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Like many non-females, when I have noticed it at all, I have found John Mayer's popularity as a pop musician to be tedious and perhaps not entirely justified.  I suspect that this has something to do with me being too old to be susceptible to the machinery of pop stardom's trickery.  But I have not been wholly ignorant of his accomplishments as a guitarist.  I haven't paid close attention, but I know the kid can play.  So I was noodling my way through a bunch of youtube clips and this live performance of his hit "Gravity" came along, and I decided to check it out with more than the usual "I'll let it play while I work" level of interest.

Holy crap, this guy's good. The solo he kicks off at 4:45ish demonstrates some serious fluidity and musicality, and the nifty-tricks aficionado in me is awestruck by his facility for bending harp harmonics behind the nut.

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A sweet new song from a Progressive Metal band from my hometown of Brisbane, Australia! Going to probably go see these guys later this year for my first concert since I turned 18. I love how talented their singer is. Enjoy!  :headbang:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QJlFdFquiY[/youtube]


And here are some isolated vocals from 2 albums ago.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvmgK3-l4YY[/youtube]
 
Stumbled into this.  Thought that I'd share:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/vqhoPqDR47c[/youtube]
 
Mayfly said:
Stumbled into this.  Thought that I'd share:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/vqhoPqDR47c[/youtube]
Click to expand...

At 22:55 Joe gets real:

"This is all stuff you don't wanna discuss while on a date with a girl, 'cause that means you're not gonna get a second one."
 
I was exposed to these guys at work and have been listening to them rather a lot lately. The whole album is solid, I've really been enjoying it. File under "Southern Rock"...
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Time for some palate cleansers...

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And then something to rinse the Weird Al out of your ears...

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Aaaannd... scene.
 
One of my favorite Queen tunes, and a fine example of one of Brian's best tricks - the ability to wrench gut-level tones that immediate reach for the sky to screech outrage, sprinting octaves to juxtapose expression in a few measures or less. Another tune where he does a lot of that is in "Flick of the Wrist"...

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Lotta subtle nattering in the background, then at about the 1:50 mark, off we go!
 
More Acoustic astonishingment -

Jon Gomm's solo version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vCcZIARw9k

One day I'll learn how to embed the clip in my message...
 
That Jon Gomm vid is something.  I run hot and cold on the Michael Hedges acolytes - some just sound kinda all-the-same-as-each-other, but some of them take it someplace new of their very own.  Gomm is one of the latter.
 
Man attacks 14-year-old second-hand guitar in public with a stick and horse hair...

[youtube]https://youtu.be/sarm8rzdY3Y[/youtube]
 
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