Eric Johnson - 1990 Bottom Line NYC - FULL SHOW - 88 minutes 

you see him live It's a life changing thing . and you are not old yet.hell maybe we can play bingo together someday, or hit the casinos. It's not over yet .

I saw him in the 1970s. He had 5 or 6 different colored 50’s Stratocasters. Played them all throughout the gig. One at a time of course.

@@dr.know-it-all5148 that would’ve really been impressive if he had played them all at the same time 😂

@@Scratch_Monsters_Golf The story ends bad though. Of course he was hauling them from gig to gig, mostly in Texas then. Usually between Austin and Dallas. I saw him in Dallas several times. Electromagnets and then with Tommy Taylor and Kyle Brock. I'm from Dallas. Grew up there. Somewhere on the road around 1980, his gear trailer (He had a big Dodge van and pulled a cargo trailer behind) people broke into the trailer/or van and stole all his guitars. No doubt people who knew what was in there. Only Virginia, the tobacco burst '54 was with him at the time. It's the one he played at both Austin City Limits. He dropped it and had it repaired. But he said it never played the same. So he sold it on Reverb for around 100K. He did find one of the Strats at a shop and bought it back. I think it's a '58.

@@dr.know-it-all5148 I’m from Dallas too, and I’ve seen him half a dozen times, at least. At Tommy’s , down on Canton St. never disappoints!

And a mullet of the century 😂

One of my early teachers - who I'm still friends with - calls in "The 5% Rule". You don't have to play it all, or even learn it all, but if you can take that 5% and drop into your mixer it's all good...it benefits your own playing.

so true. just look at 24:03 onwards, his right hand hybrid picking is crazy fast and crystal clear, all while he's singing. there are few people in music who can pull that off (TK from LING TOSITE SIGURE comes to mind). it's technically astonishing and sounds graceful. the mixture of pick attack and finger attack is instantly recognizable as his style and is key to the beauty of his arpeggio.

They don't know the taste of music...

only a dislike-bot can dislike EJ

EJ is a monster.

13:52 Forty Mile Town is a mellow gem.

zr24X4ROCKS Vocals are on the money too !

Song For George at 31:50

Thanks!

Thank you. A big help.

I agree. this guy ROCKS You either love it or you can't stand it

Was it really that loud? I heard some people complaining in the audience. Personally, I would NOT have minded one bit. I wish I was at this show.

Ever heard that EJ joke, "the tone is in the vespa"? Never bought into that. I think you've discovered his secret. LOL!

Fuck yeah, that part was bad ass.

"all the cool kids are doing that fast tapping thing, let's see what all the fuss is about... Nah not for me"

So freaking true mate hahaha lmfao

It's so wholesome and I have no idea why

He did for the most part, he just wasnt using the loud 100 watt marshalls and dumbles. His whole thing with tinnitus definitely scared him and thats part if the reason why he got rid of the dumbles

Theres definetely a difference. I remember reading that Eric was using other speakers in the lead cabs back here (Classic Lead 80) as opposed to greenback variants now?

Also it sounds like his fingers and technique had much more strength and cut here. Some of it is still there in the early 2000s but gradually disappears after that. Less dexterity and rounder, other licks that sound less fluid. Love him forever anyways 🎸

@@knightfall9394 Im sorry WHAT ?????

@@ronfrey5327 what ron!!!!!!! What!!!!!!! What is it ron!!!!

the best kind

That godzilla fuzz tone. I can almost feel the loudness here. Magical rendition no doubt.

@@Glpdb Prescription Electronics Experience pedal

Probably Twins for clean, SSS#005 for dirty and Marshall for lead. That was the setup into the early 90's IIRC. I think by '93 maybe the SSS was gone, since there doesn't seem to be any footage of it.

@@desvega5849 The SSS caught fire in 96 I was standing over it open on the bench so it was about till 96 but sent back to Alex who replaced the boards and OT transformer. When it came back the magic was gone....From that amp anyway. This show is something else......