I remember the first time I watched one of your vids back in the old PT channel.. I was struggling badly with tab (most of it incorrect, btw). As soon as i saw it being played, it was like an epiphany... I could stop worrying about where to put my fingers.. Now I knew where to put my fretting hand and the fingerings just came naturally.. When i stopped thinking about my fretting hand, my ears took over, and using these same strategies, I'm now free to learn and play what I like. Vids like these are invaluable for anyone learning how to LEARN SONGS.. Scrap the tab folks.. Let your ears be your guide!
The way the piano and the guitar play together during the chorus is a beautiful thing. I love the little lick Campbell does during the instrumental bridge, too. Just a simple thing, but such a great hook.
Awesome. Great ears. I knew people like that. They called me tone deaf. Great example of one step at a time and doing various ways of playing the song with alternate chord shapes.
@taylor ape In the beginning I had issues tuning a guitar and recognizing when guitars were tuned down. My friend who taught me I believe had perfect pitch. He could sound things out much easier then I ever could.
Absolutely brilliant approach to showing others how to progress in a bit by bit tutorial. Thanks for everything that you do James, you are always focused on helping others in such a sincere way. 🌌💕☘️.
James (or should that be jams) you are an Excellent music teacher. Even though i’m not a huge Tom Petty fan you show much clarity in musical confusion and thank you 🙏 for that!
From the beginning of so fortunately finding your channel I've noticed your not only a spectacular player but one of the best ears !! Clearly displayed in the library of song lessons offered. Thanks for your time and effort !!
Songs in my head, easy chords, will be playing tonight. James you helped me so much, got me off of open chords, gave me the ability to watch someone play and then play it my self, with my own tone according to what I hear in my brain. Thanks!
trebor trouble It's not a serious channel of learning over there. It's more like a bar where people come to get loose and cut some jokes. Over here, is a teacher, a person to be respected, and a setting of respect and discipline. I can do both...
First, thank you. Very informative. So, I watched one of his live videos performing this song and what was right away noticeable is how gently he played. Just sliding up and sliding down, always on the 5th string root. It reminded me how important it is to get the feeling in my head before I think it's in my hands. And, to make the guitar do all the heavy lifting, not me. That's my main takeaway from your lesson, and I thank you for it.
watching this reminds me of the old days , having a friend stop by and teach me guitar.Sharing his skill and most valued time. Where do you get your way kool t-shirts? peace from Selkirk Mi
Lmao @ "if you are playing it carefully" your too cool bro. Would of loved to have had you as an instructor when I started. Great work as usual James :)
Thank you for showing your process for breaking down a song. I really like anything you do and can copy your hand movements on most songs but seeing how you methodically break down a song is very insightful and it's just not something you find done right in YT.
Great video James James. Today's technology is much better than we had when I was learning and had to lift the tone arm of the record, put it back, dozens of time to get the licks.
Great take , James. As mentioned in another comment, Mike Campbell talks about the chord shapes and progression of this song on another YT video. I bought a Danelectro 12 string years ago just to get this song down. Campbell has and always will be one of my favorites. He doesn't waste notes or try to be flashy, even though he can be. His playing never draws the attention away from the song itself. I've always admired that. I miss TP and the HB's very much.
cool there's actually a video on UA-cam of Mike Campbell telling how he got that famous on owned George Harrison Rickenbacker.. that he's used for years.. bought it for pennies on the dollar now it's priceless.. just look up Tom Petty here comes My girl Mike Campbell.. it's a really cool little 9-minute video just thought I'd throw that out _it doesn't want to link for me but if you want to find the history of the guitar and how he used it on the song it says Classic albums damn the torpedoes Mike Campbell 12-string Rickenbacker_
Yeah, that's a great little story. Campbell later learned that the Damn the Torpedos Ric's serial # was the very next one after the 12-string Rickenbacker gave to George in 1964. He didn't mention it, but it was one of two special builds done for that year's NAMM show. It's sister guitar (next serial # up) was for sale on ebay 10-15 years ago, but it was in really rough shape...chrome all pitted, etc.
Hi James once again a blooming great guitar lesson. I sincerely hope you are well and happy And dare I ask? Is there any chance of you returning? Highest Regards,
Great lesson, JJ. I love how you show working through stuff (the Fm/B thing and the 5th fret A) on the fly. It's what learning guitar is all about. Also, you're so right about Petty always having some little unexpected idiosyncrasies in what are pretty basic songs. It's what made the songs "a little more clever." On a side note, I've always wondered why you haven't added a 12-string to either your electric or acoustic arsenal? Philosophical differences or just not that practical?
Great idea to work on a song from scratch to help people work on their ear training. Nicely done as al your lesson/ interpretations are !! Always great content to digest on your channel brother !
So I've been watching your videos for a while as I watch a lot of guitar lessons on UA-cam did you used to have an old Channel called privatettricker ?? I only ask cuz it's almost the exact same background room anyways great lesson as always you're up there with some of the best guitar teachers on UA-cam
This tune, Even the Losers and Louisiana Rain were my favorite tunes on the Damn the Torpedoes album. A great album!! Tom's sound really changed here. Listen to You're Gonna Get It (and the first one) and it is just not as polished as this one. This album had a defining sound for the group much like Boston had their sound.
I just realized when it goes to the E chord it's in the key of E. For only a couple chords the song goes through three different keys. Pretty brilliant....
Thanks for doing stuff like this bud. When I was learning I'd have to go to a music store and try and quickly memorize the chords from a book without buying it before I got kicked out. If the internet was available then....
So true. Got a story for you, Jeff. Back in 1984 I was just learning the guitar. I wanted to learn how to play Amie, by Pure Prairie League. I paid a visit to my local music store, where they had the music. But they did not have the sheet music for just that one song. If you wanted to get the music, you had to buy the whole book of music by that band, at a cost of $35. Back in 1984, I didn't have $35 to spend to learn just one song. So I memorized the chords, ran out to my car and wrote them down, came back into the store, memorized a few more, ran back to my car and wrote them down.... To this day, when I teach Amie to my guitar students, I share that story with them and tell them how Amie is the only "stolen" song in my music collection! LOL!!! Back then, we had no internet and no easy way to learn songs. Buying the sheet music was pretty much the only way to go. How things have changed!!
Great job....I've always played the A at 2nd fret, the B at 4th fret, and then an Amaj7 at frets 5 [B string], 6 [G string], 7 [D string], then back to the 4th fret B? Maybe Tom and Mike are doing two different things? I don't know? At any rate, great job as usual James, and a great song to learn from scratch!
@@jamesbowen8960 I was just about to say that I was watching a live video of that today, and that's how it's played, alternating the A chords like that. I just wanted to scan the comments to see if anyone else mentioned it first :)
Don't forget UA-cam can slow your audio AND keep the same key of your song. At risk of you already knowing this fact, just press the 3 dots and select the speed.
Amazing was listening to the tune the other day!! Wow you break it down so simple. It’s my 2nd yr on electric my ears still give me a hard time to guess the chords :/ I could hear it more when I play, weird
@@jamesjames9275 the man was a holdout and disdained the record company's (and competing companies) attempts to drive up the price of cd's. Enter the Hunt for the "Damn The Torpedo Man". My hat's off to Tom for that cool gesture.
@@silvermanewesleyjohn2844 He actually started that back in the vinyl days around 1978. He was really angry at his record company for jacking up the prices of LPs and was pretty public about that. Record prices got ridiculous during that period and the recording industry was really suffering over it. A lot of people credit Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door album in late 1979 for drawing record buyers back to the stores again.
@@jamesjames9275 Petty was told "Hard Promises" (1981) was going to be sold at $8.98, but MCA decided to put it out at $9.98, because they figured people would buy it anyway. Petty couldn't do anything about that, but he had creative control over the album title, so he told them if they put it out at the higher price, he was going to call it "The $8.98 Album." The company backed down.
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Love the "Learning from Scratch" format! Please do more!
I think you have a winner with this learning from scratch thing. Very interesting.
I remember the first time I watched one of your vids back in the old PT channel.. I was struggling badly with tab (most of it incorrect, btw). As soon as i saw it being played, it was like an epiphany... I could stop worrying about where to put my fingers.. Now I knew where to put my fretting hand and the fingerings just came naturally.. When i stopped thinking about my fretting hand, my ears took over, and using these same strategies, I'm now free to learn and play what I like. Vids like these are invaluable for anyone learning how to LEARN SONGS.. Scrap the tab folks.. Let your ears be your guide!
FattyCorpusle what do you mean by “old PT channel”? He had another channel?
@@jordan3119 Earlier channel was privettricker - lots of good stuff there.
Interesting Tom petty was so good at the simple chords song writing. Free falling won’t back down and learning to fly for example
The way the piano and the guitar play together during the chorus is a beautiful thing. I love the little lick Campbell does during the instrumental bridge, too. Just a simple thing, but such a great hook.
Awesome. Great ears. I knew people like that. They called me tone deaf. Great example of one step at a time and doing various ways of playing the song with alternate chord shapes.
@taylor ape In the beginning I had issues tuning a guitar and recognizing when guitars were tuned down. My friend who taught me I believe had perfect pitch. He could sound things out much easier then I ever could.
Absolutely brilliant approach to showing others how to progress in a bit by bit tutorial. Thanks for everything that you do James, you are always focused on helping others in such a sincere way. 🌌💕☘️.
My fave thing about that George strat: Even at the heights (depths?) of Psychedelic flower power, George is still repping Carl Perkins- "Go Cat Go"
These "let’s work out the song" videos are terrific, James. Many thanks! 👏👏👏👏👏
i like walking thru your thought processes. and I didnt know I liked this song so much.
One of Tom's favorite songs they did. Mine, too. Love your channel Bro. Thanks!!
James (or should that be jams) you are an Excellent music teacher. Even though i’m not a huge Tom Petty fan you show much clarity in musical confusion and thank you 🙏 for that!
From the beginning of so fortunately finding your channel I've noticed your not only a spectacular player but one of the best ears !! Clearly displayed in the library of song lessons offered. Thanks for your time and effort !!
Songs in my head, easy chords, will be playing tonight. James you helped me so much, got me off of open chords, gave me the ability to watch someone play and then play it my self, with my own tone according to what I hear in my brain. Thanks!
Hey...how come your a troll on Norman's but not here?
I hate Lemmo, liked Agniesi.
trebor trouble It's not a serious channel of learning over there. It's more like a bar where people come to get loose and cut some jokes. Over here, is a teacher, a person to be respected, and a setting of respect and discipline. I can do both...
@@boss123400 I agree. And I like some of your comments on Norms channel
When he goes to F#, he’s doing the classic F# Lydian chord with the B and E string open. Such a great song. Thanks for sharing
Love it... thx James James What a song writer ... miss you TP!
This learning from scratch format gets my brain and ears in the right mode . Perfect JJ
First, thank you. Very informative. So, I watched one of his live videos performing this song and what was right away noticeable is how gently he played. Just sliding up and sliding down, always on the 5th string root. It reminded me how important it is to get the feeling in my head before I think it's in my hands. And, to make the guitar do all the heavy lifting, not me. That's my main takeaway from your lesson, and I thank you for it.
James, excellent lesson. Great job.
I'm learning alot from you now. Beyond the beginner stages. Thanks man.
watching this reminds me of the old days , having a friend stop by and teach me guitar.Sharing his skill and most valued time. Where do you get your way kool t-shirts? peace from Selkirk Mi
Lmao @ "if you are playing it carefully" your too cool bro. Would of loved to have had you as an instructor when I started. Great work as usual James :)
Thank you James! This is such a great video. I tend to get lazy and just find song tutorials. You have motivated me to figure it out myself.
Thank you for showing your process for breaking down a song. I really like anything you do and can copy your hand movements on most songs but seeing how you methodically break down a song is very insightful and it's just not something you find done right in YT.
Your a great guitarist. Watched many of your videos. This is a great song.
Great video James James. Today's technology is much better than we had when I was learning and had to lift the tone arm of the record, put it back, dozens of time to get the licks.
Great take , James. As mentioned in another comment, Mike Campbell talks about the chord shapes and progression of this song on another YT video. I bought a Danelectro 12 string years ago just to get this song down. Campbell has and always will be one of my favorites. He doesn't waste notes or try to be flashy, even though he can be. His playing never draws the attention away from the song itself. I've always admired that. I miss TP and the HB's very much.
cool there's actually a video on UA-cam of Mike Campbell telling how he got that famous on owned George Harrison Rickenbacker.. that he's used for years.. bought it for pennies on the dollar now it's priceless.. just look up Tom Petty here comes My girl Mike Campbell.. it's a really cool little 9-minute video just thought I'd throw that out
_it doesn't want to link for me but if you want to find the history of the guitar and how he used it on the song it says Classic albums damn the torpedoes Mike Campbell 12-string Rickenbacker_
Yeah, that's a great little story. Campbell later learned that the Damn the Torpedos Ric's serial # was the very next one after the 12-string Rickenbacker gave to George in 1964. He didn't mention it, but it was one of two special builds done for that year's NAMM show. It's sister guitar (next serial # up) was for sale on ebay 10-15 years ago, but it was in really rough shape...chrome all pitted, etc.
ua-cam.com/video/NNUWlrKaWkA/v-deo.html
Hi James once again a blooming great guitar lesson.
I sincerely hope you are well and happy
And dare I ask?
Is there any chance of you returning?
Highest Regards,
Very nice. This is a beloved song despite its simplicity. Vocals are powerful.
Thank you! Love the scratch and peeking behind your curtain. Great
Good stuff, brother! Tom Petty understood the wisdom of Willie Nelson who said “ain’t no money above the third fret.” 🤠🎸✌🏻
Great lesson, JJ. I love how you show working through stuff (the Fm/B thing and the 5th fret A) on the fly. It's what learning guitar is all about. Also, you're so right about Petty always having some little unexpected idiosyncrasies in what are pretty basic songs. It's what made the songs "a little more clever."
On a side note, I've always wondered why you haven't added a 12-string to either your electric or acoustic arsenal? Philosophical differences or just not that practical?
Great idea to work on a song from scratch to help people work on their ear training. Nicely done as al your lesson/ interpretations are !! Always great content to digest on your channel brother !
fan fan tastic. I have no talent so I'm in awe of how you are able to pull this out of thin air. To me, its magic. thanks for pulling back the veil
Fantastic explanation of how to play a fantastic song. Thanks James 🌠
So I've been watching your videos for a while as I watch a lot of guitar lessons on UA-cam did you used to have an old Channel called privatettricker ?? I only ask cuz it's almost the exact same background room anyways great lesson as always you're up there with some of the best guitar teachers on UA-cam
Do you ever play your James Brown record? Loving some of your older vids on The Who, by the way!
Great tone too, love that Strat.
"This petty tune..." :)
Nice. Thanks! On the Mike Campbell lick on top of the B chord, it sounds like he's sliding...?
Great to see you working these things out.
This was great. I still watch your lessons even if I already know the song haha! More Petty!
This tune, Even the Losers and Louisiana Rain were my favorite tunes on the Damn the Torpedoes album. A great album!! Tom's sound really changed here. Listen to You're Gonna Get It (and the first one) and it is just not as polished as this one. This album had a defining sound for the group much like Boston had their sound.
I think it’s Jimmy Iovine’s production and Tom and the band’s genius.
Happy Birthday George!
Great! Love this! Thank you!
I'm digging that strat. I've played one of those artist series models that I've seen Clapton play and it was great but pricey. great lesson, thanks.
That was fun and thank you for the attention to detail
Builds tension, Here She Comes !!!!
Excellent post , thanks and all the best cheers
This was awesome. Thank you!
where'd you get that george harrison rocky strat replica? looks lovely.
I just realized when it goes to the E chord it's in the key of E. For only a couple chords the song goes through three different keys. Pretty brilliant....
Good fun found Mikes chords through you sussing out Toms, Good times as usual
Thanks for doing stuff like this bud.
When I was learning I'd have to go to a music store and try and quickly memorize the chords from a book without buying it before I got kicked out.
If the internet was available then....
So true. Got a story for you, Jeff.
Back in 1984 I was just learning the guitar. I wanted to learn how to play Amie, by Pure Prairie League. I paid a visit to my local music store, where they had the music. But they did not have the sheet music for just that one song. If you wanted to get the music, you had to buy the whole book of music by that band, at a cost of $35. Back in 1984, I didn't have $35 to spend to learn just one song. So I memorized the chords, ran out to my car and wrote them down, came back into the store, memorized a few more, ran back to my car and wrote them down....
To this day, when I teach Amie to my guitar students, I share that story with them and tell them how Amie is the only "stolen" song in my music collection! LOL!!! Back then, we had no internet and no easy way to learn songs. Buying the sheet music was pretty much the only way to go. How things have changed!!
Do you have any albums you could recommend for learning to play by ear?
Alice Cooper...everything
Thin Lizzy...everything
Cream...everything, Especially, Live Cream
Grand Funk Railroad...everything
Great video. The other one like this was great as well. I’d love to be able to do this
Great job....I've always played the A at 2nd fret, the B at 4th fret, and then an Amaj7 at frets 5 [B string], 6 [G string], 7 [D string], then back to the 4th fret B? Maybe Tom and Mike are doing two different things? I don't know? At any rate, great job as usual James, and a great song to learn from scratch!
@Robbie T Dear Robbie, you are spot on. Good job. That's how Mike Campbell plays this on his demo.
@@jamesbowen8960 I was just about to say that I was watching a live video of that today, and that's how it's played, alternating the A chords like that. I just wanted to scan the comments to see if anyone else mentioned it first :)
Sensacional,fun and good challenging method ! I hope you enjoyed like us !
This is probably from the ABC show - "Fridays." Larry David was a regular.
so was Michael Richards who would later go on to play Kramer
looking at a relatively recent one. I miss you JJ.
Do I hear ‘my sweet lord’ at 8:12?
Or he’s so fine :-)
@@Stonecrow25 🤭
Does anyone know about this guitar? What is it?
I wonder about the amp also
Appreciate the slowin down 👍
Don't forget UA-cam can slow your audio AND keep the same key of your song. At risk of you already knowing this fact, just press the 3 dots and select the speed.
love the GH guitar
Amazing was listening to the tune the other day!! Wow you break it down so simple. It’s my 2nd yr on electric my ears still give me a hard time to guess the chords :/ I could hear it more when I play, weird
Hello,
Words can't describe my sentiment for you, sir.
Thank you.
Here is the key to The Heartbreakers...
Mike Campbell.
Just read that Don Felder worked in a music store and taught Tom Petty beginner guitar.
Pretty clever of you to figure out that bit in the beginning with the open a
this was so great! thanks!
You have an excellent ear.
This is talent. Thanks.
Thank You!
A reporter once asked Tom..Hey what do you have in your pocket right now??
Tom: Ahh 35$, two guitar picks and keys to the Jag.
I love that one.
1996 XJS. He sold it on ebay in 2012 for charity.
@@jamesjames9275 really? wow
@@jamesjames9275 the man was a holdout and disdained the record company's (and competing companies) attempts to drive up the price of cd's. Enter the Hunt for the "Damn The Torpedo Man". My hat's off to Tom for that cool gesture.
@@silvermanewesleyjohn2844 He actually started that back in the vinyl days around 1978. He was really angry at his record company for jacking up the prices of LPs and was pretty public about that. Record prices got ridiculous during that period and the recording industry was really suffering over it. A lot of people credit Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door album in late 1979 for drawing record buyers back to the stores again.
@@jamesjames9275 Petty was told "Hard Promises" (1981) was going to be sold at $8.98, but MCA decided to put it out at $9.98, because they figured people would buy it anyway. Petty couldn't do anything about that, but he had creative control over the album title, so he told them if they put it out at the higher price, he was going to call it "The $8.98 Album." The company backed down.
I love your lessons and covers! Here's Mike playing the opening chords: ua-cam.com/video/ZEYRcdKgh8o/v-deo.html
Thanks dude.
You make that seem so easy.
You can learn how to do it. That's the whole point of my channel.
Nice lesson. BTW. In Canada that's a $32500.00 guitar (custom shop). WTF!
Intelligence in simplicity.
🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yeah that's cool
This song was the easiest clap of your life wasn’t it? Haha, love ur content, keep it up
thank you
👍👍👍👍
So, dude....are you OK? You haven't been around forv while. I'm a little bit worried.
I'm doing great. But you've missed a lot.
I found it. thanks
thumbs up
Wait is it the 26k George Harrison custom shop strat?
Last measure of holding the B he suspends it (sus4)