I'm not sure if I have heard of pee wee Clayton, but I know who he us now thanks to this video, love the song and the way it's recorded, thank Damian!
@DaveFromTyler
2 күн бұрын
yeah... thanks, young man...
@MarkRhodesSongs
2 күн бұрын
I vote for "borrowed." Lennon and McCartney (like many of their peers in England) loved American blues / R&B records and sought them out. I hadn't thought about the "Helter Skelter" connection but you're on to something there too. I don't think there's anything wrong with this: songwriters put things they learn from others into their own songs. It's really what it's all about: tying together influences to make "your own thing." If we weren't knocked out by music as kids, we wouldn't become musicians at all, and as we find our way on the instrument, we stumble on things we heard our heroes did and we think, "That's great---I want to use that!"
@alfredgudys4996
2 күн бұрын
🔥🎸 John borrowed that lick for sure, he always studied the old school Rock'n'Roll, not only Chuck Berry! Damian, many thanks for this great lesson and the inspiring trip to history of music 🇩🇪👍
@thomasharlan7356
2 күн бұрын
Thank you for shining a light on the great Pee Wee Crayton, Mr. Bacci. His lead guitar style is sure to appeal to fans of both T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry. In fact, I can picture a young Chuck Berry learning the sliding sixth and ninth licks off of Pee Wee's great T-Bone Walker-inspired 1948 instrumental single "Blues After Hours", later applying them to songs like "Memphis, Tennessee". He is one of those players that cause me to ask, "Why didn't I discover him and his wonderful music sooner?" Ah well ... Better late than never. Hope that all is well with you and take care!
@D_Morse
2 күн бұрын
Mr. Crayton, another gem revealed by Damian! Thanks, brother.
@roughcutguitars
2 күн бұрын
What a fantastic deep dig, Damian. Great work! The Beatles never strayed too far for too long from the 50s r&r canon that inspired them from the start, but hearing this stuff in that context makes it all the more evident. And how classic is that riff- minus the distortion - in so many early Mississippi slide tunes??? Again, context. Rock - and dig on, my friend.
@dakidd729
Күн бұрын
Congratulation on 100,000 subscribers Damian!!! Great video, as always!
@montymason1647
2 күн бұрын
Excellent history and analysis. Damien, as a former professional guitarist , I've been checking your posts for over a decade: digging your mix of loopy humour, encyclopedic knowledge of the swing and jump blues roots of rockabilly, and I really commend both your increasing fluidity in and tutorials in swing and even bop jazz stylings. History. Knowledge. Skill. Diversity. Sure looks and sounds like Rock-n-Roll to me....
@UncleDansVintageVinyl
2 күн бұрын
Pee Wee Crayton! Yes! Thanks as always, Damian! You're the best!
@dixiefallas7799
3 сағат бұрын
Thanks Damian you’re a great teacher.🏴🇬🇧
@rodneykitchen3869
2 күн бұрын
Hey Damian, You’re my hero Mate! Thanks a lot. Rod in London
@TS-Music-57
2 күн бұрын
Damian, My answer to your question, "Did Lennon borrow that opening riff from Pee Wee or was it a coincidence? Hmmm? " The Beatles in general were known for grabbing stuff from others and making it their own. So, perhaps he did borrow it. Of course, only Lennon knows the answer to that one. But, you are so right that any successful musican grabs bits and pieces from other musicians from the past or current to come up with their own sound. Thanks for passing this along. 🎸 Tim
@CC-qb9sm
2 күн бұрын
Good morning Damian. Engaging content as always, thanks so much for the story/history and the lesson 🤠 I’m also feeling that second connection mentioned, the one to Helter Skelter.
@palladen1933
Күн бұрын
Always good thanks 😊 great saying as well 👍 🙏
@dakotaslim
2 күн бұрын
That Epiphone sounds great and so does your voice.
@patgaff2536
2 күн бұрын
Love your voice. So smooth. More please.
@tomhayes4782
2 күн бұрын
A total lift from the original!.... Thanks again Damien!
@jeffreyborthick3769
2 күн бұрын
Oh yeah. It was either Paul or John who said "we're the best nickers in the business..". And why not? It's only smarmy if you won't own up to it...
@alchemical_moon7653
Күн бұрын
John had the blues shuffle and most of the song, it was actually George in one of the recording sessions that was noodling and came up with the lead into riff, theyre are versions of revolution without the recognizable guitar part
@pastorwarreng9775
Күн бұрын
Always good stuff on your channel Damian. I say the Beatles were inspired. For me the best part of the video was the inspiring word at the end. Something we can all learn from.
@martynspooner5822
2 күн бұрын
Thanks again Damian, at a guess I would say the lick was borrowed, on purpose or not we will probably never know but we do know the Beatles were massive fans of the Blues. Cheers man.
@billyboy3437
21 сағат бұрын
Great stuff Damian. John and the other Beatles definitely got ideas from early rock and roll heroes and it wouldn't suprise me if they listened to Pee Wee Crayton as well. They covered Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins tracks in the early days and if you listen to the end of The Ballad of John and Yoko you'll hear the similarity to the end of Johnny Burnette and the rock and roll trios Lonesome tears in my eyes. ps they also played that live as well in 1963, so American rock and roll and Rockabilly was on their radar very early on in their musical careers.
@Madmax-rz5hz
2 күн бұрын
Lovely tone
@JimDeferio
Күн бұрын
Robert Johnson used it throughout his 1936 song "Dust My Broom". But the thing is that this "riff" is so elementary that any beginner guitarist or pianist can do it without even thinking. Chuck Berry's and John Lennon's intros were all different from this and each others. Lennon may have used this slightly changed riff as a homage as Lennon is so talented that he could have easily come up with something complex like he did numerous times before in other songs.
@sweetnsourchick1761
2 күн бұрын
Perhaps Clapton introduced the Beatles to Pee Wee's music. Great video! 👏 👍
@georget7028
Күн бұрын
Now that's cool.
@jimc6687
2 күн бұрын
Now I wonder which came first.......Pee Wee's lick or Chuck Berry's even more famous similar "Go Johnny, go!" intro, Damian? Regardless, great lesson and historical fun ride as always coming to us out of Tampa Bay!! Jim C.
@w.llawrence86
2 күн бұрын
Besides Carl Hogan, Chuck "borrowed" Goree Carter.
@GrumpyOldGit60
Күн бұрын
I think John was probably playing a simplified Chuck riff. But it doesn't matter. I like it all! That's good rockin' and no mistake.
@jkrause365
Күн бұрын
Borrowed? Oh, I don't know. That lick Lennon used is such a rock'n' roll standard. It could have come from anywhere. On first hearing, I thought it was directly from Chuck Berry. I think that lick was just in the air, so to speak.
@olafbigandglad
2 күн бұрын
Lennon may have never heard of PeeWee Crayton, but I'll bet Eric Clapton knew who he was, and since they were all hanging out around this time, I wouldn't be surprised if that's how he got ahold of it.
@andrewmcarthur3843
2 күн бұрын
I thought of Helter Skelter right away when you played that riff
@nosquarez1
Күн бұрын
Got a chuck berry vibe as well them multi string bends
@lamper2
2 күн бұрын
It was clear to me that John was paying tribute to Chuck with the opening lines of Come Together, but he ended up paying a lot more than tribute! NOT FAIR! I wish someone could just ask Paul if they were lifting that riff from Pee Wee. It wouldn't suprise me if they knew that song, they were serious Blues History buffs.
@kellykent131
2 күн бұрын
Damian, I’m digging the Van Halen shirt. 🤘🏼
@vincentabbott8704
2 күн бұрын
Like the strat story..love how he played it for his whole life..simple gestures with huge payoffs!!
@guitrmn007
2 күн бұрын
Another great video. I have a question. Who is the pianist (or group) playing in the background at the beginning of the video? Thanks again.
@gregdionne2137
2 күн бұрын
Damian, where did you get that cool hat? I want one.
@modernemod123
2 күн бұрын
Randy California's family never earned a musical penny but thought they found a "Stairway To Seven" figures tune in court - It fell on deaf ears haha !
@BenMartinBox
2 күн бұрын
Things tend to repeat themselves over and over again. In between, people born and people die. Many teenagers (nowadays) never listened to Rockabilly. In fact, I believe that trends are nothing more than the old made new in repetitive generational cycles. I bet that Rockabilly will be rediscovered in the future and become a new hype again (maybe some generations later). Summarizing: Nobody invented the wheel but we reinvent it everyday. Lenon did just that.
@Locaciullo
Күн бұрын
Very nice!!😂
@SabiaCDO
2 күн бұрын
There was definitely an influence.
@lylecampbell9036
2 күн бұрын
Inspired doesn't mean stolen.
@PMUP2016
2 күн бұрын
John grabbed plenty from others like Come Together that Paul had to rearrange and add to so it did not copy Chuck Berry completely. But he used some of the lyrics which Roulette sued him for.
@1rwjwith
2 күн бұрын
I have no doubt Lennon might have copped the first 3 bars of that intro but on the 4th he goes up a step and 1/2 and bends up so he changed it and from there the melody is totally different. The only thing that’s maybe odd is that The Beatles, none of them, were known as particular “Blues fanatics” and Pee Wee Crayton was certainly not a big well known star…maybe he was hanging out with Keith Richards! He was known to hang with KR right during that period for various reasons..possibly heroin connections being one of them unfortunately. Keith was well known to have a big collection of old blues records….this is all forensic guess work and it takes nothing away from Lennons brilliance for me. The Helter Skelter lick is more of a stretch I think to claim the origin…who knows…probably McCartney!
@Mike-hr6jz
2 күн бұрын
If nothing else, John liked Chuck Berry and Chuck probably lifted it from peewee extremely similar
@MrJudo2go
2 күн бұрын
👍💯
@randysimmons9838
Күн бұрын
Chuck berry too
@NickRatnieks
2 күн бұрын
Just as well John Lennon did not also borrow Pee Wee's Strat as he might have stripped off the cool paint job as per his Casino.
@XLBiker13
2 күн бұрын
The connection between Peewee Crayton's "Do Unto Others" and the Beatles "Revolution" and "Helter Skelter" is undeniable. The two examples you cited are almost identical to Crayton's guitar licks.
@benedictcimini3004
Күн бұрын
Stealing is not borrowing?
@larebear1902
2 күн бұрын
Why wasnt the original a huge hit?
@chesterproudfoot9864
Күн бұрын
"Borrowed" is being extremely kind, especially considering that Lennon ripped off Chuck Berry to the point that he recorded his solo Rock 'N' Roll LP as part of the legal settlement. Lennon grew up listening to music like Crayton's, so I highly doubt that he'd never heard of it. Yes, we all incorporate bits and pieces of music that influences us, but some people seem to get carried away. Just ask Led Zeppelin.
@JRobson1955
2 күн бұрын
The Beatles stole a lot.
@JeffGR4
2 күн бұрын
Beatles didn't steal, they only occasionally lifted small segments of music from others - actually, they were often ripped off by other musicians. Anyway, cross-pollination is common in music.
2 күн бұрын
Playing guitar is also a similarity too. Definitely stolen!
@alfonsocatasus
19 сағат бұрын
Recollection ..
@FlipDahlenburg
6 сағат бұрын
Why bait folks with the Lennon jive? Just so you can show off a couple of Berry licks? Clickbait!
@ajdc88
Күн бұрын
stole a blues lick, huh? did he steal the blues progression too?
@confrex4256
2 күн бұрын
Most likely someone near to them told or show them and they went from there. All the so called famouse Brit's rock star really are nothing more than plagiarise, with great marketing in an era where music marketing was segregated.
@JeffGR4
2 күн бұрын
Baloney! Beatles were the greatest band, bad-mouthing them is just jealousy. PS: British rock music is among the best music.
@confrex4256
2 күн бұрын
@@JeffGR4 Did i say it wasnt? All i said was the british bands of that time copied a lot of stuff from american blues players, it has been documented to death. Beside CCR is the greatest. Beatles are second best to the Stones. Learn to cope
@Mr.56Goldtop
Күн бұрын
No, not the same, it's closer to Johnny B Goode. And being a musician you should know that music is layered one song on top of another and built with elements of previous songs from over many years. There is not a musician around no matter what instrument they play that hasn't been inspired by or borrowed something from other songs or artists. Your claim is total BS!
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