Another great easy to follow lesson. Tom & Mike are so talented and have some of the most awesome gear to boot. Tom is already missed and had a heavy influence on millions. R.I.P.
It hurts me too. I'm going to miss Tom Petty. Standing up to the record companies was proof to me that he never forgot where he came from or who he was. May God Bless Tom Petty, his family and all his fans. Goodby Mr. Petty, you will never be forgotten. Johnny Rocco from down in Bama Land.
Thanks for this lesson Mark. It's the best one I've found! I was so bummed out all last week when I heard Tom Petty had passed. I really love his songs. RIP TP.
Thanks for the lesson mate. Tom has always been one of my absolute favorites and it was damn sure time I sat down and learned one of my favorite tunes from him. It's crazy how much you can miss someone you've never got the pleasure to meet. But been I've rocking him since the day I was born and i will be till the day I die...Rip Tom. Seems you've really been learning to fly.
Really nice lesson. I like how you play the solo first to give the viewer an idea of how the lesson is going to play out. Thanks for posting this one. RIP Tom Petty.
Man... I'm bummed too. He was only 5 years older than me. Mary Jane's last dance is in my play list. He marched to his own beat. So many great tunes. What a legacy. We will miss him. Bye Tom
Hey, Mark, I feel ya, thank you for posting this. This was such a shock to me hearing about Tom. Very very talented artist. I read somewhere one time he got his break by meeting Elvis Presley. when he was 10. His uncle was shooting the Elvis Movie Follow That Dream and Invited Tom to watch the shoot. Like me he became hooked on Elvis. Lot of great music he left us. God rest his soul. Thank you very much again for posting this.
I read something like that too ... about Elvis. It was a shock to me, especially after it seemed like it might be a hoax. The next morning I heard it was verified that he was dead. He was a real original.
Really appreciate this. Just joined a new band, ton of new material to learn. finding vids like yours with the tab and just the right amount of words....really makes catching up to the rest of the band much easier. mucho thanks....and yes the fill is awesome!
Thanks Dave. I agree TP was one of the best. I didn't realize it until much later in life. I was probably in my 30's when I really saw how good his music was. It's so hard to make something so simple also unique and pointed enough to hit the listener in the gut or touch the heart. That's the challenge of so many folk and bluegrass musicians. In rock Neil Young can do it better than anybody IMHO, but TP was right there with him.
Mike Campbell....most underrated guitarist of all time...he is incredible....his timing, knowing when NOT to play, etc...his feel...so, so damn good. Is that a Les Paul Jr? It looks and sounds awesome...I want one so bad, could never afford it. Thanks for the lesson sir
Agree, Mike Campbell is a fantastic guitarist. Unique style and sound. The guitar I'm playing here is actually a Melody Maker. You can find recently made models at a fairly reasonable price ... $450 to $650 or so. There are several versions; single coil, P90, and humbucker. I've never played the humbucker version, but the other 2 are fine. The vintage models are all much more of course ... but vintage just means vintage - not necessarily better.
Mark, I love your stuff. You nailed it when attempting to describe Tom Petty’s music. Tom Petty and Mike Campbell definitely had something special. If you have a few seconds, can you tell me what you think about the Gibson Melody Maker you are playing? I am mostly a Fender player, but have been wanting a Gibson, but don’t really want to go the Les Paul route and have been eyeing Melody Makers. Thanks again for helping us regular dudes become Guitar Heroes!
Thanks brother! I *LOVE* my Melody Maker, but ... I put a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder in it to get that growl. A Les Paul Junior is another way to go - has a P-90 there instead. One thing that the Melody Maker and LP Juniors have is that "minimalist" thing. You learn to get more out of that single pickup by using the volume and tone controls effectively. Makes you a better player. Two things to keep in mind. Gibson's scale is 24.75" not 25.5". Some people really prefer one or the other. Second thing is that Gibson's neck carve is a bit thicker. I like that, but some don't. Last thing I'll mention is that Gibson has its Les Paul Special out there now - heckuva guitar. Much thinner and bare bones than a fancy Les Paul ... also less money. More than a Melody Maker, but great guitar. If you can get to a music store, see if you can play a MM, Junior or Double-cut Junior. Just get a feel. Have fun!!
Thanks, Mark. One of my early jobs was ushering hockey games and concerts at the old Met Center in Minneapolis. Tom Petty's was the first concert I was to work. I was super excited but they stuck me in the Men's Room where I had to stand there like an idiot making sure nobody pissed in the sinks or on the floor (oh, I also had to help stand a guy up out of his wheelchair so he could get close enough to the urinal, jeeze). I got so many, "What's this guy doin' in here? Lookin' at our dicks?" comments and felt like total imbecile. Luckily, once the concert started it was pretty empty in there so it was just me (and the smells) and I got to at least hear the show from the open doorway arches. But when "Free Fallin'" came on, I was like screw this I'm goin' out there and take a peek at this song. I walked out one step at a time closer and closer to get a view of him onstage and it was great. Then CRASH! I was like, "oh no, you gotta be kiddin' me". I ran back to the restroom and sure enough in that short amount of time when I'd abandoned my post some wastoid had gone in there and torn off a stall door! I thought I was gonna be in huge trouble since I'd only worked a couple hockey games and this was my first concert. Later, I'm sure it was the guy who did it came in there with his young son and pointed at the stall door with a degenerate grin and then they left just as quickly. I never would have thought Tom Petty crowds would be ones I'd have to keep an eye out for as far as property destruction goes but what can ya do. Thank God they got rid of that stupid bathroom duty position shortly after (maybe directly after) that incident. I think it actually provoked people and put ideas in their heads that they might not have otherwise come up with. But yeah, love Tom Petty and I'll never forget that wacky concert from my point of view. So many memories from his songs. I'll try my best to keep his music alive with practice and great lessons like this. Thanks again, and take care.
Thanks for that story! Pardon the pun, but that was a really shitty job! Why do people have to do things like tear the door off the stall? That's a big problem with the world today - people who do nothing but cause trouble for other folks. Kind of ironic that it was during "Free Fallin". I've had jobs like that too. It's interesting that you were concerned about being in trouble. It shows you're a responsible guy who takes pride in his work no matter what it is. I see lots of people in positions like mine today who never had one of those tough jobs. They often get upset if the coffee isn't good or if they don't like their office chair, and they're quick to blame others. I guess I'm okay with complaining a bit, but take a little pride in your work. Put your head down, work and give it ... if not your best, at least something that you feel is pretty good. Plenty of time to complain at lunch, on break, or after work. Sorry, got on a tangent. I feel that Tom Petty gave his best. It would have been easy for him to get up on stage and just rehash old stuff and do a half-assed job of it. He never did that to my knowledge. Here's a great version of Runnin' Down a Dream where Mike Campbell certainly gives it his all. What's cool is that as long as Mike's solo is, the band still ends very tightly, so they're all in it, all the way. Great performance! ua-cam.com/video/Qv4-m-cIZf4/v-deo.html
Hopefully a few others can learn a thing or two from my little story. Even though that bathroom duty was indeed a "shitty" job (literally), lol, I stuck it out (not literally!) and am so glad I did because after they got rid of the men's room monitor position, every concert I worked thereafter I just had to help people locate their seats and apart from a few late arrivals who I'd help navigate the stairs in the dark with my trusty flashlight, I'd basically be able to watch entire shows from very sweet vantage points and get paid for it. Saw so many cool bands/acts I wouldn't have been able to otherwise, and as such that was one of my favorite jobs to this day. I worked there from the tale end of high school and during college until the building venue was demolished and turned into a parking lot for the dreaded Mall Of America. I can still hear the wise words of a homeless guy that popped around the corner in the hallway downstairs to shout to me, "Hey, telll them lions to quit makin' all that racket; I'm tryin' to sleep!" when the Shrine circus was in town. I've thought the same "pipe down!" thoughts about my neighbors since then. Thanks for sharing that link of Runnin' Down A Dream. You're so right about them giving their all. They definitely seemed to live by the motto "this is our first and possibly only show for this particular audience so let's give 'em our best". I could tell Mike Campbell was into it right off the bat the way he almost danced with his guitar to coax the sustain out of it and that solo was phenomenal! The whole band was smiling and just seemed so grateful to be in that very special situation. They were running down a dream while living the dream, for sure. You're right about so many people today seemingly thinking they're entitled to things for no real reason other than the fact that they just exist. They don't seem to associate actions and deeds with results nor familiar with the "you get what you work hard for" concept. I've often thought to myself about today's late nite comedy talk show hosts and young pop/hip hop/rap stars, "do these people honestly think they're as talented as their braggadocia seems? or at least any more talented than any other regular Joe Schmoe?" Most are so Z-rate to me compared to their predecessors and to be honest compared to a majority of unknowns who aren't famous at all and who have no desire to be. I didn't watch the Tom Petty tribute you mentioned with Miley (what happened to that girl? she had a song back in the day called "Breakout" that for a nanosecond made me think, "hey, this girl might suprise us and be the next rock for rock's sake female up and comer" but boy did she choose a different path) but I have seen other recent tributes and it always makes me sad and angry/depressed that people like Kanye West honestly in their own minds think they're on the same musical level (sometimes on a higher level) than the time tested true talents of the musical veterans that they're singing cover songs of in "tribute". Seeing Paul McCartney singing the newer trio song he did with Kanye and Rihanna was the last time I could bring myself to watch the old guard mix with the new. I don't want to associate Paul with Kanye, for Pete's (Pete Best's) sake. Yeah, it's too bad the entertainment industry is so fixated on keeping things young (not new anymore but young; so much of what goes on now is a repeat, and often a dumbed down repeat of what's been before) and putting the focus on youth and looks (and mass production) instead of talent and relatability. I'd much rather hear songs by older folks on the radio than by teens. I mean, most of us on this planet are not in our 20s (does the entertainment industry have no mathematical sense in who really has the money to spend on things to help them escape for a while?) so who the heck wants to listen to teens/20 year olds singing about clubbing let alone that if we don't think like they do that we're terrible people. When people like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus become the voices of a generation, it's time for grandparents to step in and change things for the better again for the next generation. Shouldn't be too hard since a lot of grandparents are the ones taking care of this generations' kids anyway (sad but too often true in today's entitlement/self-centered world). Let's hope some common (and musical) sense comes back. Oh, and don't get me started on today's movies and all the remakes/reboots starring equally Z-rate stars who walk the same red carpets that the giants of the past once did. Oof da.
I hear ya' on what you're saying - especially the point about McCartney. I suppose at least Kanye and Rihanna actually make music and Rihanna plays a number of instruments I'm told. I'm not interested in their music though, and don't find it compelling. Too much "machine" - about "image" or "looks" or "brand", as you say. And yes, it would be nice to see older people still making music, and you know, it does happen. But not so much in pop/media. Lots of great older folks playing jazz, swing, bluegrass, and folk. And a few older guys still rocking. I'm amazed at how vital Neil Young has been. Incredible how he kept reinventing his musical style and being a trend-setter often. Eventually someone or a group of people will invent a new musical form that's both popular and viable from a musical POV. Or they'll adapt something into something else the way The Beatles and others evolved rock from "Louie Louie". I love early rock, but I'm sure glad people found ways to evolve it. Well, like you, I could go on, but I'll get off of my soapbox. It's cathartic once in a while. Thanks again for the note my friend!
Yes, it is indeed cathartic to vent every once in a while, no doubt. Sometimes it's funny to look back at past (lengthy) musings and realize the words flew out with the same velocity as projectile pea soup flying out of Linda Blair's mouth, lol. If only we got paid by the installment for our youtube/facebook comments like Charles Dickens did for his stories!
John Vaden Gibson Melody Maker. Love it ... but only after i dropped in a Seymour Duncan quarter pounder in there. Still, it's a low priced Gibson, so modding it was pretty easy.
zapcan59 Thanks. It's really hard to get that Tom Petty / Mike Campbell sounds and vibe. I appreciate the vote of confidence! Hope it helped you a bit.
I didn’t realize he had just died when you made this video. It was shocking all over again. But you play it well but let’s not hate on Miley Tom wouldn’t like that 🦋🥰😉
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Another great easy to follow lesson. Tom & Mike are so talented and have some of the most awesome gear to boot. Tom is already missed and had a heavy influence on millions. R.I.P.
Thanks Kevin. I feel the same about TP and MC. Both true originals.
Tom is the best American musician ever....he and the Heartbreakers...pure American ROCK N ROLL at its absolute best
Nothing better!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I appreciate the tip!
It hurts me too. I'm going to miss Tom Petty. Standing up to the record companies was proof to me that he never forgot where he came from or who he was. May God Bless Tom Petty, his family and all his fans. Goodby Mr. Petty, you will never be forgotten. Johnny Rocco from down in Bama Land.
"Damn the Torpedos" is the album he took them to the limit on. Totally worth the pain and wait.
I miss Tom so much. Such a legend. So sad I never got to see him live but I’m only 22 and just got really into his music when I was about 18
Good to hear young people are still enjoying Tom's music!
Thanks for this lesson Mark. It's the best one I've found! I was so bummed out all last week when I heard Tom Petty had passed. I really love his songs. RIP TP.
Thanks Andrea. Tom Petty was a real original.
Thanks for the lesson mate. Tom has always been one of my absolute favorites and it was damn sure time I sat down and learned one of my favorite tunes from him. It's crazy how much you can miss someone you've never got the pleasure to meet. But been I've rocking him since the day I was born and i will be till the day I die...Rip Tom. Seems you've really been learning to fly.
My pleasure. TP is one of my favorites too!
Oh man - thank you for showing that "Awesome Fill" at the end - I never had that quite right. A nice tribute to the legend. Thank you.
Thanks!
Lovely tribute to Tom Petty. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for listening.
Had this song in my head, and yes Tom was one of my favorites.
Great song for sure. He had a bunch of them!!
Really nice lesson. I like how you play the solo first to give the viewer an idea of how the lesson is going to play out. Thanks for posting this one. RIP Tom Petty.
Thanks. I try to do that in all of my videos. Sometimes it's a bit harder than other times.
Thanks. I try to do that in all of my videos. Some songs are harder than others!
nice tribute....petty just seemed so down to earth....and was a pleasure to listen to on his buried treasure radio show..
Thanks. I agree, Tom Petty was the real deal.
Thanks Mark--been beatin my head against wall tryin to figure this out.
Glad to help
Man... I'm bummed too. He was only 5 years older than me. Mary Jane's last dance is in my play list.
He marched to his own beat. So many great tunes. What a legacy. We will miss him. Bye Tom
I’m with you Tom Petty, werever you are. We all miss you. GREAT THANKS A LOT!!
My pleasure. Anything to keep TP's stuff out there. He and his band we're the real deal. Thanks for watching.
Thank Mark, Tom will be missed by all of us , RIP
My pleasure. Yes, we'll all miss him.
Hey, Mark, I feel ya, thank you for posting this. This was such a shock to me hearing about Tom. Very very talented artist. I read somewhere one time he got his break by meeting Elvis Presley. when he was 10. His uncle was shooting the Elvis Movie Follow That Dream and Invited Tom to watch the shoot. Like me he became hooked on Elvis. Lot of great music he left us. God rest his soul. Thank you very much again for posting this.
I read something like that too ... about Elvis. It was a shock to me, especially after it seemed like it might be a hoax. The next morning I heard it was verified that he was dead. He was a real original.
Great tribute to a great artist. Well done and thanks, Mark.
Colin Graham You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Awesome. Thanks for the lesson Mark. Thanks for taking the time to write the tab as well! TP Rocks!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching. TP does indeed rock!
Perfection as always Petty Would be proud!!!!!!
Wow, thanks Teddy. I really appreciate it!
Really appreciate this. Just joined a new band, ton of new material to learn. finding vids like yours with the tab and just the right amount of words....really makes catching up to the rest of the band much easier. mucho thanks....and yes the fill is awesome!
Awesome, thank you!
Petty had those simple licks that fit just right and sounded great!
Exactly! So hard to do. Takes a lot of work.
I was hoping you would do this song Mark. I was having trouble with the fills. But you explain it awesome. Thank you.
Anthony Miller You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
WOW, I love your ladder explanation to define the pattern. Great lesson.
Thanks Pete!
Mark, Like your style bro. Learned another song from you before. Nice chops.
It was Edgar Winter. You rocked free ride out too.
Cool, thanks! On both!!!
Really great video, Mark. So sad about Tom Petty - he was one of the best!
Thanks Dave. I agree TP was one of the best. I didn't realize it until much later in life. I was probably in my 30's when I really saw how good his music was. It's so hard to make something so simple also unique and pointed enough to hit the listener in the gut or touch the heart. That's the challenge of so many folk and bluegrass musicians. In rock Neil Young can do it better than anybody IMHO, but TP was right there with him.
Great lesson. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Great job Mark exact!!!
Thanks Phil!
Mike Campbell....most underrated guitarist of all time...he is incredible....his timing, knowing when NOT to play, etc...his feel...so, so damn good. Is that a Les Paul Jr? It looks and sounds awesome...I want one so bad, could never afford it. Thanks for the lesson sir
Agree, Mike Campbell is a fantastic guitarist. Unique style and sound. The guitar I'm playing here is actually a Melody Maker. You can find recently made models at a fairly reasonable price ... $450 to $650 or so. There are several versions; single coil, P90, and humbucker. I've never played the humbucker version, but the other 2 are fine. The vintage models are all much more of course ... but vintage just means vintage - not necessarily better.
beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Really sad about Tom, RIP, too early in my opinion. I feel the same way Mark. Nice lesson for a sad occasion.
Thanks Buddy.
Mark, I love your stuff. You nailed it when attempting to describe Tom Petty’s music. Tom Petty and Mike Campbell definitely had something special. If you have a few seconds, can you tell me what you think about the Gibson Melody Maker you are playing? I am mostly a Fender player, but have been wanting a Gibson, but don’t really want to go the Les Paul route and have been eyeing Melody Makers. Thanks again for helping us regular dudes become Guitar Heroes!
Thanks brother! I *LOVE* my Melody Maker, but ... I put a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder in it to get that growl. A Les Paul Junior is another way to go - has a P-90 there instead.
One thing that the Melody Maker and LP Juniors have is that "minimalist" thing. You learn to get more out of that single pickup by using the volume and tone controls effectively. Makes you a better player.
Two things to keep in mind. Gibson's scale is 24.75" not 25.5". Some people really prefer one or the other. Second thing is that Gibson's neck carve is a bit thicker. I like that, but some don't.
Last thing I'll mention is that Gibson has its Les Paul Special out there now - heckuva guitar. Much thinner and bare bones than a fancy Les Paul ... also less money. More than a Melody Maker, but great guitar.
If you can get to a music store, see if you can play a MM, Junior or Double-cut Junior. Just get a feel. Have fun!!
You are the best!
Thanks! And thank you for watching.
I love melody makers.
Under-appreciated guitars certainly.
Thanks, Mark. One of my early jobs was ushering hockey games and concerts at the old Met Center in Minneapolis. Tom Petty's was the first concert I was to work. I was super excited but they stuck me in the Men's Room where I had to stand there like an idiot making sure nobody pissed in the sinks or on the floor (oh, I also had to help stand a guy up out of his wheelchair so he could get close enough to the urinal, jeeze). I got so many, "What's this guy doin' in here? Lookin' at our dicks?" comments and felt like total imbecile. Luckily, once the concert started it was pretty empty in there so it was just me (and the smells) and I got to at least hear the show from the open doorway arches. But when "Free Fallin'" came on, I was like screw this I'm goin' out there and take a peek at this song. I walked out one step at a time closer and closer to get a view of him onstage and it was great. Then CRASH! I was like, "oh no, you gotta be kiddin' me". I ran back to the restroom and sure enough in that short amount of time when I'd abandoned my post some wastoid had gone in there and torn off a stall door! I thought I was gonna be in huge trouble since I'd only worked a couple hockey games and this was my first concert. Later, I'm sure it was the guy who did it came in there with his young son and pointed at the stall door with a degenerate grin and then they left just as quickly. I never would have thought Tom Petty crowds would be ones I'd have to keep an eye out for as far as property destruction goes but what can ya do. Thank God they got rid of that stupid bathroom duty position shortly after (maybe directly after) that incident. I think it actually provoked people and put ideas in their heads that they might not have otherwise come up with. But yeah, love Tom Petty and I'll never forget that wacky concert from my point of view. So many memories from his songs. I'll try my best to keep his music alive with practice and great lessons like this. Thanks again, and take care.
Thanks for that story! Pardon the pun, but that was a really shitty job! Why do people have to do things like tear the door off the stall? That's a big problem with the world today - people who do nothing but cause trouble for other folks. Kind of ironic that it was during "Free Fallin".
I've had jobs like that too. It's interesting that you were concerned about being in trouble. It shows you're a responsible guy who takes pride in his work no matter what it is. I see lots of people in positions like mine today who never had one of those tough jobs. They often get upset if the coffee isn't good or if they don't like their office chair, and they're quick to blame others. I guess I'm okay with complaining a bit, but take a little pride in your work. Put your head down, work and give it ... if not your best, at least something that you feel is pretty good. Plenty of time to complain at lunch, on break, or after work.
Sorry, got on a tangent. I feel that Tom Petty gave his best. It would have been easy for him to get up on stage and just rehash old stuff and do a half-assed job of it. He never did that to my knowledge. Here's a great version of Runnin' Down a Dream where Mike Campbell certainly gives it his all. What's cool is that as long as Mike's solo is, the band still ends very tightly, so they're all in it, all the way. Great performance! ua-cam.com/video/Qv4-m-cIZf4/v-deo.html
Hopefully a few others can learn a thing or two from my little story. Even though that bathroom duty was indeed a "shitty" job (literally), lol, I stuck it out (not literally!) and am so glad I did because after they got rid of the men's room monitor position, every concert I worked thereafter I just had to help people locate their seats and apart from a few late arrivals who I'd help navigate the stairs in the dark with my trusty flashlight, I'd basically be able to watch entire shows from very sweet vantage points and get paid for it. Saw so many cool bands/acts I wouldn't have been able to otherwise, and as such that was one of my favorite jobs to this day. I worked there from the tale end of high school and during college until the building venue was demolished and turned into a parking lot for the dreaded Mall Of America. I can still hear the wise words of a homeless guy that popped around the corner in the hallway downstairs to shout to me, "Hey, telll them lions to quit makin' all that racket; I'm tryin' to sleep!" when the Shrine circus was in town. I've thought the same "pipe down!" thoughts about my neighbors since then.
Thanks for sharing that link of Runnin' Down A Dream. You're so right about them giving their all. They definitely seemed to live by the motto "this is our first and possibly only show for this particular audience so let's give 'em our best". I could tell Mike Campbell was into it right off the bat the way he almost danced with his guitar to coax the sustain out of it and that solo was phenomenal! The whole band was smiling and just seemed so grateful to be in that very special situation. They were running down a dream while living the dream, for sure.
You're right about so many people today seemingly thinking they're entitled to things for no real reason other than the fact that they just exist. They don't seem to associate actions and deeds with results nor familiar with the "you get what you work hard for" concept. I've often thought to myself about today's late nite comedy talk show hosts and young pop/hip hop/rap stars, "do these people honestly think they're as talented as their braggadocia seems? or at least any more talented than any other regular Joe Schmoe?" Most are so Z-rate to me compared to their predecessors and to be honest compared to a majority of unknowns who aren't famous at all and who have no desire to be. I didn't watch the Tom Petty tribute you mentioned with Miley (what happened to that girl? she had a song back in the day called "Breakout" that for a nanosecond made me think, "hey, this girl might suprise us and be the next rock for rock's sake female up and comer" but boy did she choose a different path) but I have seen other recent tributes and it always makes me sad and angry/depressed that people like Kanye West honestly in their own minds think they're on the same musical level (sometimes on a higher level) than the time tested true talents of the musical veterans that they're singing cover songs of in "tribute". Seeing Paul McCartney singing the newer trio song he did with Kanye and Rihanna was the last time I could bring myself to watch the old guard mix with the new. I don't want to associate Paul with Kanye, for Pete's (Pete Best's) sake.
Yeah, it's too bad the entertainment industry is so fixated on keeping things young (not new anymore but young; so much of what goes on now is a repeat, and often a dumbed down repeat of what's been before) and putting the focus on youth and looks (and mass production) instead of talent and relatability. I'd much rather hear songs by older folks on the radio than by teens. I mean, most of us on this planet are not in our 20s (does the entertainment industry have no mathematical sense in who really has the money to spend on things to help them escape for a while?) so who the heck wants to listen to teens/20 year olds singing about clubbing let alone that if we don't think like they do that we're terrible people. When people like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus become the voices of a generation, it's time for grandparents to step in and change things for the better again for the next generation. Shouldn't be too hard since a lot of grandparents are the ones taking care of this generations' kids anyway (sad but too often true in today's entitlement/self-centered world). Let's hope some common (and musical) sense comes back. Oh, and don't get me started on today's movies and all the remakes/reboots starring equally Z-rate stars who walk the same red carpets that the giants of the past once did. Oof da.
I hear ya' on what you're saying - especially the point about McCartney. I suppose at least Kanye and Rihanna actually make music and Rihanna plays a number of instruments I'm told. I'm not interested in their music though, and don't find it compelling. Too much "machine" - about "image" or "looks" or "brand", as you say.
And yes, it would be nice to see older people still making music, and you know, it does happen. But not so much in pop/media. Lots of great older folks playing jazz, swing, bluegrass, and folk. And a few older guys still rocking. I'm amazed at how vital Neil Young has been. Incredible how he kept reinventing his musical style and being a trend-setter often.
Eventually someone or a group of people will invent a new musical form that's both popular and viable from a musical POV. Or they'll adapt something into something else the way The Beatles and others evolved rock from "Louie Louie". I love early rock, but I'm sure glad people found ways to evolve it.
Well, like you, I could go on, but I'll get off of my soapbox. It's cathartic once in a while. Thanks again for the note my friend!
Yes, it is indeed cathartic to vent every once in a while, no doubt. Sometimes it's funny to look back at past (lengthy) musings and realize the words flew out with the same velocity as projectile pea soup flying out of Linda Blair's mouth, lol. If only we got paid by the installment for our youtube/facebook comments like Charles Dickens did for his stories!
what kind of guitar is that?
John Vaden Gibson Melody Maker. Love it ... but only after i dropped in a Seymour Duncan quarter pounder in there. Still, it's a low priced Gibson, so modding it was pretty easy.
Awesome! Thanks
@@MarkZabel Year? Looks very new...reissue?
Close as I've heard to the solo, it's basic but for some reason I couldn't make it sound right.
zapcan59 Thanks. It's really hard to get that Tom Petty / Mike Campbell sounds and vibe. I appreciate the vote of confidence! Hope it helped you a bit.
It would be helpful to see your right hand too :)
Noted!
I didn’t realize he had just died when you made this video. It was shocking all over again. But you play it well but let’s not hate on Miley Tom wouldn’t like that 🦋🥰😉
LOL, okay, thanks.
I got a little misty...
Great but the first chord is not a slide
Okay, thanks.