Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard- The Beatles (Guitar Cover) Abbey Road Medley

[@Strangelove_]

That riff on sun king is just gorgeous

[@gomesalr]

georgeous I’d say

[@dannyc8876]

Si beautiful

[@johng2880]

Transcendent.

[@juliosanchez95]

George is pure magic on Abbey Road.

[@thewhaleking]

the guitar opening riff is just simply better than the entire pop industry... the beatles are just pure magic ;)

[@roccopp]

Unpopular opinion but Mean mr. mustard is hands down one of the best songs on abbey Road

[@afarfryproductions822]

I think the themes brought out in Mean Mr. Mustard are very reflective of Revovler type imagery, definitely one of my favorites too!

[@trash4gold]

It’s grungy as fuck in all respects, way ahead of its time

[@JJStale]

Agreed

[@dparis2172]

Shouldn’t be unpopular. That’s one of the beauties of Abbey Road - it’s so rich that just about any song can be picked as a favorite.

[@thirdeyekind]

I go back and forth and have a new favorite every time I listen honestly ahaha

[@3155DOGMAN]

Abby Road is a masterpiece.Put all four Beatles together and pure magic happens.Never to be repeated.

[@jahisreal8521]

I agree, but don’t forget to add MI6!

[@opalivy739]

The 'Sun King' song has some of the best melodic, colorful, chord progression in this song. One of my favorite songs on Abbey Road!! ❤❤❤

[@thaihoangcfc]

Sam is on the Abbey Road train and I love it!

[@isaiah.fabela]

this channel keeps getting better😭

[@ryanherbert2266]

All the time

[@3155DOGMAN]

Such understated beautiful playing by George.If Heaven is a place this is the music that will be playing.(By the way you do fantastic work).

[@johnwilliams1223]

The medley is just the greatest piece of music ever. Great job Sam.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Agreed!

[@joshgoldstein3991]

Beautiful fingerpicking and rhythm from John on 'Sun King'. Great job on the cover!

[@harrisonho8934]

Awesome cover as usual Sam! I agree with you, Sun King/Mean Mr. mustard was definitely George on his Telecaster. Planning to do every single Abbey Road track, huh? Can't wait for The End!

[@sampopkin]

I will do the whole medley through Her Majesty at some point…I won’t do the whole thing now

[@brandonpaul7720]

also these are literally my fav beatles songs. you killed it. especially the sound that you get on the telecaster 🤩gj!

[@Hound45]

Great work!! Love the guitars. John and George had been through so much together by this time. George was the perfect compliment to John’s always interesting chord progressions. Never gets old, this song. The whole album is a masterpiece.

[@Yorkie285]

You nailed it again, you sure know your stuff. It's amazing, the Beatles musical genius and great songs written is a once in a lifetime tribute, and now someone like you to cover the music is so nice.

[@JDrevolver66]

Really can't praise you enough for your attention to detail and commitment to accuracy! Just amazing.

[@rockturtleneck]

Fantastic--my favorite part of Side 2. I always found it fascinating that those two songs were recorded together in one take, they are so different.

[@brilko2541]

Sam …. WOW …. you are incredible! Love it!

[@curtis11214]

Dude this sounds amazing! The secrets of Sam’s unlisted videos returns… Also I never noticed the C7 instead of C chord at 2:56. I guess I always assumed it was just C both times! No matter, this is great and I can’t wait for the rest of the medley for whenever you get around to it!

[@sampopkin]

Thanks!

[@maurocoimbra9624]

What a gifted artist you are, Sam! Beatles does deserve such a brilliant cover! Greetings from Brazil.

[@Sanday-Boys]

BRAVO! BRAVO! Great performance

[@Manueldeazevedo]

GREAT YOU ARE! SHOWED HOW GREAT AND SIMPLE ARE THE BEATLES GUITARS IN THIS GREAT MEDDLEY CONGRATULATIONS !

[@GonjaGrowinGirl]

Your video down to the information is amzingly empressive, and you dialed it. Beautiful💚🌱😁

[@yurimilanchik4315]

Превосходно ! Ещё один кирпичик из вселенной "Abbey Road". Большое спасибо !

[@LiamEnea]

Another great production, well done man! Love the fingerpicking you’ve got going on the Casino as well :)

[@cbbmusic]

I'm floating

[@thewhaleking]

this cover is impressive, great job mate. I hope u hit 10k soon, u got this sam!!

[@cayenneman08]

This is pure bliss!

[@JacobKMusics]

I saw Mean Mr Mustard at the supermarket the other day. His first name is Dijon. He’s living in my pantry. His sister Pam hates that we got nonstick beds, so she wants nothing to do with us. In all seriousness, great work, mate! Cannot wait to see what’s next!

[@albertounited]

I love how John uses the "Fingerpicking" technique to play this song. ❤

[@diegokemm1666]

Is a very nice cover, thank you very much. You are the best

[@lowinyl]

Love the sound. Incredible.

[@Rejetnicks]

The best of the best, man!

[@xkprtx]

amazing cover man, got me in tears

[@emc3895]

More, more ;-) Excellent as usual!

[@joshscus]

You are on a roll brother!! Your videos of the guitar work of Abbey Road is truly UNBELIEVABLE!!! Not only do the guitar tones that your capturing sound gorgeous and SO well recorded, but it’s incredible how closely you are able to match the original tones on the record!! PS I’ve already told you, but I also have a Lex and it’s never coming off of my board!!

[@sampopkin]

🤘❤️😁

[@televinv8062]

Now THAT'S how you play that rhythm guitar (Lennon's part) at the beginning. So many guys on KZbin got it wrong. Well done! 👍

[@fernandomolina7151]

Guauu tanta simplesa y genialidad , fantásticos

[@brandonkew9122]

It's as if you just lifted the two tracks right off the album. Amazing job. Tone of each guitar perfect.

[@sampopkin]

Thanks!

[@TheVinylBeatles]

Beautiful !!!

[@johndoe2883]

Magnificent

[@davidmontis7259]

Wonderful as always!

[@TwoBeats]

Absolutely outstanding Sam!!

[@scat3040]

Oooh the tone on that Tele

[@evyalley]

How is this more soothing than the original 😌

[@clamchowder5635]

Perfect as always. Thanks!

[@luizmarinho4158]

cara, estou completamente ansioso para ver você tocando o medley completo!!!!

[@boolius9324]

Great video as usual sam, thank you

[@TheMujiFuji]

The Lex sounds spot on Sam….👍🏼

[@marcelochuk]

I loved this channel

[@JoseFernandez-ou8ox]

Excellent cover Sam! Congrats 😊

[@JoseFernandez-ou8ox]

One of my all time faves: Abbey Road...a masterpiece, indeed! Thanks buddy I play guitar too.

[@JoseFernandez-ou8ox]

Thanks Sam, you're 👍

[@n1crio]

Need a bass cover for these two songs as well 👏🏼

[@Capo399]

I'd Like That Too

[@sampopkin]

Once I get a rickenbacker or jazz bass 👍

[@Capo399]

@@sampopkin Nice, Do You Think This Was The Jazz Or The Rick?

[@sampopkin]

@@Capo399 I’m leaning towards Jazz Bass for these songs. But easily could’ve been Rick

[@anubrotodasgupta6788]

Great job sam

[@Alex_Cam]

Been watching your videos for a long time now, I aspire to be as good as you someday, looking forward to uploading some beatles songs sometime soon as I record on my phone in my rv, from a beatles fan to another♡

[@sampopkin]

❤️

[@imdrrich]

Beautiful, Sam!

[@pedroseco4293]

Excelente!! Gracias!!

[@luchogofre]

you are crack! cheers from Argentina, take your like and subs

[@javierfoxon2618]

Gracias loco!!! Buenísimo

[@LuisOrtizMx78]

Melódico y hermoso 💚

[@da1215]

The Tele sounds so nice

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Eagerly awaiting Polythene Pam--for all the guitar parts--and to see how you play the solo before SCITTBW!

[@Shaurmichnaya]

Your covers are amazing! It would be interesting to see a cover of hey jude.

[@sampopkin]

Thanks! Will do

[@NitroUnity]

Crazy how real love won’t be the last beatles song anymore

[@5wet_]

9/10 dentists recommend Sam Popkin

[@josephkelly7881]

Nine days old and i'm only seeing this now

[@sampopkin]

It’s a secret 🤫

[@beatlesfan2884]

@@sampopkin Didn’t you say that George played the Les Paul on this song?

[@sampopkin]

@@beatlesfan2884 maybe? I think I changed my mind when I listened closer to isolated

[@beatlesfan2884]

@@sampopkin Abbey Road Medley Guitars Used: PP/SCITTBW: George: Fender Telecaster John: Framus Hootenaney GS/CTW: George: Fender VI and Gibson Les Paul Paul: Epiphone Casino? The End: Paul: Fender Esquire George: Gibson Les Paul John: Epiphone Casino Her Majesty: Paul: Martin D-28

[@thedrumdon2485]

my appreciation for the musicianship of the Beatles has only been further enhanced thanks to your videos! Well done Sam!! BTW have you checked out the Claypool Lennon Delirium? There is some mystic and magic there!

[@sampopkin]

I haven't heard of them, I'll check it out! Thanks

[@thedrumdon2485]

@@sampopkin really will be curious on your thoughts!

[@thedrumdon2485]

@@sampopkin kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXXLg6ZobZ2oq68

[@punkinlady1039]

I noticed at 0:58 that where most people think is an f chord you play a d minor(?) and i can’t believe how much better that sounds

[@sampopkin]

Yes in the isolated tracks I heard john’s open D string, and low A string too

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

Sun King and Mean Mr Mustard were recorded in the same take. No editing between different takes.

[@sampopkin]

yep!

[@HJsCorn909]

Would you consider covering Fleetwood Mac's Albatross (the song that inspired the riff for Sun King)? Also the Anthology 3 version of Ain't She Sweet from the same session as Sun King/Mustard

[@sampopkin]

Yeah I love ain’t she sweet, the gene Vincent version and anthology version. I’m not a big Fleetwood Mac fan but albatross is a great one

[@GretschMan878]

2:31

[@hipolitobastoslera3650]

What settings should I put to make this sound? I need this sound in my band

[@sampopkin]

Check my description for settings and gear!

[@hipolitobastoslera3650]

Thanks a lot!​@@sampopkin

[@ztvrtex894]

You truly nailed it damn, I got a request and probably won't get noticed but here it goes, u try and play, She came and through the bathroom window?? Pretty please..

[@sampopkin]

I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised for my next cover..

[@scaryboy4841]

helloo can you do Call Me Back Again by Wings

[@SG_____]

For the start of sun king id recommend the bridge position on the tele. Sounds much more like the record.

[@AidanBellai]

beautiful! what settings are you using on the leslie effect?

[@sampopkin]

My Strymon Lex Leslie pedal is used in stereo here into my two amps- 1965 bassman and 1974 pro reverb. The lex is on a slow speed setting, mic distance at 11 o clock, horn level at noon, preamp drive at 9 o clock

[@yousse132]

Isn’t this song inspired by Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac’s Albatross? I read that somewhere, I heard the Beatles were fans of the early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green. You should give Peter Green’s old Fleetwood Mac a listen, amazing band.

[@kim_jongjon]

Please do 12 Bar Original cover thanks

[@FaustPoon]

Love your vids! What method do you use to get the isolated tracks for background music?

[@sampopkin]

I have a bunch of the rock band isolated tracks that I downloaded

[@ggs9188]

I’m sorry but the riff of sun king is played wrong. An A6 chord on the 5th fret needs to be played, which is in this case an E6 shape chord played 5 frets higher so with your medium finger on the 7th fret of the A string (and with the high E string open). I think this is also confirmed by the fact that the three-chord progression at the end of the verse sounds best if you play the same A6 chord, followed by a Bb6 and a B6 chord, and then getting back on the capo fret with an E6 chord which ends the whole riff

[@sampopkin]

Yeah that’s definitely another effective way to play it. I still hear John playing A6 on the 2nd fret, especially when he releases the high f#-e

[@Samuel50100]

Gimme Some Truth - John Lennon, please!!!!!

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Yes!

[@donaldkilinski1627]

Fantastic job. What chord are you playing at 0:56? Thanks

[@sampopkin]

It’s just a straight D minor chord

[@tendanfer8466]

Albatroz- fleetwood mac

[@shocko77]

So are you doing the whole medley? Also whats that fingerpicking patter than john is using is it what he uses on dear prudence and julia or is it different i cant tell

[@sampopkin]

I’m not doing the whole medley yet, but eventually. The picking pattern is similar to dear Prudence. Thumb starting on the d string then e string, alternating

[@shocko77]

@@sampopkin thank you And i cant wait for the rest of the medley

[@robertogabriel6430]

Very good! What is the pedal used?

[@sampopkin]

Thanks! Strymon Lex for the casino. And my amp tremolo for Tele

[@robertogabriel6430]

@@sampopkin thank You! I love it.

[@user-ge3oy1vl6v]

will you continue until you reach her majesty?

[@sampopkin]

Not quite yet

[@avYhz5536]

do you have any recommendations for a good casino at or under the 1200 cad/950usd range?

[@sampopkin]

The only one in that range is the Chinese made newer epi casinos. They’re ok

[@avYhz5536]

@@sampopkin ah unfortunate! i’ll just look at a quality one in the future but for now i’m probably not gonna spend a thousand dollars on a guitar i won’t like

[@sampopkin]

I think saving up for a good inspired by Lennon, usa or elitist casino would be good

[@thewhaleking]

what are the settings on the strymon lex pedal?

[@sampopkin]

Slow setting, stereo into two amps. Usually I keep all knobs at noon except drive knob at 9 o clock

[@thewhaleking]

@@sampopkin oh yup

[@Deadbuck73]

🤩 🤩 🤩

[@sipuyao]

what's the setting of your lex？

[@sampopkin]

In stereo into two amps Noon for speed 10 o clock for mic distance Noon for horn level Just below 9 o clock for preamp drive

[@sipuyao]

@@sampopkin thank you bro！

[@NoirL.A.]

who all do you think sings on 'sun king'? i know 'mustard' is all 3 but not sure about 'sun king'.

[@sampopkin]

All 3!

[@NoirL.A.]

@@sampopkin harder to tell with that one.

[@zhanbolat5654]

Harrison top Lennon down Am I correct?

[@sampopkin]

Yes

[@ericstewart9742]

One of the repeated notes in the beginning arpeggio sequence played on the Casino is the wrong note. Maybe this was intentional because you like it better that way?

[@sampopkin]

Which one? I tried to be meticulous about making it note for note

[@ericstewart9742]

⁠ It’s the 5th note that you pick during each bar - you’re picking the same note there as that of the 2nd note picked, but it should be the same note as the 3rd note that you pick. (Sorry - I am a guitarist but I’m all by-ear and don’t know the names of all the notes). I’m a fan of your reconstructions and I know you have a great ear, and strive for authenticity.

[@ericstewart9742]

@@sampopkinDo you hear it? I double-checked the Beatles version just to be sure.

[@sampopkin]

Yes I hear it. Should be a C# but I played an A

[@brandonpaul7720]

hey sam, what beatles and or beatles related songs did george use a strat on? i only have a strat copy but want to get a sound similar to the beatles records.

[@sampopkin]

George used strat on a lot. You’re gonna lose that girl, drive my car, the word, with a little help from my friends, fixing a hole, all you need is love, in my life, wah wah, my sweet lord

[@thewhaleking]

how do you apply leslie effect to the casino? or did you use a real leslie cabinet?

[@sampopkin]

It’s a Strymon Lex pedal

[@thewhaleking]

@@sampopkin yess! i’m buying that someday

[@FreeSociety1]

Written by John Lennon

[@perfectpiano1871]

Wait, are you now covering the entirety of Abbey road one by one?!

[@perfectpiano1871]

Because you are than your just insane. (in a good way)

[@sampopkin]

Haha I’ll take it as a compliment 😉 I’m not doing the entire medley quite yet

[@bobm515]

Ever consider adding bass?

[@sampopkin]

Absolutely. I just don’t own a Beatle bass yet

[@bobm515]

@@sampopkin it could be a Rickenbacker by this time, I believe.

[@sampopkin]

@@bobm515 yes, that or a jazz bass

[@SurferJoe1]

Inspired by Fleetwood Mac, right?

[@sampopkin]

Yes Sun King was inspired by Albatross

[@SurferJoe1]

@@sampopkin It's gorgeous in such a different way.

[@joeharris8633]

Is the elitist Casnio as good as the American Casnio?

[@sampopkin]

I’ve never had the chance to play an elitist but I’ve heard they’re great

[@Attorney_1.0]

Hermoso riff pero poco valorado por la misma banda.