I saw Jan Akkerman play at a small venue here in the UK about 10 years ago. He was magic. At one point he busted a string, kept on playing whilst walking to the back of the stage. He proceeded to change the string whilst still playing. Never missed a beat. Insane.
I am 62 and saw them live in 1972 when I was 12. I have seen a lot since then. How could I have known I was watching my favourite band with the best guitarist I would ever see ( sorry Guthrie and Alan ) at that young age.
I am 62 years old I have heard anything from 20s gypsy music to Modern Day stuff as a musician of 40 plus years I have heard many many musicians and rubbed elbows with many great musicians. Yes there are a lot of great musicians out there today also but they are not in the mainstream. I was speaking from my heart and not my head I should have said there's nobody in mainstream music today that compares to them.
Akkerman is the best guitarist many have never heard of. For those that have heard of him I would put him in top ten all time! The dude can and does anything on guitar!
I like how this is just the speed they go at this song, not just on Midnight Special under the time restraint. I love Colin Allens drum fills before the breaks.
This is how to be extremely passionate about something while having a ton of fun doing it. Spectacular performance by all members. Credit to those who brought yodeling into rock 'n roll! Thank you for posting this gem.
Zo cool hoe hij de band voorstelt met die losse akkoorden..hier was hij zeker in z'n prime. En Jan akkerman wow hey...het zijn echt genieën bij elkaar. En dan begrijp ik het twee kapiteins verhaal wel. Wat tof dat er iig nog die albums zijn 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 moving waves bv...
Midnight Special showed the intensity with which they could perform, but this version is a lot more playful. I love the cheeky Akerman nudges thrown in randomly, which van Leer takes in good humour like as if they're just jamming in a garage.
I like Jan Akkerman’s guitar performance very much. His guitar makes out an astonishingly strong notes and he has a heart of music, as well as an incredible skill of playing the guitar. How old was he at that time？He has not only outstandingly command on guitar , but also musical heart which will penetrate into the heart of each individual of audience.
in 1978, he could reach 3, this video is 1974 and he can reach a couple of more notes 1978👇👇👇 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1jWWwJrsQ4k.html
No puedo encontrar el tema que acá en Uruguay escuché en 1979 con el título en español de "Desde el pasado marzo" de Thijs van Leer. Hermoso tema a través del cual conocí a Focus. Si alguien pudiera compartirlo, les agradecería infinito. Quisiera que mis hijos lo escucharan, pero yo apenas si recuerdo tararearlo en mi espantosa versión. Y no puedo mostrarles a mis hijos lo maravilloso que es el grupo holandés "Focus".
I think Ackerman must have been bored stiff of playing in Focus as he just iprovised playing this. In all the videos I've seen he never comes close to playing it the same way twice!
