Bell Bottom Blues - Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) | Guitar Lesson

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @Weshopwizard
    @Weshopwizard Год назад +13

    Patty Boyd must’ve been something else. So many great songs about one lady. Giddyup.

  • @jeffreyhall76
    @jeffreyhall76 9 месяцев назад +3

    Great song lesson. One of the best teachers on RUclips

  • @thediamonddog95
    @thediamonddog95 Год назад +7

    I'm not big fan of ballads, but this one is among my favourites of all time.

  • @GaryBook
    @GaryBook Год назад +12

    Layla is one of the great album you should completely cover!!! Great job.

  • @darvinclement8404
    @darvinclement8404 Год назад +3

    My favorite Clapton song.

    • @Mr.EeToMyself
      @Mr.EeToMyself 24 дня назад

      You will never find a better loser

  • @shakeyblues5128
    @shakeyblues5128 Год назад +2

    Great song by Derek and the Dominos 12 Ft, your keeping me rolling and tumbling with all the selections ♪♫♪♫♪

  • @filteredjc4653
    @filteredjc4653 Год назад +4

    Oh I learned this years ago, now I get to find out where I went wrong! Many thanks

  • @kendunn9810
    @kendunn9810 Год назад +4

    Looked away and Anyday please ! Great tutorials.

  • @buzzstankos8532
    @buzzstankos8532 Год назад +2

    Outstanding piece! Your demonstration/teaching style is perfect for this kind of song. Thanks

  • @johnpandolfino8663
    @johnpandolfino8663 Год назад +1

    Great lesson..... I have a '62 reissue stratocaster 2009 and it came with a three way switch.....

  • @robertsgeardepot2410
    @robertsgeardepot2410 2 месяца назад

    Really great lesson on one of my favourite tracks of all time. Thank you!

  • @NeonBlade
    @NeonBlade Год назад

    I just click "Like" before I even watch your videos now.
    They never disappoint, I think you've got the best "ear" on RUclips

  • @hubertdavis4284
    @hubertdavis4284 Год назад +1

    I really love this song and you do a great job breaking these down.

  • @kennethmccann630
    @kennethmccann630 Год назад +3

    Bell Bottom Blues; An absolute masterpiece.
    Great job covering all the parts.
    The Layla album is incredible. So much more than just EC. I think he rightly tried to keep it from being about him alone.
    From Tom Dowd, to Bobby Whitlock, and of course, Duane Allman (not on this track), and the rest of the Domino's.... great cast of players.
    It's the album that made me fall in love with Stratocasters, as I would sit on the floor in the frontroom as a kid, sunlight streaming through the picture window, and stare at the back of the cover while my dad sat and smoked Lucky Strikes while listening to the album.
    I was thinking while you were explaining the #2 position on the Strat that it sounded a bit different with vintage Strats that had the original 3 way switch. Then you touched on that too! Lol Glad I'm not the only one who hears that lol
    Bobby Whitlocks backing vocals cannot be overlooked as part of the magic of this album, but in this song in particular, the way the double tracked guitars mirror Claptons/Whitlocks vocal harmonies is amazing.
    And speaking of vocal harmonies, I could swear that I hear someone (Clapton?), vocalizing the first figure/opening of the pinch harmonic solo....?
    It sounds like the guitar and a vocal mirroring the guitar part. Then after the first 4 notes it's just guitar.
    Which brings us to Tom Dowds production genius. I'm thinking that he kept the tape rolling most all the time. The "unfinished" guitar parts and the little vocal solo intro seem to me to be scratch tracks as EC works out the song parts. Then TD expertly weaves them into the song. The Stones do this at times as well.
    I heard that when they went to remaster the album, it was an absolute mess from that standpoint, but can't imagine it any other way.
    Enjoyed your lesson as always.
    Keep up the good work

    • @12footchain
      @12footchain  Год назад +1

      yes someone probably Eric sings along wiht the first 4 notes of the guitar solo, that is right - good catch

  • @MrModelworx
    @MrModelworx Год назад

    Excellent breakdown of this classic, one of my all time favourite albums.
    Love the clean bell like tone from your Strat, sounds beautiful.

  • @__-cr6fv
    @__-cr6fv 10 месяцев назад

    Dude! Thanks. This is a perfect breakdown of this fabulous and timeless tune.

  • @johnw4659
    @johnw4659 Год назад +1

    Wow, I was JUST trying to figure this one out and here it is ! Thank you very very much !!!!!!

  • @Mean_MrMustard
    @Mean_MrMustard Год назад +1

    Thank for the bridge- it was always a little tricky with that walkdown for me to figure out exactly what was going on.

  • @chucklutter7399
    @chucklutter7399 Год назад

    First time viewer, just subscribed. Not even 5 minutes in im appreciating the information you share. Thank you for sharing your experience knowledge and passion for those of us trying to make music. BEST AND PEACE

  • @jimmiraldi8825
    @jimmiraldi8825 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks!

  • @walterearly55
    @walterearly55 Год назад +1

    Thanks! Any chance you could do "I Looked Away"? Hell, all of the Layla album?

    • @12footchain
      @12footchain  Год назад

      Thank you very much! Will look into that one

    • @richardstephan4337
      @richardstephan4337 5 месяцев назад

      @@12footchain I second that request for "I Looked Away"!

  • @teledriver1398
    @teledriver1398 Год назад

    I like that slow zoom/pan at the video's beginning monologue. You did it a very tiny bit on the "Hard Days Night" video- I think it adds a little character to the presentation, good job!

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 4 месяца назад +1

    Ronnie Wood had some memorable guitar solos with Rod Stewart and The Faces . " Overture and Beginners " live

  • @Buddy969
    @Buddy969 Год назад

    Great lesson! I listened to this album a couple weeks ago.

  • @richardstephan4337
    @richardstephan4337 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent lesson. Would love to see one for "I Looked Away" too.

  • @chrisforrest4581
    @chrisforrest4581 Год назад

    Great lesson on a brilliant Clapton tune Thanks

  • @rap2xtrooper878
    @rap2xtrooper878 Год назад

    Thanks so much for the tutorial! I've loved this album ever since I picked up the guitar (which isn't that long ago, but still...). Maybe you could cover I Looked Away next too?

  • @Kenoodling
    @Kenoodling Год назад

    Thank you for this. An all time favorite of mine. I'd love to see a lesson on the "rocky" version of Little Wing from this album

  • @merovechthe1st
    @merovechthe1st Год назад +2

    That pre-chorus A-Amaj7-A7 is a direct rip from "Something" by the Beatles. Both songs are about the same person and I don't think that's a coincidence that Clapton ripped it lol. Killer lesson as usual dude!

    • @BeatlesCentricUniverse
      @BeatlesCentricUniverse Год назад +1

      Good point! But it's a standard songwriting trope too.

    • @merovechthe1st
      @merovechthe1st Год назад +1

      @@BeatlesCentricUniverse it wasn't a particularly common progression in pop music in the 60's. Using progressions like that are kinda what made the Beatles the Beatles. Kinda.
      And Clapton borrowing it note for note and using it in a song about Patty Boyd isn't a stretch at all. Kinda like Jimmy Page using a similar progression for the opening of the Rain Song: openly admits it as an homage to Something and George Harrison.

    • @michaelblair2536
      @michaelblair2536 Год назад +1

      Hooked on a Feeling comes to mind and Laughing@@BeatlesCentricUniverse

  • @samnewton5959
    @samnewton5959 6 месяцев назад

    I have seen Eric play the fourth chord as a C7 (dominant) and of course the bass plays the 5th (G) for that walk down. As we know Eric is always playing things differently (Badge is also a good example) Anyway that C7 gives it a little more of a blusey sound. A really good song, nice lesson!

  • @1rwjwith
    @1rwjwith Год назад +1

    Seems like ERIC was listening to ROBBIE ROBERTSON’S playing a lot when he was playing lead in this era, particularly with those pinch harmonics.He was still doing his own thing of course but as you said he changed a lot from the CREAM era. Great job.

    • @ZigbertD
      @ZigbertD 3 месяца назад

      Supposedly, Music From Big Pink was a major catalyst for Clapton leaving Cream and turning towards a roots oriented collaborative group approach. In his speech inducting The Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he claims he visited them in Woodstock NY in 1969 with the intention of asking if he could join the group, but chickened out.

  • @Reedc16
    @Reedc16 Год назад +1

    I learned 99 luftballons by Nena on the electric guitar it’s a good song to learn I can sing it in German but I don’t know if you took German or not in high school

  • @LightningDogg
    @LightningDogg Год назад

    My favorite song off Layla! I hit the 👍after the first few notes. Great job. Also, my favorite Clapton Start tone...before he went to active pickups, which i always thought should have abandoned after Journeyman. Maybe you could look into Thorn Tree In The Garden sometime🙂.

  • @jazzthunder50
    @jazzthunder50 8 месяцев назад

    Wonderful amazing how you get the tones

  • @wooferdevlin3571
    @wooferdevlin3571 Год назад

    One one of my fave EC tunes. Great job, and the little extras - 2 two string ascending scale slides, so good. BTW, Larkin Poe do a killer vocal version. Ü ♫

  • @jazzthunder50
    @jazzthunder50 8 месяцев назад

    Watched again love the detail! Thanks

  • @stratman9449
    @stratman9449 Год назад

    Ohhhh...well well.....this sounds good + promising...we'llbe back tomorrow to learn it.....cheers mate good one....

  • @feldwebel7734
    @feldwebel7734 Год назад

    thats great man, good work

  • @perdix99
    @perdix99 Год назад

    A wonderful lesson as always. Thank you. Just a thought; I believe there may be one more addition to the 'turn around' chords as you describe them. After one strike of the F Maj 7, I think that you lift off the 2nd fret on the G string to make what I believe is F Maj 7 sus 2 ( not 100% sure of the chord name) before resolving to the G7. Please try it and let me know what you think. I may be hearing another guitar and getting it wrong!👍

  • @U_ever
    @U_ever Год назад

    Nicely done sir !

  • @altonwilliams7117
    @altonwilliams7117 Год назад

    Your getting some great tone outta that Strat🎸🎵

  • @walterberg8030
    @walterberg8030 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for demonstrating the actual recording. I hate how Clapton ruins his own masterpiece on later live versions.

  • @susanholt56
    @susanholt56 11 месяцев назад

    You have the touch, BTW: Strat's Rule!

  • @redstrat5976
    @redstrat5976 5 месяцев назад

    Subbed great lesson

  • @paullavallee1631
    @paullavallee1631 Год назад +2

    Good excuse to get the strat out

  • @julianopohlmann8749
    @julianopohlmann8749 7 месяцев назад

    Great

  • @be-kind00
    @be-kind00 Год назад +2

    Found this while scrolling. I think this song might get me to take out the guitar that I haven't played in 10 years. By the way I am trying to sell a 1969 Gibson L5 jazz guitar. I'm in a small town and the local stores want an arm and a leg commission any ideas? I don't know how to ship such a delicate and expensive instrument.

    • @12footchain
      @12footchain  Год назад +4

      you can open an account on reverb.com and post/sell it that way. There are lots of videos on youtube showing how to pack a guitar properly for shipping. A good way to save some money on those commissions if you are willing to go that route.

    • @be-kind00
      @be-kind00 Год назад +2

      ​@@12footchainThanks I've heard of them. Is that the only good option and is it safe. How do they make sure either party doesn't get ripped off or solve no fault problems

    • @wooferdevlin3571
      @wooferdevlin3571 Год назад

      Hi, hope I'm not barging in, but I do a lot of orders on Reverb, and they are pros. They sell 7 figures guitars and insurance is there. Your carrier of choice offers insurance on the declared value too. Fedex, for example, can set you up with a crate, if needed. Check out YT Troglys Guitar Show channel how to pack a guitar. Assuming HSC, guitar should not move within case, Trogly goes thru all that - as will Reverb, carrier. @@be-kind00

    • @12footchain
      @12footchain  Год назад +1

      @jeffselkowitz5842 yes I think you are totally safe. Look into their terms of service, but they ensure payment gets to you, and buyer has protections too. They have a great platform in my opinion.

  • @buzzstankos8532
    @buzzstankos8532 Год назад

    one more thing… i have had a hard time with pinch harmonics for years until you showed your pick in your hand… I moved my pick and the pinch harmonics came screaming out…. much Mahalo

  • @robertshirley3422
    @robertshirley3422 Год назад

    Clapton recorded the Layla album with a diminuitive 5-watt tweed Fender Champ.

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 Год назад

      and with I think the best sounding Strat he ever owned!

  • @robertshirley3422
    @robertshirley3422 Год назад

    Did you buy your well-used Strat new or Used??

    • @12footchain
      @12footchain  Год назад +3

      it is an 85 japanese strat i got new for 16th bday. i tried to do a kind of 'relic' job on it a year or 2 ago. looks ok from a distance, up close not so much. i'll stick to my day job.

    • @robertshirley3422
      @robertshirley3422 Год назад +1

      @@12footchain Sounds good!!

  • @thediamonddog95
    @thediamonddog95 Год назад

    24:53

  • @timotyhmit
    @timotyhmit Год назад

    The slide, on the album at least, was the one and only Duane Alman. That would have been the high harmony part

    • @johntiger5
      @johntiger5 Год назад

      Bell Bottom Blues was recorded before Duane Allman joined the recording session. Look it up.

  • @chuckydall9250
    @chuckydall9250 5 месяцев назад

    The tone is really thin, but the lesson is grear

  • @Whitman1819
    @Whitman1819 6 месяцев назад

    Think you mean Clapton/Whitlock...Clapton didn't put this tune together alone...poor Bobby never gets the credit he is due even with musicians...

  • @hunzilla3122
    @hunzilla3122 10 месяцев назад

    Sooo slow....play it through once for the more advanced players, then go painfully slow for the rest , please

  • @alfredopadikka2267
    @alfredopadikka2267 Год назад

    TY teacher