# 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:** 2
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/21 "2022-06-09T20:37:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I was actually wondering how quickly that would be posted. Happy to oblige 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/22 "2022-06-09T20:42:31Z")
This trombone performance (starts at 14:41 and it should be linked to start there). The guy starts a solo at 15:03 and it’s like…what?? That kind of breath power to make such a loud, flawless sound and to still have the energy to hit such a range of notes. My lip hurts just listening to it. AND this is after they had marched their show, and participated in some back-and-forth with the other band. I bet the world’s best classical jazz trombonist couldn’t even do this without a ton of practice. It’s very hard to make a loud trombone sound this good. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5qBrPtrVbCQ/maxresdefault.jpg "BC Homecoming Edition | Trombone Battle | "BC Funk Phi Slide v. MC Trombone Section" (Oct.12.2019)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBrPtrVbCQ) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/23 "2022-06-09T20:50:32Z")
Sure Everybody has heard Pachelbel’s Canon ad nauseum but I bet you never heard it quite like this. As it goes along it just keeps getting better and better and better and better… [Hiromi Jazz in Marciac 2010 fragm 1 Canon in D Johann Pachelbel - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSYQBBVcQ4) Not sure why I don’t get the nice embedded YouTube link, but if you click on that it’s worth it I promise. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/24 "2022-06-09T21:48:59Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > This one is from a live performance in Austin, Texas: The guy who did the original wasn’t too shabby either. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/25 "2022-06-09T22:50:31Z")
Yep, you beat me. Still blows me away. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/26 "2022-06-09T22:55:57Z")
Johnny Winter - “Mean Town Blues” live at Woodstock, 1969 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M6kPQLLLYAc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGH8gNyg1MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCFGz9-A9GthtM4xAb2KQqBgUX35Q "Johnny Winter - Woodstock 1969.mp4") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6kPQLLLYAc) An awesome version played on a 12 string guitar with only 6 strings on it for extra bending space. “They say if you remember Woodstock, you weren’t there, and that’s pretty much right,” Winter said. “I don’t remember a whole lot. I was tired and asleep on the bus when we got the call to be onstage. I’m surprised it’s as good as it was because I was half-asleep when we began. We played and left. And of course we weren’t in the movie. It was my manager’s idea to not be in the movie; the festival lost money, so he figured the movie would too. He always said it was the biggest mistake he ever made.” - [Johnny Winter Looks Back, Through the Songs That Made Him Famous – Texas Monthly](https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/johnny-winter-looks-back-through-the-songs-that-made-him-famous/) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/27 "2022-06-10T00:03:28Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Not sure why I don’t get the nice embedded YouTube link, but if you click on that it’s worth it I promise. You’re not kidding. Not being a big jazz fan I had never heard if her but that put a smile on my face. And I found her lovely cover of the Beatles Blackbird [Hiromi - Blackbird (Official Audio)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUC3gm4KA_o) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/28 "2022-06-10T02:32:51Z")
Dr. John and Etta James [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rxGNZnnwyCg/hqdefault.jpg "Etta James + Doctor John 'I'd Rather Go Blind' 1987") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGNZnnwyCg) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/29 "2022-06-11T19:01:32Z")
One of my favorite performers - Geoff Achison: [Whippin’ Post](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zow6KAplXw) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/30 "2022-06-11T19:08:22Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s38ignmTqFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son (Live from Canada Jam)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s38ignmTqFQ) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/31 "2022-06-11T19:16:56Z")
I know the OP asks for a short explanation, but no explanation is needed here. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s9PQ7qPkluM/maxresdefault.jpg "André Rieu & Amira - O Mio Babbino Caro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PQ7qPkluM) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/32 "2022-06-11T19:22:48Z")
So much guitar and yet I can’t not add this one. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4uJ_lK_F-mQ/hqdefault.jpg "Tomoyasu Hotei - BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uJ_lK_F-mQ) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/33 "2022-06-11T19:22:54Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Speaking of great guitarists, here is one of the best ever, Stevie Ray Vaughn. One of my favorites from him is this clip of him warming up. It’s amazing that he walks onto the stage yawning and then plays this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yQ2dvtMuFqs/hqdefault.jpg "Stevie Ray Vaughan & DT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ2dvtMuFqs) There’s a longer version of it ([here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grBmQwLSlDw)), towards the end, around 14 mins in, you can tell something went wrong. The drummer is looking over his shoulder, people start moving around on stage and eventually the music stops and we see that the piano(?) player’s bench broke and he fell. I don’t recall if I read it in the comments or if I read it here, but I never noticed it until someone mentioned either that that was them or that they were with the crew or something along those lines. And, of course, we can’t forget about Stevie Ray and Jimmy playing the same guitar at the same time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GSHDWIxPoaA/hqdefault.jpg "STEVIE RAY & JIMMY VAUGHAN - PIPELINE ON DOUBLE NECK GUITAR") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSHDWIxPoaA) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/34 "2022-06-11T19:26:26Z")
These guys are simply amazing. These two videos, IMO, are particularly good. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xy1nPA9tBjQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sloop John B - Beach Boys Cover (Live From The Bus)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy1nPA9tBjQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1T3B502Ut94/maxresdefault.jpg "Stuck In The Middle With You - Cover (Feat. Reina and Toni)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3B502Ut94) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/35 "2022-06-11T19:28:45Z")
Sorry for not saying what we should be looking for. The high fret work. The low fret work too. Just all 'round impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/36 "2022-06-11T19:31:47Z")
I found Rockloe via [this Hotel California solo cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4bdKXdGHmM). All her covers are amazing, but I particularly like this song (just in general and her cover): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gfREdn_d8-8/maxresdefault.jpg "Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond solo (Spark amp)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfREdn_d8-8) ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/37 "2022-06-11T20:02:34Z")
Cool. I like these two guys on the street in Jerusalem (Breslev Brothers). Guy on the Strat has really got Gilmour’s phrasing down. I like how he handles the keyboard solo, with his pinky on the volume knob. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D97gP-1zyqQ/maxresdefault.jpg ""Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in Jerusalem (uncut)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97gP-1zyqQ) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/38 "2022-06-11T20:22:29Z")
You might think there are three people playing…but Luca plays a three-necked guitar. Quite the one man band! I’m not clear on the tech, but I think that bottom neck has a widget that he uses to record the part on the first pass, play back. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eg16mepPImk/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - With Or Without You - Luca Stricagnoli - Fingerstyle Guitar") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg16mepPImk) [Encore? Here’s “Thriller,” using two standard separate guitars.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ_pDcjICtw) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/39 "2022-06-11T20:57:43Z")
When talking about this subject, this has to be included in any suchlike. [Vincent Black Lightning 1952](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931/40 "2022-06-11T21:12:00Z")
This is always a fun one to watch: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qYtrnr4chfU/maxresdefault.jpg "Legend of Zelda - Main Theme on Marimba") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYtrnr4chfU) (I’m so tempted to jump down the Postmodern Jukebox rabbit hole. They have no shortage of impressive musical performances) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931.md?page=3)