5 Perfect Rockabilly Guitar Licks - Adrian Whyte

Rockabilly Guitar is all about the licks!! Today we take a close look at 5 riffs that I would consider PERFECT guitar licks in the rockabilly genre. Spoiler alert: there’s some Cliff Gallup, Scotty Moore, Carl Perkins, Brian Setzer and the little known Sparkle Moore. Stick around to see why I’m so impressed with all of these licks! (And watch the end to see my last little jam!)
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00:00 Start
00:17 Discussion/intro
01:38 #5 Scotty Moore - That’s alright solo
02:55 #4 Brian Setzer Guitar rag lick
04:48 #3 Matchbox Carl Perkins lick
06:34 #2 Race With the Devil Cliff Gallup
09:10 #1 Sparkle Moore- Rock-a-bop
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See my KZbin lessons on these songs
That’s alright mama
• That’s Alright Mama Gu...
Guitar Rag
• How to play Brian Setz...
Matchbox
• How to Play Carl Perki...
Sparkle Moore Rockabop
• Is this the Queen of R...

[@AdrianWhyte]

Hey folks, thanks for all the support! If you'd like to get access to the library of pdf content that goes along with my KZbin videos and access to my courses with more coming soon, checkout my website here and consider joining - adrianwhyteonline.com/ If you would like to support my channel and receive membership benefits in return you can also do so here: www.patreon.com/adrianwhyte I hope I've helped many of you play better and achieve more of your guitar goals in 2023!

[@doyourbest999]

Commenting for the algorithm. Adrian is as good as it gets. Get with the program, people. That’s all right, anyway you do…. 💪🏼💪🏼🏄🏻‍♂️💨💨💨

[@danielmiller2886]

Hey, I knew that second lick. I got my first guitar from a bluegrass player who helped me get started playing. I had no desire to play bluegrass but it helped me get started.

[@AdrianWhyte]

Yeah sometimes you just need SOMETHING to play / do to get better at the instrument! Cool stuff!

[@gopork]

This video was so good I just had to join your Patreon!👏✌️

[@CC-qb9sm]

Welcome!

[@AdrianWhyte]

That’s just straight up awesome of you man! Thank you - I think I may have responded to you today on Patreon messages and forgot to come back here and thank you again!

[@portsideguitar1981]

Great selections Adrian!

[@AdrianWhyte]

Thank you!

[@jimmyfeudale9578]

Damn good lesson!!!!!! Thanks, Adrian.

[@AdrianWhyte]

Thanks Jimmy, you’re a legend!!

[@phonebox13]

Love it! These are some clean classics ! 💪💪 happy for the 10K 🎉 well earned!

[@AdrianWhyte]

You’ve been here the whole time man! Thank you! I need to make some kind of post or acknowledgment about this 10k thing lol

[@CC-qb9sm]

So good 🤠

[@AdrianWhyte]

Thanks Corie!!

[@neils9241]

Good stuff!

[@AdrianWhyte]

Cheers Neil! Sorry for the delayed response!

[@danpugatch]

Great licks, thanks for breaking them down slowly. Never heard of Sparkle. I'll have to check her music out. 🎸

[@AdrianWhyte]

My pleasure Dan! Yeah Sparkle Moore is a hidden gem!

[@slicksnewonenow]

Sparkle Moore... The Female Elvis!

[@Dennistcb78]

Moment please....,..so i have my Coffee 🤣 7 in the morning 😏 good morning Adrian. What you have Today. Cool i love licks 😎 the small thinks are important. Thanks for the Video 😎 i hope all is fine Adrian 😏😎 TCB Rockabilly Rules 😎 TCB 😎

[@CC-qb9sm]

Rock ‘n’ roll Dennis!

[@AdrianWhyte]

I love this little comment rendezvous you guys have going!

[@AdrianWhyte]

Always a pleasure Derek, hehe “moment please”! 😝🤘🏻🎸

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Subbed 👍😁

[@AdrianWhyte]

Great to have you on board!!!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Like deployed 👍 😎🎙🎸✅️

[@5150show]

Adrian . What about the last Saturday of October? For a interview. Are in in Victoria?

[@AdrianWhyte]

That could work well! Shoot me an email at [e-mail]

[@70selvisfan]

What model Gretsch is that? Love it!!

[@AdrianWhyte]

Hey Texas Elvis, if you’re talking about the black one (sorry I’m just catching up with comments and this is in a list on KZbin!) then that’s a duo jet, 57 reissue, 2005 I believe! Thanks man!

[@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660]

I’ve heard that the reason Carl Perkins used a lot of “blue notes” was because when he started playing he was too poor to buy new stings. So what he had to do was literally tie strings in a knot with pliers when a string would break. This turned them into barbed wire almost and he would cut his fingers playing so he had to use either the note before or after whatever he was intending on playing or bend the best he could to hit the note. This led to him developing a style and sound that he carried over even when he could afford new strings using a lot of chromatic runs and licks like you played from *Matchbox.* In other words his style wasn’t as much intentional as necessary.

[@AdrianWhyte]

I would love to get a hold of wherever you read this- it’s fascinating, quite a story, and sounds more than possible- I gave it a bit of thought and it would make sense! Thanks for that!!

[@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660]

@@AdrianWhyte if I’m not mistaken it’s mentioned in the first or second paragraph of his Wikipedia page. Also, I don’t know if you listen to *Drive-By Truckers* but they have a great song called “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” that is a great story about the early SUN days.

[@beerbilly]

I feel inadequate with my nick13 duojet (electromagic)

[@AdrianWhyte]

They are cool guitars and I like those pickups in their own right!

[@supersonicsroots]

Sparkle Moore was on Fraternity, but how do you know she played lead guitar herself?

[@AdrianWhyte]

The same way you know Cliff gallup played on race with the devil!!

[@williamd1891]

It's been awhile since we've seen your 55 Chet Atkins hollow body. Do you still play it?

[@AdrianWhyte]

William.. I’m so sorry to say, but I sold it :( I can’t really explain why, it’s time with me was finished!

[@williamd1891]

@@AdrianWhyte Noooo. 😭😭😭 Actually I would love to hear some criticism of the 55 since it's on my list but there are none in my area for me to play. Was it too "microphonic" in a live setting?

[@AdrianWhyte]

@@williamd1891 I had to have the pickups wax dipped, initially they were very microphonic. That guitar was always a bit of a struggle tonally, it either sounded amazing or difficult.. I dunno, I’ll probably get something again if I can afford it one day! But the jet does it for me and I love my double anni so I just let it go!

[@williamd1891]

@@AdrianWhyte Your Jet is gorgeous BTW. I understand what you mean on the Chet. Sometimes an axe can be too sharp. Great fro chopping wood but can also cut your finger off. Too unforgiving in other words. Maybe I'll go for the RHH instead. Just waiting for my local to get some in stock.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Got tabs for this? Thanks

[@AdrianWhyte]

Hi Michael, click the link to my Patreon and the first post, which should be set to public, has a link to soundslice, which shows the tabs syncd to the Playthroughs. You might need a soundslice account but it’s completely free, and a great program!

[@colinmason9974]

Adrian, do you think the guys that came up with all these classic licks knew exactly what they were doing or were they just kind of jamming and something stuck and we’re now calling them legendary?

[@AdrianWhyte]

I think there’s a combination of all the above, I would think at the very least most artists at some point would have been simply making the music that was in their heads, at the very least I think they would have been excited with some belief in what they were doing being something special!

[@AdrianWhyte]

Greet question by the way!