SIMPLE but POWERFUL Tricks from John Fogerty ... and in 5 minutes
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I've seen Fogerty live twice now, once in 2018 and another in 2021; he was spectacular.
Fantastic!
As a guitar player myself ile was thought fogerty was great. Unlike a lot of guitarists, he developed his own signature sound early on, which remains to this day..
Yes, ABSOLUTELY great. Much more than just a guitar player, a great musician and writer. He's one of the 2 or 3 best people to learn from as a beginner or early intermediate player. Easy to play, great tone, simple, clear, original ideas.
You can even learn from his when he isn't playing guitar! (Like sax here, which is the point of the video)
I saw Fogerty live about 10 years ago. I was amazed by his guitar work
Fogerty is the probably the most underrated guitarist ever.
Possibly. Many candidates. If you say "rock musician and songwriter" then he's in more rarified air - IMHO.
Always loved that song, great vocal melody that matches the guitar, or saxophone break. Now that you showed it I feel I must learn this song with the break....
Sweet Hitch Hiker \ Ramble Tamble \ Up Around The Bend
Makes John Fogerty an absolute badass on guitar add his wailing vocals 👑👑👑
ccr had a great run back then, eveybody i knew had their albums. thnx for the lesson.
Mark, Fogerty can solo; in fact, he is a killer soloist!! Just go to the debut album and listen to his solos on Susie Q and I Put A Spell On You. The boy can play!!!
Yep, he can play. I'd say the same things about those solos (Susie Q and I Put a Spell On You) and why they're great to learn - clear, easy to play, and quite musical. He's a great musician and an excellent guitarist/musician to learn from.
"The Working Man" and "Good Golly Miss Molly" are just NUTS.
First heard CCR when I was in basic training at Fort Belvoir, VA during the summer of 1968.. The song was their brilliant take on Dale Hawkins' Susie Q.
I have always liked John's style, thanks Mark.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
Alway was and still am a big John Fogerty Fan. I also learned a lot from listening to how he plays. Thanks for pointing him out. You also do a great job explainging stuff. Sometimes we miss a few things. Thanks.
My pleasure. Thank you for listening!
There was a 1986 Guitar Player magazine interview with George Harrison. At some point John Fogerty entered the room where the interview was taking place. When George noticed Fogerty he said, "Now here's a proper guitarist."
Yep! I remember that, coming from a Beatles, that really means something!👍✌️
Sounds great Mark!! Great lesson. Keep up the great work. Hope you and yours had a great thanksgiving!!!
Thanks! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving too!
Thank you for this lesson. I love CCR. John Fogerty was one of my early guitar heroes and is still one of my favorite players. Comos Factory was my first CCR album (thanks to my cousin's influence) and remains one of my favorites from their catalog. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is my favorite from the album and that solo definitely inspired me. I also really liked "As Long as I Can See the Light". I've always loved his sax solo. I loved how you translated it to the guitar. This was a great lesson. Thanks again.
Thanks so much!
Another excellent lesson, Mark. They just get better and better. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
You got me with that Gold Top!
Love it! Matched the blue plaid well too!
Hi. E7 is his favourite chord - goes to it so often - with the trem, it is THE CCR sound. He favours it in Std E tuning, (BonaB, GR, etc) and uses D tuning to get to it (everybody else, sort out your backing to it) in most favourite songs PM, BNR, FS. Love CCR and Fogerty's songs. (Kim, Aust)
I have always loved CCR since I bought the Green River album when it first came out. For an English guy the southern roots rock just got to me, and I have always managed to get whatever band I've been in to put some in the set lists............it's always been a crowd pleaser whether it was country or rock, it always fitted in.
The Southern roots thing stuck with a good many people outside of the US and outside of the South. The Band (except for Levon), The Stones, Elton John, CCR ... none of them were from the American South, but they got the vibe. None better than CCR. Fogerty was/is the real deal.
Cosmo's Factory was their biggest album over here, every song was a potential hit 😊
Also cool how some California dudes created such a Southern/bayou vibe
@@dirkgibbens377 The three albums in 69 really did strike a chord with not only Americans but us Brits as well. Perhaps we all needed something raw at the end of the sixties after all the flower power psychedelic stuff.
I love that song too ! One of my favorite Creedence songs.
We may very well be able to decipher John Fogerty's use of rudimentary chord tones, but the feel and placement of these are what make all the difference, I find the better players always respect the chord tones: Larry Carlton is a huge chord tone man, Robben Ford and plenty of others, unless you are going to play BeBop and outside lines, if we respect the chords we cannot go far wrong. John Fogerty was and is a fantastic guitar player. I saw John play with Widespread Panic and that lead guitar player in that band reinterpreted Born on The Bayou with a plaintive guitar section, Fogerty was blown away by that-so he is open to musical exploration.
It one of their best.
good job mark. i realy appreciate the work you put into this.... love the details -diagrams and so on :)
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
If you were alive from 1960 on it would be impossible not to know about CCR. They were the soundtrack of the 60's, every war movie made since 1970 uses their music, as well as many other movies. They were on the radio constantly.
I'd never heard of them until I watched an American werewolf in London when it came out
Great little lesson ! Thanks 🙏
You bet. Thanks for watching!
Yeah awesome trick. Awesome songs and another stuff to learn, explore & practice.
Many thanks! 😊
My pleasure!
Thanks for the video!
You bet!
Long as I can see the light is still playing on the radios in Finland, so it is definitely an evergreen radio hit here.
Very neat!
you are right that its not one of their biggest hits but easily one of the best for me. absolutely love this song. thanks for the tips.
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by.
Loved this lesson and explanation, thanks! I have known the song for many years, but never looked at/listened to it like this to apply to guitar. I was probably too distracted by JF's brilliant vocals and the sax lines.....
You're very welcome! Yes, I totally love his vocals on this ... and also that vibe on the Fender Rhodes. So laid back and cool.
I totally agree with you. I have been teaching privately for a long time and always go to fogerty as a great place for beginners to start. Everyone knows the songs, and his simple, but effective original style is amazing. Glad to see others who feel the same way.
Thanks!
THANKS YOU! I'd Love to see a video about some of those alternative chords you were using. Thanks for your videos! I'm learning a lot! 🙂
I'm so glad. Thanks for watching and for the kind feedback!
Very nice, and important!
Thanks!
CCR was the tightest group for those who appreciate blues-rock. Thanks for covering John Fogerty's influences on your development, he made me stop and take notice too, and I lived it during my Air Force days in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Thanks Lew!
I suggest you listen to Canned Heat.
Those cats were rockers!
Thanks Mark excellent concepts & alot of fun to play too! 👋🖤🦋🖤
Glad you enjoyed it Kris!
Thanks for sharing this to everyone🎼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
My pleasure!!
An excellent lesson in John’s brain and how he used it. I can’t recall now how I heard of CCR, but somewhere around ‘68 or ‘69 I started listening. And Still listen! Long As I Can See The Light was also a favorite of mine and in fact in my sophomore year I made a short movie using it. I’m so glad you did this song, that now I’m going to have to go to my storage and get my saxophone so I can see how that sounds (recording). And, I just finished setting up an older electric guitar, so I’ll get that and have some fun. Thanks again!
Thanks! That sounds like a great time.
awesome tutorial. one of my fav songs :)
Glad you like it!
Great lesson Mark, very insightful... Robben Ford is another great player who ties in a lot of his progressions and solos with the saxophone, exquisite to say the least... 🤘
Cool, thanks! Robben is a real ace at this. For "Revelation" he says he did that - approached it like a sax player.
My bass player dragged me to a club in Santa Monica - At My Place
Robben Ford played for over 2 hours i did not see that coming 🙏🌟
Easy on the ear is better than hard to play any day, only a few can combine the two.
Well said. Your namesake was/is a heckuva player. The first player who got me to use different tunings.
@@MarkZabel The name does seem to be a common one.
Absolutely brilliant how you explain this great solo, thank you for making the video.
How on earth did John Fogerty work out how this should be played. He must surely have great musical knowledge .
Wow, thanks!
Nice lesson. Yeah, listening to horn players is great for ideas and lines, and shifting modes or major to minor or b5 goodness. Good stuff.
Rock on!
Saw him live in 69 at Devonshire Downs at Newport Pop Festival in Northridge. They were a three piece group and John could really drive the band. It was generally pretty simple stuff but he was in total control.
Very cool!
I fully agree that this sax solo is a true piece of work. This was a great lesson Mark. (I'll watch anything with CCR or John Fogerty as the subject. I'm going to re-watch your other JF lessons next.)
Like everyone here, I've always loved CCR and John Fogerty. There were so many great songs crammed onto just a handful of albums. I bought them as they were released on vinyl and bought them all on CD just a while ago.
It always amazed (and infuriated) me that he was so often left off those "best guitarist" lists. (But it was no surprise that Clifford and Cook were often named "the best rhythm section" in the business.) And, of course, Tom's rhythm guitar lent so much to the band's sound. Its absence was really felt on Mardi Gras.
Yes, John was (and is) a true musician and songwriter. Quite a talent. He doesn't "shred", so he'll never be on one of those list, but his riffs (Susie Q, Green River, Lodi) and his solos (Born on the Bayou) are among the most inventive and best in terms of serving the songs. They always fit the song perfectly!
Thank you. That's one of my favorite CCR songs. I learned it from the record. & I've been playing it with the basic B Chore (A 2 frets up). this makes it much easier. BTW, I learned "Looking Out My Back Door" in G. Surprise! when I saw the video. John was playing in C.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
I like the solo you did to light 😊
Thanks!
good one
Thanks
Guitar and sax are almost the exact same harmonic range. I’ve played with and learned from sax players for years. Every guitar player should be aware of how the sax sounds and how a truly soulful saxophonist plays. Listening and learning from other instruments and players is huge. “Long As I See The Light” is really a Soul ballad. Great song, well played.
Yeah, right on!
great song is a great song is a great song. If ya wanna hear a brain melting solo for "See the Light" listen to Warren Haynes do it.
You really need to buy all the albums (or find them on YT - LOL) because they all have little jewels in them (not because of or not not because of guitar playing). Long as I Can See the Light is one, Someday Never Comes is one, and Don't Look Now is one, Hideaway is one, Walking On the Water is one (written by Tom), Wrote a Song for Everyone is one, .
Ah so sweet
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind feedback.
Yep.. hard not to love some CCR. Also, ‘Born on the Bayou’ (one of my favorites) is a pretty easy lead lesson with some very nice double stops. Fun song to improvise a bit of your own style into as well… highly recommend guitar players learn it as well.
Totally agree! "Born on the Bayou" is excellent for anyone who wants to learn how to create a compelling, memorable solo. (And use as a platform for improvising as you point out.) Even forgetting about techniques like doublestops, John creates 3 very clear instrumental hooks that improve the song itself. IMHO it's one of the best solos out there.
People will say it's not great because it's easy to play. To me that has never made any sense. One doesn't listen to "Golden Slumbers" and then say, "It's not beautiful, because the harmony and melody isn't complex enough."
And as far as technique goes, there's more to it than "play/pick fast". Knowing how to create a melodic hook as sustain it takes a lot of technique, and John has it.
@@MarkZabel Absolutely agree 👍🏽
@@MarkZabel - Right on. When I think of the technically perfect guitar players (whom I totally respect/ green with envy), none of them are players on mega successful songs… e.g., platinum rock or pop standards you hear on every radio, around the world, 24/7. The perfect vituosos wind up tracked in songs/ instrumental arrangements played on niche stations (XM) that are typically listened to by musicians… and that being mostly guitar nerds.
@@MarkZabel And I have yet to see a player get it note perfect!
@@sboy1955Exactly. And even guitar nerds are often cult followers of their heroes and don’t know much outside of their information silos. Example: the Big Three from the Brit invasion - Clapton, Page and Beck - all worshipped John McLaughlin, but how many people today ever heard of the guy?
Have you heard of this extremely underrated CCR song that is called "Crazy Otto" it's a blues live performance and shows just how great John fogertys guitar work is.
🙏 🙏 please, if you haven't heard it, you will be shocked. The song is featured on their Bayou Country album. Anyway, I'd like to hear your thoughts and opinions on the song.
I haven't heard it ... or don't remember hearing it. I'll give it a listen, thanks.
Awesome. What I get from this is that you can take any chored and play it like scale? And an add a few notes in between. Is that the case with all chord shapes?
Hmmm, I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but I suppose so. A chord in theory is a bunch of related notes (1, 3, 5, b7 for example), but in practice on the guitar it's a structure. You can use that structure to produce a melody. You can do that with any structure (e.g., a scale "box"). One key thing is that if one chooses chord tones to land on (resolve to), it will produce a feeling of fitting with the song.
There's more in Fogerty's play though - things like call and response, themes and such. Things that are non-guitaristic. That's why I chose the thumbnail!
So many great things to learn from Fogerty!
I’m not sure what I mean either LOL But your videos make me look at the guitar different. I will have to pick up a CCR music book, learn some of those songs, and then come back to the video. I loved the CCR documentary on Netflix. Thank you! @@MarkZabel
Where do you get the backing tracks for these songs and how do you play them along with the guitar at the right volume?
I make them myself. With the recordings, many people record separate audio tracks and adjust in post-processing. However, I just pretend I'm doing a live show and use a mixer to adjust each individual signal volume. I record a few times to test the mix and go ahead when I think it's okay.
"Easy to play"?? Maybe so, but on the other hand to be as unique and original as John Fogerty is extremely difficult. To write all those classic hit singles, to sing and perform them like nobody else, to play the guitar and create your own unique style that is recognized around the world by hundreds of millions of people ---- that is extremely difficult!
Yes, "clear and easy to play" is what I said. I stand by it. I don't think anyone over 16 thinks it's easy to become a one-of-a-kind superstar in any field. Certainly that's not an assertion of this video.
Mark, your assessment was spot-on. I think John would agree, because I think he purposely “KISS”! Why? Because he knew his listeners would identify with it!
CCR's music is "simple" in that wonderful way that all the best rock music is simple. It's a sound you immediately understand. Fogarty never loses the simplicity of the music, but he gives it power with his songs and the boldness of his playing. It IS simple to play. The sound is simplicity + the spirit of the player. I think John Fogarty's spirit was always "let's rock this and have a good time."
Fogerty is a genius
Yeah . Happy now . ??
The best CCR song. There´s a super live version out their on youtube.
Cool. I've got to find it!
@@MarkZabel Can´t find it anymore. Terrific singing and spirit in that version.
Go listen to Cold Chisel version, you're welcome 😊
I listened to a bit of CCR last night, especially Susie Q. The solo on that is an absolute screamer and on a good stereo system should jump out at you and just about take you by the throat.
Yes, a great one! The main riff is very catchy too.
I will reiterate what I wrote on another thread and the response . “ Am I being to generous or is Mark Bolan of TRex an unjustly underrated Guitarist like Neil Young and John Fogerty “ Guy responded “ He definitely has that special thing going on like those two. Simple a little rough but what comes out of the Speakers when his fingers hit the fretboard is pure magic ! “. For me as an amateur , I have run into many a Guitar Jock who knows their scales and practiced them to precision but just can’t seem to make magic that moves me . Fogerty , Young , and the late Marc Bolan can and could .
I can't really comment on Marc Bolan, because I don't know enough about him (I've never been much of a T Rex fan ... don't dislike them, but I only know the hits.) After reading your comment, I'll give him a serious listen.
I 100% agree about Fogerty and Young. I think Young is especially important to listen to as a rock guitarist, because he stands out. Fogerty, while not a technical player, knows his way around the fretboard and is no slouch. Neil on the other hand, has very raw, even sloppy technique. He often hits wrong notes and choppy, irregular rhythm. BUT, his play is oddly compelling - solos and rhythm. I think he digs deeper than just about anyone with his musical ideas, and he's unafraid to express his ideas. (Cortez the Killer is my favorite example of his play. Works perfectly for the song, and expresses that long journey to the New World, with all its impending importance, solemnity and terror.)
I'm going to listen to some T Rex today. Thanks!
@@MarkZabel It was Tyrannosaurus Rex first and it was a British hippie folk duet consisting of Marc Bolan and his sideman pal Mickey Finn. Marc went electric and shortened the name to TRex . He released the self titled album TRex . This came before Electric Warrior . The Album is a monster of an album consisting of acoustic and electric vignettes with some orchestra in there on some songs . Marc introduces it with The Children of Rarn and then goes right into primal bongos electric guitar thundering bass etc. on Jewel . Jewel showcases Marc’s poetry gifts . It is also where you can hear the magic of an innate guitar talent who happened to be an excellent songwriter . I want hype it more but I do believe TRex’s The Wizard influenced a young J K Rowling in the creation of Harry Potter ! I will go but let me say that although Marc didn’t hit big in the states like he did in Europe his influence did . Prince , Slash’s Top Hat , and more . As one Yank fan put it , Marc Bolan and co. were about 1o to 12 years too early for the United States !
Jimi Hendrix referred to the Electric Guitar as a "Public Saxophone"!
What? That's interesting!
My dad fought in Vietnam. Of course I rocked the fuck out to CCR
Yeah man.
My first guitar teacher said to study horn solos instead of guitar solos to learn to play guitar solos. Back then just noodling in pentatonic with no reference to chord changes was considered legit.
Good teacher to suggest that.
John is a great rhythm player. 👍
Steve Miller is even better.
Johnny Winter lesson his slurs and flutters added to his licks
Yep.
Groups like CCR, and The Band, are what American Rock is all about. It's direct and to the point. Guys like Seger, and even the (I hate the f*cking) Eagles (man) emerged from this.
Totally agree. Seger had the parallel path of very heavy R&B as well. Storytellers, and good ones at that.
@@MarkZabel
BTW, that was clever using the opposite of the usual 'greatest guitarist who ever existed' line for the thumbnail. 🤓
That’s what I do, I listen, and somehow by miracle, I know what works 😂 my fingers know more than my brain
Like a question, I answer with a response
Cool.
@@MarkZabel This old man’s down the road 😂 thanks Mark
most of the biggest names in music are not guitar players. look at The Edge of U2 . it's nothing but pedals. check it out 😎
There are hundreds of guitar teachers and thousands of guitar videos on RUclips, each with something to teach...but you can't take 1000 guitar courses all at the same time and expect to focus on any particular method.
Long story shortened: I'm cancelling every other subscription I have, and subscribing to your channel, Mark.
This is how I will be the guitarist I really want to be: by focusing.
Wow, thanks! That's high praise. I really appreciate it!
what do you mean not really a guitar player? He was the lead guitarist for CCR, one of the most successful bands of the ‘60s…look up live at The Albert Hall
He's a MUSICIAN, not merely a guitar player. Hence, you can learn from his sax solo and all of his music. You clearly didn't watch the video, which is quite complimentary to John.
@@MarkZabel maybe the caption should read ‘not merely a guitar player’…you’re right, I didn’t watch the video (sorry) I am aware of John’s incredible talents; who else, other than Paul McCartney, would open his show with a Little Richard song in the proper key?
John was very talented, with a humongous ego.
If a person plays guitar, does that not make them a guitar player?
Sort of. I guess you could say Albert Einstein was a "person with a mustache", but it doesn't really capture what most people would want to convey about him.
I think he is what a Guitar Player should be. I saw CCR in 1971. Bad clickbait thumb.
You misunderstand. He's beyond a guitar player. He's a true *musician.* That's why he's so great to learn from - whether he plays guitar, or sax, like in the song profiled in the video.
If you watched the first 15 seconds you heard the score.
It's the thumbnail is where you made the declaration. No problem, I know you and I know he's an all time Great.
I always thought he had a cool guitar "sound"
Definitely!
Not really a guitar player? LOL. He’s exactly that, and a great one. Technical ability means nothing to me. Creativity, and the ability to move people is everything.
I think it went past you or you didn't watch the video. He's really a MUSICIAN who happened to, among other things, play guitar very well. That's why learning guitar from him is so effective - even when he plays sax.
@@MarkZabel Wait…it says, “NOT REALLY A GUITAR PLAYER!” in the thumbnail pic. Did you write that?
All these copy cat's what did thay create how many hits you say Fogartys will be here when the copy cat's are dead and gone if you can't create teach