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I mention Julian Lage on the YouTube chat a few weeks ago. Here is a 3:30 video from the same listening room where he was playing “I’ll be seeing you” in Los Angeles. Julian was a child prodigy who performed at the Grammys at age 12 and was a member of the Stanford Jazz Workshop at age 15. He has been nominated for multiple Grammys and has awards and degrees from numerous highly accredited institution. Simply stated, he’s a guitar genius and his command of all levels of the instrument are stunning to me. I’m enjoying the Cornell 77’ videos (leave room for that Dancin’ in the Street) but if you have under 4 minutes to spare give this a listen. All the best.
-“Lucky Gallops”

Tim Reynolds kills this guitar solo and the whole band is pumping him up. Dave gives Tim a nod and a smile at the end of the solo. Also this song is incredible live!

Hey Michael. It was awesome to speak with you via the YouTube chat a few weeks ago. So here’s a little clip of my soloing over a loop I made. I feel like I got all the ingredients (tone, instruments, understanding of structure and a good ear). If you would, take a listen and tell me From your perspective one thing you believe I should focus on improving. Thanks. All the best. Lucky Gallops/ Brad Lackey

Great Phil Keaggy tune. Les Paul and a Strat. Can't go wrong with his one.

Great song with tasty Leads by David Gilmore...

I know I post a lot of Dead/Garcia, BUT... here's yet another. No video. Listen from 11:18-22:42. Great guitar solos. I'd love to hear your reaction. Enjoy!

Video, unfortunately, isn't available for this show, but here's imo, the best, or at least one of the best Weather Report Suite(s) the Dead ever played. It's kind of fallen under the radar because of the reputation of the more widely known Louisville, Ky show from the same tour. (Sound quality and availability has a lot to do with it I believe) It was part of my 'Original 6' tapes. The sound isn't the best, but good enough to feel. I'd love to hear a reaction of the Let It Grow portion, which starts at 6:09. Jerry's solos are incredible like most from that year. This one just stands out to me.

Just listen to the first song. Cory commands the band and does his jam while telling jokes and has the band jump around whole telling a story. This is right up your alley you'll absolutely lose your mind on this!

It’s time. You gotta do some Isbell. Hard for me to pick one because they are all great, but this version of Live Oak is tasty. Some great imagery here.

The most powerful, haunting, emotional music performance I've witnessed.

There's a reason this one was the first from the vault. This is the obvious mid-point of the Dead's career after the brief break in 74 after Mickey's dad robbed the band. This is 1 of 4 performances in '75 when they started to incorporate real jazz into the music. I don't mean just improvisation- that was always there.
This is as tight and as well played as the boys ever got. Masterful performance. I'd love to see you react to this one Mike. You'll love it! I see another Help>Slip>Franklin's posted which is great, too. IMO this is simply "The One". The standard.

A couple of Bobby songs that I've always been drawn to..... I'd love to see a reaction video with some analysis...Thanks

My all time favorite is King Solomon's Marbles from the Dead's One From The Vault. It's tight and spot on. It's a great lesson for odd time signatures, being in 7/8. That whole album is great.

3,000+ shows, never repeated a setlist once, and this is the consensus best 4.5 min of Jerry Garcia soloing in Dead history. Would be cool to see it worked out as a reaction video. Otherwise, just enjoy :-)

Memorizing. Been playing guitar passively for a few years and after some of your Dead/Phish reactions I pulled the trigger and subscribed to your channel. After just a few lessons Ive learned more than I have in years. Still lots of to learn and some guitar players just have me in complete awe while I watch them, Mateus being one of them. Would love to watch a reaction to this great player.

Singer songwriter Bob Schneider - Labour of Love Fest at Nutty Brown 8.30.08.

This guy deserves more fame, IMHO. Great songwriter, huge catalog. All over the place genre-wise.

When you have a BIG guy holding a beaten up Strat, you know is know it,s on like Donkey Kong...
Please could you dissect this little bit of blues mastery...cheers

Take care

Paul
Perth
Western Australia..

Michael, this is a band from your area in Baltimore. Just thought you might want to give them a listen. They have a great driving acoustic sound. I believe his band is called Sean K.Preston and the loaded Pistols.

John Mayer always seems to put together some of the most creative rhythms I’ve heard. Neon being one of them. Also check out his take on Crossroads. Another example of great technical ability with a sense of feeling.

Killer live recording from the greatest modern songwriter

Amazing solo and just overall lead by Clapton. One of my most favorite live performances, everything about it is great. He has such great phrasing and dynamics.

Greatest bar band of all time and Big Al is a hell of guitar player

Someday we will be this type of society again. 🤘The queen one is a trip...Can have tons of rhythm players but taking lead is for the select few.

2:38 King of the Past
7:50 California Dreamline
13:55 Claire
26:50 Dope Fiends and Boozehounds (*incredible*)

Canadian singer-songwriters of the past like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot have clearly made an impact on this bunch yet the music has a "post punk; post new wave" approach with a touch psychedelia. Incredibly eclectic with their Beachboy-like harmonies and soaring electric guitar (the Song of Flight instrumental designed to mimic the sound of whales singing).

Those that love the Rheostatics really LOVE them. Here we have the three singer-songwriters supported by keys, violin and as always a great drummer, returning for a live performance to the Historic Massey Hall in Toronto after many years away from touring.

They service the songs and support each other. Martin forgets lyrics half way through Cali Dreamline and they pull it together to warm the audience up for another dynamic show like we always remember.

Beautiful stuff that you probably do not get many requests for.

The first two songs are incredibly dynamic and visual. "Claire" is the only hit in Canada.

Just love this
-ollie