McLaughin is to Hoots...

Romain

https://youtu.be/ks7IHecd4V0

one of my favourite interpretation of My Foolish Heart he perform in this live with Paco De Lucia.

Redlester

McLaughlin is an absolute giant of tge guitar and of jazz. 

Hootsmon

For me he is head and shoulders above all of his contemporaries for one reason, no, not his chops.....his composing skills

It's one thing being able to go widdle widdle eeeeee on the guitar at speed but it's another thing entirely to compose hundreds of rock and jazz toons

Hootsmon

PS IMO his masterpiece is visions of the emerald beyond .....

boogieman

Funny, Emerald Beyond is one of my least favourites. I do like most of his albums, but the Mahavishnu Mk1 era is probably the stuff I play the most. 

There was a great US band called The Mahavishnu Project that covered the early material. All superb musicians and they were very true to the original style, but they improvised and didn’t slavishly copy. They only made a couple of albums sadly. 

Greatape

I think he's truly underrated as a composer. 

I saw Remember Shakti with Srinivas (RIP), Selvaganesh. Amazing. Utterly breathtaking. Music being made at the absolute highest level. 

McLaughlin....excelling in  and revolutionising one musical area would usually be enough, but to do so in three...

Miles was good at picking them. 

Redlester

Hootsmon said:

PS IMO his masterpiece is visions of the emerald beyond .....

I love this too. Oh Lord supreme, supreme, let me fulfill my dream let me fulfill my dream... 

I am not religious but I love belting that out. 

Great album. I do think Birds of Fire is the best, because McG is absolutely feral and vicious on that album. That solo on the first track is like spitting fire. 

And the live album with Mahabishnu mki is great. 

Apocalypse has its moments too. 

I think my favourite single track is The Life Divine off Love, Devotion, Surender. You can tell that Santana is pushing himself as far as he can go. The wah wah section he does always grabs me. McG’s 12 string is on it. And Cobham on drums. What can you say? A complete master. 

Great thread Hoots. I find McG a compelling musician and an inspirational man. 

Hootsmon

Hootsmon

Here is a great short beautiful piece that demonstrates the writers love of odd meter and complex structure.....and it may be the worlds longest and greatest arpeggio

TAB is all over the net if you want a go,,,,Guardian Angel. Try playin' it with a pic like him 

There is a LOT more to J McL than widdleosity folks

jdgm

Hootsmon said:

There is a LOT more to J McL than widdleosity folks

Indeed. One of my favourites is "After The Rain" where he plays John Coltrane tunes (and more) in a trio with Elvin Jones, Coltrane's drummer.  And here's the concert -

Romain

As well ones of his summits are on the Miles albums Bitches Brew and Tribute to Jack Johnson.

boogieman

Hootsmon said:

@boogieman I saw the original Shakti in Glasgow with support act Kevin coyne

This pairing was almost as badly thought out as Hendrix /monkees

Lmao. What an awesome bill. 

I saw Kevin Coyne supporting Richard Thompson once. KC had to ask somebody from the audience to come up on stage to tune his guitar for him. 

Hootsmon

This was before punk mind you and the dude was gobbing freely on the floor like he was walking in park

@boogieman

Skipped

John (the Man) is both loved and hated.

https://www.johnmclaughlin.com/2015/12/having-a-normal-childhood-in-palestine-is-almost-impossible-today/

Hootsmon

That was a GREAT thing he did there

jdgm

Hootsmon said:

That was a GREAT thing he did there

Agree 100%.

Hootsmon