St. Vincent | Guitar Moves interview

The iconic force behind St Vincent is Annie Clarke. Clarke and Sweeney knew each other from their local coffee shop. Here she shows Sweeney some moves her uncle showed her. Good jammage in this episode.
Original air date: July 9, 2013
Matt Sweeney, host of Guitar Moves, is an NYC based producer (Joanna Sternberg “I’ve Got Me”) and composer (Superwolves, Chavez, Red Dead Redemption 2). His guitar playing can be heard on records by Adele, Johnny Cash, Endless Boogie, Neil Diamond, Cat Stevens, The Desert Sessions, Iggy Pop, Tinariwen.
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[@kellerjo98]

God, I love that this series is popping back up

[@UncleWalter1]

I love the cheeky bit of the Kid Charlamaigne solo at the very end. She know's what's good.

[@jaybobd]

Everyone needs to go look at some videos of Tuck Andress playing guitar after watching this. The guy is incredible. Tuck & Patti were big Windham HIll artists in the late 80s early 90s

[@kavika8889]

yo i forgot this taught me those weird harmonic moves when i was like 13 or 14 watching this learning guitar. i learned a lot from this series as a budding guitarist especially from the josh homme and billy gibbons ones! im 25 now and still making music and STILL using a lot of the moves i learned from this show! i produce my own records and play shows now too! thanks for doing this and i love that ur reposting the old ones, but would also love for you to make some new ones too! thanks for your service mr. sweeney!

[@wesst.422]

Same here, The one with Dean Ween is too cool. I think it's the best interview ever with a guitarist, they were buddies in high school and it really shows in that interview. The one with Cass McCombs and Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile helped me lots with basic open chords, I learnt power chords before any of the "cowboy chords" so my learning curve was quite different starting guitar. Some of my favorite solos I've written have had that Blake Mills sitar bend. The Josh Homme one helped craft more original solos too

[@rickg8015]

It’s nice to remember that her uncle is Tuck Andress of Tuck & Patti.. His Hendrix acoustic covers are sublime..

[@user-wp4cs6eg8q]

Thank you for that it was interesting to look them up

[@winterbird4447]

She is awesome!

[@HomoChomsky]

I just keep coming back to the Dean Ween, Josh Homme and St Vincent interviews across the years. Great stuff. Edit: forgot to mention the Blake Mills one. His playing in that video is entrancing.

[@Jay-uv5xg]

if u hate it so much then just dont comment

[@LukeVanGeest]

Absolutely love this!

[@pablospicoli]

She is too cool. Bumped into Matt Sweeney outside Abbey Road Studios… and in 2014 Annie Clark on Portobello road… she said she was studying in Mexico City and visiting london… little did I know she was playing a festival… didn’t even know who she was… just thought she was a kooky chick who knew who Neutral Milk hotel was… until I saw this 😂

[@tomjoad8939]

She's sooooo cool! Love her! ❤

[@deztruct0823]

This episode was so cool gotta check out the albums now

[@henrystewart3882]

love how she's a Steely Dan nerd, I have never really listened to her music but I have seen a couple instances of her talking about her love for Steely Dan, the last 5 seconds of this being her playing the solo on Kid Charlemagne. that's badass

[@ronniet8802]

She’s amazing. She easily holds her own and fits so well with David Byrne on their album.

[@wanderings8168]

Total Zelda fairy fountain vibes with those Debussey voicings

[@abighairyspider]

4:10 “It’s a classy move.” Very cool interview

[@camerriam]

Those “Debussy chords” broke my hands

[@Brotelho]

Oh man. This is full circle. I remember this interview a few years back and I've been meaning to get around to learning the riff she plays at 7:58. I guess it's time to learn this. lol

[@SchoolofRockNRoll]

What song is that from??

[@aspaceproductions]

​@@SchoolofRockNRollBruh, ive been wondering that since the OG versioj of this video came out. Im assuming at this point it must just be a riff she never made into an official song

[@alexsommer2210]

@@aspaceproductionsLive version of Save Me From What I Want circa 2011

[@katabat3837]

Favourite one in the series... little more technical than some of the other ones. Fun guitars you don't see too often either, love it.

[@Euthymia2020]

7:59 ughhh damn girl! That feel is crazy. Power of the fingers. No pick in between ❤

[@user-yc5ib5dw8t]

So cool!!

[@fatsuperfly]

You have some of the best guitarist interviews! wtf man. Whooo are you, I sleep under a rock?

[@vityagreen120]

Awesome 😎

[@SkateHeartArt]

The hum of those two Deluxe Reverb tube amps sounds so rad!! 😎🤙

[@nedkent5239]

What a great guitarist! So creative….

[@mynchux]

If anyone out there hasn’t hesrd Tuck Andress, go listen now!!! Tuck and Patti are unbelievable. His parts on their version of Woodstock from CSN is unreal. He is truly a genius. Crazy he’s her uncle…

[@anthonyparks505]

Those "debussy voicings" are extremely gnarly minor 11th chords i.e. the octave-4th is stacked on top of a minor chord shell voicing. I did not know that kind of sound existed without open tunings. Wild. So much to learn. Playing those chords hurt my hands tho XD

[@shanicecogswell8125]

So happy these are all getting reuploaded on their own dedicated channel

[@claudeimanuel]

wooooooh classic video from the archives,!!!1

[@mjr2451]

Thank you for creating a dedicated channel and re-uploading these videos

[@Michael_talks_]

God damn best show on the internet

[@echoflower5435]

She's an amazing guitarist.

[@DE-GEN-ART]

NOICE she plays finger style

[@Icecreamshoes7]

That last artist mention, Ali Farka Toure is a gem !

[@wreckoningday]

I never understood why some people act ashamed of having studied music when they're musicians. As if it somehow will belittle their art.

[@the_end00101]

Please re release the ace frehley guitar moves. Thanks Matt. Loves this series

[@nigelwallis9223]

Totally amazing, so interesting to watch the technique, great format thank you

[@ryankates]

This might be my favorite Guitar Moves interview bc you can almost bottle up the awkwardness.

[@alanagottalottasay997]

Her dissonance has a beauty all its own…and while my ears def not to be trusted I’m pretty sure they almost stumbled into 2 QOTSA songs w those oddly haunting chord diddies….insert gasp thinking of a Homme produced St Vincent towering Monolith of Dissonance…

[@scottlapier4797]

I really hope they team up for a Desert sessions record....or anything really

[@darwinsaye]

I saw “2 weeks ago” on the video heading and thought this might be a new updated interview together. That would be interesting. Saw this years ago.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Yep - it's from 2013 - nine years ago is when I saw this, too.

[@theboofin]

Lenny Breau harmonic technique from way back. Just recently got into her music. Very cool and modern.

[@QuincyJamesMusic]

The fact she plays Carlton at the end is a cool little nugget haha.

[@connorcraven6777]

Oh hell yeah

[@jonnybeck6723]

She is so cute and charming...

[@mgbasinski]

love the Dan Armstrong! Love Annie too of course....

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

Check out her cover of Big Black’s Bad Penny.

[@kennywilkinson9270]

Wow I just discovered Tuck Anderss! Love a musical family! So cool!

[@01DaveJr]

Oh man. I'm in love. That voice! She's an amazing guitarist too. I love the way her brain seems to go

[@Fogeyspasm]

Those Debussy voicing sound very like the 12 string sort of Voicings Genesis used to regulary use on their earlier tracks. Stuff like Suppers Ready and a lot of the tracks on Trespass.

[@davidtucker941]

Saw her play in a small tent venue in halifax in 2014 with my daughters. Her guitar was out of this world

[@Johnny_Doe]

Another re-upload? Remember watching these a few years ago..

[@lordflatworm]

These are great. Thanks for not trying to sell me something.

[@joshuacurtis7504]

I’m six years younger than St. Vincent but also started taking lessons at zoo in sixth grade. I don’t know if I would call it shitty but there was a better guitar store connected to it called spier music which I found kinda crazy. It was one of those shops you don’t see anymore that only had those 80s and 90s shredder guitars like the warlock. I never really see those guitars even posted online I wonder who ended up with all of them.

[@blindjohnharrison8026]

This video introduced me to St Vincent when it first dropped. Seen her live 3 times now. What’s the riff at 8:00 tho????

[@pollyanna147]

Wish this was longer but glad you got in. Good stuff

[@chekhovsraygun]

I love this interview from this point in St. Vincent’s career but damn it sure isn’t helping me resist that craigslist post I saw for a Harmony Bobkat just like hers here lmfao

[@nickrodmusic]

Eazy-E R.I.P. And gosh, is Annie ever cute. ❤ Love her style. Matt, you're a dope cat. I'd love to meet you someday, and jam a little.

[@TheGrimoireMovement]

Matt, will you be recording any new episodes of guitar moves?

[@stoatystoat174]

This channels videos use to be on the Vice channel but they have escaped to get re-released under their own name. The Original Air dates are in the description :) (plus new interviews coming, Marcus King one out at time of this comment)

[@dorhinj23]

Fuck yeah

[@mx1mx113]

Nice men 🥂🙏🥂

this guy is Trevor from GTA :D love the show!

[@kraftyhandz]

There’s a lot of fretting going on here. Quite exotic.

[@manuelinfante58]

I love this. For so many reasons. Two established artist geeking out, and learning and being open. COol.

[@akoolstik]

low rent tuck and patti! you go!

[@cedarandsound]

Harmony with gold foils, nice.

[@marluneth]

this woman looks absolutely incredible for her age not that 41 is old by any means but good lord, she looks and acts 25

[@OkoluTheLiar]

This is a reupload of a video from YEARS ago. Annie DOES still look great, but she was a lot younger in this vid.

[@marluneth]

@@OkoluTheLiar i see, wasn't aware due to the upload date. thanks!

[@morbidmanmusic]

Makeup bleached hair and a stylist will do that.

[@ShlomirBareket]

Is Sweeney gonna do new ones? I saw him play with Endless Boogie. Maybe he should do one with them. And Ira Kaplan. And definitely Poison Ivy, one of America's great female guitarists!

[@mojojojo6852]

Hey Sweeney, can you do Mike Einziger next? The fretting the fret octave thing reminded me of his playing.

[@alexander_solenov]

🎉

[@matthewsommerville88]

The chick rips weird and i dig it

[@jujukbelvedere]

Ya ya ya

[@ghost__chips]

Can you re-upload the Josh Homme one T_T And make another one with Homme

[@Stahodad]

Hey man I think it’s back up now…

[@macaronafterparty]

best part at 12:49 BIG OPE

[@RBGRBGRBGRBG]

Re upload ? Where’s the new new ?

[@xaviergough9359]

Well, she wasn't kidding about Tuck Andress.

[@genesis2187]

Sween you have to do Mansur Brown ! PLZZZZ. love your work have all your albums.

[@JoshuaStMoblo]

A little Kid Charlemagne at the end. Nice.

[@robertfsullivan1756]

Peace Love Cool

[@Michael_talks_]

Legend has it her amp is still buzzing

[@morbidmanmusic]

It's the guitar pickups. Not the amp. Legends are usually lies.

[@Michael_talks_]

oh @@morbidmanmusic

[@AScarletWoman]

This interview gets deleted and reposted ever few years. What's going on? Please just jeep it up 😭

[@g_and_kikos_homestudio]

She was great live. Here's part of her set and Greta Van Fleet and Pearl Jam at Bourbon and Beyond 2022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jandgZ-IoZh3oJI

[@DoctorRevers]

That’s a special woman.

[@andyoushouldfeelbad]

Superwolf, not Superwolves. Great album.

[@CleanNOTSerene]

I'm just blown away by how they made a deluxe reverb sound so bad

[@morbidmanmusic]

I have heard some of the worst playing and worst sound s on this show.. not that the artist haven't made good music..mbut if some of these were all you see of them... like the mascis one. Just noise or guitar 101

[@TheOlmecindian]

Whatever happen to this show ? It was awesome

[@guitar-moves]

We coming back!

[@FernandoCuadro]

i didn't know john mcclane played guitar

[@jonlate4581]

He seems unaware of Tuck Andress. I'm not an expert guitar purist, but I know that name.

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

You want a cookie

[@GregMeza]

s/o Zoo Music in Garland

[@MAX96MENDES]

Annie is such a cutie and she can play a mean guitar too !

[@RedLittleBee]

Minor 2nd 😛👍

[@RoboCop-zn8bt]

She's a certified babe, she looks like the doll Angelica would play with in the Rugrats.

[@GoldenPoopD]

if she looked at me like that at 11:25 i’d have a fucking heart attack

[@hickoryhippie]

The beginning jam sounded cool as fuck. Improv? Or an actual song? Anyone know?

[@philipnalls]

Right? That sh*t was fire. That harmonic thing he was doing was cold.

[@sdavis2488]

Zoo is still there. Garland and that store are both still shitty.

[@kyleistheguru]

I relate to her “i’m so anxious i’m holding my breath while talking” energy so much

[@pan-galactic-gargleblaster]

Did you guys touch picks

[@billjim334]

Matt jamming with his daughter. That’s sweet.

[@paulmiller657]

Reminds me of someone who goes into a guitar store and picks up a guitar for the first time. You can like zone out for awhile, man....

[@estebanb7166]

You remind me of an old man yelling at the wind.

[@Ca_milo_G]

is this an old video?

[@ezerlab1]

Yes, old. During the bad hair time period.

[@TheBrokenStairs]

She’s touring with David Byrne here so I think this is 2013-2014ish?

[@whitetailsband9461]

I wouldn't say she is underrated but I don't know how people aren't constantly talking about her. Maybe they are.

[@geargeekpdx3566]

She's sorta like Phish. LIke world famous but not like Superstar level famous

[@arekpocicki5681]

music is sexi