Cliff Gallup's Rockabilly Guitar Solo in Gene Vincent's "Race with the Devil" | Reverb Learn to Play

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps rockabilly "Race With the Devil" features Cliff Gallup's frenetic and tricky guitar work, unleashing upon the unsuspecting world a quintessential rockabilly solo. Influencing later guitar legends like Beck and Clapton, Gallup's work is as fun to learn as it is to play. Follow along as Joe runs through this progression so you can use some of the techniques in your own playing.
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  • @petercousins1645
    @petercousins1645 4 года назад +13

    Great to see someone with a passion to get the right sound, right echo, right guitar.

  • @genevee6540
    @genevee6540 5 лет назад +9

    Gene Vincent and Cliff Gallup is pure gold.

  • @elainekerslake6865
    @elainekerslake6865 Год назад +14

    Jeff Beck said this was so hard to copy. Cliff told Jeff that he made the solo up in his head minutes before recording. Amazing player.

    • @gillan5
      @gillan5 4 месяца назад

      To me Beck never was a good rockabilly player.

    • @thelastwildcolonialboy3667
      @thelastwildcolonialboy3667 3 месяца назад

      I heard Brian Setzer first and thought he was the king of rockabilly. Then I heard Gallup and realised he was standing on the shoulders of a giant

  • @tonebonetones
    @tonebonetones 5 лет назад +16

    Great stuff, and nicely played. As a very old player, it is good to see young guitarists playing some of the old gems!

  • @djangorheinhardt
    @djangorheinhardt 4 года назад +10

    Wow you nailed Gallup's solo dead on,and the exact sound of Cliff's guitar.Great!

  • @badhat63
    @badhat63 6 лет назад +12

    Thank you sir, haven’t heard a guitar player sound that good in years, please don’t stop.

  • @asparagusbear3323
    @asparagusbear3323 6 лет назад +35

    YES! more rockabilly stuff please. so tasty.

  • @kentwood9821
    @kentwood9821 2 года назад +7

    Outstanding lesson, short and to the point. Thanks for discussing this in musical terms instead of just covering which notes to play. Still trying to suss out the logic (and magic) that makes these solos sound the way they do, and this is a great help!

    • @PeterPug
      @PeterPug 2 года назад +1

      The solos back then were extensions of the vocals. You can sing Cliff’s parts compared to others who are trying to show off their shedding abilities instead!

  • @mauricegull3406
    @mauricegull3406 3 года назад +4

    Heard Gene Vincent ‘BeBop a Lula’ on WGNY NY Oldies this morning’ & started digging into the guitar solos. Stumbled into this great lesson. Hard to believe I somehow skipped over that era of Rockabilly, but I am on it now. Great instruction, great pace, love the 3/4 speed repeat with top speed replay at the end. No ‘fat’ in this lesson. Tnx!

    • @cd4627
      @cd4627 3 года назад +1

      Checkout Willie Phelps dj jamboree and yes siree with Cliff on guitar he was in my grandfathers band before gene vincent

    • @cd4627
      @cd4627 3 года назад

      Checkout Willie Phelps song DJ's jamboree and yes siree with a young cliff Gallup tearing up the rockabilly licks awesome tracks Willie was my grandfather

  • @tagsdm
    @tagsdm 3 года назад +1

    What a great lesson. Beautifully done. I could swear I was listening to Cliff himself. Many thanks.

  • @dannyskrims5243
    @dannyskrims5243 6 лет назад +2

    Great lesson on one of my absolute favorite guitarists.

  • @TomBarradas
    @TomBarradas 3 года назад +1

    This is FANTASTIC! THANK YOU!!!

  • @fruitcakedrifter1286
    @fruitcakedrifter1286 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing.......

  • @TheVatonaught
    @TheVatonaught 2 года назад

    Great lesson and teaching pace...many thanks from an old timer.

  • @MarkWieske
    @MarkWieske Год назад

    Thanks so much!

  • @cd4627
    @cd4627 3 года назад +1

    Cliff played with Willie Phelps before all this checkout DJ's jamboree and yes siree both feature cliff on guitar awsome

  • @stilllifewithguitar184
    @stilllifewithguitar184 6 лет назад +1

    That's fucking great. Love all that stuff Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Buddy, Duane Eddy...

  • @nedlambton6602
    @nedlambton6602 5 лет назад

    Great to find someone on here that really knows their subject. Bravo sir!

  • @URTH-yb5xh
    @URTH-yb5xh 2 года назад

    Very fantastically done Clear and quick Thanks

  • @titi64230
    @titi64230 2 года назад

    Thanks !

  • @chrismilbank
    @chrismilbank Год назад

    Wow love to see you in concert

  • @LEEFORDJAGG
    @LEEFORDJAGG 3 года назад

    Excellent presentation and it kept me hooked. Great sound and technique.

  • @BabyBoomerChannel
    @BabyBoomerChannel 5 лет назад +22

    Cliff Gallup, Scott Moore, Grady Martin. That’s all

    • @JulioLeonFandinho
      @JulioLeonFandinho 5 лет назад +3

      and Paul Burlison

    • @nedlambton6602
      @nedlambton6602 5 лет назад +4

      @@JulioLeonFandinho I heard it was Grady Martin that played lead on those Johnny Burnette songs.

    • @nedlambton6602
      @nedlambton6602 5 лет назад +6

      James Burton...

    • @musik102
      @musik102 4 года назад

      @@JulioLeonFandinho See Vince Gordon's website. He reckons that Grady Martin did all the best playing on Gene's recordings.

    • @dallasokelly2951
      @dallasokelly2951 4 года назад

      Dimebag Darrell

  • @lonesomedavefisherthereal
    @lonesomedavefisherthereal 5 лет назад +1

    you have really paid attention- good ears!

  • @AthelstanEngland
    @AthelstanEngland 3 года назад

    Really well presented lesson. The technical (to me anyway) bits around why certain notes work was really useful - thank you.

  • @BITESIZEJONES
    @BITESIZEJONES Год назад

    That guitar has a unique tone

  • @sloppy_hand
    @sloppy_hand 2 года назад +1

    Wayne Kramer from MC5 used that lick in some of their songs, at least in "looking at you"

    • @rarerockk
      @rarerockk Год назад +1

      Didn't know that track and checked it out. You're right, their lead player definitely was inspired by it and stretched out the potential of this lick for a longer solo over a different progression, also changig the progression of this short lick after a while. Musicians all inspire each other lol. I can't remember in which track at the moment, but there is a recording I stumbled across in which django reinhardt would play this lick. To me, seemingly identically pickin it, not making use of any pull offs (at even slightly faster speed).

    • @sloppy_hand
      @sloppy_hand Год назад +1

      @@rarerockk totally agreed! I was reading something about T.S Eliot's thoughts on originality and it was like we the creators are always conected to something other people created before, we are never creating something new but slightely adding our own takes on what others made before us... Something in the lines of that... buddy, if you ever remember what Django's track it was, please leave the title here!

    • @rarerockk
      @rarerockk Год назад +1

      @@sloppy_hand I'll look through some of my loved Django LPs next week and will let you know, enjoy the rest of the weekend mate!

    • @sloppy_hand
      @sloppy_hand Год назад +1

      @@rarerockk I'll be waiting for that! cheers, my good buddy!

  • @juke699
    @juke699 6 лет назад +5

    Hey Joe...............Great Video and lesson
    How about a few more Cliff Gallup solos................

  • @RussellPaplior
    @RussellPaplior 4 года назад +1

    Very fine job indeed, my dude!

  • @jonjennings13
    @jonjennings13 5 лет назад

    wow Fantastic Instructions

  • @SlickCrusty
    @SlickCrusty 3 года назад

    fantastic

  • @glassslide
    @glassslide 4 года назад

    That was seriously great, AWESOME lesson!!

  • @glassslide
    @glassslide 5 лет назад

    That was AWESOME!!

  • @davecaputo918
    @davecaputo918 10 месяцев назад

    Nicely done young man 😎🎶

  • @e-man2081
    @e-man2081 9 месяцев назад

    I play it that way. Except I do the 12th fret pull offs. You're right, it sounds better when you pick the 12th fret. I have heard that pull offs weren't ever used in the 1950s, and that players picked every note, but that can't be true. Eddie Van Halen made pull offs more popular.

  • @stevehughes1510
    @stevehughes1510 3 года назад

    Thanks for this..............really good!!

  • @theconversation9103
    @theconversation9103 6 лет назад +1

    That was great. You should do 'Rock Around The Clock' or the Ren and Stimpy theme tune next

  • @robertrobles4028
    @robertrobles4028 3 месяца назад

    Dude, you play nice, but please explain the delay setting you are using. Without delay it wouldn’t sound the same at all. Good job😊

  • @BEUDEUDNEUVE
    @BEUDEUDNEUVE 2 года назад

    Great !!!

  • @mamashotsauce3864
    @mamashotsauce3864 3 года назад +2

    Okay, pretty good, except you state in the beginning that Cliff had a Bigsby tremolo on his Duo Jet and that is what he used for most of the bends in this solo. If you listen closely to the recording you will notice that the notes actually go down before they come up again....

  • @mick712
    @mick712 Год назад

    Good stuff!!!! 😎

  • @Nickpaflas
    @Nickpaflas 6 лет назад +53

    Rockabilly cats can really play

    • @Nickpaflas
      @Nickpaflas 4 года назад +4

      @@simonfarrell2537 Roackabilly and bluegrass- the original shredders. With all the chords and the combination of scales (major/blues/Myxolidian, they got all that) and syncopation, rockabilly's sorta like jazz (almost any notes allowed depending on where you start and where you end up) but easier to dance to , but they probably don't want everyone to know...

  • @taffywilliams5669
    @taffywilliams5669 3 года назад

    nicely explained ......cheers dude.

  • @cd4627
    @cd4627 3 года назад

    They both were from Norfolk VA , gene Vincent from Portsmouth VA, 5 miles away

  • @leandrojosemartins1
    @leandrojosemartins1 3 года назад

    Too didatic, brilhant, thank you!!

  • @vincentl.9469
    @vincentl.9469 3 года назад

    I first heard this in 1975 ; the 2 solos on the original were recorded 'on the spot' with no overdubs, second takes- not many can do that. i struggle with getting that triplet sound right on the first...

  • @Newwaver2007
    @Newwaver2007 4 года назад

    Cool 😎 I like this!

  • @Shankopottomus
    @Shankopottomus 6 лет назад

    My dream tone!

  • @V8Deuce
    @V8Deuce 3 года назад +1

    Give it up pal. There is something a lot more to Cliffs playing than what you have!

  • @HardwareDestination
    @HardwareDestination 3 года назад

    so cool man good job top ;-)

  • @Hans-fz6cc
    @Hans-fz6cc 5 лет назад

    Class 💪

  • @arvo56
    @arvo56 3 года назад

    Get a Bigsby & you could get it spot on! Cliff used a bigsby in just about ALL of his solos.

  • @FrederickGlazier
    @FrederickGlazier 6 лет назад

    Great Cliff Notes...

  • @jordandelacruz1866
    @jordandelacruz1866 6 лет назад +2

    Awesome Joe! Love your playing, scarves and cool beanies! Brands please! Need to invest in hipster wardrobe now that squad is complete( minus acoustics)

    • @joegeorge1002
      @joegeorge1002 6 лет назад +1

      Haha thanks! Scarf brand is usually LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON - out of Venice, CA..check em out!

    • @jordandelacruz1866
      @jordandelacruz1866 6 лет назад

      Joe George Very cool! I will and the beanies??? Love your studio/apt setup! What do you use for software? That's next for me and my sons who both play! I play 4 instruments, my oldest 5( beat me with uke) and my youngest sings, plays drums and learning guitar! Thanks for inspiration!!

  • @law13ie29
    @law13ie29 6 лет назад +4

    Awesome solo trademark !!
    Is there not another solo when songs goes to the key of F ?

  • @robertrobles4028
    @robertrobles4028 3 месяца назад

    Actually Cliff influenced Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Eric Clapton and Peter Green were influenced by the great American Black Blues Masters. All great music!😊

  • @jackgrattan1447
    @jackgrattan1447 6 лет назад +7

    Does anyone know if Cliff Gallup had a western swing background? His solo here
    always reminded me of the guitar solo in Bob Wills' ROLY POLY, especially the
    chromatic octave run.

    • @innocentoctave
      @innocentoctave 6 лет назад +1

      I don't think Gallup had worked in Western Swing specifically, but there's a good chance he knew that song growing up. In any case, that chromatic lick in octaves was probably already a cliche for good players by the time Gallup used it. Still sound wonderful. He plays something similar in the second solo on 'Jump Back Baby, Jump Back', but even faster and more impactful because he jumps straight into it.

    • @surfinwax58
      @surfinwax58 6 лет назад +2

      Guitar Player Magazine did an interview with him in the early 1980s. If you can find it, he does go into his guitar upbringing.

    • @cd4627
      @cd4627 3 года назад +2

      Yes cliff was in my grandfathers band norman Phelps and the VA rounders and they're in the western swing hall of fame ,checkout Willie Phelps DJ's jamboree and yes siree incredible guitar playing from a young cliff gallop

  • @hiramsoberanes9688
    @hiramsoberanes9688 5 месяцев назад

    Jeff beck play this without pick

  • @davidlara2172
    @davidlara2172 6 лет назад +4

    How to sound like. Slowdive please!!

  • @christopherreel7274
    @christopherreel7274 6 лет назад +5

    Great playing however the best part of Cliffs lead is not played here at all , the modulation to F which is really the feature in RWTD and the reason it kicks Ass!

    • @johnnyfrisco5354
      @johnnyfrisco5354 6 лет назад +1

      Two great solos and the one in F is inspirational... one of the greatest recordings of all time... rare to get a sudden modulation like this in rockabilly or rock 'n roll... yes! the reason it sounds so exciting.

  • @michaelbennett1883
    @michaelbennett1883 3 года назад

    Fuckin mint!

  • @TheSkarocker56
    @TheSkarocker56 5 месяцев назад

    Great stuff. Ignore the brain dead rockabilly nobheads negative comments

  • @bradleyford1174
    @bradleyford1174 3 года назад

    Billy Wallace

  • @rockhard2654
    @rockhard2654 4 года назад +2

    clapton hated rockabilly. jeff beck loved cliff

  • @tomgee001
    @tomgee001 3 года назад

    My late brother Micky Gee was also a fan of Cliff Gallup.
    ruclips.net/channel/UClRPkv98gockZlRu8uwCJMg
    Facebook: facebook.com/MickyGeeGuitarist/
    #MickyGeeGuitarist

  • @GravyDaveNewson
    @GravyDaveNewson 4 года назад

    great work, sir. I wonder if on that particular guitar it may have sounded better on the bridge pickup only? I hear a little too much honk.

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight 6 лет назад +2

    How many times were those riffs stolen

    • @kevdean9967
      @kevdean9967 4 года назад +1

      And they were probably stolen from guys like Eldon Shamblin, Lonnie Johnson, Django etc and reconfigured!

  • @MyTwangyGuitar
    @MyTwangyGuitar 5 лет назад +2

    "THE solo"? There are *TWO* solos in "Race With The Devil" with the second solo being the baddest of both. Do your homework, young man!

  • @headwhop26
    @headwhop26 6 лет назад +4

    Whys this guy wearing star wars-lookin pants

    • @joegeorge1002
      @joegeorge1002 6 лет назад +10

      I had just returned from a mission with the rebels

  • @skiptrailer7048
    @skiptrailer7048 2 года назад

    yeah,,, whatever, who are you? only had 70 years to work it out, wasn't iconic when he done it

  • @markeddeckmusic7202
    @markeddeckmusic7202 Год назад

    Ain’t rockabilly it’s jazz Ffs !!

  • @Erik_Block
    @Erik_Block 6 лет назад

    May 11th, 2018, 11:58am: 666 views.

  • @petegilgan4058
    @petegilgan4058 5 лет назад

    Cliff was NOT an influence for Clapton - at all.

    • @jeffjeeves6337
      @jeffjeeves6337 5 лет назад

      pete gilgan- clapton himself states that as a teenager he used to mime to be bop a lula in his mum's front room using a tennis raquet for a guitar......

    • @JulioLeonFandinho
      @JulioLeonFandinho 5 лет назад +1

      Clapton loved rockabilly but he loved blues more...
      On the other way, Jeff Beck loved more rockabilly than blues.
      That's why a noob listener can't appreciate those influences on Clapton

  • @jbarnes2288
    @jbarnes2288 4 года назад +3

    Why anyone would want to look like a clown with a BEEHIVE on their head is beyond me.
    Just goes to show how you can float any shallow little stupid trend if you push it hard enough......
    Sorry, unable to look beyond that.
    It's a credibility thing man.

  • @34bully
    @34bully 6 лет назад +3

    Gonna play it on my gretsch for sure 😀