Orianthi & Eric Johnson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon - 2023 Int’l Guitar Festival - 5/6/23

[@patfinnegan467]

What a great jam! At times they had to make adjustments, but they got a nice groove going and threw down some licks. For me, spontaneous interaction between players is what makes live music so amazing. And Orianthi's humble approach, playing her best but always making room and showing patience and appreciation for guest players or band mates is wonderful. She expressed genuine gratitude to Eric at the end. More than just a great guitar player, this fine woman has developed into a class act.

[@stevenpapageorge]

Amazing !!!

[@jwall3873]

Some less than intelligent comments here... This is a perfect example of what can happen when playing live... period. As those armchair quartbacks seem to know nothing about... Have had that same cord issue happen on my bass and also a bad PA cord issue... It sucks, and you say to yourself "oh F, got to get this fixed fast for the audience sake," then soldier on -- rebound professionally as possible... On an album you can fix it, playing live is a different set of possibilities!

[@patfinnegan467]

IMO, there was some magic going on there. They adjusted and threw down some good music. If you've been up there, you know.

[@Eckyhade]

I think I can hear and see why they make their moves too soon.

[@marmadukewinterbotham2599]

🤣

[@steinbauge4591]

I just might

[@sergkazaev2439]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🪇🫸🫷

[@arthurblackhistoric]

Good on Eric for keeping one hand in his pocket, so as not to put Orianthi to shame.

[@jimmybean9211]

I hate to say it... But if you've heard anything from her live... She's the one holding back here

[@arthurblackhistoric]

@@jimmybean9211 . . You know, I just watched it again, and I tend to agree with you! Eric is NOT a Blues guitarist. He's a Prog Rock guitarist. Now you'd think that'd make him the one with an advantage in a Blues jam situation, but it clearly doesn't. I must've been tired or distracted or whatever to think that Orianthi was in any danger of appearing out of her depth here. I used to attend Blues jams all the time. even if they weren't strictly Blues jams. As soon as I took to the stage, the Blues musicians popped out of the woodwork to get up and play with me. I'd often get guys, and the occasional girl show up with the obvious intention to blow me away. That usually didn't bother me, but it did annoy me that I seemed to be the target of some hate campaign. Here's the thing: I was a full-time professional Blues guitarist, making my living by playing gigs. The posers who used to try and put me down were part-timers who only played Blues festivals where they had captive audiences who would applaud them after every song. On the other hand I played some of the roughest pubs in the country where I often thought I'd have to punch my way in, and in fact sometimes I did, and couldn't relax at all, even during my breaks because some hard man would wanna fight me! Of course my detractors didn't know this; in their eyes I was just playing too many gigs and preventing them from working often enough. If they fronted me about it, I'd invite them to the Ferny Grove Tavern to sit in the bar when everything's happening . . and tell me they'd like to take over that residency I was holding down every Thursday. I never had any takers! In a pub full of complete assholes I'd be playing up a storm every week and never even got a single person clapping, or even looking in my direction. But it paid the going rate for a soloist and that was all I cared about. The posers would be crying over not being the center of attention. Very fragile egos. In Australia the "tall poppy syndrome" is totally rampant in every aspect of our lives. Folks will support you when you're on your way up . . but once you get to the top of the tree, they'll turn on you like the mangy dogs they truly are! I had my American girlfriend come over to live with me in 2007, and the first time I took her to a gig with me, she couldn't understand why nobody clapped after I finished a song, or even at the end of a set. Over in America they clap every performer, she told me. Hey, I dunno how I got side-tracked here, but I typed it with one finger on each hand and I ain't takin' it down. LOL

[@arthurblackhistoric]

Oh yeah, Tim James, Australia's fastest shredder guitarist used to always get up with me at every opportunity to "blow me away" with his otherworldly speed. But the funny thing was, that I got the compliments for the "feel" in my playing, and he got nuthin' except derision for ruining every song with his ten-finger tapping which was totally inappropriate in Honky Tonk Women and Stormy Monday!

[@taimeuppe6174]

A few words of advise Eric ..don't chase young blondes even if they can shred... this had a BB King feel

[@nickkokenspargermusic8666]

I think Eric can spot a bad situation on his own lol I doubt he needs much help from us

[@314jrock]

Orianthi isn't young anymore.

[@duncansbuddy]

Eric had a little too much in the cup

[@castorkat4868]

Hows does SHE get to play with him..MILES apart in talent

[@Ruefus]

Because musicians don't look at each other that way.

[@jimmybean9211]

She would probably blow him into the weeds honestly.. just like she did to bonanassa.. she embarrassed him. She isn't playing at anywhere near the level here that she is capable of. She's holding back

[@castorkat4868]

@@jimmybean9211 NAW

[@bigelile07]

If you are going to have Eric on stage with you, get his sound right! His tone, which he is known for, was completely off.