Thank you. I've wanted to play this my whole life. I can go anytime now with one less regret.
@harigeorgeson58854 жыл бұрын
A great song from a great album that’s really withstood the test of time. Sounds as good today as when I first bought the vinyl. Thanks for doing.
@jpratt533 жыл бұрын
I agree. It has held up well.
@StevieMuso4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this James. I've always loved this song right from it's release in October 1971. At the time I had been playing guitar for about 8 months and was playing in the local folk mass. Cat Stevens was a big favourite amongst the players. I could never figure out how he did this great song. Thanks so much for the easy to understand tutorial. Now it's practice practice practice to get it down pat.
@stanleykostrzewski7222 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I love Cat Stevens . Still loving what you do James .
@jesuspedroza26769 ай бұрын
Super👍👍👍 Tks😊
@rich50342 жыл бұрын
Such a great song. Your playing does it justice. Maybe someday.... Thanks for the inspiration🤞
@marklandry9522 Жыл бұрын
I've wanted to learn this song for a long time. You've made it easy. I like the pace. Not too much, and not too little. Thanks!
@Dallasl_andscaping_.6 ай бұрын
This should be up to 3 million views by now.
@jeffbody14194 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you are still making lessons. I stumbled across you a few years ago. I think I was looking up a couple of John Cougar tunes, Authority song and Crumbling Down. We have similar taste in music. I am not an expert guitar player so I found your videos very fast and sometimes difficult for me to play and follow but that just inspired me to try harder. But the beauty of video is you can pause and watch over and over. Instead of watching painfully overly wordy drawn out videos. Also I like that you get into complicated intricacies of songs that sound "right". I recently watched/enjoyed/learned "Alright Now" by Free. Thanks man. Keep it up.
@nelsonmanuel6125 ай бұрын
Thanks for your video
@lemayelaine Жыл бұрын
this is fantastic! thank you very kindly for this fine lesson for a much underrated song by this genius! ❤
@joseluisjunca10 ай бұрын
Thank You !
@FlugHerr4 жыл бұрын
Just a fantastic lesson. Thanks for sharing with us. You are appreciated. P.S. I just watched the Privettricker version. Yea!!
@NickNicometi2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jimmy James! I searched for this Cat tune and was pleased to see that you covered it and was the first tutorial to pop up on the list. I'm in Buffalo. Hopefully we can jam one day when I get some good chops. Cheers.
@rcweber19534 жыл бұрын
This was an extremely helpful lesson. Just as an instrumental, this gem sparkles.
@TheGermanRL2 жыл бұрын
Great
@mauriciovilar65624 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Thank you very much!
@MJ-we9vu4 жыл бұрын
My man 👍 Rubylove is also in open E. That's a fun one (with or without the Greek mandolin).
@nicklyde43612 жыл бұрын
As always James ...very informative,thanks ..
@paulmurphy2084 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@user-bt3tj6we7b Жыл бұрын
niiiiiiiiiiiiiice it sounds exactly the same
@johnmallinson16064 жыл бұрын
4 new video's in one day ? All great as usual ... keep rocking it !!
@nickworley10003 жыл бұрын
Thanks great tutorial and performance
@guyrose6602 Жыл бұрын
Hey James. Great work, really helpful for this old favorite of mine (probably the one that got me to want to play). Question: in the original recording, at the end of the song , the last "run down" (not sure how to call it) sounds a bit different than the two preceding ones. Looking at the old video of Cat playing it, seems to me like he does something different that I just can't figure out. Have you seen it, and if so, what do you think?
@donTataf2 жыл бұрын
Jesus your so good at guitar
@jamesjames92752 жыл бұрын
You can call me JJ. :)
@donTataf2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesjames9275 I have been playing for more than a decade and I can’t get this smooth with it. Hit a frustrating plateau years back. I am impressed by your skills.
@haroldfloyd55183 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah! Open tuning, Cat Stevens, I’ve found my next project!
@gregvernak164Ай бұрын
Hope you're doing well Bro!
@paulkramer9666 Жыл бұрын
Excellent advice. First learn to play by developing your ear. And, it's going to take quite awhile.
@bobdavies18393 жыл бұрын
I've a query. On the run down for 5th fret to open E, you look like you are playing g string at 3rd fret while also playing d and e strings at the 4th fret. Yet you appear to say just play the d and e strings at 4th fret. Similarly as you drop down to 2nd fret. It sounds to me better adding the g string at 3rd and 1st fret. Just a thought
@TedBoyRomarino3 жыл бұрын
My poor 53 years old nylon guitar wouldn't stand that tuning... Maybe open D with a capo in the second fret would make it safer for my old friend
@haroldfloyd55183 жыл бұрын
Anything you can play in open e works just fine in open d.
@GlennWW3 жыл бұрын
You can down tune your guitar down a whole step (2 frets), then tune to open E relative to that set up. If you want to get actual open E, stick a capo on fret two - OR - just play the song as is, in the lower key (down tuned setup)
@LaMusicade42 жыл бұрын
That bridge is a bitch in regular tuning
@johnmallinson16064 жыл бұрын
what about a contrast of bands versions ? ie. Rolling Stones 2000 Man vs KIss 2000 Man ?
@christianlambert43883 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain the risk that comes with tuning, for example, down your guitarr, and does it differ between different guitars?
@GlennWW3 жыл бұрын
I adjust my guitars to all kinds of tunings, up, down, open etc etc....without any problems. eg. due to my voice pitch these days I have to tune down a full or half a step. Within that range i also adjust to open chords too.... As well as normal tuning and open chords in that set up..... So go and explore and enjoy the musical gifts of different tunings without fear. (PS, the most risk is temperature and humidity range exposure, and dropping the dang thing...lol)
@jimmysupafly15474 жыл бұрын
Awesome as usual JJ. How come you took down your scarlet learn from scratch video? It was awesome to see you figure that out .
@jamesjames92754 жыл бұрын
I didn't take it down, the Stones did.
@jimmysupafly15474 жыл бұрын
@@jamesjames9275 wow we just don't get to have the little things in life anymore do we my man?
@jamesjames92754 жыл бұрын
@@jimmysupafly1547 Well, in his defense, Mick needs to buy another island in the South Pacific.
@jimmysupafly15474 жыл бұрын
@@jamesjames9275 lmao social distancing to a whole new level