Tutorial: Jack's "Smokestack Lightning" from VH1's "Ball and Biscuit"

[MrDarknightRaider]

song made by howlin wolf fuck yeah

[secretagentYTer]

I can imagine a non-guitar player seeing your shirt and wondering why the hell you have a shirt that says "big muff"

[CletusColtrane]

It's Hubert Sumlin, you need to go back to blues school

[kstoughton]

Nice big muff shirt

[reesemitchell]

SMOOOOOOOKKKEEE SAAAATTCCCKKKK LIGHTINGGG!!!!

[bkershaccount]

can you please do a lesson for the song ball and biscuit. there are only covers and the tabs are crap. please!

[co11egeboy]

Thank you!

[skooleskool]

i'm pretty sure the smokestack lightning riff was inspired from the likes of john lee hooker etc.

[WonderLure42]

@skooleskool Howlin Wolf

[skooleskool]

@WonderLure42 i said "inspired". as in howlin wolf was inspired by jlh

[GilliganRocks]

@WonderLure42

No, Wolf's version is in the same key of E

[knaakepaak]

Thanks for this vid! I´ve been looking for a good Smokestack Lightning lesson for ages now, and now I finally can play it! Thanks to this vid,

Cheers!

[skrobeck]

Dont call it "Jacks" -it's not jack's, it Howl'n Wolf's

[WonderLure42]

@skrobeck: the riff formation Jack uses; not the writing of the riff. Wolf used a higher key.

[rwebb61]

@skrobeck

Don't call it Howlin' Wolf's. Its not Howlin' Wolfs, it's Charlie Pattons. he taught it to Wolf when he was still called Chester. So there.

[CletusColtrane]

@rwebb61

Lol, wrong......It's not Chesters riff, it's Huberts

[supatavi]

@skrobeck It's Hubert Sumlin's riff



[Cryptykk]

Very nice. I've been looking for the Howlin Wolf version but this sound just like his. Thanks.

[Aydee2020]

cool

[timrocket2008]

What about the solos in that song? Do you know them also? I would like to play them.

[jvernezze]

Very comprehensive, just dont forget to thump the low (E)nd.

[Trevguy00]

damn that is an awesome easy to learn lick thank you very much!

[WonderLure42]

Yeah, it's a cool one, isn't it? Fun to play and throw into any 1-4-5 blues song based on E.

[CHRISTIAN593]

i like  ,its good!

[millball]

Thanks so much. 5 *'s

[OhYeah729]

keep that low E thumping with your thumb

[claytoncoyne]

Big Muff t-shirt? Nicely done sir.

[guitarpopstar]

Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for that. :)

[jlaszutko2000]

thanks for the cool riff. Can never have enough of those