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50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know
Crucial phrases, concepts and rockabilly guitar techniques you MUST know
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An up-tempo musical hybrid of country, rock and blues with rhythmic influences borrowed from bebop and swing, Rockabilly has been attracting audiences for decades and will likely do so for many millennia to come. Guitarists likewise love the genre and never seem to tire of adding Rockabilly moves to their bag.
Ready to shred on a trunkful of tasty, prime Rockabilly riffs, licks and tricks? Top educator, recording artist and supreme Rockabilly guru Jason Loughlin presents 50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know!
50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know equips you with the tools you need to play in the style of Cliff Gallop, Paul Burlison, Grady Martin, James Burton, Scotty Moore, Hank Garland, Les Paul, Merle Travis, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Colvard, Danny Gatton and many of the other giants of Rockabilly.
Loughlin's handpicked collection of Rockabilly licks will further guide your mastery of the vocabulary and techniques required to solo and swing with the best of them; Travis picking moves, double stops, bending, major and minor shuffles, chord substitutions hybrid picking, boogie lines, Truckerbilly grooves, dead thumb techniques, Les Paul trills, killer western swing lines, Bigsby tricks, lap steel voicings, diminished scale licks, whole scale licks, turnarounds, intros, outros and a wide variety of Rockabilly accompaniment patterns.
Master these 50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know and you'll be well prepared to step on any Rockabilly stage, jamming or performing this timeless and exciting musical genre!
Ready to shred on a trunkful of tasty, prime Rockabilly riffs, licks and tricks? Top educator, recording artist and supreme Rockabilly guru Jason Loughlin presents 50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know!
50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know equips you with the tools you need to play in the style of Cliff Gallop, Paul Burlison, Grady Martin, James Burton, Scotty Moore, Hank Garland, Les Paul, Merle Travis, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Colvard, Danny Gatton and many of the other giants of Rockabilly.
Loughlin's handpicked collection of Rockabilly licks will further guide your mastery of the vocabulary and techniques required to solo and swing with the best of them; Travis picking moves, double stops, bending, major and minor shuffles, chord substitutions hybrid picking, boogie lines, Truckerbilly grooves, dead thumb techniques, Les Paul trills, killer western swing lines, Bigsby tricks, lap steel voicings, diminished scale licks, whole scale licks, turnarounds, intros, outros and a wide variety of Rockabilly accompaniment patterns.
Master these 50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know and you'll be well prepared to step on any Rockabilly stage, jamming or performing this timeless and exciting musical genre!
What you'll learn
- Perform complete rockabilly-style lick with turnaround
- How to use a Bigsby tremolo system to bend full chords up and down a half step
- Add 13th chord extension for embellishment
- Coordinate alternating bass line (6th and 4th strings) with melodic fills
- Develop finger independence for simultaneous bass and melody
Release date: 08/12/2011 • 2h 57m runtime
Sample lessons
The Candyman Can
Lick #11
Happy Trails
Lick #28
Slide Cat Slide
Lick #35
One for Paul
Lick #40
What's included
53 lessons • 50 charts • 50 Jam Tracks
50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know
Welcome to 50 Rockabilly Guitar Licks You MUST Know! You’ll learn 50 of my favorite go-to licks from many of my favorite guitarists, including Cliff Gallup, Scotty Moore, Danny Gatton, Paul Burlison, Brian Setzer and Hank Garland. These phrases have been chosen to expose you to the many styles, techniques and concepts of rockabilly music. The course is broken up into the sections of a classic rockabilly song. You'll learn intros, accompaniment, turnarounds, soloing and outros. Everything you need to feel more confident playing a rockabilly gig. I'll be covering shuffles, Travis picking, dead thumb, lap steel voicings, hybrid picking, chord substitutions, boogie lines, double stops, swing lines, use whole tone and diminished scales and bigsby tricks.
Off to the Races
Cliff Gallup has contributed more to the archive of rockabilly licks more than any other guitarist in my opinion. He's inspired everyone from Brian Setzer to Jeff Beck. This intro lick of his was one of his calling cards. It's a lick used for a lot of rockabilly tunes, especially the Blue Caps material. Even though it's a descending major scale I've also heard this one used to set up minor key tunes. Check out Lonesome Train by Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps.
Honey Do
Carl Perkins has written some classic rockabilly tunes not to mention the one about his blue suede shoes for this guy named Elvis. In his song Honey Don’t he starts off with a twanged-out version of a Chicago blues style intro. This is achieved by the use of open droning strings and the sound of an E6 chord rather than the Dominant 7.
Pulling Your Leg
Like most great rockabilly intros, this lick starts with the guitar all by its lonesome and the band kicks in half-way through. What I like about this one is the different ways double stops are being embellished. Some are being bent, some are being approached from a half step underneath with slides and the best part is that it's all in one position. So it’s pretty economical. Check out Jeff Beck's version of Crazy Legs from Jeff Beck and the Playboys.
Stop Your Crying
This is the intro lick to Johnny Burnett’s Lonesome Tears in my Eyes, a song that was later covered by the Beatles. When rockabilly was reaching the heights of its popularity America was simultaneously discovering Latin and Caribbean music. You could hear it's influence in the jazz and pop being written at that time. Rockabilly was no exception. It’s played in thirds and intermittently palm muted which gives it a steel drum effect.
Are You Just Happy to See Me
This is from Jimmy Lloyd’s I Got a Rocket in my Pocket. It's a combination of a straight-up shuffle and a walking bass line to introduce each new phrase, closer to how a pianist would play a shuffle on early rock-and-roll recordings, with this kind of walking line. You can hear this more prominently on Bill Kirchen's cover or listen to the Jerry Lee Lewis version and pay attention to his left hand.
Fight Song
Most of us have a good supply of major shuffle variations but rarely play shuffle patterns in minor keys. Mostly because playing the 6th note of the scale on the backbeat in minor tunes just doesn't sound very good. This is a shuffle pattern based on Brian Setzer’s Rumble and Brighten and instead of playing the 6th on the back beats, we’re going to play the flat third. This will drive home the minor quality of a tune.
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Reviews
9 results
Sean P.
12/13/21
Excellent lessons, but…
These are a great selection of classic rockabilly riffs. I had these as part of a dedicated app at one point, but I guess True Fire stopped updating it because it no longer works. So I’m out $20 and can’t access these anymore without shelling out for money for them again.
superbeatnik
05/08/21
Solid Rockabilly Licks - What's Not to Like?
Jason Loughlin rolls out a solid group of Rockabilly licks and sets them out on the table for you to consume. This is the cornbread and black-eyed peas of the genre, so as he says in the intro, pick up your guitar, turn on the slapback delay and get rockin’! I’m actually writing this a couple of years after I originally got the course to freshen up my musical vocabulary, so that says a lot.
Diggerboy
Verified buyer
03/13/21
Here we go again !!!!
Just what the doctor ordered!!!!!! I just dip into the many downloads I already have from Truefire and use them to improve my style of playing - this one is FANTASTIC !!!! Well done Jason and the team at Truefire !!!!!!!
jazzman62
Verified buyer
09/14/20
A very informative lesson with wonderful PDF's. I would recommend this course to my fellow guitar friends. Ron
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