Excellent shots of John throughout, and everyone is on fire, of course. So cool that this little treasure can now be seen.
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Wow, good audio and everybody is on fire indeed. Sparks flying.
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Great find! John is basically the archetypal reverse dart DSX-er.
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I saw this when Gary Husband posted itâŚabsolutely amazing! I was struck by how much Jeff Beck must have been totally inspired by John in this eraâŚthe way John inserts those left hand Index finger quick whole step bends in the middle of the shredding-Beck didnât do that before this and then he did it thereafter. He does it all over âBlow By Blowâ and the BBC footage with the Upp band and then that became a Beck move until his dying day.
John certainly did have an epiphany or multiple epiphanies after playing with MilesâŚhe was pretty much playing straight bebop in The Graham Bond Organization and later. Even when he got with Miles and Zawinul for âIn a Silent Wayâ, he was doing these âzenâ one note thingsâŚby âBitches Brewâ there was an explosion and then he became what we know him to be. And Beck and everyone else took notice!
This is a remarkable documentâŚI canât stop watching it. Very much like the â78 footage of Van Halen that fell out of the sky a while back-âRe-play, jaw-drop. Re-play, jaw-drop.â Ad infinitum. I love this.
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