Funeral or not, he was obviously playing with his heart, better yet his soul, and you don't have to cry to do that, but it shows that he was truly trying with everything he could, and it wasn't for him, it was for God, and for everyone listening.
kabala youri you can be as good as you want in a technical sence, but this is only playable with one full heart dedicated to music. Oh man I love these things from Cory.
It’s just an Fadd9 to A7 to Dm. You can even hear this type of progression in tons of pop music. It’s the way that Cory plays it that makes anything sound emotional and powerful.
Aerial It means a lot to me because I have a weird relationship with the church but overall soulful church music has a place in my heart and what he played here really resonated with me because it had some familiarity to it... so if you’ve never been religious it might not do it for you
How anyone could hear/watch this and not break down in tears is beyond me. There’s something moving through his soul into that music. So powerfully mastererfull. Gets me every time
Also sounds (partially) like the chord progression of I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone. I even hear a lil Bridge over Troubled waters too
Every time I see him, I wanna set the vibrato high on my amp, close my eyes, and just let whatever is stuck in my heart come out through my fingers. I love this guy. He is the real deal.
I've been a fan of Cory for many a year, and very high the passion. And I must say, this is the first time, I've heard him play with THIS level of emotion. I might have to release a few tears.
When he play around the word of GOD being preached background music, it would help you concentrate on the most important thing THE WORD AND THE LORD'S WILL 😉☝️👂👂👂👂👂👂👀
Oh wow... I was definitely about to cry by the end of this. So packed with emotion. I think Cory communicated everything he wanted and needed to with this piece. ❤️
I hear, "change is gonna come" and "lift every voice and sing" - basically heaven on these keys. let the elders and angels stand with those that believe. see you soon cory. oh yeah, i would like to have been that roll of paper towels too and brother chewing gum - watch his right brow when cory switches it up. i don't think they're salty at all - just in awe. watch. blessings.
Except that it is never is wrong, never could be wrong and never was wrong! If the Lord made everything it makes sense to seek the Lord's guidance when we travel through this world. Who better to trust than the designer of every molecule of it?
apparently 203 people either don't understand what they're seeing/hearing, or don't value an INCREDIBLE musician giving an even better display of his expertice
straight back here after have said goodbye to a good friend of my family...it helped my heart resting. think that anyone in the world, no matter what religion or colour, would deserve this kind of love ... thank you man. keep blessing us with your music.
I felt something special hear he plays with all of his heart he doesn’t put in all kinds of ornaments to impress every one he has such powerful voicing and made it so emotional much respect
This felt like a glorious testimony of soulful expression in remembrance of a fallen loved one and mentor... Pure and Iconic as the individual it represents I would assume, what an awesome moving experience
Truly such an inspiration to me. This is how every single musician should inspire to play like. Play every single bar from the heart and soul! God bless this anointed man!
Charles Hamby When we refer to a person being 'salty', or them having 'salt' or it's elemental name 'Sodium Chloride', we refer to that person being resentful/jealous/bad spirited and/or mildly obnoxious in nature. In this instance, we can observe quite clearly that the musicians sitting behind Cory didn't have very warm and welcoming faces, even in considering the fact it IS a funeral service. They don't even have faces of greivance, they clearly have faces of a lack of care for Cory's presence, with no real reason why. So it's safe to assume that they have those faces because they resent the excellence that Cory plays with. THUS...we refer to them as..."Salty".
Look at those regular folk thinking "WTF? How good is he?" This is Cory Henry people, more skilled and talented than you can possibly imagine. Cory Henry. Remember that name.
The pain in the notes are felt. Just like those tears being shed at 1:49 are also felt. The first half is his rendition of A Change is Gonna Come and even playing that looks tough for him. The second half is just Cory purely pouring out his heart, it's no longer someone else's song he's playing, its his heart gushing through that organ. Look at the way he decends such powerful notes into such erie somber places like at 3:30-3:43 or 4:32-4:58. Those powerful notes are like cries of forsakenment into sad realization. His thoughts and feelings are transfering straight into the music itself. You can hear the outrage especially from 5:14-5:25 and then the way he responds to that outburst at 5:30 is unlike before, it's no longer solely somber but theirs also a peacefulness to it. Not only is he concluding the piece but he's making peace with the situation itself. It truly is beautiful.