Blues Guitarist REACTS: Buckethead - Soothslayer | REACTION!🎸🎶🤘🏾

[@shaitanlavey]

Scrolling down the comments, maybe I missed it somewhere... Soothsayer was written for his aunt Suzie when she became ill. She passed away the following year. Aunt Suzie bought a young Buckethead his first guitar. There are actually several songs he wrote in her honor - 'Soothsayer', 'Aunt Suzie' and 'Sail on Soothsayer'. Special thanks and RIP, Suzie.

[@offendineveryway9411]

I feel sorry for people that've never heard of Buckethead.

[@holliswilliams8426]

it's worse the people who have heard of him but will only listen to one random song and then write him off

[@MegaMarcin98]

@@holliswilliams8426 he's got literally hundreds of hours of great music, not all worth discussing but it makes for great relaxing and thought provoking background music, there literally over 350 albums by him in his 'Pike' series of albums

[@engjds]

Last time i was this amazed was first time seeing Hendrix.

[@laneykehel5057]

The guitar he is playing is the Buckethead Signature Les Paul, which has two kill switches and four extra frets. He is 6 ft 7 so "standard" guitars look like toys in his hands. I've seen him live 22 times. He not only plays guitar, he does knunchuks, moonwalks, robot dances, and gives out toys to to the people near the stage. He's amazing.

[@marioysonic]

De acuerdo contigo, él diviértete mucho.

[@neeleshpandey9517]

Where can i go to meet him and attend his concert? Please tell me

[@justinreaser8268]

Slash , thinks he is better than Bucket Head 😂

[@justinreaser8268]

I’m going on my Second year playing guitar 🎸. I can’t even imagine how many countless hours of disciplined practice it took to get to this level

[@christopherbaldwin2005]

About time. I saw him live at Sony Hall in Manhattan in April 2019. Excellent. We were right up front and it was great. Bucket is 6' 6" to start with, and with the KFC bucket he looks 0ver 7 feet tall. A very clean player. He has around 305 album's out, so he is a prolific writer..

[@johndeeregreen4592]

I have met him and I am 6'5"... he is definitely a legit 6'6". Big dude, for sure.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

A legend

[@getstraight234]

I saw him back in 2009 in Spokane for the first time. I was on shrooms😝 and when he started doing the robot while trolling arpeggios I was peaking and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.

[@317Beastmode]

Definitely one of the best that a lot STILL haven't heard of...which is absolutely crazy for how long he's been killing shit

[@hektixkitzo]

@@getstraight234 As much as i love Bucket, i would've freaked out hard, and bailed! haha

[@Paolur]

The great thing about Buckethead is that unlike a lot of fast, technical players he has not only speed and technique but also so much soul in his playing. Its not just arpeggios at 100mph for the sake of showing off, its part of the soul of the track

[@IMWT]

This is one of the best reactions i've seen to soothsayer. This is a true guitarist's reaction, From noticing that BH went early at 2:27 to actually noticing the bit he does at 3:23 (which no other reactors noticed) made me really happy, thanks for the vid and good luck on your future.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Man thank you so much, that means a lot

[@delraybrewer]

that 2:27 part is just luck to get it right. Once he hits play on his board to starting playing, he hopes it lines up but it's unlikely. I have the same problem when I use the backing track when I play the song.

[@MegaMarcin98]

There is a version of soothesayer with a crazy little robotic sounding shred part after an impossibly alive sounding lick he plays, right after he messes up a single note a few bars before. That shred lick he plays has got the be the most incredible sounding piece of shred I've ever heard, it encapsulates the essence of buckethead in about 20 seconds

[@davidcarter6491]

So nice that an actual guitarist is in awe of Bucket when so many KZbin guitarists who pretend like they could do it and then sign off! Congratulations on being real!

[@stevenmonte7397]

He's a monster!!! His finger independence is wicked to watch.

[@zamaznta2796]

He told an entire story without saying a single word

[@Pit_Wizard]

Buckethead is a really special guy, I don't think there will ever be another person quite like him. He's probably the most technically proficient guitar player to ever live, and yet he doesn't have a shred of ego. A lot of people say "music is what I live for", but for Bucket I think that might be literally true.

[@stickaman]

A couple things of note: as mentioned-a prolific composer and musician-has over 40+ studio albums and almost 300 "pikes" which are his digital EP's, he can play any genre of music-check out his cover of BB King-The Thrill is Gone; he never plays live songs note for note as he always will play it differently each time; there is never any redundancy with his music as all his releases sound different; he is great friends with Bootsy Collins and plays guitars on Bootsy's album. He is a big fan of MJ, Lebron, Michael Jackson. Check out his plethora of music-it is a never ending treasure hunt. For studio albums check out his tribute to Michael Jackson called Capt Eos Voyage; A real diamond in the rough; shadows between the sky; and electric sea-these are my personal favorites.

[@Andoxico]

A lot of the live performances are heavily improvised as well. The recorded version of this song has so much emotion, you feel exactly the grief and loss he felt when he lost his aunt who this song is dedicated to.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

The thing to remember about Buckethead, he is such a big guy (6'6", with monster hands), he plays a baritone (27" scale length) Les Paul.

[@clonexx]

I know this is an old video, but Buckethead is phenomenal as a player. He’s not only fast, he’s so accurate and clean in his playing, while also having an immense amount of feeling.

[@R777-RLM]

I just watched your 2 year old Buckethead "Soothsayer" video, and it was cool to see you play parts of it; then giving an explanation of what you did. I doubt you'll ever see this, but I hope you kept playing. Thanks.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Everyone a guitar god until Buckethead

[@ckmmusic]

as a musician I appreciate u playing along

[@terrylee8111]

I think the best part about bucket, is you are always going to wonder what his face looks like when his looking up at the sky when hes feeling them emotional solo bends!! Hes the best IMO

[@SimpleCountryDogTrainer]

Much respect for taking this on!

[@JamoZNL]

If you want to hear his versatility, take listen or react to Earth Heals Herself, some great blues/jazz fusion going on there.

[@RegurgiNate84]

Sorrow of Discord from Chicken Noodles

[@Bucketheadgoat]

He is the GOAT.

[@AlexCoombes123]

Bucket really is raising the bar when it comes to guitar. Showing what can be done. A revolutionary.

[@michaeltodd7008]

Love this artists musicianship…technique and feeling well blended….this is definitely one of my favorites of his. Keep grinding my friend.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

All the best Devon you are a good guy

[@Rob1977N]

I've seen just about every reaction to this song and I don't think I've laughed as hard to any of them the way I laughed at this. Brilliant! Your face!! You looked almost scared just after "What the hell & Jesus Chr*st" 🤣🤣 I had too pause! Great Video!!! Earned a sub with this video. Thank you!

[@Devon_Rismay]

🙏🏾❤️

[@Rob1977N]

May I asked who autographed your guitar?

[@Devon_Rismay]

@@Rob1977N eric gales & matt schofield

[@Rob1977N]

@@Devon_Rismay That's awesome!! Got a week off coming up in early December. I'm gonna make sure I dig through your channel for some more gold. You blues wizards always deliver the goods. I'll definitely be seeing you around.

[@rikooldd3778]

I see you brother! Nice playing and reaction man.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Thanks!

[@TheNaqoyqatZ]

You picked up the progressions and melodies quickly. Buckethead is just a freak of nature with technique.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

His speed is incredible

[@davecoffield7893]

Also, Devon, The Bucket is 6'7" tall (7ft to the top of the bucket), so his Les Paul is a 1.25 size built to fit him. He learned from Paul Gilbert, who has a similar left hand stretch. He's had 451 albums last I checked, and his blues are will make you cry. Someone mentioned "Thrill is Gone," but this was played at a wedding reception, and the recording instrument is completely overdriven. I can recommend some blues for you. He played several times with Shawn Lane. Once he heard a really fast Lane solo, (copying a mechanical pianist who composed a song too fast to play), not knowing that it was overlaid with several tracks in the studio to get it as fast as the composer intended. Bucket (aka Brian Carroll) thought it was a one-of and came within several strokes of matching it. The two developed a friendship and deep respect for the other. So.....Brother.....if you want your jaw to drop to the floor, listen to at least the second half of Pike 65 (Hold Me Forever). It is a continuous 13 minute solo incorporating every style and effect he'd experienced at that time.

[@ronpfeiffer9157]

Great job with soothslayer

[@fatsiddog]

Another Leftie! Sounded smooth! 👍🏻

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Much success in your playing

[@joeygouda]

Bryan Buckethead Carrol, has a 400+ ALBUM Cataloge... He s also going on 50, back step to Primus, Claypool epic bass player look into Jerry drove a race car

[@lindamacduff2566]

Dang, dude. Quite beautiful, and quick wit it yah. Great ear

[@RegurgiNate84]

Soothsayer*** ... more Buckethead please.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Most definitely!

[@RegurgiNate84]

Nobody has done Glacier yet.

[@bigslabb]

Very cool video,rock on my brother

[@masonodhner512]

Great reaction man. You should react to binge and grab. And welcome to buckethead land

[@Devon_Rismay]

Buckethead is awesome!

[@Gryz34]

I subd because of your breakdown on chords on the song, i'm still learning guitar as a beginner. such a fun instrument

[@Devon_Rismay]

That it is and thanks you!

[@bigslime1082]

Take your time diving in bro, his discography is massive. Enjoy every bit of it

[@chopperchopper1418]

A band wanted him to join without the bucket, he said no !. Savoy Brown is group that people forgot about.

[@SuperGForce01]

Ozzy Osbourne!!!

[@EcUVn]

More Buckethead!!

[@Devon_Rismay]

👍🏾

[@johndeeregreen4592]

If you want to see the guitarist that Buckethead thought was the greatest, checkout Shawn Lane "Get You Back".

[@Devon_Rismay]

👍🏾

[@michaeltaylor8835]

He from the planet Guitar

[@stephenellis5729]

Respect sir

[@williamhornabrook8081]

Wow, that's really impressive that you can pick up on what he's playing so quickly just by hearing and seeing it. I play saxophone and the only things I learned by ear were Careless Whisper and Epic Sax Guy because I'm a tenor player and sight transcribing alto music is one of the few things I find harder than learning by ear. I have gotten compliments on my sight-reading ability at auditions though.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Playing by ear is something I've been doing for a long time.

[@masonclegg2040]

I love your flavor to it. Excellent tone by the way!!!

[@CoasterCoat]

Checkout EERIE CANAL by Buckethead. Its amazing. The closed triptych is also nuts

[@masonodhner512]

That whole album is nuts

[@PongGod]

@@masonodhner512 YES! I got absolutely hooked on Disintegration Mirrors. Holy crap, what a sick jam!

[@masonodhner512]

@@PongGod that’s buckethead for you. Electric tears is also fucking nuts

[@johnburns6538]

Magellan maze. Amazing

[@jennyk1014]

He is the greatest!!!!😃

[@mmayer4409]

He has an amazing body of work….. amazing….. I believe he just put out another one within the last couple of weeks…..

[@matforsbon]

That sound great, clean blues as it once started.

[@crossfadefan67]

Awesome reaction man!

[@ValuableFather]

Im here just passing time until Pike 300 comes out! Woo!

[@natedogg1088]

Buckethead is a living legand... But I gotta say, I enjoyed your intro! Gonna have to see if you have any clips of your own work.

[@jordanfender3085]

New subscriber here, your vibrato and tone is so clean and smooth! I’m a blues guitarist too but your levels above me, inspiring stuff… love the content, stay safe man.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Thanks bro 🙏🏾❤️

[@Adrian_Scott72]

As a hobbyist guitar player myself, one thing I always appreciated about Buckethead (and there are many things) is his vibrato. Vibrato is vibrato but just about every player will develop their own feel and approach to it. It can sometimes be something that can get overlooked but can have a tremendous impact on the vibe and groove of a song.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Totally agree

[@captainzeppos]

The.Goat.

[@laura_lisches]

I can only recommend his whole hardly strictly bluegrass performance it's my favorite from him there's so much passion in how he played that day I love it! He also played this song with a lil less clean audio but the feeling is just better in my opinion

[@Cayres9]

Fun Fact Buckethead played the soundtrack for the movie Ghosts of Mars , check it out dude its awesome \m/

[@6MITO9]

Always nice to see players of different styles appreciating Buckethead, he can and does play everything, not just slagging him for "oh he is a shredder therefore automatically he has no soul" - with something so subjective. His shredding stuff does involve emotions like euphory and general happiness in me that no other style does quite like him.

[@matthewbennett4039]

It will take years to "dive deep" into buckethead, he has over 400 albums. Jordan and nottingham lace are 2 of my favorite songs

[@joeygouda]

He's very good and I don't traditionally see the string shaking I call it, it's incredibly smooth!

[@randybaker6042]

The studio version is a great piece of work. Nice examples of chords and scales Devon. Buckethead has a great pinky. lol

[@Devon_Rismay]

👍🏾

[@LeetChocolate43]

love the reaction. hope u check out siege engine live sometime aswell. my favorite buckethead song.

[@Steve_1401]

I love that reaction - it's the same as when i show my friends this video. "Yeah, I've heard the name Buckethead".....5 minutes later, silence followed by "Jesus Christ" haha Also check Pike 65 'Hold Me Forever', Pike 71 'Celery', Pike 237 'The Five Blocks' & Sail On Soothsayer if you like the more melodious stuff :)

[@PongGod]

I just noticed the mis-spelling in the title, "SoothSLAYER". But hey, that works too!

[@trevorjohnston2039]

Big B is the man!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Bucket is special

[@laserus3333]

Celery, Hold me forever, the light in the fog are splendid Bucket examples as well. Youll notice Buckethead tunes a half step down. (you caught it lol)

[@stewpot6998]

Region: River Of Liquid Fire. 😁 Good job, thank you. Buckethead has so much music. It's nuts.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Its ridiculous, but more material for me to go over

[@Urs4]

Check the video were Buckethead plays Thirll is gone

[@vicegrips188]

Great opening rift✌

[@lucasweimanguitar7008]

Fucking love this rendition of Soothsayer! If you are REALLY lucky, you can achieve ONE song as good as this your their repertoire. And Buckethead has a long list...

[@PongGod]

Check out the studio recording of this track. Best rock instrumental I've ever heard!

[@DanABA]

Shawn Lane, who was Buckethead's hero, has a great quote about Buckethead trying to play a lick that Lane played on one of his albums. Lane said he got really close to playing it. Thing is, Buckethead didn't seem to know that Lane over-dubbed himself on that track. Also, if you don't know Shawn Lane, you should definitely check him out.

[@stateofmind2668]

hahaha! love the reaction ! - "Jesus Christ"

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Bucket Head has released 300 albums

[@saritabhatt248]

He once picked 23NPS that's nuts!

[@CrueLoaf]

Nice analysis. I like Buckethead’s more mellow stuff too. ‘Missing my Parents’ is wonderful. He released it one Christmas Day!

[@najtrows]

Check out "Jordan" and "For mom" too.. And "Whitewash"!

[@justinreaser8268]

Your next GiG start out with some nasty power chords and alt pic arpeggios

[@Billy.gen-X]

The bionic pinky

[@nickg1743]

Dude is like the Mozart of guitarists, at least in our generation, a true virtuoso. Deserves way more recognition. There aren't many that are close or better, but this man was BUILT to play guitar.

[@Berglundish]

You can go watch 10 buckethead shows 10 nights in a row with the same setlist and basically never hear the same song twice :)

[@cdigdawg]

I love watching guitar players reacting to Buckethead because they get it instantly! "God....Jesus Christ!"

[@vikingfan8237]

Eric Johnson’s cliffs of Dover

[@IIIIIIDC]

damn bro, good job, please react to Buckethead - Too Many Humans

[@jeffsmith5494]

Looks like a spider moving down the neck!

[@Devon_Rismay]

Facts😂

[@murasakiiro447]

You can definitely dive deep into buckethead content. It's a very deep and twisting rabbit hole with over 300 albums. You will probably lose track of time as you explore. You're very talented by the way.

[@Devon_Rismay]

I'll check more of his stuff out & thank you

[@hamzafatine9122]

He was a student of Paul Gilbert once.

[@Devon_Rismay]

Oh wow!

[@ryanw3658]

You’ve got to check out Billy Strings for the best flat picking

[@ajmartinez4924]

React to Buckethead Jordan Live at culture room

[@Devon_Rismay]

🤘🏾

[@davecoffield7893]

His speed comes from paying 3-notes per-string scales with awesome alternative picking.

[@Michael-xn9mz]

If you haven't done still got the blues live version Plz do lol it will change ur life lol

[@Devon_Rismay]

Thats a great song

[@Maczust63]

Check out mel play soothsayer its pretty cool

[@alwayzchillin0714]

You should check out Tim Henson, hybrid picking and crazy technical!

[@Devon_Rismay]

I love his stuff!

[@alwayzchillin0714]

@@Devon_Rismay me too his sample Blood Moon and the song Goose by Polyphia is fire!

[@michacieslak2346]

His fingers move in kind of a... hmm... robotic(?) manner? I mean so fast, so accurate, it looks inhuman. There are lots and lots of extremely fast guitarists, but still just the way Buckethead's fingers move is so weird and incredible.

[@dand4568]

Just lost for words? Lol

[@ivansavoie3190]

Should check out Michael Angelo Batio.

[@Maczust63]

React to more and ill sub right now. Check out Jordan, seige engine, pike65, bucketheadland, Nottingham lace, I love my mom.