John McLaughlin (Philosopher in life and music)

John McLaughlin has been cited as a major influence on many 1970s and 1980s fusion guitarists. Examples are prominent players such as Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Al Di Meola, Shawn Lane, and Scott Henderson. His influence did not stop in the 80's, though; hardcore punk guitarists Greg Ginn of Black Flag cited Birds of Fire by The Mahavishnu Orchestra which inspired him to record more progressive guitar work and even record instrumental songs. Current players still hold him as highly influential, including Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta. According to Pat Metheny, McLaughlin has changed the evolution of the guitar during several of his periods of playing. McLaughlin is also considered a major influence on composers in the fusion genre. In an interview with Downbeat, Chick Corea remarked that "...what John McLaughlin did with the electric guitar set the world on its ear. No one ever heard an electric guitar played like that before, and it certainly inspired me. John's band, more than my experience with Miles, led me to want to turn the volume up and write music that was more dramatic and made your hair stand on end". Frank Zappa said of McLaughlin: "A person would be a moron not to appreciate McLaughlin's technique. The guy has certainly found out how to operate a guitar as if it were a machine gun. But I'm not always enthusiastic about the lines I hear or the ways in which they're used. I don't think you can fault him, though, for the amount of time and effort it must have taken to play an instrument that fast. I think anybody who can play that fast is just wonderful. And I'm sure 90% of teenage America would agree, since the whole trend in the business has been 'faster is better'."

^{Above is a quote taken from Wikipedia}

^{Well, no doubt that this Jazzcat has a lot of  good stuff to tell you about music and the way he has been inspired by other music , artists and musicstyles. To me, I like him , but I´m not a really a  true fan of his music. But somehow he is very intresting, he has a lot of experiences in life and music to tell.}

^{That is something I like, he is honest with himself and the music he plays thats is a sign of a great player and also  wortwhile listen to his thoughts about music.}

^{I can´t pick just one example of his music, he plays in so many differtent styles and different constaliations that it´s impossible to say something like "this is JM".}

^{A searcher, yes and a traveller through  the eternally world called music. I like him!}

 

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The clip below is from an interview with JM.

It is made in three sections:  here is the first,  I give you the rest later.