How to Play Rhythm Guitar in Western Swing

Ranger Doug is a master of Western Swing, and here he explains where he gets his rhythm guitar aesthetic from. The answer may surprise you, as he discusses the influence of Count Basie's guitarist Freddie Green! Check out his explanation, as well as his performance with The Amigos!
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Ranger Doug - Guitar and vocals
Justin Poindexter - Guitar and vocals
Andy Stein - Violin
Sam Reider - Accordion
Noah Garabedian - Bass
Eric Suquet - Director
Bill Thomas - Director of Photography
Aaron Chandler - Sound Engineer
Richard Emery - Assistant Producer
Seton Hawkins - Producer

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  • @billhunt4539
    @billhunt45392 ай бұрын

    Played this tune with my Dad, (guitars) around age 10 through 16 or so. I'm 68, still playing guitar, and still remember all the changes...thanks Dad.

  • @MattRingressi
    @MattRingressi9 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful to see Jazz At Lincoln Center including Western Swing in its lessons, thus recognizing it as a form of jazz..long overdue! THANKS! Ranger Doug is among the best old-school acoustic archtop rhythm players around!

  • @JazzAcademy

    @JazzAcademy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Matteo Ringressi Thanks! More videos to come. Please be sure to share the video

  • @kalashnikovii113

    @kalashnikovii113

    Жыл бұрын

    Of course they would include western swing

  • @user-lq7fp8tb4e
    @user-lq7fp8tb4e7 ай бұрын

    Love you ranger Doug !!!!!!!!!!!!81 year old Kerrville fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @DieHard10901
    @DieHard109017 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this great old song! Great stuff! This song was part of the evening music menu at the Bloomingburg, NY Sul-Ora roller rink back in the 1960's. And you guys are really good and having fun, too!

  • @thomasmartinscott
    @thomasmartinscott3 жыл бұрын

    I worked 2 Shows with Riders In The Sky in '99 in Telluride. Some of my absolute favorite memories of my 50 year career. I still have a picture of Ranger Doug and me, that Too Slim took for me, with my camera. I'm holding Doug's 1935 Stromberg. They hung out till everyone was gone, and then we hung out a while longer in their bus. It was such a great night, none of us wanted it to end.

  • @epiphonium
    @epiphonium7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Ranger Doug. I met you Sunday it was awesome ! Great guy !

  • @MikeS29
    @MikeS295 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! We need more music like this!

  • @johnnyfrisco5354
    @johnnyfrisco53548 жыл бұрын

    Love this performance... Everything brilliant... Superb, thanks

  • @Nick_Leventis
    @Nick_Leventis9 жыл бұрын

    Dear jazz academy at Lincoln center, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I BEG OF YOU DO A VIDEO LESSON ON THIS SONG! I AM DYING TO LEARN JUSTIN's ARRANGEMENT AND CHORD CHANGES. Yours truly, Every guitarist to have watched this video, ever

  • @SilverCityBoundBand

    @SilverCityBoundBand

    9 жыл бұрын

    Hey there! Ranger Doug has a great book, "Rhythm Guitar the Ranger Doug Way," that shows his chord voicings. Best of luck, and thanks for listening.

  • @TonyfromBham
    @TonyfromBham7 жыл бұрын

    Ranger Doug is the very best at what he does.

  • @robertadupree7656
    @robertadupree76562 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely loved it!

  • @SuperPaldn
    @SuperPaldn6 жыл бұрын

    wow, super fun song!

  • @jaswilcox123
    @jaswilcox1237 жыл бұрын

    Oh. My. Word. Love this!!

  • @neilshropshire7209
    @neilshropshire72097 жыл бұрын

    These guys are having fun!

  • @samking73
    @samking733 жыл бұрын

    Ranger Doug is very talented. I love what his singing and yodeling adds to The Time Jumpers.

  • @samking73

    @samking73

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, and I love his boots. Those are called classic western boots. I never seen my dad wear any other kind of footwear. The looks are deceiving, they are some of the most comfortable boots I own.

  • @pjokivuo
    @pjokivuo5 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!

  • @martinsmall3284
    @martinsmall32848 жыл бұрын

    Ranger Doug is the greatest!

  • @josephallwood3681

    @josephallwood3681

    5 жыл бұрын

    Idol of American youth!

  • @calebadeleye7273
    @calebadeleye72739 жыл бұрын

    Love it soooooo much

  • @JazzAcademy

    @JazzAcademy

    9 жыл бұрын

    afunfere caleb Great! Be sure to share it and spread the word

  • @TheAltarBillies
    @TheAltarBillies8 жыл бұрын

    Very Classy and well done!!!

  • @d60guy
    @d60guy6 жыл бұрын

    Great musicianship... Nice shirts too.

  • @nickg2431
    @nickg2431 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely singing and western swinging😀

  • @rodneykitchen3869
    @rodneykitchen38693 жыл бұрын

    Great vid thanks you all ! Rod in London 2020

  • @marcoblender5738
    @marcoblender57387 жыл бұрын

    Great swing feeling here , near manouche style in some way..

  • @jameswolverton7345

    @jameswolverton7345

    4 жыл бұрын

    Obviously there was lots of influence.

  • @gaddyiii

    @gaddyiii

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jameswolverton7345 Which direction?

  • @michaelcantwell6928
    @michaelcantwell69283 жыл бұрын

    Listening to this carried me someplace. I looked up to see the sunset and reached for a drink, both imaginary.

  • @RonLWilson
    @RonLWilson3 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @ronaldsimone
    @ronaldsimone7 жыл бұрын

    I loved this guys no generation gap here brilliant arrangement. I'm going to share this on face book twitter etc. Is western Swing a genre in Jazz?

  • @WilsonCastilloFreakFilms
    @WilsonCastilloFreakFilms9 жыл бұрын

    Really cool... :)

  • @thijsclaassen2178
    @thijsclaassen21787 жыл бұрын

    cool

  • @Hjaltland2
    @Hjaltland25 жыл бұрын

    How does the guitar accompany 6/8 jig time tunes for westren swing? as opposed to the Irish guitar style

  • @sweeperz27
    @sweeperz278 жыл бұрын

    paul gilbert on guitar!

  • @treyjenkins6405
    @treyjenkins64057 жыл бұрын

    Can someone recommend me more music like this? Swing style, but with only a few performers, instead of a big band?

  • @jonjimusic

    @jonjimusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bob Wills. Classic. Hot Club of Cowtown.

  • @jonjimusic

    @jonjimusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    and, for the creme, quintet of the hot club of paris. django and company.

  • @iannuages

    @iannuages

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Rosenberg Trio

  • @jonjimusic

    @jonjimusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    hot club of cowtown

  • @ranchleather1408

    @ranchleather1408

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ranger Doug usually plays with the Riders in the Sky, a guitar/fiddle/bass combo.

  • @user-ps8qm2bm2z
    @user-ps8qm2bm2z2 жыл бұрын

    めちゃくちゃいいやん

  • @jonmathis
    @jonmathis9 жыл бұрын

    The correct lyrics: After you've gone and left me crying After you've gone, there's no denying You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had There'll come a time, now don't forget it There'll come a time, when you'll regret it Some day when you'll grow lonely Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only After you've gone, after you've gone away

  • @nitemechpa6018
    @nitemechpa60188 жыл бұрын

    This is why it's called music...

  • @4guysandacontroller
    @4guysandacontroller8 жыл бұрын

    2:25 Swedish Girl?

  • @zacharymartinwelch

    @zacharymartinwelch

    6 жыл бұрын

    Swedish girls are the best.

  • @djautotur4875
    @djautotur48752 жыл бұрын

    if they take gypsy jazz and call it western swing now i'm going to puke in this guys cowboy hat