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Music Videos 02

Jazz-Fusion Guitar: Mike Stern Band (with Bob Berg) - Chromazone

Now this is one crazy tune. Mike Stern is one of the best jazz guitar players out there. Very tastefull to say the least. The band this clip is with has Bob Berg on tenor sax, Dennis Chambers on drums, Lincoln Goines on bass and Steffen Brix on keys. Regardless of if you say you are into jazz or if you think fusion is un-cool - I don't think any musician would be able to dismiss how great the playing in this clip is. The band is phenomenal. How can any band play that tight? Talk about in the pocket.

Hear my Train A Comin' - Hendrix by Byron Holmes

This dude is insane. I have never watched anyone playing guitar like Hendrix as well as this. He's taken it beyond being a Jimi wanna be or clone - the dude is playing some seriously great music. Pretty cool. I'd love to see him live. Just have to jump on a plane to France. Make sure you watch for when he comes in singing - imagine if you walked into the place in the middle of that - you'd have to take a second look.

Dickie Betts with his son Duane

Breaking down the guitar parts to Jessica, the great song made famous by The Allman Brothers Band.

Third Arm -Blue Sky

Have you even walked into a venue with no expectations and then a band comes on and totally blows you away? A few years ago I walked into a small bar and the above band came on and just blew my mind. YouTube doesn't do the band justice, the closest I can put my point across is that I walked into the venue and thought:

"Duane Allman is in the house."

"Duane Allman is in the house!"

Damn man, now that was a good day.

Anyway - the band in question, Third Arm, became a friend of Free Jam Tracks and I'm really glad to have found a clip on YouTube of the band playing an original number, Blue Sky. Very cool for a band that has no record company backing and done it all themselves. The singer sounds like a cross between Warren Haynes and Mike Mattison from the Derek Trucks Band. Nothing but soul. This IS what music is all about. It's about the soul, the energy, it's about Mabo, it's all about the vibe man. Rock on Third Arm!

Thank you so much for keeping it real.