Eric Johnson Soulful Terrain with intro

Ej playing Soulful Terrain with a very nice intro an a Casio synth guitar.

[@wesdavis8797]

Of the most unexpected, surprising, and badass intros of all time.

[@filliipp]

I wish I was born in America instead of Sweden, so i could see him live. Best guitarist ever!

[@ejtonefan]

This prelude to Soulful is pure ej tone magic! I had a front row seat for this show at La Zona Rosa in Austin, February 6, 1997.

[@gilldavidmour4199]

Right on!

[@themusiccovenant]

God of the gods of the guitar

[@jefftherealdrunk]

He never plays this exactly the same way twice, and the tones... I could listen to this all day

[@SagaTF2]

I've really been trying to crack the code on the intro for such a long time. What a masterpiece!

[@toobmaniac]

jefftherealdrunk Johnson never plays anything the same way twice..That's what keeps him inspired..You have to have a really good drummer and bassist to hold it together when a guitarist improvises and plays passages that have a different cadence each time..Lesser musicians can get totally thrown off by that !

[@ejtonefan]

@@SagaTF2 The Intro has been transcribed.

[@SagaTF2]

@@ejtonefan Unfortunately for us EJ fans, transcription is a long way from cracking the code.

[@RickyLandi]

Do yourself a favor: work on breakdown the intro just by your ear. The advantages you'll achieve, will be countless.

[@lynnanderson975]

I've listened to dozens of versions of this song, and he absolutely RIPS on this one! Peak of his powers here...

[@kdlaiusa]

While nothing is perfect, EJ's playing is close to perfect.

[@MrJoeCage]

this was the song that got me into eric johnson. the tones album was incredibly influential to my evolution as a guitarist, as a musician. forever props.

[@misaelgallegos9810]

La mejor intro instrumental que he escuchado. Natural, creativa, fina, misteriosa, emocionante y hermosa. La energía y la pasión en esta interpretación van mas allá de este mundo. Por siempre mi guitarrista favorito. Gracias por tu música y tu influencia en mi, Eric!!!

[@vtxfan]

Loved Eric's 3 amp setup back then. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass to work with, but that sound🤙

[@jfrockon]

Even with grainy video and bad audio.... this IS spectacular. Looks like Rosco Beck on bass.

[@annmarieknapp]

How can 6 people give this a thumbs down? I saw Eric play in 01.' He's brilliant. Actually genius!

[@RickInRock84]

Probably the most expressive,crystal,heavenly,passional,introspective intro that i have ever seen in my entire life !!!!! I LOVE YOU ERIC !!!!!!

[@Adrain30]

This man is pure magic

[@jalguitarman]

Eric is one of my favorite guitarists. He has an awesome blend of chops and melody.

[@RossElvin-fz7lr]

Awesome intro and Soulful Terrain is my favorite Eric Johnson tune. It's great live, too. What an awesome guitar player.

[@TheElectromagnet]

This is what I love about EJ. He'll take a song that's already great on the record and add this amazing intro to it. An intro that until he strikes that first repeating chord you have no idea what it's gonna be and then.....BAM!

[@VoodooChile68]

I've been following EJ for twenty years now and dare I say it...I think he's getting even better. His playing is other worldy.

[@ElvinBRoss-us1ss]

Saturday night, August 16, 2014 I get to see my fave yet again. Yee hah!

[@guitarslave]

I freakin' love those harp harmonics he does at 1:18. Nice swells, too.

[@jfrockon]

Masterfully emotional guitar playing.......

[@kdlaiusa]

Takes a genius to reproduce this complicated piece on stage.

[@Butchy1]

I hear a bit of Brave and Beautiful in the synth intro...

[@thomasjackson3582]

2:30 transition, well played sir, well played. :D

[@jfrockon]

Magical, soulful and toneful.

[@adamnelsonuk]

Just beautiful

[@zackeriah87]

Such Awesome Chords at 2:12....He is the coolest and Greatest!

[@austinitesince1979]

one of my favorites! thanks for the upload!!

[@EJsigstrat]

My hero. 'nuff said.

[@Fuzzchild]

that is sooooo amazing, thanks so much for sharing this.

[@drchronos]

Your channel is amazing man. Thanks for posting all these EJ stuff!

[@andyandlou]

awesome, EJ rules! great job posting this vid

[@FeelingShred]

@3:00 The magic begins!! Chills down the spine

[@Fredmelott]

IM in NC please come to concert you are my hero dude thats beautiful

[@cosmobosh]

Sweet! The studio version is great, but this is just amazing! Soulful Terrain, Friends, and Zap are my favorites off of Tones!

[@RiffRock51]

Great performance!

[@magaocm]

_ Essa foi a melhor apresentação!

[@Duane28]

I have a good audio copy of this version. I always wondered where the synth sound was coming from. Great to see the video now!! Thanks a lot man! A beautiful intro

[@jmorellisilva]

Could you please share it with us ??

[@o7levi]

I have this on vhs... Santa Rosa show, '97

[@aliensporebomb]

Casio PG-380 synth guitar. Never seen Eric use one before. Nicely done intro.

[@presarn7848]

If anyone can transcribe this intro or for some reason have their hands on tabs, i would be willing to pay!

[@SagaTF2]

If you still need, i can post a video on it.

[@presarn7848]

@@SagaTF2 Yes please! Would be awesome

[@ejtonefan]

You can transcribe yourself by watching Eric's finger placement from the video. It's fairly straight forward.

[@takineko]

Dang that's so amazing haha, You're very lucky. I keep hoping his site will tell us where we can see him sometime soon now that I live in texas again.

[@hywel4605]

who can rember the first time they put tones on the turntable and hearing this?

[@davidcastelein2137]

Amazing !!!! 2:59 5:14 5:53 ... wow !!!

[@RossElvin]

In memory of Bob Matthews...

[@tritonefascination]

when was this recorded? man, you have got to share this stuff! pleaaaaaaase

[@xpaddy01]

@filliipp Thankfully there is KZbin until you can see him live! ;)

[@ale92LP]

3:14 yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh xDD

[@pobinr]

Not quite allan holdsworth for echo'ee chords but what a soloist & songwriter

[@takineko]

That's amazing,^^ is that the only time you talked with him?

[@RossElvin-fz7lr]

As in person.

[@sonictwister]

what kinda pedal would you guys say he's using in the beginning to make the synth sounds? this is an Awesome song, such beauty in the intro, especially that chord at 1:57

[@ejtonefan]

No pedal

[@tritonefascination]

which performance is this from?

[@austinitesince1979]

Live in Austin, TX 2/6/1997 La Zona Rosa

[@Laguitarradejuancho]

yeaaaaah----aa-aauuauh!! lol

[@screechkid116]

@ale92LP hahahahaha i was gonna put that down until I saw yours!

[@ColKorn1965]

@filliipp you can always come visit us :)

[@gilldavidmour4199]

Hey, did you guys catch the spot where he flubs a note? Yeah..., me neither.

[@ColKorn1965]

whoever disliked this needs to be burned at the stake.

[@TomMilleyMusic]

message me your email and ill send it to you.

[@silentfrwy]

when did he start playing that thing! whatever....he could play a vacuum cleaner and it would sound better than anything on the radio!

[@dr.manhattan6278]

Brennan temple was arguably his best drummer