Jimmy Herring Discussion

[ryanscarff]

I admit I'm not a hardcore fan or anything, but i absolutley love listening to this guy. So if anyone can tell me of any site or store that might carry a good load of jimmy herring audio I'd like to know...and any tour dates aswell.

thanks a lot.

(side note): I'm only 15, but i have good taste.
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Jimmy Herring...oh yes...he's like the Coltrane of modern day.

[jaystraw]

Jimmy would love your Coltrane quote..nice to meet you!

There is a few posts talkng about audio downloads. Take a peek in those and they have pretty good instructions.
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[ARUjeff]

i hear ya.. im only 18 but i got into jimmy when my dad gave me blue light rain...in 99 and from then on i was hooked

[jaystraw]

kids!

LOL...happy to have any Jimmy fans here!

Boy...I wish I knew about him at 15...I heard him at 18 and it has taken me this long to really "get" his playing!
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[ARUjeff]

haha...yeah yeah....i guess we're kids but that doesnt mean we dont have a great sense of music!

i must say though playing guitar for 6 years, jazz for 2...nothing has broadened my horizons as much as hearing jimmy play. full of everything you could want, technique, soul, and his tone is worth playing for an enternity to acquire.

[jaystraw]

just messin' with ya! I'm in my early 30's, so I'm OLD!
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[ARUjeff]

im really hoping to getting a band going why im in college, so i can get over the stage fright aspect and just play my best live.....right now i have aa very set standard for my playing i dont know if thats healthy for my playing...although they are very high and with the amount of practice im doing should be attained within a couple of years.

[gillvanderlip]

arujeff its me again well im 53 and seen and met alot of great players over the years. i saw hendrix play in 1969. its good you are listening to the players of today but they would not be where they are if it had not been for the past. listen to the players from the 60's and 70's and you will find alot of great playing and music to build from. even take the solo to nowhere man by the beatles and see where the ideas come from. as far as playing out and being ready with a high standard . you will screw up and forget what to play and your technique will fall apart. it happens to everybody. all the great players will tell you this so have fun when you go on stage and play. the people out in the audience for the most part don't even play or don't know if you make a mistake if a musician gives you crap then he has forgotten when he started. music is fun you don't have to blow them away. smile, play easy melodic ideas, keep the band together and tight and the crowd will love it. trust me. take care and hope to hear your music some day gill

[ARUjeff]

thanks gill.....as for listening to some of the 60's and 70's musicians...im all into that era as far as jazz goes......coltrane, miles, mahavishnu, holdsworth(especially playing with tony williams lifetime) love it all.....as far as rock from those decades...its all about the who and pink floyd

[gillvanderlip]

hi arujeff i saw the who,,, who next toir great show. i have alan holdsworth jackbruce billy cobham live montreau jazz festival if interested on audio tape. let me know. you need to get the book ( search for the uncommom chord )by holdsworth that is a great book and different look at chords. keep on playing. i am a weekend player,,, play with my friends and write with my wife ...i have fun. make extra money playing beatlles. ray charles and patsy cline. its all great fun. take care gill

[ARUjeff]

thats awesome!......i saw them during their 2000 North American tour, their 2002 North American tour...and i just recently saw them at MSG on May 22,2004. some of the greatest musical experiences ive had.....if only i could meet jimmy....