Lightning Sam Hopkins, and his brother Joel squatty Hopkins were mentors and teachers to me. I miss them so muchly. Now that I'm sick and old with lung cancer. God bless the dead.
@rocketman2524 жыл бұрын
Great to hear your comment by someone who knew these guys personally.
@rupfhuhn4 жыл бұрын
good bye Steve - heaven or hell.... keep on rockin :-)
@sanjacob4 жыл бұрын
@@rupfhuhn kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHi1YYaqoamYZ5Y
@Breakbeats92.53 жыл бұрын
You just hang in there and keep on rocking.
@AstralMarmot3 жыл бұрын
Just so you know - people still out here wishing you well. I hope you got your health back since you wrote this, and that you'll tell us more stories about Lightning and Squatty. Hell I'd record you telling stories if you wanted; could listen to someone like you tell stories all day long. Might not know you but don't need to know someone to know they're good people. You take care out there, mind body and soul - it's all the same.
@Omaha11Bravo2 ай бұрын
Stone cold blooded Master. A Hero of mine. Texas Legend
@joegarrison59113 жыл бұрын
I literally cannot stop listening to the first song. One of the best songs I've ever heard
@anthonyetemadi7975 Жыл бұрын
It is indeed..Baby please don't go!
@joaquinlinodelatorre5928 Жыл бұрын
You could try with John Lee Hooker version, that one is great too, I think this one is better anyway.
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
The man, the music, the legend, it's Lightnin', one of the very finest blues artists of all time! I love this guy!!👍💖🎸😎
@GjaP_2422 жыл бұрын
Serving as one of the great archetypes of Texas Blues, and acoustic blues overall, Lightnin' Hopkins is one of the legends of the music. With his reach, he influenced many guitarists; for example, Jimi Hendrix's family listened to much blues, and one of young Hendrix's favorites happened to be Lightnin' Hopkins. Source: Ploddings Com
@andygibbins53722 жыл бұрын
Hello all you guys from the US of A. White guy from Birmingham England learned to play listening to his records aged about 12. I'm 65 now and realise how much I copied him.... from my first professional gig at the age of 14 and still do. God Bless !
@stacyblue1980 Жыл бұрын
"wIdely imitated style..."...? We have tried for decades 🤣We can't do it! Maybe someday..? Praise be to God. This man is the very best. We love you, Sam. 🌹
@buddymanstv7799 Жыл бұрын
Can we just thank the man who invented the video camera ahha aha cause man this stuff is pure gold and this new generation don’t want nothing to do with this type of music. Didn’t even know this guy was from Houston and it makes me proud to have one of the best blues player from my part of town!
@ThePandaAgenda Жыл бұрын
I'm 25, don't know if that makes me too old for "this new generation". But there's definitely a lot of people bred on rock, raised on the blues, and some of us, trained in jazz. Even now kids are buying thumb-picks
@mishacking10 ай бұрын
I'm 22, it just depends how into music you are more than age
@dreamweaver16039 ай бұрын
@@ThePandaAgenda good, now we just have to get the radio or Spotify or whoever it is these days to promote the music to the masses.
@rocketman2524 жыл бұрын
I"ve been listening to this guy since I was about 16 years old (now 79) and have enjoyed him immensely. And I'm a white boy from the suburbs of Detroit. Have seen him in person several times in Ann Arbor an at festivals - it never gets old to me.
@Enter5tube3 жыл бұрын
you lucky, I envy you...
@David53D3 жыл бұрын
I was raised in Detroit and saw some good blues around the area during the 60's I'm now 70 living in South Texas.
@CelticSaint3 жыл бұрын
You saw this man live in concert!!! OMG!!
@rdmkeytohwy2 жыл бұрын
That is so cool that you got to see this legend before he passed. I didn’t really know his music until he was gone. I am also a white boy from a small town in the Midwest called Kansas, IL. I love most all of these old original blues men. I prefer Lightnin’ with just him and an acoustic guitar because a band messes up his delivery. Many of these guys weren’t hung up on playing everything perfectly in time and they developed a style that was uniquely theirs. This man was pure genius and his guitar style is beyond cool. Salt of the earth is a great way to describe him.
@Jagsjshsksbsnaksjdlj2 жыл бұрын
Hey gotta appreciate good white people, your people catch a lot of flack i just wanna tell good people like you, black people appreciate you guys lol
@1906sfjd8 жыл бұрын
The voice, the style, the heart. Never get tired of Lightnin'.
@harrydeanbentzel5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the cardigan!
@Mathuews1 Жыл бұрын
"Yeaaaa that's the way that cycloon started...."
@mindsigh4 Жыл бұрын
the way he somtimes is finger over the fret to mute & buzz bass notes that he hits hard, feel feel feel the quiet parts the lulls in between
@omairsheikh39822 жыл бұрын
His sense of rhythm and timing is simply impeccable
@jessemahsel16413 жыл бұрын
The funkiest, flashiest, coolest, heaviest bluesman
@lennyluzitano89204 жыл бұрын
I WAS DEPPRESSED ALL DAY TODAY.....BUT ..LIGHTIN HOPKINS DONE TOOK ME FOR A HAPPY BLUES RIDE..."NOBODY SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR LIKE LIGHTIN HOPKINS.......AWESOME THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH....MADE ME LAUGH AND SMILE....WHAT MELODY IS THIS FROM HEAVEN HE SINGS AND PLAYS ...GREAT TONE AND FEEL EMOTION AND TOTTALY MELODIC ....SATISFACTION GAURANTEED...ONE OF MY FAVORITES.........
@markkennard8614 ай бұрын
Your proof that there ain't no better cure for the blues than the blues..
@3dfather10 жыл бұрын
Thank GOD that some body had the mind to record and preserve this for future generations...and if it were not for you tube I would not know about a lot of this...
@nicolen.96424 жыл бұрын
Derek Wagoner Absolutely!!
@johnc34034 жыл бұрын
it's true, as the years pass, more and more of this mans work appears on KZbin... we are lucky indeed
@bluto2124 жыл бұрын
Do you know the origins of these video recordings?
@jontotoronto9483 жыл бұрын
IF it were not for You Tube I would not know about you. So it's light and dark.
@bryanbuck34303 жыл бұрын
this whole Folk Seattle series is priceless
@Colinshreds69 Жыл бұрын
Po lightnin really had them blues. Didn’t need a big orchestra behind him to play em either. Just good ole country blues. Man and his guitar singing straight from his heart bout what he feels. Legend
@caniican3 жыл бұрын
You can play me Symphony music Thelonious Monk jazz Satchmo you can play me Les Paul you can play me Jeff Beck you can play me Clapton Gilmore Townsend The Beatles on and on and on and on every single last one of them was touched by this man and his sounds as well as all other early Blues pioneers not just guitar players. So I just feel so enthralled when I see this in here this makes me so glad to be part of the human experience and also very glad I have playing the guitar for 40 years and everyday more fired up than the last. I said hey hey the blues is alright hey hey the blues is alright. Love me some Lightnin Hopkins hot damn! LOL
@derekgoins65473 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@aldito75862 жыл бұрын
2007. I go to the food store and when I'm done with my grocery shopping I come to this isle that had cd's. So I see this cd that said "Lightnin Hopkins sings the blues". Thank God I found this cd !!! - It changed my life and kept me company for many months through the tough times !!!
@scottt2012 Жыл бұрын
I need to keep the nails on my fretting as short as I can to play, that he can play, and so well, with those nails blows my mind. Great stuff here, Lightnin' is legend.
@anodyneforever3996 Жыл бұрын
Me too. I don't know how he played with nails that long on fretting hand.
@jerrygarziola Жыл бұрын
@@anodyneforever3996 yeah so annoying when they get too long lol
@WutThaFuh Жыл бұрын
My favorite part is when he's done playin' and he looks at the camera like WTF are you lookin' at?
@KennethMcMurryАй бұрын
This guy is probably the the coolest dude to ever live honestly
@davidg.99323 жыл бұрын
109 years ago Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was born on this day.. March 15, 1912. The day blues was born.. We respect all the blues greats but Lightnin' was one of a kind..
@seandmoore69223 жыл бұрын
This is absolute gold. Thank you for sharing, and thanks to those who spent the time recording and cataloging this music. America couldn’t handle the beauty of the blues, so Europe took it and gave it its due.
@theherbpuffer2 жыл бұрын
Texas has the best music.
@caniican3 жыл бұрын
My youngest brother is sick with diabetes also has some lifelong serious struggles with schizophrenia. Unfortunately he's one of those stubborn types ... knows it all won't take advice ...THOUGH constantly asks for help. Very confusing in the mind this human dynamic. ⭐Because family is family and you got to care for those who are not as well off as you. This has overwhelmed me and giving me the serious Blues.! So having told that story I am happy to corroborate with many others that listening to this for the past many hours has really brought me back down to earth. Watched about 30 Lightnin Hopkins videos live concerts at cetera today this s*** is the real deal Blues is the Healer Blues is the Healer Blues is the Healer! Hallelujah love you lightning
@1992Maton8 жыл бұрын
@5:32 ... that rhythmic double wack before kicking into the melody line. He had such groove. I can't say enough about the dude, to be honest.. Brilliance. Voice, persona, image, playing.. helps ease the ache a lot of the time.
@Goatchild903 жыл бұрын
So many people will listen to their Blues Rock and Heavy Metal and never realize it came from this. Damn shame.
@KennethMcMurryАй бұрын
Im so addicted to listening to lightning that almost as soon as I wake up i here his licks and turnarounds in mind
@raakaroki3 жыл бұрын
My favorite county blues singer guitar player. Great!
@joeessig35503 жыл бұрын
Colder than a robot, hotter than a crockpot. Dude doesn't move his head for the first 4 minutes---what a disinterested badass.
@frankcorrenti59414 жыл бұрын
This Gibson J50 guitar was the top of the line especialy for Texas folk, blues, and all-around Travelin' singer-songwriters from say 1955-1975, give or take. You'll see it used by young Steve Earle, Gillian Welch even today, along with many others. Mr. Lightnin' Hopkins shows how versatile he is strumming band finger-picking all up and down the strings to get the right sound. The pickup he is using was one of the better and affordable. I used a similar Dave LAWRENCE pickup with an old tube Fender amp for small auditorium performances and could connect a microphone and the guitar both. This is a priceless recording.
@aquariumlife29294 ай бұрын
Is it true back in the 20s/30s ( birth of ) blues guitar players used to play with nylon syrings ? Since you seem a person that would know answering tgis question
@irmarobinson19 жыл бұрын
My dear cousin a legend...Gone but not forgotten. May his soul rest in total peace!
@irmarobinson19 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jeanpaulhopkins81126 жыл бұрын
He was my daddy brother that I never met.
@josephmordecai62375 жыл бұрын
Jean Paul Hopkins was your daddy a musician too?
@J.Dove3D4 жыл бұрын
My favorite American guitarist/musician for over 34 yrs now. I, like many musicians can claim Mr.Hopkins as my musical daddy. God Bless.
@cherrybullet14 жыл бұрын
Not only is his blues technique incredible,his timing is perfect as well.Just a man,his voice,and his guitar.Unbelievable!
@andywjackson1135 Жыл бұрын
A fabulous thank you for sharing such fabulous music 🎶🎸🎶🇺🇲☯️the blues is in my soul hopefully for ever🤸🏄
@MrGrxxx1238 жыл бұрын
only lightin can make a sweater look cool!! this is greatness
@matthewseed33863 жыл бұрын
IDK, Scarlett Johansson be making sweaters look pretty damn cool.
@bureaucratbayonet3 жыл бұрын
That stone cold stare after he finishes a song. He's the coolest.
@rudyboy9043 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best musician in history.
@ingenuitas2 жыл бұрын
He was the coolest cat who ever lived.
@bnhamilton7 ай бұрын
Have to throw Sonny Boy Williamson's hat in that ring:) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGnJqpVvq9V8mZI
@thetimetraveler41172 жыл бұрын
Fingerstyle standard teachers are now mad with those TWO fingers doing all the work! Hopkins, you badass!
@Mr.Grumbdy5 ай бұрын
Sam Lightning Hopkins took the blues to a whole new level and then some
@boxingin10 жыл бұрын
What a terrific guitar player and wonderful musician!
@tommaddox10283 жыл бұрын
I first learned of lighting in 1962. I have on record at least 3 of his albums. On one he plays elec. Guitar one album is his life story played and talked by him I like him but also sonny terry and brownie Magee i saw them close up in abar performance 1979 sonny is the best harp player ever
@RS-cb7nm5 жыл бұрын
They asked Lightning, in an interview what guitar he liked to play. He said which everyone wasn't in hock. Lol. Hell he would make anything sound good.
@Pabloignacioalvarez4 жыл бұрын
there's a potential good story here but damn man it need details AHAHAH
@williamdavis9764 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling man...
@matthewseed33863 жыл бұрын
Ain't that the truth. The good ones are in hock but you learn how to make the bad ones sound good too.
@chrispaulick Жыл бұрын
The Father of Texas Blues.
@eddieboggs8306 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Blues artist. Anyone that can have a trombone player in his band and it work has to be a ledgen.
@machtschnell74523 жыл бұрын
Seeing Lightnin' live was mesmerizing. He made the blues seem effortless. He did like to drink to inebriation, though. He could barely sit on his stool and would usually fire one of his sidemen who never left. One who played the washboard was Cleveland Chenier who lived in Austin. Great to have film of Lightnin' playing live.
@GreenManalishiUSA2 жыл бұрын
I had a guitar teacher who had taken lessons from Lightnin Hopkins, and he used to say that until you've sat at the feet of Lightnin Hopkins and felt his hot, whiskey-soaked breath coming down on you, then you haven't really heard the blues 😀
@lindsayl.94723 жыл бұрын
‘This guitar lives eternally...as she is heard every time this recording is playing. She communicates love and joy with whom all she is sharing. Forever full and spilling over with sweet soulful bliss.💜💪🏼
@jhavajoe37922 ай бұрын
What a treasure! Music is so mysterious. All power to those who can enjoy any genre. And in every genre there's always one song or more that just attaches to you.
@davisworth51146 жыл бұрын
All of the "FolkSeattle" performance were recorded at KTCS Public Television studios which was located on the Univ.of Washington campus in Seattle. The Seattle Folklore Society brought up all the great blues musicians from down south and staged concert in the Seattle area. These great musicians had second careers during the Folk-Blues revival of the 60's and early seventies. I was a concert promoter for the Folklore Society ( unpaid, of course) and was truly blessed to meet and learn the styles of the greats. Seeing black fingers on a guitar neck was a big thrill for us young white guys, and they were all willing to show us their guitar moves. I took promotional fliers to all the area media outlets. The black music station in Seattle, KYAC FM, was very hostile, and refused to promote these incredible performances. The audiences were largely hip college kids and local folkies and blues lovers. So it was young whites who saved the blues from oblivion; it's a source of sadness for me that young black kids are ignorant of their beautiful musical legacy,the Country Blues.
@ethanhammond76156 жыл бұрын
They really are, all they listen to is the rap. All kids my age aren't aware of the greatness of this stuff actually.
@mohamedtlass3842 Жыл бұрын
The thing is that black people generally go with whatever is the new cool thing… been like this for decades
@johnweldon77383 ай бұрын
He's stroking them strings... They speak in a language that's universal
@KittenFlower667 жыл бұрын
That guitar is sitting somewhere unplayed and depressed. It looks so happy in this recording.
@ethanhammond76156 жыл бұрын
Its looks absolutely happy as hell
@acousticshadow40326 жыл бұрын
Indeed, RH. Believe it's a Gibson B-25. I had one, but it never sounded as good as this one...lol.
@EmeraldWoodArchives5 жыл бұрын
It's in the Rock Hall of Fame. I saw it
@LouisCrosland4 жыл бұрын
@@acousticshadow4032 it's a 1965 Gibson J50
@darrendix51634 жыл бұрын
He must have just recently received this guitar, or was borrowing it. It sounds brand spanking new, a bit tinny. I'm sure today it sounds a LOT different, and developed. Hopefully SOMEBODY is playing it and it's not sitting in a glass box.@@LouisCrosland
@alexbrewer579910 жыл бұрын
The Man has a whole friggin band in his fingers. Amazing. Looks so deceptively simple, too....
@bnhamilton3 жыл бұрын
Uses one guitar (That's all I see) But when he plays It sounds like three
@MikeMalleyGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Anything but simple... but it’s amazing what a skilled musician can do with practice..
@phantom33bb583 жыл бұрын
It is simple !!
@phantom33bb583 жыл бұрын
I can do this in my sleep
@phantom33bb583 жыл бұрын
If u look at his fingers an listen then u can too
@stevewilliamson99955 жыл бұрын
Townes Van Zandt loved the guy too.
@omairsheikh3982 Жыл бұрын
Yes he did! They were friends if I’m not wrong
@jenniferbroadwater6136 Жыл бұрын
I remember this from the 70s I was at some party and somebody was playing this but I can’t figure out what party and who? Glad I found it on here.
@TheMadisonHang4 жыл бұрын
I love this guy Real Music. Real Soul.
@RoJoeLa55x11 жыл бұрын
Lightnin' Hopkins. Just listen to that voice and guitar and let it seep down into your bones. Good Stuff!!
@ulenpink50264 жыл бұрын
Good
@ulenpink50264 жыл бұрын
P pm please l
@RoJoeLa55x4 жыл бұрын
@@ulenpink5026 Thank you for listening.
@gringagarbo75084 жыл бұрын
I can hear Lightnin’ Hopkins’s style when Nancy Wilson plays.
@stevemoore85003 жыл бұрын
I have heard of this man and his guitar playing many years ago. I think it was the song he played “make sure my grave is kept clean”. Thanks to KZbin I discovered who he really is in late March 2021. Watching his hands move across the guitar you realize how good he is. Steve Moore
@rrexpress7795 жыл бұрын
5:43 That chord and Stare!
@mwngwАй бұрын
Mr. Hopkins used to live across the street from me in Riverside County, Ca.
@ardalla5358 жыл бұрын
My brain is foggy with the years but I remember a tale of how someone gave Lightnin a 12-string with dimes as tuning knobs. He said he never played it because it was too much trouble to tune. I spent the '60s in Houston, so Lightnin was a common sight at places like Liberty Hall.
@mariemarie8868 Жыл бұрын
That kind of Blues always makes me dizzy - oooohh-yeahhhh!!!!
@anderotaola75153 жыл бұрын
I discovered Lightnin Hopkins recently. All I have to say I wasn’t ready for Baby please don’t go in this take. I was prayin and cryin I swear Lord forgive me never have I had such an intense reaction to music. I even had to come say.
@grants55543 жыл бұрын
absolute master of the craft. Mild crime that more don't know him.
@KRxN1112 жыл бұрын
An original. A master at work. His playing, his voice, his presentation. Royalty. A one of a kind. I grew up on this stuff. This is like collards and corn bread to me. Don't forge the buttermilk.
@talladegatony6 жыл бұрын
Lightnin' ! I first heard Lightnin' Hopkins before college when one of my broke friends found a wooden crate of records on the sidewalk...Lightnin' Strikes was in there...Thank you for posting this! It's been almost 20 years since I first heard him and it's amazing to see this footage.
@lennyluzitano89204 жыл бұрын
When i was a little kid playing acoustic guitar age 11..1/2 i played that style 1965 ..not knowing it was called blues ..but when i was 43 years old ..i heard a lighting Hopkins cassette and it blew my mind . ! i connected imediatly..i had never heard any one sign like ..Lightin...wow...amazing ...words can't describe his ultimate blues power...
@Herve195511 жыл бұрын
His hands are two presents that God offered to guitar.
@danasizemore59474 жыл бұрын
I can listen to him AllDay. +++
@randallruble79414 жыл бұрын
Just had back surgery - hurt like hell. Listen to this and t he pain goes away!
@aylbdrmadison10514 жыл бұрын
I hope you're still healing well. ^-^
@charlieredeemed3 жыл бұрын
Hope u ok, now!! Much love🙏
@mikidomeny16773 жыл бұрын
there is something of pure magic about this man. can´t help it, it screams out of his being. I mean his soul.. his guitar skills, well let me put it this way, devil offered him to teach him cello but he said: "let poo´ Lighnin be.."
@choad197610 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for these shows for years! This and the Roscoe Holcomb are the only ones I'd ever seen so the Son House, John Lee etc. is all bonus. A big thank you for making these available. Maybe some of these people with a palate for bubblegum will accidentally run across some of these and acquire a taste for top shelf. Or not...
@mtsoul7496 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like 3 guitars at once. Bass , rhythm and lead.
@omairsheikh3982 Жыл бұрын
That’s the skill level of po Lightnin’! A one man band
@snorrevonflake2 жыл бұрын
He is in top form here, i have listened to most of his recordings and this is as intense and spot on as it gets. Don't even think i have a CD with recordings THAT good and i have almost everything available.
@mickeyroulette5034 жыл бұрын
Holy christ, that’s the ghost of guitar’s past.
@PutItAway101 Жыл бұрын
You can hear the roots of Jimi's "Hear My Train a-Coming"
@Jahefe1311 жыл бұрын
Incredible style and delivery! Thanks.
@dexter71574 жыл бұрын
This music remenber my little cat Killa. My true love. R.I.P Killa
@Colinshreds69 Жыл бұрын
“I’ll be good, cut your wood, treat you better than your mother would” simpler times
@didclements12 жыл бұрын
Im so darn lucky 'cause I saw this man play when I was 21yrs old in a small hall in Queensland, Australia.....before he died, never seen any one born so deep into the blues & blew my mind... long time back, I'm glad you found the videos too,great.!!!!
@rossduncan95057 жыл бұрын
This is country blues at its best prewar baby,acoustic blues the only way to go.
@GjaP_2422 жыл бұрын
Hopkins' nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour. Source: AllMusic
@tonypaulprince3 жыл бұрын
He makes that guitar sing!
@pauldebont81586 жыл бұрын
My Bluesuncle inrtoduced me to the music of Lightning Sam when I was 18 years old. Hear was the start of my interest and playnig the bleus. Big Boy Arthur Crudup and a fifties album of BB King soon followed. How grateful I am to my blulesuncle, who himself was playing the blues for fourty years, till he got the guitarsickness.
@davidmoody2394 жыл бұрын
Oh what a man! Love that sound from the guitar, and they don't make men like that no more. 👍🥃
@jarrodanstine60744 жыл бұрын
Lightin "the thumbs of war" Hopkins...
@OliverKostrinsky13 жыл бұрын
for all people who love guitar and "real" music in general.... 2:49 to 3:08.....listen and watch closely....it'll do us all some good
@vonnyl603510 жыл бұрын
surely the damn coolest blues player ever...
@cheickmariko78492 жыл бұрын
Can’t stop listening this guy
@markkennard8612 ай бұрын
Absolutely mesmerising..
@cleanerfloors10 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Thank God somebody got this on film.
@billriggins80144 жыл бұрын
I would have given years off my life to have seen him play live.
@PoolhouseProduction11 жыл бұрын
you are so right. SRV described it as playing into the meat of the guitar. the sounds he could pull out of an acoustic were amazing. you didn't just grab some glasses and a hat and start calling yourself a bluesman. thanks for the heads up brother.
@0otee4 жыл бұрын
Baby plse don’t go... Great musicman🌹❣️👌🌺🌻❤️ To hear him Live should’ve been great❣️💥🌞
@frabber3214 жыл бұрын
When he plays, I can hear the guitar sing some lyrics.
@mrstanbmw4 жыл бұрын
I love how Eryca Badu give him a shout out on one of her songs this guy was a Giant.
@johnogden675211 жыл бұрын
Man this guy can play the guitar baby, I am delighted to listen and play my Harmonica to his sound, real delight, no i never heard of him and his play until now, but yeah I playing and jammin with my Mississippi Sax to this da sound.. yeap let it rip)))
@johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith4 жыл бұрын
Really great. Natural original talent.
@coldmanblues14464 жыл бұрын
I love the third song he plays on here probably most of all. But every morning i listen to this video while brushing my teeth and getting ready for my day 😎
@geroldfirl3 жыл бұрын
Twister Blues hits the spot
@RErnie-gv1hv3 жыл бұрын
That fits right in. How many blues songs begin, "When I woke up this morning - - - -"?
@joeblow84513 жыл бұрын
I'm half way through this video and just noticed he is lead guitarist, bass guitarist, and the drummer..