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WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN – Guitar Lesson
John Fogerty has written a lot of great songs! This one was penned in 1970 …. a year after his Woodstock experience. The song is certainly somewhat of a folk-rock protest piece which has added to its longevity. Here's your Who'll Stop the Rain guitar lesson!
Yes this is a great song. It shows how Foggerty could use a few simple open chords and some scales to make a whole lot of good music. No #1's but this guy had talent for sure.
Maybe some time you could look at bad moon rising and how John used drop down tuning to get the right sound for this song. Lots on youtube but almost all are wrong. Thanks, Mace for helping!
Thanks Hank … yes I will look at Bad Moon Rising and research the tuning. If it don’t present it that way … at the very least I will cover it in the lesson. Cheers!
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John Fogerty has written a lot of great songs! This one was penned in 1970 …. a year after his Woodstock experience. The song is certainly somewhat of a folk-rock protest piece which has added to its longevity. Here's your Who'll Stop the Rain guitar lesson!
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Terrific lesson! I helped set-up equipment for CCR for a couple of shows.
Regards John
Very cool John! Was this way back when or more recently? Glad you enjoyed the lesson!
get song still alittle confused on the intro but I can play the rest of the song really good thanks -enjoyed the lesson
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THanks and Happy New Year.
Question. looks like you are switching to the Em on verse of "pouring" are the chords/lyric accurate as is?
Yes this is a great song. It shows how Foggerty could use a few simple open chords and some scales to make a whole lot of good music. No #1's but this guy had talent for sure.
Maybe some time you could look at bad moon rising and how John used drop down tuning to get the right sound for this song. Lots on youtube but almost all are wrong. Thanks, Mace for helping!
Thanks Hank … yes I will look at Bad Moon Rising and research the tuning. If it don’t present it that way … at the very least I will cover it in the lesson. Cheers!
I love ccr ,I picked up points that I had been missing. Thanks Doug
Thanks Doug!