Brandon "Taz" Niederauer - Soul Sacrifice - 9/7/19 Blues & Brews Festival - Lowell, MA

[@algiskara]

This young guy is the best! Our future is on right direction!

[@henryb1555]

Another young US man who plays with a maturity beyond his years.

[@paulablissett9396]

HERE! HERE!

[@jasonoconnell130]

Can you name some others? I love blues guitar and since SRV passed I’ve been desperately looking.

[@henryb1555]

@@jasonoconnell130 I did not mean just blues guitarists. There is a good many brilliant guitarists out there. With you tube and the internet it does not matter that they are passed on. But live guitarists, check out Guthrie Govan for starters as a great guitarist.

[@nikkaria2612]

Hats off to the drummer!!!

[@jamesmorton4563]

it is an absolute pleasure to watch!

[@garythecrow3935]

As Carlos would say ... " let the music set you free ", Brandon is a free spirit...great job !!!

[@carltondean3675]

These boys is colder than ice!!!! Sho nuff jammin!!!

[@eanstark]

Thank you for posting this! I had to see it...

[@uncleandyguitarherbst1157]

This guy is a fabulous performer and player. Love it. Like 67 on this video. For a short bit in the 9 minute frame I was drifting off to my north woods hideout thinking I was listening to the Allman Brothers.... just for a bit.

[@shable1436]

Santana more like especially the percussion

[@fungiformenow]

I agrée that he’s a fabulous player, but where’s the performance. He stands in one spot and never looks out to his audience. Performer? Nah..

[@uncleandyguitarherbst1157]

@@fungiformenow The music is the performance.

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

A great player, better than many Santana versions I’ve heard imho. Great to see young guys taking the guitar and remembering the past but not settling too.

[@syfman6]

Love that Boogie stack! Nice playing....💚🎸

[@birdthompson]

awesome jam, sparks coming off that blue guitar!

[@garyji]

I apologize in advance for any typos in my comment as it's hard to see my keyboard and screen through all the smoke coming from my computer. Wow! One of my favorite, iconic Santana songs for 50 years, and these guys just owned it!

[@freddycookjr.2164]

ON WHAT PLANET COULD 12 PEOPLE DISLIKE THIS ?

[@paulablissett9396]

Jealous, Peeps....

[@soofitnsexy]

terra

[@2cool4words]

Unfortunately it's Our beautiful planet Earth that's been polluted with too much non music. Now people listen to droning nonsense instead of INSPIRED true Jams that hearken back to the cosmic years of REAL MUSIC !!! This is hope in THE Nick of Time !!!

[@masterofbears1948]

jealous people

[@SC9750-r3w]

Well, I'm guessing they maybe not the sharpest tool in the shed and thought it was the download button.

[@AliciaandScott]

that performance 50 years had about 3-4 guys taking care of percussion.. this drummer is carrying this tune all by himself!

[@shable1436]

Nasty

[@karenshepherd4389]

michael shrieve could have carried the drumming himself, but then we would not have witnessed the genius of chepito areas and michael carabello. this drummer is fantastic, but has nothing on shrieve.

[@rickandrew6397]

I’m impressed, haven’t been excited by any of the current generation guitarists (that are very good), this kid gets my attention the way Stevie Ray did when I first saw him in fall of 1972. Hoping he stays out of helicopters and small airplanes 👏👌✌️

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Wow..Brandon, first time seeing you play, or should I say shred. You are amazing ! I cought you yesterday with Joe Bonamassa and it was great. Also, Kendell, you rocked dude !

[@856dejavu]

Only one word.. wow!!!!

[@montyderhak]

very good....he is getting better....settling into it rather than flailing away good job kid

[@icitizenoftheplanet]

The band synergy is so fine! They need way more stage time! Soooooooooo good!

[@markbattle6926]

Great playing, love the D'Angelico

[@robertwhitcomb6105]

Mark Battle the solid body is sweet, his signature model? ....And the Mesa Fillmore is half the sound, too....

[@jameschant2740]

Kudos on a fantastic cover ! Bravo ! Very exploratory and engaging rendition at every turn.

[@karmadave]

That was awesome 👏

[@blakewalters6855]

Crazy talented man!

[@evaristors7250]

Alucinante!

[@ronhunt9396]

Sounding good 👍

[@manb4war]

That band is solid....very nice

[@carguy3460]

Going Coltrane at 7:04...dang son!!

[@TranelHawkins]

Waiting in SF to see you live in co very. Let’s get it done!

[@ANJUSEJO]

Impresionante Rejuveneció un clásico bravo!!!!!!

[@paulablissett9396]

You have done Carlos Santana Proud!

[@JemMusic.]

Really enjoyed that, thanks.

[@RossBayCult]

Drummers a beast tho

[@phyllispodesva2323]

Unbelievable performance

[@chrisrobertson9264]

And oh those Gretch Drums gawd❤️😉👍

[@kuintonelliott]

this is fantastic bro! Keep growing and outlive 27 for us all :D Hope to play along side yall someday. Peace and Love! Thanks for inspiring

[@danielsgrunge]

I love it

[@BasedNation]

Goooooooood

[@jahjahjack]

kids pretty damn good , but he needs to turn that amp to 10 just like the woodstock Santana.. lol

[@sjuozhunki]

Very special being here.

[@ivarronnback]

Wow!!!

[@F4T4LS]

More new wave/fuse. But this kid is insanely talented 👍🏻

[@GCKelloch]

Great band, and the kid is a major talent. Those D'Angelico guitars are something special. Them and Reverend are really nice affordable alternative styles to Fender and Gibby designs. It's in how the wood choices damp. To me, this one sounds like an Ebony FB SG with better low end and sustain, but not quite like an LP Custom. My one quip might be with the neck joint. I wonder if the body wood gets so thin that it might split, or is the neck shaped to fit inside the joint so that can't happen? I assume the later.

[@xsamitt]

Fender Man Approved!

[@colbyboggs5365]

7:16 most impressive part to me, hits half step flat and bends in key👌👌

[@paulhenry1767]

I too saw/heard that one...nice recovery

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

Advice I once got: No matter where you are, you’re only a half step from being in key!

[@daveowens9587]

opener for Jesus Christ Superstar, awesome

[@toc3699]

Kendell Lentz - Drums carried the show!

[@richrocketlll]

Look-n forward to your set at Suwannee Hulaween .

[@gsoltis29]

Fuck yeah

[@LuongNguyen-bp8jv]

Bravo

[@adnanbasit1668]

Just remember 50 years ago we didn't have these high-tech instruments. But he is good for sure.

[@alburttpc]

Dude the guitar works the same way it did 50 years ago wtf u talking about xd

[@hugostahlbaum8714]

Pretty good cover. Guess CS likes it :-)

[@davidborrelli1081]

My favorite Santana song, great guitar and percussion. I respect the way he picks this with a slightly funkier way than Carlos.

[@davidborrelli1081]

I hadn't even heard the second half of the song. Fantastic, but a whole other song.

[@bleckgilbert7875]

😃🥁🎸👏👏

[@fauztunes]

Santana would be proud of this cover. Shit

[@Aldoborzoni]

Taz is great. But all 3 guitars are being drowned by the drums. Need to absolutely reverse those volume levels!

[@eodnhoj8387]

for me this one's the best of the bunch!! .... still not blues but a nice lengthy solo. 🤘🙂 🎸...

[@TheSomwell]

Holy Cow, this Lad is a good Guitar player.

[@fandangodrive4310]

He has the. Young John McLaughlin thing going on

[@del5606]

Tommy Bolin esque at times, and Duane

[@skatetodeath666]

Great player this little fella is. How old is he ?

[@1AnitrasDance]

He is 16

[@alexojohndlaborgona3653]

Qalquier yo mejorado, si cñor!.

[@sipius22]

Kid is awesome...smart too...knows he lacks the experience with the crowd, so he does not look up....that drummer is the show.

[@theart8039]

Brandon say, that drum solo went on way too long!

[@hsalgado74]

Technically impecable. But too far from the spirit of the Santana original sound and musical idea. Sorry guys but you were supposed to do a soul sacrifice and you didn’t sacrifice a thing. You just kept your jazzy spirit. Which is valid but unmatchable with this song. 😢

[@TheTerrypcurtin]

Once the young prodigy thing wears off your just another over playing pentatonic man. He needs to slow down. He plays over everyone. Learn theory. Be like Andy Wood or Jack Ruch. Then maybe he can be a Tal Wilkerson. Once he’s 25 no one will remember him.

[@lonewolfmtnz]

tinny tone without Carlos's touch or feel (aka soul)