SNEAKY TRICK of John Fogerty ... and it’s SIMPLE! (Learn in 5 minutes)
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“Pieces of chords” is what Keith Richards and Brian Jones called them. They realized that their blues heroes rarely ever played full chords, especially barre chords. Keith and Brian rarely played the same things at the same time. Their sound was what they termed “guitar weaving.” Worked out ok, didn’t it?
Yep. Worked well. Ronnie and Keith do that exceptionally well too. Some picked that up from blues, some from R&B, some from jazz, and some from country. The idea of playing "pieces of chords", "partial chords", "partials" or whatever is very powerful and far, far better than always banging out 5 or 6 note airspace-gobbling monsters.
I also think the formal "doublestops" or "dyads/diads" is less helpful. They're pieces of chords. That's the most useful way of thinking about them.
Fogerty is special in every way.
Love John Fogerty guitar playing. A raw style that just fills any song
No doubt.
So very true!
And playing a Squire, great job.
I love John Fogerty's playing and his style. He really is an excellent guitar player.
Some people, mostly guitarists who are into the technical side of playing, don't think much of his playing. I believe they're wrong. Not to mention that his technique is perfectly okay.
Excellent lesson. That CCR concert at The Royal Albert Hall is highly recommended. The band really cooks.
Thanks!
Does not matter simple or hard the fact is John Fogerty MORE than most came up with all the guitar parts that fit perfect with the melodies of his songs.
It doesn't need to be complicated but cool sounding.
Correct.
Less is more
Love CCR and really like how you show the red dots on the fret board like that. Great stuff
Thanks! Glad the video was helpful and you liked the diagrams. (They're tough to do, but I think they really can help.)
@@MarkZabel I have never seen the red dot thing. I'm going to practice using it and see if it works for me. I always recommend guitar players practice using CCR material. The rhythm playing is so clean and diverse. Plus the lead guitar work is doable for most players. CCR/J.Fogerty is not only great music, but it's also a great tool for musicians. Proud Mary is in my top 10 American-made songs.
John Fogerty is a huge influence on me also. The Bayou blues of Tony Joe White is possibly where John received the style of his riffs, the old raw voice in his singing, and his lyrical approach. Musicians borrow a great deal from each other. Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and John Fogerty were the wheels of rock & roll for many of us.
John F is so, so good to learn from. Fairly easy (I said "fairly"!) and clear and so tasteful. I'm excited to see him this coming June!
Russ Freeman (founder, songwriter, and guitarist/frontman of The Rippingtons) is a friend of mine. He praises Fogerty highly as well, saying that he is consistently impressed at Fogerty's musicality. I have always been a fan of CCR myself, and the long version of "I Heard It through the Grapevine" is my favorite rock recording, bar none. This past year was the first time that I actually saw Fogerty perform in person, at the Hollywood Bowl. Scratch that one off my bucket list!
Man, I've got to see him live as well. Missed him a while ago in Las Vegas.
I've seen literally dozens of shows at Red Rocks, as I have lived in Colorado for the past 50
years, it's a venue that adds another element to anyone that plays here. Have seen everything from Charlie Daniels to Celtic Woman to Rush, but I have always wanted to see a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, it seems like it would be great as well!!!
Steve Lukather in an interview recently said "the dumb stuff makes the world go round." Fogerty was a master at simple type riffs that fit the song perfectly. For this reason, he's always been one of my guitar/songwriting idols. Also, your video editing is getting fancy with the magic dots on the fret board.
Luke! Hey brother, I've been using those dots for a few years now!
Fogerty taught me two things on guitar and vocals…”Keep it simple and know your style.”
His ‘Bad Moon” performance with Paisley was a great performance to learn from. Fogerty stuck to his style and Brad adapted to the song with his own feel. Great solos to learn btw…
Love John Fogerty. Very underrated. As is Richard Thompson-genius.
Wow, yes on Richard Thompson too. Great singer, writer, player. Under-appreciated. I learned a ton from him.
I saw CCR on their last tour, when they were a trio and Fogerty was an amazing showman. He played rhythm and lead and his solos were melodic and driving. One never got tired of hearing him solo, which can't be said for some of the "better" players.
Fantastic!
John has been my 3rd biggest influence on my guitar playing , George , Keith then John and then Scotty , his playing on Grapevine just totally knocked me out and oddly critics trashed it
John's great!
Critics, feh!
Which critics? That is one the finest 'fusion' solos ever conceived- his funky/Motown/blues improvisation was musically superb.
@@Deliquescentinsight you must be young , the critics trashed his solo on Grapevine
@@MarkZabel beyond great
Great content in just 5 minutes, Mark! You managed to cram 3 of my all time heroes, CCR, Jimi, Beatles in one short video!
He deserves to be in the top 10 of all time in my opinion!!! Great player indeed ! 😎✌️✝️💕
John Fogerty is my number 1.
good choice! Seriously, he knew how to craft great parts and songs.
Love how you put the notes on the neck.
That is cool.
Thanks
Glad you like it!
what a great lesson...never knew....love the diagrams
Thanks!
Mark, I like the dots showing the actual notes you're playing. Very easy to reproduce what you're playing.
Glad it helps. Thanks for the feedback.
Ramble Tamble is the song that I heard that changed my idea that a guitar was either for rhythm or lead.
Thanks Mark. I really like the graphics you use. Easy to see what you’re saying without fingers in the way. Much appreciated
Thanks so much!
The man has the best voice in American rock.
His solo on “ I Put A Spell On You” is a great lesson on string bending. Also check out “ It Came Out of the Sky”for great chording. Used to play those two and “Born on the Bayou” in a covers band. Some fun!
The solos on “Born on the Bayou,” “Proud Mary,” hell, ALL of them, are killer. They’re the type that if you play those songs, you HAVE to play what Fogerty played, or something’s missing. He’s very much like George Harrison in this respect. Imagine playing a different solo to “A Hard Day’s Night.” If you played anything other than what George played, it would sound ridiculous.
@@lordofthemound3890 "Born On the Bayou" has all these 'masters' going pffft, that's easy ... but Fogerty designed that solo in a really un-obvious way.
Nice!! Thank you much Mark! 🙏💕😄
Any time!
Saw him open for Jimmy Buffett about 8 years ago. He and his band were amazing! He pulled out a super strat for a number and flat out shredded. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Awesome!
Yes Fogarty is very underrated.... That long song “heard it thru the Grapevine” in fact had tons of guitar. Thank you for showing the people how to play these beloved tunes.
Thanks!!
Favorite song by favorite player - thanks Mark. Fogerty is way underated.
Totally agree. Great player. Great musician and writer.
Good observations. We still speak of John in present tense!
Thanks.
Yes, JC Fogerty is an absolutely underrated guitarist. I have picked up a lot from him myself. Great share.
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of those players with his own very distinctive tone and one you recognise straight away. Very clever rhythm player and leads clearly influenced by Scotty Moore and James Burton.
My Uncle John also was very influenced by Steve Cropper
@@jefffogertymusic2023 Ah, one of the greats!
Fogerty could make a nice living just teaching what "serve the song" means for a guitar player.
One of the best, deeply underrated players in Rock history.
You got that right!
This was a great lesson. John Fogerty is a big influence on me and I love CCR (especially their first album) Thank you for this lesson. I'll be sure to check out your other CCR lesson as well.
Thanks so much!
I was taking a listen to 'Walk on Water' recently, man that arrangement and twin rhythm guitar is incredible, psychedelic/swampy/dark, you could make a movie from the ideas in that song!
John Fogerty has been in my top 10 guitarists. Sometimes he is forgotten however he is definitely there. He is one of the most completely well rounded guitarists you’ll hear. Alvin Lee is also an honorable mention on the list of completely well rounded guitarists These guys can/could solo fast, play first guitar and play rhythm with the best of each category. They did all this while belting out lead vocals 🎸🔥
Thanks for slowing it all down so we can dig it more. You have a talent for teaching and a gracefull enthusiasm which makes learning fun!
I appreciate that!
@@MarkZabel You deserve a million 👍
I discovered a lot of this on my own. Double stops will go a long way in fills, riffs or even solos.
They are especially effective in creating non-boring, melodic passages.
They all have their foundation in complete chords.
JF's a pretty good piano player, too, and he plays all the instruments on "Old Man Down the Road" & "Centerfield."
Cool!
I don’t think you mentioned that John Fogerty tuned his his whole guitar down a full step, while Tom Fogerty stayed in standard tuning. This gave John different and easier to use chord shapes to use for his leads.
Simple is good! I love those double stops. Great lesson Mark. Thanks man 🤛
Right on! Hey Rusty, love your channel. You're always rocking it! Would love to collaborate on something sometime!
@@MarkZabel Thank you Mark! I enjoy your channel. You’re a great player and teacher! I know we love a lot of the same music (from back in the day). A colab would be great 👍 Good to hear from you Mark and let’s make a plan in the near future! Later, bro 😎
Would love to see a collaboration between the two of you! Looking forward to seeing it.
Every guitarist has something to give and something to take. Each bends the musicality to their own flavour. Thus is your taste will lead you to the groove..
A great lesson - thanks for sharing - Lodi is one of my favourite CCR songs - along with Have You Ever Seen the Rain - "If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung - Every time I've had to play while people sat there drunk" = what a fantastic verse and how many Bar Bands must have thought that at times !!!!
Thanks! I agree it's a great song. Somehow very authentic and melancholy without being over-the-top. Restrained emotion. The whole song works for me.
LOVE this breakdown! I have long considered JCF a songwriting, or lick-writing genius due to the deceptively "simple" little riffs that everybody instantly recognize. Genius. Your straightforward breakdown without going into slooooooowdow territory, but stays within the intermediate territory is awesome. THANK YOU for that!
Thanks Chris!
Triple threat: Guitar, vocals, songwriting. Fogerty is one of the greats, imo.
I love how John tuned down and played! Tom would be in standard. And that voice oh my God.!
Yeah, great.
Awesome!
Love John Fogerty!
I love your technique(s) of showing the fingering.
Excellent.
Thank you!
@@MarkZabel I saw you mention the toughness in showing the fingerings on another comment.
I hope your process can become easier for you.
It really is super.
Absolutely spot on concerning John Fogerty's guitar skills, his precision was also countered by an over-driven creative flair as heard on his live playing, he really dragged every ounce of tone from his 'Kustom' Harmonic Clipper! His organic, driving rhythm actually gave CCR that characteristic sound that you hear and immediately recognize no matter how noisy the room.
Well said!
I was at that Albert Hall gig! And boy were they loud - as well as brilliant.
Wow, how cool!
Mark.. you’re the best brother!
Thanks!
Great lesson Mark! Love me some Fogerty and CCR....love the red dots!!! well done sir!!
Thank you! Glad you like them!
I remember when there was no You Tube. Just a few years ago.
We used to talk to each other, exchange, be a part of, use social skills...
I got a Bullet Strat like that first year built in Indonesia. Now I got something to practice on it !
Cool!
Sweet hitchhiker & up around the bend have such a lead guitarist edge and he's pulling the vocals- just amazing how a kid listening to that you want to do that
Ramble Tamble🌟
Fogerty's so cool 😎
Yep!
Fantastic lesson! Thank for taking the time.
My pleasure. Thanks for listening!
I L.O.V.E. Fogerty music and I wish he was my father! he's a great guitarist, you can realize at his concerts!!! thanks for this useful lesson, I hope in other videos about ''Fogerty tricks''!
Thank you so much!
Fantastic video, Mark - and right on the money about Fogerty! I always have felt the same about John's playing and his talent for both lead and "rhythm/lead/melody" playing. And Lodi has been one of my favorite examples (among many) of his strength as a well-rounded guitarist. He certainly can play awesome distortion-based leads (as good as anyone in rock, IMHO, although different from many), but his gift for chord melodies is truly brilliant and, as you say, a great way to learn and develop as a guitar player. Thanks for this video - it's satisfying to hear you speak about and show us this!
Thanks so much! Glad you agree on JF. He doesn't get enough credit.
Just a note that Fogerty plays the song using key of C on guitar, only tuned down two frets so it comes out in Bb. Tom is playing Bb rhythm. Of course the shapes you use work the same in C as well as Bb.
Yep, thanks for the note.
I really love how u teach. I've been struggling forever w guitar. I would love one day to be able to play fluently. Ur video are great for someone like me, someone that can play but just cant figure it out lol
Thanks man!!
Excellent lesson Mark. Thanks for playing some CCR ❤🖤🦋🖤
Any time! I love CCR!
I love your videos. the oral explanation is clear and simple, and your graphics get the point across perfectly. you demystify things which really aren't that complicated once you've explained it.
Thanks so much!!
Much love and thanks for the lessons from Australia mark!!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 1/2 way around the globe!
I saw CCR live many times and they were consistently great. As you said JF had a simpler style than many of the more heralded guitarists of the day but his playing was plenty tasty and all rock and roll.
Cool you got to see them. Thanks for watching!
He is one of my favorite guitarists. His version of "I Put a Spell on You" is great.
Yes, absolutely. So many others too. A personal favorite is "Cotton Fields", the old Lead Belly song.
i always thought of jay hawkins but the ccr version is great and more people got to hear it.
Wow!!! This is really a sneaky trick!!! And so simple. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
I had the honor to see Creedence from the very beginning- Berkeley, early '67. They played free at noon on the Cal campus (as did Steve Miller and Carlos Santana when they were both named "blues bands") But of all of 'em, the cornerstone rock voice is John Fogerty. Their immortal Fortunate Son was our anthem when serving in the military during Vietnam, late '60's/early '70's/.
So cool you got to see them at the beginning!
Great video, I read once JF practices 8 hours a day. So put in your 10,000 hours or in his case over a lifetime, 1,000,000 hours in. Saw him only once at the Fillmore in Denver (small venue), and he killed it, a top ten concert for me. I will try all these "tricks".
Thanks! Wow, I would've guessed he works more on songwriting, but either way it's cool!
Fogerty could be counted on to pull off a tasteful, short-and-sweet solo. Like George Harrison, his guitar work always served the song. Even though I wasn´t a huge CCR fan, I never changed the dial when they came on. John´s songs had some great hooks that could hold your attention and make you want to listen to the end. Much respect for Mr. Fogerty and you as well Mr. Zabel.
Thanks! Yes, he always served the song. Never showy. Just like George Harrison. It's one of the prime reasons the music still stands up so well.
Mr Mark Zabel you're my favorite teacher ! wow vous êtes mon professeur attitré ! thanks a lot...
Thank you so much! I'm honored.
holy crikie .. this is the best tutorial I've ever seen .. I've written songs for, well a long time, and never got good on any kind of lead on this old guitar .. I fake some stuff really good, but I am aware that the less I know in how to play my guitar, the less variables I have to work with when I write the next song ..
Thank you so, so much!
The media never took to him, I think they saw an honest and shrewd operator who wouldn't be taken for a fool and subject himself and band to their shenanigans so they side-stepped him. I was fortunate to see John play live and he changed guitar for every song! Was a great evening.
Glad you got to see him!
@@MarkZabel Me too!!
Great video, Mark!
Thanks brother!
Just picked up a Squier Toronado - a quick setup and it's a solid guitar. That someone of your caliber plays a Squier validates my decision, thank you.
Sure thing. Squier makes some good guitars.
Beautiful lesson. Thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for listening!
👍👍 nice breakdown. Thank you for posting this ☺️
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
Great moves!
Too good Mark.
Thanks!
great lick covers a lot of things
Great video Mark!!!
Thanks!
Couldn’t agree with you more. Thanks!
Great guitar. Great playing. Great video. Thanks!
Thank you!
I’ve always loved Fogerty’s guitar playing. CCR was on the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks for deconstructing it 🙏
You bet! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good tips on using triad shapes in a position
Glad you found it helpful!
Man’s a freaking legend
Well --that is brilliant demo of Fogerty technique --thankyou Mark --loved that LODI ---alaways wanted to know how its played ----since 1969 !
Thanks Carl.
Thanks for this and your time!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
Great playing of "Don't Let Me Down". Learning songs really helps me to understand these concepts. I need to learn more CCR. CCR is an awesome band.
Thanks! Learning CCR is very instructive.
Fogerty probably did more than anyone else to inspire me as a young guitarist. Lodi taught me about changing keys in the middle of a song, when John moves up from Bflat to C. Simple, but eye -opening to me as a 14 year-old.
Great!
Very interesting and useful!
Glad to hear that!
Those CCR tunes are great to sing or singalong too.
Yes.
Great lesson. You explained that beautifully. Many thanks.
Thanks!
Love your work . Clear and to the point . Thanks
Thanks!
Anyone or any guitar magazine that doesn't have John Fogerty in
their list of "greatest
guitarists of all-time"
has never heard
"Cosmo's Factory" -
The greatest studio-recorded album in rocknroll history 🎸
Very helpful video. Thanks man!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
CCR's 1970 show at Royal Albert hall was as flawless a performance as you'll ever see - heck, I think it would stand up to anything live today. Now he got me going, I gotta find that show right now!
It's an excellent documentary. The entire last 1/2 is the concert. No narration, just the concert.
I have that DVD and it's brilliant !
Mark thank you so much for this lesson. Lots of great information to dissect.
Keep well, regards from London UK.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great lesson!
Thanks!
Superb as always. Thank you Mark Z.
Thanks John!
Great stuff, charmingly presented in just 5 minutes, by a tutor confident enough in his ability to know he doesn't need a big bucks guitar in order to inspire - more than just music lessons here!
Thanks!
Great idea with the graphics. Thanks!
Thanks!
FOGERTY is highly underrated as are most great players
This was awesome! I can’t wait to try it when I get home, I’m rejoining a band I was in for 10 years that I lead sang in, now I’ll be playing guitar while lead sing and I’m not that great on guitar while singing. Wish me luck Mark!
Awesome! Best of luck!!