How to play John Prine - Clay Pigeons

Hello!

I was asked how I play Blaze Foley/John Prine's Clay Pigeons and thought I'd make a quick little tutorial. Hope this helps! :)

Link to a cover of me performing the song

Leave a comment if there are any other songs I've uploaded that you'd like me to work through!

[peterdavies]

Excellent tuition straight to it without all the speel I am 82 and will endeavour to practice Many Thanks Peter. UK

[dj]

I was introduced to John Prine music about 40 years ago and somehow forgot about him. I rediscovered him about 5 years ago. I was planning to see him on his last tour and sadly he fell ill from Covid and died. This is a beautiful song. Thanks for the tutorial!

[douglasriddle]

Great lesson. Your style makes following along easy.

[leftymcshea]

Great I found it....I've watched quite a few "how to: Clay Pigeons" and this is, by far, the clearest and easiest to grasp and most importantly, it sounds great. Many thanks Theodor!

[Cliffboy]

Well done Theo excellent and straight to the point

[garrettgarret]

This is actually a good tutorial thanks man🙏

[williamlanier]

Nice but not John Prine's song. The late great Blaze Foley deserves the credit. He wrote it, John just covered it.

[rickylakemusic]

yeth thir! thankee theo, you're the beth!

[trumptorianguard]

Very good! Thanks for a great lesson! 👍🇺🇸

[tybrady]

I hear you on the metronome. When I play without one, it sounds good in my head at the moment, but if I record it and listen to it, it sounds terrible. Guess I need to learn to love the metronome, lol.

[CalmRiverGo]

great video - one ask - at the beginning or end of the video just play the whole song (just one verse is good) without stopping or talking - i need to hear how all the pieces fit together...

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[elfjevliegt]

Thank you, I hopend that you would-be play the whole song too☺️