Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: How to Play Cannonball Rag

Randy Bachman of The Guess Who and BTO fame has a hit radio show on CBC Radio One and Sirius Satellite Channel 137 Saturday nights from 7-9pm. A few months ago Randy did an on-air Guitar lesson which taught guitar playing listeners how to play the first half of Cannonball Rag. The second half of the lesson aired June 9th and this is its accompanying video!To be kept up to date with all of the new concert and behind the scenes footage of Randy Bachman on tour please subscribe to this channel! Just click the orange "Subscribe" button!Also, be our friend on myspace! http://www.myspace.com/randysv... http://www.myspace.com/randyba... visit our official websites at http://www.randybachman.com http://www.randysvinyltap.com

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: June 9, 2007 at 7:19 am
Author: BehindRandyBachman

Length: 06:42
Rating: 4.86
Views: 27628

Tags: bachman BTO cannonball CBC finger guess guitar learn lesson music musician picking radio rag randy sirius tap vinyl who

Video Comments

blueslover102 (May 8, 2008 at 4:27 am)

Thanks for posting! Very helpful to begginer fingerpickers like me!! = ]

openroad88 (March 27, 2008 at 12:08 am)

I love this show!..made my truckin' Saturday's go by very quickly.Thanks

pissballs (February 25, 2008 at 1:24 am)

This is good but I'd also like to see undone transcribed to learn it before it gets buried to far back it the list of all the songs you've ever wanted to know how to play!

BCRSIX (January 23, 2008 at 4:46 am)

Oops - please disregard thatposting about the thumb - I just got to that section - it's about as good as it can get. This is the best video lesson I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them. Thanks!!

BCRSIX (January 23, 2008 at 4:26 am)

Randy - This is a very helpful lesson - one of the very best, but could you please help us out a little bit on the right thumb? Espacially on that little g to D7 part - that thumb part is murder (atr least for me).

waupnu (January 11, 2008 at 10:49 pm)

What a find! Randy, thank you. I've thoroughly enjoyed your music thru the years...saw you in New Orleans back in '74 when I was a poor college kid and couldn't afford a good guitar.. .you threw your strat into the audience. I woulda killed for it...till I saw it went to some young person in a wheel chair. Was thrilled when I found this one. Do you have others. Can we give requests? Am I asking too much? Thank you for your music and any lessons you want to share.GL

Alfaromeo22 (December 29, 2007 at 11:03 am)

You're great man...not only 'cause you're Randy Bachman but also 'cause you explained in a simple way and now maybe I'll be able to play this song...even me that I can't play guitar so well!TKS 100000

adrianjemond (December 21, 2007 at 5:30 pm)

I saw Randy In calgary a couple years ago and it was amazing. You are a god along with david Gilmour

procyoncmi (December 15, 2007 at 7:12 am)

You are awesome. Love these videos. Usually I critique instructor guitarists, because they are usually not the greatest. But you're really on the top. Great picking hand.

CrunchyWacko (November 24, 2007 at 3:01 pm)

Thanks a million Randy!! This song looks so hard the way Chet or Tommy E plays it but you given us a great simple explanation of it. Well done and keep them coming.