How This Song CHANGED My Life | America
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- In this episode I tell the story of the first song I ever learned on guitar and why it was such a big influence on me. What was yours? Put it in the comments, I'm really curious.
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A mother’s choice to sacrifice a weeks pay for her son quite possibly led to millions of people learning more about music 30 years later.
Michael Summers amen brother!
Michael "Se7en" Summers? Great story about your mom buying the guitar, sacrificially. My first influential songs were Barry Manilow "I write the songs" and "Eye in the Sky" Alan Parsons Project.
The years my mother allowed me to play drums LOUDLY off of albums like Rush, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc, all the stuff she hated, is awe-inspiring in retrospect. I asked her why she allowed it for so many years when I got older and she said, I knew where you were and it wasn't out getting into trouble. Plus, you absolutely LOVED doing it. Mom was a keeper for sure. I miss her.
It definitely did! Beautiful observation.
You plant a seed. You get a tree.
This is such a beautiful tribute to my brother, Dan Peek. I can remember him working up this song at our home in England and thought it was the most beautiful guitar I had ever heard. He would be so thrilled to know that it was the first song you learned to play. Thank you for this outstanding video, Rick!! ❤️
I can't express my gratitude but thank you for sharing this moment with us. I love America and this makes me smile..
Your brother brought so much joy and so much peace to so many people. His musical contributions are truly a blessing.
My first song I learned to play was “Broken Hearts Are For Assholes” by Frank Zappa.
Ram it up yer poop shoot Beato.
Crying. 🎶💙My bestie since we were 4. America band is her favorite band.
Beautiful song. I listened through my headphones at only 12, and was moved by the harmomies. This first album was, and still is, a masterpiece.
My brother used to write "Fender bass" on our family grocery list every week until my parents finally broke down and bought one for him. We owe our parents so much!
He's lucky they didn't bring home a fish. Lol
Your comment made me chuckle. I'm still waiting for my parents to get me a mini-bike that I put on my Christmas list every year. I'm now 63...and losing hope!
@@paulmurphy8993 my wife bought me a beautiful Porsche 911. I still have it in the original Matchbox packaging.
That's hilarious!
@@petermcgill1315 😂😂😂
It was my Mum that suggested I learn an instrument after my Husband died, to give me something positive to focus on. She suggested piano but I didn't have room for one so I bought a guitar instead. The thing is, I have absolutely no talent at all, everything I learn is down to sheer bloody mindedness and practice, practice, practice. I know I'm hopeless but that doesn't matter as I only play for myself - even my teacher has problems making me play for him! The sense of achievement I felt the first time I played along to Wish You Were Here can't be expressed - the first time I'd felt happy in years. I'll never be a good guitar player but who cares - it brings me joy and that's really all that matters isn't it.
If it sounds good to you........it is good.
I can relate. No talent here, but “bloody mindedness” to learn something completely new at age 65. Your story is beautiful, the music serves it, as it should
Playing music is therapeutic for all and promotes brain health. Simply playing as a form of meditation is great so have at it with no apologies
That is all that matters
I can relate. I've got no talent either. I have had teachers but it never works for me, and I suspect it's because they lose patience with how slow I am.
"Don't tell your dad."
That made me well up. My mom could barely afford my first instrument, or lessons. But she saw me keep at it, so she kept supporting. Beautiful story, Rick.
I started on drums. The first song I learned was a single stroke roll :)
I welled up to at that point.
2 songs for me Black Cloud by Trapeze( Sabath & Deep purple players and Cant get enough of your love-Bad Company. A song I learned for my 1st band jr high. vocals and sax
My mother told me "don't tell your dad" when we bought my first acoustic guitar. Some years later, my father told me "don't tell your mum" when we bought my first drumset :)
Same emotions here, halfway around the globe... I think the counter on this video simultaneously works as a counter of "Thank you Ricks Mom"s uttered/thought.
“Don’t tell your dad...” And the hearts of everyone who subscribed to Rick Beato grew 3 sizes that day
Right now, it also brought tears to my eyes. This effing lockdown's killing me. I need to hug her, talk to her, but I can't...
OMG, man. Your comment gave me the best laugh I've had in a long time. And much needed, too. Thanks for that.
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Tears started falling immediately...
Yep, soon as Rick spoke about his mom..the tears started.
When you told the story about your Mom spending a week's wages on your first real guitar, that brought tears to my eyes. I think all good parents, when they see a child working hard at a noble task, try to foster that work as best they can. Your Mother was a good parent.
My first guitar was a Christmas present from parents in 1966. In 2016 I realized that gift has given me 50+ years of enjoyment. Takes a special gift to last that long.
America - what a band - making music that was surprising sophisticated - loved their harmonic / melodic approach ...
I'm 78, recently bought my first guitar. So far I've mastered three chords. It might take me a while before I can play like this.
Rockin Atheist Keep on rockin! I'm taking lesson at 68 going on 2 years now and my classmates are 6-12 year olds. Keeps me young!
You have a long lifetime of music appreciation to draw from, I have faith in you :)
Keep Rockin
More than 1 band has made a career on 3 chords. Keep rocking!
There are literally hundreds of songs using only three chords. Stick to it and before you know it you’ll be playing a dozen or more chords. I’m in my late 50s and started playing a little over six months. With practice and some instruction, you’ll surprise yourself how rapidly you can progress.
... 10 years from now, there will be those musicians who will say, when asked what got them into music, "Rick Beato". Beautiful.
In a couple years imo
More like Beato-ful lol
...OK I’ll go
Beato is really a gospel musician, his first chord was Gsus
That's actually funny but I believe Ricks had a bunch to do with Christian albums and putting together song hit albums from singles as a producer.
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Ahh goood one !!
That first 12 string was a holy guitar...he played the hell out of it..
Lmao that was a great pun
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I think he produced an album for Need to Breathe...a band I looove !!
The best song/video ..in my opinion..was BROTHER..featuring Gavin DeGraw!!
My mom also worked the night shift at a canning factory when I was a kid...it helped me value work, money and life throughout my adult life.
You’ve got a great channel.
I don’t play music or sing but I love hearing you talk about it. The way you spoke about your mom bought tears to my eyes. Born in 1954, I was blessed to grow up with the best music ever created. You are a great dude and I wish you all the best.
I'm a 65 year old woman. I got my bass guitar when I was 40, after having a tumor (benign) removed and realized I wanted to play bass before I died. I taught myself Hey Joe and was actually playing with Jimi! Afterwards I did take lessons because I wanted to understand why things worked. I'm old school, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, but my favorite is making up songs with my husband, who plays guitar. Thanks, Rick, this was fun and touching to watch!
That's really beautiful!
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This made my day.❤️
@@montlejohnbojangles8937 Thank you so much!
@@comrade_crab Thank you! 😎
My dad worked for the railroad too and was playing guitar up until the day before he died. When you said your Mom sacrificed to get you your heart’s desire, it brought tears to my eyes. What a blessing, I always loved the band, America but I love America, our country even more.
Beautiful story, Rick...
My mother was a classical pianist, my father was a professor of music and we were all forced to learn piano at age 4. However, the one song that had a huge impact on me was 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. I was in preschool, we had a mini carnival at the school for everyone graduating. There was this raunchy, biker guy who started this song on stage. For some strange reason I started crying. My father, concerned asked why I was crying. I told him "I don't know why but this song is beautiful" (remind you, I was only 4 years old). My father, with a huge grin, looked at my mom and said, "the boy gets it".
Nice story and my fav also
Wow. Just reading this choked me up a bit. When music touches your soul so deeply that you don’t need life experience to know it, recognize it, and understand it. I had a similar experience at the age of seven with a song called “You Are My Starship”, by Norman Connors ft. Michael Henderson. Brings me to tears to this DAY when I hear it.
The purity of a 4 year old. That’s the whole damn meaning of life right there. Thanx for sharing.
Oh man ! ... That did it... now I'm gone... Love tears.
Had had a very similar experience with Allman brothers back in 1986. I was four as well. Something about Duane's slide playing. I was living in Hawaii, and the music seemed to go so good with environment.
For me it was Rise Stevens singing Carmen . Mind you I was a rock n roll baby . I remember songs on the radio from 1957 when I was 3 but those old 78s brought me to tears.
Rick, my parents bought me a $35 Harmony Sovereign 1968 model in 1974. I begged my Dad to buy it for me and though I had failed at everything musical up to that point, he relented and spent the money. Inside the case was the Harmony, strap, capo, and a slew of music. I took three lessons. Nothing.
After three months of tinkering around on single strings, my folks went to work and I was home alone.
I got out that guitar and said some kind of prayer like "God, if I am ever going to play this thing you will have to teach me."
I sat down and started looking at these books and noticed most of them had this strange grid on them. Six vertical lines and three horizontal, with dots in the middle. After 15 minutes I found a song in there that I actually knew; Neil Youngs Heart Of Gold.
I had a lot of "original fingerings" that first day but practiced and sang it all day long. When my folks came home I announced that I was going to play them a song after dinner. They were expecting the same lame single note nonsense that they had heard the night before. Instead, stood there like Elvis, strapped on the 6 string, and wiped out the tune, playing it completely, front to back, and singing the whole thing like I wrote it.
My folks were stunned. I advanced quickly every day and was playing gigs soon. No one could believe that I had only been playing for three months!
How did this happen? they asked, and I would tell them that I sat down with the guitar and asked God to show me how and He did.
I now own Minor Prophet studio in Avon Indiana and have been doing production for 26 years full time.
God invented music, talent n beauty. Thank u for yr story.
That was just self determination and practice. Your faith probably just helped you find that determination. You had to put in the effort.
"Don't tell your dad." and then the tears started to flow thinking about my mom.
My mom and dad are both gone, I remember my dad buying me my first guitar. I wish he could have seen my son's become musicians too.
@@fishrider62 He's still here, in them...
Jeff Remas Photography me too.
That was my mom too. Moms fix things, make things okay. Just "don’t tell dad."
Working out songs by ear with no musical training on a cheap 6 string acoustic my father bought me from a gas station on his way home from work was how I got started. I will never forget the pain of those high action steel strings but it was so worth it.
“A Horse With No Name” was the first song I learned.
That's what I figured he was going to say.
@hognoxious Yea, he's doing alright. Needless to say he's also got a lot of talent. That helps!
I'm sitting here at 1:17AM with tears in my eyes, thinking about my mother and ALL the times she said, "Don't tell your dad what this cost." 21 years and I still miss her like it was yesterday... The first songs I learned were singing with three 45s my sister brought home from her job at Capitol. Hey Jude, Don't Cry Daddy, and More Today Than Yesterday. I'm positive that I was drawn to bass ten years later because of the latter, which is still one of the coolest bass lines I know. I had to find my way through Cold Gin, The Chain, and Silly Love Songs first, but eventually I learned that Spiral Starecase song on bass as well. And after that, my mom helped me buy the Fender P that was my first "good" bass, too. Thank you for inspiring a night amazing memories, Rick. I love every series you're doing here, but this is the first one that made me cry. You rock, my friend.
"More Today Than Yesterday" was a great song! They struck gold with that chorus, and the singer... one of the purest tenors I've ever heard.
Spiral Starecase was a great band. If you can, revisit their version of Our Day Will Come.
Oh and God bless your mom! 😊
"Yee Gads". Life with father
His face turns into a young kid again, reliving his first love-- the song that made him love to play music.
I totally thought the same thing! Looked like a little kid. Loved it!
God Bless your mom: “don’t tell your dad”.
America has some of the best chord progressions that I have ever heard. Been a fan ever since they released their first album.
Rick, I Loved this.
My first song was learned on a Harmony Sovereign that my Dad had bought used for $35.
I had a month's worth of lessons that were of zero value so I announced to my Mom that I was not going back.
they left for work [must have been spring break] and when they left, I picked up the guitar and said "God, if I am ever gonna learn how to play this thing then you will have to teach me". I reached in the bottom of the case and riffled through a bunch of songs that had been left there by the previous owner and found Heart Of Gold by Neil Young. I mimicked all the chords, mostly played with the wrong fingering. By the time they came home, I was proficient at both playing and singing the whole song, all the way through [except the Bm chord which I faked] and they were stunned.
I went from being a rank amateur to playing guitar in one day.
Every day after that I learned new chords and found out how to finger them properly. That guitar and I were inseparable from that time forward. I met Jackson Browne within the next year [another story for another time] who influenced me tremendously with his expressive tone and deep, meaningful lyrics. I began writing trite, horrible songs that would in time improve [some would say] and fast forward 50 years; here I am; owner of Minor Prophet Studio in Indianapolis.
Thanks for the great videos. They are informative and inspiring. The Gordan Lightfoot "If You Could Read My Mind" video especially.
All the best!
Moral of the story: What Makes Rick Beato Great? His Mom.
I thought the samething!! Awesome!
... and a broken leg.
That's what moms generally do to begin with, isn't it ?
like everybody!
She was a great mum, sadly, not everyone has this experience.
God bless your mother for making such a sacrifice to buy you that guitar. All of our lives have been so enriched by her support for you.
America's first album is a great body of work.
The second album too.
One of my all-time favorite albums. I played the hell out of it and still do.
My favorite album of all time
Man, that story about your mom buying you that guitar really touched home.
I lost my mom this Monday, and I have been telling mom stories to my friends on my Facebook page. Your mom story brought a smile to me, because that's what my mom did for us. She made us who we are.
May she enjoy heaven :)
Sorry you lost your mom. Cherish the memories, it is great that we are able to have moms! Mine is quarantined in an assisted living home and I cant even go see her. :(
@@nbt3663 mine was in a similar situation. We had just gotten approved to visit her that morning when they called my brother to say she had passed. Push them hard to visit and don't let them tell you no. Thanks for the kind thoughts
So very sorry for your loss. My mom died young over 20 years ago. His story made me tear up- ❤️
Sorry for your loss. It’s great you are celebrating her life.
5:02 - It is really a soulful moment when Rick describes asking his Mom to buy him that 12-string guitar - It always registers deeply with me when people are deeply motivated and driven to do things that require or place some financial stress or sacrifice on a working parent to give their child a necessary tool to advance in competency. Because there are so many people in the US who by sheer luck of the draw end up being born to families of means- where acquiring that first guitar is no big deal, and quite often their parent springs for the real high ticket items because it's no skin off their back, or they ask the store clerk "give me the best money can buy". It just means so much more in a thousand ways when there is true sacrifice involved- you can't F around, and you know darn well how hard your Mom worked for that guitar. ... It all connects to the calibre of person you grew to become Rick, and how accomplished you became as a musician and producer. Thanks for sharing that tid-bit detail that says so much.
If you look at great musicians and even great actors what makes them great besides being in the right place at the right time.....is that they are driven from child/teenage personal experiences...often bad, sometimes horrific. I can't think of one famous rock musician off hand, that had a wonderful, easygoing childhood with whatever they wanted and the white picket fence.
Tommy Lee? The movie Dirt seemed to make it like his upbringing was OK. Not sure it’s true or not..
You never fail to get across how grateful you are for being able to do what you do. I’m usually pretty cynical, but I can’t be listening to you. You are genuine.
"My mom worked in a can factory. My dad worked for the railroad."
In other words, your parents built America.
you mean "America" the band?
Sounds like white privileged. lol
Dude, this is the beginning lyrics of a song!
@@hoboken5224 Gross.
@@hoboken5224 Sounds like working class. When you could have a two-earner family and actually buy things, though it was still tough.
I was watching this video and after a while thinking, "It´s good to have people like this in the world."
When you said my Mom worked a whole week on the line to pay for this it brought a tear to my eye Rick.
My first guitar was a nylon sting that my Dad had found out on the curb. There was a big hole in it that he patched with liquid steel. One of the tuning pegs was missing the knob so that string had to be tuned with a vice grip pliers.
The first song I learned was House of the Rising Sun in Aminor. PIMAMI arpeggio picking.
Dust In The Wind was the first song I learned when I got the part just right and the first travis picking song I learned.
My uncle lived with us after Vietnam, had brought with him a true quadraphonic Sansui stereo, top of the line. I'd sneak into his room when he was out, and America was my fav album (and eventually band) to listen to on it. You cant imagine how amazing that music sounded on that set up. Their music is so full and complete. Not sure if that makes sense to others, I guess I'm saying no shortcuts, everything is done "long hand" so to speak. Amazing musicians and true people, real, and this was their first, what I call "raw" efforts. It can never be the same since we continue to grow and change, impossible to go backwards, so its gold, their huge library of music since, varied and expertly written/ performed. But this first, to me, is still the best. I love these guys, miss Dan Peek too after he left. Just was never the same.
I still must have the LP. One of the first I bought by myself.
"Don't tell your dad how much this cost." Love echoes through time. Would we be watching this now had it not been for that?
2:15 I love how his face lightens up while listening to the tune. You literally can see all his memories swirling in his mind. That's the power of music! ♪♫♪♪♫♥
“Don’t tell your Dad how much this cost.” - thanks for the investment, Mama Beato.
- 2 million people
Italian mothers cherish their boys.
That’s actually super funny. The first song I learned was Horse with No Name. Great song and extremely easy to play
Same!
Not only a great teacher , but storyteller as well. Rick made me feel like I was there . I had a toy drum set at age 8 from a dept. store.Beat it silly. I think the first 'song ' I played was 'hey pardiddilly'. At 13 my grandparents bought me a $50 used Japanese kit. Blue sparkle under those Christmas lights .It was missing the front hoops . My grandparents didn't like that so they tracked down some used hoops & lugs at a drum store. That store later hired me to work there @ age 13 for 75 cents an hour sweeping the floors. I was just a little decent rock drummer taking lessons there. Then Dave Weckl shows up taking lessons - I think maybe 9 years old.Needless to say , I wasn't such a hot shot after that . Store was in St Louis called Reno Music / Mister Drums .
That reminded me of my first drum set. Christmas of 1954, I got up early at five years old and found it under the tree. My playing woke up everyone and my father sent me back to bed. He guarded the presents from the couch, but fell asleep with a cigarette. After the couch almost burned the house, the drum kit went back to the store and I never became a drummer.
Wow small world
Rick you touched me with your story of your Mom and Dad starting you on your musical journey. My folks did the same for me in Freshman year with my trumpet back in the early 70's.. My Dad played trumpet in a Swing Band and I started playing in 6th grade using his trumpet. It was a good horn, but old and the kids would make fun of me because my trumpet wasn't all shiny and new like their student models. I played it through junior high, made it to first chair with that horn. I had dreamed of someday having a Getzen Eterna like Doc Severinsen played for some time, but the thing was like 700 dollars. In my Freshman year my folks had saved up to buy me a used Eterna. It was one of the most wonderful things my folks would ever do for me. I 'm sure because I knew of the sacrifices they must have went through to buy me that horn made me want to try to play better.. I made it to first chair in HS band, and played in marching, dance and jazz band. I got a perfect score in my Senior year in State Solo Competition. My folks are gone now, but I owe my musical ear to them and their desire to help me be a better musician.
Beautiful story about your parents gift to you. Thank you for sharing it.
What a terrific story! Your mom's sacrifice planted and cultivated the seed that, through her son , has spread pleasure and knowledge to millions of people. Thank you Mrs Beato..
How fun! My first song was "They will know we are Christians because of our love" and I was 19. I was involved in the church. It was just 3 cords. Em, Am and C on someone else's nylon string. Hearing the transition from Am to C seemed magical. Shortly after that I got a used 12 string because on it sound. And I started leading collage age groups in to worship (Yes, around the campfire, kumbaya). Your song was really something! "Never found the time". It is still good today. I have many guitars. One, of course, is a 12. I'm going to learn that song right away. What a first song to learn! Kudos to your mom! Thanks for sharing. Great Video. Barry :-)
That is also the first song I learned on guitar. I was 7 years old and was using my mom's 1969 Alvarez acoustic that my dad had the bridges modified to be easier to play. I still have that guitar.
I played and sang a lot of guitar music in church back in the day.
I think we colored the chords up a bit for that one. And we definitely modulated up 2 or 3 times for subsequent verses. Good times!
The first song that I ever learned was "Sister golden hair" by America. My grandma had loaned me her Silvertone electric guitar that she played in church. I was about 8. I played it for a few years but then she needed it back. When I was 18, I saw a Hohner 12 string in a pawn shop. I scraped together everything I could and haggled with the pawn shop owner for the rest. That was the first guitar I could ever call my own. My grandma left me that old Silvertone just before she passed away. We were really close. Every time I see that guitar, it brings back all those fond memories of her.
Thanks for not mentioning Rick and how much you love him I don't like this guy. Basically the world revolves around about him. But i guess to be more honest i just have different tastes that Rick. And the hate grows!! haha. America does a lot of good songs but the one that moves me and makes me want to cry (more than hearing Rick) is "Daisy Jane".
Oppothumbs M There are only a few songs by America that I don't like. I guess I relate to them a lot. I love "Daisy Jane" too. Another band I relate to is the Steve Miller band.
I don't Hate Rick or I wouldn't be here though. I like how he breaks down songs in his "what makes this song great" series although I wish he'd go into more detail about HOW to play it. He has a lot of musical information to share and that's why I watch.
I don't normally listen to his personal history. I'm just not into that kind of thing. A lot of people are I guess or he wouldn't be doing it. This was a rare exception for me.
lkw What a great story. The Silvertones were the cheapest thing back in the day and I believe that they were sold by Sears. They had a version that had a tiny amp and speaker in the hard case. Then they became cool 40 years later. And your Gran played for the Lord. Good for her!
@@oppothumbs1 Surely you could find a channel that suits you better so you don’t have to hate so much!
@@oppothumbs1 Daisy Jane has the same effect on me. It's good to hear that from someone else after all these years.
Rick, you rock!
I walked into my school friend's house and there was an acoustic guitar hanging on the wall. I asked my friend whose guitar it was. It belonged to her dad & I asked if I could play it.
We went back to her bedroom & 2 hours later I was playing Kumbaya. 🤣
3 chords: A, D, E. I was in 6th grade and had been taking piano lessons since I was in 1st grade.
I convinced Mr. Elliott to let me borrow his guitar. The next week I went back and played Puff The Magic Dragon for him. I borrowed his guitar for 2 years & got my own 6 string acoustic for my 8th grade graduation. I quit piano & took about 6 months of Classical guitar lessons. Then I heard Joan Baez sing Diamonds & Rust. I couldn't find the sheet music, so I bought the record. Three days later I played the song, note for note, for my Dad. I wanted him to know the money he'd spent for my guitar & lessons wasn't wasted. 💕
Music is life.
Man, you were so blessed to have parents who understand the value of nourrishing a kid' interest for music! Thank you for sharing that passion with us today!
Rick, my brother taught me Norwegian Wood as my first song on a twelve string with six strings. I was probably 15 and it was 1975. Very cool and it taught me to respect the twelve string but learn the six string. Thus a lifetime of guitar playing and enjoyment.
Bless our parents who sacrificed so much for their children!!! What a gift!!!
Rick, thank you so much for this one! When you said that your mother dedicated a week salary to your guitar you reminded me of my situation... I really haven't thought about it for such a long time. It was 1988 or so, former Yugoslavia, I was 6 and I told my mother that I wanted to play the piano and the glitter in her eyes is one of the most beautiful expressions of an emotion that I have ever seen. I don't know how she managed that, but less than a year after that a piano appeared in my room. Oh man, I'm crying now.
Fantastic!
This channel of Rick’s is world class. What a muso he is and what a teacher all wrapped in his personal experiences.
First song was from the movie Deliverance. That guitar/banjo duel on the porch was amazing. Bought an old nylon string classical style acoustic and plucked out each note sitting on my bed until I figured it out. I was 14 and still play it today 40 plus years later.
Summer of '72 was so musically rich: Seals & Crofts with "Summer Breeze", America with "Horse With No Name", Looking Glass with "Brandy", Elton John singing "Rocket Man", Loggins and Messina's "Your Momma Don't Dance".... toooo many to list. All of this was emerging as I entered my freshman year of college.
That's because I was born that summer. You're welcome!
More: Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones, Eagles's debut, School's Out by Alice Cooper, Ziggy Stardust, Toulouse Street by The Doobie Brothers, E,L&P's "From the Beginning", Chicago's "Saturday in the Park", Big Star's "Thirteen", All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople and Close to the Edge by Yes.
@@charlie172011 Magical time. No wonder we learned to play the guitar!
Or in my case, entering HSchool, jamming the same toons, an era ago.
@@douglasjarvis8037 Tunes. Toons are something entirely different.
The part "don't tell your father how much this costs" hit me REAL hard. Thanks for sharing your story and your knowledge, Rick! You're amazing!
By the way, the first song I ever played was When I Come Around by Green Day. A friend of mine taught me the chords. I played it on my father's acoustic.
Keep the good work, Rick! You inspire us!
I learned to play and sing along to “Margaritaville.” It took many tries to get it, but when I did it was a breakthrough.
I can't recall when I got my first guitar, a small (Sears?) Silvertone 6-string acoustic, but I think I was in my early teens. I never learned much as far as chords or even proper standard tuning, but after I joined the Air Force in 1974, I was stationed in New York. On my days off from the base, I worked for an ambulance service, and one of the other EMTs was a singer/songwriter who played a Yamaha 12-string.
Sitting around the ambulance garage, waiting for calls, I finally learned some chords, and taught myself to play Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'". I acquired a used Yamaha 12-string, and I still have it. It's been replaced by a Fender Villager, but I'll keep the Yamaha for as long as I live. I still keep in touch with the guy who inspired me to take up playing 12-strin. He's running an (online, these days) open mic in Rochester, New York.
America was probably one if the most underrated bands. Was never a huge fan until I happened to catch them at a place called Shooters in Cleveland in the late 90’s. Man, it was like one song after another. Never was aware of their entire catalog until that night.Pretty impressive.
I’ve been to Shooters in The Flats in downtown Cle in the ‘90s. Met my wife there while working at Thistledown racetrack! Loved The Flats! Just had our 26th anniversary...been a great run for us! Just retired at 59yo and lovin’ life!
They were much better with Dan Peek
Ventura Highway a biggie for me (CA girl even if I am Nor Cal all the way living in So Cal)....love America's music
Yeah, A Band with No Name, almost. I was a gigantic fan long before I found out who they were. America and Steely Dan, the best of the 70's and beyond.
"One song after another", yeah, that's pretty much how concerts work. All kidding aside though, I know what you mean.
'that just doesn't sound right, to my ears' -- that statement and the deciphering that comes after is why people tune in. Thank you.
I played my first songs by ear. I still do though not ‘properly’. I play clarinet so everything is vertical to me. But it sounds right. It’s the alternative tunings that confuse me.
My son graduated Medical School and he thanked me for the “sacrifices “ I made . When you want to do it . Have to do it . Love to do it . There is no sacrifice. She sacrificed nothing but I am still crying !!
Ricky B, geeking over America, with Old Glory pasted on his cast, resulting in America’s #1 infectious music nerd. Mad live & respect!
My first song I learned on guitar was also an America tune: Horse With No Name. Two chords in the whole thing.
That's about heroin, they just put in [ a ]. I've been thru the desert on [ a ] horse, with no name.
Sure he was going to say that one. Classic Rick, too simple :-)
My brother taught me “Rocky Racoon” for my first song even let me use his Martin D35 until I bought my own. We still get together an jam nearly 40 years later.
Same here! 2nd song was "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton. That song really taught me chord transitions from G-C-D etc. The chords used in a lot of songs lol.
Yep, that was one of my first ones. I always thought it was standard tuning, until I was corrected 15 years later when I read an interview with the band and found out the actual tuning by Dewey Bunnell was D E D G B D. listening again, It all made sense, the drone sound between the two lower E notes, my ear just wasn't good enough to hear it back then.
This, right here, this time in history-the lockdowns, etc., is the time to explore your talents and learn an instrument other than the phone...
Yes! I've been getting calls for online guitar lessons. Covid is horrible but music raises our spirits.
Phone bad
oml computer bad
I'm really glad I bought a guitar last September
@@nikkothegoblin Spoons good.
This was really a beautiful story. I actually cried when you said that your Mom said, "...don't tell your Dad..." That would be over $750 in today's money. The things that good parents do for their kids... YOU are a fortunate man! Thank you!
Born the same time...what a wonderful bunch of music during those summers. Thanks for the flashbacks! John Denver, Country Roads and Rocky Mountain High.... great learning music. LOVED America’s album...still listen to that today.
I can’t tell you how much this album means to me. I’m a fairly young human and none of my highschool friends even know this band. The song Three Roses is my all time favorite America song and it’s the first song I learned that had barre chords. I own two copies of this record on vinyl and know every song by heart.
This is the first video mentioning America that hasn’t been focused on Horse with no Name that I’ve seen and it makes me immensely happy that someone else shares my live for this band.
Actually, there are thousands, or possibly millions that share your love for this band.
Horse with No Name was a huge AM radio hit, played many times a day, and then there were more hits from America after that.
Though the majority of the America lovers are fairly old humans now.
One of my all time favorite albums, and like you, Three Roses is my favorite song. I did learn how to play it on 6 and 12 string, but the first song I learned how to play on acoustic guitar was Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues.
Great band for sure. I saw them several years ago at a casino in Biloxi MS and even got a chance to talk to them for a bit. Sister Golden Hair was my first song every time I did karaoke for years and when people started asking me to sing I knew that was my signature sound. Lol
Ventura Highway is one of the best songs ever in my humble opinion.
SOOOOOOOOOO BLOODY BLESSED CRAZY!!!
BECAUSE - I HAVE THE ORIGINAL PRESSING...
AND - THAT IS MY FAVORITE SONG! They don't do it anymore live! BIG DRAG MAN!!!!
IT'S A SPECTACULAR GEM 💯💕🛐🙏💖☮️🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙏💔
Inspiring comment, you sound like a wonderful person. Keep exploring the horizons. Stay sweet.
"Don't tell your dad how much this cost." 😊
Mothers😇
Junior Lopez Dads know how much it costs, cause his wallet is empty.
Mothers are Mothers wherever you are...🥰🥰🥰🥰
Years ago I downloaded a video of America in the studio. Good quality video. They were all pretty chill, drinking beers. Every song they performed perfectly on the first take.
I never knew they were that great of musicians.
I love the way Rick pulls a song apart, and puts it back together again.
This proves Rick was born with crazy talent and an incredible ear!!
AMERICA...probably one of the most underrated bands. Mine was “Horse With No Name” back in 1977 because it was the easiest to learn. The first time I went to the US (L.A.) instead of going first to Universal Studios or Disneyland, I asked my aunt to bring me to Ventura Blvd and had my picture taken with the signage as background because of this band. I’m from the Philippines.😊
Great memory
Did you get hit by purple rain while you were over here?
I grew up in San Jose CA, amidst many Filipinos/Americans in the 70s. Later in life at age 23, I got stationed in the Philippines in 1984 and was so Impressed with the Folk Rock music scenes in little Taverns called Folk Houses across the provinces. The musicians were great (actually Very Good) and my experience of tgat provincial Acoustic Music era is Unforgettable to this day (super magaling sila!). My second year of my five years I bought an acoustic and never quit jamming.
** Mabuhay! **
@@harvey1954 😁
@333jas I mentioned that for me they are underrated because I felt it that way. Yes they were huge in the 70’s and early 80’s and they probably had more hit songs than Led Zeppelin/The Ramones/AC-DC combined. But you barely see people here in TH-cam discussing how great they were. And that made me feel sad. By the way, I’m a practicing Cardio-Thoracic surgeon and I’m not stupid. And as my Filipino mom would always remind me: “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything”.
What got me interested in guitar was a song "I see the Light" a friend showed me how to play some notes but I broke a string. I told him I would buy him a new string. When my Mom took me to the local music shop I was so excited to see the guitars all hangin' there looking cool. I ask for one for Christmas and Santa brought me a Semi hollow bodied Sekova in transparent green. Gorgeous! Did the Mel Bay thing for a couple years. First song memorized in completion was House of the Rising Son. I was ten at the time and 63 now and still play it.
Mel Bay guitar lessons book. Me too. I was 11 years old. I'm 64 now.
Not my first song but I remember the joy I felt after working out the chords to Darcy farrow by John Denver.
Dad was my facilitator. He had a cheap Aria nylon string that he never learned to play. I was about 13 (in 1975 - of an age with RB) when I picked it up and worked out the basic notes from Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain." So when my best friend took up electric guitar, I wanted to follow suit. Dad started me off with a $30 Kalamazoo from the pawn shop, when I got better and it was clear I'd stick with it, a secondhand Ibanez SG copy. When I got my first summer job in 1978, Dad financed a secondhand Les Paul Custom for me - Norlin-era, 3-piece plain top in cherry sunburst, I loved That Damned Guitar (as Mom named it) - and I made the payments over the next 90 days. $545.00 for a killer guitar. Unfortunately, 3 years later I had an attack of adulthood and sold my gear to move where my girlfriend at the time lived. That relationship lasted all of three more months. Lesson learned: Gear before girls.
Now I have a beautiful wife of some 35 years, who buys me guitars for Christmas now and again. Winning at life.
You must be blessed..I have to buy ALL my guitars and ukuleles....
This is like a love letter.This is all the things that ALL OF US felt even before we were playing, and why we still play today. How sweet to remember.
Three wonderful guitar players that knew how to play around each other so beautifully. Their music was sort of mystical especially released ‘Hat Trick’.
the story about your mom was so moving. I almost started to tear up. God bless her.
If more parents encouraged their children's love of music they would be amazed at the difference it makes in the child's life.
night and day
First song I ever learned was “wish you were here” by Pink Floyd David Gilmour is still one of my favorite guitarist.
Full tone bends on the g-string like it's nothing were frustrating. I still cant do it
Cool to know I'm not the only one who had this as their first song
Same here.
Same here brother
Wish, as well - damn those 12-strings!
what a beautiful story! your mum really loved you. Glad she helped your discover your talent.
Your passion for music and story telling is awesome. Love how you play and call out chord changes. Reminds me of my dear father who played stand up bass and would call out the chord changes for me and my bro when we were learning.
Dude you brought me to tears when you mentioned your mom. My parents bought me a 3000 dollar computer (which took them like 5 years to pay) when I was 11 because they did not want me to grow up and be like them. (mom a seamstress and my dad a labor worker) 10 years later and I became an engineer. God bless our great parents for shaping our future. My first song was My sweet lord. Same thing that happened to you, it was a 12 stringer later I found out. Me at 41 now my dad gifted me a 12 string Takamine- very emotional birthday. Thanks for the videos you make
Well said!
I love George Harrison; he was my gateway into great music from the seventies. I tried learning My Sweet Lord too as my first song but my rookie self couldn't handle the barre chords. How interesting to hear that it's with twelve string guitars! I read a biography of George Harrison and it said that he was super meticulous in the production of the song, so that each of the many guitarists on the track would play the exact same strumming pattern, so that it would sound like one huge guitar.
@@kimberleygagliardi6027 I did not know that.
I got a lump in my throat when Rick told that story. Bless our generous hard-working parents.
Great parents are such a blessing
Lovin` the Parents. That`s how to raise Children. They can make or break us. Some people don`t deserve Children,but have them anyway.
“Don’t tell your Dad” is the best moment. Nice to see your emotion, which took everybody here... Beautiful! 😀🥺 My first one was Patience, from Guns N’Roses and also took a lot of time discovering what else was there besides the regular chords.
Rick, in 1960 I was 9 years old and I wanted to play guitar. My uncle, a very successful accordion player, said that guitar was going nowhere and he talked me into playing accordion. My Mom worked in a factory and my Dad was a carpenter. They bought me an accordion for $450.....in 1960. Their sacrifice gave me the gift of music that I’ve carried since. I have a studio with a multitude of instruments, guitar my mainstay. That gift of music has gotten me through some incredibly difficult times in my life, including the war in 1970. Thank you so much for sharing your story about your Mom. You brought me right back, and the gratitude is filling my heart right now. BTW, I still have that accordion and it would be the last instrument I would ever sell......
Yes, I remember that time period very well. Born in 61, I grew up then. This is a nice trip down memory lane. Great videos ! All of them !
Perfect timing on this video Rick! Today, April 1st 2020, my eight year old son and I started guitar lessons online together. We got my son a nice Yamaha Jr acoustic for Christmas and I bought an Orangewood Mahogany which was delivered just yesterday. We did his first music lesson as part of his Elementary school distance learning program due to the stay at home order in our state (MN). He did great. Asked at dinner tonight if he wanted to do another lesson tomorrow and I got an enthusiastic “YES!”. Thrilled at that response. Thanks for sharing this song and video with us. I enjoy your videos.
“Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream. I learned it on acoustic (the only guitar I had) and I’ll never forget how excited I was when I went to my buddy’s house and got to play it on electric for the first time. What a rush! Still love to play that song. Thanks for the great video!
Me too though I learned it on electric. Started with an electric but would borrow an acoustic time to time. I once borrowed my friends 12 string for almost a year. It helped get really good at tuning a guitar 😆
I’ve watched many of Rick’s videos. This is the first that has brought tears to my eyes. Him talking about his mom’s support did it. Keep up the good work Rick.
God bless you Rick, you're a beacon of clarity. May your strings never rust, your voice never fail, and your eyes always twinkle.
Boston, "More Than A Feeling" - that acoustic intro, over and over and over again.
Hey, me too!!! I liked the verses and the chorus helped me learn bar chords. I had the music book for that first album and liked to read along since I had learned to read music from 6 years of band by that point. I still have my Journey Infinity album jacket where I wrote down the keys to each song. Great idea for a video today.
Me also!! I was about 16, just started playing and taking lessons. I took the sheet music to my teacher and he said it was too advanced for how good (meaning lousy) I was. I was determined to learn it and I did. Roughly 30 years later I'm still playing it, Boston is still my ultimate band, met Scholz (and other band members) and everything and attended dozens of their concerts over the years. It all started out from More Than a Feeling and it (along with Boston in general) holds a special place in my heart from picking up those riffs early on.
I thought this was actually quite moving. I really love listening to Rick's channel, the sincerity and love of music just flows out. Thank you, deeply. Mike. U.K
Me too Michael.
Rick is a bit younger than me, but we come from an era when times were a lot more difficult, and our parents had a hard time providing anything out of the ordinary for us.
Thanks, Rick. What a beautiful story! It brought tears to my eyes. And now you're paying it forward. How lovely!
Rick, I so enjoy your enthusiasm for music, guitar, and all that you do here. Thank you.
Your story almost brought me to tears because it brought back old memories and was so similar to mine. The first song I learned was Classical Gas. I started playing drums in 4th grade after the high school band teacher brought the band to our elementary school. After they played the band teacher came to our class room and asked if there was any one who would like to learn and instrument. I raised my hand and said I wanted to learn drums. By 7th grade I was playing marching music with the high school band. All I had for my own drums was a rubber practice pad and two drum sticks. I really wanted a drum set, not only were they expensive but I had three younger brothers and my Dad said were not having a drum set in the house. By the time I got to ninth grade, I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I saw all those girls screaming at those guys and I thought to my self, I need to get a guitar quick! We lived in a very small town about 30 miles south of Rochester NY. I found out that a music store in Rochester rented guitars for $6.00 a month. I scraped all the money I had together, about $4.00 and begged my mom for another $2.00. My Father just happened to be going to Rochester the next day on business and I pleaded with him to rent me a guitar. He came home the next evening with a German Strat copy called Klira. He paid $100.00 for it. It may have even been from the same store where you got your first guitar. By the time I got to my senior year in high school I had learned only 4 or 5 chords. After school I worked at a bowling alley. One day I reached into the ball return just as another bowling ball came up the return. It smashed the bone on the tip of the ring finger on my left hand. That ended my guitar playing. Forward two years later. I was standing a midnight watch in the Coast Guard in Monterey California bored out of my mind when I wondered what ever happed to that old guitar. Next day I went out and bought an inexpensive acoustic guitar and a new guitar magazine that just happened to have Classical Gas piano music in it. I found out the bottom line of the staff was E and I could count the lines and spaces and find out which note to play. Then I just had to figure out where that note was on the guitar (no small feet). It took me several months but I was able to memorize the whole song. That song got me going on finger picking and I still play it to this day. Of course in addition I was trying to learn Beatle songs, House of the Rising sun. Walk Don't Run and songs like that. Who would have thought at 70 years old I would still be playing guitars. The Beatles and the guitar changed my life for sure.
First song was, "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands." I don't like that song but our school's music teacher, Elaine Livingston, gave free group guitar lessons once a week after school. I learned basic chords and a decent percentage of us stuck with guitar. I'm eternally grateful for her generosity with her time. Teachers matter!
Dear Rick. I listen to you every day. I am older than you. The first song I learned was on my Dad's 1956 Martin 00-18 in March 1965 in Tucson, Arizona. It was "Down in the Valley". Two chords, D and A. Dad was also a Steel guitar and Dobro player. 3 months later he bought me a Sears Silvertone 1423 Jupiter electric guitar, Black with Gold Flecks by Harmony, and a little Alamo amp. I learned to play many of the Ventures Tunes in the summer when visiting my cousins in Birmingham. Then the Byrds, Peter Paul and Mary, Peter and Gordon in fall of 1965. Some Beatles tunes. I played in the middle school folk group there. I got tired of memorizing chord forms, so I got out my mother's piano sheet music and correlated the guitar chords with the piano music: Eureka! I taught myself how to build chords from the scale note numbers and rules at age 12! No more memorization! Then, six months later Dad bought me a Dakota Red Fender Mustang in January 1966. We moved home to rural Georgia that June of 1966, and I started a band. I played regularly in my churches for 30 years after that. I also joined the high marching band playing bass drum and advanced to Drum Line Section leader, playing snare. By 1967 I was playing Clapton, Hendrix, Classics IV, Country, and Gospel. I got in the Georgia Tech Marching Band playing Bongos. Then Soul Music in 1968 and Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears in 1969-1971. I love Terry Kath! Allman's, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc. in 1973, George Benson in 1979....Your parents, choir directors and band directors can have a great influence on your musical and personal life! My kids are great musicians. I have had about 20 serious bands, and have played a lot of pick-up gigs, company parties, Church worship services, etc. I am a retired Electrical Engineer now, and I spend a lot of time on the guitar, bass, and keyboard, focusing on Contemporary Jazz and Blue-Eyed Soul from the 1980's. I really love your videos, both guitar and keyboard! Some of my retired friends listen to you on TH-cam, regularly. You are inspiring a lot of people, young and old! Keep doing what you are doing! Joe
I have listened and watched your TH-cam videos, you remind me of myself with the exception of never taking that next step to learn to play.
I admire your passion and dissection of the sounds that make the music.
Wishing you many years of health and happiness.
I was in third grade in 1969 too, learned to play "If" by bread on a classical guitar bought for me by my parents at the BX on MacDill AFB in Tampa FL. I haven't thought about that in a long time, thanks Rick.
I got a little misty when you shared how your Mom went the extra distance to see to it that you got the "tool" that you felt you needed most to accomplish what you were after. My Mom did kind of the same. Once I learned how to really play on a cheap "Lyle" acoustic, she sorta "Edith Bunkered" my Dad and insisted that they buy me a high quality electric when the time came. We visited some folks that my teacher knew whose son had an LP _and_ an L6-S.
Afterwards, I was nonchalantly asked which I liked better. I said "The L6, it's got two more frets and you can reach 'em all". I got an L6 Deluxe for Christmas that year.
Still have it, still my favorite instrument for those same reasons. Thanks Mom & Pop.
Wonderful share, thank you Rick. Oh, and the first full song I learned was "The End Is Not In Sight" by The Amazing Rhythm Aces.
I really enjoyed that Rick. It's so great that they were testing kids that way as it seems to have opened a door for you, although as I understand it, you come from a very musical family. Your mom getting you the guitar is so beautiful. Thank you!
I love listening to Rick. I love his love of music. He is inspirational. He is about my age and I was listening to America too. A cool band.