James Williamson of The Stooges | Guitar Moves Interview

[@stgirat]

Seeing Matt grinning from ear to ear is priceless!

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

The Stooges played my high school in 71 in Windsor Ontario Canada. :-) Peace

[@joegignac734]

Brennan?

[@Jasen-M74]

Fuckin A! 👍 peace.

[@evaplavalaguna]

James has the EXACT same tone as the album, crazy

[@ColonelSandurz]

I love seeing Matt geek out when playing a famous riff with the person that wrote it. Must be an amazing feeling! Also, I can't wait until the Ace Frehley episode!

[@chuckabbate5924]

It's a song etched ,no burned in my head forever. UMass radio wmua...early 80s. Very cool session.

[@GregA-uw9to]

Holy crap! I'm from Springfield area and listened to WMUA religiously had my own radio shows and played AT the Hangar 1, Pearl Steet, etc.

[@streetwalkincheetah77]

This is one of my favorite videos ever posted on you tube, couldn’t be better timing. I’m the hospital 3 days post liver transplant and I’ve this to keep me company. Incredible!

[@mrjehupitchfork]

Hope your recovery is smooth. Best of future health to you!

[@streetwalkincheetah77]

@@mrjehupitchfork thanks very much!!

[@sethprops4404]

Dude! Hope you’re doing good. 🙏

[@streetwalkincheetah77]

@@sethprops4404 Had to get a second transplant as there were complications with the first one. Home now and doing great, thanks!

[@dommccaffry3802]

Best wishes man

[@clinteastcoast]

Great to see this back on KZbin after it was removed a while back. Awesome. 🤘

[@danielstoddart]

Don't be fooled, kids. James Williamson might look like a retired electronics engineer, but the reality is that he's the Darth Vader of electric guitar; the Sith Lord of rock 'n roll.

[@silasmarner7586]

The funny thing was, he was at Cal Poly Pomona working on his degree and I was at Harvey Mudd doing likewise at the same time (79-80 - him 79-82 or thereabouts with some breaks. Man, had I known.. Also for what I wanted (being a EE ) Cal Poly would have been the better choice. But I just had a glance at their BSEE syllabus - pretty freaking stiff, and the chemistry and calculus II and III are NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!!! Mr. Williamson is gangsta for doing all the stuff he's done in life.

[@danielstoddart]

@@silasmarner7586 Yes! Harvey Mudd is totally legit. I have a friend that graduated from there. He's a genius engineer.

[@satansalley6526]

Word.

[@p.r.h.7283]

Facts!!!

[@Jasen-M74]

Heh heh. 👌

[@talktomefrosty3217]

This was always my favorite. Super sweet the way both of them are nervous at the start (Matt for obvious reasons, James,I guess, wondering why anyone would still care). I bet that ‘you’re good’ felt pretty awesome.

[@banzaiboy1597]

My god this is fantastic. When I discovered The Stooges I was 19 and had just begun teaching myself guitar. Gimme Danger and Search and Destroy smashing my fingers on my acoustic. When I was buying my electric, Search and Destroy was the first riff I tried. There might've been better guitars or amps for me, but with the power that song required suddenly in the palm of my hands I bought it on the spot. Legendary musician.

[@MONDOCHITARRA]

Questo è in assoluto il mio canale KZbin preferito a livello planetario...impazzisco ad ogni video!

[@RingaDingDingDong]

Guitar Moves is one of THE coolest guitar channels on KZbins!

[@endlessmotion2255]

So glad this got put back up again. I have my more well known favourite guitarists but James WIlliamson is right up there for me, simply for the Raw Power album. I just can't get enough of his classic rock n roll/proto punk hybrid style of playing. So many great riffs and licks on that album

[@stevenimeson902]

I’m glad these are being reuploaded I was just looking for the billy gibbons episode

[@jameschristianson9992]

So glad youre back!

[@bobsbigboy_]

this is from 2013

[@jameschristianson9992]

No i know ive seen it just glad hes reposting it basically hahaha

[@joebowles06]

The excitement on Matt's face as they play together is the best part about this. Pure genuine happiness.

[@marz444]

Oooh bud. This is beautiful.

[@fabfeedback2131]

Matt was close to shed a tear at the end. So do I !!! Viva la música!!!!

[@waynepatton689]

This is epic man!!

[@killval849]

He's so effortless with his playing. I can see why he made Raw Power such Raw Power.

[@gregferreira7244]

Had a nice chat with him in austin once. Its always scary to meet an Icon. What a grounded cool dude. ❤

[@DevinRyanVitek]

James playing that burst Custom! Hell yes. I used to listen to the isolated track of S&D just for James' guitar.

[@character2179]

james is the reason i wanted a LPC, but also the one who made me want to be more creative.

[@reflexedrose1879]

This made my day and night! You can tell Matt is stoked. I got my Fender Squire and I'm ready!!!

[@Deathshuck]

TOP!!! I loved these videos, I remember watching every single one. Thanks for bringing them back.

[@SkronkJappleson]

Glad this is coming back, dude. Excited for the new eps.

[@kingbee1971]

"Thank you for making my life... better." Yes. Exactly! Stooges forever.

[@howardbyrnes779]

Smiles for miles watching this episode, grew up loving the stooges and felt the same fan boy enthusiasm as Matt , watching this, freaking awesome 👍

[@BrunoFuzz]

so happy you're uploading all of them again ❤

[@beastieboy9286]

My favourite guitarist of all time hes influenced me the most

[@oddprimemusic]

So excited and happy for you dude! I'm loving seeing all these again and I can't wait to get some new insights and cool stories in the future. Rock on!

[@slumlordradio]

Love James Williamson! Great episode!!

[@raulaltamirano9218]

Glad this is back!!

[@lucasmrbt8860]

As essential and underrated in rock n' roll history like Mick Taylor

[@rustyalertrecords3205]

best guitar show host ever .. can you catch judah and jon from jsbx they are also big stooges fans how ever .really nice to see your beautiful production online on its own again. thank4 that. greetings jo

[@johnnydeutschemark3620]

Two nice guys..

[@drcobra-dc6uy]

my fav guitarist. but. way above my head..i m still on the first 2 lp s..playing that on my guitar

[@firecrackerheart]

ahhhhhh, helllllllz yeah!

[@ad66807]

legend..epic stuff

[@juanpuerto737]

One of my favorite shows

[@clemenssh]

I'm Geeking out, this is flipping GREAT! "RAW POWER"❤🎸🎄🎉

[@eriksantana7249]

I like that he said Muffle.

[@Jasen-M74]

This was right on. 👌

[@erostypop1]

goosebumps so massive n hard i nearly cried

[@chrisshort4864]

Welcome back Matt. Chuck Bryant says hi. Come back Matt, we neeeeeed you Matt.

[@MarsHottentot]

James solos need to jump about five times louder than normal - that's RAW POWER!!

[@diegomayfield4751]

Now I wanna play guitar like James , Now I wanna play guitar like James ,

[@bradenmichael32]

Keep em coming!

[@elliottquent]

Amazeballz Matt

[@jessejordache1869]

When I was 13 I bought Raw Power, becaues the older cool kids were all "stooges stooges blah blah". I put it on, went "eh" and promptly lost it. Four years later I heard "Search and Destroy" on the radio, and I was like "I know this song! How can I know this song and have forgotten it, when the guitar is so sweet?" Of course, this was in the late 90s, but the point is that sometimes you're just not ready for the raw power.

[@rickg8015]

What James did not elaborate on is he fought for the great Asheton bros. to be back in the band, or he’s out, so Iggy and the Management in the end relented.. Another trivia tidbit is finding out that Johnny Marr is heavily influenced by James’ playing.. Johnny was in a band doing Stooges covers before he got big doing jangle-pop for his later band that hit it big in the 80’s..

[@banzaiboy1597]

It's great because once you hear Johnny Marr talk about him, you can really hear the influence James Williamson on songs like The Queen is Dead.

[@TheTillhammer]

Euroboy from Turbonegro is also heavily influenced by James

[@DevinRyanVitek]

@@TheTillhammerEuroboy has such a dope tone and Les Paul Custom too!

[@TheTillhammer]

@@DevinRyanVitek Yeah man! His playing really speaks to me. The apocalypse dudes era is so sick

[@s.r.b.4582]

wa have to make Sweeney interview euroboy guys hahaha @@TheTillhammer

[@Burythelie]

Love this

[@terciosantana4697]

james' guitar tone tho!!!

[@Keaneo]

Man KZbin is gold 😍

[@Klabausterbeere96]

Matt for the love of god, do a video with Mike Watt❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@theodoreliscinski3587]

100% the greatest.

[@neakapla]

How does this channel only have around 23k subscribers?

[@nandorocker]

Fuck goddamn this was heavy. I need a nap now.

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

Best show ever. Can’t wait till we get to the kurt vile and courtney barnett episode I liked the Jake bugg one too.

[@fordsrestorations970]

What tha !😮 how did you get this put together ? This is the Main Man !!

[@lancashirebomber9744]

ron asheton the godlike guitar player. i like that.

[@Darren-D.C-Cross]

The coolest. This is the coolest.

[@peacefulsoldierTX]

Have you interviewed Albini yet? Ask him if you can interview Roland from Big Black, he keeps him in the basement.

[@MW-uk1kk]

Fuck yeah

[@leo--4341]

10:29 majestic

[@binxboi7156]

13:00 speaking for all of us

[@soulpower3107]

Raw power can kill a Man “. ❤

[@RedLittleBee]

Great music from Great Britain! 😈

[@AlexdeLarge6655321]

That's a day made

[@corycourtney8923]

FUCKING MORE AND GET THE ARCHIVE BACK UP SO I CAN BINGE.

[@GhostWizard138]

Fuck yeah dude!

[@crypttonite]

added footage not in original. Ron’s bass playing on Raw Power album is the tip top of all time. Dave Alexander too, firing Dave, they got what they deserved for a minute. All those fill ins were NOT STOOGES. James wrote amazing stuff, it would not be what it is without Ron & Scott. Re-Licked is very good too. Guitar driven, not guitar dominant tho, it’s incredible James remembered what he was going for. However Kill City is weak, we know what James & Ig sound like without Ron & Scott.

[@smogity]

Kill City is where it's at

[@dommccaffry3802]

I often wonder what james's influences were at the time of raw power ?

[@dimitriospolymeros1497]

This guy looks like your dad but when he was young he looked like keith richards effortlessly ( at the time everyone tried to look like keef) and wrote the best Iggy stuff.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

There's no *way* this is the James Williamson who recorded and toured with The Stooges. This guy looks like an actual responsible adult

[@fordsrestorations970]

P.S. Man you just save my Hide , My Fingernail is shot to pieces .. couldn't figure what to do THANK YOU !.. I can put a fake fingernail on !!!!

[@NonameNoLastName-v4y]

Can you please do one with Steve Jones 😃

[@lovbladkarl-olof3975]

Cool

[@tito.tarantula]

L E G E N D 🎸

[@wallymarx9646]

Was this video from a few years ago?

[@4578a]

Still Punk as ever

[@marvinm.messier1120]

The only guy I can think of who "one upped" Keith Richards, for a whole bunch of reasons.

[@danieljames8412]

cheetah chrome next

[@MarsHottentot]

Challenge: Brian Egeness

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

Frusciante on a new episode maybehaps?

[@mrjehupitchfork]

JW is 1000x cooler than your favorite guitar player

[@travisk4215]

People getting old is so hilarious 😐

[@barronvonschneider2834]

This guy isn't good at all. Iggy Pop reminds me of "Stuart" from Mad TV " Look what I can do!" 😂