Jump Blues Guitar lesson! Dirty jazz licks, vintage swagger & searing tone; Junior Watson style

[@CousinBill-wy2cl]

Tour is a great metaphor for the extensions and harmonies embedded in the Jump Blues form. Less is more. It's what I listen for in blues guitar, as it feeds into so many other genres of playing, even re-imported into Country Blues (we conveniently forget Robert Johnson had a teacher). There's a lot to listen for here, and a lot to steal.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy! I’m with you!.. it’s such a stylistically deep and rich sub-genre of the blues 👌🏻

[@ericmintz6689]

A wonderful escape from "the land of the normal" into the Kingdom of "Harmonic Awawareness is Your Friend"! Couldn't ask for a better tour guide - there is something for everyone in this lesson.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thank you Eric, I really appreciate that 🙏🏻🧡

[@Hoodrio]

Excellent as always, and I especially appreciate that when you are covering more advanced stuff like this you put the lesson in a common key to take away one level of needless complexity for us mere mortals.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words mate, I’m really glad you find the lessons to be useful and accessible 🙏🏻

[@mikeb7083]

Just cleared all my other KZbin guitar inspirations. Your right in the pocket of where I'm moving to with my playing. Thank you.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks Mike, really glad you dig the lessons matey! 🙏🏻

[@michaeldorrenbacher8977]

Your song selection, teaching, presentation, all together is just perfect. Thanks a lot for helping to become a better musician!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure mate! Glad you like the lessons! 🙏🏻

[@JesseEngelGuitar]

Another amazing lesson. Honestly, every part of your lessons from constructing the solo and breaking it down bit by bit are the best I've found on KZbin. A real treasure trove of knowledge in each one. Thanks so much!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much Jesse! That really means a lot mate 🙏🏻🍻

[@greyguy69]

Absolutely the very best guitar 6:02 instructor on the net.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy, I really appreciate that! 🙏🏻🧡

[@portsideguitar1981]

Love Jump Blues! Such a great feel and the precursor to so much rock and roll that came later.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Totally with you dude 🍻

[@stevesimpson688]

looking forward to this one Alex.....do like a bit of the old jump blues !!! I am sure you will give us some very tasty licks. Thanks for the work you put in mate its appreciated.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you Steve, I appreciate that my friend 🙏🏻

[@danstreck54]

So sweet Alex. Thanks for sharing.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure! Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻

[@johnpayne3134]

This is an impressive, excellent solo with clear explanation. Got to get me some of this wonderful useful vocabulary

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you buddy, glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

[@barrypilson2158]

Great lesson finally some shows how to use the thins we learn in a song format thank you

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏻

[@TheSebtrain]

All kinds of epic. I adore Junior Watsons playing 🙌🏻

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

[@martynspooner5822]

That was so cool, thanks for teaching and sharing.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure Martyn, thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻

[@richdunn9799]

Thanks Alex! If I could only play one style this would be it! Over 40 years ago I was playing piano in a blues based band and one of our guitar players was good friends with Michael Mann AKA Hollywood Fats. He would sit in with us from time to time and completely blow my mind!! I've been addicted ever since!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That sounds like a lot of fun.. what an experience! 👌🏻 I know what you mean, it's addictive for sure!

[@MrGhardisty]

So so good. Top notch playing and teaching

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend, I appreciate the comment 🙏🏻

[@johnolenski]

Great Jump Blues lessons. I'm digging all the lessons. My playing and musical knowledge has jumped to a new level. Cheers.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That’s so good to hear John, music to my ears! 👌🏻🙏🏻

[@mimusashi]

I love your lessons. I am learning so much from you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Have an awesome day and greetings from Germany.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank my friend, I’m so glad to hear that! 🙏🏻

[@jackedery9652]

all I can say is WOW....thank you so much for sharing and inspiring

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Absolutely my pleasure buddy! Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏🏻🧡

[@biglouis4201]

Your knowledge and musicality make for great listening and inspiration. Thanks.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much, really glad you enjoy the lessons 🙏🏻

[@davidneath8194]

Wow! This is gold! Thank you!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

You're so welcome! 🙏🏻

[@mattacjones]

Amazing Alex, there SOOOO much packed in that lesson. I can't imagine what it's like to (a) know all that stuff and (b) be able to do it!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks man! I’m so glad you enjoyed the lesson! Definitely quite a few things packed into this one as you say! 🙏🏻

[@glennchester62]

Man, you are crazy talented.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words buddy, I really appreciate it! Glad you dig the videos 🙏🏻🍻

[@stevesimpson688]

superb Alex......thats my task for the rest of the day, your playing is next level and the strat sounds greatl !!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks Steve, really glad you enjoyed the video! Yes indeed.. this Strat is a killer! 👌🏻🔥

[@abrigospardos]

A perfect synthesis of many of the greatest stylists of this wonderful blues subgenre, this is the epitome of awesomeness! A lesson only Alex Farran can put together in such a way that we can all learn something regardless of our level! 🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah that's a lovely comment, thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed the lesson my friend! 🙏🏻

[@billblock955]

I always look forward to these lessons. They’ve helped to advance my playing. Many thanks!!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That makes me very happy, thank you for the comment! 🙏🏻

[@anyoneallen4082]

Absolutely crushing it, Alex. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure mate, thanks for the kind words! 🙏🏻

[@MartirosHakopianMarHak]

As usual excellent...... Thanks for sharing .... Alex you are the best teacher for someone who has played a while but somehow has gotten stuck and feels like not coming out of their comfort zone. Guitar Vocabulary ..... Lovely .... Thank you again and again....

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you for the kind words buddy, I'm so glad you enjoyed the lessons! 🙏🏻

[@jcpapa1]

"Perk me up!", "Beam me up!", and jump around the house a bit! Exhilarating lesson - such a diversion from my "normal" blues pursuits and one that I want to explore more because of you. So, jumping into it - Bye Bye Birdie!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That’s music to my ears buddy, thanks for commenting 🙏🏻🍻

[@Mobab_blue]

You are the guy I want to play like. Unbelievable man

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks mate, that’s very kind! 🙏🏻

[@HughJengine]

Superb! Just finished ripping off all your licks in that jump blues in E demo you did a while back. Now that's this week's practice sorted too. Cheers Alex. Can't get enough of this style 👍

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Awesome! Thank you for commenting mate, glad you enjoyed it!

[@HughJengine]

A pleasure, you deserve to do well on this channel. Thanks for all the effort you put into it.

[@joshuajackasandwich3562]

I was always asking why nobody that likes what I like makes videos. I've been looking for this for decades. I need to get back on the Patreon for those album recommendations and stuff like the Jockey full of bourbon Ribot breakdown.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks buddy, I’m glad you feel like you’ve found a teacher who gets your “niche”.. can be hard to track down for sure. Happy to provide! 🙏🏻🍻

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Absolutely awesome Alex 👌 🔥 That's one pretty stratocaster 👌

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you Karl, glad you liked it! Ah yes, my latest acquisition.. it's a beauty! 👌🏻

[@johnvansmirren8626]

Good teaching, and so soooooo useful.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy, glad you think so 🙏🏻

[@weps2097]

Your playing is so smooth. This one will be next, I'm still working on Sleepwalk.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate! Glad you’re enjoying the lessons! 🙏🏻

[@arturogarciabasconcelo]

Really cool one! thanks! I also learned your beautiful chord melody from your other last video!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks buddy, that makes me very happy indeed! 🙏🏻

[@elrafa782]

Thanks Alex, I should know now, but each time I’m surprised how dense your vids are, and so much hard work in only 20 minutes or so clip. Good job again. I’m still on autumn leaves inversions, first string set. I definitely can’t follow your pace dude 😉 Thanks again for your work 🙏

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend, I really appreciate the comment 🙏🏻 Glad you’re finding plenty of things to work on! No rush, just take your time on each piece 👌🏻

[@johnvansmirren8626]

Got through the whole video !!! Step by step. There is so much in it.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Really glad you enjoyed the lesson and stuck with it all the way to the end! 🙏🏻

[@vicpostillion5996]

I just absolutely love these lessons. It’s starting to really sink in. Thank you so much.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That's music to my ears buddy, thank you!

[@JazzStrat781]

Wonderful as always brother 🎸🙏 I don't think that your capable of playing a bad note 😧 best to you man

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Haha ah man, you’re too kind! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the lesson my friend! 🙏🏻🧡

[@AltonW521]

My ears just can’t get enough of it!👍🎸🎵

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy, really glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

[@Blues40]

You’re rad man!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Cheers mate!

[@theskullknows]

Cannot wait for this one!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate, hope you enjoy it! 🙏🏻🍻

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Looking foward to this! ❤ time to dust off the strat! My tele is so spoilt!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Right on buddy!.. give that Strat some TLC 👌🏻

[@DeGroove]

‘Dirty jazz licks!?’ You certainly know how to trigger my impatience…

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Haha glad you like the sound of it buddy! 🙏🏻

[@drfunkology8164]

what fun!! thank you!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it buddy!

[@michaelbartgen7096]

Incredible….simply incredible

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻

[@37BopCity]

Another Five Star video, Alex! I'm a big fan of jump blues and all the great players of that era. Excellent backing track and your guitar sounds great as well. I love the live studio sound of that era in recording history, as exemplified by all those wonderful King and Federal Records made in their historic Cincinnati studio. It's like you are in the room with them. The list on Wikipedia of all those King records by so many legendary artists like Earl Bostic and Freddie King is just amazing. As far as I'm concerned, I'l take that sound over digital any day! Back in the days when the music came first, not the technology.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the comment my friend! Really glad you enjoyed it! Man, yeah that was a legendary era for sure and I’m with you.. I adore that live room sound 👌🏻🔥

[@rafa_guitar]

Another great lesson Alex, love the style jump blues, the lesson is full of so many tasty ingredients, love just watching your performance and taking what I am able to learn, thanks a lot buddy!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you buddy, I’m so glad you enjoyed this lesson 🙏🏻

[@JS-nf1sn]

Monster player. Unbelievable as always.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much my friend! 🙏🏻

[@massimonardi8778]

Sei un grande Alex complimenti ;)

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend! 🙏🏻🧡

[@fishzebra]

Awesome lesson, great inspiration but slightly above my level, could do with breaking it up and showing frets on the screen, I'll get there one day.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Hey buddy, glad you enjoyed the lesson. I do quite a few close-up shots of fiddly bits and won't be doing any overlays or additional graphics etc. Not to state the obvious, but if you're serious about learning this then you could grab my insanely thorough and carefully typed out lesson materials at either of the links in the description ;)

[@antoinenioi6863]

Good sound Alex …70%’chicago blues … 30% jazz !! Strato sound great 👌

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate! Exactly the ratios I would give it too! ;)

[@cugoman]

no one does this sort of lessons, no one.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks mate, very kind 🙏🏻🧡

[@adriatic.vineyards]

exactly! excellent format covering under appreciated music. 💯

[@jeremyversusjazz]

love it! I was just about to guess that maybe Fender sent you one of their 70th anniversary 54 Strat custom shops I still like my real but it’s nice to see one that isn’t once in a while!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks mate. Those 70th anniversary ones look nice too, but this one is a brand new 56' custom shop.. it's a beaut! 👌🏻 So, do you own an original 50's Strat then?! Amazing!

[@jeremyversusjazz]

@@AlexFarranGuitar oh heavens no! I have a custom shop reissue 57 with a chunky V-neck. It’s a little too relic for me as far as a neck goes but the body looks great. It’s a like almost like gold foil paint over Sunburst heavy and I just think it looks cool as hell but that’s only 50. I have a couple 60s the 68 land out in the 63 land out, which are both awesome. I got a ton of guitars way too many all of them were bought used and I only have one real vintage guitar, which is my dark burst 65 L5 custom with a factory installed gold d’armond pup. it would be the perfect arch top guitar the next a little thin but once I play it for a few minutes, I get over that, but I really don’t pull it out much arch tops kinda give me a backache from reaching over the top of them.

[@DonTheGuitarGuy]

Amazing. THANK YOU!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

I appreciate the comment buddy, thank you 🙏🏻

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

I cant believe I just found your channel. Its fantastic. So many great lessons. I thought I had found all the good teachers. Thanks so much for your great lessons. I love the simple rhythm played in the Marc Ribot/ Tom Waits lesson form a year ago. Moving to the 6th then 5th chord. Simple things. Is that chord progression from a specific song of his?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words buddy, I really appreciate it! Ah yes, so that type of sequence can be found in a few Tom Waits tunes. Check out "Dead and Lovely" and "Green Grass" 👍🏻

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

@@AlexFarranGuitar All the best to you Alex. Thanks from Canada

[@KillerGuitarRigs]

Hey dude, quick heads up - there's a one or two pixel white line along the bottom of your thumbnail that's visible on for you pages or search pages. I have a black BG on YT so I see it easier, should be a super quick fix. Great video by the way! You and Eric Haugen are my absolute favorite people on YT at the moment. Keep it up!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah thanks for the heads up mate, I appreciate that! .. and for the kind words too 🙏🏻🧡

[@MBRMrblueroads]

You are killer 👍👍

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks man!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Alex also I was an instrument player to be honest ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you buddy, really glad you enjoyed the video! 🙏🏻🧡

[@mandolin-george-uk]

31 hours to go …. That’s 3pm Saturday? ..

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

3:30pm Saturday, hope to see you there for the live premier! 🤩

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Does your CS Fender Strat have a 7.25 radius neck, and if so, do you need to remove it to adjust the truss rod?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

It does indeed have a 7.25” radius, and yes, it needs screws loosened and to be tilted back in order to adjust the rod 👍🏻

[@ecpasos]

🎉

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks buddy! 🙏🏻

[@davidwilkinson7519]

Why the Selby hop Alex?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Good question!.. it’s related to the name of the street I grew up on 😉

[@davidwilkinson7519]

Ahh Just wondered coz I’m from selby But I like to keep it quiet!!

[@mvinesny]

Does anyone know Alex's background? Where did he study guitar? He seems to know everything. Alex, I guess I should just ask you. How'd you learn to play like this? And do you do session work?

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Hey buddy, thanks for the message and kind words. I do indeed do session work, and I’ve been playing since I was 8 years old.. self taught, no musical education or music school training. Learned everything by ear and got into bands at a very young age. That, coupled with a bit of an obsessive mind and a big passion for music has gotten me to where I am playing wise. Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻

[@mvinesny]

@@AlexFarranGuitar That is just unbelievable. You are extremely gifted. Also, Alex, am I better off buying you cups of coffee rather than purchasing an individual lesson? I don't really read tab very well.

[@carltonmcqueen4553]

I need a cigarette after watching that ! 😎

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

🤣 glad you enjoyed it matey!

[@timwallace1912]

Cool lesson that brings back a lot of memories. I was walking in Berkeley California with my girlfriend summer 1986 when I heard a howling harmonica and overdriven hollow body sound coming out of some dungeon club, so had to take a look. And lighting it up was Little Charlie Baty, Rick Estrin, and the other Nightcats who were completely unknown to me at the time. I was gobsmacked. The night I saw him, he alternated between a Strat and an absolutely gorgeous ES-150. Here's a video very close to what I saw. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJfdfnWLeNmYrac

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

That’s super cool Tim, such a vibe in that video.. love it!👌🏻

[@NoWayOut55]

Dude!! This here's some shit!! Play On Bad Man!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Cheers mate, glad you dig it! 🙏🏻