This is a cool jam. The amount of negative comments amazes me. Music isn't a contest, it's an art that reaches out to us on an instinctual level. I've been a musician my whole life. As time has gone on I have found music to be a lasting love. Sometimes songs take flight and sometimes not. But keep creating, experimenting and take risks. We got one life and it's short, not enough time to hate on people like Gary who still believe music is more than a way to get rich.
Exactly. It's his own take on the song. Just get into it, and don't compare. Personally I think SRV's version Live from El Mocambo was about the best I have ever seen, including Jimi's versions. But hell man.....I like it all.
He's not a poser and doesn't suck. The problem with this is typical modern soundman - the mix is drums first, then bass, then vocals if there are any, then horns if there are any, then tambourine, then groupies talking backstage and any other random shit and then, barely an afterthought, guitar. In Jimi's day, lead guitar was actually LEAD! not buried so you can barely hear it. If you could actually hear what he does in the beginning, voicing with a real wah (not some damn autowah) it wouldn't feel like "Come on already!". Wake up soundmen! In a guitar band people actually wish to hear the guitar... LOUD!
***** I wasn't trying to say the guy is anywhere near Jimi's league and it is a slow build but NO you cannot hear the guitar just fine. It might even be that he plays stereo, one clean, other fuzzed, but we would never know. I do agree he, actually the whole band, doesn't sell the song. He wastes a lot of time with space rhythm chunk bullshit probably designed to build to the melody but it is a fail. I'd go so far as to say that it is nearly ludicrous to call it :3rd Stone From the Sun" since it is literally 5 minutes (almost 60%) in before the melody is played. Furthermore, while the band is somewhat tight, and while I can appreciate hypnotic drone, in this case the bass line isn't even as good as Noel Redding and that's bad! I don't begin to understand why the drummer would choose such a simple line even to be hypnotic when Mitch's playing was both hypnotic and fucking exhilarating jazzed out awesome. All that does not make him a poser. It could be he has a lot to learn or just had a less than inspirational day but at least he has the chops and courage to "let it fly" and especially in this day and age where so many play canned crap the same way every time, I just can't put the guy down as if he had zero music skills in him and I still maintain that most modern soundmen have some kind of condescending grudge against lead guitarists. Perhaps the worst thing I can say about the lead player is that he doesn't even bother with the counterpoint rhythm lines that add so much as Jimi wrote and played it. It is a simple space jam, showoff piece instead of a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece as Jimi and Experience played it. It doesn't roll and it doesn't soar.
I can see why you feel this is underwhelming. The sound here is just God awful. That bass line sounds so repeatitive and annoying. His style uses alot of Fuzz and feed back that you really can't hear in this clip OR really any other YT clip unless taken from a pro recording. Picture how Jeff Beck may sound on a S**t recording w/o all the sonic awesomeness he produces. If you like his album I def suggest to check him out live. Dont think you will be disappointed. This guy is the real deal.
Being there and seeing him live I can promise you are dead wrong. He nearly had me in tears he was so good. This clip does not do any justice. The audio is terrible here. Trust me he completely KILLS it live. You are right about the album though. Excellent
I LOVE that the "opening riff"/sound check sounds alot like Cypress Hill - "We ain't goin' out like that"!! and Hellz YEAH!! GCJ Kicks Ass!!! Even Hendrix himself would agree!!
yeh cool !im a live performer fan first of ,Hendrix was and still is my main inspiration ive been a fan for over fourty years hearing every bootleg and official recording going Jeff beck was very interestig because of the jazz rock angle but now like Clapton have become very diluted No disrepect to them they have paid their dues over the years and are playing safe now .Thats why i thought Gary Clark was so fresh and yes when the opportunity arises i would love to see him. Cheers !
Clark give a great jam, music designed for exactly what the crowd is doing, shimmying on an interactive rhythmic link between the crowd and the performer. In this case, "Third Stone from the Sun" represents a special star in the rock and roll constellation, an ethereal sonic wave that people have surfed for decades. Clark reinterprets for a live crowd and makes it a tribal beat. Clark always had supreme skill on the guitar and this interpretation of the Hendrix classic was well-thought out to entertain those in the crowd.
The comments here are terrible. It's like you expect Gary to be Hendrix, or Stevie Ray. He's not. And even if you don't like the song there's no need to call him a terrible guitarist, because he's not. It's possible to like an artist even if they put out a song you're not particularly fond of. Everyone needs to just chill out.
You know it's better to leave this alone, comes nowhere near the original, no feeling to it. Defo trying too hard, very amature sound to be honest especially the drummer, what's happened there ;-( bang, bang, bang, bang, where's the rhythm. Boring.
This is Bad ass...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and to all you 12 year olds claiming SRV was the best,, go do your homework and then look up the interview where SRV says, he couldnt touch Jimi if he tried...
cool drum and bass and great jam, Im not sure why it would be compared to Jimi or called a cover. it just uses a part of the main riff to the song, he didnt even need to call it third stone from the sun, if he did, but I guess he had to to avoid being called a plagiarist.
Jonathan Duff Hendrix couldn't really cut it 'Live' either! The original is a tribute to the chaos element inherent in all great psychedelia. Whether it's this or 'Interstellar Overdrive'. You have a basic framework, in that framework all bets are off, throw in the kitchen sink etc. It couldn't possibly be repeated!
Well I've been jamming on Hendrix for decades. This really isn't much of a cover. It's more it's own song than anything else. Pretty awesome, it stands alone. Hendrix died a year and almost two months before I was born. And you can never really and honestly figure what a man's course might be. So I'm only in the realm of supposing. But from what I've read and heard from contemporaries of Hendrix about his love of virtuosity and jamming, I kinda feel like he would have jammed with these guys.
fuck yeah drums and bass. this sound is melting like hot butter into my ear pancakes. mr clark you're a top notch musician and i love what you do. but please go sit down and write while the jammers do their thing
OK, one more time for the haters..... NO ONE will EVER touch the Mastery of Jimi Hendrix....remember, Hendrix WROTE "Third Stone", Hendrix will ALWAYS own this epic master piece, HOWEVER, Gary just took us on his OWN journey through his OWN time, space, and sound.When you have an artist like Gary in front of you, you just have to learn how to silence your mind, and listen with your spirit, and trust Gary to take you to new places. Once you're there, you'll discover something new inside yourself that you've never EXPERIENCED before. Be open, and you'll grow!!!
I must admit Stevie was getting there. What a talent and what a waste of such a promising life. This is some of the kind of shit that kills one's belief in a fair and just Creator.
Nothing happened? What happened was an awesome jam between blues musicians on stage and if you can't see how that is something happening, you are listening to the wrong genre! Blues has actual soul, songs arent exactly like they are on CD with real musicians
Im not saying he's Hendrix or anything. He's got ways to go before that, but you don't get recognition from those guys by being a scrub. He's a lot of fun to see play
Well i'll definatly give you the benefit of your reply as ive not seen him live .He was on tour with Eric Clapton recently but the ticket prices were ridiculous .
Music is like food ( cooking ), sex and artwork (painting ). All it needs are the right amounts of the right ingredients, and it can be understood by people from everywhere.
This version of the Third Stone From The Sun is great! Nothing comes close to the origiinal Hendrix - that will remain the ULTIMATE and BEST for all time.
