Amazing Undiscovered YouTube Guitarist

Ibanez shredder   20-Aug-09

Lai Youtittham, is a Youtube legend! With almost 20,000 subscribers he is amongst the top 5 most viewed musicians in Canada and yet this humble shredder remains entirely unnoticed by the industry! 

"I’m the poorest musician on Youtube. My amp is only a foot tall. I don't even use pedals,  just trying to manage" said Lai, who plays the hell out of his battered old Ibanez and fender guitars in videos which reach hundreds of thousands of views from avid fans worldwide. Sheltering in a refugee camp after escaping communist Laos, Lai honed his guitar skills under the wing of a friend until he was granted permission to live in Canada. It is rare to find a "Shredder" with as much feel as Mr Youttitham, as you can hear in this original tune:

 It's underground, stealth shredders like Lai that make Youtube such an exciting place to stalk and I'm sure we will be hearing much more from the invisible yet oddly ubiquitous Lai. You see Lai at work on his YouTube channel here.

Rob Chappers

The Monkey Lord