Eric Johnson - Zap (Live From Austin TX)

How to play a Strat. Better than Hendrix.

what the fuck he is perfection

That's crazy how he manages to control such a huge reverb so well

The chromatic lil starting at 4;20! Holy smokes!🕺🏾🕺🏾💯💣🎸

35 years ago and everyone is still trying to catch EJ. Maybe the best to ever do it.
Austin definitely had something in the water at this time. So many greats

Poor Kyle, I guess he's chopped liver... you have to go stand next to him during his solo just so the camera man will look over there. One of the most ludicrously good guitar pieces ever played.

Gotta give credit to the sound guy and engineer this could easily be a studio live version by how amazing it sounds... Just a class act all the way

The drummer is so sick. What a band. Would kill to see them live in this era

saw this tour in Cincinnati....obviously it was astonishing.

Fcking goat..

Live from Austin has to be the best ever live gig in terms of guitar playing. Simply insane stuff

He's just unreal

I'm a huge EVH guy. But what this man has done blows me away for decades. I rewired my strat to what I heard was how he did it. I'm so close.

Outstanding performance!

I am here because I just read an article about Stevie Ray Vaughn who rated him as one of the best.

Incredible!!!

l lived off of Greenville ave in Dallas when SRV and Eric were still just Texas heros. They would both play a place called Tangos (frogs on the roof that are at Willy's truck stop now) about twice a month for about 2 years. SRV was young. Tones had just come out. They would each do a set then at midnight play for another 1 1/2 hours doing an all Hendrix jam. l saw Eric perfect Spanish Castle magic and SRV nail electric ladyland. We were so spoiled we'd show at midnight for $5 cover and $2 draw Shiner Bocks and the hendrix jams after seeing them both so many times. We could walk there from the jam house.

I actually gave birth to Eric Johnson and he had a mini strat when he popped out

I've been fortunate to see him a couple times, and talk about being unaffected by his greatness.
So polite, so humble, so gracious, such a wonderful son of Texas.
Knows that what you have will stand on its own and speak for itself, and attitude and cockiness do nothing but tarnish it.
He'd say things like "I'm not really where I'd like to be with this next piece, hopefully next time I see you, I'll be further along with it, but I hope this gives you an idea of what I'm trying to express..." and then he'd launch into something jaw-dropping and spellbinding.

The main drum groove reminds me of hot for teacher by van halen i love it !

God, how can anyone be this good?

It is a shame that whoever was directing cameras that night didn't realize Kyle was soloing until he was nearly done before getting a camera on him.

Unmatched tone, except for possibly Jeff Beck.

Just so underrated by the era looking back. Alex Lifeson in EJ's rare air of talent. But not many. I'll take EJ and Alex over Clapton and others any day. Not that I don't listen to everyone, but EJ's misfortune was SRV happened in same city, same time. I believe they both excelled because of each other. If course SRV also fired up by blues greats he eventually shared stages with, but real talent was everywhere. EJ and SRV were just amazing.

Eric se pasea a lo largo del mástil a sus anchas 🎸👏👏👏

HAVE YA EVER BeeN Ta Austin,Tx?In da 80s,I ExperienceD,That!People were as CoooOL as could B,along with the ViBeS,nah!The People ya hung with,ya Just Met,and you were instantly tight about the Scenes Music,at that time 4 Me!Take care,nah,Fans,and U 2,Eric with the Many people of SuPPorT!

HAVE YA EVER BeeN Ta Austin,Tx?In da 80s,I ExperienceD,That!People were as CoooOl,as could B,along with the ViBeS,nah!The People ya hung with,ya Just Met,and you were instantly tight about the Scenes Music,at that time 4 Me!Take care,nah,Fans,and U 2,Eric with the Many people of SuPPorT!
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Wow !
Dude, could you wail, when you were a youngster ...!!!

He had a lesson
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You can tell.

That opening lick 😍

He is purely amazing. So much feeling in every single note he plays. And that tone.

I am 52 years old and throughout my life I admire this guitarist a lot, I am from the city of Mexico and how blessed life is, now I live in dallas tx and I feel very proud to live in the state where he was born, I know that He was born in Austin but it is a blessing to know that I live in his home state. Greetings and one of my favorite great guitarists.

Yes, hi s tone is powerful and distinctive

Appreciation, is a very meaningful word..and that is Eric Johnson quality guitar work.🇬🇧👍and live too..no gimmicks

the man can sure make an intro

Big fan,MUCH respect for EJ.I heard that his Dad is in the medical field.?Thus,like his Pop,EJ's too is like a surgeon,but on the electric guitar.Soft touch,well crafted tone/tunes,carefully selected chords/scales.I try to do everything like THAT!;Well thought out.Great INFLUENCE on me too!

Lovely to see a bass solo in there too

Tried listening to Mayer. Ran back here to get the sound out of my head lol. Much better

When the bass player plays the camera immediately moved to him!

Thanks !

I hope what he has is contagious

And like so many years in the past, Fender guitars carry the day.

Great video thanks. I went to his Tones release show at Nick’s Uptown in Dallas. SRV strolled in around midnight and he and EJ finished the last two hours jamming with Hendrix tunes. If they rolled tape on that it would be priceless! What an amazing show that was.

What about the accent note? If he is the FChord?