What a magical interview, John so much more then just another great Guitarist

I was 16 and took the bus from Bakersfield to see the Grateful Dead at the Hollywood Bowl in June of 1972. The night before we drove by the Whisky A Go Go. The marquee read " Mahavishnu Orchestra". We parked, ran in, and got right up to the stage. What a night!

McLaughlin has got a lot of stories here. Good to hear him talk. And laugh. 40 minutes in and he's still talking about the 1960s! The bit about the Mahavishnu breakup at 45 minutes: leadership & lifestyle differences: can the two mix? I suspect it's a common tale in all different walks of life. Perhaps it's a case of "sad but true". An entertaining interview all the same.

Awesome interview! One of the very few that doesn’t constantly interrupt the guest with unnecessary comments, thanks for keeping it real. John is one of my main influences and a massive hero of mine. He singlehandedly got me into jazz and exotic/modal playing. A huge revelation and totally pushed my playing to the next level. The body of work that he has put out over the years is astounding, such a prolific and diverse musician. I’ve been listening to some Mahavishnu bootlegs and man, those guys were not screwing around! Live John sounds like he’s from a different dimension. One question: How do you get to interview all these amazing jazz artists?! It’d be a dream come true to talk these guys!

This channel needs more highlight. Lot of people should know hidden story of the great John Thanks Man for the interview

Great! Thanks

And Now they've got Tony Williams Lifetime footage from 1970 from the Beat Club .Thanks for the wonderful interview!

Man, there's some real gold in this interview. Thanks for doing this!

Guitar genius!! Best ever Mr. Laughing, all my admiration

Hear that man playing, even speaking, brings me peace

This should get wayyy more views. Grateful for your content 🙏

Thank you so much, beautiful man! My Goal's Beyond started me off... ❤️ So thoughtful and humble

Great Interview Jazz Talk!

Excellent interview. You know your stuff man.

Fantastic. New tidbits I had never heard of in all the discussions and interviews I have heard or read about as a fan over 40 years. Thank you jazz talk. FYI, the recording that was finally released is titled The Lost Trident Sessions. And I believe there is some KZfaq footage of the Montreux jam with Billy Cobham posted.

Great Interview. Congratulations for letting John speak freely without needless interruptions.

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Thank you both for this full exposay of the journey of musical guitar master Johnny Mac 🎸

This is absolutely outstanding.. Thank you for making such a great production.. Bitches Brew is my favorite album of all time..but I know this man's river runs deeper than that.

Thank you so much for making this interview possible!

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Hey. Great interview. I know there are limits to what you can cover in the time frame allowed here, but man, how about some of the Shakti playing! John is so humble, what a multi-faceted, inspirational musician.

John is the greatest musician of all time

Superb. Fantastic host and a great guest.

Always great to hear John. Thanks an excellent interview.

Great job Preston and of course John who has been a constant inspiration since seeing him play my high school auditorium in Tucson AZ, when Mahavishnu played one of their pre-tour "sorting things out" gigs. I was in my second year at the university music school.. and it literally changed everything. Couldn't play guitar for a few days but I did write a bunch of material the following weeks. So great to see John's youtube presence double and triple. Thanks John, both musically and spiritually.

amazing musician still changing, his tone in recent years is amazing, and his band. He was Jazz's Jimi Hendrix, with some credit to Larry Coryell too

One of the best YT channels I have seen in a long time and a very impressive list of names that have been interviewed, keep up the good work 👏

thanks for another brilliant interview

Enjoyed this interview thanks

John's eye roll at the beginning is priceless.

You have a great YT channel. All of the interviews will be timeless because you spoked with legendary artists. I wish you all the best from Croatia!

Thank you for this !!

Preston, you need to listen to René Thomas, believe me!!!

An awesome dude 😎

I'm glad to see John mention Hindu thought. As a Hindu myself, I've seen Hinduism help people achieve greater heights in whatever they do because of the boundless nature of the traditions which break through any dogma.

Great interview, but I expected I more professional audio quality

Jeff Beck stated he is the greatest guitarist alive

John's always down on Extrapolation but sorry Johnny everyone else thinks it's a brilliant piece of art.