Playing the guitar: Francis Rossi plays the shuffle
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2011
- Status Quo singer, songwriter and guitarist, Francis Rossi, gives budding rock stars a lesson in how to play the shuffle.
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Had a one on one conversation with Francis, what a nice guy. And yes, the man can play!
I am 37 years old, I was first introduced to him when I was 5....He was a legend then and he still is now
Been a Status Quo fan since 1975 when I saw them with Heart and Kansas at the Michigan Palace theater in Detroit! All of that music for $4.00!
One of the most under rated guitarists ever. I got quite excited the other day when I managed to get a ticket for one of the upcoming Hammersmith shows. One chap said to me "oh they only know three chords" to prove your point.
He has a sublime sense of rhythm.
Im sure Francis can play Jazz,Funk, Metal riff's and perfect blue's solo's etc. But its the three chord concept that make's the Quo sound. I know loads of bands who only brought 3 chord shapes to the table and if thats your hand of card's? then clever them up with good arrangements. Make it sound tasteful etc then it'll not sound like a bunch of amature's constantly rotating a 12 bar blue's. The Quo are a very excellent and extreamly brilliant live band. Seen them man and boy and could'nt take my eyes off the stage. Glasgow Apollo when i was just a nipper was of the scale. It was truly the Headbangers Ball.
I saw The Quo on their retirement tour at Hammersmith in 1982. They were brilliant! It was the last chance in a lifetime to see them, lol. I've never got the hang of any of their songs, far more complex than most people believe.
Yes SQ based their SUCCESS on shuffle chords so did Chuck Berry, Stones even the Beatles used shuffle chords in their music Get Back, Come Together, Roll Over Beethoven (CB cover) .. MANY bands use it .. but for a band to achieve such world renowned recognition, playing variations of 12 bar blues is astounding .. I think.
Wow, what a span of frets with those long fingers, brilliant. No wonder I could never master the Telcaster ! ( or any other guitar come to that). Seems a really nice down to earth chap too . I agree too that he is a much under-rated guitarist. Two (long ) fingers up to those scoffers who think Quo could only play three chords..
I've been a fan of Quo since I was little. I think Francis Rossi is a legend, but underrated in my opinion and deserves to be classed as one of the top guitarists
I learned to play guitar by listening to Francis. These days I play Judas Priest and Metallica but Francis taught me to play guitar.
Status Quo came along at just the exact right time for me personally. At high school the "cool" kids all pretended to only listen to albums, not singles, and to NEVER listen to the radio. In fact we had one guy who claimed he'd never heard the Bee Gees sing Massachusetts! There was just no way you COULDN'T hear it in the mid to late 1960s It was played on every radio station and you couldn't go shopping without hearing it in every second shop! Yet Rob (a cooler name than Bob) claimed to have never heard it in his life. I use that song purely as an example of the idiocy coming from the "cool group" back then.
This man is a god to me.He could talk about toilet paper and it would sound cool.I hope he and Rick never stop rocking.
cannot think of a band more underrated, worked their asses off, and stuck with what is good, like ac/dc , respect due.
FRANCIS is the man! He's been my hero since 1968.
Francis was genetically blessed with extra long fingers, which is priceless when playing a shuffle. If you take notice, his little finger is as long as the third on many of us. How many can comfortably play an F shuffle on the first fret like this man? I can barely reach the 5th with my pinkie.
Francis Rossi is the perfect mixture of a genious guitar player and Stan Laurel
First guitar lesson I had..the shuffle. A whole career on the shuffle wow!!
Grande Francis !!!!!!
Unas Bestia para la guitarra me encanta como hace sus combinaciones