It's easy to jump in and say which guitarist I prefer, but for me, the biggest attraction of this video is just how incredibly different they are all from each other. Each is absolutely wonderful in their own way.

@nickbouvy8851

5 жыл бұрын

John Hegarty yep. And no attention seeking princesses!

@1telemaster

5 жыл бұрын

I loved when Tomo could’ve just RIPPED on the solo the last time around, and laid back and played the TASTIEST NOTES HE SHOULD HAVE,instead of the blazing stuff he could have..

@57Stratocat

5 жыл бұрын

+++ Each is uniquely different, but to me the real joy here is how they all LISTEN & RESPOND to each other with the final goal of making each other sound even better. They make this into a really interesting conversation to witness.

@jimtalltheislandbrothers6639

4 жыл бұрын

They all showed great musicianship to the Hammond player as they moved out the way to let him shine when he soloed. Fantastic.

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

4 жыл бұрын

i think thats quite possibly the most shared common perception of this amazing array of incredible talent

tomo bending is soooooo goooooood

@mr_bluesrocker4230

4 жыл бұрын

@Beard Guy101 yeah and he was pretty much out of timing, Eric first 2/3 of his solo too :/

@einarabelc5

4 жыл бұрын

He has Tomo after Tomo of lessons on it. ;) Use Translate: Spanish.

@keepemlo

4 жыл бұрын

Very original

@Pudekz51790

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt Tomo’s influence on John Mayer. You can here it on those bends

@aaronlusher288

3 жыл бұрын

WhySoSerious? Honestly bending is one of those things imo mayer and tomo have complete different sounds on

I love Tomo man. Everything about him, the perfect bends, the phrasing and of course those dance moves!

@Jeff4014

3 жыл бұрын

He learned from Eric gales, and then he just tried to do it more softly

@benjaminz2523

2 жыл бұрын

Gimme eric gales any day

@whynottalklikeapirat

2 жыл бұрын

This was a great one from Tomo

@Donfleebie1

8 ай бұрын

I feel that way about Matt. Perfect bends, phrasing, and stick a nice scale in every once in a while.

Matt Schofield is so sophisticated. Eric Gale is so raw. Tomo is so educated.

@methenyjazz

6 жыл бұрын

Panu Panuparb I totally Agree your right!

@nickbouvy8851

5 жыл бұрын

To o is also an extraordinary crab dancer😎

@Pudge4400

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget my boy Josh...he's a guitar wunderkind!

@telecasterbear

4 жыл бұрын

Josh is so handsome.

@SimpleManGuitars1973

4 жыл бұрын

@@telecasterbear Josh, is that you??? LOL!

Tomo's dancing is definitely the best.

@ayushmanbhalla8737

4 жыл бұрын

Alfalfa Male the crab 🦀 dance

@MatraBatra

4 жыл бұрын

@@ayushmanbhalla8737 his dancing is so cute lmao he doesnt fit in with those big dudes

@thebilsproject

4 жыл бұрын

he plays better than all the big dudes

@Pudekz51790

4 жыл бұрын

Robbin tomo has the most melodic improvisation among all of em. Some are just shredding and don’t have a flow. Tomo built up his improvisation so good. His double stop was on point. And those bends at the end are just singing. I mean he is the teacher of John Mayer after all.

@thebilsproject

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pudekz51790 i bet Robin is a noob he can't understand either

Tomo telling everyone you don't need high gain to play a good solo

@SimpleManGuitars1973

4 жыл бұрын

Tomo is probably the only dude to ever say he could actually take Josh Smith to school. Get it? LOL!

@benmtz

4 жыл бұрын

Spot on ! What a refine solo :)

@JJoshua_V

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!. Tomo legend. Man I can’t get enough of this.

@bobrheaume5774

3 жыл бұрын

Just good math skills?

@pippo9830

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobrheaume5774 that's called music theory. You can't play a solo like these 4 do if you don't understand roman numeral analysis of the scale, chord changes, triads, modes etc.

Every single phrase in Tomo's solo flowed perfectly onto the next and had a reason for being there. Mind-blowing.

@kieranoconnor333

Жыл бұрын

@@KP-by4eu And you're understating.

I was afraid Tomo was going for a stage dive.

@stevekirby7333

4 жыл бұрын

Tomo was just playing the blues and not trying to hurt anyone. He could have gone off from RF to heavy jazz vocabulary. But he's too humble. Just play some blues with feeling.

@LucaMusicBeats

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

That Tomo solo was the best I’ve heard in a while! Tasteful, tight and creative, brilliant 🎸

@benmtz

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more ! Watched it like 20 times not even kidding, those chromatic bends blew my mind 🙌🏼

@rschelyoung8705

Жыл бұрын

To follow Eric gales takes a confident man with a plan....awesome

Eric Gales is just from another planet. Just soul and fire. My new favorite player.

@Guitarwizardjoinme

7 жыл бұрын

He's got the fucking magic. My favorite player too.

@Jeff4014

6 жыл бұрын

Pure magic another thing another level guthrie govan plays guitar , Eric gale lives and gives guitar

@paulwarren8936

5 жыл бұрын

I'm totally with....more real heart and soul. Joe B is the master of technique...but Eric's playing is all him...real, raw and super talented. So glad I just discovered this guy.

@sawdust6968

5 жыл бұрын

yes he is MIND BLOWING!;-)

@Pudge4400

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Smith is from the 3rd moon of that planet.

As Tomo was building his solo Eric kept looking at nodding. Then he applauds when Tomo is done. Eric is a monster player but he knows when he heard something good. Enjoyed all of it.

Tomo Fujita was the standout for me

@Kaspen82

4 жыл бұрын

Luey Sixty-six why can’t you just like them all for the qualities they bring? Why does everything have to be a competition?

@nitrogenax2327

4 жыл бұрын

Kaspen82 he’s just saying he liked him the most

@CptFoot.

4 жыл бұрын

Kaspen82 Are you wondering why relativity exists in a world with observing creatures? Seems like a pretty elementary thing to have an issue with. Learn about thinking beings and then learn about the world around you. That will explain why things are “competitive” as you put it.

@benmtz

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah no doubt about that 🙌🏼

Standing applause for tomo

Tomo did a great job of following Eric G. (talk about a hard act to follow!) by going in a totally opposite direction and pulling out some classic swing/hard bop riffs and messing with time like Grant Green used to do (who was a time master)

@alward5678

5 жыл бұрын

These guys are All Excellent Guitarist. Love em All. The Mystery is, Why does the Blues make you Feel So Good....🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️?

@Prossdog

4 жыл бұрын

That’s why they’re pros. They don’t get flustered or intimidated by the last guy, they just each do their individual things and it all works amazingly.

@SimpleManGuitars1973

4 жыл бұрын

@@Prossdog Honestly everybody on that stage would bow down to Tomo for his incredible knowledge even though he doesn't look as "cool" or whatever as the rest of them. He's the guy that everybody bullies but then one day he decides to fight and everyone winds up fearing. LOL!

@thexplode7

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 everybody bullies tomo?

@SimpleManGuitars1973

2 жыл бұрын

@@thexplode7 No not in reality. I was just meaning he's like the unassuming guy that turns out to be able to destroy people like in the movies or something.

damn josh smith is great singer !!!

Josh Smith is a great vocalist!

@tashaclaire7258

2 жыл бұрын

And an incredible guitarist! x

@tashaclaire7258

2 жыл бұрын

Check out him playing Let me love you at Lucky strike with Artur Menezes x

This is like the Mt Rushmore of modern blues guitar....Tomo doesn’t jump out at you and rip your head off (like Gales...OMG that guy is a performer)...but when listen closer to Tomo’s phrasing, his perfect intonation on his bends...he has the balls and audacity to play slow...so every note is examined and seen...and they all do. I’m a fan..

Gales has so many licks at his disposal with those pentatonic runs he does. He's like a melting pot that someone chunked a little Eric Johnson, Hendrix and Shawn Lane in there and you know that's gonna taste REALLY good.

@bobrheaume5774

3 жыл бұрын

He amazes me every time he takes the lead.

@keithremedy

3 жыл бұрын

He’s super nice too he gave me some tips on playing and performing that I really took to heart after meeting him at the Fillmore in SF. He said get high on music and the women and to stay away from the party and the drugs. It stuck with me cause it was the largest crowd I had ever played in front of and to get some sort approval from Eric Gales it made my night. One of the coolest experiences of my life.

@andrewcruz7595

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh I heard Hendrix right away

@porkbelly0713

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithremedy He really is a great guy. Son and I used to hang out with him a few times in Memphis and play "roadies" for him before he moved north. My son helped him early on with his website back in 2009 - 2010, and Eric was nice enough to give him a credit on the Transformation liner notes, Arthur Smith. We don't get to see him all that often now, I guess the last time was at The Caverns in Pelham TN a few years back. I tell you what, he and Walter Trout flat tore that cave down :-))

@oliverfunk6606

Жыл бұрын

@TruthSurge: ...and a hugh portion of Buddy Guy, I think.

Eric's unpredictability & combustion is something to behold.... even when he's playing at a whisper it's so intense... like... the shotgun is right behind the whisper... he's something special

Tomo is smart. Blending jazzy stuff into blues. Eric Gale is wild & raw. A Monster.

The bassist looks like a weird young version of Quentin Tarantino.

@Gentle50113

4 жыл бұрын

He's also a member of scary pocket. Great bassman imho.

@user-zl3jt6nq8u

4 жыл бұрын

Well put !

@user-kb8fe4vd4j

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it !!!

@younesbahamou9084

4 жыл бұрын

He's a mixture of Michael Shannon and Quentin Tarantino

@marcosgutierrez9820

4 жыл бұрын

The bassists is on cocain

Eric giving Tomo ‘the look’ during Tomos jumping is the best thing since sliced bread. Bass player having the time of his life, by the way. This was amazing

Josh's voice really suits the blues.. so much talent on stage.

Not one Humbucker was harmed in the making of this video.

@braydontomak

2 жыл бұрын

nope, just several single coils lol

Sensei doin his crab thang😂

Gotta love Tomo’s crab dance

Eric Gales is from another planet. What a great musical chemistry!

These guys are all playing in the pocket, man. What a great performance. Drum and bass giving a fantastic rythm...the rest is now history. Wow. I'm blown away. 🤪

2019 If musicians like them would get together more often that they would, there is still hope for what is left of music worth listening to.

tomo is a master at the jump blues genre

Far out they are all absolute killer. Eric Gales solo really got to me... that passion !!!

Tomo's improvisation ideas are excellent, musicality, melodies almost telling a story and the speed ordered at the right moment, wonderful!

Eric Gales, your timing and melodic structure is something to behold.

I know it's not a competition, but Tomo's solo was clearly the best in my book - interesting, musical, dynamic. And he deviated from the standard pentatonic stuff. I could have listened to another 12 bars of him soloing. Not sure I can say that about the others

The reverse technique that Eric has is a beat of of mind boggling....And Josh is a force of nature both as a vocalist and a guitarist...

Wow Tomo, Blues as no race, blues is from the deep soul.

This is my favorite Schofield solo. Also, I really enjoy Tomo's. He was really getting into it

These guys are all fabulous; but I really like this Tomo character! Very, very unique and so melodic!

@sdkdrummer

5 жыл бұрын

John Mayer's instructor at Berklee. Really nice guy. Had plenty of off line interchanges with him on TGP. Can play any style. Could keep up with any shredding going on, but that's not his thing. Incredible rhythm player too. Amazing funk rhythm chops. I've heard a phrase "Play like you have something to say, not something to prove". Matt's playing sounds all of a piece. Put together. Going somewhere, saying something other than "hey look at me". Gales can definitely play, but he always feels to me like he's clubbing me over the head with it. Josh gets a little over the top for me sometimes but it's always going somewhere and he has an amazing vocabulary to put it together with. Would have been fun to hear him and Tomo playing around from bebop to Jimi.

Eric is the only cat there who has "DANGER" in his playing, a very rare quality (Jimi and Jeff)

Tomo.. pure education of how to use the bend of notes

Look at Johses face at 3:27 diging Matts turnaround and 2 secons later repeat the lick himself pure musicianship and respect ....They all kings of the modern blues scene!

tomo phrasing just beautifull like speaking

I do love Tomo very much but for fairness all of the seven musicians are equally fantastic in this video 🎸🎶🎵🔥

That bassist is having the time of his life

Those softer notes really stand out in this set. Sometimes less is more.

@ajkkysfsy

4 жыл бұрын

James Carter you are 100% that’s the problem with modern blues

Amazing. How was I not in the audience for this?? Eric Matt josh and tomo. The grooves are rich. ❤️❤️❤️. I knew this would be amazing. Tomo that solo was soaring.

Nobody beats anybody here. They all bring their own unique voice on the instrument and that’s the whole point of having them all up there. All killer players, and kudos to Josh for letting everyone else take the solo spots (we all know he’s a monster on that Tele too!). It’s a celebration of how personal and distinctive the guitar is, and what makes it such a captivating instrument in the first place.

I love the playing of all these guys but that solo by Tomo was just...wow.

Tomo's bending is killer!!

Damn, this is some fine guitar playing. Everyone's so talented, but Eric Gales, what in the living hell, the shivers were so strong I was LAUGHING while listening to the apex of some of his licks just to get rid of the energy surge this guy gave me. I'm SPEECHLESS!

All great masters. Different styles & tone.Gotta love it all!

So glad there is musicians out there like this still.

@Ashgrove17

4 жыл бұрын

shit yeah! what's not to like.

Holding his own after Eric Gales with a huge slowdown but tasteful phrasing is incredibly hard. I have a huge new found respect for Tomo. What a guy.

Einfach nur absolute Weltklasse, diese TOP Gitarristen zuhören, mit welcher Leidenschaft, mir feehlen fast die Worte, einfach großartig!!! Beste Grüße, Horst Lemke, Studiogitarrist und Produzent, Germany

I did 5 years of study in the uni. Those 10' taught me way more

9:14 Bass player is feeling it !

Matt’s face at 9.05 during Tomo’s EPIC solo says it all ! Happy days

I never heard about Matt before. Sorry! But he is unbelievable. Hui! I came across this video because of Josh Smith.

@stonelenny

7 жыл бұрын

A new Robben Ford!

@jasonrobertson8487

4 жыл бұрын

I think Matt's greatest assets are his dynamic approach and tone. He makes a Strat sound big as a house.

Right on, Tomo. Enjoyed your solo over all the others.

MY GOODNESS! This is freakin incredible. Shot out to the camera crew/editing team who captured everything. I love to see what these guys are doing on their instruments…the camera is at the right place at the right time. ❤

Tomo kamikazed the whole band in another direction

Of all the formidable guitar players on stage there, Matt Scofield's blues vocabulary, melody construction and timing are second to none. There is no waffle in his playing and there are no wasted notes to clutter his traditional blues phrasing, as he careens along like a freight train.

@amoneyshredder9513

4 жыл бұрын

riverbankfisher I wish I could write something like that , I agree , Matt is nasty nasty fella , and in a good way

@stevekirby7333

4 жыл бұрын

Matt and Tomo are my two favorites here. More than one gear. There are people with Tomo's knowledge and Matt's fluidity and grace. But that doesn't sell as much as flash and non-stop intensity.

wow. If you're a guitar player you learn SO much from this vid. Best players on the planet.

Eric's tone at 6:35 mark is just unreal and almost scratchy and fizzy. Man that sound is so nasty. Love it. He is a legend

All these guys are savages! I especially love hearing Tomo.

I love Tomo, he’s willing to answer questions And carry a conversation.

Hearing Eric then Tomo both solo and the contrast in their styles was so cool. I gotta say that Eric's concepts are way beyond what 90 percent of the other pro guitarists out there are playing or even comprehending. He is a musical Genius.

@joshmuz9018

4 жыл бұрын

He just sounds like he is forever playing tin Pan alley to me I'm every solo

Tomo's style is so uniquely Tomo. And I love the way he expresses himself when he plays a lead solo.

Tomo’s improvisation skill is super sayan god level

Eric Gales kills it , man hes great ...

Tomo gave the coolest solo here imo !! I went back 4/5 times to it what a great refine solo :)) I bought his album and loved it btw

Jesus Christ Tomo! What the hell was that, what an amazing sense for rhytm and phrasing. Completely blew me away, incredibly creative.

Every time I watch this I get jaw ache from smiling solidly for 10 minutes. Brilliant.

one of my favorite Gales moments! dude is just on fire this night!

Wow! Eric Gales is just burning! So much truth coming out, really improvising, and not just playing"the right notes bullshit blues" Great Amazing!

What I like about this is that all players are empathetic to each other and not trying to dominate the sound including the keys!

Tomo is the only one who kept time within his solo and didn’t step through the time to move on,,, unlike all the rest and his note selection & execution was almost flawless. Tomo gets the Cigar.

Can't beat Tomo musicality...

Ive been watching this video since it has been posted and it helped me track the evolution of my musical taste over the years. For years, I used to watch it until the end of Eric Gales solo, now I just fast forward the song to watch Tomo over and over...

Professor Fujita is like the crush of every guitarplayer.🖤🙏🤘🏻

@joshmuz9018

5 жыл бұрын

Rajesh Deb doubt it

WOW. ... The Three Musketeers RIDE AGAIN! ... All three of those Guys ARE KILLERS! ... subscribed! ... GIMME MORE!!!

You can really tell they´re having fun....

Eric Gales! What a genius! 💕💕💕💕

Nice shuffle.Started in the Delta,went to Chicago, almost went to jazz/blues fusion, all with great dynamics!

Eric Gales is a total beast on that upsidedown guitar.

Why am I finding this now?.. wow. Modern blues done right 4 guys 4 styles alll doin it right.

Isn’t it amazing how much fun great musos can have playing around only three chords! It certainly was fun listening!

GrandMaster Cosmic Blues Guitarist. Eric Gale #1 🎸🎼🎶🎶🦁

Tomo's guitar is awesome looking. Holy shit

7:46 that phrase hits the feels just right ❤

Well... I most certainly enjoyed this ❤️🙏🌹

These guys are all stretching guitar to new places - what a bunch of talent all in one spot!

Eric takes his time at first then he starts eating up frets. Tomo play those vocal lines. I like how Schofield just does what he does.

Excellent to see & hear. Thanks

Great ! Thanks for posting, eminencespeaker .

now that was refreshing...! beautiful!

Holy shit josh smith might be the best blues players of this era. Mindblowing

quite possibly the best Blues Jam I have ever heard!!!

@hosoiarchives4858

5 жыл бұрын

It was pretty good

@joshmuz9018

5 жыл бұрын

No way

What an excellent jam. Im a huge fan of all 4 of these players. It doesn't get much better than this.

Wowwwwww. It took me so long to watch this. Tomo my man!