In any event, please behold in breathless wonder as some internet guitar nerd (whose name I haven't been able to determine -- assistance gratefully accepted) shows you how to play the guitar stuff from The Beatles (by way of Buddy Holly) classic "Words of Love."
I don't have a guitar in the house anymore -- not to mention the arthritis in my left hand really sucks -- so I can't do what I would really like to do, which as you have surely guessed would be to put up a YouTube of me playing the part. Nevertheless, I think you'll nonetheless agree that the clip is just so fabulous it hurts.
Of course, if any of you guys out there who play wanna take a shot at it...
In the meantime, this leads us to the weekend's business. To wit:
What guitar riff/part/solo on a post-Elvis pop/rock/soul/folk/country record would you most like to be able to play note for note?
Discuss.
BTW, obviously, you don't actually have to be a guitar player to participate; this is strictly aspirational.
Alrighty then -- have a great weekend, everybody!!!
[h/t Jai Guru Dave]
My all-time favorite guitar break is the great Terry Haggerty's on the The Sons of Champlin's Follow Your Heart. You can hear it here:
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The break starts at 2:59
That's a cool one. I should have mentioned mine, however -- the riff on the Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing." That would have been a dream achievement for me....😎
ReplyDeleteAlso a fine pick. Harrison could find just the right line every time. With all the Beatles stuff out there, you don't hear many covers of that one.
ReplyDeleteQuickly off the top of my head I'd say Dave Davies' playing on the studio version of "Milk Cow Blues" on Kinks Kontroversy.
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I always liked the opening riff from Ten Years After “I’m Going Home”.
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I recall a story about some fellow who painstakingly taught himself 'And Your Bird Can Sing,' only to be informed that it's actually two guitars on the record. BTW, it was covered by The Jam. As for my dream solo, I'll go with Ollie Halsall's incredible shredding on Kevin Ayers's 'Didn't Feel Lonely till I Thought of You.'
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Admittedly, I haven't dug around youtube videos to figure out how to play them but "Magic" by Pilot and "Junglelove" by Steve Miller have always eluded me to figure them out by ear..
ReplyDeleteTerry Kath’s solo on “Make Me Smile.” Edited out of the single, but there in all its glory on the album version.
ReplyDelete"Crossroads" - Cream, Clapton
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"Mystery Train" - Elvis, Scotty Moore
Riff: Substitute - The Who
ReplyDeleteSolo: Baby’s On Fire - Eno (Robert Fripp on guitar)
Intro/Riff: Begin the Begin - R.E.M.
Riff and solo - Breakin’ In My Heart - Tom Verlaine
- Paul In DK
PS Guadalcanal Diary did a great version of And Your Bird Can Sing on their 2x4 album.
One that comes to mind, among others - Allman Bros.
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rob
And may I just add -- Television -- the riff on "See No Evil." I saw Richard Lloyd do it live once, and I remember thinking, I'll just give up the playing of guitar.
ReplyDeleteAnd that dude was the SECOND guitarist in Television! Saw him light it up with TV and also Matthew Sweet. Come to think of it, Sweet and Susannah Hoffs did a real nice 'And Your Bird Can Sing.'
DeleteThis is a song that I have tried to play but Keith's drop tuning has me stumped.
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Oh god, that one is simply gorgeous. Never tried to do it -- not sure what tuning it's in. I have a friend who may be able to do it, and I'll ask him.
DeleteSteve, iirc, it's drop e tuning.
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rob
Re guitar solos - a couple of I've always I wished I could play:
ReplyDelete1) Marshall Crenshaw's solo on his song "This Is Easy", the lead-off track on his fourth album, MARY JEAN & 9 OTHERS. I love the densely layered guitars, six-string bass and backing vocals on this song anyway, and Marshall's solo is like the cherry on top, so to speak.
2) Neil Young's solo on the song "On The Beach". It's a song about desolation and dissolution, and Neil's solo is simple (he is Mr. One Note) but so effective in conveying those feelings.
Steve, handing this back to you was there one cover song with the Floor Models that you found difficult to master ?
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Bass on the Byrds “So You Want to Be a Rock n Roll Star.” Never quite got the feel right.
DeleteAll I Needed Was You by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - I love the main riff as well as the solo. We're talking massive guitar firepower here.
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Jerry Reed - Tupelo Mississippi Flash
ReplyDeleteOur instructor, at his website https://progressiveguitar.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Andy Howes, I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years.
Thank you for that.
DeleteBTW — so nobody, without cheating, has identified Eddie Riff?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing something by Duane Eddy- perhaps Shazam?
ReplyDeleteI can play stuff like the first solo section in Crossroads, but…I can’t do it at that tempo. (And the second solo…fuggetaboudid…). Badge, One Way Out, Blue Sky, similar - getting the speed up is where it hurts. The slide guitar stuff in Rocky Mountain Way…I can do a facsimile of it in standard tuning, but Walsh does it in open E, which sounds better but I don’t do alternate tunings. See No Evil is on my list to learn, and I’d like to tackle A Future In Noise from Verlaine’s “Dreamtime”.
ReplyDeleteBut the one I’d really like to nail is Larry Carlton’s insanely amazing solo on Kid Charlemagne; one of the best ever.
CT - great catalog of songs.
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Go All The Way by the Raspberries!
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