How to Play 'Reelin' and Rockin'' - Chuck Berry - 1950s Rock 'n' Roll Guitar Tutorial - Jez Quayle

[@normannoriega9557]

Nice Mr keep on Rocking much appreciated.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks Norman! 😊👍

[@jeffreese4194]

Always loved the live version of this song. Great lesson and as always keep those oldies alive for younger generations!! 🎶

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks again Jeff! I really appreciate your words of support.

[@jeffreese4194]

@@RocknRollSongbook and I speak for many here in the US 🇺🇸 when I say to you thanks so much for keeping these wonderful rock & roll songs alive for younger generations! 🎸

[@danielbeasley2124]

Thank you so much Jez. You are a great instructor.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Daniel!

[@donindri]

Thanks for posting, that was great. Going right to my 50s playlist!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! Glad you like it.

[@drjackdaw6627]

absolutely fantastic, great song, great performance, really enjoyed watching this, very entertaining, thank you.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@rayneraloysius1401]

I love this song & tutorial. Thank you so much❤😅😊

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@mauriciofogaca8355]

Thanks for sharing. Very good! Brazil!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Mauricio! Greetings from England.

[@rocky75111]

I've always wanted to play 50's style rock and this channel has helped greatly. Keep up the awesome work my guy.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Rezzy! That's really good to know. Let me know how you get on.

[@michaelvoigt280]

Richtig gut der mann

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Danke schoen Michael!

[@wadedeeds1738]

Got my 50s song book ordered😀 should be here tomorrow or Thursday 😀I'm Excited 🤠

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks for the songbook order Wade! 😊

[@ОлександрПавлишак]

👍👍👍Супер! Спасибо! Урок отличный! Здоровья и много здоровья! 👍 👍 👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Большое спасибо Олександр!

[@Lqqq]

Fantastic!...luv your channel Jez thank you for all your posts they're excellent!.....
Keep on rocking!..- James 🎸

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much James!

[@objectiveobjective1948]

Liked this a lot and loved the rockabilly style, thanks

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much ....Objective!

[@lyphan2667]

I start to listen your rock and roll 🎸

[@Garry572301]

Excellent... recuperating from Sever Carpal Tunnel Surgery on both hands…can’t wait to get back into playing guitar… 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Garry! I hope your recovery goes well and that you get back to guitar playing soon.

[@toddbell1214]

Great lesson. Love Chuck Berry. Keep up the good work Jez. Thank you 🙏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Todd! I love Chuck too.

[@timomarra3315]

Excellent tutorial! Really!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! Tim!

[@colinsykes6883]

Excellent as usual Jez. There are few rock n roll lessons of this quality around. Keep going !

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Colin! Will do.

[@agneskarcub3274]

Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! You're fantastic as always!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Agnes!

[@JWNOSNHOJ]

Great stuff, well played and sung ( I like the echo) My favourite Chuck Berry song. First heard it around 1957 when a neighbourhood kid played it to me. It was the first 45 I had seen (new technology ! ) I think it had a yellow label.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much John! I wish I could have lived through that era of music. I think 'Reelin' and Rockin'' was released as the B-side of 'Sweet Little Sixteen'.

[@bradnelson2637]

Awesome!….Thanks Jez…..one of my favorites!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Brad! One of my favourites too.

[@LawrieFWhite]

Amazing Jez
The J45 sounds brilliant. Never tried that style of playing but your tute makes me want to have a go. 🙏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Lawrie! That's good to know. It's not too difficult. Once you have these riffs down you can play dozens of great rock'n' roll and rockabilly songs. Let me know if you need any tips.

[@mervromeo8193]

Love your style of Rock ‘n’ Roll. I used to keep this one gong for up thirty minutes at liv gigs….so much fun making up verses on the fly. I reckon we’d have some great jams together, but I’m in Australia and you’re in the UK.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Merv. This is a great one to keep going if people are dancing, eh? ...to keep them on the floor. Yes, get on that plane and head over to England for a jam!

[@ThereseLefebvreComposerPianist]

Well guided... sounds awesome... you kept me hooked following ✌🌹

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Therese! Do you play guitar as well as piano?

[@thomasaugustin4901]

Mal wieder absolute Spitzenklasse.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Danke schoen Thomas!

[@thomasaugustin4901]

@@RocknRollSongbook immer wieder gern.

[@martinzikovsky7112]

Just fantastic, fantastic, fantastic!!! :-)

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Good morning Martin. Thanks very much!

[@hw1108]

I totally agree! Greetings from germany

[@RocknRollSongbook]

@@hw1108 Danke schoen! Greetings from England

[@Turtle3388]

This is awesome. Thank you!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks Ronny!

[@glenmacneill6935]

Thanks for teaching the great sounds of early rock n roll! Where are those darn fast rattler's hidin! Cheer!!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Glad you you like my videos Glen! Hopefully we'll be playing together when the world is safe and sensible again. 😃

[@cv6941]

Great stuff Jez, thanks

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much C&V!

[@bluestough]

Extraordinary, Jez!

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Thanks Boyd!

[@2508wolfman]

@@RocknRollSongbook Have you done Macca´s "20 Flight Rock"? if not, do so please

[@RocknRollSongbook]

@@2508wolfman I have made a tutorial for 'Twenty Flight Rock'. Here's a link: ua-cam.com/video/KiniZ2euudY/v-deo.html
It's a 1957 Eddie Cochran song by the way.

[@2508wolfman]

@@RocknRollSongbook I know, Jez, but this song meant a lot to Macca, didn´t it?
It opened the door to the Silver Beetles.. (John was quite impressed;)
I will have a look and will do ASAP, THX!!!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

That's correct. Although here in the UK, 'Twenty Flight Rock' had become a 'standard' in the repertoires of most budding rockers of the day, who were emerging out of the skiffle craze. I'm a big music history nerd, and I love talking about this stuff, so please forgive me for rambling on a bit:
In interviews Paul used to like to point out that he also played 'Be-Bop-a-Lula' to John at the Woolton Church Fete in July 1957, but no-one seems to remember that these days. He says that he played neither of the songs very well (nothing like in the film 'Nowhere Boy'), as he had to play them on a right-handed guitar (Paul being left-handed). John was actually impressed that Paul knew all the correct lyrics, not with his guitar playing, although Paul was much better on the guitar than John.
At that time the group was still called 'The Quarrymen', and they kept that name until well into 1959, as that was the name on Colin Hanton's drum kit. Rod Davis of The Quarrymen is a friend of mine btw (Rod was more or less replaced in the group by Paul). It wasn't until May 1960 (nearly 3 years later) that they first called themselves 'The Silver Beetles'. Before that they briefly called themselves 'Johnny and the Moondogs', and the duo of John and Paul called themselves 'The Nerk Twins' (inspired my comedian, Spike MIlligan and 'The Goon Show).

[@optimalsettings]

I'm looking for a new guitar with this sound. Have you got some tipps? Thanks

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I'm playing a Gibson J45 standard, with .012 - .054 gauge Martin strings. I set up the guitar myself and I made the nut from a bone blank.

[@johnblows3087]

Thank you for a great lesson

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much John! Glad you like it.

[@kenmaksim4096]

Great lesson ty

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Good stuff good sir 🤙🤙

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Thanks very much Gerry!

[@imannonymous7707]

Id love a tutorial for almost grown.
This one was great

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@DaveCYFF]

fantastic

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Dave!

[@mervromeo8193]

Been to England once about 5 years ago. My wife used to live in Stevenage, and we spent a lot of time n cemeteries looking for family graves. We stayed at a place called St Neots where her cousin lives.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I hope you got to see a little more than cemeteries in Stevenage? Hehehe. I know St Neots a little bit and I have a friend I visit occasionally in Stevenage. I live much further north in West Yorkshire though.

[@ДмитрийСаввин-н1у]

Отвал башки! Безкрайне благодарен за ваши уроки, your voice is bomb!!!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Большое спасибо Дмитрий!

[@elgatoguatonelegante]

Make a tutorial on how to play Chantilly lace from the Big booper, please. And good video 😉

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! A may well do that.

[@edgarrollingstones6382]

👏👏👏👏👏genial 👏👏👍🏻👏

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Thanks very much Edgar!

[@carneiromartins581]

you are the very good

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Thanks very much!

[@davidanderson4500]

brill. i like this

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much David!

[@msherer260]

So good with the Rock a Billy Acoustic playing..... like it best when you have a bit of a run in-between chords...also intros and exits with notes and chords, get some use out of that guitar......

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Mark!

[@fabiorpalombo]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😃🥇🥇🥇🫡

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Thanks very much!

[@RACING5312001]

Guess you've seen the 1972 chuck berry concert. Think my favourite is this one "Let It Rock" ua-cam.com/video/4FWiTachPWk/v-deo.html

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Yes, that's a great concert recording. I saw Chuck live a few times, and he blew my mind.