The AWESOME Rolling Stones Lick that changed rock guitar for me!

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[@joekeiser6221]

The stones were at their best when Mick Taylor was with them. He lit the band up. Great guitarist indeed.

[@MarkZabel]

My favorite Stones era definitely ... and by far. Although I *do* like the interplay between Keith and Ronnie too.

[@briand377]

@@MarkZabel Mick Taylor was also at his best while in the Stones. Classic example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts .

[@claymor8241]

He was a cut above as a player but tbh with the Stones that was never the point of their music. They just felt they needed a top lead player to fit into that era. Ronnie Wood fit in better both as a player and person.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

I think thats debatable but not necessarily untrue, although I love Ronnies stuff!!

[@theoriginalDAL357]

Joe K., I couldn’t agree more. With Ronnie Wood on lead, the Stones’ music lost the depth it had with Mick Taylor. Oh well, such is life, at least we got 5 years of the Stones at their peak.

[@mikescheibinger5191]

the simple little lead riff that kicks off "if you can't rock me" is such a clean and casual toss-off that the genius of it goes right over yr head. epitome of cool, nothing to prove, just a cool, exhilarating breeze of exquisite tone and slippery pentatonic bliss. it's really all i need in a riff. dude kept it real.

[@jr13227]

Taylor’s work on Ya Ya’s is what really got me into rock n roll

[@farmboypresents9977]

Yer, midnight rambler taught me rock!

[@johnschaefer2238]

Taylor on Can’t You Hear Me Knocking just wonderful!

[@MarkZabel]

Totally agree!

[@hermandelgado7139]

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[@phatfil77]

Mick Taylor is definitely my favorite classic rock guitarist. He doesn’t get the press of some from that era but his playing was fantastic. One of the big three guitarists to play with John Mayall along with Clapton and Greeny.

[@MarkZabel]

He's one of the masters for sure.

[@teleguy5699]

And maybe to his detriment, he didn't "guitar god" his solo's with the face gestures and hands in the air. Just played such nice clean solos.

[@MarkZabel]

Maybe. But I'd bet he's doing alright. I imagine stardom is overrated.

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Saw them in Houston in '72. I can still listen to it when I want to. What a blast.

[@doublek321]

I love Mick's playing on "Time Waits For No One".

[@MarkZabel]

Absolutely!

[@frankmoore1299]

I agree. Absolutely sublime picking

[@gui-texzan7477]

Winter. Moonlight Mile. The list goes on.✌️

[@GuyGGormanandtheGMen]

Dude!!! I love the way you can unpack SOOOOO much out of a short lick! You break it down into chunks and you give us visuals, which makes it so much easier. You give us the notes AND you give us the theory which allows us to be creative and expand upon the ideas to meet our own needs! And you keep it short but sweet! You're an awesome teacher!

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you so much! I work pretty hard to keep it short and compact!

[@manuelbockman1244]

I totally agree😃😃😃ThanX , mr Zabel🎸🎶💙🎶

[@sobeit1927]

I agree too . Thank you

[@billpholde4816]

Mick Taylor, a complete guitar genius for all time.

[@alanthomson1227]

His John Mayall years contained some amazing work . Blues from Laurel Canyon

[@SoulDaddy33]

@@alanthomson1227 Absolutely. Bare Wires as well. He worked a lot harder when he was with John Mayall. He almost seemed on vacation comparatively when he went to the Stones.

[@johnscialfa7391]

@@SoulDaddy33 ridiculous

[@camwelch9948]

I am so happy to see Mick Taylor getting his flowers here on KZbin. So many channels recently (past year or so) have been covering his work and techniques which I am endless grateful of. Thank you for the video!

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

and any and all live Stones for his era is ALL Taylor comments unless a few guilty people say "I like Ron Wood but..." which cracks me up because Mick was FIRST and Mick was really the lead guitarist who helped define the entire live Stones sound

[@jbstonesfan]

As a lifelong Stones and MT fan I appreciate anyone who understands how much Mick Taylor meant to the band and guitar players. I was fortunate to see him both with the Stones and solo and he is truly one of the greatest players of his era . Sadly overlooked by many . When he was ranked 37th all time by RS magazine I had to laugh as he is easily in the top 10 and from 69-74 arguably the best.

[@MarkZabel]

Mick is just sooooo good. His lines flow more than just about anyone else from that era. Takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary.

[@gernotboesser6901]

You have to listen to his playing on the live recording of "sway" with carla olson, just unbelievable 🙏👌

[@gui-texzan7477]

Mick was an amazing player who, by 1973, hit his stride as a writer and arranger. (Moonlight Mile and Winter are still two of my favorite Stones cuts.) Jag and Keef didn't want or need a third person in the writing process, so they cut arguably the most talented musician in the band. The same mindset held George Harrison down until he released All Things Must Pass in 1970.

[@jbstonesfan]

@Gui-Texzan I think being in the Stones brought out his best artistically but it was very hard on his shy , reserved personality. Mick and Keith did allow him to shine those years live, but no one was going to get in between their writing credits. Look, it took RW decades to become a full member.

[@aliveandwell829]

100% !!! But when you look at the top ten or twenty of the RS picks, it's pretty clear that they have no idea. MT is EASILY in the top 10!

[@2war2bray]

The way you explained the guitar work here is excellent, some of the best I have observed if anyone wants to get anything out of it. Well done.

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you!

[@ncander64]

Thank you, Mick Taylor and Keith Richards do the guitar work on that record. The original solo was done and created by Keith Richards, who along with George Harrison remain rock’s most underrated guitarists.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@FantomWireBrian]

Keith is the man on guitar in the band before and after Taylor.

[@dwaynemcallister7231]

Yes truly a genius, created so many sounds unheard of before at least by my ears, though in the book Life, I recall reading Keith say because MIc Taylor was so good he was inspired to write better songs@@FantomWireBrian

[@jimc6687]

This short lesson tops Mark's all-time favorite and best portrayed lessons!! Great job, M.Z.!! Jim C.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks Jim C!!!

[@janezimmerman7987]

The solos in YaYa's Sympathy are some of rock's best. They're simple and not technically difficult, but they're great. Just tremendous.

[@MarkZabel]

Agree. I wouldn't say Mick's solos are a walk in the park, as they're phrased so perfectly as well! Just fantastic.

[@janezimmerman7987]

@@MarkZabel I can't think of anybody that uses the pentatonic scale along with blues-flavored phrasing and feel that I like more than Mick Taylor. By my lights, the two Mick's version of the Stones was by far the best. As for difficulty, the solos weren't blisteringly fast or harmonically complicated so that you had to spend months figuring out what notes they were playing and why they worked. But it sure is a challenge to create something so compelling oneself. Those solos really stood the test of time.

[@michaelschaefer7962]

@@janezimmerman7987 I’ve thought since 1970 that the Keith and Mick solos on the “Ya-Yas” version of “Sympathy” are the greatest one-two punch in all of rock ‘n roll.

[@janezimmerman7987]

@@michaelschaefer7962 For a very long time I thought I was alone in my strong admiration of those solos. Most people I know have never heard them. Good to find company. They are so very good.

[@michaelschaefer7962]

@@janezimmerman7987 Absolutely--the contrast between Richards's staccato, mostly minor lines and Taylor's more legato and major approach is fantastic.

[@DarrylJordanOLW]

Thank you, sir. Those graphics for the seven ascending triads are a huge help to viewers' appreciation of the relationship between mode and scale on a fretboard. A lot of work went into this. You're giving Beato some tough competition -- or as prefer to look at it, we're blessed with different presenting styles, allowing a breadth of viewer/student/subscriber experience of music theory!

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure. Yes, absolutely I don't see it as competition. (I'd be quite depressed if I did!) Glad you're enjoying the videos. I *do* work very hard, not just with the graphics, but in keeping the videos short and still keeping the key learnings and sharing what I experienced too! Thanks for noticing!

[@Theweeze100]

Thank you so much. I’ve always loved that album, I think it’s one of the greatest live albums in history, and seems to be a real sleeper. That was a great break down of that solo. I’m glad I have subscribed to your channel.😮

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@Anjohl]

Love the overlays on the fretboard! As someone just starting down that journey (learning the fretboard, not playing, been playing for 30 years!), that makes it all come together *so* much better!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@alexjames1146]

I always loved Mick Taylor. The solos were so good sounding.

[@yeohann1]

Mick was amazing he was only about 20 and I wondered how someone so young could be so masterful and what I saw as unorthadox for a blues player. "Sympathy" and a song called "Vacation" which he did with John Mayall inspired me to play guitar. Thank you for your lesson on this song. Over 50 years later Im still messing it up.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@johnscialfa7391]

Yep

[@seansmith6745]

Great video! Felt like you made it for me. I’ve been obsessed with this solo for at least 35 years upon first discovering it in high school. I’ve also been a guitar player for even longer than that and while I could always play Keith’s solo, the skill level to play Mick’s was always just above abilities. Every year or so I give it a go. You’ve inspired me to take another stab at it. Thanks for the video!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks so much for your kind note! Glad you liked the video!

[@prettythings3]

Yeah, me too. After hearing Mick’s work with the Stones I started discovering his John Mayall contributions, which are excellent. This was a great video; I studied percussion very seriously with a symphonic percussionist who wanted his students to know some theory (I even had to sight sing at my lessons). Mark’s explanations made perfect sense. I’m in awe of you guitarists!

[@ChristiaanHartNibbrig]

I don't understand technically what's going on with Mick Taylor, but he is in my top five all-time rock guitarists. Clean, long lines. The solo in "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" is my favorite, and a quintessential Mick Taylor jam. Yuge fan here. Yuge.

[@davidwilley3609]

Unfortunately if you watch him play live now he does not have that it factor that he used to. he doesn’t have that unique sound anymore and his playing is mediocre at best

[@FantomWireBrian]

Keith played the opening riff on " Can't you hear me knocking " . Keith not Taylor. Check the studio credits while Taylor was with the Stones. Bass work was also amazing from Keith in the studio . 😎

[@ChristiaanHartNibbrig]

​@@FantomWireBrian I wasn't talking about the opening riff, but the long one later in the song; the one with clean long, bendy notes. And I am pretty sure that is not Keith Richards. In fact, check it out live. You can youtube it.

[@aliveandwell829]

@@FantomWireBrian The opening riff is 100% rhythm guitar... Oh yeah, and it is pure GENIUS! Kieth works wonders with the open G tuning!

[@dougpeters1625]

Outstanding tutorial. The graphic overlay on the fretboard are fantastic and the guitar sounds great. Thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you like it!

[@jzito9707]

Ya-yas is still my favorite album after 50 years. The Mick Taylor years were the only ones that had any appeal to me. Recently was asked to do the solo for Sympathy in a cover band. I learned Keith's, then Mick's, and then added some of my own and could change it nightly. But I always kept that first part of Mick's in it every time. Thanks for a nice break down. I knew what to do, you showed us the why. Nice job!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! (For the background info too. Nice!)

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

Sympathy's end and Stray Cat Blues are the best Taylor stuff, but to me Ya Ya's doesn't use Taylor like the bootlegs Brussels affair and Philly Special or even Ladies and Gents would do...

[@MattGranz]

Thanks Mark! I love this lesson. After years of stopping this song during Keef's lousy solo I finally heard Mick's contribution and was immediately wanting to learn it. I taught myself but of course learned it wrong. Your lesson was beautifully done. I want to see you do the rest of his solo now. 😁

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks Matt!

[@fredthejunkman]

Thanks Mark. I look forward to your posts, 'cause I learn something new that is always easier than I thought.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@bjones8470]

I was just learning to play guitar at 13 in 1977 when I got turned onto The Stones and Zeppelin. I was and have been mesmerized by those artists since

[@Teleman73]

Great lesson as always! Mick Taylor has been a great inspiration, I need to go back and listen to him.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks man!

[@michaelmott1498]

Ive been a casual player for years, and this was by far the best understanding and visual I have seen. You have changed my view of playing with one video

[@MarkZabel]

Wow, thanks!

[@michaelmott1498]

@@MarkZabel I mean casual 40 years, rhythm only type guy, campfire chords and such. Bought many books, but felt like I hit a wall. This first video I looked at was eye opening , I can see that now. Perfect session

[@Kirkhill]

I've now watched many of your videos, this one was my favorite for adding that extra sauce to my solos!

[@MarkZabel]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@cheneyrobert]

I saw the Stones 17 October 1973 at Vorst National in Brussels (Brussels Affair) Billy Preston on keyboards, Steve Madaio on trumpet, Trevor Lawrence on saxophone and Mick Taylor on lead and slide…..the Stones at their finest…the band was cooking and Mick Taylor absolutely took them to a different level. I went to high school with Ertegun’s nephew so 😎it was a pretty special concert for a few of us 🥂

[@MarkZabel]

Awesome!!

[@encoreunefois1X]

Lucky bastard.

[@telecomex]

Hey Mark, keep em comin! I sincerely like your easy going style, and how you have discovered so many subtle and not so subtle influencing riffs within the music of our/my generation. Just sipping a beer and noodling on my Korean Vintage LP and really enjoying the moment. Thanks very much from way up here in surprisingly sunny and warm (today) Vancouver BC - ss

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! Glad to hear from a fellow classic guitar friend in BC! I still want to get out there some day to fish!

[@mikeclark3013]

Love your analysis! There are several examples on that album of the different styles vis a vis Mick and Keith. The one you mentioned is indeed sublime, but the two Chuck Berry covers illustrate Keith’s beautifully raw approach. “Stray Cat Blues” is another showcase of Taylor’s virtuosity. All in all I think Ya Ya’s is one of the finest live albums by any band ever.

[@MarkZabel]

Yes, absolutely. The contrast really elevates the music IMHO. I love how Ronnie and Keith play together, but the Mick Taylor era Stones truly benefitted from his more refined style. It made everyone better.

[@MysticOblong]

Thanks for the nice and clear explanation of the thinking behind Mick Taylor's playing here. Another thing that's notable in Mick Taylor's soloing is the way he can keep solos rolling along fluently. A lot of guitarists play short licks and string them together as little phrases but Mick Taylor could also keep them moving and looping in smooth and dynamic rhythmic patterns. Hard to talk about music but I think if anyone else has appreciated this in Mick Taylor's playing they'll know what I'm on about here.

[@MarkZabel]

Yes, very lyrical I think. Just flows.

[@MysticOblong]

​@@MarkZabel Yes "flows" is the word. The lead guitarist on Hawkwind's debut from 1970 is another player from that era that leapt out at me for that rolling style that is pretty essential if soloing over one static chord. Think he left the band after their first album and he seems to be pretty much an unknown these days. Moderation allowing, here's the type of playing that brings Mick Taylor to mind: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZS8nqGhgJejkMU

[@maxratio]

Great information and insight Mark. I always appreciate your expertise and guidance in helping me make sense of the fretboard and soloing! Keep up the good work!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@bryonmartin9221]

Thank you. Been playing live for 40 years but never understood how clear and simple this could be. My head just went POP!

[@MarkZabel]

Glad it helped!

[@UkuleleBobbyKemp]

Lovely stuff thanks Mark - always Great to see Mick Taylor getting props!!... 🙏

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@bernardausterberry9795]

I became a Stones fan with Mick Taylor, and left with him.

[@Questioneverythingx]

the best part is a lot of these guys didn't even know what they were playing, but just that it sounded cool.

[@senseiruss]

This is an excellent analysis and explanation. Nicely demonstrated, and very helpful. Thanks, Mark!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@larrypower8659]

The key of “Sympathy” is E. The V chord, which resolves the melody (basically a turnaround), is the B chord. MELODY traditionally determines the key of any piece of music, not chords. If we were to see sheet music for “Sympathy For The Devil,” we’d see four sharps (#) leading off, signifying the key of E. The “five” chord in the key of E is B-the fifth note (“degree”) of an E major scale. Mick Taylor played all those double stops while following each chord in the progression, just like Steve Cropper, Curtis Mayfield, and all the great Southern Soul/Gospel guitar players. To me, The Rolling Stones’ greatest period was with Mick Taylor. Certainly it was their greatest period of live performance.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks. The song as a whole, yes, E. Wouldn't disagree. We're speaking here only about (the first lick of) the solo and trying to understand how Mick or another player might improvise over it. There is no defined melody over the solo. There is no B (major) chord or B turnaround at all. Only E, D, A, E. One would be advised to avoid lingering on the D# (the 4th sharp in the key of E) over the solo whether one is playing linearly or chord-by-chord.

[@ttiger9780]

Definitely the best version of the Stones. Loved the Beatles, but grew to love the Stones in the 70's, and went back and fell in love with the 60's albums, too. Exile on Main Street was the one that really hooked me in 1972.

[@rickstillsent]

I agree 100% too! The song is NOT in A, just because (as he states) the chord progression on E, D, and A are the three constituent chords of A major. Exactly the same could be said of many other songs, including the early Stones hit “The Last Time”. That’s E-D-A too, and the song is also in E major.

[@larrypower8659]

@@MarkZabel “Pleased to meet you / Hope you guess me name,” etc. The chorus, man! It starts on a B major chord.

[@drwdnk7447]

I personally would still approach this song as the key of A and use E Mixolydian, as presented. For the portion of the song that goes to the B chord, I think of it as a borrowed chord, the V of V (5 of the 5 chord). If it easier for others to approach the song as a different key, that is fine, but the solo is the focus of this lesson and it can be difficult for (new) guitarists to understand how an artist arrived at a certain scale when we lock a song into only one key. No offense to anyone who prefers to look at it a different way. “Can’t You See” by Marshall Tucker does a very similar approach when soloing over the chords like this song. Great lesson in my opinion.

[@crisprtalk6963]

One of my favorite music moments was meeting Mick at a club in Connecticut back in the 80's. I got a chance to talk with him and really enjoyed his playing that night. Never forget it.

[@MarkZabel]

Wow, awesome!

[@johnscialfa7391]

Awesome I had a similar experience I met him in 1999 when he played in Atlantic City....great guy,spent over an hour talking to him

[@willumarryme3836]

I saw Mick Taylor with John Mayall (I think he was about 20 years old in Houston at a tiny little club). I was really taken with his knowledge of the fretboard. Some of his signature licks represent the most influential Rolling Stone songs. I always wondered what happened to him.

[@MarkZabel]

Very cool. I think he was probably younger than 20 even! He ended up here and there. Played a great lead on Dylan's "Sweetheart Like You". He's still around I think.

[@MrCherryJuice]

@@MarkZabel Mick joined the Bluesbreakers at the age of 18 and recorded the band's 'Crusade' album soon after. 'Bare Wires' and 'Blues From Laurel Canyon' followed, with the two-volume 'Diary of a Band', now available as a two-CD set also offering treats, most notably 'Medley' which is on youTube, and the live version of 'I Started Walking', which is surely his most adventureous solo of all, with future Colosseum drummer Jon Hiseman's rolling playing propelling him along. The solo on the studio version (on 'Bare Wires' is also killer...and it's on KZbin). After the Stones Taylor joined Jack Bruce's band, which also included Carla Bley on keys and drummer Bruce Gary, who later joined The Knack ('My Sharona') before rejoining Bruce in a revised version of the band feature Clem Clempson (Colosseum, Humble Pie...) on guitar, and Ronnie Leahy (Stone the Crows etc.) on keys. Yes, Taylor worked with Dylan. He also toured and recorded with Carla Olson. Sadly, Taylor's personal life over the years tended to get in the way of his professional one, with hit or miss gigs bruising his reputation. Musicians in his band have included, most notably, Max Middleton, best known for his keyboard work in Jeff Beck Group MKII and on the 'Blow by Blow' and 'Wired' albums ('Freeway Jam' and 'Led Boots' are his compositions). How Taylor got the Mayall gig is interesting. Aged 16, he and some friends went to a Bluesbreakers gig in north London where Eric Clapton failed to show up. His amp and Les Paul were on stage but Eric had skipped the gig in favour of seeing the Lovin' Spoonful play at the Marquee Club in the city centre's Soho district. After the first set, Taylor, urged by his pals, offered his services, confirming to Mayall that yes, he was familiar with the tunes. It turned out that Mayall was impressed, though apparently Taylor disappeared after the set. When Clapton quit to form Cream (he was already rehearsing before news got out) Mayall enlisted Peter Green as he didn't know how to get ahold of Taylor. Green was one of three guitarists who filled in for Clapton during a period of several weeks in late '65 when EC and some friends formed a band and ended up playing a residency in a club on a Greek island. Green played three gigs before Clapton returned to London after he and his band mates beat a hasty retreat from Greece after being threatened by the club owner. So hasty was their retreat that Clapton left his amp behind. Mayall had told him that his spot would be available to him should he ever return. So Green was not at all pleased to be replaced by the returning Clapton...who was delighted to find that in his absence John McVie had been sacked (happened a couple times) for drunkeness and Jack Bruce, who Clapton would see with Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation, was on bass. Meanwhile, Green was playing with Peter B's Looners, which included future stars Peter Bardens (Them, Van Morrison, Camel...) on keys, Mick Fleetwood on drums and Dave Ambrose (Jeff Beck Group, Brian Auger Trinity...). Check out their version of Booker T & the MG's 'Soul Dressing' on KZbin. It sounds very Santana-ish, despite being several years earlier. Indeed, wrap it and Fleetwood Mac's 'Black Magic Woman' together and one can imagine Santana's version. Anyway, when Clapton quit, Mayall asked Green, who having been disappointed the previous year played hard to get. When he did relent, he was initially met with disdain - everyone wanted Clapton - but quickly quieted the naysayers. When Green left to form Fleetwood Mac, initially with the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood (also previously fired by Mayall for being drunk and replaced by Keef Hartley) and Bob Brunning on bass (McVie joined later, when Mayall's music took a jazzier turn...and it was obvious Fleetwood Mac would be a success), Mayall advertised for a guitarist in the Melody Maker weekly music paper. Taylor said that although the ad didn't name the band, he knew it was Mayall. He called. And he got the gig. When Mayall decided to ditch his band and go acoustic, drummer Colin Allen went to Stone the Crows and Mayall, hearing from Mick Jagger that Stones had fired Brian Jones, recommended Taylor.

[@MaxRadin]

Thanks! That is probably the best explanation of Myxoldian mode I've ever seen. And Mick Taylor is such a terrific player. His work on Blues From Laurel Canyon with John Mayall, right before he joined the Stones, was so good. He really put the Country vibe in the Stones IMO.

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you so much! Rock on!

[@Andynauga]

If anyone’s wondering on the get Yer Ya Ya’s out record Keith plays lead on Carol, Little Queenie, first part of Sympathy, Live with me and Honky Tonk Women

[@andrewhgee]

Yeah - and far more fun/interesting than Mick Taylor's solos

[@Andynauga]

@@andrewhgee I like them both…my all time favorite record

[@seanlahm4826]

I am so happy I found your channel. Great selection of riffs and instruction. Plus it helps that we have the same musical tastes.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks Sean!

[@miked3317]

Very clear explanation with the pics of the fretboard, excellent 👍

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@richbailey8174]

This was THE lick to figure out when I was in high school when the Get your Ya Ya's album came out. Me and my friend Steve spent a day learning it and it was so cool when we did!

[@MarkZabel]

Cool!

[@Grunfeld]

Thank you so much for this great explanation. Makes sense and really useful.

[@MarkZabel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@user-xj9oy3mq6v]

Absolute great lesson! Bravo

[@darylmaynard8397]

Thank you the wonderful tutorial Mark - Really helpful ...

[@MarkZabel]

You're very welcome!

[@mdspman000]

That was a nice explanation and I appreciate that you talked in terms of music (intervals and chords) instead of just showing finger positions.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@luisfernandoenrique]

Absolute best, thank you so much for sharing

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you!

[@SullenMorbius]

Sweet lesson. Always loved that lick. Thanks for breaking it down. I love Get Yer Ya Ya's. Mick Taylor stamp all up and down that record. My fave solo off the record is the mini one that leads into the final lyrics of Midnight Rambler.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! Those Midnight Rambler licks are fantastic!

[@joefockler1870]

Mark, Always great guitar knowledge and lessons. I thoroughly enjoy your teaching and skill on the guitar.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks Joe!

[@sodneymvlin7715]

Oh my another one of those moments when things come together and make sense. Thanks

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@tubularbill]

Brilliant Mark! Wonderful lesson. Thank you!

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@babybird202]

The ya yas version of this tune changed my life and ears , always reference this Mick Taylor solo when I have covered it , and credited him for teaching me all those tasty 6ths, so I enjoyed your video. Coincidentally I just watched a video of the Stones working out Sympathy in studio, and realized that it was the great Nicky Hopkins on the keys, that first started playing the Steve Cropper motown moves. Taylor hadn’t even picked up his guitar yet but like a great musician, he heard it and went off on it ⚡️

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the info.

[@charlesfellows8130]

Thanks, great breakdown, very clear explanation.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@ProgRockDan1]

Thanks for sharing the chords

[@ep9229]

Years (many years) ago I learned "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and it opened me up to harmonized 6ths. I still try to incorporate 6ths and 3rds into my playing whenever I can to add harmonic interest.

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Thank you for the lesson !!!

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome.

[@FlipSideCT]

A Stones head here.....thank you so much for presenting this! So well done and explained. Now if I only saw this in 78'!! keep them coming

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!!

[@chuckpotockimusic2288]

This is awesome! I'm particularly impressed that you chose to play a Les Paul Deluxe...a guitar that hasn't gotten its' due because humbucker and P-90 snobs don't appreciate its' greatness. I own a Deluxe myself and it's one of my favorite guitars to play; Minis are so versatile and have a unique character and tone all their own! Very nicely done! Keep rockin' that Deluxe, man! 🎸 👊😃

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks brother!

[@gramcameron4469]

Looks like a p90 goldtop tribute L.P too me , with a pair of firebird copy pickups ... !?

[@stevehoran5595]

Heh! When I read the title I had a gut feeling you'd be talking about the 6ths in Sympathy For The Devil. My favorite part is when he ups the volume a little to go into single notes and you hear the guitar tip over a little into feedback/sustain. Get Yer YaYas Out is a great instructional aid, partly in division of labor between lead and rhythm guitar work. Keith's relatively awkward lead playing sets the stage for Mick's more commanding solo. When Brian Jones was in the band, Keith was the lead guitarist. When Mick Taylor joined, he found his true calling as a great rhythm player.

[@MarkZabel]

Yeah, the whole solo is great and this prelude just sets the stage. You're 100% spot on about Keith finding his calling. Mick T helped him find it for sure. I love how Ronnie and Keith weave between each other too, but MT's contrast inspired him.

[@shspurs1342]

My opinion of Mick Taylor. Is that i think he is. One of the most underrated guitar players of all time.

[@MarkZabel]

Absolutely.

[@TheBoboMaker]

I have been using 6ths for some time, but was always confused on how to integrate them in within the context of a random chord progression I'm improvising over. Because the two shapes can either be for a major or minor chord. I didn't know how to choose the appropriate shapes for a particular chord progression. This is a start on how to do that. Thanks.

[@MarkZabel]

Awesome! Glad to help.

[@fiveeyes2802]

Great lesson and wonderful explanation! Thanks 🎉

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@johnmac8084]

Inspiring video again Mark I'm not new to 6ths, but this is a great example

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@vacationrichard974]

This is great, man. Thank you, brother.

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AstraMusicOfficial]

@MarkZabel Hi, Mark! Hey, what a great video about that fabulous solo. My Dad saw your vid today and sent me the link. I listened to all my Dad's Stones records when I was a teenager and Mick Taylor was a great inspiration in learning lead guitar. That unique, musical and intricate solo I attempted to learn when I was 14. We'd just moved to France and I'd been given a Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite and that's what I used to emulate many of Mick's solos as I learned guitar. Thanks for your fascinating insights into the nuts and bolts of the modes and techniques used in the solo and for giving MT the recognition he deserves.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! Very cool story too. I appreciate it!

[@AstraMusicOfficial]

😊@@MarkZabel

[@RBZ3]

Very well done...thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@dchanson55]

Yes! I like his solo and Keith's on Sympathy For the devil on the Ya Ya's recording!

[@teleguy5699]

Probably the album and specifically that song that turned me from a casual Stones fan to this super fan for life. My brother brought the album home but I'm not sure he listened to it. I wore it out and have had probably 15 versions of this album since. Before I started playing guitar, I knew all the rhythm parts of that album by heart.

[@MarkZabel]

Yeah!

[@miked3317]

Great video Mark! Very interesting indeed! 🙏👏👍😊

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rdwwdr3520]

Great video! That is a great recording (Ger Yer Ya Yas) and many good licks in there.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@gediminasmurauskas7817]

There are several Mick Taylor lead-guitar gems that are commonly overlooked. One of my all-time favorite Mick Taylor leads with the Rolling Stones happens on 'Hide Your Love'! 'Shine a Light', the Jagger-Richards tribute song to Brian Jones, is another Mick Taylor lead-guitar gem.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Love your channel, Mark.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@chrischristi1818]

Awesome Bro!! You NEVER cease to amaze!!!!!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!!

[@stormymunday9836]

...and perhaps even more amazing is during the rest of that solo how he weaves in and out of major and minor pentatonic scales. That solo got me started on being able to play better lead guitar. Mick Taylor is the quintessential guitarist (my opinion).

[@MarkZabel]

He's definitely a great one.

[@artful_dodger59]

Keith was the catalyst for me to pick up a guitar, but as a kid in the 60s and 70s with no internet, i didn't know it was Mick Taylors insanely fluid fretboard excursions that were making my jaw drop. This is a great how-to vid, thank you!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@organect]

Really, the best. Thanks.

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@denisboudet7332]

Hello Sir, Manny thanks for this very fine tutorial. Go ahead!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@davidanderson4876]

Keef's solo on Sympathy was great but then Mick comes in, and what he does is brilliant.

[@krisstieghorst7415]

Thanks Mark great examples sounding great! 👋🦋🖤🦋

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks Kris!! Appreciate it!

[@johndaugherty4127]

Nice mini's on that Les Paul. The greatest guitar part on any Stones album is Ron Wood's solo on You Can't Always Get what You Want, from Love You Live. He touches every part of every string on that one.

[@MarkZabel]

Cool! Great one for sure!

[@goodgulfgas]

Once you played soul man I knew where you were going with this. And this lick was so nice he played it twice. He does a first solo starting with the lick that is really good in its own right, but then starts a second solo with the same lick and it is, IMO, probably the greatest guitar solo the Stones have ever had.

[@MikeLike8]

Mick Taylor was my first guitar hero, learning and developed his style of play. I can’t play Jeff Beck style, almost unable to copy. Mick’s live play in 1972-1974 on songs like Gimme Shelter and Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), are fabulous and I copycatted key runs and sequences using my own on top in extended play, and since my style is now naturally influenced by Mick, it could fool some in Mick style, but get caught cause I’m not in that league skill wise (never made John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers).

[@harrytonto3875]

Excellent presentation. Know the song well. My High School band did the entire Get Your Ya Ya's out album cover to cover, and nailed it. Worked all the time and put money in the bank for college.

[@MarkZabel]

Sweet! Wish the bands I worked with did that too! (I did the same, but for R&B/Soul bands in Detroit.)

[@zilkmusik7652]

Great video! 🎉 Thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnmaritato3587]

I remember seeing "Gimme Shleter" in the theater. When the solo came on for "Love In Vain" I also thought it was Keith (absolutely soaring slide solo). But when I found out it was Mick T., I became a lifelong devotee. Mick T. made me want to stop being a lead singer and become a guitar player. That was about in '71 and I'm still learning!

[@MarkZabel]

Great all-around player. Really inspired the Stones to make their best work.

[@anthkraus4433]

Love Mick , met him several times and gave him some photos I took of him and his band , signed a few for me .

[@MarkZabel]

Very cool!

[@LP-qi8hs]

Great video. Thanks.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@derekclacton]

Gotta love that Gold Top look and those mini humbucker tones!

[@MarkZabel]

Yes, I do!

[@badstreet7788]

Great Lesson!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@kevinkailher6131]

Get yer ya yas out is one of the best live guitar albums ever recorded,not to mention it was 1969,Keith was better than ever also,the way they played together was epic,some say the reason they were so good is because Hendrix was there when they played MSG

[@johnmahlmann6382]

Fantastic lesson

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@johnwatts8346]

that live mick t sympathy solo is one of the really great r n r gat solos, innit, his lead on ya-ya's and sticky is just brilliant.

[@MarkZabel]

Absolutely!

[@chalyjudge7749]

Great video! Thank you! Nice 70’s Goldtop LP with the mini humbuckers 👍😎

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you!

[@surfrby8876]

Cool little lesson , I'm a Mick Taylor fan and subscribed

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@jondrive8801]

aWESOME VIDEO! I hope you have mor vids like this :))))

[@MarkZabel]

I do, and there's more to come. Here are a few. kzbin.info/aero/PLSVfUQKkNUqaYThVy9z27WOw1a1xRjbMW