Funny. Michael was my best friend in 4th grade so many years ago in Enid, Oklahoma. My mom and his mom were best friends. I remember going to his big house on Broadway, two blocks away, and he would play the Beatles on his little phonograph. He was captivated by it. Joyful with it. In a different world with it. His comments at the beginning of this clip are straight from the heart and straight from his history. The Beatles are a thread through his Life's work. RIP my good friend.
I was a teenager and went to the New Varsity courtyard in Palo Also with my friends every chance we could as the theater would not let us in during the late 83 through the summer of 84. He should be credited with the founding of Windham Hill as well. People don't know that and although short but sweet, that label recorded some of the most incredible acoustic music of its ERA.
I don't know if I ever met you Russell but I went there a great deal also. I was friends with the manager, a woman named Tami Jefferson, She and her son ran the place. Do you remember Tuck & Patty? They played nearly as much a Hedges at the Varsity. The NVT was almost a step back into the 1930's. They had a great bar and restaurant also and not too pricy. Never any fights or riff raff. Tami chased out troublemakers. They showed a lot of old movies and foreign films. A great place 35 years ago.
Even now, nobody has ever matched what Michael Hedges brought to music. Nobody copies his style with the same feeling and musical sensibility. He was unique, and unmatched.
The first time I saw Hedges was on a PBS station in 1985. He was playing this song. That was my exact thought at the time, the Hendrix of the acoustic.
It is hard to watch Michael Hedges or listen to him because I miss him so much. I got to see him about 15 times. I first saw him at the New Varsity Theatre in Palo Alto, California in 1984. He blew me away that night and I was hooked forever. God bless you Michael Hedges. There will never be another like you. Forever your fan. Greg Zamlich
Michael was really a special talent... A once-in-a-lifetime type of player. His playing was so unlike anything anyone had ever heard, the reaction to most folks hearing/seeing him for the first time was usually a jaw drop. He took the guitar to a different place... A brilliant, progressive musical mind, and a very humble and kind soul to boot... A rare combination in music these days. The man may be gone, but his music lives on with clips like this. Thanks for sharing!!!!
M.Hedges un génie,un des meilleurs guitariste contemporain de notre époque.Je l'écoute depuis 1992 avec album Arial Bondaries.Par ailleurs, j'ai travaillé avec pugnacité certain morceau de son répertoire à la Guitares J'ai DÉBUTÉ la Guitare à 15 ANS ET Hedges fût une révélation.Merci encore M.Hedges pour ces mélodies intemporelles.
I met Michael mere months b4 he passed, totally amazing individual. He was more than talented, his knowledge of life & spirituality was transcendent. I still Love & Miss Him...
Sure glad I got to see Michael before he left us ! He was pure magic the way he could make music out of the way he was feeling that day !He was a inventer of difficult structures!
Michael Hedges was a truly unique person, artist...he did things on his own terms.A friend of mine knew of him and he said you have to go see him.And the fish time I saw him I was convinced he was all to himself.He inspired me as a guitarist to keep on the search for the love of music that resides within us.May he rest in place.
"Tomorrow Never Knows” 🎶 lyrics- lennon/mccartney Turn off your mind - relax and float down stream It is not dying - it is not dying Lay down all thoughts - surrender to the void It is shining - it is shining That you may see the meaning of within It is being - it is being That love is love and love is everyone It is knowing - it is knowing That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead It is believing - it is believing But listen to the color of your dreams It is not living - it is not living Ah - play the game - existence to the end Of the beginning - of the beginning Of the beginning - of the beginning
the word is HASTE not hate.... .....hate makes no sense........ The song is about peaceful meditation meaning "too much activity misses the depth". They mourn the dead because they are missing the awareness of life.
"That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead" >> lyric interpretation ... That people who are filled with ignorance and hate; and who are responsible for many deaths -- may repent and -- mourn the dead.
@@laura.sefchik The word is haste...... because people rushing around and people blinded by illusion do not see the depth of the universe within themselves.
@@laura.sefchik Why would hate mourn the dead ? it's meaningless and false conclusion. . Haste "mourns the dead" because it is missing the meaning of existence. Being is in unity.
How come I know elliot Smith I know sixto Rodriguez, I know many underrated singer folk song writers yet I never seen this man except once when he did thre Todd rungrend cover...
@@rlutge thanks for replying i'm in france and feeling a bit nostalgic for california. i may been passed by back in the day. i'm an ardent windham hill fan. thanks for sharing your links. cheers
@@williamlewis8741 We're even! I miss France! Years ago, my band performed in Paris and Aurillac. I have travelled there often and love it dearly. Would I trade, "Sittin in a park in Paris, France, " (Joni) for Mendocino? No. But I do miss it.
its no shit sherlock that the beatles where the beatles. michael was very spiritual and def. infused indian/foriegn sounds in some songs for sure. try ragamufin, india, promissed land, dirge, baal t'shuvah, the first cutting, and then listen to the rootwitch so you can appreciate the fact that this guy did define new techniques and did blow minds.
Hedges took something remarkable, a masterpiece of psychedelia made before the genre even existed, and turned it into something rather banal. It was daring to cover this song, but he probably should have known better.
In your life, have you ever created anything remotely close to the genius of Michael Hedges that might inform your credibility in calling ANYTHING he produced, banal?
