Songs Of Their Own - #44 "Stella Blue" John Scofield & John Medeski

[@jimizzi8150]

This is the sound of tears. Anyone who was in the room when Jer poured his soul into a lick was touched deeply and the love still lingers. Know matter who plays those tunes there is the love. Don't find yourself judging. Just close your eyes and remember and be glad you were there. So dust off those dusty strings , one more time.

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

In the end there's just a song Comes cryin' through the night

[@jefffelderman2409]

Truly magnificent and magical. Their use of space and John's melodicism is truly heavenly. You can also see how much they are enjoying playing one of Garcia's most beautiful ballads and the passion coming across. Wonderful!

[@whatdothlife4660]

Do you mean John or John?

[@IndyRommelCo]

❤❤❤❤🙌❤️😇 Dedicated to the love of my life Happy Birthday GE #16 Beep 🎉❤ always be part of me missing … RIP my beautiful Angel

[@KhalDrogo76]

Two masters of their respective instruments exploring a gem of a song; what magic

[@kaseypritchard9502]

Kurtz is that you?

[@joblo6394]

I see Sco’s name I hit “like”

[@mantashaft]

Overwhelmingly beautiful

[@jameswhite7629]

Beautiful! Scofield is amazing!

[@michaeldion4855]

In music, there is indescribable magic. Here's a wonderful example.

[@bryontreece]

I literally have tears in my eyes. Thanks so much for this. Such beauty.

[@BrianBeard]

Stunning guys, Jerry would be proud ;)

[@benedictsemmes5257]

Always always always make it a point to see either of these guys when they come to New Orleans.

[@josephscottcostanzo9550]

Beautiful ..I'm welling up ....

[@ratso8860]

Incredible musicianship & what chemistry. Thanks for posting.

[@2rockergurl]

man this is so awesome MY GOD

[@robertviejo9048]

unbelievable, simply unreal performance. thanks for posting!!!

[@charliemenard7293]

that's some classy shit right there

[@eduardocesaraugustofigueir1321]

Just wonderful. Bravo

[@kasmatt]

Just wow. Really love these jambase videos...

[@robertb9686]

YEEEEEEE BIG MUSIC

[@anamitrachaudhuri7331]

hauntingly beautiful!

[@estertelepary2556]

One word, beautiful! Oh wait, that’s three.......

[@jasonrupe5276]

That had me old feet tapping...thank yas

[@awbyh626]

who are the idiots that feel they have to "thumbs down" on you tube? Don't like it, keep going. This is beautiful to me.

[@quartzimaging]

Wonderful!

[@5ingredientslowcookersoups]

........ into the Blue. Beautiful

[@MaxFrankl]

Awesome Clip- I really enjoyed watching! Best wishes and keep up the great work, Max

[@ccarnage556]

Scofield was so upset about that one note!! Brush it off buddy! This stuff is beautiful.

[@MrForestExplorer]

Beautiful rendition.

[@DabsDad]

Awesome!

[@hiphuwangsu4235]

played so smoothly with the notes...loop mode ACTIVATED

[@EvilEmpire_4u]

masters of their craft

[@ScottSawyerMusic]

Bravo.

[@MrRasstto]

...lovely.

[@ПавелКапацынэ]

Великолепно

[@oscarbravo2910]

maravilloso

[@andy96356]

Beautiful tone.

[@sambac2053]

Something strange about reading a Dead tune live onstage. I've heard Scofield live with MMW, he wasn't reading then. This quite restrained for Medeski, who I've heard many times, and even jammed with. He sounds great. I must say I'm a bit dissapointed in Sco here. I've heard him play much better ( I've even discussed gear with him) . If he knew the song, not just reading the melody which starts off fine, but the words and sense of it,I think he'd find more to say .

[@finer49r]

brilliant!

[@davidl2822]

Just fuckin Awesome😀😃😄😁

[@po3tictreachery672]

awesome cover

[@robert3967]

The way Medeski plays the I-bVII-IV section in terms of rhythm and accents reminds me a lot of the I-bVII-IV-bVII section in Running on Faith by Eric Clapton. random thought

[@mantashaft]

Stunningly beautiful. God bless the Johns and the Dead of which I am of course including Robert Hunter

[@mikehood2437]

I agree, if you don't think this is good then I don't like you too much...

[@Paul-zm1hb]

haha!

[@NickLandess]

Anyone who dislikes this is just really really terrible at life.

[@jonathanleitch6176]

Nick Landess amen from am atheist.

[@terrapin6352]

Nick Landess I feel as though the (spot on) jazzy tone doesn't quite suit this song. The small, quirky (also 'spot on') noodles, although they do sound great, don't quite fit. The tones emitted sounded like Pink Floyd's Shine On at times and Oh Christmas Tree at other intervals. I'm not saying it isn't a 'good' or 'nice' rendition. I love some of Medeski, Martin and Woods' stuff, especially with John Scofield sitting in, but in my opinion this cut just wasn't fitting to the standard I have accumulated after seeing quite a few Grateful Dead tributes and seeing them live as The Dead feat. John Mayer.

[@NickLandess]

I'm fine with it not being your thing - but you are at least acknowledging that your judgment(s) are subjective - you are critiquing, respectfully. There's a big difference between that and disliking.

[@terrapin6352]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins I agree. I listened to John Mayer's music once upon a time, long ago in times that are extremely fuzzy now. He has some talent, but he was a bad choice as a guitarist for possibly the last official continuation we see of The Grateful Dead. I understand the rumor that Weir wanted to hand it off to a younger generation, and John sees it as an honor to play with them. But, he's not going to do anything with his experience playing with them. He's still off writing love songs and being a record label puppet. There are SO MANY other great guitarists of past and newer generations that would leap at such an opportunity and truly continue the legacy. Unfortunately, I see (or saw?) it as Weir making it a popularity contest. Attracting some of John's current fanbase, which is similar imo to Britney Spears (not far off in fanbase similarity! Maybe a single gen or less.). Quite sad, but... whatcha gonna do? lol

[@Bobby007D]

First off , what does being terrible at life supposed to mean? Life is suffering , then you die . Don't take me the wrong way , I am a huge Sco fan ! I was a Jerry fan too. However , this cover of Stella Blue is weak at best. It is subjective and doesn't improve the original . Despite having Sco on guitar , it fails both Jerry and Sco's actual talents as musicians ! It sounds to me , to be more of a parody of what was , a beautiful melody! I don't dislike it , but I don't really care for it very much either !

[@SteveRyan1965]

Damn.

[@AndreaLaCava]

❤

[@JonBxd9]

They could have just kept going!

[@markkindermannart4028]

Sco using a Fender amp...usually would be an AC30

[@brianmackercher5445]

I love it when folks cover jerry b/c it reinforces his enigmatic genius. nobody can play with the soul, mastery, and majesty of Garcia. this is alright but it seems like they didn't rehearse to the point of playing it with authority.

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

WILLIE NELSON covers STELLA BLUE, composed and written by JERRY GARCIA and ROBERT HUNTER. WILLIE NELSONS' version 😢

[@deich31]

In the end there's just a song.

[@mikenorgrove2795]

"Song...the wind-chime of memory"

[@marcobozzo2738]

When I can buy this black ibanez?

[@roodimentaer6339]

love it. but i don't like the snaredrum in the back.

[@wompbozer3939]

Roodi Mentaer I just saw Scofield with Jimmie Herring last month. Awesome music, but the snare drum was rattling away in the background the whole time. Even during the bass solo. You'd think that the drummer would at least mute it. For people that are such tone freaks they don't seem to notice it.

[@awadaawada6738]

Starting too look like Robert duvall

[@jddelori]

Didn't know Rick from Pawn Stars was a piano virtuoso...

[@TjtsAndroid]

Скофилд на дроздова из мира животных похож

[@steveokula847]

It looks like the pianist knows this song but the guitarist is still leanring it.

[@DEADHEAD71344]

Soulful but not as soulful as that black muddy river that anders Osborn did but that's just me

[@rhlang11]

i could be all wrong but sometimes I just don't get jazz guitar players. like, they can't play songs only notes.

[@MerrickGuitar]

+Ray Lang They can't play songs, only notes? What does that even mean.......... oh and yes, you're wrong

[@yltcraxe]

I get your point...sometimes. I think Sco treats this pretty respectfully using space and holding back a lot of the killer stuff he could throw in that would be a bit much. No question jazz interpretations often overdo things, but at the same time I find it worthwhile to try to embrace aspects of the language and aesthetic before applying criticism. I'm trying to word this in a way that I am speaking for myself and not suggesting any limitations on the part of the original commenter.

[@markkindermannart4028]

When you have John Medeski on rythym, you play the melody...

[@StashStainlessBass]

Fantastic.