Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh. Awesome Riff & How to Play it!

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  • @LJA46
    @LJA46 2 роки тому +15

    That was an awesome breakdown. This really shows the brilliance of Joe Walsh and his ability to take something simple, put a lot of feel into it, and make it sound complex!

  • @yrulooknatme
    @yrulooknatme Місяць тому +1

    You’re one of the best players on here but also the best instruction

  • @b2bw35
    @b2bw35 Рік тому +3

    Joe did an opener for Foreigner back in 1985 at the Hampton Coliseum and the wife & I went ....the show was awesome. Before the show ...Joe did an interview with the local rock radio station. He gave the best interview and even called Stevie to ask her what she was doing ...it was a hoot. I love Joe and so glad he survived his crazy drug and alcohol days. I thank Stevie and The Eagles for helping him survive ...he is such a talent. Thanks for sharing this vid Kelly ...I like anything Joe :)

  • @gib59er56
    @gib59er56 10 місяців тому +1

    You got a new (and sober 14 yrs.) subscriber Kelly Dean, because Joe is THE REASON, I picked up the guitar back in 1979. He is still my main man! I hope to meet him one day soon, but I did shake his hand from my elbows on the lip of the stage at the old Ritz in Manhattan in 1988. I could look up his nose and get slapped with the sweat of him and his bass player that night. I miss that place!! Small venue with about 350-75 people standing (but for the bar or the balcony) it was AWESOME.

  • @Thesaurcery4U2C
    @Thesaurcery4U2C 2 місяці тому

    I mean, come on!
    One of the most recognizable rock & roll guitar tones ever! AND he broke Stevie's heart.
    Makes one feel like an underwhelming human being in comparison.
    What a cool guy.

  • @mikedr1549
    @mikedr1549 Рік тому +4

    I met Joe at an event a few years back (we have some mutual friends - if you know what I mean) he has an amazing story and is lucky to be alive. Anyways - you're a damn fine player Kelly - I'm glad I stumbled onto your channel.

  • @DebraHammondpop2
    @DebraHammondpop2 Рік тому +1

    LOVE Joe Walsh!!! Great player and cracks me up, so does Keith Richards!!!

  • @lup1951
    @lup1951 Рік тому +2

    Incredible tutorial thank you so much. You are a very good teacher, player

  • @deanburles5497
    @deanburles5497 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome!!
    Well done, thank you Kelly!

  • @DreidMusicalX
    @DreidMusicalX 9 місяців тому

    Their stories are just as good as the music. I was a kid to a young teen and bating down drug myself at 11 years old. Rock n Roll , Drugs, and then Sex. In that order for me. I feel just as lucky to be here myself and I hit the drugs hard into my mid 30's. No heroin thank goodness or meth. But everything else of the eras I did them. Pills, acid, weed, hash, cocaine, Sherm, mushrooms, ludes, alcohol, you name it. I was game. I'm lucky to still be here at age 55. All those concerts every weekend! Lifes Been to me So far!

  • @DebraHammondpop2
    @DebraHammondpop2 Рік тому

    I'm a visual person and you gave me the best hope of playing this riff!!!! Subscribed and THANK YOU!!!!

  • @1Funlovingcriminal
    @1Funlovingcriminal 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing some of the history of Joe Walsh and the he guitar lessons are always great..

  • @michaeldaniel5009
    @michaeldaniel5009 Рік тому +2

    Nice. Clear and concise.

  • @steveb4400
    @steveb4400 Рік тому

    I’ve never been a huge fan of Joe Walsh but this lesson is changing my mind! Thank you.

  • @guismth
    @guismth Місяць тому

    Great lesson!

  • @trevorsyversen9956
    @trevorsyversen9956 6 місяців тому +2

    Joe Walsh: "I had more fun in my 20's in the 70's than I'm having in my 70's in the 20's." LOL!

  • @griffingundersen1318
    @griffingundersen1318 4 місяці тому

    Great job, you did great on life’s been good 👍 it will be a much happier song when anyone Is down about themselves and the better you are the better you get both playing and feeling about yourself. Plus the riffs and solo are great to!👍

  • @alanc9644
    @alanc9644 8 місяців тому

    What a brilliant tutorial. Clear and concise,straight to the point. So many tutorials beat about the bush, repeating over and over and taking an age getting to the point. You sir are right up my street, give me what’s needed so I can get on with working on it. Thank you so much. Subscribed

  • @hillrocks
    @hillrocks 2 місяці тому

    Just learned “Rocky Mountain Way” awesome song

  • @MaxPower-js1sk
    @MaxPower-js1sk Рік тому

    I played with Joe in the 80s. He was exactly how you hope he’d be. He offered me coke and I said “No thanks, I don’t” and Joe asked “when did you give up?” It didn’t occur to him that a guitar player in the 80s didn’t use drugs. I played with him when he was at his worst. No matter how wasted, he could still play.

  • @sergebraida5622
    @sergebraida5622 2 роки тому +12

    God what a fucking riff. Doesn't matter what guitar you play it on, it sounds amazing!

  • @pddaniel8033
    @pddaniel8033 2 місяці тому

    Fab lesson. Thank you 😊

  • @timculp4126
    @timculp4126 2 роки тому +12

    There is something about playing a Joe Walsh riff that just perks you up.

  • @SteveMavronis
    @SteveMavronis 2 роки тому +1

    Oh so nice! Can't wait to learn the solo from you later as well.

  • @spqr701
    @spqr701 2 роки тому +1

    Great sound. great explanation of this tune......

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton 8 місяців тому +1

    If uncle ted was the hottest guitar player in your list from Michigan, ol' Joe is def the hottest player outta Kansas! Sick dude on that gitfiddle.
    And as always
    I was entertained

  • @jeffjohnson7381
    @jeffjohnson7381 Рік тому +1

    Love this lesson…glad to have found you…send more great rock,blues from that era❤🎸

  • @wilhelmrogue1
    @wilhelmrogue1 2 роки тому +1

    Damm KDA I could listen to u tell rock stories all day long…keep em comin sir!

  • @adammitchell3462
    @adammitchell3462 7 місяців тому

    Yeah,I absolutely love Joe Walsh

  • @GapReiki
    @GapReiki Рік тому

    Hey Kelly, I started learning guitar late life and am leaning into the intermediate level now I think, so thank you for the lessons! I can remember in high school pumping quarters into the juke box when this song first came out. Keep the videos coming!

  • @BohabBob
    @BohabBob Рік тому

    The tutorial I didn’t know I needed. Also checked out Mr Walsh’s spoken word/lesson. Dude’s hilarious. Thanks!

  • @adamjg4
    @adamjg4 2 роки тому +1

    Good attention to detail and nuance you have! Great job.

  • @incomeGlitch
    @incomeGlitch 2 місяці тому

    Bout to learn this now. 🤘 nice

  • @TENACIOUSTHORNLEON
    @TENACIOUSTHORNLEON Рік тому

    THAT IS AN AWESOME 👍😎 RIFF

  • @damianoehme5391
    @damianoehme5391 Рік тому

    Is there nothing you can't play? Sensational guitarist!!

  • @goneflying140
    @goneflying140 8 місяців тому

    This was very independent and thorough. This is a son Inhave always wanted to learn just because the main riff is so damn cool!

  • @hillrocks
    @hillrocks 2 місяці тому

    Kelly, you sound Canadian, I’m going to see BTO at Firekeepers Casino in November, can’t wait.

  • @Fullautozombies
    @Fullautozombies 2 роки тому

    Your tone and playing is absolutely spot on! Good lesson too.

  • @eldigitom9680
    @eldigitom9680 Рік тому

    This is a REALLY good instructive video and presented in a very doable way. The best videos on YT are made by true fans of the artists they're covering, and it shows in knowing the true fingerings and tendencies of playing a song.
    This song intro is a guitar lesson in itself, so many textures and positions--with pulloffs, slides, bends, muted notes *and triplets. The best, I think, intro to a song for a new guitar player to learn a lot of essential skills. I tipped you a $20 señor KDA. *(added edit)

  • @normannoriega9557
    @normannoriega9557 Рік тому

    Well bro your story right on point. Nice job. 🤟👍☃️

  • @pauldeal547
    @pauldeal547 11 місяців тому

    You nailed it!

  • @scottmcmillan7452
    @scottmcmillan7452 Рік тому +2

    WOW, this was great fun. Another Joe favorite has always been "Life in the Fast Lane". Everyone sorta knows the intro myself included, it's the rest of the tune I'd like to master. Please show us how to play this one?

    • @KellyDeanAllenGuitar
      @KellyDeanAllenGuitar  Рік тому +2

      Thanks man! The eagles copyright striked my channel last month. As a result, I'll be staying well away from their stuff in the future sadly.

    • @thetruthisoutthere8598
      @thetruthisoutthere8598 Рік тому

      Those dudes are straight up a holes, except joe of course

  • @chiparooo
    @chiparooo 2 роки тому +1

    So good. Thanks for breaking it down and sharing the other video. Check him out here on YT when he was on Live From Daryl’s House show.

  • @gustavoceballosacevedo5504
    @gustavoceballosacevedo5504 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful guitar thanks for teaching us teacher.

  • @MARK-r6c3k
    @MARK-r6c3k 8 місяців тому

    Thanks allot. Great Tune.🙂👍

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton 8 місяців тому

    Sold my amp to a guild member who worked on joes life's been good. Card member and pics. Damn I wish I still had that amp.

  • @louiesalinas4720
    @louiesalinas4720 11 місяців тому

    GREAT ! THANKS VERY INFORMATIVE

  • @zomart4016
    @zomart4016 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the lesson but thanks even more for that link!

  • @anthonymiller3970
    @anthonymiller3970 Рік тому

    Love your channel 🤜🏻

  • @jackrowell849
    @jackrowell849 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for this lesson. There are so many that are playing it wrong!

  • @jeffpecosky5682
    @jeffpecosky5682 Рік тому

    Grrrrreeeaaatt tune tutorial Kelly i seen him 5 time what a hoot this guy is and such awesome riffs he came up with , i was wondering
    kelly do you have any of the music that is your own you should do some of the stuff you have came up with because i bet you have some kick ass stuff of your own.
    YOU ARE A GUITAR GOD BROTHER.

  • @RebelTheUncanny1
    @RebelTheUncanny1 2 роки тому

    I've played it, but I guarantee you'll be able to show me something new here. That was a awesome solo playalong you did too ....(hint hint lol)

  • @DernRern
    @DernRern Рік тому

    Im only 2 years down the guitar playn road... but this and crossroads are my absolute favourite jams .. i can't play either of them properly 😂😂

  • @timallsopp9622
    @timallsopp9622 3 місяці тому

    Friends of Bill 👍

  • @Loko-wl7fo
    @Loko-wl7fo 4 місяці тому

    Great video. Could you do Midnight Man by James Gang?

  • @anthonyangelis1094
    @anthonyangelis1094 2 роки тому +1

    Great lesson and I agree this is a great riff. Joe Walsh such an amazing guitarist. And thanks for the history, I didn’t realize all those things about Joe Walsh. Thank you for sharing that amazing video footage of Joe Walsh! ❤Oh my goodness is that a telecaster in your Hands ! Did you get a new guitar for your collection? I just watched your guitar Collection video and you weren’t too fond of the telecaster that you had😂

  • @chesterlayton3910
    @chesterlayton3910 Рік тому

    I HAVE A TRAYNOR AMP 40 WATTS. ITS A BEAST

  • @bighardbooks770
    @bighardbooks770 28 днів тому

    Say him play the Star Spangled Banner at Kent State University's Homecoming football game (circa 1984), then play all night at "JB's" bar on Water Street. 🎸

  • @reharris904
    @reharris904 Рік тому

    Hey what kind of bridge is that? I’m getting frustrated with the 3 barrel bridge on my Tele

  • @micahmaresca9763
    @micahmaresca9763 Рік тому

    What are the triad chords when he goes to the break or transition? Thank you mate

  • @toddknaster9731
    @toddknaster9731 2 роки тому

    Thanks for another great lesson! Your playing and tone is always spot on and your teaching style makes it easy to follow
    Are you playing through the blackstar that’s in the shot and if so, what model is that?

  • @jimjones6419
    @jimjones6419 8 місяців тому

    I've always felt like it's important to see an artist play their own music live. It's the chance for them to convey to the audience what they think is important in delivering the music from a single instrument and without the full sound of all the extra guitars in the studio track. Of course backing tracks ruin this live but being more of the original recorded music, if that's what you want. Not for me peronally.

  • @macoytv9768
    @macoytv9768 Рік тому

    7:00

  • @spqr701
    @spqr701 2 роки тому

    Hey Kelly. Is that a Dm chord you're using at the end of the step-down at about 0:40?

    • @KellyDeanAllenGuitar
      @KellyDeanAllenGuitar  2 роки тому

      A5 chord. The one at D7, G9 & B10? That chord? If so, that's an A5.

    • @spqr701
      @spqr701 2 роки тому

      @@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Negative. It looks like the little step-down from F (in a Dmaj shape) to Cm to what I think is Dm. ???

  • @spqr701
    @spqr701 2 роки тому

    Very strong fingers

  • @sergebraida5622
    @sergebraida5622 2 роки тому

    Are you going to do a tutorial on the solo?

  • @ialien2077
    @ialien2077 3 місяці тому

    What's a doublestop?

  • @tonyfoti
    @tonyfoti 2 роки тому

    You gotta make that Joe Walsh face!

  • @JohnSoldano-yn7je
    @JohnSoldano-yn7je Рік тому

    Maybe you should use More distortion?

  • @richardkosoff711
    @richardkosoff711 Рік тому

    Tutorial doesn’t start until 7 min in

    • @KellyDeanAllenGuitar
      @KellyDeanAllenGuitar  Рік тому +2

      Correct. These videos are part tutorial, part rock and roll history lesson.

  • @ih8france359
    @ih8france359 10 місяців тому

    Wake me up if the lesson starts. Cheers.

  • @demonrouge3338
    @demonrouge3338 Рік тому

    The actual teaching is great, but man, you gotta stop repeating yourself… I hadda plow through this. 👍🙌❤️

  • @spqr701
    @spqr701 2 роки тому

    Hard to pull off the first riff with 10s on your guitar. Or, Joe has really strong hands....

  • @soundguy5813
    @soundguy5813 Рік тому

    painful as the dentist !

  • @ManFromMarsLive
    @ManFromMarsLive 8 місяців тому

    Bro rambled for over 6 minutes. Im out.

  • @MaxPower-js1sk
    @MaxPower-js1sk Рік тому +45

    I played with Joe in the 80s. He was exactly how you hope he’d be. He offered me coke and I said “No thanks, I don’t” and Joe asked “when did you give up?” It didn’t occur to him that a guitar player in the 80s didn’t use drugs. I played with him when he was at his worst. No matter how wasted, he could still play.

    • @gund2281
      @gund2281 Рік тому +2

      My goodness I bet you have some stories you could tell lo. Especially with a character like Joe.

    • @coldroses5337
      @coldroses5337 7 місяців тому +2

      Unnecessary post
      You should delete
      What does this post do for anyone but your ego ?
      Delete it

    • @gib59er56
      @gib59er56 7 місяців тому

      I saw him at a Hells Angels benefit show at the old Ritz in Manhattan and I was standing with my elbows resting on the stage. I used to get to the front row of nearly eveyshow I went to during the 80`s and early 90`s. I was looking at their fingers to cop what they were up to. Don`t know if tou were there that night. A fuckin hot summer night man. Gimme a yell if you remember it!!

    • @ThomasColeFZ
      @ThomasColeFZ 6 місяців тому

      Cool insight 😸

    • @MrSongwriter2
      @MrSongwriter2 2 місяці тому

      ​@@coldroses5337it's an insight into his life, and the guitarist video is talking about his wild life at the beginning, I don't think it's irrelevant.

  • @MaxPower-js1sk
    @MaxPower-js1sk Рік тому +3

    I played with Joe in the 80s. He was exactly how you hope he’d be. He offered me coke and I said “No thanks, I don’t” and Joe asked “when did you give up?” It didn’t occur to him that a guitar player in the 80s didn’t use drugs. I played with him when he was at his worst. No matter how wasted, he could still play.

    • @bighardbooks770
      @bighardbooks770 28 днів тому

      Say him play the Star Spangled Banner at Kent State University's Homecoming football game (circa 1984), then play all night at "JB's" bar on Water Street. 🎸