St James Infirmary - Guitar lesson by Joe Murphy

This week I have taken a look at a classic blues track, "St James Infirmary" I based my version on the "Snooks Eaglin" version of the song, and have tried to make it my own.
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[@mr.johnson7321]

Finally a Snooks Eaglin inspired version! My favourite too. Great lesson

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+Frederik Bay yeh just my take on a snooks, not sure it's for the purists 😜 glad you enjoyed the lesson thanks for watching

[@michaelhay6415]

Thanks Joe, you go at a pace I can handle, and as someone else said, at last Snooks Eaglin. I am reasonably familiar with the the great names in the blues story, but to my mind Snooks hardly gets a mention. Yet to me he is exceptionally diverse and sings and plays with great feeling and virtuosity - perhaps not such songwriter but his covers have a hugely distinctive and musical quality.

[@grahamewebber4038]

Fantastic relaxed informative lesson as always, thanks Joe.👍✌🏾

[@jjiacobucci]

Beautiful ! Thank you, Joe

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

You are very welcome

[@andrewbowen6875]

Joe your lessons are so good as to regards about doing our own thing as to try and explain everything the right hand is doing would just suck all the fun out of it

[@Magilse1]

Thanks Joe, you are a great teacher.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thank you

[@joe5834]

what brought me here was david van ronk, couldn't quite find a good video on this song until i found this one so thank you joe from another joe.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

You’re very welcome Joe thanks for taking the time to comment

[@dickslaughter2031]

This is beautiful

[@tonyf2346]

Thank you, great tune, great lesson

[@thebrassinator]

Excellent lesson - and I've had a few! Really clear and well presented.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Steve, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@keithmacgillivray5668]

Great job ... simple and elegant....keith

[@patgaff2536]

Thank you. I like your sound and lesson. Above my head for now, but something to try later. Thank you again.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Hey Pat, I’ve done loads of videos for beginners, check out my blues guitar course for complete beginners kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqXhad-fqiSmZY 👍

[@spadjustersshubert2872]

Great lessons Joe I wish you were my teacher when I was a young buck thank you

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Excellent Quality Lessons 🎸🎄

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Trevor for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@davidperkins2943]

Excellent lesson. Well done, sir. Liked, subscribed and looking at the rest of your posts.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks David

[@craigwilson42]

Nice lesson! I love this tune, I've been drunkenly bumbling though it buskin on the streets..I Believe this will improve my version Thanks

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+Craig Wilson your welcome Craig

[@IvanTokis]

Thank God for this!! Gretings from México

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@taijas2]

Top playing and teaching, helped me play one of my favourites, cheers Joe. ( key to highway next!!)

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

I have done that one also 😜

[@mikewiley6009]

Love all the lessons, thanks Joe, any chance you could do videos on I got a woman by snooks eaglin and get back by big bill broonzy please? Keep it up, all your effort is much appreciated.

[@stevemundy4511]

i agree with the other comments... great style of teaching. another tune to my repertoire! and really good, sensible advice. Thank you again...

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Steve you’re very welcome and thank you for taking the time to comment

[@Johnny69Drama]

amazing job. Thank you - subscribing right away Sir! cheers

[@JB-kn7ig]

thanks! I love Snooks Eaglin

[@davidalancoia389]

I learned something here. Thank you.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Dave 👍

[@rodzfrater3767]

Thank you. Great lesson 🙂

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Your welcome Rodz

[@jennecatherine3454]

AMAZING!!! Thank u

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

You’re welcome Jenne thanks for taking the time to comment

[@My-Nickel]

Right on!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Kenneth just in case you are interested I have a ton of this kind of thing over on my patreon page here www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons Maybe you would like to check it out ?

[@85robertfry]

thanks so much Joe. i have been looking for some snooks lessons and this is perfect. thank you. have you done snooks walking blues?

[@drbosshard]

Thanks!

[@danrodgers1817]

top lesson mate

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Dan, maybe you would consider subscribing if you haven't already ?

[@whitegoosegal]

Thanks

[@chuckrrose]

Thanks...I’d always done this in Am... I love Snooks and there are some opportunities here. Calls out for Dropped D tuning, doesn’t it? And I’m not sure if Snooks uses the IV chord...I learned this from Jack Teagarden way back and I always use the Dm or Dm7 in Am...here you could tune the b down to bb for a surprise in the middle for Gm, but easing the Bb fingering... provocative, so 🤩 thanks

[@Chas7117]

Great lesson Joe. Just watched a couple of your lesson and they are excellent. maybe you should go on Patreon - easy for people to donate.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+Chas7117 Thanks Chas

[@SeggyFlun]

Superb lesson, Joe. Delighted to have stumbled across your channel. Many thanks for posting..

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

I am on Patreon Chas see link below

[@13thAMG]

There's also a Gm in this song as the 4 chord.

[@cyrilharris5710]

thanks

[@blueshorecreative3146]

Thanks dood :)

[@zelpho3]

Do accept supermarket caparking coupons?( Great playing and great lesson by the way)

[@wayneld30]

How about Wild Horses?

[@trdo5366]

Hey, could you link to the backing track you used? Cheers

[@thomassmith5400]

4:25 intro Lesson starts at 2:32

[@rwwagner]

The Snooks Eaglin version is my absolute favorite of my absolute favorite standard, and you, sir, have created a wonderful rendition of it. Awesome! Unrelated, why do the video and sound not quite line up?

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

The sync issue was an editing error

[@rwwagner]

It's still beautiful!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

🙏

[@TorontoCreatives1]

Thanks Joe...just to confirm, you are playing the solo over a backing track and not chords and solo together? Sounds great

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Yeh.i am playing solo over backing track 👍

[@robertmarsh6673]

There's two guitars going there

[@jackeggen7779]

nice this is a really helpful lesson, a freind wants to sing this in a concert and this helps alot, thanks for sharing!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+GuyFalkz VEVO Your welcome and thanks.

[@klausthoma1915]

hugh laurie, was soooo smart to disable comments on his version of this one....well, his publicicst was...

[@donojazz]

Nice lesson. Did you use a looper?

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+donojazz no backing track. Could be done with looper though, probably a lot easier too, but not as much control. Thanks for getting in touch

[@isaacoliver7303]

Hey Joe! Umm I'm confused - at around 1:33 it seems there's way more sound than your fingers would be creating. Are you not soloing over a backing? Not trying to be picky just confused :) x

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+Isaac Oliver yep Isaac I am playing only the solo over the chords at that stage unfortunately the sound and video are slightly out of sync in that section which also doesn't help, anyways hopefully you get the general idea.

[@caxondomix]

Which string tuning are you playing with?

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Standard

[@aubreymcbride4118]

A very nice and understandable method of instruction. Thank you

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

+Aubrey McBride Thanks Aubrey

[@leogibson3450]

Rating: ADVANCED

[@IngeAniekk]

Do you have a tab of this?

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

I’m afraid not Inge, I did my best to explain everything 😊

[@brianhoney777]

I would love to see tabs for this. Having zero natural rhythm, I can't sort out where those base notes fit in.

[@toms__animations200]

I'm having trouble singing along to this song :/ I haven't gotten to the finger picking part towards the end of the video. Total guitar newbie here

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Well this is a very hard song for a Newbie good luck

[@toms__animations200]

@@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons i am not deterred, I'm going to try again >:(

[@joeleigh-corrigan7762]

Sounded a bit like the Snooks Elgin version. Beautifully demonstrated and clearly narrated, even a dullard like me could follow it. Thank you, Joe ;-))

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Hey joe, thanks for taking the time to comment. You are correct it is Snooks Eaglin version, I made a mistake with the title, I must change it. I also have a patreon page with lots of exclusive material just in case you are interested here is the link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons 👍

[@harryodum5598]

It would be a lot better if you had a close up of your left hand for real beginners to see how you're holding your chord! But thanks for the lesson Joe

[@klausthoma1915]

"should you wish to donate..." - mark of the true artist... (cashing in on generations) before him/her

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

“Cashing in” do you know something I don’t ?

[@lawrencekedz]

Please remember, this is only my opinion and we all know what that's worth. Eaglin's version is now easy to find. As for this dinosaur, I find it blasphemous (musically speaking), to alter a classic version from one of the masters that never really got his due whilst upon this earth. Thank you & keep playing.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

There was only one snooks eaglin, As I say in all my videos these are just my interpretations of songs, I think music is about trying to put something of yourself on whatever it is that you are playing. I am not one of these folks who tries to emulate others to the letter, why reinvent the wheel

[@bharatbhagwat]

Useless Talk

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

ADHT

[@mikewiley6009]

Love all the lessons, thanks Joe, any chance you could do videos on I got a woman by snooks eaglin and get back by big bill broonzy please? Keep it up, all your effort is much appreciated.

[@mikewiley6009]

Love all the lessons, thanks Joe, any chance you could do videos on I got a woman by snooks eaglin and get back by big bill broonzy please? Keep it up, all your effort is much appreciated.

[@mikewiley6009]

Love all the lessons, thanks Joe, any chance you could do videos on I got a woman by snooks eaglin and get back by big bill broonzy please? Keep it up, all your effort is much appreciated.