From the DVD BowWow Super Live 2009. Recorded live September 12, 2009 at O-East, Shibuya, Tokyo. Voyager: The Essential Kyoji Yamamoto available at www.cityboyreco...
Kyoji is now, for me, right up there with Kitaro, Steve Vai, and Mike Oldfield...this rendition of "Ave Maria" NEVER fails to wring the tears from me...with all that's going on in the world, we NEED a prayer-song played in the common tongue of rock guitar. And Kyoji just brings this home...LOVE it!
Awesome, incredibly beautiful. What a master guitarist, so much soul, beauty, passion....Bravo, kudos, blessings from a 63 y/o Caucasian Texas cowboy. Kyoji Yamamoto just won me over, heart and soul. Many thanks for posting this one.
Kyoji Yamamoto is much better than Slash, in my opinion. I'm a Texas cowboy, 64, Caucasian, so don't have any bias for or against Slash. Just know great guitar when I hear it. Kyoji can play with anyone in the world. Don't know anyone better. Wish he'd come to Texas. We'd adopt him! Like his hat too :-).
This man is now right up there with Kitaro on my list of favorite electric guitarists...this is SOOOO powerful!!!! I heard Bono's original lyrics to this melody and they ran through my head as this guy was playing...OMG...I am. IN TEARSSSSSSS!
I've been a HUGE fan of Bowwow and Kyoji since 80's...pardon me but indeed I don't like this kind of arrangement of song he borrow from other genre ... please keep on Rockin' with old Bowwow style. that's really what I want and MUCH MUCH BETTER than this kind. バウワウ(Bのほう)時代の純正ロックでお願いします!
This guy has ...Nothing... in common with Slash. He would probably be offended if he knew he was compared to Slash. He is uniquely.... Japanese... and he is one of many of Japan's well kept secrets.
@JeffKnight haha no he's not ^^ I really like him and he's damn good, but he is not the best ;) what about a2c from MintJam or Michiya Haruhata or Satoshi Matsuo ?? :)
Richard schell Id politely like to disagree with your statement. Just because I’m a teen doesn’t necessarily mean I don’t know the difference between good and back music or who’s good versus bad