Shuggie Otis "Strawberry Letter 23": Guitar Arrangement & Lesson
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2018
- I've been really into Shuggie Otis lately. Such a cool guy - he can play like crazy, but also writes these great unpredictable r&b tunes.
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Thanks for watching!
1:19 That is sick. One of the best parts of that masterpiece.
Dude, that part is EPIC. So unexpected and brilliant.
Not to mention hard to play! Took me for ever to figure out, and then another forever to get up to speed :-)
The only channel where I find all my favorite artists.
Thanks Andrea!
Great minds think alike!
The story goes that when the Brother's Johnson re-recorded this song in 1977, they could not play the outro and had Lee Ritenour do it in the studio. I'm really glad you've found Shuggie. David Byrne really liked him and re-released, "Inspiration Information" on his, Luaka Bop label with a few songs from the previous album, ""Freedom Flight." It is amazing. It sounds like it heavily influenced Prince. It just has this DIY aesthetic about it. I do believe he in fact really did do everything himself. Very soulful, but slightly askew. Shuggie Otis should be more well known. Put, "Inspiration Information" on your playlist...thank me later.
Oh yeah, "Inspiration Information" and "Night Flight" live in my playlists these days. I completely agree with the DIY sideways soul assessment. Ina weird way, connects with JJ Cale for me.
@@EricHaugenGuitar WOW, you replied. I'm so happy! When I hear Cale, I think John Cale...he's a little off kilter too. Probably why I like him. I have heard of J.J. Cale, but that's about it. I'll give him a try. I came for the Ribot...and stayed for the Shuggie. P.S. I just listened to Troubadour. Even excluding, "Cocaine." It sounds a lot like Eric Clapton, but without all of the Eric Clapton. But I have a feeling it's probably more along the lines of Eric Clapton sounds a lot like J.J. Cale.
George Johnson and the other guitarist in the band did nail the harmonised solos soon afterwards though
LOL someone thumbs-downed this neat video. Donation sent to offset haters!
Ha! Thanks so much, man!
I really appreciate it!
That made my weekend!
Killer! Shuggie Otis is so good. Could listen to inspiration information day and night and still find amazing new details in it. Great!
Indeed! He's a really one-of-a-kind dude!
I’m new to your channel, but I wanted to say I am seriously impressed with your videos.
All the way around, your teaching, song choice, playing, and sound quality are all top notch.
Thanks so much Corey!
I try to pick things that are interesting and soulful, and present them as movie-quality as possible. If I had my druthers, all my lessons would look like Wes Anderson films: perfect composition, perfect lighting, perfect colors :-)
Was just listening to a shuggie cover last night and this shows up this morning ! Brilliant I’ll be having a go this weekend
Crazy!
Must be goin' round :-D
R&B Friday, snow falling in Cinti. Play guitar all weekend by fireplace. Another Great one to learn tonight. Thanks Eric, well done thanks for sharing!
That sounds like my kind of weekend!
Have fun, buddy!
Your version of Perfect Day cuts right through me. I can't get enough of it. This one has a similar feeling for me. Such good tunes, and wonderful arrangements. Inspiring.
Thanks so much, man!
I try to put some heart and soul into these lessons - I'm glad it's coming through!
Because of your lessons I listen now to music and songs which I never heard of. Thanks!
Cool!
There's so much great music out there - so much to discover!
Thank you! Best breakdown of the solo I’ve scene yet!
Thanks Billy! Shuggie's such a cool guy - totally his own thing!
What a tune! Thanks for this one Eric, great as always
It's my pleasure, Ben!
Thanks for watching :-D
Great tune and excellent playing Eric. Very inspiring.
Thanks so much, Wilbert!
Love this, ...this song, and your interpretation!
Thanks so much, Matt!
Beautiful sound as always - tastefully mixed and played. cheers
Thanks buddy!
Masterful. You have a gorgeous sound too. Thank you!
Thanks Joe!
That trippy end section was a bear to work out!
bookmarking this yish, excellent explainer: thank you.
Great job on my favorite Brother's Johnson tune ! The melody sounds great they way you interpreted it.
F yes!!!!!!!!! This rules! Love Shuggie Ottis too! He has some epic blues jams
Indeed!
Dude can play the sh*#t outta the guitar.
Hey Eric, much thanks to you bro!! I had been having so many problems trying to get those licks down and your technique help me nail it! Great teaching and have a great positive weekend.
Yay! I'm happy to help Lloyd!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Keep up the great work Eric!
Can ya post it when ya got it sorted mate? Love to hear it ...
Sure thing!@@thomaspaterson2251
Killer tone and lesson once again. Thank you!
It's my pleasure, Don!
Thanks for watching!
another superb song selection!
Thanks man!
By far my favorite tutorials. I purchased your tabs for Chet Atkins version of Michelle and I've really enjoyed learning it. I'll for sure buy more tabs very soon. Great job on putting up some simple down to earth youtube vids. Thanks!
It's my pleasure, Matthew!
Thanks for your support!
Very cool, I always loved the solo in this
Yeah! It's crazy!
Really comes outta nowhere!
Nicely DONE!!
Eric just serendipitously found this funky channel of yours. It’s so awesome to hear the great guitar licks that were played and layered throughout the old Disco, Funk and R&B songs. What Bad A#@ song man hope you will expose the other songs for example Funkadelic alone has an extensive catalog to extract from. You’ll no doubt have a plethora of material for your channel for sure. Thank you 🙏 keep em coming guru !
Thanks Anthony!
I highly recommend my buddy Adrian over @anyonecanplayguitar - he's a cool dude who does old funk stuff too!
Great video. Gorgeous tone.
Thanks man!
I love Shuggie's laid back original vibe - totally his own thing!
thanks for the lesson! shuggie is indeed cool. i find his song "island letter" to be one of the greatest american musical work of the 20th century
Dude totally! That song is killer!
Thanks for making it happen
Amazing playing thanks a lot. I wish there were more lessons for old school stuff!
Thanks!
Yeah there's a handful of us here on YT - the non-shreddy guitar helpers :-)
Great stuff man!! Thank you.
It's my pleasure, Daniel!
You‘ve earned a new sub from Germany! Your Lessing on Hendrix doublestops is ace and will keep me busy for some time, I guess!!
Thanks for tuning in, Kweku!
I'm glad you like the groovy vids :-D
This is straight 🔥
Thanks Bernie!
Shuggie is the man.🙌
So cool, Eric.
Thanks so much, Ben!
Your tones are also fantastic...that Wah man......
Thanks buddy!
I love a well placed wah solo :- D
Vox wah pedals are awesome
Man! One of my favourite finds of last year. John Moreland was the other.
Mojo to die from as always from you Eric.
Cool! I'll have to check out some John Moreland!
I'm always on the lookout for a good rec!
Great work Eric. Pity it’s not longer otherwise I would be downloading this as an mp3 and pushing it through the car stereo. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks so much, Liam!
Someone else pointed out that I should a make a bandcamp page with high quality mixdowns of these covers - it's on my list of things to do :-D
Much love for Wilmington NC
Fun town! I've got family in Holden Beach, NC - every so often we take a trip down there :-D
Nice one Eric.
Thanks buddy!
E min 7 flat 5 is also a C9!! Eric you are a master player and instructor you effortlessly explain concepts that have been a mystery to me for years. Hahaha love the dickey betts line thrown in too hahahaha excellent!!!
Isn't that weird? Two chords that seem so different are actually closely related!
Yeah, I love Dickey Betts. Gonna put a lesson together on is smooth and syncopated style one of these days.
With no root
Great Tune! I love when Ordell is bumpin this song when he pulls up to the bondsman in Jackie Brown.
Do more soul and old school r&b grooves!
Great movie!
Stay tuned - I've got some Steve Cropper stuff coming up :-D
Thank you for this video! The weather in North Carolina can be hard on my guitars too.
Yeah! It'll shift 40 degrees from morning to night sometimes!
Ha, I was watching one of your vids playing and I thought of this song and what a jam it is, I should learn it. Google brought me back to you.
it KNOWS! The A.I. KNOWS ALL!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Seriously, your taste in music is pretty darn immaculate. Think the first vid of yours I saw was the Richard Thompson 'Cavalry Cross' one. Full respect.
Hahaha! I just recently recorded this in G minor (a step up) but saw Shuggie a couples years back play this live. Nice F'n job brutha!
Crazy! I hope Shuggie passes through NC - I'd love to see him play :-D
Eric Haugen Yes, definitely see him if you can. You nailed EVERY facet of that dual guitar solo perfectly! I hacked my way through without the second guitar a third down. Thanks for the response. Great lesson! I hope Shuggie sees it😀
Eric Haugen is my guitar teacher
Well then, you've surely got excellent taste my friend! :-)
I'm impressed not too many (and not enough) people are familiar with the talent of Shuggie Otis. Do you know Gil Scott Herron( last name might be spelled wrong)some more great music and a huge talent also
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I know the name, but am not actually that familiar with his work - I'll have to do some investigatin' !
Every time I listen to your channel makes me want a Decco ....
It really is the most organic overdrive I've used!
And that's not even what it's made to do!
Hi, great video (and channel). I've also been trying to figure out the solo from Shuggie's video with his son. After watching it in slow motion, it seems to me that Shuggie uses the open E string when playing the A and E minor patterns, instead of playing the E note on the G string, 9th fret. (e.g. in the A part he goes: [e string] -- 10 -- 10p9 -- [b string] -- 10 -- [e string] -- 0 --). His right hand keeps moving up and down in triplets. I'm not 100% sure but it makes it much easier to play for me.
Oh cool I'll have to try that! I watched that live clip too - it's funny how easy he makes it look!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Definitely! He is an insane player, and really creative. That whole Freedom Flight album is pure gold.
Amazing dexterity bro…precise and true to the original but love the poetic license you interjected.
Really good
Thanks Alex! "Inspiration Information" lives in heavy rotation in my playlists - there's nothing else like it!
Great!
Thanks Mark!
Nice!
Thanks Lloyd!
very nice good job..
Thanks so much man!
OH YES SIR
I love Shuggie!
He's such a unique guy - really does things his own way.
Oh my god, you sound amazing
Just want to listen to this all day on repeat
Dude thanks so much!
I love Shuggie's DIY attitude - he's so true to himself and his groove!
I love his version of me and my woman, great album too
Totally!
His self titled record is really great too!
Do you only use naturel light? Your shootings are very smooth.
Thanks Anil!
I'm lucky - my living room faces the south so I get good light from 9:00am-2:00pm. But I also have 2 LED lighting rigs setup to supplement it :-D
This is ace.... I learned lots but two things resonated....1/ Why have I not listened to Shuggie before! & 2/ Emin7 flat 5 is also a C9!.....
Yeah! Shuggie's a really cool and unique dude. Writes this oddball soul/funk songs and maaaaan can he play!
Eric, do you have any recommendations for books or video on harmony? You are really inspiring!
Indeed I do!
I really like Bruce Emery's stuff: www.skepticalguitarist.com/books.htm
He's real straightforward and to the point.
Eric, man - thank you for helping me "rediscover" Shuggie. Great tune and lesson, too. Just dug out my "Shuggie Otis Plays the Blues" - he really was some sort of genius. Also, check out on YT a recording if Shuggie jamming with Frank Zappa when he was 17 (!). I grew up in the 70's, and I'm surprised by how much I'm loving those old R&D tunes, and how much richer they feel to my older ears.
Oh man I gotta hear that!
According to legend, Shuggie was offered all sorts of high-profile gigs and turned them down to do his own thing. Gotta respect that integrity!
You bet. I went a little further down the internet rabbit hole and found that Shuggie played bass on Peaches in Regalia. I've probably heard that hundreds of times and never made the connection. Cheers!
To my everlasting shame, I just increased the "likes" from the devilishly-perfect 666 to 667.
But this song has been in my mind for the last week, and I love that you broke down the "solo." Which, of course, is NOT a solo because it involves a duet of harmonized guitars. But DAMN it sounds good. I heard the Brothers Johnson cover first as a kid, but discovered Shuggie about ten years ago.
As always; great tunes, tones, and taste. Thanks for this vid!
Thanks Robert!
For me there's a weird connection between Shuggie Otis and JJ Cale - both laid-back individuals who made their careers their own way.
Awesome lesson! I always wanted to know how he played those parts.
Thanks Michael!
That crazy outro took some doin' to figure out, but maaaaaan it's cool!
I know you've talked about it before, but how do you make your backing tracks, and do you have any cheap ways to do it?
Yeah, I have one video about it: ruclips.net/video/rS7vcw58RsA/видео.html
I need to do another where I build one from scratch. It's so fun!
I wanna cover this song, this is an invaluable tutorial. Love your sound also
Thanks Doug!
I'm happy to help!
Though I'm still a newbie to music making. Can you tell me what key you're playing in??????
Cool! Slow and steady wins the race, man!
The verse is in A minor, and the crazy outro is in....A major-ish. Kinda closer to A mixolydian. But that random Bb chord is sorta out of place :-0
I guess I should learn a little more about basic music theory before I even asked the question. Currently working on another song, but just getting some ideas in place for this one, which will be next. Thanks for the info!!!
That goddamm tone! So tasty!
Hey Eric, any chance you could to Rainy Day by Shuggie? Cheers man
oooh that's a great one!
There's so many cool Shuggie tunes to check out!
Hi, is it availible the lesson for not available?
Hey Eric, is Mark Knopfler's "Six Blade Knife" played in the Dorian mode? Maybe you could do a video to help explain the mode in simple form? Many thanks.
You are correct! Bluesy progressions can very easily skew Dorian.
I'm actually putting together a video on how modes relate to standard scales as we speak! Should be out next Fri :-D
Eric Haugen, Great. I'm looking forward to it. 👍
my desert island RUclips Channel, without any doubt.
Thanks buddy!
Some tunes off of john mayer's new album felt like they were very inspired by shuggie. in particular the tracks "moving on and getting over" as well as "still feel like your man".
Totally! I hear that too!
John and I are the same age, and were at Berklee at the same time. Had a few classes with him - nice dude, funny guy.
Your tones are so juicy! I went to my local music store today to look at the Strymon Deco and Flint...wow $360 each (Canadian dollars)! I guess I'm selling my Hagstrom Viking Deluxe!
ooooh The Viking Deluxe is on my list of "guitars I want!" I used to have a swede with p90s and it was killer!
I love my strymon stuff, but you could easily get similar tones with a good transparent overdrive and any old reverb pedal :-D
You could try a Timmy and a Boss RV-5, that's what I have at my teaching studio and it sounds quite good!
Also I love the ibanez ts808 reissue and TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb - quite affordable and nice sounding!
Ahh...thanks for the info on alternatives to the Strymon pedals. I may end up going that route in the interest of not going broke! If you're interested in my Hagstrom, shoot me a message.
I read that Lee Ritemour created the Solo section, is that true?
I'm not sure - I just googled it. It looks like Lee did the solo on the Brothers Johnson version, but Shuggie did the solo on the original - but who knows!
Yes, but only on the Brother's Johnson 1977 cover of it. Shuggie Otis played the solo on the original.
tabs?
www.erichaugenguitar.com/tab-store/strawberry-letter-23-arrangement
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I disagree, Eric. I think you whistle like a thousand angels. 👍
hahahaha
Thanks bud :-D
Shuggie almost became a Stone.
That would've been friggin' cool!
When you say that is all the parts of the song, you omitted the bridge section before the outro... dont mind me, I'm a little OCD
nope bro
Wow my expectations for this tutorial was way too highx