Dead & Lovely; Tom Waits/Marc Ribot guitar lesson! Dark Americana Gypsy Jazz Cuban Blues Noir!

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It’s been a while since we last did a study on the impressionistic stylings of Marc Ribot.. a favourite guitarist of mine. His work across a whole slew of incredible Tom Waits albums has kept me inspired for many years now. Today we learn and analyse the key elements of his “Dead and Lovely” solo. It’s a super short solo so I’ve also done an in depth breakdown of my extended improvised solo where we apply some of Marc’s ideas and many more things besides!
The lesson materials are a real bumper pack again on this one, not only containing the solos but also neatly typed out sheets of all the discussed key elements.. arpeggios, triads & scale patterns! This should provide you with inspiring lead guitar ideas for many years to come!
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Performance
01:48 - Introduction
02:22 - Overview of the Key Elements (worksheet included in the lesson materials!)
02:45 - C minor arpeggios & triad stacks
04:06 - 1,2,3,5 arpeggios aka “Coltrane patterns”
05:35 - All other CAGED shapes!
07:37 - Breaking down Marc’s solo
08:07 - Enclosures
09:47 - Minor 6th chord
11:28 - Soloist mentality!
11:49 - My Lead Study!
11:56 - “The Waits’ Changes”
14:29 - Spicy altered dominant lick as a turnaround!
15:41 - Dissonant spikes & melodic minor tensions
16:49 - Superimposing the V of iv
17:57 - Django-style
20:26 - Brief encounters with the V
21:16 - Culture in your playing!
22:00 - Listen to Tom Waits!
22:22 - Tone Talk!
22:50 - Thanks for watching!
Videos referenced in this lesson;
Marc Ribot/Tom Waits style lead etude (Gypsy blues in A minor)..
• Full Lesson - Marc Rib...
Marc Ribot/Tom Waits Soloing; Dark Americana, Cuban Gypsy Jazz Surf Blues!..
• Marc Ribot/Tom Waits S...
Gear used in this video;
1953' Gibson es125
Emprize Falcon amp
Universal Audio OX - amp top box
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins
Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro
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[@elrafa782]

Rule number one : 🎶 When you love somebody 🎶 you can thumb up before the video 😉

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

🙏🏻🧡 that’s so kind, thank you!

[@bbowjazz]

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[@AlexFarranGuitar]

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[@niallshakeshaft1524]

Rapidly getting addicted to this channel ❤

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate, glad to hear it!

[@elrafa782]

This line from C7b5 to Cm, measure 27… gives me goose bump ! I love it 🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much! It’s a spicy little lick! 🌶️

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Thank you so much Alex, Marc Ribot is one of my favourite players and I'm a sucker for Tom all day! Such hard working guys. Immediately getting patreon resources with this one before I watch. I recently impressed myself and as a study nailed the intro and double stop hooks of Julian Lage's Tributary... it gets a bit bonkers down the line but I will overcome it... it's in great part thanks to becoming your passive student, so thank you for guiding me this far. I am a believer!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the comment buddy, I really appreciate it! I’m so happy to hear that the lessons are making a positive impact on your playing! Keep up the hard work mate! 🙏🏻

[@MarcQuigley]

Thanks for posting this. I love Waits and Ribot and have wanted to dig in to his style. Great video.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure buddy, thanks for the comment!

[@RistoBopDz]

So Rare to work on Marc Ribbot! Thanks so much for all your great tastes! You ll see me soon on your Patreon 🤠

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks mate, I appreciate that greatly! 🙏🏻

[@RistoBopDz]

And I appreciate to work on songs, musicians or styles I love or some I donna but with great personalities… who think outside the box. 🎉 Many thanks

[@thecarm27]

your channel is by far the most informative and interesting. A masterful study every time.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Wow thanks man, that's very kind! Glad you dig it! 🙏🏻

[@stevenmeger3798]

Your comment of incorporating all styles of music is spot on. This particular style I find especially compelling and somewhat approachable, though I don’t hold a candle to your playing. And that’s why we so much appreciate your lessons - consistently enriching and brilliant. Thank you Alex!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you Steven, that really means a lot! 🙏🏻

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

That guitar sounds great. Love moody and eccentric.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate!

[@tbluesboye]

Way cool Alex! Great post!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it!

[@JazzStrat781]

Your playing is always so beautiful and musical 🎸🙏 just outstanding as always, best to you brother

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend, I hope you’re doing well! 🙏🏻🍻

[@davidharris794]

Tasty and spinechilling! Could listen to you play this style all day

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks so much David! 🙏🏻

[@scottbookman]

I love these Ribot lessons, i've seen him live so many times (not as much as richard thompson) and i've Listened to him and Django so much that i can "hear" what you doing and actually play it.I can't say that about most of you lessons.I've said it before and will say it again, you are an amazing teacher and your playing is right up there up with my favorite guitarists.You are the king of tone and taste!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Man, you always blow me away with your comments, thank you Scott, I genuinely appreciate the kind words. Knowing what a musically discerning chap you are, if you dig it, I know I'm doing something right! 🙏🏻🧡

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic lesson have a wonderful weekend Alex also happy father's day to you and your family ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend, happy Father’s Day to you and your family too! 🙏🏻🧡

[@dyeskesatou5378]

So nice! Thank you from Japan

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment my friend! 🙏🏻

[@fidosaw]

This music is the best use of the electric guitar that I know. Anything you wish to teach, I want to learn. Thanks so much

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

I’m glad you feel that way! I’ll certainly be teaching more in this style soon 👍🏻

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Fantastic stuff as always Alex, many thanks 🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure Karl, relates directly to what we spoke about the other night of course so a good one for you to have a crack at perhaps!

[@madsbrandt598]

Thanks for the gold! You made it easy for us

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Happy to help my friend! Thanks for the comment!

[@user-kt1re6ui4s]

As always, top quality stuff. Marc Ribot has been one of my favourite guitarists for many years. Your addition to the solo was inspired!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you!.. really glad you liked it! And so good to see Marc on other people’s “favourites” lists too! 👌🏻

[@nickbullock9779]

Very generous. Thankyou.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure buddy! 🙏🏻

[@stevegamiello6476]

Great great lesson, as always

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Cheers buddy!

[@pensatore]

Awesome lesson Alex! Killer playing and clear and concise explanation of the theory.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it!

[@ngiles1000]

Great lesson, a style I love and always want to get to grips with, thanks for the free tips

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Anytime buddy, very glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Love your work Alex. Always tasty stuff. Loved your last one you did on your session solo.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks so much Michael, I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻

[@richbowler4111]

Great lesson thanks 😊

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure! Thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

[@Manu2Banjo]

Hi ! I've just discovered your channel. Blues, soul and Tom Waits/Marc Ribot... there's everything, I mean every tasteful music, for me to fall in love and your lessons are very clear and easy to follow. Thanks a lot !

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Welcome aboard buddy! Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏🏻

[@chinaski2020]

Your extension to the solo is something else. I love it. I think it’s really too much for the song and very indulgent but those dissonant notes from outside scales sound fantastic and make for an inspiring video.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Haha thanks buddy.. absolutely not what I would play on a record, but for the sake of providing some concepts to teach and delve into, it works just fine 👍🏻

[@MartirosHakopianMarHak]

Good Morning all the best teacher IMHO.....

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thank you my friend! 🙏🏻

[@arturogarciabasconcelo]

Loved this sounds! good stuff, I didn´t know the "Coltrane patterns" till now! thanks

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure man, thanks for the comment

[@RAR-li1sb]

I've been playing for over 30 years and every lesson is an advancement in my playing!! Thanks brother!!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That’s amazing to hear, thank you my friend! 🙏🏻🧡

[@matthewcasey892]

Sooo freakin cool!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy!

[@chocablues]

Ahh man, you not only show us how to build the house, you give us the bricks. What a steal your patreon is! And, as Captain Beefheart has recommended, you always have a great hat on!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much for the kind words mate, I really do appreciate it! Really glad you enjoy the Patreon page, and love that Beefheart reference! 👌🏻🤣

[@patrickmckinney8610]

That G 7 lick at :57 is really sweet

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you! Spicy! 🌶️

[@DeGroove]

Oh my….❤. Are you secretly my personal coach Alex?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Haha .. I guess I am in a way! 🤣

[@kingdozerr]

It would be nice if you would give a lesson on the most dissonant Ribot, the Saints album for example. 😊

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That’s a good idea.. I’ll put it on the list 👍🏻

[@brigittetorres9745]

❤🎶❤ Gorgeous playing and guitar sound 👍 👏👏👏 Many thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks my friend, glad you liked it!

[@mandolin-george-uk]

Can’t wait

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks George!

[@elrafa782]

Where is the link for my second thumb up ? Great one Alex. Thank you so much. I’ll work this one for sure. Not only the tune, but your tone is great. I don’t know if the tone is more from the P90 or the amp, but I love it. Seeing/listening you for a few months now, I’m looking to hollow and semi hollow guitars with more and more interest… 🙌🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it! Ah yes, a hollow body is an essential tool for me, no doubt! 👌🏻

[@RM-eo4iz]

What a fantastic lesson, I love this style of music but have not found anyone who explains it so clearly. I know what I will be doing for the next month or so :-)...ok, patreon here I come!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend, that really means a lot! Glad you enjoy the videos! 🙏🏻

[@mortenkinander]

Perfect practice piece for a rainy Saturday with nothing to do!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Glad you like it Morten, and hope you're doing well my friend and enjoying the Euros!.. who're you supporting?!

[@mortenkinander]

@@AlexFarranGuitar all is well here! And getting better as summer is approaching. Ah the euros, being an Argentina fan, the euros are a fun warm up for the real thing 🤓. And very glad Norway is not in it, given our defense quality. When we lose against Scotland... But back to practice! See you soon, will book another lesson shortly. Take care, buddy!

[@scottfoster3643]

Marc is fantastic & so are you. Thx !

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much buddy!🙏🏻

[@mandolin-george-uk]

That is one helluva interesting genre Alex .. 😊

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks George!.. wish someone would come up with a concise name for it! 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

[@mandolin-george-uk]

I like it as it is … but I’ll need a snappy title if we are going to set up a jam session in this genre … there is not enough room on the poster

[@stevenmeger3798]

Jazz Noir works for me

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

haha totally!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

As close as it gets I spose! ;)

[@richdunn9799]

Excellent as always Alex, thank you! I am wondering if anyone out there in Alex's guitar community could comment from experience on how close a Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin would get me to that ES 125 sound. I am lusting after a real one but $2200 for a niche guitar is probably not a trigger I am likely to pull anytime soon. I would appreciate any recomendations. Thanks!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy. I’ve personally played 2 of those guitars are thought they were great!

[@davidwalker5054]

Marc is an admirer of the great Django Reinhardt and you can hear it in his playing

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

100%

[@ericmintz6689]

Thanks, Alex. I'm not very familiar with Marc Ribot's playing, but this seems like a good entry point - and you always make the lesson about so much more than just learning the song. I found your solo a great complement to Marc's, building on, and digging deeper into, the tension between the notes and the chords. The 1-2-b3-5 pattern is the main motif in "Alone Together" composed in 1932 (though I'm sure it was used many times, in many tunes before that). Any particular reason that pattern is attached to Coltrane's name? All good on ya', e.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you Eric, I really appreciate the comment! I’m so glad you’re getting a lot out of the lessons. Like you say, I think it’s crucial to take more than just “a new solo to learn” approach and dig into the deeper concepts around it. I’m glad to hear you enjoy that way of teaching too! To be honest, I’m not sure why Coltrane got the patterns named after him as of course, we can hear many players long before him using those cells too. Maybe he was the trendy name at the time! 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

[@owenotto]

Thanks for this great lesson, Alex. In bar 25, why is it that you think G7 for the whole bar in your solo even though there’s an Ab7 for the first two beats?

[@internalmethods]

The U.K. Bandit Strikes Again! How much did you pick up that beautiful sounding Gibson for?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Haha thanks mate, not a bad nickname that! 🥸😂 I bought this around 10 years ago, for £1200!

[@internalmethods]

@@AlexFarranGuitar Well looks like I'm saving up for a while or selling two other guitars. The hollow resonance is absolutely gorgeous. Btw can't wait for my first release. I think you're gonna love the solos.

[@mandolin-george-uk]

Sorry my iPad didn’t notify me as expected …

[@mandolin-george-uk]

what’s the problem with flatwound … ? I thought they were superior for tone and playability ?

[@sytsew]

I guess it's a personal finger feel & tone pref thing for anyone, don't fret about it

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

I actually really like flatwounds, it’s just on this particular guitar they don’t make a good match. This guitar is already very dense, dark, middy and percussive sounding.. way more so than the es175. So the flatwounds just further congest and darken the tone. Whereas, these same strings sound beautiful on the es175 👌🏻

[@mandolin-george-uk]

@@AlexFarranGuitar ah I understand. Yes, I thought I’d heard you mention your love of flatwound On a previous video. I’ll need to beat that in mind as I as thinking of putting a set on as a trial but it might need more thought .. I took back a Taylor guitar as I found it too bright … are you suggesting flatwound might improve harsh bright guitars ? But muddy already woofy dreadnoughts ..for example

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Oh absolutely.. they're ideal for taming an overly bright guitar and for filling out the lower-mids a touch

[@PEAKSocialPresence]

They are often better for recording bc they minimize string noise during sliding, for example. But they don't last as long, so it's a splurge purchase, only for special occasions.

[@Bluntedco.]

all i heard was G string hahaha jk. dope lesson!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

😅👀 cheers dude!