Cockburn is truly a God. Even Beiber couldn't denigrate Canada's reputation with Cockburn at the helm! We in Texas would love to claim Mr. Cockburn as our own!! 😀
Absolutely one of my all-time favorite songs. Always moves me. And you're right about Bruce Cockburn's being one of the most incredible guitar players; way too often overlooked for that. And to state the obvious: one heck of a songwriter and performer.
110% I love the advanced stuff ,most won’t go this deep into a lesson ,but there’s NO DISAPPOINTMENT when Andy come down with a lesson ,it’s the right way to play it & tuning ! 40+ yrs playing & he’s teaches me something new nearly EVERYTIME !
Never seen a better guitar tutorial. The demo sounds just like the song, the syncopation is excellent. I'm glad you are a Cockburn fan! He's probably my favorite musician. Thanks man.
Thank You Andy! One of my favorite songs ever. About the time you were born, I guess, this was my favorite ear worm song, working in the badlands and mountains doing seismic exploration. You have fulfilled my dream of one day being able to play this CORRECTLY on guitar. Bless you and yours!
Virtually impossible to distinguish form the recorded original. Been trying to get this down for years; not there yet, but this has helped immensely. Bravo!
"Burn baby burn, when am I going to get my turn", absolutely amazed to see a Bruce Cockburn lesson. Got turned to him by by Canadian friend about 25 years ago. It was really hard to even find his stuff at local stores. Your lessons are outstanding! Thanks.
Thank You!!! So many guys on RUclips are really good at getting it wrong. Great playing. Great illustrations. Keep posting and I'll keep following. Cheers!
This is one of my favorite songs for the same reasons you mentioned. I never thought I'd get close to playing it ...... until now. Super lesson my friend! thanks very much!
Nicely done. Bruce actually uses his thumb to play the G note on the bass-string - he actually taught me the tune this way (and you can see it on several videos), and being a "thumb" player it was relatively straightforward for me. If you're NOT a "thumb" player then this video is a splendid way to learn to play exactly the same thing!
Thanks for doing this and I appreciate how you make this approachable. But I remain blown away that Cockburn heard this in his head and wrote it down. What a creative player. He is awesome.
Hey Rick, there are a million pretty good guitar players, but very few great writers and creators. I always make the comparison to symphonies...there's a 1st violinist in every one, and they're all incredible musicians, but they all play Beethoven and Mozart because they're truly one in 10 billion...and yeah, BC is awesome! cheers
Definitely. I had the good fortune to hear Cockburn in the SF Bay area in grad school days. That put me in the also lucky position to hear a great "first violinist" named Michael Hedges play Wondering Where the Lions Are (amazing I still remember that) and he later showed himself to be also a Beethoven or Mozart. He was young then and mastering the greats, hence the Cockburn. I wonder if some of those violinists are just taking a safer route. Cheers to you!
That's cool Rick. I don't know if they're taking the safe route, maybe...I mean being in a symphony is a nice steady paying gig and all that, but I guess my point is that there are SO few great writers in the world. For me, I give them ALL the credit. I'll often be learning guitar parts to songs and I think, Jesus, I would NEVER have come up with that! Certain guys just have it. I think that pretty well anyone can play an instrument if they're willing to put in the time (A LOT!) but writing is a rare gift. I respect them so much...I'm working on a Todd Rundgren tune at the moment and it's just incredible what a great writer that guy is, blows me away! cheers
Great lesson, great explanation. Been playing in NYC since 65, This is a good enough cut it's the first thing I've downloaded in ages. I'm gonna look up how to contribute. Thanks, Billy
Excellent tutorial. I have loved this song for years it bring me such joy when I hear it. Thanks for making it possible for me to understand how it was put together.
Once again You pick the songs ! Soooo grateful for this tho it may take an age for me. My conscience is pricked and I promise to donate albeit a probably desultory amount , for all the amazing lessons and songs you breakdown for many of us (which I save avidly) but forget to put in the effort to ‘nail’ ! Problem for me is, the musical galaxy and utube is too vast and I get sidetracked constantly, only winning on the more basic chorded songs. But I WILL persevere ! (In spite of my age!) You are a constant and encouraging presence on utube and a huge debt of gratitude for all your wonderful guidance on stuff I would never work out just on my own. Plus your ‘explanations’ are just good to listen to apart from anything else...
Spot on, Brother! Seen him play it (and it's my favorite BC song) and you pretty much nailed it square on the head. Nice job! Dig the backing tracks, too - for a second I thought you were actually playing over the DitDJ track!
A wonderful lesson!!!! AS ALWAYS!!!! However, I also want to thank you for introducing me to a "new" artist!! I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd never heard of him before.... Thanks again for all your lessons!!!!
love your lessons, an old trick i learned is if your placing your capo on the 2nd fret, put your capo on backwards ,but don't cover your lower E strings, this gives you the dropped D effect.and it also allows you to still play most of your normal chords , thanks again
Another brilliant lesson....would you fancy taking on another classic of bruce's "if i had a rocket launcher" not an easy one by any means but i reckon youre the man for sure... you really are one of most precise and accurate players on ytube..showing us these great songs. Thanks a million
I had heard the 'Eddie Van Halen' story was someone asked Clapton that question and he said, 'I don't know, go and ask Prince'. Another urban legend I suppose. Going to learn this though for my next performance. :)
Ray Thanks Ray, I made the drums with EZdrummer 2 and them put the bass on. I had a really good time learning those parts! They're a bit of genius in themselves, really cool. cheers bud
Damn Andy....I didnt know u did this one ..but...it makes total sense :-) prob my favorite Bruce Cockburn song, and now i have to fight my way thru learning to master that doggone travis picking finally.. Thank you!
Here is a good song for ya Andy, Bruce Cockburn's "Pacing the Cage" - I really thought you would have already done this one. Great finger picking song. Would love to see you cover this in a tutorial.
The story about someone asking Van Halen about who he thinks is the best guitar player may be true, but originally it was asked to Jimi Hendrix and his answer was Rory Gallagher good lesson great song
Could you please figure out how to play Indian wars by Bruce. You are a incredible guitar player. It would help me cope with my situation if I could play it properly for my family.
This video is so helpful, thank you so much. Donation on the way. You have a great way of breaking down complex picking patterns and explaining exactly what's happening. Fantastic video. One quick question. On the pull-off on the E string right before he goes to the IV chord, it seems like if you want to maintain the travis picking pattern exactly on the downbeats, you have to initiate the pull off on the upbeat, so that you actually play your thumb simultaneously to the 'open' E string, not at the same time you play the fretted notes on the top 3 strings. I'm probably overthinking it, but I was curious what you thought about this.
Thank you for a great tutorial. It was Eddie Van Halen when asked, "How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world?" once said, "I don't know, ask Steve Lukather".
You missed an extra open G (third string) in the switch between to the two main riffs. I think you play it on the run through though missed it in the tutorial (This was great. Thank you.)
very good teaching man, I did something crazy, I put crazy glue on tips of fingers rt hand, cause I don't have long nails..took me almost 20 hrs to get this... crazy,, do you have tabs available for your stuff, you are an amazing guitarist.. are you Canadian tks
|Jake|C| Hey Jake, well it's definitely a skill that you need to develop. It's really all about listening right? I took a theory course once a long time ago and the instructor said that we needed to do ear training. So he'd play an interval, like he'd play the root note, let's say A, and then he'd play D. He wanted us to tell him what the interval was. In this case it's a perfect 4th. Well, I remember thinking that this was just a bunch of BS and I wanted to quit the class. I couldn't see the relevance of all of this interval crap and rock and roll which is what I was into. Haha, truth is that if you want to become a good musician, this is EXACTLY what you need to do! Once you start to recognize intervals, everything starts to fall into place. So start there. After a while then start to try to figure out what chords are in a simple song like "Small Town" by John Cougar for example, or Wild Thing, just really simple stuff. Then start doing harder tunes. Pretty soon, you'll know the chords to the songs you hear on the radio without even picking up the guitar, that's what musicians are able to do, you might not know the key, but you can tell that it's a 1-6-4-5 progression right away. Hope that helps bud. cheers
Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nillson would be another great song to teach if you were interested or had the time. Or Don't Leave Me On My Own by Chris Isaak. Cheers! Thanks again.
Supposedly, when Stevie Ray Vaughn died, Eddie Van Halen was asked by Rolling Stone what it felt like to be the best guitar player in the world, and responded "I don't know - ask Bruce Cockburn."
IMHO , without a doubt, you are ranked at least among the top three RUclips guitar instructors for a target audience at my (intermediate, maybe advanced-intermediate) skill level -- my other two nominees are Justin Sandercoe and Paul Davids. Your song interpretations/recreations are amazingly close to the artist originals, like this one and Zeppelin's Ramble On. Your pace of instruction and level of explanation and detail is perfect for me. Thank you so much for posting. I would like to request that you work out Bruce Cockburn's If A Tree Falls. If you do, please include the electric guitar part (that sounds like a mechanical tremolo bar is used) in the studio album version of the song - which is what originally made me love the song. Here's a pretty good lesson for the live acoustic versions: ruclips.net/video/t9l3_2-xC84/видео.html
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Cockburn is truly a God.
Even Beiber couldn't denigrate Canada's reputation with Cockburn at the helm!
We in Texas would love to claim Mr. Cockburn as our own!! 😀
Absolutely one of my all-time favorite songs. Always moves me. And you're right about Bruce Cockburn's being one of the most incredible guitar players; way too often overlooked for that. And to state the obvious: one heck of a songwriter and performer.
Best Guitar teacher on You Tube and I've been playing for 40 odd years
100%.
110% I love the advanced stuff ,most won’t go this deep into a lesson ,but there’s NO DISAPPOINTMENT when Andy come down with a lesson ,it’s the right way to play it & tuning !
40+ yrs playing & he’s teaches me something new nearly EVERYTIME !
Never seen a better guitar tutorial. The demo sounds just like the song, the syncopation is excellent. I'm glad you are a Cockburn fan! He's probably my favorite musician. Thanks man.
Great lesson 👍😉 Well taught … & loved the way you spoke about the song & it’s construction -✌️🥳
(Crazy tempo…) 😱🤪
You're about the best teacher I've watched! Thanks!
Thank You Andy! One of my favorite songs ever. About the time you were born, I guess, this was my favorite ear worm song, working in the badlands and mountains doing seismic exploration. You have fulfilled my dream of one day being able to play this CORRECTLY on guitar. Bless you and yours!
I wanted to learn this song for 30 years one of the reasons I started playing guitar
Thank you so much
Rick Hadden You're welcome Rick, yeah it's one of those tunes that sounds fresh every time I hear it. cheers
I love your teaching style… breaking it down and adding to each section!!!
Mr. Cockburn is an absolute incredible stellar Canadian. Amazing in person to watch. Simply marvelous !!!
Another killer lesson by Andy!
You are by far the best source for learning guitar songs! The bonus is that I love the music that you're showcasing as well. Excellent job :)
It's True! 😊
Just found this now in 2022. Your teaching style is excellent, very detailed, not rushed. Thank you!
Wow wow wow ... Who gives Bruce Cockburn tutorials??? ... YOU DO ... and Yay for me!!!! 😁 ... Thank you so much!
Wonderful teaching...thank you so much!!!
I just learned it complete with lyrics. Thank you so much for all your help.
Virtually impossible to distinguish form the recorded original. Been trying to get this down for years; not there yet, but this has helped immensely. Bravo!
You have the best guitar tutorials online I have come across....Thanks !
Awesome lesson. Great way of teaching and much appreciated! Thanks
I love this channel, these lessons are by far the best on youtube! Please do more Bruce Cockburn, maybe pacing the cage?
Thanks Logan...have a look here sometime: goo.gl/9bqIu1
cheers
"Burn baby burn, when am I going to get my turn", absolutely amazed to see a Bruce Cockburn lesson. Got turned to him by by Canadian friend about 25 years ago. It was really hard to even find his stuff at local stores. Your lessons are outstanding! Thanks.
***** Burn Baby Burn is a great tune, but he has SO many it's hard to think of them all! Thanks for the kind words bro. cheers
Salt sun and time
Thank You!!! So many guys on RUclips are really good at getting it wrong. Great playing. Great illustrations. Keep posting and I'll keep following. Cheers!
This is one of my favorite songs for the same reasons you mentioned. I never thought I'd get close to playing it ...... until now. Super lesson my friend! thanks very much!
Very good teacher!! easy to follow, I found that if I counted the notes, 1, 2, 3, 4, in each phrase it helped a lot keep up great work!!
I have always loved this song. I Travis-pick, so this song is right up my alley. Nice tutorial. Do "Going to the Country". I'm stuck.
Nicely done. Bruce actually uses his thumb to play the G note on the bass-string - he actually taught me the tune this way (and you can see it on several videos), and being a "thumb" player it was relatively straightforward for me. If you're NOT a "thumb" player then this video is a splendid way to learn to play exactly the same thing!
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Thanks for doing this and I appreciate how you make this approachable. But I remain blown away that Cockburn heard this in his head and wrote it down. What a creative player. He is awesome.
Hey Rick, there are a million pretty good guitar players, but very few great writers and creators. I always make the comparison to symphonies...there's a 1st violinist in every one, and they're all incredible musicians, but they all play Beethoven and Mozart because they're truly one in 10 billion...and yeah, BC is awesome! cheers
Definitely. I had the good fortune to hear Cockburn in the SF Bay area in grad school days. That put me in the also lucky position to hear a great "first violinist" named Michael Hedges play Wondering Where the Lions Are (amazing I still remember that) and he later showed himself to be also a Beethoven or Mozart. He was young then and mastering the greats, hence the Cockburn. I wonder if some of those violinists are just taking a safer route. Cheers to you!
That's cool Rick. I don't know if they're taking the safe route, maybe...I mean being in a symphony is a nice steady paying gig and all that, but I guess my point is that there are SO few great writers in the world. For me, I give them ALL the credit. I'll often be learning guitar parts to songs and I think, Jesus, I would NEVER have come up with that! Certain guys just have it. I think that pretty well anyone can play an instrument if they're willing to put in the time (A LOT!) but writing is a rare gift. I respect them so much...I'm working on a Todd Rundgren tune at the moment and it's just incredible what a great writer that guy is, blows me away! cheers
Great lesson, great explanation. Been playing in NYC since 65, This is a good enough cut it's the first thing I've downloaded in ages. I'm gonna look up how to contribute. Thanks, Billy
Excellent tutorial. I have loved this song for years it bring me such joy when I hear it. Thanks for making it possible for me to understand how it was put together.
Excellent. I am so grateful for this beautiful lesson!! Thank you!
Once again You pick the songs ! Soooo grateful for this tho it may take an age for me. My conscience is pricked and I promise to donate albeit a probably desultory amount , for all the amazing lessons and songs you breakdown for many of us (which I save avidly) but forget to put in the effort to ‘nail’ !
Problem for me is, the musical galaxy and utube is too vast and I get sidetracked constantly, only winning on the more basic chorded songs. But I WILL persevere ! (In spite of my age!) You are a constant and encouraging presence on utube and a huge debt of gratitude for all your wonderful guidance on stuff I would never work out just on my own. Plus your ‘explanations’ are just good to listen to apart from anything else...
Excellent tutorial! Thank you! Well pitched honest clear direction I will be back for more!
Outstanding!
Once again, thanks for the amazing lesson! Started learning this last night and making steady progress! You the man ! Cheers !
Spot on, Brother! Seen him play it (and it's my favorite BC song) and you pretty much nailed it square on the head. Nice job! Dig the backing tracks, too - for a second I thought you were actually playing over the DitDJ track!
Holy shit! I've got my work cut out for me now! Thank you. 💙
Yep. Bruce is a monter guitar player! Cheers, Andy.
Great work. That was truly an amazing lesson, thanks a lot!
Really great job at explaining how to play this song. I'm looking forward to practicing!
Loved the comment about Bruce being the best
Music Calgary Yeah I guess that makes more sense .Something didn,t seem quite right about what I thought I heard.
beautiful playing and a really great lesson. Thanks.
Best lesson I've seen in a long time...
A wonderful lesson!!!! AS ALWAYS!!!! However, I also want to thank you for introducing me to a "new" artist!! I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd never heard of him before....
Thanks again for all your lessons!!!!
BookofIsaiah Thanks bud, Yeah BC isn't exactly a household name right. but he should be! cheers
Really great job, your teaching is so helpful. Really appreciate your work!
great great tune ,fantastic picking , big time acoustic fan of CB
Great lesson for a great song , thank you .
Collingsd2h Thanks!
Can you do a tutorial for foxglove?
Thanks!
Great lesson.
love your lessons, an old trick i learned is if your placing your capo on the 2nd fret, put your capo on backwards ,but don't cover your lower E strings, this gives you the dropped D effect.and it also allows you to still play most of your normal chords , thanks again
Oh my, thank you! ... I only have one gigging guitar and have been worrying about playing a set of material with multiple tunings. Problem solved! 😀
This was a great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
Have you ever done a tutorial for "Rumours of Glory?" I'd love to learn that song.
Wow, could never figure that one out. Thanks a lot.
Another brilliant lesson....would you fancy taking on another classic of bruce's "if i had a rocket launcher" not an easy one by any means but i reckon youre the man for sure... you really are one of most precise and accurate players on ytube..showing us these great songs. Thanks a million
Great tutorial!
😢Fantastic...this and then watch Michael hedges..and bruce of course.
I had heard the 'Eddie Van Halen' story was someone asked Clapton that question and he said, 'I don't know, go and ask Prince'. Another urban legend I suppose. Going to learn this though for my next performance. :)
Funny how that concept has gotten around, cause I’d always heard that Hendrix was asked that question and he said “I don’t know ask Phil Keaggy”
Great tutorial Thanks!
Hell, you sound as good as Bruce. Love your backing track.
Ray Thanks Ray, I made the drums with EZdrummer 2 and them put the bass on. I had a really good time learning those parts! They're a bit of genius in themselves, really cool. cheers bud
thanks so much for sharing this
Love this tune. Would really like a tutorial on "Pacing the Cage".
Great lesson! Thank you!
Thanks again, love the way you teach!
TheAnkhorus Thanks for watching bud.
What about "Foxglove"?
+Paul D. Satyrfyre
*ping*
Damn Andy....I didnt know u did this one ..but...it makes total sense :-) prob my favorite Bruce Cockburn song, and now i have to fight my way thru learning to master that doggone travis picking finally..
Thank you!
A Classic. thank you for your lesson. Great production and presentation as always.
Could you do "May You Never" by John Martyn down the track ?
🎵 For more information on this lesson and the TAB: www.shutupandplay.ca/wondering-where-the-lions-are--acoustic.html
Great lesson! Many thanks from Ottawa, Canada
You are as skilled as the best of em’’, and you can instruct! Thanks again!
Here is a good song for ya Andy, Bruce Cockburn's "Pacing the Cage" - I really thought you would have already done this one. Great finger picking song. Would love to see you cover this in a tutorial.
Wow, what a great share! ⭐⭐⭐
I would love it if you could do "Going to the Country" from his first album!!
Thumbs Up!!
Great Lesson!!
Mark Love Thanks Mark.
The story about someone asking Van Halen about who he thinks is the best guitar player may be true, but originally it was asked to Jimi Hendrix and his answer was Rory Gallagher good lesson great song
Bob Rutledge Rory Gallagher was a great guitar player. cheers
Stunning
westfield90 Thanks bro, it's a tough one to get the feel right on. I don't think I really nailed this one, but pretty close. cheers
Ya man! Got it nailed!
Nice job!
Could you please figure out how to play Indian wars by Bruce. You are a incredible guitar player. It would help me cope with my situation if I could play it properly for my family.
This video is so helpful, thank you so much. Donation on the way. You have a great way of breaking down complex picking patterns and explaining exactly what's happening. Fantastic video.
One quick question. On the pull-off on the E string right before he goes to the IV chord, it seems like if you want to maintain the travis picking pattern exactly on the downbeats, you have to initiate the pull off on the upbeat, so that you actually play your thumb simultaneously to the 'open' E string, not at the same time you play the fretted notes on the top 3 strings. I'm probably overthinking it, but I was curious what you thought about this.
Just as hard as I expected it to be!
Thanks!
Thank you for a great tutorial. It was Eddie Van Halen when asked, "How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world?" once said, "I don't know, ask Steve Lukather".
Can you teach Say Goodbye by Fleetwood Mac next please as I love you lesson on bleed to love her thanks
Great lesson man. Could you do Captain Fantastic by Elton John. Great acoustic song
Well done.👍🇨🇦
You missed an extra open G (third string) in the switch between to the two main riffs. I think you play it on the run through though missed it in the tutorial (This was great. Thank you.)
Hey please do a lesson of the solo of comfortably numb by pink floyd!!! I really love your videos.
Could you do a tutorial on Maggot Brain - Funkadelic? Thank You.
Could you publish your backing track?
very good teaching man, I did something crazy, I put crazy glue on tips of fingers rt hand, cause I don't have long nails..took me almost 20 hrs to get this... crazy,, do you have tabs available for your stuff, you are an amazing guitarist.. are you Canadian tks
Wow, hard one. Don't usually use my third finger. Getting sore,. but love this.
+Nammy Deplume I hear the pros put crazy glue the gel kind on finger tips so I tried it , what a difference..
terry wheeler LOL
@@MrOldshadow1 🤣
Hey will you do a lesson for Rock and Roll Band by Boston?
Whitedog206 Great song, I'll add it to the list. cheers
Pacing the cage or Coldest day of the year lesson? :)
Can you show how to play "Tennessee Flat Top Box" by Johnny Cash. Nobody plays it online like the way the recording sounds.
Seven Dogs No promises on that bud, but that's a cool old tune. JC had a way about him. cheers
Great lesson but do you have the backing track available for purchase or d load?
Do you have any tips on learning how to transcript
|Jake|C| Hey Jake, well it's definitely a skill that you need to develop. It's really all about listening right? I took a theory course once a long time ago and the instructor said that we needed to do ear training. So he'd play an interval, like he'd play the root note, let's say A, and then he'd play D. He wanted us to tell him what the interval was. In this case it's a perfect 4th. Well, I remember thinking that this was just a bunch of BS and I wanted to quit the class. I couldn't see the relevance of all of this interval crap and rock and roll which is what I was into. Haha, truth is that if you want to become a good musician, this is EXACTLY what you need to do! Once you start to recognize intervals, everything starts to fall into place. So start there. After a while then start to try to figure out what chords are in a simple song like "Small Town" by John Cougar for example, or Wild Thing, just really simple stuff. Then start doing harder tunes. Pretty soon, you'll know the chords to the songs you hear on the radio without even picking up the guitar, that's what musicians are able to do, you might not know the key, but you can tell that it's a 1-6-4-5 progression right away. Hope that helps bud. cheers
Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials That helps a ton, thanks!
Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nillson would be another great song to teach if you were interested or had the time. Or Don't Leave Me On My Own by Chris Isaak. Cheers! Thanks again.
Fantastic job. The EVH "quote" is a myth though-never substantiated.
Nice! (As is yer custom.) Thanks
hope to eventually be able to play this, lol
Supposedly, when Stevie Ray Vaughn died, Eddie Van Halen was asked by Rolling Stone what it felt like to be the best guitar player in the world, and responded "I don't know - ask Bruce Cockburn."
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I always heard that quote was by Jimi Hendrix about Phil Keaggy. I guess just plug in the names of your favorite guitar players. 😆
Did you say "Drunk D" at the beginning? XD
Anyway, so Drop D, NOT DADGAD, correct?
IMHO , without a doubt, you are ranked at least among the top three RUclips guitar instructors for a target audience at my (intermediate, maybe advanced-intermediate) skill level -- my other two nominees are Justin Sandercoe and Paul Davids.
Your song interpretations/recreations are amazingly close to the artist originals, like this one and Zeppelin's Ramble On. Your pace of instruction and level of explanation and detail is perfect for me. Thank you so much for posting.
I would like to request that you work out Bruce Cockburn's If A Tree Falls. If you do, please include the electric guitar part (that sounds like a mechanical tremolo bar is used) in the studio album version of the song - which is what originally made me love the song. Here's a pretty good lesson for the live acoustic versions:
ruclips.net/video/t9l3_2-xC84/видео.html