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Topic: Eric Johnson beams one in from the Mothership |
David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 9:25 pm |
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Ah Via Musicom & Cliffs of Dover
Players that depend on inspiration can hit or miss - Rowf! What an intro! Something sure grabbed ahold of him. The mullet and the drummer's poodlehead put it in the early 80's, methinks - before the fame & fortune made him overtly careful onstage. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 4:13 am
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Eric is in many ways ( my op) one of the finest Guitar players on the planet. HE is always OUT of the BOX. Always pushing and pulling out all the stops...
We listen to Eric all the time here at home and have been for years.
One of the things that is obvious to me that you can see in this video clip is that somewhere along the way Eric placed his left hand in a "Medieval" finger stretching device.
Ah Via Musicom is a great CD...
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 11:42 am
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I was at that show and have a copy of that concert video somewhere.
I love the way he seemlessly integrates the rock/blues guitar stuff with violin-like arpeggios. At times it sounds as if he's playing a violin sonata.
Haven't listened to him in many years, but it was nice to see that again.
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 12:06 pm
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Back in the early 80's I played steel in a rock band here in Austin. The band leased a practice studio in the old Austin Opry House. (Later, these practice studios became part of Music Lane studios). Besides playing in the rock band, I was playing with a country band and maintaining a full-time day-job. Anyway, at that time, I was single which allowed me to spend my remaining free time practicing at the studio. Because of my full itinerary, it was usually at odd hours of the day.
Down the hall from the band's practice studio and up a flight of stairs, Eric Johnson had his practice studio. No matter when I showed up, day, night, early morning, weekends, whenever; I could hear Eric by himself, in his studio practicing scales, modes, chord structures, everything imaginable. (I think he must have lived in his practice room) In retrospect, it was that "Out-Of-The-Box" style he was developing. Frankly, he was amazing even back then (some 25 or so years ago)!
There are plenty of great 6-stringers these days, but few have created a unique signature style. Eric Johnson is one of those few.
Keep on pickin'!
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 12:47 pm
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| Yeah, I think Eric's a little weird, but his tone and technique are awesome! And if you REALLY want to dig something, on that same YouTube page, is a link to Eric, Joe Satriani, and Steve Vai playing "Red House." E.J. is playing a 335, and is tearing up some blues. Satch and (especially) Vai, not so much... |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 6:12 pm
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I'm totally swamped with material, and his guitar DVDs are among them.
I gotta admit, I've heard him without ID for years, and also how he's reportedly TOTALLY Picky and perhaps "pissy" about the most delicate and intricate nuances, lacquer finish thickness, string placement, type of animal that the bone nut comes from, and then...
Running his signal through enough electronics with flangers and reverb to launch a space shuttle, and then a stack of Marshalls that would knock a house down..
GREAT PLAYING, and more material than I'll ever be able to digest. Just a funny non-sequitor I was surprised at.
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 6:40 pm
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I've been an EJ fan for quite a while.Got most all of his CDs and DVDs.Been to 2 live shows.Yes he is fussy about his sound.His sig.Strat has the best tone of any Fender that I've ever played.
If you haven't heard his latest CD "Bloom",give it a listen.Some real nice jazz numbers.
Did ya'll know that he plays lap steel on some cuts? PJ |
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Aug 2007 5:20 am
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He didn't play it like like the record!  jp
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Marlin Smoot
From:
Kansas
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Posted 31 Aug 2007 10:12 am EJ
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2007 3:31 pm
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Always loved the guy,I may be wrong,but seems Cliffs of Dover is the last instrumental I remember hearing being played on FM radio,In the 50's,60's and 70's they played LOTS of insrumentals,no more.
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 1 Sep 2007 5:01 pm
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I've heard "Zap" a few times."Cliffs"
was his biggest. |
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ajm
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 5 Sep 2007 5:12 pm
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There are things I like about him and things I don't. I admit to liking Satriani and Vai more. But in regards to that Johnson/Satriani/Vai album.....on the song "Goin Down", I still can't really tell Satriani or Vai apart when they solo, but when Eric solos there is no question as to who it is. There is something to be said for that.
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