{"id":8107,"date":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","slug":"19-year-old-guitarist-silas-luke-jones-receives-a-standing-ovation-for-misirlou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=8107","title":{"rendered":"19-Year-Old Guitarist Silas Luke Jones Receives A Standing Ovation For &#8220;Misirlou&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sas Luke Jones: The Alaskan Techno Hendrix<\/strong><br \/>\nNineteen-year-old musician Sas Luke Jones from Homer, Alaska, made a powerful debut on a competition stage, receiving a standing ovation and four &#8220;yes&#8221; votes from the judges. In his first-ever competition, Sas performed a captivating guitar piece that included creating his own unique beats and rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>The judges were thoroughly impressed, with one commenting that he had transformed into a &#8220;rock star&#8221; right before their eyes. His innovative style on the guitar led another judge to describe him as an &#8220;Alaskan techno Hendrix.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The judges were amazed by his extraordinary talent, and they also noted his humble demeanor offstage, which transforms into a captivating stage presence during his performance.<\/p>\n<p>Sas shared that his goal is to prove that people from small towns can achieve great things, and his successful audition, which earned him a spot in the next round, is a huge step toward that goal.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8JmlGoFPmg?si=qIe0sU_qiys1S_nX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sas Luke Jones: The Alaskan Techno Hendrix Nineteen-year-old musician Sas Luke Jones from Homer, Alaska, made a powerful debut on a competition stage, receiving a standing ovation and four &#8220;yes&#8221; votes from the judges. In his first-ever competition, Sas performed a captivating guitar piece that included creating his own unique beats and rhythms. The judges [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=8107\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1047],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-talents"},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8109,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107\/revisions\/8109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8107"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fadace-sponsor&post=8107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}