# Post an impressive individual music performance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931 "2022-06-09T19:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/1 "2022-06-09T19:09:38Z")
Give a short explanation of what it is and what we should be looking/listening for. This is Smashing Pumpkins, “Geek USA” from Siamese Dream, played live in Germany. This is from their video EP “Vieuphoria.” They play it almost double-time from the studio version; just keep a watch on the drummer, Jimmy Chamberlain. If you’re familiar with the song, you’ll notice he literally never misses a beat, even at this speed: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0PBeAIV-L-c/hqdefault.jpg "Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA (Live Munich Germany 1993)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PBeAIV-L-c) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/2 "2022-06-09T19:14:46Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X3ruKFDmChY/maxresdefault.jpg "Jørgen Dahl Moe | Dancing In the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) | Blind auditions | The Voice Norway") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ruKFDmChY) Hope this works, awesome performance! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/3 "2022-06-09T19:18:37Z")
Just watch Glen’s fingers. Roy ain’t too bad, either. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v_kbgjsuCec/hqdefault.jpg "Glen Campbell & Roy Clark Play "Ghost Riders in the Sky"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kbgjsuCec) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/4 "2022-06-09T19:19:51Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GUBhE00h9U0/maxresdefault.jpg "Glen Campbell - William Tell Overture (smokin' instrumental)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUBhE00h9U0) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/5 "2022-06-09T19:21:05Z")
That was my second choice! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/6 "2022-06-09T19:22:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That was my second choice! - Great minds think alike. So do ours. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/7 "2022-06-09T19:25:50Z")
Apologies for the poor quality of this video; it appears to be from a TV show from the '80s. This is Steve Howe, guitarist for Yes, Asia, and GTR, playing a solo piece on a twelve-string guitar, “Sketches in the Sun.” (I first heard the song on GTR’s one-and-only studio album, in 1986.) What I find impressive is that, in the “verses,” he’s simultaneously playing the melody (on the upper strings) and the harmony (on the lower strings), on the same guitar. He’s strumming the lower strings with his pick (using his thumb and index finger), while strumming the upper strings with his middle and ring fingers. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lj-k2PNFl2w/hqdefault.jpg "Steve Howe - Sketches in the Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-k2PNFl2w) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/8 "2022-06-09T19:31:22Z")
Glen Campbell is fantastic guitarist. I was always partial to this performance: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ETkzK9pXMio/maxresdefault.jpg "Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (terrific guitar break)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/9 "2022-06-09T19:33:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That was my second choice! Mine, as well! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/10 "2022-06-09T19:34:13Z")
Speaking of great guitarists, here is one of the best ever, Stevie Ray Vaughn. There are so many songs to choose from and you really cannot go wrong. This one is from a live performance in Austin, Texas: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cFwTbsKkqxE/maxresdefault.jpg "Stevie Ray Vaughan ~Voodoo Child ~ Live From Austin T") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwTbsKkqxE) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/11 "2022-06-09T19:35:07Z")
The amazing pianist Khatia Buniatishvili takes on Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto #1 in a performance dedicated to Zubin Mehta. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nBsl7D9i6aM/maxresdefault.jpg "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1 - Maestro Mehta's 80th birthday - Khatia Buniatishvili") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBsl7D9i6aM) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/12 "2022-06-09T19:38:16Z")
Pretty much everything he does is well beyond the description of “impressive”. But this is one of my favorite pieces of music in the first place, so it’s the one I will use as an example. Apparently finger style guitar _is_ a thing, though not something that I learned from my local music store private lessons as a teenager. And while I’ve seen people tap their guitars with the beat, I’ve never seen it used as an entire percussion section. I can’t imagine the finger strength he has in order to pull this off. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6gQ7m0c4ReI/maxresdefault.jpg "Marcin - Moonlight Sonata on One Guitar (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQ7m0c4ReI) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/13 "2022-06-09T19:44:38Z")
A personal all-time favorite track here. Believe it or not, there is only one guitar in this song. That’s all coming out of Charlie Byrd, live. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XX9FxZwM0SU/hqdefault.jpg "Charlie's Blues (Live At The Concord Summer Festival, Concord, CA / June 28, 1974)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX9FxZwM0SU) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/14 "2022-06-09T19:58:39Z")
I like this guy, starting around 20:40: [https://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/Archive/shows/2004/John\_Peel\_20040414.mp3](https://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/Archive/shows/2004/John_Peel_20040414.mp3) What you should be listening for is a one-man-band ! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/15 "2022-06-09T20:01:32Z")
Jimmy’s a monster. My favorite Youtube video of him drumming is from [this performance at Megaland in Germany, 1994.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8Ky7Lb2Ko) It’s just mesmerizing watching him. Speaking of drummers, I do love Stewart Copeland in this following link, but what cracks me up each time I see it starts at 5:51, where he’s drumming while finishing off a watermelon. I just find it hilarious. And then he goes into his octoban nuttiness that he was known for in that era, followed by Sting yelling “Don’t slow down!” which is probably the only time Sting has ever told Stewart not to slow down. 🙂 : [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cpN06yiyYxo/hqdefault.jpg "The Police- "I Can't Stand Losing You" on Countdown 1979") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpN06yiyYxo) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/16 "2022-06-09T20:05:32Z")
that’s asking me to log in … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/17 "2022-06-09T20:09:00Z")
They are just trying to stymie bots; if you click on “cancel” it will display the user name and password. Or PM me if that doesn’t work ETA about the guy: > [@](#): > > **Jawbone** is the pseudonym of Bob Zabor, an American blues musician from Detroit. He is particularly unusual in that he is a one-man band. The instruments he plays include the harmonica, the guitar and the tambourine. He deliberately aims for a lo-fi sound, akin to early blues recordings. The name apparently takes its name from a home business moving company. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/18 "2022-06-09T20:23:34Z")
This has been posted here before, but I’m always happy for an excuse to share (and watch) it again: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6SFNW5F8K9Y/hqdefault.jpg "Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y) It’s a live performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the 2004 Rock n’ Roll HOF ceremony, featuring Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, and - eventually - Prince, who comes on to give one of the most blistering and scene stealing guitar performances of all time. It’s a legendary performance, including the magic disappearing guitar at the end. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/19 "2022-06-09T20:24:30Z")
well, cancel didn’t work … but i managed to find it eventually ! Cool… a Seasick Steve vibe ! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/20 "2022-06-09T20:34:17Z")
I was actually wondering how quickly that would be posted. One of the legendary ones! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931.md?page=2)