Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play Cinnamon Girl, as performed by Neil Young and Crazy horse released in 1969 on the Everybody Knows this is Nowhere album. A great piece of two guitar artistry between Neil Young and Danny Whitten who also sang the high harmony with Neil.

The lesson covers their two parts, and details the nuances between both of their parts that compliment each other perfectly.

Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):

1968 Gibson SG Special
Into my 1965 Bogen PA Amplifier, cranked into a 2x12 Bassman cabinet (two 63 oxford speakers)
Freyette Power Station 2 attenuator

00:00 Introduction/What to expect
01:50 Double Drop D Tuning
02:24 Getting your tone
03:40 Lesson - Opening Riff (Danny's part)
05:28 Lesson - Opening Riff (Neil's part)
07:18 Lesson - Verse chords
09:02 Lesson - Verse riff
11:30 Lesson - Bridge chords
12:26 Lesson - Bridge (Danny's part)
13:22 Lesson - Bridge (Neil's part)
14:26 Lesson - Guitar solo section (Danny's part)
15:08 Lesson - Guitar solo (Neil's part)
16:56 Lesson - outro riff
18:24 Final thoughts

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[timmytVA]

Saw Neil and Crazy Horse in May. A stellar rock and roll show. I was stunned by Neil's energy and passion at 77 years old. Amazing.

[fju]

Neil Young took drop D tuning and made a hall of fame songwriting career out of it. I've been playing this song for a few yeas but I still stop to watch your video so I can REALLY know how to play it! Love all the little details you added.

[VintageMM]

It’s amazing how many of my favorite tunes from back in the day were performed with alternate tunings. Thank you for decoding this one!

[johnpandolfino]

Great I learned this song when it first was released.... I'm that old

[jasonbrooks]

An all time rocker! Great lesson, as always.

[kennethmccann]

Another fantastic, in depth lesson.
Great to see Danny get some due.

[VimFuego]

Man that verse! Love that part. Great to hear it front and center. That little Bogen sounds beautiful too.

[JakeSpeed]

Come on. Let's get him over 100, 000 subscribers. Best instruction on YouTube.

[davelevitt]

This is an awesome lesson! I never learned such a cool song so quickly! Thank you.

[stevehaluska]

I had played this before based on what I'd seen online; your cover is well beyond that. Sounds great and I am enjoying learning it. Thank you for posting it, and I will look further into your site for more tunes.

[TheProhetess]

1869 I was playing ❤ today I'm learning how it's really played, I'm a simpleton comp

[OFLHLGZ]

You always get the authentic sounds. I love that. Such beautiful sounds here!

[michaelbarbour]

This is the first song that I worked out all the parts to, and recorded on my old 4-track by myself. 2 guitars, bass, 2 voices and an old Alesis drum machine for the drum track. I forget how I mixed it down, but I fit everything into 4 tracks somehow. Yeah it was a little muddy, but 19 year old me was pretty proud of myself!

[TheDonzim]

Another Gem from 12 ft. His fine work enables myself in fine tuning songs I have played for years.Thanks for helping us all in our guitar playing journeys. Once again you are the best!

[bobchristopher]

Great lesson…Excellent work…Cheers Bob 😊

[tmckee]

Love the 2 guitar part breakdown. Request for next one that features great 2 guitar parts: Sway

[HarvestTexas]

Was 11 yrs old when I came across this song around 1971... got hooked on his guitar playing ever since. Learned double D dropped tuning from his catalog of songs.

[SP]

There are many good tutorials on this song but this one is the best I've seen. Outstanding!

[Phillip-yd]

That interplay between Neil and Danny in the solo is top shelf once in a lifetime stuff
You've got a *great* channel here🙂

[richardgillette]

I heard, but did not see, Neil in concert last month. It was $400 for lawn seats, $20 beers and no jumbo screen so unless you pay thousand you won't see him. In order to do this song correctly you need to put your camera about 2 football fields away from yourself and charge $1000 for the lesson to capture the Neil vibe