It's a fucking tragedy and a sign of our times that MacAlpine is not given the universal recognition his skill level deserves. The sweeps, the shredding. OMFG!
Check out Frank Marino some say he was a better guitarist than Hendrix hard to believe but see for yourself see babaylon instunental aint dead yet plus Johhny b Goode live.
@Andy Butler indeed. so did Virgil. also, anybody that would be stupid enough to doubt TMac should just shut up and check out planet x. with universe and moonbabies, he had guitar duties on two of the craziest and best instrumental prog fusion albums ever made and freaking OWNED them. not as lot of people would even attempt to do this stuff
Here it is: T-Mac is great! JP is great! Sheehan is great! Myung is great! Tony Levin is great! Sherinian is great! Rudess is great! Moore is great! Portnoy is great! Mangini is great! Let's just be glad we get to hear amazing music from such great performers :-D
Depending with who you speak with. His a session monster and had enourmous friendship with all the greatest. I think he is playing with Simon Philips and Protocol last time i checked.....👀
@@losferwords7830 I can't say we're best friends but when he lived here in Buffalo he lived down the street from me. He would stop over from time to time & we'd talk. I filled in for him with his old band Talas when he left for David Lee Roth. The bass player that was playing with Dave & Paul couldn't do some shows so they called me. Last time Billy & I talked was the Winery Dogs tour at the Hard Rock in Niagara falls.
Man, how Portnoy and Sheehan play all of these different gigs with different guys and so many complicated songs -- and keep it all straight and tight. My brain would be scrambled eggs.
I do have to say however, Derek seemed to have issues playing the piano part in the beginning of Acid Rain on time which is perplexing considering how well he played more complicated parts.
Tony MacAlpine is just a beast. I'm convinced his hands are bionic. Saw Tony on the Maximum Security tour in 2014, and even his sound check will blow your mind. If he missed a note, he just turned it in to the prettiest sweep arpeggio you've ever heard. They were the best mistakes I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing this piece of badassery.
Very late comment, I know :D Miles Davis once said about mistakes something in the lines of ' It is no biggie that you play a wrong note - what matters is the following note' I've been T-Mac fan since Maximum Security and if he ever plays a wrong note, which I haven't been able to hear, well he sure knows how to pick the best possible following note 😉
I wish more genres and the prog scene would treat it's classic songs and musicians like jazz musicians do. A ton of extremely skilled and nuanced players building on standards, and instead of arguing over who should and shouldn't play a song, we just listen. Judging by the comments we are becoming more open to that kind of thing.
Very solid insight. I like the way you think! I think part of the issue is jazz standards are old enough that no one owns the copyrights anymore. All the copyright holders have to play well together for this to happen.
I'm totally Blown Away! Not only did they play great but they look like they were having fun doing it! Who the hell in the right mind could have given this a thumbs down??
ADRENALINE MOB AND WINERY DOGS ARE PRETTY BUTTROCK COMPARED TO DT mike made the wrong choice hahah now he locks himself in his room and air drums/ jerks off to the self titled dream theater album
You can type Fantastic and Goosebumps but not Dream Theater??? I understand you not wanting to type Liquid Tension Experiment but seriously are you that lazy ??? it is so Fantastic you cant even use complete sentences.............
Have you caught up with the DT cover band 'Awake'? They are from Romania. The singer is a girl and she is better than JL. She has a slight accent (a bit like Melania) she's also very hot. They have videos on RU-vid worth watching.
MacAlpine is my second favorite guitarist of all time next to Shawn Lane. Billy Sheehan has been very influential to me and will always be my favorite bassist. Acid Rain is also one of the best instrumentals in recent history. This was overwhelmingly awesome. I can die happy now.
I’ve met Tony MacAlpine several times, and he really is one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet. He’s a bit of a kidder too, as he did some rabbit ears on my for a picture lol.. very talented, and during two of his show at a small local music store auditorium, I literally sat less than 5 feet from him. Awesome musician.
I had the chance to meet him as well in the street... just recognised him with his wife B and said hello to them.. super kind people. Was when both were ill... I've seen them several more times afterwards but didn't want to disturb them. Very happy to see they are both ok
O Miguel he is chill. I’ve seen him around 5 years or so, ago, at The Baked Potato in Studio City, and after the show, he was just chillin at the bar drinking a beer. I didn’t bother to approach him because he is the kind of musician who just wants to chill to himself after a show and I respect that.
I completely agree with kommisar. This performance is stellar. Why bicker about this and that? Enjoy the superhuman playing of these magnificent musicians. And, are we not all part of the prog rock family? I, for one, feel most grateful these favorite musicians of mine got together and gave me (and all of you) the gift of this performance. How about we all just shake hands and enjoy the majesty of the music caught on film in that moment in time?
WOW! That was one of the best performances I've ever seen in my life!!! What a storm!!! Portnoy is fun to watch, these guys are amazing together!! Tons of energy!!
Tony MacAlpine. One of the most underrated musician. When you play with Steve Vai and you do keyboard and guitar well your are good. Hats off to Portnoy - Sheenan - MacAlpine - Sherinian , Pettruci - Myung - Mangini - Rudess - Levin and many more who are great musician and are a delight to listen to.
Better than Petrucci, Tony has a smile on his face, Petrucci always looks terrified and stressed out that he is going to make a mistake This video was so refreshing to watch, I stopped being a fan of Dream Theater because Petrucci just ruined the band, I play guitar and would never emulate Petrucci's pathetic looking style. MacAlpine is playing with no fear and simply killing it, that is how to play guitar, you will always make a mistake from time to time but a good guitarist you will never know it.
Mister Billy Sheehan, you are so great in this, and even there, you are able to include your amazing groove, you're still surprise us , after all this years, with all these great musicians , you're still doing progress ... i love that ... like the wine, even better with the age ! it's not my kind of music but i have to say this is great playing ! thanks for that .
A group of men that have absolutely mastered music. I am glad that Mike and DT parted ways if for nothing more than this one performance. BRAVO gentleman!
+Despond Just to add, I looked it up, it seems like colon cancer, that's a really type to have. All the best to him, I hope he beats it and recovers and goes back to shredding.
+Rich Small from Tony's website: "I would like to extend a heartfelt message to all of you..thanking you sincerely for all of the wonderful support you have given me over the many years, and especially now through this difficult time. ... We never really know why things happen to us in our lives and what reasons they happen for - at least not right away, but I am always in search of what lessons we are constantly being taught, and have learned to accept things as they are. I do know that I am blessed to have been able to contribute my art to the music scene, and more so to do it for you all."
No if's or but's, these guys are shredders. MacAlpine has a much more post-bop jazz sensibility than most metallers. To some ears this may not "rock as hard" as the more traditional harmonies. For me, a blazing lead that suddenly spreads out into a more alien harmony is like a coaster drop. It's great when they lock back into primal grooves.
A better DT than DT. An actual living being playing bass, NO SINGER, 8 string-shred maestro that's not an egomaniac, and a key wizard that isnt boring.
heavy metal fan from within morrow, the core of my bones, along with appreciating all satriani as my favorite guitarist of all. A big fan of the winery dogs without a doubt. This performance just literally blew me away. I'm right after this looking for more
Seeing Sheehan play solo - distortion/bass: makes me think of Cliff Burton's mastery and early departure (big hands/long fingers/similar postures) both pioneers on how to play bass
I feel strange watching this clip with all the players involved, but honestly think each player did great work on these tracks! I think MacAlpine is pretty stunning as a guitarist.
Just a bunch of guys hanging around the local barbershop, having a conversation in music. They're all fun to listen to, have something to contribute individually and as a group, and no one needs to have the last word. They could do this at a Ted Talk and teach a few people some things.
Ecclesiastical Umbilical cord/ chord - Sheer Honey for the Ears. I am by no means a huge fan of "Prog Rock", BUT this quartet transcends any comparison to that which has gone before in this genre. They are seemingly a hybrid of all that was brilliant in bands such as ELP & Yes, for starters, Man, this is the resurrection of Prog Rock !
***** Your stupid remarks mixed with unwarranted hate shows us who you are which he was spot on to begin with. A tip that most of you jealous guys don't seem to grasp, if you spent half the time working on your ability to play as you do crying about someone better than you, you might actually be something. But people like you are pretty damn stupid so I doubt it will happen enjoy being nobody.
Tony Mac is the most under rated "Guitar Guru" on the Planet..... Just love this version with Sherinan and Sheehan ... and Mike is killing it as usual.....
T-Mac is literally the most underrated guitarist ever sometines I wonder he is not even been called by Satriani once for a G3 tour. Sheehan is always being the craziest bassist ever surpassing Levin and Myung both I must say Portnoy was literally on fire leading the whole group since both of them are his compositions The man who steal the show was Derek, OMG controlling four keyboards together with that god speed like Rudess and tuning some weirdest sounds ever like what Steve Vai do with his guitar
