Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - live 1990

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Live at the Bottomline, NY, 1990.
Cliffs of Dover is appeared on EJ's 1990 "Ah Via Musicom" album. The song takes its name from the white Cliffs of Dover along the British shoreline.
It was voted number 17 in Guitar World magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and won a Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in1991.
The song is featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and this video game appearance prompted a renewed interest in the song and Eric Johnson mostly among younger audience.
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  • @tojaysrenaissance
    @tojaysrenaissance2 жыл бұрын

    you know a song is extraordinary when its intro got its own intro

  • @TimTranGuitar

    @TimTranGuitar

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂 so true!!

  • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL

    @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL

    Жыл бұрын

    😂🎉🔥💯

  • @glenncary9456

    @glenncary9456

    Жыл бұрын

    wtf 😂

  • @TheSam32169

    @TheSam32169

    Жыл бұрын

    And it ending gots it's own ending 😅😅😅hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

  • @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this version! do you this version as well? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4KYmaeTY86ZadY.html

  • @murraymoore7784
    @murraymoore77845 жыл бұрын

    every cliffs of dover vid i see is longer than the one before it

  • @BustinBoarders

    @BustinBoarders

    4 жыл бұрын

    Murray Moore underrated comment!

  • @ahaning

    @ahaning

    3 жыл бұрын

    And?

  • @jamminjoe44

    @jamminjoe44

    3 жыл бұрын

    So what? what`s your point?

  • @oisinheffernan3265

    @oisinheffernan3265

    3 жыл бұрын

    3 hour cliffs of dover

  • @doodoobonejones

    @doodoobonejones

    3 жыл бұрын

    His jacket also gets smaller

  • @jackpasternak7586
    @jackpasternak75864 жыл бұрын

    nearly every time he plays it live you can hear the bassist and drummer desperately trying to yank the tempo down before the song kicks in completely and i absolutely love it

  • @Warlock_Sack

    @Warlock_Sack

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao it’s great. He just wants to run with it and the rest of the band has to yank it back in. Not all of us can be Gods, Eric!

  • @McMillanScottish

    @McMillanScottish

    8 ай бұрын

    @@trevorclark7985 not at that point, he hadn't. The album just came out.

  • @mvfusion

    @mvfusion

    6 ай бұрын

    He gets them during the second round of solos. It's subtle, but you can hear Eric speed up slightly towards the end of a phrase and then the bass and drums cover the tempo shift through their transition into the next phrase. I think it's around 6:50. Then they spend the rest of the song fighting at the end of phrases. The rhythm guys were like, "We give you an inch and you're trying to take a mile!"

  • @muddskipper

    @muddskipper

    2 ай бұрын

    Haha this is so funny you're totally right

  • @rangeofmotion5993
    @rangeofmotion59936 жыл бұрын

    Watching Eric navigate those interesting chord shapes along the neck of the guitar is almost as hypnotizing/soothing as watching Bob Ross paint trees on a blank canvas...

  • @NickW0608
    @NickW060812 жыл бұрын

    this is the first eric johnson video i have ever watched im my life. I was in an argument with a friend about whos the best speed rock guitarist (of course there is no right answer its all about opinion) i said yngwie malmsteem and he said Eric Johnson. I never heard of him until then... so i decided to look him up on youtube, clicked on this video. Words can't describe what I'm feeling like right now. its like ive changed

  • @paulnattress6855

    @paulnattress6855

    4 жыл бұрын

    Speed isn't everything, for years I would have said Malmsteen. Now possibly Herman Li .But this is so fast and unbelievably clean, its a pleasure to watch.

  • @athanasiusdicia117

    @athanasiusdicia117

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is there a race going on???

  • @jakollee

    @jakollee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@athanasiusdicia117 The thing is, even when playing fast, he never stops expressing interesting and beautiful melodic ideas. At least IMO. And there can be a certain beauty in speed!

  • @matts8708

    @matts8708

    3 жыл бұрын

    Malmsteen is still the grand master OG of speedy non blues licks though. He and EJ are two totally different animals. For one, Yngwie doesn't write songs in a major key like this lol

  • @BollocksUtwat

    @BollocksUtwat

    3 жыл бұрын

    Johnson is I think undeniably a much more tasteful player than Malmsteen. Beyond Black Star I struggle to find a track of his that gives me much of an emotional feeling that isn't equivalent to a teenage boy cheering at a series of ever more frequent and large explosions as a monster truck runs over a car.

  • @kalekain3521
    @kalekain35217 жыл бұрын

    I don't always lead Cliffs of Dover with a guitar solo, but when I do, it's 5 fucking minutes of epicness.

  • @fred8453

    @fred8453

    6 жыл бұрын

    - Eric Johnson

  • @CJHummel

    @CJHummel

    6 жыл бұрын

    -Michael Scott

  • @philipwainwright6707

    @philipwainwright6707

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's how we know u bs

  • @lmnopotay7433

    @lmnopotay7433

    5 жыл бұрын

    KaleKain Get over your fucking self.

  • @zachthomas7810

    @zachthomas7810

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMNOP OTAY don’t be jealous and angry be happy for him and inspired

  • @eveneeee
    @eveneeee9 жыл бұрын

    The "intro" is amazing

  • @patb2125

    @patb2125

    5 жыл бұрын

    yea amazing right?? The reason why i keep coming back. GH Legends Of Rock *

  • @ricardocespedes1955

    @ricardocespedes1955

    5 жыл бұрын

    super grandiosa la entrada

  • @andlarse

    @andlarse

    4 жыл бұрын

    nah, it's too much

  • @zachthomas7810

    @zachthomas7810

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andlarse respect your opinion but disagree

  • @BigCheech-wy9os
    @BigCheech-wy9os4 жыл бұрын

    I mastered this on my “Air Guitar”.

  • @jazzram_

    @jazzram_

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can play the vid

  • @lahadc
    @lahadc10 жыл бұрын

    his pinky is beating the frame rate of the camera

  • @lahadc

    @lahadc

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** you know how long it took me to understand that?

  • @gk10002000

    @gk10002000

    6 жыл бұрын

    I recall dozens of years seeing a video of the sitar player Ravi Shankar on tv. His hands were beating the frame rate of the camera

  • @nesh-midwest

    @nesh-midwest

    6 жыл бұрын

    lahadc as a guitarist I can tell you that’s it’s not beating the frame rate, we just hold it in weird positions sometimes and don’t use it as much as we should

  • @mehdinadif
    @mehdinadif12 жыл бұрын

    art never dies! thumbs up if you're still watching this over a decade after this was releases!

  • @newukshooter2932

    @newukshooter2932

    Жыл бұрын

    2 decades :)

  • @michaelfugate2404

    @michaelfugate2404

    Жыл бұрын

    22 years

  • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL

    @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL

    Жыл бұрын

    It's 2023 now! 🎉

  • @gabrielcastellonsabera8487

    @gabrielcastellonsabera8487

    Жыл бұрын

    2023. Tá vivo???

  • @MalikethTheBlackBlade1

    @MalikethTheBlackBlade1

    Жыл бұрын

    2023 🤘🏻

  • @lord0fpants
    @lord0fpants8 жыл бұрын

    quite possibly one of the cleanest/ tightest guitar players i have ever seen.

  • @lanzend101

    @lanzend101

    6 жыл бұрын

    Walt Campbell Steve vai and Joe satriani are both pretty clean too.

  • @ZeTerminators

    @ZeTerminators

    6 жыл бұрын

    Michael Angelo is the tightest i've ever heard.

  • @patrickangell5387

    @patrickangell5387

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eric Johnson uses the clean tones, not just clean playing.

  • @jonaslasater4784

    @jonaslasater4784

    5 жыл бұрын

    I disagree. His tempo is way off and he seems to pay no attention to the drummer

  • @ozzyoz3415

    @ozzyoz3415

    5 жыл бұрын

    Saw him live a few years ago here in Phoenix and he was awful missed notes. However even him at his worst is better than I am at my best playing guitar

  • @EliVanFleet
    @EliVanFleet4 жыл бұрын

    This is definitely the best version I've heard on KZread.

  • @adamyounis2983

    @adamyounis2983

    4 жыл бұрын

    This version stands alone as the only one where Eric seems to have the patience and confidence to just build and tease ideas all the way to their conclusion without impulsively shredding or rushing out into random jazz territory when the improv is slowing down. He's so good here, so deliberate and clean. It's like proof of God or something. I've never heard anything as good, even from him, anywhere. Even other recordings at the bottom line from 1990, the same show, same piece, aren't even close to this one. (The 6 minute recording from Austin in 88 is pretty good too)

  • @vipergtsmre

    @vipergtsmre

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah, cause its the real one😁 A few covers are great too, but Eric made those 6 strings his hooker

  • @elsciocco4360

    @elsciocco4360

    4 жыл бұрын

    He won a grammy for this performance

  • @vipergtsmre

    @vipergtsmre

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@elsciocco4360 yup, hit platinum too

  • @elsciocco4360

    @elsciocco4360

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vipergtsmre yeah so proud to have guy like him on earth

  • @leadchick
    @leadchick12 жыл бұрын

    I just experienced one of the best nights of my life! Went to the Aladdin in Portland Thurs 8/16 & 22 years after this performance, saw Eric Johnson live & up close. He was amazing-he actually made me cry he’s so good. After autographs, photos & midnight, a small group of us standing with him outside his idling tour bus sang Happy Birthday as he turned 58 on 8/17. The band put on an incredible show for a three-piece & I couldn’t stop grinning the whole night. Simply magical!

  • @itsmelmao2769

    @itsmelmao2769

    3 жыл бұрын

    ur comment might be 8 years old but that's great I'm jelly :DD

  • @comic3491

    @comic3491

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@itsmelmao2769 fr lol that’s a great experience

  • @Carlos-fh8wk
    @Carlos-fh8wk5 жыл бұрын

    Drums and bass really tight as well.

  • @thxman1968

    @thxman1968

    4 жыл бұрын

    Id love to hear that bass isolated. He is ripping it!

  • @hellomonkey2
    @hellomonkey211 жыл бұрын

    They spend about 8 years of their life playing nonstop for over a dozen hours a day. They live guitar, nothing else matters to them. And they're perfectionists. If they mess up once, they go back to the start of the exercise and do the whole thing over and over until they can't do it wrong. They know as much theory as a composer, but also understand playing from the soul like blues. It's truly inspiring to see such dedication.

  • @jebronjames6063
    @jebronjames6063 Жыл бұрын

    This is my first time listening to this and it is 2023! Crazy to think this was made decades ago! Pure art!

  • @Mungdaal304

    @Mungdaal304

    7 ай бұрын

    Took you a long time to become cultured

  • @PippeML

    @PippeML

    5 ай бұрын

    Im glad you enjoy his music, he recently reunited with the original G3🎉 (jan and feb 2024)

  • @axelduke11
    @axelduke1112 жыл бұрын

    At this time, Eric used nothing but two 1954 Fender Strats. Both have had the fingerboards planed, with jumbo frets installed. I got to play this guitar in 1987. He was so gracious in letting me play it. We've been friends for over 20 years. He still plays this guitar, but not as exclusively.

  • @stephenstrang590

    @stephenstrang590

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure

  • @declanm5088
    @declanm50885 жыл бұрын

    That little hop he does at 4:50 gets me every time!

  • @AC-wq7fo

    @AC-wq7fo

    9 ай бұрын

    and at 8:25

  • @roberthijar4793
    @roberthijar47935 ай бұрын

    A good friend of mine would rehearse at the ARC, Austin rehearsal Complex, in the early 90's. EJ was there at that time. My friend said that he would be there into the early hours and EJ would be there down the hall. He said EJ would play the same riff over and over, it was clear that he mastered the part so my friend didn't understand. One day he asked a staff member about EJ, the staff member told him that EJ was not practicing the part, he was testing different gear. He was obsessed with his tone. He would try different batteries in his pedals, switch cables and there positions. So his obsession is our reward. GOD bless EJ.

  • @Faen492
    @Faen49210 жыл бұрын

    Eric Johnson's music gives me faith in humanity :') It's pure beauty of it's genre :D

  • @mikehoye3774
    @mikehoye37744 ай бұрын

    This is what complete mastery of the fretboard looks / sounds like. Never plays the intro the same way; complete improvisation

  • @TheKZOShow
    @TheKZOShow6 жыл бұрын

    There are still times when I think Eric Johnson is the most melodically gifted musician in the world. He's the only guitar player who can make those introes like that on the fly.

  • @mallrat11
    @mallrat118 жыл бұрын

    when he plays this live, it's like he's in a hurry to get it over with. so fast

  • @donrutter6550
    @donrutter65508 жыл бұрын

    If he keeps practicing, he will almost be as good as me someday.

  • @chrishbeatboxing2291

    @chrishbeatboxing2291

    6 жыл бұрын

    I seached your name and saw a picture of you playing a blue guitar, if that you?

  • @wolfgangmarx2847

    @wolfgangmarx2847

    5 жыл бұрын

    don rutter whom might you be?

  • @sunsparkle8443

    @sunsparkle8443

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nonsense... no one will ever be as good as Don Rutter any time soon

  • @ghostface9171

    @ghostface9171

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don rutted can’t be as good as bob duato though

  • @wooferbarkson6506

    @wooferbarkson6506

    5 жыл бұрын

    I really hope this is sarcasm.

  • @yanjiubai7802
    @yanjiubai7802 Жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite version of Cliffs of Dover! When I listen to the intro, I can imagine a peaceful landscape of the coast and an eagle flying dramatically in-between the cliffs!!

  • @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this version! do you this version as well? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4KYmaeTY86ZadY.html

  • @slends9310

    @slends9310

    8 ай бұрын

    More likely to see a one toothed crackhead in Dover than an eagle 😂

  • @benjamintaylor4343
    @benjamintaylor4343 Жыл бұрын

    The intro is just SO beautiful. If I could choose a theme tune for my heart, i'd pick this.

  • @williambenthal8989
    @williambenthal89895 жыл бұрын

    I saw him in 1990. I couldn't believe how clean his paying was. This is the product of working on guitar tone for many years. I saw him at the Hendrix tribute a few years ago. He was using every amp on stage..lol

  • @papageorge1718
    @papageorge1718 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible. How does he hit those notes so hard and fast and yet clean and melodically with no mistakes?

  • @Henry-fv3bc

    @Henry-fv3bc

    Жыл бұрын

    Downward pickslanting is how he does it

  • @Blisk.

    @Blisk.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Henry-fv3bcYes but how does he do it

  • @dw-nb2zh

    @dw-nb2zh

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Blisk. He's Eric F'ing Johnson, that's how

  • @zenlandzipline

    @zenlandzipline

    11 ай бұрын

    Innate ability plus tens of thousands of hours of practice. Without innate ability, the hours of practice will only get you close. Without the practice, you won’t even get close. You need to have both to achieve his level of skill.

  • @Henry-fv3bc

    @Henry-fv3bc

    11 ай бұрын

    @@zenlandzipline What appears like "innate ability" is actually just some people who stumble on hard-to-discover techniques with enough practice. His speed and consistency comes from his picking motion, which is very efficient and has a wide margin for error. You obviously still have to practice it, but if you practice a bad motion, you'll never achieve good results. If you practice a good motion, speeds like that are definitely achievable by the average guitarist with practice.

  • @Minatomadara1
    @Minatomadara19 жыл бұрын

    When he plays his best parts the light seems shine on his guitar neck or guitar body like at the pedal tone it just glissens at the edge like a star, its beautiful and only appropriate for EJ

  • @soujrnr
    @soujrnr10 жыл бұрын

    I love the voicings he does in the intro!!! Very sweet. Glad to see he hasn't forgotten everything I taught him. LOL (and then I woke up)

  • @APKeyboards

    @APKeyboards

    10 жыл бұрын

    I Think It' s a Ab Maj 7 with augmented 4th (considering also the looped G-D)..Anyway sounds magic ;)

  • @JgHaverty

    @JgHaverty

    9 жыл бұрын

    Alessandro Pesci Nice try paganini. It's in G major. Nothing more or less, and augmented 4th would make absolutely no sense in this context. That would sound horrible!

  • @APKeyboards

    @APKeyboards

    9 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, I was no clear, the aug 4th is referred to the Ab maj chord, not the tonality ( in G maj of course It would be C# and will sound horrible). Tell me if i'm wrong but the "strange" chord is "Ab, C, D" under G, D looped notes?

  • @BitchinStitchin

    @BitchinStitchin

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@JgHaverty I know this was written 9 years ago, but "Nice try Paganini" is such a hilarious yet effective burn. 😂

  • @theguyyounevermet
    @theguyyounevermet11 жыл бұрын

    to everyone pointing out the mistake: hes 23 years better now then when this was recorded. just think about that for a second.

  • @TMWilson71

    @TMWilson71

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately he had lost alot of his “powers” He god tier era was late 80s - late 90s

  • @LOLLYPOPPE
    @LOLLYPOPPE3 жыл бұрын

    When I realized how good Eric Johnson is, but that practically nobody in the world knows who he is, was when I also realized that I would never be famous for guitar playing..

  • @LLemm-gh8bb

    @LLemm-gh8bb

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you really want to… you can :) I believe that from the bottom of my heart!

  • @cosmic687

    @cosmic687

    2 жыл бұрын

    its better that way

  • @DaveDexterMusic

    @DaveDexterMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    "practically nobody"? that's fucking nonsense

  • @colerogers9683

    @colerogers9683

    2 жыл бұрын

    he has a grammy

  • @cheothegeo2742

    @cheothegeo2742

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well if you start play guitar cuz you want all that suffocating tabloid and mainstream media spotlight on you and every person treating you like a non-person then you were never meant to be a musician. Cuz you don’t wanna be famous. Your ego wants the feeling you get when you watch a famous person getting paraded around and celebrated but that feeling is an illusion. Cuz the reality of someone’s life is always less appealing than the perception of someone’s life isn’t it?

  • @jawsykilla
    @jawsykilla10 жыл бұрын

    This is better than the actual Cliffs of Dover.

  • @TheTF2Pianist

    @TheTF2Pianist

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those white rocks got nothing on E.J. here.✊😆

  • @jazzram_

    @jazzram_

    3 жыл бұрын

    As long as EJ played it

  • @patb2125

    @patb2125

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like the intro more then the song itself :P But liked the song very much when GH3 came out.

  • @michaelcelani8325

    @michaelcelani8325

    11 ай бұрын

    As an American , seeing the White Cliffs from the boat on the English Channel, it was and is a thrilling sublime experience...on all it's .....silence.

  • @brucepal3907
    @brucepal39073 ай бұрын

    I can play this.... on my stereo.

  • @gcolnr
    @gcolnr9 жыл бұрын

    I've watched Eric play for decades, and occasionally I'll revisit this and still be amazed. He is a remarkable, unique player, who has definitely left his mark on thousands of guitarists worldwide from all genres.

  • @robkrentz7153
    @robkrentz71532 жыл бұрын

    Eric Johnson absolutely killer ,the way he plays his Stratocaster is incredible and the guitar solos are a work of art.

  • @Vergil9
    @Vergil912 жыл бұрын

    I love how he can make notes fall gently like rain..

  • @TheBodybuilder4life

    @TheBodybuilder4life

    11 ай бұрын

    the song is only 10:17 minutes, not 21:12

  • @VikingKong.

    @VikingKong.

    7 ай бұрын

    I also like it when he plays the sounds that build high like a mountain.

  • @devonseixas974
    @devonseixas9747 жыл бұрын

    That intro was godly.

  • @user-ch6be1uf3q
    @user-ch6be1uf3q6 жыл бұрын

    I remember hearing this back in like 96 thinking this was from the 60's, nope this was from the 90's. What an amazing talent this guy is.

  • @Trueplagiary
    @Trueplagiary8 жыл бұрын

    Watching him play this (and how stupidly effortless he makes it look) is a sublime & ethereal experience to me. This song (and seeing him play like he's not shredding more smoothly & quickly than should be possible) both inspire me to play more, and discourages to the point of feeling like I should give up playing because, what's the point? I have stupid fingers. It's just... perfect and he shreds through it like a hot [cheese]grater through butter. This makes my ears gasm with earth-shattering awe for 10 straight minutes, every time I watch it. Alright, alright, I'll stop gushing. At least where others can see it.

  • @rosesandsongs21

    @rosesandsongs21

    8 жыл бұрын

    One 's pleasure to play and musicality are immune to comparison, just don't stop.

  • @psteeg3551

    @psteeg3551

    5 жыл бұрын

    you dont need to shred like a maniac in order to play (or even write) great music

  • @freddyfudd253

    @freddyfudd253

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@psteeg3551 true word

  • @bryanpasian

    @bryanpasian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keep going!!! You can now slow down youtube videos and examine what he’s doing

  • @Rob_132

    @Rob_132

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know. I love guitar. And, like you said, I have stupid fingers. Never understand how anyone can achieve this level of technical precision. No matter how much I practice, I just can’t even approach this. Reminds me that life is not fair :( but at least I can enjoy listening to gods like this. That is, when envy doesn’t get the better of me :)

  • @eddiemil88
    @eddiemil883 жыл бұрын

    Just returning to this masterpiece after over 5 years. It crossed my mind. Absolutely beautiful.

  • @Kaoztropheizpro
    @Kaoztropheizpro9 жыл бұрын

    This version of this song will forever and always be my all-time favorite. Good lord this is so good.....

  • @eelseth123
    @eelseth12311 жыл бұрын

    His tone is extra fantastic in this one. I think EJ makes the most effective use of the Pentatonic scale out of any player

  • @pecatoribus64
    @pecatoribus649 жыл бұрын

    Best guitarist everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  • @needsmoreboosters4264
    @needsmoreboosters42645 жыл бұрын

    5 minutes of Eric Johnson purely styling on everyone followed by 5 minutes of him styling on everyone but in song format.

  • @xluck3y47
    @xluck3y478 жыл бұрын

    I love the innovation this man does on this song, it seems every single one is different, from 28 seconds in the studio recording to easily 2 minutes (all live versions considered) it makes me glad ive looked into the rock genre to find this master of the guitar. Certainly one of the cleanest if the THE cleanest guitar player ive ever seen

  • @neurologuy
    @neurologuy Жыл бұрын

    That's what fell in love with in high school. I had the cassette tape Ah Via Musicam

  • @sethparker743
    @sethparker7438 жыл бұрын

    It's got to be the shoulder pads...

  • @scifyry

    @scifyry

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Seth Parker Play guitar like that, dress however you want.

  • @sethparker743

    @sethparker743

    8 жыл бұрын

    scifyry Agreed!

  • @jckknife

    @jckknife

    8 жыл бұрын

    +scifyry Dress like that, play however you want

  • @sethparker743

    @sethparker743

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jon Hay Agreed! ;)

  • @painiscupcake5433

    @painiscupcake5433

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Seth Parker Or the hair

  • @beefstew286
    @beefstew2869 жыл бұрын

    this is possibly my favorite live performance

  • @MrPie2006
    @MrPie200612 жыл бұрын

    Saw him play this in Cali last night with about a 10 minute lead-in and an encore of Hendrix and Dylan songs. It was amazing, to say the absolute least.

  • @scottsanderson-6612
    @scottsanderson-6612Ай бұрын

    First time I saw Eric Johnson was I Austin Tx when I heard cliffs of a Dover I got chill bumps. I’ve been fortunate enough to hear Eric Johnson is small venues in Austin

  • @methodinsane
    @methodinsane5 жыл бұрын

    By far my favourite best version he has done of this. The intro section is so well improvised, beautiful melody. Sometimes he goes off on melodic tangents but this particular version just melds so well.

  • @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this version! do you this version as well? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4KYmaeTY86ZadY.html

  • @xx99strrxx
    @xx99strrxx9 жыл бұрын

    Eric Johnson is the best drummer alive! Omg he was pounding so hard back there!!

  • @saltronica

    @saltronica

    9 жыл бұрын

    hah?

  • @dylanpermuy2554

    @dylanpermuy2554

    9 жыл бұрын

    youre so fucking dumb he is one of the most talented bass players around

  • @grabas619

    @grabas619

    9 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Permuy You're wrong buddy... I never heard such a talented vocalist....

  • @metalman661001

    @metalman661001

    9 жыл бұрын

    Rudolf Grabowski He actually does sing.

  • @ruiyikeith

    @ruiyikeith

    9 жыл бұрын

    Rudolf Grabowski Please for all his vocal abilities his talent on the triangle will never be matched.

  • @Bigjamestime
    @Bigjamestime11 жыл бұрын

    To the people complaining about him not being in time with his backing band: He"s in his own zone right now. the music is moving his fingers and his soul.

  • @JamesDHarris2246

    @JamesDHarris2246

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad someone said it!

  • @CorbinSmith-yf3wd

    @CorbinSmith-yf3wd

    2 ай бұрын

    It's because the people saying it can't count quintuplets. The 5s pattern just makes it sound like he is out of time to the untrained ear.

  • @harrisonbeacham-peterson8916
    @harrisonbeacham-peterson8916 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely covered in goosebumps after listening to this version

  • @carlosclaptrix
    @carlosclaptrix7 жыл бұрын

    I admire such a mastery a lot. His music is like paintings...

  • @davidlarson2648
    @davidlarson26488 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best renditions of Cliffs done by Eric...the pastoral intro and the violin-like overdrive into...the main song is done perfectly.

  • @jimlucas897
    @jimlucas8975 жыл бұрын

    All o can say is that this scary good, it has abosulte soul.... If anyone hasn't been "changed" by this, they are "not living"

  • @MegaMontano1
    @MegaMontano12 жыл бұрын

    The intro reminds me of somehow traversing through vast beauty of space

  • @robkrentz7153
    @robkrentz71534 жыл бұрын

    Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover Totally Rocks and Rolls

  • @marcusnerone4394
    @marcusnerone4394 Жыл бұрын

    Guitar virtuoso. Very possibly the best clean clear crisp lighting fast guitar solo ever played, by a really humble nice guy too👍🙏🏻🎼

  • @alexanderkrantz
    @alexanderkrantz5 жыл бұрын

    Best live version made by Eric! Everything is perfect, the intro, the settings on his gear! 10/10

  • @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    @vincentsoul2soulphotography

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this version! do you this version as well? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4KYmaeTY86ZadY.html

  • @PaulGrahamGuitarst
    @PaulGrahamGuitarst10 жыл бұрын

    This song is the reason I started playing guitar again almost seven years ago. I have never looked back and when I here Cliffs of Dover I still get goose bumps.

  • @danielsargent9530
    @danielsargent95309 ай бұрын

    This particular performance is God-tier Eric Johnson. Tasteful shredding at it's finest.

  • @ericdreese9145
    @ericdreese91454 жыл бұрын

    even in comparison to a lot of concepts related with technical guitar, virtuosity and cleanliness today, this version is still insane...

  • @ryadachaibou8098
    @ryadachaibou80984 жыл бұрын

    6:40 man that was sick When you think everything has been done with this specific chord progression, he just comes up with an amazing phrasing that kicks ass and makes you rethink the whole song

  • @aaronsoh

    @aaronsoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a blues version of that part.. Damn Amazing..

  • @aaronsoh

    @aaronsoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Some people still think it's a cockup.. I dont know myself but it sounds amazing lol.

  • @cheothegeo2742

    @cheothegeo2742

    2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite lick of this version lmao

  • @GeodesicBruh

    @GeodesicBruh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aaronsoh it's a mistake turned into improvisation probably. He's that good tho so it sounds very well thought of

  • @jordandickerson4069
    @jordandickerson4069Ай бұрын

    Got all you guys beat. Back in 1991, Eric supported Steve Miller at Red Rocks. 2 Great Artists. They even played a couple songs together. What a Night.

  • @merkoholic
    @merkoholic4 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see what could've happened if Eric and Jaco Pastorius could've gotten together. Very similar fusion types and talents, would've literally been too much for humanity to handle

  • @ENbro13
    @ENbro1311 жыл бұрын

    That solo... what a modest genius. Beautiful improv.

  • @1970borntorun
    @1970borntorun10 жыл бұрын

    I still remember seeing this Live in San Francisco at the Warfield in support of his excellent Ah Via Musicom album. It literally gave me goosebumps, it was so good. Wow!

  • @stingraybeach572
    @stingraybeach5724 жыл бұрын

    3:00 The nobility of his "Jules Verne" trademark sound is so magnificent and grand. His playing is the most beautiful loud (and he is LOUD as the best of them) has a pure quality of its own. I've seen him live more than a dozen times and nobody else compares.

  • @richardmonaghan1144
    @richardmonaghan11446 жыл бұрын

    I've studied guitar for 35 years ... studied guitarist for 30. Trust me when I say this guy simply is the best for the style of music... Only him and Steve Vai and SRV or Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Healy music that melts into your skin at the back of your neck. Don't get me wrong there are other guitarist that are amazing too. But they just got something that is special and stands out and can go on and take over. Give this guy some room.....lol. G'day all

  • @13tjwalker
    @13tjwalker11 жыл бұрын

    my favorite part about listening to Eric Johnson live especially cliffs of dover is the way he just TEASES that opening riff with that bend a couple times before he finally dives. No one but him knows when that is gonna happen but as soon as it does, chills every time.

  • @dleasman
    @dleasman4 жыл бұрын

    He is rushing the drummer something fierce! That's the fastest I have ever seen him play cliffs. Taylor is struggling to keep up, but Brock is cool as ice. I hope this was where Eric learned the dangers of caffeine. He is truly amazing... Even at unreasonably high speeds. You can hear those valve amps giving it all they've got!

  • @jamesknight4633

    @jamesknight4633

    Жыл бұрын

    That poor drummer is thinking ERIC! Slow the eff down .

  • @jw674
    @jw6744 ай бұрын

    Proof that the drummer is not always at blame for rushing

  • @cjpatz
    @cjpatz7 ай бұрын

    How the drums and the bass never gets lost blows my mind. EJ knows where he’s going, but oddly enough I think he’s following them!😮🤯

  • @vader9133
    @vader913311 жыл бұрын

    Manager: "Eric, we need to write a new song that people love." Eric: "Alright, i've got a solo we can use." Manager: "Ok, what about the chorus?" Eric: "What's a chorus?"

  • @1970borntorun
    @1970borntorun11 жыл бұрын

    I saw him live in support of the Ah Via Musicom album at the Warfield in San Francisco. To this day, just thinking about his performance gives me chills. Just, absolutely amazing...

  • @56eldorado
    @56eldorado10 жыл бұрын

    Ridiculously, incredible, addicting, unmatchable, undeniable, unrepeatable, unplayable, AND OH SO SATISFYING! EJ DELIVERS!

  • @richtraube2241
    @richtraube22412 жыл бұрын

    He's super in the zone for this

  • @rlevenberg
    @rlevenberg10 жыл бұрын

    This song is incredible and Eric Johnson's performance is amazing! It's impossible not to smile during this performance!

  • @scifyry
    @scifyry5 жыл бұрын

    Come to find out, the intro was just him tuning his guitar.

  • @johnhendricks1388
    @johnhendricks13885 жыл бұрын

    I feel as if I just acquired a new friend, I'll be listening to this guitarist until I've heard all his music.

  • @Henry-ms1sl
    @Henry-ms1sl2 жыл бұрын

    Remember listening to this when I was just 15. I'm 28 now. It did bring a tear to my eye earlier, that's nostalgia for you... Love this version though, such a brilliant player! SRV, Allan Holdsworth, Hendrix, The three Kings, all these amazing players, yet Eric isn't mentioned often but I think people should listen to him more, he's a savant

  • @dennislarson5043
    @dennislarson50438 жыл бұрын

    Smokin' hot! The man know's his guitar.

  • @scifyry

    @scifyry

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dennis Larson Absolutely. One of the best ever. The first minute or so is just him tuning his guitar it seems like. Even that sounds beautiful. This is the only song, that I know of, without lyrics to get popular radio play.

  • @jonnuanez2843
    @jonnuanez28436 жыл бұрын

    Just the intro is worth the price of admission. I could have listened to that all night.

  • @dannygillmusic
    @dannygillmusic4 жыл бұрын

    Cliffs of Dover is more than a song, it’s an experience.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger70007 ай бұрын

    This is always such a joy to listen to🥰😘 Such a feast for the ears🎸🎵💜

  • @filou89
    @filou898 жыл бұрын

    I believe the thought of Eric when the Drummer started was: Shit,..... I'll have to work now,...... Wayyy to fast^^

  • @ianedmonds9191
    @ianedmonds919110 жыл бұрын

    The intro is epic and maybe a bit long for the average listener but he's in the zone and playing some variations on his piece. Epic stuff. Amazing playing IMHO. Luv and Peace.

  • @cathywilson3146
    @cathywilson31466 ай бұрын

    My favourite Eric Johnson sound definitely. Mesmerisingly beautiful.

  • @chetpogostin34
    @chetpogostin345 жыл бұрын

    Eric is almost 65 years old and still has not gotten the recognition his brilliance deserves.Saw him in Austin a couple of years ago. Breathtaking the skill. Brilliant musician.

  • @annazolkieve9235
    @annazolkieve92355 жыл бұрын

    I love how effectively Eric uses 6th opened string while playing at high positions. Sounds very unique. Also, as people say, he is very clear, accurate. Also he uses his left hand 5th finger rarely. He prefers use just 3 fingers. His guitar sound is also quite unique. From just a few notes we can surely say that this is Eric playing.

  • @DavidJones-jw7qq
    @DavidJones-jw7qq10 жыл бұрын

    "This is a poor performance from him" ya ok, you're one of THOSE people

  • @markhenson1427

    @markhenson1427

    10 жыл бұрын

    I bet you couldn't play it dumbass!

  • @DavidJones-jw7qq

    @DavidJones-jw7qq

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hey mark, did u notice how I used quotation marks? Figure out what those mean, then well talk

  • @minighs

    @minighs

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Jones Yes I am hahaha I think he plays the actually song way too fast and his playing and improve suffers. 98% of the song is good though. I just think the song doesn't thrive at that tempo. I guess I'm just used to the studio version.

  • @clintostwald435

    @clintostwald435

    6 жыл бұрын

    Adam Gerlach adrenaline

  • @meisterjubjub7606

    @meisterjubjub7606

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@markhenson1427 Ironic how you called him a dumbass

  • @herbie9123
    @herbie9123 Жыл бұрын

    What a great piece of music

  • @erikarnald419
    @erikarnald4195 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Guitar Hero 3

  • @JMcKaySV
    @JMcKaySV9 жыл бұрын

    I'm such a shit guitarist

  • @IwishIwereJoe

    @IwishIwereJoe

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes... Yes you are * with Eric's inspirational music in the background*

  • @mckay91095

    @mckay91095

    8 жыл бұрын

    +James McKay You're a McKay dude, you are not a shit guitarist

  • @christianmickels9394

    @christianmickels9394

    8 жыл бұрын

    listening to this makes me feel the same way

  • @Trueplagiary

    @Trueplagiary

    8 жыл бұрын

    I feel your pain... I've been playing almost a decade; then I watch him play this so damn effortlessly and it's like I've never even seen a guitar in person, let alone held/played one.. . I have stupid fingers, I will never come within one tiny iota of this level of awe-striking, sublime, and again in his hands easy looking mastery. Watching him play this is such an ethereal experience.

  • @rcstringers

    @rcstringers

    8 жыл бұрын

    This is the best guitar performance ive ever seen I think. Masterpiece really

  • @Omahamaho
    @Omahamaho4 жыл бұрын

    2:00 the trademark Johnson Reacharound

  • @BubblegumDog_

    @BubblegumDog_

    4 жыл бұрын

    What is he actually doing there? I've always wondered.

  • @fo8688

    @fo8688

    4 жыл бұрын

    Always wondered that too. @Omahamaho, could you explain?

  • @patriciacomo1681
    @patriciacomo16815 жыл бұрын

    I love cliffs of dover ny number 1 go to hit when i want to hear my favorites ,

  • @esnatzea
    @esnatzea5 ай бұрын

    The silence in the intro makes it even better, everyone enjoying this masterpiece

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