Really enjoy your videos, Jez, and just received your Rock and Roll Songbook as a Christmas gift. Just had my 80th birthday few weeks ago, and still enjoy playing these wonderful 50s songs.
Hi Allan. Thanks very much! It’s nice to know that you were given a copy of the songbook for Christmas. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it. A belated happy 80th! ...Paul McCartney's still rocking' at 80 too! :D
Great tutorial. Well explained and very versatile. I perform for folks at retirement communities and your videos really add to the quality of the shows. Thank you!
Thanks very much Bill! Do you mean that you've learned songs or guitar techniques from my videos? I either way, that's great to know! I often perform for similar audiences myself. Rock 'n' roll always goes down really well. 😊
Jez your one of the best teachers I found on you tube . Love your rockabilly lessons especially the lessons on Carl Perkins . Could you please someday do a tutorial on Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins . I look for a tutorial for a long time and haven’t found anything. Thank you Jim Sheets
Thanks very much Jim! And thanks for the request. I've considered making a 'Blues Suede Shoes' tutorial but thought I'd just end up repeating material that I've covered in this and other tutorials I've made. I'm wondering: if I were to make that tutorial, what would you like it to contain? I've been avoiding making 'lead guitar' tutorials (although I have made one on the intro and solos in Roll Over Beethoven).
Thanks for the video. Learned something new I can practice on. Has sagittal band surgery on my left hand ( I am right handed) so this is a great physical therapy set to use.you were most helpful.
I've just discovered this site, and subscribed. You are a great player and a great teacher - I love rock n roll and you've made it look easy! Many thanks!
You are great clear and precise with your upper middle class english accent. As a newbie old man can only dream of playing like that. And you can sing too, subscribed and rang the bell.
Thanks very much Matthew! And thanks for subscribing. Your 'upper middle class' comment made me chuckle. I presume you're not British? I suppose I sound a little 'posh' compared to some, but genuinely upper middle class people would think I sound 'common' with my northern vowels (flat A's and U's). Hehehe. Happy strummin'! - Jez
@@RocknRollSongbook haha. We have some doozies. Lived near a town named Versailles. We called it ver-SALES. BBCs The Story of English tells how Americans actually preserved some words that were falling out of use in Jolly England.
Yes, that's true. We used to use words like 'gotten', 'candy', and 'skillet', but not anymore. Accents and linguistics are particular interests of mine. I've always thought it interesting how Americans stress the last syllable when pronouncing French words like balLET, merLOT, and consomME. The French don't do that on these words, and neither do the English. I've heard some Americans claim that their accent is closer to the accent of the English back in the 17th Century when the English first began to settle in north America. It feels like they're trying to compete, by saying that they're more 'authentic'. All very silly, untrue, and highly simplistic. I think it's because many Americans think that the 'RP' accents of posh people like Hugh Grant, Boris Johnson and the British 'ruling classes' is the 'English' accent, when in fact, only a tiny percentage of English people speak like that. We have many very varied accents. Many people (e.g., in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Lancashire, etc, and in Scotland) have the rhotic R sound that is characteristic of American accents, and most English people don't have the long A sound of RP and south western English accents (e.g., pronouncing words like 'bath' and 'glass' so they rhythm with 'farce'). I live in Yorkshire, where we have many slang and dialect words that come from old Norse -- from the days of the Vikings ('Danelaw'). Words like 'bairn' (child), 'happen' (perhaps), 'aye up' (hello or be careful), and 'laik' (to play). Why do Americans say 'jolly' England? I've always wondered.
Jez, I just subscribed to you b/c I really want to learn all this bluesy Rockabilly guitar stuff after giving it up years ago.Now I have time and so much appreciate your time and effort here. I'm going to be studying hard and want to thank you for your help. It's wonderful!
Yes, do it! With your newly found uke skills you shouldn't have too much trouble picking up the guitar. It's great to be able to switch between the two instruments. :D
Oh!!! You are such a bad influence!!! I’m kicking myself now as back when I was about 10 or 11 I actually had an acoustic guitar but each time I tried to play it I would end up blistering my fingers really badly so I got rid of it :(
Welll they’ve definitely got calluses! Not too sure how they would cope with steel strings! I may have to keep an eye out for a second hand guitar and find out! :)
I'm really glad I found your site! It's a natural addition to playing acoustic blues. I'm having one problem though - it's playing a 2-string up strum while palm muting. I have no problem with muted 2 string down strokes when I play blues shuffles or single string up strokes, but I can't can't get the upstrokes to sound two strings together while palm muting. Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks very much David! I use quite a soft pick, and maybe that helps with it. Also, don't worry about play too cleanly. I'm sure that at least some of the time I end up playing just one of the two strings on the up-strokes (the first string the pick comes into contact with), and I think Carl Perkins did this too. It's still sounds good, and sometimes I do this deliberately for that reason. I hope that helps a little - Jez 🙂
Thank you, you're my rockabilly teacher! Cheers from St. Petersburg, Russia!
Hi Sergey! That's good to know. привет from England!
GREAT LESSON, no books around can explain so well how to play Perkins' stuff!!!
Thanks very much Luca!
You nailed the sound from that era
Thanks very much Jeff!
Friday nite guitar out and a few beers and I’m gona learn this…. Thanks for lesson
Sounds like a fun evening! 😁
Really enjoy your videos, Jez, and just received your Rock and Roll Songbook as a Christmas gift. Just had my 80th birthday few weeks ago, and still enjoy playing these wonderful 50s songs.
Hi Allan. Thanks very much! It’s nice to know that you were given a copy of the songbook for Christmas. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it. A belated happy 80th! ...Paul McCartney's still rocking' at 80 too! :D
moc děkuji,moc hezká a nazorná výuka!!!zdravi Pavel z Czech Republic
Díky Pavel! Jsem rád, že vám to přišlo užitečné. :)
Another master class from the good times... Thank you !!!
Thanks very much Oscar!
I appreciate these new tutorials, makes my life easier.
Glad you like them! :D
Great tutorial. Well explained and very versatile. I perform for folks at retirement communities and your videos really add to the quality of the shows. Thank you!
Thanks very much Bill! Do you mean that you've learned songs or guitar techniques from my videos? I either way, that's great to know! I often perform for similar audiences myself. Rock 'n' roll always goes down really well. 😊
Jez your one of the best teachers I found on you tube . Love your rockabilly lessons especially the lessons on Carl Perkins . Could you please someday do a tutorial on Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins . I look for a tutorial for a long time and haven’t found anything. Thank you Jim Sheets
Thanks very much Jim! And thanks for the request. I've considered making a 'Blues Suede Shoes' tutorial but thought I'd just end up repeating material that I've covered in this and other tutorials I've made. I'm wondering: if I were to make that tutorial, what would you like it to contain? I've been avoiding making 'lead guitar' tutorials (although I have made one on the intro and solos in Roll Over Beethoven).
Thanks Jez - Love Carl's recordings - Great tutorials
Thanks very much John!
Jez maitrise vraiment le tempo ( rock and roll) c'est un
Plaisir d'ecoute merci
Thanks very much Christian!
Just found this page. My daughters and i are a 50ish band in Tennessee in America. It's been fun going through your videos. Thanks for making them
Glad you're enjoying my videos. I'll check yours out. Best wishes from England!
Marvellous. Taught me a lot quickly. Seeing connections now.
Thanks very much Jon! I'm glad you found this useful.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING. It's an amazing lesson, easy to understand, I am so happy.A real gift for me.
Thanks very much Joelle! I'm really pleased you found it useful. Have fun rockin'!
One of my Favorite Riffs
Mine too!
Thanks for the video. Learned something new I can practice on. Has sagittal band surgery on my left hand ( I am right handed) so this is a great physical therapy set to use.you were most helpful.
I'm glad you're finding my video useful -- rockabilly therapy! I hope your hand gets better soon - Jez
I am playing rock and roll!!!! . You make it seem easy and I know it is not. Muchas gracias amigo
That's great! Thanks very much Javier. 😁
Encore merci Jez ! Super tutoriel !!
Merci beaucoup Felix!
In Brazilian, congratulations, your
lesson easy and simple!!
Thanks very much Artur!
Good Teacher 😀
Thanks Shane!
This video was so helpful learning how to boogie!!! Thanks so much!
I'm glad you found it useful. :)
I'm sooooo, glad to have found you!!
Thanks very much Samuel!
Yeah seriously you are our Rockabilly guru! Thank you
Un maestro de verdad!!! Genio!!! Muchas gracias! Thank you
Desde Argentina!
¡Muchas gracias! Me alegro de que lo haya encontrado útil. Saludos desde Inglaterra.
I'm just diggin' these lessons Man !!!
Plz keep 'em comin'
👊😁👍
Que buen profesor y que hermosos temas y entonadito para cantar,. Felicitaciones y un abrazo desde Chile
¡Muchas gracias Jorge! Me alegro que te gusten mis videos. Saludos desde Inglaterra.
You have got some great lessons on your site and a great teaching style .
Thanks very much James!
Beautiful lesson
Thanks very much Neelam!
Great tutorial, very well explained, thank you, !
Thanks very much Daniel!
Dude...you are awesome! Thank you for the great lessons!
Thank you very much Ed! I'm glad you found it useful.
Fantastic Jez thanks so much
Thanks ML! My pleasure. :D
i like it jez simple learning well done
Thanks very much John!
Very nice Job Jez, thank you.
Thanks very much Andy!
Very good i’ ll be looking at your lessons here.
Thanks very much John!
These videos serve me too much sir, thank you for uploading these types of tutorials, greetings from Mexico uwu
You're welcome Honey Maple! I'm very happy to share. Greetings from England - Jez 😄
Wonderful!
Thanks very much!
Thx 4 all ur videos i really like rock n roll
It’s opened a new door for me thankyou
That's great to know!
Thank you so much. I've been looking for an acoustic rockabilly player for ages. Great lessons.
Thanks very much Mark! Glad you like these videos.
you are great , thanks a million for sharing ,
Thanks very much Jose! Glad you like it.
I've just discovered this site, and subscribed. You are a great player and a great teacher - I love rock n roll and you've made it look easy! Many thanks!
Thanks very much! I'm glad you found this useful and I made it look easy. Keep on rockin'!
Thank you so much for a great lesson
You are smooth my man ..
Thanks!
Excellent sound and lesson and your voice is perfect for Rockabilly
Thanks very much!
Good I order your book. Greatings from France !
Merci beaucoup Laurent! Greetings from England.
@@RocknRollSongbook Good. Take care of you.
Do you have fingerstyle rock and roll tutorials in your videos?
No. Not yet. Maybe in the future.
Thanks again. Very helpful. I also used a Watkins tape delay. Great sound but what a bother I had with it. Digital it is now. Regards . Dave
Yes, the Copicats were a bit of a bother. They still make them apparently.
Absolutely superb. Thank you.
Thanks very much Jon!
Great lesson I like rockabilly
Thanks very much Jim!
Sensacional. Sou do Brasil e amo o som dos anos 50,/60. Já estou escrito no seu canal. Parabéns pelo seu talento 👏👏👏
Muito obrigado Adilson! Estou feliz que você goste dos meus vídeos. Saudações da Inglaterra!
Excellent 👌
Thanks very much!
Great lesson !! Thanks
Thanks very much!
Good Voice .
Thanks very much!
Another nice tutorial, thank you.
Thanks very much Colin!
I sure wish you lived near Tampa Florida I would love to get together with you and jam. You were great.
Thanks very much Mark! That would be great. I could do with some winter sunshine too.
Super... Thanks very much.
Thanks Stacey’s dad!
Jee , what a great lesson! Many thanks.
Thanks very much!
Oh ja - lass uns gemeinsam rocken - Genieß das Leben 👌🌈🎸😎
Thanks very much! Glad you like it.
merci monsieur
You are great clear and precise with your upper middle class english accent. As a newbie old man can only dream of playing like that. And you can sing too, subscribed and rang the bell.
Thanks very much Matthew! And thanks for subscribing. Your 'upper middle class' comment made me chuckle. I presume you're not British? I suppose I sound a little 'posh' compared to some, but genuinely upper middle class people would think I sound 'common' with my northern vowels (flat A's and U's). Hehehe. Happy strummin'! - Jez
@@RocknRollSongbook boooooo ge lol. It is boog-e (say "book" but switch in a g). Typical yank schwa vowel sound.
Hehehe, yeah ...as soon as Yanks start pronouncing English and French words correctly, I'll start pronouncing their words how they pronounce them. 🤪
@@RocknRollSongbook haha. We have some doozies. Lived near a town named Versailles. We called it ver-SALES.
BBCs The Story of English tells how Americans actually preserved some words that were falling out of use in Jolly England.
Yes, that's true. We used to use words like 'gotten', 'candy', and 'skillet', but not anymore. Accents and linguistics are particular interests of mine.
I've always thought it interesting how Americans stress the last syllable when pronouncing French words like balLET, merLOT, and consomME. The French don't do that on these words, and neither do the English.
I've heard some Americans claim that their accent is closer to the accent of the English back in the 17th Century when the English first began to settle in north America. It feels like they're trying to compete, by saying that they're more 'authentic'. All very silly, untrue, and highly simplistic. I think it's because many Americans think that the 'RP' accents of posh people like Hugh Grant, Boris Johnson and the British 'ruling classes' is the 'English' accent, when in fact, only a tiny percentage of English people speak like that. We have many very varied accents. Many people (e.g., in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Lancashire, etc, and in Scotland) have the rhotic R sound that is characteristic of American accents, and most English people don't have the long A sound of RP and south western English accents (e.g., pronouncing words like 'bath' and 'glass' so they rhythm with 'farce').
I live in Yorkshire, where we have many slang and dialect words that come from old Norse -- from the days of the Vikings ('Danelaw'). Words like 'bairn' (child), 'happen' (perhaps), 'aye up' (hello or be careful), and 'laik' (to play).
Why do Americans say 'jolly' England? I've always wondered.
And thus Carl lives on, thank you...
Thanks Joe!
This would also sound great on a Overdriven Strat into a Marshall .
Beautiful Guitar!
Thanks Edward!
Jez cool tutorial on Carl Perkins style playing!
Thanks very much Luke! :D
YOU ARE THE MASTER
Hehehe ...thanks!
Wow great lesson thanks. I'm from srilanka
Thanks very much Hiran! It's great hear from Sri Lanka.
ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО!
Большое спасибо Александр!
¡¡¡¡¡Fantástico muchas gracias!!!!!
Muchas gracias Reu!
great great lesson
Thanks very much Jim!
que buen rockkkkk!!! mas tutoriales please!!
Thanks very much Pablo!
great teacher,,thxxxx
Thanks very much!
Just found this channel and it's rockin', thanks 😎
Thanks very much Richard!
Thanx for your help
Im not sure if I subscribed for instruction or just to listen. Your rhythm is really tight, you sound great.
Thanks very much!
Great lesson! Thank you!
Thanks very much Marvin!
Excellent!
Thanks very much Hank!
Great fun
👍
Super teacher! But lt's difficultly for me to catch one. Thank's
I've never seen any lesson with this much perfection level❤️Simply loved it...please keep sharing lessons with us :)
Wow, thanks very much for those positive words! I'm glad you like my videos.
Fab..Good playin..Easy to understand..Subscribed👍All the best for 2021
Thanks very much Peter! All the best to you too.
Super!
Thanks Johann!
Cảm ơn bạn đã chỉ dẫn you are number one ☝️
Cảm ơn rất nhiều! Thanks very much!
Jez, I just subscribed to you b/c I really want to learn all this bluesy Rockabilly guitar stuff after giving it up years ago.Now I have time and so much appreciate your time and effort here. I'm going to be studying hard and want to thank you for your help. It's wonderful!
I'm glad you're finding my videos useful. Thanks for subscribing. Happy pickin'!
Great job 🎼🎸🎤💯🤗
Thanks very much Tony!
My pickings got very sloppy of late nice to hear what it should sound like also nice singing like your guitar .thanks
Thanks very much John!
Very good you have teach me a much for my guitar play take me to new step
Thanks very much Martin! That's really good to know.
Just great - Thank You!
Thanks very much!
Você é ótimo, obrigado!!
Muito obrigado!
Sou do Brasil e estou aprendendo muito!! 🇧🇷👍
É ótimo saber Paulo!
Great subscribed
Thanks very much!
Very interesting stuff. Thanks!
😊
Why aren't you on Spotify? Great guitar playing and great vocals
Thanks very much Kapten!
What about a compilation album of great rock and roll songs?
Love it. You got the feel. The J45 sounds nice. Subscribed!
Thanks very much! And thanks for subscribing.
Awesome!
Thanks very much Pedro!
SUPER SUPER
Thanks very much Enrico!
perfect
Thanks very much Kat!
Awesome!!
Thanks very much Tim!
You've made me want to learn to play the guitar now!!
Yes, do it! With your newly found uke skills you shouldn't have too much trouble picking up the guitar. It's great to be able to switch between the two instruments. :D
Oh!!! You are such a bad influence!!! I’m kicking myself now as back when I was about 10 or 11 I actually had an acoustic guitar but each time I tried to play it I would end up blistering my fingers really badly so I got rid of it :(
I'll bet your fingers are a bit tougher now ...after all that uke playing?
Welll they’ve definitely got calluses! Not too sure how they would cope with steel strings! I may have to keep an eye out for a second hand guitar and find out! :)
Everybody...Including the Beatles, started out playing these Riffs...It's Guitar 101...fun
That's right!
cool!!
Thanks very much!
I'm really glad I found your site! It's a natural addition to playing acoustic blues. I'm having one problem though - it's playing a 2-string up strum while palm muting. I have no problem with muted 2 string down strokes when I play blues shuffles or single string up strokes, but I can't can't get the upstrokes to sound two strings together while palm muting. Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks very much David! I use quite a soft pick, and maybe that helps with it. Also, don't worry about play too cleanly. I'm sure that at least some of the time I end up playing just one of the two strings on the up-strokes (the first string the pick comes into contact with), and I think Carl Perkins did this too. It's still sounds good, and sometimes I do this deliberately for that reason. I hope that helps a little - Jez 🙂