''VOODOO CHILD'' - ERIC GALES, live at Callahan's, BEST VERSION, dec 2014

Eric Gales - guitar, vocals; Cesar Oviedo - bass, Kevin Hayes - drums. LaDonna Gales and Tyrone Thomas - background vocals. Filmed in HD1080 at Callahan's Music Hall, Dec 12, 2014

[@lpdog]

Gales is a top tier player. Great performance here. I really love when a great player does a cover like this-it's an interpretation, not a straight up cover. Some of the negative comments leave me shaking my head. The jazz and classical tangents he goes off on are really cool and that's what I love about this and when he does guitar show booth demos that you don't hear on his albums.

[@paradigmer187]

Eric Gales has been to the crossroads and made some deals...no way around it.

[@handmadehearts]

Hear, hear! This cover is so good to hear. Kudos to Eric Gales. Music makes life better.

[@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr]

Un très bon gaucher non ? Ha ha 😂rip Jimmy ( Guy platteau Marseille France,)

[@DirtySanch3z]

the man, the legend. guy plays guitar upside down and this good? Jimi'd be proud

[@srcastic8764]

Jimi strung his upside down though so he played it like a normal left hander. This guy plays it the hard way. Amazing.

[@ranabirgahir462]

Nice One ☝️

[@handmadehearts]

@@srcastic8764 Yes, upside-down & backwards. Jimi would be proud. Any good guitarist should be proud.

[@srcastic8764]

@@handmadehearts Jimi would be impressed. He couldn’t play this way. Jimi is said to have played “upside down and backwards” because he turned the guitar backwards and strung it upside down, so it played like a normal left handed guitar. So in reality it wasn’t as big of a deal as it sounds. He basically just played left handed made out of a right handed one. But this guy, WOW! He’s truly playing upside down and backwards!! He doesn’t have it restrung. It’s truly upside down! It’s still in the right handed configuration. So he truly is playing upside down and backwards! My fingers can’t even comprehend it. 😂😂

[@b.entranceperium]

One of the best guitarists of our time

[@bismillahrabbani9006]

All that soul oozing out of that guitar, you go Eric Gales!!!

[@RockNRoller66]

Beautiful. One of my actual friends, Shout out from Memphis! God let him stay sober! we pulling for you brother... 53

[@roccotanto]

one of the best living guitarists....

[@CruchyMode]

um no...

[@grandmaitredesmarionnettes1038]

+no name needed S.T.F.U

[@CruchyMode]

+Stratcat. Help me do it square

[@robonoskiRST]

folks are colcor blind and P kiss asses these days, ever heard of Steve vai, john McLaughlin, AL dimeola ed van halen. slash ,Eric johnson Neil shoan Randy hansen..This guy is light years behind and a new bee. how utterly ignorant to put this mediocre player on that level just go to youtube and punch in 7 year old plays Hendrix.. smoke this guy

[@brendahawkins3965]

Bobby DeVito would love you to check out my 16 year old grandsons you tube. He plays acoustic mainly but did a version of voodoo child kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpzTmXyBhKmtnsk

[@gmlasam]

If Jimi had a son, Eric would be his legacy.

[@rjbron3038]

Jimi did have a son.

[@baaag2146]

Did Jimi?

[@EolosMusic]

Jimi Did?

[@andresmontoro9411]

If jimi had a son, Eric would be his teacher

[@williamosorio1849]

gmlasam wrong!! Randy Hansen!!!!!

[@Imhotep_DrummerJones]

Why am I just now finding out about Eric Gales😧😧😧 this man is nice!!!! I've been binge watching a lot of vids ... Wow!!

[@dangerhighdoltage]

This is one of the best versions on KZbin, it's the total spirit of Jimi, having fun and doing his own thing - which in this case is Eric's thing. It's got so much groove, it's like a breath of fresh air. Keep on being you, man. It's inspiring.

[@bluzdudemi]

... thank you very much for appreciating the video and Eric's performance.

[@Dreadmane769]

I was here! On the wall on the bass players side. This was a great show. EG signed my stratocaster after!

[@bluzdudemi]

XxVoodooBluesXx I'm glad you enjoyed the video... and the show. I have the entire night on my youtube channel.

[@mojotrexzoller4628]

Whoa!!! This is a bad mamma jamma!!! We need to spread his name out in da universe!!! Nuff sed...AMEN!!!😁✌🏽

[@lopezb]

Then he breaks into Fur Eiise, then Kashmir... unbelievable! No fear at all, just enjoying himself and the music immensely. This is real Music.

[@glasnost8863]

Damn, what a groove. Can't get enough. Great job guys, I will definitely be checking out more of Gales' work

[@peterbrusch1493]

There is NOONE like him. Thank You for this video!

[@bluzdudemi]

you're welcome. Thank you for viewing and your support.

[@nickshaw6085]

My sweet assed jelly beans, he's fucking awesome!!! Such showmanship, artistry, vibe, interaction, love and truth. You're a blessing to this world, Eric. Y'all are just so RARE and...just, yeah. Thanks, guys!

[@docwobbles]

Man, that was refreshingly funky. Loved it!

[@einarabelc5]

That drummer is rippin it man!!!

[@Urbanwildlifee]

There is absolutely no one better in the world playing the guitar than Eric Gales! Best ever!

[@bluzdudemi]

... thank you very much for the kind words on the video that i filmed.

[@Urbanwildlifee]

You did a PERFECT job!

[@russbrinn]

I love the way he plays.. no fear...go for it always.

[@jeepcommando]

Best cover of this tune.

[@lesliewhite3208]

R.B. Enriquez have you ever herd of Stevie ray baugh

[@greyflora1490]

LMAO

[@johnc7801]

I mean this guy is good, but he seems like he's on another level for this performance. I don't know if it's the sound & great production but this is definitely one of the best quality recordings I've seen of him and Geez, this audience was lucky man. He kills it! Awesome stuff.

[@junkhaven6423]

I am speechless! This guy has absolutely BLOWN my mind!

[@andyeaves6086]

I've now watched many many videos of Eric playing live and what I find incredible is that he always appears to be improvising a lot of the time but he not only never has a note out of place but his timing is perfect - that's the really astonishing thing. Many other guitarists can improvise but only Gales gets the timing so perfect. It's just so satisfying! You rock Eric, please come to the UK soon?!!!

[@frmrchristian8488]

BADASS! With elements of jazz, classical, Indian, and I think I even heard a few bars of "Kashmir"! Eric is all about improvisation & genre blending. Incredibly however, he's doing it all upside-down & backwards (When you're a kid growing up without a lot of scratch, again you must IMPROVISE!) It fascinates me to watch self taught guys like Eric and (one of the "Three Kings"), Albert King, play this way so effectively! This isn't (by far) Eric's best video for guitar mastery, though. You guys check out his others, as well! He's a fretboard wizard when in the zone!

[@patrefkorwa9371]

What kind of Voodoo is this one 🙌💯💯💯🤘🤘💃💃💃💃

[@garymiller5807]

Best renditions ( and songs mixing ) ever!!! Was looking for a false note: couldn't find any. Gale is my new guitar hero!!!!

[@superguitarduo]

Thanks for the upload, Eric is way up there in the stratosphere...untouchable!

[@JemeroSteez]

INCREDIBLE! I guess reincarnation does exist...welcome back Jimi Hendrix..the world missed you...Eric Gales you are awesome!! And tha band rocked too!! 🎸 Legends Never die they are only REBORN! Amazing!

[@ThrashRoC]

Very VERY Cool Cover

[@bluzdudemi]

Jimi Hendrix thanks for watching and commenting.

[@chevyfunk2468]

+bluzdudemi Way way cool!!!

[@todayhappy742]

Jimi Hendrix He is back..

[@Rev17thru22]

Awesome my favorite guitarist thats walking the earth right now I can’t wait for the live music scene to come back

[@RayArchie]

Are you serious?!!! This is crazy. Gales is the MAN... how can anyone thumbs this down? (haters that can't play??)

[@patrefkorwa9371]

Lil wayne plays guitar better than those haters. 😭😢 So tragic they are

[@stevengrinold3203]

Yup, haters who can't play

[@glennstephens1413]

i have loved him sinced the 80s

[@MultiNAKHIL]

great drummer

[@precbsfender]

Eric and Jimi would of definitely been hanging out and recording/ performing live together !!

[@jamesdefreitas9838]

Lefty, playing upside down, not restrung, awesome !!!

[@slimdudeDJC]

Noticed that too, yeah!!

[@midwestfisherman]

He took that to a whole other level!

[@heavymental1456]

Seriously? He lacked the fretboard skills to play it even remotely as it was intended, (like Jimi or SRV) so he put his own spin on it. The result: It was difficult to sit in the audience for 13 fucking minutes of this.

[@midwestfisherman]

+HeavyMental you seriously don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

[@francisgallant1479]

+midwestfisherman some people cannot just enjoy music

[@midwestfisherman]

+Francis Gallant amen to that brother!

[@francisgallant1479]

+midwestfisherman lord just the words "skills" and "as intended" don't have nothing to do with music in my opinion

[@tanzchris7072]

Happy new year and holy shite that totally spanked my soul many thanks from Scotland

[@layde1]

Really funky groove to a great song. Both Jimi and Stevie Ray would shake his hand. Keeping it alive!🎸🎸🎸

[@butterlevisellman5895]

Saw him when he came to Maryland the guy is incredible if you ever get a chance to see him please do so he puts on a hell of a show those facial expressions gets me every time,,

[@anthonygonzalez8684]

That was Bad Ass. Dats what I'm talkin bow😀👍🎸that's a 🎁.🇺🇸

[@HiddenTrack100]

love it! so much soul and so much fun to watch

[@LUckybones25]

Gales is the best in the business right now. Love this guy!

[@johnlawrenson]

Great to see this guy keeping Jimi Hendrix's music alive 🤟

[@sawdust6968]

GOOD LORD!!!!HAS BLESSED HIM!!WOW!! WHAT A MUSICIAN.

[@gutebrandao4369]

besides a good man there's a good woman

[@sweeabn6736]

I love love love the ques they give to each other

[@chrislee6403]

Thank you for sharing your gift !

[@robc.9920]

Just seen him again, when he came back (7/24/15) Another amazing show, and a great human being.

[@nvnakitv]

Great inspiring performance especially after i noticed the strings are backwards!!!!!

[@notpopebuthope]

Great Bass/Drum ... COOL TRIO !!

[@daviddrake4698]

Eric is who he is! And he plays with no fear!

[@mariomoreno4190]

You rock this song bro! Your style of playing guitar is awesome.

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

Outstanding!

[@lopezb]

Fantastic player.

[@Justrhythm8]

Amazing grooves

[@notpopebuthope]

... funky classsic guitar ... and and and ... WHAAAUU !!! ... awesome !!

[@old-manparker6153]

The incredible Eric Gales! Eric Gales... • He's blistering hot at the Blues. • He’s super-human when he Rocks. Eric Gales’ guitar screams a vicious VOODOO child - rolls over a beautiful Beethoven. Eric wields his instrument like THOR'S HAMMER an’ calls down the thunder of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and back to a scorching Hendrix so powerfully played, that as in true heavy-metal mythology, the lightning-licks could ignite volcanos, blast the moon out of Earth’s orbit, and rise up the four horse-men of the rock-a-pocalypse! The incredible Eric Gales! Yes indeed. Eric can play guitar like a cosmos striding super-hero right out of a Jack Kirby comic-book. Eric Gales is the answer to; "What if the "Silver Surfer played guitar".

[@user-gj1hm2jm3q]

Awesome drum groove at the beginning of a song )

[@c.j.divine5184]

perfect cover such wow

[@rogerburk]

Damn, I need a smoke after that! Eric is AMAZING!

[@supernova1120]

That was legitness. Friggin' amazing!

[@Supersled]

The man is amazing!

[@bluzdudemi]

i'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@cudleydudley9215]

dont ever stop

[@shlomoweinstein2775]

out -- of --- sight !!!

[@miroslavbesermenji3999]

Fantastic. "voodoo child on my way" - Bravo

[@StevePNathan]

Is there any better now than Eric? Wow. A little Dug / Kings X and some Zep in it too.

[@williamosorio1849]

Steve Nathan better!! Yeah his name Randy hansen

[@Guardducks]

Well i must admit saw the title and laughed but i stopped when he started playing. So hush my mouth.incredible

[@clintusmaximus]

00:30 i swear i got goosebumps

[@slimdudeDJC]

He could have easily been a member of Parliament / Funkadelic!!!

[@butterlevisellman5895]

Hell yea that is so true,,

[@DeathRattlingWhore]

"Well I'm standing next to a mountain, ya'all" LOL my ass off.

[@user-cw2ww1zx5e]

СУПЕР!!! Играет ,да и ведет себя неординарно.Это для блюза нечто новое .Гейлс в своей музыке,как рыба в воде!

[@ronnieedforsjr.5969]

Bro!!!!!... This is amazing!!!!

[@Bl4k3tron94]

That was rad

[@IenSolihinOfficial]

Wow..Two thumbs up..!!

[@rhondawiseman9234]

I agree jimi would be proud of Eric.yes he plays guitar upside down.he is an awesome performer.

[@TheJebiedenko]

Maestro!

[@jeremyparsons9152]

If he had sold his soul, he'd be way more famous. That's talent mixed with practice, mixed with dedication. He's a good guy, I hope he gets more fame, but not too much.

[@stratcat7162]

The man's a walking groove nuf said

[@wileyearly7051]

Absolutely Truckin some nuclear jam into outer space!!! That was EPIC!!!

[@t.sewell1513]

Left Hand Brand y'all!!!!!

[@SaidNeff]

Fantastic Player!

[@jamieztar]

Great playing!

[@JoeyOskys]

Awesome

[@mryamahatrb6]

He needs to come to the UK

[@perrykleez]

this dude is great

[@sundevilification]

Still checkin' on ya. Piano Paul, CRC< Mn. now Seattle. Rivera Paradise Always Brother.

[@BernardoMattosBattifora]

11:16 oh man that was freakin' awesome!

[@handmadehearts]

Word! Scraping the strings across the microphone stand... EPIC!

[@alexandervoog9396]

Damn, what is that Segovia?!! Style changes and all with impeccable execution. Gales Jimi SRV

[@lucbraga]

this drummer is the shit man thats so groovy

[@thanhtrungvan6555]

awesome !!!

[@CruchyMode]

In between two albums, Gales served 21 months of a three-year sentence for violating the probation he received in 2006 for drug and gun charges. “I was smoking weed on the road and I didn’t want to risk them telling me to come home in the middle of the tour” because of a dirty urine sample, he said in a recent phone interview. “I just said to myself, ‘I’ll deal with it when I get home.’” So he turned himself in after the tour and was sent to prison. (He couldn’t play a guitar for his first six months of incarceration but - because of the intervention of a warden who knew who he was - eventually led a prison band.)Gales was released in March 2010, but “I got arrested again within a month,” he said. “I got caught up on Beale Street, man. I had some cocaine and some Xanax pills on me and wound up going to jail again. ... After that I made a decision that it wasn’t conducive for me to stay any longer in Memphis, Tennessee. ... I knew too many of the wrong people, and too many of the wrong people knew me.”

[@jamiekirk8417]

you are a fucking piece of shit!

[@jamiekirk8417]

and I no who you are...

[@baatinmuhammad2683]

Bad man!

[@laurejestin891]

I just saw him Friday night at "Guitare en Scène" festival, performing after Joe Satriani. Eric is so amazing and full of surprises. Unfortunatelly, no surprise from Joe ;-(

[@pierrejestin3013]

I was there too!

[@robonoskiRST]

Yeah I always go to a concert for "surprises". not for the music. are you that out of it.???? that shows some real brilliants on your statement. another mil lineal probably HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@Manumanunitomidri]

FIRST TIME I SAW......MY NEW GUITAR HERO........

[@ejoey64]

Shittt!!! EG was super Groooovvvyyy!!!!

[@madefrom9]

After watching many videos of Eric I am in awe of his talent. That being said, this a classic Hendrix tune. I just wish he would have stayed within the essence of the song a lot more here and let more of the familiar Hendrix notes to ring out. Great playing no doubt but I have to admit that Stevie Ray Vaughan's covers are still my favorites. Don't hate me. 😆

[@ehrinhester3118]

If you want Jimi note for note might as well listen to Jimi. Who wants a carbon copy?

[@nickspencer2207]

I think the fact that it’s Voodoo Child takes away from the song a little. It’s more like an Eric Gales composition. Damn good composition though! I am NOT complaining

[@julianacosta938]

jesus fucking christ that was awersome, damn...

[@elpastor7155]

my guitar watches this when i’m not at home

[@gptmotoring9668]

that was hot