Custard Pie (Lesson) - Led Zeppelin

[@jreagle58]

Miss ya, JJ. For us intermediate players your lessons were absolutely perfect! Hope your in good health and that life is good so far!

[@richardallen1961]

So after many years I'm jumping back into the game. I've been watching you for years you have done so much homework for me I owe you a monster debt of gratitude. You rock! You all should check out private trick from 10 years ago

[@danemartin4155]

Zeppelin has so many cool songs. The radio stations need to play more...

[@franktwiss4853]

This was a fun one to learn, thanks for the lesson! I was certain he played this with The Black Crowes when I saw them in 2000 but I googled the setlist and I was wrong, They did the Wanton Song though which was killer. I'm not much of a Crowes fan but Page is my hero and to this day it's the only chance I've had to see him.

[@tannergraham2724]

Fav band and fav team 👍

[@zane.walker]

Yes, I have watched you long enough to know it is really advantageous to get that pinkie involved in these licks - and it is starting to pay off! As always, many thanks!

[@atlgator1928]

Fantastic as usual.

[@TheRiboka]

So glad that I found this channel, somehow you're covering every song that comes to my mind and I love it.

[@Rambone762]

Thanks James! You Rock!

[@davepett6531]

Absolutely outstanding please start again !!!!!!

[@petestern3639]

Love it James!

[@KR-mp3cu]

I’m sure it was killer live. Straight ahead , great riff . Great videos

[@tomk3420]

Robert did this song on his first solo tour in the 80's. It was excellent!

[@jamesjames9275]

Nah, he didn’t do any Zeppelin numbers until 1987 on the Now & Zen tour. It was a big deal when he started playing Zeppelin on tour.

[@welfaiewfb8802]

You make the best videos man

[@claireflorencecampbell9515]

Excellent tutorial

[@toddhumann3825]

Why did I know you were gonna throw one out early today. Great one

[@ST-xg3gy]

"Royal Orleans" is another one that I'm not certain if it was played live. That wild tale of what went down at the Hilton in New Orleans.

[@jamesjames9275]

No, never did that live. Only Achilles and Nobody’s Fault from that album...until For Your Life at the O2 reunion.

[@arthurdduda63]

Very cool

[@mattyc.9332]

Rests are great between riffs. Adds tension!

[@andrewksadventures]

Nice playing. I reckon it sounds more like a G11th or something and not the G7.

[@budstik]

that jersey, that song 😛. Perfect song for NNN.

[@grafstromsinalaska8108]

Thank You

[@chuckpatterson8895]

The new Oilers reverse retro jersey is 🔥

[@fernandoc.m.1206]

Bonita camiseta J.J.!! 😀

[@yopglomusic8872]

Thanks, bro!

[@groover5863]

just an fyi, it's not zep but Page and Plant live. Custard Pie-Black Dog 13 Feb 1996

[@Stonecrow25]

The version jimmy does with the Crowes live is decent

[@jefft5854]

I'm gonna get burned for that but I prefer Robinson's singing to Plant's on this one.

[@RogueA.I.]

@@jefft5854 I agree. I wish I caught that tour. It’s an amazing live album. Robinson absolutely nails most of the songs.

[@groover5863]

as you more than likely know!!

[@elizabethn2538]

In your other video where you play through it you play the E as a regular open chord on the first fret. And also the G. Does it matter? Ive watched jimmy play this with the Black Crowes and I can’t tell which way he does it.

[@elgonm289]

What Les Paul is that James? Love your playing and the lessons, keep it up mate for bedroom Rock Legends like me hahaha 😉

[@jamesjames9275]

That's a Tokai from around 40 years ago.

[@elgonm289]

@@jamesjames9275 thanks matey, sounds great in the hands of proper guitarist like you

[@greg7656]

How many strings are you hitting for each note of the main riff? Just the fourth string, or are you clipping the 5th or even 5th and 6th as well?

[@jamesjames9275]

ADG strings.

[@FLORIDAERO]

Your tone is amazing.

[@jamesjames9275]

Seymour Duncan 59’s.

[@billydelacruz1500]

James James Those were in my 78 Sunburst LP!! Love them!!!

[@hobbes4583]

Drop down!

[@marcbehrend3470]

Thought you were a Sabres fan what's with that Oilers lol

[@mjp96]

Great question. Why did they never do this great song live?? They did The Rover, why not this??

[@jamesjames9275]

They didn't really play The Rover, just the intro leading into Sick Again. They did part of The Rover at one or two Australia shows in 1972, but only a few seconds of it during Dazed and Confused.

[@rocanrola]

Tokai?

[@jamesjames9275]

Absolutely. Best LP I've ever owned.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Oilers? Are you Canadian?

[@jamesjames9275]

No, I just like hockey.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

Everybody knows this is Mickeys Monkey by Mothers Finest!! Lol 😂 I kid

[@Jspazz66]

Funny you say staccato, i swear i hear him hitting just one beat each sometimes one the A riff

[@jamesjames9275]

I think that part is Jonesy’s keyboard bit, which kind of doubles the guitar riff.

[@Jspazz66]

@@jamesjames9275 ahhh ok..rock on

[@hemantsharma4351]

Are you palm muting? Strumming all strings but top?

[@jamesjames9275]

Yes, muting so the riff is really 5ths, i.e., lay off the higher strings on the main riff.

[@dynjarren8355]

The riff you referred to calling it that Blue thing is the Chuck Berry riff. At least that’s what I call it because he invented it. It’s a simple two note riff with the pinkie playing the add on note on the second string lower. You know this classic riff. The basis for Chuck Berrys songs and rock songs afterwards. JetAirliner by Steve Miller uses it. During the verse. Moving on, out on the road, I’ve been down before, you can hear it clearly under the vocal. Dada dada, dada dada. Got to keep on keeping on. The big wheel keeps spinning around. Dada dada, dada dada. Great use of the classic riff! It’s generic and great for writing rock songs. It’s so basic! It’s the first two fingers on the first and second strings. The index finger on the top and the second finger on the second string and then the pinkie presses the second string one fret higher on and off rhythmically. And the rhythm is dada dada, dada dada. Strum it twice and then apply the pinkie for one strum on the third strum and take it off for the fourth. It’s very simple but it works! Then you go an octave up and then up again and then back to the first one. Most early R&B songs have that pattern. It was great and easy to pick up! That’s Chuck Berry! He was the first to do that as far as I know. And it’s the basis for a lot of his songs and rock n roll in general. RIP Chuck Berry. He lived to be 90!

[@rich-moporter]

Hate to be "that" guy, but to my ears, that F7 chord sounds more like an F/G on the original version....Been enjoying these videos for years. Thanks for putting them out there!

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

It’s F7

[@jamesjames9275]

@@AnthonyBurrito1313 Definitely sounds F7 to me. In the live Plant/Page versions, you can see he got a little lazy and did it as a straight F to G in that part. But the studio recording sounds like 7th chords.

[@rich-moporter]

I think we're talking about two different places in the song. I agree, it's an F7 before the G7. I was referring to the chord right after the E.

[@rich-moporter]

And I should have said G7 in the original comment. I'm going to go back to just watching now. 🙂

[@luckyfamilyman]

Classic know how to how to throw the brakes on tune

[@jefft5854]

I have the hardest of times to get those descending power chords without downpicking everything. Btw in the Page + Black Crowes videos it seems like he plays the G7 with just a bar on the 10th fret.

[@alraymond1618]

he does.

[@mattwertin]

i am a huge zep fan, It is frustrating to see i have been playing bullshit chords. similar sound ,but not accurate. what do they call that ? fake ?false? fudged, well fuck.imma gonna steal your shit thank you for the visual

[@patswayze2493]

You need to burn that oilers jersey

[@jamesjames9275]

Hey, you can't tell me what to do -- you're dead, Mr. Swayze!

[@patswayze2493]

Lol. Go Flames Go

[@Qujiji]

Bro, ur guitar looks like an apple, I'd like to bite it