One of the under-acclaimed artists and bands of the 70's, Mr. Gates and Bread. I believe a fellow who hailed from Oklahoma. My memory was of radio DJs on the Top 40 stations who played them, because they had hit after hit after hit, but used to mock them/him as bubble-gum, lite-weight pop, and girlie music.....but if one understands music a bit, they quickly learn to have a great deal of respect for Gates' songwriting and the impeccable musicianship he and his band put into their repertoire. Bread sounded easier to sing and play but most of the time we wound up faking chords or coming close and flunking the vocals badly. He loved the E chord variations and open strings with E grips up the neck as Dave illustrated. Great lesson and cover of a great artist, once again.
I am fat and old and talented, and was immediately stricken by you and your cool studio. I said to myself, "damn I wish you lived close so I could drop by and play some really neat stuff"' Tom- Portland, OR
Just discovered your channel sir......I've been playing the very same chords for many years but, never made note of the actual names of the chords, so every day is an educational day.
There are SO many songs constructed around the E[maj], F#m7(11) [I knew THAT chord] and Emaj7 [open chord voicing, knew that one too!], ..I really won't bore you with all the examples I have in my head...I do have one of my own "mix tape CDs" with about 50% of these "same chords, different songs"....take care "
My favourite song and band. This song made me pick up an acoustic guitar. This song draws my tears almost always because my best friend who passed away many years ago used to play and sing this song every time he was on stage when we were in college. "Life can be short or long". " Life is for us to keep". And my friend died young. The thing that hit me the most is his voice and guitar sound is almost like David Gates'. Anytime I hear this song I hear my friend's voice. Thank you for making this tutorial.
Dude, this is the first comment I have ever made...but man you are bad ass...I have a pretty damn good ear and might have possibly figured out most of this song i have a pretty basic foundation of music theory (thanks to Jack Bower) but man kudos to you and much respect, way to go. I'm a big fan now. Paul Bradford
Omg, thought I was the only one that played B11, I play this chord in a lot of songs..it adds a nice sound and easy too. I've watched many versions but yours is so spot on and by far the best. Thankyou for your sharing.
So nice.Bread was and still is one of my favorite band.It reminds me of so many great souvenirs.Thank you so much Dave.Awesome once again.( just if you fell like it,"One less bell to ring"composed by Burt Bacharach and performed splendidly by The Fifth Dimension,with Marilyn Mc Coo leading singer would be a suggestion if you allow me to.)Very best to you!
We're right at the same age and seem to have the same taste in the songs we grew up with, well sung songs with great melody's. And well done lessons,not too fast and thorough.couldn't ask for a better lesson channel.
Impossible for me to sing any David Gates stuff but I love his work. The song called If was the first I remember from the radio waves in the 70's. It also has a fun to play chord progression.
Thanks for the lesson Dave,I learned a lot from your lessons. Your lessons are to the point and your song choices spans many eras. That makes you unique. keep on keeping on Dave!
Thanks for sharing. I've been wanting to learn this song. Some of the other posts were close, but something didn't sound right in some parts of the song. I took the time to write out the chords to the lyrics and your version is the best/closest to the song. Hoping you'll post the lead parts some day!
Soooo sweet and smooth - both the song and your rendition of it. :-)) Next up for me to cover (basically had it down whilst playing along with you - big compliment to you!).
Hi, Dave... This one is epic. Do you mind to have a tutorial for Chuck Mangiones Feel So Good especially the one with the singer on the verses before the Sax & riff solos.... I will greatly ppreciate it. Tnx in advance. 🤘
When you play the Emajor7 chord if you play the 6th string open and then sweep upwards initially and then strum down afterwards to get the momentum going you will see that it sounds alot better.
The first of your videos I've seen, Dave. Excellent tutorial! A little advanced for me right now but I can at least take a stab at a few of the chords. Hey, what is the outro music at the end? It's beautiful!
Make it With You & Melissa ARE similar (though Melissa diverges after 4 bars). With all respect I believe Greg Allman starts Melissa with a plain old E cowboy chord. Of course u could substitute one for the other. I used to end Mellisa with a schmaltzy big E M7.
