How to accurately play Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes - Rockabilly Guitar Lesson Adrian Whyte

Carl Perkins - the Rockabilly King was the original triple threat - playing a mean guitar, singing and writing his own songs! He was a massive influence to Brian Setzer, George Harrison, Danny Gatton and Darrel Higham and one of the most respected contemporaries of Cliff Gallup, Eddie Cochran, Duane Eddy and Scotty Moore. See why in this accurate, note for note breakdown of Blue Suede shoes, transcribed up to but not including the first solo.

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Chapters
00:00 Start / Playthrough
01:31 Discussion
03:35 What you get on my Patreon
04:12 Lesson Begin Bars 1-4
07:03 Bar 10 onwards
09:25 Bars 12-13 (first lick)
11:00 Bars 14-15
12:46 Bars 16-17 (lick 2)
14:48 Verse 2
16:00 I sneak in an announcement
17:17 Bar 25 (Lead in to next chorus
18:14 Second Chorus
19:15 Bar 28
20:40 Bar 30-31
22:37 Bar 32 -33 (last lick)

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