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You can't really love LS w/o loving EK too. EK really loved that band tho I don't think he ever really got back - from the others - what he put into being part of it. Oh well ... We got this classic - and I do mean CLASSIC - guitar lick for all the trouble; and I everybody would say that worth it. RIP Ed, And all the guys on that classic Prounced album cover photo.
That Bb really did blow my mind! I've been learning the nuances of this song for 20 years and never did figure that part out, I knew I never could get the sound just right but I thought it was in my technique or timing, I never would have picked up that detail. Thanks!
isn't it an A on the album though? saw a video that slowed that part down and matched the tone and it was an A when they first started playing it. he may have changed to the B flat later, but i think he played an A on the album.
Tom Saguto - holy moly a rock star as well as a pro golfer !! Awesome. Your golf instructions have changed my game ! And I'm a guitarist so this is really an added bonus !
This is really cool! When I was young that riff started me on guitar. (I never finished) I learned about Ed King and all the other members. Ed died a while back. We lost a great guitarist. But he left a legacy that got young guys so interested that they now teach the way… ED would be proud.👍😊
Hi Tom ! I play guitar for about 50 years and this lick...well for about 35 years ;-))) Today is the first time i found someone (YOU) who finally shows and play it properly and right ! Great work - keep on rockin´!
Thanks Tom. There are so many nuances and varied techniques that while I can hear them when Ed played it, I can not do them myself. Now, thanks to you, I can maybe get a bit closer to what the late, great Ed King was doing on this song. I appreciate your attention to detail.
I was going over this with my guitar instructor, and we felt like we were missing some thingsin the first part of the song. Your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Dude!! I had no idea you played guitar too?!?! I thought you were just an extraordinary golf instructor…but guitar as well?!? WOW. I am astonished and amazed!!
Great job! Nice to see someone take the time to pull out the sweet details on this classic! When this album first came out, my guitar buddy and I sat around dissecting all the guitar parts on this and several other LS tunes, just as you're showing. Sweet HA has some cool acoustic parts riding behind the main theme with smooth counterpoint to the main riffs!
Wow. Nice. Thank you. I play keyboards and sax, and only dabble at the guitar, but I've always heard these subtleties you point out here and loved them. Kind of like ghost notes in drumming. When you get it right, as you do here, it's adds a funky feel to the riff that's missing otherwise. It really makes a huge difference.
Ed King is my favorite guitar player from Skynyrd. He was the missing piece that they needed. Listen to his contributions on Second Helping and you'll understand why they needed him.
I remember coming back from a baseball tournament in 1974 and one guy on the bus kept playing this over and over and over. Now it's one of my most beloved tunes. Thank you Tom for teaching me how to play it right. BTW, any chance you will re-release some of your older videos or will some of your background visualizations prevent that, which is a crock. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Keep on rockin Tom, awesome. I’m a previous rocker, I am amazed how long I’ve been playing this riff and I still had it wrong. Thanks Tom this is great 👍 a nice review
It's been proven (to me, at least) that it's an A note on the Second Helping record, not a B flat, regardless of what Ed said. Check out Scott Raines's video at about 5:45 where he plays over that note on the slowed down recording. You can hear it's an A when he plays an A over it and not a B flat when he plays a B flat over it. Artists should be forgiven for not remembering how they played something 40 years earlier. They probably played things in different ways at different times in different situations, just like we all do.
You're right. It's an A to B on the record (obviously). Maybe he plays a B-flat live and talks about it, but it's NOT on the record. I just put the song into Reaper and isolated the note on loop and it's clearly an A. So why do we have a video telling millions of guitarists that playing it correctly is wrong? Even if you just play along and play the b flat you can clearly hear it clash with the note A on the recording.
You know what? Tom, at the age of 68, this remind me of my younger years when I was a country music guitarist and singer, even doing it for a living some time. That was in the 70's. Let me guess the year of Sweet Home Alabama, a tune I had in my list but did play so often, 78? 😊
Welcome back! Honestly even in the original Skynyrd, Ed King was the only one to play it that way. Not sure if Steve Gaines or Allen Collins does the kickoff lick in the "One More from the Road" album, but they play it the "wrong" way as well, which I find interesting.
It's funny, the guys tried to copy Ed's playing but couldn't come close. Allen played the intro when Ed left. Steve and Allen made their own versions of the solos. Nothing wrong with them playing it "their way" - Ed's way is the original that everybody remembers.
Song is in D myxolydian, not D or G major. I-bVII-IV-IV. Intervals are WWHWWHW. Chords are same as parent key of G major, but tonal center and tonic chord is D major.
Nope, the song is V IV I - Gary Rossington pointed this out in a guitar article. Ed starts the first solo high bend with a D triad, but jumps to G pentatonic major/minor combo scale (modified mixolydian) and adds a ♭6 note. The notes are 1 2 ♭3 3 5 ♭6 6 The ♭6 note in G equals a ♭2 note in D. He finishes the first solo with a low D triad and whammy. The 2nd solo is in G pentatonic major/minor (modified mixolydian), with the addition of the ♭7 (13th fret) 1/2 step bend to major 7, which keeps the 7th note of the scale ambiguous. That’s how Ed got away with playing G modified mixolydian - he kept the 7th note of the G scale hidden during the solos by using the D triads and the 1/2 step ♭7 to major 7 bend I mentioned.
Great playing! I am still missing a part on the second lick. Does the riff start with open A and then B flat roll to B. I always hear seven notes but can only find 6. Thanks
I've been in Nashville 35 years and can count on one hand the number of times ive heard it played properly with the hammer-ons and pull-offs. And EVERYONE ends the song on the D chord ....grrrrrrrr
Nope - on the record the intro, the turnaround, and the choruses is *_hammer on open A to B._* Then the short slide B♭ to B occurs only in certain spots: right before Ronnie sings the first verse, during the verses, and after the 2 guitar rhythm interludes.
You left out explaining the most importantly part to me. I've played it this way for years,( minus the hidden note you just showed ),,,, but please explain what follows? This is the part most don't know!
Well thanks appreciate all that your showing us but,.... Come On Man give us the actual notes in order for that first note bounce part off the G. yes I rewind and slow mo the vid but not getting it all that well.
@@TomsRockinGuitar I believe he was speaking of the one solo part? Also... Many musicians aren't well versed in theory. And think things that aren't true. If Jimmy Page said Kashmir was in f#... Do we just say well.. that must be true because he said it. Lol
Great video Thanks, I use to watch and learn from your videos several years back and I guess they were taken down for some political correct reason I am sure. So just a few days ago I subscribed again love that southern rock, sorry can you say southern rock on here. I really despise this world everything was better when the liberals were in the closet.
Did this Sweet Home Alabama lesson BLOW YOUR MIND? It surprised me too when I first learned how to play it like Ed Kind (the riff maker).
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Yes it did, Ed was a genius and one hell of a guitar player
Now Turn it Up Australia cheers🥃🥃🍻
Just goes to show what a true genius Ed truly was. I'm 64. This riff is what made me fall in love with the Stratocaster when I was 14 years old.
You can't really love LS w/o loving EK too. EK really loved that band tho I don't think he ever really got back - from the others - what he put into being part of it. Oh well ... We got this classic - and I do mean CLASSIC - guitar lick for all the trouble; and I everybody would say that worth it. RIP Ed, And all the guys on that classic Prounced album cover photo.
I played with Ed for 3 years in Saturday Night Special and this is by far - the BEST instructional video on how to play the intro right. Great job!
That Bb really did blow my mind! I've been learning the nuances of this song for 20 years and never did figure that part out, I knew I never could get the sound just right but I thought it was in my technique or timing, I never would have picked up that detail. Thanks!
It's an A#, but who cares.
isn't it an A on the album though? saw a video that slowed that part down and matched the tone and it was an A when they first started playing it. he may have changed to the B flat later, but i think he played an A on the album.
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Tom Saguto - holy moly a rock star as well as a pro golfer !! Awesome. Your golf instructions have changed my game ! And I'm a guitarist so this is really an added bonus !
This is really cool! When I was young that riff started me on guitar. (I never finished) I learned about Ed King and all the other members. Ed died a while back. We lost a great guitarist. But he left a legacy that got young guys so interested that they now teach the way… ED would be proud.👍😊
Glad to see you back, missed the skynyrd guitar vids!
Hi Tom ! I play guitar for about 50 years and this lick...well for about 35 years ;-))) Today is the first time i found someone (YOU) who finally shows and play it properly and right ! Great work - keep on rockin´!
Great video Tom! Hopefully you'll be making more or reposting the old ones!
Thanks Tom. There are so many nuances and varied techniques that while I can hear them when Ed played it, I can not do them myself. Now, thanks to you, I can maybe get a bit closer to what the late, great Ed King was doing on this song. I appreciate your attention to detail.
I’m glad your back, thought you were gone for good from TH-cam
I was going over this with my guitar instructor, and we felt like we were missing some thingsin the first part of the song. Your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Great detective work and dissection. That makes it sound in the "groove"
That was great! Thanks for pointing all those subtle details out.
Great lesson. Those little tips really give it that Southern twang😎
Very appreciated. Been playing it wrong for years.
Dude!! I had no idea you played guitar too?!?! I thought you were just an extraordinary golf instructor…but guitar as well?!? WOW. I am astonished and amazed!!
Thank you this is way easier than the other way 🎉🎉🎉
Glad you are back ! Still got my firebird; owe you for the inspiration!
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Jesus, thanks. I'm going back and filling in the blanks with this song!! Awesome!!
Great job! Nice to see someone take the time to pull out the sweet details on this classic! When this album first came out, my guitar buddy and I sat around dissecting all the guitar parts on this and several other LS tunes, just as you're showing. Sweet HA has some cool acoustic parts riding behind the main theme with smooth counterpoint to the main riffs!
Tom, I've never seen you before, but right on man! Preciate the details!!!
Brilliant lesson/ demo. Thank you so much. 🌌🌅🌠👌🏻🕊
Wow. Nice. Thank you. I play keyboards and sax, and only dabble at the guitar, but I've always heard these subtleties you point out here and loved them. Kind of like ghost notes in drumming. When you get it right, as you do here, it's adds a funky feel to the riff that's missing otherwise. It really makes a huge difference.
Welcome back Tom!!
Thanks Mike!
Ed King is my favorite guitar player from Skynyrd. He was the missing piece that they needed. Listen to his contributions on Second Helping and you'll understand why they needed him.
I remember coming back from a baseball tournament in 1974 and one guy on the bus kept playing this over and over and over. Now it's one of my most beloved tunes. Thank you Tom for teaching me how to play it right. BTW, any chance you will re-release some of your older videos or will some of your background visualizations prevent that, which is a crock. Looking forward to more of your videos.
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Keep on rockin Tom, awesome. I’m a previous rocker, I am amazed how long I’ve been playing this riff and I still had it wrong. Thanks Tom this is great 👍 a nice review
It's been proven (to me, at least) that it's an A note on the Second Helping record, not a B flat, regardless of what Ed said. Check out Scott Raines's video at about 5:45 where he plays over that note on the slowed down recording. You can hear it's an A when he plays an A over it and not a B flat when he plays a B flat over it. Artists should be forgiven for not remembering how they played something 40 years earlier. They probably played things in different ways at different times in different situations, just like we all do.
You're right. It's an A to B on the record (obviously). Maybe he plays a B-flat live and talks about it, but it's NOT on the record. I just put the song into Reaper and isolated the note on loop and it's clearly an A. So why do we have a video telling millions of guitarists that playing it correctly is wrong? Even if you just play along and play the b flat you can clearly hear it clash with the note A on the recording.
He's back!!! Will you be re-posting your old vids? So many of us use those as inspiration and reference. Glad you're back putting out content.
Good points. Have you considered looking at another Ed King gem, Working for MCA? I find the solo especially interesting.
Hey, nice choice of guitar! My tobacco burst JTV-59 is seven years old today.
thanks for this Tom! Ive been playing that riff wrong since 1977! I knew something was wrong, I never put that Bflat in there.
listened to the first 5 mins - love the approach
BTW, thank you for teaching me the correct way of how to play this song! I’ve been playing it wrong for years!! SOOOO COOL! THANK YOU!!!
You re so right ! Thanks very much 👍👍👍👍
Really missed your musical output so very happy you've traded your golf clubs for a guitar again! 👍👍👍
Thanks Tobias!
Thank you! I followed your "lesson" holding my variax JTV59 too. Are you using the Strat Bridge/Middle position?
Great lesson
You know what? Tom, at the age of 68, this remind me of my younger years when I was a country music guitarist and singer, even doing it for a living some time. That was in the 70's. Let me guess the year of Sweet Home Alabama, a tune I had in my list but did play so often, 78? 😊
Wrong" by thousands of guys over decades actually playing in bars. No one noticed. The people drank and danced.
This is great, nice
Welcome back! Honestly even in the original Skynyrd, Ed King was the only one to play it that way. Not sure if Steve Gaines or Allen Collins does the kickoff lick in the "One More from the Road" album, but they play it the "wrong" way as well, which I find interesting.
It's funny, the guys tried to copy Ed's playing but couldn't come close. Allen played the intro when Ed left. Steve and Allen made their own versions of the solos. Nothing wrong with them playing it "their way" - Ed's way is the original that everybody remembers.
@@TomsRockinGuitar For sure! I honestly prefer Steve Gaines first solo, but nothing comes close to Ed's 2nd solo.
Amazing now it sounds authentic tank's
Thanks man!!❤️🎸
Song is in D myxolydian, not D or G major. I-bVII-IV-IV. Intervals are WWHWWHW. Chords are same as parent key of G major, but tonal center and tonic chord is D major.
Correct
Nope, the song is V IV I - Gary Rossington pointed this out in a guitar article. Ed starts the first solo high bend with a D triad, but jumps to G pentatonic major/minor combo scale (modified mixolydian) and adds a ♭6 note. The notes are 1 2 ♭3 3 5 ♭6 6 The ♭6 note in G equals a ♭2 note in D. He finishes the first solo with a low D triad and whammy. The 2nd solo is in G pentatonic major/minor (modified mixolydian), with the addition of the ♭7 (13th fret) 1/2 step bend to major 7, which keeps the 7th note of the scale ambiguous. That’s how Ed got away with playing G modified mixolydian - he kept the 7th note of the G scale hidden during the solos by using the D triads and the 1/2 step ♭7 to major 7 bend I mentioned.
Finally,,,, somebody plays it right. I wish you'd show the gold part more clearly? Show us exactly which strings you're using
Great playing! I am still missing a part on the second lick. Does the riff start with open A and then B flat roll to B. I always hear seven notes but can only find 6. Thanks
I've been in Nashville 35 years and can count on one hand the number of times ive heard it played properly with the hammer-ons and pull-offs. And EVERYONE ends the song on the D chord ....grrrrrrrr
And Ed used a sea shell for a guitar pick also.
Good job. Regards from Sáo Paulo, Brasil. I have learn wirh you
I like the Cardiff gig date in the frame ❤ being Welsh I would tho.
Damn Tom, how old are you in this video? I follow your golf lessons and I know this is a few years ago! Your better than me at the guitar Too!!!
Rolling from b flat only in the Intro!
I met Ed in person late 1990s Oklahoma State fair ..but I didn’t know who it was at that time sorry 🤦🏻♂️RIP Ed🎸
Great lesson
Thanks!
Thank you John!
Yes it might take many licks but pressure variance will get you to the center of that Tootsie roll
Now do the full solo like ed
Turn it up 😊
Thanks Tom. Welcome back
I got the notes and fret fingerings of that G turnaround but can't quite figure out if you're picking each note, pulling off, or a combination?
Hello I love the song of sweet home Alabama that my home town song
Do you have a tab for this?
Any way to down load the patch on the boss your using ?
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Nice job Wally, where is Beev?
It's the little things in life; they need attention. The big stuff; well, they take care of themselves.
Nope - on the record the intro, the turnaround, and the choruses is *_hammer on open A to B._* Then the short slide B♭ to B occurs only in certain spots: right before Ronnie sings the first verse, during the verses, and after the 2 guitar rhythm interludes.
Kind of need a Fender Stratocaster but I suppose you can get by with a different guitar.
JTV 59 Variax modeling a 1960s fender strat. Incredible technology
@@TomsRockinGuitar Yeah close ... but no cigar. Digital will never fully replace analogue.
@@dyerstrayts1734 if you closed your eyes and listened you wouldnt be able to tell
Bro. Aren’t you the golf dude on ticktock?
You left out explaining the most importantly part to me. I've played it this way for years,( minus the hidden note you just showed ),,,, but please explain what follows? This is the part most don't know!
People who learn from tabs vs people skilled enough to learn by just hearing the song parts repeatedly.
Dude, are you saguto golf?
On the second helping album it’s the A. Sorry dude.
Well thanks appreciate all that your showing us but,.... Come On Man give us the actual notes in order for that first note bounce part off the G. yes I rewind and slow mo the vid but not getting it all that well.
You’re playing the first lick wrong
Who cares Tom, it's only rock'n'roll man.
it's in D not in G
LOL ask Ed King
Its in the Key of G.
@@TomsRockinGuitar Ed's dead bubba
@@emilymiller1853 yes, unfortunately, but there's a video of him saying it's in G.
@@TomsRockinGuitar I believe he was speaking of the one solo part?
Also... Many musicians aren't well versed in theory. And think things that aren't true. If Jimmy Page said Kashmir was in f#... Do we just say well.. that must be true because he said it. Lol
Great video Thanks, I use to watch and learn from your videos several years back and I guess they were taken down for some political correct reason I am sure. So just a few days ago I subscribed again love that southern rock, sorry can you say southern rock on here. I really despise this world everything was better when the liberals were in the closet.
RIP Ed.
Where are all your videos? Was gonna watch the I Need You video???
I agree Tom, bring back your vids
What's the guitar you're playing here?
Thanks!