THE ULTIMATE "Folsom Prison Blues" Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson with TABS! by Justin Johnson

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024

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  • @justinjohnsonlive
    @justinjohnsonlive  4 года назад +149

    Thanks for watching & Please Hit SUBSCRIBE! 😁

    • @Alex-oi7zx
      @Alex-oi7zx 4 года назад +2

      I would love a lesson like that about the "blackwood lullaby" from the other day.

    • @7SFAmerica
      @7SFAmerica 4 года назад

      Blackwood lullaby please!

    • @jcpapa1
      @jcpapa1 4 года назад +1

      Any chance of a tablature for "What"d I Say" (Ray Charles) - it would be great if you had a tablatures section in your store - I'm assuming you would have someone else prepare the tabs for review by you before they are released - love the fact that you are so prolific in producing your videos - such a great channel for jamming.

    • @Deeplomat27
      @Deeplomat27 4 года назад

      I think i‘m following you for a few years now-thx for everything so far-because of that lesson i -now- hit that stupid bell button 😄 maybe, Sometimes if you’re interested in trying out to handle a little intermediate course for the technics/patterns of your „Jolene“ 😉🤘🏾🎸cheers

    • @TaxPayingContributor
      @TaxPayingContributor 4 года назад

      Thanks for your teaching. Explained Chet Atkins took kit and what finger picking could do covering Johnny Cash.

  • @GrandmasterGib
    @GrandmasterGib 4 года назад +139

    I was relieved when you started explaining it all out - I guess I’m too much a noob, the tabs looked like a physics formula.

    • @andreasmag5471
      @andreasmag5471 4 года назад +10

      A Chinese physics formula

    • @JohnTPettyBone
      @JohnTPettyBone 4 года назад +1

      LOL! Yep!

    • @justinjohnsonlive
      @justinjohnsonlive  3 года назад +33

      Sometimes an arrangement like this is overwhelming when there's multiple parts being played at the same time. The key is to take it one part at a time, and once you get those down, slowly work on incorporating them together. You'll get it!

    • @АлексейДанилов-у4ш
      @АлексейДанилов-у4ш 2 месяца назад

      @@andreasmag5471

  • @krokler98
    @krokler98 4 года назад +174

    Epic... can’t wait for more of these type of videos

    • @fulyakaramehmet
      @fulyakaramehmet 4 года назад +1

      👩‍🎤❤️👨‍🎤

    • @patrickwhyte8311
      @patrickwhyte8311 4 года назад

      same

    • @silvermediastudio
      @silvermediastudio 4 года назад +1

      Justin is one of the greats. Not only creating music, not only creating instruments, not only driving an art form forward, but giving away knowledge hard-earned over years of practice on technique and musicianship.

  • @slushpuppy6991
    @slushpuppy6991 4 года назад +81

    Wow! I can't believe you took the time to put this all together! You're an absolute Rockstar man. Thanks a million keep on keeping on!

  • @cedricpierre8388
    @cedricpierre8388 2 года назад +9

    Been on that string/beat/pluck for 3 days now,my nails are worn out and it’s only beginning to sink in…
    A lot of work to make it sound like you do,but I am so impressed with your simple,accurate and so informative method of teaching that great tune.
    It will take whatever time it will take,but I am determined to do your lesson good justice,,,will let you know.
    Thanks ,,you are a true inspiration.

  • @wickedcrypto6004
    @wickedcrypto6004 9 месяцев назад +2

    I'm so used to playing with a pick I'm hardly keeping up. Justin is just an amazing guitar player. I'm going to practice this like everyday until my brain and fingers are one.

  • @katherinehunter9526
    @katherinehunter9526 4 года назад +14

    Sweet, Johnny Cash would have loved this fine version of his Folsom Prison tune and that you were teaching folk's how to play it.
    GR8 lesson.
    Thanks J.J..
    May Johnny Rest in Peace.
    09.12.03.
    ✌❤🎸🎶👍🙏
    🇨🇦😎🐈

  • @fishyfool
    @fishyfool 4 года назад +6

    It all sounds so simple and smooth when you just hear you playing it, but when you break it down and you see what really goes into the song, it's amazing the coordination required.
    As an uncoordinated lop, I can only admire...

  • @wc.smith99
    @wc.smith99 3 года назад +53

    I know I’m a bit late to the party here, but I’ve just gotta say this is probably the best advanced finger style lesson I’ve ever seen. Your explanation of how merging percussion and melody is doing plucks on upstrokes and rakes on downstrokes just opened up a whole new world for me, I’ve been trying to figure that technique out for a long while now. Seriously good job here brother, this is a masterpiece of a lesson

    • @butchd18
      @butchd18 Год назад +1

      Its mind blowing awesome

  • @jonparr9207
    @jonparr9207 10 месяцев назад +2

    Justin - I've been a bass player for over 30 years, bit I've been wanting to get deeper into blues for a while.
    I really enjoy your tunes, but I just got a resonator and am learning the 6 string. Thank you so much for this video ! I'm learning !!!

  • @tonyarenee531
    @tonyarenee531 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this! I just lost My Dad to Covid last year! He was 73 This was one of his favorite songs to pick .... Since I was a kid growing up in the 70's ... He Sang as well! I always loved the sound of this RIFF!!! He had a 70's Fender Acoustic not such which ... and He bought his first electric guitar A fender when he was 16 ( BAD ASS ) He had a whammy bar! One of the last things We talked about was He had pawned his Fender because it needed a lot of work for a new Acoustic and he said I could kick myself in the ass for pawning that guitar!!! I was like NO You didn't Dad! He was so upset he did that! Anyway I appreciate guitar so much from my Dad playing for so many years up til I lost him! He left all his guitars to my son that plays! Anyway I ran across this wanting my son to learn Folsom Prison Blues......... Thanks ....... RIP DAD MISS YOU ❤❤❤❤

  • @Alaska_Engineer
    @Alaska_Engineer 4 года назад +11

    Not only amazing playing, but you’ve masterly broken everything down. Thank you!!

  • @IIIRorschachIII
    @IIIRorschachIII 4 года назад +2

    Love that Johnny cash Martin guitar..
    Oh my... Those guitars behind him... Priceless!

  • @Gichanasa
    @Gichanasa 3 года назад +3

    Justin, not only are you a fantastic player, but you're also an amazing teacher! Thank you dearly for preparing this great material for the rest of us... please keep them coming!

  • @butchb8512
    @butchb8512 4 года назад +8

    Anyone else want tabs for everything JJ puts on RUclips?
    @Justin Johnson you are absolutely amazeballs.

    • @justinjohnsonlive
      @justinjohnsonlive  3 года назад +2

      Thanks man! Here's a catalog of tabs for about 50 of them, and building: www.musicnotes.com/sheet-music/artist/justin-johnson

  • @onemanband20
    @onemanband20 3 года назад +6

    This arrangement like all your others is absolute gold. I've been learning this for 2 months and what a challenge it is. Thanks and I look forward to more!

  • @7willie3
    @7willie3 9 месяцев назад +1

    Genius! Period.

  • @joutube68
    @joutube68 4 года назад +3

    Much appreciated. Not only do you mesmerize us with your magic, you also teach how to create magic. Thanx Justin.

  • @ChanokchaiChauychoo
    @ChanokchaiChauychoo Месяц назад

    Not often to see super skilled guy that plays everything effortlessly, try to explain step by step in foundation like this. Great teacher.

  • @gibsonfamily6366
    @gibsonfamily6366 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely amazing. I told my wife the first time I ever heard you play.... I said this ol boy is gonna go huge. Keep climbing that ladder bro. You most definitely will always have a fan in me.

  • @ConwayBob
    @ConwayBob 4 года назад +1

    YES! More of this, please. Not just more Johnny Cash, but more showing us how to play popular songs in such an interesting style.

  • @harryp8461
    @harryp8461 4 года назад +4

    This is by far the best guitar tutorial video I've seen. When I listened to the original I never imagined I could play this, but the way Justin has broken down this song, I was able to learn it within 4 days (not as well I might add). Thank you Justin, I would love you to do the same style tutorial for Tennessee Whiskey. Much love Brother!

  • @benboo6351
    @benboo6351 4 года назад +6

    Amazing how you show both how complex this song is, and how it may actually be possible to play it for an... OK-ish at best guitarist like meself. Stunning lesson. How you explain all the details is great.
    Like others say, this might take me a year to learn, but I may maybe actually get there.
    Also, I looked up the guitar, and for a Martin it's a budget one, and that shows how talent beats gear.

  • @infinitecycle3479
    @infinitecycle3479 Год назад +2

    18:10 literally exactly the noise I’ve been making the past 2 days🤣

  • @douglasszatmari3463
    @douglasszatmari3463 3 года назад +1

    New side of Justin. 🙏 Down to earth man. On ya mate. Legend.

  • @ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773
    @ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773 3 месяца назад +1

    This is great and all but your the only person on earth that can play it. ❤

  • @charlesputnam9370
    @charlesputnam9370 4 года назад +2

    Man why is coolest stuff so hard. I have had a about a year of classical lessons but I love country. Best lesson I ever watched on youtube.

  • @lccurtis6548
    @lccurtis6548 4 года назад

    I have not been playing long at all and this is so complicated. But the way you break it down step bye step, suggesting learn this part by itself then add as you can. I watch you play all the time and think WOW! I could never do that. When I saw this was going to be a lesson I was tempted to move on, I got what I came for and that was to hear you play. But I stuck around out of curiosity to see how can you explain that. But I honestly believe I CAN DO THIS!! It’s going to take a long time but it will be time we’ll spent and I imagine it will help in every aspect of my desire to learn to play. You aww me all the time but I never imagined you would inspire me as you have today. Thank you does not even come close to expressing my gratitude but I don’t know what else to say.

  • @JLamstudio
    @JLamstudio 3 года назад

    Sooo clean and warm!
    6 months ago, during quarantine I stumbled upon Justin’s channel and was amazed and awestruck by your playing!
    I’ve always wanted to learn the blues, so I bought a fender guitar and started learning to play everyday since!
    Who doesn’t love Johnny Cash, The Man in Black!!!

  • @Jesse_Marseille_Music
    @Jesse_Marseille_Music Год назад

    Such a cool lesson. I'm super grateful people like Justin share this stuff on RUclips.

  • @LeeRowton634
    @LeeRowton634 4 года назад

    The mark of a true professional is to make something extremely difficult look simple/easy. You make this look easy, but it is very clear from your breakdown that it is actually a very technical and complicated piece. It is really impressive!

  • @divindave6117
    @divindave6117 4 года назад

    All I can say is wow! By FAR, this is the best guitar lesson I have every seen. You break it all down into easy to understand parts. Bravo. I Been playing for almost 50 years and Im not worth the 1st damn at finger picking . If back in the day when I still cared, if I had a teacher like this guy..... I can only imagine.

  • @PhillipHomer
    @PhillipHomer 4 года назад +1

    One of the best tutorial videos I've ever seen! Thank you so much!

  • @avgjoegeek71
    @avgjoegeek71 4 года назад +1

    This is an amazing tutorial. Breaking it down into its base parts and showing how you integrate all of the different techniques to make it all work. Even fooling me into thinking I could learn it. Seriously though - its a very well put together video. I hope that people out there wanting to learn finger picking see this video. There is so much to learn from it.

  • @danhutchinson8649
    @danhutchinson8649 4 года назад

    Might take me a year, but this is worth the time. So much to learn if you just stick with it. You've explained it so thoroughly anyone that wants to, could learn this. Thanks for taking the time, it really means a lot Justin. At 70 I have three new guitar hero's....You, Marcus King and Billy Strings....I put my guitar on my bed and every night I have to pick it up to get in bed and sleep, so I spend 10 or 15 minutes minimum, sometimes an hour playing.....it really helps. Thanks again Justin!

  • @Reziac
    @Reziac 4 года назад

    Can never have too much Johnny Cash on a Sunday morning... I don't know squat about playing guitar yet you make it really easy to follow.

  • @thumpicker
    @thumpicker 4 года назад

    This has been one of my favorite songs since I was a youngster. It is now a brand new favorite song!

  • @davidbarr9718
    @davidbarr9718 3 года назад

    This gave me chills.

  • @bharatbhagwat
    @bharatbhagwat 4 года назад

    Just getting both the *Picking Patterns* in. I will keep at it slow & steady. *Great Lesson* with so many new techniques. Thanks.

  • @Alex-zr8pq
    @Alex-zr8pq 4 года назад +2

    Best lesson I’ve seen yet, please have more to come!

  • @williamrobertson1563
    @williamrobertson1563 4 года назад

    Thank you Mr Johnson! You made it a family affair my son 10 my daughter 12 and myself 41 have been working on this video. Thank you again from my whole family!!!

  • @JLamstudio
    @JLamstudio 3 года назад

    I soooo NEED this guitar 🎸 in my life. I started learning guitar 🎸 6 months ago just so I could play the blues after watching your videos during quarantine.

  • @TrustinTimber
    @TrustinTimber 3 года назад

    SWEETNESS. THANK YOU JUSTIN

  • @arranpowell1848
    @arranpowell1848 2 года назад +1

    Im loving the lesson mate!! This is one of the best lessons on youtube! The tab, your explanations and a ripper of a tune.....BRILLIANT!!!

  • @ivanmarkovic8499
    @ivanmarkovic8499 Год назад

    Pure pleasure, to watch and listen to, and especially to play! I can wait!

  • @julienwilgaut285
    @julienwilgaut285 4 года назад +1

    This is a tremendous gift Justin, thank you very much. Let's practice now ! 🙂

  • @Feeleydental
    @Feeleydental 2 года назад

    This is the country music I like..good ole Johnny Cash. Awesome arrangement! I’m gonna give it a go learning it. Thank you for posting this

  • @alex.ann_der
    @alex.ann_der 4 года назад +10

    First like, then watch. As it should be. This is gonna be awesome bro, you'll make me better at bluesy fingerstyle, wich I was looking for too much.

  • @thomascash6867
    @thomascash6867 3 года назад

    Impressive. Exactly what I was looking for. I saw old guy from the country play this finger style the way you are one time and I was blown away. You’re the only other person I’ve seen do it.

  • @demej00
    @demej00 4 года назад

    Your version of FPB is one of my favorites and I slowed down your video to work out some of your rhythms and riffs but this video makes it a lot easier. Thanks so much for the free lessons. One day I will break down and buy your lessons.
    This is by far the best blues tutorial on the web.

  •  4 года назад

    Thanks so much Justin. Your smooth nature and mad skills abound! Been watching you for years.

  • @MrPhilbrill
    @MrPhilbrill 4 года назад +5

    I’d pay good dollar for lessons like this. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @quincygillespie5950
    @quincygillespie5950 3 года назад

    Thank you sir, really awesome of you to do this!!!

  • @stevewalsh-balshaw1727
    @stevewalsh-balshaw1727 3 года назад

    Brilliant, I'm 57yrs old gonna buy me a guitar and learn how to play it this'll be my inspiration and 1st tune I'll master. thank you!

  • @james.iremonger
    @james.iremonger 4 года назад

    Can't believe I spent last night attempting to transcribe this. So so pleased you did this.

  • @danomite359
    @danomite359 3 года назад

    I really appreciate the showing of your technique. I'd been trying to emulate your style on this piece with limited success and had moved on to another song when this tutorial popped up.
    It's easy to get stuck "in a style" and I am thankful for this.

  • @kittavares4334
    @kittavares4334 3 года назад

    I've been studying this video for at least one month now. I was an absolute beginner at fingerpicking, but now I got the first part (until 8:50) right (but still sloppy). Awesome video.

  • @crispycritters27
    @crispycritters27 4 года назад

    Dude seriously, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for adding the tab at the bottom, been so inspired to pick up this playing style but was hard to catch onto not knowing what you was doing exactly. Thanks man!

  • @glee4553
    @glee4553 4 года назад

    Perfect step-by-step breakdown! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!

  • @irisrose4732
    @irisrose4732 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for these incredible lessons! You're a very good teacher.

  • @renejensen830
    @renejensen830 2 года назад

    Really love your videos and especially the Folsom Prison Blues. Also this tutorial is excellent and really good explained and allowing one to follow and understand what is exactly going on. Even that I'm at age 56 is still not really a very talented or experienced guitar player then for sure this one is something that I'm going to spend the autumn (AND winter 🙂) to figure out if I can learn to play at least some of it. Let you know in April/May 2023 how it went 😀

  • @matthewkleinmann
    @matthewkleinmann Год назад

    Howdy! I am just recovering from a nasty accident and just got my left arm out of a cast. It has been 10 weeks, I broke it in two places and smashed my wrist as well. I found this and man, are my fingers misbehaving, but I am really enjoying working my way through it. I think it beats physical therapy.
    I have watched a lot of your videos, but this is the first lesson, and you are an amazing teacher. You have a great laid back way about you and you really break things down nicely. I also feel that I have gotten to know you better than just watching your music vids.
    Anyway, I am really enjoying this. Thanks for taking the time to put it together!

    • @matthewkleinmann
      @matthewkleinmann Год назад

      BTW, I am still working on this, starting to move it up the neck, and there is a subtle but really audible difference between the open chord version and the other version, your playing a G# on the open chord version, and a G on the up the neck version, that gives the open string pull a decidedly minor sound. You do such a good job with the percussion parts that it took me a while to hear it when you do it, but once you have heard it, you can not unhear it. Now I am trying figure out exactly how you managed to tame it so well. Perhaps you pluck the open B and E string harder, or mute the G a bit. The minor sound is there when you play it, but it is much less glairing than when I try it.

  • @АлександрБудников-к9к

    Justin you are the best. Thanks for this lesson.

  • @t4texastom587
    @t4texastom587 Год назад

    All l can do after watching this is shake my head and say......
    WoW, unbelievable.

  • @mikecullerton
    @mikecullerton 4 года назад

    Wow! Thank you so much for the incredible lesson. Not only is there an enormous amount to consume here, but you do an amazing job of teaching. This is one of the best instructional guitar videos on RUclips. You are a treasure, Justin!

  • @peterhutchison1476
    @peterhutchison1476 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for posting.... been trying to learn it from your first post without tab and it’s taking forever!!

  • @RussDyrland-zn8du
    @RussDyrland-zn8du 6 месяцев назад

    Wow! How do I get access to your instructional materials and techniques to strengthen hands and fingers to bend notes like this? You’ve put together something very special here. Clear and precise! THANK YOU!

  • @raymondcampanini6847
    @raymondcampanini6847 3 года назад +1

    I hear the blues a coming round the bend and Justin is driving the blues train 🚂 again!

  • @robiowen
    @robiowen 4 года назад

    What a player.. please keep these coming!

  • @enzopatra7819
    @enzopatra7819 4 года назад

    This guy are a legend

  • @johnpinto_
    @johnpinto_ 4 года назад +1

    another great video by justin as always

  • @clementinelilith6535
    @clementinelilith6535 4 года назад

    You know it's justin johnson when it's blues and have a nice guitar. Damnnnn amazing

  • @valveman12
    @valveman12 3 года назад

    Johnny Cash! Great playing Justin!

  • @fmboulevard59
    @fmboulevard59 4 года назад +2

    Mr Johnson it was an amazing arrangment fully understood and learned fast. U should be in true fire as an educator like Tommy emmanuel, you explain everything thoroughly and it was so easy to understood.. I would love to see more Cash songs, Willie Nelson , Neil young, Stevie Ray, Kristofferson etc. Great work sir !

  • @Bojammer
    @Bojammer 3 года назад

    Really enjoying this lesson.. I think just like you say one thing at a time...Thanks Justin

  • @wojciech_migda
    @wojciech_migda 4 года назад

    While listening to this I just can't get a smile of my face...I know the song is about sad sings, but the way Mr. Johnson plays it and gives a lesson, making it look like it was the easiest thing to play is just incredible. You just have to love this man/men (JJ and JC)!
    Thank you for posting this!!!

  • @jessiejenkins9817
    @jessiejenkins9817 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for generously posting this free lesson, Mister Johnson. It made me buy your transcription for the song. Your arrangement is brilliantly constructed, performed and taught. It's refreshing to come across a musical genius who is so humble and laid-back. I've read that Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia and Stevie Ray Vaughan were like that, too. If I were rich, I'd commission you to upload an arrangement and lesson "L.A. Woman." Anyway, I hope your talent and dedication are bringing wonderful things into your life.

  • @royalvear5144
    @royalvear5144 Год назад

    I love the way the back of the back of neck looks on that guitar almost got it. Ended up getting the Álvarez Masterworks

  • @carolo2159-v9y
    @carolo2159-v9y 3 года назад

    This canal is a treasure!! 😍

  • @michelwaldrich
    @michelwaldrich 4 года назад

    Amazing Justin!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

  • @adamwilson3477
    @adamwilson3477 4 года назад

    Fantastic arrangement and a great lesson, very well paced for beginner and intermediate pickers.

  • @glennreginbinoya3661
    @glennreginbinoya3661 4 года назад

    Finally! A lesson from one of the guitar Gods!

  • @johnadams2893
    @johnadams2893 4 года назад

    Incredible lesson

  • @irishdixie77
    @irishdixie77 4 года назад

    Great way 2 start the day! Thanks J.J.🇺🇸

  • @valakhdavidson8283
    @valakhdavidson8283 4 года назад

    Justin beautiful interpretation and very good to exercise greetings from Buenos Aires ARGENTINA

  • @erencelik2902
    @erencelik2902 4 года назад

    JJ is the King👑

  • @chrisjurkiewicz5276
    @chrisjurkiewicz5276 3 года назад

    Hi Justin. This is incredible. Your instructions on how to take on new techniques are spot on. Do you have any other instructional videos like this? Mind you, this will take a while to get my head and fingers around

  • @hollosphere
    @hollosphere 4 года назад +3

    Love this, thank you so much for the detailed glimpse into your artistry. Teaching is not easy! Nicely done. The tabs are super helpful. Looking forward to more instructional content.

    • @justinjohnsonlive
      @justinjohnsonlive  3 года назад +2

      Thanks so much! Here's a catalog of tabs for about 50 of my arrangements, and adding to this library regularly: www.musicnotes.com/sheet-music/artist/justin-johnson

  • @brianaxb9429
    @brianaxb9429 4 года назад +1

    thank you justin.

  • @zaphod4257
    @zaphod4257 3 года назад

    Your video of you playing this came up on my feed so I followed. Very happy I did now!! Breaking it down is really making it a lot easier to digest. Hoping one day I’ll be able to feel relaxed enough to play the whole thing. Great stuff. You’re an excellent teacher even via RUclips. 🤟

  • @jakstrike1
    @jakstrike1 3 года назад

    Insanely high quality content. Thanks!

  • @Dart579
    @Dart579 4 года назад +1

    You are amazing!Thank you))

  • @devondicker3516
    @devondicker3516 4 года назад

    This guy is sooooo good!

  • @JS-tp4hh
    @JS-tp4hh 4 года назад

    You're the man ! Been waiting for these videos and it's perfect 👌 thank you !

  • @josephgiustiniani2834
    @josephgiustiniani2834 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing the licks Justin. I wasn't sure about the bass part,.............................. until you speeded up. Then it it fit perfect. That was cool. Great learning stuff that will apply to lots of songs. Thank you.

  • @雲遊四海-g2c
    @雲遊四海-g2c 4 года назад +14

    Wow, thank you so much for putting this lesson on RUclips as I’ve been wishing to learn it since I saw you playing. This will keep me busy for months to work on it. Thank you again 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @runnningonempty
      @runnningonempty 4 года назад +2

      I wonder if part two of this lesson teaches us how to do shots while playing it?

  • @joaquinbalabanian4107
    @joaquinbalabanian4107 4 года назад +1

    Love it, so many thanks

  • @laurahastings3140
    @laurahastings3140 2 года назад

    I like your teaching skills. I'M LEARNING ALOT.Thanks

  • @Cbc138
    @Cbc138 Год назад

    Damn.. I can't decide if he's a better guitar player or teacher!!! Excellent at both!!!!!

  • @Stormlucy111
    @Stormlucy111 4 года назад

    Love this guy!💓💓💓💓