Nicely done! I used to work for Leo Kottke in the mid-70's and he used to always give credit for Steam Engine to Sam McGee. So this is a hilariously interesting and relatively recent video from a 2019 LK performance. [After playing Last Steam Engine and jamming with Chet Atkins and Doc Watson]“…and when we were done, Chet said, ‘What is that?’ And I said, ‘Well, John Fahey wrote it; disowned it, and said Sam MCGee wrote it.’ Chet said, ‘Well, I know Sam McGee and he never played anything like that.’ So, John is no longer with us and neither is Chet and I would like to play a new tune of mine for you tonight…”
@acpg Жыл бұрын
Haha brilliant. Great story, thanks for sharing!
@soundquilt39153 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. If you could please, please, please do Sligo River Blues by Fahey. I'd be over the moon.
@brycedetweiler2118 Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy that Fahey lessons are popping up all over youtube
@DwainDwight3 ай бұрын
Fahey my all time favourite guitar player. true master. genius.
@charlieclifford73963 жыл бұрын
I have listened to many guitar teachers on KZbin and I must say you were definitely one of the very best! Please never stop teaching, much appreciated!
@RandonGuyMostly11 ай бұрын
Wow! Great song and wonderful ‘breakdown’. Thanks so much for all your help!
@paulwhiter6613 жыл бұрын
Just love this tune and your very calm and measured teaching technique. Please please please do more acoustic blues on your channel and Patreon page , every week I live in hope for more acoustic material from you 😎
@OIP_13 жыл бұрын
more john fahey? holy hell yes, thankyou!. this will give me something to do over xmas (and probably into next year by the looks)
@mattsuibhne70433 жыл бұрын
Hell yes! I loved your Freight Train lesson. This one is next...
@durrenbt Жыл бұрын
This is the best guitar channel on KZbin, and by some margin. Absolutely GOATed, great stuff brother.
@jeffreysims38313 жыл бұрын
I think Fahey was famous for using very big strings and never changing them. He loved that dead thunking sound on the bass.
@lukechampion72083 күн бұрын
I think I saw somewhere he’d use a new set of strings before each set. This is an interesting point though. I wonder if he would never change the low E string to get that dead thunking sound. Interesting thought you had
@SpoonyG9253 жыл бұрын
I Love it Adrian! Thanks buddy! Lately, I've been focusing totally on doing what you said about getting the notes "down cold", focusing on my pentatonic scales of each note and connecting them up and down the fret board, getting my chords and chord playing much better/cleaner and learning my regular scales, the "F" barre chord, moving from the "G" to "C" chords and, "having fun after working on the Must Do's". But, it's these lessons that I can't wait to get back to as well. You know, individual particular melodies and chords and how to play them. Everything that I've been doing will lead me to better picking as well, I'm sure. It's all about the structure First and then free-styling it! I'm very happy to say that I'm reaching the goals that you set for us because I've been really focusing on them and discovering other things in-between as I'm playing. It's Fun! And, it's Great Having Structure! I'll be catching up soon as I'm getting further into the intermediate and then back to these types of videos learning these tunes with you! You're one of the absolute Best teachers and I Really appreciate you. Thanks again my friend!
@CC-qb9sm3 жыл бұрын
“ Today I feel like looking at something acoustic”. I can relate Adrian, as I feel that way about every day!! Really excellent choice here! This will keep me challenged for a very long time! Thanks so much for the lesson and have a great weekend!
@mattsweeney35792 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson, Adrian! Made this piece more approachable for me. Thanks!!!
@maunichyr3 жыл бұрын
How have I not found your channel sooner!!! bauhaus and john Fahey on the same channel, what a godsend
@stephanel.73063 жыл бұрын
An another gem, thank you Mister !
@thetudorian3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your john fahey lessons, if you can look at wine and roses some time in the future (off the same album) it would be amazing.
@Galdust3 жыл бұрын
I sent you a request for a lesson on this tune about a year ago (I'm sure many have done the same!). Well worth the wait! Thank you!
@mrasmrguitar3 ай бұрын
I miss this delta blues finger style .. going to try this with a thumb pick .. btw love that Martin.. is that a 00015 M ?... like to try this today..that you for sharing and I subscribed
@blaseuropa3 жыл бұрын
Excellent taste! I discovered John Fahey couple of years ago via an interview with Steve Gunn
@maciekburknap95933 жыл бұрын
An intro after playtrough - what a humbleness! Great tut, great song and you are great as well, sir! Thanks a lot, you've got a new subscriber :)
@garethjones61683 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely superb. Give yourself a pat on the back 👍
@juangobantes15113 жыл бұрын
Great one. Adrian. Thank you. I love you
@geoffreymaher71693 жыл бұрын
Well, I know what I'm doing for the next month. Thanks! Loved it.
@teenslain3 жыл бұрын
Great playing, I just picked up a 00-15m a couple of months ago... Totally in love with mine, sounds so great... I just seem to pick Big Star tunes on it all day!! 🤷🏻♂️🙃
@shashankrao233 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same guitar and this tune fits this perfectly :)
@rkrbar3 жыл бұрын
Excellent my Christmas project sorted Hours of fun
@SSRT_JubyDuby87423 жыл бұрын
Nicely broken down, very enjoyable 😎🎙🎸✅
@Andy_Fallon Жыл бұрын
Great lesson.
@cathalwhelehan3 жыл бұрын
just started playing with a thumb pick (or learning to play with one, at any rate,) so this comes as a good time for me. Should be a cool one to dig into in my practice routine once I get the basic technique down.
@allmendoubt47843 жыл бұрын
Feels like walking in flippers?
@cathalwhelehan3 жыл бұрын
@@allmendoubt4784 LOL - that's one way to look at it, yeah. Still getting tangled up a lot but getting there.
@dogshowish3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant blues paying really enjoyed it
@petegalloway24663 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic mate, well beyond me just now (and maybe for a considerable time to come) but can still take loads to work on. Love this style and you break it down lovely. Well presented tutorial showing everything in ‘bits’. Thank you 🙏🏻😊✌🏻
@joaquinodriozola49633 жыл бұрын
The first part of dance of death would be awesome!
@janharris10853 жыл бұрын
Leo Kottke recorded this when I was much younger. Some might want to look for his version. He has always been my favorite acoustic finger style guitarist.
@kingrobert1st3 жыл бұрын
Much prefer Leo's version.
@misorodzinak88293 жыл бұрын
The production quality of these lessons in the last few months is amazing. Shame I can't play fingerstyle (yet).
@Dreyno3 жыл бұрын
I’m playing 25 years + and I still can’t play fingerstyle beyond the most basic stuff. Good luck.
@juicylucy57973 жыл бұрын
Learn Mystery Train from Adrian, that was my Travis Picking breakthrough moment and I thought I would never do it. It took a few weeks practicing from the tab, note by note, and then it just clicked.
@cstatic01123 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you
@drewdietz21153 жыл бұрын
out of my league, at least for now, keep em coming, thanks
@ceeds.mp34 ай бұрын
Were you ever able to come back to it?
@drewdietz21154 ай бұрын
@@ceeds.mp3 inching closer and closer! Thanks.
@ceeds.mp34 ай бұрын
@@drewdietz2115 hell yeah dude, you got it
@carloscarlito733 жыл бұрын
Juste sublime! Bravo et merci!
@beezlybub3 жыл бұрын
I love this tune!!!
@Mark706093 жыл бұрын
Great song!!!
@duaneulman9915 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Steve_ATL3 жыл бұрын
Becoming a better finger picker will be. 2021 goal of mine.
@billherbert49613 жыл бұрын
I wish my sounds were so sweet when finding a tune difficult. I'm still finding basic alternative picking hard, and thumb picks seem impossible. I have learnt Adrian's interpretation of Robert Johnson decently. It's taken me 14 months with near daily practice (sometimes I don't get to it in my daily jam) and I am really really pleased I made a real effort. Stunning tune and a great inspiring lesson by Adrian. Check it out if you haven't. This is a great lesson too, but Adrian's I Walk the Line lesson needs lots of work from me before I attempt Fahey's alternative picking AND fingerstyle.
@cskueny3 жыл бұрын
That Robert Johnson lesson looked kind of bewildering the first time I saw it, but I was happy to realize that it's at least not too bad sounding now--same thing with Stagger Lee and Vestapol, although still some small hangups in each that need a little more focused work. This Fahey track is beyond what I'm going to tackle right at the moment though.
@avjdesign3 жыл бұрын
above my pay grade adrian but i eventually got freight train half decent thanks to you, I think this may take a tad longer !
@duanerykhus9425 Жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@coppunkhead3 жыл бұрын
Think you are amazing man, thanks for your work! Do you have any tips or lessons on how to transcribe songs? Could you ever make a video about your process perhaps?
@DrAgan_tortojed3 жыл бұрын
Very best piece by Fahey. Best played by L. Kottke. What you play here is a somewhat stripped down (simplified) version - some tones (fast "alternations" on bass strings) are missing here and there...
@moodswingy19733 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Thank you for the lesson! One minor, tiny little point- Fahey never used metal finger picks. Plastic only. Would love a lesson on "The Yellow Princess!" Thanks again!
@acpg3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Eric. Yes, I stand corrected about the fingerpicks. Not sure where I heard he used metal fingerpicks, but I always assumed that to be true. Must actually be a combination of the plastic picks and also perhaps playing quite loud and close to the bridge. Might well do more Fahey this year, so will add Yellow Princess to my list of possibles!
@benjamincook63213 жыл бұрын
If youre having trouble with this go try some Skip James songs, who had independent thumb bass but in a more simple way. The right thumb is the stupidest location on the human body and it needs a lot of disciplining.
@Fil_Mo3 жыл бұрын
That guitar looks like it was made for blues. Nice
@harigeorgeson58853 жыл бұрын
I think I’ll start with your lesson on Joy to the World. I should be ready for this one in about five years or so, give or take a year.
@ThibaultKV3 жыл бұрын
You and Eric Haugen spreading the word about John Fahey, keep them coming!
@richardjerrett31443 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@aaa-sg8bs3 жыл бұрын
You should a song lesson from one of iceage's last two albums - their guitarist is amazing! Very rowland s howard esque
@georgelange52723 жыл бұрын
Sounds good to me
@pishbot3 жыл бұрын
very pretty. thanks
@TheCSteve3 жыл бұрын
Lol .. you play very good .. GJ
@markillingworth19293 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Adrian. To anyone who's interested, check out my favorite Leo Kotke playing this one.
@brianpomeroyfilms3 жыл бұрын
Think I'll be giving this one a miss at this stage but very pleasing to hear.
@RickyBlackwell_X2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: if you can play this song - you can play everything by John Fahey.
@yorrick19713 жыл бұрын
Hi there, sorry to bother you with trivia, but could you please recommend a thumb pick brand? I want to start using then but i've heard that lots of them are too long and that shorter ones work best. TIA
@juicylucy57973 жыл бұрын
The Martin 00 sounds sweet as a nut!
@njuham3 жыл бұрын
I entered Landon Bailey's youtube channel giveaway contest - who's your guitar hero. Well, it's young Adrian of course!
@fabiopunk16613 жыл бұрын
It's lovely Adrian (unfortunately out of my league)
@captainianr3 жыл бұрын
Did you pick that shirt out specially? 😊
@stephennnnnnnnnnnn3 жыл бұрын
Maybe one day.
@jkrause3653 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. I'm sure I'll be stealing some of your licks.
@oneill32113 жыл бұрын
Are you some type of genius?
@Jeremy-ob4gm3 жыл бұрын
Right on. What Martin are you pickin on?
@tikitikibamboo3 жыл бұрын
15:06
@Jeremy-ob4gm3 жыл бұрын
@@tikitikibamboo thanks!
@mattharo2 жыл бұрын
I hope you get the help u desrve
@georgelange52723 жыл бұрын
Six months?
@ethandowse91453 жыл бұрын
5:22
@davidorgill66293 жыл бұрын
Thanks Adrian, superb lesson as we've come to expect Check out Kris Dollimore for some fantastic Fahey
@jamesdoctor80793 жыл бұрын
Martin 00015 gang
@jimsliverootsculturemusic Жыл бұрын
Great lesson but whatever you're recording with, it's got tons of distortion.