Inspirational Guitarist (warning Jazz inside)

RichValentine

Was browsing Youtube for some Jazz stuff earlier and came across this. Don't need to watch all of it but this guy is amazing.

Blind guitarist with a strange but impressive technique, also seems to play every other istrument under the sun as well.

OilCityPickups

Same as the late, great Jeff Healey did for electric blues. seems to make for some unusual note spacings and groupings that sound really cool.

impmann

I loved Jeff Healey but always wanted to turn that f*cking chorus pedal off!!

OilCityPickups

Saw him live a couple of times ... awesome, and a truly lovely bloke.

axisus

That's very cool! 

I loved Jeff Healey's 1st album with all the blues (see the light is one of my fave tracks!), but I didn't like his poppy stuff so much later. Great talent though.

Bellycaster

Awesome, I feel truly abashed.

Kebabkid

Great playing!
Cheers for that RichValentine.

cruxiform

Fantastic and inspiring.

bertie

TheGuitarWeasel said:

Same as the late, great Jeff Healey 

ah yes, loved his first album.  

What year is that clip ?  be interesting to see if either got inspiration from themselves / ever met...............

RichValentine

In the video he says he hadn't heard of Jeff Healey until his mid-late teens. He started playing when he was 4 so had developed most of his technique by then. He also plays something ridiculous like mandolin, piano, clarinet, saxophone, harmonica and a few other instruments.

cruxiform

It might be 2012 as he talks about 2008 being about 4 years ago. The jam they have later in the video is fantastic.

streethawk

Bellycaster said:

Awesome, I feel truly abashed.

Seconded.

Remarkable stuff. 

Fretwired

Amazing .... inspirational.