«
»
Music Dorkery

JOE MAPHIS, PROTO-SHREDDER: PICKIN’ & SINGIN’

 Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 12:53pm by

Totally metal. Any questions? Didn’t think so.

-VN

Tags: , ,
  • bubba T

    Holy hell…thats is..well…damn

  • bearbomb

    Very metal. Wasn’t he the first to rock the double neck?

  • fuzzyshan

    Awesome, the guitar parts remind me of hog bitch stomp by buckethead.

  • bucketochicken

    His billfold says BAD MOTHERFUCKER on it, and contains a slightly smaller billfold stamped with the words SERIOUSLY, I’M NOT KIDDING.

    Makes me wanna blast The Hellecasters. Or Junior Brown.

    Awesome post. Thanks!

  • Sammy

    Insane right hand. Metal rhythm guitarists could learn a lot. Reminds me of old Les Paul (the guitarist) videos.

    Metal.

  • seveword

    Expect Dragonforce to release a country album soon.

  • dicknballs

    Dude, his mandolin was tuned to drop A!!! Fucking br00talz fiddle too!!

    Seriously though that was pretty badass, there’s quite a bit of awesome shred-goodness in country… like bucketochicken suggested, Junior Brown is fucking bad ass. Good find for a Friday!

  • ceth

    Also go back and listen to some of Dick Dale’s shredding surf tunes and imagine them with a little distortion. These kind of things were most definitely very early influences to modern shred type stuff. It had to come from somewhere. There are a million chickin pickin’ bluegrass and country players out there that would sound crazy with an Ibanez and a half stack. I have always wanted to hear Brad Paisley plug into a huge double stack rig with a death metal pedal and see what happens.

    • groverXIII

      Yeah, with the music Brad Paisley plays it’s easy to forget that he’s actually a really talented guitarist.

    • Flying Dad Bomb

      I would pay to see that happen! Really!

  • AxeRipper

    kvlt!!!

  • Permafrost

    Nice choice. Good to not only see that but to read that some y’all metalheads share similar appreciation!

  • TurdFerguson

    He’s no Unknown Hinson, but he’ll do.

  • groverXIII

    Pretty badass, and the fact that he switched instruments so many times without it breaking his concentration at all is impressive.

    Makes me want to bust out some psychobilly, or some of John 5′s solo stuff. The bluegrass bits of his albums are a great contrast to the heavier stuff.

  • RyanK

    What a badass.

  • Nate L.

    ahahah this guy is straight rippin

  • wormdrive

    nice, check out Danny Gatton if you like rock and roll guitar.

  • http://live.com 5

    I gotta play like that like that! (speed and style)

    I’m like Kirk Hammet fast already, but this guy’s playing is just so fluent

    • WeAreChuckNorris

      NO Disrespect 5…

      Like every other kid, I grew up listening to Metallica…AJFA is my fav. although I won’t deny the influence of the 3 albums prior to that…

      But Kirk Hammet, apart from nailing down a few unforgettable solos, especially on the slower tracks, IMHO is a rubbish guitar player…he’s sloppy too.
      T

  • tyler09

    i am speechless. That was amazing

  • Bill

    somewhere, herman li sheds a single tear…….

  • buntdaddy

    Swisgard would say that is very metals.

  • Thor Jr.

    HA I was waiting for him to just start tappin’ the shit out out that banjo….. Too busy pickin’….. and singin’

  • WeAreChuckNorris

    HAAAA, I can’t stand most of the country music I’ve heard, maybe because I am NOT American, nor do I have access to good shit like this; not that I would start getting into it or anything like that because Rusty Cooley and the likes are more my cup of tea…gotta have distortion too…

    BUT, Goddamn, look at his fingers, the length of them fuckers…might as well give up playing while my hands are still worth something.

  • Dutchguy

    Cool video. I saw that Bear Family (the German purveyors of fine, fine country and rock ‘n roll boxsets) released a few things of Joe. Might pick those up some time.

    Also, glad to see some love for country shredders such as Junior Brown. Saw him a few years ago, and it was fucking fantastic.

  • dave

    Check out Speedy west and Jimmy Bryant.. Those guys are amazing as well…

  • BlakMetallistKrieg

    Yeah, this guy also has connections with Merle Travis, too. Both were shred buddies!

  • Flying Dad Bomb

    How about being that guy’s roadie, having to go through giving him instrument after instrument and hoping not to screw it up?

    In all seriousness, though, my jaw just dropped to the floor throughout the whole vid. This is as epic as it can get!