Buckethead - Soothsayer (THIS is the best version - and the original upload) 

I have said this since I've started listening to him in '06. I listen to him literally every single day. He has so much music you'll be dead before you hear it all lol.

Aye . The Goat that was raised by chickens strikes again. Woo!

He has vocals, they translate through Herbie.

Born in coupe raised in A Cage Children feared him critics raved He's alive he's half dead Look out yall it's buckethead

He makes that guitar wail and scream. He doesn't even need to use his lips. Friggin fingers do ALL the talking.

Well said Scot

I'm curious of a few more that's on the top of your list

Freak of nature

Fully agree

I'm a month in and can almost play anything I hear, EXCEPT BUCKETHEAD! 🤪

I know , right . Gotta LOVE this guy / guitarist !

Like this 👉🗿

He is always so serious with his expression.

Haha smartass

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With a heart

Nah he a bucket full of soul

The machine happens to be a man...

A diety

Yes. Made by Honda apparently.

Absolutely

If I could raise Gary Moore, and make him and Bucket rip on the guitars, I'd do that.

yesssss

There is a difference between being the greatest and being your favorite...

@@ernslinger4333 he's most likely the greatest of all time. Who you think is better? Slash? Hahaha

And he sneaks beautiful vibrato inside of lightning fast sequences

Yes thank you Buckethead your amazing

N0W There's a Musician. He,s Bad News!. Great Sound.

THIS MAN WILL GIVE YOU THE CHILLS! NO ONE IS MORE.PRECISE AS A GUITAR PLAYER Than Him.

His hand was made for that size 🎸. Iron grip on that baby!

Soothsayer broke me in too. First time I heard it, I played it 10 or 11 times in a row...........amazed.

Thanks for the suggestions been looking to dig deeper into his discog but I do not know where to start

Thanks I'm just getting into his music now!

Lurker at the threshold 👍🏼

​@@col29591000% agree

Millions of moments.

Hang in there brother ✌🏼🎭

@N G never surrender! Sorry, galaxy quest. Lol.

my dude, i saw your comment and i hope im not too late. you need to rock on and keep showing this world that people like us can still make it, im rooting for you. no matter what not that you are loved. you got this bro.

We are your extra threads brother, we're all struggling in this together ❤ It could be worse... you could be obsessed with Cardi B or something like that 😄

May God bless you

Stroke. .. smoke

Totally and utterly agree (well, obviously I suppose lol) I’ve never seen or heard one better anywhere than this. Seeing it live was absolutely stunning.

@@StephenChesneyWJ woah this video was posted a decade ago and your still replying? thats cool

@@StephenChesneyWJ Thanks buddy

100% spot on! I couldn't agree more.

actually not one of but THE GREATEST

Earworm is the best description, though this isn't an unpleasant thing to have running through my head, unlike most earworms!

@@RaymondBCrisp If I have no other earworms in my head for the duration of my life, when I die I will die pleasantly content.

God's gift to the ears

TRUE I am a flamenco guitarist so my ear is used to only listening to the best flamenco guitarists, I really don't feel the need to listen to other types of music. But Buckethead is the only exception I make to that rule.

Welcome to the friendly Buckethead cult!

Rock on, Melissa ! 💕😘

If you haven't yet check out the the album "Hold me Forever". I like to listen to the whole thing in one go as if it was one song, and it has a great range of his styles.

He’s so awsome , blows me away hail Bucket Head 👍

@@michaelharris4651 if he passes before me I'll lay out of work for 3 days out of respect

That is exactly the lick that stood out for me in a sublime version of a sublime instrumental song.

Coolest 2-second lick and not in any other Soothsayer version I've heard. First time, years ago, I was just listening without watching while walking, and I stopped dead in my tracks saying out loud "What wasTHAT!?", then replayed it over and over ...

Holy fuck!

Bingo

That’s why this is my favorite version he’s so precise and this is a beautifully melodic version he truly is one of the best

Agreed, there a stronger melody, and it gives it more voice and heart. Well said.

Totally agree. We musicians have bad days btw, that "the most emotional version" probably wasn't a good day for Buckethead. That feeling when you empty inside and your heart is not flaming but still you are standing there and people wants to hear you. Its very rare to lost a feel, actually you have some kind of sense anyway, but there is a days when you feel like a river of emotions flow through you...and that days means that you will have brilliant perfomance. Kind of :)

I completely agree.

You mean, your bucket is off

Right on, Pat ! 😘💕💕🎶

Thanks kindly :) not bad for ten year old audio lol. Actually found my old drive with just about this whole show on it that I filmed recently, I’ll upload more at some point.

@@StephenChesneyWJ please do!

Help Help Help from the same show (another amazing performance btw) is back up on the channel :)

@@StephenChesneyWJ wow you are buckethead?

@@franklinfeldt6393 He is

Speedy guitarists were a dime a dozen in the 80's which Buckethead seems to be a child of, but only a few can make a guitar sing and cry like he does. He's in elite company Imho.

Oh me too. I never gave him a chance. But now starting with this video, it's time.

I get the most HORRIBLE stage fright man. I can play guitar pretty well, definitely well enough to perform, and I’ve performed in front of about 5 thousand people before. But I’d get so nervous, that I couldn’t look at the audience AT ALL without completely forgetting what I was doing and then my hands would start to shake lol. It was humiliating. But someone gave me some amazing advice, and said to wear sunglasses while I play to conceal my eyes. I know it’s just a psychological trick, but wow does it work! So since I’ve learned that, I’ve always wondered if masked musicians wore the masks as a gimmick/stage persona, or if they did it to overcome anxiety from thousands of people expecting you to entertain them without any mistakes lol. Good god I love playing music but I hate that part for some reason 🤷🏻‍♂️. Don’t know why your comment made me feel compelled to share all this with ya, 😆. But anyway, stay safe out there Robert and keep on listening to great music! I post videos just for fun on occasion, if you’d ever like to check out my playing and make fun of it lol. I will say though, in my defense, that I broke my back in 3 places and can still walk just fine for the most part, but I’ve got some nasty nerve damage. Unfortunately, it really affects my picking hand (right hand). I’m slowly overcoming it though, and learning how to just roll with it lol. Ahhh I’ll shut up now. Have a good one man!

@@musicman0423 I totally empathise, man!! I hope your back is feeling better! Back in Uni, in my 20's, I felt like I had a lot more confidence--and there were a couple times where I actually experienced a kind of, "dissociation performing," feeling like I was free of fears and stuff, and I watched my hands just...flowing?... It was quite a great feeling, though since those one or two times that's occurred, I've never really been to reconnect with that musically-altered-state again. I've since felt horrid performance and recording anxieties, and YES!, my hands shake horribly and frustratingly, though sometimes I seemingly managed through it, my, "perfectionism" has held me back. I try to breathe more: breathing out seems to help most while I focus during difficult passages. I also find that moving my fretting arm a bit, assists me in remembering to breathe and lessen shoulder tension.

@@musicman0423 - it's true! SOO many artists wear shades onstage - they don't all have sensitive eyes! MM - I'm fairly sure you're are on the younger side - me? not so much, but, your focus on "perfect execution" when performing for an audience really rang an old and distant bell, so in addition to the shades, I would suggest practicing SLOWING DOWN every part of every song in your set - rhythm chord work, fills, every solo NOTE BY NOTE - really EXAGGERATE every single part. Of course, you play up to tempo at rehearsal. Here's the key: Your Brain WILL ABSOLUTELY KNOW how many times you have focused on EVERY SINGLE NOTE you are about to perform - you have "blueprinted" in your Brain. Your fingers have almost infallible muscle memory - confident in Brain, let the fingers fly - a person can even play a piece completely "correctly", but if the execution is SO tense or timid THE EARS WILL.HEAR IT ESPECIALLY WITH THE GUITAR! In this sense, it is better to play "sloppily" with a sassy attitude than to play all the right notes and sound constricted, tight or unsure of what you are playing. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE RESPOND TO ! Find your personal onstage 'flourish' , meaning a PHYSICAL MOVEMENT THAT IS NATURAL TO YOU, and DO IT WHEN YOU PLAY! Your now stone-confident playing will allow you to SWAGGER, and the EYES WILL SEE THAT AND THE EARS WILL HEAR THAT!!! ...the difference between wanting and being is doing...

@@musicman0423 same for me man! except I where a cap lol

That's the key to playing an instrument like the guitar or piano....using the absolute least amount of effort possible. Holding the pick lightly and keeping your fingers as close to the strings on both hands as possible. I actually learned that while playing guitar hero with my brother who is a concert pianist (he could play Rachmaninoff at 14 years old). He could beat every song on expert, and after playing awhile I could beat about a quarter of them on expert, but my hands would get so tired and during fast parts I absolutely mashed the buttons and would lose it and couldn't recover most of the time. My brother pointed out that I needed to be calm while playing and try to hit the keys without making any noise. That's how he played....silently, and fast as fuck. Later on I took up the actual guitar, and the same sentiment transfers over very well. Strumming practice, and low string height, and a more rounded neck (PRS rosewood is my favorite)make all the difference in my playing

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