Funky R&B solo guitar: Macy Gray's "Why Didn't You Call Me"

More fun with a Macy Gray R&B tune for the discerning lead riff aficionado. This is what I call the "rifferiffic" version. Blues'd out, blissed out, bagged, shagged & tagged, this lonely derelict example of some of my most rifferiffic guitar playing sits unviewed in a sea of flashy, faster videos. Funk guitar? Blazing metal leads? Not here, just pure groovy satisfaction, presented in my inimitable signature ragged sense of rhythm. (Go on, try to imitate it. I dare you.) Aspiring guitarists take note: once, I was like you, a beginner with a vast panoply of options before me, a worldly man, seduced and jaded by material things. Always practice with a metronome, or risk the consequences you see before you.

I think my leg is asleep.

As always, apologies for my vocals.

ALERT: Ok, seeing as how this video is getting like no views, I'm gonna point out: It has nothing to do with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Hannes Coetzee, dancing on treadmills, Timbaland, or playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on ukelele. C'mon, man, I don't like this any more than you do. I'm just trying to get my jam seen. Rate it, while you're here, make me feel loved. Look how dark my room is. I need it.

Thanks!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• macy
• gray
• cover
• funk
• rock
• R&B
• blues
• acoustic
• lead
• guitar
• riffs
• music

[shicox]

too funky for myself!

[GuitaristInProgress]

@shicox :-) Thanks.

[TennyPudding]

Man, he's got skills with the guitar and vocals!!  :D

[GuitaristInProgress]

@TennyPudding I think you were being overkind on the vocals... but thanks a lot!

[Lokiokius]

So cool man) 5/5

[GuitaristInProgress]

@Lokiokius Thank you very much!

[guitarchitectural]

dude, watch out... your sideburns are trying to get into your mouth!

otherwise, nice stuff! wish I could tap something to it though, seems as though you miss the implied beat a couple of times ;)

[habbokulen1]

wow! Nice!

[SugaInDaRaw]

A unique approach to the instrument and the dark room adds some mystery to your technique. Cool keep jammin

[GuitaristInProgress]

@houseofcitrus3 Thanks for the compliment. Ack... I'm sorry I didn't see your comment sooner. I don't even remember how to play it now. But I probably just originally found the chords using Google.

[GuitaristInProgress]

@hobokenny5 Hey, thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed.

[GuitaristInProgress]

@ModernPrimatives Nah, I had a gig on Pirate Cat Radio last year (there's a link to it in the info on my channel page) but other than that it's just on YT.

[GuitaristInProgress]

@globinsa Late reply, but, thanks for saying so!