Dark Hypnotic Blues Lap Steel | "Dark Solace"

There's something magical about the deep and mournful tone of this lap steel guitar. I tuned it down 2 whole steps to Open Cm, and there is a deep and sustaining resonance that comes from the air chamber inside that really blooms in those low registers. It just made me feel like conjuring those mournful healing blues..
TUNING: Open C Minor: C-G-C-D#-G-C
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[@farmanthor3770]

you really need to make a whole album of this in the same mood.

[@d.levens.b]

Exactly

[@stevewakelingslide7089]

Too depressing lolz

[@Dmitriy1917]

@@stevewakelingslide7089 its not depression, its melancholy

[@stevewakelingslide7089]

@@Dmitriy1917 you neeed to think again...no way is this meloncoly hahaha

[@TheMilitarymight]

I would buy it

[@isaacnewton2145]

Legend has it. When JJ enters a aroom, everything with strings starts playing itself.

[@DrTHC]

I def play myself when I listen to his tunes. LOL ~THC

[@user-wr1ru3gm4s]

Музыка под которую хочется задуматься , сварить кофе и подумать над прошедшим , настоящим и будущем . Спасибо

[@b34r21]

yes agreed

[@FP-0999]

I return here periodically to give my life meaning.. 4:28

[@samstamos427]

“I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight, What may not bless my waking eyes!” -Anne Bronte.

[@ladyjasminek7816]

Music and Poetry Mmmm! Fits the music perfectly!

[@offhandacoustic]

Really can't get enough of your stuff. I go sit in my woods and just fade away to your tunes when I am not making my own. You helped inspire me to make my own lap slide guitar. Made it from an old kitchen table leg, two exhaust clamps and some other odds and ends.

[@johndechiara262]

Sounds cool bet it has a soul that cant be found in store bought 🚬🐕

[@lindaschilling6850]

I sit in the camper since I'm in IL and it's too frigid out 😂

[@keithharden7844]

@@lindaschilling6850 I hear ya on that one 👌

[@cygneturesounds]

A bit of land with some woods is the dream. He inspired me to make a 3 string slide also. A great musician

[@offhandacoustic]

@@lindaschilling6850 I drive my expedition up to the top of my property when it's this cold out. It's my way of getting some peace in this madness we are currently in.

[@bestbeloved2704]

You have to play this twice: once for the sublime guitar mastery and the haunting melody and twice for the incredible studio set. The visuals (studio set-up) match his style perfectly - moody, dark, deep and highly detailed. This really is balm for the soul, both audio and visuals

[@spricy3374]

Well said!

[@matangiandtheparrot4614]

My dear Justin, you have a habit of taking one to a very different level of consciousness... surely, the heaven's know your value... thankyoumr.johnson.love.

[@clevelandsteve1785]

Legend has it that when Justin points his Marshall amp eastward and turns the volume up to ten... The Earth's rotation slows down 8 minutes!

[@kortgreen7725]

When I crank up my Hot Rodded Peavey Predator through a Mace amp and 18" BLACK WIDOW speaker pointed west, I can speed up the earth 12 seconds! Soooo WASSSSUUUUP! When I did dat me, mah grandma she say, Mais, KEEEYAAAWY SHA! Dat geetar it make me flip out baw! CUT DAT OTT YOU! Ann ah tole her, DASS OK GRAMMAW! IT FLIP OTT DA ICE SCREAM MAN TOO! HIS TRUCK SPEED UP WHEN HE PASS IN FRONT MAH HOUSE LAK DAT! HE STILL CANT FIGURE OUT DASS ME DOIN DAT ME! WHAT DA?

[@jonk.j.jeffbartz7948]

More like a week!

[@Blues40]

😂

[@CarolAnnHenderson]

Dreamy and warm on this cold winter's day. Thank you Justin. You make life rich.

[@serana71]

Deep... heart-breaking... moving... It's like I can feel the wind of ancient times through my hair, sweeping the faint light of a candle at nightfall... Sublime. Thanks.

[@pm8278]

The perfect score for a movie

[@rebeccadavis1785]

Ohhh Yeahhh, it's Beautiful Justin 🥰

[@GrayLZ]

I want to be touched the way this man touches his guitar

[@sbw1794]

Haunting and beautiful. Stirs the soul, a slight smile and good vibes! Thank you Justin🍻😎🤘

[@SarabadaKenshiro]

You should compose for western movies, thoses sounds are bewitching!

[@galenstevenson918]

Justin has a double album called Turquoise Trail. It's a western theme.

[@Jomama02]

I don't know a thing about any of the technical stuff to get this sound, I just know what moves me....bravo!

[@celticfury7328]

Two takeaways from this video: First, carbon fiber has a beautifully clear, immensly resonant and (dare I say) warm tone. Second is much more obvious, even to the casual viewer with no knowledge on guitar construction...Justin can take literally ANYTHING, slap a few strings on it and tune, and make the sweetest, darkest, most sultry, smokin' hot beautiful blues just ooze from its very pores! Give him a gorgeous instrument like this, though? Then it transends mere beauty, and reaches right to the depths of your soul!❤️

[@haywoodyoudome]

He turned a shovel into a guitar. A mad genius and gifted musician.

[@rageagainstthemachine7434]

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[@kortgreen7725]

This is perfect and sets the mood for this cold winter night and letting this resonate through the dark swamps of South Louisiana. It's slow enough to play along to and my hot rodded Peavey Predator really sings it's dark voice in this bad ass open C minor tuning. Thanks Justin for another open tuning to sing out in tooda swamps! It's ethereal! The ghosts inda old main house are digging it too! KEEYAAWSOME ! I'm gonna explore dis tuning some more ah GARONTEE ME!

[@spmoran4703]

The darkest blues I have heard for ages. Great. I really like this.

[@ipuya]

I can listen to this all day. 😍

[@lewolf2884]

Mysterious and Magnificent... You always know exactly how to make steel strings wail so beautifully dark... like a banshee... 🐺

[@junaidislamblog]

Incredible. Magical. American music at its best. A unique sound not found in any other culture. Western with a strong blues accent.

[@jonk.j.jeffbartz7948]

Haven't quite figured out what lands I'm visiting in the dream this evokes: The Wizard has done it again. . . Thanks!

[@AbComp870]

Woke up to this. I think there’s only 2 times I’ve ever really ‘felt’ music, this song, and the vocal singing around the casket at my grandpas funeral a la ‘O brother, where art thou?’ Thank you! This was an amazing performance.

[@LoneWolf-McWeed]

This is so pretty... this is just someone who is in another stratosphere from his contemporaries. Dark, vast like space... even ACHY I guess Lovely piece of music!!

[@DyslexicGaming1]

GOD has put you on earth to do exactly what you doing..i raise my glass to you 👌

[@Scherzo-mk4ih]

Your ability to take me somewhere else is unbelievable. Every. Single. Time.

[@psycorp13]

Музыка обалденная. Слушать можно бесконечно!

[@frakognome4434]

Justin's back, and this Is making my night

[@normandbrodeur558]

Un grand musicien, un grand instrument, un grand improvisateur donnent un grand plaisir! Merci Justin Johnson. (A great musician, a great instrument, a great improviser give great pleasure! Thanks, Justin Johnson.)

[@kevinallman6700]

A real song for these times!!! Deep,honest slide players are truly rare & you are the real deal..I have the same shivers listening to you as I did the first time I saw Ry Cooder playing vigilante man when I started learning the guitar..at ♥️ I am a bluesman but it's playing slide when I escape my body and fly!! You are on a level with Ry,Bob Brozman,Derek Trucks and Arlen Roth..I hope to get to build a connection and absorb everything you share..🎵🎶👍😀 you have a gift and the world needs music more than ever..peace & happiness dude xx

[@PabloZamora1]

It's crazy how this masterpiece took me through some of my best memories. Thanks Justin!

[@yehor5220]

so true

[@Eskobarla]

Какие-то невероятные вещи творит этот парень

[@peterhale1349]

A beautiful wander through life and time.

[@navaho5430]

That's it no more walking in the dark thanks Justin.

[@JTuaim]

Now that's the blues for real

[@oriongameplays8509]

Can you hear the wind callin', Do you see the fire burnin', Smoke on the horizon, as ashes in the air slowly fallin... down. Time has come, time has gone; Given the chance to make the change, still all I need is one more song... 🎵🎶 Yeah, JJ! This one squeezes the Hippocampus!

[@josephfagg6542]

That's some deep contemplative stuff that soothes the soul...

[@coltonh6472]

Running an old west D&D campaign and I literally only play your music while we play. It's seriously perfect

[@jackyvanhal9514]

Good vibrations from the master: BEAUTIFUL

[@idied2]

relaxing, sit back and enjoy. that's all i gotta say about this

[@katedaphne4495]

With all the stress related to our wonderful actuality here is some good food for the artist soul

[@wilesdukedubose4431]

Mr. Johnson, Thank you for keeping the Blues alive. In this modern world of highspeed, want it now attitudes, you have brought the pace of things back down to Earth. Not many can slow it down enough to actually look deep into the "heart" of things. I saw a clip about Ry Cooder being the last generation's "best slide guitarist". Sir, you have proved that you're the "best" of this generation. Thank you

[@claytondoan5712]

My goosebumps are dancing....... Hauntingly beautiful........

[@JhaeMo777]

Damnit my friend….This touches my soul!

[@vertigopilot]

More of this, please. Lots more!

[@paulus0109]

So beautiful done Justin. Thnx

[@j.d.7208]

If JJ plays I stop what I'm doing and listen Phenomenal virtuoso

[@mikewallet4674]

Sounds from soul and it is brains music..

[@user-wt2dh9kt7s]

Крутейший звук!!!!

[@matchesburn]

This needs to be in an old west era movie.

[@olejacobstalesen6558]

What an amazing sound! Goosebumps!!

[@hebrewuser]

Absolutely soul-rending, massively heavy like a neutron star, a gut punch to the auditory senses... Exactly what I needed.

[@bcbloc02]

Simply awesome!

[@realthing2158]

This was sublime. From this clip I learnt the importance of taking ones time and not rushing things.

[@donrastar1579]

The sound touches my soul,the skill blows my mind

[@CodeManMike]

As a sound engineer for RSA you bring such joy to my ears man!

[@nimo921]

I like the disappearing bracelet trick at 4:57 mark. Lol. It magically switched to the other wrist.

[@whoopshoopadoop8900]

God! This is so beautiful!

[@chrissharpe2964]

What a feeling. Wow

[@carreiro6941]

Best blues player of all time

[@emeraldguitars]

Love it!

[@sp131or9]

Touched my soul... and felt a shiver when the tune ended

[@timklecha1401]

Now that is a beautiful guitar.

[@kimmills3264]

Thank you.

[@eugenebartus1018]

That just almost passed leaves me speechless is so haunting but yet addicting

[@user-7165jdhrnxymzn]

Youre so talented Justin 👌🏻 Please keep playing & entertaining us

[@DarthPreamp]

really beautiful! thank you for making the world more beautiful

[@barbaragoertz8885]

Amazing artist. Perfection

[@jujum635]

It is marvelous 👏🎶

[@MsRouder]

Талант не пропьешь!!! 👍 👍 👍

[@TheSponge33]

I freaking loved this, thank you.

[@hightreestess]

Of all your styles, your dark witchy blues really speaks to my soul. 🔮 I listen for days & don't get burnt. Witch pun intended. ❤️‍🔥

[@raymondstebbins5904]

Really nice JJ always enjoy watching

[@neshtherider9931]

Wow... Beautiful! 👍🏻

[@Ness.Red.]

Thank you for sharing. So relaxing 😌.

[@RatsAndFunTV]

Thank you for this contribution to wellfare. You are one of this people who count.

[@rjshier9188]

Takes me back to the Turquoise Trail! I know what I'll be listening to tonight.

[@mosancreations]

LOVE this kind of vibe!! And the tone of that body is amazing, wonder what it sounds like without the amp. Thank you for yet another very inspiring video.

[@alsu.garaeva]

Sent this to my guitar teacher and all guitar playing buddies, so awesome! Great music, thank you for inspiration! Greetings from Moscow, Russia

[@paulajohnson139]

I can just imagine the hills of the deep south. Wonderful. The years it took to get this good are not lost on me. Thank you.

[@ryleegarner3036]

110% pure talent right here 👏

[@RiccardoPareschi]

Justin, your skills, your art, your sensibility are so big... thanks for your music !

[@andrewjameshenderson1389]

Wow. So haunting. Blows me away. Thanks, Mr. Johnson...😢🙂

[@frans-oskargillberg4613]

I love this sound. Makes me imagine a squeaky front porch swing on a log cabin way out in the woods. I see myself sittin' there with a guitar, a glass of bourbon and a pipe full of homegrown crop, just gazing out over the landscape. Lovely thought in my opinion...

[@tonibutts9574]

This sound is balm to my soul. Thank you.

[@user-fz2fg2kb6s]

спасибо за такую красоту. уважаю ваше творчество

[@paulus0109]

And… another beauty. Thnx Justin.

[@bradpoole400]

Very relaxing and flawless, as usual.

[@bloodyroots3997]

Moody blues 💙🖤😎

[@garyvolk2467]

I do love your music I truly do thank you for being there when I need to be lifted up with your blues thank you. Never stop please never stop.

[@junkergeorg]

One word: MAGNIFICENT 🎸🎼

[@henriqueveloso1207]

Wonderful.

[@pablogalindo1634]

Getting my horse ready to ride into the sunset with this music playing in the background! 🎠oops wrong horse 🏇.

[@emberklavins9567]

Justin’s gotta write a movie score at some point. The ability to convey so much emotion through such simple music is just incredible.

[@uriahheep5665]

This man performs magic on strings.

[@guitarifuldexter6366]

This is mind blowing! I love that guitar! 🤘🎸

[@drknmnn]

I may be an ignorant in the matter but, to me, you are the best blues interpreter of this generation, Justin, and I'd love to see you become well known worldwide as the legend you already are to me. Thank you for sharing your talent.