Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees / Louie Shelton | Woodshedding

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Quick lesson on the guitar solo section from the Monkees' 1966 classic Last Train to Clarksville. Song was written by the great songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and the instrumental track was done by members of the "wrecking crew" legendary LA session players of the day. The guitar work on the song was done by Louie Shelton, who played on countless records in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. While I take a more detailed tour of how to play this, Louie Shelton himself also recorded a great video talking about putting that solo together with the 3 parts happening. It's not often you hear / see the artist show you how it's done, so that is a special treat - you can see that here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L6Vi...

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00:00 Brief demo of solo section
00:36 Introduction & getting your tone
03:42 Lesson - Primary solo guitar parts
12:29 Lesson - Second solo guitar part
13:52 Lesson - Third guitar solo - chords
14:53 Final thoughts