Blues Traveler - But Anyway Recorded Live: 10/18/1997 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA More Blues Traveler at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on RU-vid: goo.gl/DUzpUF
Yes! The music is incredible, but the happiness he brings to the kids behind the stage is amazing! It says something about his humanity in a great way.❤
They certainly aren’t The Rolling Stones but they did pretty darn good for themselves. 🤷♂️ Definitely a household name at the time. That’s some good recognition that some bands would die for.
At 2:39, he picks up another harmonica, looks at it, throws the one down that he’s playing and switches to the new one. All without missing a note. He’s frickin amazing. That being said, the joy that he brought to those kids is the best part of this video by far ❤️
Sean, your 100% absolutely correct. Dead on. There is no talent left in our world capable of even performing for a group of kids or even adults. Nothing close to these guys. Funny part this isn't even music i listen to often at all but these guys. Skillz, madd skillz
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I have played the guitar professionally for over 40 years and scores of bands. This is THE finest and most heart warming video I have ever seen! To see the performers turn around and play exclusively for special needs children literally brought tears to this old musicians eyes! To top that, he hands out Harmonicas to each child! True Class Act! God Bless and R.I.P. Bobby! Your music is STILL loved and cherished!
@@MarcusEye Not many musicians take any time with special needs children. This just shows you the caliber of men in this Group! Personally, I would LOVE to meet them and hear them up close!
3:14 is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and I'm old. I'm crying like a little girl. The way she looks at him and connects and then takes a couple deep breaths as the music was moving her. It let's you know there is a God when you see that beautiful little girl's face and hear that perfect music.
This exactly. I’m sure over the years I’ve posted a comment about this exact moment before, somewhere down there in the thread. The look on her face when he makes that change- that’s what IT is all about right there. You can tell that she was feeling exactly what every other person in that venue was feeling, regardless of one’s “intelligence level”. Music is one of the very oldest, most ancient activities that humans have ever engaged in with one another. There’s a reason that no matter who you are or where you come from: music connects us.
This concert hit me to the core my boy drowned in Edmon to Alberta in Londonderry pool the year he drowned I seen blues traveler and they. Were the most beautiful thing? I've seen and it took away a lot of my pains and hurts. I was going through at the time. They Are very underrated as a band and as a general. I am the blues great from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and I swear to God. This was the beautiful moment of life seeing 2 children. They couldn't sing out or sing back but they showed their emotions are the same.
Man, I'm so slow. I was 42ish when this song was popular...now I'm 72. Always loved their music, but didn't realize til tonight, listening to Spotify on my tablet, how beautiful this band is. The very way they were getting thru to those children....melts my heart, and brings on the tears.
I noticed halfway through the video, that he was turning his back to play FOR the kids. Wow, brought tears to my eyes to see their joy, what a sweet thing for John to do!!
I'm from the UK and I was in Colorado, I think I was in a Sketcher's Store when I heard this music for the first time.... My Pixel phone notifying me what this amazing track I was hearing in the store was, storing it in my phone's music history..... Now, less than a week after I return to the UK, I had to look up this track and boy am I soooooooooo happy I found it :) What an absolutely amazing talent all those musicians had, and those children in the background absolutely make it priceless. We are all sooooo very connected. Thank you ❤
OMG! At 3:15, the little girl in wheelchair (presumably, w/Cerebral Palsy) is jamming!! She appears to be drawn in deeply then reacts to (harmonica/music) harmony, complexity rhythmically (frisson?)... That is not only adorable but fascinating and heartfelt- he gave them a life changing experience by playing that thang- he is one bad dude! Love Blues Traveler
Love how John so effortlessly made those kid's faces light up like Christmas trees. And the harmonica gifts at the end was awesome... That first kid was so excited. Mad props!
@@jmuduke99 the guy in the sunglasses, he passed from a drug overdose in 99 john wrote a beautiful song about how he felt about his death called pretty angry its a tear jerker
I went to a Allman Bros. concert back in 90 something and the Blues Travelers were not only there backup hand but he sat in with them for a few songs I wasn't too famillier with them back then great harp and great to see the warm hearted side of a musician instead of all the hype we can't be in kansas any more Toto
This song I music how they play it to the children that otherwise. Wouldn't be able to show their emotions in they might as we all do but he was able to capture? You're at that moment I give it to them with a response of love and happiness and total enjoyment Bravo John Bravo.🎉😅😅😅😅
30 years of playing music and I never knew that harmonicas eventually wear out. But if you think about the sax, and other wind instruments, you have to change out the reeds. Watch him flip out to a new one at around 2:40. That's a PRO!
AWESOME!!! Awesome, outstanding, and knockout good! I'd be jumping around with that kid in the back if I'd been there live for that. Nothing else would be a right response to that performance.
Wasn't expecting that! Music truly is the universal language. Those kids felt every notes meaning! John handing out harmonicas was the icing on the cake! Amazing video!
Was expecting to rock out to some Blues Traveler today but here I am bawling like a baby. Class act giving the kids a front row show and then handing out harmonicas at the end. ❤️❤️
I play drums for a living for a touring artist named Hamilton Loomis, look him up. Hamilton is a master guitar player but also plays harmonica simultaneously very well at his shows. I asked Hamilton “how good is John Popper at playing a harmonica?” Hamilton replied “John Popper is as good as you can get at the harmonica dude.” This one little exchange gave me that much more respect for the band than I already had. I feel that John isn’t recognized enough at being an absolute legend of his craft! Wanted to share that!
What a master on the harp. I love how he just throws one away to move onto the next key. Aaaaahhh.. please dont just throw them away. What a master of the art!
Ive been to alot of concerts and listened to alot of music in my life, but this is one of the coolest things I've seen in music. Always been a Blues Traveler Fan....and this video is now my favorite concert video ever. Can't wait to see these guys again once live concerts can start again🤘
Blues Traveler has always been one of my favorite bands. After watching this and watching Popper tear it up for the kids......fukin unreal. Good stuff.
This a wonderful, wonderful music video. I find it especially heartwarming to see John and the band playing to the disabled children (and their loving parents) as the song winds down. Very, very nice. Will head to Red Rocks to see them in July!
I was having a bad day and for some reason blues travler was on my mind for some reason because I haven't heard there music in many years and the nostalgia has brought back many memories and I'm feeling a lot better now. Thanks Blues traveler!
