"Last Train To Clarksville" guitar solo by Louie Shelton
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2016
- The "Last Train To Clarksville" guitar solo. This was the original track that got Louie's famed career started in Los Angeles.
Over the past several decades you would have heard Louie Shelton’s signature guitar riffs and solos on more hit records than any other session guitarist in history.
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I am ashamed that I didn’t know who this man was till now...and I am 60 ...grew up in this music..the guy is literally one of the best guitar players I have ever heard...
This poor man gave away the intro lick to this song to Don Kirshner without asking for any writing credits. That lick of course made this song a hit, made millions for others, and all he took from it was his normal hourly rate for studio work.
The first 30 seconds almost brought tears to my eyes. I've been a pro my whole life, but this was the song that made me want an electric guitar more than ANYTHING when I was five years old. So great to see this.
One of the greatest guitar solos in History! No wonder the Monkees went to #1 in 1966 -- Louie Shelton took them there.........
My brother sent me this video this morning. I gasped and my eyes nearly filled with tears when I heard the solo. These guitar riffs have been part of my musical life since I was 9 years old. Thanks for breaking it down for us!
Louie will probably never read this. But, I'd sure like him to know how much his craft was such a HUGE part of my childhood and I can never thank him enough.
Utterly brilliant. Who'd have thought 50 odd years on, we'd get to see this? I wouldn't.
I want to thank my friend Louie Shelton for giving me credit for that little figure I played in the solo..i need to make one correction ..we actually rehearsed this song and others at a studio next to Capital records....called rainbow studios....and my recollection was on this song I came up with the Clarksville...Lick....I play fingerstyle guitar..with a thumbpick so it was a natural for me....in the studio it was decided that Louie would play the 'Lick'....not to take anything from .Louie....I just needed to clear that up..people have asked me where did the lick come from......
Every note is beautiful in this man's hands! Intro alone is a master class on alternate picking.
"Hope you enjoyed that" We did Louie, we did. :)
“We didn’t have pedals in those days.” That’s the other great lesson here. Some of the best sounds and tone STILL come from plugging your guitar straight into an amp. Period. Of course, you actually have to be able to play! Thanks, Louie.
Just look at his eyes, he still thinks that's the coolest thing ever and he's right.
Louis Shelton was/is a first rate player!! The thumb downers have no idea -
I always loved the guitar playing on Monkee’s records. A lot of people grumbled about the make believe make up of the band but the records themselves were really well done and nice to hear. Thank you Louie Shelton, that music has a place in history.
only a dummy gives a thumbs down to an experienced studio master teaching a classic guitar riff ... really nice lesson
That was amazing! No ego, no bullshit, just a total and complete understanding of the guitar playing on a classic track!
“I played a Tele. Straight to a super reverb and a mic. We didn’t have pedals”. Love it!!!
I remember when this came out I was 16 - trying to pick this out on my Gibson and wondering why it didn't sound anywhere near as good. These guys like Louie Shelton, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, "The Wrecking Crew / Clique" etc. were all such amazing pros who made so many great-sounding records. It's hard to lay down even a "good" track, and these people made true greatness look & sound so easy. Heroes!
Every now and then one hears a guitar riff or solo that is so perfect, it is like it was meant to come into existence. This may be one of them.
That intro/solo is a masterpiece.