Outstanding And Thank You - I Was Fingering This Tune With The Wrong Notes And You Made This Tutorial Much Easier On Me - I Was In That Box Shape Mentality - You Played An Open A String As Were I Was Playing The G On The 3rd Fret Of The E String - I Shuffled That G And Then Dropped Down One String To Rock The C And D Notes - Obviously My Style Was Horribly Muddy - Around Bar 53, That Is So Simple And I Ran A Muck Over It - Now Its Clear As A Bell Because Of Your Lesson Here - THANK YOU - And Thank You For Being You - I Appreciate The Fact That You Take The Time To Read These Comments And Drop Some Feedback The Way You Do - And Mentioning My Name Near The Intro Made My Month - STOKED Stay Brilliant Brother Man, Cheers
Hey Travis, don’t mention it. You made some really great suggestions. I’d had that chart half-made a while back and had forgotten about it. Glad the lesson helped and keep groovin’ man!
Thanks for showing us how it’s done Greg. Looking forward to playing this. I practice eighth notes every night in front of the TV to try and get faster.
Hi Greg, fabulous lesson, I wondered why I hadn’t received anything, it went in my junk mail for some strange reason. Had lots of fun playing this, well with all ZZ tracks to be honest, no surprise which song of ZZ’s went down well at weddings😂 We had La Grange and Under Pressure in the same set list, went down really well on the dance floor. Great lesson, and we’ll explained on that bridge section!! Top notch. Keep groovin’ keep rockin’ Bryn
Good afternoon, Greg I know this has nothing to do with this excellent lesson, but I have rediscovered Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. My age at the time of the release of the self titled album was 13, so I was more into whatever was on Top of the Pops. But as I was skimming through TH-cam, I came across the whole album, and knew I needed it in my collection. The bass lines are simple and without unnecessary frills and are probably as they were originally played. I'm working my way through each tune. 🎶🎶
It’s such a good album isn’t it. I luckily discovered it in my Dad’s collection circa 1989 and played it a lot then. I was slightly confused when I then heard later Fleetwood Mac which is very different! I’ve just recorded guitar, drums and bass with a band for Love That Burns. It’s going to be in my Birth Of British Blues course. I love that tune.
@@GregsBassShed I look forward to the Birth of British Blues course, Greg. From what I've picked up as far as early British blues is concerned, is less is more. Solid but not overpowering the guitar or vocals.
@@GregsBassShed There is no comparison between the Peter Green Fleetwood Mac and the later Americanised version. That album has so much passion from the musicians and some fantastic songs.
@@Ghost_Vulgarian definitely right until you get to Jack Bruce or Andy Fraser who favoured a lot of notes! Check out Goin’ Down Slow by Free. It’s possibly the busiest slow 12/8 Blues I’ve ever heard, but it works!
Very nice lesson! I was told early on in my bassventures that ZZ Top was a good place for fairly simple lines, emphasis on fairly. I learned Waiting on the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago a few years ago. Waiting has kind of an interesting and quick little turnaround at the end of each verse. Took me awhile to get that. There's also some quick stuff in the guitar solo. Straight forward, but fast! Then when it transitions to Jesus that's all just straight up blues feel...feels good to play it though!
The guitar is definitely playing a higher ‘F’ there but I can hear a low ‘F’ in the bass line. It would be fine to play that ‘F’ an octave higher if you want as it makes it easier to play.
Over the years I've seen many tabs of the verse where it goes from "A" to "C" to "D" and not going back to the "C" before returning to the "A" note !!!!!Weird.!!!!! I've also seen the bridge written as an "A" note,then a hammer on from "C" to "D"then to a high "A" !!!!!
Yeah I’m sure most players could blag their way through this tune. It’s about the finer details though John and some players are a different level from you. We were all there once!
@@GregsBassShed yeah true greg, this stuff was just not available when i learnt to play, i didnt have a computer let alone the internet. I didn't have a choice but to learn by ear for a long time
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Outstanding And Thank You - I Was Fingering This Tune With The Wrong Notes And You Made This Tutorial Much Easier On Me - I Was In That Box Shape Mentality - You Played An Open A String As Were I Was Playing The G On The 3rd Fret Of The E String - I Shuffled That G And Then Dropped Down One String To Rock The C And D Notes - Obviously My Style Was Horribly Muddy - Around Bar 53, That Is So Simple And I Ran A Muck Over It - Now Its Clear As A Bell Because Of Your Lesson Here - THANK YOU - And Thank You For Being You - I Appreciate The Fact That You Take The Time To Read These Comments And Drop Some Feedback The Way You Do - And Mentioning My Name Near The Intro Made My Month - STOKED
Stay Brilliant Brother Man,
Cheers
Hey Travis, don’t mention it. You made some really great suggestions. I’d had that chart half-made a while back and had forgotten about it.
Glad the lesson helped and keep groovin’ man!
Superb teaching skills Greg, thanks !!!!!
👏🎵🎵😎😎🎵🎵👏
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for that outro bro!!!!! For 30 + years I thought I was the only one to hear it. Well done. The C is magical
Thanks Michael. Great you heard that ‘c’!
Great video! Loving all the country-Texas blues videos. Thank you.
Thanks, glad you like it.
Fantastic lesson Greg ! Well presented.
Thanks so much, glad you liked it.
Thanks for showing us how it’s done Greg. Looking forward to playing this. I practice eighth notes every night in front of the TV to try and get faster.
You’ll get there Ruth with all the hard work. Glad you liked the lesson.
Hi Greg, fabulous lesson, I wondered why I hadn’t received anything, it went in my junk mail for some strange reason. Had lots of fun playing this, well with all ZZ tracks to be honest, no surprise which song of ZZ’s went down well at weddings😂 We had La Grange and Under Pressure in the same set list, went down really well on the dance floor.
Great lesson, and we’ll explained on that bridge section!! Top notch.
Keep groovin’ keep rockin’
Bryn
Another great lesson. Love ZZ Top.
Thanks Greg.
Cheers Frank.
One of my favourite groups !!! Thanks Greg !! Another great video even for me as a beginner bass person. LOL !
Ah, glad you liked it and great that it’s suited to your level.
I diggin it....
Cheers!
Good afternoon, Greg I know this has nothing to do with this excellent lesson, but I have rediscovered Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. My age at the time of the release of the self titled album was 13, so I was more into whatever was on Top of the Pops.
But as I was skimming through TH-cam, I came across the whole album, and knew I needed it in my collection.
The bass lines are simple and without unnecessary frills and are probably as they were originally played.
I'm working my way through each tune. 🎶🎶
It’s such a good album isn’t it. I luckily discovered it in my Dad’s collection circa 1989 and played it a lot then. I was slightly confused when I then heard later Fleetwood Mac which is very different!
I’ve just recorded guitar, drums and bass with a band for Love That Burns. It’s going to be in my Birth Of British Blues course. I love that tune.
@@GregsBassShed I look forward to the Birth of British Blues course, Greg. From what I've picked up as far as early British blues is concerned, is less is more. Solid but not overpowering the guitar or vocals.
@@GregsBassShed There is no comparison between the Peter Green Fleetwood Mac and the later Americanised version. That album has so much passion from the musicians and some fantastic songs.
@@Ghost_Vulgarian I agree. That album absolutely hits the spot. It’s so from the heart.
@@Ghost_Vulgarian definitely right until you get to Jack Bruce or Andy Fraser who favoured a lot of notes! Check out Goin’ Down Slow by Free. It’s possibly the busiest slow 12/8 Blues I’ve ever heard, but it works!
Nice lesson greg enjoy all your lessons, I was wondering if you could show us how to play to rolling stoned by Robin Trower thanks again
Great suggestion! I'll add it to my list.
Very nice lesson! I was told early on in my bassventures that ZZ Top was a good place for fairly simple lines, emphasis on fairly. I learned Waiting on the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago a few years ago. Waiting has kind of an interesting and quick little turnaround at the end of each verse. Took me awhile to get that. There's also some quick stuff in the guitar solo. Straight forward, but fast! Then when it transitions to Jesus that's all just straight up blues feel...feels good to play it though!
Cheers! Yeah they are fun bass lines to play. Not too tricky but the groove in that band is insane!
@@GregsBassShed That's exactly right. If you can't feel the groove it doesn't matter how simple the line is.
@@Tracer9GTRider8 very true!
Excelent...!!
Thanks!
Nice!
Thanks 🙏
to me it sounds like the F is played up an octave instead of the first fret of E string rather the third fret of the D
The guitar is definitely playing a higher ‘F’ there but I can hear a low ‘F’ in the bass line.
It would be fine to play that ‘F’ an octave higher if you want as it makes it easier to play.
Over the years I've seen many tabs of the verse where it goes from "A" to "C" to "D" and not going back to the "C" before returning to the "A" note !!!!!Weird.!!!!! I've also seen the bridge written as an "A" note,then a hammer on from "C" to "D"then to a high "A" !!!!!
I think sometimes people just write what they think it is rather than really listen to the bass line!
Well it makes me wonder why a bass player couldn't get this tune home just by a quick listen, beats me
Yeah I’m sure most players could blag their way through this tune. It’s about the finer details though John and some players are a different level from you. We were all there once!
@@GregsBassShed yeah true greg, this stuff was just not available when i learnt to play, i didnt have a computer let alone the internet. I didn't have a choice but to learn by ear for a long time
@@johnhewett9483 same here John, I didn’t even have a TV growing it!!