Who is this bloke covering Little wing?

rsvmark

Never heard of Sean Mann before. Can anyone fill me in? 

https://youtu.be/ssSN3_z1m60

Hell of a version I thought and while obviously influenced, I thought he did a fair bit to land his own stamp on it. Bravo sir

greejn

Yes, that's great.

greejn

He's on FB. Sean Mann guitar, from North east UK

guitars4you

Nice tone - Just how I like to hear a Strat - far less gain for most of the track - Some very nice touches

Very dark burst on that Strat -

Roland

Nice sound. Competent playing, but too many notes. I’ve always thought that the attraction of Little Wing is it’s sparseness.

goldtop

Fantastic playing. But it's a song, not a wank-edging exercise. I kept fast forwarding waiting for the lyrics to see how he balances the emotion of the guitar against the emotion in the lyrics. 

I prefer Aynsley Lister's version. Less pyrotechnics but tons more feeling.

robinbowes

Turned it off after two seconds when he started waving the neck around. *yawn*

axisus

goldtop said:

Fantastic playing. But it's a song, not a wank-edging exercise. I kept fast forwarding waiting for the lyrics to see how he balances the emotion of the guitar against the emotion in the lyrics. 

I prefer Aynsley Lister's version. Less pyrotechnics but tons more feeling.

I only have one Ainsley Lister album, but it is incredible playing and wonderfully creative soloing within the blues context. I must get more of his stuff and catch him live.

axisus

OK, so the video - I clicked on it and it said 10 minutes. Well, right off the bat that is way too indulgent for me. If you are going to do an instrumental of the track I'd say 4 mins max! 

Right, with that out of the way, lovely playing and superb stratty tones. I listened for a few minutes, but was never going to do 10! The guitar is a peach, but I have to say that for videos generally I prefer to see the musician than have his head cut off!

Superb guitarist, plays like I want to but way better that I ever achieved.

digitalkettle

LPManic

I enjoyed it. But the dude has been watching too many Chris Buck videos ha! Had to give up CB with all the neck waving and shaking he does!

LPManic

And after my smart arse comment above, I will say that even though I like Gibsons, these videos make me want to get a Strat.

rsvmark

And for balance…..

https://youtu.be/br7EOIDl1zU

goldtop

^ I watched that, but it lacks the energy and production of the first one I heard (Guitarist CD from many years ago).

EricTheWeary

axisus said:

goldtop said:

Fantastic playing. But it's a song, not a wank-edging exercise. I kept fast forwarding waiting for the lyrics to see how he balances the emotion of the guitar against the emotion in the lyrics. 

I prefer Aynsley Lister's version. Less pyrotechnics but tons more feeling.

I only have one Ainsley Lister album, but it is incredible playing and wonderfully creative soloing within the blues context. I must get more of his stuff and catch him live.

His live sound is great, the perfect balance of grit, dynamics and clarity for playing this kind of stuff. I’m not sure it entirely translates into the studio. He’s a good argument for having a wet-dry rig (although I appreciate that’s really the least of it). 

dindude

I like that. As far as instrumental versions of Little Wing go, I’ve always loved this Michael Landau clip, sweet but raw and when he hits that fuzz……glorious.

https://youtu.be/4-JV5K0C--w