John Sebastian Teaches You Didn't Have To Be So Nice

Learn to play some of the most enduring hits in the history of rock and roll! Get the full DVD download of "John Sebastian Teaches Eight Lovin' Spoonful Hits" here:
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John Sebastian guides you through nine of his classic songs, teaching the chord progressions, bass lines, strums and fingerpicking techniques that will enable you to play these good-time tunes with relative ease.
With his affable good humor and impeccable musicianship, John points out the small nuances that will help you simulate the instruments and sounds you heard on the original recordings. He adds insights into the music and some delightful tidbits of rock history based on four decades of experience in the music business.

Most of the arrangements on this lesson are in the basic C chord position, giving you a musical education in how to get a lot out of a few simple chords and some subtle ideas. You'll have lots of fun adding great songs to your repertoire.

Songs on this DVD include: Do You Believe in Magic, Daydream, Summer in the City, Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind, Nashville Cats, You Didn't Have to Be So Nice, Welcome Back, Younger Girl, Darling Be Home Soon.

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[homespuntapes]

You never know until you try.

[homespuntapes]

Thanks for checking out this sample. It's a really great video. He teaches acoustic arrangements of his songs and shows some very cool songwriting tricks along the way. I'm a pretty seasoned player and gleaned some interesting things from the lesson.

[donatus1987]

what kind of guitar is he playing?

[homespuntapes]

I believe it's a Collings sunburst with Gibson-style body. Collings makes beautiful instruments. If you ever have the chance to try one out, you should.

[allegradrums]

One of the best songs ever written.......

I listen to the original atleast once a week to remind me of what great music I encountered as young musician. It lives to this day. No tatoos. No one note rap. No garbage about filthy humans.. Simply...."You didn't have to be so nice. I would have liked you anyway." Thanks John...... Music pre Bullshit.

[alienhuman]

This is not only instructional, but also historical... kinda like a video history book.

[usrphil77]

Sadly, John is showing us how to play the song in the Key of C...he originally sang it in E but I think his voice isn't what it was back then. If you find the videos on them up here, you'll see what I mean

[ThePaddyjoejr1]

@benoit4reel Not really, I've been playing Since 1967 when I was 11 years old(I'm 55 Now,I'll be 56 On: 1/2/2012)!

[juan58102]

Well... tears are coming from my eyes.... where are my younger years!!!! How much we enjoyed with these guys!!! In Chile .. in the beach.... my friends playing soccer!!

[ateras360]

Younger Generation is the best song he ever wrote but unfortunatly he will never play it again....:( He said since he had kids he refuses to play it but you would think that mabye he would say ok this song is something I wrote but it isnt how I really feel?

Nah me either LOL

[crazysingingchick]

Holy crap!!! Did I really just get taught guitar by John Sebastian himself? SWEET!!! He's one of the true greats. :)

[garybrownbeat]

@benoit4reel Do it! The wonderful thing about guitar is that a simple chord or an easy single note line can sound beautiful and be satisfying. Yes, guitar playing can get very complicated and advanced, but, you can also find peace and healing in strumming some simple chords!

[SuperSandman27]

Genious, genious, genious...

[punknol]

ha Ha, I wonder how many people darted after the intro chord prog and didn't stick around for the triphammer being dropped.

[afropuffjake]

As much as I enjoyed John's instructional on how to play this song on your own, I would LOVE to find a video that shows how to play the triplet run going on in the background of the original song... My band has two guitarists and I can play guitar as well so I think covering this song could be loads of fun if we could get more parts figured out than just the chords and main riff... This song still owns nonetheless though haha :D!!