Johnny B Goode

robinbowes · November 2014

Surprisingly difficult to nail it like Chuck, and how many terrible youtube "how-to-play" video lessons?

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capo4th · November 2014

Agreed

TTony · November 2014

There's a decent Lick Library tuition DVD that includes it.

Still difficult to "nail it like Chuck" though!

ICBM · November 2014

Don't try to nail it like Chuck. You can't, and it's a standard not a cover. Do your own take on it.

Like this…

close2u · November 2014

robinbowes said:

how many terrible youtube "how-to-play" video lessons?

Try this
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SB-425-JohnnyBGoode-ChuckBerry.php

EricTheWeary · November 2014

It's our encore, I don't really like how we do it or how many bands do it, the original isn't a mess of guitars. I blame Hendrix. The Tosh version is by far my favourite cover of it too.

robinbowes · November 2014

Well, that's not so much a cover as singing the same lyrics over a minor skank. And I'm not Peter Tosh!

R.

robinbowes · November 2014

Anyway, I agree about not being a slave to the original, but I like to start from that point so I can always come back to that if my own interpretation falls off, for any reason

R.

EricTheWeary · November 2014

robinbowes said:

Well, that's not so much a cover as singing the same lyrics over a minor skank. And I'm not Peter Tosh!

R.

fairly sure he changes some of the lyrics as well. :bz

koneguitarist · November 2014

Balham Alligators did a great version!

Trouble is, most bands have a drummer that does it 4/4 Rock style, it's swinging!

robinbowes · November 2014

That's another "cover" that is just the words sung over a completely different tune/harmonic progression.

robinbowes · November 2014

close2u said:

robinbowes said:

how many terrible youtube "how-to-play" video lessons?

Try this
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SB-425-JohnnyBGoode-ChuckBerry.php

Excellent - that's what I was looking for. He really nails it, as in sounds just like the "original".

Thanks,

R.

ICBM · November 2014

koneguitarist said:
Trouble is, most bands have a drummer that does it 4/4 Rock style, it's swinging!

When I was in a proper 50s-style rock'n'roll band, we once had to do a gig with a dep drummer - he was very good, but he was a straight-ahead rock drummer and didn't realise that rock'n'roll drumming is essentially played 'half time'… and is very fast by rock standards, the tempos are often up in the 160-180bpm range. The set was unusually energetic and the drumming was much more 'driving' than usual, but when we got to the end the poor chap was the colour of a beetroot and said "if you play an encore I'm going to die…"

Majorscale · November 2014

We also play it, but as a set closer. The solo section is split so all members (guitar, keys, bass and drums) take a round before launching together into 12 bars of Wipeout and then returning to the song to close. It's a pretty high energy way of closing the set!

ICBM · November 2014

Majorscale said:

We also play it, but as a set closer. The solo section is split so all members (guitar, keys, bass and drums) take a round before launching together into 12 bars of Wipeout and then returning to the song to close. It's a pretty high energy way of closing the set!

That sounds great! I also played it in a functions band where we put four rounds of 'In The Mood' into the middle, with an up-a-minor-third key change each time to get back to the original key. It fits perfectly.

Cabicular · November 2014

I drop Zeppelins Rock n Roll into it. You can sing it down an octave if you don't have my girly range but it works really well

robinbowes · November 2014

We do Rock n Roll as well

R.

robinbowes · November 2014

ICBM said:

Majorscale said:

We also play it, but as a set closer. The solo section is split so all members (guitar, keys, bass and drums) take a round before launching together into 12 bars of Wipeout and then returning to the song to close. It's a pretty high energy way of closing the set!

That sounds great! I also played it in a functions band where we put four rounds of 'In The Mood' into the middle, with an up-a-minor-third key change each time to get back to the original key. It fits perfectly.

Like that idea a lot

R.

not_the_dj · November 2014

We do it as a medley. Starting with "Johnny B Goode", then it morphs into "Roll Over Beethoven"....then various other rock'n'roll songs...with band intros (the bass player intro changes into "I Feel Good" and the Drummers becomes "Wipeout"....it can go on a bit, but it keeps them dancing! We end with "bye bye Johnny" which fits nicely.

hywelg · November 2014

close2u said:

Try this
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SB-425-JohnnyBGoode-ChuckBerry.php

Not bad, nearly all the right notes but he doesn't quite get the rhythm right on the G string bend/B and E string double stops.

And he plays it loads slower than Chuck

robinbowes · November 2014

All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right place!

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