Blues Guitar Lesson - The Stormy Monday Changes 

Excellent walk through of one of the most haunting blues songs ever written. Thank you very much !

Been hacking around with this song for a while and decided to get serious about the chording and looked for a lesson. Thank you for your time and lesson!

Great instruction combined with just the right amount of theory. Good job.

After viewing the other video lessons on Stormy Monday. I find Your Blues Guitar Lesson - The Stormy Monday Changes is "Spot On". Thanks! for the great lesson.

That little lead run at the end is soooooo sweet!

Great lesson. Really love that walk down lick at the end.

I liked the lesson a lot. Been playing off and on for 20 years. I like a bit of theory thrown in.

Hey thanks brother, Although I have been a drummer for 40 years I keep 5 guitars and try to keep my skills up. I love this song. Great video.

Thanks so much for this video. I had played this version in a garage band in the early 70's. Lately I came back to it but was struggling with the changes. I also enjoy the intricate relationships in music theory and find your discussions most educational. Thanks again, you've made my day!

best Stormy Monday lesson on RU-vid, thanks

Love the T-bone sound. Interesting lesson.

Thanks Griff for taking time to educate us that want to learn. Talk all you want.... Its all good buddy

Very nice job Thanks for taking the time.

I am yet to ever see this man give a bad Guitar lesson. And I probably never will.

Thanks Griff ..Love the chord breakdown .and the riff and the tab .....all helpful stuff !! Such a classic song .....what is not to like about it !

Thanks, I needed a refresher course. I had not played this one since 1976 and I was forgetting the right way to do it. I appreciate it man!

Griff, thanks. I'm a beginner so much of this was over my head but I did pick up some of the idea of what's going on and also learned some new chords. I've bought one of your series of lessons before and will probably again. You are a great teacher.

The coolest guitar teacher online!!!!

Yes, those 500T pickups are super hot. I always change out to a Seymour Duncan pair (JB bridge and '59 neck.) I actually have 2 Classics because I love the neck shape. It fits me perfectly.

Thanks Griff - have been following you for years and this is another gem put into e-z terms.

Great structure I love that sound. 12 bar blues is just a fun thing to play in any key,

What a neat explanation and demonstration of an awesome rendition. Thanks for the details...

First blues I ever played july 1976. The blues I most like.

Totally agree with that . I found the lesson fascinating. Thanks a million - really clear. (Lovely sequence of chords.)

LOVE THE COLOR THAT INLAYS GET THROUGH YEARS

blew my mind. I'm glad you talked about the progression fuck anyone else who says otherwise. just proves they don't care for actually understanding songs they just want to learn it without the theory behind it.

I was playing along w Allman bros and yours was the next video. I was looking away and I heard Griff....my name also. At 61 I've only heard of possibly 8 Griff. I digress. That fact got me to watch the video. Well done!! I had learned off live at Fillmore East. Learned by ruining a record and stylus. Back then knew 10% of names of the chords. Now I could name 90%. Boy if there was u tube and great videos like Griff's id have progressed far faster.something gained something lost. I read through quite a few comments and even w Greg Allman at 1st saying a Bobby Blue Bland song no one mentioned him. Allman Bros pretty much exactly the same. Pass please is that words are nasal thing he does People don't Think of him. Serve a clearing your throat thing. Hey the guy rocks and hes got a ton of soul. But I've rambled thanks Griff regards Griff

Great job Griff. This is a must have in your back pocket for any Blues Jam Night at your local tavern. Most folks pass over Stormy Monday at Jam Night thinking it's overplayed. However, if the tunes you selected for Jam Night are being played by other folks, this is good one to pull out in a pinch, not to mention Stormy in G is always a fan favorite and just plain fun to play. For BGU'ers, you can lay over lesson 25, just keep it to a 24 bar max for open mic's and jam nights.

This is awesome. Wish I could do it now....maybe later-like in couple years.

Thank you! Just the info I was after... Great video, good of you to take the time.

Very good lesson. You're a great teacher Sir.

Great job explaining the chord changes

A very nice version thanks for sharing

Straight ahead, informative... Thanks! Peace!

just came across this now in search of the chord progressions and it has opened up my eyes. Esp since the Allman Brothers use very interesting progressions all throughout their catalog. Great lesson, thanks for the explanations. Not a vid if you're just looking to pause and play along so if you can't sit through eight and a half minutes of someone explaining one of the most fundamental structures of music then keep searching.

I like your teaching style, please keep it up. I play this a little different due to the fact that I play acoustic, and like as much "string" as I can get...

I must agree with mika on his point of confusion, But I, am most grateful... Thank you for all your efforts .

very nice...thanks for sharing, this is my favorite explanation

I especially like the link Griff throws in at the end, that's not part of the official lesson. But thanks to what I've learned from Griff, I can pick it up from his playing it! Great lesson!

Beautiful!! Claps!!!

If you want to see him play it, first, the song starts at 7:19. Everything up to that point is instruction.

Thanks for the cool lesson, every band I played in back in the 70s always jammed on this song. And BTW to all the negative jackass comments ... REAL guitar players don't talk shit, they listen to every player and try to learn. Your lesson on the coolness of the chord progression and the various ways to play it are exactly what me and my friends obsessed over.... great job!

Nice video for learning an absolutely essential blues tune. The only critical point missing is that it needs to be played in 12/8 with a triplet feel. It took me a long time to learn how important it is to practice this and everything else with a correctly set metronome.

great lesson and great teacher

Thank you I picked up some great licks!

Great lesson sir

There is a reason I don't do that. Most students get an idea of how it's supposed to go when I play it and then they can't get past that to learn how it really goes. In a private lesson I can overcome it, but online I can't so you have to go through the process. If it doesn't work for you that's fine but the people who use my lessons appreciate that there is a method to how I do things and it is based upon my teaching experience.

Thank you for this excellent video :)

Thanks Griff - great lesson once again!

Nice job, I like the Alt choices for chords. Thanks

Another way to get from the Am7 to the Cm7 is to walk it up, Am7, Bbm7, Bm7, Cm7, frets 5, 6 ,7 and 8.

The version I know best is the Fillmore East version. And my favorite version, also. I'd love to learn this. Guess I better bookmark this and dedicate some time. My dad would love to hear me play ANYTHING by his absolute favorite band. (and mine 😁❤️🎸) Edit: IIRC, I think Jeff McErlain just did a sort of deep dive on this song. I'll have to check his channel next.

Absolutely clear.......as mud. Could be talking in a rare language, probably is How about using an Eflat72 Galt D7sharp 44Cmin5 and a half Haug I'm sure that would sound good, and you can pick with all 7 fingers. Incidentally, why is Griff using his thumb to hold down the 6 string when he never, ever teaches that??

Great lesson for a great song Griff!

Great TAB !!! Great Lesson .... Thanks

@barry0517 - use a more straight ahead G blues with a "thump bass" on the G and solo over it while you keep time with your thumb. That, or hit the chord on beat 1, play a lick for 2-3 beats, and then hit the next chord on beat 1 of the next bar.

Great lesson. Thank you.

For those of you interested Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, and Bob Crowder wrote Stormy Monday Blues. Cited with the 1962 Advanced Music Corp Copywrite as well as the 1974 Warner Bros Copywrite.

Sweet and clear, thanks

Perfect video! Show the progressions, theory, and some different ways to play it. Live, there are so many things yiu could do with this song. A Hammond B3 would sound great on this song!

Excellent lesson!! Thanks Griff.

excellent presentation

The classic is a great axe with a ton of tone and sustain. I own one and would never give it up and scored it used for $1000. Those 500T are the original pups that come with it and they are very hot.. only word of warning.. its probably the heaviest Les Paul you'll ever come across!!

Very good, thanks

Hey, thanx, i love it! Do you know the version of the Mccoys (rick derringer) from the album "human ball blues"?

I sometimes go in and out of a minor pentatonic with a flatted root and flatted 5th, just to dance it also listen to the Allman Bros where they switch it up to 8 to the bar. The tempo is still 4/4 but when you switch it 8 to the bar from the 4 to the bar section it tricks the ear into thinking that the tempo has changed. Play for 12 bars or so bump back down to 4 to the bar. It keeps things interesting for the listener. Plus it gives the bassist a chance to do some serious walkin'.

Griff. Always love your videos. You have a wonderful knack for breaking things down. Might I make one suggestion however. It would give a really nice frame of reference if you started off the video playing the actual piece all the way through and THEN breaking it down. The context would be so much clearer I think. Thanks SO MUCH for offering up all these free lessons. I know for a fact I am a better guitar player for it.

Great lesson.

Doesn't matter, great lesson - clean and precise can't get any better than that. You know, it's easy as hell to be cynical and complain all the time. In fact it's lazy as hell, a lazy mind. People need to stop tryin to hate so much.

Gary Moore covered it a little differently but also g maj Ive never seen fret inlays like yours what year is that model?

Great lesson thanks!

Awesome

Great job! Thanks!

Correct on the original key: G#/Ab. He wrote several songs in flat keys most likely for the horn sections.

so good class, thank you very much

Very nice, thank you!!!

Hey man! The first chord you played was a G7, not a G9. Am i missing something? Please clarify. Thanks!

Nice job...Don't listen to Laff Fart or whatever his name is.Proper brief lesson with theory and substitutions explained..Bravo!

beautiful guitar my friend

good job, cheers man

Good to know the chord structure and options. Thanks. I subscribed to your channel Griff.

thanks that cleared up some problems i was having

Thanks for this lesson. I've watched a few of them, and there a few variations indeed, on the turnaround in particular. I remember seing a EbMaj7 instead of the Cm7, and that seemed to work OK. What do you think?

love you man!! tks

Really helpful, thanks...

If anybody has the Cream reunion DVD or CD, Eric does an incredible Stormy Monday. For best WOW factor watch the performance on DVD. He makes Blackie (his B&W Strat) wail like nobody's business.

Very helpful for where I am at. Very.

youare agreat teacher,make me want to learn thanks

I heard Bobby "Blue" Bland's version first and assumed it was the primary standard and the version that made the song famous.

Nice tone.

Most people I know play (after the Am7 jazzy section) an Eb9 to a D9 right before the ending turn around instead of the Cm7.

This is good ! I've been trying to figure out where some of those chords were going to.

Hey that was a great lesson. It's a small world. I own a SG that I vintage modded. Anyway, I have been eyeing les pauls. Particulary the classic. And here you are playing one. Are those the original pups? I've heard players say the 500t is very hot. It sounds fantastic here. Nice and crisp. My sg is on the dark side. Thanks.

I like using the Cma9 during the verse except the during the walk down from Bm7/Bbm7/Am7 then I hit the Cm7 to the Daug.

Knowing what's behind the song's structure is crucial for those doing more than just playing it like the recording. If all you want are chords to regurgitate, go to Ultimate Guitar instead of wasting time complaining about what you likely don't care to understand.

Hey Bdriver, thanks for the info. Yah, I really dig the classic. I owned the traditional plus. Great guitar, it has 57's classics. I have those in my go to SG. And the neck was way to thick. I like the 60's slim taper neck . I luv blues, blues rock and classic rock. Are the 496r 500t to strong for this music? They sound so rich and smooth in this vid. Very close to the 57's . You are fortunate to land one for a grand. Did you play one before you bought it? Enjoy it man! And rock on!

tanks a lot, really appreciate this lesson, great stuff ;)

Good job

Very well done. No nonsense and great explanations

those green inlays really do an injustice to that guitar