40+ yrs since my first show, West LA is my favorite. Always trying to improve my licks on this tune, thanks Jeff. And we could talk about the lyrics for hours.
This is a good starting point and may be how Jerry played it on the studio. Live however, Jerry fingerpicked the intro and used his thumb to hold down the low A on the E string and a pedal tone. And of course the low B note as well. As you can see he only used a pick for the solos.
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40+ yrs since my first show, West LA is my favorite. Always trying to improve my licks on this tune, thanks Jeff. And we could talk about the lyrics for hours.
so good Jeff - all of your lessons are such high quality - thank you!
No prob and thank you!
love it was just learning to sing and play this song together
This is a good starting point and may be how Jerry played it on the studio. Live however, Jerry fingerpicked the intro and used his thumb to hold down the low A on the E string and a pedal tone. And of course the low B note as well.
As you can see he only used a pick for the solos.
Yessir! Love the earlier versions of the song too where he played the main riff different. There's a cools video from 83 on UA-cam of it
Some cool chromatics!