Rockabilly Classic! Twenty Flight Rock | In-Depth Guitar Lesson

A rockabilly classic. In this video I'm looking at the parts from the original Eddie Cochran recording, and also exploring a few other options. Tab and backing track can be found on Patreon (pay what you like): / anyonecanplayguitar
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Hi 00:00
Play-through 00:33
About the song 01:39
Main riff and verse 02:54
Chorus 05:57
Cochran's solo 08:18
My solo 11:38
Gear used in this video 16:03
Bye 17:34
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[@boomerdell]

As always, Adrian's selection of music for us to learn about in so many ways is just superb. Such eclectic taste that never fails to hit some of the most interesting, innovative, and cool pieces of music over the years, right up to the present. Fantastic!

[@lucasolari3756]

FINALLY an in-depth analysis of an Eddie Cochran song!!! great lesson, I've been trying to figure out how to play the last bars of the solo for 30 years! i'm hoping for a tutorial on 'Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie', which has fsantastic accompaniment and solo and NO tab found on the net is exact!!! great Adrian! 😃

[@daz4627]

Check out Damian Bacci's website and KZbin channel... pretty sure Jeanniex3 is there.

[@leetintary2074]

Gotta love the clip of Eddie Cochran playing guitar on tv in the Jayne Mansfield film The Girl Can’t Help It.

[@rocket8880]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You..... I love it. Looking forward for Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie

[@spanishtickle5684]

You've done it again! Best guitar teacher around. Great taste.

[@user-lr4sg2ms7i]

Excellent tutorial. Great embellishments as well. Love the way Adrian mixes it up. His explanations are so concise. Highly appreciated.

[@steveblease]

Been in 2 different bands where we did this song.

[@ST-xg3gy]

You da man!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Same here mate! Summertime Blues too! Nice pfp bro.. DKs great band!!

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

I've been playing and singing this since the 80s, with many different lineups, but more like you'd imagine The Ramones playing the music! Just simple, fast, and distorted! 😁

[@robertsilver5130]

Fantastic choice! Can’t imagine liking rock n’ roll music and not knowing (or at least wanting to learn) this classic. Eddie wrote some catchy and clever stuff, and was just hugely influential.

[@BlackRaven156]

This is the best tutorial on this song on KZbin. I also chose your tutorial of Johnny B. Goode because it was the best one as well. You know what you're doing and still come across in the most humble and friendly way! I LOVE your channel!

[@freakybeaky1]

Thanks. My Grandfather got his autograph for my Auntie at Dundee Caird Hall, Scotland whilst he also photographed Gene Vincent backstage and around wearing a Tam O’Shanter over his slicked hair. In Darryl Highams book, apparently a fight broke out at the gig (Eddie was support but I think played with Gene- who had taken to him.) Eddie was found sitting at the at side of the stage cradling his beloved Gretsch; looked up and said:’ I’m not into fighting man.’ Think he simplified his playing for rock. I had a UK tv documentary ‘Arena’ from 1980s with Duane Eddie tell that: he sitting with Eddie in the UK in a hotel whilst Eddie showed him something he wrote for Duane, who just said:’Eddie I couldn’t PLAY that.’ Yours Aye.

[@martynspooner5822]

You never cease to amaze me, have to have the most eclectic taste on the net and always a treat to see what you share. Thanks as ever.

[@Edunvalvojat]

Thanks! Eddie rules. Now and always!!!

[@garyssimo]

i just found a Gretsch 5120 with TV Jones and Grover tuners upgrade. mint 2007 in Orange. Now im selling the 6120 which was almost 3 times the price of $640 This is some tasty playn! well done Sir!

[@RayyanKesnan]

The groove on this track how he sings with the rhythm is incredible. Love your playing, that was awesome!!

[@Reekohswahvay]

That echo with the pickin sounds so cool!

[@tadkucharski1682]

Great lesson. Re Gretsch guitars I have had a Gretsch Electromatic G5422T for a few years now. Not overly expensive. Quite heavy but very well balanced. Beautiful to play. Superb to look at.I can recommend it.

[@colando]

nice breakdown - thank you!

[@adamjg4]

Your choices never fail to impress!

[@ThomasHope73]

Love your lessons Adrian; great teaching!

[@stoneglad]

Great lesson and great song !! Keep the Rockabilly coming :)

[@CC-qb9sm]

Classic! Thanks! 🤠

[@FilmFlam]

Thank you, Adrian. Put a smile on my face.

[@rolandkaufmann7305]

Awesome! Thank you very much for this explanation!

[@ssa2211]

This is a lot of fun!

[@iantaylor827]

Brilliant. Great channel

[@studmuffin1212]

I have the Gretsch Eddie Cochran signature model. It's pricey for sure, but an amazing guitar, whether one is a fan or not. Super light and resonate and the pickups are fantastic - rich, bright and snappy without being harsh.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Nice guitar fella, lve only got an electromatic, but a mates got a Black Falcon & 2 6120s.. lovely guitars to play

[@phil393]

Thats the gretsch i want, next to the cliff gallup duo jet, i managed to scrape a few pennies together an bought the electromatic 5120 .But spent shitloads modding it, only thing i havent changed is the tuners and the bigsby, managed to get a pair of original filtertrons too. Now she sounds like a gretsch should.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

@@phil393 Oh Cliff Gallup mate! His riffs n lead breaks are brilliant! The mate with all the gear l wrote of, he tears into it.. Setzer, Cochrane, Gallup etc, he got a 59 Bassman reissue, sounds gd.. bastard does all the hybrid picking etc. I've been thinking about swapping the Broadtrons out for some Mojotone deArmond single coils that drop straight into the Electromatic (l like em a bit more than Filtertrons)... Did you swap urs out without much hassle, if not was it hard work & what did ya swap? There's a NZ bloke (Mr Glynns pickups).. played a 5120 with a set put in. (I've revved up an Epi 335, wiring was a nightmare!!). And the Japanese Duo Jets with TV Jones...ld have one if I cd afford one in a heartbeat mate!! Cheers for the reply mate... keep twangin!! Edit: Lucky fella getting a set of real FTs half ya luck! And, excuse the novel!!

[@phil393]

@@baabaabaa-yp2jh fuck!!! I could talk to you all night mate,, as for doing the wiring on a 335 ,, nah,, ill pass on that😂😂, i travis pick, been doing it for years,, tell me bout the dearmonds, eddie had those in his guitar didnt he???, i swapped mine out relatively easy, i saw a video on you tube which they use narrow rubber tubing, so i went for that route,, just enough to drop n receive the pots to give me a bit more room to solder the wiring, honest i could talk this stuff till the cows come home.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

@@phil393 Ha! I'm the same mate (obv!).... When rewiring looms etc ld use dental floss & wire hooks to feed the pots & wires to the correct spots... Then l saw Colin on Guitaristas using surgical tubes... bloody genius!! As for Cochrane using deArmonds... I'd say he wdve, he was a session muso for a lot of recordings before 57 (even though the PAF & Ray Butts humbuckers may have been getting tested by Les Paul & Chet Atkins)... If you ever get the chance give the Dynasonics a go, they're great for rockabilly, deep bass & twangy top end..bit like a p90 but a bit more scooped in the lower mids... Take gain like a champ too... That's not knocking FTs, great pickup, especially that throaty roar you can get from em.. you know it's a Gretsch straight away!! Speaking of, ld love an old Gretsch amp, but until l win lotto my Supro & this little handwired thing a mate built will have to do!! See..l was only gonna reply & went off tangent!! Hahahaha! Take care mate!!✌️

[@johnw4659]

Thanks, Adrian !!!!

[@TheGorillafoot]

Hey, great tutorial as always!

[@tomcoryell]

You’re the best Adrian!

[@ja2402]

The fact that Sir Paul played this to audition for a role in the Beatles, shows how legendary this song is, Eddie is one of the Godfathers of Rock and roll 🤘

[@bruceingalls7959]

Thanks for this

[@alleygh0st]

Very cool, man.

[@later_daze_4080]

I think it's time Adrian get's a nice big Gretsch 6120! Although that Vox is pretty sweet!

[@brianpomeroyfilms]

Marvelous.

[@cameronpatrickscott]

Well The beatles just released their latest single 'now and then' just saw a short of macca playing this song on a talk show, and telling the story of how he auditioned this piece cos he knew the words and landed the job, however these rockabiilly licks he left out, and grab some licks for my reggae/rock aka 'rastabilly' tune, thanks again maestro.

[@mutantboy8888]

Nice Intro! I might just slow it down and learn it!😎

[@mvp019]

That Vox is sweet.

[@daz4627]

A Gretsch 6120 is the way to go... some of the signature series (Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer models) are fantastic to play, well made and pure eye candy... just all 'round goodness.

[@ConsensusReality]

nice job

[@lesbrown8099]

Thank you...

[@Micky-yo3ng]

Rockabilly is always harder to play than it appears, looking forward to getting my fingers round this. Anyone remember 80s band Twenty Flight Rockers?

[@emilmikaelkjrvik2151]

Nice guitar!

[@lamper2]

Loved this Song request: Tampa Red The Jitter Jump

[@StevieZero]

That's a nice guitar

[@phil393]

On the subject of rockabilly music, youve done a few videos now which i speak from the heart are spot on,best guitar tutorial channels on youtube,,can you do a spot on grady martin, prrsonal favourite of mine, all i can do is cry , id be very gratefull.cheers.

[@Dlee966]

Man awesome video!! You should do this style but in a closed position

[@sofarsogut]

I think you're right Adrian (hope I got your name correct) "without this tune there might not have been THE BEATLES". Cheers 👍

[@mjb_33]

Adrian, first off thank you so much for doing this one! Whilst the Cochran version is great, tbh I always preferred the Vince Taylor version. Off topic, but 'Son of Rumble' would round out the Link Wray collection of tuts you've provided quite nicely. Thank you for all that you do, and what you do is extensive, very thorough, and tops in every way, can't thank you enough. ❤

[@pascalauzias5636]

Love Cochran ! I'm hoping for a lesson on the fantastic 'Sittin in the balcony' solo !

[@chrisdrake447]

That Vox ain’t sounding too shabby in this context - very nice all round.

[@richardowen4936]

This is truly a great lesson. Thank you for keeping rockabilly alive. Such a clear structured lesson. Do you teach in person ?

[@zoomankat]

Back on Bop street!!

[@tdawes33]

one hell of a coincidence. I just learned it earlier this week

[@paulkramer9666]

Very good. Roland space echo? RE201? The Robert Gordon, Link Wray version from 'Fresh Fish Special' is a good one.

[@57too]

Well, if you have the cash, the Tennessee Rose '62 version is a great Gretsch guitar. Body not as wide as the others and thinner with hilotrons pick ups. The zero fret is a bonus too.

[@lucasolari3756]

NB: bars #33, 34, 35 in the pdf tab: no one has fingers as long as you! we need to use index. ring and pinky fingers.... 😢😫

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Great choice (again) Adrian, youve got good taste in music mate! No chance we cd get anything by Cliff Gallup or Burlinson from the Rock n Roll Trio?

[@rs3018]

You have a great ear

[@conor-9017]

Could you do a lesson on hand in glove by the smiths please

[@jimsliverootsculturemusic]

There's a great version by Robert Gordon with Link Wray on guitar.

[@allenfamily8445]

A historically significant song. George passed the audition.

[@arnaldomontes5616]

Let’s not forget Montrose and Robert Gordon 😊

[@Barry101er]

Best cover, imho, Robert Gordon with Link Wray, off "Fresh Fish Special"

[@user-or1vh5wf5j]

👍

[@henrygoleau]

You can always tell a Setzer lick.😉

[@murraywolf7284]

I'm in love with you Adrian🥰😍

[@latenovembersdream]

Nice. Would have preferred to have heard played w gretsch tho... sounded great none the less.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Tidy, gg's Like deployed 👍 😎🎙🎸✅️

[@ashleyspeake3168]

Besides Brian Setzer no one compares to Eddie

[@bernhardschuettengruber2105]

Good licks,but hard tofollow