Gillian Welch's "Hard Times": Guitar Arrangement & Lesson

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[@Rodrigo-ev7tx]

Man, I’ve followed you for a year or so and gotta say you are the reason i kept playing guitar everyday this whole year. Great video as always. Didn’t know this song, but this arrangement sounds beautiful, thanks Eric.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

That makes me so happy to hear! Guitar has always been a great friend to me - I totally think of my guitars/amps as dogs. I talk to them and call them "good boy."

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

As a beginning guitarist I really have no idea what you are talking about and doing but I love watching it. I think I can pull enough out of this to sing it to myself.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Eric!! It’s always such a pleasure when you return to what brought me to this channel in the first place, Gillie and Dave!! I do love all your other content of course. Please do the Carter style picking master class lesson you were kind of hinting at. It would be greatly appreciated! Have a great weekend and you are right these lyrics and thoughts and emotions are absolute brilliance.

[@davidhollander829]

I somehow missed this when you posted it last week, but wow... I don't know anyone who gets Dave and Gillian the way you do. This is my favorite track from The Harrow & the Harvest and I'm glad you made it your own. So beautiful and plaintive, in Dave's hands and yours. And I'm happy you chose the Goya! Thank you!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Like you said, that old Goya gets the closest to the Rawlings sound :-) It certainly has that ghostly character

[@frankn460]

Thank you so much for pulling back the curtain to reveal how Gillian and Dave make their magic. I am getting so much enjoyment from learning your arrangement. Your instructional video is fantastic. Thank you!

[@troyoswald5683]

Thanks Eric! This is so great. We are so lucky. Gillian & Dave are a true gift to us all

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

They really are 2 of the greatest living artists around today!

[@Dahlgren1958]

"You know darkness." Love it, and love Dave and Gill. Great job unpacking the music and the meaning of this song. Thanks, man.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Dark songs really are the best songs! Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan - those are my people!

[@h2obreathe]

awesome instruction. the articulation from one fan to another of what makes Gil and Dave so powerful is what makes me love this.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yes! I have such reverence for the material I present here - you can trust that I'd never bother filming an arrangement for a song that I don't care about.

[@rimbleskinflint3447]

Well done . Greetings from Germany from a Scotsman who has played the geetar for a helluva long time but was always too bloody lazy to learn the theory . God knows I`m trying thanks to guys like you on the internet. a lot better than some of the teachers I had in Glasgow.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

One of my good buddies lives in Glasgow now! A great heavy metal drummer - I gotta check with what band he's in now :-)

[@ericbell812]

Wonderful lesson, Eric thanks for once again unlocking the mysteries of Gillian and Dave's unique and mesmerising sound.

[@davidfelber]

Man, that’s flat out gorgeous. Thank you for sharing it.

[@johnpauldove3892]

Damn... you broke and fixed my heart in one sitting with that arrangement.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I can't really take credit - Gillie and Dave already did the work I'm just recycling it :-)

[@johnpauldove3892]

@@EricHaugenGuitar well, yeah... but still

[@xjcgwbaf]

Oh man one of my all time favourite songs. Thanks Eric.

[@stephenbrumlow931]

Fantastic stuff man! It’s music like this that can get us through these hard times.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yes! "...music is the language of emotion..." I think Seymour Bernstein said that

[@DavidBrookes]

Good to see Gilly back.... thanks man

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

the dude abides

[@electro-rootsworkshop7691]

That song is a tear jerker every time.

[@ytoldblackdogs]

For sure.

[@joeludes6794]

Such a great tune and a beautiful arrangement!

[@neildobbs7278]

What an arrangement! Class act as always

[@dongriffiths3898]

That subtle steel in the background sounds really nice Eric!

[@ProfessorHumblesDelusions]

Such a beautiful song and a great lesson.

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

Great work Eric. In our band we sometimes elongate the final chorus Rule----, My mind----, No More---- doubling or quadrupling the length of the words. We also add an extra bit onto Ruby, so instead of ending with 'World on fire' we add 'Pants on fire!'

[@eyckpoetter]

so good, so beautiful! Thank you, Eric!

[@MusicesunVoyage]

Beautiful arrangement! Well done

[@ignacionicholson]

Was just looking for a guitar lesson of this song, great stuff man!

[@Dam-oH]

Lovely song this. Got into it recently and glad to see your version. Great arrangement and playing as usual!

[@RobertSlover]

excellent as always! i really loved the slide, organ, and piano as well.

[@darrenwilson4312]

A giant THANK YOU for this

[@dclange]

Thank you Eric! Such a great song...well chosen ❤️ Wonderful playing!

[@davidewing55]

Absolutely gorgeous! I've gotta learn this one.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Working on this one a bit today. Noticing the camera angle is maybe not enough forward facing during the lesson segment to get as good a look at your technique and placement this time around. Still a tremendous lesson and I am glad to have the tabs. Thanks again.

[@CC-qb9sm]

I’m sure it’s a struggle to get the right balance between getting a good close-up and getting a good angle!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I noticed that while editing too! With the high capo, and the damn mic placement it's hard to see exactly what I'm doing! You know me - always tweaking things. Rest assured, next vid with a close shot (Me and Bobby Mcgee) the 25mm camera will be dead on :-)

[@Reed_Longevity]

This is so great, Eric! Thank you

[@jordanbeblow9634]

Beautiful Eric - thank you

[@gab_ale]

I'll be honest. When I saw the nylon string I though, "Meh, I am not into acoustic today". Then I started listening to it and it brought a calming feeling I didn't know I needed.

[@mihax209]

Funnily enough I've had a very similar experience. Never underestimate Eric, I suppose

[@drothberg3]

False alarm! It’s not a nylon string. That Goya guitar has steel strings, but a very mellow sound. I have the same guitar.

[@gab_ale]

@@drothberg3 You sure? They have that "elastic" sound to them that nylon strings have.

[@johnandre5558]

Yeah it’s a steel string.

[@gab_ale]

@@drothberg3 Interesting.

[@MaBaKar]

Thanks Eric, one of my Gillian Welch favorites, beautiful arrangement as usual. One day I hope I’ll be able to play it on my Goya, after a lot of learning and practicing, for sure.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

The hybrid picking bits are a little tricky, but if you go really slow, like at a meditative pace - you should be able to get them!

[@MaBaKar]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks Eric, meditative sounds like an approach I can work on.

[@torontolarrivee7965]

I've always found this song really moving ...lovely version dude

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Gillie and Dave are so tapped in - to the real core of it.

[@suzue1]

That's beautiful. Thanks Eric.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Sue!

[@NickAilesMusic]

Nice arrangement man! I love that song. I do a cover of that one. Might have to see if I can work some of this in while singing.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Those little fills in the pre-chorus you should be able to shoehorn in!

[@NickBaranov]

Beautiful playing !!!❤👏👏👏👏👏

[@dianemason9092]

Beautiful

[@pm8278]

In one word "beautiful"

[@StealthParrot]

In two words "damn beautiful"

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks guys!

[@jonwill]

I don't know what 'IT' is, but I know it when I hear it; and you my friend have - IT. Every note, phrase, chord, pause, as essential to the tapestry as its complements within it. I'm beginning to suspect you are the reincarnation of multiple Motown guitarists.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thank so much Jon! I used to play in a motown cover band back in Boston in the early 2000s! Fun gigs for sure :-)

[@camhaines5482]

The other night I switched to my acoustic guitar and wanted to learn a song without finger pickin. All my searches for a pick picken song on you tube came up with dozens of finger pickin songs. Thanks for this Eric. I guess I have to look more in the country direction if I want to stick with the pick!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! I highly recommend looking for "Carter-style" versions of songs!

[@camhaines5482]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks Eric! Learn something new, watch Eric Haugen Guitar!

[@TheNullProblemo]

The right music at the right time! My mother passed away two weeks ago. I love the melody and she would, too.......

[@mma1st105]

Sorry to hear that buddy. Im lucky enough to still have my mom but who knows for how long. She is actually the person who introduced me to Gillian.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I'm so sorry to hear that Oliver! I really is true - we don't really ever know how long we've got with the people we love.

[@koguitar100]

Eric I love your work, especially your lessons on Marc Ribot and David Rawlings, who to my ears, have the most distinctive and freshest guitar playing. Have you ever thought of developing a course on their techniques?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I'm putting together an acoustic course as we speak!

[@johnandre5558]

Tasteful as usual sir. You should have a music appreciation series.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I think you're onto something here! Rick Beato has his "What Makes This Song Great" series and I think it's a brilliant idea. Market research: what would you want to see Eric talk about? As you already know, I LOVE the songs that I teach - that's why I'm inclined to work on them in the first place :-)

[@johnandre5558]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Let me mull this over.

[@johnandre5558]

Rick Beato’s series is great and I am a big fan of it. But he really covers the entire lexicon of rock/pop music. I feel you have a great affinity towards the genius found in seemingly “simple” music. Part of me wants to describe it as indie rock but that’s a over simplification. It’s like Tom Waits, how do you label that? I guess what would be fun for me is to hear you talk about music you like, why you like it, and what’s draws you to want to interpret it through your lens.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah that's true - if i focused only on the primitive/weirdo stuff I like that would be interesting! I'm definitely gonna think on this!

[@johnandre5558]

Well I hope I was of some help. I love watching KZbin channels evolve. Especially your’s.

[@erico9838]

Really cool arrangement! Great rooty guitar tone. One of my Welch/Rawlings favourites. Remember spending ages trying to transcribe their version of Pancho and Lefty. Didnt work too well 😂

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

They're so hard to transcribe because Gillie is so sneaky! Random overtones that you think are Rawlings are often Gillie!

[@erico9838]

@@EricHaugenGuitar yeah i know, its really cool. Love how the notes often sound accidental, but always exactly in the right place.

[@nickpeterson6647]

So nice

[@futur_sunds]

Hey man! Love your channel! Would you ever consider doing a video where you show off all of your guitars and amps and pedals and stuff?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Gotta get John Bolinger over here to do a Rig Rundown :-)

[@_f_unicorn_7941]

I think you may be the Bob Ross of guitar.

[@drwilliamlarge]

Great arrangement. Thank you so much. Bought the tabs on your website. Oh, and I am all for armchair philosophising.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks for your support William! Armchair philosophy is so much more approachable than grad school philosophy :-)

[@bazthehandyman]

Fab.

[@madsbrandt598]

The 184 is the guitars best friend!

[@blues61]

Sweet, sweet, sweet. By the way, that guitar sounds so good through that old Silvertone amp... ;-)

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Don't give me ideas!

[@sandem100]

Classy

[@TheVintageApollos]

Yeah. That's the stuff. Again.

[@adamcarswell1287]

How are your guitars always so clean and shiny??

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I never polish the bodies but I do keep the strings clean! Every day when I pick up one to play, I run my finger under the strings to pop off any crud, and then put some Fast Fret on - My strings stay shiny for like a year!

[@cironicholas526]

kick til the dust comes up through the cracks in the floor

[@ditchgator1]

Tasty 😎👍 😎👍❤🖖 Love brother

[@Fairy-door-78-86]

Great playing but I don't get the picking .....

[@nickpeterson6647]

Fortieth!

[@vltjd]

Since you like dark songs, how about some Richard Thompson?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

It's weird - I really LOVE Fairport Convention "Liege and Lief" but haven't gotten super-into his solo stuff.

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

@@EricHaugenGuitar I think you'd like two songs off his album 'You? Me? Us?' The Nude side "Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself" + "She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair"

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

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[@JasonUmbrellabird]

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[@JasonUmbrellabird]

@@EricHaugenGuitar How about this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaXo4WnZ7h0rJI

[@stephenbrumlow931]

When you can take the pick from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.

[@paulc7101]

One of my favorites, especially set to this video from the movie, Paper Moon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWSYmZSBrNaMZ5Y

[@AnnieKeating]

Thank you for uploading! If you have a second, I recorded some original music. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you'd check it out. It's on my page. Really apprecaite it!