ENTIRE FREEBIRD SOLO PLAYED ON HARMONICA!!! (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 

Epic

perfectly executed noise (sorry, but it's noise. perfectly executed) - i've seen your other videos, and there was good playing there though.

Your wife must be one lucky lady

Will which harmonica you used on this solo and its tone?

Bc I want to buy one to learn this solo. You really inspired me! Thx, stand strong!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Best comment on RU-vid!

HAHAHA!

Nobody messes with the musician at bars, they’re the heart and soul of that brawl 😂😂😂

underrated comment my dude

Australian Aboriginals are laughing right now

He'd be dead if he did that.

@@nikosechomg realy 😱😱

Isn't he also sucking in on some notes

SpongeBob movie moment

Shaggy tried to do this, and it actually took him two percent of his power.

Last time I heard that joke I fell of my dinosaur

@@thomasprislacjr.4063my man just woke up from a seven year coma

@@thomasprislacjr.4063 this meme was stupid when it was here don't try to bring it back

He has never even been near a smoker, if you show him a cigarette he'll ask you what it is.

He dosn't but that harmonica sure does.

naw im pretty sure that harmonica might been smoking near the end

Bro hat den Sauerstofftank antrainiert

@@frenandin IM DYING AHAHAHA

Holy shit that would be so cool

Or a massive barfight

Someone must make this happen!

Holy shit I just imagined it and it was epic

or the dukes of hazard

Most underrated instrument ever imho.

Lol for real

@@401RISaint it’s why watching beck do an acoustic show blows me away. Don’t get how that guy plays guitar and plays harmonica at the same time.

Time for you to discover the blues my friend

@@MrApelboom for real man lol

I nearly did!

​@@willharmonicawildedamn

​@willharmonicawilde well you covered it up well. It didn't even look like you were exhausted until the last note

@@willharmonicawilde I absolutely believe this. Heck, *I* ran out of breath listening to it! What an excellent solo!

@@Mentalrose2 you play the harmonica breathing in

quite bizarre

@@litterbox019 ohhhh nooooh you said the word, that all music fans fear

You can tell what communities are like usually by the top comments in the videos they watch. Nice to see the ultra cringe community is still standing strong 💪 cringe on my brothers!

@@litterbox019 WiWi's bizarre adventure

😂😂😂... But I like It... 🤣🤣🤣

XD

XD

XD

XD

XD

If monica is hard, then you are in for quite the surprise tonight when you get her home from the bar.

Monica, why are you hard.

is monica a guy?

now im thinking of phoebes friend, but swol and goggin it THEY DONT KNOW ME SON

When playing harmonica, you can inhale to play in-between notes

You have to breathe in and out to operate a harmonica. The surprise is that he didn't hyperventilate.

Circular breathing, maybe?

@@josephsimpson8165thing is breathing into a (good) harmonica gets you different notes, so i can only assume that his lungs are made of steel

@@LogCabinMusic using the tongue to cover holes enables single tones, and breathing in often gives the respective perfect 5th

Absolutely! Clean transitions on a Harmonica arent exactly easy

Editing is easy cause you can’t actually see the holes

@@queenpurple8433 You can literally see the track recording in his DAW

me too, coco profile picture.

@@queenpurple8433 You don't know much about harmonica do you? 🤔

Thanks a lot!

no he isn't

Pretty sure inhaling and exhaling through the instrument are both basic principles of harmonica playing

@@EliteVeyron835 Yup, you can draw or blow notes.

Like whistling

Well put!!

HOLY SHIT

@timb3054 that broke me on a fundamental level😂😂😂

And playing it well

I'm a guitar player that can't even play this on a guitar... so... there's that I'll see myself out...

Thank you

I'm sure it was considering it was 2 dueling guitars that originally played this. He is absolutely outstanding!!!

Will how long did it take you to do this will you are an amazing harmonica player

@@willharmonicawilde ZZ top next?? Love this, just wow

@@PoliceCam911 Thanks! How's this for ZZ Top style? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uKHGauLL7fw.html

YMCA level ad

It's working too

This makes me think I'm not worthy of ever touching a harnonica

No.

Yeah, you should purchase a harmonica in the key of C And take his Beginner course It’s free

Holy fuck, indeed.

But then again if this plays at my funeral I'm coming back

Godlike Comment😂

Haha....Amen!! I guess by the time we r gone, there should be solar powered tomb stones with led screens displaying photo collage and speakers with motion sensors that activate when anyone comes for a more than 30 sec visit... Will be playing this solo for sure on repeat!!!

The solo starts when your pall-bearers just let you go into your grave, and you fall down a hole deep enough for the solo to play out from a bluetooth speaker hidden in your coffin. Nobody remembers digging down that far, and the echoes of of the solo haunt the attendees. Then, just as slowly as it had faded, the solo comes back as your coffin jettisons out with a rocket. Again, nobody remembers setting any of this up. Several hundred feet up the rocket explodes, scattering you and your coffin a half mile out and declaring you "The Free-est Bird."

@@RedFeatherG that is the greatest thing I've ever read 🤣

😂😂😂

🤣🤣🤣

Actually it was. Right in the middle. You can tell because the middle is always Wilde.

I think a good guitar solo that would translate well to harp is “After Midnight” by Clapton

FACTS.

do you have a fucking espn top list or what

This dude soars with the eagles 😳

Big statements being made

I wonder if he’s using the “circular breathing” technique many jazz soloists use for extended runs 🧐 🤔

@@doodlebobbeh8836 Oh he for sure was. Even I noticed it and I know little to nothing about harmonica. I'm pretty killer on a jaw harp though which uses some of the same techniques when it comes to breathing. Just takes practice. BTW yes I do a jaw harp is drastically easier to play than a harmonica.

@@shadowprince4482 oooh! I’ve always wanted to try a jaw harp :D Such a fun sound

@@doodlebobbeh8836 They're cheap and fun. I highly recommend the Austrian jaw harps that come in 3 different types. Tenor Alto and Soprano. Very easy to learn. Takes like 5 minutes to learn. BTW Don't get the thick Snoopy type. Just google "snoopy jaw harp". That type is terrible. You'll ruin your teeth with them. Don't buy anything that looks like it.

The fun thing about harmonicas is that you can play them on the inhale as well as the exhale.

Lol, thanks!

@@willharmonicawildewhat harmonica are you using also what note is it. Cause I have a C’ note harmonica

@@jordanmullett3424 Wilde-Tuned 1847 in C: www.wildetuning.com

​​@@willharmonicawildeyou are a monster. Keep at it

@@lordlopikong6940 thank you!

Exactly that was incredible he belongs in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame just for that alone 😎😎

Bro must give a mad bj

Freebirdception maaaaaaaan

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Simple’s Amazing I know how hard it is to breath that through. Simply Amazing

Time to collect my bounty!

*This is best Major Skill Ever... 11/10 Unbelievable+ Masterpiece+ Ever!*

There were 3 guitarists. But yea, it’s a bitch by yourself.

My thumb tendon stabs me lie a mf after 10 minutes of simple chords, I can't even imagine the pain you go through on this song.

But you know that you can also inhale through the harmonica to play it?

@@kayburcky7146 Circular breathing too, through the nose and mouth. I think all brass/wind players have to. I'm just a guitar player so idk the details.

@@Typical.Anomaly yep, you store air in your cheeks and push that out with your cheek muscles while breathing in through the nose. Although I’m not sure whether this guy is doing that here

"You're a bard, why are you stacking everything into stamina?" The bard:

This is what RU-vid was meant to be.

Thanks Ralsei

prince of darkness approved?!

You're saying someone finally fixed the harmonica?

@@BirdsonBranches it shit like that that's the whole reason I browse RU-vid comments

Part of me wanted to say it was fake just for that reason haha. I knew it didn't sound like any harmonica I have ever heard

Wow. Very cool. I can only play piano man, while playing piano, and my scales lol I never got good at harmonica so I dont think I know enough to appreciate the video as much as I should. People think somethings are impressive on guitar, and it’s like things you can play in a year or two and then they don’t give a crap about something like neon by John Mayer

@@jessejive117I play piano (and five other instruments including harmonica being another I play) too and yup totally agree! I play only by ear and still it’s true what you say. But I just enjoy playing no matter what anyone else thinks tbh.

lol

„I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet but your children gonna love it.”

The middle of an old western film and a bar fight kicks off and the old man in the corner pulls this out 😂

@@Jilbr Nothing could hold me back from watching this movie

@@angolomat882 That's the first thing I thought of!

Trick question. He's actually so good at editing you don't even see him swapping harmonicas as they melt.

​@@camobranson09perfect answer 😂

yes.

I sincerely hope that during this filming, no harmonica was injured 🙏

@@XavierBetoN All of them were, Xavier. Emotionally traumatized by the beauty that graced but one of them and the knowledge they would not be brought into the fold of such a divine caress.

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it!

My boy need some chapstick after this.

Check out the chick with bagpipes that does the solo. Shits tight

It certainly is the best harmonica cover on RU-vid. Wait till you check this out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ya4OBqa1tdI.html

*This is best Major Skill Ever... 11/10 Unbelievable+ Masterpiece+ Ever!*

ever listen to blues traveler?

Don't, you will make him set impossible standards for himself

@@ReyNico Who said it's impossible though?

Look up some Zeppelin, like When the Levee Breaks!

Do you see the type of man whom was capable of this?! No mere mortal should attempt this without the proper blessing​@@thewildhealer541

You breathe both directions to play a harmonica. The notes are different on inhale than exhale.

well said

Sheer fricken lung control, gawdamn!

I've seen him perform whole guitar solo on harmonica... On a freaking harmonica (I really hope this comment was a reference to John Wick otherwise my comment will make no sense)

Well I can assure you that the stories you hear with this man if nothing else, has been watered down.

@@VinceOlson96 I was. It was a reference the second John Wick film.

He’s playing like humanity depends on this. I undoubtably think he saved us from whatever unseen threat needed this much effort to thwart.

I didn't think there was any other way to play a harmonica...

As well as a lot of air

@@OscarGreenworth Comment of the year 2022.

and not to mention both fucking lungs

Imagine what he could do on a pussy.

That's what she said.

John Popper bro

Thanks!

@@willharmonicawilde out of curiosity can you play the note while breathing in? If I remember right the back is usually more squared so I’m wondering if there’s a noticeable difference in the sound.

@@TheShahofIrann each hole plays two different notes - one when inhaling and one when exhaling. So this is extremely nutty

@@dreamsofmishra how different are the notes though? Is it like the difference between like an A and A#? Or more pronounced?

@@TheShahofIrann yep you're right, just like A and A#

He has to replace the harmonica after every time.

Faces and harmonicas have different melting points

Must have been an old Hohner like mine.

He might not have melted his face but he sure as heck melted mine.

not sure the song is a masterpiece but I'm glad you like it (I'm not American enough to enjoy it)

Thank you

He is so good it doesnt even look real

@@willharmonicawildeare you using circular breathing? I can see your cheeks puffing up at certain points.

@@WizDaPenguin Ever heard of breathing in... and out?

@@platypet9497 right it’s a harmonica not a freaking trumpet

I was thinking... This guy would have been the most popular guy at the campfire back in the days of cowboys.

Lmfao 😂

Careful, the s'mores might get burned.

@@justin.g25 the smores gotta emit flames like a volcano if this guy is there with his harmonica

@@IHateThisHandleSystem Would be annoying as hell without the backing track. That solo already approaches annoying. Lol

The guitar solo really isn't that impressive, lots of repeating pull offs. But to nail it here is impressive on harmonica. But if you really want to be blown away by guitar check out tosin abasi

@@calvinwendland8373 Person: Hey this thing is cool and actually impressive This nob "Um ACsHuaLly ItS nOt ThAT ImPResSivE" snark snark. Fuck me dude, the guitar solo is impressive, don't be such a snob.

@@calvinwendland8373 the solo isn't that hard, what is hard is playing all that without your hand cramping i swear my hand tires at like minute 2

@@calvinwendland8373 I think that's what @RKDriver meant. The solo itself isn't difficult, but building up the tolerance to do it every night is insane.

The fact he did it for countless gigs before he recorded it shows that practice makes perfect. The producer Al Kooper thought Collins was so on top of it that he had him double it and the rest is rock n roll history

He played so good even Speedwaifu is impressed

The technique is called circular breathing

Rumor has it his lungs are so strong that he once killed a man at 249 yards with a spitball.

You play notes on a harmonica by exhaling AND by inhaling. There is no circular breathing happening here.

@@Schmuni even tho he's not circular breathing that still is an insane speed of exhaling and inhaling, like how long can you exhale and inhale while playing complex song with he's accuracy

That's because 90% of the notes in this solo are draw (inhale) notes 😁

skill* not talent. saying it's a talent undermines the effort put into acquiring said skill.

​@@umbra-rose6789 thats so true

@@umbra-rose6789 Talent can be acquired, nobody is diminishing what he's doing but you by implying he's one or the other and not both

@@RogerCharlamange Talent is natural ability by definition. It cannot be acquired. A 5-year-old prodigy playing a complex piece on piano with minimal formal training is talent, and that's also impressive. But saying someone's talented when they've worked hard to learn a skill is demeaning to their effort.

​@@umbra-rose6789 yes, I can't even imagine just how many takes it took to get this down.

…on a harmonica with SEAMLESS breathing!

That's actually not correct. The studio version is ALL Allen Collins playing along with himself. Live, Allen and Ed King, or Allen and Steve Gaines would dual on it. But in 1975 when Ed left the group, Allen would do the whole thing himself live, not dualing of course, but just playing a single part from it. Gary Rossington, the 3rd guitarist, plays slide on the main part, then rhythm on the solo part. He's using a Gibson SG that the strings are raised off the fretboard on and the B string also tuned to G. So, he's got 2 strings tuned to G. He's not playing any of the solo on that. :D These days, it's Rickey Medlock and Sparky Matejka that do the solo live. That's not to take away from the incredible talent of this young man playing the harmonica, it's pretty amazing, but just wanted to set some things straight on your comment! Have a good one!

@@MitchP1983_ Thanks for this!

@@MitchP1983_ Ate him alive and left no crumbs

@@maxwell1891 Wasn't trying to disrespect or anything like that! I'm just a massive, massive Skynyrd fan, as well as a guitarist for 20+ years. So I've studied all of this stuff while learning the songs. Just wanted to put the correct information out there is all! :D

It sounds more like a guitar than a harmonica about half the time (particularly the high notes) but the slower parts sounds very harmonica-y to me.

SHOW ME WHAT YOUVE GOT

Send the entire free bird militia?

I'm pretty sure this video is the reason why we still exist right now and haven't been completely wiped off the face of the Earth by a superior species.

Pretty sure he is running it through a distortion box of some sort cuz it sounds pretty sick

I think he’s using that Marshall amp behind him

What people don't get is that the harmonica was the original lead instrument in the blues, usually played through a custom mic and amp combo. Then Les Paul came along, :)

@@Dandosa1 No, he has his own specially tuned harmonicas. He has a link in the description to his web page where you can buy them: Wilde Tuned Harmonicas

@@16yearoldmetalhead96 No, go watch his instructional video on how to play the song. He has his owned tuned harmonicas. And has a webpage to sell them. Apparently the new generations dont read the description any more: "In this video I'm using a Wilde-Tuned rock harmonica in the key of C"

Same here. I'm going to see a lawyer tomorrow.

it's fake

im getting it 3 weeks later. but why. 2 years old already. why YT why ???? why hide this guys unparalleled talent so looooooooooooong ?????????????

​@@daveyjoseph6058prove it

@@daveyjoseph6058 are you sped or something my guy?

Pun intended?

Same

I got a good chuckle out of this, thanks.

Literally breath taking

@@memoryheadvaakabannerman7930 beat me to it

Breath taking heh

He is using Circular Breathing the way a didgeridoo player does. In through the nose, out through the mouth, without pause.

Well it’s 1/5th of the way there :3

I miss old youtube, too.

that Marshall amp in the background is helping lol

@@jamesbates9038 yeah making it louder i guess. But its not helping him hit the right notes or making the sounds on its own.

@@TheLastApostleit’s adding distortion to it to make it sound like that. Harmonicas don’t sound like that naturally (obviously)

Nah, he died after 23 seconds, then Lynyrd Skynyrd took over his body, the times he opened his eyes were him re-gaining access to his body, attempting to re-take control.

hey

@@EnergeticSpark63 hi

@@joeldeniston6506 hey

Thanks Matt, glad you enjoyed it

Never even considered this a thing that was possible.

Thank you!

Hahaha that a great comment!

Don't say His name in vain.

@@Water8500 Not everyone is a Christian

@@Water8500 if god exists he wouldnt give a flying fuck if you said his name in vain

@@arandomyoutuber6634 And?

@@TheBestShirt Second Commandment. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.