The Spotnicks Style Lesson

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In the early 60's came a band that revolutionized instrumental guitar music. They were called the Spotnicks. Today's lesson should please all the nostalgics that want to get into that kind of music.
The track is inspired by the song "Back to the roots".

Here is the chord progression we'll work with:

E-B-E-B
E-B-E-E7
A-E-B-E
E-B-E-E7
A-A-E-E
B-B-E-E
A-A-E-E
F#-F#-B-B
E

The tools we'll use are mostly pentatonic scales. Try to follow the chords with some simple melodic ideas.

Have fun!

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	3rd May 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	Thanks so much David for reminding me of this old tape featuring your dad! Also - thanks for re-rcording the slow parts so we clearly can see what he was doing! PS And thanks for mentioning me!!

RIP Dime	3rd May 2008
Member	HAHAHA! Awesome! Really, some nice licks in there!

Martin la guitarra	3rd May 2008
Member	i really love the blues country feeling - thank you David

Ivan Milenkovic	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Cool retro lesson Walli!

Danilo Capezzuto	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Cool lesson, funny! And well played of course!

kaznie_NL	3rd May 2008
Member	ah so that guitar went from father to son! Nice looking lesson Walliman!

rockztar	3rd May 2008
Member	cool... looks good

EGMONT 1963	3rd May 2008
Member	salut merci d'y avoir pensé c'est toi en 1961 ???? UDO

Muris Varajic	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Great!!

Bogdan Radovic	3rd May 2008
Bass Instructor	heheh awesome lesson David !

Jerry Arcidiacono	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Great sound and video editing David

Capt.Z	3rd May 2008
Member	nice lesson!! I like the way you editted it. thats new.

Zizi Top	3rd May 2008
Member	wow this really look like an old vidéo... video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star .. ta ta tarat ta

Gus	3rd May 2008
Member	Hahaha. Your video looks so nice! Great idea for a retro lesson. And the song is cativating.

Nick Kellie	3rd May 2008
Instructor	nice one - I am a big fan of "The Shadows", you should check out Hank Marvin. Nick

Marcus Lavendell	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Hehe... I almost didn't recognize you Dave! Awesome lesson as always!

at lights end	3rd May 2008
Member	cool. loving the old film effect

Bali	3rd May 2008
Member	I didn't know they had Parkers on the '60s!!

Kizaze44	3rd May 2008
Member	Your grandpappy played a Parker too! Wow! You are hilarious. Nice licks to boot.

David Wallimann	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Thanks everyone! :-)

kyldeee	3rd May 2008
Member	Awesome lesson David... I like the main video a lot

Joe Kataldo	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Cool And Funny

Vinod Saranga	3rd May 2008
Acoustic Instructor	Very Musical Great lesson & nice Idea

Nick325	3rd May 2008
Member	nice. i like how it looks old

Nemanja Filipovic	3rd May 2008
Singing Instructor	nice lesson man,like how you capture the time.

Juan M. Valero	3rd May 2008
Instructor	hahaha, great work mate !!!!

SensE	3rd May 2008
Member	A very nice 1. Nice blue lick.

Gerardo Siere	3rd May 2008
Instructor	That old man sure rocks

Fran	3rd May 2008
Member	Hahaha! that "old" video was really fun to watch, great lesson!

Marcus Siepen	3rd May 2008
Instructor (Blind Guardian)	AWESOME lesson David, but what happened to your videos, the video quality used to be better ;-)

Hisham Al-Sanea	3rd May 2008
Instructor	nice GMC archives 61 David.good idea

Dejan Farkas	3rd May 2008
Instructor	Cool lesson, nice to go back to 60's

Jenkinson	4th May 2008
Member	David, that was an excellent lead! And an outstanding job at following a progression. It is good to see where alot of todays music originated from. Going back to the roots is always good!

OrganisedConfusion	4th May 2008
Member	Awesome lesson David. I love the retro feel and video This is brilliant and I am definitely going to try this out.

SensE	4th May 2008
Member	I got addicited to this feeling ! HAHA. I can't stop playing these few licks

Matt23	4th May 2008
Member	Great lesson. The GMC archives and old look video style are really funny.

Atlantik	4th May 2008
Member	Great one.

Alex87	4th May 2008
Member	Haha, very retro and very good David

Carlos Carrillo	4th May 2008
Instructor	hey David!!!very nice lesson!!!

Gabriel Leopardi	4th May 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	It sounds very nice! I love the retro video effect. Well done David!

Alejandro Piñero	5th May 2008
Instructor	cool and funny lesson !!

Maximus	5th May 2008
Member	Great lesson. That video looks more like 1861!

blindwillie	5th May 2008
Member	Oh David! I love your little intro chats and this one is the best ever. Seems like you really enjoy it and put your heart and soul into it. Fun lesson. Thanks.

MickeM	5th May 2008
Born of NWOBHM, Moderator	lol great one!

Pablo Vazquez	7th May 2008
Instructor	LOL!!! COOOOL!!