Johnny Hiland - Mercury Blues (Experience PRS 2007) 

I clicked the like button on the first couple of seconds as I already knew Johnny was going to deliver a fucking awesome performance, I love this guy!!!

LOVE Johnny Hiland ! !

Wow i just found this guy! he's got to be one of the best.

It's honestly ridiculous how good this guy is. WOW!

Oh my gooodness...Johny for ever, long life to him,long life....what life took away from him with blindness, it gave back in million times the talent. Addie

omg that guy is not even human ! so awesome x_x

This guy is a very, very great guitarist and musician!!!...Definitively the best one i've listened to since SRV..Thx Johnny...:-)...Have a very long career.....

more... can't get enough

Also, I am in serious awe right now....

This guy seriously rocks!! Fucking beautiful..

The Music Man appears to be a toy in Mr. Hilands’ big paws and yet his fingers are so quick and nimble. You rock Tiny!

So kind and honest face. like this guy

Glad I found this vid. Some of his best playing, or at least a lot of really great different styles of playing all in one place.

This guy was great! I will buy his new album after seeing him perform, I was there as well in the very front row. Great experience!

this goes to show that the Blues, Country Music and Rock are the same thing... Just different audiences...

Wow, pretty sweet playing for sure. This cat has the chops, no doubt about that!

guitar fantastic yes !!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, what an awesome groove. Greetings from Alligators in Sweden

This guy is GREAT!

now THAT is a jam I'd like to see!! Those two together would burn it down!

Jaw dropping!!!

Exquisite camera work, too!

Unbelievable guitar playing.

that was great.

I'm suprised I've never heard of this guy until now-I'm really impressed. Annoyingly it doesn't seem he tours Europe much :(.

dat thang look like a dang ukelele on dat big ol' boy!

wow - that's some wicked ass country playing - see us big boys can shred too

Same Gary Grainger that played w/Dennis Chambers and Scofield...Cool.

I think Steve and Joe should ask Johnny to join a some point ;)

Johnny Hiland is the best guitar player

Man he plays great, and sounds even better since playing a music man!

nice guys who are humble lets me know everything is gonna be OK !

OMG!!

Johnny Hiland was born with a medical condition, and he can't help his size, and he is almost blind due to this condition. I know because he grew up in my hometown and yes I find your comment rude.

W.O W This fuckin dude just smokes!!! Incredible--PROPS; freely given

Johnny when you come in Italy!!!!!!!

rise up my visually impaired brothers and sisters!!

this guy is crazy good!!! (just to state the obvious)

That train was DEAD ON.

seriously? he has a custom made signature Johnny Hiland guitar, im sure they've met a few times. anyone who looks up any PRS vids has seen this guy dozens of times

The guy can play. He's like Zakk Wylde's semi-country sounding cousin.

It's awesome!!! btw, what camera did you use???? the recording sounds incredible :D

i wanna see johnny and popa chubby on the same stage.

this guy has been a session pro since 96.

Johnnnnnny

Okay johnny how bout a pedal steel? 'braces for absolute best pedal steel impression on guitar'..... AWWWWW DAMN!!!!!

He never looks like he's even trying. That's what really pisses me off.

Well, the minor chord is missing in his version but the rest is awesome good

Think of a music teacher, working on a highschool which is sleeping with the principal, because that´s what my music techer did.

its a question of wether their playing would complement each others

The notes just fall off his fingers. He makes it look so easy.

... is it just me... or Johnny Hiland remind you of Shawn Lane? Not physically (even though that is a shallow statement, I apologize)... but musically. They're arguably THE BEST at what genre they chose. I have YET to hear a better musician than either of them. Their playing is of course... fast... but it's an interesting fast. It's not just senseless shredding but has so much impact behind the choices. They also have probably the most beautiful instruments too. Shawn's Ibanez and Johnny's PRS.

Hvor er det bare fedt det her!

Burgerboy can ben dem strings.

his voice sounds like he just had some barbeque chicken wings.. this food makes me hungry

Ever seen Popa Chubby? ^^

damn ..I can't turn my PC speakers up LOUD ENOUGH ....

@bayouhazard are you sure you're watching the right video cause it sounds like you might be mistaken cuz

how could he tell that was p.r. smith at 4:00?

what i ment was how could johnny tell that that was smith when he is blind?. smith touched him and johnny immediately knew that was smith

Music starts at 1:25

As for "the best" i think this is a useless contest....What separates Johnny H is that he obviously has a lot of fun with what he is doing and is a very rhythmic player with bends everywhere.....he's got the feel for several genres.....but i doubt that he plays gypsy jazz like Rory with the Gypsy Hombres another "blind" player....or Stochelo Rosenberg. Scotty Anderson has for years intimidated country and jazz players alike....but Johnny is good for rocking out with the country blues no doubt. Rock on big guy!!

He was born with nystagmus

totally wicked good... amazing, but I wish he would hold some notes longer.. like bend one out for a whole measure and make everyone cringe with excitement...MORE TENSION!

what's paul doing there?

@VinnasBR dont underate tremonti, he is a good songwriter, not to mention his playing lately is sick...

and add to that hes a little blind for you guys that didnt know that

Paul reminds me of Steve Jobs rofl

johnny, lay off the doughnuts. we want to keep you around for a while

@gangtwanger If we're talking about talent, Johnny would win. If we're talking about personality, Johnny would win. If we're talking about coming to blows, Johnny would still win. I've met Popa. He's an ass***e.

johnny is a bad mofo guitar playa

What's the deal with the freaky serial killer guy at 4:00?

this guy is seriously good i hope he can lose just a couple of pounds to have him longer in health with us

@hayabusafmw unfortunately he has some kind of a disorder that makes him fat. it's not like he wanted to be fat, you know

johnny is only LEGALLY blind, he can still see things. otherwise, he wouldnt ever look at the fretboard, he would stare straight ahead or something. In the Yahoo! Health Encyclopedia, anyone with vision worse than 20/200 that cannot be improved with corrective lenses is considered legally blind. In addition, people with a visual field of less than 20 degrees diameter (10 degrees radius) are also considered legally blind.

OMG he ate Roy Clark !

Camera needs to get off the trampoline

he plays for 10 tremontis

Why being ugly not enough for you?

The boy is a walking heart attack