Joe Bonamassa & Johnny Hiland "Born to be Wild"

Another surprise performance at the Tribute to Nokie Edwards at CAAS. Joe Bonamassa joins Johnny Hiland for another song that Nokie recorded with The Ventures
Bob Patin keyboard, Kerry Marx guitar, Matt McKenzie bass.

[@younken24films]

It appears Johnny Hiland is the new humbler.

[@ITatic-nf4wr]

Other players are runnin' nice, but Johnny, he flies skyhigh, God bless him!

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@lipeguitars]

Johnny is like the Yngwie Malmsteen of country music , Bonamassa killed it with tone and tasteful friezing ! Both masters at their craft !

[@kennethhacker3014]

Johnnys is the yngwie of country...hahahahahahh so true !!!! Great comment

[@Liam_Doherty_UK]

Johnny is a phenomenal musician and a very humble man. A superb guitarist who makes me want to try so much harder.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

I've watched a lot of Johnny Hiland videos and regardless of the style, he never strays too far from his country roots.

[@banffboyjh]

Boy's Just Wanna Have FUN!!!

[@kerryharmon8528]

Johnny Hiland is so underrated. Bonamassa is an unbelievable player but sometimes JH just leaves me shaking my head at how you can even process everything he's pkaying. A+ to both of you, gentlemen.

[@Liberaltrash447]

One thing I appreciate about Joe is they way he stays involved with the community. Got to say, Joe had this, no contest.

[@snogglemonkey]

contest? Why do you think this is a contest?

[@Liberaltrash447]

@@snogglemonkey huh?

[@killerdude35]

Wow! What a pleasure watching these to maestros work!

[@user-xn9cc3tw9c]

Big fan of joes, but Johnny is THEE man !

[@sunsparkle8443]

At 6:17, one of the best string bends I've ever heard. That Johnny Hiland signature Kiesel guitar he has is awesome.

[@b3astmtn]

Sun Sparkle had it screaming!

[@petarivancevic2162]

It sounded like James Brown came in and gave his YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH. Amazing playing and you can feel Johnnys energy. Man doesn't stop smiling xD

[@michaelrosebud]

The best of the best....!!! 🙂

[@edwardsingleton2248]

Hotttt damn!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vjmotto1972]

Joe's Tele tone is absolutely amazing!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Great modern sounding tone from Johnny but Joe's was the more traditional classic Tele sound.

[@martinhorne7891]

Smokin! Johnny and Joe both sound great!

[@JOESEMTEX69]

Johnny handed Bonamassa his ass on a plate. Joe sounded like a like Noodle!!!

[@zombypc]

Been a fan of Johhny for years. This is great to see!

[@aprildivine118]

Such a fun song.. Rock Me Baby.. by Steppenwolf was my song in High School. Ha, one of them. Thanks for sharing. We were all Born To Be Wild... ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@patrickadair516]

great song...Hiland brought this one home..so good, Kerry Marx right there too

[@olymoon2008]

Johnny Hiland is really really good!!!

[@sigogglin]

These comments! Both are great in their own way!

[@gkip]

Johnny's always learning new licks. Joe has been playin those same ones for the last ten years.

[@Stratoblastification]

It's foolish to make comparisons, they are both fabulous guitarists.

[@willemdefouw3605]

Comparing is a waste of time. Just like what you hear

[@roybrown5577]

Hey Hambone! How's your Summer?

[@willemdefouw3605]

Roy Brown great summer here.

[@willemdefouw3605]

I'm vegetarian so no Hambone

[@Stratoblastification]

It's been a very hot and sticky summer. Working on a recording project and still a long way to go. Have a female singer songwriter coming up in September from Florida. Will be recording and producing several originals for her, in addition to my own project which is underway. As far as dealing with local musicians I am so over all of it.Nothing but ego, arrogance, and cliques. Went and saw Robben Ford in concert last week. Fabulous talent, great show. one of my favorites for sure and has been for about 20 years now.

[@shooter1817]

love these guys!!

[@livewire6925]

Two Guys at the top of their game having fun!

[@aleaallee]

Johnny's playing is just humbling.

[@guitarzan34]

That's some wicked-ass call and response! Go boys, go!

[@georgespilali]

This is the new composers !!!!!

[@osomdovictor7917]

2 beasts

[@007manic]

WOW. Look at the smile's. So good!!!

[@donnavarall1594]

hi joe sounds good

[@apostasiaelegcho5612]

Wow!

[@rifftipton7709]

Wow!

[@mitchgawlik1175]

Gotta smile at this one. The "Chet Atkins Appreciation Society" brings out Johnny Hiland and Joe B. as a tribute to Nokie Edwards and they do Steppenwolf's biggest song. This is not a bad rap on any of this, I think it shows what a small world the love of music is.

[@bgdenham]

Not a thumb picker on the CAAS stage. Doesn’t say much for promoting thumb picking music. These guys are good but this is not the place for them.

[@paullevine1813]

@@bgdenham Such a shame we lost Toy Caldwell , Not a thumb as fast as his was anywhere I've ever seen. If there is please send any clip you have ,that i would love to see cause his moved like lightning . Toy would have been one to be here.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@bgdenham it was a tribute to nokie,was he a thumb picker?

[@bgdenham]

Tim, Nokia played with a Thumbpick but played mainly rolls. He showed me his signature roll at CAAS one year if you like I will share it with you.

[@ioodyssey3740]

The court reporter taking notes there in the back is crackin' me up!

[@martin8uq]

Brilliant! Hahahaha

[@filmarvesna]

Great performance, but pure sound

[@std882]

Joe can more than hold his own here. Quite impressive.

[@jamesbranstetter7574]

Johnny was on 🔥!!!!

[@4gui429]

boys having fun, so good

[@marioradovic2806]

Joe is in the shock.

[@tracker3952]

Bravo! Joe is the Massa!!! 😎

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

Johnnie has got the mojo flow! JB has some crazy dynamics! Nice music guys!

[@walterbriggs272]

Love it! The back and forth talk on guitar

[@RickyBnfl]

Two of my favorites!

[@andrewdenine1685]

Everybody gets too critical these days and forget the whole idea with music is if it feels good for only one second it's done its job.

[@matthewhorizon6050]

Thanks dad.

[@clemguitar63]

AMEN BROTHER!

[@mikemorgan548]

I guess it's about time to admit that Bonamassa is really freakin' good

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@mikemorgan548 I admitted that 10 years ago... Where you been?

[@scottmclaughlin5221]

"Pigs at my baby brother"...that's about right for Calais, Maine!

[@jimmyhohua7745]

I was waiting for this to happen

[@isaacperez7136]

Two great guitarist.

[@rs-xr3ty]

Two of my favorites! Jam on fellas

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

Highland takes it though. Goodness gracious what a player !!!! What a guy period !!! Go Johnny go go go !!

[@JerryRiceBall]

Why do i feel like johnny has practiced playing born to be wild every day for 20 years while patiently waiting for his opportunity to bring joe on stage and attempt to have a guitar battle... you can tell joe felt uncomfortable being up there.. very weird.

[@graysenhagin]

Johnny just learns every song in that manor. He always learns the melody to the tunes he knows and just in general has the chops and skill to play against Joe. I think it was a matter of Johnny sucking all the electricity out of the room by having some fun and it made Joe feel a bit less confident. I agree it was a bit weird to see Joe react that way but Johnny is a tough player and Joe is out of his element by stepping up to play with the band. It’s hard to feel confident in those situations. Just my thoughts

[@damfunk.]

Yeah things start getting a little awkward around the 7:20 mark. 😂😂 Joe checked his watch.

[@graysenhagin]

@@damfunk. well yeah I think Joe was thinking the guitar trading “bit” had run its course and was ready for the next musical section.

[@Matthew-or7jb]

That's because smoking Joe got smoked!!!! Leave the real stuff to the COUNTRY players BOY

[@stratmancruthers]

Two guitar greats having fun nothing more nothing less, no comparisons, who's junk is bigger etc...

[@TheZeekgeek1]

This was fun, I hope they do it again at some point.

[@gerardguitarist]

Wow! How much weight has Johnny lost! Keep going bro! Looking good!

[@MrMan_47]

ok today much!

[@j.d.leslie8458]

@@dogfacedboy6947 This is an excellent comment

[@richardgoldman8761]

Yeah, it doesn’t look like he’s playing a Ukelele anymore.

[@elenafrolova2888]

Gerard Guitarist хххх

[@toucantango1]

He lost weight? Good lord.

[@darkthebopman]

I like Joe Bonamassa very much and he is very very good, but Johnny Hiland is at the moment the best guitarist of the world.

[@lesmcc8103]

Never really heard Johnny H play before. I must say I'm impressed! He actually played the song. When Joe broke in he was just running scales. The dueling solo battle was fun!!

[@petruccirocks02]

Damn, I never knew that Johnny could shred like that!

[@stephens9462]

petruccirocks02 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rEYYdogpZ_epI

[@anthonylarrain8868]

this is great. a shred fest that gets very modal. these guys play realy well together

[@Maxx61]

During the entire song, Joe B had a look like someone coming out of colonoscopy anesthesia.

[@ericfan463]

So here are two separate comments. As great as these two guys are I'm sure everyone has noticed the Godfather's influence; Mr. Eric Johnson. It's like listening to an encyclopedia of his licks and style. The nice thing is regardless of whose playing, that style always sounds so melodic. Second - check Joe's smile at 5:33 when Johnny Hiland hits that run. He's like " Holy ****!!" Joe seemed to play for phrasing more so than just flat out speed, nice touch. And yes near the end Joe was ready to be done. Either way it is great to see two tremendously talented guys playing at this level. Bravo!!

[@allanhenderson4242]

2 of the best pickers ever

[@twgarage-terrywatson1672]

How could anyone hate or say anything negative about either one of these shredding machines.👍👏

[@ronwade117]

I don't understand that either. I suppose it gives them a way to massage their inferiority complex by pretending they're superior to these 2 great pickers? Personally, I could listen to either of both of these guys play all night long.

[@cardinalRG]

It's a matter of personal taste. There's no right or wrong to liking, or not liking someone's playing.

[@adamdacevedo]

This was definitely shredding, but you can tell both these guys have a fully developed melodic sense, too…(that’s actually the hardest thing to come by…)

[@draganm7823]

Dudes like.....In not waiting for Joe, lol.

[@superflea72]

anyone else get the feeling that Joe brought his chicken pickin' chops expecting some sort of country jam, and was kinda floored by how well Jonny does the rock thing? look at his face at 5:30...that's a wtf? look!

[@Gorbyrev]

Smoking playing by all players, kind of a country Vs rock thing, great conrast. Johnny Hiland is one very talented musician.

[@joddeurter2448]

the organ solo just rips!

[@coleplacemb]

Was the lack of any bass guitar or kick drum sound glaringly obvious or was it just me/my system?

[@coleplacemb]

ok today: I just listened to a bit of “Secret Agent Man” (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGyZKKCnrWijaM) and like the “Born to be Wild” video on this page, I hear no bass guitar or kick drum at all (and Johnny Hiland is not playing on the Secret Agent Man video). I can see that the bass player is playing and can see the kick drum head vibrate when the drummer kicks the bass drum, but no sound from either (on either of the recordings). Anyway, enough complaining… I enjoyed everyone’s performance (or at least everyone I could hear ;-) .

[@45acpauto]

I agree everything sounded shrill. Only thing close to good tone was JB.

[@docwill184]

45acpauto as one would expect...

[@benjaminthorpe7990]

It seems to be a recording from a device with a microphone and not a mixed recording... maybe that’s it? 🤔

[@giovannicerva5522]

Can’t make a judgement on the sound based on a video that may have recorded on a phone, or whatever.

[@toucantango1]

Great players.

[@martin8uq]

Ssssssmokin'!

[@louktenhacken1105]

again an ever lasting-listening song,born into the steppenwolf.Good sound performed these days in 2018,Less crunch and more detailed solo rifs.You can call these songs;Grown up music because of its own development from then untill now.

[@toddlaplant6069]

Joe acting like he's having technical errors because Johnny is SMOKING his ASS is HILARIOUS !!! Razzle-Dazzle is NICE, but when you can't play the classics, you have issues.....LMAO !!!

[@6strings5904]

Or he can’t stand his armpit’s smell...

[@realkylehooks]

Shout out to the keys player playing exactly what needed to be played to support the guitar show. Great work from the whole band.

[@drtone]

Nice

[@jiem9197]

le genre de démo qui me saoule!

[@yalahamike]

Johnny just showed Joe how to play......unbelievable this guy!

[@Slugg-O]

Well this is odd. Two players I greatly respect and the video sucked. Could be any combination of things but to they were just burning through the notes. I didn't hear the passion these guys are capable of. And some BASS would have been nice!

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Johnny is a Chicken picking Nashville monster- but he can blaze the Rock/Blues too. Joe has more Blues tricks in his Bag and was tossing it out. trying to switch the groove up- Johnny responded a little, but blues rock isn’t his pillar! --Now If the song was a Nashville Chicken pickin- smoker - Joe would be trying to figure out what the Heck Johnny was playing! Great players they are👍

[@RKGreer1204]

I really appreciate Johnny’s ability to find and shred the melodic line at the beginning. I’ve seen him do it on other songs too. I’d be nervous as hell to get on stage with either of these greats!

[@ColoradoZach]

I was there playing the tribute show. They are both humble friendly guys having a fun musical conversation. Comparisons speak only to the one comparing and not the performers. Nokie would be happy and I certainly know that Judy was very appreciative.

[@bullhunter45]

God Bless Nokie!!

[@timhoovermusicman]

Yes,I thought it was a great jam all the way.

[@benewgillian6823]

Look at Bonamassa's face all along , JH 's picking techniques destroyed him that day : )

[@122Music1]

Notice how J.B. had a completely clean amp with no overdrive or sustain pedals yet still seemed to hold his own in a foreign jam session with two other guitarists with their sound dialed in just right.. Impressive...Joe did look at his watch though 7:26 X)) Like - "We Dun Yet?"

[@Knight14649]

122Music1 prob not foreign, they had a rehearsal for sure.

[@JOESEMTEX69]

Johnny just handed Bonamassa his ass on a plate!!!

[@alejandrocisneros7442]

It's not that hard. You gotta realize Joe is a veteran and knows his shit on amps boutique. He's a live musician!

[@andrewhigdon8346]

The guy in the middle could turn around and within half measure have what he wants. I mean you've got an a guy who has played arenas as a guest to the more rotund gentleman so the last thing he wants to do is even appear to try to upstage the host. They havin fun.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@JOESEMTEX69 Jesus H Christ! Can you at least come up with a different ree tarded line??? How about a little originality?

[@garrrrrryyy]

They are both incredibly talented it’s really something to see these boys live what a beautiful thing

[@j-ferrell144]

Joe is not happy, I’ve been there before many times actually, where I am playing a show and I cannot get my sound right but the show is starting and I am just like fuck it, and thru half the show I am adjusting shit the whole time. I hate that so damn much. It feels good when your on stage and your sound is flawless.

[@joelg125]

JH ftw!!!

[@paullevine1813]

Lost the sound man of he was out taking a leak as the sound has no bottom end & it ain't the band . Poor Joe as awesome as he is just got taken to school by Johnny, only look on his face is that of bewilderment. No easy feat but that's Johnny take no prisoners Hiland. . I would never belittle Joe as he's one of the very best but some days one guy will be in the zone & the other hangs on. even though he's more than capable of lettin' it fly. Seemed to be the case here & you know for Johnny it was not intentional he was just in the zone . joe did just fine even if he seemed not so happy. Not normal not to see him smile . Whatever tribute to Nokie was just set aside for a few very fast moments. Great playing is always fun to behold.

[@sunsparkle8443]

that Kiesel Johnny Hiland jh6 guitar sounds awesome

[@seti111]

Johnny Hiland is so good it's nearly impossible to believe. God damn....

[@keithclark486]

Why are you cussing God? Apologize or you will go to hell along with all the other church going hypocrites.

[@TheTidalwaves]

2 incredible guitarists. Both with incredible speed. Glen Campbell in the same league.

[@Jamesharris-lo9nn]

I have seen Joe shred and play incredibly fast on many occasions. One of his mentors was Danny Gatton for goodness sakes so he has that capability. Joe is not trying to get into a wankfest with Johnny where Johnny is eager to grab some attention for himself by outshining a "guitar star". I don't blame him because Johnny Hiland is not exactly a household name where Joe Bonamassa is force in the blues and guitar communities. Joe is being cool about it and not trying to "outduel" the other guitarslinger. Class.

[@amoskowitz0103]

I remember playing with Gatton back in the day and in walks this 12-year-old kid. I'm thinking, what's this kid gonna do? Holy crap! :) That's what he's gonna do! It doesn't get any better than this.

[@ColoradoZach]

True. I was there playing the tribute (Walk Don't Run). I was friends with Nokie and still with Judy. It's the first time I've met JB. A classy guy and very cordial and authentic.

[@FighterPilot1945]

Mr hilland very clever guitarist

[@ryan.1357]

I fully expected to see Johnny outshine Bonamassa in this, though they're both monsters. But I have to say, I thought JB's control of the dynamics during their exchange was more pleasing than Johnny's shredding.

[@dorianblunote455]

Ryan ,broski ,all respects , would you change that profile pic?

[@ryan.1357]

Haha, that's not the first time something has said something like that. What don't you like about it? It's just my face with a weird filter on it.

[@willemdefouw3605]

Yeah you're right Ryan.... Bonamassa is a melodic player,

[@teleclasster]

JB absolutely crushed that tele.

[@dorianblunote455]

Ryan just messing, i been seeing that same pic on all the same videos i watch for years! just a messin man

[@stevenstabile4379]

I had the pleasure and privilege to play acoustic rhythm guitar behind Johnny Hiland on recording session in Nashville!!! He is the most humble and nicest guy you ever want to meet!!!

[@ronwade117]

I haven't had the pleasure to play with him, but you're right about him being a very nice guy.

[@steviesanders4994]

Yes he is. Nicest guy I've ever met in the business but Derek St Holmes runs a very high 2nd 🎸🎸

[@SteveDehaeseleer]

​@@steviesanders4994Agreed! Derek is a humble, yet very talented vocalist and holds his own on guitar as well!

[@God_is_in_the_details]

And God said to me "Yes, you may touch guitar, but only with human hands, not god hands like Hiland and Bonamassa." It's just not fair...

[@rickschucker9697]

I think I beat Joe Bonamassa up on the playground in sixth grade. I’m sure glad i didn’t hurt his fingers!

[@dreambeliever3652]

Sorry but joe thought he was going to walk the dog with Johnny. Wrong! Yeah, they are both BAD!!!!

[@ЛеонидПетрович-щ1ы]

Облажался Бонамасса ...

[@dianacrow7509]

Cant help it...dont wanna.

[@bobrichardson8386]

Joe's tele sounded better...but Johnny Hiland.....dayum!

[@derekscott9374]

that's the kinda cowboy music I like....

[@edcunion]

Hiland blew the doors off this Steppenwolf classic, Bonamassa seemed lost and somewhat discordant, not really following the songs melody. Never seen Joe B. look so uncomfortable on stage with another gee-tarist, but hey, with Hiland up there on stage he was in the presence of true fretboard greatness! Nothing to be ashamed about Joe!

[@alchemyguitars]

both of these guys are amazing accomplished guitarist i don't think they were competing to see who is better that is just what plebs like us think because we are trash compared to these too shred machines

[@jessicacabrales6820]

Finally something is said that I can agree with