Good rockabilly lessons?

[smurfco]

Alright, I've got this Gretsch now. I've always wanted to get good at the rockabilly style (Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer). Any good resources / DVDs out there that you'd recommend? Mark, you got any Rockabilly lessons?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Tom Harkenrider

 

[BlackCat]

Darryl Higham has a ton of stuff on youtube.

 

[BlackCat]

Lyle Brewer is a young guy from Boston that really has the style nailed. He has a bunch of great stuff on youtube as well.

 

[Deep Eddy]

There are a ton of materials out there, but I think Tim Lerch has some nice lessons for rockabilly.

 

[shoeless]

Here's a vid Brian did a while ago. He looks really young.

 

[jp_nyc]

Here's a vid Brian did a while ago. He looks really young.

Fair warning, you have to be a serious musician to watch that video and not get discouraged. Even for a rockabilly player Setzer is incredible.

 

[smurfco]

Thanks guys! This is great stuff.

I may go the DVD / book route or get an instructor though. I'm interested in a more linear approach, i.e. here's where I am now, what steps do I need to take to get to point B. As opposed to learning a bunch of licks.

Having said that, I will go through all these vids and see what I can grab from them. Thanks again,

 

[Chicken Man]

Paul Pigat has a couple of great DVDs, and has done workshops for Mark in the past.

 

[Mark Wein]

Paul Pigat has a couple of great DVDs, and has done workshops for Mark in the past.

Yeah...I've got this one and its really good:

 

[Modern Saint]

Don't forget listening to the masters as well. I suggest Cliff Gallop (Gene Vincent nd the Blue Caps), Scotty Moore (Early Elvis) and Paul Burleson (Johnny Burnette Trio)

 

[Chicken Man]

Yeah...I've got this one and its really good:

I've got the other one, and it's also very good (Hillybilly fingerpicking or something is the title).

 

[Mark Wein]

I've got the other one, and it's also very good (Hillybilly fingerpicking or something is the title).

The DVD I have is more of him just showing you vocabulary but its still really useful, especially if you already play decently.

 

[smurfco]

Thanks guys, I ordered the Paul Pigat DVD and we'll see how that goes. Also put an ad up on CL looking for musicians... but you know how THAT goes.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Thanks guys, I ordered the Paul Pigat DVD and we'll see how that goes. Also put an ad up on CL looking for musicians... but you know how THAT goes.

I expect a new thread for lulz

 

[angry tele]

some cool stuff here,
especially the joe dalton part around 220
his stuff is very similar to redd volkaert

 

[el diablo]

Danny Gatton. It will kill your desire to even try.

 

[Fumbles]

I just happen to be watching this right now:

 

[angry tele]

Danny Gatton. It will kill your desire to even try.

yeah i have a danny gattons video,
right next to my stash of arsenic.
dude is too good for mortals to even attempt
to emulate.

 

[Fumbles]

yeah i have a danny gattons video,
right next to my stash of arsenic.
dude is too good for mortals to even attempt
to emulate.

I have a transcription of "Blues Newburg" somewhere around here (an instrumental from "22 Elmira Street" ) - His phrasing in this tune brings to mind the phrase "Hillbilly Jeff Beck". Has one particularily difficult passage at the beginning of the second half of the lead break-some of those hyper-fast banjo style rolls that he does:



There's so much to this guy though- he has an amazing range of colours in his abilities- there's always that hidden ace up his sleeve. Eg- in Blues Newburg, listen to the incredibly melodic way he treats the fairly complex chord changes that lead to the turnaround just before the end (3:35 ). It comes out of nowhere in this tune, & it sounds like he could play jazz chord changes all day if he wanted to. Possibly the most well-rounded rockabilly guitarist I've ever heard.