***correction A6 is the chord for “touching warm” I realized the mistake after upload on the Neil Diamond song!!! 😮

“Remember: You’re there to make people happy, not impress other musicians”. Hands down the best reminder ever lol. Well said my brother.

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment. All the best to u

@noproblemguitar7395

6 күн бұрын

@FrankPersico You betcha’. Best to you as well. It’s even better than “The crowd loves a cliche”, which is so true. West of the Mississippi I think we’re all contractually obligated to play “Wagon Wheel” lol. Whether we want to or not. Really dig the “must play” and “never play” series. They’re spot on.

You are right about Sweet Caroline. I was at an open mic night, and another older guy played this, and the whole crowd came alive! They were singing those iconic parts and having a blast! There were some great guitar players that night who were mesmerizing, but everyone was talking about the old guy who did Sweet Caroline. Gotta give the people what they want!

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

I just played it last night at a gig. Bar was full of young-ish people and I was playing shit like Green Day. Chili Peppers and everyone was digging it. I said to myself let me try sweet Caroline not being sure how it would go over on the younger audience. They went crazy lol

this is exactly what i needed. where to dig to spice it up. wow suddenly I m doing what i want to be doing. 😮

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Enjoy! Thanks for commenting

You are a good man, Frank...good people. Thank you!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

My pleasure

I'm a lazy bastard so thank God for the capo (or, more specifically, the person who actually invented the capo). I play 'Brown-Eyed Girl' with a capo on the fifth fret -- that way you can use suspended chords to move around all those licks that are on the record with going to too much effort. Likewise, with 'Take Me Home Country Roads', I could never hit that note in the line... "to the place, I be-LONG', so I've simply shifted the capo down to the 1st fret and I'm sweet. I do more sing-a-long stuff with older people than actual gigs in pubs etc., and they appreciate the slightly lower key too. I'm in Australia, and yep, 'Country Roads' and 'Sweet Caroline' are must-do songs every single time. Some of the people I play to are in their 90s and they still sing along with every word. Loving your content. Cheers mate!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Hi and thanks for the comment and the input. I meant to mention in the video how all the songs can be transposed to suit your voice via moving the capo but of course I forgot and didn’t realize until I published. This comment is very helpful and I (and I’m sure the other viewers) appreciate it

@jimwing.2178

7 күн бұрын

Tony Rice was one of the most tasteful, innovative, and skilled acoustic guitarists of all time. He often used a capo. Nobody but a fool would call Mr. Rice 'lazy'.

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

@@jimwing.2178 one of my jazz teachers used always badmouth my capo lol.

@jimwing.2178

6 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico That proves to me that your jazz teacher is a fool.😀

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

@@jimwing.2178 To be quite honest it did used to rub me wrong when he did it.

So much truth man .. great advice for the youth 🙂

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Trying to pay it forward

Thanks for this Frank. Same philosophy I have.... there to make people happy and entertain them.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Absolutely. Things changed once I really started to feel this way … I didnt so much when I was younger

Excellent video Frank! Love that you show us where to dig and we can grab our shovel and see what we can add to our guitar playing! Will be definitely adding several gold nuggets found in your lesson. Thanks again!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment

"I believe you are there to make people happy" ... YES!!! I don't enjoy listening to every song that I play, but I can find a way to enjoy playing it, simply because the listeners are enjoying it. "Sweet Caroline" is in my setlist constantly. Always good for getting a crowd to sing along. The other 2 are in my songbook and rotated as needed. The songs I've had requested the most are "Midnight Rider" and "Turn the Page." Great video and tips!

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words and for sharing some of your picks as well!

Yeah. Totally agree. sometimes there are songs you don't want to play but usually, the reaction from the crowd is so positive that it doesn't matter. We're there to entertain them and surprisingly some songs can't be overplayed. Great tips for spicing them up, really love your videos!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Totally!

Great stuff....I cover these and they're crowd favs for sure....thanks man

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

My pleasure

“Don’t think you’re too cool to play anything” at 8:58. What a great comment that we should all take to heart!

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Hahaha 😂 some people didn’t like that I said that

Take Me Home Country Road - is cherished around the world. Everywhere I go, people love to sing it at karaoke. It’s a true phenomenon.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

It sure is …

Love everything about your channel. Thanks! I don't comment often so that's really saying something. ❤

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

I very much appreciate the kind words. Comment as much as I want and any opinions are welcome.

Hi frank really great vids really appreciated 😀🎸

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

My go-to tunes to grab the crowd: Moondance, House at Pooh Corner, Helplessly Hoping, and a mashup of Evil Ways-Woodstock-Solitary Man.

@FrankPersico

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

You hit the nail on the head, if u ou play these songs Everyone will love you !!!😊

@FrankPersico

4 күн бұрын

👍🤘

Good one! Many thanks!

@FrankPersico

3 күн бұрын

Thank you too!

Great advice. And a well taught lesson thank you Frank

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Very welcome 🙏

Well done Frank!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much

Thanks Frank for sharing you gifts and insights, you do such a great job! A few gigs ago "Take me Home Country Roads" was requested by a table (Family?) when I played it many of them linked arms and Sang along with absolute Joy!

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Nice. Thanks for commenting. It’s great when people interact with the performance!

your channel just rolled into my algorithm today and you've got a another sub from it 👍 .. I enjoyed the humour at your intro and didn't mind discovering the 3 songs. Not a single frame was skipped.. I rather enjoyed your candor and very much appreciated the brevity where things are going to be repeated ..yadda yadda ..blah blah ..so to speak .. excellent work!

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard! I really appreciate

Been playing all three for 25 years myself. You are so right we forget/omit these in shows unless requested. These are Bangers should use them when the crowd doesn't seem involved.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Exactly. We Need to take a step back sometimes

Here in Germany you need these four songs: Country Roads, Sweet Home Alabama, Wonderwall, Hallelujah. These are absolute must haves in a Germany based troubadour‘s repertoire......

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Pretty much the same here: these songs are universal in appeal … thanks for sharing

@richardfranklinmorse

9 күн бұрын

und Ze Boxer von Simon und Garfunkel! I played the Irish pubs in Germany for 21 years

Nice, thanks for making the vid.

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Any time!

I was playing along without a capo handy so I tried playing Country Roads in A with open strings, A9, D9, hammer-ons on the E and F#m and I really like it. I'm going to play it in open A from now on.

@FrankPersico

3 күн бұрын

That’s great. Yeah deff put it in whatever key is best for you. Thanks for the comment

The crowd LOVES cliche' ... especially after a few cocktails

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

For sure 👍

Excellent recommendations (as usual) I remember being on a shuttle bus after a wedding going back to the hotel and people spontaneously broke into “Country Roads” there is nothing quite like that sing a longs are the best! Thank you for doing this 👍

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. And I very much appreciate the super thanks 🙏

Thanks. Your a great help

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

I appreciate

This is amazing! Homemade KZread at its roots! Thanks for the lesson!

@FrankPersico

3 күн бұрын

You're very welcome!

Invaluable.

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much

The #1 song I always get requested is Free Bird

@clementineforever

9 күн бұрын

😂 People love to yell out that one for sure- here in Wi. I think it’s just a joke. ❤

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Me too but I never know if people are being serious.. 🧐

@EveyoneCallsMeTheDude

9 күн бұрын

I just tell them they should be careful what they wish for and start playing it. Haha

@hardlines2635

6 күн бұрын

When someone shout free bird, I play Three little birds by Bob Marley.

@noproblemguitar7395

6 күн бұрын

@@clementineforever Just like everyone in the UP did when I played there. If I’m in the crowd and have already talked to the musician, then I will be the guy yelling “Free Bird” as soon as they are done for the night lol. I think it’s obligatory for the ‘70s child in me. You’re right, and I do yell it as a joke, but we always found it was actually the best encore song ever. It gave everybody one last slow dance with their girl, and they got to rock out so they were winded and ready to go home afterwards lol. And let’s not forget how much the bar owner enjoys all those extra last call orders and “to go” sales from everyone working up a thirst.

Where I am in country NSW, Australia, I often get asked for the same old stuff... Brown Eyed Girl, Summer Of 69, Jessie's Girl, plus Aussie favorites like Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel, Eagle Rock by Daddy Cool, Flame Trees by Cold Chisel... in fact, they usually just yell out "play some Chisel!!!!" I have all those in my repertoire but usually only play them if I am asked, or if the floor is pumping and I want to keep them up.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Nice… thanks for sharing !!

New sub. Solid advice. Entertain, not impress. These are 3 of my goto songs. I have @150 songs in my active set list and move them around to fit current crowd.😊

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Very good instruction! You do KZread lessons very well!

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

Thank you kindly!

If you add a 4th, I'd say in the last set "Friends In Low Places." Always elicits a sing-along.

@FrankPersico

5 күн бұрын

Great suggestion. Thank you

First of all excellent video as always. I started learning Brown eyed Girl and it was a very fun song for me to play but I never finished learning it. Country roads might have been the first song I ever learned on the guitar at least first complete song. I actually went to college in West Virginia so a country friend of mine who's also a great musician taught me it. I'm a special ed teacher in New York City and the kids had a show where Sweet Caroline was one of the songs. The kids went nuts over it.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Oh wow… great story man thanks for sharing… time to finish up Brown Eyed Girl Lolol

@IanSeanVictor

8 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico absolutely

Well presented seminar. “Who doesn’t like “ Brown Eyed Girl”!?!

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

🙏

I do sweet Caroline and love van Morrison I like hear comes the night as well really helpful vid thanks frank

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thx Frank. I really enjoy your videos and tips. A couple more good sing along songs, Have you ever seen the rain, by CCR. I capo up to fifth fret and play a C shape chord. And, Chicken Fried by Zac Brown.

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

Definitely great ones. They will probably find there way into part III. Thanks for sharing

Yes, good tunes to play. I did 2 of those 3 songs....Boston Celtics Championship Parade today...My "Little Martin" Guitar in hand and 2 Katana Boss mini amps (tied to my belt)--one amp for guitar other for singing. I went in by train and subway. Funny thing, On the train going in I couldn't get anyone to sing "Sweet Caroline" w/ me--that happens...different story once on the crowded Subway, I got the whole train singing. I also did "Country Roads"...good sing alongs...the women love those songs....also in the repertoire for today was "You are my Sunshine" for the young ladies/ children and women police officers--they like it. Also got a lot of mileage out of "Lean on Me"--everyone knows it. I play those songs well. I had a lot of women said to me today "I love you" --lol 5 STARS! --Van P.S. I get quite a few people taking pictures of me...I wear a black cowboy hat, sunglasses and guitar...sang "On the Road Again" on the way home...another winner!

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Hey thanks for sharing your story. Pretty cool indeed!

Thanks!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the Super thanks. Much appreciated

@JohnnieO32

9 күн бұрын

You are welcome! God Bless!

Just now realized that D walkdown in Brown Eyed Girl is identical to Operator lol

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

I never realized.

Margaritaville, take me home, country roads, agree with brown eyed girl

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Excellent. Thanks for commenting :):)

You’re right, I never play sweet Caroline because I think everyone is sick of it, but when I do play it, everyone gets happy. I’ll have to remind myself of that. The intro is better if you add the second and third notes as the riff progresses. You might’ve shown that as an alternative.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Yeah we have to remember they are not musicians just regular “civilians” lol

Your song choices are right on... Regarding Sweet Caroline... the ladies like that one (maybe because of the Elvis cover)... Where I am (down south) Happy Together by the Turtles also works great. Lastly, anything by Sam Cooke seems to interest customers... Only Sixteen still connects with the older crowd...

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the additional songs! Maybe I need another video part 3!

Blisters in the sun, creep, I'm a beliver

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the input!

Sweet Caroline… I am learning guitar, our band project is figuring out a set list. This pops up, while on vacation in Mexico I was out on the street when from a bar I hear Sweet Caroline…the street became alive. I’m not sure if “alive” is the right description. Maybe “Return of the Living Dead” is what I am thinking… That tune has powers, powerful powers…

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Hahaha yes it really does have that effect on people

I just had a kid ask me to play some Neil Diamond last week and he looked at me like I was an alien because I said I didn't know any.... I should add Sweet Caroline

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Yes exactly! They almost look at you like they think you are putting them on..

@geohaber

9 күн бұрын

Really? A kid asked for Neil Diamond? My wife and I were at a restaurant before going to a Neil Diamond tribute show. The waiter, (in his 20s), asked what we were doing after dinner. I said we were going to a Neil Diamond tribute show. He said, “Who’s that?”

@erikgainesmusic4399

9 күн бұрын

@@geohaber yep I was just as stunned. He was probably 13.. so while he was looking at me like I was odd, I was also looking at him like "I can't believe you didn't ask for Taylor Swift"

@pwykes

9 күн бұрын

I play "Solitary Man" - my favorite Neil Diamond song!

lol, before you even got to the song I was thinking BEG, my friend owns a few bars in the US and I remember him telling me this is the most played song in all his bars on the jukebox

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Something with that song… people love it

Favourite : Dream Suite Opus 4 ... Yngwie Malmsteen

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

lol. 😂 I saw him live at a small club quite a few yrs back. Amazing

Thanks for sharing what songs work well with people. I’m just getting into playing solo in public so this is helpful knowledge. I’d like to see a video on how you organize your music- do you use an iPad, what apps, do you scroll while performing, etc? I appreciate what you’re doing!

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the SuperLike. I use the iPad only for the occasional lyrics or of someone requests a song I don’t know I can look it up. The program I use for lyrics is called GoodReader and it’s just a generic PDF reader. Any scrolling is just swiping with my finger between strums…😂

❤SuperMaN❤

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

It’s a bird… it’s a plane….

Frank - can you do a video on what you do when a song has a guitar solo - but you’re playing alone? Do you just play the chords of the solo without singing?

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Check out this video i made on how to go about looping. And at the end of this video there will be a link to a more basic looping video. I will do more vids covering the subject you mentioned more specifically at some point in the future as well. Using A Looper With Acoustic Guitar -Solo Acoustic Tips and Techniques kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5WKsMuIqby3hLw.html

@jimwing.2178

7 күн бұрын

I hate when solo guitarists just play the chord without singing. I'm not a fan of looping, either. There are other techniques. Listen to players who you admire.

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

@@jimwing.2178 thanks for the input.

Hi Frank, hope you don't mind me hijacking your video comments, but yesterday I played my little four or five song interval set at my local bar here in Brazil. Anyway I started with, for one time only, Hotel California, the idea being my wife would film it and put it on instagram (or whatever she uses) to see if 'you know who' comes a fighting!! Well I started singing and something didn't feel right, halfway through the first verse I realised I was singing the Jethro Tull version of the song that you had pointed out in an earlier video. I thought I would be able to rescue it with the chorus, but no I carried on with the same slightly different tune for the whole song. So I wondered if you have ever accidently sang one song to the tune of another one???

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Hmmm I don’t think that situation ever happened to me per se. But I have had my share of “happy accidents” to quote the late Bob Ross..

So you ever use a beat buddy or other drum machine? If not. Why not? Thanks

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

I have tossed the idea around. Someone was using it at a resort gig I played over the winter and it did sound good. He was doing some pretty cool stuff with it

I have an aversion to playing these songs. I want to go more off the beaten path. However I think I need to add them to my repertoire. I can suffer through some songs I don’t enjoy if it makes others have a better time. 😂

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

It’s a balance. You give them some of what they want and they will appreciate some of what you give them even if it’s not what they initially wanted. My opinion. Thanks for the comment

@AaronLehmannLoops

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico appreciate the videos. In the end, I am trying to improve myself and what I offer and your channel is a great resource

“Touching warm” is an A6- it’s literally the chord that brought the whole song together when Neil was writing. Come on at least get that one in there!

@FrankPersico

4 күн бұрын

You are correct that was on me

Number one earthbound by Rodney Crowell, number two Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright III, number three Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley.

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Great pics … I have t played hallelujah in a minute. Maybe time to bust it out

Tenderness by Steppenwolf Thank You by Led Zeppelin Dairy Air by Tom Grocki

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Great picks!

I don't know man... they play Sweet Caroline when the Red Sox win. It'd have to be a hell of a tip to see past that. 🤣

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Cmon I’m a New Yorker how u think I feel?!?!) 😂

@fordmi79

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico I’m betting feel the same way I do. I may be in CA now but I was born in NNJ and lived there until I was 30.

Frank, at 16:26, “touching warm” is B minor not D. 😮 But love your video!

@FrankPersico

5 күн бұрын

Oh wow. I been playing it like this soooo long going to the IV chord in that spot.. but i actually just listened... It actually is a 6 chord. on the tonic. The root note doesn't change. So if the "warm" is our A shape(since we are capo'd) the "touching warm would be A6. that note on the bottom stays the same.. unless my ears are deceiving me.....good catch.

People usually ask me to play "far far away' -- lol 8^)

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Rotfl 😂

Hi Frank, I know over 100 tunes, but not these 3. These are MEN´s songs. What would be the best 3 songs for women !??

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

Hi thanks for comment. Hmmmm well I would say country road would prob sound beautiful with a women’s voice sort of Joni Mitchell style. Off the cuff how about Jolene by Dolly Parton… Landslide or Fast Car by Tracy Chapman?

Wonderwall.... im shutting up now.

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

lol that was in my part 1 vid

I have avoided those intros. I found if you go into the intro with chords people react better 4:31

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

I played in China for a decade +… if your didn’t play Country Road and Hotel California somewhere during your gig, you wouldn’t get paid. If you skipped them a second time, you would get fired… 5 years later, just starting to play Country Road again… still can’t get myself to play Hotel California…

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Holy cow! Wow that must have been some experience though

@jed1166

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico it was, but so GLAD to be home!

Do you play a lot of gigs at aged care homes?

@FrankPersico

3 күн бұрын

A few a year

I would add Wagon Wheel and Margaritaville to the list of songs in this same category.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Definitely 👍

You should play the three songs at the beginning for people to decide if they want to proceed. I had to wade through your video for 5 minutes past all the crap about super man to see whether I wanted to learn those songs. They are not even listed in the comments.

@FrankPersico

8 күн бұрын

I try to deliver more value and a community experience as well as a bit of entertainment. The intro was intended to be amusing and was under 2 mins. I then proceeded to share valuable playing tips I have acquired over 40 years of playing. I aim to teach everything I know for free. I also put chapters which make navigating easier. I’m sorry you find my format unacceptable. I will pin this comment so all can see and maybe save them the time that you feel you have wasted on my intro. Cheers

@PhatPhysique

7 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico Frank your work and intro is excellent. This poster is sour grapes and not want your community is about. BTW If you really want to be amused i suggest you watch some of the commenters guitar solo videos. very amusing but not in the way he intended. perhaps the worst playing i've ever heard. should sell those expensive guitars and get some lessons. anyway keep up the good work frank and thanks for posting this rude comment at the top for the community to see.

@FrankPersico

7 күн бұрын

@@PhatPhysique thank you for the support. I don't hold it against the OP. I focus more on the hundreds of kind and inspiring comments and the thousands of subscribers shares and views. I find when someone makes an off putting comment such as the one above it usually says more about them than it does about me. Everyone comes on YT for a diff reason and the OP of this comment is probably looking for a quick list of what to play. my channel is more about deeper learning, community (where we share ideas and learn from each other) and entertainment. Thanks for the advice as for checking out the OP's playing i will try to see what it is you are talking about and will comment appropriately .. all the best

@jimwing.2178

7 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico I grew up in the restaurant business. Whenever somebody offered constructive criticism, we thanked them sincerely. We viewed those customers as our most valuable. We considered what they told us and often used their comments to improve our products and service. We were never defensive or dismissive. Instead, we told them that their opinions were valuable (we believed that they were) and we invited them back on our dime.

@kerryfromaj9032

7 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico Hey Frank. You have a channel offering your opinion, perspective and it is not a straight ahead lesson format. I am learning guitar at 63 now and in the beginning thought playing note for note lessons was learning. Well things are looking different now that I can play guitar and find value in your channel. Thank you

it s not about you.. play for the crowd ..

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Amen

Sweet Caroline....I hate that song. I especially hate the crowd participation.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Hahaha 😮… thanks for sharing

@Bokonon999

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I do understand what you are saying. I play guitar (not professionally) but while speaking with a professional solo acoustic player said he generally plays what he wants, but would probably be able to afford a better car if he listened to the crowd more often.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

@@Bokonon999 LOL totally. he is probably young. I was him. Until life beat me into submission. All jokes aside though i sort of organically really did come full circle at one point and really do enjoy these songs AND the songs that I WANT to play as well. Its a nice thing when that happens. but we all are diff.

@Bokonon999

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico FYI My favorite Neil Diamond song is Solitary Man and I absolutely love to play it. My wife pointed out that it's not that Sweet Caroline is a bad song, but she doesn't like what's been done to it (she had the 45 and that certainly gives away our ages).

If you want to never get stumped again, take my advice and learn Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. Then next time you get a request for a song you don't know, you confidently say no problem, I can play that one -- then hit them with a live RickRoll. May not work equally well across all localities or audience demographics, but you'll be pleased at how many tips this silly prank brings in.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Ok will do. Thanks for the tip!

Spice up your life kills every time

@FrankPersico

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Brown-eyed Girl costs at least $20 in the tip jar. I hate that song so much.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Hahaha if you got it like that more power to ya 😂

@ghijkmnop

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico Yeah-- I was in cover bands from 1982-2010. Trust me when I say I am still tired of it, and with Wild Night, Have I Told You Lately, and Domino, Van Morrison has a trifecta of much better songs. I've been solo/duo since 2010, and that song is gonna require a bit of cash. ;) I almost feel the same about Sweet Caroline, but I'm a Red Sox fan, so... :)

This would be a much better video if you would just eliminate all the talking before you actually get to what you really want to do in the video. You lost me in the first minute.

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the input. You deff should skip ahead and get to the parts you want. There are many who find value and entertainment in the other parts where I discuss/share stories. Best to u

@AaronLehmannLoops

9 күн бұрын

He puts chapters in the timeline to make it easy to skip. Take advantage of it, that’s what I do

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

@@AaronLehmannLoops exactly.. chapters take some time to add but i do it for that very reason you just stated.. still if i learned one thing on youtube its that you will get complaints no matter what you do. but the beauty is that the people who like what you do stick around. i have been blessed.

Yikes. 😁 I wouldn‘t want to invite you to my party. 😂 Apart from your bad singing, your resourcefulness isn‘t exactly on point either. While the three songs you suggest are standard material for any party or open mic player, you need to come up with alternative stuff that‘s equally crowd pleasing but not just as omnipresent as these three songs. While it‘s not the worst idea to just make up some riffs that sound like the original - as they‘re easier to remember - that‘s not what you should be preaching. For any player a little bit above beginner grade it‘s no thing to figure out and remember the signature riffs and embelishments in a song like Brown Eyed Girl. Not getting it right unnecessarily takes away a lot of fun and enjoyment both for the listener and the player. So. How about deleting this video and doing it again? This time with a little more of everything so we can actually use some of the information? 😅

@FrankPersico

5 күн бұрын

Best comment yet! I will make a new video called the 3 most requested songs but NOT mention the 3 songs that have been most requested in my last 25 years of playing professionally. 🙄

@PhatPhysique

5 күн бұрын

Judging by your post your party would suck. Get a life and stop insulting people on youtube.

@richardervins

5 күн бұрын

@@FrankPersico well, I‘ve been in the business for over 50 years. 😁 And your choice of the top 3 are in the top 100, but not necessarily top 3 everywhere in the world - outside of the US not even the UK or Australia. But let‘s not yak at each other. Let‘s do something for the guitar playing community. ✌️😇 Let‘s stay in the USA first. On an open stage favoring acoustic guitar players in NY you‘ll have success with songs from Cohen, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac or Bob Dylan. In the South you‘ll be better off with Tennessee Whiskey, Jambalaya or Sweet Home Alabama. Or, of you‘re good at it, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man and The Breeze. 😁 All around the world Albatross, Mrs. Robinson, Highway to Hell, Tears in Heaven, Here Comes the Sun will get you attention. So. Go. 😎

@FrankPersico

5 күн бұрын

@@richardervins hey thanks so much for your input. I play alot of the artists you mentioned and totally agree w u. There is no perfect way to do these vids so no matter what you are going to have people say nasty things that don't add much value to the conversation and don't teach us anything. All the more reason I appreciate your insighful comment. The point of the video was just over the years how many people have asked ME to play these songs and how i resisted it for the reasons that they are clique. but how i've over the years came to embrace the songs ..just MY experience and observations.. wasn't trying to claim to be an authority on anything lol..I do alot of fleetwood mac... bob dylan for sure and plenty of Paul simon.. thats kinda my comfort zone.

I’ll give you Sweet Caroline and Country Roads but like hell I’m gonna do Brown Eye Girl that’s really taking it too far 😅 Went to check out a “country” band last year and they started playing brown eyed girl when I walked in. I almost immediately turned around and walked right out. I was like, “I’m not gonna take this bs.” 😂

@FrankPersico

9 күн бұрын

Lolol I hear ya man