Ojay, the funkiest player alive?

[jay]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CO8uKMUEc&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CO8uKMUEc&feature=fvwrel[/url]

Check out the video ^^

I'm sure its come up on here before at some point but I haven't seen it yet. Well worth a watch! Apparently his name is Ojay.

[Happy Jack]

No extended car chase then?

[EssentialTension]

Didn't do it for me.

[Gust0o]

Quite a cool little bit of street music, which is surely the purpose.

[mrtcat]

Excellent player and a funny chap but although he is very talented I don't think the funkiest player alive would be busking in Newcastle. That doesn't mean he's not very funky player tho and very entertaining to watch.

[Conan]

I don't see whats supposed to be so funky about him. Is it 'coz he is black?

Self-indulgent effects fiddling and a few tired riffs is all I can hear. He seems technically sound, but just has nothing to say IMO.

Sorry - I would like to like him!

Some of his better work...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA9ZVEh6JW0&feature=player_embedded[/media]#!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1vb8PRuVT4&NR=1&feature=endscreen"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1vb8PRuVT4&NR=1&feature=endscreen[/url]

Edited May 1, 2012 by Conan

[jay]

Alright, "funkiest" was an exaggeration! But I like his style.

[pietruszka]

He used to live in the next street up from me in Whitley Bay and I did spend about an hour chatting to him, really sound bloke. I know a lot of people rave about him, but to be honest, it doesn't do anything for me either. He can play certainly, and it's nice to see a busker not playing 'High and Dry' on an acoustic for a change but as a few others have said, that style of playing isn't for me.



Dan

[Guest markinthegreen]

He was the Bassist in the Dust junkies, a reasonably successful band back in the 90's, albeit a bit duff!

I was on tour in Newcastle a few months ago, and I saw him playing in the street, recognised him immediately and had a little chat. he is a sound bloke.

http://youtu.be/5-fluGRu4z8

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='markinthegreen' timestamp='1335894823' post='1637719']
He was the Bassist in the Dust junkies, a reasonably successful band back in the 90's, albeit a bit duff!

I was on tour in Newcastle a few months ago, and I saw him playing in the street, recognised him immediately and had a little chat. he is a sound bloke.

[media]http://youtu.be/5-fluGRu4z8[/media]
[/quote]

Funny, I was just thinking about him today when a Dust Junkies song popped up on my ipod. I saw them at a Reading Festival and he had a great trick of soloing with his bass behind his back.