Eric Johnson (Guitarist): Eric Johnson cover

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Beck's Bolero by Eric Johnson - a tribute to Jeff Beck

"Beck's Bolero" is a rock instrumental recorded by English guitarist Jeff Beck in 1966. It is Beck's first solo recording and has been described as "one of the great rock instrumentals, epic in scope, harmonically and rhythmically ambitious yet infused with primal energy".

Several artists have recorded "Beck's Bolero", including SRC, The Posies, Les Fradkin, Eric Johnson, and Return to Forever. Jimmy Page used it in the medley portion of "How Many More Times" for the Led Zeppelin debut album.

Eric Johnson released his version of the song as a single on Oct 02, 2007. "Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back" album also features the track along with performances by some of the greatest names in progressive jazz/fusion, blues and rock guitar, each paying tribute to rock guitar icon Jeff Beck.

'Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back' is available on Amazon and the track is available as a single on iTunes.

Sunday, 24 November 2013

"Song For George" by Eric Johnson and other musicians

Below are few selected videos of "Song For George" by Eric Johnson and covers by various musicians from YouTube. "Song For George" is an instrumental composition which appeared on Eric's 1990 "Ah Via Musicom" album.

According to Eric "Song for George" is dedicated to an 80 year-old guitarist friend of his named George Washington.

Thursday, 21 November 2013

Best covers of Eric Johnson's "Manhattan"

Below are few selected covers of Eric Johnson's popular song "Manhattan" from YouTube by different guitarists and musicians across the world. "Manhattan" is an instrumental composition which appeared on Eric's 1996 "Venus Isle" album.

Manhattan was also featured on 'Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai - G3 Live in Concert (1997)' DVD.

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Shawn Lane playing Eric Johnson's "Trademark" (1988 & 2000)

Shawn Lane with The Willy's playing "Trademark" by Eric Johnson at The Stage Stop in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1988.

Shawn Lane plays "Trademark" by Eric Johnson with Barry Bays on Bass, Tommy Priakos on Keys, and Chip LeVerne on drums, at the Poplar Lounge in Memphis, on August 25, 2000

Shawn Lane (1963-2003)
(Photo by Carl Johan Grimmack)

A fan of Shawn Lane says, "Seeing a master like Shawn playing other artist's songs only begins to show me how much this man loved music."

More about Shawn Lane on Wikipedia

Click Here to listen to Eric Johnson & Shawn Lane play "Spanish Castle Magic" (by Jimi Hendrix) at B.B. Kings Blues Club, Memphis, Tennessee, on August 13, 1993.

Click Here to read an article on Shawn Lane by Souvik Dutta.

Friday, 15 November 2013

Best covers of Eric Johnson's "Cliffs Of Dover"

Below are few selected covers of Eric Johnson's Grammy winning song "Cliffs Of Dover" from YouTube by different guitarists and musicians across the world. "Cliffs of Dover" is an instrumental composition which appeared on Eric's 1990 "Ah Via Musicom" album. The song is featured on the video game Guitar Hero III and is available as a downloadable content (DLC) - playable track for the music video game Rocksmith. "Cliffs of Dover" won a Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.