Dunlop Sessions: Eric Gales
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- TRACK LISTING:
00:00 Interview #1
00:52 Block The Sun
08:07 Interview #2
09:38 Too Late To Cry
14:53 Interview #3
15:45 Make It There
In this episode of Dunlop Sessions, Eric Gales throws down killer licks with his band and discusses his diverse range of influences, his first ever performance, and the importance of music as a way to express himself and connect with other people.
Guitar/Vocals: Eric Gales
Additional Vocals: LaDonna Gales
Drums: Aaron Haggerty
Bass: Steve Evans
VIDEO CREDITS:
Executive Producer: Jimi Dunlop
Co-Producer: Chrys Johnson
Director: Joey Tosi
Art Direction: Graham Shaw
Editor: Max Baloian
Director of Photography: Donavan Sell
Recording Engineer: Adam Munoz, Fantasy Studios. Berkely CA
Mastering Engineer: Myles Boisen, Guerrilla Studios, Oakland CA
SPECIAL THANKS:
Eric Gales & Family
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley CA, www.fantasystudios.com/
Two Rock Amplification, www.two-rock.com/
SIR Rentals, San Francisco, www.sir-usa.com/location.php?c...
That Guitar is plugged into the Amp but he is plugged into that Guitar.! Amazing!!!
Yup , being one with the 🎸
His sound is a perfect fusion of Hendrix, SRV and Eric Johnson, this guy is a beast!!
yeah, but not nearly as good as any of them
He’s much more than that.
@@Barefoot67 You're delusional bro. The names the OP mentioned were better songwriters, sure. But Eric Gales is a much superior guitarist than any of them.
@@Sam-ky3su you think Gales is better than Jimi Hendrix was?
@@Barefoot67 Absolutely. Hendrix was a good guitarist but his best asset was his songwriting, which made him popular in the first place. He wouldn't have been popular if he didn't have any good songs. Gales, on the other hand, is known primarily as an elite guitarist. People should know the difference.
Where are the one billion views that this video deserves?
they aren watching beyonce
well, mainstream kinda sucks nowadays right? lets keep it real!
Eric has been around for a long time. The "grunge movement" stalled Eric when his career was starting to launch. This "movement" moved a certain distance then stopped and died. Eric is different, he is revolutionary. He doesn't stop and die like a movement, he comes back around bigger and better than before. Welcome to the revolution!!!
FOR REAL!
Leonardo Motta they're too busy watching untalented wankers like Harry Styles
Oh my, that tone is to die for...
It's all in the fingers man
@@adamfiedorczuk5969 no it's not lol
Adam Fiedorczuk also probably comes from the fact he’s hitting the strings from a different direction (highest to lowest string)
It''s probably a mixture of awesome playing and that Two Rock amp he's using.
@@adamfiedorczuk5969 no lol
This is amazing.... its like Hendrix and Samuel L Jackson had a Baby!!!!!
I met this guy sitting at a bar in the Atlanta airport earlier today. Cool laid back dude. Decided to look him up when I got home.
U met a legend dude
You better have bought him a drink lol
How did you know who he was though to look up ?
@tabularasa7775 We were both sitting at a bar together in the Atlanta Airport waiting for our next flights. I offered him a light for his cigarette and he introduced himself to me and told me he played music.
This has got to be the most organic guitar playing I've seen or heard in a while. Great tones, soulful, aggressive, melodic. If Jimi was still alive he would have loved this. Great player. None of that sterile shred guitar stuff we see all over youtube.
This comment nailed it. All of it. Thank you.
@David Phelan He means his style of playing, not the effects. It's organic in a sense that it sounds as if the rhythm and lead parts are fused together in a very natural way, similar to the style of Jimi Hendrix.
@David Phelan "Organic guitar playing" is what the comment said. You're referring to "tone" and seem to be confusing the two.
Sterile is the exact word
I seriously don't get how people who are obviously guitar players have never heard of Eric Gales. This guy has been putting out amazing work for 20 years now.
um.. In between two albums, Gales served 21 months of a three-year sentence for violating the probation he received in 2006 for drug and gun charges. “I was smoking weed on the road and I didn’t want to risk them telling me to come home in the middle of the tour” because of a dirty urine sample, he said in a recent phone interview. “I just said to myself, ‘I’ll deal with it when I get home.’” So he turned himself in after the tour and was sent to prison. (He couldn’t play a guitar for his first six months of incarceration but - because of the intervention of a warden who knew who he was - eventually led a prison band.)Gales was released in March 2010, but “I got arrested again within a month,” he said. “I got caught up on Beale Street, man. I had some cocaine and some Xanax pills on me and wound up going to jail again. ... After that I made a decision that it wasn’t conducive for me to stay any longer in Memphis, Tennessee. ... I knew too many of the wrong people, and too many of the wrong people knew me.”
Then he needs a better publicist! I saw the vid with Greg Koch and he was right there with Mr. Insane Talent. It broke my Cherry for a real new guitarist!
+no name needed I honestly always thought it was crack that he'd got sidetracked on. nice one man, thanks for that story.
I guess you're just awesome
It’s because he’s been washed out by mainstream studio written radio trash that brainwashed people into thinking there isn’t other music or the people on the radio are the best
I just discovered Eric Gales today - mind blown!
I’ve known about Eric Gales since 1991. He *still* blows my mind! #BOOM
Me too man!
Learned about him late 2020, one of my favorite blues guitarists
me fuckin too!!!!
Happy to hear it
this is how a strato must sound
I agree that this is a great sound however, the beauty of the Strat is that it can be used to achieve such a wide range of tones and applications ; not just one particular one.
The happiness on his face when playing is so inspiring
He's a bad was and knows it. When he goes in at 20:54 he tears his glasses off and explodes then starts nodding his head. He's knows what he did haha!
Been following Eric since The Eric Gales Band with his brothers... Circa 1991
He's the closest to Hendrix that you can get with a little more vocabulary on top... Glad he's finally breaking through after all these years...!
Closest to Jimi you'll ever see live in this generation
Eric playes so much enjoy added by the bass player's so kicking my ear! They are amazing.
So, I've been using my guitar upside down all these years...
Mary Galloway i think it went over your head
He certainly makes it seem that way, doesn't he?
😂
😂
Finally someone found a way NOT to hit the volume knob every time lol
Hands down my favorite player out there right now. So unique. Literally upside down. Albert king doing Hendrix with some of the most unique melodic ideas we've heard from a guitar player in this genre for a long time. Love it.
How is this guy not more famous! 🔥🔥🔥
Not Only Is He Not Left Handed But hIs Strings Are Upside Down Love Him Amazing
I'm very impressed!!! The drummer is funky and the bassist is groovin'. Eric is playing the fire out of his guitar, and singing in harmony with the lovely lady. I like your style.
The Son of Hendrix !!! This man is just Beautiful !!! 💓💓💓💓💓
I can't say enough about his ability to express his emotion through the guitar with such precision. I have played guitar since I was 11, I am now 52. I love the blues and his interpretation is a perfect example of where blues should be at this place in time. A true blues vertuoso. Thank you Eric.
Thank you Dunlop! Eric is a talent, and I think it is great that you are giving him a platform.
Music is a medicine that I can not live without.
I can’t get enough of this guy. Good grief he is good! It’s rare i instantly like a song first time I hear it. Not with Eric Gales, love it all!!!!!!!!!!!! Thsnk thank you thank you
Eric is such a versatile player he plays with everyone...love it
he's a force of nature... amazing.
Bonamassa said he was the best in the world...i agree !
"Best" ...
That solo he rips in the end is INSANE!
never heard of this guy before, but man.. he is AWESOME!
***** Best Hendrix interpreter since SRV.
Karl-Henrik Arendt i think he has his own style in a way, a little bit of eric johnson mabye? But he isnt a ripoff
***** sure, what I meant was that he has made some of the best Hendrix covers you can find on youtube. Check his Little Wing with Jazz chords or his more traditional Voodoo Child.
***** you have a lot of fun and feeling waiting for you! Enjoy his music!
***** He's been putting out music (mainly with vocals, but a few instrumental CDs too) since his mid teens in the early 90s under the Eric Gales Band and just Eric Gales - he's been on labels from MCA to Shrapnel Blues Bureau. Go find his stuff, you won't be dissapointed.
There is something about the musical beauty of a Strat and a person that is born to bring it out that has been one of the biggest blessings of my life. Oh how I love to hear him play and sing. What a mega, mega talent. He is like the best of Jimi and Stevie Ray on steroids plus.
I saw Eric for the first time this year and was blown away. The man and his band lets it rip. I was fortunate to meet him after the show. A humble guy. If you ever see hes got a show at a place near you do not hesitate to go!
Magic that lives there in the studio, is amazing!
2:56 to 3:12 the dynamic change, the harmonies, the swing, the phrasing.. (Edit: the lick after that too, with the slap back delay at the end) Just amazing, it's moments like these that inspire me to be a better player
Damn! You made my day happy! Thanks to Premier Guitar and Jim Dunlop for introducing me to your music. Shit brother!
Sorry, I do not mean "Shit brother"... that was rude. I mean holy shit brother! I can watch and listen to you all day and all night. DAMN!
Thank you all for the intermittent likes. It gives me a reason to listen to this over and over again.
Give the man his crown already!
Eric Gales is an original. I LOVE that he's so prominent on the scene again.
Eric Gales is Da Truth!
If you ever have a chance to watch this guy play live .....GO!!!!! damm good guitar player and a hell of a entertainer...
Just to watch him play is mind blowing and his music will get you going ....Guranteed....Ive seen him once when he was very young and once """antones" ""austin texas""" he warmed up fhe LEGEND ""ROBIN TROWER""......GREAT SHOW ...
Such Great Musicianship from these Awesome Players!!!👍🏾🎶♥️🎶👍🏾
Eric Gales is one of my Favorites, he's a phenomenal guitarist that everybody should hear!
One of the best I’ve ever heard. He is freaking electrifying, raw, explosive and much more. Makes some the most famous guitarists seem boring by comparison. Wow.
So glad I entered that article in UG to discover this guy..
true!!
Mati B Exactly how I found out! This dude is just draw droppingly great!
Jeepers Murphy ! .... I must remember to breath when watching a genius!..
This is just simply perfection!! Mannnn he can play. On the last solo when he throws his glasses away , holy shit he is on it. put a lump in my throat
after all the music i heard in my life, after all the music i heard in my life i got bored because nothing sounded fresh to my ears anymore.... until today. holy gosh, i searched so hard to get a real musically kick. here it came. eric gales. what an experience. a thumb up is to less. i scream: hell yeah!
feeling resurrected and feeling like a fearless kid who wants to buy a guitar and go busk in the streets xDDDD
MAN HE PLAYS UPSIDEDOWN AND BACKWARDS his bendings are just unique and shredding too
gales is supreme at his style, wow, how bout his back end! these guys are fab!
This guys incredible! How is he not a household name in guitar?
Because most people wouldn't know good music if if poked them in the eye. They'd rather hear K*nye W*st or Lady G*ga.
He just broke the top 100 artist of all time. They need to rewrite it! Hope to see him in San Diego in May.
I've been following Eric's music since his first album (CD for you younger folk) titled The Eric Gales Band. Awesome guitarist. And this is an inspiring video. Thanks MXR. Made my day. Keep rockin' Eric!
One of my favorite guitar players on the planet!!! If I even had half the talent Eric does I would be something...
I saw him live in 2016. Changed my life!
If you listen again, these are really master pieces.
18:50 to 18:52 some nice economy picking going on there. I saw this guy live when he was like... 12. I was in some battle of the bands and he and his brother were playing. They were good back then but he just kept on learning and getting better and this playing right here is PROfessional. Eric learned a little from Eric J and Shawn L. And of course... Jimi. I never got to jam with dude because I never played much once I left THE band. It was regular jobs after that. Glad he kept at it.
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Are you kidding? This guy is a GENIUS!!! Jimi reborn... maybe these are not good times for R&B but that's another story!
one of my all-time favorite guitarists.
This guy has some mind blowing talent dude.
That lick from 7:03-7:13 is out of this world
Heart and soul music, just the way was meant, I appreciate Eric Gales for what he does today for blues guitar and blues singing, don't stop delivering!~
Cant believe i've been playing guitar for about 15 years and never heard of him! dafuck. but you know what, glad i found him now. another great player to appreciate :)
Man. The whole band played great, not just Eric! This is one of my favorite videos on YT
Totally underrated artist! He is a great player!
Raw and from the soul and heart of Eric Gales Band❤👍✌👏
This dude brings something that I thought was lost!
He's the man. Eric always goes in for the kill
nice
humble man! family aways take a big part of great musicians history. SUPPORT YOUR KIDS DREAMS!!!!
Eric Gales just seems like a great guy that really loves his craft. Much respect and he is a
KILLER musician to boot.
Pre CBS Strat literally spitting the sickest blues rock DNA ever. I just love this guy... he can rip anything to shreds without breaking a sweat unless he's outdoors doing it in the summer heat.
This guy is a huge inspiration on me, nothing but respect for him as a whole package...musicianship and songwriting are incredible
He's playing his strat truly upside down. Meaning his strings are reversed to most left handed players and prerty much all right handed ones. Hendrix flipped the a right handed guitar upside down to play left handed but still strung traditionally. Albert King and this dude are the only two I've seen who do this. This guy sound very Hendrix influenced to me. But i havent heard him playing flying V yet. What a great talent!
Dave Philpott He had a brother that passed away that played completely upside down as well and he played a Flying V( If i remember correctly) . Look up The Gales Brothers. Killer album!
Double L wait..his brother played left handed too??? that's like gotta be a statistical anomaly
Dave Philpott There're a couple of axe guitar shredder musicians who play like this, like, there's this bloke who plays w/ Eric Clapton sometimes I think who plays left handed w/ upside down strings, and the best part about that guy imo is that he plays LEFT HANDED Strats, but he flips the strings upside down..which's actually kinda like Albert King. I also saw this guy on UA-cam shredding gnar several years ago, I've never been able to find him tho, he was playing some cik metal shredding stuff, and he was playing left handed w/ upside down strings
Dave Philpott albeit a totally different style, Kristopher Roe from the pop-punk outfit The Ataris also plays left handed with an untraditional string arrangement.
Dave Philpott Saw Eric a couple years ago and was fortunate to get a front row center table. If I remember what he said correctly, he isn't lefthanded. He flipped the guitar over so he could be right across from the guy who first started showing him some chords. That is my recollection anyway. Not to lump him in with the Hendrix clones, but you'll especially enjoy his Hendrix sets because he voices chords and such just a little bit differently, so it's definitely Eric and not an attempt to just copy Jimi for a set. Of note, Jimmy Haslip plays 'upsidedown', too, on bass. Does make you wonder if it's the rest of us that are actually playing upsidedown......
I just now stumbled on this guy, lookin' for Eric Gale, the late JAZZ guitarist. WOW, WHAT A FIND!!!!!!! I should stumble like this more often.
I had the pleasure of seeing Eric play in Worthing, UK recently. He plays with fire in his belly and a truly passionate, incendiary tone. Awesome!
WHAT A TONE!
Super interesting music and playing. Since he's playing the guitar upside-down, you hear melodies and chords that wouldn't occur to other 'normal' players, due to his peculiar style.
overwhelmingly beautiful. and fastastically amaxing. No words. That's music. BUDDHA REALM.
He is like sun. A constant energy emitter. I get my daily dose of energy from his guitar playing! What gem of a musician.
love the Mr Gales...very humble master...
Saw him play at Jimi Hendrix's 60th Birthday Party at EMP. Quirky and awesome.
too late to cry is such an amazing song. i love the johnson influence in the song. gives me nostalgic feelings
Guitar LEGEND it is 2023 and 9 days ago he playing in AUSTRALIA and he is a LEGEND live or Video or recording 🥝 fan he has his own style Timeless this what make Eric Gales a living LEGEND I hope America loves him like the rest of the. WORLD 🌎 does ❤❤❤
passion, brilliant. killing it dude.
So sad that pop "artists" can auto tune their selves to over 1 billion views and yet true musical genius only has 582,000.
Koby Bland I second that
Probably because this is not genius
Bill Keaveney Tell us about a genius then
Go listen to migos and katie parry then lmao. troll.
@@billkeaveney1526
GOD BLESS YOU ERIC...!
"Too Late To Cry" is the J A M !!! Wow
WOW, What a great rhythm section fer E.G. He is blessed , and blessed again to jam with such great musicians.He deserves all the spoils... Great work DOOD ! :)
Indeed. They are absolutely top-notch as he is.
Geez this guy is AMAZING! I'm ashamed to admit I have never heard of him before, but better late than never! =-)
Glad he is finally getting the recognition he deserves, He is one of the best guitarists out there today. Super nice dude too, I talked to him for a bit after his show. You can tell he truly loves what he does
Best guitarist I ever noticed. He's got something special.
Extremely inspirational!
Good word put by Mark Tremonti(Alter Bridge) on his fb page brought me here......
Ashamed to say I've just discovered this guy.............just great................fab
I saw Eric on a talk show abut 20 years ago...nice to hear him again!
Eric Gales is one of thee best electric guitar player/singer/songwriters in the world today. Maybe one of the best ever !!!
This guy is so good, it's scary!! He reminds me of the late Luther Allison, who I had the privilege to see in person in a small club in Detroit. The man was nothing short of awesome and it makes you wonder how come musicians this good aren't more famous or well known, while far less talented musicians (no names mentioned) are and have been making millions? Perhaps they stay out of the limelight on purpose.
wow I never heard of Luther Allison, will definitely check him out
No. They just won't accept the corruption of the music industry today.
Luther's son Bernard is no push over either.
Because people like Eric aren't easily replaceable in the cog wheel known as the record business. That's why the hardcore talent doesn't get pushed out front. You can't make carbon copies of players like this and therefore its harder for the money changers to control him and maximize their revenue streams. Its also a way to control the pay scale. When your whole set can easily be played by any late teenager with drive to practice and a little angst...you are easily replaceable. Thats why you actually have to get up and really support people like Eric. Go to a show. Anything. He needs you more than you think.
I guess it has a lot to do with luck. Also, I remember Freddie Mercury saying he knew a lot of very talented people who didn't know how to sell themselves, that's also a talent..
Eric Gales, seriously a modern guitar great, but so underrated! He definitely deserves more buzz.
I loved Eric's playing and the beautiful tone of his Strat. One amazing talented guitar player. Thank you Dunlop for showcasing his wonderful playing.
everything this guy plays is straight up tasty
“Too late” is as good as any Rock song ever made...just wow.
Every tone sounds clear. Reminds me of Eric Johnson. Eric Gales is amazing!
It turns my brain inside out watching Eric play guitar upside down. That's not a bad thing!