Learn "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash! Beginner intro to the guitar sounds of Luther Perkins.

Johnny Cash was country music in the 50's, and Luther Perkins made sure he had a great foundation of subtle, simple, and downright genius rhythm and melodic solo guitar to make his legendary voice stand out. We'll break down Johnny's rhythm part which is great beginner lesson, move on to Luther's classic country rhythm and that legendary solo which is a great play to start to learn how to get that country sound!
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Who was Luther Perkins
00:55 - What we'll learn
01:22 - We're going to do this in E not F.....
01:48 - Johnny's rhythm part
05:39 - That intro and Luther's rhythm
10:04 - The solo
14:44 - That's a wrap

[@alexanderpotts7308]

Thanks for bringing Luther guitar playing to a new generation. He is underrated by many

[@theadamreynolds]

He really is one of the greats! Hopefully more people get hip to him. So many tasty melodies in his playing. His playing took great songs and made them legendary!

[@MrPDTaylor]

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[@MrPDTaylor]

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[@thomaspotter2172]

If this doesn't encourage my wife to let me buy a Telecaster, nothing will.

[@theadamreynolds]

I mean at this point it would be criminal not to have one!