Govt Mule & John Scofield "Stratus" Boston, MA 3/12/15

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Govt Mule and John Scofield perform Billy Cobham's "Stratus" on 3-12-15 at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions.

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@iansnyder274 3 жыл бұрын

SCOFIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to remember to keep breathing while i was listening to him solo....holy shit....no words!

@brianriley4914 5 жыл бұрын

Sco - better than the finest of wines.....after 30 years of listening he gets better and better.....

@stefanschleps8758 4 жыл бұрын

And how are we to explain Christone Ingram ? Its almost scary to wonder at just what hights the Kingfish will arrive in thirty years. Geeze !!

@petercricket Жыл бұрын

Schofield takes his solo higher and higher,, hats off to the bassman..keepin' that groove.

@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Cow ….I NEVER thought I’d see Gov’t Mule doing jazz fusion….and it was GREAT!

@frankrichards3089 2 ай бұрын

They've pretty much done it at times from the get go.

@patlatorres7000 4 жыл бұрын

Recently saw a video of Leland Sklar talking about the initial recording of this piece and how the most difficult part is just sticking to the basic groove throughout the entire piece! He mentioned that it's (relatively) easy to toss in frills on the bass line, but to keep that solid groove the whole time without break is tough as hell!

@rexwave4624 3 жыл бұрын

I just learned this today, partly from Leland Sklar’s video about it. Keeping the groove for a long time, yet remain8ng aware to the changes, is tricky. There’s another song, only four notes, that’s tough for the same reason. Not anything close to this but, nonetheless, Engel by Rammstein, live at Lizhinsky Stadium. By the way, is the bass player here playing the groove right?

@kaibartling7085 3 жыл бұрын

@@rexwave4624 No, he's not. It differs on at least one note I think. Perhaps he likes it better that way and no one else cared? Or the band did not rehearse this classic, and he just tried his best out of the blue.

@tonyaguanno9796 2 жыл бұрын

You can basically dub Rockn Hourse over this song

@tonyaguanno9796 2 жыл бұрын

@@kaibartling7085 can dub rockn horse over the song basically the same song

@chrishenson4450 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's got that trick of all sixteenth notes with the last two being the same as the first, so the actual note changes don't happen on the down beat of one. Which can be incredibly disorienting after a few minutes.

@danoloane Жыл бұрын

Imagine being able to play anything you want, in any setting, on the guitar. That's John Scofield. There just are no more words for the guy. And he's been doing it for 50 years now. Mind-boggling...

@artysanmobile 6 ай бұрын

…and boring as a mf.

@supertravdoggy 5 жыл бұрын

Scofield is some kind of otherworldly entity. He needs no words, he speaks fluent guitarineze, conveying heaping helpings of unspoken musical truths in a mosaic of rock blues and jazz. Waren comes in perfectly like usual slowly tugging us back to earth with his exquisitely timed soulful riffing. This is a master work, bridging a multitude of styles and techniques by two of my favorite guitarists. Thanks LTFP for posting and thanks to Scofield and the Mule.

@Knards 5 жыл бұрын

His face is on the definition of jazz in the dictionary

@brianriley4914 5 жыл бұрын

A very fine summation also...:)

@tapiomakelainen 5 жыл бұрын

Travis Bessonette I just sew them in Espoo Finland ( Finnish LA) a month ago. I mean Scofield jazz band. My guitarist son, who just returned fron Atlanta was not happy. I’ve been introduced with Scofield since 70’s. Cobham was here also. I got tickets. My leg broke with a 90 mph snowmobile. My son went. A total mishap.

@LessThanFaceProductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Travis!

@criticalcarelive3767 3 жыл бұрын

two years old comment but awesome words on this master!!!

@williamweiss3620 Жыл бұрын

Bass player keeping it all together!!!!!! These guys are the best of the best. 😳

@DJFarallon Жыл бұрын

Totally driving the song with an Epiphone Jack Casady ax.

@susanreed2802 6 жыл бұрын

Within 15 seconds of this I thought "oh crap this is gonna be good "

@richardgagliano1618 4 жыл бұрын

Susan Reed That’s so true, man I heard the groove and thought the very same thing.

@leonkowalenko1747 3 жыл бұрын

Scofield is a demigod ... but the original version (Billy Cobham/Tommy Bolin/Jan Hammer/Leland Sklar, 1973) is otherworldly. Don´t miss it

@cosmicslopass 2 жыл бұрын

Dude if you ve never heard the original or aren't familiar with Billy cobham or the mahivishnu orchestra, it makes this sound like trash and I love this video. But this version is a weak cover imo, instead of exploring stratus into a new musical atmosphere it feels more like a jam funk fusion groove but soulless. It's clear there jamming on a groove that doesn't really even care about the essence of stratus. Sometimes the less space in music the better , the wonderful thing about cobham and his drumming is he didnt waste a note even though he played so many.

@mwalker3547 Жыл бұрын

The best arrangement of this song I've heard. Tommy Bolin (rest in peace) would absolutely love this. Scofield's sound reminds me a lot of Roy Buchanan.

@marKism69 Жыл бұрын

Umm.. you need to hear the Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott's performance of this song. MIndblowing. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLFhZ7agmLWZj58.html

@mwalker3547 Жыл бұрын

@@marKism69 Thank You; I've heard it.

@YaleRoth 4 жыл бұрын

scofield is shredding!! out of his mind

@fmorin71234 Жыл бұрын

Warren is the very best I've ever seen or ever will in my lifetime! His playing and this band along with guests never fail to amaze me

@markbrandon7756 2 жыл бұрын

Likely one of the top 0.000001 % of Music, Videos, and Performances ever made.

@LessThanFaceProductions1 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Mark!

@cironicholas526 3 жыл бұрын

can we all just appreciate how good that cheap epiphone Jack Cassidy bass sounds?

@amancu1963 2 жыл бұрын

Warren has to be really brave to share the stage with an absolute giant like Scofield. I can't imagine too many rock-blues guitarists doing the same and be able to survive like he did.

@BrothaManFromDa5thFl 4 жыл бұрын

Man Sco was on fire!!

@paulodetarsomafuzo4205 2 жыл бұрын

John Scofield speaks another language. Amazing!

@tomfusion7 2 жыл бұрын

Killer no filler 🔥🔥🔥

@richardthomasmirabito4197 2 жыл бұрын

The " licks " library in John's head is mindboggling!

@schothans 3 жыл бұрын

17 minutes of pure joy ! And compliments for the one who made this video. Beautiful camera-work !

@LessThanFaceProductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Erik! We appreciate it!

@richardbradley3684 3 жыл бұрын

Wow was that 17 mins i never realised

@ralphsera1442 4 жыл бұрын

Great version, Tommy Bolin on guitar with Billy Cobham is the BOMB!

@michaelgreen5206 Жыл бұрын

And Jan Hammer, too!!

@EdArmGuitar 2 жыл бұрын

Scofield just rips it into pieces!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏

@boopsboy 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I've heard of John Scofield for years, but I'm sad I never saw him actually play until just now.

@YaoEspirito 9 ай бұрын

He's a monster of jazz/fusion. Delightful when he appears in other places.

@jeffreybivins5556 2 жыл бұрын

Scofield although probably unknown to many that follow the mainstream has always been bad ass. I’ve got an amazing album of his from the mid 70s. So versatile.

@josephtravers777 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was playing fusion w/ Billy Cobham & the amazing George Duke.

@realtuffdude Жыл бұрын

Ha ha, Scofield is the mainstream...all due respect to Warren Haynes, up there with he best of them as well 👍

@howardcox2918 5 жыл бұрын

I have this on album,Billy C is man

@ssn0651 11 ай бұрын

The drummer should be mentioned for the job he did propelling this along . Fucking Bravo !

@michaelbrickley2443 7 ай бұрын

He has serious chops. Any drummer willing to take on anything Billy played is a task and he delivered.

@raylombardo4186 6 ай бұрын

Are you NUTS ????? When a drummer allows/makes the tempo go from 85 BPM to 103 BPM, that's downright embarrassing !!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can any producer allow that to get posted on YT ?? Good drummers will deviate by 2 BPB, but 18 ????????????????????

@sirfultonbishop 3 жыл бұрын

The Sco Mule is having a good time!

@ericbush6124 9 ай бұрын

Great upload saw John Scofield play with Billy Cobham Late Great George Duke and Alphonso Johnson in 76 Super show Great Guitarist year later saw another Super Guitarist late Great Jeff Beck with Billy Cobham Jan Hammer and Alphonso Johnson i love Jazz Fusion Prog Rock

@darrylbrown634 6 ай бұрын

Great band,saw them at RIT!!!

@MichelHubert-lg9so 25 күн бұрын

Il a joué aussi avec Miles Davis ce Maître a tous les grands talents de la fusion ☮️

@christianvonmaffei2239 2 ай бұрын

John is a giant. 🤩. Fantastic !

@10sassafras 4 жыл бұрын

Warren Haynes nailed it. Great solo.

@kaibartling7085 4 жыл бұрын

These Musicians are all brilliant, no question. But John Scofield's solo is so outstanding. One of the best solos I ever experienced. And to perform this live, just improvising ...oh man. I play the guitar, too, and could live a thousand years practicing and learning and never could come even close. His infinite vocabular of scales and tones, fluently performed out of nowhere with bunches of world class tone, topping one another. And always recognizable Scofield style. He ist one of the Greats at his best. Could watch this forever.

@PatriotSteve 3 жыл бұрын

so well said

@padovaniroland 2 жыл бұрын

@@PatriotSteve not enough good to do so well than Tommy Bolin original recording.

@TheGreenKingdom 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome, need to dig out my old Cobham wax!

@suitcasefulloffish6242 3 жыл бұрын

This is truly one of my favorite recordings of all time. I love scofield-mule more than anything

@bernardtheillaucher9478 3 жыл бұрын

Sco will never die : better and better everytime... Thanks a lot for share !

@garethde-witt6433 11 ай бұрын

17:21😳 even Leland didn’t play it for that long damn

@TheDomRyder 2 ай бұрын

Matt !!!! Thanks man !!! Solid grooving as usual !!!! 🤘

@wesworach7441 3 жыл бұрын

Great band & both guitarists are highly influential ! ...

@bluesyfish 4 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back, over & over!

@LessThanFaceProductions1 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@flathead7922 Жыл бұрын

Sco's solo is memorable...

@mohomoho1 2 жыл бұрын

My fav is still the original w. Tommy Bolan guitar Billy Cobham and Lee Sklar.

@compassionatenature 2 жыл бұрын

GODDDDDDDAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMNN! What an ensemble effort, here! Billy would be some proud.

@erwinderuiter1320 Жыл бұрын

Pff Scofield… always tasteful and incredible

@mikestander2413 4 жыл бұрын

Godddddaaaaammmmnnnnn! That was a jam!

@doctorgarbonzo2525 2 жыл бұрын

John was a original member of The George Duke Billy Cobham Band '75-'77, Checkout the Live Europe Lp

@905Alive Жыл бұрын

Just amazing, just a great band that can do anything, Matt Abts is one of the most amazing drummers, anything they throw at him he kills it, wish they bottled that.

@user-ut8wl1tu9i Ай бұрын

it's a cool journey.I like solo's like these .The drummer was awesome too.

@Caravan335 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, this is magnificent

@bjornekblom2096 4 ай бұрын

I grow up with Spectrum and its so cool to see these guys honoring it. Billy and Leland, and Tommy❤

@ralphbedwell4669 2 жыл бұрын

Scofield sure does put his whole self into it!

@daveguitarnowski4402 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. It's just incredible!

@LessThanFaceProductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Dave!

@bradalker5332 5 жыл бұрын

Nice cover of this Billy Cobham classic. Tommy Bolin would approve. Of course John played this tune a few times with Billy back in the 70s. Bean town got to listen to a great night of music.

@Eggs4ckley 4 жыл бұрын

Chairman Meow Boston baked beans dude

@kenarmstrong9378 9 ай бұрын

That's the best rendition of Stratus I've ever heard!😂

@frankrichards3089 2 ай бұрын

It's up there for sho. Badass.

@philipquirk3763 Жыл бұрын

A little Duke Ellington quote by Warren, 'It Don't Mean a Thing If It ain't Got That Swing'

@YaleRoth 5 жыл бұрын

simply awesome!

@paulrevelli Жыл бұрын

I actually have to shed this tune for an upcoming gig, and this was a real eye opener compared to some of the other live versions I've heard. It's direct and less cluttered somehow. Thanks, this was a big help.

@bahusofriends5467 Жыл бұрын

Watch out for a version with Billy Cobham, George Duke and Stefan Rademacher on Bass. Unfortuneately i miss out on the name of the also outstanding guitarist of the aforementioned version. I think he was australian or from new zealand. This Version is so spot on you wont believe it. I like the version here with sco and warren also a lot. I love the keyboardists/organpayers work and feel. He has got "it"... Heres the link brother: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJdjg5qWl6vXgoU.html

@oddbod4321 Жыл бұрын

I love watching Aslan and his Dad playing nicely together.

@Dlrealife 6 жыл бұрын

Man, this is GOOD! TY LTFP

@forbesgordon 2 жыл бұрын

Compliments to the Bass player!

@TheSecondNature 4 жыл бұрын

Always great to see an Epiphone Jack Casady bass in action. It mustn't be easy to maintain that riff for such a long jam. I'm not even gonna touch on the solos, as they speak for themselves

@tomcoryell 3 жыл бұрын

Just lock in with Matt, put your head down and go.....

@ChromaticHarp 2 жыл бұрын

But he changed the bassline from Skylar’s, why??!!

@makkanbas 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChromaticHarp Why not?

@To.Si.Ma. 2 жыл бұрын

This has Mahavishnu vibes all over it. Love it.

@mikecelli1517 2 жыл бұрын

check out the original Billy Cobham track with Tommy Bolin and Leland Sklar.... take a little trip out

@richardgagliano1618 4 жыл бұрын

This is so inspiring, thank you for posting! Great collaboration, pleasant surprise. Not surprised to see John Scofield crushing it! Man, studying his 2 VHS tape set on quartal harmony, this was a really cool bluesier harmonic side, and the Carltonesque hammer on alone was worth the price of admission! WH, so soulful, and carried the ABB during changing times. 😊

@LessThanFaceProductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you dig it Richard!

@martinmoffitt4702 2 жыл бұрын

what a treat would make tommy bolin smile down from heaven

@texacaster 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Thanks again!

@ishko108 2 жыл бұрын

what an awesome jam.

@905Alive Жыл бұрын

WOW is right, the original recording was Cobham, Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin and Sklar, THE BEST OF THE BEST ............to even try this, thanks for sharing, Tommy so missed the boat by going with James Gang and Purple but I guess those gigs paid more than fusion. His potential was never realized.

@ericjosephcornejo8941 4 жыл бұрын

Sco`s "Groove chops" kills!

@willslaughterguitar 5 ай бұрын

No one forget that Scofield is playing that on 12 gauge strings

@kwm7458 3 жыл бұрын

Just cranked this to the f’n heavens and feel great about it

@narvul Жыл бұрын

Scofield is killing it.

@Quebecoisegal 3 жыл бұрын

MUSIC LIVED WITH BANDS LIKE THIS.

@skipneumann1 Жыл бұрын

Love It Love It Love It!

@andynelson8838 4 жыл бұрын

Sco is the best guitarist in the multiverse because he doesn't show off his chops . Plays the groove

@IIESPD00DII 3 жыл бұрын

Facial expressions say everything. The man is a master of the instrument

@chalmersfamilyband 3 жыл бұрын

Love that Billy Cobham tune!!

@PatriotSteve 3 жыл бұрын

he is never predictable. Warren is great but you can predict what’s coming next. Not so with Sco.

@DabsDad 2 жыл бұрын

@@PatriotSteve even Metheny is more predicable than Sco. The only other guys who improvise so fluent and varying are Gambale and Rosenwinkel. I'm sure there are others, but wow, I dare anyone to find better than those three still living. Maybe Scott Henderson?

@PatriotSteve 2 жыл бұрын

@@DabsDad I might put Jeff Beck up there

@carlosclaptrix Жыл бұрын

Very cool version of this jewel of fusion!

@-MRN- Жыл бұрын

I love John's playing. What a treasure.

@edvellozz6965 8 ай бұрын

great to show this to ever...

@billyoung7758 Жыл бұрын

John Scofield, the best ' guitar faces' ever.

@BHJ7115 Ай бұрын

Schofield is a freakin genius!

@andynelson8838 4 жыл бұрын

Scofield is the best guitarist in the multiverse!

@leandroveres 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaa

@Ra-gypsy-angelo 2 жыл бұрын

ben voyons !

@stefanschleps8758 4 жыл бұрын

Opening sounds a lot like "Birds of Fire" by the MVO. If you were there you're a precious goddess, a lucky bastard, a legend. A moment of space-time sanctified by your divine presence. That wasn't just fanatstic, that was transcendental. Thanks for sharing You legend. Peace. NFA.

@LessThanFaceProductions1 2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help you relive the moment Stefan!

@stefanschleps8758 2 жыл бұрын

@@LessThanFaceProductions1 I wasn't there, wish I had been. Om.

@mikemaroney6688 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding performance. Thx for posting.

@rickyrudica5698 Жыл бұрын

YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥 😎👍🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🎶🇺🇲

@MrCiampi1952 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing piece of great music!!!! Number 1!!!!!!

@thewordofgord 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent ! Thanks for the upload !

@Tuuktalus 4 жыл бұрын

Damn that was good!

@danielfox1822 11 ай бұрын

This tune, STRATUS, originally released on Billy Cobham's Spectrum LP, was offered up to Cobham by Tommy Bolin, as were all the other compositions which Tommy wrote save two or three that Cobham penned, all are credited to Cobham as 'payment' for Cobham giving Bolin the exposure or opportunity to play on that session that Tommy was looking for at that time.

@padrematthewchurch5775 8 ай бұрын

Been Listen to B.C since the 7des

@JamesFolkers 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant - stunning!

@aussie_philosopher8079 Жыл бұрын

God dam the bands on fire, whoo!

@67beppedoc 2 жыл бұрын

Cobham POWER !! 💪💪

@BillRayDrums 3 жыл бұрын

God I miss live music. Summer of '22 is gonna be lit.

@hugostahlbaum8714 5 жыл бұрын

Matt Abts, man what a drummer..

@stefanschleps8758 4 жыл бұрын

True dat.

@tomcoryell 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite!

@andynelson8838 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! They are achieving stratus!

@Mr59Esquire 3 жыл бұрын

I was there

@Metalmanuk1 4 жыл бұрын

All together brilliant

@TheJimbomull1 2 ай бұрын

Words fail. Unbelievable performance

@andymelendez9757 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice indeed. Lots of juicy bits!

@Terraborboletta 3 жыл бұрын

great jam. thanks for your great jam

@jobo-and-mo Жыл бұрын

I keep seeing “the bass player”. Jorgen Carlsson, THE bass player!

@nadiacourtois5531 5 ай бұрын

Magnifique version du" stratus " de Billy Cobham je connaissais John Scofield mais pas Warren Haynes de Gov't Mule super guitariste.

@plutogamstrumframe 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody amazing solo

@romainbertrand253 Жыл бұрын

WOW. I didn't know that one. John Scofield is such an awesome musician. He got better and better through years. And he fits perfectly with that band. Warren Hayes starts in the nicest way. Very musical.