This is the most amazing musician I've ever seen.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 31 Jan 2012 9:24 am

I met this guy in the parking lot at the NAMM show. we parked in adjacent stalls and walked to the auditorium together, and chatted as we did so. Little did I realize at the time I was in the presence of a genius.

I feel honored just to have been in his presence for even a few minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DsnwSHCFDs

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 31 Jan 2012 9:31 am

Amazing!

Must be nice having three brains

Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 31 Jan 2012 10:41 am

Wow! great foot.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 31 Jan 2012 10:56 am

Craig Stock wrote:Amazing!

Must be nice having three brains

Yup.That way you can REALLY play a tune's....head.

Sam Conomo · Post by **Sam Conomo** » 31 Jan 2012 1:04 pm

thanks Mike for that gem,
loved it.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 31 Jan 2012 1:36 pm

I could enjoy a day full of this!

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 31 Jan 2012 6:45 pm

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 1 Feb 2012 1:59 am

Applaud!

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 1 Feb 2012 2:00 am

Applaud!

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 2 Feb 2012 8:32 pm

Back in the 60s and 70s when I was playing rock guitar in the mid-atlantic(NY to Fla)night club scene in top 40 bands,it was not uncommon to run into guys like that. I remember several trumpet/keyboard players,a trumpet/tap bass player,a trumpet/drummer,several drummer/bass players(one who tapped a horizontal Fender bass on a stand with one hand and one who played a Rhodes bass piano w/one hand) and Donald Quisenberry from Bill Deal & the Rhondells who played valve trombone/5 string bass. But my favorite was the late great Ronnie Hedland from Norfolk - a singing drummer who played keys with his right hand - all simultaneous and all genius level. Just brilliant. Sang like Ray Charles. My dear friend Ronnie was murdered for no particular reason in 1998 in Toronto.

Here's another one. Howard Levy. Howard played with Bela Fleck for a while.What makes this guy incredible is the way he can get chromatic scales in any key on a 10 hole diatonic blues harp by note bending. Nobody else can do that to my knowledge - especially while playing world class jazz piano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIO5vhVp ... re=related

Mark Fasbender · Post by **Mark Fasbender** » 19 Feb 2012 5:47 pm

chayo guzman was great. 2 sticks in 1 hand keys on left hand and bass pedals on 1 foot and heel to toe rockin between kick and hat and singin lead. could play most anything. i felt like an idiot just playin guitar with him lol.

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 19 Feb 2012 10:01 pm

Mike,

Check this guy out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otbe5c2OIxI

..Paul

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 20 Feb 2012 4:15 am

Both links are great !

Dave Harmonson · Post by **Dave Harmonson** » 20 Feb 2012 4:39 am

Michael, there's a harp player from Tacoma WA, Jay Mabin, who studied with Howard Levy and can also play chromatic lines on a standard diatonic harp. I first heard him when I was about 20 and he was 12 and he could blow hot blues way back then.
I agree these links are incredible

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 20 Feb 2012 4:39 pm

I love the fact he is playing flugelhorn, my instrument. Beautiful.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 24 Feb 2012 7:19 am

More monsters on this thread than I can believe. Lord, I feel so unnecessary ...

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 24 Feb 2012 9:43 am

Barry Blackwood wrote:More monsters on this thread than I can believe. Lord, I feel so unnecessary ...

My thoughts exactly.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 24 Feb 2012 3:26 pm

To say the most amazing musician I've ever seen....another one comes along...it's amazing and good! Musicians are evolving!

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 24 Feb 2012 5:49 pm

There was a guy around Nashville in the 80's name of Ray Mann who could play a really good Ray Price shuffle on bass and drums at the same time...I wonder what ever happened to him?

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 24 Feb 2012 7:04 pm

In music conservatories insanely complicated multi tasking is the norm for percussion majors. Its frightening how skilled those kids are.

I played with Hasel Atkins a bit. He was the wildest multi instrument player I ever met. If you are wondering he is just like you think he is...

http://youtu.be/tYfpV4kf_Lg

Joe Rogers · Post by **Joe Rogers** » 24 Feb 2012 8:01 pm

Mike, thanks so much for the link....LOVE the tune..!!

Paul, I found it funny all 4 of the quadruplets are wearing the same shirt...I'll bet their Mom dressed them that way when they were kids too...!! Hahahaaa!! Seriously, that is absolutely killer playing..!!

Being a harmonica player, I found this guy while web surfing. Thank goodness he doesn't play steel..!! Amazing musician...!!! It is a 6 minute video, watch it all the way through...

http://www.jacobvenndt.dk/sider/intro.html

Joe Rogers

The Steel Guitar Forum

This is the most amazing musician I've ever seen.

This is the most amazing musician I've ever seen.

multi tasking hey