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Don Rich - The Happy-Go-Lucky Guitar (Patreon)

Published:
2019-11-08 13:15:48
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2025-12-02 09:38:50
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2026-06
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Afternoon patrons!

This week I have a great country guitar instrumental for you. It's full of nice licks and country guitar vocabulary. Even if country isn't your thing, I think there's plenty to be learned here.

There are two versions of the backing. One is just like the original recording and includes the steel guitar solo section. The other version skips the steel guitar solo and is what I play at the start of the video. 

Have fun with it. Speak next week,

Adrian

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Happy-Go-Lucky Guitar by Don Rich | Learn this if you want to play country guitar

This is a great little instrumental, full of essential country guitar vocabulary. Tab + backing track on Patreon. I talk about the gear I'm using towards the end of the video. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar Please subscribe here for many more YouTube lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/anyonecanplayguitarcouk Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/acpgtr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk

Comments

Chad Totaro

Yea man, awesome lesson. Don Rich is one of my favs and I like playing his licks, super fun. Thanks for this one.

Martin Lorenz

Thank you, much appreciated! Bakersfield country twang at its finest.

Jeff Sims

I know it's going to be good when you get the Telecaster out. I haven't got a BC Rich, but for most of you're country flavoured lessons I use my home made Explorer copy or my Danelectro (which does twang pretty good). I think Paul David did a video of himself playing country on a BC Rich to show that he could get a perfectly good country sound out of it. On another note, my wife was watching a show on TV last night called Grantchester. I was doing something else but I heard the unmistakeable strains of Race With the Devil coming from the TV. I rushed out excitedly asking if she recognised the song. I explained that it was one of the songs I'd been annoying her with for years, trying to get it right. Her response was somewhat less enthusiastic than I might have liked, but that's the lot of the bedroom guitarist I suppose.

Michael Pogzeba

Thanks for a grea post Adrian. This song is great fun to learn. I really needed the sheet music / tab fo I could bite it off one nibble at a time. Cheers! I love your videos!!!

Chris Kueny

That was pretty funny Jeff, I can relate, I think that little that I play or say regarding guitar registers much with my wife or anyone else in my family either. But I'm glad that I can feel so excited over a song and even over how a single note sounds. Anyway "the lot of the bedroom guitarist," that says it well.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, I find you can get usable sounds from most guitars to suit a range of genres, it's more about aesthetics. But I am seriously thinking about getting some kind of 'metal' guitar though so I can use it to make some proper rock lessons! If it's any consolation, I'm rarely greeted by massive enthusiasm when playing around my family either. I tend to hide away in my studio!

anyonecanplayguitar

Hope you enjoy learning the song Michael. And thanks for your support here!

Jeff Sims

I'd say get a Flying V, but I don't think you can play them sitting down, so..... get an Explorer! The Explorer shape has been claimed by the metallists, but originally they were designed in the late 50's as a space-age type design, think Cadillac tail fins. I reckon they are a very cool shape that is under-rated by the main stream because of the metallist associations. I can't justify spending on a guitar the amount that a genuine left handed Explorer would cost, at least until I get a lot better, so for now I just keep dreaming.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, like the idea of a Flying V - great for rock and metal also has the Marc Bolan association, which I like. Never played an Explorer - must give one a try next time I'm in a guitar shop.

Roland Klasen

Fantastic lesson Adrian, thank you! I'm an old rock/blues guy that started studying trad country recently and this is a perfect example of what I'm interested in, which is a fairly simple song to help get the major scales and country licks under my fingers.

anyonecanplayguitar

Enjoy learning it Roland! This piece is such a good example of how to use scales and classic licks in a really musical way. Lots of great vocabulary which you can use in all kinds of situations.

Chris Maddox

Another winner, Adrian. I really dig your presentation and teaching style. I've been playing for some 40 years now and I I'm picking up some great new bits and pieces to add to the lick arsenal. One of the joys of playing guitar is the learning never stops. Many thanks for imparting your knowledge and keep at it!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Chris! I certainly feel like that about my own playing - I love learning new things and feeling like I'm growing as a player, and it does seem endless.

Chris Kueny

Hey Jeff, another left-handed player! I bought a right-handed acoustic guitar many, many years ago and tried every once in a while to learn something but it never worked. Finally someone suggested to just pretend to play a right-handed one and then a left-handed one and see how it feels. It finally felt right when I tried left-handed. Trying to strum or pick right-handed felt just like trying to write right-handed.