JD Simo Don Kelley Band Ghost Riders

The best Nashville band with a great guitarist in JD. A must see live at Robert's in Nashville

[@Stewartchampion]

Just thought I'd check again to see if this is as good as I thought it was earlier.....I was right...absolutely stunning

[@thestrangeremain3930]

i dont think the internet will ever know how good this truly is

[@imyrhuckleberry]

That's true, experience that in a little shotgun double wide trailer sized bar like Robert's and it's a whole other level experience. He is an amazing player and performer, and yes he can sing too.

[@mrsockmonkey1969]

did he play anything spectacular? all i saw was a bunch of jumping around. honestly there are a thousand more guitar players in that town who can play just as well as JD Simo

[@terrycrotts2522]

@@mrsockmonkey1969 Are you one of them?

[@buddybluegaming3222]

@@mrsockmonkey1969 I had the pleasure of seeing him live in downtown Nashville they're actually really good and I'm not a fan of country and that's all they play now they will play Johnny Cash but that's basically country but with a twist but this was always my favorite song that they did JD's not in the Band anymore by the way they can't replace him after you left to do his own thing drummer actually fell through the window at Robert's Bar and got hurt he recovered though he wasn't seriously injured actually sat down after they played their set really fun talk even brought my guitar and at them sign it really cool guys

[@michaelwhitesell9125]

This is what happens when you find a guy with heavy blues and rock influence to play in a country band. Love his playing. 👍

[@Stewartchampion]

Great attack.....guys got passion...loved it...great tone and feel and flare ..good stuff

[@garyms05]

One of my favorite JD solos!!!

[@amazingme1408]

easily one of the greatest electric rock blues country guitarists EVER

[@xeverettx2564]

Dang I’ve never seen anyone who quite becomes completely melded into one with his guitar like that since Hendrix and Stevie Ray! I heard recently that Simo is one of the few real guitar heroes out there right now and I believe it!!!! Wow!!!

[@petehicks295]

Although he's gone now please make sure that you check out Roy Buchanan.

[@Thomaslig]

JD Simo freaking kills it with Teles

[@zakkwyldesliver]

JD would kill it with a 2x4 with some wire strapped to it.

[@therealrockpresley]

AND, until you've had the opportunity to sit and listen to him first hand at robert's for FREE, you've got no idea where tone comes from. it's in the hands man. in the hands. and JD's got great hands. real musicians don't get jealous, but can understand beauty in all musicians who show forth the gift the good Lord gave them. PRIME example of a fantastic guitar player. easily the most original entity to come out in a long time man. dont hate =). enjoy it, you may never see it again.

[@nacienlos70]

And after that abuse, the Tele is still in tune. Amazing

[@AP-ui7oi]

It’s a tele bro

[@gangnamstylegrandpa6352]

WOW !! JD Simo is a hard working gifted guitarist and vocalist !! Just a great musician !!

[@buddybluegaming3222]

You know what's funny this is probably published one night that I was there years ago when he was still with The Don Kelley Band course is when they publish that shity rule that they couldn't let minors in even if we got id'd and had a marking on us I was the responsible one I wore that Mark like a sense of pride and that rule got shot down pretty quickly but only after I got the chance to meet the guitarist for saving Abel but I digress fun night all the same

[@weaverfever55]

Blues With Class an alittle Rocknroll......Killer jd keep usein what God gave You

[@DwainDwight]

That is crazy. A contender for best solo ever.

[@therealrockpresley]

i just have to jump in here and put in my 2 cents dude. i live here in nashville and i work at corner music where i get to see EVERYBODY. there are a LOT of great guitar players here, but not as many as you think. that being said, since everybody is awesome, it let's the true character of he player shine thru brightly. PRIME example is JD. he's the shit and there's nobody in this town that can touch what he does, out of originality and pure spice. it's beautiful what the boy does.

[@KenRossJordan]

Love it! Wow, he Rocks!

[@robertevans2582]

Saw him, in Nashville w/Don Kelley Band, when he'd just arrived from Chicago. With all the great, free music there, we all went to see JD 4 days in a row. He was mesmerizing, then, and he still is a magical guitarist! Go see him!!!

[@mburns3304]

Saw him there around 2008- remember them passing around a bucket as a collection plate for the band. The Don Kelley Band was legendary.

[@buddybluegaming3222]

Got my guitar signed before he went off when I was a preteen, still live 30 minutes from there.

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Simo does a great job with the solo freak out section on this tune. There are even more impressive takes on KZbin.

[@BloozeDaddy76]

Anybody watching this clip right now might as well throw their Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, and Tim McGraw CD's in the garbage! J.D. Simo IS the future of country music if there's any justice left in Nashville. I was a regular at Simo's Phoenix gigs seven years ago and this guy will blow you out of your chair everytime! Awesome stage presense and one of the hottest guitar players you will ever see...

[@mahadev7679]

You were so right about everything man. You can't turn on the television now without seeing JD Simo fucking EVERYWHERE. But then again, nothing at all unpredictable has happened in the 15 years since you commented this.

[@bloozedaddy9965]

@@mahadev7679 Well kind sir our Simo Stud happens to be the guitar player on the ELVIS movie soundtrack and has shared the stage with a huge number of legendary musicians over the last 20 years. Joe Bonamassa is on record calling him one of the best in the world today. I think he;s a little farther ahead in life than you or I may think..

[@compulsor5853]

To quote my favorite line from "The Monkees" TV series (who can decide?): "Psychedelic freak-out!".

[@guildx700]

I've heard of JD Simo before, his Burnin Live CD impressed me, but this cements him in my books as a top shelf player. I've been around the block with guitar and pretty much seen and heard most of what is out there from Hendrix to Segovia and everything in between and been playing 35 years myself so I'm no star struck newcomer. Tasteful choice of notes, a quality so hard to find nowdays & fantastic tone. A small Fender amp and a Tele, what a combo and he milks them for all they are worth.

[@snotmale]

Haha - I love the faces pressed up against the window outside!!

[@Nitromessiah]

JD Simo is as good as people think Hendrix was. Let that sink in.

[@adriyanmusic]

Ahhah he went completely rock :) and I love it...

[@jonnybeck6723]

Holy shit & ice cream (!!) JD doin' his 10,000 hours Crimeny!

[@jasonkeaton5140]

he's killing it

[@jeroenr4524]

Most impressive for me is him wearing a warm coat on stage. Im already dying in a shirt after 5 minutes

[@mattstahlke]

Ive had the pleasure to see J.D. at Roberts 4 times..incredible and different each time..and a great guy also..good luck to him and his original project "SIMO" I saw he was on tour opening for Tesla..he deserves it..Im proud to say as a fellow guitarist he's great inspiration to keep playing and pushing forward..

[@giovannifarinacci4533]

JD is just so talented, amazing...

[@korhanaydin2415]

That's true american dream theme for me,regards from turkey

[@Flametopology]

Awesome! 👍

[@odiumimbues]

dude this guy is my new favorite guitarist!

[@shfnderrock]

INSANE!!

[@guildx700]

To thestratlars...cool, lets see your video. We'll waite right here for your great performance.

[@weaverfever55]

country ghost rider,with the shimmie shake yeha buddy,jd you wildman country picker

[@weaverfever55]

ye Ha buddy,rockin country,sounds REAL GOOD,carry on this style is Wild Side Rated

[@AMASSEY1000]

rocked/blued - heel clicked (does he still heel click) - with simo when he was in his early teens. DAMN the man plays (with our musical souls). Got his 1st stuff on disc and Music on the Mountain. Love the heel clicking.

[@Roozo411]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOOOOODDDDDDDDD

[@MrUltraworld]

I love his tone through the Tele's

[@michaelbentley4182]

Whoa !

[@mma1st105]

Holy hell!

[@marcuscameronmclenmarcusca6095]

HOLY WOE

[@DreCarvalho]

JD Simo is the guy.

[@Lyraka]

Like him!

[@metalheadsmith]

my cousing just seen this guy he said hes amazing

[@Chromatype]

visceral

[@WesCooper77]

JD is one of the best session guitarist in Nashville. You should check out more of the stuff he does before you make a comment.

[@riansettles2506]

If anyone can keep up with JD Simo please let me know.This is just the tip of the iceberg.Look him up on youtube.The man knows how to achieve tone

[@buddybluegaming3222]

The question is can JD keep up with Paul Gilbert I highly doubt it and if you have no idea who Paul Gilbert is lookup scarified there is a long list of people who to put it in terms could not keep up with his speed live it takes a really skilled bassist to f****** keep up with him to even play a set on stage with Paul Gilbertnot knocking JD I used to watch him all the time up in Nashville

[@marcuscameronmclenmarcusca6095]

wow

[@RADLADRICK]

He is very awesome for sure.2 thumbs up! Love that Tele or whatever it is -please tell me?

[@PinnacleSolutions]

Yes it was. He can really rock! You were the guy taking the smoke break outside behind the stage? LOL You are KZbin famous!

[@thehomefront1905]

Fuck! This shit has blown my socks off.

[@WesCooper77]

I love the jealous people who criticize and problem could find the E string on a guitar.

[@keenedgedesigns]

Good Lord, if they had played Green Grass and High Tides JD Simo may have had a stroke.

[@johnbohlinger]

Check out JD's Premier Guitar Rig Rundown. www.premierguitar.com/articles/20201-rig-rundown-jd-simo

[@takamine1236]

@looptd Right on, 2 great players, two different styles. takamine1236

[@ImaginaryHouse]

You gotta see him live if you get the chance...don't pass it up.

[@stephentheyounger9235]

I use to think this was so badass. I still do. But use to also 😏

[@robertwolski2787]

Fuck ya!

[@vince00013]

Do you know what pedal he used on this song particularly at 1:30?

[@zeppilianus]

Did anyone know the name of the riff that he plays at 1:11 ?

[@OscillationOverdrive]

What is that jacket he's got on?

[@DPLIVESAY1]

Really

[@TurquoiseArmies]

....that just happened! If you don't get this you have no soul.

[@jellyhack]

i saw JD at that same bar the don kelly bamd is one of the most awsome band every only one thing there way betere in person the are great the bass player was the bass player for johnny cash

[@korhanaydin2415]

Let me remind you all,this is recorded via cellphone,let's imagine when you see them live

[@PinnacleSolutions]

Actually this was recorded back in the day of flip phones and was recorded with a small hand held camera. I shared it because at the time JD was unknown outside of Nashville, and I thought he played this song better than anyone, so I came back to record it and share it.

[@billcavin3554]

@@PinnacleSolutions thanks for that...... amazing talent.....

[@guitaristbiker]

well jd definitely kicks ass i have nothin negative but i mean brent mason down there in nashville records for damn new every country artist and plays live for alot of them in nashville and he's really rollin in the dough and he plays litterally every kinda music and he's all over youtube, but i'm not sayin jd isn't real sweet cause he is so don't take that the wrong way

[@BloozeDaddy76]

Simo kicks the ass of anybody in the country mainstream right now. Name one Nashville puppet in the top ten who can deliver this level of talent and showmanship. When Taylor Swift decides to share the stage with this guy, we will all know who the real "entertainer of the year" should be!!

[@christophermccormack4529]

um that drummer is awesome. Imagine being in sync with JD...

[@hangtite87]

Sonofa... : }

[@alirocks5736]

guitar player was seconds away from becoming a ghost rider.

[@SpicyMcHaggis]

Tomorrow there will be rice... ;)

[@gtrtex]

Ive seen JD 10 times or so...He plays totally different every night. As any musician knows ..some nights aint as good as others. I have to agree that his chops for this performance may not be anything special but the Kid can fuckin play. I've heard him do it a lot better In fact check out my vid of JD doin ghostriders

[@steadyeddieart]

@larryguitar54 I wouldn't say great. Town is full of guys just like him. People who aren't all that good think this is what good is.

[@ShaferOfficial]

Hmmm Its refreshing to hear something new that isnt complete shit. He dosnt do anything new, or anything special, or anything revolutionairy, he just put on a damn good performance, and hess got good Phrasing. But anyone who knows their roots, and puts time into their playing can play something as good as this easily in 4 or 5 years.

[@therealrockpresley]

this town is NOT full of guys like JD simo. there's only one. we're ALL different. and i guarantee that EVERY guitar player who knows his own worth has either seen JD play or has heard of him and will agree. but of course you're entitled to an opinion, just don't try to bash people and be nice. that's where an opinion stops being an opinion and turns into shit talk. in your opinion, who do YOU think is good? lol -ben

[@vladaface1]

jebote

[@BrokenRRT]

@3:30 I thought it was Pearl Jam in the house for a sec. Call me crazy butt very PJ sound, style, ect.

[@buddybluegaming3222]

A man of culture too bad most of the songs sung by Eddie Vedder we can barely understand I however know every lyric to Even Flow still believe that that and Jeremy don't get me started on one last kiss I can't even look at the lyrics without shedding a tear that's just sad and not in a bad way it's lyrically beautiful but just sad

[@MrGetalife23]

tabs?

[@kerrywheeler5664]

Why does Don keep shoving his finger at him ??!! We can all see him....in fact JD is the only one we are watching.

[@Longhammer37214]

Adderal? Coke? Both?

[@compulsor5853]

Longhammer37214 Addoke?

[@nathangolliher2776]

Neither man just fucking passion!

[@bee.normal]

Longhammer37214 You don't play guitar, do ya?

[@buddybluegaming3222]

Save that for Ozzy

[@valleyarts1992]

get the heck out of here......

[@ZFlyingVLover]

meh. Maybe one day he'll be as good a Hughie Thomasson. But that's not now

[@guildx700]

So...looks like Mr. Big Mouth thestratlars...can't put up? Guess he should shut up then. ROTFLMAO!

[@steadyeddieart]

He sure does jump around a lot. Is he supposed to be good or something?

[@BrianMorrison71]

Now give him a mic and lets hear him sing as good as he jams. That would impress me, otherwise, who cares?

[@michaelthe13th]

He in fact does sing. Lead singer to his well known band called Simo. Great singer too btw :)

[@coreymineard]

Who cares if he can sing? Vocals are overrated.

[@jayhollinger4958]

He sings in his own band. They are killer and it's a different style than what we are watching here. Dude is multi talented to say the least. One of the best.

[@thestrangeremain3930]

who cares?? that was fucking face melting. and yes he can sing to. SIMO are probably one of my favorite bands.

[@FartsInTanks]

JD can do a killer 'With a Little Help', rivaling Joe Cocker's...