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Mick Taylor Style Lead – Advanced and Easy – EP135

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In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a lead on electric guitar that was inspired by the great Mick Taylor. Mick Taylor is a very underrated guitar player and has made significant contributions to the world of rock and blues, playing with the great John Mayall and The Rolling Stones. I wanted to create an electric lead guitar lesson that was accessible to everyone, so the first time through the solo is more advanced and the second time through is much easier.

Easy Lead (Part 2)

Advanced Lead (Part 1)

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Comments

    • Dan P says

      Hi MJR. Have to totally agree. The Mick Taylor years produced the best Stones sound for me to! That edge of blues guitar stood out a mile.
      Still have much respect for the Jones / Richards / Jagger contributions as well.

  12. madams says

    Hi Brian,

    I can’t wait to start learning this one.

    As I was reading the description and listening to the solo, I also thought of Mike Bloomfield. He would be another great one to style a lesson after.

    Thanks for all the great work you do on our behalf.

    Michael

  13. sierrabravo says

    Just want to say thanks. Want to agree with others that the two levels is a good idea. The easy is in my wheel house – with lots of practice. The advanced is going to be a challenge and make me stretch. This is perfect for where I am at. Great job.

    You were concerned that the advanced had lots of notes and it was different than you’ve taught before. Don’t worry. It may be ironic but anyone considering the advanced lesson is probably not going to needs lots of coaching – just walk us through it – we’ll be fine. The tab and slow play through is the key to advanced lessons – IMHO.

  17. ajwoot says

    I for one prefer dedicated lessons. I understand you’re trying to appeal to all skill levels but you have difficult,easy,fast,slow this is for you and that is for the others. It’s not inspiring to me but just the opposite. Anyway, you’re an excellent guitar player and teacher and I look forward to your lessons. This one is just not my favorite is all.

  19. Bill W2 says

    Excellent. Thank you for working so hard on this lesson. Well thought out and executed. I especially liked the unexpected bar 14 that took you back to the open position. There’s a unique (to me at least) sound created when you highlight the 7th fret with strings 4, 3 and 2 resolving on the “E” 2nd string @ 5.

    I’ve been out of action nursing at strain where my left (fretting) thumb meets the wrist. Again.,..many many thanks.

  20. madams says

    After going through both the advanced and easy lessons, I do prefer the old way of teaching. I found that lesson was disjointed and harder to follow.

    Regarding the advanced part, I think you were just off a little, which happens to all of us 🙂 It seemed like you unsure of material or how to present it. You have done a great job with complex solos with lots of notes before. For example, EP040 was great!

    I also love that you are continually working to improve your lessons and site so that we can all be better guitar players.

    One of my favorite changes was adding the rhythm parts. I would prefer that over having multiple levels of difficulty.

    Best,
    Michael

  22. brian-belsey says

    I thought combining easy and more advanced parts in the same lesson worked really well, and seems a great way of pleasing as many of the customers as possible. Working through the second video I lost count of how many times I had to retune after the bends! How do guys who do this on stage manage? I know Robert Cray switches guitar after each song, but I have the tuning from hell after a few bars.

  25. madams says

    Hi Brian,

    After working on the advance solo over the weekend, I was able to learn and play it a little faster than the slow walk through. My goal over this week is to get it up to the speed of the backing track.

    So your teaching of this complex and notey solo was effective 🙂

    Michael

  26. Bret S says

    Mick Taylor also sprinkled his magic all over the 69 to 73 Stones, which is hands down my favorite version of the stones! No offense to Woody but Mick would rip off some leads that would make Keef’s jaw drop open. A great example if you haven’t listened to it is the recently released Brussels Affair (1973) is a live album compiled from two shows recorded in Brussels on 17 October 1973 in the Forest National Arena. They caught the band at the end of the tour and to say they were in the groove is an understatement. The brussels affair is the best live recording of the Mick Taylor era. The audio quality is amazing. Listen to Micks lead on You can’t always get and his interplay with Keef on Rambler. They were the hottest band in the world and this recording proves it.

  29. graham.gmartin@btinternet.com says

    Love this, Brian! I first heard MT with John Mayall in about 1968 just before he joined the Stones. Those who haven’t heard it (there can’t be many) take a listen to Blues from Laurel Canyon. He was what, about 20 at the time? And i agree with others that he took the Stones to new heights with his playing and all round musicianship. Thank you so much for doing this. Although it may be tough for me, you have captured the essence of his playing style really well.

  31. Manley says

    Wow, got my strat back today and sat around and played through the tab before viewing the video. Let me tell you without the video I’d still be lost.
    Really fun but challenging lesson.
    More! More!

  33. sunjamr says

    Maybe I’ve arrived at some new level – finally. After nearly two years as a Premium Member, I actually found the advanced part not that difficult. For me, the hardest part is just memorizing the sequence of notes. I’m wondering how many MB are left on my brain’s hard drive….. I do find it helps a lot to listen to the song until I can hear it entirely in my head.

  37. John P says

    Hi Brian,
    Just wanted to let you know that I’m very happy with the lessons, tabs, and mp3s.
    I was really glad to see a Mick Taylor style lesson. He’s one of my most influential lead guitarists.
    In my opinion he played on almost all my favorite Stones albums. Anyway keep up he great work!
    Thank You,
    John

  38. Elvisf16 says

    If y’all get a chance, compare Mick Taylor’s solos on the 1971 Stones’ Dead Flowers and Bob Dylan’s Sweetheart Like You, from the Infidels album. Sweetheart features Mick and Mark Knopfler on guitar, but the solo is Mick’s. I love Mick Taylor’s melodic sensibility, so this was a great lesson for me and a great job by Brian as usual.

  40. Bruce C says

    Man I wish you would do a lesson on the tune called “slow blues” from Mick Taylors self titled 1979 release. I love his playing, phrasing & tone on that song. I’m sure I’m not the only one that would love to learn some of those licks.

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