If SEVEN NATION ARMY was Delta Blues.... WHITE STRIPES Slide Guitar Cover
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2022
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I've always loved the heavy blues influence in Jack White's guitar playing, and the original recording of "Seven Nation Army" is a killer hybrid of bluesy slide guitar and analog punk. I wanted to take that all the way back down the Mississippi, and give it the full Delta Blues treatment. The melody and bassline sound simple until you try playing them at the same time.
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Thanks JJ
That was great
I absolutely love this version. I want to see an entire band perform this.
Thought it was simple as watching u play🤣
Dumbfounded. I've been playing since I was twelve, I'm 55 now. I always tell my students that you know you understand a song when you can play around with it. Add & subtract, transpose, switch up the keys & rhythm, stuff like that. This is that to a whole new level. Outstanding.
Boom, blue note just flicked in there
Well said from another guitar player ✌🏻❤️🎶
how you been playing a song for 43 years when it's only been out for 20
@@Dom-lu5dg he learned it in the future and came back to his timeline
@@Dom-lu5dg He said he's been playing since 12. Not playing this song since 12. Maybe read a little closer before you make an ass of yourself.
And then it hits me that he is playing lead, the bass line, and percussion all at once!
Facts!!!! Shits a trip!!!!
He doing the Meg percussion completely wrong ......
It's in time 😂
Yo, he’s also doing the vocals
He always does. All day long!! There are guitar players and then there is Justin a Johnson
And the vocals too I swear
As a fan of everything Jack White's ever done and who saw the White Stripes play 3 times, this must be his most covered/influential tune and hands down it's the best version I've ever heard, while I suspect that Jack would thoroughly approve. Kudos!
This & Pomplamoose's medley with SNA+Sweet Dreams are on an entirely different level of talent
Having played this more times than I can count on bass and guitar because it's easy beginner stuff.. I'd seriously grown to dislike it. Too much repetition. Growing tired of a song from learning to play it doesn't happen often. But 7NA cause it. This totally revived the song for me.
Think JW would approve...
But this!! Ya. I'm in love!!
This is so good. This entire performance deserves to be in an action movie as a score for the main scene, with all the other sounds and dialogue muted.
True story - Jack White was "saving" Seven Nation Army for a James Bond movie. He was convinced to publish it anyway. Eventually he wrote a song for a Bond movie anyway.
Say it with me now: Ar-tic-u-la-tion. That's where this piece excels! you can practically hear the slide/lead (fingers) speak the syllables while the thumb plucks the iconic bassline. And a wonderful use of percussive taps on the soundboard. IMHO, it's fantastic musicianship. signed, a percussionist who dabbles in guitar.
Ar-tic-u-la-tion.
Ar-tic-u-la-tion
Ar-tic-u-la-tion
spot on review
It's fantastic without your honest opinion.
That has to be one of the best sounding guitars I've heard.
Justin can make anything sound amazing
@@jmac2482 I remember him playing a shovel and making it sound good
Had the same thought. Made me want to buy a steel guitar.
@@mattzetts6501 that's actually called a resonator guitar. Steel guitar is similar but different
@andrew didn't know that! Will definitely look them up.
I've been playing guitar since I was 16, that's a little over 14 years at this point, and it still blows my mind how some people can play the melody and bass line simultaneously like this lol I suppose at a certain point of practicing a particular riff it just becomes muscle memory but it would probably take me a month of practice to begin to play this and I'd never get the kind of clarity he gets on every single note.
I used to be able to and what I can tell you is it's all practice. Nobody who's good at an instrument is good just because they were born that way, it's almost always that they were the one born with a passion strong enough to fuel them to practice for hours on end. I miss when I did that, but my joints don't work well enough to play anymore.
Look up Mississippi John Hurt to begin the technique. I saw a video of someone playing one of his songs and I loved it. I then began to learn the style and it didn't take too long to learn the basics. Baby steps will get you there.
@@eve_squared I told my dad once that every great guitarist was once that dorky kid who never left his bedroom cause he was playing his guitar all the time.
Training clarity is easy but time consuming. You need to play very slow, with high focus and as little effort as possible.
Once you got the desired level of clarity you can bring it up to speed.
Playing seperate lines is not to hard if you can seperate the resources. But if you need the same fingers for both at different times you need to rebuild the memory for both at a time.
Thats why even top notch guitar players have huge respect for people who can do it.
Is he not also tapping out the drums?
I like the absolute softness of it. some moments it feels like it’s whispered kindly
I would love to see you and Jack White play this together. That’d be an epic performance.
As long as White didn't show up.
I think one is the other's secret identity...but which one? 😉👍
Hell yeah
Hell yeah please🤟
@Jon Kerr:
That would be pretty epic IMO
I demand a remake of "o brother where art thou" and this man does the soundtrack.
Ok, that would be weird enough that it might actually work really well.
Every once in a while, a cover of an epic hit comes along that somehow slaps even harder than the original...I feel like Jack White would love to play this with you. Wish I could!
Can't carry a tune in a bucket but appreciate talent when I hear it 💯🎉❤🎉❤
Jack White needs to see this. To see your influence on other artists can be both humbling and inspiring.
I had the words humbling and inspiring in my mind before reading your comment. So obviously I owe you a thumbs up. I will add that if instruments could choose players Jack and Justin would be deeply favoured. There are many skilled players but understanding the voice of an instrument is a different challenge. Both IMO are exceptional.
" i bet you 5 your not alive if you don't know his name..."
Jack will see it if he hasn’t already
Jack would scoff and turn it off a quarter of the way through.
@@HarryGoulding jack seems to love old vintage stuff and is deeply steeped in the blues, so i doubt that.
Bro, this is fantastic! It sounds so swampy and cool. Well done my brother.
Swampy is a great way to describe this.
I like the term bilgewater as well.
You are correct it is brilliant
Yeah.... That DEFINITELY deserves a thumbs WAY up! 👍
This is absolutely amazing. Not just really skilled playing/adaptation of the original but you've given the song itself a certain "feeling" that is different to the original. Darker and a bit more menacing in a way. Seriously love it and you have a new subscriber!
Yes absolutely as a hillbilly and has like a legit hillbilly danger of hide like you're down in the holler running your still and the enemies are right around the corner ready to pounce
BOOOOOM!!
Fantastic arrangement Justin and absolutely amazing the way you play the melody and the bassline so perfectly together at the same time...Top notch as always!!
🤘🎶🎸👊🔥
First recorded in 1933 by Blind Stripey White.
So awesome as always you have the soul and heart to help so many... Great job. Keep up the awesome work 💜🔥💥🌟🕊️
But…there’s no bass in this song tho
@@torqued111 even though it wasn't recorded on bass, it's still a bassline.
I'm a metalhead at heart but the Blues and Delta blues in particular hits me so different i love it so much.
This is literally what the man coming back from the crossroads after midnight played first.
Wow. This is incredible. Always had a soft spot for the blues, I’m glad youtube recommended this to me
Justin Johnson may not be super well known but I'd argue he's one of the best
It's Bluegrass, not Blues, a different genre. Bluegrass has more a twang to it, and sounds more like country, and the string instruments are usually acoustic. I also think most of the songs have more energy to them.
@@bennytran2780 This is definitely blues. Blues was originally all acoustic and very twangy, many people without any knowledge of music history confuse early blues with early country. They developed from the same roots, after all.
Brilliant as always. Anyone that says great music isn't made anymore is living under a rock.
Strange example. This song is 19 years old.
No doubt there's still talented musicians. Just so few good new songs that reach the mainstream.
@@WalterLiddy there is no mainstream music industry anymore. No one buys records, tapes, cds, vhs of concerts, DVD of concerts. Great acts from those days still have a following and tour (except during covid which killed a lot of old venues in my area and didn't help artists either). Now new acts come up through social media and UA-cam to gain traction through algorithm. It's driven by ad dollars for single songs with videos rather than selling whole albums and concept albums. Napster and Winamp mp3s and limewire marked beginning of end. Then ipods and istore or similar apps like Spotify. But again most people search up old stuff on those, maybe new songs but often from older bands.
Mind blown.... damn... no words can express the spirit I feel.. shine on, my Brother .... never lose that gold!!
it always surprises me how good some songs sound when played in a diffrent genre
Probably one of the most prolifically covered songs out there, and this one quite possibly is my favorite version. Hella impressive
Come on down here to the delta. To the crossroads. April 23rd. Juke Joint Blues Festival, Clarksdale, MS. You won’t regret it.
Love it. Just got to say I got the strongest firefly feeling from this. Fantastic!!
Apparently, they are remaking Firefly. They should hire this guy to compose music.
That's not nice.
Why would this make you think his channel is going to be canceled after 14 videos?
@@crediblehulk420 lol True. I know it's going to be trash with Disney and without Joss. But still...this guy should get some Disney money for his playing.
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. It's okay I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me
@@crediblehulk420 I have absolutely zero faith that a Firefly remake will be good. Honestly, even if Joss was spearheading it I'd be very skeptical of it having the same feel.
Damn that was smooth. Perfect vibe, well done man!
Justin's playing is like a gourmet box of chocolates, tasty and satisfying. Thank you for sharing.
I love this series of changing songs into delta blues. Also, can’t wait to play them all on my mule resonator! Thanks Justin! You are the best! Cheers from North Carolina!
Lucky. I want a Mule sooo bad.
I never thought I COULD love this song even more... Boy was I wrong. Holy cow! That was amazing!!!
there's covers of this song in so many styles of music and none of them disappoint
I like this more than the original. Real soul and character comes through.
Потрясающая иллюстрация того, что рок -- этопрямой потомок блюза. Спасибо за новый взгляд и за мастерство 👍
People with talent like yours are the reason why I love music...
Kick ass another one to add to Justin playing cover tunes if they were delta blues play list. It's like you make these songs your own Justin, such talent.
That…was…AWESOME! I love slide and everyone loves 7NA and this arrangement is 🔥🔥🔥
Wow, your talent never ceases to amaze me Justin. You make that guitar sing... I can hear the words coming out of your guitar.
Simply amazing.. never stop.
I'd never heard of delta blues or many of the styles you play in before I discovered this video by accident. Now I'm obsessed with your music and everything in the genre. Thank you for introducing me to a whole new genre of music!
If you're still diving deep in that genre check out "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed. His plucking style is next level, but it often gets missed because his lyrics are so funny.
Dig Rev Gary Davis and Blind Willie McTell. Once you hear that? man… you’ll be ready to get into some good trouble
Amazing! Always love how JJ ends the tune with that classic last down stroke! 👍👍😉😉🎸🎸
I fucking love seeing a single instrument do two different melodies together, which is why I love the accordion so much. But god is this impressive
That bass is played so smoothly throughout. Amazing.
Amazing playing , you are a one of about every 10 years that pop's up with this talent most of us wish we had , please put more out , or a CD , I'd buy it in a second 👍😁
I don’t think a lot of people know just how impressive this is..
well i really didn't, bit after reading the comments I'm getting even more hyped to learn how to play guitar, just so that in 10 years or so i might be able to do the riffs
@@sean7902 Many people play guitar for their entire lives and never reach this level. This is the kind of playing you need to enslave yourself to. I hope you get as much joy out of guitar as I have, good luck!
I did.
But you do. 😑
i have never been more thankful for a random UA-cam suggestion. I am diving down into a rabbit hole of your music and good gods you're amazing.
The opening riff I love how southern it sounds. Like that one high note is calling you to the church of the melody
Man, there aren't many things that sound better than slide guitar.
Ошеломительно! Джастин, ты лучший!
There are always two thing that come to my head when I hear someone play something this impressive.
“Look at what you are not!”
And
“Look at what you could be!”
Keep it up man, you’ve been an inspiration to help me keep playing guitar
"look what you could be!" What a wonderfully optimistic thought! 😊
A duet with Haley Reinhart would blow me away!
HELL YES!
Yes I’ve been wanting to hear this song played this way for years!!! 🎉
That tone is incredible! So is the playing! 🤘🎸
I don't have a very long attention span but you got me hypnotized the whole 5 minutes man
Who needs words…….the guitar is singing! Awesome ❤
I don’t play guitar, but watching your videos I have such a impulse to pick one up and see if I can make just one note sound like what you play. Man. It looks so easy and natural the way master musicians play! Love it. :-)
Slide resonator guitar that is. Great. Staff I got trinity. Mud slide resonator. Guitar and. Love to learn More thanksgiving. For. This. Great video
I picked up a guitar 6 months ago. Best decision I’ve ever made. Go for it mate, you’ll be able to jam along to your favourites in no time, you’re learning every time you pick it up
Take lessons. You improve much faster and being held accountable is far more effective.
Go for it dude, it's way, WAY easier than you think, and I can't describe how rewarding that sense of accomplishment is when you learn a new song. Obviously don't expect to be at this guy's level in a few weeks, but it's just plucking with one hand, and holding a fret down with the other. Can you play this exact thing in a couple months? Probably not. Can you play a close approximation of it that still sounds cool? Absolutely.
Remember, learning guitar is an S curve (look it up to get the visualization), so I'd highly recommend starting off with an instructor who can help you establish the technique and muscle memory, as well as make sure you don't start with bad habits (it also helps initially to "force" yourself to commit to it, since that first hurdle can be pretty rough). After that though, you can pretty much learn any song you want, as long as you have the time and patience. You don't need to learn music theory, or how to read sheet music (although you can if that's what you want to do). Just use guitar tabs, they are like sheet music, except way easier to read, they literally tell you which fret/string combination to play for each note. As long as you can count, you can read guitar tabs.
You also don't need to be "good" at guitar to enjoy it. I see so many people get discouraged because they aren't as good as famous musicians. It's like comparing yourself to an Olympic athlete, and going "I'm out of shape." Remember, those musicians practice for hours each day, because that's literally their job. They also have teams of audio engineers and millions of dollars of recording equipment. You're never going to sound as good as them, but that doesn't mean you don't sound good. Nor do you have to sound good. As long as you are having fun, that's all that matters. Will you join a band? Maybe, if that's what you want. Is it fine if you never perform, and just learn songs for fun at home? Absolutely. You don't need an "end goal" for music. Just learn what you want, how you want, and make sure to have fun while doing it.
@El Mango 🧐
The original was an instant classic, but this makes me believe it will prove to be truly timeless. Well played!
I saw Justin in Nashville last year, what an extraordinary artist, and very nice person!
Everything he plays is next level!
His right hand looks so relaxed!
This is on my "Covers" playlist now!👋😎
Totally brilliant! This genre mashup really works-I love this song even more now! Well done, Mr J.!
I bet Jack would love this. So cool. A classic tune played on a resonater with blues styling. Just love it!
I love living in a world where people can share these kinds of beautiful creative ideas and artworks and performances so easily.
Hey Justin
You will most likely not see this but... Could you do a blues cover of People are Strange by The Doors? Your playing is amazing, would be really fun to hear your version of my favorite song :)
A band called the dead south kinda just did that, it’s not got that Justin vibe but those boys bring there own blue grass vibe, definitely worth a listen
Wasn't sure what to expect but you nailed this man, very well done 🤘🤘🤘
Dustin is such a true MUSICIAN, one who makes MUSIC. Musicians are much less common than people who merely play an instrument.
Whisky Tango Foxtrot. Bro omfg, your are my hero! Thank you so much.
That right hand.
I bet Jack White would love this version of the White Stripes song. You give so much life and zest to it! 👍💖🎸😎
One of the best versions of 7 Nation Army I've heard
A great alternative version to the “metal” version the WS did…
Jack White would approve, he loves blues!
He's a massive Sun House fan!
Daughter
@@mikez1328 Moon Unit Zappa
"he loves blues" you say about the world famous blues artist.
@@reecedeyoung6595 in their defense, in today's society he isn't *really* known as a blues artist.... except among people that truly know blues music. Like, MOST people would just throw JW in the lump of "rock guitarist". Let's appreciate the fact that someone recognized Jack White's love of blues, shares that love, and here we are, all together, enjoying this tasty jam of Justin's rendition.
@@therealdannymullen and I guess John mayer is known for his pop music. I think you should give people more credit. People who know Jack white by name have likey interacted with his music enough to know that blues is the primary influence. That or they know him from his self titled releases. Which are very obviously blues.
This needs to be in a western duel scene asap.
Jack White...eat your ❤️ heart out
Justine can give you lessons in humility 🎸
Hey Jack White...vs .... Justin...
dueling 🎸 guitars anyone ?
Hearing this makes me want to go out and buy a Resonator!
Absolutely fabulous JJ . Amazingly cover the bass and rhythm while playing the lead , plus the drum beat ! Cheers from NZ .
*fall to my knees* “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!!”
I suffered through two ads to go back and give you a thumbs up
Yaaaaaaas! Not normally a blues fan by-and-large, but had to see how this one turned out. As it happens, FANTASTIC! Keep it up! You make 7NA sound like it was WRITTEN for this style!
This is one of the most badass things I've ever heard. 🙌 You're awesome.
I feel like he would have an awesome sidequest I would accept, venturing into the wilds, just me, my horse, and the open skies. 😂
A great piece that sounds amazing tranposed into blues, jazz, country, folk, acapella, ukealalie, classic, hillbilly, Latin, Gaelic, but Justin's cover is by far the smoothest most chilled. Thanks
Wow thank you Justin, you made my day 🤯🤯🤯
Ive always been impressed with whatever Justin Johnson plays.
This is just pure golden!!🎉
For Christmas I want an album of covers like this. Absolute legend.
Just read the description and yes i would LOVE tabs, this sounds amazing, such a cool vibe, your playing is superb Justin, its always a pleasure to listen to you, thanks
Awesome, thank you!🎸🎸DOWNLOADABLE TABS: www.musicnotes.com/l/gwjMb
I think I like this even better than the original! This guy is so ridiculously talented.
Just felt in love with delta blues in an instant especially this musical version. Hats off!
Excellent.
This is definitely a song I would want tabs for, sounds so good.
Here ya go!🎸🎸DOWNLOADABLE TABS: www.musicnotes.com/l/gwjMb
This sounds so sinister.
Why am I only discovering this now? This is genius.
That kind of ease with your right hand is what I want to achieve some day
Interesting to see/hear whether a song can survive the transition into another style, this does, but with a way different feel to it, illustrates the delta sound nicely!
He makes her cry,he makes her sing,but when she talks ,its a beautiful thing....keep on rockin brother!
Quel bonheur on ne s'en lasse pas. Merci Justin.
That's what I love about seven nation army, it allows even beginner or novice guitar players to have the feeling of having fun with a song, obviously this is a whole another level and I completely bow before it but the simplicity of this riff makes it so that it can be transferred into other genres and adding some fun interludes.
Imagine just sitting with a whisky listening to this guy play
How are you not lead guitarist in 30 different bands? This is so epic!
Well done, sir, well done!
I can guarantee you that Jack would absolutely LOVE this
I just want to drink bourbon and listen to this all night.
music ability = genius. ability not to have long hair mute strings or get tangled = god status.
This was one of my favourite songs as a kid, also one of the first ones I learnt to play. This version is my new favourite version of this song now!
I’m learning Blues Ukulele and this has just shown me the correct way to use a slide. Very emotive peace also. Thankyou.