JAN AKKERMAN, 'HOCUS POCUS', 'tOude Pothuys 2010

[@alpcns]

Still one of the world's best guitarists. Fantastic.

[@joeblog2672]

I would say probably the greatest guitarist that most people have not heard about. I myself only heard about him 5 years ago. And he's damn close to the top for those of us who have heard of him!!

[@Nomad_Audio]

One of the most iconic guitar riffs ever. Nothing can get you pumped up quite like this.

[@renatocrapanzano9395]

JAN AKKERMAN is simply the best, the greatest guitarist in the Netherlands and in the world.

[@AsphyxGr]

One of the greatest guitar players ever. Miss the 70s attitude in today's musicians.

[@slaphead8835]

This is CRAZY great! I love what he did in place of Thijs Van Leer’s incomparable parts. It was a very clever and affectionate nod to his old pal. Jan still has it. He smoked on that guitar!

[@ketelbinky]

Heartwarming to see this Landgenoot after so many years. My students in Djakarta, Indonesia turned me unto his music, in 1973. Listening to this in a wrinkle in Idaho, us, now. En dan speelt hij nog in mijn oude woonplaats, zo lang geleden toen Nederland nog grijs and zwart was, met veel regels, 1950's. Party on Wayne. Bedankt

[@1958seeker]

I remember when this came out he was shown as one of the greatist guitarists. Now because he gets no airtime worldwide hes is totally forgotten. I mentioned this guitarist to Rick Beato on his rundown of 70 guitarist and wasnt even acknowledged.

[@pabloacuna2860]

I was there!! I'm from Chile, I went to the Netherlands as a grad student and I had been a big fan of Focus for a long time. It must have been only three days that I first arrived to Utrecht and I saw this gig coming! It was fucking mind blowing. Jan is a fucking monster guitar player, and OMG his tone!!! Needless to say anything about his songwriting, Janis is one of my favorites. Long live Jan Akkerman!!

[@davidgarione2206]

It' s not only one of the best songs of prog rock, it's one of the best rocks of all time.

[@JahJahBruh]

What a great man, even in his old days still the best.

[@Rafaga777]

He still keeps me amazing. He masters all the skills and styles at the highest level. Electric guitar, Spanish guitar, lute, bass guitar. Fingerpicking, using the pick, rasguados, tremolo. Rock, jazz, classical music etc. etc. Astonishing...

[@VykaarTones]

1970 was already full of great rock music and I was learning riffs from Ritchie Blackmore and Jimmy Page when I heard Hocus Pocus and was mesmerised by Jan Akkermans's different style and speed. Big fan for life, thanks for keeping me Focused on music that means something.

[@jebro]

Akkerman is still one of the finest!

[@SpaTZz9]

One of my favorite Guitar players, highly under rated. One of the best.

[@peterschenk5614]

The best!

[@johnnystardust9366]

He was voted best guitar player twice, Hendrix some time before. He is fast forgotten or overseen, but not underrated

[@jeffreyroberts7438]

Was voted the best guitarist in the world......but then, at that time in the seventies there were so many unbelievable guitarists!

[@Gabriel60FT]

Oh my God..oh my Goood!! JAN AKKERMAN !! His spirit is come from that ´70s guy . He is the same guy..the same musicman.....the same GENIUS !! His sound and style are perfects!!

[@mariocroisetiere4900]

Thank you Mr. Jan Akkerman...

[@bobnbetsg]

This is amazing. Maybe one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. Hocus Pocus brings me back to to the 70's, hearing it on the radio in my parents car enough to make a lasting impression. Was never er sure why, I always figured it was the yodeling. Looking back now, this was my introduction to hard rock, and why at 55, I am still a metalhead. Thank you Focus.

[@rickheron792]

Jan is in my all time top 10 players list, a superbly gifted guitarist and brilliant support musicians with him, be nice to see him in the U.K.

[@peterzwart1968]

This is by far the best Dutch guitar player ever.

[@tariksba]

100 % Right !

[@richardsnout2964]

tariksba fg

[@willievanhetkerkhof286]

eddie van halen.

[@bmanamericae3012]

Adrian Vandenberg

[@Invading-Specious]

Eddy van Halen.

[@sammyrothrock6981]

Jan is a master! Always love his playing for over 50 years!

[@diandian1000]

Sowieso is Hocus Pocus een wereldnummer van een niet te evenaren niveau....

[@mjtf1113]

I remember hearing this over 40 years ago for the first time...I IMMEDIATELY bought EVERYTHING they produced....Focus and its members stand alone....

[@kingrobert1st]

Saw their first UK tour way back in '71....upstaged Status Quo fucking unbelievable. Nobody knew what hit them.

[@WvhKerkhof]

Yeah Jan was a fighter.

[@TheOrganist007]

jan akkerman is one of the best !!! listen to FOCUS,great band !

[@cluxseltoot]

Wow! What fantastic touch on guitar. As fresh now as 'back in the day'.

[@thomasmazur6916]

Excellent. Thanks

[@vashthestampede4716]

Awesome!!! Amazing guitar player!!!

[@wwnc]

he's an old man, but he still kicks ass, and plays amazing. long live Jan Akkerman

[@Cass2112]

What a guitarist still got it 👏👏👏

[@SandervanKasteren]

Every time I watch this video it keeps amazing me how good Jan actually is. He has got his own phrasing and style like not many guitarists have.

[@SandervanKasteren]

Wat een baas is Jan Akkerman toch ook! Hij lijkt nog steeds alleen maar beter te worden.

[@TheBellochio]

A great sound from J Akkerman....***** Many thanks for sending.

[@kidwoodhouse9564]

Proud to be Dutch! What a great player!

[@brentcrude8565]

One of the greatest rock riffs of all time. Period.

[@timrobinson8717]

What a massively under recognised player he is and the band backing him here are top drawer..

[@johnhughes7503]

Hi Tim, not sure how old you are. I am 69 and remember when this was released. Jan Akkerman was at that time and probably still is one of the greatest guitarist of all time. (in my opinion). Hope you are as young as I was when this when I first heard this. You certainly have good taste. I wish you all the best. John.

[@rickheron792]

Top guitarist Jan Akkerman, in my top ten best

[@1971SuperLead]

Wow, what a great band. Rare to see a drummer that good playing a club.

[@iandavies6575]

Still one of the best

[@timspencer1]

Jan still has it! One of the best....

[@blackbirdtwigg]

Bloody Brilliant !!! Thank you so much for posting this !!!!!!

[@TallshrewFishing]

Fantastic. Great upload, thanks.

[@ThatWhalingBand]

what a gorgeous guitar!!!!!! you have the coolest videos V.L., keep it up!!!!!!

[@OlaviKiljo]

Akkerman plays with great style.

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good....................................................................................................................................................

[@pattomuso]

No doubt, a modern Dutch Master! :)

[@Cleofizoid]

This is just one awesome jam. Jan Akkerman and co. rip it to shreds. Alwaze loved Jan's original sound...mitey tasty.

[@SpaTZz9]

Oh, did I fail to mention that this man can play any genre?

[@kendalmast7383]

Geweldige muziek!! Deel na intro nu te beluisteren op deel 1 op bbc one “Beyond Paradise”. Elke vrijdag op BBC ONE

[@nickmoroney1042]

Wonderful performance from a lyrical perfectionist

[@paulinealbert7259]

AMAZING!! As Always!!!

[@gregaroo329]

WOW!! I'm amazed! Jan is incredible!! Great post! THANKS!!!

[@leek7412]

I still have this album

[@PoggiiBonsii]

jan deserves a lintje for all he does. beautiful notes and tones from that guitar

[@LIGHTintheHALLS]

JAN‼️🔊🤠👍 Completely unique legend.

[@blahdeblah1975]

Rock on Jan! This smokes the original, and the original smoked.

[@alveeee]

amazing guitar playing!!! Akkerman rules!!

[@wessingtonboy]

Superb Jan.. God bless

[@achtsieben87]

Jan Akkerman and Ed Van Halen jamming together - now I would like to see that it ! Two of the best and influential rock guitar players over the last 20 years.

[@TheGerrr]

Brilliant : )

[@Mr.Bryanmay32]

I love it, he is the maestro

[@pyxxel]

Will be seeing Focus in Dublin soon, sadly without Jan I believe. What a timeless track!

[@andzwe]

Jan Akkerman and Thijs van Leer shortly reunited a few times, but the chance of that happening again is practical zero by now.

[@IndoDarahSSE033]

De drummer outclassed Jan hier. Geen gejodel maar inplaats van dat gebrekkige noten op de gitaar, zonde dit.

[@daemonknight460]

a true legend!!

[@kissyxander]

possibly the sickest guitar player on earth, I take my hat of to a genius!

[@larsviklund3874]

Was i Stockholm -71 awsomme Jan is a guitar hero

[@MN-dv8wc]

I saw Focus in 72 . Jan was the best guitarist I have ever seen and I'm 63 so I've seen a few and like Hendrix he is a masterful rhythm player . The Dutch has given the world some great ones , i.e. Van Halen and Kaz Lux , Golden Earring etc.

[@bmcgoo6027]

Are all the Dutch Angles deliberate I wonder?! Nice video - thanks.

[@kjallesoft]

I saw Jan with band last Year in Rotterdam. A man keeps on re-inventing himself or gets defeated

[@1970sman]

Come back to England Jan. We have really missed you and the band this year! Play the Robin 2 and/or the Yard Stratford again. Jan, you are the MAN....rock on Holland.

[@hoover5418]

amazing song ever

[@coravisser727]

unbelieveble what you can do with a gitar.great great cool.awesome.

[@WouterBurger]

Still the best, impressive

[@skithewhitestuff]

Superb, still great.

[@gus3247365]

You are still the best Jan .A . ( F em all .. ) ..Een Oranje lintje rond je nek bovendien, je verdiend meer dan een Koniklijke onderscheiding voor alles dat heeft de werld doen veranderen , zo niet meer ( als ik mocht ze uitdelen .. jullie zouden een ontvangen ZEER Zeker .. "Music speaks louder than words"" ...cheers ... gus

[@WvhKerkhof]

Sowieso je weet toch ditdat broer! snapje!

[@gerardoerak]

Wow...what a version ¡¡¡.

[@ivarus75]

Great stuff.....as usual!

[@MarcelMank]

Variations on a theme. Like the classics! Master guitarplayer.

[@bluarcher5941]

talk about variations on a theme...take a listen to Puccini's Cafe from the 10.000 Clowns album, based on Chopin's prelude # 4...phenomenal stuff and tone to die for, particularly in a live setting.

[@Mississippi_Boomer]

EPIC!

[@DarthVader-km6ku]

The Force is Strong with this one....

[@capebuatid]

good job grandpa,,, akkerman is still a GOD

[@Jackplaysguitar]

Still a CLASS act !

[@arnoudtoxopeus6263]

The best !

[@barroncrist5779]

Jan is an amazing guitarist. I doubt he plays the solo the same each time but improvises a lot.

[@ВладимирБогомолов-х2ш]

Хоть группа и осталась очень малоизвестной к сожалению, но имхо это один из самых запоминающихся риффов в рок музыке!

[@raph_audreypoire5203]

is a legend can show anytime at young band how play a guitar

[@MrJan019]

I love it

[@LynnMylene]

Super! Jan is de man! :)

[@C00ltronix]

Hocus Pokus - Goosebumps Version

[@markjohnson1224]

Imagine going into the guitar shop on Shaftesbury Avenue with this bloke and have him say to the bloke "Can I have a plink on that one over there?" and then...

[@ro09mar]

HE ROCKS!!!

[@alessandrovanzan254]

How to be old but so much YOUNG!

[@hgvdweg]

De Band geniet, ik geniet!

[@ticonderogasou]

Akkerman mi guitarrista preferido entre todos!!!!

[@emiliosg58]

Este hombre fue, es y seguira siendo un virtuoso de la guitarra, sin el reconocimiento que se merece. Su riff de Hocus Pocus es genial, de los mejores del mundo de la guitarra. He dicho

[@iKapplo]

Wie geil ist das denn.

[@nunyabigness588]

Who needs a vocalist when he can shred like that 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BLUESCAFEApeldoorn]

Jan is THE Man for Jan! :-)

[@westrokker]

Love it, wonder what happened to all the Focus bandmates? Thijs, Pierre , ...

[@haldrrangren2888]

focus stil tours with all the original members except jan

[@hulldanfan]

HàldØrr Angren Its only Thijs and Pierre in the current line up. Bass player Bobby Jacobs has been a member since early 2000's

[@steelguitar7]

Great...

[@andzwe]

Hoe lang is het geleden dat er voor tv een deugdelijke live-concert opname gemaakt- en uitgezonden is van deze maestro en zijn band?! Echt koesteren van het nationaal cultuurgoed (afgezien van 13 in een dozijn werk) doet Nederland niet bepaald en daarom des te meer waardering voor deze klasse amateur opnames! Ze hebben het wel geweten daar in 't Pothuys, zo te horen, wat een volume (en klasse, natuurlijk)!

[@rickheron792]

Sensational Jan Akkerman is one of the all time greats, rest of the band are'nt bad either!

[@heribertkopke2595]

Genialer Gitarrist