Holy righteous fuck. Stop what you're doing and watch this.

[WilliamPitt]

"Sweet Child O' Mine" gets the New Orleans jazz treatment.

WOW.

[Xyzse]

1. Dang, and here I was so proud of myself yesterday for being able to kind of pull it off on the uke

That's nice.

[malthaussen]

2. The woman can wail.

Goes on my extremely short list of covers that are better than the originals.

-- Mal

[Xyzse]

3. Actually...

Anything done by this guy...
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjWRi2qaGtKjQyoQLc4OGkw
To me is usually better than the original.

Then again, I may have a low bar and all of his things are instrumental.

- Sweet Child of Mine

[chknltl]

13. Rec'd for this post as well as OP

I had not heard of this artist before reading your post Xyzse. Thank you. (btw, I love that clock in the background of Sungha's Sweet Child Of Mine vid too.)

[Xyzse]

15. Guy is awesome!

He's self taught no less.

[chknltl]

16. I am no expert on genius but I think this is genius caliber musicianship

For about a decade I fancied myself to be a photographer who worked with local musicians. I met a lot of talented musicians but one stood out above the rest. Her name is Juli Morgan. When I met her she was 19-20 years old and was a self taught guitarist. She had been playing guitar for only a couple of years but even then she played better than any other guitarist I had ever heard. Her goal was to be the next Joe Satriani and she played a lot like him. By the time she had reached her 4th year on the guitar she got to open for Joe Satriani. At the end of her set she received a standing ovation from Joe's audience-a rarity I am told. Her vids are all over You-tube should you care to check her out she is now around 40ish. This poor quality vid is from that gig opening for her idol Joe Satriani back in 1994-5, keep in mind she has only 4 self taught years of guitar playing under her belt when she did this back then. (I still brag about her all these years later btw)

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[Xyzse]

17. WOW

[chknltl]

21. Here is a recent vid

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I believe she must be close to 40 in this vid from Nov 2013, it aint one of her original pieces but what you hear and see here is what I got to see and photograph about 2 decades ago when she was just starting out.

[Ahpook]

19. Pretty cool

She likes Mustaine quite a bit as well?

[chknltl]

22. I couldn't tell ya

I just knew about her passion for Satriani. I wish I had access to the rest of that video from the Satriani Gig, even her screw-ups sound GREAT! She mixed in both faster and slower stuff. Her slow stuff was magical but when it came time to shred, well she caused jaws to drop. I heard it was customary back then for Satriani fans to boo at his warm up acts, Juli instead got a lengthy standing O!

[Ahpook]

23. That would be nice to see

A couple riffs jumped out at me is all

Every musician does it

[tclambert]

18. CYLON!

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. oh..thank you!!!!!

gotta listen to the rest of his stuff.

Love this type of music.

[Tom_Foolery]

5. Damn!!

[onestepforward]

6. Sweet!

Well done!

[KatyaR]

7. LOVE IT.

I love when someone takes something and turns it on its ear. This is brilliant!

[distantearlywarning]

8. WOW!

Love it!

[Snotcicles]

9. Will, when you have an hour to kill sometime check out this documentary on you tube.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The Godmother Of Rock and Roll.

[WinstonSmith4740]

10. DAMN!!

Just, DAMN!!

[Chellee]

11. That was beyond fabulous!

Thank you. Great find.

[MrMickeysMom]

12. WOoT!

Big! Damn!!

[cntrygrl]

14. Sweeeet!! Thank you! Wow

[cachukis]

20. Dug.

[libdem4life]

24. Lordy Mercy ... the tight harmony on the bridges ... and her voice ... Nawlins Magic.