I was at this show, standing right next to the guy who filmed this. Greg later told me this was the first time he'd played with these guys since they recorded the album almost 10 yrs. earlier. Victor is the busiest guy in the world and so their schedules never aligned. You can see Victor brought a music stand out and they were all looking at each other a lot to see what was next. Still an incredible gathering and that place was packed to the gills with plenty of other well-known musicians sticking around to see these guys crush it.
Greg howe inspired a fleet of guitarists back in his shrapnel days..he exposed neo rockers to the fusion/funk shred...gr8 inspiration..and victor just flat out gets it!!!
I saw Dennis Chambers at the NAMM show in 1995. He accidentally/on purpose displaced the band by a 32nd note. The band kept groovin along but turned around to look at him just to be sure. He then put the beat back and made them all comfortable again. The way he did it was just awesome, it sounded great and out of this world. He's one of the best in the world. I feel blessed to say I saw him play live.
Greg Howe used to play guitar for artists like Michael Jackson and Enrique Englesias plus was in a band with his brother Al Howe (Howe II). He also did masterclasses (among others for G.I.T.) and his Hot Rock Licks instruction video has been an inspiration to many guitarists.
For most of you who might not realize, Greg just simply loves to improvise over his tracks. That's the beauty of his artistry, he's just too damn good. Guithre is a close second in my opinion. Vic is also blowing off his steam, just amazing, The true measure of a guitarist is not how precisely one can 'ape' a song, it's how one can improvise over given parameters.
I often wonder how we look at musicians when I hear the battles back and forth in the comment sections. I almost never comment because it seems more about being "right" about who you consider to be the best guitarist. I can understand all of the seemly "expert" opinions about lack of originality or "copyist" but honestly I have found very few people that sound exactly like another guitar player and of course there are exceptions to everything. But my point is that I feel fortunate in the respect that I love the playing of all the guys mentioned in this comment section Greg Howe, Guthrie, Holdsworth, Dimeola, Gambale, Vai etc.and when I listen to Howe I can certainly hear how others influenced him but I also hear things that I have not heard from some of the players. I have listened to many of his recordings as well as his latest with Maragold and I hear an ever evolving guitarist who writes good MUSIC and isn't that the most we can ask from anyone? Right or wrong I think we are missing big picture. Sorry for such a long comment.
Che cosa bella 😍😍😍🙏❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍 ...And when I hear Mr Chamber's name, I begin to tap my feet and fingers before I hear the music. Greg Howe, one of the few guitarists who reminds me of my favorite Mr Jef Lee Johnson. As about Mr Wooten 🤩🤩🤩
Hahaha that part where Greg played low notes in the solo and the stuff he played after they played after before Greg went back to playing the melody was so funny. I love how there was silence and then they were able to get back in time with the song hahahaha
Definitely chromatic, Allan holdsworth really showed their was never a wrong note. Victor talked about that premise in a small interview with music is win, you should check it out. It’s all about emotion and rhythm, he demonstrates how he can play wrong so well that it makes the music theory sound wrong. Jacob Collier did a video for some channel about explaining harmony to different generations and herbie Hancock is featured and that video will give you more tools. Music theory helps a lot, then understanding everything around it and you can visualize how these types of players see the fretboard. Most guitar greats took lessons from other greats, or at least studied them. For instance satriani and Zappa for Steve vai. But music school also created greats, it’s really how much you want to learn to add to the arsenal. Definitely good players that are self taught but they’ve definitely been influenced because most people have heard music so it’s in their subconscious. The real mystery is why music greats aren’t generally recognized and it’s because their brain can’t understand the intricacies of good playing due to the fact they generally listen to barely composed tracks and just because they think it’s high fidelity mastering, they think they are having eargasms. Most people don’t have high end headphones and amp to support the true output of the song, so they listen to compressed versions. But even a compressed version of something like this is far greater than slot of their stuff, they just tend to go super low and high frequency with electronic assistance, same way most big stars use auto tune even if they may sing well. But since I’m an audiophile with some wild set ups, I listen to the stuff in its intended purpose and it is like my ears are eating the best pie I’ve ever had.
Gonzoidz is absolutly correct in the assement of the copyist. The issue is not the borrowing, cuz i borrow all the time... the trick is to transmutate our borrowed concepts into "new" groove patterns and phrase melody that sounds familiar but is recognizably different.Thats how the true Master operates. Its called being "unique" and "creative". You listen and analyize a variety of existing material and try to realize and feel the "nature" of what you think you hear, then combine your nature
Three guys, each recognized as probably the best living on their respective instrument, all together, Why is this not professionally recorded/filmed??!
@@alexzaytsevguitar ну выступлений с записями Гатри в принципе больше) но в живую Гатри лучше звучит конечно однако как композитор Грег покруче. Как минимум по количеству своих качественных работ. А Гатри ни одного норм альбома после erotic cakes не выпустил тк как я понял ему впадлу. Он импровизатор.
@@shredmaster300 сейчас альбомы уже не так актуальны как 20-30 лет назад. Денег на них уже много не заработаешь, если ты не условный Стив Вай. В основном более молодые артисты делают упор на видео и релизят синглами.
@@alexzaytsevguitar ну такая музыка не актуальна. А молодых артистов которые бы составили конкуренцию Хоу или Гатри я пока не слышал. Всё жду чего-нибудь интересного от Матео Манкузо.
Let's see, let's pick my 3 fav fusion guys at their position, and throw them together - I would buy the plane ticket, rental car, hotel, etc to see this. Howe's relative obscurity is due in part to starting as a Shrapnel shredder - I think some don't consider him with other more recent modern fusion gods Gambale, Henderson, etc, due to the Shrapnel stigma. Obviously Dennis and Victor (GODS at their positions) don't have that issue.
it's funny still hear some of Eddie Van Halen/ Chet Atkins chicken picker in the song he can't escape Eddie, that's a good thing, they both have remarkable talent!!! :-)
I hope this sounded better in person than this recording. The cymbals and guitar are too loud in the mix and too harsh. The bass isn't loud enough. The drum kit (but not the cymbals) could be louder too. Great playing though.
Seriously nope: i appreciate impact fuze, but, where's the innovation? It's not that you try ti sound ad Greg/gambale/Henderson and so on and you become better. Same for Guthrie govan: theese new guys are sick and very technical, but to bè in top (and music isn't a competion anyway, but if It was) you Need to bring innovation in what you do. Apart the fact that technically and armonically speaking gamale is far beyond all theese guys (including Greg, Who said he learned everything by listening and never studied armony): you can't prefer the style of a player, but theese new jamtrack Central guys are Just clones: Fedor tries ti play like Howe/Henderson T. Quayle Tries ti play like holdsworth Govan listened and studied everybody and Tries ti play like everybody he studied When 1 of theese guys Will bring something new ti jazz/rock/fusion world, then we'll talk back about Who Will bè on top.
Well, Michael Jackson died, but Greg played for him while he was alive. He was pretty famous. But for an artist like Greg it's about the music, not fame. Being the best isn't necessarily going to get you the biggest gigs.
well, possibly yes, but the question is, whether every song Wooten plays in needs to have a "funk swing feel" so Victa can "show his shit". I mean, should they now make everything into a groovey funk song so Victor can shine and play his usual stuff through half of the song? I think this was pretty cool, not Victor's usual kind of jam, but they all utilized their skill and mastery to make it a fantastic song the way it is written, with the intended feel. I don't mind Victor not being as dominant as he usually is or seeing him in a different situation.
Greg did the extraction tour with tetsuo sakurai at the time of the album release: the album was recorded mixing the lines of all' the musicians from different places; they never personally met. I think that Greg never played live with wooten, they don't know each other and they have not feeling, because they are almost strangers 1 to each other!
I do think Greg Howe's an absolute guitar genius and master, but I have to confess I am not as shocked with live performances. It's like he's not that fluid and a bit jammed while soloing (comparing him to Greg studio version). Maybe he's a little shy? I have this problem, so I can't perform live as good as studio.
