Eric Johnson Coach House Show

That sounds like a near perfect night for you Danny. So glad! Eric is amazing to watch. A little guy that puts out a huge sound. I couldn't take mt eyes off him at the last show. A wall of sound from a single source..Wow!  Inspired to practice? Good for you...stick with it. I'll pre-order your first CD.    Cathy

Cheers Danny! It sounds like an incredible evening was had.

I would say Eric and Joe are the best guitarists alive today. This one is my favorite by Eric. Phenomenal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezbLcfB7QvU

Wow, I dont know how you got to meeet him, I hear he's a very private man, I guess that Tanya lady hooked you up...anyhow, you'll never forget that for sure

Shred

Haha Tanya didn't set me up to meet Eric, I think he was just in a good mood. Erics manager brought us up, so I assume Eric okay'd it first. It was really cool though, Eric may be shy but he's a very nice man. I told him about how I was in a jazz band and he was asking questions about it and stuff...incredible.

Oops.  Better late than NEVER??  I hope??  Sorry for my TWO month delay...... I wrote the following just a few days after the show and then..... well, who knows.... life got in the way..... like a big Mack truck.  Here you go:

We enjoyed the show, very much....... Eric was everything you all had told me he would be and then some.  So smooth and fluid - his skill is so tremendous that I think some might miss the genius of it BECAUSE he makes it look so effortless.  He's really quite phenomenal to watch.  I'm sorry that we missed the fun at the end.  We had two hours further to drive home than Danny did, and Steve was anxious to get on the road.  I'm really glad that Danny got to meet him though.  Really glad.  It's always fun for me to see such a gifted artist thru the appreciative eyes of a young musician like Danny too.  I'm very glad that he was able to join us in our terrific seats again.  My little buddy. (LOL!!!!  NOT little..... you should see the pics where I come up to his armpit!!!) 

Also of interest to me..... the crowd was VERY intensely MUSICALLY focused...... thankfully, for once, there seemed to be a noticeable absence of loud, chatty folks who seem to make drinking more of a priority than the evening's entertainment.  From the conversations I had with people, there were a LOT of musicians in the crowd.  I think Eric is a musician's musician, if ever there was one.

I also chatted with two people who are VERY involved EJ Forum members.  How funny that was for me..... sort of like meeting someone from a parallel universe........ they are SO focused on "their guy"..... and all of THEIR forum friends were waiting, chomping at the bit for reviews and photos, etc.  The young man, a Brit, actually saw a Joe show in Baltimore...... we had that conversation after they spotted my JB T-shirt. 

Tanya is indeed a fantastic lady.  We met months ago and I look forward to seeing her at almost every C.H. show.  She's fun and energetic and has an incredible background.  She's been very friendly with us and I'm glad you liked her so much Danny. 

Shawn Jones, who provided the second act of the evening, appeared this night without his band, and without his electic guitars.  Instead, we were treated to a really quite awesome all acoustic blues set.  Stunning.  Loved it.  This was actually the third time we've seen Shawn.  He perfomed on the Main Stage at the Doheny Blues Festival too.  He's super.  I'll post a link to his site:

http://www.shawnjonesmusic.com/home.html   

Eventually, I'll get around to posting some video from the evening of both Eric and Shawn.  Give me some time. 

L

  Okay...... fast forward to April........... guess what???  I have NOT uploaded any video of Shawn Jones yet, however, I did just post TWO, count them TWO, videos of Eric from that night.  Here he is with 'Manhattan' and 'Are You Experienced'.  And, Danny, the only thing that I know that's missing from that set list is ' Third Stone from the Sun', another Hendrix tune which was played together with 'Are You Experienced'.  I didn't catch it on video though.  I may post a third song, but, in the meantime.....here are the links.  Enjoy.  Make sure to use the HQ option on the bottom right corner of the vids for optimal viewing.   

  Libby 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukEPoR6 … annel_page
(Manhattan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1N9M0FS … annel_page
(Are You Experienced)