I think the best example of “the art of weaving” is undoubtedly in Beast of Burden. To me it’s sublime.
@charliedk2 ай бұрын
Yes!
@Downeaster-y3y2 ай бұрын
Agree. I have no idea why, but that song moves me emotionally.
@brettrice55232 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of. It has 3 guitar parts and it's hard to tell who's telling the story and who's highlighting.
@BeesWaxMinder2 ай бұрын
I'd love a longer version of this with more tuition but it's wonderful thank you ...maybe do the two guitars panned hard left and hard right so it's easier to mute and we can play along ourselves?
@speedfreakjive88432 ай бұрын
That doesn't sound like Keith talking in the explanation 🤔
@briteness2 ай бұрын
This "guitar weaving" thing is surely one of the most distinctive features of the Stones music, but it is so rarely mentioned, let alone explained. Thanks!
@IZZY_EDIBLE2 ай бұрын
Mick Taylor's performance on CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING is the gold standard of straight guitar solos for the Stones.
@Terrordanger2 ай бұрын
You hear him spoken highly of but never mentioned independently of his time with the Stones..
@jonathanneuhaus4755Ай бұрын
Easy to play too.
@jcruisioso5975Ай бұрын
Yes. The opposite of this weaving and still great
@NoCats-on-GuitarsАй бұрын
This song is hard to listen to the end, it's getting more and more boring after the vocals stop and only Bobby Keys gives it a little fire.
@Jsig-la2 ай бұрын
One of my most sublime experiences as a guitarist was playing in a band with two lead guitarists, who respected each other, had nothing to prove, and genuinely enjoyed listening to each other's playing, and I'm only sorry that I didn't discover it until very late in my career. When I was younger I was competitive, attention-seeking and jealous. The rare occasions I played with another lead player were so combative that I stuck to playing in a 4 piece or playing with very strict roles. What Keith and Ronnie are doing is Making Music. What I was doing was some weird contest that nobody ever wins. Thanks for bringing up something beyond the usual riffs and exercises. This is philosophically important stuff for players to get the most out of collaborating with our peers. When it works, it's magic. When it doesn't... never mind
@erikprestonTVАй бұрын
that's how i was before i started smoking weed.
@stefanwhite3930Ай бұрын
A lot of people can relate to this and working with other guitar players
@randallmorgan51842 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the lesson on the ancient art of weaving. To me, this is what sets the Stones apart from most of the rest.
@flouisbailey2 ай бұрын
The Stones are the Stones but Andy you play so well, players all over world know you and learned from you. I think you taught me my first chords, many thanks.
@sharkybrown62262 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. You’ve gone a long way to explain my inexhaustible fascination with the cross talk happening between the guitars ever since I picked up the “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!” album in 1971.
@joelholdbrooks2 ай бұрын
I think Keith's open G tuning and Ronnie standard tuning adds to it as well
@um92722 ай бұрын
But it’s not only open g Keith uses e and d And Nashville Tuning and lots of other
@robertgallagher52852 ай бұрын
Really hate to say this but Keith Richards solo work is better then Ron Woods showing the superior guitarist!!!
@mrsatire9475Ай бұрын
@@robertgallagher5285 Keith Richards solo work is better than Mick Taylor's too
@robertgallagher5285Ай бұрын
@@mrsatire9475 yes the best of the Stones solo
@franklopez40282 ай бұрын
This lesson helped me understand how and why triads work, I learned a fundamental arrangement technique, and I can learn the parts! 👌🏽
@samsonthecurrent2 ай бұрын
It’s much more planned, but I love the way the Strokes’ guitars work together.
@ScareglowSkullАй бұрын
That’s something for sure
@TheHumanPurpleTape11 сағат бұрын
I was thinking the same exact thing.
@MaurySmith2 ай бұрын
I recently had the great opportunity to see the Stones on The Hackney Diamonds Tour. I videotaped the majority of the concert and it was always a bit of a mystery to see who was going to emerge with the lead parts. Until seeing this video, I didn't realize the degree that this is part of the band's style. I remember thinking to myself, 'how equitable of Keith to allow Ronnie to assert in so many lead parts. ' It makes complete sense now. Keith has evolved to be known more popularly as the band's lead guitarist, but it's really interesting to learn about this weaving concept. Mick participated much more as a guitarist than I had expected. Now I'm imagining it's just another facet of the well roundness and lack of ego between the band members. The specific roles have been assigned by the culture and not the members themselves. Thanks for sharing this insight Andy. I learned something I've been blind to through conditioning and labeling, from which I have broken free! 🤟
@rarerockk2 ай бұрын
congrats lol. this is what many (hierachy based thinking people, often of lower comprehension) people do not get. The reason why humans very often have to stuff things into certain "boxes" (I guess it's an unconscious drive to simplifiy things).
@rsw5522 ай бұрын
I saw them on tour in May. Greatest rock band of all time, imo.
@juanvaldez76332 ай бұрын
Given that the concept really originated with Keith and Brian, kind of surprised not to see anything from that era covered here - "Spider and the Fly", "I'm Free", "19th Nervous Breakdown" among a number of others would have made great examples. Also, a tip of the hat to the New York Dolls where Johnny Thunders and Syl Sylvain made this technique a signature aspect of their sound, at - being the Dolls - a somewhat more manic level.
@TheHumanPurpleTape11 сағат бұрын
Syl is definitely an underrated element of the Doll's sound.
@dakfarms47282 ай бұрын
The 1980 album Emotional Rescue has some of their best “weaving” in my opinion. Songs like She’s So Cold and Let Me Go are some of the greatest examples of the whole catalogue
@gregjones36712 ай бұрын
Miss You, dang, what a riff.
@jessmindel32902 ай бұрын
The mick taylor era has loads if great traditional solos. Sway, cant you hear me knocking, shine a light etc
@W0oDy972 ай бұрын
Sympathy for the devil from get yer ya yas out is his finest moment imo
@jessmindel32902 ай бұрын
@@W0oDy97 that is a great one, also love his solos on gimme shelter from 72-73 tour especially Perth 73
@BrettSmithDaniels2 ай бұрын
I’ve seen Mick play up close, and had the privilege of singing on a stage with him once. Utterly stunning player. His phrasing is so good! His tones are superb. Nice guy too, he recently came to visit myself and the band I’m playing with at the moment backstage when I was playing near where he lives. Him and his partner are just lovely people, disarmingly humble and kind. He truly deserves the title “legendary” both as a guy and as a guitarist.
@LostSpringBand2 ай бұрын
You knocked this one clear out of the stadium Andy!
@The-End-Of-The-LineАй бұрын
Brilliant Andy! Thanks for doing this. I could never quite figure out what was going on that made The Rolling Stones so unique to my ears. There is a looseness, and rolling wave feel to their guitar parts that is so “in the pocket” and so compelling.
@jeremyevans83742 ай бұрын
Yeah I have been kind of fixated on this weaving thing for a couple of years now. Glad to see someone shining a spotlight on it.
@mirllewist30862 ай бұрын
“Worried About You” has one of my favorite traditional-type solos, though I believe it is played by a studio musician. It fits the emotion of the song so well and has an amazing, slicing tone.
@tommytube482 ай бұрын
Best guitar video I’ve seen in a long time. I was in a band years ago with a great guitar player and we would weave on Street Fighting man, great stuff.
@kcinseattle2 ай бұрын
The guitar weaving as you describe it is what has always drawn me to the Stones. It’s what I’m looking to emulate when I say I play rhythm-lead guitar. I like going back and forth between them when playing and having another guitarist that can do this as well is a dream.
@markpalmer98442 ай бұрын
Stradlin and Slash on AfD are a supreme example of this.
@Larrymh072 ай бұрын
Thank you for opening this interesting aspect of guitar arranging! I heard the late 60s band Moby Grape used this style, too.
@bakerbrown612 күн бұрын
I love this element of the Stones! Love that blues💙
@mitreswell2 ай бұрын
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner would have to be the greatest exponents of 'guitar weaving'.
@bakkelsАй бұрын
It's only rock and roll is by no means my favourite Stones song, but it's a pretty damn good example now that you mention it! If you'd listen to the guitar tracks seperately, they would hardly make any sense. But together, they make up a song. It's what still keeps those Stones songs so exciting to listen to in my opinion. The guitar weaving + the tension Charlie created by always (deliberately) being just ever so slightly late and never hitting the hihat and snare at the same time and Mick's voice. A magical formula.
@joelyoung30922 ай бұрын
You're the best dude!! So inspiring
@BuckBarker2 ай бұрын
Greetings and salivations to all. I’m an old geezer musician /songwriter. I do not perform out anymore. I have a small studio. I write songs, sing the vocals, play the instruments , record them, make CD’s, and give them away. In reference to building guitar tracks. The way I do it is: 1.Guitar 1 -Play rhythm when singing . 2.Then record the bass. This is done at this step to make sure the song is in time. 3.Then drums. 4.Keyboard5.Guitar 2. Here I use it to sort of mimic the bass line. Of course using a different guitar than the rhythm I used while singing. 3. Guitar 3. This is what I call an accent. I usually just play the chord with one down stroke at the changes. 6.Guitar 4.I call this fills. I try to be tasteful and not overplay and walk on the other parts. 7.Guitar5 Lastly, I will add the lead guitar. Here ,I do the main solo break. And some improvisation at the end as the song fades. Most of the time I will use different guitars for each step. Also,change effects to be appropriate for each part. I try not to overplay and when mixing attempt to be tasteful. A good friend who was a Grammy winner , an amazing instrumentalist, and producer once told me when I first started out, “The notes you don’t play are just as important as the notes you do play.” Folks have tried to get me to upload my music to social media. I was reluctant to do this for years. Finally I have uploaded 14 songs on KZbin @Larry Buck Barker Original Songs. I hope all have a happy and healthy day. Cheers!!
@captDymov2 ай бұрын
Thx, man, I always did notice that there's something unique about the guitar playing in Rolling Stones, but I couldn't figure out and shape what exactly is so unique about them, and you did just that, thanks again!
@michaelc.17102 ай бұрын
The comparison I use is it’s like football. If your centre back makes a forward run, someone needs to drop into defence, usually a midfielder. If your striker drifts out to the left, your winger needs to go up top or drift in and maybe a centre mid goes up. Similarly, if your bassist starts playing a melody or a harmony, a guitarist needs to drop in on rhythm.
@andycrowley2 ай бұрын
@@michaelc.1710 Perfect analogy 🙌
@budsodalsky2 ай бұрын
I think tumbling dice is a good example
@ebmpaivaАй бұрын
Best example is Gimme Shelter intro live from No Security tour. The guitar work in this is a work of art
@Maxy-KАй бұрын
Nice one (liked & subbed)! Just want to point out that doing this does one thing for you, which is (as my guitar teacher used to say) "dividing the guitar player from the musician": It makes you listen to what the other guitar or whichever instrument is playing! I forgot whether it's Steel Wheels or Urban Jungle, but on one of these two records, Keith & Ron are almost taking this to the classic Blues-scheme of "call & response" - sounds amazing! Thanks again for pointing out this characteristic!
@epiphoney2 ай бұрын
That's cool. I never knew that concept. I like their open tunings and chord based riffs too.
@marksutter182Ай бұрын
I've never heard about this and now their sound makes so much sense. There's also an element to their music that seems to be all about not being quite in tune.
@ar43862 ай бұрын
One of my favorite examples of weaving, and of how to build a jam, is Worried About You.
@speedfreakjive88432 ай бұрын
This is a great video. Thank you so much for tackling that unique Stones double guitar sound
@christiandemorro20922 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff man. Great idea for a lesson
@jessejordache18692 ай бұрын
All of the best Rolling Stones solos are on their live albums during Mick Taylor's tenure. I love Mick Taylor -- as someone who wasn't alive when he was a member, but who discovered him after being pretty well schooled in "classic rock", there's something so fresh and original about his playing. But on the albums... I don't know -- No Expectations off the top of my head.
@zizzinpuss2 ай бұрын
He doesn't play on the album version
@stanbowers61932 ай бұрын
No Expectations is Brian Jones.
@jessejordache18692 ай бұрын
@@stanbowers6193 I am aware. I think it was the last he recorded. It was supposed to be separate:"Mick Taylor live. Also No Expectations on Beggar's Banquet", not "Mick Taylor's solos, such as No Expectations".
@peterm71322 ай бұрын
Lightbulb moment ! Thanks I couldn’t figure things out trying to find tabs on wild horses and saw what looked like your weaving it kinda jells a bit now thanks
@johnhuteson47792 ай бұрын
That was fantastic. ! Thank you.
@wayneh8768Ай бұрын
My favorite Stones song solo is not by a Stone! Hand of Fate, solo work by Wayne Perkins at the main solo, the weird bridge-y solo, and the outro. Some really amazing tonal work in that song. Some notes you wouldn't normally hear in a Stones song!
@Jeff-05232 ай бұрын
Fanatasic player study! Bring Mike Bradley back for this!
@michaelhockmuller46772 ай бұрын
Miss You is my favorite weaving song.
@johnandersson82582 ай бұрын
For a more chaotic and even more charmingly dilettantic version of this, look up the two first studio albums of the New York Dolls. Best energy ever!
@sotirispapaskoulis32432 ай бұрын
This is a really fascinating concept and really resonates to me! I look forward to try it. Could we do a live Monday for this ? Would be super interesting!!
@andycrowley2 ай бұрын
For sure! 😀
@rarerockk2 ай бұрын
It's what happens when musicians focus more on what they feel rather than arrange their parts. Totally cool to use that approach, but it's not really a concept, almost the opposite of it (beside having acquired the ability to play a certain instrument already). Therefore I highly doubt that "style" is the appropriate term for "g weaving" (jamming using the drive of the unconscious).
@mimikal75482 ай бұрын
It's even better when you pan the guitars left and right!
@lawsonj392 ай бұрын
The intro to Gimme Shelter is a pretty classic example of Keef interweaving various guitar lines.
@tomwaite3898Ай бұрын
More one guitar playing chord arpeggios and the other doing noodly lead bits, I'd have said. In fact, the opposite of weaving..
@PolyphonicSigma2 ай бұрын
Love the solos on Dance Little Sister, Dead Flowers(live), really anything with Mick Taylor, especially live stuff.
@themagdude2 ай бұрын
Jigsaw Puzzle a fine example.
@GRequinBlanc2 ай бұрын
SFTD in MSG 1969. Best solos ever
@tonylicata74522 ай бұрын
This was terrific. Thanks.
@davidpaul6656Ай бұрын
When you mentioned weaving my first thought was Miss You.
@brushstroke37332 ай бұрын
Seems like the Grateful Dead did this kind of organic weaving too. Oh, and Hendrix was the master of doing this himself with multi-tracks.
@kevinborchers35222 ай бұрын
Id argue the Grateful dead did guitar weaving as well. Jerry obviously took the big solos but Bob isnt a traditional rhythm guy
@ar43862 ай бұрын
I'm a huge Bob Weir fan. You're spot on. Another good example is Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett from Little Feat.
@Dodgyguitarist2 ай бұрын
Great examples. I always think about this when learning stone roses stuff
@juanmoralesvideoАй бұрын
Great video. Could you do another talking about the "Richard's tunning"?
@KazarianKzar2 ай бұрын
Cool stuff @andycrowley Are you familiar with the Black Crowes's first two albums? I always thought they had a similar 'weaving' style going on. Am I right?
@mr.k9052 ай бұрын
By the way, Keith plays the solo on Sympathy. The Stones' best traditional solo: Taylor on Can You Hear Me Knocking. Weaving is a great tool, but it certainly comes more from the laziness of working out parts properly rather than being a brilliant idea. And as cool and functional as it is, many Stones fans will agree that their best period was when Taylor was playing a more traditional lead guitar role while Keith was (still kind of weaving) underneath his lines. All that changed with Ronnie, of course, because Keith and Wood had/have a very (maybe too) similar way of approaching rhythm playing, and they're both not very good lead players, so they do something they call "weaving". In my first band, we always called it "playing it deceivingly". It always happened when we played a song that we kind of knew, but not exactly. If we didn't know the exact chord at a certain point, we'd fill it in with a bit of noodling and hoped that nobody would notice it. ; )
@GS-uy4xoАй бұрын
Great lesson - it’s certainly a learned skill. (Question about your Vola vasti - is it unusually heavy? I have one but it’s LP heavy !!)
@jonmackin87512 ай бұрын
Great video Andy!
@paulhill13792 ай бұрын
Great video Andy.
@FergieSnrАй бұрын
Mind blown 🤯
@Pearls_Have_Eyes2 ай бұрын
the grateful dead took this to another level with weir/garcia/lesh weaving between each other. also Television
@NoCats-on-GuitarsАй бұрын
Keith Richards most remarkable solos are the ones he played on "Sympathy For The Devil".
@jjadriottt90732 ай бұрын
Great video! 👏👏👏👍
@casperguylknАй бұрын
There may even be a third part, especially live, if Mick is playing guitar as well. He will usually keep up the rhythm part throughout but not always!
@davemish4163Ай бұрын
The most important component of guitar weaving is a real chemistry between two guitarists. Ronnie Wood is often overlooked as a guitarist because he isn't a traditional lead player like Mick Taylor. But try to weave with Keith like Ronnie does. It's a real art.
@bluesintheblood2 ай бұрын
It's basically Blues jamming and switching each off one another from Rythm to Lead...ie having a jamming partner perhaps versed in similar styles of music, and you can 'weave' in any genre Hey Im looking for a jamming partner
@DomingoCaro-h5v2 ай бұрын
Hi how are you rock on dude l am learning to play guitar basic power chords .
@guyamir63042 ай бұрын
Cool guitar - what d’angelico is it? How do you like it?
@Adum-Duly2 ай бұрын
Can you do a tutorial on confirmation bias by the darkness, please
@fivelakeoutdoor2 ай бұрын
Great Lesson Andy! Could i ask you what kind of D'Angelico Guitar you play? Thanks a lot and best wishes! 🎸🤟🏻
@andycrowley2 ай бұрын
This one is a D'Angelico Excel mini DC, it's fab! 🎸
@fivelakeoutdoor2 ай бұрын
@@andycrowley Thanks a lot! It looks awesome!👍🏻
@nihilioellipsis2 ай бұрын
Is guitar weaving mainly a recording approach or do the stones do it in performance as well? sometimes I hear recordings of their life performance, and some of the most distinctive parts of the studio cut are missing or altered and sound worse.
@NoCats-on-GuitarsАй бұрын
The Stones are artists, not a jukebox, they always play the songs different to the recordings and to former shows. Every concert can bring new creations of their songs. Sometimes the songs are better on the albums and sometimes they are pure magic when played live.
@jw_au2 ай бұрын
Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey do a lot of this as well
@jamesm.39672 ай бұрын
This is an interesting dynamic, but when it goes wrong it really is a mess. 1978 tour was a mess IMHO. Without some discipline you can lose track of what is going on. Keith got used to other people filling in when he couldn’t keep up.
@jessmindel32902 ай бұрын
The 78 tour js the last great tour, full of energy.
@scottythetrex51972 ай бұрын
Really? I think some of their best live stuff ever is from that tour, but I've only heard a couple of shows.
@SuperShawn20202 ай бұрын
I saw the 78 tour in New Orleans - the guitar sound was amazing. Some of the shows were trashed by the press - but damn, New Orleans was superb!!
@jessmindel32902 ай бұрын
@@SuperShawn2020 I've only seen live in Texas and that's amazing
@jamesm.39672 ай бұрын
@@jessmindel3290full of alcohol and coke. 😂
@jackmchammocklashing2242 ай бұрын
Anywhere I can download some fingers and brain ?
@ArkadiuszWikie2 ай бұрын
Fugazi’s been using that. In a way. Just have ears and listen. It’s not for everybody though.
@Cian0972 ай бұрын
19th nervous breakdown is their best guitat weaving imo
@MFE922 ай бұрын
They practiced a thousand times so it would sound like they were playing it for the first time, and it's glorious
Unless you're referring to a live version that I don't know about, Stray Cat Blues was on Beggars' Banquet. Brian was still a member, although not a productive one. Mick Taylor is not on that album anywhere. I'm pretty sure that Keith played every guitar part on that album except (1) I think I've heard that Brian has a single rhythm guitar part buried on that album somewhere (2) Isn't that the album that Ry Cooder was said to have played on a track or two? I think it's safe to say that Stray Cat Blues was all Keith.
@Nicholas-dreamlove2 ай бұрын
@@JamesThompson-zk1ht ; I know I thought you mentioned live.
@thebrysmith32 ай бұрын
He's talking about the live versions from Get Your Ya Ya's Out. Steller playing from Keith Richards and MIck Taylor.
@jessejordache18692 ай бұрын
@@thebrysmith3 I figured, because the Beggar's Banquet version of Stray Cat Blues is kind of a... everything is too loud in the mix. I know there's a solo in there somewhere.
@Realroyrogers2 ай бұрын
American Blue grassers have the weave from day 1, old school
@ernestfoss196829 күн бұрын
I really think that two guitars sounding more full than one guitar, But being a little sparse, leaving "Holes And Spaces is better than two guitars playing the same or a lot. Two guitars make one sound not just rhythm and lead Polyrhythmic
@folklabstudio2679Ай бұрын
Check Out Rich Robinson and Marc Ford
@thedave24292 ай бұрын
If you want to see a master class on guitar weaving, check out The Surfrajettes.
@VanirTraditionalist2 ай бұрын
Mick Taylor era is the best imo. But my favorite RS traditional solo may be Wayne Perkins on Hand Of Fate.
@jessejordache18692 ай бұрын
Brown Sugar is Rolling Stones improvised guitar parts on easy mode.
@mitchsmix2692 ай бұрын
I think the Strokes do a good bit of this too, wouldnt be surprised if that was inspired by the stones
@myrskylintu12 ай бұрын
Hanoi Rocks has a song called "Underwater World". One of the best twin-guitar playing ever in it, listen with headphones. Best Stones solo? That's a hard one. Sympathy For The Devil on Get Your Ya-Ya's out is definitely one of them. Time Waits For No One...Weaving is important but it is hard to understand for many modern players because they see the playing more like ego-thing, hierarchy-thing. On weaving you can not have an ego, you have to co-operate and be equal with the other guitarist. On weaving you are not the star, just a guy in a band.
@michaelcraig94492 ай бұрын
Is that D'Angellico made in the USA? Is it still one of the best guitars, or have they ruined it, and make them in China now?
@misterknightowlandcoАй бұрын
Can we be honest? I love the stones for what they were. A couple of drunks stumbling through blues licks for fun with a lead singer who’s a business genius and will be remembered more for his hustle, business and branding skills than the tunes or his “singing”. Their immense fun, love the tunes and keef’s awesome but let’s not pretend this was structured sophisticated music. It was rock n rollers having fun and goofing off. It’s only rock n roll, not Mozart. 😂😂😂
@camusfacel15912 ай бұрын
For me Lynyrd Skynyrd used guitar weaving too. Do you agree?
@andycrowley2 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Skynyrd also have many epic guitar solos too 🔥
@LunchsackTheWise2 ай бұрын
Was that beginning clip a real quote from Keith but ran through an AI voice?
@robertgallagher52852 ай бұрын
The 2 Guitar weaving is why The Who never got as big as The Stones Pete Townsend by himself just doesn't cut it!!!
@robneo8882 ай бұрын
It’s a big yes to the content but a big no to wearing shorts in videos ❤
@xdef1ne2 ай бұрын
I think the most obvious case of guitar weaving on a stones song has to be rocks off
@JennyGavinWear2 ай бұрын
would you say Thin Lizzy did this?
@undersoundproductions191513 күн бұрын
Yes but Moore and Gorham didn't keep it simple. Still good
@encoreunefois1X2 ай бұрын
There were plenty of "traditional" solos during Taylor's time. "If You Really Want T Be My Friend" is one of my favourites.