Paul Gilbert - Frankfurt Jazz Festival 1991 Full

[@Takk-182]

Paul Gilbert - The original plan was for me to guest with Albert Collins at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Germany, where he was the headliner. I was just supposed to do a solo exchange at the end. I wasn't the main act at all. But he got sick and cancelled the show. It was a last-minute decision, and everyone involved was in trouble. "He's not coming. What do we do?" And they said, "Paul, you're going to play!" I didn't know what to do, because I was alone and I didn't have my band with me. But there was a rhythm section. They were actually the drummer (Rick Lee) and bassist (Leo Lyons) from the legendary band Ten Years After. Albert Lee was playing at the festival, and he said, "If you need a band, you can use them." The show was in five hours and we were unprepared! So I said, "Well, pick five easy Jimi Hendrix songs and we had to get through the set. I'll play a very long solo. I'll play loud and fast for two or three minutes, then quiet for another two or three minutes, then loud again at the end. That way, each song will be about 9 minutes long. If you do that for five songs, you can do the set. And we did it. It was recorded, everybody liked it, and we said, "Well, let's release it as an album!" But there was a lot of pressure on me to release Tribute To Jimi Hendrix. Normally it would take me three years to make a great album for Jimi! But that was just an hour of rehearsal and 45 minutes on stage with no preparation. I just did the best I could at the time.

[@SanDimas234]

This comment should be pinned.

[@andrasczehlarik9180]

NOT Albert LEE. MR. ALVIN LEE

[@ttfd]

wow, this is mindblowing

[@tommykennedy5802]

Cool story, a testament of your skill and prowess under adversity.

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

How a pro thinks on his feet.

[@roby7412]

The Paul Gilbert experience 😎👍

[@chuckster5798]

HOLY FUCKIN SMOKES! Jimi would be absolutely proud of this performance!!

[@casevola4995]

P Gilbert's one of my favorite on the fretboard indeed.

[@agctony123]

I hate when people comes to a video to start hating "Govan is better than Gilbert", guys, both are awesome persons, I met both in the same place, THIS IS MUSIC !! NOT A COMPETITION !! EACH ONE HAS HIS STYLE !!

[@SirJamestheIII]

It's annoying because at that skill level there really aren't any guitarists who have a complete set of techniques that are more outstanding than an other. No one has better alternate picking technique than paul gilbert, but other people surpass him in other areas (gambale for instance for sweeping). Govan's alternate picking is actually kinda meh, but his sense of harmony and his giant vocabulary make him special. Shawn Lane was probably the only guitarist in a class of his own, but unfortunately he didn't write a lot of memorable music.

[@andyreasoner5289]

I fully agree. BTW Paul Gilbert is a little older and more experienced, additionally his brain remember plenty of music citations what he sometimes shows e.g. during interviews. Both are virtuosos

[@ka-foreheadtv237]

I agree

[@pusanghalaw]

govan sucks. cheap satriani ripoff.

[@pusanghalaw]

@@SirJamestheIII paul has very nice sweeps and frank can alternate pick just as good as paul. buckethead is up there with shawn - they had mutual admiration and loved to play together. govan is dated ripoff of late 80s early 90s shredders.

[@analizamelchoto2763]

1. Red House (0:00) 2. Hey Joe (9:13) 3. Highway Chile (14:41) 4. Midnight (22:19) 5. Purple Haze (31:58)

[@beefcake0354]

I like this. I don't expect to hear hendrix. I expect to see PG play hendrix. so if you complain about his playing not suiting hendrix's songs, you can just simply listen to hendrix.

[@bateibornongkynrih1075]

Number 1 rock guitarist in the world.He can play anything.I like him giving simple guitar lesson.He is humble.I listen to great guitarist like Steve vai but non compare like him.He's the best.

[@wildansyaviq9443]

John Petrucci ?

[@Piboon-b]

Jimmy?

[@lockupl]

there is many players with same skills, Its all about your taste

[@chazbono5991]

@@lockupllmao, wrong

[@fedplaysguitar]

I don't recall any guitarist doing something like that for a live, playing a 45 mins set of Hendrix stuff, like it or not you need to have gigantic balls to present this thing on a big music festival, so much respect for Gilbert, amazing playing, he just never tried to play like Hendrix here and that's why I think it's amazing

[@wesworach7441]

Paul's phrasing is so on the button , because he is also a good drummer ! ...

[@Sushanz1]

My Uncle Has This Cassette Record Back In 2000 Or Maybe 2002, I Raid This And Listened To It, I Got Shocked After Hearing All This Solos, I Thought "OH MY GOD" HOW CAN ANYONE PLAY SUCH A GOOD AMAZING SOLO IMPROVISING EVERY SINGLE NOTES OVER HENDRIX.. THIS IS AWESOME... STILL HEARING IT...

[@juanesquivelmadrid]

I imagine Guthrie and Paul watching this video together, enjoying the blues, while here everyone is arguing about who is better ... just enjoy!

[@guitarsender]

I’ve heard that Paul has been asked last minute to play n this festival. When he heard it was a jazz festival he said “I don’t play a lot of jazz” but then decided to play some Hendrix songs in a “jazz” style version. Considering he only had about 48 hours to prepare for this concert this is absolutely crazy.

[@waltergarcia89]

Que talento, que maestro, y esto paso hace 20 años, y ya tenía esa maestria para tocar blues de manera exquisita.y virtuosa. Tremendo lo de Paul, si no es mi violero favorito pasa raspando. Idolo!

[@fuckingmind9013]

totalmente de acuerdo, para mi (no quiero comparar ni nada) pero es como lo describió el bajista de cream a hendrix en la su primera zapada. "Una fuerza de la naturaleza" asi es Paul tambienn

[@luckylicks3497]

He's on fire!!!

[@meegobuckethead]

Synchronisation with left hand ans right hand is absolutly amazing

[@nothinghere3088]

Very sweet fine picking

[@128auto]

Best 45 minutes ever!

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

I bought the cd in 1996. I Love it

[@edwin1984ish]

AMAZING!!!!!!

[@llawma2588]

Needless to say about the playing but his singing was so good too

[@tedmich]

A wonderful version of Midnight ! a couple of years later Steve Vai also played Midnight at Santa Cruz Hendrix day.

[@Ardge26]

I have this CD. It's amazing to actually SEE Paul rip it up like I remember from the CD. The drums are different sounding. I hear a few drags and flubs that aren't on the CD. I remember now that the CD says the drums were rerecorded in the studio. This must be the actual live track. Awesome posting. I love this. Thank you!!

[@forrestgump4731]

Tis is heaven..

[@josiahgust]

I remember reading an interview where Paul talked about this. It was really last minute and they really didn't have much time to prepare. That's why they only played 5 songs. He said they just picked some Hendrix songs to fill the space and he played every single note, lick and run he knew.

[@TheRKchiru]

Everybody's commenting on how not 'blues' this is!! Hendrix himself was not strictly blues. And I think it was Nil Lofgren who couldn't show up, so Paul was asked to cover for him with Lofgren's band with just an afternoon rehearsal. Remember this was Paul before he entered his blues phase. This was his Racer X/Mr. Big phase not Paul now with his blues, jazz and fusion releases of late

[@lostrelokos5856]

Wow this is amazing!!!!

[@横山康治-w3x]

24years old!

[@FLThiago]

I love his blues! Very tasty

[@mgscano]

thanks for sharing. i've had the cd ever since, and it's always been one of my fav records

[@nickysantoro242]

thanks

[@srobert231962]

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for finding this and posting. PG was asked to this at the last minute when the original guy got sick... he does a great tribute to Hendrix while throwing in a little of his own style too - very tastefully, I think - and he sings so well too! Love it!

[@ramirodelpino]

What a Night! Realmente Sorprendente, una de esas noches en la que le salio todo PERFECTO a Pablo Gilberto!

[@lucianmunteanu8751]

Si y eso porqué Paul Gilbert es uno de los mejores guitarristas del mundo 🌎🎸🎸🎸

[@buziaczek52]

SUPER!

[@YngtchieMusic]

Why is the comments section filled with talk about Guthrie Govan? This is a video of Paul Gilbert playing Jimi Hendrix, why are people talking about Govan?

[@akidk1499]

Just egos..

[@jayboy6895]

Thank you for this. One of my fave Gilbert shows. Insane

[@sa7sul]

No need to argue about Govan or Gilbert. Both are great in their own fields. Govan has some nice techniques and mix it all up to his own verz musical style. Gilbert has very unique way of playing, he keep it simple lick-wise in the same time he plays this fantastic phrasing, nice vibrato, and he can deliver an entertaining show and Gilbert is a respected name in the music biz. Govan may have some more tricks in his pocket, but he is not close as famous as Gilbert.

[@transcendentrock6551]

1991🎧 2021🎧 🙏🙏

[@MicSustianevo]

Amazing!

[@jorgegonzalez-fo8nl]

Quiero decir como buen mexicano quw paul gilbert es un guitarrista fenomenal no tienemadre es fantastico el tomo la escuela de jimi hendrix pero cada quien en su epoca o nocabrones

[@pablolima3502]

jorge gonzalez vendes droga?

[@silas0403]

Horst Polland is my guitar teacher haha! Just found out he played with Paul Gilbert😲

[@9ibson]

Yeah, in fact the drums are the same, just the bass was recorded after, A note from the CD says: "Guitar, drums and vocals recorded live at the festival. Bass recorded live at MGI Record Studio, Munich. "

[@astonzappa]

I love Paul Gilbert and had this on CD back in the day but what gets me watching this today is that if Leo Lyons shook your hand it would be a bone crusher.

[@FabioValenteOficial]

Sunset - Bossa Nova - Fabio Valente New Generátion Bossa Nova From Brazil, Enjoy!! Thanks

[@leandro8cordas]

MESTRE!!! GRANDE PAUL GILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!LEANDRO LEMOS

[@bintang7ful]

nice , like it !!!

[@JimmyMacdo7]

Awesome

[@surasakwongchai1]

PGs a beast

[@charlyalberti5483]

excelente aporte

[@AleksLadygin]

Феноменальный, крутой, выдающийся гитарист 20 и 21 века!!!

[@andrasczehlarik9180]

Leo Lyons on bass.the best.

[@Marcin79W]

Imagine - you're the great player, one of those like Gilbert, Govan, Vai, Satriani, any other... and you sometime are going into internet, and see all those stupid comments: "Whos' better". How do you feel about?

[@agctony123]

Ikr !! SO STUPID !!

[@SirhanAbraqi]

Knowing Paul, he would definitely said Govan is a terrific guitar player. Such humble of Paul Gilbert of acknowledging other guitarist. That's what I like about Paul. :)

[@Gregorypeckory]

World class performers of anything are bound to have people arguing about them: "person A kicks person B's ass". If you're great enough to warrant that kind of attention, and wish to maintain your skill level, your career, and your sanity, you wouldn't give much thought to such arguments, so how you feel about it is probably irrelevant. In most cases you probably aren't aware of such discussions; if you happen to read some comments, hopefully having reached the world class level of skill and after facing all kinds of challenges on thousands of gigs, your skin is thick enough that if anything, you'd just be amused or mildly annoyed and forget about it a second later.

[@luigicannizzo2669]

" It' s Important to the Key in E Strings ". .. So' Nice O................ne ... ☺😊😉/💙💙💙/👍👌👏👋

[@evandroarchilenger3598]

Guitarra Técnica com a Selvageria Animalesca de Jimi Hendrix by Paul Gilbert !!!

[@Sushanz1]

OH YEAH

[@ismaelbalbuena7085]

Qué grande Pablo, gente!

[@yaroslavkustoff5074]

when i was little i had vhs gilbert video school)

[@polomulder9556]

Wow, midnight

[@christopherpasi7126]

PG is really amazing and technically a genius... I believe this is all improvisation. I bet Guthrie Govan can't play like this live with the same intense and performance bec guthrie is only good in mimicking others and for me he doesn't have the feeling i have for PG when they are playing guitars. Experience is where the gap between them is prominent.

[@roshomoypod1]

paul is pure rock hes awesome his riffs like scarified and technical difficulties are cool but just look at guthrie, he literally has done things no other player in history has. he has a truly unique view of music just watch his lessons. his understanding of music and knowledge of unique harmonies is incredibly vast. he incorporates jazz, flamenco, country, indian sitar, to his music. there is no way to explain how truly fascinating he is.

[@ChristianRouxel]

Du Blues shred il falait Oser a l epoque 😊❤

[@PeriMartins]

Master Paul Gilbert

[@musicisthebestF]

What do you mean by that ? have you heard his newest CD Vibrato ? He only plays Blues, Hardrock, and Jazz Fusion on that one

[@BledsoeBluvd]

Makes me want to pick my guitar up and put it back down again 😭

[@napomania]

makes me want to polish my guitar from dust and spiders :D

[@knightfall9394]

Never understood the mentality that this would deter someone rather than inspire them to play

[@michelikovalski4318]

Paul Gilbert maravilhoso!

[@ceesvuik630]

bassist is leo lyons ten years after!

[@musicisthebestF]

Well that Song where he s a lonly Oister singing the Blues under the Sea is among the Best Blues i ve ever heard Besides Guthrie Govan playing the Song Flatlands for the Aristocrats MAYBE i am just to New to Blues i mean i only know stuff like Eric Johnson or Derek Trucks

[@guihowe85]

Gilbert only

[@大介浦口]

名盤だと思う。

[@rouelibre1]

Wow! In Purple Haze he went out of proper tone à la Charlie Parker. Incredible musician. I don't care much for his guitar speed.

[@786Burn]

Hey Joe.. kick ass

[@BITA-si9fb]

5:00

[@TheWhite1961]

Der Bassist ist definitiv Leo Lyons.....

[@mythos7405]

The story is that someone (B.B King?) cancelled their appearence at the Jazz festival and Paul Gilbert stepped in unrehearsed to cover them....that's why the solos are so extended. And if people want to be fair, they should compare this video with a guitar player in 1991 doing a 40 minute live of unrehearsed Hendrix.....not that bad after all eh?

[@TheRKchiru]

I think it was Nil Lofgren who couldn't show up, so Paul was asked to cover for him with Lofgren's band with just an afternoon rehearsal. Remember this was Paul before he entered his blues phase. This was his Racer X/Mr. Big phase not Paul now with his blues, jazz and fusion releases

[@mythos7405]

@@TheRKchiru thanks dude!

[@petahawk]

he plays amazing blues here. in his more actual stuff there's nothing as good in terms of blues. "vibrato" is really nice and has some fresh nuances, but especially the fusion-stuff on there is not really qualitatively high from my point of ears; more easy-going.

[@GuitarTanguyAddict]

Super live but the director and the cameramen are just bad with their shots. Can't appreciate sound and image together...

[@AlluserAllusers]

This TV broadcast has the original base by Leo Lyons, as it says in the closing credits. The CD version had a re-recorded base track by the producer. Why exactly I do not understand, since the live version seems better to me. The base on the CD is rather sterile. Maybe contractual reasons?

[@meegobuckethead]

Buckethead teacher

[@Boognish_]

teacher of the Bucket

[@jeanounou]

Great performance as always with PG, but his tone could have been better, I think, especially on those Blues numbers.

[@NeroCyaBlaze]

video/sound quality isn't really good =/ so you might blame that

[@guitarsender]

I love the heavy metal tone on those blues songs

[@marconicolai7644]

5 feb 2023

[@yaroslavkustoff5074]

I don't like a lot of chorus effect in its sound

[@drkglddrt340]

I love this...though, I can see why Blues Purists would hate it! It's NOT blues...so what!

[@PurpleLightning6was9]

This is blues.... I don't see why blues purists wouldn't like it. He's playing basically the same thing Jimi did just with less distortion. It's not like he's playing arpeggios up and down or something.

[@Gregorypeckory]

Yes it is absolutely blues. He throws in a few more notes than older blues players, but Hendrix' take on the blues was far more radically different than the iconic players he learned from than this is from Hendrix. So much time has passed that people forget or don't know what a musical revolution Hendrix created. For every revolution (or even sometimes slight deviations from tradition) there are counter-revolutionaries, angrily railing against change. Back in the late 1960s, they were condemning Hendrix' music, just like younger sticks in the mud for whom Hendrix is blues gospel, can be seen slinging mud at anyone who does a Hendrix tune that strays much from Jimi's versions. It is very silly, since blues is an expressive, improvisational form which affords great freedom for the adventurous interpreter, and arguably that is it's greatest strength and reason for being.

[@Ardge26]

Bass is way different too.

[@manurock98]

21:05

[@Juaniguitarra86]

I love Paul's style, but he is totally out of his element here. Well, at least in that time. He's got a lot more blues now.

[@gordylincon109]

guthrie fans are just mad lol guitar players are the most jealous people ever paul is the master enough said..

[@manurock98]

28:08

[@PopovSB]

I hate these cinematographers and their editors who like to show close-ups at the moment when they need to show the general one and vice versa. They can show the performer's ass at the moment when he puts on a performance for the audience. Why don't they start showing just a guitarist's right eye or a bassist's heel?

[@PopovSB]

from 17:07 John Scofield? ))

[@Slears]

wtf..if you would confront Guthrie with something like "Hey you are way better then Gilbert (or whoever else)!" Guthrie would just tell you that this is the biggest Bullshit he has ever heard...how good a Player is has nothing to do with how many notes he can play in a short time...or what crazy techniques he is able to do on his instrument

[@BaroqueBlues]

5:05 5:09

[@lazuarpranaakbary4027]

i bet govan can't copy some gilbert's stuff, why?because his fingers are not as long as gilbert's. SIMPLE :>

[@roshomoypod1]

the only guitar player who is nearly as innovative and original as guthrie is tosin abasi from animals as leaders. pioneers

[@gordylincon109]

lol noooo he blows

[@glassmoon91]

Id go as far as to say that govan is the technically better player but you really cant argue Paul's ability write a great song. Take his work with Mr.Big for example. Green Tinted 60's Mind had some really original guitar playing and you could tap the shit out of your foot to it. Shit, in 1992 you prolly coulda taken a chick on a date, played that song and got laid for it... HIs solo stuff has some great songwriting too. Songs like vibrato, hurry up and olympic come to mind! When it comes down to it, nobody made it for technique alone, Vai wrote great shit with David Lee Roth, Petrucci wrote great shit with Dream Theater, Malmsteen wrote great shit with Alcatraz and Steeler, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Andy Timmons etc. All those dudes have at least one thing in common and thats they wrote at least one killer song!!!

[@HENRYPAUN]

hey PAUL what happened, wow dude ....look back ....and reinvent yourself

[@guitarsender]

Haters gonna hate

[@roshomoypod1]

guthrie is the savior of shred. no question.

[@jazzerrocker]

Govan is definitely light-years ahead of Gilbert. That means Govan has more technique, however Gilbert is the more musical one and more innovative player. Consider Paul's trademark bends, when he bends a note you can tell its him. Govan doesn't have any trademarks like that.

[@witcheryify]

it's subjective really, i would say Govan is the more musical one, his blues stuff sounds a lot more natural and dynamic, and Govan has more harmonic knowledge and vocabulary in his playing, he rarely play sequences and scale exercises. Gilbert style is easier to approach and more straight-forward.

[@agctony123]

Your comment is stupid as shiet !! Plz, stop the hate, is music !!

[@KingMAGGoT0666]

Govan has all the things you just said he didn't. The hell are you talking about?

[@cararobinson2769]

your 100% wrong

[@gordylincon109]

you could of posted im a dumbass that knows nothing about guitar lol paul is much better!!

[@00govan00]

Govan is light-years ahead of Gilbert. Funny how you attempt to argue experience, as if it matters. lol. Babe, experience errr (being older.. nice euphemism) doesn't quite qualify as sound argument, when the guitarist you desire to characterize as inferior to Gilbert is a genius prodigy that accelerated in his apptitude for the instrument unlike maybe any player in history. Guitarists know why Paul prefers the key of E, too. It isn't because it's one of the more difficult keys on the guitar lol.

[@fedplaysguitar]

It would be stupid if it was the opposite, Gilbert was on top of his gam in the late 80s' Govan is came out 20 years later

[@hendrikheemels8615]

This is no jazz

[@istillsuckatguitar]

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

[@00govan00]

You couldn't be more wrong.. go watch the innumerable live performances of Govan on youtube. Gilbert is an Yngwie clone anyway, a complete plagiarist/rip-off of Malmsteen, that since those early days of mimicry has tried, to his credit, to develop an ability/uniqueness of his own to contribute something of worth to the world of guitar. He's failed.