THIS Guitar Instructional Made Me Question REALITY!

“I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it”

Henry is fucking awesome. Teaching to "play like yourself" jesus christ what a deep quote. I see no ironic enjoyment in him, only real, pure joy and excitement.

He broke free from the constraints of rhythm, melody, or sense.

He was Kerry King’s childhood inspiration.

Doctor D’s explanation for electrons digging the free space over the crystal lattice was pretty good

John French, the drummer in the video, drummed for Captain Beefheart. The bassist Andy West played in the Dixie Dregs. Henry, Andy, Prairie Prince of the Tubes and Mike Keneally had a band called The Mistakes which released one very awesome album.

This is like something you’d see on Adult Swim at 3am in 2010. I love it. I admire this (I guess you could say) postmodernist style of music every now and then.

Wang Report: I remember reading an article back-in-the-day written by Joe Satriani, probably in 'Guitar for the Practicing Musician,' where he described different whammy bar techniques. He used the term "wang bar" throughout the article and even closed the article with this proverb: "Sometimes the best way to wang is not to wang at all." (Basically concluding that wanging can be lots of fun, but don't overdo it.) I distinctly remember the line and being so impressed that I used it for my high school yearbook quote.

That electrons can survive line is GOLD.

I appreciate your sincerity and open mindedness. Most YouTubers would just goof on this video. You are a true musician and while amused, seemed to be able to glean useful techniques from this unique guitarist.

I loved when Buckethead played bass for Henry Kaiser. Henry gave Buckethead a guitar that was dubbed "Kaiser's Gift".

I’m reading all these comments waiting for someone to explain who Henry Kaiser is. He’s on a LOT of records, written film scores, and is a knowledge ethnomusicologist. Read the Wikipedia page, but don’t accidentally read the entry for his grandfather, the famous industrialist. Sure, he’s weird AF, but he’s pushing boundaries, and believe me, it was influential to some serious players. He was part of a wave of avante garde musicians at the time Ex: Herbie Hancock had him on not one, but two of his albums

Listening to Kaiser, not just his music but his words, makes one ask why we create music in the first place. Are we "following rules" or "playing the right thing" or are we doing something else. Maybe expressing our spirit the best we can through a musical medium.

You did a great job of highlighting the uniqueness of Henry's playing, without being dismissive or trying to ridicule him. Thank you for being so fair and open-minded. I'm sure Henry would be appreciative as well.

In the late 80's early 90's a lot of players in print would call a whammy a wang bar. In Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazine it was like the trendy term or something

I remember a lot of interviews and references to Kaiser in the 80's and 90's. He actually went to Antarctica and took photos underwater that were used in Herzog films that he scored as well. His brilliance and genius are (admittedly) beyond my comprehension, but he is still widely respected in the music community. Good find.

This video is a true goldmine. Thanks for bringing this UFO to us. His entire instructional video legitimately makes question reality 😂🤯 and that's part of the beauty of it. I think you gave it a fair, honest and generous take, which is so enjoyable. Cheers !

He reminds me of Adrian Belew. There is this video him playing Psycho Killer with Talking Heads and he bends the guitar to get a lower pitch, uses feedback like a theremin. It totally blew my mind the first time i saw it. It's taking an electric guitar and using it as a sound machine rather than a traditional western instrument. Here is a link to the video I'm talking about, Adrian Belew starts the solo around 3:57 https://youtu.be/galXYbepW_s?si=T1aFgq6dr9mtQfR5

You actually convinced me to love this guy. His praise of other musicians and musical cultures is admirable and they sound surprisingly tight as a band!

"Wang bar" was a pretty common variation used for whammy bars back in those days. I'd see it in these old guitar player magazines