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Dear Friends,
I’ve just had the opportunity to see some of your birthday wishes on the website and I’m very touched by your comments. I’ll never be able to thank you all enough for supporting my musical endeavours for the past 40 years. My life has been truly blessed by music, but this blessing can only be consumated by having someone who listens to it! After all this time music continues to use me, and the latest results of these inspirations will be soon available on a new CD entitled ‘To the One’. I sincerely hope you all continue to find something in the music that touches you in some way.
Thanks to all,John McLaughlin
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the all the inspiring music you have created in your life, John. You are a one of a kind musician, and I wish you many more happy and healthy years of life and playing.
Dear Mr. McLaughlin,
Happy 68th Birthday! Your most impressive contribution to improvised music and the understanding of musical thought/theory – throughout almost five decades cannot be overestimated! Keep up the good work and all the best!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR MCLAUGHLIN , WISHING YOU ETERNAL HAPPINESS
Happy Birthday Mahavishnu John Mclaughlin.
Hi John I wish you a happy 68th birthday and all the best for the future. Right now i am enjoying your instructional dvds which in my opinion are some of the best on the market today. Keep up the good work! Best wishes from H.G.
Dear Johnji, many happy returns for the day! Hope you have a wonderful year of music ahead!
HaPpY bIrThDaY, JohWWWny McLaughlin, from me, here in Saint John , New Brunswick, Canada!
Dear John. Happy Birthday! I wish you inspiration, vital forces for creativity, love and, health that you still for a long time could be engaged in the favourite business – to create remarkable music. Fairly to admit, you for me a unique idol which I admire and strongly I value already many years. And still I hope to get on one of your concerts and to look at your show alive. I hope that today you will have a good time with relatives, friends and be assured, that you have made and still will make never will be lost and will always inspire present and the future generations.
Happy Birthday and thank you very much for
39 years of inspiration to my musical life. A friend of mine, who owns a a music school, was listening to « My goal’s Beyond » returning from a casino fueled new years at Atlantic City…He said » It’s the perfect record « . He also said refering to it: » It is amazing what the human spirit can create ».
Bon anniversaire John, on se verra à Coutances le 14 Mai avec la 4eme dimension…
Happy Birthday John,I wish you more happy years of making music,good health and family happiness!
happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear johnny, happy birthday to you! i’m sure you can find someone who can sing this better than i can. thanks for all the great tunes for so many years. always looking forward to whats next. peace be with you always.
Happy Birthday, bon anniversaire !
J’irai cette année te voir à Nice, Coutances ou Paris, pour écouter ta musique magique.
Je t’amènerai des chocolats pour fêter cette année de plus…
John- Happy Birthday to the Greatest Guitarist Ever! Love from…Tim
PS- PEACE!
Dear John,
Happy birthday to you. I hope you are happy and stay in good health. Thank you for the music you bring, which I follow since my 16th birthday (so for 34 years now).
Just this day someone showed me the Mahavishnu Don Kirshner video, which I’ve seen on Dutch television around 1975, and since then no more: I was thrilled to see and hear again the sharp, edgy sound of the Gibson doubleneck 6/12 str. and the fierce power of the band.
Man, that music will allways be my favorite music: the power, melody, inspiration, wall of sound, speed and completely unique -one and only- sound which never has been performed by anyone before and ever since.
Still your newer music I love as well, but you know how it is……the first real love of your life will be the strongest…..and that’s what it is with the Mahavishnu Orchestra as well: a first love.!
Thank you John, for your marvelous and exciting music…… and please: hop in -in Holland- with your band on your way to the rest of Europe………
Wil
Il y a 40 ans, un ami me fit écouter un album nommé » Extrapolation », et je reçus un choc …
Je n’avais jamais entendu une telle musique …
Je crois ne pas m’en être remis, et depuis,j’ai acheté (presque) tous vos disque, et même votre DVD pédagogique, et bien sûr je joue de la guitare( en amateur) depuis cette époque.
Bon anniversaire , John, et continuez longtemps à nous faire rêver…….
Happy birthday Maestro!! Thank you for your music and your playing that never ceases to amaze and inspire us.
I forgot it was your birthday. There is no excuse. It does not matter how many times we go around the sun man. Call it a day. Many happy returns.
Dear Mr. Mclaughlin,
I still remember the first time I listened to your music. « David » was the first bless I heard from you around 12 years ago. Since then, I cannot compare any kind of joy to what I’m getting from your music.
Shakti’s « Joy » is what I’m practicing now..What an enlightening piece! God Bless you for all the work that you have done.
Long Live Mahavishnu John Mclaughlin.
Mr. Mclaughlin,
Happy Birthday! May God Bless you and your family!
I an industrial engineer and guitar player from Monterrey, México. I hope to someday meet you personally. I have been in touch with Dominique Di piazza…hopefully with you too.
A hugh!
Hasta Luego!
Happy birthday John ….best wishes much happiness and best health to you. may you find new musical horizons and vistas to conquer ,you never cease to amaze
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!
I´m still learning from you. good luck
Happy birthday, John! – Thanks for everything, and have a healthy, joyful new year.
Hello master of rythm!!!
I’m really crazy about your solos lately, it’s been some time now that you’re playing on my bedroom and I’m begining to love, and i mean LOVE, some things. Five peace band is wonderful, i think Vinnies is the best drummer you’ve ever played with. So happy birthday and PLEASE COME TO SOUTH AMERICA WITH YOUR BAND!!!!!!
Love you,
Tomas
Happy Birthday and a thousand thanks for changing my life and perception of what music is and can be…was very fortunate to meet you at the Barbican 2 yrs ago-and more fortunate to not cry, vomit or pass out with nerves! So much i wanted to thank you for but in the moment seemed trite and inappropriate….so now can i thank you for ‘Vision is a naked sword’ which has to be one of the most powerful pieces of music i have ever heard,as is the rest of Apocalypse-and Visions of the emerald beyond,i loved the second Mahavishnu lineup so much. And of course Shakti…and,well the list is endless. Special mention to Johnny Mclaughlin Electric Guitarist (my Favorite).
All the instructional material you have produced has been a wish come true for me and is my goal beyond!
Thanks again,happy birthday and please come to London again with Shakti-we miss you!
regards
Martin
Happy Birthday, John! I’ll play Extrapolation after I get home from work tonight.
dear master mahavishnu john mclaughlin my birthay is today and congratulations for you in this world thanks for let us know your great soul and inspiration the real way of life in the most beautiful arts the music god bless your heart.viva mclaughlin viva bravisimo.
Happy Birthday John and wishing you the best of everything the life can give.
A belated Happy Birthday John.
You are not just one of the ‘greatest guitarists’ (whatever that means…)
You are one of the worlds great musicians, and your music transcends boundaries or description. Keep on playing or composing what is in your heart. As of course we all know you will!
Phil
John, you’ve been with me for 40, since I was 12. You have thrilled my imagination and inspired my playing. Take care and happy birthday. Michael
Happy Birthday John. I’ve cherished your music since I was 12 and now a listen with my grandchildren. Thank you. Michael
Happy Birthday, one of the greatest musicians of the century: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
It hasn’t been long time since I wrote a note on your stage « Long Live McLauglin » , and here is your birthday.
You really deserve to have billions of comments here, unfortunately there were only 24 people so far… I hope all the people will discover the beauties you have been created someday.
I cannot say how much I am inspired by you. All the things you’ve played, I love every single note you play…
I want to celebrate your birthday every year of my life.
LONG LIVE MCLAUGHLIN
Happy Belated Birthday John! I Listen To Your Music Everyday Now. At Age 55, There’s Like A Rebirth Taking Place Within Me Now. Your Music And Those Powerful Energies Of The 70’s Are Ever present. Love Your Guitar Synthesizer Work On The Mahavishnu Orch’s Inner Worlds Album, And That Killer Solo On « The Way Of The Pilgrim ». Just Beautiful! Love Your Music!
Happy Belated Birthday John! I Listen To Your Music Everyday Now. At Age 55, There’s Like A Rebirth Taking Place Within Me Now. Your Music And Those Powerful Energies Of The 70’s Are Ever present. Love Your Guitar Synthesizer Work On The Mahavishnu Orch’s Inner Worlds Album, And That Killer Solo On « The Way Of The Pilgrim ». Just Beautiful! Love Your Music!
Dear John Happy Birthday! and much Years to come with your incredible Legacy to the Jazz Music,all the best from Mexico City!
Dear John Mclaughlin!
I am non-professional musician from Russia. I was brought up by your music. Thak you very much. We are waiting you in Russia/Novosibirsk if it is possible. I am sorry for my broken English.
Stepan Yakovenko.
ohh too late! i forgot it, anyway!! Happy birthday master john!!!! god bless you and like always, keep touching our hearts with your music!!! HERO!!
John,
I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to you.I haven’t in seen you several years but I will never forget the inspiration you’ve been to me and your kind,encouraging words and advice you’ve given me when we’ve met.
Thank you and best Wishes……Rocky Rutherford
bonjour de France et bon anniversaire! J ecoute vos albums depuis l age de l adolescence presque 35 ans tres rares ont été les déceptions presque toujours du ravissement parfois de la stupeur mais toujours de la joie – normal vous faites parti de la famille!Merci John
Happy Birthday Sensei!!!
A wish that finds you healthy and blessed throughout the New Year. My eternal thanks for your infinite inspiration and enlightenment***
With Love and Devotion,
Your lifelong student,
Guitarist, Jimmy Dormire
You touched my life with joy. I met a lot of cool people lately who are 68. I myself am 55, a long ways from when I first heard you at 19 the Boston Music Hall. The hair still rises on the back of my neck (what little is still on my head) when I hear your music. Wishing you many more wonderful birthdays.
Congratulations for Grammy Maestro.
We’re waiting to see you again in Rome next May.
(I hope you’ll bless my 335 by your sign…I dream that for years..:-).
All the best with Love & Respect Mahavishnu.
I wish you still play so wonderfull and clear music. Happy birthday maestro !!! King of guitar
Bonjour John je viendrai te voir à Coutances avec mon père jean-philippe
You have always been my favorite guitarist, and your music has been an inspiration to me in a big way. It helped me win the overall title in the California State Bodybuilding Championship back in 1981. Since then, I have gone on to invent a form of geometric art Called « Cyphometry » (U.S. patent pending) there is nothing quite it on the net. If your looking for some New fresh Ideas for a CD cover I may have something you like. (This is not a pitch and NO CHARGE of course) It’s the least I can do and I feel I owe you one. LOL. Happy birthday John, sorry I’m late. Long live the King of guitar… you are the Best!…Eddie.
Dear John,
thank you for your great, blessed music. You and your work continue to inspire me since the mid-seventies, when I first heard your records and tried to seek out the chords. Also the books and filosophies that were sources of inspiration to you, became important in my own life.
salam, warm regards,
Hans
Dear John, my greetings too late…sorry!!
a big greeting from Chile, lots light for you and your family!!
Leo Lopez.
Santiago de Chile.
A belated birthday greeting to the main man!
In 1973, I got a record voucher for my 21st. birthday. I picked up the album Inner Mounting Flame, knew nothing about John McLaughlin but the album cover looked good, guitar and electric violin, an interesting combination I thought. Up to then I had been listening to Clapton, Hendrix and Rory Gallagher. I put the Mahavishnu Orchestra on my turntable and my world changed forever. I had entered an age of discovery, an ‘awakening’. For the first time music had reached my soul. Thanks John
Ridiculously belated bithday wishes, John – I saw you in Norwich last Wednesday evening – just as I saw you there with Shakti in 1978 – and many times with Mahahishnu I and II. The best I can do is post below my Amazon review of the incomparable « Inner Mounting Flame ». It may be completely beyond possibility, but you must know that there are many many thousands of us who would travel across the world to see a gig by the re-formed original Orchestra.
Thank you.
Music, the like of which you’ll have never heard before, 27 May 2009
By Richard House (London, UK) – See all my reviews
This review is from: The Inner Mounting Flame (Audio CD)
I’m in my mid-50s now, yet this album is still the most extraordinary piece of music I have ever heard. It also changed my life when I first heard it – under the bed covers listening to John Peel on my pocket trannie in 1973; and I remember how enthused John was with the album (before it became hip to loath jazz fusion). I’d never ever heard music like it before, and I haven’t since, either. I profoundly disagree with the other two reviewers about ‘Lotus on Irish Streams’ – McLaughlin’s, Goodman’s and Hammer’s playing on this dream-of-a-track is quite breathtaking, and for me their soaring spiritual synergy sums up what the original Orchestra was all about. As the book on the Orchestra says, this truly was ‘the greatest band that ever was’. At less than a fiver, this is unbelievable value – and if you’re wondering what all the fuss is about via-a-vis John McLaughlin’s legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra, this has to be the definitive place to start.
Richard