The top hit for Phoenix music on YouTube

Every Wednesday, we're going to start posting a YouTube clip featuring a local music artist -- it could be a funny clip, a devastatingly good (or bad) clip, or just a really popular one with lots of views.

By Niki D'Andrea

May 21, 2008

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By Niki D'Andrea

Every Wednesday, we're going to start posting a YouTube clip featuring a local music artist -- it could be a funny clip, a devastatingly good (or bad) clip, or just a really popular one with lots of views.

We're starting with the latter. The following clip is the first thing that popped up when I did a search for the terms "Phoenix music" on YouTube. It's a clip of 11 year-old guitar phenom Jack Ripper (whom I just blogged about in my Jackyl show review). The clip came in ahead of a tribute clip about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and a non-local video by somebody named Dave Parker doing a song called "Fly with the Phoenix." Feast your eyes on Ripper's amazing metal mashup below, from the 2008 Phoenix Music Awards.

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Niki D'Andrea has covered subjects including drug culture, women's basketball, pirate radio stations, Scottsdale staycations, and fine wine. She has worked at both New Times and Phoenix Magazine, and is now a freelancer.

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