Amen. He’s laying it down. And I don’t know if he realizes, but he’s inspiring a revolution. It may take years or decades, but he’s doing his part. May god bless and keep him safe, and spread his music free and wide.
Yeah, as much as I love Micheal. I could tell it made him uncomfortable to talk about these lyrics and as parents nowadays will say folks are indoctrinating their kids with talk like that. Despite it being the truth. Jesse is the man
I'm 71 and a Jesse Welles fan. My go to song that I've listened to a bazillion times is "Wheels." I can't get enough of his Dylanesque lyrics. I was a fan when he had 400 followers and don't understand why he doesn't have a million. Dive in. You won't be sorry. Thank you for giving him a spin. ❤
@MatthewjeffersonTodd , I don't know if you've heard today's banger, but Gilgamesh made me cry. It's heart-wrenching and pure Jesse magic. I predict songs like this will touch the masses if there's a heartbeat still left in America. You'll thank me. 🦋
I am also a Boomer... and he so reminds me of the Folk songs that occupied my young adulthood. I am fascinated, not just with the music, but his daily output! I wish him well. I hope he goes far.!
@@kimdolly Gilgamesh is an incredible song. So beautiful, so sad, and yes, heart-wrenching. I had to sit down just with my own thoughts after listening to it the first time.
I think it's a testament to Jesse Welles' music that, after you went through the music theory side of things, you dove into such a deep and heartfelt personal account of how poverty and ignorance can shape our lives. I love that power in music. Someone a thousand miles away or just around the corner can write something that pulls at some deep longing in our hearts. Thanks for being open and letting that show a little. Much love, bud!
He is the best song writer. I'm telling you he is comedy , lyrics , philosophy major. He isn't out of tune. It's how Jesse rolls. Love him man. Listen to all. Dylan is in him. Bob
From Arkansas, but I believe currently Nashville based. Other Nashville musicians in Jesse's comments have recognized his locations (from shooting their own Instagram posts in the same places!)
@@MichaelNobleNotNobel I'm under the impression hes back in Arkansas. He moved to Nashville back in his Dead Indian days. But he's definitely been in Arkansas recently, he visited his mom lol she posted about it
@@DaiMadAboutIthe is back in Arkansas. I live in NWA and take guitar lessons at Musicworks. I had Jesse as my teacher for 2 lessons before he left to go on tour.
I just bought every one of his songs on iTunes. He’s like John Prine making me laugh at my own misery and the worst things in the world. Thanks for bringing me something new and refreshing. 🤘😎
Not so much a prophet as a satirist. But a brilliant satirist. He's singing about the times in a particular way that not a lot of Americans are used to hearing anymore, but that was common in the 1930's - 1960's. I've noticed a lot of people who listen to his most satirical songs, "not getting it" or misinterpreting it, because they're so used to literalist, binary, un-nuanced lyrics in so much of what is written today. You have to have a certain understanding of the bedrock from which he's working from and the mechanics of satire to fully appreciate how brilliant a lot of his songs really are.
Keep watching, This is the best writer and performer to come down the pike in decades. Keep listening, Michael. Every damn song is RELEVANT- to me, to you, to this generation, to this country, to the world to come.
The kid's got a ton of songs he's posted, and he's got a unique phrasing. His voice is obviously interesting, but his melodies don't sound like anyone else's. He's making some stylistic choices that may not be apparent when listening to just one song.
I love Jesse. Found him a few months ago when he had about 30k subscribers. I knew he was about to blow up after hearing that first song. Since then, he's skyrocketed and only getting more popular by the week. He has great lyrics, but I'm even more impressed with his ability to create nice melodies.
I learned of this young man just this morning when his Live Aid video popped up in my feed. I had an hour and a half car drive and listened to his tunes the whole time. He has a unique viewpoint on this world and I appreciate that he is sharing it.
I think we were stepping very carefully around class relations so as to not offend anyone... but yes a bit of an odd takeaway from a song about class inequity and how the system is designed to keep you in your place.
Jesse Welles is a brilliant lyricist of the once-in-fifty-year sort. Gonna see him in Feb and excited about it--been at least 25 years since anyone impressed me as much.
Love your stuff Michael, but I think you slightly mis-interpreted this one. Jesse Welles isn’t doing the “authentic poor hillbilly” thing that’s been big in alt-country the last few years. He’s a protest singer ala Bob Dylan. So we don’t know if he’s singing from his own real experience, because that’s not the point - he’s critiquing society. And “a lot of blame placed outward instead of looking inward” - again, that’s the point of a protest singer. Don’t forget the song is called “The Poor,” not “I’m Poor.” I think “War isn’t Murder” is a better intro to Jesse Welles as a protest singer. He shows off more guitar chops there too. Check it out!
I don’t know how he could have interpreted Jesse Welles in a different light just hearing this one song. You’d reasonably have to hear a few songs to get his vibe, imo
I think Michael's politics colored his impressions here. It's hard to understand Jesse's abilities from one song. It's hard to tell if he'll stand the test of time, but he's got a unique vocal style, lyrics, phrasing, and melody. He sounds completely like himself and right now, it's fascinating to watch.
Jesse is the modern day Dylan! He’s been around for a while now but he’s finally getting noticed in this newest iteration. And yes, he can rip leads and play super melodic runs as well as write phenomenal lyrics.
The only financial training my father ever gave me was, and I quote: "a quarter is a big chunk of money" and my personal fave, "money doesn't grow on trees". Thanks Dad!
Michael. That was one of the most articulate and sincere music lessons I have ever heard. Your earnestness lends a certain vulnerability to all of this making you an excellent teache.r Thank you I will be back .
I've been hooked on Jesse's stuff lately! The guy is so prolific and a fantastic and unique lyricist. Very inspiring to me. His latest album Patchwork is real good.
i clocked onto jesse about six months ago. When i heard his voice I had to show my missus. I also saw you break down some buckethead and even though I'm not a shredder I saw your passion and it helped me reconnect witht he guitar at a difficult time. I love the fact that something I saw on two different channels thar was meaningful has crossed paths. You sir are a motherfucking g.
I loves me sum Jesse Welles. I love the way he looks, thinks, and sounds. He's refreshingly real and rare. I hope he never lets himself be captured by the music industry
I’ve been watching Jesse for months and wondering who the hell he is and where he gets all of his stuff. A genuine genius. Keep checking his stuff out, he’s a surprisingly good guitarist as well as songwriter.
Really nice licks on a beautifully sounding instrument brother Palmesano......really nice. I am so very glad that you now have Jesse in your reproquire. I've been following for good while now , and I absolutely love this fellow for his songwriting. He is a fellow who has an amazing gift of words coupled with rhyming in order to establish songs to tell the absolute truth of the human condition like no one I've heard in quite a while!!......and he can actually much much better than in this particular piece. I highly encourage you to dive deeper into his work , especially when your dealing with one of the many topics he has covered in the ever growing base of songs he has written since his start. Thank you as always for your dedication and hard work concerning the guitar and music as a whole. I hope all things are well with you and all your family , and want you to know and remember what a difference your program has made in this old mans life as far as music and our common love for music goes......and for that I will always be thankfull. Stay you , stay real , and carry on. Cheers , ron
I discovered him this week. What a treasure. He's got some Bob Dylan, some Pete Seger. Maybe Peter, Paul, and Mary. Folk music. socially aware. I learned a lot of useless stuff in school in 40 - 60 years ago. I'm still learning and not getting all of it either. My kids don't want to hear it. And you know there is something called LUCK. It truly exists, it's fickle, and you can't force it. Jesse plays it out. YAY!
Jess is an expert guitarist. Prolific and prophetic lyricist and a badass mo fo. Listen to his work! He’s the greatest musician I’ve heard in many many years
Jesse is one of the best writers of this generation. I've already been in deep analysis and when you open the song with "I was stoned in a factory working an industrial slicer".. it's gonna be good
That ending, when he says, "Yeahhh," and reiterates that minor chord over and over - it feels like he's saying I've heard this all a million times. I love how you can feel what he's saying without him using words
Jesse came up on my feed only a few weeks ago. Knocked out by his songs. They all seem "easy" to start with, but are very finely crafted works of art, as well as well observed social comments.
I don't think the point of the song is that schools didn't teach you how to do taxes or how to get rich. It's that there's no way to "work" your way out of poverty for many Americans, because the system, including the education system, aren't set up that way, so the excuse that you should have just paid more attention in school doesn't work. That's how I understood it. I don't think he proposes that schools teach you how to be financially responsible, because the chorus makes a mockery of that very sentiment: "The blame and the shame's on you for being so damn poor." No, it's the system that requires poverty to exist in the first place in order to function that's to blame. Not the individuals suffering in it.
my guess is that he's a social justice activist telling a story about what's happening for lots of Americans. The lyrics are a spot on critique of the capitalist system we live in, spoken in the language of an activist.
Back in middle school we played "the game of life" and I wish this was a universal part of curriculum. What it was is we took a week out of the regular style classes and we pretended to "play life". We had an income, had bills we had to budget for, there were surprises like "oops you have to pay for a car repair", we budgeted for a home, we took out loans and wrote checks (writing checks is obviously outdated now but this was the early 2000s). I went to public school, and apparently I got lucky. I should write a letter to my middle school teachers for putting that week of real-life classes together. Also, Jesse Welles is a modern day Dylan/John Prine type of writer and he's amazing
Mike I grew up pretty poor and my parents were never taught and in turn weren’t able to teach me the rules of the game so to speak. It’s taken me close to 50 years of making mistake after mistake to get to a place where at least I can understand the game to some extent. Our country for as great as it is definitely has its blind spots and this is a big one.
I love Jesse and I am coming more and more to appreciate your interpretive tangents more than anything. Honestly I don't play the guitar enough to be able to do that much with the guitar commentary (really I need to take some lessons, there are just other things going on in my life). But I do live life. As do you. And your taking the time to share where the songs take you is meaningful. There are lots of guitar gurus out there on TH-cam. It's good that you mix it up.
Yup! You're spot on Mike. I live in Alabama and those are definitely power line or gas line trails. They are all over and I'm so glad that I stumbled on this. I love the rawness of Jesse's voice and playing!! Also, I just got a guitar after not playing for years. I will say my dexterity is not what it was 8 years ago!?
I'm one of those with longer thumbs, so I almost always use the over-thumb technique for the F-shape chords on the bottom strings. Jimi, SRV, John Mayer all use this technique because they all have long thumbs and fingers and it's comfortable to do.
Thanks for covering Jesse !! Check out “War is not Murder” - his poetry is outstanding . Songwriting and singing over a guitar is a totally different skill set than just guitar - Jesse has something real to say ( he has a whole electric phase from 7-10 years ago in Nashville ) - no he is not Roy Marchbank or Steve Vai , Gutherie ….but ….they don’t sing a word . He is a modern American gem - Love your lessons and open ability to catch on and learn guitar riffs - Jesse took you straight to philosophy!!!🙏🌏✌️🎸🎼🎶❤️🔥💥💥💥
In 1976, we (in my Canadian high school in grage 11) had a class called 'Consumer Education' It stuck with me, it's why I still avoid borrowing and paying 20% interest, and know what 'compound interest' means... and why I still always look at the unit price in grocery stores, and know how to compare the cost of products, and get a good deal on meat etc etc etc. Life skills. I was shocked to find out they don't offer this anymore, and it shows in my 23 yr old son lol
I've said this exact thing to a room full of California business and government leaders at the Milken Summit. I said that we need a basic class in High School that teaches people how our world works, how to run a small local community business, how to be a good active citizen. This song couldn't be more accurate. I've never once used my recorder skills to get me out of a real life jam.
He has been around for several years. Check out Cosmic American and Dead Indian. There are videos from Paste and Fayetteville pbs and a few others. Then he was doing rock and to me is a really good guitarist with a good band.
At first I saw him and thought of Björn from ABBA. Then heard him and he reminded me of Bob Dylan. But then I saw HIM as I paid attention to the lyrics. I liked him 🙋♀️🇺🇾🥰
My son put me onto Jesse. Jesse is the new king of folk protest music and he hits it out of the park!
XD hes the NEW KING, because hes new to you hahahaahahah im dead. thanks for the clarification on who he is.
Amen. He’s laying it down. And I don’t know if he realizes, but he’s inspiring a revolution. It may take years or decades, but he’s doing his part. May god bless and keep him safe, and spread his music free and wide.
Bro I’ve been listening to him for a few months now. You can tell he’s pretty damn smart by his lyrics. It’s like beautiful sarcasm!
Yeah, as much as I love Micheal. I could tell it made him uncomfortable to talk about these lyrics and as parents nowadays will say folks are indoctrinating their kids with talk like that. Despite it being the truth. Jesse is the man
He had an entire music career already. This is his folk music era and I’m here for it. 😂
I'm so glad he was reborn to old school folk, and like you I'm here for it.
Jesse is one of the best songwriters I’ve heard in recent years
Jessie is not auto-tuned, pitch-corrected or miming to a backing track. Just a guy, his thoughts, a guitar and a harmonica. Perfect.
Jesse's United Health song is brilliant.
I'm 71 and a Jesse Welles fan. My go to song that I've listened to a bazillion times is "Wheels." I can't get enough of his Dylanesque lyrics. I was a fan when he had 400 followers and don't understand why he doesn't have a million. Dive in. You won't be sorry. Thank you for giving him a spin. ❤
I really hope he releases that on one of later album’s
You are so right..'wheels' so dam good...'War isn't murder' too..lots really ,a new great songwriter far away from the homologized nonsense we get fed
@MatthewjeffersonTodd , I don't know if you've heard today's banger, but Gilgamesh made me cry. It's heart-wrenching and pure Jesse magic. I predict songs like this will touch the masses if there's a heartbeat still left in America. You'll thank me. 🦋
I am also a Boomer... and he so reminds me of the Folk songs that occupied my young adulthood. I am fascinated, not just with the music, but his daily output!
I wish him well. I hope he goes far.!
@@kimdolly Gilgamesh is an incredible song. So beautiful, so sad, and yes, heart-wrenching. I had to sit down just with my own thoughts after listening to it the first time.
Jessie's finger is on the pulse.
He speaks truth to power.
More people are waking up everyday!
Hes so prolific, dropping sometimes three songs a week, or two a day. Insane how every single one is amazing
yeah man the consistency in his craft is jaw dropping. His rock back is also sooo good.
which song do you like most and why?
These are songs that he has on albums.
@@The2014Guys not all of them bro. He writes songs about the news cycle pretty frequently.
Jesse is finally blowing up, been watching this guys daily Songs on youtube for a year or so now!
United Health song may give it the kicker!
Was listening Spotify radio and his Walmart song came on!
Jesse’s skill at verse demonstrates his genius at laying out the reality of life, of our institutions and the lies we are fed.
I think it's a testament to Jesse Welles' music that, after you went through the music theory side of things, you dove into such a deep and heartfelt personal account of how poverty and ignorance can shape our lives. I love that power in music. Someone a thousand miles away or just around the corner can write something that pulls at some deep longing in our hearts. Thanks for being open and letting that show a little. Much love, bud!
JESSE WELLES PLAYED FARM AID
I shouldn't be surprised but YO Jesse Welles played Farm Aid. So deserved
He is the best song writer. I'm telling you he is comedy , lyrics , philosophy major. He isn't out of tune. It's how Jesse rolls. Love him man. Listen to all. Dylan is in him. Bob
He’s in Arkansas he’s very talented and prob my favourite new folk artist at present.
From Arkansas, but I believe currently Nashville based. Other Nashville musicians in Jesse's comments have recognized his locations (from shooting their own Instagram posts in the same places!)
@@MichaelNobleNotNobel I'm under the impression hes back in Arkansas. He moved to Nashville back in his Dead Indian days. But he's definitely been in Arkansas recently, he visited his mom lol she posted about it
@@DaiMadAboutIthe is back in Arkansas. I live in NWA and take guitar lessons at Musicworks. I had Jesse as my teacher for 2 lessons before he left to go on tour.
Only thing that makes me feel proud of this miserable awful state.
I just bought every one of his songs on iTunes. He’s like John Prine making me laugh at my own misery and the worst things in the world. Thanks for bringing me something new and refreshing. 🤘😎
Love it!! Thx so much Mike!
@@Guitargate
John Prine is a legendary top tier songwriter, and super underrated. RIP.
He's definitely listened to some John prine
Jesse is the real deal. True talent all around
Jesse Welles puts so much intentionality into his lyrics. He is a modern day prophet! This one doesn’t display his guitar chops like others do
Not so much a prophet as a satirist. But a brilliant satirist. He's singing about the times in a particular way that not a lot of Americans are used to hearing anymore, but that was common in the 1930's - 1960's. I've noticed a lot of people who listen to his most satirical songs, "not getting it" or misinterpreting it, because they're so used to literalist, binary, un-nuanced lyrics in so much of what is written today. You have to have a certain understanding of the bedrock from which he's working from and the mechanics of satire to fully appreciate how brilliant a lot of his songs really are.
@@redadamearth I agree he is a master of satire. I think his most satirical songs are often hilarious. Fat is a great example.
Keep watching, This is the best writer and performer to come down the pike in decades. Keep listening, Michael. Every damn song is RELEVANT- to me, to you, to this generation, to this country, to the world to come.
The kid's got a ton of songs he's posted, and he's got a unique phrasing. His voice is obviously interesting, but his melodies don't sound like anyone else's. He's making some stylistic choices that may not be apparent when listening to just one song.
Makes for such a unique song
He is this generation’s Bob Dylan. He drops bangers about current events so quickly. He’s a song writing machine.
He’s 30 lol
@@DoctorAlright yeah but look at the date at the end of the username you’re replying to lol. @NoWay1969
@@goodgodmode I guess 30 is old to me haha
I love Jesse. Found him a few months ago when he had about 30k subscribers. I knew he was about to blow up after hearing that first song. Since then, he's skyrocketed and only getting more popular by the week. He has great lyrics, but I'm even more impressed with his ability to create nice melodies.
I just discovered him the other day. He is phenomenal!
I learned of this young man just this morning when his Live Aid video popped up in my feed. I had an hour and a half car drive and listened to his tunes the whole time. He has a unique viewpoint on this world and I appreciate that he is sharing it.
Man this song went straight over your head. Read the lyrics and listen to ten more of his songs.
I think we were stepping very carefully around class relations so as to not offend anyone... but yes a bit of an odd takeaway from a song about class inequity and how the system is designed to keep you in your place.
Jesse Welles is a brilliant lyricist of the once-in-fifty-year sort. Gonna see him in Feb and excited about it--been at least 25 years since anyone impressed me as much.
Love your stuff Michael, but I think you slightly mis-interpreted this one. Jesse Welles isn’t doing the “authentic poor hillbilly” thing that’s been big in alt-country the last few years. He’s a protest singer ala Bob Dylan. So we don’t know if he’s singing from his own real experience, because that’s not the point - he’s critiquing society. And “a lot of blame placed outward instead of looking inward” - again, that’s the point of a protest singer. Don’t forget the song is called “The Poor,” not “I’m Poor.”
I think “War isn’t Murder” is a better intro to Jesse Welles as a protest singer. He shows off more guitar chops there too. Check it out!
Ok fair enough!! Thanks Jesse!
I don’t know how he could have interpreted Jesse Welles in a different light just hearing this one song. You’d reasonably have to hear a few songs to get his vibe, imo
@@goodgodmode Agreed. I'd be confused too if this song was my first exposure to him
I think Michael's politics colored his impressions here. It's hard to understand Jesse's abilities from one song. It's hard to tell if he'll stand the test of time, but he's got a unique vocal style, lyrics, phrasing, and melody. He sounds completely like himself and right now, it's fascinating to watch.
tho your right in some respects you should listen to some of his videos that he speeks in cause he says exactly that.
Jesse is a masterful song writer.
That guy is amazing
War isn't murder!!!
Great song!
Jesse wells is da shit! I don’t know how he does it, but every song he puts out there is a banger! His mind must not have an off button
If they taught the commoners the way the system works then our owners would have a hard time staying in their position.
One of the most brilliant songwriters I’ve ever seen and great voice on top of it all
He’s a beautiful soul I just hope now he’s above the radar the industry doesn’t suck the life out of him. Good luck the world needs you.
Your ideas on contemporary education goals are spot on.
Jesse is the modern day Dylan! He’s been around for a while now but he’s finally getting noticed in this newest iteration. And yes, he can rip leads and play super melodic runs as well as write phenomenal lyrics.
Jesse also has a rock band called *"Welles"* from 7 years ago, which is also awesome.
This guy has a ton of great lines.
Best folk writer today. Better guitarist than you think.
Even better with the humor and truth in his songs.
Incredible life lesson right there that is not discussed enough. Great video.
The only financial training my father ever gave me was, and I quote: "a quarter is a big chunk of money" and my personal fave, "money doesn't grow on trees". Thanks Dad!
YES Jessie is a legend and the voice of a generation
Several generations!
The establishment wants us ignorant and in debt.
Excellent video. Thanks!
Dude is an incredible songwriter! He’s all over the place, he’s the modern day, Bob Dylan!
Fear is a mind killer is my favorite one from Jesse. So good
hell yeah man me too. How was i supposed to know?
Michael. That was one of the most articulate and sincere music lessons I have ever heard. Your earnestness lends a certain vulnerability to all of this making you an excellent teache.r Thank you I will be back .
Started following Jesse lately. Dude puts out a few originals like every week. He’s a machine!
I've been hooked on Jesse's stuff lately! The guy is so prolific and a fantastic and unique lyricist. Very inspiring to me. His latest album Patchwork is real good.
i just gotta say man everytime i watch one of ur videos i just remember how chill you are
i clocked onto jesse about six months ago. When i heard his voice I had to show my missus. I also saw you break down some buckethead and even though I'm not a shredder I saw your passion and it helped me reconnect witht he guitar at a difficult time. I love the fact that something I saw on two different channels thar was meaningful has crossed paths. You sir are a motherfucking g.
I just started listening to Jesse, he's incredibly good with lyrics, and an astute observer of everyday life. His Walmart song cracks me up
I loves me sum Jesse Welles. I love the way he looks, thinks, and sounds. He's refreshingly real and rare. I hope he never lets himself be captured by the music industry
I’ve been watching Jesse for months and wondering who the hell he is and where he gets all of his stuff. A genuine genius. Keep checking his stuff out, he’s a surprisingly good guitarist as well as songwriter.
Jesse Welles speaks the truth, and the truth never goes out of fashion.
Really nice licks on a beautifully sounding instrument brother Palmesano......really nice. I am so very glad that you now have Jesse in your reproquire. I've been following for good while now , and I absolutely love this fellow for his songwriting. He is a fellow who has an amazing gift of words coupled with rhyming in order to establish songs to tell the absolute truth of the human condition like no one I've heard in quite a while!!......and he can actually much much better than in this particular piece. I highly encourage you to dive deeper into his work , especially when your dealing with one of the many topics he has covered in the ever growing base of songs he has written since his start. Thank you as always for your dedication and hard work concerning the guitar and music as a whole. I hope all things are well with you and all your family , and want you to know and remember what a difference your program has made in this old mans life as far as music and our common love for music goes......and for that I will always be thankfull. Stay you , stay real , and carry on. Cheers , ron
Jesse is amazing…..one of my favourite artists…
I discovered him this week. What a treasure. He's got some Bob Dylan, some Pete Seger. Maybe Peter, Paul, and Mary. Folk music. socially aware. I learned a lot of useless stuff in school in 40 - 60 years ago. I'm still learning and not getting all of it either. My kids don't want to hear it. And you know there is something called LUCK. It truly exists, it's fickle, and you can't force it. Jesse plays it out. YAY!
Really enjoyed your insights when deconstructing this song - your take on both the song craft and the guitar playing is illuminating. Folk'n A!
great collaboration. This song has beautiful potential.
Well sung, and well said. Education is everything. Good to see a current singer-songwriter write some good old-fashioned protest songs.
Jess is an expert guitarist. Prolific and prophetic lyricist and a badass mo fo. Listen to his work! He’s the greatest musician I’ve heard in many many years
Jesse is my hero!!!!! Brave enough to be honest. Thank you!!! Im not alone
His whistling style is addictive and interesting.
Jesse is one of the best writers of this generation. I've already been in deep analysis and when you open the song with "I was stoned in a factory working an industrial slicer".. it's gonna be good
That ending, when he says, "Yeahhh," and reiterates that minor chord over and over - it feels like he's saying I've heard this all a million times. I love how you can feel what he's saying without him using words
I'm going to put this real simple this is a musical genius
Welles-Hold Me Like Im Leaving
Is one of my favs before he started doing folk tunes.
Mine too❤
Jesse came up on my feed only a few weeks ago. Knocked out by his songs. They all seem "easy" to start with, but are very finely crafted works of art, as well as well observed social comments.
Jesse Welles is a generational voice.
I don't think the point of the song is that schools didn't teach you how to do taxes or how to get rich. It's that there's no way to "work" your way out of poverty for many Americans, because the system, including the education system, aren't set up that way, so the excuse that you should have just paid more attention in school doesn't work. That's how I understood it. I don't think he proposes that schools teach you how to be financially responsible, because the chorus makes a mockery of that very sentiment: "The blame and the shame's on you for being so damn poor." No, it's the system that requires poverty to exist in the first place in order to function that's to blame. Not the individuals suffering in it.
Jesse Welles is a true artist!!
My vibe feels the combined storytelling of Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle.
I'm begging you, please watch more of his stuff because he's amazing and this is not a very good example of his talent lol
If you get the chance - Jesse Welles: War Isn't Murder
my guess is that he's a social justice activist telling a story about what's happening for lots of Americans. The lyrics are a spot on critique of the capitalist system we live in, spoken in the language of an activist.
Changes Jessie Welles is fire
The strongest writer in American music today 👏👏👏
I encourage you to listen to more of his songs. There are clips of him in an electric band as well. I think he could be huge.
Back in middle school we played "the game of life" and I wish this was a universal part of curriculum. What it was is we took a week out of the regular style classes and we pretended to "play life". We had an income, had bills we had to budget for, there were surprises like "oops you have to pay for a car repair", we budgeted for a home, we took out loans and wrote checks (writing checks is obviously outdated now but this was the early 2000s). I went to public school, and apparently I got lucky. I should write a letter to my middle school teachers for putting that week of real-life classes together. Also, Jesse Welles is a modern day Dylan/John Prine type of writer and he's amazing
Seriously have to listen to more of his stuff
You just stumbled on one the best modern songwriters
I have to say I really dig the respect you give to each artist. Always love your videos.
Thanks so much!!
@@Guitargate growth is a mindset and a discipline great work.
Love him. 💜☮️
This guy is fantastic. Glad to see mike the God picking up on his tunes
Mike I grew up pretty poor and my parents were never taught and in turn weren’t able to teach me the rules of the game so to speak. It’s taken me close to 50 years of making mistake after mistake to get to a place where at least I can understand the game to some extent. Our country for as great as it is definitely has its blind spots and this is a big one.
I love Jesse and I am coming more and more to appreciate your interpretive tangents more than anything. Honestly I don't play the guitar enough to be able to do that much with the guitar commentary (really I need to take some lessons, there are just other things going on in my life). But I do live life. As do you. And your taking the time to share where the songs take you is meaningful. There are lots of guitar gurus out there on TH-cam. It's good that you mix it up.
Yup! You're spot on Mike. I live in Alabama and those are definitely power line or gas line trails. They are all over and I'm so glad that I stumbled on this. I love the rawness of Jesse's voice and playing!! Also, I just got a guitar after not playing for years. I will say my dexterity is not what it was 8 years ago!?
Love Jesse. Gotta listen to ‘Whistle Boeing’. That’s my favorite tune of his
Michael, you need to mine more of him, you probably have by now. The muse is strong with this one.
First heard about Jesse from his song about the national anthem. He just played Farm Aid recently
I'm one of those with longer thumbs, so I almost always use the over-thumb technique for the F-shape chords on the bottom strings. Jimi, SRV, John Mayer all use this technique because they all have long thumbs and fingers and it's comfortable to do.
Jesse writes incredible songs that come from different places. He played in a band for years and just recently saw him on FarmAid. 😊
Thanks for covering Jesse !! Check out “War is not Murder” - his poetry is outstanding . Songwriting and singing over a guitar is a totally different skill set than just guitar - Jesse has something real to say ( he has a whole electric phase from 7-10 years ago in Nashville ) - no he is not Roy Marchbank or Steve Vai , Gutherie ….but ….they don’t sing a word . He is a modern American gem - Love your lessons and open ability to catch on and learn guitar riffs - Jesse took you straight to philosophy!!!🙏🌏✌️🎸🎼🎶❤️🔥💥💥💥
In 1976, we (in my Canadian high school in grage 11) had a class called 'Consumer Education' It stuck with me, it's why I still avoid borrowing and paying 20% interest, and know what 'compound interest' means... and why I still always look at the unit price in grocery stores, and know how to compare the cost of products, and get a good deal on meat etc etc etc. Life skills. I was shocked to find out they don't offer this anymore, and it shows in my 23 yr old son lol
he's got SO MANY good songs! check out Horcrux... Cancer! That Can't be Right... he was invited to play at Farm Aid with Willie & Mathews!
I've said this exact thing to a room full of California business and government leaders at the Milken Summit. I said that we need a basic class in High School that teaches people how our world works, how to run a small local community business, how to be a good active citizen. This song couldn't be more accurate. I've never once used my recorder skills to get me out of a real life jam.
He has been around for several years. Check out Cosmic American and Dead Indian. There are videos from Paste and Fayetteville pbs and a few others. Then he was doing rock and to me is a really good guitarist with a good band.
He also sung under the "Welles" name before too
Oh hell yeah. 2 greats in one video
He just did farm aid. He freaking so new.
Yes and no. He's been around for a little while with other projects.
@@josephb7183 I've been a fan since the wood songs. Already researched him.
To quote a previous comment - came for the music stayed for the lesson. Thanks Michael 🙏
At first I saw him and thought of Björn from ABBA. Then heard him and he reminded me of Bob Dylan. But then I saw HIM as I paid attention to the lyrics. I liked him 🙋♀️🇺🇾🥰
His lyrics are very Prine esque.
I love watching you listen to music. Your passion makes me remember im not the only one