I just love these videos as a guitar player. You explain everything so well. Especially in the songs. You give people the tools to make it their own, while keeping true to the song.
Hey Michael--you do such a great job explaining all the parts of a song--harmony, melody and rhythm--and how to weave them altogether. You also discuss the music as music--naming notes, keys and chord progressions; I get so tired of all the guitar instruction on RU-vid dumbed down to "put your finger on the seventh fret of the G string" without respecting the eagerness of the audience to know something beyond paint (or play) by numbers. I realize that social media is an attention game, and the no-theory+tab approach reigns--that this fantastic lesson has in five years only garnered 13k views is testament to that. But I just wanted to let you know that there are those of us out there eager for a higher level instruction, and you constantly provide that. Thanks
Some really great tools to spice up those simple chord progressions. Another great lesson. Thank you again for all your effort put forth in these lessons. Much appreciated.
Been a long time follower and just found this trying to figure out a way to do this song solo at gig where I was told "play the hits". PERFECT explanation of how to hit the key parts of the song simply.
Always interesting, Michael. Simple yet complicated all at the same time. Like all the best songs. I do it at my own level and aspire to include more melodic ideas. Cheers
Hmmm, I’m a little confused. You say you like Bonnie Raitts version who plays it in E but with capo on second fret. So she’s playing the D chord to start song off. You are getting the lick you like without capo in key of E. Can you get same lick and sound that you like if you use capo 2nd fret and start off with a D chord but still sounding in key of E if that makes sense?
I watched your other video of Susan Tedeschi. I can see you like this song a lot, like I do. It's nice to see that passion for music in others. I too liked the Raitt version a little better. There seems to be so many little nuance notes Bonnie does that make it special. Still trying to figure out that flat 7 you talked about