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Memphis by Lonnie Mack (Patreon)

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2022-11-04 13:37:03
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2026-06
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Hello all,

Hope everyone's doing well. This week I'm looking at a guitar instrumental classic that was until quite recently unknown to me. It's been a lot fun learning this one and putting together the video. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/0C8D8qe4KZs

The tab is below, more or less note for note from the recording. (My play-through is close to the original, but I think I departed from the tab in one or two places and did my own thing.)

Hope you enjoy learning this one.

Speak next week,

Adrian 

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George Nichols

Lonnie is a unique player.He used the magnatone amp sound ,just great player.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes such a good player! Interesting that he used a Magnatone - his sound is certainly unique and that would explain it.

Jeffrey G Bank

The Beatles covered Memphis?? Where and when??!!

Jeffrey G Bank

I first heard this song when I was 10 or 11. It blew me away. At that time electric guitars were a mystery to be. I though any guitar that played on the 1st three strings was a bass guitar, and if they played on the last 3 strings it was a "treble" guitar. Hahaha. We had no Internet so I could not research "guitar" so I stayed ignorant until The Beatles arrived. But that was 63 years ago, and I've come a long way.

250alphonse

Hi Jeffrey, I’m not sure where I heard it. Man that was a long time ago but I’m guessing perhaps at the Hollywood Bowl. J Rivers was my hero growing up.

250alphonse

Thanks for that Eli. I had another idea perhaps where I heard it was on the American TV show Shindig. We never missed an episode.

Eli Chartkoff

Fun! I can't seem to find any footage of the beatles playing it on shindig but Johnny Rivers certainly did.

Tony

Hey, great perfomance and top lesson. Same here: I transcribed the tune note for note from the recording, but I can't really play it up to speed convincingly, so I have to depart from the original version in some places. With your help and the BT I hope to finally get it done right! Cheers, T.

250alphonse

I remember this tune, written by Chuck Berry and covered a few years later by Lonnie Mack. Johnny Rivers started his career with this song which was #2 on the top ten hits in 1964. Even the Beatles covered it.One of the great guitarist of that time, check it out. The opening riff is iconic!