Fredrik Strand Halland - Texas Flood

[@trondt916]

FYI, all haters out there; the kid is 12 yrs old. He started playing the guitar at the age of 7, the blues when he was 9. His greatest desire is to go to Texas to see the SRV statue. (From the Norwegian into) In a world of computer generated crap music, we should appaloud talent like this!

[@reelshooter]

It takes determination, self discipline and passion for music, to become this good at any age...

[@blindwatchman0722]

Eh I kinda disagree. So long as you’ve got passion, you can get pretty far. Passion breeds determination, and discipline doesn’t do much more than produce mediocrity without passion or determination behind it. But yeah

[@reelshooter]

@@blindwatchman0722 It takes vast amounts of self-discipline to achieve such good results. If it we're easy, we would all be stars

[@DarthJacobi]

If you don't like this, get your ears cleaned, I don't know what it is, but my God this kid has got it.

[@johnpierce2095]

I don't think he has it, when stevie ray played it was like a ton of soul and him and the guitar were one, kid is good but he just cant make the guitar sing like stevie could

[@angelogalaviz]

j lll I’m not sure wtf your listening to

[@batmanandrobin250]

j lll I agree and it’s not about him playing flashy Stevie could play faster than this kid and a lot cleaner but he rarely did he likes to take it slow and mix in a flurry now and then that really took you over this kid just doesn’t have it like Stevie and that’s totally fine Stevie was a once in a lifetime kinda guy this kid still great though not fair to compare him to Stevie

[@batmanandrobin250]

Lil Psyduck j lll I agree and it’s not about him playing flashy Stevie could play faster than this kid and a lot cleaner but he rarely did he likes to take it slow and mix in a flurry now and then that really took you over this kid just doesn’t have it like Stevie and that’s totally fine Stevie was a once in a lifetime kinda guy this kid still great though not fair to compare him to Stevie

[@billcream2900]

he's got the blues

[@eodnhoj8387]

watched this hundreds of times!! soulful. smouldering. nordic blond hair. fjordic green eyes. great confident vocals for twelve years old! fast and skilful playing. screaming high-end notes cascading from his guitar! perfection in sound and vision!!

[@theirishgirl6809]

This 'kid' is no longer a kid!!!! He is now 21 yrs. old & has played with some very successful musicians AND about to release his first solo album! I still have chills watching & listening to this young man's AWESOME TALENT!!!!! Keep on rockin' Fredrik & cannot wait to purchase your solo album!

[@samcooper1709]

SRV is hard to beat... Have not enjoyed blues since he went away. Actually, you have done something I don't believe has been done. You have taken the foundation of Jimi and SRV and combined your own personal style. Imitation is easy; keep on creating... Greetings from Texas...

[@rinkrude1]

I just listened to Stevie Ray and again to Fredrik. All I can say is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I know Stevie Ray is looking down...listening and is smiling big. Fredrik does him proud!!

[@thembarichard6335]

blues will never die as long as we stil have young boy like this one he reminds me of the great SRV

[@bakerXderek]

Soooooooooooooooooooooooo Good

[@BjavaBluesStop]

This young man does some pretty damn good blues....

[@theshallowsea]

Awesome !

[@BjavaBluesStop]

Pascal Corriu Yes, I must agree ;))

[@rinkrude1]

I listen to this at least once every evening. Very Enjoyable. Bound to become one of the best! He with out a doubt will become one of the guitar gods. I love this kid.

[@sdroflah]

Thats why the blues is so Amazing. You dont have to copy it line by line, verse by verse. Its all about timing and it leaves so much room for your own style making it your own...I love the blues...nothing like it

[@Grocker1919]

I think you are very good & Stevie would be proud to know he influenced , the young, & that he has such young fans.. His Legacy Lives on Forever.. He is Loved & Missed so bad.... Thx for keeping his music alive & going

[@WimHofstede]

297 people who shouldn't be allowed to listen to good music .. This kid is GREAT!!

[@luvsanimls]

What can I say !!!! You are OFF THE HOOK !!!!!! best norwegian guitar player since ME !!!!!! LOL I wish. Much luck and I will ABSOLUTELY come to c u in NYC !!!!!! NORGE !!!!!!!!

[@guiforster]

Didn't play with soul? Blues is all about expression, I bet he put a lot of work into learning this song, but he is expressing it in his own way. Lot of you talking here couldn't even reach his toes. You are the people that need soul, not him.

[@Pilot545]

guiforster EXACTLY!! I’m so impressed with this kid!! He didn’t just try to copy SRV, he made that song his own! Great blend of Texas blues with a bit of Slash-style shredding!

[@Pilot545]

And I just realized your comment is 5 years old! Lol. Even social media is starting to show its age. Lol

[@koyunbaba73]

And you are just so, so brilliant. Yes sir, it makes me so glad I have the internet. Now I can hear from the most special people 24/7. You are particularly special.

[@redcrazymonkey]

Stunning! Bravo young man!

[@johncarous8503]

blues as with all music has no boundries and i love seeing young people playing real music keep it up little brother , noke cleveland. great playing''.

[@GilangRamanda]

I just crying right now, oh my God, thank you God, please do God, make bunch of kid like this! Haha good one! When I'm 12 I just play some cheesy pop song, man, he is good! You will grow kid!

[@guns-o123]

I ve been playing guitar for 20 years, hopefully in 10 years I ll be able to play like this kid. Brilliant!

[@mrdano3577]

Stevie given a standing O in heaven. Wow

[@Rockerlio83]

This is the very new generation of blues man...great fredrik!!!!!...

[@shepp8964]

the kid is laying it down. . . no, he's throwing down. . slamming it

[@heatherautrey5987]

Sweet Baby Jesus! This kid is mind blowing! He's 12 years old and he plays better than most twice his age. Stevie Ray is smiling down on this child...and tapping his foot ")

[@32303m]

you are great kid god bless you

[@raufe8461]

At 12, this kid is both cooler and better at guitar than I ever will be.

[@louieis1337]

steve vai + srv + hendrix style of playing

[@GuitArchitect011]

Pure talent, the next blues legend right here, ladies and gentlemen!

[@madhousemortuary]

285 haters drowned in a texas flood

[@theirishgirl6809]

+madhousemortuary sith Nothing but jealousy! And yeah, they probably did drown. lol

[@overtimefreak2685]

good wish.....

[@debraybarbo4659]

that young kids doing. Stevie Ray Vaughan is the best thing I have heard in years. I am and avid Stevie fan. listened to it sitting at MY window .m couldn't ask for a better way to jam. Wii make. AWESOME. MEMORY. LIL. DEB. DOWN HERE IN BEAUMONT TEXAS. WHOO HOO!!!!!!

[@morriswilburn9858]

He's good.

[@Simoto92]

He plays and sings with such bluesy feeling its impossible not to like this! Hes an exceptional musician for his age, i hope this kid really makes it, he sure has a musicians soul :)

[@gary_beniford]

this is ten years old so this kid must be 22 by now.

[@brcarter1111]

+jump oricakle Nah he OD'ed on the H at 15

[@LadyRiderc]

+Brett Carter No, he's very much alive, see www.officialfredrikhalland.com/about/

[@TraumahawkTV]

+jump oricakle twitter.com/FredrikHalland

[@KateHannon]

Here he is as a session musician. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5i5qoCumbt6adU

[@rinkrude1]

I could listen to this for hours...I wish I knew how to say " Awesome " in his native language. His playing is sooo clean and skillfull. He puts so much emotion into his performance that he entertains well beyond his years and connects with his audience. I'll be looking for his CD's in the future.

[@manuelquinones938]

Looks like he's ready to start playing his own stuff, a lot of guitar players get lost trying to play like somebody else when they got the tools to do their own, where is he now ?? He sounded good then !!

[@kerryalanp]

Oh my God! He's amazing! This is my favourite blues song, and I've been trying to master it for years. I should give up, 'cause I'll never be anywhere near as good as him (and he's about a third my age). Unbelievable!!!

[@1971SuperLead]

Kerry P Never give up. You can do it.

[@terjebirkelund1663]

+Kerry P Never ever give up, you will get to that level soon.

[@skatetodeath666]

I've been trying to do the ae myself. what a song to learn I must say. pretty much anything SRV did takes a whole lot of hrs to even get somewhat close. it can be frustrating for sure. but it's worth the effort as it gets you better in all other ways of playing even if this one is never mastered.

[@1971SuperLead]

sinister steve Try the song Crossfire. It's pretty easy and you'll learn a lot.

[@scottconnatser4626]

All I want to know is if this kid won that competition cause if not I want to hear who in the hell beat him lol. Damn he's good

[@ella5319]

SRV is smiling looking down from Heaven. This young man has done Stevie proud!!

[@imjustsomeguy72]

He's got hella chops for sure, and he sings it well enough as well, but he overplays the whole thing. Save the fast runs for the build later on, and whet our appetites early on with some smoother slower licks. The greatest musicianship is not just technical skill, but dynamic feel. You've got a full 3-4 minute to play with, so why not use it? But plenty more years ahead of him, he'll do fine.

[@beaudesign1]

+imjustsomeguy72 The Kind of "Dynamic Feel" that you mention does not come to children no matter how talented they are. Feel comes from life experience. He will indeed get there, if he has a good support group to keep him from going off the deep end too early.

[@floyd7107]

Well tbh, SRV style is an "overplaying" style, real aggressive , and i've listened to SRV too many times to count, and this kid nailed the smooth slower licks and i believe got that niche SRV accelerate/deceleration flow really really close, like no other..... i wish he was still around

[@icedragonlm]

Floyd 710 2:37 SRV never did that..that's way over played even by Stevie Ray's nasty playing style..he's not bad, at all. He's really good. But he did try to shred over Texas Flood..wtf

[@DinoJelusickOfficial]

People, what's wrong with you? This guy was 12 when he played this and he is amazing. Anything against him is pure jealousy. Instead of criticizing, show us your video of playing SRV. Btw, I think he kicked ass of many blues guitarists by this performance! Cheers ;)

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

12!?!?!? I give up.

[@harry8097]

Outstanding, young man. Keep up the good work. You are going places.

[@bo.1563]

SRV reïncarnated?

[@ivan95941]

I thought the same

[@tylerdurden5211]

sorry to say but there will never be another Stevie

[@bo.1563]

true...

[@timtim-hf3ut]

the Dirtiest Dan the kids only 7 give him a chance

[@willg54]

hahahah....12

[@jthendrix]

GREAT PERFORMANCE! Awesome Kid! Keep Go In! That's the Advantage of Learning at so young Age.

[@ConstantineJajas]

Apart from the fact that the kid was 12 at the time...why bash someone for playing the Blues? Wouldn't you rather have kids doing their best to play Blues instead of listening to new Little Waynes and Justin Biebers? Give the kid some credit for f***s sake!

[@rudyceballos_]

This is kinda funny because this kid right now is actually a session guitarist who has actually played on one of Justin Bieber's albums. Not sure which one though.

[@rinkrude1]

I first listened to him just over a year ago...and I still can't get enough of his Texas Flood. "Better than Bieber" will ever be...in my opinion...and will transition easily after he becomes an adult. I can't figure out why someone hasn't signed him up as he is money in the bank...IMHO. I'd buy anything he does! ROCK ON!!

[@volarb9613]

Sounds like a 12 year old singing but a guy who’s been playing guitar for 40 years playing

[@andrewhinds6560]

All you other guitarists can analyze him all you want but there is no doubt that this kid is awesome! Much much better than I could dream of playing!!

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

So funny to hear foreigners say Texas. This song is supposed to have passion and he just shredded the solo. SRVs solo on this song is one of the greatest blues solos ever and he just put a watered down typical solo to it.

[@fredericmora5252]

popoaggie That's just sad he used his talent to shred. He could add some feeling into it and less tech, would have ended way better. Great player though.

[@Lakis69]

Frédéric Mora He was 12 xD

[@MrRemmeh]

+Frédéric Mora thats not sad, you are sad you stupid fuck. How was that no feeling ? You must be stupid as hell and dont know how to appreciate fucking awesome talents.

[@fredericmora5252]

+MrRemmeh " Great player though." You must have misread. And eh, you don't bet your life on my comment, so please do not insult me. ;)

[@askrat3499]

+Jthomas Annillo A 12 y/o shredding mate...

[@deltawhiskey1398]

This is how the blues lives on. Steeping young guitar players in the blues, supporting them ensures that this form of guitar driven blues will continue. Guys like Buddy Guy who are mentoring kids like Quinn Sullivan should be commended. Someone needs to take this kid under their wing....bring him to America and expose him to all things blues.

[@n9kilo507]

Stevies lookin down on him and smilin. Much love and respect from Texas!!

[@MyzteriousLadyX]

He rides those strings better than a lot of the big boys I've heard...this child is a real Voodoo Chilel!!

[@oldskooln3rd21]

How can anyone hate this kid? He is awesome!

[@caniman]

You are playing like a 30 years old pro. The skills, tone, feeling, everything is beyond cool. The future of the guitar is here. Best wishes

[@StarsGoeBlue]

Holy crap!! You are amazing kid! * wipe away tears from my eyes*

[@HuntFish1967]

Great playing young man and nice to add your own flavor as well. I enjoyed every second.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

I sooooo love to see new YOUNG talent enter the Blues era.

[@warrendawson8598]

Please ignore all the haters because they are all so jealous of this kids talent and he channeled SRV and I would pay money to see him live. . . . . . .

[@MsKnowingtruth]

awesome job, he was 12 years old when he did this, amazing!! so I'm sure he has a much deeper voice and does better than some of these complainers on here. great job Fredrik! nice rifs!!

[@Dankyjrthethird]

a truely skilled musician. i get the feeling that he'll become a great master that many will learn from

[@metteschieldrop2066]

dette er rått bra...wow..nice blues from a 12 year old Fredrik Strand Halland...awesome!!

[@astroboomer]

Excellent guitarist and good rendition of that SRV classic.

[@radioheadfan235]

I AM STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW 209 PEOPLE COULD POSSIBLY DISLIKE THIS VIDEO!?!? This kid IS INCREDIBLE! WOW!

[@MrAmajor7]

Phenomenal! I think he might be Yngwie Malmsteen and Bonnie Raitt's love child. Beautiful kid with otherworldly skills. Sure, he throws in some shredding, but that's what makes the song HIS version. As for those of you who say his vocals aren't good, most kids who play an instrument while singing are either too shouty or robotic. Frederik delivers the lyrics with a terrific amount of feeling and soul! Ten stars plus................!

[@ru3endaniel]

OMG!!!!! that was just phenomenal!..I liked very much..

[@MARIOBARROS1]

UNBELIEVABLE. UAU! Born new special guitarist.

[@LONELION17]

Keep playin' boy, you will be one of futures greats!

[@SRV4evr]

Wow - great performance. Will keep my eye on this one. But no one, nowhere, at any time will replace Stevie. Ever.

[@skumkugler]

This is totally awesome, Fredrik! Wow! Keep on! You are great and will be even greater! (Y)

[@Sm0k1n4ces]

Just a great Talent ! SVR would shed a tear !

[@PirateOfTheWest]

Wow! This kiddo is really awesome! Some people born with the talent.

[@lozoft9]

it's great to know the blues still live on. can't believe there's such thing as bieber fever and no halland fever.

[@SeasonOfRocknRoll]

I cant believe when I see the comments... This guy (then kid) rocks. He plays with such a tone and such a carisma. man! Stop saying that he's not playin blues cause he has to live a blues life! Does that mean he has to take drugs like most of famous blues guitarists?! come on... he's awesome!

[@isodude1]

Hpw any one can make any type of negative comment on this kid is beyond me. He's shpwing amazing speed, technique and flair on the guitar. Also.......He's singing in a language that is not native for him. The kid rips!

[@nokturnSoul]

there's nothing i love more than 12 yr olds singing about the blues.

[@kalesa.weatherby8412]

awesome ,here from texas.I want more .luv it

[@mcalfredon]

amazing :) this is my favourite blues song.. and i think his doing it really really great :D

[@kennethpepper4967]

Son, if you stay clear of drugs, sex, and alcohol, there just ain't no tellin' how good you can get . God Almighty guide you and keep you safe!

[@ironpirites]

This kid has outstanding chops. and phrasing for his age. There are a bunch of these kids out there now. It'll be interesting to see them come into their own as artists.

[@coachraymiller]

Ugh, I'm tired of hearing people complain about his voice. He is singing a song thats not even in his native tongue and playing guitar at the same time. It's not too easy.

[@Theoguitar]

Hi there! You are a great guitarist. I like your style. Hope to hear more from you. Wish you success!

[@hudsontoronto]

stop you haters!!!! this video is great , this kid kicks all your asses. dont be jealous, just practice more..

[@veefitzgerald6966]

I definitely hear a heavy Stevie Ray Vaughn influence.....damn this kid is GOOD!!!!! He is a name we will be hearing sooner than later!

[@billbear99]

I wish you well, you are blessed with a great talent. Keep it in the heart.

[@marvinhancock6433]

Kid you are a fantastic player don't listen to the haters that will be with you the rest of your life that are pissed of because that can't play keep going and good luck

[@rjinterr]

excellent sense of timing and phrasing this kid has it

[@arniewince7133]

Amazing beyond belief!

[@ikrammaududi6205]

i know many small kids who are good at guitar, but it's very hard to find someone, doesn't matter wheter he or she is an adult or a kid, who are able to play difficult guitar passage while singing and has great voice too

[@AlexandersAds]

Hats off to him. He has really put the hard yards and hours of sweat to get to that standard at 12. Hard to fathom that he can play with such great expression!

[@snakeweirdo]

Wow, I hate this because I know I won't be able to play as well as this kid, but I love it because it's completely mind... blowing...

[@overtimefreak2685]

Absolute Spitze, sehr abgezockt. Zwölf Jahre erst? Unfassbar.... mycket bra, Norge

[@xjackinthebox]

I just graduated music school with this kid. He's pretty sick in all areas of the guitar

[@richardoini]

what the hell!!!! was this kid born with a guitar in his hand? cant wait to see this guy grow up.

[@mattpeace5760]

270+ People hating this!!! Get a life, this kid rocks. HECTIC!!!!

[@Nyck461]

Fantastic presentation,. A lot similar to SRV. Very good guitarist.

[@00744SSS]

He must be over 23 years old now, I want to see how his guitar skill prove to what god level! If my future daughter can play SRV at 11 I will cry.

[@letthereberock12]

this kid blows my fucking mind. its also nice to see younger musicians playing the blues, and at the moment the blues arent very popular so its cool to see that. im 14 and i absolutly love the blues and bluesy rock.

[@GuzzWeber]

WOW! Damn kid totally got it! Thats freaking awesome!

[@musicrulesmusicland]

Ok people, do your homework. Fredrik is 17 now and a better musician than ever. He has a MySpace page with newer songs: BlueFredrik. If anyone can play guitar any better than Fredrik, I'd like to see that. Btw; imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Fredrik has definitely done his homework on Stevie Ray V's life work. I think Stevie Ray would be loving it. RIP Stevie