Marc Ribot: John Coltrane's 'Dearly Beloved'

[@crieverytim]

I was lucky enough to see him and Julian Lage play a 30-seat show in some gallery space in Brooklyn; which turned out to be my last show before hunkering down for covid. They went waaay left, definitely pushing it: loved it. Then immediately after, I crossed town and saw Wayne Krantz w Oz Noy and Dennis Chambers. Living in the city wasn't all bad!

[@dullarddom]

And there was me forgetting for a moment (before looking this up) why he's my all time favourite guitarist. Thanks for sharing.

[@GIBKEL]

Once you’ve heard him, there’s no going back and no one like him. Somehow he plays microtonal music in standard tuning on a western scale. Jockey full of Bourbon was the first time when my head spun and I pulled out the song credits to find out who was playing.

[@dullarddom]

@@GIBKEL it was through Tom Waits for me too and Ribot is the reason my own guitar playing always sounds lacking now to my ears but also the reason I'll keep pushing myself! O the ambivalent joys of art.

[@GIBKEL]

dullarddom -beautiful isn’t it. Johnny Greenwood is another one, at a completely different end of the spectrum that explodes with such few note choices and chaos that’s just excites the soul. Ribot tells whole stories in a language I know intuitively, but most days lack the ability to speak. I just love a singular voice. I know exactly what you are saying but every once in a while when you really go for something it gives back and a moment like that changes the way you play. Sometimes you have to remind yourself. And it’s like the very first time when you do. Only as you get older do you come to realize just how hard of an instrument it is. I’ve been teaching my wife after 24 years of her saying no....and now I understand why she said “no,” My problem being is that I made my guitar an adult pacifier and I have to remind myself of why I picked it up in the first place. Guitar chooses you....and the notes or melodies demand to exist.

[@radioazma]

I keep coming back to this

[@erdalmickeyilkturk]

You're the man!

[@matteomosolo]

A real Maestro!!! I love his playing and intensity

[@mybruhtha]

Magnificent homage to JC. Props to whoever was sound engineer on this as well. Many thanks.

[@graemedaniels6191]

He is a legend----I love stumbled brilliance.

[@Toto-yj8hc]

Found this looking for his songs that were in the movie “The Yellow Birds” (still can’t find them 😔)

[@chungwahcancion7870]

dearly chosen piece

[@mybruhtha]

Anyone got a guess to the tuning used? Ribot is a guitarist's guitarist's guitarist's guitarist's guitarist.

[@lungflogger9]

Drop D

[@lucamoccafighe7067]

@@lungflogger9 not at all. E is in C at least, if not B. Sounds too deep...

[@TariqAnwarMusic]

@@lucamoccafighe7067 it's definitely a drop D tuning, maybe even open Dm.

[@PutItAway101]

@@lucamoccafighe7067 Seriously? Even though the low note he's playing is clearly a D, you somehow feel it's "deeper". Maybe don't answer questions with guesswork based on feelings if you don't know what you're talking about?

[@lucamoccafighe7067]

@@PutItAway101 people make mistakes, you know? You're right, you win. Now, have a whiskey or a joint and relax a little bit..

[@championsoundrecords]

That last comment was a quote

[@GayleMI]

1:12 Hairball.

[@lungflogger9]

the coughing was part of the song

[@Musiccazz]

very john fahey

[@ismaelbelda1]

Well… no.

[@Musiccazz]

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[@ismaelbelda1]

@@Musiccazz Hey, didn't mean to be rude or anything. I love Fahey, but his stuff is repetitive and raga-like (not always but), while that piece Ribot plays is lyrical, almost free-form, etc. So I love both, but I find more disimilarities than similarities. Just my opinion. (Again, sorry if I appeard brusque in my response, it was only youtube absent-mindedness. Peace and love!)

[@Musiccazz]

@@ismaelbelda1 No hard feelings haha. I think the first minute or so of this piece is strikingly similar to some of Fahey's raga pieces (Fare foreward voyagers etc.) but yes, it's more dissimilar than similar in general. Both are absolutely brilliant guitarists

[@billysuter]

It's not what you play it's how you play it

[@sashakingcrimson5462]

Sasha king crimson ₪₪₪₪

[@ZudaVogel]

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[@deja75m]

Marc...yer back sir...I know