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"Shredders shredding" , before "shredding" became a "thing"
The Mahavishnu Orchestra is musical nourishment for the mind, body, and soul. I highly recommend all live versions of Open Country Joy. I can't get enough of that tune lately.
the greatest band of all time ! i saw them in high school 5 times in different cities.
The violinist, Jerry Goodman was in the Chicago band The Flock in the 60's. He started out as a rodie for them. He was recruited (stolen) by John.
He went on to the Steve Morse band for a time.
@@notadri11 now he plays from time to time with Dinosaur Exhibit which is made up from former members of Chicago bands The Flock, The Mauds and Aura formerly known as 4 Days and a Night.
Flock were another great band!
I saw the flock in Cedar Rapids around 74. They opened for Styx.
The flock used a new violinist and it was more prog/fusion related different v than their jazz fusion days. It was supposed to be Queen opening.
Love the Flock. Still listen to them.
Billy is touring this month (Sept 2022). I will be seeing him in Sacramento on the 18th of September. He is still one of the greatest drummers of all time and will amaze you with his craft and energy
Great to see you checking out Mahavishnu Orchestra Live. Incredible stuff. Billy is a Beast on those drums.
Best of the best. Super group. Jerry Goodman on violin, Rick Laird on bass. You got the rest right.
A quick anecdote. Frank Zappa saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra early on. Ruth Underwood was there and was blown away by them. She said when she saw Frank after the show he looked visibly shaken at what he had just witnessed. Shortly after that he hired George Duke and Jean- Luc Ponty and changed his sound completely to a jazz fusion vibe. When your performance shakes up Frank Zappa you know you're doing something right.
No no..he introduced a more feel type drummer in Chester Thompson...He already had George Duke and Luc PONTY had already been through zAPPA'S BAND...HE JUST WANTED MORE DRUMS...It was billy that impressed Zappa...
I heard Birds of Fire on the radio when I was 16. I was instantly hooked and MO became my favorite band of all time.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I first became aware of John McLaughlin in 1975 with the release of Visions of Emeralds Beyond when I was a very young just graduated from high school bass player. I searched backward to discover the much earlier work of Mahavishnu O. I was blessed to see John M. live and his updated group "Mahavishnu" in the late 70's, with Stanley Clark as the opening act. It was a spiritual experience that I will remember to my death. John and the rest of the group played with their eyes closed for most of the set. Tantric music on an astral plane!
Amaze-Balls.
Although I have never seen the MO in concert, I have been lucky enough to see John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman and Jean-Luc Ponty in concert as well as get to hear a handful of MO tunes played live by combinations of the above members of the MO
Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report are two of my favs. I was blown away when I read Phil Collins listened to both a lot. WR was where he 'found' Chester Thompson on drums (and maybe from hearing Zappa too). Good music and musicians find one and other.
Effin great! I love when music makes your mind reset.
Awesome
WooWW..........desde 1971 o 1972 estaba la Mahavishnu incubando este fuerte golpe en la mesa ....para un cambio absoluto en la música rock y jazz , son los absolutos creadores de una nueva fuente junto a Weather Report y a afianzar el sonido fusión total , disperso y con grandes músicos virtuosos ...John Mclaughlin es otro de los mas grandes guitarristas innovadores y virtuosos dentro de este ciclo de tiempo totalmente creador ......
Yes!!! Now we're in business!!! Also recommending the full Mahavishnu Orchestra ABC concert for another #nicknlexrequest, you'll love that one, trust me!!!
I've been a Mahavishnu fan since I saw exactly this band in Manchester England in 1973. There hasn't been a week when I haven't listened or watched anything by John M. Recently I saw John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension once again in Manchester. (I'm a Manc by the way....lol) but this time I was armed with something special. In 1974, when I was a student at Leeds Music College, I met a young school boy who played drums. We did a few jazz gigs together in and around Leeds, Yorkshire, but getting to play with him was difficult because he needed his dads help to get his kit around. Anyway the drummer left school, we remained in touch, and he went to play with Jack Bruce, then Alan Holdsworth, then Level 42, then JM's 4th Dimension. Yep the boy done well. Gary Husband. So having kept in touch with my friend for over 50 years, I got back stage passes, I met JM and he was totally wonderful. He made time to chat, enjoyed my conversation, and let me be photographed with him and my brother. My bucket list of people to meet has been now completed. I can die happy.
From Rick Beato interview w/Jon Anderson: "King Crimson & Mahavishnu Orchestra"
“Me and Chris saw King Crimson, their first gig, playing their first album In The Court Of The Crimson King. I looked at Chris and said we gotta practice better, these guys are amazing…5 years later we were on tour with The Kinks in America, the opening act was Mahavishnu Orchestra. I looked at Chris and said we gotta rehearse better…”
Devotion with John on guitar, Buddy Miles on drums and Larry Young on keys - killer 1970 solo album
Although John McLaughlin disowned it because he didn't like Alan Douglas's production and editing of it.
I attended a Drum clinic at Hotel events room featuring Billy Cobham. he was very well spoken, and answered a lot of questions thrown at him. Skip's music in Sacramento, Ca sponsored the event, and I believe it was in 1980... I wish I still had the handbill from the event, It was lost to time, I suppose.
WOW !!!
Great reaction . . now listen to 'One Word' from the album 'Birds of Fire.'
@Jeff C ... And the finale--ON TOP OF THE WORLD of Fusion-endings to a song!
Jerry Goodman is the violinist and Rick Lard is Bass. He was a jazz basses when he got with John. And sadly we lost him last year
Mahavishnu Orchestra influenced so many musicians in the prog/fusion world back in the early/mid 70's, love the early albums and the original line up, also love the next incarnation John put together for Visions of the Emerald Beyond, JLP on electric violin, Narada Michael Walden on drums, Ralphe Armstrong on bass and Gayle Moran on keyboards, check out Eternity's breath parts 1 & 2, absolutely exhilarating!
At this stage the MO was larger and with Gayle Moran, the band became more vocal. A new area being explored, at the time of course.
I love those two songs…I was amazed to see the lyrics and realize those are worship choruses!
EB 1&2 - absolutely magnificent. Perfect background music for driving through The Scottish Highlands!!
I actually saw them in concert that year
Jeff Beck & The Jan Hammer Group Live
Probably the most influential Fusion original band to the evolution and interaction of metal bands expanding and extreme already back in thoses days to towards the 80's
Saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra for free at my college 50 years ago. Sat on floor about 20 ft in front of McLaughlin - he was WAY out there and amazing.
Nick, Jerry Goodman plays on that Dixie Dregs DVD I sent to you! 😃
Fierce band, powerful music.
Saw at Beacon theatre NYC late 70s
I'm jealous 😆 but back then, this was not the music for young Rudi 😂
Yes, this is the original group with Laird and Goodman.
In 72; my first concert; Mahavishnu was on the agenda.
It was in Akron Ohio; at the now demolished Rubber Bowl.
A little known band; the Eagles; started the night.
Mahavishnu came next.
Then the headliner; Yes.
Parts of that night are still vivid in my memory.
great line up even thought the bands don't seem to fit musically ... but who cares nowadays ... you've seen 3 bands that later became world stars... and I think it's more exciting to see them before they become too famous ...I clearly remember my second concert in 76, sitting in a sports hall on the floor watching Eloy and my first festival the same year seeing Stanley Clarke, Country Joe McDonald, Small Faces, Ted Nugent, Uriah Heep ... sounds as strange as your line up😆🤘
thanks for bringing light to dim times. I love that you've got a thing for music I grew up with and played when younger. I also gave lessons for a while too. yeh a lefty strat guy here. Oh yeh, I saw Lex with a Snarky Puppy tshirt!!! play some Snarky maybe?
Jan and Jerry have an AWESOME album, Like Children. The song is Earth(still our only home).
Rick Lard on bass who just passed in 2022. And Jerry Goodman on violin
Saw them in San Fran. With a little band called Weather Report with Jaco Postorious on bass. Leading off for them. A drop jaw concert
SO PSYCHED you're getting some Mahavishnu action! My friend turned me on to them in high school and they've been blowing my mind for almost 40 years! Not sure where I heard this anecdote, but they were on tour with Aerosmith in the 70s, maybe '74? The story is that before the show Aerosmith was partying in their green room and Steve Tyler thought he'd go and invite McLaughlin and Co. over to join them. He went to their room, opened the door, and they were all sitting in a circle on the floor meditating. Steve slowly backed out of the room and left them to it, which I give him credit for doing! Love this band so much, really out of sight!! Great video, thank you!
Check out Mahavisnue live in Syracuse NY 1969. Even though it is in black and white it's one of the best performances I've seen so far
What an amazing international band... Jerry from USA, Jan from Czech Republic, Billy from Panama, John from England, Rick from Ireland.... Mahavishnu was fire.
Jean-Luc Ponty, France (1974-1975)
@@akumakumakuma1 Gale Moran - USA, Narada Michael Walden -USA during the time you specify
@@Yes_Jorge_Yes Walden was my favorite Mahavishnu Drummer, with Billy Cobham next...
@@ronfrosig7354 his work in apocalypse is impecable
Billy is Panamanian, He was born in a town, Colon, in what was The Panama Canal Zone. At the age of six his family moved to Brooklyn, New York.
jan hammer was a drummer as well ... him and cobham were reading each other
Jerry Goodman was in a band called’The Flock’ before he was invited to join the MO
Did you know John McLaughlin was a guitar teacher to Jimmy Page? Dennis Chambers told an amazing story about his run in with Page while he was in the studio w McLaughlin and this was true. Page and John Paul Jones both took lessons from him before Zeppelin. and no that's not Ponty, Jerry Goodman who later played w the Dregs.
Mega banda virtuosa Billy Cobham pffff 😎🤯🤯🤯amo tu canal por qué siempre sacas bandas que me encantan gracias Nick saludos desde México peace and rock!!!!
You are getting wise beyond your years now. On CZcams there is a full concert video of Mclaughlin playing Mahavishnu music with his band and guest Jimmy Herring and his band. I saw them in concert at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL. I also saw the original Mahavishnu Orchestra 2 times in this era. Shakti a few years later was intense too. Still listen to all of McLaughlin musical periods. Goodman is in a league of his own!
Nick, you should try the English bands : Family, and The Move for some good tunes and some history.
Yes it was the masterful Jerry Goodman on violin. I followed him from Flock, love his style, frenetic. MO was the best of the best brilliant jazz fusion. Pity we didn't see john let it rip.. excellent all the same!
This was the original (and best in my opinion) line-up of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. I recommend the "Birds Of Fire" album for a full album listen!
I saw the flock w/o Jerry Goodman in Cedar Rapids around 74. They opened for Styx.
They used a new violinist and it was more prog/fusion related different v than their jazz fusion days. It was supposed to be Queen opening.
LOVED THIS!!!!!! I need to check out more, never heard them. Thank you!!
Great to see Mahavishnu Orchestra always. I sent the LP, “The Inner Mounting Flame.” 🔥 The request and reaction are much appreciated. 👏🏼 Thanks ✨🔥😊
Jerry Goodman was brilliant did.nt realise l have him in my vinyl collection playing in the band Flock until mentioned by Iee one of the finest Jazz fusion tracks so far
Jerry Goodman
He was in the first iteration of the MO
Jean-Luc Ponty was in the second iteration of the MO
The line up you’re watching is:
John McLaughlin
Jerry Goodman
Billy Cobham
Jan Hammer
Rick Laird
The original line-up 1971-1974 -Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Rick Laird
I like jazzrock.🦍🦔🍾🧸🍄
Jerry Goodman (ex-Flock) and Rick Laird on bass
John McLaughlin and Shakti.
What Need Have I For This?
What Need Have I For That?
I Am Dancing At The Feet Of My Lord.
All Is Bliss.
All Is Bliss.
❤️
Jerry Goodman is so incredible - he just steadily improves. If you've never heard him play on the Dixie Dregs album Full Circle, his every solo steals the show from all the other players, even the great Steve Morse!
I got sit next to Jerry at the Baked Potato at a Holdsworth show. I'd seen him at about every Dregs show in the LA area. I asked him whether he was the first to use a cry-baby on violin. He said as far as he knew, he was first to use electric violin. He was quite friendly.👍 Oh, and I went to see John McLaughlin, Steve Morse opened for him, and Allan Holdsworth was sitting directly across the table from me. I believe the club was called The Golden Bear.
I just dropped by to say that your thumbnail has me wet with tears of laughter...gotta go practice this song!
Jan Hammer joined up with Jeff Beck for a few of Jeff’s albums.
Yes, Mahavishnu live .... see the masters perform ... another great song of the fantastic Inner Mounting Flame album
John McLaughlin - guitar, Jan Hammer - piano, Billy Cobham - drums, Rick Laird - Bass, Jerry Godman - Violin
by the way Jan Hammer is Czech, so you can say Jaaan .. no Jooon or Jen 😂
Back in my teens I would not have listened to this kind of music ... probably would have called it chaotic ... but nowadays I love it 👍🤘
Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer have album. You should find it. LIKE CHILDREN
It's fun to watch you guys get off on this stuff from almost a half century ago. This was trippy stuff and totally out of the box for us at the time. Same year as Staying Alive was a top 40 for an interesting contrast in styles. Mahavishnu could suck the life out of a simple riff and take you to a different planet. Billy on drums is still unparalleled.
Birds of Fire is my favorite song by MO. Check it out next time.
These guys were so awesome!
I know you will get to it sooner or later but Lila’s Dance from Visions of the Emerald Beyond is waiting for you Nick. Just remember me when you finally get there. 😉
I get that this music is not for everyone but it's ecstasy for me.
Narada Michael Walden is a top tier drummer- in the same league as Bill Bruford and Phil Collins. Check out the Mahavisnu Orchestra material with him including “Visions of the Emerald Beyond” and “Apocalypse” (the latter with George Martin producing and Michael Tillson Thomas directing the symphony).
I saw/heard these guys for the first time on the In Concert TV show and was blown away so immediately went looking for their album(s). Got Birds of Fire on 8-track. Still to this day my favorite MO song is "One Word" from that album.
After the first version of MO broke up, Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer put out a duet album, Like Children, that is really good--had the original version of "Full Moon Boogie" that would later appear on the Jan Hammer/Jeff Beck live album. Goodman also played for the Dixie Dregs for a while--there is another band you should really check out.
As far as good jazz/fusion, not related to MO--Stanley Clarke's School Days is excellent.
Probably the most versatile guitar virtuoso. John McLaughlin also forayed into World Fusion Music with the band Shakti. The live version of 'Joy' is certain to make jaws open wide.
Absolutely. Shakti live is equally insane with acoustic Indian instruments.
These are unbelievably powerful performances. They can literally bring tears to my eyes…
Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report are two of the greatest jazz fusion bands ever. I saw the original MO in 1973. Argent was the opening act. Afterwards John came out and said we can't find Billy Cobham. We will have to cancel the show. They rescheduled three days later and did an extra long show. Years later I met Billy Cobham at a drum Clinic and I asked him if he would remember missing a gig and he said yes because he'd missed so few. So I told him which one it was and he simply said "they never came for me."He told me on the road you're in your hotel room until someone comes and tells you you've got to go play now. I'll say this about John McLaughlin anybody whose name is the title of a Miles Davis song is the real deal.💫
The Holdsworth comment was that when he heard McLaughlin, he thought he should quit playing guitar "and get a proper job.' You remembered what McLaughlin said of Holdsworth, at least near as I can remember word for word.
Wonderful to see you digging into MO more, with this tune especially, from their phenomenal first album Inner Mounting Flame. Note, this is the original Mahavishnu Orch lineup but things changed quickly. Thanks again Nik - and RG!
Saw Mahavishnu Orchestra 5 times.. Some of my favorite Memories...... Should have worn ear plugs the second time I saw them, as they played very loud, and I had 3rd row center in a medium sized club in Norman Oklahoma.... That IS Jerry Goodman. John Luc Ponty was not with Mahavishnu until Apocalypse in 1974, and Visions of the Emerald Beyond which is my favorite album..... WE=mc2
Would recommend Return To Forever's, album Romantic Warrior with Chick Correa and Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Lenny white !
There are other live versions of this very song available on CZcams with better sound quality.
Was very fortunate to see McLaughlin live with a trio of East Indian musicians. His entire onstage rig was his guitar and a laptop (running amp and FX simulators)! Sounded amazing!
BTW, Jan Hammer’s setup was just a Fender Rhodes and a pair of Minimoog synthesizers. If you ever witness some ELP live footage, you’ll see a REAL spaceship console in the form of Keith Emerson’s monstrous Moog modular synth.
Wow! What an incredible version of this song! Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer's solos are amazing! And of course, the incomparable Billy Cobham
Jean Luc did play with them. And yes, they do sound very similar. Cobham is a BEAST! This is quite fine. More Mahavishnu, please. Oh......and some more Brand X! (maybe some Weather Report?)
If you haven't checked out Return to Forever with Chick Corea, Al Dimeola, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White yet, take a listen to the album Where Have I Known You Before. I think you'd enjoy that. Thanks for your videos!!
Jerry Goodman on Violin.
Allan Holdsworth defines the term "Natural Talent"... No other guitarist in musical history has ever come close to him. no other player morphed modes like him. The true Alien...
My favorite bands are Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Honorable mention to Yes, Black Sabbath, and King Crimson. I like to think I like most "good" music. Should mention I like Miley Cirus too....
Never assume 👍🏻😎
This is fantastic.. love some great fusion. I will recommend some Colosseum II, w/ Gary Moore, Don Airey, Jon Hiseman, and John Mole.. album is called Wardance, and songs like " Fighting Talk", "Wardance ", or "Put It That Way"..
Another great Fusion band is Brand X, with Phil Collins and John Goodsall..
John Mc Laughlin's best electric guitar performance imo is on Love Devotion Surrender album with Carlos Santana.
If you like jazz fusion with odd times signature try Don Ellis French connection
Amazing that the commentator does not know Jerry Goodman (violin) , Rick Laird ( bass) or Jan Hammer (keyboards) as the fundamental and only members of the original Mahavishnu!,,,! This is a great live version that has circulated the net for a number of years
Jerry is Ponty's predecessor.
For me, and just for me, the Mahavishnu Orchestra was the best electric instrumental band in the music history, so you can say than I'm a fan jajajaja!. I recommend you not an album or a piece, but a book: www.amazon.com/-/es/Walter-Kolosky/dp/0976101629. I read it and it is amazing the amount of data and stories that this book have, and the photos are very good documents too. For example, you never heard about the bass player again because after the MO separation, he abandon music to be photographer, seems to be that the MO experience was enough for him, they have shows almost every day. And was Hammer who instigated the separation, it was a "war of egos" between him and John. Gracias por compartir! Saludos desde Buenos Aires.
John McLaughlin wanted JLP for the first Mahavishnu Orchestra, but he was busy with Zappa. This is Jerry Goodman.
Prog Rock - "Amon Duul II"
Another great 70s fusion band is The Eleventh House of Larry Coryall.
Coryell.
Rick Laird on bass.
The violinist is benny Goodman's son
Lol His parents were both members of the string section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Loved the video. Laird, Goodman, Hammer, Cobham, McClaughlin. Back in the day, if It wasn’t Steely Dan it was Jazz Fusion. I started listening to this music 40 years ago. I’ve enjoyed watching you guys discovering Steely Dan.
Do react to Weather Report, am sure you'll love them Wayne Shorter, Zawinul and Jaco Pastorious are a lethal combo !
@Nick check out Tommy Bolin, you know you know remastered live 1974 ..
Sound isn't perfect but the playing over the top. The master of Echo Plex. 💯
Great reaction. Saw these guys a whole bunch of times between 1972-1974. Always like a religious experience.
Maybe someday you will react to my favorite jazz-fusion band, Weather Report. I recommend starting with Black Market, and then working your way both backward and forwards. They explored a lot of different sounds and feels.