Where to find this song - The Captain and Me track
# 3
Release Date - March 1973
The Doobie Brothers were known as one of the most popular California
pop/rock bands of the '70s. They evolved from a mellow, post-hippie
group, to a slick, soul-bound pop band by the end of the decade.
Their band name created quite a bit of controversy, but they
always shrugged off drug-related comments, with a bit of a laugh
in between......
Main Riff
It would be wise to use all down strokes while picking this
riff. If you use alternate down, up strokes your timing may
become confused. If it's hard to play in it's entirety for you,
then try playing only the chords and not the muted strings in
between. Once you get the hand of that, you can add the muted
strings.
Here's what it sounds like looped at the normal tempo of 138
bpm:
Begin the first measure of this lesson by placing your 1st
finger on the "A" string on the seventh fret. Allow
the "low E" string to remain open. Place your 4th
finger on the ninth frets of the "D" string, the "G"
string, and the "B" string. Play that twice, and then
perform a few mutes to finish the measure.
The second measure and the fourth measure are basically identical
to the first measure. Play accordingly, and at the end of the
fourth measure use any fingers to play the seventh and ninth
frets on the "low E" string.
The third measure isn't hard at all. All you need to do is
place your fingers in the same arrangement that you did for
the first measure, but this time on the fifth and seventh frets
instead of the seventh and ninth frets. Play that once, and
don't forget the mutes if you are able to time them well. Next,
just move your fingers in the same arrangement to the second
and fourth frets on the same strings, but instead, invert your
fingers so that your 4th finger is on the fourth fret and your
1st finger is covering the second frets on the rest of the strings
being played. Play that, and mute, and then play that again,
taking your 4th finger off of the "A" string. End
the measure by muting the strings once again.
