Hot Fun in the Summertime (Sly and the Family Stone)

[speakwhnspkn2]

Magnificent. I would never have imagined this song to be solo guitar-friendly. Very nice arrangement and superb playing. Kudos to you my friend.

[troubleclef]

@speakwhnspkn2

thanks!

[mts12270]

I've watched this countless times over the past few years and every time I love it! You have a great power to make people happy. And thanks to the you and the internet, I can get my dose of happiness any time I need it.

Grasshopper

[Conzerned]

Love all your guitar work. Tried to embed to pass along to folks I know on Facebook so that more might find there way to your site, but I assume it was you that will not allow this. Too bad. I suppose you have your reasons. But you are really great, so I guess I will just have to pass you on by word of mouth. I t's not just your skill but the mood that you incorporate into your skill. It's magical.

[troubleclef]

@Conzerned

thanks. i used to turn off embedding by default. but try again. i turned this one back on.

[PacificBuffalo]

Very nice, perfect for our 110 degree heat. I posted it on my facebook page and now going to try to learn to play it.

[troubleclef]

@PacificBuffalo

thanks a lot.  stay cool.

[kentavius1]

Magical man! Well played! Sly is smiling right now....

[kidn]

Really nicely done!

[centralsquaresweetie]

well done!  I'm trying to cover this song and I got some great ideas from you. Thank you!!

[TwinMillMC]

That was so so beautiful man!!!

[grademaker1]

i HAD 2 listen... cuz i was thinkin... "u CAN'T do that song on a solo guitar... heeere we go..." -lol

BUT alas... u put me in my place!!! THANK U... and nicely done may i add!

[troubleclef]

@grademaker1

:D Thanks a bunch!

[Donneye]

Bless your heart, mister. Boo boo boo boo boo, when I want to.

[rtalb7]

I have been trying to master this song in a pop style for two years. You show me that it is better played as a more classical piece. You are a master guitar player. I wish I could work the picking hand at your skill level.

[Dyna6363]

Fantastic job! Great song and Great job on the guitar. I enjoyed your video thanks.

[sharpharp]

Great version of this song. thanks!

[relayjokes]

I would like to echo Golden Tornado's comments! Great song, one of my favorites. I'm writing a one-act play right now about the song. You adapted the song wonderfully and uniquely and creatively. Just beautiful. Great job!

[troubleclef]

@relayjokes

thanks a lot

[mts12270]

Do you know how much money you could make off of publishing your tabs? Or do you feel like a magician who won't give up his secrets? I know I'd pay to learn this done by the master. It blows me away every time I watch it, and it's been a couple of years now. Maybe you and I can work out a deal....

[leedrennan]

One of the best guitar players I have seen, amazing technique.

[cianamja]

wow man

[hoseaj]

Very nice!

[poonwahj]

Amazing. You're an inspiration!  Keep up the great work! Love this song!!

[gugkra2]

Good job! I love this song. Congratulations! Greetings from Brazil. =)

[kuike28]

I really like it , very nice job man , congratulations !!

[StormSong8]

Ya know, you could probably make money off this somehow. I know it's tough to break into the music business but there has to be a way. People are getting paid for much less...

[raymonds103]

Very Talented

[mrowubukiri]

Wow

[mrowubukiri]

Wow wow wow!!!!

[eimajecnerwal]

If I could play that tune like that on the guitar I'd never leave the house... this is the one and only cover of a tune of theirs that is as joyful to listen to as the original................nearly­ ;) Magic.

[troubleclef]

@eimajecnerwal

thanks a bunch

[mts12270]

I'll not watch this for a while, but then when I come back to it - I'm completely amazed all over again! How do you do it?

[wolferbear]

I think this is the dude that double fisted my nephew... he rips though!!! nephews and guitar!

[mts12270]

@wolferbear WTF! I spit all over my screen when I read this! That's f$#@ing funny! I don't care who you are!

[bcmd2014]

Great Job man

You kinda look like Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off a bit

[57pu]

Good job buddy, you nailed it in one :)

[1rythm]

I really really enjoyed this. I didnt think it would be that good...lol. You really captured the essence of the song..I might even copy you on this

[carlfia]

I love this tune and never heard it done like this. Amazing

[Donneye]

Boo boo boo boo boo, when I want to...

Bless yer freakin' heart, cat!

XXX

[sly74]

great translation man. i love Sly's stuff and this just made me smile for sure. thanks!

[stashnyc]

I really enjoyed that man...

[jammy31]

terrific, you make it look effortless.

[auntsuzie]

Sweet. Got a nice little swing to it.

[mumbleora]

Brilliant!! You get an A+.

Sly would be proud..

[lulugb22]

U are magnificent!

[RickandTheRailJoints]

WOW man you have done this song so nicely that I think your rendition should become a smooth classic, thanks for the memories : )

[troubleclef]

thanks a bunch

[liranlion]

really nice and beautiful perform.

i like it alot. thanks

[shifty3y3d]

your awesome bro!

[americanojoel]

Groooo000000veeeeeyy!!

[landy1282]

Beautiful rendition of beautiful song. Good job

[shermpinkstaff]

Wow. that was the best rendition of a Sly song i HAVE EVER HEARD!

[troubleclef]

thanks!

[hulksweider1]

wonderful

[FunkInDaPocket47]

Very nice work, my friend! Enjoyed this tremendously!

[lizhorvath65]

killer timing

[cutis1000]

Very creative rendition. Bravo!

[radioman970]

Wow.

I may add some vocals to this for background music to some home video stuff I'm working on. I'll put it on youtube if it works out.

[btlsmus]

I wish I was as good as you!

[btlsmus]

Wow, great job! Sounds like two guitars!

[shapeshifter1168]

wow. Great job man. You've got guitar parts, bass parts, and vocal parts all in one. Nice.

[OnePluckProductions]

I've always loved this song. Your rendition is really what's up.

[mixlpix]

I am a bass player and Graham is why i started playing in the first place. Great job of adding the bass line on the "E" string while chording. The melody part was real cool. Great job.

[GoldenTornado]

Thanks for putting together a great version of a great song. This song is one of my favorite songs of all time. Sly's "Family Affair" is another one.

I saw this video for the first time about 2 years ago while searching for some Sly stuff and this is THE video that made me realize how valuable Youtube is. I found that I could completely bypass the mainstream BS that's put in front of me and find (on my own) unknown people doing great things.

Thanks again.

[dudewinky]

P.S. It's not a fashion show don't worry about the shirt.

[dudewinky]

EXCELLENT!!

[Deltarasa]

Such a pleasant version!

[xander55577]

outstanding...outstanding as always. Thank you (for letting me be myself again:)

[steelydad]

A sweet, soulful , lightly bluesy rendition of a funky classic. Very tasteful.

[troubleclef]

thanks!

[InfinityNebula]

bEAUTIFUL you should release a cd

very talented. Peace!

[fanniehead]

you really inspire me

[TinaLaMartina]

magnifique!! merci!!

[simonj50]

Beautiful. Love it. Funky too !

[exfad]

Wow.....fantastic.

[ElTiant]

beautiful, almost as godd as Sly's.

[FunBoy15]

Nice one brother, Your a great guitarist!

[qpfj]

Troubleclef, simply awesome playing. Freaking beautiful!

[troubleclef]

thanks, Qpfj!

[zroholic]

wow impressive pure talent

[lagoamemo]

Love it! I

[IcoOliveira]

Linda música, lindo arranjo!

[mts12270]

Before I spend months (again!) on one of your songs, are you in standard tuning on this? I'm obsessed and HAVE to learn this - like 'I'm only sleeping' ,which is STILL a work in progress. I'm getting closer, though....

[troubleclef]

pretty sure this one is drop-d

[mts12270]

Thanx, sensei - you're the best! I'm torn between tackling this, or 'You never give me your money'. I think the later might be a little easier, but still daunting none the less... grasshopper

[berad3]

Really nice!

[emo]

Niiiiice!

[peter1708]

Absolutely beautiful arrangement!

[sombdy31]

Can you teach me how to play that?

[SOUPENE]

SOUNDS SO DAMN RELAXING

[edgysound]

lol you've putten "ugly teeshirt" in the tags ?!

[edgysound]

wAW !! i should say waw !! it's one of these crazy arrangements ! congratulations and if someday you pass by montreal, I'd be happy to make the duet with you !

[dannybighair]

If you arranged this by yourself you are a ture genius

If not, then your a good player

Whatever you've done its very good

[mts12270]

I'm convinced you are not of this earth. It is impossible for one person to possess such talent. I watch all your vids, waiting to hear a SINGLE mistake in your playing. I still can't find one....

[terrierbw1]

So you know he's human, while playing "Lachrimae Pavan", at 3:20 he almost turned his foot stool over.

[mufasamusic]

Cool arrangement. I'd like to hear more of the vocal line, but this is good. Keep it up, I'll steal your arrangements....heh heh....

[chillzone38]

felt the same

[slideshowdiva]

love this. any way to get an MP3?

[Roger11733]

Wow ..... outstanding, if the tab is avalble, I'd be gratful to have it .....

[Dreamgirl3662]

wow this is awesome! great work!

[Khaliyl19]

Excellently Done! I'm Amazed!

[cwc380]

what a gift you have ... thank God

[jjmurphy33]

I LOVE the understated but "right on the money" chorus breakdown-

...I "cloud nine" when I want toooooo

....Out of school, yeah!!!

[abelisking]

purty (this is my son's - my handle is frunkdafried :-)

[kris242]

Hey you should really try doing Age of Aquarius by 5th Dimension. I think that would sound great with your arrangement. Great work on this one too. I love the classical/ blues fusion.

[troubleclef]

thanks. hey, that would be a good song to do.

[platinum01]

OMG i was completely thinking the same thing when i listened to this...you have to do it now!

[thejoshbennett]

I'd really dig an mp3 of this.

Just saying.

Great work :)

[troubleclef]

i don't have it in a different format, but there's various ways to download and save both audio and video from youtube. google for "mp3 youtube audio". thanks

[thejoshbennett]

Thanks for that.

Once again, great work :)

[bubejunkie]

steal this video using.. FLV player. once saved. use FLV player to save video as an mp3. done. i did that for Amy winehouses Valerie cover. works perfect.

[precinct]

Beautiful job mate. fantastic.

[tshooky73]

That was so darn good. I like singing and drums, but I wished so bad I could play acoustic like that. One of my favorites of all time. keep up good work

[blackenuf4ya]

Damn. I didn't know Keith Olbermann could play such a mean guitar. ;P

Seriously though, nice job, man.

[jeanrollan]

Great job!

[findsomename]

this is so good i listen to it every day in college and its a moment of freedom from my boring project thanks man

[troubleclef]

thank YOU

[mickspencer]

absolutely brilliant i really enjoyed that

thanks for sharing it

very soulful and clean love it

God Bless You

[Zelmozel]

Excellent piece. This speaks to something I've been longing for and that's a jazz tribute to the music of Sly Stone. Please someone grab onto this and run with it.

[marcotukoff]

it's wonderful, i sang together, thanxs from brazil!!!

[Khaliyl19]

Excellent Job! Gonna cop it chord for chord and note for note in the A.M.!

[mts12270]

my personal favorite of all his videos. his Beatles renditions are also fantastic!!!!!

[dockaiser]

Absolutely Perfect, all there is to say !

[umitka]

super very classss...

[kristorn]

beautiful playing and a beautiful piece, thats great, really, Sly is the best and the piece sound so great on the guitar, I am gonna try to play it from your video, if you dont mind, thanks

[Noor22000]

I was 11 when that song came out...this version reminded me of all the innocence and wonder I remember at the miracle of a summer day. Thanks a bunch! ;-)

[zangfred]

this is beautiful! thanks so much

[CharlesCoburn]

That was magnificent.

[nuyawk55]

that was sweet!!! God bless you man!

[dalvarez247]

OMG, that was beautiful. I am a musician/guitarist for over 25 years. I always have to stop and give credit where credit is due. Thanks for sharing it!

[berganhigh]

That was unbelievable....when I heard it really made

me appreciate having a love affair with music. I played it over and over and over again.....you took me to a better place....your soul must really be beautiful...thank you...again

[troubleclef]

thanks a lot.

[cianamja]

damn thats nice. relaxing

[TheShag69]

Damn dude. That's amazing...really nice job! You must be pretty good at the guitar...wish I could play that :)

[rjam1974]

Is it me or does this take me back to my young summerdays of playing with my tonka truck and huffy bicycle lol. I would drink from the waterfountain (prebottled water)when I finished getting dirty jumping homemade bike ramps.

[troubleclef]

<big smile> that sounds about right.  thanks!

[rjam1974]

I should let this be my morning song and night song before I go to bed. This song is about as close as you can get to a song of prayer. Why do I feel the need for ice cold lemonade lol? This song really feels like summertime

[woodcutter84]

Great!

[woodcutter84]

it's summertime!

[ecasarez]

WOw, that was amazing. It sounded great, and its one of my favorite songs.

[gibandy]

made my day!

[init4keeps2007]

wow cant believe this is from just one guitar!!!

[SydLennon79]

great job, never thought i would hear it like this. one of my all time favorites

[kevij]

That's nice in the summertime

[paigestarjane2]

dang - i was gonna post this as a bulletin on my myspace! you are awesome!!!

[chillzone38]

WOW!!! Man you did an excellent job with one of my favorite songs as a child of the late 60's early 70's...God bless....

[troubleclef]

thanks. yeah that's a great song. i've completely forgotten how to play it now.

[cruptbside]

Ohh KAYY...That did it. I'm subscribin!!! That was the ultimate smashining of funk, soul, classical, and just overall goo tast. U rock man!!!

[troubleclef]

thanks

[damexmetalhead]

DUDE! That was REALLY GOOD! i hope you do record it so i can hear it more often. It was so pretty.

[jeffA911]

Nice. How about Sly's Dance to the Music? You do everything else? That song would be a real kick coming from you! Your playing humbles me. :)

[mtownshortie101]

great. for more advanced guitar playing, do some Hendrix - purple haze, fire voodoo child, etc. I love sly and Hendrix but I don't know who is # 1 in my heart. I have been listening over 40 years and have seen them both live. Hendrix only once, june 6, 1970 but at least he showed up. Sly - 3 out of 6 times last time he did not show up was aug 1984 - Memphis. I quit fter that. Eljayallday

[Soul1fdad]

dang that sounds good...brought back a lot of memories..should record it...

[o2btan]

you are simply fantastic. your song choices are wonderful!..(especially this favorite o' mine...) please tell us where to get your cd???

[Honken]

You can't get more lyrical than that. Love how you played Larry's lyrics on the bass strings hahahaha. Excellent rendition, well played.

[troubleclef]

Thanks. "County fair in the country sun". That's my favorite part. cheers.

[Winston523]

great guitar playing. off topic, but why don't you do George Harrison's--(song)"far east man" on guitar? youtube has a video clip of Ronnie Wood doing it live;if you want to hear the song?it's got some real great sounding chords and is melodic.I can't find any tabs on the net for it.thanks.

[sfdead]

Nice job! why don't you do another video and tell us how to play it  :)

[sucabar]

Very cool indeed.

[maddhatter1965]

cool

[tiltlilit]

PLAY HYBRID MOMENTS OF MISFITS!!

[manotropio]

very very good, im love this music..great guy

[efunkadelic]

bravo... bravo... very enjoyable.  Takes you back to the day when funk & rock can co-exist.

[rjam1974]

I am a black man and your version makes me want to cry. I am thinking back to my childhood playing in the dirt in the summer with no cares in the world. It makes me think of a nice hot summer when families were out on old fashion picnics.

[Dukabor]

I'm right there with ya rjam.. white guy but let's just all sing together! That is an amazing version and I've been playing for 30 years..

[dollydagger1]

wow wow wow.WOW

[bubejunkie]

WOW. all you do is impress dude.. do you even know what sucking is? I'm sure you don't. Keep it up... i love this arrangement. Although i do think it would kick ass if someone came through that door and belted out the lyrics...haha!

[carolahb]

Whoda thunk an instrumental version (with one instrument, no less!) of this great classic could sound sooo good?! I loved it. Thanks for sharing.

[troubleclef]

thanks!

[86kiedisluver86]

tht ws beautiful

[o2btan]

wonderful!!! THANK YOU!

[Kampucheakrim]

Man, you play wonderful! Just remember, when you play the funk, everything is on the 'one'.

[lenskap]

Sly may have been a no-show, but you were there! Nice job, as usual.

[oxidi]

Oh oui !