Chicken Picking - Hybrid picking guitar solo instrumental by Larry Gladd

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for listening :)  I'm playing a G&L ASAT Signature

[1976cyclist]

Great pickin'!! Could not tell what "T" style guitar you're playing. Is that p90's??

[bluelibra65]

Dude you totally rock !

Thanks for sharing your awesome

Chicken picken

[gladdmusic]

@bluelibra65 Thanks a lot!

[AlbertoSteriofficial]

Loved this video....your tone and playing are amazing!

[getkristan]

Amazingly clean and plucky playing with a great melodic sense. All phrases should be 8 bar though?

[gladdmusic]

@getkristan thanks for listening

[schlimmeh]

I loved the use of the slower bends and licks punctuating the faster chicken picking. Really adds some taste to solo and i waaaay better than solos that just go hell for leather the entire time with no timing and spaces.

Great work - loved it.

[gladdmusic]

@schlimmeh hey man thx for the comment i liked it :)

[MrScottdock]

Dirty brother, sounds great I would love to learn that style.

[gladdmusic]

@MrScottdock Thanks for listening

[triplenaruto]

how can people say country music sucks?

[PeanutButterAndTele]

1:05 Very Nice Man Incredible

[gladdmusic]

@PeanutButterAndTele Thanks :)

[twogood4u2]

Awesome!!!! Holy shit, real burn house burning on that playing, hell now I want to put a brisket on my bbq. Rock On!!!!

[gladdmusic]

@twogood4u2 hahaha Thx a bunch for the comment

[kmower47]

Damn! took the meat right off the bone and left the bone in itty bitty bits. Buddy you need safety goggles when you're ripping that shit off.

[gladdmusic]

@kmower47 thx for a big laugh!!!

[hanzabass]

this is really great, thanks a lot !

[gladdmusic]

@hanzabass Thaks for listening.

[gladdmusic]

@LePooperTrooper Thx a bunch :)

[InterspeciesErotica7]

I'd love hear some country style chicken pickin on a metal track. Idk if it would sound good but it would defintely be interesting :)

[gladdmusic]

@InterspeciesErotica7 Thx man! Yeah I get a lot of comments from metal players interested in this style. This technique does get you access from one string to the other instantly!!

[softail1977]

@InterspeciesErotica7 listen to records by John5 who plays for Rob Zombie...he's a guitar genius, and fuses telecaster chicken pickin with metal

[VodooGuitarist]

I hate all the new mainstream country, and write all country off because of it, but this awesome bro!

[OZRIC1985]

Great stuff!!!

[gladdmusic]

@OZRIC1985 Thank you for listening!

[ralphcraddock]

top class holger top class.

[gladdmusic]

@ralphcraddock Thanks a bunch :)

[tuulenkoti]

yeeeehaaaw !

[gladdmusic]

@tuulenkoti hehe

[skp5506]

What kind of amp are you using and effects ?

[gladdmusic]

@skp5506 If memory is correct....I was playing live through a Behringer x-vamp through my recorder and monitors. I would have been using some distortion dialed back, compression and delay.

[ayokay123]

You think THIS is talent? Check out any of the vids by James Burton. Better yet, Tommy Emanuel.

[gladdmusic]

@ayokay123 Yeah those guys are great.

[michaellucianojr]

@ayokay123 I've checked those guys out. This is talent.

[gladdmusic]

@michaellucianojr Thanks man!

[SCwaterfowler08]

@ayokay123 yeah we think THIS is talent

[almoso94]

man i've got one word for you: AWESOME

[gladdmusic]

@almoso94 Thank for commenting!!

[greyfox451]

@gladdmusic tnx i'll check it out mate

[AriochTheDestroyer]

BLUEGRASS!!! that was awesome

[gladdmusic]

@AriochTheDestroyer Thx Man!!

[MischiefCON]

Fuck that was mind boggling Bro, Your the man...wish I could do that Daaaam

[gladdmusic]

@MischiefCON Thx for listening and commenting :)

[greyfox451]

Nice stuff man,usually i only like to play rock on my guitar but country has gotten my attention lately but idk where to start XD

[gladdmusic]

@greyfox451 Thx... I'd say start with the classics like Merle Haggard.

[bobgure]

@greyfox451 Not spamming here, but Doug Seven's instructional stuff really really helped my country chops. Great teaching vids. And his playing is out of this world.

[TheRuneOwnage]

Thanks for listening. I'm a blues fan too- big on Freddie King. It's a lot of scales and playing more than one note in the scale at a time (double stops). My advice is to play along with some old Merle Haggard stuff. Use the same scales you know but alter your tone and phrasing. Sultans of Swing is a good hybrid example. I hope this makes sense. Good luck.

[gladdmusic]

haha Thanks man!

[Stratozenfan]

Hey man.... your the shit:D

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for listening and commenting :)

[dougerify]

Very well done...very cool licks.

[skipper8257]

Really nice pickin there. Love it.

[gladdmusic]

hahaha Thanks for the comment. I enjoyed your bike videos, too!

[mymotorcycle5]

I'm heading out to KFC to celebrate this rockin vid. :)

thanks for posting!

[MischiefCON]

@mymotorcycle5 ahhh funny, Well said & a daaam good idea, i feel like a bit of KFC myself now too Bro

[TheRuneOwnage]

Thanks!!

[todeswalzer123]

amazing !

[Zackman432]

Real nice G&L, real nice playing

PICKIN LIKE A CHICKEN!!!!!!! Haha

Wut is that an ASAT special?

[gladdmusic]

@Zackman432 Thanks man! You nailed it on the guitar.

[Jesusfreak101Bemis]

Hey do you know of a site with tabs with Chicken pickin tabs?

[gladdmusic]

@Jesusfreak101Bemis Thanks for listening. Sorry, I don't know much about tabs. I know one of my favorite players (Ray Flacke) has some.

[scotty688]

inspirational! I wish I could play like that.

[TheRuneOwnage]

@scotty688 Hi Scotty Thanks for listening!!

[kimwafupump]

how do you place your right hand on the guitar...i mean the fingers...i just cant do it...can you tell me?

[gladdmusic]

@kimwafupump wrist on body of guitar...base of hand on bridge... thumb and forefinger hold pick on top string ready to downstroke...middle and ring and sometimes pinky rest undeneath the lower strings ready to pull up on them...hope this makes sense and helps

[Skicolorado75]

Best country solo on youtube....you are killin' it.

[gladdmusic]

@Skicolorado75  Wowww! Thanks for the comment :)

[Rikk303]

glorious

[gladdmusic]

@Rikk303  Thanks for commenting :)

[IamtheActionman]

Awesome!

Love the hybrid style

Been learning it myself for the past 8 months

[gladdmusic]

@IamtheActionman Thanks for stopping by :) Good luck.

[TheCountryPicker]

Just love the open string licks ... Great playin' fella ! Greetings from Brazil !

[gladdmusic]

@TheCountryPicker Thanks Countrypicker! Hello back to Brazil. Thanks for listening.

[iwishicouldsee]

I've commented on this video before, I just wanted to say again how much I like your playing. If you have a CD out I will happily buy it. All the best from the uk.

[gladdmusic]

@iwishicouldsee Thanks, that means a lot! I don't have any instrumental cd's, but if you privately send me your address I can send you something. Also...I have a few instrumentals posted on my space / gladdmusic Thanks again

[FreerunnerDave]

yet another person who doesn't use his pinkie finger......that shits me so much

[ShadowOfLight3000]

@FreerunnerDave Whatever works for a person.

[gladdmusic]

@ShadowOfLight3000 haha thanks for the backup. I guess he can tell that from a 2:11 video :)

[AxxxxxeI]

well, now ive got better in playing guitar, so that i might can play this nice song !

do u have any tabs or something? and what backtrack?

[gladdmusic]

@AxxxxxeI  Hi! Thanks for listening. Sorry, I don't have any tabs. The backtracking is original music I recorded at home.

[algildea]

sheer class! Nice one!

[gladdmusic]

@algildea Thanks!! :)

[porpoisefathom]

great playing five stars!

[gladdmusic]

@porpoisefathom Wow! Thanks for stopping by :)

[victovecter]

That was so cool. I'd love to learn how to do that.

[gladdmusic]

@victovecter Thanks for listening :)

[morticiansbassist]

dude... that was beyond amazing! do you by any chance have tabs?

i'm really getting into chicken picking and this sounds like a good thing to learn.. any tips?

cheers mate.

[gladdmusic]

@morticiansbassist Hey! Thanks for listening :) Sorry, I don't have any tabs. Tips? Listen to some old Merle Haggard, Ray Flacke. Concentrate on two strings at first. Try downstrokes with the pick and pulling up on the the string below with the tip of your middle finger. Good luck.

[doradoe091]

Awesome! I gotta learn some of this stuff! Wow :D I could listen to this all day long! Really nice playing dude :)

Rockin' Greetings from Germany!

[gladdmusic]

@doradoe091  Hello! Thanks alot for the comments. You made my day :)

[wonekawa]

nice...

[TheRuneOwnage]

@wonekawa Thanks for listening and commenting :)

[99ClickNote]

Very nice, is that a P-90 in the neck?

[gladdmusic]

@99ClickNote Thanks for listening. The pickups are just stock G&L.

[naccienac]

great technique you have :D Very nice!

[TheRuneOwnage]

@naccienac Thanks a lot :)

[kevland1]

Blazingly great! Love it.

[gladdmusic]

@kevland1

Thanks for commenting!

[kevland1]

Very, very nice - blazingly good!

[guitarzcool]

Magic, was never into this style but have decided I fancy a wee try. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Jim

[gladdmusic]

@guitarzcool

Thanks Jim. Good luck.

[maximilianC9]

yeeeeeeeeeeeehaw. that was pretty damn fine

[gladdmusic]

@maximilianC9 haha thanks :)

[stinkyrik]

Great stuff brother,it looks like your playing with just the flat pick is that so?.Fun stuff and i did pick up some of it

Thank

Rik

[gladdmusic]

@stinkyrik Hi Rik Yes I'm only using a flatpick. Thanks for listening.

[stinkyrik]

Great stuff brother,it looks like your playing with just the flat pick is that so?.Fun stuff and i did pick up some of it

Thank

Rik

[foolybop]

wow sounds like you have a B bender..... but it's just your sweet bends. I've been playing 20 years and I could never pull that stuff off.

this is awesome man.  I'm having a beer for the both of us!!

Post more videos

[gladdmusic]

Hey! You made my day! But you could do those bends, too.

[mechaman327]

Well done sir!

[gladdmusic]

Thank you, sir!

[Fendershred50]

thats not a fender telecaster is it?

[gladdmusic]

Nah. it's a G&L.

[highwaychile67]

not quite my style..but definetly some bad ass guitar skills dude...

[gladdmusic]

Thanks. I'm glad you checked it out :)

[migasaguiar]

wow. those are some serious pedal steel licks. i always liked this sound, but never got to play this style. any tips?

[gladdmusic]

Listen to some of the early Merle Haggard and cop some of those licks.

[rodgeComAu]

wow. Fantastic playing.

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for commenting :)

[G7flat5]

Nice solo! Nothin but respect for chickin pickers!

[G7flat5]

Great solo! I have nothing but respect for all the Chickin pickin guitar players.

[gladdmusic]

@G7flat5 Thanks for listening :)

[fraserbrycelaing]

cool man

[gladdmusic]

Thanks :)

[sporesmoldfungus]

What scale do you use for "chickn' pickn'" solos?

[gladdmusic]

I'm guessing a lot of chromatic and pentatonic. I'm not too sure about the names. Thanks for listening.

[tessjazz]

Man, you play nice!

Wich Tele is this?

[gladdmusic]

@tessjazz

Thanks for listening. This is a G&L Tele ASAT

[iwishicouldsee]

This is HOT! All the best from the uk.

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for listening and commenting. Best to you, too.

[cherOKeetag]

To my brother, I am still your biggest fan, always will be. You know what though? I thought you said it was called Cluckin Pluckin! Don't know where I got that idea. Anyway, you make me proud. You are as good as anybody I've ever heard. EVER. Love you.

Damn I wish I had inherited some of your talent!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks, sis, love you too. It does say "cluckin' pluckin'" over to the side of this page by the small pic.

[ChaosAngel092]

Oh mother of God.

That is brutal!

Thanks for uploading!

[gladdmusic]

"brutal"  Cool! Thanks, I've haven't heard that one.

[MrAntipunk123]

i normaly dont listen to country but awesome solo

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for the compliment.

[fiddleandstrum]

Smokin!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks, man!!

[ZeroCool2211]

legendary performance!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for listening!!

[1too12]

You must be from Tahlequah Ok. I live pretty close, in another Cherokee Land\town Collinsville. Great pickin, Albert Lee is my favorite. just trying to decide which tele to buy G&L or Fender and you popped up. thx for the song.

[TheRuneOwnage]

@1too12  Hello fellow Okie! Thanks for stopping and good luck on whatever you get.

[joelostrom86]

outstanding! wow, that was fantastic! i'll be coming back to this one to steal some licks, for sure! Enjoyed that very much!

Cheers!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks!! Steal away. I stole 'em all, too :)

[denim98]

My non-guitarists friends refused to believe me when i told them there's a guitar style called 'chicken picking' :D

[gladdmusic]

That's funny :)

[mightyluv]

Now THAT was cool! I especially like the open string run at 1:30. Thanks for posting, hope you don't mind if I practice against some of your vid (don't worry; I won't be stealing any of your thunder anytime soon).

[gladdmusic]

haha I stole all the licks I'm playing!! Thanks for listening.

[ChristRulz14]

AWESOME!!! And you have several of my favorite guitar pickers listed as some of your heroes (Albert Lee, Roy Nichols, Danny Gatton, Ray Flacke, James Burton). Are there any of the more current crop that you like their playing style? Other country pickers that I like are Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner and Eddie Perez (guitarist for Dwight Yoakam), just to name a few.

[gladdmusic]

Hey thanks!! Yeah, I like Steve Wariner and Vince Gill alot. I'm not familiar with Perez although I did like Pete Anderson. Thanks again for commenting.

[doublej706]

very good, friend.

How long have you been playing guitar? and what made made you decide to get into this style? and one last question.. how long did it take you to truly understand and be able to perform this style?

[gladdmusic]

Hi back, friend!

I've been playing over 30 years. I'm also into playing blues (big Freddie King fan) and classic rock and southern rock.

I got into this style from listening to guys like Ray Flacke, Albert Lee, Reggie Young.

How long to understand? Hard to answer. The notes and scales are such a mixture of all styles that some of it just fell into place. The right hand is what had to be developed the most

Thanks for asking..

[doublej706]

That's great. I'm a huge fan of the blues and sometimes I feel like it's being forgotten in today's choreographed-dance, multi-million dollar music video generation. I subscribed to your channel, so keep doing your thing and putting out good tunes, man. God Bless

[gladdmusic]

God bless you too :)

[AxxxxxeI]

i've listened to this clip again and again and again... it's just totally AWESOME ! :D

Can you make more guitar videos? Would've been cool :D

rock in peace !

[gladdmusic]

Thanks man!! Glad you liked it. I've been threatening to make another.

[gdaron1988]

Oh Man!You're absolutely fantastic!I very want to play songs like this,can you send me some guitar tabs like this?I would be very happy,please.Thank you!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for the comments! :) Sorry, I don't have it tabbed.

[santulchix]

wow, cool man! Do you have a particular guitar inspirator? Have you made also a guitar course, would be nice to see all these patterns at slow motion! Congratulations and thx!

[gladdmusic]

Hey...thanks for the comments!!

My guitar heroes are my dad and brother. Also...Freddie King, Reggie Young, Ray Flacke, Molly Hatchet, Tommy Crain, Roy Nichols, James Burton, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee.

[niverent]

Sounds great. Would you be able to do that on a strat?

[gladdmusic]

I could play it on a strat but it wouldn't have that same twang. Who knows, some might like it better on a strat :) Thanks for listening.

[afaith1040]

yeah all very well! but can he play smoke on the water or stairway to heaven,lol.

just kidding, youare brilliant!

[gladdmusic]

haha I can get by on Smoke On The Water but I never learned Stairway to Heaven!!! Thanks :)

[bplayer47]

Holy Crap !!! *throws my tele against the wall" lol if only i could come even close to that. WTG

[gladdmusic]

haha Thanks for stopping by.

[rarebikes88]

that really sounded good!

[gladdmusic]

thanks for the comment!!!

[smdutton]

wow, amazing picking technique :) you should do a lesson!!

[gladdmusic]

Thanks for the comment!!