The coolest thing about this is he has this large of a musical vocabulary and knows what when to play these songs on the spot in the right key and all that. Absolutely awesome

Not only does he have to be a brilliant musician but he has to go and be a fine and decent human being. Bastard.

Guthrie is absolutely amazing.

There’s a lot of amazing players, but I’ve never seen anyone improvise like Guthrie. His creativity and flow is so far beyond anyone else’s.

I have never seen anyone so obviously in perfect sync with their instrument, everything he does is effortless

Is anyone else reflecting on the magnificence of Guthrie Govan and thinking it was outrageous that he was 'stuck' on a guitar magazine as a columnist for years ?

1:51 That's a Howe lick!

this guy should just open up a noodle shop already.

First one is Axel F from Beverly Hills Cop, everyone says it's crazy frog, it's not, original is the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop

2:38 hes even good at sounding terrible

Never seen Paul Gilbert so happy 2:03

"Lesser artists borrow. Great artists steal." -Pablo Picasso

Drunk Layla is the greatest joke told on a guitar

Don't forget him playing the Inspector Gadget theme during his performance of Bad Asteroid at a concert in Feb 2016. Legendary

2:42 Clapton - Layla

the last clip also quotes the guitar melody line of "layla", albeit very slow, just before the nokia tune.

I let Guthrie about 5 years ago and I was a little drunk and I accidentally totally fan-boyed out on him. Pretty embarrassing, but I gave him a smoke and a light and he took my compliments very well lol

Guthrie is probably the best player ill ever hear! I could listen to him jamming ALL DAY. I mean it, id never get bored. Immensly freakin talented!

i love it that, Guthrie keeps it Fun and expresses true otherworldly Soul in his playing.

MY NEW GUITAR HEROE! totally genius!

The man is a walking medley. Amazing.

Many people think that the Nokia (pronounced NOK-IA, America, not NO-KIA) ringtone is a quote from Gran Vals (Francisco Tárrega) there's an extra note that Nokia put in so you will not find that exact melody in the piece Axel F should be credited to Harold Faltermeyer. The "crazy frog" ringtone (the original, not the Axel F one) was actually made in 1997 by a chap in Sweden and was later used as a ringtone in 2004. Which is why we hated kids "singing" it thinking they were "on trend" when they were actually seven years behind. Which reminds me, we were all singing "I like to move it, move it" in 1993, some TWELVE years before it was used in Madagascar, and it was quite a shock when my (then) 11yr old daughter was singing it and I joined in because she had just been to see it at the Cinema and knew I hadn't been before her. Hehe. Kids, always thinking they invented something new and us older folks are sitting there thinking (what, you invented it again? What's next, flat icons like we had back in Windows 1.0 ??)

I was at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe in 2018 and during one of Guthrie's clinics (of which I attended all, because... it's Guthrie. That's just what you do when afforded the opportunity, lol) someone's phone started ringing. It was that Nokia ringtone that I'm sure everyone is familiar with. Guthrie didn't miss a beat and just mimicked it right then and there. Granted, he wasn't playing anything at that very moment and was just lecturing, but it was still hilarious. Update: I didn't realize he was actually going to play that later in this video too, lol.

Man this video is old but it still has a reference from meme culture

You know a guitarplayer is legendary when most of the listeners play guitar themselves and are still flabbergasted because dude wtfff

It's called 'quodlibet' a classical/jazz strategy of sneaking a familiar tune - or in case of Guthrie Govan I suppose it's his tastes, and novelty pieces

I would like to hear Guthrie playing more jazzly in that cantaloupe island improvisation

Phenomenal

I love how happy with himself he is.

I didn't know Tom's Diner over Cantaloupe Island was a thing I needed in my life so badly, thank you.

This guy is so good even the guitar is wondering what the hell is going on ! Lol Phenomenal guitarist .

He is also a brilliant comedian. Last clip was hilarious.

I like how the bassist just looks like, what the fuck is going on, is he done yet?

Every time a jazz musician slides a pop lick/riff in the middle of a solo it's like seeing 69. "Nice."

He seems to be doing this quite a lot. On "Bad Asteroid" from "Boing, We'll Do It Live!" there's a very obvious nod to the inspector gadget theme song.

Absolutely professional Human!

Some of the others I've found: he quotes "Fur Elise" and "Iron Man" in his cover of "Spain," he quotes "Smoke on the Water" in his cover of "Have a Talk With God," and he quotes "Summertime" in his cover of "Red Baron."

the loop at the end is vicious af.

Imagine him playing in Zappa's band XD

Just the best

He also quotes Gershwin's "Summertime" in his cover of Red Baron by Billy Cobham

Cool!

Not only is he one of the greatest improvisers on guitar that has ever lived, no. He is definitely the happiest guitarist that has ever lived too xD

I'm just going to burn all my guitars including myself.

I just grinded out the Pop Goes the Weasel arrangement by ear, I recommend it if you feel like it. its fun

The first clip is Chromazone, yeah? It sounds like he starts playing it after the Beverly Hills Cop theme...

Legend. :D

Insane

That Koa Charvel of his is SO great too ..

And some people have greatness thrown upon them.

The guy is so cool that in the first video he's playing with an older version of himself

0:10 is actually a reference to the Hot for Teacher solo by Eddie Van Halen

After all these years, the amazing Paul Gilbert has found someone who can challenge him!!

A true jazz musician

The Best...

I cant believe for the last few months I forgot about this guy. I now understand why my life felt so pointless...

The last part is a fraction of Francisco Tarrega's 'Gran Vals'. Every guitarist should have a look at his work.

He has so many styles

2:54 En mexico y en el mundo la cerveza es Corona Guthrie es un grande

I couldnt stop laughing att 2:36 its just hilarious for me

Guthrie’s brother on bass in the first clip!

I had a guitar teacher who would sometimes end a song with "First Call" (a military bugle call).

Wow I used to have that green guitar t-shirt when I was a kid.

The one at 1:20 was so smooth

2:38, something to be said for this style. It's like what you play when you feel kind of sad and demotivated but still want to play something. It sounds like an old lost-at-sea drunken sick of it blues style tbh

watched this with the sound off. Pretty entertaining

Lost it at the Nokia ring tone. He actually managed to make that thing un-annoying. I didn't think that was possible. I remove my chapeau to you, good sir.

Love seeing him wear a Freak Kitchen shirt!

the last clip seems like they are very stoned

That guitar has been trained by the SAS and is now going on holiday.

LOL.....last clip

this guy is from another world

It was said of Coltrane that he was excellent value - he could give you 10 songs in one!

Hey he's wearing a Freak Kitchen t-shirt at 1:20, how cool is that?!

The pop goes the weasel clip, hes playing with Ron Thal

One more at the very start: 0:11 is from "Flying In A Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani - just after the 2 minute mark in that song.

that fart at 2:36 tho

Was the Rob Chapman laughing during Pop Goes the Weasel?

2:04 the level of phrasing in this is nuts

1:55 isn´t this Herbie´s Cantaloupe Island?

*waits for someone to name all the pieces "quoted"*

I like the last one.. haha

GG...I bet you even tune a guitar way better than I ever could! OMG!

in pop goes the weasel i hear a chapman laugh

2:18 what show is that, theres Guthrie AND paul gilbert on stage..i gotta watch that

Guthrie Govan on Bass (1st clip)

I swear to god i heard a very drunk Eric Clapton - Layla in the "funny sounding guitar notes" in the end, just before Nokia? or is it just me?

0:20 crazy frog theme song

can anyone please link the whole jam sesjj of the first part

nokia ringtone in last 😂

Will Unibet take a bet that he's the guy behind the crazy shreds on youtube.

Wow Tandy really got good at guitar being the last man on earth

The fact that he is wearing a freak kitchen shirt in one of the clips makes me respect this man even more

at 11 seconds sounds like the middle part of the hot for teacher solo

that detuned Layla, lol

Proof of Jesus is alive and busy with his new passion in electric guitar.

is that a young Martin Miller at 1:23??

0:45 Guy's expression in the back is like : I should give up playing. What am I doing here...

anybody know what the first vid is from?

1:23 RatPack - Searching For My Rizla