Thank you Justin for all your help with the guitar. My guitar is more than an instrument to me, it help me deal with my many health issues and when I am down its my pick me up medicine. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Anthony Weiburg
Right ToniMattTony. I've got a back injury that requires opioid medication that I've been taking for 6 years. I've learned that when you play guitar, you don't think about anything but what you're playing so picking and grinning makes all the difference. Medication helps but playing guitar is absolutely necessary if you want REAL relief. Playing helps me get from day to day. Keep it up Justin you are awesome and priceless, the thumbs down people hate everything, so don't pay attention to them they're lost.
At 36 years old I have learned how to play an instrument that I've avoided for since I was introduced to piano at the age of 15. Thank you for making the opening of a new world an easy and fun transition! I have fallen in love again, with my guitar.
I like how you do it; you've obviously spent a lot of time studying Taylor. That was one of the best tutorials I've ever seen you do and your voice really works with that song, too. Well done! And thank you!
After a few years of free loading and learning so much from you Justin, I finally joined your very informative and well structured services. So thankful for your excellent guitar instruction and whimsical commentary. Not to mention that you are awesome to hear play and sing. Can't thank you enough sir!
Whenever I want to learn how to play a song using a video from TH-cam I always check and see if Jason has posted something on it. His easy going attitude fits perfectly with his talent and teaching style. For those of us who have to replay a video over and over to get it down he makes it very easy. Thanks Jason, you seem like a really great person and I appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos.
This song has always been one of the most beautiful songs and it has been on my mind lately. Thank you for showing me how to play this beauty. Off to practice with my sore fingers. I will learn this!
you are the best. I like how you play the song through. it allows us to end up playing along with you, that helps so much when learning a song, having someone to jam with, getting timing right. thanks.
Hi Justin,I've been following Your Tutos for Two Years . you have a beatiful voice. But not too prefect, its more motivating for beginners,But your way of showing us how to play the music is wonderful ThanksJsstin.
On the last part of showing your left hand an add pops up of your part 2 and covers your hand so I can't see what you're doing ... Thank you as I love this song and always wanted to learn it ... I am getting it ... Great lessons Justin
Thanks so much Justin. For years I've played Fire and Rain the way John Denver recorded it years ago. I learned to play it the way that JT recorded from your superb lesson. I used what I learned in a festival that I played at this past weekend. It went well!
Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!! I am so very glad that you decided to do a tutorial on this song. You are no doubt the best at teaching technical playing on TH-cam.
Thanks Justin. This is such an awesome song for acoustic guitar. I could never figure it out but liw and behold 40 years later, I find it on TH-cam. Thanks again for all guitar players.
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I've been playing this since 1973 and I learned it from the Sweet Baby James song book that only showed the chords and not the tabs. I had it pretty close but you have showed me a couple of subtleties on which I can improve. I can't sing it any more and its disappointing... Nice vid. Justin.
Thanks Justin, some time ago in one of your beginner lessons you said something similar to work on songs that are not always easy, push yourself to learn more difficult songs. So thanks for another challenging tune to learn.
Justin thanks for the help. I am a novice player and have always loved James Taylor and have worked for several weeks to play fire and rain using your lesson and I must say....it sounds pretty good! Thanks again.
Justin I love your guitar playing and I love your coaching ....out of all coaches on internet you are my fave....your damn good buddy and the fact you met my hero since I was 6 years old = Paul McCartney makes me sooooo envious my friend....nice work you do love it so THANKS SO MUCH! Your Canadian Admirer...Tim Fitzpatrick, Ontario, Canada.
u just made me start and actually learn how to play an intro of a song i never thought i could play :) justin u rock i think u are one of the best teachers, and the best song teacher ever.
Hi Justin, I have watched and learned songs from many people on youtube, but I have to say that you are by far the best teacher I have seen. You make even the most complex songs, (Like James Taylor tunes), seem so simple. GREAT JOB, brother. Thanks, Wally
You sir, are A master, and this is far more than a tutorial, this was a masterful "Performance", which i am more drawn 2 listening/watching ), more than actually Learning the song, which Underlines the natural Quality you exude ,Basically " WAW"
dude you're awesome! i've been trying to learn fire and rain for a while now but to be able to play it as well as you and sing it too... Thats just incredible!
i've been tryin to learn this for ages!!! only ever got the first couple bars! such a gr8 song thou. from the film remember the titans, best film ever made!
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Back in the day,James Taylor lived close to Jim Croce, they,d get together often and play, man would have loved to have heard that. Wonderful lesson, great pace for teaching the song, dont like it when they go so slow,just back up n listen again, on with the song.
Justin, great lesson ! Your instruction is excellent. Thanks so much for posting this. I have a James Taylor tab book, but your detailed instruction was enormously helpful.
I got the intro down.. It took me a whole day of fiddling around with it mainly memorization. Moving on to the next video and then singing this tune. Than you Justin
nice instruction, beautiful rendition. When you really hit it something inside my gut gets grabbed and pulls me back 40 years to age 10, innocence and a world where everybody knows the same music, and the music was usually great. Nice instruction though, really, accurate, easy going, very cool. carry on.
Justin ive watched loads of your stuff but this really hits the spot. I can see your puttin your heart and soul into this, well done mate and many thanks for this lesson, your the greatest, cheers!!!!!!
absolutly brilliant, as ever. however although i'd give my eye teeth to learn tunes in this kind of organic way ,i've always learnt intracate pieces like this using tabs, cant do it any other way. i know justin doesn't do tabs so if anyone can put one up somehow i'd really appreciate it. Using both would be great.!
Thanks a ton, Justin. I think I've done your last 300-400 views getting this one down. Great instructional vid and I really appreciate helping me learn this classic tune.
Wow, been watching your vids for awhile now but I’ve never heard you sing! Beautiful voice you have my man! Thank you for the lessons, you have been an incredible resource helping me with my jazz guitar studies!
Nice Job Justin! Thank you for taking the time to post this lesson. Learned it in about a week thanks to you. Still not nearly as good as your rendition, but on my way and enjoying it!
Your lessons are so good. Thank you, really appreciate what you're doing. I am looking for a new acoustic guitar which is great to play fingerpickingstyle. Would you mind recommending something I could check out? :)
Great lesson mate. I taught myself these songs fairly accurately in the 70s from listening to the album but your lesson was great to iron out some of those little moves. Well done.
Thank you Justin for all your help with the guitar. My guitar is more than an instrument to me, it help me deal with my many health issues and when I am down its my pick me up medicine. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Anthony Weiburg
Hey yeah playing is a great tonic . Helped me through difficult times also .
really enjoy your vocal instruction i get a strong sense of vocal instamental timing from your video
holaaa…...mucho ánimo from Spain..best regards
Right ToniMattTony. I've got a back injury that requires opioid medication that I've been taking for 6 years. I've learned that when you play guitar, you don't think about anything but what you're playing so picking and grinning makes all the difference. Medication helps but playing guitar is absolutely necessary if you want REAL relief. Playing helps me get from day to day. Keep it up Justin you are awesome and priceless, the thumbs down people hate everything, so don't pay attention to them they're lost.
Well Justin, I get quite emotional about music and listening to you was like listening to James Taylor. My eyes were watering. Thank you.
At 36 years old I have learned how to play an instrument that I've avoided for since I was introduced to piano at the age of 15. Thank you for making the opening of a new world an easy and fun transition! I have fallen in love again, with my guitar.
Justin when I want to get the correct fingerings, finger positions, chords and leads no one does it finer than you. You are the best on the net.
your cover is amazing... i didn't even bother to hear the tutorial... bravo
WOW
I like how you do it; you've obviously spent a lot of time studying Taylor. That was one of the best tutorials I've ever seen you do and your voice really works with that song, too. Well done! And thank you!
With about a year and a half exp with guitar, I learned this song in about 40 combined hours with this video. Good solid lesson dude!
After a few years of free loading and learning so much from you Justin, I finally joined your very informative and well structured services. So thankful for your excellent guitar instruction and whimsical commentary. Not to mention that you are awesome to hear play and sing. Can't thank you enough sir!
Justin, your are a freak. Been playing the guita for 20 years and I have learned more from you in the last three weeks, than in the last 20 years!!!
Whenever I want to learn how to play a song using a video from TH-cam I always check and see if Jason has posted something on it. His easy going attitude fits perfectly with his talent and teaching style. For those of us who have to replay a video over and over to get it down he makes it very easy. Thanks Jason, you seem like a really great person and I appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos.
On the g chord bit I honestly just hit random strings until it sounds close enough 😂
Gmaj7
Same here 😀
James Taylor he was a wizard on the A-chord and a great guitarist listened to him alot in the 1970th still one of my most favourite artists
This song has always been one of the most beautiful songs and it has been on my mind lately. Thank you for showing me how to play this beauty. Off to practice with my sore fingers. I will learn this!
One of the best James Taylor sounding voices I've ever heard.
you are the best. I like how you play the song through. it allows us to end up playing along with you, that helps so much when learning a song, having someone to jam with, getting timing right. thanks.
Superb playing. One hell of a task to bring others up to speed for this beautiful, semi-classical song. 👍
Wow! I wasn’t prepared for how well you interpreted this iconic JT balad! And thank you for the tutorial, Justin.
Hi Justin,I've been following Your Tutos for Two Years . you have a beatiful voice. But not too prefect, its more motivating for beginners,But your way of showing us how to play the music is wonderful ThanksJsstin.
You have a lovely voice. I really enjoy listening to sing and play.
You are the best ! Music resonates in our souls… the guitar is such a wonderful instrument ….so approachable by many. Keep up the wonderful teaching
On the last part of showing your left hand an add pops up of your part 2 and covers your hand so I can't see what you're doing ... Thank you as I love this song and always wanted to learn it ... I am getting it ... Great lessons Justin
Thanks so much Justin. For years I've played Fire and Rain the way John Denver recorded it years ago. I learned to play it the way that JT recorded from your superb lesson. I used what I learned in a festival that I played at this past weekend. It went well!
you deserve a medal...................so generous with your time and talent. thankyou, ...a million times over....Vic Australia.
I love your guitar how it has the heart, spade, diamond, and club! That's awesome! Great lesson too.
Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!! I am so very glad that you decided to do a tutorial on this song. You are no doubt the best at teaching technical playing on TH-cam.
This is my favourite song of all time and i love the passion and skill you play and sing it with
thank you for your kind words :)
Thanks Justin. This is such an awesome song for acoustic guitar. I could never figure it out but liw and behold 40 years later, I find it on TH-cam. Thanks again for all guitar players.
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I've been playing this since 1973 and I learned it from the Sweet Baby James song book that only showed the chords and not the tabs. I had it pretty close but you have showed me a couple of subtleties on which I can improve. I can't sing it any more and its disappointing... Nice vid. Justin.
Great song, good lesson. Always amazingly taught. I put in a bass walk-up from the Emaj to the G in the verse
Justin - Thanks for your stunning generosity.
Heavy
Thanks Justin. The stuff you do makes millions of people to be happy. That includes me. Your brilliant !
I honestly never thought I'd be able to play this, but the way you break it down helps so much! Great lesson, beautiful cover at the beginning too!
You do this very well...thanks. I have always wanted to learn this and just never took the time. You made it easy as possible. Thanks again.
Thanks Justin, some time ago in one of your beginner lessons you said something similar to work on songs that are not always easy, push yourself to learn more difficult songs.
So thanks for another challenging tune to learn.
Justin, you are an amazing guitar player and an even better teacher. Awesome! Thank you brother.
Justin thanks for the help. I am a novice player and have always loved James Taylor and have worked for several weeks to play fire and rain using your lesson and I must say....it sounds pretty good! Thanks again.
i've lost count of how many times ive listened to you play this song now, such a great great cover
Justin I love your guitar playing and I love your coaching ....out of all coaches on internet you are my fave....your damn good buddy and the fact you met my hero since I was 6 years old = Paul McCartney makes me sooooo envious my friend....nice work you do love it so THANKS SO MUCH! Your Canadian Admirer...Tim Fitzpatrick, Ontario, Canada.
u just made me start and actually learn how to play an intro of a song i never thought i could play :) justin u rock i think u are one of the best teachers, and the best song teacher ever.
Best, most easily understood lessons on the web. Thank you!
Hi Justin, I have watched and learned songs from many people on youtube, but I have to say that you are by far the best teacher I have seen. You make even the most complex songs, (Like James Taylor tunes), seem so simple. GREAT JOB, brother. Thanks, Wally
I have to say you are a constant inspiration Justin.
Jason...I've been playing this for 40 years....nice to finally have it exactly right...perfectly done!
just learned the intro from you video. very helpful. thank you!
Really enjoy your tutorials! Your tone is so beautiful, and your expression when you teach just shows that you really enjoy doing this. Thank you!
Nice job. Very talented teacher, player and singer.
Thanks Justin. You have an easy manner, and accurate lessons.
You sir, are A master, and this is far more than a tutorial, this was a masterful "Performance", which i am more drawn 2 listening/watching ), more than actually Learning the song, which Underlines the natural Quality you exude ,Basically " WAW"
Wow. What kind words. Thank you.
Cheers 😊
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dude you're awesome! i've been trying to learn fire and rain for a while now but to be able to play it as well as you and sing it too... Thats just incredible!
i've been tryin to learn this for ages!!! only ever got the first couple bars! such a gr8 song thou. from the film remember the titans, best film ever made!
Great job. So helpful. I’m a lifelong guitarist who has always loved this song. Not sure why I never learned it?! With your help I’m in! Thanks.
Awesome! Thank you!
Cheers 😊
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Really great song and you play it so well , thanks for the straight forward way of teaching...thanks
Awesome cover of James Taylor. I hope you play this often at your gigs!
Wow. What a voice. You sound incredible
:)
you're the best, Justin!! I'm a beginner, and am loving your lessons!!
I a a pretty experienced guitarist and appreciate what a good job you do! You are very clear with sometimes difficult material!
so great I have to say YOU ARE GREAT !!! I am a long time lover of james taylor and I have to say you go it
That works for your voice Justin. Thanks for the tutorial.
A masterpiece and the best cover on the net!!
Back in the day,James Taylor lived close to Jim Croce, they,d get together often and play, man would have loved to have heard that. Wonderful lesson, great pace for teaching the song, dont like it when they go so slow,just back up n listen again, on with the song.
Wow..you are truly awesome Justin. Best JT lesson I've come across so far. Thanks!
So nice to hear a great cover and lesson to boot. Even started wearing a flat cap when I'm playing ....
Justin, Thanks for your patience and creative approach to teaching. Love to see occasionally the tabs for those leads. Barry
Scottsdale
Justin, great lesson ! Your instruction is excellent. Thanks so much for posting this. I have a James Taylor tab book, but your detailed instruction was enormously helpful.
Thank you! Literally don’t want to stop, feel like I’m getting it 💪🏻
I got the intro down.. It took me a whole day of fiddling around with it mainly memorization. Moving on to the next video and then singing this tune. Than you Justin
Justin you have quite a gift my man! And taking the time to teach, Priceless!
This really helped me get the rhythm down, thanks!!
Very good instructional video - well performed and excently explained. Good job
Wow, your performance of that quite difficult song is really great Justin.
Thank you for posting this great tutorial. Very well presented and explained. After all these years I'm finally playing it right!
nice instruction, beautiful rendition. When you really hit it something inside my gut gets grabbed and pulls me back 40 years to age 10, innocence and a world where everybody knows the same music, and the music was usually great. Nice instruction though, really, accurate, easy going, very cool. carry on.
Justin ive watched loads of your stuff but this really hits the spot. I can see your puttin your heart and soul into this, well done mate and many thanks for this lesson, your the greatest, cheers!!!!!!
Justin, what can i say ? Watching you play & sing this song so captivated me that i forgot i watching a lesson. Your amazing Brother !
THANKS Justin for the song , you are pretty good and U inspire us all .
absolutly brilliant, as ever. however although i'd give my eye teeth to learn tunes in this kind of organic way ,i've always learnt intracate pieces like this using tabs, cant do it any other way. i know justin doesn't do tabs so if anyone can put one up somehow i'd really appreciate it. Using both would be great.!
this is such a beautiful guitar song. Thanks again for this awesome lesson.
Your voice suits this song well! Great lesson😊
Thanks a ton, Justin. I think I've done your last 300-400 views getting this one down. Great instructional vid and I really appreciate helping me learn this classic tune.
Justin, a great demo, really clear, good Job Mate, now to master it between you and Shane , I will get this mastered. 🎸🎤🎧🎼 Thank you!
i have said it on other video's but yet again THANK YOU! for playing through it at the start helps me get a rhythm
Wow, been watching your vids for awhile now but I’ve never heard you sing! Beautiful voice you have my man! Thank you for the lessons, you have been an incredible resource helping me with my jazz guitar studies!
Thank you so much Justin , wonderful tutorial
j'adore se que vous faite.
J'ai appris stairway to heaven,sultan of swing et oasis grace a vous .
C'etait mes 3 premier morceaux a la guitar.
Nice Job Justin! Thank you for taking the time to post this lesson. Learned it in about a week thanks to you. Still not nearly as good as your rendition, but on my way and enjoying it!
great methodical tutoring..the slow pace is really helpful also.. excellent work justin..nice one.
So clean, thanks for the lesson!
Your lessons are so good. Thank you, really appreciate what you're doing. I am looking for a new acoustic guitar which is great to play fingerpickingstyle. Would you mind recommending something I could check out? :)
gracias!! me encanta..!! from Valencia Spain
A personal favorite. Well done.
I love this song, I can't believe you did a video on it! Awesome!
Thank you for youre dedication to music and teaching. Ur szzzzlin man.
One word....... AWESOME !!!!!!!
One of my favorite JT songs. Thanks Justin!
Great lesson mate. I taught myself these songs fairly accurately in the 70s from listening to the album but your lesson was great to iron out some of those little moves. Well done.
Awesome cover Justin... If I could stop listening to it, I might be able to follow the lesson.
love the guitar!! the fret markers as the four pips is awesome!!
Thanks Justin, finally a new lesson. Donation is on the way.
Hi mate, you are the best guitar teacher on TH-cam by far, I truly love who you teach different at different levels, you rock brother 🥰🎸🥰🎸🥰💓🎸
You had me @ "capoed at the 3rd fret for those that hadn't noticed!"
😂🎸