Merle Haggard - How To Play Workin Man Blues Guitar Lesson
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2013
- Go to countryguitarchops.com for the tab and jam tracks for this guitar lesson to help you learn how to play Workin Man Blues, played similar to how James Burton played it on the Merle Haggard recording. Check out the many other free lessons there too.
This is how I play one of many various lead guitar solos that I would play over the Working Man Blues type progression country guitar style. I hope you enjoy the instruction I've given here. You can find the tab along with a full length fast and slow jam track on my website. Thanks, Ken Carlson - เพลง
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What an absolute legend this bloke is.
This is the best lesson I've ever seen. I've been trying to pick for 50 years. You're not a show-off. Your videos are very clear and I think I finally going to get it down. I'm 66, retired and I'm really enjoying the lessons. I'll get back to you when I finally get it. I want to go from there and do more. I know it takes a lot of patience to make a lesson this way. I really appreciate it.
+Bob Sturgeon Thanks Bob!
I AGREE WITH YA NICE COMMENT
Plenty of show off teachers, the Dutch guy is the worst.
Been workin days on this one. Be days more til i get it all.
Be months before i can rip it. But i will rip it.
thanks dude.
Had to set the needle back many, many, many, uh repeatedly many times.
Start my day with this lesson and work on it for hours.
Seems ideal for a thumbpick. makin due with a flat pick.
Thanks fer a great lesson.
Sir: You have the patience of a Saint!
61 year old and have played since 7. Never tried the country picking cept trying to sound country.
You gave me much home work to do!
Thank You!
Jim
Thank you Ken! I can't explain how much this lesson has broken me out of a rut and pointed my playing in a new direction. You took the time to make it understandable and clear. So glad I found this, thanks again for sharing your talent with us. Be well.
I am a musician for over 40 decades and you are the best. Mr. Stanley.
Thanks!
you're 400 years old?!...lol....4 decades is 40 years...jus sayin
Great lesson and great class in giving Dario a shoutout
Doesn't get any better than this guy --- teacher and player.
I like the way you teach and explain everything, Ken. Great videos and you're an Awesome guitarist ! Thanks my friend !
I fell in love with this song two days ago. Today I found that awesome guitar lesson. Thank you🍻
I've seen countless help videos for this song, and this is the first to move the my grasp of the rhythm. Thanks.
Buy Ken's course. I've learned more from him in an hour than I have in my 35 yrs of just playing rythm with fillins . I felt like a beginner again actually I was . But now I'm rolling it. Great teacher. Thanks Ken. David Jones.
Thanks David. I'm appreciate the kind words, and I'm very happy to hear that your enjoying the lessons!
Don’t get no better than that Ken
oh my God; this guy can play country music! 😳
You are a great player and also have an ability to show others in a way they understand thanks for all you do!
This is great thank you. One of the best tutorials I've seen. Great job of illustrating the timing of these licks. James Burton was a giant.
This is on another level
Ken is one of the best! Bought a bunch of his instructional videos years ago. Well worth the purchase!!
Thank you so much for doing this. Clear and to the point. Excellent!
Enjoyed very much!! Lots of fun - Thanks....
Ken....You are an outstanding teacher and a gift to all the "closet" musicians out here. I have, and I encourage others to purchase your lessons. Thanks!
Thank you.
Ken,
Thank you for this! Very clearly explained and you play beautifully!
This lesson really opened up my ears for authenticity towards country guitar. Moved me light years ahead of where I was(I sucked pretty bad lol)...thanks!!
Thanks Mike!
Got a feeling this video is going to the top of my replay list.
Wow!! This has been TREMENDOUS!!! Thanks for taking the time to show us this!
Great lesson, Ken! You have a nice way of breaking it down. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for this lesson .... converting to country for fun and it really is ..
You are a great guitarist and teacher! Thanks!
Thank you vey much...great playing and instruction...you've really helped me out on this.
great everything..thx Ken for a great lesson... well explained
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Now you just turn the tuning key back and forth the go from the E to drop D. I've been using them for 20 years and like them a lot. Hope this helps!
We dont,t care how many frets or capelo, YOU ARE THE BEST, From Canada.
Thanks again Stanley!
brilliant stuff man, very grateful for the help.
Thanks, it is obvious that you have a true understand of both Technique and Tone.
Very Impressive!
John Russell (UK)
Great teaching! Thanks for the help.
Happy picking and glad tidings
Excellent stuff. Great playing & excellent lesson
Loving those chops!!!
Great lesson. And your playing is amazing!!!
I love how your videos are laid out! The detail is fantastic! Thank you so much for the time and the work you’re putting out on these
Thank you!
Brilliant playing mate! Thanks for posting and inspiring us weekend warriors!👍👍
Merle was one hell of a writer, and Roy, one hell of a player.
Roy? Don't you mean James Burton? He did the lead guitar on that song
Good, but not the way Merle or Roy played it.
@@eliolopez3107 Roy played the solo, live in Muskogee Oklahoma, in 1969.
@@bigd1345 Who did the solo on record? It was my understanding that James Burton did. In the end it doesn't matter. Both men were fine players.
@@justiceforall6412 James Burton played the solo on the studio recording. Roy Nichols played the solo on the Live in Muskogee, Oklahoma, album. Both are great players, however, I prefer Roy's live solo.
busted my pinky and ring finger recently - you've given me inspiration to continue to play - this will be the second time - a while back cut my arm in half with a skill saw and used the guitar for therapy - it worked wonders... great tips and step by step lesson - I find it a little weird because I used to just play straight cords C7, F and G. Thank you - I WILL SUBSCRIBE SOON.
So, so good. Thanks for this.
Simply awesome. Love your style and the way you make it look like even I could do it.
Thank you.. You can! Practice, practice, practice!!
awesome lesson
Ken thanks for a top notch lesson ... You really bring home some classic sounds ... In a most generous and smooth style ... Looking forward to checking out your site
Bellissima lezione. ottimo maestro. Very good lesson, very good teacher !
Another great track. Just love watching you play Ken. Fantastic sound. I've got may years of practice to go, but I hope to be able to play like this one day.
just got my first Tele (squire) and rushed to TH-cam to learn some appropriate music. Found this and "WOW" Thanks, Ken. You really great it down for the novice!
Thanks Ken. Some can play but, not teach. You my new friend are a great player and great instructor. Very Cajun friendly and I appreciate it so much!
Super great music , super great lesson ! 👌🏼
You're a good teacher.
Love those Burton licks!
Fantastic. This is gonna take me a while learn....but what great fun. Bravo!
Awesome lesson!
what a great lesson. thank you sir
Man that so cool to watch n hear u play that !!! I've learned all the licks I'm so close lol
I tried this tutorial three years ago and did not master it. Been working hard to improve since then and here I am again. Did not quite pull it off this time, but I get it. Similar chord progression to She's a woman by the beatles. Thank you!
Great lesson! Thanks!
This is an awesome lesson. Perfect. Now if I can learn to play it half as fast and clean as you can, I will feel like hero. Thanks for doing it, this will help me improve a great deal.
Thank you.
Great Job!!! Your my official country guitar teacher! 😊👋
Very nice instruction...thanks!!
Fantastic lesson !!
Awesome breakdown on this! I've almost got it.. been working on it all week.
Very nice. Wish someday I could play like that !
Great stuff - love it, thanks!
Great video, thank you for posting!
You are excellent! and patient
*FANTASTIC.*
Day # 4...dude I'm GETTING IT! So frickin cool!! I can see me signing up for everything else soon. Thank you so much! I don't learn real well from a lot of guys but you are a great teacher! So much fun😎
Thanks!
This is great. Love the lesson and the licks.
Thanks!
Love the little Roy Nichols flavor at the end and the smirk when you played it the first time. I called it, even before you explained it at the end. Always end on the b7!
Ken, you are really good at your craft.
Great instruction! Thanks.
Msn, I enjoyed that like a cold beer on a hot day! Thanks! Such awesome playing and talent!
Awesome playing
Duden your lesson is great!!!
Ken , one heck of a lesson. Real fun to learn and a great intro to country pickin.
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson!
Thank you!!! Awesome lesson!
Excellent, thank you.
great lesson thank you from a beginner you are a great help best yet truly appreciated !🤟👌👍
Just found this today. The best lesson on youtube. Thanks for much. I like the way you present this.
lafreeway Thank you!
this guy is awesome!
Thanks. Awesome lesson.
Thanks for that. Looks like I've been missing a trick all this time!! Glad I found your channel great stuff!
Hey Ken thanks a lot! Learned lots from you!
you're one of the best around Ken if not the best, i'm self taught an have a good reputation but i love learning from ya.
Great lesson. Thanks!
great lesson for blues guitarist
Excellent job…!!!
Great lesson, thanks
Nicely Done Ken
Thanks Kent.
That is awesome instruction! I just HAVE to learn it!
Thanks!
Hi Danny, Glad to hear you like it!
theres the stuff !
thanx Ken
God, your tone is awesome as is your playing. Great lesson!
I just wanted to say that I like the way you play this better than anyone I've heard on TH-cam! Very nice!
Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I'll be adding more Haggard guitar lessons to the website soon.
great!! muy buena leccion para los que nos gusta el sonido bien Country,sonido Twang. Gracias Ken
hey, well so I'm a hack strummer from a long way back and anyway chicken pickin' is a real challenge and honestly this is the BEST lesson I've ever seen on the interwebs and I've seen a few. slow in the right places and no endless BS about what a treasure your tele is or about the time you saw Merle play it live...very straightforward, clear, thorough, direct. Solid, top to bottom
+William Clifford Thanks William!