Sweet Home Ala. / All Summer Long piano lead tutorial

[thaibaud]

Fuckin' best version of that solo on Youtube!!! Thanks a lot man!

[simon4tw]

There are some weird comments on here. I am Swedish and I understand this 100% and I'm sure most people do. The slight "southern" accent just adds to the flavour of the song :D

This is a very good tutorial - you're not going super-slow like many other tutors do, neither do you split the lesson into several videos (that's really annoying).

[mikeyb8365]

@simon4tw Thank you for the great comment Simon4tw . . . glad you enjoyed it and could understand it . . . some people just can't follow it . . . owe well

[EricWatkins7]

Hey Mikey,

Thanks so much for your help! I am a pretty good player but I've never been good at this style at ALL and this video is really going to help me a bunch. Great video! Thanks again :)

[itsch76]

I just joined a band and have to learn Sweet Home Alabama. This really helps me to get along with the solo part as fast as it´s possible. A big "Thanks" for this from Cologne.

[salol44]

after listening to all the crap out there(on youtube) it is great to hear something good

[coolguy23ize]

emovideomaker999: every body has an acsent and we cant all be the same, you sound like that you expect everyone's acsent to be all full american.

mikeyb8365: nice tutorial, i like the song you picked out.

[mikeyb8365]

@coolguy23ize . . . . thank you , glad you enjoyed it 

[frankenstrat25]

all summer long by kid rock is basically werewolves of london by warren zevon and sweet home alabama. put together.

[ElmoPiano]

The sheet music for Billy Powell's "Sweet Home Alabama" piano solo can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm.

[emovideomaker999]

nice tutorial. but u sound like a major redneck lol

[mikeyb8365]

@emovideomaker999 . . .just asking , but why would you get on here and make fun of the way I talk . . . I'm just trying to share my knowledge with people and I'm trying to help other musicians out . . . I'm from Ohio and if thats what you concider to be major rednck country then I guess I'm the biggest . . . . thank you for thinking it was a nice tutorial

[paraglide01]

@mikeyb8365

Hi Mike, I want to thank you for taking the time and effort to put this tutorial on youtube.

[tanyaalota]

Thank you for putting up a good piano tutorial. Everybody else's was awful. Awesome!

[releasethehounds72]

need "if the house is a rockin" that would be great! Thanks for all!

[sem785]

I LOVE ALL SUMMER LONG

thanks for tha tutorial man, i've been looking for something like this and then U came from Heaven.

thanks again!

Sem785

[urwerling]

Thank You - Kind regards from Bavaria!

[rctuba]

thanks - really helped

[jarhead1857]

yeah theyre weighted

[csaf4404]

THX man i needed 3h to learn this

thx a lot

[rockyfreak0063]

are your piano keys weighted? i can't tell by the view of the camera but this was an excellent video you should make some more.

[mikeyb8365]

@rockyfreak0063 yes they are weighted . . . Roland FP5 . . . Thank you for the comment

[ianfishmaya]

Great Tutorial, thanks very much. Have you ever thought about doing Dixie Chicken by Little Feat. Some great little licks there but impossible to work out! All the best Ian

[unowho3]

Thank You!

[thejazzmusic11]

thank you so much :)

I really appreciated your tutorial

[KBDProductionsTV]

I love the cricket in the background.

I also love the tutorial, thanks

[mikeyb8365]

lmao . . . its really not a cricket , that's a drummers seat that I'm sitting on and when it moves it squeaks , guess I need to use WD-40 on it . . . thanks for the comment

[noelcon]

Thaat was great lesson...I wrote it all down in my own notation...I sholud be able to learn it in a few weeks. Please, Please do " Call me the Breeze" in a lesson like that also, Thanks very much

[coldplayrocksearth]

THATS THE BEST TUTORIAL FOR THIS SONG

[mikeyb8365]

Thank you very much , I'm glad you enjoyed it

[crosscountryvideos]

wow mike that's awesome! great tuturial video

[bajoverga]

you are the shit! i love the crickets ;)

[PhilFeedback]

Cool

[shortdogginc]

Thanks!

[mikeyb8365]

Just To let everyone know , I play by ear and for me to sit down and figure out exactly what notes to play would take a lot of time for me . I've never learned a song by reading notes so that's all new to me and not the way I learn . Thank you to all

the people who have left comments and I apologize to those who wanted the notes . just use the pause button , watch me closely and carefully listen to what I play , train your ear to hear the notes and become a better musician from it .

[koekoekwarrior]

I finaly know how to play the solo! Thanks a lot!

[qwiklikebunni]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!

[lui7654321]

thx thx thx so much! you and billy (RIP billy) relly ROCK!

[Filippomannen]

thx alot man

[Thompsonjd3]

i've been tryin to find a tutorial for the part of the solo that you decided not to do that billy powell plays as the song fades out...think you could do one of that small bit?

[DemoversionNL]

I need exactly what Thompsonjd3 meant, I really need it as well :O

If you could do that for us, you'd be God for me for like... 4 days

[bigchickenfu]

is this an example of 'barrelhouse' blues?

[ro33han]

cheers so much for this, ty, i think i learnt it :D

[fendermetal666]

man fuck kid rock, Billy Powell forever

[FreddieMercurywwry]

wow thats pretty damn good

i learn alot of my piano songs and improvisions like this, this is a great way of learn but can i suggest to sperate into parts so u have a video for part 1 and a video for part 2 and so on, so then we can go through the song section by section and try and do it a bit slower

and i can see that ur a good pianist by the way u hold ur hands when ur playing, but if u flaten ur hands so ur finger arnt covered it would make it easier for us 2 see the note ur playing tony

[werner6900]

Vielen Dank! War echt gut!!

[paintballguy169]

it was pretty good, but you gotta slow down alot like at the section at 3:25 you went through that realy fast

[flggngmlly91]

I really like this solo and I have been looking for a video like this for a long time. Thank you very much for putting it all together. By watching the video slowed down I was able to copy down all of the notes and now I can play it. Thanks a lot.

[Iamutube12]

ur the best

[littlechef802]

what's up with the chirping in the background???

[Furbymole]

Best tutorial I have seen.. Kudos... Keep them comming! :)

[christianMAN111]

wow man thanks so much for making this video

[borat72747]

can you send me the notes please

[poechi203]

cool!!!

[erdepadomilano]

Real good!!! All my compliments from Italy!!!

[Joseph88keyz]

I love Roland keyboards.Billy Powell is such an awesome player and none of his riffs are easy.That walk down always stumped me so thank you for clarifying the notes!(could ya put together a "call me the breeze" solo tutorial?)

[abaker211]

great job but it was hard to follow your hands because its hard to read the notes! could you please send me the notes! that would be great! thanx and once again..good job!!!

[sandrabkl1]

amazing video

you are really good

can you send me the notes please??

[thehoodedhoody2]

hey cheers 4 the tutorial i have just about managed 2 play it 2 the best of my limited ability now, and it sounds gud, but still not as gud as urs, ur a legend, cheers

[missread12]

You did a great job on the video for the tutorial. I know how hard you worked to learn it..It payed off.

[erniboy123]

Thanks for taking your time to show this great solo.Well explained!

Thanks!

[NickelsAndCrimes]

Thank you so much for this. Really appreciate it!

[iverygirl]

Thanks a ton! Playing this one this weekend myself and your tutorial is a big help...keep up the great work!!!

[swgebw]

this is terrific mikey, thanks heaps, it's been too long trying to find someone who makes sense of this legendary solo piece:)

[yamahanord]

kool mickey thanks for your efforts on the keys

[Polismajster]

That's what I've been looking for. Great ;)!

[jrod17sports]

thank you very much...i almost have it....this is an amazing video!

[kwebb07]

Thanks Mikey, that's great! You make it very easy to pick up and follow. Good on you :-D

[captaindavyjones91]

thanks im tryin to learn this and this really helps!

[5882869]

thank you so much. you are my hero. I have been waiting for this. you are the coolest.

[thehoodedhoody2]

thats amazing thank u, i am now gonna spend the rest of my life learning this bit lol. such a cool lead. cheers man.