Classic Rockabilly | Crazy Legs by Cliff Gallup

[@thejamnasium6447]

of all the guitar channels on youtube, i think you pick the coolest tunes

[@coopdeville999]

Agreed. I would keep tuning in to this channel even if I did not play guitar. I constantly find myself researching various artists that I would have otherwise overlooked if Adrian had not presented them here.

[@IrishBog]

When I’m in a guitar store these days - it’s riffs from this channel that I’m usually playing

[@juke699]

Your 50's early 60's stuff is Exceptional, more of it please.......

[@georgeliakop]

Yesssss please 🙏

[@kdc7759]

Fantastic lesson Adrian! Cliff didn't actually play with Gene throughout the 50's as he didn't enjoy touring (or the antics of his band mates!) and after recording 35 of the best tracks in rock n roll, "retired" to return to his old job as a janitor at a school in Virginia.

[@keith4886]

You are quite right, Kevin. Cliff Gallup has an enormous influence on me. I really don't think that America really knew what talent it had back then.

[@WocPaul1]

Brilliant ; “I don’t even own a Gretsch, for gods sake!”. Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@justiceforall6412]

I still remember the first time I ever heard Cliff Gallup play. It was long after the 50's and I had no idea who he was. I knew Be Bop a Lula and the album was in a cut out bin for $1. I bought it, (still have it), and when I heard him play I was mesmerized. I still am to this day. How he came up with those parts and riffs is beyond me. Pure genius. And he preferred to live out his life in obscurity as a janitor. Go figure.

[@mesolithicman164]

I have 2 theories on Cliff Gallup. One. Perhaps he said everything he had to say in that style of music. And/or. People were saying Rock n Roll was dead Elvis went into the army and Cliff had to take a regular job. And even then I don't know why he didn't try to be a Grady Martin in-house guitar player for a recording studio. He was very technical, so I'm sure he could have played country and jazz if required

[@justiceforall6412]

@@mesolithicman164 I'm sure he could have played anything he was given. Yet he chose to live his life out as a janitor. Go figure.

[@mesolithicman164]

@@justiceforall6412 Very strange. Did you know there are recordings of him playing in a jazz group. I think they were called the 4 C's or something like that. So he didn't give up guitar entirely.

[@justiceforall6412]

@@mesolithicman164 I'm not aware. Can any clips be found on youtube or online?

[@kdc7759]

@@mesolithicman164 Ken Nelson, the Capitol producer, offered Cliff a session position (joining the legendary A Team), but he turned it down.

[@PalmerEldritch47]

Agreed. Rockabilly is fun to play. Also like the way you emphasize the chords.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Looking forward to grabbing the guitar pro files and tab PDFs over there on Patreon. Membership with your Patreon is one of the best values out there, highly recommend it to anyone that’s on the fence!

[@aquanova16]

I love when you explain the why behind the note choices and tie it back to the chords the solo is playing over. This really helps me be a better guitar player and songwriter. Thank you

[@fheapes]

10/10 for the lesson Adrian. Gallop was without question, the best guitarist to record in the 50's. It's great that people are still digging the Gallop!! This deserves a Patreon subscription. Cheers.

[@stevep1941]

Great lesson. I think those early players like Cliff Gallup and Frank Beecher (Bill Haley) were listening to big band horn players in their heads when they formulated solos.

[@Daytripper51]

Adrian....You GOTTA come to Nashville! You'd fit right in!

[@Mia-qt4th]

Yes, a great song, thank you for playing!

[@Zafirios]

Great work, Adrian! And great taste. The best picks of all the guitar channels.

[@427_FE]

you don't give yourself enough credit, you kick arse with your Rockabilly skills!

[@nathanbrewster7933]

So glad when I found out you were on KZbin. I found your website and its been the tool I use the most as I'm learning the guitar. Thank you for all that you do to help teach and pass along your amazing talent!

[@barrieglenn8353]

Good lesson, I like the way you break down and analyze solos.

[@silvar4399]

you really do recognize the good stuff when you hear it! Class vid thank you.

[@SteveBoltz]

Nice lesson Adrian...I'm a huge Cliff Gallup fan and although I've been a pro player all my life performing and digging most styles of music I do spend a lot of my spare time now practicing rockabilly guitar...it's almost jazz in its freedom and scope for improvising. It's very cool of you to 'excite' new players with this genre!...keep up the great work! :)

[@aaronkirkland212]

You are truly the best teacher to watch online. Love you're breakdowns.

[@bobmorgenstern5108]

Hello Adrian. Love the way you discuss the thinking behind the song; chord tones, scales!

[@TheSkarocker56]

Good to see somebody playing it in A like the original. Great stuff

[@johnduckworth474]

This is a great lesson. A lot to take in but very well explained. I think Adrian deserves a Gretsch!

[@CC-qb9sm]

Such a great choice Adrian!!! Thanks for this. Have a great weekend!! I think you would enjoy owning a Gretsch, but you are right the Tele definitely gets it done!

[@juicylucy5797]

Incredibly insightful lesson.

[@jemglen]

Sublime, as always. Thank you!

[@gordonpatterson44]

Absolutely brilliant as usual 👏 Keep it rockabilly

[@chrishughes2729]

Fantastic stuff - an education and a pleasure. Like several "Nice lick let's learn it"s all rolled into one. Thank you!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Love it Adrian 😎🎙🎸✅

[@musik102]

I hate to say it, but Charlie Christian played a far more interesting and exciting and sophisticated version of this style years before rockabilly was heard of. Indeed, had Charlie not died so young, I believe that he would have taken the sound of jazz guitar in a different direction than it did after his death. I believe that Charlie would have really wanted to compete with the horns with an aggressive distorted tone ( distorted by 1940s standards! ). Charlie - far more than Hendrix or SRV - was guitar's greatest loss.

[@bobgrilli1427]

Thank you so much! Cliff fan here! If I had the dosh, I'd buy you a duo!

[@henryhunter5026]

Great lesson! Cliff Gallop was a master who must have influenced millions of guitar players many of whom didn’t know who he was. He sensibly bailed out of the madness that was the first wave of rock & roll, poor old Gene Vincent endlessly toured in those early days surviving on a cocktail of uppers, downers and pain killers. I find that it’s odd that Gretsch seems to be the brand most associated with Rockabilly these day’s but there were lots of big body Gibson’s, Fender Telecasters and even the occasional Strat being played by the likes of Scotty More, Carl Perkins and of course Buddy Holly.

[@urwholefamilydied]

I think beause Chet Atkins and Eddie Cochran cemented it and then later guys like Brian Setzer made it a caricature of "rockablilly"... which wasn't even a term back then. But ya that became THE guitar. Even Les Paul was playing similar styles of music, and obviously used a "les paul". Guitars for certain genres of music is weird. Throw enough pedals on it, or use this amp or that amp.. any guitar can play any type of music.

[@samrotschild]

Man, always straight to my music taste! I’m missing some Steve Cropper licks. Greetings from Chile

[@guitashamilele]

This is so much easier to follow without the fret and string numbers. Also make me think about my fretboard, plus the intervals.

[@mmccartney6579]

One HELL of a lesson!! Oh, and...black kitty needs a battery. Cheers, mate!! :)

[@elvismemphisgs]

Very Good

[@MoStBlEsSeD]

Gretsch is on my list of dream guitars .. just have to figure out how to tune those things lol

[@timdybala7127]

Thanks!

[@SenorSol]

A slight point of order, a bit pedantic I know, but Cliff Gallop was only with Gene Vincent for 1956, he had left the band by October of that year!

[@chuckbill1]

thang you very much man i can transpose it on my c6 lapsteel

[@caelmacleod-smith4942]

Could you please do a tutorial for any song by the band Come? Masterful guitar playing and song writing...

[@SpookieVonDookie]

Adrian always updating with songs directly targeted at me. Well played, sir

[@thedoc1210]

brilliant

[@thomaswalton9354]

Great stuff man, can u do some Curtis Mayfield? 🤔 hhmmm

[@martinwatson9615]

Hi on this basis would you do some rockabilly Scotty Moore influenced I’m thinking of course about creedence Clearwater revival and Ramble Tamble from Cosmo’s Factory? Pretty please?

[@petercousins1645]

If I had known you were doing a Gene Vincent lesson I would have loaned you my Gretch 6120 or my Burns Batwing with similar sound.

[@steveholderness1450]

Awesome again Adrian. I dont suppose you could turn your hand to doing a proper, definitive lesson on Beetlebum by Blur could you? Thats just begging to be done properly on KZbin! Thanks in advance (wont be offended if you think its a shite idea! 😁)

[@isaia1100]

Great!! What delay pedal are you using?

[@autoproblematic5800]

can you do Elvis' Little Sister?

[@RichRocker-d8q]

Cool

[@Mark_Williams300]

Okay... Why isn't the P in "Play" white?

[@alleygh0st]

not a chord

[@1983mattd]

I don’t even own a Gretsch guitar for Gods sake🤣🤣

[@phil393]

Don’t need a gretsch for rockabilly, what you got in your hands was used in a large majority of rockabilly tunes in the fifties.

[@deanlee7034]

It's NOT Rockabilly it's Rock n Roll,, get your history right

[@joeblack8915]

Exactly right. People who don't know any better use the term 'Rockabilly' to generically describe all '50s rock music.

[@OldFlapper]

Technically, yes. It's Rock n Roll. The line however between Rock n Roll and Rockabilly become pretty blurred early on in its history. There's an interview somewhere (On one of the Rebel Heart CDs) in which Gene himself considers the same question and describes the early recordings as "Rockabilly". I think for the purposes of modern interpretation, irrespective of correct nomenclature, it's probably wise to use "Rockabilly" in the KZbin title as it would more likely be what is expected in a search for "Rockabilly lesson". "Rock n Roll" seems now to include too vast a breadth of artists, styles, and eras to achieve such a genre specific search result .