Johnny Burgin
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Three by Billy the Kid Emerson (w spec guest Joel Astley) Guitar Lesson by Johnny BurginThree by Billy the Kid Emerson (w spec guest Joel Astley) Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Three by Billy the Kid Emerson (w spec guest Joel Astley) Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 515День назад
Billy the Kid Emerson never had a big hit of his own, but he wrote a string of hook-laden blues/rockabilly/r and b classics recorded by folks like Elvis Presley, Billy Lee Riley, Sam the Sham, Wynonie Harris and many more. His own original versions on Sun and other labels sound like a million bucks, and have very clever arrangements, forms, and delicious little twists that are smart and just FU...
Great Intros: Hard-Hearted Woman and Spider In My Stew Blues Guitar Lesson by Johnny BurginGreat Intros: Hard-Hearted Woman and Spider In My Stew Blues Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Great Intros: Hard-Hearted Woman and Spider In My Stew Blues Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.8 дней назад
I played "Hard-Hearted Woman" with Kyle Rowland at The Saloon in San Francisco last night and it struck me again what an incredible intro the song has. Big Walter's 1954 version has great arrangements to create an incredible dark mood similar to the Otis Rush Cobra recordings. (His '51 version w Calvin Newborn is more of a swing and we'll come back to Calvin Newborn in a future lesson!) Lee Coo...
Cut You A-Loose by Ricky Allen Guitar Lesson by Johnny BurginCut You A-Loose by Ricky Allen Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Cut You A-Loose by Ricky Allen Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 76115 дней назад
Cut You A-Loose by Ricky Allen hit #20 on the Billboard R&B hit, and was very popular in Chicago. Ricky Allen to me could have been the next Junior Parker in terms of his great material and the charisma of his voice. This tune was a go-to for Otis Rush who has many great recorded versions, it was cut by Omar Coleman and I even did a version on my first CD "Straight Out of Chicago", sung by Robe...
BB Style Slow Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson by Johnny BurginBB Style Slow Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
BB Style Slow Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.22 дня назад
This video came from a recent private guitar lesson about what to play on a BB King-style slow blues. Great question! Come to think about it, I'd love to learn more about the various stellar rhythm players in BB's bands over the decades please enlighten me in the comments! I went through my take of something I'd do in the Key of C over a song like It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get from the...
Putting Together a Great Set and Repetoire Chat by Johnny BurginPutting Together a Great Set and Repetoire Chat by Johnny Burgin
Putting Together a Great Set and Repetoire Chat by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 57429 дней назад
Note: this video cuts out some of the freezes in the first upload. Band guys and gals! Can you tighten up your set? In the last few years I've given my set a lot of thought. This chat goes through a set I recently did and discusses what songs I did, when I did them and most importantly, why. I mostly choose songs by groove and try to order my grooves in a satisfying way. It's nice to have a col...
Universal Rock Earl Hooker Lesson by Johnny BurginUniversal Rock Earl Hooker Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Universal Rock Earl Hooker Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Месяц назад
I played a really relaxed gig at The Note in Milpitas recently with Gleidson Sousa on harp (great player!), one of my favorite harp players on drums (Aki Kumar!) and guitarist Rome Yamilov on bass. There were just a few jammers and locals there at this venerable blues dive. What to start out with? The perfect answer floated into my brain Universal Rock by Earl Hooker of course! I love the relax...
I Was a Fool Elmore James Guitar Lesson By Johnny BurginI Was a Fool Elmore James Guitar Lesson By Johnny Burgin
I Was a Fool Elmore James Guitar Lesson By Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Месяц назад
Back to some of the great songs! This is a look at the flip side of Dust My Broom from 1955 by Elmore James. He's just BLASTING in standard tuning. This has all the aggression and relentless forward motion of the best Elmore James songs (really, all of em!). If you just get the rhythm guitar out of this it will come in handy and you'll be ready to rock the house! Have fun and let me know your f...
Endings Don't Have to Be Scary! Guitar Chat by Johnny BurginEndings Don't Have to Be Scary! Guitar Chat by Johnny Burgin
Endings Don't Have to Be Scary! Guitar Chat by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 818Месяц назад
In Blues, endings are often left to chance (as they kinda should be!), but they don't have to be scary. There are ways to send and receive clear signals that a song is ending. What's more, all the greats from Muddy Waters to Lowell Fulson to Freddie King (via Jimmy Rogers) and Albert King all had their pet endings that they returned to again and again. I discuss some of these great endings, as ...
I Need Something Sweet Johnny Burgin Official VideoI Need Something Sweet Johnny Burgin Official Video
I Need Something Sweet Johnny Burgin Official Video
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
Film by Landon Moore. www.youtube.com/@landonmooremusic901 Big thanks to GIBSON'S DONUTS, Memphis, TN! Donut worry, be happy! Featuring Danny Banks, Wyly Bigger, Jon Hay and Jad Tariq. Song from the CD "Ramblin From Coast to Coast by Johnny Burgin on Straight Shooter Records, straightshooter.dk. Purchase the song or CD here: johnnyburgin.bandcamp.com/album/ramblin-from-coast-to-coast If you enj...
Feeling the Changes: V, IV, I to Start a Blues or End a Solo, Guitar Lesson by Johnny BurginFeeling the Changes: V, IV, I to Start a Blues or End a Solo, Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Feeling the Changes: V, IV, I to Start a Blues or End a Solo, Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Месяц назад
The first two bars of a classic four bar intro should really get your attention and get across the main idea or attitude of the song. AND you should really feel the chord changes the V, through the IV, and a meaningful resolution to the I. In your solos, you should really FEEL where you are, especially during that V, IV, I part. All the great players have their pet ways of navigating this short...
How to Lead a Pickup Band: EQ is Not An Amp Setting! Chat by Johnny BurginHow to Lead a Pickup Band: EQ is Not An Amp Setting! Chat by Johnny Burgin
How to Lead a Pickup Band: EQ is Not An Amp Setting! Chat by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.2 месяца назад
Lots of great players play with pick up bands Mose Allison, Chuck Berry, Johnny Rawls, RJ Mischo and on and on. Of course there's a lot to be said for having a great band of regular people who know all the bells and whistles of every song you can play and who you have a guaranteed chemistry with. But look at the examples of John Primer, Eddie C Campbell, Jimmy Burns, Lazy Lester, Tail Dragger, ...
Little Sonny and Robert Kimball Chat by Johnny BurginLittle Sonny and Robert Kimball Chat by Johnny Burgin
Little Sonny and Robert Kimball Chat by Johnny Burgin
Просмотров 4172 месяца назад
The CD "Little Sonny Archives" has some SMOKIN' guitar from Robert Kimball. I'm a huge fan of his! His short bursts of fast notes, and the incredible moods he places in the songs, just knock me out. I love informal live blues recordings in little clubs and this one does not disappoint! I discuss his classic The Creeper Returns, a major happy break song sounding tune called The Melody, and the b...
It Ain't Right Little Walter Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin w guest Jacob HuffmanIt Ain't Right Little Walter Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin w guest Jacob Huffman
It Ain't Right Little Walter Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin w guest Jacob Huffman
Просмотров 9042 месяца назад
It Ain't Right is an exciting song to hear and a challenging one to play, evenly, in time, and with the constant forward drive it demands. I got together with ace harpman Jacob Huffman to play this song and then I break down the Luther Tucker and Robert Lockwood parts. The only real mystery is sometimes it's really hard to hear Tucker's part during the turnaround, try as I might. Definately ope...
Jimmie Lee Robinson Chicago Jump and All My Life LessonJimmie Lee Robinson Chicago Jump and All My Life Lesson
Jimmie Lee Robinson Chicago Jump and All My Life Lesson
Просмотров 7232 месяца назад
JImmie Lee Robinson started out with Freddie King in the Every Hour Blues Band, then went on to work and record with Eddie Taylor, Little Walter, Eddie Boyd and others. His Bandera singles are great! He was a really creative, and powerful player, and a great singer. He quit music in the 70s and 80s and made a comeback in the late 80s/early 90s, making some fine records then as well. His band ef...
John Brim Gary Stomp and Tough Times Guitar LessonJohn Brim Gary Stomp and Tough Times Guitar Lesson
John Brim Gary Stomp and Tough Times Guitar Lesson
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.3 месяца назад
John Brim is best known as the original performer/writer of "Ice Cream Man" famously covered by Van Halen, but blues freaks know his whole body of work to be indispensable. Not only does Little Walter do some of his best work on many of his songs, but there's great guitar playing by Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers and by John Brim himself! I love his yin-yang balance of pretty Jimmy Rogers/even Scra...

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  • @amosmoses139
    @amosmoses139 14 часов назад

    Man, this the best tutorial of Honky tonk I have seen so far. I cut my teeth on my Dad's 45 record of this when I was14. I'm now 73 , lost the use of my fret hand and only have my index and middle finger to play this which I have never mastered. You seem to love this as much as I do. Great job! Thank you!

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 13 часов назад

      thank you so much Amosmoses, I DO love it. good luck to you and all the best

  • @thouston0
    @thouston0 16 часов назад

    Friggin' outstanding!

  • @patrickrcleary
    @patrickrcleary День назад

    Love Billy the Kid Emerson! I got to chat with him on the phone a few times. Smart cat, needless to say. He became a man of the cloth.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues День назад

      Wow, that is realy cool! (getting to chat with him). thaks for watching Patrick

  • @greggreenspan1451
    @greggreenspan1451 День назад

    Yea Baby, excellent guys.

  • @leoamattnet4822
    @leoamattnet4822 2 дня назад

    Have you ever talked about your SG, Johnny?

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 2 дня назад

      it's a 2014 Anniversary Edition, I replaced the bridge pickup with a Throwback. It had an active pu from the factory, can you believe that? and E-tuners. those had to go. And horrible plastic speed knobs, those had to go. and I added the vibrola arm and now it's the way I like it. Oh I changed the chintzy black thin pickguard for a really nice antique cream finish one from Pickguardian in Columbus OH.

  • @gusgrissom5784
    @gusgrissom5784 5 дней назад

    Love it .a guitar player who digs the fantastic Big walter. Thank you Big walter is so heavy

  • @sundownsid
    @sundownsid 5 дней назад

    Many years ago I played on Maxwell Street with Barkin Bill and my buddies Phil Bava on harp, Paul Garrett on bass and Bob Lindell on drums. One Sunday we saw Willie driving through the people on the street in front of us. He recognized us and put his car in park then came over to our makeshift bandstand. We had taken the spot from Pat Rushing when he went to the church music. Willie wanted to sit in. He sat at the drums and we gave him the mic. He called out Wine Head Woman and in we went. Within 30 seconds of his voice about 30 people gathered around us. By the end of the song there were over 70. He followed with Detroit Blues and then immediately called Wine Head again. Again, a new crowd gathered in a crowd around us. I had never seen anything like it let alone be involved in it. When it was done he went back to his still running Cadillac and crept down the street through the crowd.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 4 дня назад

      that's the mark of a hit record! wow! amazing that his car was running the whole time. thanks man, great story!

  • @ptaylor59
    @ptaylor59 5 дней назад

    Hey Johnny, I love what you're doing and I would love to hear your insight on song writing.

  • @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261
    @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 6 дней назад

    Johnny your lessons are fantastic, full of tasty and delicious blues nuggets for us to feast upon.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 5 дней назад

      @@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 rock on and thanks for your kind words!

  • @aksourdough4890
    @aksourdough4890 7 дней назад

    BTW Johnny, Big Walter also recorded Back Home to Mama in that same session and its intro was "borrowed" by Led Zeppelin for Bring It On Home.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 7 дней назад

      oh yeah that's a great one! I thought the bring it on home was a sonny boy 2 thing? sounds like Lockwood on back home to mama too! thanks man!

    • @aksourdough4890
      @aksourdough4890 7 дней назад

      Wirz discography shows same personnel as Hard Hearted but who knows...

    • @aksourdough4890
      @aksourdough4890 7 дней назад

      @@JohnnyBurginBluesWillie Dixon wrote it but SBWll didn't record it till 1963. Walter's Back Home was recorded in 1954. Prob Dixon wrote that too.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 7 дней назад

      @@aksourdough4890 yep.

  • @greggreenspan1451
    @greggreenspan1451 7 дней назад

    Need Kyle to show me how to play the Horton part. I think that one is in A first position.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 7 дней назад

      Definitely on both statements! Kyle is smokin on the harp. Thanks a lot!

  • @MojoUX
    @MojoUX 7 дней назад

    Geez Louise! You nailed it. Love the version I have with the Nighthawks and Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers together.

  • @mmbluesband
    @mmbluesband 8 дней назад

    A lesson on songwriting sounds great Johnny! I just wrote a couple tunes recently

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 7 дней назад

      @@mmbluesband very cool! Look forward to hearing them all the best Mark

  • @jonnybeck6723
    @jonnybeck6723 8 дней назад

    All we need is a Middle Walter and we can all go nuts together...

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 7 дней назад

      There is one! But I never met him before my time, I don't think he recorded

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 8 дней назад

    Some great tips and advice there Johnny, thank you. I recently came across a RUclips video of you playing live somewhere and before you start the song you said that you had a period in your life when you actually stopped playing for about 9 years. I really wondered how someone with your ability could have a gap that long in what you are so well known for . Perhaps sometime you could do a video for your followers about how and when you got into guitar and the blues etc. Would also be great to know where you actually grew up etc. Very best wishes to you and thanks for all the lessons and demos that you do for us all. They are great and so are you. 🌌🌅🌠👍🏻

  • @aksourdough4890
    @aksourdough4890 8 дней назад

    Buster Benton! A great vocalist.

  • @paultownsend6043
    @paultownsend6043 9 дней назад

    Great as always Johnny Boom boom boom, got a touch of John Lee to it.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 8 дней назад

      @@paultownsend6043 yes it's popped up John Lee! Thanks man!

  • @chriku6227
    @chriku6227 11 дней назад

    Best greets and thumbs up for da Blues👍 Need some sweet‘s 👋Swiss Chris😉

  • @johnbrimjr31
    @johnbrimjr31 13 дней назад

    Very beautifully done my friend.. Sounds so much like my Dad..I thank you so much and my Dad is just a-smiling away up in Blues Heaven 😇👈✌️😇

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 13 дней назад

      thanks a lot and it means a lot to me to hear that from you. I hope our paths will cross soon.

  • @LP-qi8hs
    @LP-qi8hs 14 дней назад

    Great tune and tips, your videos are awsome.....

  • @chuckzeigler4913
    @chuckzeigler4913 14 дней назад

    Great stuff Johnny!!

  • @greggreenspan1451
    @greggreenspan1451 14 дней назад

    I don't know how you find the time for these videos with your travel schedule. Please keep them coming. as you are the only one teaching the real shit.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 14 дней назад

      thanks so much greg! yes, it's hard sometimes lol but worth it! feel free to drop by a group class one of these tuesdays (usually on tues 7cst)

    • @greggreenspan1451
      @greggreenspan1451 14 дней назад

      @@JohnnyBurginBlues I'm a harp player that during COVID, decided to take up guitar at 68 years old. So not good enough for group class.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 14 дней назад

      @@greggreenspan1451 just so you know a lot of folks are more on the beginner side and it's a super low-pressure, supportive environment.

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 14 дней назад

    Good lesson! Thank you Johnny. 🌠🌅🌌👍🏻

  • @DaHill1998
    @DaHill1998 15 дней назад

    Thanks for all the high energy Blues discussions. Really great stuff each week! Nice shout out to Mike Welsh too! Any weeks you can skip over and slow it down too simple solo material - vamps, lumps is appreciated. Many of us way past the band age, but keep it coming for them as well.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 15 дней назад

      Thanks for listening and that's a good suggestion!

  • @lynnefromthelake
    @lynnefromthelake 15 дней назад

    ruclips.net/video/UvoyWlnvVxw/видео.html&start_radio=1&rv=Fx98_wG2-kQ This is guitar.

  • @lynnefromthelake
    @lynnefromthelake 15 дней назад

    ruclips.net/video/UvoyWlnvVxw/видео.html&start_radio=1&rv=Fx98_wG2-kQ This is guitar.

  • @lynnefromthelake
    @lynnefromthelake 15 дней назад

    Props to Big T. It's sad that someone else is picking his groove. Please, a capo? You're not that good, really. I was doing that stuff at 12 years old without a capo. C''mon.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 15 дней назад

      Many of the greatest blues players use capos all the time

    • @lynnefromthelake
      @lynnefromthelake 15 дней назад

      @@JohnnyBurginBlues I was taught to play without any distractions.

  • @LonePigsyAndCub
    @LonePigsyAndCub 15 дней назад

    Cool tune, man! I know this from Buddy and Junior.

  • @DonDeering
    @DonDeering 15 дней назад

    Thank you, Johnny! This is one of my favorite things! When I get some time and get my arm back, I'm going to try this.

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 15 дней назад

    Thanks for this brilliant lesson Johnny, it’s really appreciated. Would love to know a bit about your SG guitar and what drew you to it etc. Would love to see you live sometime, best wishes from Northern Ireland. 🌌🌅🌠🕊👍🏻

  • @daleschimpf
    @daleschimpf 17 дней назад

    Great video Johnny! Lots to consider around song selection.

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 19 дней назад

    Brilliant demo/ lesson, thank you Johnny. 🌌🌅🌠🕊

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 19 дней назад

    Johnny is great, thanks for sharing this with us all. 🌌🌅🌠👍🏻🕊

  • @walterm.dubiel
    @walterm.dubiel 20 дней назад

    Always a pleasure to listen to your lessons, Johnny.

  • @tobiasdeppler5048
    @tobiasdeppler5048 20 дней назад

    key sentence: you don't wanna play like AI playin it

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 21 день назад

    I’ve just came back on here to say that just today I’ve came across you doing this live in a club/ bar on RUclips. It’s an absolutely fantastic live delivery by you Johnny. Check it out everyone, it’s fantastic. You are so humble Johnny. Thanks for everything you do for us guitar heads. Subscribed 🌌🌅🌠🕊

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 21 день назад

      one of my favorite tunes to play, Jimmy Rogers never goes out of style! thanks for your kind words Listairgin

    • @listairgin
      @listairgin 15 дней назад

      @@JohnnyBurginBlues🌌💕🌠🕊 thank you Johnny for keeping fantastic music live and alive. Now you got me hooked on learning and playing it. 🌌💕🌠🕊

  • @miquel1178
    @miquel1178 22 дня назад

    Wonderfull, thanks again.

  • @Coffee_50
    @Coffee_50 22 дня назад

    Great video Johnny 👍🏼 nice environment too. It's great when you see something new like the 6th and 9th chord and that diminished one. Just gonna wait until later, get the jobs done, a nice fresh coffee sit down and study your video. Thanks dude 👍🏼

  • @tomv.5297
    @tomv.5297 22 дня назад

    Thank you very much Sir! Very useful tutorial. I can't tell anything about the BB King band. But what I really know is that guys like Bruce Welch from "The Shadows" did sometimes more complicated rhythm guitar parts than Hank Marvin... "Hidden Gems!!!"

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 22 дня назад

    Brilliant lesson and demo! Thank you Johnny. 🌌🌅🌠🕊

  • @TaylorJohnHardin
    @TaylorJohnHardin 22 дня назад

    Good stuff here!

  • @cminor7b5
    @cminor7b5 22 дня назад

    Thanks for this. Can you raise the camera next time? Your chording fingers are blocking my view of what you're doing.

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 22 дня назад

      good point yes I will be more aware of that next time

  • @OM10PYE
    @OM10PYE 22 дня назад

    Damn, sounds like I need a lesson from you pretty soon! :) Great job

  • @robertellison4691
    @robertellison4691 22 дня назад

    Great lesson!

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 22 дня назад

      thanks a lot Robert!

    • @gusgrissom5784
      @gusgrissom5784 22 дня назад

      Bb is so heavy I always learn when I listen to him. He played with so much feeling it kills me

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 22 дня назад

      @@gusgrissom5784 it's ever renewing

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 24 дня назад

    Wow! You are a breath of fresh air as far as learning people essential guitar parts. You are so specific and detailed in learning others how to play it properly . Thank you so very much! Subscribed! 🌌🌅🌠🕊

    • @JohnnyBurginBlues
      @JohnnyBurginBlues 23 дня назад

      @@listairgin awesome!! Thanks a lot and tune in every Monday for a new one!

  • @SlimDavenport
    @SlimDavenport 26 дней назад

    Agree that the song key doesn't matter too much. Most people won't notice. If you look at the Muddy Waters concert from 1978 in Germany (Rockpalast) he has his capo on the third fret for half the show (playing in G). Another great vid Johnny.

  • @kenlelugas158
    @kenlelugas158 28 дней назад

    Thanks. Appreciate your insight!

  • @thewildblueangel
    @thewildblueangel 28 дней назад

    Well said. Wise words. Thank you.

  • @smokyboy86
    @smokyboy86 29 дней назад

    Great topic! I think about this all the time. I don’t gig, but I play in the backyard with friends. I always thought people like danceable songs. 👍🏻