How to play like Rory Gallagher - Episode 4 - A Million Miles Away

[@RoryAherne]

Excellent series Dave! It's a pity it didn't get enough attention to be worth continuing but please keep the videos up for posterity, there's a wealth of information in them

[@Dad-Gad]

One of the greatest songs ever imho , cheers Dave 👍

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you. : )

[@Rorysstrat57]

Thank you for this upload, Rory is my mentor. Been playing guitar since ten. Rory gave me the way to play, devotion and practice. Now I am a sessions musician, thanks a million Rory ❤❤

[@aidanbyrne5008]

brilliant brilliant Dave thank you. A great lesson for us novices. I had the pleasure of meeting Rory in 1979. My brother Maurice worked for Sony/BMG and himself and Donal did the track selection for the Rory Essential CD. So I am a true Rory fan and at 59 trying to learn the basis of the blues and you are the best teacher I have found on the internet, so a huge thank you! Keep up the great work, you are truly appreciated.

[@frelonvert]

You answered my prayers. Thank you Santa Dave Simpson !!!! Merry Christmas to you

[@mkilner]

Yesss!! Totally agree! Merry Christmas! 👏🏻🌟🎼🎸

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you and merry christmas to you. : )

[@stevemackinnon4363]

So pleased you’ve done this, and the rest of the series. Thank you so much for taking the time! 👏

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much for watching. : )

[@belindadrake5487]

THANKS DAVE. RORY IS THE GREATEST, & l ABSOLUTELY LOVE the way you show the nuances of such a BRILLIANT MAN. NOBODY TOUCHES HIM. NOBODY. 🎸💚👑💞☘️

[@iwct]

Thank you Dave. I was fortunate enough to see Rory live twice. My own band is called Blueprint in tribute to him. A Million Miles Away is by far my favourite of his ( the live version, not the studio version, which he played on a Danelectro I believe). Although I’ve been playing this for years I think I’ve still learnt from this. Great that a young guy like you keeps Rory’s flame burning 👍

[@DeltaJazzUK]

Agree, the Irish Tour version is the best!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@ersancindrak4648]

Thank you so much for this series. This has honestly changed my guitar playing as a whole and had given me so much more confidence on the fretboard. I feel like my playing and feel has improved massively over night. Thank you again I hope we can get more Rory videos in the future!

[@liamcain4626]

Thank you worked along with this and watched all the available Rory videos for the tune. All the best to you

[@lolus8974]

I can’t tell you how glad I am to see this video, I’ve never been so excited for a series as this one but thought it sadly died. How glad I am to be proven wrong! Thank you so much, got a big Christmas of Rory study coming :)

[@johnielolclown1613]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to produce that video, it was super awesome

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you for watching. : )

[@captainbarbell7742]

Thanks, good lesson. One of his best songs. I like the Irish Tour version most. Greetings from Germany

[@richWMan_X]

Taken me a long time to get round to Rory. Played guitar for ages but heard one or two Rory songs back when much younger and wasn't my thing at time, so kind of foolishly disregarded it. In comes Spotify auto play years and years later and my ears go 'ooh that's bloody good, gonna learn that, who is it....'. Making up for some lost time now and enjoying catching up on listening and learning 😁

[@davidblanche7961]

I can't help to think how much faster it would be for peeps to learn with TAB! But thanx for laboring over this. Your strength is improv.

[@thedavesimpson]

Tab might be faster for some. But. I'm dyselxic and it takes me hours to learn from it.

[@biryaniofbodyhair]

Man I can't tell you how much I appreciate these Rory videos! Thank you so much!!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you. : )

[@vance640]

WOW been looking for that a long time...I'm happy i get some of that myself by listening and looking at rory but THAT is something that really made my day! Congrats and thank you so much!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@SGVB22]

2 years later and im hoping for another song lesson dave:)

[@ramspace]

Another great performance by you. Rory places a lot of love and grace into this song, and so do you.

[@marcellino1956]

Dude those were some fine licks....and a great sounding guitar

[@lordlomanagh5966]

Brilliant Dave

[@ianhenry4046]

I've just found this series, great stuff, many thanks Dave 🙂

[@lonsdalecasa]

Ho Ho Ho Rory thank you very much cheers Dave all the very best

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@veljkovukotic3858]

Thanks for the unselfish sharing of knowledge!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexc4445]

These videos are so good man. Excellent pronunciation haha. Thanks for all your work on this

[@MilanMatura-ri6gu]

You are the best guitar teacher that I have ever encountered and if you had been my guitar teacher when I started out we will never know what could have been but words came to me when I was sixty three so had to come up with the music to be able to perform the words and are you on Tweeter.

[@misterknightowlandco]

Thanks Dave! Best Christmas present ever! Thanks so much for this awesome video! Merry Christmas, Dave!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and merry christmas. : )

[@marco1950-s2b]

Rory un grande 👍💓💥 ottima lezione

[@hughle2579]

Excellent and thorough lesson Dave, thanks from Down Under Australia ! 🙏🙏🙏

[@CameronMosesart]

This is awesome I'm going to look through this fellows content and hope he has more like this!

[@paulgordon6949]

Yo I know this is a little late, but thank you for doing this video. Love rory and this song is one of my favourites!

[@jimmyjimmy951]

Love your teaching style Dave. Awesome playing. Have a great Christmas.

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and merry christmas to you. : )

[@marcosfortuny9945]

you are my inspiration man, if rory make me wanna play guitar you make me continue i really love you and your work keep going ;))

[@bal_95]

That intro was so good it crashed my laptop, great video on top of it, such a good song I love it

[@superloekie2985]

Thank you for the lesson Dave, you're an amazing teacher👍

[@blkjckgtr3075]

Than you Dave for the tutorial,good stuff,Cheers Merry Christmas to you and family.

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and merry christmas to you to. Have a great one. : )

[@jagercaster]

Thanks a lot for Rory's serie. Really loves the passion and love Rory plays. Great again for the vídeos Dave. Go on with the real music. Greetings from Spain 😘

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. :)

[@saxonsteve]

Haven’t had time as of yet to dig my heels into your Videos, but so far, they look and sound amazing, Dave! Thanks for putting together all the videos and keeping Rory’s legendary playing alive!!!

[@garvennestor7996]

Fantastic lesson Dave. That's how you teach guitar. Thanks very much mate. R.I.P Rory, one of the greatest of all time.

[@Thomas-vl3kg]

It is a pity that you can not give triple thumbs up here. 👍👍👍

[@DionysusJPower]

You and the Dukes should do an Irish tour! 😉 Another amazing video, have a great Christmas dude 🎄

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and merry christmas. We would love to do that. Hopefully one day. : )

[@josephfriel6597]

Your videos are immense couldn't ask for more except for an episode for shadow play keep it up dave you legend

[@craigmacdonald939]

Excellent totally chained the way I learn things n give up half way through , thank you Dave great tuition can now happily feel my way throughout the intro and Cora’s your advice is totally beneficial.if I could afford to I would patron you thanks. 👏👏👏

[@jamesbell804]

Yes my favorite song!!!

[@luiznicolau1857]

Congrats from Brazil, Rory fans are worldwide

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@maxdeantv6351]

Yeeeeeeeesssss!!! Thank you dave the Rory videos are my favorite :):) much appreciated my friend

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and happy you like the vid. : )

[@keithtower4156]

Thank you Dave. Amazing

[@rjm4u]

Thank you for bringing this to us. ✌

[@andrewwright6893]

Great playing.

[@keanuuuu]

Beautiful playing in the start of the video, very moving

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю]

Thanks a million, Dave. Frankly, I think that nobody can play like Rory, only Rory could do it. But you sound cool!👍👍👍Great job, mate!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. :)

[@polatahmt]

Very very good lesson. THANKS.

[@Solly68]

First day subbed and this is already what I find?!? Oh, Dave, we're going to be fast friends, my man.

[@shanemeally6326]

Fantastic video. Thank You!!!

[@Anthony111-y8k]

Loved the lesson, just learnt the chord progession, now to learn the rest and improvise the solo :)

[@sunchylde]

THANK YOU very much for this!!

[@twelvemeister]

taken me 4 yrs to get round to this .. i dont know why , please forgive me dave if you already said but what you playin through here its a great rory tone ,

[@hansvandenhurk7497]

hardly happens.... but I learned a lot here... thnx Dave!

[@wolvros6040]

Please please can you do a ‘Walk on Hot Coals’ for episode 5 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Man I watched all of this series thoroughly and learned a great deal thanks so much!

[@gillesge170]

Thank you so much. I played so far the tab version, looking for the live version, and here it is 👍 and yes the harmonics on 5th is magic 😁

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@dorsetpete9771]

Early Christmas present from Dave! Thanks and merry Christmas to you and all the best for 2019

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and merry christmas to you. : )

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

Awesome sound Dave - I am a late comer finding out about Rory and came across your channel. What are you doing now? These videos were made pre-pandemic and here we are kind of after

[@nicvortec]

Wonderfull explained, very wll done. Congrats and thank you so much for your time

[@juandelacal8343]

Great Rock and Roll!!!!

[@maxcuthbert100]

Irish blues very nicely channeled at 43:41.I think you've nailed the crux of Rory's musical soul.Soaked in the blues,but,his own man,really.He said so himself and it was the truth. The only time I caught him live I got goosebumps from the whole atmosphere,as well as the tone and volume of his guitar.It was like pure nectar-and he was alone,electric but no band !

[@mikeokizichy]

Rory had so many good ones, Edged In Blue or Overnight Bag would be good ones!

[@ducky63]

My fingers are half the length of yours! Still, no excuse! Rock on dude.

[@cooghoublaga7555]

Just watched this one and i have to say you need to watch it yourself, after your Epiphone episode you should watch the end of this one and relive your own good advice on mistakes and apply it to yourself, i don't mean to be hollier than thou or anything but you gave great advice on mistakes and didn't pay any attention to it yourself, "take my advice i'm not using it myself" kind of thought, having said all that hope you're well and i enjoyed the Rory lesson, but just have a look if you will, it's really good advice given by yourself !

[@rttrtt8965]

Beautiful tone !

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you. : )

[@LarryLido]

Time to switch back to electric and learn this. Just finished the Rain Song.

[@LauraSquirrel]

Nice!

[@stevefrancis6898]

Wow just so motivated to play now,

[@patrickgillilan3014]

Any idea when there will be an update on this playlist. Excited to see what's next! :D

[@LandRoverDefender2005]

Just one thing........ happy christmas SK stands for (string King)

[@andrewreilly1793]

Brilliant.

[@rongerritse8567]

Great lesson, thanks 👌🏻

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you. : )

[@wolvros6040]

Have you seen the new Rory Gallagher blues album just released? Theres a mint version of ‘A Million Miles Away’! And loads of other sick stuff, like Rory rocking it with Albert king and more! So tight!

[@thedavesimpson]

I have but i haven't got round to getting it yet but i shall. : )

[@davids9192]

Hi Dave. Any possibility you could take on the “Walk on Hot Coals” solo? I never get tired of listening to it.

[@thedavesimpson]

I'll see what I can do. : )

[@wimplesaur]

Dave, love your videos man! I'd like to put in a plea for "Overnight Bag" by Rory. This song doesn't get a lot of love but has some great lead work on it. Perhaps one day you could do something on that. All the best x

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and that would be an awesome song to do. :)

[@johnoreilly177]

What are you up to now great sounds dave

[@gillesgenete9598]

Hi Dave, I'm dreaming of the Walk on hot coals solo from Irish Tour ( and Sinner boy and Hands Up solos). Can we expect these lesson some day ?

[@thedavesimpson]

Hopefully. :)

[@gordonshumway8030]

brilliant mate👍

[@TheReapersmoke]

Thanks Dave. Merry Christmas!!!

[@thedavesimpson]

Merry christmas to you. : )

[@gillesgenete9598]

Allways having tear drops when singing that song with the crowd in the last concert of the Ballyshannon Rory Festival, in June every year. And closing any of my practice sessions with those few but so expressive chords, Dm, A, G, F. Still trying/learning to play the intro in picking with thumb, 1st and 2nd fingers of right hand. Thanks for that lesson. Love your tone: which amp and settings ?

[@julestielens6988]

wonderful!!!

[@maxcuthbert100]

I discovered your talent and videos just yesterday and greatly appreciate some of your main choices;Gallagher and Green. Any chance of you getting something down on Richard Thompson's electric playing -starting with 'Night Comes In',something in a very similar vein to this.

[@MeLee-mu6ft]

You're awesome!

[@LesleyLesPaul]

I love that song since my youth ! RIP RG !!! Btw, your room is too small for your hobby ! LES

[@willkupers]

Dave you're so fckn awesome. What a great lesson and info. Damn I'm screwed, for at least 4 more weeks. Broke my index finger. Life sucks if you can't play.

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much and I wish you a speedy recovery. : )

[@michaelshepherd1072]

Did I miss an explanation as to why your'e not using the "Rory Strat" from the VOXac30vr demo? Anyway, a very fine lesson for us Rory fans. Merry Christmas from Canada.

[@thedavesimpson]

I sold the Rory strat about a year and a half ago to fund something else and the AC was only on loan to me sadly. Merry christmas to you. : )

[@philwhitehouse5806]

Loving these lessons Dave-learning so much.Any sign of the Shadow play lesson yet, or has YT put the kibosh on it too?

[@vicksmith3122]

Hey could you do a vid on your vintage black strat pickups I would like to see what color the windings are there is copper colored a purple a red and a black then there is the way it was wound scattered hand and sloppy machine wound,,, Thankx vic

[@thedavesimpson]

I'll see what I can do. I'm not a fan of taking it apart if I don't need to though. :)

[@DGCGARY59]

Muy bueno amigo

[@daenfreeze5444]

Dave, this intro fucking rocks.

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@BazzyPredPop]

Dave, I love this track, I’ve got a question. I was always led to believe that Rory used the black Dunlop nylon picks 1mm on and I know he use those later on BUT I was watching Irish tour 74 on Blu-ray and he looks like he’s using a cream coloured nylon Dunlop pick which if you look at the current colours looks like it’s about a .46 mil ? That is pretty light. Assuming Dunlop have always used the colours for their nylon picks various shades of white to black. It looks like a 46, it’s cream rather than white .38mm What’s your opinion? Love you man, you’re awesome

[@thedavesimpson]

I always thought he was using the grey .60mm. But I’m not sure.

[@BazzyPredPop]

@@thedavesimpson yeah I always thought he use the black 1mm . My mate, Larry Miller had one of his plectrums, and I think one of the first two original very expensive custom shop Rory strats that came to Europe. But if you watch the section where he’s going on about acoustics and fingerpicking with the dobro, you can see the plectrum is a cream colour and I was just thinking if he tends to use Dunlop nylon ones that would make it lighter than the black or grey. If you get the chance to check it out, let me know what you think. I can’t find anything on any of the forums either about his pick preferences.

[@Muffin_man-q7s]

make acoustic video for rory blues flok style and nice video mate !!!!!!!!!!! :)

[@lukadraganic]

Thank you and happy holidays :)

[@briankierans2926]

Superb! Top class again Dave. You've really nailed Rory's style and feel. Love your enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing.

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. : )

[@nikos4828]

It sounds like maggot brain 👍 well done

[@dimitriosdamaskos8277]

Hi Dave.First of all,thank you very very very .....much for you help!I am a big fan of Rory,so can you teach us the greatest song of Rory?That's it:easy come easy go.Anyway,thank you one more time!Greetings from Greece!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. :)