'97 sure as hell lost some of thee most all around lyrically and instrumenally talented musicians if ALL TIME. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, and In *several* *GENRES* of music
oh my god... (as jaw hits floor)...
I 've had the good fortune of hearing him on UA-cam hundreds of times. Is that a record?
@peacebeuponyou70 This video isn't a parituclarly good example, but my experience of him tuning was that he was so incredibly musical that listening to him tune was a pleasure and a show in itself. HIs banter was often amusing as well. I never once found myself thinking "why do I have to listen to this?" Often you could hear the song he was about to play gradually emerging from the tuning process, something you hear around 1:30ish on this video.
Tuning is DAEEAA
yes, PLEASE! I'm trying to figure this out right now, but I can't get anything but the barred chords.
Holy shit! this is amazing! This guy is a GOD!!!!!!!! `
Too bad I'm sooo young. When he died I was stuck in a boring school learning basic math and being bullied by fatties :(.
Thanks type3 this videos is wonderful (^_^)
5/5
отличный звук ! спасибо !
I can now play this :D:D
And Calum Graham !
Wonderful play of a standard, as good as the original......
Watch the end of his '95 Live performance of All Along the Watchtower.
Wow...
this is 1987... check out michael kelsey, modern stuff like this....
also, vocally... check out brandon whyde. solid musicians trying to make it today. both from indiana.
haha. What a great spirit.
Go look on his site at Nomad land its all there.
Genius..yes
Hey Type3, thanks for uploading all these Michael Hedges clips, they're beyond amazing! It's such a shame UA-cam pulled the All Along The Watchtower from this performance as it was the best version. Is it available anywhere else?
@type3secretion nooooo...i loved all along the watchtower from this performance...good thing i ripped the audio from the video a year or two ago :)
@peacebeuponyou70 heat can have a lot of effect on strings....that and humidity can alter wood no matter how well it's seasoned and lacquered. Just a quick pull on a string can stretch it to flatless areas......that and the fact true players piss on AutoTune
07:00 - he sings a top D falsetto and holds it for 24 seconds..not bad for one of the worlds great guitarists..Shawn Lane was another guitar genius with great vocal ability - check out his Indian style scat singing..
@peacebeuponyou70 They are constantly rechecking the tuning to make sure the song sounds good to you. Little strings are strummed and pulled out of tune during the performance.
@peacebeuponyou70
About the tuning in general: Guitars tend to go out of tune also just by playing them. So it can easily be that your guitar is a bit out of tune after you played a song. Good guitars don't go out of tune much, bad guitars de-tune all the time. But all guitars go out of tune to a certain degree anyway. Also changes in temperature will make your guitar detune most of the time. And for Michael, it's just what type3secretion told you, he uses different tunings everytime. Regards!
I'd like to see you sing like that and still play flawless guitar
In respect to tuning, all musicians usually DO tune beforehand... but, the guitars are affected by sitting there under those hot stage lights, and usually need a little tweaking.
epic =)
@MegaAverageandy just go up to where it says show more.
that was just stunning... especially how he includes the listeners to join him in his performance ;D so funny :D boh-boh-boh-booooooooh-bo boh-boh-boh-boh a AaaA aaaa SSSSHHP! ;D
yo man any way you can send me the audio or video of the All along the watchtower? That was the first video of hedges i saw. its been 2 years since i seen it.....need that stuff.
@communistfriend
Michael told (1983?) that he's taking voice lessons from Bobby McFerrin. Bobby appeared as vocal on Michael's "The Streamlined Man". His name some times appeared on CD credits (other times, not - weird).
Cheers
Chief
I'm new to this guy, so someone help me out here. What era was he in, when and why did he die, I WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE???