Any Smiths/Morrissey fans here?

Freebird

I just stumbled upon these video tutorials and thought it was worth a look 

Freebird

I like this one .. my slide is in the post

cruxiform

Big fan. Alison’s videos have helped me immensely.

DiscoStu

You may also like these

http://thischarmingcharlie.tumblr.com


https://68.media.tumblr.com/46b8d852875ef35ae10dbd2e454e7725/tumblr_mrn2z8jKTZ1seji43o1_1280.png

Musicman20

Yeah she is great! I learnt a few of Marr's riffs from her videos.

streethawk

Ace!

Think he plays it in the open position though, D, C, G, D etc.

Sheila is a bit of a Bowie/Ronson tribute. 'throw your homework onto the fire' - ripped from Kooks.

The opening to I Started Something is also a nod to Cracked Actor.





  

Veganic

Sheila has got to be one of their worst songs. I thought it was a tribute to the perishers theme tune.

Alison Bennett gets the job done though so it's a yes from me.

"Smithsonguitar" is interesting aswell.

RMJ

Grew up on the Smiths. Marr is a genius. Will check out vids. Thanks for posting!

darthed1981

The Smiths and Morrissey are IMHO stunningly good, just exceptional.

The times in life I've felt totally alone, the Smiths have always been there!

The little solo fill thing in the fade out of LNIDSLM is one of the handful of bits of guitar that really made me want to play.

darthed1981

I know you aren't allowed to say it, but the girl in those vids is incredibly pretty as well.

streethawk

darthed1981 said:

The Smiths and Morrissey are IMHO stunningly good, just exceptional.

The times in life I've felt totally alone, the Smiths have always been there!

The little solo fill thing in the fade out of LNIDSLM is one of the handful of bits of guitar that really made me want to play.

1.20 for the main riff.



Gorgeous. So much of his guitar stuff is hidden in the mix. 

JerkMoans

+1 Smiths / Marr fan.  Look forward to watching the vids: thanks for posting!

darthed1981

The Smiths also make even really solid musicians like Rabea look human as well, as he manages to truly murder some Smiths tunes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6lKHcpUl6s

RMJ

There is a video on YT of Marr playing Rory Gallagher'' strat. For some reason he tries playing blues licks on it and sounds pretty average. The genius of him is managing to be a virtuoso without being flashy. He has written some truly brilliant riffs 

Daved756

darthed1981 said:

I know you aren't allowed to say it, but the girl in those vids is incredibly pretty as well.

Yep....

Plectrum

darthed1981 said:

The Smiths also make even really solid musicians like Rabea look human as well, as he manages to truly murder some Smiths tunes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6lKHcpUl6s

To be fair he doesn't do any worse than most of the rest of us.

MagicPigDetective

I love what Noel Gallagher said, something like : not even Johnny Marr can play what play what he played on the Smiths records. 

darthed1981

Plectrum said:

darthed1981 said:

The Smiths also make even really solid musicians like Rabea look human as well, as he manages to truly murder some Smiths tunes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6lKHcpUl6s

To be fair he doesn't do any worse than most of the rest of us.

True, but normally he does extremely well, and it wasn't meant as a criticism of Rabea, who is a great musician, but more a sign that despite being written off by many Marr is a complex and unique player.

I'm in the "pro Andertons guys" camp, not into bashing any of them.

ryanverbena

Freebird said:

I just stumbled upon these video tutorials and thought it was worth a ljook 

Macca_25387

JM is really tough to copy, great player. Alisons videos are great helped me get near.

thermionic

Here’s a good video showing how a seemingly simple Smiths riff is built up:

https://youtu.be/8ozkAQgiQXw

Daniel Earwicker’s videos are great for Smiths fans, also modfather1965.