speaking of Johnny Winter - don't forget Floyd!
Squier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5fnBlGNqwg&playnext=1&list=PL361FE6CFFA29A535
(portion of Jumpin Jack Flash jam) Keefer would be proud of 'em.
Floyd does one of the best rockin leads on this song I've ever heard.
and another from BBC (live) with Johnny really rockin it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gU6OxIf-0
JJF is one of my all time classic favorite songs
and if a band can't rock this song properly then they suck.
Plain and simple. These covers kinda set the bar for me.
(with props to Keefer for coming up with the song to begin with)
ps. I can't tell how many times I have heard this song
covered by a gazillion local bands - and most of them
either try to hold back and play it like the original
recorded version or (most of the time) they play it
way too overly distorted with wall of distortion/fuzz etc
and then attempt to shred lead play. They just don't get it (imho).
Floyd and Johnny rock it out but take it just to where it
needs to be. great cover stuff.
And yeah I know a player is supposed to develop his/her own stuff
but I use Floyd's lead as my way of playing JJF when jamming out
and so I learned his way of doing it as my 'base' and then from
there I start to develop some of my own lines and riffs. I figure
his way of playing JJF lead is not a bad place to start.
LULU
>
> JJF is one of my all time classic favorite songs
> and if a band can't rock this song properly then they suck.
> Plain and simple. These covers kinda set the bar for me.
> (with props to Keefer for coming up with the song to begin with)
>
I've been "fascinated" by "Jumping Jack Flash" since it was first
released. I couldn't guess how many times I've gigged the tune. My
brother and I used to jam it on a regular basis. Sometimes we played
JJF everyday and sometimes after we had been occupied by other
projects and hadn't seen each other for months. It was always fun to
get together and light up this Stones standard. Their are so many
different ways that I've played the song, or heard it played. Let's
see, open E, open D, standard tuning in the keys of B and A, on a 5
string, on a 6 string, on a 7 string. Keith usually plays JJF on a
Tele sans the low E string, tuned to open G with a capo at the fourth
fret. It's killer live material. Listen to the original. Bill Wyman
plays an interesting bass line. There are a lot of RS tunes where
Wyman is pivotal to the overall sound and yet somehow seems to be
playing a different song than the rest of the group.
Lulu : )
Here's a better BBC clip of J. Winter jamming JJF . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbj7byKxlZE
jtees4
One of the reasons I was upset when Johnny went all blues all the
time. Not because I dislike his blues, because I miss his great rock!
I grew up on his stuff, some of the best ever...especially live.
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Squier
Meat Plow
> Floyd Radford ain't no slouch either
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=R5fnBlGNqwg&playnext=1&list=PL361FE6CFFA29A535
>
> (portion of Jumpin Jack Flash jam) Keefer would be proud of 'em. Floyd
> does one of the best rockin leads on this song I've ever heard.
Damn that dude can play!
> and another from BBC (live) with Johnny really rockin it.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gU6OxIf-0
>
> JJF is one of my all time classic favorite songs and if a band can't
> rock this song properly then they suck. Plain and simple. These covers
> kinda set the bar for me. (with props to Keefer for coming up with the
> song to begin with)
>
> ps. I can't tell how many times I have heard this song covered by a
> gazillion local bands - and most of them either try to hold back and
> play it like the original recorded version or (most of the time) they
> play it way too overly distorted with wall of distortion/fuzz etc and
> then attempt to shred lead play. They just don't get it (imho). Floyd
> and Johnny rock it out but take it just to where it needs to be. great
> cover stuff.
>
> And yeah I know a player is supposed to develop his/her own stuff but I
> use Floyd's lead as my way of playing JJF when jamming out and so I
> learned his way of doing it as my 'base' and then from there I start to
> develop some of my own lines and riffs. I figure his way of playing JJF
> lead is not a bad place to start.
If you can find the tracks listen to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Johnny_Winter_And
Johnny and Rick Derringer. Just one ass kickin jam after another.
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