The song is called Catfish Blues! TABS: bit.ly/478vVUl

Your playing and feel here is absolutely stellar! Voodoo Child (No Slight Return) Vibes! So cool 😎 Will gives me hours of practice getting it to flow freely I think. Thanks Tom!

I am 80 and still playin it ;O) Thank you for posting.

You caught me... and reeled me in - with this "Catfish Blues". Bravo! Great lesson and performance.

So great to hear someone honor our great artists. Thanks for highlighting Muddy in a brilliant way.

damnit I had to figure this shit out for myself 30 years ago and now you're just giving it away >:( Muddy Waters taught me so much.

This is great! So basic but so many ways to throw in a bluesy melody and improvise. You really have “the touch” …. Love your videos!

Keep doing what you’re doing, you have a real gift for teaching! Thank you for posting this!

Excellent video. Anyone can play notes but doing it with the right feel and phrasing is another story. You have a real feel for the blues and are a talented guitarist.

I think Muddy Water's version was called Rolling Stone, which is where the Rolling Stones got their name. This riff has been adapted and used in many songs including Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile

That's a nice way of looking at it. Soulful playing, Mr.

You're right, Pilgrim. I'm eighty years old, and I'm playing that riff like I'm Muddy Waters in a bad mood, and I'm so happy.

Fantastic Blues lesson Thom! Gotta love the Mud Cat & that picture of him with the cigarette hanging out of his mouth is priceless! Happy Holidays to you & your family!

Excellent tutorial and lovely playing.

This is one of my favourite lessons from you Thank you!

Thanks always..have a blessed holiday❤

Very, very good. Was fun to watch and listen

back to the roots of music, I love it !! 👍🎵🎶🎸

Very nice playing. Thanks for sharing.

Man you are one of my favorites. Keep it up guy.

Wonderful. Best lesson I've seen on You Tube.

Another wonderful lesson. 👏👏👏

Hi Tom! an other Tom (Tomas) here, at 11:03 no need for 2 finger to do bend if you use 0.8 or even 0.7 strings (like Billy F Gibbons). The bend is easy with Gibson length scale (24.75″) or more easy with PRS (Santana signature 24,5'') and so on ... (Fender Jaguar and Mustang 24''). But if you stick with strato ok, put some light string an make your live easyest.

Here's one version of the lyrics ... RIP, Muddy! "Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in the deep blue sea I'd have all you women Fishin' after me Fishin' after me Fishin' after me Well, I'm broke and I'm hungry Ragged and I'm dirty too Well, if I clean up, baby, can I Stay home with you Stay home with you Stay home with you If I can't, can't come in Let me sit down front of your door I'll leave so early, your Mom won't know Won't never know Won't never know Oh, I know, know my baby Well, she's going to jump and shout When my train pulls in and I I come walkin' out Come walkin' out Come walkin' out Yes, I'm goin', babe I'm goin' And your crying won't make me stay Oh, the more you cry, baby More I'll go away More I'll go away More I'll go away Well now I know, I know you don't want me Why in the world won't you tell me so? Then I won't be caught, baby, 'round Your house no more Your house no more Your house no more"

Your best video this year!

Thank you . Best feeling of Blues .

Gary Moore did a song called Ball and Chain seems to be based on this. Killer riff.

Tone is amazing! 🔥

Excellent man...just Excellent!

I want to thank you for your lesson on the Shadows Apache... helped me in a few spots I was having trouble with. I first heard it on the album Wheels by the Phantoms. 👍🎸🎸

Great blues lessons 😎. Thanks

If you turned this into strictly a blues channel, it will explode!!

Einfach nur gigantisch!🎸🎶👍💥 Sie spielen so herrlich locker und entzückend die E- Gitarre! Respekt!👏👏

Nice, very, very nice. Thanks a lot from Italy.

Soooo good. Thank you💯

woww what a great content, what a passion for the guitar. love it!

Very cool ! Thanks for explaining this.

Great feeling!! Blues at it's best.

Great video, thanx. Blessings.

Love this, thank you

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also happy holiday season ❤😊😊🧡🇨🇦🌲🎸

Great episode - simple blues are usually the best.

Enjoyed it man.

Love this and am going to learn it. Thanks.

Thank you sooooomuch!

Excellent video lesson Cheers 👍

Super!!! As you say, enough for a lifetime of pleasure....! Credit to MW for his genius, and to you for yours.

Drop dead great blues by the great Muddy Waters, excellent lesson. Best advice yet, play soft with feel.

Excellent!

Great tone

Great player. You go deep in that blues

Great tone.

Merry Christmas to you, your family, everyone there at Guitar Pilgrim and to all the subscribers. 🎅

@GuitarPilgrim

7 ай бұрын

Merry Xmas to you too Craig!

Dang! I know I’m gonna keep my wife up all night tapping my foot in my sleep. 😜 SO GOOD! Thx

i turn 53 in april. kickflip on a skateboard is nothing special, but still makes me happy every time. can do just this trick all day long. ; ) thx for this nice guitar lesson, mate.

Killed it! Ty

One of the most famous riffs in the world. ❤❤❤

Love it!

Thanks. Brilliant 😎👍 Happy 2024!

Happy New Year!!

I LOVE this ❤

Marvellous 👌👍

Jimi Hendrix “Voodoo Chile” on the Electric Ladyland album is 15 minutes of pure heaven based on this riff.

@CorbCorbin

7 ай бұрын

Hear My Train a Comin from Live at Berkeley, is the other Jimi Catfish/Hoochie Coochie hybrid, that is more intricate and has a very different change, than most blues.

@cato451

7 ай бұрын

@@CorbCorbin ah yes good call. I love that whole Berkeley show!

@A10011

7 ай бұрын

He was really on form and absolutely incredible@@cato451

@commonground981

7 ай бұрын

Isn't it Voodoo child?

@jjohn341

6 ай бұрын

@@CorbCorbin yes , hear my train coming What an amazing Jimi song that is I had almost forgotten about it Cheers for the wake up

Hi Tom! Lot of skill in there ! 🙂 That's blues!

Great❤ playing too hard is one of my every day struggle. But i dont give up✌️

GENIO TOTAL AMIGO UN SALUDO DE CHACO ARGENTINA ESTARE PRACTICANDO ESTO GRACIAS HERMANO

Lilting feel is fantastic throughout the song.

"Well I wish I was a catfish. swimming in the deep blue sea - I'd have all you pretty women fishing after me"

Luv it 2 pieces

Brilliant👍👍

At the end of Gregg Allman's official video of Muddy Water's song "Love The Life I Live", he tells the band that their licks was just bonafide nasty! Catfish is one of those licks - just nasty!!! I miss Gregg - the greatest blues singer of our time.....in my very humble opinion of course

Do you know what? This sounds very reminiscent of Eric Clapton's take on "Ramblin' on My Mind". These riffs are transportable over songs and genres. Good work mate! Really enjoy your content. Keep going!

You have more talent than Holland has people! Love your playing amigo

Stellar Blues Playing. Less is More can really be true.

GREAT!

Love it

Nicely played! From one guitar teacher to another, I appreciate your enthusiasm too. In a world of seemingly never-ending shredding, people are missing out on simple, heartfelt expression through simpler playing. 🙂

I really like Gary Clark Jr's version of Catfish Blues from the Live 2014! Slightly spicier than the original

Your tone is amazing, very hard to mimic

The perfect tone - in addition to the great playing! Would you consider sharing your thoughts on gear and tone? Would make for another nice video.

Showin’ out!!!

Complimenti......🙂

Yep that Muddy Waters Catfish Blues riff is the greatest as it is used in so many songs.

Nice! 🤙🤙

The first teacher to stress the importance of playing soft. I feel like I’m playing better already. 👍

Nice, thank you! Those riffs transposed into the appropriate key would work well with Muddy's Hoochie Coochie Man.

you can make a living with that. Lots of guys have.

Tu es un super gars ! Un super pédagogue, et un putain de bon Guitariste😉

Brilliant,that's why I want to play with you.

Nice one! Thanks. Will be boring everyone with this over Christmas....

Amazing lesson! "You Gotta Move" By Stones is also based on this.

Great.

I've been watching the very well-made videos for a long time and they teach me something every time. Not only is the acting great, but there's always the right soundtrack. Where does it come from?

Loving this! What effects are you using on the guitar? Delay or reverb?

❤

🤘😎

Tasty 😎🤠🎸

Steve Marriot of Humble Pie does this one great.But alas, I guess they ripped it off and called it "Rolling Stone". Still worth a listen.

My 19th favourite.

I don’t know if it’s your pickups or amp, but your tone is always great.