Grateful Dead Guitar Lesson: 7-4-89 Deal Solo – Lesson 2

Part 2 of a 12 part course on how to play Jerry Garcia's awesome solo from the 7-4-89 Deal with the Grateful Dead. For the free & printable tab of this whole solo, keep scrolling down. In this lesson, you will learn the guitar techniques that Jerry Garcia uses when improvising. You'll also learn [...]

By |2017-06-07T20:50:29-04:00June 3rd, 2017|Chord Melody, Song Studies|

Grateful Dead Guitar Lesson: 7-4-89 Deal Solo – Lesson 1

Part 1 of a 12 part course on how to play Jerry Garcia's awesome solo from the 7-4-89 Deal with the Grateful Dead. For the free & printable tab of this whole solo, keep scrolling down. In this lesson, you will learn the guitar techniques that Jerry Garcia uses when improvising. You'll also learn [...]

By |2017-06-02T20:39:22-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Jerry Garcia Guitar Lesson: 7-4-89 Deal Solo with Tab

In this lesson, we'll look at Jerry Garcia's first two solos from Deal, from July 4, 1989.  I'll provide an analysis of the chords in the song, and we'll discuss the melodic techniques that Jerry uses in his licks.  We'll talk about what makes Deal so challenging to play over, and how Jerry Garcia [...]

By |2017-06-01T18:21:38-04:00June 1st, 2017|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|

Jerry Garcia Guitar Lesson – Me and My Uncle Solos Analyzed

In this lesson we’ll take both of Jerry Garcia’s solos on “Me & My Uncle” from 4-24-1978 with the Grateful Dead, and break them down into 13 different licks. You’ll learn why this solo sounds as good as it does, and more importantly, you’ll learn how you can use these ideas in your own solos! [...]

By |2017-04-11T09:24:12-04:00March 29th, 2017|Song Studies, Tune Breakdowns|
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