Michael Landau

dindude

Can we have some appreciation please. I’ve been aware of him forever, but for some unknown reason only really recently started to listen to him properly and my giddy goodness he’s probably the closest to the perfect guitarist (for me) I’ve heard in a long time. The touch, tone, phrasing, vitality, personality is all there.

I mean this is vid is of a basic blues but it pisses all over the internet blues hero’s (naming no names) that are trotted out at the moment. The guys’ 60 this year and killing it.

https://youtu.be/hC9mNaZ90yo

cmacguitar

lovely stuff, Ian Thomas on kit too. Also, lovely stuff

richardhomer

Sounding very Beck-like on that - I agree he’s a great player.

interstellar

none better

interstellar

none better

revsorg

One of the things I really like about Landau is his blatant willingness to stomp on a pedal to take his solo where it needs to go 

Winny_Pooh

Very nice, more players should be trying and  playing double bucker strats. Every time I hear one (Jimmy Herring too) I'm impressed.

stratman3142

I'm a big fan.

welshboyo

An absolute monster player, his hendrix moments are something else

Kebabkid

Welshboyo beat me to it but Lukather reckons there's no one better at Hendrix or Hendrix-inspired than Landau.

He's certainly versatile and diverse and probably more so than his friends and LA session contemporaries like Lukather, Huff and Michael Thompson. From syrupy, processed pop sessions for Wilson Phillips to a sideman for Joni Mitchell or his jazz-fusion moments or even his very raw, grungey/Hendrix band, The Raging Honkies, he has a pretty unique voice and sound.

west

Also dont forget his compositional skills , Tales from the bulge is fantastic ....

west

darcym

his new album just got rave reviews and is supposed to be sonically very deep, I'm going to grab it

dindude

welshboyo said:

An absolute monster player, his hendrix moments are something else

Yes indeed, this version of Little Wing is monstrous.
https://youtu.be/4-JV5K0C--w

west

Mickeyji

Mickeyji

That's one of the prettiest tunes ever played on an electric IMO

dindude

Mickeyji said:

That's one of the prettiest tunes ever played on an electric IMO

Yeah, that is stunning!

west

I hear john barry in that tune , maybe mikey's been watchin midnight cowboy , very pretty , i like  this too ....

ZenOvertone

To my surprise his new CD was one of the "featured artists" on prominent display in the local HMV (yes there's still a few stores around - Canterbury).  Purchased :-)

Philtre

Yeah, he was great in Space 1999 too!










Wait...that was Martin Landau.