how to play "Mississippi Queen" on guitar by Mountain - Leslie West lesson tutorial
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An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain featuring Leslie West on guitar.
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RIP Leslie West, and thank you thank you thank you for the music.
I was just telling another friend that Leslie had the best rock guitar tone ever. God bless him, what a character.....
@Mr. snickett I play the notes but will probably never get the attitude right and nothing close to the tone. He was one of a kind......
Your vibrato is outrageous. I don't think many people realize just how hard it is to master a good vibrato like that and play it so consistently. Much respect!
Brian Morris Hey Brian, thanks for the kind words bud. Yeah, for me vibrato is such an important and many times neglected part of playing. Seems a lot of guys work on their speed, which is great but they neglect their vibrato, so they'll hit the last note of a run and they have what I've heard referred to as "compulsory vibrato disorder" haha! I work on my bends and vibrato more than anything else mostly because I consider that my weakest area. cheers
Shutup & Play - guitar tutorials CVD! That’s funny. More personality and feeling in one note than anybody.
I came here to say the same thing. Your vibrato and bends are great
@@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials Is there a trick to setting up your strings that gives you the ability to do that kind of vibrato, and the ability to bend strings that far? Do you use a certain brand or gauge of strings?
@@mikehall4372 Certainly people can try 7s, 8s or 9s. I think in the 70s a lot were playing 8s. My experience is it's mostly a lot of practice over time to build strength, feel and hitting the pitch. Hotel California solo really showed me how much work I needed. This song is a good workout too.
legend has it even Leslie West is fond of this video
No legend says Leslie learned the song again from this video.... Too much coke and hookers.... 🙄
@@deancrow3525 Too much coke and hookers ?? I never knew that existed ! Guess cause I never had millions to blow. But I sure gave it a go !
Leslie West is so criminally underrated, it's disgusting. That man laid down some monstrous riffs and badass licks
You’ve said a big mouthful , and every word , right on time , he was one of the best guitarist , I heard back in 1970 ! The first time I heard this song , I was standing lookin out the kitchen window , washin , my dinner plate , and this song came on ! I could feel the hair just stand up , on the back of my neck , and I was only 15-16 back in 1970 , but at that moment , I knew ,I wanted to be a guitar player ! I saw him 3 times , later in all small venues , should right in front of him , and my eyes were locked on his , neck , fingers just watchin him bend , and pull notes outta that guitar , if he’s not in the R&R , h.o.f , he damn wel should have been years ago , before all that rap shit , ….IMHO !
Yeah I remember when I heard it the first time. Loved it! that opening riff just grabs you. Capturing Leslie’s attitude is the beauty of the whole song!
I was born in 62 and have an older brother by six years who had a record of any and everything rock and pop. I don't know who you are, and by your speaking voice, you sound like a younger man than myself, but you nailed this one! Mississippi Queen is a model of what a hard rock tune should be. You captured the raw emotion and screamed it at the listener through your guitar........as it should be..........well done my friend........well done
I got a ton out of this man! Thank you. What a lesson! You're totally right this is a very important song from a great guitar player. Leslie West is an American icon. Thanks LW for the kick ass rock-n-roll. RIP🤘
I saw Leslie West and Mountain at the Atlanta Pop Festival in 69 or 70 not sure was a long time ago, he was wearing silk gloves so you couldn't hear his fingers moving up and down the strings. Great concert by the way what I can remember of it. You know late sixties early seventies was wild time. great job Andy on the tutorials. Please keep it up
I love the way you use a single finger to “track” each note. Makes the breakdown easy to see and allows for different approaches to the fretting. I love your instruction!
Saw Leslie West in a small club mid 80's ,Charleston SC standing directly in front of him..superb show even tho his roadie told us he was actually very sick. Best moment of the show: Less than a minute into Theme from an Imaginary Western, with the crowd still rowdy, he steps up to the microphone and says "Shut the fuck up, it's a slow song".
Love your tutorials Mr Shut Up and Play : )
I have a 1958 Les Paul Jr that my brother gave me in 1965ish. Been playing this song on it for years. Great lesson. Thanks 🙏
Tabs for the cowbell?
+Bigbuddyandblue Hahaha, no tabs...but I might be able to give you "more cowbell". cheers
Ha, ha! Good one!
Freaking Hysterical....You Sir get the best comment of the year award!
😂😂😂😂
loooool
It's great to finally come across someone who plays the songs right and doesn't go so slowly that ya fall asleep. I don't have the time to figure these songs out for myself, but I'm not a beginner either. I'm pretty well versed in music theory, too. I just want to see someone play the song right and have the more difficult parts slowed down. You're exactly what I need. Thanks!
P.S. I just saw your channel title, perfect!
midi510 Thank you.
Exactly right and very well said. My brain turns to goo and runs out of my ears when some of these other guitar lesson channels tell you note by note the string and fret ("verbal tablature," I guess) so slowly and context-free that you're not getting any kind of harmonic or rhythmic framework out of it. And usually their vibrato sucks, which is nearly always a tell whether someone is a player's player or a paint-by-the-numbers pretender. Not to bash beginners since we all have to start from the beginning, but at some point you have to take responsibility for really learning how to play like you mean it, if that's your intention.
@@BodhiSoftMobileApps I know what an open e chord is. I think. Could you go over it one more time? Haha
Long Gone. But never forgotten. Another reason why I play guitar. This was one of those Air Guitar songs for us who didn’t play back then. My roots are from Mississippi. This hits home.
Long gone? 2020 wasn't all that long ago
One of my all time favorites..love playing this anytime anywhere.
One great lesson! We've been rehearsing Mississippi Queen since the '70s. A kid could just knock it out of park and in 7th grade thanks man! You're all awesome teacher and a great professional. Thanks!
Leslie West R.I.P. l saw him live twice. Amazing musician.
Love this great old rock song. Thanks for breaking down the guitar lead for us. I really enjoy your tutorials.
Gary Key Thanks Gary.
Best of all the M Q lessons/tutorials! AND your touch and tone is perfect and inspiring. Thanks
Just dialled this one. Sometimes I just come back to watch as I think this nails the best subtle bits. Leslie rocks.
Epic vibrato. That is the hardest part about playing this right in my opinion and you nail it.
I gotta say this lesson is the best version I have seen! Plus the playing,feel,tone,etc,is spot on. Love that 🎸!
You know I've been playing guitar for well over two decades....and consider myself experienced, but man...(laughing my ass off)..this seemingly simply tune had me draggin' my nuts in the dust! I can't believe how difficult it was for to get these simple bends and riffs down! I must have worked on it now for over 4 hours man! Thanks again for a great lesson, and revealing to me how much I really suck at certain things...
AdrianRP1 Thanks for the nice comment Adrian. You're miles ahead of a lot of guitarists because you're acknowledging how hard it can be to play what appear to be simple licks. I totally get that man! I've spent hours and hours working on just bending a note and getting a decent vibrato on it! I still work on that every time I pick up the guitar. I've seen a lot of players who can rip 350 notes a minute but they can't bend in tune and their vibrato is awful! And then there's guys like Gary Moore who could do it all and with so much feel and passion to boot! But to me that's the greatest thing about playing an instrument, you can never stop improving and getting better. Good luck with your guitar playing bro. cheers
Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials Well said, and well played..thanks
You do the best lessons of anyone on RUclips by FAR!!! Amazing! You've made me get my SG out of it's dusty case. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to post all these lessons--certainly not easy feat!!
You can't play it any better than that. And those are some of the best guitar licks in existence.
Your lessons are great, not to much wasted time explaining simple fret numbers, explaining "the touch needed" great for intermediate guitar players to learn from. Thanks for taking the time.
Best tut on this song available. I'm so glad you talk about how expressive LW is, he's so much more than 4 licks and some bends. Please do some more like "Never in my life" or "You can't get away" or "Blind Man", all great expressive leads.
***** Thanks!
Learned to crank this tune out decades ago.....damn, damn fine job! To cover Leslie, that mountain of a man,....great stuff. Still, to this day, remember the first time I heard Les lay these riffs down....absolute chills down my spine! Thanks for the post!
Jesus that's clean.
***** Thanks Christopher
Leslie West - such technique, and his sense of melody is musical at incredible volumes!
I like your vibrato technique. I agree Leslie West is one of the most underrated players of his time. He puts power in his playing that few have matched.
RIP , Leslie West , one of the best early rock guitarist , ever ! He not only was never copied , but he made those TV’s , and Juniors , talk, scream , whine , moan, cry , he was a guitar molester , like nobody else ! Plus he was one of the first , to playa banjo string on the high E string on his guitar ! And he had a great voice , when I was over seas 73-74 I found albums that I never heard , home in the states , lots of deep blues , and almost made ya cry , and there has never been another guitar player like him , and I so do miss his sound !
i have been playing 50 years your vibrato is amazing
Great video. You really get all of the little tricks and licks in these songs,. Great job on this. I’m learning songs that I’ve played forever and i was playing them wrong.😄
This song NEVER gets old.
I suck at speed so i work on bending and vibrato.Leslie West also happens to be one of my favorite guitarist.then you get these wonderful lessons on this channel and serious improvement is on the way.much respect for your work!
Great job. I always listen to your versions first since your ability to find each note is so accurate. There was a video a few years ago of Leslie showing what he did. He even described variations he did while keeping it basically the same. He was very deliberate on where he went and what he played. Not a million notes that was supposed to impress without any real feeling.
Awesome tutorial! best ever I've ever seen for this song. I'm a bonehead and now I rock the hell out of this song! I could really learn from you! Thank you, its opened new doors for me.
This is a really good tutorial. I've half-assed my way through this song for years, but took the time to learn it right and this video helped.
This is also a great example of playing blues guitar, in that it's easy to learn and play poorly or mediocre, but to play it great is really hard.
best intro ever...the actual SONG! OMG i loved this...epic greatness...if you got the drum sound all the better...the drum sound on this track (snare) is perfection
I heard Leslie on Stern the other day. He absolutely does not get the credit he deserves for his fat sound and great leads. You are spot on with your lessons including every nuance of the lead. I bet I watch your Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo video a couple of times per week because it is so clean and accurate.
wow to see these solos dissected like this really makes me appreciate these classic gems even more. Awesome job on this. Loved it !
Lots of people do not get this at all right...YOU DID! Thanks...
I’ve been learning so much from you over the years. Really been helping with my cover band I’m in! Thank you!
Thanks @gitaaa7740. I put a huge amount of time and effort into making these videos. I like to keep them free for those that can't afford it, but if you can, please support what I do. Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html
I love your videos, they're hard to follow but that forces me to learn by ear and I'm growing leaps and bounds over how other people teach. You let me feel the music as opposed to just going through the steps like a robot, thank you!
Dylan Howard Hey Dylan, thanks for the nice comment bud! Yeah, guitar playing is NOT typing right?! You gotta feel it or it's just noise in my opinion. I really appreciate your comment and I'm happy the lessons are helping. Thanks for watching! cheers
Thanks for taking the time and sharing your great lessons with all! Really enjoying your tone, style, phrasing, and easy to follow lessons.
evelbasturd Thanks a lot!
Just to thank you for the lesson. Your words of advise are the best part of the lesson. Thanks!
What amp did you use for this tutorial? Thanks
"There's just so much feeling you can put into it. Leslie West was one of my all time favorite guitar players. I loved his feel. He used a lot of classical. I can feel he's really into it when he does those little classical lines. It's melodic but mean."
Randy Rhoads, 1981
Thank you very much this is my first song to learn all the way thru after 40years of tinkering around for some reason I decided to learn this one and glad I did. You have made it very interesting to learn with all the vibrato. By the way you are a fantastic teacher and player!!
I recently (finally!) acquired this whole album and it's a doozy! Love his tone and his attack. Amazing lesson that really brings it to life. Many thanks!
Remains one of the greatest rock tunes...in your face, kick ass rock from the big man...R.I.P. Leslie.
Your lesson are simply the best,thanks
By far, THE best tutorial on this song !
Can't thank you enough. I used to hear this tune at the skating rink when I was a kid and dreamed of being able to remotely play it. Still gives me chills.
+Barry Houchin Thanks Barry, yeah it's funny how music you hear when you're young stays with you. I remember thinking that that was exactly how I wanted to sound on guitar! cheers
@@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials Well you certainly achieved it !!
Great lesson, with an excellent teaching style thanks Chris
Great lesson. Took me a couple days to learn all the riffs. Time to keep practicing and master it. My fingers hurt! but I keep playing!
WOW! You don’t miss one nuance. Awesome. You are a player!
Great job. Thank you for a very accurate breakdown of this song.
This is really fantastic, as are your other videos. Thank you for taking the time to share your talent, it is a huge help to those of us learning how to play
drbenjamin1 Hey bud, thanks for the nice comment. It's always good to know that it's useful to folks. cheers
Just watching this video made me better.
One of the best lessons I’ve watched!
Your lessons are awesome! Don't stop. Ever.
luv the lesson luv the song RIP Leslie West
'Shutup', You nailed the positioning and the all important 'wEST' Vibrato!!! Leslie was using flat wound LaBella strings in those dayz! Really g00d teach video of an all timeless classic riff/tune. With Leslie's Vibrato, he always pulled the original note back to where he started the pull, and every single note was played like it was the last note he'd every play. I'll have to try those Elixir Nanoweb 10-46 out, they sound killer! Funny, used to know Bruce Egnater in Detroit when he was just starting out in a small repair room as a green amp tech/repair guy at Gus Zoppi Music, located on the infamous 8 Mile Road. Gus Zoppi Music was 5 blocks down from the trailer park that Eminem grew up in--haha. A lot of us used Bruce's small amp with a transistor in place of the speaker to tame our Marshall's down to play the bar circuit. Had a lot of great amp tech's back then, Bruce Egnater and 'Fast Eddie' were the Kats Ass back then. 'Fast Eddie' serviced everyone from the Stones to Merle Haggard, and was the very first amp tech to put a Master Volume switch on a Twin Reverb, way before Fender even thought about it. C'ya & Thanx!
Great video as always! I learn so much from your videos about feel, attitude and technique.
Hey S&P, Way to nail it. In fact all of the lessons get it right. I've been playing for almost 40 years (some of them professionally), and the way you do the lesson allows me to grab what I need in the first part of the lesson. It's a great shortcut, and I only wish you had more vids. You would think that there would be more players in this huge universe that could get all the subtleties right, before posting a how to video, but alas, you are, as you know, one of the few. I'll be sending some dough for your efforts.
Mike Brooks Hey Mike, thanks so much for your comment, and for your more than generous donation. I really appreciate it. cheers
Great lesson of one of Rocks signature songs.Your right, this tune is all about attitude and feel and you nailed it nicely.Keep em coming and Thx.
Dennis Larson Thanks Dennis.
Another terrific lesson. Great to learn something about Leslie West's style in this classic tune.
Thanks a lot!
Best,
Andre
Gitfiddlemann Thanks for watching Andre! cheers
Thank you very much! You have helped me with this songs delivery! Great Lesson!!
Love the sound you have going on for this song. Simply kicks ass!
this was the video that helped me unlock this song.
Wow! It's neither here nor there, but used different fingering and now I see how a pro does it. Thank you so very much for the effort and time you put into your videos. It is unfortunate that you don't do tabs.
But for me it isn't a big deal. However, It is a big deal for others, and I say to them, download the lesson and pay attention. Love ya Bro, and thanx a million.
That string bending is incredible
Thank you for this great guitar lesson of how to play this amazing song!
KAYAKERSTAN You're welcome and thanks for watching bud.
You captured Leslie’s attitude!
“With attitude” - that’s rock n roll!
Just too cool, brother! All the stuff I want to learn, right here, well played and explained!
Thanks so much!!!
Stoner Jackson Hey Stoner thanks a lot bro!
Great lesson on Leslie West's technique. I've loved his music since the '60s. I even have "Mountain Climbing" on vinyl!
Thank you for making this so simple and so freaking bad ass. Your tone sounds great and your a freaking bad ass player too.
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Wrong Key 😡😡
Thanks a lot for this man! Any chance we could get Leslie West - Dreams of Milk and Honey from the first album?
Amazing tutorial
@@Braglemaster123 What Key should it be in?
Wow, boy! RIP Leslie West. One of the greatest ever.
great lesson, these lead lines were the very first real rock lead licks my guitar teacher taught me many years ago and the song was an oldie but goody then these little leads teach so much bends especially, timing, etc etc everyone of all levels should learn them
lefty99riffs Thanks, yeah it's a great example of how much you can say with just a few notes, but with attitude! cheers
Thanks for the great lesson. Beautiful Les Paul by the way.
That a monstrous vibrato you got there. A lot of people forget how important it is.
Wow, simply awesome! Gave me goosebumps. Great lesson, thank you.
Rodney Forbes Thanks so much Rodney, glad you enjoyed the lesson bro.
Den from UK, wow, you are the man!! excellent. saw the boys do this Crystal Palace Garden Party, London, 1971..open air, we, 4 of us only wanted to see MOUNTAIN, Floyd, rod & Faces and Quiver were on but, we, once we saw Leslie and the boys, that was it, after Frank Zappa, he is the man!! and you sound just ace, so impressed.
Den Gibson Hey Den, thanks bud. LW is/was such a powerful player and his tone was killer too. I learned a lot listening to him, so melodic yet still had that aggresive bite to it right? Thanks for watching bro.
Awesome, the original song and the lesson! But I want to set something straight...from reading many of the comments, it seems many people think this is Southern Rock and that Leslie is from the south. Leslie West is a good old Jewish boy from NYC! The lyrics (the only real southern reference here) were written by Corky Laing the drummer of Mountain, and he is from Canada!! Sounds more like Northern Rock, to me! ;-)
Dackycat Thanks! Great info on LW too. cheers
Dackycat So, if a band from England writes a Southern Blues style song, it isn't still based on Southern Blues, it's British Blues?
Biker Tramp And if a California band (the Beau Brummels) writes British Invasion styled songs, it's actually California Invasion. ;-)
Tru dat!!!
It's still rocknroll ta me
That is one great sounding L.P., a keeper for sure.
I like the way you articulate about Leslie West and hid phrasing. That is exactly right. Couldn't have said it better. Ive always loved this song. You are a really good teacher. You explain some really important stuff`. Your videos are really good. Im going through all of them. Watching your videos really makes me want to get better.. Thankyou so much for that
daniel gunning Thanks Daniel! I have a really good time making the vids. I love all this music so it's fun for me! cheers
PS - Your lesson is FAR more clear than the way I learned on that wasted weekend....my teacher could play....but damn, we were so wasted and enjoying all the feedback and complaints from the neighbours!
I remember going to a school dance when I was maybe 15 and seeing a kid in a band playing this song on a telecaster with a fuzz box..... I'm 70 and still remember it....very powerful stuff back then
Still is.
So im supposed to be youtubing beginner lessons here.... then i came across this and whoa holy crap thats sounds awesome.
Very good lesson. I've been wanting to figure it out on my own but you make it look easy. Maybe you could have a vid that would show some classic amp settings to get the proper sounds.
Great song and great lesson. I love those classic songs you teach man!
Great UNDERSTANDING of this classic hard rock/blues song. Very nice explanation. Everything is spot on INCLUDING the nasty attitude. lol
I was in 2nd year high school when I first got turned on to this song.Mega kick ass. (Then again I played a "strat"!). Dom
I only recently discovered you and you are already my favorite and remember I got a hundred of you to go see and I've done this for 4 years because I gave up playing commercial music for about 30 years. You do it right the most important thing is give me that song upfront and show me you can play and you can.... emote... And then can you rip the s*** up like nobody's business?! You did and I found out by looking for Mississippi Queen after this that guy did an 8 minute piece that just tore an acoustic guitar into pieces I had never even heard of a guy I'm kind of a Beatles man have you heard of The Beatles? Lmao... Yeah all really good musicians know who the band is... Anyway I wanted to shoot you some kudos thank you so much for what you do and it was almost comical because when I returned to your page here it was the middle of it and I saw this guy teaching and I almost got rid of you and I went oh wait this is like 10 minutes in this is the guy that does it right
My favorite Leslie West song that I want to play just like you... thanks
Such a Rocking Song ! Well Done !
Of all the instructional videos out there. I clicked on this one because of the name of the channel.🤘
Andy . . . . Total RESPECT for you. I love your lessons! I have never heard anyone play the music I love note for note, breath for breath and tooth and nail the way you do. You're a credit to the guitar playing world. In the words of the immortal Frank Zappa, SHUT UP AND PLAY YER GUITAR.