Embryonic Journey (At the Golden Gate/ Ode to San Francisco) - Jefferson Airplane - Jorma Kaukonen

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  • čas přidán 15. 08. 2016
  • Classical guitarist Michael Christian Durrant performs an extended arrangement of the solo guitar piece Embryonic Journey by Jorma Kaukonen, as heard on the seminal 1967 Jefferson Airplane album Surrealistic Pillow.
    This arrangement incorporates Michael's own interpretation of Kaukonen's inspired music, representing an emotional musical homage to Michael's time in the city of San Francisco. This piece of music was made eternally famous by being used in the final scene of the hit TV show Friends. Recorded, directed and edited by Andrew Wong of AWSoy Productions.
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Komentáře • 101

  • @scbluesman13
    @scbluesman13 Před rokem +8

    Grew up in the City in the 70s and 80s. Couldn't have asked for a better childhood.

  • @poigmhahon
    @poigmhahon Před rokem +8

    Really cool...totally appreciate your homage...I was born in Redwood city raised in Marin county...spent many days in SF (and nights) became a commercial fisherman and fished my way up the coast to AK where I met sweet wife...lost her last year, god I miss her...but I remember good times in the "City" as we called it...saw Jorma at the Rancho Nicasio must have been '76 ? Solo awesome.

    • @farnorthweaver7793
      @farnorthweaver7793 Před 7 měsíci +3

      The Rancho was awesome back then...the wild and wooly days🐏

  • @jeffreyalanday7432
    @jeffreyalanday7432 Před rokem +4

    This brought smiles. What could be better?

  • @Irondo11
    @Irondo11 Před rokem +3

    This is just what the doctor ordered this foggy morning. Thank you... just beautiful.

  • @patrickmileham1364
    @patrickmileham1364 Před 9 měsíci +3

    The short tunes are beautiful and they seem to stay with us forever

  • @SLAMTRON
    @SLAMTRON Před 4 lety +5

    I'll wager that every so often Jorma enjoys listening to this

    • @lizzybeth22
      @lizzybeth22 Před 2 lety +1

      I am hoping that he has heard it!!

  • @roystonmason9125
    @roystonmason9125 Před 2 lety +5

    Such a beautiful ode to JORMA ! god bless

  • @AngelA-xc7ne
    @AngelA-xc7ne Před 3 lety +3

    I hope someday I can come to San Francisco.

  • @leaf2180
    @leaf2180 Před rokem +10

    First time ever hearing this and it was incredible. The guitar is such an incredible and beautiful instrument. I wish I had kept learning it from when I was a kid.

    • @MichaelChristianDurrant
      @MichaelChristianDurrant  Před rokem +4

      Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Remember, you can always pick up the guitar again and start afresh - today could be the first step on your new journey of inspiration, joy, and wonder. Never stop learning ❤️

    • @TheDennzio
      @TheDennzio Před rokem +3

      First time I heard it was 1967 when Jorma Kaukonen performed it on Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow...which will always be the definitive performance for me. Oh and it's never too late to learn guitar.

  • @barbaranicholas9855
    @barbaranicholas9855 Před rokem +1

    beautiful

  • @AegleCreations
    @AegleCreations Před 5 lety +18

    Beautiful. Takes me back to my college years in San Francisco... what a dream.

  • @CPUHakker
    @CPUHakker Před 4 lety +17

    Bravo! Very nice treatment of one of many songs I always felt was too short.

  • @aguilapequena4730
    @aguilapequena4730 Před 4 lety +2

    Peace & Love in the World.
    🌼✌🏻😃🌹🎶✨🕊✨🙌✨🌄✨🦅

  • @Bacchusmbt
    @Bacchusmbt Před 7 měsíci +2

    BRAVO!

  • @lastnamefirst4035
    @lastnamefirst4035 Před 4 lety +3

    Ah beautiful song in the only place that feels like home

  • @indiandennisamerican9311
    @indiandennisamerican9311 Před 3 lety +8

    One of my favorite songs and by far my favorite city .I lived there 1968 -1976 , a great time for " The City " and a great time for the music that flourished there and probably the best years of my life. Well played brother .

    • @MichaelChristianDurrant
      @MichaelChristianDurrant  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for sharing, great to hear about your experiences of being in San Francisco during these magical years. Definitely my favourite city - there’s a warmth and love there that still resonates, even all these years on. A sense of adventure, and a feeling that everything is going to be OK... Peace to you, my friend ✨

  • @crustycobs2669
    @crustycobs2669 Před rokem +2

    Absolutely beautiful. Brilliant and true to the original.

  • @nycjohnb
    @nycjohnb Před 5 lety +8

    Beautiful music. Beautiful place.

  • @njmikec
    @njmikec Před 7 lety +14

    Really nice interpretation. Well played.

  • @janmayer6241
    @janmayer6241 Před 2 lety +3

    Love it! My grandparents lived in Belvedere/Tiburon. I've walked across, ridden across, and driven across that bridge many times. Never gets old. And I love guitar music!

  • @donaldgehre5964
    @donaldgehre5964 Před 3 lety +2

    Pretty music with good 'ol SF featured visually.

  • @robertyount313
    @robertyount313 Před rokem +2

    i've been to this place at the golden gate bridge and through out the city s.f. the photo and tunes are the best i also liked jorma's version on surrrelistic pilow awesome!!!! bob

  • @SuperDiddzz
    @SuperDiddzz Před 5 lety +6

    My favourite Plane record ever! You, no words. Blinding!!!!!

  • @jamesn5595
    @jamesn5595 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm glad i visited San Francisco several times before the internet.

  • @MrZepZep62
    @MrZepZep62 Před 2 lety +2

    Wunderbar!

  • @lummers12dub
    @lummers12dub Před 3 lety +5

    Love that city. And this video and music is amazing. Well done on this. 👍

  • @matthewroy1043
    @matthewroy1043 Před 6 lety +16

    I certainly needed to hear this rendition at this juncture in my life, thank you

    • @MichaelChristianDurrant
      @MichaelChristianDurrant  Před 6 lety +4

      Hi Matthew, glad that this piece of music provided you with some positive energy at this time in your life. M

  • @Byzantish
    @Byzantish Před 5 lety +5

    Really beautiful!

  • @garykay7418
    @garykay7418 Před 2 lety +2

    simply beautiful

  • @katherinesayers8162
    @katherinesayers8162 Před rokem +2

    LOVE THIS!!!!

  • @theolamp5312
    @theolamp5312 Před rokem +3

    Well done. A great interpretation of one of the great short instruemental classics of all time.

  • @robertyount313
    @robertyount313 Před rokem +2

    i met this special person while working in los angeles... his dad had a private winery and vines in sebastapol. so he says to me, there's another world in northern california why don't we go up there and sure enough i found out about the russian river and the redwoods and many other places.... this is great but i am a body surfer from malibu and live in the southern part of the state.... bob

  • @johnmckelvey2151
    @johnmckelvey2151 Před 2 lety +4

    like the additional, highly spiritual, places you take us on the journey... well done.

  • @marksworld1986
    @marksworld1986 Před rokem +3

    still after six years i still come back to your rendition, that last piece of the song is so beautifully played it uplifts the spirit in times of need ❤😎👍🏻

  • @bernardsalvatore1929
    @bernardsalvatore1929 Před 5 lety +8

    Well I'm sure you realize that by doing this song in San Francisco, with the backdrop you have, that you've now brought that song full circle because that's where Jefferson Airplane started!!

    • @SLAMTRON
      @SLAMTRON Před 4 lety +1

      I was thinking that same thing, and how Jorma might have been sitting right there when he wrote it.

    • @bernardohanian4173
      @bernardohanian4173 Před 3 lety +3

      pretty sure he knew that and that's why he did the video...

  • @estebangavajda9371
    @estebangavajda9371 Před 2 lety +2

    BEATIFUL BROTHER !

  • @user-hk7vy3pm2t
    @user-hk7vy3pm2t Před 6 měsíci

    beautiful rendition!

  • @dansilecchia7355
    @dansilecchia7355 Před 3 lety +4

    Some people would say, "Jorma does a much better job", I think when a musician takes another musicians music and makes it their own, bravo.
    Look at what Jimi Hendrix did to Like a Rolling Stone.
    Michael has extended an elaborated on this beautiful piece.

  • @patszer8314
    @patszer8314 Před 4 lety +4

    This was excellent young man. I really enjoyed listening to your performance. Thanks for posting!

  • @largemarge1603
    @largemarge1603 Před 2 lety +3

    Exquisite phrasing!

  • @melchizedek1552
    @melchizedek1552 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Very nice! Most players rush playing Jorma's song but your speed is more soothing.

  • @alancameron8897
    @alancameron8897 Před 6 lety +6

    Thank you nice control- peace to you! Om chanti.

  • @TZKeyz
    @TZKeyz Před 3 lety +1

    Very nice.

  • @timothyknorr8183
    @timothyknorr8183 Před 4 lety +7

    Used this in our wedding. So perfect! And a surprise treat for those fans of the TV show friends (it’s the song that plays at the end of the last episode)

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 2 lety +3

      I know I almost cried( and couldn't really believe it) when they played this at the end of "Friends" series. I've loved this song since Jefferson Airplane days, but also watched Friends, my age group perfect for both.. Hated to trivialize this absolutely amazing song from 1967 , but couldn't have been more perfect for the ending scene of that series!!😭

    • @MichaelChristianDurrant
      @MichaelChristianDurrant  Před 2 lety +1

      What a privilege to be part of your special day, Tim! 🙏✨ Many congratulations 🥂

  • @iceboundmartel
    @iceboundmartel Před 2 lety +2

    Beautifully done.

  • @EstebanRestrepo0
    @EstebanRestrepo0 Před 5 lety +3

    I come to this video every time I need to relax, hope someday I'll have the chance to meet San Francisco.

    • @SLAMTRON
      @SLAMTRON Před 4 lety +1

      ...and when you do, make sure to drive the Coastal Hwy1 from Carmel - Monterey North to at least Jenner.

    • @EstebanRestrepo0
      @EstebanRestrepo0 Před 4 lety +2

      @@SLAMTRON I will! Thank you for the recommendation.

    • @SLAMTRON
      @SLAMTRON Před 4 lety +2

      @@EstebanRestrepo0 If you do, that day you will never forget

  • @user-ui8zx7di7x
    @user-ui8zx7di7x Před 3 lety +3

    Привет прекрасно слушать

  • @bradg89
    @bradg89 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful

  • @jkmorrison1013
    @jkmorrison1013 Před 3 lety +2

    beautiful job

  • @thesentinel8974
    @thesentinel8974 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful, both your playing and the city.

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 2 lety +1

      And he's not too bad either!

  • @7hourglass975
    @7hourglass975 Před 5 lety +2

    The man !

  • @lizzybeth22
    @lizzybeth22 Před 4 lety +3

    WOW this came up under suggestions, and I guess CZcams knows I love this song! This is a wonderful cover of a song I don't hear enough. And I certainly have never ever heard a cover of it! Thank you Michael for brightening my quarantined morning >3

  • @TheForeverchanges
    @TheForeverchanges Před 4 lety +7

    First time I heard Embryonic Journey on a classical guitar. Bravo!
    I started playing classical guitar last year and will try tackling this one in small doses. I thoroughly enjoyed your playing. Thank you!

  • @mariak.4317
    @mariak.4317 Před 6 lety +3

    Fascinating!

  • @laserlithuanian
    @laserlithuanian Před 5 lety +2

    wonderful !!

  • @neilg8009
    @neilg8009 Před 6 lety +2

    Fantastic.

  • @kmoney4648
    @kmoney4648 Před 6 lety +2

    This is so nice

  • @hardpilltoswalloww
    @hardpilltoswalloww Před 7 lety +9

    That's awesome dude!

  • @nutsupaable
    @nutsupaable Před 7 lety +3

    Wowww nicee!

  • @patrickwaldron3984
    @patrickwaldron3984 Před 3 lety +2

    Didn’t know Robert De Niro played guitar! He’s really good! 😎🤙🎸

    • @1999rustey
      @1999rustey Před 3 lety +1

      He’s like a mix between Ryan gosling and Robert De Niro

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@1999rusteyDon't see Robert Deniro, but Ryan Gosling for sure.

  • @susanriccio5771
    @susanriccio5771 Před 7 lety +3

    nice...

  • @gratefultube
    @gratefultube Před 3 měsíci

    Check out the "I love LA" bumper sticker on the guitar case. California is a groovy place.

  • @pdxrailtransit
    @pdxrailtransit Před 6 lety +6

    Absolutely awesome! What was your tuning on this? Is it Drop D, or is your A string also tuned down. Glad you enjoyed the city of my birth.
    Cheers

  • @CouchCoop128
    @CouchCoop128 Před 6 měsíci +1

    🍿

  • @RobotMillionaire
    @RobotMillionaire Před 4 lety +2

    Where it all happened

  • @dirkjohnson1113
    @dirkjohnson1113 Před rokem

    Superb tribute. Was second piece original?

  • @nyonyopraia
    @nyonyopraia Před 6 měsíci +2

    Jorma Kaukonen will be 83 tomorrow

  • @currawongs
    @currawongs Před 5 lety +3

    classical guitar

  • @copypalaceparaguay7481
    @copypalaceparaguay7481 Před 4 lety +2

    sure! where?

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 2 lety +1

      😭😭😭😭😭

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 7 měsíci

      Even sadder now with recent events..😢😢😢

  • @afonsomorgadinho
    @afonsomorgadinho Před 3 lety +1

    Tabs please!!🙏

  • @1993mj1993
    @1993mj1993 Před 3 lety +2

    Man you look like young Robert deniro

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 Před 7 měsíci

      Only much better looking and blonde!

  • @Santiagoalva24
    @Santiagoalva24 Před rokem

    1:55

  • @markinglot6186
    @markinglot6186 Před 3 lety +1

    Played verry good but i prefer an other guitar for this song like a 12 string guitar.