Chordplay - The Chords Of Molly Hatchet

[@curtishall4721]

You are an inspiration my brother, I am 66 years old and southern rock is the music of my soul. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@boomerdell]

Dreams I’ll Never See is still one of my favorite songs by any band. Love the guitar work and the lyrics are great.

[@sbrave]

Formed in 71? I had no idea. Saw them in Chicago, '79 "A Day in the Park" with Thin Lizzy, Journey, Santana. They were so bad ass!!!

[@CC-te5zf]

Thank you for doing this! I'm a Molly Hatchet kid. I saw them twice in their peak. I grew up in GA - they were my life for many years. I saw them at the Fox in Atlanta. Their guitar licks were simply tremendous. This is wonderful! Thank YOU!

[@alanfisher1113]

From an auld alcoholic past tense ,yes booze will kill you stone dead

[@michaelgallagher3640]

Billy Jo BABY!!!! Same here, saw them twice too. Once in Providence once in Boston.

[@CC-te5zf]

@@michaelgallagher3640 Great memories!

[@kutsbothways]

The "Hell Yeah" at 2:42 got a like.

[@zancraft7865]

I grew up in the early 70's in Jacksonville Florida as a kid and swam in the gator infested river of cedar river. What dumb asses we were back then. Thank you, brother, for bringing this music back to life. Skynyrd, Hatchet, Blackfoot, Almond Brothers, CCR, there is nothing better period! Ozzy, Dokken, Maiden, Priest, Metalica, etc. etc.! Nothing compares to southern rock in my opinion!

[@troygunter2848]

From Northshore. Swam in the Trout River . Surfed at the North Jetty.

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Double Talker. My favourite Molly Hatchet track!😀

[@chriss1492]

I loved Molly Hatchet in high school. They brought a harder edge to Southern Rock and I got to see them live in Houston in early 80s. Duane Roland and Dave Hlubek had some killer guitar riffs and harmonies together. Glad to see this episode.

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

All my favorite Hatchet songs...Awwww when the Creeper come along...

[@HazardousSmoker]

Man I haven't heard these guys in years, they were so fantastic. I grew up listening to their albums and they still hold up today as well as they did 40 years ago. Thanks for sharing this!

[@Craig_Fussell]

YES!!! Thanks for this!! My hometown guys!! Bought my first electric guitar from Banner Thomas, who played bass in the band when he was working at a local music store. They took the classic 3 guitar lineup and turned it up to patent pending!! ✌🏻🎸🎸🎸

[@scottcummings8602]

David you've been on fire lately, one kick ass lesson after another!!!

[@fritzzeiher8107]

David, you’re fantastic player and you‘ve got a fine taste in music. Greetings from Germany.

[@MT-or7lv]

Hatchet rules! Thanks Dave.

[@TMoody]

Long live the south!!! Great job Dave!!

[@gobodega5226]

That's exactly my thing. Cool exercise great riffing. Thank you David 👌🙂🙂

[@thefrogking481]

Comprehensive breakdown. I forgot how much fun it is to play Hatchet riffs.

[@davidmolina3520]

Saw Molly Hatchet in 1979 , opening up for AC/DC on The Highway to Hell Tour

[@Old_Sailor85]

Always wondered why I never see Molly Hatchet guitar lessons on line, or anything about them so this is great. Great rock tunes. Drove many trips up I-75 to their music in the late 70's.

[@txc500]

THANK YOU! I grew up on this stuff. Saw those bands in their prime and I can say there's nothing that compares. Looking forward to the BLACKFOOT lessons too.

[@estructure8220]

Excellent teacher..Tks ,LNL !

[@meowwoem6372]

great band. i always have them playing when i'm out in the garden cutting the grass or the hedge. mh are my go to gardening music.

[@philipmendisco6656]

Dude...i am 56 yrs old and made the mistake of teaching myself how to play guitar.i e been playing for 35 years and am AVERAGE on my BEST days. Thank you for explaining some of my favorite tunes from some of my favorite bands in a way i can grasp.

[@voronOsphere]

Great Chordplay Lesson, David! Thanks!

[@jimwinters3986]

Awesome stuff! That "Dreams..." solo is incredible.

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

That was a blast from the past forgot how good they were you just got to watch this show and your guitar playing gets better 🤟

[@frankiedonofrio5438]

What a Great Chordplay!!!....Thanks David

[@bobdaniel5367]

Excellent!! Great job.

[@options17]

The smile on your face tells the tale of how great this music still is. Put a BIG smile on mine as well. I love how you successfully try to pull off the impossible of making one guitar sound like three. It's just proof that you are the coolest dude with the BEST channel on the Tube. Can't wait to hear your comments and riffs of Rikey Medlocke and Blackfoot.

[@acefrehley6410]

What a great channel this is! You get me out of my rut of being lazy & playing the same thing over & over again. Thanks my friend!👍🇨🇦

[@patrickkish6662]

16:58 - 😄 That's the beauty of humanity, right there. Just so jazzed off the rush of the moment. And then having to wrangle yourself back in. That's rock and roll, dude❤️‍🔥

[@glenkepic3208]

This is Great !! '82 and i'm jamming with a friend, working up Flirtin' With Disaster. Had it. Years later a band i played in a year or so later reunites. This is '05. Practiced every weekend and one was when the news broke that Danny Joe Brown passed away. We're all bummed and i quietly play the descending prechorus triads for Flirtin'... 'What's that ???" Became part of the set, me first. Nailed it.

[@StealthParrot]

Absolutely loved early Molly Hatchet, especially the first three albums. The cover of Allman Brothers Dreams (I'll Never See) is just so epic! Thanks so much for this.

[@frosty4863]

Great lesson Dave. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@NoLegalPlunder]

Dang.So awesome! More, more more! Thanks David. As you mentioned, The solo to Dreams I’ll Never See is truly awesome.

[@J24777]

Very Cool David! Glad you done this! Molly Hatchet!!!!

[@brendaniebel1355]

John galvin, we love you, from upper MI 💕🐇

[@woodwa1963]

One of the best breakdown of Riffs I’ve seen on Molly Hatchet!!🎸

[@nhpIII4482]

Great lesson,great band. Really appreciate the lesson, never remembered to work on my Hatchet licks, was unsure of some, but not now, thanks🎸😎

[@denmar355]

Great band and a great video. Outlaws, then you got it covered.

[@Mistrals60]

Dude! Awesome video. I was a huge Molly Hatchet fan in the 70's. Thanks for doing this. Looking forward to the Blackfoot video. Keep up the great work. I appreciate you!

[@thebluesrockers]

Danny Joe Brown and Duane Rolland were "Molly Hatchet" great video. You're absolutely correct that all the original members are now long gone. But their first several albums will live in the hearts of many, Great video David. Thanks for all your cool video's. Peace.. Joe

[@coachfb18]

You are outstanding at what you do! Thank you for the Molly Hatchet feature especially for props to "Dreams I'll Never See". You are dead on when you said checkout the guitar solo to that song. I have hummed that solo for 30 plus years and promised myself before I pass Im going to learn it. Absolutely one of my favorite solos all - time. Thanks again... You are a credit to music itself. God Bless

[@RussClarkRocks]

Thanks brother. Didn't really need the lesson but I sat through the entire 19 minutes. Well done.

[@philip914]

Thanks a bunch David . i am a newish player at 62 , and you truly inspire me. thank you again.

[@davidlaws1438]

My all time favorite band, Molly Hatchett 😮 Thanks for highlighting the Boys!!!!!

[@brandtstone7744]

This was really cool. My father and mother in law lived.across the street from mollys original drummer . Sadly he passed a few years ago

[@donnieellis9305]

Awesome lesson, brought back some great memories, we used to cover Flirtin' With Disaster back in the day. Love your channel, keep it up and killer stuff as usual!

[@barryhaynes103]

Such a great chord play !!! … I saw them several times in the early eighties … such a great jam band live … still have those albums on my play list … thanks for the content, the commentary, and the chord play … actually dusted off my guitar and started playing along !!! 😎

[@maplechill75]

Great vid! And that Les Paul is killer 🤘

[@alexanderbrown4250]

I saw them in 79. Awesome players.

[@cajunsurf67]

Living in Jacksonville since87’ seen lots of LOCAL Hatchet 🪓 shows❤️💪💥pier7 and playground south were two of the best shows ever ✌️💥💪❤️🎸🎵🎶dam sure miss these guys but I still listen to them almost EVERYDAY ❤️💪💥✌️😎🇺🇸🦞🏄‍♂️

[@ross490]

awesum job ! MOLLY HATCHET NEVER GOT THE FAME THAT THEY SHOULD HAD ! VERY VERY GREAT MUSICAL AND LYRICAL BAND ! JACKSONVILLE BABY

[@ironstove9000]

Sounds good. 👌Cuts from The late & great Hatchet.

[@mitchellsteen1264]

Awesome as always Dave

[@sixstringer3783]

Awesome job on Flirtin mission accomplished sounds like 2 guitars man this is a bunch of high school music 🎶

[@HellComestoPlayBloodyBenders]

I met Dave Hlubek when he was with SRA (Southern Rock Allstars), my brother's band opened for them. My brother barrowed my guitar, Dave signed the back of it for me. He and Jackson Spires (Blackfoot) invited me to set at his table after the show, and talked to me like we where old friends!!

[@scottloessy2088]

Great topic once again David. Grew up listening to them and was intrigued by the multiple guitar players

[@jamessator5564]

Thanks David, you get me so inspired to play more and more!

[@MichaelSmith-ig8bw]

Good stuff!! Saw them a few times when the first few albums came out. High energy southern rock. Gotta love it.

[@michaelmunday6808]

Yeah they had some killer riffs for sure

[@festcentral]

Saw Molly Hatchet at Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill, NC in the early 80s with Nantucket opening. Someone threw a roll of toilet paper on top of the scoreboard between shows and then lit it on fire. I don't think they even emptied the arena. They just lowered the scoreboard and put it out. Those were the days! Thanks for the great lesson David. Southern Rock is one of my favorite genres. I'd love to see you do a deep dive on the solo style of Hughie Thomasson from the Outlaws. What a unique player, with all those pedal steel bends intertwined with blues licks. Keep 'em coming!

[@mrh3578]

Wow great stuff here. Thanks for the lesson.

[@bobmalin8162]

Man!! I Forgot ALL ABOUT THESE GUYS, Dreams I'll Never See was one of the Favorites,Flirtin' With Disaster, and,another I'll have to go look for a Molly Hatchet KZbin Album Download to find it, But,It had a KILLER HOOK to it. Saw them LIVE when I lived near Chicago,They were one of the RARE Groups,That when They Played LIVE, It Sounded Like the songs were Coming Right Off The Album. Thanks for Bringing Them Out of the Muddled Grey Matter from that part of my life.... Between Being in a Semi- Successful,lol, Rock Band,Where we were sometimes paid in Alcoholic Beverages,And,Or,Some of The Finest Weed You'd Ever come across,... Some Memories of the 70s to the 80s are a Lil' Hazy...😜 Best Times of My Life, And, Some of The BEST MUSIC of this Ol' Axeslinger's Lifetime. 😎💕🎸💕🎵💕💕💕👍 Love Late Nite,and Be Safe,Be Well Brother.

[@deanmobley5578]

Cool episode 😎 Did you mention using jumbo frets. I'm getting a strat re-freted with medium jumbo. Hope I got it right.

[@todhamilton5055]

So glad you got to Molly Hatchet! they’re kind of a guilty pleasure for me as I view them as a bit derivative but still they had their own sound. When you do Blackfoot please do a deep dive into the solos for highway song, there are a few licks in there that are pretty awesome -definitely influenced by free bird but super cool stuff! Not sure if I have ever posted a comment for you but I have just really enjoyed all of your videos and you’re laid-back style and the fact that you always say “something like that” when you play the lick note for note! It is such a crack up, good to see you let loose a little bit in this video as well! Thanks again.

[@ronmartinez2766]

Beautiful! Great band back in the day. And I'm so stoked waiting for your Blackfoot video. Should include Baby Blue for sure. ;)

[@geomann1009]

Absolutely awesome!!!

[@samivellamo3995]

Thank you. I will try to learn some of these great riffs.

[@billcade1116]

Thanks for the great video! Very much looking forward to the one on Blackfoot!

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

The best southern rock band ever 🤘🤘

[@davidteller7681]

Thanks so much for doing this, I've been a huge fan since the beginning. I was fortunate to see the original line up 5 or 6 times. I'm a huge Dave Hlubek fan, he was so much fun to watch live. He also had the coolest unique guitar, an Explorer body with a reverse Firebird headstock (I'm a Firebird nut). A holy grail guitar for me!

[@timmyv694]

Great video:) as a teenager I cut my teeth on some Hatchet. Me and my buddy really got into dissecting all those harmony leads they did. It helped me understand how harmony works. I sing a lot of harmony in the band I’m in now. I might not be able to do that it if wasn’t for Molly Hatchet. My Brother can do a mean Danny Joe Brown lol

[@garyslespaul]

Fantastic! LOVE IT!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Hell yeah! haha! That was real good Dave! You did Danny Joe proud with that Hell yeah! Awesome lesson foooor shuuure!

[@cymro6537]

Thanks for this ,my only prior knowledge about Molly Hatchet was their ultra cool album artwork 🤘

[@voronOsphere]

The late, great Frank Frazetta's beautiful art graced the 1st three covers! Artist Boris Vallejo did the cover for "Take No Prisoners." I'm not sure who did the rest...

[@mannybravo237]

R I P to all the original members of Molly Hatchet, up in that great big jam room ina sky! They were one band I always caught live on tour. I believe Def Lep opened up for them on their first US tour. Great band, great songs, great memories.

[@ivaneastridge3650]

Yes number one great lead and great band they need to play more in Texas

[@SonorousMusic]

Great episode David. Big fan of this band.

[@adamchaifetz5876]

Nice chops brother...Listening from Music Central of the South Jacksonville

[@hazor777]

They were GREAT in their prime, but word to the wise (a cautionary tale): Watch what your "relationship" is with ALCOHOL. Molly Hatchet is a prime example of undisciplined drinking will ruin you. They weren't casualties of the lifestyle during their heyday, it was the years out of the limelight that took their toll. For most, there comes a point when it's time to walk away from drinking for good. The human body is not meant to withstand unlimited consumption when you're young, then (even if you've tapered it down) still drinking to excess in your late 40's/early 50's - it will snowball and kill you.

[@toastoftowne1076]

Cheers

[@jerrywalaszek2473]

A friend of Bill W. for 16 years and still kicking at 60 thank you Jesus..Amen

[@mikesekula3949]

I'll drink to that!

[@Scottocaster6668]

@@mikesekula3949 😆omg.

[@jamesmason459]

Seems like the desire to drink alcohol 🍷 🍸 dissipated for me, same for cigars, pipe smoking, and coffee; just didn't like it anymore, nothing I did or needed to accomplish. Sort of a blessing right ✅️

[@markrobinson8410]

Love Molly hatchet and can't wait for the blackfoot lesson!

[@jeffersononetwo]

Outstanding choice! Nice work man!

[@brendaniebel1355]

John galvin rocks!!!!! 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@scottstubbs9913]

Awesome! Great Job.

[@EarthAltar]

My old roommate played guitar in Hatchet for a couple years. Some crazy stories which can't be repeated here. Anyway, we Floridians know how to rock. Great lesson Dave! 🤘🤘

[@voronOsphere]

That Xotic SL Drive pedal sounds fantastic, David!

[@mikeking453]

Great lesson! Molly Hatchet does a good version of Dreams that the Allman Brothers did

[@todhamilton5055]

True that I prefer their version much over the Allman Brothers, no disrespect to the original group but sometimes another band grabs your song and turbo charges it!

[@denmar355]

Except that it isn’t an Allman Bros song. They just covered it.

[@MIKE-D158]

@@denmar355 actually “Dreams” is an Allman Brothers song written by Gregg Allman.

[@CarlGoldmam]

Great job! Can’t wait for Blackfoot

[@davidsnider7708]

Great job!

[@tragicallymalicious1]

I'm a Bounty Hunter..... dude your tone makes me jealous.

[@gianpaolousai1768]

Amazing stuff, thank you for this great lesson. Can you please do a Saxon chordplay episode Dave? They had great songs in their first 5 albums

[@timothypogue596]

Great episode. Love MH. I believe all original members are now deceased, unfortunately

[@TheGrandmaMoses]

Hey mate, a heartfelt Thank You for this upload. Even almost 55 years later those southern songs ( La Grange, Freebird, Flirtin' etc ) still do not take any prisoners, they just go. Loved your format, always interesting to hear factoids on somewhat lesser known bands. The thing I'm having the most trouble with is finding an amp that does those almost clean, power-distorted tones. For Freebird for example everyone raves about them having used Peavey Mace. But when I borrow a Peavey Mace and play the song through it, it just isn't 100% right. It's too muffled, too distorted, it's either too much gain or the gain is correct, but then the amp lacks so much fullness and sounds brittle. If someone says 'do some Slash' and I'm running through a JCM800 with a TS808, contrarily I have the feeling that I can pretty much exactly nail the tone. But if I do the same thing for Freebird or a ZZ Top song, my tone always seems to be off by the tiniest or margins. So yeah, those guys back then were wizards.

[@bobhill102]

Love the chordplay but the refrain on flirtin' is the burner part and all of Hrubars solos were so melodic and fun so wish I could live down in the"Gator Country" where the" wine and the women are free" such a kickass time to be alive and out playing this type of music, oops there goes a beer bottle someone's brawlin' 👍 LoL

[@alanfisher1113]

Thank you Davie Brewster I picked up a lot here to improve my playing and this genre is a good one for riffs and fills and chit pedaling off a A or possibly G string's between the chord's and catching the riffs in the chord, fckn luv it I'm looking forward to the Blackfoot one your talking about doing, from a grateful Scotsman ⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️

[@doctordetroit4339]

Molly had a triple axe attack like Skynyrd......Fall of the Peacemakers especially .......Flirtin'.....Dreams.......look up their live shows on KZbin. Incredible! Plus they had some of THEE best album covers of all time!! Now do one on the Outlaws and Huey!!! Ghost Riders in the Sky!!!!

[@atticusfinch4687]

Bounty Hunter! Yes! I don't play in a band but play along with my iPod. This is on my practice list. Glad to see I'm playing the intro right at least! lol Going to Enjoy this lesson! I saw them with Jimmy Farrar in March 81 and again inf June 85 when Danny Joe Brown had rejoined the group. The 1985 show was a Killer high energy show in a mid sized venue. A couple weeks later people who missed the show asked me about it saying people were STILL talking about how good it was.

[@brendaniebel1355]

We will always support John galvin!!!!! From MI.

[@RNFORLAW]

I was lucky enough to see them in 1980 at the Summer Blowout L.A. Coliseum. They were the best that day over Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick ,Journey, the Baby's and Russia. Well, maybe not Sabbath but they certainly got most people's attention just straight up and hard rock boogie beats with 3 guitar players. My first concert I was 17. Great times ~