Solo Guitar #1 - One Red Rose That I Mean (Captain Beefheart)

[spookyglove]

Neat. One of my all time favourite songs. I tried the link to download the tab music to try it for myself but dont read music :-( Is it available in guitar tablature format anwhere? 

[MrVisitor2]

You might like a video tribute to the Captian by a guy called Ian Staples, guitarist with an avant rock outfit called Red Square ,it's an improvisation in the style of Trout Mask Replica.

[calbrow1]

I've just had a go at this too, have a look. Nice epi.

[ombowstring1]

Matt, do some more Beefheart, like Dali's Car and A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamiond. Also, if you'd like to give the Beefheart treatment to my songs -- search YouTube for ombowstring1 -- I'd like to hear it.

[timpani25]

man, super stuff. thanx so much! a 42

[MattLeGroulx]

@timpani25

thank you!

[suereed]

pretty good.

[alanpitfall]

A breath of fresh air to hear and see you doing this lovely tune - Thank You!

[3rdcoastnyucka]

Great job. I love seeing newer generations being inspired by the Capt.

[mrtguitar]

really excellent.  i hope bill harkleroad gets to see you play this...

[gator9700]

Bravo garçon ! Tu joues très bien.

Il y a plusieurs perles dans les vidéos que tu as sauvegardés, notamment Talking Heads à Rome.

Bonne chance pour Peon et Evening Bell. Si tu présentes tout ça dans un petit concert à Montréal, j'y serai.

[risingpower]

Great job man, you really pulled it off. Quite a toughie.

[LOOKN450]

Yeah, there are 2 or 3 spots in "Evening Bell" that are absolutely disarming. Still, it's great to see that people like yourself are still appreciating the CB stuff. You get an "E" for effort dude. Keep up the good work.

[LOOKN450]

I'm happy to see that people even set out to play these songs. Great job!! Can you play "Evening Bell" from Crow.

[MattLeGroulx]

god, no. i did start learning it but, jesus, that's a really tough one.

thanks for the comment.

[13WillSullivan]

@LOOKN450 can you check out my take of peon? It was a bitch to learn so some feedback good or bad would be nice!

[bleedingalbatros]

Absolutely amazing. You have nailed this song down to the note,

This version makes me very happy.

Thanks man.

[foathkent]

i dont know how you would of had the patience to learn how to play that dewd. very awesome foyve stars

[Mattswad]

Wow Matt...that was amazing...you "have it" man! I hope to hear more! Thanks for sharing & keep up the great work!

[LauryWard]

you have feel man

[LauryWard]

That was cool! I love how your guitar sounds.

[fornebu]

Okay Matt, maybe it wasn't the best of the best performances, it's all right and I do think that it's great for selecting this great music! Thank you for doing that....I wish Bill would sit down in front of a camera and re-record this piece once for YouTube...or Jeff Moris Tepper because he did great versions too!....Beefhearts' guitarinstrumentals belong to the best guitarmusic ever made as far as I am concerned.... what about Gary Lucas playing "Evening Bell" and "Flavor Bud Living.....thanks!

[senator200]

Nice !

[herzogsbuick]

Wow man! That was great, I'll bet you have the percussive strikes in the middle down by now, brilliant

[MattLeGroulx]

actually, i don't think i've played it even once since i recorded this so it's all out of whack by now!

thanks for the comment. and that goes for everybody who's left comments!

[mieprowan]

I like it.

[killalltheyuppies]

great job man. Difficult stuff. My love for the captain brought me to this video. Thanks, it made my day :)

Keep on playin'

[thesmokinukulele]

A valient effort. I'm still working on this one myself, and it's fiendishly difficult, so well done.

[alargedog]

nice work i know how hard this classic is 2 play

[lycheelassi]

great, man. respect!

[ericswenson17]

bill harkleroad is my guitar teacher and he is mind blowing. good work

[djcharlson]

Thanks. I have a boring personal poem about this Beefheart gem.

[tommyhc]

Very cool!!

[risingpower]

great job man, thats some hard shit to play

[myfanniejigglesaboot]

fuck yeah

[danny10856]

Hey man, this is great! Good job. I tried to play this tune by ear when it first came out, did not get very far. I wish you could teach it to me! I wish I could find that Beefheart song about my house is my only head unless it rains on youtube. I would send it to everyone! Keep up the good work, and THANK YOU!  Best wishes, Danny

[gotears2listen]

Very nice sound - BRAVO!

[Triplesod]

Great to hear this and you did a good job, nice one mate!

I used to work for the Beefheart site (YT won't allow site addresses but I obviously mean the main one, where you got the tab) for a little while and transcribed a few songs (The BozBoz), a few I didn't even get chance to upload. I would love to start transcribing for them again. Do you fancy giving it a go yourself, Matt? The more Don's music available, the better!

[Xylojp]

Emotionless. Music is more than just notes.

[Triplesod]

Well, I'd love to hear you pouring your soul out, while attempting to sound anything like Mr Zoot Horn Rollo!

When are we going to get [i]that[/i] video, mate?

[ncghost]

Great job on this. I love these late-period solo Beefheart guitar pieces.

[MattLeGroulx]

Thanks, me too. I'm currently working on Evening Bell and Peon with Dan who's in Tiny Iota.

[adrianafitz]

Simply beautiful.

[MattLeGroulx]

Thank you.

[liamev21]

im sorry man but you absolutely murdered that one. well done for workin it out tho.

[MattLeGroulx]

yeah, i know, i completely fucked it up! it's nothing like beefheart's original piano recording of it.

[rdnzl7878]

i liked it! where can i find don's original? on which album?

[MattLeGroulx]

i was just fucking with liamev21. as far as i know don's original piano recording has not been available i any way to the public ever.

if you ever find it, though, let me know!

and thanks for liking it!

[twolunches]

Do you train spot as well?

[MattLeGroulx]

I do not.

[rattatouie]

Nice one Matt! do you have the notation for that or did you work out yourself? impressed. (fireparty) chris.