Guitar prodigy Brandon “TAZ” Niederauer is the busiest 13-year-old you know. Along with a constant stream of sit-ins with the likes of Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, George Clinton, Gary Clark Jr., The Neville Brothers, The Nth Power, Twiddle and more, TAZ currently plays Zach in the Tony-nominated Broadway production School of Rock: The Musical, impressively covering lead acting and guitar playing duties.
Earlier this week, after the curtain came down on one of eight weekly performances of School of Rock, Taz paid tribute to late legend Jimi Hendrix, performing a solo rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” reminiscent of Jimi’s famous national anthem at Woodstock Music & Art Fair. The 13-year-old guitar prodigy’s impressive (as always) showing came nearly 47 years to the day after Hendrix’s now-iconic festival-closing sunrise set. Check out Niederauer’s tribute below, as well as video of the original performance from August 18th, 1969:
Fans of Taz won’t want to miss him performing as an artist-at-large at Brooklyn Comes Alive this October 22nd. With members of Dead & Company, The String Cheese Incident, The Disco Biscuits, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Lettuce, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, Snarky Puppy, Primus, RatDog, Dopapod on deck, this year’s event is sure to be the best yet. [Get tickets here]