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Chicago
Chicago
( 0 Votes )Chicago is a country blues tunes that Pat Simmons learned as a young musician in Northern California in the mid 1960s from a local performer named Billy Dean, who was also referenced in a Hot Tuna song on their album Burgers. It is a modified 12-bar blues tune played in a Travis style in the key of A. It found a home as the last track on the 1st Doobie Brothers album in 1971.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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South City Midnight Lady
South City Midnight Lady
( 0 Votes )The Doobie Brothers were a band with a couple of different personalities and sounds. Tom Johnston’s hard rockers were balanced with Pat Simmons softer, country-rock tunes. South City Midnight Lady is one of his best from a guitar player’s point of view as it features a free-form accompaniment style that is part strumming and part fingerpicking.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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Black Water
Black Water
( 0 Votes )This fingerpicking song by Pat Simmons shows off even another dimension in the Doobie Brothers’ sound- a bluesy, southern feel. It is a simple chord progression done in Double Dropped D Tuning but includes some snappy syncopated picking as well. The lesson covers all the accompaniment guitar parts.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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China Grove
China Grove
( 0 Votes )China Grove is one of Tom Johnston's signature sound songs. It is just a simple, but driving power chord based riff, combined with a few guitar fills and inspired vocals from Tom,with Pat Simmons and Tiran Porter adding great backing parts and harmony. The song was released in 1973 on the 3rd Doobie Brothers album, The Captain And Me. This lesson goes over the main rhythm guitar parts with a few lead fills thrown in.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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What I Got
What I Got
( 0 Votes )What I Got is from Sublime's 3rd album, Sublime (self-titled or eponymous), and became their biggest radio hit in 1996. MattB's lesson is presented in 2 parts, one looking at the the rhythm guitar part and the other going over the lead. It uses a strumming pattern similar to Good Riddance by Green Day but is a little slower and uses less chords. The lead section has a few tips and techniques that you will want to apply to many other songs as well.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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The Dangling Conversation
The Dangling Conversation
( 1 Vote )The Dangling Conversation is one of Paul Simon's most poetic compositions and features a fairly simple fingerpicking accompaniment. The original recording, on their album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, was done using a capo at the 3rd fret in the key of G and included some nice bass lines connecting the chords, all of which are covered in the lesson.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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Duncan
Duncan
( 1 Vote )Duncan is a typical Paul Simon fingerpicking song with a story about the coming of age of a young man who enjoys playing the guitar. The verse is done with standard fingerpicking patterns but the lesson also includes a solo arrangement of the instrumental section, which could really be considered a chorus, as it occurs between each 2 verses.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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American Tune
American Tune
( 0 Votes )Today's Lesson is American Tune - An intriguing look at our country from Paul Simon's 2nd solo album There Goes Rhymin' Simon. This lesson includes a simplified, almost Campfire version, as well as a more intricate look at some of the fingerpicking fills and bass lines Paul used.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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April Come She Will
April Come She Will
( 1 Vote )April Come She Will - This is a very early song of Paul Simon's, from the 2nd Simon & Garfunkel album The Sounds Of Silence. It is unusual in that is one of a few tunes sung solo by Art Garfunkel. It is fairly basic fingerpicking in the key of G, with no barre chords in sight! . This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound
( 0 Votes )Homeward Bound was one of the early follow ups to Simon& Garfunkel's 1st hit, The Sounds Of Silence. It opens with a classic Paul Simon intro that establishes the key of G Mixolydian. The accompaniment is mostly a fast but subtle couple of fingerpicking patterns with main emphasis on the bass notes.. This is an excerpt from Neil's complete lesson available in the TARGET Program.
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