The REAL WAY to Play Sweet Home Alabama on Guitar (Ed King Approved!)
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2023
- This is the authentic way to play Sweet Home Alabama on guitar. Ed King wrote the riff and sent the song into the classic rock history books. Ed said how "nobody gets it right" because there are some hidden tricks most guitarists miss. This video shows you the hidden tricks you need to play this riff with the respect it deserves. Lynyrd Skynyrd would be proud if you played it like this.
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Did this Sweet Home Alabama lesson BLOW YOUR MIND? It surprised me too when I first learned how to play it like Ed Kind (the riff maker).
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Yes it did, Ed was a genius and one hell of a guitar player
Just goes to show what a true genius Ed truly was. I'm 64. This riff is what made me fall in love with the Stratocaster when I was 14 years old.
You can't really love LS w/o loving EK too. EK really loved that band tho I don't think he ever really got back - from the others - what he put into being part of it. Oh well ... We got this classic - and I do mean CLASSIC - guitar lick for all the trouble; and I everybody would say that worth it. RIP Ed, And all the guys on that classic Prounced album cover photo.
That Bb really did blow my mind! I've been learning the nuances of this song for 20 years and never did figure that part out, I knew I never could get the sound just right but I thought it was in my technique or timing, I never would have picked up that detail. Thanks!
It's an A#, but who cares.
isn't it an A on the album though? saw a video that slowed that part down and matched the tone and it was an A when they first started playing it. he may have changed to the B flat later, but i think he played an A on the album.
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I played with Ed for 3 years in Saturday Night Special and this is by far - the BEST instructional video on how to play the intro right. Great job!
That was great! Thanks for pointing all those subtle details out.
All the solo(s) on Sweet Home Alabama are among my favorite solos of all time. NO ONE ANYWHERE played like Ed King before him. He is immortal on my list. I've been working on the solos note-for-note for YEARS, because they are SO HARD to get right! I LOVE ALL of Skynyrd's guitarists! Great channel.
Glad to see you back, missed the skynyrd guitar vids!
This is really cool! When I was young that riff started me on guitar. (I never finished) I learned about Ed King and all the other members. Ed died a while back. We lost a great guitarist. But he left a legacy that got young guys so interested that they now teach the way… ED would be proud.👍😊
I was going over this with my guitar instructor, and we felt like we were missing some thingsin the first part of the song. Your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Thanks Tom. There are so many nuances and varied techniques that while I can hear them when Ed played it, I can not do them myself. Now, thanks to you, I can maybe get a bit closer to what the late, great Ed King was doing on this song. I appreciate your attention to detail.
Glad you are back ! Still got my firebird; owe you for the inspiration!
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Great lesson. Those little tips really give it that Southern twang😎
Keep on rockin Tom, awesome. I’m a previous rocker, I am amazed how long I’ve been playing this riff and I still had it wrong. Thanks Tom this is great 👍 a nice review
I’m glad your back, thought you were gone for good from CZcams
Jesus, thanks. I'm going back and filling in the blanks with this song!! Awesome!!
Great video Tom! Hopefully you'll be making more or reposting the old ones!
Very appreciated. Been playing it wrong for years.
You re so right ! Thanks very much 👍👍👍👍
Thank you this is way easier than the other way 🎉🎉🎉
This is great, nice
He's back!!! Will you be re-posting your old vids? So many of us use those as inspiration and reference. Glad you're back putting out content.
listened to the first 5 mins - love the approach
Welcome back Tom!!
Thanks Mike!
Ed King is my favorite guitar player from Skynyrd. He was the missing piece that they needed. Listen to his contributions on Second Helping and you'll understand why they needed him.
Thanks man!!❤️🎸
thanks for this Tom! Ive been playing that riff wrong since 1977! I knew something was wrong, I never put that Bflat in there.
I remember coming back from a baseball tournament in 1974 and one guy on the bus kept playing this over and over and over. Now it's one of my most beloved tunes. Thank you Tom for teaching me how to play it right. BTW, any chance you will re-release some of your older videos or will some of your background visualizations prevent that, which is a crock. Looking forward to more of your videos.
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I've been in Nashville 35 years and can count on one hand the number of times ive heard it played properly with the hammer-ons and pull-offs. And EVERYONE ends the song on the D chord ....grrrrrrrr
Really missed your musical output so very happy you've traded your golf clubs for a guitar again! 👍👍👍
Finally,,,, somebody plays it right. I wish you'd show the gold part more clearly? Show us exactly which strings you're using
Amazing now it sounds authentic tank's
Hey, nice choice of guitar! My tobacco burst JTV-59 is seven years old today.
Great lesson
Good points. Have you considered looking at another Ed King gem, Working for MCA? I find the solo especially interesting.
Wrong" by thousands of guys over decades actually playing in bars. No one noticed. The people drank and danced.
that is true. tom is pretty good though. heading over to second
Great playing! I am still missing a part on the second lick. Does the riff start with open A and then B flat roll to B. I always hear seven notes but can only find 6. Thanks
Thanks!
Thank you John!
Any way to down load the patch on the boss your using ?
I got the notes and fret fingerings of that G turnaround but can't quite figure out if you're picking each note, pulling off, or a combination?
I like the Cardiff gig date in the frame ❤ being Welsh I would tho.
Thanks Tom. Welcome back
Good job. Regards from Sáo Paulo, Brasil. I have learn wirh you
Do you have a tab for this?
You know what? Tom, at the age of 68, this remind me of my younger years when I was a country music guitarist and singer, even doing it for a living some time. That was in the 70's. Let me guess the year of Sweet Home Alabama, a tune I had in my list but did play so often, 78? 😊
Turn it up 😊
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And Ed used a sea shell for a guitar pick also.
Hello I love the song of sweet home Alabama that my home town song
Yes it might take many licks but pressure variance will get you to the center of that Tootsie roll
Now do the full solo like ed
What's the guitar you're playing here?
Damn Tom, how old are you in this video? I follow your golf lessons and I know this is a few years ago! Your better than me at the guitar Too!!!
Song is in D myxolydian, not D or G major. I-bVII-IV-IV. Intervals are WWHWWHW. Chords are same as parent key of G major, but tonal center and tonic chord is D major.
Correct
Welcome back! Honestly even in the original Skynyrd, Ed King was the only one to play it that way. Not sure if Steve Gaines or Allen Collins does the kickoff lick in the "One More from the Road" album, but they play it the "wrong" way as well, which I find interesting.
It's funny, the guys tried to copy Ed's playing but couldn't come close. Allen played the intro when Ed left. Steve and Allen made their own versions of the solos. Nothing wrong with them playing it "their way" - Ed's way is the original that everybody remembers.
@@TomsRockinGuitar For sure! I honestly prefer Steve Gaines first solo, but nothing comes close to Ed's 2nd solo.
Bro. Aren’t you the golf dude on ticktock?
Nice job Wally, where is Beev?
Kind of need a Fender Stratocaster but I suppose you can get by with a different guitar.
JTV 59 Variax modeling a 1960s fender strat. Incredible technology
@@TomsRockinGuitar Yeah close ... but no cigar. Digital will never fully replace analogue.
@@dyerstrayts1734 if you closed your eyes and listened you wouldnt be able to tell
People who learn from tabs vs people skilled enough to learn by just hearing the song parts repeatedly.
You left out explaining the most importantly part to me. I've played it this way for years,( minus the hidden note you just showed ),,,, but please explain what follows? This is the part most don't know!
Dude, are you saguto golf?
On the second helping album it’s the A. Sorry dude.
Well thanks appreciate all that your showing us but,.... Come On Man give us the actual notes in order for that first note bounce part off the G. yes I rewind and slow mo the vid but not getting it all that well.
You’re playing the first lick wrong
Who cares Tom, it's only rock'n'roll man.
it's in D not in G
LOL ask Ed King
Its in the Key of G.
@@TomsRockinGuitar Ed's dead bubba
@@emilymiller1853 yes, unfortunately, but there's a video of him saying it's in G.
@@TomsRockinGuitar I believe he was speaking of the one solo part?
Also... Many musicians aren't well versed in theory. And think things that aren't true. If Jimmy Page said Kashmir was in f#... Do we just say well.. that must be true because he said it. Lol
RIP Ed.
Where are all your videos? Was gonna watch the I Need You video???
I agree Tom, bring back your vids