how to play "La Grange" by ZZ Top - guitar lesson rhythm
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An electric guitar lesson on how to play the classic "La Grange" by ZZ top from their 1973 album, "Tres Hombres."
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There's no better music than blues influenced rock and roll imo. Especially when it is played with a little shuffle, speed and finesse. It's good time, great feeling music. Great lesson.
Outstanding teaching man. It's such a basic riff and it's the nuances is what makes it so classic and tasty. You nailed it teaching all the finesse. Also loved that you play ALL the parts straight thru outa the gate with NO talking. Perfect.
sladynamo Hey bud, thanks for the nice comment man. It's true about the nuances. They make ALL the difference!
Awesome lesson! I always felt Hot For Teacher was taken from Le Grange, and that Eddie's pinch harmonic use was very much influenced by Billy. I'm so happy to see someone else making some connection between that song and Le Grange too.
This is THE BEST I have seen for this song by far .
your tone is smashing baby! Yeah! lol....Great TONE
Great lesson! Your have nailed the sound. Damn, it ain't easy to play right and keep the whole thing going! I never tried it before and thought I'd give it a go. Learning the guitar is only half the battle however, because if you want a real challenge then try singing it at the same time like Billy Gibbons.
Did you keep at it?
I started on this yesterday. Slow going. 😆
you are fucking awesome, simply as that. thanks.
Hey you, my friend from the iconic
You know, when I first started watching your tutorials I hated you, because you weren't "beginner friendly", even though after just 4 months of playing I knew the Hotel California intro all because of you. Now, about a year and a half into playing you're my favourite guitar teacher! You take a supposedly simple guitar riff like this one and then show that everyone plays it wrong, just amazing.
Does instruction get any better...? I haven't seen it. Thanks for all your hard work putting these videos together
Your tone and playing are exceptional. Sure would like to see you give a lesson on the solo. One of the best solos of blues rock ever! I've never even seen Billy Gibbons attempt the original version live. He bails at the best part. He's getting older and maybe it takes a young man's energy and dexterity. But it is one of the all time classics!
Great lesson, I see many lessons about la grange, already good, but this is the best and completest tutorial...
Give me five and moreover give us more lessons.
Best regards from Munich/germany
Andy
Great Lesson! Your Gibson Guitar is SMOKIN!👍😎
y'know, man, I've been looking at a lot of lesson, lately, and I just gotta tell ya, you are REALLY a good teacher. you don't just PLAY the notes...or go over an important passage 3 times. ...or then slow it Way down..you do all v that, plus explain r exactly HOW to make it sound MORE like the original!...Damn, I wish you lived close enough for me to take personal lessons...your writing sounds British, but not your voice.. where do you hail from? - Mike
Sweet LP mate!
Those inlays really stand out nice on what looks like an ebony fret board.
Cool track, well done & thank for sharing
Thanks Daren.
You are by far the best "teacher" on the internet. The attention to detail that you insist on is part of what makes you great!
He's good but 2 words Marty Music
@@MrKaden1217 Marty's for beginners for the most part. I'd rather Andy, but I would like it if he started teaching some more modern songs
@@PretzelBoi726 who's andy
@@unacuentadeyoutube13 the teacher in the shut up and play videos
@@PretzelBoi726 oh yeah. I learned my first melody, shape of my heart by Sting, thank to him
Best and most accurate firr lessons of youtube, thanks a lot!
La Grange is quite similar to Pat Travers "Rock~n~Roll Susie" too. ;)
YOU ~ ROCK ! !
Thank You For explaining how to get the sounds to change with the knobs . couldn't find anyone that explained this part. Thanks again.
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What I've found really nails the tone for this song is my use of a Germanium Fuzz Pedal.
Turned down on the neck pickup the fuzz transforms the tone into the clear/clean sound found in the intro.
Slapping the Les Paul's pickup selector switch to the bridge pickup with it's volume turned up results in almost identical tone from the studio version of this song.
Just wanted to pass this on as I really love the tone Mr. Gibbons has on this song and I didn't expect the fuzz to bring it in so closely.
Great videos and content, thank you
you are an A+ teacher...and an excellent player...great tone as well- I thoroughly enjoy all of your videos- keep them coming
Thanks a lot Mark. Plenty more to come!
Fantastic lesson. Spot on in every respect. A rarity on youtube. Thanks.
Just discovered your channel. Stellar job on this. You are a great teacher. I agree with you that the rhythm carries the song, but I'd love to see a lesson from you on the lead as well anyway. There are lots of attempts, but most lack the feeling / phrasing that you seem to be able to capture. Regardless, thanks for a killer lesson.
whooaa, this is perfect...=) would be great if you did Nasty dogs and funky kings
1:15 even the switch was in time
I really like your guitar playing!
Great lesson video, thanks for posting this video!
Awesome Lesson friend, Big thumbs up¡¡¡¡. Greetings from Spain: Javier
***** Thanks a lot bro. cheers
Great video bro...nice work...simple explanation....great sound too...thanks a ton for uploading this video...very much appreciated. :)
great teaching very profesional thanks la grange!!! can you see if you can disect the evh brown sound
Great been wondering exactly how to get that la grange feel. Your tutorial hits the mark!
When it comes to these lessons, there is you and Tim Pierce at the top, then everyone else at least a couple notches lower on the skill scale.
To be mentioned in the same sentence as Tim Pierce is a huge honor...thank you very much. cheers
Andy
I've always assumed you hide your face because you are some famous guitar player. Are you Billy Gibbons? 😜 So spot on man. Even your tone is great. Not sure why it took me 9 years to find this one, but it just popped up as a recommended watch.
Very good lesson...........like everytime on your channel.............
I love all the details that you explain each time that for me make the difference...when you try to play a song in the same spirit
I was clean-shaven when i first listened now I have a 2-foot beard!
Do you still play out in a band anywhere? I’d love to come to a show with you in a band. Very fine player!
Great settings,speed,nailed to the spec.
Not sure if it's been asked before but are you playing a Class 5 custom shop with different pickups?
I have a few Les Paul standards and customs and just got a Blues Deluxe. Great combo
I have all wine colored Les Paul’s I just really dig the color
Man you are a great guitar player! Thanks for all of your guitar video's.
Either this cat is from MN./WI. or Canada with that accent. 😉 You are correct about hot for teacher. 😉
Ok, "Shut Up & Play" (lol), I love it. This is the FIRST video I've seen where someone has it correct! You've absolutely got that hybrid picking correct there in the intro & after the solo. I'm only at 4:53 right now, but I just had to comment.
And, you're right, the lick does change, ya know why? Cuz it's Billy // Gibbons, that's why! He wrote the song, he can play it any way he wants. And it sounds great!
(I've heard so many versions of that lick, where ppl make a video, "Here's how to play it..." and it's just something that they have the skill to play at that moment, without even stretching themselves....
No, that's NOT how to learn a song and play it like the person recording it.)
Oh, BTW, I can't wait to see how you do the "seamless" changing of the sound. Is it seamless like your editing (lol)? (Cuz I noticed the cut; ppl think nobody notices, but I do!)
Anyway, (deep, gravelly voice) back to the video....
13:11
You nailed it. I was hoping you'd do that, gotta say, I like the way you time the switch flick with the beat of the lick. Ya did it! Perfect.
I was hoping you'd do the solos, like the one with the C minor pentatonic, but that's cool. Can't finish the video right now, I gotta catch a zoom webinar...but I promise I'll watch the end.
Great job! Love the name of the channel. 👍 👌
Great video ! ! ! You really surprised me with " I didn't really like the solo on this" . . . . . . ? ? ? After really lofting Jimmy Lyons on his simple, yet sweet major pentatonic licks on "Two Tickets to Paradise" you don 't like this powerhouse display of minor pentatonics ? ? This song's lead solo, with it's pinch harmonics is probably responsible for more guitarists learning to play than any other rock song at the time and is still hailed as the national anthem of all rock guitar hits. Remember, this song came out in 1973 -'74.
Meticulous! I love to learn the right way to play so when i make mistakes it don't sound as bad. Make sense? Great job!
Can you teach how to play "Call me the breeze" by Lynyrd andand "Porterville" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Another brilliant lesson!! (as are they all). The Best anywhere on this magic box, bar-none!! Thank you sir!!
How does anyone "not like" this? I stumbled onto this channel after months of watching dozens of other guitar channels, but he breaks it down much better than anyone i have seen. The hot for teacher tie is awesome, great technique and tone. Keep posting and thanks for the lessons, nice job!
I know your list is a mile long but "Arrested While Driving Blind" from Tejas has a KILLER riff.
Thank you for this lesson, even though it is "Ten Years After" you posted it 🙂. Looking at your LP, I noticed the way the maple top shows beneath the binding inside the cutaway and it makes me feel better. I recently bought an R9, and it has the same situation, and I thought it was a defect. Apparently it is a feature.
Great Video lesson... I'd still like to learn the lead parts though... There's a few videos on TH-cam of the main solo but I've yet to find a video of the main solo and the outro solo...
The only guy that does it spot on. So many hack lessons for this song on here.
Excelente, gracias profesor
This guy does amazing tutorials! Can't write enough great comments to equal the talent shown. Really great to listen to!
This is awesome! I was always intimidated by finger picking.
Maybe it's just the right song for beginners.
Thanks dude!
Steven B2 Thanks Steven.
Great lesson, and awesome playing, you really have the sound and feel of the tune. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks !! Very nice tutorial
A lot of people play this wrong. This my friend, is correct!
Thanks bro!
Its fun just to watch his teaching method , I couldnt care less for learning more than 2 songs and leave the rest to real music lessons.
Love it man, shut up an play away!
drake149 Thanks a lot Drake!
Lots of good tips in the lesson. Great sound , What pickups are you using ?
Very helpful...thanks for the excellent lesson.
Great tutorial
my left ear enjoyed this, in the begining..
Thank you from Poland !!
Got my sub! Wow hot for teacher is definitely similar!
As you said, easy to play poorly. I've been doing it wrong for almost as many years as Billy G.'s been doing it right. In my defense, I knew that I was doing it wrong and never bothered to learn it right. I've always played it very well - I don't think most bar patrons ever knew I was wrong - they'd always clap and dance and tell me it was wonderful. I guess I have no excuse now. I'll have to untrain myself from my usual riff and learn to do it right. I lost your vid for a couple of weeks and when I went back here to find it I learned that there are tons of guys giving lessons that are totally wrong. Congrats for doing it right, and thanx tons....
+James M I here ya, I've been doing them a little off for years, may be to late to turn back now
Nicely done...
The Van Halen lick was awesome too!
928CS Thanks bud.
That guitar sounds just awesome... I was looking into those DA Humbuckers, but was afraid they would be too hot for this type of music. Just great sound. Good Job!
brian george Hey Brian, I would highly recommend the Aldrich PUPS. You can get pretty well any sound out of them. Thanks for watching! cheers
stunning lesson !
..can you do a bro a favor and do one on Jesus Just Left Chicago?...lot's of confusion between standard tuning and open tuning...what did Billy use in the studio?
Had an irresistible urge to air drum at about 1:20……
Excellent, thank you very much. Any chance of another Billy Gibbons classic lesson, Waitin for the bus???? please.
Rick Miles Hey Rick, that's a good tune. I've had a couple of requests for it. I can't promise anything but maybe down the road I'll have a look at it. Thanks for watching bud.
What can I say...I bet there's nothing you can't play given a couple of minutes to work out. I can only wish....
eagle52 Well, most stuff I play, I work on quite a bit actually. Even when the notes come quick, it sometimes takes a long time before you get the feel of it, and to me that's what it's all about. cheers
If the finger picking really isn't for you try doing gentle up picks it sounds quite similar
Thank you for this
, I was close but not close enough.
Thanks for the Hot for Teacher, it's a twofer lesson. The intro is great
Super cool! Thanks for sharing!, 🖖🤩
Dziękuję bardzo. Zajebista lekcja !!.
Greetings from Poland !!!
.... great job man, but im curious, if Billy is the only guitar player in the trio band , how is he doing both the lead and rym? cant imagine a looper doing all the barrs?
Hey kris, playing live is a completely different animal to what bands do in the studio. It's always a compromise.
this man is so good
Thanks, that was a great lesson. I'm off and running
Hey David, that's great. Good luck with it.
@@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials do you have the full song lesson? With the solo guitar lines?
I love it - excellent tone!
Man I Do not play.. I like to screw around.. but the blues riff has always been one I wanted to learn. I watched another video and I could just TELL the dude wasn't playing it right... I came to your Video... and boom.. THIS is the right sound...
Great lesson! The outro solo would be great to learn! Can't find it anywhere and one of my favorites. Thank you
Frank Amato Thanks Frank!
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide gives me fits. Do you play it and if so how do you handle the turn around.
Hanx Stiff Hey Hanx, no I've never played that one but I like it a lot. Maybe I'll do it someday. Thanks for watching bro. cheers
I'm a rubbish guitar player, but your videos are helping me have more fun (and be a little less rubbish)
Ari Kolbeinsson Glad it's helping Ari. cheers
Blown away how you just rip into the intro solo for Hot for Teacher like it's nothing during a lesson on La Grange. Excellent playing!
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Just discovered your channel. Your playing is super clean man. Your picking hand moves in a distinctive way I've seen from other great players, especially on the mid string changing runs. When I see that I know your right hand technique is tight.
dude! great video, watch till the end for sure!
Your teaching style works really well for me. The “trick” in Cheap Sunglasses changed my approach 180! Thank you.
I really wish you we do this again and add the solo =)
I have a RP155 guitar processor for 3 yrs. now and am ready to break the #%@&!$@ thing. Your video is real similar to one the better tabs out there. Glad you appreciate great guitarist and supply your time n talent brother.
bogie0frame Thanks for watching bro.
Of course Your welcome.
ON POINT!! Awesome.
Thank you, very helpful
Nice job, congrats!!!
Thanks Eduardo, that's great bro.
How are you getting that hollow clean sound from your amp? Sounds just like Billys sound.
Love your lessons ...I have a guitar exactly like yours..what pick ups do you have?