Mystery Train by Elvis/Scotty Moore - Guitar Lesson

A detailed, accurate look at a rock 'n' roll classic. For tab and more info about the song please go here: www.anyonecanpl...

[@jedlewis8232]

You are easily, my favourite guitar teacher on the net, and I have watched hundreds.

[@JellyrollHorton]

I am in total awe of your ability to break this down, explain it clearly, and play it correctly. You are a true professional. Thanks so much for sharing your skill and your talent.

[@elfhermie]

Not sure if you heard the news but we lost Scotty Moore yesterday. : ( I heard it on the radio in a 3 second news blip after longer news blips and just before a commercial break. I was like, "Wait, wait, what, no!", and had to look it up online to be sure I'd heard right. He deserves so much more than a 3 second news flash. So many great songs and such a big impact on so many of us who love music. Thanks for helping to keep that great music alive. Be well. Peace.

[@acpg]

Yes, just heard. Really sad news. You're right, it seems to be very under-reported for such an influential and legendary figure in music.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

Scotty was such a humble man. He should been the biggest guitarist ever. Sadly, Scotty never earned much money. He didn't earn a dime from the original Elvis recordings at Sun Studios, Sam Phillips didn't pay him.

[@raphaelrousso7124]

how i think you're right . thanks and greetings

[@shivamkardile5671]

It’s been only three years since we lost him, but it seems like forever 😪😪😪😪 I remember, there was a three-second news flash about Scotty’s death, and I felt it wasn’t cool! Like, come on! A three-second news flash for the most influential guitarist ever?!

[@John-ob7dh]

@@raphaelrousso7124 I was in a little rock band in 59 And our guitarist was 16 He practised like day and night to perfect scotties licks.He could play them note for note in the end.I was the singer and one of his favs was Presley just because as it had a quite complicated solo which our guitarist got off prefect .He met and played with Scotty many many years later .Our guitarists name was ALBERT LEE.

[@weshoward4301]

Now retired after southern rock bar bands (with little craft) for decades & just playing instro surf now for enjoyment. But that has led back to rockabilly, the need for basic technique and wonderful tunes like this one. Thank you for sharing. Many can do, but few can truly teach, and you are doing a fine job at both. (Your approach and civility actually evokes Hank Marvin's gentlemanly way I've heard in informal discussions of his echo & other technique.) Keep having fun; we are certainly beneficiaries.

[@CHlEFFIN]

“...by collapsing the first joint on the third finger” I LOVE IT.👏🏽🙏🏼

[@garypedigogaeu5787]

Played since 1965 and have never had a better teacher or friend passing on information on a song. Very accurate, and guitar tuned and attenuated perfectly. Your a real professional.

[@telerooo5213]

No matter what style guitar you are playing, you make it look SO... easy. You look so relaxed. I always enjoy you video lessons very much.

[@Barns1406]

Excellent teacher and best tutoring on this song. Thank you very much.

[@acpg]

Thanks Don-Angela, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@shivamkardile5671]

Did anybody notice that he was playing the guitar unplugged?!

[@juicylucy5797]

Learning this song was a life changing event and took my playing to another level, after years of seemingly going round in circles. I can now play all those wonderful Travis picked tunes like Dear prudence, Buckets of Rain, Julia, He's a Mighty Good Leader and many more that I thought I would never be able to play in a million years. Thank you so much Adrian for all your hard work, may the heavens rain glorious jewels upon thee! 💯

[@laurencedefuria3368]

Sir, I have recently started on the Travis Style and Mystery Train is my chosen victim. I have studied about every video lesson available, including a couple paid sites, and have gained some progress. BUT without question, your lesson here is the best, clearest, most patient, most organized, best video, and plain best instruction I've found for this tune and the style. Great job. Thank you and I will be seeking more.

[@rtrivanovic707]

You taught me something new. I'm 73 and still learning. Thank you very much Adrian. Loved Scotty's guitar playing since I was a kid. He really is what made Elvis great. Ron from Annapolis MD

[@Drjackdempsey9644]

Ronald Trivanovic I’m 43 and if I live as long as you l will still be trying to play the guitar 😂 been paying everyday for over 25 years and everyday I learn something new. Only 12 notes and impossible to master. Lifelong labor of love ❤️

[@karleberhardpfahl]

Hey, you're a really great teacher. This little lesson here must be one of the best examples of a perfect guitar tutorial that I have come across so far. Hats off to you, sir.

[@richardstauffer5697]

Simply excellent.....I bow to you. My favorite Elvis song when he was 20 years old, and with Bill Black also playing, this is truly, great. Scottie....His best.

[@Auxend]

I started learning this song last year - it was a long journey having grown up with Elvis as a kid and hating that music most of my life (familiarity breeds contempt) - I finally made it okay to appreciate Scotty and his influence on the likes of Hank, who influenced Gilmour etc. But once I started to try to learn this song I put the guitar down for a year. Turns out this is a really unique approach to the guitar - and like you said - a substantial archetype for rock-and-roll. You do it justice and I might just pick it up again under your inspiration.

[@begtotheroots]

Hi Adrian! Your lesson is by far the best lesson on the song ever!!!!!!

[@padraiglyons3709]

Fantastic lesson for one of my favorite Elvis songs with the great Scotty Moore on guitar, thanks.

[@WhiteLightningWoman]

I love how you explain so much detail. Learning to play is neurolingustic, so the technical helps the brain meld it all into happening. Thank you.

[@vlobster7660]

a likeable unassuming guitar demon.....from the Banshees to this....frankly inspiring!

[@bodhievel9503]

I really like the way you explain things. Most guys that have been playing a long time forget to explain the little details. Thank you for sharing. Very articulate.

[@2011littlejohn1]

I as an older guitar player fully appreciate just how authentic this is - producing the relaxed train style feel to it - very good. The best track from the Sun album. I was also emotionally moved that you as a young player felt this was an important song to add to any guitar player's repetoire. This was pioneering stuff that still reverberates around the world - pun intended. I felt the high point of your lesson was the close ups of your right hand.

[@robertbartlett2385]

Thanks, Adrian. You get straight to the point and your instruction is lucid. Only KZbin lessons I have ever had the patience to stick with all the way through.

[@glenneads1733]

Your teaching is exceptional ... Truly appreciate your gift of teaching !!!

[@rustycalvera977]

this is the perfect guitar lesson format.....the clip gets right to the music with a nice run through of the piece....then the details, point by point....great stuff...

[@noushin5420]

Best guitar tutorial I've come across .Thanks for sharing, you make it so simple even I could follow it. Cheers.

[@quido1360]

Now this, is probably the best informative/instructive video clip, I have ever seen. Very, very well done. Kudos to you and keep up the good work!

[@mikemcdandy4899]

Brilliant lesson; as always. Thank you yet again Adrian. You are the quintessence of British gentlemanry and a fine teacher and wonderfully gifted player. My hat off to you Sir!

[@sgall161]

Thanks a mill for such a thorough lesson. Haven't learnt a tune since my 20's and this has got me hooked on learning more Scotty Morris numbers and that finger picking style. Your lessons have made this lockdowm more bearable so thanks bud. Stay well.

[@timallen6025]

Loved watching this years ago, struggling along on my acoustic… but now I have an Epi, yay. Great tuition and ‘can do’ . Thank you 🙏 👍👍

[@jamiemartin1953]

Your really good at teaching .Very clear and very easy to digest . Some KZbin teachers are 100 mph but you do it beautifully. Thanks for this . 👍

[@CHlEFFIN]

You’re an outstanding teacher my friend!! Cheers from Houston, Texas!

[@gonzalo783]

Best Mystery Train lesson you will ever find, thanks for the good work!

[@MsKonkeyDong]

This is the best, most well-explained lesson of Mystery Train available in the known universe. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Great explanation, excellent resolution, taught slowly enough, sounds great - great playing!

[@EricClapner]

You are a fantastic guitar player and teacher. Thanks for taking the time to produce such great lessons.

[@johngallagher672]

He breaks this figure down very nicely. I mainly play jazz and a little classical, so this rockabilly comping has some unfamiliar intricacies. This an awesome lick. It sounds mad cool and fun as hell to play! Thanks Adrian!

[@hearpalhere]

Adrian, your lessons are a joy to watch! Your playing is fantastic and you do a wonderful job of explaining what is going on... really ideal teacher! Thanks so much for all these great videos!

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

Wow. Great playing, great sound, AND great teaching.🎸

[@anthonysanchez3275]

Man I love your style of teaching. I finally learned Travis picking with your help.

[@MrScotbar]

Hi Adrian, another great lesson enabling anyone seriously interested in the guitar to really improve their playing. Always love hybrid picking whether it be the late, great Scotty Moore or that man in the beret, the still blooming Richard Thompson. Over the years I've learned a great deal from many excellent postings on KZbin and the related links to the sites of countless players/teachers. Without descending into 'brown nose' territory, I honestly can't think of any site that is better than yours. I , along with many others no doubt, am very thankful for your generosity in providing us with such superb material. Looking forward, if you ever get the time, to see more with your Tele - I've got the same axe myself. Cheers.

[@Professorvignoletti]

that was a great rendition. I am an Elvis enthusiast and rares the cover or replay of one of his tunes.I think this is one of his very best. You were true to the sound of the original.

[@leehkfan]

Excellent video, I've watched a few others to try and get this song down but yours helped the most. Many thanks!

[@nathanielifrah8140]

You are the MAN!! My favourite guitar teacher... and super cool 😎, much ❤ 🙏🙏

[@TastyPlacementSEO]

DUDE! Well done! Thank you from Texas, USA...

[@TheNewenglandboys]

YOU are one incredible guitar player! Man, love listening to you play

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

Outstanding lesson dude. U Always have the coolest guits and such wonderful tone. That Princeton is glorious.

[@raphaelrousso7124]

i' m watching from corsica , i like very much the quality and clarity (?)of your tutos. thanks for sharing and especially race with the devil . thanks again and long live rock n' roll !

[@maximum805]

I concur. You are a marvelous teacher. I Thoroughly enjoyed this lesson. Spot on

[@Enak12345]

Thanks for a great lesson! Working on the song now and it's coming together nicely. Appreciate the detail in the lesson.

[@paulmcmillan6010]

So glad I found this lesson always loved that intro riff 🎸🎸!!...well explained once more..

[@rcgillsympaticoca]

Such a great lesson... I come back for a refresher regularly! :-) Thanks!

[@davidgilder59]

Such a sweet sound from a wonderful teacher!

[@paolocimmino5648]

Fantastic teacher, great lesson! Thank you.

[@thekingofelfland3294]

Nothing like a mystery train lesson on a Monday in 2021 🤠🎸

[@champ10ns08]

This lesson is different gravy. I do believe, Scotty Moore himself would struggle to teach his own stunning guitar part as effortlessly as you have my friend. People who want to teach would do themselves no harm by watching this, gentleman. 10/10 :)

[@jonathanhughes9281]

Thanks Adrian, this gave me the breakthrough I needed. 👍🙂🎸

[@lukejade]

Nice! I am trying my hardest to learn this style and your video is really helping me out! Thanks!

[@hearpalhere]

I love coming back to your lessons, I'm learning so much. Thanks again Adrian! Also, your guitar is awesome.

[@Spacex007-yup]

The best so far to Play Elvis 🎸 👏👏 Glad I found you

[@mairenared]

Hello Adrian, Just bought a Classic Vibe Telecaster, mainly to play Keith Richards stuff as I'm a great fan of the Stones, and stumbled across your channel looking for some country licks (a lot of people think of Keith as a blues/rock guitarist but I hear a lot of country in his playing too). This is a brilliant lesson on how to play this simple but quite tricky song. I'm already working on it. Also love your videos on a simple country solo and a simple blues solo. I play a lot of blues and like the idea of playing something that doesn't rely on simply widdling up and down the corresponding pentatonic scale. Thanks for all your advice. Keep up the good work!

[@Hapax007]

Joe, I agree about Keith Richard's guitar style, It seems he must have listened to a bit of some Buddy Holly and perhaps Eddie Cochran stuff in his formative years.

[@allangow4746]

Adrian, 1st class teacher. I love your stuff.

[@Jamestele1]

I grew up in a house hearing Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore, etc., and I use a thumb pick, but I'm impressed when people can use the more James Burton approach, with a normal pick and their free fingers. Sounds great.

[@timmatuszewski8428]

Excellent lesson and always appreciate the technical and theory explanation!

[@eazyrider6122]

Man!, You have the coolest music taste. Thanks for sharing all your great videos.

[@PT_English]

I'm a subscriber and you are a very clear teacher but sir... that Telecaster behind the door is giving me a heartattack

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

Thanks man! You're a very good instructor, know how to explain. The selection of great guitar tunes is also very helpful for me to expand in a different way. I´m autodidact and appreciate your work a lot. Thanks again!

[@sjacksonshilling1520]

Adrian - a huge thank you for saving me hours of ineffectual second guessing notes, timing and ... every aspect of this classic song. Being inspired to revisit songs from yesterday is sooo rewarding and enjoyable and with your considerable assistance it is fab making progress. Love the lessons and the playing. Keep going :) Oh ... and stay safe of course.

[@robertfrench9353]

The best way ever to show how to play this song thank you you are a good teacher

[@cinquettitt6161]

Sound and playing are very authentic!

[@jameswalsh6678]

I really like the way you teach. Thank you.

[@Tezzanoo]

Absolutely brilliant lesson. Our little band have started doing a few rockabilly numbers and trying to get Scotty Moore's work down correctly proves just how good he really is and how ahead of his time he was 60 odd years ago. If you've time, a couple of numbers I'd love to see your take on is Scotty's work on My Baby Left Me and Hound Dog. The start of Scotty's 2nd Hound Dog solo has me completely baffles. Delighted to subscribe and see what other gems you've got lined up. Terry

[@georgekingston6389]

First class - many thanks and happy new year.

[@ringostarky1]

Great lesson. Always wanted to play this & you nailed it. Thanks

[@Draculahasacat]

Brilliant easy to understand lesson..a huge thank you from surfing the net land...

[@skylarkss]

Awesome job sir! Thank you for the post...Greetings from East Los Angeles!

[@malcolmgully2064]

following this lesson ,so well and patiently done as a beginner it's been really helpful

[@vegasboro]

Awesome, thank you for sharing your talent! Fantastic tone and guitar too.

[@freddysnip6257]

Hi Adrian, thank you so much for this lesson, it was very clear, never knew how to play it, but now I can thanks to you dude!

[@cluxseltoot]

Great tutorial - inspirational in that you give others (me) hope that they can follow suit and actually learn - enjoyable. Thank you for making it.

[@BeatPoet67]

Your lessons are brilliant. I've been practicing "This Charming Man" for about a week now and it's just about there. Thanks a lot. I'm sure you get hundreds of requests but if you ever get round to doing "Guitar Man" by Jerry Reed and covered by Elvis that would be great. The intro is so cool. Cheers!

[@chocodiledundee1]

Amazing lesson wow , Scotty had to be kind of genius ... I saw Keith Richards saying once , everyone wanted to be Elvis , but I want to be “Scotty Moore”, I know jimmy Page was also huge fan , awesome work thank you .

[@JamesOrcutt]

Thanks for the lesson! you do the song justice ...from N. California

[@TheA1carpetman]

Excellent lesson thanks so much for the insight. Greg from Australia

[@meadish]

10 years and a stroke later... Thanks to this lesson, I used to be able to play Mystery Train passably, although I never perfected it. Now after an untold number of neurons have died, I am back again, for a lesson in humility, patience and impermanence. I think Adrian's channel may have had around 1/30th of its current number of subscribers back then. Given the consistently high quality of the channel, it's a mystery to me he hasn't broken 1 million yet. Maybe he doesn't care that much, and authenticity always comes first? Anyway, if he did a couple of collaborations (Eric Haugen, Puisheen, Dave Simpson, That Pedal Show, 60 Cycle Hum, Justin Sandercoe, Jens Larsen are some of the names I think might work) he'd easily double his numbers. If he wanted to. I bet he has been asked and declined a few times.

[@adrianlandon]

great in depth clear lesson, thank you for sgaring your skills and knowledge

[@gfunk63901]

Thanks mate. I love Elvis. His early stuff and later stuff. Big Scotty Moore fan. Keith Richards was too

[@Chris3141592653789]

Not only did you capture Scotty Moore note for note perfect, you got his sound down too. Awesome!

[@markosullivan4095]

Fantastic stuff Adrian. Great teaching! Many thanks

[@timmyles314]

Bravo... GREAT JOB ! Thanks for the lesson. Cheers.

[@rudystain]

Killer Dude!!! Thanx from Newport Beach Cali

[@Atkinsfan]

thank you for putting this lesson together. Much appreciated!!

[@abcdee108]

You are a very gifted teacher!

[@acpg]

Thomas Sinclair Very nice of you to say so. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@JohnSmith-te5oo]

Beautiful tone and playing. I bought a Gretsch largely due to Setzer/Moore/Eddy/Cochrane/Townsend Pleasure to listen to this

[@JoelDTerry]

PERFECT. Thanks for the lesson, Adrian!

[@Guitarlessonsbybrian]

Great job! Scotty lives!

[@user-eu2wx1ct7s]

thanks for your hard work , you are a great player , play on THANKS

[@e-man2081]

Thank you for your fantastic tutorials!

[@1phatmaximus]

Just like to add my twopenath worth,,,thank you for such a detailed lesson,,,thank you for yr time and patience very much appreciated,,,wishing u all the very best take care cheers Mac

[@raphaelrousso7124]

Adrian , you' re great and mucho simpatico ! i love each of your lessons

[@ggriffiths66]

You're a fine teacher, well explained and thanks

[@costasarantidis4499]

Thank you for this! Cool Vox guitar!

[@gyrate4]

You are amazing! Great teacher, too!