Blues Guitarist REACTS: Buckethead - Soothslayer | REACTION!🎸🎶🤘🏾 

Scrolling down the comments, maybe I missed it somewhere... Soothsayer was written for his aunt Suzie when she became ill. She passed away the following year. Aunt Suzie bought a young Buckethead his first guitar. There are actually several songs he wrote in her honor - 'Soothsayer', 'Aunt Suzie' and 'Sail on Soothsayer'. Special thanks and RIP, Suzie.

I feel sorry for people that've never heard of Buckethead.

The guitar he is playing is the Buckethead Signature Les Paul, which has two kill switches and four extra frets. He is 6 ft 7 so "standard" guitars look like toys in his hands. I've seen him live 22 times. He not only plays guitar, he does knunchuks, moonwalks, robot dances, and gives out toys to to the people near the stage. He's amazing.

About time. I saw him live at Sony Hall in Manhattan in April 2019. Excellent. We were right up front and it was great. Bucket is 6' 6" to start with, and with the KFC bucket he looks 0ver 7 feet tall. A very clean player. He has around 305 album's out, so he is a prolific writer..

The great thing about Buckethead is that unlike a lot of fast, technical players he has not only speed and technique but also so much soul in his playing. Its not just arpeggios at 100mph for the sake of showing off, its part of the soul of the track

So nice that an actual guitarist is in awe of Bucket when so many RU-vid guitarists who pretend like they could do it and then sign off! Congratulations on being real!

He told an entire story without saying a single word

Buckethead is a really special guy, I don't think there will ever be another person quite like him. He's probably the most technically proficient guitar player to ever live, and yet he doesn't have a shred of ego. A lot of people say "music is what I live for", but for Bucket I think that might be literally true.

There is a version of soothesayer with a crazy little robotic sounding shred part after an impossibly alive sounding lick he plays, right after he messes up a single note a few bars before. That shred lick he plays has got the be the most incredible sounding piece of shred I've ever heard, it encapsulates the essence of buckethead in about 20 seconds

He's a monster!!! His finger independence is wicked to watch.

This is one of the best reactions i've seen to soothsayer. This is a true guitarist's reaction, From noticing that BH went early at 2:27 to actually noticing the bit he does at 3:23 (which no other reactors noticed) made me really happy, thanks for the vid and good luck on your future.

A couple things of note: as mentioned-a prolific composer and musician-has over 40+ studio albums and almost 300 "pikes" which are his digital EP's, he can play any genre of music-check out his cover of BB King-The Thrill is Gone; he never plays live songs note for note as he always will play it differently each time; there is never any redundancy with his music as all his releases sound different; he is great friends with Bootsy Collins and plays guitars on Bootsy's album. He is a big fan of MJ, Lebron, Michael Jackson. Check out his plethora of music-it is a never ending treasure hunt. For studio albums check out his tribute to Michael Jackson called Capt Eos Voyage; A real diamond in the rough; shadows between the sky; and electric sea-these are my personal favorites.

A lot of the live performances are heavily improvised as well. The recorded version of this song has so much emotion, you feel exactly the grief and loss he felt when he lost his aunt who this song is dedicated to.

I know this is an old video, but Buckethead is phenomenal as a player. He’s not only fast, he’s so accurate and clean in his playing, while also having an immense amount of feeling.

The thing to remember about Buckethead, he is such a big guy (6'6", with monster hands), he plays a baritone (27" scale length) Les Paul.

as a musician I appreciate u playing along

Bucket really is raising the bar when it comes to guitar. Showing what can be done. A revolutionary.

If you want to hear his versatility, take listen or react to Earth Heals Herself, some great blues/jazz fusion going on there.

He is the GOAT.

Everyone a guitar god until Buckethead

His speed is incredible

Love this artists musicianship…technique and feeling well blended….this is definitely one of my favorites of his. Keep grinding my friend.

Another Leftie! Sounded smooth! 👍🏻

You picked up the progressions and melodies quickly. Buckethead is just a freak of nature with technique.

Much success in your playing

Also, Devon, The Bucket is 6'7" tall (7ft to the top of the bucket), so his Les Paul is a 1.25 size built to fit him. He learned from Paul Gilbert, who has a similar left hand stretch. He's had 451 albums last I checked, and his blues are will make you cry. Someone mentioned "Thrill is Gone," but this was played at a wedding reception, and the recording instrument is completely overdriven. I can recommend some blues for you. He played several times with Shawn Lane. Once he heard a really fast Lane solo, (copying a mechanical pianist who composed a song too fast to play), not knowing that it was overlaid with several tracks in the studio to get it as fast as the composer intended. Bucket (aka Brian Carroll) thought it was a one-of and came within several strokes of matching it. The two developed a friendship and deep respect for the other. So.....Brother.....if you want your jaw to drop to the floor, listen to at least the second half of Pike 65 (Hold Me Forever). It is a continuous 13 minute solo incorporating every style and effect he'd experienced at that time.

Great job with soothslayer

I've seen just about every reaction to this song and I don't think I've laughed as hard to any of them the way I laughed at this. Brilliant! Your face!! You looked almost scared just after "What the hell & Jesus Chr*st" 🤣🤣 I had too pause! Great Video!!! Earned a sub with this video. Thank you!

Dang, dude. Quite beautiful, and quick wit it yah. Great ear

I see you brother! Nice playing and reaction man.

Soothsayer*** ... more Buckethead please.

A band wanted him to join without the bucket, he said no !. Savoy Brown is group that people forgot about.

Very cool video,rock on my brother

I love your flavor to it. Excellent tone by the way!!!

Awesome reaction man!

Im here just passing time until Pike 300 comes out! Woo!

If you want to see the guitarist that Buckethead thought was the greatest, checkout Shawn Lane "Get You Back".

More Buckethead!!

Take your time diving in bro, his discography is massive. Enjoy every bit of it

Wow, that's really impressive that you can pick up on what he's playing so quickly just by hearing and seeing it. I play saxophone and the only things I learned by ear were Careless Whisper and Epic Sax Guy because I'm a tenor player and sight transcribing alto music is one of the few things I find harder than learning by ear. I have gotten compliments on my sight-reading ability at auditions though.

Great reaction man. You should react to binge and grab. And welcome to buckethead land

I subd because of your breakdown on chords on the song, i'm still learning guitar as a beginner. such a fun instrument

Buckethead is a living legand... But I gotta say, I enjoyed your intro! Gonna have to see if you have any clips of your own work.

Respect sir

As a hobbyist guitar player myself, one thing I always appreciated about Buckethead (and there are many things) is his vibrato. Vibrato is vibrato but just about every player will develop their own feel and approach to it. It can sometimes be something that can get overlooked but can have a tremendous impact on the vibe and groove of a song.

Big B is the man!

He is the greatest!!!!😃

That sound great, clean blues as it once started.

New subscriber here, your vibrato and tone is so clean and smooth! I’m a blues guitarist too but your levels above me, inspiring stuff… love the content, stay safe man.

The.Goat.

He has an amazing body of work….. amazing….. I believe he just put out another one within the last couple of weeks…..

Bryan Buckethead Carrol, has a 400+ ALBUM Cataloge... He s also going on 50, back step to Primus, Claypool epic bass player look into Jerry drove a race car

Amazing reaction bro!

I can only recommend his whole hardly strictly bluegrass performance it's my favorite from him there's so much passion in how he played that day I love it! He also played this song with a lil less clean audio but the feeling is just better in my opinion

Checkout EERIE CANAL by Buckethead. Its amazing. The closed triptych is also nuts

Bucket is special

He's very good and I don't traditionally see the string shaking I call it, it's incredibly smooth!

Always nice to see players of different styles appreciating Buckethead, he can and does play everything, not just slagging him for "oh he is a shredder therefore automatically he has no soul" - with something so subjective. His shredding stuff does involve emotions like euphory and general happiness in me that no other style does quite like him.

It will take years to "dive deep" into buckethead, he has over 400 albums. Jordan and nottingham lace are 2 of my favorite songs

Fun Fact Buckethead played the soundtrack for the movie Ghosts of Mars , check it out dude its awesome \m/

hahaha! love the reaction ! - "Jesus Christ"

The studio version is a great piece of work. Nice examples of chords and scales Devon. Buckethead has a great pinky. lol

Great opening rift✌

love the reaction. hope u check out siege engine live sometime aswell. my favorite buckethead song.

Region: River Of Liquid Fire. 😁 Good job, thank you. Buckethead has so much music. It's nuts.

He from the planet Guitar

Celery, Hold me forever, the light in the fog are splendid Bucket examples as well. Youll notice Buckethead tunes a half step down. (you caught it lol)

Fucking love this rendition of Soothsayer! If you are REALLY lucky, you can achieve ONE song as good as this your their repertoire. And Buckethead has a long list...

Shawn Lane, who was Buckethead's hero, has a great quote about Buckethead trying to play a lick that Lane played on one of his albums. Lane said he got really close to playing it. Thing is, Buckethead didn't seem to know that Lane over-dubbed himself on that track. Also, if you don't know Shawn Lane, you should definitely check him out.

Your next GiG start out with some nasty power chords and alt pic arpeggios

Check the video were Buckethead plays Thirll is gone

I love that reaction - it's the same as when i show my friends this video. "Yeah, I've heard the name Buckethead".....5 minutes later, silence followed by "Jesus Christ" haha Also check Pike 65 'Hold Me Forever', Pike 71 'Celery', Pike 237 'The Five Blocks' & Sail On Soothsayer if you like the more melodious stuff :)

You should definitely check out Pepper’s Ghost by him in its entirety. One of my favorite licks comes from the end of that joint.

Nice analysis. I like Buckethead’s more mellow stuff too. ‘Missing my Parents’ is wonderful. He released it one Christmas Day!

Check out "Jordan" and "For mom" too.. And "Whitewash"!

He once picked 23NPS that's nuts!

The bionic pinky

Check out the studio recording of this track. Best rock instrumental I've ever heard!

damn bro, good job, please react to Buckethead - Too Many Humans

Eric Johnson’s cliffs of Dover

He was a student of Paul Gilbert once.

You’ve got to check out Billy Strings for the best flat picking

Looks like a spider moving down the neck!

Dude is like the Mozart of guitarists, at least in our generation, a true virtuoso. Deserves way more recognition. There aren't many that are close or better, but this man was BUILT to play guitar.

I love watching guitar players reacting to Buckethead because they get it instantly! "God....Jesus Christ!"

If you haven't done still got the blues live version Plz do lol it will change ur life lol

His speed comes from paying 3-notes per-string scales with awesome alternative picking.

You can go watch 10 buckethead shows 10 nights in a row with the same setlist and basically never hear the same song twice :)

Just lost for words? Lol

You should check out Tim Henson, hybrid picking and crazy technical!

You can definitely dive deep into buckethead content. It's a very deep and twisting rabbit hole with over 300 albums. You will probably lose track of time as you explore. You're very talented by the way.

React to Buckethead Jordan Live at culture room

I really enjoy your playing, what kind of amp do you have and are you using a pedal?

I just noticed the mis-spelling in the title, "SoothSLAYER". But hey, that works too!

Check out mel play soothsayer its pretty cool

Should check out Michael Angelo Batio.

His fingers move in kind of a... hmm... robotic(?) manner? I mean so fast, so accurate, it looks inhuman. There are lots and lots of extremely fast guitarists, but still just the way Buckethead's fingers move is so weird and incredible.

Dude you should check out PAUL GILBERT he tought bucket head.

Have you done Allen Holdsworth yet?

Just found ur channel & I dig it! Could you check out some Umphreys McGee?